Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 40, Number 33, Jasper, Dubois County, 23 April 1898 — Page 3

u'KKKLY COURIER

:E. rulitl.li.r. IN' l1 ANA

LITTLE TINY TOES. Wren the Shadow i Itint tollies HftM tBS land. l . pplng seeds of slumber I i, in his dewy hand, Thtn tin- household darling. Little Tiny Tees, in s in winning act nt, s to bed lb ge. .;vt. the slumber blossom All abotil Mf WWI "Tuai an' UM me, mamma; Dm sse'll bo to -p." 1'retty little slv-bonts. Though she caiinly lies. Be'a not always sleeping Win n she shuts her eye SJaatSSB BUVf havcklKSed her Many times BOfgPBi V, i you'll hiar In i pleading. 1 1 1 1 - her eyes oin e mure Through nelMlftad eyelids dir the bedclothes peep: 'Turn an' tlM lO. m.unnia; In n BM'H K" to sV-ep." t ihe hOUaSBOld 'lul ling, Uttle Tiny Toes, Kudos tin- Shadow (liunt lire she finds repose ; As the trampid twilight slowly disappear, pleads for good-night kiese. In the mother's ears 0WM t. ah, sw et! the drow.sy Ni st ling's parting cheep: "Tum an' tlss me, inainma; I n ii llie'll KU 10 s'eep." W. T. Talbott. In Washington Star.

j The Ubiquitous Manikin.

BY FRANK BRANDRAM.

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YOl' would not liave dignified hi in Willi the description of a 'little" Bin. Little is BO Word to convey au Idea of the lack of Btse. 11' M rldicalouely, foolishly small -diminutiv, rail and utterly Isjslfataeaat iu appearance. He could not have flood more than four feet six; and he was llighl in proportion l!nt Iiis face mm 1" "f preteruutural gravity. you might hay imsfinart tht upon his ibouldera - hail he any shoulders to

ilv of reated tan cares M an em lie looked like a boy UiasipM ad..i .1 1 I i r m .......

JDfi Willi i ni i lean a nu met- m.iu ill., eil in sie so uh to suit hia Juvenile

l,n; v . Ami the solemnity of his featt.us was intensified by his clothing, which was of the most funereal type. He was dreaaed la a suit ot Mack, with alack luii, block tie, and even black en it buttonai aud he carried a blackthorn Stick, almost as hi"; as himself. In inost people you can trace a reKtnblance to some animal, or bird, or t.sh, if jrOU ure gifted with any imainatiaa at all; und this man remimled DM erj forcibly of u jackdaw. He had a retreating chin und prominent nose, which, in prolile, looked very much like a bill. Then he bad a peculiar way of en ki i ig up one of bis little, ferrety c es mid looking at you out of the corner of it, just as a jackdaw does. W hen 1 heard him speak I found that Iiis oiee was us weak and insignificant u his general appearance. it was a Bean kind Of voice. I don't know how otherwise to describe it. I suppose if 1 had met the little man c n the street I Bighi have turned round for a mcoiuI tu look after him, and then on about my business, without troubling my head any innre about him. Inf 1 was so placed lh.it 1 had nothing to do fur some minutes bOl watch the manikin; ami thi conaeuence waa thai 1 did trouble my bead about him. He Ire med to fascinate inc. I could not take ray tj es ofl him. And after I had looked at n im for some time a feeling of irritability seemed to come over nie. I

ft I a curious longing to pick him up j

between my linger and thumb and drop hi ni over board into the dock. l or il was on board an ocean liner

it I im I this miniature piece of hum in1 w.is wait ill" for the vessel to

. Ol In r Voyage to New York. My diminutive friend whs on the deck, apI'.it'iilly taking leave of a lady pasgt r. While he was. perhaps, 40 yearn of age, I judged her to be about '. and she was a woman of normal ie and pleasant appearance- so different from her companion. Be looked so little, so utterly imtieable, thai there Boomed tobe no on. no necessity, nor any excuse for kia exlatenee at all. And he had. w itii oil his portOntBOOB solemnity, a certain deprecating expression; his lips were continually twitching with a Bereoua kind of moM-ment. as though he were framing an apology for being alive at all. At hist came the signal for nil 'rangers to go ashore. " v ell, good-hy . my dear." snid the littie D9BB, BtdBding; on tiptoe to kiss the ady, tad speaking in that irritatingly BlpiBg voice of his. "(Jive my love but the finish of the sentence was Mat to nie ns he was hustled off the boat.

tli it

I watched him go down the gangwnj "lid then stund at the doekside. VI last the essel swung loose from her mootiagB; and as she moved slow ly into I he Mersey the last I saw of my little friend with his black suit, black hat, blank tie, black cuff buttons und " lo ral undertaker's air was his wavktg a farewell salute to the lady pasr with blaok-bordered haadker biet. hen 1 turned back to look at tin lady I saw there were teara in bar eyes; and "it n it oceurreil to me that the frail, enderalsed fellow was better off tbaa ; fur there was no eye tO moisten at niv '' pnrtara from Lteerpooli there would bi none to lighten on m return to New V.-rk. I found that the lady's name was Mrs. obnson a common enough name; It, had 1 been inclined, I had no opportunity of learning anything from her oncerulnij hex microscopical friend,

r she kept to her stateroom through

out the entire toace

I never saw her after the drat day until she came on deck on ton- arrival at New Y'oi k. As we came into dock I saw her make for the side of the boat, and commence waving a handkerchief to some one amongst the Crowd on shore. Looking in the direction in which she was gazing, I saw her signal answered, ami answered with a black-bordered hundkerchicf. Then ! Now, in the name of all that is lall raall how the deuce did in- get bars? There, standing on the dock, close to the boa I, waa my friend the manikin, with tin same undaunted air of solemnity, the same biack suit, the same black ha!, black tie ami biack culY buttons, waxing the same black-bordered handkerchief 1 I was puzzled! Not only that, I Was mad! The same feeling of irritation w ith which his appearance on the boat in Urerpw Had inspired nie came back, lnU.asifled. The same longing to pick him up between my finger and thumb returned with uncontrollable force. Unfortunately or, perhaps, fortunately for him and inc. too I lost sieht of him in the hurry and bustle of landing. On my way to the hotel I kept wondering how on Birth Ibis remarkable morsel of humanity had got to New Y'ork ahead of us. 1 1 uid not have come as a stowaway on our boat, for

I saw blm standing on the dock when we left Liverpool, and I found him Standing OB the dock when we reached New Y'ork. lie con hi not have come by another line, for the ship iu w hich I had crossed was the fastest Atlantic liner afloat, aad we had made a record voyage. And yet the fact remained that 1 bad

left him in Liverpool and that I found him in New Y'ork on my arrival. There was something I did not like nliout it something uncanny, unnatural. If he had intended crossing the Atlantic, why did he not come by ihc same sicamer as his lady friend, Mrs. Johnson ? Where was the necessity for the tearful leavetaking or the demonstrative reunion'.' Then there came into my mind the thought that this was no man at all. lie was a will-o'-the-wisp, a spook, an elf. a goblin I The thing played upon my mind as I drove to the hotel, until I felt Impelled to report the inalter to the police. 1

believe I should have done Ibis, had not two Considerations restrained me. The first was t hat I bail no t inic to spare, and the second was that 1 was afraid of making a fool of myself! Bveatually, I OOncluded thai my manikin must have solved the probh m of aerial navigation, and that he had crossed the Xtlantic in an airship. And when I remembered his bird-like appearance, I as more than half inclined to accept this theory Bi a correct one. 1 hail just time to take a good dinner at the Hoff man house; and then I had to hurry off to the depot to catch

the night express for Chicago, I had business there which required my immediate attention. There was n Mr. 1'eckitt in I lie W indy city to w nom 1 had a letter from a Liverpool merchant, and whom it was neces-sary for me to see at the ear lies 1 possible moment. I had boar lei' tv ain and sat looking out of the Window, when 1 caught tight Of Mi. .1 son coining along the platform with the Mite. The train was just on the point of starting; and. after they had gone through the same performance of ki-s-lltg as in Liverpool. Mrs. Johnson got into the car. leaving t he manikin standing on the platform. As we steamed out of the station I saw him WBVteg farewell signal ertth the old black bordered handkerchief. "Well, thank goodnc.-s, that's the inst

of him, 1 sa'n! to myself as I turned in to my sleeper. "Flying machine or no fly ing machine, be can't get ahead of the train. SVOB if be did beat the steamship." 1 slept soundly, tad Aid not awaken until roused by the black porter in the morning. "Now may all the pOWCrS of dark-

iit sv seie him!" was tin prayer, as, on reaching Chicago, I saw the liule man Standing la the station, waving his black-bordered handkerchief to Mrs. JohBSOB. There was the identical manikin whom i had left itandlng on the docks at Liverpool eit'ht davs BgO, and left n-nin on the railway plat for, n at NewYork the nigh? before. The same black suit, the same black hat. black tie. black stick; the same

black-bordered handkerchief waving in the breeze. It was puzzlinir. It was annoying! I took It as a personal affront. YYhy should this travesty of mankind pur

sue me with such pestilent pertinacity? Could I not go am where in this wide world without meeting that elf-like figure, and having that garb of unutterable woe presented to my unwilling eyes? YVtre t In re no means of putting a quietus to this omnipresent mimicry or humanity? I should go crazy, if it was to be my fate to meet him at evcr corner ami CrOSSrOad in life. This thing had gone far enough; and I was determined to put a stop to it. I swore that if hat were m netnnl entity, i ri al corporeal creature, end not a spook, or n phantasm of the mind, T WOttld have him arrested as toon as 1 put foot on the ground. But my resolution WBI somewhat shaken by a sudden fear Waith took p0 ii ion of me. I began to tat) rtain doubts os to my own sanity. Was it pxandLle, I Baked myself, that

that singular appearance o." the dwarf in Liverpool had so Impressed itself upon my mind tad worked upon my Imagination during the saforoid idle ness of the voyage, that I was beginning to conjure up dwarfs at everj turn and corner and see manikins when there were no manikins? Who would believe such a cock-and-bull story, as that a little man whom I had left be-

hlnd in Liverpool had got to Nt .7 Y'ork In lore asBJ and then after leaving him hi hind in New Y'ork that he had got to Chicago ahead of me? Hut the manikin! I had only to prod u at him iu proof of my aasnfftiaau I looked around for the object of my thoughts; aud then 1 found that 1 was im late, Isnth he aad Mrs. Johaata had disappeared While 1 had been debating within Bsyaeli the question of my own sanity the M ill-o'-tlie w isp, which was undoubtedly working tO BBball ice my reason, had made good its escape. "Never mind, my little man," 1 mut red; "only wait till I catch you again!" AbOUl tefl o'clock, after I had eaten some breakfast, I set out for Mr. 1'cckitt's oflicc. There I was ushered by a clerk into an inner room, w here, to my ut tcr consternation, I found the diminutive tigure in black, with Mrs. Johnson sitting opposite to it. "Mr. I', ckitt ?" 1 said in a scarcely nu-dibit-voice, for I had eerv na-on to believe Peckitt to be person ol consideration in the commercial world not a spook or will -o'-the-w isp, by any me. ins, but a man of substance. 'Y'es, sir," Mr. Pi ckitt answered, in, I suppose, as pleasant a manner as he could assume; but ucvertbelcM in thai irritatingly piping voice of his, ami with that inexpressibly careworn look, which I hail noticed in Liverpool and ew York. "Y e-, sir. he repeated: "I

ntn delighted to meet you- 1 have received letters from Liverpool concerning your business, and shall be most happy to go Into that matter with you Bt any time. Allow me. sir. to introduce you to my sister, Mrs. Johnson." I went through the formality of the introduction without venturing any reaaark upon the fact that I bad tome over from Liverpool to New Y'ork in the same boat und traveled from New York to Chicago in the same train as the lady. We talked on Indifferent subjects for a few minutes; and then, when eonver sal ion seemed to be flugging, I said, tentatively: observe that you are in mourning, Mr. Peckitt" Peckitt! How singularly appropriate he cognomen to his birdlike sppearanee! M trust you have had no recent bereavement .'" "All, my dear sir." Mr. Peckitt answered, "the loss of one near and dear to us is always recent. '1 here are some

losses the bitterness ol wliicli even time cannot BBBUBgC." He did not volunteer any further statement as to IhO nature of his loss; so. after a moment's silence, 1 said, aoaaaa bat hesitatingly: "Might 1 ask how long It Is since you were in England, Mr. Peckitt?" "Two years," he replied.

URGES TRIPLE ALLIANCE. Mr. llr an I'nliri ll Lrnli-ra B rr thr BjlBSnBBllln lOBS I -dlMiiMolla.

At the second unnuul convention of the League of Hi met a I lie Clubs in Indianapolis on the hth. William J, Itryan wus elected with great enthusiasm by an audience of some S.hOU persons, inetttding many republican business men. He suid : "Mr. Chairman, Ladles and Oentlemen. Fsllow-nnsens: I want to congratulate the delegate and others here In attendance upon the success of the committee In charge hi briasiBB to your city a representative silver republican of the northwest, a representative democrat from the east and a r. prserilallve populist of the middle states. They have thus aroufbt together thsaa who ate Bghttaf 'de hy !de for the accomplishment of a great reform. "I Want Instead oi urn n s unv uiiest!on. to point your attention to one great truth that has been mak.i.g Itself manifest befi re th American peoplS during the last two rears, and that bi that an idea 18 greater than ary per - n. that an idea is the controlling thing la man and in society. "You have set n in the laH two vears an idea taU. p - of m-n, and that , l as tut lie 1 tin :n al" ..' ai d led tlicltt Vi Ither ever It would. You have seen the idea revolutionise a party. You have sein an idea separate frlena frum friend, fa'.her from son, r.cighnor from neighbor. Von have sen men dominated by an Id. a going out to face oppOBttlOB, es. even ostracism, and you have before SOU this afternoon and had yesterday an evidence

of what an idea can do. "Yesterday you listened to t.eorge r reo Wr.lian.s. ,,'f ila.-s-.ichu.ftts Yes. you do well to cheer his name. We are in the habit Of looking back to the age at martys and we have been In the habit of pralfli. those who had the moral courage to face deatn In d' f. n-se of their convictions.

"Hut. my friends, there are lions

tr to race man

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of

in inn

Resolutions Reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations for Armed Intervention. MINORITY IN FAVOR OF INDEPENDENCE.

The House, Aft er a stormy sebu. Adopted BasssnataB Authorising tin- Pass lilent to Intervene at Oner, with r une, 111 Ulm, After V. it lug Mown the BW .in, in-port Favoring it. . ognit inn of lue e)t'iiileiice.

T The duplicity, perfidy, and cruelty of too Spanish character a Uiey ulwuys neve l ea I are demoDstraU! MIU to cont.iiue by u .r manlfeslal ions .luring U presi m .o iu Cube, ' '. A. I Ihe- , no iiiistam I-.0KUSI n r. 1 e onu.itlivevI ly warrant itie eonclusioo thai Die d.-v ru.'tioo of tlie Malm- was i'.impSNMl eliln r pa IkSSSV

ttclsl act of the Spanish authorities land tho UMerlailioieiil of the particular pBSaOB H ooS tiiatrrial), or was made poSkl tile bj a riejlutenoe on IBStf part, su willing aud gros as to be ItHtllTaiSat tB culpability to positive criuiinaa Batten Mlnorlt) Kipoit. Senator Turpit presented the rBBSBrl of the minority ol the SOaiBllllse as follows: The undersigned, member of the committee on foreign relations, cordially concur In the report made up. in .be t'ub.n resolutions, hut wo favor immediate recoi'tilt ion of the republic of Cuba, as organised In that Island, as a free, Iddependent an I sovereign power among the niUuim of the world. it was signed by iBBsatOtB Turpi, Jdills. Daniel and l-'orakcr. Following the presentation of tbo reports and after Mr. Hoar had insist. -.1 that oonsltlorstlon of the resolutions jjo

"It I i tu- opinion uf your committee that the destruction of the Maine coiuaasoB aMhec ny the onteii act ai 'be

Spanbth uulhurlileH, or waa made MHllile i over until riiur-.il iv OB a point of or-

death, there are tninga ... . .. W u

lhat test a man s courage u '"" " ,i,.tU E .. Iii i.Klrle Lam. the DOaUUUy

friends, the enmity of o.d associates la sometimes hardtr to bear than deatn U"l' rememlicr when I was in the St. bouls -..,.,,o.n the renublican convention.

rate

Williams had made a silver speech

rond time. I wondered

If that'"cou'.d be the tie. rge Fred Will am

wliom I knew in cor.gre.

jotivention, the repun.aan "" watching the pro.eeilit.gs. I i ... up a iiornlng paper and I read that ueorge bred i.-i.ii i. ...i niud u Hilvtr si eech t 1 ort-

u: .! I had

0ft(in read me out of the democratic party

of

or. account of my Views on the Si.vei

In il aallgH e on llielr .. r I w Illing and

nvasoalebe ssjalselaBl in cntisshAllty i pnelllve Hillnal BSBtSBtM Kepurt of Senate ( umnilllee mi I urelgn Kel.ttluus. NVasium. ihn, April 11. War between two powerful nations was the sole topic of discussion iu congross yesterday. Such excitement, suppressed though it was; such a feeling that the country was on the verge of events that would make history for all time to come; such aUinnant aad laspaaBMBod oratory; aad biicii itecn and brilliant repartee have not been know n iu the scuutc since the. excitingdays when the country was conVUlsed by the greatest w ar of inodcru times. Notw ithstandiiig the throng in the galleries, tue gnat sciui-cireular chamber w as aiiii st as sileut us tlmugh it were deserted. Conversation vvasconBUOted in low w hispers, all seeming to feel as if from the very air they breathed that events historic aud moBSSatOUs were about to occur. A luii onerter ol an hour before the senate was to convene Mr. Davis, chairman of the foreign relation! com

mittee, entered the chiiiub OT and quietly went to bis seat in the center of the republican side. lie carefully placed on his desk a bulky paeUagc which ail intuitively knew to be the

, Hot It - aid (ic .riie rreu i...nu..-

m..' .a. ...... t - ' at..! eve. then 1 knew t :

. . ' ... l IV o in, ii. k aid so . . a . i .....i I I kl

was lull tic O' "'si' " J, 11. Mil ICSOI u l ion .lllil iruv uwiu ma

I called a telegraph boy aru I nt rlmadhv

"Now, sometimes I have beer aor.s'.d. red an emotional man. I am not. 1 am a cautious man. and my cautions, evc-i In ttiat hour of rejoicing, led m tube careful about my telegram, lsaid: 'Have Just read your 1-ortl.ir. I sp. h If correctly reported . . d bless you.' When 1 got to t'hicaRO I founfl htm there, and I found that his conversion was like the conversion of Saul of Tarsus. "And so George Kred Williams came to the Chicago convention with the glory or k.l. .. 1 K.a fur-l. HI., t til

a new converi .;..

zeal of a n w convert In his h. art. ar.d he j am saaBBOd that thvy be read

Two years! Ami it was only eight days since I had seen blm there. There was, undoubtedly, sonn deep mystery Ik re. Had lie sinister motives for wishing to conceal his movements; or, wns It that he only wished to keep the nu t hOdofhifl marvelous flight t hrough space a secret for some not unworthy rea son ? "That is strange!" 1 murmured, unintentionally giving vent to my thoughts. "Strange?" Mr. Peckitt echoed in an inquiring tone. "Why. yes." I answered. dsspOTBtclyi for I thought we might as well come to an understanding now as later. I did p.o! want to do business with a niau about whom hung such peculiar iiiys-

terv. "I could have sworn that 1 saw

you in Liverpool, in company With ibis lady, only eight days ago." "Ah. ah!1 Mr. Peckitt exclaimed, relaxing for an instant his habitual, oppressingausterity of expression. "Taut w as my brother .lohn." "So? Then you are twins?" "No, sir," he replied, "not twins, exactly. There were more than two of lis."" "Mi! Now I begin to understand! You have, also, a brother in New Yoi k ." "Yes. air." Mr. Peckitt assented. "My brother William." "Oh. on! Thea von are triplets?" "No. sir." Mr. Peckitt nnsvvi red. in B

sorrowful tone. " There was aimi her the bt Bt and brightest of all. my broth- ,

er Henry, r.ui tie aias; ne is tit au. Poor Henry is no innre!"

"And It is for him yon and your brother! arc in mourning?" "Yes, sir." "And he ha. been dead "St vei.tct ii years." Mr. Peckitt answered, as he vviped away the tears with his black-bordered hantlkerohieli Detroit l'n e l'i s.s.

Mi- His Own It. ml.. The lustv orators who are forever

telling us how much we are oppressed ought to be sent to Itussia to have I taste of real opprc. sloa. Not long

ago, at Moscow, a volume v as published Which contained some paragraphs in favor of the people, und t he author waa promptly nrrested Bad the book siiprcsscd. The BUtaOf was tried In a sanunary way, snd condemned to eat hia own words. A SCBffoM was erected in a public square, ami the imperial provost, the magistrates and t he pi i lieteaa of the eSBf were present. The book was Separated from the binding, and the innrt'in cut off. The author was Mm n served leaf by leaf by the provost. Bad was obliged to swallow this mipalatnble stuff on pain of the knout. Aa soon as the medical gentlemen were of the opinion that he hail eaten as much j he could with safety, the unlucky author was returned to prison. The punish aw at waa renewed until, after several hearty minis, every leaf of the l ook was actually swallowed. UohlcD Days. Itevforrf isnt'f. Dissolve one teaspoon fill of cornstarch in a little water; add it to one cupful of boiling water with two-thirda of a cup of brov n sugnr. boil ten min

utes. KcniDVc from lire, ami nan a cupful of cider, scalding hot, one largo tablcspoonf ul good butter aud yolks of two etftf. N. Y. Ledger.

f .rtl, to do baitli in New r.Pg'.ai.d

"And, mv friends, when we have written upon the s, r,.ll of fame the names of th .se who rescued 70.000.wi0 of people from a foreign financial policy. (Jeorge Kred W 11llams' name will occupy a conspicuous ' "I am glad that you had chance to hear him 1 am pld that he had a chance to come here and talk to the people of Indiana and the surrounding states, because I want you to see what a man can do when he dedicates to a great cause great ability, great eloquence and great learning And I nm glad that you had a chance to-day to hear that silver republican from the northwest. I became acquainted with him some years ago. Just as I was leaving Washington he was entering congress. Hs was elected as a republican from the district In which DtttUth i situated, and ha came down before his term began, to get acquainted w ith the ways of W ashlnglon. and I had a chance to meet him. "I talked with htm. at id 1 found that h was a bimetalllst. and my heart went out for him. -cause I kr.ew what a terribly hard time he was SjntBSj to have.

"I knew that If he Irle.i to ne a ninw '.list, and still keep in fellowship wpji the n publican party, he had a hard and rocky road before h'm. "As I read what he said I could sic th growth of an idea, and I was not surpi aal that When the time came for the holding ef the national convention he had reached B point where his coevtetlone were stronger then his party ties. 1 saw him at St. t.-'iiis, state ling by the side of Teller, ("an m n. Jb I in i l'i tilgrcw. w hen they walked out of tho republican convention, rather than how down to ;.e golden image which ths republican party had set up. "1 kr.ew then that he refused to go bat k and serve this golden calf, even though promised a BOBÜaattOfl if he would do Ar.d I MW him go out and begin to battle. I saw him sevirlrg the ties that had In id him to his political associates; I saw him go thr ...i,h the campaign of II".. ai I win a fit feat came, and he went down with us, I saw him rls-- the next day after and declare that they could not !.. that again. "1 raw him t ike up the work, and I have seen him travel from state to state, an .1 I have heard from the meetings at which he has spoken. I picked up a paper tilt at or day published In ' . h.hi I I found lhat It had no ether ans'ver to make to his argument than that t h y wen- too r . -!i to give any consideration to, and then I km-'v that lie had been making out thi re the same arguments that I had heard him makeelsrwhere, though clothed from time to tun yi ro w lenisuage and adorned with new b1 ns; rations. "When 1 raw In that paper thnt they wero too foolish to answer, I knew ih.it that paper had fallen back upon ihe only sound ground lhat a golubug ever took In debate. "You see when an nrzumf :it is too fcollsh to BBSWsr you don't have to try to ar.swei It; an.! you know there is no rule In law M in momiS that is so well understood by a goldbug as the rule that God docs not require the imp. sslb.e i l a man, and there fore they never attempt to answer the arguments made in favor of blmc'.alllstn.

"do, as Mr. Towr.e has y . itmciif h.s old acquaintances he ha In aid theurgunient which all of oti have In aid, I nothing like I Biai Are you fot s.lver V Vc- .' 'What, sour "Yea What, a BSBB tlhO JOUr 'Yes.- 'Well, I declare.' "1 am glad, my friends, that you hava b-en perm. i ed to hear tbte great nuasUea t,rii' i. ted frum the standpoint ol a si.vi r reLuti i. an l 1 1 el proud of lbs -i.v r i BaibItctiii. I vsus brought up a detnecrat. All at ancestor were at roocreta, and ihe only Ihini n anlcta my son ha the advantage , r n.e. politically, is thai hell one g o- ,: , older than I am sa a democrat, be aa use his mother and sll l r BBOSBtori were dem' r its."

committee upon which peace or war might hinge. ffhe ohamber tilletl rapidly and when the viae preaident's gavel fell nearly every senator was at his desk. Scarcely live minutes had elapsed after the session cotivcncd befOfB the vice-president recognized Mr. Davis. Au instant bush fell over the chamber. Mr. Davis presented to tin- senate the re -

lut ions and report from ins committee

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der, came two of the most remurkble sH'ecbes yet delivered on tbo ul. an qneatioa. Mr. Porskae und Mr. Lodge, both brilliant and impesis smiled orators. presented tlitferent phases of the t'uban situation. Mr. l-'orakcr advocated the direct recognition of the independence of the ( uban republic ami w ith utt elixiuciiee and vehemence seldom heard in the senate eplcudidly maintained his position. A sharp colloquy between imn and Mr. Elkin- caused excitement. Mr. Lodge followed with an uppi al for action iu preservation of the nation's honor and in wiping out the stain of the "etrodOUa murder" in Havana harbor. His words so reached the heart that the galleries w ere sw ept w ith a tremendous wave ol applause, Mr. Lindsay ( Ky i concluded the discussion for tho lay with a powerful speech iu which he advocated the recognition of the Ca hens aad a concert of action between the insurgent army Bad the 1'nitcd Mates troops in driving the Spanish loMBB from the island of t uba.

When a woman wears pink it dSMOtft the development of the softer i-idc of her nature. She lovra maybe the whole world, but more likely some special peiaoa. Beta I man is entirely nt a loss. lie mny be in the rosiest stnte of love, but he in compelled bj eonven Uoaallty to don a black evening suit nnd a w bite t ie. The only menus w In n by he gggf hint nt his feeling Is by the choice of a flower.

Women who like to wear red nre usually erratic, prone torpiicU liVesand dislikes, fond of admiration and ieeJ-

report was a teriitic arraign mint of

Hpain und nor policies; yet bo eager were all to bear every word that not the slightest demonstration occurred throughout the reading. The followiag are the majority resolutions reported by Benator Davis: The Majority Keaulii I Imis. W' ii mo. as The iio.iorrent BOBditiOM which UaveexlsU-d f ir more than three ye.irs ia the

, Island or t uo, i, so n-.ir our oin bord -rs, have ' shocked tin moral sense of the people of the L'uiled Slates, uave b a u disgrace to ÜBrSI linn clvlliaiton, culmuiating. as they have, luthe de.stru. ti u of a I'inte.i state battlc-ih.p Ith M alSStrn aad ere while on a frlendiy visit to the h.roor of Havana, and can noi longer be ea lured, a, has beeu set forth by the pre-i lent or the I'lUt'sl Slate, iu Ills me-.-aca l osagenm of April it, bbmb saisB the action ol congress was invited; therefore , I Itttotfol, rlrt Tual the people of the island ure. BOd of rigul ought to be, free aod mde-in-ntelit. second. That it is the duty of the United Saasa i' BBaesad sadths paeeewaentel th ITniicd state-, does hsrehy uemaal. that the government of BgelB al onoe reliinjuish its auIhnrity uiii goveruiueal in the island of Cuba 1 and .t a.ir.i i ii-- I in 1 an I naval forces froai CasaaadOaBaa waters. Third. That IBS geSdtSM f th-- UniUni States be, and ho hereby is, directed an I einaSKWed a use the aaUfS land an I nav.n bSrWS

. of UM United mesas, aui t" sell ssss actual n I ll,e Un.t d St it thrt llldltl.l of IV-

erul slate. t. su. -a an en leal as may l lieoessarry to cui UMMS rseolatloe BW SSasS The report of the senate eoiuiniltec on foreign relations on the Cnbna aitn at. on math- BJ Senator Davis, eliairinaii of that eotninittee, and aeeompenying the resiilutioiis, was a very thorough review of the entire situation, and a strong proeoatatioB of the facts w inch bad led the committee to its conclusions. The report takOB up the Maine disaster as lite lessding topic fereonsiderat n m, und piBBgBalBBO that question in its Brst sentence, which is follows; The tie-inn tint! of the United Slates liiitlieslnp Mane . i f two i f uer o.'tl ers and Of M of in r even B ihe aaiaee al Hat saa, bb las stBM nt KeurJ.irj isi-1. excited In au uiipreeeii. med degree tue eoUlt ass.oii and rcsentiueiit of the

Aue i lean pSOgOl t out inning the report says: Munifest.it inns of that r -on nu nt were suspi ii.ii I. aiitiuu.il the feeling win nut alleged by the self raeSfaua el our paafciaaaBassra unto d to leild their Ju I.Mi"nl in u -.pease e mSSfBlBg tlteir ultimate ai lion un 11 uu oflli ial

baveaSigatloe sliould dlsco-e the cause of Unit great disaster und enabled theni by uireci or iire iiiiNt.inti.il SwStBMiay to impute the royoaatbbtty Ua refer. That Investigation his been main. It was conducted with Jiiuiciel thnioughiiess and de1. Im rat Ion Tin-difficulty of ib in .ns! ratlnu by eoiiclusive proof the eftli ii lit js isomil cause of that sin. star eveul was Hie n-uul one of expos lie.-plot t. it nu I uiystenoii, erunes. No su. h ilitlli ulty, however, obscures lis olllcial and rehplnslllll IMteS i beoommittee saj thai the enploeloa itself of the Maine was linked with eerie.- of precedent traaaaesiona, "which tan not in reason UB diSOOB OOCtOd frtMB it. '

With satmea y spa a, ao plainly apparent thai ii .in even plaiisiidy d.-ny Its exlsl- , o. e It Is merely ono reaun for tho eonilusnin to whioh IBS investigating mmd must BSSSa 1 ti concerning Uw entire

Miliject of the relations of tue t'nlted States Uli that IllSSISa nt- It Is the opinion of your lotnuiittee thai the destruction of tho Maine

was cimpasse I eituer by the ntlU-lal act of um Spanish ttuthi.rllies oi .o ma.1" posslblo by a negligence on their pari so w .Hing aud gross as t . be equivalent in culpability to positive gflgSs i .nal ui li.'ti

When property and life are destrujs-d by an act which the exercise of .tue diligi n. e hy the person wlins' duty it Is to use It could have pi evented, BBS happening of su. h aa event Is sufficient proof that diligence was not employed. ' 'The time of the explosions." says the reput. "innst have been ealcu lat ci I tor t he moment w hen t lie Maine should Nwing within the destructive radius of the mine.'

i li.itii.tr (Iii nort ion of its nrea- I

Action of llw House Committee. W v sin n 1 ton, April 13. At 1:30 p, m. the majoritvof the hoaas coasmittee on foreign affain agreed to the follon uf resolution, which was later reported tu the house: W tl KHK as. The government of Spain fol three years past has been waging war un t ht island of t'uoa agauiit a revolution by Hie Inhabitants thereof, without making any substantial progress toward the suppression of said revolution, and has conducted the warfare in a in. mner couirary to in I Uw-t of uatiun.s by gMttastslahnsMB and sBstSiiissd, saaaag hB death ny siarvati m of more than 'Juo.nOi inno-

ceiit iion-ombiitani. Iii victims being for the most part liepp-ss u .in -n and children. InflictIn intolerable injurv lo the co.uuierclal luierests ol the United Slates Involving the BaaWneUBa of the lives and pro-penty cl many of our citizens, atuiluig tic expenditure of millions tt dollars in pairoling our coasts und potlcing the Ii ig b seas in order lo maintain our ueutruhty ; an. I Whkiikam, This lon series of losses, injuries and liur.leiis, for wlm-h Spain is responsible, has SBBaBBSSSd in the destruction of IBS I'mked stab's battleship Maine In the harbor of 11ai and iu tli' U-ath or MS of our seamen; therefore BaoBtM if. etc , That the president Is hereby auihorized an 1 d.re te I to infrveao at once to stop the war in ( 'tibi, to the end, and with thcpurposcofKccur.n,' p-raian nt fie.i.e anl order there, and e tuulishln t by the lr -e action of 'he people thereof stable und ludepen lent goverum -ni of their own la the island of Cuba, aud the president Is hereby authorized and empowered to use the lau 1 und naval forces of the I'niusl States to execute the purposes uf this resolution. 'Ihe Minority Report. The democrat ic members of the houso foreign affairs committee, In a report signed by Ave democrats and Mr. Now lands, sllverlte, agreed to the followiag resolut ions as a substitute for tin- majority report. It follows: Itrmltrit. That the I'm e I Stales g ivernment hereby re -.'tu.es the lu icp n lenoe of the republic of t 'ill It 1. That, moved thereto by many c.ins.deratinns of BttBSSBHg, Ol interest and of provocation, among winch are tiie SellbSrBle uioor.ng

ol our battles. lip Main I over a subniiir.ne anas snd its Beasresttsa in ihn harbor nf Havana. IBS pTSSl but nf IBS fluted Slates be, und In- is n-:eb di.cvte 1 to einptoy iiuini-diatrly Iii land and naval forces of the United states taaitftegtns r p i Ue of Cabe ta maintain the in le, -nden hereby r oui.ej, I Tnal the prcs.d -iil of SBS L'ulte t BhttSB SI BetSBy aaaBortasd and direwa.1 t azteed ha meiiiale rHicf lo lie" stai v iitt t uoaas. 'The house of representatives, aftet one. if the most exciting; and memorable da.v sin its history, by n vote of a;'- to 19, atlopted a resolution which nine-tent lis of its SSOmberS believe makes war Wlttl Spain inevitable. There were majority and minority cporls made from the foreign relations commit Ice, and a motion to recommit with instructions. When the vote was taken ou the suIh st it nte resolut nms they were defeated 147 to tag, Mr. Dinsinore then moved SO NOOaV mil with instructions to report back au BBsaadaBaal raoogaining the indepnad-

erne of ' aba. Italso w as losjt. Iff I'll). 'The vote Wits then taken on the adoption of the majority rSBOiatioBS, and they were adopted, IM to 1 Tho house t hen, at il I i p. Ul., lliljoiirned. A l.y .f stirring Aellilty. V AsniM. ion, April 14. -Yestertlay whs a day of Btlrriag; uctivityiit tho nuw Bad war departincn's. .Xnticit itinu; decisive action bf BOaff NM the machinery of t he military ami naval branches of the iroveriiincnl was early put in motion, and events of grave :.- aineaawa followed in quick ssssesBSrioa. In every bute.iu the work of prcpantttoa went on with an eathaaiasm aad pusii that was in marked oontrast to the lethvnrgj thai bad eharacterised the big granite huilding since Montlay. With it all there was an added secrecy and rctiecii .- on the part of olllcials to discuss the w iirlike movements.

The lirst BVOBt to I me known wus the BOaaisil on b the navy depart metiL of the Aincriean line stcamsaipM St. bonis and st. PbbI, and eoupud with the announcement came the lafOFSM tkm that, in al bprobability, ('apt. Sia-Ik-c would be placed in com mend of ono und ( apt. (ioodrich of the other. ii.irly in the forenoon the naval strategic board went into aaaaoa aad called t onsiii lietieral I. an- into tli iference. 'The session was a Imip; one and w as devot ed to a thorough dtBOaSsi.m of rdfeneivs ami defeaeive saovB'

tits in Cuban waters, (Jen. Lecffiviug

entatiou, the committee says:

j the batfd much valuable iuformatiou.

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