Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1904 — Page 2

X-MAS BARGAINS AT Murray’s Store. Whenever and wherever you meet people, socially or in a business way, bfe sure your clothes are a credit to you; let the story they tell be in your favor. There is no excuse for not having your clothes speak well for you and no clothes you will ever see will give you a better recommendation than ours.

One lot of men’s suits, sizes 33 to 35, regular price from $7.50 to d* . pn $12.50, sale price One lot of men’s suits, all sizes, regular price from $7.00 to <t» „„ $8.50, sale price... 4*5 •"tl Men’s $9.00 and SIO.OO d* suits, sale price Men’s $12,12.50 and sl4 <Km no suits, Bale price ;.... Men’s $16.50, sl7 and $lB d* _ _ _ ~ suits, sale price & ■ 5 • Overcoats from $3.50 to $25*00 Young Men’s and Boys’ Overcoats at Greatly Reduced Prices, as we have too many.

i We have a big stock of children’s and misses’ cloaks, many of them this year’s goods, that we will sell for one-half and some of these for one-fourth the regular price. This is your opportunity to buy a good warm cloak at your own price. Geo. E. Hurray, RESSELAER, IND.

WASHINGTON LETTER.

Political and deneral Oossip of the National Capitol. Special Correspondence to The Democrat: Mingling with Senators and Representatives of the minority party results in the impression that official Democracy though disappointed by the result of the election, is not dismayed. Dixie anu Tammany will have a very firm hold upon the next Congress and will be capable of making a great deal of trouble for the champions of extravagance and imperialism. If they cannot pass resolutions of investigating and appoint committees, they can at least indulge in a great variety of irritating and embarrassing remarks. Meantime Cockran and Dalzel have peacefully fallen upon each other’s necks, and the status quo ante bellum reigns once more. Democratic members of both | houses will fraternally participate in the inaguration exercises, and both the President and his Democratic escort will forget what they said about him in October. It will be interesting to see Senator Carmack and Representative Kitckin have a place on the Inauguration Committee. It is understood that these twain are expected from the President’s general amnesty. They enjoy only the privileges of ticket-of-leave men. It looks to-day as if the inauguration itself will take place —at the Capitol building. The House objects to tearing up the Pension Office and interrupting business there, and the Senate objects to granting the use of the Congressional Library—by far the most appropriate place for it. The Inauguration Committee announces that no refreshments will be provided for the public —a quite superfluous announcement, as no president since Jackson has tried to feed the oi polloi. He tried. Receiving a vast cheese weighing several tons from a New York farmer, be placed it in the cental of the East room of the White House, then called “The Palace.” The populace made a rush for it They clawed it. They scooped it out. Thev flung it at the chandeliers and carried it from room to room, trampled it under foot on the oarpet, and the m _ji _ S A— tt

latter-writer of that time wrote: “A profusion of refreshments had been provided. Orange punch by barreisful was made, but as waiters opened the door to bring it out, a rush followed, the glasses were broken, the pails of liquor, upset, and the most painful confusion prevailed. To such a degree was this carried that wine and ice cream could not be brought to the ladies, and tubs of punch were taken into the garden to entice the crowd from the Palace. It was mortifying to see men, with boots heavy with mud standing on the damask satin-covered chairs, from their eagerness to get a sight of the President.” No, there will be no attempt to feed the American people on March 4th ] however much Hiß Strenuosity 1 might enjoy the sight.

Secretary Taft, just back from Panamn, lias spent some time this week helping to rescue the Philippine bill from defeat. The debate on the bill touched mainly on the right of Congress to delegate to the Philippine Commission power to revise the insular tariff. Several Republican Senators as well as Democratic denied that right. Senator Newlands urged a redaction of the interest on the railroad bonds which the Philippine government must guarantee, from five per cent to two and a half per cent, insisting that the United States would be morally bound to redeem the bonds and by assuming the legal responsibility for them they could easily be sold for a higher price. Senator Carmack got the floor yesterday with his usual effectiveness. He said that after the late election he might not have had conrage to take any further part in debates had not the president in his message distinctly aligned himself with the Democrats and Anti-Imperialists. The President expressed the hope that the time would come when the Philippines would hold such a relation to the United States as Cuba now holds—the very thing advocated in the Democratic platform. Wonld not the President's message anticipating self-govern-ment for those people tend to excite insurrection there! The President farther said that onr presence in the Philippines was justified only by an effort to aid and assist them. “These two utterances qualify the President for

One lot of young men’s overcoats, d» q regular price $3.50, sale price.. 4*l Men’s extra Pants at reduced prices. A Big Cut in the price of Children’s and Boys’ Suits. During this sale we will sell our Ladies’ Fine Shoes $3.50 Shoes for $3.00 $3.00 Shoes for $2.50 $250 Shoes for $2.00 $2.00 Shoes for $1.65 Special Discount During This Sale on Ladies’ Furs, Underwear, Cloaks, Dress Goods and Table Linens.

the Senator* amid laughter. The bill passed last evening by a party vote. The confirmation of the sentences of Machen, Lorenz, and the Groffs is greeted with “I told you so” on the part of Republicans who promised that official delinquencies should be punished. In this connection it is announced in the Postmaster-General’s report that 1,698 post offices were robbed during the last fiscal year. And this recalls inevitably the optimistic prediction of Senator Beveridge, who, in one of his oratorical rainbows, asseverated that our government of the Philippines would be so just, so honest and so exemplary that it would be reflected back upon the United States and immensely raise the moral standard of our own people. This is a good time to invite his attention to the prophecy.

For instance our laws against smuggling seem to be violated with impunity by our naval officere the fragrant Porto Rican scandal has not ceased to assail our olfactories when comes the detention of the cruiser San Francisco at New port News, Va., and the confiscation of thousands of dollars worth of dutiable goods smuggled from Japan. There were cords of ostrich feathers, Japanese fans, Japanese bronzes and silverware and valuable lacquered goods all protected by United States naval officers and consigned to a Baltimore firm.

Hundreds of emanciated, galled and tired horses are tugging, stalling and falling in painful effort to do the work which, until Senator Hale from Maine came to town, was done by a donkey locomotive. Millions of cubic feet of earth are being excavated for the new palatial House and Senate offices that are to be built at each end of the Capitol. Senator Hale’s splendid carriage horses evinced some surprise and shied at the little iron horse. Nobody was hart; the Senator was only a little scared; bnt he arbitararily ordered the locomotive removed and the result is the tragedy of toil and beating of wretohed hones that mast work for a month to do what the machine would do painlessly in four days.

PLENTY OF BOSS

When Love Hesitated

By DOROTHY DOUGLAS

Jim Ferris, stroke on the Yale crew, twined his long brown legs tight around the post of the South Beach lookout and pulled his yellow duck hat viciously over his eyes. Then he shoved it back again and stared straight out to sea. *

It had been a direct cut, and he .hadn’t expected it of her. He wished that some foolhardy swimmer would go out beyond his depth or be seized with a cramp, so that he might go out after him and battle for life among the breakers, but instead it proved to be an aggravatingly dull day. The sea was smooth as glass, yet the bathers clung tenaciously to the ropes. He had always looked upon the self supporting men at college as fellows to be envied. They were always doing things. It took mettle, It took nerve, the sort of nerve he had felt the need of that very morning when he had

THE PONGEE PARASOL PASSED DIRECTLY UNDER HIS POST.

looked down to meet the eyes of Nell Standish changing from amazement to a certain contempt which he could not understand. Before her coming it had been a merry morning. Small boys had chased him joyously down the beach, and pretty girls and flirtatious young matrons had cast him approving glances. He had felt that the wages of a private life saver near a fashionable bathing pavilion were doubly paid, but now—

The tide came booming in and drove the bathers out of the surf, lunch gongs summoned dawdlers from the sand, and Ferris slipped down from his post and limped swiftly toward the bathing house. He had not realized till then how tightly he had clasped his legs around the post. His position had been an outward and visible sign of the inward but not spiritual storm that raged. Yes, It was going to be a little harder than he had thought. Then he squared his shoulders and threw up his head proudly. That afternoon he walked toward the end of the island sacred to cottagers. The beach was deserted by all save those who loved the sea for its own sake and not for the dress parade on its board walk. Suddenly there sprang at him a French bulldog, whose Intentions were clearly of the most friendly sort. Ofttimes had Ferris been welcomed in the same fashion, and he had a hard time keeping hia hands in his pockets as the dog tried again and again to reach them and bestow a welcoming caress. Something was also familiar to him in the slender, linen clad figure, screened by the big pongee umbrella, from whose side the dog had sprung at sight of him. That was why Ferris deliberately climbed the next flight of stairs leading to the board walk and made a circle around the figure. The dog stood at the foot of the steps, looking up at the man in a bewildered fashion, which clearly demanded an explanation. But it Just happened that the man was thinking moodily that the explanation was due from the other side, though of course he couldn’t explain this to a French bulldog. ***•*••

Evidently she had thought the matter over and repented of her rudeness, for that night when they came face to face in the hotel dining room she bowed to him, not with the old air of comradeship, but with a forced politeness that he felt almost as keenly as the morning cut He bowed gravely and crossed to his table, triiich was on the far side of the large room. Half an hour later he was at the desk in the office asking for bis bill. It was impossible that he should remain in the same bouse with her under the circumstances. He had once thought— But one may think many times on an Income of seven thousand a year. He turned abruptly, climbed the stairs and commenced to throw things Into his trunk and grip. Then be sat down on tbe edge of the bed and laughed at himself. It was all so absurd and childish. This was a fine beginning for a chap who bad his way to make. He waa hauling down hie colors at the first shot She would guess

exclusive. You were forever stumbling over the people you liked, let alone the people you didn’t like to meet

So he emptied bis trunk, hung up his garments and went down to tell the clerk he bad changed his mind. The proprietor of the hotel happened to be in the office, and he looked greatly relieved over Ferris’ decision. In fact, he had just been criticising his clerk for not offering a reduction to Mr. Ferris if it had been merely a question of price. Young college men who could swim and handle a sailboat and lead a cotillon were not to be permitted to leave his hotel without a strenuous effort to prevent such a catastrophe. And while this little comedy was being enacted Nell Standish was walking dutifully at her mother’s side on the ocean pathway, a picture of simplicity in embroidered white linen amid the elaborately gowned throng. “It certainly seems odd,” said Mrs. Standish, with a puzzled expression. Nell shrugged her shoulder impatiently. “It’s the eccentricity of wealth, not of genius. It used to hurt me when we were in London to hear young men criticised for their freakish tastes, but really I am beginning to feel there is some truth in the criticism. I presume he enjoys posing as a life saver, an amateur Greek strong man”— In spite of her hot anger she couldn’t forget how superbly strong he had looked perched on the observation tower in his bathing suit. “He had the grace not to wear his college colors, but I am amazed that Jim Ferris should want to pose before a lot of silly, chattering summer resorters.” ~

She spoke with as much scorn as if she were not one of the class which she was excoriating. The next morning she carefully avoided the observation post during bathing hours and sat on the other side of the pier. A certain bull pup, however, did not share her feeling and deliberately sneaked away from his mistress and planted himself at the foot of the little tower to distract the attention of Its occupant from the bathers who were risking their lives beyond the ropes. As the days went by Ferris became accustomed but not reconciled to her presence at South Beach. He might have felt better if his life had been a more active one, but the bathers were distressingly careful. An occasional dash after a frightened girl or the care of some careless nursemaid’s charge was the extent of his duties as a life saver.

Then came an August morning when the pongee parasol passed directly under his post The firm, tanned hand which showed beneath It clasped a large package of letters. Evidently Miss Standish’s mall had been a heavy one. She sat down on the sand within the range of Ferris’ vision and opened the mail which, he could see quite plainly now, had been forwarded from various points. “Probably letters that tagged her all over Europe,” he said to himself. “Women never know where they are going when they start on a journey and never go where you expect ’em to.” Her slim, firm hand was turning pages rapidly. She whirled upon her mother with a sudden, excited exclamation, and both women turned and looked at him. He felt himself flush even at this distance. Perhaps they know how curious he had felt about

their mail. He was a beastly cad. Suddenly the girl rose to her feet. She was coming directly toward him, with the French bulldog capering ahead. The open letter was still In her hand. Suddenly from the crowd bobbing shapelessly, aimlessly, in the whilecapped surf there'arose a cry. He realized on the instant that It was no small demand upon his ability and strength. The man was some distance beyond the ropes, and he went down for the second time before Ferris, swift runner that he was, could dash into the surf. A mighty breaker met the life saver, bnt he went through it like an arrow and struck out for the man, who was going down for the last time. The sea was like glass out here, and the man sank slowly. Ferris recognized at a glance that It was a case of cramps.

Ferris dived like a fish and came up to fight for his own life as well as the bather’s. There was only one way for it, and as he felt himself being dragged down he struck the man a mighty blow and then floated the inert body to the beach, where the crowd of hysterical women and children closed In upon him. He forced them apart and carried his silent burden up the beach. As he passed the observation post he saw Nell leaning against it, white to the lips and still holding the fluttering pages in her hand. * * * • * * *

That night her mother sent for him, and right bravely Nell met him in their little parlor. She gave him the letter to read. It was the one her brother had written telling of the wreck of the Ferris fortune and, Jim’s plucky determination to do the first thing that offered, tutoring some boys who were staying at South Beach. He handed back the letter, with a grave smile. “Yes, it’s true. I am tutoring the Douglas boys at their father's cottage on the lower beach, but I found I could pay mjf board by taking the life saving Job, and I have to count even the pennies now, you know.” „ Nell looked up at him shyly, then her eyes dropped before the blaze In his. “I—l thlfik I'd like to try my hand at —at—helping you, dearest”

Proved.

Mrs. Hlx—l got my husband to admit that he was a fool today. Mis. Dix —How did you manage it? Mrs. Hix—

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