St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 13, Number 28, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 7 January 1888 — Page 1

VOLUME XIII.

nu uLiEs uN him. BY WM. H. S. ATKINSON. On a, railroad train were some hare-brained youths. And alio a parson good ; Tho lads at religion poked heaps of U n {Scarce thinking that they were rude'. But the clergyman quiet said never a word. Though he know the boys did wrong, And he only smiled when they scoffed at him, And joined in a ribald song. But at last Mr. Minister made for a ear At the other end of the train, And be gave the wild lads this one parting shot: “My boys, wj shall meet ggain'" •Now, why," said one, "did that solemn old cuss Say we'd meet, without hinting when!" “Young sirs," said a brakeman, "he’s not very green— He’s tho Chaplain of the Pen 1" Cleveland. November, 1887. taw mb, U CHAPTER Vl—Continued “Golly!” cried Skete, wiping hit brow, “’twas a—a rattlesnake'! Ob, Lor’!” Ono of the Indians, who evidently understood English, grunted^ and a hftlf-anaused expression appeared about his solemn lips. Poor terrified Skete was certainly a ludicrous object as ho stood tremblingly before them, realizing that he had worse enemies than snakes to deal with. “Golly! I—l couldn’t keep still. I.or, how could I?” “What black brudder doing here? This Indian’s hunting ground,” spoke the ono redskin who appeared to understand him. “Oh, golly, I know it. Iw a do n’ my bery best to git out ob it if it hadn’t been fur dat ar snake.” “Where you come from ?” Skete scratched his woolly head and pondered. He didn’t know just what was best to answer; he feared if he told them the truth, they would compel him to return and show them the way to the outlaw’s home, and to save his life Skete couldn’t have retraced h s steps. “Ober yonder,” he said, with a wave of his and. “What you doing here, all alone?” “Lor’ brtss your soul, didn’t I jes’ tell you I wur tryin’ to git away? I got lost from my boss, and I didn’t know de way home, dat’s all. ” The Indian grunted, and questioned him no further, and Skete soon saw they were making preparations to depart. “Black man come too. Indians show black man the way home.” Skete obediently followed their lead, knowing objections would not be advisable. At a little distance a half dozen ponies were grazing. These part of the Indians mounted, and the remainder trudged on foot behind them. Among the latter < ame Skete, empty-handed now, since one of the redskins carried his rifle and two others h's revolver and b'g knife. For a wonder they h cl not found the small dagger hidden in his bosom. It was the longest march Skete had ever taken, and lasted for three days. The Indians had not been particularly unkind to him, yet he felt as they pene trated farther and farther in that wild, mountanious country that the Lope of ever seeing his dear Miss Nora again was very faint but he did not lose heart wholly; his simple, childlike nature always trusted to something h ippening in* his favor. His situition might well have appalled the bravest hunter, for when at the end of the third day they entered another valley, he found himself in a large and populous Indian camp, many miles from friends, and surrounded only by deadly foes. CHAPI ER VII.

>E must now return 'to Nora. When her caller was admitted to her presence she found him to be a middle-aged man,of rather heavy build, with a pleasant countenance and sharp gray eyes. “Is it Mr. Eobert Claire, the detective?”

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“Yes, Miss Fairleigh. I have just come from your lawyer, and he sends me to you for further instructions.” The girl’s eyes flashed, but she said, quietly: “I suppose he has informed you of the startling change in my circumstances, of the false claim to my father's fortune, and that I would not be able to pay you for any work you might do for me?” The man regarded her flushed, indignant face' earnestly, and merely bowed. * “Nevertheless, I want you to look into the case. There has been a fearful wrong committed as well as a dastardly murder! lam convinced in my own heart that papa was murdered by some of my own enemies. NVill you give it your attention, and take my word that you shall be suitably rewarded.” “I am not troubled about the reward. Miss Fairleigh, and I will look into the matter closely; I give you my word for that. I am much interested in the case. We have a rough and lawless country out here in some respects; but I hardly think Uncle Sam will object to hang a murderer, if it is satisfactorily proven.” “I have lived here long enough to know one thing,” exclaimed Nora, “and that is, if the laws of our nat on won't punish a criminal .Judge Lynch will.” The man smiled at this and replied: “No doubt of that. Now, Miss Fairleigh, what are your intentions ? Where can I address you should I desire to communicate with you ?” “Ihave been forming my plans; the first thing I shall do is to return to Virginia, our ojd home, and endeavor

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to fina proof of my own oirth ana my father's marriage. I will return to Cheyenne then in perhaps one month; where I hope to gather further information and to find employment if need be. I hav" one lady friend living there, a 1, true friend, whose life papa saved once, years ago, a Mrs. Clifton.” “I have heard of the lady. Very well, then, I shall address you in her care. ” “Yes, that will bo best.” “When do you start East?” “In the morning.” “ Then I will bid you good-day and bon voyage. ” True to her word, Nora started upon her lonely and doubtful quest on the following day, undismayed at the task she had undertaken. Nora had been quite a small child when her father had emigrated to the far West, not over eight years old, yet many points along the country were familiar; they had at first dwelt in Omaha with an old housekeeper named Mrs. Grant, an old pensioner of her father’s who, when it was determined to begin ranch life in earnest on the lonely and boundless prairitfs, had utterly refused to accompany them, and hid returned to Virginia. Thus it happened that little Nora and lazy, good-natured old Skete had become her father’s housekeepers jointly. “I must first of all find Mrs. Grant,” mused Nora. “I believe she w,ll have something to tell me of papa’s past. She has known him many years. Let me see, the last money we sent her was sent to B . That was early last spring, but I trust sho is still there; but I shall find her if she is in the land of the living. That bold, bad man shall not rob me of my birthright ” Onward the cars bore her, farther and farther from the level prairies. Now out where gentle undulations began and the small water-course thickets hinted of trees, tall and majestic, soon to burst upon her vision. By and by, when two days and nights had passed, Nora awoke one morning to find her self in the never-forgotten land of hills and trees, and of deep, clear-colored streams. Another day and night, and sho knew that once more she was upon Virginia soil. How lovely it all was. Oh, the towering hills, the tumbling waterfalls, and the sense of long buried and loved memories returning. Home —home, after all these long years of absence, home once more! “Surely,” thought Nora, “I did puss my earliest childhood here, and yet sometimes I seem to fancy myself in a 1 fiitfe • “J often heard her speak of you." great city—a ci tv where there were lots of negroes, and surely I do remember a big fire. It must h <vc been papa who flung the blanket over me and carried me out, because I do know we rode together days and days in cars, then coaches, until we came to the pretty cottage where Mis. Grant lived, where he left me. He came often to see me, anti he must have ridden hard and far, for I remember how his coat was splashel with mud. But he loved me. Oh, I know that he loved me f r more tenderly than any one else ever imagined. How he would clasp me in his arms and kiss me and sav: ‘Nora, my own, my own little Nora!’ And sometimes there were tears in his eyes, and I used to wonder in my childish way what made my papa so sad. There was a mystery in his life—a mystery abo it my birth that I will—l must unravel. Oh, is this really B ?” Nora entered the depot of the town, which was of about a thousand inhabitants, determined to begin her search for Mrs. Grant at once. She inquired of the station agent: “Can you inform me if Mrs. Sarah Grant lives in this place?” “Mrs. Sarah Grant? Y r es—no; she used to, but she moved away.” “Moved away! Where?” “Don’t know, miss.” “In what part of the town did she formerly live?” . “Here, Jimmy, my boy! here’s a lady wants to know where Mrs. Sarah Grant used to live. Go and show her the house —if that’s what she wants to see. ” Nora did not heed his rude manner; she knew that station-agents were always more or less cross; but followed the lead of the tow-headed shaver a few squares, when he pointed out a modest brown cottage to her. “That ar’s the place.” “Very well; here’s dime for your trouble; that’s all I require oi vou, my little lad.” Jimmy grabbed the dime in his dirty little hand and gazed after her trim figure as she passed up the walk of the brown cottage. “A natural-born lady, as granny would say,” he mused, “and purty as a picture. ” In the meantime, Nora had knocked upon the door, and a lady in a very i much soiled wrapper and an. exceedI ingly cross face jerked it open. “Can you give me any information concerning the Mrs. Grant who used to live here ?” “No, I can’t,” snapped the woman, slamming the door shut in her face. Nora turned about quietly, and no- ! ticing an old, bald-headed gentleman reading in the yard of the opposite | house —a handsome stone structure—i she crossed the street and approached him. . “Know anything about Mrs. prant ?

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Yes, a little. Mrs. Grant used to live • over yonder.” ; “But can you tell me where she is ■ now?” The old gentleman laid down his ; paper and regarded Nora earnestly > , through his gold-rimmed spectacles. “Let me see; ’pears to me she went I to Kenton, a village ten miles east of here—or was it Williamston? Upon ■ my word, I can’t remember.” “Had'she no intimate friends here to whom sho might have told her destination ?” “The widow Burke, in that dot of . ' a white house, used to visit her pretty [ often; perhaps she could tell you.” : To the widow Burke’s cottage Nora ■ next proceeded, apd when t. aother- ; I ly old lady that opened the uoor bade her enter, she complied, and sank I down wearily upon the old-fashioned > horse-hair sofa in her small parlor. I “Mrs. Grant! Oh, dear, yes; and ■ | did you want to see her, my dear?” ■ i “Yes; she used to be my old nurse. ■I am very anxious to find her. Can i ; you tell me where she has gone?” i ; Tho woman regarded Nora sadly, I j and hesitated for a moment. Il “She—you are little Nora Fairleigh, I | are you not? I often heard her speak ; of you. Poor child! You cannot find I your old nurse in this town or any other, because—because—don’t faint! for she is dead!” I ) CHAP 1 ER VHL ; i ; • । ‘ '

^ORA did not faint, as the kind-hearted worn a n sea re d sh e would; but it took a strong effort of will to keep from that weakness, for her great hope had been based upon the friendship of her old nurse, and the knowledge, she felt sure, she possessed of her

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father’s past. Besides, the love for her kind fostermother had been great, and to learn of her death thus suddenly was a sad shock. “Loor child,” continued Mrs. Burke, “I d<> feel for yon. Why, 1 heard Mrs. Grant talk of you by the hour, and to think you came all this long distance only to learn she was dead ” “Yes, 1 am 'ery, very sorry,” sighed Nora, tears slowly roiling down her cheeks “But we cannot help these disappointments and trials. Will you please tell me where she died?” “Yes, certainly; she had moved over to Will amston Station, a little place about titteen miles from here; she was living with a niece when she was taken sic'. —a Mrs Mary Wilson.” “Thank you." said Nora, rising; i must call upon her. I have much to leirn concerning Mrs. Grant. It is nearly time for the train.” “Too bad,” sighed the kind widow, watching her ns she passed down the shaded street, “to come so many miles for—only a grave.” But Nora, although much disappointed and grieved, had not given up all hope. ' I will visit this niece, and endeavor ! to learn where Mrs. Grant passed her early widowhood; perhaps I may learn something. Oh! for a clue, ever so small, to that dark, hidden past.” The niece, h wever, could tell but little; her aunt had lived years ago in the suburbs of bichmond; she kindly brought out a small package of old letI ters of her deceased aunt’s, and gave ! them to Nora, with: ■ i “You may learn something from * these; they may lead you to some old ' . friend, at least.” Nora seized the letters, and with i many thanks for them set out on her । journey aga n. This time she took the train for Richmond. । I On her way she examined the buni die of old letters carefully. One after 1 i one she laid aside as useless, until the very last was reached. Ah! how well > she remembered that chirography; it was from her father, and the date—O, ■ wonderful good fortune! —was long years ago. For a moment a rush of tears blindI ed her, and she could not read a word, Sh? examined the bundle of old letters. ' but as the mist cleared away she read the following: “Fairleigh Hall. “Dear Mrs. Grant: I was pleased to hear my little daughter was doing so well and learning so fast. I have had business matters of importance to transact; otherwise I should have vis- ‘ , ited you last week. Enclosed I send ' you check of fifty dollars for present needs. Tell little Nora that papa will come to see her in a short time. With due respect I remain your obedient servant, Richard Fairleigh. “March 20, 18 .” That was all, but Nora pressed it tc her trembling lips in rapture. [TO BE CONTINUED J Could Not Spell. “Well, Johnny, why did you stay in school so long?” “I was spell-bound by the teacher’s address.” “And what did he say to you which affected you so much ?” “He asked me to spell acephalous.” The husband of a beautiful wife upon returning home one day was met by one of his offspring, all smiles, clapping his hands, and saying, “Pa, Mr. B. has been here; he’s such a nice man; he kissed us all around, and mother, too!” . A turn-style—The fashion of wear* ing cuffs among impepnniJusi dudes.— ’ Merchant Traveler^

STRIKES AND LOCKOUTS. Annual Report of Carroll D. Wright, Chief of the Bureau of Labor. ■ Details of Industrial Troubles Occurring in the United States for Six Years. Vast Sums of Money Lost by Both Employer and Employe— Success and Failures. [Washington special.] Commissioner Carroll D. Wright has submitted to the Secretary of the Interior the third annual report of the Bureau of Labor, which relates entirely to strikes aud I lockouts for tho period of six years ended Dec. 31, 1886. The report is regarded as of special importance, as it is the result of the first general investigation ever made bj T any nation of the facts concerning strikes and lockouts for any extended period of time or for any wide extent of territory. The report covers about 700 printed pages, and gives the details of each strike and lockout occurring in the United States during the period named. It exhibits the facts belonging to each industrial trouble 11 for each locality where trouble was found, ' without attempting to establish or decide the connection between them. I lie following table shows the number of strikes occuning during each of the last six years, arid the number of establishments involved. Concerns Year. Strikes, involved. . 1881 171 2,Urs ' 1882 451 2,105 l 15.5.1 478 2,759 1881 443 2. U>7 1885 645 2,285 ' ISB6 1,412 9,!j93 Totals 3,903 '22,338 . In 1887, the report Bays, there were, according To the best information obtainable, 853 strikes, detail.; of which are not available. The report shows that during the six years covered by the investigation. New York had the largest nutnl er of establishments affected both by strikes and lockouts, there being for the former V. 217 and for the latter l.’-js. Ihe building trades furnished 6,060 of the total number of establishments engaged m strikes. The total numiier of employes involved in the whole number of strikes for the < ntire periml is shown to I have been 1, ib.i.2l. Ihe number of eui- | ploycs originating the strikes was 1,02ii,- ’ *32. 'Ulm number of employes in all es- ; tablishments before the strikes occurred was 1,»;02,(H5, while the whole number employed in the establishments involved । after the strikes was ),03i>,2f7 a loss of i 25,7'j5. There were 101,038 new employes engaged after the strikes, and 37.18 t were brought from other pkn vs than those •in which the strikes occurred. In I 2,182 establishments lockouts were orI tiered during the period named. In I these there were !73.005 employes G fore the lockouts oct rred aid I : aft -r the lockouts, while the nnmb< r actually locked ,t ut was l i'.*.7|s There were I t,'.<76 new employes secured at tin close of tho lock- : outs, amt 5.082 were brought from other places than those in which the lockoutsoc- | curred. “it should b< retm aibered. however,” says the report, "that these liguies db not । represent th actual number of individual 1 establishments, or different employes engaged, as in many eases there have be- u two or more strikes or lockouts atbcflng the same establishment in the same year. I lu such cases the . . i -nt and th< number of employes engaged are duplicated.” Os the whole number - f employes involved in strikes during the six years covered by the report. >G percent, were males and 11.11 per cent, were females. । Os those involved in lockouts during the j same period r>8.78 ]>< r cent, were males aud ( ! 31.22 per cent, were females. An examination of the tables appended i to the report shows that New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Ohio, and llli- > nois represent 74.71 per cent, of the whole i number of establishments affected by strikes I throughout the country, aud UO.BO per cent ' ' of the lockouts. These five States,it is stated, I contain T> per cent, of all the manufacturj ing establishments, and employ 58 per I cent, of tho capital involved in mercantile . । industries of the United States.- Os the 22,336 establishments iu which strikes ocI curred 18,312, or 82.12 per cent, of the ! whole strikes, were ordered by labor orj ganizations, while of the 2,182 establishI ments in which lockouts occurred 1,753, I | or 80.34 percent., were ordered by com- ; binations of managers. Os the whole numI ber of establishments subjected to strikes theie were temporarily closed for business 13,433, or 60.19 per cent.; on account of lockouts, 62.60 per cent. The average duration of stoppage on account of strikes was 23.1 days, and for lockouts 28 days. The results of tho strikes, so far as gaining the objects sought are concerned, are shown to be as follows: Success followed in 1,047 cases, or 16.59 per cent, of the whole; partial success in 3,004, or 13.15 per cent, of the whole; and failure followed in 8,910 cases, or 39.89 per cent, of the whole. By lockouts 564 establishments, or 25.85 per cent, of the whole, succeeded in gaining their points; 190, or 8.71 per cent., partly succeeded, and 1,305, or 59.80 per cent, failed. As to causes or objecis of strikes, it is shown that increase of wages was the principal ono, 42.44 per cent. Tho other leading causes are given as follows: For reduction of hours, 19.45 per cent.; against reduction of wages, 7.75 per cent.; for inl crease of wages and leduction of hours, 7.57 per cent.; against increase of hours, 10.62 per cent.; total for the five leading I causes, 77.83 per cent. All other causes, r 22.17 per cent. Disclaiming absolute j accuracy, the report gives the losses ( of employes and employers resulting from strikes and lockouts as follows: Losses to strikers during the six years covered by the investigations, $51,816,165. ’ Loss to employes through lockouts for the same period, $8,132,717, or a total wage l loss to employes of $59,948,882. This loss ; occurred lor bptli strikes and lockouts in 24,518 establishments, or on an average loss of $2,445 to each establishment, or of , nearly S4O to each striker involved. The assistance given to strikers during the same period, so far as ascertainable, amounts to $3,325,057; to those suffering from lockouts, $1,105,538, or a total of $1,430,595. These amounts, however, the i Commissioner says, are undoubtedly too low. The employers’ losses through i strikes for the six years amounted to $30,732,653; through lockouts, $3,342,261, or a. total loss to the establishments involved of $34,164,914. The appended tables also show that the chief burden of strikes was borne by thirteen industries, viz.: Boots and 1 shoes, 352 establishments; brick-making, 478; buildingtradep, 6,060; clothing, 1,728; ! cooperage, 484; food preparations, 1,419; i furniture, 491; lumber, 395; metals and i metallic goods, 1,585; mining, 2,060; stone, 468; tobacco, 1,929; transportation, 1,478. These represent 89.35 per cent, of the whole number subjected to strikes. In lockouts five trades bore 80 per cent, of the whole burden, as follows: Boots and shoes, 155 eaUhlishmenits; building

trades, 531; clothing, 273; metal and metallic goods, 76; and tobacco, 226; ora total of 1,761. Besides completing the field work for this report, and the compilation of the information, the bureau has carried on almost to completion the investigation begun last year concerning the moral, physical, and economical conditions of the working women of great cities, and has continued its investigation into the cost of great sta- ; pie products. It has also undertaken, according to Congressional instruction, the collection of statistics of marriage and divorce in the United States, a report of which may be submitted before the close of the present session of Congress. THIRTEEN THOUSAND. That Is the Number of Miles of Railroad Constructed Burin? the Year. Kansas Leads, with Nebraska and Texas Following—-Interesting Figures. I Chicago special.] The current number of the /Railway Age : says that the year 1887 has surpassed all other years in the extent of railway mileage ciMistructed in the United States. When, six months ago, the prediction was made that the total new mileage for tho year “ would not be less than 10,000 miles, with the likelihood of surpassing the record of 1882 the year of greatest railway construction in the history of the country.” it was not generally believed. But the figures obtained by careful investigation throughout tho year and confirmed by otTi ial informa - tion, now prove the prediction to have been more than warranted. The returns show that during 1887 no less man 12,721 miles of new main line track were added to the railway system of the United States, no account being taken in this of the hundreds of miles of side track built, nor of the thousands of miles of main track relaid. It is not improbable that some scattering additions may vet be received; so that it is safe to state that during 18s7 nearly, if not quite, 13,00’' miles of new main-lino track, were con- | btructed. These are truly astonishing figures. When in I*B2, during a period of extraordinary activity, U,sls miles of new road were built, it was generally believed that these figures would not again be i equaled. In tho following year, l>B t, the new construction fell to 6,741 miles; in Gsi to 3,52',. and m 1 to U,t;oß miles. I he year 18.8 i; witnessed a considerable rei vival of activity and 9,900 miles of new road were built a renter tnileag than in any previous yt ar with the exceptions of 1881 and issj; and now 1887 has witnessed tho I building of more miles of railway than | I shi; and 188 , combined, and not much less thin D 8.7, ai.d 1883 together. The following summary shows the detailed records of the number of lines and the mileage hud m each State and Territory during the year 188"; No. linos. M Is. No. lines. M’ls. i Mairto 2 31 Indiana 9 Hi iN. Hampshire 1 23 Illinois 12 328 \ erm< nt . Wisconsin 11 36-1 Ma.-oia< husetts 5 S Minnesota 9 194 ; Uoniiv. tiout .. ..(Dakota 17 7tU | Rlnsle Islatnl lowa 10 3>2 New York 6 97 Xoi rassa 17 1,101 ' New lersey ... 2 Li Wyoming 3 13> l i imsyl vunia . 13 12 - Montana 7 610 Delaware '\unsas 41 23 7) Mai.laml 1 RqMPsouri 16 5>4 West t irginia. 3 33 Indian T0r.... 5 4H - ; t 64 Arkansaa 8 153 I North Corolina 10 Ist Texas.... 19 1,0,5 Soutti Carolina 7 Im Colorado 9 81s । Geoiiiia 8 .31 New Mexico... 11 I ’ loriiia 10 103 Nevada Mabaria 15 51 > ( alifornla 14 3'B i Mississippi 5 99 Idaho 2 51 I Louisiana 1 65 Utah. 1 6 : Tennessee 10 68 Arizona 2 70 Kentucky 8 IBs Oregon 4 48 O'm-- •It 155 W ashingt it T. 3 10 3 I Michigan 13 700| Total in 42 States 304 12,724 RECAPrruLA'riON. No. Lilies. Miles. 3 New England States 8 103 5 Middle States 25 303 10 Southern States 81 1,691 5 Middle Western States 5'3 1,6 1 6 Northwestern States 63 3,158 6 Southwestern States lot 5,149 7 l'acitic State s 27 648 42 of the 47 States—totals 361 12,724 A TWENTY YEARS’ RECORD. For the purpose of comparison we re- [ print the following summary of track-lay- : ing during each of the twenty years pre--1 ceding 1887; i Year. Miles, i Year. Miles. 1-17 2,219 4 877 2.28 G ISffs 2,9734878 2,629 1869 4,615 1879............... 4,746 1870 6,070 1880 6,876 1871 *7,37911881 9,796 1872 5,873|1882 11,568 1873 4,09711883 6,711 1874 2,117 1884 3,825 : 1875 1,71111885 3.608 ' 1876 2,712|1886 9,0 0 . The Hailway Age says: Not only is the ; aggregate mileage thus shown extraordinarily great, but the number of different lines constructed is seen to be surprisingly 1 large, aggregating, after deducting for the duplicating of roads lying in two or more States, no less than 364 lines. Os course t the number of companies building these । lines was very much less than this; but - ; these figures show that the new mileage is not made up chiefly by a few long lines, , but consists of main lines and branches ramifying in all directions and supplying facilities for transportation to innumerable ! communities and to vastly extended regions. ■ AVhat has been the cost of this year’s work? Many of the lines have been built through comparatively level country, requiring but little grading aud bridgebuilding; but, on the other hand, many . other lines have been most costly; for example, those over tho Rocky Mountains in Colorado, the Southern Pacific extension in !• Northern California, the Atchison’s Kansas ' City and Chicago extension, the Nort ern , Pacific’s work in the Cascade Mountains, . and others. Moreover, several of tho com- [ panies have purchased costly terminal facilities in largo cities, while nearly all । have made extensive purchases of equipment. It is probably fair to assume that , the total cost of roadway, bridges, station- . buildings, terminal facilities, and equip- । ment of these newlines averaged $25, JOO per mile; at which rate it appears that not ! far from $325,000,000 have been expended ■ on the lines completed during the'year. . But even this prodigious sum does not by > any means cover all the outlay for new construction, as a large amount of grading » and bridge-building has been done on ex- ’ tensions where the track has not yet been > laid. , Evidently tho work of the railway builder t in 1887 has necessarily had a powerful influence on the financial condition of the i. .country. The money which has thus been • expended has temporarily employed a large army of workmen, and it has also furnished , permanent employment to another great . army, probably aggregating— at the average [ of five employes to a mile of road —about 65,000 persons. An industry which in a single year furnishes permanent occupa- > tion for 65,600 men, besides temporary i work for a still larger number, certainly promotes the prosperity of the people in a wonderful degree. 1 It is not so much the years wo have spent as tho use wehaya made of them that will courit when life^ o ^ is ; roekoaed

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. Notes on the Lesson for January B—“ Feeding the Multitude.” The lesson for the above date may ba found , in the fourteenth chapter of Matthew, from tho thirteenth to the twenty-first verses. HOME HEADINGS. M. Tho multitude fed. Matt 14: 23-3 L T. Fed with manna. Exod. 16: 11-18. $ W. Elijah miraculously fed. 1 Kings 17: T. God’s providence. Psa. 107: 1-13. F. Enough and to spare. John 6: 5-13. 8. Jesus the bread of life. John 6: 24-34 S. Jesus tho bread of life. John 6: 35-38. BBEAKFAST VEBSES. M- “Living bread.” John 6: 51. T. “Hidden manna.” Rev. 2:17. W. “Do gooff” Luke 6: 35. T. “Made by him.” John 1: 3. F. “Grace and truth.” John 1: 14 B. “broken for you. ” 1 Cor. 11:24. 8. “Abundantly satisfloff” Psa. 36: 8. INTRODUCTORY. It is tho afternoon of a Palestinian spring day, A. D. 28. the scene is a retired spot on tho northeast coast of the Sea of Galilee, suddenly made populous by the presence of tho thronging multitude. They have hastened around tho narrow neck of tho sea, and an- ! ticipatod our Lord’s coming; and Ta, though wearied, his eyes taking in tho outlines of ths straggling throng, like a flock of shepherdless sheep, straightway puts forth w«ds of instruction and Lands of healing. Then in due time, from the same compassion, com« tho feeding of tho multitude, and unbroken streams of refreshing flow forth to all. Tho event is a marvelous ono. Christ blesses aud breaks, tho disciples take and pass on to tho people, who in turn pass along from neighbor to neighbor, and there is still no diminution of supply. Presently, here they come bearing twelve baskets, lying empty before, filled now to the brim with yet more bread and fishes. It is ths crown of all tho miracles. “Come,” they say, “let us make him king!” But there is a constraining presonco before them, aud a moment later they find themselves in groups quietly dispersing and whispering in awed restraint: “Os a truth this . that prophet which should come into tho world.” Aud when they look back to the hill it is empty, but in tho recesses of a neighboring mountain a lone, yot kingly figure is bowed in tho passion of prayer." WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES. Il7i«i Jesus heard of it. How like the beginning of tho last lesson! There we read that lierod “heard of tho fame of Jesus,” and heard to shrink and tremble. Here Jesus hears of tho sayings and doings of Herod, and at once goes apart with his disciples for meditation and prayer. It is tho state of heart that determines the effect upon us of tho moving events of tho day. .1 desert place. Two thoughts arc suggested. There is no place too obscure or insigmficant for Christ to visit and sanctify Here was a solitary, out-of-the-way spot; Christ chose it for tho scene of the mightiest work ho had yet been prompted to perform. God can and will work anywhere. What are tho furnishings of this little footstool to the great Provider? Tho other lesson is this: No place where Christ is can remain a desert Ho needs but enter and the place becomes populous. His presence glorifies it Verily, “tho wilderness and tho solitary place shall be glad for thorn, and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as tho rose.” Moved with compassion It is the same heart that afterward moved well-nigh to breaking ns the divine eyes rested on devoted Jerusalem. The same that throbbed with pity and forgiveness, oven from tho cruel arms of the cross. It was the truth, indeed, when they said: “Ho saved others, himself he can not save.” Ho helped and pitied all but himself. In such a wilderness as this ono time he himself was an hungered, moved with a desire for refreshment. How easily lie could have used his creative energy, and made the stones into bread! But no; he suffered for himself, 1 that ho might work a perfect redemption for his brethren. Heated the sick. A new physician for the world’s sick? W'herever was tho Christ, there was tho multitude. With Christ went compassion, with tho multitude need. It was God's will that this need and this compassion should bo brought together. It is his bleseed will still. In every company are to be found to-day the comfortless and needy, in every congregation, in every Sunday-school. “Every multitude of people have their sick.” Not always physically infirm, though that may be; sick in body, mind, and soul. It is tho mission of Christ’s church to seek them out, in city, iu hamlet, in country-place. Wherever is the afflicted multitude there is tho helping, healing hand of the church to find its way. Send the multitude away. The word was altogether too tree upon the lips of the disciples. They would also have sent the blind man away." and tho children, troubling, forsooth, the" Master. Possibly the disciples may be found to-day sending the multitude away io buy their oxvu victuals. Certainly we seem | to be doing so with such pestilent classes as tho anarchists of the cities and vagrants of the country-places. They seem to us to trouble tho Master. They are careless, hateful, vindictive. Lot them alone! Send them away! Not so. There should be found some way of reaching these people with the Bible, If that Face of Nazareth were here to-day, would it be turned askance at the multitude of the nineteenth century? They need not depart; give ye them to eat. There is bread enough and to spare in the Father’s house. Yet is there room in the Lord’s house of feasting. God has given to his church ample supplies to meet tho spiritual demands of every generation. Food for tho children, food for the older-grown. Store for the learned and unlearned, the rich and tho poor, the favored few and the great multitude. “Christ for all and all for Christ!” This should be tho motto of every church and Sunday-school in the land. This pupil has a hunger in his heart not yet supplied. Listen to this word: Do not go away to have it satisfied, you need not depart This teacher has found a hungry soul. Send him not away. Do not send him, even, to the pastor or deacon?, or defer him to another day. There right in your hand is the food ho requires. It is not yours to withhold. You are the Lord’s steward. “Give ye them to eat” Bring them hither to me. Christ is the great multiplier. “Five loaves and two fishes” of endowment are a plenty if his hand sanctifies and gives increase. There are a great many people going through this world with feeble hearts and fruitless hands, simply because they have not brought thoir talents, whatever they be, to Jesus. "Hear Jesus saying to men to-day, “How many loaves have you?” Look and see. Jilessed, brake, gave. It must have been a familiar image in' the disciples’ mind. So the Emmaus travelers remembered him, so tho twelve after the last supper in the upper room, so the multitude here ami elsewhere. Christ ' । was ever blessing aud distributing. We saw a gold medallion the other day which a Christian Chinawoman had given to a child she loved. It read, brief and simple, “God bless.” Enough, indeed, if God bless. BRIEF HINTS. Notice as suggested by this lesson: The itineracies of our Lord. Tho sources of Christ’s information. The solitary places in tho life of Jesus. The multitude and Christ. The inodes of travel in Palestine. The lakeside ministry of our Lord. The unfailing compassion of Christ. The Lord our healer. The evenings of the disciples. Desert places in Galilee. Cuios and villages of tho Holy Land. Tho tables of the East Open-air preaching and teaching. Women and children in the ancient assembly. QUESTION DRAWER. Note. —To be given out singly to the scholars Dy the teacher the week previous for Bible searching. 1. What prophet of tho Old Testament days wrought a miracle somewhat similar to this of tho loaves and fishes? (2 Kings, 4: 1-7.) 2. What counsel given by himself to his disciples and recorded midway in the gospel of Matthew was Christ carrying out when he “departed thence?” (Matt. 10: 23.) 3. What other instance does Matthew give where Christ withdrew himself because of enmity, the multitude, as here, still following him? (Matt. 12: 15.) 4. In what pitiful aspect, the picture being taken from the fields, jid the multitude, as Matthew elsewhere tells «8, appeal to Cfirist’s heart? Piatt 9;

NUMBER 28.

INDIANA STATE NEWS. —Patents have been issued to Indiana inventors as follows: Charles Anderson; assignor to South Bend Iron-works, South Bend, plow and skeleton frame; Oliver Cassidy, White Lick, vehicle spring; William L. Evans, jr., Loogootee, hay rake and loader; Joshua O. Howe, assignor of onethird to S. B. Wylie, Bloomington, lighting device; Daniel R. Kerne, Kendallville, burglar alarm; AmosE. Kunderd, Corunna, cultivator attachment; William Lyon and J. B. Gorrell, La Otto, device for preventing the depression of railway joints; Robert E. Poindexter, Indianapolis, device for dressing the teeth of saws; William T. Vanvactor, Argos, plow; J. Morris Waldorf, South Bend, assignor to McCormick Harvesting Maching Company, Chicago, mowing machine. —There are 463,134 able-bodied white male citizens in Indiana, between the ages 18 and 25, that are fit for military duty, so states the Adjutant General’s annual report to the War Department at Washington. The report of the State militia serv'ce, just submitted, shows that there is an enrollmement of about I,9oo‘in the Indiana Legion, comprising four infantry regiment o and three artillery regiments. The military companies are all in first-class condition, having good uniforms and being equipped with Springfield breech-loading rifles. That the companies of the Indiana Legion are, as a rule, well drilled, is attested by their success in competitions with the military organizations of other States. —Marion Grange celebrated its twentysecond anniversary by the election of the following officers: W. M., A. V. Rector; W. 0., John Collins; Lecturer, F. J. L. Robinson; Secretary, G. P. Rector; Treasurer, G. W. Light. The Grange is composed of farmers of Lost Creek and Riley townships, Vigo County, and Posey and Perry townships, Clay County, and is in a flourishing condition. A fair exhibit is given each year, all racing being prohibited, and only farm products and live stock are admitted. —The identity of a demented man who has been in the Orange County Poorhouse since 1876 hasiust been established. His name is George W. Taylor, of Carlyle, 111., who enlisted in Company G, Thirty-fifth Regiment, Illinois Volunteers, on Nov. 39, 1861, re-enlisted on March 24, 1864, and was mustered out on Dec. 8, 1865, being then a Corporal. In 1876 he was found in a school-house in Orange County, almost frozen to death. He will be sent to the Soldiers’ Home. —As Mr. James Ollom, one of the most promising young men in Muncie, was crossing the Bee Line Railroad, about one and one-half mile east of that city, the limited express, which was running at the rate of forty miles au hour, struck the buggy in which he was riding, killing him instantly. Mr. Ollom had an engagement with a young lady who resides near the scene of the accident, and was within fifty feet of the house when killed. i —A deplorable casualty occurred four miles west of Portland. James Richendollar, aged 50, took down his gun preparatory to going hunting, and placed his mouth over the muzzle and blew in it to see if it was loaded, when the gun instantly exploded, sending the ball crashing through his brain. His wife, who was the only witness to the terrible tragedy, said he never moved after he fell to the floor. —Gov. Gray has remitted to Wilson L. Moncrief, of Decatur County, $350 of a forfeited bond of SIOO. He was surety for his son, who was indicted on the charge of petit larceny and failed to appear for trial. The remittance was granted, it is stated, because Mr. Moncrief is a crippled soldier and the payment of the sum would be a great hardship. — State Veterinarian Pritchard, who went to Warren County to investigate a disease that was thought to be glanders among the horses there, and of which one man died, says while there was much sickness among the horses in that locality, nothing in the nature of glanders was discovered. The death of the man, George Brown, proved to be a case of blood poisoning. —Dr. William H. Coover, aged 77, tho oldest medical practitioner in Northern Indiana, died at Goshen, of chronic disorder of the stomach. He was unable to assimilate any food for weeks, and literally died of starvation. He was noted fc~ his charitable acts, and leaves an estate valued at $160,000. —Frank Morris, a yjoung man about 20 years old, residing at Spencer, shot himself, accidentally. He was loading bis shot-gun to go hunting, when it discharged, lodging a full load of shot in his temple and face. He is still living, but he cannot recover. —Natural gas v^s found at Amboy four feet in Trenton rock, with a strong flow. Further penetration will undoubtedly reveal a gusher equal to others in the immediate vicinity. This is the first find of the series of borings for use in Peru. —Granville Hook was killed by a runaway team, near New Middletown, Harrison County. He was about 50 years of age, and had a family. Mr. Hook was at one time a member of the New Albany police force. —Burglars in Indianapolis resisted and escaped from an officer by throwing a bomb that struck the latter on the head and exploded and fractured' his skull, broke an arm, and otherwise injured him. —Thomas Ayres, son of Lemuel Ayres, of La Porte, was found drowned in Cleai Lake. He went skating, and was nol known to have met his death until his bodj was found. —Dennis Dean accidentally fell from a wagon near Corydon, and broke his neck. —Charles Pruitt, of Edinburg, aged about 16 years, press-boy in the Vincennes Neus office, had his right hand badlj mashed by being caught in a job press. —James A. Smart attempted to board £ moving freight train at Jeffersonville. H< fell under the cars, both legs were crushed, and he died in three hours. —The Union Labor party of Indiana have determined to hold a convention a Indianapolis, March 7, for the purpose ol Dominating a State ticket. —Mrs. Sarah G. Ewing was attacked and kdled by flogs near Shelbyville.