Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 44, Number 28, Jasper, Dubois County, 14 March 1902 — Page 3
Weeklu Courier.
C. DOANIC, I'abllsher
JASI'Klt. : : :
INDIANA.
-fln-nt Scott' Dave." he replied, there it Is as plain aa pikestaff I and 4. I an .mv'1. eg Bf plainer than thatr "And who I , at 54?" I ..-'.. d in
TO T M t JfcOGMINT DAY." fH things MM wn.ru. grandfather h d wy: "Will. 'I" w..rld mil.- to the J. Ifmlnt An hat should we sigh fer an' why .houl.l we care? Th tt ekonln's comln' sometime somewhere! H, r with the wlnttT, an' dream o" tha afnj The VMM rolls on to the J.-dmnlnt I..y!" When things went wrong;, an' we km It In mat To thank the Iird fir the, Beerest crust. An' tri. Otd-tlaeS Mandl tliat thought we kn'iwi-d Hnrl left us friendless aloiiK llfe'O road, It was always BOthin' but this to suy: "Tin" vvrld roll on to the J-dgralnt Day!"
tri. d fer tha
feet itt the grate, where a wnnn fir Jet glowed, ami smoked dad dreamed. I mum not aroused un'il an .ign.ited hand wh trying to insrt it icy into the lock ul tl i- front does?. I smiled
at thf aurpri I was goiii in give despair. Jamee ami Clara, Just thea Um hull1 "Oh. that vVilliaaa Timm p m , mm door OpIMd ticular Mead of mine; tpbniid fel- " rhumb i :" r ffct4 a voire. "I .,w( t. ami tins a nice, family. ml. thought Wfl turned all the lights out'" by the way, I was telling tliem about 1 dropped book into the chair. The ; you thia morning. They've reud your
voice did not belong to JmmI I had stories, ami an: ani ua to meet you.
never heard it i ft . i i j;ut whv.
PROTECTION AND TUE SOUTR j PROFITABLE PHILANTHROPY.
So wf stl'bd the sigh, an
eagi Knowtn :1 nanta the right, an' would reckon the wrontr; An' tr sable jei-mcd lighter, an' even tha nlaal
11...! nan nv.r ilr. n: I of to make It t he jingling of mi excited telephone
A wild pa n mama of t hinge flashed m rore me. l dashad through dKr in front ul HM, looked it, ami found myself hi u in it her bedroom, and there I was in n cul-de-sac The only door
of exit led into the hall. I paused, ami listened in iicnnv.
oh. Bit poor darling little Fido!"
screamed th feminine voice, as the
dog was discovered. "What an awful
ernel Bionater be must have been!"
Well, at leant, Lillian, he didn't
hurt the dop," said another feminine voice, with a ripple of laughter in it. "I think he deserves a pood deal of svinoatliv for that, don't you.
Will?"
I beurd infBraneB" to the poime, and
("( t.r.inlau aaO Uaa u I aclari are Aulnitwuiallr I liruuai tilth !.:.
We Fer F
can snff. r along the ,
bright.
can l'ar. we world a way.
"Th" world rolls on to the JedaTOiat
I h.v'" L. Stanton, In Atlanta Constitution.
AT NO. 54. I m U
A :?..rcu effort ha ceu tnadt to make the people of the BOBtk believe .hal they art interested in a proiSt'llte turitT IteeaiiMf of the deUp1. 1. -ul of new manufa. t 'irinp indiisItiaa. The faJlacv of the argument be, . mes in .i e iiipaieut every day bceaaae the manufactured pr.WJueta of the x .uth are merelx al.litina to surplus products that have to be exportu I. huyo the !ndiunaMdia Sentinel. For years the south was almost wholly agricultural, hut in the past few yearn it has turned to manufacturing its, raw cotton ami has already gone beyond the capacity of the
,V I? v . . home market. In 1900 our exp.-rts pnie me, as the light had
Ol II III I U I M CI. ..II' Ml ,.... I..IOI
Hew the ateaahle osapewleataeieia Metel the liutrmaril Thrwaah the kabsiil ikrinr.
Ifp OME 1 1 r " -x"- ,:ilis a""'"'." L, .lam s had written to me, "r wire us by what train to expect ymi, and we will meet you." .lames and Clara wore settled at la.st, ind I was expected to look then up. So in due time 1 trot out of
the train, ami locked round vainly for Jam. -. How like the indifference of kmtKn. thiat vvaal Trust a brother
for failinc t" moei vou. For a minute
or two I thought of going to an hotel, and orlvins bin the slip altogether.
It would erw him right.
1 fluni' ma hair into au open cab,
and flung Btyad! after it. Wo. M EBI atreet." 1 said sulkily to the driver. And in n moment the
ioltitiir over the wretched
,. r - J cobble-' ! i ll"s.
Tao ra n was falling hard when
the v i. i- tinallv grated against tin
tarbatoae, and the driver opened the
door for inc. mid announced: "H rc you are. air No. Ml 1 law tb" fig'ires painted on the
,i,i si. I nan i th - driver, let him
an. and rang Ina hell.
Aft r a Whlk 1 rang the bell again, aud v.t BCala. with no result. Then
it ,,. . im .1 to me how Ktrauge it was
thai there aas n- light in the housi
when tbet mi: I have been expecting
me. too.
Aiu.t'i -r turn at the bell. I bis
;...,. tl. ie was. smile response. A
woman, evidently a servant, cnm' lone the earden at the side of tin
- - cs adjoining house, and eaid:
Tbc- ain't nobody at home.
And it's
lln v M gone to the ..pen the servant's night out." Then she went back.
The rain waa pouting. Judging
Viv th. , stance 1 had come, 1 must
be mil's from au hotel. I must
make a run for some shelter part
of the bona, and try to gat into a
drier place.
If ran broanht me to a little ve
rnm'la a; the side ol the bouse, an. I
there v. ;,s allot her ib .of.
I was seized with an inspiration. I
took mv home lalchery out of my
Mlr1 M.i, I trie.) it in the lock. It
kttedl
I i,,.i ii. d the door and walked in
....I .i tmm liair il.nvn with a sil'b of
i,,, . , n relief
"lm' .lames, my hoy. you might
have known roar brother better than
to trv t lock hint out!'' I said gle.
f tili o me self. And then I atruck
a natch which the wind blew out.
After I had spent several ininutea ttiking more matches. I finally lit a tall lamp, and at thf aame moment . t fire to the shade. 1 extinguished
the ire by patting the shade on the
Door n i.d stamping on it repeatedly
Then 1 left it v brre it had fallen. It
would teach Clara a lesson, for
rr.v.t frille,! atTair on a lamp is al
rwas - '".. edingly dangerona,
The bigli-pitt bed harking of a dog
began to annoy me, and I went in Bearei of it, lighting another lamp or two n the w;.y. I passe! tllloiieh the hall, and in'o a ledrooin on Hie other aide, and there waa the log, a wretched little pug. I have always been a man of expedients. I chased the pug into a cupboard, and. after a brief, violent gymnast i' exercise, suci-eeded in turning a waste-basket over the little beast, anl then weighted the basket down with a ktrgC lump of coal. I shut the barking and howling little brute in th- cupboard. There was n neat little dressing-
room adjoining. I peeped into it, ana found several at.its of .lames clothea hanging along Ihe wall. For the first time I renu mbered that my own clothes were damp, and I hastened to da just what .lames would hare Insisi.-.i on if he had been ther-5 1 put on oine dry idothea. After thnt I wandered into the dining room, and waa charmed to observe that the malerials for a postopera supper had been thoughtfully set on the tnble. and that there were Places for thr-e. Aha! So they were
exiertint: me. then. Hut ns I waa i hall lamp.
ravenous I deddel to eat ny ahnre now, and not wait. Happy thought! I nte very genemna meal. Then I went back to the bedroom, Bgkted me of .fames' cigars, stretched nattt out in an easy-ckair, with Ul
hell, followed by calls for three or
four men to be sent up from the atation.
In that single moment I spent a
whole long night locked up with the
'drunks and disorder Ilea," and pi'
lured .lames coming gown m tne morning nnd calling me a fool, while he was making arrangements for my release.
N'ever! I would die first! And I
clutched at tha collar of WUTi suit, and beat my brow with my fist, and gn ia lied.
I heard the procession come along
the ball, and I knew what awaited
them in the dining-room. I open.-d the door the merest crack, and peey.ed
out. Ihe hall was clear. .Now was
my time.
With my liest run I sped along the
ball, and to the room into which I h.ul
first broken.
It was done. I was inside, and the
door was shut behind inc. And th"n
1 fell up agalaat the door and gaaped.
I had minted the direction! there
was only one inner way wimm .
could make confounded mm my
self that night, and mw 1 had done
that. This was not the drawing-room at all. but a mow J bc.liouin. with a
ronrag lady standing la the middle of
it, looking alii i-iliti'd at HM!
She continued to look at me for
. . . , : l .
some time. After a wnne sne saiu.
s there anything more you would
like to have? if you can tninn oi
Bttvthlnar. please don't hesitate to ask
w . If.
f.- ! Lot he iinii k. tor the police
will be here soon."
"I do bag you tO believe that MM
s all an unfortunate mistake, I nam.
u;n ve... believe me. n mv honor
u a rentleman, when I tell you tha,t
i
1 will explain it all aonie uay, anu that, if you will help mc to eaeape froni this painful pridicament, you III Wm "lad when you know the
WM " - f truth '.'"
We beard Will and his wife in loud
liseussioli of the coolness of the
l.nr.rlur while Wils wile crieU live-
. .... .... , tericallr:
vv i,. . ! Reil? I do w ish she
would stay with ua1 Wc arc all going
to be murdered before the poUoa get
here'
Tl,,. vni.n bulv pushed past me. and
. n m
on ned the door a little.
m . . .
"Don't worry aOOOl me i.iinan.
she called brightly. "1 dOBl care to
see the DoUcC. so I shall shut myself
in." I ben she cli.scd and locked tht door, ami nirne.l to me again. "I have almost told a lie for you.'
she whispered coldly. "Worse than that. I am oing to Imlp you out of tit x - tv i ri ( i.,w Once outaide. vou will
have to take ,.iir chance."
I bowed my thanks, and waa moving
towards the window, when I rcmem
hered the bag and all it contained to
identify me with the vvarer of Will
suit. I told her about it and she
smiled, and slipped out of the room
by another door. Presently ehe came with the bag. and there was a gleam
in her eye a I profusely thanked her
Mice more
"We are under many obligations to eon for not havinLT J UrC tO the
house." she said lemur ly.
We heard 1he heavy feet of the officers at the door, and their ring at the bell, and then the young lady
lOftlj raised the window. 1 sprang lightly to the ground. Her hand was lying on the window-aill, nnd I leaned over and kissed it. The window eloaad with emphasis. 1 wulked. bag in hand, to the pavement, and then 1 starte.l up the street. At the further end of It I plunged into the arms of a man who was coming nut of a cottage. "Hang it! What are you racing about the streets like that for?" he rared. Then he flung himself at m, ami almost shook my arm off. shouting, with a grin of delight: "Dave, you young rascal, where have you been ?"
I lropMd my bag. and aat down
upon it. "James," 1 said sternly, you live?" "VV!.v here, at No. 34!'
cheerily. "Where have you been all
"James," I said bitterly, "I wish you'd go to school uml burn to w.ite plainly." l ie next time I entered the Tin inpson lioue I went in by th fnmt door, and James and Clara were with nie. 1 had returned Mr. Thompson's suit in an anonymous package, and had a ragae hope that this was the cud of
it, and jierhaps the young lady would
not reco
been dim in the room. I had betrayed no secrets to James; far from it. Thn lovely face of Miss Helle Thompson gave no sign of recognition. This was better than I expected. A warm glow went over me as I thought of it. 1'erhapa they would never know, after all. But when 1 nskel Misa Belle to sing.
and followed her to the piano, my yes fell upon a curious object hung up in a little nook. It was a halfburned lamp-shade! She w as looking at me, and her eyes wtc brimming with laughter. "That is a relic." she said. "We keep it to remind Ba "f a terrible man who mended our house" She waa turning over the music.
and 1 was between her and the group
the otln r end of the room.
And you told the terrible man," retorted, "to ask for anything in
the house he might want, if he hadn't already taken it. Well, there is something in the house the terrible man
wants, and some of these days he ia
oming back to ask for it." "And -what MM it be? How I
hope it is rido! replied Miss Belle
rkompaon.
Will and Jam. s have behaved well.
ill things considered; though when
ither of them breaks into llomerio
laughter when there is nothing to laugh it I know what he is thinking
f. A for Miss Thompson, she knew
as well as she knows wow that it waa
not Fido I was going to ask for.
London Answers
at
are generally made in the south, anioui.te.l to fl.'.,-".,,.i,44:;. Of the same kind of (doth we imported only Jij7,tV4. a mere bagatelle showing not
only that the mills need no protection in this line hut that a tariff rate
on thes- manufacture! cottons woum not han any grenter effect than to im-rease the profits which the man
ufacturer extract from the Ameri
can people.
The situation fully justifies the'observation made by ongressinan
Fleming, of QeOTgf, in an article niiblished) nnd cir.-ulated bv the
r Amen, an Free Trade league:
"No two ir.u.-trle In th- out h ate more
directly antagonistic to tha republican hu?h tariff th IB ( 'Hon grow'.r.g and cotton nur,ufarturir.ir. In view f thi fact, how
j trang it f.-ms that thi' nam Bases antat to republic arise the south meaM apparently be father d- by the cotton mbl residents of our neighboring states I Meftb and gouth i'ar.i.ir.a ' I'. rh ii" il - -t ki...:d.rwtll soon apply the proper corrective. It 1 I possible too. that thv m n ts-hir.d the lo 'm I anay have torn, thit-g to say about It. The
in his renart en Ika akin enkantj bin, Mr IT y lay great stress UJHillthe gem erohity of i ainsbipcoiiianie in con
ti, o tii.g with the goveriiiuciit for tar
ry nig the mails. He say s: "Ir. Hat, wherever the act of 111 has
worked successfully, the steaaasmp compentts hivr . .ff. red si. the postmaster Bn
era! hj Obtained m .re favursoie lerm for the government than thos fixed as the maximum under the law Thus on the reaewal of the gaa ysai .ntract with ths New York at d fuba Mall, the company offered for the service st the one-dollsr rats several steamers which comply with the requirements of the two-dollar class. The Admiral line is furnishing under Its tenyeer contract l&-hr.oi steel steamers st the pay fixed for K-hi.ot wooden steamers. The OcearJc contract is performed by steam- r a knot Ir. speed and l.uwtonsla ?lse above (he reiulr im-nts." Thi.s makes t be steamship companies appear a philanthropic institutions. On further examination we find that Ihe goretamewt la pnyinaj the New York anil Cuba Mail f .'ni.iiTs for carrying 1.'. e.i.l pounds of letters and :;o.st',4 ponnda of printed matter, or at an average rate of ".l- jer pound. The same service, if performed at nonc mtract ruts by American vt.i-1s would have cost ffl.W er pound for letters and tight COnte per M'iiial for other matt er. at a total cost of $.i.ftfil.l2. If jierfornie.l by foreign vessels the ralf would have been 44 cents for letters and 4' i cents for printed mntter. making a total cost of fSJM. M, As the
.steamship company is getting IH5.li.S'J for performing tn nttPttOt at all. thatr offer )oes not appearquite so magnanimous. The Admiral line received last year $117.4.iu for performing a service worth $:.'.M1.3 at competitive rales. The Oceanic ompany will get in future HHl,tW for a ervice worth $-v4 fi.TS. From th se figures it
A GREAT YET SIMPLE TRICK.
WANTED THEIR PHOTOGRAPHS
Tender Hut Tantalizing farewell ef
a ornell I iideratradaate t the I neull).
('orn. )l university has its fair quota
of harum-scarum youths, who. after
pyrotechnic careers, suddenly disappcar from the university's ken. A
wasteful genius was recently haleu before the faculty to answer charges of lack violent fractures of discipline that even in his most optimistic mounits be had :i-.t hoped to explain
or disprove them satisfactorily, says
the New York Tribune. However, he faced the music and even stood with a considerable degree of composure vvhilo proof after proof if misconduct was preeented. Finally when the evidence was all in and the hank fell on the assembly that precedes sentence, the prodigal raised his hwnCaat cv. s, and, in a voice full of emotion, said: "I have only one last request to make." And what is that?" asked the presiding officer. "That you will give me your protogrnnha to remember you by." With this parting shot he dodged out f the door, which he had taken pains to stand near. The professors lay back in their chairs and laughed long and ton. Then they took the vote that severed the official connection between themsebes and their teader young friend.
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SOME WONDERFUL CROPS WESTERN CANADA.
The Territorial Lore rasaesst Be
Shaw Kr.ull Hei, ad Hellet.
Beginn, Aeaineboia, Canada. January 10th. At the Agricultural Statiatica llrauch of the department of Agriculture for the Territories, reports are now being received from grain thresh er throughout the Territorien, fot atatistical purposes. The report are somewhat delayed this year. wing to
the extensive crop and the dei-,y la getting it threshed. The Department of Agriculture is leading the way inn new departure, with regard to the collection of crop statistics. In the older provinces, crop estimates art based entirely on the opnion of per nana Intereste! in the grain bnsinesa who ought to be, and no doubt are, well posted upon the probable yields. Still the reports are simply a matter of opinion, in which s mistake may
j easily be made. The Territorial Department, however, has a!opted the ystem f returns of crops sctually threshed, upon which to base their
reports. The accuracy oi uip repurw cannot, therefore, be gainsaid, for they represent a compilation of actual thn". shins' results. V bis connection.
It might he mentioned that the Depart ment is organizing a system of I growing crop returns, which will be In operation next summer. The information thus obtained, with estimated acreage, will be :. a liable for business men. banks, railway companies, and other Interests which have to discount the future in in ikim' pro, isir.n for tha : conduct of their business. The crop reports already to hand show some remarkable cases of abnormal development. In the Regina ' district, many returns are given of cr ,ps of wheat running from 40 to 45 bushels to the acre. m. . . a n
3, A. Snell. of YorlEton, ttiresrsru 2.000 busheta of oata from 4".0 acres, an average of iVt bushels per acre fora large acreage. Y R. Motherwell, of Abernethy, threshed !.6S0 bushels of wheat from a N acre field, an average of 53 bushels per acre. In the Edmonton district. T. T. Butch Inga threshed W bushels of wheat from a ten acre plot, an average of nearly 7 bushels per acre. I "formen threshed e.950 bushels of oats from M aere- of land, an average of 116 bushels per acre. The publication of the actual ylelda of grain threshed w ill likely open tha eves of the people to the great capabilities of the western Canadian prairies.
democratic party has always favored our access to the markets of the w r:J The republican tariff helps to shut those markets against us. What has been said of cotton srowina ar.d cotton manufacturing- I relatively true of southern coal and ilg iron, both of which have outgrown I rr.r eaau imptlon The 'oil guhers' of T.sjcertain!)' need no protection " The xiinple truth is thnt the manufacturing industries of the smith are ilmost wholly of the classes that suffer from "oerprodu-tion" and for which the world markets are leing sought by intelligent manufacturers.
They are out of the reach of -.uic-
tition. The BaaBafactorlae f the
will be seen that the steamship companies can afford to be generous. When they are making profits ranging from SM t" in.''" per cent, upon their mail carrying business it would seem almost grasping fog them la askfor the full legal rates. It would be more seemly and more in keeping with their generosity tO get a law passed whereby they can make BB.0M per cent, on the government businesa and still not exact the full b gal rate. Undoubtadly the law of ISfl needs revision, but the rcb ion planned l.v Mr Frve. whereby the exi-t ing steamship
llroinilnn America a led. The itinerant venders of fruit, flower-, suspenders and other article-, who are especially numeroua around city hall park, show how quickly immigrants pick up the ideas, language ami methods of doing business in the United States. They are forbidden to occupy one place for any length of time, and the
approac h of a policeman means a general moving among the venders, Bioat of whom are Italians and i.r.cks win, have not been in this country hmg. Wken one of the crowd sees it bluecoat moving toward him with miachief in his eye. irist-a.l of warning his comrades in his native tongue to bcanip. he calis out "Cheese 'um.' This is as near as he can get to tha expreeaion 'Ines' it." which ia n classic among str'-t Arabs.
People who do business with newiy-
arrived immigrants notice how quickly they come to Ik Americanized. This causes no little inconvenience to the cashiers, of savings banks. A Hungarian, for instance, when he opena his account, will sign hiss name ".losef." In a short time he finde
north cannot compete with them or cotnpanie
will be aide to mulct the i trouble in withdrawing any money
I bey I Iahe
est ib- go 1 1 rnmtnl still more for theii
and the manufactories of for- im ager services will not meet with an
would nt have Ixecn
,ith
thia lime? We went
to meet you. but were too late, and so w e oatiie back home, and have been
Miles Serstaalws First KB ort. stiles Scroggins was more than 50 years old. noted for his droll wit and funny sayinga, but had never attempted to make a speech. All the memhera of the club believed he could speak if he would try. and frequently attempted to have him make the af f..rt. It was finally determined to compel
hint to speak. So. upon the assembling of the club, he was Called upon and. declining to comply, the boys grabb-d him and forcibly placed htm upon a table, amidst the beers of the crowd. To the astonishment of all he manifested great embarrassment. Tha crowd continued to yell, and final ly he broke forth aa follows: "Ladies and Gentlemen: Oh, I beg your pardon, there are no ladtea present, and d d few gentlemen, if
any. After thia sally tha curiosity of the crowd was satisfied, and no further effort was made to haee Scroggine make a speech. Buffalo Courier. saeclmeaa off Profeaaara' Wit Dr. Vamadoe. a noted professor of lireek. i very bind of flwers, and, some days ago, n returning from his college duties, he found in his front vard a nestifemua calf belonging to a
to the station ' neighlor. The doctor gave rhase. and
eign countries -annot compete w
the mnnafnctoriaa of tha north or we should not e exporting nianufacI tired g oodsl as we h. What the otith needs i- mark. t-. PARAGRAPHIC POINTERS.
When it's aj t Detroit Free
enthusiastic reception by the people
ROYAL MKKKKR PROSPECT OF A DEFICIT. nrpnhlleaa OperaHn Seesn t Ii dleate Another Altaek of HardTlsnea .rl.
b. caiise he has changed his name to "Joarph " Heinrich, in the same way. becomes "Henry." TNerre "Peter Dorothea "Dora." and so on. The paing teller gets no rest until he lias the signature Americanized. X. Y. Times.
where do he said
the animal plunged toward ne flower nit. and in another instant oraahed
Cl 1 1 VI MSI V a"- 1 I j . at I l . V. eK. telnet rAVr and miXra ant
waiting for you ever ..nee. ana .w- , ,r. a - -
rSnlom nnu it '. r
fully uneasy. I had been feeling in
for his letter, and now I spr.-nd it out befor him, under the light of the
mv pocket low. When another nmiaaassw p'ni
a few minutes later, ne smu, g "I do not understand, Dr. Varnado why you should object so seriously ta h.vitig a mraiest cowslip added to your fine collection of plnnta." Tha rinetnr'a frownin faee rclaied. "Ah,
arearaly, "what
"James. I sum
number Is thnt?" aa t aaM. with
-tvny, tnsi . U, 1 .-,..,1 ",n r. thia
t you resu wr.w..?. --. -
TZ call ti-e fi demand wa, o..y a worthies, bulrusb.
with hpiriU
Ax
Poor l'ittsburg! frnaTfarm. it's floods.
Pres.. Dnrid F Hill's pt k ti the ManI attan seems to have stirred obl fashineil democracy all over the country. -Klmira (iaette. The bile bound republican editor Indorses President Ko.sevelt's finding in the Schley case, but h- finds it impossible to obey the in junction to
quit talking about it.--Washington Post. Scratch a man that talks for "rc ipro ity ." hut against tariff r;lu -
tion. and you will find a man laaH
wants the taritT reltuei .n tr.e gooos
produced by the other fellow Indianapolis News (Ind.).
- ttlntiral Sampson was not at the
battle of Santiago, but what of that ?
i he prasldent mya anhatnntlany tnnt Bohody vvas in ommand anyhow j that a .a a t t a
the captain- were just Moaauanr wwi on tkedf own hook The presilent's
rledaion hnn been setdown us a rather -hrewdiv constructed document. It nlso Invites nnalysis ns a humrons
rwndnctkm. It Wfll not lie tauen into veriott - c('n-iilerat ion by the ultimate historian -f the war with fpain. Cincinnati Fnqtiirer. The 1'nited States government hottbl nit.-.inly not be ashamed to make open announcement of Its Phil inpine pottcy. ft, know Inf that we are leterlmned to deal with the people .f the PI iltpntnei on a bnis of utter dbregard f their rtgkta, we vet dehade them with vague and Bslsleadhsg proban .f idtitnnte national in.lependenee v, p ihail be guilty of a peeidinrly tvt -rntit tide sort of cowardice the cowardice of the vtroag robbing the weak ns the gtiio of a lenefactor. St. Loula ataractic
The Stntemenl Of receipts and en pendtture. f"r I'. bruary hardly stip-
. , . , -.- ' "
ports Iheassumpii. .m i ineiep... .in ,.u () . (-if j,., ulo SJW a Bteam.
Clerk MeDowelPa Start. Alexander McDowell, the clerk of the house, had a curious start in life. As he teils the st,,r. he was setting
type one day in a printing irtice ID
measure cutting off $77.000.000 of rer-
etue that tbi annum! can he spared in the presence of the contenqdateil inereaee in the expendHnraa in various directions artthoat rcat ing a lelicit. says the ( hicago Chronicle. As aoaapnrad arttfc F brnary. iwi. there was an IntTHaan of fl.SOO.ooo in istoms receipts, w 1 ile there w as n decrease of $..".ou.nno in internal revenue and of fC.aOO.OOO from miscellaneous soiireea.
At the same time there was a small increase In the expenditures. The excess ..f receipt over expenditures for the month was .000.440. against 6T4a? for the same month last year. What w ith the big river anil harbor log-roll, the outlay for the Danish islets, the contemplated exendit urea for an isthmian canal and a Taeiflc cable, the shipping grab and varloua other things, there would seem to be an excellent prospect fora deficit. Republican brethren w ill please bear in mind that a few years ago they were
telling us that the cause of hard timer! was Insufficient taxation and a consequent deficit in the treasury. Are they .leliberntelv operating to gdve us another attack an the hard tlme grip? If the navxl battle off Santiago was "a captains' fight." a tr-mendotie in justice has been done to thecaptaina in the distribution f the prbe money, for they got very little of it. except the one whose -hip was not in the battle nnd did not fire a shot nt the enemy, as she was never In rnnge while the fight was on. San Francisco Chronicle (rep)
boat stop at a wharf near by.
"I have s-t mv last t v !." he said
to the man next to him. W hy '."' naked hi eeananntanh
"I'.ccausc," said lie. "I am going to
Pittsburg " McDowell, true to his word, waa n passenger on the boat. When he land- ' ed at l'ittsburg he saw a man on tha
j wharf selling cheap jewelry. Ha
i in.iifc Ii. I iii.il . b,' . i . j 1 small sum and went hack to Oil City.
ihe oil boom was tnen at its neigns
, and McDowell had no trouble in sell
ing his goiii-i.iateu rings anu nia
: gaudy kroockea at a price far
yond the rew dollars tney naa 1 him. When he had sold out he
over $500 ahead of the game. He tl veated the money judiciously ai
well off In this world's good.
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I, nt .1 Is n.,1 t lie Vinn he imM
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times. -Washington Post.
ChrUtaaaa C'aatloa. "Is it customary to bang up
mas eve?" said Mr. Kra.tus Ptnkley.
... s m0WM .
.vi in mi ivrow n. n you nangs on
de mate you is, tamn so chancea on somebody's ke'ptn'
a . . . . a . .
Washington Star.
Tele-hae Assaraseei. It wouldn't be so annoying to
If it didn't take so long to find
that we're rot him Brooklyn.