Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 34, Number 25, Jasper, Dubois County, 4 March 1892 — Page 3

WEEKLY COURIER, C. XOJkXM, JuAUv.

IXDIAXA, SAVED BY A GIRL. tt Aot of a Bravr- Yamkee Maiden ill HOAdttTM. One morning, not long X. T -way to St Louis, I stepped or board a Mississippi klMMr at Memphis, and jjgjost the first man I met oa the promenade deck was my old chum, jjarry Wood. Our surprise w mutual, as we bad )wt parted in Melbourne, Australia, tea rears before, ami I sappowd Harry to be Mill at the autlfiodes. Hi had iixtl my Ufa mm on the Uendigo diggings; but that k neither here nor there. "Gopd heavens, Will! Is this you?" "Me my soul, Harry! Where did you eom from?" And Own wo almost buffed each other, much to vhe disgust of a cynical kLor. who. nevertheless, did aot 4m to profit by oar jubilant mood. We wore mkhi ensconced ia a quiet toner, awl my friend was tellinf his story, Ht'irnedout that he kal in reeVd hi "dust" ia the mahogany trade hi Kr'ttsh Honduras, had spent nine yrar in the busine, made a snug little V1' and had bat lately returned to his native land. I ninit l,U interesting account of the detail of mahogany cutting, and come at once to a particular one of his many Jreuturr. iai4 he: ! had been about eight years In 71 nudum-. h1iii. one day. while on a rather extended tree-huntinf tramp, came across a lonely kticiemd which had never before seen. "The day was hot, and I rode up, dis mounted and knocked at the door of the house. It was opened, not by the all-pervading mutfuieko, but, much to ay surprise, by a beautiful girl of tifn.-t.-!!. whom I knew at the first rlance to be an American. I was so completely taken abaek by this sstonlahinir apparition that for sonic time I eoultl only stare in stupid wnndcr: but at last I managed to ataintner. in Spanish: "Do you speak English, seaorita? "Tha firl smiled a she replied, ia toIcc sweet a her face: Oh, yes. My parents and I fr-iu the United States.' Then 1 told her who I was, and asked for a drink of water. kCome in ami sit down, sir, she siul. aad I will brinar some, fresh from the spring.' "Oh. no.' I protested ; Must tell me where the spring is, aad 1 will bring the water.' Without farther remark, she handed ne a wooden bucket and pointed to the hillside, where I found a tiny stream trieklinir into a rocky basin. hi subset have eueaehed my thirst tmen and there, bat my curiosity was excited, aad 1 carried the fall pall back Vf the house. The young lady gave ate a glass, and after I had twiee emptied U she politely asked me to 'eoae in and rest' Now, I wasn't a bit tired, but my thirty-,ix years had not taken all the romance ont of me, and I gladly accepted the invitation. On entering the front room, a further surprise awaited Ke in the shape of a refined-looking and very handsome woman, apparently not much older than myself, who sat in a genuine Boston rocker, engaged in sewing. ''The lady rose on seeing me, and my cond actress said: 'Mamma, this is Mr. Weed, of the Valley camp, I presume?' "I bowed yea. " Mr. Wood, this is my mother, Mrs. Fair. My own name is Mary.' " 'Mary Fair! What a find ia this wilderness!' I thought to myself, as 1 went through the customary greeting."' "I should say so, indeed!" I interjected; "but go on, Harry." "Well, old man, I stayed two hours at the hacienda, ami in that time learned MMnething of the history of my fair countrywomen. I won't go into this, except to say that Mrs. Fair was a native of Baltimore, had come out to Honduras with her husband and chlki some years before, and had now been for ten months a widow. "She was merely staying at the hacienda, mear'ime, with no companion but her daughter ia order to keep formal possession of it in the hope, so far baffled, that the surviving partner of the late Mr. Fair might make a fair settlement of the company affairs. "So much I beard before I left, but afterward I got well potted in the whole business and was lucky enough to feeetire for the widow quite a considerable sunt of money out of the wreck of her fortunes. Of course, in giving the requisite information it was Necessary to call upon my clients occasionally, and I somehow seemed to get so dull of apprehension that these visits had to he made with increasing frequency. "There was, too, some other little ervice always cropping up that I wan Able to render, and by the time ererything was arranged we had become such excellent friends that it was with ml sorrow I heard Mrs. Fair at last fix upon a certain date for her return to the states. Before this time cam, however, a rather startling adventure centred. "In carrying on my own business I obliged to go now and then to Hse City, and on these ooetskmn I generally brought back with ate a lrge snm of money to pay my workfeen. I used to ride down to Balixe Jer, Wave my horse at a hacienda "re. take the first Massing beat for the port and get back on the third day. A boat nine o'clock in the morning 7 t my return trips, I had ridover half the distance between the "rr ma my samp, when some way veud on the forest trail I saw a white JfWw walking swiftly toward me. J was fte an unusual sight, that I

t i omeUiag familiar kt the

figure, caused me to dash forward, and 1 found the pedeslriennt to be Mary Fair. "On coming close I saw that she was very pale and almost sinking with fatigue, but her sweet face bore an expreeaion of lofty resolve which, in nty eyes, only heightened itscharw. Springlag from my horse, I seined her hand and exclaimed: " 'Merciful heaven! Misa Fair, what kt wrong? You here on foot, aad ten miles from home! Your mother My mother is quite well, Mr. Wood,' she replied, Mushing a rosy red; bat you are ia great danger, and aad I eante to warn you. n " To warn me, Mis Fair, and of what?' I askid. 'Is it possible yon have walked all this distance merely to do e a service? There was no other way of reach ing you,' she said, simply. '1 had no time to find a trusty messenger; and if you were not intercepted thm side oi 1 Demouio pass, your life would be lost!" 'My life lest! Is the danger then so serious?' I inquired. 'Yes, yes.' she hurriedly answered, 'and you" must not think me unwom anly I my mother thought thatoae o( its should eotue to meet you; ami you biow I could not let her take sueh a journey when when I am so young and strong. " 'Bless your noble heart! Tell me all about it. Miss Fair,' said I, leading the agitated girl to a seat on a fallen tree. Well,' she began, 'just before dark, laftt evening. I weut to the spring for water, as usual. I had filled the pail ami was turning away, when I thought I heard some one on the otlier side of that little taesquite grove you know where it is mention your name. This quite startled me; and, hardly know ing why, I erept silently to the edge of the bushes and, peeping cautiously through, saw that four wicked-looking sambos had camped down there for the nlghtr The men were talking very low in Spanish patois, but I heard and un derstood every word, and could hardly keep from screaming, when I heard them arrange all the details of a plot to waylay, murder and rob you in El Demon io pas. They said that you would have to go through there some time this forenoon and would have a great deal of money with you. I was terribly frightened, but I manared to get away without being seen, and then walked back to vbe house as carelessly as I could and told my mother. We were not at all afraid of the men for ourselves, as they knew we had no money to steal; but, of course, tbey would have killed us if they had known their plot was discovered. Mother sakl we must warn you at all hazards; so 1 got up long before daylight this morning, when the sambos were fast asleep. Mother kissed me good-by, and here I am. ' God bless your brave soul! How csu I ever repay you?' I exclaimed. Ifut do von know, Miss Fair, how the ru titans are armed?' " Only with machetes, I think. At least I did not see any guns, though they may have pistols,' sne answered. 'Not very likely. These fellows generally gamble away everything ex cent their machetes.' I said. Yes, rejoined Miss Fair, 'but they are lour to one, ana expect so rusn upon you with those horrible knives ami kill you before you have a chance to shoot' "Now El Demonio (or the Devil's) pass is a deep gap ia the Xegra hills, and is so narrow that in maay places a mounted man cannot turn about ia it No better spot for an ambuscade can be imagined, as its walls are very steep and grown over almost everywhere by a dense mass of rhexia thorns, dwarf palms ami stunted mango tree A, fur nishing complete cover for any number of evil-doers. The pass was about two miles be yond the place where Miss k air met me, and there waa no way ot avowing it without making a detour of ten times that distance. However, I did not wish to shirk the passage, as I was heavily armed with a six teen-shooter rifle-carbine, slung to the saddle, and a pair of navy revolvers m the holsters. thus giving me eommaad of twentyeight shots enough, I thought, to rout a whole army of half-breeds and I felt very little dread of a scrim mage. With much coaxing I persuaded Miss Fair to mount my horse while I walked bv her side, and we went hlowly on"Before making the last sharp turn. which would have brought us in sight of the ran. a hundred yards or so ahead. I resumed the saddle, handed one of the revolvers to my companion. and atked her to remain where she was until I returned. Oh, Mr. Wood, let me go with von!' she cried. 'Perhaps when these bad men see that there are two of us tber will run away.' Two of us." indeed 1' I laughed. 'No, no; yon might get hart, and then how could 1 face your mother.'' " 'But I'm not a bit afraid now, and yon know two pairs of eyes are better than one, and we can watch tot a stues of the pass at once,' pleaded my hero ine. " 'You mast not think of such a thing, mIm Fair I said, earnestly. "Goodby; don't fear for me. I shall soon back.' The now trembling girl gave her hand and I rede forward with my carbine lying across the pommel of the saddle. 'There waa no siga of life to he seen as I entered the defile, but presently a purple macaw, perched on the top of a wild tamarind, uttered It harsh erv and began to flit restlessly about; whether disturbed by me or something Im I did not know. Nothing snaidcions was visible, however, aad I supposed that the sam bos had not vet reached their amonsn whan, lust as I was Passing through a rather open part of the gap, I heard a slurht noise overhead, and, wotting up, ew the mow of a lasso fir eat from an overhanging roek. 1 stooped like lightslag. the deadly boom mu mutw

"Hum I gave Urn rawhkle Una a half-hitch around the saddle how, and, spnrriag my horse, drew it away from It owner, of whom, try as 1 might, I could not catch a glimpse. "About twenty yards in front of ma a great bowlder had fallen into the path, so nearly blocking it that titer was barely room left for a horse to iMineaaa past. I made up my mind that from behind this the decisive attack would come, aad I held my carbine ready. "My horse went quietly along until his nose projected beyond the roek, but then he suddenly recoiled, with a loud snort of alarm. The crisis had owe! A black hand waa thrust out, the bit seiaed and an attempt made to lead the animal around the curve; but he jerked back ia terror and pulled a hideous-looking sambo into fall view.

The next instant the miscreant fell. with a bullet through his brain, ami I slid off over the crupper, making the horse, completely filling the passage, a bulwark between the assailants and myself. I hoped that the fellows would come out of cover now, and thus giva me an easy victory; but they were too cunning for this, and for a minute. perhaps, no move was made oa either skie. The poor horse, unable to ad vance or retreat, stood trembling with fear. His quivering ears told me that the rascals were still in their hiding place; and, kneeling down on the hard path, I looked steadily ahead, hoping to get a shot past his legs ia case they showed themselves. "But they had a safe game. My at tention was wholly fixed on the danger in front, and I had totally forgotten the lasso incident, when 1 heard a pebble giate on the trail behind me. 1 sprang to my feet in time to see a machete blade flash through the air. The least fraction of a second's delay and my head would have been split. but now I caught the descending blow upon my carbine barrel, and almOht iti the same motion brought tlu latter down upon the skull of the swarthy brute, who sank lifeless to the ground. "Naturally I stood for an instant gaxing upon my work. The whole ep isode had not occupied one-quarter of a minute. But that was enough! Ihe two remaining villains, apparently havinr waited for this diversion, had crept under the belly of the horse, and. as I turned in my tracks, both together threw themselves upon me, not having time nor room to strike alfecUvely. They were big, heavy ruffians, and the assault was so sudden that I was borne down at once, and lay, in a mo nient, helpless, with their cruel eyes glaring into mine. Bat yet, lying flat upon my back, I held with a death clutch to the carbine, aad ail their ef forts could not tear it away. i lie re volver, which I had put in my belt, was beneath me, aad the scoundrels were so hard put to hold me down that neither of them dared to let go to use his machete. 'They raved aad cursed, pulled and tarred like madmen; but still I held oa. Then a new idea struck them. Both knelt with all their loathsoaae weight upon my body, and one of them, releasing the hold of his right hand. drew a knife. "I shut my eyes as the murder owe wretch fixed his run upon my bare throat and raised his knife on high. Hut the blow did not fall; for, before the armed hand had time to descend, a blind inr sheet of flame shot athwart my closed lids, a sharp report rang out. and the would-be assassin fell across my breast, his black heart pierced by a bullet from the pistol of Mary Fair! 'His accomplice uttered a frightful veil, let go the carbine aad made dash up the hillside lor cover, moo late. He had not climbed twenty feet when I threw the carrion off, jumped up and leveled my rifle. The fellow had already concealed himself behind a low bush, but I saw it shake, aad on the crack of my gum he rolled down the declivity, stone dead. "Then I turned to my preserver, who had sunk half-fainting upon the ground. It was not a time for nice formalities of speech, and. as I raised her tenderly, I said: " 'May God reward you, Mary! You have saved mr life, indeed. But how did vou happen to come just at the right moment?' "The noble girl, deeply moved as my self, and equally oblivious of etiquette, frankly answered: " 'Why, Harry, when I heard your first shot, I followed you at once, and had just hidden myself behind that little bush there, when the two men sprang upon you. They were too busy to notice me. and I pointed tle pisto straight at the breast of the one with the knife and pulled me trigger. "We said a great deal more, you may be sure, Will, but it would not interest vou; and as Miss Fair was shuddering with horror over her own brave deed, I lifted her once more to the saddle. and we set out oa our eight-mile walk to her mother's home. Mrs. Fair met us lomr before we reached the hacienda, ami waa overwhelmed with ioy on finding us both unhurt. "Shortly after this event, I wound np r business and returned to tne states, where I hope to spend the re mainder of my life, for dn all my wan derlngs I have found no country quite so rood as our own." And what became of your fair frinud. Uarrv: do yon ever hear from them new?' I inquired. Ye, often." he replied. "The laat tki I did so. they were well kanev. But let us go into the eabi old fellow. It's getting rather hot em 4ak." Marry led the way to a small musicroom off the ladles' saloon, but, seeing that It waa already occupied by two singularly beautiful women, I waa ihmit to beat a retreat, when he laurhinely nulled me in, aad said: "Ladies, this is my old comrade, Mr. T , of whom yoa have heard nak so often. Will, thm is my re ..w.-uxt mother-in-law: aad this" (put ting his arm ar med the younger lndjr) umv wife Mary a yaaag womaa formerly addicted to roaming the wild iiuJiwu mA shmMdajf sembea."

. W. TaeawMte, ha X. Y. Ledgee,

DfOTSTKIAL CONFERENCE

Lovtag Fravtornlastkm of the avad thm Gray. The Kesert mt Ikr rmHtM 1UfaetM soul h AtMrwM U tike l'i"iil mi XUfi I'hMHI HtaM fr tad bjr Igsatlu BuaaeHy. ST. Lovia, Feb. SA.-AU of the rtelegatee ami aver 1.000 of the general pub ic were in their seats al o'clock when President Folk resumed control f the gavel. 1 hen the pa tt jo tie afoeeedlngn were inaugurated by Ken Terrell, of Texas. le said that lie waa not aahamed of the fact that he was one of the men that wore the gray. He wore it honorably and the Union bovs honored him for it est as lie honored and reapeeted them; but the time had eorae when all sectional strife ami enmity should be buried ami the north and the south be united under the grand old Stars and Stripes. In that spirit aad witk that view he would present to them the ex-eonuaander-in-ehiet of the Grand Army of the KemibliT, Paul Vaader voort. When the robust Nebraska man, with the grand army bulge on his breast, made his appearance under the flag, he received a terrific welcome. Without preface he proceeded to read the lollowing resolution: We, the representatives of the blue and era v. believe that the day has come to nary ia roe common tomb tb dieaaks. mattes a4 sectional hatred reinaiaiae front the war, aad march undor the same fiat, aad ss eitiseaa of one sTaad aatton we gladly jam hands to tmau eip te the homes we eheinh from the tyrau bkmu oviiressieu of the money newer of the land. When the enthusiasm that thin reso lution evoked had in a niessure sub sided, Vandervoort made au earnest address in its support Delegate Branch, of Georgia, east a fire brand into the leathering in the shape of a resolution protesting against the condition of theoomman people of this country and holding the republican and democratic parties responsible for existing conditions- There wasa spirited debate, but the resolution was adopted by a vote ox 410 to 13V. Later it wns declared to have been irregularly proposed, and was ordered stricken from the minutes until after the report of the committee on platform was heard. Then there was a tremendous row over the eligibility of a colored delegate from Oeoigia, which was quieted only by the entrance of th committee on platform, which reported as follows: ma KJttTosac. 1. We demand a national currency, safe. sound ami flexible, ieauod by the eeeersl rqvernmt only, a full legal tender for all debts pnhlic and private, aad that without the se ot banking rorioratioos a Jaat, equitable awl f Scion t neaas of distribution dlret to the people, and not to exceed SO per cent., to lie pro vided as set forth ht the sab-treasury pan of the Farmers' Alliance, or some better system; ah? brparmeat in discharge of Ma obligation tor public imaroremoata. we tmnaad a free mm aaneaned eowiayo of surer. We deemed mat nwNwmt of eiranal atedaana he neeedtiy increased to act leas than po per capita. We demand a mdwu hieoaac tax. We believe that the awney of Ike country should be kept as much as poeeihle hi the hsads of the people, and we den awl that all state aad aatioasl revenues shall lie limited to Mm necessary expenses of the government eeenewieaMy and Boueetlr admtaietered. We demand thai postal arwt banks be as nbttaaed by the sovemmeRt for the safe deposit of the earnieas of the people, and to facilitate sachanee. The and incladuHr all, the national sources of wealth is the hernaee of all tne people aad should not be imwoponaed for special purposes. while alien ownership of land should be proof u Had. All lands now held br railroads aad other corporatkma in excess of their natural needs and all lands now owned by aneas sftoaid be ra claimed by tne government and held for actual settlers our. Traaaportathm being a means ot exchange and a pubHe necessity, the government boahl own and operate the railroads ia the iaterots of the people. The telegraph and telephones, like the poetomoe syntetw feeing a necessity for the transminlim of news, should e owned aad sperated br the government ia the interests of tee people. We demand that the government ismte legal tender note and pay the ankm soldiers the difference between the pries of the depreciated money in whkh be waa paid aad goM. ffefcrf, That we nail this conference oa the rones si naatkm ot a perfect union of hearts and hands of all the section of ourcommon coaa try. The men who won the frray and the men wbe wore the Idas wore here to extinguish the last srooakterl&K e'nlan of civil war ia the tears of joy of annited and nappy people; and weaereeto carry tne war and Stripe forward forever to the highest point of national great Annans to tmb rsoFt.n or rnm v strut) status ransaxTBD sv iskatios ponxhcly. This, the first great kvbsr conference of the United mate and of the worM-representmir all dlviaiottA of urban and rural oreisaiaed mdenary, assembled in national congress, iuvok bur npoa Ms action tne bbssineand protection of Almluhtv Ood, nuts forth to and for the pro ducers of this nation thh declaration ot union and hpendence. The rondttisns watch sar rtHiavl us best j;:sttty oar co-operatoa. We meet in the xnldst of a nation brought hi the veraw of moralpoiHieal and material rain. Carmutton dominate s the ballet box, the beislantares. the coacrosa. touches even the mine ot thi bench. The paoeie demoralised. Mnnr ot the states have been competed to iolate the voters at the polnag ntevea in order to prevent universal tenmina ttou or bribery. The newspapers are twtbslihsod or mauled, pahnc ophuea sneneed, mm MtMtrated. our homos eurered with mortgage. tabor impoverished and the land coneeatratins; m the hands of capttaitst. Tfte urtmn worstmen are denied the right of organlaauoa for self-protection; imported, paapsriaed taltor keens ttowa their wanes. A hlrenoaT standing anav. unrecognised by oar haws. Is eMabiisfced to shoot them down, and they are rapid lr deenenrtimr into Karoeeaa cowHtiens. The fruits of the sad ot mill tea are boldly stolen to build up colossal fortanes. unprecedented m ta hi torv of the world, while their possessors de sMse the republic aad eodaaeer liberty. From me IMMM prohac womb of govern meats! iajeattee we breed the two great classes) psupera sad milhuaairss. The national power to create asoasv is appropriated to enrh bondholders; silver, which has bee accepted as com shwe'tho dawn of history, has neea de msaswaBU to aoa to the purchasing pawer ot gold, by ttcofcasiae; the statue ot all forma at property, at well as human labor: and the sapply of esRsatr is Mmoselt ahrideM to fat ten usurers, beekrapt eatorprise aad seeiavt laduatry. A vast eoaspiracy smshwt mankind has heea etviahmd oa two eantiaents aad fa tearing possenstiia of the world. X net met aad overthrown at once K forebodes ten-njis social conTileVM. the atatoructkm of civilisation or the eeaahlhhntettt ot a absolute desmotism. Ia this crisis of banana affairs the mteihgeat worthy people and pmaaew s ot the UnHsd matna nave corns tageinir m me name

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whu a mntsaaaat ear wriacinhss. wa raarsM that the saaiiwuia; esmmsrlng thm old poitrieal aartiw have aik.WMt tn exhume diwaaMul omdhkuM tods vkw wtthoat aorfeMH asVort to imsuaJa or pm Wttbrda tawrmtoad to am nine refona. They have agist wwvthvw to ignore in ths cotcIu campaign ovcry Ua i hat TTssr nropoaa to down taw eatery w a plaadered people with the uproar at a sham battle over na tariff; that corporations, natioaal baaks, rings. ttasts, "watered stock," ths domoaMisanoa ot stiver and the opprw.isomw of aaswrs may be hat sat of. Thsy propane to mcrMooar homes and ealldrsa upon tke altar of mammon; todntroy the homoa of the mulmudo to secure rorMpUoa funds from the great lords of phtader. w assert that a poliueal oraaauattou, rsp Mseatiae the political prhschdss barda is necessary to redroes the artevaacea of which wa complain. Assembled oa tasaaaiversaty of tne Mrth of tax utswtriona man who led the arst great remit oa this connasat aeamst epprsssfcta. alkd with the seen meata which actuated that grand gsaarahoa, ws seek to restore the aorerameat of th rs pahhe to ths hands of the' pasta people" wha whom K origtaated. Our doors ataad opsa to ail points of the compaaa. we ask all men to jam wmk and aatp as. la order to resAram tne eitoi titan er gated capital , to drive the moaev casseers oat of the temple; to form a more perfect unioa and sotablish justice, insure doaaedk traaqaUlity, provide for ths common defense, promote the geaural welfare aad secure tae Mannings of liberty for oursolm and our posterity, we do ordain and establish the following platform of principles: I. we declare theunloaof tae Mtor fores ef the United mates, this day accomplished, permanent aad perpetual. Xay Its spirit eater into all bestrta for the salvation of the rpublie and the uplifting of mankind. 2. Woaltk belong to bhu who creates it. Every dollar taken from laduatry (without aa equivalent is robbery. "If say will net work. norther shall he eat. ' The iBtorests of rand and urban labor are the same; their enemies art khwtical. THK AFTKRNOOX SKSalO.V. At 2 o'clock the gavel fell, and the chairman announced that Miss VVillard, of the committee on credentials, would submit a minority report. There were several attempts to shut her out on points of order, but she waa assigned by the chairman, and read as follows: . 1. We demand universal Mtffrae without dis tinction of sex. 2. We believe that the Honor trsiRc is tho great enemy of reform in this nation; it is the chief foundation of corrupt ion In oar politic, awl we denounce Its pernfoious influence upon CiHr country, and we demand ita suprvotsidon, We hold that the states respectively have .'all authority to htsrhdste conesraimr the sale oi iaOxicating liquors within tbsir uonkrs. Therefore, when the people nave by law inter dicted or restricted the sale thereof, it it the doty of the federal government to respect their action and collect no revenue from the traflte within such state except from persons permitted to sell under state authority, and whenever th Is we of any state shall prohibit or restrict the sale ot intoxicants, we demand that congress, iu the exercise of Ha power to reguUte commerce ameaar the states shall forbid. under proper penalty, all persons except those duly authorised by local authority from translertltMC liquors into such states; and we arrakra the repubucaa aad democratic parttea lor not respecting the reserved righto of the state ha these particulars. FMaens K. Villa bd, S. w. Fish, Km. Dr. Daum. A heated discussion upon the ma jority platform followed, with the signs in favor of its passage. Hon. Jerry Simpson rose to a point of order and took advantage of the opportunity to make a speech in favor of the majority report. A TMrteea-Nour Weealnn-frehiMttem sad Wosnna HuSVage fft Oat. St. Louis, Feb. 38. The platform committee of the National conference of 'industrial associations, which ported yesterday, had been in session almost continuously for thirteen hours. It convened at ?:M Tuesday evening. and apportioned to subcommittees the several topics supposed to be essential to a reform platform. About 11 o'clock the subcommittee came into the general committee with their work, and then the real work of the platform comm it tee began. The question of prohibition was the one on wnien mere was ine greatest divergence, and on this a hot fight wan waged. It was this dispute which kept the committee in session until 8 o'clock yesterday morning. Advocates of pro hibition , pleaded lor the insertion oi prohibition plank, but the mnjority deemed such a declaration extremely unwise, and the prohibitionists yielded gracefully to the decision. r, Concerning the "sutrtreuaHrr scheme' much wan not shhI. The committee recognized that the snbtrcasury idea had contributed materially to the ad vancement of the reform movement in the south and the conference could not afford to go back on the notion. Th committee, however, recommend ths matter in a general way without in sisting on particulars. The free coinage of silver went through with a whirl. There was quite a lively talk over the woman suffrage quest ion. but the southern delegates represented that people down their way are not quite ready for that reform and wonld not take kindly to it Resides, it was thmurht best not to lumber up the platform with matter not closely eon neeteu Willi lnunswiai reiorw. A TERRIBLE ORGY. BraalceH Charcoal Harnera Koaat a inesolute W In a KHm. Savltr STK.jiAKif;,Mich.,Feb. 35. A terrible story of crime comes from Km erson, a small town 85 miles northwest F - ..as of here. Charcoal manufacturing wone of the industries of the town, and the storv is thnt charcoal burners caused the death of a llwniie woman y throwinr her into a kiln from which nnrtion of the coal had been taken, while the remainder waa still smoldering. The men had been celebrating Washington's birthday by getting drunk, and repaired to a notorious resort kept by a woman known ns Luey Webb. They induced tne woman to leave the house, when they were joined by a large number ot their fellow-workmen. The woman was nulled ami hauled antll her clothing waa nearlr all Vora from her body. The men led her awar in the direction of the kilns, and the deliberately tkraw bar into erne that was stilt hot ami smoking. After securely fasten Ing her in the men retired ami continued their revels. The woman waa taken out after she had been penned U the terrible prksofi ftre hours. She died a few minutes after her removal. ra Tanailmlsslsat CsmmeccW congress M is aessiit m yew onsssi wna atieaaiei lrussat fmm nearly envy mm and tsrrtterywess

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tfce MawataH 1tf tj ttsBph,"eJnrV sac i-ie Mamury vasuea S-U. tapeetatty Arrange hem & 9. Qmattavh1 um ro MAncn a, Wf. Oouma Tare -Behold, jour bees la Mto you desolate. Matt ffltSS. CawniAi. Thotu. The way at tan imsmfrssaorM Is hard. Tlx. J eras al sea destroyed ht the summer f II, C, MO. li jc a -Jerusalem; Rttrtak. sevsatydsvc miias north of Demaseua; Hebytoe. KCLxiui.-KoaeUlah. twenty -Seat ktag of Jadah, a soa of Joaiah; Wsliushadai sar, king of Babylea. PaorHKra. Jaramlaa, M jsrasaim at); RaekUI. ia nahyioata (39M98); la Babylon (M4M); Otmdiea (Bat). I'akali.ki. AccocMTa. Jar. m-a-wh uarea. l:ll l; a Kiags :M Hiuijcal LrrsMATt:nc or ma rmuon. Jar. chaps. 91 -tJ. Ms, 3d, M. Panisse seventy four and seventy als give pietttres at xaaataee, Obadlah belongs to the early part of the aasv tivity. Jeramlaa's "Itook at LanseaUtton" aonstata of flva ioems or dirge, writtoa about this captivity. Four of them are alphabetical poems, the twenty two atansaa eosamsasiag with the lettom of the Hebrew alehabat. They are supposed to hare beea writtoa ta um Grotto of Jeremiah, oa lac wast aMa of Jerusa lem. Hicf.ru Ovsa HAntPtAcm.-l. "Ia teeaieta year: ' H.C. ana. "The tenia mania: which extends from about tne mumie or useembortotse middle of January. S. -Kleveath rear.... fourth month, the ninth day:" about July 1. a year aad a hair after the stage beTtt Mtv wu hroksB uo:" the walla were broken through, ami tne city surronnaraa. 1 ' In the middle gate:" between tae upper and lower city. "Rabscris:" a high Assyrian title belonging to the previous name; Barnscalm the Ksbsarls. So Kab-mag. high priest, or chief of the sorcerers, belong to Xercai ahareser, who was the Rab-mag. 4. "Gate be twixt the two walls:" of the valley a tae Tyropean. between Zlon and the temple am. The Assyrinas eame ia from the north; the king Bed to the south. "The way m tne piwu: over Olivet to Jericho, to the pinto of the 1 Jordan. S, "Itthlnh:" where as a eaater Xebuchadncaxar was conducting the stage of Tyra aa well as Jerusalem, a. "mew sees:as the last sight ha snouw ever eanom. i. Pol out Zedekiah't eyes." Thus fulfllled two rsmsrkable prophecies: one by Esehiel (1st K 131 that King Zedeklaa bouiu aa tea lam Babylon a captive, should live there sad there die, aad yet he should never see the city; the other by Jercminh (33:36), that Zedektea should speak with Xabuehadnexser meuta to mouth, and see his eyes. S. "Fell away:" daasrted from the city to the Chaldeans. LRSSOX COMMKST. Nine months ago we had this same lesson. As a suggestion, which may add some freshness to it, I would give tlie following outline: Call to mind two great processions. The first of these 1 see is marching out of Egypt. Moses is the great leader, and the faces of all the people are radiant with joy and high an tieipatkm. There is a look of triumph on their countenances, ami they are laden with the spoil of their enemies, which they have had given io Ikiu, so glad were their previous captors to havq them leave tins land. Presently I this procession fall into dire straits, by reason of their adversaries. Pharaoh is after them with tots noste, and tlwy see no win- oat of their dimcutties. Tlien they cry to the Lord,attd are delivered with a mighty deliverance, and that without striking a blow ia their own defense. On the further sfcki of the Red sea they gather, while their persecutors are struggling in the wa ters, and at last Pharaoh's hosts are se more; for the floods have gone over them, and the horse and his rider have forever perished in the sea. Then taey stag, and with song and dance areclaim their great victory, and aaerfbe the praise to the God of their fathers. This was a grand sequel to sacs a sr. npk, aad was prophetic of a very great future. What may not seen a people do, with Uod as their smeKt, ana with the God of their fathers hw their buckler? Truly, if ever a nation had a grand beginning, this was that people. The second procession as a vast eeatrust to this one that we have Just been considering. Again a vast throng of people, but in their countenances mere is no sign of triumph. With downcast countenances they march forth, hut there is no song of deliverance in their mouths, ami no arm of the Almighty is stretched out for their deliverance. The clank of tlie chains is the only music that greets tlie ear, ami the cry of despair tlie only sound that escapes their 1 ns. Their king is taken to leee aw conqueror, and when he sees him he k rxeeted with derision, llw two sons are slain before his eyes, and then he k by refinement of cruelty blinded himself. After this brief pause In the awful march, it is resumed, and for a UKusaed miles the weary exiles drag their way to a land of captivity ami of shame. What a contrast between tlie two pictures! What a pair of oil-paintings these scenes might suggest, full of lessons for nations aa well as for individuals'. "Now all these things happened to them for ensamples, ami tliey are written for our admonition upon whom the ends of tlie world are come. Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take hecil lest lie fall." 1 Cor. 10: 11, 1. In these two pictures w see set forth tlie plans of mercy that God has for Uk people, and tlie perverse way lu whkdt they mar tliose plans. Rev. A. F. Sehaufaer, I). DIKSSOX8 FROM THK CAITUBS OF J8RU8ALKlt. 1. God put every hind ranee peesihk) la tlie way of their sin and destruction prophets, warnings, mercies, time for repentance, a vision of the end. S. (11 Tlie puntsMmeni comes shiwit at first, In smaller measures, iu order to give opportunity for repentance. (S) It is accompanied uy earnest, warning and entreaties. (3) It is intended to save men from sin. (4) There is, therefore, because Ood Is love, no escape, ex cept by repenting and forsaking sin. (5) Hut God is waiting to corner tits oiese Mrs, as soon as mea are fitted to re ceive them. x. God makes the way of transgres sors hard, that men should not walk in it. 4. Those that go oa in sin must ge against God's love, Uod's goodness te them, against warnings, entreaties, Dibies, .Sabbaths, tlie Holy Spirit, the i certainty of puakhmeat at last. r.iaur rears ssTO H. II. Bowles, of Cherry field, Ms., planted in hk grde a amall flowering shrub, hear t hrub grew a greengage sad a ehwry tree, bast year the shrub pat forth aharrv blossoms, out Bore fruU. i - - - . - a. . fr ml Thai year it pteaaesm I the grtiugagc variety,

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