Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 36, Number 21, Jasper, Dubois County, 2 February 1894 — Page 3

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l iüB TO HA1TINESS. HV l.U'T. J.WK CKAWniltl. ..y.. our marriage was a wildly rom ,'..', and it was doubtless the

,,t Willig cere"

wlx! wuic worm. vie, m.-a.

l.. honst; ami prepare our

aarprhtc, that Cassie was a skilled ami j girl, ami found It warmly reciprocated.

during rider, und could tliruw a rope with an experlness which any knight of the sudd'.e might well envy. On our ride homeward when a great long-horn fcteer proved rebellious and broke from the bunch and took the hack trail with head and tail in the air, hhe gue chaw, gracefully swinging her rope, and caught and threw the big animal m heavily that wliec released he was glad to hasten back to his place and remain there for the re.st of the drive. When nea ring' the hme ranch I ventured to tell Cuie of Zack Harstow's threat, ami, looking kilo my face, she earnestly faid: " J have abhorred that man ever

since ho lirst came on the range, and

la tli"

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F " mvlilln vou do Ml 1 will tell

IUI" )..i.iS. i fil n:in:i rci'anls him !IS (Hie (if hU VLTV

1 ; best men. His acttoiib are disgusting

to me, and I always feel a strange mi

th.

ifnl little woman smilingly

. . , 1i..ril...rulniiinU easiness when in his presence. Do be

1 .. x ...1 IMt IIJ . - . - t -

i . that her husband must chv-ely fol

the lines o: iaa, " j,r iu eloquent words as he sonietl'tt did W tt re sitting on the veranda of i great Kocky I tend ranch, oa the jv river, in New Mexico. I had r i.'d there the previous evening, v.. . . u"l with a long ride on the trail of H , renegade Mescalero Apaches, anil tia letermiued to rest a day before ' . .. . ... ia.-. i

.tt jig out lor my iji.iiv -.. v. ..

I i.a .i. if ten heard of the queer marriage

of 1 . k Arnold, then but a common c O..V. to the pretty daughter of old Sayles. the wealthiest cattle king in t i-e valley, and now that I was the ! of the hero and heroine of that I rule, 1 was eager to hear the story fr m his own lips. "I f.rst struck Saylcs' ranch four y.-s ago this spring." Arnold Wgan. "I t.ai drifted up from the range down t ,.. ltmzie. in Texas, seeking a

ci rntry more to my liking, and after , wir.tingon various ranches along the tra ; I came to this valley, and it suited nie. The spring round-up was coming or. and old man Say Its was short of ri ers. anil 1 soon broke a mount of tl.- lmrs.es and went to work. 1 reckon 1 tad worked there about three weeks be re I saw his daughter, Cassie. I ncu'r had occasion to go to the big; ho jsc, and she never happened to visit the cowboy's quarters when I was present . but I'd heard of her very oltcn. -r every man in the vallev was in love vi - ii her, and the pralscsof her beauty an l western accomplishments were a i.-st becoming- tiresome to me. I ha 1 come from a land noted for its pr ty women, and 1 often told nay fel1... r.ders that if they could see a few Tca ranch girls they would, no diiubt. t..m.c Miss Cassie a very ordinary creature. "inc morning white wo were saddling tr fr the day's work the old man came to the corral, and with him came

.laughter. J tell you. Jack, that n she familiarly spoke to some of Uys near me, and then witn a y smile turned her bright eye ou and politely bowed. I almost lgnt the broncho I was saddling' turned on me and kicked :ne right

oxt r the heart. Her beauty was a reve . to me, and from that moment I v,... numbered viith the devotees who

h s v. tl. tlu

careful and don't anger him, for I be

lieve he has murder in his heart.' "I will not go into the details of the occurrences of the next few months further than to relu'e one incident: With the foreman and every man on the ranch xcepting Harstow, I was on the most friendly tenn.i, hut the big fellow hated me bitterly and did not try-to disguise his feelings toward me. He annoyed me in every possible inan- , ner, but, at Cassic's request, 1 paid little attention to hi actions. Several times white He was conversing with old Hob, I noticed that both he and the old man would cast furtive glances toward

me, and when the wealthy raneh owner assumed a cold, indifferent air to- ' ward me 1 knew that Zack was poison- ! iug him against me. j "One day I had ridden to a ranch a ! few milrs distant ou an errand for I our foreman. I had no arms with me, and was totally unprepared for what . was to follow. While riding quietly 1 homeward. I heard horse's hoofs beating the ground behind me.,and, glancing back, saw Harstow riding rapidly on my trail. As he came on he took down and coiled his iarmt and run out the noose, and when about a hundred feet distant cried out: " 'I've got you at last, you high-toned duck, an Tin goin" to rope you an' drag the life out o' you.' j "lie came on. swinging his rope for a throw, and, being unarmed, 1 put my horse to its utmost speed to escape him.

I knew the heartless mllian would endeavor to carry out his threat aud drag nie to death behind his horse, and my

onlv chance of eseaps was in being able

to dLstauce him ami reach the raneh be

fore he could carry out his murderous

design. Wcrode forabout a mite with

oat any perceptible change in the dis

tance between us. and then the supe

rior wind of his horse began to tell.

and he rapidiy gained on ine. I con

fcs that I was thoroughly frightened,

fo the thought of being dragged to

death behind a hor.e was a frightful

one. I knew the villain had conceived the idea that when my horse would reach the ranch rideriesa a search would

W instituted, and when mv lifeless

bodv should be found the inference!

would be a natural one that I had been thrown and dragged to death. Tiirnni" mv head to mv pnrsuer so I

Shu told me she hadloved me from tk

day of our ride on the round-up, and slyly added that she had always felt very happy, for she could read my love for her In my eyes, and she knew I would some day tell her of it. With her permission I went to ask her fathera consent to our marriage, and my golden hopes seemed dashed to earth at my reception. The old man tlew into a violent rage, cursed nie for my assurance, and commanded me to leave the ranch at once and forever, I feared he would assault me, so great was his anger at the thought that a common cowboy should aspire to the hand of his daughter and endeavor to take from him the pride and joy of his life. "Inside of an hour I had packed up anil was riding away, cursing the fates that had been unkind to me. I secured work on the XTC ranch, about six miles distant, and, in a few days, through one of my old companions on the Sayles ranch, sent my betrothed a long letter, declaring that she would yet be mine, and bidding her hope for the be.st Two days later came a reply couched in terms of the most devoted love, assuring me that, though she might not we me again for years, she would tie faithful to me, but expressing the hope that in time her father would relent and crown our happines with his consent to our union. Through the same faithful messenger we main-

BOLD TOM

Hi Krplr ta

JOHNSON.

Iho (.'loakmakviV l'lra far I'rotrelloii.

The following letter furnished to tha aewspapsrs by Congressman Tom L. Johnson e.vpla ns itself: CutvrUA.M. O, Dee ta To Joseph Iictaccu KtBlt Weiseln, Jcsepta FraaSel anil Mlirr, tailor anil ialloree In Ike employ of Mimrn I.asüiHUti, Ulriche!wer & Ca. cloa-i tn muUciurcrs: l-i'lirs atnl GeDl-ian: I h ve rece!vl your eonasu&lrat on arjj tait (rosi MehM. LinJenciin, HlrlelmT & Ca. U fclch you r(er, ablBss me to vou a-jlnt the WlUoa tariff

WH. utiles It 14 ai..ealf 1 ay aUJIc to the duty trn tr cent at vjlorem. vrht:h Jt ji.-oposei, aa 3'Mltlo.TAl alut) of O-i c-ais jor ncuail 1 shall Jo Bothlc? of tho fclud. My objection to iho Wll-oa hilt U bot tb .1 Us done are too low, but i&U they are too WrX I wul do all I eaa to cut Ut dutie down, bat I Hl htrenuou.i!y oppov puttinz them up Vou ask. mi to v.ite to make cloafen artlfUlallr dear How cuj I do um wlmout maUla? it birder for those who need C.oaU t i cev cloiStsy Even Jf thU would u-ant you. woati it not -.njure others? Thera arc many elojUtnakeri In C.eveianl. It U true, but thy are tut lew as cointared with tae c als uers Would vou consider rac an hoaest nrprcenttitive M I would cuaneat tl injua- h many for the WuelH of the fsw. even ihoush the few ia thU ease were yoar-elvei AmI you t els me to deiniad In addition to a man strou ad valor'-sn duty cf It :r cm. a ati.l taeetnossiwas elshtdutTt! 5 i ct-nts a pjumi -a wriRht duty that wilt make th lxrest sewiae siri ueh tax oa her chv.ip shwJJjf cloik a Mr Atoror Mr. Vaaderblll ultl b- cs.tlHl to W oa a c!ok of the Unet velvets and irabroldcrics! you really ant tne o vote w thu put the burden

and sugar bounty legislation and la other ways. Those admhiistratiTe and legislativ

measures, too, were parts of the repub- (

ltcan taritr system. They were intended to deplete the treasury and cut j down the eurrent surplus of revenue over expenditure in order to render it ditllcult if not impossible to relieve the 1

couutre from Its burden ot larlit inutile. They stripped the treasury of resources wi as to shake confidence in Ita ability to meet government obligations on tue gold basis. Thus the tariff legislation and policy were at the bottom of the panie and hastened its coming, though the Sherman act was its more

I immediate and obvious cause. It was

essentially a tariff panic. And so it was in another and more radical sense. Stalwart and overgrown

i infants were fed with larger sioons in ithe government almshouse, and more and more struggling infants were Uiken in until there were more inside than outside, and those inside were de

vouring one another s portion anil eating one another's head off. The insiders were levying greater and greater contributions upon the oppressed outsiders, trying, meantime, to pacify the latter by ptts-dng back empty dishes labeled -duties on farm products." And so dog ate dog and all the dogs ate sheep, until the supplies were on the noint of giving out and the whole

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ofuxitka on ths iwwr. while letting the rlcn colossal system o, reciprocal ni.uw" i.nw! Whether vou want me to or not. 1 wl;i r.vuK- t enllans. It needed but

tained a constant correspondence, and, tio-.doit an ,.mptv treasurv aud a note of alarm at last, despairing of ever obtaining the ; TO;h?YIr I to bring'it down'with a crash. It was

co reason la aw mind for kecptns up the tariff, indeed a tariff panic and it is now a On thecontrjry.lt is the stronset reason for j tariff depression. And there is no abollstt g H al;oethtr. There are lot of preVi;ntjn., tj,e recurrence of both with roaita m thti couairv nho would be n-tceU " ,,..,. .,,1 wvirit s'iva tor-t tItksochiph-loH of ome who increasing frequencj and sclent, save sust now pinch and train to cut a cloak, lot s by the total abandonment of the nbomof women n ha cannot no aCitd to buvcloilis. ; nable system under which a horde of

and must car old or cast-off garments or i,uncrv industries is quartered upon

old fathers consent, we planned an

elopement to a neighboring Mexican village where we could be married by

the native justice of the peace. I rode to the county seat and procured a li

cense, and so perfect were our arrange

ments that promptly at the appointed

hour Cassie met me at the rendezvous

fixed upon and rode off in the direction

of the Mexican town.

We had gone perhaps a mile when.

on looking back, I observed a cloud of dust, in tiic breast of which two hotse-

men were galloping swiftly after us. As they drew near I recognized them as old man Saylesand Harstow, who had recovered from his injuries, and from

H u nm cBiniia jusu .u. . 4. - im.,... p:iv..,,.

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'I ntOSOUXCE YOU MAN' AXD W1FC

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n. . worshiping at the shrine of her ' y.Z.'Z 1 e xes, Vou have sec,, W Ä - needs' of dr t neiaipression her lieaaty made on ut abaut fifty yards bel .ni 1 IIa The .ligniu- of wifehood adds to wouhl-bc murderer, gracefulb swin - r, .,,r than detracts from her girlish In her Jht evt-re nerve in resoonse to tue toucn oi

grj and loveltness.

Hoys, the old man said, 'Cassie has

a notion that she'll rule oa Uie iu-up to-.lay. The little gal's been :-a'.ed a long time in the house Ipin her mother, an' a whirl over range'll do her go.nl. One o' you h up a hoss fur her. I had often heard and read of lore rst sight, bat never believed, such a

ta n possible until that morning. My w ..ie soul imeil to go out to that I autiful girl, and deep in my heart I ft .t a presentiment that our meeting in through corral was the Unt link in w .iat would one day 1h a golden chain

t. t" o tt:. . at

an it'll 1m? a long time afore I kin do

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..: ,t.-iii any movin o my owu aixui.

Alii I Ut' n lliiili itvu, . ,

thy asserted itself, and bidding me hasten to the ranch for assistance she

dismounted to render such aid as she could to the wounded man. i had gone but a short distance when 1 met one of the 1ms from the ranch leading l'.arstow's horse chind

ve. 1 on can picture 1113- joy neu . old man said: : rnold has been pnt onto the K.thest strip o" country to-day, Casaa' I reclcon you'd letter ride with

1. m. Take gool care o' her, Dick, an' .i n t ride too hard, fur the iittle gal's, hud rnore housework than outdoor fun la -i.V. an ain't toughtetied up like she us"U to be. . i stepped forward to assist the girl 1 t mount, assuring the old man that s.ic should Ihj carefully looked after.

As I took hold of her dainty little foot

t- place it in the

through ine and stronger and stronger gea the presentiment that I had found tnv affinity, and that destiny would li'vt, our future lh'CS together. 'There was some con fusion in riding through thegat- of the corral, in which a tmrly rider named Zack Harstow. a in. .n to whom 1 had taken a great dis- 1 li.ee on account of his bullying ways

atj'i profane language, rode close to me and said: " m'ra a piliu on a heap o agony fur a new man on the range. Look out that you don't get trimmed down, d n y.u. "Hcfore I could reply he hit his horse T.iih the spurs aud was dashing away in he direction assigned him by the fxrruisn. I felt that the speech was pr itiiptcd by mad jealousy, and I res' 'Ivcd that after becoming acquainted w:th the young girl I would warn her against him, for I knew he was an unprincipled scoundrel.

"Together we rode down the beautiful valley, Cassie and I, and ere we hml gne a mile we were chatting as socially and merrily as if we had known eaen other for years. 1 found her a charming conversationalist, and, as I had passed through college and had wMi a great deal of the world before choosing the rounh but fascinating life

spon

her spur, rode Cassie 1 saw the rope leaw her hand and fall over llarstow's shoulders: then, as she drew the rein and set the horse back on its haunches, the burly villain was dragged from his saddle and thrown to the ground, while his riderless and affrighted horse ran on toward the ranch. 1 wheeled my horse and rode back in time to hear the brave girl say to the prostrate man: "Oh, yon murderous villain, would you murder a man in cold blood?' l war only a foolin, Miss Cassie, he whined. Ve ofn play at sich games

on the ran"e, an' I only wanted to have

a little fun with the boy. I wouldn't a hurt him fur the world.'

MWt lie to me. you coward!' she

cried, her eyes blazing with aug

excitement. 'iou would have mur-

il..r.l him. and vou know that was

vour intention. Now get upnnd leave.

not only this spot but the country, or I

will send to town and nave you ar

rested for attempted murder.'

'It's eay to talk o' leavin . .Miss Cussie. but not so easy to do with a

broken leg. You've done me up, gal.

if

"POX'T MB TO UK. YOU COWARD.

his own. searching for the rider, who. he thought, had been thrown off. I hastily told him Zack was badly hurt, and bade him hurry to the ranch and

get a wagon and enough men to care-

of a cowboy, I felt that 1 was a not fjjy ijft 1,5,,,, and then rode back to

uninteresting companion lor ner. 1 Cassie and her wounded charge. 1 Hon 1

fche possessed that charming frankness and unstudied grace of manner so characteristic of our western girts, and through her conversation ran a vein of droll wit that more than oncecauscd us to make the ralley ring w ith our laughter. "Uurlnjr th uaj I learned, to mj

know what promises he had made the

girl, but she asked m to let It be known that the man's horse had fallen with hitu and broken his leg, and made me promise to suppress the true facts for the present "liut a short time after tl Bt adventure I declared aaj love for the iittl

their actions I knew the plot had been discovered, and they were after us. It seemed but a vain hope that we could reach the justice and have the ceremony performed before being over

taken, but slim as was the hope we eagerly grasped it and urged our horses to their greatest speed. Oa we Hew

like wind, our game little animals straining every nerve, as if conscious of the great responsibility resting upon

their efforts.

"On turning round a low sand hill .n

the alley we noticed but a short distance ahead a horseman riding leisure

ly toward us

"'Theres Tony uui. tne cownoy

preacher. Cassie cried. 'He may help us. .

I recognized mm in tne uisiauce.

and veiled to him to wheel his horse

and ride beside ns. His trained animal responded quickly to the spur, and as we dashed along I explained to him the situation, handed him the license and begged htm to then and there perform the quickest marriage ceremony in all his experience as a preacher in the far west. lie glanced over the oflicial paper to satisfy v - U of its genuineness, and crir .. "Join r right hands, and keep your spurs working on your horses. 'We did so, and, dashing along at hma!rnek snecd. our promises were

made to love and cherish each other j through life. At this point the preach- j er s horse stepped in a prairie dog's j hoie and fell, throwing him heavily over its head, but springing quickly to his feet, he yelled after us: 1 pronounce you man ant' wife, and what God hath joined together let no man put asunder. We were married, firmly and legally married, and slipping my arm around the waist of my wife, I drew her

toward me and imprinted a kiss on her trembliug lips, the first marital kiss. Our horses were yet Hying over the ground at a fearful pace. (Glancing back. I noticed that Pony 1Ü11 had halted our pursuers, and was waving h:s broad sombrero as a signal for us to return. As we reined in our faithful steeds .Uarstow galloped back toward the ratten, leaving the old man alone with the cowboy preacher. We rode slowly back, cxpec'.ing to meet the wrath of the fatherfor we knew that the preacher had told him we were married. As we rde up there was a strange look on the old man's face, an expression that seemed a mixture of chagrin, astonishment and

admiration. Advancing to meet us, lie said: M'.y Godfrey, boy. I like your narve. Clean grit will win with ine every time, an a man that ll work that hard fnr a wifedesarves her an' "11 make her a good husban. Gimme ycr hand, Dick, you dtiraed aggravatln' repcrbate, fur I ain't a goin' to kick bekae I'm a loser in the game. I welcome ye, boy. as my son, an' cf yon always show- the crit Voü have in thus jamboree, I'll be

dashed ef 1 won't be proud o you. Git down ofFn your boss, an give ycr oY dad a kiss. .Mrs. Arnold, fur he ain't a goin' to lay this up agin ye. an' he'll give you youngsters a start ib life sich as no couple ever got in thi tarritory o' New Mexico or anywhar che.' "The old man kept his won! aad stocket! this ranch in great shape, ad from the start he rave ns we hT W tome very well fixed In life."

ae shosld nbo'.Ua every tax that makes it birder for th-ra 10 clothe thenieJvesJ So I wi 1 do nothins to keen up dnttes. I williloeverylhlns I can to cat ihem down 1 do not beltcve ia tax ins one citizen for ihe purpose of enrich c; another cititea You elected me on inf declaration that 1 was oppowi to irotection, billeviujr It but a scheme for enablins the few to rob lit taany, and "thit I was opposed evea to a tariff for revena?, bsl evinn that the only Just ay ot raidnj revenues i by the sins'.e ux upoa laniva.u-s So loa; sis I continue to represent you in conrres I shall act on the principle of equal rish's 10 ail and special Privilegs to naar. and wherever I can abolish aar of the taxes that are bow levied on

labor or the products of labor 1 will do It. and where 1 casaot abolish 1 wit do my best to reduceWhen you get tired of that you can elect come one in mt pla.c who suits you better If you want duties kept up. you taay get au honest protectionist that will ssrve you; you canao: pet aa honest free trader. Hot I believe thit you have only 0 thick of the matter to see that ia adberine to principle

I wilt be actic? for the bc.it lalcrets of all workinr men and wor.ea. yourselves among

he number This demund for prutec'.ivedutlcs for the benefit of the Aiarlcaa workin?raan i

the veräe t hau. You caaaot protect labor c

putting Import duui on ctK Protection makes it harder for U- masses of or.r people to live. It may Increas- the pror.W or favored capitalist It may auild up trust, and create rxt-at fortua- but it cannot ral wae. You know vourelves whatyoar employers par you

in r-a-w 1W4 nut deos d oa what any tariC

miy enable theta to mike, but ua what ih?y

:aa pet others to take your place for. 10a have to staal the competition of the labor market way then hoall you try ta shut yourselves out from the advinlJUCS that the competition Of thesool market shanld si vc to you It b cot protect las tha; makes wages higher her thaa ia Germany. Ther were higher here b fore w; had tur protection, aid in the saturn Ha of protection that ha rt-IgaeJ hera for som year past you have s-eea wagi codowa untd the country I now crowded with tram?, and hundreds of thousand of raea arc bow supported by eharltr. What made wires higher thaa la Germany Is ihe freer acces to land, tao na'tiral mean of ail production and ai that i c!oh1 up and monopoly sets la wa;e mut decline What labor needs I cot protection, but Justice cot lesalixed nsir.ctions wuUh permit ose ct of men O ut their fellows, but free opportunity to all for the exertion of their on powers

The r-al i.trtar;lc for tte right of labor anu lor thrxe fair warm which coa-dt In the full earnings of the labor t the stmgsle fjr fretdota aud against monopolies and restriction. And ia the eflvrt to cut doaa protection it is tlmidlv beginning 1 -shit: n'ippor t the WiKon bill Ith alt my ability and all m str-ngih. Yuo very respectfully, To:i U Johnson.

Ingarmy upon an enemy s cuuuirj. Chicago IlerahL

LAYING UP WRATH.

Mnnnfarturcr OWcharglnjj Worlcnien for

II:tl"C Vlpirit of Their Own on the Oui-ttittn of rrott-ctimi. There are certain tariff fanatics in

various pans 01 tne couuwy who aie discharging democrats from their em

ployment, or making discrimination against democrats. There was a rather

celebrated case in Ohio in .Mr. .MeKin-

ley's district two or three years ago. where a manufacturing linn discharged a number of men with whom they found no fault except that they had voted for Mr. McKinley' opponentThere was another case of the same kind at Xorwalk, Conn., a few days ago, and there is a fresh outbreak at Ambler, l'a., where a manufacturing company has given public notice that it will hereafter give a preference to republicans as against democrats. It is "a curious state of mind that these lieople have got themselves into. They are all working, tooth and nail, to defeat the Wilson bill, and they must gain a certain numlmr of democratic

votes in house and senate.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. Btratlonnl Itsou for Ifhnary 4, 1M llf-Klimlne of the Hebrew Xatloa Gen. 12!l-i. (Specially arranged from l'clonbet's KoteaJ UOX.UCN Tkxt-I will bless thie, ami mak thy aame great; and thou halt be i blosslnf, Gen. IS i Tin: Section or HiSTOKTbclonijlBK tothki IcsMia includes chapter JCL ami XIL IntukvenIno EVBTs:-l.ItcpopalIIeii the earth lu the tkree lines, Show. Ham aid. Japhcth. to which tho races of cd una thdr languasts aru atlll traceVL U. Tbo Tower of 1 label, tho formation of dlUcrcnt lan uaires, anit the dispersion. 3. The Kcncalogy ül Abraham. TiMti-Abrahuai catered the ProcxUed Land. 11. C. lWI. years after the ilocd, and 479 years before hi descendants took posseisloa of It runo.voLOGY. Abraham was born II C IK5. I C A. M. 2, almost exactly half way between Adam and Christ. Noah died tw year before bis blrlh. Abraham left Ur about n C 13:4 asetl meaty year Ho left Ilaraa and entered Canaan R (1 Httl, n?cd seventyfive. From this date is usually counted tho four hundred and thirty years to the Uxodus. He lived la Canaan and vicinity about one hundred years. II U ItWl-ifttl Pucns Vr, In Chaldia, oa the lower part of the Euphrates. Haran. la Mesopotamia, oa a I ranch of tho I'.upbraus, and various prt of Palestine, then called Canaaa. Un or Tim CiiAMincs. Tlio ruins of this city, called Mugbeir. arc six miles west of tho Euphrates, near where It Is connected with th Tigris, atout one hundred and twenty-five miles above Its entrance Into the rerslan gulf, Her then- have lately been discovered bricks bearing the mark of an ancient kins. UruUh. IXSSON NOTES. The Development of tho World After Noah. Tho new race started on a much higher plane than tho former one. They had learned many lessons from the old world. They had seen the effects of sin. They had records of t J oil's dealings in the past. They stood on the plane of civilization and invention attained before the flood, but with, better purposes and uses. The most noticeable story of this intervening time is that of the confusion of tongues at the tower of Habel, near the present site of IJabylon. The htory represents the beginning' of the diver1 sity of languages, an act which did ! not indeed bliatter the one primitive language into many complete lan- , guapres, but into the beginnings of many, an impulse of the natural development of languages. A very slight , inllttcnce only would be necessary. Note an example in Mark Twain' I "lluek l'anshaw's Funeral," the iutcr-f views between the minister and the miner. Kven those Americans who first attended a Sunday-school conven- , tion in London felt the need of an in1 tcrpreter, different names being so 1 often given to the same thing. The First Call of Abraham. 11:31. Abraham. (1) Name: Originally Abrain, (high or exulted father); changed afterwards to Abraham (father of a tnulI titudo). (2) Parentage: lie was tho son of Tcrah, of the line of Shcra. (.1) 1 Hirth: lie was born at Ur of the Chal- ' dees, IS. C. lt'.0, two years after thcdeatU of Noah, through whom his father could 1 easily have gained a knowledge of tho ! true (loil. "With him begins a new

chapter in tho history of the race."

His Surroundings at Ur. In Abra-

What is the meaning of this discrim- t haJI1.s tjme ti,u c;ty 0f Ur, though now

IT WAS A "TARIFF PANIC.

Infant lnIulrle netting So Tlilrk in the cmrtniirii' Aim t Iou Tltiit Tlier Are

tlttinc tUrh Other.' Hf-td Oft.

Now it is a "tariff pinie." So say all the "nrotcction" authorities from

the U .lohn's to t?an Diego And for o:ee. titey are "ighL though not exaetlt in the slmio in which they use the

term. In 1S7S the mining camps demanded protection, not iu the form of a tariff tax on foreign silver, for that would have done them no good because they were exporters of silver, but in the form of compulsory government purchases. And they got it. .The republicans could not refuse it consistently, bccaue they professed to believe in government aid to every 'Struggling industry that asked for aid." And they could not refuse It without danger of losing the electoral and senatorial

votes of the raining camp states, which were essential to the maintenance of their be.iutiful system. And so the mining camps were eared for. Then came the tariff revision of which under the fale pretense of reducing war duties took more struggling infants into the government almshouse. The tariff panic of lSSt

speedily followed 1 1 was not o severe and prostrating as the panic of 1ST3, but it took the countr? two or throe vears to rally. Next came Harrison, Reed and McKinley in l'JJ with more protection. As Senator Jones, of Nevada, has confessed, the republicans had to make further concevsion to the mining camps

in order to secure the support of the senatorial representative of those camps for the" McKinley bill. Hence the Sherman law, which was tho immediate cause ff the panic. The panic was thus a direct outcome of the repullicin tariff system, for the Sherman law was part and iarcel of that vicious system of legislative dickering and trading and hultdo-sing. And it was hastened and intensified by the republican congress, which emptied the treasury by applying its contents to the payment ot certain bonds as they lwcame redeemable and bv the purchase of a much larger amount not due. It was further hastened and intensified by the McKinley congress which not only cut off 0,(K),0 of revenue by putting raw stigar nn the free list, but also enormously

increased the expenditures by oensiort

ination anyway'.' Democratic working-.

men are as mucu opposeu 10 acreduction as republicans. They believe

that the tar IT is not a factor in determining the rate of wages. A resolution to this effect was actually passed by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers at Pittsburgh nt or hont the time of the strike in the

Carnegie works at Homestead, but the republicans managed to prevent the publication of it at the time. Now, why mat not the men in the Norwalk iron works and in the chemical factory at Ambler, Pa . honestly hold the same opinion? Some of them indeed, all who look to Henry George as an authorityhold that a protective tariff reduces wages, and this is the opinion of the Evening Post also. Cannot a mau hohl th s view, and vote it when the time for voting comes, without being discharged from employment in consequence? Let us put a hypothetical case. Stiopose that the Amalgamated association and kindred bodies throughout the country should pass a resolution that the discharge of workmcu for their political beliefs would constitute a ground for strikes. Cer

tainly the political party discriminated against would make common cause xvith the strikers. Then suppose that the militia were called out to deal with the strike, as they were nt Homestead Is it likely that the democrats would respond with any heartiness to such a call? Is it not likely that they would find means in every case to make the strike successful? We think so. We think also that those fanatics who are advertising their intention to discriminate against the members of a

Iolitical party which constitutes more than one-half of tha people of the t'nited States are preparing a day of judgment for themselves which will 1 most unpleasant when it arclves. N. Y. Pest.

The Ititnl. The really great and beneficent reform of the "bill is the release from taxation of the great basic materials of modern industry. If a large partof our revenues must be gathered from a tax upon consumption, let there be but one tax, and that tax upon the finished product, not upon the processes and materials of industry. If we lay heavy duties on wool, and machinery, ami fuel, and transportation, and dyettiiffs and everything else that goes to the making of the final product, it is clear that thu fabric reaches the consumer freighted with a medley of cu

mulative taxation that is burdensome and oppressive

Hut even more lxmcnctai anu necessary is it to the workingman to have

r.r.taxed materials to work with. His

wages, his steady employment and hl.t personal ability to influence IhjHi, are dejicndent on "a full and expanding market for the product of his labor an t his skill. William L. Wilson, in Foram.

over one hundred miles from the sea, was on the shores of the Persian gulf. Abraham, nodoubt. often walked upon the sands of the seashore, to which the number of his descendants was compared. The city was a great maritime emporium, a walled town, with a high civilization and a large commerce; situated in n marvellously rich country, said to be the original home of tho wheat-plant, and famous for its dates and other fruits. Pomegranates and apples, grapes and tamarisks grew wild. The city of I'r was not only the capital, it was the holy city of the Chaldeans. The remains make disclosure rerrarding' the worship of the gods which must ßhock even those who are familiar with the immortalities frequently fostered by heathen religions. The Call. Ten generations and more than four hundred years have passed since the flood. Again .man goes astray and falls into idolatry and wickedness. There is danger that the truth will again be lost from the earth, und the race ruin itself through sin. Another method of redeeming man, from that ofnir last lesson, is now undertaken, whoso beginnings are recorded in to-day's lesson. The purpose of the Most High was to choose a man, and in him a family and a nation, to be his witness upon tho earth, and the repository of aucient truths and of Messianic hopes, until the fullness of redeeming time should come. Through the training of this family and nation should come the redemption of tho whole world. Therefore God called Abraham to leave his country and friends and move northward to the land of Canaan. The Second Call. For some unknown j reason Abraham nnd his company rc- ' mained nt llaran for a number of years instead of going on to Canaan. Hut 1 Abraham did not know that he was goi ingto Canaan (Acts 7:8: Heb. II:!?.) The 1 statement in 11:81 that he was going to I the land of Canaan tuenns that this was the divine purjiosc, nnd not that 1 it was Abraham's plan, lie remained I in llaran till after his father, Tcrah'a death, and then the Lord showed him 1 that lie was not yet at tho end of his ! journey.

I.IOHT FOlt TO-DAY rilOM .vr. Aacu-ar PILOIIIM. The time life in this world is a pil

grimage from worldlincsa nnd sin to

If all this seems apologetic, it is because I believe that, if tho proposed bill needs any apology, it is to those who looked and voted for a thorough and radical overhauling of our ti.ril! system, not to the inturc.'Acd classes who arc now denouncing the measure s an extreme and destructive proposition. WilU.ua L. WU?.ou, ia Foru.

the promised land of holiness anu Ilea vcu. God calls us all to go on this pilgrimage; to leave all who insist on remaining in sin. however dear to us they may be. God's voice calling us comes from His Word, from tho Holy Spirit, from couseicr.ee, from the tnstltstionsof religion, from Providence. God gives us great snd precious promises to induce us to go. lie makes it reasonable as well ii right These Inducements, as In tlvs case of Abraham, are blessings to ourselves, aa honorable and utcful life, the power of great usefulness and blessings to others, protection, guidance on tha Journey und tho promised laud of Heart n. Faith-nnd faith only. In God ami h Sou will enable us to go on this piU !..,...,. . ...,,1 millnnB to tllC CUd.

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