Bloomington Courier, Volume 15, Number 13, Bloomington, Monroe County, 19 January 1889 — Page 2

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THE COURIER.

BY H. J, FELTUS.

BLOOMINGTON,

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The noted Hamilton? Wilcox gives

New Yeay summary of progress, Sri securing woman's suffrage here and elsewhere; It has, he says, been introduced income forms into oyer ICO States and Territories of North America, Europe, Asia and Australia, besides many islands All of our,b wn territories, except 2vew Mexico, kceepVit in some degree, and all t he main land provinces of Canada, as well as every Australian colony hut one. The idea is more acceptable on the Pacific Coast than on the Atlantic, out it has made very aggressive advances, in all our States in 'special or municipal elections. We have only the kindest Irishes for the woman's movement, and shaltbe glad when it is over with, - There is a quiet spirit of content in the land about gettingon without a Brit ish Minister. It raises the question whether there be not a good deal of ex pensive ' international courtesy that might be dispensed with. Of course,.if the English wish to send representatiyeio reside, at Washington, he is welcome; hut no interest of any sort, not even social, will be affected by his ar

'sence. As monarchy ana snow . suDstae

5 , the nations' wiir o& incirnea to iop on eupei unities, diplomatic and otherwise. : The English nation, and Lord Salisbury in particular, may as well understand that the Republicans and Democrats are

, V unit as to the meddlesomeness of Lord

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The bigh ipriceof wheat has- driven thousan s to an increased use of corn meal- and rye' flour; and not at all to their disadvantage. The more black bread displaces white bread the better

for the dyspeptics, and possibly for all

the rest of us. We cannot quite bring

r . ourselves to1 wishj for a corner in pork

Z'Tf that will drive us to a healthier meat,

h iabnt there is no Question but that

f national strength and ebaracterahke are

':. dependent on the' character of the food

We eat Simpler food, however, never

jr1?3 will be the rule so long as prices permit

the masses Ho Mbtrjr the finer grades.

? J Any ywyi pleasant to find a method

s - ?of extracting a( little honey out pi the 3 Chicago corner.

: -- THXittsburg Yolksblatt procured for ; f r its issue of -New Yearns Day. brief dis- " patches from many Governors concern-

',' "k intt thecbndition of things in their

respecti ve States and Territories. They are mainly -in one strain, and that is the

exultant strain. Gov. Taylor says that

Tennessee is "on top of a rolling wave

of prosperity:" Gov. -Adams savs that

Colorado has , just passed through the most "prosperous year in her history;" Gov. Lee says that the "rapid develop-

meat of he resources of Virginia points to. a -new. era of proseitv;, Govw Taft

says that Rhode Island is "confident oi the prosperity of her Industrie?;" Gov.

Ferry says that Fiorida is "making marvelous advancement;" Gov. Biggs

says that Delaware isr"prosperpus and happy;" Gov. Leslie says that Montana "has the brightest and most prosperous

outlook;" Gov. Semple says that Wash-

ington Territory will soon be "the rich

est commonwealth on the Pacinc,"and

, so it goes to the end of the chanter, according to the 'Yolksblatt-s dispatches from the States of the North and South, East? and& West. Everybody is happy. It is delightful to read such intelligence at the opening of the new year 1889.

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..Henry Bff. Stanley. Henry M. Stanley 's:real name is John Rowlands. ; Noah Brooks has written an article on Stanley for the Febraary

number - of St. Nicholas, which will be"

illustrated with a new portrait of the explorer, ; maps .etc:'? In this article Mr. Brooks says: V ; ; - "Stanley was born in Wales, near the little town'of Denbigh, and his parents were so poor that when he was about tree years old he was sent to the poor- - house. .-of- 8t. Asaph to be brought up and educated. When he was thirteen years old, he was turned loose to take care of himself. Young though he was,

he-was V ambitious and well-informed

As a lad, he taught school in the yillages of Hold, Flintshire, North Wales Getting tired of thiei he made his way

to Liverpool England, when he was about fourteen years of age, and there ; he shipped as cabind)oy on board a sailing vessel bound to- New Orleans, in

the promised land to which so many British-bom youths - ever tarn their " eyes. In New Orleans he fell.in with a kindly merchant Mr. Stanley, who adopted him and gave him his name; for our young item's name was John Rowlands, and he was not Stanley until he; became an American as you see. f: Mr. Stanley died before Henry came of '.' rge, leaving no will, and the Jad was ' again left to shift for himself. Young Stanley lived New Orleans until 1861, when he was' twenty-one years old having been bom-in 1&K Then the -great Civil war broke out, and Stanley

went into the.Confederate Army??

A Modest Judge. Youths' Companion. ; : ". Alvo Yusupa, Chief Judge of Bagdad

-was remarkable tor the modesty which

' accompanies wisdom. So conscious was he-of his ignorance of many topics that

he often entertained doubts, where men of less knowledge and more presumption

- pressed their opinions with decision. v. Once, after a long investigation of the r -5 " -. iacts of a case, he publicly confessed ; ; that his knowledge was not sufficient to L "s 2 enahlA him t.n AomAk it J f

"Pray," said a pert courtier, 4do you expect the Caliph to pay you for your - ignorance?'' "I do not' meekly answered the

Judge. "The Caliph pays me well for r what ! know; if h(t were to attempt to pay me for what I do not know the treasures of his empire would not sufficed - At Dr.' Skitchley's ostrich ranch, near Bed Bluff, CaL, is a pen in which a hen ostrich is sitting on thirteen eggs. She covers the eggs nicely, and as she sits there, with her long neck and head laid at full length on the ground, looks like a moss covered rock. Her husband keeps guard over her in very picturesque fashion, walking up and down the fence with ' stately tread, his rich, glossy plumage glistening in the sunlight, and i his eyes flashing defiance: He looks ready to tackle any thing, man or beast,

tlat should disturb the nnvacy m UJfl

KING SOLOMON'S MINES. BY H KIDEIX HAGGAHD. CHArTKR IV. Coxtinukd. THR ELKriIAST HUNT. , We had no difficulty in finding the broad elephant trail, which Ventyogel, after examination, pronounced to have been made by between twenty and thirty elephants, most of them full-grown bulls. But the herd had moved on some way during the night, and it was nine o'clock, and already very hot, be fore, . from the broken trees, bruised leaves and bark, and smoking dung,; ife knew we could not be far off them. Present ly we caugb t sight of the herd, as Ventvogel had.. said, ..between twenty and thirty, standing in a hollow, oaving finished their morning meal, and flapping their great ears. It was a spendid sight. ,. They-we re about two hundred yards from us. Taking a handful of dry grass I threw it into tho air to see how the wind was; for if once they winded us I knew they would be off before we could get a shot. Finding, that if anything, it blew from the elephants to ns, we crept stealthily on and thanks to the cover managed to get within forty yards or so of the great brutes. Just in front of us and broadside on stood three splendid bulls one ot them with enormous tusks. I whispered to the others that. I would take the middle one, Sir Henry covered the one on the left, and OooS the bull with the big tusks. "Now.'M whispered. ... Booml hoom! boom! went the three heavy rifles, and down went Sir Henry's elephant dead as a -hammer, shot right through tho heart. Mine fell on its knees, and I thought he was .going to die, but in another moment he was up and off tearing along straight past me. As he went I gave him the second barrel in the ribs and this brought him down in good earnest. Hastily slipping in two fresh cartridges, I ran close up to him, and a ball through the brain put an end to the poor brute's straggles. Then I turned to see how Good had fared with the big bull, which I had heaTd screaming with rage and pain as I gave mine his quietus. On re .ming the the cantaiu I found him in a ct at state

of excitement. '.. It appeared tha on receiving the bullet the bull haa turned and come straight for his assailant, who had barely time to get out of t. the way, and then charged blindly on past him in the direction of the encampment. Meanwhile the herd had crashed off in the other direction. . For awhile we debated whether to go after the wounded bull or follow the herd, and finally , decided for the latter alternative, and departed thinking that we had. seen the last of those big tusks. I have often wished that we had. It was easy work to follow the elephants, for they had left a trail like a carriage road behind them crushing down the thick brush in their furious flight as though it were bambonki grass. But to come up with them, was another matter, and we had struggled on under a boiling sun for over two hours before we found them. They were, with the exception of one bull, standing together, and I could Bee, trom their unquiet way and manner in which they kept liftirg their trunks to test the air, that they were on the outlook for mischief. The solitary bull stood fifty yards or so this side of the herd, over which he was evidently keeping sentry, and about sixty yards from us. Thinking that be would see or. wind us, and that it would probably start them all off again if we tried to get nearer, especially as the ground was rather open, we all aimed at this bull and at my whispered wora ttred, AH three shots took effect, and he fell dead. Again the herd started on, but unfortunatelv for them about a hunderd vards

further on was a nullah, or dried water track, with steep banks a place resembling the one the Prince Imperial was killed in in Zululand. Into this the elephants plunged and when we reached the edge we found them struggling, in wild confusion to get up the other bank, and filling the air with their screams, and trumpeting as they pushed one another aside in their selfish panic, just like so many human beings. Now was our opportunity, and firing away as quick as we could load we killed fi ve of the poor beasts and no ooubt could have bagged the whole herd had they not suddenly given up their attempts to climb the bank and rushed down the nullah. We were too tired to follow them, and perhaps a little sick of slaughter, eight elephants being a pretty, good bag for one day. f So after we had rested a little, and the Kafirs had cut out the hearts oi two of the dead elephants or supper, we started h?me ward, very well' pleased with ourselves, having made up our minds to send the bearers on the morrow. to chop out the tusks. . Shortly after we had passed the spot

where lood haa wounded the patriarchal bull we came across a herd of eland, but did not shoot at them, as we had already plenty of meat. They trotted past us, and then stopped behind a little patch of bush about a hundred yards away and wheeled round to look at us. As Good was anxious to see them, never , having seen an eland close, he handed his rifle to Umbopa, and, followed by Khiva, strolled u to the patch of. bush. ...We sat down and waited for him, not sorry of the excuse for a little rest. " ! The sun was just going down in its

reddest glory, and Sir Henry and I were admiring the lovely scene, when sudlenly we heard an elephant scream, and saw its huge and charging form with u plif ted trunk and tail silhoutted against tJie great red globe of the sun. Next second we saw something else, and that was Good , and Khiva tearing back toward us with the wounded bull (for it was he) charging after them. For a moment we did not dare to fire -though it would have been little use if we had at that distance for fear of hitting one of them, and the next a dreadful thing happened Good fell a victim to bis passion ior civilized dress. Had he consented to discard his trousers and gaiters as we had, and hunt in a -flannel shirt

and a pair of veldtschoons, it would have

been all right, but as.it. was his tiousers enmrbered him in that desperate race.

and presently, when he was about sizty yards from us, his boot, polished by the dry grass, slipped, and down he went on his face right in front of the elenhant.

We gave a gasp, for we knew he must die, and ran as hard as we could toward him. In three seconds it had ended. but not as we thought Khiva the Zulu boy, had seen his master fall, and brave lad that he was, had turned and flung his assegai straight into the elephant's face. It stuck in his trunk. With a scream of pain the brute seized the poor Zulu, hurled him to the earth, and placing his huge foot on his body about the middle, twined his trunk round his upper part and tore him in two. ' ... ... .....

We ruehea up mad .with horror, and

fired again and again, and presently the

elephant fell upon the fragments oi the

As for Good, he got up and wrung his

hands over the brave man who had giv

en his life to save him, and myself J

taough an old hand, I felt a lump in my

throat. Ah for umbopa, he stood and

contemplated the huge dead elephant and the mangled remains of poor Khiva. "Ah, well," he said, presently, "he is dead, but he died like a" man."

CHAPTER V. , OUK MARCH INTO THE DESERT. ;; We had killed nine elephants, and it took us two days to cut out the tusks and get them home and bury them carefully in the sand under a large tree, which made a conspicuous mark for miles around. It was a wonderfully fine lot of ivoy. I never saw a better, averaging as it did between forty and fifty pounds to the tnsk. The tusks of the great bull that killed poor Khiva scaled

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one hundred and seventy pounds tho pair, as nearly as ..wo could judge. . As for Khiva himself, we buried what remained of him in an ant-bear . hole, together with an assegai to protect himself with on his way to a belter world. On the third day we started on, hoping that we might one day return to dig up our buried" ivory, and in due course, after a long and wearisome tramp, and many adventures which I have not space to detail, reached Sitauda's Kraal, near tho Lukanga River, the real starting point of our expedition. Very well do I recollect our arrival at that place. To the right was a scattered native settlement with a few stone cattle kraals and some cultivated lauds down by the water, where these savages grew their scanty supply of grain, and beyond it great tracts of waving "voW covered with tall grass, over which herds of tho Bmaller game were wandering. To tho left was the vast, desert. This spot appeared to be tho outpost of the fertile country, aud.it would bo difficult to say .to.. what, natural. causes-such an abrupt change in the character of the soil was due. But so it was. Just below our encampment flowed a little stream, on the further side ol which was a stony slope, the same down which I had twenty years before seen poor Silveatro creeping back alter his attempt to reach Solomon's Mines, and beyond tha slope began the waterless desert covered with a species of karoo shrub. It was evening when we pitched our camp, and the great flery ball of the sun was sinking into tho desert, sending glorious rays of many colored light over all the vast expanse. Leaving Good to superintend the arrangement of our little camp, I took Sir Ilenry with me, and we walked to tho top of the slope opposite and gazed out across the desert. The air was very clear, and far, far away I. could distinguish the faint blue outlines, here and there capped with white, of the

great Suliman Berg. ''There," I said, t

there is the wall of

Solomon's Mines, out uou Knows it we shall ever, climb, it." My brother should bo there, and if he is, I shall reach him somehow," said Sir Henry, in that tone of quiet confidence which marked the man. I hope soM answered, and turned to go back to the camp, when I saw that we were not alone. Behind us, also gazing earnestly toward the far-off mountains, stood the great Zulu Umbopa. The Zulu spoko when he saw that I had observed him, but addressed himself to Sir Henry, to whem he had attached himself.' "Is it to that land that you would journey, Incnbu?" (Elephant Sir Henry's Zulu name),, he said, pointing toward the mountains with his broad assegai. I asked him sharply what he meant by addressing his master in that familiar way. It is very well for natives to have a name for one among themselves, but it is not decent that the y should call one by their heathenish appellations to one's face. Tho man laughed a quiet little laugh which riled me. . ........ "How do you know that 1 am not the equal of the Inkosi I serve?" he sa'd. "tie is of a royal house, no doubt; one can Bee it in his size and In his eye; so perhaps am I, At least I am as great a man. Be my mouth, oh, Macumazahn, and say my words to the Inkpos Incnbu, my master, for I would speak to him and to you." I was angry with the man, for I am not accustomed to be talked to in that way by Kafirs, but somehow he impressed me, and besides I was curious to know what he had to say,so I translated, expressing my opinion, at the same time that he was an impudent fellow, and that his swagger was outrageous. "Yes, Umbopa," answered Sir Henry, "I would journev there." "The desert is wide and there is no water, the mountains are high and covered with snow, and man. can not say what is beyond them behind the place where the sun sets, how shall you come thither. Iucubu, and wherefore do you go?" . ' , I translated again. "Tell him," answered Sir Henry, "that I go because I believe that a man of my blood, my brother, has gone there before me, and I go- to seek him." "That is so, Incnbu; a man I met on the road told me that a white man went out into the desert two years ago toward those mountains with one servant, a hunter. They never came back." "How do yon know it was my brother?'' asked Sir Henry. "Nay, I know not. But the man, when T asked what the white man was like, said that he had vour eyes and a black beard. He said, top, that the name of the hunter with him was Jim, that he was a Bechuana hunter and wore clothes." "There is no doubt about it," said I, "I knew Jim well." Sir H anry n odded. "1 was sure of it, ' he said. "If George set his mind upon a

thing he generally did it. It wasalways so from his boyhood. If he meant to cross the Suliman Berg he has crossed it, unless some accident has overtaken him. and we must look for him on the

other side," ...... Umbopa understood English, though he rarely spoke it. "It is a far journey, Incubu," he put in, and I translated the remark. "Yes," answered Sir Henry, "it is far. But there is no journey upon this earth that a man may not make if he sets his heart to it. There is'nothing, Umbopa, that he can not do. there are no mountains he may not climb, there are no deserts he can not cross, ,iave a mountain and a desert of which you are spared the knowledge, if love leads him and he holds his life in his hajad counting it as nothing, ready to keep it or lose it as Providence may order." I translated, "Great words, my father." answered the Zulu (I always called him a Zulu, though he was not really one), "great swelling words, fit to fill the mouth .of a man. You are. right, my father Incubu, Listen! what is life? It is a feather, it is the seed of the grass, blown hither and thither, sometimes multiplying itself and dving in the act, isometimes carried

away into the heavens. But if the seed be good and heavy it may perchance travel a little way on the road it wills. It is well , to try to journey one's road and to fight with the air. Man must die. At the worst ne can but die a little sooner. I will go with you across the desert and over .the mountains, unless perchance I fall to the ground on the way, my father." ........ He paused awhile, and then went on

with one of those strange -bursts of rhetorical eloquence which Zulus sometimes indulge in,and which to my mind, full as they are of vain repetitions, show that the race is by no means devoid of a sort of intplh ctual power, 'What is life? Tell me, oh! white men, who arc wise, who know the secrets of the world,and the world of stars, and the world that lies above and around the stars; who flash their words from afar without a voice; tell me, white men, the secret of our life whither it goes and whence it comes! "Ye can not auswer; yo know not. Listen, I will answer. Out of the dark we came, into the dark we go. Like a storm-driven bird at night we fly out of the Nowhefi ; for a moment our wings are seen in the light of the fire, and, lo! we aro gone again into the Nowhere. Life is nothing. Life is all. It is as the glow worm that shines in tho night time and is black in tho morning; it is as the white breath of the oxen in winter; it is as the little shadow that runs across the grass and , loses itself at sunset. I have spoken!1 "You are a strange man," said Sir Henry. Umbopa laughed. "It seems to mo that we are much alike, Incubu. Perhaps I seek a brother over tho mountains:" I looked at him suspicious! v. "What

do you meanr x asKeu; "wnat uo you know of tho mountains?"

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stavnge land there, u land of witchcraft

and beautiful thinsss; a laud of brave

people, and of trees, and streams, and

whto mountains, anu oi a grea

But what is grows dark.

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road, i have heard of it. the good of talking? it

Those who live to seo will see."

Again I looked at him doubtfully. The man knew too much. "Ye need not fear mo, Macnmazahn," he said, interpreting my look, "t dig no holes for ye to fall in. 1 make no plots. If ever we cross those mountains behind the sun, I will tell what I know. But Death sitfi upon them. Be wise and turn back. Go aud hunt, elephant. I have spoken ." And without another word he ....lifted his spear in salutation, and returned toward the camp, where shortly afterward we found him cleaning a gun like any other Kafir. . "That is an odd man." said Sir Henry. "Yes," answered I, "too odd by half. T don't like his little ways. Ho knows something and .won't speak out. But 1 suppose it is no use quarreling with him. . AYe are in for a curious trip, and a mysterious Zulu won't make much difference one way or another." . ... Next day we made our arrangements for starting. Of course it was impossible to drag our heavy elephant, rifles and other kit with us across the desert, so dismissing our bearers we made an arrangement with an old native who had a kraal closo by to take care of them till we returned. It went to. my heart to leave such things as those sweet tools to the tender mercies of an old thief of a savage whose greedy eyes I could see gloating over them. But 1 took some precautions. First of all, I loaded all the rifles, and informed. him that if he touched them they would go off. He instantly tried tho experiment with, my eight-bore, and it did go off, and blew a hole right through one of his oxen, which were

just then being driven up to the kraal, to say nothing of knocking him head

over heels with the recoil. He got considerably startled, and not at

E leased at the loss of tho ox, which he ad the impudence to ask me to $&v for, and nothing would induce him to touch them again. "Put the live devils up there in the thatch," he said, "out of the way,or they will kill us all."' Tnen I told him that if, when we came back, one of those things was missing, I would kiu! him and all his people by witchcraft; and if we died, and he tried to steal the things, I would come and haunt him and turn his cattle mad and his milk sour till life waB a weariness, and make the devils in the guns come out and talk to him in a way he would not like, and generally gave him a good idea of judgment to come. After that he swore he would look after them s though they were his lather's spirit. Jle was a very superstitious old Kafir and a great villain, Having thus disposed of our superfluous gear, we arranged the kit, we five Sir Henry, Good, myself, Umbopa, and the Hottentot Ventvogel were, to take with us on our journey. It was small enough, but do what wb would we could not get it down under about forty pounds to a man This is what it consisted of: The three express rifles and two hundred round of ammunition. The two "Winchester repeating rifles (for Umbopa aud Ventvogel), with two hundred rounds of cartridge. Three "Colt" revolvers and sixty rounds of cartridge. Five Cochrane's water bottles, each holding four pinte. Five blankets. Twenty-five pounds' weight of biltong (sun-dried game flesh). Ten pounds weight of best mixed beads for gifts. . A selection of medicine, including an ounce of quinine, and one or two small surgical instruments. Our knives, a few sundries, such as a compass, matchesja pocket filter,tobacco, a trowel, a bottle of brandy, and the clothes we stood in. This was our total equipment, a small one indeed for such a venture, but we dared not attempt to carry more. As it was, that load was a heavy one per man to travel across the burning desert with, for in such places every additional ounce tells upon one. But try as we would we could not see our way to reducing it. There was nothing but what was absolutely necessary. With great difficult', aud by the promise of a present of a good huntingknife each, I succeeded in persuading three wretched natives from the village to come with us for the first stage,twenty miles, and to carry each a large gourd

holding a gallon of water. My object

was to enable us to refill our water bot

tles alter tne nrst nignt s maren, ior we determined to start in the cool of the night. I gave out to the natives that we

were gome to shoot ostriches, with

which the desert abounded. They

jabbered and shrugged their shoul

ders. a'd said we were mad

and should perish of thirst, which

I must say seemed very probable; but

being desirous of obtaining the knives.

which were almost unknown treasures

up there, the' consented to come, having probably reflected that, after all,

our subsequent extinction would be no

affair, of theirs. All next day we rested and slept, and at sunset eat a hearty meal of fresh beef washed down with tea, the last, as Good sadly remarked, we wore likely to drink for many a long day. Then, having made our flnal preparations, we lay down and waited for the moon to rise. At last about nine o'clock up Bheeame in all her chastened glory, flooding the wild country with silver light, and throwing a wcrird sheen on the vast expanse of rolling desert before us, which looked as solemn and quiet and as alien to man as the etar-studded firmament above. We rose up, and in a few minutes were ready, and yet we hesitated a little on the threshold of an irrevocable stop. We three white men stood there by ourselves. Umbopa, assegai in hand and the rifle across his shoulders, a few paces ahead of us, looked out fixedly across the desert; the hree hired natives; with the. gourds of water, and Ventvogel, were gatheredjin a little knot behind. . V "Gentlemen," said Sir Henry, presently, in his low. deep voice, "we are

going on about as strange a journey as men can make in this worid. It is Very doubtful if we can succeed in it. But we are three men who will stand together for good or for evil to tho last. And now before we start let us for a moment prajr to the Power who shapes the destinies of men, and who ages since has marked our paths, that it may please Him to direct our steps in accordance with His will," Taking off his hat he, for the space of a minute or so, coArered his hands, and Good and I did likewise. .. . I do not say that I am a tirstrato praying man, few" hunters are, .and as for Sir Henry I never heard him speak like that before, and only once since, though deep down in his heart I believe he is very religious. Good, too, is pious, though very apt to swear Anyhow I do not think I ever, excepting on one single occasion, put in a better prayer in my life than I did during that minute, and somehow I felt the happier for it. Ourfuturo was so completely un known, and I think tho unknown and the awful always bring a man nearer to his Maker, "And now," said Sir Henry, "trek." So wc started. Contiuueii next week.

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A Good Reason. His Choice Proud father off his boy before company)

which would you rather be, Shakespeare or Edison? 1 Little son (after meditation) Fd rather be Edison. "Yes, why?" " 'Cause he ain't dead!"

Rural dame: "Have you any pretty wall paper'" High-class dealer (indignantly): "Pretty wall paper! No,madam; we keep nothing but the most highly

white I cirtlstic designs"

GOV. tiOYEY. INAUGURAL At 1:30 o'clock, Monday, Speaker Niblack called the House of Representatives to order just long enough for a recess to be agreed upon, to continue until after the inauguration ceremonies at tSnglish's Opera House. The Legislators then formed a line, headed by a band, f no solonsof the Senate cam o first in dignified array, and. the younger and more frisky Representatives strung out in tho rear. Several hundred awe-struck spectators hung on the flank of the column without breath enough left for a cheer. Tho Opera House was packed after the Legislators had taken the seats reserved for them, Goneral Harrison occupy ins a box. Without delay Chairman Niblack nailed the "joint meeting" to order, aud tho audielico rose while Pr. James McLeod asked divine blessing upon tho administration just now beginning. Chief Justice Elliott, of the Supreme Court, then administered the oath of office in solemn tones and the Speaker anu-sunced that he had the pleasure of introducing the Governor of Indiana. Governor Hovey then, proceeded to read his address, as follows: Oentlcjnen of the Senate and TTouw? of KoprefcetiUitivtH?: In conformity with the direction of onr Constitute n ami the custom ivhirh has prevailed since tbo organization of oir State GovcrnnnMU, it has bturome my duty to give you such Information as I may deonv necessary in p-'gart 1 to the condition of tbe -State, and to m-ommetul stioh measures of legislation us I judge to oe expedient. In our late N'jitiont.I tuid Slato ejections we bare iwssed through a jolitieal ordeal of the most Intense and exciting character; one which might have endangered tne perpetuity of other f onus of government, but we have passed through it peaceably under all the excitement. Slowly, but surely, we are convincing the world that man fs capable of self-government, and it u only neeceeary thai we should follow in the foot' steps of our lathers. a::id emulate their prudence, forbearance, evanomy and patriotism to insure the p?rpetnitv of our free institutions. Let ue labor earnestly aud honestly for the consummation of that great end. . THE PCIUTY OF THE JtAlAjOT BOX. As the Government rcsta upon the will of the people, every means should be taken to "accurately and honestly ascertain tho evidence of that will. The elective fro uehise, through the medium of a free aud fair ballot and full count, is believed to he the best mode of reaching that end, and should be carefully guarded. In the Jato election charges of fraud and corruption have been freely made by the contending parties, and, while we are not authorized to at in judgment as to the particular ets or cases, we can not shut our eyes to the facts. There is reason to belie v that the ballot has lecn polluted, not onlv in this State, but in many of the other States of the Union, and by both political parties, until in the eye of many respectable men it seems to be no longer regarded as a crime. This can not continue and increaso If we hope to perpe&uaie our free institutions. If it does u moneyed aristocracy will soon control the destinies oi our Notion, and that liberty which we now so highly prize will be lost to us forever. Tho demagogue,

who would buy-the vote of his poor and needy

neighbor, is for more corrupt and vile than his victim, and will only wait his chance to soil the liberties of bis country at a higher price. As a rule, he who buys a vote will sell his own. For the purpose of correcting to some extent the evils which novr exist, I would recommend that our election lows be revised in order to prevent, as far as possible, all frauds and briberv. 1

would call your mention particularly to the consideration of the necessity of legislation in regard to several matters not embraced in our

election laws. J. It is the duty of the General Assembly under the B5th Section of our Constitution "to provide for (he registmtion of all pertonseutitlcd to vote." This amendment has been in force since March M, JSS1, but no law has yet been enacted, ami the C-oustiiution has bceu disregarded, - I rcommend that provision be made for a full and fair registration of nil legal voters, where the rights of each elector can be investigated be-

lore the day of election. Any person who shall

Hire or prevent any elector trom being duly registered should be subjected to fine arid imprisonment. .!. Limit the number of electors to each election precinct, so as not to exceed 300 voters. Provide that every precinct shall be sur

rounded and protected by some kind of barriers

or guard-rods, winch will prevent cdl persons

except the person voting, from approaching

nearer muii nny oriiay lecv irom ine inspectors, judges and clerks of the election, and make the

infraction of l his utile a misdemeanor, puuishable by fine. 4. Provide thai the buying or offering to buy the vote of any elector, directly or indirectly, or by any subterfuge . or evasion, or pretense, or by hiring any person io work at the polls tor the

election of any candidate, shall be criminal, with punishment of disfranchisement for life to the

briber and bribed, and for a second offense, after

conviction, let tne penalty be not less than two

years in tne Mate i'rjson. Men who will thus pollute and wrri7.pt the ballot arc not worthy of exercising the elective franchise, and should never be trusted; I suggest that i-. might be policy to exempt witnesses from pur ishment lu bribery oases in which they may be implicated. It will be almost impossible tocoii.viet the guilts briber without such exemption. Make it unlawful anj,'rimjnol for any political convention or committee to demand, exact, or receive omv assessment or contribution fromunycaudidateforolT.ee, ond provide the penalty of disfranchisement for life to the member or members jf such convention or committee who may demand or attempt to enforce such assessment or contributin. No office should he placed beyond the reach of the poorest man in the State. Xominotions now are said to have their price, like the Koman purple of ancient doys, and it is our duty if possible to put an end to mjcJi corruption. A. Make it unlawful with heaw fine and im

prisonment for any person to ehallange a legal voter at the iol!s. Let the challanger beware, and, as he imputes an attempted crime against the elector who offers to vote, let him before he makes the challenge be assured that he himself is not the criminal. Many legal voters have been driven from the polls by unjustifiable and illegal challenges. The ehallange at the polls is one of the most successful devices of the bully and "bKlldozer" and should be prohibited under a penalty. As nuxiliary 1o the propoeed amendments, I would suggest that a separate act ha passed, requiring even- officer elected in the Slate to take an additional oath of office to the oath now prescribed by law, declaring that he has not directly or indirectly, given, promised, advanced or paid any money, or given or conveyed any other article of value to any person or persons to aid, assist or procure his election or appointment, und providing that should Fitch oath lie false that the convicted offender shall be disfranchised and .rendered incapabla of holdiug an office of trait or profit under the State, an shall also be answerable to the criminal laws of the State for perjury. Senators and- Representatives, let me most earnestly urge upon you the protection of the ballot box. which is the ark of the eonvenant of our free institutions. JLIQUOR LAWS. Obsolete la wn and statutes which are so far in advance of the age, or so far behind it as to be wholly disobeyed and disregaided, should without the least hesitation be repealed. Laws that are never enforced are like dead wood upon a living tree; they aro not only useless, but tend to weaken and bring our statutes into disrepute and contempt. Our people should realize that every act of the General Assembly has been made to be enforced, and not to be paraded on our stat utes as a threat which will never be executed. There are new laws in our s'tatutca which come within the purview of these observations. Our present laws In recard to the sale of intoxicating

liquors arc disregarded in many parrs of the State. In home localities large numbers of the people

are dccidedlv opposed..-to the licensing of the

sale of intoxicating liquors, while in others no

prommtorv law coma oe eniorcea ji seems io me it would be wise to so frame - our laws as to meet botli conditions. I believe a local option

for the sale or prohibition of ardent spirits

would be eoiiHtitutional. and that it would be

wise io permit the people to choose which system they prefer in each county, city or incorporated town in the State. Our institutions are found

ed upon the democratic theory that a majority should rule, end I submit th at the question of local option should Ix; left t5 the voice of the people, and taon alMaws passed for the purpose of regulating the sale of. intoxicating liquors should le rigidly enforced. I recommend that the license to be cranted for the Kile of such li

quors should not be less than 5200 nor more than 1,000 in the discretion of the Board of CountyCom-

missioners.

MOXOCOTJES, TRUSTS AND COMBINES. All monopolies, combine! and trusts formed

for the purpose of increasing the price or cost of tho necessaries of life should be declared unlaw

ful, 'flic adulteration of articles of food in com

mon use should Ikj forbid den under penalties.

and the sale, made unlawful, so that the Courts

would refuse to enforce them. The mixture of

eofVee with chicory: suyor with tducosc: butter

with oleomargarine, lard, tallow and oils, and

the admixture of coal oil, benzine, parafhne, and

other adulterating articles s'tiould be prohibited

and the sale forbidden, unless tho relative quan

tity ot each article composing tne compouna is clearly stated by the vender. Such sales have

been condemned and in many instances pun.

iehed by the civilized nations of the world tor centuries past. The currents of commerce are now runnins; deeply in the channels ofdcccpliou and fraud, and should bs cheeked by every

means m our power.

no a ns a xn ii uni ways. The const ruction of gravel or macadamized

road between the eiiios, towns, villages aud commercial centers of the Stutc is of the very

greatest iniportam-e. In overs year many of tho

main thorongmareh are nuiu jockco, so mat it iM'Ctnues almost impossible to pass over them

witti an cuinty vcincie, jsucii cost ructions arc not only an inconvenience to the public, but are

oftentimes the cause of great loss to our farmers;,

as they cannot convey their produce to market

m a proper manner at tlio most convenient and profitable times. With our river and railroad

systems, which may bo regarded as the crreat

arteries of travel and transit, good country roads

would act as -tne veins wnicn wouia give to tne

great pony ot commerce ine most ncattuy action, in the States and counties where such roads

have been constructed, farms are worth

much more than bor.ter 3ands in this State, whoie the rich clay tioil and change of seasons often render our roads nearly impassable, The revenue to be derived from the sale of intoxicating liquors and ardent spirits, aud from the dog-ta:; might be very properly used for the construction of such roads. Ijirge sums of money arc now, under one present road system, expended !iud wasted widen might be of groat benefit if the roads could be worked under some general supervisor who understood practical engineering. Uridges. culverts, ditches and embankments are now constructed in many localities at grcf.t cost which aru almost worthless, and even the earth roads are worked, in many instances exhausting the road tax, without much practical benefit. It might bo worthy of your conaldtrailou whether convict labor, instead of

competing with our mechanical iudustries,could not be utilized in the construction of gravel and macadamized ronls. " , . T believe it can be wifely said that the farming lands of this State with good roads, passable at all seasons, would !o worth at least 20 per cent, more than their present value. OSfitOX sritoota. The enormous amount annually paid for school books has created great dissatisfaction throughout ilie.Siule. Store. flM, if possible, -should be adopted by wider the price of s.tiel) books could be bfohght within a reasonable limit, On an overage the cost o each pulpil could be sufe-ly stated to reach $.'! per aiinum. nttr average daily attendance of pupils in tn& 40,.7??. This would show an c itnv by parents odd guardintis for that year amounting to S1.22T. 212-7. s Two pla?is have been adopted by. difl'crent Statea to cnrl sncli .vasl expenditure for text books: il) The publication of books by the State. f2) Free text books, bought by fh9. Stoic or school districts.'onil loanoa to the pupils. The firM niethol lias been eoiulemed as impracticable a nil costly, while the second, where it has been tried, has received the highcat commendation of Siaie Supfiriniclidcnti and profession 1 teachers. By this free icxt-book syiitcm the cost of books tor each pupil in Michigan sS rstimated ot 50 eents per annum, in Maine l!trJ4 cents, in Vonnont about J3 cents, in Wisconsin nnt one-third oi farmer cost. The argumu' niado in favor of free text books may be stated a? follows: Tho cost is greatly bolow that of any other method yet adopted. More prompt attenrlancoand regularity of pifpite.It makes tho schools free indeed, and equalizes the children of the rich and poor, as all are supplied alike. It teaches pupils the -responsibility

and care of property, and enable them to orotain a better education. The amounts overpaid by panmhi aud guardians under our present system would greatly exceed the taxes which would have to bo levied lo purchase all the Ixwks required in our schools under tho free te tt book system. The people would be the ipiiners over tlie taxation, by more than twice tho sum required to purchase all the books under the proposed system, and could well afford to pay the additional tax that would be reouircil for that purpose. The cities of Xew York aud Philadelphia, aud the States of Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa, Maine and Vermont have adopted or tried this system, tft Kew York City, It ban been practically tried for forty years, ami in Philadolphio for seventy years. Taking a high average under this system, say in eenes per pupil, the entire cost in Indiana for the year 1n?s would only have amounted to 163,rio as against the probable 'ost of $l, j 6.JW5, which would give an actual annual g;dii to the people of this Slate -oi S1j02,81S, or S-160 lo every pupil, if the system should cost on f-fai average SI to the pupil, it would still leave a gain to the parent and guardian for that year of Sd?,5."0. With free text books a great burden would - be taken from th? poor, who are unable, to spare the amount, required to purchase their books at th-P verr exorbitant piices they are now compelled to pay or leave then chi ldren uneducated. Experts and booksellers inform me that the prices paid for school books in this Statu yield from 300 to 0)0 per cent, above the actual cost of production. Something-should be done to roduce the cost to a reasonable price and lift from -parents and guardians these very heavy burdons. The expense of our common school system should be greatly curtailed in tho future, as nearly every county in the State is provided with excellent school houses, now numbering 9,52. Our school property, independent of all funds, may be estimated at nearly $lnftW00f0W. Tinscondition, with the ever increasing fund derived from fines and forfeitures, will, it; is tcHeved. admit of ihe income from the license ou the sale of ardent spirits and from the dog tox, being transferred and profitably used by the State for gravel end macadamized roads. I commeud the subject lo your deliberate and mature consideration, and I will heartily cooperate in any measure that may lessen the present exorbitant prices. Some confusion and inequality has arisen in reporting the number of pupils in each county aa having attended the common schools. -. As the distribution of the funds depends upon the number thus re jnirted, I would' suggest that or.ch suverintcnlent or teacher, in reporting the numbers, be ivouiit to give the name of eah pupil who has attended during that period, and in no cose count the name more than once, 'SUPREME COt'HT. Our Constitution provides that ' 'just ice shall be administered freely, and without purchase: completely, and without denial; speedily, and without delay." Tuder existing laws this 'highsounding provi. don-ia an empty boast. Many eaves are now pending in the Supremo Court which were filed mora than live years ago, and it is to be feared that some have lxien appealed to that court for the solo purport .of delay. This delay arises from no fault of the Judges of the court, but from their inability U fully investigate the numerous coAte which are brought before them. I do not uelieve that the multiplication of Judges in the Supreme Court would tend to tha furtherance of justice. Xo case should be posted upon without the full consideration of "every Judge upon the Bench. This would be impossible if the number of Judges should be greatly increased, and I can conceive of only two methods by which the present evil can be avoided. 1. The creation of intermediate appellate courts, with exclusive jurisdiction within certain limits, or - 2. By assistance being liberally given to each Judge If each Judge could have as his assistant a

man learned in the law, who could read the

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

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Joncsboro wants a biuxk.

Laporte iti still boring for gas.

Walkerton rejoices in a bank.( Mumfs are epidemic at Anoka. Eikhart bonds sell at a premium. Chicken-pox pre valU at Ebcneijer. AVaveland is prosecuting gamblers. Michigan City is enjoying sleighing. A. Jaw and order leitgue ia forming at Wabash; ,,,.,..,.'.,. A Woman's fecbaage ts promised for Goshen. v .:. Mollie Corwin, ot Shelby ville', has just been divorced' from her seventh husband. , Grazing for cattle on the Southern

Indiana hills is a . remarkable result, of-

the pleasant winter; The Jeflcr8onville Shoe Co. will abandon convict labor after April 1. They claim it does not pay to wee convict labor in that business. , The imnense oil tank, belonging to the Staudard Company ac Laketon, has

spning a leak, and tbe Oil is contaminating the water of Eel liver for miles. Jerry ShoafT, of Forfc Wayne, who killed Goelecke, a saloonkeeper, with a spittoon.becauae the latter attempted to

collect pay for dr"mkt is given but two

years in prison lor his murderous deed. John Wright, of Atlanta, aged, seventy-five, and a prominent resident of Pike county, after being blind for thren years, claims to have suddenly beten cured of his iufirmity through the' efficacy of prayer. The oldest Metho iist preacher in the State is said to bo liv.v. George Schwartz, of Jefferspuville, who was licensed to preach in 1832, when twenty years of age, and who has been continuously laboring ever since. 3 - The gross receipts, of the Louisville, New Albany & Co?ydon railroad, last year, were S10,393, through which a dividend of one per cent, was paid on the investment. The rolling stock of the company consists oi two engines, two passenger cars and one freight, car. The State comnon-echooi fund increased during 1S3 $83,7848. The entire increase in all pubhc school funds reached $98,103.56. The revenue derived from all sources during the year was$5,235,031.0o. r The rumber of teachers employed in the State last vear rwas 14,202. Peter Kempf, a tialoon keeper at Russia ville, was tried in tie Oircujt Court, last week, for the illegal sale of liquor, and convicted. His flue and costs amount to $280. s.nd in default of the money he is in tho county jail, where hewifl remain for the next'nine monthB unless his. fine is sooner paid. Sweeney ...St Ero., of Jeffersonville,

have contracted with tho Government

to build a revenue cutter, Jor service on the South Atlantic coas);. ft will have a steel hull, and will be completed at the Jeffersonville' Works at a total cost

of $90,000. Heretofore this class of work

has always beep done in the East. The Indiana Presidential electorsmet in the Houue of Representatives at Indianapolis, on the 14th, and cast the electoral vote of the State ior Benj. Harrises' for 'resident;- and Levi P. Mo ton for Vicu President. .On the 15th the electors from Illinois and Ohio, visited Indianapolis and with the Indiana! electors called on Gen. Harrison and tendered their congratulations. It is needless to say thc Kreetings 'were cordial.; : . .? The inauguration committee has arranged with tbe trunk lines west of Washington for round- trip rates tor those who desire to attend the inauguration

retards, examine Oic-autlioritto and innke notes ceremonies next March. The following , i ...... . .. 7 . . .1 . ii. t ... t ... ' . -, e .. ' l j 1 a.

wm oe me rare ior rounn-irip xicKe; irom the na ned points: Cincinnati, Oif $12.50; Fort Wayne, Jnd., $15; Indianapolisjnd. $16; Logan sport, Intl., $10.7?-; Louisville, Ivy., $15.54: Richmond, Iritd., $14.25; Ten e Haute, lad,, 1 8.25; iiir cennes, Ind., $18.25. While ti e family of WmWoodard, of Muncie, w sre at supper Thursday evening the Utile girl, aged fifteen montlis, crawled up to. the chair of her brother, who is four years old, and was looking up and prattling to him, when the little fellow, acc Tdentally overturned a cu of tea, the hot fluid falling directly into her face and a great deal of it going into her mouth and down the throat passage. Her sufi'jrings were intense until d aatb relieved her Friday morning. J - , .The tnauguration committee hris arranged wth the trunk lines west of Washington for rountl-trip rates for those who desire to attend the inauguration ceremonies next March. The following will be the fare for . round-trio tickets from the points nauied: Cincinnati, O., $12 50: Fort Wayne, Ind., $15; Indianapolis Ind..Sl6; Logansport, Ind.,116.70; Louisville, Ky.. 15.45; Richmond, Ind, S14.25; Terre Haute, Ind., -$18.26; Vincennes, Ind., $18.25. . 4 Patents were granted Indiana inventors, Tuesday ,as follows: J. W. Anderson, South Bend, sprinkling nozzl;. J. O.

Berber, Michijan City, refrigerjitor; W.

H. Cloud, Kokomo, pump; P. M.Curtis, Lebanon, sidine cuace and snuare; A.

Hagnuist, South Bend, plow; M. C. Hen

ley, Richmond, fence machine; J. marsn, AVarsaw, door check; J. J. McErlain, Son th Bend, split pulley, W. T, Morgan, Muncie, sash fastener. J. Q, A. Kew6om,

Seymour, steam plow; D. M. Parry, Inr diijiapolis, Bhaft coupling for vehicles;

J A. AVitmer, Wakarusa, vehicle spring. r A stranffe' nhenomenon is noticed in

connection ith the natural gas supply

at Montpeher. Six hours out of every

twentv-four the cain runs down to a

ninimum, and six hours daily it reaches f. maximum, While at low ebb the

valves are open wide to get ft suflicieccy.

and when at the hiehes point the

smallest turn of the key will supply the demand. The movement, is constant

With the ocean tides, but whether or

not the same influences ari tne cause is

a matter of coniecuire with the Mont

peher1 residents.

The united States- Grand Jury was

chartred nbv Judee Woods Tuesday

morning. The charge covers many points in -Tk'hich the public are interest

ed just nowV In bis charge, while no

direct reference is made to the Dudley letter, it is understood tbaf that letter is the main point at hsue.' The Judge instructs the jury indirectly that the mere fact of Dudley sending the letter if he did send it is not an otFenee aeainst the statue, unless the crimo of bribery has been proven, and tberefore Dudley can not be indicted. . Col. John A. Bridgeland, wrho went to Washington to complete arrangements for the accommodation of Indiana people who attend the inauguration, returned to Indianapolif. Saturday. He secured quarters at. she' Metropolitan Hotel, where the Indiana people will have exclusive use of one of the large parlors facing Pennsylvania avenue; he also rented a hall, in which will be placed a hundred cots, for w hioh a charge of $1 adaywiF. be made, and a vacant lot, where a good view of the pro

cession can be obtained, was secured. Seats will be placed cn it for 250 persons and a charge of twenty-five cents ."as much,' Colonel .'Uridgeland remarked, "as we would hare to pays to see a monkey show," will be mado for their use. There will be ao trouble about accommodations, Colonel Bridgeland thinks,,as provision will bo made for caring for 200,000 persons. The visitors from Indiana will probably number 2,500. - .. . 1 .,, '.;..:.. , ' v Governor Gray dosed his official du ties by - issuing a oommutatibn of

sentence to Blair Mock, a young man who is serving a fourteen-years' sentence in the Northern Prison for murder. He was convicted from Grant county some two years ago, and as the commutation reduces his term to three years, he has but one more year to serve. The Governor' does . not think J tiiB bovi should ever have

been convicted, as tne crime boys I Was committed In self defense. The

f lust effort of the iennedy family fJf tjve

pardon cf Wm. Ken nedy, serving ia lifflpy -sentence for the murder of youngBakerr of Greensburfir, in lfiS5, failed of its i'-'joftfe

ect. The scene in the executive office1 481

tt ia hrfBAnni' t.n row

Governor's feet in n flood of tears and " refused to be quieted, or to move. She . called on God to take her life rather f than allow her to go away without the paper that should free her son, and; .

altera longtime of i7iaaing ana weep-, ingon the part of all the-inembera pi fcbet

party, fiiiey sadly withdrew. r

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Canterbury If lit has Quaker church .thnt yas bu i Ikin 1702, aiad ha not been shingled since that tinle. The shingles then put oh the rooi weie of heart pin?, and fostencd pwit wopxi pegS.;;. .. . ; f i .... ' Lonclon Life Eays that Lord Sackyille is in Paris, and besieged by - journalii A smart little French maid, with a neafcr

cap and a quick eye, answers the doori ; "Monsieur; says shej "has hadt qUife' t. 0 enough of j ournalistS' in America; h$f00 hopes never, to see any more of ces nMWh sieu:.',: ' . t X-n : ' " :'i , A South irninnewspaper iiltBirtneii - 1 the consequences of bad punctuation mgyty " ; follows: After him' camo lorxl j Salfebury on his head, a white M pa hj;4 feet, 1 arge but well blacked boots on hit) i rbrow, a dark clo;ud in his hand, the -iz0 avoidable walking stick in his -eya ;,:.

threatening look in gloomy silence;

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and report to llu Judrrc. the nlor wouM bo

greatly Icseonrd, junl nt every lerm more than twice tli number ot caws eonld ljtt easily ilis IwseO of. Many cwseu, u-lueh re now taken to the court merely for delay, eoukl bo quiekly acted upon, nnd others could be brought rapidly forward. The t-eniees of such men could not be bad withouniberal Balariej?, and care shouJd be ol)H?rved in making th selection. While either mode would be a decided improvement on our present Inefficient system,"! incline to the opinion that intermediate appellate courts'-would prove the most satisfactory. No reasonable expense should be considered, if the evil e,an be overcome by legislation. WJNEVOIJJNT INSTITUTIONS. For the sake of humanity, I most earnestly recommend that such laws be passed at this session as will command the best talent of the state to control our, benevolent institutions, and that they b placed beyond the reach of all mrtisan "control. It is a shame that sueh institutions should be tb !jOurcc of gaiu or political power to any party. Since 1865 the United States ha. arisen from this wreck and rain of the most terrible -war to be found in the pages of history, and has rushed with the strides of a giant to the front; rank of the proud nations of the earth. To day, in a!l tha.t constitutes tme power, wealth and cTeatniss our nation is without a peer. It has been CFtfmated by Mr, M. Mvilhall, F. S. S.f anther of the Progress of the World, in his late address before the British Association at Bath, England, that in every one of the three sources of power man, horse and steam the United States exce?ds the leading nations of Europe. In the great ewterhood the State of Indiana ib not suryasscd, if equaled, in nanunV advantages b- any other State in the Union, Within its area it contains a very large average or rich agricultural kinds, with a most congenial climate. With its rivers and railroads, H has an easy and rapid access to the principal markets, auu its broad fields of coal, natural gas and minerals will soon dcvelope manfactories with whijh few other localities will be able to compe. Cod in His mercy has showered His blessings or the State, and. with humility and gratitute wc should labor to dcvelope our grcad 'resources. Much can! be done' by legislation, and the voice of the people of Indiana has called upon you. to perform that noble and important duty. ; LATE NEWS ITEMS. Ea88ell Harrison .ye as given a banquet by bis friends at Helena. Mont, , Tnesnight. The Senate has made an amendment to the tariff bill, providing for a bounty for sugar producers. In Louisville an enterprising thief carried off a whole brick house belonging to Jane Koss, a wealthy widow, The bricks were used for pavements or side waUs. -v.,. c. A British Minister to tho United

States Mill not be appointed until

after Harrison's inauguration. Minister

Phelps will embark for his homo Janu

ary ol.

The Wool Growers Association met in Washington, Thursday, and resolved that there ought to be. an immediatif settlement of the question as to th)

duty on w'ool.

President Cleveland sent a message to Congress, Tuesday, relative to Samoa n affairs. War vessels were sent toJ ti e

Islands to protect American interest s, and he has insisted upon treaty observr:

ances. . .

A duel was fought, Afonday, between Henri Roehfort,editor of rintransigea it

and M. Lissargary, editor of La .Bataille, The weapons used wrere swords. Both combatente were wounded M. Ligargary's wounds are dangerous. r George Meadows, a negroj probably guilty ot outrage ou the person of Sirs. Kellam and the murder of her boyt was hung at thj Pratt mines, AlabaDaa, Tuesday, by a mob of "quiet but de termined men." He protested his innocence. 4 r The Lincoln League, a Republican organization, will hold its annual meeting at Indianapolis, Feb. 12. The member

ship in this State is 75,000 Duriuj; the recent campaign 100,003 letters were written, and 1,000,000 documents ami 000 lithographs distributed) . Anthony Higgine, Republican, was elected United States Senator b the Delaware Legislature on the 15tl, the vote standing: Higgins 16; Walc)tt 0; Robinson. 2.1ehatn C. Harris was re elected from Tennessee; G. F. Hoar, from Masflachusetts; Senator Mandersoc, trom NebrtiskiR, and Wm, P, Frye from Maine. " ' ;

Worse Yet. She I would like to call you b; jrour Christian name, love, but Tom is so hatefur and common, yovt know. Haven't you got some pet name? He K'lio I cr -haven't.

Sije Are you always knQWX s among your friends ? He (brightening up) -No, (.1 o

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The farmers aroundElbeii know the worth of perslmmonB, andforf years have made it a point never ";toct . f down a pershnmbn taree : Inv-plac c v many trees have been left stadJng thji ; the fields look Sike orchards; and :;iV -1 deed they are persimmon orchards, the M '-" trees of which bear ..fine crops; of frdil?r almost as valuable hogs. The farmers say that -the simnipn tree dra ws but little strength or- t:moisture from the soil, aud that excels ''fe ::

lent crops are grdwn even beneath tbfcir shace. , :i. '7:V'-- ;- v.; XT.-."J$H

Since May h 1883, the killing oi deer on Cape Cod has been forbiddeii by

law under a heavy penalty, and the -re;-'-: suit is that tiro 5'),0J0 acres ; between : , I Sandwich. Falmouth and Plymouth

thronsed with deer, now quite- tacaeJ

When the law was not ing lorce fioonti, 200 deer were killed "yearly' -FoiTirrfer ? 200 years that region has been a favorite r hu n ting ground. Among' the relit Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth, is an old rjBT- V-'jii once owned by famous hunter of Irf; 4 mouth, and on the stock are 200 notches , ..'v each notch' representiifaer tbe Puritan Jtfimrod. . . . --";.i 'I ; Mr; Leary, of big raft innneniajr bon V sle hiroselfsforlbe 1

tnat orojee up on mo xkw , jjukww

coast with the knowledge that the -ilofs aro not fioatin-cr in vain- They are stift"

jnakinsr their wav eastward and sonta-

ward i n large' numbers, and when siglfikfe j" ed by vessels -their exact position ;i noted, and a memorandum i ; sent yy the Hydrographic Office in WaBlngton.r " Already many of these reporte. liav- ' been received and compared i and the v;; I?

result is a chart, that could not have

oeen obtained in any other way,

ine- the courfies of various $ ocean cur-

rentsi - j?;" -V.Tlie town of Arroyo Girande is;on the boundary lhio between -L Arizona and Mexico, a fact which enables the topeiw

to work an old ganie. They step into ft

saloon on the Arizona-side and ask for

drink, lavxnc down an Amerjcan aoHar,

The chances arc that the bartender wilt h give them a Mexican dollar in -changev:!; it being worth only ninety cento. - TheJi "

And tender- the Mexican dollar Jor

drink, getting an American dollar

change, which in this case is worth only

ninety cents. The trutnfnl Editor or

"The Arizona Howler sayi practice has broken upsalhthe8 i the town. ; T: s Harry Mullen, near Ellen ville, . Y., while out bird shooting, a a big bear; v f but not being loaded JtorVljear; he aW a wide berth for the time being, The ? ; r next dav he Bet a trap, and the day foT- . lowing, visited it armed .mVWfi&Tchestc. rifiI The topwaauudirf . but as he was going- away he heard , noise in the bushes and saw the beJM'; running odV Harry fired and ttie hearty, fell. It got up atonce, however, ind , started toward hin.- A second ball fired, : - H at its broad, breast did oriT; fi animal weighed 420; pounda. ,h,:twov; ; bullets wMch bad been fid into oppo.j sites ends of the ?anunat were lound , . 0

within eight inches of each other. "Well," said a well known ma abafc

town, "perhaps lrwe succeed in excinar-1 ing English actors from our theaters the; American language will be revived an -New York.- It is scracely- spoken any"' more in the uptown stores. The jclerkeo

simplest q uestion putto theni abont ihft.

goods.tliey are offering brings out My deah sir or Pon me honor,? to 84Sr: nothing of suchords as harf and parst and tba sort of thing; yon Imom Why, when I priced scarf a Sixth avenue store the mother day tlie. -ctek

knowi 'because he said, 'it's the sort oi -K

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Mr. George W. Childs,of Philadelphia,

is 8aid1 have entertained: mort) famous

people in his hispitabie home tlaan any: v.

other private citizen of America. Kings, y:

and nrinces, and nobles without nunv

ber, have slept under: his roof- " not to

mention Presidents and Generals,- and

an endless number of men of letters and others. Mr. Chiids entertains in royal

fasliion, and when he 'haa. disttngu!shed:x

cuests ai nts eounwy -piace ne- nu

every tiling at. their disposals: 5 Ife inakea"

no demands: upon thir4iWe, but his r

time is theirs, and they are permitted to -go and come as they ; please, to havejy

their breakfast and luncheon whenever

suits them best but ail are expected to

meet at the dinner 5 vphicfe is,; the jono formal meat of the day: - . A middle-ad'woman went t o:a prom- -ixent physician of San Piego not long ago, and asked him to anipuUther two V; great toes. He examined tiein, assured her there was nothing wrongw ith them, 1

and said that he wouldn't cut thenvofty T

She beed him to, saying that if the wore off she could wear No, 2 shoes lnV

stead of 4s; as theUi Her tc were heiT f own, she said, to do what she pleased , v with, and she Would give $800 to have

them of I he doctor refused, and the woman went in ciuestof some one witB " less conscience, A San Dieg newspaper eays she found some one to do the?5

job successfully, for two weeks later she went to San Francisco wearinjr the best

nair or- ir....is riuir. frn if . ia itniiifjit in s

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