Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 38, Number 29, Jasper, Dubois County, 27 March 1896 — Page 7

WEEKLY COUltJElt.

O. DOANJC, PubliHhor. JASPER, - ' " INDIANA.

INTERRUPTED EXECUTION. BT WKICJIIT A. PATTKKSON.

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Wild

through which WIM Kock held com- tho wiircl, ,o would stop at lb? llrs. muuleatlon with tlic outslelo world, ranch-house lie pnsseel nnd get a horse, was dark save for one oil lamp whose In mi Incredibly short time ho found feeble ruyH were flashing through the himself at the end cf his first ten window nnd doing much more toward mllen nnd felt but very little theworsei Illuminating the depot platform tlmn for the ride that far, Off to the onst, they were toward brightening the dark probably a mile, he could see the ruy J it ... ..!.. I.. 1... rf Itirlil fivim 11 rii lll'll linilKI" bu t. h lllltl

corners insine h nuunm. m oiKirator's room there was the constant no desire to ask for the assistance ot tick-tiolu'ty-tiek-tkk of the Bounder a horse now, Ho believed thi.it he had itH tho wireK carried their messages h better chance of succeeding with the

Otii Inhlrt mi their luuriuws CUSt I V UCl1!.

IIIjIIIMiI ' T

years ago Kock w u s

the county sent of

an interior conn

ty of Arizona, .lust why such a place had been selected as the sea of gov eminent foi nny county was bard to und e r Htnnd. Its only recommend

ation lor puuiic

mill west.

ltesidethe table sat the operator, Fred Hurgcss, In the large, easy ollice chair, his feet propped up against the partition tlmt separated him from the little waiting-room und his hands clasped behind his head. The last t min fnr the nicht had paused, and

as he was expecting no orders for his t 1 a A .... ! 4

Such n thimr as the execution beliiR

delayed until later than four o'clock had never entered his niine, Ever since the trial he had though: of tlu people there more as llends tpnn in human beings, nnd he had nodoabt that 1 efore the clock in the Wild Kock jnll had finished striking the hour of four

his friend would be launched IntJ

foTpects C.c PUBLICANS.

Priworttiy of Morally Ihcraeleil und Support. There aro Ktlll wine republicans vIrg who remember the great elays of their purty tho days when hosts of public-spirited and siucere men left tho tin whiL'K and of thu demo

crats to found u new organization devoted to high moral and political av.uis, under the leadership of statesmen m minent character, commanding nhlllty,

und the courage of sincere, convictions. 1 he contrast between tlic spirit and condition of the republican party in those days and IIa present plight calls forth melancholy reflections. The time for Us national convention is approaching. The original anti-slavery mission of the illcan nartv bus lontr lccn fulfilled,

und new problems oi greanmporiam;u

THE TREASURY SHORTAGE. J

Itcpubllcan Keiortln " ItcpwhewlbU Campaign Method. ollent indication of how

J.U IB n!aiJy tho republicans are out of cam-

lillgn materia; wmnucy i"iM'""J tho deflclcncy of revenue cnuscel by the Wilson tariff act. They never mention the fact that S30.000.OOO of the revenue which that law was expected to produce was cut off in comsequenccof a nimiirm of opinion by a repub

lican judge of the supremo court, cans- .. that tribuunl to decide, in effect, that Chief Justices Marshall, Taney, u'nttn nml their associates did

not undent the constitution of the United Stat. But the republicans are guilty of another instance of KuppTtsInß the truth i.. ii.. .. in. They

IIS HC WlW CApi'l-klUK w.nv.i, ...... station, he Was paying no attention to eternity through the trap of a gallows

approval was its centra 1 location, the place being almost exactly in the tenter of the county. To the people of the straggling little frontier town Wild Kock was a world wltln itself. Its one hhort dusty business street, with the county courthouse and jail the most.

commodious building in the plnee-r-nt one nil of it, was the renter of the universe to them. Uut twice a week Kill Wagner's stage coach, drawn by four big black mules, brought to them news of the outside ,1.1 from the little telegraph nnd

way station on the Southern l'aeilie road, sume 10 miles to the south. One of the latest additions to Wild Kock's population had K-cn Frank Warner, a younger brother of the big brawny frontiersman who supplied the town with it.s semi-weekly mail anil such other commodities as it wok necessary to bring from the railway Tili vii!ii('r Warmer had

settled in Wild Kock, iirst, because Ids brother was there, and, second, because the place wna "out west." He had come west, like thousands of others, in search of health, and in less than a year's time had found it, only to be brought face to face with death in a much worse form on the gallows. J'.nfore he had been in the place ton months, Wihl Kock awakened one morning und found one of her citizens dead, murdered at his home during the night. Had Kill Wagner been at Imnw instead of at the railroad sta

tion he would, no doubt, lime been urrcsted as the murderer, because he was the only enemy the dead man wan known to have. Kut, as it wius impossible to fn.sten the crime onto the stage driver, the citizens of the place hastened to lay it upon the shoulders of the younger Wagner, nnd had Frank arrested before night. It. lacked but six weeks of election it.ii- nml ilu eountv attorney, eaeer to

be the choice of the people for another ., win imtiiMii"- in his eiTorts to

weave a chain of eirctimstantinl evi .i,.,w.. liriuuid the. vonnir man that

w-.ml.l ci.rtninlv convict hint. Could

bin purpose be accomplished, it would - T fill thf Inwver the nlaudits of the

jH-ople, and secure him their support ut the polls, because the young man's polished eastern manners and good clothes had never been populnr with

Wild Hock's male population.

Good counsel for the defense was ficeured in tho east, but all to ao pur-(v.,-tn wlmt the could. It wsus

Impossible to secure an unprejudiced in.!- .ink- hone for their

,i !,.,, luv in the indire. When tin

case eamo to trial tho few persons who were willing, and knew enough about i, .-njsn in test if . were nlaeed on the

r.tand in the young mnn's favor, but knew. iK'fore

r.imti..r of t ie little in-

strument, but was thinking', thinking of the eent of the next day, of the crimes committed in the name of the law, thinking of the innocent people punished and the guilty ones who escaped. Fred Kurgess had come to the little frontier station, not because he needed the position that the place afforded him, for he gave up a better one to n..iiit it. and not because his health

demanded a change of climate, but for a hive of adventure. He had

found the rough hospitality of the western people uncongenial, however, and was beginning to regret the fate that had brought him west, when one day, some nioatlui before, he met Franlc Wagner, who had accompanied his brother to the railway station. The nxiii!itiitfi!ici f m inid that day hie1

been cultivated, and liotli liau nnciward found the west a much more congenial place than it had seemed before. "K K K K K K!" The little instrument seemed mad, so loudly did it tepent the letters time after time: but it was not until the sound of th last "click" had diel away and other

i.t..r with iiiisslni' naelcwani any

forward over the wius that the operator recognized and answered his ollice call. "I have an important message for Wild hock, Is there any way of reaching that point from your office to-night?" said the instrument, after the call had been nnawered. "1 am afraid not; there is no one near here but myself and the section rrew, and no way of covering the to between here end Wild Kock

after night," answered the operator.

Anil then the thouirht Hashed through

hl mind that it iniirht be news of the

ardon they had so long expected, ami

he added at once: "What is the message about?"

"Sent by order of the prcsidnt to

top an execution at tiiat place to-

morrow morning, was nie repij.

"Send it at once, and I w ill deliver

it mvse.lf, if (iod perm'ts," went Hying

back to the end of the line. J hen.

witb nalnfnl slownes . the instrument

ticked out its glad message. It va.as follows:

WAsms-OTOif, D. C Nov. 22. To John n. A . Sheriff of Nfivnjo Ooun -

ty, A. T.. Wild Hock: J'resiuciu orciors execution of Krank Winner, condemned to

be hnmje-l to-morrow morning. M.ujjen

and the r lease nf the prisoner noon ar

rival of i.m!on jiapera rorwunieu imuuK.i rcKiilnr channels ,Scretnry The gooel weirds had come, but at

what a time! The operator receignlzed

the fact that it lay with him wlietlu-r nr not his friend wr.s to die, and yet could he save him? Tt lacked but a little over four hours before the tint-

I. . .... .If I

'iü-

imlf the witnesses for the state worpiy,y ;! 1 the exaniim-d, that their case was lost. ; 7W äW Kvcn the hope that they might secure gfflilSI t,.,.. ,.i,,,..nev for the nrisoner from nS'.fVi

U e hXe deeVeased gradually as the mWr-

, , .! ... ,vf l,rv

ciise proeeeeieei, iming i" rulings he maele in the State' favor. After the testimony was all in and the county attorney had thrown all eil his pent-up cloepieneu inte an apical for justice te the people, fer "an eye fer an eye and a texith for a tooth;" und after the attorneys for the elefense hnel shown t the jury the weak i:oint in the purely circumstantial ..vi.iem.e ni-aiiist their client ami had

Kpoken of his good eharneter, kimwn

both in Wild Ko'-u nnei at. ins sa:-.rn hemic, the fate of the prisoner was left to the 11! men chosen to represent the law in .Navajo county. In luss than IS minutes they returned and nnnouneeel to the court that they bail found Frank Wagner guilty of murder in the llrst degree, nnd reconitncndeel that he be sentenced to hang. Never hue! life seemed so dear to young Wagner as when the- juilge, in a voice evidently ealetilateel to carry

a warning to all in the courtroom, sentenced the prisoner at the bar to le hanged by the neck until dead on Frl.1.... vv.,.i.,.r 1. ISO'.!, between the

, A. W , linnr of four and ten a. m.

That date was but the weeks away,

nnd every chance of saving tne pris life III nt be tried in the mean

uin,i o imv ... liinc. The motion for n new trial was

-kVitrf it It'll liv the bulge, ami an ap

l ., .li.nied. Two weeks before

the day of the execution there was but one hope levft, and it wius with heavy i.nrf tint Wacrtier'H attorneys, thor

oughly coneiuccd of tlie young man's - j , -,, , , ..... ...

innocence, fctnrtcu tor iwiiinuwii n1.... i... eil hforc the nrewlilent, and

appeal to him for a pardon for their

The time of execution was less thnn

oi i..nrti nunv. nl ready the jriillows lini

i ereete'in the iitil vnrel, and noth

tv.. .. . ...... .....

lug more encouraging man u 'u piviiielent hael taken the case under aeliement hail been heard from Washington.

eilArrKit ll. Tlic little rnllwny ami telegraph lltttiou on Uie southern PacIlV: "road.

for the execution. There was not a

lorse that he knew e.f witlun ten

...ii..u f in. Ktntion. ami. rven u ne

HAD Te W.VIir. A MOliaTAlX STllKAM.

nut reiieh there in time to

rescue him. Sometimes be feareel that they even might set the edock ahead a little, and then he would ilirnw sneli an ndd'.l'onnl force emto

the pedals as to send his steel steed around the sharp turns of the mountain road at a dangerous sliced. Many times he came near striking the heavy bowlders that lined the road. So miraculous was his escape from thee that it seemed as theugh a kind I'rovidence was guiding hi machine.

When the second ten miles nnei neen rmiinleted he found 'hat his pace was

telling em him, and his heart sank as he thought of the distance that still lay j between him and the gallows im- , patiently awaiting its prey. lie looked . at his watch anil found that his first ! t!0 miles had cost him less than two hours of time, and lie hail over two : hour; left in which to beat that lienel.

the hangman. He would elo it. In the third ten miies it was neces- i sary to cross three mountain streams , that were unbridged At two of these ho fotinel it possible to carry his wheel across by stepping from stone to stone, but at the other he li.vl to wade across, ami the momentary delay seemed many times ns long fs it renlly was, nnd "once em the road again he put

forth every effort to make up the lost time. As he rode out of the mountains on to the level road that stretched .straight away to the north for seven miles to Wihi Kock, his head seemed to be in n constant whirl, the wheel seemed to run In zigzag fashion over the road and then to stop entirely for minutes at n time. Kut dominant with

the rieler was that intense purpose to

succeed; to beat the Ueneiisn siienu iu

the goal. He kept repeating, time alter time: "I'll elo it! I'll elo it!" It lacked a quarter to four when he passeel the first scattered houses of tho town. He hael grown simply a part of the ninchine, and threw his force llrst on one and then on the other of the pedals only because he hael been doing so for how long to the rider it seemed for weeks. The fierce barking of the town s innumerable elogs aroused the sleeping

populace along the business street,

whose curieisity brought litem to tue windows to see the cause of the e-om-motion. Kut only a white cloud of alkali dust, visible in the breaking dawn, was to be seen. The man and the wheel neared the end of the straggling street, but the pace had never slackeneel until with a crash the wheel struck the steps leading te the door of the sheriff's ollice. Insiele wen the two men of the death watch anil the sheriff. When the prisoner hail given up nil hope of tho pardon reaching him, he nsked to bo left alone and the sheriff had willingly complied with his reepiest. w ihn vniind nf the noise made by tho

wheel strikintr the steps the sheriff

uteppeel to the door and loeiked out. At the bottom of the steps lay the broken wlmcl, and off to one side lny the tinconscious form of a man. Summoning

assistance eif the twei men with linn,

ejirrieil the man into the ollice nnei

what they could to restore bun to

"Some voimif follor what wis rulin'

i.rht on a bicycle has run

(Willi v -- - (

the steps outside ami nun ium1 the sheriff.

The prisoner was too much absorbed i,;u min fnte to uive the matter fur-

,iw,n,riit for n moment, and in the

meantime the stranger seemed to be recovering from the shock he hnd received. Kut the long rlele and the heavy fall had been too severe-, anil when he recovered sufficiently from the latter to sneak it was with a mind wandering

with the first symptoms m u irui was destined to' lint for elayn. The first worels uttered in this condition gave a

.i i, i. three men in the oiuce

tains in Its rank the best or popular

Intelligence nnd virtue. It claims pub

lic confidence and support, on rrmnndthatbvthiRSuncrior intelligence

I nnd virtue it Is lest fittel to solve the

great problems before us. bat tlie.se problems aro every candid observer knows. The business community of the country admits that tlic tariff in ne lonirer one of them. While some selfish

interest still clamor for higherprotectlon, the business world nt large Ls known to be on the whole satisfied, for the time being at least, with the tariff as It stands, and wishes itsubstanüally tobe let alone. This is so true that even many of the old protectionists hesitate to touch it. They arc well aware that what prevents the revival of prosjwrity Is not the low tariff, but the currency

disorder. The questions realty ami urj gently demanding the attention of the country nre those of the currency, and I of administrative reform by the abolij tbn of the spoibi system. I If the republican party were still whnt. it once was. its leading, men would

I recognize it as their obvious duty to I come forward and boldly to express ! their sincere convictions on these sub

ject!;. They would seek- by every legitimate means to summon to action and to organize the supporters of these opinions within their party, to the end of

securing from wie national convention a clear and strong approval of them, nnd the nomination of candidates

known to be in accord with them. The convention would thus become, as the early republican conventions were, a truly representative body of honest cit

izens intent upon serving tue puuiw interest by making certain policies prevail through party effort. What do we behold? A large number of the leading men of the republican party, among them some of the most powerful, arc open advocates of the spoils svstcm with all itseleraoraliziugcffeets.

and even of those who occasional. express their disapproval of it, and u,.. n rrnrwl word for reform, but few

arc courageous enough to advocate reform with aggressive emphasis. In fact, in most states the regular organization of the republican party is resting upon the spoils principle nnd held

together by spoils metnous. nuu i :- lsno prominent republican leader, at least no prospective candidate for the presidency, who openly demands that fidelity to civil service reform be made one of the carelinnl tests of republicanism. Almost all of them arc willing to

let the "boys" understand that it the republicans win, the loaves nnd fishes of party spoil will go to them as much as possible in the old fashion. Never since the close of the civil war has the republican party hnd a finer opportunity to render great service to the American people by taking in hanel tho problems of the day honestly and fearlessly. Never has it had a better chance to win the support of thoKc citizens whose political notion is elet...,.s.,o,i rnther hv their sense of pun-

lie duty than by party spirit, inn never has it nppeared in so repulsive a state of moral degradation nnd so unworthy of that support. Rome time ible thr.t the rc-

publican party should be defeated in ,..vu;,1eulin.1 election. It

i no cumuif, i"""" -

seems impossi

Weekly.

tnr. ihn venr will be S30.OO0.000. They

might ns well say it will be $50,000,000, for nearly tho whole deficit occurred In the firat four months of tho fiscal year. In XouMnbcr, Derceniber, January and February receipts fell below expenditures only a little moro than Sl,000,000. The situation is thus set forth in the Xcw York Journal of Commerce, one of the highest authorities iu financial matters: "The fact that there was nn execas In tho receipts over tho expenditures of tho f l?Slfi fnr the month of

February Is merely another proof of y!ml has hewn freejucntly pointed out In these columns, that under existing law thes trcasurv cim j;et revenue enough to meet all Its current expenses. Tho delicti on tho eight months of the current ycr.r endIhk February 23 was S1S.15S.CS7; on tho tUt , i.,,,or,. i, v-nn ts.s.sc7: on November

;(. It was J17.C12.WO, nnd on October 31 $17.minM in ,-.ir,t nf tnrt. tor tho last four

months, or tho second half of tho otirre-nt Oscnl year, tho covcrnrnont has been l-ay-i u .o,. Pnr if nTiint bo remctnbered

that tho Increase of tho deficit In January was duo solely to the heavy Interest ...... a n, Vw liPirlnnlmr of tllO year

a chnrgo which will not recur In any such

amount till July, nnu which, ibu ..i ,.i i.,. ,ii,itr-uiitnii tn its relation to

tho dof.clt. over tho six months of tho

llscnl year. Tho fact that the deficit wa

..lunul In iYin VI llllSinCSS Uttl t.1 J' fill u-

ary affords a very fair unrantco that It will bo further reduced durlne tho 2G bualMoVfll "

As to the surplus in the treasury, the debt Statement issued by tlic treasury V.1,1 thn net cash balance on. the lust

day of February at $102,707,000.05. Of ihn mnncv in the tnnsury on that day

$105,222,143 were in United States notes nnd S3O.C04.73O were in

treasury notes of 1S90 both legal ten-

dors. Tlic present eurpiuA m iuü u-uus-Id eover the deficiency of rev

cnue on the average of the last three months for something like 175 years in nther words, if the eleficlt should

continue at the same rate that it went nn lurinir the winter of 1SD5-0, we

fc-houlel need new taxes about the year

2041. Louisville Courier-Joumai.

THE 6UNDAY SCHOOL.

UtrfitloBi4l I.i oii for Murch 9, M-

Ktnliw. ArranRed from reloubct'a Notes. Got.nuN Ti:xt. WJiotnoever shall confess Mo besforo men, him hall the Son et Wun also confesa beforo tho annc-la of Oou.' -Luke 12 :S. OKXmtAI. HKVIKW. Cbnptcrs 1-12 of the Gospel according to litike have been the basis for thexiaiät quarter as follows: Lesson 1. Jan 5. Tho forerunner of Christ. Luke 1:5-17 l.uko t. Jan. 12. Tho boy Jesus, lukc 2:40-52. (Uiko 2:' M ). 1 S. Jan. 19. rh.J ministry of John th

DnPtlBt. UUKU j;iD--, li.uM.;i-"'f' 4. Jan. 2i. The cnrly ministry of Jesu. JI.ukn 4:14-22. (l.uko 4:1-44 ). k Feb. 2. The power of Jesus. Luke V. 17'2-r (Ulke 6:1-33; 0:1-11.). 6. Fe-1). 9. The Sermon on tho Mount. I.uko 6U1-49. (I.uke 0:12-49.). 1 Feh. 10. Tho Great Healer. Luke 7210. (Luke 7:l-.l').). , . . g. Feh. 23. Faith encouraKe-el. Luke 8:43-53. (LuJto S:1-M.). 9 JInrch 1. Jesus tho Messiah. Luke :lS-27. (l.uko 9:1-5-).). nt inir. h . True lovo to ono's nelffhbor. 10. rj. .v:5.37. (uiko 9:51-C2: 10:1-42.).

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12. March 2.'. lblimi n nu ervant. Luke 12:37-45. (L.UKe l-.i 53.). O. T. Knli. 5;1S. a onnrMse. definite, thougb brief rc-

nf the life of Christas we huvebecn.

itudylnp it is given in the accompany

ing chart:

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CIlllIST

lllrth

of John IlapitM.

the

June,

u. a.

limTii or CinusT.

''Childhood ami Youth.

Doe.

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n. o. 4 to A. n

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Ministry of John. HaptlKin of Jesus.

Tho Tfinpumo'iy

I YEAtt OF I1E0INNIMSS. First DUclploi. First Miracle. First Hcforuv First Discoursel.'lr. T.Ml r.

First Samaritan ui clplo. , First work ot Gall loan Ministry.

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t YK All eiK lJKVEL.-Ol'MCNT.

Early Work In Gall

ice MlroKliii nf 1'nwnr.

Choice ot the Apos

ti..

iScrmonoa tho Mount.

Miracles ot neu. l'arablo. Mlrsclex of Faith

Mrch l)"th

miles tu tin station, r,,-n miotk i . had one. would it be possible to eover uw t.urried a thrill of hope to the con-

the 40 miles Ol rouLM muuman. iunincei mini.

.. t ;,. thno? I must bei Tt isn t

four o'clock yet! You mustn't hang hinil" , , n.ms!" or ed the prisoner,

he verv best 1 eiin elo." he suhl. HnginK' iron, the cot on which he had I haven't ridden it for ,i rWi Rlttin,'. "He has the pardon, I .1 It A ? I It

road between there am! Wild lbek be-

lore fenir o'cleick in the inornin,'

For several secomls Hurj;css stoo.i

thinkinir

"It's th

iiloud

.......ft, hut it is in jrooel comiuinn

nnd ready lor Immediate use, an out the fiat tires, and a minute's pumping ... tt

will fill them with wmhi.

(loins to the little room, usee! ns a

bn'iiKe or storeroom when occasion demanded, he brought out a late

model wheel that hail Keen sent eo

h'.m from the cast, lie knew tnni ne flr rider, b.it hail hud very

little practice for some time, and if he

was to riele 4U uuich in .- four hours it would leepilre every bit Of strength ami persverance he pos

sessed. He Infinted the tires, emeu

the machine carefully, then strapped

1. Itll lificl

A search through the stranger ft noekets revenlcd the telcKrnm, and the nneonscious man was for the moment forgotten In the excitement of the news and In releasing the prisoner, who had licen fo nenr a criminal's death. It was nearly two weeks before the ii... Ktmln of that nitrht bail

earned left the operator, ami another

week before he was aide to ne nuten , 1. In 1,1, intlnn. Dnriiur that time

iiaeK i" . - . ...

Frank Wagner and the süeriu were nm iii-si'M. one or the either or

Ith him all the time.

noin i i.h , , .

When Kreil llurgess wiw nuie iu Kl i

the mac 1 HC enienui, iv ..w ..j.j.-.. n- . , , , ti e ool-bag, containing pump, wrench ba,k tu the railway stat ion he found, ns

nnd oil-can to t ie wuieue, coin mreu , . m,w ne wuum, iu.w. -i- - l is w el with the ollice clock to e lu1v there. But he didn't eure much, Pis wirn.il mui .iu.. ' - ... 1....1 t.,i ..nnii.Mi wes e ra ndven-

tlinl il H'tlH eeilTCCl. lUlt " uininnv ,),. nt' 11IUI n that it ias ton i ; Li,iJ101 .,..!..., i,. . ,. nb?ht's ride acreisi

for the siienu carei-.i-ij uiri' ""h r. -- t noeket. closed the mIIIcc door, and wan the plains and mountnh.soi Arizona to po.Kti, e.o u ,,,, f,ir lifetime.-Henrings,

.,11, 11 I11KI 11M 11 , 11- iw.'.M.... I Minimi .

.. . .. ..!.!.. l,

to push the wheel, on u ; .ut meant life or death to an Innocent man. The first ten miles' was comparatively easy riding, nud he determined

Chicago.

inn Thrnter Thieve

i... .lfm., wntehes anil other nr

II1U ii""'-i tides stolen outside the theater eloorn

lively easy riding, nud he e 't rm tue. " within one week reprcBenU-d to n.nke the best e.f It, then, If he found of ,o;,$5t000. It liuuogslble to ride faat enouith on I In aiuu over -.ww.

THE BOSSES AND M'KINLEY.

I'Utt. Quut anil Keod 1'lottlng Asalmt

Hin Ohio Mutt.

Tl. hiiltentions are unmistakable

that a large majority of the republieimn nf the V CSt Ulld SOUtll StrOllgly

fnvnr ,1m nomination of McKinley.

Even in this state it will require all

the power of the I'latt macinnu nnu of the governor's patronage to pre- . i. inimn nf MelCinley delc-

VI1U lut V.V..-. - .,fia h, some of the tronurcst reptib-

Ucan districts. An nttempt by Plnti

to throw the New York delegation as

t. McKinley. Avith Gov

Mnrin nut. of the race, would surely

u fntiln. The Ohio leader represents

as nobody else does the policy of high protection, which is the republican

party's pivotal principle for the conv In it nnmnnifrn.

Ye.t it is cciunlly obvious that the

most powerful lws.sc.s in the party are against McKinley. They tlislike him

thnn thev iliel Jinrrison.

riatt in New York, Quay in Pennsylvania, l!ccd und his managers in New England ami other of the most skillful mirMnns will defeat hiu if they can.

It. is for this purpose that they have instigated or encouraged the candidacy of various "favorite Rons," hop4a ,,,nlf the. field acoinat Mc-Kin-

neau nun. It is not likely that they will succeed. The bosses very rarely control national conventions. They were against Cleveland in 1884 and in 1592, and yet he was nominated. They were against Harrison four years ngo, and yet he prevailed. The republienn sentiment in favor of McKinlcj, bids fair to be irresistible. N. -Worlel.

irl.i, rnilnltll ltovrllO.

The Wilson law in its first calendar year therefore yielded a customs rcvnnlv SS.S20.41O.2G less than the Mc

Kinley law in Its last calendar year . f.. nnn i t. fnh n.

(lvS93). As, however, in io j.i i lev customs tariff depleted the treasury . ii . a - A . Minnr

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i(irowinz uppoimon IjebU and tbu Chll

dren. .Irtlin rhnnt. 7ltt

Final Ocparturc from l llnlllnn.

Tho Good Samaritan.

Teacninns nuouv l'raycr. Parables about Watchlnc The l'rodlgol Son.

A. D

Laut Throo Months.

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A. V.

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OPINIONS AND POINTERS.

This favorite r,on-shino business may turn out to lie only moonshine. Chicago Timcs-llcrald. The republican booms nre all beginnimj to r.how signs of weariness. Tom Heed's Isn't ns big as a scab potato. Atlanta. Constitution. If Mr. Cullom'isboom does notget off the Illinois track the managers of tho McKinley boom are not going to be responsible for any collisions that may

take place. uiucago jiewru. The republican silver senators arc making extensive preparations for be

im? placated at St. Lotus, i m: ui

tion they are now

ii. i.uum. . 59 i3a,l.lo.Sf lor uuuuucn w ....D Informing w ith this pjantlCrj,f the net revenue from it was cchuically known in nQt quite lnrRO nj, u,at from the Wil-

vliiv tn 4e.hni

V. . ..ft ' " ' v , .

western politics as "getting their nmu

legs out of the traces." x. uonu.

republican jingoes ore in a hau

i.ilirht- A war scare will make Cleve

land president again, und to stop blusi.rln would bo to crucify what has

become second nature to them. Verily,

thev nre between tho devil turn tneueep

Hen. Trov Press.

llnrrisonlaus arc trylnff to Bll,trnck tho McKinley boom In Indiana. There is in this a slight hint Hint the ex-prcsldont would rush to tlic rescue of the country should a bugle blast

como from St. Louis at the critical mo

ment. St, Louis Post-Dispatch. "Tho people of Florida have learned tho folly of putting- all their ecrirs In one basket. As a result of the

devastating frosts a year ngo tne residents of that state, who have heretofore devoted themselves entirely to fruit raising, nre turning their attention to manufacturing. Several manufacturing plants hnvo recently been cstnbllshod nnu more ore projected." Troy Times. Such announcements follow tho defeat of the Dinglcy bill to increuse tho tariff. Utic Observer.

I..... i isor. lut nnnrt from this

last consideration, it Been well niffh certain that if Uicrohad been no tanfl change and the McKinley law had been in force during tfic pcrioel when Uic great agricultural and commercial depression was most pronounced, it would have yielded less customs rcveifuc than tho Wilson law did. The country need

not crieve ot cr tlic defeat oi t no uingicy

bill, designcel to revive in pari, ion? .iw Klnlcy tariff duties. WiUi indnsiry, patience nud the blessing of better harvests this year tho revenue of tl people will increase, and, proportionatelv, the revenue of tho government. X Y. Herald.

If a man takes half your property, thnfcYi robbery; but If he takca only a thirel of your proieity, that's logitlmate. Strange doctrine, but it is the re

publican doctrine ns dcclarcei iy n iormally called Bcnato caueua. -Albany

Argus.

Tho Tom Heed pre-sldcctlal boom ban finally reached the llthograpliio

stnge. This will Uonouoss spur McKinley bcom on to the vontex fadrf

N. Y. Journu.

Note the characteristics of each year

of the public ministry. vj In connection the three great

ministries us designated by the prov-

inco which Jesus maele tne ceniei u His work, though in each case Ileraael excursions into tho neighboring regions und visits into the other provinces.

Note tho lonir pcrioel of prcparattom

and the slow progress at first.

Take note of the hie ot .lonn in in connection with the life of Christ-how; ho prepared the way before Jesus came,! n.,,i ,ir.'.nliecl at the same time with

Jesus for more than a year, till the way.

was fully prepared tor tue uospei w

take effect among the people.

HELPING ONE HEAVY HEART.

The l-onnl Satisfaction That Como. from Chccrlns a SliiRlu Soul. Helping nn Individual in time of need Is a more real and positive act than helping a whole community. To write a poem, nn essay, or a volume, that shall influence and Interest thousands, does not give the sense of personal satisfaction to the writer tlint comes with the consciousness of giving" encouragement and cheer to one aching heart or tioubled soul that might have fainted or failed but for this stimulus ami aid. Thin truth is liest appreciated by thoso ,.-t,n lmvi. ilium most in the Hue of in

fluencing multitudes. They realize that the reflex influence of work for tho many is gcnernl and diffusive, while the effect of close personal work for and with the individual is immediate and direct in the heart of both the doer i 4i, rnooiviT. lie who is all the

time doing for the many is gloel to know that he sometimes does for one jwrson who longed for the help that he nlono could give. A good physician, whose professional skill is knowa and prized on both sides of the ocean, writes modestly, in response to grateful words from one of the patients t whom he has lovingly ministered: "A n nhfiiinliin. 1 Wdicve that the sweet

est moments of my life have originated iu some wave of consciousness that my honest efforts to salve Bomo wound op mitigate noma anxiety or pain in a human heart have aroused a quickened sense of the great and universal kinship in another fellow-mortal." We may be nblo to influence for good the .,fli. multitude surrounding us, hut

who of us cannot say or do that which will Boothe a personal fear, or whick will arouse new courage and hope, I. a single heavy heart? S. S. Times.

Faith docs not mean simply that we itrongly believo that what we wish

will come to pass. It also means tliat e lose our selfishness nnd pride in tho

pure, desire for uou s giory. vornan.

wtllintrlv helns to bear the

burden of another, takes a step towatd

Christ. Ham's Horn. Fame won by doing good Is deplorably rare, hut it is eminently Chris

like. ä. S. Time. if -nu don't kill your besetting !

It will ktll you. Itttju'a Harm.