St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 21, Number 19, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 30 November 1895 — Page 7

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CHAPTER XIII it ’ »minued.) As she was hesitating Madame Saintone brought to bear the calm matter of fact mental pressure of the woman accus I tinned to be obeyed, on one who was mor- J ing in a lower grade. ■'Ah," she said, smiling. “I thought yon j would relent. I understand your feelings. , I should be as jealous as you if some one . tried to separate me from my darling j Antoinette. Where is our dear Aube?” Sho walked quietly forward, and, as if ■ mastered by a stronger will, Nousie led • her in silence to the inner room she had religiously set apart for her child. Aube rose from the piano as they entered, coloring vividly and then growing pale, while her mother stood at the door watching jealously every look ami feeling painfully more ami more that she had been creating the gap between her and the child she loved. ‘‘Ah, my darling." cried Madame Saintone, "I have conn' at last." -She kissed her affectionately, but Aube made no sign. "What a delightful little nest. A piano! Books! All thoughtful little preparations made by your dear mother for her child’s return. There, have I not been patient? I shuuid have been here before," she continued. seating herself in a lounge and arranging her dress while Aube stood by, nnd Nousie closed the door and seemed to keep guard lest her child should be stolen from her. “but ’Toinette said you two ought to have a few days together undisturbed." "It was very kind of you. Madame Saintone, and good of you to call." "Oh. come, my child, Aon’t talk like that. We must not be formal. There, go and put on your things. I see how it is; you are quite pale with keeping indoors. and you have been feeling the heat. lam going to take you for a drive where you can feel the sea air; then come’ for a few hours to dine with us. and I’ll bring you back in the evening.” Aube locked at her in a startled way. and then at her mother, who remained a silent and watchful spectator of the scene. "You have seen nothing of the place yet. I am sure, and if 1 go back to Paris and call on the dear Sisters, I shall never be able to face them if I have not done i my duty by you. Come." Nousie stood with her lips parted, and j feeling as if something was constricting her heart ns mie told herself that she had ; committed a grievous error, and all her labor of these many years was to prepare her child for another grade of life, and that from this moment Aube was going to drift away. Yes: it was plain enough. She realized fully the difference between herself and this elegantly-dressed, polished woman with whom Aube set-med in neeord. Mi> cry, agony, despair all fought for the possession of her breast as she felt now that she was only tit to be servant to her child, and for a moment, she was on the point of running from the r "tn ami fuel jng some lonely spot where she could throw herself down and beat her heal against the ground. But as she gazed wii-liy at Aube, their « yes met. and there was so soft and gentle a look directed a' her that her breast heaved, her great love prevailed om-e more, and she said to herself: "Why not ? I have been her servant and slave all these years. Why should it not contimi" now if it will mak- her happy? Is she not my life?" "Why, my child," cried Madame Saintone. with a forced laugh, "how strange: you look. Oh, I see you have some nonsense in that pretty head about obligati m ami n>t wishing to trouble me. Quite s-bool etiquette, that, ami all very well in Pari- : but here we are more tree and neighborly. Aube, my darling. I have to give you your first less in in Haytian hospitality, so to begin with, my dear, my 1 horses and carriage are at your service whenever you like. We must mount you, and ’Toinette and you ■ an go for long rides together.” At that moment a jealous suspicion flashed across Nousie > brain. tor she re । called meeting ’Toinette on horesbaek nearly two years before, and she was riding with her brotherdbieune. It Ar.be went with Madame Samt-me, she would meet this man. “Don’t you think so. Madame Dnlau?" Nousie started ami gazed, at her wildly. _ "I said." continued Madame Saintone. with a <mile, in a voice full of good humored comb scension. “do you not think our dearest Aube w . iM look charming in a riding habit?” Nousie's lips parted, and Madame Saintone said to herself, "Poor woman; 1 can lead her as I like." i hen aloud, as Aube crossed toward her mother, "That’s right. : my dear. Do not harry, and make yourself hot, and pray let there be no more formality between us. Your dear mother wishes you, I can see. to make friends with our people, ami it will be better for you, of course." “And she will meet Etienne Saintone, the man who came here that day.' thought Nousie; and with her eyes dilating she recalled the bribe lie had given her. and what had foilowed when he ami his friend kept their appointment. She was recalling all this with the agony at her heart increasing as the posnihility of Saintone seeing and loving her child flashed across her. and quite heedless of her daughter’s words as Aube laid a hand upon her arm. she now caught her to her side ami held her fast. "What?" she said, wildly; and she looked fiercely in Aube's eyes. “I said that it was kind and thoughtful »f Madame Saintone to come and make this proposal: but will you tell her, dear, as I did. that I have come back home to you. to be with you. and that I cannot accept her offer.” “My dearest Aube,” cried Madame Saintone, holding out her ha^ds. "I am saying what i" am sure my dear mother wishes,” said Aube, gently, “and it is what I feel. Thank you. Madame,

Saintone. I am very grateful indeed 1 j am for all your care of me during the > voyage, but I must decline." “.My dear Madame Duhiu,” said the I visitor, “it i eally is your duty to help your । child. Do not. pray, stand in her light : Indeed, all this will bo for her good." Nousie felt constrained again. Was it right? Was it for Aube's good, j and would she stand in her light? This ; beautiful, ladylike girl was, she saw now, I so out of place there. "Doyon feel this?” continued Madame : Saintone, who followed up her nd vantage, and spoke earnestly to the mother. ' "Feel this?” faltered Nousie. as she ; looked wildly at her child. “Stand in her ! light! Aube, dear. Should 1? Yes. You should go.” Aube's arms were round her, ami she laid her head upon her mother's shoulder. "No,” she said softly. “Madame Sain- , tone means kindly, but it is not right, j No, Madame Saintone, I have thought nil : this over, a id thank you all the same. Mother dear. I canm t go." Nousie stood us if carved in -tunc is Madame Saintone rose, shrugged her shoulders, nnd raised her eyebrow s, think ing the while. "1 see." she cried, pleasantly. "’Toinette was right. I have still come too soon. You two are quite love-sick yet. Ti er ■. 1 am going now to wait till all this emotion has time to calm down. Good by. Mad ame Dulau. Aube, my sweet child." she | continued, kissing her, “an revoir. I am going t > disappoint 'Toinette. but jou will make up for it another day." Aube shook her head, but MadamSaintone hiughod. "M e shall see," she said gout|y. "G I by." She rustled out of the door. ami mother and child stood apart now in the sh.ded room, listening as the chatter of th-' blacks outside- - ased, and in imagination I they saw the visitor mount into the ear j riage; then the wheels crushed the dusty road, the loud talking of the blacks began I again, ami there was a cheer. Then Nousie gaz- d wildh in her ehil-l's face. “It is all true.' she s aid "I shall «' • .| in your light awl keep you ba- k " Aube thing her arms rouml her w--k ■ awl nestled to her as she iv bispored "My own dear, si mother, ion li'h ' : if you speak lik-- that." But Nousie ma-lc iw sign, for Mada: w ■ Saintone's words had gone drc.,l, b. ioc I and more and more in lo r heart she knew . I that they were true, < 'll \ I’Tl.’ft X I \ The time glided by. awl now ti nt th \ first shock of surprise and what marl approaehisl t » horror had ।a.^ d. \eo. ' found her surroundings I. ss ] a ihc 1 though nt times she shrank from th- - idolatry with which she was treated the people who came about the p! I: was little less from lo r nwther an-l < : übine. though her mother's icndcrness was now mingled with sudii "- Th. • was a d< pre. ding ap< l geti- t< . . all her approa. lies n Inch caw. 1 \ ni--little suffering, nnd she stroe bird ■ make her !•••-! that she was hupp) : , content. Among the idu k> nnd m flats v.; came to tire house, there Were "Illy who appeared stt .-n>ge (iw . : the'" u ~s th.- tall, haw'- a mulatt.. -irl v. r. 'C.-md t" have - -W. . with Nousie: and th- other u a • the gig.in ’ tie black with the kn >tt<sl hair, aho : I scarcely allowed a day to pass without making his appearance: awl A ihe i . fl | thnt he always wahlusl her strung, ly. and on one occasion as she - r playing one of the old pieces which brought ba< k her life at the convent, she saw th st th ■ room was larkened nnd that -mi" .me i u as looking in. She shrank back into one corner -.f th" ■ room with her heart beating fast, for -he ' had caught sight of the lit ree black t o •> and opal eyeballs of the man wl; . had startled her before. Then the ligh - nme ■ uninterruptedly again, and the dr ad passed away as she thought of the love of the bla- k people for Nou-.ie. and tlcit the chords she had been playing had at traeted the man to the wind >w. Madame Saintone came again nwi again, but always to meet with similar j refusals, all of which she took g.>od temperedly enough, nnnoune'ng that she should return to the cottage until she suc‘reeded; and her invitation had been supplemented by others brought by her son, whoso visits to the ea'iaiet wvr. now, daily . Tlley . fl Xc'.e ’mt lit!',., .me .. . only vexation that Madame Saintone i should be so pertinacious, for in the mid -1 of Nonsie’s pa .siomite affection for. and ■ worship of. her child, it was plain enough । to see that there was a nervous expo,-- . I taney and dread lest she should be won over at last, and he ready to forsake her homo Aube only encountered. Saintone twice, j Ho was enthusiastic, and aired all his I - graces and attract ions to make an im- ; j pression upon his mother's selection; but i ' Nousie. who watched every look anil word ' jealously. h"d no cause for suffering, as it I was,plain ..mimgh tha* Saintone’s visits I annoyed Aube, and he went ayvay morti- ' ' lied anil ready to detlare that she was i weak and uninipi essiirnaiflo, or his visits ; would not have so far been in vain. But after swallowing his disappoini i ment he was ready to come to the attack ■ again, his vanity seconding the feeling of ) passion lately evoked. It was a. strange life, aad Aube would sit by her open win-low at night listening j to the weird sounds which came from the ; forest, and ready to feel at times that I sooner or later she would awake.i from । her last dream. Then she would sigh and think that it was no dream, and sit and recall her peaceful life it the convent, her happy days with. Lucie, ami a faint glow would flush her <-heeks at the though: oi Paul. Then the hot tears would come as in her heart she fell that she might some

dty bare loved him, but that this wag indeed a dream never to be realized —a something pleasant belonging to the dead past. She had written to the lady superior and to Lucie twice since she had been out' there, but her letters were guarded. The allusions to her mother and her- home were brief, but she dwelt at length upon the beauty of the country and the tender love showered upon her by her mother and her old nurse. But then* was no mention of her position, and the agony she had suffered no word to show that she was not happy. “Why should I speak of my disappointment and the dissipation of all my illusions?” she asked herself. "1 built up all, those castles in the air; it is not her fault that they have all come tumbling down.” GIIAPTER NV. Nousie was settled nt the back of hes buffet one morning when all without was glorious sunshine, .and in her heart all looked dark. The place ntfd her avocations had smhletily grown distasteful, sh>» . hardly realized to herself why; and the great object of her life achieved, she sat wondering why it was that it. had not brought her joy. There were endless things to distract her. She was jealous of Madame Suintone. and she shuddered when Etienne came, but always after their departure^ she communed with henself as to whethe^ she ought not to forgive the past and en-J courage her child to accept the intimacy^ at all events with Mndatne Saintone. who could offer her social advantages such ns were watiling now. Thon sho thought of leaving the place altogether and beginning a new life, but these thoughts were cast aside despairingly. for it she did this, her income would cease, ami worst of all. the gap between her and her chihl wou’ld not be bridged. “I can seo it 1 can sec it." she sighed. “My poor darling; she is struggling hard to love me. I never thought of it. but sho is so different, ami I can never be anything else but what I tint.” Her musings that morning and lite thoughts which always .-ame to her when she was alone were interrupted by the ontrnu-'c of Eugenie and the great black, wing after making sure that tney would not be ovet heard, seated then*-s.-lves. the bin-k refreshing himself with a glass of rum, and Genie b-aning over tin- buftot counter to speak in a b>w tomto Nrni^ir. "Where i- < li< rubine'*' she asktsl. ■ < lone nto !he tou li ” "She lias m-t been up to us lat^’ly." "No, she h -s Is <m so busy here." "Ah. yes. vGth Ilie jitetty holy frotr - over the sea." es." said Nni’sie unen-ily. aid, avoid ing further allusm.. to b- r child, she cn tered as or.ee into the bnsin*-.. of h’*r - ■ ' r r . . . ..r,’, , . from her win- h she mid- rb ok to fulfil). Then the woman arose, made a s:gn to th" bln- k and he t-dl- uis! her without j a wonl f->r some distnm e along the tea I, i fill they v- re quite out of sight of N«U- ! sie s In-mc, when -II- |s»mte<* up s side i path. “<to on. now," sh" said, ‘A on com t ( g ?" ’ \ yet •b> on, uml don't «■' nW ’ Tin bla-k lauglitsl rather . -m* «>n»ly. and turio’d up the path, to go f-«r s<«n»e diMam-e Is fore turning -) er|.h, round, ami he was nUmt to phnigv in nm-mg th--a- if to r trms hi' -t-p-. when he be- in e 11-, that til. l-Hllflll - gt-t ; had followed him n little way. nu-l w«« i i walchiiig t»» s»s* if he rtsUlv Mi-nl, The Ida. I. tanch.'d ami n.M on . while af'er mukmg stua flmf -To was n o I being w ill. h. d n tnn th. g; i .. t urn <1 ' to the n.sid li,»‘ .at don u Go |. she < ml I ■ ..tnmnnd the w.. t„ t| . । :< ,-M . ' t J « , ( I INVENTIVE CRANKS IN FRANCE' 111-. vI .> V»i .t» I.! c . Is!a. Il r . o*l X Pouf XV hole-.ate l» -'riKtuni i a War. Some ^iic’ising par: culais ■ ' the In , venti-mt th. 1 imte been offered tu :h>‘ | i’rem h '-ar office is7l. -at s the I I. -mbm G-.ur’ J mri.a). have re, .-ntly J been published In a Tt.-ii > newspaper. I th- tuajority of winch a; ■ ,il. -m equal ■ to the Laptttan - heme for plowing i fhd-ls namely, ’ y -iw ng a .-rtt' In i row- nnd then turning in p g' to n*»t I them up. •'m ga nii’s o-ugiii a | li -nt foi' the training of sqn idr.-us of porsoflies. Th. s.- aim;,an- -ne<■to be fed e\i In-ively . n bl-wnl served up b neath . th;' delieu.c epidermis of mechanical figures clothed in the itniforms of members of th.* triple alliam s.< that when P -litical relation- in Europe were strained the files migb I. given daily a iin'e of the iuicoof certain poisonous ; plants, and on a. uml dr.’aratiun of war turned -mt in th * p i:h of the one my. Another ingenious pers.-n pro pcs la scheme fm oducaiing' war dog's In time of pea -e he would tc.tch Erem li -logs to bite lay tigur ■' wearing Prus- ’ s'.an helmets, in order that on the outbreak of war the kennels of the whole country might be mobilized and let loos,* mi the enemy. Then there are tinmoroHs proposals for bridging rivers by means of ropes attached to cannon balls, ami a photographer suggests a ' novel kind • f captive shell, which, ' bre.tkin' ov -r the foi ■ lied p >sflp..n of I an enemy, would diselo--' a small cam- I i era attached io a paraehuie. The etieiii' s fori Teat -ms would be itistanta- , neously photographed and tin- appira : ins hauled back by the s::-ing ami the no.gatives developed at lei-uro. Two ' Ideas are very inhuman. line is a i scheme for sending large quanthies of । poisoned ncedh-s. as if in charity.’to i the enemy 's generals, who would, of ! course, disiributo them to their forces j and s<> poison the unfortunate users; | and the other to charge explosive 1ml- ! lets with pepper. Two objecis are pur- | sited by the inventor of the pepper; its i d'si'lmrge would blind tin- enemy, am! Ilie groat demand for the condiment in war linn* would stimulate the trade of ino Ereneh colonies ami increase the revenue of the country. There are also many other equally absurd propositions, such as suggestions for making soup by machinery, growing potatoes on barrack roof a in December, and kill ing whole army corps of Prussians by post—but they are far too numerons te be mentioned. A West Virginia man is so peculiarly affected by riding on a train ting lie has to chain himself to a scat to prevent his jumping out of the car window.

.'I WORK OF CONGRESS.! I < MEMBERS OUTLINE WHAT WILL DE DONE. gome of the More Important M fas urea to He Introduced by Senators 1 and Reprcsental ives—The Ship Canal Project to Receive Attention. — Capita! City Chat. Washington correspondence; THE coming session of the new

< engross promises to be full of interesting work for its members, and! from first to last will hold the at ten-! tion of people gen I erally. With a view of getting advance information ' ■ t h e w r i t e r has made inquiries of a number of tin* di s t in g uished members of both houses for a fair outline of the pr-.s I Peets for legiabl- < lion of interest to

She ]x »p!e. Answers made to these in- - Kuiries by Senators and Representatives ‘ vuhstnntially agree in the main in two : tilings. One is that the revenues of the Government must bo imroasrd. Tin* other is that the outlook for general logis- ! In lion is poor. The session promises to b<* one of inactivity, enlivened by stage playa in the interest of parties and Presidential aspirants. M bile there is general ngreetm nt that ■ the revenues should lie incn*nsed the manner of providing this increase promises to make a conflict between Congress nnd the President right at the start, for many Republicans insist that the revenue bill shall bo drawn on protection lines, nnd there is an intimation of a possible conflict nnd even deadlock between the President ami Congress on this question. The principal subjects singled out for tariff prote- tion uro lumber and wool. There nre snggesti.ms also of an im -eased tax on Itcer for the purpose of increasing ! the revenues 1 Cuba. A- nci-velu nnd the M-mroc doei trine promise tn furnish sutiieient mate- ' I rial for discussion and for resolutions. The Nii arcgan Cana), n railroad pooling hill nnd the I ninn Pacific situation will receive attention, as will also the pension question An if-r 1 rill be made to <’r■ prive the C<»inmi'Siomr of l‘- t.si«.n» es the right to cut off pensions arbitrarily or :to reduce their allowances It look* as if the qm-s’Sen <>f retirim: the greenbacks, lif pressed by Pre' dm* i vclnnd. ns it probably will Iw*. will overshadow in iniportanre the silver em-'tion. It may be I mndc on<* of the leadim: i"ues in th- m-xt i campaign. •*n the whole, very little legisi Intion of imn-^r'ni’ c may bo <qw t.-d :

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Fortunately th.- pasty -fnmgth i* <h tided l»etween the two lions., :u:d th-- : Executive that very little -king- i"us <r‘ disturbing legislation m J be feared. Treasury Stock Is Sinking Recent withdrawals of gold for exp- it | by New Y »r* lu.itkug houses Lave reduced the balance in th< treasury t<- ^<9,I 439.1*39. w i- his aU-ut $H ihhi.imio i-.w the lawful n serve. and within <1 l.tfhi.. UU*t of what is c-mxbred the danger point The I n.’li. ti in the vaults is x allied at sM.’.and the - nn ’- its yss.u,;;.. UH l>< fore the withdrawals of Saturday, of which ssO.*x;s.7.'S9 n pn ^ n’s outstand ing gobi cvrhti ate«. This Hus a mar gin of h -s than S3i;.*hm*.ihmi in coin available for the t deniption of greenbacks and other 1 nited States not. s. All the mints have been working steadily through the xununer coining gold w ith the hope of escaping another such emergency rs occurred in February, when coin had to be borrow..l from f ust funds to re-j icein m t. s and repine- d with bullion. The shipments of gold last week ; • mounted to XM». and it is expeetM that they will reach S-TOW. 1 WO this j We k unless something unusual happens k affect exchange. It is believed, too, fltat the 11 -w eastward will continue :>t ‘be rat of Sll.imv । n-hi or S I.' mum it a week during the r- r.ir inder of the ’ear. and after the tir-t of January, when dividends are payable, it will be even greater. The best authorities anticipate a d- - pletion of the treasury gold to SSh.imi,QOO or S.ktJMMijUMi before Feb. 1. unless some action is taken to stop it or replenish the reserve by the sale of bonds Xo aid can bo expected from the public revenues. ; The deficit is piling up larger and 1 g--r every month. The exports in October were only <12.OttO.OOO in excess of the imports, waile thev were $23.1 >33,135. in excess during the corresponding month last year. I-or the ten months of ISUS ended Oct 31 th-’ balance of trade in our favor was only $31,119,749. while during the corresponding period in 1K94 it was s9<’>.•,<>!,3!>o. and this difference is not sufficient to settle balances in Europe and meet mercantile , obligations. Assistant Secretary Curtis went to Xow \ ork last week to confer . with the bankets of that city concerning this situation, and he was advised by j every one that it would be necessary tor I the treasury to issue another loan in order , to maintain the Government credit until ■ Congress takes some action. The same . syndicate that has been supporting the । treasury all summer ami manipulating ; exchange so as to prevent the withdrawal of gold is willing to come to the relief of the Government again on much better terms than they demanded last February,

but stipulates that action be taken at once befqre public confidence is unsettled and the resiAve is reduced below the danger point. They agree to furnish $25,000,('<)0 in gold coin in exchange for $?0,000,000 par of 4 per cent, bonds, and it is believed the President will accept their offer without taking the risk that he did early in the year, and then call upon Congress for permanent relief. The New York bankers told Mr. Curtis that while the Government can pllice , bonds at the rate of 3 per cent, now it will be compelled to pay at least per cent, if the reserve is reduced below SGO,000,000, and if the administration gets into the sanre fix as it was in last Febrniiry he will be compelled to make another contract similar to that made then with the Morgan-Belmont syndicate. Carter's Two Hats. The lion. Thomas H. Carter, the member of the Vnitcd States Senate from Montana and the chairman of the Ropub.

T. H. CARTEK.

i can National Committee, wears two hats. The change : is made when be crosses the 88th meridian of• longi- ; lude. < Ine is of the broad, sombrero kind. about the ‘ eomploxion of a ' dun-coloied mule / and ewries around ' ; the crown outside a strap of leather, ■ which may be tightened or let out to accommodate t h e

alterations in Si nator Carter's head. That is the hat ho wears in Montana, where he is one of the boy* drinks his whisky straight, chews plug tobacco, greases his luiots nnd uses double negatives and otti- : er forms of bad grammar. But as Ite ! crosses the SSth meridian this hat is folded up carefully and tucked a-wny in the pocket of his gripsack, so that ho may ' resume it when he reaches the same point on his next journey westward. At the j same time Mr. Carter folds up his frontier : manners and lays them aside to keep un- j til they are needed again. His other hat j is a sleek nnd glossy example of the j stovepipe variety, ent after the pattern of that which the Duke of Marlborough wore at his wedding. This he only wears in the East, when he puts on a bold face, white shirt, nnd his manners are those of a prosperous Now York banker. , SUNDAY SHAVING LAW INVALID. Decision by i*. Chicngo Ju Igi’ that the Law Is Cln-s l.cgiKl.ition. .Tudgo Giblxvns. •->'<'hi< :igo in a careful- J ly writ!-:, - pinion, holds that the I'oily law. making it a misdemeanor for a bar- ' l-e; to shave a man on Sunday, is class ■ legislation nnd invalid. This is flu* result | so far of the tight waged by Chicago bar- [ < Iters against the law. The ea-o will be 1 I r viewed by the Supreme Court next. < The Judge, in the cmirse of ills opinion, i said " l" ! ie bnsi- question of this i-ase is, I Can the I,< gi-Inture single out any one . calling or avocation, which in and of it- i ,

■ : i- ti ’ harm' il to others, and make it th- sabj< -t of spc- ial legislation. It can t not be urged that barbering is n pursuit t ; ■ inim lin its.-ls to the health or morals 1 of the community as it has 1-mg been | r.-cognized as a handiwork that ;cry ma- i It< riolly ministers to the cleanlim -s n d i . ; comeliness of the human family. I : ”In truth, we fin?) that this occupation ' ■ was known to - .in lung before many of the learned prof, ssions found a place in I hnnmn e-onomy. The proph-’t Ezekiel said: ’And thou, s-m of man. take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber's razor, 1 , and cause it to pass upon thine head rind i : upon thine beard.' The courts caum-t lake guizance i f the moral asp’-’t of the I - as--, even though a seventh -lay of r- st ' seems to be established by divine decree I - r natural m cessity." SINGULAR RAILROAD ACCIDENT. Elevated Train Crashes Through a Station and Fat’s to the street. A remarkable accident occurred about 1 : two weeks ago in Taris, by which an on- ‘ : gine and tender were precipitated from . an elevated platform at the Montparnasse i station. The train rolled into the train I sh<>d at a rate of about thirty-five miles 1 an hour without being able to arrest it- । sei. crashed through the bumpers at.the end of the track, as well as the front wall <>f the station, and after traveling about forty-five feet tumbled into the street below. the engine fairly on its nose, For- I Innately at this moment the air brake was ! ■ put on and the rest of the train was pre- I vented from going over. It was to this ’ cir -irnstance that the 123 passengers in i the coaches owe their lives. As to the ! engineer and fireman they were saved i ; by being thrown from the engine at the i first shock and the only fatality, s’range to say, that resulted from the whole affair, was the killing of a merchant in the street below by the fall of s block of ■ stone detached from the wall by the ■ shock. The cause of the accident— quite ! the most singular in French railway an- | nals —is attributed to a defect in the han-1 brakes, which, strange to say. are always . used on French trains, save in cases of • emergency, when the air brakes are called ; into play, and in this case the air force ; could not bo applied quickly or effectually - enough. Romantic Miss Have there not been I moments in your experience when life I seemed full of unsatisfied wants? Mr. ' Hardhead -Y-e-s, that's so. Romantic 1 Miss —At sneh times I always fly to music for relief. What do you do, Mr. Hardhead? Mr. Hardhead—l advertise.—Rehobeth Sunday Herald.

INDIANA INCIDENTS. RECORD OF EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK. l?crious Charge Against Charles O!ntstcat - Farmers Around Kokomo Makean Important Discovery -Tron* !»!e in th? Bligh Family. Alleged Wife Mu:«.ler. Charles Olmstead. :t former citizen of Harrison Township, near South Bend, was arrest!d by Police Chief Cassidy.' charged with poisoning his wife. The accusation is made by his fathei in-law. Adam Myer. Mrs. Olmstead died in October hist. The burial certitieate gave tin* cause of death as typhoid fever. <>!mstead afterward went to Michigan, and he was d.'cuyed back into this State on th-* representation that his presence w.xs iwe. e.ssary to get possession of projaarty belonging to the dead wif**. Tin re are lour children. Preferred America to Ireland. Last spring Barney Brannon, a well-to-do Irish farmer, living west of XVnl>ash. sob! bis farm for about I amt. without intormiiig his family of his | intentions, h.- left home. leaving onlv a small sum of money and a little property for ihe support of his relatives, ilis wife was almost distra-'ted By his mysterious departure, and. as s'h* failed to hear from him. mourned hint as dead. No tidings were reccivi d from Brannon, as the months wmt by. but Friday, to the fonishment of everybody, he returned. He gave no t-xp'.ination of his sudden ami ttmeremon-ous departure, but remarked that he l•■■neluded to visit Ireland. After a stay in the Emerald Isle, he deciiled that he preferred to live in America, ami started home. Sues Her Husband for Slander. A SgH.tMio damage sn-r was tile-1 in court at Kokomo against Martin .1. Bligh, a wholesale liquor dealer of Lo-gat-sport, the plaintiff being Elizabeth Bligh, his divot-ee>l wif--. .A letter written l-y defen-lant to the plaintiff’s brother in England is made the basis of action. This I«'tt» r. which is ma-l«- a part of the coinpbtint. a-'eus»s th" woman of drunkenness. The -lefemlan: admits making the statements in the letter, but pleads li-.it the plaintiff was his wife at the time ri ferred t >. and that she should therefor - a-,; t -cover damages. Bligh pays the exwife Sr-'l per month for the support of their ehildren. He is marrie-i again. Pumpkin Seeds Death to Hozs. During the last two immths thousands of hogs have died in the vicinity of Kokomo, presumably from rb.oh-ra. A farmer examii. d the ''oma- hs of several of th-* -b a-1 oiies. In a'.! of those examimsl he fottn I tin- stoma-dis packed with undigest- -I pumpkin seeds. The seeds were . - bard as stone and failing to digest had irritm-ii the walls of the -t -ma- h, eaushig inflammation am! *• -digestion. I‘uinpkins are m-w it- ing seeded before feeding a- l th" “- h d- ra" scourge is abaiing. Ident -i il as a Burglar. Ed Jennm.’s. alias Ed Martin, was nr-reste-1 at Wabash on charge of burglarizing — veral resid* u-'- s. On his person were found m*vx spaper -dippings narrat ng the criminal . xploits of Martin. IL* Wl- ...nfnmti'd by Mrs. Enos Ib-well. d-- woke up ami fmm! a man standing -•’er th. bid with her husband’s watch in his band, and she promptly identified him as the burglar. Am ate I I nder an Old Indictment. Cyril Dadswell. -if Lafayette, was arr- 'ti -l at Veedi Isbttrg by Sheriff Moure. Th-' ari- st follows the inding if a bill In ihe gr:it fl jury two years ag-i. charging Dadswell with fraudul-mtly obtaining mom y by pre'ending t • pho-e rubber --n piam- keys to improve the sound. Dadswell went to t'alifuniia before th-' imli-'tnn nt was returned, nnd only '■ i turned to this State. Ail Over the State. •lam- • 'henowith. Lym:. w:;j!e driving a .spirited horse, was thrown ot:t in a runaway ae-'ident ami n ri-msly :njar--.L The plant of the Standard Manufai'ti-r---;ng Company ar Milfor-l has been destroyed by tire, entailing loss, with So.iHHi insurance. Mrs. Thomas Beil-low. 53 years old, oi New Albany, undertook to trim a -urn ami -mt too deeply. Rlo--l poisoning resulted and her death foilow»d. M-s. Charles Marrin. ' Smith's Cross, ing. is said to have -juaffeka! with a neighbor upon whom she hail -.liled. and after returning home rhe fm t weighed s> heavily upon her mind that she fell -lead of heart disease. The fanners .-f Clark County wfll go heavier into orcm'id grass the coming season than they have as yet done, but there is no fear "f overcrowding tbfsecd market with the crop, for there are < nly a very few ' -- aiitii's in the ','nitod S’.tt s where orchard grass will produce s-el. Even in Indiana Clark is the only county, ••iml in that county only certain m- alrb-s where the grass will seed ab-in-L-intly. Clark is rhe gre.ai-'sr pro I t rof or<4::>rd grass seed in the w.jrid, and next cou.e the two Kentucky counties of Oldham and Jefferson. The three counties together raise the bulk of all the see l produced. The grass grows luxuriantly enough in other counties and States, but. strangely enough, it will not bear seed. Seven chhililren at the Howard t'oimfy < irphans’ Asylum were taken violently ill Monday afternoon, with symptoms of poisoning. Kokomo physicians worked with the little ones for three hours ami i succeeded in bringing them aror.ml nil right with the exception of one. a girl of !) years, who will likely -lie. All th" : :;- mates -if the ornltanag.* ate h -artily es roast pork at dinner, and were shortly after taken violently ill, vomiting and retching, with puis • :tier--using and numbness present in nil the m t-- ie.s of flu* body From al! the farts that can be learned, the physi-nati' are ccrt-iin it is a case of trichinosis, ami a portion of tin* meat eaten will be submitted to a lest. One of the adult teachers was als - nf ferted. but not so seriously as the children. l-’rederick Pickard, a s.-hoo] boy of Ab-.x andria, aged IS. wandere-l into Holliday A Drake's tailor shop. ami. going to a sofa in the rear room, deliberately lay down and blew his brains out with a revolver. The ball entered the right temple aad lodged in the ba- k part of the skull. At Elwood Simon Boyd escaped from jail, and is still at large. A confederate on the outside gave him a hammer, with xvhieh he broke the lo- k of his cell, after which he tore out a window and fled. This makes th-* third man whom outside confederates have aided in escaping f '-tm xhe Elwood jail -luring the past year