Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 39, Number 52, Jasper, Dubois County, 3 September 1897 — Page 3

WEEKLY COURIER.

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INDIANA

JIM AND JOE AND I. I'nderneath the puy-wUlowa Where the mkI In J" i. WhiTf the Bslaefl arid the perch And the turtlea aleep; Where the water, nice and rool, Diinpl. .1 to the k . There we uaed to so and swim, Jim and Joe and I. Down the valley In the glen Wan a dam that we Built when we wer-- litUS men, Happy, t"v and free; Then- w frtnijM-d a Wi-ek "i o, Sleeping In a lent; There we had a water-fall And A OfcSCj that w n;. Down amotiK the alder brmh. Hidden half away, Waa the aawmill hy the stream Where we u-d to play; There we uaed to launch our ships Chip UOtl the t Loaded down with saw. lust, and Dreams, perhaps, bt-alde. Wonder where the hoya are froneT Jolly Jim and Joe Chaps who uaed to play with me Years ami years ago? Dam and mill and water-full All have passed away; and there's nothing left hut dreams, Dreams that come to stay. H. ft. Keller. Iti ChiCSfO Post.

I Cecil's False Faith. 3 BY ANNA SHUILDS. IT IS monstrous!" Cecil was marching tip and low n the kBg drawing-room at Wellford place, his face angrily Hmda-d. his brow

ill bMT wrinkles, his whole frame

quivering with passion. 1 hud just told bim the tertns of I'mle Harry Wellford's will, for he had been in New Orleans, when mir uncle died and reached borne three day after the funeral. "It was a letter from Mr. Hay ." I said, "that almost killed I'ncle Harry. We thought lie had made a new will, hut it could not he found." feed's face brightened. "A letter from Mr. Hy I A new will!" lie said, musingly, hut keeping his eyes keenly hUal upon my face. "Why did you think that?" "Mr. Potter told Willard no; hut we could no! find it ami and illard Seemed to le pleaded." "No ooubt! Theeur: No doubt the new will gave me the right- of which he has robbel me." "t Mi. t ceil, don't ph ase don't!" I pleadOd. " illard is not a our or a thief." nd yet I said it falteringly . for was not Ceei my cousin anl betrothed and Willard only my guardian timler I'ncle Harry's w ill, and scarcely even a friend as yet? Ittit Cecil clenched his hands hard a moment and said: "Tell me again the terms (-f this unjust will?" "I'm le Harry has left me the house ml $10,000, and to you $;tit.ooi: all the rest the factory, the real estate in New York, the bank stock you know. Cecil all the rest goes to Willard!" I shuddered at the oath that broke from Cecil s lips. "Hut Mr. Hay's letter'.'" he asked. "I fiele was rerj ill when that came nnd he sent for Mr. Totter at once. I cannot tell you any more excepting that a scan h w as made for the w ill and

nil. an. seemed reiiccit w Men it was not found." Cecil made no reply to this. His anjrer seemed to have been rising till it made him speechless. He strode out at the Trench window and down the parden path, while I threw my self upon the sofa and cried U I had seldom cried in all my petted life. For Cecil was mv betrothed, had been away more than a eHr. and I fancied I locd him. Ma letters had Isen brief and eold for a long time, and now. after one cold caress he had spoken only of I'm le Harry's will not one losing, tender word to me doubly orphaned bv our uncle's death. Willard was not our own cousin, but Uncle Harry's stepson, and much older than either Cecil or myself. Wc were till children when Willard WSS mil to Paris to take charge of the iinpo nations for our uncle's business ami M

nail lived there until Cei went to New Orleans to control branch establishBlent. He fore Cecil ,.ft we were fol anally "betrothed. But I knew that Cecil OSI not pit Ing I'ncle Ilarrv : that he was etraa rant. negligent Ot important business affairs, and ugly stories of dissipation eome often to grieve us. Mr. Hay. an Immensely wealthy LoolsisoS planter, who was one of I'ncle Barry! friends and business eSfTCepon dents, had madCecil warmly welcome in his familv. Snd the ietlPr fhat had RO nitnT;.,, fcim had been at once destroyed, an.l r h,,,t nt contents given to' m. 11,11 J! Wore this Willard had pni" Lome Ufnn misjn,.Ss and ,-,.,,. itarrv woin.i n... .t i

in ii i in leave again.

re:d, I thought. v th 4 odder Cecil looked murderous. Then 1 cried again until Mrs Stone, my old gmeruri-v who remained aa my companion, came in to comfort me. The dear old lady was very kind, very gen'.ie, but she said little about Cecil, and that little seemed to advise me to think no more about him. It bcwilJenti me! (f course I did not rXpMt a wedding to follow a funeral at MM, but why w is ( ceil to be treated like one in disgrace'. The new will may have given him Willanl'a plan- und property. He evidently thought ao. He came in after an hour or two, in which he hud walked off the worst of hia rittfc, but there was a look in his eves that wus worst' than hot IBffr, and he said: "That will must be found!" "There was a thuiotijjh search made for it!" Mrs. Stone said, coldly . "Yes, by intere-tcd pat ties!" was the sneetnr reply. "The house is yours, Marian, no Willanl's. I ask your permission to look for t he w ill." I ftVfl it and then escaped to bu own room. He iron Id look for the will, perhaps find it, ami Willard would lose his inheritance. And I was not lad! A horrihle weight oppressed me aa I thought of Cecil master in Wcllford Place- master of the factory- mv husband! At the last thought the scab s fell at last from my frirlish eyes, and I knew that my love for Cecil was but the natural uffectioti of a child for a life rum(Minion, exalted to an ideal perfect ion by a youthful imagination. Ami when the Idol had fallen there rose in its place a grave face with lurg-e, soft, black eyes, and I covered my ow n face to hide hot blushes; for never had Willard sjsuken one word of lose to Cecil's betrothed -r.t er given me other than the gentle courtesy due to his stepfather's niece and his short time w an! He was a King amongst men. and I knew it. For years I had known of I'ncle Harry 's affection and trust in his Paris agent and since he had been at

home I had not wondered at either.

The factory hands fairly worshiped him, for he was strict in rule, juat in every

dealing, stern to rebuke fault, and yet

in trouble or illness he was generous as a prince and gentle as a woman. Anil while I thought of ull this I could

hear Cecil in the room so lately solctn nied bv tin- presence of death, tos-ing

about the furniture, rununaffitur every

where, to disinherit Willard. I could not

bar it. At least he should know the

danger menacing him!

I slipped downstairs and over to the

village, nearly two miles away , sending

from there a telegram to New York

oulv a few words to

Willard Dennison. M Hotel, New York: 'Von are ri d 1 at Wellford IMuee Ini-

p iteljr. MARIAN "

Then I apod homeward, already re

lieved. At least he would come back

and know of Cecil's return. It was evening win n wc beard him In the hall.

l RAVa POUND it." I had been reading and Cecil fingering the keys of (he piano when Willard OMM in. His face was very grave, but he spoke cordiallv to Cecil, who answered bricttv

'Drink this, Marian Mj poor OlM. try to think he is not worthy of your regn t. That Mrvcd on. I drank the wm and said "I am not grieving! I am glad glad!" A nd I hen 1 broke into by st erica! weeping. I was but a girl, and had hecu trifft hardly in the last few weeks 1 had thought all my tear- spent, but they Mowed freely, us I buried M fu-e iu the cushion of the chair and sohbed. A gentle hand stroked my cm I-, and. after I was quieter. 1 heard Willard leave the library. Cecil had gone to his own room, and lira. Stone vva- alone, when at last 1 returned to the drawing-room. She understood ine, think, fur when -he k i ssed me, she said : "I wanted to tell you before, bul voin uncle forbade it." "Was he pttttapflf 1 asked. "I cannoi tell you. Mr. Hay is un old friend, ami his only child will iJouM lc-s inherit large wealth, but y our uncle never spoke of the matter to me bejrond giving me the letter to read and destroy ami telling me to k BO t he mat' ter from you till wc lieanl (rOU ' toil "Hut the will?" "Of that I know nothing." were a const rained party at liieakfast, but when the meal was over Cecil announced iii- determination to March in I'ncle Hurry's room until the will w.i found. cry gravely Willard advised him to let the matter rest, but w aa answered by such taunts as no man could bear patiently. "Have yoiif will!" he said. "Wi will all search ivfuin." Hut afterall the search fell upon ( ecil and Mrs. Stone. I would not stir a finger, and Willard stood beside nie while the. others turned over every paper and rummaged every corner. Aa ( ecil opened a Japan cabinet full of rare coins and stones, I saw Willard turn pale, and a moment later Cecil cried: "1 have found it !" lie opened it hastily. It was erjf short, and as he read all the blood desei ted his face and he (paspcd for breath. It was long- before he spoke. Then lit sn id : "You have seen this?" "I have," su id Willard. gravely. "You -bid it!" "No! I suspected its w hcrcalxnita, but did not know!" "And y on would have let it he 1 1: re?" "I will destroy it now if you consent, bet the matter lie between us two." He glanced nervously at me. Hut Cecil said: "Marian must sec it!" and gave me the paper. Then I knew that my undo had revoked his old legacy to Cecil and left hi;n five dollars, while my inheritance was left intact, upon condition that I married Willard. The paper fell from mv hands, and T covered m J face, W illn rd's v oice hroke an oppressive silence. "This paper concerns us only." he said, "and I take the responsibility of destroying it." 1 heard a match scrape and Cecil! voice say ing: "You are nobler than I am." Footsteps left the ro mi. ar.d , thought I w asalone t ill I heard W illurd'a voice, low and tender: "Marian." he said, "voiir uncle

guessed the secret of my love foryou, though I Implored him to leave y.u free but he made the w ill you iMTe jUSl -i. n. (inly its ashes remain, anil you are free, as before. Do not griev Marian. I? breaks my heart to ate TOO unhappy !" I lifted my face then. My secret most have been in my eyes, for I MM aught in a strong clasp, mil n tender kiss fell on my lips, as WiHnrd ulnapcred : "My love! My wife!" So Cecil, returning to his own wife, knew that his false faith had left nc

broken heart at Wellford Place, where, in the Christmas time of rejoicing, there was a quiet wedding, ami I became indeed Willard' wif-.- . Y. Ledger.

T. LOUIS EXPOSITION.

Rntreaalt) r i.ni. I.ovaltv will sometimes induct

and insultingly almost accusing him strange saci iliccs. If vv c are to believ e of concealing the will. For one second a serious contemporary, then' was a the dark eyes flashed angrily, but before member of parliament at the W ind . or In- spoke Willard wore his calm, self- garden party whose devotion to ihe possessed face again. Ct WV carried him far. When theserv "You are unjust, Cecil." he said: "all .11?: handed round gold-tipMd cigarmy influence was ex tied in your be- cttes. this legislator took one and csj.

he handsomest man

' tirling brow q hair

l" was a irrent aawiaa -:i

, vecn. at. 25, was tl.

I ever saw, vv itl.

Wert 1.1

- ..o lie eyes..-, n,ilini: ,,,,,, ...,! , ,. ., featnrea. He L jears older than myarlf. , ,, w,rs ot.nger than Willard. Willard when he came fro, .vasadnrk-ha.red.darkycdman.with grave face. letUed hafi.ita of pnctnrnaVi'r Y,,ÄT,d n'"m,rr: 1 'n WOO lured ruMrce dele

'j. - oeariy ,n veara of peeled, winch was ;. hii.

aft, re-compli

toeiit.

JL:Vln! -ay u,

"..i ,,(. es,,,,,..,., I ..,.,.,,

'"emir un am . .....

alk

" with hia cane.

art-

"il paeinir un mw a.. .

-,- ,,. 7-11 ri r ii . restles.lv i- ..

Sower. ZL 'u' " .v P't

If they

half. " "It looks sol" was the sneering reply . "'iinr Uncle thought his business should 1m- left in competent ami exportenOOd hainls. Have y ours proved to be

BOT "No. I am not a bargaining tradesman. I nele Harry traine! me fora gen tlennui." The sneering emjihasis liroughl a dusky red for a moment on Willard's dark hu k II sjinke with BtCTB, emphasis: "Hi' eon len then, to leave the cares of trade to me. Your income and prospects will give you siiHicicnt for idle aae." His prospects! I looked up then, ao puzzled that Willard aid: "Is it possible von have nt told Marian?" "You have doubtless done so." "No. it was not iny duty certain!,, not my pleasure." "Told me what '.'" I cried, with adizzy ftelinf and choking of mv breath. Mrs. Stone answered: "Your uncle's letter from Mr. Hay announced Mr. Cecil Wcllford' engagement to Mi-s Kose llav ." "Vim may as well aikl," said (ceil, "that w e w ere pri v ately mnrried the day

I left. No one k now s t hat as y ct. but I , shall claim mv bride w heu I return to

New Ork :i 1 staggered toward the door, but would have fallen had not a strong arm i.elil tne up as I reel, d forw ard. The same kind support led me to the library and placed me in a deep armchair. I must have been white ami looked faint, for a moment later a glass of w inr was held to my lipa. and W illard aaid. very tenderljr:

MJTed to light it. His wife, stninlinjj ly. reproved him with connubial solicitude and candor. "You know , dear," she said, "you never can smoke w ithoiit bclttg very sick." Hut the member of parliament was not to be deterred. "If my queen," he nobly answered, "invitCfl n.c to smoke, I will smoke, cost what i'. iiiav." The name of the loy al hgialator has not been recorded, nor hit Rubaequenl proccedinira that eventful afternoon. We hosr his wife jrot hiu home safely. St. .lames' (iactte. I hirliiltr WOttOO toh'f . When Charlotte Wolter, the great (iermati actress, who died recently in Vienna, began her stage career, her voice was disagreeable, harsh, hesitating and girlish. From that same throat proceeded a few years later a v oice such aa has never before or since been heard on the German stage, metallic ami full, ao charming, so intensely alTccting. Now the listener's rar revtded in the sweetness of her tones, now it was carried away by their irresistible force. The "W olt.t -s( hrci" (Wolter cry I is a new dermaii word, coined expressiv t designate the expression of the utmost horror, a ItlllllM cry. piercing to the very marrow in one's bones, which she ottered in Goetho'l "Goetl von llerllcbhigen." St Louis lilobc-Demo-crat

The smallest diocese in the world ia said to be that of St. Helena. The bishop. Mr. Welby. receives a salary of .H0. and oversees three clergy men. Still, he has the title of bishop. French railroads earned flo.s.Mi per mile last year, of which .'1.6 cr cent.

uaed fur working expenaea.

The Oraal annual Kvenl I'

claaa All frMltM-mwora Tn Art KaMblt Will b m Notable lecture, Victor Mrbert'a Band Will rumlaai the AecuaUourd Coorart Muu. ! tb AddsA attratetluua Will be of m 1111. Order. Preparation! for the fourteenth conaecutivo annual t l.ouia expoaitiuii. which opens Septcinltcr s for its usual forty days' aeasiou, have adraueed aufticiently to enable a fairly complete programme of arrangements to be auuouuceil. The exhibits are getting into poet t too rapidly, and although the plans differ material ljl from tln.se of past seaa as. tlicru is no falling off iu any respect. The building of tile coliseum and the shutting off of what was formerly the north nave has necvaailatcd more economy .u the allotment of apace. In main instances this ia an advantage rather than otherwise, ami the ingenuity displayed in arranging and concentrating exhibit will be universally admired. A large force is actively at work unpnnltlng and banging pictures, and the art gulleries will lie well stocked with boice paintings. Art Director Kuril and bis assistant. Mr. Kh odes, are inure than usually enthusiastic. No attempt at crowding has been made, and lue number of pictures hung - about 600 ia below the average. The display will, however, be distinctly more popular than of yore, including aa it doea aomc immense can rasscs.boiue of which have been on special exhibition alone iu aeveral of the larger cities. It is a striking tribute to the St. Louis exposition thnt the inclusive admission fee is smaller than the ehargo made in KuroK-au cities to view individual pictures iu the art galleries, ttoybet's painting, which seeimd ti.e uiedal of honor in I'aris four years ago, ia one of these specialties. Tritcl's "The Conquerors" ia another. It is great iu two senses of the word, as the canvas measures J.'i feet in length. EtoehoO'a famous Haupbiu picture baa also arrived. Other pictures from Paris are by artists of reputation, including lsaby who sends bis "Procession of Cardinals "-Pasiui. ( iiiin, Sheriuitte, Le ( harpcuticre. Peloise, Uuudiu and Japy. bast y ear's art display at the St. Louis exposition was described by art critics iu the east as the most remarkable ever BOM in central or western city. This eulogy will be still nion appropriate this sV as. mi. The added attractions are tobe far ahead of the best seen lu re before. There will te. praet .: .vi iv. a new band. 'The change of uamc f roin (i i I more'a to Herbert's was not a mete matter of form. Victor Herbert bus an entirely new band, with a new library containing arrangements of hundreds of what may be termed new pieces. When, last win tor i be ileooifial tho old band altogether and commenced UM task of reconstructing it according to his own conception, his procedure was on the lines of artistic quality tirst, and youth second. He secured botb bright, superior instrumentalists, young and am In t ions artists; quick to seize upon and ad-mt Herbert's mctb tsls; full of enthusiasm, dash and pride; and thoroughly capable in musical knowledge: soporb ia technical facili tv and skill. In sM-cial attractions the axpOBHIOO management has also secured something uiiiijue. Ifooa ti.iulier, who will 4five his aerial ipiesti ian act twice daily, created a sensation in New York last spring, ami vv as signed by the exposition management while several cities were trying to secure him. President Boyd and General Manager (iaicnuio have assigned the following lus to the organ ialions and occasioua designated:

Sejit. s. Stockholders NigUI.

V. lixie Viylit. i", Vtci m i aen s NurM ii. a n i- w. mtha ia, HTntilaaee KlghA U Jeff, is in I lub NiirhU ir. baglei or Honor Nis-fcL

8epi. I". Beyal lcuxui' Nik'tiu Jsep'. s, l.ulsir Might. Sepi. a. Aaaarleaa Wthi Scut, n, Soiitn Braotaay Merehanta' N'lirht. feepl i. at iKilic Kiiattils of America v. n . Sept. 'Si. Irish Nicht and Wolfe 'lone Ktttea. Sept. Mciirew iJimnls Night. Sept. -V. Ninth si l .mils Assoclatioa NigtiW Oct. t, Oetmae Rhjhi IKt i. Veiled Pfupat'l NifhL Oct. 8. Vehh le Owners' Nlfht. OeL 7, President McKinley NightOct. S. St. Louis K.iilway fluh NU;Ut. Oct. ii. Bastei Hhth Oct. la, flailaj iehool Nia-hu OA I- Spanish ( lub Night. Oct. iv. st. Ueaia VasÖM Night. Oct. '.ii. 0 itera Catbolle CTatoi Nigat OcL Uranch Hoards Night

HARE OF WAGE-EARNERS.

sicpt. Hi ft sV pi S. pt ospt. Sept.

PROBABLY ALL LOST.

A llerrjlng Party I lonltt le DmwdwI tu I kr Nuperlor. Wkht Si pkkioh, Wia., Aug. A party of eight men and women left last Friday in a smal I sail boat to go after berries along the south aide of balce Superior, intending to return niiuday. Nothing has been heard of them, but the captain of the steamer Gilbert rfprrts passing a capsized sail boat a few miles out. Searching partiea will gc out to look for them.

Coal Product of New Mealeo. Wahiiinotov Aug. 2.". The reports of the United States mine inspectors frr In ban territory ami New M.-xieo abovr the total coal product of New Mexico .luring the last fiscal year was Xt,:w tons, value estimated at It, I'M, -U'.."), in Indian territory the coal output was l io.'.i'VS tona; cstlia uutnut, i-40 MM

ODD FACTS.

When first t-alcn from min-s npab are so htodlff that they can 1st piekeO to .pieces with the fitifrer nail. Following up the researches of twi fJerman physicians, who were recently led to conclude that three linen of oxygen In the solar spectrum were- not atmospheric. Mr. Irf-wis Jewell csnnaidert that he has proven conclusively that the lines are produced tby water vapoi in the earth'a atanonpbetre, and that, tberefotr, the apectroacope does not I dleote oxygen in the nun.

re fate Woeklno aa Caaaea la

at the Olaolar TarlO. If the wage-earner docs not organise to protect bis own interest who will do it for him' The republican party'a reply to thia queation, atked by a reverend preacher, will be that organization on the part of tho wage-earner ia unnecessary for the protection of hia own intereata because thoae intereata nre entirely protected in tariff legislation But assuming- for a moment the potency of tariff legislation to provide higher wage for tho American artisan, the particular manner in which the artisan ia to be protected and to gain Lis higher wage through the operation of the tariff law ia faulty. The tariff duty on bituminous coal, not laid, the republicans will explain, for the benefit of the mine owner, but for the benefit of the mine operative, w as increased in the Diugley bill by 27 cents a ton, just aa the glaaa achetlule and all other acbedulea were increased to the McKinley ratea. But the tariff law leaves the Interests of the laborer, for whose benefit, it is aid. this tariff in its protective feature is mainly laid, in the bands of the employer. It doea not ompel the employer to keep books and make aworn returns showing the amount gained to hi btudneaa by the protective tariff nor the. amount of such gain paid to employes in the protected Industrie. It has resulted that the so-called principal beneficiary of protection, the laboring man, has not had his due share of the profits of protection. These have been secured to him in part only by hia own org-anizatiou. He cannot trust those beneficiariei of the tariff that the tariff maker trur.t. The tariff mnker says in effect to the captains of industry: "We charge you to ace that labor gets the bulk of the profit we give you in this bill, a profit arising from our Wt of authority to legislate for the general welfare. We intrust the general welfare partly to you. We expect you to use it to the advantage of labor, win di is our main concern." Then the tariff maker poea off and foolishly rejoices in the work he has done, never having taken adequate rteps to scesfhat the captain of industry has performed bis .share of the compact. So h is that even if the tariff for protection is the true policy it is notsclfffective in tl protection of lalor. It leaves the i JFSl eats of labor in t he hands of the greed v persons vv ho procured the legislation, the great captains of indu.stry who "hoe," as the expressive phrase is, all that is in it for themseh s and leave labor to pet what it can only through its own organization. And it is to such organia t ion that labor in the protected interests owes the fact that it has had any other than Urine WOfe, Tbc captains of industry have not made a fair divide of the profit of tariff taxation. Chicago Chronicle.

THE REAL PROMOTER.

Ktlucntlon Alone Mill llrlna l'ro-

ierlt

It has always been admitted that the

rrnges of skilled labor were higher in

the I'tiitcd States than anywhere else

In the world. The McKinley and ling

leys have always insisted thai the de

HU! 1 1 all t he credit for this happy Mat

of affairs, and that the attempt toi red it

It to the stierior skill ami intelligent-

of tin- American workman was both

ailly and unpatriotic

Now conies the nonpolitical Massachusetts bureau of statistics of labor

with exhaustive and undoubtedly 00

curate tables or comparative wages

that leave the McKinley s and Dinglcys

without a leg to stand on. The Massu

chusetta bores U, after compiling the

wages in 1H occupations, finds:

1. That there nre wider differences between the wages paid for the same

kind of work in various parts of the

United States than there arc between

the wages of the I'nited States and of

England or the continent

2. That in the i 'nited States the workmen of Massachusetts receive the highest wOgOX in every class of occupations

in those thnt pay poor wages nt best

no less than in those that offer labor

the largest returns. The first proposition shows that tin

chief cause for differences in wages cannot be tariffs, which of course operate Vpially upon protected manufactures

everywhere. The second proposition

shows that whatever this chief cause is It helps the workmen of Massachusetts more than it helps those of nny other

täte. What then is this chief cause?

The Rtatisties of education undoubt

edly furnish the clew to it. They show

that Massachusetts jrives each of her inhabitants seven years' schooling of 200

days each, while the average for the

United States is 4 3-10 years of 200 days

each. Further, while the average wealthproducing' power of each man. woman

and child in the I'nited States ia 40

renta a day, the average wenlth-pro-

oucing power of each man. woman and child in Massachusetts is 73 cents a day nearly double! Education is the true advance agent of prosperity. X. Y.World.

democrats need not look beyond

the Fourth Indiana district for renewed

murage and fresh hope. The unmistakable evidence ist tihere of democratic buoy ii i.. y and harmony WMOB ntigur party unity and victory. The di-mo-rrata of ttie Fourth Indiana district have demorurtrated that the party'soldtime fighting imirit he loeorned. Now let democrats everywhere enteh steji md march resolutely on to the glories nf victory that await them this year, next year and in 1890. St. Louis Republic.

As an evidence of how the tailff

bill affect value and that tihere la m.

down of prosperity, the repubfjean papers are printing1 tables to show that the trust stocks have increased in oIojo over MOOiWO.OOO. Peerio Herald.

THE STAR OF DINQLEYI8M. Pa-lees the lacreaa laser the ? TarlsT. Consumers are thus early learning thnt under tho Diugley bill thty are confronted by a card, tangible condition and not a mystical, - intangible theory. The price of all the necessaries am going up without the least promise of an increase in the income of the wageearuers. New York grocers have advanced the price of sugar six-tenths of s cents pound. This is just o starter. From thia increase the sugar trust will reap a reward of I25.000.00O, as the Diugley bdl intended it should. There has also been an advance of from ten to twenty-five per cent, on all woolen goods. The new law has caused an advance in the price of hides, and an increase in the cost of boots and sloes from 30 to SO cents a pair will follow. In brief, an advance soon of prices all along the line may be confidentlylooked for. The upholders of the Ding-ley bill cannot deny the facts of increasing prices, and they try to justify the measure and the party's action in imposing it upon an already overtaxed nation by contending that it will ultimately result in raising the wage scale by the bare force of the necessities of wage-earners, and also in multiplying the opportunities for employment. This is the veriest rot. The McKinley bill did not raise wages or increase labor's opportunities. On the contrary, the industrial history of that brief period shows that wages decreased under the McKinley bill and that more trust were formed than during any other corresponding time in the nation's history. The sole and only buainess purpose of trusts is to control production by smothering competition. That proposition is too axiomatic to require argument or illustration. The rates of the McKinley bill were on sn a v crags ten per cent, lower than the rates of the Dingley bill. The latter messuro w ill be proport innately a greater trust breeder. There ia no sentiment in business. It will embrace its opportunity to cheapen its operations and increase its profits. This means an era of higher prices during the life of the Dingley bill than were ever known In this country in time of peace and when all of the productive energies cf the nation were vigorous and eager to be allow wl fllll sV;,v . Speaker Heed v ery correctly and succinctly summarized the causes of republican defeat under the McKinley bill once by declaring that "it was the women shoppers who did it." When the American people again get n whack at the republican party Mr. Heed's quick perception and ready wit will have another opportunity for display. As he views the wreck the thought is bound to suggest itself to his mind that tne greed and raparity of trusts have caused it. St. lentis Republic. SUCCESS OF DEMOCRATS.

Favorable Slg-aa la Several Important states. 1 The prospect for democratic suecesw in Ohio and Iowa are. growing brighter as the active opening of the campaign approaches. Ilepublicans are frightened at tha i ui t look, and are whinrt.litig to keep their eouraipe up. The recorvi of the republican party since it went, into powea-is-such thut its leaders fear to face the pot sole, Their fostering of trusts, their rifts to CQBsHnoe and' their subserviency to monopolies' maJve a procarioua

platform on which to .stand before t has

people. Add this record of corrupt legislation 10 that of the republican party on the money question aud the burden will be too great to 4s-ar. In the words of the cw York World 1 "The republiean have sown broadcast the seeds of new discontent. Hcmooracy has but to be true to itaelf to reap from thia sowing an abundant harvest." Of course, the world ia opposed to bimetallism, but it see the downfall

of the republican nartv in ita slavish

obedience to the behea-te of the trusts and itsdisregard for the welfare of the siple. BojeeOal IU Ohio and lows for the ik-inocraey would Is? a tremendoua victory, because all the prrwersof corruption would enlist themselves in behalf of republicanism. Defeat would wot

carry with it discourugement to tÄa

ileniocratic forces, for the real battle is before them in 1898, nnd victory then will mean a conquest in 1900, carrying with it freedom, happiness and prosperity for the nation. Chicago Oispstoh PARAGRAPHIC POINTERS.

When proerneritv rcturniJt wlli

not (be throujrh the custom house, but

through the 'golden hnrveat fields."

Indianapolis .News.

The trouble with the farmers'

pockets these dUys is that no matter

how much is poured' into them as the result of the harvest it always runs out through the hole made by the

tariff. Tjjcago Chronicle.

Extravagance prows with what it

feeds upon. It becomes a power in legislation that is almost irresistible.

The new t -.riff bill will not supply revenue sufficient) to meet audb expendi

tures. Ita promoters admit this. Mr.

Aldrich nnd Mr. Dingley have final Iv

agreed that the deficit for lb "s yeax will Im not less tiian $."10,000.000. The

ehanees are that they have underesti

mated Uns deficit, LoulsvIHe Post.

The Hanns y stf. t. means-thatall

npo'ible public offices shall be pur-

hasen by aggregated wealth for intirmbet.ts who will loyally serve their

masters; that neither honor nor oaths

nor the Wreot specifications of the law

shall count for anything where the in

tereata of nwresmted1 wealth are con

cerned; that even crime itself Is to bo

- " - ...... " . .j..-v w M ww mm men who count their weaJth by mlMkfbo - m - i i . . 1

ana wjwas conspiracies agaunjBS need

re for tho fin ti flea (Una ot7 greed

n. a. worm.