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THE SILENT LAND. BI CHAC. EUGENE BANKS. Sleep! for tho buttle ia ended, Finished th' unequal strife ; Through th’dark clouds I have wandered Into the sunshine of life ; See how it kisses the clover, Tipping their blossoms with gold— O, the great splendor of gladness I Wrapping me fold upon fold. Out of the sorrowful pleading Into the comfort of rest; Out of the shame of refusal Into a quiet so blest That I wonder, hero in the stillness, Here in my sweet repose. Why should wo care for the briars More than tho scent of tho rose ? You may not know it, my darling. Yet if you'll listen, when low\ Gently, and softly the zephyrs Huy in your tresses, I know You will bo able to hear mo— Hear mo and understand— That I am waiting your coming Into the silent land. SONG. BY Wit. HAUGHTON. Take the romance out of life, Little can remain But bereavment, storm and strife, Bitter cure and pain. Y'et, beyond the world’s control, Beautiful and bright, Lies a kingdom of the soul Filled with love s delight. See tho cloud in yonder skies Floating far and free. Crimson with the sunset dyes In an amber seaTell mo not tis falsely fa r, But the mist aflame, And that beauty everywhere Is an empty name. Earth may hold a paradise Fairer than a drcam. And the lowliest sacritioe Be a joy supreme. True, the. night is gathering fast Round tiio steps of even, But the stars will pale at lust In the light of heaven. F J 3 K - CHAPTER XX

LD RUBE and Lester Lray, still following the trail of the party that Rube persisted in thinking was the one that had carried away Nora, found themselves far up in the mountains one night, weary and hungry. Lester himself was much discouraged, though Rube preserved the even tenor of his way under all

circumstances. “I fear you Lave missed the trail,” said Lester, viewing the tall pines and towering mountains gloomily. “Nary time, but they got a big start of us, was well mounted, an’ knew the way like a book. ’Fore another day ends we’ll be onto ’em, but I’ve an idea we’ll hev to be mighty careful, or we’ll not git off with the gal in a hurry. ” “Why?” “There has been a band o’ road agents somers in these mountains, the wust pests ever let loose on a feller, not exceptin' the redskins, an’ so fur there’s only been one or two o’ their party nabbed. I’ve an idee their hidin’ place ain’t fur from here.” “You don’t think that Nora fell into their treacherous, cruel powers ? Oh, how terrible!” “I may be wr^-ng, an’ I wouldn’t fret; they’ll likely not mistreat the gal, an’ if she’s alive we’ll get her out o’ their clutches, trust Lube fur that. But we are not fur from the Indian country now, an’ we best be a little careful. We’ll crawl in under them pines an’ sleep, it looks snug. ” The morning broke fair and rosy,and they were soon on their way, but they had not proceeded far when Rube suddenly paused and gave forth a low: “Hist!” Lester looked about him but saw nothing, still he watched his companion and followed his lead. Rube suddenly crouched low and crept noiselessly back behind a huge bowlder. Lester did the same. Scarcely were they concealed than down the mountain path came a redskin, the light tread of his moccasined feet not distinguishable to Lester’s ears, yet he knew that Rube had heard their approach much further off. The redskin was followed by another, and still another, until a dozen of them had passed down the trail and disappeared behind the rocks and bushes. Rube remained motionless behind the bowlder and Lester did not speak until the old scout gave a satisfied grunt. “Are they gone?” whispered I.ester. “Yes, a-ways, but no tellin’ hoy many more there be. Better look to yer rifle an’ revolvers, my boy, fur if We drop into the hands o’ any them ar redskins, well likely not rescue anybody’s gal.” They resumed their way cautiously, and at noon came to a canyon in whose depths Rube fancied he heard voices. Peering over a small bowlder he exclaimed, softly: “A party o’ them fiends o’ Sioux, an’ direct in our path. Well, my bey, we’ll hev to lay low a spell, I guess.” Lester, anxious for a peek at the Indians, appnoached and leaned over the bowlder also, and just then a most unforeseen accident took place. The rock, it appeared, had been well poised on the edge of the canyon, and needed but Lester’s weight against it to send it spinning down in the midst of the astonished redskins, while Lester merely saved himself from following it by grasping a near bush, and after considerable scrambling regained his footing, only to find himself in the hands of two stalwart Indians, and that Rube had disappeared. He was quickly dragged down to the canyon below and surrounded by the party, who seemed as much surprised as Lester was himself at the accident that revealed each to the other. To their questions and signs he w r as compelled to reply by signs only, since

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he could not comprehend one word of their language. That he was in great danger he was well aware, and that his chance of rescue was slight; yet ho hoped much from Rube, and thanked his lucky ; stars that he at least had escaped. “A\ hat a fool I was to push that rock j off and get captured in this ridiculous ■ Way. Rube said these were Sioux, the \ I^4^ d /o z a An accident took place. wildest, wickedest tribe to bo found in the Northwest. I can expect nothing less than burning at the stake. Alas! dear little Nora, are we never to meet on earth again ?” The Indians bound him securely and left him lying in the bottom of the canyon while they decided what was to be done with their captive, and wondered if he was alono in the mountains. Two of their best men went to see if any friend had escaped, but returned in a short time with the information that they had discovered nothing. Lester watched their movements closely and inferred as much, and was rejoiced that Rube knew how to cover his trail so well. “There’s a faint hope of escape if I keep my eyes open. Rube will do what he can, but, alas! it now seems little enough any one man could accomplish with such odds against him. Hark! what is that? The call of a bird far up the mountainside. Ah! I wonder if it is a signal call from Rube? See, the Indians heard it also, but they have not heeded it. I believe it was Rube, and that he meant it for me, and that I was not to lose heart. How these thongs cut into my flesh, but this is only the beginning. What the end will be God only knows.” CHAPTER XXI. I ,

ORA was much disappointed at the sudden interruption to Skete’s story of the past that she was so anxious to learn. “It seems I’m never to know the truth, and the light is too dim to examine these papers; besides, it would not be wise to । expose them to view’ here; , cruel Jim Gregory, as he is called, might snatch them from my grasp. Ah, well, I may see Skete

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soon, when his story that was hardly begun may bo completed.” But the next day dragged its weary length along, and she saw nothing of Skete. “They must be keeping him from me purposely. Ah, perhaps that is he!” A stealthy tread along the ground, and in the gloom she made out that the crouching figure was Skete’s beyond a doubt. “Miss Nora, honey!” he'whispered. “Yes, Skete,” she replied as softly. “You gather up de blanket an’ follow ine. Keep mum. Skete will explain it all. lie way is dark; but trust to me, Miss Nora. We’ll leab dese yere old mountains, sure.” Nora quickly complied. She understood that Skete contemplated flight, and she was only too glad to comply. Anything rather than the horror of her present condition, a captive in a rendezvous of road agents. She threw the blanket over her shoulders and silently followed Skete’s lead with cautious tread, well aware that sentinels were stationed all around them. Once out in the mountains they moved more rapidly and breathed much freer, but not until they had gone a considerable distance did either dare to speak. On a narrow ledge of rock that seemed to lead to fathomless abysses Skete paused. “Done you be scared, Miss Nora, ’cause Skete been all ober dis yar trail; he pretty sure he can lead you back to de prairies.” “Oh, I’m not at all afraid; no, Skete, I’d rather trust myself to the daggers of the mountains than to whft I left. Go on; I will follow.” “Sorry I can’t carry your blanket, too. Miss Nora; but, golly, I got a load; dis yar rifle some heavy, an’ I fetched a bag ob broiled meat. I kndwed we darsn’t eber build a fire. Lots ob Indians around well as robbers. “I t ought there was no danger from the Indians; that everyt ing was peaceful.” “Golly, Miss Nora, nebber nothing safe where redskins ar; dey kin promise ober an’ ober; day always most kills ebery white or black man dey kin, an’ ’tend to the Government like dey didn’t do it. We got to be mighty careful, Miss Nora; mighty careful, for a fact.” Evidently Skete knew thoroughly how the land lay, for they passed the entire night in going down the mountain side, with an occasional pause to rest. As dawn broke, Skete looked about him for a convenient nook where they could securely conceal themselves and take a much-needed rest and sleep. Alter some trouble, he found what he thought would answer admirably, and laying his own load aside, he drew back the hanging vines, parted the dense bushes,and made a bed of leaves and brush, on which he carefully spread his own blanket. “Now, Miss Nora, you sit down dar and eat a bite, and den you lay down and sleep.” Nora smiled her thanks and complied, and went to sleep as peacefully as if in the downiest, safest bed in the land; while Skete, after reconnoiter-

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ing a while, crept to her side, and, like the faithful dog he was, slept at her feet. The afternoon sun was nearing the brow of the mountain summit when | Nora awoke and gazed about Ker. Her i first glance fell upon the form of Skete, j and his good-natured, black face resti ing upon his arm, quite lost in dreamland. She smiled and peered out from the curtain of vines that separated them from the trail, and was wondering whether she had better waken Skete, when she became conscious of the approach of some one. Drawing far back as possible, with bated breath she awaited their approach, for she felt certain she had heard voices. Whether she ought to awaken Skete, or that his protection would be needed, and his loaded rifle, was a thing she had to decide quickly,and she resolved to let him sleep on, and trust to their not being discovered. What was her dismay and terror to discover a party of Indians approaching, and to see quite plainly a bound captive in their midst. As they drew nearer, her lips could scarcely repress a cry of horror when she recognized their captive to be Lester Gray. Id that one supreme moment Nora knew her heart even as Lester Gray had known his from the moment of their first meeting. “Oh, what must 1 do! how can I help him—they are taking him off to torture him to death. Oh, my heart — how wildly it beats!” The party of Indians hastened forward, dragging Lester along with them. They passed so near her she could almost have touched them, and Nora saw that the thongs that bound Lester's wrists had brought forth blood, his wristbands were bright with tho crimson flow. His tread was firm, however, and his dark eyes glanced about him keenly. “Oh, if I only dared let him know how near I am to him, but I cannot, I dare not, but the moving of a vine might end in all our deaths. There, they have passed; oh, how thankful 1 am, and Skete is still asleep. I must wake him soon and tell him what I have discovered. ” A few minutes she sat watching the peaceful face of Skete and wondering what could have brought Lester Gray so far up in the mountains, when a sudden thought struck her, a revelation that caused her cheeks to take on a warmer color. “He came to rescue me. Ah, my heart tells me as much, and oh, what if his life should be sacrificed. My dear, dear friend. I will rescue you if possibe. God surely will tell me how.” Then as sho was about to bend over Skete and give him the shaking necessary to break his profound slumber, she fancied sho saw something move down the trail a short distance from where the Indians and their captive had appeared. What could it be? [TO BE CONTINUED J Reading on the Nails. He who has white spots on his nails is fond of the society of ladies, but is fickle in his attachments. He who keeps them well rounded at the tips is a proud ma He whose nails are detached fron the finger at the further extremities, and when cut showing a larger proportion of the finger than usual, ought never to get married, as it would be a wonder if he were master of his own house, for short nails betoken patience, good-nature, and above all resignation under severe trials. Nails that remain long after being cut level with the finger end are a sign of generosity. Transparent nails with light red mark a cheerful, gentle, and amiable disposition. Lovers with transparent nails usually carry their passion to the very verge of madness. If you come across a man with long and pointed nails you may take it that he is either a player of the guitar, a tailor, or an attorney. He who keeps his nails somewhat long, round, and tipped with black is a romantic poet. The owner of very round and smooth nails is of a peaceable and conciliatory disposition. He who has the nail of his right thumb slightly notched is a regular glutton, even nibbling at himself, as when having nothing eatable at hand, he falls to biting his own fingep nails. And, lastly, he who keeps his nails irregularly cut is hasty and determined. Men who have not the patience to cut their nails properly generally come to grief; most of them commit suicide or get married. Pagan, one of the ancient capitals of Burmah, is in many respects the most remarkable religious city in the world. Jerusalem, Benares, Rome, Kieff—none of them can boast the multitude of temples and the lavishness of design and ornament that make marvelous this deserted capital on the Irawaddy. Deserted it practically is, for the flimsy huts that stand by the river are inhabited by pagoda-slaves and men condemned to perpetual beggary. For eight miles along the river bank, and extending to a depth of two miles inland, the whole space is thickly studded with pagodas of all sizes and shapes, and the very ground is so thickly covered with crumbling remnants of vanished shrines that, according to the popular saying, you can net move a foot or hand without touching a sacred thing. “You’re the belle of the town,” ho softly said,’”! As ho bent toward her tiny ear. •What kind of a bell?" sho quickly replied: Then her heart jumped up with an awful tear, As with moaning glance and intention fell He whispered, “I hope, a wedding bell I” And the maiden answered, tossing her head, “O, yes, dear Joe. it is just as you say," “My Nellio——" he gasped. But she g ■ e him a look Which convinced him that it was a cold, cold day. And replied, “Not for you, Joe, the wedding bell.” And the air seemed to ring with a knoll, knell, knell, —C. C. Hahn, in Chicago Ledger. Equally Exhausted Wiie — “You might have stayed where you were. Then all would have been well. Do you know there isn't any hot-water connection in this house, and no window in thp middle bedroom, and only two shelves in the pantry?” This was only the beginning.— Hartford Post. The blackest adversity may bear us to prosperity,

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. VTotes on the Lesson for February 26—“ The Rich Young Ruler.” [From the Chicago Standard.] The bason for the above date may be found in the nineteenth chapter of Matthew, from the sixteenth to the twenty-sixth versus. DAILY READINGS. M. — The Rich Young Ruler. Matt. 19: 16-26. T.—Two Masters. Matt 6: 24-34. W.—The Foolish Rich Jian. Luke 12: 10-23. T.—The Rich Mau and Lazarus. Luke 10: 19-31. F.—The Choice of Paul. Phil. 3: 7-10. B.—The Peril and Use of Riches. 1 Tim. 6: 6-19. 8. —Love not the World. 1 John 2: 13-17. BREAKFAST VERSES. M.—“ Sons of God.” Job 3b. 7. T.—“ Likewise ye younger.” 1 Peter 5: 5. W.—“My Son.” Proverbs 3: 11. T.—“Oue is your Master.” Matt. 23: 8. F.—“ Not rich ioward God.” Luke 12: 21. B.—“ Who is he that overcometh?” IJohn S.—“ The Lord be with thee.” 1 Chron. 22: 16. INTRODUCTORY. A lesson for young men. The Bible is a young man’s book; it is a photograph album, as it were, tilled with the aiert faces of youth. The first chapters of Genesis tell of a young man, the last chapters of Malachi are speaking of young men and children. The opening chapters of tho Now Testament are tolling of a young Nazareno and hie youthful companions. As a finis to the gos]4l there is tho picture of a young man in heaven’s bright apparel, sitting at a tomb’s mouth, and the last chapter of Revelation is chanting in youthful freshness and vigor, “1 am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star. ” No wonder Christ loved this young man in to-day’s lesson; it was n part of the genius of the gospel that he should do so.. Let the young, as they peruse these verses, feel that same unchangeable love constraining thorn still. । WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES. flood Vaster. It rolls off the tongue very easily. Master, good Master, teacher. Wha? do you mean by it? Men say the word thoughtlessly, unmeaningly, addressing thq Christ in some complacent moment or soma instant of rote-prayer. Right there thej voice of tho Master arrests the heedless utteranee: Hold! Why callout thou Me good? What do you mean by “ Master?” Do you really wise to confess that 1 am the Son ol God, for only God is supremely good? Thal was Peter’s saving acknowledgment, on which tho church is built Do you mean to say that lam the Master of your soul? That is Christian bross-bearing.' You are, then, not far from the kingdom. Jie saith unto him whi<h? Ah, tell-tale word You wish to enter into life, do you? Well then—and here comes tho tost—do you keej the commandments? Quick comes the young man’s answer, “ Whichf’’ Our laird's oner; has led tho youth to an unwilling ucknowl edgmout, m large part,, of his woaknes* Which commandment? As if obeying God were a more watching of forms, an outward observance of rules, carefully numbered over on the fingers, washing (i f pots, counting of senseless beads—which? Have you not heard God’s call and seen the door open in the cjiu mandnients? “Which?’' answers the young man, confessing his real failure at lieart to hear and hoed. All these have I kept. He has been watching Christ’s lip-*, his eye kindling it: solf-eongrat-ukUion as the fiiniih tr formulas are spoken, and scarci'y have tho words ceased when ho has straightway exclaimed: “All these have I kept!” Yes, you have kept t'i - couitnandmerts, “all the :o,” as you «iy ; bur have you kept the comnuindinentf Tin sum ami substance of the law. Thou Hiia.lt love the liorj thy God with heart, mind, soul, strength—how about that? It is our common fault. We keep the law, and we lose sight of the Lawgiver. We observe the rite and the ordinance ami we fail to love the Lord and Master. Wo do not well. What lack I yet? A great deal. Youngman. I have lived a pretty moral life, you say. I have ha 1 respect for statutes, 1 have not kii ed any man. I have not gotten my name into the scandal columns of the papers. I have run off with no man’s wife. I have picked no man's pocket I have not perjured myself. I have not turned my father and mother out of doors. I have not broken my neighbor’s windows—“all these I have kept What lack I yet?” Much, indeed. If thou wilt he perfect. Morality is not righteous!. . -is. Negative innocence will not pass for po itive holiness, Christis speaking liereof perfectness m .1 completeness, a life with nothing lacking. Wmue is it to be found? Nowhere, save in him. But that means thorough self-abandonment and self-sacrifice. It? ia heart, soul, body—everything given to Christ “Go and soli that thou hast and give, to the poor.” Lack? You lack everything because you have kept everything. “o,' [friends,” said one. “we get wliate’er we give.”, Sell what than hast. Another test, but given in sincerest friendliness. What he had to render was as nothing to what Christ had to give. Tho very severity of the test often proves the greatness of the love. “Como, help me,” wrote tho Prince of Wales to his father in a crisis of the battle of Crecy. *No,” answered the King, viewing tiie situation and wishing his son to gain a great victory and great renown. “Let the boy win his" own spurs.” It was paternal fondness that spoke. And come, follow me. First go, then come. There is a preparation. The going, indeed, was a part of the coming. The word “come” is like that other direction in the word of Christ: “Come unto me, all ye that labor.” It. is “hither,” just a beckoning of the finger. “Follow me.” Yes, emptied of self, ho is then ready to follow. Not before. There was a car standing on the side-track, and chalked upon its side the words: “Bad order; not to go West” It looked fair, but the watchful eye of the car-tender had discovered a fatal defect. It was not ready for the long journey. How many of the young men who read This par. graph are? Hear Christ’s words: “Go.” “give;” then “come,” “follow.” Went away sorrowful. It is the same word used of tho infamous Herod. “The King was sorry, nevertheless.” He cut off the head of John the Baptist. Very ineffective sorrow this, also. The young man was very sorry, nevertheless he kept on going away. Weil might ho sorrow. He was going away with a handful of earth’s coin -^he was leaving behind him infinite riches; ho was turning his back on a birthright of treasure in the heavens. For he had great possessions. Great possessions has every young man, great possessions for Josus’ sake, possessions of life, of youth, of strength, of enterprise, of opportunity, of advantage, of privilege. Great possessions, it may be, of property, possibly of influence, perhaps of intellect, certainly of hours therein ami of powers wherewith to serve God. “I write unto you, young men,” said John, “because ye are strong.” Young man, what are you doing with your possessions of riches or streusitli? God gave tnem to you to use in his service. Are you using them to his pra se? Let thorn not be weights to carry you downward, but, by God’s grace, wings to lift you upward. - Next les-non, “Christ’s Last Journey to Jerusalem.”—Matt. 20: 17-29. Under an old State law a criminal Judge at Jackson villa, Fla., has ordered the Sheriff to capture all tramps and give them thirty-nine lashes on the bare back. The woods around the city are swarming with tramps. The position of postal clerk has been handed down in one family in Germany for 200 years, and the 200th? anniversary was lately celebrated by the present holder of the position, named Cleve, A number of sparrows have bu’lt nests in the Air Line bridge across tVe Connecticut, and they are not disturbed by the numerous passing trains. The first stereoscope by rejection vyas constructed and exhibited by Prof, Charles Wheatstone in 1838,

NATIONAL LAW-MAKERS. What Is Being Done by the National Kegi slat lire. Tho resolution offered by Mr. Manderson re quiring the Secretary of War to furnish to Sen. ctors on thoir request lists of persons to whom copies of the Records of the Rebellion are to oe issued, was taken up in tho Senate on the 10th Inst., and after a protracted discussion, participated in by Senators Vest, Manderson, Teller, Hawley and Gorman, was adopted. One hundred and eight private pension bills were passed. Bills were reported from committees and placed on the calendar: For tho relief of volunteers of the Fourth lowa Infantry ; authorizing the construction of a high wagon bridge across the Missouri River at or near Sioux City. Among the bills introduced and referred were the following : By Mr. F_rwell, to brevet army officers on the active ui.d retired list; by Mr. Sabin, to authorize the I’resideut to confer brevet rank on army officers for brilliant services in Indian campaigns; by Mr. Manderson, to authorize tho wearing of the budges of the iGrand Army of the Republic. The resolution offered by Mr. Plumb some weeks ago directing an inquiry as to tho causes of inefficient mail service was taken up and agreed to, Mr. Voorhees introduced a bill Lc appropriate SIOO,OOO for the erection of a public Building at Richmond, Ind. Senator Manderson introduced a joint resolution for the abolition of the office of Surveyor General of Nebraska and lowa. The House of Representatives devoted the day to tho consideration of the urgency deficiency bill. An amendment was adopted directing tho Public Printer to enforce rigidly the provisions of tho eight-hour law. The ancient bill for tho relief of Nathaniel McKay and the executors of Donald McKay, the ship-builder, came up in the House on ths 17th hist. Mr. Springer made a stubborn fig Lit against tho bill, but It was p isso 1 by 156 j eas to 72 nays. McKay s contracts for guuboata called (or $1,U56,U0U He was paid that and 810l),0U0 for extras, and what he has been trying to get ever since is 8323,000 more io a Iditional extras. There is a considerable lot of these claims o! pretty much the same chunuter, amounting in the aggregate to mr.ny millkns o' dollars, end they will all bo pushed before Congiess. Mr. Voorhees introduced a bill in tho Sonata appropriating 875,000 for n public building at I.afayetto, Ind., and Feuutor Vest reported favorably a bill appropriating SBO,OOO for a building at Helena, M. T. Tlio Senate commltteo on public buildings, February 20, ordered favorable reports on the bill appropriating 81,200,000 for a postoffice at New Orleans and on that appropriating $850,000 fora postoffice at San Francisco. The Senate committee on agriculture reported favorably tho bill to establish u bureau of animal industry. The Senate likewise adopted an amendment to the bill incorporating tho Washington Electric Railway Company, requiring that tho rails should boos American manufacture. When the amendment was reached Mr. Edmunds suggested that that was in opposition to the President's message and at variance with all tho principles of the administration, and, in order to have the votes of Senators placed on the record on this indirect taaitT question, ho demanded yeas and "nays. The vote resulted; Yes, 25; nays, 17. of the seventeen Senators voting in tho negative, all are from tho South, with the exception of one -Hearst, of California. Tho Secretary of War sent to tho House his answer to the Boutollo battle-flag resolution. The Secretary says that of the whole number capture.; and deposited with the department 23 I were United states flags originally captured by Confederates and recaptured from them and 541 were Confederate flags taken by Llnited States troops, making a total of 780 in the custody of tho department. The Secretary states that none of the flags have been removed from tho denartmontlsinco it came under bis control. Mr. Blunt introduced a bill to reclassify postmasters and their salaries. Bills were introduced in tho House and referred for the erection of public buildings at the following points: Sterling, 111. ; South Bend, lud ; Burlington, lowa ; Opelousas, La. ; Canton, O. ; Sheboygan, Green Bay and Manitowoc,Wis ; Yankton.D.T., and Oberlin, Kas A motion to suspend the rules and puss the Hoar joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment changing the date of inauguration day and extending the terms of members of Congress until April .30, was defeated in the House, after u long debate, by 129 yeas to 128 nuvs. Mr. Simons of Naw York introduced a bill for tho apiiortionment, on the basis of illiteracy, of 8 , >5,000,000 among tho States ami Texritories for educational purposes. A bill was introduced by Mr. Jackson of Pennsylvania, to amend tho homestead laws bom to provide that only eighty acres can be entered instead of 160, and to pennit only citizens of tho United States to eutor homesteads. Alii. Hoaii, from tho Committee on Privileges and Elections, reported to the Senate, Fob, 21, a resolution authorizing that committee to coutinuo tho investigation ordered lust session into the events alleged to have taken place in Texas, and set fortn in tho petition of Stephen Hackworth and others. Mr. Flatt introduced a bill to provide for tho establishment olauoxporimontal grass and forugo plant farm, and for tho conducting of experiments relating to grass and furago plants. The President sent to tbo Senate tho fisheries treaty, accompanied bv a message urging its ratification. In the House of Representatives Mr. Culberson, from tho Judiciary Committee, reponed a joint resolution proposing tho following amendments to tho Constitution : “1. Polygamy shall not exist or he lawful within the United States, or in any place subject to their jurisdiction. 2. Polygamy shall consist in a marriage relation bv contract or in fact existing at the same time between one person of either sex and more than ono person of tho other sex. 3. Congress shall have power concurrent with tho several States to enforce this act." In reporting the resolution the committee say the object is to clothe the General Government with concurrent powers with the several States to suppress tho crime of polygamy in tho eoveral b'.ates. Louis XV. anil His Paper. The fact of Louis XV. being a stockjobber was a somewhat unfortunate one for those who fell into bis financial clutches. He operated principally in his exchange and loan transactions through M. Bertin, his banker. The latter did his master’s stock-jobbing very profitably, too, by buying on the spot good paper at six and seven per cent., according to tho scarcity of money. One day he proposed to the King an operation involving several millions. “Sire,” said he to the royal speculator, “the royal bills lose a great deal in the place; their d scount is now considerable; it is the very moment to buy several millions. I am certain they will rise, and that there must follow a considerable profit to some one in a short time.” “That paper,” replied the canny monarch, “is not to be depended on; the risk is too great.” It was his own paper of which he was talking, —Detroit Free Press. A Flunky All Over. A reverend canon of the Anglican Church relates that on one occasion it fell to his lot to marry his footman to his cook. The footman would persist throughout the service in putting his finger to his forehead every time his master addressed him, in accordance with custom. The reverend gentleman remonstrated in an undertone: “Don’t touch your forehead, John, but say tho words after me.” Then aloud. “Wilt thou take this woman?” etc. John, bearing in mind the vicar’s hint, replied: “After you. sir,” and the assembled friends burst into laughter, — Tit-Bits. Scalloped Cabbage.—Cabbage is a great favorite with a great many people, and it is susceptible of nearly as much variety in preparation as potatoes. One way is as follows: Chop the cabbage very fine, place a layer in a pudding dish, sprinkle over fine bread-crumbs or rolled crackers. Add salt, pepper and bits of butter, then a layer of cabbage, and so on until the dish is full, with crumbs on top. Pour over a teacupful of cream or milk, or more, according to the size of the dish used. Bake in moderate oven thirty to forty minutes, until the top is browned. — Farm, Field and Stockman.

THE NATIONAL GAME. The Detroit Club Worried Because Its Players Are Not Signing Contracts. Bobby Caruthers May Captain the Brooklyn Team During the Coming Season. [CHICAGO CORRESPONDENCE.] The first showers of the spring of 1888 reached Chicago during the past week, and the icy fetters of winter were fairly broken by the warm rains, followed by the still warmer sunshine that descended upon our ice-gorged streets. The big toboggan slide which towers above the ball park of the Chicago club still stands, however, for we shall undoubtedly have more coasting before the ice and snow take their final departure; but the faintest indications of spring are sufficient with the average baseball crank to set him talking, and while there is as yet comparatively little actual work being done by the players, there is an endless amount of gossip being indulged in, as is always the case at this season of the year. Rhe indecision of the Detroit players in the matter of signing contracts for the season of 1888 is worrying the management of that famous club not a little. It is Getting well along toward the time when the players are supposed to start for the Sunny South, and yet the backbone of the team has not yet signed. Bennett, Baldwin, V Lite, Brouthers, Richardson, Rowe and Hanlon have not yet put their names to Detroit contracts, and there is naturally a slight feeling of uneasiness in consequence. So far as Bennett is concerned, he is in the Western wilds, can’t be found and hasn’t been heard from, and it is not known what attitude he will take. In the case of Baldwin, he says he doesn’t care to sign early. Brouthers, Richardson, Rowe, and Hanlon all say that the salaries offered suit them; that they fully expect to play in Detroit, but they must insist on having the full amount of salary written in the contract. Jim White does not hold off on this account, but is believed to hang back on account of his disinclination to sign with Watkins. I’resident Smith is under the impression that the men will hold off until the meeting of March 5, in hopes that the salary limit will be abolished, and then sign in a body. As is generally known, Chicago is the home of the famous young pitcher—Caruthers. He is at present engaged in business here with his brother, but will leave for the headquarters of his club about March 15 to report for duty during the coming season. Bob was seen by your conespondent a day or two ago in Spalding & Bro.’s store. He is looking remarkably well and tit to pitch ball for his life if necessary. " How many games do you expect to pitch for the Brooklyn Club this summer?” he was asked. “I don't know yet,” he replied, “fori have no idea wbat they will want to do with me. They may trust me to captain the team.” “How would you work it—you could not pitch every game?” “No, but I would have to play every game just the same. I would probably play right field when not in the box.” “Have you been asked to take the captaincy?” “Not formally; no. Mr. Byrne and myself talked it over infoimally when I last saw him, but I told him I would prefer not to fill the position, as I did not want to take the chance of creating any ill-feeling in the club. Besides, Ido not think it does a pitcher any good to play a championship game every day." “What do you think of the outlook for a good race in the Association this year?” “First class, so far as Brooklyn and Cincinnati are concerned. I think the championship will lie between these two clubs. Baltimore may worry us both a little, but I do not apprehend much trouble from any of the rest of them. Cleveland, I suppose, will loaf along at the tail end of the string, with Kansas City for company.” “How about St. Louis this year?” “Why, the old town will not be in the race. Mark what I tell you. Comiskey is a good man to handle a team, of course, but he has got to have the team to handle —see?” President Spalding, of the Chicago club, is in New Orleans at this writing, but sails in a day or two for Cuba, where he will attend a game or two and see how the Cubans play ball. In a letter from the Crescent City, just received, he says: “Weather in New Orleans is all we could hope for. I went out on the diamond the day we got here and ran around the bases for half an hour. We stopped at the Mammoth Cave on our way here and I lamed myself tramping, but the exercise on the new grounds took the stiffness out of me. The chances of our going to Cuba are about even. A fruit dealer here, named Charles Fish, wants to take us over iu great shape, but my good wife is undecided.” Van Haltren writes the Chicago management as follows: “I am practicing daily with Denny, Cahill, Hardie and Lang. Lang plays third base superbly. Tell Sam Morton that in my judgment Lang stops grounders fully as well as Tebeau. I weigh IG7 pounds, three pounds less than when I was in Chicago, so you can see whether lam in condition. Hope you will not regard it as boasting if I assure you I have better command of the ball than I had last year and the revised rules suit me. Believe that I shall be able to pitch against Detroit and Philadelphia this year.” Ed Williamson writes that he will leave San Francisco this week for Chicago, and adds: “I am glad we are going to Hot Springs. It will surely benefit the boys. I have gained only six pounds since coming out here. Last year at this time I had 38 pounds to work off in order to get myself down to 190. This spring I shall only be obliged to work off 14 pounds to strike my regulation weight. But for the miserable weather here we should have made plenty of money. Van Haltren may go East with me. He will be a great man for us this season. He has easily been the gilt-edged card of the Coast since he came here. ” PICKUPS. Will John Clarkson sign a Chicago contract alter all? Galvin will receive $3,000 for the present season. Umpire Herman Doescher is keeping a hotel at Troy, N. Y. Briody would like to sign a Kansas City contract for 1888. The New York club’s salary list will be about $60,000 for 1888. George Van Haltren, the Chicago pitcher, is a plasterer by trade. Boston’s new grand stand is nearing completion. It will be very handsome. San Francisco admires the Chicagos and Browns, but dislikes the New Yorks. Alike Kelly is booked to do considerable catching the coming season for the Boscons. Tate has signed with the Boston club for $2,000, an advance of $250 over last season.

NUMBER 35

INDIANA STATE NEWS. —George Levi, 4 I years old, a tramp, sent from Rush County to the penitentiary foi larceny, for one year, has confessed an awful crime to Warden Patten. He was moved thereto by a dream, which told him to confess, and showed him sweetness,forgiveness, and glory beyond. His reproving conscience had harassed him till he fell from 180 pounds to 125. He has nearly served out his term. Three years ago, he relates, he passed near Lawrenceburg, and committed a nameless crime upon Martha Shears, 11 years old. It aroused the entire neighborhood, and Frank Nelson, a young farmer, was apprehended, convicted, and sentenced for twenty-one years for the crime. Levi doesn’t know Nelson; has had no communication with him, but since being in prison he has known through newspapers that an innocent man was condemned. It left him no rest day or night. Tho awful dream occurred to him a few days ago. He went and confessed. Since which time he looks happy, contented, willing to stand the just punishment, and says a heav.y load is lifted off. Warden Patten cautioned him, but he persisted in making the confession. He was not suspected. Nelson was convicted two years and nine months ago. The confession is an awful record of depravity. —The suit of Airs. Sarah E. Mclntosh, wife of Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue Alex. Mclntosh, of New Albany, to break the will of her father, AV. C. DePauw, the great glass manufacturer, who died last fall, has been compromised. Airs. Mclntosh is to receive property worth $20(>,()00. As nearly as can be estimated, DePauw left about $10,000,000 in manufactories, iron works, stocks, and real estate. Os this, nearly a million was left to DePauw University, and half a million more to various charities. Airs. Mclntosh, a daughter by his first wife, was left property she considered worth not more than $20,000, and the remainder was divided between the widow and the children by later marriages. Airs. Alclntosh brought suit soon after tho will was probated, asking for an equal division. —About ten years ago Van Richardson, a shoemaker, disappeared from Alontpelier in a mysterious manner, and was Mover afterward heard from, though a search was made at the time and a man named AViley was arrested on suspicion, but subsequently released. Recently the bones of a man and some clothing were found in the trunk of a hollow tree by two wood choppers, and the report has revived the story of the shoemaker’s disappearance. He went in that direction and was believed to carry a considerable sum of money. The body must have been chopped into pieces before placing it where found, as there was only one hole in the tree, and that was fully fifteen feet from the ground, and too small to admit the body entire. The matter is being investigated. —The Indianapolis Farmer has obtained authority from the Signal Service Department to send out telegrams to one hundred points in Indiana, daily, containing the weather predictions for twenty-four hours, from 7 o’clock a. m. Signal weather flags are to be displayed from one hundred elevated points and ilagstaffs and poles for the benefit of the agriculture, and the telephone system is to be used to transmit the messages to many other points throughout the State from the several telegraph stations receiving the messages. This new service goes into effect early next week. —Patents have been granted to Indiana inventors as follows: James A. Becher, Mishawaka, bolt threading machine; Corodon S. Canuon, Ligonier, barrel hoop; George J. Cline, Goshen, sash fastener; Calvin R. Davis, assignor to Kimberliu Alanufacturing Company, Indianapolis, lifting spring for cultivators; Henry AV. Hackley, Kokomo, wrench; Benjamin F. AlcCann, Ewing, well; Jessie B. Pugh, Indianapolis, gate hinge; Emanuel Spear, Lafayette, spike extractor. —There are men at Alonpelier from tho Ohio and Pennsylvania oil fields leasing land. A 250-barrel tank was filled from the Citizen’s well in a flow of seventy-two hours, and the oil is now wasting for the lack of tankage. A test by a hydrometer, at 60 degrees, shows its specific gravity to be 30, and undoubtedly the oil is a fme lubricant. Agents are here looking over the field, and the development of Indiana’s oil territory is assured. —The statement of receipts and expenditures of the Indiana State Prison North for the months of November, December, and January, has been tiled with the Auditor of State. It shows receipts amounting to $35,063.62, and expenditures, $31,683.03, leaving on hand a balance of $ ’, - 380.59. —Two men were arrested at Alamo, while drilling the safe in AI. J. Aleyers dry goods store. They gave their names as Charles Burton and Adam Shaffer. Both claim to be from Evansville. They had a complete outfit of burglars’ tools, and quite a variety of jewelry was found in their possession. —The doctors have discovered a freak of nature in the family of Hill Harris, a colored laborer, in Maplewood. A male child six months old measures two feet around the waist, twelve inches around the thigh, eight inches around the arm, and weighs thirty pounds. —Edward Barkley, an Ohio and Mississippi freight brakeman, slipped and fell beneath the cars, near Shoals, and was horribly mangled, necessitating the amputation of his left leg and arm. He died during the amputation. —Wm. Delaney, the oldest man in Daviess County, died at his home in Harris Township, at the age of 103. He was born in Ireland, and when 13 years old served as a messenger boy in the Irish rebellion of ’9B. —George Foust, of Crawforlsville, fell from the elevator rope at the hardware store of Cohoon & Fisher, headlong to the floor below. His injuries are very severe, he being unconscious for some time. •—John Deloss, a young man from Sullivan, was run over by the cars while switching in the yard at Dugger, and almost instantly killed. Both legs were entirely severed. —G. P. Gordon, of Fort AVayne, won the grand sweepstakes premium of SSO, at the Northern Indiana Poultry Show, for the six highest scoring pens on exhibition.

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