Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 43, Number 45, Jasper, Dubois County, 12 July 1901 — Page 3

Weekly Courier. C. DOAMBi l'ulIUUrr. jAM'IMt. ' : S i INDIANA.

DISAPPOINTMENT. i fortune in disguise, . :. 11 r-l ly 'y l' "' . i In h r hmttmmA eye. Ori'f I" ths SO" she . I(.,w slmuM I Know Hi- KUtet im i-.inii- M.rl iJribtr th ft W J I n,'r I would set BS haf1 ,.. - i itnj! lll ih' vln. . u. I mm' to my side " This unlnvtMd gUMt, y, in. stole iiway My rcgfe But li the momltiK light ah. Hi. r face iu tneret I aaW a vUaice bright. A beautjf ltml end rar. M . di mp, deceitful UeM fad put my fHlih to test. of and T arc flleuda, Who Km. unlit to h entraiiBid; floW lBf li:tt h made Mirn-lKlr1. And all tin world la chana!. For alnea I knew my kii st, i Rod be flft lbs bast. W ("Uirk". In N V. Indop nUnt. i::-:":-:,,:MX''KMxoo I The llnd of the Fecial at Nome. 1 fi ; 8 By Lou Rodman Teeple. B 0 B .' : : : linOYlV' cid miiuT, elbowing his L) ,v nj through lac crowd in Um . . Ii ''boys, Lucky .luck's took up eiaim." I''als of laughter this announcement p, ,!, -i vi ii claim Mm git on an g rrgled a low-atatured Nor . " i on act ," a radahirted Cellii explained t a new-comer, . ulftilll Jack has staked nut. Of . utnke, i'iii' one has tvt up a IUU In; most nf ''III WO hnldjup ! ground fT their friendHa bill . -, ! good-natured be jest give call Kim Lucky Jack now, i! unlucky. - n he won! irt oT this claim if ticKlnlej w:.its it." TMl from ulf-lin 'ii from Idaho. didn't wonder i' ho li'l though, foi a fellow (lil atnke that claim two iiinuiiiK ago; Im went to es after his fa mily an' DC. er : lint 'twould be jnt Jack's" he turned up and raised a row. 1 "i nl I ripple f ici K that H . ir 1 1.1.' heard what the bar lice of that man. for the . nd nf strife drew the crowd In I tod i to e. it us the 1 egiuning of I he I, Jack was making the dumb at j . - nd quick rnabea of 1 pig that is trying io eseape: lie MM evidently In ' to make the sorer f his tm : ml In fore bim heading Una ntf each ried to pans her. was a little hruwned-eyed, rd-eheeked woman, i hough abort enough to hare nder th big miner's out- ' .'.:n! arm, made up for the handicap in nine by her amain' iiickncss 1 hi wildering effect of a steady II "f threats .mil assertions. She warn i. other than Mrs. Brier, the ' of the man who months before ! ! risked out that claim. She hail '! ne( up her own tent B few raids fr.iin Lueky'a, and now, sui ' A by a imst boy with mow ite hair and a yeiloe dog with one . i he was resolutely 1 pint; Ihf miner "nff her elnitn." "Von hard-faced old antichrist!" pmhably meant anarchist); "vo ' no repard for law or decency. Ho well yon waited till Hill Brier ie before you jumped hi Ob won'' he show you. when ' here? nd till he do "s come. I'll I yon off!" U 11 yon dodge abend of me the miner snarled. "I'm egoln" ''iv tent, and on ran p-o tn " lie 'I flnish the sentence, luit she ' d it fi'r him as she gmbbid him hy Ii e eollnr and shook him n igornttsly v.as alile while at the disadant:iL" nf standing on the tips Of her Ion to nach his neck. "I can Co to that "ahme, enn 1?" she aereannd. "Well, yu can go there, loo, but yon can't go to that tent Of ' -v'n Mm want to take it down." rio? corned and harried man jerked at front her banda, and replied Magely, ",t much 1 don't take my lent off this etntni, Ian) I'll icar yours '11 hefore morning if you don't 1 nnuo lone " "Von will. will you?" As the woman spke the dfew n rerolvei from her dresB; and the miner, who wis accnstonu'd te seeing n gun used hl Ho same breath it wns pulled, ' ' 'd her WTlal and wretu hed the veapon from her grasp with 00 gCOtkj force. Ah he did so. the little woman rele! nnd fell at his feet in n lend faint; the aatonlahed man bond)" 'ng over her dropped the gun on iter 1 "i which probnbly boateaed her '" 'irn to consciousness; und while was getting upon her feet, lie run for hit tent. She picked p the gun and aobbcd out, "You ' wall till BUI Ürier gets here; "''s all." The while the whitchaired hoy wept dolefully, and the yellow dog accelerated the BjM-rd of hi retreating foe j ahapplag Itis I - Is nt every tej. 1 't night the slnmhers and cain the T inity of the disputed I heard a sound that rOM) mm the voice of the wind that was ' a gate, Investigation showed ' I wind had Mown down one ' nf Mrs. Prior's tent, and she. with ' rend lmried tinder the blankets, aereamtef, "Si k 'im, Bibjarl P "ml Oh. yon murderm". prowlin' ' Hltain, a-taarln' the ahelter from T ti e bind of 11 sleepin' child!" " 'he wind, area W Nome, wns " M ii to bg atari by Ilm Almlghtg,

Mr--, ilrler'i addraas aoanded rather hlahphi minis. After the visit in had Mwctatdatl m eonviammg Lor that hat lent waa being yanhtd oat of nlaas lay I'n .vidciiee instead r,i Lock .lack. ata! f.r the had leaaraly tsggad the . .iin.is down or her, quiet tattluii ftn the ahyht over lha faudal district. But atoning taw the htgfnaiaM of hostilities, that, with brief Intersnbv sioiis. lasted for long, weary moatha. I'll. it cms were hnilnl agalBlt the bntS Di one lent nl aight and flrd again t the other each morning. The man pttrnoM-ty roared ont tonga hv .uns, luBahyes, saythtag that would keen up 1 dcavfenhag nohm at ta hour v !;en the v oiiuiu feign would have laid set armor off and niept. n paaaed nnneeaaaarlly mar the Aoor wien ha ercaasd the claim. And though the woman was not positively known to bias the blue-eyed dog on, sin certainly laughed heartily every time he gal a bite at the foe's 1 Is nnd openly petted BBger nfter such reprisals. Beery day tin ataa urea! to the bench with his rocker to seek for gold, :i"-l tii' trotnnn went to a reataurant, where -he waahed ilishes, and in return received Hour ami salt; at id the white haired boy, wrapped in a man's old fur OVCrcoat, often aal alone for hours, with no one to speak to but t he yeBow dog. One day when I.ucl v Jack- returned to his tent he found BBger rilreadv there, buaily engaged in foraging the enemy's stores. Now, ,lak's heeli were sore ffOOP tie morning onilaught of hi-- opponent's henchman, ami when he found him thus at Iiis mercy, for the ftrtl time he felt that the boya had not misnamed him when they prefixed Lucky to his name. Pnstenlng tin- tent behind him. be took up an tX handle nnd with the In (tiialtory, "Mile my liels again, will '."' he laid the Mows tin the intruder thick ami mat, rcsotred to leave not breath in him, but to Ring his carcass over to the other tent. 'The dog, la blfl turn, tore wildly from side to aide of the tent, now Irving to dodge under a bos thai screed as a table, now attempting in cIom i:i and get bin teeth into his tormentor, and at hist, thoroughly leates, be crouched at his conqueror's feel with auch pi'eous howls that, like Hubert beg fore Prince Arthur in ike tower of

London, Lucky'n pity made him on j ;i ie to do tin muraeroua ueetl ae nan intended, and after some more iters aovice to his now humble foe. the btg rosa aat down and fed him bread dipped in cold gravy, lie even patn-d the animal's head in his restored good humor, remarking as he did so: "1 en n't strike a women, no nutter how nggrawatta' sin is. but, thank Oawd, I I in take it out ' the doi'." "Was mi a lickitt' Bty mam's llawg?" Jack lumped to Iiis feet as this question was pronounced to him through a hole iu the tent. lie opened the door and the small boy entered, trailing an dd ldanket 1k1 im htm, am! repeated hit piestion. l ucky' big heart melted at the for'oii apparition, und he said deceit' fully; "Dmi't you s(e I'm a feed in1 him'.''' "Fought I heerd 'im a erylnV sac picloualy. "Sonny, he he was langhin" at what I was a l ivin' "im." Be yo a tryin' t burn v e's tent?" Well. no. kid not unless swi-arin' at it till the air is full o' brimstone might s. t it bbutn; bat if that 'nd do it it 'ud burned before this." Then there was a pause in which the child watched the lg hungrily; then, with a iiOpeieea little Sigh: "Wish 1 ud n hud part ' Bllger's brastd.M "Qraaf BTanner, baby, are you laingry n ii IT to cat with a dtWg? Here, wait till I get you sonic cookies an' coffee," 'i'h" child mooched the 'ookics in silence, then he said: "Mam says you'r a hardened sinner, a elstm-fu-.nper, ' -osier. "N." in' a mighty tough ole Am you?" growled the host, adding, with rising anger, "an' your mam's worse than anything she can call me." ThCtt, ns the bog vas leaning conPdiagly against his knee, lie said: i'.iu you're t nice bor." Another long pause, nnd then, ns though h were -.veiling a lesson, the little f.llovv drawled out: "Wait till1 Bill i'rier, my pap. conns: he'll show you." "All right, kid; lint if it's anything about uiiir mother lie's goin' to slmv ire he needn't take the trouble. I've ..-cv enough of nr already, nut, say, heir's only four or five months that your dad can COOM safe on the steanii s; a iiv imi't he eomef" "Can't; he's got too much dirt to n Ig. "I'h-hiih! T though! BO; got a claim somewhere erne nn' workln' it. while his wife h Ids this one." Tha hoy had worinrd a purple little fist into the miner's hand, nnd he now observed; "Your bead's warm, nin't it? Nights irilCB I'm awful cold mam holds my hands 'gainst lie.- BSMOffl to git Ym .v a i in, an' cries ennse site's so cold shf: cain't git BM warm." "Oh, the Devil!" .lack utCred the ejaculation with such eehesnence that ; he child looker! r.pprehcnsivcly over ".lis shoulder. "Why don't you put ldanket i eaOOgh over yo" to keep you warm?" "We's on'v gtit n few, on' they'a rngf: l " "Well, enn't yon keep a fir-?" "'Mam snys conl is $xn a ton up liere. nn' if she goes nn' carries lrift wood lor a day she can't work at the roostctaint, an' then we's onin't hcv nany bread thCt day. See?" Well!" Af'et- .lack hnd mnde this Stimm lag up f the situation there Wal n silence, during which the sadloieed tirchln cniwded both hands Into the hoatl wnrm linnd and the dog i! ked his boots. "What's your name, little feller?" Jat k asked at last. "Chnrlie, 'n yours nm T.ueky Jack." "Yes; nnd BjOW, Charlie, I'm goin' to bring some things and leave 'em at

v ar ma's tert Hap to-night; an' I . ; nt you to promise to never taj who duns it. Will jroa s iimlttT" "Yep, i'll promise not to tell OB v U vkile y h i Uvln' ii TO II swear ur orlai orosa youll lis aa uy I V nsn't ere if you r list." Thai a i i i lit Jack mads np, a bundle of fur roiies änd blankste, muttering ."II the while; "Mi ler feee; goi d i i fur 'i r." Nevertheless, he gladly .veleommj Charlie the o t time he Binds bla new friend a stolen rialt, ami with the hoy on hiB knee he asked: "What iliil your mam ay tboul the bundle she found at her di. nl' thil morning?" 'Mam? Oh, flrst her mya it'- a wonr de Luckjf .lin k hadn't aSCH 'em an' stole 'ems an' then she begins t civ an' kneels down an' Mys Mithin" 'I out 'Him as has ' me inhered the erkU ler an' t he fat herlcss." "Why, you nin't fatherless you've got a fat bar, a i n't v on ?" MYep, hut he cain'1 come with all that dirt o' hfs'u to dig." And now it f-ll out that BTerj little while Mrs. I'.rier found food, furs ami even money at her door that hsff unknown benefactor placed then ami then tied before lha could get a glimpse nt him. "8sy, Lucky," barley said one day, "them bairin'l all gone, an' I liked 'ein nw fully." "The herring? Oh, yes; well m n brought you some more, but I'm alius afraid your mam will watch" And watch she did, ami one night, seeing Jack (as she believed ) in Hie very act of stealings parcel that had been gen eroualy left for her, she caught up bet gun, ami that she Bred without aim wns perhaps, the reason she brought down her mas with a bullet in the lu e ; st . The sOUnd Of shooting brought the ne ti from the saloon and little Charlie from iiis lied. "This man was stcaBog stealing thinos from my tent loor," cried Mrs.

i'.rier, wringing her hnn I in an agony of excitement. "Oh. mammy, he wasn't! he wasn't. 'Tvts I. im that broughl all the things to u I the blankets an' everything!" Charlie was wild with grief, and Itllger licked the white face of 1 he otan whose blood vvas crimsoning the Kine.v vlure he lay; hut he turned his head ami whispered: "Oh, Charlie, yu promised not to tell!" "I didn't tell not while you I livin'." BObbed the child, "hut look at tiic bleed -oh, Lucky! you dead now. biirc." "No. no. li isn't dead, lie niusn't die! Men, carry him into my tent, where I can take care f him. I won't let him die." And she war, as good as her worl. Never bad man a more faithful and deeoted muse. For the first time since childhood the hi.'. roiti;h fe! low knew the soothing touch of ii woman's hand; ami her patient sweetness and little aeheanea to amuse and interest him. when in the (lays of eoavaJeocenee he began to ehafe at his inactivity, were a source of end less wonder to hint. And os he Watched the quick moving little tignre ami studied the brave, bright face of his quondam foe. he realised that, though his lung had healed nnd was ns sound as ever, his heart hail got a Wound from which it must ache while he lived. So lie steadfastly re1 ed Mrs. Brier's offer that he should take half the claim, and insisted that he would return to Taeoma. "loll yOtJ are doing well here; why do yog gO away'.'" the nurse asked for the t went it t h time. Driven to the era!!, in replied: "Will, because- Oh, hang it! I'vrt died up all Bty eXCUSeS here's the truth: I love you, Mollie. I just long to work for yOU, to keep i-are and trouble away lion: von. And I could do it. if darn Brier, anvway! Oh, I don't nnan that, hut, Mollie. I want to take v on in my arms "Then why don't you. Johnnief she asked, demurely, "Greed st. Benedict! What'd Kill Brier any when he comes .'" he gasped. "lie Wl n't saj anything, poor man." - the wax laughing and crying both together "'cause he'll never come. He died WhCB he came back after ns; but we's all pack d up to come, and he said we could hold his claim: so, after he was buried we come nn an' nn' I thought you'd he seared to stny on the claim if you thought my man was comin'. Why there you great, big silly man don't! Charlie'll see you." And when Charlie did pat in an appearance .lack privately Inqsdred: "What'd yOU say your pap was diggin' for. youngster?" 'Cause, if lie were eoinin. as mammy said, he had tCT b",r dirt, an' a lot ' it : I seed 'im. an' 'is bos is buried umh r a miwful heap o' it." .lack coinprehensieely- "Oh." thai tenderly. "DM you know your inothei was goin' to have me now?" "Yep. I heerd you a lata1 it up." Radford Review. An r.vanjr nn tlahlt. A story is told of an Knglish schodmaster who offered n prize to the boy who should write the best composition in live minutes on "How to Overcome Habit." At the expiration of five minutes tlx eompoeitioni were read. The price went to a lud of nin vcars. Following is his essay: "Well, sir, habit is hnrd to overcome If yon take off the first letter, it does not ehsaga ''nbit.' if you take off another you still have a 'hit' left If you take off still nnolher. the whole if 'it' remains. If you take off anolher. it is not wholly used up; all of which gOCS to show that ;f you want to get rid of a habit, yea; must throw ir ofT altogether." Youth' Companion. A Itrrnkfust Tnlde llerllin. "I understand thai Jenkins took tin thirty-third degree." "Yes. His wife n it tin t BOl occur again." 1'uck.

!. aii In (he I n I i nsl loSMl Serin fur jui) ii, ioaiheasinntnfl at MU MUtl lltll-llll lM. IPrt-r u a by ti C !. ah n' jn.j XHJC 1MB s i i:.T. (ii at i It l:l-iM , And the srpr.t - mnu ths wrmsn V nt-1 : tat sureti ..- 4. Kor i i. haow ttiat in ti.i i : est Um r tben your ft .-ball Is apt d 1 und ball be us goii.-. ki.awtttgcaod MUl t rU. U. Aral wlel; tl.i V .11. I. a tli.it ll tr" wa good for food, SBd Ihn It -. plearar.t tu thi i. ur.d a iric to bo dtIrt'd to makf one wine, she took o( Ikt trull tin ri ot, Sttd Jii! -at. anil ijuve sUo unto h r I itbSI ! Stil h la r ; mal b '' ' ii V. And tb i : - of tie m bath v.. .. op I. id. and they kie a that tb n sab d . ai rj ilit-y line, fit It-avv lugith.i, ai.J u.u i in mn lvi sprens. b. Ar.d liny heard the voice of tin I. i .

Cod vvaiM.s- in th k r.:. t. tn ti.. .ei u the day; and Ad., m ai.l his i wif.- tiid tin miv. s a. in u ii...... of th. b-.rd ti..'. pru amor.su the tn s o! the Kann r.. 9. And the Lord Cod called in to Aden, ind ull unto him. Wl. rt ait thou? 10. Ai.d tie aid, I in ..id Thy v. act- la I be rardt-n, ar.d I was atrald, bicaute 1 a nah i . and i bid mj n It. 11. Ar.d He nid. Wbo tald thee that thou wastnakid? Hast thou tat. n of the tri i'. win not 1 rouimaiid d thoe thai thou khouidtft not satt Vi. And lb( n in I lid, The SI OBI IB Wl Thou yavest ta bo with ms, sbi n n I the tree, ar.d 1 did eat. 13. Atel ths Lord Qod said unto th- n inan. What la this tliat thou liast lioiie? AliU the woman ald. The BCfOSat higullid in . and I did rat. 14. Ai d the Lord Hod ald unto tin i utnt. BoCSUM thou hat done this, thou art mrsed above all cattle, ar.d ul-ove every beact of the fold; upon thy b. Ily chalt ttiou go, and dust nlu.it thou eat ail the days of thy life. is. Ai.d l in put enadty hatweea lbs and the Worn i d h tvvt i r. thy . d and tor seed; it rt ill brutso thy tn ad. ai.d thou . 'halt brntM h. 1 1. OOLOBN i.:i. here ein noentnA re, aanee i Mneh Moee abonedif iiom. ttao, KOTSI AM- ' i.MMKNTS. The is-oii of to-day preteataa oh tun tn tsd contrast to that of oar Last ; Itasoa, Then we ft td "f Ood and the wonderful works of Iiis hands; we j read of tb creation of man in the ini- j age of (tod u it h Kv c. Iiis a He, pi need in the Garden of Edea, surrounded by j ivirything that was hiautiful, pure and oalouisted to make the st happy, j The pi. -tore of this lesson is the great ! Rack blot of --in and its tecoMOnnylaji ' misery nml t'.esolat ion. 'i'he story n j fainilifr to til, an outline is sufficient to recall a 1 its essential ptdnts. Th" S. rp. i t Tl Utpts Kvt '"h. 3;l-6 ' ... ... I.... X1 1 '.I . . -I' ......... 1.. A , . .ii. on eioi j.i i i-.u j ,cuii(diiuii.. i . i He Ii ulU of Sin Vs. f-tt Lifo A ii . from t; ! ch. 4:i-:; The Berpent Ti mjiis Kve. In tiestory of the temptation notice carcfslly thret points: ii) The power of cell uggestion. Tiie serpent (or, we Itiaj say, Satan, speaking through the serpent! Stade BO l.!d as.-crt ion 1 1 flrsl nor did he pluck fruit from the forbid den tree and offer it I the woman That DM ans won! have la , n an imitation to i'.efeat. He put a nucstion: "Hath God said, ye shall Dot eat ot every tree of the garden ."' The subtle luggistion is at once apparent. Of a! evil things the most . v i'. i- t he i vi 1 sul' rettion, and ths more subtle the tag gtatloa the more powerful the tVll. (-) The spirit ..f iii-eont r.t as the opening Wl.1'.., for sia. 'ihr serpent"! evil snirt'est ion created in the woman's mind the spirit of discontent. It is possible that there is such a thing SI a noble dKc..ii! Bt which spun one en to endeav or t ha t w i 11 enable him t o rise from lowly surroundings and to mount the ladder of aapirattoa lo higher thin.'-; but discontent, la and of itself considered, i- a thing to be net i-t d. it t ana ids ntitl.tr ways nor means, asking only thai Its object be attained, and that objeel Is usualh one not

worth tin' attaining. Have your aspira- j tl ne to the fact that the ndminist r.it'mns. but keen down the spirit of (lis- I tion is seriously embarrassed hy the

conti nt 'I in- sin nf discontent is the more clearly reslised wh.n we recall that it i t vt r twnki m d at the call nf nn evil lUggestlon, (S) Satan follows up Iiis own evil suggestion, and the consequent spirit of diacoatent twtk . in ii in the woman's Mind bj degylsi the word of God. Clod had csid: "Ve -hall sun v die." Satan se.id: 'Ye shall not surely die." The Hesu'.ts of Sin -All th. rest oi the Bible, 1" L li ning with the BCVCtth verse nf the third chapter of the hrf hook, nnd all the history of the world. Is t he st ory of the consequences of sin. The Immediate n salt was banishment from the nsrndlai originally intended foT Stan, (! had said the penalty would be death, "The wages of sin is death." Separation from God is death. Sin drove Adam ai d live fr.ou I 1 1 - garden, nnd put a flaming svv..r.l which turned every wsj to gnnrd the wt te the tree of life. Only through repentance nnd the dt ath of the ph sjPal body dm s man now find Iiis way back to the paradise of Qod. Incidentally, we have here n hint of the redemption through Christ Among "tht st . d" or descendants, of the woman was to he the Messiah Jesus Christ. By Him has the hcedof Ihe aerpeat bten crushed. Life Apart from Hod. Rend the fourth ehspter of teall for n hint ss to the result nf -in. and of Mpnratioa from Ood. It i tha beginning of the tory of man taking the life of man. 1 1 is a pict are darkly dra w n. hut crime has been rampant on the face f the earth ffOM the fall of man to the present hour. Cain killed Abel, and I. a mach killed Cain. "I havt slain a man totny wounding, and a yoUBg i.-ian to my hurt." ieapea from Unsii. Spirituality is not spasniadic. Your soul cannot etl I y proxy . Terminology has often terminated trtrtii. No man lives for hrist till he has died with Him. When the 'vi1 preaches leave your paras at home. The Bunlighl of yesterday :s prelervci in the flowers of to-day. The flower! of nine must fall whan the fruit r p. nt for eternity. The w..r.l of the -nint OUghl to hs better security than the bond of the inner. Uam'a Horn.

THE ISSUE IN SIGHT.

Psataatlan nnd tu genets win Vagavanalf lombHleil L Ihr Dl-rjuiTur), One ytai froa u w the campaign for the i leet a of the Kifi.v . gh h toagratt will be under way ami the people will daeidt iy the political affiliation of those tiny then elect to represent then What the future poliey of the foeerameat shall ba ata tha .mportsnt is-in-, that are tiuw being dis v-ussed. Hun. Jatne- 1). I; hardson, that man of the dentoerstic congrestionnl committee, gives to the BsltiMOIt Sun his views on some of the tomcatoat questions, as follows: "Tha development of isues," he said, "is much more rapid than that ,.adidates for either party la (,,.. . . . .. 1 , . - ,ft contest. In the disciismon of e t he anlates it must be borne in man! ihat We have the congressional campaign of IMMi to reckon with hefore vm enter upon the business of president making iu 1904. "Out of tin earlier contest may grow conditions wh'ch will indn-ate more clearly candidates aveilahlc for the presidency The only excuse for the discussion at this time of candidates for H0 seems to be found in the eagerness of v,,mi. nien of greater or less prominence to begin a canvass in their own interests. "The national issues of the near future -eetn to BM to be more clearly indicated than ti the close of our latett contest it seemed possible they could be so BOOn. True democratic principles have frest vitality. Whenever the country feels that false theories and dangeroua policii are leading the government from the observance of right principles democratic doctrines sr. appealed to for rescue and safety. "The tariff question, which the re publican party declared a few years j ;l' to have been settled finally and forever in ftvog of high protection,! will be found to be very preuing in tha next presidential campaign. Trust e. he off-pring of the republican policy, have grown so great that they! overtop the parent and Dime rrvitec1 'mi can BO longer conceal them at her back by spreading her skirts or en-I veli, ping them in the black smoke of; the factories. Kren the trut- them selves demand something more than simple hoffie product! to feed on, nnd the most r.ihn-T of them arc lookine for an open way to foreign markets. ! Within the very ranks of the repub i Ileal party there is discontent at tha ' cont in nance of the system v liich shuts ' ns ort of our proper place in the , world'- commerce. There la a reluc tant acknowledgement that the old democratic tariff doetrir.es furnish means to open marke.s to our prod BCts. It may be clearly re-en hy one who looks ahead that the tariff question will enter into Ihe Campaign of 1004 as an important i- nc, and that the democrats will be found standing win re they have always stood. "All the old articles of faith whlck i have given t lie denn .. rati. party en riur.ng life will be found boldly cmblesotied is the next national enst paign. The preservation of the fa'th of our father- rill make the great Bompreht niive Issue of the onmpnign. "The Jeopardy In which the Monroe doctrine has been placed through the tbort-si gh t ed policy of the McKinley administration Is likely to attract very wide public attention and may even hi m. tn overshsdbnrlng issue. T do not know whether it is fully realized hv our people that the agitation over j the vfonroe doctrine at this time is n t. ' '( pn t c.l purpo-e ..f foreign (fOT ernnients to BCCjUtre ei riling stations In the proximity of South and f'entrai American ports. "Priir to our adventure in the Pbllipp'nes ai d before we had become S 'world power." to use that term ns the advocates of empire use it. the desire of foreign governments to establish lish beaea of supplies within the sphere of American republics would have occasioned n. serious ember ra--ment. 'there were no doubts exc led by foreign entanglements nnd complications of eonflieting policy. There vvas no question of our right to object, and it was silently acknowledged by all the world. Bnt the new policy of the administration htS placed this governnient in such a position that to maintain sovereignty over remote Islands the United States must tcquire the right to eatablish coaling stations within the sphere where the influence of foreign power-- is recognized. How can this government deny to other power a privilege within tin sphere covered by the Monroe dictrine while it seeks simitar privilege within their dominions? This Is ths question Which embarrasses, "The administration docs not know how to refuse privileges similar to those it must ask; yet to grant them would be at least a moditieat i.ui of the Monroe dictrine, nnd would threaten our stability as a nation through permitting the establishment of bases of supplies at our very ports, from which foreign power I could operate tgalBtl us la time of war. Worse thanabandonment of the Monroe doctrine, this would place us in the petition of not being strong enough to defend it or to defend ourselves with certainty from Sftnek. "This is one of the penalties we are .ailed upon to pny for the privilege of expanding.' This is becoming 'a World power.' Whether we are willing to pay the penalty mu t be one of the thiii-s tes'ed in lttMN Mr. Bawaa and his merry men who look nfter the national banks never seem to be nble to discover trouble until it is so acute that everyone but the small depositor knows it. If Dawes would pay more attention to examining banks than to Illinois polities to further his own ambition, the public might be better protected.

COMBINATION EFFECTS. Itallvrar 11na:ate l'ut ly m DlnS ta Fuoi ihr i enOdlea I'vol.

The fiaat railroad combination la evi.:. in .y orgi nlaed to gesee the publie uuU ilnis paj dividends on ihiir wa lerrd Itaalt, BOt only at it par v a 1 ue, but on the aurhst pries of rarioaa fctoi k-, many of which urejuoted fur above ar aadgrcatlj above tbeiiitrin fic value for which i the roads could he rep'.ae. d. The great railroad amg nates insist that the combination will benedt the public ti d b iter the eon dltioni of the men mployi A, but this is evidently said to fool I In pi ople. freight I have already bei Q advanced from .0 ta aü jer cen!.. according to the WtahisgtOa Post, which savs: Prominent western merchants, all heavy -diippers of merchandise, are preparing to OS 11 to account hefore the interstate commerce commission the heads of the various railroad combine tloaa and the "community of interests" alliances of the trunk lines throughout tbegoaairy, Theehargea are made that following those movements of consolidation freight ratea have been advanced from ''( to .".Oper cent, through quiet and organized manipulation of the various clarification of commodities. Behind the movement to attack thi- scheme of freight advances, t.y applying to tha interstate commerce commission for relief, lies the plan for a still nmre vigorous blow. The coatpUiatnte Intend to demand that congress shall take a hand in forcing the formation of a uniform da--itieat ion of freight which shall he effective on every railroad la the United states. It Ii e in iouragiag to note that these "prominent merchants"are to take action; hitherto they have ttood aloof and left the harden Of fighting the railroads to the "grangers" and others. '1 heir plan of demanding emigre- - to give them relief is the only one that will bring results, though it is m ry doubtful if the eoniingCongr ss will be found willing to pnss any bill that will reallf hurt the railroads. N, urly every repnblicnn member will ride on a free pass, not only for himself , but f..rhia fa mily, when he comes to Washington, ind the general mantgera who have (Treated him t his favor of course expect protection and favors in return. About one year from now the caucuses and conventions for the nomination oteongreatawa and of legislative candidates who vv i:i . '. et Unite 1 Slntet senators, Will be meeting, nnd then is the time for those who want to curb the rapacity of the railroad trust to i-'ct in thiir work, and in lO.I some thin; may be accomplished. SECRETS OF RECIPROCITY. Spill of WonnhlBOnna on the Turin Ipseetlea iihiik i i r,i i i ,,k H elnl Ions. The controversy thai has tpreng up betvv.-cn republicans as to the. merits of protection and reciprocity gOCd reeding these day-, for when thieves fall out bonsai tuen may get their does, The American Economist, the organ of the ultra protect tonlaf s It hiving down the law with a high hand, it is receiving some pretty heavy raps in return but ns long as the truats and protected monopolies put up the money to make the Bght, doubtless the editor of the Economist enjoys the situation and will hit very head that conies up to r-ny a word agnlnet ItS backers. What makes the controversy more inteicstng is that many facts that wero known but Were dlfRcult tO prove are now being acknowledged. Por instance, it was will known that the republican managers in the senate were held up by the protected indus tries effected nnd to ths French and other reciprocity treaties were not ra t ified. One of these protectionist! nrrltiasj about the matter makes hia plain by snying: We invited the French government to make a reciprocity treaty. Wo told them that if they would reduce their duties upon some of our producta we would reduce our duties on some of theirs. This invitation was extended under the authority of the Dinglcy tariff law, niul therefore was the act Of COngCCSt as well ns that nf the executive, but nftr the executive had performed Iiis part of tiie duty congress repudiated the whole thing because a few New Hugland Mnnufnct urers of knit goods and pdnchbech jewelry, nnd n few Call forntsns who an trying to raise Preach walnuts, feared thai their products would be reduced. If. de Witt, the Russian finance minister, did not mince matters in giving his opinion of Sccretnry Gage, He saiil "he ramiot imagine that Mr. (lag' would intentionally mislead the people of the United States, ami therefore he ran only conclude that Mr. (lag is not possessed of all the facts in the cas." in the meantime further rprisnN arc hinted nt on agricultural Machinery, bat our manufacturers must not Maine Cage it they are entirely blocked out of the Russian markets; thv must blame the Dinglcy tariff. A prompt revision of the tariff is the only hope of our mnnafactnren if they weal to do n foreign trade. It is announced that up to t lie. present time the prosecution of Mr. Efeely for the Cuban post oflice frnu.U hns cost the government $.")),000. nnd lie is as fnr from conviction as when he was first arrested. How much Rathbone hns cost is not stated. It is quite evident that the rcpublicane do not dare to vigorously prosecute these men or they would have been brought to trial Inng ago. The threat of Rathbone "to pull down the pillsra of the tcmnle" has evidently had ita effect.