Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 45, Number 34, Jasper, Dubois County, 1 May 1903 — Page 3

Weeklu Courier. C. DOAKK, l'uhllaarr. lAAI'Kfi. i l 1 I INDIANA.

TMfc LITTLE ATTIC ROOM. In the ttage of my father a nttis .it il- room, Wh.r. the HlwtMM nMer wove hi mher trap of üxm For the Dir that sought the sunlight by tli" wing If window-pane. And luzz d a laiy. hazy. l.iy enoughI r-m retrain; And I ual to - k that attic, of Ita ahalowa unafraid. And view the shattered gtoftei that were everywhere displayed; The broken fragmenta of the past, it ray bin of light or gloom. That were wont to haunt and hold mo In that little attic reeob. The sword my grardsiic arrUd on the nI4a of Mexico ; An ej.a ulet ununited, making tili a tinsel show; An ancient trunk, fur covered, as a tree Is lag !n hark. Sf '! I had a notion that Noah bore It la Iii ark: The Cam th.it hung In sträng festoons , from rafter brown un l bare The year might come, the years might go. fhal urn was always there; a shoe I Uncle en in in jf wore I never saw hia face These, and a tneuaatld tilings beside. were In that attic pla v i can't explain the charm It bore, that homely room, for me. Although ptrbupn 'twas SSHWhat like living rn tnory. Bul OftcM when mv mother thought that I fifth urchins played, I dreanv d among Its shadow, by that phantoms undismayed . And i m rw d to bear the patter of ghostly fe. t t hut pre H I The ro gh floor of the jrarret where their trtaseres lay at rest; The treasures that they cherished while tl.-lr lives were still in bloom, TZm the sought the du-t and cobwebs of the little attic room. Isswii where within the heart of man. In -nollght or In gloom. 1 fancy tiers la ever found a little attic room Where he keeps the broken treaaurea of an Bi flieget lea past A tiny si a iraetured doll, a ihlp without a mast; Half hid by cobwebs of the years, they all are waiting there, And he view tin ;n with a dreamy smile, or. sometlmts. with a prayer. As the old. n faces greet him. with their never -changing bloom. While he sit among the Bhsdows of his little nttlo room. -Alfred J. Waterhouae. In N. T. Timea. I THE PHANTOM'S 1 1 WARNING, m i 1 rrrTMTTttmttTt i at. MV WiLTKB S I ITT. 9MHHM :: M nMKrMMrir ABOUT tbe broad i arth in its cuetomary manner the family had assembled after the evening me;.!, and Henry Carroll, the city con -.in. c'.mc to the country to rcnupre falling health, found his first visit into n Kentucky home not so dull as h' had anticipated. The hospitality of country folk, who knew well the art of entertaining, xvi.s his. Mr RnfjjfflTj bb wife, nud above uil, t ht daughter. Marth;., ing -niousdy Jctl the lr u st to talk of himself and ids s1(.rt history, and of that braacb id the familj froui whivh he was d' rectly dew 1 i.'ld, until the hour of 13 was reached long before lie would have guessed it. The OMtrereaUea lulhrd. Silence vn broken only by the ticking of tbe dock, suddenly uiroii heard the fatal ul a pat Of a k'u""p'!1n hor.-e on tlie froen turnpike. Me Walked tO tbe window overlooking the road, und tbe sharp air bore the aMSjd more clearly to bun. 1 WOBjder Sfbo thut can be, riding so wildly at this time-of night'.'" he asked. .Some drunken fellow going, home, 1 suppo.-e." -aid Mr. Uatikin, indifferently, but with a iie,nilicunt look at his wife. nrroll pre seed his fao- to tbe win (iow- pane and once more looked out upon the moonlit country. He had i full view of the pike, ami some Hatanee down the little valley, just edbere I i x rierf was bridped. be sow the dim tin'irt- of u horseman daak inr itlon? The horse cgpaaad the bridge with terrific elntter, the rider not drnwlag rein for an instant. Been board in tlie wooden structure seemed to start and tremble, Uronsing all the drowsy echoes of the eallej "lie rid litt v. ild man!" ei Isla ill i nrroll. "COBM here! Look at him! One veould think both man and beast were hunted -a ere fleeing from the dil himself!" Martha ran to the window und gazed for n moment at the fsat-dbv appearing horseman. "Papa, maybe it's oit hnst 'Sob the rider"- that Aunt Dinah once met." The mourni'ii hay of loxbonnda disturbed by the hoof beats and the -iifj-ircstion of a chtise gave her remark a ttnge of color. The young people stood side by sole at the winlow, enrloasly watching tka silent boremnn. In n few WssjaafM he was lost in the mist which hung over Ut v allev. and the sound of the hoof bents, growing fainter und fainter, were heard BO more. Botb Mr. and Mrs. Kankin had kept their seats while Hie rider passed, and now tried in vain to lift the gloom h:s appearance hau left In passing, (arroil noticed this and half laughingly Inquired if Martha's ghost was a reality. "Not at all: simply a stupid old atory of tlie negroes," said Mr. Ttnnkin. He spoke in an unconvincing manner. h wever. and tfha fireside into n BOOtlT silence. Carroll saw the glance of the host wonder from time to time to thai corner next, the wJiioow. where the I bardwuod loot wua carefully bid-

Orn i y an enormous rug. Finally be rose tu go to bed. aul bade his host good night with a sagne feeling of f oreboding. Jlc slept little I but night in the greut vonui UMsigued to him. Among the old picture on the walls, which he casually looked over aa he undressed, he was truck by u tarnished portrait of a girl who closely resembled Martha. Though clothed in a ln since forgotten gurb, he found the same tender brown eyea

ami dark hnlr, the same sensitive yea as t!ie carriage rol.ed homeinoiitli. No name was written on the ward, the tmention, which he had as

woin gilt frame, but M the dust(ovcud back he found scrawled, "Martha Uankta, isju." Evaa when arroil put out the I'ght that foot stood betWeOa him and bleep. Those eyes haunted Ids brain. So, too, did the Hying horseman und the troubled face of his host and the remurk of the r oti no Martha, lie remembered to have heard his mother tall Of a romantic love story with a tragic eudi ntr which bad happened in this frontier boose, built by his forbears when thev came from irpinia after the revol it ion. Wbal was it abontf The first gray of dawn found him still aaking biaaself tbli quaatioa, and the COCk had told of the npnroach of a new day before he dropped into a perturbed lumbar. The bniliant. fitful sunlight of a spring -.v strayed lato winter was streaming lato his room ere Carroll awakened. The refreshing bath nod the whole, line smell of the country cleared but h :id and he smiled at the fOoUsb fancies of the night. ( areleasly he run down the broad st lirs of the stately mansion in a manner calculated to startle into life the sweet-faced dames and the t arched-collared soldi ts of the revolution who-e portraits smiled from their gilded frames studding the hallway. His host was genial; Mrs. Kankin the soul of matronly solicitude. Had he slept well? Did he lind everything he needed in his room? Martha gave him a demure good-morning and the reassembled family went out to breakfast. No mention was made of the events of the previous night. Martha's remark about Aunt Ulnah's ghost remained in Carroll's head, however, and having nothing to do, he strolled out to her cabin to hear her story. It was Aunt Dinah's favorite yarn, and she unbent with right good will, proud of huving the stranger cousin for a listener. "Good Lnwd, honey, an' you achshally ain't heahed dst tale? Wal, you see, it wuz kttaf time ago, 'most 'fore I wuz bnwn. I reckon. Miss Martha arU her name, an' she loved Mars Kb Gregory, what had a heap o' line horses. He hep' comin' beak tat see Miss Martha tvvell everybody said day ibo' would marry. Dan day hud a fallin' out an , didn't come no rooah. Miss Martha didn't let on, but she ar taiuly did love Mars Bob, an' kep' ;jjnin' an' pinln' away tweii she was nigh ded. One Sunday day all went to ehniek at de Cross Uoads. 'ccpten' her. When dey come buck her maw, Miss Kllcn, found her on de floah in de purler ded. Sue had shot herself in da corner by de window, whar she an' Mars Hob ustcr set. "Wall, 1 tloin't jes' rekclieck, but folks do soy Mars Hob died jes' after. Anyway, he took her denth niightv hard. Yuuse it wuz his fault, an' he ought to have made up with her. An' so he got Ulg'lty Wild nil' reckless Ike. Some say ha hind o' teched in de bald. H I nster rule tool da country on his big geMin' jes' like mad. One niiii I need him go by heab like all da devils wtU followiu'. Da Reg Riawnln' dey found him by de erb k. his big geldia1 standin' over bl&V lie had shot bisself in da heart. "1 dunno. chile, but ebat since den dey aay lat Mats Rob ri'le by heah when rv.eet hearts ob de county fall out. I seed one., when Mars Walker an' HIM Mary Hogers had lore t rubble but dot's anuther tale, honey. Anyway, folks doun't come dis away nights no moan, Mats bankin. He make b'lieve hit ain't so; but he keeps dc bind spot floah covered up. an' on de parlor he doan't ride home in de night." And so Aunt Dinah r.imbled on, enger to tell other stories of the past, (arroil kept the incident in his mind for a while, and then let it drop as a darky superstition. He devoted btnta If to the tusk of building up his health, going hooting, riding to neighborhood fox meets, driving Martha to dances Bad patties, and in other ways filling out the routine Of life in the country. In following this social round he found that the chase after health can Hometimes be made a cheerful occupation. csecially with a girl like Martha to help one. They rapidly became g od friends, and Carroll was astonished to discover how necessary her company was to hi comfort und pleasure. It seemed that he was always seeking ti pretext to be with her. Were there errand, at the IQilCr J store or the post office In town, only ho and Martha could do them conjointly. As these erianda vvcrr numerous, they drove to town in the buggy nearly every day. With the passim? of the spring rains these drives became more and innr delightful. Nature nwoke to full life and the enrth throbbed with maternity. Tnc dull, sohlen fields of grain and the froren pastures unfolded their cloaks, and Cnrroll saw for the first time the full beauty of the blue grass region. Field of blue followed field of blue In slight rises nn.l falls until the eve's sieht was lost in the vaguely outlined foothills of the mountains. Was it any wonder. Hirn, that the two lovers felt the pulse of nature stir within them, that they felt the joy of living nnd turned to thoughts of love? The slightest reason often serves

to turn the bulanee for or against love. I.HM-ri an- now hot, now cold, and at tin mercy of every wind thai Mows. Mi. afternoon, us arroil und Martha were returning from town they let their Imr.sea take their own mm Mas hi'ttl.d themsilw-s comfortably back oa the buggy " ul ami Ii lemd to the hum of the mull "! ilrunk in Iba charm of the country, which the soft sunlight was revealing in its richest mood. Loo long dreamily iuto Martha's

I yet put to himself only vaguely, ' came to him, "loes she like me .'" ! He dared not trust Mm lOtf to ask as ; to love. While be was turning about ! this to him startling su-c-estion, a young farmer of the neighborhood whom ( arroil had often inUaginea to be covertly fond of Mariha cantered down the roud toward them, lie puii. d up sharply, bowed to arroil, and directed to Martha few commonoiacc Inanlrtea about her fanv 1 - - - ily, the eropa, and the next party to be gi n. Carroll thought he saw a blush steal over her cheek as the ( young man talk, d, and after he had riddea on. half la Jeel bat a hit in earnest, he naked U that were baa sweetheart. The blush mounted higher as she denied it. Carroll nnreasoningiy ana jeaiousiy wnncu that be was. and finally Martha DOUtlngly SUggeetOd that in any event it was a matter that did not concern him. The clouds had fallen. Curroll hail had his QUeetiOR answered. At sapper fie announced t but boat that hi. health was now fully regained and that an urgent letter from home would take hi in away the following morning. Mr. an I lira, Kankin expressed regret. Martha coldly said she was r.orrv, and continued the meal in silence. Thut night ( arroil retired early to his room, but not to sleep. His pride was deep'v nun. una ne was indignant. He called himself "Idiot ! '' and other pleasant things. "She didn't have the heart to say she was sorry! Love! Doili!" Finally, putting on a light overcoat, he started for a walk upon the pike. It was near midnight when he turned again into the little valley. The long walk had fatigued him, and the night air cooled his heated brain. The full light of the moon was obscured by a mist which rose from the river nnd spread over the valley. The mansion was il.uk The world was asleep. Tbe brooding silence of the nbrht was broken now and then by the distnnt cry of a fox hound, the low neigh of bora, or the tinkle Of a sheep hell. "Claekety-rlaok! elaekety-chick I " There vvas borne in on I arroll's ear the distant sound as of a galloping horse upon the ti.rnpike. Could it be the phantom Bf Aunt Dinah's story? "( hickcty-clack!" The horse was coming nearer. An atmosphere of m-terv that now seemed all about him forced the thought into being. Tne forgotten tale sprang vividly hate Carroll's mind, and he felt the chili of the unearthly creep over him. Sweethearts had quarreled' The phantom rider was due! Bang! Crash! Crash! and Carroll saw a wildly speeding horseman finsh across the bridge and come up the road toward him with uncontrol e, ga i t . (arroil. forgetting all of the im probability of the talc, ran to the roadside and tried to acale the stone fem e. Bot ii was too high for him to scale in his nervou.- Condition, and he crouched naitist it. Ml eyes glued noon the et rer-ajdranelng figure. It thundered along. Now it was al most upon him. A vision of a bora of thoroughbred build, with foam living from its mouth, with flank heaving, and of a darkly clad rider with gue lived ahead, a cloud of dust, a sound of distant hoof beats, and (arroil, complete!) cowed, fled toward the house, There he saw lights were moving uneasily about. On the veranda he met Martha, strcngdy pale. He clasped her in his arms nnd whisne red: "I won't iro home tol morrow." X. Y a w limes. Ills Klrat Bleyele. Mischief is the crow's occupation. The crow of India appeal! to he particularly malicious. He delights to torment other hirtls, and will wantonly pull a nest to pieces. Mr. A. .1. Rum ford, iu "Turbans and Tails." describes the crow as having admirable self posse, sion, and usually a most perfect control over his eountenanee. I have Only once seen a crow, to ne a familiar phraae, taken aback -forced to own hbaeeli disoomfited. It wras one aiornlag before breakfast, and I was sjieeding across the niaidan on my bieyclc. A crow, to which the machine was perhaps a noMdty. for at that tunc there arare aot many la use in ( aleUttU. came flying toward me t.i satisfy his curiosity. i bf bright steel spokes were, of course, invisible to human eycR. and, as is proved, to hUt. In the spirit of impudence and frolic, exhilarated, perhaps, by the early attorning: freehTM ne, ha made a dash to go thruUgh vvluit seemed to him to be imp i hoop i n which my -addle rested. It aead hardly be seid that he did not g t through. 1 looked hack. Us lay on the ground, evidently much surprised. Iii caw expressed perplexity mingled with dlsgast Hie head was sore, his feathera ruffled; and when he got up and went away to think about it, he looked more like a crow ashamed of himself than any I had ever seen before. Sara Thina "Vnme the world's greatest com poser," said the musical instructor. "( hlorofoim." promptly replied tbe young man who had studied medicine. Chicago Daily Ntwe.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.

Jeaaoa Is fan Ike lutrrnalioaal Ma .". ItMin I'aal trrrttril. lie mi. utmm ' N TEXT (Acta a nad all the alt I ne ateetd and the prop:, ran tosethtr. anii thv took Paul, ati'i art him out oT the t. ate i and furtnal.h tbe door sera shut And a tiie w. about la bill tun, t llnaa i me unto tbi cat tain of the band, thut al: JcruksUm w aa naro sr. Wh.. UniialaUl took oldiere snd Crnturivns. ami ran din ur:t .!.. m: and all SO trey saw the chief captain anJ LM Mieters, tbg left beating of I'sul. n Thv n t tie ehl.-f csptaln came nur, and IS i im. und co in man did Mm to b. bound ith two ehalas; at.-t ataanndad aba he S is. and what he had done ci And sann erb I see tnin eeon sn titt er, among tbt multitude: and when he cuulti not know the certainty for the iumult, fc i .ti. a. me I bhn to ba aarrled nwe the caitle. tad arhea be came ui.n 'he atslrt. j t win, thM be waa born uf tbe aoiüiera for tb vieieaeo of ti e atopic. 56. For the mu.titudi- of : I I "P to.iostd sfttr, crylr.it, Away with t.im -7 And an I'. ii.: was i.. .' - Into the raetla r .id unto the chi-f csetata, Miy 1 fj-ak um, tl.ee? Who aid. C'ail ti.ou k, eh Or1 k i Kr not thuu that Bgyptlan which before trees aavye atadest aa uproar, and leddtit out Into the w lld i rivf four thou?ani Bien that wen- n.urlereiK? K. But Pan: istd, 1 am a man w btck sm a Jew of Tarau, a oitl la CUtCta, a ctix. n oi no mean city and. 1 btetcb the. suRerm tu apaab aate kbe peop.e. I.lll.lll TI XT.-If asr lau auftrt a ti krietlnni hBi nul br u ! a in d 1 Tel. 1:1. ot TL INK ok SCRIPTURE sf; ti S Paul's report AOtatl: I TI e cUI r dv.ee A' ' -' l'.l H. " II' I? Al ls .1 Hun n..,ih-d Ac i :i :- 1'iiul's r.-nuest Ai ti 2! !lj-JJ Pa ii. - act, lis- ... ..ActbiS:: .-21 TIMK -A. t). 54. l'UA' B J. ruaalesa. MiTKS AM' foMMKNTit sundaj wa i" rani am. i aomnaaj lue t at the home oi rauin, the eanfelisrt. To-dav thev contili ne iheir journey. Prom Caesarea to Jerusalem was 70 mile-, and nt least the first part of it was probably made on horseback. 1 ! home of Mnason, one of the Chii(lans, served the travelers as a hallway house. The Christians were alreadj great brotherhood. Those who were traveling were sure of findiiifj a cordial and hospitable welcome from lB members of the hrotherhoad who lived along the wa. whether they bad ever seen each other before or not. Janie-, the brother of Christ, waathe recognized head of the church, and it srai to him, with the other officers, that Paul reported the wonderful way in which God had blessed the work iUlOng the Gentiles. i be mUcen of the church fell kindly toward Paul, and rejoiced in his work, but warned 1 im that such wa not the general feeing even among the Chri--lian .lews, who considered him one of the in f -1 dangerous af heretics bcrauaa be taught that observance of the ceretnoniHl law was not essential to the salvation of anyone, llentile or Jew. .lust at this time the city foil of Jewish pilgrims cotre to the feaat. Among them were Paul's old enemies from Asia. The church offioen feared trouble, and so advised the nciliatory more af verse N Pttttl hin elf ha'' eome te Jerusalem arlth hi heart ct on bringing Jew ini.Kicntiie hrlatiaai into tymnathj and t" a better iiit(!erstnndinp. It wa with thai purpose that he had gathered the free-will offering from the or.e nraaon ,,f ihe efaUCeh for the other The officers urged the plan, nnd Paul yielded. though we eanaot believe that ha i so w ith- ut mis civ it 17 T! e i lull w il disastrous, and yet in the neofldeUce of Qed it ojieneii the way for Paul's erorh in Ropse. At the si'lit of Paul the hatred of hi old enemies flamed Up, and his be it g in the temple probably made them more nngn . TI ev ami ted hint of brine "n enemy of (1) the Jeeri (ti.e jie. i pie), It) the law. and (3 the ten -pie. "Dragged him out af the ten.pte:" o ns n"t to cefile it vith his hb.o'l. "Chief captain of the hand:" The cohort of soldier garrhronlng the eaatle of Antonia, which joined tbe temple court on the north, can e out to stop this Jewish riot. About iiOO MCI v.ef stat ioned there. "The stai t s: " Lending up from the temple court to the cn-ile, which overlooked it. Now out of reach of tbe mob. Paul hd n ehanca to tnaai te the chief captain, who was surprised at being jddreseed in Greek. "Art n't thou t'.iat Egyptlaa:' Who would almost certainly speak Creek. The chief captain thought he had got hold of a "wanted man " Buppoalag that the Egyptian ii not apeak Greek, the meaning would be: "ihou art not, then, as 1 supposed," etc "The Egyptiant" A fanatic w l.o bad claimed to bf a prophet and had pained a larfr followinp among tbe dangerous eic aienti of the people. "Aaaaitlna:1 Literally. Men of the Dagger. They were a secret order whose object was. to rul the land of its opponents by asa Inal ion. Vaiil here makes one laat supreme effort to recover the litaatloU. In the address he shows, bj 1 el'ingthe story of his life, tbe faheness of the three chair'- made against him in 21:tS Hi- effort was in vain. IN THE MIMIC WORLD. Tewaaeeo snuini Hi shortly take a final leave of the stage. He will, previous to loing so. perform in the principal towns of Italy, in company with hia ion, l'noia anleint. Fanny Herring, the notrem who chsrmed tbe audiences of the old Itowery theater :tf or 40 years ago, celebrated her seventy-first birthday recently. After nearly .' years on the stage she retired to her farm ia ( onectlncut, where he now livea u) the best of ben Ph.

vaablleaa Paarlllik la UUiualrat mil a lrll Ml Hfbelllun la Ike IklaaS In addition 1 1 the gijsat : candal In the p.t ofhee .c j.artment, al.i.h is ser.oii.lv rripplli neafa e,ia which the peb k ..t. so itiufli interested, the era of loot app Ml la haee become epidemic and has tprrad to our new jeiksession. In Manila, suuigtfl.i.g tV th- ipiartermaster. who sre :n ronin.aio' ' ne transport., has been discovered, ard hi Porto Kien a nnmWr of officer of th army and navy and some of the hlgl Pal e vil employes have been c-invictec" of the same offense. In tbe latter eae a serlona scandal has been developed which involv.s b aiiministratiot.. for under t he inst i tic i. ns of two mcmlers of the cabinet the eetwleted anHita have lieen allowed to compromise the mec against them b pavinc fir This extraordinary favotitinn would prohaldy have never eonie to public know ledge if some native Portollicans I hi bOl i n convicted of similar ciime. and are now serving long sentencein the penitentiary. Tbe Injns-j tice af placing one set of culprits heMM the Iwrs ai d allowlnir the other to jro free because they l ave official influence and were officers of the United States, created a prent sensation nmonest the Porto Ricans. They had fondly ;majrined that the law of the United State would be strictly enforced afrainst all alihe. and that the ( era of compounding felonies had j named away with the retirement of the Span'ards. The friends of the I Porto Ricans who are undergoing confinement in the penitentiary for mgpling nre now demanding that tber be pardoned stateni.i t s-ued by the treasury department says; It wasdiree'ed by ' the president that Secretary Moody and Postmaster General Payne should investigate Ihe entire subject upon, their arrival at Porto Rico, and that the cases should be dealt with in accordance with their rccommei datlon. ' "The recommendation was that all j criminal proceedings should W die-1 missed and discontinued upon the payment of th civil obligation, as above I stated. In accordance with this reeom- j mendation. the attorney general di-1 rected the Tinted States attorney for Porto Rico to dismiss the pending eases and to present no more enate to the grand jury until he was otherwise instructed. The cases involve certain officers of the army and navy, and certain civilian employes of the -jov-crnment of Porto Blee " This attempt of the administration to squelch the scandal did not have the looked-for ffect, for a d -patch from Porto Rico savs: "The grand iurv -det called many. ivi'tneses in tie smuggling case in which officers of tbe I'nitrd States' navv and, other prominent men are in- ' volved. and secured from the court 1 commissioner w ho presided at the former hearings, a copy of Iht ' -'.imony taken. "The prisoners who are confined 'n tbe penitentiary for smuggling have presented a petition reip: st i i l' that j thev he pardoned and released unless others iMi'd of the satin- tTei.s,. are punished." The Porto Ricans cO'ert'y beMere that what is sauce for the native goi e should lw sauce fcr the I'nlted Rtatet gander, but they will find that official influence is a powerful lerer to pr..'. el the Influential criminal, and th.it those without such friends must bear the full brunt of the law. That four influential men. Iters f the ! Cabinet, at the instance of the presi-i dent, thonld recommend such a perversion of the law Is beyond comprehension, except that believing, bt ihe imerialist seem to do. hat the g- v ermrg c!as have superior nirhts to those of the governed. The least the attorney general can do now. to showthat favoritism is not the rule, is to order the release of the natives and that future mere shall be dealt with according to the strict letter of the law. This republican fa vor if Urn Isabreecler of anarchy and ttrless at t stnmp'd out will lead to a d. p '.! diminut ion of reaper t for law nr.d l-. ad government. Time tor Revlslaa. Secretary Root has some elevated notions about the revision of the I ir iff, but they can never be attained. The way to revise the tariff is to revise It: that is. g at it "-1 liave n party fight over it. The existence of i parties i a necessary thing to mir In- . stitntions. and while thev are in CXb tence they must be In almost constant opposition to each other. We hear a great deal about the tarirt being HI land, when it becomes actually neeeeaara to change it. by its friends The republican leaders call thaanearrea its hir now. la the sense that we have now a high protective tariff. I hat. Ilioticti. win proouiuy never be. The democrats a ill have to take another band la the work. The tlme for rerlelO has been ri;e a rOUgfl time. The cnerM hi teriff i- p lii g up an unaeceeearj urplm bj the rensury. i ne repunucan lea.ierMnjt has been fiddling and dallying with .1 . .. . I .1.. 11 , i r, rr -!ttl the question, ami w II continue to do so till the people rbe up in their might and make a chance in the govan ataat t Waahiagtoi . The tariff must be rae&ead by ;he friends of go.nl and honest goven i.i.tr incinnatl Enpiirer. v in L-tit have Ieen expected the parties to the Northern Securities merger are squirming under tbe derision of the circuit court af Bpptabl outlawing their gigantic transcontinental reHwUJ trust, and all the tdher merger- ateaaat and prospective are looking for aoteT, There's e greet "getting npstalr" 'n truat circles. Homton (Tex i Poeb

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Wh, Go Weat to Study Animas? URGE TARIFF REVISION. Xavaafarlarera Join t'irarr for lb leokalaatioH ot Ike "luira idea." The National Association of Manufacturers, have been b .ding a convention, and amoi:e; the rt-solutione report! d for consideration was one urfaf tariff n on general lines." rat year at their convention at Detroit a similar resolution sraa adopted, hut the n publican congrese paid no attention to such demande. Manufacturers hare discovered that the tariff tax pb dies them as well as the consumers, and by advancing tbe cost of living forces increased wages. They have also discovered that tbe tariff fosters trusts and that the trust obliterate competition and ad vance prices, thus still more increasing the cost of living and wages. The manufacturers of farm machinery are paTing enormous prices for their lum ber and iron. both highly protected. and this come out of the farmers in increased cost of farm machinery. The boot and shoe manufacturer find that the duty or. hides makes dear boots. The paper manufacturers complain that the duty on wood pulp Increase., the cost of paper, and the list might be coutirued toinclurle allkinds of raw- material. Most of thee manufacturer have felt the pinch of the increased duties demanded by foreign countries on good they sell forexport; for all the European countries except England are trying in this way to keep out our goods as our protective tariff keeps out most of theirs. There ia where the farmer is again interested, for most of these countries' sre increasing their duties on American agI ricultural products to protect their own agriculturists. If Europe should have good crops -which has not been the cae for four years, and this country should 1 fortunate in having another favorable seaaon--the price of orre farm products will drop to thoso of ten years since, and our farmers will have a hard time to make both ende meet again. Wh n Enrope has h irt crops they are compelled to buy of u. or of other countries who raise a surpln. hnt they purchase these necessities whera they can buy them cheapest, tariff or no tariff Tn the end tbe farmer" and the work- ! ingman pay the tariff tax. and the Iat- : ter g. -s bet a rerj sn ail advantage by I the increase of wages for his living expenses are advanced in proportion. The farmer w ho has to sell in eompetl- ; tSea v ith the whole world bears lb ! greatf st burden, for he a'sc. has t.. pay j more for what he buys and hasnoprotc.on on what he sells. With the manufacturers demanding r v'on of the tariff to suit them. It should not be difficult for the people who pay the greater portion of the taxes it impose from nlargii ig the revbien to relieve them of the itrcater burden. DRIFT OF OPINION. Most likely Americans could suvv:ve now with much less monopoly than the Morgans and the Hillsbestow upon them - Chicago Chronicle. rotary Shaw takes sn occasional turn at defending tbe high tariff, but tili H does not improve ia public estimation, it It. no doubt, understood that Mr. Shaw defends the tariff because he has to. Cincinnati Enquirer. The existinghigh tariff could not for a moment continue to receive the approval of a majority of the voters bul for the cunningly devued fable that it is in the interest of the laboring masses af the country. The inexorable logic of incontestable facts shows that this is not true Whenever the masses of the voters that labor come to see tbi. a lowering of tariff svehedill be inevitable. Louisville i con-ier journal. Uncle Hanna declare, that Mr. I; .elt is undoubtedly the founda Una t f this great government, which nt course. Mattel ing to Mr. RoosvJt nav Yw, doubted, however, whether Messrs. M'.rgan, Hill and lneJr gownonat cond jntora entertain , . ,vn.,on; nion .nnd those gentleme a I . . i I. cut quite a quantity ot tee wnen ssssa Hat nn makes the r ucn wim nis nist., -skillet. The disagreement is most unfortunate. Chicago Chronicle. Just as long a a great majority of the American pe"ple shall be willhbg t pa an enormous bonuato every industrial trust in tbe form of high price-, which are possible beeue of the Dlnfiey tariff, so lon wüt the Latin-American trace be absorbed by Baropaef manufscturers. Not onlp the American people, but the trusto the-ii-eivf would be benefited in the long run by a modification of the tariff, by reciprocity and by th development of steady foreign demand fo otir products. Philadelphia Record.