St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 14, Number 13, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 22 September 1888 — Page 1

VOLUME XIV,

WHAYT TEE CHIMNEY SANG. BY BRET HARTE, vaer the chimney the night wind sang, And chanted a melody no one knew ; And the woman stopped, and har babe #he tossed, And theught of the ene she had long since lost, And sa’d as ber tenr drops back shs forced, “I hate the win i in the chimney.’ Over the chix_;i' ey the night wind sang, Amd & melody no ons knew; A ildr n said, as they eloser drew, ..w witeh thas is cleaving the black night o ugh, "Pis a fairy trumpet that just then blew, And we fear the wind in the chimney.” Over the® neéy tl:é night wind. sang, And chantal a tim%d; no one knew ; And the man, as he sat on his hearth Lelow, Said to himself, “It will surely snow, And fuel is d ar and wages low, And I'll stop the leak in the chimney.” Over the chimnay the night wind sang, And chanted a 12%!011?}'};10 one knew ; But the poet listened un(}} smilgd,afi)rg: Was 4‘, " child, throe, d sn'd,#lts G Is%wn harmony, ' T odenr in the chimney.” v ¥e = P IN THE NEST. . Gathor them close to your loving heart— Cradle them close to your breast ; They will soon enough leave your brooding care, Soon enengh mount gg‘ th's golden stair— Little onesin t ‘g’ést. & : Frot not *hat the ghildren’s hearts sre gay, Tha! theirrestless feet will run; There may come a time in the by-and-by When you'll sit in your lonely room and sigh For o sound of childish fun. When'lsgm long for a f;;peti{lion ;weet. .. .That so through each room, Of“ Mother | aggfigrg" ‘the dearlove calls That will echo long through the silent halls And add to their stately gloom. There may come a time when you'll long to hear The elger, boyish tread, The tuneless whistle, the clear, shrill shout, The bn%bus;leghx and out, And pattering overhoad. ‘When the boys and girls are all grown up, And seattere 1 far and wide, Or gone to the undiscovered shore, Where youth and age come never more, You will miss them from your side. Then gather thcm to your loving heart, gf!ru.dlo "Sxom on your breast . They will soon enough leave your brooding care, Soon enough mount youth’s topmost stair— Little ones i the nest. ' gosl Lina; ’ ‘TV_A, —OR, — 5 5 TG BIEDER: 4D THE SWERT I ' o e )v«,‘ - A Tale of Two Continents. o Bl e BY MRS. NINA LAWSON. CHAPTER VII—[CONTINUED.] “Could anything be more lovely,” thought Noll, as he advanced toward thefrightened, shivering Lenora. At sight of No!l her fear increased, but by a mighty effori she calmed herself 'and propared to mees her soc, He roachad as if to seize her hand, but sho shirank from him as if ba werea poisonous serpent. “I positively forbid you to ever touch me. Have I not told you that I hate you, and ought you not to be satisfied that you have me here your prisoner? Is that all you wanted of me in this room, to insult me again ?” “No, my beantiiul Lenora, I wished you t> come to me that I might show you my home.” As he said nothing of her being mistress of his home, she felt somewhat relieved. ‘ “I do not object to looking at your nouse, Mr. Noll; from what I have seen of it so far, it must be a very nice igon. sy o Noll bit his lips, yet said nothing. They passed through the whole beantiful house, but Lenora took no interest in any paxb of it, until they came to the conservatory. - As they passed up and down the long, beautiful aisles, she would gently touch with her soft rosy lips the lovely flowers as she passed them by. “You seem to love flowers, Lenora.” “Yes, they are my friends.” And she cast a sweet, gentle smile at Noll, forgetting where she was and who'she was with. “Aliss Lienora, as it is now near din-ner-time, we had best go to the art hall ar:l then to the library.” The art hall was beautiful. She sat long and gazed in silent admiration upon the fine paintings and the grand ‘ collection of things of interest that Noll | had gatherod in his wanderings. ; “I see you enjoy this also.” E “Yes, I am an admirer of the fine . arts and of beautiful nature.” E, The library was next, and its walls were covered with the works of almost every author. There seemed to be . nothing wanting; this, also, was a great attraction for Lenora. Noll saw she was pleased and thought best to improve the opportunity and make an impression; if possible. “You see, Miss Lenora, I have tried to make this little kingdom fit for the queen I wish to reign init. Beneath . this are fine wine rooms and billiard - halls, while in the rear of the building | is the dining hall and kitchen. The rest you have seen; this is all yours, . with what I have offered you before. ; “Will you not accept?” “Mr. Noll, you have my answer. You are exceedingly good to a penniless prisoner, and if my dull comprehension . serves me right, there is some great mystery behind All this that prompts you to actso. Aml not right?” “Yes, my fair Leriore. Ihave a motive; one true and honest. It is love. Do you trample this love I give you under your little feet?” “You have spoken sufficiently to me upon that subject, Mr. Noll. “I am a very simple and inexperienced gir);all I know I have obtained from books, and I have never been in a city of this size before. Neither have I ever seen a house so beautifully furnished as fhis, while you seem to be generosity itself. Yet I car nol, throngh my ignorance, understand why a true and honest gentleman would separate an innocent young girl from all that was dear to her. “Yes, you tore me away from my heart’s idol, from all that was near and dear to me; and for what purpose I . cannot vet understand. The pain 1 have suffered has tanght me a few things I did not know, and I, as alady, must thank you for your seeming generosity ; and vet, as a lady, I must re- | fuse everything.”

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These words were spoken m low, distinet tones, and in a manner that none could doubt that the speaker meant what she said. Those words sounded like low, sweel music in the distance to the ears of a fair listener that had been hiding behind a curtain between the drawing room and the library, while to Sylvester Noll they I sounded like his death-knell. He raised a pale, troubled face to Lenora’s beautiful, searchirg eyes. “I see that you are determined to have no mercy upon me. “Can you not, with those great, peerless eves, see that I am dying for some little encouragement, for some slight return for the entire love and devotion I offer you? : “For heaven's sake, my beautiful angel, have a little mercy upon me!” He had fallen upon his knees, with outstretched arms, while the bright light shone full upon his pale, upturned face. It was even ashen in hue, and was drawn with pain; but to the keen eye of that pure, innocent girl there was something wanting, and she only replied : : “You have my answer.” ' “Very well. I will give you time to reconsider the matter, and then you may not give such a ernel answer. But there is the dinner bell, and we must go to Sm drawing room to meet Gertana. No doubt she is waiting for you.” Just then Gertana began to play a march upon the piano, whose melodies rang through the whole cottage. “Ah! There is Gertana now.” “She plays beautifully, and must understand music as well as its meaning.” Lenora’s last remark was heard by the player, although it was not intended for her ear. As Sylvester and Lenora entered the back parlor, for there it was that Gertana had been playing, she looked wup, while a shndder passed through her frame. “I am losi,” thought she. “Such loveliness I have never scen before; she may possibly vield to his pleadings vet, but I hope not. T can now rest easy on one point, for I know now that she is not his wife, although he told me so with his own lips. How bravely she defended herself from that lying, cowardly wretch. I know she will never become his wife unless forced on peril of her life or honor.” “Gertana, here is the lady I was speaking of to you; she is now the mistress of this house.” . The dethroned, injured woman rose and advanced to meet them. She placed her soft, white hand in that of the sad little prisoner, and said: “I hope, madame, that we may be friends.” Lenora bowed her shapely golden head, but said nothing. She did not, as yet, understand how to accept Ger-tana-—as friend or foe. As the two ‘beauties stood there in the gas-light they formed a striking and beautiful contrast. Gertana’s dress was beautiful old-gold satin, trimed with the richest laces, and ornaments of fine garnet. Around her bare white throat was placed a necklace of sparkling garnets. The second bell rang for dinner, and the trio entered the dining hall. As rich a dinner as was ever cooked was served that night on Sylvester Noll's beautifully decked table. After an endless number of dishes, ‘ wines, and ecreams of the choicest kinds were served, Gertana inquired : “Are you fond of musie, Mrs. Noll 2” Her question had rather a peculiar effect upon Lenora and Sylvester. “Miss Girindani, you must have misunderstood my name; it is Rice, and not Noll.” An ashen pallor overspread Noll's face at Lenora’s reply. He could not utter a word. Gertana saw Noll's embarressment, and said no more upon that subject. In fact, there was but little else said during the remainder of the dinner. When dinner was over they returned to the parlor. Lenora wandered off to a distant corner and sank wearily upon a sofa that sat near an open window. “Ah! There are the stars in the clear, cloudless heavens. Why can they shine so bright and there are no clouds, when I am so burdened and weary. It seems that God has forgotten me; why is it, oh, youn twinkling‘\ stars, that lam torn from my home and brought here, a poor, miserable prisoner. Have I done wrong? Have I sinned in the sight of God? “Forgive me, Father, if I have, and smile upon me once more; release me, please, from this, worse than death, or take me now to my home on high.” The tears were falling fast from her sad, beautiful eyes. Noll saw her sad upturned face and quickly came to her side. ‘ “Miss Lenora, would you not like to hear some music? Gertana will play | and sing some; perhaps that will cheer you up a little, for I see you seem rather melancholy.” » Before Lenora could answer him | Geertana was at the piano playing one of her sweet Italian songs that she sang in her happy home in Naples. The weary little prisoner listened, | while not a muscle of her body moved. | She was lost—lost to her surroundings | and seemed to drift far away into a | happier sphere. As the music ceased | she gazed around her with a sad, disappointed look upon her marble-like . | face. . “Please, Miss Girindani, repeat your .| last song or sing another. I enjoyad it so much.” ) “Thanks, madam; but if lam not mistaken, one so fair as you can sing .| much better than 1.” || “No, indeed, although lam very , | fond of music, and did attempt to [ | study it while at school, for certain - | reasons I was compelled to drop the » | study almost before I began. I fear 1} my songs would be uninteresting to y | you.” > “Madam, suit yourself; I only s | theught that perhaps you would enjoy playing a piece or two.” 7| The miserable girl quickly sprang to 1 | her feet and said: [ “Yes, I would enjoy it; this burden [iof my soul seems more than I can v | bear.” " She walked across the room and sat - | dowr: at the piano. -| Lenora Churchill possessed one of thg finest musical talents that ever

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woman inherited. ITer nimble littla fingers wandered over the keys a few moments, as if they were seacching for something, and then, with a touch upon the key, as if they had found it, the deep, rich tones rose and filled the house; a thrill of indescribable wonder ran through Sylvester and Gertana. Such musie, such sweet melodies, had never been heard. The sweet sounds rose and fell, according to the emotions of that poor little prisoner’s heart. It sounded like the pathetic strains from the angels’ harps of gold, as they sail through paradise, on their snowy white wings. Lenora had studiece French when at school, and to-night she had thought of one of her favorites that seemed suited to her feelings. She did not know that her companion understood the language, neither did she care; more than that, she seemed to be alone—away entirely from all her troubles, She sang song after song in her sweet, pathetic voice. The sweet melodies of tliose enchanting strains filled the whole house and were ecarried through the open windows, out upon|the sweet, balmy, spring air. The prisoner seemed unconscious of the words that escaped her trembling, scarlet lips. She sang of distant lands, of freedom and of love; of her dear old home in the valley at Jonesborough and the loved ones she had left behind. Lenora's eyves were radiant, and were, indeed, the windows to her pure soul. This song ecame from her lips in verses that rhymed and told the feelings of her sad, aching heart. She had been sitting at the piano nearly two hours, but to her it seemed but a short time. Finally she became weary, and suddenly the swee* sounds ceased. She whirled round upon the stool and gazed ronnd the room in a strange, frightened manner, as her eyes rested upon Sylvester and Gertana at the farther end of the room. She sprang from the stool and, clasped her white, trembling hands to her breast. “Oh! How ecruel of some one or something. I thought I was far away from here, far away in freedon and happy lands, but it was only a dream, a vision. A¥kis gone.” Her golden Bead sank low upon her breast: a deep moan escaped her white, trembling lips, while her whole body was convulsed with sobs. She raised her head and gazed steadily at Noll for a few moments, and then, like an arrow from a bow, she darted from the room out of the open | hall door down the long gravel walk | and out into the street. : CHAPTER VIIL While Brown was plaving and singing, Sylvester and Gertana seemed to be under some strange, unaccountable influence, and were powerless to move or speak, until a few moments after she had disappeared. It was Gertana that broke the silence, “Sylvester, this lady that you have brought and want me to be kind to does not seem to wish for your company. Do you suppose she has gone to her room, or——" “My God! Gertana, I do rot know; but if she does not relent and love me a little it wili kill me. Tl give all up but her own sweet, pure self; 1 vield.” He sprang to his. feet, and with outstretched arms and clenched fists he staggered through the door where Lenora had disappeared. His whole frame shook with emotion, while his face was pinched and drawn with pain. He rushed into the library, looking like a mad man, gasping, “Lenora, Lenora, Lenara!” but she was not there, and hLe fourd the hall-door open. “Ah, she would not leave me; she is up stairs!” And he sprang up the stairway and into Lenora’s room, like a man that was fleeing from death. The room was empty, and, like a flash, the truth dawned upon his mind. A low, deep moan escaped his ashen lips, and his arms hung limp at his sides. As he stood there, a picture of misery and despair, he seemed like a statue. “She is gone, tnd I am—lost—lost—forever,” sounded through the empty chamber. Noll stood there a few minutes, gazing fixedly at the little snowywhite bed, with its rich silken curtains, in the agony of his disappointed soul. He then left the room, going slowly and silently down the stairway, more like a ghost than a man. Gertana was standing at the foot of the stairs waiting for Noll. As she saw him descend, so sad, so changed, and looking as if he had lived years in those few minutes of agony, she realized that something had happened. “What is it, Sylvester? Tell me, quick, what ails you? You frighten me!” | “T fear all is los¢, Gertana, for she is not in her room, and I am sure she has escaped. “I am too weak to do anything, for | I can scarcely stand, but have the ser- | vants search the house, and if she can- | not be found in it, send them into the | streets. Stop for nothing, but for | heaven’s sake find her if possible.” As he finished speaking he leaned | back against the wall, unable to stand .| alone any longer. Gertana saw that Noll would fall to | the floor unless she did something for | him, and she quickly brought some brandy, which she made him drink. : He then recovered somewhat, and | th.y patient Italian succeeded in per- | snading him to go to his room, and .1 allow her to attend the search. - Noll was soon asleep, under the influ- | ence of the brandy, and did not waken until quite late the next morning. As he started for his room, Gertana | ran to the servants’ hall, and ordered them to search the house; and if the | strange lady could not be found, that they must then search the grounds, and | notify the police. | [TO BE CONTINUED.] g The famons Chinese wall is said to have been erected about 300 B. C. In ¢ | 1879 it was reported to be 1,728 miles - | long, 18 feet high, and 15 feet thick.

INDIANA STATE NEWS, | B e el A CHRONICLE OF HAPPENINGS IN | HOOSIERDONM. Shocking Deaths, Terrible Accidents, Horrible Crimes, Procecdings of Courts, Secret Societies, and, in fact, Everything of Interest to the Hoosiers. The Indiana Farmer gives its compilation and remarks thereon relative to the crops in the central States. It shows that in Indiana the area of wheat was about 2,700,000 acres, and the average vield per acre 13 bushels. This shows 35, 00,000 bushels for the State. In the the southern division the average per acre is 16 bushels, in the northern division, 13} and in the central only 8 bushels. The area of oats was 900,00 acres, in round numbers, and the average yield per acre 29 bushels, showing the entire crop of the State to be 26,100.000 bushels. The present condition of the corn crop in thesouthern division is 101 per cent.; central division 100 per cent., and northern 75 per cent. Inthe southern and central divisionthe season has been an excellent one for corn,while in the northern it was too dry in several counties, which euts down the per cent. of condition. All the early planted corn is out of danger of frost, and it is now believed that the erop will be the | largest ever grown in the State. The carly reports indicated an area of about 3,300,000 acres, and the yield per acre this year, it is believed, will be about thirfy-seven bushels. The fruit cropis one of the best ever grown in the State, especially is this true of apples. l!\::;:—l:m;nl. One night recently Theodore Groub, of the firm of John Gronb's Sons & Co., Sevmonr, was awakened by his wife, who informed him that there was some one in the bouse. Mr. Groub secized o revolver just in time to cover the retreating form of a burglar, who had gained admission to his residence by cutting away the window-shutters. Refusing to auswer the demand as to his wants, and appearing demonstrative and as if accompanied by confederates, Mr. Groub fired two shots into the burglor, who then shonted, “Don’t shoot any more; I'm shot.” The wounded man dragged himself from the yard, leaving a trail of blood., In the morning anegro in a helpless condition, with a pistol wonund in the back of his head and in one leg, was found near the O. & M depot. He gave the name of George Mitehell, claiming Bowling Green, Ky.. as his home. He is undoubtedly the burglar whe entered the Groub residence, Survivors of a Ulowerfal Tribe, Col. W, H. Tallmage, General Indian Agent and payee of the United States Government, is at Peru effecting a final settlement with the Eel River Miami Indians of this conuty, now numbering twenty-two persoms. This is the last and final payment to be made to them under the treaties of August 3, 1795, Angust 23, 1805, and September 30, 1809; aguregating a total of {22,000, or a per capita of 8846.15. Considerable trouble 1s beiny experienced regarding appointments of gnardians, ete., of the c¢hildren. The greatest amonnt to any one family is that to Louisa Godfroy, wife of Peter Godfroy, and danghter of Shin-go-quah, who received $5,076.90. This bare bhandful of twenty-six persons g I'l"l\l'\'\’l‘lll.\ a once great and lnn\rl’f\l] i tribe. s Patents, & ' Patents have been granted Indiana in- | ventors as follows: Jonas H. Aldrich, | Butler, journal-box; James R. Baker, ; Kenduallville, back gear for turning- | lathes; James A. DBeecher, Mishawaka, | serew-cntting die head; Lawson A. Boyd, ' Indianapolis, relief valve for automatic i air-brakes; Annabella and M. A. Kelly, | Holman Ntation, escape attachment for | vapors and odors from cooking vessels; Edward (. Mead, Elkhart, wrench; An- | drew J. Owens, Rushville; insect de- | stroyer; William N. Rumely, assignor to | himself and M. Rumely. LaPorte, steam | boiler; Charles F. Sleigh, Fort Wayne, rotary engine: Ezra Stalker, Westfield, ’ weather-strip. i Fatal Quarre! BDetween Farmers. ' Ag two farmers, James Surber and | James Railsback, were returning home ! from Pendleton they became engaged in | a digpute over a woman, a relative of | Surber's, whom he claimed Railsback ; was on terms of intimacy with. Both [ were in an intoxicated condition, and g when about five miles from town Rails- } back « struck Surber with a club. A | scuffle ensued, but they were separated | by a <'umlnnfinn named Reedy, who per- % suaded them to shake hands, and both { men were apparently on friendly terms | again when Railsback suddenly renewed i the attack. Bothleapedfrom the wagon, L and Surber, drawing a large knife, | plungediit into Railsback’s neck and then i twice into his side, piercing his heart. | Railsback fell and expired in.a few ; moments. The murderer is still at large. Cannoneers Badly Injured. i A terrible accident, and one which will probably preve fatal to one concerued, oceurred on the hill sonth of Peru. Three men—T. Rodemaker, J. Fichtner, and F. Smith—were firing a cannon in honor of a Democratic pole-raising to occur. From some reason there was a premature explosion, in which Smith had the greater portion of his hand torn oftf. Fichtner, however, receivedthe full force of the charge, it tearing off both hands and frightfully mangling the left arm to the shoulder, also, burning the breast, face, and blinding the eyes. His recovery is doubtful. Rodamaker escaped unhurt. Fatally Nhul—hy a nejected Lover, ' A fatal shooting took place atthe Gib- | gon County fair grounds. Syl Grubb shot five times at Miss Gertie Downey, three balls taking effect. One tore out | her right eye, and the two others struck her in the chest. Grubb and Miss | Downey had been engaged, but the engagement had been broken. Grubb was

T ——————————————————————— | jealous and enticed her to an isolated part of the grounds and shot her. She will die. Grubb was placed in jail, after making an attempt to take his own life. Both lived at Francisco. Buried in a Caving Sewer, While Wm. Vondehren and & number of assistants were at work in the bottom of a sewer excavation, nine feet deep. at Seymour, the quick-sand gave way, and the sides of the ditch fell in, burying Vondehren and one of his assistants, Arthur Orrell, nnder about eight feet of sandandeclay. Vondehren was extricated alive, but terribly injured internally, on his breast and shoulders, and is dying. Orrell was suffocated before he could be rescued. The others escaped with slight injuries. But One County Declines, Putnam is the only county in the State that has declined to appropriate ®IOO to place a memorial in the State soldiers’ and sailors’ juonument. It is presumed by the monnment commissioners that some patriotie citizen will come forward with the money in order that the tablet reserved for that county may not remain blank. Every other couuty in the State has responded promytly, and a majority sent in money within a week after the notification. Caught a \'o\m_;;\lligmor. Lawrence Adams,while fishing in Lysle Lewis' fish-pond near Osgood, saw something coming toward thebank. Wheun it | came to shallow water it stopped and raised its head. Mr. Adams gently drew up his line and lowered his hook uear the cbject, which youickly seized it. . After quite a struggle Mr. Adams finally suceeded in landing a fine and vigorous l voung alligator about twenty inches| long. The mystery is, how did it come 5 there. SR e ‘ Two Men Killed by a Tra'n, [ Two dranken men, Finley and Martin | by name, while walking along the track ‘ of the L., N. A. & (. road, near New ’ Providence, were ran doewn by an in- | : coming freight train and both killed. l i‘l'hv head of one was erushed and the | { body of the other cut i twain. They ‘ | reside at Martinsburg, Washington | | Connty, and had been in attendance at ‘ | the Pekin Fair. 3 Killed by » Fre ght Train. | l An extra freight train going east on | the “Big Four” road, struck and killed a i | stranger who was sitting on the rail near | L thewater-tank at Waldron. Thestranger “ | was asleep, and the engine struck him ‘ Lon the head. He appeared to be about |6O years of age. The only evidence of i | his identity was a letter in his pocket | | addressed to Daniel Cansins, Oakland, | | IL, from a collecting ngency in Ilinois. i The body was placed in charge of the Coroner. - Electrie Rallway at Lafayet'e, 1 The new eleetrie street-car line is now L in suecessful operation in Lialayette, and | cars are propellad npthe steep grades of | West Lafayette to Purdue University, - and up the grade to Oakland Heights | with the greatest ease. The cars stop | wnd start without any treuble, and La- ‘| fanette is feeling “stnck up” over the | only electric street-car line in Indiana. i Not Guilly. | At Shoals, the jury inthe case of | Indiana against John G. Jones, Wm. ~M.mti Id, James Archer and John W. 1 | Stone for the murder of Jackson Bal"{lard, on the 15th day of July, 1864, i | brought in the following verdict: “We | the jury, find the defendants not guilty | as changed in the indictment.” % Minor State Items. | ! The young son of George Cluteh, of ' l Columbus, died in terrible agony of 1 lockjaw, after suffering three days. | —_Smith Bennett, a well-to-do farmer, '§li\in;4 about five miles from Lebaton, | was fatally injured recently. His horses ? became unmanageable, and he was [thrown from his wagon, alighting on | his head and shoulders. ; ! —A horse attached to a sulky became _ ] frightened at a train at Scottsburg, and | ran away, pitching Harvey Alexander x ‘I out against a shade-tree, breaking his o neck. Death was instantaneous. He { leaves a family. : l —The Indianapolis health officers fear { that an epidemic of diphtheria is immil { nent. ' —Two sons of John Turner were an- ) i gaged in hauling logs about four miles ' | west of Marion, when the younger, aged i 15, fell from the wacon aund the wheels I passed over his stomach, producing fatal ; injuries. —The Northern Indiana fair, at South "| Bend, was the scene of a shocking and ' | fatal aceident. As Miss Cuartis, 16 years 1 of age, the daughter of a Penn Towni ship’f;u'mcr. was stepping over the shaft l | which connects the engine with the maa chinery in machinery hall, her dress was : ! caught by the rapidly revolving shaft. \ ’ In an instant she was thrown to the ' | ground, and, before the machinery cenld '| be stopped, her head, shoulders, and " | body were beaten almost to a pulp. ' —The Fifth Regiment Indiana Volun- | teer Cavalry will hold its sixth annual reunion at Noblesville, Oct. 11 and 12. L{ It is very desirable that every Fifth In- » | diana veteran shall attend. . —Grant Reed, a brakeman on the O. v| & M. Railroad, had his left arm crushed L | off and was severely crushed about his ' | body, while coupling cars at Medora. ' | His injuries ave probably fatal. A A 15-year-old ' son .of John "'l‘nrn(‘r was run over by a log wagon, L four miles west of Marion, and killed, } —Thomas Stevens, of Monroeville, b | has brought suit for SIOO,OOO damages > | against Charles A. Mills and nine others S | for having him adjudged insane in 1886, ) ' and deprived of his liberty. —Typhoid fever is having full swing at Brownsburg and Clermont. - —A boy named Foynig, aged 16, los} ) | both of his legs by the cars, while mak- , | ing a coupling at Elwood. 3 —Mrs. Warner and daughter, of Mad- | ison County, while riding in a carriage 5 | near Elwood, were thrown down the em- . | bankment by their frightened horse and | very seriously injured

AN ABUNDANT COUNTRY : o . e e e DIVERSIFIED RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON TERRITORY. 4 The Valley of the Snake River, One of the Richest and Most Prolific Sections of the Pacific Northwest—A Healthful, Temperate Climate. [SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE, ] Dayrox, Wash. Ter., Sept. 15, 1883 It is & common though entirely lxl)list,n,,ken notion that the farther north wo go the colder it Eg‘l{?;l‘;:s- The altitude, the character of the | » prevailing winds, abundance of water - and many other condi ions give us entirely different climatos on the sawme lines of latitude, | With(?pt attempting a treatise on weather love :‘\jg]l};()ll (:.onltezun ourselves by reiterating the uown fact that the western coast of North America is warmer than the eastern. 'This is due to the influence of the winds and the thermal currents of the _l’n.citlc Oc¢ an in distributing the heat of the tropies to thess shores: The great Japan current pours the full force of its warm breath against the shore line of Washington Perritory and Oregon, and inland over plain and mouuntain top, even to Dakota, performing the same service for this western land that the Gulf Stream does fur Europo and the British Islands. Sitka, Alaska, is on the parallel of Edinburgh, i i rn‘. /"‘r, . l i Kparia ¢ » range Cily - [ ! arOuch a0 kap ' 3 ié‘ siiae, i : Licimse. | oo | Relial Mo A i '. i i of ( ° Burkeville® i . . Al nnell, % ! " Anaslen e lo © } ! [AL PMenukanss YTON ‘ Frunigvihe d* ! ! 1 i{S s : { St Wi i S ‘--—‘---‘ _.;;:w.':,,' | i I l .: ) 1 l “N 5 | i - . 1 | | | ,1 7 o ! |\<« U v Sad i | i .48t O | 2ot % l "._'"'.,"-,.':':; '-:::v.w"l e "l * RLy o LT ‘ Beotland, and while very much damper, it has { !hq average annual temperature of Minnesota. l It is not cold enough at Sitka to freeze merchantnble ice. 'The northern boundary of Washington | Lexritory is not so hopelessly near the arctic | Beas, when it has (he same latitude as Paris, ll Franceo, where the products of the middle tem- | perate zone attain their finest results. And ‘ here on the suuthem liny of the Tercitory, | from whence wo write, we are on the parall«l of i Rmm:, Italy. The great climatic feature of the | Pacific Northwest is the Chinook wind, so regu- | larly on hand when wanted to regulate the heat | of summer and the cold of winter, This wind | comae from the heated currents of the Pacific,and | turns win er into summer at a maoment’s notice. | There is nothing in the ¢ imate here totleter any | intelligent man trom making himself more com- ‘ sorta le the vear round than is possible any- ! where east of the Rocky Mountains. | T'he long, winding Enake coming from Idaho !\livl\lufl with its profound canyon the south- | eastern pact of Washington Territory in twain, South of the river are four counties of surprising agricultural possib lities, of which region Dayton is the L:ouuruy_hicul center, It is quite im- | possible to give Eastern readers a clear idea of 1 the appearance of this country, for the reagon that it is uniike any region in the Eas:. It ! is prairie, but does not corrospond to the prairies | 0 the Mississippi Valley. There are no wide stretehies of level land; on the contrary the whole surface i 3 a successon of rounded | bills with narrow valleys between, and a | tew broader valleys, somotimes called | fiats. The eoil on the summits of the hills and | on their slopes is even richer than in the bot- ’ toms. It is a curious fact that the upland soil | often has a depth of from 50 to 100 feet, showing the ancient prodigality of nature in leaving such enormous deposits of soil on this region. Wheat has been known to mature without a drop of rain, moisture coming from below on | the principle of capillary attraction. The soil is | decomposed basa't, lava, and volcanic ash, a | comparative analysis made by the Agricultural Department at Washington showing that it is l quite iaentical with that of the plains of Sicily, ' which was a granary of old Rome, and has a { record for producing wheat extending through i thirty centuries. The soil here is easily handled, an 1 the amount of work thatcan be accomplish- ‘ «d by an energetic man without fatigne or exI treme weariness is as remarkable as the erops are prolific. 1t seemns like a big story to say that ’ one man can plow and seed from 30, to 4)0 acres | of wheat and each acre yielding from thirty to | fifty bushels. The average yieldistwice that of | Minnesota and thre: times thatof Ohio. A | single gra'm of wheat has been known to send | out n stool of fifty or more stalks, each crowned t with heads hoiding a hundred grains, or five thousand for one. Dayton, the county seat of Columbik County, : k is iocated in the valley of the Touchet (Tu-shy) | River, a mountain stream of sufficient fail and | volume to furnish power for several n.ills and | factories, with lots of room for other in- ' dustries. Whero potatoes grow fromZ 300 | too)bushels toan acre a starch factory.would be | apayinginstitution. An oat meal mill is a legiti- | mate want, and a papar mill would prove a pay- | ing investmer ", on account of the abundance of straw and the ..ne water. A furniture factory is | a mecessity, 80, too, a wcolen mill, a soap i factory, a beet sugar factory, a cannery, L pork | packing house, and, in short, a muiciplicity of ‘ varied manufactories. Dayton has a population ! of about 2,000, 1t is a well-built town, with | wide, shady siroets, and variely enough in | architecture to give interest and attraction. We . | have read of those who sit under their own vine { and fig tree, with none to molest or L ‘ make them afraid. This is literally | true of Daytonians, for they gener- | ally vmossess their own homes. The booming l pr:}'-ois has no foothold on real estate, and there . | is nocity in the Territory where values in pron- | erty are so truly raepresentative and indicouive | of the actual prosperity. The courthouse is one | of the finest in the Territory. There are two ex- | cellent newspapers, the Chronicle and the In- | lander. ten or twelve churches, a publie library, | a telephone exchange, two banks, all the leading i fraternal organizations, and a school system of which the ci.izens ave deservedly proud. The ! city has a fine water-works system, the supply | coming from springs of unvarying temperature | and puri.y. The fire depariment is a crack | organization. In. . short, the. town ens joys many comforts and convenierces not found in much larg r Eastern places. Lumber is brought to town in a V flume from the Blue Mountainsz, twenty-one miles distant, Dayton, | in the respect of a timber supply, being more | fortunate than most of the towns of the prairie region, there being plenty of timber within five | miles of town. There are some ten Or twelve ' | saw-laills in the county, and lumber retails at | from %8 to sl6 per M. The present railway out- | let is over the O. R. and N. Road, 283 miles to l Portland and 6) miles to Wallula, the nearest 1 point on the Northern Pacific, although negotiaticns arve pending with the latter road to mrn«'l a | hranch into the county. Dayton has an active | Board of Trade, and is one of few towns with an office and connuittes to wait upon newcomniers, ; If an industrious man can flourish any- | where “atop 0 ground,” he «ertmul'y | can here. The farmer who can sell his ‘ placa in the Kast for 85 or 60 an f acre and buy better land here at $lO to Hls, - | ought surely to profit by the change. He can 1 have gardens and orchards on the hillsides and | grain fields on the hilltops. His tables can | groan with plenty. In the valleys e can have I pastures, without need of expensive barns to | shelter steck through a long winter, as in the | Kast. Trees grow rapidly, and his home can soon be embowered in shade. The harvest season | is long, and he canhaul his grain from the field to the cars or boat. In time he will havea good, | heavy bank account. Near Dayton there are no ! open public lands, but sett ers with means can | always find opportunities to buy improved places. ‘ Nothing seems to be lacking here to make Jflmd ! country life and living. There is no rowdyism, l and the rough work of early settlement is all cone, and churehes, schools, roads, postal facili- | ties, and intelligent and honest society await | the newcomer, OELERY may be planted as late as the middle of August. It is important to have the plants receive as little check as possible. This may be accomplished by shading and watering. It does best on soil that is rich and moist. It should be hoed frequently, but never when wet with dew or rain. ~ ONE thousand sugar-maple trees on forty acres of a Michigan farm, the owner says, pay him better than any other field of the same size. s e e ASPARAGUS should never Dbe cut below the surface of the ground,

NUMBER . 13.

T —— . e ——— T THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. | ——— : | ENTERTAII‘HNG DISSERTATION ON SERIOUS SUBJECTS. ALPloasant. Interesting, and Instructive esson and Where It May Be Found—A ;a::::ed and Concise Review of the The lesson for Su 3 : ha.found in the flrs?dtuvgél%/gpt\(r)emrssg 23& n%{';z thirty-fourth chapter of Deuteronomy. 1. The ;"'{ vid TrHJELESSON i ' . plains of Moab. Much o L)():f.‘n gone over since the last le:so:‘\m(%hixx: ). Edom has been compassed, Gilead gushum and Midian have beon Su.bdued in' Jiree separate conquests (Num. 21-31) .——Ta the mountain of Nebo. Not in Moab proper, vut beyond the Brook Arnon and in the couniry then called Gilead.— Pisgah. Op« soslte Jericho. All the land east of the Jor. an was at this time conquered. See “Under the Springs of Pisgah,” Deut. 4: 49, — Unte Dan. The name alf arward given. The farthest point to the north in the land oi the 3‘l‘;‘s"‘l%“ upwards of one hundred miles 2. Naplhtali. The most northerly tribal m"tlttlon-——-lir'hrmm. Central. A part of Yhat was subsequently Sumaris.-—udal A st of Pisgah, thus compleiing the main semicircle of his vision, which began - with the east.—Utmost sea. The hinder } sea, . e., western; the Mediterranean. 37 lf‘." south. Afterward given to Simeon. ° I——‘ully].e' icho. Thus completing the circle 4. Unto Abraham. Gen. 12: 7.—— I:s‘aac. Gen. 26: 3.——Unto Jaco). Geg%o: 13.——Caused thee to see it. The account seems to indicate a miraculous enlargement of the powers of sight——But. The ad;01 sative 13103. is :ybsent from the Hebrow, as rom the Greek translation.——And is the i\gg&fl t}t; (?tf the simple reiteration of a well5. So. And is here again the literal language of the original, always to be preferred. ——~Servant, or slave, as, Paul was of Christ. ——Word of the Lord first spoken in Num. fi%:dlr% but alluded to by Moses in his farewell 188, 6. Valley. Hebrew, Gai, the carlier form forge, the earth, from which geography, ete. ——DBeth-peor, two words—Belh house, Peor possibly a person. So considered by the translators of Septuagint. Vulgate, Phogor. Unto this day. This, with other internal inti« mations, indicates the later authorship of the last chapter of Deuteronomy. Frobahly Joshua, or possibly Ezra, was the writer or redactor. 7. An hundred and twenly years. Son o} an hundred and twenty years, is the peculiar Hebrew idiom.——Natural force. His youthful freshness and vigor. The root meaning is full of sap. Strangely enough the Vulgate renders this, “Neither were his teeth removed.” 8. Wept. A public observance. as in the case of the death of Jacob in the last chapter of Genesis.—Thirly days. The ordinary time for the most distinguishe?. So with Aaron, Num. 20: 29. 9. Joshua. Meaning helper or deliverer.— Wisdom, with the idea both of understanding and experience. Hands formal ordination.——Hearkened. He had shown himself worthy of leadership both at Rephidim ard at Kadesh. (Ex. 17:9, Num, 14: 6.) —Commanded. When Moses sued for a suceessor. (Num. 27: 18.) WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES. The top of Pisgah. 1t was the old warrior's | last wateh. For forty years he had kept guard over the children of Israet, sleepless, it may be, many, many nights when they slumbered, watehing against enemies and waiting for allies of which they knew little. | There must have been in it all something of a relief to the toil-worn warden of Israel. In | the Agamemnon of Kschylus we are told of the faithful watchman upon the roof of th» palace, shading his eyes, ds day after day ior nine long years he keeps his unhroken vigils, | waiting for the beacons which shall announe | the fall of Troy. At last he descries them, | and the song he lifts is one of double rejoie- | ing, for the vision heralds not only his lord's | return but his own release. The top of Pist gah was not to Moses a place unmixed with Jov. t This is the land. At last. the fair land of his heart's ardent hope. We have read of | the glorious moment when Columbus flrst | beheld from the “Pinta” the coasts of a new | world. Yet how muech more there was in | this spectacle of sweet fields arrayed (o the | heaven-opened eyes of the great seer! It | was like that late vision which came to the . | devout Simeon when he eried, “Now lettest | thy servant depart in peace. for mine eyes e | have seen thy salvation.” Yes, it was be- | held from afar, like Balaam's anticipations, | | beheld but not enjoyed. possessed by the | | eye but not by the sense. So locked our | fathers forth in this land in the days of its rugged wildness. They saw butin happy 4 droam and vision, as from some far Pisgah, | | what we enjoy in peace and plenty to-diy. 1 | Iyenaga, the Japanese lecturer., has gqod . | oceasion for his praise in the sell-sacrifice )| of the Emperor and the Daimios of Japan » | who, for the sake of the civilization that is -| to be und of which in their lifo they can - | cateh but a glimpse, relinquish all the tradif|tions of the past and pointtoward aland i which perhaps only their children shall .en- : | joy. And yet what greater joy on this side ¢| of heaven than that of Mt. Pisgah's fore--1 | glimpses? 1 E bl,\‘.,l,l[usus the Man of God died there. That 1 ! was a departure that could be felt. The old ® | world might almost be seen to reelunder tho > | going-forth of such & mighty spirit. Some * | one said, if we mistake not. of Napoleon " | when he died that there was left behind a . | sense of vacaney such as is experienced > | when a huge three-decker casts off its moor- - | ings and sweeps oub and away into the > | ocoan. With the death of the world’s great 3 | men there comes for a space the feelmg as -| of emptiness in the air. Far out of sight " | the ship is riding the high scas. Here only ' | is the rippling beach where once it tarried ¢ | but a little. Out yonder on the great ocean s| of eternity is floating many & lordly eraft : | that has sometime anchored itself beside us :‘ ' on these shores of time. Only the old ¢ | moorings left, the great and good of the ages - | come and go at God's bidding. Socrates, b | Aucustine, Washington, Scot&, Webster, 5 Carey, Judson. They died—but is that all? " | How irresistibly there fastens upon the ?““"‘ 3 | the feeling that life is greater and larger s | than this little span of carthly existence. e | God has something yet beyond of which ® | soul-greatness here is but the earnest and b | harbinger. Moses in s d}\.uth did for Isracl - | Wwhat he could not in his life. In the death z as well as in the life of every man like Moses, * | there is a strong lesson for the sons of men. v Like unto Moses. He was sui generts, o | until Christ came, the grandest ligure in 1 | Israel's history. Like saul, l.wml and slxo}ll- . | ders above his corstemporaries, when at last - | the Lord Jesus shone forth in_his glory, " | {here stood Moses with Elias talking to him. * | For years Michael Angelo labored with ham- ! | ner and chisel to bring forth that august 3 | face and form. Through like years of ‘sh:}rp 1 | and smiting discipline that churacter Wwas 1 | being formed under the divine hand, until 0 l at last Moses stood fortix not perfect, as tlug > | Jesson plainly shows, but regal in heart an » | soul, rightly called, “the- servant of the +.). Lord: | T , | Next Lesson--Temperance Lesson. pf“f‘. o | 91:18-91, Missionary Lesson. 1 Thess. 1: B e 3 i 6-10. —_—— ' V| A gNIDE-SHOW manager always likes i!to have a caricaturist among his at- - | tractions, because the c‘mcatunst can | alwavs draw a large audience. | Axt woman who allows an offer oulyhfo F,' refuse it lowers not only herself b&t er ® | whole sex, for a long, long' time after 1n " | her lover's eves.—Missß Muloch. t| I pHINK no woman ever knows how ut- " | terly she has given herself up to th? n;ag I'| che loves, until that man has ill-treate ' her.— Wilkie Collins. 1| Hgis rich who lives upon “’h”'thhi 11 has. He is poor who lives upol wha is coming. Lo TrE wise man knows Lie knows noth--4 ing; the fool knows he knows all,