Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 40, Number 26, Jasper, Dubois County, 4 March 1898 — Page 3
WEEKLY OOÜHt EU
JASPER
f. lNK. I'uIiIUIht.
UKW AHM
IF SHE HAD 'LIVED.
If v... ha J lived how aweetly aad the Of all she might have been; what differ- . !,: OOgl II, r nf v had led roe, what more happy l'ay .... , jj.i feeds presence to my life had l,n usht. If she had II v. d. M . t n.1 llv.d. perhaps Die solden prize V... call MNMi had 0011 r neared mf hund, , A. i' won at las!. th.vor of thr- land y ui mure worthy t,. my haj pi. r 1 yes. If 8h: "'.a I lived. tf the had llvtd. the earth at.d air and sky Muht m hoIJ a deeper right to be, ,j , leavaa mora sadly fall from shrub tat tree, Th,. n ri MM loved miKht aorruw more to d!e. If she had lived. If .. had lived, perhaps each day were Kv n A fuller proml. as the east unbars V ,rn, noon and aunaet, twilight, and the r tars y . . :n more radiant arth more like to Heairea, If she had lived. Xf : 1 had lived, perhaps the tide of years Ha 1 harM me on more calmly to the sea. Whose shora Is Life and Nature" harmony Mtchl KIUl4 a sweeter echo In my tars, If she had lived. -Arthtfr Cleveland ralmer. In Atlanta CiitSttiUtlon.
V. 4.'
The Blue Muie
4 of Quotovic. j
Rv Hrrv E. Andrtws.
WIIFX Kicardo bought UM mule of tin- stranger arlao passed on, there was nothing to listii.gui.-h him fn in the iniuiii'fi able mules of oblivion , v. , j,t a streak of thin blue hair form- ) a tropical zone around Iiis body behind his riaroJdere, Whether tl.i was nature's Irolic or the freak of tone former owaer'a humor, Ricardo did Ii'. t inquire. That wan Immaterial, Inasmeeb na the mule had four legs free fr. 11. eccentricities and, us the prudent R irda had tak- n pains to demonstrate, could pull well at the arrustrarpo!e. Ricarda WM delighted with hin acquisition. He could see in it the dawn ( 1 1 1 1 m W proapet Ity, rainbow of de Ughtfal promise. "Mi favorito!" he exclaim d, patting the bca.st fondly, as he tetherH and fed him on that first night of bit proud proprietorship; "ah. mi fftforitot" The unde placidly chewed tin- at raw which Bleardo offered, but 414 ii.it respond to his endearment w ith So much as a w ink. It war. a brilliant moonlit nipht. fit 1 it: r time and occasion for an exehangfl of sentiment, but there was a blank expression on the nude's face the! disturbed UM impressionable l: uafdo, He llllim ltd. r turned Kith fl tallow candh . and held it before 1 1 .mpanion'.s eyes ns if more intently t. .-tu.'y his pin sit pnomy. Not a shaddV of change parsed oxer the beast's countenance; net s blink nor a sign of curiosity eras aroused by the sputtering When his new and charn.ir.tr ow tier lifted hia head, the blue mule payed e 'in 'y into the lineament us though the candle were a pa'rt of it. and then
p'.ti'i'l bis nose a pa in ir to the straw hmu(ht from the Valh y of Bonoyta, .'. I Billet away, when things prow. " y, el 'strnngero!" said Ricardo, rcf "sw imller!" Kicardo could f rent his tbottgbta in two laBgeageO, hut that was ail he said. It a as 1 rideat tl at Iiis mind had reverted unpleasantly to Man who hai paaaed en. N Kt morning Kicardo tied the mule to the arrastrarn-poic. fastened the h pa .cr his ej aa, and act bin at erorb as ihowjh nothinp had happened, lie f; pcnially tt his beast, hit him ini!Ti i !y with the rawhitle as a mere Blatter Of ftrm, and the blue mule plodded ebeeriljf npoa bia eadleaa Jottiv ia . Jmapine u circular paemeut of large fiat stones, with a double rim roade of two rows of smaller stones s. t on eilpe; in the center nn npripht reul 1 bsg shaft from w hieb a pole radiates h.ri.iintally to t h outside of t he circle; boned to the pole midway a heavy block I RTaatte, and hitched to the jole'8 I iter end the blue mule. A burro comes 1 from the mooataiaa with ISO pounds of ore on his heroic little back. Od K'ct his llrst drink of water for 1 dejre. Bieardo dnmpe the oie into tli' puddle of water und quicksilver in tin- urrastrar, ami it is ground into a paete as the mule dfOgl thnt beat B eh of graaite over it in the little ehr1 Walktag around and around, t lie 1 ' would beeomc dizzy were he not Ifolded one readily sees that and I ri atulates t lie hoodw inked mules on 1 " h ippy and honorable way in which thr have bren bcfooll inf., tliinLinir
. - ........... i ire gattiag bead. A swarthy, corjiulent man with Btralgbi black hafar and a laeble fuzz of heard, eoalraslinp humorously with I Rica I bulk, passed by and granted at Ricardo. The mule driver fainted grateljr, Ha saw nothinp incotiirruous the aloalde'l beard, norcniiid he re1 r4 with nnp-hl but seriotisness the I ' ' Ban of the town and district, sole repreeeatativt Of law and authority. a aer of the mills, and virtual proprie'"r of the town nnd its inhnbitantt. W I I bC to t tie peon who should incur t lie 1 l-Wftl of the alcalde or of the alcalde's balrlem dog trottinp by his sile! not bet traveler enme down the 1 l.v path. Althouph Ricaitlo bad attendinp failhfu'ly to Lis work, thrill htid -otne to his ennsciousneoa et Ihi moment she came through the Opening thnt never opened or shut, the "c Uoor of the alcalde's house, lie
looked up as If u gracious cloud bad passed before the sun in t but cloudlesa, pitiless sky, saw the girl, tod smiled. "Slucho eulor," be Said, us she drew ntar. Topics of '.nvc raution are much the same in ull binds und uiuoiig all classes and conditions. "Yes," she said, pleasantly, "it is ft ry hot." "Where are you going, senorita'.'" "To the father's store for some chiles."
"You are going to have aomcthiiig
nice for supper".'"
"Yes, some ta males." .h. 1 wish " put he did not complete Ibc sentence. It was cut ( iT I y a
snort fro-n t;,i blue mule, now pulling and kicking ;i if in a resentful state of ar.ind. MteadrtM be shouted to the
mule, snapped baa mote, then t arned to the -irl upain. tslie had started off. "U'liy ilon'tyou oome, tiionV" she sahed, proeobingljr, turning half ajyiuod, "Wait a moment, Teresa!" pleaded the mule driver. "VYUfyoudaoee with me to-nipht ?" "I'll see!" she laugl ( .'. as if to provethat tJie sex has the s.nne tantalising instincts in ull latitudes, Bieardo heard n mutter of derison fiJ-in the arrastrar DOXl bflow his, as the pirl went on clown the path. Ho turned simply, Another voice ecoosted her inquii inply . She answered guy ly, as was her wont, but did not linger, "ilombre oriitai!" inunililed liieardo. "It was that I'ntuou who stoned the mule." Hut he was too busy with touughts of the dance he Lad bespoken to give Ramos mote ettoatioa, Kicardo thrived, and t be l!ue mule w ai ids moat betpfnl ally. Often did he call down blessiiips on the head of the Iteaoger Vrliom he had denounced as a cheat; and sum ptuoi.siy did the mule fan. as lumpteonsnesi goes with mu.es aiid in Quitovic. Of all t lie mules (hat labored in that quaint dcserl town, Az.ui was the most trustw( rthy, the most Intelligent, Why should he have a driver, w hen he would so honestly drag the jse for the whoie of his six-hours' shift, night or day, with(.11' a word lrm his master? That ran visitor to the arrastrar town, the Spitit of Knter pi i.-e, touched Ricardo. He confronted With the alcalde to lake charge of a lecond mill near by, 11 i wits the aid of tbe-joyal AaoJ, be oper ated two arrastrarsot once ami earned doable pay. He was the rising young man of the ullage. "Azul. mi favorito," he exclaimed, 1 ;iriit after Right, as he embraced the blue mule, pave him his sttaw with the little measure of corn that cost so dear, and encircled him with his hair lariat to preserve him from rattlers. "And they don't know not one of them knows." I am sure lücardo bad other and suitable expression of attachment and ad-
4p 'Z ;4 ;! M f f 1 ,
NOTHKR TRAVELER CAME DO WW TRI l'ATH. miit.tion for Senorita Teresa, in whOOC si bl be had Jound increasing faror as the months went oy am! whose all important father did not frown Ukiii his Suit, Ricardo felt at pence with hi.- iit t le world; bat is it not sad Miat prosperity and peooa eret reu . rate tkepoleoa thai raakled in the heart of Samoa? One day the jealous ore betook hinit self to the eoort of the alcaide, la the store li.il. 1 mud. among' t lie beans uiui peppers I ad odoera1 kit.-. He had conn with n 'oniplaint, Ii" said, his own and others.. There was eometblng :.ew and something wrong in Quitovic. "To-morrow 1 will llotOJ to you." said the alcalde, for tomorrow wasalw.i the alcalde's busy day. There were ninny to-morrows, bu1 IJn mon persisted till the great man paused to hear him. "It is a cheat." said Ramon. "One man is doing the work of two." "It may be so," replied t lie alcade. deliberately. "There w ill be, mischief." "We shall see." "Creame, your worship! It will Waste the ore and lose the gold."
The alcaldes eves r. earned. 1K you
know that?" he tekedk "I am sure, your worship." "I will see, tomorrow," nnd the grent man waved off the little one.
Ricardo and Aul worked faithfully.
ns to-morrows approached and receded, unconscious of tin disaster thnt had taken I lints' in Ramon's mind. The lat
ter heJd hK pence and Hung no more
taunts nt fbe mule, sanguine that he had laid the, train for the COtSStropbC, a ad , S . 1 . . L .
nail only to npiiiy 10c inaien.
"How hnnnv 1 am!" murmured the
happy Ricardo to Teresa, ns they sat
on a rock near the nrrnstrars. next day.
"I hiive spoken to the pndre."
"I have told nolx dv," she answered.
softly.
"Nn. let it be n secret till all is in
readfress. Then wo will have a fiesta!" "Shall we go to Ran Antonio?" "Yes, nnd von shall hae flowers." "1 lowers!" "Many flowers ,.id garlands. Thej shall noma from Sm 03 la."
Ricardo nrose and bestirred the mule to greater activity- the other mne. Aul was ever active, und Ricardo could
tun to bis sweetheart.
It oral lute m the afternoon and Dear the aa4 of Ibimou's shift. In half an hour his alternate would come to re
lieve i. i 111. If he was to tarry out the plan which his tempest uouc bruiu had e ol ed a he lay sleepless und 1 01 tu red on I i bed of straw through the night, he, bunion, must soon act; sad now, when they were absorbed ii oneunotlor, when Ricardo's eyes saw 00 more than those of the bandaged mules, now was the time, the very nick of time! Ro, behold Ramon creeping to the urrastrar win re Azul was sweating nt his toil, llehold him stealthily eruwliug to the further rim of the mill with a 11 open kr.lfl in his hat d, while the blue mule, unconscious of the dai f r. p!o4ed around and around up tie to the ipOl where he hid, and the two lovers chattered blithely. "Diablo!" muttered Ramon, fiercely. A knife flashed once, twice, nnd the deed eras done. With aa oath of satisfaction. Ramon crept back to his work - and the blue male, appaii otlj1 ignoring hitn. displayed SOme petulance toward a gnat which had alighted on his shoulder, then tranquilly pursued the long road which led to nowhere. For how could Ramofl l-a e achieved his ignoble parpoae by the murder cf Azul'.' That would have heen but half a revenyc. while the retribution he had plotted was all-shattering and complete. He hud laid the train for an explosion, nn earthquake. The two strokes of his knife had cut the bandage from the mule's eves, that was all; but was not that eaoegh? Azul would grow dizzy and dlxiler and would fall in hh
tracks; the mill would stop, and Ri- j eardo, all given to his charmer, would not notice the episode. The alcalde would scon stride by. for had not the , cunning Kamon feut him a falM m00
age to lure him horn. ? lie would observe the idle mill am1 the fall B mule; he would see Ricardo neglecting his duty to dally with Teresa. "Ah." he would my, "no such lazy, careless fellow shall be a son of mine! T'p. yon loafer! Leave my daughter nnd attead to work! No. fan gooel I will not have yon work for me. Roltroon! Nevei come near my nrrastrars or east a shadow across my path again!" Ramon could see and hear it all, and his littlf soul dilated. Meanwhile Arid pursued his circular pilgrimage a 64 oataatly aa the earth revolved in its orbit, ar.d the lovets prattled as unceasingly at the spheres sang to each other in th beere ns. Then Ramon's successor came tore lloee him, anil he would be free tu witness the denouement. The blue mult could not keep on his feet much longer; he must soon Stagger ami fall, und by that time the alcaide would pass. Tbl n could be no failure, all was going well, and Ramon, making a skillful detour, hid behind the alca.de's chicken house to watch, und wait, and sec his triumph. Yrs, there was the alcalde, across the OOtOyO. He had received the message ami left his store. Patience! Hut the mUWl Why did he not pause? Why did be not stumble? Why did not the earth sw im under his feet ? Why did he not fall in a heap in the path? Ramon's
blood boiled as he saw Azul steadily pulling the mill around as he had draw n
it for hours, without a false step, with
out a sign of distress.
Ami see! The alcalde had come up.
Kicardo raised hi sombrero, and the
great HMMI nodded to the happy couple.
With his business affairs going forward
profitably, what magnate could ob
ject to polite attentions to his daughter
rom the eligible ooe . Hut BoaaOO swore uii oath unto him
self, ills heart was a lump 01 lean, ami boadfl of perspiration stood on his
brow. How. he wished be had meoe an
other use ot the knife Ami au um isam
z.ul was heaping aa his course as
serenely as .lupiicr or the far I'runus.
Ml things seemed .inatural uiui dis
tort. .1 to Ramon's turbulent brain. He
had witnessed impossibilities. Now he
imagined that the blue mule looked up
at him and sneered sardonically, and it
made aim furious. Tin n he heard Azul
laugh a long, loud, irritating, maddeaing laugh.
l.o.i the mu'e brayed. Ramon sprnnfc
to his b et, beside hiniM .f w .th rape and
chagrin, and started to lea. lie could
tav in Quitovic 00 longer. Ho would
put miles between himself and the scene Of his humiliation. Hut a heavy hand
was laid violently upon him and bore
him to the proiind.
"fio you arc t lie thief, are you?" said a voice that made him quake. "I I hong lit BO better of you. fault-linder! mart.-. orai lor! It is you who has been eating my pullets! Alas for the fOdeetfag Ramon, he could not utter 000 word of defeOOO or protest, ami litth Mould it avail him if lie could. The olealde both made laws lor QaJtOVk and executed them. With bis strong arm. lie dragged the wretch to his feet and lldl him off to the cala
boose
When Ricardo found the severed bandage. h- divined the secret of it all, and he laughed softly. Always a man of gentle uummIs. he was too happy now to harbor a grudge. "Ah. mi favorito," he said to the mule as he caressed hin that night, "he did not know that y .u are blind! lie did not know that it was all the same to you!" And Azul wore garland, ns well eYtfOBO, when they rode to the little adobe church at Snn AntOne, Where Podte Francisco married nnd bleeeed them. "Your b'essing on Azul. too." craved Kicardo. with n coin in his hand and the h'dv man's benediction resled on the blue mule of Quitovic. San Franeleeo Argonaut.
THE WORLD
Silver SvB
NEEDS MONEY.
Writ 1. 0I1. .Irrrstsry fur
(irrrurr. The world needs much money, and will need more of it in the f'lture. A D uinljer Of the prominent nat lO.is of the earth are now prict i ;i lly on a paper basis, bainp necr been ubie to obtain enough metallic money to make specie I oj a. 1 possible. More than two thousand millions of dollars of gold und ilver are yet necessary to the currencies of the world before this out-siand-Ing pr.per can ie taken up. Here ulonc is a gulf that will swallow up the produets of several Klondike.. The world needs vast coinages of gold nd silver to make good the losses thnt are constantly being sustained. Dentistry alone is using 11 p a largv amount ot the precious metais, both of silver and gold. Iu this country it is estimated that pold and silver to the value of two thousand millions has been u.;ed In the dental business and that most of this metal has pone into (he gravevards. und the rest is on the way there.
Bat the ns.- of p.dd and silver in the dental arts is nn incident of civilization. W hat about the swarming millions of people that are even at t his time being brought under civilization and under the hand of the dentist! Where civilization poes, there the dentist gOM with his supply of gold nnd siUer for his work'. In the savage lands, where the sun of a new era is even now rising, stand a billion people, whose mouths are ready to swallow up the precious products of Australia, l'cru and Alaska. New nations are being born and demanding that their names be placed on the scroll of civilized nutions. With their birth commerce springs up, and with it comes the demand for currencies that are recognized as such by the nations of the worid. These reach out their hands and ask for the golden and silver treasure. Whence shall they be supplied? When the whole earth has been placed ou a commercial basis the problem of the currencies will indeed be a stupendous one, for the reason that the earth gives 110 promise of being able to supply the money metals in sullicient qaaatitiee to meet the demands of trade. What does the cutirr. world's harvest of gold and silcr amount to w hen scattered among l.iüO.OOO.OOO people? liven if the yearly product were to be $300,000.000, the per capita would be but -'0 cents, nnd this 20 cents would have to supply currency, dental material, pold for watches, rinps. bracelets, settings for stones, material for plan and household utensils, pold leaf, gild
inp, silver knives, forks, cups an 1 a
thousand other articles of use and luxury too numerous to be recited. And where is all of this vast supply
to be obtained? The history of the world shows that countries and conti
nents become exhausted of their pre
cious metals. With alt the new inventions for extracting the metal . arc they finding any new mines in Kump .
No; the once rich Kuropc has been prac
tically exhausted, ami the same is true of the long accessible portins of Asia
and of Africa ves, even of South Amer
lea and California. Australia even has become lukewarm. Only in lands new-
Iv accessible ore rich mines being
opened. The world needs both of its
money metals. IT. F. THUBgTON
LETTER FROM A BUSINESS MAN.
Mob
A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
Iiited Marries t onrern!
tbe fiold Otanüartl. The following letter war. recently addressed to the New York Journal of t o..iin-rce. So fur as we know that paper l..is refused le print the communication. Tins is the favorite plan with gold ba( editors wln-n confronted by logic in fumr Of Iba Chicago platform. W e print the letter here word for word: "The secretary of the treasury. In Ms report published In 'Messages anil Docu
ments, UÖ;-'."'.. 1 ace l-.-l, nays that a con- 1 vt.ur
rervsttva estimate or me io:ai uf jiosu in all banks cf th I'nlted States ajrsregats over t.'.000.000,OOC. On page tW he says: 'On July 1. the total gold and gold certificates holdlnga of the barks of thecountry on that date was gSX.' .7:i3.E67.' Now If all obligations are to be ma le payable In gold, as Is desin J by the poM standard psny, the tola! nssct to sustain liabilities will OS bet six rents on the dollar, and If the circulating notea and Stiver dollars are to 1..- nunle ;i.i!.- In H'. i, tin re WOUM BOt be five cents on the dollsr as a basis for this hupe debt to rest upon. Would not this make a very unstable basis? It may be said there Is about double the amount
of gold somewhere In the country, but are there not other vast liabilities cs Weill
'The f rami rs cf the rational bank act
thguRht i.'i 1 r cent, ri s rv- In larpe cl'.les
and li per rent. In sniuller eitle as little
as could safely he potten on with, which In practice ts found too small when panic comes. What, then, would be the fate of banks when the l!th;t financial flurry or domifid for gold came, with such a
small basis as five per cent ? Would not
vi ry DOaa In tne 1 BUM Hiaits nave 10 close up In a very short time?
It may be said that the banks would
pay in notes, nut as tne notes wouu ie redeemable in gold they would be pre
sented fcr rzcharre Into geld at the same time that depositors Wire enger for their
money, making a double drain on the bar.hs.
"The secretary of the treasury, on pairs
21. says: 'From Stay 4 to Octobers. IKS,
pos'.tors called upon national banks to
pay, in live montt.s, nn.wii, e ,-uw as national banks have not nearly half of the
total deposits. It Is only reasonable to assume that more than double as much money was w ithdrawn from banks durinj; that perlcd as thre was gold In all the beaks. What, thea, would have been the
r suit If all obligations had been at that
time payable In ro'.J? Would not all the hanks have suspended?
If the circulating hank notes are made
payable In gold, will there net be quickly
formed even In qui- t times, rgencles to
present notes for the gold nt banks cr other places of redemption, for the p-.ir-
pevse of reatlnp a demand for gold to replenish their stock, and would there not he
created. In consequence, a sold room of
such magnitude ur.d power that the one
w-nh'ri existed effr the war would te UH
significant and lenient in comparison?
Would not bar.ks outside the ring be the
first to cry out arralnst Its exactions and
tho gold s:aaüard?
Th 1-nutafUle tsranrtt of ihr America Tulisrru Co. Kuriunl to Mm .round TKe Lrfs AltniMt Half a Million Many I'rr. smu NsVMsIr liijurrd l uurlrrn lluudratf employe 1 brown Out of Work. VoUUMtAM, Ky., Feb. M. The mam-
moth 1 1 1 nt of th,- l.oiiisillc branch l tlir Vmericun Tl ia"co Co. at Twenty Fourth and Main.- .tr-ets was ilehtroyed by tire ycstenlay. entailing a I Ion of ovtir $3."o.0U0, fully eoverl by insurance. It w as the most disastrous tire that has vi.-dted the Falls City iu
A STEAL IN THE TARIFF.
It
Was I'asneil to Protect Trust and
Monopolies.
Gradually the pi ople are liepinuing
to tiinl .ut whv the tanlT law w;is
passed. It was net passed to secure revenue nor was it puss-l to improve
the condition of w ape-workers. It was
parsed to probed U lists. Its operations
have increase! the profit of all the
groat OOmbloee Of this country ami
have canned a ast number f new combines to be formed. At the same time, und as a necessary consequence, the
cost of litiitfT has 0000 inci ns' d, the
trusts beim lilac' d in a I o. itiou to
- trt a charge umiumrre more for the usees
sities of lite. That little difTereutial on
sugar alone costs the Ani rie.-n peoph r 1,000.000 a year. The treasury of tht
United States does not pet one cent out
nf this vnM tax on the consumers. The
eroihtagmee ooa thir wagea red need
nnd the trust nuts 020.000.000 In its
pockets and insolently demands "What are yon poinp to lo about it '.'
Fuch oppicssion cannot po on forever
It was made possible through fraud, in
tiinidat ion and misrepresentation. All
thes" for are now recopni.cl by Ihe
inssi s. nnd tin r. is t" inp to b such a
revolution in lx that the trusts will have no occasion to ask: "What are you
going to 00 about it?" This que Ihm will b- answered at the ballot box by an outraged nnd indignant jieople.
T. W. WOOD.
THEY
Ileanrdrd ns
WANT DRYAN.
aaaiewt
The plant ix-cupied balf 11 square. nnI at the time the tire OTOhO out contained an army of employes, who rushed fieillleallj frm the buildinp. Many made their way to terra tirmuvia farO escapes, but sevi ral on th' upper floors who hud no means of escape, iu their excitement . leuped from the winlows, two sustaininp' probably fatal injury's. The injur-! ar': (ieorpe Disseinlorf, back injured and severe injures about the head ami best: win probably ii. William s uiple. sUull fracturel; w ilj probobljf iie. John i'ayhaiii. both sOgf brok-n. The troth) n were bindereil by a lack of watT. golllag wails added t the domrer the workers and the 'si'ie of 00001 tircmcu was all but miraculous. The bard tipbt lasted several hours, but finally conquered the lire, lb-ports to the 'tTeet that many persons luul been killed and bsjogod aOTQOd rapidly llitoeglst ail tho ettjr amd pr-at aaelto meat prevailetl. The loss is estimated at vcr S;i.")U.oo.; ut tir.-t it w as reBOftod t be Otoe tl ,800.000. Mr. W. H. Huke. president of the American Tobacco Co.. witnessed the doatreot&OB of bis propi-rty. lie said that it it would be at onc rebuilt. The ui'lgla of the fire is unUnown. PoartoeB boadred m-n. wmuen ami ehildrea are thrown out of eiuploy ment.
NINE LIVES LOST.
toe Lsotoal
for IU00. The nntnorous conferences held recently by the silver men in congress have "culminated in nn uprecment on a plan fr cotqxrution with respect to the elections to the next congress, both house and senate. The silver republicans and populist held n conference the other night in the committee rom of Senator Allen, of Nebraska, and npr 1 upon a plan. Kvcry silvt r republican nnil every populist, senator and representative, was present, nnd the conference was entirely harmonicas nnd unanimously in favor of cooperation w ith the democrats in elections next fall, looking to n pencrnl cooperation In the presidential election of 100O. There was noopposition manifested to the plan which was proposed nnd adopted. This plan is for the three parties to cooperate In support of the candidates of cm b for plOQVlOO to the IrOOOO nnd senate, to HI plae s now held by Oaolsi rcsp ctiv-lv. ThoffO OOP nlso n unanimous expres
sion of opinion during the informal discussion that Mr. Ibyan was the lotricnl candidate for the presido'iey if the orperntinjr silver forces. Cooperation will bo encouraged in nil sections. F.xReWUaeatattee Townc, the chairman ot the silver republican 00ttdO)Ol OOOOmfb 1'c, it wasdeeidcil. should go to Oregon for the purpose of assist i 1117 to n cooperation between the democrats. OU r-r repnhüeans OOfed populists of that state for the election of two populist nominees for congress. The plan of cooperation contemplates that where scats in etUier house of congress nre now hold by n silver man in eltheTOf 'lie three partis the nnihd assistance of he three lolics shall lie given to elect To that seat n man of the same party na the one now holding it. Washington Ftar. POINTS AND OPINIONS.
Dentil Inn lliiriilnir. l t io iii. nl ItiilMlua; - I 1 1 .o.nii; KrTnrlH of Um I'oll' .-. ruiBfiOeTOW S. ... Feb. Hi -Nina lives wer lost in a fearful tiro which raged i'r a short while iu Church street jreeterdaj aaeradag At ":iua aoUoo aaaoa duty noticed h4g sparks ti.,up from the tenement house at 1 V ( burcli adfrOOh The ollic r found that a blaze was issuing fr. 111 one of the WtodoeSO 011 the tirst 11 mr. The loors were broken 0000, and the family on thai tloor were rushed out without any 0 a, nagc. Some one yd led t bat a family
of women wi r- sh'.-pi eg on the tbirtl floor. The poüe' runbeil up stairs mid w hen they reitebed the top story thu life-saving work was .stopjH'd by the Semes Which seemed to be ptayiuij ov. r tin- eallie belkding. boveoaae from dying ooaaoo were beotd aad OiBoer Bagby rushed in and pulled oat three charred bodlea, The quick work of the tire department cheeked the lire, and it was sKin under control, but 0Ot until nine lives on the third story had been lost. FROM THE EADS BRIDGE.
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Memory tnlekenFl. Dude (to barber) How much do 1 owe you? Barber Tht same Ot jrOO usually pay. sir. "I don't take 'he trouble to remetn ber OrhOl 00 liave ebirged! Hue maeb is it?" "Twenty cenls." "O, but you hut-e chargel me only li eenta before!" Humoristische Ulsc
Anity llt lilml. The republicans organs had a lot to ny about the little surplus the Dingley bill scraped up in December, but their silence on the January doflett of $7,000,000 is most profound. This would indicate that they don't even find the outlook encouraging, fornm .- casional shortage is not a thing to le discouraged over. Touching on the prospe'?, the Albany Argus says: "It I still repar1el ns improbable that the Dinpley tariff can. in n full normal yenr. produce enough revenue from customs to make up the amount required for the expeadtturee Of the government. The treooary itotomoato ahoer that for the first seven months under that law the deficit was SUrt.s.M.T'i 1 . so that I gain of mire than $10,000,000 a n.onth xn ill le required for the next five months to overcome the deficit. The republican
nnrty will be held responsible for this inR..it tt:lcked the president In hit
failure, nnd Its political ffect will be pnmm ohnrnt'r ns well nsin hls.f
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Vitnesses in the llanna ense In Ohio hae i elopt t a Froacb retaoeaea Atlanta Constitution. Deficit continues. Dnvsperity does not appear, but nn the contrary w e have wage todoarttoOO and atrikes and wretchedness. So tniuh for Dingleyism. N. Y. World. Tf the senate of the PoJtod State p-nnits Mr. lJanna to remain for seien years, how lonesome he will lie without an administration to run after the 4th of March. 1001. Ci nciimat i F.nrpiirer. The Dingley tariff vill be nn incidental arid unintended good in compelling the IQpObitOaa party ta accept a policy of retrenebment. Let us i thaaJdtal ovca for bloaderlag which i Ita a check 0000 xtrawiKam e. I'hilB lelpbia Kecord. -It !s a renin rk ibly good season for trusts. New ones are sprinpinp up here und there day hy day. The tendency to eru.solidat jm if capital and monopoly f trade l as received a notahle impulse Hpcc the revivnl of McKinleyitm. lloston Tost. Mr. MoKinlcy "fa nfit disposed tn make theDc Urne unpleasantness pets sonnl." Innsmueh ns Senor De I.omr'i
aotiarent In the concrressional elee- '
tions." It Is noted, however, that tlxrepublicans have already beirun to bring their philosphy to lenr on their expected defent in the congressional tlcctions." Binghamton (N. V. Tvuler. The republican crew loves to snre the ship of states srd !ncidentally to ebars in ths salvage.-Albany Argus.
DM la sublime.- Kansas City I imes. Our enormous rport trade in cotton, whent nnd 0010000. beaerloaalj cut Iowa If retaliat'ng Furopean ahoooa to poraeverlngly seek ither sources of supply. We .vnnt no commercial wars, yet with Dingleylsm we enn hardly prevent them.- St. Leu! Tost-Dispatch.
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leaaoa Sr. Lot is. F.di. M, AllK-rt A. Henry, traveling agent for a Philadelphia OOad storage concern, jumped from tho middle .span of the Fads QfldgJUlt ' a. iu; und was drowned iu the waters of the M ississi ppi. It was the fifteenth suicidal attempt bo ML I mollis since lust Sunday. llviry was .seen by teamsters crsisInj.' the bridge to take off bis overcoat and climb over the lolling pod ll first thought he w as engaged iu doiug something t the telephone wires, lly the tiaae It cmaraed oooti them that the in.. 11 w as alxiut to commit suicide, and one of them bad left his wagon and started towards vlure Henry was. tho latter bad OWUTtd Use place lie wanted, from which be plunged, striking the water head lir-.t. and was seen no more. A FAMILY AFFAIR.
v. ;, -i. .1 1. s -, i,j nn t i.i.in nt .Iheui Marka, O. rf( M.-tows. .. Fi l. :'i'.. Angel: Will. Thursday eight, shot Martlia Lawrence. Joseph I arando. Mrs. PatOt Varaado and Daniel Nooto fata ado and N'oute are fatally wounled. All are Italians and lived at Coiilburg Blocks, a little place alsiut seven miles north of lure. All tin injured persons are r atives. Ni motive fins yet heen learned. Mrs. (ahritd Farando. at whose home the shooting occurred, would have been killed but for her sister-in-law . w ho interfered und was shot in the armFarmers with Winchesters ami shotguns are leorehteg Idr Will. MUCH-NEEDED RAIN. A Copious llotrnpour ltellrSW 01sS eOataOJ of t attfanal 1 seesaesi San ITbam is . id. Jii. The muchneeile! rain lias come at last and ended the long drought which seriously threatened the farming repions of th- principal valb'.vs of talifornia. A downpour. which 0OO BOatami OhOOtl after midnight. Wednesilay. bus Im-.-ii the heaviest for soiii' tune past, and extended all over tb- northern pin t of the state and ns far south as Monterey. Only the extretn' south seems to have escaped tll"i dreiicbinc. F"- Angeles eo.inty was visiteil by light showers. barely sullh ient to do mm h gMd. but the inbciitioiis are that m ire rain is coining. Im !! In 1 HkIiI Alwin V.11111K Utäf, Jamkstown. Pe, lab, ?. lay Fry and tfogh Newell, j .rom i nent foaag nnil of this plaoe, (iiarr'l d about a young ladf Tbursday Olght and dOWOll thrust a knif' through Fry s heart, killing him instantly. Ilorrilied at t ho deed MeWell attempted suicide twice, but w as urr'st'l. Sirliken Ith I'nrwlysls. ininaii. Feb. ''. Mr. W, V Walker, freight MoJk IBlHOgOr of the Cheaapaabe d iMlhl railroad, is lyinc- nt the HI. Nicholas in a critical condition from a stroke of paralysis a widow and sever! children.