Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 39, Number 22, Jasper, Dubois County, 5 February 1897 — Page 3

WEEKLY COURIER

JASPER

C. DOANK, lMildl-har.

. INDIANA,

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THK VffiTEKAM. nv ktki iii n i:nk.

( T of I M w iiinnw c ould in- mmb ' bre hick o r v trees placed Irregularly in a iiu-ii' I w 1li.it wax resplendent in springtime green, further away the old denial belfry of t h village c Ii n r b loomed

o it the i i i A bo ret inedltatlng in (he shade df "in'

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of tbe nieKories lazuy swtsneu am i.m. Yht STOB ueshina made KB oblong of vivid yellow on tin- tkor of tin- grocery "Could you see tin- whites of their t es'.'" sii'nl the inun w ho wa.s seated on a 1MB box. 'Nothing of the Kind," replied old Henry, warmly. ".Inst :i lot of Bitting ii:':irr. and I let go when they 'peered to be thickest. Bang!" "Mr. Fleming." kl the geoeer. HI deferential roles eapreaaed somehow

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the old mun'aexacl social weight.

Flemtnr. vim never was frighten

much in them Unties, was von ."' The veteran 1om1.mi1 down and grinned. Observing Iiis manner, the entire group tittered. "Weil. 1 pucss 1 was." bo aeswered, anally; "pretty well eared, eotnetiines, W hy. In my first Kittle I ti ghl the sky was telling Ammm T thoii"ht the world w is COItt-

iiiL' to an end. N nil bet I WOM scaled.'' Kvcryone lati" hed. Perhaps it seemed etntnge and rather wonderful tofbenj that a man should admit the thing, and In the tone of their laughter there was probably more admiration than if old Fleming had declared that be bad always beaa Isereover, they Knew that he had ranked at SU orderly sergeant, tod so their opinion o hi" hero on was fixed. None. 1 N sure, knew how nn orderly Sergeant ranked.

but then it was understood to be some where just shy of a major general tare. Bo when old Henry admitted thai he had beaa frightened there was langb. "The tronhhl wa." mfd the nhl man. I thought they were all hooting? at ane. V".s. sir. thought every man In the other army was aiming a BOB in particular, and only bm. And it teemed ho darned unreasonable, TOO know. I wanted to explain to "em what an nl-

antghty pood fellow I was. becauae I thought then they might quit all tryjap to hit me. But I couldn't explain, end they kept 08 being onreaaooable -bUm! blamb baagl So 1 run:" Two little triangles of wrinkles eared at the onrnera of hie cyoa. Erl

dently he appreciate i some cumeuf this recital. Down near h;s fee;, how ewer, little dim. his grandson, was visibly horror stricken. H is hands were elssped nervously and his eyes were wide with sstonlshnsent at thia terrible acaadai, his moat ajasgaiSoenl grandfather telling auch a thing. When little Jim walked with h's grandfather he was bj tbe habit i f

k k i I i i p along on the stone paveme.i in front of the three stores and the hoi! r the town and betting that h! could avoid the ereeka. But upon this !av he walked soberly, with his haul gripping two of Iii graadfatber'a fingers. Sotiietitnes lie l.i.I.i d abstractedly ;,t dandelions that curved ocr the walk. Anyone could see that he waa much troubled. "There's S'ekles colt over in the mcdder, Jiminie," said the old man. "Don't you w ish you owned one like him?" "Hu." said the boy, with a strange lock of interest. Ha continued Ma reflections. When finally be rentnreds

ehuuge Ibeold man. His faeeceased instantly loben face; it l.ec aiuea m-vxk, a gray thing, with sorroi wrttaa abäset the BSOUth and eye-. He hoarsely aboutad al ths tool of the little, rieketjf talra, and laimsdistelj . II seemed, there came down an BVakUiehC of men. NO one knew that during th s line the old lady hud bed BlSlldlug in her ni.'htelothea al lac bedroom door yelling! "YYhat'f th' matter? What's tl' matter? h it's th' matter?" When thc dashed toward the ban

it presented to their cm s it usual upS .At.. !u At..

pcarancc. solemn, rainer myssra in im black night. Tbe Swede's buttern waa overturned at a point aome yarda from in front of Ike baTB doors. It contained a wild little conflagration of Its own, and Srea IS their exeitcmeiit SOttS of those who ran fell a gentle secondary iI, ration of the thrifty pait of their minds at sight of this overturned ihiitern. Under ordinary elrcumatanoea it

would have been a calamity.

Bui the cattle in the harn were trampling, trampling, trampling, and sbOVS this noise OOUhj be heard a hummine; Uk the songof innumerable beaa. The old man hurled Saids the preat d,Hir, and a vellow tlanie leapeil out at one corner and sped and sped and wavered f ranthally up the old pray wall, it waa glad, terrible, thia single (lame, like the wild banner of deadly and triumphant I a, With his oM n Knife in his hand old Fleming himself had pone headlong Into the barn, a here tbe stifling smoke swirled w ith the aireurrents, and w here could be heard in its fullness the tcrrible chorua of the tlanie-, laden with

tones of hate and death, a hymn of wonderful ferocity. He flung a blanket over the old mare's head, cut the baiter close totbemnngar,

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I mi st tat ami bin 'Ii out." led the mare to the door, and fairly kicked her out to safety, lie returned w ith the sanie blanket and rescued one Of i he work horses. He took Are horses OUt, and then came out himself a ith his clothes bravely on lire. He bad no whiskers, and v rly little hair on hm bead. The) sooaed Ave pailf uls of watet OB him. ilis el. lest son made a clean mis w.th the sixth pailful because the aid man had turned and WBO running

down the decline and around tothe baaoUient Of th- ham where were the stanchion- of cows. Some one noticed at the time that he ran very laii . lv. as if one of the ftemded horses had sinn' bed his hip. The cows, with their heads held in the henvy stanchions, had throw n tlicin--civ.s, strangled themselves, tangled themaelvea done everything which the 1

ingenuityof their exuberant rear eeuui suggest to them. Here. BS at the well, the BBSne thing happened to every man save on.-. Their hands went mad. They became inca pa hie Of eerv thing sae the pOWCT t r.;sh dangerous sit nat ions. The old man i ch ased 1 he cow nearest the door, and She, blind drunk w ith terror.craahed into the Pa ada. Tbegweda bad been rutininir to and fro, babblinff. lie CM tied an empty milk pail, to which

he chin"- with an unconscious h.tit ( n-

thusi.ism. He shrieked like one loot as he went under the cow's hoofs, and the

HUMOROUS. "Hang this fop!" " but'a tbemst-

trr?" "Why, It'a so thlak just walked j lino one of pay creditor."- ( lev. lui.d j Plain Deder. Bosataa irntrrtalalng awn aatf flieiids. to herself; "tili, dear, I lo I v. isli one would im I have mi much to j mi ither of then ahead Ike other!" l IteUUa, A Uterary Hint, In producin.,' . Uteraturi wrlu only oa oae aide of the I pap. r, us the preut publications of the day do not, as a rule, cure fur both skhM e a story. Detroit Journal. Miss P ion (quoting) "Wi e im -a make proverbs, end tools atpoal them." htiaa Smart (muinply) " I wonder What Wl man made the one you ;

jnst repeat, , I."- Tlt-Bita, "Mv child," said the old herrinp to

the young herring, by way of parting advice, "the whole ocean is l.cfore you, I ul don't go too near those caniw ri. aJong the coast of Maine unle.su you want to be taken for ah.irdine."- t'hicapn 'I ribune. I oddy "Haven't you assays had a coetempt for that alothful aervanl who wrapped op his 'dent baa napkin?" Duddj "On t he contrary, 1 hae often thought him deserving of praise. Just Hk like I not, you know, his talent via one for music." Doston Traaacript, Obatacles to Art.--"There ia one thitip." .said the heavy man of the theatrical company, "that'll have to be attended to." "What is it?" asked the stage manager, "You remember the scene In Which 1 pledpe. the princess'

health la t!ii- crystal poldet of fooming ! w ine?" MYoS." 'Well, you can do one cd three things, You can make that i (..id tea weaker, put some auger la it, iret Koir.e man who isa't ill dull-

... r, " . ; per of making a wry toot to play the part." WaakU gtoa Star. The late hud chief justice of Klipbud used to tell his friends this ante doteal hla own expenae: Drirlng in his toupa towards his court one morning, im accident happened toil al Oroevenof Square, Feaurlng he would be belated, he called a CSb from the street mnk, Snd bode the Jehu drive him as rapidly aa possible to the ooorta f Justice. "And v. In iv. are the V."' 'What, a Urn-

don cabby, and don't know where the . am i ti.. SMS

iw courts are at out i em pie i.u .

0h, the law toorta, la it? ButyonaaM courts of justice." Tit-Hits. HERRMANN'S GREAT TRICK.

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lt. Iii l.y Uood MtflBSW. Now that II. 1 1 maim the Great is pone, ! there can be no kann in explaining how Irs wonderful trick ..f eavch inp the bullets .hol at him by Six DBStonsl puaxds- j BM ii v. as .lone. tin Loth oecaalona the famous pr'stidipituteur Uxh1 idoue upon the Stage, while six picked marksmen from the ! suit' natiimal puanl tired poiat blank am him from a platform butti lank audience. On both oceaaknw Herrmann, 1 pale of f;u-e aad painfully alert, OaOght ; the bullets prev iously marked by a comBlittae Of noted army men, and handed them hack hot from the bun el for 'dentificntioft. Of course, it was a tricl . but it was a dangerous trick, and one that Herrmann dhdlked to do, Bat even he was less nervous than the marksmen, who, acting in perfeel good faith, feared that they might kill the plucky magician, ftfaav bare been tbe alleged explasuv

tkana Of this trick published in various new I papers. They ha all keen w roup. Herrmann himself told 'he Herald how it w as (hm-, and here it is: Of course, there was an accomplice.

and this aooompiice was not one of the niarksnnen, but the . rpetint in elinrpe of thciii. This serpeant tjok the six rcgniation urmy bullet oartridgra on a silver platter t tlie coinniittce. The c iii.iniltei'exaniined them, made rare they wer- genuine, marked them : plainly and replaced them on the platt r. The sergeant instantly raised the , platter in plain sipht at nrni's lenp.Ji RhOVf his hi ad, wall ed ov. r tO the pnrkamen, and they themselves each hank a eartridgn, examined it and nlaced it In tbe ritle. Then ohme the

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.

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milk puil. roilinp across the thMjr, made Ki,Ktinp. a Rash of silver In the gloom, 'i ) trick my at the platter w hich old Fleming took a fork, bent off thai ;k falsa bottom. Inder this bot cow. and dragged the paraiixed Bwedw ! n,ui iav other caurtrtdgea, Identical to the "pen air. When they had res- n KijM, weight and appearance, hut cued all the cows save one. which had holding bollets BUHH of a com juts it ion . 1 , If ....iilit Olli . A .1. 1....... ...1 . ... Mfl ,- 1,.,

so lastelK'.i n.isci. unit nn. - j . .. n. i?,. co .n..i ....... ....... ....

aergo ant bcid 1 ho platter

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vor It KT l was BCARBD." "(irandpa now was that true what you was tcllinp t hose men ."' "What?" asked the prandfather. hat was I tcllinp t hem V" "l. about you ruuninp." "Why, yes, that was true ettOUgh, Jlmmm Uwaamy first Ight, and thers Was aa awful lot of noiae, yon know.'

OPS of the hired men, a Swede, deaired ( drive to the county seat for 1, rooses of hin own. Hie obi man

M B 1 ied a norse and an unwashed buggy. It apaaared later that one of the parI 0 ' s ,,f the Swede was to pet drunk. After fuelling some bolsterotta frolic the farmhnnda and boys In the parlet, the old man had that nipht pone peacefully to Bleep, when he was aroused b) skunoriog at the kite! HBO door. He grabbed his trousers, ..mi they waved out behind as he daahed forward. He Oasjkf. hear the voice of the Swede, sctrantinp and blubbering He pushed the w widen button, and as the door (lew OpUBh the Swede, a manne. stumbled inward, chattering, weeping, atill Screaming! "IV barn tire! h' re!

JMPe! He harn fire! l ire! Tire.

hm mnv.-d all ill. h. tlicv leturiieil to

front of the harn and st. d sadly, breatkiag like men who had reached the final point of human effort, Many people had come running. Some one had even pone to the church, and now. from the distance, rang the tocsin note of the old bell. There v. as a loup Mare of crimson on the sky. which made remote people speculate as to the when about s of the fire.

The lonp flames sang their drumming chorus in voices of the heaviest bass. The wind whirled clouds of smoke and

cinders into the faces of the spcctaioi s. The form of the old bam was outlined in black BtttM these masses of orai.pehncd Maines. nd then eame this Swede again cryinp as one who is the Weapon of the sinister fates: "H .Its! 1H- oattW You have torgOi de colts!" old Fleming staggered, it was true-, they had forgotten ttotwocotta In the boxotalkial tkebackof the hum. "Hoys, i. said "I Bauet try to pel 'em out. Tl.,.ve!am..rcd ahOUl h iin then, a f ra M for

him afrai.lofwhntttieysiiouiMsee. inc., thev talked wildly each to each. " by, Ifa BUra death!" "He would never pet ,Ml1 M,v. it's suicide for a man to PO in there!" Old Fle.ninp star. d. absent-mindedly, at the open doors, " he

he saul. ne rusoeu

Thürs wus a swift and ludcscribuble Bt. Jsmea Huiket

BOOT little tbinp

into the barn. When the roof Ml in a prent funnel of smoke swarmed towards thei.ky. as if the old man's mighty spirit, released rom its hodj a little botUe bad swelled like the goal of We, 1 he HUtoko was tinted rom- hue from MM game., and perkana the utiutterabM midnights of the oaiverat win have no miwtr to daunt the color of bia aoul

aloft h"

lOUcbrd a spriag, and by a clever nueh-

SnkHB these six "fake cartrulpe Jumped into the platter, while the genuine cartridge disappeared beneath tue fals boMom. S. it wius the composition eartridpen that the marksmen unknowingly put into tlheir riles, and on lirir:' ' his BOttt;osition Was instantly incited by frietkia thn iiLr!i the barrels and dial Ipabfd In the air. Mi ant ime. however, the BUppOsedl.V empty platter wius taken hehin.l the whips, where the penuine carkridpe Wam drawn out, ipiiekly heated and can-fully placed by an attendant on a table, where Herrmann, just before the Bring carelessly picked them Up and pel med them. Holding them in his hands darin p tlw tlrinp. hemniediatelj produeed th- at as that smoke claeuwd. a almpJe trick, but a very (uuigaroaa I OOS, for if the platter's nuM-hiudstn ailed to work eompletely, one or more

ot the penninc cartridpes nnpht linve. pot into the rilhs of the mark men

and them e into Herrmann I ooo. . Y. Herald. pipping Into I hiMloty. A man asked an Irish priest what s Miracle was. Bs pave him a full explanation, which did not satisfy the man, WBO said: "Now, won't your rlverence giro me nji example of m miracie . Well." said 'he p liest. BWf lefora Baa and t'll see w hat I can do." As the man did so he pave him a tr , , ,- 1..LI.1

On 1 I US hli'K ociono. "Did you feel that?" he asked. "IWrorra i did (aal it, sure eaougk "Well."sai.l the priest, "It would hea miracle if OU didn't." Br-ton rdna.

Inten.ittl.Mittl I ruuu fur Frhmary 1, IsOT I r.n- .. iei i .its,- .1 iu . i I a 2.511. An.jni4el from lVloubet' Nott J OOLDEN Ti:.T -Mun lookcth on tin SUtwr.nl ail ai nice, tut I lie Lord lookst'i en n. .- heart less, Mst. Tl.MI A. 1 I ll ! Hi. I osslhlo to

tell iMi. iiy when taia avsat occurred, hat ' groba'.ly with n two or three . ;.r. afui the founJin;; of the ehttn h ul 1 . nt. eoBt BXPLtANATOBT. The t hureh Boaatifal. V. It, 3 V.'c have hen-a repetition Of the picture af the Shurch gives in chapters -':tl-47. j , "(if heart:" the s- at of nffeeHon, "and of one soul." the personulity, the sum of the faculties. Although they had increased to live thousand, tin y were still u unity, not neces.surily In opinions, but in love, in affection, in purpose, la devotloni X',. "With prent power:" Hestowed by the IIc.lv Spirit of power, makinp (kelr wltaesa effective in leading the people to believe. "(hive the apostles witness:" Testimony of what they, had s.en and known. "Of the resurrection:" I teen use that was the essential keystone of the CkrietkUl arch, as

Paul says In 1 Corinthians 15 : 13-16. The Church Hountiful.- Vs. 34-7. ThtO poor of Jerusalem, and the miiny who had come from distant lands, an I were now lenrninp the Goapel truths, a ml being filled with the Gospel apirit, in order to carry it home with them. l ad nil their pci cam i ry aranta supplied. 14, "HosseKRors of lands or bouses sold them:" For the need was greetd than could Im' SUppUed by their income.

SC.. "Jones:" Another form of Jo seph. "Snrnamed Itarnabas:" P.av. son, and nabuah, prophecy, pOUfingOUl words as from a fountain, t be Impelling force being the diviDe Inspiration. 1 "Son of consolation:" or cxliortnt ion. 37. "Having land, sold it:" lie comforted by his fifts as well as his word A New Danper to the Church. Vs. 1. 2. 1. "Hut:" In contrast with these other noble men. "Ananias:" Favored of th- Lord, or the Lord is graciOOS "Sold a possession:" lie Bold Itosteael bly to give to the poor. , "Kept hack pari of the price," i. e.. while at the sume time they professed

to he brin". up the whole sum into the common fund. They desired to have nil the credit the church would civc them for acting aa generously as Barney has did, nnd yet. while getting Credit for unselfish and unstinting liberality. to he able to enjoy in private somewhat of that which they were believed to have surrendered. "His wife nlso be inp privy to it :" This shows that thi was not a Midden overw helm inp tempt a tloa attacking them unawares, but a dclilH-rate plan. "Laid it at Hie njKvs. ties fi't:" Apparently at some public religious service, when- they oould be seen of men. The Ikmper Stranpcly Averted. Vs. r,-io. n. HDut Peter aaid:" The spirit must have revealed it Uohitn. This was more natural from the heart of Peter being clarified and quickened by the In

dwelling spirit. "Why hath Satan , filled thy heart?" This is the exact posite Of the case of the apostles. TlieV were filled with the Holy ahoataothat there waa no r."i!i forSatan. Ananias ; was filled vv ith Satan, so that there Waa no room for the Holy Spirit. "To IkftO the Holy tlbost:" They lied to the lb.ly tih'ost, because Hie offering was made, not to the axstles, nor to the ' church, hut to God, and the act was thus a direct falsehood addressed to Him. 4. "While it remained, was it not j thine own'."' There wsnneoaupuleo I on him to sell it. Hut it was necessary ' that ho should tell the truth. "Th- ' bust not lied unto men:" Hecause they had no ripht to question the act. It was aot egeinet thsaa, "hut nntoGod.' 5. "Ananias . . . fell ÄBWU ai d

Cave up the ghost:" His death was the direct act of God, and in ro BCaM He nn, .. ii,,r Mn.1 i lie anoatlea. Vers

I (1, l- , - , 1 prolkably they were as much aatoeianed as anvone. 7. "Aboal the apace of three hours:' She waited t bus lonp anxiously for he: bmbandb return With the news of the I praise and honor received for I heir lai I gift Then, weary and pUJUtted Si hi uksence, "his wife . . . came in" t learn the reason. 8. "Peter anawered unto her:" Ilet j inquiry show n by her looks or the (M t

of her coming. " l 1 1 BM wneioeryc suhl the hind for so much V" Implying "nnd no more." pointinp at the MUW time to the. pile of pold Ananias had

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A TRIBUTE FROM THE fcNLMV. Tsi.rr itrfuriurr Haeo seaeee Marae TrlaiupU ua tbe W ujl SbeUul. The uddres of S. .V D, -North hcXors the a,.n and means committee of tlw bouse of representative wus by all odd the most iiit'retinp und enlipbteninp

.liselosure that the mlii hearinp ha called out, if indeed it in not the moat Important contribution to tarilT literature und thought that ha appeared abase Gratet OoielsitTi aaatbsatad taj-ill inetisage of lhb7. It wuh a gennhse aurprlse. It BUM a Urrible shock to the fanatical protection. It waa the hiphest tribute to th-- princijile of turifT reform that could be jiid. itetweea the pnaltlan of the free traders, a.s the protectionist press denominates tarilT reformers, asm the woolen manufacturers aa represented by lir. North, there iB scarcely one iota of practical difference. In other words, the woolen manufacturers, speakinp through their oflicial representative, proclaim to the world their acceptance of the policy of the free tradera. Thia is a preat advance towards the final and satisfactory settlement of the tariff question. The corner atone of the tariff reform frtructure was free WOOi That was the

ha note of President Cleveland's tariff

sssasaure m IfST. The oaatar of oppoai

tion to tariff reform was massed apainst

free wool. The free tradera, accepting

the enemy's desipnation of tarilT r formers, said Huit free wool would Is'

: boon to the people because it would

give them cheaper and better clottimp.

that it would be a boon for the manu

faeturer because it would enlarpe and

nhcnnni the siinnlv of raw material;

nnd that it would not injure the Anieri

can wool grower because the wool Im

ported would not compete with the

home elin; that the American prower

would be likely to be Leuchtet UV ine buildinp up of the American wo den manufacturing industries. President Cleveland set forth these views nine years npo, and they were combatted with such intensity by both the manufacturer nnd the prower that for very consistency extreme views in the opposite direction were incorporated into the McKinley law-. What is Mr. North's testimony to-day? We quote from the press report of his speech: Vever. until ho hud had SVpSfftSnCS UUeOt

PROMISES AND PIE

presented, or naminp the sum.

for so much:" The lie in action leatb to a lie spoken, 0. "Apreed topethcr:" Showinp that the sin was deliberate, and thereforw ithout palliation or excuse. "T tempt the spirit of Hie Lord:" t. tempt Cod ts to dare Him. to put Il'in t the test WkWl her lie will see 1 he -in end punish it or not, so that Cod and Dil povernnieiit must be put into a fab. light before the world, or lie must takt notice of the offense. "lh hold, the feat of them which have buried thy husband are at the door:" As tht Cemeteries are always at some littleditance. outside the cities, the space ol Shree hours would not le at all aim time for those enpaped in the burial to he absent. The 1I1 Compelled to Work Out tiood. Vs. IMC u. "Oeeal feareaUM Bonn all Hie church:" Not f. arof man. hut preat awe in the presence of Hod; preat reveicnee for the lb.ly Spirit, preat fear of sinning, preat fonr lest

hey might themsclvea be deceived

rt(f and ThUM-.

Every successful Chrietlaa life Uiusl he a life of faith. Orowthii: praee isoften helped by hav Inp the pra.'e to nay ro. We are f.nre to w ronp otherw, if wr c.ursdves nie wronp with Hod. The only rivintr that is real rivipp. k pivinpthat tl dune SCOoediOg to al lity It oiurht. t Ik- a matter of pr.nciph with the Christian to praise the Txvrd, whether he feds like It or not. Mlost should be ex.i'ted nlmre mensnre,M Is tbe cplnnntion of why soma unseonn table thine happen to mn.tr of us. Ham'a norn

trot, woc,l. did the mar.ufa. t nr. r reaiiz- i n, rttsadvantape ho snfTered uruhr S wool Onty und the lmpoaslhiltty of any compensatory duty ofTscttlni! these dlsadvanT,f. concentration of American

rnrrhas( a upon the wools Wbtctl can l.e bouabt under the duty ln. reases the j.rlee romi.ar.d with that v,'h! h WOUM he DOM If all wools were avaUahle. and tha course of the mark, t und. r free wool has Indicated that theenhaii. . me-it of the price la al-.ut four ci-nta P' r pound. A duty has another effect in oheepsBtna the price of th'- wrool which cannot he Imported, no that I he forsten manufacturer, added to ail the Other advantages which he naturally SuaaiSSSS, U aide to set his wool cheaper from a cause

Towlni InOlreettjr out or me um. All the restrictions Of the old law w. re put th.ro, Mr. North insisted, to embarrass and impede the manufacturer In his choice of wool. They have that eff.ct. and are thua additional .ii. advantap a for whe h he Sets ro equivalent. Mr. North declared thet these resirictions were not required, bi , aua ihere was hardly any ... . upat Ion for which tho BpaortUBtttea w. re bo lew y.s in tho Kale of wool. It wua necessary, he believed, to recite these facts, that congress and the An. r-,-an p. . .pie should understand the economic aimdvantaaaa of a duty on wool. The manufacturei a did not SPfM ar to r .-13; the rest oration of a wool duty. They were willing to make aaeittoea In ordi r tliat the Otter of protection minht aprly " products thut need pn'te. tloli. 1 h. ' arrc d in advance to a gtav Bf protection sanal p. that to aa aaamari on th ir xo&. They simply d' nia.ndcd that there should be no return to the restrictive rates of pre

vious wool schedules. It was a Kr- ..t and Important fact that, as the manufacture had row developed here the use of forolpn wools hn.i become tndlso -i.M-i bb. Any duties on wool, the pur-

Iw V J H lit which was to exclude ni.d I ro-

hii.it its un porta. Uoe, would restrict tho American manufacturer to such fsbrtcssa 1... ...am ...I ( rum dtmSMtle Wool. The

Jn. .- ,.f such restrl. tl..:i would be to In

crease th Importation of for. Inn WOOlS tn ... 11 nf:i c! urcd form and cl.tah.lsh the de

nial .1 .r American wools and the senator

nn nt of American macint:. r. Vr Xorth declared that no Am. M an

manufacturer IkiukIU for, wool for any purpose for which ho could use domeatlc LmI n, ,1 that forelcn WOOl was not used

t, dlantaeai American, und that, wlui it

did not displace it, its Importation Increased

tho market for American wool. l'rettv Hiihstantial testuiiuny in favor

of free amok ia it not? A tliorouph acu., b.,ir.iit ,,f the correctness of the

s - f- mmm - position of the free traders, is it not", it

must be remembered that Mr. North is i, mere theorist, as he once reparded

riaaldtnt Claveiand, ami lager Q. Ifilla William L. Wilson and Other free

tn ... rs. He is not on m sarj from the

Cobdea club, paid by "Hi itch gold.

He is the re; .-i.tative ai. . 10 ",.111

.,f tbe 1. radical men in IniMiicss. He is

the .secretary of the Wool Maaufacturers' association, and the views he preatntamnntba aoeaptad as the views of the j.ractieal wool man ufaeturer.s. Ami no theorizing free ti.uh r hM put Ihe argumenta for free wool Ktronper thaui did Mr. North for the munufaeturers. They are converted to the belief in the. very foundation of tariff reform, five wool, after only two years' B radical nsrpcrience in its use. And theas tam years have be'n moat unfavoral.Ua to business experiments of any kind. c regard this sonleaaaanaathe moht atrikiag effect that the oampalga af a. samt! WW l. is produced. Round ideas upon economic policies have Ix-en driven into

the heads of the most indent enemies of tariff reduction. It is nn encouraging

ahm It eanaot fail to have an effect

for L'ootl uiMin those who would plunge

the country into protective BMMaaes

epain. It leads to the hoi and IkUuI that the time may not be long distant when manufacturing New Knpland will

become w hat it was before, the .stroiig-

1 .1 1 1 f free t rade in A me r ion. Utica

tN. V.) Observer.

Kopubllcaa mpalun U In th lAg ot tacts. It seema to be a fact that the single p.dd standard, aa a iolicy, is not realbdng the aipaatatlnnt af Ha frknada in the matte.- of Improring oonditloaa,

Wo were aaanireti tnai mrtmr um f-o

.in- w is at an end l.us.n. s.s would picK k 1. ... ..(.1 1 . .. a.AMinAf In ul

upai.l activity woui.i bi it. . iof aonmsei mead la luatry. In fact, it was said that nothing prevented

rcstorabicii of normal conditions ex

cept the silver ernze. w hich, it vna al

leged, had destroyed pouite ooBBoaaaa

and created UBOSrtetBty and d.sluronnce. Nob.Kly now contends that nor-

inal comlitiins have been restored or

that there is any prospect of their earl"

restoration. AiiviknIv who would make

such n content, on would be compelled

Uj admit that normal c nditiona ere

not h inp to brap about Of course, under Ordinary circum

stances, the fair thi up would be ti wait until the new administration had been

afforded an opportunity to put aome remedial legislation on the statute Ikm.U, a. suming that legislation la a good thing for a diseased c iwHtion of bmnheas bad ana eiienmataaoea at the proarnl aaae are not onlinary. We were toM that aadMng was needed to reetora proaperity bateoniidenee; juBt confidence, und that the only way, and the sure way. to create confidence was to elect Mckinley. Nothing wss Mid about waiting for legudation or even for the major's Inauguration; his election was pledped lodO the busJiieas. The Buffalo Times admits that the election of McKinley did not cause the recent hank failure-..ml t he peneral aa1 gamenta reported during the past f w weeks, but it insists tnat "neither has his election verified in the slightest

d. pree the predictions made by his organs and their assistants that confluence would be at oaee restored, pold would come out from its hiding places, mills would reopen, the avenues of employment would multiply, wapes would l is,- sad peace and plenty lieotir portion evermore." other papers refer to this matter in similar terms, and this indicates that peneral expectation banked on the major's election as the thing

that, mi realization of earnest promises, would create confidence and restore prosperity. We fancy, therefore, that a vast number of people hav e by this time reached the conclusion that it is much easier to vote for a thing than to get It after voting for it; and that there is a grant deal of pie-crustiness about republican campaign promises. Bing bamtOO (N. Y.) header.

Tbe amount of misinformation nnd Anw might falsehood that has been placed before the ways and means co.niitlee during the tariff bearings wo obt be astounding to anybody who w-ns not familiar with the methods alwnye employed by interested persona to ;vtraet greater favora from the government than they have any good reason to ask 'or. Providence Journal

TWIN RELICS OF BARBARISM. Protection und the liold siiui.lard foitM Traill SSMi Iteilue W age. The hopes of higher duties under tho incoming republican administration ia

nervinp the manufacturers to coxnoine

and raise prices of producta and lower

the wage rate. In addition to the new

1 1',. riven to 1 l,e nid tn.-'v 01 panixett

under the McKinley robber tariff law, u number of new combinations are

already formed since the election or

are in ooursa of in cube U on. inis is on the line of what ia known aa republican "protection to American labor." Now, if the poldite party ia not the father of trusts, and if the cap italistie combines have no reason to expect aid from the McKinley adminis trat ion, why ia it that there is now, in every indosttrial line, a marked activity in the organization and reorganization of unlawful combines? A new Bondage trust has already been formed; sai I it 01 imbine has been org inIxed; the print paper manufactures' have arrived at nn agreement to pov Interests; the window glass trust has raargaanaad in a stronger and more llnilgermia form than ever; the lockmakers' trust is in the field with an advance in price of 25 per cent., and combinations big anH little arc enterj into the spirit of plunder t cat has been given new life by republican sueeess. Hut wapes- ah. well, that ia another matter. The pold standard mist necessarily produce a reduction in capes, or, what is the same thing, a le letting of the opportunities to labor, with the corresponding result of screral men looking for one job. (ireat is protection and the t-r..i.l standard! If the country don't get its surfeit of thsaa "twin relies of barbarism" before tWO, the State Register will hsr?e missed its guess. Illinois State Rcg ister. COMMENTS OF THE PRESS. A tariff for revenue for mommas liee Is about the McKinley idea. St, IJis Post-Dispatch. fortunately for Hos Ilanna, hla ambition to pet into the senate is not

hampered by the necessity of being

elected by a vote of the copie or ms

state. St. Louis Republic

McKinley's cabinet will be one of

second-raters. No man w ith a position

and reputation to sustain will go into

it willingly. If any of them axe torceu

into it, t hey w ill get out before the enu

of the term. There is danper

nnd there is not auo of them who

fail to see the red lighU-St. Louis j

l'ostrUispotch.

It is said to le the intcation 01

Hie committee on w ays and means, now I

working n a i.ew tariff bill, to keep Ue results of Uieir deliberations secret! until they are presented tothe next con- j rress The "heard ps," though, may rive the matter away on the principle that, a man is know a by the company he kecoa. ("iacinnati Ihupiirer. IlllSaaalatsnsj was never the bugbvor of the republican. iirty. At this tune contradictions between their promises and performances are worry-

mi' theni less than ever. navmK

cured power by a fight OU the currency issue, they proposo to call an extra session of onnuress. not to reform t he cur

rency, but to enact a higher tariff. Anj other insonsistencv in their sttfttide the ground on which they nrgve for a t,iBhr tariff-to raise prices, let IM

effect of the former McKinley tariff waJ HSHerted by them to hare, beta rieen. Kenees City Time !