Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 34, Number 30, Jasper, Dubois County, 8 April 1892 — Page 3

WEEKLY COURIER. C. DOAKJB, PuUllHlmr.

INDIANA. A LEGAL MORTGAGE. vxr4dBaothr tke OM XonwtMkL The I'le i yours by good rights, ain't it, .lM?" The woman that asked this question, though ixtct her girlhood, was still t,H,,tf.Hiiil there had Immjh time when Jason l8 in l'tMtlon of routli. huil thought her pretty; but her 'mouth to-day bud h shrewish look, and there was avlndiutive snap in her small black i',n Her ,mlr was twisted thrhtlv that the wind was powerless to ruttle "it, hiuI in ber starched ciiUco rowii and gingham Bpron tbera was a rim tidiness unvelieved by collar or rihlon. She bad been to tbe garden, 1 she held in ber band a stalk of rhubarb, from which she was pulling j preoccupied way the silky red "'Oh, I've got a sort of a frVn on it, but that ain't owniu' it," said the man, without looking up. lie was raking the front yard. You hoi' tbe mortgage, don't you?" said the woman, biting off a bit of the rhubarb. " .S'posc I do?" Why, the int'res' ain't be'n paid for three years. You know that 'tbout my tellin' you." "Well?" said th man, indifferently. "Well!" repeated his wife, sharply, hw long yon goin' to letlt run on so?" ,!ason stopped raking, and looked at her uneasily. 4Vou don't mean, Mirandy, that you want me to foreclose on my own father and mother?" Why not? Business is business, relation or'no relation; an' if you did that, tlie place 'd be ours to do us we please with." i ain't so sure about that It's down in black an' white that, whether the int'res' is paid or not, father's tl'iiys to have a home here. Uncle Kiehard me' to hoi' tbe mortgage; an' when he died, some'tive or six years jjo, father got me to takes it so's it wmildn' go out o' the family; but 'tain't ever iKj'nhanged." "Then 'twas made out 'fore he married agin?" said Miranda. "Well, what o' that?" ".Vuthin'; only in that ease ke ain't jotmted in. An' she aiu't your mother, anyway," She's the only mother, I ever know anything about, Miraiidy. She's be'n a liiother to me ever since I was three year ol'a right-down good fine, too; in' as for her not bein' counted in, she's, jus' as much right here as if she wa$.j 'cause after father got liurt in the lr.ck kiln, there was a good many Tears that he wasn't able to do much, in' all that time she kep' tbe int'rea' mid tip oat of ber owi pocket. Uncle ftchard toi' M so." Miranda, who had stood nervously uWng tbe rhubarb stalk, made baste ti luv All nt matrw. Jiwb, I'd al'ays expect you to be good toher, Hut yoa know yourself 'tain't verr pleasant bavin' two heads to a linu-c; an' so long as Mother Sands thinks she owns it all, I dasn't say a wdevenif eTerytbing goes to rack an ruin. Besides, she's glttin' too oV to have the care." .lawn listened with a sort of helpleSH patience. He was an easy tempered man ready to yield almost any point for the sake of peace, and his Wife whs well aware of his weakness. It was to please her that be bad sold his farm; and, though at tbe time he ful y intended to buy another, before lie could decide on one she had peru;tdcd him to take a place that had Ven offered him by a city friend as drummer in a wholesale grocery store. It was a business that seemed to bet BHeh more "genteel" than farming. Meanwhile be bad accepted his mother's invitation to bring bis family h wie for a visit "Jus' till I can get time to look up a house," he said. lint Miranda bad always coveted the pretty cottage, and before they bad Wen in it a week she bad determined to get possession of it .lason bad never told her of the mortgage. Knowthat the place would eventually belong to him, be had not been troubled by the fact that tbe interest was not always promptly paid; neither M he want the eld folks troubled, and it vexed him that Miranda had chanced J find the papers, lint her reasoning in regard to tbe housekeeping seemed TT plausible. His mother was past wventy, it was time she had a rest, and he could have it as well as not if she ould only consent to let "Mirandy" Ke charge of things for awhile. ''I wish you'd speak to her 'bout it, ui Miranda. "She'd be a rood deal rc likely to do it if you pcrposed it -lason did not eovejt the task, but he r.ew ti,e penalty of refusing. ' She's in the kitchen," Miranda re "Mod, with Another nibble at the niubarb stalk. "No hurry about it," grumbled Jason. "i presently, with an air of forced surrender, he laid dawn his rake and wvnt into tbe house. He found his "other making bread. urn see, mother, you're gettin' " wr aiong in years," be argued, "an ought to let somebody else do m heft of the work. Why don't you t -Miratidy, long as she's here? She's a rWc housekeeper, gi,e'a rather Tc tittle ol ,lruWed Um. "Why, I . Jason, If I hadn't something to " me busy. I've al'ays bo'n use' to . Know. nt, "K m tier n. alio nuuvU( nrsnr' slowly patting the ioaf ' Was kflnjli "If Ml.,...).. nts ... . ' " tiu. . nc u,r" ai h i or awntie, 7 i won't hinder Iter." mughteln-laH aceepkd this tiJrrjM,n with secret triMmnh. and ka T?rB to Pfat entire con.

iimi lot so many yenrn bml (Hteapied her hand awl tkuiigbts, wmkl have Wen in a awl strait had it wot been for the 3Mlldra. "1 loves gramma," tabl little IM one day, m she mounted her grandmother's knee. Me do, too," ehimed the bab., elimldHg up beside her siMer. "Makes me think, Hesba," said her kHslwud, a sudden mist dimmiHg kk glasses, "of the times you km' to ait Holdin' dany an Kuth." IlesWs eyes alik grew misty, for there were two little graves in the far corner of the garden; but the prattling children on her lap left no time for remhiiseenee. , ' "Ho put 'em down, an' let 'ana 'muse 'emsulves. You cuddle 'em too wueh," fretted Miranda.

"Oh, I like to have 'em 'round me," said Hesba. Hut Miranda frowned. "They're gittin' 'mos' as bad as Jason," she complained to herself. "They think there's nobody like that ol' woman." Hut Hosba was lieginning to tire of the new order of things. Miranda was an excellent housewife; she kept everything trim and orderly, and let nothing go to waste; but her vigilant ways made Hesba feel like a prisoner in iter own bouse, and at last the moek spirit rebelled. The occasion was Miranda's interference one morning when Hesba had gone into the kitchen to make a cup of custard for ler husband, a dish that no one else could make quite to tbe old man's taste. "I can't Mure havin' other folks putterin' ronn' my kitehen," said the younger woman, with marked emphasis on the possessive pronoun. "Jo more can 1." retorted Hesba, icr blue eyes flashing. Hutshe hated wrangling, and, though quivering with anger, sue waineu away without saying anytning more. 'She'll find out some day who's mis tress here," snapped Miranda to her self. Jason's new business often took him from home for weeks at a time, and it was while he was off ou one of these expeditions that Miranda improved the opportunity to carry out a long-cherished project "Seems to me, gran'ma," she began, warily, huving joined ber mother-tn-law in the sitting-room, armed with her knitting-work, "you're lookin' kinder peaked. If I's you, I'd take a, little trip somewhere. Jason says you've got a brother livin' over in Connecticut. I should think ltd oe nice for you to go an' visit him. Why don't you, now?" "Well. I don' know. I never was much of a ban' o go vLsitin'," said Hesba, as unconscious as a baby. And though I don't doubt Ilrother William'd be glad to see us, he s got such a family of his own, I should feel as if we's imnosin' on him." "Might as well impose on him as on folks that's no relation to you." And Miranda's needles clicked viciously. Hesba looked at her in wonder. What do von mean, Miraadv? 1 didn't know's I was imposin' on anybody." "I don' know what else yo can call it," said Miranda, with mere i I ess de liberation! "Vou know well enough that the int'res on the mortgage 'ain t be'n naid for year, an' Jason could turn vou out to-morrer if he wanted to," "Turn us out!" repeated Hesba. "Oh no, .Miranuy, he couiun tuo mai, cause father's to have a home here as long as he lives; he's got that down in wntuf !"' "Yes; but you an' father s two differ ent persons, lour name ain't put down on the paper, an' I's on'y sayin' what wo eoHM do if we wanted to. Hut I'm expecting eomp'ny from the city next week, an' Uteould obleege me consid'rable if you'd jus' go over to your brother s an' stay a spell, cause while you's away father could .'deep on the cot. in tbe hall ujdrooai." "Oo an' leave father! Is that what you moan, .Miranuy? It was pitiful to see now wuue ami tremulous she grew, "Why, you wouldn't want to take him with you, when your brother's got such a family already? Wliat M lw the use?" said Miranda. Mie was very willinir to have the old man stay: sbe depended on him to bring all tbe wood and water. Hesba turned to tbe window to catch her breath. Outside, gray clouds were lowering and spiteful gusts wore send ing little coveys oi nrown leaves scur rying through the air. Hut Hesba saw only the tall, gaunt figure in the potato patch, and, throwing a shawl over her head, she hurried out. '1 he old man dropped bis hoe and went to meet her. "If yon go, Hesba, l go, too. you can lepend on that," he said, hotly, when she had told her trouble. Hut after talking it over they decided that unless Miranda, herself brought up the subject they would not mention it again. Perhaps before the week was out Jason would be nthome. And by and by Miranda, who had taken Hcsba's place at the window, saw them coming up from the potato patch hand in hand, the old man walking very erect, his hoe across his shoulder ami tbe little old wife clinging to him like a child. "I s'pose they think they've got it all settled," muttered the woman, "but we'll see." Two days later a letter came to Hesba from ber brother. ",W ben a-wrltin to him," blurted the old man, clenching bis fist. Hesba took no notice of the remark, "He says," she began, "following tbe lines slowly with her dim ryes, "that li.M like vrv much to liavo a visit

from me, an' he hopes I'll come right awaT, 'fore col' weather seta in. Hut heV'fratd I'll have io put up with sleepln' with one o 'lie children, they're so short o' room. " "Then, o' course, that put's an end to father's goin'," said Miranda, coming in noiselessly from the kitchen, the door having been left ajar. "An' to her goin too, I guess, annwercd tbe old mau. "Oh! you shouldn't ray that. nHier. said Miranda. "It'll I. e a real nice little trip for her, and do her lots o good. The old Mian aeewletl, aad tktnpd

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"tike ain't ge with my tonin' to stir a step, aet sent." he cried, aairrilr. '"Sh-b, father,'1 whispered h wife. "Don't let's have nny wwib about iu" Miranda pat her apt cm tohereyea. "I'm sure tkm't want to have no words," she whimperm. Hesba stood up with her hand oa her husband's tdioulder. "We won't say anything more, Miranda. I'll go t William's as soon as I jnn get my things ready, an' stay till your com pany's gone." Miranda walked out of the room without answering. She had gained the day, and there was nothing more to be said, but she still held Her apron to her eyes. The old people had seldom been separated, even for a day, and during the time that intervened they would sit, hand iu hand, by the hour, trying forlornly to find some way of escape from Mlrands's plan. "It's no use, father," sighed Hesba. "She's made up her mind to have me go and to go 'fore Juou comes home, an' she won't r' till she get me out o' the house." "Well, she'll repent it." said the old man, shaking his bead. "Don't father," entreated his wife. '"Tain't for us to make ber repent it." It was not until the time came to say good-by that the children began to comprehend that she was going away. "Gramma mustn't do." cried little Delia, clinging to Hcsba's skirts, and then the baby set up a wail and re fused to be cofhforted. Hesba strained the little creatures for a moment to bur bosom. "I don't want any harm to come toyou, Mirnndy," she said, turning to her daughter-in-law. "but I can't help fearin' tbatseparatin father an' me, a. you're, doin', the Lord may see fit to separate you from some o' them you love." That was her farewell word. When Jason came home tbe -following week it was an easy matter for Miranda to make him believe that bis mother had gone of her own free will to visit her brother, the old man, obedient to his wife's entreuty, keeping silent She took much credit to herself for having mauajgfcd it so well. Her vlsitois came and went, but she said not a word about Hcsba's coming home. Not even the old man's pleading eyes could move her. Cqc morning in November while Miranda was busy in tbe kitchen little Nan wandered into the yard and amused herself for half an hour chasing the chickens. Tbe ground was covered with slush and that night the child was seized with diphtheria. Tor three days she lay tossiug and moaning, and almost the only words that passed her Hps wore: "Gamma!, I out gamma." "Uaby can't have gran'ma. Gran'ma's Rone," said Miranda. "Mourner's here to take care o' Nan." Hut she was not skillful at nursing. Nan crew rapidly worse, still moan ing for "gamma;' and death came with the suddenness characteristic of tbe disease. Jason reached home the day before the funeral. He was almost heartbroken. "You'd ought to seat for mother," he said at onee. "1 don't know what for," Miranda protested, in an injured voice. "The doctor an' me did everything that could be done, an' there wouldn't bo any earthly use sending for ber now." A day or two later little Delia came aad leaned against her knee as she sat sewing. "I want my gramma," said the child, with a long-drawn sigh. "I want her to tell rac stories." "Delle seems to think he hoi's a mortgago on mother," said the old man; "an' I guess it's legaler 'an the one some other folks bol'." Miranda winced, but she was toe wise to make him any answer. "Goto gran'pa," sbe said to Delia. "Ho'll tell you 'bout Jack the Giant-killer." "I doesn't want to hear 'bout Jack 'e Giant-killer." said the child, perversely. "(Irxmma she telle.l m. stories 'bout little ehiUen love on-i anuvcr." Her grandfather took her on his knee. " That was said for grown-up folks as well as for little children," he remarked, looking furtively at Miranda, "an' it means that everyliody ought to be lovin' an' kind to each other." "Gramma was lovin' an' kind," said Delia. The old man laid his cheek against hers, but he drew back with a startled face. "Why, Mirany, this child's sick!" he exclaimed. "She's got a ragin' fever." Miranda threw down her sewing and snatched the child away from him. Delia was her idol. "1 want, granmia," repeated tbe little one, drowsilj'. Just then Jason came in. "Go telegraph for mother," cried Miranda, "Tell her not to wait for anything." When the doctor came the next afternoon he found his little patient nestled in Hcsba's lap, while.close beside them, his chin on his cane, and his face beaming like a lover's, sat the old man. "Ah, she is better," said the doctor. "She is getting on finely." "We're all better," piped the old man, blinking behind his glasses. "We've got our gramma back," said the child, contentedly. Mary U. Slight in Harper's llazar The Switch Parstte. Tills is the story told by an old Swiss chronicle: The magistrates of the Swiss town of Hrngg assembled in council, and resolved to raise a forest of oak trees or. the common. Then the citiaens sallied forth on a rainy day, made holes in the ground with canes and sticks, dropped au acorn in every hole, and trampled the dirt down vith their feet Tints tlicy sowed upwavds of twelve sacks of acorns; and when the work was dowe, each citizen received a wlieaten roll for a treat, tlie expense helng defrayed by the town treasury. Alas! the acorns lay too deep in the ground, which, besides, had been trodden down too firmly tY so many fe.r the seed never came up. -Harper's Young I'ee-

"OOMPufcr PROTECTION, ' SAMffrwHitM W. I WIUh. f H'ti.t VlrHh!h, Shw Hhw Mi (.' HHlit l'rM t Un" u I vii Mrtaw HpKlHUrT4il tHt lew ImletrHM Mm AmUni Iks Wwkn. When the conference report upon his bill was about to pass the hotiMt Maj. MeKinley, ia reviewing it provUlona. said: "Nothing has been done in the metal schedule that can eall for a reduction of wages or dimminution of the number of employes. " Iu fact, th metal seheduie was made up and dictated by the American Iron and Steel aseotiia'hn, just as the other schedule of the MeKinley bill were made up and dictated by the receivers of taxes, without regard for the interests of the payers of taxes. In tbe May following: its passage Mr, Swank, the secretary of the association, in hit report to its president, said of it: "During the long period in whleh this measure received the consideration of ronerass the views of this association

concerning the proper framing of tbe metal seheduie of t'.ie new tariff wor' frequently solicited and were promptly givun," and that those views werd saorudly respeotod is implied in his next sentence: "This sc'nelule, as it whs Anally adopted, N, in my judgment, the most harmonious and completely protective of all tbe metal schedules that have evr formed part of our tariff legislation." "Our iron and steel manufacturers hare reason to be thankful that tbe new tariff alequately protects their interests from injurious foreign competition aad also adequately protects all ether American interest, it working admirably." In connection with Maj. Mclvinley's statement and with the assurance of the secretary of tbe Iron and Steel association that the new tnrlff is "the most harmonious and e, mpletely protective of all the metal schedules ever formed," and adequately protect tbo manufacturer' interests, it will be interesting to read the following lists of reduction of wages in the iron and steel industries of the country, compiled from recant notices by the New York Times: Kkaih.vo. Pa., Jan. 2 Yosterday the reduction in the wag.s of the employes of tbo llrooke Iron Co. at Itirdsboro, this county, annnouneed some time ajfo, took effect, and all the puddlers, heaters and other emplo3es continued at wprk excepting some of the nail feeders. The firm employ near ly 400 hands. Philadelphia Ledger (Rep ), January 27, IS'JJr The wages of tbe puddlers in the cut ploy of the Chesapeake nail works at Harrisburgh, Pa., have been reduced from $4 per day toS'150 per day, taking effect on tbe 15th inst Iron Ago, Feb ruary 18, 1S02. On the same day a reduction in wages varying from 7 to 11 per cent. went into effect at the Central iron works, Harrisburgh, Pa. Iron Age, February 18. !& Cofrode & Saylor of the Heading Rolling Mill at Reading, Pa., on Thur day night notified their employes of a 10 per cent reuwetloa or wagjs. It take plaoe next week. The firm employs about 80 hands Iron Age, February 25, 1992. Also by Assoeiated Press, February 19. Early last week the Jefferson Iran Works of Steubenvllle, 0., notified their nailers of a reduction in wages amounting to 35 per cent This was afterward withdrawn. Iron Age, February SB, 18W. The Columbia Iron A Stoel Co.. of Pittsburgh, whose plant is located nt Uniontown, Pa., have made a demand for a reduction of 25 percent, in the wages of their employes. Iron Age, February 25, 1892. The Pottsvllle (Pa.) Iron & Steel Co., will reduee the wajres of iu employes at Pottsville 10 per cent. Iloston Commercial Bulletin, February 20, 18P3. 1'iTTsnOROH, Pa.. Fell. 23. Following the dissharge of the puddlers from all the furnaces at .1. Painter's Sons' mills last week came the dismissal of 203 puddlcMon Saturday by Jones & Laughlin. There is but one tiling to do, and that will lie to reduce tbe waircs of puddlers. Special dis patch to tboChiengo Inter Ocean (Hep-). February 211, 1832. It has been definitely decided hi the tin plate manufacturers, that wages on black plates must bo reduced. Pittsburgh special to Philadelphia Press (Hep), March 2,lSi. We can state that all the nail factories In the Pittsburgh district are being operated under private arrangement with their men as regards wages to be paid for cutting nails. While it U true reductions have recently taken plaee nt one or more mills, the mec have no recourse in tbe matter. Iron Age, March 8, 1S92. The "harmony" of the schedule must be something ravishing' to the ears of the worklnirman. All tne music seems to be cn a single string. Letter to St. Louis Republic. RECIPROCITY BY TAXATION. WHO l'y thn Nufr on Vt-HetHelMfi Cmtrn itiul II Met? On Tuesday last Mr. Harrison isMied a proclamation levying tiixc on coffee, hides and sugar imp it) I into this country from Venezmj a Haytl and Colombia. He levte 1 3 ccnU per pound on coffee, IK eents per pound on hides and T-io of a cent per pou id on sugar testing 75 degrees by the polnmcope, with 2-100 cant for each degree above that up to 13 Dutch standard. The lax on sufar is of little eonsiquence, as we import none from th&te countries, except some 8115,000 worth (1801) from Cclombia 'he other taxes aro miu'h more important During the fiscal year ended Jane !0, 18DI, coffee was imported from these three oomilrie in valne as follows: VeziKl.... ..tlO.Htt.HTS Colftfsbie . ., . tt , ,,,,. 2,191,811 Haydn.. ,,... l,!WH,si3 Total. .... ......... ........ 1. 1 .. . ,,W1 liiirlng thee i me veur from the Rame countries hides wcr Imported In value as follow.-,; Vmcattolti.., 44itOttletM; 4l Uai-ll........ 7I.UW Tetal...

The valuv of the total imp rta of Affew into the United spates from all sewMKift for thtftaws period was MM, its,777. The eotf that Mr. Harrion has decided to tax was. tttereivHV. ivy pr eeat. tad over, or, roundly, Is per coat of ihi total supply of the eowatry. The average prtae of the coffee imported from these countries was 18 M eeat per pound, ami the tax of 3 seats per pound U a httle over 18 per eeat of the cost It would also be equivalent to ti par eenu tax oa the total importations from all aoureea, The imports of hides from all countries for 1S91 were H7,W0,75e. The imports from these three countries were, therefore, it per eeat an I over of the total amount As the quantity of hides is not given, we are not able to state what rata of taxation the IK eents per pound would amount to. It U, of course, impossible to calculate exactly the effect of these taxes upon the trade in the various artieles, and upon their coit to the consumer. The theory under which they are lmp.ed is that they will lessen the demand for coffee and hhles in Venezuela, Columbia and Hay li, and so indict punishment upon these countries for their "reejproeally unequal and unreasonable" duties on American good. Hut

it is plain that if the American demand remains the same, the demand oa these countries can only be decreased by transferring it to others, where the priee will be aeeordiagly enhanced. Ia the main, tbe tax will be paid by the American exporter, who will add it and a little more to lib prices to the jobber or manufacturer, who will re peat tbe process to the retailer, until the consumer will pay the tax and a considerable addition. Under these circumstances it is well to see what our trade to these coun tries is, since the sole-avowed purpose of taxing our own people is to force these countries to re luce or abolish their taxes on our goods. The value of our exports for 1SD1 wa as follows: enexuela ,,...T i,.ib.m. Colon Ms ...., Haytl 5,!W,178 Total M3.I14.4M The value of the imports which it is now proposed to tax was, lor tne same period, of coffee, H5 295.6-20; of hides, ?,6tK),lC, or a total of Sl(5,035,T0. Mr, Harrison, then, has decided to tax a trade of Sl, 000,000 in order to compel a reduction of taxation on a trade, at most, of a little over 518,000,000. We do not know what pa t of this latter trade is now taxed by these countries. It ts probably considerably less than the whole, an I to the extent that it is less the absurdity of tbe operation is tfruater. Our exports to these countries are varied, and of no one article are they very important In the exports to Venezulca, for in stance, amounting in all to 4,710,047, food products are about 2, 000,000, the chief items being as follows: litmus and peas...., M.13I Potato.. , Lard WfrA llutter , $V Wheat flour bOM Dreads-tuns .8M Breed , M.1 Cora Total M,MM The next most important export was of eotton cloths, fi4,4. Of manu faeturea there were some $T59,M0; of illuminating oil, SlS&oee; of ehemieaU and medicines, flSO.OOO. Certainly trade of this sort is desirable aad profitable and Is eapable of some expansion, and the government should do nothing to interfere with it Hut it is a very clumsy and unreasonable way to go about it to tax the American consumer of a necessary of life like coffee and the materials of an extensive industry like hides. If the various countries thus threatened yield, that will be Mr. Harrison's good luck. But if they do not yield, the disturbance to trade will be considerable. The only possible palliation of his silly attempt at legislation is that it is, fortunately, on a relatively moderate scale. Within its limits, however, it is about as foolish as it well could be. N. Y. Times. EXPORT TAXES. A Taj oh thfi I'HyiHttiit Far HrrwltnR'4 Hxportdil U Iteally 'nx n the KxporU. As long as the exporters of the Mississippi valley cannot get hack from their European markets without being heavily fined on all manufacture.! merchandise thev try to bring back in exchange for their surplus they must use their exported surplus to bid for gold in Europe, bidding up the price of gold and forcing down the price of their surplus. In a famine year they can get cold cheaper in Europe so ! much cheaper that the Mckinley bill does not stop the export trade; but an the average year they bid g.dd so high that they cannot dispose of their surplus except in decreasing quantities. This the Harrison a 1 ministration is obliged to confess in tbe treasury revjrt on foreign cimraerce for 181, jus. issued. A taWe in this report gives die avcrare exports of loading articles for 1891, compared with the average for the preceding five years, showing a marked falling off in the exports of corn and cornmeal, wheat and wheat flour, barley and all other grain tobacco and dair products The value of corn and oornmeal exported In 1891 was 510.284,000 less than the average exports of the precudin? five years The effaetn of the republican tariff on the wheat and breadstuff exports ol the valley states are illustrated in the following tablet i7rerfti Exports. M,(,r$. I W0.. ""'2'!Iiinr W ...,.... ... "jf, lnfl .......... . ...... ... .. ...n..iw.em t(H8 .......... .. SW.ft'J.iiOO HW i,w. -v 1 HVt UH) HH) IS-T .... I H ........ ! 1 WO INI .lftl.MW.WX! ite zk mV&imm m.4s JHai.e ( ....... ...... ., 4. ,4 It will lm noticed that the value r.j our total exports of brealstuffa tniidi steadily down nines 1S30. and that they were worth $t0,000,0i)0 less in lrtl than in I SOT. The trade of tbe valley goes steadily from Imd to worse andei the taxes against its return cargo?. There ran be no assurance of prospoi ity for the valley state, until they are assured of their right of way to aiu from tuirhet.-St Louis Republic.

PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Comrade Howard, who baa jetfc Jeltwd the grand army post at Ge town, X. H., is ninety-one years of age. le was a private in the Feertk Aew faitipshire. -Mr. Cleveland is W. Senator Gor man t-3, Senator Allison g, Kenaior Cullom ng and Senator Carlisle M. white Holes, Gray and tfherman are last middle life. Grant who mm maugurated at 47, is ssUl to have been the youngest presklent -Iter. C S. Pereiral. an Kptseopsl ehaplain at the Soldiers' home In Marshalltown, la., is about to plli volume of poems. He is a distant relative of James U. Peroival, the New England poet who died in Wisepasia some years ago, and has written meek verse of a high order. The late Sir William White, British ambassador to Turkey, hail a fine old Irish accent It was worth a week of one's lifetime to hear his "Ah, my dear sirr!" words that, coming from his lips, rang through the thickest doors. lie was a man of leonine aspect, tall, stalwart, with a massive forehead and a flowing white heard. He was a busy man, having in bis whole lifetime not passed an idle moment it is said. The Atlians Life-Saving society has decreed fhe, presentation of the great golden' ' medallion to Prince George of Greece for his bravery Ja saving the Ufa of a young naval officer. The sail-boat of the latter was upset in the harbor of Athens, and the prince went out alone in a little rowboat, and rescued the officer from lim dangerous position on the bottom of hia overturned craft The late Prof. Dr. L. 1118110, of Munich, was one of the loading physi ologists in Bnrope to defend the hy pothesis of the mental inferiority of women over against men, chiefly oa the ground of the facts he claimed to hnvc observed that the average weight of a man's brain Is 1,850 gains (gramm). but of woman's only 1,250. After hi denth the post-mortem examination elicited the interesting faot that his own brain weighed only 1,245 grains. Edward Murphy, who was recently killed by a locomotive, at Jackson. Mich., was a most unfortunate man. Thirty years ago he was convicted of murder, and sentenced to imprisonment for life. Ue: had served twenty-fivei years when a dying man confessed that he had committed the crime forwhicl Murphy wtw suffering; therefore the prisoner was released, and tbe stats awarded him a pension of three hundred dollars a year, as somo atonement for the injustice of imprisoning an innocent man. HUMOROUS. The chorus girl who is pretty hut ean't sing must pass at her faee value. Washington Star. "All there is needed for thin business," said tbe auctioneer, "is plenty of wind and sale." Washington Star. Ancestral Com psrisons. Miss Illenrbndd (proudly) "My grandfather warn a Virginia Tayloar." New by-"Indeed! Well, to be equally candid, mine was atJersey City bateher." Puek. Wanted a Pony. Little boy "Xowr that you're got sister a piano I think; you might buy me a pony," Tap "Why?" Little I Joy "so I emn get. away from the piano." Good News. Irish Woman "Take me seat" Dude "Ah. thanks but " Irisl Woman "Och, take it! Yedo'tloolc able ter shtand. Oi'm more or a mam thin yez be." -Harper's Weekly Hasar. "How do yon like the city bustle?" she said to the visitor from the country. "I don't know." he answered, rather abashed. "It kinder struck me that they warn'C wearin' 'em any more." Washington Star.i A Lesson. Sunday-School Teacher "What lesson do we learn from Gcor Washington's life?" Scholar (in the last row) "It's always bettor to climb tb tree when yon want to steal cherries instead of chopping it down and fretting' found out." Urooklyn Jbagle. Loved Mathematics. Proud Father (whispering) "That littfle boy irf min is a iKirn mathematician; just lovoa mathematics. Lookathim. He'sbcem

fitruring for a full hour by the clock." Studious Hoy "I'm Igarin' up hour many days it is to vacation." Good News. Equipped for Travel. Iloston Ma hi (iu Hub lKokfitoro) "I ma competed to go to New York for an extended sojourn. Have you a New York fguide?" Clerk "I regret to ssy, madam, that we have not'" Hosirin Maid "How unfoi lunate. Well, give me a dictionary of American slang." N. Y. Weekly. Actions Speak Louder. Counsel "Will you tell the jury. Mr. O'Hanlan. what the .prisoner said to you?" Vitness "Yer banner, If wan o' the djurymin will shtep over forcninst me frona beyant there, it's wid pleasure Ol'll telt hint this same." Counsel "Come, nonsense! Tell the jury from whem you are what the prisoner said." Witness "An, falx. how can 01, sor? Th wretch only spuk to me wid his boot!' Fun. "If this is yonr final answer, Mia noblnson." the young man said, wltk ill-concealed chagrin, as lie picked up his iiat and turned to go, "I oan do nothing but submit. Yet, has, it never occurred to you that when a ladjr passes tbo age of thirty-seven she ia not likely to find herself as mncH sought after by desirable young mem as she once was?" "It occurred to m,e with sudden and painful distinctness when yon offered yourself just sow, she replied. "Good-night, Mr. Jones!" He Got His Sleep. Doctor "I ae what the matter is. You do not get sleep enough. Take this prescription to a drugglstM." Mr. Blinkers "Thamk you. I presume that's what's the matter." Doctor (next day) "AH, go! morning! Yon are '.ooking much better to-day. Slept last nlffht, dklat yon? Mr. Hlinkers-"Slcpt like a tojs. Heel irst-rnte " Doctor "How many deeem of thai opiate did you take?" Mr. Miakert (In surprise) "I dkl't takav any. I gave It ti the WVy." X. X; Weekly.