Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 40, Number 9, Jasper, Dubois County, 5 November 1897 — Page 3

WEEKLY COURIER.

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THE FIRST RED LEAF. What ll that which IBM if I" " -Ives (Slowing among the lhlk gre. n leuves? .in uriii" psreh 'I r t. r IBBSger. with hi vivid vent? 4 ii .i lonely gruabcak, left behind. Forgotten by II hl gorgeous klml? Alan for unimT-iiil woe for me Tis the II rat red haf on the dogw ood tree! Ah, why. for the, grasa I not yet wire; No blight betekens the falllnR year; late pise reigns on her thorny throne. ii the faln r because alone, ,,. n .ils and smiles In th- sunny noon, ,s sUSSt ""d perfec t aa those of June; Why hint at winter and storm to he, tu st red leaf on the dogwood tret '.' , rphaned Illy lean pale ami tail. j . uf Its line, by the Ilchcrud wall, ft.. MiUla tosses Its brilliant plume. The bricht naMturtiums are yet In bloom, A i I dahlias, crimson ami gold und white, V, their beauty, awake all night. V, , (h re. with Its sorrowful prophecy, 1 Hi st red leaf on the doKWuud tree ! " ., knapweed swings by the meadow path her mower gather the aftermath; Thi rlrat pale aster haa but begun fo hlal that the torrid days are done. Tha fringy sprays of the golden-rod ,i, iprSSilBl their spendthrift wealth abroad. Anil, while they charm us, we ned. not see Tic Urst red leaf on the dogwood tree! Elisabeth Aktra. In Youth's companion..

5 A DOG CATCHER CAUGHT.

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fc( I IIS Oil MM HSU W""" catchera. I he oldest man now tiring cannot rein, tuber tlM day when he heard a kindy void uttered in behalf of the Miarers it vagabond canines. It is an artifle ,,th in some localities and anion ir certain people that BUBSael owed his unpopularity and titter isolation to the prectunsd fact that he was unwise enough to hire out aa a ffarnerer of surplus dogs. Just now the Chicago dog catchers are experiencing their regular fall carnival of assault and battery, and the peoUM whose pets they Itire or drag away are offering up their ancient and (mi in ed testimony, which is to the effect that most wire w ielders are thii'irs who go on privat- property to seal pood and valuable dogs, while at terly ignoring the measley curs which are alleged to throng the streets without hindrance. It ll the same story which is told of d Off catchen in all worlds and at all times. And, unfortunately, in many enact, it turns out to be the truth, for t be men on the big wagon have a shrewd Idei of the i rent profit arising out of the liarvestinp of hiph-class dogs and holdil g them for ransom. There was a man of that kind once in Council I! ,f?v In., but he w as discouraged out of the business. His name was Whimple, and he has reduced the dog traffic to a science. He paid very little at tent on to the nntngged vagrani.-.of the I DC ipeciea, hut pive him a pond chance at some pood man's St. Bernard or foxhound and he would climb electric light towers and pet his wire noose oer the band of the gantry. Be was elever about it, too. and although the owners of pood lops hired detectives to watch hint, with n hope of getting a criminal case apainst him, he always feed cd in eluding the sharp eye of the lie I the, and would, indeed, by careful maneuvering, even while closely pursued, slip around Into a bnck yard, loose a fine hunting spaniel from his kennel and entice It out into the alley, wl.i-n-, with the support and backing "' 'he law . he would clnp his noose ovt-r the beast's hand. Valuable tiops had ' fondest passion for losinp their tagt about 15 minutes before Whiniple'i snivel in the neighborhood. The explanation of the phenomenon was netei learly piven. but at any rate Whinple succeeded in findinp more g ! dogs without Iheir passports than nt other dop catcher who ever lived in thai city. And. once caupht. it cost Unit n neat bit of money to ransom and n victim. 1 Beßrer, a printer and a statesman, h ;i dbg fancier who for aix weary ) in suffered nt Whimple' bands. H, Whipped the man thrice, but as the dop Cat ber was alw ays able to make a fair Showing that he had been inside the. linei if the law the fines imposed upon Boyei amounted to more than the bribes which he was obliged to pay bitnplc for the release of his impoumi"1 pets. Hoyer at last worked thethinp down to a system. One year he would Whip Whimple and pay a fine of $22.30 and the next he would privet th dop 'eher the amount of his claim for the '-n'-hinp of his dogs usually about The former course cost more, but Boyer calculated that he got at least worth of satisfaction out of breakWhimple's visape. The printinp nan Wonkj regularly pay the city for his dnp licenses, but as repularly the togl would disappear in some niyste- ' manner, nnd Whimple would tret action. l! yer at last decided to take extreBM measures in the matter nf Whim 1' ' and his dops. One of the finest pointers sickened and died one day, '""I instead of pivinp it the usual re"peetful and sorrowful burial BofOf enl the body over the river to a taxhlermist ami had it stuffed in a most artfal way. 'Make it ivinp down," he said to tJolhert. the taxidermist; "lying down, with its head Standing up in the. air." nd so it taabionad. "Now. then.- M.i.i Mjn, "I Nvailt vou t. fairly line that dogl hair with little, "ne wires. Make it so that there'll ha M.rface t meet anything hat comes i eontact with the' coat." mmm was also arranged.

Boyer tool his prepared bp i, sat

and, w ait i up for t he otSb i Bg of I be dop. aatchitip kcutiMi, he M about rfeetinp bis plana My the tunc biennis ass due to po oil his rounds all Wai ii;h!, ami Ihtyer took l is dop mil and set it down tin a rubber mat on tin- front porch. Thiswa at nij-ht, and early tha next morning the despiacd hinipb-. insahing ehoag in Doyen Mighboehood for he always made for the boaSS of the dop fancier mi the tirst day of h a resumption of btlsiaSSa euupht siht of t he spaniel in t he early morn i up sennlipht. "That's Doilpcr," he murmu rel to I.miself. "liover ll pay ten dollars out of hand to orl bun back once I catidi hi in." And he looked carefully about to we if he vav observed. "I'll pet him cjuick an' take the tap off him before he can pive a yelp," laid Whimple, softly, "an' then I'll be ready to swear he was runniif around out here, bat kin' at me us I as poin' by ." Whimple, as has be n said, saw the dop. Hut, alas, there wa un invisible thing of which he txtk no copiiiam-e. And that invisible thing vwis the besvyy copper wire which ran from the trolley Una over to ltoyer's house and down aiongeide tiie paeeh, whereon Dodger lay waitiup for the door to open. Ai d if the mau Äud seen it, do you think he WOttM have -topped to calculate that the (lop was loaded with enough eh-c-tricity to keep lo trains busily plying between Omaha and Council Mullthat the beast's life and vitality came not from a oollectioe of aessBsotde snd temporals and livers and liphts, but front a tot of 20 ton wheels in a power house two miles aw ay '.' Hardly. Certainly he thought nothing of the kind. Hut atandingon the weilwatered lawn of Hill Boyer -end oh, how care fully the man of type and stump speeches had sprinkled that lawn on the night before! he poised his wire POOSS for action, and leaninp over the rail slipped it about the dop's uplifted head and gave S cjuick jerk, the purpose of which was to choke his prey into immediate silence. The school books used to say that :t a man lived on the plan t Neptune be would be able to jump over the Washi npton mon innen t, or thereabouts. For a moment Whimple seemed tobelieve that his home was in Neptune, and that he wanted to pet back there ripht away. He pave one b ap aloft and turned a few dozen times like a sort of a "day -fireworks" brand of pitivvheel. He B Ugh tod on the kick of his neck wlnn he came down, but being a coiirapeous sort of villain in some ways, and believing that the dop va9 stronger than he rercslonlstedupoe, be bung grimly to the wire and abused the beast's character while volts anil amperes and time cards and hell punches und other things connected with lüe

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streiit car service of Council HlutT shot throiiph him. Hut even as he talked in a stranpe laiipuape he continued in motion. "You enased fool of a bum printer s

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electrified one jounced ov er against niBB, "Led go o pay hegj Ob, thunder snd liphtninp!" as an especially heavy jolt struck him and sent him about Z (eel upward. "Quit bitin' BSel let out! let gel If I kick you once you'll ' To do him justice, Whimple was a gnUM dog catcher, but at last -which is to say after alxiut nine seconds vi u he had to pive in. Help! Help!" he cried. "This dog is eatin" me alive! Hel l l-lpl" "Let po your w ire. yu toolt called William Böget from bis front window, for even he felt merciful at last. Whimple loosened his prip on the wire and the dop rolled in BttC ilirection and he himself collapsed apainst a fem e piMt on the other side of the lo. The many and interettiiip thinps which Hoyer said to Whiinple when he came out upon the lawn ore not matters of history. It was plnin enough, even to the dop thief, that at last he bad been caught In ttaprunt trespass, mid his defiance was pone. He hepped Hoyer to tie him together Bad send him home in some kind of cart so that he could die peaceably. "Your dop like to killed me." he snid. "T never seen such u savape brute." Which remark pave Hoy er an idea, ami be declared, wiFli prent pathos. that Whimple had murdered his best pet, and fipured up its worth, which was, stranpe to say. just equal to the ransoms he had himself paid in the past. And he compelled Whimple to pay lurn the amount that day. That made Whimple and Hover square, but the street raoway people wondered for three week-- vvhj the cars had all topped for ten inexplicable s. o. Ondathat busy niorninp. -Chicago lice crtl. At a Qemnau pkute in BnanorlUi han., the ehlff refreshim IBt whs beer, gnUona Of which were consumed. The partakers of this exhilarating btt SlUgS were extremely jolly until they b at tied that the treasurer had skipped with the entirt receipts of the pigiuo1172.

HUMOROUS. "What an- a!i th riblvons hana Inp n chandelier?" "Those are not ribbons; they are neckties I've pulled eft different men when I was li-.'t i i.i n' t it rule u heel." Iii apo Km ord. Ferguaon It says here that no foreigner i allow ed to le hourion Turkish terrilory without a pass." Nixon "It must be tough on the railroads that have to issue them." Boston Transcript. Mr. Dunham "I have called, sir, to tell you that your dauphter. Miss Fanii if. and I love each other very dearly, 1 want to ask you for her." Old Millyuna "Well, you'll have to wait aw hile. There's no vacancy in the store now that I could put you into."- Cleveland Leader. Haggles --"Wot j'er doin. Weary, wid de tclleiet&opc?" Weary--"Look in' fee work." Lagples- "Lookin" fer work .' W'ot fer?" Weary- "So' I kin avoid it. I wui jest sizin' up de houses 'round here ter see ef 1 can't strike one dat keeps a pa.-erline can inst id nv a Wood pile." J udpe. "Fvvat'a this I hear about you soakin' a Chinyiuan xv id a brick '.'" asked Mr. Began. "Nieer let me hear avth like again. Always hr-rcak a brick iu two ami soak your man twice. You younp Americans are much too wasteful." Indianapolis Journal. Visitor "What ! He is three months Old and you haven't named him yet?" Mrs. Wheeler "No! You see. it's this way: 1 want to name him after my bicycle, and .lohn insists on naming him after his. 1 truess we will have to compromise ami name him after the wheel mother rides." I'nek. "Yesterday." said Jabson. "I refused a supplicant woman a request for a small sum of money, and in consequence of my act I passed a sleepless night. The tones of her voice were ringing in my ears tha whole time." "Your softness of heart does you credit," said Mabson; "who was tin- woman?" "My wife." Detroit Free Press POPE LEO XIII. S BIRTHDAY. ( nriilnito In the pt-n n I neu. t tie I'ee-

ci I'nini f nnd iii i'i.im-'m neatswesni Onunt Ludovieo Potol, nephew of Leo MIL. Bad his wife. Donna ittoria. have j given, in honor of the pope's name day, a great reception at Carpineto, the I birthplace of the Font iff. where they live. Carpineto is a mountain village

with about ö.ooo inhabitants, and ispiotureaqoely sltaated on the top of a peak of the Opbnl mountains. Ileing surrounded by points much higher, and snow-capped at some seasons, it is really Tory beautiful. It is far from railways. One has to drive five hours in the d;! L'ei.ce in onler to reach it. and it has thus kept much of its primitive character. The inhabitants are vcrj poor, mostly shcjdierds. The women. starting early in the morning, sometimes go miles to gather wood. When they are employed In cultivating the land they do not earn more than four or five pence a day. The present village wan. in the middle Bgea, B rather important town. It was, with its surroundings, adiiehy, first under the C.ietani, to which family belonged Boniface VHJU who had his ears boxed by a Sei.irra-Colonna at Anapni, and later Bndcr the Aldohramlini. to which belonged Clement VIII. Fortwo centuries, however, the most important family there has been that of the l'eeei, although they originally came from Siena. Hie Peecl own the only building vvh ich can be ealicd palace, nnd half of the environs. From their palace, which is built on the hiphest ground the outlook is grand toward the mountains and pietareaone looking down near the roofs of the medieval town. The Inter. or is much more sumptuous than one would expect i n that half-wild district. There are vast anterooms and magnificent halls, hung with tapestry Bttd larjje family portraits. The portrait of t he pope's mother repreeenta hi r as handsome and dignified, and that of his father, in his uniform nf colonel (he served under Napoleon I.) as l goi d-iookinginan, in w hose fea-tun-s can lie found traces resembling

i his celebrated son. Leo is also there.

The likeness is an exceedingly good one more than can be said of his brother. Cardinal Qiuesppa Pasel who died In MO at the age of 8.1. a rigid Jesuit, who hnd a rooted objection to posing in any form for his picture. AflMBg the portraits there of persons not belonging to the family , is one of Iuke I.ouhat, nn American ennobled by Leo XIII . who has erected three or four statues of the pope in different churches. The room occupied by the present Pontiff when he resided in Carpineto is still called "Camera di Monsignore," nnd has not been disturbed. It is very modestly furnished, having a little IfOU bed with curtains, a small writing desk near a window, a picture of the Madonna, a portrait of the Blessed Margaret Pecei, an ancestress of his, and a few "hairs. Pa'.l Mall (lazette. Where Wolietieii Are Barred, Time was in Fngland when the employes of bank might not wear beards or mustaches. This restriction has in almost every it: stance long been removed. One exception still remains. The historic house of Contts. where royalty keeps its private accounts, declines to alter the rule of a bygone ape. and visitors to its ancient walls will note 1hat its employes preer.t a re markahly trim nnd smart appearame The younger clerks vearning for ll hirsute adornments so desr to budding adolescence have recently memorial Bed the partners on thissubjeet, but. al BS I w ithout success. Detroit Free Tress. v t.o.nl liness. "I'm opposed to horse racing. 1 think the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals should step in tad put n stop to it." "Well, old man. I'm sorry for you Thnt sail I can Bay." "Si.rrv forme" What oyo i tnenr. I "Oh of course yea had your BOUey on ths wronjf horse " Cl rrian Leader.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. latrrsallonal I. ! lor Nrmber 7. lt7 I'm u I In M lim and Home tOSS ItHll.lU. lArraif 1 lr..m IVloubct's Notes.) OOLDKN TKXT.-Ye know Unit Sil OdiisTS work toset her for good tj ihetu that luv God. -Horn. . TliK I.KHrioN. 1. Kindly KeeeptioB by the Inhabitant of Malta. V. 1, 2. lu our Ian hbsou we left I'aul ami his 275 coinaanloaa iu a terrible storm, escaping It oiii a wreck through waves and ram lu au unknown shore. 1. "They (II. V., we) knew" from the natives, or from previous experience of the sailors, aa soon -1 they aaw the place by daylight. "That the island waa calied Melita." of which "Malta" is a shortened form. This is a small island Co miles south of Sicily. 2. "And the barbarous people" (or, "barbarians." as in v. 4). So the Greeks and Komans called other nations than themselves, especially when speaking another language, it means here nothing more than "natives." "Shewed us no little kindness:" "No common kindn s" would be a more correct translation. ft, Faul'sCredentials. Vs. 3-6. First. Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks. Haul, though the greatest man then living, was ready to do the humblest duty. He knew the greatness of serving. 3. "There came a viper out of the heat," from among the fagots already on the fire, whose increasing heat awaked it from its torpid state and rlrme it forth. "And fastened on his hand." as he was lay ing his bundle on the fire. 4. "No douht this man is a murderer:" Paul was n prominent prisoner, accused of some crime unknown to them, and they naturally attributed to him the greatest crime. "Whom vengeance:" The iod of .lustier. Nemesis, the Avenger, stiffereth not to live. I'aul had escaped from the wreck, but he could r.ot escape from the sword of Divine justice. 5. "And he shook off the beast into the fire:" With perfect composure, doubtless arising from the two promises. (II that of Christ to His disciples concerning serpents (Mark leilSiJiuhn 10:l'.i). ami (2) the promise that he should trench the Gospel in Rome, and, therefore, he could not die before he reached that city. C. "They looked when" (they expected that) "be would have swollen," et.: This was the usual effect of a viper's bite, making itself apparent in a very short time. "Or fallen down dead suddenly:" Sudden collapse and death ensue often from the bite of serpents. "No harm eOUM to him." but only by a miracle. "They changed their minds, and said that he was a god," because only Divine power could have preserved him from harm. III. Haul's Three Months' Mission in Malta. Vs. 7-9. 7. "In the same quarters." in that neighborhood. The traditional place is Citta Vecchia, where is the country residence of the present I'.ritish governor. "Were possessions: " He probably lived on more than one estate, as do the English nobility. "Lodged us:" Entertained at his home, probably Julius and his prisoners. 8. "The father of Pjblius lay sick of a fever and of s bloody tlu.v.:" Literally, with fever and dysentery, both words being used by St. Luke with professional precision. "To whom I'aul entered in:" The report of his miraculous escape from the bite of the viper would direct the attention of Publius to Paul n a remarkable man; and Paul repaid his kindness by restoring his father to health. "And prayed:" To Obtain the blessings from Cod. with the wisdom needed, and to show the people that all his power came from the same Coil v hose Cospel he preached. "And laid his bsndl on him:" It ia remarkable, that I soon :.fter the "taking up of serpents." we should read of Paol having "laid his hands on the sick and they recovered" (see the two in close wane Ct l0SI Mark Id: is). "And healed him:" St. Luke was a physician, but his skill was less effectual than the agency of St. Paul, w ho went into the si-k man's chamber, prayed by his bedside, laid his hands on him and healed him. 9. "Others nlso which had diseases:" The original is more extensive; all the rest. Nothing- is said of Paul's preaching, forthat is taken for granted. Paul could not neglect sueti golden opportunities of preaching the Gospel. IV. The .Tourney to Home. Vs. 10-K. 10. "Honored us with many honors:" They paid him every poonlhls attOBtlOO, try it irt.c;,;. s th ' - repi t a nil gratitude. "Laded us with stum things ns were necessary." not as pay. but out of kindness and love. We must remember that they ihnd lost everything by the wreck. This was entirely different In principle and effect from receiving hire for their miraculous cures. Urban was forbidden byChrist (Matt. 10:8). 11. "And after three months:" The three months' residence then would embrace November. December nnd January. Their departure on February s the day when, according to Pliny, navigation here opens. "Wederiarted in n hip nf Alexandria." which had been wise enough to stay in the harbor during the stormy season. 12. "And lnnding at Syracuse:" The famous city was situated on the east coast of the Islarwl of Sici'v. nbo'it sü miles, or a dav'a sail, from Malta.

ALTUELD ON SlLVKK.

Ex-Oovornor Bpoaks to NewHpapor Men.

Illinois

A IgMSSI Appeal lor lite H hint Mi- ml l.nlil I ii ii iln ril Moti-mrut ( Ulli-in in-il Mo in- 1'itnrr Arraigned.

PIS ! Thlatlea. Covctousneaa is ensaedness nicknamed. Honesty has never found s substitute. Gold lose its shine, when It is gotten by guilt. He is very unfortunate thnt has no trouble. lie that is nlwnvs cnlm Is nl.vays brave. Tf the heart is converted, the purse will be in reach. It is hnrd to believe thnt sin irilded with gold is the same hideous thrngthnt It is in common c'ay. Ram'a Dans

At a convent ion of Illinois new spa per rot u at Chicago, Friday. October BS tiov. Altgeld soke in response to n special invitation upon the silver question He said: "I have been keeping out of polltle. I have ttern under the weather for ome time snd have my hands full. In common with the majority of the people, trying to keep the sli. riff out of the yard and the wolf from the door, for the Unit keep Rettins harder, and the people are flndlnff harder BCfUtehlag every day. Hut while I am not active In polities I am anxious to do all I can for the welfare of my country and to BSenrS the presence of good men at the founts of government. My heart la always w Ith the work of lifting up the tolling BaBOSSe. "I am anxious to see politics prevail which will bring healthful prosperity, promote the permanent happiness of the people and perpetuate republican Institution. Men are wanted at the helm of government who will stand firmly for these essentials to the welfare of tht nation. BMhueef oi Cits Bslltossv "You are one of two claaaee of newspaper men. The courftry editor Is a division separated ftom the city editor. Vou are men who can write articles about men and measures and then go out on the street and look your f. Ibw men In the face. Your comments are careful and reliable and you have the confidence of your readers to an extent rnapproached by the. editors of the cities. "The great city dallies are run by corporations. Working on them are two classi-s one compost d of the reporters and writers. 'Who do the work of the papers, who see the actual conditions, understand them clearly, and are generally on the side of the people. The other clasa Is the management, which defines the policy, gives Instructions as to how news Is to tie presented and comments written. The man-Bg'-ment Is 'ooked upon with suspicion by tli people It I an Irresponsible mauageir.rnt. sometimes corrupt, almoBt alwaya haOrtlsSB and Is Intangible. It cannot be rtashed by criticism or rebuke. "The democratic editors who are of the first of these classes stood nearly as a unit by the democratic platform of 1W. The stand you have taken Is being vindicated to-day by the conscience and advanced thought of the American people. The democratic principles set forth In tha Chicago platform are more thoroughly Indorsed throughout the country to-duy than a year ago. A few months ago the great state of Pennsylvania, always regarded by democrats as a hopeless state, tlrmly held by cororatlons and trusts, witnessed a state democratic convention that Indorsed the Chicago platform. It refused to allow a man on the central committee who was luk-arm on that platform, and It took the extraordinary step of removing Mr llnrrlty from the committee. He was not hostile, but the convention wanted man who was positive and not negative "A few months ago the democrats of Massachusetts at their convention adopted the platform of IS. They also were not satisfied with men who were simply regular, but they Insisted on having men who were dead earnest In thetr silver views, and they ousted every man from the state committee who was regarded as wiak In support of bimetallism. One of the victims was Congressman Fltcgerald. The

work of selecting committeeman was as-

signeu to ueorge i- reu v. uiiams, anu ne chose sincere men. Thinkers with Hint. "The conscience of the time, the Independent thinking of the time, are all on our side. The progressive, advanced thinker Is more emphatically on our side than ever. Arrayed against us are the Influential, wealthy newspapers, the pictorial periodicals, and every Influence that money can buy. The club loungers are against us. but the men who honestly toll at every day affairs are coming our way. "Men who corrupt legislatures are against us. Down east there are some prominent democrats opposed to us among them the former governor of a great state. Th se are the men who are corrupting the legislatures of the states. The people arc rising against them. The episode at Springfield lust winter, and the profound sensation It created are earnest of this fact "There Is brightening of the prospects for an International agreement on the money question. It la true the commissioners who were sent by the I.'nlted States administration to Kurope to negotiate for a bimetallic agreement were handlcupptd by aaoond instructions from President Mc-

iMiiiey. iiui me commissioners loura i

hranr eager, rea.iy unu willing lo neip the cause of pllver and welcome an Inti rnatlonal bimetallic agreement. Tht found Knglnnd tag. r t.. help silver. The agfcT-s-Ive leaders of the KngHsh cabinet are tit -nietalllsts. The Cngllsh government will recommend the Increased use of sllvtr money in amounts from $10 to $115. The Hank of Kngland is willing to have Its reserve In silver. The Indian government Is anxious to throw open its mints to the coinage of sliver. "India. France and the L'nlted States could use all the silver that one great producing country could supply. They are ripe to ttegin the coinage of silver. The closing of the mints In India has brought altout a condition of affairs that language cannot describe. Industries ure paralysed, and the poverty of the people beggars all description. It has been brought forcibly to our knowledge by this year's famine. This condition calls for the opening of the mints. Sliver In !'.nlnnd. "Silver Is entering Hrltlsh politics. The question of bimetallism Is shortly to .. the most bitterly contested Issue In Hrltlsh politics. In Manchester they have already

had a great public meeting, which called on the government to use all possible efforts to bring about bimetallism. The banking Interests anil the money power will oppose It. Hut the miners and the factory mer and the workers are being forced the other way. Labor organisations are beginning to take an Interest In the silver question, and they have drawn in the manufacturers. In a few years Kngland will come out squarely and aggressively for silver. "In Germany the agricultural Interests are making an aggressive fight for bimetallism. Other countries are following Its example. Before long before ten years have passed the whole civilised world will be In the throes of a great struggle for silver. "The gold standanl movement In the l'nlted States has been a corrupting movement It sneaked into power originally. Last year It spent $4'.i,tMi in debauching the American people, electing McKinley and maintaining las yellow metal Much of this money was raised In Kurope, and the remainder was extorted from American tainkers and merchants. Hut the money power passed high water mark N ver araln can Mark llanna, or 1 .000 Mark Hannas, raise such a corruption fund. We will have a long fight to overcome this corrupting Influence It needed 2) years to establish the gold standanl. and It will take time to ahullsh it. Hut we have bright augury of ultimate victory In the fact that last year there were i,iion,'m American men who could not be bought or debauched, and who voted their principles. "it la the tolling masses on one hand and the money men, the trusts and sharks on the other, together wltn everything purchasable. Hut Amerlcnn manhood is going to win the fight There Is hard battling Basest, and we can't tell where the war Mll end, but we know our army Is growing and u Irresistible. No great question lu

the past was ever won against the thougtst nd conscience of mankind, and these arft all on our side. II natura l.lttle Heller. "Thlnga are looking a little better now la the buslneaa world, but no teople ran proap. r long on accidents I'olli i determine, the prosperity and hupplneas of the people. If the nation's policy Is molded for the many we have a happy people. If It Is molded for the few, we have misery among the people. So we must look to policies ami those are at our hand to grasp. "A little better times are here, and I have not heard that wagi-sare being raised. The times will aoon grow worse than ever. The same forces will be at work for the next eight or ten years that have concentrated wealth, and this process la now going on more rapidly than ever. The figures In the near future at': going to be astounding If a check Is not put to It. The sugar trust is getting out of this year's tariff schedule HT.noti.uOO more than last year. It dears not want an honest congress. The other monopolies do not want honest legislation. "Hut the mr.ney forces sre working th'lr own destruction. They are relating history. The growth of tyranny has alwaya BOea from dominance to aggressiveness, then to offense, then to Insolence and from that to self-ilt-structlon. The trusts and corporations are moving along this line. Wo will drive this corporation government off the earth. "A tlmo is coming that will give grand opportunity to American youth. There III he openings for grand careers such as have not been achieved in many decades. Mutters look to me to be tending all that way. Kternal right Is perched on our banners and we are going to win."

HAN N A IS A SNODGRASS.

A Mlrth-I'ruv liking Spectacle In the Hi-it ii bi leu ii Faroe. When Mr. Tracy Tupman went forth t. tifjlit a duel with t he BS npuinary Dr. Slammer it will be remembered that ho w;i much struck by the indifference to consequences exhibited by bis second, M r. Suodg-rass. When Mr. Tupman announced that he mitfht and probably would fall on the Held of honor Mr. Snorfgrass acquiesced motir uf ully. it ia true, but with an apparent unconcern that not only puzzled but shocked Mr. Tupman. Yet the explanation was very simple. Mr. Snodgrass was the second, i.ot tlio principal. Tupman, not Snodirrass. was tf. be the target of Dr. Slammer's built ts, hence Snodrassi could not, iu the nature of things, view the prospect w Ith any such alarm as fell to the lot of Tupman. It makes nil the difference in the world whether one is the principal or only the second, and aline illustration of this truth is to be seen down in the neighboring commonwealth of Ohio. Last fall Mr. Tiipmati McKinley was the principe in a combat with Mr. llryan. He was naturally anxious sometimes almost distraught. lie feared the result of the battle, and as his leps quivered beneath him he turned ever and anOU for comfort and support to his second. Mr. Snodprnss llannn. Yet that geatlensaa who was not belay ebot a1 displayed the most callous indifference to his principal's fears. Did Mr. IfeKinley waver and turn pale at the tbeufht of the shock of battle? Mr llanna whistled a roundelay and place! another protected manufacturer in the skillet. Was Mr. McKinley faint and disheartened ;t ths gory prospect? Mr llanna clapped him on the back and DOUSfeeted bim coldly With the hojie that llryan mipht not hit him after all. Mr. llanna was the second then; this year be is the principal, and the change In his situation has produced the most marked alteration in his attitude and di meanor. No longer merry, blithe and hjuBOUeianti buying a congressional district here and pfOmiaing fl fourth-cla-s post mastership there, he sits oatwlopsd in plooin, racked by the most plootny anticipations of the future, dreaditu the day w hen the deadly encounter shall take place. Gone are bis quips and jokes; vanished arc the mirthful smiles with liich he viewed the approaching fray w hen Tupman McKinley was to stand tip and be shot at. All is dumped. Bnodgraaa llanna it is who now takes his place upon the duelling ground and who. like Dob Acres, feels bis eouragi ooring out at his llnpers' ends. It is a mirth-provoking spectacle, hut let no man smile at It. There is a tragi dy in prospect. Opposed to Snodgrass) llanna is a deadly marksman, implacable, bitter, thirsting for revenge. There can be but one issue to the combat. The democratic party of Ohio is going to plup Snodgrass llanna in the midriff. Chicago Chronicle. Keferring lo the futile Mgjntts tloni of tlx1 Woleott commission for international bimetallism, the Tendon Times declares that "President McKinley has now redeemed his election pledges and mny turn with a pleasant sense of discharged responsibility to the

work of IttUttetel reform." This k putting the case exactly as the president himself would like to put it, but republican btnaota Plots a nd there area good many of them will not accept such a view of the situation. The appointment of a commission foredoomed to failure does not fulfill the pledges of the St. I.cuis platform and the republicans of the western states will be heard from on the subject at the fall elections. Chb cngo Chronicle. A man in fit. Paul kissed n girl against her will. She brought the matter into court and the cheeky oscillator was fined $25. A similar case in Canada recently resulted In n mulct of only 20 cents. Canada may be a nice country in its way, but its ways arc seen to be intensely picnyunish v hen brought into contrast with the ways of I'ncle Sam's domains.

A Massachusetts aehool teacher has Uiai lbs I a French countess. This procedure is a reversal of the usuul order in international matrimony. Hut it in only fnir that an American man Bhonld have some slight participation in the erbrtoeaUtfa OUpiiahl heretofore monopolized b the American woman. A prominent temperance lecturei snys electricity and the bicycle are doing a gmtt work for the cause. Men erbe handle the current ami its appliances dare not drink, and uo drunken n:uu can ride a wheel.

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