Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 45, Number 14, Jasper, Dubois County, 12 December 1902 — Page 3

Weekly Courier.

JAÄPJCJI. i i J

l INDIANA.

The House on the Uplands. ! By A. Ii. DeMille. I 1

done, and I,

ail' ! tore

I'-ut he wouldn't forgive ma, iMn't turn J.unea against h.- i-.oe .l.i t I .(Km) in cold

Till great Tuntrciiiur Marsh is .-, ii"''!'' expanse of diked land at the ...1 of tin- Itay .f Fun.lv. Un. hundred and slaty yurs ago it was n Impoi i. mt s.- t, ..f the debatable gr.. iin.i between Km trench mmi Emmhah power la Kort tamliia. ToBBy it is lamd f.ir it:. 'arvests of ri.li gr.v- f..r th.. wild fowl that od in with Um high tides of sarin Ad nun. inn. and for the storm nhich rk it from end to end. Gne sc.! i.. !., ;;, al., l,v times the tale of Hon -.Ii the Uplands, thongi Um place ha - ; 'all. n i ruins now. It was

aiv fortune tu witness the deuone sunt ..( I hat Mraiig- story.

i wa- riding my wheel along the

r.'a.l Skirting the wide marsh which

urnKiwa away M the left, until it

verged: IB a UM of rolling hills, for distance past I had been mguelj witdai of a house that MOflMNl to il.uninate the highway just t thifl point When I reached the top of the my indolent consciousness Wcaiue stronger, and I glanced BUicklv at the hou.,e. It was a big, square I. ml. ling, paint.-. I a dead white, in. I stau, ling on a knoll luick from the road. . .-ral huge elms were scat-ter.-.l tb it. A garden lay in front, bright with flowers, and through thbs s short path led to tl,e door. This such I took in at a glance, a second served f.. produce another impression tfaer was something impleassnt ah.mt the place. As J drew abr. ast o the garden a Sgur. rose from among the tall flow -tn and hailed nie. I dismounted and approached the gate, where an old man wa- standing. He spoke in a singularly gentle voice. "Sir." said he, "have ou passed anyone l.it. ly, coming in this direction: A tall man. it would have been.

tn horseback." "No." I answered, "the road seemed taajertcd this afternoon." The old man looked at me wistfuliy. siyhiiiL- a; if much disappointed. "Whom are you expecting'.'" I venMred a little touched, 1 must admit, h his aspect. "It s my brother," he replied. "My brother JbVBMB. I've been looking for him hee many y ears, but this sumsBOT I know he's coming back, and w'l! g ..'T to Kngland together to Knglaii.l home" and again he ,hot that wistful glance at my face. "To hi, '-'land:" I exclaimed. "That's far cry from Tantremar. Hut I am hot and thirsty. Can you gi.- me a drink water? Tfeesv if you will, you eon t il me about your brother, i am going to the village, and perhaps may sc I: im there." I I 1 I ) a . . . a.

i i ,i man s lace lighted up eagerly Me opened the gate, which sagged heavily back on creaking hinges . "I lake this right kind of you. sir," he said. "( onie up to my house and ecepl my hospitality." The old man turned to me when we r. M bed tlM house. "I am afraid." said he. "that dames' hor-e BMJ shy at that machine of yours if he come up to the house sn.l pa-.- it. I hope you won't mind

putting it to one side." "Certainly not." I replied. "I'll put it here around the corner." With is ihc house the rooms were fcVfe, aim a - e entered one f thera from tl;- wide hallway a smell of musty up' came to my nostrils. My host threw open some heiny shutt.-rs sn.l the sriilight poured in. revealing sn nld-fsshloaed parlor with furnilure in the fashion f a generation back massiv e. dark and rich. All was on a far grander scale than that f the farmhouses round about. I sat down, hut no sooner bad the old man left the MOM than I started tip Bgein, with ihe peculiar sensation that s- me . Be was watching m I glam.d hastily round. The licht

flooded ererj corner, and no hiding place wa- visiide. unless it ihotild I behind the heavy win.iw curtains. Half S shamed of myself. I went over und palled tin-in aside. Then I turned hack, and instantly my attention was Seised bj b portrait which hung above the month piece. It was the mourn- :

fill fa. .- of a man. with eyes that followed oae'fl every movement. This explain. .1 my uneasiness 1 had nn-.oii-( iouslv caught their gae fixed upon me. t this moment, however, my host returned with the writer. As I drank he pointed to the picture, saving: "That i- tny hrotiu-r. before he left. A nianv seari ig", sir! A many years go! Bat I'll fell you about him." "It's m year since I rnme out from Englsnd. Vnd I'm nt an old man jet. though my irray hairs make me look s... for I've had much trouble in the p.-'st. 1 : 4 1 1 It's nenr over now, and When .lames eOhsCS BVeH pack up the thing- and go home again. ".lames and 1 ratne out together; we were itsrayi together together St school, and we should h.iv-- gone to th, unirersltj together, bat. that my father east am off n- day, in a fit ,f rage, because I would not 1 a sertsla thing hewtsbed, Tina leases said I can recall his very words: Cheer up. old f.-llow. PB stick to you.' When my father learned thi.. and snvv that .lames would keep his word, he was bitter sorrjr for what he'd

a part of the household furniyou see it about u mw-kiul

We . ante out here together. "Land w , heap, -., we bought a

farm and built this house. The life was rough, and never n letter came from home; but there was always u deal to ,,ok Bfter, and by and by we gin N tO love UM mar I.. . ri . t UM big ' ' ' "f the l av It wa-. I y some limes in the long winters, but we oon accustomed ourselves to that. The worst was wh.-ii the autumn -forms came up the ha v . for then "ft. n the dikel.inds would be flooded, and our cattle ami she. p be in dan gcr. And sometimes there would hewn-. I ,f good ships" he paused, with a puzzled . xpression, tlien hastilj t- lined: "Hut one summer James fell sick. i cant recall the paar n,v aiosioFi is not what it uel to 1.-. I am mu. ii Ions, sir. Ihit dames fell si, k, and I was hard pressed to bring him around. He recovered at last, and

then 1 showed him a letter which had come for him. It was from our father's lawyer, ami it told us thnt fa Iber was dead, and James, ss the eldest soil, should co homo to settle

up the estate. Never a word of forgivenes., mark you. from him that was .h ad! He was a stern man. Now this was a good tiling for James, meaning change of air and a long sea voyage to put new life into him. I an at vvitli hin as far as Halifax, where he took the ( unard steamer. "1 t SOBSBtiBMS now I wish he'd never gone. He was sad at leaving the farm. I" Ib.- speaker stopped and moved restlessly in his chair. Suddenly he turned to me and said: "You think he will return soon, do you not?" "Why, yes." I replied, somewhat surprised by the question: "I don't see why he shouldn't." On. e more the old man gave his peculiar, wistful glance. Then he went over to the picture above the mantelpiece. "It fell down ne tiiirht long ago," he said, as if to himself. "Th.-r.- was a storm and I was away somewhere I forget where. The rain was flooding the marshes and the wind was howling up the bay. God help the

poor ships out that night! And when

I came home the picture was lving on

the tioor." He ceased. There was a long silence. Finally, he struck his forehead impatiently. "I cannot re

member what happened that Bight, Fha storm and the darkness, and where was James? Hut it doesn't

matter now. for he's coming home

soon." . . . Another pause followed

Which lasted until I rose to have (..dug down the garden path he stopped and called attention to his

flow.-1 s

"I am get tint: all in order for

James' homecoming." he explained. "He is fond of bright flowers." "I'll look out for your brother in the village." I rejoined. "I think I'd recognise Mai from the picture." "I'm greatly obliged to you for your kindness." rcplird my companion, "T. ll James to hasten out. for I've long been waiting for him!" 'Ihe villasre was onlv a few miles

away, and 1 soon arrive.) there. My stopping place was small hotel which overlooked the head of the bay. As I sat outside smoking in the cool of the evening the landlord joined me for the customary chat. "U. U." he began, "how fur did you git to-day?" I told him and then related my ex

perience, touching lightly .,n the old man's story. "So lie stopped you, did he?" said the landlord, with a chuckle, "and

told y ou 'bout brother .lames? Well, pea ain't the fust, nor 'bout a thousand, that old .large Montague a t Id the same story to." "What do yon mean'.'" I asked. "This is the how of it." answered the landlord, tilting his chair into a more comfortable position. "I was s lad at the time, but I can rcmom!er it all right. Him an' his brother come out from Kngland that's all right. An' then bis brother got took sick an' went home when the old man

died that s nil right. Hut now I'll tell you what old .large didn't tell you. James Montauue did come out here ngain. bat he wnrn't alive wh.-n he lan.l.-.l. He landed from a wreck with a hole busted in l is skull."

Seeing my nmae.l look, tin proceeded to captain.

"lie come out to Halifax in n (unar.l steamer: she was called the , Scotia. I guess one of them Ug paddle boats that seed to run in the old ' days. That was 'way back in the sixties Then he took passage in S schooner for the vttlsge lure. She was called the ( urievv. She got j "round snfe. an" come up an' ro ar reached the head of the bay. when s ' big storm an' high tide got her, an t she was wrecked ha'f a mile below here an' every soul drown. I-,I. Old

large In- w as young .large then - had

peaker

vv,- t and went to i-. wi:h the so-igh of rising wind in my ear. In the

Diormiig tin- landlord SBaouaccd !n

the si,, riu would come in with th tide. Ik-spite Iii warning, however, I s.-t out for an afternoon rid, ul hist

' the upland road. in.- rand "as m good ami the air ! so bracing that I was manv nrles out I before I thought of turning When I J did the dusk was gathering ...ova and I Hie huge marsh looked dim and Jone ly. The storm was coming in good

earnest, for down over the bav a vvift fir-rue of 'iwlitning leaped forth, followed by a growl of thunder. With this there was the growing darkness and now and then a matter of rain. I fought Bteadilj on. however, and was half way home before I !t shut in. Hut Bight brought the full fury of the tempest, Soon the lightning was my only guide. It proved a safeguard. t,., for while goine fast down hill a flash revealed a fallen tree scarcely ten feet away. I did not wait to see what would happen, hat alid off and rolled in the mud. leaving the bicycle to its fste. At la;. far ahead, a light appeared.

then another and another, until a brilliant glow shone in the darkness, and then, quite suddenly, I rcifOgalssd

o.- ou. line oi inc nouse on the upland;-. Bat what was the reason of this illumination? There was a light in ev.-ry window. I hastened forward and soon stumbled through the gate, up the pathway to the front door, where I kn.uke.l loud and long. It was thrown open and my old friend appeared, paing eaj- rlv at me. "Why! Why:" lie exclaimed. "It's you! I thought it was James!" and a look of deep disappointment came over his face. "Have ou seen him .'" "No." I answered, and the lijfht feil full on my sSaked and muddy garments. The old man gave a cry. "I treat you ill!" he said. "Come in cine in: ;, nd you can get dry. and we can welcome James together. For you do not sneer and laugh as the others do." He drew me in and shut the .h.or. We went through the hall, catching a glimpse of bright-lit par

lors as we passed, to the big kitchen at its farther end. lb-re a huge fire blazed and I was quickly dry. The old man gave me

a hot drink from a brew which sim

mered beside the hearth. It put new life into me. ' K your brother reallv cominir to

night?" I asked, determined t,. humor him. "Yes, oh yes!" he cried tremulously. "See. read this:" With shaking hands he unfolded a sheet of paper and sjave it to me. It was a letter, frayed and worn, dated N years back. It said thafhe

Writer had arrive. 1 in Halifax by the steamer Scotia, of the ( unard line, and would come round by schooner, avoiding the tedious coach journey. f purpose to rome round In the Curlew schooner, which sails within a wn-k. Have th hous ready for me. Oeorre, an.l a J,rum of that good Punch you used to make at well. 1 will drive out from th- VlllaRp. And I shall be rteht elal to be Home again. Old Fellow, for we had a roush voyaae across. t am. dar CJeorge, Vour Affect. Bror., IAMBI So it concluded. The signature was

stained and blurred. And as I handed back the letter and the old man folded it so reverently and replaced it in his po.-ket. the pity of it all brought tears to my own eyes. Hut my host was looking at me exisvtantlv. so I

forced a SSSi Is and talked to him of

the returning one.

H w the storm thundered outside! i saw that it would be almost impossible to reach the villa:'.-, and glndlv

Bceepted the old man's proposal that

I should stay with him. "For." said

he. it will be pleasant for James

and I would like pad to know him." W h.-n my clothes were dry. we went, over to the house together. It was ahlae with light. Wax candles were placed in every window and the OMS1

her parlors were gay with old-fash ioned lamp. "We brought them all out when w came." explained the old rnan. "Anfl James will ha glad when he s.vs the lights shining to welcome him home." "I!ut will m come stich a nicht as this?" I arid as a gust of wind shook the house and jarred us where we stood. "Yes. oh. yes." The voice was veryweak. "They told rne this afternoon thnt the Curlew was in the hay. and I know Jsases eaariag to-night!" He went to n window. "Hark! i.n't

TBE MEblOitU i S MESbAOü. editorial Opinio n glSSSS latTS lis. real Vionml l.v .er In ( iiBiirpa.

you hear n horse ?" Bat it was only a rain-squnll driving nlontr the road. The wind gradaallp shifted. and when we returned to the kitchen the storm was thundering at the front doof and echoing in the hall. Several limes it tOVV at the entrance like B living thing so like that I half turned round, while my companion starte.l from his seat. Soon, however, my fatigue lM-tran to overpower me. Bean the increasing nervousness of the fdil man could not k'-ep me awake. I was rapidly n.-nring the

borders of a slumber when the storm, which had dropped for a moment to litter silence, etn ro.-.rin.T over th

come int.. the village with a couple of I marsh BCW, It struck the house, bosses fer htSBseit an Ida brother to i it hammered at th- door, nnd the ride out to the house. The fust he doc r open with a crash, seen of his brother James wns when The t,! l saasi mm s-n nnd stnrt.

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A ahoi i n ,. : M , r .us Mixture of bad - -,i in!, - k homily and ? f." -i i. -rnJi.nhlp 4'r.icaffoChran Mb Tr, -! I t m-has the r k.-itlve f , mp.ratlve brevity. Likr; th raeldect's Hats papers. It Is well a lit tan. '' ' t: ii b .. .. r ui ,. l ive V.;te the white hoUr so ollen of site havt not reanur.etf with the t xecuttve la vain - M. n . i 1 . . - s lir. i.r The t'.r (.f tie pre:,' i - o B mrti.rifsfloeis about th.- trtistl Is that a SSM bs ma up for th iiiprasM COSfl That la what this i art ..f the meerage c-om- to, m. all thnt it e,,m.- to, heu lt moardrve Is iflstlded out of the phrases of caution ar.d t rv ,'!-m th ,t he h.is made the vehlr! of Mr cmmurioatlor. to the public. N. Y. Try , - Or: th miI). t of trails h, . emotothlnk that there h. mor. danger to. lie apprs I tad eel frosa stti mpt? at rvtrlctwn tbas from an satatsnnetsi confruwrce of w I. liesest ar.d trstsasstls rubbery of th.s fvorle by the great monopolies. On ths ruhj.rt of t.iriff th president hvM.irr tS ssrsadtr t.. the thica-end-thls protec!ts "r.!rago Arr. r .i " mhlr.ltlor . of iilitlnJ mill rot K,

i e!'"f vor th pro y. of ir'.-l.it.,r. t W.ih!rgtor th II an or "it. Kui.tte ths trurt " ayr th. president, Btti iOO'l do srythlng hl. h wbl raus unas4r.rs to fhe!r tnarairii' "Above ij thlngr." ths meag? In ; r. - ,!,. pol aoBnact the tr;-t- with the Hire:- v :r;fT" The pres. idswt has lire.! up with the polltlclsra of h!.,r;v Tl ' ' . riff.rhSmess.-ge.

-Mt I .Olli R. ptlbllC Tti- seseMeat'i ssssasgs srshsntstha nsus'ia: attractlnr. of romp-aratl ve brevity; but It lr, ar far as !t tresUl the great I. i f . of tru-tr. of tariff r v!si,n ar.d of ths ivlatlor. of labor and capital, a mere mar of r'atltuder. It offers no r medb-s Ths t re- ,'.!'- j i tr d. i, rn,!i .t. on to force reciprocity with Cua tit ds r.o favor her. II! determination to ."-cure an Irthmlar. ship canal lr highly approvr tf. N O Picay ur.e It Is ,-ar thai the pr sl.Tert'a tore nntf Irttentlor. have been modified by attrition With the politicians, and the resBOSStblU ties of his place Ufa ral optslona have rot rhAr.ged. but hi SWtbods of procedHire hsve beer, altered. He def. r.d. the aggregation of capital ar a natural ar.d ecor.omle result of prosperity ard businers growth, lie dram the lire rot at wealth, but st misconduct, ard rpeakr cltarly for the Inviolability of properly which must be defer.cVd for the cuirmon rafrtv Milwaukee Journal. I'rerlder.t Roo. rsM writ.- tr t rtalnir.gly about irrlga: !r. Ai'oka, reclpr-city, he I hillppln. . Cutii. the leflssa theertabllshmer.t of a bureau .f rmm rce. (he InasVisabtllt of tariff revision, the civil servic- nrd other qnsstasaa Naturally he SSjrt more about the trustii than arythir.g SM, for that if the burning. (SSBtloa before th rur.try But what he i;ays 1 rot ratIsfartorx Some of hlr lnfereneee are income, t i , i oi , ,.f his ug. -tl - - stand sny chare, of being adopted Memphis fotnm- rclal Appeal. A good many of Mr. Roorevel 's admirers srd sii'i-rt. rs are rure to xpe,-e r -.itiw dlsapp .ir.tmer r that he t an rejected the Idea of r.diicIrK th. t , rirT or. irUSt-Stsd

good-. a one means of !essr!r.g the evils of monopoly, on th turln qui M ion proper th president rr.s oongrer against the

dangers ,,f ma kit g frequent or radical , hang.- r the . ,or orrlc basis Of buslrees. it ka-spparcal that he reailssi tl e ds essltf of refena, but he esideath ei r.-t feel i-ure enough of hi ground to c rr..- o t

strongly for direct i gi-i t -K i - . C4tv Star. Pr. sldf nt . Roopevelt n-.et...:ge to cos grv legir.r with vaunting .'einvitlos I

thnt hardly sceorda with the Itmldit) of actual r emmer, ration which (oftoari He wouiJ hvve the tru-r- rsanlStsd nd -l in of their so r fot evil doln. ar.d hedeoires that the it t. r-t it. emm- r.e ,.ct -hi be so trergth'n.f to prevent Injuetlces snd ctscrimir.ations which son hlneVr and hamper the legitimate bulr. r of thecourtrv. Bat the worst of the trust ..rebuilt

upor. t.itltr-made f utdai and ths president throw doubt eith.r uror Ms rlr,-r.tv or h. gooi! jufigm.it -.vr.er. he refuses to ass-.ii: tl. piur.iV r:: n m H polleg whose exi.-t. r.- e he bew.ii . ai t, -t where they are movt prt gn .ble l'l ... ti :. Ma Record W find r.othlrg In th' rr.es- l-. whlrS throw new light upon the presldecrM views or his purp, --er upon puhüc affairs. He reit- rate- . i ' ,-ir. I - z. - I - . i iors

upor. top. whbh he I ,re .- y declared htmteir. but on thi s . - wbtcl le people sre isohinc to him for new light ar.d guidance he lr wary of taking poritlon. The ror.e of the merruge lr thai ,.: an lnrtructor, and this or. all points. Without t aH awes t toning his good nstn ti.nr. he

sees; to u unferturst. In hl,mrth(,.: here. ti. n reasarka c. ii.: y serj mm h t. the oiar.ner In which the ubject of the trurts ir it.. t. d Me prsaehM ion i ,. of a hoir iy to esnaress, iKirtiy ptatitadtaona ar.d r.l taatrscttvs ss prim - rather than givlrg them darert spptlcatton. Th pneeldert talkr round the sub)- ; Bostsa Herald Th. erera: Inapr slon to be gained from Mr H Mtvelt'i stterasos ss totrusti r.d the tariff lr that not hit g he cm do w kg . ffective ts eure sap tttanassa suffer from them; that we are o prosperous umar them thtt the btt tfltr oulwclgh ihe sells, ar.d that he i t oi rure that th' r. :,r- ur.y . viis re-uitb u fr. m tl.-m njrhow. After saying that tariff reduction ar a near a ,-r reaching the .v is si trust! ' uf I wi 'iv Ineffective" he admits that "if in sap cara it be found thsl a giver, rate of duty does pmrr.ot. a mocopol) whl.h work III r.o protectlorisi wouid obj, ct to such reduction of the duty .-. wouid riuale com petition." Thi- rt of bslancisff Sf the a!? of ar ver . ot reelect '"f" prr 'a-Jer the merrage wBerevi r it spprsai v S h.- ..i- u eion , f iu .- nl ut Wtllcb

1th. re I -i t..ner.r. t- i ..pui.ar op'r.loa.

I h.r la H.l the m r CU ipp, ir.tlr.g becauss t t ur.Iook. d : r u:t. mr.c of ri ' i: Tl.. Am-rican peo p'.i sre not accustom. - i g him ntiks .i.; w.tl.oui rerv. '- -- .v lr . a if dltlhultt.r Chicago Iterord'Hsrald

CONGRESS IN SESSION. de keffrat U III HarSIr Hrreltt Uue Atlrullon ( i b- Parly la I'uHrr.

The lsst BtSSioa of the Itft MPI entii sasajraas havinj. be-jruu the ai ersl exctBtioii that H will bs uu fruitful of iuiportunt Ic'i-l.itiou is not Ukslj to b- .ii sppolated, snn the N.-u i Bta World. The regulation of trusts with a lira to suppressiag1 saaaeeastiaa is th.subje, t ,,f Ü i t importance, lu bis message a ear ago and in htl spaachas Off tin- .-tuinp last suininer, Prei ,ient BooseeeH insisted spun ths nee, I of a constitutional am. nitlBSBl U confer upon c nyresa the power to leal iiifc.piutelv with monopolies. Hut in bis speech at hiludclpbia on Vovembi r la, ie said:

"It Is Idle to tell the DeoDls that we have

Bot the power to : fuch a probltm as ,B1 f SKel D '.iua.te i,upervl.-;jr: ver the gr at lr.durtrlal combinations of :o-duy. We have the power and ws shali lad out ti. way." And in tin- SBPM speech be itroBSjl.v, .iidorsed the rcincly projiosed ly At-

ornev Uenersl Knox, which is, in sub

Itaaea, enforced publicity for the ai

fairs of all corporations doing an in terstatc business, for which he con t, ii. led there is alr aU ample author

ty of law. Whether a striiiffcnt law

Jf this character can get by the trust

i-'o; is in tag s, i ai.- is very doubtful

vwiat effect mere publicity WOffld

nave in curing the worst evil of the

trusts th.-ir tariff-cliartered privi ....! . . 1

f.' oi iHiuiuK' monopoly jinces urion A a a

ineir pro.iucis n.ibotlv has vet at-

'empted to explain.

The subject of next importance is

.ne revision of the tariff and the related question of reciprocity. It is vident from sll that the president

las said that he is not la favor of at tempting a revision of even the most

oppressive tariff schedule like those

on oal, meat, lumber and hides a4, this time. Ihe most that he is likely to do is to recommend a tariff coma r .

amission to "examine and report t favorite method of sidetracking the

sstie.

Hut even if the president were an Jdvocate of necessary and reasonable tariff reform there would not he the

slightest chance of securing- action bv this erne,, ,-ss The speaker, the 'hairman of the ways nnd means BOSnniittee and nearly all the influential members of the majority have expressed themselves since the elec tions as opposed even to taking the uhject up tit this session They allesre a lack of lime thong-h they once pnssen in three davs a hill imposing

more than llM.000,000 of internal revenue ta, s. gad it is beyond question that ihe majority can pass in shor: order under its ironclnd rules any hill which it decided to pu; through It is the will, not the time that is lacking- Yet even if the honas were tn pass a measure of relief it would he killed in the s.-nnt Everv

republican of influence in th house is inflexibly opposed tariff clianire-.

BC that the main work of the ses

sion is likely to he the passing of tb

impropriation hills, god perhaps the

rat lhc-it i in of some s.,rt of reoinr.K O A -- . '

ui iie.ai v witn i uta rriouh even this ;.s doubtful. Needed reformsBiaai WaM SntS the people see fit to

jut in power a party that believes in

them.

a':nlTTXi lff L na QssaaaiM tsms-7 sf i Vf r v" .

' upper ri anv

WILL NOT REFORM TARIFF. Ihe IVasta Sttn In Ihr midie. It 1,1 Ina ihr He im 1,1 it-n ii l'nrl I o IIa I ii .In I ii g.

It i- praet oully settled that then will be no tariff tinkering by the pr. -,-nt i ongress. The organization ;f the present representatives of the people is in the hands f the protectionists, who nre of the Ilanna "eland pat" stripe Hi. trusts are therefore

ecure in their extortion, at least unil 1104, and can contit.ue to sell their producta to foreigners for from -0 to 50 per gent, less than they comp.) Ihe people of the I'nited States to pay. How long ths voters will con

tinue to condone this discriminat i,.i, Birainst themselves is a question tli.it is postponed for two more year-. t the presideatisl . lection in BB they win have snot her opportnnJty t .- cide ib.- qnestioB, nnd with farther

I eniigntenroeni thejr may reverse I 'lu-ir deci-inii of this year.

Ib.- trn t qnestioa and reciprocity ire forced to th'- front by the president in his annual message to eat jvr.ss with the evident intention of inspiring the people with hope of re

relieving .he republican BÖ Bases important t.iriff ii which it is so sorely di

TIN WORKERS' WAGES. iei tatsBatef of rratsnllsalsis t n lo Keep I Ho- pwa r l.abur. The iin plate industry is one of the

special pets of the protectionists. They claim to have created that industry i.y th.- MeKiniey tariff, Ignoring the fact that it pan and prospered more than any other industry under the socalled Wilson tariff, which was about half tlkS McKiiau-y luiilT, sav the ( hi. Cage Chronicle. 1 bag hasten to restore the McKinley rate iu the Dtaglej !nw upon the false preteass that the Wilson tariff was destroying the industry. The claim for the tin plate duty was the usual one that it was all for ths benefit of labor. The duty was giving employment at high wag ' American labor, it happens that most of the labor at first was imported under an exception to the general provisions of thecontract lalmrlavv. Hut let that pass. The point of interest just now is thai the tinvvorkers have just agreed to accept a general reduction of three per cent, in wages. Most worker in tin factories have never received princely wages, and now they have I m e n brought to agree loa reduction. The t.iriff does not serve them. The reduction is the end of a dis .Mission w hich lias liecn in progress for live oi six months. The employers wanted the men to submit to a reduction of 25 per cent, on the orders to till the "drawback trade." and the general reduction of t'jree per cent, is Ihe counter-proposition of the men. What is meant by the "drawback

trade" is this: American exporters

of canned goods can import the tin.

paying the duty, and tret a drawback

equal to the duty when thev export

the cans containing the goods. To induce the exporters to buy American

cans the manufacturers have to make special pries for thai trade, and to enable them to do this without loss

the workers were asked to submit to a

real net ion.

tnerican consumers have to pay

high prices for th. ir isnanrt goods to

enable the manufacturers io pay reasonable wages, and the men have to submit to a reduction to secure the export trade. That is how protection works both WBJ s OPINIONS AND POINTERS.

cut up ter hie. Old .large didn.t sav

mithin' jest seen about tbe berial. and then lhn1 libnself up in the big house. That was ihirty years ago. Lately lie's taken to stoppin' tx-ople on Hie rou. I an sskiu' if they has seen his brother .lames. We Month lnTs al Ii i tit . but I guess it's kinder rn sight n th' old feller." Hitherto the summer had been free from bad went her. Day after dny the sun made glorious Hie wide marshes ami the surging tides of the lsy. At lnsl. on.- sigh! late in August 1 saw a huge wall of cloud blot ting out the stars to ths south and

then, ntt. ring

a low cry of ".lames' Welcome home at last!" he rushed from room tn room. And upon the moment a giant blast swept through the house; instantly all v;is in darkness. I felt my way cautiously along the hnll until 1 stumbled over something tm the min la-he. I threshold. It Ma - the "id BUMS. I carried him into th,- kitchen ami lit a candle. He lay etrj -'ill. with smüo upon his face I had never s.-.-n him smile lie-f-re. And wh. K. morning came I was glrid Hint In- (mid riot wake to see his bright gar rb-n ruined by ths storm. V V. Independent.

What - Ihe ma 1 1 er w it h republic in managem.nt of the United States treasury .' A r publican victory and a 'eg -iump in Wall street follows. If the democrats had won. it could not bsvg been worse. Secretary Sh.iW hefore (ie. ' t-n Bewared the money into Wall street, and directly election was

over, he change.! hhj plans aai closed up tin treasarj doon with a snap. fs Secretary Shaw short f ihe market and helpinir t!,- o,.,r . ,i ,ipa m, f.t-; than feathering his urn ststT it sertniblj hnshs Iths ODDS AND ENDS.

Pittsburg is the richest ,-ity per capita in the I'nited States. Hardy ten per cent, of the childrea n Brittany con speak or understand Pre weh. CoBscriptS to the number af St 1,494 hsve been called to the French army this year. There were l.'.'OO applications for clerical positions in the government service al ri recent civil service titnination in iloston.

lief nnd party of i( ue-1 ion, rUevl As the

president has not.

bv nnv.

means, exhausted the power to punish bad tru ts which the law alrea.l, gives him. especially the criminal section of the Sherman Inw. which Inhas never invoked, it in hardly fair to shoulder upon congress all the ills that the tracts have brought upon us As the trusts and corporations are unite willing to hnve members of congress, knowing thnt they hav S friendlv majority which will man

age, at least, to do nothing lo neriiBniy cripple them, the outlook for the people is dark indeed. Ity the time the national election takes place the voters will have fniIher proof that BO relief rnn be ex t-ected from th.- tru-t and corpora (ton-controlled party wnleh thej bars Intrusted With power, and they will he more than willing to give the dem- ! oorath- party an opportunity to en- j

Force We criminal section of the sherman law. to amend Ihe interstate commerce law to prevent diserim i n .

oiigressnian Moody is right in saying that the duty on anthracite coal was a ni stake. It was a irrest mistake in more ways than one. as almost all Hie republican innnagera are ready to ndmit, to-day. Boston Advertiser (Hep.). President Kooscvelt has changed sales in the Delaware fight by the appointment of I'.yrne. an Addieks man. as (Jnited States district attorney. This is an satire rneareal of the supposed high ideals of the Uoosevelt administration, and is an indorsement of the rotten polities, for which Ad-

dicks is noted.

Mr. Addieks, the gas man, I. as

been invested by the administration with Hie bossship of Delaware, and

the federal offices will be parceled out to his political strikers. President

Kooscvelt c rta'n.y is making some anear deals for a civ ii service reformer. If be does not look out . w h ' le mak ing friends of the gas trust, he will lose the support of those who would naturally lie for him. If Mr Kooscvelt really had any anxiety to curb monopoly he would avail himself of the laws already at hand and BS would ftiin with thoSS isolated BsSmhen ,-f I is party who BTgl the withdrawal of tariff protection to the great combinations of monopoly Which, under t he shelter of the Dingley m In dules. rob the American consumer while invading forclgl ninrkets nnd audi i -elling till competitors.-Johnstown Democrat. When the republican leaders discuss tariff rev Mon they e In borate fin phrases which on analysis are found

to mean nothing, What Mr. Roosevelt may i-ny in h's mcs-acc on Ihe subject is a mntter of present ctiriisity. but nobody expects him to propose nnytliing radical. He fets the pace on no such public iiiest 'on. but conforms to the opinions of those he thinks can do him the most good in the next republican Convention. I'.nffalo Courier. Congressman Roberts, of Mt--;i-cliusetts. in n speech delivered at !ostOB, ssid: "It is safe to assume that ai least TO numbers rf the present congress are in favor of free hides." As Mr. Roberts was BvfReetly talking of republican congressmen, f ree hides wosld seem to be assured if !s-s than half of ths ti iBdepeadenl enough to vote with tiie democrats. Hut these congressmen who favor free hides I . , . m . m

mu-1 r memo.-r 111:11 rree com. rr.-e

Hon. nnd t reform the tariff law by beef, free steel, and other trust prod-

nlaring trust product!. ms on the tsi ,ts ar. even more important than 'J"t. ; free hides.