Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 32, Number 42, Jasper, Dubois County, 4 July 1890 — Page 7

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Kuarik . T K4ftM WlfNWM UN bar: Graeme, rf Hwnt, JUHtHMK Ik hi )X(U Wttlt WtansVlaai gajajal-e u-J drS w Vieeja eeeveej Osenen. That MMHH ettskiwK tabu U) aim Of A Jeny Mm, Klutftt Hkrft, Whs wofkl nUr, TrnKW M tndr blare, Behcet k eut, the fun Lit U MMH!tblHK Kt the JlHllNg elM MHMttM Jtu Wftek. Oh' till Joy tkHt nihor prime Kc ver en bring bek. vin'vrofkK with the shadow eeme, K.HhU all aWaae, That enchant hbf , , Owd of iHH'K ihtr, &bW, KrollfH everywhere, THI bo think- the fan must stay Kvtr in the air. Tdl Ht the "With" will 14 Him in awry plight: , jl will only Umkh awl pl Iiwr In (Wight. Ami, a ft the years. Hp on, Will . loohla bek, gee the "Filth" awl nil the iwas aKlu oa it track? No, the sbwt ami merry "Fourth" H he wtll sea, . Will the hunt a4 jmlHful "Fifth" Will forgotten . -Clara J. Deuton, in Golden Days. THE LIBERTY BELL. w It Proclaimed Our First Independence Day. K Y, there, Patches! where did you got your dog?" Tim tono was half Insulting, and the lad, whoso checks had reddened at the allusion to his worn, though n o a t and w u 1 1 mended attire, "glanced an grlly at the richly-drowsed nj aristocrat, although ho answorod 16 civilly: "Jf you nru speaking to 1 raised him from a pup;" while Land dropped caressingly on tho Ht the noble. mastiff which stalked iety by hi aide. What will joh take for him?" H s net for sale, Master Cathcart." Set if I efer yea two guineaa for if c 'o, nor three. Pen is worth Mm rhtin gold;" and the hoy tightened hold oiyfeie pat's short hair as if .id he pugbt be taken aay wltheut coww-nt ut now Mk Wbt aeeeker'a ntaaner Die metelfeMtHaUng, a he urged: tore, Mini in, don't m a fool, I t a fanf fee your beast, o tako and ca 1 it a hargala." And he v (our gold pieces from hia pocket held thm out where they glittered ptingly in the July aunshine. Nay, n a j, as I told ye, my dog is not le, ee your way and let me go XiwraMe Yankeel That I will not!" 'i young Cathcart, who never could opposition. "I want the mastiff, i I ts half a mind to send my father's n io confiscate him in the name of his majesty King George. Such as have no business with a valuable -wojfhbrpd, tuoujfh doubtless his at i never paid for." -Never paid for! What do you mean tkatr asked Harding, turning ll h rKe. Kren what I ay. Wliat's bred in wne will come out in the flosh,' i vvrilr it looks stmnlnlous when tho 't'ln? of a jail-bird can keep a big ri nne his father lies in the debtors' n.' sneered the English boy. ouuda, but snch insults can only be ed by knocks," cried Harding, ''ilnjf his flsta and approaching his wetitor who, however, contented 'Wlf with waving a short stick he iiu.t A TI.MK FOR FIGHTING K and shouting: "Keep off, sirrah I v Uro yon Uy a linger on the son of f'tlsh officer and the grandnon of a ; on shall be reported and locked 'or this." t ) .flK fr your King's MenU I aw an "ncan, and Americans dare to light w and your fine Tory friends will t earn" and the peppery little. Yam struck out boldly from the shoulwtiito Ponn, seeing his nMwler's llKe attitude, showed his teeth In a ominous growl. "Uinr moment and the hot-headed "Ksters olinohed, and would have own in a rough-and-tumble fight t an old man, in plala Quaker '.suddenly appeared on the scene lIrated them. V". there!" hs said, laying a hand T "boulder et eaek and gaalng "J into their flushed, angry faces. tbUa U f ftghting and brawl u .

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wuntry la tremhling ua the varge f a '?'' whl" fdr th, KgiJiZ'SZf llu bttt toart, with a gUe Ht the mastiff whose J-ep growls like dlaUnt uZ tl ?1 f "r okwf to withdraw fM. the eneountr hiran honorahle manner, rea.ndad: "True, sir. I fMr vl ft"1 M,J4,U ft womsat. Aubitm Mtyf, of eoum. So, If my antag,u st u aatlslliMl, 1 will bid you both good-dityj" and Inuring lirtwhed the dust from his silk camlet suitknd lace ruffles, thltf small sprig of KikliMh nobility marchwl off with the hsfcghty air he fancied ao well became his station. N hat would Margaret Harding ay did she know thee had been exchanvliiif iiinu'u linn ...,i.m..i ...tAi . r... m... uutiuij wmi a royalist, askwl the old Friend. Mr tiiiiittni. i i. doubt," replied XoHon, "but Grandpa Hurrah, h insulted my father mm well a myself. He called him a-a jailbird;" and a grunt sob rose, in tho boy's throat 3 "Wrong, indeed was that,'' said the aged man, "Hut two wrongs never make a right, and 'tis likely tho boy knew not that Henjawln Harding was unfortunate, not wicked. Long and bravely he struggled to support his family, and wlion reverses came it was a cruel thing k consign him to the debtors' prison. It was the work of an enemy." "Aye," cried Nelson, "and for soomllllflv HO Hlliall H Klltn inni If iu lurirn .enough, however, to mother and mo wno are ialMiring to pay it off. Wo buy as little as ptwsiblu, but the sum increases but slowly in tho 'debt box, and sometimes 1 fear tho mother will die ere we can set my father free. She pines sadly for him." "Aye. aye," sighed the Quaker, "truly we have fallen uion troublesome times, Ullll till' ll.VIld of till nnnriuuip iu tinnvtr 'I'l'" j in tneland! Who would know our peaceful Philadelphia with tho red-coats; turning ovorythinif topsy-turvy! I pray wo may soon throw olf this ltrltish rule! Ily the way, the Continental Congress has boon considoring the question for tho past two days, and to-morrow their decision is to bo made known. v lit thee be at tho State-House, Jsolson Harding, to roaeivo the first nows from tho door-keeper and givo mo tho signal whether to ring tho great boll or no? 1 will pay thee a shilling for the job." "Gladly will I bo on hand, Grandpa Darrah. You think tho will really daro to declaro our independence?" "ilany say not, but I believe they will. There are great and wise men in tho Council, and then the motto on tho old bell I have rung so many years seems verily prophetic 'Proclaim liberty throughout all tho land to all tho inhabitants thereof.' The Lorderantit may do it;" and the aged Friend's se rene countenance gioweu wuti entuusiasm. "Oh.-I hope, I hope it will,"' responded Nelson; "but now I must away borne at once. Good day, grandpa. Come, Penn," and off he seampered with tho huge mastiff at his heels. The little home of the Hardings in Letltia Court was plain and modest in the extreme, and, as the pale, fragile homewlfo set tho frugal dinner on the table, Nelson thought she seemed mere downcast than usual. "What is it, mother?" he asked. "Has any thing gone wrong?" "Nothing now only tho landlord has been for the rent, and "I have had to draw on tho debt-box again, and each tme it seems like a step further away from your father. Oh, I wonder if we shall ever, ever accomplish his freedom!" "Of course we shall!" cried Nelson, more hopefully than he felt "Cheer up, mammy! I am growing larger every day, so can soon earn more; and only just now Grandpa Darrah, tho bell-man, promised me a shilling it I will wait at the State House door to-morrow and givo him tho signal if independence be declared." "And if it is, how yur poor father will fret and fume at being shut up ami finable to fight for his country. Ho was always such a true patriot!" And the unhappy woman turned away to her sewing with a heavy sign. A lump, too, arose In Nelson's throat, and he ate but a sicall portion of his savory stew, giving tho lion's share to Penn, who enjoyed it with hearty gusto. As he flnlshed the last morsel Mrs. Nelson looked up. "That dog oats as much as two men," she said. "Hut ho is such a grand, noblo follow, mother, and 1 love him so." "So he is, dear, but I wish hia appetite was loss;" while into Nelson's mind darted the young llritishcr's words: 'Suoh as you have no business with a valuable thoroughbred." Was it true? Ought he to sacrifice his dear companion and playmate for the sake of the father languishing beneath the shadow of tho law? Ho tried to put the thought away, but tho idea haunted him. and made him wretched whenever Penn looked up in his face with his soft, brown eyes or licked his cheek with his warm, red tongue, as though to ask: "What alls you, little master?'' Hut when, la the doad of night, Nelson awoke and heard his mother sobbing in the next room and felt sure tho four guineas would appear to her llko four seven-league atridua toward her husband's freedom, ho determined that, although he could not put up with lleglnald's ovorliearing wanner, ho would go to Captain Cathcart, who, in the phraseology of that day "was said to lie a "genial, whole-souled Old England man," and offer him the mastiff on his son s terms. , . The next morning, however, he had little time to consider his resolution, for he had to bo off early to tho state House, and already the streets wore flllt?J with eager, excited groups, while a fooling of hushed expectancy seemed brooding over the quiet elty of brotherly I15, . , a. itNo fairer day ever dawned than the 4th of .Tuly, 1T7A, while, prompt as Nelson was, tho old bsllman was before him and ready enough to welcome the hoy fc bin Httle belfry and te point out

the CongMMwmea as twj arrived on by oh at the State JXmuh for the eld Kriead's Quaker garb severed a truly patretta heart, while bis genial nature made klm a general favorite, and he was dubbed "Grandpa" by half the town.

First 'eeate Richard Henry Lee, the Virginia ntemlter who first brought -for ward the resolution te proclaim the American colonies free and indepeadeat States. Next young Thomas Jellerson, carrying a roll of manuscript, the draft, no doubt, which he had drawn up of the famous declaration. Then Samuel Ad a ma, the "Father of the Revolution," In his customary suit of reddish brown; John Hancock, the president of tee Congress; Charles Thomson, the secretary, who held the position for fifteen years, and plain, sensible llenjamln Franklin; while, following in rapid succession came lloger Sherman, William Kllery, Charles Carroll and the rest of the Illustrious fifty-six. "A vastly fine, thoughtful set of aiea, are they not, Nelson Harding?" asked the bellman. "YOh, yes," cried the boy, flushed by the excitement of the moment; "and 1 feel sure they will do whatever Is best for tho country!" mid descending he took up his stand close to the State House door and patiently watched and waited, while Chestnut street becamo onomassof surging humanity and the sultry July sun beat down with unrelontlng fervor. Men wearied and wanTHAT 1)00 KATS AS MUCK AS TWO MKX. dered off to the State House Inn or Old London Coffee House; children liftod up their voices and wept, and women fainted from the hoat and were borne off by kindly hands; hut still our loyal little Casablanca kept his post, although the hours dragged by on leaden wings, and often from above came down tho despondent tone of the old boll-man, whose hope was beginning to waver, groaning: "Oh, thoy never will do it! They novor will do itr About noon, though, thoro was a slight Interruption, for a determined four-footed creature came, making its way through the orowd, and with a cry of pleasure Nelson recognized Ponn, bearing in his mouth a small basket, in whioh Mrs. Harding bad packed a light lunch for her son. mth a joyful hark, the dog discovered his master and laid his burden at his feet, while, as the lad patted his faithful ereature's head he moaned: "Ob, Penn, dear l'enn, now can I ever bear to part with you! If only there was some other way to help my father!"' The bread and fruit, however, soon revived the boy's flagging spirits, and when Penn trotted off with the empty basket he was once more the loyal young- American, who had forgotten his private troubles in suspense for his country's good; and soon after two o'clock the great doors swung open and the keeper whispered a few words in his ear. Then, with a glad cry and his blue eyes dancing, Nelson bounded out in the street, and clapping his hands shluted: "Ring, Grandpa! Ring!" and instantly tho old man seised the rope attached to the ponderous tongue and struok It with all his might against the side of the bell, sending the Iron music floating forth on the summer air, joyfully proclaiming, "Liberty throughout all the land, to all the inhabitant thoroof." The debtors heard it la their gloomy cells, and one, at least, longed to be able to join in the struggle that must follow. Margaret Harding- heard It and thought: "Oh, that it would ring freedom for those in the grasp of the law!'' And llfginald Cathcart heard it and laughed contemptuously, saying: "Let the high and the mighty Yankees declare all they like! They will And it another matter to maintain their independence, with their rag-tag army against our King's gallant men!'' Kut what a burst of acclamations wont up from thousands of throats, while couriers and post-boys were dispatched in all directions with the glad tidings! Honflres biased on every side, cannon roared, and by evening the whole city was one carnival oC banquets, gay Illuminations and mutual congratulations. Grandfather Darrah was so jubilant that hetdoubled Nelson's well-earned shilling, and with a fleet foot the boy sped home to throw the silver in his mother's lap; while tho happy smile that Irradiated her face as she droppod it Into the debt-box made his heart leap, nndhe thought: "If two shillings can make her so glad what would alio ssy to four golden guineas!" Then, while carried away by the spirit of the cession, ho hurried at once Into tho yard, indulged in a brief moan ver his pet, and then bravely fastened a chain aboat Venn's nuok and started with him forth British barracks, which lay a short stance outside the town. At the entrance, however, of tho large, three-story brick building, where the officers had thoir quarters, he encountered a young lieutenant, in a scarlet uniform, who informed him that Captain Cathcart was particularly engaged and had given strict orders not to be disturbed. "Then then, may I see Reginald Cathoart?" asked Nelson, bringing out the detested name with an effort. "Yesterday he said he would like to buy my mastiff; and now I am ready to sell him, it he be et the same wind."

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rty?" asked the youag oMeer sears fully, but coming nearer the truut tcaa he imagined. "Well, you eaa't do it W night, for Master Catheart has gene inte the town. Call is the morning, if you please; but I doubt If after to-day ha will want Yankee dogs of mjt ton. The KHgllsh man's contemptuous teat aad words made Nelson's blood boll; and quickly retorting: "Take carts the Yankee dogs you so despise ma yet nip the heels of all redcoats!" he turned and hurried off with a swelling heart, think ing that after all it was too hard lines to have to give up his darling Penn to tbe onemles of h'ls country; and yet who else did he know now, In those uncer tain times, who would pay four guineas for the animal that "ate as much a two men!" He scarcely heeded the brilliant fires and decorations in the street, hut hastened home, where he was met on the threshold by bis mother, hor manner betraying new and strange excitement "What Is the matter?" he asked, fearing some fresh misfortune; but for an swer she only Hung wide the door of the living-room and he beheld tho figure of. a man sitting in the soft light of the home-miido oandle. He looked, and rubbed his eyes, and looked again. Could It be? Yes, there was no mistaking the blonde hair and blue orbs so Hire his own; and in another moment his father's hand was on his shoulder and a familiar voice sounded In his ears, saying: "My dear boy, this Is a riroly happy night for us, for in honor of this glorious day our wise rulers have opened tho debtors' prison and set all tho prisoners fro" A historical fact. "Huzaa! husaa!" shouted Nelson, tossing up his hat and hugging his father, mother and Ponn by turns. "I shall love that old Liberty Bell all my life." Itut It was not until the trio were gathored about tho supper table that Nelson realized the fullness of his happiness; and then suddenly he threw down the spoon with which he was eating pop robins and milk and exclaimed: "Oh, hip, hip, hurray! Now I won't have to sell Penn!" "Sell Ponn! What do you mean?" asked his mother; and in a few words he told hor of his recent resolution and how it had boon frustrated. As he finished tears g1stoncd in Mrs. Harding's eyes, while his father said: "No, my generous boy, there is now no need of the sacrifice, but you and your pet shall stay and guard tho mother while I go to join tho Continental army and fight for America and hor now-born independence." Agnos Carr Sage, in American Agriculturist A REVIEW OF THE DAY. How thm Fourth ot July la Celebrate the CuHHtry Over. All tho bells in town ring on the morning of tho glorious Fourth. What particular patriotism there is In getting out of bed at twelve o'clock of a hot night, and standing, sweating and puffing, in tho stifling entry of a stuffy church, stale with the flavor ot last Sunday's sermon and the peppermint loienges with which the longsuffering congregation assisted their brains to digest it, and pulling away on a tarry smelling rope to ring a bell, we do not see; but there must be a good deal of It, or the custom would not have lieen so long kept up. All the small boy yell at the top of their small but determined and persevering lungs. All the dogs bark. Every body wakes up, and Is thankful that our forefathers only made one job ot declaring independence, else we might have had twe Fourths of July in a year. We mentioned before that it is hot -a cool Fourth of July would not be received with any degree of favor, and in all probability there will be a rattling old thunder-shower before night The shov.or is invented to spoil the fireworks. Fire-works are never appreciated unless there is danger of their being spoiled by a shower. The fact of it is, wo never appreciate any thing that we feel too sure of. Fire-crackers fizz In every back-yard, and insurance companies tremble. The Untlquos and horribles come out early in the morning, clad In hoopskirts and false noses, and if you want to look on their "horriblene.vs" you must be early abroad. Cannon are fired, and some body loses fingers and eyes in consequence of premature explosions; but it is all in a patriotic way, aad is borne with Christ ian fortitude. Fourth of July oann on have a sort of hereditary tendency to go off before the world is ready for them. The first Fourth of July cannon wont off a good while before England was ready for it, and the throne of Great Britain trembled at the explosion. The Sabbath schools have plcnios, and the railroads run exoursioa trains at reduced rates. The young farmers take their horses from the mowing machine, and give them an extra feed ml eata, and pick the straw from their manes and tails, and wash up the antiquated family buggy, and take their favorite girls Into town to see the sights. And every time the rural old horse jumps at the sound of the cannon or the tooting of the brass band, the young man tells his timid companion that "she needn't be afraid; he is there to take care of her." The day we celebrate! What a host of memories orowd upon us as we think otit! More than a century ago, from the hills and valleys of New England down to the verdant marshes of the sunny South, rang the cry of independence, the ery of a Nation young and weak in numbers, but old, and strong, and valiant in the love ot freedom, and ready to fight for a home and a country over whloh no foreign despot should hold control. The dream of thoee brave men has been realised. To-day they sleep beneath the sods ot a free country, their battles fought, their life-struggle ended, and we, their children ay, their grandchildren still celebrate with loving and loyal hearts the day on whioh the shackle were loosed, ami these United States rose into the full mnjestyand grandeur of a free Nation. KafHwa imX Y, Weekly,

A DEPARTED 1UHFLO.

Rfta 4nWMl lfllHWNWI IfWd jrtMMInl In hU anaua report Secretary Win ieat stated that the aggregate reeeipta into the treasury from all soHrees during fee la4 fiscal year were ftffT.M,M, and thM total expenditures, including slaking fund, were fv,.V7v,, leaving n eleat surplus of W7, 470,1 He). The Secretary also re ported the aggregate receipts, aetual aad estimated, for the fiscal year which ends with this month at WM,W,W aad the aggregate expenditures, iaeludiag sinking fund, at Km.Wl.irr. leaviag a eiear surplus Of 48, 87 S, 9SS. The Secretary also estimated that the aggregate receipts for the next fiscal year would be W6,eO0(tMW, aad the expenditures, including sinking fund, 4M.W,478, leaviag a surplus of 48,bWJM. And the President embodied ftiesu figures in his message, adding the remark that this estimated surplus for next year "i more likely to be increased than reduced when the aetual transactions are written us." In the light of events sinee the report and the message were written, what la now the prospect in regard to the la crease or reduction of the surplus? During the current year the receipts have exceeded the estimates. For the expired eleven months of the year they were JW4,5S7,(KW, which would indicate a total for the year of ab )ut $8f)7, 706,000. If the revenue laws should remain unchanged we might expect a revenue next year of 1400, 000,001, aad perhaps somewhat mere. Now as to expenditures. The appropriation bills, all of whioh have been framed and most of whioh have been passed or reported, call for $419,800,018, including permanent appropriations and sinking fund. The river and harbor bill and the additional pension bill are likely to call for still more before they become laws, swelling the total to some $115,000,000, and perhaps more. The prospect Is, therefore, that instead of a surplus in excess of the estimates we shall have a deficit of f 10,000,000 or $15,000,000, even allowing for a revenue $15,000,000 or $0,000,000 in excess of the estimates. But it is Mr. McKinley's latest estimate that his bill will cut off between $60,000,000 and $90,000,000 of revenue. This means a deficit of $60,000,000 to $75,000,000 in case the bill becomes a law, or a deficit of $11,000,000 to $),- 000,000 even if the payments into the sinking fund should be suspended. A Republican Congress at the very outset of its career proposes to expend nearly $70,000,000 more than its Democratic predecessor appropriated for this year and upward of $00,000,000 more than it appropriated for the year before. How-do the people relish suoh extravagance? Some of them may say it is Immaterial because Coagresscaa set the presses in motion and print all the money needed to over any amount of deficit But rational men know that the money to meet these extravagant expenditures must come out of the pocket of tax-payers, and they will let Congress know what they think about it la about five months. Chicago Time. j QUID PRO QUOD. Mrs. KarriafHt'a Aeenytaae f That Oaec May Cattac. Mrs. Harrison is the proud possessor of a cottage at Cape May, which was a gift from some Philadelphia gentlemen. The gift was a surprise to the amiable mistress of the White House, but she was not ssflloieatly surprised to decline acceptance of the deed to the proper ty. On the face ef it this is a private transaction, with which the public has no concern. But when we dive beneath the surface we observe a poiat that is of publio interest, and it is ot that we propose to speak. If Mrs. Harrison were not the wife of the President of the United States would she to-day be the owner et the Cape May cottage? The good eld lady Is pretty well ad vaaced in life, aad according to her own statement this Is the first piece ef real state she ever owaed. If she had continued to live ia Indianapolis, as the wife of plain Lawyer Harrison, weald ever it have occurred to Mr. Wanamaker and his friends to present her with a home at a famous summer resort? The point that the public is interested In is the indirect method these Pennsylvania protectionists have adopted In bribing the Chief Executive of the Nation. The Chief Magistrate of this great country has ne right to allow himself to be placed under obligations to any individual This was the view that Andrew Johnson took of it when acme admiring friends presented hint with a spaa of horses soon after his inauguration. He thanked the donors bat declined the gift If the present of the Cape May cottage was intended a an expression ef good will for Mrs. Harrison, the donors took a most inopportune time to manifest their kindness. She needed it more before he became the mistress of the White House than she does new, sad it would oome in better place to her after General Harrison's $60,000 salary has bsen stopped. There would be no ground for Briticism if she had received the gift either before or after her residence in the Executive mansion. But aa things now stand, it was a very doubtful compliment Caspar's wife should not only be pure, hut above aaspieioa. St Paul Glebe. AN rOW A SUGGESTION. 4nJ tltA thtantialva VfiblshY tnr ffw ana ni fv$ JPffflc The Cedar Rapids Gaaette, a leading Republican paper of Iowa, publishes in ter views with over one hundred representative Republicans of that elty with reference to the protective tariff aad the McKinley hill. The result is decidedly suggestive. Iowa is a State heretofore considered solid for high protective tariffs. Yet of the Republicans interviewed by the Gaaette not eight per cent are in favor of the McKinley tll. The Gaaette says with reference to this showing: "KemsMUr, the mi are RepubU.

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They mean business. That a few ot them suggest even a higher tariff than the MeKialey hill is n surprise. Per there are a good maay people who actually believe in a psoiaibitory tariff. But the general aacwisw Is a powerful knock at tho MeKinlcy anil. "No wonder there were five belters among the lews Congress mea en aoaee features cf the McKinley bill, aad we have most reliable information that if the Iowa and many other Ccagraesmon were net sure the bill would he trampled to death in the Senate, they weald openly bolt the whole business. Rut Allison will tack K an. He Is naturally a low tariff man, although he get off badly since the last Presidential nomination, as the 'managers ef Iowa' had wrongfully led him into the belief that Iowa was hot for a high tariff. But he has been home among his people since then and learned a thing or two. Mark these words, Allison will knock tho McKinley bill higher than a kite, and come mighty near being nominated for President in place of McKinley, who la fishing for the nomination with his protection bait." Iowa is certainly not "hot for a high tariff" by any means. Neither are Minnesota, North and South Dakota. If a close canvass were made of even tho Middle States the high tariff contingent would be found weakening. The chaage Is becoming more apparent daily. Not only Senator Allison, but many ether leading Republicans, with clearer visIon than McKinley, read the unmistakable signs of the time and are acting accordingly. Minneapolis Journal RAUM UNDER FIRE. The JPanttcn CsmmhiihHiar Makes a Weak Dfeia. The charges against General Raum, the Commissioner ot Pensions, are, first, that he has borrowed 9aT,000 or some large sum of money from George E. Lemon, a claim agent doing businees before his ofttoe or upon his indorsement General Raum does not admit nor does he deay this charge, but it is probably true. He does assert, however, that his private business relations with Captain Lemon have no influence whatever upon his official conduct and that Lemon has received no advantages in the Pension Office that are not enjoyed by other men In his profession. Second, he is charged with soliciting or allowing others to solicit subscriptions from the clerks in his department to the stock ef a company of which he is president and one of the chief owners. This he denies and says that if any clerks ia the Pension Office have bought stock ia the corporation referred to which is a refrigerator oar company it has been done without his knowledge or approval. Third, he is charged with having turned over to his son, John Raum, the pension claims that were placed ia his hands for prosecution before he became Commissioner, and with having given these claims precedence over the cases pending before the office. This he denies and says that the business his son brings to the office takes the sasae course as the rest aad ia given no leas aad no greater advantages, hut all the grist that come to the mill is treated alike. Washington Letter. POLITICAL POINTERS. Quay believes la the erly-el lag movement as applied to the mouth. Philadelphia Times. The tariff does net bring down the price of woolens, bat it bring down the woolen -mills. Bangor (Me.) Courier. Assistant Postmaster - General Clarksca says he is not going to resign. There are several more postmasters decapitate, and Clarksen is too thrifty an official to leave his work halt done. -Madison (Wis.) Mail. The Washington Poet (Rep.) thinks that the Senate ought to take into consideration the protest ef the importers against the tariff bill It adds: "A defective or grossly unfair tariff law passed by the present Congress would be a great been to the Demooratie party." Modern methods in oar Xationai House of Representatives are fairly presented ia this formula: "You may speak five minutes a pop, but must shut up ia a couple of days, for we intend to paes the bill then, if we have to count i quorum!" 01 tempera! 01 mores! Cinoinnatl Enquirer. A Nebraska farmer jetted sewn the tariff taxes on the goods he need for a year, and made a total of f 14. Of. His other taxes, paid to county and State, were only $70. OK. It is, perhaps, unnecessary to add that he la now an ardent tariff reformer. Go then aad de likewise. St Louis Chronicle. At this time the genuinely seed policy ot protecting American industry is in danger, not-from what the free traders are doing, hut frost what the McKinley group of so-called statesmer are doing to create and foster trusts and to destroy foreign competition in the home markets. Philadelphia Telegraph. "Ever since I have .been ia the Post-oliee Department," says Headsman Clarksen, "I have worked from twelve to fourteen hours a day." Not even Dantcn, Marat and Robespierre, working on the co-operative plaa and sltUng up late nights to dispatch unfinished beshtese, ever accomplished so much between sunrise and sunrise. Brooklyn Ragle. Congressman Walker, a Masseehueetts manufacturer, says that "the workmen get every seller et tea increase ef price on account of the tariff." Why, certainly. The magnificent town bouses, the country and aside palaces, the yachts and fast homes aad the purple and fine linen generally s tee protected wage earners are known Is all observers. N. Y. World. Mr. Blaine has confidentially infemied a friend in Maine that he shall net be a candidate for the Presidential nom. nation in im. This tints -Mr. Maine is undoubtedly sincere. Men less experienced in politiot and less familiar wit h the Harrison AdnsintstraMen than he already see clearly that there is no possibility ef the election et aftspiblbmn In l$t,CkltHitf Herald