Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 41, Number 17, Jasper, Dubois County, 30 December 1898 — Page 3

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v , , ., , w 1 on the innKlow. Where H" Violate II.-asleep; N ., ,,ulvarcl. iliiftliiK. drifting. I I .. old Year rocs forlorn. , , , mj Btle hour of WidnlsTOt The i l "l Now Year U Lorn. lft night 1 watched In ssdness. The i asslnn of the ysr, , ,, fi oni no- u leconJ i im many a our. . tl.- voice has whimpered , I )! paxt I must for-t : u0l aste this precious season i aa, vain regret. ne roir.tiiK of the New Tear Kill-' 1 1) Otil with thoughts sublime, . . , m the golden momenta Onward borM ly fleetlM time; n4 i iplrll stirs within me, , r, :r u im to nol.br strlfo. Vi earnest, brave endeavor, all iht. r. letter Ufa. An,l with fratsfttl heart and lowly, I ,. . the l'uwi r Supreme, v extendi my dan In mercy ThH i hi past I may r. im in. j-, r HU luv ing hand that MafM me, y, i HU voice it. hi apeak a to ma, forth i " nine of the New Year Tb ' ' loae 1 may not see. la B i.thworth. In Western Hural.

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I KMONS? Well! v her e's y our

f M H monej f..r 'em ?" . ' STiJ , b i . 1 p 18 te sha.r p 1 v Tin this. w WM i ed little face across the counter U I 1. 00 an ai xious look. 'Mother, ab 0 ukin'i ser.d the ii : . j She eayo if you'll please to h .i re!- cl trgei I'm sick o that you .!. tell y ur ma. You car. skipper right home and tell her row. Wit:.-: u . ntl lemons I calc'Iate she's I : t pJ for 'em same as other folks Utth Ji MeKie'a clumpy shoes sli " i.f way to the door, 'hen

shuffled resolutely iack to the counter

pain. "Ifcey'ri tat Love, you know," he stdd, c irageoaaly. "An' Lofe'fl eick. i lit in ;t back, an' she says the ' r doti't taste (food. She's act on I H Bf ft UM lemonade. An' mother IJI If J t.011 trust her. Mister Tap-pan-" "Ain't 1 trusted her since 'way buck fl ' 1 time, l' !ikc to know? Ala! bei pafrt in my 1 ilcer chock full c' truatingn this minute? When she's ettle! that pajre up. tnebbe I'll bepin ' 1 " a trustinphor im Iii' so. 11! r.o; ti;i; so you needn't ataml then :- for lemons. Xtipht's well 7 " ' iotig lmine. sfiniiy." B Lote'a plnebed, white little face " tli Jot. ftnid I.ovc'a reatless " fingen tugged at his heart Poor Iac; at i! the water tattc j.'iio(!. If there a- jut a ' oi en. on juice in it ! I'!uck up .m -., ,,,t onv more trial! For r. you know for EiOftl "III do chorea to pay for Ym, an' ' ': only let bm ban on, Miar Tappan, The watertus.tesbail.au' s' ' ' on liavinp a siiiece of lemon I'll carry it ripht home an hurry back Tea. I'll come quick as as " "Ai your ma pays her blUajlll about r' '1'iick :.s that," laughed Abel Tappan. : "I !on't knows I'm sutTet ii ig ; ' ' ores thia time o' niplit. I guess r Love, or whatever her BäM

'Ii have to drink water a spell longer. Oat ma can put some vim par in to i-- up. with a sprinkling o' sagar. I useter drink that with a relish when 1 a little shaver. You've got to pay Ol letnoni if you want 'cm onto this v;"r l'e trusted you and trusted u I'm sick of it." Utilt .tot drew up Iiis stunted figure iojurcd dignity. The very frecklei I s face radiated scorn. Keep your old lemons!" hrcricd. his 1 oiiaering unsteadily. "We don't 'em! (O. jKior little thirsty Love!) we ain't beggars! I guess we

n8 to pay our bills! Mothcr'd got ; ' money most all saved up, hut Love One an she iiad to have the doc'.r . .,' I ,. . ..aii n

"n HUB ill III' im uns. He took long, manly Iridis toward

'i'"i, um ii '.iii.. on-i- mining r aim, Mrs. I)rnilla Wj DOOOp, just !M l ing, ran into liim. and her ample k'ure and the flappinp folds of her !iav quite engulfed the little scurry- ' I shape. 'Land of liberty!" she cried, cheer"who's this running OVOT IM just's t amount to anything I ( . on Well. I guess I'll have to pet

' life insured! Qood eeninp, Ahel. thought maybe you wouldn't mind if dPMinaJ U . a

I I" 'i in i eiiie ii 1 1 iiii necoiuii. 1 nwrrow,i New Voarnnd I couldn't ' ' P i wink to-night, up to m curs in lit." V1"i Tappnn wnnedal htf wt tbe ",,r He hunted up a chair for her ' I "'I ' near the ItOfa, 'I gw i 'twrmldn't he more il,nn up Vur illmwp. Mis' Wxnco'-.p." he 'h,d. jovially. "Not deep enough P nfj awake. 1t.it I knew vou'd J 'n to n'.-V., Juat as well'a I knew- 1

her lull 10 i put, Jon .1 if m am t llecky,' say 1 set down here by ;he lire, do- and lure gon Ifll Well, all i, I wish Ibi re w m lore like you in the world! Those abiftlcaa MvKies, i.ow 1 ha t Utile M-amp of u Jt,r beei in trying lo get trusit d again, hut I've truck! i flush It' about titne, too " He got dowti ids big IkioU from the

high eor act deab tod epread ii open 01

the aoui ier, turning the pkgea labori ously . AI i Tappan was his o u l okkeeper end bad Ids own peenlier hubion of "keeping" tbe gnat. Iiaihercovered hook u fashion that Would have lirM PU Idled, tin n Baortd th dtp per, pneite grndnnte of eomnereial COliege. Put it kulliced for Allel Tu;,. j ' i. ii rery well. "Fort;, two. forty-three. fortyOUr, fort-rue - Wynooopi tliat's your page," he -:ii: "And I declare If Pa fl ain't the McKie page, right aero froin yours. I'd forgot that. Twenty-nine-twenty-nine dollurs und eighty tbree cents. There you are. Mis' VnCOOpl You licttcr reckon it up oui self and maki sure it'a all right. We're ali as liable to mistake tia the encrka that

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He tilted up and down on his tins mildly imrcdulous of any po. dbbj er ror in his nckoning, while Drusil.'a Wyncoop went over the COltiniOl froin the top downward Bar lipo ebippored audibly oxer the tak. "Vi s; that's just riglit, Abel, and I'm only thankful it isn't any tuore. Lord of lihcrty! who'd believe nutmega an' pepper V salt would cost 'most $::o! " Her eyes rested on Page M, still lying open on the counter. Her on n page, on pi - i to, looked nlniont mpty in compOet sou. From top tO bottom and from side to side. Page 46 was full of minute, unsteady words, traced with rramped pa in-taking and flanked by a relenfleu oolnmn of flgnree, "What n page foil" she exclaimed "You don't soy the McKies owe the w bolt of that ? Land of liberty I I don't s' e how they get a wink of sleep, and New Year right on the verge, too! 1 couldn't." "I guess it don't keep them IWsk any. Bblftlean tolkocoo ah Bp with their 1 .,s under w at. r." Mr. Tappau's voice, loud with scorn, echoed back from the high rafters. Mr. Wyncoop shook her bead reBaonstratingly. The words issued a little twisted out of tbape Hy the fat shawl pin betfeenber lipe: "O, no. no. Abet, you shan't call them shiftless I don't know about Jerom-

over the MOW. Befog quarter pas' half poo, tOW flOM Ibey were, almost touching handk! A little vo.ee r..ii-ed Abel Tap.an .y and by Keeky'sbiit lie had nev-r heard Beckye rotae from such a distance before. He seized the lamp and hurried upstairs, whefC lie and his lit t !.

beloved, mot hcrlcsH ISeckv and o'd

fv Nai ee lived.

Tbe child whs tos - i eg on her I d feetting ploJotlfi y, Her little face, in tbe lamp's f.elde glimmer, looked unduly Üii-h, (1 and thin. "My back aches so!" she whimpered tlceky'a Sack eebed so! Beoky'e lita iti . ht no, ()! Lord liave mercy, it was crooked! 1 1 IjOWOd out pitifuüv egalnil the little w hite sheets. IJect.y' face w is . harp with pain. Ai" ! Tappan shuddered from head to ti "' TI e lamp aboob in his hand unsafely Tbnugh the blur on Ids glasses the llttkl loaning head OC t he pillow teemed strangely far away from him Was it l,K little, plump, rollicking, dancing Beckybio straight liccky he had bei i SO proud of always? "I'm so tbinty in Bay throat.'" moaned the little crooked Becky on the bed He in-tit down unsteadily and kiss.-d her Mis heart broke in the kis.

"D iddv'II fetch you a drink right ofT.'' bo faltered. B M tbe thrust nvvay the glass he brought her. "It don't taste good take it aw::y. daddy, I'm to tbinty in iny tbrootl" "Yes. yes; daddy '11 go get tome nice frcab water, right out of the well. Y'ou wait. Becky.1 Becky lifted up her small, tangly head and gazed up at him reproach fully. "lake it away, daddy." she cried "Put lemon in it don't taste good. I want a aqneCM O" lemon In, an' sugtir. I'm so tnintyl" Abel Tappana grinicd head bowed H s If hcsMc the child's. "Yes, us; daddyTl fetch a lemon right away and make it taste good.1 he mumbled In an ngony of grief, against her cheek. "Duddy'Il see to it all nice." Bach in the store again, he could find no lemons, though he searched and reeearched vith d v.ed insistence. Where could they be? There had bed pb Bty Of them, over there on the second, right -band shelf, in a row. He moved btneca and ennft, ho cleared Whole shelves with a sw eep of his arm. U.'cky's little wail sounded on. ttttOtOO lug. in his ears. lie must find them! He

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WISHER A 1IA1I V NEW FEAH, DADDY T

e1 m supper. I told P.ecky

' rs: 'MWjr Wvncoonil be In to pay

McKie, but his wife tint. She's a real devoted woman, and works dreadful hard. Maybe she don't know how to make the money spend as well's she might, but that ain't shift leoaneea. And I never saw a t mierer hearted mother than she is to that little sick girl oi hers. I piles she humors her to pieces. POOt little thing!" Aliel Tappan stirred uneasily. A r w of golden lemon on the shelf looked at him with silent reproach. "Thewatei don't taste good," a boy's eager voice said in his ear. "She looks bk your little granddaughter, too." Mrs. Wy ncoop went on, driving the shnwlpin home with in trepid aim "evcrv body noticed it. Tiefore she fell downstairs find crooked her hack the teacher- she hoarded w ith me then said you could hardly tel' those two children apart w hen thv were together. She used to get 'em all mixed up at school. Same colored hair, With the some kinks in it, and ÜM I ffl -

just alike, and even their little ditnp'es matching! The lit Mr McKie girl was fat nm! well then, like your Becky." The lemons blinked their yellow eye reproachfully. Mr. Tappan strode behind the counter and sw ept them, with a succession of Hatten, into thenioncv drawer, out of sight. He was mental'v reviewing the items of Page M, li'' knew then by heart. How tunny, many of them were tyttle unpretending lux uries that a little, peevish, sick child might crave! How- few of them her rings now nnd then, and salt codfish or oatmeal were Doceoaarieol it bid nettled him over and over ngaln t think of ft. but now, somehow, N touched him against bis Witt. Yes. O. yen, lie knew they nurd to siy the little McKie girl Love. IKive. what was her name?- looked like H.-ckv His Deehyl His little round, roly poly, bappj Deck) I After Mr- Wyt BOOp'i departure h ' Tappan took the Mg brown ledger bock to the corner desk sill! . pen. Iopged1y lie turned the p .pcs and went In work With quick strv the little New Year was hurrying to meet the Old Year llii light footatept made no creaking

could tot go iKick to I'ccky without

them. The ycilow labels ou some of

the bottles mocked him and led him on

to unavailing hopes. The dim lights

twinkled Ihiir eyes and jet-red at Uim

A merry party yoing past outside shouted and sang, and he shook his

tight J i T toward them angrily. When

could the lemons be? lie asked himself

over and over in dull wonder. If he had or.ly remembered to look in the mom y till! "I'll go down to the Forks they'll have in at Henley's," he muttered. "It's a guHl mile, but I don't care if it's .'.o! 1 don't care if I have to wake up the scen siecpers, neither!" Hut how long it took to find his great coat and get into it! He tried to hurry. Heavy weights si cuieil to hang to his limbs and drag them back with diabolical peiuiatCBCC, Would his arms trot go into the sleeves? Was it going to take till crack o' doom to get his hat on his head ? llig drops of sw eat scurried down the seams of Iiis haggard cheeks. lie set his teeth doggedly. If the lemons in the money drawer had only jogged against the door of his memory! "I'll find one big one -steal one anything!" he cried aloud. Hark! was that the litt le voice, mufti, -d bv the folds of the thick comforter, still calling to him? Was it growing clearer, nearer'.' Wisher Happy New Year, daddy." Why, it was llecky said it herself, standing in the murky doorway? Bechyl He voice shrilled out to him, triumphant and sweet. Abel sprang forward In sudden horror and caught iter in his arm. Her little nightgown fell nway from her bare toes, and he felt the chill of tin Bi against Ids wrists. "Kapp) New V. ar " he repeated, meebuntcally, f r her. He was hupping the little Void hot icfeelj tohb . rennt, and birr Ing his face in the tousled ha;r. it vva Becky Becky ""i her cheeks. gOlMl his. felt room! end warm. And she tnt on his arm as Itrohrkt and itror.r aa a little ramrod!

Then he hm! been asleip lie t.ad hid a terrible dn am. Thank God. tie WM nwak. BOWl lie carried Heeky back npatain feeling every step a he went, with siow care. Then he tucked her into bed among blanket and 'piiits. und kis-, d her. ii - btmp was flickering out, and he got a no- and carrii d it dour, s tail.-. The Mg book on the high corner desk lav Opto "I page 40 What! I rappnn could hurdly believe hit ty-. ll- took off his glasses and tubbed then 0U the lining of his coat. But when he put them on again, he could still see two wavy, crss cross llnet meandering trom corner to corner of page 40. Mr. W v I coop's page, opposite, was clean and uncrossed "Well. now. who'd 've believed it!" he lau fhed, in loud delight. His heart felt light and glad, "I did it myself. Instead o c roaaing out Mis' WynoeoprM And it can stay, too It'll remind me that I ain't going to press that poor McKie woman a mite not n mite not if sh- can't ever pay up. She's got a poor little spindling, crooked-backed girl, and the Loru knows that's enough affliction, That's more'n I could stand." With t ii reful painstaking, he retraced the slanting lines, his pen spluttering tiny flecks of ink upon his intent face. "There!" he breathed softly, "I guets they're black enough to remind me if I ain't stone blind! Now I'll turn over a new leaf." At the top of the clean, new page he wrote, in his small, unsteady letters, the word "Lemons." "I'll send Heeky over with Yn first thing in the morning if I can fnc 'em," he added, laughing ngain. Then he slapped his thigh in a sudden spasm of recollection. "Why. lilies your heart! they're in the money drawer this minute, holding their sides, like as not. I raked 'em all in to pet 'em out o' my sirht." A sleigh load cf belated revellers was crunching past. Their gay voices rar.p out. and their laughs chimed in pleasantly with hi. He hurried to the door, unlocked It. nnd shouted after them at the top of Iiis voice, little llecky 's "Wisher Happy New Year!" Anrie Hamilton DottBCfl in Country fientlcrr.an. ANOTHER NEW YEAR.

BRYAN TALKS OUT. Ta Culvblal tv.ra I. i ru p, rim i mt le e Cnirar , Amt 1Potttoinlee,

Asc lle.-U.meil Uy lexi.nl sien UJ Onlv aa Our fJroiTth In Mnnlr und um n I Virtue Won I.I Show. A modern author suggests that if all record nnd measurement of time hv hours and days nnd yenrs could be abandoned, we should gradually adopt r newer and truer standard, and count our nge by inward rather than outward sign. If, by transformation of mental habit, this Introspective reckoning could suddenly be brought to Inar. in what new aopont should we see ourselves and our friends. How old would many acem who are yet in the vigor of youth, and how youthful many whose browa are wrinkled and crowned with silver hair. Wc might not wholly separate time and growth, but we should measure time for mortals as we do for trees, by the indications of growth. Who does not know the difference Who looks back and sees how the lifeless yean of his past lie half forgotten J while ihc life of the vital yean, has powI r RiiH to set every pulse athrob? These 1 ears count, the ot hers are ciphers. We r.re n old as their grand vitality inwrought into experience and ripened ! into character has made us. We ere aa old as our thoughts ore hiph and deep; as old as our love is wide and warm; as old. and only as old, no matter how many our years, as out growth in manly and womanly virtue would show. The brain may have absorbed

fact and theories and philosophies .-bout goodness and the real self h' learning the alphabet of liod's lesson

of obedience nnd trust.

These being the natural food of the ' soul, its real growth depends on the

soul's power of assimilating what hn

Iveu prepared by n Divine hand for its nurture. Yet on no amount of

thought about obedience, or love, or goodness will the hungerinp human

nature thrive. No careful analysis of foods will build up the wanting tissue!

or pivv new strength to the growing body, onlv that which enters into the

life becomes part of filier, nnd blood.

and bono.- Washington Home Maga

zine.

HOW SIIK KSKW.

Mrs. Cobwigger How do you know

jour husband kept the resolution he

Binde J Oil last year to give up smoking?

Mrs Millaire I've the best of proof, made him a present of a box of ci

gars and be hasn't touched one of them

the whole vear. X. Y. World.

(ettlnK Itemlx for ROW 10001 lint-.

Qi.i.er What are you putting cot-

Ion in vour ears for?

Wise Hon t want to be deafened by

the sound of broken pledges to-nrr-

row. N . V Journal.

L'poc forwarding his resignation as colonel in the Doited I täte I army a few da) ego, Williuin J. Bryua gave exproi rOO to his views jn tin subject of eapenalon as foltowoi "liie people of the United States, having reamed t uba from foreign control, may now resume the discussion of the domestic problems which confront thi nation und to the consideration of the new questions arising out of he War. "1 may he in error, but in my judgment our uatiou is in greater danger just now than tuba. Our people !- tended tuba against foreign uru.s; i.ovv they must defend themselves and their country ugainst a foreign idea the colonial idea of Kuropean nations, llereteilore greed hna perverted the government and used its instrumental interferences for private pain, but now the very foundation principles of our government are ussailed. "The imperialistic idea Is directly antagonistic to the idea nnd ideals which have been cherished by the American peop'e since the Eipning of the declaration of independence. Our nation must give up any intention of entering upon a colonial policy (such as is now pursued by Kuropean countries), or it must abandou the doctrine that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed. "Wc may believe that governments come up from the people or we may believe that povernnients come down to the people from those. who possess the heaviest cannons and the largest ships, but we cannot advocate both doctrines. "To borrow a Iüble quotation: 'A house divided apainst itself cannot stand.' Paraphrasing Lincoln's de claration, I may add that this nation COn not endure half republic and half colony half free and half vassal. Our form of government, our tra-'itions, our present interests and our futiae welfare, all forbid our entering upon a career of .or.quest. "Jefferson has been quoted in support of imperialism, but our opponents mail difetinguish between imperialism and expansion: they must also distinpuish between expansion in the western hemisphere and an expansion that involves us in the quarrels of Kurope and the orient. They must still further distinpuish between expansion which accures contiguous territory for tuture settlement and expansion which secures us alien races for (store aubjugat ion. "Jefferson favored the annexation ol necessary contiguous territory on the North American continent, but he was opposed to wan of conquest, and expressly condemned the acquiring of remote territory." When asked how the colonial policy could be prevented. Col. Bryan said: "Some think that the fight should be made against ratification of the treaty, but I would prefer another plan, if th? treaty is rejected negotiations must be renewed, and instead of settling the question according to our ideas we must settle it by diplomacy, with the possibility of international

complications. It will be eactcr, I think, to end the war at or.ee by ratifying the treaty and then denl with the subject in our own way. The -ii'- can be presented directly by a resolution of congress declaring the policy of the nation upon this subject. "The president in his mess ipe says that cur only purpose in taking possession of Tuba is to establish a tubll government and then turn that government over to the people of Cuba. C'onpress could renllirm this purp.ise in

regard to Cuba and assert the same purpose in regard to the Philippine blands and Porte llico. Such u resolution would make a clear-cut issue between the doctrine of self-g.'vTriimcnt and the doctrine cf imperialism. We should reserve a harbor and coaling rtation in Porto Kico and in the Philippines in return for services rendered; nnd I think we would be justified in asking the same concession from Cuba. "In the case of Porto Hico. where t hepeople have as yet expressed no desire for an independent government, we might w ith propriety declare our willingness to annex the island if the t tizens desire annexation; but the Philippine islands are too far away and their people too different from ours to lie annexed to the United States, even if they desired it." PRESS COMMENTS D'ngley is opposed most violently to the "open door" policy. In other words, he is going to bolt it. Chicago I)i mocrat. It will be observed that the deficit producing attachment of the Dingley bill made a splendid record lor the year. Pittsburgh Post. Some people want to take care of tbe gold and give the masses their paper promises. These are "sound"

money fellows. Illinois State Register. '.'nder the imperialistic programme we will all be patriots, for none of us can escape the necessity of "bleeding" for our country. IJingbamton (N. V ) Leader. Since McKinley has failed to give congress a policy concerning the Philippines, it looks as if the republican members of that body will have to do without, or ask Mark Hanna for one. Kt. Louis Republic. Senator Vest bes sounded the first note against expansion in the senate bv int rod uc ing a resolution against a colonial system, pronouncing it to b unconstitutional. Mississippi Valley Democrat. If we must be robbers, let us at leas avoid being hypocrites. '1 he administration is taking the Philipp. ties only because it thinks it sees manifest material advantage in their annexationsBaltimore Sun.

MORE TAXES TO BE ADDED.

How tlir Poller of i:iaaWoa W la some of in. I ur..,. a ouairl. a

The French cabinet is elaborating a lehenie of progressive income tixati o. It is designed to raise 172.000.000 franco a year, and it will apply epe iaiiy to the wealthier elaaaco who tnanifeaA their means in living and pleasure exjH'i. !it ure. The rental value of the biu itaiion wi'.I be used primar.lv to calculate the income of the occupant, anel this calculated income is inciased -o much by each servant employed, carriage ow net! or employed and other evidences of income, such aa yachts, doge, n utocyclea and the like. Additions tu taxable income from these evidencce of weaith vary OOCOrrtiog to place. Th U.1, t he . nipioy nicnt of a female servant adds KM franca to the taxable income of a person in Paris, T"0 franca in the larger cities out side of Pans, and so on down to 400 francs for tna country eitlagoa. The enormous demands upon the exchequer incident to the maintenance of the military and naval might of the nation necessitate radical measure of public revenue, and wealth must accordingly be placed under special contribution. Great Hritoin's imperial policy has forced upon the wealth of .. . nat ion the mosit radical system of graduated income and probate taxes existing anywhere outside of Switzerland! and New Zealand, and it is oioy a que, tmn of a brief time at the ; res.-;:t rats of imperial progress and navy and army expansion w hen the burden must le increased per capita or per unit of wealth. France is now to follow suit, and all over Europe wealth will ha made more and more to contribute to the support of the hixurj of colonial and military expans-ion not so much beennee of the justice of this course, but because of the poverty of ths masses nnd th-ir inflammatory sta'.e of mind. There is no large nation in'the world to-day where wealth is relatively to liphtly tared as in the United State, ltu with the entrance of the ration into the arena of the wor'.d-grnbbirg and milhary powers all this must change. Wealth will be made to foot the bill. Hot hing can lie more certain, unless we are to suppose that the middle and lower clashes of people in the I'nited States pfs-es less of the spirit and strength of resistance to the encroachments of privilege and power than the crushed nnd broken masses af Europe. Springfield (Mass.) Republican. NOW THE SPOILS.

n. i lo lie ( reated for OS! cell q n u r II r ii ii l.l lea n Party urLrn.

Washington advices intimate that an executive order haa already been prepared which wili remove from the clasaitied service 'Ji? deputy coilectoi s of internal revenue, CuO examining Burgeons attached to the peas-ion bureau, and a number of minor places, id order to create vacancies to he tilled by "party workers." With what consistency ca n President McKinley thus unstarcli the civil service '.' Iii Iiis mesaape of December , J.-'.7. he concluded his remarks con

cerning the "important branch of our government known as the civ.' service" by saying: "The syttem has the approval of the people, and it will be my endeavor to uphold and extend it." I his inaugural message lie furthermore declared that "Beforau in ths civil eel11 las must go on. but the change must le real and genuine, not perfunctory or prompted by a zeal la behalf of any party simply because it happens to he in power." And while the president npiears to have overlooked the subject in this year's mesape if he ba credited with consistency of purpose, t lie omission must be attributed rather to the pressure of war topics and foreipn affairs than a chnnpe of views or a wnverinp in adherence to civ il nrice reform. The Chicapo TimeeHeraM, one of the stronpest newspaper supporters of the president, and which, indeed, boasts that it ia the original McKinley organ of them all. remarks upon this anhjeof i Tferlag so romrrlttrtt btOWOtf to utahltsh the dvH servtca of the irnverr.tneni mors firmly on what he Justly styled a 'basts of bwneeao methods nnd personal merit.' what would be thought If he should now ytel l to partisan pressure and throw UM to 2.000 places Into the party rrah ban? "Ths public looks to President McKinley not to take any step backward In 'I,- reform which, to use the words of his predecessor, 'has survived the doubts of Its fnendH as well as the rancour of Its enemies, and has Rained s permanent place amonfc the agencies dsstlneC to 000000000 do II ties and to Improve, economtxa sod elevate th nubile service. ' m "Just Whea newly acquired national territory places fresh demands on our civil service it would be peculiarly untimely and unfortunate to make a breach In the wsll of approved merit that protects It from lacompetence and partisanship " Nevertheless, s the Tinie-Hersld itself puts it, this ia a "long-expected order, in ant icipation of which the spoilsmen have been licking their hungry chop for months," and "now they aro sure that it is forthcoming immediately. " Albany Argus. Will Hanna be tried on the charges which are ready to be brought apainst h in.' Hntd'y. And yet, nolody in the country, who has any claim to intellipence, doubts his guilt. I i real is Hunna-ism. and McKinley us its only prophet. Tamnny Times. It tecani the crnnmissJoo to whitewash Alperisin pets pay $75jf)0O out of MOjOOrnO appropriated for the president 10 use for t he national defense. Is not this a little tortuous? V nid it not purzle a common mind how it i "nstijnal defense" to whiteWeefe Al'-ci and A ierism ? Illinois State itegrSler. The locked-out Operatives at Fall River must have smiled at the nows of the Metal cotton rni 'I strike at A Hanta. The inability of the lnpley b'M to raise, the wspes of cotton spinners ia utterly impartial in its geolegicoI ineffectiveness. St. Louie Bepublio.