Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 44, Number 22, Jasper, Dubois County, 31 January 1902 — Page 3

Weekly Courier.

IIUAM:. ibllker. "1 i INDIANA. JAS 'KU. THE RAIL FENCE. H rrf tb farm all ever. Ulrh awkrd-H' i i In feet. M !. beaMe the clover X r.- just beyond the MMK A o - the fallow fragrant Kr woodland wajra It makit, v nmny a sylvan vaarant . rn companion takea. It , ... the woodbine tanr'.eft, Invito the milkweed pod v 1 .ill lu sunny anales LauKh Wit In old'nrod. g. . iTh the crevice! rtdr The cricket" shrUls rlos hid. v i fr rn the tak lwtd her ,: s 'ho kutlld. TV Q-ilrrel la Its lover. cd unafraid ami fond r bobolink and alov-r Of the genial vagabond. Of all around, above It. It haa the eonrtdeace, Ar1 man and natur- love It The bonly old rail f -nee. --irlott Whltcomb, In Youth's Co panloa. M-e4- : The Cold-Miner's Story. 1 AIN'T a sentimental orter coon, by no manner o' means, and what's I neer purtend.ed as I were. . ; that I knows of. thou : . for dewnright ientimentality leats c 'hine I ever heenl tell of. Kven though it happened long time somewbera back about the fall . f '511 can't recollect it without a chokin' lump rinea inter me gullet and rue eye become sorter moist. It's a yarn of what a feller done "co he it ".is his doot and 'cos he loved a (al Ytm, I tell yer. there's dramas enacted in sich lives as ourn which, if they was performed on the atagc, those pale-faced clever noospaper la II Halli. or crickets, or whatever tL-y calls 'cmselves. would say it wa onnatural. and could nver have hup- :. -d in rate H'e. 1' it tlo-y'd be miah for all that, cos this here yam ia gospel. TU tell yer 'sactly how it come abo.r. It waa at Davidson's Creek s w:' I and brown and loneaome a lo- .. -v as ever mortal man clapped eye, on all lecl and sandy and monot'noua. ley was a wild, harum-scarum lot of boya collected there, too. 1 givea yer my word, of course, when gold fs locates at a place, yer wouldn't ex--y atfih-class M'r. iety; and Davi'i- a i Creek were no exception. it were worse than ni"St if au. Tunk. Nigh every soul there was n ronp unUaL Tim Dennett. though yer could hardly call him a wronfr 'un. He waa a short. inii'nitieant. little ahrimp of a feller, with a chivvy yer coukln't hel Lkin'. and the most infernally bad luck as ever dogged a miner. He had a smile and a kind word fer everyone, and I honeatly Klieve he would have riven his last penny pan! who was down on his luck. We moatly called him the "parson," not that he was extry religious. 1 ut 'cos he waft o much Iwttcr'n the rest of us. and had neer heen known to cvfta for more'n half a minute at a time. The feller at first used ter fake 'vantage of him. bat it wer'n't lone, 'fore he showed na he could use his rista or his shooter as well as tba -jest of us. Then ther were Nelly Dcfl oP Hanky Bell's darter. She were a good one. and no mistake. She were alays mending or patching fer someone, or making a fine appctiin' stew out of some of our tough tack" fer some feller that was took sick. We - ,1 ter fairly worship her. but she'd I Ita Bothin-' ter do with us. She was dead gone on the "pataoB, and the on'v on- that didn't know it was ag the "parson" hisself. Halt to le gettin along. One day Denis OTlrien were a-coniin back to imp after a bit of saunter round, when Nelly comes runnia up ter him, I er eyes all red and sw ollen with rryin. , "Denis." she sobbed, "yer are a wc!-plueked "un. and I wants yer to help me. Will yer?" rT comes lenis's hat in an instant. "Want me hellup. do ye. Nelly? hure. if je on'y say. "OfT with faV f - ad. Denis.' U-dad Oi'll do it jist to how ye that Oi mane bis ness. And hat have ye been cry in' yer purty eyes out for. and what are ye afther ant in me to do?" ' Oh. Denis, it's awful. They've been fat the 'parson' at Stade s v.,,.n. sad they're jet a-goin' ter string him Yer know Dan Hlack. It 'pears I keep., all his money in two black I v-s, marked I. I. One of them V.-xe ha een found emntv under a heap of clohes in the 'parson's' tent, and they're sarin he's done it. Hut It ain't him. Denis. 111 stake all I've I M ain't him. 1 has my suspicion a ter who it i: in fac' I'm pretty ure; hut. yer see, I can't prove it. I Yer v. i help me, Denis, won't jer. ol ,nir arbat d'ye ixpict me to do, lyT Do? !' been up ter the saloon iHried ter git him off. but it ain't They says the suspicions ift 1 much gen him- they want f. and unless rhey're brought the -t take its course. And I can be rnjr proofs. Yes, lents. I will bring proofs. Ho what I want yer to do ter top em fer half nn imr. I.y st t e I'll brine my prfs. and if t caa i then Ueaen help poor Tisfti"

"Nelly, t.'l ll.r. Why nil thta int'-rikt in th There MM M iMntr, MRMM love Un,"

re lest mi r cni, jt r right it Ratty. la. Say The Iritlurnn weren't no saint, and when he bears this bis soul was tilled with j'-al.Mi-v. A bitter fight took plMi tWM Iii lioiuir and love, and it wer n't kmg "fare love kern out on top. Why should Itt- sacrifive everythink jest fer this mincing "parson? Presently he looked up and said: Xell, darlint. ashamed of mecelf Oi am. Intt Oi can't help it at all. llae don't thiuk too hud of me, hut Oi in i-t tell ye. Oi love ye niesilf. There's the trooth. Look at the matt her fr.un a commonsinse jHiint of view, lie's penniless and Oi haa a ducant pile, now; not that Oi nainea that mdooccrnint. hut Oi love ye justly. Why should ye throw yesilf away oa tbs arson who ia a wrong 'un a thafe?" "r a liar! The 'parson' were n.M-r a thief, and how dare yer say so '.' Ye ar- a cad. 1 came and asked .r help Yos I thought yer was a irentleuian, Denis. Ktidently I wer mi-took." "You're not mistook at all. It's iveryone for himself in this wur-ruhl. ; bmbbb je a ..... ft ft t! ' What haw oi done dhdirracefol, 01 should like to know? Oi refuse to purvent a jist penalty bein' intlicted on a thafe. who has had a fair trial, with H the ividinee agin him. Oi endeavor to dissuade ye from wastin' yer hue on sich a one, and offer ye me own love. Where is the disgrace? Batreeer, if ye'll be me wife, Nelly, Oil I save him if OI can, thafe or no thafe. not iK'kase Oi belave he's in nereent, but fer your swate sake. Will ye promise?" "Ko. I cannot." says Nelly angrily. "Thin. Iicdad. let him swine." blurt ed out Denis, sullenly, at which Nelly commenced to cry. "J:-t promise, and Oi save hira or do me best." -Wont' yer do It without me prom is.-v N"t .is an honorable gentleman, Denis f ' "No!" "Therf I promise, but on'y on condition that y r save him. mind yer. 1 . ..n't -taud by and see him die. Dut as fer ;. u I hate yer fer a low-down mean hound." She run off then, lcavin' Denis bewildered. He watched her out of sight, thinkin' all the time. Then a smile gradually spread over bis face the smile of a feller what's fought and won. "Dear, plucky little gir-rl," he mut tered. Denis arrived at the tree jest in time. The rope were already roun the "jKirson's" neck. "Bhoys, what are ye up to?" says Denis. "I'm thinkin' yer'd better not a-in-terfcre with this here gatherin". Denis," sntd the president. "Arrah, hut Oi'm on'y interferin', beggin' your honor's pardin. president, bekase it's committing murther v.- all are. Ye are jist gate' to sthrint up an innocint bhoy. Oi tell ye the 'ars'-nV innocint." "D.n't mt be a fake, We've jest had a kinder trial, jedge. joory. and all proper, and the verdict of this court is "guilM. and may the Lord have mercy on his soul." The empty box was found in his shanty right enough there ain't no mistake in that -and he can't explain it nohow. I'm sorry fer yer, seein" as p'r'ap he's a pard of youm. but get the job over." he said, t limine to some of the ruffians standine ready. "Now. listen to me. ye blaycuards! The fust van that touches that rope Oi'll let daylight through him. Oi will. Listen to me. Oi have a confission to make. 1 did this crime mesilf." Ter say they w re astonished would lie putt-ni' i I mildly. There were a look of utter aniaeinent on eeryone's face, and thev all crowded around the president and seemed to be all talkin' at once. Presently a hush fell on the crowd an. I the preside nt spoke. "De:i- O'Urien. by yer own confission yer pleads guilty of thievin. Yer have "hc.rt !cvly robbed a pore hardwork in' r an and hne also allowed a innernt oung feller ter aa tried. condemned and nearly executed. We ain't partielaf here, but thieiin' is a crime which we uiust stamp out at any cost. Yer know the penalty and we can make no exception. '1'arson.' ye're lack and can now go free. Allow m- I er le the fust ter congratulate yer." Then says the "parson": Don't congratulate yet. Y'er've 'just tried nml nearly hung me fer , rime I never done .lest tlnnk i tue j anxiety 1 must have suffered. Don't yer think y- r nw. n a sorter reeotnwnse? 1 don't want much. It's only that jer let Dada go. if he promises to git away at once. He onli-sed ter this of Ms own free will, which shows some pluck anyway." The pr - . nt emu need 'cr look I oneasy. and no re m still when he saw I N'ellv walkin' euickly towards 'cm. ,t see. it's like this 'ere. Ol Black's gold's liecn snickered, and someone's got ter In- piin:shai frr it. I . y .-r an, w hat a pietly pass thing" would take if we once took it inter our heads to let 'em off. No, we can't make no exception in this ease, nnyhow Mi Bell," he ...;.i tun, ui ' Ul N'ellv. "this ain't olte the pla I fer ladle., äs! I hope xVr w ii . take it as unkind if we arsks fat ter go aarey. xs a ma.ier ,.f tm ': we've get noasa wrf unpleasant bis'liess ter get fix.-.! Up.' I ,, t,-r ; saeal WeB bad not dared ter b-ok at the pfWUMt . ... I yer M.s'ci I'rcMdent. yer've ,t the wrong num. Tba parson' ain't L'Ot t.Kk nothi.f"No. so vi, 'v.- found Dsais has confesacd." out; hot

la amazements' W IlT she tn I) lu "l 1 . n.e i't .. i y. what nave, yer been an' done-.'" !,,. exclaimed. I "Y i touhl me tn ka--.- 'em dark an' in make loiine, and. faith, this is tho on'y "ay Oi 0OII Id ItSJB the uiurtherine blay giiurrls." Sell turned ter the president Sgen. ! "I know the ml one us has robbed T)an BfasCk. It ain 't I he "par son.' '.or i inn't Denis, though he says it is. He'll CSplail tt-r ;rr why he eonf, -ill afterwards. Y . I know who 1. al ion- it, and I wish ter give him I ,ir warning! Let him come forward . l it ou n up like a man." She paused be. eral seconds, then mMed: "I ain't playin' no frame of hluff. No, 'fore ll'iiwn, I IcUi yer I know the man who's done It. Now, let hira come forward." (I- ad sili n e f !l on the crowd as sin - paused ;:gep. but no one moved. ll-T eyas Bashed with aager, and like a dart her arm shot iut, and with t tu er et. n.led he pointed at one of the men. "Yer coward. Silas Deane! Yer thief! Yer done it. and deny it if yer catttM With an nth Silas I).-ane spr:m forward and, vhippin' out his ihoot r, aa fixed atJKelL Bich actloB eonkd Barer be allowed. Afore he could tire ae"ti he wa stretched on the ground with more ballets in his body than y r aavtd conn' oa r two hands. Nell wer'n't dead: 'twere on'y a ii era Mala around. Nevertheless she were the talk of the camp. So an ro the "parson" and D nis, for the matter a that 'specially Denis. Wal, -non aft.-r this occurrence Nell was sit tin' on a tree stump, lookin' the picter of miaery. she bad been eryin,' for the "paiaoa had jest left her, and after be had summoned up enough caaraga to "pop the question." She. remembering her promise tn Denis, said that though she loved him she could never marry him. lie looked her in the eyes, and I rather faacj he understood it all. He went sadly .-.way. muttering something like. "So it's Denis! Wal, she'r aa lucky as he is." Alatoal as soon as the "parson" had left Nell Denis keni up. "A mod Bsorateg to ye. Nell." ( ,. od morain', DeaJa.M (li ve me ahoal that promise y snade, an' Oi bo;e ye're satisfied with the way Oi carried out me own par-rt of tli- contract. And a near thing it was, indole, ist a case of touch and "I never meant yer to take sich a ri'i. v conn Dente." "It was the on'y way of gainin' tofaae. They shut me BKKlth fat inn ivery toime Oi spake." "Vjii'rp a brave feller, Den'.s, and I can never thank yer enough." "Ye rememler yer promise. Nell?" "Yes." " Arc ye wnntinrr to back out av it, or are y goia to carry it through?" "Why, I'll keep ter my word, of course." "D've know the 'parson's" in lovs with e. Raftf "I didn't kti.-w till jist now. when he tol! me. an I asked me ter be bin wife, i refused him 'cos I prora'iftsd you. "Nelly, dear, yisterday 01 tuk ye at a mane BdvaBtagC. Ye called mo nastv name'. Oi wi-h to say ye wcro i t. Oi was wins,, than all that, bat ve mustn't call me sech nanu s agin. Oi've been thinkin and have decided not to marry ye. D'ye think Oi M marry ft and ruin yer whole life. kBOWia' all the erhoile that ys were c.itin' yer hcar-rt out fer tba 'parson".' No, darlint. I ain't so bad as that. Nellie. I rclase ye from yer promise, entoirely." Vn s" Nell cried. "Yis. entoirely, dear." "Ho eaa I ever thank yer?" -r.v let tin' nie be the best man your weldin' and ruthing stas all." An' he w.t. London Tit-Hits. at at Ita the Men. The bell ringers ol certain church usually have the question of "tips" to one of their number, and the matter aoald scarcely be left in better hands. If Ihe visitor haves the belfry as rich as he entered it, it is not be-j cause Jim aa tie nil call him -hai not ibopp d a pretty significant hint. fja one occasion a visitor fancied he heard a StraBgS creaking which atasaad to proceed from high up tho tower. t seeUM to me." he remarked, "that there's something up there wants oilim.'" Nay. nay.'' said dim. "Tain't up theer. it s dooa here!" What d' you un an?" asked the visitor. Well, rs ee. sir." calmly explained ditn. "that theer creaking alius aomts on lout 'lowance time. N-me of us hn had a drink this nn-rnin'. an' if anything wants oilin' 'tain't the rope ita the men!" The men were promptly 'oiled," too. ( nssell's Journal. Typical of (iealaa. A pretty story comes from Röder, in the south of France, where lately a banoael was given in honor of Mm, ("olve. who was born in those parts. Isaac aaa took it into his head to iaterview Mmc t'alyo's father, a hslft and hearty dkl peasant of about 80 vcars of aue. w !io 1 immensely proud j of his famous daughter. In speaking of her to the interviewer, he pointed to the rose trees in his own garoen. "I. !, at these." he said, "most of them are e-.vered with blooms, but nere in one tree which has borne only one rose. It Ins speat all its strength in pro.litc.ng perfect mossom. inn s the history of my daughter and her a in esuirs. riie ij- nn- t' '" of a hundred forgotten generation" I .-t kicjwro Kucord-UerakL

Neil nu.-ted back

HUÜUKOUS.

Mr, fusa "1 have kpt my iiat Hred llrl - itl " V. . I " I' "D. .ir me! lJo ou k i p k r '. vktil up t" lo'nmhub JotirML "jy. k'1 - ,:l,:ii'. "fill jou gi in Ac taat gun '.slid, you die?" " y, 1 gue? s ao, but wy fa faa ask now tn, they's a good tnai.y hunt in' nccidentft nowadays." - Indianapolis News. How lie Spoiled lt. Me "I thought you looked charming last night ." Sht i "Oh, now! Did you, ivanj'.'" He "Yes. Why. I could hard y believe II aa yuu " Philadelphia Hu'.letin. Dolly- "1 believe that a girl outjht always to marry a man who is clever- ! er than she is." Tom "If you Hve up to that belief, Dolly, you will have to die au old maid."- BoHMrvMk Journal. Boartleigll - "Mr. Haokett hss bought his wife an automobile. He what you may call an Indult tit husband." Bart "Indulgent fiddleatieks. He knowi the things are dangerous." Hoston Tra: i ript. An author wrote to his publisher: "Can I hope for ar.y royalties from my buok this year'.'' The publisher replied: "Yes, you -n hope. There's nothing in the world to hinder you." Atlanta Constitution. "Say!" the girl's father called from above stairi thii la an unearthly hour fur that young man to be here, Marv." "You're right," reaponded the roaag Man, who had just bean accepted; "he hour is unearthly, sure enomrh it's simply heavenly." Philfii.'i phia Record. A RANK FAILURE. Ilia Effort at (.ruina a film Was as I Muceef ul ma Ilia Predietloa. "You may have heard of mo," hi said, as he opened the door of a lawyer's ortice after climbing up sarea l'.i'l.t- of tair In eaue of 11 rained relations with the elevator man. "I 'm!" rcpllad the lawyir, after a brief glance at the caller. 'My nameV A rchimedes Johnaon. I am a good deal like Archimedes of old. .'.i move the rlobe if I had a place to re-t my .ever. If any chilis passed up the lawyer's kpine uft r Inuring this fatefui declaration, he restrained himself from .-!:.- i ll i . say ; 1 he Detroit Free Press. Bu1 as there la Da place," continued :he caiier. advaadag into the room s few feet f arther. "1 have had to turn toother th. ngs. 1 am t he man w ho prei tated the end at the world about a year ag". Perhaps yon remember it V" The lawyer refused to commit himself uniil the testimony was a'.l in and the jury had gone out. ami making another advance and gaining new coi.fidence the stranger remarked: "I expected this thing would come around as 1 had figured it out, but it l i i n't. It appea : i . a 1 : ij rii - 1 ha l 1 ha- forgotten to carry 1 when adding up 7 sad 4. It was my own mistake, audi bat e a p. logiaad a far as I cou'.d. A man can't do BM I than that. can he? Wi.i ii he -av - h ' orry from th bat tom of bil l-ear- that ought to settle it. hadn't it ." The lawyer rft led his eyes to the ceiling and looked at a Oobwcb in a tboBfbtful manner, but be wa-n't givng aaj legal opinh ns aalcaa he saw the ci-h 'aid dow n. "Hut there will be no mistake thi thne,nsa d Mr. Johnson, ai be . nturi A to take a seat n th edge of a chair. 'N.:vv, kflaiahes ap this terrestrial rpbi re, and it w ill go with a crash. You needn't order BO cal for use b yon,; next Monday. That brings nie dow n to the object of my call. Youwouldsej this was a call, wouldn't you? It is either a call or 1 am to be considered in the light of a guest; but in t ither case my object will be stated as briefly and concisely as possible. 1 want ten lent." The lawyer gave -'art f lurpris. but Ol hold of the floor with his feet and soon ea'.nwd his excitement. "You nicht consistently ask me why I want ten cents, in view of the near approach of the calamity referred j to, but I answer that it is needed to j put tv, been in ddV of n. sad at me in trim for the occasion. I ii n't care to fall with a cataclym on an empty stomach. That's my errhr.d, sir." "Would you Ohligs nie?" asked the lawyer, after waiting two loaf minutes. "I will." "Would von mind going softly out i snd closing the door behind you'.'" "Not at all. Do you want BM on the other side of it?" "If you please." Yery well, sir," said Mr. Johasoa, as he arose and tiptoed out and pulled the door to. but with his mouth to the k y hole he added: "l permit no hnmac hvena on th face of the earth to outdo me in po liteness, but when the great cataclysm tskes place look out for Archtaeedei John-oii. He".', be armiml. and if the heaving mountains and the roIllBf seas don't break y our neck he'll h erfully step in adtb a crowbar and do the job biniself!" Her Phllnaophr"Are we all out of debt at last?" she asked. "Thank heaven, we arc!" be answered. "Then, let's give a swell dinner and dance." she suggested. "I'.ut that will put us in debt again," he protested. "Of course it Will, she returned, "but what'- the food of making our credit so food if wt don't use it?" Chicago Post, Prepnatrroaa. He (bitterly) It's the same ols r.tory when you are tired of me yos throw me orer. Bha Bal you wouldn't have mvfeecp anyone I aas" t ired of, would yectD 'aTolti Vre Preaa.

THE SHIP SUBSIDY SCHEME. J

laterealu of the Mult I m II I Uinal re TrroHiy Hulder llela tarefully l.oiUed MM The rccoattrnitt td Hanaa -I'nyne trirk mule nhuininir hountv lill kM ht.eu P(.,rl ,., fa,,ial!y from the aeaata eaaaaaarae eomautta ima will not surprise any body. It has been iindeistoid as a matter oi eoiirae that the connint t ee. w ould re(iurt the bill with us little amendment and with as much haste as was) -oiiipat ihle with a tolerable show of Ugaltjr. Bona ton Manna and i'rye profess to eiitertain no doubt thdt the bill will pass. Hut that consummation aadoahtadlj would surprise some statesmen even on the republican side of the chamber MM who are afraid for some inscrutable reason to face a record vote, but who are opposed to the grab and who think - - . . . , they know how to prevent the ; from beiin? brouifht to a vote The above-named senatorial at torMS for Standard (Ml and the rest nf the allied poor beggars make believe they have nothing to fear except from the democratic side of the chamber. Accordingly they do not hesitate to let it be known that their plan is to repeat their last winter's taoir- L'et their grab on the ealenoar as unfinished business so that it may be kept before the senate to the exclusion of everything else until the Democrats have talked theBsetfai out and yield from sheer exhaustion. This plan of operation goes on the theory that republican senators who nr.- opposed to the out raucous st. al lack the courage of their convictions and will not dare to vote again tlra hill if they are f ore. d to face the isme, much less to fight it, openly, as they ouirht. The prospect is, therefore, that a great deal Of time will be wasted which night as well be saved if the republicans who are opposed to the bill would assist in bringing it to a vote after denouncing it as it le--etvts. and stand up like men and be 1 smutted against it. It is difbctilt tn dlecuaa the details 'of the mtiann with any degree of patience. It was reported after certain conferences of the mult imillionnire treasury raiders that they had) so ehaaged their bill that it would be somewhat less a source of unearned wealth to the Standard Oil and allied interests. The report of the committee, however, shows that those interests have hicn carefully provided for. It shows that the American line will gat the snug sum of ft.7iMi.iKM) a year for carrying mail matt.r aCTOSS the Atlanlie, or at laaat tTWMWfl saata than it would have received for the MMM service Bade the bill in it- aid form. This one fact is a sufficiently sharp soramentary upon tba claim of Senator l'rye that the bill "will estab li-li the maritime supremacy of tloUnited States in trade It elves the lion's -hare of the shameless grab f,, lines already in existence and lines which will gat the money not for oarryiag freight but for carrying the mail-. This fad rails t mind Commiesioner Chamberlain's admission that tba mail steamers rill Iraw nuist subsidy and carry least hulk of car ,o. it ahm sails to mind his coaanient that '" complain of thai "ai,0ut as pertinent ns to eoasolaia that a general gets more pay than I captain, but does less fighting." Finally i' recalls the remark in a circular of the Beform club that Mr. ( hamberiain'a eommeal im piles tl.n' "the Internal ii-nal's great passeagcr Stean.crs. earryine- tourists both v:v-. immigrants tnis way aad practicalh u" aaports at all. except n r . . . ... ....t .... iMMifiihiru to tte " " I ' ' sold sbroad at lower prices ) h-in barged here, are 'generale in command of the export trade, which jsactually oarrled oa by the freighters who srs eat off with n pittance." This Haa of argumenl agalaat the monstrous grab Is tfileraole only showing how superlatively bad t be pending bill is and a-- exposing the false pretenses under which it sails. While opposing the entire grab in whatever form or gnise it may appear, wo Btay turn ft steal to shot how its promoters aeeh ta conceal their re! purpose, provided ee h not forget that it is the steal itself and not any particular manner in which it tuny OS accomplished, or the parties who may get Iba swng. to which the American people should offer all the resistance they can. The only argument In support of thi-i grab which has the semblance of reason eoasists in the fact that Kuropean governments have paid, and to borne extent arc still paying, ..hipping bounties. That fact proves nothing. If other countries nre foolish enough to pay shipping bounties or agar bounties or any other bounties out of money contributed by their taxpayers witii the result Unit the people of other countries get cheap -ervice nt their expense it does not by any means follow that we ought to be as foolishly generous, as wasteful aad as unjust to onr taxpayer as tbv are to theirs. CMeagO hron'cle. , There is no question as to the folly of maintaining an unnecessary tariff oa certain foreign products, in competition with which American manufacturers are underselling all others in foreign markets. The "proted ion" thus afforded Is entinly IU parauoae and tiemtadoaalj sostljr to he American consumer. If aretalia,,,ry war such as (iern.asy now contemplates i ultimately provoked An.triosn trade mus Inevitsb.y suf. fat. Sor shall we haw any ground for hunttt aumplsint. St. Loui Reuoblic.

NO TARIFF REDUCTION.

Ksstern Protertloailats Have t uf l.olna Over to the Krelatroeltr lullc. Oerai iaji ippataal wiiiingnesa to aater apon I tar IT war against thft Unit t 1 state-, as manifested in tba propos.-d aaaendaieal to the Gertuaa tariff Ml! which wmild atlthorie retaliation for penalties Inapaaad itpai (iermati xp i ts. sh.-u d receive intelll gent atteatti P. la thit country, aayn the St. LovJa tU public. There is BO question as to the folly of maintaining an ui nceHsniry tariff on certain foreign pro :ucts, in MMip" tition with which Ajiericaa manufacturers are underselling all others in foreign markets. The protection" thus afforded i entirely superfluous and tremendously costly to the American etfmaaasWi If a retaliatory war such as (iermany now eon template ia ultimate) provoked American trade BStaaJ Insntablf suffer. Nor shall wo I II U " t IIV MIUHII .-.... have nnv ground f..r honest complaint The late President McKinley tindoubt,,' v sxiw that the moment had arrive,! for the abandonment of the high pro'eetiv,- tariff. His plea for reciprocity, almost t h. last of his publie utterances, was based on this perception. The logical following out of his recommendations would mean an extensive scheme of tariff reduction, though this revision of the tariff would be accomplished under the name of reciprocity. As the foremost representative of the high tariff idea Mr. McKinley made n notable concession when he urged the negotntion of reciprocity trentbs with certain foreign governments. Had he lived tobring the füll pressure of his influence to bear, tariff revision would be much easier of attainment. The trouble seems tobelhat the eastern protect iotiists are combating the McKinley reciprocity policy w ith an effective force which testifies to the OOtnpleteneaa nf their control of the republican party. The high tariff ia still held as sacred and inviolate. There BUMSt be no tinkering with the established schedules. The tariff war- with other great ir'öerninents, so clearly foreseen by If McK'nley. are evidently rot visible to the radical protectionist eye. mi that ia perceptible la thai reciprocity would mean the beginning of tariff reduction, and this must 1 prevented at any cost. The tadlcat ions at present point to a failure on the part of ihe Fifty-seventh OOBgreaS to take decisive action on the reciprocity natation. There Would he ro occasion for surprise, Indd d. if the debate on this, question were postponed to the rext session. OUR "PLAIN DUTY" TO CUBA. There shonld He a Commercial asm meal l et the Inland Live. Ar. Beaator Ifsson msd sn eloquent plea tor Justice to Cubs. Invoking tba ttame Of McKinley in support of hisorL'ument for real reciprocity as a coinmecelsl necessity to the United 8tatea, he declared that, having deprivi l t'uba of a Baropeai smrbet aad asstim rd tinder practical coercion the omtrol of her foreign relations, we are morally bound to givt her "a chance to live" tb rangt normal trade relatloaa with u. at tba same time benefiting eaojr nously our own people by giving them (In ft per sugar and a freer market for their surplus. "While the jrra-ss is growing the I home starres, " snd while onr protect ed sugar interests the licet men -ana the cane men -are haggling in the lobby over how 'uueh reduction 4? the Dlagley duties they are willing la permit congress to make for t'uba' relief, starvation is staring her people In the face, says the New York World. Whatever Is done BO help Cuba must he done quickly, she baa another sugar crop ,,f over siM). (too ton on her hands ,. .til :, In a no no v, a oi wiun n - unless eoagresi letsdowa tin-bars. In the words of Secretary Boat: "The same 001 aid rations which led to the war with Sain now require that a commercial arrangement be made under w hich ( u'a eaa live " No one stands in 1he way of this urgent act of ju-ice and humanity except the protected suir.l t t w i ns -western heel a i ,1 -out hern cane. Jnat for n llllnrf. It is announced that the leaders in congress have determined upon n material redaction af the war taxation, and that a caucus w ;11 short ly be called, al Which the plan is to alxdish the residue of tbisi form of taxation, or else to make a large cut therein. This is nil right, as far as it goes, and the peojplea are not likely to b ok with sny disfavor upon ar.y legmmsie none iu reduce the burden I of 'axation. Hut there is reason to fear I hat Mr. Payne and his colleagues intend to use tfie abolition of tbCes Wat taxes like a nourish of trurnyiets. to drown the BOUnd of the pr t si against the indefinite eontinnSBOe of tariff taxation. Nieht and dn.v, year in and year out, the tariff tax takes toll of I'eter In order to enrich Paul, and from this policy of favorintr the few at the expense of the many IhCfl ll no prospect of relief. -Albany Args a. The American people ..re opposed to subsidies snd rebates, and they are fast aearjbuj of eatreme protection. The tide laHl the other direction. In the present ease they want all the sugar they can get at the lowest price, and they also want to see Cuba free and prosperous which she can never be If w c forbid her to trade w ith the rest of the world and refuse to trnde with her ourselves. What is wanted is a straight i-e-iuction of all supar duties, or, bet tr yet. thtir abolition. The rehsta plan U simply a scheme for keeping up I a xes. The Cuban planters do not desire s lubeidy. All they asklsschsnaa to trade with ns. Thst they should have. Indiauspolii News (Ind.).