Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 39, Number 49, Jasper, Dubois County, 13 August 1897 — Page 7

THE CASE OF SPOT. Old flpot! before our Mid r'a load yl(ur custom In to P 'I" n.atl. And navar tlnvlate a Jot. Th'MKh squlrrcla bark. "Wo'fS out toitay On i ilneas see? V. 're dru wing-hay ; . rr. pl ! H ""' tuuf for Hay," 1,11 I in lo au . i Mi Hot! And when your rnuHti r 1. I'M hit J'alr i if luinberluK horse In yuurar.-, 'I'M. weather rna. ! i old or Imt, Bui at their nnm-n down you 11; r. i M the wilil at urchin try T" move you, 'What!" yuur looks reply, I ). Mfl I Not I!-' ld Hpot! No beauty no: that saBOT phis. T"iir master tayn. Im much Ilk'- his, lh owns you sull lilm to a dot . Not one to make the ladle rnv-. Hut a true watchdog, truaty, bravoj A rid many a fear In n d life you .huv Frum foxy Knave, HiJ Spot! Your master? Aye. well please. 1, I scan That kindly, JiMt. laborious DM n, Nurse. 1 In a strict, a fHatnas lot. Oft. as I watch I on mnip and run, WIM with rMtffbt Whs w..rk 1 dona, 1 wonder Iu re h" llnd., his full. The unwearlec" one ld S.ot! Dora Heart flncilWIl. In N. T. Inder r:dcnt

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MR. HENRY adaii; GOODMAN, well-know ii club mail and BITtWI of one of the finest homes in the sub urlis, was la tiling over the Social Chronicle nnl finishing hi coffee le twetg pre ragra phi. "Ily .love, listen to this, Lucy," he Kaiil to his sister. "Howard Carpenter has siiccuiiiIh'iI at last. 'TIm engage incut of How aril Idles Carpenter am! Mis.s Jones, of Weill ngton place, is atiiiounccil. the wedding to take place in the autumn.' Next to seeing niy own announcement, nothing could surprise me more." Lucv GoodflBM remembered her brother's one love story anil its sad ending. For years BO DM had spoken of it to Henry Qoodiaail. It h id . -tranced him from his father u tit i IT he latter was on his deathbed. Ten years' time heals many wounds, however, so thin morning i.uey ventured to sa: 'Her name is Jones. I wonder if she is anyone we know?" "I guess not. I iloa't know anyone out that way." If Henry Goqdmatl thought of the girl hy that iiaine t hat he Knew long ago he made no sitfti. Oil reaching Iii- place of business lie found his secretary milside his private office, "Tht re's n gentleman Itundc wants to see you. He's lii'cn here nearly an hOtir. Seems very much excited." "What's the trouhle. Howard.' You neeili evcitcd." M r. I b m ul inn n said, wh 'ti the door was ch I. "I have'.tci n rei tling the papers and I sec y oti are to M mißrat ulaleil." Howard ('.upenter's ham was limp in his friend's clasp. "That"- the dem c of it, llt iin. I'm in nn aw f ul mess. I lime eime ou r to you to tell nie what I would better do. Henry. I'm engaged to one woman and I line a t her." 'I am not surftriseil. Howard. You never did know anything u bout affairs of the heart. Now, tell me about it." 'I'll begin at the begi'.o inf. The doctor told me to rule n whc. ami gel up for early morning (ides. V-1I, I trieil it and must say it c ..is "reit. One morning I was spinning along nut the boulevard when some one close liehiml lue bu ii i peil into my rear wheel ami I w is sprawling on tin- green beyond the curli, and a very lovely JOlUSg WOtBMIl was sitting in the roadway beside the wreck of her wheel. Ry Jove. Howard, (lo you know how a pretty girl looks when she i- making up her lit ml to cry? 1 Ml up ami said: lt was sudden. wasn't it?" At that sin- laughed. 1 hope you lire not hurt,' she said. 'It was so stupid of me. As soon as I saw y ou my wheel went right toward you.' '"It won't ilo it again," said 1, looki Bg it ' he w r eck. "We took the wheel toil repair shop i ml when she fJBM her name and ad dress to the wheel mender 1 nnule a mental note of it. After that we nu t neveral times on the road and wheeled 1oether. Than she lovited meto call ..nil I went around and met the aunt. BhC i only abiuit ten year- Iiier than Lillian Miss Jones and is a handsome woman. I look ten years older than the a unt. "After the ice a. broken I was .1 regular cnlh r at the house. I felt perfeotlj at i.is. and all thai, hat. Iy Jove, Mcurv. when I thought uf proposing to Lillian my heart Weal so fast 1 couldn't speak. At last I w rote a let ter and told her I had loved her from the (irst ihn , t hat I k new she whs much younger than nnsclf, Imt well, you know linw a p. ison w ill write when he's in love. "Whin I went to call Unit nftei n. mu the aunt was in the parlor ami Lillian H as out. "'I did not tell Lillian you were to call,' she said, 'hecause I wished to talk with you about our letter. "'1 did not suppose your viaita to ua bore any particular algaiflonce, a ad if I had thought of it i would have sup posed y oil w ere inti rested in Lillian raiher than my self.' A sort of a cold, 1'lanimy feeliatg crept over BM. 'You aaked me if I think I can tort jrou.' Noa I leave it to if thai w . . a pMar. InMgtM sitting opposite woman and hartag her aprine a thing like Mint under the eirctUMtji lues at once I realized that I had iddraa ed Bq letter to M i-s Jone, ar! die aunt, Being Miss Jones, hud read it and belieud I was in love with herself. " 'l wdl not vy that I care for you ther than im a very warm friend. Of ourae, I appreciate that this ii a . i peculiar answer to irive to a mini ho write- as y,,u ,o. am ua.ed; I baldly knovv w hat lo BU .' "'Ob.' I faaped, don't aay any unite "'Yen.' aaid ahe. T wiah to tell von

kt I put off all thought of marriage

wb.n I ajraj a ery tbbb g girl. I ui4 and loved a college boy, It waa not he ort of uffectioo that ao oftei. sju ins up betw ecu yoimi people. VVi loved euch other sincerely, but liia fa Iber was wealthy and mine was oi r Ills father gUVB mine money to hate ÜM loiintiy und take nie with hilli. We went to live in u secluded place, where my father enjoyed rrondoBi froBn work, which he hated. He put Hie i n t o a convent. Whenever I had un opportunity I wrote lo my lover, but no let lera ever came fn in him. When I was u'l my father died. I supported myself by teaching und after nvrhile 1 Bjadi money MMBgh lo return to this country. My lover's father had died ami he had come into a fortune. Humor said thai In- was married. I ave up hope then.' "Her story awakened my sympathy. Her eyes were Mied with tears. 1 set you are interested, too. In my confusion I said 1 hoped she would CorgtJ this early affair. Then she said: 'Mr Carpenter. I do not love you, but 1 bOBOJ and respect you, and if in time I can ROW to can- moi c for y ou 1 will be J out w i fe.' "Just lu re Lillian came in. T have M aeerels from Lillian,' her aunt aaid. 'May 1 lell her?' 1 felt my self coloring to the roots of my hair, but I stumii. red out something und she aaid: 'Lillian, Mr. Carpenter has done me the honor to ask PM to be his wife." " The girl flushed at first and then her face grew white. She kissed her mint and. by Jove, Henry, it was ull over. You know I'm not a cad. but I honeslly believe the girl cares for me." "Well, you have mixed things up pretty badly for un old man. Howard. What did you say the aunt's name, was?" "Miss Kmily Jones." "And the nuin'oi r of thehouae?" "Kighty-four Wellington." "1 don't know that I can do anything for you at all. Howard, but I will try." "I hope I haven't tired you with all this, old man; y ou look fagged." "1 am not feeli Bg 01 er w ell I his morning. Cone in and see me in the morning." No. s Wellington place, the temporary home of Miss Kmily Jones and her niece, was a long drive from the office of Mr. Henry Adair (ioiiilinan. and during the drive the occupant of the coupe had many things to think of. "Yes. M iss Jones i- in," sa id the maid. "She will be daWB in a minute." The door opened and the face of the girl he had not Been for ten years was aajata Vfore Henry Qoodwan. Mm I i ev hilll at Otice U he leached nut his handa to her. "Kinilv. you have not forgotten me?" Then they Ml down and talked over the paal. The woman had forgotten for

"kmily. v-r HA VB MOT n h;otti;v MK?" the time being that there was in the w orld such a man as How ard tar pen ter. "I have a eoafeWStOfl to make, Henry," she said. "You have been coiis'unl to im all these y cars, and so have 1 to y ou. hut. oh, 1 don't know how I am to tell you." "You needn't tell me. I know all about i.. 1 know sotnet hing, too, that you don't know. Why did yon think when Howard Carpenter proposed that you were the only MIm Joiiea at st Wellington place? I heeur jraa have a cry charming niece." "What tlo you mean?" "I mean that Howard wrote to Lillian Jones and that Kmily Jones opened the letter." "Lillian! Wh, Lillian ia only a child!" "A very lovely child. 1 hei.r from Howard." Kmily covered her face with her hands. When ahe looked up she waa ainüing through tears. "It was n great joke," he raid. "A bo Mtd joke." she replied, with her eyes still wet. -Chicago Newa.

Kanioiia llrn miner. Probably the most r emarkable drummer w ho ever lived was Jean Henri, the fatuous ta ml.ioiir-ma jor of Kmpemt ipoleon. One of hi teata was to piaj on It d.lT. r ent - toned drums at t he same lime, in M soft und harmonious a man net that, instead of ha i Bg the deafen ing uproar ijiat might have been expected, the elTect was that of a novel and complete i nst riinient . In playing, he passed from one drum to the other. with such wonderful qutckneaa that the , m of (he spectators could hnnlly follow the movement of his hands and body. QoMan iuys. x Baad Baun ioti to tu- mir. Smith How diil you like travelingon the IV ! S. railroad .' Hather criMiked, wasn't it? Brown Crooked I I should say it was. Why. '-ay. it is an actual fact Hint in less than one hour otic day my IMBB pawed the same barn at least half a docen tiim- Hut that wann'! the .Hangest im ident. however. You may not believe it. but tboUi every ten milea the engineer would lean out of his eat) Bad reach into Home of t he w i niloWB in the reai cars and beg a cht'W of tobaOCiv H. Y. Journal.

THE HIGHEST TARIFF. Tk w Thi-HT la Kuril Thai the MoKlBtlaf lam. The new taiilT law regiaters the highWater murk in tariff legislation. The protection affonled by it U greater in luiportuut instance! than fbut of Hie McKinley luw itself, which wua condemned by the voters of tub country as un odious measure. It ia mit iiuprobuble that the Dingley bill, if it maybe so called after ita thorough revision, will gi tlown in history us worse than

the McKinley law. There can he no i justification at this duy for the excea- ! aively high rates of duty which it hnpoea. It is n continuation of war taxes in time of peace for the benefit, not i of the government, but of private In- ! dividual. The duties in many easea being bo high lis to be proliibitiv t , there

will be no imports from which the government can derive revenue, but the taxe In such cases will go to private individuals in the form of higher prices for products and greater profits. The moderate protectionist of this country cannot approve such a tariff. It cannot be justitiell by reason find business sense. The Dingley tariff, like the McKinle 'tariff of 18U0, i based

on the Morrill tariff of the enrly 'fins, confessedly a war measuire, hnfttily drawn and' not intended to (serve, n the permanent model for a system of taxation. The duties under the Morrill .arlff were made high in part as a compensation for the internal revenue taxes then imposed. Hut when the internal revenue taxes were removed the rate of duty on imports WM left unchanged. wo that, in reality the ro1eetion afforded by these duties was greater than In -wartimes. Thi condition of things was ao obviously unjustifiable that for ade.cade.or so after the close of the war little, attempt was made to justify it. A reduction of duties was promised, not at the demand of the free traders alone, but to satisfy rproteetionists as well. Efforts to reduce duties xvere to a Fligbt degree successful. Then ennie McKinley, who put in force the war rates again. His act was call ed an act to reduce the revenue, and In order to accomplish this object rates were made ao high as to prove practically prohibitive in many cases. The-nvow ed nbject of the Dingley bill isto increase the revenue and to encourage i: try In the United. States. Bttt the high protective duties are so nea r'y prohibitive of revenue- to the government that it was found necessary to resort to nonprotective duties and to internal taxes In order to raise suflicient revenue. The duty on hidi furnishes:oneillustration of the way the Dingley bill is likely to "encourage industry in the United States." For many yeans there has been no duty on hides. There ii. is been grow ing up in this country a con

siderable exixirt business in leathtr. The duty on hides will tend to prohibit the leather merchant of this country from going into the foreign market with hit goods. The duty in tpiestion was placed in the bill at the demn'.d of representatives of a very few cattlegrowing states, the electoral votes of which were for the most part cnr.t for

i Bryan. Hides imported come mostly

from South American oountriea, with which hitherto it has been the policy to encourage trade, but which will BB offended and repulsed by the duty on hides. Chicago Record (fnd.). PROSPERITY OF THE TRUSTS. The Onl llenetlclarlea of Itepnltllenn I .en Isln e Ion. The IfcKinleimn of ls'.'T, that oufdoes almost tUTO tO OUe the IfcKi nicy ism of 1890, is fraught with pros pi rity. The evidence is complete and convincing. It has brought thut prosjrerity to the sugar trust. The ofNBshag price of shares yesterday morning was 14a Nearly every otheT standard except the sugar post was deserted that brokers might operate in the trust ao highlyfavored by conrrrcss by the McKinleyism that is to bring prosperity to lb" country and has ..lougbt it to the sugar trust. McKinley ism lias done much for the :rusts, all of them an' in high feather, they lire the particular objects of regard of the government as administered by tlic republican party, but above and beyond them all is the sugar trust, BOW appropriately passet 1 into the clutch of thrStandard Oil t rust, the all-devouring devil-fish of thus country, whose chief proprietor throws a penny for a sop at a college and rises in public places to thank the Lord that he is not 1 i K 9ther men, a publican und u sinner. The republican parly is the party now , as always, of great moral itleas. It makes broud its phylacteries antl takes uncommonly good care of all those industrial interests that pay big money Into a camjwiign fund, cry patriotically, down w ith democracy 1 lcca use democracy is opposed to favoritism to a class at the expense of the. whole republic, antl unctuously pockets the profits which a republican congress freely placed at their disposal. Chicago "hronicle. President McKinley, in his "currency meswnge," discriminates Badly between assemblages of BUaieeee men. While he refers approvingly and with some emphasis to the convention of bankers, brokers and stock gamblers at Indianapolis, antl declares it c pressed the sent i men t of the country, he notably refrains from mentioning the Trans-Mississippi convention which met at Salt Iikc City, presided over so ably und satisfactorily by William Jennings Bryan, and which aim -! unanimously declared in faror of the fit agtaagi of silver nnd gold at the ratio of sixteen toone. Ia the eyesight of McKinley affected with thB) Mine disease :is that Of Cleveland Which 1 i evented him from seeing neroM the M ississippi river? Illinois State Refrhxtet. Xo doubt a majority of the tariff linkerers would have beer, perfectly w illing to m:'kf a fair division of the plunder If the sugar trust had licen less rapacious. Hut that insatiate octopus wanted the whole thing, antl nil other claims had to Ire wav. Kansas City Btar.

BIMETALLISM ABANDONED. The Preatdeat'a I nlaaitortaat Cur rearr Mraaaoe. The expected has happened. It cama soon and in plain shape. President McKinley has completely abandoned bimetallism. His curreucy message to congress was not thu mukeshift und shutlling affuir thut the couutry hud looketl for. It is a straight-out declaration for the maintenance of the single gold stundttrd, without any canting palaver about international agreement or the coinage o; the home product. The president's frankness is as refreshing as it is startling. Heretofore he has obscured li's intention and wish with regard to currency reform in n haze of ambiguity und pretense. To the nwi htdnejrad bimetullist his talk and promises meunt bimetallism and to the bigoted inonouietallist they meant monometallism.

The only importance attached to his ' currency message is contained in its political effect. The document BJN commits the president's party to open anil avowed hostility to an independent American monetary system nnd, promises the full strength of the organization to the support of u financial pol

icy through which old world creditor nations have grow n rich at the expense of new countries with new civilizutioiy and new requirements. The message merely usks for executive authority for the appointment of a commission "whose duty it shall be to make recommendations of whatever changes in our present banking antl currency laws may be found necessary and expedient, and to report their conclusions ou or before the first day of November next, in order that the same may be transmitted by me to congress for its consideration at its first regular session." The president ulso tactitly indorsee the action taken by the national monetary conference held ut Indianapolis last January, and attempts to advise in ndvanee the commissioners he will appoint that they should declare allegiance to the doctrine enunciated by the Indianapolis conference. He thus discounts the work of the proposed eoinmissi n by prescribing condition and restrictions. Hut the details of the message are of eooesdery importance only . The chief BOtnt of interest is the president's desertion of bimetallism. This makes the Ibmm Between Haoocrecy und republicanism clear etil. It leaves the democratic organization the party of bimetallism and the republican organization the party of gold monometallism. There can no longer be any shuffling and evasion in the republican party, lo publicans who are bimetallists must now come to the democratic party. There is no longer the faintest glimmer

of hope for them or the triumph of their cause outside of the ileintKTatie party. The democracy can accept the issue with renewetl hope ami courage. Republican defeat, if not complete aninhibition, and democrat ic victory are now assured in 1000. St. Louis Kcpnb lie.

THE WORST YET. UM Magie I Bill la Hnt In Prlnrlpla and Detail. 't is not a "free trader" but nn oldtime republican protectionist w ho char Mterizea the seunle tariff bill as "tha Met outrageous one ever given to the I eople of this country." Senator Teller, who voted for the bill because be believed in gh ing to the republican party the full responsibility which should aceompeny power, MyathJa. Be declares that "it is a travesty upon the principle of protection," a measure of "degnetl exclusively for the BCPedl of corporations, with little regard for revenue and Bone for the. people." The list of 130 articles enumerated by Senator Vest on which the duty has been increased in. order to strengthen the Monopoly that controls them bean out this statement. Well might Senator White exclaim as the measure passed: I hope that the trusts in the United states will now give, the chairman of the republican national committee a receipt in full!" The bill is had in principle and bail in detail. It puts the highest duties on the commonest necessaries of the people and essentials of manufacturing. It will not meet the deficiency in the revenue, which w as the only excinse for legislation at this time. If the McKinley bill was a blunder ami 1 he Wils. in -borman bill a betray al, the senate bill is n crime. X. Y. World.

POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

The nation is now- in a position to begin another agitation for a revision of the tariff svstem. Chicago Itecord (Ind.). Hurrah for high tariff and prosperity! Trust stocks huve advanced in value fL'on.o.'a i.i kid. si nee the Dingley rales were agreed upon. The barons knew their business when Ihey backed llanna and McKinley. St. Louis Republic. Kvorvb,,dv scents to have got "protection in some form, save the farmer. The farmer has- been left out in the eoltl long enough in nil countries, hut in this country he is not so exhausted by rents that ho will not in time shake off his burdens and take care of himself. Huston (Hobe. Republican clap-trap politicians talk about the new tariff protecting the fanners. This isciieaptalk in view Of the fact that t he farmers ha v 14 gra in and other farm producta lo Mil. They do not want protection! they want uurcstrtcted narketi tad trade With ihe whole world. Dayton (.) TimeB. It is the want ofconfidenoe eliiefly that has maintained the business paralysis during the last six months, ami the lack oi faith was imputed to the delay in iiiaugiiTHling a high protective policy. That policy has now been made the law of the nation. It ia not only protective far in excess of anything ever claimed by protectionists in the infancy of our industries, hut it exceeds In many respects the highest protective policy of the past ever inaugurated in time of puace. Philadelphia Times.

UNDER THE WILSON LAW. The Manufacturing- Kipurta for 1H. Wrra Me IJirs-eat In tu I i.untrjr'a Iliaturjr -Tb Krault a' Internal tonal Trad Bom -(ni ny bow inip" 1 -- Uaasf Masca i'orta. TM Loiis. Aug. 5. A W'ashingtoo epecial to the Republic says The complete record of manufacturing export for the fiscal year ended JuiicoUl shows that un der the demo

cratic tariff, the W ilson law, that class I

of exports has beeii the largest in the bistoiy of the country. The manufacturing exports for June were Jfi'i.sTS,BH sud for the entire year they amounted to UTi, 1 1ST, t. The record for June bus lrccii surpass.-. 1 only twice in U MBBiarelBI history of the country in March last, w hen the ligurcs were MLtfriBPi and in May. w hen the ligurcs were S'Ji'i C7,41.'. i ndcr the last year of the democratic tariff the record for the fiscal year is 148,800,000 higher than any BM vious record, representing an increase of ecariy Bl Bar eoBt owjt tha manufacturing exports of Sls::.,y.i.-,74;; ill the fiscal yeur lv .. and more than 20 per cent, over the man u f act uriug exports of S2Js.571.17s for the fiscal year 1BBV The total for the calendar year 1'." was $2.'... i.--, .JV, but the fiscal year iy.i7Mirpasr.es even this total by Btt Otm.uuo, and the rate of increase indicated for the first six mouths of ls;i7 over ls'.itl would ufford a total for the present calendar year of JtH5,0t)0. The actual increase during six mouths has been about K'., Ol 10, 000. 1 he details of those increases hae not yet been compiled fully by the bureau of statistics, but they probably will show-, like the similar figures up to the cud of May, a large increase iu American exports of bicycles, electric

al apparatus, machinery and like artiC los. J he growth of manufacturing exports has been uninterrupted during the last four years. The figures for June. ls'J7, show an increase of about gu. ooo.ouii over those for June, ls5, or more than 50 per cent , and show au increase of 8t.0oil.000 over June. Is'.iii, or nearly M par cent. The record by tiseal y ears shows manufacturing ex-

ports of 81. Ys, 510,:; 7 in 1S'.J, LrH.im,118 in ls;;;, ?is:i,7js.s:is in lsot. P.:i,:..i:..7:l in (BMk 82vis, 57 1,178 iu 100, BtMttTtMl iu ls'.7. The protectionists, no doubt, will BMk to explain away this growing export trade on the ground of low- prices and need of a foreign market for the BVrplusof American production, even at some sacrifice. Hut that "explanation" ;s not at all satisfactory. As stated al ore, a large purt of these ex porta have been on bicycles, which maintained a standard market price iu the bom., market until July 1. There bus been no s.tngnation of the bicycle trade in the American market, and, as

every, o, e Knows, the price of the wheel hM not been so low in this country as tOeOMBel the manufacturer to sell his product abroad at a loss. 11 the contrary, the manufacture of bicycles has been Satin dad under the democratic tariff until there are many makers doing a large business iu nearly every state. The increased export trade i., .inc. uniiuest iouahlj , to the lower rates of import duties imposed in the Wilson net. As was stated in these dispatches yesterday, the exports of southern pine already are liegiuning to decrease, owing to the 9i tariff on lumber in the Dingley bill. The reason for this is that the Canadian pine, being excluded from the American market, is thrown into sharp competition with the southern product in the foreign markets. And this rule will lc found to apply to the export of articles in general on which higher duties art fixed by the new tariff. The enormous export trade of the last four years undoubtedly vvill show a marked

J falling off under the high Dingley tari iff, ami the export figures given above afford, if priMif is ueeessary, ample evi

dence of the wisdom of a low tariff for he building up of our foreign trade. ANYTHING TO WIN. The Seeret of the Appointment of Um. B. II. in. I. II n t'hii f I'imI Ottlce Inspector. W AsiiiM. ro-, Arrg. .". -The Ohio campaign u? on. Oeorge It. Hamlet t, of Ohio, a supporter of Mark Hai.na. is made chief post office inspector, and the present incumbent is reduced to a position as inspector in the field. The chief post office inspector lias under his command nearly 100 inspector who are directly subject to his orders assigning them to duty. He can put JO or as many of them as are desired into the state of Ohio, with a gentle hint to see to it that the postmasters there are looking out for the interest-! of Mark Hitnna; if

not iu a jHisitive, then in a negative, way. W heeler, the incumlient. is a republican, but he is not a politician, and, being from the state of New York, would not 1)C serviceable in Ohio at this time. Hence his reduction to an unimportant position, and the selection of a HaiiHa man to take control of the force of inspectors. If the democrats will watch the gutue closely from this time on there will not Ire wanting ample signs of the change iu this office. IoultlM Ihr II. ul) of Jitmea H. I a. Rl KKAi.tr, N. Y.. Aug. t, There is no reason to doubt that the body found on the railroad track at Lakcview. Wednesday night is that of James K. Ryan i Of Sacramento. ( al. A dispateb iceivcl from Sacramer.to yesterday correctly described articles found upon the dead man.

A I'erlloua Leap I n Ire Performed. ( linton, Ind., Aug. 0. Hugh White, a coal miner, on a bunter made the perilous leap from the summit of the railroad bridge to the water. T IM) feeL Alter th leap he swam IM feet in his heavy clothing, climbed to the top of the bridge again and repeated his feat.

t'liatoma Itofnrtna for Cuba. Mtxllllad. Madrik, Aug. . As a r,iult of a conference between the minister for the colonies, Seoor Caatelano, and the premier, Senor Canovaa del Castillo, the scheme for the customs reforms for Cuba hu been modified.

THE CORN CROP.

Heat Don So Daiuagtr In srbratl

Kansas ut So Lucky. Omaha, Neb., Aug. 3. Copious rains have fallen all over Nebraska, putting uu end to the hottest period of weather experienced in m.my ; ears. The grain operators of K.i nsas City , St. Louis, Chli ago and the east have been wiring the grain men of Nebraska t ascertain the effect of the heat mi th- corn. Kvcry county hna been heard from and not one report s damage. In fact, all return the most fiattering reports of theco'n crop. So much so that the first eftimnte of Soo.ooo.ooo bushels is now raised to l&O.OOO.OOO bushels. The heavy, warm winds have blown furiously over the Ktatl for the past three days, with the increiiry as high as 111? in some localities. The corn has not show n any bad effect. This is due to the great quantity of moisture previously deposited. All the old corn held over from Inst year through fear of a crop failure this year is now being released with a rush. Farmer have 1 0,000, 000 bushels of this old grain and cannot get cars fast enough to iret it out. Kmpor'a, Kan., Aug. Ti. Hot winds In I y on and adjoining counties have tlrietl nnd burned up every t hing in the way of crops. Corn will not average a bushel to the acre and is unfit for fodder. Cattlemen here are desperate, as there is no pasture, and are rushing cattle to market until there are not curs enough to meet the demand. The apple crop, which promised so well, has also been destroyed within the past few trays. Kven kaffir corn and cane are shriveled up, but the farmers claim they will recover with the first rain. These and alfnlfa are about all there is hope for now. Kansas City. Mo.. Aug. 3. Reports as to the condition of the corn crop in Kansas nnd western Missouri continue to be discouraging. Throughout the district the weather continues scorching hot and nothing but a soaking rain can save the crop. A REMARKABLE SHOWING. Krliranka In the l-'ront Hank aa a BTBset riMleclBg suite This year Nebraska has come to the eery front rank as a wheat producing state, with her plena' d crop of 35,000,(mio bushels of spring wheat, averaging over 22 bushels to the acre, and 5,000.(00 bushels of winter wheat, which will average 1 bus be Is to the acre. The table given below, which has been carefully compiled, shows, what will surprise many, that Nebraska stands third among the states ns n wheat producer, nnd it must be borne in mind that the In tea that outrank her are almost exclusively wheat stajes, whereas Nebraska i- a country of diversified crops, corn being her principal product.

Actual figures for IKOdand conservative estimates for 1S97: Minnesota -on tfi.&W.Od Nebraska 40.ntNi.Otai lü.;'.!)! North Dakota 42.nm.000 .Ms.rjOi Kansas 40.000,000 3".7!N.4S1 Booth Dakota 3i.O0O.O00 27.rV..'..4St Imllan territory 6.000,000 2.VK. Oklahoma 7.000.000 2.WI.7M Texas 7.0W.0OU 4,.W Missouri IO.0U0.000 16.V4. 171 Iow a 10.noo.000 51.473 In Orenon isitHUM) 10,217.141 Arkansaa I'.i.iiti.inai l,:iai72t California 3ö.'aai.o00 4&.OH7.1M Colorado 4.("".000 2,757.1 Washington lO.OOQ.tOO 8.3.VUIK Ni v ada 200.000 lsu.ya Idaho 1.700.O0U 2.404.1U Montana v,. .... l.lM.JMt WyomlnK i.unn 224 la Near Mexico Mi. inui MS.OQI Vtah 1,ikni,(Khi 2, so.! 751 Arlsona 260.UUO STRIKE SOON SETTLED. Home Unnrr) inen nt I, nimmt. III., Secure n Httlae. Chicago, Aug. 3. A sudden, peaceable anil successful strike was inaugurated anil concluded by the men employed in the big stone quarries at Lciiiont Monday. A demand was mude for an increase in wages from $1.25 to $1.H per day the latter being the wages paid one year ago -und 500 men qoit their work until their tic ma ml was granted by the companies. At two o'clock in the afternoon the Western Stone company acceded to t he demand and the other companies followed suit. W or k will be resumed in ull the quarries this morning. A strike of the workers iu the quarries of the Juliet Limestone company followed that of the workers at Leinont. Following the lead of the Western Stone tompnny, the Joliet compnny also granted the demand of the men for nn increase of 25 cents for a day's work of ten hours. A FARMER SLAIN. Mlnnrtnla Woman llenta Her llusuan to lenth. Bedwwad Fulls, MJnnHAag. 3. John O Council, a well-known farmer nnd prominent politician . Weatliag tow nship. Redwood Bounty, was murdered between II and one o'clock Saturday morning ut his farmhouse. Seven gashes iu his scalp by some blunt iron instrument were the immediate cat' of tleuth. After the blows had been i dieted O't onnell's clothing was sutu rated with kerosene and his home was act on Ore. Statements of three of the eldest of nine children made to the county authorities are to t he effect that Mrs. O'Cotincll, wife of the murdered man, was the sole author of the tragedy. Ilia wife's antipathy to drink was strong and his abuse of her nnd the children while under its iufiiience may have driven her temporarily In

sane antl caused her to commit ths deed. New Hair nn (urn. Chicago, Aug. 3. The Illinois Central put into fleet Monday its eXBOft rate of ten cents on corn to New Orleans. The rule is put into effect in pursuance of the policy of ihe Illinois Central, which is determined to niaka New Orleans one of the leading export ports of the country. C'alnrtMl Man (irta a Place. Washington, Aug. 3. Acting Postmaster (ienernl Merritt on Monday up- u pointed .lohn V. (ireeu, a colored politician of Cleveland, 0., aa the United States postage stamp agent. Oreeu im tnediutclv nualifled.