St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 20, Number 46, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 8 June 1895 — Page 7

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».V^^.^-^ -4 M •WM^kfW I||€^ CHA I'l KU AIX. “Hilda,” cried Lora uuy nelium, when he saw ais wue, "wuui uuve jud been doing t hate Hours auu uaiiemg uo not suit you. lou are use a urouping my tins morning. Look at Duruaru s-u- is blooming line a lose. Miss mule sained at her cousin, but louaed anxiously at Luuy nuua. ”1 am airtuu an tms gayety has been too much lor you, ’ sue sum amuiy. "iuu look very m. nest to-day, ana a will uo ail 1 can to supply your pm.ee. Buiiy Hilda m us uiunaim lot the respite and giadiy consented to return to uer own room until dinner time, wbeu sue would be oongeu to appear among Her guests. "lauliue tells me you went out early for a waiK, said Bora iiaynenam. n i nud known n, you snoum not nave gone alone.” "1 did two things,” she replied, trying to speak nidmereniiy, turning Her iuir, startled lace Horn turn. ”1 went lor a walk, and called to see a sick woman who has been lying ill tor some time at the h irs cottage, bhe died while 1 was there. “Good little Samaritan,” said Eord Bayneham; “but Hilda, darling, ulthuugu 1 love your charity, remember you are not strong. It is seeing nil that misery that has made you ill to-day. Be good m moderation.” She looked at him wistfully; how little he knew, how little he dreamed who it was she had been to see! How little he thought the young wife whose comfort he was studying in that sumptuous room was a convict's daughter! If he knew it, surely he would send her from him and never see her more. Lord Bayueham piled up soft downy cushions on the couch; he lowered the blinds and placed the pretty little stand by her side. A vase of rare exotics stood upon it, filling the room with a summer breath of fragrance. “Shall 1 read to you now?” he asked. “Barbara and my mother can keep every ■one amused; or would you like to be alone?” “Read to me. if you will be so kind," she replied, for she dreaded being alone again; she knew thinking would almost j become madness. The young earl sat by her side; unconsciously one hand lingered on her golden hair, where lately her mother's dying hand had laid. He read in a soft, low voice. She drew his hand from her hair and pressed it to her lips. She would have given the world, poor child, to have j JTtold him her secret. He looked so calm 1 ‘ and strong; even should he send her from . him, as unworthy of his name, it would i be better than the slow torture of sus- i pense she must undergo; but the vow • made to her dying mother sealed her lips. Os a deeply religious and reverent nature, it seemed to her a sacrilege to dream of breaking it. Wave after wave of thought rushed •over her heart and mind while the soft tone of her husband’s voice sounded like a soothing melody in her ears. Wearied and tired, and exhausted by want of sleep and grief, the violet eyes closed gently, and Lady Hilda for a time forgot all her sorrows. Lord Bayneham saw that she bad fallen asleep; he closed his book and watched the fair young face he loved so well. Half an hour passed, and then a change came ■over the sleeper. He saw her lips quiver, while long-drawn sighs parted them; then she started up, crying, “It was not my fault, Claude, 1 knew nothing of it. Do not send me away!” “My darling,” said her husband, gently, ■“you are dreaming. What is the matter?” “I thought you were angry with me,” she said, confusedly. “Which shows how foolish dreams are,” said Lord Bayneham; “hills will become valleys, and the seas turn into dry land, before that comes to pass.” “Would nothing ever cause you to love •me less?” she asked wistfully. “Nothing, my pretty bluebell." he replied; “I do not think 1 could love you more, and I am certain 1 shall never love you less. Now I will leave you. You will perhaps sleep, and I have to drive over to Laneham to-day.” • He held her in his arms before he went away, and kissed her pale, sweet face, murmuring words of love that filled her •heart with a pleasure that was keen pain. ! “If he know,” thought the poor girl; ; ■“if he know!” ■Until the dressing bell rang she lay > quiet and motionless; one might, have thought her dead or asleep. Once Bar-I bara Earle came in with a glass of rare ■old wine. She found her awake, but with a -strange expression on her face. " “Drink this. Hilda.” said Miss Earle; “it is almost magical; you will feel quite well after it. Lady Bayneham asked me to bring it myself.” “She is very kind,” said Hilda, wearily, the same sad thought running through her mind—“what would she say if sho knew?” “Is anything wrong, Hilda?” asked Miss Earle, looking steadily at the fair. «ad face; “you are tired. But you seem to be more frightened than ill. Surely you have not seen any of the Bayneham ghosts. Claude firmly believes in them.” “I shall be well soon,” said Hilda, evasively, thinking, poor child, how truly Barbara spoke. She had seen the ghost of her youth and happiness; no wonder she looked pale and scared. When she was once more left alone, Hilda tried hard to arouse herself from the bewildered state she had fallen into. “They will suspect me soon,” she said, ^‘unless I can recover myself.” She thought, with a cold shudder of dread, what the consequences of detectior must be. She did not care for her husband’s title, his rank, position, or wealth but she loved him, and without him lift

I would be a burden she could not bear, j Hilda inherited much of her mother's loving. constant nature. Fear helped her. She chose her prettiest dross ami rarest jewels. The golden hair was entwined with gleaming pearls. With the shining of jewels it was difficult to detect how pah' and changed the lovely face was. Lord Bayneham was delighted to see his wife recovered; he kept near her, and lavished delicate and loving attentions upon her. Outwardly she regained her composure, singing when desired; moving and warming all hearts by the rich, passionate music of her voice, charming all eyes by her smiling, sweet grace, while her thoughts were over with the dead mother who lay in the Firs cottage. She could not leave home again alone. Sho sent money to Mrs. Paine, but Lord Bayneham had taken alarm at her state of health, ami was not willing to let her go out of his sight. Tuesday morning came nt last, when Magdalen Hurst was to be laid in her lonely grave, mid Lady Hilda resolved to attend her funeral; yet she found great difficulty in doing so. Happily the morning was bright; the sun shone as though shedding a last blessing upon the broken-hearted woman who was never to see it more. Happily, too, the countess asked her son to drive her over to Grainton Hull, so that Hilda found the greater part of the day at her own disposal. It was a very poor funeral; there was nothing to be seen save the bearers, and Mrs. Paine ns chief mourner. No one noticed the lady in the dark dross who knelt in one of the pews and wept ns though her heart was breaking. There was no one to note how she stood some little distance from the grave, longing ami wishing that she, too, could be at r< st with her beautiful, unhappy mother. So they laid Magdalen Hurst to rest. Os all those who had loved her in her fair youth none were present. The sun shone brightly upon her grave ns it had done on the bonny woods of Brynmar, when she mot her fate, so many ye ns ago. Some weeks afterward a plain gray stone marked the spot. It bore no name; she had wished it to be so; but that lonely grave was watered with bitter ! tears, shed for her who, after life's fitful , fever, was now at rest. “I am not nt all satisfied with Hilda's state ot henlth." said I.tidy Bayneham to Barbara Earle. "The child looks a* though a cloud had fallen over her. Claude tells mo she goes about visiting cottages and ail that kind of thing. It ! must be very injurious to her." “Did you ever try it, aunt?" asked Miss Earle, quietly. "Cottage visiting? No, my loro. I am j too sensitive,” said the countess, blandly. । “I gave plenty away during the late earl's lifetime, but I cannot endure sor- ■ ; rowful sights; they make mo ill." t “We will hope Hilda's nerves are strong- i |er than yours," said Barbera. “1 do not I think the cottages weigh upon her mind; I I but she is really ill, and should have a i change of air.” Lord Bayneham became seriously i alarmed, and summoned one of the la st i physicians in England to his wife's aid; but the doctor was puzzled too. i “You tell me.” bo said to the carl, “that i Lady Bayneham hns hnd no trouble, no i grief or anxiety preying upon her." “1 do not think she knows the meaning of grief or sorrow.” said Lord Bayne- ! I ham. smiling at the idea: "whatever else may nil her, it is not that.” With all his skill, the do. gt < . ul.l find no solution to the mystery no reason for the weakness and languor that wore away the life of his beautiful patient. He advised change of air. and Lord Bayneham was prompt in mtiun. By the end of that week every arrangement was made, ami the earl with his young wife had begun the journey that he thought was to restore her to henlth and strength. CHAPTER XX. “The month of blossoms,” “sweet maid- ■ en May," came round again, bringing all most worthy of note men of letters, artists, poets, statesmen, beauties and belles —to the great city, London was in its pride. The season was a good one, and everyone looked busy, prosperous and happy. In the drawing room of one of the pre: tiest houses in May Fair. La ly Grahame sat with her friend, confidante and com- ; panion. Miss Lowe. The house was not a ' grand mansion, nor was the drawing 1 room one of the most sumptuous, but i everything in it spoke of refinement and elegance. Lady Grahame herself was more elegant than beautiful. No one knew her age; and, what was still better, no one could guess it. She might be looking old for thirty, or young for fifty, Her dark hair was as luxuriant as ever; . roses bloomed on her cheek and lip: there i were light and fire in her dark eyes, and i no wrinkle or line marred the pleasant, ! comely face. She was the only child of a country squire, and early in life had married Sir ! Wilton Grahame, a baronet of noble! descent, ami through him was connected : with some of the best families in Eng- j land. Her mother was the daughter of ! Lord Delcairn, ami her mother's fam- j ily was a large one. Sir Wilton Grahame died, leaving his : widow a comfortable jointure; her par- ! ents died, leaving a small fortune; and I Lady Grahame, while still in the prime ■ of life, found herself free ami unfettered, I moderately rich, liked and courted by ! t numerous aristocratic members of her ! • I family. i The ladies had been out shopping, ami ■ ’ something had evidently caused Lady , Grahame great pleasure, for her eyes ,- sparkled, and her comely, pleasant face i t was lit with smiles. r “I tell you, my dear,” she said to Miss Lowe, “that I have really never seen a ■, more elegant or handsome man. Poor a Sir Wilton had a nice face, but he was not to be compared to him; his attenI, tions were quite marked. Mrs. Henderson tells me he has besieged her with ref quests for an introduction to me.” n The ever-attentive Miss Lowe murmur- -- ed something to the effect that it wa not i; surprising; which little bit of incense e being properly offered and accepted. Lady

Grahame resumed her remarks with, th* same expression of well-pleased vanity. “I am told that he is very wealthy; that he made a large fortune abroad, and goes into the best society, I know. Really 1 never saw a more polished or charming manner, and such a flow of spirits. I cannot remember the witty things ho said, but we quite agreed upon many points. He has a very handsome house near the Pnrlf.” Miss Lowe looked amiably interested, having nothing particular to say. “Mr. Fulton said sometliing about calling to-morrow morning,” said her ladyship; "but I do not know whether he will. We wore speaking of jewels, and he said he had a very rare and beautiful opal that ho would show mo. I forget where it was found, but in some strange place. Do you think pale pink or light' blue suits me best? I may as well look nice. We must see about a becoming toilet, my dear something elegant, but not too young,” Die morrow camo, and Lady Grahame’# maid found it very difficult to please her; but when the toilet was completed, she acknowledged it to be a perfect success. Every good point in her figure and face was made most of. and every defect carefully concealed. Lady Grahame smiled as she gave a long, lingering look at the mirror; Miss Lowe was observed to look, unusually tired when the ceremony was over. It was a bright May day; the windows of the pretty drawing room were open; the soft warm breeze was laden witli tho fragrance of mignonette, Lady Grahame's favorite flower. The blinds were skillfully arranged, so that a beautiful rosy light came from tho silken hangings. It was really a pretty picture; and Lucy Grahame, in her effective toilet, was pleasant to look upon. “I will not read, my dear,” she said, when Miss Lowe suggested a book; “it i makes me so sleepy and stupid. Give me that purse I tun netting; you can read aloud if you choose.” But not one word did Lady Graham^ ! hear; her thoughts were nil upon the visitor whoso coming she anticipated so anxiously. It was long since a blush of real pleasure had flushed her face, but there was one when she heard a loud ami very imperative knock at the door. Iler hand almost trembled when she rose to greet her admirer. As Mr. Fulton stood there in the sub- j dued light of the May sun he looked a ' hundsomo man. The careless, debonair ■ expression was still on his face, and tho J easy, graceful, languid manner hnd not I deserted him. Ho was the saine man that ’ beneath the shade of the woods of Brynmar ha<l v ooe.l Magdalen Hur t to her | fate. There was no trace of that sad, j passionate love story in his < dm face, no ■ trace of tho felon's dock, the c ilVn-t's cell, or the outlaw's «bmtn. Biand nnd ' calm. gay nnd graceful, he looked like the I Stephen Hurst who so many year* ago ‘ wa* Lord Hutton's ehos. n friend. “I have been impatient!} a«:i:ti'4 the j time when you gave me p« ru. -- «n to • mil, Lady Grahnme," sab! Mr. I niton. ■ “I never found a day rind mght long j before." Lady Grahame blushed and smiled, i Cool, elegant woman of the world ns she j was, she did not fee) at her raw in the j presence of this ha?id*ome *tmug»-r. He ; had brought the wonderful opal, and i there was plenty of di.*< u*- <m over it. ‘ He di<! not sny how it mm.> into his po« I session, hut I* hnd tn en tnk. ii fi >m the j treasured gems ol some great Indian : rajah. He showisl the w«»ndr>ms gl.-aun I ing colors, the ever 'lmnghig tint*, the | hidden fire that seemed at times to flash 1 ruby-rc<! front its depths. “It should be wot in pure, pale gold.” j said Lady Grahame, mlmiringlt “I imv.> seen nmtiy jewels, but lomi' life" this ” “I hope to | sic ir mmh< into n ring," | said Mr. Fulton, “if ever good fortune I should favor my msln- - end I should I marry; for that jew. I will «h..« t > per I feetion on a fair white hand.” Lady t. rah.tin. ;-n.dm,’ i :•» '•.■< dat j her own a* he *iwske. then bb *h<4 sh<- ! found his eyes bent tqion her. There w:t<- *■> nm- a to be - ■ d M> it ■ time before the V. -it was h :lf • . '• 4, Mr. I'll!’- .■< ■ ■■ : I ■■ i.’ . . - i ‘ vitation to 11U tin m 11.- v i : ■ miitimg s to fall in let bit 1 ov. n>. L. ... . nml j the more be saw of th.- lad) the m re sure he felt teat *l.. , above all etwas i best suited tot- him. During the course of ■ • n' er-.m ■ . Mr. f Fulton found that Lady Graimmv cmed i to k' ow everyone, nt.d m er. wh< re. i ami that the drelr. he sighed in v.im tot enter were open to her. “You h.sve been abr.>ml for many jenrs, ' I pr.■ mme’. ' >Md Lady Graham. •A ■ s." -: M Mr. I'uhon. "Many y. nr I ago 1 went to seek my fortune, and I j made it. mid now w ish to > nJ -y it." "I should imagine the latter to lie wr i easy." said Lady Grahame. “Not - > easy when one is quite alone," I he replied sentimentally. As he spoke there came across him a : vision of the beautiful face of |; s dead i wife. Would anyone ever love him again ns she hnd done? He left Lady Grahame, resolved to win ! her. If she were his wife he felt that anything was possible. With her influential connections he might aspire to hold any otiice. Gulden hopes and dreams hovered over him. Rank and jn.sition seemed to be within his grasp. His tas\ { lay straight before him: he had but to | win T mly Grahame ami Lis life would b. I one long siicit«s. (To lie eontivou -1. l It ri-pressilile. There are ludicrous as well as pathetic Incidents in court rooms, ns Mr. Joseph Willard, who was clerk of Massachusetts conns for nmny years, boars ' wltm -s In a recent volume. (m? of the I funniest, as well ns one of the noisest I i scones in which he look part was when ! ' a certain Mr. II was trying a easel ; before Judge C . for slander. His principal witness was an impetuous Irishwoman. She talked so fast ; ■ that Judge (' could not write down ! her testimony, and attempted in vain | to check her. "Stop! Stop!" he cried again am i again, rapping sharply on his desk; but the torrent of words went on. “Olg woman, hush up!” he shouted, in exasperation. But it was useless. At last he threw down Ids pen, exhausted, and cried out, “There, Mr. II , you set her going, now stop her!” Isaac Watts prided himself on a very dull treatise, “The Improvement of the Mind,” and seems to have thought little of the hymns that are now sung in every English-speaking land.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. °E>HOUS SUBJECTS CAREFULLY CONSIDERED. A Schourjy Kxpo . lUonof thoLoasou houahte Worthy of Calm Kefloc°u Ualf au Hour's Study of tho ac *-»Ptures-Tim e Well Spent. Lesson f or j Hne ,o - S.>± I”./'? ■ ubi ” t " Tl '« "'«lk ineidentni U “‘-^'^'sht in the little dar of ! T re,es thnt follow us «» over lves - I' ll *-' great passion was vet th 1! I** resurr °cH<»n. too, though ns t they httle apprehended tho latter. Yoh L n J?.°y® r > U to them. There 1 । grief of it. Those sweet walks 'vith the Master, those blessed eonverswtions by the son, those gracious pilgrimages, with henling hnnds where need was so thronging those happy, happy days w ith Jesus of Nazareth nil. nil gone. And now come the tastoa of <strth again, after walking, ns it wore, in the hcnvcnUes with now ilio .lull routine nnd the huuiof life, all to be taken up again just old. and just ns if Uhrlst hud never O, hero is tho keenest sorrow, from the grave and settling to ordinary work again. Here is Try ing to readjust ourselves to the Tittle duties and appointments of tho home, and the shop, and the street. But right in the midst of this comes n Presence and a Blessing. Christian, there is sweet comfort for you in this lesson. Sinner. if you will there is a Saviour for you : here - the gracious, every-day Christ. The J wayside Christ, our Jesus, unawares. • “Behold, two of them.” And was Luke I one? Is it his modest way of speaking of himself? Certainly ho tells of the incident as one very familiar with its details. And yet are there not points in it to which all hearts give instinctive response? Wo also are there. It was “that same day.” i. c.. the day of Christ's resurrection, but they know it ns yet only as tho thin! day after his burial, nnd their hearts arc sail. ! , Still, life’s burdens have to be carried, i the day s duties have to be performed, j 1 And so they take up tho weary round j j again. Yes, however gn at tho bereave- : ; ment. there arc still tho living to bo cared ' . f<>r, the household duties must bo taken i j up again, the day's work, just a* before “We trusted that it hnd Li n ho.” No, I ; not “trusted." They simply had hc.pcd. i j And this indeed la what the Greek of the j passage says. We are hoping. Hnd they ; been trusting they would not have been ! s “astonished,” as they confess they were, j at the tidings of the resurrection brought iby the women. Wo have nit getlu r ’<-> ! ranch of the kind of trust spoken of hero ! J in our churches and Sunday schools to I : day. It may account for much of our ; , bewilderment when ow e the power of G< J l manifests itself, am! for much of our pre* I out apathy and dullness. “A vision of angels which said that he \ ' wa* alive." A* y« t the doetrino of the > , rosnrr.'etlon was an angelic poaa<'saipn. | ‘ Noltody was saying It in faith, only n j I -ompatiy of angola. Ye*, and a group of ; i wondering woutet*. just now gathering i r .'ifi. the «M,ty t»r<wbrr« the res- I Us: '■•lu ’wA the brat were g M hl the i garden, ^hon catne tho Eplphauira Then j eamo FoO'cnst. nnd Pet. r. nod pr< ■ ally I r*nl. amF ; w a vast multitude of r> - ‘ I dt'omcd swui*. who with a stronger rob e I than angels, and more rlfielent, cry, “Ho ' is riwa! The l^nnl is risen Indo. iy* Hints ami 1 tlustruHonM“A .ttln talk V Ith Jeo-i*. How it sm««-thc« the rugged rwnd! How it seem* |.> help me onw vrd. Whore I faint Umcath my low! When my heart h .-ri*hed u ,-h s -rnov. And my eye* « .m. toira r.rTin re is naught can yieM e ■ o>mf«rt Like a little talk with him it i* a ltv«>u of I’liri-'... i <a? r*j-v, nnd of every-day t xperu mc. There are i ; rev el* t lona nf Christ «h< h may I” called ! e|»., hal; but here we haw the w. is le j .•first, the J< »••.* of the ei*r;. day pl- | grimage, the Jesus thn-' ivm - and walks ■ with us at our ordinary ta-ks. We <hi nil feel an kit. rest here, the L imb..-* as . well ns the t.i -st exalted in p ut of m-r---vi. . . for We ail have • xperw e. There ' and this is the revelation of the common day. C*!l forth expression. Get the ones j who do not often speak, or who seem to • I have had no great divulgences, to speak j ' to-day. it is their turn. This lesson tel's of a < ommon < x;wri ; i euee. A joyous eXp-Tc m . too. See ! 4i< iples with swift fwt hii't.-ning to tell : t “what things w ire due in the way and ■ .. w he was known of them in the break- : !; <of bread.” The others were full of the ■ 1 wonderful divulgences made to Peter and i . rhe Marys, but this, there was enough for I them, the Christ that came by the way. I i Do you know the joy? And strength, ni ing. How sturdily th. s<- men trudged back over the throe score furlongs "the i same hour!” Did they leave their errand unfinished? Did they drop everything and । go? Anyhov^they had seen J.-sus. nnd how strong Ah. these are the revelations thlknmke us to mount up with wings ns eagp- be weary, vid H’ 1r •• W nt - * s not “ ,e walk back a , i ,/ .\,. r J, Mi or the prayer easier than the way goiii^W Christians, this is what luce ' _-s are Tor--to renew strength or perhaps more, to compare strength; when we come together what are we doing but in one way or another telling out of our experience what things were done for us in the way of the week anil the work of i the week? And on such occasions may we not look for tho same larger joy that came to them there, an added epiphany of our Lord; for as they thus spake, Jesus him- ; self stood in the midst of them, and saith , unto them, “Peace be unto you!” May | i the lesson study of to-day have a like gracious close. Nf’xt Lesson— “Peter and the Risen Lord —John 21: 4-17. Deep Hole. One of the deepest spots yet discovered in the Pacific Ocean is near the I riendly Islands in latitude 24 deg. 37 min. south, longitude 175 deg. S min. west. The depth there found was equa' to about five English miles, and is sail to be something like 5,000 feet greate. depth than had yet been found in that vicinity. Zoologists say .that all know’n species of wild animak are gradually diminishing in size.

SANK BY THE SCORE, COLIMA VICTIMS OVERTAKEN BY DEATH WHILE ASLEEP. Latest Reports Swell the Liat of Lost to 10J-—The Vessel's Boilers Burst Fifty Miles Off the Mexican CoastNineteen Were Saved. Bad 182 Persons on Board. Only meager and unsatisfactory advices nave been received regarding the foundering of the Pacific Mail steamer Colima at Manzanillo, Mexico. The officials of the 1 acific Mail in San Francisco persisted in the statement that they had received no information of the wreck of the steamer, and they tried to discredit entirely the statements of the disaster. Several dispatches have been received by the Merchants’ Exchange nnd by private shipping firms all confirming the tale of the ocean tragedy, and varying only in the minuteness of the information conveyed. Capt. Pitts of the steamer San Juan telegraphed that he picked up a boat containing nineteen persons, fourteen of whom were piiHsengera-and five members of the crow of the t'olimn. Tho rescued boatload was taken to Manzanillo and the steamer San Juan started out again in search of other boats from the Colima, the presumption being that the balance of passengers and crew was afloat ia other boats.

The Colima’s Boiler Buret. The latest intelligence regarding the disaster received was in cipher message to a San Francisco shipping firm containing the statement of Third Officer Hansen, who was in charge of the boat picked up. Hansen stated that about 11:15 at night as the Colima was about fifty miles from Manzanillo, and between that port and i Punta St. Almo, an accident occurred to her machinery. Hansen had not time to investigate the trouble, but believed n boiler had burst. The Colima was put about, but began to sink rapidly. A scone of wild confusion followed. One boat was lowered nnd most of the 1 others swung out, but so far ns Hansen । knows the boat lie commanded was tho only one which got clear of the sinking ship. It quickly foundered, and to avoid ■ the suction Hansen's boat quickly pulled ■ clear, mid the night being dark, it was impossible to tell whether the other lieats got nwny fnin the ship or not. The t .lima was n single serew propeller with iron hull. She was built in 1873 at. < Mi. -ter, Pn., by John Roach A Sons. Her i tonnage was 2.‘.*''.MM gross, 2.143.55 net, her horsepower I,Um'and her speed eleven f ami onc-hnlf knots. This was her one > hundr.s! and twenty ninth voyage to Panama. Sho carried about 2jmm) tons of j cargo and was valued at $103,000. YOUTHFUL SOLDIERS. Growing; Movement to Estublimh Military Thrill in the Schoots. Th*' movement lately inaugurated to train b<>ya in the public s<-hools in military ' tn« fies is meeting w ith great success. Tho !«■>)* hnvo named themselves the Amcri- ; ran Gunn!, and those of New- York and Bro. klyn ■ » XL mortal Day p.irad.M to !tl»c nwmWr of I<U*mL All over the e«>nntry the military drill movement I* meeting with furor, mid the « •!> ••!* in most of the cities, ns well as in ■ irn-iy of the smalt, r towns are getting ’ Into line in favor of the innovation. Tho qiies’ on La* be «omo one of national imf»>r‘nti ’, nn I hns already been taken up , in Congress, ns well ns in tho Legislatures of m -st ■■? rh<» state*. The Grand Anny i of Ute H- public is really behind the movemen’ to give some * ddierly discipline to the lad* a the public seho.fi.* throughout } the errantry. Althoe -h the tmti 'iml movement I* a , new one, military instruction in the public scho. M h.n* long been practiced in some cities. In Boston the system hns L•■ n tfi • " rhly worked out, probably, nnd there the “B -c n S. L-ol Regiment” r -'■ k I» / ) ( ,CL . <□ MAIU HTNG TO THi Hi OWN MUSIC. numbers about 1,5*>0 uniformed boys. In New York and Brooklyn the movement is j making rapid strides. The American ! Guard has 1. -ell formed from the battalions of the public sehools, and each battnli< ii has its number and place in line. As in Boston, they turn out on special holidays, and have been the feature of more than one big parade of real soldiers. In Washington, Cincinnati, Columbus, Des Moines, Omaha and scores of other smaller cities and towns the idea is making headway. That military drill is popular among tho schoolboys is evident to anyone who sees the lads at drill. They willingly give up part of their play hour to take part in it, nnd the competition for officers’ positions is keen. Ono has but to look at the air of pride with which these youngsters wear their neat little uniforms to appreciate their feelings. In most of the sehools only the larger companies are uniformed and equipped, ami there are one or two companies composed of the smaller and untrained boys, which correspond to a drill squad, from which tho ranks of the regular companies are recruited. Notes of Current Events. Two big claims against the Stanford estate have been compromised. Frank Scott, dry goods merchant, failed at Leavenworth, Kan., for $23,800. A young socialist, charged with writing threatening letters to the King of Saxony, is under arrest at Dresden. The body of the son of Pastor Davis, o{ Sodus Point, N. Y., was found in Sodus bay, as predicted by a fortune teller. The Guatemalan Government has made reparation for its treatment of Argie, the American whom it ill-tredted in prison.

NEWS OF OUR STATE. A WEEK AMONG THE HUSTLING HOOSIERS. What Our Neighbors Are Doing—Matters of General and Local Interest—Marriages and Deaths — Accidents and Crimes— Pointers About Our Own People. IVlth. Chase in Need. Just after Rev. Z. T. Sweeney, of the Tabernacle Christian Church, Columbus, had concluded his sermon last Sunday he read the following statement concerning the life of the late Governor Ira J. Chase; ’ “Notwithstanding his long and valuable service to his State, the country at large and the church, ex-Governor Chase left his family in actual need. This information will be moat distressing to thousands of friends and admirers of the late Governor. I’or more than twenty-five years his wife has been a confirmed invalid, confined nearly all of the time to her lied, and for fifteen years lias been totally blind. Governor Chase was a man of large and warm heart, and in his time gave away thousands in charity. In his young manhood, when the Nation called tor defenders, lie otlere.l tibiiHelt ami boro Ills lull share of the great conflict. Although he was a party man, he had many friends in both parties. There are hundreds of largcluated men in Indiana who doubtless would be happy to give to help create a fund to make the last days of his window

comfortable. To let her remain destitute would be a shame on the good name of the State he served so long and well. On next Sunday night, June 2, I will preach a memorial sermon on Governor Chase, how he lived and how he died, and start a fund for the support of his widow.” Minor State Sews. Tin: New Richmond bank has decided to discontinue its deposit department and has paid its depositors. Watchman Din of the Lake Erie road, at Frankfort, at the risk of his own life, saved little Cecil Jones from being crushed by an engine. Yorxi; men of Cowan, near Muncie, have threatened to tar and feather Dep-uty-prosecutor Kiger unless he ceases prosecuting them. Axheksox Ikis a policeman who is so conscientious that he will not attend the ball games for fear that he will become infatuated with the sport and neglect his duty. Mi:s. Isaac llcmes, Ingalls, confessed that she had cut her own throat and then given out the report that she was assaulted A suspected tramp was nearly lynched for the supposed crime. Mus. Geoisge Freshour, of Marion, died in great agony at the home other mother in Goshen, as a direct result of a large dose of patent headache cure bought in Manon a week ago. There was a desperate running battle between oflh i rs and burglars, at the Pittsburg yard*. in the eastern portion of Fort Wayne. < »ne tramp and a Deputy Sheriff ! are probably fatally wounded. Ex - Rei’Uesi nt a ii ve Dr. L. S. Nru. and James Bildcrback was thrown from a buggy at New Haven, Allen county. Dr. Null was injure I internally, and it is fc tred his injuries will prove fatal. Bilderbnck’s skull is fractured and face badly lac Tatol. While digging a well on the place of D. H. Renily, in Montgomery county, the diggers found a block of wood, weighing several pounds, at the depth of sixty-five t et. The wood n scmbles walnut, but it is not, and no person has been found! to tell what kind it is. Mrs. James Si raxgiin and daughter, I Cora, of Alto, were fatally hurt in a runaway at Kokomo. They were going into ! town when an advertising man tried! to throw a circus poster into the buggy. The j p.q»er fell under the horse’s feet, causing j the runaway. Both will die. I’armi it* from various portions of ■ Clinton county rejiott that there is absolutely little left of the wheat crop and many of tin in bill plow it up and put the ground in corn. In addition to the Hessian llj they claim that there is a new pest in the form of a peculiar looking white worm ^embedded in the roots and working ■ disastrous results. A m miser of farmers who are consid- ■ en-d good authority on the fruit subject were discus.-ing the fruit problem at Hagerstown. ami Mere unanimous in the conclusion that though there has been the ! most unfavorable fruit weather this spring, ; and especially in May, that they have ever ! experienced, ajiples ]>romise the largest ! yield in many years. The trees are loaded. Fra i d orders have lieen issued against | the following persons and corporations in : Indiana debarring them from the use of : the mails: ( Larics Adams and Ella Moore, I of Mishawaka. Ind., for alleged fraudulent ■ patent medicine circulars; the Central ! American Fur and Wool Company, | Benjamin Bernard, manager, Indianapolis, । for obtaining money under false pretenses, i Tho firm advertises for hides, skins, &e., I ami then, it is alleged, does not pay for j them. Granvii.ei: Cowing of .Muncie, who is a recogni. iM authority, says; "There will be no raspberries or blackberries, and the crop of strawberries xvill not be 10 per cent. Apples and pears are badly injured, but not as many killed as some people believ.e. There will be some late cherries, but very few grapes. The drought is killing the meadows, and some wheat is being plowed up, while much corn is being replanted. Rye was badly injured during the late cold snap.” The Grand Lodge of Masons of Indiana met at Indianapolis, in annual session, with about five hundred delegates in attendance. The annual report of Grand Secretary Smythe shows the order to be in a prosperous and growing condition. The following officers were elected: Grand Master, Edward O’Rourke, of Fort Wayne; Deputy Grand Master, Simeon P. Gillette, of Evansville; Senior Grand Warder, Mason J. Niblack, of Vincennes; Junior GrandjWarden, George A. Macomber, of South Bend; Grand Treasurer, Martin 11. Rice, of Indianapolis; Grand Secretary, William 11. Smythe, of Indianapolis. One week ago the house of Mrs. Hewitt at Parker City was blown to pieces with dynamite. Since then, it is claimed, that 11,029 people have visited the scene. The injured ■women will recover. Gov. Matthews has pardoned Harry M. Hodson of Evansville, who shot and killed his father. William T. Hodson, in August, 1892. The pardon was asked by the Judge that tried the case, the twelve jurors who returned the verdict, and numerous citizens of Evansville. The showing was made that the father had assaulted the boy first with a steel rod and then with a pitcher, and that the latter had shot in self-defense.