St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 14, Number 30, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 19 January 1889 — Page 1

VOLUME XIV.

GOV. GRAY’S MESSAGE. HE URGES CHANGES IN THE STATE Selection laws. A Voluminous Document Replete willi Statistics of Interest—Hts Views Upon the White Cap Out t:g s—Various State Matters C'oinipn-nted Upon. Gov. Gray's final message was real to the Legislature, in joint session, on Friday, tho 11th lust. In his review of tho financial condition of tho State he presented figures showing the foreign debt to bo $2,381,820 ; tho domostie debt, $4,388,783; and tho total annual interns . 84L.23:5. He referrod at length to the financial needs of tho State and recommended that the tax rate be increased front 12 to II cents on each SIOO of property, and that the increase of 2 c uts should constitute a sinking fun I f >r tho payment of tho.public debt. He says that the State is paying 6 per cent, on this debt, which it really owes to itself. Mid adds: “1 have no hesitancy in recommending that the school fund bonds, amounting in tho aggregate to 904,783.22, be paid and discharged, and Hie money distributed to the counties in the manner heretofore provided by law for the distribution of school funds, and that the sumo bo loaned in the manneriiow.provided at. tho ra‘o of c per cent, interest per annum. This would not, reduce the revenu is to the school fund an I would leave a large amount of money to bo loaned to tho people at a fair rate of interest. The borrower would then pay the interest on the school fund instead of the taxpayers of the State, and tho State would sAxe on accoun of interest-417,-143.50 each year^-a sum greater than tire entire expenses of a regular session of the General Assembly." The Governor represents tho State educational, eleemosynary, reformatory and pen tl institutions to bo in a satisfactory condition. Under the head of “prison reform'' the Governor made the startling-assertion tint “our courts are every day sentencing to the penitentiary young mon under 21 years of age, in many instances for their first offense, and in many cases the offense a technical one. Hundreds ate sent to the penitentiary by court 3 and juries merely for the purpo e of saving tho county from tho expense of a jail sentence, which would have be m ample punishment for the crime committed, thereby blasting their characters forever and increasing tho number of the criminal class, as well as inflicting a punishment in violation of the provisions of our Constitution. Two-thirds of the prisoners in our State prison are under 30 years of age. To expect to reform this class of prisoners by a forced association with hardened and confirmed criminals —murderers, thidves, and counterfeiters—would bo to reason that evil associations do not contaminate or corrupt.” The remainder of Gov. Gray's message io as follows: EDUCATION. The full and comprehensive ropurt of tho Superintendent of Public Instruction will exhibit the present condition of the common schools and their steady progress toward the noble aims ' and high expectations of the founders of the system, which has placed Indiana in the fore- ( front in educational matters. STATE UNIVERSITY, The institution is in a prosperous condition, and its grow th for several years has been rapid and splendid. During th) past four years the attendance lias more than doubled, an 1 the i quarters, which were supposed to be adequate to meet the wants of the University, have b on outgrown. The Trustees are confronted with the necessity of providing additional room, which they think can be supplied by the construction of a library building and the removal thereto of the library. They will ask aid from the State for that purpose, and their report will furnish detailed information in relation to tho matter. STATE NORMBL SCHOOL. Since the last session of the General Assembly the State has suffered a great los ■, in the destruction by fire, on the 9th day of April. 1818, of ' the Stato Normal School building, at tho city of Terre Haute, together with its library apparatus and furniture—the entire loss estimated at about two hundred thousand dollars. Since tho fire ; the school has been quartern 1 in the Terre I Haute High School building, the city of Terra : Haute having specially fitted up one-half of tho building for that purpose, and generously given tho Normal School the occupancy of th? same free of rent. The city has also a Ivauce I to the school the sum of fifty thousand dollars, in order that tho Trustees might commence at once tho reconstruction of tho building Th? Trustees estimate that it will take seventythousand dollars, in addition to the fifty th >usand dollars advanced by Terre Haute, to complete the building according to the plan? adopted, and fifteen thousand dollars for the construction of tho boilei - house and the heating 1 apparatus. It is needless for me to suit > the importance to Indiana of maintaining the Sta c Normal School. Its necessity as a part of our educational system can only bo measured by the importance of having capable and intelligent teachers thoroughly prepar 'd in the best approved methods of teaching in our common schools. Its proper maintenance is within the spirit, of that provision of the Constitution which declares knowledge and Na ning generally diffused essential to the preservation of fr e government. The Trustees, President and officers are entitled to special credit for the energy and faithfulness displayed by them in continuing the school under trying difficulties occasioned by i the destruction of the building, and I commend j to you a careful and favorable consideration of their report. PURDUE UNIVERSITY. Under an act of Congress entitled "An act to f establish agricultural experiment stations in I connection with the colleges established in the • several'States under the provisions of mi ! act approved July second; eight i n hundred and i sixty-two, and of the acts supplement ry thoreI to,” approved March 2, 1887, ft'.teen thou san 1 I dollars is annually appropriated to each ot sneh ’ stations. Section 9of said net reads as f< Hows: “Sec. 9. That the grunts of money authorized! . by this act are made subject to the legislative , ( assent of the severed States and Teiiitoriei to the'pnrposes of said grants : Frm idid, That payl meets of such installments of the appropriation i ; herein ^lude as shall he due to any State before the adjournment bf-the regular session of its i [■ Legislature meeting next after the passage of I this act shall lie made upon the assent of ticGovernor thereof, dulycertitied to the So/rotary of the Treasury.” On the 10th day of December. 1887, I accepted j the grant for ana on behalf of Purdue University, our State Agricultural College, and the ac- | ceptance must be confirmed by the Legislature ( in order to make it continuously effective on and \ after the adjournment of the present session 1 I therefore recommend that the General Assembly t assent tb such grant in proper form. All our State educational institutions, except Purdue University, are supported in part by | continuous awf •permanent appropriations, and i , the failure of the last General Assemble to pass i the general appropriation bill deprived Purdue University of apart of its usual and necessary revenues. The University has won its way to the front rank of technical schools and is de- j I serving of permanent support. STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. The State Board .of Agriculture lias done its full share in promoting the agriculture interests [ by the splendid exhibition at the Stat? Fair of I agricultural produots of the State, and showing - the great improvements in live stock and machinery. wi* * ' ’’ The ’ published jujurnU reports, - containing practical information from successful farmers, are highly appreciated 4'y the agricult iral comI inanity. and:die deman lis largely inLexcess of i the supply. The museum of-agricpltural prodI nets bids fair to be very useful in showing the | : resources of the State. The addition of twenty acres to the fair ! grounds required an outlay of $15,000 for im- . | provements, while the wot weather during the I fair shortened ibo. receipts about $9,( oi. The I I board, being a State institution, and devoted to j ’ the most important interest of tho State, on , F which all other interests are dependent—in fact, ' i the foundation of all prosperity—l would recommend liberal aid to assist theip in tho good : work, tv ’ STATE. LIBRARY. :. The State Librarian has submitted an excel- 1 lent report of the conditi n of the library, in which report many valuable suggestion are made for its improvement and better suppor.. • The library contains over twenty-five thou- । sand volumes. It is not what it ought to b? or | ■ what it could be made if its advantages were I j fully appreciated and proper provision made for- - its support. THE Pt BLIC PRINTING, BINDING, AND STATIONERY. ' ' The public printing act of 1885 is not e'ear us : to the number o£ reports which are authorized ; I to be printed.' The law should be amended so ; i as to provide specifically what reports the docs umentary journal should contain, the number f to be bound therein, the number to bo printed in addition thereto for the various institutions j | of the State, and requiring many of the reports I now published annually to be published bien- | nially. A specific amount should bo uppropri- ! ated for each officer or department, as the presI ent law fixes no limit as to the amount of I printing any officer may order. BUREAU OF STATISTICS. [ 1 invito your caretui attention to the growing ' importance of the industries of the State, and । tho urgt nt n?ed of colleeti) g statistical informaI tiou in relation to tho interests of the abormg j classes, and recommend that liberal provision [ be made for the statist-cat de] artment to carry i on the work now in iimjre*’ >ui4 to enlarge the i field t' Aquiry s • as to include the collection or labor statistics. While the reports of the de- . partment are invaluable as showing the ad- [ vaucement of tho State from year to year, their 1 value mav be increased largely by the enact- . memos a law requiring returns from officers ol .....Mi.G.iai othAr Ai>rl)Ol*at lOU 3 to

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STATE BOARD OF HEAT TA. The reports of the Stite Board of Deaith con-' tinueto furnish interesting and instructive information in relation to matters affecting tho public health, and have proven the wisdom ot the establishment of such adep u-tm mt. The Board submits many recommendations, for which I ask your careful consideration, STATE GEOLOGIST. The report of the State Geologist for the two fiscal years ending October 31. 18 8, has been submitted, and contains valuable information relating to the m neral resources of the State, an I espebinlly in relation to the recent discovery of natural gas. You will fin I the sum worthy of a careful examinat ion. MIXES and MINERS.' Your attention is invited to the excellent report of the Mina In pector. It contains tho estimat'd coal i reduction for the yearending D »c. 3 ; tire numb t location, and description of the mines; the names mil address of tho owners; tho capital invested and the number of persons emnloyol. The Inspector mtkoi many valuable suggestions in relation to needed legislation, to whic h I hope you wi 1 not fnil to giro careful consideration, an I enact andi l<gislnti< u us may be nt-cess rv to piotefit the health and safety of those employed in tho mines. INSPECTION OF OILS. The report of the luipocto - shows that- during' the year < tiding Dec. 81, 1888, there wore in speet'd 179,8/0 barre's of illuminating oils, an increase of u.s ,u over last year, mid that theio was no loss of life or proper,y caused by the explosion of coal oil. 1 urge special attention to that por ion ot the report wliijh recommends additional legislation regulating tho quality of illuminating oils and mode of insi>ection. BOILER IXSPEI TOR At a convention of official boiler inspectors and engineer examiner <. held at I’ittsburgh, Pa. Nov. 2) and 21, 1888, iom ' highly interesting statistics xverepresented. It was s'.ioxvn thereby that during the last fifteen years over 4,090 lives were lost and 4,701 p rsons seriously injured through boiler explosions, xvhilethe property destroyed amounted to many millions. I renew tho recommendation made in my moisage to the last General Assenib y. to enact a law creating the office of boiler inepector and defining his duties. Till-; STATE MII.ITI \. The military force of tho State consists of three regiments of infantry and t in regiment of artill ry. Tho first regiment of infantry is com-po.-ed of twelve companies, loniinanded by Colonel W. D. Ewing; he secund regnm ut of eleven companies, commando I by Colonel N. IL Ruckle, and tho th rd regiment of twelve companies connuuudod b\ Colonel I. E. Kirk. The first regiment of artillery is composed of seven companies, commanded by Colonel C. G. Conn. The entire force is well armed tin 1 in effective condition, and for tho first time in the history of tho State uniformed in the undress United States regulation. Adjutant General George W. Koontz has boon very faithful in th? discharge of tho duties of his position. Since the removal of tho Adjutant General’s office into the State House he hat elasHfio.l the must>r in and muster-out rolls, company histories, an I other miscol- ! laneous matters, which made necessary the employment of some additional clo« cal h Ip. The n imerous applications by the War Department and pension d-dmiints for certified copies of tho records have greatly in .Teased the workoftbi office. Thore were issued during the present in--1 cumbency of tho Adjutant General ((.sit cer- ■ titicates, and 10,(129 official letters w ritten. WHITE CAPS. Durin; tho past year a number of outrages upon th • pers nil rights of citizens w, r ■ committed in one or two cointies of the State by persons banded together tn ler the num ■ of “Whits Caps. ” They excited such terror by their unlawful pra'tices that for a time u > oxi lenco could bo procured implicating any person engn ted in such outrages. Evido ice was. however, finally procure] against the principal participants, who were indicted and their trial s»t for Dec. 2i, H-8. I'he defendants have taken a change of venue, and - the time ot trial is now fixe I for Ma'ca 2ii. Ad j ditional evidence bus l ean obtain-d whie i w ill ■ lead to the indictnient of s verul oth its, nn i some wh • xvoald have been arroßte I hive fled - from tho Stat i. Tlu l.iwles mu > has be ■i e >mi '1 tely t-unpreisod. Intimations have been given by pjrsotis im plicated that they d sired 10 arrange with the I S. ute. agreeing th-it no fur b"r on (rages would ! be committed if Drose, ut ous oi the part of the State would c'a o. 1 fell t a the Mate coul I not aflor I to compromise w ith p r-ons gui ty of such offense-, ansi have nstruetsd the autbori ties and the counsel eaip oye.l by the S a ■ to prosecute nlj tw aiust whom uviden -c c ai b. <>!.- tai.ied, to tho fu 1 o <ten‘. of t io hi a In my inaugural address and in nr. messiigo to the 1 st Cctieral Assem Iv 1 calls? I attention to tho inmmt'.ince of proto tin; tho live slo -3 of the Sta e fiotn contagious or in foe. io is discus The b gislat: I’JS ot nearly nil the Western 1 States have enac cd laws creating a Boar Lot Livestock s'o omission ri. clo.hxl with an ti o ity to regulate the importation of live stock infected with contagion * sliseaso, un i to eaui'i lish qua antinc r. gal itions, m ik n- it th-'sliny of all persons ow n ng or bavin; in charge animals in ecto I with coutagio is disease to report the sums tot e B, a d of Live Moes Commissioners. I carn-'stly recommend 1,--is at on upon the subject. election nt f >im. I earnestly invite jour attention to tho imperative ne oishyfor a revisi* n of tho 010 tion la vs. so as 11 guard more offoctutiliy tlieexercise of the ele-. i\o franchise unis.cure to the people f iir and honest e e tions. It is manifest; i th it the public fait i in the pnri y of our elec ; tions has bee one shaken, uni the feeling is w .despread that the decision at the ballot lox n > longer retV' ts .be lion st jud mient of a majority of tho voters. It i i nee Hess to say that ti e I allot box is the superstiuc ure upon which is built our representative form of govecinn nt. ■ and in our ability to muin'am i s purit y lies tho only hope ol the perpetuity of our free institutions. You can re idor the State no more exalt'd s tvice than to frame and enact lawn that will, s > far as legislation can a•eoinplish. prevent :h ■ i corrupt use of money, preior .o the secrecy of I the b illot, secure pure elections, and punish by , the severest p n tltii s nil who may beguillj ot committing trau 1 upon the ballot-box. of bribing or attempting to bri >o any elector, or of corrupting in any manner iho suffrap sos the people. The bal ot sho ild b? printed by the Stnt ■ and proauro 1 by the vo or only iu th-- poll- ■ iug place unlor su-li restrictions ns will give ev. ry voter the opportuni:y to s left tin i vote i tho ticket of nis choice without interfer.n-e by o hers, and congregating and electioneering about the polling place should I e strictly pro- ’ hibited. The law should be so framed as to exclude a 1 surveillance over the voter wnilo casting his ball >t. Any voter, who aotua'ly moves out of his prec:ne:. and desires to continue his residence an 1 I right to voto therein, should b? required at the i time of moving to tile with fu m? officer .designated by law his sworn statement that it is his i intention to continue his residence in such proi cinct. And the voter now residing out of the | precinct in which he claims the right to vote ’ should be require 1, xvithiu a given time, to file a similar statement. The sworn statement ' sho.ild bo annually renewed, and every renewal . । should be filed at least six mon hi prior to'the ■ : o currence of any general election, and contain’ i the statement that he has net, since moving out I of theprccinot, exercised the light of suffrage 1 elsewhe o. I xvould recommend that thoelec ion precincts contain not over two hundred voters, and when after any election i shall appear that mote than that number of votes have been polled in any precinct, it be made th- d ity of the County : Commissioners, at their nex. regular session, to reorganize the precincts so aS’ to rtdiico the : number o: voters within the limit prescribed by I law. I feel that I cannot too strmglv.urge upon you ; the importance of giving this matter earnest and. I early consideration, in ord >r that legislation j upon th? subject may mt be defeated by the ■ constitutional expiration of the session. CONsTITI-TtONAL AMENDMI N i S. I At this sessi< nitwll b - appropriate for you , to propose and agree to such amendments to the i Con -titution as your wisdom may suggest or exIpi rience has shown to be necessary. The pres- . ent instrument, which was adopted nearly forty I years ago, has not been changed except on two I occasions. While it is advisable, and in some cases necessarv, that some o' its provisions should--be amended, it is no: believed that a necessity exi isis for a constitution'll convention. Ev.r. - proper amendment can be effected in j the manner provided by th? Constitution at a ' small expense to the p ople and without pre- । Renting the opportunity of unsettl ng a system of g ivernm mt xvell understood anl tested by long service. .... , 1 would recommend that tho Constitution be so amended that all Stats and county officers shall hold their offices for a term of four years, to commence on a fixed day, and with, perhaps, a f -w exceptions, bo in -ligible to hold the same more than four vears in any pe iod of e ght years. No good r< ason seems to exist why th : term of certain offic us should b? limited totwo years, while others whose duties and responsibilities ure no gr ;ater should have a term of four ! years. It is my opinion that two years is too . short a period for any officer to acquire that knowledge of the duti s of his office necessary to enable him to discharge the same with tho degree of efficiency expected by the public. There has always been manifesto I a xx'iilingness to continue a faithful official four years in office; but at the same time a strong public sentiment seems to pin vail against electing an administrative officer for a long t period. , I All temptation should bo, as far as possible, re- ' 1 moved from every officer to use his office or neglect bis duties to srciu-o a re-election, and : thereby allow such officer t > devote strictly his ■ : time to the duties thereof and render the most efficient, public servic?. The designation of a I j fixed day on which terms should begin , would secure uniformity. In the case cl

WALKERTON, ST. JOSEI’H COUNTY, INDIANA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 19,1889.

1 and may occur again, that new Stat? officers have come into possession of tlielr respective o Hees during the first days ot tha i legislative session, and having had no opportu- ' nit yto become acquainted with their duties, are i not fompetent and qualified by experience to ■ speak in relation to matters xvhich concern their ' offices and the public welfare. I The sources or public information should be the very best. If tho terms of Stato officers commenced on the firs! day of April succeeding i their election, the General Assembly would have the advantage of th? counsel and assistance of the officials, who could give intelligent and valuable information in regard to the busi- ; ness of their respective departments of the Government, The terms of county officiu’s should commence on the first day of January succeeding their election. Our State elections should be determined upon State issues and be as far rem?ved as possi- , blo Iran national [uestions, and I xvoald recom- ■ mend that all State and county elective officers b ? chosen a tho general election occurring be- \ tween the Pre ndential elections. • I In order that amendments to the Constitution । may I 6 prop nly framed, receive the considerai lion they do erve an I have their passage faciliI tat ‘d, I would suggest that you appoint a joint | committee on constitutional amendmets. SWAMP LANDS. The acts of Congress passed September 2', । 185). an l March 185/, granting to tho several States swamp and overflowe I lands gave to the States all the legal subdivision! of the lists and plats of said lands, the greater part of which . was wet and unfit for cultivation. It has been , thought for many years that Inliaut did j not receive all the lands to which she was entitled under tho provisions of said acts. The State atone time, through its agents, i attempted to show, by examination and oral testimony, that alarge quantity of land sold j by the General Government should have gono to - the Stato by virtue of said a ts. The procedure xvas abandoned on accqpnt of the groat expense I that it would incur and of the almost impossih bility of obtaining evidence. On Sept. 2), I 188>. I appointed Will am A. Meloy, of I Washington, D. C., counsel anl ag'tit for the State to assert, prosecute and I adjust before the land depar.ment of the General Government the rights and claims of the State to any an I all hul ls an I indemnity laud claims arising under and by virtue of said acts, anil authorized h mtouljust tho claims of the Stato on the basis of the evidence contained in tho field notes anl plat s of survey remaining of record ami on silo m the Land Department, and such oth r evidence ») h" might bo able to present; he to receive from tho Mato, as compensation, ten per cent, of all indemnity rec m nd, but to have no a tdority to receive or receip for any indemnity allowed. His appo ntimut and contra't lor compensation wore ma le nub.ect to ratification by th' Legislature Mr Meloy has peen diligent ami succossful, and succeeded in having allowed the State, in Max . iss;. -10.4 >5.71; in March. 188 s, s, wj ~i > ( which am Hints have been paid into tho st Ue Treasury ami credited to the Swamp Luu 1 Fumi. Mr. Meloy reports that fur h er indemnify of upwardj of twen y th >usm I dollars cun bo reeoveri'd, but on nc count of tho clerical expense that must bo m currol in se-urit^g then cessat v ox- dou e Lu tm> presentation of tueclaims ho bin b< n prevunte l from prosecuting the work, and that 1 p'r c nr. of the amount recovered is no: a suilic ent eo:nlamstitiou for his servlet's. Mr Meloy his not received any c >mp 'iis'ition f>r th- am Hints re : covered for the State, asid 1 now con ur in his i opinion tea- In per cent, is not a sufficient comI pom alien. GREEN HiVF.lt ISLAND. I 'Thore his existed for many yoiwi a c in'r >- । vorsy betw, on Kentti -ky ami Indiana in rel x- | tion to th ■bo :ii Inry lino between the Stnt? s' ! wh it is known ns Green Riv r Island on the j Ohio River. Collisions bet ween the c.; i.teus rej siding on < nd a Ijue.mt to tho islnn I have boon । frequently imminont. groxvim; out of dispute I aito tho location of tho boundary line Tho i cour.s if both States have nt tim ■« i taken jurisdiction oxer the territ >ry in I controvoi :y, the.eby creatm; c nfusion and i b:i i feeling lel ween the Inn low ners. Se veral i ot my p edecosHore attempted to otfort a so tie | memos the controversy, but without success. Upon exnnrn it i m o' the question I Locniiw ; to ivincod Hull the only proper ami l-gnl mole . of sot ling -hocoutro.o o wns bx -mt in cnsn i i cry in the Unite I M it< - Supr.mw Court, an I i m nee >rhin e with th- st itti'e p.-imed Io! . g>, 1-187. nut li >t i.ig rvi 1 di, o • in ■ t lie i < • vern >r " m ins',ituto an I pr > ■ -e it • in th • Siqupm ' Court of I the UnLei Smt.-s or other prop w tribunal, in । the mime an lon be.>a !of the State of Imlia ii. i a s lit in ch hi *erv or other nppr >prwo proc 'ed ’in against the St ite o Kentucky, f w the pm--lp so of deterniiniu; au t sottlmgth'boumiary of the st nto of India'iu, with maim to Green I Kixb.' Island, and to de etmino and pit fat rest the questions which n-w exist Ins t> whether said island is within the bound try ami juris diet ion of the Stu e of In liana or of the State of Kentucky. ' I and appropriating ~ >,oi)“to be expen io I under I the dire-,ion of the Govomor to d'Tiy th' I expo ises, iu, l tiling roasonub'e attorney's f es, |ot such litigation,” 1 <mp o -ed as couni sei th- firm of McDonall a Butler mow MeDomild H itler A- Snow , an I cau e 1 a su t in chan, cry to be bro ight in th-' I United States Supremo Court m the name , of t e state of Indiana a :nin-t the Sta'e of Ken j tu 'ky. on t'.o sth day of August. D 8 . to dote. mno the boumlii'y betweeu tho States at nn I near Green River Islaml. To the 101 lof the I State of In lima th? State of Kontuekx has tLod I airosSfbill. chinning th? boundary b-twoen I in I States to bo s ich ns t? in -lude within tn > | l oumbiry ot Ken mkv both tho so-cnlljd ' Green River Island an I a tract of land north of I it the latter being elaimod ns an accretion to I the island In this st.i the testimony has been I t iken. uml the ca-o will be roub for submission ! to th' court wit tin the next three m mths j Tim leefi uony in I ehalf of th' State o j Iml an i his been largely directed to proxo tint tbo Green River Island so callo I. has I n-ver. sin -e 1781. when the deed of cession Os tho I Northwestern Territory xvai execute I. been n i true islaml, since it has not been snrrounde I j wit i water, except for u small p ntion ot t'.o : yen-, when the wa er in the Ohio Riva - was ndar I its highest point. I Thore hi« also been considerable tesiimony ! presented in behalf of this State tending t ? show the existenc' of a disput' regarding this »o- --; called island e e.- since the cession of the Neriliwes ern Territory. The facts regarding tho lino run by the Commissioners in 48/.> have also b >en fully presente I in the evidenc '. Ibo evidence taken in behalf of tiiis Btate.it is believed, covers ev.ry material fa-t in its favor, and tho facts proved tend strongly to sustain its claims. It is now confidently expected that the Supreim? Court will settle this troublesome question in favor of th? Stat > of Indiana. It may be that the present appropriation is not sufficient to pav the expenses of the suit and Adequately compensate counsel. If, upon a proper showing, you find the samoto be insufficient, it should be increased. My term as Chief Executive of the State will soon expire. In surrendering the important trust confided to my. care by agener ms people, I . cap gay that it has been my constant endeavor to administer it with strict impartiality toward all. and in such manner as 1 bslieved would best subserve the interest of the State and promote the welfare of the people. Trusting that your relations may bo agreeable and.pleasant, 1 invoke the assistance and directiou of the Divine Ruler in yoir deliberations, find ask Hjs blsssings upon us as a p .ople and u State. Feeding for Cellular Tissue. As it is becoming fashionable to feed hogs for fat or for lean at the • option of th' feeder, I would like to inention the discovery of a neighbor Avho always feeds for cellular tissue, though he doesn’t know it. He carries fall pigs through the winter on kit hen refuse, xvith an ear or two of corn added. In spring they h ive only skim1 milk until corn ripens in the fall, and then are fed corn about t wo months up । to killing time, and they weigh about two hundred pounds each. The meat is i nearly one-half lean and the rest cellu--1 lar tissue. A peculiarity of this meat , is, it does not contain fat enough to fry ' itself in: Avithouh a good quantity of , grease added, it would, like lean meat, i adhere to the frying-p in and burn, ■ These pigs were aiilicted with chronic > constipation of the bowels. This might have been remedied by adding wheat , bralr to -theit skim milk, but that would - have spoiled this newly discovered kind ■ of “porick” and this note.— Neio York t | Trtl>ll nr. The Cause of It. ' Doctor-You have a severe cold, ? Uncle Blade; do you recollect how you 1 got it? Uncle Blade—l’ve been opposed to r de clemency of de weather for seberal 1 days, and I ’spect flat’s de cause of it. t —Yankee Blade. - 11 There is a great deal of bustle i” I I Maiden lane. New York.

I INDIANA’S GOVERNOR. 11 > GKN. HOVBY'S INAUGUKAL AT INDIA- > NAPOLIS. > i i A Brilliant Kecc'ption Tendered and Attended by Gen. Harrison Some Excellent > I Suggestions to the Legislature. - I ! । An Indianapolis special dated the 11th J lust., says: The inauguration of Gov. I Hovey took place at English’s Operahouse at 2 o’clock this afternoon. After the members of the Legislature had been seated, the hand played “Hail to the i I Chief,” ami incoming Gov. Hovey, escorted by retiring Gov. Gray, followed by the committee on arrangements, consisting of Senators Sears, Mullinix, and Kennedy and Representatives George A. Adams, Curtis, and Robbins, entered the House, and after receiving tremendous applause and listening to an appropriate prayer by tho Rev. Dr. McLeod. Speaker Niblack introduced him to the General Assembly. Chief Justice Elliott administered tho oath of office and Gov. Hovey read his inaugural address. In his inaugural he dwelt upon the impurity of the ballot and said: “In the late election, charges of fraud mid corruption have been made by the contending । parties. There is reason to believe tho ballot bus been polluted, not only in this State but in i many other States mid in lioth pelitii'nl parties. - Tins cannot continue if xve hope to perpet unto ! our free insti itions. If it does it moneyed aristocracy will soon control tho destinies of our nation mid the liberty we now so highly I prize will be lost forever. Your attention' is I particnlmlx called to the necessity of legisla- i tion in regard to several mutters not in our elect ion law s. First, it is the dutx of tbo Gen- I oral Assembly under the ninet-v-fifth section of I the constitution to provide for the registration of nil person- entitled to vote. This nmendmeut has been in force sinfe Marell l, Issi, but ; tile law has not boon enacted und the constitu- t tion has been di-regm<ie<l. I recommend tlint i proxision be made for n full mid fair registration of nil the legal voters, where the rights of ouch elector cun be investiignted before the dnv of elect ion. Second Limit the nmnbor of electors in each ehs'tion pris-itiet, so us not- to exceed .«») xoters. j Third Provide that everv precinct shall be ’ surround, d mid protect I'd by barriers or guard- I rails which w ill prevent nil per ous except the jx'rson voting frojn iippronching nearer than forty or fifty feet from the iu-)ss-toi-s jmlg a. i mid clerks of the eh'ctioii. and make the infrac- . tiou of this rule n misdcmemior and punishable ■ by n fine. Fourth Provi'b that the buying or offering to buy the cote of mi elector directly nr indi I r.-et lv luring mix pel -,-11 t ' work f-t the ehs'ti 'llof mix emididnte nt tin- )H»lls duUl be n rillin', with np.-milty of disfranchisement of tb > biibei rnd brilnsl. mid for a sr. <>nd offense, aft er coin i< t ion. let t lie ]>ennlt y b not less than I twoxem in tin- State prison. I s::gg<-st that i( might be |>oli< s- to exempt wittn s-es from puriislnnent in bril>ery < uses where th<-\ max is- ' implici ted. U xxiU la* iiltriosl Impossible to convict ti guilty brib r witho it such exc- ption. Fifili Mnk--it unlawful ami rriniinnl for any I pohtical convent ion or * 'mit tee to 'b-inmid or ' exiie: mix as.st ssment nr contribution from any candidate for office mid provide a penult v of dis- j frmii’hisrmeut for life to the m'-mls-r or mem- i bi-i ~ of such con rem ion or comm it tee who muv di-mmi'l .-r attempt to enforce such ns- essim nt or < out rilm! ion No other should be pbu'ed beyon I th,-r.-neh of tbe p.sve. t man in t In’St ate. Sixth Make it unlawful, with r heavy fine mid hnprisoumrnt. for any ,mthou to ebiillmge a legal infer at the polls.' I.lyl oil LIU,. । Obsolete laws and statu!*') which are so far m ndimiec of the age. or go fur ladiind it, us to lie wholly di'"i’« ve<i «nd4i«r< g.ud'si. should without the !■ ?-t hesitation l><- r< pen led Lnivs wl.idi .-ite i.< i< r i Dior. <4 nrc like dial mod ■ up -li n living trm: they are no; onlv useless, [ but lend w uM-n un i bring our statutes into uisi. p-ite mid contempt Our people should 'enli.” that every nd • f the General X-seiiiWv bn? is ,-n m.i'le t• - 1 -> <-n*.>rce,i. end not paraded on our stntutes as a threait which will never lie ■ exis uted 'lhere are now laws on our stmuf.’s which come wit bin the purx icw of these obseri xn’ion-. Ot r pi. -nt laws in regm ito the sale , • cf intoxii nt iug liquors me disregard -d in many | parts of the State. In -onu- |o Uitii--. large mimix-rs of tin- people nre dwid< div opp ’s«sl to , the licensing of th? sale of intoxicating liquors, while in others no prohibitory law could be enforced It seems to me it would be wise to so i frame our laws a.-, to nieet Imtb conditions. I i la'lieve a local-option law for the sal - or prohi- - bition of ardent spirits would be constitutional, mid tllilt it would Ih< wisdom to permit the peopletochoosv which system they would prefer in el’, h countx. city, or incorporated town in ; the St.ite. t>ur inst itutions are founded upon: the demiMrutic 1 heory that a majority should rule, mnl I submit that the question of local- : opt n»ii should l>e left to the voice of the pis'ple. I’ll,l that nil law S passtsl for the purpose of reg- I ulat ing the sale of intoxicating liquors should be rigidly < iiforcisl. 1 reeomuiend flint til” li- i cense to be granted for the sale of such liquors ! should not be less that 82(>i. nor more thmi >l.kh. in th(> discretion of tho Board of Comity . Uoum issiotu rs. MONOPOLIES, TKI'STS. AND COMHIM.S. All monopolies, combines, and trusts formed I j for the pur]wse of increasing the price or cost i of the mce-smies of life should tie dechired un- , lawful. Ilie adulteration of mtich of food in common use should be forbidden under penal- > ' ti- s. and the sales made unlawful, so that the j ■ courts would refuse to enforce them. The mix- ; tine ci coffee with chicory, siigtir with glucose. I : butter with oleomargarine, lard, tallow, and i oils, mid the admixture of coal oil. benzine, : paraffine, mid ndulteYnt iug articles should bo I prohibited mid the sale forbidden, unless tho | relative quantity of each article composing the I compound in clearly stated by the vender. Such sides have been condemned, and in ninny in- : i stances punished, by the civilized nations of i the world for centuries past. The currents of , commerce uro now running deeply in the chmi- ■ ; nels of deception and fraud, and should be ' cheeked by every moans in our power. ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. The necegsity of improved roads is strongly | urged and some legislation suggested looking to ; the accomplishment of that end. A good system > of gravel roads throughout the State would add greatly to the value of property and the comfort of the people. The Governor's suggestions on this bend should receive careful attention. < >MMON SCHOOLS. The enormous amount, annually paid for I school books has created gr«M dissatisfaction ; throughout tho State. Some plan, if possible, , should be adopted by which the price ot such books could bo brought within a reasonable , limit. On an average, the cost to each pupil j could be safely stated to reach $3 per annum. , Our average dtiilv at tendance of pupils in 1888 was 408,775. This would show mi outlay by parents mid guardians for that year amounting to 5i,220.325. Two plans have been adopted by the different States to curb vast expenditure for text-books: First, the publication of school books by the i State. । I Second, free text-books bought by the State I or school district s and loaned to the pupils. _ 'Hie first met hod has been condemned as imi ' practicable and costly, while the second, where I it hits been tried, has received the highest comi mendatioii of State Superintendents mid professional teachers. By this free text-booksys-I tern, the cost, of books for each pupil m Michigan is estimat ed at 50 cents per annum; iu ■ ; Maine, 20?, cents per mmum; in V ennont. i about 33 cents ;in Wisconsin, not one-third of former cost. Tho arguments made in tax or of 1 free text-books may be stated as follows : Ihe I cost is greatly below that of any other method yet adopted ; more prompt attendance and regularity of pupils ; it makes the schools free ini deed, and equalizes tbe ch ildren ot the rich and r poor, as both are supplied alike; it teaches . pupils the responsibility and cure for theprop- । ertv, mid enables them to obtain a bet ter education. The amount overpaid by parents and guardians, under our present system, would • greatlv exceed the taxes which would have to bo ' levied to pul’chase all the books required in our schools under the free text-book system. The people would be Ihe gainers over the taxation ' by more than twice the sum required to pur--1 chase all the books under the proposed system i mid could well afford to pay the additional I tax that would be required for tliat purpose. 7 The cities of New- York and Philadelphia, and tile States of Massachusetts. Wisconsin, Michigan, lowa. Maine, and \ ermont have adopted or tried this svstem. In New York ( ity it has been prnctienllx tried for forty years and n Philadelphia, for seventy years. Inking a high , average under this system, say 40 centsij or , pupil, tbo entire cost m Indiana foi th !' 1888 would only have amounted to $16 3 ,510, as a”ainst the probable, cost, 81,220,320, which x wmild”ive an actual mmual gam to tho people , of tin's State of 81.062,815. or e2.60t0 every pupil. If the system should cost on the average y I . tothcpuiul.it would still leave a gain to the nari’iits ami guardians, tor that jear, ot -o’ l ' - 550. With free text-books a great burden would be taken from the poor, who are often unable to ' spare the amount required P l . l + s«v are books, at the very exorbitant prices they ate

now compelled to pay or leave their children uneducated. Experts and booksellers inform me that the prices paid for school-books in this 1 State yield from BIX) to GOO per cent, above the actual cost of production. Something should be done to reduce the cost to a reasonable price, I and lift from parents and guardians these very I heavy burdens. The expenses of our common-school system should be greatly curtailed in the future, as nearly every county in the State is provided with excellent school-houses, now numbering i 9,882. Our school jiroperty, independent of all I funds, may be estimated at nearly $15,000,000. I This condition, with the ever-increasing fund derived from fines and forfeitures, will, it is believed, admit of tb* income from the license on tho sale of ardent ipirits, and from the dog tax, | being transferred and profitably used by the St at e for the construction of gravel and macadamized roads. I commend tho subject to your deliberate mid mature consideration, and 1 will heart ily co-operate in any measures that will i lessen the present exorbitant prices. Some confusion mid inequality bus arisen in reporting tho number of pupils in each county as having attended tho common schools. As the distribution of the funds depends upon the number thus reported, 1 would suggest that each superintendent mid teacher in reporting the numbers be required to give tho name of each pupil whp has at tended during that period, ’ and in no ease count the name more than once. SUPREME COURT. Our Constitution provides that “justice shall bo administered freely, and without purchase; ( completely, anil without denial; speedily, and without delay.” Under existing laws, this highsounding provision is an empty boast. Many < cases are now pending in the Supreme Court which were tiled more than five years ago, and it is to be feared that some have been appealed to that court for tho solo purpoae of delay. This delay arises from no fault of the judges of tbe court. but from t heir inability to fully invest igate the numerous eases which aro brought I before them. Ido not believe that the multij plication of judges in the Supremo Court- would ' tend to the furtherance of justice. No caso । should bo passed upon without, the full con- । sideration of every judge upon tho bench. This •would be imjiossible if the number of judges should be greatly increased, mid I can conceive I of only two methods by which the present evil ; can lie avoided. First The creation of intermediate appellate : courts, with exclusive jurisdiction within cer- | tain limits. Second By assistance being liberally given to each judge. If eiieh judge could have as his assistant a ( man learned in the law, who could read the records, exmninc the mithorities, make notes, mid report to the judge, the labor would be gn iitlx lessened, mid at every term more than ' t wice the number of eases could be easily disposed of. Many cases which me taken to tW court merely for delay, I’ould be quickly acted ui«in. mid others could be rapidly brought for- | will’d. The services of such men could not bv - hud without liberal salaries, and cure should be I observ'd in making the selection. While either mode would be a decided improvement on our present inefficient system, I incline to the opinion that internixdiate uppeli lute courts would prove tho most satisfactory. No r<'m-ounble e\i>enso should be considered if tho evil can bo overcome by legislation. 11 EXE Vol. ext INsrlTl' riONS. l or tbe sake of humanity, I most earnestly I? I’lnmcnd ■ hat such laws be passed ut this s, -,-ioh us will eoi.imund the best talent of our Slate to control our benevolent institutions, mi’ltbn' thi x b pbi' isi beyond tbe reach of nil part i-'iu eont rol It is a slimne that such in- • 4 iti'.t ions should be the source of gain or iKdliieul powrr to any party. riU’GUF.sS OF X XTION AND STA I 11. Since Is,',। the United States has arisen from tlm w reel, mid ruin of t lie most terrible war to be foiinii in tin- pugi s of historv. mid bus rushed w ith the strnh's of u giunt to the front rank of ' t h«'proud tuitions of the earth. To-day, in all that । on-t i: ut es t rue pow er. wenltb. mid great - - ill’ Nation is without n peer It has been . - i.’l bx Mr. M. Mulhall, I'. S S., ■ssitin-’ lb" PruiTess of the World. ’ in In- n.ldici- before the Biiti-h Association, at !i"L I'.n Imai, tin:’ nt every one of t Ite tine- -ouieosof jsiwef limn, horse, mid steam the l till’d St ntes exceeds the leading nations "t l?<i” ■ I’hese working jHiwersof the United stim -. t lie :r, -ut -onrees of invent ion, product i.m and w cult ti, in round numbers, are t hree lie -■, : re.lt a-, t ho-e of Irnnce, two mid one- ' half ti; ,■ • m great as those of Germany and one :’:d two third- a- rent us those of the United Kingdi nt of Great Britain mid Ireland. Our grow th is only begun, and tho increuso of iudustrv. enet .x .mid wealth goes on unabated mid wit h hoi cnitilat ing force, liar census in IKK) will pro'oiiblx -how a population of 66,0 XMXX), and uu t-, g;, ; at ed wealth iu value unknown to mix nut i "i of mteient or modern days. In the crent sisterhoml. the State of Indiana i -not ■ ;rpu-* I. if t qtittivd, in natural iidvimt oi. . : \ mix other State in the Union. Within it , men it emtmi’s u very large uverago of rich agrii’iilt-urnl lands, with n most congenial climate. With its rivers und ntilronds, it bus tin >usv and rapid access to the principle markets, ; mid its broad fields of eoul, naturiil-gas, mid i mineral will soon develop nimiiifiictories with I which few other localities will be able to com- : pete God. in His mercy, has shoxtered His 1. " ings on the State, anil with humility mid it it tidi'we should labor to develop our great . ’ttree- Much can be done by legislation, and the voice of the people of Indiana has called upon x ou to perform that noble und important ■ duty.’ rite public reception at the capitol tonight by Gov. Hovey and Lieutenant Gov. Chase, the uewly installed State • officers and their wives, was brilliant. No 1c s than 5,D00 people were present. Whet, the doors of the Governor's rooms j were thrown open, Gov. Hoveyappeared in full dress with his daughter, Mrs. Menzies, leaning on his arm. For two hours the line passed rapidly before the Governor and his associates. About 8 o'clock President-elect and Mrs. Harrison arrived at tile Governor’s room, paying their respects to the new executive. They were accompanied by Professor David Swing, of Chicago, and Mr. Halford. Among others present were exGov. Porter, Gen. Lew Wallace and wife, Gen. James M. Shackelford, Gen. Thomas H. Nelson, Judge W, A. Woods ; and wife. Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Martindale, ' Col. and Mrs. John C. New, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore P. Haughey, Col. W. L. ' Tavlor, Hon. Noble C. Butler, and Col. i William Holloway. The reception closed at'J with 1,000 people in line unable to | congratulate the new Governor. i The Inaugural Committee announced, i the opening ball at that hour. General i and Mrs. Harrison accompanied the i gubernatorial party to Tomlinson’s Hall. The Governor and his drfugliter led the ! procession around the hall and the first i inaugural ball ever given in Indiana was formally opened. Genera.l und Mrs. ■ Harrison did not participate, in the grand march, but were interested spectators. They remained long enough to watch hundreds dance the lancers. About half past ten they withdrew and returned home. The venerable ex-Governor Porter, however, entered into the occasion with zest. Pathetic Even if Humorous. There is almost as much pathos as humor in the following story of an Albany boy of tender years: Shortly after liis mother’s death, lie, with his father, visited her grave, being carried there by a horse which his father had recently bought. The father, standing apart from the grave, was naturally ui a contemplative frame of mind, and the boy, being un. ble to stand the oppressive silence any longer, lifted his childish voice and said: “Ma, we’ve got a new horse." — Portland (Ore.) News. A Touching Reunion. “Why, father,” said Ethel as she crossed the room and laid her baud i gently on the old man’s head. 1 “I cannot help it, child, 1 cannot help it.” v “Was it the book you was reading? “Yes, that was it.” “But, father, it is a comic almanac.” “Yes, so it is. Ah, child,” he went on in broken tones. "It has been so many years since I have seen so many such old friends.”— Merchant Traveler. He was “Claud” before he married her and clawed afterward.— Merchant Traveler.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. • । AN INTERESTING AND INSTRUCTIVE LESSON CONSIDERED. •Reflections of an Elevating Character — Wholesome Food for Thought—Study- i ing the Scriptural Lessons Intelligently : and Profitably. The lesson for Sunday, January 20, may be found in Mark i. 35-45. . r INTRODUCTORY. We have presented in this lesson the much sought Christ. "All men seek thee," said the disciples. There was a reason for men's seeking, a three-fold reason, as dis- ; closed in these verses: first of all, because he was in prayer, and prayer is a wondrous I drawing power; second, because he was j seeking men ami the world but responds to his wooing spirit, and thirdly, because men had needs, and those needs were answered in tho I hrist. They sought Jesus because . Jesus had something for them. Contrast ' the somewhat neglected hou-e at Washington with those other thronged hallxvays to- | day in the city ot Indianapolis. Men will go seeking where they have tho prospect of I receiving something, because there is something to give. In tho xveeks of special i prayer and endeavor upon which young ' and old have entered may .Christ bo pre- ; sented as the desired of all nations, the one whom every heart should seek. WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES. A yreat while before, day. Wo have boon studying how Jesus spent his days. Here see what his nights were. Deeds of mercy by day, vigils of prayer by night. Working, । waking, watching, and all for love of us, | Could ye not xvateh with me one hour?” j What infinite rebuking in the word! Ah, Lord Jesus, thou didst watch for us many an hour when others slept! There is little to tell us of the nocturnal watches of our Loid. He doubtless grew fatigued like other men, and must needs have rest, but his time on earth was short, and he filled it full as possible with his blessed ministry of redemption. His sleeping times were not like other men’s. Once indeed by day he slumbered mnidst tho tossing waves of Galilee, heedless of the uproar of tho elements. What nights of supplication and divine communion went before that brief and interrupted repose! Theto were, they tell us. stretches of two and three days where Napoleon never left the saddle. What nights of ministering our Lord gave in stress of mind and soul tho disciples do not tell. They slept. A solitary place. Desert is tho word; deserted, but nut for Christ. The Father was there, and the ministering angels anxiously waiting near. Perhaps those night vigils were the times of greatest activity ami efllciency in tho earth-annals of redemption. The children of men were absent, but tha bright messengers of God sped to and fro in constant zeal for that mighty ordeal being met by God’s Son there below. More than once xve read of the seeking of such a place by tho divine one, and then xve see tho calmness of a new strength, and a new throe in that atoning life pain and passion draws on apace. From such divinely peopled solitudes mon have come to face tho fire and tho sword. Brainard returned panting from his wrestling vigils with God to take hold of the very pillars of ungodliness about him. Find the solitary place: In tho secret of His presoaca How mi soul delights to bids I Oh. hoxv precious aro tho lessons That I learn at Jesus’ side! Earthly cares cun never vex me, Neither trials lay me low, l or when Satan conies to tempt me, To t he s?cret place I go. And there prayed. M irk the spot. O, if wo could find it; a holier place it might well bo for us than tho pool wboro ho so graciously wrought, or the hillside Avhere the honey of his heavenly sentences Iloxved. It is tlio place ot devoted prayer that stiiads out movingly as we cast the eye back over the vista of spiritual experience. Find Christ’s scenes and seasons of prayer; then we shall be able to tlx tho epochs and divisions and sketch as we should the life of the t hr<st. Obscure those points are. The disciples saw him with tho bread in his hand and the shoaling fishes, but they did not, see him up there on the hillside in prayer. Yet that xvas the place of power, the secret of strength, “When the cyclone had subsided," says Talmage. “wo went and thanked the captain and forgot all about tho wrestling engineer out of sight below.” Do the winds and the sea obey him? Yes, but this One with his hun t outstretched in majesty must not hide from us that same One kneeling mci kly yonder in the shadows of the hill. I'ollowed after him. But O. so far off. They went out after Christ, physically speaking, alone. Their human feet carried them there, constrained at best by much of merely human interest, and wiien they come upon him there must be a rude shock of interruption. Have you experienced it, brother, the sudden breaking in upon you of the xvorld when you have been lost in prayer? Hoxv often our Lord must have encountered such painful surprises from his crudely an vious and sympathetic learners! “Simon an>l they that xverc xvith him” did indeed follow after their Lord into such a solitary place wiien they tarried for the promise at Jerusalem. And when they eame out from that solitude, 10, their Lord was xvith them and in the power of his utter divinity. If thou wilt thou canst. Prayer can tine' no better vocabulary than in the language of those who beheld tho Savior and cried out their felt need to His apprehended fullnesk There are here the accents of faith and unfaith mingled. A s'-ange sort of infidelity. “If thou canst," said the father of the smitten child. "If thou canst believe,” came quick from tho lips of our Savior, in half rebuke. “If thou wilt” hero. The man is certain of the might, but d -übts the mind of the Lord. Instantly se tho moving of compassion. (What is Christ's will but compassion?) “I will.” He says, taking up in a plav upon the words that was strongly beautiful, and gracious while beautiful, “bo thou clean.” And straightway— straightway again —the leprosy departed from him. and he was cleansed.” He is able, He is willing. Lepei- of sin, how far are you from cleansing? Just as far as, this moment, you are from Christ. Began to publish it much. He was a voice before the due time, but ho teaches us a'lesson. Y’es. all the more because of the dissuading word that was given him. So thrilled and joyful he was that he could not keep it in. He spoke in spite of the charge of silence. How strange that now, with the restriction removed, nay more, with the earnest exhortation that xve go quickly and publish the good tidings, we should be so speechless and in ietive. 0, if we realized the foulness of the leprosy from which we have been cleansed and the hideous hold that it still has on our fellows, would we be silent? Results? Yes. publish them now. Does any one object? Not Christ. And if man, then, in the words of another; “Let him that has results and does not publish them, cast the first stone." Next Lesson—“ Forgiveness and Healing." Mark 2: 1-12. A Lazy Lail’s Idea of Luxury. “My dear Ilans, what would you like to have for a birthday present ?” “A telephone, mother, dear.” “My dear boy, why do you want a telephone ?” “I want it right at the head of my bed, so I can stay in bed and go to school at the same time.” The Honest Weight. Customer —I wish you’d send me up a ton of coal to-day. Honest Dealer—Can’t you stop on your wav home this evening and carry it along with you? Our carts ire very busy just now.— Washington Critic. If Utah comes into the Union she will probably be called the Matrimonial State. A good cigar and a good artist are 1 alike in one r< spect--they both draw J well

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FARMING IN COLORADO. NATURAL ADVANTAGES OFTHOUi WEST IN GROWING CROPS. Immense Y iel(l of Whoat Last Year-Pro-Hfic Growth O s Potatoes anti Kindred Vegetables-The Corn Crop AbundantA. Grand Country. [SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.] Denver, Col., Dec. 25.1883. Three days ago 1 got baek to my cosy hotel here from tin extended trip over the State of Colorado. The genial editor of tho f (eld and i-arm a short time ago extended to me an invitation to accompany him in a jaunt through the State. It was his usual } early trip at the elo£e of the harvest season .0 gather up items regarding agricultere IW I Sn k (" d S o ' l belongings. The gentleman, l aptain Cutler, is one of the best posted ffififi pi the Rocky Mountain region, and. in 11 s l. lleildid traveling companion, lossessing the personal acquaintance of nearly every ranchman in the State, with a phenomenal tact in getting information. vTi l i,d doubts last spring ns to th ? ability of Colorado farmers to raise succeEsful crops This is a dry climate, the rainfall being very small, anl to one accustomed to regard abundant rains as essential to crops, it did seem to me that t.io land was hopelessly barren. I want to eonect that impression, now that I have had visible proof, and to say that I am thoroughly convinced that the most invitand profitable farming sections of tho b nited States lie within the boundary lines ot Colorado. It seems strange to talk of ( olorado and adjacent States as especially adapted to farming, yet sueh is the actual tact, rhe Colorado farmer does not care, so far as his crops are concerned, whether or not tho entire year passes without a shower. An ever-compensating nature provides an abundance of water in the melting snows of tho mountains, that flows down during the warm, dry summer months, needing only the simple skill of the farmer to store tho water and distribute it over his fields at the time when it is most needed. I learn that at tho present time there are 0ver.5,000 miles of main line irrigating ditches completed, and more than 600 miles in process of construction, to be finished by next spring. The soils of the plains, apparently so sterile, aro the worn down debris of rocks abounding in potash and alkalies. tho richest chemical materials for the growth of nearly all crops. They only need tho water to make them more productive than the best soils in the Eastern States, which have long required tho application of those mineral fertilizers so profusely abundant here. In one olace, near San Isabel, where last spring the plain looked to me like a worn-out door-mat, uninviting and sterile, I saw this month an immense potato field from which the yield of the meals tubers amounted to two hundred bushels per acre, and in some instances exceeding this. Tho water brought by a small irrigating ditch from one of the numerous branches of the San Luis River was the magic elixir that had brought about such marvelous results. In other places over tho State I found it to be no uncommon thing, in fact, tho usual thing, for the potato crop to range from 150 to 200 bushels per acre. Wheat has done remarkably well. My friend. Captain Cutler, had been busy gathering statistics. I give you some of his figures. The Captain is inclined to be conservative, and I told him so. His reply was, with a shrewd twinkle of tho eye: “Well, I’ve lived here many years, and have some property. I expect to live some years to come. If I only tell half of what the land will do, and let the buyer find out the value of his ranch, why, then, I am making every fellow a good advertiser of what I have left. “His figures,are thoroughly reliable. They show the wheat crop of 1888 to be not less than three million bushels, averaging from twenty-live to thirty bushels per acre. Tho crop of winter wheat xvas an experiment, heretofore the spring variety being sown. The crop of winter wheat has. however, exceeded the yield of tho spring grain by about six bushels to the acre. It used tp be thought that corn would never succeed as a crop in Colorado. Eastern corn growers said: ' Your altitude is too great, and your nights are too cold.“ Let me say, that during tho trip from which 1 have just returned I have seen thousands of acres of splendid corn, from every acre of which twenty-five bushels have been gathered. Ido not mean to say that I have not seen poor crops. I have; but they were tho result, not of any unfitness of tho soil, but of tho improvident, shiftless stupidity of the fellow who calls himself a farmer. The man who floods his fields with water in early spring time, before the frosts have, left the ground, and then neglects the needs of his c: op during the balance of tho season, preferring to loaf around a whiskv mill in town; such a chap couldn’t raise half a bushel of sweet potatoes to tho acre on the choicest spot in the Garden of Eden. The alfalfa hay is one of the great staple crops of Colorado. It is a planted crop, and, though not requiring what might be called cultivation, does require some attention in irrigation. It yields, xvith fair treatment, an absolutely reliable crop of five tons per acre, worth in the stack from $6 to SlO per ton. Three cuttings are made yearly, and in many instances four. There is no ‘better hay for all kinds of stock. Bigs eat it greedily and fatten rapidly upon it. Tho oat crop has been an abundant one, averaging over 40 bushels per acre, and weighing as high as 55 pounds per bushel. The dry climate, the strong mineral soil, and the timely application of the water to the ffrowin^ crop, combine to muke nil gruin heavier and of better quality. On the farm of Mr. Charles Fassett, near Monte A ista. in the great San Luis Park. I saw an om field that had yielded ninety bushels to the acre. The crop of barley has been good. Ihe quality of the grain is pronounced to bo superior to the best German barley, and is eagerly sought for by Eastern brewers. Vegetables have kept pace with the grains in making a record for prolific growth. Onions, beets, parsnips, turnips, are simply enormous. Tho cabbage crop alone will this year net a round million of dollars, a large proportion of thd crop finding its way over the new railroad line from Denver to the Gulf, to Old Mexico. . 1 expect you will say that it requires a o-ood many acres to be farmed to produce such quantities. Well, the returns from the various county officers, made in obediei.«o to law, to be presented to the State L< S’sUture which meets tho second day of January, show that there are now in Coloraco twenty thousand farms averaging IbO acres each, an increase of over fifty P er since tho report of 1886-7. The farmer in Colorado has one advantage) not by liis agricultural brother of the -^ast. Ihe roads in Colorado are without any question the finest natural roads in tho ' V Now, Texpect .t you will ask what is I md worth in Colorado, and what docs it ostto farmit? Well, land can bo bought , m some of the best agricultural districts at ten dollars per acre, including a petpi iuai right to tho use of abundant water for iri iI -ration. Under ordinary eireumstances the I cost <>f raising an acre of wheat is about 1 follows; Plowing, &2.50; steLM.RJ A. p r HD pounds; sowing or drilling. irrigating (spreading watei oxui t . bx- means of ditch im 25 ’Tlie crop, । inV tin cshin-G SI; total.S-W-zo. jhcciup. being els per acre of sixty 7;.[ ^Ka^^S^SofYM and cultureMho first year A ery in an so< ^•J^oX^tdso to and barley, while the profits per acre a f and barley sl2 per acre, 'Hie cost of fair figures, not fancy 01 "®’. the Midfarm labor is about Hl 0 ..®?"” 0 ..!, m J cr , di. States, tho cost of living no higlit^ Should any of my readers d c^i m (ailed facts. I would “ d \ lso ‘ have found the data I got r jc h and Have T not shown the P™£Xmus L t “ abundant, material for a t ‘ A happy New Year, God Mess ML