St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 19, Number 47, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 9 June 1894 — Page 2

tEOOPS GUARD CARS. INDIANA RIOTERS DO NOT RESIST THE SOLDIERS. Gov. Matthews Thinks that the Troubles Will Ue Bridged Over Without Blood-shed-Trouble at Cripple Creek Ilas a Serious Aspect. Quail Before Militia. The situation in the Indiana mining regions, according to a i Indianapolis dispatch, indicates that the troub esat Cannelburg at least will be suppressed without an enc nmter with the militia. Gov. Mat hows received a lengthy telegram from Ad . Gen. Robbins, the com Mete contents of which he refused to make pul lie. It stated, however, that the militia, under command of the adjutant, arrived at the scone of trouble. They met with no res stance from tha strikers, and a conference was at once amanged with a committee <o^o Jr V v, & i/i ai. ' A j ILLINOIS TO THS RAMPANT COAL MINER: “Hold on—Tnis has gone far enough!” representing the miners. The committee promised obedience to the law in the future and deplored the in ury done to railroad property, which they eaid was brought about by persons having no authority. There were over 150 miners hanging around the station and switch all day, the telegram stated. Upon receiving the information that the troops were coming the majority of them left and the remainder di parsed after the arrival of the militia. The Sheriff and a detachment of the militia started to hunt down the ringleaders, and the compan/s train crew began repairing the tracks. The few strikers who remained were “behaving splendidly,” the Adjutant stated. Two hundred and thirty militiamen marched from Sullivan to Shelburn. All is reported quiet there. Fourteen companies are now in the mining region. At Washington the State troops marched into t lark’s station 500 strong with a Gatling gun, to find that only fifty miners had stayed to face the muwas drawn up in for riotous conspiracy and piacTd three of the leaders, Squire Summers, Dick Gate, and John Flynn, under arrest. As soon as the troops were in line the railroad men at once repaired tne track and the loaded cars were ' tiken on west. The 1,000 miners who i were reported en route to Clark's station did not materialize, neither had they collected at any point along the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern. The certainty that the officers intended to enforce the law seemed to quell the rebellious feeling among the men. The miners say that ai soon as the troops are withdrawn they will again stop ail coal cars, but anticipating this two companies will be stationed at Clark’s until ail fear of trouble is past. It is apparent to-night that the ba kbono of the strike h is been broken. The militia have done th > work. The Washington miners dos Tted their < ol- i leagues here and the Cannelburg miners are too few to do anything but sv/bmit to-night. Tae militia me' no resistance. M n“rs Sullenly See ( ar* Move. Sullivan —The State militia arrived in Sullivan from the southern p;vt of the State, in all numbering I 00. They stopped over here and waited until the trainmen could get an engine to ta e the coal out of Shelburn, then as s on a? the trainmen came they boarded their special train, bound for the Shelb rn district. Sheriff Mills, in command, stopped the t ain south of the depot, got his soldiers all ready, then made a march and surrounded the train. No demonstrations were made by the few miners who were present. One old lady with a pi-tol under her apron, who marched out ready for action with the militia, was eaught and scuttled with b; Sheriff Mills until he sec red the gun. The minors had each car branded “scab eoal ” The miners made threats that this did not mean mu h to th, m an I ' that the Evansville and T- rre Haute 1 shoul 1 not ship coal u do-s they kept a , standing army at Shelburn all the time and claimed that no more co d i should pass thr. ugh tl ere until this was settl d. Several hundred people gathered to see the battle between the min rs and the militia. After the militia had finished their work they cam * back to Sullivan and went into camp at the fair grounds, with only one man in the hospital. I I .tn s Attempt to Wreck Cars. Bra it—A desperate effort was made to wreck freight train No. 21, supposed to be hauling coal, just east of hi re. The Vandalia found two c upling pins wedged in switch frog, but luckily the train was running slow, and was stopped quickly afte • striking the pins. The engineer claims that if he had been running at the usual rate the entire freight would have been ditched. The work was undoubtedly that of strikers. COAL FAMINE AT BOONE IMMINENT. Small Mines Forced to Cloie by Strikers and Supply Running Short. B' one, lowa.—Since the miners’ strike the local demand for coal has been supplied by about fifteen small mines, operated by the owners and employing from five to fifteen men each. Now the small mines have cease 1 work. Unless the t oubles are fixed up before Jono- the water works, electric light plane, mills, etc., will be compelled to

shut down. The brick and tile fac'ories are already closed for want of coal Oskaloosa. -Most of the 6( 0 striking miners who were in camp near Evans left for their homes. Sunday’s barbecue was to be the signal for a monster ma-s meeting of miners, but loss than K 0 wore in camp, not enough to eat the roasted ox. T.iis failure is thought to foreshadow the collapse of the s L ri Ko. KIDNAI’EU BY MINERS. Cripple Creek Strikers Carry 11. u. w ootls to Their Fort. Cripple Creek, Col >.-H. R. Woods, 1 resilient of the Woods Investment ( ompany. was taken in charge by a large I ody < f mi: o s and carrie I up to the fort on Bull Hill. Uis wife was present when he was taken, and is almost frantic. Business mon here look into each other s faces and see n thino but dread and fear. The cause of the kidnaping Is n it known. At Victor a id along tho south s de of Pa’tle Mountain the miners are maintaii ing only their usual guard, but around Bull Hill on the east an I north the guard has I eon double 1, whi e the pi ket Uno has been thrown out to within a short distance of Midland. Colorado Springs.—The Governor will not call out the State troops to as- i sist the Sheriff. The city continue ; to be guarded. The Sheriff <oilinuos making preparations for the battle *vith the miners which will undoubt edjaicT ocour in a few days. Another train i ad of deputies was started forth' front, and later was followed by two companies of cavalry. Denver.—Detectives assisted Sheriff Bowers in a search for John Calderwood, President of the Victor Miners' Union, who came up from Colorado Springs with Gov. Waite. When the party arrived Calderwood was taken i into a carriage with the Gove nor and I convoyed to some secluded pl ic -, I w here no one b it the Governor’s party | knows. Sheriff Bowers arrived with a ! warrant for Calderwood's arrest upon the charge of inciting to riot. H ■ had not Ucon arrested in Colorado Springs becau e then he was the Governor’s guest. Detect i v»‘s shadowed Gov. ■ Waite in the hope that they might find their man. but Sheriff Bowers had to return without the head official ot

x* . ... r K- ‘ ■ 11-JI, ^^4 AHIE CO A LmWtT; - KE IN CO AI»A Entrenched position of the strikers at Hu I Mi untnln. t ear ( rlppio < r«c«. Thiers Iker have stored arm* and dynamite and d , surrounding country.

the miners now in belligerent attitu ie cn Bull Hill. DEMAND TH AT NO CO \I BE HAI I I D. rnlrsn th© IbiHroadn Ohio Mine-* May Make Trouble. Jackson, Ohio The miners of thicounty have for the past tw > davs c ngregated in large n m ir< nt the various railroad towns in thee- unty. I n-h crowd has it- leaders and k< e'>' the America : Hag float: rg to the bri e e while they are ii* i ed on l y a band of mus'c. Freight trains on the Columbus, Hi eking \ alley and Toledo were held rp and gen- through. A J coal found was cut off and side-t racked. The er wd assembled at Ham u-n h s disbanded, leavi: g n charge a patrol committee that holds up every freight train that pa-ses. T o m r.ers in their demands of the Baltim re and < >hio Southwestern ask that not a lump of coal be hauled on the I’ark - sburg division, b t agree to ail w two cars a day over the Pirtsmouth divi ion. to be used in tiring that company's pa - songer e igines. Bellaire.—A reporter has just airived from tho seat of the miners' troubles at Wheeling Creek. AT the conditions are ripe there for a bloody en ounter. Four hundred miners are in camp there at that point a:.d will allow no trains hauling coal t - pa-s over the line. The tompany is making preparations t > execut ■ its coalshipping contracts. The Governor has i efused to call out the tro >ps unless there sho ild be actual violence. Allian e.—The coal miners of this city, who struck three weeks ago in sympathy with the I nited Mine W orkers, held a moctirg in this city and after a prolonged discussion con iuded to accept the operators’ terms of ?I.O> for mining and ret urn to work to-mor-row morning. Wells’on. -The mini rs refuse to talk to outside, s on the situation. It is generally understood that outside influences have been brought to bear to cause the strikers to_ make an attack on the Norfolk and W estern. Ironton.—Twenty-five stalwart men, all heavily armed, are standing wat h on the great bridge that spans tho Ohio River at Kenova. REUSE TO ACCEPT THE REDICTION. Mobile and Ohio Railway Employes Decline President Clark’s Proposition. Murphysboro, 111., representatives of \ the conductors, brakemen, and switchmens' organ! aliens of the St. Ronis division of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad held a conference here relative to the proposed cut in wages. President Clarke made the men the same proposition that has be n accepted by tho men south of the Ohio: that is a 4 per I cent, reduction to hold good for one ' year. The men declined to accept this. The reduction the railroad^ officials now propose to make is equal to I 7 per cent., a d they claim that the scarcity of business positively requires the reducti- n. No agreement was reached and the meeting ad ourned. j The company's shops at Murphysboro,

employing about 100 men, were closed < airo, 111.—The scarcity of coal and eminent high pri4s io ca S much anxiety in tnis city. Last week the Iron Mountain local between Cah-o “biff, Mo., wai red Seed [o half-time, running only m * days, and the Delta Electric c&' na ‘° and several manufacturing "«y° aio at present 1,0 0,000 bushels in h!7 City c' al D th ° of the Cairo Pitt i -ompany and the Browns of S( u 18dail > shipped EN D OF TA R'FF NEAR. / It Is Expected That DUcnwlon Will Close 1 Within Two Weeke. 4 B< ’ A N\ ashington correspondent asst the country that the ta- iff debatW? 3 the sena’e will ch 8e within the / ln two weeks. The bill, he says, <uP*xt now bo boat n. The Democrats all voe for it with th ' poisible erf®l tion of Mr. Hill The incoms taxVepturo of the bill is reawnab y • ertaKeabe rot lined, a though the calu.Uto against it has been quit's vigoroJ^En lat -. The New-^ orkers are especj*® b tter in their oppoAt on and tl^^y cent meetings m New York Il feF e ' lave served to in pi.o i Hill and Murphy to efforts again t it. NnKody in the Senate, however, is payi^E/ihe slightest attention to the ciamoMtx>|F position from New York, for the fact is recognized that thbto interesting themselves in these meetings of pra. test against the income tax are mainly persons conne-ted with COrpc rations. All of the Populi t Se aton will vote for the ret nti m of th • income tax, so that, w.th the solid Republican . strength < f t .irty-oig ,t votes against If. t -ere wo 11 stil le needed five Democratic vot swi h t e oiijoution to insure its defeat lue only Democ atic oppoaen’ - n >w counted U|»on are Hill. Murphy. Smit aid Brie-, so that the ine me tax i-. likely to have at least ■ a ma ority of one. Speiker < r-p and the I) mowatic leaders in the Hou o are expecting the tariff bill t > c mo back t > them soon,

and to that end th v a e hastening tho pending m< a u e* (n the lower branch of ( ongrvs-. Ti e l ank tax bill In now le'oro th» Hon--. but notice has been borvod up- n i'i friend* that they must get it out of tho way at once. Most i f the appropriation Nils are through . e House. Among the few r -maining h the Indian bill. 4* so n a* it i* oit < f the win the Hou»> nil I*' r ady to resume c msideraUon of > the tar ff bill. Tue II use members ‘ genera ly now believe th ■ Senate is in earnest alwut l-.n- oid g the biA an I it i- con-e u-nth cqe ted tot come back t>t:e : tome wit I. n th- n^xt tw o 1 FOR THE PYTHIAN CONVENTION lhrpir.it lon* or the Hirn nI < 1 < ^hiring nt XV Kh-ngfoti. D. C. The biennial convention of he Su p erne 1 dge and the biennial e non of the uui orm rank Kni rhts of Pythias will convene at Wash ppg P. C.. Aug. 27. The popular f- ature- i of t e event will be the session >f the 1 Surrem - lodge the treet parat e and revie.v by President Cleveland >f the uniform rank, th- dress parade ।, n tho whit' lot, a competive drill b tween I about forty-five in antry and cavalry 1 divisions o’’ the uniform rank land a ball a d reception at Convention Hall. Excursions to vario > points abetat the city hav ■ a'so been arrange I. t Preparations for the event ar^fteing hurried through by the local c«nnissioner. The Executive Commitljb has announced that the encimpmecwund must Le <-o,i OA a largo percent>£e of which has * eeu subscribed. It Is.estima’ei that iSHlAunßMVuied ^yiights will visit W.ishington. and Win*? of other l isitors will be Poland -0 ,000. Ilie camp upy thirty aer< > of the Mp’’ will form a s a o arou> * '' as h monument. Tents will be provi ? . Is. (.iimen. The camp streets • , named after tho States and Shiirules of < amp lie will prevail. • • Canada’s Bad Boy. i ■ i : BA 3 XTC Az— S 4^ "Please, Uncle Sam, I "ks (n i v foolin.” Y

THE ISLES OF THE BLESSED. •O, where ere the isles of the blest?" The beautiful isl aof u le blest I Where the soft, zephyr blows O'er the hear of ihe rose. With the dewdrop asleep on her breast? "O, where are the isles of the blest Z' The palm-bearing isles of the bleat? Where the fireflies bla>e In ■he t wilig t's dim 1 azo. When the colors die out of the weak •O, where are the Is es of the blest?" The sweet-scented isles of the blest ” h -re the inccn-e of flowers r rom love s magi ■ boners bootnes the soul, overweary, to rest. “Hut where are the isles of the blest," The peace breathing isles of the blesft? O, they lie in the Hem t. And if each did hiR part, A l might dwell In the isles of the blest. -Hearth and Hall THE LONE WOMAN FROM VERMONT. A small and rickety wagon with a ; sagulng, ragged canvas cover was | coming down the Shoshone trail, i drawn by a bony and lecbiooid norse. A woman in a limp calico sunLonnet and dust-covered dark calico gown sat upon the. fiont .-eat bolding the ' reins. J?hc had never been a pretty I MiiiiiirfT and she was long past her । youtii. Hot Ht.niwh' black hair was plentifuli streaked with giay; her heavy gray eyes and her s i low cheeks were sunken; the corners ot her mouth had a downward "n'TE nirrKs to ks>w isv.sk bt the NAME Os I>W K KISSEV .” । curve she was hollow-chested, and when she coughed, which was frequently one of her long lingered, toil worn hands was clasped to her breast She was alone in the wagon. She had come a. ng in it in> n a little un-heard-of town away back in \ ernionL The new-paper- in the towns along the route bid had a aond deal to say alout th s ionc woman going from Vermont to the Lockv Mount•lds alom in a little obi w igon, moving at a -nail’s pa e in th s day of “ffyer" and him Lri olt" expre-s ; trains S| ' » ling along over the same route. Hut Martha 1 enney had not seen the pape « and -h<' did not know nor care bow oft< n she had tmen referred to ai “a lone and lorn female." nor bowman, f l <■ w ■: m -m- La i bvn i perpetrated at her cape use. Amt sho sdLRI* wh T had chosen to come alt t»i Pj tn i tw.«•* rttutrnt ’ woman, and -tv” hid not g ven the | Curious - mind d much information when they h.l a-s.'.l her w h-re sho was from and wh< : she was going, •nd Wh> , • trav< a l as sho did. ! She would “ n bin y that she was “from \ ermont" an 1 th it she was ‘•going out West," a: 1 n n- of her questioners «.er knew how wildly her heart was ts-tiiog, n >r what it cost her t i maintain a calm dt-meanor when she sometimes a-^. d with affected carel sine s,f th- hat pened to know any one b> the name of Dave K iiiuoy ro.md h« re " >he continued t • a-k this question In every i wn tlr uh which she pa— d. an 1 w! . n a-s.-d who and what Dave kmn ? wassbe w ;;d say ca:eL s-.v | *s >h, he’s a man I sed to know back in \ erm nt. a car en*. r. though he rou’d turn L.s hand to most anything. We was l.orn ii the same town at. i ii” am-' We-t, . good many year- auo at; I a:;.': ce er been I ack to \ erm nt -m ■■ I don't know ust wher he sett.-d .mi 1 thought it might be lately po-suiie that he’d i settled ’round in re - me j la< c.” She would Lave i-ce uLk! to have been told that David Kinney was dead. Better this than to know that । he was alive and un a thful to the wife hs had left in the little \ erI mont town w en he went “out West" years ago. lie t.-ad written often at first and his letters had been kindly and affectionate. He had sa.d that he would send lor her when he had “struck it rich” in the mountains or when things became “a little more civilized” and “a tit place for a woman to live in." I ntil then it would be better for her to stay in her comfortable, if humble, Vermont home. His letters had been mailed at various postoffice, and he had writ-' ten about being “very unsettled’' ‘ and that was another reason why he could not send for her. He was ; “prospecting,” he wrote, and he might “make h s ] ile any dav. ’’ Then his letters had become more and more irregular and finally they had failed her entirely. Her own letters were returned from the dead letter office, and after ten years of weary wait ng for news of David Kinney, his wife had sold her poor possessions and had bought a horse and wagon, and had started “out West” to find the husband who had deserted her. "Not that I’ve any idea of finding him alive,” she had sa d to her \ er mont friends. “I'm satisfied in my own mind that Dave Kinney is dead. But it’ll be a comfort forme to stand by his grave, and to have it prove to me that the lies folks have told me about him desertin’ me are lies. Dave Kinney is dead, and I’m going to search the whole West over until I’ve found his grave, and there I’ll make my home, and have my wornout body laid beside him when I’m gone, too." She had gone through every ceme-

tery, and had stopped at every grave or little cluster of graves by the roadside along her route. She had asKed graxevard sextons so many questions that they had spoken of her afterward as “some poor era y thing wandering over the country.-’ Although she declared to her friends that she knew very well that David Kinney was dead, there was never a moment when Hie did not, in the secret recesses of her poor, troubled heart, feel that he might still be alive, and if he were! Her heart almost cea ed beating at the thought. To find him alive would be to rind him unra thful to her. for what could he do, or what could he say to prove that he had not de-.erted her? “But maybe he thinks that I’m dead, she would say, eager to find I some excuse for the man she still loved. “There was a woman named Martha Kinney died over in Peabody, the next town to ours a tew years ago, and David may have heard of her death and thought that she was me.” And then she would remember that she had not heard from Dav d for a year before ths other Martha Kinney’s death, and her fears and doubts, her ijerplcxity and despair would in- ’ । crease. Hie had been away froi# her Vermont home a year on the day that she came down the Shoshone pas- in the old wagon that could not hold together for ii any more miles, wh le the feeble footsteps and labored breathing of the old horse indicated that h;s hours were numbered. I avid had wr tten to his wife once from the town of Shoshone, and she felt that it would seem a little like being near him if -he could but tread i the ground his feev had once trod. boshonc was a most deserted now. | Three-fourths of its cabins were empty, but Martha hoped that there might st 11 be someone .est who had known David i.inney. She clasped her hands to her wild! beating heart when she thought that David Kinn y himself might be there' She was driving slowly down the mountain side, when the feeble old horse stumbled and fell heavily to the ground within fifty yards of the great Shoshone mine, the only mine of any value in ail that gulch. Two or three miners came hurrying forward to Martha’s assistance. < tne of them lifted the horse’s head and let it fall again, saying: “Why, tl.e poor beast is dead.” Martha climbed down from the I wagon and looked at the poor, faith- j ful old horse with tea -dimmed eyes. • ■ 1 don’t know how in the world 1 am to go ou," she said “You can't go any farther ton ght, n a’am," said another man in a tone so Kindly that it belied his rough, almost savage appearance. “1 guess we can take care of you at the mine for to-night, and we’ll t'ee . what can be dupe about jour wagon Simpson, you take the ladv upto the captain’s house, and they’ll make her A' -x- * ■‘WRY, THS POOR HEIST IS DEAD.” comfirtablc there. Mrs. Dennie ain’t the person to turn any woman aw iv. You'll Le made welcome, ma'.sin." “Tbe captain" was the sole owner of tbe great "hoshone mine. He happ 'tied to be at the mine now with his wife and their I » aut ful little t oy. They came to the mine often in the summer time, and for that reason the captain had built a strixingly b iiitiful little cottage at the num', and had furnished it with a degree of elegan e that amazed those who -aw it amid its wild and barren > aroumlmgs fifty miles from a railroad. But nothing that his great wealth could buy was lacking in the life of the captain’s wife and ch Id. Mrs. Dennie was sitting out on a pretty piazza when N artha Kinney and i Simpson drew near. “Beg pardon, ma'am,” said Simpi son, tou king his old hat, ‘“but this lady met with an accident down on ; the ] ass and can’t go any farther tonight; Higgins said I’d better etch i her up here.” “That was just the thing to do, Mr. Simpson,” sad the captain's wife, rising and coining forwaid with I a smile that had long ago made every man at the mine swear that if ' ever there was a “real lady” in that gulch that lady was the captain’s wife. Her manner now was certainly that of a kindly, gracious woman who ! paid no heed to Martha Kinney’s manifest poverty after she had looked into t er honest, careworn face and sorrowful eyes. There was something in her manner that a pealed to the captain’s wife, and she sa.d gently: “1 am sorry to know of the accident, whatever it was. I hope we can remedy it for you. In the mean- i I time you must be my guest. You I look very tired and you must let me , ■ make you a cup of tea. and won’t you ; come in and lie down a little while? I There is a couch in the room you will have.” “I thank you, ma’am,” replied Martha, “and 1 will lie down if you ; will let me. 1 feel just about beat i out. ” She put her hand to her hollow chest and coughed heavily before adding, “1 hate to make you any trouble.” ‘K h, please don’t think that you are making trouble for any one,"

said Mrs. Dennie as she led the way into a room rich and beautiful with soft rugs and handsome draperies. Tnere was a luxurious couch in a corner of the r, om and Mrs. Denn e said: “You will find water and towels he e if you would like to bathe your hands and face and then you can lie down and I will have your tea ready very soon.” >he was leaving the room when Martha said: “Did ihe man who brought me here call you Mrs. Dennie?” “Yes, that is my name.” “I u<ed to know of a family of that name Pack in \ ermont.” “Did you, indeed? They may have been distant relatives of mv husband. I’ll ask him when he comes home. He rode over to Crystal Gul h this afternoon, but I am expecting him home every moment.” “ ’Dennie,' ‘Dennie,’ ” repeated Mrs. Kinney to herself when she was left alone, “that was my husband’s mother’s maiden name. These peo. I “TOUB WIFE? WHY DAVID, DAVID—“ pie may be some k n of his and they may know something about David. 1 must know before I sleep.” She bathed her dirty face and hands and then lay down on the couch an I closed her tir d eyes. Five minutes later CapL Dennie entered the room not knowing that it was occupied. He was a tall, broad-shouidered, heavily - bearded man, evidently much older than his wife. He was half-way across the room when Martha Kinney suddenly rose to a sitt.ng position on the couch. “Oh, I beg your pardon, madam.” said the captain, “I didn’t know : that ” He stopped and stared wildly at her for she had risen and was coming slowly toward him, breathing heavily witn one tony hand clutching at her throat Iler white lips were moving, but they made no sound until one of her trembling hands rested on his shou der, then she said in a mere whisper: “David.” He shrank from her toward the door, his face as pallid as her own and his own voice a husky, frightened whisper as he said; “Martha! My God! My God! outstretched hands and streaming eyes. “Uh, I am so glad, so glad, David! I was going to ask Mrs. Dennie if ” “Mrs. Dennie!” ejaculated the captain. “Have you seen her? My God, Martha, you haven’t told my wife that ” “Your wife? Why, David, David David!" She fell heavily forward with both hands clasped over her face. H® caught her in his arms and half-car. I red, halt-dragged her to the conch and laid her down upon it She did not speak again, and three minutes later when Mrs. Dennie entered the room tbe captain was kneeling by a dead woman who had one hand clasped tightly around the linger on which was her wedding ring as if to prevent it from being taken from her. “Why David, how ghastly white you are!” cried Mrs. Dennie. “And you are trembling like a leaf. And this poor woman—why David, she is dead.-” “Yes, yes. dear,” he said huskily. “I—l —l never saw anyone die before and it—it—has quite unnerved me. Come, let us go out of the room.” He rose tohis feet, pa e and trembling, and walked unstead ly across the floor, with his wife’s arms around him. W hen they reached the door lie glanced back fearfully over one shoulder, and the arm he had around his wife s waist trembled so violently that she said: “Why, David, you are positively ill. You must go right to bed.” The men at the mine and even : Mrs Dennie accepted it simply as an indication of the captain’s greatr ! nearted generosity when he telegraphed to Denver for a splendid coffin and a silken shoud in which to lay the poor, wav aring woman who had died under his roof. And they sa d it was “justlike the ! captain” when he had a handsome marble monument placed over the grave down in tbe gulch below the mine It was a nameless monument, and the captain alone knew the name that ought to have been chiseled on iu Sometimes in the darkness and stillness of the n ght he ' stood in tearful penitence above the lone y grave with the name upon his lipis.—Detroit Free Dress. —■ " = Aerial Machine. An Austrian has invented a machine which is said to solve tbe problem of aerial navigation. The sails are to be worked by steam, and the progression of the machine wi 1 be on the same principle as the flight of a bee. Timber. The strongest timber known is the “Bllian” or Borneo ironwood, whose breaking stra n is 1.5_ times greater than thatjof English oak. By long exposure it becomes of ebony blackness and intensely hard.