St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 14, Number 34, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 16 February 1889 — Page 1

VOLUME XIV.

KU-SUM 7HE ^EAU. Now oom <n s me so't sunny morning Tho first thing my neighbors shall know, Th< ir cars will ba met with fee warning— Comu miry "Old Rossum tlie Beau." Mv fri< nls then so neatly a'li 1 dress mo tn linen as wbi o tn the snow— And in my naw co'lin sha’i fi/ess mo And whisper, “Poor Rosslm tho Bean.” And when I am to b ’ burial 1 reckon The ladies will all lik > to Vo; J et them form at the too . of mv coffin, And follow "Old Rossum the Beau Then take yon a do on goo 1 fallows, And let them all staggerin ’go. And dig a deep hole in the men ow. And in it toss "Rossum the 80.tu." Then shape out a couple of dornicks. Place one at the head and the too. And pray do not fail to scratch on it The mime of "Old Rossum the Beau.” Then take those dozen pood follows, . And stand them all ro md in a row, & v And drink from a big-bellied bottle, Farewell to "Old Rossum tho Beau."

Lost Lina;~ ►. — OR. — THE BITTER AND THE S® A Tale of Two Continents. BY MRS. NINA LAWSON.

CHAPTER XXNl— Contl.ued. A scornful smile of triumph flitted across her dark, fiendish face as she threw the letter into Lenora’s lap an.l leffjhe room to return to her own. As shp entered, a horrible vision appeared her and never left her until the day*pF her death. distance was an elevated throne of gold, and upon that throne sat three angels of light that she could easily recognize; to the righthsat Hay, to the left Lenora, while in the contr r, like a little dove, perched upon their shoulders, rested the little babe. On one side of the throne stood the angel form of the siui^tetou^and.on the other that of the nur^wt^liey'.wore ever looking toward the"aucl.. pointing with their lingers d^wn*’ toward a bottomless pit, where tire murderess saw her owm image, surrounded with dark, horrible fiends, while in front of her was a great hot fire, and th se fiends were dancing around it, all the while beckoning her to follow. At sight of this horrible vision she staggered to her bed, almost lifeless. So she remained for weeks and weeks. As Jeannette turned to leave the nursery Lenora rose from the cha r with outstretched arms, as if she would stop the retreating f >rm, but she could not move and speech seemed to have left her, for she sank to the floor gasping for breath. Lula was by her side in a second, and drew the limp little form to a low couch and laid her down. “My poor little lady, I will always be your friend, no matter what may happen. I know they accuse you falsely.” Lenora as yet could not s; eak, but her eyes told how grateful she was for those few words of comfort; she motioned to her maid that she wanted some water and Lula soon brought it. The cool water somewhat refreshed her, and the maid bathed the poor wife’s face and throbbing temples in it. “I feel somew hat belt; r now, Lula,” she managed to siy, “and you may go and tell the cook to bring me something to eat, with some good, str ng wine. “I am so weak, yet I must not give up, for there is ir uch for me to do. 1 cannot stay under this roof to-night. No; I would not for the world, so falsely accused. “All this must be tho work of my old enemy, and Jeannette surely cmnot think me so low as to live so base and false a life. Go, now, Lula, and do as I told you.” As soon as Lenora was alone she tore open Ray’s letter and read it. It was short, but the effect it produced upon the poor, heartbroken wife was so great that she never wholly recovered from it. The letter ran thus, and in Ray’s own handwriting, or one that exactly resembled it: Pacific Hotel, Chicago, HL,) Nov. 25. 1876. j My Dear Little Lina (tor so 1 must call you. even unto death) —We have both erred, greatly. I am to blame as much as yourself. I ought to have been stronger—more of a man—and controlled my feelings better than to have allowed myself to love a person of your character, Not but that you have acted properly since we first met do I speak of your character; but 1 have had your life revealed to me, and it is such that it even makes me shudder when I think of it. and then think of the happy hours and days that we have spent together. I want to leave all the past—to forget it, for my good name, which is ruin'd tor ever—to forget it all. To forget you. whom 1 so madly loved, will be to lose myself in death, and my resting-place will be the bed of the lake. I can't speak of the babe: my heart is too full. The pen drops from my fingers as I write. Good-by, Lina! You were my true heart's mate- the only woman 1 ever loved—and it I could take back my heart. I would. Farewell! Why Jeannette Nathan wrote that letter, convinced as she was that Ray had once loved her, remains a mystery. Perhaps she knew the depth of Lenora's pure, loving nature, and knew that just such accusation would cut deeper than the most sev< re. Whether this, -or whatever was her motive, nothing could have been more cutting, or pierce that poor aching, bleeding heart more than those few lines from Ray, her lost love. As Lenora finished reading this letter, in her weakness she sprang from her bed, and threw her arms up over her head, in a strange, wild fashion, still holding that strange missive tight in her sing rs. “Oh, darling—darling—my lost, lost darling! how could you have been so cruel to your poor little wife? “Come ba kto me come back just a few moments, that I may tell yon that it is all false, and then die at your feet. “If you wrote that cruel letter, some one has blinded you to the truth, at last. “It seems that my heart will break for the pain is so great.”

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She sank down in a chair, and buried her face in her hip, and cried /old sobbed as if her heart was broken: U there ever was a broken-hearted woifta^ in the world, this poor little woip^^ ' w is. I I'he maid bad been standing >ftir । some time, waiting for Lenora to flljk. I came quiet, that she might eat a little^ ! “My dear lady; do not weep so; I I have brought you your litj^h. ” At the sound of Lulas voicFTlLej nora raised her head and dried her i tears. She ate the lunch, and the wine । seemed to strengthen her. “I must go now, Lula, to my room, and prepare to leave. ” . “You are not going to leave the mansion this miserable night, Mnidam'?” “Yes- 1 cainot remain here,another J hour J^der any consideration; I will duet stay people who db not be- | lieve in me, and so falsely ftcetue me,” Lenora then went to her room and q 4otik from a drawer in her bureau a ' phonograph of Ray and a little gold j I locket, which contained, two li'tlo curls I > yOf hair; one was pale go d, ent from । the head of her babe; the other a rich I dark brown, tl^. sue hud cut from j . Ray's h ad. 3 -7< C The locket she hung round her neck I ■with a fine gold chain that her bus- | band had bought for her when she was j a happy bride, while they were in Ct^ cutta, India; the picture she ki^s^ again and again, and then hid away in the bosom of her dress. “Lula, you have been good and kind ! to me, and 1 will divide what money 1 have with you. Here is om hundred and tifiv dollars, just half the sum my ppAt doling guru mp the other day for iSjx^dffig money, and 1 have not hud • sieod for it yet.” T1 Vh. my lady, yon must net. Ido not want it- you ptay need it and must keep all yoi^clf.” “No, no. I wisnykpi to take half; if I need more, there will fie some way provided, no doubt.” The maid was compelled to take half, and after Lenora had kissed again and again the chair t that Ray sat in while in her room, khe left the mansion, alone, friendless and Icokenhtarted. j It was past midniglfti ami very lark; it was still raining, damp mist was rising from the eartlA while the chilly wind whistled roumlthe corners ol the mansion, making a dreary, nnlancholy sound as it swept over the lawn and tossed about th 1 tall j ine trees that dotted it here and there. Oh, the misery, the awful burden that Lenora bore, as she slowly pass'd down the long, broad avenue, from the home where she and her lost love had once been so happy. She was going to ' the citj’, an I intended to take the first train tor Chicago, but as she entered tho thick, dark for st. her heart sank lower and her weary, trembling limbs refused to carry her any far,her. An old log lay near the roadside, by ; the tr nk of a tree; she sank down up- | on that and rested her hl nd against the I tree; she sat there for some time; by । and by it began to rain harder, and the i large, cold drops fell thick and fast j upon her pale, upturned face. The cool rain drops seemed to revive her, for she again resumed her sad journey. / Occasionally in the distance she I c mid seo a dim light; she could not | tell how far she had gone, Ikit it i seemed miles and miles. On shawent. j and came nearer t > that flicker nglight. By and by she got so near thit she i could toe tint it was a lamp in the | window of a house; <n sitei went ■ si >wly, step by stt p, until she styod at ' the gate of the house, where tho light ■ hail been placed in the window, it • seenu d, for her, and she < ailed it her I guiding shir. i She went to the door and gently | rapped, but no one opened it. She | rapped again and again, and yet no re- ' sponse. The rain began to pour down now and her clothes were dripping wet. Just as she was going to rap again the door was opened tnd h r little body, weary and exhausted, fell into the room. CHAPTER XXXII. Six months have elaps'd since the close of the la t chapter. As time changes all things, so did it make a wonderful clniig? at th > Bristol man sion. Raymond Bristol's s' range d 'sappearanco yt t remained a mystery, and no one knew where his wife had gone, or wh t Lal become of the babe. Ji annett • Nathan sti I remained at il.e mansion, but went nowhere and received no c filers; every one presumed that she was still mourning for the loss of her brother, as she had o ten cdl d him, and that sh.- preferred solitude to the pres nee of comforting friends. She wrote the sad news and j the public's opinion to Mrs. Bristol, and the shock was so great and sudden that it almost killed the fond, loving mother. As. yet she was not able to undertake the iong voyag ■ back to America, and perh q s would never be able t > return. One night in the middle of April, 1877, a terrific storm arose about dusk, and threatened to sweep everything before it. .The wind blew a p.rfret hurricane a^<l tore large trees up by the roots as it pissed along; the lightning IL shed, wliil ■ the heavens were in a perfect blaze of electric fire; the thunder rolled up from the distance and fairly shook th? foundation of the Bristol mansion. Th? s l oi Tr ' se med to hang for hours over th nice happy but now darkened and di solate home. '1 hs s wants were till gathered togetl.or in one room and all Shivering with fright, while Jeannette’s dark, w 1 l-looking eyes told ( niyloo plainly her thoughts and feelings. On raged that fierce storm unceasingly; the wind and thunder still shock the mansion. By and by ! the s wants sought their b ds, too 1 frightened to leave each other, yet too : i weary tq wait for the storm to abate. i .Jeannette lay dewn upon her bed, uni i dressed, Weary and exhausted from ; ■ fright. For some r?as nor othi r she felt strangely oppres e l that night; whether it was the storm or n>t she j could not tell. t, It grew lat? and all was st 11 and dark within the mansion, except the i vivid flashes of lightning that would I illumine the whole building every few

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i moments. Abou', midnight the alarng* I bell rang again and again with such, force that the loud, t'mn lering sounds-, ■ i chodd ami re-echce l through the hallaj | and corridors. ii “Help! help! wake up! wake up!’^ went ringing through the whole man-1 li^ion immed ately after the ringing of Wmbell. • i 'The voice wm a mm's voice, and^ sounded strangely wild and painful. As# Jeannette could not sleep, she In a.d* tho first tap of the bell, but did n<« leave her to >m, thinking it nothing iff anv importance; bit when th >se piteous wails for help rang through the m msion sdie th night there wa" something strangely familiar in thos ■ toms, and immediately arose and turn 'd ,up tlie gasoil h ;r room. I’reArtitly the sounds came nearer, and she r'o.il l plainly he ir fohtst >ps in tlm corridor near her mom door. 'Th ' mansion was now filled with hum | ming sounds, ms if many people were I talking and passing to and fro in th? hills. Jeannette’s door slowly opened, and 1 she came out, looking wild with fright, I while her fa-e was ghadly white. As । she opened the door, a c >ld draught of : wind faun d her elm.4^, but she could j see m thing; yet sh ■ could plainly hear voices nml footi'e t s. She eiutioush left the room and went down the long coir.dor toward the iaibher end of the building. * The lightning still fidslu'd, while the I thunder roared even m&rc fiercely; just as she got opposite the room door that the poor lost wife had occupied, a man cam > rushing out, and almost ran • against her. Old. faithful Tom closely ; followed the man, who lo diet I like a raving maniac; to taken see >ml look at this frightful-looking man, you would think it was a skelehm. with the skin of a human being sti fiched over the bones; h • was h dless ami . hoc loss, while no.hing but an old ragged shirt and a pair of d rty. worn p.udi ; covered his body. The face, or all that could le seen of it. va: gh.isth pale, whi't two dark, spark line eves \\ re suit kt n far 1 a kin their s mkets tin' face was m arlk covered with beard that had be n allowed t > crow for months unkempt, ami th ■ hair was long and shaggy looking ; it was pla ter.-d to the head I v the rain, and great drops of water dripped t । th > floor from th' ends of hair that hung over the shoulder. No wonder Ji'annette shrank back, frightened still more; she did not know who In* was, and in tho dimli lighted hall it would have b'on hard to recognize any one. but ,i ?pi«'utli the hall was illumimsl b a In: id flash of < leetrieity, and thi n he could get a be I .t. r look at him. There was noth ng d’ont this strange, wild-look ng man tlfi any one cmihl ■ identify him by. except th' bread, I noble, white !o c o a I, which l> L>n <■ I only to a Bristol an 1 this man stand- ; ing in front of ,b anm tte was none other than Raymond Bristol. "Where ism. wife an I babe As these words rang clear ami loud through the lml>. there came a c.mt nuous bla e of bluish light, followed im mediately by a clashing p 'al of thunder. Jeann tte leaned rgains’ th? wall, , gasping for breath, as she saw vda' she th<u;ht must be but the gbo t of Ray standing before her eullino tor Ins | wife. “She is g ” but at that mom nt I there came coursing down the wall, but : a few f -et from where she stood, a bright blue streak of electricity, and Jeai 11 tte fell senseless a* Ray s h et, 1 pro BE QONTIN I El>. ] Gomi Health Hints, The best blood purifier known to th ■ medical profession is the following: 1. Ihnty of cold-water ablutions; that is, every morning of the year take a c Id wat r sponge bath ov r the whole body, followed by a vig. runs rubbing with a coarse towel, using quick, br sk action, the wh de process not taking more th in ihr e minutes' time. In dressing we ir flannel next to the skin throughout the y ar. 2. Kat plenty o; plain, nourishmg food', plenty of rare 'Deef and mutton, partaking freely of fruits, frosh or st- wed, and of vegetables, particularly the summ r vegetables, as being more digestible: ignore artificial sheets of all kinds, pie q Lot puddi gs, lie ivy preserves, etc. 3. Plenty of out-door exercise every day; take good, long walks, do not overlatigue, however; plenty of fr< sh air and sunshine; plenty of ventilation to your house and rooms all the time, day and night. Let tne fresh air into your sleepingrocm at night, in winter as well as well as summer, ami see to it in every way that y >n breath pure oxygen every hour out of the twenty-four, instead of carbouie-a id-gas poison. l ake plenty of sleep, ami at regular hours, ami strictly avoid alcoholic drinks and tobacco in any form. These four (daily col l water bathings, good food, fresh air, ami exercise) form together the only sp ’cific bloodpurifier known. Medicine^, drugs, and herbs will not alone purify the blood. The most they can do is sometimes to assist nature iL taking a start on the right ro d. • The Ghosts in Times of Peace. AVhen stories of ghosts and haunted Lous s appear in the newspapers it is a sure indication that news is scarce. A haunted hous i; a sure card to draw—atte ition-anti the icp>rter who fails t? bring to th^TJ iriaeo anything of a sensafi »nal character can generally fetch th ■ public with a ghost story, well told and properly authenticated. It is a fact worth no'.i >g that no ghost stories apj eared in the papers during the | w; r. Haunted inns wire closed during all that Stirling period for want of patronage. ’ Os what account would one miserah e little old ghost, have b?en when tho wires w< vibrating and thrilling w t’i th? stor. of great battles in which men were reduced to ^h?%ts by .-tens of thousands? The shocking and ghastly in real life left no place for imaginary or supernatural horrors. It is onlv in the weak and pi| ing times of pea'C that the ghost walks with any prospect of attracting public attention. — Sijtiwjs.

fINDJANA LEEISLATtTE. 4 . i $ A WEEK'S DOINdS OF OVH STATE « I.AW-MAKEKS. f J _._j t • lUeoliitioiw Ottered Bills rptnxluceii-- 1 Some rasseil and Others llcleaU d A : Summary of the Proceedlu^s. if Pel*. 2.— Senate —A resolution was offered and referred to investigate the condition of the funds in the State Insane Hospital, charges having been made in the public press that ex-County ( lerk John E. Sullivan had absconded w ith funds belonging to that institution. | A bill was introduced to established a State Department of Geology and Natural Resources; also, a civil-service bill. House- No business was transacted. /o I.— Senate— - I'he Barrett bill to prevent trusts was discussed at length mid passed. Only two votes were cast against the bill, those cast ing them being Senators Sehragen and Burke. House —Bills on second reading were the order of the day, and quite a num- ; berof measures, nearly all unimportant, : reached agreement. The bill that met with any opposition was one taking tho appointment of State Geologist out of the hands of the Governor and giving the General Assembly thopnithority to fill the ofime. The Republicans opposed tho bill, but it reached engrossment. A resolniion was passed instructing the Speaker to appoint a committee of five to investigate the books of tho Insane Asylum, and ascertain whether or not John E. Sullivan, the defaulter, had embezzled any of the institutions funds. Sullivan hud tin eontfftet for furnishing the supplies of the institution. 5. I ni' Semite passed a bill making Hamilton and Madison Counties : separate judicial circuit • also, a bill er< dim! a Superior Court in Elkhart : Cennt). tn the House, the session was deleted almost c\(lu-i\eh to the consideration of partisan measure-.. I'he bill providing for the election of the Supr< me Couit Coimnissioners bv the < S-in ial A> sombly pass, JLx a party x ote. Ihe deficiency appropriation bill was ; corsidcred. ft b. t>. TuriiE was a lengthly dis- ! cußßion in the Senate overappointinents mad> by Gov. Hoved, the |Republieatiß charging the Demotrats with negligence in not reporting*them from the Committee on Executive 'ppointments. Bills were passed to uuuish White . Cappint'. and pioxidimf that the death m miltv shall l>e inth<t|el m the State i I rison. < No quorum was present in the Ifonse. : The deficiency appropriation bill was reported frmn the < mumittei' on Ways 1 and Alvans. F't b. 7. In the Hotts, , the Beyton- ’ John contest election ease was considered. John was unseated bv a vote of 50 to 17. In the Senate the Andrews election bill was discussed nt length, seventeen of the sixty-six sections being acted I upon. A bill v passed to repeal the ' statute prohibiting a wife from legally ■ becoming a surety or guarantor of any | bond or contract. F'eb, s Consideration of the new ; ele lion bill was continued m the S, u- ! ate. the thirty-third section being i reached. I In the House a resolution to investi- ■ gate Insane Asylum utfairs was tabled by a party vote. The Indianapolis ; Board of Control bill was passed. Also I a bill for the protection and relief of : railroad employes. A bill was intro- ! duced to make it unlawful to “treat in 1 saloons. Jacob B. Pnun was elected State Librarian in joint session. A Valuable Story. On a recent trip Gov. Routt gave me ! permission to tell a fish story, which, lie says, Gen. Grant enjoyed exceedingly. In the early days of Leadville’s Loom a group of miners and good fellows were gatherexl around tlie tavern stove spinning yarns. One had caught a ten-pound trout, another had harpooned a whale in the arctic seas, and so on, when up spoke the little Governor : “Well, Loys, all that’s nothing to my luck; I once caught a pickerel that weighed 180 pounds.” “Oh, Governor! a pickerel weighing 180 pounds!” resounded from all sides. No one believed the tale, but Routt persisted, and, after vainly trying to shake their incredulity, explained: “Pickrell is my wife’s first name.” He says ho never spent a cent for cigars or other luxuries during the rest of his visit. One of his hearers gave him a share in the mine that started him on the high road to great wealth. —(7ii< '(?(/<) Jmericu. A Novel Book. In a unique and beautiful publication, Mr. Romeyn B. Hough, of Lowville, N. J., expects to exhibit tho structure of all important American woods by actual specimens. Part I. of the work was lately completed and, gives twentyseven specimens—each consisting of three thin slices —mounted in black cardboard frames six by nine inches in size. The scientific names and the popular names in four languages are printed on the frames. An accompanying pamphlet fully describes the species represented, and states their range, properties, uses, etc. A well-made ease, having the appearance of an elegantlybound octavo volume, contains the w I lole. — J rl> a nsaiv Tret veler. A recent English investigation shows that with men over twenty-five years ot age the intemperate use of alcoholic beverages cut off ten years from life. Also that occasional indulgence, if carried to excess, doubles diseases of the liver, quadruples diseases of the kidneys and greatly increases deaths I from pneumonia, pleurisy, and epilepsy. At AVillows, Cal., a flock of wild geese settled down on a forty-aoie field of grain and picked it ''lean in two I hours. The number of birds was esti- ' mated at 75,000.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL j ENTERTAINING DISSERTATI^BI ON SEKIOUS SUBJECTS. A I'leanaut, Intel esting, and Ins^uctive Lesson and Where It Slay Be Fotmd— A Learned and Concise Review es the Same. & The lesson for Sunday, Fob. 17. ^inay be ! found in Mark v. 25-34. < INTRODUCTORY. In Ephesians 1:6 occurs the of*<|iioted vord, "aceepti'd in the beloved.” SA study jf tlie words in the original, while lot vitiating the fumiliar King James’ traishition, makes the ampler and yet more rra^saring ‘ meaning of tho word to be. urafed ij yiftetl । in. the Beloreil. That is, ail that xfß have comes ns a plain and positive imp irtntion from i'hrist. We attain this as to nothing; all that wo have we obtain as a gift through Christ:. We bine an ob.oet lesson on this ! truth in the lesson before us. How significant, especially. the statem'nt. A’irtHo had gone out of him." and the <|Merv4 "Who touched me?" Christ is nt this t me In the Capernaum side, where "i'he people gladly receiv'd him." and is now on his way for healing to the house of Jairus. what the i.esson teaches. A certain iroinaii. That was all sho was thenj’an unknown woman, just as ono of tho crowd, a sutlerer amidst a multitude of sutTerers. What made her great was her ; contact with Jesus. In him was all greatness and goodness. To become ono with him is to make the most of life, and to lift ourselves out of the crude mass into personal recognition with God. In a sense wo all have lilial relations with the great Head ol the Universe. Ina senso.no less tue, we uro in our natural alienation wholly absent and apart from him—"without God and without hope in tho world." wanderers in the wilderness, lost in tho dark. Have you noted that passage in Ephesian-, (1:5): “ t he adoption of children by Jesus Christ." Only as wo arc in Christ are we lifted up to true sonship toward God. Only through Christ do wo write our names on honv u's groat family regis! i y. I’atbi r areii' irorse. Such progress is inad" with the xiorld's soul physician, it is always from bail to worse, growth downward. moral degenor dion. So was it found when ( 111 ist camo to earth. The philosophers ha 1 applh'J their lotions and till- sick man was worse, the so-called religions had applied their medicines. Buddhism, Confucianism. Zoron-trlanisni, all tonoetleet .save to increaso tho disease. Evon Judaism was growing ji jun» and ofToto. "Is there no balm in Gilea Ithe world's soul might well cry. "is there no physician there?" The patient fares no better under latter-day phy? s. according to the course of the world. Materialism, rationalism, agnosticism. "miserable eoinforters are xo all.'’ tho soul llnidlx deolarcs, The Princess Alice was inclined for a time to lie skeptical, but ere her early a.id lamented decease sh ' -aid to some one: "Since I talked with a certain humble Christian I have been trusting that Jesus has saved mo from my sins." Sho bad tied away from earth's false physicians to the great I’hysieian. Toiichtil his '.lanneii Ho is never so far away, er so thronged and pressed, but thni ven ean do that, poor soul. You do nqj feel near enough t" reelin «. like John, upon his broa-t. You do Hot feel bold enough to strhU along like impulsive, courageous Peter at his side. But you can humbly stoop arid beii'li his garment. There in your homo, therein Vuiu' resting-place in ehurch or Sunday’-sHroel-. \Gterevor yon ate. \ ii eah. albeit tfmLdA Lmt. pray God, trustingly, lend to the heni of that blessed garment whieh, through tho Intluenees of his Spirit and the word, limits savingly within the I'aru'li of your t rambling fingers. \uu have sung it often with tho lip; sing it now from the heart. Lord Jesus, I long tn ho perfectly whole, I want the forever to Lv •m nn soul; •v I r nk doxvn exei x idol, < nst oat exery sos ; N ov wash me anil I shall be aUkr r than snow.' Ami r< member in faith other lines, drawn from the go .pel record: ■ Sho only touehe I tho hem of his garment As to bis side sho stole, Amid the crowd that gataerod round him, An 1 striiighlxvay she w^s whole. O, touch ihe hem ot bls garment And thou, too, shall txefroe; His sax Ing power this very hour Si.all give new life to thee." I shall be irhiilf. It was just a touch, but it was the touch of laitK Tho "I shall be whole.” along with the plretehing forth ot the hand, gave energy and efllca y. Behind the slight movement of Jim body was a mighty movement of the ■oul. You seo hero the if put in the r ght pie e. It is not. "if thou ca ist," us said the lather of tho smitten child; imt "if thou »•■(," tho address of the leper; but "if I fojc/i." Tho peradventure has to do with tiw human side. As tothedivine part tn the*transaction there is complete certitude. "L shall be w hole.” she says. O, wo spend .41 much time with the il with tho bend ot ^ho f. as it were. We are a long while reiyhing the wholeness promised to us byTlod’s word. That is a reasonable word o^ Wayland Hoyt’s, quoting to tho inquirer the text. “Him that eometh unto mo 1 will in no wise cast out.” "Don't you suppose,” says the preacher, "that if you do your part of it it is perfectly , certain that Christ will do his part— receive you—never cast you oht?" Presently the inquirer was saying, “Li must be so;" in answer to the questionJDo you thus come?” "As far as 1 know mysolt I do;" and a moment later, "Why, is that all? Then—l think—l must boa Christian." Why not you? Virtue had gone out of him. Salvation is not merely power, it is love as well, liedeeming grace brings into exercise the mightiest forces of tmt universe. 'Jhere is such a thing as stored energy, reserved for use. It is nut to such a treasure store we 1 come for redemption. It is rather to that which is pictured for us in tlie active, forceful dynamo which is continually generating ana supplying power as it is demanded. When a soul comes to Christ there is a conscious meeting of man with God. and there is a new and gmeious impartation as strong and fresh and powerful as when the blind eyes were opened of old and the deaf ears unstopped. We stand in personal and vital relations with the Son of God. and in every individual case all His wondrous energy goes out toward the repentant sinner. Depths of compassion, a world of love and sympathy, the riches of His grace are drawn upon when one sinner repents. Away with the idea of priestly vicegerency, of delegated absolution! When a soul is regenerated virtue goes out from Christ Himself. "In Him was life.” in Him alone. H7io touched me‘> Christ is spsaking. looking about upon a thronging multitude. The same voice speaks to-day. In the great congregation, in the Sunday-school where mulTitudos are pressing upon him, but so few, alas, are reaching toward him with the hand of faith. Have you felt that stirring of soul within you which tells you that in prayer or in meditation upon the word or under tho gospel proclamation yon have turned unto him and have laid hold of hini? Hero now spoken to you this word. “Who touched me?" Ho waists your witness, your testimony. He seeks yet more. Ho wishes to send von.forth with peace and assurance. For we go from grace to grace, and the real touch of faith leads on to the cleaving of trust and the resting of faith. Very like this question was that of old Teter, its half rebuke hijlden in its gracious uromise, “Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Feed my sheep.” Next Lesson—“ The Groat Teacher and ! the Two Ivo.” Mark 6:1-13. Miss ViEiLbEFiLLE (impressed by the Captain)—And what did tho Captain teach you at Sunday school^. Tommy, dear? Tommy—That,God made us all; but I said I guessed he didn’t make you, because I knew you had bought a good Meal of yourself down-town.— Life. “I WISH,” said the Rev. Mr.^G.’s little 4-yeor-old, “that when I’m naughty you wouldn’t always talk to mo in year h&avejily father voice.” — Tray Timei. Misfortunes are said to come in pairs, but the first one su oly camo-with an apple.—Boston Gazette.

jLINCOLV^IH UTIIDAY. HIS PRlx-E VII NEN< 1; ERTHE <iIlH\T 'II'NOF UIS TORY. I ho lion. John A. Kasson’s Tribute tofthe Memory of the Maityieil Ui-eMdent Cltis Magnanimity Compared with the <elf- ! ishness of N ipoleon. “I et 11s hope that the celebration of Ijiiuolu b liiithduy thus coiuuitjucocl Biuiy be continued nml become a regulaitaud national institution,” was the geiiertu seatimmt of those who gathered nltho yai tons c ties of the country on the32th 11.5 t., to iqmmemorate the eightieth tuiniversary of Abraham Lincoln. At Chicago the exercises weie under the auspices of the LaSalle Club, and were of an elaboate nature. The invited guests were The Hon. Robert T. Lincoln, Hannibal Hamlin, ex-Gov. George S. Boutwell, Gov. Lanabeeof lowa, Dr. H. W.Thanas’ J. Mdiiogor Adams, Gen. GeorgejCfook, F. S. Head, Bishop Samuel SAius. Judge L. ('. Collins, the Rev, Robert Mclntyre. The speaker of the coriWon, Hon. John A. Kasson of lowa, iinij following glowing tribute to the “Character and Worth of Abraham Lincoln:” Mr. Chairman, ladies, and gentlemen, the 17 h day of April, ISGS. the Common Council of the city of Chicu 'o mot tog >ther under the shadow of a profound national sorrow to consid r and give expression to tho popular sentimeut upon the death of Abraham Lincoln. Un that oco ision they declared "that the deceased will stand among tho foremost of tho brightest names of history and will bo forever remembered with a 1miration and honor, not only bx his countrymen but by the good and I?ueof’ all countries and of all times." You gen lenuu of tho La Salle Club, still mpro 1 epresenfativon ot this grout city. Jiavo roi) ved to fulfill the pledge of continual lomempraneo and honorable observance of the^>lrihdayv>f that great citlzin and patriot, and we may congratulate ourselves in common tint on this inawgimil । c nsion wo are bono.'ed by the prosi nee of that distinguished man who whs ekr ted s? ond only to tbraham Lincoln in 1860 tKli? \ ice i’lesident of 'bo United states Ihe eminent and vonerable Hannibal Hamlin, ot Maine!. 1 Applause,l 1 he time, is xxoll chosen, for this is the centennial year of that Union which Lincoln so grandly preserved. This pUce is well choio i, tor here is tho groat cityoL the future, iu this s lib nt v lox ing West whey.'o Limo n st rung*.J Here was wi.nessed honorable struggle from'' ignorance to knowlerigj, from despondency : to hope, from humility u’unininee. Hire we o I Lis qualities of leadership discovered, lu re uro i tho State and city that gai ’ him to the nut ion ■ to i’ii serve its lito ahd estore its integrity. ! Yo i have not come to tho determination to intn duej these festivals under the impression of n recent loss or bereavenu n:. Neurlx ii quarter of a cintury is >t low since the t'ood of pe pie's temp fell upou flu ground where the hCioie man Les burio 1. Monuments in marble ami in bronrr have 1 in"obo n ere te I in bis I onor by the fieebom and the emaneilatedruee, xvhile sone of ns still carry in our liearts ti e trei sun'd affection which wi s 1.0111 ini e l by i i- peisonul companionship, yet a In g i n imberof Ans as-o'lutes have departo I for the realm xxhitlirr he lias led them. Hut tl o feeiinjs ot the peJHe d maud a memorul quick x'ith lif', vivid Axitli huiuiui sentiment. We are nu t to day til by the loundaticus o; mii b a I memorial. Croat and heroic men uro tho cherishedglor os ! of a State, mid tie richest, treasure of th’ poo- : pie Huxo xx oin this American citizen 11 eh irnct< r suffieieiJlx great and heroic, 11 career suf 1 ticient ly nolilfja dep’Hitcry of gi.ts to hiiinmil- । ty rich i u ’ugi) to justify the honor of a festival : to < omini'ni^ato liim? If wu can answer these . que . 1 'lls ill the I'.tlirhiut it e such a public me- ■ moiinl sh mid receivenublic. sanction, and this I dux. li' o the bii tl day ot Washington, should f e dmiii titl'd to the development of civil duty. the peaker described tho emigration of the 1 I in olu fiimiiy from KentU 'ky until it i't a lied I I Ilmois, their poor eircumstanc > 1 title.' self .ing . u the frontier, ami the ditlicu t ies 1 n le:- wiUcli Allah 10 t.iiieoln iiequiivd knowledge. Ho dwelt on the splendid physical development of tl e i.oy and the despair with whi h he compmwd liiins It to those situated nu re fnvor--1 biv Io the u'quiidt.'Oii of knowledge, leading t। t niii orurv m< ntul disorder. After Lincoln wits admitted to the le al profe>si<4i Ie dis pi. yeil remmkuld ■ powers of legw and u keenm' ,v of perception equal to tlie knife of a sur--10 u Ho relrs <1 to argue a ease xxhich conlided with his sense of light. Although ho s on roso to rei o.'iii.ion in more intellectual society. ho always pres rxod his familiar contact with tho society from which h' sprang. The I American front er life neomized 111 supetior order o society, granting superiority onlv to th > qualities of manhood, courage end hv n sty, force of character, ti elitv to frit mis,’intellectual strength, and noiv, 1:1 all ouiergi 11 ies. Nowhore else have Loen developed so fully the pr.nciples of liberty, equality nnd fra'ernity mon’hi lines of oar American rentier, and tbi’ companion ships formed there were likely to e|dure through life. It was to tiieso surroundirls that much of tho elnmi 'ter of 1 inc dn was die. L n o.lls ele i--1 ion four t ines to the Legjlature and later to <'ongress was due to his qualities of real manhood, c; n'inued the speaker! Lincoln held to his paily while under its partial alliam e w ith slaverj. But his htai t wa 1 not yd sufficiently movoUnor Ins soul sufficient y aroused to impe hi® to the front of the tidvmici ;g Ine of the butwe for freedom. He was 11 years । Id when thepwsage of the fugitive slave- law presented a 11 Av cause for public agitation. Lincoln said th« if slavery was not xx r. n ; then 1 o hing was wrong. But slavery was declared to bo within the Constiuttion. But Lincoln did not yet Iwenk from liis party. He waited until the slave jl’Wer in 18 4 passed tin m t declaring it a ma teifof national inoinertneo whether freedom or slavery should control the 101 ritories hithero fine lu this memorable vear, wi en the ocean tff popular feebn^ began to exhibit signs of a great approach u? storm, the turbulent love of liberty surged 11 o the breast of that lawyer of Illinois. From thi mists and clouds of politics n ?v emerges the new Lincoln with soul a’l ai.ame for the rights i f humanity. He denounced the aggressiveness of slavery and its propaganda through Congress and the Supreme Court ; he contrast d its buso and inhuman principle with the ennobling genius of liberty. During the campaigns of Kit', to 185 - he continued his assaults upon the Democratic party us 11.0 principal stay of slavery. His argumen.s were transparent to tho common mind, amt carried as irresistible force as the law of nature. He had an abiding faith in the people. To them he miida his appeal, and made it with ultimate success. "With their sustaining aid,” he declared, "even as humble as I am, 1 cannot fail to carry the ship of state safely through the storm.'’ Nor was it in the rich and inteLigent alone that he reposed his confidence. “No men living are more worthy to be trusted," ho said, "(him those who toil tip from poverty, none less inclined to touch aught which they have not Honestly acquired ” Air. Kiisson chnract?Ti/t‘‘i the peculiar force of Mr. Lincoln's eloquence, not shaped on classical models nor often embellisho I with quotations, but always full of force and con.mtion. The speaker quoted many of the express ons of sorrow and sympathy that xxere sent ut Lincoln's Co ith from exery nation in the world, showering euGiJ s 011 him in grea' er number mid elevating him higher than any mcnarih of ancient or modern times. lew monarchs ih? continued . if miy. within th? bounds of modern ci. ilization have exercised a greater power over the tare of men mid of g vernmen |than that poau ^sel by this Amr- 1canlTeiident dur nu our M-mUie wer Nono ’ luivousfd it so di ine’y. with b > much coneilia- । lion opposed to so obsi o >, wfvh so . much patience against so much violence, vvith so much elemency in fa e of so mn h cruelty, or with so magnmi mous a purpose u r the tree dom and elevnti m ot man while confronted by bruto force applied for t e enslavement of mini. None have encountered > quill reit-on with a 1 imtriotisHi so uiiseltisli. if Mllbat pi B-t^hi\o chanted mid poets ba esung from the begnmm ; of time until now of the beamy ot temp rm r.j , and mercy enthroned at th ' side of 1 qwer is i.ot thn vanity 01 mi ide fun y .hen > s Li inn wor.hx to be celebrated i'l srinon mid in song through all the c uniug agos. With tbo ' lapse of time there may coin ' for our republic a period of decline mid mH. Future maters I mid paUiots shall then appeal to I meoln s re--1 corded tn th in Hod mid in the people to inspire the disheartened with hope, the la’.tmess wi.li 1 trust, Ml humanity iisel: with the undying resolutTOii that the republic which W ash ng- , I ton foimded and which Lincoln rescued mid 1 I made Iree shall Lo perpi’tunted m Lem r mid j digtUty'and in tin-;; ory <’ih onmitutiomu liberty. ' ' LIWiNAUD VON HEBO, oi Charles City. ' ' Iowr; a student in the German-English । college nt Galena, 111., died from exposure I to vjiieh he was subjected during the burning of tho college recently. He hud I been suffering from measles. Mr Carbondale, l’a., George Dimock, an engineer, was fatally shot by his 11-year-old sou. The shooting was aeci--1 dental. I B arney Kennedy has been sentenced to be hanged at Des Moines, lowa, March 1, for the murder of his wife.

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DO! NOS op CONORESS. LM.MriUANTM^ AM> ACTED UPON. At the Nation’s C a p it „i _ Wlmt Is Bei Matt 'ill H Senat ” und House— oi (l e,ki| lE St>nato COntinued ks discussion ot the cnil-service system on the 7th inst., when it ro sumod consideration of Mr n n ' ,1 • ment to the legislative "° V 8 an,en<l ’ providing an addhimu ele’“n bi P Sorvi. e Commission “ri 01 v 01 l h° Civilagreed to, as also' was 8 amen<lnl »nt was make tho Beard nt Po* < a Proposition to sis: of six mernL? 9 . 10 ? oon - The bill then W ent ov 1 o' 6a 'Ti ° f tbree ' ence report on Um 10 °°moragreed to mid it now goo, b ' U Was Senate passed the bilTmUw !■ ; '' he Carmel dll., Dovelonnmnt u U ’’ ,ho Mount u‘: ir 4;naU o ^in’•\ M, '^ ax uilable for agric ™ V" 11 " In anv.l. not.. i n ,* TP ,R °C now snbioet the hmmmt n ;.i * ° n,y ? e dls Posed of under ine Homestead laws. Anieudments were Missouri Bl fr<Hi^ B u IU 1110 l’ rovißi °ns exempting Missouri Tiom the opera ions of the bill sti’^d law an clause ot tho homo! stoiul law. and allowing person, who have suuuV* rol ' n T ulß hed their homestead en lies to miiko another entry. The House passed the bill planting a pension of a month to tte widow of Gen. \V. H. Emtrv. Amcnanien s Uggregatmg $61,5)0 were tuldod to’he onm’ p propnation bill by the House. Tho apnioniia. lieu ol SIOO,OOO for tho 11'iv mi itaryXost at B ! rickPU out upon tho suggestion that tlie Uwu is covered in the sundry c^yil bill. lx tho Si T^Uhc najal ftppropiiatWu bfii’an 1 the forGfiVll , tfr®*’‘ai#oiniatioii bill, were raporteiri^iieJkb in^y NGjHn^wTefiJments and pluced^n Ibß’i.WtHUr. Tlie Senate bill toremove the bar on the statute or limitations Hi to certain or coEppcnsutiou lor horses :ui<l other property, lost in the service of the I’n'ited States was Reported from Hie ( uimmueu on Military At |la’■ ■ and placed on the calenakr. A resolution was Oiieiud .which was r. tetrad to the Committee on Contingent Expenses) tor the appointment of 11 select eonunitlea of save® on 1 rignttonuud reclamation of arid lauds, to consider the subject of irrigation and' tho best, modo of reclaiming the u id lanus of the. United States, with leave to sit during t-hdrecess, and to employ a clerk at $6 a day. .The Senate then proceeded lo the consideration of the Homo bill to quiet title <S settlers on the Des Moines river lands in lows? Aft r some discussion, and without division or amendment, the bill passed, Tlie report of the disagree, mint ot tho comerrees on tiirfbill admitting South Dakota and creating tw Territory ot North Dakota was made and %flew conference ordered A message from w President in regard to Samoa was laid bt®re tho Senate, together with a message tr>i,nntting the correspondence in regard to the seizure by Ciuiada of the Massachusettsjfishing vese'l I Hiid^wuter. After passing fifiy-two pension bills ' hu* Senate adjourned. In the House a I motion was made to take up the bill to increase ' the pension of the widow of the lute Gen. Win'd | Burnett, but the motion failed to receive the necessary majority. The House then took up > the itruiy jippropriution bill, whieh was passed. 1 (hi motion of Mr. Spinola it was agreed to retire G 11 W. 11. Hunt, who is now at the point ot । death. The agricultural appropriation was then eonsidere I ail’d passed, after which the House took 11 recess t ill 8 o'clock, ifhen a number of p nsion bills were coii^hi®^!? A Ri:sor.urioN , W^a^i'«^tD in the Senate on the 9th Inst, culling on Sffc. Commissioner of ; Fish and Fisheries for information as to the salmon fisheries of Alaska. The House aniondmen: to the direct-tux reftinding bill was nonconcurred in, and a conference staked. Senators Sherman. Morrill, and Harris were appointed conferrees on the part of the Semite. The fortifica ion appiopriat on bill was then taken up, and an item of #JIM,OJO was ins. rted tor ike purchase ot movable submarine torpedoes impelled and con rolled at will by power from shorn stations. The several amendments, reported from the Committee 011 Appropriations were agreed to, and the bill passed. Senators Hoar, Cullom, and Cockrell were appointed : iwith the pr siding officer) the Senate Ccmmi - tee on the inauguration ceremonies. A resolution was agreed to for the appointment bv the I presiding officer of tellers on the part or the : S nnte in the counting of tho Presidential votes, i The Senate then resumed consideration of t ie Union Pacific refunding bill. In the House the Senate bill was passed granting right of waythrough the Fort Custer military reservation iu Montana to tho Big Horn Southern Railroad I Company , also Senate bill authorizing the construction of a bridge across tho Missi sippißiver nt I a Crosse; also Senate bill granting to Ran- : dolpli County, Illinois, the title of the United States to certain lands in that county. Ihe : House then went into committee of the whole on the piftoffice appropriation bill. It being read for amendment, Mr. Cannon, of Illinois, moved to increase the appropriation for pay of ' postoffice clerks by $300,000. Pending a vote ou the amendment, the committee rose and the i House adjourned. j The credentials of Mr. Coke for hie new Senai torial term were present d to the Senate on tne • 11th inst., and placed on file. Mr. Dawes p^- ' seated a petition from one hundred and twenty Indian students at Humpton, Va., against the continuance of the ration system to Indians as an encouragement to id^eness, and r commending their equivalent iu farming implements and stock. The petition was ao l ^- ferreJ. In ecre, sess on the Senate pa sed tFe following bill to enable the President to protect the interests of the t nited States in Panama.■ ■ t o enacted, etc., ihat there bo and is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise anpropriated the sum of 1,000 lo enable the 1' sidentto protect the interests ot the United States and to p ovide forth security of tho p rsons and property of citizens of iho United States at the isthmus of Panama in such manner as ho maydeim expedient.’ Nomina, tions confirmed by the senate; Joseph C. l>ecKenridge, Inspector-General; S dney u. xv iison, Pension Agent at Washington; Thomas J. Ande son, \ssociate Judge of the Sup erne ( ourt of Uiau. In the House a conference was ordered lon the direct tax bill. The Senate bill was passed authorizing tue cons ruction ' of a bridge across the Missouri Rivet ‘ at Leavenworth, Kan. The House decidedveas, 131 ; nays, 89-to consider the Sma Is-El-lio.t election case, Mr < risp, of Georgia, defended tho south Carolina Returning Board, and Mr Lowell, of Illinois, advocated the claims of Smalls to the seat. Pending further debate the matter went over. Tue Speaker appointsVlessrs. < aswell, Seney, and Oojes as confeuecs cm tue direct tux bill. Among the S mate bills reported from committee and placed on the calendar in tho Senate, on the 12th inst., w. « one to provide for thi enforcement of the qunrnnti'.e laws and regulations ot tho United States an I for the ostabbsmnmit of a National omd H, 4 1 “ 'lhe folowin' House bills eie ink n from the calendar an I passed, lo autlwn e . the Court of Claims to hear, !' o h de ^’ to y°ay ' -h )i 'to Charles F. Swain, m ister of the bar.* in - ’\iN ,V York so" oiug to and rescuing of way to ini 1 mv inwall ^v resumixl consideration of the naval apprepr ait 11 lighthouse and tog s gnai oa 111 1 east rlv end of the outer breakwater 111 the not exceeding $7.00a A "Dr xu me Janet, you've spiileJ water sister “Oh butuher min i, said lanei. I'we li ph,, Il try ths .toll’ "'f H' l "' “ Advocate. I Thfre is uotlJ ' in tßis world that so thoroughly upset/a mauas an unseen pavini-jtene on a , ’ Harper’s Bazar, j j A toothsom# sp^ehd-g-an alligators mouth. ; i