Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 33, Number 23, Jasper, Dubois County, 20 February 1891 — Page 3

WEEKLY COURIER.

C. DOAJCK, IPttMiahar. JAP INDIANA. A BLUE RIBBOH. a rtbioii tt th softest Wms rue t'rt JUM Uy most lOVSiy BUS, win n youth m4 hope madoah thing fatr l ho'ik-bt ' Wud Hir T - un wv HI li bcW tho key, y,-i onrr wan It worn by vyon' my own!" I thought aim then, l V-hundMnne, blithe young naltcir n. Ill "tfootlbye" leaving aware, u, .-iJdett greeting home usee mow, W'.-rf always win Tws ' thought Or Mm that ribbon Unit w bought. MV b.-rt best high. I always know junt wbiu thr Uonay Hrla wm due. WJth ftot on Hud you Mil the sen." y.'ht lauginfn my o"uuijwh oi aw, Oh hallow licrt-d. tteak sad Vftta, j,'t lull of art. Coiwia Jam . 5ho pl'd ms ribbon fitmh sad sew, gh.i xuatchod the length of dititn blue, nJ knotted It upon hor breast. it 1 ibo shade last suits heat; Oh, lt in wear It osos," she ld. I bit my lip. but bowed my head. Whtn looking up. within the door Stood lion, my Hen, at Wo ones mere: Hut, obi hi" gae why cnould It be? Wa turned on Jane instead of me: She never looked fair before; Twe that blue ribbon that she woret With jealous pans I knew it then Forever lout to m was lien. When Uve attempts Ids wing to try, Tin v&in to stay him;, lot htm By! Hut, uli! I know I Hood not mount Had I myiKitf that ribbon worn I Well, let It to. Sors Kenyan grass NYc U ) who Is not fair of fsee. Hut Its red robo Htadea the row: Tiie garment charm for besuty ffoca; .Mi.l that blue ribbon held too ksy Of all my lone ly llfo for rati : Murlau IKiuglaa, in Har-pur'a Batar. ,101 AiVD JX)IiLY:. A Sketch from Itfe on the Wot em Prairiest. Dollv and lie were friend. How or trliv tin frk'ndship wan 8tr-k up is tbat the lirst adfnoes tttUMt hitre mij frjin JV-l'.y herself. Fw a frietuiMhii ofauvKind. much lew a nindihip with ac'.mobr.ilhnpte" "4e matdett wh not anch n Jim a line. TJ'.clvwn.H iiotltiuff HtnicttTff Hmt Jua qnlte tnc fevers, a jreni. mux ir. t H tv. with a ftttllen face aiwl evil c,vi', who, younff as he was, hal clip):! muro frorfv into lifc hook than Is well farativman to dip. AtulIltnhad noH tome out of the ordeal uuwiled. 1 1 was arnijrh plao'tliaiHttfc Western winn? camp in which he worked a roitjfn flite, full f rouffh men. with wltoin, Moreover, he was m fnvorite. i ulo'late," Raid .Iwltre Hentits, who his eano otttatde after a hard and blowing- in , a gentle. A Horv oi way the euriinjr to, ,,ti -n nw niie "i eaic 'late that mo;;r ti rotipa pacefl young neoumlrel h .i ia ohm tanu i tata u i a uu aa j9f Tl 'f w oaov w vntui Jaro'f i dor , TbfWntimeBfc, 'tat fttlly embodying the tv" ' tht tutii, was received with xis of Maent. "And yet," said the dre, iaJhSr the plpa from his mo. the lwtter to enforce the re nt u. ,,ikiiy there neeuta sort o atntek That's so, said Ilia lien, thouffhtr iy. The camt uttered a irrowl or two of rM it aaaaw tiaaa aaj aw in mm m n ii.il rump waiuw w w question more easily aaked than anWt'red. inny irauyi wiut neruiinpieu faad Iruwn erea ilarlinar babr Dol lv! thy God-given hit of childhood which was bloMonilng in Ute mhlat of that band of wild, hard-ltring, hard-drink-ii? fellowK, not one of whom at his niMest and worst wotild have done wght to harm her. "Jest look at 'em,1 aaid the jndfre, fii!nj hiniRelf np on hU ellow from tlw f t jrrasa. The men ftdlowed his gaa; and about twenty yards away, aptearittjr over the l-rairie ridge, tliey saw Ota two; Holly Kated on dim's beuntifnl home, HctI 5;!!tanf, one ot .Van's stromr anna terotvn proUwUngly around her; the jwr carryiiir her Inuiket of berriea. 1 tO an extent 11m uluiwuil tlmt Mly's chubby, little hamls hml never puitrertlhem alone. iWly herself was retrardimr the la wws tnnt jMliniriHKly. "DinMyMl yikc , wim, won t lie?" they heard her reatari 14' " elll' sabl .Tim uvumIv '.ii.iti' u J n daddy, I've no doubt he will. Ihtdtyh ready for most all he can get" There was a sufficient amount of truth the statement to cause a smothered "B?h of amusement amongst the listenf. m which daddy, otherwise the good-immorcdly joined., !)olly did not laugh; instead her wowneyes grew troubled. Jim's reark had savorwl of disloyalty to ? and loyalty to dddy waa part of 3 s mplo creed. 8udlenly she htened. "So am I," aha announced. Are ycr, now?" aaked Jim. ." ssid Dolly. "Aren't you?" Jn did not reply. Catching sight of "pectatoTH, helifteil Dolly and the rrtes roughly to the ground, ami went ilenceWaJ onNtHuir mtKXb' '"y, apparently quite used to such ltmcnt from her strange friend, LWP her basket ami trotted conwntetlly to her father's skle. In Jho'wytMi k'en with, IJolly?" said J, 5c"; l,U:liing her up in his arms J l osintrhcrtoOieky. r oouy irom jten s siioul mizl mr1: "w m? Btili. """v sen jikc yuu lUKing fcflvV, w,cl1 Mw. I woMtler at you, infar 10,,y rletl her hawls liens ettplii l.ut.lu -i....r..iu. ti,M. Miunom game oi romia ilou.. i. . . .. "H to V "HpptiHeii that Jim wautuaii atUiwsr . vo i

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" UI'MKIIUltilKhKik... I... . tinKatt.Wt a durin;r theft, nnd Uy no flrst. ialtho,wh for the ttrat tune maeort'ri-d. 'ruMKht rrdhmtdetf aaid Hi fan. hUhnnd t ,;lteiitnf otuiuualy on kia ThertMipwttam aldaw, with the Zl lf mM t,VeT htOe there Hocked angry, nrv'fyl tmn. They rnada hhcirt work of aueh ainuer in thoe wya. A few yanh of rone and the mtumm tree uwmI to Mttle the bHaineaa awear or u.w hU pUtol s freelr iu he pUat, hut in tmch a eomntunity tlieft W??.,ue7,i,ri,y Uw MMpardtmahU' erime. " lotlie right about!" aaid lliK iknu aternly. Jim MMtwled at him. lie did not aak for mercy, knowing that it would be useless He wouhl have l to offer it iu auch a case hlinoelf. Huddi.ly, attracted by the tumult, appeared Dolly, looking out at Uie world from her great auifboHnat, ''Hun away!" aaid the judge, nharply; thia Vre ain't no place for little gells." Dolly wa an obedient little aoul, and In an ordinary cahe wotild have obeyed, lint, bby aa she waa, something of the significance of the hcetie-came home to her; dim standing alone HHiidat that ring of cruel faeea. She garni pitifully at him. "Go away, Dolly," said liig lien; "you've nothing to do with him. He's a thief." Iolly'a eyen sought Jim's for a denial. As he met tlient with hht own reck- !, defiant ones a something else flashed into them, anil then and there he titterct a downright He: 'Don't you believe nt, Dollj'; I ain't nothing of the sort." And half involuntarily he threw a wistful glanye at llig lien. Spite of his raughneMt, IMg Hen must have had a soft spot somewhere, for, bending down to Dolly, he said, gently: " There, youee, Dolly. I must have oeen utifttouk. atearl of being Ihis "ere fellow, ina thief, ia a wirtuou youtli, a hmicont augl, in fact. Xow, run away." Ho Dolly departed, MitlsfietL Afterahe left, alienee and heaitation fell upi the men. The little scene had touched them. After u whiapered conaultatiou the j:tdg. stepping forward, eut the cord round Jim's wrist, saying, curtly: "Here, you young scoundrel, we'll let you off thins tint: Hut clear out of thU,; we don't want no thieves here." Without a word Jui turned onltia heel. Home, men would have left the place at once; Jim was made of dif ferent stuff, Kx)e)lel from the cantj). lie imtit Himself a cabin on the out skirts, not trying to live the diairrace down, but enduring it with the dogged olmtinaey which was part of his nature. The miners, even litg Hen. ignored him completely; for Hen, for all tlmt instant of softness, had certain rugged fibers of pride about him which led him to treat a thtef with merciless justice. Hut there ramc a time when Jim and lil Mustnng latt ween them were to do a fine work a time when a sudden danger loomed out, and J im roe to It llke.the brave man that he waa when with clenched teeth he subdued the demon within him, and proved that on occasion lie was ready not for all he could get, but to give up all that he had. For a savage "wlioop" rang out one night on the imsuapcctinsr camp. Men knew what it wh.s and sprang to their feet with a snarl of rage, llifle in hand they nt-died out. inj.n," said the judge, coolly load ing his rirle; and in the moonlight gleamed the dusky painted figures. There wua little lovu lost totweeii Injnn and white man, The "nian-and-a-brother" theory had not been propound ed on either aide. It waa war to the knife on both. "Steady! lioys, steady!" said the judge, to whom such scenes were by no meant new. "Ready there? 2s ow at 'em!" And "at 'em" It wa. Down swung the muskets, out Hashed the shot, and with a look tlmt was not good to whs upon their faces, the boys liegan their work sharp work butchery. The sav ages swarmed into the camp only to be cut down. It waa soon over, lint the Indiana had fought bravely, and, old tried hand as he whs, an uncay light had leapt to the judge's eye. "It was a close shave," he muttered, wiping the irrvat drops of sweat from his brow a he watehwl the tteeing band "a close shave. A little more and" The pause was suggestive. The day was already breaking when the jmlgu turned in home. "Hope the little lass hasn't been scared," he thought; and involuntarily a queer, tender gleam pasMcd over the weathertoatcn face as he thought of his "little lass." "Dolly,' he sakl, opening the cabin door. There was no answer. "Dolly!" and then again a little quicker: "Dolly!" Again that night the men wore aroused by a cry an awful cry, wrung from a strong man in pain; and when they hurried forward it was to Und the judge with the fafchion of his face all changed, minting to the empty cabin, on whose floor shone the gleam of a tomahawk. That and the confusion of the place told ite tale h too plainly; Dolly had been carried off by the Indians! In the ilaacd silence Jim stepped forward Jim, with his shoulders well squared and a resolute look on his frfec. He eyed the group rather scornfully, "doing to stop hero all day?" he asked, "llcin as this is just the right time to give your horses a rest! I'm off!" And so ho was, he ami Red Mustang together, racing over the plain. Hut not before he hail seised the judge's hand in a fierce grip, saying v Hh a totally unexpected catch in his voice: "J edge, if I can, I'll bring her latck." Not much, but It meant a great deal. Thoroughly roused, the rest followed his example not one hung lck. All that fleet horses and brave hearts could do would be done for the little one. ' Over the prairie th little cavalcade started, Hed Mustang, with that easy swinging stride of hers, taking the lead and keeping it. Hut dHi pulled her up sharply a there oame a triumphant shout from WmJihI: "Here's a tratll"

with his he aaid, ow, the rent of the men having i mm ii ws a trail, and being at least us well nl.h- U. jodtfn ua Jim. did no wueive ins remark in the pkHunt"It are the trail," sakl Daryl Ihiah, in a qntotly eoael naive way, as If that aet"Hut it aren't!" said Jim. Miualv. Now Daryl Daali was one of the most trusted hajida kt the camp, ami, being uaeKiMi uy mg iksn, the rest Haiurally HMH Ilia SUM, "ns am i no time for foolin'," they sakl, very sternly, "Here's the trail, plain as can be; ami we're gals' to fob t I A. a T " low it. up. - 1 in not foolla'," reUirtetl Jim with a Kiiui oi desperate earnestness. "That trail s too plain lor In jhts to have left, UuLui. , 1 .1 . 1 . . uriivnn wirjr fiiMl lb U purpose. 1 CM II nmi tne trail right enough if you let me, Trufct me, boys." "isKqit, or leave it," the men had saw, as Uiey galloped off upon tUir trail. Away in the East tile sun was touching the sky with ml -gold light. Great crimson bars, necked with orange, gleamed out broadly and then melted into the softer harmony around, and before one knew It, the whole shining msss unueti ami out flashed the sun. nut lefore it dhl that, Jim had made up his mind to do a very risky thing to rescue j Jolly 'single-handed. Wlto else was theru to do it? The others hsd ridden away in a direction which was every moment taking them farther away from the right track. "My God!" he said, wildiy. Was it a prayer from those rough lipttV a prayer wmcn urn uood Shepherd heard and answered? For Jim played a hero's part that day. He found the trail. For the sun glinting downwards caught the light of a small pink object on the brushwood, and rested there lovingly. Nothing much just the tern htrlngfiOm a little child's sun-lsinneL Hut at the sight Jim broke into a suppressed whistle of triumph, and raced Hed Mus tang forward ss she had never lieen raced liefore. I never like to think about that ride, bnongh, that Ked Mustanu responded loyally to the situation rrom "noon to dewy eve" she carried Jim steadily. Hut when, tremblimr. fonm-fiecked, and parched with thirst. he stopped her as the Indian camp loomed in sight, ho knew that his work waa cut out. "Quiet! okL lass! quiet!" he said, cautiously, dlstnounting and patting h?r with a look on his fsee that few but Dolly W Ked Mustang hail ever seen there. The gallant beast seemed to under stand, and, suppressing a whinny, rubbed her., nose wistfully against the caressing hand. Half gliding, half creeping forward, .Jim took in the situation at a glance. The Indians hsd evidently only just stepped, and were haatily improvising a sort of camp. liut unsuspicious as they were of being followed so soon, ,11m knew tlmt this first careless bustle of arrival would not last long, but that sentries wonld be set to guard against any approach. Suddenly his blood thrilled; for there before him, not a dozen ynrds away, lay Dolly repoaing on an old b nkct in the healthy sleep of childhood It was a foolish thing to do, perhaps, considering the state Hed Mustang was in; but then Jim was desperate. Flow he crawled forward, seised Dolly, and got back with her to Ked Mustang un perceived, he could never have told him self. Hut get back with her he did, and in a flash the three were off. "Dtmr said Dolly, clinging in bliss ful content to the rough red-shirted arms. "Ay," Jim answered, glancing down at her as he tightened Itcd Mustang's girth; "yon go to sleep, Dolly. So Dolly's little brown head nestled down, and Jim and Ked Mustang made what speed they could, which was not a very great speed, altliough there came sounds from behind which made the mare tear forward and turned Jim white. The Indians were in pursuit! Mile by mile, hour after hour, that fesrfnl race went on. The rugged line ot hills which marked the camp were in sight now. Hut could Red Mustang hold out? She was already trembling ominously, ami Jim knew that the time was conic. If she were to resch the A 1 1 t canin at ail, it must tie without ins weight on her back. 'Dolly!" he said, with a shake which made Dolly open her sleepy eyes. "I want tou to do somethln' for me went on twrsuasivoly; "I want to get down here, I've I've a partle'ler rea son for wanting to get down here" ami the arm holding Dolly as gently as a woman's kept her head turned well for ward: "Red Mustang 11 take you to the camp all right, if you'll be a brave little gcll and go alone." "Oh!" and Dolly's frightened clutch was very firm. Will yoa, Dolly?' sakl dim fever ishly. "Dolly! Dolly! Little lass! Will you? For me." "Is. Dim, ' said Dolly, with quiverin? ! Dismounting, -inn issteneo msr swiitly and firmly to the saddle, ami gave Ked Mustang the wont, "uoou-nye, lhdly:" and Jim's mustache brushed the rosy lips. "Hood-bye, Dim," said Dolly. Red Mustang whinnied uneasily. Hut her master had told her to go, and she went. "She'll do it," swid freHt sigh of relief. The Indians were very ciowe sow. In a curious, concentrated kind of way, Jim gastcd at the plain, which the moonlight was kindling into peaceful tosuty. 'Hien, With an ugiy Jigntui na be drew out ins oowie-aiiue nu turned to face, what Was tofore him. "Whoso giveth s cup of sold water to f in little ones, he rirsth it unto me." Ami Jim had given more than thate-he hml given km life, for the next day Hlg Hen ami the rest found . - . V ..1nJ . sVtftSSMiWtSaai him on tae piaiu-sofwn. Journal.

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latoMatlonat amdtty.a.MMti FobrtMMry . LMll. atwetalir Arranged from & H. Quartarly.) Leu is Tsar- n KiniM a : u . GoumxTE XT-Nut by aiK'bi. aor stpowci. but by My Spirit, dth tb Lord of iiUu.Jtixh. 4'A, Oewthal TacTM-TSo workers die, but tha work com oa. "Tiss 11. CIKI-MB. lounedlatoly after tho IsstloMoa. ftAca Otlead beyond Jordan, aad JcrtcbA CiwxusTAisjas-ltltsBa hsd accompanied Elijah acroaa Jordan, sad was with him whea ho was tftkon up In a whirlwind t. Htaven. liiah had promlaed that if Klisha saw him when he ascended, his reqatst for titneaa to ho hi Kuceesnor wuuld ha granted. Mu.ni ovaa Hash Putcas.-r& "Saw if." KUlah'a saoeasloa. "My father:" showlna; tho tnndor aad lorfn sido of EHJah'M naiare. "The chariot of larselt" the chartotry, or army of chariots. Elijah wsi the true defender of his country, do ten rtxhteoas would have saved Sodom. "Rfat them;" An Oriental tokoa of rlf. 11. "Where is the Itd Ood of Elijah;" A prayer that Ood would work through him as Us had dotio through Klijah, as s sign that God wonld make him his auccesacr, lo. "Fifty stronK men :" of the oas of the nmobeta. The soarch would bo loa. arduou and dsnceroas. "V aball not scud:' becauae ho knew it would be useless. 17, "Found him not:" they expect on 10 nuu nu ooay, dui u was rnaaged into a Kiorious body, . "The nit nation ia uleaaaat :" Jsriebo w in a most beautiful situation. It bad lately been rebuilt, after lyina; long cent urtca in ruin (1 Kiaes 1:S4.) "TS water k naogai;-' oia Knguanior "bad." X). "A new oium:" dlab. bowl; not the original word tranalated "cruse" in I Kiaga 1T:18. 1. "Caat the salt in:" salt was a symbol of purifying. Hut salt la the spring would make it worse, if any tblng. Nor eoukl s little salt permanently afteetalsrge spring like this. The healing- of the spring wss a miracle, It was a type of llaba's work. I.K8SOX COMMKKT8. When the blinding scene of the ehariot of fire, ami the horses of flame, had passed away, and Klisha looked around him, he began to realise that his master had really leen taken away from him. Hut lying on the ground was the mantle of the great prophet, the very same one that Elijah had cast over Elisha's shoulders when he appointed him a prophet in Israel (l Kings 19:19). This seems to have been accepted by him as a sign that Elijah's promise was to be inade good, for, picking up the mantle, lie at once ventured to try his power. The Jordan had again resumed its course, after its parting by Elijah, aad the nrst miraculous act of the new propliet was the same as the last of the old seer. "Where is the Lord God of Elijah?" lie exclaims, as he strikes the waters of the river. This is done not in unbelief, or even in doubt, but in full confidence that he is to have an answer similar to that whieh Itad been grastted to his predecessor. Th result that lie desired followed, and lie too passed over dry shod. The sons of the prophets saw it all, and realised that he hml become the leader among them in Israel. To him they did lionor. Then m the text follows the story of the healing of the waters, a miracle of great benefit to all in that section of the country. As in the lessons that are to follow we shall have abundant opportunity to study nlmut the character of Elisha, we may this week well turn our attention to the way in which God's work in this world is carried on. We in our blindness often are tempted to think that upon the life of one man depends the prosperity of any good cause. This is a mistake. Men may come and men may go, but God's cause goes on forever. The whole story of revelation proves this, as also the whole of profane, history. If the I ather of the faithful dies, God will care for Isaac his son, and even when Joseph, the great protector of his people in a strange land, lies on his ueath-bed, he says: "I die, but God will surely visit you ami bring you out of this land." Joseph would have made a famous leader lor the children of Israel, but Ood was not at his wits' end how to bring tliem out because Joseph was dead, bo too, when Moses was called away, the natural man would have sakl: "Moses Is dead; now therefore there is no use in trying to get into the land, ami we had better turn back." Hut God sakl: "Moses my servant is dead. Now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou and all this people." So when Elijah goes, Kli&hu comes, and the truth prospers, and the kingdom of God suffers no real loss. It was expedient even for our blessed Master to go, for when lie went the Holy Spirit came ami carried on the work that he hml left Incomplete. God's work in this world covers great reaches of time and rast outlines of plan, ami to the accomplishment of it no one human life is necessary. When Abra ham Lincoln lay on his death-bed, the Nation wondered how it could be brought through the war. At last tlie martyr President passed away, and as Garfield addressed the multitude in Wall street, he began thus: "Abraham Lincoln is dead, but God lives still." This wss a true sayin. ami many hun dreds of times the church has had to learn that God its not bound by times, places, or men. " We know but little of thesesons of the prophets who stood to view afar off, but we do know that they knew enough to recognise and at once to follow the new leader. This was wise on their part. Oh, that some of our Sundayseliool scholars were as wise as therf Who does not know that often when one minister, or te sober, or superinten dent resigns, there are those who say: " ell, it's no use, we are not going to like the new man, ami we may as well resign at once." Did you ever meet any such person? DM you ever speak thus yourself? Well, then copy the example of tliese young men, who, without any more fuss or ado, accepted the new ami turned tltcir faces frost the old. Rev. A. F. Sclmufth-r, D. T). WOMEN IN VARIOUS PLACES. It is said to be a curious fact that all of the girls la Welleeley College who lead their classes are blondes. Thr gamblers of Peru, Ind., have been warned to leave town by a committee of seventy-five women. Thr Sultan of Turkey has oonferred upon Mrs. W hHelaw Real the order of the Shefkat, the highest Turkish decoration that can be given to a woman. A Mrs. Fi.ktchkr, who died latelv in Knglaml, waa a direct descendant of Joan Hart, Shakespeare's sister, ami the owner of the poet's jug and sWafc. She waa a )roaperos gim.makec. '

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The six Republic Senator who voted with Use Derwtcrat to nljsuMlon the effort to abridjre dUMUaaiost so tknt the faro bill might be passed were wiser in their generation and for Ussir party than the thirty-three Republicans who rallied nrostnd Mr. Hoar. As one of the six dissidents ks pointed out to the Senate, the effect of the lores Mil upon the opinion of the country has already been decidedly unfavorable te the Republican party, and the enactment of that meesure would east the party still dearer in public disapprobation. The hope of the advocates of the measure is the faith in mechanical as opposed to moral force in polities, That is to say, it was expected by them that the unscrupulous use of the Feder al power in behalf of the Republican party would gain more seats in Con gress man would be lost by the revolt of intelligent voters. The expectation is familiar enough. It is one in which professional politicians are especially apt to indulge because the machinery of politics is before their eyes, whareas the springs of political action ia the minds of the voters are hidden from them. In quiet times and when the popular interest in politics is not great, organisation .and habit prevail. It is when a Measure really exdtes public interest that the politicians are nt a loss and that the people are apt to take things into their own hnnds. Such an occasion was presented in Pennsylvania last autumn when Quay thought tbat his undisputed control of the parly machinery, together with the great and usually trustworthy Republican majority in the State, would justify him in putting in nomination a candidate who was known only as "Quay's man." The result was a distinct notification that the "good Republicans" of Pennsylvania were not good enough Republicans to stand Quay or his works. 11 is candidate was defeated and he himself so deeply discredited that his cunning and his boldness are by no means an equivatent to his party for the damage done to it by retaining such a man as the chairman of its National committee. Perhaps the Force bill would have gone for an ordinary party measure but for the discussion that has already been had upon it both in the Senate aad in the press. This discussion has hsd the effect of leading the people to consider the measure, and the result of their consideration has been such that the enactment of the force bill would produce a revolt against the party only less thsn'that produced by the enactment of the MeKinley bill. It would be less because the MeKinley bill "comes home to business and bosoms of men," and also of woasen, more directly than any piece of legislation tbat has been enacted for a quarter of a century. The enactment of the MeKinley bill was Its enforcement, and its disastrous effect eoukl not be stopped or cheeked by any power after it had received the President's signature. In this the force bill differs from it widely, since the effect of the force bill wonld depend very largely upon the spirit in whieh it might be executed. If it were executed in the spirit in which it was conceived, if the President made an unscrupulous use of the power with which it clothed him, it would be felt as even more an outrage ami a calamity than the MeKinley bill iteelf. There is no reason to doubt that if Mr. Harrison could compass a renominatlon he would use these powers with entire unscrupulousness. Whether be would or not, the American people are by no means disposed to hold their indivklual rights and liberties at the pleasure of any man, or to allow a bill to go upon the statute books that confers upon any man powers so liable to abuse ami powers that were granted for the express purpose of being abused. Probably it may be aeenmed that this second postponement of the force Mil for, of course, the attempt at closure is merely an adjunct to the force bill hi the end of that measure. Its postpone ment to the silver bill, which was disposed of with unexpected rapidity, was by no means so conclusive. The apportionment bill must necessarily give rise to protracted debate, and it hi a party measure of the first importance. Nobody imagines that the next Congress will pass any such measure of reapportionment a is before the present Congress. The bill may to expected to occupy nearly all tlie remainder of the session. In any case, it is not to be supposed that the six Republican Senators by whose votes the closure resolution was postponed to the apportionment bill would vote either for thai resolution or for the force bill, the passage of which it is intended to fscilitate. Some of them are distinctly committed against both measures, and the votes of tlie others amovnt to a committ!. It may be worth while forth revivers of the sectionaJ issue to note that these votes, excepting that of Quay's eolleagne, Mr. Cameron, were east by Senators from the extreme West and Northwest This is one of many indications that the people of those sections have grown very weary of the present policy and of the present leaders of the Republiesa party. X. Y. Times. DEFEAT OF THE POftOC B4LL. Palters of t he Item to Kofe Mm roosts mt liiHtlirl - The Republican party has been saved from itself sarain exaetlv ia ft. wm saved from the colossal crime contem plated in the imieachment of Andrew Johnson. The defeat of the force bill and the gag rule ia the United States Senate Would not. havn hwn ihnild it all Republicans had been as violent, i . . imwmwi amu unscrupulous as Ueorge F. Host and John I, Daren port, nor would the eountrr h& lw.n bmhmI the shame of impeaching a President If all Republicans bad been as malignant and implacable as Oliver 1 MiwImi. John A. Bingham nnd Thmlftens Stevens. To a saivinjr mmiuiit. oi km. orabk and oonacientkMis men in that p:rty the peonte owe, ha part, their de HveratKo oh this occasion as on the prevkiits one. To them, therefore, no mm than to tae solid phalanx of Demo-

j many and uamrsasJoa at the "mtff BjsrVaMHtQepmss iJnMet tslMaWslfift 4aV( titsS OOM0s)vV eowprehead the full villabay of I lmyonet election bill now cf iwhkh was to have tsea 'mightiest product of a wfrrvinv ated monopoiy Reps biieaii ism. TMs hilt was born of the sec wealths of monopoly rule, of the ernhnrrstinssum of detected vote-buyers and of the overwreentug desire of fat fryen peddlers and blocks of ire latum to reach election results cheaper and quicker methods than they had yet employed. It was a saagnlfisant device to relieve the robber trusts of the nseessity of buying elections and to compel the people through osneial machinery to pay for their own corruption and enslavement. It would have built up a standing army of Republican party mercenaries under the control of John 1. Davenport and others of his Ilk who would have been responsible to nobody, who would have served for life, using public funds unstintlngiy for party ends, and who would have had absolute power so to intimidate and disqualify voters and falsify the count as to make it forever impossible for tha American people to elect a Congress that did not echo the demands of tariff greed and plunder. In a word, it waa the measure to whieh Thomas B. Reed, the impudent usurper of the Hons of Represents tires, as yet un re baked bathe people, referred in3 his Pittsburgh speech last October when he said with splendid insolence: "We must do our own registration, oar own eoaating, our own certification." The wtekedness'of this attempt upset the liberties of the people becomes the more apparent when it is cootidered that there wss absolutely no demand for it save from tlie professional election crooks like Davenport and Dudley and the monopolies that keep them in funds. The pretense that it was ia the interest of the colored race at tha South is absurd. It was the one thing that the colored people, recovering from their long bondage, and from tha. lawlessness of the reconstruction period, did not want Its enforcement contemplated their subjection to a political serfdom worse than that from which they were so recently delivered, and to the whites -of the South, not only, but of the North as well, it meant an imposition of alien boesiam that would have been intolerable. The last hope of a disintegrating party of plunder and privilege, Jts defeat follows logically upon the heels of the recent great popular uprising in favor of responsible, economical aad honest government (kmsidering the forces that have been instrumental in building up a Thomas B. Reed in the House and a Geonre F. Hoar In the Senate, it can not be doubted that the country has escaped a very great danger. The force and fraud idea, so magnificently championed and so powerfully sustained, seems now to have met its Waterloo. Chicago Herahl POLITICAL DRIFT. The RepnhUean vartr has hsd Ms nag and must go. The exigency whteh emlUld it into U ln am The great party of Us future m this country is the Dentoeratie party, and no oppressed popular interest syrer looked to that party in vain. Xew York World. It is too late for the Republicans to gain any credit by an abandonment of the force bill in the alleged interest of practical ami neceiioary legislation. The burglar who drops his "swag" ha the street in order to escape the onleers of the Isw, does not thereby purge himself of his dishonesty. Detroit Free Press. When the President ssrs: "II the welfare of the Republican party at heart, even though I have no plume stuck in my hat" it k supposed to be a hard blow at Mr. Blaine; but as Mr. Blaine 1ms calmly appropriated nasi stuck in his own hat all the plumes that were pulled out of the tail of the Radical rooster ha November he is in a position to bear it phUowophkmily. H. Louis Republic. L, When calculations are being made as to the political complexion of the United States Senate after next month it will be in order to take cognisance of possible changes to occur in the ranks of monopoly-mongers. Party lines are severely strained whea from the rank of the majority is heard condensation of a policy determined upon in caucus and carried by the ah! of the administration. It is not yet forgotten that revolutions come quickly to those who have failed to note the trend of pa bite opinion.-Chicago Times. u The Republican Senators hare formally and officially assured the Democratic Senators that the fores bill has been permanently aban

doned. There will now be no more need of Congressional obstruction. All necessary busiaeBs can be finished by March 4. Xo extra sesnioa of the new Congress will be needed. The abandonment of the force bill is the greatest event for liberty since Cornwall is' surrender at Yorktown. Badless honor ami gratitude to the Demo era tic Senators and their Ropublisar aUiesl-Brooklyn Ragle. SJa Jps)4(BtB at Sftfc(BMPe It is said that Mr. Blaine's reeiproeity' scheme includes a United States guarantee of Nicaragua canal bonds to the extent of fse,M0,afa or fnsW.tti, aad that one of his chief reasons for advocating such a policy is the great strategic advantage the control of the canal would give the United States m ease of war. After th! Barraudia affair, It is no wonder that Mr. Hlaine should want to fortify himself In Spanish America, but if the canal k really feasiide it can be built without a Government guarantee, as a eommereial enterprise. As to He control, a single war vessel at either end of R east stop transit through it In tins of war its control would depend on the navy. Mr. Blaine wonld he justified in preventing any European nation from getting absolute control of the canal, but that can be don without a Government guarantee of the sanal bonds. t snswnannj sm F Txs

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