Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 36, Number 47, Jasper, Dubois County, 3 August 1894 — Page 3

WEEKLY COURIER.

C. DOAXIfi. Publisher. INDIANA AT TH' END O' TH' ROAD. t was born way back at th end o' th' road. Twas there my remembrance of things first uns. JAn' there I lived, played worked an' groaed. ,io natural Ilka an jea becauo I lived At th' end o' th' road. iAt til end o' th' road 'twas much th same This day or tbr.t oxrept 'twas play "When up from th' turnpike some one catnu. An' jos as lone as they happened to stay An' talk. At th' end o' th' road, Ji I strayed away 1 was plad to not homo To th' llttlo red house, where mother an' clad An I had a lltt'e world all our own. Au' Je as wood as anyone had, Out then At th' end o' the' road, "From my attle window 1'vo looked umaied Hour lifter hour at th' turnpike's line, "'A yellowish streak, till I Krew dared, Wondering w hero an' In what long time I'd Ret At th end o' th' road. for where did they come from, th folks that went , JockIiik alone th' old turnpike? An' most all strangers that I hadn't met; An' over th' hills what was It llfco. Somewhere. At th" end o th' road? One day me nn' ma an' dad Started off with th' old Kray mare On th' longest ride I'd ever had, An 'twas almost nlht when we got there, 1 thought. At th' end o' th road. Vhen I uot up next day an' sec The road stilt winding, winding down, Twos th Wisest world, It seemed to me. From where th' end was, through our town Up home. At th' end o' th road. I've traveled that road now many a year. An' I've found some wood an found some had; Some up hill an' down, an' I'm not clear If I will be sorry or I will be glad To pet At th' end o' th" road. Walter M.ilazcltlue. In liood Housekeeping. UNDER STRESS. How nn Urgont Suitor Won Widow in a Railway Train. a The Comtesse de Moncley who will Boon change- her name, as you shall see--Is one of the most delicious widows imaginable, and also one of the cleverest 1 have ever met. From the very first day she knew precisely howto avoid any exaggeration that could "be considered bad taste in the expression of her sorrow, without falling into the other extreme and making those who saw her in her widow's weeds think she must wear red satin under her crape. Early in April she had quietly left Jier Paris apartment, where no male visitor had set foot since her husband's death, and it was only by accident that, a week later, I discovered the address she bad so carefully concealed from evervone. It was "Sycamore "Villa. Chäntilly." On the first of 3Iay there might have been seen to arTive at a little bit of a house, situated at a convenient distance from Sycamore villa, several trunks, an English cart and pony, a saddle-horse, a bullterrier, two servants, and a man bordering on thirty. That man was myself. I hasten to add that, In thiseircuniBtance. I acted solely at my own risk and peril, without any authorization, any right whatever, and with no other motive- thau my lovemy profound love to prompt me to hope that my change of domicile would not be a dead loss. Ah, well nothing venture, nothing win. And what did I venture? The salon, the May fetes, the Grand Prix, the mob in the Alle des Poteaux, a few balls what were they in comparison with the charms of a most attractive neighborhood? I have known men to cross the seas and spend fortunes to follow to the ends of the world ad venturesses whose whole body was not worth the tin of Mme. de Moncley's little fluger. Clarisse's prutty anger when 1 preKnut. il mvself at her house, on the day of mv arrival, was my first delightful recompense. In spite, of her grand air, I saw that she was touched, and I doubt if ever lover experienced so much pleasure in being .shown the door by a pretty woman. She took her time about it, too, and only pushed tne into the street after a regulation philippic, to which I listened very nimbly, replying only so much as was necessary to lengthen the lecture, which concluded in these words: "And now you will do me the favor to return to Paris. The train leavs In an hour." "An hour!" 1 objected, timidly. That is hardly time to ship two horses and a carriage and throw up a lease" "What is this!" she cried. "A lease! jYnn Imvn nrnsumed to L'O. sir! What audacity! A lease! And, if you please, where is your house?" "A long distance from here," I hastened to reply; "at the other end of the forest. I "am sure it must have taken mc fully three-quarters of an hour to come here." To be precise, it had taken me about five minutes. "To think," she exclaimed, "what a -poor woman, deprived of her protector, Ss exposed to! You would not have glared to do this if my husband were Istill alive. And to think that he considered you his best friend! Poor Charles!" "He has never had any cause to complain," I murmured. "Let us talk together of him." "Never!" "Then let us talk of ourselves, that (Will be better still." . This suggestion shocked her so that (it took me a long time to calm her. tflnallv. ahn did ant wish to let me to without having sworn never toset foot In her house Main. It is needles to that It took kail aa hour to

suade iiir to mako this nronilse which

I Lroke the next morning and as often a possible. I pass over the months that followed, merely lt clurin- that in this vale of tears there is no more happy lot than that of snuli an unhappy lover as I was. Clarisse hadthe most adorable way of annihilating me with a look from her blue eyes eyes that were intended for quite another purpose than annihilating whenever she saw that I was going to fall on my knees before her. and I must confess site saw it at least ten times during every visit I made her. still in despite of her express prohibition. And when 1 so far forgot myself as to tell her, if the intent were as good as the deed, the late lamented ought to have a heavy grudge against "Iiis liest friend." seeing that I had loved Iiis wife' madly from the very first. "Not another word." she would say, severely; "you blaspheme against friendship, l'our Charles!" And her white, dimnled hand would pitilessly stop my mouth, to that, if I had followed my inclination, 1 would have blasphemed from morning till night like the worst traitor to friendship in the world. The day she left oft crape, I profited by the occasion naturally enough, it seems to nie to propose myself in set terms as a candidate to succeed poor Charles. That evening it was a June evening, and the acacias made the. most of the power which certain vegetables possess of intoxicating one witli their perfume that evening, her hand did not stop my mouth at all, it reached for the bell. Clarisse did not threaten, tlds time; she acted. I saw that 1 was on the point of being put I out by lier servants who consisted oi j an old woman who hau oeen iter nur.se and whom I could have bowled over with a breath. However, It was no time for airy persiflage. Without waiting for Nancy to seize tue by the collar, 1 took my hat and tied. When day broke, 1 had not closed my eyes; not that the situation seemed desperate, for I had learned to read Clarisse's eyes. Hut. all night long, I had repeated over and over again to myself: "Heaven grant that the little hotel in the Avenue Friedland is still for sale! We would be so comfortable there." In spite of this, I was no further advanced when September came, the last month of my lease. I was no longer shown the door when I suggested my candidacy, but Clarisse assumed a bored air and calmly talked of something else, Retween ourselves, 1 wntild rather she rang the bell, for I divined that she was thinking: "My dear friend, you do not dis please me; quite the contrary. Hut vou must confess that, in the solitude of Chäntilly I have scarcely had oppor tunity to enjoy my widowhood. Let me see if it is really worthy of its reputation. In a year or two we can talk of vour alTair." In a year or two! Pretty and charming as she was, Clarisse would have a score of adorers around her, and ador ers around the woman one wants to marry are like Jlies in milk they may do no great harm, but they certainly do not improve the milk. Early in .September Mine, de Moncley informed me one day that she was going to Pari on the morrow to have a look at her apartment. "1 sincerely hope," she added, in a severe tone, "that you do not think of accompanying me." "How can you suggestsuch a thing?" said I, with apparent submission. "You leave at" "At eight In the evening, as I do not wish to be seen. L shall send Nancy in the afternoon to prepare my room. Ah, poor Paris'." She no longer said "Poor Charles!" 1 admit that this "Poor Paris'." made mc much more uneasy. The next evening, at eight o clock, the doors of the express train, which stops hardly a minute, were already close. Clarisse had not appeared, Mie reached the station just as the bell j rang. "Quick, hurry up, madamo!" cried the railroad official. "Hurry!" I repeated, opening a compartment at random and helping her in. Hut, instead of getting in, she fell back, almost fainting, in my arms. Here is what .she had seen, and what I, too, had seen over her shoulder: The .seats of the compartment were unoccupied, and three men, perched like monkeys on the backs of the seats, held to their shoulders three guns, whereof the barrels shone in the lamplight like cannons. One of them, as we opened the door, had shouted In a terrible voice: "Don't come in. for" I had closed the door so quickly that we had not heard the end of the sentence. Then Clarisse and I bundled ourselves into the next compartment without quite knowing what we were doing. The train was already under way. We were alone. Mme. de Moncley seemed half dead with fear, and I must confess 1 was violently shaken. "Did you see them?" she cried. "What can be happening in that com partment? They are going to light to kill each other! " Hat tcrnuie trag edy is to be enacted right beside us?" "I don't understand it at all," I re plied. "Only one explanation seems nosslble to me. They are hunters who have suddenly gone crazy. Other wise, why should they climb upon the seats? If they simply wanted to Kill ench other, thev could do It without all that irvmnastics." "No." suggested Clarisse, "it is some dreadful American kind of duel. In such a case, it seems, they climb up on anything they can find. Hut why didn't they stop them at Chäntilly?" "The train itself scarcely stopped there." "Did you hear how they called out Don't come in!'? Tho wretches, they don't want to be disturbed while they are killing themselves. Goodness! Justlistcnl" The fusillade had commenced right beside us. Several gun-shots had sounded, dominated by a shrill piertitaf cry, which still rings la my ears,

Then a deathly silence ensued: they were all dead, however bad shots they might have been. Though we were making about fifty miles an hour at the time, 1 made ready to get out upon the step and Und out what was goinir? on in our neigh burs' compartment - As I lowered the window two arms seized me and a voice broken witli anguish but which sounded very sweet, just the same gasped behind jne: "J'hilip, if you love me, do not gol They will kill you!" It was precisely like the fourth act of 'The Huguenots," except that my name is not Uaoul. 1 saw the advantage of tuy situation, anil 1 resolved to profit by it. I profited by it so well that, after a dialogue too intimate to be repeated here I was in a position to sing if I had had a voice, which 1 haven't: "Thou-ou ha ast said it." For she had said it. Poor Charles was distanced now. She had said the sweet words: "I love you." A prey to emotions bordering on the hysterical, Clarisse sobbed and clung to me with all her strength, though I had not the faintest desire to intrude on the massacre next tloor. They

could kill themselves at their ease. Let every man tend to Iiis own affairs. As for me, I was very much occupied just then. That is why, early the next morning, I hurried to my lawyer to speak to him about the little hotel in the Avenue Friedland, which was still for sale. but, thank fortune, is now no longer in the market. Decorators and fur nishers are at work in it, and when January comes, vou will see it oceupied by a certain young couple that I - - know of, Hut let us not anticipate. When the train pulled Into the city, my compan ion and I had ouite forgotten our neighbors, or what was left of them but now the authorities must be informed and the bodies removed. 1 had jumped out, and was looking about for a nergetint de rille, when I beheld the door of the famous compartment open and the three hunters calmly descend from it, carrying, rolled up in a rug. an inert mass which looked as If it might be the body of a young child. Without an instant's hesitation, I seized one of the assassins by the collar. "Scoundrel!" 1 cried. "What have' you got in that rug?" "Don't make such a row," ho replied, "or we'll have a hundred people at our backs. It is only my poor dog. ' "Dog!" I repeated, indignant at the man's coolness. "Come, come, you cannot deceive me. I saw it all." My captive, whom I still held by the collar, opened a corner of the rug and showed me a setter's muzzle, with decks of foam on it dappled with blood. 1 dropped my hold on the man's collar in the greatest confusion. "Really, I scarcely know how to apologize," 1 said. "Hut, frankly, it is not astonishing that I should have been deceived three men crouching on the scats of the carriage and shooting-" . "Still, the explanation is very simple. My dog was bitten three weeks ago. I had the wound cauterized, and thought the animal was saved. We had been hunting all day near Creil, but, no sooner were we on the train than hydrophobia developed and the animal began to snap at us. To attempt to put the beast out was to tempt death, and there was nothing for it but for us to climb up on the seats and shoot the dog. We were not able to do so until after we left Chäntilly, for the poor brute had taken refuge under the seat. Finally, by calling It, I persuaded it to put its head out. and then we shot it. I tell you. it's a trip I shall not soon forget." "Nor shall I," I replied, and I rejoined Clarisse, who was waiting for me at a little distance and whose curi osity was vastly excited to see mo thus I politely take leave of the assassins "Well, then," she said, making a lit tle face when I had told her the story, "that doesn't count. 1 take back what I said." Hut at the same time she softly squeezed my arm with her own, and I saw in her eyes that "that" did "count." From the French of Leon de Tinseau, in San Francisco Argonaut. A PUZZLED WAITER. Sud Itesult f AttemptinK t" Speak a IjtiiKUUKU II Didn't Knuw. A correspondent who has returned from the Antwerp exhibition, narrates an adventure which befell two English men there. He says: "Two very pre sentable, well-dressed gentlemen, who bore the stamp of Englishmen in face. figure, clothes and easy-going air, en tered the restaurant where i was sit ting, and one of them called out in self-confident tones, which could be heard easllv at the neighboring- tables, what was undoubtedly intended to be iSnrenn ! Deux bocks.' but which sounded: 'Gassonir! too bo.' 'Oui, mon .sieur,' replied the waiter, as he rushed into the inner room. "Tho two gentlemen engaged in ami cable conversation over the table for about five minutes, when it struck them that the waiter was a long time with their beer. 'Oassong!' was again shouted. 'Oui, monsieur,' answered tho waiter. 'Lav too do, si voo play.' 'Oui, monsieur, tout de suite,' replied the llelgian, and once more rushed lato the . . . , . ,1 A. I.... other apartment. Again mc nu i;ii.i,.ii iiLnirod In conversation for five or six minutes, and again one of them shouted Indignantly: 'Uassoug! lav too bo!' "The waiter rushed behind the scenes .Uli mnri violence than ever, and in two minutes returned with a triumph ant face to place before the astonished visitors two plates of boiled turuoi. They looked at tho man and noxt at the fish and then, with the help more r.f ..lim than of words, managed to explain to the waiter that they wanted Trtoor hocks not turbot. Tho sttua ilnn was an embarrassing one for all concerned, and I could not help think lag that something should be dons at Rome to prevent ray company abroad meeting with such. laconTeBlenofa." Loadou Telegraph.

WILSON It FOR WAR.

tk Author of ihm Tariff Urform BUI Hrurra Hepublli-aim. In th house on Thursday, July 19. Chairman W. L. Wilson, of the ways and menus committee, read a report of the conferrees on the tariff bill betting forth the points of disagreement between tho house and senate conferrees. In presenting the report Mr. Wilson spoke with enthusiasm and marked effect, urging the passage of the bill. He said: "I move that the house turther insist upon iti dlsaKreeinent to the Renate amendments mid ask for a further conferonco from them, ond upon that motion I shall submit a few explanatory remarks to the house. "It 1 truo, as the ircntlemnn from Malno (Mr, Heed) has just said, that there have been but two meeting of tho full conference on the part of the senate und house. A tariff bill, of recent years at least, and perhaps nluiost al ways in tho,lilstory of this country, has been a political men-surc. a moasure proposed by one party and resisted by tho other. The present tariff legislation does not differ from that historic character. It was fully recognized and cordially expressed by tho ropubllcnn conferrees of the senute thut It was tho duty of tho dominant party In tho two houses, through their own special conferrees, first to try If they could reconcile their own differences before they brought to tho attention of tho full conference committee their proposed action. "While, therefore there have been but these two meetings of tho full conference committee, there have been dally, protracted, earaest and laborious consultations on the part of the house conferrees representing tho majority party in this house, and tho senate conferrees representing tho majority party In that house, as to tho KM amendments In tho hope that we tnlifht reach some agreement that could bo reported to the full conference committee when it hhould be called together. It Is because no such agreement has been attained; it is becauso no such agreement seems at present in Uht. that wo have felt it was our duty to trlnjf the whole matter back to tho houso and receive its instruction. Krnste Coufrrees Fetteml hy TrusU. "I desire to be perfectly frank and as complcto as possible In any statement I muy make to the house to-day, and yet I recognize that there are some limitations to completeness of tatement which probably It would be best for mo to observe at this stage In tho controvorsy bctwoen tho two houses. Hut I think I may say with truth and frankness and courtesy that If tho conferrees of tho senate on tho part of tho majority party had been as free and as untramuiclcd ns we ourselves were, with nothingto control our action hut our senso of duty to the people and to our party and to tho house, a tariff bill would havo been agreed upon In ono day's session that would havo been satisfactory to tho democratic party and that would havo given hope and courage and enthusiasm to tho American people, (Applauso on the ilcinocratlo aide. "llut, sir, wo were not long in finding out greatly to our disappointment, that whatever might be tho personal opinions, the personal judgment, the strong personal wishes of tho democratic conferreos of tho sennte, they came to us somewhat fettered and somewhat limited as to anv action that they might agree to upon this bill, cither by tho supposed moral obligations of party caucus or tho apprehonslon that there were forces In tho senate, however small, yet powerful enough to resist successfully tho passage of any bill which did not mako concessions to great corporations and trust Interests that we, as representing tho house, did not feel freo on our part to agree to. lApplauso on the democratic side.) I do not believe, Mr. .Speaker, that there would bo any great difficulty In coming to a compromise or an agreement upon tho vast majority of tho 631 amendments proposed to this bill by tho senate, but there are important amendments proposed by tho senate which give to this bill In the main a different character from what it had when It went from the house, on which amendments wo seem, up to this time, we seem to be irreconcilably divided, and It is becauso of these amendments and because of the statements mado to us In all kindnMs and courtesy, and I might also say in sadness, that such was tho condition of af fairs at the other end of this capital that, un less this house was willing to accept the sen ate bill practically and substantially as it passed tho senate, there was to bo no tariff legislation at this session of congress. Wo did not feel, representing tho houso of representatives, that we could, without a sacrifice of its dignity and its equality as a legislative chamber, respond to any such proposition as that. lABplause on the democ ratio side.) Last of all did we feel that In the great question of taxation, resting by tke very theory of free Institutions and by the language of the constitution as a peculiar ond original trust on the part of the representatives of the people, that we ecru Id for one moment entertain ana agree to neh a proposition. (.Applause on the democratic aide. Mosa Hill Redeems Democratic Fledges. "Asldo from that question, tho dlXforences between the hill as it passed the house and tho bill as It comes back to us from tho senate are so marked, are in tho main so objectionable to tariff reformers In the country generally, that wo could not without the guldanco and the Instruction of this house, agree to accept thoio differences and thus adopt a different and mod ified schema of tariff reform. "Whatever imperfeotness may have attached to tho houso bill It did seem to bo accepted by tho peoploof this countryasa fair and substantial performance of the pledges by which the democrotlo party came Into power at tho begin nin of this administration. It was rrameu upon democratic lines in tho main. It sought In levying taxes to consider chiefly and primarily the wants of tho public treasury and not tho protlts and schomos of great private inter ests. Applauso on the democratic sioe.j "Tho bill which oomes back to us from the senate has not met the approval of the great tariff reform sentlmont of this country. It has not been accepted by those who. through de feat and victory, havo followed tms sinnaaru with so much enthusiasm for ten years past as tho fruition of their efforts, as the per formance of their pledge and as tho fun ana substantial realisation of their great victory. It remains for mo simply to add thattne chief points In controversy between tho representatives of tho dominant party in the two houses, and thus between tho conference committees of tho two houses were- First, the sugar schedulo; next, the duty upon iron ore and upon coal and the duty upon suvcr, ieau ores Bnd some oi tne auues in ioo www schedule, and ospeclally to some of tho duties of the Iron and steel schedule, prominently those upon pig lroa, steel rails and cutlery ana structural iron. Uut the great difficulty la tae pathway of an agreement has been proper ad justment of the sugar schedulo. "This house voted ror tree sugnr.raw hu refined. (Loud applause on the democratic side, It voted down the proposal of tho commltteo nn wuv and means for a gradual repeal of the bounty ond a reduction by one-half on refined sugar. Tho senate has reintroouceu mvo m-i proposed tariff bill a sugar schedulo which, Whether truljr or not, has been accepted by tho country, by tho press, by tho people as unduly favorable to tho groat sugar trust, It proposes a duty of 10 per cent, ad valorem on all grades of sugar, a differential of ono-cighth of one cent upon refined sugar, n addition to a differential of one-tenth of ono cent on sugar imported from countries that pay aa axport bounty upon their sugar. Democratic roller e Hagnx. "There is reasonable ground for difference of oj-dnton among democrats as to whether atjr duty upon sugar should be placed in our tariff bill or not. It has always been contended by those who havo been leaders in tho great tariff reform movements In thts eoantry that, of all tho articles yielding large revenue sugar was the one artlole upon whtch an ideal democratic revenue tariff could be placed. There would bo itwtantlal aaraement. I tTaiak. with that posi tion to-day In the democratic party except sn tmrt that the frstners of the u.uini hill. In their seal to cut of tax ation, tho larger part of which waat Into Use rwMlo treasury, la order that they might -.-.. i..u e lamr nart of wale treat ttn ,k Twkeia of their beneflclartMltoua awlattM oa the democratic side placed sugar Zm tae free list, fare a half cent (at aU-

teaths of a cent In the mm of sugar Importe from bounty paying eeBtrles) protection oa re lined sugar, aud provided a bounty to the producer of sugar la this country. Hy this action tho people havo had a taste of untaxed sugar, und it is difficult for us to get back to tho position originally occupied by tho df-mo-oratlo imrty. (Laughter on the republican sldo.J It Is our hope that wo shall give. them. If wo succeed In passing any sort of a wlso and proiHjr tariff reform bill, a tasto of so many other untaxed articles- 'loud nppluus,eon the democratic sldo) thut protection can never rnlso Its head again in this country. iHonewed applauso on the democratic slde.l "It Is not jwsslblo, Mr. Speaker, for anyoat to statu accurately on the proposed sugar schedulo of tho senate what would bo the amount of duty uion rotlned svuar which

would Inure as a protection to the great retinitis' company of this country. Although I had not fully renched that concloslon when the house bill was prepared, I have no doubt myself to-day that tne business of sugar refining, can bo carried on as cheaply In tho United, Stutes ns in any other country in tho world - loud applause on the democratic side" -and I havo not tho slightest doubt, although sincere tariff reformers differ with Us on that point, that nnv differential whatover upon rnüucd su gar is simply so much bounty provided for the groat monopoly of refining sugar in this country. Loud applause on tho democratic slde.l If, therefore, the house conferrees were prei pnrcd to recede from tho house position for free sugnr nnd attempt to ogreo upon sotim rovenuo taxation for sugnr they could not, without tho mandate of this house, accept such a provision as that which Is offered In tho senate bllL (Loud applause on tho democratic slde.l No Surrender to Hagar Trout. "If It bf true, as stated by the gcntloman from Ohio- (Mr, Johnson) of which I hav seonmysolf some nfllrtnatlons In tho press -If It Iw truo that tho great American sugar trust has grown so strong and powerful that It snyj that no tariff bill enn bo passed by tho American congress in which its interests are not adequately guarded: If. I say, that be truo, I hop this house will never consent to adjournment. Great cheering on the democratic slde.l 1 hope, whatever tho fato of the general tarlfl bill Is. that this house, will not consent to be adjournment until It has passed a single bill putting reiincd sugar on the free list. Renewed cheers on the democratic sldo.J "Mr Hieaker. I shall not detain this housi with any argument on the other points of dispute between tho two houses. I havo, pcrhapi almost beyond tho limits of proper repetition, gono over from time to tlmo tho nrguments In favor of a release of the great materials of Industry from taxation under any bill that may bo passed by congress, I will simply, therefore. In eloslng.call attention to tho position In which wr find ourselves to-day with reference to tariff taxation. 'This great question of tariff reform has been the burning, dividing question of American politics for tho last three presidential campaigns, Tho American people havo three times voted for the present occupant of tho white house on the great Issue of tariff reform. When In 1M-M we were defeated by a narrow margin IWorothe peoplo of this country, there Is not a democrat In all this land who did not feel on tho morning -after election as en thuslastlc anil as determined to press forward In thut tight as ho did when tho hope of victory was with him tho day before. lApplauso on tho democratic sldol. It was becauso of that determination, it was because of that growing enthusinsra, It was because wo felt tho spirit ami tho thrill of the spirit of American liberty inciting us. it was becauso we felt tho incite ment of a great moral purpose which multt plies ir.'.-n by ten. that we took up this causo in 1883 nnd fought for it in IWJOnnd provalled is lffti. Applause on the democratic sided "Tho American peoplo havo given us the re sponslbllity. It remains to be seen whethet wo also have tho power to fulfill their man date. Tho bill which passed tho houso was not only approved, proparod and voted for by those who are tho Immediately chosen servant! of tho taxpayers of this country, but It has been officially Indorsed by the prestdent, who was chosen by them to carry out this great reform of tho tariff. I Applause on tho democrat ic sldo.l Thus every part of tho machinery of the United states government to-day deriving authority from tho direct vote of tho American people has Indorsed tho chemo of tariff re form proposed here and curried through tnir houso." THE LODGE-REED TRICK. Republicans Tricksters Engaging la SesM of Their Sly Work. Republicans profess tho utmost oon fldence in their ability to elect the next ooneToss and the next president Thev say tho people have changed front on the only Issuo that divides parties in national elections. Uut do they believe anything of the kind? If so, why are they shuffling for a new Issue? What is the meaning of the Lodge-Reed silver juggle if tho republican leaders really believe thoy can carry tho country on the issue of tariff? In all tho history of politics tho re was never n plainer case of "playing to the eallcrv" than this. Neither Lodge nor Reed for one moment im agines that the suggested policy of in stitutiug a general commercial war on Europe is one seriously to bo contem plated. Neither of them is fool enough to suppose that such a policy would ac comnlish Its avowed purpose. Neither supposes that any European country could be forced by discriminating au ties to accent silver coinage where now they reject it. Rut both of them are demagogues, and arc willing to throw common sense and conscience to tho winds In an appeal to what is least civilized in popular sentiment If by that means they can bring passion and ignorant oreludice to their party's aid. Roth of them know that their pro gramino if enacted Into law would brincr loss aHd perhaps even calamity to tho country's business. Roth know that It never could bo enacted into law. Hoth know that thev do not themselves Intend or wish its enact ment. Thoy put It forward as a luro for votes, a trick with which to deoelva and mislead the people. And they do this because thoy have no real faith in republican ability to carry tho country upon existing Is uns. Thev do not believe that the ncoolo want to iro on paying double nricea for their clothes and submitting to heavy taxes on all their otner necessaries of life for tho enrichment of tho trusts. Thev do not aco success for their party, allied as it la with evorv oppressive monopoly, In a contost in which that lssuo is raaue ciear and distinct. They want to throw dust In tho ovea of the poopla. rkej want to chantre the lasue. Tf tho democratic conirrcss is wise and faithful It will permit nothing of the kind. It can force the fighting on its own round and nfako tho earnalirn of 1894 and 18ÖÖ sTiua.'cly apon the issue of lower tmxoa and an qal chance for all the people. Cleveland's administration and the democrats In congress hav met ffm atrikn troublea as they met the panto last year. The interests of the eoantry have bean protected fro the onaeftiencea of republican blander. St Louts RepwttU.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. iBteriuitioiii.l I.essou for August 5 1894 Itiiptlsm uf .leans Murk It 111. (Specially Arranged from l'oloubct'H .Votes. Ooi.pks TuxT.Th6u art my beloved Son, la whom I urn well pleased. -Mark 1 II. Timk.- The baptism of Jesus was probably in January. A. 1V.7. 1ho ministry of John tho llaptlst be;an in tho summer of A. V, SO, and continued till March, A. 1). W, when hi was Imprisoned by Herod, 1'f.ACK.- -The baptism of Jesus was doubtlcst at the fords of thu Jordan, called llethabara. vo lalles .northeast of Jericho. The preaching of John tho Huptlst was In the wilderness of .ludea a wild, hilly, thinly Inhabited regions (not a desert) lying west of the lead fc.cn and

tho loer Jordan. John's ministry extended us far north as Knon. near Sallta. two-thirds of I the way up the Jordaa from tho Dead sea. J usus, at Ills baptism, was about thirty years, old. JoiiNTHK IIAPT1ST wosslx mniilhs oldor. ltui.uiH.--Tiberius Ciusar. emiieror of Home; John s preacutn Uygan In his thirteenth year as solo ruler; I'ontlus l'llate, overaor of Judea (first jear); Herod Autlpas.nf Oalllce and I'erea (thirtieth)- llerodl'hlllp of Trnohonltls Idumoa, and tho northern regions neyona Jordan. jou.V Tili: 11.UTI8T. John the Raptist Preparing the Wuy for Christ. Vs. 4-S. htmlying tueso verses in connection with tho descrip tion of John's work us given iu Matthew and Luke, we note several ways in which .John prepared flic way for the work of Jesus Christ. First. John called the attention of the people to the fact that tlie newkingdom of Uod was at hand. His preaching would set them to searching the Scriptures and watehing tho signs of the times (Matt. 3:2). Second, lie led the people to deep conviction of sin, und thus made the people feel the need of a Saviour. Third. He awakened a general in terest among the masses. I here was a wide extended ferment of thought ana feeling and hope, and this was a great and necessary preparation for tho reception of Christ. To come to a people without thought of or interest in religious things is like sowing good .seed on the frown ground of winter or the sands of Sahara. What Drew the Crowds'.' l) The wonderful influence which men oi thought exercise over men of action. The two are necessary to each other. (2) It was a ministry of terror, l ear has a peculiar fascination. You could not go among the dullest setana prcaen graphically ami terribly of hell fire without insuring a large umlience. (3) Men felt he was real. Reality is the secret of all succoss. lie spoke ns men speak when they are in earnest. F. W. Robertson. (I) A consciousness oi sm and need, and the hope that here was heln and salvation. (.') There was a general e.xpt'ction, such as drew Hie who men from the east, that the time of the Mes.daii must lie near, xuus their personal needs, therr patriotism, . ti ... i il...f their interest in the weiiarc oi tneir country awakened an interest, wnicn nrenared their minds to consider tne claims of the C.ospel; just as now, in our country, the connecting of moral questions with politica 1 interests causes multitudes to think about aim to discuss the great moral questions of the day, and thus becomes one of the greatest of our educating forces. Fourth. I.irire numbers were uronpni to repentance, nnd so prepared to believe in Jesus. "And were all baptized of htm in the river of .Ionian' Ue R. V. removes the "till" and places it before "theyof Jerusalem .") The place (five miles northeast of Jericho) was known as Rcthabarn, "the House of the Ford." Fords do not change In a river like the Jordan; roads are never altered in the east, and thts must always have been, as it is now, the place of passage from Jericho to Giloud. llcre probably the Israelites first crossed Into Canaan (Tristam's Land of Israel); and twice afterward was It miraculously opened by Elijah nnd EHsha ("J Kings, 'J:9, 14). 'ConfessitiL their sins:" xue very act of baptism was a confession of sins and a promise of tepentanee, but dountiess thev also, as Allord says, mane "a par ticular and individual confession;" not, however, made privately to John, but before the peoplo. No one truly re pents who does not also confess to tiod the sins against Uod, to man the sins against man,' ever also making restitution ns far as possible. Fifth. John's appearance asa prophet ... . i i. ti.. aided him in ins preparatory was a Nazarite from his birth; his hair was uncut, his beard unshaven, and ho lived a life of the strictest self-denial. Sixth. John preached Christ to tho ... . .... ..t.-. .u.i people. 7. "And preuoneu; .mnn um much more than itaptize; ne wnniuu, ami entreated, and persuaded men to repentance, and proclaimed the coming Christ. "There conieth one mightier thnn I:" He called attention away from himself, who was but a man, to the Divine Saviour, who was able to save them from their sins, who could wield nil Influences and conquer all ...... . . , x ...... 1.. enemies. " i ho latcnet ci wmme nm.-. or rather, sandals. uLntcliet," a word now obsolete, was the 'thong" or "lace' with which shoes or sandals were fastened. I'lumptre. "I am not worthy to unloose:" It was the business of the lowest servants to bind on, to loose, nnd carry nlout their masters' sandals. Thu general sense Is: "I am not worthy to perforin for him the humblest offlee'' Mimpriss. John's humility in as marvelous as his greatness. Mover, name a i. si-no KM TIONfl. The unrepentant heart, the cold church, the masses of men, are like a wilderness, with many beautiful things therein, but full of obstacles to tho coming and the reign of Christ. Rold, earnest preachers, condemning sin, awakening the conscience, fearless In declaring the truth, will draw many to hear them, even into a wilderness. Like Jesus we should publicly proChrist, and stand openly on tho side of righteousness, nnd opposed to all hin. A religion that is not worth professing is not worth possessing. Wc need a baptism of the Holy Spirit and of lire, Clod's power and love, that will consume our sins, make our hearts warm and burning with love, and our souls quickened with new lire. The lloly Spirit Is like a dove, gune, tender, loving, wooing, attracting; , well as like fire, enlightening, cheertie ns i:.. ..t..:, utn.miNumintr. '"To all who arc willing to be like Ckrlst, comes tho wane volcu, saying. ..Thou art my beloved Sou.'