St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 14, Number 16, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 13 October 1888 — Page 1

VOLUME XIV.

THE THREE PREACHERS. BY CHARLES MACKAY. Thero are three preachers, ever preaching, Filled with eloquence and power; One is old, with locks of white, Skinny as an anchorite: And he preaches every hour With a shrill, fanatic voice, And a bigot's fiery scorn : •Backward! ye presumptuous nations ; Man to misery is born I Born to drudge, and sweat, ami stifferBorn to labor and to pray ; Backward! ye presumptuous nations — Back 1 be humble and obey I’ The second is a milder preacher; Soft he talks as if he sung ; Sleek and slothful is his look, And his words, as from a book, Issue glibly from his tongue. With an air of self-conten'. High ho lifts his fair white hands : “Stand ye still ! ye restless nations; And bo happy, all ye lands 1 Fate is law, and law is perfect; If ye meddle, ye will mar; Change is rash, and ever wat so; We are happy as we are.” Mightier is the younger preacher, Genius flashes from his eyes, And the crowds who hear his voice Give him, while their so.tls rejoice, Throbbing bosoms for replies. Awed they listen, yet elat d, While his stirring accents fall: “Forward! ye deluded nations, Progress is the rule of all; Man was made for healthful effort; Tyranny has crushed him long; He shall mar-h from good to better, And do battle with the wrong. ” Standing still is childish folly, Going backward is a crime; None should patiently enduro Any ill that he can cure. Onward ! keep the march of Time. Onward! while a wrong remains To be conq ered by he right; While Oppression lifts a finger To affront us by bis might; Wh le an error clouds the reason Os the universal heart. Or a s ave av. airs his freedom. Action is the wise man’s part. Lo! the world is rich in blessings ; Earth and ocean, flame and wind, Hath unnumber d secrets still. To be ransack, d when you v ill For the service of mankind; Science is a child as yet. And her power ana scope'shall grow, An I her triumphs in the future Shall diminish toil and woo ; Shall extend the bounds of pleasure Withan ever-widening ken, And of woods and wildern sses Make the homes of happy men. Onward ! there are ills to conquer, Baily wickedness is wrought, Tyranny is swollen with Pride, Bigotry is deified, Error is intertwined with Thought, Vice and Misery ramp and crawl; Boot them out, their day has pass’d; Goodness is alone immor.al; Evil was not made to hist; Onward? and all Earth shall aid us Ere our peaceful flag be furl'd, And the preaching of this preacher Stirs the pulses of the world. Lost Itina; — OR,— TRE BITTER AND THE SWEET. A Tale of Two Continents. BY MRS. NINA LAWSON. CHAPTER X. The next morning the unknown left I Jonesborough for Springfield, about I the same time that Noll arrived at his I home in Chicago. As file two criminals left the little | town, two poor, honest, sad-hearted I creatures returned to their lonely I home. The five days had passed and | they must again return to their home, I only to find it still empty—empty to | them since the light of their old days t had been stolen from them. The unknown, like the expert thief I that he was, had been through every- | thing in the house, but to the unI suspecting eyes of the farmer and wife, | everything was just as they had left it. Time went on and on for them in the I same lonely, monotonous manner as lit had done for the two or three I months past. Winter would soon be upon them, I and as they would think of their great I loss tears would fill their dull sunken I eyes, while a weary sigh would escape I their lips. Christmas that year would not be the I merry Christmas of the past for them, I and what would it be for their lost I darling? Altogether different from | anv she had ever spent before. In the afternoon of the same day I that the unknown left Jonesborough Ihe arrived safely in Springfield. Alan I and baggage were soon comfortably I lodged in one of the best hotels. That night a message was sent over I the wires to a certain party at Lead- । ville, Colorado. The Leadville party was a leader of a I desperate band of thieves that secreted I themselves among the mountains, I waiting for a chance to rob some poor | honest fellow of his hard-earned money. The telegram ran thus: I Capt. Hutchinson, Leadville, Colorado: Meet me at Lincoln, Nebraska, on the 20th I Inst. Important. T. T. I*. Springfield, 111., Nov. 3, 1875. ****** As Noll’s carriage dashed up to his | front gate, he glanced up at Lenora’s I windows. The curtains were drawn, and no I or.e was to be seen about the house. “My heavens, has she escaped again ?” He was so anxious and agitated that I he scarcely knew what he was about, I but he soon found himself in the I library ringing for a servant. I “Ah! I must calm myself a little, for I I do not want any of the servants to I suspect there is anything wrong.” “Oh! you here so soon, master? I | was afraid you would be kept away so I long, as you usually are. Something t wanting?” “No, nothing in particular. I only I wanted to know how your mistress is I feeling, and how Madam Girindani is.” “They seem to be enjoying themI selves, for they are now in the diningI ball at luncheon.” “X cry well, that will do; yon may go | row, and see that my lunch is ready in I thirty minutes. Remember, and be off with you now.” The servant, Henry, returned to the I dining-hall and reported that his I master had just returned. Lenora’s knife and fork dropped to I her plate with a loud ring, and Gertana I looked up with a somewhat surpri? id I look. Both ladies gazed at each other for a I moment, when Gertana, as if she could | read Lenora’s thoughts, said : B “Do not be surprised nor afraid, nor ■ heed what lie may say to you. He shall

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not injure you in any w ay, if I can prevent it. You remain here, and I will slip to the library door, hide behind the curtains, and see what 1 can discover. ” In an instant Gertana was behind tlie curtain, where she had hid one night nearly six months ago, when Lenora had so bravely defended herself. " » The anxious spy stood for a few moments, peeping breathlessly through a small space between the curtains. She could plainly see Sylvester's face and read from the expression his almost every thought. A look of triumph rested in his expressive dark eyes. Gertana knew that some long-sought victory had been won. She th n and there mentally decided to solve the mystery, if pos ible, which, sho was now convinced, surrounded the b 'autiful little prisoner. She waited there a few moments in breathless silence, when, thanks to the bright sunshine in the room, she saw Noll hastily take from a deep inside pocket a large roll of old yellow papers and lock them in a drawer of his desk. Ger tana’s face flush'd with the thought of her great discovery. “Oh, gracious heaven! You this day have provided me with more means to have revenge upon that heartless man. Some unaccountable power tells me those papers are in some way connected with Lenora. “Ah! I shall know the contents of those pipers before they leave this house. I have vowed to protect Lenora from this pitiless soul-persecutor. Ami now, Sylvester Noll, beware; vim have crushed my spirit of love and turned it to bitterest hatred! “This day his placed another card within my hands to thwart you in your villainous purpose.” She then returned to the dining-hall to relieve the anxious Len na. “Is it really Mr. Noll, Gertana? I was so in hopes that it was some one else. ” “Yes. He is really in the library, and is in fine spirits.” “Oh, dear me! 1 so much wish he would stay away forever; for then, perhaps, I might possibly be able to get away from this hated place. Now, since he his returned, it seems that 1 shall never escape. “Oh, the misery of it all! Death would be more welcome than he!” “Well, Lenora, I would not pay much attention to him, for he certainly is not worthy it?” The beautiful prisoner looke I up, rather surprised, into Gertana’s face. This was the first time she had ever said anything for or against Noll. The sad little heart now leaped with ! joy, as she realized that her friend was i no friend of her enemy. “I will try and do as you suggest, ; but his prest nee is so hateful to me, 1 | w ish I could get away again, and rather | than he should recapture me I would | throw mvself in that muddy river or the lake.” * Gertana shuddered at the thought of what might happen should Lenora escape again. "It must not be. Should she escape again, Sylvester would dive to the bottom of the lake in order to find her, if he thought she were there; ami she knows he would follow her, and in order to get away from him I believe she would do as she sa> s. “Oh! It must not be. Merciful Heavens, deal justice before such a horrible catastrophe, should happen! “No, Lenora, I would not advise you i to do that- it would be certain death—and to you, who are so young and fair, there must be some happiness in this world.” “Death, death, welcome; or anything, rath r than his hateful presence.” Iler pretty face was pinched and pale with pain at the thought of her foe so near. Just then the door opened and Noll ente red. "Ah, ladies, I see you are surprised to see me back so scoa—but—but the fact is, I could not remain away longer from such good society. “Ha, ha! You’re looking lovely to-day, my beauty -your sickness only seems j to have increased your beauty. Well. , in fact, it seems that neither of you gri ve very much over my absence, for you both are decidedly improved.” Lenora was, indeed, exceedingly attractive just at that moment, for h r proud handsome face was slightly flushed with anger at the words Noli had said. She simply greeted him with a “Good-afternoon, Mr. Noll,” in a very cold, unfriendly manner, and did not say another word during the luncheon. Gertana and Sylvester talked a little upon indifferent subjects. As they left the hal I Noll said : “Ladies, can’t we have a little music. My ears tingle for a song or two.” “Os course, if you desire it,” replied Gertana, but Lenora made no reply, and only followed them into the parlor. Gertana took In r place at the piano, but the little beauty did not take her place by the side of her friend, and sing the sweet, pathetic songs as she did in Noll’S absence. “Won t you relieve mo, Lenora?” “Thanks, Gertana, I am not feeling very well to-day. Please excuse me.” “All right. I know you are not very strong yet.” Noll then suggested a game of croquet, to which both beauties mechanically consented. The day was exceedingly and Lenora enjoyed the game more than she had anticipated. It was the first time she had been out any length of time, and the fresh air and exercise made her feel better than she had for months. The, game lasted some time; finally they returned to the house, but Noll reluctantly went in, for the very sight of Lenora’s fair face was sunshine to him. The trio were seated in the large, beautiful, airy drawing-room. Lenora pleaded weariness and soon retired to her r< om, not to come down any more that day. “Sylvester, I suppose you have some letters to write and business to attend to. I will not intrude on your precious time any longer. ” And the beautiful Italian left the drawing-room to enter her own, but not to remain there,

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Noll then went to the library, and was reading over the different letters that had been delivered in his absence. Among them was one of considerable importance to him. “Ah, confound the business! Just my blasted luck! I thought that I had everything fixed, so that I would not be compelled to leave the city until I was ready to go to Springfield, and then, you may lie assured, I shan’t remain a moment longer than is positively necessary. My! but won’t I be a lucky dog if that girl will relent and marry me, without any more trouble. She was more civil to-day than I ever saw her before, by Jove! That Gertana is having an influence over her, in mv behalf.” The poor, blind fool, in his greedy joy, sprang from his chair and began pacing up and down the room, little suspecting that his supposed well wither, Gertana, was just outside of the room, peeping in at him, between the heavy curtains, divining his almost every thought and noting his every movement. Had he been so fortmate to have discovered this fair eavesdropper his chagrin would have been considerable, but fate ordered different. Gertana stood there, undiscovered, for two long hours, determined in her iron will to discover all concerning Noll’s future movements that was possible. Suddenly he seemed to awaken from his pleasing dream, and roiurning to his desk, he todk up the unwelcome yet welcome letter to reread, which ran ns follows: Milwaukee. Wis., Nov. 1. 1875. Col. S. E. N„ Chicago. 111.: Need your assistance hero on important business, tlloso ease. Come immediately, T. 15. A, This letter was folded and laid away. He then read the rest that were lying on his desk, and then did some writing, which occupied ab >ut an hour. Gertana still remained silent behind the curtains, mentally noting all she saw. Noll then t >ok from his v st pocket a sm ill key and opened the drawer that contained the mysterious papers. Without th” least suspicion of a keen eye behind the curtain, lie carefully I roke flu’ sea s and began to in I ; while his eyes were devouring the wonderful seer. t. two gr. at, dark, bri ht eyes peering through the space between them and the papers ware also eagerly scanning the page:. Though unable to rend teem word by word, (o rtann was able to see suffcimtly to underj stand partly what they were. “Ah! Sylvester Noll, I fancy I am now beginning to see through this str mge mystery ! “If I am not much mistaken those I papers are L morn's, and that they I mean much to your purse, providing that nh! yes providing that sho he- ‘ comes your wi f •. “Ah! now I hive it. Am I much i mistaken, you h artless jwrseeutor? । And. more than that, I wager my lad cent tha‘ that innocent, uns ispecting •girl is not aware of the existence of sm h papers. “No wonder that she instinctively shrinks frqm so contemptible a person as yon. No, you shall not harm her in that manner. Those pap rs shall b giv m’to her, Leiior.i Churchill, Lina Rice, or whatever her name may l>e. 1 believe she is th 1 pro[ er person to possess them, an 1 she shall have them, if it costs me my I 1 e." Gertana then disappeared up the long stairway to her own room, where she remained in deep thought for some i time. "There is th* dinner bell, Nissou; be quick and dress me, for I want to see Miss Imu >ra a few moments before dinner.” In a very short time Gertena app mred in the drawing-room, with a lovely close -fitting evening dress. She w.is looking radiant and very beiudiful, while her great dark eyes sparkled with the fire of triumph. Her dress was a rich s a-green silk, beautifully trimmed with costly beads and silk ornaments. It was low, square cut, withfinc whit? fiufiy lace, flowing, zigzag ovcrlress, and the throat hire. A diamond cross rested on her | marble-like bosom, now rising, now I filling; the cross was fastened by a fine gold chain aLo it the throat. In her hair were carelessly placed a few white rosebuds. To the lady’s chagrin, Lenora was not in the drawing-room, and, in fas t, she had not left her own room. (lertana then started to go there, but as sho neared the front parloi* she heard male voices. To h r great surprise Sylvester and two of his city friends, Colonel Mull and Captain Hates, both members of the best society, were seated in the parlor, gayly chatting upon society topics. By means of stratagem Noll had succeeded in working his way into the best and wealthiest circles of the city. To the world Gertana was his halfsister and an heiress. Noll ws possessor of considerable lands in the Southwest, but, because of a peculiar attachment for the North, he remained there in preference to the hot South. Lenora was a cousin of theirs, also a great heiress, who had come to pay them a long visit. No one as yet had seen this cousin, because, unfortunately, on her arrival in the city she was suddenly taken ill, consequently there had been no parties or receptions at the “Noll Cottage.” But, now, they were planning a fine reception or party to introduce this fair cousin into society. This dinner party was the subject under discussion when Gertana entered the parlor on her way to Lenora’s room. “Good-evening, Gertana; you see, I have given you a little surprise—not intentionally, in fact, for I intended to tell you that our friends were coming to dinner, but forgot it.” “Good-evening, gentlemen; I am very agreeably surprised. A treat of this kind is very acceptable; as it is, I am much better pleased than if I had been expt cting you, and then been disdisappointed by your non-appearance.” After a few minutes’ conversation, Gertana left the parlor and went to Lenora’s room. “Your sister looks beautiful to-night, Colonel. ” “Thanks, gentlemen,” replied Noll, pro be coNnx-'ED.J

INDIANA STATE NEWS. A CHRONICLE OF HAPPENINGS IN HOOSSEKDOM. Shocking; Deaths, Terrible Accidents, Horrible Crimes, I’roceedinjrs of Courts, Secret Societies, and, in fact. Everything of Interest to Ilie Hoosiers. A few weeks ago Mrs. Ida Mumma, of Dayton. ()., came to Cass Comity and purchased a farm. Soon afterwards sho took possession, bringing with her household furniture, farm implements, and stock. With her also was a man, and they lived together as hushand and wife, under the name of Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Beck. Recently they were arrested on the charge of adnltry, at the instance of Jacob H. W. Mnmiha. a farmer and dairyman, near Dayton, 0., and Mrs. Mumma and Beck were held in bonds to appear at the November term of court. It is a complicnteil case and nothing to compare with it has ever been in the courts t here. Mrs. Mumma left her husband, Jacob M umma, because of his immoral practices with other women,' which practices ho admits in nn agreement of separation. She says that she understood that she was divorced by the agreement. She and Beek have a marriage certiiieate showing that they were married in Covington, Ky., in March. She t. stilu d, and Mumma admitted, that he had three times attempted to kill his wife by poison, by putting carpet-tacks in her medicine, and by tearing out a bridge over which she would pass. Mrs. Mumma is 32. Beck is 22, and Mnmma is f’A years of age. An I neoiiUlt Iona! Parihin. I homas R. Raney, who was sentenced to the State Prison South. March 3. 1882, for twenty-one a ears, for killing Thomas Wright it Looeootee, Jan. 27. 1881, has been granted ait nncimditiomd pardon j by Gov. Cray. Raney was first sentenced by the coutt of Martin County. 1 when in the crime was committed. A change of venue on a new trial was then taken to Knox County, where he was tried before Judge Malott. \ petition for his pardon -igned by ovei 1 |o of the leadi ng < it izens of Loogootee, together with pmsonal letters to the same effect from Judge Malott. Congtessman O’Neal amt others inthienced the Governor to ■ issue ii pardon. I’he petition avers that Raney acted in self-defence; that M’rigbt eiime nt him with n knife, and! that the former shot him to save his own lite. A letter wa■>alsoi ec >■ iv e d by the Governor from Warden ratten, who stat d that Raney had In ell an excellent prisoner and recommended hi < release. । Patents. Patents hav< been graDtud Indiana inventor” m follows Geo. 'v B-nedict ami H. G. Milli r, College Corner, tel- | lurian: Jolrn W. i art, r ami J. Miller, said Miller assignor to W. S. Grant. ’ Giii nheld. gas pressure regulator; John i B. Cleveland, Indianapolis, device for snapping medicated dust-balls; Buckner ■ i'. i'reviand, Nistula. block and order station signal and turn register for railway stations; Harvey Guiliford. Marion, si’ di ntu r; Wiu. H. Horen, Brazil, cheek-plat.* for draw-bars; Abraham J. Na ts. 1 ish 1. do , assignorof two-thirds to A E. Sehriek. Goshen, fence machine; ' Walters. Nichols. Hebron, band-cutter j bar for reapers am! mowers; Jno. W. Rutledge. Shannodale, gate. • I m le Jolin" Lm-es sCiOO. A nicely-dressed, "slick and inno- I cent ■ looking young man giving his name as Thomas Gilson showed up at Knightstown, with a note on Mr. Wilson I Reece, a well to-do farmer residing near Greensboro, calling for s ilu. He was hard up and was willing to dispose of the m t- at a discount. He finally struck Cnde John Lively, who paid him spot cash for it. In a few days the note ‘ was discovered to be a forgery, and now ; “Vncle John" mourm tli the departure of his “dust" ami the absence of his new j acquaintance. Fatal Kimaway Acci ( |eiit. Mr. Jacob Frischmeyer, an aged German lady, died at Lafayette from injuries received in a runaway. In coming down a steep hill the tongue of the wagon broke and both Mr. and Mrs. Frischmeyer were thrown into the deep ravine on the roadside. Mrs. Frisch- । meyer’s head struck a large stone, frac- ; taring the skull and causing death. Minor State News. Word has been received that L. W. Alillikan, a former resident of New Castle. had died at Truxillo, Honduras. Mr. ! Millikan had large mining interests in ' Spanish Honduras, and in company with j his wife and Mr. Hunkins left for that - country in July. On arriving at Trusillo they were all attacked with a con- । tagions fever prevalent there, of which ’ Air. Millikan ami Mr. Hunkins have both died. —At Wabash, James Slater, a boy of 14 attempted to couple two cars together while they were being moved by hands. He was caught between the bumpers and cruslied so badly that he died. —A tramp gained entrance to the Eighth Lutheran Church, near Fort Wiiyne, ami set fire to the altar, which was burned, ami th church was saved only by the timely discovery of the flames. The tramp escaped. —A stranger giving his name as Thomas C. Gibson, induced John Lively, an aged ami retired citizen of Knightstown, to buy a $340 note on Wilson ; Reece, of Greensboro, for S3OO, which proved a forgery. -The new electric-light works at Crawfordsville is completed, ami that ; city will lie lighted by electricity, on the Thompson-Houston system. There will be seventy lamps. —While blasting in a well at Versailles, Tboipas Haney and James Gaddis were seriously injured by tlie premature explosion of a blast, which they thought had become extinguished. —James Sullivan, aged 15, attempted to board a Panhandle train at Marion, and fell under the cars, losing his left leg. His recovery is doubtful.

—The 11-year-old son of William Schmitz, while playing in the street opposite his father’s residence, at Indianapolis, was run over by street-car No. 145, sustaining injuries which will result in his death. The wheels passed directly across the hips, almost cuttiugthe body in two. The boy, when the accident occurred, was running across the street while playing with other boys. The driver says the little fellow was so near the horse when he first saw the lad that ho did not have time to stop the car. —At Upland, an unknown tramp shot Monroe Dixon, a Panhandle brakeman, who had ejected him from a freight car. The bullet passed through Dixon’s left thigh, inflicting a dangerous wound. I’he tramp fled ami escaped. Dixon resides nt Logansport. — Thomas Lewis was killed by a train on the Lake Erie ami Western Railroad, at Logansport. —1 rof. I'.. R. Lewis, of Wabash College, has resigned his position in the faculty. The 2-year-old child of Frank Mor- | ris. residing near Anderson, was drowned during the absence of its mother aud father, by fulling into an old open well about thirty feet deep. —The Crawfordsville Natural-Gas Company has contracted with T. W. YleLaughlin, of Indianapolis, to drill a well 1.5U1) feet deep. After this depth has been reached the contractors will then be paid at pro rata figures, if it is deemed advi: able to progress any further. Iwo prominent farmers of Vanderburg I ouuty, Ciu-per Hersdu fer and Jonathan Osborne, were instantly killed recently, by lightning. Each was nt i work in a field when a small rain-storm l came up. accompanied by a dazzling electric display. Joseph Manns, of Portland, a young man. accidentally discharged a revolver two weeks ago. the ball penetrating the ’right leg above the knee, and coming out several inches below. \t the time lio- wound was not thought dangerous. । but blood-poisoning set in, and it was found necessary to amputate the leg above the knee. He died in a few hours after the operation had been performed . Adam Lehr, a well known farmer of • enter lownship. Spencer County, went to n neighbor s bouse for assistance in sickness. He rapped on a window, when a young hoy fired the contents of a heavily loaded shotgun in his f tee. tearing away both eyes ami horribly mutilating his fnee. He cannot live. I’he boy took him for a burglar. Benjamin C. lee. of Marion, aged 70, and wealthy, died of erysipelas, , which attacked a won id inflicted on his lo ad by his daughter-in-law, Lavina C. Ice, about a week ago. I lie two had I'eell quarreling about some land. Frank Kingston, n young man 18 years of age. was killed at the Superior coal mim s near Sullivan. He was looking do > n in the pit when the upper cage ! eame along ami almost severed his bead from liis body. Uebby Parish, an estimable young lady of Greenfield, the wife of Thomas Parish, died suddenly from a ruptured blood-Vessel, aged >7. Young Alexander, 15 years old, living near Montpelier, was recently stung by a bee. Chloral was administered to deaden the pain, but the boy died. ( apt. Alexander Beckman, one of the oldest and best known business men of Lawrenceburg, was found dead in bed. He had retired the night before in his usual good health. His sudden demise is attributed to heart disease. —At Paris, Jennings * County, Miss Alice Wilson, daughter of Dr. W. C. Wilson, of Woodland Cliff, started, with Mrs. Keith of Manhattan, Kan., for a drive in the country. The horse ran away, throwing both from the buggy, breaking Mrs. Keith’s thigh and two ribs, and also seriously injuring Miss Wilson. —David Watson was stabbed anil instantly killed by John Hudson, at Judson. —Wm. Harrison, colored, has brought suit for $5,000 damages, at Anderson, under the civil rights act, against a barber who refused to shave him. —The eleventh annual reunion of the Seventh Regiment Association will be ’ held in Greensburg on Thursday, Oct. 11 • Naked Bits for Horses. “An Experienced Horseman,” in the Kentucky Live Stock Record, reminds those who have the handling of horses ! of the cruelty of which they may be ! carelessly guilty: “Let any one who has the care of ! horses these cold, frosty mornings de- ' liberately grasp in his hand a piece of I iron; indeed, let him touch it to the tip : of his tongue, and then let him thrust { the bit into the mouth of a horse if lie has the heart to do it. The horse is an animal of nervous organization. His mouth is formed of delicate glands and tissues. The temperature of the blood is the same as in the human being, and, as in the man, the mouth is the warmj est part of the body. Imagine, we repeat, the irritation that w ould be to the ! human, and, if not the same degree, still the suffering to the animal is very great. And it is not a momentary pain. Food is eaten ivith difficulty, and the irritation repeated day after day caused loss of appetite and strength. Many a horse has become worthless from no other cause than this. Before India rubber bits were to bo had, I myself used a bit covered with leather, and on no account would have dispensed with it in freezing weather.” Observations at sixty-seven stations ! in Spain show enormous differences in the rainfall, which is no less than 138 inches on the Serra da Estrella, and only eleven inches at I.erida, in Catalonia. The maximum rainfalls at all stations occurs in July and August, and the maximum fall at some stations in May, and at others in October. — Arkannaiv Tret reler. Riches without charity are nothing worth; they are blessings to him only who makes them a blessing to others.— , Fielding. 1

FROM I'IJGET SOUND. THE PACIFIC NOKTHAVEST A REGION OF DIVERSIFIED RESOURCES. The North western Inland Sea Through Which the Productions of AH the Continents Hegin to Ebb and Flow—Tacoma the Terminus of a Great Continental Railway and of the Ocean Ferry Between Asia, Alaska, and America. [SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.] Tacoma, Wash Ter., Sept. 29, 1888. Steam ami electricity have practically annihilated distance. To-day the Paeitlc coast >s not more distant, from the Atlantic than Destern Ohio was a generation ago. Tais only as remote from Now York as Monday is frqm Saturday. Tacoma is a city iuoA'- l 2 < Ila 1 la - v j '* had a yesterday. In 1880 it had 7(X) iHipulation: to-day it, has 17,000. Few American cities have had more substantial growth and prosperity, and fewer can point to a future as full of promise. \\ hat is back of Tacoma? the reader may ask. There is much. In a general way, the city's resources are commensurate "'Hi the Pacific Northwest—resources which man did not cive. and which man cannot take away. Tacoma has the best and most accessible location on Puget Sound, has a perfect harbor on the finest stretch of inland sea water in the world, giving it unsurpassed shipping facilities tp foreign countries. Tacoma has charming scenery; to the north, Uommencement Bay. a breadth of sheltered calmness, with ships and steamers at anchor, and waters constantly changing in color; to the west, the Olympic Mountains, with barren 'snow-capped peaks; while to the east, rising in snowy glacial grandeur, is one of the highest mountains in MT. TACOMA, 14,441 FEET HIGH. the world. Mount Taeomu (sometimes called Rainier), 14,(XH)feet higher than the city, and fifty miles away, so near and yet so fur, a picture of which the eye never tires; views ail about which give daily inspiration to thoughtful minds. Tacoma is healthful, '.here Is no malaria,and epidemics have never prevailed on Puget Sound. Tacoma is the terminus and Western headquarters of tlie Northern Pacific Railwav, which lias more tributary arable land than all the other transcontinental lines combined, besides having a greater diversity of minerals aud limber. Tacoma is the terminus of the neyv ocean ferry from Chinn and Japan to America, the mouth of the funnel through which the productions of the oldest and newest civilizations begin to ebb and flow. Hundreds of cars of tea left here during the last month for Eastern cities. Taeoma is hundreds of miles nearer Alaska and Asia than San Francisco. Tacoma is the shipping point for the great fisheries now being established on .the Pacific coast, which promise to rival those of the Atlantic border, over which we have had so many wrangles with Canada. A schooner was here the other day loaded with tons of frosh halibut, of which 50.000 was caught in one dnv. Fresh and cured fish are being regularly shipped to the East. In the Sound are fish, oysters, dams, and many forms of marine life. 'l'acoma is in the midst Qf the most magnificent body of fir, spruce, pine and cedar timber in the world. Trees grow to immense size and height; logs 100 feet long are common, and single trees have cut 40,000 fest board measure. Taeoma has one saw mill alone which last year cut more stuff for export than all the mills of the former great lumbering State of Maine. Ships and steamers leave here almost daily with lumber, coal, and wheat for Europe, Asia and Australia', as well as to American ports. Tacoma is the only wheat shipping port of Puget Sound, having the only direct rail connection with the great grain fields of Eastern Washington, with prairie lands capable of producing 200,000.000 bushels of cereals per annum, besides countless tons of fruits and vegetables. Tacoma has in immediate command the only coking coal in the Paeitie Northwest, out of which is growing up an industry of vast importance. Taeoma, too, has at her doors, not mere deposits, but literally mountains. of iron. Tacoma has within easy distance endless quantities of marble, building stone, lime, lire clay, and other valuable natural products. Tacoma will soon have tho first great smelting works of the Pacific Northwest, to reduce the ores of Alaska, British Columbia. Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and of Washington Territory, which alone lias tho mineral wealth of an empire. Tacoma lias an agricultural country tributary by rail and water, in which there has never been a failure of crops. Fruits^and berries grow to perfection and in enormous quantities, while the yield of vegetables per acre is prodigious. Tacoma is the center of the hop industry of the Northwest. Tacoma has an equable climate, tho range of temperature being from 10 degrees above zero in winter to 85 above in summer. Grass is green and flowers bloom at Christmas limo. There are n.o sultry nights, no blizzards nor cyclones, no thunder storms, but little snow, and no insect plagues or snakes. In no climate can man work harder with less fatigue. Tacoma is tho only city on tho Pacific coast free from Chinamen. Tacoma has in its territory fish for tho angler, game for the sportsman, opportunities for yachting and sailing, rocks for the geologist, flora lor the naturalist, inspiration for the poet, health for the invalid, recreation for all. Tacoma has daily papers, banks, churches, fine public schools, colleges, electric lights, gas works, street railways, motor lines, miles of graded streets and sidewalks, public parks, water works, the finest hotel in the Pacific Northwest, an opera house, substantial business blocks, well-stocked stores, and all of the comforts and conveniences of civilized life. Tacoma has tlie car shops of tho N. P. Railway and various manufactories already giving employment to thousands of men, and others under way which will employ thousands more, and yet there is room for more industries, Tacoma has scores of resources, any one of which fully developed is syffleient to build n city. Taeoma is aptly termed “The City of Destiny,” one worthy tlie attention of tho capitalist, the manufacturer, the merchant, the mechanic, or (he inventor who wants to put money where it will be safe and return a profit. The writer is under obligations to Mr. J. H. Hall, of Taeoma, for much information concerning this section. Mr. Hall has been a resident of the Paeille coast for thirty years, and is one of the oldest real estate and investment agents in this city, which ho selected for ahomo after careful investigation of the whole coast region. He is prepared to show that investments arc as safe in Tacoma and Washington Territory as in any part of tho country. He invests for nonresidents, in their name, at lowest rates, and will take one-half of net profits after deducting 8 per cent, interest and taxes. He can show where persons who have invested with him in the last six months have realized over 50 per cent. He refers to tho banks of Taeoma as to his responsibility. He has a largo addition to the city of his own, besides having an extensive sale list of other property, and parties from abroad desiring to invest can do so through him as advantageously as if present, and confidence ts solicited. Tacoma’s superb location is destined tq make it the distributing point of tlie Pacifia Northwest. Through careful management the various public improvements have been carried on without burdening the city with debt, and, consequently, taxes are light,

NUMBER 16.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. AN INTERESTING AND INSTRUCTTYB LESSON CONSIDERED. Reflections of nn Elevating CharacterWholesome Food for Thought - Studying the Scriptural Lessons Intelligently and ProlPtbiy. Tlie lesson for Sunday, Oct. 14 mav ba found in Joshua iii„ 1-17? ' a - De a A Al INTRODUCTION. At the Opening of hist month we saw Israel facing Canaanward from Kadesh Barnea at the south. Now again Israel la o'? Ura ‘ ° f th ? laud ' n<s nd Th ia rn H 9S m ? allt lnie been passed. Ihts time the-people are looking from the east, and, as there is every indication, with a more resolute face and trustful ftS Bien, spies are sent forward, but this time not to call in question God’s word, or to put in the balance the alternetives of going forward or turning back. It is a simple reconnoitering party sent to determine on the best method of attack, the entrance upon the land being now a foregone conclusion. Israel is readv for the conquest. Wo are done with tho old, timid, fault-finding people of tho desert. We are entering upon a new chapter tn the h’story ami development of God's chosen people. Mith a hopeful Israel to-day we cross the borders of tho land. WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES. banctifv yourselves. You notice the intent of it. Ihe people were thus to prepare or the wonder-working God. Sanctify > ourselves to-day that to-mormw God may glorify himself. The place to begin in times of anticipated refreshing is with the people V od themselves. Ln a true sense, before God can work to do his greatest wonders man must work. There must be self-empty-ing. hoart-cleansing, soul consecration; for that is what It moans to sanctify one's self, rellow-teachers in the Sunday-school, we have brought our pupils un. as it were, to tlie borders of anew land and to the brink of a now Jordan. We look forward hopefully to weeks and months which we trust will be seasons of gracious revival. It is for those who love the Lord a time to pause in devout se' f -examination that they may sanctify themselves. Then shall the churches and Sunday-schools of the land be nrepared for God’s blessed visitation. Jhe Lord will do wonders for you. Here is faith; and here is Joshua's strength. At tho outset of any great movement there must bo some mighty and stalwart believer some Great-heart of faith. The German Reformation was in the air, we mar say. long before the issue was made, ft was only waiting for a Joshua to come forth in utter confidence and speak the hearts of all into action by the bold, trustful words. “The Lord will do wonders for you." Yes, and "to-morrow;" for genuine faith Is fearless of self-committal. And when Luther spake tho Reformation had a loader. One who. while lacking in some of the qualities of Christian championship, united peculiarly in himself those two graces, reliance upon God. boldness for God. Sitting there in his study ho translated those last words of Christ: “And see, lam beside you every day.” Wonders from the Lord were the things that Luther looked for, and the Lord’s own svonder-working arm was made bare. Take up the ark—Pass over before the people. Another step of preparation. The voicb this time to the priests, the spiritual guides of the people. They are to take the sacred symbols and lead the way. God has placed in tho world an ordained ministry to go before in every good word and work, and in their hands He has placed the Bible, the ark of His covenant, twice sealed. Let tho pulpit see here its place and power. Let the Sunday-school superintendent and teacher find here his strength. As we bear this book and go forward wo shall be doing our part, and wo shall see the people folio aing. Huss took it and the feet of the Christian army were set in a new direction. Roger Williams went forth with it. and lacked not companionship. Alexander Carson came down from his persecuted pulpit, and. going down the aisle, said. “Let those that love tliis book follow,” and out thero on tho Irish heath he founded a true church of the Lord Jesus Christ. Hey in to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel. Epaulets and spurs. Every knight must have his king's blade laid in honor-to-ken across his back, every great leader must have Ids credentials of character. One largo result of this miraculous and triumphant crossing of the Jordan was to be an approved leadership for the conquest. It rvas tlie beginning of Joshua's confirmation as eommunder-in-ohief of the Lord’s host. Henceforth no man will dispute his calling, no one gainsay his authority. It is a token rightly coveted by the servant of G»d; the sign of heaven’s co-partnership, the seal of the divine indorsement. Says our friend on the other side the Indiana State line, "Don't be satisfied xvithout fruit. The hand should, pluck a few ears, though the sheaves have to await the harvest." Yes, if only to prove o-'ir stewardship, may the Lord grant us the gracious deed. In this sense, too. “faith without, works is dead." The brink of the. water. We have come, now to the performance or rather to the; edge of the performance. And here is the) place of testing. The brink of the water has. manifold terrors for the timorous sons efl Adam. There was as yet no open pathway,; no xvalled-up waters. It was a straight,! brood sweep of awful flood, and right down; into tho teeth of those angry waters the priests were bidden to go. But they did it.! thank God they did it. by the grace of God| they did ii! So rode the Six Hundred—, into tlie jaws of death, into the gates of hell." So Esther, for her people's sake: "L will go in unto the king, which is iW>t according to law. and if I perish, I perish! So* Paul, in answer to the Macedonian call and l for Europe's sake "loosing from Troas—• came with a straight course to Samothracia.” So tho Lord Jesus Christ for tho world’s sake, because obedient unto death, “even the death of the cross." It was the brink of a leal fill flood, but.beingboldiycrossed, the rest was sure. Hereby ye shall know. Know what? Ihat the living God is among you." Tho pepi llo as well as the leader require a sign. Dray arc a mighty host who are around with tho conviction that the Almighty is with them. The. strength of Charles Spurgeon's church' is in something more than numbers. It is the strength of conscious greatness xvith God. What can they not do ? Thirt y-seven mission stations, one hundred and thirty local preachers, twenty-two Sunday and ragged schools, and last-year two hundred and forty souls were added. 3 here is momentum for you. With such purchase and possession it is to be expected B*at the course shall be "from grace to grace. The Jordan that makes us to know the living God gives pi ophecy of all Canaan subdued. Have you found such a Jordan? They shall stand upon an heap. Ana tney so stood. "I’he waters which came down from above, stood and rose up upon an heap ” This confirms the miracle of the Red Sea No wind could have driven back this flowing current. Only the hand of God ( . ml ld hold back the waters They hean a Master's voice and they tarried, Behold, tlie winds and the sea obey Hun. It was the same restraining hand and voice that turned back Sennacherib s proud host.it was the same withholding providence that staged the vengeful might of Spain s inviSe Armada." and saved the Reformation from disaster. Ho who plans his footsteps on the sea and rides above the US-' may «»I«ly w " o, > "• “‘nS ot Josh. 4: 10-24. Wide bats of string or straw very openly knotted and guiltless of hul ”H> with a. flower or two stuck on one s de are accounted wonderfully stylish b ;it is suggested that if shade be their pur pose, a cabbage leaf should be constructed to wear inside. Elderly or stout ladies should habit themselves in black almdst avoid any brilliant coloring in the trimming of bonnets. Cut sleeves up for an inch and a half at the lower edge, and about one inch back ox the outside seam.