Bloomington Courier, Volume 13, Number 35, Bloomington, Monroe County, 2 July 1887 — Page 2
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THE COURIER.
BY m J. FEBTIIS-
BLOOMINGTON.
INDIANA
FATE.
Now Cincinnati shows up with rotten bank officials. Pat them behind the bars.
Mike MoDoxatjO, the Chicago gambler, announces his retirement from politics. Chicago politics won't suffer from this retirement.
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The coercion bill and Queen's jubilee have, it is stated, excited Ireland, and an uprising i very piobable. The jubilee part is all right, but what an outrage this Lord Salisbury coercion bill!
Two shall bo born the whole wide world apart, And speak iu different tongues, and hae no . thought Each of the other's being, and no heed.
And these o'er unknown seas to unknown lands Shall come, Escaping wreck, dofyng death; And all unconsciously shape every act, ... And bend each wandering footstep to this one end " - That one day, out of darkness, they shall meet, And read life's mcaniug in each other's eyes. And two shall walk some lowly way. oflifo So nearly side by side, that, should one turn Even so little space to left or righ t, . They needs must at md acknowledged face to face And yet. with wistful eyes that never meet, And groping hands that never clasp, and lips Calling in vain to ears that never hoar. They seek each other all their wory days, And die unsatisfied. And this is (ate.
A St. Lou:m paper says it welcomes the. Travelers . Protective Association "within hex (the city's) gates." This would indicate that Chicago's charge that St. Louis is fenced in is well founded.
The President of the Fidelity Bank, Mr. Briggs Swift, is said to be a very honest roan, who would have nothing to do with wheat deals or other gambles. But it turns out, upon investigation, that Mr. Swift has had nothing to do with "running" tho bank, and knew
nothing of its affairs. That's generally the way. It came to Mr.v Swift's ears, about two weeks ago, that "somebody connected with the bank" was interested in the Chicago deal. He said he would look into the matter, and while he was engaged in this interesting search for information the bank went under for $4,000,000 or more.
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jr TRADE AJXB JtABOK NOTES. Philadelphia iteeord. - Fresh block-coal developments have just been made in eastern Ohio. ' Land is steadily rising in value, and yet no eflbit is made by labor unions to purchase and hold a few thousand acres. Late news from Southern mines shows a great improvement in demand, growing out of the, spread;of manufacturing industries. . , The labor of 300 convicts in the South Carolina penitentiary is oSered at 40 cents a day for women and boys, and 50 cents for men. The Pittsburg coke interests are not pleased with Andrew Carnegie for cabling a surrender to tho coke-workers on the point of a general surrender. Judge McArthur's opinion as to the
effect of the rules of trades-unions on the young men of the country has been read in a great many unions, and has cause much discussion. . Mechanics attending boilers and engines are being taught to regulate the water feed in such a way that there will be no irregular flow, which is found to be productive of a tendency to explode. .... Electric-light plants are going up very rapidly. Chicago electricians say they ean light ail Chicagowith fifteen electric plants, costing $45,000 each. It cost that city in 18S5 $604;651.42 for gas. Labor organizers among the Knights and trade-unionists are taking a brief rest, and will-do no more for the . summer than to speak at celebrations. Nearly all the Knights will celebrate the Fourth. V :, r. American manufacturers of cotton goods are sending .samples of goods to Mexico, accompanied by a code by which telegraphic orders can be sent for goods, which are sent by, next steamer. This quick way oi doing business is slowly driving out other foreign trade. . A Chicago firm uses from 8,000 to 10,000 gallons of bipod, daily, to make buttons, besides breastpins, belt-clasps combs and trinkets. Evaporation leaves, pure albumen, which is dried into thin sheets and broken up and pressed together into various shapes. There are contracts out among the car works for 40,000 oars. Nearly all the railroad companies have arrangements under way for increasing their shop facilities. The Pennsylvania railroad will lead off with a $500,000 machine and repair shops. Machine-shop work is in very active-demand.' The development o( the woolen industry hi Wisconsin and Iowa, and the cotton industry in Texas, Arkansas and further west, especially in view of the coal and natural gas developments, is assuming an important phase, and the time may soon come when the far West and far South will not be quite so dependent on the fat East for textile goods. Tho Chicago master builders have taken steps to effect a national organization of building interests in all the large cities, mainly for the purpose of resisting the unjust demands! labor. The publicity given to their hostility is being used by orajanixed labor to work up a strong counter movement The bnilders in different cities have very little direct interest in common, while the workmen have, The construction" oi houses for em
ployes is now becoming as important a
matter as the construction of a manufactory. In new localities it is a necessity; in old 'localities it is advisable. The Northern 3acific is investing $500,000 at Mandau, I. T., for sliops and foundries,
and 500 houses for workmen, Scores of corporations, firms and individual employers all over the country are investI ing in the same way.. . The development of coal and natural gas in far c-ff localities is giving an impulse; to numberless little industries ' hitherto dependent on distant fuel. Natural gas is found in Dakota and Texas, and thev are after it in Colorado. Natural gas is plenty in Utah,and much money is being devoted to its utilization. A sixty mile pipe line is to be laid from the Indiana field to Chicago, and this enterprise has stimulated manufacturers of artificial gas to furnish fuel gas as eheap as natural gas for manufacturing purposes.- . The labor situation is improving week by week as to abumlant work and rate of wages. Employers are generally deprived of the argument of dull times - Workmen) refuse tolisteu to calculations showing that margins are declining,and do not believe it. There is a scarcity of labor in factories, miils and shops. Agricultural and mining labor is plenty, but not to ;r,he limit-of depressing rates. v Printers are well employed. Coopers are doing,fcetter. Lithographers are ail - busy. The building trades have no time to spare. A large per centage of the Chicago workmen have resumed on their own-terms, and in other cities the " demands made have been complied with
lest there should be arepetition of the
Chicago truble.
Boston Globe. . "She was the bravest woman I ever ?aw, and a little bit of a body, too, but if it hadn't ha' been for her pluck and courage God knows what would have become of us." The speaker, one of the crew of the ill-fated schooner John T. Ferris, was seated on the deck of the steamship City of Durham, which was plowing her way through a heavy sea towards Bos
ton Light the morning of Thursdy last The little knot of seamen who gathered
about the wrecked maniner asked eager
ly for the story, and at their request the following account was given. It is here
related for publication bv an officer of
the Durham, who was present at the rescue. He said:
"After Captain Lund observed the
signals of distress that were displayed
Thursday morning by a schooner which afterwards turned out to be the Ferris,
we were very much perplexed, because some hours before two vessels, which I think were American craft, passed us filing in the exact direction of the distressed vessel. We were eight miles away at the time when the schooner was discovered. The moment the Captain saw the flag he gave orders to turn the steamer in the direction -of the sinking ship and to fire up. "This was about nine o'clock in the morning, and the storm was but slowly going down. It was blowing a gale a ad the sea was very rough. As we continued on our course all eyes on board the Durham were intently fixed on the schooner, which, as we came nearer, could be seen to roll heavily in the sea. It cpulcl be readily seen that she was full of water, and the only question was, How long can she be kept afloat? The Captain, with . characteristic promptness, had ordered the boats to be made
ready for lowering, an'd he only waited for a favorable opportunity to give the world. "The Durham presently came within speaking distance, and then the Captain shouted, 'Shall I send you boats?' " N o was the answer sent oyer the water in a clear, feminine voice; we have boat, and will come to you.' ... "At this point I came on deck, and the sight which met my eyes I shall always remember. The low, dark hull of the Ferris was almost under water. The waves were breaking forcibly over her bows, and what remained of a once full deck cargo was being gradually forced overboard. In the stern, with his
haiids upon his head, as if to steady, his
wasted and weary brain, stood the Captain, knee-deep in water, while off to leeward of the sinking craft was floating the ship's boat, in which we saw the form of a man and woman, while in the
bottom was lying the figure of a boy.
"it was some minutes betoretn man
on board made np his mind to leave the
deck. Finally, however, a call from the boat brought him to his senses, and casting around a sorrowful glance, he, went
oyer the side and made for the frail shell that was floating with great buoyancy
on the tops of the waves. The old Dur
ham, true to her helm, came up into the wind, and as we passed by a rope was
thrown. Ten minutes latter the last of
the party was on board, the steamer's head was turned, and as we glanced over the stern of the boat we saw the Ferris, her sails flapping wildly in the wind, give a long roll, and then go down
like lead into the deep- witer.
"As the party came over the side the master grasped the hand of Captain
Lund and exclaimed, with tears in his
eyes: 'God bless you, Captain, you have
saved my wife.' A slight figure, clad in
oars, wet garments, next came to our
sight.' I was never, to tell the truth,
more surprised in my life. The figure was that of -a girl scarcely eighteen years of age. Her light, thick hair was grace
fully blowing about her faco, which,
luougn soueu ana careworn, gave evi
dence of much beauty. She was under
middle height and quite Bmall. As she
sieppea upon tne decK sne gave us a look I shall never forget. So weak was
she that she could scarcely stand. She attempted to walk but could not, and would have fallen if the second mate bad not caught her in his arms and carried her in a partly unconscious condition to the cabin below. The boy and seaman were then pulled up. and while the officers were providing for the comfort of the castaways the ' story of thir misfortunes was graphically told. "The master, Captain Betts, said: I it had not been for Belle. (Sod knows
what would have become of us. She is the best wife a man ever had, and though I have now lost everything I have in the world save her, I ought to rejoice that we nave escaped together. We left Calais Sunday morning, and had a good run until the storm struck us. Wednesday night the gale was terrific. There were only three hands on board beside my wife; one of these was a boy, and could not be counted on to demon's work. The storm had caused us to be np much, and we were well nigh exhausted when the leport came from beow that we had sprung aleak. The night was dark and dreary, and the waves were high. No vessel was within hail from which we could get assistance. All that remained for us to do wss to man the pumps and battle as long as' we could against the water in the hold, which was slowly but surely gaining on us. At this time all hope seemed out of place; before morning the Ferris would be cables under the waves, and all that would be left to tell the tale of our life and death would perhaps, be found floating on the water by a passing
ship days after the storm was over.
Only one who has been in similar circumstances can realize how little life
seems worth.
"But at that hour, when it seemed
' impossible to make a successful effort,
Belle came from the cabin, her face
whitebut determined, she said: "Don t ,
give tipy there is hope yet. HaBten to the pumps"' I will steer the ship." And in truth Bhe did, all the lone hours of that fearful nitrht. She
stood at the wheel, using her entire
strength to keep the vessel up into the
wind. The rest of us pumped, pumped, until it Beeraed that our limbs would
break. Nerved by the fearlessness of the situation we worked with full force all the time, and much to our satisfaction found that the water no longer
gained on us. Our hope and prayer was
for the morrow, because when daylight came thero would bo a chance for help. Before dawn our hearts again sunk. Nature could no longer stand the test, and our boy, sank to the deck. So exhausted was ho in mind and body that blood commenced to ooze from his ears and nose. I, myself, the moment my efforts were relaxed, grew faint. I felt almost unconscious of what was going on around me. It seemed as if. the fatal hour had como. Death no longer was a dreaded visitor. His presence would be almost a welcome. " 'But Belle, who had been steerling all these long hours and had shouted out words of encouragement to us, now left the wheel and hurried to my side. "Don't give up yet, husband, we may be saved. O, for daylight!" With these words she grasped the handles and
vigorously commenced to work the
pumps. I followed her efforts, and leav
ing the schooner to drift we gave all our
attention to the pumps, boon it was
dawn. O was with feelings of a new
lease of life that we continued our work.
Occasionally one would .stop and glance
over tb waste of waters to search for
a passing sail. Again and again disap
pointment greeted us, but suddenly my
wife looked up, and, gazing a moment,
cried: 'A sail! now we may be saved!' UI looked up. and sure enough
white sail was above the horizon. Out flag was at the masthead, and we waited
with strange feelings to see if they
would see our condition. But, no! No change was made in their course, and once more we turned to the pumps with
aching hearts. All but my wne were
disappointed and gloomy. She, how
ever put on a cheerful face and, working
harder than ever before, said. 'Now we
must pump until we see another ship.'
" A little later another vessel hove in sight, and our hopes for a second tim e grew as we came nearer together. The
vessel passea ms in plain sight, but no
indication of our discovery was seen.
0n, on they went, directly away. I
seemed for sure that we must go down
The fates were all against us. Our
chances for life were but a delusion
What I did the half-hour following the last disappointment I scarcely know.
Mv wife s feeble words ot encourage
ment came as if in a dream. How
rapidly through my min-a passed re
collections of home, which are so dear to
man. Little would 1 have thought one
year before, when we we were married
that a short twelvemonth would bring
about such a situation a3 that we were
Then I would determine that Belle
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should not drown, and would force self to greater efforts.
" 'When it was announced that anoth
er ship was in sight I could scarcely
hope, too strong was the belief that like
the others she would pass on her way
without seeing us. But Providence had
not so ordained, and soon we saw for
sure that we were seen. The huge iron
steamer's prow was turned and the
black smoke that poured out of her
stacks showed us that we would soon be
safe. I then got all the party into the
boat and waited for the ship's arrival
I wanted to put a force on board to pump her and keep her afloat until we
could get to land, but my wife slid if I
remained on board she would, so I left.
It would have been of no use, though;
the leak was too large. The poor Ferris.
It was too bad to lose her: but, thank
God, Belle is safe.
"When the master finished speakir.g
Captain Lund was in tears. I never saw him so affected in my life. All he Baid
was, 'Thank God, I did save her; if she is a representative of your American women you have won a fortune in
know ing her worth. I am an. English
man, but I tell you frankly I don't believe there is a woman in all tngland
who could have don as much.'
"The officers then returned to their
duties, but later in the day were all
introduced to the young lady. She told
us that she was but eighteen years of
age, and came from Ellsworth, Me. She spoke gravely concerning their narrow
escape, Baying little in regard to their
losses. That was of little consequence;
both had their health, and could work together for a living.' I asked if they had any money. She said: 'Ten dollaj-s
in change is all we have.' This got
noised among the crew, and all with
generous impulse wished to contribute
something to help the couple out. We gathered forty-five dollars before Boston was reached. Superintendent Furber,
of the Boston & Maine road, hearing of their condition, sent them free passes to
her home, and to-day the couple reach there, I believe." Words of Wisdom.
It is a good rule to be deaf when a
slanderer talks. Inordinate demands should be inet with bold denials. .Those are the most honorable who are the most lawful. No man should so act as to take advantage of another's folly. Cleverness iB a sort of genius for instrumentality. It is the brain of J the hand. Real friendship is a slow grower, and never thrives unless engrafted upon a stoeic of known and reciprocal merit. Misfortune is never mournful to the soul that accepts it, for such do alwayB see that every cloud is an angel's face. An animal when it is sick craves for solitude; wheras the human being, on the contrary, is only happy when he can make his sufferings public. The man who is suspicious lives in a
constant state of unhappiness. It would be better for his peace of mind
to be too trustful than too guarded.
A PINKY.
Which flower do I love bent? Ah, mc, I love them all! Each budding vino, The lily white nail pure as she, The honey-scouted columbine, The rose; aye, an the flowers that be. A nil yot of. aUJthe piney best ; And would you know the reason why? 'Tis this she took It, scarlot dye, A-tremble from her snowy breast And gave It me. Ah, this is why J love it more than all the rest, Nolan K. Judge.
Wash. Cor. Indianapolis News.
"This is a day of small things in
Washington journalism," said a respect
ed friend of mine with a sigh. He had
jeen talking of "the good old times"
when the newspaper writers sent their dispatches by mail and learnedly discussed pending issues and drew states
manlike conclusions from current eve'nts.
'NowV' said he, "frivolous stories and
idiotic gossip from Washington usurpjthe
valuable space -of the metropolitan
ournals. There i little or no attempt
:o instruct anybody beyond the super
ficial and more or less distorted reports
of current events. The vounff fellows
who do this would scarcely be presumed
to have an idea upon any subject be
yond getting so much readable stuff on
the wires every day. The newsman
telegraphs about the breath and teeth of
Mrs. Cleveland's poodle, and the letter-
writer goes to the congressional library and dies out reminiscences of how
Henry Clay or George Washington or
somebody else sat at table, played cards,
ate with t heir forks,or kindred literature
These stories are printed, copied and
circulated more widely than anything else sent out of Washington. Anything
like a scandal involving public men is
treated as first-class matter, and the
man who gets hold of it first is envied by
his competitors and complimented by his employers. Have you observed these things?"
I admitted that I had and remarked
that the bright young fellows of news
paper row knew what their papers
wanted. They took their cue from their
own editorial columns and
"And seeing no ideas there "
"The character of editorials differs as
the character of news sent from Wash
ington differs. The journals send these young fellows here to get the news. What is fish for one is fowl to the other." "Well, if I didn't know many of these correspondents I should judge from the character of much of the matter that goes out of Washington that they were a silly lot. This thing may cure itself after a little while. Newspapers will soon learn that there are people to be instructed as well as people to be abused. And have you fellows no ambition? Out of the hundred and fifty writers' here on the outside press there aie not half a dozen who have any personality not half a dozen! Why, I was talking with a Senator the other day on public questions and asked him wby he didn't sit down with some correspondent and get such views before the public. A newspaper man!' he exclaimed. 'They haven't time for such things, besides I would be misrepresented, perhaps ridiculed. I never talk such things to reporters. They don't want them. It is pig-tail gossip about some country post
master they are alter. I will bury my
views of the subject in the Record some day And I came away feeling that ho
had hit Washington journalism the
hardest blow yet,"
The criticism oi my valued mend is
open to argument, but there is so much
truth m it that it is worthy oi serious
consideration. At a journalistic dinner
party in Philadelphia not long ago
gave it as my own opinion that the rules that govern a great newspaper could not be applied to Washington journalism that in the near future there would be a
greater change in the personnel o
Washington correspondents than there
has been even in my time here and that has been great. The best men oi the
editorial staff should be stationed at the National Capital. I mean by this that
the best general, political, all-around
writer, next to the supervising head o
the staff, should do his work here. In
stead of getting his ideas from the man
gled news columns of his own journal, he should be where ho might come in
contact with the public men of the
country, be a witness of events as they occur and inhale the spirit of the hour.
Washington has been rapidly claiming
an increased share of public attention.
Its news forms the leading study feature
of the columns of every newspaper. It
is the seat of government. A fictitious
importance attaches to what is said here
as well as done here. The public man
whose views might be obtained by send
ing around the corner for him at home is interviewed here and what he
savs telegraphed rieht back to his
own home. The views of other public
men are sent out, one on this side, one on the other all more or less inaccurate and unsatisf actory , even if honestly
reported. With these detached frag
ments the reading public is expected to
form a correct judgment. In most in
stances only a particular class ot opin
ions on a given subject receive decent
treatment, if, indeed, any others get into the papers at all. The editor whose business it is to comment on the late
news of the day does it on the basis furnished by the dispatches that come into
his office. This information is sent say
from this point by a ten or twenty dollar
a week man and the comments are written by a fifty or hundred dollar a week
man. That is to say, a smart young
fellow of no par ticular ability, experi
ence or superiority of judgment is hired
to send important national news and
cossip, and a man of mature years, of
good education and ability, a writer of good English, and a judge of men and
public affairs, iff hired to draw conclusions from the information at hand.
In the home office the corps of editors
are under one experienced head. They consult daily, and the whole work, harmonizes. Here there is no consultation, no appealing to other judgment, no shifting the responsibility. The most advice that can be got from the home
office is in regard to space. That is a matter of guess work at home as the editor must guess at the quality of the
matter.
Then there is the Associated Press. It
takes a clear head to always know about what will be covered in the routine reports and thus save telegraph tolls. The
agent here may send half a column, which may be cut down at the distrib
uting points of the Associated Press at
Now York or Chicago to half a stick
full, or perhaps not sent at all. The
service calls daily for the nicest judg
ment. In many cases it would tax the judgment of the experienced editor hi nisei f to know what to do and do it right T . . 1 1 ll it
away, iu contact witn pumic men tne qualities gained only mature y ears and
familiarity with public life can alone
commend the correspondent to those
from whom he seeks inside information
ii tne smart young representative ot a metropolitan journal would fiend a ton ef information he could not convey to the editor the spirit of. the, occasion and in many cases will convey exactly the wrong conclusion. He is usually too much hurried to think profoundly. His business is to think quickly and it is on important q uestions he betra j s his su perficiallty. The managing editor has had so much sad experience with his kind that his instructions are rigidly enforced, "IfewB, hot views.7' Consequently the
Washington man soon ceases to have
views at all. But what sort of of jour
nalism is it which rtius to the employ-
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Hunters Alter the Souls of lM!en.
Gospel Archery Not Up to the Ancient
Standard, and Discipline It Sadly Lack
ingThe Church Should Renew tts Ktforts Not Only Bring Down tiro Game but Brinif it In. Rev. Dr. Talmage preached at the
Brooklyn Tabernacle last Sunday. Text
Gen x,, He said,1
t have thought if it is such a gr and
thing and such a britve thing to clear
wild beasls out Of a country, if it is not
a braver and better thing to hunt down a nd destroy those irreat evils' of society
that are stalking the land
fierce
ment of men at such an important point quick B?ririgt f have wondered if there nfl fills wlin wrmlfl nflt. lu tri1Cforl t tllO I iu rtri aiinl lirt . aa inonal Uiinfinn Kt
as this who would not he trusted by the
same journal to writs and editorial on
any subject whatever? Are his premises
anv more reliable that vou can not risk
his conclusions?
A good many slurs have been cast upon Washington correspondents, but you
will never realize tne lugn responsibility inadequate young men are ex
pected to assume until you try the business yourself. Die journal of the
future will send the best man it can afford to Washington. He will be a staff man, whose opinions are worth
money, and whose judgment and
ability will grace the editorial leaders of
the journal that employs him. Both
brains and legs are needed here, but
brains first. A pair of legs to run after
petty things are probably necessary.
They rule from $10 to $20 s, week. The
brains necessary are worth from f 50 to
$100.
The above will sutficently ex plain the
bad odor into which Washington journalism has now and then fallen. Public men are forced to deal with a class of young men with whom they are not ac
quainted and do not understand. The
young men are honest ami smart as a
rule,hut lack that discretion, which comes only by experience and years. There are enough stupid and conscienceless
fellows among them to leaven the whole
lump and endanger the confidence and resnect of public men for them as a
class. This I realize every day. If yon
get the inside view of a senator or mem
ber of sufficient prominence to warrant notice he will usually insist on his name being left out of print. Not necessarily because he does not care to see his name in print or is not desirous of shouldering the responsibility, though either of these reason may occasionally be good,but because he is uncertain of the discretion and ability of the reporter to state his position clearly and forcibly. Man likes to be mado foolish by being nonrepresented unintentionally any more than by being misrepresented maliciously. He has learned by experience that a trip in the statement of an important matter is fatal. The error can never be caught up with any more than the lie. The young man to whom
we may conncie tnese views may do never so honest, but does he understand what he iB writing about, or does he merely seek to convey the Senatorial idea without knowing or caring very much about the subject? How many of the 150 regular correspondents could
write an intelligent article on tne ques
tion of interstate commerce? or the relation of the executive to the legislative power? or the effect oi a decision of the
supreme court m important cases' or the probable results of almost any im
portant legislation? There are a few
perhaps a dozen or fifteen out of the lot
who could do so on occasion without
preliminary study. The latter can not be had in the news service. Yet these higher and broader questions are those which directly or indirectly affect the
very foundations of our govern men ta
fabric, and concerning which the read
ing public should be thoroughly in
formed. Even those who grasp with
avidity the entrancing tales of Mrs
Cleveland's poodle and Mrs. Whitney's
terrapin, etc.. ought to. know when
there is likely to be legislation tending
to a change of our form o:t government,
or decnaons moditying onr judicial, or executi ve, or legislative system . Therefore, I say the leading journals of the
day should have at least one of their
best men at Washington to handle current events from the advanced philosoph
ic point of vie w of scholars and statesmen and intellectual thinkers of all the ranks of life. The difference between
doing that sort of work in the home
office and doing it at the political cen
ter of the country is juifit as great as
the difference between a deposition and
the examination and cross examination of the same witness before a jury. Telegraph tolls no loiager bar the way to editorial work at the capital. Tolls are
not a consideration in the transmission
of society and all other varieties of rot,
why consider them in the case of solid
sense? The young men who are scraping
the surface as horse reporters, who get
their matter on the race track and in
the stables, are necessary perhaps, but they are not half so necessary in this age of general intelligence and the Asso
ciated Press as are men of education,
culture, experience, respectability, vir
ility and literary ability at Washington.
, JVluanAY.
INDIANA NATIFRAIj t3A8 NOTES.
Gas well No. 5, in South Mat ion, came in Saturday night with a rush, and is a
gusher of the first magnitude, making a
showing, it is claimed, MXiual, if not
superior to the Fairmount Jumbo, nine miles south.
The ninth well was "brought in" at
Noblesville Monday at 10 o'clock and is
a cyclone, being fif iy per cent, stronger
than the noted Wainwright Wonder. The drillers say there is no such other well in the world.
A rich strike of natural gas is reported
from Auburn, BeKalb couiaty. The fluid was struck at a depth of 500 feet, and when lighted blazed, to a, considerable
bight. Drilling was resumed, as it is be-
ieved that Trenton rock has not yet
been reached. The indications are
favorable for a big strike.
Gas was struck on the Harris farm
eleven miles nor Hi ot Indianapolis,
Tuesday, by the Indianapolis Natural
Gas Company, The well is said lo be
equal to any of those at Kofcomo, having a pressure exceeding 300 pounis per inch. The capital city is jubilant
over the prospect ot cheap fuel.
Immigrant Ion and tho Ceiisu4
Thiee million eight hundred thou
sand immigrants have arrived in this
country since 1880, and the present population of the United-States is estimat
ed at 61,763,818.
which those who hai'e been fleeing from the truth may be captured for (Sod and
her.ven. How.much awkward Christian
work there is done in the world! How many good people there are who drive
souls away from Christ instead oi: bring
ing them to mm religious blunderers
who upset more than they right. Their gun has a, crooked barrel and kicks as it goes off. They, are like a clumsy comrade who goes along iwith skillful hunt
ers at tni3 very moment when ha ought
to be most quiet he is cracking an alder
or falling over a log and frightening away the game. How clumsy we are
about religious work! How little skill and care , we exercise! How often our
arrows miss; the mark! Oh, tnat we
might learn the art .-ot doing good and
become "mighty hunters beiore the
Lord!" In the first place, if you want; to be
effectual in doing good,you must be very sure of your weapon. There was something very fascinating about the archery
of olden times. Perhaps you do not know what they could do With the bow and arrow. Why, the chief battles fought by the English Plamaganeta were with the long bow. They would take the arrow of polished wood and feather ic with the plume of a bird, and then it would flv from the bow string
of plaited silk. Now, my Christian friends, we have a mightier weapon than that It is the arrow of the Gospel J it is a straight arrow; it is. feathered from the wing of the dove of God'B spirit; it flies from a bow made from the wood of the cross., , As far as I can estimate or calculate it has brought down four hundred million souls. Paul knew how .to ...bring the notch of that arrow on to that bowstring and its whirr was heard through the
Corinthian theaters, and through, the Court room, until the knees of Felix knocked together, It was that arrow which struck in Luther's heart when he cried out: "Oh, my sins! Oh, my sins!" U it strike a man in the head, it kills his skepticism; if it strike him in Jibe heel it will turn his step; if it strike him in the heart he throws up his hands, as did one of old when wounded m battle, crying: "Oh, Gaillean, thou hast conquered." : In the armory of the Earl of Pembroke there are old corslets which, show that tho arrows of tho English used to go through the breastplate, through the body of the warrior, and out through the bsLckplate, What a symbol of that Gospel which is sharper than a two-
- A PT ...0 asunder of soul and body, and of the joints and marrow! Would to God we had more faith in that Gospel! The humb lest man in this house, if be had enough faith in him, could bring a hundred souls to Jesus perhaps fi ve hundred. Just in 'proportion, as this age spems to believe less and L?ss in it, I believe more and more in it. What; are men about that they will not accept their own deliverance? There :is nothing proposed by men that can do anything like this Gospel. The religion of Ralph Waldo Emerson is the philosophy of icicles; the religion of Theodore barker was a sirocco of the deaert, covering up the soul with dry sand. The religion of Renan is the romance of believing nothing;, the religion of Thomas Carlyle ig ouly a condensed London, fog. the. religion of the Huxlevs and the Spencers is merely a pedestal on. which human philosophy sits shivering in the night of the iloul, looking up to the stars, offering no help to the nations that crouch and groan at the biise. Tell me where there is one man who has rejected that gospel for another, who is thoroughly . satisfied and helped and contented in his skepticism, ana. I will take the car to-morrow and :ride five hundred miles to see hira. The full power of the Gospel has ; not yet been touched. As a sportsman throws up his hand and catches the ball flying through the air, just so easily will this Gospel after a while catch this .round world flying from its orbit and bring it backto the heart of Christ. Give it full swing, and it will pardon every sin, heal every wound, cure every trouble emancipate every slave and ransom e yery nation. Again: ii you want to be skillful in spiritual hunting you must; hunt in unfrequented and sscluded places. Why does tho hunter go three oi: four days in the Pennsylvania forests or over Raquette Lake into the wildn of the Adirondacks? It is the only way to do. The deer are shy, and one "bang" of the gun clears the forest. From the California stage you see as you go over the plains, here and there, a coyote trotting along, almost within range of the gun sometimes quite within range of it. No one cartfs for that; it is worthless. The good game is hidden and secluded. Every liunter knows that. So, many of the souls that will be worth the most for Christ, and of most valuo to the Church, are secluded. They do not come in your way. You will have to go where they are. Yonder uhey are down in that cellar; yonder they are up
in that garret. Far away from the door of any church, the Gospel arrow has not
been pointed at them.; The tract dis
tributor and the city missionaiy sometimes just catch a glimps of them as a hunter through the trees gets ti momentary sight of apartridge or roebuck. The trouble is wo are waiting for the game to cpmo to us. We are not good hunters. We are standing in Schermerhorn street expecting that the timid antelope
will come up and eat out ot ovir hand.
We are expecting that the prairie fowl will light on our church steeple. It is not their habit. If the church should
wait ten millions of years for the world to come in and be saved it will , wait in
vain. The world will not come. What the church wants now ..is to Sift their
feet from damask ottomans and put them in the stirrups. We want a
pulpit on wheels. The Church wants
not so much cushions as it wants saddle
bags and arrows. We have got to put
aside the gown and the kid-g'loves
and put ... on the hunting-shirt
we have been fishing so long in the brooks that run under the shadow of the church that tho fish know us, and thev avoid the hook and escape as oon
as wo come to the bank, while yonder is
Upper Saranac and the I upper's Lake, where the first swing of the gospel net
would break it for the multitude of the
fishes. There is outside work to be
done. What is that I see m the baok
woods? It is a tent. The hunters have made a clearing and camped out What
do they care if they have wet feet, or if
they have nothing but a pine branch
for a pillow, or for the northeast storm I f a mooBO in the darkness step; to the
lake to drink they hear it right away.
I f a loon cry in the inidnight they hearit.
So in the service of God we have exposed w:rk. We have got to camp out
and rough it. We are putting all ou r care on ihe seventy thousand people of
Brooklyn who, they say, ccme to
church. What .ire we doing for the
seven hundred thousand that do not come? Have they no souls? Are they
sinless that they need no pardon? Are
there no dead in their houses that they need no comfort? Are they cut off from God to go into eternityno wing to bear t hem, no light to cheer them, no welcome to greet them? I heat to-day
surging up iorn ,he lpwer depths T.f Brooklyn a groan that &mef through our Christian assemblages and triro'n'gh our Christian churches; and it blots out all tis scene from my i?.ves to-day, : as by the fafsttf Of a great Niagara,, for the dash and the plung'e of thsse great tot-
rents of life dropping down into, she fathomless and thundering abyss of suffering and woe. I sometimes think
that just as God blottec out the Church of Thyatira and Corinth aftd Xaodicea, bebause of their sloth and stolidity. He will blot out American and English Christianity, and raise on the ruins a stalwart,, wide -awake, missionary church that can Mike-the full meaning of that command: "Go i nto the world and preach the gospel to every creature. He that belleteth and w baptized shall be saved, and he that beUeveth not shall be damned." remark further, if you want to succeed in gospel-hunting fcfik. mutft have courage. If the hunter stand with
trembling hand or shoulder that flinches
with fear, instead of his taking the cata
mount, the catamount takes him. What
would become of the Oreenlanuer it. when out hunting for the b3afhe should stand shiverinc with terror on all ice
berg? What would become of , Du Chaill u or Livingstone in the African thicket with a faint heart and a weak knee? When a panther comes within twenty paces of you, and it has- its eye
on you. and it has squatted for the iear-
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ful spring. "Steady, there!"
Courage, O ye spiritual hunters! There are great monsters of iniquity prowling all around about the community. Shall we not in the strength ol God go , forth and combat them? We not only need more heart,
bu'; more back-bone. What is the Church of God that it should fear to look in the eye any transgression? There is the bengal tiger of drunkenness, that prowls around, and instead of attacking it, how many of us hide under the dhurch pe w or the communion : table? There is ko much invested in it we are
afraid to assault it; millions of dollars in barrels, An vats, in spigots, in corkscrews in gin palaces with marble floors and I talian-top tables, and chased ice-coolers, and in the strychnine, and the logwood,
and the tartaric acid, and the nux vomica, that go to make up our "pure"
American drinks, I lc-oked with wondering eyes ori the ? Heidelberg tun," It is the great liquor vat cf Germany, which
is said to hold. eight hundred hogsheads
oi wine, ana oniy cmee limes m a nundred years has it been filled. But, as I stood and looked at it, I said to myself:
"That U nothing ei eh t hundred hogsheads. Why, our American vat holds
fovir million five, hundred thousand bar
rels of strong drinks, and we keep three
hundred thousand men with nothing to
clo but to see. that it is filled." Oh, to attack this Great mons ter of intemperance.
and the kindred monsters of fraud and
uncleanness, requires you to rally all your Christian courage. Through the press, through the p ul pit, through the platform, you must assault it. Would to God that all Our American Christians would band together, not for crackbrained fanaticism, but for holy Chris
tian retorm. Would to God that, in-
stead of here and there a straggler going
out to heht these creat monsters of in
i quit y in our country, the million membership of our churches would band together and hew in twain these great crimes that make the land frightful with their roar and are fattening upon the bodies and souls of immortal men. Who
is ready for such a party as that? Who
.will be a mighty hunter for the Lord?,
I remark again: . If you want to ... be successful in spiritu al hunting, you need not only to bring down the game. Every liunter brings home the game- No one would think of bringing down a reindeer or whipping up a stream for trout and Jetting tnem lie in the woods. At evenlade the camp is adorned with the treasures of the forest--beak and fin and antler. . N If you go out to hunt for immortal souls, notouly bring them ..down, under the arrow or the Gospel, but bring them into the Churoh of God, the grand home and encampment we have pitched t his side of the skies. Fetch them in. Do not le t them lie put in the open .field. They need our prayers and sympathies, and help. That is the meaning of the Church of God help. O ye hunters for the Lord laotonly bring down the game, but bring it in. If Mithndates Hired hunting so well that for. seven years he never went indoors, what enthusiasm ought we to have who are hunting for immortal souls! If Domitian practiced archery vntil. he could stand a boy down in the Roman amphitheater, with a hand out, the fingers outstretched, and then the King could shoot an arrow between the finders without wounding them, to what drill and what practice ought not we to subject ourselves iin order to become ;3piritual archers, ''mighty hunters before the.Lordl" But let me say, you will aever work any better than you pray. The old archers . took the bow, put one end of it down beside the foot, elevated the other end, a.nd it was the rule that the bow should be just the size o the archer. If it were just his. size,, then he would go into the battle with confidence. Let me say that your power to project good in t he world "will correspond exactly to your own spiritual stature. In
other words, the first, thing, m preparation for Christian work, is personal con
secration, i am sure mat there are some here who at some time have been hit by the gospel arrow. You felt the wound of that conviction, and you plunged into the world deeper; just as the stag, when the hou nds are after it, plunges into Scroon Lake, expecting in that way to escape . Jesus Ch rist is on your track to-day impenitent man! not in wrath, but in mercy. Oh, ye chased by panting souls! here is the stream of God's mercy and salvation, where you can cool your thirst. Stop that chase of sin to-day. By the red fountain that leaped frcm the heart of my Lord, I bid vou stop. There is mercv for vou
mercy that pardons; mercy that heals; everlasting mercy. Is there in all this house any one who can refuse the offer that comes from the heart of the dying son of God? It is said that when Charlemagne's host was overpowered by three armies of the Saracens 'in the Pass of Roncesvalles, his warrior, Roland, in, terrible
earnestness, seized a trumpet and blew it with such terrific strength that the
opposing army reeled back with terror
but at the third blast of the trumpet it
broke in two. I gee your soul; fiercely
assailed bv all the powers of earth and
hell. I put the in ightier trumpet of tho Gospel to my lips and I blow it. three times. Blast th first: " Whosoever
will let him come.'! 1 Blast: the second:
Scek ye the LortV while He may be
found." Blast tho tlnd: , 'Now is the
accepted time; now is the day of sal va-
liion.".. L;oe8nottne nost of vour sins
all back? But the trumpet does not, like th-t of Roland, break in two. As it
was handed down to us from the lips of
our fathers, we hand it down to tho hpg oi our children, ard tell them to .sound it when we are deid, that all the generations of men may know that our God is a pardoning God, .i sympathetic God, a loving God; and that more to Him than the anthems of heaven, more to him
than the throne on which he sits, more
t o Him than are temples of celestial wor ship, is.thij joy oi seeing the wanderer putting hi a hand on the door-latch of His Father's house. Hear it, all ye
nations! Bread f ir the worst hunger. Medicine, for the worst sickness. Light
for the thickest i darkness. H,arbor for the worst storm. , v
How many soulf i here to-day, in tho
tomb of sin, will lift up the voice of
penitence and player If now thav
rould cry unto m too, the ec'io would
. ,rop iroin . aiar -not.. srrucK irom ine raarhlo cupola of au earthly mausoleum, but sounding back from the warm heart of angels, flying with, the news for there is joy amen g the angels of God c.ver t he sinner that reptanteth.
INDIANA STATE NEWS
typhoid fever has made ite appearam in fndiannpolis. v '..'.rVs"s U The Indianapoh uncil bas a franchise for a cable sfereet railways ; The wheat crop of VermftUon conn ty
ft is estimated, will- average
bushels per acre. :
Auditor of State Oarr Monday j
pointed James R. Henry, of Gosp.jtr State Bank Examiner ; :- Charles R. Baynes, of Depauw lJnrverT. sity, has been elected professor oi hoUmi in the Wisconsin State University. Captain Luther B; Wilson a prominent business man- and old cflisen of
day afternoon s A new Methodist chnreh, costing $19,000 and mo9t handsomely finish ed Wxh a seating capacity of l,500,.?as dedicated at Rushville, 8unday; J
The woolen mills at Logansport, p rn-
edby M. H. Nashr -were paniauy oe-
$5,000; fully covered by ?nsnranee. S :h ? The program for the AcUn Parkl as-
oniYiKi ir i tint Tf niifl tnr nHy enter- -''H
f Ainm ati tfi. rtMiflistinff of sermons'i
inres, reading, recitations, music, etd'
Seven thousand persons attended the! yearly meeting of Friends at Amlioy, Sunday. Prominent members from at
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home and abroad participated in, tiM
Samuel Myers, superintendent ot tne
Miami county poor farm; - who was ar-s
rested some time af p on the charf
cruelly beating one 61 the inmates, wwi
punished by fines anf CQSn Saturday',
to tne extent ot x.
The plans oflbred by M. H. Walters
of Louisville, for Evansyille's new pnbte?
building, have been accepted, 'i The
building is to cost $500,000, and about
fifty of the leading architeets of America
were competitors ior m w w- .. Wheat thrashing has begun in tliie vicinity of Seymour, ' yield is less than iras expected. The grain is reduced in size,N which may be attributed, to the severe; not
weather a few weeks ago and to fly
Sei eral speculators in Aurora, whose?- ; names are carefully withheld, were:j;; drawn into Harper's wheat deal and. ' were badly caught when the FidjUty'? . failed. Theamonnt of their losses was not learned, but irwasnot less than $U) XK - In Harrison county, James McKuiney disguised himself as a tramp; and - steal--r ; ing Miss Katie Harbin from her adopted ; parents walked with her twenty-fonr.i miles, to Corydon, where they were 2 married. It was tie second attempt the couple had made. : " ", :
George McGregor, a man about fifty
years of age, was killed on Wedneeday;near Oakland City, while at work ' in ac field. He was kicked to death 4y a mule. Some neighbors witnessed tn$ accident, and went to Ms awisteicf i,bnt
it was too late, as fee wasi dead-hens reached. . . . r : Ivv--' 'k While Williacn Barnhonse, of Maude was handling a double barreled shotj gun it was accidentally discharged,: and the contents of both barrels, one of rnVtiV. utdb VtoairilTT Ii-voHm)' 1 oH tTfH ill thfi'
head of the five year old son of WillianxJ -;
Moflhtt, tearing his head- idinpBt frontf . . -
hi3 body. . - ;.
Somewhat of a jpensatiom was cansear :;-ifm
at Crawfordsvilie, Saturdays by ;fthgr bringing; Of a suit by Wv HE. Thomion a prominent attorney, to recover $U;500 lost by him at cards within tho pasti few months at a gambling .room in that I city. The matter was compromised by the defendants paying him 00. : i :-f Cass coujitys fwidierB' monument al Logansport is completed and extensive arrangements are being made foi the; unvailing on the 12th and 13th ofvjJuly Large sums of money havebeen donated, by the sitizens i and the yarionB' conv -mittees are doing active work! Jfany prominent men from all over the country are expected to be present. ; ; ' A strange tragedy occurred at the; house of John Aldrich at Jeftersonville, Sundav fnieht at il: o'clock; Croorae:
Jeckel, of uisvilleV was irf ; the parlor with Miss Bettie Aldrich. ; Suddeaiy pistol shot was heard The father'ush-? S ed in and found his'danghter lying onr ; -the floor wounded in : the iieadi s$f 6 pistol bail and unconscious, while;Jeckei. ; was coming toward ; the door Ther young man alleges that it is a case ofv - -suicide. He says he making nia -regular Sunday calk Bettie told hhnj she had to leave home, but wouldiieyep leave him, and begged him for- his pis; toll He refuEed the request, Aenf' laid his head on her lap an foll asleep. She dew the pistol oat lne : pocket while he laythus, and he 'Wokei startled by theshotl Jeckel was aireslj-t ed and placed in jaiL O shot bis sweetheart himself, ar she wai going to Birmingham against his wishes .,: Her father stotes that Jeekel satd; he would speak to her no more if she went;- J 1 Jeckel denies, this. Miss Aldrich diud at 6 o'clock Monday morning, without re4; p covering consciousness. The peculiar 0 . ity of tha wound aroused suspicion; I t iac behind the left ear, jand tbe bul out behind the rigWearV Jeckel leadv ed not guilty; before Mayor? Witrderl j Monday morning, and was coinniitted to await the action of the grand jmyt. . Indiana Knigfhts of Labor. , . '" The order of Knights; of Labor haer . made very rapid progress in Indiana during the last two years. Eighteen - months ago no one thought of esta Hshg ingassembiies exceptin the larger to wnsji and cities, but now iiearly onejihirdotf . the lodges are composed of farmers The ' State assembly met at Indians polis i y Tuesday for permanentrs orgiitionV v with an attendance of sevenfivede1 gates. Reports of assemblies .were ,.rcived, showing a healthy growth: The Indianapolis street car drivers; strike ' was endorsed. The following oflero ;? were, elected:' . . .f'.l-'. : Matter Workman1 Jbhxi TaylorJ Ohe6tTtoni; Worthy Foroinan H- H. MorriR.Greencobtle; r , CorresDouding Secret Thopwa Gruellt, In-
diaua polls. : :' ... J ' "
Statistician W. P. QmitnItiaiiitiapoii .. ... Executive Board K E. Jacks, Lebanon; J. Wi,. Nussbaum, Goshen; A.Xk S. Long, Columbafi.anl . ,v Peter K. Duffy, JBnul ; y ; ; . v T.ond Entrio Cancels ) IV " Oommissioner Sparks, of the 'general
Land Office, has taken the; necefesary .
preliminary steps to cancel fifty -nv v
desert land entries in Wyoming territory, j
aggregating iu area about 35,000 acres;
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Land Grant Trouble, j '
Settlers on the Maxwell land grant are called to arms, jo iistedaiatQ1 eflbrts to get possession J; JljJ. c--The true "grand dame" displays? the same manners in her toilet roon as in her saloons, and the same courtesy to ward her servants ast0 ward her gaiiats, . . : '.. -: - '
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