Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 41, Number 16, Jasper, Dubois County, 23 December 1898 — Page 3

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ararrh, and, slipping them into im pocket with tLe other art idea, 1 re tirril to my I'.ii lu'lor iiiart rmu r Vis Diantha driil! a t n i lor shop, Where, after transferring Um shot iuv anting to pooch, and Dili Of my Hu.-.i. with hcttcf powder than iliiam Kld mill es changing my leather booth for u jiair of sheepskin boots tunned with the wool mi, which wri t- then tbr iii-ost aprov ii inter foot fMTi wll h mv double .'iiu on m ahoublof to UfhtM my steps, i M t forth mi tin' ten-tulle tnuan ( km king 1 1 - litlle rivir that t VtTtu d the mill-, anil fofga of our villagw and follow i ii,' iln road as far u.s it ran in my direotioo! J hold weroa the tteidi to the woodit) before entering which I set my i'oiiipa is for my ititi iiihiicoor: v. When the backbone of the mountain wa reached and my Journey hall mv eonpliahedi l hail but our partridge, but tb. re was n chance of more in the

trete fa of foreat that lay before me. partial gliaipeei f which I now had through Lfae stunted oas. and pinea that

eeantllj dd the raekji ridge. The weather w? exoeedingljr aaiid for the Beatus a eireomelanee wrhleh proved eery fortunate for ene, end a I w.,s ijniie comfortable in the wartnt! of the luw midday nun, I pave my lejf? n pood tvsl while I ate my lunch atu lacllv unoked and dreunu-d in the inidt of the quietude. Then- was not u kuuiuI to be heard Above the cone ton 1 murmur of the pinei ntni the occasional rustle of an anfallen h-uf w Ithered. nor was a living thing to Ik seen but n BaitC of I winter wren exploring the intricacie of a fall. D tree top. and a few Hies that were biizziüj; about the tunnjf sid' of a tree trunk. As I be pan my way down the mountain a gtaaee at the sun shown! mc we were likely to pari company before niy journey wa ended. Half a mile further on. in an old charcoul clearing, I flushed a partridge, at which 1 took a snapshot that knocked a cloud of feathers out of the bird without retarding it Sight ; hut I w-ris sure it w.is hard bit.

an Iwiran a dilir-nt search where ii I ail disappear, ii at the edge of the clearing. Looking the ground ocr earefally. step by step. I liad gone aaoch farther than otie who efies not know how far a

mortalljr wounded guinei can fly would think it of nny use to search, when I beard, far behind me, what I took to Im the piteous howl of a lot hound. I was, wish i i g the poor fellow mich find my track and come tip to me. when the lor p drawn, plaintive wail was re I i ited at a point so distant from the first that it was evident it could not have leen atten d by the same animal. I presently it was taken tip at arOthi r .'is;it!t point. Still (groping over the ground if eeareh of the dead bird, I eronderedl il

many nonnus navinjj pone nstra

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in Hiietet at the baee af Um trunk, whi. h for tu, f.-t ,, tolJl( mMbmi

vi in uy green i, Ln 1 1. 1 will,

.tubs of dead Lim, t hut made Hu nt steps,.

n gun was of ,. i ii. an make, rigged

with a simp, whi.h till now 1 ui u

.is inoupiit u uselese, appurtei.ai.ee,

tut in th.s rmergeacy it proved quite

Otncrwiae, when by bhiiginp the gui

over my baeK I got up, easily HI l

juiekly. too quickly, fat in two

lioliuti s the leader, of the pock wen

beneath me. ami glaring upat me witfa eruel, hungry eyee, havhw evidently

t my aacent, for they were not ; lau t a moment. Others came till there were s ven ill nil, son,- cirellns about the tr. . bobm

Bitting on their haunches and treailii,-'

impatiently with their forefeet, like a

lop waiting for a ehoiee morsel, and licking their layering ebopai some gnawed at the trunk or m ule prodigiOUI ll ape at the low er Li .inches. I eUmbcd ton aeture and Mnafoetabli Beat on n limb M feet from the ground, ami. after getting my breath, and my Berti - w, re a little settled, I tried the effeet of a charpe of No. 0 nn one of tb. beaiegera, as l got tolerable fair aim at hit uplifted muzzle through an open" ii.p. Tb re was a yelp of Mirprise ai il pain, followed by general comm - tion among the arete; and when the BVnoke had lifted ahme me I caught giiniiMs of the stung brute clawing his bend with alternate foreuws.

I lired several times as opportunity offered, but deolated when it heeeme eiihnt that instead of driving off my assriüant., the stinp of the small shot nandt them the more aavugely persistent. I tried al egging the shot in acsirtridpe made of a bit of the Halng of my iit. but it nmounted to nothing, Bern ailing t be incredulity which had mnrtt me refuee the buckshot, I was it my erit'l end how 1o raise the Biege. I'erhaps my supply of provisions pyOUld last till the enemy was starvisl out, if th' weather did not turn cold and freest me on my rooat, which waaa Iropect less apncable than that of BUbtisting on raw partridpe flesh. Then it occurred to me to climb to the top and sec if there was any chain e of making alarm shots heonl down in

the settlements. Slinging my cun I began the aaeent. Hut ten feet further up the pine came to an end. for there the whole top was broken off jnal BOO a whorl of stout branchei onto which I climbed, hut could get no outlool; th rough the tree tops. T filled and lighted my pipe, and, chancing to throw the unextinguished BStttefc onto the stub, which was broken alw ut s,i;:ire across, nnd was nt least B fcot in diameter, it ignited a handful of dry pine net dies that alighted there. The flame lasted but a moment, vet long enough to suggest the idea that

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OI.V pa 't ridge bUStte be e.' 1 1 i rum II till as!,. ,1 as he BOttred four pounds of .No. 0

of the scales into

't the conical packages that our .1 to In- done up in by stor keep er before the era of paper boga, no. not exactly hunting." 1 aniwered ith the view to the poaaihle in i d i if , cues for an empty bag, "I'm Ofer to Dradlcy'a tospendt hristad ill n't know but 1 might si i a pa'i ridge." it would have been "atuck up" to call our beat game bird " art 1 and no one would have reeog I M under the name of "ruffed "Von hain't gobV to hoof it over the r -i" ii. tain'.'" lie asked, with the end of ' imp bet ween Iiis teeth as he

! . package with a frugal oh

of nacklbrcail. 1 noi'ile.l nn

atlou while I silently admired bis thrifty habit of putting the few spilled ; eta into the box of unsold shot. ft" il. then, ye'd lettcr let me put " Hp B peoond or two o' buckshot." ÄO, sir." i said, in a tone expressive i oof for the suggestion. "I've no r buckshot Ibis time of year," eloae time for deer began with tie mouth.

"Of eourae not. but you'd want some tlunp biggerB number ixea if thi

.'ot after ye." said Hiram, muk- ' persuasive dip into the box of

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Solves," said I, contemptuously; wny, t here hain't bee ii a wolf uround hi r. f,,r H yearB." wal, there is. naow. a pack o' seven, lj, an mebby more. Why, hain't yl lyarti? Aa-om Karker aecn Vm "ull tilt after a deer an" counted 'cm. f cm. His man at was helpin' f kiln on his eoalin' job said there was It Amos reckoned he see double Minted some of 'ein twice, an s lots o' folks 'at 's heard Vm. 'a W"olves ha'ntin the mnountnin, 1 amy depend, iietter lc' me weigh " ' about a ef.uple o' paound." o, 1 puesH It won't pay to carry nny ' B eight on that chance," I said. Dliring the storekeeper's cunning at ' f t, S( ; nr... something 1 did not Hut you may perl up that small Md that Jack in-the box for me "".vie .ight oDd they'll tickle Hillye. tee litt'" shnvera. Then put up a half Otea crackera and a bit of cheese for JWfa, fill my tolMieeo bos. and let me "t nn ixtra pipe, and I'll he off. I '"nt to make the trip by davlipht." "I nope ye will. I ra'ly do.' I wouldn't I tO hat you get ketch,, 1 in the "l n the mnountain. oyuuYeguta)' 'erto Hradley'a. het e?" he con HS he shuffled about behind the r to put up the articles for me. heu began ruaaaanging in a drawer nd "Nmv. I wonder if t;eataslivesta!.ehimap.,ir Bullet irv,, .t Anron ( lark left re ' last spring, I gaeaa it was bram found the molds af ler a short

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that day. when, just as 1 found my bird lying lKl!y up. stone dead. I also came upon something that gave me a btartling enlightenment. The fallen leaves and th- soil wr. torn and furrowed and stones nn.l patchea of moss were overturned, in evidence of a desjerate straggle, the reenil of which was plaiarly shown iy the aatlered ahull ami aeettered ioncj of a deer and a mat of coarse gray hau trodden into the mold. Hiram's wolves were no harmler. creature of the imagination, but savage realities, and a chill ran down my beck as I realized the probability that the pack was now rallying on my trail 1 did not doubt that I had heard their volcea. 1 took my beatings and went forward at my best poOB With far less thought of hunting than the fear of lveinghunlel. Thus I went on for half nn hour bearing nothing but the mapping twip and swish of branches made hy mj own rapid pmprevs. till a clamor of

jays broke nut 4u r.,s in mvrenr.

As it. drew near it was mingled with

flic rustle ami potter of many swift feet, was at sr the creel f one of th

ledges t hat ridge crosswise the long westerly incline of the mountainside and. l(Hking Itnekward down the slope. i Bau two woleee break Ihruugk the undergrowth of whortleberry bii'.hes and had gümpse of others behind them. Mv net look Sjajt for n tree that eould be ellmbtd, nnd T was forturate ln dlsco riiip one close at hand, a hjUf. branching one of more than two feet

fire enough might be built hereto roast small bits of the partridge, and close upon this follow ed another, which gave BM bepa of deliverance. There was the bullet mold in my pOCket, and if 1 could but manage to turn my paltry shot iuto a doaea good solid balls 1 would soon rid mseLf of

the wolves. As I w is r BJllng my pipe with a tiew of stimulating invention niy tobacco box gave me a clew to a solution of the problem. It was an oldfashioned st el box with a hinged cover und square corners that would serve as a spout to pour melted lead from. I transferred the tobacco to a pocket, made a cut of a small green limb firmly on to the open coer for a handle, and had what promised to lc a serviceable smelting ladle. Tbt, reaching out, I gathered some dr" twigs and bits of branches, und 1 soon hud a small tire burning in the center of the stub. When it wus well going I held the improeiaed ladle, with a couple oenoee of shit in it, over tin- hottest place, and. after SOOne patient waiting, had the

SB tief BCtion of seeing the separate pellets become a little puddle of molten lead. 1 BMBaged to BOUT most of it into the mold nnd got three pood bullets at the tlrst smelting, but lost one, which fell to the ground. Detter luck attended three more sueN Bivi trials, v.hich pave me 13 bullets, making l. in ull. which 1 thuugbl mipht ttUWer my pniosc, ami I whipped out t lie fire with a green brunch. It was now near sundown, M there wns no time to he lost if I was to get owav hv daTliebt.

The batletl were much too small for the bore of my gnu, then for. 1 put two

in eaeB barrel, with a light barge of shot, and deaoeSMfed to the lower braBeb, Where 1 seated my self upon the one w In re 1 BUld get the cL arest . ktsj of the ground, rfae wolves greeted my reappear' anea with ehoeue of aavagMlpe aa they gathered eagerly beneath me, mapping and snarling, each struggling for the nearest place that ha mkfhl b first at the spoofed faeet, Onegriaaled Old fellow, the patriarch of the tri Ix-, w ho had cui led himself up in the fallen treetop to bids my downfall, now had Iiis philosophical patience overenrne and limped forth from his lair, smaV ii'g around tin outskirts of the crowd with his hungry eyes constantly upon me. The largCBt and Strongest sf the pack ki pt the poeition directly ander me, now springing upward more than Lis length, then tumbling beck upon his mates that crowded beneath him, now standi up uptight on his hinder fed and pawing the air und snapping his fanped j.tws viciously. While he was in 1 his posture I tired one barrel straight into his mouth. 1 be recoil almost unseated me, but 1 recovered myself with no greater mishap than losing the toys out of my pocket. The big wolf made no motion

hut to sink in a lifeless heap with the

baek of hia heed blow n out. The other

scattered a little, but presently returned, sniffing at their dead comrade

ii'.d lapping his blood, Poor Dully gui

cruel bite from one that spoiled her

HANNA'S TAX TALK.

a iruMn gMealedeu -t ins inauBnffy f ll.-lMII.llc.il, ,i. M, in Oeoeeul,

beautv forecr. Another nosinir iuck

in-the-boa unhooked the lid. whereup-

C n the little imii filliiied his snout, and

I eould not help laughing at the fright

it p ie the great cowardly brute.

1 tired the second barrel nt the old

grandfather as he warily skulked past.

beyond the others, and the charge broke his baek. lie writhed alout. biting the wound a moment, and then,

dragging his paralyzed hinder parts.

crawled out of sight. The others were

petting somewhat shy, but plucked Bp courage during the cessation of hostili

ties, while 1 reloaded, ami then came

ose under me again. A third shot hilled one nearly out ght, and the fnurt h broke the shoulder

of another ns he ran. He retreated to

safe distance and amused himself

with Ins wound, while the unhurt sur

vivors stood off. now regarding curiously their dead and w ounded companions,

now BSC, with growing respect, and evi

dently doubting whether it was worth their while to continue anv longer in

my neighborhood.

When my gun was reloaded i settled

the question for them with two shots. The first one lore such a hole in the bellv of one that Lis entrails draptred

ii'xm the ground, and the second stung

not her so sharply that he stood not on

the order of his going, but made off in all speed in company with his un

scathed Comrade, while the fellow with the broken shoulder hobbled after them, and the other poor wretch tried to follow them, turning now nnd again to bite Lis own entrails, entangling his feet n nd catching on stubs and stones. Evening tens already deepening the forest shadows, and I had little time to spare in mercy to the mercilessbrute, but when I got to the ground I hastily loaded my gun and finished him

wi'h u shot in the head. Then, picking up the toys and taking my course by t he compass and the evening star. I held forward at BUCfa speed ns the rough and darkening way would permit, fortunately, the almost full ii eon was w ell up in the clear sky. and I Lad little difficulty in finding my waydown the mountain and reached Hrndlcy's before their early bedtime. Little Molly Bradley prized the doll nil 1he more for the sears which proved her hairbreadth t BCUpe, and her brother looked upon the jack-in-the-box that had soared a wolf as a hero as doughty as Jack the (Jiant Killer. Their father scenn d to doubt my story till I led him to the scene of my sd venture the next morning, and bowed him the four wolves, for we found the broken backed patriarch after a short search. When we returned with th pelts the Christmon dinner waa ready for us.no mean part of it lieing the partridges.

much more nicely conked by Mrs. l'.rad ley than I could hate done it n the tree stump had I lecn obliged to. hen I went home the n xt day there was a full pouch of buckshot in my pocket, BUI I found nouse for it. llowland Rohinaon, in Chicago Inter ocean.

lilt I I'M I tTK( ' II I SM.

Do y on see ; he boy ? I see the boy. Do yon Bee thi boy'eglad ensile f I see the boy' glad smile. Why does the boy s . in so happy? The boy has just made out a list of what he ami tnbantavCtaaete bring him nnd given it to papa. Canyon pick out t he boy's papa? You bet I can. Row can you pick him out ? By his sad ami sorrowful face. Chi cago Tost.

Murk llaiir.a'a patron.z rp way of telling the pop what he Ifainks

should Ik- done for them ; truly aiiuis'ng. He favors an indirect t.ix bj mean of a turilT, because "when the people do not know they are pay ii p a tax they are U tter satisfied." This is an old prinleple wi.iefa has Isccn the guiding star of iiionarchs and ionpotl for many cent uric, but .Mark struts to have just made the iieoosery, and it comports so well with hi iiutural disposition to do mean things in an underhand way that he gusthos over it. We advise him, however, not to fool the African pc -pie too much, for they have a way of finding things out, snd then making it warm for the "fooler." We have known them on such occasions to give the foolkiller employment for ejuite a length of time, and circumstances might arise that would make life a burden to Mark. The swnator'a latest information vouchsafed to a waiting public is. to the effect that he "favors putting duties on tea, coffee and other articles which we cannot produce." This Iks pleasant reminder for those insane persons who voted the republican ticket at the late election "just as a compliment to President McXinley'n management of the war." We are not only to have an indefinite prolongation Of the existing war taxes., which are all the more exasjeratlng leeause they were unnecessary, but we muni also pay a tax. "w Ith out knowing it." on the few free luxuries that are left to u. While the BCB tor from Ohio is acquiring historical knowledge for the benefit of ihe country that he has kindly consented to hold tip. we advice him to read the account of a certain people who onre lived in a town called Pout OB, who stirred up an sw ful row about paying a tariff on t B,

FALSE PROPOSITIONS. Argument' of Ouldbnc Mouth Whleh Are i onlruillelnrv uf

Thr marl t ea. 1 1 is certf.lnly amusing to hear a g ild standard ur.toeute seriously proclaiming wiih gteat emphasis that the freo BOi nagS ol Silver would certainly drive ge d Otti of circulation, eliminating the more than .T'i'i.oou.oiM, which the treasury ; ji.n'iiient insists there ia gold ia the money supply of the country, amounting to about nine dollars of the $2i p t oepita we nrc told there is in circul.it ion, and that the effect of tili retirement of one-third of the total money ii the country would be to reduce th purchasing power or exchange value of t lie dollar- that were left! Or

dinary intelligence would rc.iNun differently. It would say: "If 27 aeltara 27 mT or 27 teams wer requir. 'i tn do a given quantity of werte, tue withdrawal Of OOe-thlH of the dollars, men or teams WOUM MOTeeM by one-half tha amount of work to Be done by 18 dollars, men or teams, and to that eaten! must InOreOM th-lr VOlUS as producing forces. If tt requires 24 lollars j..-r capita to do ths business of tUe country, and oiic-thlrd of that money In withdrawn, th B UM remaining two-t birds must do all the business, and It cannot be that the dollars that do more Im-iiie-M will be worth less than tha dollars thut do less business " Hut why should the gold dollars go away? liollurs, like men. go wfaera they are most needed und can earn most, und all the gold, silver nnd paper money we have is needed to do the bualnaaa to be done, then tiie w ithdrnwal of any considerable quantity of either must increase the work and the value of the others, and this will bring back the wanderers, or others to take their places. If there are now too many dollars to do the work to be done, as some gold s and.ird advocates hold, then the withdrawal of a part must help rather than harm the conditions. Another thing aeeaaa to be clear: Oold is not the money of trade, the money that is

CZAR REED AGAIN IN SESSION.

snd threw a lot of the stuff into the sea There are desrendants of these verypeople now living in the United State., snd when Mark lays on his tax that they are not expected to know about they may box his pendant ears ai d make him bray. Mississippi Valley Democrat.

The Weill Inituntry Injured. While wme of our protectionist friends are explaining to the country the success of the Dingley tariff law. and are eloquent in declaring its beauty of adjust men I and scientific basis, some others, even of those who helped make the law, f more candid. Thus Mr. S. X. D. Xorth. secretary of the Notional Association of Wool Manufacturers, Is quoted by the Hradford (England) Ohes mar as writing the following to friend In that, city: "I trust you are well, bet I should he sorry for you all If I thought that the wool manufacture of Hradford wns in as unhappy n condition to-day as it isi in the United State." Mr. North, aa the secretary of the nwoclation. an expert tariff authority In woolen schedules. wn in WashingtOUl to aewisit Mr. Dingley in makinp the bill so scientific And now. sfter piling protection sky high, it Is found that woolen pood ware being protected off the backs of the people, and the Indue try is unhappy. What a shock this will he to Mr. Dingley, who helicvcd that the only curse to the industry wa free wool ! I'tica Observer.

In daily miriness transact, rs ,,f the-

people, and its withdrawal would result in far less injury to business than the withdrawal of either treasury note Of si, er certificates, that with silver now BO four-flftha of all the busines. Jn support of this proposition t lie history of the country from Imi: to ls78 furnishes the proof.

Chairman Dingley Is perfectly 5X,fe in declaring that the war taxes will not he repealed for at least another year. In the first place, vovernment expenses have been greatly increased by the war with Spain, and they are likely to remain heavy for an Indefinite period. In the next place, protective duties can no longvr he depended on to yield the revenue they formerly did. for imports are declining, In the third place, repeal of the war tnxes would cause nother enormous deficit, and thus drain away the gold reserve, as w-ris the case during the reend Cleeeland nd p. itistretkon. LnsUv.ro nn objects to the war taxes. N. Y. Commercial AdrertVer (Hep.). President (larfleld, it will he remembered. In his early career in congress, defined his position as favoring "that protection which lead to free tj-sxlc." It looks a if Mr. Dingley had

thrnnrious! got on to this Grftld

Mill I Ihr Urn. I. Ruesell A. Alger, secretary of war iL the cabinet of William McKinley, has given to the people of the United State an official history of the wxir f ''J. It has been edited carefully by Mr. Alger'B chief, and aside from its historical mat

ter is a plea for an enlarged standing army, the necessity of which will not Is? disputed if the authority of the Tinted States is to lie maintained completely ami satis-factnrily in 'he Antilles and the Philippines. Hut that official communication which would meet greatest welcome would be the resignation of Russell A. A!ger as? secretary of war and its BOCepMnoi by the president, who ought never ha vc given Algr opportunity to inflict hi incompetence Upon citizens of the l"rrited State who volunteered at the call of his. chief to fight their lMttles. While Husnell A. Alger remains secretary of war how is it possible to hope that other thnn the most desperate of the citizenry of the I'nited States will enlist in its enlarged

army.' I hey ilo not fctir the perils OI battle, but the perils of Algerism arc more than nny man ought to 1h asjked by a humane nation to encounter. Chicago Chronicle. Secretary Alger ha supplied an issue upon which the democracy can appal with COUMenee to the national judgment, l'.y asking for over $106,000,000 for the support of the regular army in time of pence he has raised two questions that touch the heart and the p icket of every American cltfaKfl who does not pndit by legalised injustice and oppression. Thrse questions are: Shall the I'nited Staates be more heavily taxed for military BUTBOMI than any other country on earth? Shall this unheard of burden of taxation lc enrried almoat meluaively bj people of small means, while the wealth our armaments protect gees frc?-N. Y. Jour nsl.

platform. - novton Herald.

If Dlngiey isn't careful he will catch cold sitting in the draft of the "open dooc."--Memphis Vunmerclal

I Appeal.