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1 same noltftraI marry and they shall certify on
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and shah b punished by imprisonment in ths
county jail net more than six months. or by
fne NOT eDceec.ng one hundred dollars, o.
both and upon conviction for second offenss
shall - punished by imprisonment not iess
than thirty DAYS nor more than one year. or by
fine not less than fifty nor more than three
hundred dollars or both
Section Z. In all cases where the association
or union mentioned in this act Is not inecrpo
rated. suits and proceedings under this act
may be commenced and prosecuted by an affi-
Ger or insnher OF such assoc alton or union
for and in behalf Of and for the benefit Of such
association or union,
Approved March IS
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AN ACT TO amend ci.apler AK uf the
Public Laws pt eighteen isnHlr1-il and eighty
seven. relating 10 Couniy Law Libraries.
he it enacted b, the senate and iiogse OF Hep
reseniaiives in Legislature assembled. as
follows:
Section l. Chapter SIX of the public Laws OF
the year eiShiess hundred and eighty seven
as amended by ehapteE- i've hundred and
teenty-one OF the pubic laws OF the year
eighteen hnuG~ed and eishty-ntne. is hrreby
amended So Al said section as amended,
shall read as fellows:
section l. The treasurer OF each county
shall pay to the treasurer af the Law LIBRARY
Association Of his county for the use and bsEe-
iii of the county law library. twenty per cent OF
ali, funds actually paid into the county treas
airy for the violation OF any of the provisions
of chapter twenfy seven and of section one Of
chapter seventeen of the revised statutes.
providing. however. that the sum paid by
the county treasurer shall hot exceed five hun
dreti dollars per annam-
Section 2 This act shall take effect when
approved.
Approved March =.
Chapter ara
AN ACT to amend chapter eighty-twe Of the
Public Laws Of .iyhteen hundred and eighty
seven, entitled An act relating 10 MAZDA
waska Training school.
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AN ACT additional TO chapter thirty-two Of
the Revised Statutes. relating 20 $Otaries
Publics, Protests Das> % 'ilEee and De-
mand on Notes and Bill.
Be it enacted by the senate and House Of Rep
resentatives in Legislature embed, as fol-
lows:
Any official All whIe 4 iuty ~ performed by
a Justice OF IT,. peace itph 't'ofd.n. may be
performed by a nsAary public
Appruved MarlN.
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AN ACT additional 70 section nine II ehaps1
thisty-two Of the Revised Statutss. rslau
e Days q Qrsca
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SJt.
AN ACT relating to appeals In case OF Damages
for land taken for Ways.
BE IL enacted BY the Senate and tioHse Of ksp-
resentstivss In Legislature assembled, a. ios
lows:
Section eighteen Of chapter eighteen Of ne
revised statutes is hereby amended, by addihs
at the end thereof the following words:
When any person ageri.ved by the estimate
Of damages for his land taken for q town OF
private way, honestly intended tn appeal there.
from and has by accident or mistake ornitfei
TO take his appeal within the time provided by
law. be may at any time within six rnoaihs
after the expiration of the time when said ~.
peal might have been taken, apply to any jugs
OF The supreme judicial court in term time o.
vacation, stating In his said Application INC
Facts Of bis case and said judge after dne no
Tee and hearing may grant 10 such petitioner
permission to take his said appeal 10 snca
srIn Of said conrt - said judge shall dirsei.
and on such terms as said judge shall oenst
And the subsequent proceedings thereon shsn
be the same and with the same effect - Y ss'o
Appeai had been seasonabiy taken
Approved March ~
Chaptss 80.
An ACT additional 70 section nine q chap
thtsty-two Of the Revised Statutes. rslasahs
n N 49,
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Chapter E63.
AN ACT additional TO chapter eighteen of
TIE Revised Statutes. relating to WAYS in
Places Aut incorporated.
BE it enacted BY the senate and Hou.e Of Rep
rFseutatiFes in Legislature assembled, a.
follows
Section l. When Il IL necessary for any Der
Son or persons. iJy them elves. men OK teams,
10 cross Or enter ufog amy tract of land not
within any town, for the purpose OF naming
supplies wood. bark. logs iuuiher, or to yar1s
o. lsul the same. such person OF persons shall
Bot De liable in an action of trespas- therefor
provided the bond il furnished A. provided in
section two. bat the person persons carving
on said numbering operation shall be liable for
all the actual damage done TO said land BY said
ntan and teams 50 crossing said land.
Section . Shenld the person or ters1ns car
Tying said isf,nberiass operation. and the
owners OF said land. be unable 10 agree npors
ssid damages. such p~rson or persons, before
trrss-ing or entering npsa said Land for the pur-
POSES aforesaid. a. provided BY this act, shall
Five bond to the ovnsrs of aid land. via
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thin, deeply furroTed face, and a sad,
weary look in his eyes. 1t was Peter Van
Deust
ii suppose" said he, speaking in a slow
meditative way, and with W eak. quaver-
ing voice, that l have no right 10 come
here as kill-joy among you. Love aud
youth were done with me long ago The
first l drove from me, and the second left
me. / can no more call back one than the
other, now. II Jacob were alive today
he'd be more at home among you than l
am" .4ea.-r
He paused q moment. sighed deeply,
passed tremulous hand over his eyes,
that were full OF tears, and continued;
"But | feel as If | ought 10 speak to
you, TO two of you at least. and-beg your
forgiveness. l erred. and Pm sorry. l
amt what used to be; my heads failing
me little, sometimes. i guess. But
they've got the right man now, haven't
they? They've got him at last And
they'll hang him. won't they?"
His voice was becoming momentarily
more shri.l, and his manner more excited.
Mr.. Holden took his hand with a gentle,
sympathetic pressure that seemed to recall
him to himself. and in lower tone, half
choked by a sob, the poor old man eX-
claimed:
"Oh you don't know how l miss Jacob.
| didn't know how much he was TO me.
how much we had grown together. until
lost him He was so good. go kind All !
Ii had been more like him people would
feel for me now more than they do. But
it has taken me eli my life TO learn that
love is better than gold"
Sadly and slowly he turned and moved
away, through the deserted courtroom
and the crowded strest-lone'y alike in
bOth-to his desolate home, from which,
thereafter, he was seldom seen abroad.
But the lesson that it had taken him all
his life to learn. he did not forget for,
when they laid him down by Jacobs dust
ere again the trailing arbutus put forth
its fragrant blossoms benea "a the dead
leaves of the forest-and read his will i,
they found that lie had left all he pos
sessed to Mary Wallace, 'for the sake of
the kindly love my dear brother Jacob
bore for her In memory of her mother"
WHAT need can be to say the rest? how
justice laid her heavy hand upon profit
gate young Silas Thatcher, and his doom
WAS that his father had foretold; now
Dorm entered into partnership with Mr.
Merriwether. who proved his stanch and
lifelong friend; how faithful Lem Paw
lett flourished. and how happy Ruth and
done. Even justice, good deeds, calm
joys, and placid lives are tame to tell.
THE END
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-03-29

Ask thousands OF tortured and disfigured
little babies throughout the land. Every
thing that is cleansing, purifying and
identifying for the skin, scalp and blood
of infants and children. the CUTICURA
REMEDIES will do They afford instant
relief. permit rest and sleep, and point to
a speedy cure in the most agonizing of
itching and burning eczemas. They clear
the skin of the most distressing scaly,
crusted, pimply and blotchy humors.
They cleanse the scalp OF dandruf, scales
and crusts and restore the hair. They
purify the blood of simple, scrofulus and
hereditary humors. Thus from a simple
blemish to the worst case OF scrofula they
are equally successful. Everything about
these great skin cures, blood purifiers and
humor remedies inspires confidence.
They are absolutely pure aud may be used
on the youngest infant. They are agree
able TO the most refined and sensitive.
They are speedy, economical and uniail-
ing. Cures made in childhood are almost
invariably permanent,
Sold everywhere. Price: Cuticura, SOC; Soap, 25c;
Resoyent, SiC0.
Prepared oy Potter Drug and Chemical Corpora
tiOn. Boston.
al About the Skin. Scalp and Hair" ca pages,
800 Diseases, mailed Tree.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-03-29

THE LESSON OF PETER VAN DEUsT's LIFE.
Immediately upon the opening of the
court, the morning after SIas Thatcher's
arrest, the prosecuting attorney arose and
made neat little speech. in which he adj
mittod his con yiction that an error had
been made In the accusation of Dorm
Hackett, expressed bis qualification at the
discovery of the new and unimpeacha able
evidence of the innocence of the accused
afforded by his learned brother from New
York, and, in conclusion. desired to move
the entry of a nolle prosequi in the case
OF the People Vs. Dorman Hsckett. In
short, never did hunter retire with better
grace from a hopeless chase. The motion
was promptly granted by the court, and
Dorm Hackett was free man once again.
Lem Pawiett shouted and hurraned at
the top OF his voice, defying two sedate
officers of the court who sought 10 hush
him; and many others joined in his
cheers-almost all, indeed for so fiekle
are the multitude, go worshipful of sue
cess, ard 80 easily influenced by impulse.
that their purposes and the currents Of
their feelings vary like the shifting winds.
How many there were who now said that
hutl hdu anyways ibOhcu upon UOTl
Hackett as a noble fellow, one who could
not be guilty of crime!" How many
who declared they had thought his ar
rest a great mistake from the first" And
they found IL the easier TO forgive Dorm
for escaping since they had another vic.
tim in prosDect in his stead. Not even
Deacon HarkIns was altogether unhappy,
for he still had hOrrid example at whom
to aim his homilies and texts All that
was necessary was TO substitute the name
OF Silas for that of Dorm, and his stream Of
malignant cant flowed steadily on.
Dorm was conducted into the judges
private room, where ne found Mary await
ing him with open arms, glad smiles, and
tears OF Joy in her bright eyes. How
happy and how beautiful she looked. He
pressed her to his breast. again and again,
with rapture; but the lovers hearts were
too full for speech. The greatest Joys,
like the deepest griefs. are yoiceless; mere
words humble, even prOfane them. Could
those two loving ones have phrased the
gratitude. to the Giver OF nil good, that
thrilled their souls? All. no. They
con q only kiss and be happy.
In the courtroom without it was very
evident that, for a time at least. there
need not be any hope of doing business
Even after Lem had been silenced--
thanks not to the two sedate officers but
10 little Ruth who had by this time re-
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the Hachish OF the old testament, which
was besieged by Sennacherib, and was of
sufficient Importance TO be sculplured on
slabs IN the national galleries of Nine
veh. This Tell is as the word means,
a mound OF earth and ruins, and en-
effort has been made to re-
move il entirely, bit by bit, in
order to ascertain its structure and arch
geological contents. As is usual in such
cases. successive LAYERS OF civilization or
of building have been uuearthed, and a
variety of bronze implements. stone
weights and other relics have been found
but the most interesting find was that of
an Assyrlan inscription, thought TO be OF
rs early date as 400 B. c.. 1t seems to
have been addressed to the governor OF
the place, who was afterward murdered
by his own subjects.
"Many of the discoveries that have been
made about Jerusalem within twenty
years past have been made by acciden
The ground sinks down. a hole appears,
ana that leads TO an examination, which
results in valuable addition 70 our
archaeological knowledge of the CITY. This
was the way the magnificent ground plan
and beautiful mosaics. covering 400 or 500
square feet, of st. Stephens church, near
the Damacus gate, was first brought to
light. This was built bv the Empress
Eudocia. wife of Theodosius the younger,
A. d. $50; and the spacious tomb cham
bers which she cut out of the solid rock
near the church. and in which she was
buried, likewise became known by acct
dent.
In one American cemetery on Mt.
Zion | was overseeing the digging of GER
tain grave. and at depth of four feet we
came upon large blocks of stone. / tried
TO dig in two places near the first, but
with similar results. At last we dug the
grave elsewhere. and subsequently l en-
ployed men to remove the earth from the
stones referred TO; and at that point and
~ TWO others where l made examinations
i found the remains of large building,
which judge was a church. These foun-
dations OF pillars were on a
pavement six or seven feet
below the surface of the ground, and
il is a curious fact hat wherever we attempt
to dig grave in that yard we come a. the
depth mentioned upon human bones and
skulls. 1t seems shocking, but, as the
ground is full of such remains. there is
nothing TO be done. This filing in must
have been done long ago, for this ground
has been American property since about
1880. l hoped to have walled II these
finds, so that they might always be ex-
posed, but this was too expensive for my
private means, and l have partially
covered them and marked the places, so
that they can be avoided whenever il is
necessary hereafter 10 dig graves"
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tbs sI1e OF The oepULcHER.
Consul Merrill Tells a story of ExpIOra
tons at Jerusalem.

Consul Merrill Tells story of ExpIora-
tons at Jerusalem.
Especial Cores 4ondeacs Globe Democrat.
In letter received BY the state depart
ment, Consul Merrill at Jerusalem savs
many modern scholars in the department
of Palestinean archaeology. having aban-
doned as untenable the traditional site
OF the holy sepulcher as the place of
crucifxion and burial of our Lord. have
fixed upon the hill above Jeremiah's
grotto, 800 yards north of the Damascus
gate. as the site of the crucifixion.
Adjoining this hill, which is COW
cred with Mohammedan graves,
is large garden, controlling the face of
the hill, which is rock, for 100 yards.
Excavations at different times in the gar
den have shown that six or more feet be-
low the surface OF the ground there exist
interesting ruins, and in the rock itself
there is a remarkable tomb, which has
recently attracted considerable attention.
An effort has been made the past wear to
purchase the garden, with its appurte-
nances, place il in the hands of general
committee so that il should not be in the
control of any particular religious sect,
have excavations made, and everything
that might be found preserved and ex-
posed fo- the benefit of all who take an
interest in such matters. The negotia-
tions were. il was thought, successful and
the money ready to be paid, but very re-
Gently there has come a hitch of some
kind, so that after all the project may
fail.
During the past year" says Consul
Merrill, a hole was discovered in piece
Of land south west of the city. A man
went down in it to see what no could find,
and large tombs and beautiful sarcopha-
guses were coon made known to the world.
In connection with the other archRolo-
gists, l have for many years tried to locate
what Josephus describes when he is mark
ing out the line of the wall of circumvalla-
tion which Titus, during the siege of
Jerusalem, a. D., 66-70, threw around The
city as monumental meaning the tomb
of Herod.' lie gives but few general indi-
cations, points or objects well known ct the
time, and that OF these monuments
should be just about where this WOE derful
find has heen made. | suppose Josephus
had in mind Herod Agrippa IL, and not
Herod the Great, who WAS not buried in
Jerusalem. The rolling stone at the door
of the sepulcher, six feet in diameter and
twelve inches thick, the ornamentation on
the sarcophaguses, the character OF the
masonry, and some other bits OF evidence.
lead me to believe that this is the very
monument TO which Josephus referred.
The only systematic exploration that
has been carried on the past year. or, in
fact, that has been allowed by the Turk
ish government, has been done by an
American. acting for the English society,
known as the Palestine exploration fund,
at Tell Ell Hesy. generally supposed to be