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you have made provision for a hundred
years. Then black providence comes,
and it sweeps everything away, and then
you begin to pray, and you begin to feel
your dependence, and begin to be humble
before God, and you cry oAt for treasures
in heaven. The black prav.dence brought
you salvation. The white providence
brought you ruin. That which seemed to
be harsh and fierce and dissonant was your
greatest mercy. 1t was raven. There
was child born in your house. All your
friends congratulated you. The other chill
dren of the family stood amazed looking at
the new conner, and asked great many
questions, genealogical and chronological.
You said-and you said truthfully-that
white angel flew through the room and left
the little one there. That little one stood
with its two feet in the very center of your
sanctuary of affection, and with it's two
hands it took hold of the altar of you SOUL
But one day there came one of the three
scourges Of children-scarlet fever. or
Group. or diphtheria-and all that bright
scene vanished. The chattering,2the strange
questions, the pulling at the dresses as you
crossed the floor
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ALL CEASED.

AZ ne great friend of children stopped
down and leaned toward the cradle, and
took the little one in his arms and walked
away with it into the bower of eternal
summer, your eye began to follow Him,
and you followed the treasure He carried,
and you have been following them ever
since; and instead of thinking of heaven
only once week, as formerly, you are
thinking of it all the time, and you are
more true and tender-hearted than you
used to be, and you are patiently waiting
for the daybreak. It is not self-righteous-
ness in you to acknowledge that you are
better man than You you used to be-you
are a better woman than you used to be.
What was it brought you the sanctifying
blessing? Oh, it was the dark shadow on
the nursery; it was the dark shadow on
the short grave; it was the dark shadow
on your broken heart; it was the brooding
of a great black trouble; it was raven
it was raven! Dear Lord, teach this peo-
pie that white providences do not always
mean advancement, and that black provi-
dences do not always mean retrogression.
Children of God, get up out of your
despondency. The Lord never had so many
ravens as he has this morning. Fling
your fret and worry to the winds. Some
times under the vexations of life you feel
like my little girl of four years. who said
under some childish vexation: ''Oh, 1
wish could go to heaven and see God and
pick fowers!' He will let you go when
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THE RIGHT TINE

comes to pick flowers. Until then. what
ever you want, pray for. l suppose Elijah
prayed pretty much all the time Tremend-
Gus work behind him. Tremendous work
before him. God has no spare ravens for
idleness or for people who are prayerless.
put it in the boldest shape possible and
am willing to risk my eternity on it; ask
God in the right way for what you want
and you shall have it if it is best for you.
Mrs. Jane Pithey of Chicago, well-known
Christian woman, was left by her husband
a widow with one half-dollar and cottage.
She was palsied and had mother 80 years
of age to support. The widowed soul
every day asked God for all that was
needed in the household, and the servant
even was astonshed at the precision with
which God answered the prayers of tine
woman, item by item, item by item. One
day rising from the family altar the servant
said: ''You have not asked for coal, and
the coal IS out" Then they stood and
prayed for coal. One hour after that the
servant threw open the door and said:
The coal is come" A generous man whose
name could give you, had sent-as never
before and never since-a supply of coal.
You cannot understand it. I do. Ravens!
Ravens! My friend. you have right to
argue from precedent that God is going to
take care of you. Has He not done it two
OF three times every day? That is most
marvellous. look back and wonder that
God has given me food three times day
regularly all my lifetime, never missing but
once and then was
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LOST IN THE MOUNTAINS;


but that very morning and that very night
I met the ravens. Oh, the Lord is so good
that wish all this people would trust Him
with the two lives-the life you are now
living and that which every tick of the
watch and every stroke Of the clock inform
you is approaching. Bread for your. i'm
mortal soul comes to-day. See! They
alight on the platform. They alight onothe
backs of all the pews. They swing among
the arches. Ravensl ravens! ''Blessed
are they that hunger after righteousness
for they shall be filled" TO all the SHINING
and the sorrowing and the tempted deliver
ance come this hour. Look down and you
see nothing but your spiritual deformities
Look back and you see nothing but wasted
opportunity. Cast your eye forward and
you have fearful looking judgment and
fiery indignation which shall devour the
adversary. But look up and you behold
the whipped shoulders of an interceding
Christ and the face of pardoning God and
the irradiations of an opening heaven. 1
hear the whirr of their wings. Do you not
feel the rush of the air on your cheek?
Ravens! ravens! There is only one cues
ton / want to ask: How many of this
audience are willing to trust God for the
supply of their bodies, and trust the Lord
Jesus Christ for the redemption of their
immortal souls? Amid the clatter of the
hoofs and the clang of the wheels OF the
judgment chariot, the whole matter will be
demonstrated.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-31

1t now looks as if the great strike in the
Southwest was at an end. The little hitch
which occurred in the adjustment of the
matter between GOULD and PowDERLY.
growing out of a misunderstanding of
GoULD's letter, has been satisfactorily ad-
juSted, and the strikers will go to work this
morning. The terms agreed upon are
plain enough and honorable to both parties,
and there should be no further occasion for
misunderstanding.
Now that the contest is ended and a calm
review of the situation can be had,
it is easy to perceive that both
parties were in the wrong. In the
first place, the railroad employees did
not have just provocatiOn for declaring a
strike. The most intelligent of their own
leaders admit this fact. But having en-
tered upon it, they hung on to their position
as tenaciously as if they had been right in
the beginning. In. the next place the rail-
way officials did wrong in refusing to treat
with the strikers. If the strikers were
wrong at the start, the railway officials
were wrong in not attempting to convince
them of that fact by meeting with them
upon terms and conditions that would have
been honorable to all parties-just as they
were compelled to do in the end. The
humiliation which Manager HoXIE at
tempted to impose upon the strikers was as
ineXcusable as was the strike in the begin
ming. Two wrongs never made right and
in this case. they only served to aggravate
the danger of the situation.
Studying the strike in the light of all the
events connected with it there seems to
have been wheels within wheels i'm the
causes which led to it. There was evidently
some hidden power at work behind it all
which was shaping it for purposes that did
not appear on the surface. And if
the secret history of the whole
movement ever comes to light we have
strong suspicion that it will be revealed that
the fine hand of JAY GOULD was pulling the
strings which directed the movements of
both parties. Such revelation would not
add either strength or honor to the labor
organizations, but it would surprise no one
that is familiar with JAY GoULD's methods.
If it should occur in future developments
that JAY GOULD unloaded his Missouri
Pacific stock just before the commencement
of the trouble and then filled up again about
the time it went down to bottom prices, the
Whole mystery will be explained. We
shall see what we will see.
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MINNEAPOLIS.
THE END OF THE WAR,

The Minnesota war is over, and in the
language of the dying NAPOLEON. the col
Onel of the First regiment can once more
eXclaim. ''tete darmee." Never since the
accomplishment of that wonderful feat
when the king of France marched his armies
up the hill and then marched them down
again has there been a more farcical dis
play of military red tape business than
there has been III this matter From the
time when the commanding officer of the
First militia regiment got into the pouts be-
cause his regiment was not assigned
to the post he thought it ought
to occupy in public parade or through the
subsequent cOurt-martial proceedings and
injunction suits in the civil courts down to
the last act yesterday it has been the most
unique and at the same the most farcical
military drama that has been put on the
board fH- a long time. Now that it is over
and the curtain has dropped in the regula-
tion style on 1.-THE kiss and make up" ter1niif-
alton of the play we feel like congratulating
everybody that it is over. Congratula-
tionS are extended to the governor
and his adjutant general, who have
preserved the dignity of the great state of
Minnesota, to Col. BEND for having main
tanned. the honor and discipline of his mill
tia regiment at q great personal sacrifice,
to the militia organizations, for having vim
dictated by a reelection the gallant officer
who sacrificed his shoulder-straps to save
them from dishOnor; but most of all are
congratulations extended to long-suffer-
ing public that they are no longer to be
compelled to listen to the narrowing details
OF this cruel but blOodless war;
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sumption of wealth, which implies a cor
responding increase in production, and con-
sequently an increased demand for labor
and higher wages. And when the masses
have learned through habit to use wealth
sufficiently TO appreciate the reinements of
life, tenement novels will give place TO civ
llized homes, the reading room will supply
the rum shop. and churches, schools. libra
ries, lectures art galleries and museums
will become the public educators of the
millions. instead of remaining the luxury
of the few.
In support of the proposition that the eight
hour law is feasible GUNToN refers To the
experiments made in England and Massa-
chusetts where the ten-hour law has been
in operation. The good results of this
legislation are not only 20 be seen i'm the inn
proved material condition of the masses. but
in their moral and intellectual condition as
well. In Massachusetts where the ten-hour
law has been in operation only few years
its elevating influence upon the masses is SO
apparent that it has become very popular
among all classes in the community. As
there are but two methods by which the
eight-hour system can be brought about, by
strikes or by legislative enactment the
latter method is preferable both because it
is less costly and because when once estab-
liShed by law il is removed from the domain
of controversy to that of authority. And as
the system can be made economically and
morally more eifectual bv national legisla-
ton it is time that congress was beginning
10 fka Ia, o,,I Lii
of it in advance of the general strike which
is anticipated to take place on the LIST of
May unless the question is disposed of.
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VARIOUS SPORTS.
Skinner Drops Out of the six-Day
Skating Contest at the Exposi-
ton Rink.
A Probability That Hanlan and Teemer
Will Meet for Blood Early
This Season.
Meeting Between George La Blanche
and Pete Mccoy to a Finish,
Promised Soon.
SKINNER FALLS OUT.
The Skaters Put I'm Another Day of
Fast Work.

At 1880 o'clock last night the contestants
in the skating contest at the Exposition
rink went on to the floor for their second
days three-h run. Gamble took the
lead, which alternated between himself
Smith and Snowden. The race was a
lively one from the start, and for the first
hour the boys went around the course like
so many race horses. Skinner closed the
sixth lap on his second mile and Withdrew
from the race permanently i'm consequence of
the soreness of his knees which gave him
great deal of trouble. and as he is booked
for several races in the near future, he con-
cluded to drop out and allow his wounds to
heal. SINNERS withdrawal gave Cole third
place, which he held bravely, keeping up
his long, swinging stroke throughout the
three hours, without sign of exhaustion.
During the second hour Snowden and BOyst
spurted and the auditors were given an ex-
hibitiOn of wonderful speed. The others
fought nobly against the two men but it
was useless, they kept on their terrific
whirlwind gait and finally came trailing in
on their heels. They had gained
a lap. Smith had changed the
skates that he wore Monday night for a
better pair, and he held his own with the
boys. improving much on his work of the
previous evening. A little before o'clock
TWO lauleS appeared at Lne gateway OPEN
ing OH to the track, and when Snowden
came around one of them handed him a
parcel which he opened as he flew over the
course. 1t proved to be a wax doll of
medium size, with squeaking attachment,
and as the audience hOwIed and wildly
ciapped their hands, he held the doll up in
air and smiled pleasantly. The woman
who gave him the toy was Mile. ArmaindO,
the bicyclist, and her companion was Matte
Edward, member of the profession. Be-
fore the women left the hall Snowden settled
down to work and carefully stealing by his
four companions flew ahead like an arrow,
while the audience loudly cheered him on.
Before half mile was covered. he had
gained a lap and again settled down to
steady work. having gained one lap on
BOyst and two on the other three men.
Gamble and Cole fell, in turning the cor
ners, but they escaped injury and lost no
ground. The race is close one between
Snowden. Boyst and Cole. and if Cole
holds out as he has begun he will push
Boyst hard for second money. The
audience was fair and they sat through the
three hours and apparently enjoyed the
sport. The scores given below show that
the men are doing very fast travelling:
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-31
THE EIGHT-HoUR SYSTEM.

The April number of the Forum contains
an interesting article by GEORGE GUNToN
on the Eight-Hour System, in which the
author takes the position that the general
reduction of the hours or labor is an eco
nomic necessity demanded alike by the in
dustrial prosperity of the country and the
moral and social well-being of the laboring
classes. According to the census of 1880
there are IA, S95, 431 persons in the United
States who properly come under the head
of laborers and who would be directly
affected by the eight-hour system.
As it now stands the average
ength of the working day is eleven
hours. Consequently, if the eight-hour
system were adopted there would be a uni
form reduction of three hours labor a day.
The first and immediate effect of the re-
duction upon the business and industrial
interests of the country would be to re-
duce the average daily production over one
fourth. IN the next place, it would create
employment for $500, 600 more laborers.
in addition to this, according to Mr.. GUN
ToN's reasoning, about One-sixth more
factories and workshops would be needed,
and further demand for labor would be
created in the mines, FORCES, furnaces and
the various industries which, in reality.
would be equal to creating employment
for about 4, 900, 900 laborerS. which would
more than absorb all the unemployed labor
both in this country and in England to-day.
In reply to the objection that the aggre-
gate production and consumption would
not be changed by system which gives in
creased employment only in proportion to
the number of hours reduced. Mr.. GUN
TON adopts the ADAM SMITH argument
that whatever tends TO increase The wants.
improve the habits. and raise the standard
of living of the masses must necessarily
tend to permanently increase the consump-
ton and production of wealth. and thereby
conduce to industrial and social advance
ment. And this. according to Mr.. GUN
TONS theory, is what must necessarily re-
suit from the natural operation of economic
forces, from the adoption of the eight-hour
system. The three hours extra given to
the mass of laborers throughout the CONN.,
try means that much more time for leisure
and opportunity. And just here. although
GUNToN does not say so, the whole question
hinges. If the three hours extra time be
improved by the laborers in the direction
that GUNToN points out, the problem is
solved in favor of the eight-hOur system.
If, however the time be misapplied, then
The change will be disastrous TO both labor
and society. GUNToN's theory is that
the laborers being less exhausted. mentally
and phVsically, will be forced into mora
varied social relations-a new environment.
the unconscious influences of which will
naturally awaken and develop new desires
and tastes that will slowly but surely crys-
talize into urgent wants and fixed habits.
making higher standard of living newt
able. And with an elevated standard of
living comes an increase in the general con-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-31
Another California Cut.

1t was recorded in these columns yester-
day that the Santa Fe IL AtchisOn road had
cut the rates from st. Paul to San Fran
cisco and California points to $40. 35 for
second and third class. and to S31.65 for
first class, and Furthermore, that round trip
tickets. good for ninety DAYS, had been re-
duced to $50, with stop-over privileges in
cluded, The cut was hardly made before
the Union Pacific road took it up. and yes
terday promulgated another, and i'm some
respects slashing cut. That road puts the
price from st. Paul to California points at
SIS for second and third class. and for first
class at s1T.65. and the round trip from st.
Paul to California points at SIS, good for
ninety days with stop-Over privileges. Of
course the big cut is on frst-class tickets,
which is S14 less than the AtchisOn.
Topeka g. Santa Fe route offers.
1t is cheaper to go to San Francisco than it
is to live in st. Paul.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-31
An Irish Curreucv.

LONDON, March So.-The Scotsman
states that Mr.. Gladstone's scheme of home
rule for Ireland allows the Irish to have
seperate currency of their own, 1.-THE result
of which would be-" the paper declares,
1.-THE introduction of O dOllars-and- cents
currency, in imitation Of the money of the
United States. which has been so
potent a factor in forcing En-
gland to make terms with the Irish. ~
The house of commons, by a vote of $50 to
1919, tonight rejected Mr.. Heaton's motion,
urging that negotiations be entered into
with other counties with the object of es-
tablishing universal penny postage. Charles
Cameron, Radical member from Glasgow,
introduced a motion for the disestablish-
ment and disendOwment of the Church of
Scotland. Gladstone declined to interfere
with the question. Scotchmen, he said.
were able to decide the question for them
selves. CamerOn's motion was rejected by
a vote Of 237 to 125. The Tories calculate
that sixty Wings and forty Radicals will
secede from Mr.. Gladstone's party.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-31
A CREsrFALLEN CANDIDATE


1t is too bad. After Mr.. EDMUNDs had
whipped his fellow Republican senators into
ranks and forced them to swallow his reso-
luton condemning President CLEVELAND,
and had just settled himself back into the
comfortable belief that he had the drop on
the next Republican nomination for presi-
dent, Mr.. BLAINB's newspaper i'm New
York, the Tribune. opens its battery and
lets fly discharge of grape and shrapnel
at the Vermont senator which knocks his
underpinning away. The Tribune reminds
Mr.. EDMUNDs that he didn't make
a single speech for BLAINE during
the last canvass and that one
speech against CLEVELAND before the
election would have been worth more to
the Republican party than thousand con-
demnatory resolutions after the election.
This attack of the Tribune seems to have
taken Mr.. EDMUNDs' breath, and all that
he could say in reply was that he hadn't
been invited to make speeches. The Tri-
bune comes to the front again and knocks
this prop away by showing that Mr.. Ed
MUNDs was not only asked to make
speeches in the campaign but that the
BLAINE people fairly got down on their
knees and implored him to come to the help
of their chieftain. But the dainty Vermont
senator was too nice an old man to be
going around the country making speeches
for a low fellow like JIM BLAINE. That
was about the size of Mr.. EDMUNDs' re-
fuSal to stump for BLAINE according to the
Tribune's showing. But now when Mr.. Ed
MUNDs remembers that about four-fifths of
the Republican voters of the country look
upon Mr.. BLAINE as demigod worthy the
alteration of the tOniest of Americans he sees
in what predicament he is placed. With four
fifths of his own party anxious to sit down
on him because of his insult and treachery
to their favorite chieftain It doesn't look as
if Mr.. EDMUNDs was making much head
way toward the presidential goal, after all.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-31
TWO BROK EN- FAMILIES.
A Great Sensation Created by n
Bigamous EIopement.
Special to the GlObe.


MILWAUKEE, Wis, March 30.-A scandaI
in the town OF Lake, involving a prominent
farmer and the wife of a tenant came
TO light to-day through visit
which the husband of the woman
paid 20 District Attorney Williams for the
purpose OF asking his assistance in discover
Ing the runaways. The name OF the wronged
husband is John Fisher. His story, as told
TO Mr.. Williams, was 10 the effect
that he had been living on the
farm of Mr.. Leonard in the towu
of Lake for some time. working for him at
different times. Fisher said he was 80 years
of age and his wife was four years his junior.
They had been married eleven years and had
three children. He had no suspicion of any
thing wrong between his wife and Leonard
until two weeks ago. Five weeks ago Messrs.
Fisher left for Ashland, ostensibly TO visit her
step-mother. she was TO return in two weeks.
Fisher supplied her plenty of money and they
parted anectouately. About the time she
was TO return, Fisher stated. Leonard sold
his farm for 5000 and Sent his wife and two
children TO the home of the e.. II RS parents
in Michigan. a week pass, ami Mrs. Fisher
did not return. III n Fishcr began making
inquiries and learned thar Leonard had gone
from Milwaukee To Ashland and Joined Mrs.
Fisher, when the two went away together.
Both families have many friends in this city
aud the affair has created great sensation.
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voluntary Arbitration.

WASHINGTON, March 3O.-The commit
tee on labor spent the entire afternoon dis
cusSing the O'Neill bill, providing for arbi-
tration of differences between common
carriers and employees. \ general senti-
ment that compulsory arbitration is imprac-
ticable, il not altogether unconstitutional.
prevailed and tonight a subcommittee,
consisting OF Messrs. O'Neili. Grain, Low
eTing. Bound and Buchanan. was engaged
in the perfection OF n bill which provides q
plan for voluntary arbitration by commits
sion composed of three members. of one
from each side and third to be selected by
the two. this board TO have the powers of a
United States commission. The bill relates
only to railroad troubles. 1t will be consid-
cred by the full committe tomorrow. and
probably be reported fayorably to the
house.