Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 29, Number 29, Jasper, Dubois County, 15 April 1887 — Page 3

WBBKLT WURIER,

JASMSJL DjfMAXA ON A HYMN BOOK. -- - .. mM f UMttMi I'd y la Mm sago new tong sose ay J IS HV1I la thai jP4t94Rnm psbWo1 gwp jbwv nenA Htft Tm. reiaorbebiy eatroMtef Wm m to her meat A mI mr 8oMef Up, M book, to bow. mM y, ronr wett tMkoewk, Awl I'm the Mhos M, tee; OetM whiietreJ: "fteM oooa'tss K," BetbM eye - "Be." Hw to tMoh-ta toll y Miiioat Hew to atobebec tMttk mm twot Imm mm tmm& a Nrtow mmMor, tOW I MOt to HHlk yOWC OSSM jw the worst I wMm4 to toy; JU4 resolved jr tebor'e wagee Jsjtwwry eftoVupMrtk seajTa Ah. kW lMl It WM to fcM hOT Ym. wHh Him I'd marked whoa taeatl And bow well T& adrtad bor Wkea the Method mm! frowwd. AadoM day, oW book, yea wrfcgkd KYmb wy hand d. rattMag, toll Vp Mm ieer; mmI the the sfcjgi, DWXImMwL "The vkN Mat w met Mrt walktag. I WM toM iH Morf Ml toMM Bow ehe'd got a dreadful tannae mm the Keverood Joeot. Abmot JV awe eoeld roaiit her lothum iMt d bwried years, go I ihlok-l thiok I ktoMMl her, Jtt to MOB her tHt. Jeaet I gave a good, townd ebaanig; Called Me eermoBs dry at Waee; :BeM tair Isabel wm tettgtotog - . . - - . - - - It wm after tbt I teat T' For I needed yee. m mere; ft t0 Where My Where I toMiI yee Oh a ekwet Hoor. Kmww &amet stHl KNilm; to M 8da-dMe4 sIm toMM Mi. SmmmIJmwi THE DEVIL'S LANE. TlMria Saaotod of Import to Tbr Utm. Tkiit IIhs had always bn a bone of "CHtVHtkn between UhcI Joe Allen ami kk if Hbor oh tb wt. Wken tbe eetiHtry wm new Uncle Joe and Smm Freeholder hiwl bought swljaccnt furms. In some way or nothr they had not afreed alwMt the matter of bttUdin the line fence. One wanted the privilege of building it in bin ewR way, the other would not adopt that method; ami m it eame about that they decided to build a lane two rod wide, oehalf lying one Km ad one-half on the other side. Sack man put up a fenee the whole length of the line, leaving that long atrip of land that neither could With a considerable degree of propriety the lane eame "to be known as the "Devil's Lane." Similar lanea may be found in certain parte of this eountry at the present time, although ther are faet disappearing. So the matter stood. The two men let each other severely alone after the fence was hulk. Each kept up the fence on his side of the Devil's Lane, never venturing te do any thing toward making the land of value to himself or his neighbor. Time brought gray hrnrs to those reod farmers, ami at length Samson was gathered to his fathers. Then the farm was sold to Dick Lamson a wide-awake, thorough-going young fellow who was hound to succeed, in life. Every body said so, sad wht all in Springfield township agreed pen, who could question. Unele Joe was not blind to the young man's ster--Kng qualities, ami so it happened that 'when, in the course of time, Dick eame te eewrt his handsome daughter Bess, he was very muek inclined to favor his suit. It was not long before it eame to he we) understood that Diek was "going with" Bess, and that they were go mg to "get married' in a few months. Matters were in this conditio when, nee upon a time, Diek happened to get to thinning about that Devil's Lae. Then fc stretehed the whole vidth of his farm separating him Jrom his prospective father-in-law. At that time the lane was well caietthUed to be an eyesore to any energstie farmer. It had been allowed to run to waste fer many years. No one had set foot on it since the fences had heen built, save now and then a vsntttvesumc hoy hunting rabbits, for "Men k fnraiehed an exeeileut retreat. grown up so thickly with rW, briars and weeds, that it was th next thing to impossible for any ftetoferee his way through it. In mm a condition it wan of no use to the who owned the land. It looked

to Dick like a sheer waste of property. There was a strip of land one hundred aad sixty reds long a4 a rod wide that atonged to him and a piece of the ftante mm which Unele Joe ought to have under cultivation. Was K not poor policy to allow that land to run wiM in that way? So it "and to him. He knew nothing about the eircumsiances under which the lane had been b4U and possibly thought was only by ehanee. "Ill speak to Unele Joe afaottt it the aexttime I'm over that way," was Dfek's resolution; ami it was not long hefere hehadachanoe to carry it into aTsat. The old gentleman seemed to he in very good humor the day Diek atted en him, and the men sat on the tones half an howr ehnttiag about the f and matters m gMMra). Imaltv he young nuMisnid: "Bar the waf, Unek Jee, what do

y say m etoariag m that lane between you and me, and putting a food fenee on the line? That's where k belong. The use of that land is worth something to us both." Unele Joe's Hps closed for a moment very tightly. Then he replied: "It's good enough for me as H 1st" Kow, that meant a great deal from Unele Joe. It meant that he had not forgotten the strife of almost half a eentury ago with neighbor Freeholder, and that he had no inclination now to depart from the decision he had then formed never to help build a fenee on

the line. Dick was not slow to see thst there was something back of the farmer's remark, and he wisely said no more about the lane. But, as fate would have it, the Legislature of the State about that time happened to recognise the faet that there were a number of Devil's lanes inside its boundaries; and, appreciat" inr the faet that thev were but stand ing monuments of man's perversity, some one introduced a bill to do away with them forever. In case the parties in interest could not or would not agree to build a joint fence, the trustees of tht) township were authorised to locate the line, buikl a fence upon it, and charge the expense to ths general tax. Thiri,' Diek knew, but his steady-go ing iieighlwr did not. So that when someone HMp)Mmed to remark to Dick that it was about time this lane was olosed so. it set the young man to thinking very earnestly. Whv should Uncle Joe persist so foolishly in maintaining that crop o bushes and briars. His Iarni was everywhere else a model of thrift. After awhile ho ventured to approach Uncle Joe again on the subject and told him, as the law then was, he didn't see but th lane would have to be done away with. But the old man was immovable. It passes all comprehension what an amount of litigation ami neighborhood difficulty have grown out of so simple a matter as the construction erf a line fence. Men sensible in most matters have been made enemies for life by just such a thing as that. It is mv diitv to dhroniele the fact that, the more Dick thought about it the nure it aroused kirn. It was down-right meanness on 'the old man's lnrt to stand out in that way, according to Dick's opinion. Of course, he was an old man now ami full of whims; but he ought to listen to common sense. He finally talked it over with Bess and, like the sensible girl she was, she sought to act as a mediator between the two men. It was not the first time a woman's heart has boon crushed by the olwtinscy of two men, like wlioat by millstones. Uncle Joe fin Ally told Bess never to mention the thing to him again. The fence wae all right as it was and should not be disturbed. He had thought Dick Lamson "a pretty square kind of a fellow," but if that was the way he was going to act. he didn't want any thing more to do with him; and, as for Bess, she needn't think she would ever get his consent to marry such an out-and-out scoundrel as he was! Of course that put the climax on the trouble. Bess, with her lovely eyes full of tears, told her lover the old man's decision, and Dick's teeth came together hard as he listened. So it was war, was it? Well, if that was so, he would see what the law could do. In about ten days after that the trustees went out 'to the farms aad very gravely struggled through the tangled lane and staked out the line. Then they served a aotbe on the two men that they must buikl a good legal fence there within thirty days. Uncle Joe grimly looked on, ami remarked that he guessed he knew what the law was, and he'd try to live up to it. Dtck went at once to work and cut rails and drew them to the lane for the purpose of building his part of the fence, but Uncle Joe made no move m that direction. He spent much of his time in the neighborhood of the lane. He carried his gun most of the time. Now and then he brought home a rabbit for dinner. He had been, so he was fond of saying, something of a hunter in his time, and even now was counted a good shot for a man of his age. After Dick had Saished splitting rails for the fence, he had sharpened his axe, and, taking a good scythe, went down to clear the ground f brushes and briars. He knew this would be no small task, but his arms were strong ami his will gcml. Hardly an hour had he worked when a rise hot rang out on the air, h:wI his strong right arm dropped to his tide, painfully wounded. So severe washhi injnry that he could do nothing toward, discovering who ired the mPrderowa shot, and he was alone. Afar he had made his way to the honsn. fie alarm was given, aad a crowd of mon ami boys turned out and hunted the lane from end to and, but in vain, no one could be found hiding there, and the deed remained a mystery. lathis way things stood for some time. Dick's arm healed .slowly, somehow The bone had lmen injured a Mftk, the doctor said. Bick saw Bees now and then. He could not help noticing that the poor girl's cheeks were growing paler day by day, and she seemed ready to break down whenever he eame to see her. Her father was home but little now. Night and day he stood guard at the lane, a sturdy veteran on some self-imposed nost of dntv. He had even slept out in the bushes several times all night earning to his meak ht the morning stiff and sore from the damp, but witn a determined look on his face. He was a'man who never vlaMsd what he

thsufht was ak right.

The thirty days given by law

nWhnUm. Mftdi Uaav sWiWnaAsni M weute s vmv spswwe bp "allowed" to build a fenee in a few days. They had watched thin from distance, and knew how desperate the old man was. About this time Diek and Beta hap pened to he sitting on the porch in the harvest moonlight. Unele Joe watt out at the fenee, proltably. Neither of the young peoHe referred to him. As they sat thus Diek turned his eyes toward the Devil's Lane. What was it he saw? He sprang to his feet. Away down at the farther end of the lane a cloud of smoke curled laxlly up. As he watched, the breeae freshened a lit tle, and a lurid glare leaped angrily skyward, sweeping the lire directly down the lane. Some one had fired the undergrowth which crowded the lane! It was a time of the year when every thing was as dry as tinder. There had leeu no rain for weeks, and a fire like that was a thing to be dreaded. "Where is your father, Bess?" The girl now rose quickly, and with startled gaze looked towards the lane. "He must be down yonder. Dick, I'm afraid you don't supjHe " "The bush is on fire. If your father is there lie is in danger. I will go ami see if I can find him.' Before the wools were fairly said, Dick had cleared thefence surrounding thu farm house, ami was running swiftly toward the fire.'Boss following as fast as she could. How the flames did sweep through that thicket! It eemed to lick the crackling hushes up like leaves. If her father was there no; she couldn't bear to think what might lc his fate. The old man was tired with his watching. He might have fallen asleep down there as he had so often before. Dick soon reached the lane and plunged into the buslies as near the fire as he dared. If Uncle Joe was Irahind him thou nothing short of a miracle oould save him. If in front, then he possibly m'ght be rescued from death in the flames. "Don't come in here, Bess," shouted Dick, as he saw the girl about to leap into the thick growth of bushes near him. "Go farther down and look along the fence." , Poor Bess obeyed silently. How like a very giant he seemed to her as he tramped through the briars, mud and bushes, tearing his face and hands terribly, huating for the willful old, man who had wronged him so! How there was his right arm powerless! Did Best know who had fired the shot that had made it so? If she did, she dutifully kept the secret. On and on swept the fames, chasing Dick like mad demons. The lower end of the lane was in sight. That would end the search. Where was the old man? Had he missed him? Could it be he lwvl indeed perished? Dick's heart had weeks ago softened towards the old man. It was a useless quarrel. He was ashamed of his part in it. If he had known how Uncle Joe felt about it, he never would have sakl a word about the miserable lane. MKliteniy a low cry fell on Dick's ear. It oamc from the rear, where the fire wae raging flercoly. Dick knew Uncle Joe had been found. Could lie reach him before it would be too late? God helping him he would try. Nerving himself for tb ordeal, he rushed back through the smoke toward the spot whence the cry proceeded. Again the oall came, this time full of horror. Plunging on, his feet hot, his breath choked, and his clothing on fire in places, the young man heroically made liis way. When almost ready te drop he found Uncle Joe staggering blindly toward the place. He was fearfully burned and almost exhausted. Seizing him with his left arm, Dick bore him oat into the meadow, and placing him on the ground, rolled him over and over till the flames which were eating into his flesh were put out. Then he fell to the ground himself unconscious. ' By this time Bese had reached there. Quickly she wrapped Dick in her own garments, deadening the fire, and he was saved! Two months after that Diok and Undo Joe, scarred and still weU;, staggered toward each other and clapped hands. "I've been a fend, or oraxy, Dick!" said Uncle Joe, in a choked voice. "I'm ashamed of myself. Can you forgive me?" "Don't take all the Warns, Unok Joe," was the young mans reply. "I've dona wrong myself. I'm sorry; let's forget it, and build a fence worthy fttua m us V am nnmu That was all that was sakl about the Devil's Lane. The joint fence wm Suilt, and Uncle Joe kept his part up fklthfully an long as he lived. After that the two farms were thrown into i -ea . it 1 ...... owe, aim uick ami uoss are me nappy man and wife who live on the Allen homestead. Eilgar L. Vincent, in St. Lohi 1'ott-DtsjHticA. An Esthetic Sense was" loitering about the park in an artistic sort m way, when he met old Practicality rushing down to business. "What's your hurry, my friend?" said he; 'you don't make an artistic picture Hying along .... . : it i. so. ' remaps not," was ine repiy. "but I'll make more money soiling the at u-tistic pictures yon make than you will by making them." "Very true. We seem to he necessary to each othsr." And they both Jogged along togetUr merrily. Jntrfbrn Pas. A strong solution of blue vitriol dissolved in boiling water awl ased lot, will destroy weeds on walks aad this solMtkm wMl retain its virtue fat many years, Otnihni L4hr.

MAM'S PAHTY. 1 There is no more reason for the swganiaatiea of a colored man's party ha this country than for the organ imen of a party of blondes or one of gray beards. Yet, if by this means the swlored people of the South can gradsnAy be lirought into the exercise of Awir polities! rights in an intelligent MMiner, and aaa be made to understand the full dignity of the freedom smd eitiaenship which were conferred amoa them, perhaps the movement which an educated black of Richmond, Vs., has started, will not be without aupiort hi places whore, under other circumstances, k would be vigorously combated. As outlined, the aim of the Virginia gsttleman is to form in every populous community an organisation of the more progressive negroes for social and political purposes. The political aspects of the organisation are to be kept in the background for a time, and an effort is to be made to improve the condition of the race before its active participation in political matters will be recommended. This may or may not be the proper way to begin the elevation of the race, but the idea at tlie bottom of the movement is a correct one. The organization starts out with the understanding that the negro does not belong to any one party; the der the existing political divisions the intelligent voter ol the blacK race, as well as the intelligent voter of the white race, must sometimes use his in dependence te check evil tendencies in both parties, and can never be said to have decided intelligently as to his duty until lie has freed himself ul the tyranny of the arty idolatry, In the language of the author of the new movement, "Mr. Cleveland's Ad' ministration has put more real value on the negro's citizenship than all the preceding Administrations since the war." Under Grant the negro was victimised bv the carpet-bagger, who robbed and deluded him and his white associates as well, making sport of the liberties of both by incessant appeals te the military. Under Hayes the a rro was turned oyer to the tender mercies of the whites on a trade. Under Arthur no move was made to lift the black man from the position in which he was found, and the recogni tion which he received at the capita was about on a par with that extended to Indians untaxed. Mr. Cleveland, has by word and deed undertaken to deal with the enfranchised race as citizens on an equality with all other citizens. Mant of them have been ap pointed to office, some of them te places of importance, and the encouragement thus extended has not been without its effects upon the more advanced members of the race everywhere. If the Virginian can organize even a minority of the blacks, and actuate them with a correct appreciation of their rights and duties as citizens, he will have accomplished a work which will be of the greatest value not only to them but to the whites, even if it shall be done tinder the form of a colored man's party. Chicago Herald. The "Friend " to the Negro. About the same time that the Republicans of Ohio were rejoicing over the fact that, after having controlled the State most of the time since slavery was abolished, they had finally wiped from the statute-book the last of the "black laws,", the Massachusetts Legislature received a petition from certain colored citizens for the redress of a grievance so extraordinary in its character as to challenge National attention. Twenty years ago the colored Methodists of Springfield secured an old building for their church aad moved it upon a lot just large enough to hold it The property on either side was owned by a man who did not like hit new neighbors, and he built a tight board fence close to the church on each side, which he painted black. As the fence rote above the windows, its blackness shut out the light of day so effectually that candles or lamps had to be used at every sen-ice. The performance attracted some attention at the time, but at the man who built the fenee was a good Republican, and the Republican party of Massachusetts was then fully occupied in looking after outrages upon the negroes in the South, nothing was ever done about it, and the unfortnnaee negroes of Springfield waited for the fenee to rot and fall. But since the Democrats eame into power at Washington they appear to have plucked up ecu rage, and J hey have appealed with success to the present Legislature for aa net which will end this abuse, planned and committed by a Republican, who In the meantime has been sleeted to office repeatedly by the party whieh claimed to be the especial friend of the negro. The revelation of such an outrage upon negroes by a Republican in a city of his own State at the very time that he was fretting himself over an alleged outrage by Democrats anon negroes in Texas would teem irresistibly amusing to Mr. George FrkMe Hoar if he had aay sense of humor. K. T, Fm. The river and harbor bill whieh died ia the rrssWent s namutaia year was a monster in some respects. As it 1 onion from the House of Represents Uvea it appropriated 7,000,000 for j what seemed like judicious improvemeat of the rirsrs, coasts aad harhers. But la the hands of the Senate the measure was recast, the amounts appropriated largely increased, and a large number of them introduced that looked wonderfully like big jobs. In this sheas H was eemnleted and in mk sheas it MLIhrrkktrt IVaVrnf.

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Our Washington correspondent has presented some of the details eoaoarang Senator John Sherman's proposed Southern tour. This tour is undertaken at a time when the OUe politician beieves that he can mingle hnoisess with pleasure. He will go to Florida, thence to Cuba, and on his return aHimpt to tickle the ribs of the Solid South. John Sherman is a very cool hand, and a very cunning one, and, since the war, he has had one of his glittering eyes continually fixed on the South. It will be remembered that John was eoa spleuoiM among the "visiting statesmen," appointed by President Grant U visit the South when the three return ing boards were expected to do the bid' ding of Zaeharish Chandler. Honest John went to Louisiana, and. there h made the acquaintance of Madison Wells and the other returning board thieves, aad of Anderson and Lias Finkston. The estimable Senator out a pretty wide swath in the sunny South. lu and his colleagues made the champagne and the broth fly. They destroyed free lunches and taots without compunction. The details of this great scandal are still fresh in tb mmds of newspaper readers. Tas stay of the "visiting statesmen " In the South was a oontinueu orgie oi political crime and corruption, and the result was that Haves, who was de feated by the votes of the people, w;u seated in the President's chair by means of the corrupt machinery set in motion by John Sherman and his copartners. We have no feeling about this great crime, but we should be glad to see Mr. Sherman become the rresi dential candidate of the Republican party; we should be glad te see him placed in a position where the honest voters of the country could get whack at him. Still keeping his eye fixed on the solid South, John Sherman's next effort, after the Hayes fraud, was to secure the Southern delegates to the Re publican National convention which nominated Garfield. He had his agents in every Southern State, but we eaa not speak for these. We know that in Georgia his representative was con fessedly guilty of some very dirty work. But it was all to so purpose. The negroes knew nothing of him and thev would have nothing to do with him. Since that day Mr. Sherman hat been growing more and more genial with the soliu bouth still in his eye For some weeks how he has appeared to be in a molting laoed. He has re cently had himself interviewed at some length in a Cincinnati paper, and it is said he proposes to use his chin in the South to some extent Mlmnt CentUtution. Changes in Office. It seoesr tkat store thM halt the eMeiaU (a the public serrtec, exdtuir of tM army mS Havjr. bare, witalB twe yer, bew ebM white tM atHMialmeBts tat fImc of eSfc vbM terni have expires, m far m sea he meertaiBed, teem Mt te be atere thM a tfcinl e4 the whole number made. la ae aeyartawt Ml aa official ttstemeat shows that la M Steal year t,747 appointment wore atsse, m other iafonBRUoR teems te futttfy the eoaclatiOB that la the two years thus for at leaot 30,086 persons, ia all the depart neat, have been appelated, whiea to S,M) for eaefc wteatfe, eighty lor eeeh workia say, about tea fei eea worktar near aaa dm for erery su auanites throughout every werkisc say from the 4th of Marts, lesa, te the eta or Stares, mst. jr. 2 sJa'wrW, The simple fact that an ofteo-holdei had been an active partisan under the former Administration, and had. prostituted the power aad patronage of office to partisan purposes, was clearly a sufficient reason why he should be removed. It was absolatoly aeeesssry for the success of the Democratic Ad ministration to have, in the various departments, a fair proportion, at least, of those willing to extend te it their cordial aad efficient support. A Pres ident chosen te bring about reform of the magnitude of the task assigned to Mr. Cleveland needed the aid of those who were sincere aad faith ful to such a cause. Ws would com mend to the attention of the New York Sun, and other grumblers against the President, the complaint made by the Tribune ia the above extract. It may relieve the minds of those Democrats who have been charging Mr. Cleveland with undue preference for Republicans in office. Ha bat been neither remiss .... . a or indifferent ia regard, to tae eiuma of Democrats for places under his Administration. He hat only stipulated that they possess the necessary qualifications for office.' How unfair and unjust have been the charges made against him by the Stm aad its satellites for persisting ia keeping Democrate out of office. Putting one in every six minutes throughout every working day of the first two years of Administration does not show indifference or negligence toward his party. The rascals are being turned out with considerable promptitude, aad men oi honesty and ability are being put in. their places. The positions of public trust will toon be, one and all, ia the hands of those who are in aeoord with the principles of the party of the peo ple, and are fitted by talent and educatkm to do honor to the Gevscnmont Alhmnn Arqu$. m o o Death has removed several stumbling Weeks' from ths path of James G. Blaine. Mr. Arthur's Influ ence in Xew York would have against him. General Logan would have been a formidable rival. Beeeher's eloquence would have been found oa the other side, and area Rhea F. Pilktbnry, who has just died, was a foe who wat not to he dasaisod. 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