Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 39, Number 30, Jasper, Dubois County, 2 April 1897 — Page 3

WEEKLY COURIER

JASPER

O. DOANK, I'ubllMtiar.

. . INDIANA

SPRING.

i last, J" , barest BBCUM la her, Though keen snd eoM i still Um wind, And "I' the earth UOB l'li uk ami iln ar, And Icy basAS the st ream si ill bind. aat M nl of luuls iiiul MMlMI flower I in tlM i 1 r. and tills my heart, j, i nun UM Wi 1 u f - bovver Will In MM life as4 beauty start. WfOm yoiKh r h-H'-. II rat af his clnti. tlrd Insrtna hi- tone to sink', i, i!i,,unh ha WOUM du all he can To welcome back the wert m w fprlnr Tim' ipffnl Is here Boarec in i be toM, ,1 soon the trees will nil he ms-ii. j,.,l rure. rnlieil In vn-i v ami till, V' i-id mil In all her iMiirn us 1 1 1 . T,,r frAin the si re leave at my f - t N .1... I ..c llftS ItS he.nl. jt Ith a fr iu'rain e nasslm: y.vveet !.s me hee.l well where I tread. ! I , too, nt my f.ct, T see , il .."mill with gulden hell, A- though about to rlntc with Klee Tl." Khel me lo ws It i mies to tell. . I earth, so Inn,' In slumber di cp, Stirs dreiiinily, ns If to wake y. xn Its protracted, frozi n sleep, And from its ley hondae hreak. .rd 'on the newly wakened power Will In each hush ar! tr C be stirred, And throh In every eharmltii; flow, r. And In th sunK note of earh bird. p., ImMM wi'i'l and full of grace Life's darkest hour will si. rely hrln ; Pome flower of hops will show its fa , Soma bird of promise sweetly Fing. .tVilllntn C3. Ilaesclburth, In christian nrk.

IN AN EVIL MOMENT.

i; i:u M C. HEW ITT.

1 he editor sat in Iiis aanctUSB, a heavy frown uhui his brow, his blue pencil in hand, rapidly cortng berc im there with a muttered curse, nret for t In- stupidi'y !' tyiM.s, toon for the f iif si nt in by wuuld-bc i onu ibiitors, v tlOM position anil influence made eon - rli atSon ncecannry. Hi annoysnce wm Increased by the Irritating otmious ncsa tiiat a aussasager boy us waiting at bia elbow, and bad beta to waiting in Mol: I alienee fot tone time. Three abort, sharp whistles at the tube directly behind him! "bee what's wanted!'' commanded tlw magnate, nen r lifting bit eyes and giving a epeclally heavy blue line to an obnoxious word. But the commend inet with no response. 'Iii' allenl Bg are at his aide aevee moved. "Why duut von answer tbe tabi . yon idiot .'" be e tainted, furiously, aa the three whiatlea rami' again, short, sharp. Impatient. Thea his pencil dropped from hla fingere and rolled unheeded t the floor, ih iie him. mute and motion lean, atood oaa f Kaphael'a cheruba Ka WinfJI hail he, to he sure, anil more clothea, bat one of Baphad'a cht rube all tat sa-ne. The aaaie cherab'i fiu-f lh- same jfohleli aureoie! The baby-blac eyea looked Into his with a niixtnre nt s.nlness and pleading which aoaed the atara heart attaagaly .;un the whiatle aonnded. Without v. e,i be aaawared it hlmaelf, etcattaa; wobdormaat below, nut tu sn nitiKicrsiat inn, by the annnu neenn n t that ht avaa buay, addinaj with a rigor of langtrngewell ktumn in tboae realraa, that anyone who dtetafbed him within the nex i is ml its tea might draw hie aalarji tn date ami get on;! Winston "hn-v" and the preiaea waiting for hirnl r ifteen tninutea' valuable timeioat! The 5r n. an passed the word alottg with a kbpug tin' typo swore, lmt it made aot i' whit af difference, Tbe aatocral bad -cm forth hla hat. and if fire had been diaaoterad iaauing from thaaano lntn. it is in Ih- doubted Ilia; anyone Would have had the temerity to knock i ! tbe door betone tbi allotted time had iA pired, "Now, how did you gel Up here, and what do you want?" h.- demanded iimr.Rrn Ij of t he little creature beeide iiim. ''! n't you know that i ilit.us ar i ry l" - aaea, tad not to be diatarbed la this way?" In actountlng la himself kf terWardi for bia extraordiaarj attitude upon thui OccaaiOBi his only evcu.se lor not pilcliing the child out KUiiiinaiily was the ri PncmbraUBOa of n tiny yraxo iixin a New Englaad hllbnde where alepl a little brol in r of M -;irs before. i came ttp myself. Nobody tw me." answered the child, in a plaiatire voioe thai had aomethlng unahildlike in its ri-ier "I'lfase. do you luiy K)etry?" and he brought from ichiad him bah -hi.hand in winch waa cloaely alaaped f abert of note paper. if he had lanouBoed hlmaelf a a dealer in dUmooda, Wiaataa aaahf not have beea more taken ulsuk. Whyl Are you a poet?" he naked, a mixture of astonishment and oinuseV ill on his co'inten.inee. "No, hut Sister Marie writes poetry, an I sin 's sick, and there's only two of s. and she's sick, von know 1 told

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"let BM aaa what you have there," replied VI laatoTA, abraptty. i he Idea af the sick girl lying nt a n e Hicre, and t his aarapaf child not t v i ,j i,, lpr KM,jry s,.,.,,,., to him a rnoraatroaa thing, (fodoabl it was the worst kind of mbblah I It was folly to T 11 '"ok at it. But the whole st raupe1 1 l the mi nation had a BOti of faselnatioa for him. The child grew red ami uhitc by turns its he pouted al the eounteaaaaa of aba man who held his i" Iiis hands. ' 1. your sister is a gealatM eeiaintcd the reat man. as he rapidh Mt I the linen. ' I don't know ju-t what that is," an A 1 the charub, nwdeatty, Mba i feel

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do further. We dOBt pay jiiueh fur Matry aadiaarily, but v.., bj nortb Ü (ine yottf sister this fr in me and tell tier come ami si i- in,- on Saturday at three." "(Jh. thank you, Br," and the fa I 'h ryee droppi i Icatly as be tightly elutehad the piece of gold put into his palm. And then in- heated u deep draws alga of relief, Joj wbattaawl tinned and hfl the POO JO. ldy whea the child was entire I J nut of aighi 1 id Winston realise that he had ncgleetod to obtain the name and addrea of the nam genlua he had dlaeovered, lie t III lied I lie poem to 1 he light, but With no auccei s. Upon tbe hack of the doubk sin i t, however, was a aketchj Insul drawn faintly in pencil. Thellneewote bad Bad the drawing crude in every Way, hut the sketch was evidently i:i tended for the cherub v ho had jus isitcd him. In one corner was tit" artist's name, "Marie W.ndall." .ItUag it down in his not,, book and i;i' i nt: his handover hla forehead and eyoa, lis though to erase all OUtaide impt cssiiui, the great editor wai no IniiL'e:' man; he was once more a machine. With relief the waiting pft1 Ulf II und ty pos heard his whlatle below and they knew that hatavcr "lit had took h ui." as the "devil" ek press 'd i I , I lie a utoera t was ready for work once more. Hut they looked at each Other agheCt when the nieaaage came orr the tubes "Take out that article mi the coal regti I tu tit dow n half an hour BgO and set this poatiy instt id." Surely, "the old man had gOBC i ff li s head." ' "Thtit form's locked up and just -!np; to press," the foreman ventured to remoaat rate.

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ton, and shut the t ul with a snap to denote that as far as In- w an concerned, the interview was over. Something had disturbed him aaora t ''an us nah Perba pa it waa the memory of the little mound on the hillside M-r-hapa it w a.s aomethlng Indefinite an impression too vagUO to Is- oliUMlilled, Winterer it waa, in half an hour. Winston declared himsi-if ahrougrh, method loal ly tucked his blae pencil into its acciu tomed slot, locked bhi desk, istool) himself to his ulnfa for dinner. When In- read over the poetry in the ; reat daily the next morninp;. there was a sotiii-thiii which arre.steii his attention. A scene, a me in my came to his mind, but it was ton elusive for him to sjieiid auy time in try ing to catch it. So he dismissed it from his thoughts. A distinct shock received an hour or two later recalled it all, aad too forcibly, '1 Iiis shock came in tin shaH' of a note from a fi dow -edit r: ' "What are you muir us. aaywaj ." wrote be. "VOU must have hecn short of copy indeed, to try to palm oil' on your leaders that old poem of Tennyson's as new matter! 'Marie Wend. ill." too. Of all the colossal nerve! 1 think it nighf be called the "tireat American.' " Tennyson's! No wonder liiere hnd bean a familiar ritiff to the lines! liy bad he sl.imnusl over them so hastily? Why had he thrown caution to the Winds? Why. oh. why had he niale such an ns of himself that all who ran tuiirht icidv He turned aieh aad white :tt the tl o,t of all it meant this fearful blunder! If he only Could hope that the casual n uler would not dincover it. Any auch hope as this was dashed ruthlessly to tin- ground during MM nest few hours. Letten there wore from al! direction! jeering they weare, angry, remonstrant, everything but sympathetic. The world likes to he humbugged, but it does not want the fraud to he a palpable one like this. Aud the readers of the great daily did not hesitate to say BO in most UnOOU" promising terms. Wild with ancer and mortification, and wilh imprecations deep if not loud, the gnat editor iet hlmaelf to lad the woman vv ho had served hin: BVCfa a trick. "It is only another evidence of the utter deceit of the whole scn." he said in himself bitterly. "TlM trail of the serpent is over them all!" W ithout any add ress or ot her clew to her whereabouta to gad the eakaown Waa no easy task. The simplest solution of the difficulty WOOM seem to Into wait until Saturday at three O'clock, but he knew very well that she would not pat hi aa appearance. She waa too sharp for that. She bad the money, and that was all she wanted. With a grim entile that boded no gi d to thai young woman, he starled out to lind the author of his woes. And hv subtle hut legitimate means, means that no other man would have thought of, John Winston tracked her nt last. "This is Miss Weiulall?" InOOlred he. with most elaborate eoarteaj of the little lady in black who answered bis summons. She bowed her head with a IVJrpritSad expression that would ask his mission. "You write poetry. I believe?" be ipiestioned titfain. with saren-1 ic deference She gently shook bef head and murmured a negative, with deeper wonder on her face, to w hieh was added a shade af fear. She thought her visitor must ie a tnnat ks, "I am Mr. .lohn Winston, editor of t he Daily Astonishcr." said Mr. Winston, impressively, playing his trump card and expeetiag to see his listener convicted through her own confusion. Instead of being crushed, the only sind: "Yea?" und bowed politely, waiting with interest to know what might folk w this Important piece of laferna tioa Other than this, there waa not the qaiver of an eyelash thai abaded the blue ryes raised to h is. eyes so H he those of the eherub that the relationship wo ttnriistakahle. "You hnve never w rit ten any poetfj V "No. v hy do yea ankf

"You l uve rn-eirrd no mes.ij.'r from ne?" he naked agaiaaralvhherosaia tion. "No! Meaaage tVnmyaajt W hy should yni send me a ine-sae ?" "Tell me have yuu been sick?" She (hew heraatf up baaghttly, Thla w ah too maea, "1 cannot iaeM she said, "that it is of the elightest roaaeoiiaaee to yoaj, sir, in any way; hut 1 have not men sick. And now, .ir, if you are not u lunatic, you ate a most impertinent man, ai d if von do not leave thi. bouse at Olios, I will call an other to remove you." He! John Winston! threatened by this mit,. ,,f womanhood with beiagpnt out hv an ofBoerl The idea wiuh bo alurd th.it he laughed aloud, thus far niahing his listener with most eoavtne inu' proof of his insanity . She went to the pttll to riDK the bsU, hut Winston grew (nave apain in a moment. "Mi s Wemlall- plcac!" he exclaimed. "Let me tell you ail about this, i am neither Insane nor Imperii i l i t. hut very much perplexed. Listen to lue for three minutes. It is all I ask." When he reached t he conclusion, she looked up vvith quivering lipe and bear dimmed eyes. "Oh, sir! it is that dreadful boy! 1 think he will kill me. This is the worst thing he bus done yet!" "He may have done this innocently ," augjgested Winston, kindly. "A boy with u " "No, I know what you would say: 'A Isiy with a face like that couldn't, do such a thing W ickedly.' Hut be could, he can! That hoy is capahlc of anythlngl Re baas face like a eherub, bat In- acts like a dt lie ui . Why, one day I i mi' home and found him a few street s olT. dressed like a beggar, his face eovred with dirt and with an old tin cup in his hand. Collecting pennies from passcrs-ny l,ir his sick sister! I'm sun; 1 don't know what he does with bia money, '"it I know that 1 will not let him have any more than allowance which I think is enough for n lsy of his age. W hen I refuse, be manages in some way to obtain it. l!ut this is the very worst lie didn't do it innocently. ' : he rend aloud to me while l copied t hoae dm s. "You see," she went on. n moment later, Sea were only bsl f brother and sister. Hla mother waa we were not altogether happy after pa d;ed." "Poor child I I ihould imagiae not," 'aid WlnatOB, to himself, "if tbe BOtlV h it rm i ti ir ehar.u'teri-t ics ire a direct Inheritance from the mother." "Hut 1 promised my step-mother T would look after Harold. I can't help thinking he m ods a man's band over him," and she li nlahed v it h a alga. "I should aaj ao," answered John Winstun, grindv. and as though he would I'ke to be thai man who should have the nhsplng of that young gentleman's future career. An inspiration COIOC, "Miss W .-ndall," said he. earnestly. "I feel sorry for you. and the charge wblcfa s laid upon shoulders too young to hca . it. may be able to aervc you in one vray Bay nothing to this degenerate yoang man. hut bring him to the downtown ofBoa next Saturday afti-rnoon -he will not suspect me of beinr there and I w ill pive him such ;i talking to ns will causa that gulden aureole of his to shrivel up to a crisp. We w ill sec what can he done with him." "Oh. air, I'm sure I'm grateful to you'" "Not at all. not at all !" re pi ied Winston, trruflly, but v ith a twinkle in his eye. "I'm bound to have my reveage OUt of somi "body, and he seems to lue the most appropriate one." dust what pas ed between the eherub and tin- greet editor no one ever knew bat the ehe-uh. t he cherub's siste and the i it editor himself, but the young pen; in in came out of the Interview a wiser 'asndderboy. ik1 he editor married Mis Wendull? D'i. no. he didn't at least, not vet. Lad ' World. DEBT OF THE WORLD. The oMiunt i..ui .f ten Rattens inBveauas Meruit. Whether il be a Bood or a bad thine, for the nations, there is BO room t.. doubt that the debts of the World are prow dig steadily. In IsT', it was Computed that they rtood nt l,WO,000,000, aa compared with a round g UOOOOO.900 two years . ; rlktr, On the hsuus of Iguree, many of which have been obtained by IW at hist band, and are likely on that ae(OUUt to be more aeeiiratc than some of tin wild guesses to which certain irresponsible statisticians have treated us. vv e ourselves est i mat" t hat the indebted1 tiess of the world to-day stands at L' ä.siiii.iKiu.noo. As pronably every ope knows France Una the doubtful distinction of beittg the country which has the largest debt. The Intest figures put the total at aetnethlai like g l.'JDn.tiUO.UUO, w hich is nearly double the debt i." Cif.n.uoO.OOO of (ireat Hritain. which ranks as second on tbe list, liussia follows, with a total of JC .liS.tMiO.fKM), and insignifiesiit Daly comes fourth with g .HUi.nno.OOO that is. if we 'ouiit as separate Hema the joint debts of A list r in-1 1 ungtiry and the individual debts of the two portions of the nation. The joint debt stood in !s!;, at ggTi.9WMQ0l while tbe debt of Austria BlOM was BltS7S,aOO, and that of Hungarj aJone 1 807,799,010, oi Ia0e397,60u in all Tin- United Btetea debt amowata to giaavtOOiOOO, aad that of Spain exclusive of the more reent loaaa in the proaecutioa of the wsr in Cuba at tüTW.iKHi.lMK). Philadelphia Pics,.

Dtetatontsia " nil you have tin- iisiininro ej tell me that you discharged your laundress because of bef hi lief in divided skirts? new woman like you?" "You didn't let me finish. I waa goto es pi in u t hat - he had an idea that it was tin- proper ibing la divide my supply of skiits between herself and her s-vear old daughter. " "Ohl"- India aapoua Journei.

THE SUNDAY SCHO0LInternu l lonsl I. (on (or April , laajf gwaae tVotblnaj Maasmeaeaa Avt gataV Wk ArraagaO from iv-ioubefa Notes j OOLDl N TKX1 Ji i. ('hrtat makath

Um? wl:ole -At '.' I Tha aeet!re Includes almidy the le mon. With a tilanea bsskwari st the vvurJ of I'eter In the llrat year of Iks Bfaureb. TIJIK fi owablir about a i Tkaaats i confirmed by the fasS thai Äurusa a. i. i'J ami 4". I'i troriua. the govei nur uf Syria, was cAualna (rest consternation among tnejei i sttenipiinb' to at up the atataa of Binperor csiiniü m the temple st Jerusali m. The Jess had thus so mui h to attend to tnaaaaelvaa that ihsirhsd no time toengjKeln p rsei'iitiiiK i hrlstiaiis. lleneu the rest from persecution nlirrtJ to In verso .1. 1'I.ACK. Li)ils, s city In norlhwesnern Jjwh, 2i union slightly northwest of Jerusalem, uiiü Joppu. ten miles i.i.rtlisest uf Lv.lda. LJgflgOM NOT 108. 1. An Evaugeliiug Tour. Kncasthe Paralytic 0aredU-Va y-'M. "As ivter pass , throughout all quarters:" To aOBjlrm the Churches founded by those who were scattered abroad by erse cution (b:4), aa be had done at Samaria, "The saints which dwelt at Lydda:" All t'lu'istians were called saints, that is, sanctiiied, holy, becauw that was their aim and the characteristic of their I. m s. Lydda was the Hud of the Old Testament, in the tick plain of Sharon in northwest dudea. IS. "There be found a certain man:" lie found t his man. 1 lew as led, that is by Div Ina PrOi idenee to this lame man, not by chance. "Which had kept bis bed eight years:" There lould. therefore, be uo doubt cast BOOS the mirax-ulous nature of his cure. The word "bed," used commonly of the combes of the lower class (see Mark -:4), suggests the thoup! i that poverty also w as mhled to his suffering). "Ami was sick of the palsy:" Palsy is a con t raet ion of ihc worn "paralysis." The term is used by the ancient phy sicians iu a much w Bet sense than by our modern men ol science. It Included not only what we call paralysis, which is rarely very painful, hut ulso catah psy and tetanus; i. e.. cramps and lockjaw . 84 "Jesus ChrIM maketh thee whole:" Or. literally. Jeasnt, tin Messiuh, bealeth thee. Observe the Care with which Peter guards against the mlrsculoua power being attributed to himself. "Maketh thee whole:" This is a very expressive term for complete health, where every part of the body b present and in perfect condition. It is the lypa of a holy soul. "Arise. Olid make thy led:" Spread It. as the proof that he wtus cured and could take rare uf himself. 38, "And all that dwell nt Lydda and Sharon : " Sharnu. the fert ile and beaut iful plain. Dm district of which Hydda Waa the chief City. "Saw him:" The man who had Ix-en well known as a paralyzed person, now walking about the street as well as anyone. "Turned to the Hold:" HcJieved that Jesus, who w rougbt this miracle, w as the expected Messia.li. It does not necessarily mean that every one became a true Christian. II. The Work In JopptV Dorcas gjs stored. Vs. .'.Ü-43. .10. "There was at Joppa:" (Beauty), the modern Jaffa, the seaport of Jenisalcm, 80 miles to the nOrthWsat, with Whith it hi now eonnected by railway. "A certain disciple named Tuhitha:" Meaning Gazelle in Aramaic, the language of the common people, "failed I)orca.s:" Its equivalent in tireek, the laupuape of the officials and cultured lass. The paelle is the type of timid'ty , beauty and grace. It is called Dörens by the Oreeks on account, of it bright, Hashing eyes. We do not knem whether Uimespreasea her outward appearaOOt as a lovely and beautiful woman, full of alertness and grace: or her spirit u.d loveliness and grasssj which all can liave, ami which brings aa attractiveness that no outward grace alot. can produce. "Was ftdl Of good works und ailmsdeeds: Rapeoanlly In malting coats and gat tnents for w dowa, v bo in that country were a n o t unfi rf utiate class (v. T.9). :J7. "She was sick, art died:" For some mysterious reason the Lard permits Richness and death, even to the best and tiijjrii.ost useful, "l.a.id her in an upper chamber:" Instead of inim cd ; ate burial, as was usual in the east. The delay was to see if Peter could help them. He had just leen dobb uiighty w orks in the v icinity. 88. "l.ydda was nigh to JoppatM Nine or ten miles away, or alvout two hours' journey. "Not delay: "lest delay should set in before his arrival, 89, "When he was eonie the widows sUxsl by him weeping:" The poor Widows for whom lreas had made coats, inner garments, "and g.inu' tits," the outer, or mantles, "which (tireek.

what n quantity, how many), lorcamade," was accustomed to make. "Shewing." by point ,n:Mo the tra r men Is they be I on I o tbe irek). n. "Peter put them all forth:" a f'hri-st did from the room of Jairus' daughter. This would keep bin from interrupt on: he could concentrate his mind mi the Lord's will a.s to Taint ha. 41, "Presented her alivo:" aheooafd I now BMhe a new start In life, and tbe whole life !. yond would be purer and better lor this glimpse of the other

world. 42. "It was known:" It called attention to the Gospel. "Matrj believe ha the Lord:" ns in l ydda. The restoration of Dore.s hd many to receive the OospeL In e n h story we have u physical cure, followed hv a spiritual revival. Om P81ACT1CAL ITJOOMTtOlfl Hood works toward t bo sick and un fortunate, expressing the true character of our religion, and of our Saviour, and Bia jKwvcr over men for pood, ore one Of the strongest inlluerices drawing inen to Christ. The more Christ inns do for the poor, the sick, the unfortunate, the more they will lie n ultiplied. The destruction of Porcaa showed the reality of the immortal life, that the soul has an existence separate from the body) and that eternal life, begun here and continuing forever, Is the life that ehmild be moat enrnrtly sought.

BEGINNING BADLY.

M'KINLEY'S PLANS-

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ttieCurrrney (tarstloa. It is to Ik noted that the proposiUon to conline the extra scs.iou of ctn press wholly to coli -iideratiou of the prom ed tariff bill i not received with the satisfaction The republican leaders at Wat-h-tugton seem to tJiink it de'rves. 'i'he New York chamber of oomnieree lias thought it i en s u y to send an urgent iiieinoji.il to Praasosnt MeJUnJayi requasting him at bnpraoa uon Uie minds of the htvvmakers in extraordinary session assembled, that there is press;; i -'( for prompt und deeiriive action on tin urreney qmt-tion. and it Is quite likely that other bodies of this chara't4-r, as well an vast hosts of Individual citizens, are of the. same mind regarding the really DcrioiiM matter demanding congressional attention just now. The interests that are asking for protective legislation can well afford to waits the interests, thai hope for relief through currency reform are not s favorably situated. It Is simple nonsense to nssert that Betty and exclusive eonsidcrat ion of the tariff question Is due to the people hicsusc of the verdict of bust November. No man of intelligence nod fairness aan lionestly assert that the tariff reached the dignity of in issue in last year's campaign. It is true, of course, that the platforms of the parties outlined the parties' different policies on that question, but the electoral contention vv as based wholly on the earcaocy question, for Information on which the nubile clamored, and upon which. Ixith In the press and upon the stump, the contest was foujrht. The voice of the people clearly was for currency reform, and as President MoKinley said In his inaugural address, the voice of the people is "a pcWOf vastly more jotential than the expression of any joUticaJ platform." Speaking in respect to tips matter, the ITaahingtOB Times says: "The president might assume tbat the protective tariff plank in the republican platform was the vital point in his Mndidacy and election, aud therefore Justified a strictly tariff session; but. nolssly would be convinced by such assumption. It is too notorious that the fish Waa made and tbe victory acquired in "tue way on the sole issue

of the currency. A currency extra session then would have been the hgIcal thing, but we shall be satisfied to ace one open to all the questions that agitate and embarrass the nation, and which ought to Ive discussed and settled, if that lie possible." This is tbe propel course to pursue. , If the republican leaders think that the tariff ought o be changed, well and good, but the enrren -y should also have every attention; the earliest attention, in fact, because it was on the) currency issue the verdict of ls'.ifl was rendered. If prosperity shall fail to materialize, the republican party can. witb better giace, hold itself excusable for sneh failure, if it shall proceed to net in accordance With the unmistakable mandate of tbe country. To postpone consideration of a question whose settlement was most emphatically demanded by t he eople is to go wrong at the very OUtaCt, Bingham ton (N. V.) Leader.

THE DINGLEY TARIFF. nearmlilc the leinrluna Meannrc of 1800. What, information has thus far been secured respecting the tarilT bill to lie reported by the BM -rubers of the way s Olid means CI mtnittoe iüd icates 1 1ii (fa new bill from Mr. Dinpley's hard will be of tomavehal the aaase pronoatsced protectionist order as the original MeKitiley bill Of 1800, Certain articles which wire UOi "Irce" In the former measure have tu en placed upon the free list. And BOO! - otlier articles are taxed more in accordance W ith the schedules of the Wilson law. Hut the tarilT on teveral leading products, among them wool, has been raised to the limit. From the outset of the campaign bad year Mr. MoKiuley's champions demanded that the revenues of the country be iijer-ased through a new tariff bill; it is being do hired that this is the chief nw!; that to do awny with the annual deficit in the government's coffers was to restore prosperity. It is ti)on this policy that Mr. Dingley attacked the tariff question, and the result of his efforts is a measure proposing to raise certain BObcdulea to a poin Where they w ill be not only "protective" of American prod nets, but are likely to prohibit imports. The wool schedule of tson is practically ratio red, though in effect its restoration upon wool Importation will he greater now than it wns then. The notable thing is thnt Mr. Dingley nnd his associates, having been invited to prepare a tariff for reven ue .n d mod etate protection, hnve turned out a bill which may pos'ibly meet the test of practice just as did Mr. MeKinley's celebrated un a?-ore. Under the MeK nley law the revenues positively de re.iseil; under the Wilson law. while inadequate, owing to the the in isea lenlat ion repertiDg the Income tax, they hnve shown n tendency tO rise. Mr. Dinpley's bill seems to he a reversion to the principle which injured the country In 1800, and which was explicitly nnd emphatically repudiated at the pol Is.- Chicago B00 ord (Ind.). President McKinley aria have to take bae, v li.it he - .id in his inaugural address relative to trusts, combines and mOPOpolkee If the differential sugar duty. M reported. is retained in the tariff bill. For this differential duty of DOS-eighth of one cent a ponud on refined sugar is for the protecting of a trust, and1 the president said that be and his patty proposed to restrain trusts. Nashville American.

Haw he Bene AdBBlalatratlm to Work.

President McKinley' first procli

tion declares that an extraordinary Ot casion require the emigres of tbe 1 itited States to convene in extra aeae sion, and sets the date for the luasemblilig of the national lawmaker nt March 15. It is well knowu that Mr. McKinley considers the eaaebmsntof a new tJirifl bill embodying the protective principle ns the moat vital ami urgent business ti command the attention of congress. He is anxious that such a. measure shall be in op (ration by the beginaüngad the next tiseil year, July 1. The tariff bill which has occupied the attention af Cbsirmsn Dingley and hal

fellow membera of the wej i and meana committee for over two months la nearly rssdy for sub in is- i n to the new laWIMIOaa The wool and ltimher rates have given the committee the moat trouble and t he forinuJat ion of schedules which w ill satisfy all the interest involved will not lie easy of accomplishment. The bill as it will leave Chairman Dingley' committee will be nearly if not quite as radical in H.s protective features as the McKinley law. The republican leaders look for no serious delay in the house. They feci confident that no factions or i-tubborn Opposition will prevent the realization af Uie . xeeutive's wi -hes ius far as the lower house ka concerned. With their barge majority, the party managers on the republican side feel that they can outvniaueuver the opposition if dilatory tactics are resorted to by the latter. In tbe Bannte tha signs are not as favorable for smooth sailing. Already Cue proposed action of the republican side in tilling the vacancies in senate committees with their part colleague has provoked the wanting from the democrats, inlejendent republicans and popoiktta that they will unite in oppOnttiOO, in Which event the republicans would not be atrong enough to control. The new administration begins serenely, with scarcely a cloud on the boriaon. Hut in these times of political Independence, of strong personal aspirations and conflicting ambitions, there is no annua I'M S that fair weather will

prevail for long. The conditions now existent la the senate may precipitate such a tempest as that which sent democratic tarilf reform on the ns-ksatthe beginning of the hist ii.lmiriist ratlotV The president projsise, the house may Concur, boO it is the senate. BS we have Been, that dispose. Detroit Free Presa DUTY OF THE DEMOCRATS. ateoaMaSaan TnrlfT BcsMatSm Shouts lie Cheeked. It is a matter of cougrat ulatlon tothe country that tbei dem rats in the United Stat4is senate have decided to abject the now tantf bill toafulland fair discussion. Ih-pubiiean organs ami leaders have been ph . i ling for baste In the passage of the bill. They have insisted that the democrats in congn-s-s should sUitid iLsidei without proU-s or debate nnd let the republicans ah ape legislation to their will. (In the plea that t he country neaaa revenue at once they have attempted to create the impression that dt lay for the purpose t,f debating the tariff bill would he disastrous and would le rewnted by the jx-ople. The fa-t i that it is not delay that la so much feared by the republicans as a debato of tbe tariff schedules. They fear exposure of the grabs concealed under the alleged desire to secure necaaasry revenue. They fear to let the Bess bill be publicly compared with the McKinley bill and tle object of the various items of the measure brought to light. It might lie fatal to the pretense

of oppoail on to trusts and monopolies which Mr. llant. i marked out (us the course of the administrat ion. It might show the reason for sonn- of tbe large contribution! to the republican campaign fund. Hut in opposing the scheme to slip the tarilf grabs through without exjoeure the k-moerats are fulfillinp a high public duty. It is their duty to diseUSS t he tariff bill, not for dOMy, but to f how exactly what kind of legislation it Is, to jxiint out. its defects and it gratis and to show how the ilea of rev- , nne needs is being used to cover the wholesale distribution of monopoly privilegea. Rt Louis BepobUe, COMMENTS OF THE PRESS.

The republicans lmught the elephant. The trouble is how to I 1 him. He is tin obstreperous lie.tst. The i hrnmpCtlnfS of tl e enraged and hftugry monster resonind through the land, ami the rattling of breaking chains are ', dreadful to listen to. Illinois State 1 R.c later. 1

Some of the republicans are already afraid that the executive will be the disappoint ing jiower in our political system. Tammany Times. The republican party will have control of Uie house, while the senate, eppurciitly, w ill have control of tine repubhean party. ( bicagO Record (lnd.) The tariff bill which President McKinley signs will show how much sincerity there is In bia declaration against the trusts.- St. bnuis llepublie. The front porch stage of Mr. McKinley' presidential career is a tiling of the past. What he needs now most of all is a trapdoor. Detroit Free Press The republican tariff committee ha fin i' lied preparations for the experbjaent by which tiie nation is to lift Itself by its lwotstraps. Kansas City Tiims, Heed has called on President McKinley, but. somehow Reed never can get nearer than an ice wngon friendship with a republican president I ticn ( ih'-rrv r. In his inuusrural address President McKinley suggested tlui appointment, of a currency commission, indig clearly that a feature of the administration's programme is currency onii.- sion.--Hinghamton ('S. Y.) Ix-adeir. The high-sounding sentences In Mckinley's inaugural address would base be n much more cOBVincfang hadl Hanna leen somewhere else. Vague declarations on the trust q nest ion read well iu print, but the praet ical pneence of the autocrat re p res-n tat ive of plutocratic jsjwer furnishes an object le son too palpable to escape publVc sU tention.- Tammany Tlmss.