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.1-^2^—:——zn : 15 CHAPTER XXII. Angela devoted the early hours of Friday afternoon to packing the trunks which were to be sent on to London, at which place she would claim them. Os the few things which she forgot to pack away one was a silver-gray wrapper. It was a peculiar garment, long enough |to cover her dress, exquisite in texture, (and graceful in form. There was no [special designation for it. It was neither ■cloak, cape, dolman, nor mantle, and |Lady Laura always called it a wrapper. In their early married days the Captain [had purchased one similar to it for his (wife; and she had been so much pleased [with it that she had expressed a desire that Angela should have one like it; and ithe Captain, who was at that time most attentive to his wife’s wishes, immediately ordered another for Angela. Lady ;Laura liked her wrapper all the more because her husband had given it to her, while, because it was her step-father s present, Angela had never cared for hers. The mother had long since Worn out hers and forgotten it, while the one belonging to the daughter had been buried in the recesses of her wardrobe. When Jane Felspar packed Angela’s clothes to send them to Brantome, she sent the gray wrapper with them, and the girl had worn it at times because she had little else to wear. She had worn it last when she went to the rose-garden, and had left it folded carefully on one of the seats, and forgotten all about it. It was not until her boxes were packed that she remembered the silver-gray wrapper and went in search of it. It lay just as she had left It, on the seat-by the great rose-trees. She carried it back to the house, and then it occurred to her that she wanted to make some purchases in Culdale, in order to give a few presents to those who had been most ^-“■d to her during her'stay at the Hall, i Shewsrs-doubtful for a few minutes as to [ whether it was prudent for her to go into ' Culdale, knowing that the Captain was in the neighborhood; but the afternoon was ' very pleasgnt, and she longed fur the walk. Restless and excited, she was glad of a pretext that would occupy her time. ■ and she told herself that it was not likely that she would meet any one she knew: still, to provide against such a contingency, she resolved to wear a veil. It was after four o'clock when Angela started for Culdale, wearing the silvergray wrapper, and little dreaming of all that would spring from the circumstance. : Her way lay through the park, over the ; pretty rustic bridge that spanned the river, through some clover-fields, then by ’ the shaded high-road to Culdale. The afternoon was not too warm for walking. ■ a sweet western wind bringing great gusts of perfume from the elover-fields, and her heart rose as she walked on, all nature smiling around her. She reached Culdale, and having made her purchases, set out for her walk home. She had left the town, and had jus't turned into the high-road, when suddenly, without any warning, she met Gladys Rane. Th°re was no time to draw down the veil, which she had intended to hide her face, no time to avoid her; they had met face to face. “‘Miss Rooden!” exclaimed Gladys, in utter wonder. “Is it really you?” “Yes; it is really I, my own self, Miss Rane,” she replied. “But Captain Wynyard told me that you had left home —that you had gone away.” “I have been away from home for some time.” “But where are you staying? Does Captain Wynyard know that you are here? What an extraordinary thing! I can hardly believe that it is you.” “Will you walk part of the way with me?” said Angela; and then she remem bered that she did not want Miss Rane to know that she was at Brantome Hall. She must be careful not to let her know it. “I have much to say to you, Miss Rane,” she added. “Will you walk with me?” A nervous dread of remaining near Culdale came to her —a dread lest she might encounter the Captain, who, it was not improbable, might be walking or riding near by. Angela had often wanted to talk seriously to Miss Rane, and the opportunity seemed now to be afforded her. She had fancied that she should like to tell Gladys some of the thoughts that were in her mind about her, and thus try to induce her to change her conduct toward the Captain. But it was most undesirable that their meeting should be held in the public road, nor could Angela take Gladys in the direction of Brantome. She remembered presently the King's Meadow, which was half way between where they were standing and Brantome Hall. She would take Miss Rane there, and say what she had to say, then bid her farewell, and wander through the fields until Gladys was on her way home again. “I have kept my secret so well,” she said to herself, “it would be a pity for it to be known now.” “How strange it is that we should meet in this manner!’ remarked Miss Rane. “It seems extraordinary to me. I was talking about you to the Captain this morning. He canot understand why you left home.” “Let us sit down,” said Angela, pointing to the ivy-covered trunk of a fallen ■tree; and the two sat down together in 'the shade of the lime-trees. The afternoon being warm, Angela un-

fastened the clasps of her silver-gray wrapper, which fell unheeded from her shoulders on to the grass, and the soft summer wind bore it to some little distance. “Miss Rane,” she said, gently, “I am glad to have this chance of speaking to yon. I have often wondered whether it would be of any use if I made an appeal to you.” “An appeal about what?” asked Gladys, sharply. “For my mother's sake,” replied Angela, looking straight into the dark face of the beautiful woman before her. “Miss Rane,’ she said, simply, "do you know what you have made my mother suffer? Do you know that you have helped Captain Wynyard to break her heart and ruin her life?” The proud eyes drooped before the speaker's earnest gaze. “Ycc say very strange things. Miss Rooden!" returned Gladys Rane, indig nantiy. “They arc true,” said Angela, gently. “[ have often wondered if you realized what you were doing.” “What have I been doing?" asked Gladys, proudly. "Your own heart ami conscience will answer that better than 1 can. My moth er was happy once, but now ” “Well,” said Gladys, abruptly, “and now ?” “Now her heart is broken," added : Angela. “All her beauty is dying, then i is no light left in her eyes, no smiles ■ come to her lips she who was once al! ! sunshine and gladness." "What have I to do with that?" asked Miss Rane, coldly. “This you have helped Captain Winyard to break her heart," was the em I phatie answer. Mi s Rane tried to laugh at the idea: ■ but the laugh was forced and unnatural. “That is a very easy thing to say. Miss i Rooden: you have yet to prove it.” "1 have every proof of it. and the final i one is this—you are at Culdale Hall puli’ posely to meet him. Is it right, fair, or | just io my mother, do you think. Miss ; Rane?” she asked. , Iler companion locked at her with won ■ dering eyes. "If she is so udhappy,” said Gladys, i “why do they not part?” “Captain Wynyard is too shrewd a । man of the world to leave my mother," I replied Angela, bitterly, “Ho will never be kind to her, and he will never 1. ,n ■ her. Dearly as 1 love her, I cannot 1. Ip i her. Nothing will release her but death. I want you. Miss Rane," she added gent- । ly, "to keep my secret. You have ii.me irreparable harm to mo and mine; to ; keep my secret will be to do me a favor." , "1 will keep it.” said Gladys. "I will I not mention that I have seen you." “I would kneel and pray to you to [ spare my mother, my gentle, loving ! mother." went on Angela; "but 1 fear it is too late now. She knows the character of Iter husband, and nothing can make her happy again. Ah. Miss Rane, you have helped to break a noble heart! May heaven forgive you!" Without another word Angela rose, weeping as Miss Rane had never seen any one weep before—weeping and wringing her hands over the woe and the desolation the woman by her side had caused in the once happy home at Rood. With a sobbed-out word of farewell the unhappy girl walked slowly across the sunlit grass, and was soon lost to view. Miss Rane made no attempt to follow her, nor did she notice which way she went. She remained seated, pondering what had just passed, for some time; and then she perceived that Angela had forgotten her light silver-gray wrapper, the wind having blown it to the foot of a tree behind her. CHAPTER XXIII. Miss Rane’s thoughts were not pleasant ones. She had always believed that the following out of one’s own inclination was the principal charm of life, and she concerned herself with nothing higher or nobler than the pursuit of pleasure. She had loved Captain "Wynyard when it was no sin to love him, and, when he had married, sho refused to impose any selfrestraint upon herself. She had followed the bent of her own inclination, and in plain, pathetic words Angela had placed before her the result. She was not well pleased with herself, and, as she sat on the old tree-triftik, with the golden sunshine all around her, a faint doubt came to her as to whether she had done the best she could with her life. “I think,” she said to herself, “if I had my life to live over again, I should act differently in many ways; and I am not quite sure that I do not wish I had never seen Vance Wynyard. When a fact is placed before one in very plain words, it has a different aspect.” Then Gladys Rane rose, and, as sho did so, her eyes fell upon the silver-gray wrapper, which the wind was blowing further and further away. Woman-like, she was attracted by the delicacy of the material, and she hastened to pick up the article. “It is Miss Rooden’s,” she said to herself; “and how lovely it is!” She shook out the fine, glistening folds, with all a woman's admiration for what is most beautiful in dress. “ I must send it to her,” she thought. “What a pity that she left it here!” As the easiest way of carrying it, she placed it round her shoulders, at the same time fastening the clasps; and then, as she wandered on, it occurred to her that she did not know her road. She had not walked either on the high-road or through the clover-fields before, and so she did not know which way to turn.

She had not noticed the direction in which she had come when she walked with Angela. Then, to her infinite delight, she saw in the distance a sheet of water. She did not recognize it—she had never seen it before; but then she had not explored the whole of Culdale Park. The sheet of water was evidently a small ornanlental lake, for a fountain was in the center, the water from which fell with a sound that was like delicious music on this oppressive evening. On one side of the lake ran a narrow ternaoe of white stone, with steps leading down to the water's edge. The very aspect of the place, with the noise of softly falling water, spoke of rest and peace, and to Gladys, thoroughly tired with her long walk, the sight of it was most welcome. With a sigh of relief she sat down on one of the steps leading from the terrace to the water, and, ns she thus rested, n gentle breeze came over the lake and fanned her hot face. The better to enjoy it, Gladys removed her hat from her Iwad and let the breeze play among the ripples of her hair. The music of the falling water was sweet as a lullaby. How thankful she was to sit down! Her tired limos were at rest; her burning head and face were fanned by the breeze, her tired senses refreshed by the sound of the falling water. , Then sleep came and weighed down her eyelids; she could not resist it ami why should she? She was safe now, and evidoutly (-lose to the Hall. Someone would be passing presently, and then she would be all right. In a tew minutes Gladys Rane was lulled to sleep by the sound of the falling waters, while the wind played with the dark ripples of her hair, and stirred the , silver-gray folds of the wrapper, and, as she slept, a dream came to her. It was of a shadow that followed her. a shadow that was dark and overpower ing and seemed to press her down—a shadow so terrible, so cold, so black, that it caused her to shudder in her sleep. Presently she woke for a moment and east a glance nt the loveliness of the scene around her. then the white eyelids closed again. Gladys Rane had looked on sunlight and water, on the ripple of green leaves, ,m the blue sky for the last time! Ihe dark shadow had fallen over her. it was a requiem that the wind sung to the trees. (To be continued.) WINDOWS OF CLOTH. A Substitute for (PaM Which Never Leaks and W ill Not I'rcak. Windows of cloth instead of glass sounds like an ini|mssibility, rind vet it is a reality, and the employment of such a sul stitute is an acknowledged success. it is not ordinary cloth, but such e.s is translucent, through which light comes just as through glass. To ail intents and purp< s- s this cloth with dow js similar to the sheets of glass, and lasts ever so much longer, while still having just as good an appearance, says the New York Journal. Now. the remarkable feature of this new fabric Is that it ueyerieaks, dm^ not break and is nearly one-third • f—er than glass A large skylight comp- sed of the new .substitute for glass, which Ims been in constant use long enough to show its worth, remains In i perfect condition, not one cent having I been spent fin it for repairs. Tiie material has many advantages emi med for it. chief of which is that by Its employnn nt in train sheds, freight j h. uses, large auditoriums and public , buildings having skylights of large area, the light weight of the material permits of a simple, inexpensive and ; light form of skylight construction. The joints are made water-tight by a i special method used with this material. Tiie translucent fabric consists of a transparent material spread over steel | wire cloth, with tw< Ive m< shes per inch, which gives the panels a flexible and I elastic ipiality permitting its adjust- ! ment to any shape that the roof strucI tore may take, owing to the expansion ;or contraction of the framework. The । fabric is strong and is made in pattels ilSby 3G inches in size, and can ean - y a ; w< ight of over 4< to pounds per square foot. It might be naturally assumed that the translucent qualities of the fabric would be much inferior to that of glass, but a careful comparison has shown that the amount of light which it transmits equals that of ribbed glass onequarter of an inch thick. As it is treated with a special preparation, the fabric is impervious to cinders or even hot coals dropped upon it, and will burn only when set lire to at the edges. Even then the flames make slow progress, thus furnishing timely warning. Another argument in its favor is that it is greatly superior to even the finest glass as a covering for art galleries ami studios, for the reason that it will never leak, and therefore serves as a perfect protection to the valuable works of art. Sometimes a heavy deposit of snow serves to crack the strongest glass skylight, and often injures paintings and tapestries be yond restoration. Joints. “The universal separatum,” or tongue and socket joint or connector, is an invention for securing together any two parts of a. structure, mechanism, or support of any kind from a bridge and its supports to parts of machinery, coupling's for shaftings, hubs of wheels, framework of various descriptions, holders and other supporting devices, where two surfaces can be held flush with each other and locked together by a circular, angular, oblique, dovetailed, tongued and grooved socket. Buffalo Bi l’s Wife. Mrs. William F. Cody is an amiable domestic woman, very popular in the neighborhood of North Platte, where she lives. Iler home, Scout's Nest, is a long, low building, four miles from the town, large and roomy, quite like . a hotel, and it is surrounded by 3,000 acres of prairie land, magnificent stables, and fine pastured lands, where are kept many thousands of fine blooded horses and cattle.

CARLISLE ISHOPEFUL SECRETARY REVIEWS NATIONAL FINANCES. Despite a Deficit of $25,203,245 at Present and Larger Deficiencies Probable in 1897 and 1898, He Takes • Cheerful View. Talks of Money. annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury, as transmitted .to Congress, deals extensively and in detail with the financial situation. Mr. Carlisle summarizes the condition of the treasury, and after reviewing his former recommendations for early and effective legislation to provide for the retirement of treasury notes, goes on to say: “The maintenance of a policy which • necessarily imposes upon the government the burden of furnishing gold at the public expense to all who may demand it for use or hoarding at home, or for export to other countries, cannot be justified upon any ground of expediency or sound financial principles, and even if the period d and frequently recurring demands for gold did not weaken the foun- ; dations of our entire currency system, ' thus imparing confidence and depressing business, it would nevertheless be the . duty of all who are charged with any de- ■ gree of responsibility for the adoption of proper financial methods to insist upon the reformation of our laws on this subject at the earliest possible day. “The issue and redemption of circulating notes is not a proper function of the treasury department, or of any other department of the government. While the government has power to borrow money, it is not its duty to issue public obligations merely for the purpose of providing ft paper currency for use in the transaction of business, nor has it the constitutional pow< in my opinion, to make its promise leg;., tender in the payment of private debts. The Secretary refers to the “peril" in which the entire financial system has been placed by the "constant agitation” of the currency and favors the retirement ami cancellation of government notes. He says the people will not consent to be taxed merely for the purpose of accumulating and holding a l arge and useless surplus in the treasury. He claims that no system of coinage that can be devised will furnish the government with cither gold or silver, uule«M it pays for it with means already collected by taxation, or by contracting an Indebtedness to be paid by the people in the future. He goes nt length into the subject of the demand and supply of money, the matter of imports and exports as affecting currency supplies, and the crops in Europe. The Secretary holds that without a reformation of our currency we cannot , safely rely tq»on permanent accessions to our stock of gold from abroad in settlement of trade balances in our favor. Hei refers to his recommendation of last year that the Secretary of the Treasury be i authorized to issue from time to time ; ^jwlspavM.b* in gold and 'o exchange tGaiWnriiiited Stat' . notes and treas ury notes, and again indorses that plan, but adds that if may be that so radical | a measure would not receive the assent Os Congress, ill the present State of the public mind on the subject. Mr. Carlisle renews his ri tions for such amendments to the nation- [ al banking laws as would permit the issue of circulating notes equal in amount to j the face value of the bon Is deposit 1 and ' reduce the tax on notes to one-fourth of 1 per cent, per annum, an 1 that authority be given to establish bran h banks for the transio tinn of Ml Rin Is of business now allowed, except the issue of circulating notes. No g" .I reas m now is perceived, he says, why this limitation upm the required amount of capital should not be reduced to $25.09<i. without regard to population. He again re- I fers to and renews his suggestion that the issue of Fnited States notes, treasury notes and national bank notes of lower denominations than ten dollars be prohibited in order to secure a large and more permanent use of silver coin and certificates. STARVED IN A CAR. A Tramp Who Was Seven Days Without Food or Drink. At Plainfield, N. J., the other day. j when a box car containing lumber was opened a tramp was found therein. The fellow had crawled into the car while it stood on a siding in Ottawa, Canada, seven days before, and while he slept the > I IX A FREIGHT car for seven DAYS. car was locked and made up in a train. ' When the tramp awoke the car was in motion and he was a prisoner. YVhcii ‘ found the poor fellow was unable to : speak above a whisper, and he was so weak that he could not raise his arms. He looked something like Rip Van Winkle. Secretary Olney has received a cablegram announcing that Brazil has accepted the rules for the prevention of collisions at sea, framed at the maritime conference held at Washington. The chief maritime nations of the world now have given their assent to the international rules and they will go into effect on the Ist of July next year. A valuable property' in the business heart of Altoona, I’a., burned, entailing a loss of SIOO,OOO. A boy playing Santa Claus in one of the windows of F. M. Morrow’s dry goods store started the blaze.

LEGISLATIVE GOSSIP. SUBJECTS THAT WILL COME UP THIS SESSION. Ballot Law Will Receive Early Attention— Liquor Legislation Will Also Be Prominent—Effort to Abolish Teaching German in Public Schools Work for Hoosier Solonr. Indianapolis correspondence So far as is known, no new laws are | to be proposed in the coming session, but । there are many important amendments i to existing ones suggested, and some of I these amendments are likely to be bitter- ; ly opposed. t.'hief among these are the proposed I amendments to the Australian ballot taw. j < »ne of these will seek to prevent fusion i us parties in the way it was accomplished : between the free silver wing of the Demoj erats and the Populists in the recent ; campaign. A second amendment will j seek to do away with the rubber stamp , and ink and substitute in its stead a pen- ; cil. to be furnishcsl by the election ofi fi<ers. Still another will provide that eaih of the parties having tickets to lie I voted for may appoint one or more of its | members to watch the count of the vote, j a privilege that ouly the two dominant parties now enjoy. The change from the rubber stamp to the pencil is on the score of convenience and economy of votes, for the law is so strict regarding distinguishing marks on the ballot that many votes have been lost because the careless voter smeared or blotted the baf^it through the careless use of the stamp, especially as the ink stained other parts of the ballot when folded. A fourth amendment will provide for indicating a vote for a straight ticket by placing a cross in the square at its head, with exceptions to be noted by crosses opposite the names of candidates on other tickets. Recent experience of shareholders in building and loan associations has demonstrated that the law incorporating and protecting these institutions needs radical amendment, ami one of the first duties to which tiie Legislature addresses itself will be to reform the abuses which are everywhere present in the system. Within the past few weeks these abuses have come to the attention of the public in away that they never have before, ami there is a general demand that the expen^e fund, the great source of profit to the incorporators and of loss to the shareholders. shall go. The last Legislature wrestled with this feature, but succeeded in ae, omplishing n ulling, as the lobby which the ass .ciations invoked in their I ail proved stronger than the claims of i the shareholders. The Governor, howI ever, was authorized to appoint a com- ■ mission to investigate and report on some | t« esibie plan of reform, ami this has been i done and its rejiort will be submitted as >it as the session pens. Among the laws passed by the last LegI isiature was one permitting special ver- : diets to be returned in all cases where the ! suits were to recover damages. This will j no doubt be repealed at the coming sesm. a- it Iris proved extremely Imrden- • < >me t > persons who have sustaimsl injuries ami sue for damages. It is said by < ompetent attorneys, some of whom were in the Legislature ami voted for the , law. that it has proved the most unjust ! m> asure in its practical operations that was ever enacted in Indiana. It seems : t ' have passed through all the stages of ' ! Asiation without awakening a thought ■* its hidden still- and those wito voted for it tuo years ago are now anxious to v. e again on its repeal. Corporations have profited by it and that class will no doubt attempt to perpetuate it. but the di-cushion it has evoked and the abuses that have arisen under it insure its repeal. It appears to belong to that class of hasty and ill-considensl legislation which is enacted by one body only to be I repealed by another. Considerable interest is being manifested by both the liquor and the temper- । a nee element in regard to certain pro- । posed amendments to the Nicholson tempi ranee law. The Liquor League has de- : termined to ask its friends in the-Legisla-ture to relieve the saloon element from j some of the most burdensome features of ■ the measure, while many of the temper- > ar.ee people believe more safeguards still | should be thrown around the liquor traf- । fie. The local option feature, which en- ' ables residents of a ward or voting precinct to prevent the sale of intoxicants in that locality if a majority sign a petition asking that licenses be not granted, is the most obnoxious feature to the saloon element and one that it desires repealed. On the other hand, the advocates of the law say that this feature should be perfected by changing the signing of petij tions to the opening of polls in places I wqere it is desired to test the sentiment I of the voters and allow the majority so . voting to control the issuance of licenses. I The reason for this change lies in the fact that so many, a tier having signed a petition against an applicant for license, withdraw their names, a thing that would not occur under a voting system. Again, it is urged that many who refuse to sign such petitions would vote against licenses if they could do so under such a I protection as the Australian ballot sysi tem affords. E. B. Reynolds, member-elect from Wayne County, will introduce, it is un- : derstood, an amendment to the common school law to do away with the teaching of German in the public schools. This measure will occasion a good deal of dis* i cttssion. and as there is a large Gqtjp.fn ■ constituency in Indiana it is hardly'Jn-ob- ' able that either party will take the rei spoiisibility of fathering such a measure. । From time to time within the last, few ’ years there have been efforts to do away i with this branch of study in the city : schools, but the sentiment in its favor, when the question came up for arbitrament. by the people, has generally been pronounced ami the language is being taught in all the city schools in the State Elmer Graydon, living near English, I ml., has named his infant son ham Lincoln ITysses M'llliam jtfi^inley: ami a neighbor, John to be outdone, has named son Thomas Jefferson Andrew VaWfciKl James Monroe William Bryan. A movement is on footTS^T^anci to do away with blinkers on carriage harness. They have jiqt been used-on omnibus l)oiseg^j®W^ w T J'v^r.s, affd ai;e not knee JWwie army.

RECORD OF THE WEEK INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY TOLD. Fancy Salaries on the Vandalia a Thing of the Fast — Two Women Killed by a Train—Farmers Chop Toll Gates to Pieces. Salaries Reduced on Vandalia, The announcement of the abolition of offices and reduction in salaries by Receiver Malott <>f the Vandalia has caused a sensation. Receiver Malott says the position of General Superintendent was unnecessary ami offered H. 1. Miller ths position of Superintendent of the main Hue. the position he held before he became General Superintendent. It is not thought he will take it. The office of Master Mechanic has been abolished, as have those of road supervisors of the main line. Train dispatchers have been laid off. In the Auditor’s office it is understood the order is to reduce the expense one-half. Salaries of S2OO a month are reduced in some instances SSO and the salary of W. C. Arp. superintendent of motive power, was cut S2OO from sGihi a month. The salaries of the division superintendents were reduced and it is understood that General Manager Turner is to work for several thousands dollars less a year if he remains with the company. It is not the purpose of the receiver to make a horizontal reduction in salaries, but to apply the knife in individual cases. Mr. Malott says the wages of train service men will not be touched. War on Indiana Toll Gates. The Frankfort and Barnersville toll road, the last surviving toll pike in that part of the State, is causing much trouble. The farmers. 200 strong, have entered into a league to resist further payment of toll. The toll gates were torn out a dozen times in rhe last week, the farmers coming to town in processions, each with an ax in his wagon. Teams of horses were hitched to the gates and they were pulled out. root and branch. Several of the farmers have been arrested, but, standing altogether, they escaped conviction. More than twenty gates have been chopped to pieces by the farmers, who declare they will be destroyed as fast as replaced. Mother and Daughter Killed. Mrs. Murtha McGill, a wealthy widow of Ladoga, and her daughter, Esther, left home Wednesday night to attend a wedding, where the daughter was to act as bridesmaid. They were crossing a 150-foot trestle, when a mail train approached behind them. Terrified, they turned and hurried back across the trestle. W^'it within ten feet of safety Esther slipped between the ties. Mrs. McGill was safe on the bank, when she heard her daughter's cry. She turned to help the young woman and both were killed. All Over the State. Milton Mercer, aged 7G years, one of the earliest residents of Northern Indiana, died at Goshen. He served two terms in the Legislature. At Terre Haute Judge Henry set aside a deed for a piece of property alleged to have been made by Wesley Masterson, of Indianapolis, to Benjamin F. Given, his stepfather. Masterson signed what he supposed was the mortgage, and which turned up as a quit-claim deed. J B. Rodman, of Richmond, who pleaded guilty to forgery, was sentenced to the penitentiary for two years. He was one of the most successful swindlers in the country. He had half a dozen aliases and worked a number of business men in the South and Southwest. The Finkertotjs have been trying for years to locate him. and it is said that when his term is out they will take him in charge. A well-dressed man arrived at Shelbyville about one month ago, saying he was seeking a location for a large cement plant. He registensl as Charles Smith. Chicago. He went to Marietta, a small town in Shelby County, interested well-to-do farmers in his project, took an active part in a religious revival and was soon in t’ne good graces of the residents. He <aid his |h-m in Chicago had been slow in forwarding the necessary money with which to secure the ten-year lease on the excellent teritory which he had selected to buy from Farmer John AVilliams. He asked assistance of his new-found friends, who hastened to his rescue with .S2JM>I ;n cash. Smith went to the city Friday with his backers, and while the lease was being •drawn he made an excuse to step out in town. Nothing has been heard of him since. Jerry Cornell, a prominent farmer, near Logansport.became violently insane while attending services at the Twelve Mile Church. The minister had preached to the middle of his-discourse, when Cornell arose from his position in the rear and began to exhort at the top of his voice. People shrank from him. and, striding to the pulpit from which the preacher had retreated. the maniac mounted the platform and continued his wild ravings. Women and children, in paroxysms of fear, fought frantically to reach the door, and many leaped through windows. During the panic Cornell maintained his position and added to the confusion by demoniacal shouts. He is a powerful man. six feet tall, and he dared anyone to molest him. Twenty strong young farmers took lines from their horses and. surrounding the lunatic, made axuneerted- rush. A terrible struggle in tha pulpit ensued, but in the end Cornell was bound hand and foot and taken to Izj- . •gansport. When his captors reached "own at midnight the citizens wore badly frightened by the blood-curdling yells. A crowd collected at the jail, but Sheriff Adams sent Cornell to the asylum, where he was confined twice before. Religious niania is responsible for his condition. During his first attack he said he could kill his child ami bring it to life again. He was preparing to test the matter when overpowered. • A ■ Hancock & I.linlsqll^dneral st >rg»rtt'' Wolcottville,'ha\^chjsed. pending air YA jnstment of The iivnCvnlSk* ! p mill'em9was'Yoand eh^M^b a post in a I ’yfuneie suburb TueWny morning at 5 ■ o'clock: - Jie covered with snow and sleet an<M|^^ezen. He had been held up btee hwaymen at 8 o'clock M^nda^Mp on his way to pay hia ^is b^^S^H^^Wves knocked him senselesS^rTErmsl him to the post and robbed him of $8.75. He became conscious about uiiduight and yelled for help all night.