St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 21, Number 18, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 23 November 1895 — Page 7

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CHAPTER XU. Only the other day leading the calm mid peaceful life of the content, pacing Its shady walks with Lucie, caressed by the sweet, placid Superior, petted by the Sisters, the days had glided by with so easy and gentle a flow. There had been thoughts of Paul Lowther, happy and fluttering thoughts, such as will disturb n maiden's breast when she has always ; at her side a dearest companion and ; friend, ready to make suggestions mid ■ sing the praises of a. brother who is a ' perfect hero in her eyes. Then, too, there I was the unsatisfied longing to see the j loving mother, whose letters came so regularly across the sea, full of eager in- I quiry respecting her child's health and ' happiness, full of delight, too, nt the i progress made. And then like a thunderbolt had come the change, event sue- 1 ceeding event with bewildering rapidity, till Aube found herself half-stunned by her position at the house which stood upon the ruins of the cottage where she was liorn. Again and again she had asked herself if it was a dream, but the reality was there before her. and she strove hard to hide the disgust she felt at her surroundings and th-' people by whom the place was la sieved. During the first day or two her surprises were constant, and she awaktic! rapidly to the fact that while •tor mother's homo was nothing more than a < aba ret and store whose customers were almost without exception the blacks ;he neighborhood, this mother, who i ! - ixed her. was treated by the i>copit tn tlu o- rough way as if sho were their quee: . A word, even a look, was scfli ieut. and she was olieyed on the in slant, while in their most lioisterous moment' N* lsic’s presence silenced them at once. Aube heard Madame Saintone call her mother Madame Dulan. but there the name did not seem to be recognized, for the Madame had been softened into Mahme. generally made into two syllables, and her old fantastic name of Venu—Venousio, as her husband had loved to call his beautiful wife had, for years past, become Nousie, almost from the day when, recovering from the prostration , consequent upon the assassination of her husband, who had in his dying moment avenged himself upon his enemy, she had found herself the owner of some land and a pile of ashes to mark the spot where her happy Uuw..Um4/Mv u * This was after a long, long illness passed in a rough shelter in the forest at the back, where Cherubine had dragged half-burnt boards, and cut leaves ami bushes to help form a lean-to hut. Here ~the black girl had passed her time nursing the sick and delirious woman, and playing with and tending the pretty child ■she worshiped. It was a long, slow recovery. Nomde's doctor being an old black woman, a priestess of the Voudoux. whose herb decoctions allayed the fever, so that she struggled back to life. Tor months Cherubine tended her. and though the black people scattered here and there brought her fruit, ami occasionally a chicken or a few eggs, it " is her girlish nurse who waa the mainstay of her existence, keeping her and the child by the sale of the fruit and the flowers she collected daily and carried into town. It was Cherubine. too. who from these small beginnings, gradually originated the business which had sprung up. It was the work of many years, but first one addition was made, then another, all of them suggestions from the keen, clever girl, till, face to face as she was with poverty. Xousie had at last roused her .self for her child's sake to actual parti* ipation in the girl's work, the obi pleasant life of a colonist's lady had rapidly drop ped away, and rapt in her love for her child, whom she had quietly sent to France. she had toiled on and on till she had arrived at the pitch she occupied at Aube's return. This was literally that of queen among the half-civilized people; ami Aube's first Inkling of the fact was the morning after her arrival when after with heavy heart —trying to partake of the breakfast pressed upon‘her by Cherubine. and suffering keenly from the feelings she strove hard ...Mil in no ■' "" b. ! window trembling, and tried to ncctfpy 1 herself by looking about the room, which lead evidently been prepared for her with loving care. To her snrj rise she found endless tokens of relined laste, relies they were ot Nonsio’s recollections of her past life. For she had taken Cherubine into her counsel and regardless of the cost, had the rough ordinary furniture which had contented her during years of solid toil, replaced by the best Port an Prince could supply There was a piano, too, perfectly new. with the slightly rusted key in the lock, and a pile of new music in a canterbury by the side. It struck Aube as being strangely incongruous to the surroundings of the place: but everything was so. even her presence there, and as she stood beside the instrument, her brow wrinkle.], and she shrank from trying to gaze into the future —a future which wise full of blank despair. As she stood there the bustle and noise outside increased, a shrill woman's voice struck up a weird, strange song, whose peculiarity struck Aube at once, and made her turn her face towards the window just as the strain was repeated in chorus ami was accompanied by the wiry chords of a native guitar and the thrumming of some kind of drum. Then the one voice sang another strain, so weird and strange that Aube felt thrilled by the tones. It was not beautiful, but, like the air of some old country ballads, possessed those elements which appeal to every' nature and never pall. The -horns was rising again, accompanied uow by the stamping of feet and

the regular beat of hands, when the door was flung open, and Cherubine rushed in, to literally fling herself at Aube’s feet, seize her hands and hold them to her cheeks, before kissing them with wild, hysterical delight, her eyes flashing, her teeth glistening, and her bosom heaving with delight. "Oh, you beautiful, you beautiful!” she ' whispered hoarsely. "Kiss poor Cherub ■ once more, like you did when a tiny little I girl.” Aube bent down and pressed her ruddy ; lips on the broad, black brow, with the result that as she knelt there Cherubine flung her arms about the girl's waist and burst into a tit of hysterical sobbing. She cheeked it directly and showed her teeth. "It's because she's so glad. Everybody glad Mahme Nousie's beautiful babe come back. Hark! how they sing and shout!” "Is that because I have come?” whispered Aube, who felt startled. "Yes. and the flowers and the fruit." * herubine was checked at that moment by the coming of Xousie. looking proud, flushed and excited. Her heavy, inert ways seemed to have departed as she crossed the room to Aube, and took her hand, to hold it in both of I hers tor a few moments before kissing it I tenderly. "My dearest, she whispered; and Aube felt that in their eyes sixteen years of the : past were as nothing that she was still that idolized child. " I hat letter.” she whispered to herself, and she looked gently at her mother, through the medium of its words, and leaned forward and kissed her. "My beautiful one!" she whispered fondly, ns she pressed her child to her breast. Then drawing herself up proudly 1 hey are all colic* ling from miles away. The news has gone roilnd that you have come back, ami they are asking to see yon." " 1 hese people?" cried Aube excitedly — | "to seo me?" "Don't be afraid, little one," said Xousie, fondly. "It is to see my darling. I Aube, dearest, they are my people < 'ome.” Once more trembling, and as if in a I dream. Aube resigned herself to her jsmi- I lion, and. passing her arm round her. Xousie led her proudly from the room the tnll, slight figure. draped in white, j beside the heavy looking woman in her garish attire -out through the veranda crowd of blacks, nt that trrw*»-^ fW** chorus of the wild, weird song. As the white figure was led out the chorus stopped ns if nt the beat of a conductor's wand; there was a pauw of some momenta, during w hieh Xousie drew herself up. looking proudly round. niri once more her heavy features were i! lumined by animation, and she disphi'- fl something of th*> beaut.' o! the young wife of old. Then there burst forth .. wild > ry ot delight, tli*' < rowd rushed forward, and through the mist of giddy * x< itement \nbe saw that every one b .re tln'wr- -t gorgeous colors and rough bask* ts *d trop ic fruit which th* v were pressing on h but nt that moment her gaze was ri'* tv.! by the tierce dark eyes of a tall mulatt ■ girl behind w hom stood a herculean bl i> a w ith curiously knotted hair. Aube *lid not flinch, but she was fas ■ limited by the lurid ey* s ot the gn M black; ami ns she turned slightly aside it was to meet the half envious, half m *. ing gaze of the hands*.me mulatto g'.d. who held out to her a wreath of enum.'. strongly scented flowers. “From Genie," she said aloud. t-r Mahme Nousie’s girl. There had been silence while the mu latto, who seemed in authority there, tpoke. Then there was a shout of de : light. Aube's lips moved ns she tried to * x press her thanks, and she took the w renth to raise it to her lips. But hi r hands stopped half way. ami a slight shiver a- - cold passed through her. while her eyes remained fixed, fascinated now by those of the giver of the wreath. CHAPTER Xili. "You have m>t been to see her."' "Xo; I promised you 1 would not: but I am going to break my word it something week." "A week, l.ong enough for m. to p, my chance." "There, you must confess 'hat it is n chance. Etienne?" "Clmm-e? Y es. There, don't str : kc me when I am down. 1 have told y.m 1 loved her, and as soon as you have won that concession you do nothing." “Indeed!” said Madame Saintone. "Do I you hear this. ’Toinette?" "Y'cs. I hear.” s lid tin- girl. eo;ii. m^i ; onsly. “You people have gone mad about ; th*? wretched girl." “Wretihod girl!" cried Saintone, angrily. "Yen talk like that, who are favoring । the advances of th** greatest idiot in Tort I an Prince." , । "There, there," said Madam*' Saintone “no quarreling, children: and you, Eli . I enne, be at rest. I have waited so long because I thought it wisdom. To-day, ! for your sake, I am going to call at that . wretched place. Poor child! She will , : have had time to realize her surroundings, , ! and be ready to jump at my offer." I I "Your offer?” said Saintoue. ■ "Yes, my dear. I propose to bring her । away from her miserable home at once." Saintone kissed her eagerly. "Don’t be too sure that I shall succeed. I never knew the rights of the matter, but there was a great quarrel between ’ that poor girl's father and yours, Etienne, and Xousie lias never treated me cor- - ; dially. i ■ "Oh, but that’s a matter of years ago.” "Yes, and she will of course be dazzled - I by the proposal that Aube should come I J aud ataf with m>. There, as L have «aid

before, leave it to me. If I cannot BUCeeed you cannot.” "If that girl is to be brought here I shall certainly leave the house," said Antoinette, hotly. "Indeed, you will not, madame,”- said her mother, calmly, “No,” said Saintone, fiercely, “and I tell you this, for every unkind look or word you give Mademoiselle Dulan I’ll keep account. ami visit it heavily on that fool, Deffrard.” Antoinette turned white, ami a dark shallow came under her eyes, as she whispered through her closed teeth: "I’m not afraid of you. Etienne. You're only a coward. Visit it on Jules, and I'll kill your miserable negro girl.” "My dear children," said Madam*' Saintone, plaintively. “I eannot have you quarrel. 'Toinette, such words as these are shocking.” " I’hen let him hold his tongue, and not threaten me, mamma. I'm not going to bow down and worship Nousie's girl because she has money. Oh! it is too absurd!" She left the room, and Madame Saintone turned to her son. “Don’t threaten her again, my dear,” she said; “and do. pray, leave this business to me. I can manage ’Toinette.” An hour later Madame Saintone wast being driven to the house at the outskirts of the town, feeling a slight shrinking as she approaclusl the place and saw the] number of blacks idling about the veran- j da and sleeping in the sunshine. “They " ill not dare to molest me,” she said I** herself, proudly; but nil the same she could not help rwnlling the varions troubles consequent upon the independent position taken up by the black ra< e. To her surprise, however, instead of being received by the jM*ople in nulled silence mid with furtive looks, there were smiles and salutations, and one woman wont so far as to offer her a few flowers. Madame Snintone received these graciously as she was stepping out of her carriage, listening the while with some surprise to the tones of a piano, a few chords upon which were being struck carelessly. Rut the next moment she was fact' to face with the difficulty of her task. Xousie having left her child to hurry out to meet "hat si*enied to her a danger. Ah. Madam** Dulan,” said Mmlnme Saintone. smiling, but without offering j her hand. “1 have called to sis' yonf ; charming daughter. I think I have been ! most patient in waiting all these .lays ; before renewing our delightful acquaint- i nm-t'." \\ hat do you want?" said X ms.e, ses ; pi.’ioiisly. hy have you *s»me?" Sh** spoke in a loud tone, ami was evi- i deiitly suffering from great c\.-itement. Madame Saintone smil**d “Oh. i-oine." she saiil playfully, “you must not want to keep the poor child all ! to yourself. Madame Dttlnu. Y*m forget what friends my daughter and Atib*' had 1 become, I want yon tv let h* rgo for a drive and then spend u few hours with ' us up at Ib-an Rnag.- Y m "ill not say It was on X*msi.- ~ bps to say n*>. never trouble us ngaiti. but it was beginning to ilawn upon lo r that sh.- hnd brought her I * hild to a ven tinsuitabk* home. She had : been starthal at th*» differem-e between ' them. Forgetful of self, the mother had , hnd this one thought her child; and It had not occurred to her that this child | Would return to her an nrcomplishe* 1 ■e^tri?*^^ battle with two ideas, Would sho tw» 1 standing in her chilli's light in ch«s-kmg nl! further intenamse? On the ether l hand, if -he allo".si Aube to m ep! the I invitation, would she b<- doing that whi**h | sent an agonizing pang through her. • widening th*' gulf b*-t" -en L* r and her child? (To be eoti!imied I HE READ THE MESSAGE. tt-i t i tn- Ilrug V terk** 1 roostu 11 on a s Not Correct. They were standing **n the o*rn*'r of Seventh ami \ im* streets not -n.iuy *i 1 l - ..■ ip- ■ ' . * i ' . ' l- ' «-cive I a telegram, say s t'a - । 'in -ian itl j Tribune, aud he "as mak n.: a great, effort to read it H • tr.e.l it '.e >e\ -nil ;

minutes and then handed ,• t-> I.H friend with an air of dl'gtK. The sTend individual gave it up after j struggling with it a quarter of an hour. | “1 never saw anything t> Iwat that,” j he remarked, as he handed the mos- . sage back. "and I ve seen some pre ty । bad writing in my time, too,” "Well. 1 can't read it. and I'd Ik- to know what it says badly.” "Let me see? Ah. I have it. Drtig : clerks can read most any kind of wilting. Let US go and see." They went to the nearest pharma y and handed the message to the prescription clerk. Before an explanation i could Ik* made, he darted to the rear of (In* shop, and disappeared behind a ; screen. After an absence of fifteen minutes, I during which both men had grown . "Sixty cents, please.” Itaihi r stunned foe n while the man opened the package and read on the label: "< ‘ne teaspoonful, t > be taken three times every hour.” When an explanation was made, the clerk set up the soda water. A Small Earth. Four leading French scientists Vil- ; lard, Cotard. Seyrig and Tissandier—- ■ have succeeded in making a wonderful model of tlie earth. It is a huge sphere, j forty-two feet in diameter and has painted on its outside till details of tho ; earth's geography. At Paris, where the pigmy world is being exhibited, an iron and glass dome lias been erected ' over tlie globe. The building is eight- I । sided, and is well provided with eleva- . tors ami stairways, which make it an • easy task for the visitor to examine ■ “all parts of the world.” The globe ' weighs eight tons, but is so nicely balanced that it can easily be rotated by a small hand-wheel. The entire surface area is live hundred and twenty-five i feet, which is sufficient to exhibit all : tlie mountains, rivers, islands and cit- ! ies, even to the principal thoroughfares of the latter. j ( It is a mistake to speak of accepting i , the inevitable. People don't accept It; ' I they simply get it.

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PEOPLE who are inclined to bolleve girls a rather slow lot when it comes to vigorous oxerciae would have opened their eyes in ama^e ment at the evolutions of a party of Young ladies at one of the (’hicago gymuasluins. says the Otronick'. When a "'Oman does do anything, especially if pleases her, she goes in with an enri'g.v that is almost perplexing. Here Bn the parallel bars, the slack line ami ♦ther ImpleinentH for physical develop dnenr, she exhibited u skin and feur^essness that took one's breath away. ■This was particularly true about those ■iHslgnod to duty on the ladders. There were three different klttls of these, one horizontal and stationary and two perpendicular swinging ones. Due of the latter was what might be . ailed a triple ladder. Throe girls occupied a square each; then when the word was given they began a most (omplieated interlacing movement. The girls, while mounting higher and higher on th*' bidder, exchanged places with one another. and this was doue in the same manner that a triple brai l is plaited. If anything should have a tendency to produce suppleness surely this boa constrictor eontorllon movement would have th*' desired result. Other pupils mounted the ladders and, holding on j with both k.tn*ls and feet, let the body | swing at an alarming angle from the j ladder, while they lightly sprang from j ou*> rouml t<> another.

■ * c V 1 "-' id \.WI ' Uli WGEL FLIGHT.

1 Nome were pulling "eights for th*' i devidopmvnt *»f the ih. s; and lung', i and th*' MD'nji h•' well a* emhmuic*' ' displayed was remark-i’'!*'. Nwiiig ng ! In the air by means *.f lug.* rings in j rrqtea hung from the * ’ Hing seemed to ■ a ver.' popular amns*«m»'iH im*' ’ jottug lad) swung herself repesitedly I the length of :b" ball without ! apjrenrlug in anyway fatigued from b*'r ’ cfforl. Perhaps Gm most ph tui*"*ine j flgure In thei'XW Wits "lilt Is rail .si the Hi - -I ttlghi. Judging from the lißar:’.' >’ li • panic;? tat- !n th*s numj law. tltc spot* v.o kc nly *-njoye*l by

Bs ’'' <- ; L_= t < is Bl • - "00-g.■ «. . ■ tLL CW ; ' o:.iT!'o i p mcsci.e. all of them. Tlie performance of the angel flight consisted in about six or eight young women taking hold of an equal number of short rope ladders dangling some ten feet from tlie floor. These were lowered till cmiveniently reached by tlie girls, who laid a firm hold on the lower round. Ai a signal the<»ntire number are lifted clear above the floor. There, by a swivel arrangement in the ceiling, all ladders with their fair burdens are revolved at quite a rapid rate. Tlie motion causes tlie ladders to radiate and gives an ex treniely realistic picture of Hying. Dumbbells ami club swinging are not indulged in to such an extent as they used to lie. This sort of exercise is apt ! to be overdone by novices and is not very beneficial in its results on account of setting in motion a comparatively small number of muscles. How to Avoid Colds. There is one simple way of avoiding colds— keep your mouth shut when out

' of doors. The man or woman who , comes out of a close room, especially i late at night, and breathes through the mouth will either * atch a bad cold or : Irritate the lungs sufficiently to cause , annoyance ami unpleasantness. If : people would just keep their mouths : shut ami breath*' through their noses, ■ this difficulty and danger would be I avoided. Chills are often the result of people talking freely while out of doors just after leaving a poorly ventilated room. It is during youth that the ■ greater number of mankind contract habits of inflammation which make their whole lives a tissue of disorders. Closing a Letter. Some one once said that the three ; needful things for a perfect love letter were: Good grammar, good paper—and sincerity. , Nowadays we are apt to think of the . spelling, too, and the writing, the neatly divided paragraphs and the general style ami get-up of the missive, for all letters are not love letters, and everyone has not the excuse <d' a disordered ‘ heart and a bedazzled mentality for a careless scrawl. One should have an alcohol lamp or a roll of wax tapers, sold for th*' purpose. ami still air in the room to prop- . erly seal letters. With the seal and envelope before you. turn one end of the stick of wax rapidly over the flame, not near enough to ignite it. until it is creamy ami ready to drop; then deftly rub It round and round over the, point of the envelope flap until enough is depos !e*l. wln'ii the dab of wax may be held a moment immediately over the flam*'. Then iirmly press the seal into It. If a drop *>f the hot wax is tirst placed under the point of the (lap the

soil will be less likely to break. A vl! eir seal wilt never stick, and pracdee w ill insure a firm impresston, with tiie wax molded neatly and evenly around the seal. In ail this pray be careful. Itemember Mrs Longfellows std fate from the lace of her gown ran Tug tire as she sealed her letters. Him XX ife XX rites I'oetr.v. rhe m iglilmrs wondered why lie grew -i pale and thin. \ el told him tiiat he ought to < ill a doctor in. H. said. \ of.. Im's stuff wille’ er reach the >|hH: M : -.ic- .'lid Christian Scharf, t 0... I ■ hink a re rot; Ahisl alas! ' . rivtl. "my wife writes poetry. Ami licit • xxhy I am tlie woeful wv. k I he neighbors xviped away the sympathizing tear. Then sat them down, hi- explanation asked to hear. "Tel! ns." they urged, "how sh > has brought you to this plight. iir we will lym h her ere we leave the i> use to’-mght. IL- moam d : "She tries her poems it -st o£ .•ill one me. To judge if editors van stand them. I Hi t you see?" "< ' .il-liver oil." he sighed. "I've taken by the case." And at the th :ght the tears ran down his patiem fime: "Bought pills and powders, tonics, many a sickening draught; • Imntne and whisky. I'll not tell you half MM OBbmM-IT™ * As l >ng as sh .'s alive, there is no hope for me!" New York Sun. Good Form in Bicycling. Tim “form" of bicycling is beginning to be studied. Grooms on wheels must follow their mistresses as they did on horseback; it is probably only a ques- , tion of a short rime when the lady's maid will have to include wheeling with her other accomplishments to secure a situation. On the road the woman who wishes to ride a ia mode has to km xv a number of little things that are overlooked by another woman, just as the smart set have a code for t iding and driving that is as inexorable as tiiat they should not eat with their । knives or put sugar on oysters. Society insists on the upright position, i with, of course, no attempt at racing pace. It also frowns upon constant i ringing of the bell -that xvill do for the vulgar herd who delight in noise; the i well-informed wheelwoman keens eyes I and ears alert and touches her bell rarely. She dresses daintily and inconspicuously—effaces herself, in fact —as much in tiiis exercise as she does In all public places. In the “Cyclopedia of Costumes” 1728 different styles of hats and caps are j illustrated or described.

RECORD OF THE WEEK INDIANA INCIDENTS; TERSELY TOLD. Row Over a School Teacher in Shelby Count y--Fearful Typhoid Epidemic at Decatur—Lives of Twins Singularly Alike—Historic Relics at Anderson. Stares for We* ks at Empty Benches. Brandy wine Township, Shelby (h>:inty, is at war with Frank Holmes, a teacher select* d for District No. 4 by 1 rustee Elim-r L< e. The parents of the pupils said Holmes was not a tit teacher and decide*! to boycott him. For the first five weeks of the school term Holmes taught to empty benches. Three child** n have attended during the last thr«-o weeks. Lee refused to remove Ilolmes or to transfer his pupils to another district. in spite of the protests of the residents of th*'district. The indignant parents have made preparations to euj*>in Lei- from paying Holmes his salary, and th*- courts will be tisked to settle the matter. Harvesting Honey bytbcTon. I nele Jacob Barringer, near HushviUe, has been making honey over sixty years, and lie is still actively engaged in the business. He estimate;-! that he has in his day. with his swnrms of bees, produced honey more easily calculated by the ton than in pounds. He is SO years old. and the strongest man of his age in Rush County. He was born in Pennsylvania. Ho engaged in honey making ami farming near Rushville over half a century ago. Barringer never used tobacco in any form, ami he was never "groggy.” as he terms it. He claims that no person Jiving ever heanl him make use of an oath. He has not an enemy that he knows of. He served as assessor for twelve years. Peculiar History of Twin Sisters. There are visiting in Terre Haute twin sisters whose lives have been singularly identical. Their maiden name was McCormick, and they were born in Connersville. this State. Feb. 27, ISI6, and they say their father built the tirst log cabin in Indianapolis, where he moved when they were but 1 years of age. The sisters were married on the 27th of the montti to twin brothers named Isaac and Moses Martz, who were also born on the 27th of th*' month. This double marriage was in LS.”4. The twins were of a family of twelve * hildrcn and each has had twelve children. They are now living in Arcadia. Hamilton County. Ind. Gigantic Skeletons Dug Up. Excavators at work in Anderson made a startling discovery. They were at work "lien a portion of the earth gave in. and they found a sealed eave. Investigation ami further excavations opened it. Th**ro were a dozen skeletons in a sitting position. all facing th*' west, on the inside. Th*' scene was a strange one and caused a decided sensation. The skeletons seemed to bo holding a council of war. All were erect. By their sides were the remains of what had once been their trinkets. Most of the skeletons were of abnormal pro]>ortions, indicating that the rave thus Tranipwd Down in a Churcli Panic. During a stereopticon lecture at tho Methodist church at Farmland a panic was caused by the bursting of a rubber hose attached to the gas generator. In the stampede women aud children wi-r*' thrown down and trampled on. Ihe greatest < rush was at the doors, which opened inward. The furniture in th*' building was utterly ruined. Several were in dang* r of asphyxiation by the gas. but outsiders burst in tin- wimio'vs and rescued them. All Over the State. Ed Moore, the 17-year-old son of Harvey A. Moore, of Logansport, was accilentally kille.l while hunting quail. <’lark Y’aniee. living near Crawfordsville, left home to milk tin- cows. His contitiu*'*! absence was noted, and he was found to have fallen dead of lieart trouble. Ed Ril* y. alias "Cocky" Riley, of Terr*' Haute, wliose reputation is that of a thug, has been sentenced to four years’ imprisonment. Aft*'” his arrest he attempted suicide in jail by cutting his throat, but careful nursing restored him. The believers in Christian science are giving the health authorities much trouble at An*b-r.--*m. A child in .John Bennett s family died, ami inquiry showed that the patient hail been treated by a Dr. Y*oolman. of Pendleton, who tinally made a return, giving as cause of demise, “fear of death and sin." A post-mortem developed that the child had died of malignant diphtheria. Last .Inly the family of Henry Hiatt. ,>f Madison County, together with four । hired men. were poisoned by using water from the well, and the youngest member of th** family is a hopeless invalid. Ihe well was d'redged ami t" o s *;aiv< Q Were tish.M up. “^-^'^iti/arseine. Both 4-were covered witß Hue w*re in whi.-h J ■ *. t . r «pvi- which at last have given tiie detectives a clew to the possi- ’ Ide prisoner. This would be murderer is said to bo under surveillance and an early arrest is not improbable. Ira Hallenbaugh, 17 years ohl. of Anilerson. started on a Pan-Handl*' train for Frank fort, but was put off at Florida tor non-payment of fare. This angered him. and he proceeded to pile ties on th*' rails. The approach of a train, however, frightened him, ami he rushed down the track signaling the engineer, and an accident was prevented. Hallenbaugh claimed that tramps piled the ties, an*! the trainmen gave him enthusiastic greeting because so his kindly act. Detective Matt Moore, of the Pan-Handle Company. after investigating the matter, however. <-onchnled that Hallenbaugh was guilty, and he arrested th*' young man and secured a full confession. Hallenbaugh has been committed to jail to await I ria l. Alonzo Powers, the youthful Chesterton murderer, is feigning insantiy. To till outward appearances he Is suffering from mental derangement, but the officers believe that he is attempting a clever ruse to escape the gallows. YY'hile YY". F. Brewer, a well-known Bedford jeweler, was going homeward the other night, he was rushed tTpon by some one whom he did not recognize, and was knocked down anil beaten. Hit assailant then escaped by running up the alley. The assault was doubtless actuated by revenge, as there was no attempt ut robbery.