Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 September 1894 — Page 12

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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER L'ü, Km.

TIE FIGHT IS ON,

Reports from All the Congressional Districts. The Democracy of Indiana Ready for the Contest. INDICATIONS OF VICTORY. The Voice of Dissension I Heard No More. An Encouraging Report from ihe First District. Ilreta. MnrkAliiger, llolmnn mil Cuoiirr All Hard nt AVurk Tlic Math lllxtrlet Nolil to Jolinaon llnuiirn Great Pull In Ihr Mrvrnlhlirookahlre All Illicit! in the lllghlh The Mnth (oni-pilril to the lllult Protectionist Zimmerman Making n Strong Conteat In the Tenth Marlin All Hlaht In t!ie lllevenlh Thf Twelfth und Thirteenth Demo-t-ra til. LVANSVILLT!. Sept. 22. Special. Affairs in t hi.- neighborhood, p .liti-ally. art; as quiet as .an b . Even th- candidates for county otti v-s are n." t miking any livly dem ri.r.ri ns but are working ;i:ietly. Ther his l.oen but on. speech delivered her- ti.ot may be called a campaign speech, ar. 1 that was by Fairbanks, a :-..up w -eks ago. Th-'' car. lidatt-s ..r cor.g.fs-dor.al honors ar-- lying par-"l-ularl;, low. Tl.- populists male an M'f -rt .ri La'- r day to inveigle the eandi-1.it,-s into a Joint (l'.-li.ilc at Carvin's park. The II A. II. Tay! -r not-fit-d :h- committee that h- w il 1 talk labor .vith th" ti.iid arcs, and it was so rr.i:i;r i. Wiirn the t'.m rime for peaking, how-wr. it wax f- und that a trap had be a laid f t Tajl-r and Hemnwiy. Th- latter f- i: into it. but Taxier was t i rnnrt fr the populists. Pr-f. 1! . th r" pna.-t candidate f r corifrress. in i I- a n-d-h. t populist si-o-h iust. . 1 of talking : the su'njvt of Itber. an 1 II. .:!;. ay all. wed himself to bo led Into tu tk la-,' a p 'iticai sp -e. a a'.-. but Tailor l.tiuii'-I a: the com mi :: tr..'. s i !d : w niM t ilk "Ii labor rr not at a"!. I T. dibi't ?i f.ik. Prof. Boj.u ma 1- a in r.krj, if llr'iv-nway In th-ir argument. sin 1 mtde p . "enlist votes thr u;-h Htin-n-v.ay's e -it. The I ii '-ra:- ..f X'and.-rburjr'a county are a unit f t Taylor, but J -y Is n t ? ..! 1. A ft-'.v s .rchca-N. v!i faiS-1 b. jr: th a;: 'ir.tai '!it -i thf y l?-sir-. ha -. bs t-a (i'.itiinr Ttl r a'.! thr-.uirh hl.i term nf . t!i. f. an 1 liif i:it!y fall. t K:Vf hitn cn-ili; f t what rnl Ins il m-. Th-'S:" ! :-! ii.iVi- il 'tip ÜU'. i ut r'Ht t!i t.'Tiip !" MiiaMn.-.-s ail st'Mi-hn."?-! o:; thf ii'-rlv s. Tin y h.tve a sa.a'.l f!r.owlpjr."r :. u:s -. l'ii: a t -n-'nnh t- tit feat Taylor, vvh an. -v.-!i i f pu'.'lh- ins 1mit, 1.- by far t!i- b .-: 1-, .;-: --. - ai.in ih.' riit listrl. t .a vor hail. I If tarn' J cut all the iv1 l. "I i -:i 1 1 Misim.itiT ami Iiait in ilifii"i r.i:s aim t b -f. re any other r.mRtVMjnin I; ti b.-uri th rd.)1 work. Il fc -uri 1 an apprnpri it! in larp; t n aiKh to JiiM th-; It-.ini.--.-y luck on (Jroen river, whii li i ncil up a 'aiK1- flM t' mir nierchints. II- sc lirt-il a survey of the jii'la' h r- and an a propriatii'n t prevent th-' t h! i r'.vi r frai cutting thruUKh at a p. 'in: live ir.l!c4 ah ve th- city and !mvi:i!j tis hixh and dry. lie is no-.v on th - river an 1 harh-T i-otninittee, whre ho can ill us inui-h ST""!, aal he will g.- ba.k t- ci-nrc.-s c d it. Tli larnpaln was opened in th! ditrkt .hi last Saturday by W. V. Menzf... at ri:t.-har;.r: W. A. Cu'.lop. at Mt. Vernon; A. II. Ta ! -r. at Ki( kp rt, and i:ia Inrna.i, at i;.wnv:!!e. tiii: m: m nivriurT. Mr. Ilret Si-nm to lie Iliivin It All II I a Own Way. WASHINGTON". Sept. 2.1. Special. The lbm. J. I. Itretz has made .iu-h a ?iti.-facbry n-pre.-i.-ntative that no on--obj--td seriously to his being returned. He is not, hj.vever. rtlylnp upon that, but is hard at work tumpin the district and making vote-? not only for himself, but for th- entlr-' democratic ticket. Col. Hardy, his rxubliiin opponent, is not In it tais year. I. ople Inquire who l.s- CV1. Hardy and where did he fret his title? Well, he U rather a clever sort : a man and came, it Ls said, origin il.y from Canada, His chano'-'s f r flection aro abut as troorl as Mr. ISretz's populist opponent, and that means n chance at all. TUB TIIIHD DISTItlCT. MoolinlnKcr AV111 lie Blerted by :i,ihh litJorlty. KKYMOUIC, Spt. 22. Special. The nomination of the Hon. Stroth-r M. Stockalager of llarri-jon ounty as the dfmicritic itindirddjarer for the Third Indiana congTisi-nal district calls to mind an amusing Incident. At the cluie of his first canvass f?r c ngr.'-ssional hoiors several years ago thing's were g-Ang th republican way in this state pretty much as they med to pi fjr (j-venrir Kent in Milne. Everybody fverywhere was anxious to hear the news. V. grew to very exeitlnjr alinp toward jnünijf'at, but to the- inquiry, "How is Indiana giLiR?" the only tal t lcl by th? wir-s wai, "St ickldg-T maks a jrain of 400 votes tn Floyd." "Stacksl.iKer'a nnJonty in IUrrln county will be 1.200 t 1.5'))." St ;-kslafr-r's election !s assured." etc. Only that and nothing more. I'resently ? m-i impatient listicner broke out with: "Who in hIl Is Stack-dir?" and thr? wre none to pnewcr. For he was aim ist little known at norm th -n as hi nme was Strang? abroad. liut th!ntr hive chanj-l. Throucrh twj terms of faitr.ful s?rv:c? in congress, and liter, dunnK a linger srvlc an camtnlsljncr -,t th- c-ner.il land office, he h 13 ac-ijulr?d a nati ual name and fam as an earnest, ftithful and relLablj dem-j-rat.o statesman and a.s a public official of mor than ord.nary ability, fairness and Judfpn '"t. He Is as popular at hmnias he is now w-ll known abrnd. He Is fchrowil in his canvass and he giiris in p pularity us to- -nt-st pr .,jrr?üsfs. ivionf-ra, Itdjcrt J. TracL-w.-ll, also of (ryd m, ii aim .st a? little kniwn away from h.s own bailiwick as was Sto'kflit r in erst.vhil ; iollt: al tim -s. His rr id is thu of a liwyer of avprage ability, a "mix-r," wn ".stands In" and is jK-pular with th- "biys," and by p?ncral acc-t-ptanc a man of Raid presence and an all-r und "git d fallow." riliticilly, abiut th? only c l -hrity that h- has earn-d. s fir as in Renr-rally len iwn. was that of an antl-IIarriFnn re-Iubli-:-:n rndinyr th- last f.resM -ntlnl (avis. Hl4 only h p of siicims in th pr. i.-nt pinva?s is hid on thi presumption of ti-m cr it: dissttlKf iet;.-n In tn? l..stri-t. H ha no "bur l," but that hi.s fri.nds, I'j r d on by false h pj, ar; putting up" fjr him is very much In vidence. Consrre3smtn Jas n Hrevwrt Brown n iw tak?s ha defeat for ren imlnatlon vtry c jiuplar.Vütl . ile la a democrat of

democrats and his voica will be heard In every county and township in the district during ths canvass. The effect of Jason Brown's speeches ar? alwaya reckoned when th? voteä are counted. A3 to th result there can bj n diubts enter-talm-d. The populists will mike a v?ry weak noise in this district, bul are well organized and the canvass v"lll be thorough and the voting-, from proR -nt Indications. will b? very nearly as usual, on and along very strict and clis? party lines. That means, as every reader of The Sentinel knows, the election of Stockslagr by a rnajirity exceeding 3,000 votes.

TUB roillTlI IUSTIIICT. Cnn&reaamnn llolnuin H.-ia n Clear Field. PIIL'LBYVILLE, Sept. 23. Special. There Is a perceptible change in the IKdit'cal horizon since the adjournment of con frress in this, the Fourth congressional district, and the democracy of Shelby county Is at least 2'0 votes stronger than it was three weeks ago. One seldom hears any complaint now and if the outlook keep.- on improving in the manner It h us the past two or three weeks Shelby coan:y will outdo herFlf and break ail former records in November. Chairman Hord hays that thi3 f täte of affairs exists throughout the district and that the democrats of Itus)i and Decatur have more than fiphtins chances to carry their respective counties. As to the congressional race t'a-re is no ou.-t-tion about tin- ivnult. JudsHolman was clc tel two yens apo by a I Iura lity of 3,ds1, a::d a maj irity over his thre- opp m tits of 1.M2. and it is conceded by all that ha will exceed thoe figures thi.s fall. Jone, while he does not have the "gi't rf pali" that Young Wat ?'m has, is nucii str.r-irer with tlie masses and makes a iiiacii m -re formi 1 il l ' c in li-late. oi ti e othc-r hand it cannot be .-h iwa that i'oiifrissmai) H ilnitn is any wcikcr than he was in the las: campaign. It U true he en:-unt-i .-1 some o; position from persons over the district h i were not t-ue-c.sful in securing app intiiienta to of-fic-. but not a jinpie demm-rat in the ditri t wiil vot- against him on that account. Ah to Iiis opponents In the convention, like the koo.I d-m -rats they are, I they are Handing ready for the command P canvass the distri-t for W. S. Holman and the entire democratic ticket. Th- prohibitionist candidate is Dr. H. V. Wright of tJreensburp. a plea.sant gntlcman and one who will p ill hi.s party vote. Mr. (Irofttf of Dearborn c uinty In the pivipie's immin.-e. His farm joins that of "oiiairesMiian Ib.lman and it is Kai-1 that their vl-ws on all Important iiiestioiis are so similar that !t will be a hard matter lo Up Canditat- Crc from voting f.-r his cste-nn-d neighbor and friend. TUB FIFTH IMSTHICT. Ilirmlrrrl Dure Not Meet 'niiKri-mf i'iaii Ciioper. COLCMIU'S. S pt. 2:;. Spe ial. -The democratic outlook !i, rc is de. M--lly f-u-c 'uraging il-spite th omlaous vap Tins -f the pr.ife-si -mal calamity-croaker, wli shak-s his -ory Ioi-k.s ai.d Levis wlVi !i Mili.-h s.i:i.-fa.t'...a at li:c .s-.ir. i'y .t work and the I nv pfii c of wlnvt as evidences of democratic in.-omp -teticy In tli- administration ,.f th- affairs of thnation. The n publicans feel humiliated at the action of their c .iitrc.-slorial coinmitt-c in r.'fu.-ir.K to allow J .-." ( v. r.- tre -t of :-'ranklin. th- n-pu'.lic an can 11 Lit- for Bnss i.-i tiiis uis.ri-t. to m-i-t the II -n. '.eoiKv W. c.-op-r in joint debate on thj issues Involved in the prcs-ot canvass. The eoii-a-e.-sioiial eampain is not fa'tly . i.en-d, but as it advances th? Hie.siions tli.it are of u,ii vital im. porta.-I-e to th-' people at lalne Wlil b s!iovn up int'-Ui-ently s tiiat th l-lo;-inir man can cast his ballot in NowMhci for his bt-.-i inter-st.s. Tiie county canlidites are pr.-atiy crcou raped and ar.' cmiidciit of an iacreased demo. rail. vote. The K.-niiment in favor of the tax-payi r as aiinst monopoly Js ki'owIuk sr-aii!l. The populists are tryir.tr to gH up a side icsue by ajritatii: the silver qu-.-tion and Hie woes of the w.u-kinj; n.r.n. They employ and listen to "(b-n." .Fanings. the Coxeyite, and f.-ll .vs of that kind t g-t about from s. h ! house to crossroad pints talking for a consideration. Mr. DeTurk of Martinsville, the iw.puli. ; candidate In this rtl.--tri.-t f r congress, )s an unknown quantity h -reaiiojts up to date. Th republicariM have not opened fir yet. preferring, no doubt, to make a hört canva.es, as they have but little in jdoek iside from calamity howling and .'hkiIo-pl.-s for trusts and mon -polies. TUB SIXTH IIISTHICT. CoiiuremniMait Jolmwoii Will .Make n Fiiiht In III Otvn llehair. KICHMO.NI, Sjpt. 23. Hpeci".' As far as thi Sixth congressional district Is concerned all is as yet quiet, In a political way. All four cf th parties, the democrats excepted, have put congressional candidate in the Held, but as yet hive waged no war for votes. The republican nominee, Henry U. Johnson, who will confine his work wholly to hi own district. He opened the cajnpaigai here last Tuesday evening with a speech, and he expects to make two in Union county, two or three ia Fayette county and thre' or four in t-a.h of the other counties of the district. Mr, Johr.-on's great argument for voting the republican tkktt is that the country was prosperous when the Cleveland admixdstration came Into power, and to that administration ia due all the ids that the country has suffered. He makes an appeal to intelligent voters for their supfxrt on an argument of na more weight than the above, but it Is not beII -veil that the republicans can Increase theiir majority in the "old burnt" district. James W. Henderson, late democratic candidate for mayor of Richmond, said to a Sentinel representative a few days ago: "I believe thit th? Sixth district democrats will hold their own better in a political way this f ill than any other district in the stte. Some votes may be lost through dissatisfaction, but they will not go to the republicans; one of the oth-r parties will g t them." Congressman Johnson has b"en Invited by the national republican committee to take part in the New York and Illinois campaigns, and he 1.s also in demand over this state, but has de. lined all invitations to speak outside hi.s own district. One thing more than all others, perhaps, that will tend ta work agalrst Mr. Johnson Is his career repaidin? the questUm of free silver. He was denounced in the resolutions passed by the populists' congressional convention for his standing on that point, and th( cry that he broke his promises may have considerable weight. The populists have put Int th field Thompson Harris, a farmer, of Fountalo City. He Is an old man, with a limited tducau-ion, very little knowledge of parliamentary law, an l no Unovvi dge. whatever of public life. His only quilifivations are that he 1 w iling to work and 1. is the nians t li"ip conduct a camtain. The populists, nevertheless, exp: ot to poll the larges t vote In 'the Sixth li-drlct they have ever polled, as they believe their ranks will be reinforced by deserters from both the old parties. They are planning to hold meetings In every town in th- distrl -t, but have not ia ytt btgun th.lr work. One attempt ; hold a. meeting at liberty ended In a fiilure because a place to peak could not be obtaln'-d, and the Fin-akTs relumed here much chisrlnfd. Th- prohibitionist cand'dvte is the Itev. Robert H. Unds j y of Drlaware otir.ty, hn promises to mjke. th strong st carnpalgn flsht that any rrohlb'tl on 1st candidate, has ever made. The ch.in.eä -.f this party, however, are considered very poor. As said before, the democrats have not y:t nominated a candidate, but it 1 be

lieved that they will put a man In the field In time to make a good fight. The leaders are confident that the rank and fil? of the democratic party are as loyal aa ever, and that th? only way the vote can be reduced Is by an apathy on the part of the voters to such an extent that they will stay away from the polls.

TUB SKVKXTH niSTItlCT. A Thorough find Systematic t'anmas Will IK Made. In the Seventh congressional district the campaign Is being cirried on in a spirited manner. Mr. Henry had a ciupl? weeks' advantige of Mr. Rynuin and put In the time for all It was worth in Marlin county. Ther? was, however, something about hi m?rt!ngs that attracted the attention! of republicans and democrats likj. There was a lack of enthusiasm which his been credited to several causes. Sim? say that it was b?cius3 of the fact that Mr. Henry had made the canvass two years ago and thit the people had mt been favorably enough impressed with him to turn out during this campiign. Olhers cred t the trouble with the Marlon county republican com ro'.ttee. They say th? committee Is si wrapped up in the work of county politics that it Is -willing to let th c ngressiinal case go by d.-fault rather than to spar? any of its rntrgy. At any rat- the met-tings wer not what Mr. Henry had expect-d th-m to be and there is mt, as a consequence, the feeling of eonrtd-nee that prevailed ome we ks ago. in fact, with every day that pisses there departs much of this feeding, though the republicans still mik- b d l assort! os regarding the result of the N -vember elect i in. Du.iiiff th"1 tim that Mr. I.ymm his devot .-d to the canvass of the district lie has covered a g n deal of territory in Midism county. The record which he mice in congress has made him a hist of iriend.s among the farmers and he found many of them at the meetings which ht- addrev?eri. He found on all side? that th-' reeding people were ready ti ind -rse hia act! ins and tie general results i f the la.-t session d congress, it was only among peiple who have not kept nbr.-ast of the tini-s and who huve relied for their information upin pet -s ns who had an object in o-Mirinjr evtrythir.g to suit their own n iti ns that there was any honest c nl -mnatlon. Th!s claaj were, however, open to conviction, and simply need d the pr per information to set theni right. The campaign In l!i- d.strict is just now g' linig wrirm, luth candid ites being ready t make the most thorough and systematic canvass yet nude. Doth candidates will be engaged every day until the election is over. Indianapolis will probably be t!V lost plac- in which Mr. Iiyiurn will spen' and Mr. Henry will close nt Anderson. TUB FKillTH niSTMCT. Tin .. I. .. l'nr AVenkena tlie Itcpiihllcilll. TBK KB IIAl'Ti:. Sept. 22. Spe da!. The i . ngressional canvass in th? F.lghtii di'iric; has as yet harlly liegun. T'iie dfmoTats uoaiiiinoiisly nominated Co"g;o . ssman H'.lj.ih V. Kr H'kshire, who I 1 1 vv s . rvinr his third term in corgres?. Tlv fc-jiubllcans, after a bitter canvass, which lea h-d a climax ia the convention when ex-C ingressma n Johnston, one of til defeated candidates. im;ed his teela i-i a sfnsatior. d hpi eh, nomina te.J Ccorge W. Fa l is. Mr. I'aris i.s a s.m-in-Iaw of ex-Jud.e S i! :n.ii (.'iayji .1 of Indiana poll.--, ayd is a 1 ' ii poiiii. ian win will n. t j II his i. ah party vote in this t-.unty. on account of republican an.ag idsnis. Tre ilistrlct is dem-K-i a 1 1.- ..n a straight perly wto by about l,.o, and there Is no d -iit of ill- e'ei-ti in of Mr. I'.ro ikshlre by a!:oii: that piuriiity, ;s h- is. If any-tiiiii.-,'. sti -o-.tg-er thin he was i-i any of his pr- i"ii.s races bt-for- the people. As a j:v. m'.icr of tii appropriation. commlt-t-i:i the last house, a;;,! by his pottlcn mi th. tariff, wh! -li is in line with Indiana d 'nioi-ratli- Ideas, he has made a re -ord whi.-h will b- oT much service to him in th- campaign. Mr. Hrookshlre was !o-re this v"-ek. an 1 expressed hlmsdf ;ts very well pleas; ? with the out1 ok. s far as Vigo county Is concerned, and there is no d .ubt but. that this same cord'. ion prevails al! over the district. Tii M e has b, ( ;i ;i ri iii irkahie ris In democrat!.: h'-p'-s within tiie pis: few weeks. There i- a dis'ln-t revival of business io tliis cby and e-veral manufacturing plen;s have resumed, giving many men work win have b?en out of employment. The tariff bill, which b irn? a law, was by r. means radical eaoiijrh to suit the d, ni i. rats here, but it Is recognized as I. ein- a long-i -ired ttep In the right direct io... Tii populist ti ;n ir.ee is Warton C. Rankin f-f this city. There was thought, to b- some danger at on time in hls count v, because of tJje detievüon of Ku-ge.u-V. Iebs from the dimocratlc to the populist ranks, as carrying some democrats into the new party. ,hut that danger Is fully past. One reason for the preat rise In democrxtlc feeling here Is th"- "ch?ap" county and township ticket nominated by the tepubllcans. There Is so .much disgust among the better element of the party that many republicans will vote the denoocratle ecal ticket, whkoh Is admittedly onei cf the best ever nominated. The A. P. A. clique herre dictated the republican l.n-al nominitlori., mil .the men nominated are, in some c,a.e, so wholly unlit f-T the. position; and laek character and Mamling t:i the crimmunity to such a marked den reo that thir nominations fall little s iort of a J ke. The recent exposure; ij' tlie list nf members of the A. P. A. olg- her show? that all but nbout three of the county and township ticket are members of this knownnithing order. The foreign-born citizens of both parties, reg.ml'.ess f n -Huri n. see in this Llegai organization hostility to; all citizens of their kind. TUB MVril IlISTHICT. The (nnipnln Opened ly Ilrllllant Omtnr. LAFAYKTTE, Sept. 23. Special. The congressional campaign In the Ninth district has not opened with any marked vehemence as yet. All the candidates have been named, but have not begun to stir In a very pronounced manner. J. Frank Hanley of Wllliamsport. Warren county, exstate senator. Is the republican nominee, and Alonzo (. Rurkhart of Tipton was supposed to Tie the democratic nominee. The republicans opened ths campaign here on the evening of the ISth Instant, with Congressman Joseph O. Cannon as the oratorical attraction and the democrats on the afternoon of the 22d with the Hon. Charles L.. Jewett of New Albany. At the meeting of the populists last Saturday, to nominate a county ticket. Alonzo G. Uurkhart, the democratic nominee for congress In this district, was present and delivered a brief address. In which he declared that he is a populist and not a democrat. This declaration has set the democrats to thinking and considerable opposition to Mr. Burkhards candidacy has arisen. Many democrats are opposed to a coalition and declare that they will not vote for Mr. Burkhart if he is permitted to remain upon the ticket. Several democratic papers In the district have already entered a protest against Mr. Burkhart's candidacy. TUB TBNTI! DISTIUCT. Bx-Snntor Vnlentlne Zliiinirrmnn Milking a (ireut Flubt. ROCHESTER. Sept. 22. Si-oial. The republicans have been expecting a walkover in this district notwithstanding the damaging factional disturbances which, have been recently nmothed over by the withdrawal of both Landls and Judge Johnston, but the fanners ar? generally In good condition and the calamltvhowlors have failed to stamped any f them into the high tax protection fold. Added tn all this th Hon. Valentine Zimmerman Is making: a great fight

which Is having a very debilitating effect upon the republican minagers. Th" district Is really a republican one and should ea-sily elect the nominee of that party, but he Is finding It a very difficult undertaking even In this off year of democratic disaffection T're ?.!- cd 'JW' nv .r'.T Ir- '.-''et felt throughout the district. Many classes of goods have declined in price and indications of returning prosperity are discernible In every direction.

TUB F.I.BVBATH niSTIWT. nut Little llaa lleen Hone Thus Far It) the Driiiorrnt. MARION, Spt. S3.-Sp?ciil. There his Just begun to' be an apparent movement In the campaign work of the Eleventh district. So far the nearest approach to a ranvaM by the republicans was a speech by the lion. C. XV. Fairbanks of Indiana pi is. The outlook f or democratic success is a bright hue, and since the pa-sage of the tariff bill dissatisfaction and a feeling of unrest among ieraoerats have given place to confidence anil the oldtime interest In the success nf thrir partnt party. The candidates for congress art: Augustus N. Martin, democrat; tie irge XV. Steele, republican; XX'illiam II. Chambers, prohibitionist; A. F. Benson, populist. The democratic majority In the district Is about 800, and it is very ceneral y conceded that Mr. Martin, who is no.v serving his third term in congress, will be returned for another two years, although Maj. Steele, whom he defeated in ISss, after representing this district f . r f I du y-ars. Is a very formidable candidate. Both men saw active service in the l.e:e war and both are known to be hard, tireless workers and no d camj -ligners. Mr. Martin is distinguished from his rival candidate In scholarship, and as a p '.ideal speaker he ranks far a luve Maj. Steele, who, as one republican remarked. "Never opens his mouih without getting his foot in it." Mr. Marlin is bright, popular, suave of manner, nuk-s friends wherever he goes, and has shaken hands with nearly every man, woman and child in the district. He made a splendn 1 record in Washlngt n, and as chairm on of the committee on invalids pensions since 1890 he has labored tirelessly In behalf of the soldiers. Through his efforts several Important bills v.-ere. passed, among which was one that declares that a penfien l a vested light and that the pensioner cannot b? deprived of the same without having had a hearing. I.i this county, where there are i .". voters in the Soldiers' home, he has mule many frienls. and although Mr. Steele claims thit he will get nine-tenths of ti'ls vete, Mr. Martin Is confident that he will receive at least 75 p;r cent. Two years ago ('apt. Daly of l'eru r'-ccived an -almo-ot unanimous vote from the home. Homer L. Martin is recognized as a good organizer, and j o--sescs the ability of making friends. The great democratic event in this district will be ih ' btrb -- cu? fU Huntington, Oct. 4. will, h w.ll be rr rfVeiuted by large delei-ati-ons fio.n each of the elgh.' counties in th- i -t ri t. rtfant is the bt nivr pr. hibltion county r.f the state, polling about the same number of votes as Marl n county. W. L. Lrnfesty, district and c. un y cha Irin hi. Ls hopeful over the outlook of his party, which, he ra. s, is gai: i ig more rapidly in sentiment than in vot .-s. Little campaign w-rk ha been done so far, but arrangements f r nr i-rhb r h..o I me- ting.s have been made. XVI I'd im B. Clumbers was born and still lives on a farm In Huntington county. Two years ago the pipu lists polled 2S0 votes in this county, but they have greater strength In Waba-h and A laais. Huntington ounty, wh re the candid ite, A. F. Benson, llv-.s his the lügst popullMlc vote In the district. There is. but httle doubt that Maj. Steele's predictions that his mtjoiily might reach l.r.OO will fall s-vrral tr.ousnad short of this estimite. The Klevtntn district is well satisfied with Augustus N. Martin. THF, TXVBLFTII DISTHICT. Bterythlnig Point to n Sweepliirr X icto-ry. FT. XX'AYNK, Sept. 22. Special. There are three congressional candidates in the Twelfth district, and as yel but little excitement has been occasioned by the political leaders. The Hon. J. D. Leigh ty of St. Joe, DeKalb county, ls a quiet, unassuming business man and possibly could not deliver a speeeh if asked to do so. He his created no enthusiasm anywhere in the district, and In the eyes of many of the republican leaders of Alln county he 1? not a etrong candidate, nor was he the choice of the district, but merely a poiltlcai a-vldent. "Fog Horn" Kelley, the populist nominee, is likewise a DeKalb county man. He has stumped the district for different political par-ties ami. In fact, seldom knows where he is on a single poCiflcal issue unless he Is nominated by a party. His views are as changing as the tides. It ls predicted that ho will receive a few republican votes and also the vote of the disgruntled and disappointed office-seeking democrats. Recently Congressman XV. F. McNagny was renominated by the democrats, and his speech before the convention made him many supporters. His career in congress has been noble, patriotic, honorable and praiseworthy, of course, In being triumphantly elected during a democratic administration, he has been unable to appease the desires of many office-seekers, but he has neverr theless elevated the most worthy men of the district to Important positions. He has made few, If any, mistakes and the opposition of the soreheads before the convention has entire-'.y disappeared. This week's democratic papers throughout the district hive all. except one (the Auburn Courier), championed In no uncertain tones the re-election of Congressman McN'agny. He is popular with the masses and it Is predicted that he will carry the district by 2,000 plurality. TIII1 TIIIKTBEXTII IlISTHICT. The Sunlight of l'nmlsed Peace Shlnea Itefulitent. LAFORTE. Sept. 23. Special. Th democrats of the Thirteenth district havefinally emerged from the dissatisfaction and doubt that has surrounded them for several weeka, owing to the uncertain pisitlon taken by Congressman Conn in regard to a nomination. Tuesday, Sept. 11, the convention assembled at South Bend and. by a unanimous vote, placed in nomination the Hon. Llewellyn Wanner of Goshen and now the sunlight of unmixed peace shines refulgent In tha Thirteenth district. All is contentment and harmony in the party and every democrat 1j ready, metaphorically speaking. to roll up his sleeves and "put his shoulder to the wheel," as in former campaigns, when the most signal victories have been achieved. Two years ago the democratic vote on congressman in the six counties of the district was 21.C27 and the republican vote was 19,C.47. a. democratic plurality of 1.940. Tne prohibition vats in the district was then 872 and the pipulists scored 720. From present appearances the prohibitionists will a little more than hold their ground, but their vote will cut no material figure In the contest. They ara led by Dr. Huntsinger of Mlshawaka, wha was early placed on th3 track for congress, and he threatens t make a series, of speeches In every ctunty and "shaka the bushes" in thetraditional way. This being an "off year" in politics, and the thirsty season about ti close, U U believed the dictjr may pill an even 1.000 votes, the major part of which wera formerly republicans. The populists discovered one J. XX'. Forrest, a rare young legal plant from South Bnd, and at a convention, whera several of the cnuntlea of the district were represented, wis nominated over several old war horses who hive fought the battles of the third party from the days

j when Anson Wolcott failed to deliver th? goods to th? republicans down through all Its tribulations to the anxious but ever hopeful present. All this time the aforesaid war horses hiva k?pt the faith and now they are a good deal disgruntled because they have been turned down for b; inflated yjiit'n frsr Troy, N. Y.. vb only two years ago floated into Sauth Bmd and hung out his shingle to practice law. It is not In evidence that he ever hiet any business besides loaning miney that would make him useful in eir.grf-s.s or in any other place where fact3 and figures ar? in demand. The republicans have nominated Lemuel Royse of XX'arsaw. His chief distinction Is that he was never hard of before, and it is strongly suspected that after the ides of November he will never be heard fnm again. He is a lawyer by profession and is built on an Intellectual model in full keeping with his gauge, having the reputation of being a partisan. For some time h? has been industriously stumping the district, but the only prair.e fires discernible are in the columns of the Iieal republican papers, and they are nut of a devastating character. j None of the candidates named have as I n canvassed this end of the district, but j Royse expects to spend a week in thi3 county in the near future.

ALONG THE BYWAYS, The wife of a well-known New Yorker told about an incident nf her wedj ding trip the other evening as Illustrating the forgetfuineps of a man who has only recently abandoned selfish bachelorship. They had only just begun their bridal journey. On that afternoon the train left the track and begin to hump along the ties. It happened at that moment that the newly-made husband was walking down the aisle of the car away from the seat where his brlie sat. He knew that part r.f the railroad very well, and he was terrified at having the train leave the track there, for they were upon a bend on a steep and lofty embankment. XX'ith a thought of nothing but the peril which threatened the train he dashed madly for th" door. He was on the platform already, careening and wavering, and in another instant he would have leaped, when, unconsciously looking back at the danger he was leaving, ho saw his wife. Instantly he turned and dashed back into the car. He was just in the nick of time to reich his wife, for already the car was tottering. "Hold on for your life!" he cried to her. "We are going headlong over the bend." He had fallen In the ai!e at her side, and clinging to the seat he beid his wife. "Hold on for your life!" he cried again, "for we are going over!" And they did go over several times, and though the bridal couple were cut and bruised terribly, they were m ire fortunate than many others, for the death list after that wreck was a long one. "But my hu'band," she said in telling the story, "could not seem to forgive himself for hiving forgotten me for a second, while I oull understand it perfectly. H- wasn't used to lioking after a wife, ami if yu want to know the truth," she added, with a smile, "I was giad that it all happened as It did. for I d n"t believe that any man who was c night in danger with his wife would des, r rt lier, but it tike a brave man who has git out of danger to g) del. tit-rat dy back into it. He knew thit danger better than any on? else in the car, I suppes and he must have felt that we were both lost. Yet he came bick to me, and that was inw I learned, on our wedding day, that my husband, If he was forgetful, was also brave." N. Y. Tribune. Ono day stopping at a house for dinner in the Kentucky mountains I listened to an agent trying to sell the head of the establishment a sewing machine. "Now. look here." said the agent, "you ought to do s.ifliiething to friclp your wife, oughtn't you?" "She ain't objectin to my style, I reckon," said the. mountaineer. "That's because she's a. good, kind, uncomplaining sort of a woman, and it is the very reason why you should do these little things for her." "But I can't afTiird It," protested the mountaineer. "Afford it, nothing," exclaimed the agent. "You could afford to buy that XVinchester sitting by the door couldn't you?" "Yes." he said, laying It across his lap, "but I needed it." "Not as much as your wife needs a sewing machine." "More, I reckon." "Of coarse that isn't so. How could ou? Now I tell you what I'll do. If you will "buy a machine for your wife I'll take the gun as part pay." ".I recikon not." "Call your wife out here and ask her what she thinks about U. I'll bet a hat she'll Jump at the chance for such an exchange." The mcntntalneer smiled and called the "old woman" out. lie stated the proposition to her and the agent began to feel 6ure of victory. "If Jim Bolton wasn't livin' we might," she said After a moment's thought. "XX'haf he got to do with it?" asked the agent In a provoked tone. "A heap tight. You see." she went on, "my old man an' Jim ain't on terms; that's xvhy he got the Winchester. N.nv ef Jim knowid we only had a sewln machine. It wouldn't be no time till I wuz a Widder, an' I reckon I'll do my sewin' by hand. S'pose you come 'round after Jim's flX'Ml." and the agent gave it up and agreed to come around after James had been disposed of. Detroit Free Press. j Congressman Peter J. Somers of Wisconsin has returned to XX'ashlngton on a littl1- mission of Interest to his Milwaukee constituents. They want cut stone substltutrd for rough in the handsome new postofflce now In progress of construction there and as the money necessary to the change Is on hand, Mr. Himers think, that the necessary consent can be obtained. On being asked whether he had definitely determined to refuse to run for congress again, Mr. Somers said that ha was very much In earnest about wanting to return to privats life. II? had made up his mind some time ago that a seat In the house did not pay him for sacrificing all his other Interests. At th? same time, some o" his friends had brought great pressure to bear to have him make the race, and he did not know what would be the result. "In all the other districts," said Mr. Somers. "the democrats have made their congressional nominations. I don't think there Is any doubt about the re-election of three democratic members, Messrs. Barwlg. Barnes and XX'elles, and the Fourth district, which I represent, can easily be carried by a democrat. The Fifth district, too, will In my judgment elect a. democrat. This will divide Wisconsin evenly between the two parties, giving each Ave representatives which I regard as a very conservative forecast. So far as the next house is concerned there is hardly a doubt of Its political complexion it will be democratic by a good majority, but ample for all purposes of legislation. Kvery day that goes by Improves the prospects of the democracy, because every day witnesses an Improvement In the business situation." XX'ashlngton Post. The Smallest Palntinff In the XVorld. It ls said that the smallest piece of painting in the world has recently been executed by a Flemish artist, rt ls painted on the smooth side of a grain of common white corn, and pictures a mill and a miller mounting a stair with a sack of grain on his back. The mill is represented as standing on a terrace and near It is a horse and cart, while a group of several pea.sa.nts are shown In the road near by. The picture is beautifully distinct, every object being finished with microscopic fidelity, yet by careful measurement it Is shown that the whole painting does not cover a surface of half an Inch square. Boton Transcript.

SEEN IN FOREIGN LANDS.

DR. TALMA GR XVniTF.S IV GLOXYIXG TBIl.MS OF AI M it ALI A. nenutlfnl. Magnificent Sjilney Harbor. Which Only God Could Have Planned A Land of Grand PolbIHtleaThe Chime on Sjduey'a Putoltlce. SYDNEY, Aug. 7. (Copyrighted. L uii Klopsen, 1S04.) 'Pitched, -haken, twined, flung, sickened, l-rui.-cJ, dismayed, alarmed, are some cf the words which describe our feelings while cr..-.-ing from New Zealand to Australia. XV e heard that the passage was like crossi.'ithe channel at Calais from France t England, but that, insteid ff the h :n;r a half i: would be fcur nays ar.d a half. It was worse than we exp.ei.-d and worse than usual. We had nearly six days of it. The only ullu-vi.iti a of tl.e voyage was the captain, who wes j at the time to be Jolly, ferioiu i-.t thr time to be serious ar.d deeply p-ligi aat all times. Convent d in a p re !..--terla.n church in New Zealand, he li i. become a flaming evangel, preaciiing o:i board his steamer once or twice evi ry Sabbath. Our rough sea experience prepared U5 for full appreciation cf en- of the brightest panoramas of the land and Vcy that ever unrolled before mortal vis i m. Capt. Neville said to us. "We will soon be ia sight of the Australian ooas:. and when we approach the harbor cf Sydney cm; up on my bridge and I will point mj: t i you the objects of interest." "Thank you." was cur reply to the unu. i:il invitation, for sea captains do not ordinarily like to have company on the stviner's bridge. In a few mcments climbed to the side of the captain, (ire... walis of rock built by the eternal C.-i.l readied along the c a?t ar.d stopped only wide enough apart to all ow ships to enter and to keep the bolster us ocean . at. "Yonder," said the captain, "is the retreat in th? rocks which in the twiiight deceived the captain of th Duncan Dunbar to mistake it for the harbor and to aim for it. crashing Into destruction. All on board perished save one man. who was picked up after he had floated down onto the shelving." Safoly we rode in between the two great brown pillars of Hawkesbury sands:, ie-, and then began the revelation of a harbor such as nowhtre else in the wide world is to b- fount!. The whole scene i.s an "Olv.-.-sey." a "Divlna, CommeJia." an Old Testament anl a New Testament of gra:i.l-u.-and loveliness. You c.i nn. t f -r a mom.- i: relax your energy of wat. hing with a; mining somc-thlng which y.-u c.inn it s- e again. The white palaces of the in-eivha:-.: princes of Sydney shine through the t'. 'iage of the trres. Dipping to th- bay argardens aV.r.om in wild r, an 1 lawns wiia an ernerald-llke unto the fourth layer of the wall of heaven. Tropical plants and tropical flowers stand sil- by sit' with the growths cf intra rigorous climate.-, vineyards and orange groves, pimegranates and guavas and pineapples growing in a revelry of luxurince. Norfolk pines, palm, Moreton ly lig and eucalyptus trees .streUh their scepters over the s.-c-ne. Complete bewitchment of landscape! "Steadyi" cried the captain to the man at the wheel. "Steady!" But no ob.--rver can keep very steady while watching this ever changing, ever inspiring, ever enchanting scene. "Yonder is the m mastery. Yonder, Just coming in sight, is the admiral's house. Yonder Is the university. Yonder are the houses of parliament. Yonder are th old prisons. There is the governor's residence." Here sweeping up close to your steamer are launches with excursionists. Yonder are sailing boats, so small they suggest a fluttering sea gull. While the area of the harbor is said to be nine square miles, the water line of It. if followed up and down all Its inlets, would be 1.200 miles. The rippling water kiss tho beach, and the beach embraces the bay. At the next turn of our steam -r's wheel more garniture of island and harbor and inlet and promontory. Oh, how the marine loveliness played "hide and seek" amid the islands! Five grim batteries pointing their Armstrong guns at us. bat only In play. "Yonder," says the captain, "Is a French steamer, yonder an American and yonder aai Englishman." Sydney harbor is so broad and honest that no pilot was needed to come on board. Room here for all the navies of the earth to ride in and secrote themselves so that they could not be found wr hout much search. Room for the Croat Easterns of the past and the Campanlas of the present to wheel without peril. Room to welcome all the centuries and generations and ages Which are yet to op anchor in its clear depths. He only belittles and bedwarfs and bemeuns Sydney harbor who compares it to the bay of Naples or the entrance to Rio Janeiro. God works by no model, and this harbor was of divine r.g1natlon. H works wlta rocks and waters and skies as easily as architects work with pencil and mle and compass, and he intended this harbor not to be a repetition nf anything that had ever been done, and to make It impossible for any human engineering or landscape gardening or hydraulics to imitate. It is a winding splendor, an unfolding glory. a transcendent illustration of what omnipotence can do in the architecture of an ocean gate. The day we entered It clouds of all hues were looking down into its mirror; beauties of all styles were walking it opaline pavement; grandeurs of all chariots were rolling across its crystalline highway. On the captain's bridge we stood until near enough to th wharf t see the deputation of clergymen and prominent citizens who wer- waiting to come aboard to greet us, an 1 when they thronged the cabin of the steamer and addres-sed us in welcoming words we were compelled by our own feelings to reply, "Brethren and friends, after sailing against head winds and over very roug'h seas It Is most deliirhtful to get Into this beautiful harbor of Sydney and Into the still more beautiful harbor of Christian fellowship." But I was up before daybreak next morning looking at the harbor. The window of my room, in the Australia hotel takes In the enchantment, and I watched the coming of the day Into the harbor. The whole sky first took on a pallor not sickly, bu't healthful, as though th re were white wings from the other side shining through. Then there came eorruscailons anl deep indlgoes and Irradiators and sadnesses of color and unrolling scrolls prophetic of m-ore light, ar.d somber and holy gleams and rhapsodies of advancing day, and 'then banners of victory over the darkness. Then In this wall of heaven th-e gates began to swing open. It was no sudden swinging back of the panels of fire. There was no grinding of the gates on the amethystine hinges. There was no clang of bolts hurled back from the imperial portals, but a slow and gradual and overpowering movement that made me feel there was more to come, and I wondered it I couM endure the expanding vision. As I looked Into the gate I saw what I described to my son afterward as a scepter a scentc of great length and brilliance, such s scepter as no earthly emperor ever had In his throne-room. The handle of the scepter had all the colors of the prism. The edges of ft were translucent; the poln't of It was tipped with a waving light, all the time changing. Yet what a scepter! XX'hat king would dare t handle it! XX'hat monarch would dare to lift It! But while I wondered the question was answered. The king of day, the rising sun, took hold of It, and the scepter as no earthly emperor ever had before lying on the shelf of heaven tvas first hoisted as though to command the hidden glories of the skle to come down, and then It was pointed to the harbor as the place of destination, and on that apphire oX the waves both the scepter

that I had seen and the crown of th king who took it t;v put down, and from gret n Island to grc.-n island, from b'Uch to beach, an i all up and down tj promontories, and f n m iky to water, and from water to skv. it :is r.i.mi

Iii Sdn-y hirlior. lit. - . ei -r i-e.lle. d Hj; thira i'.t.ly . n- b ing ia the ttr.lv rse w ho c .op ,iut and moid ar.q u i;:r.-:-s ar b-iid a harli-r? At Napier. New Z a'. a..':, v .ie e we r-.i ..in in a. .a s..ic.i o. 1 l'::r' r.--t:gh f.-r an 1: ur ar.d a half's nr. of- a. hu.ndr.-tis of tr.o -sands ot i idars v.. re exp-r.d. - 1 ir. bui!-li:.g a brea!.w?r. And s.. at Bis; cne and at d.fft-reat P-ir.ts on the Australia a a.t harbors hue ben i--.n.;ru.'tt-I i-y 3.-mi an hands, oat the storms i .'.:. .1 it tc.es defiant rat.ip.tr. s r-.i d in a tii.'o: :um!i the i .--;: work !.-.; the !'... ::lc Harb r bni.di-.g is th- r, erv'd tight of ta ! lo- .vf :... Bates .-f p.L. and gates of f ..-...-.-, s i.:.,y be tarn -d ut fr-.tn -if.l ly f -i".,i.-i-s an.'. j;.d. d t egether i ii .!.!!".: .f hu;vin n . ha :d-:n. bat j c - 1;- :.i ;; ihl-li I ant I rm.v .-- st- ! nc is . -m..i -iv. and om- ' ' a "- -"!-'-'y i and . ciNo c.e btr. the 11: r: a! krovts where i sac! i a gat- i n. t-:! 1. !i s,-;s the hisI t ry . f a c .r.ln.::t ! -f -re i p .pal.tte-.l, ! - .1 He o l- c ir, d .--i.i ' where its fr mt j .1 r . miit t - h -lMd and t war. sr. R ! ci ! s that the gate tr.u-t c-r. -p n i with j :'. m::.- anl ;-.-t it:: -s ..f ;h- main ; i.-ilding. '!':.- d f th- Mo-lelrhie j h.treh w .uld be a'o-ee l at 'e. - f- .;it of j .: -u x i. r rn-eling h.'ti.-e. 11: - ttte and !;'! would nek- cn in ippr-ipriate en- ; : a io h -ry. S i '. a.i t-n irmee j t A astral. a as Sxiin.-y barb r v. . nld be , - i.i thing f r all tha ami eternity to ' J r a: it ti c try tl.n- r.tered w.-re .-it s mi '.hin-' iu.-re.i-ural.le f -r wealth, j r. urc and grand opp .rtunity. Hud I ! knuva n iti.io- f th- bis; - of Ausj tr til i wh it I saw bet we -n ilu d ; -rstcps I .f this haro-r and the whirf f oar disi e;r.'.:..rkic.i would have c nvinc--d nv i . '' pr -.-nt a: d c-.n ir.-r p-i.etic of I this lif.h i .ntln nt . f ti e w rid. With j s n ii a:; t . -a :: g.,t I urn n.-: surprised i t't.it A i-ti-a'.M is f o.'.rt -ti tor.- - '.arg J tts no- ;1rsi 1 1 . i r; r. - ::ir as birg K::gl::n . Sc a '. i n ! and 'Wales. ! I; lies b.e:i e-;i-nK-,i .s rapab'.e of I : ; t'tiro? piii f. itet... ,.f p "rCc. -XII j e, , ,,f niineig ar-l ar: i-ultare anl ; n : -e ..nd ar; .Til s-.nery rc here, i i' litL-.-r than th Mair.mit.h cavo ff j Tle-un -ky, iikt-s like C -;.. Lucerne and '. t '.. A t. -tony s rieh in t! overs that 'i' Co k i.iii.l one . f the entrances B ...-.y l.iy. W:i' !e P -nn.-y'. . a r.ia r.s '-1 tri '.i-e ive.-.-l by a .-.iii-wri ck-. d s ". r in 17i;7. ! -it i. e.-.- . fv!iar the cr iw- ' -.f the earth to t ihe . n'-half of their -u an 1 having :. uga material to v.ern ; cmtin-T.: an k ;i .'itrlnv the st ti.. -.ip fuma-es an ocean. !l".'g;i j-h-cp :.i;!,:re in the vol s anl oil th htl's t clothe with th-ir wo. .1 v.l; ii- rations. These -p. killed and frei in r.-frlgerators 1: r. or tra;!': rr.-d i.i carts which are r f-igerato'-s into ships which are refrlg--.r ners and carri I aei'i" I '.if s-as to th r fr.g. rit rs of l-lur..pe ar.d Asia, si that wail I writ' this I tt r. almost within sound of the bW-ting flocks of this sh pr.tising c un try the li-i;s of Au-trallan r. 1 1 1 n hang in Lnd jn mark-en an th ioii i bit ants of India are breakfasting on 1 :tnt) chops le-.uglit tro.-ii the banks of Sv.'.n y barb r. Oii sireep padd K of ii Jily two hundred mil -s square! S i nnieii e-f these col mies is in the ti-op-i' s ih.it th y will have a capacity, when fully dev. 1 p'd. t- yield enough sugar to s.v-'ttcn the bevf-rag..s of the earth, and raise enough tea t soithis, the nerves and stimulate the conversation of the s . -ia gr-'tip if all zone.-, and produce eii-.i;gh cotton to ciothe licmisphvs. Enough ir-.n to b- brought up from the cellar of the-e i- lon'o-s to rail track thl !m t. Cooper and lead, silver and g-l l waiting for resurrection. Sipphires and niMes. t-'iiaz and hrysobcrv ls ready to flash ami burn on the bo. -mi if the world's beauty. Cope's :o k yif-Mol in one year r..incj diamonds. Hi you say that v.i't regions are not arabl but a dcs. rt? Yes, but boring un-I'-rneath th1 sand and nek disc jvered water, which Is only waiting to be called up to irrigate the surface. XX'hat irrigation has done for Egypt and China and is dilng f r the American desert will be dine for the idle acreage of Australia. It his been demonstrated agiln and again that better than the rainfall it is to have waters gathered Into reservoirs, and so droughts and freshets are avoided, and when you want water you turn it on. and when you want it to st:; you turn it off. If you say there are not enough h'lls in Australia to pour down the water upon the lands. 1 reply by asking. XX'her Is the pwer of machinery? Science and en.rprl3 will Invent a pump that could spout up the subterraneous and hidden rivers, lakes and oceans of Australia, Irrigation, wiil yet abolish the American desert, th Arabian desert, th great Sahara desert and the Australian d--.sert. All hall to tho agriculture and mining and merchandise and manufacture and art and opulence and r-lig: a of the coming generations of Australia! After awhik America, th fo-us of emigration from ail lands, will b occupied, and then, if nit before, Australia will call the millions of the earth who want more room and letter chance and easier livelihood to pass through the same ocean gate that opened fr us a few days ago, and to feel the wclcime blximing from the same skies, and reaching out from the same Hiwkesbury sandstone, and breathing i the balsamic at nu.-phere. and flashing from the depths cf the same matchless harbor. XVhlle dictating this letter to a stenograj her in Sydney and looking off upon its harbor I hear the chimes of the bells from the tower of the poetoffiee. It ia the only post .. !fi.. -e that I have ever known to be graced by such a charra of harmonies. But how appropriate, for he postofflce of every city rings out more must- or tolls more sadness than any other building. There ir- the piles of papers with joyful tiling? and hilaricus surprises and marriage announcements, and every potolfiop ought to have a ch'.m- of wedding bells. But every postcfl'ioe hat? piles of letters with stories of sadness and bereavement and less and death and burial, ar.d therefore such a building ought to have b.lis to sound the knell and be-Us to toll the grief. Rmg on., ye bells of Sydney post .flice, and sc. tnl over yonder harbor your mcrnni":it or sadness. Four times every hour that tower showers its t hi nits. At each quarter-hour the air is stint d witri its melodies, but at the close of each full hour the effect is very peeuliar. Tinklts and ela.-h and llngle and roll go the sweet metallic voices, as much as to say: "Be cherry while the moments go by. Move as briskly as you can and let the passing moments keep step with tue sounding Joy." But while you are listening, suddenly there comes in the mighty rtroke of the imstoflbv clock in deepest and mcst revcr'oorating tone, letting you know that one more hour of time is forever past, and it sounds solemn and treuietid his. r.s though at every stroke it said of the- h air just departe.lt "(.one! Clone! Clone!" The deep bass of that la-t sound overpowirir.g the merry sopranos that preceded it. S the gladnesses and solemnities commlr.ele. But. fuerhaps, I may have misinterpreted the utterances of thit heavy and migtty clock in the iostol'iee tower, it scten-l like the deathkneil of the Ivor and seemed tn say, "(bone, gone!" but now that I think It over that bell might have Iven In a different mood from wiiat I thought, for 'oeii.s have moods, and they weep, and they laugh, and th-y ' dance, and they groan. It may be that the resounding and overp-'Wi r'ng stroke in that tower mi.ght have been one of invitation anJ that because this hirbrc ls the ocean gite of aa almost Infinitude of opportunity, anl the mines are waiting for more crowbars, and the pastures' Is waiting for more flocks, and th? hillsides are waiitir.g for more cities, and the plo turesque is waiting for more art is s, and I "the th !ds are waiting for m re plows, e.n.l th printing presses are waiting foi mere anthers, and the flora is waiting i -.- m ire botanists, and the skies ara waltlrg for -more astronomers, and the churches are waiting for more worshl;!ry. and these bin's are waiting for more ' iccupants, and this harbor is waiting for more merchtintimnt, the bell of the pos:orfice tower is really sending forth a welcoming word to the people of all lands anil the voyagers of all eeas, paying, "Come, come come'." T. DE XV ITT TALMAGH