Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 45, Number 42, Jasper, Dubois County, 26 June 1903 — Page 3
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Br- h k creatiy bmpreoaed itu Wla' " '- "muuHiv öl" th. ' '""'' life .,1 tlM country." IS ' : P " Bty que.tio,,. aeU that WU be found to "lr ' pcclaj interest. i ' y f Luropean history . '4 ' "f the I lilted States" '"'ü,k' "' b'rne ..,,.,u nie :"' 11 - t the UmtIcm hwhmiv Jeltll Offer from Europe ii, t rdtt, An.J riM on- of ' J' :u is probably the direct, i"" of th.- other th.- r-mark-ii- Jiff, re nee of the Btructare tad fun. ;i ,,, ,-.. i - , ,
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COttaeqW - of the ntil.tarv bsainaIty of ti.,- itatat, Where man, areat.
uuiuKiMB I row uro titan, hia nili. tary pri rata, Is not called for, th ra it i.v bat natural that he ahould los I
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a'a iphera is not umi mim um ie th.it i I the man. Both th-e points re mining in America. The lack of the f irmer aJlawatl the American to lne. their cn.-rpics in practical an. I profitaU parsnfta; the lack- of
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1) A R T E R i hrother in-law.
Ha-k;i!iah I!:im-.iiii i .i the nt kie-t
mau. I v'ptoac, that ever lived." aaid the mau vlm BjCfatalad that he la entitled to be beli. v. i. h n he ays be lives over toward Pnt-hin-b. as hi- leaned apain-t the wall fa- Inj -he liowland hoiie cal: tcpiter. "Then, agrain. "it ii: iff Is t -a he nai the luelf eat man that W 1 inl. There ore two aidaa to every cp:e-tion. ar.d it's a poor mle that won't work I -1 t It way." The man.m t. r of the cash rejriater m compounding a cftrktail for ktrattger who can e in. and laid he had
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"A coektail." said tl.e man from over taward Pocbock. "was soaaatateg that my ETaebj Darf4 Beckendarler'a i.i ..t l er-it iw. Baekaltah Baaa m i . rat would lirink " Hire me mine stra?eh;.' he v. to ay. ar,'! then if I fall bj the way. I ita1 gala to ijit m.td and abuse the . . .- r. and lay it to too much augar. a aqaiti more hitters than there '.-uiriit a-heen. or 1 e Icnton t'. at was tqueaaed in it. I.e n-ed to sax TI;i-khHah was a philosopher, l.ut I think he, arri i! ata philosophy a little too far as to the matter of what he took to ; rink . Now. I ain't partieHar wl'i töcr mioe is a eoekiall or a dead -r taielit." The n an fr.im P khuek paaaad. The li:ai.iji lator of the cash register wav hnsv fixif sr his necktie at the mir-
aoBiii)' 77 (hes grabbed the tod a the w.u'ot. - RajcMaa tknaad fettfeai ap around it ii .-tr he hui.g. Tht kore run for mile-. hL a they fetehe-j up ajf'.U the aide of a at i . Hali ai.d tappe!, ltut 11a. ka lial. iki.c. m went rijfht oB. Jieaailed throui, tha air clra: to the suit:: Iof a Mm ace lot. und lit on hi beac. "Now, it wouldn't be natural to es-
paat that a tuau o' l.uy ear. after seteh a flight aa that. v..uld git up mil th.-k.ed to death, and go to dai.e t.' a hornpipe Mr. Ilackaiiah BaVM "' didn't git up at all He laid there tiU aouic of hia folks ncal luokiu' to ee in what paa ' tl.. istrkt be found h.ui. gad packed Mm "p"Tec top of hia bead wax rammed in I one, and the doctor aid the mutt likely ihiaag at da to get Hatkaliab on hi pitia ag'm was to trepan it. .o he jirieked out a J.ieee o' the skull and sot an old Me.ican s iver dollar ia the plat e. llackal:; h gut around ia about a iiioo'h as ln ly aa ever. "One day be weut to twn. While be arai there a thaaderatarai came up. Ha kaliah Baaaoaa ha., a f:eat way o' settinir in one o" the oi arti.cbaira on
the tavern stoops tippia' it back ay'm a pact, an' gala' in sleep "1'he thaadera B Light n in' didn't prevent him data4 tln il. it i!ay he wt-nt
I to town, ami. beeide.. l'ncle Uaiid Ueckem.art. r -ay he bad iieen lu ky lie runnin' up ajj'in coasJderahla a tha ".d tun. Mm got kia chair a little too
elaasj la the ei.e o" the stoop, ar.l ia his aleep i i.- i ... gal la rollm' over to one side. au. I mtty soon the chair lost it balance and kerplunk!
went llaekaiiult to tl.e nuue. !ur
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THE SUM DAY SCHOOL.
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fur June Ptj "o.! Uuurln ly lte tew. ot.iii. n:i.-itir t.are i.ni: i lirr uie Iroau rirr) etl m,rk, ai.il Wttl rr.ere aar mlu In. brao ul) klasiluai -J Ttm. 4ils. CUHOKOIjOCI IC Ah UMVUtW. A. U. ff i, Paul 1 1. l to Macedonia aud Qfeaea, A U. at. Epiatle to Loriut hiatl a i itlen. A. U. ia, ipsifj. KptaVthl to the Baanaaa wfittaa. A. U. s Paul iu Troaa. A. Ü. ii. Paul m Miletus. A. 1). i npnuj;, 1'aui jourui-y to Jeruaalem. A. I). sprin'. Puiii arre.-ted. St. ii. ist u,,. ,,,,t ajfalt.sl l'.iiii. A. H. ha, Paul'a iatprlMMaaM ChaaMaa. A 1' I . i speech hafttN Agrippst. A. L). H, the voyage o Crete. A. U. tO, Paul's staj at Mclita. A. 1. -I I'aul at Home.
PATaUBl Tg am. OOI DhtM TEXW. j.e.on i. -Paal'i Paeawei la Bpha wra Idea lext: ft runfimltir the wcrds of the Lord Jesu-, how He .-aid. It k) more l..e--.-.l to give than to r.-eie - AeU 20:35. Lesson 11. he BtiuirwUtaa Golden Text: Novv is I hrist risen from the ilad, and become the liratfruits of tbeiu that si. pt. I. Cor. 15:0. Leaaai III. BaaKmsLhiUtj for Others, a temperance .-son. Gulden Text! Let us not. therefore, tudsre
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FRAUDS IN POST OFFICE. Ttsrlr Maaailutle I l ur Br sad a kat ! Meaa um i itt-iub llraa tmkurliirt I he post oflii e depart inn t should be run on a bii-in. -x basU o that the ptMk) eery where would bate the lieft -nuv :. r th.- as! aim. nr. t of uiot:y that g expeii. !.-.:. Tht laTMllgallllg now poii.jf on shows that the r. pul. i can plan has been to make the department a political BBtffhhht to aid republican candidates at ,j puck -au. uses and contentions in the interest of the bo are for the time in charge. Postmaster General I'ax m- wa- s. :. ted , the president not as, the v ost conipelaat man. but as the most aiiroit and i exteroaa aiitMat paHllrlnn aTallaMa. and he has Ixen looked upon us thapO litieal manipulator of the administration. No credit is due 1o him for the exposure of the rotten conditions that prevail in his department. He has per-i-tet: t iv made I iff h r of i;. .-hart.'. - that har re-ulted in the ree!ati..r - that hae -o far reached t he public His con
fidential secretar is charged wilh lieinr niixetl up i:i the -eat i , und Mr Payne is evidently shield in him from helag ir.clnded in the Investigation that la -till in pro(rre. How far the rohe will reach is still a question and depend upon the president. He hat the power to ijo to the root of th- matter. whoever is hurt. That behind the small fry who l ave ... 'ar been caught in the lareatlgat ion ret. there are other ar.d larger fish i appareai. The New Tork "Torld la this connection aara: "He hind Item ! - a : Machen it seem o b.- c'enrly established that there 1 were men "higher up.' lender 5n the
and hoam . a bo were usinp them
O a "Hands Offl"
PROBLEM FOR DEMOCRATS.
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youn.. giri, the main source of lyrical taapiratioa. is kept in strict aaelaaiea ran t) , imp man, ev. n so p. etran., I --11. -lettre peneml'v eaaaot in Imeriea ie with fine literature in Kit rope, where that tttefatvra ia aaaialf bacad both on lha adaafra ti.in and on the lahjogatlaa of w9Wh an "F-.en if BJ prant that there I. little ... ;n history we cannot denv that there is much aayehalaajjr. and hen it appeal, almost certain that if Riaa iti AlBeriea may not create aaythlng diathaetljr mppt ior to what h- had doaa in Btltapd. w..mnn in Am.'rir-n may create social and tatet, tactual phenomena utterly different fr on perhapa a ape ri or to wiiat
w,- wir a n hoi teen in Mirope "Already the fact that many an Hra! witii h if -till ttnrealied in "the aid roaatry' is fully carried gm in
the tat i ay entitle v to t!i" hone hi? the 'human capita!" wi'l he by -ii-:ns of a higher womn ' proatnted to a stare of realitv impaaalble in Earape. Whether, therefore. America will or will not b able to regulate the international problem . of eatl and wer.f. it seems probable thai threagh her women the American people will further the Ifre.-it caiw of humanity in a m.mner almo-t impoaatMe in Enrope. Ideala. It is rne. have to he pttrchas-.l at rerr high price and BaeeihVt and nrhal the saerllleee le ppi! ly thw American- will he remain to be sect; ".V Bap rate, it i safe to sr that
the proeeaa of hellenbiat ion wi'i.li art call univer-al hiatOCjr will in all likelihood be adiunced a step or two bv the social Bad lalellertaal
marked arvtlinp. The Ptx-huck eit-
i m sighed, -a' ..own. cracked a cc jple f tin ffe rs on both J. and-, tr . -aii': "Ye.--. Ilackaiiah Ha-: om was he luckiest and the unluckiest man that ever !ied. He a as always bavin' rarrow .-acat.es nnti! a year ajro. He hadr'i a whole bone la hi- lody when
forcei if the I'nit.-.l States
Town llonl.l, Inrnrpnrilrf. A peculiar complication has arisen ia Ori con over the piest ion whether a town It iporated two time, aeeest legall.t incorporate!; at all -erat hill ami a bouse bill incorporating the town "f Adam, in I matiila eoun'y. wet - passed by both koaaei and reached the enverror, who -it-neil tin in bath, TIip were 'ip; ! U he exactly alike, but on eX mira i B i- s fmini! that the baaiH daries are tlkjhtlj differentlj defined. Ia the btü w bn-h iast be. m-i- i ird thai superseded the first hll! the boundary linesdo not gaeoaipletalj around the town. Chicago Chronicle l.sbnren af I'annma. At present thereare tatploj -il on tha Psna au eaaal coast ructkni l,M0 Ui imr. srs and foremen. 45 ph sichtttaaad Ittl civil enirineera They were etnp'oyed by the canal companv. but are beine paid b) tl.e Cnited States. The da 'v
pxperi-c of Ine const ructioa an.oi:n:s at ahaal iStOM. CMeaga post. I'rtiurea In Japan. Au oaleia re port showi that at tha cad of las: year there were in Japaa tj acrieul: nra! schools, six fl.-berj schools. technical schools, iO comMarelal a 1ho!s. seven mercantile hooN and 2 itidtsii ijj sell... - ad. Bjattoaal .lout nal. Half Ire nejrclea Out of every 1' ii-imeuiea called tip for sllitat seri. .. in Italy, neirlyse per 1 -en 1 inn e Iota - R ! f I II pby Sas 1 uut.ti... Li i.ii?ii '' .rv
he died for Ilackaiiah is dead, and )&
I'm feelin' Bright) ban about it and as to -cars, he'd hate made a tjond twin brother to the tattooed mar. in the side -how "As soon a- Ilackaiiah Hascom nt am where near a railroad an ir,riae aroald blow up and rive hWn a clip, or heM jjit run over, or his hor-e would pit scare.! and run nwav. am! break
a h'r or somethrn' for him. "Om-e be was ridin' on an express train, foin' up the mr.i'titain. iver in Penn-v lvanta. near where he lived. The t rain hadn't irone farheforc llackBllah cot it into hK l ead that he'd rf b.u-k in the hin! ear. He walked out f lha door, and square off the platform. He was in the hind car all the tin e, and didn't knw It. "II tumbled around on the track hi tht w ake of the trait for alw.ut a quar;et of a miie. and was cut and slashed tnd scraped in a wa that would have
fill-d a peddler f arnica piaster artth fop, Ilackaiiah picked himself up by Mai by. and started en his way afoot. "He had sralked pretty near all the way a his station, when ab.nc came Ihfj tailgraal tram, iroinc hi.- way. The cowcatcher of the inline lifted j Ilackaiiah up an: pitched him ac'in-t
The bank a- if he d been -': in of a
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to mind the shock a bit. but went right on a- if nothin" had happened. "The emigrant ir..in- in tht-m riaya was more than half a mile lone Ilackaiiah Bascom had plenty o' time to rolisiderwh.it wa- bet for him to do. He felt somethin like a piece o'meat mipht feel after jt had passed through s sassace machine. "There's ore thine certain.' says Haekaliah; 'I ain't come to lay here all nicht, and I'm blistered if I feel much like walkin am further. I ruc- nj ride the real .' the way on the emigrant. saps be. So he jerked himself up till he got on his feet. The train was cr,in' 20
m le an hour. vvhen tl e hind car
and it rolled oat n the irround. Ilack
aiiah jump... -i : a fee The tir.-t tiling be aw wa tin silecrdaliaf. He pfefcad it Up. " ilin" Join Bai dgras!' say- he 'What I clap that wa-: Struck the bank, didn't if." "l !i. tixe.i Ilackaiiah up all riph-. and he gave the dollar to I ncle David Beeheauarter. Uacfe Iaii gave it t. me for a brrthdax preaeBt, aad I've had it ever since -but 1 hacn't gat it with me." Ti e Pockock chn nicler paused, but no one -aid a word. A year ago." he continued, after aa eioquer.t -ik'h. "HsekaliSB Hascom made up his min! Ihet it would be a good stroke o' business for him I take out a policy ae'in accidents happenhn' to him. the n akea tl next time come
around for him : lime somethin' happen to him he could lay back and irawr pjg a we. i.. and if he trot killed, hia folks aroald gel his iasaraaea money. "He said ther.- wasn't any mrt o" donbt but what when he died it M be I ow in' to an explosion or a collision, or
omethin' .' that soft, and be miclit
as well make a little somethin for bis
family out .f ii as not. .vo l.e go: a 5.(mju policy. "After that he drove t be skit t ishest horses he could pit. but they always fetched him koaae -afe and sound.
j Billsonzer's sawmill was known to have a b'iler that wasn't much safer than lieht in' a match rn a powder mill. ; Hackal.ah Ha i look a ereat fancy to act tin' ia that sawmill day after day snd arpuin' politics. "One day he didn't go to the mill i for some reason or other, and the b'iler I busted and killed tl sawyer, and laid I up for two month tw men that hadn't leen nigh t be mill before. "A bridpe fell into the creek. 50 foot . below it. one :a j- -T a- Hackaüab üas-
cfim drove aer-.-r i- He pot out of a train at Ballsafp tation one day and a mile further on the train ran off the track and nasl-.ed thecsrhewj.in all to splinters. "He went out to -I ot schicken one
dsy. John aaaeley, a neighbor asked him to let him take the fun and knock the hen over. Hat kaliah handed over the pun. The barrel busted, and took off four o" Snavelv's finffcra. "And so it kept pnin' ail nlonp.
! Ilackalrah'- luck -eemed to hate changed entirely Every thinp seeroe top, air'ii-. him. and last . three w eeks ago. he a a - took with biiiousfever and died as peaceful as a ebloroform.'d rabbit i "Yes. Ilackaiiah It i.- oni is dead, my IfJacle Dsvid Itei kendarter's favorite I brother in-law. and I'm feelin' mighty
bad about it. Mighty bad. I tell you. Bowed with sorrow."
The cash register iagicd merrily over the parchsse if . onplc of bigkbslls. Ilhl manipulator laspecled his complexion critically in the mirror among the glsssware. Nobody said a word until the man from toward Pochuck rose, with a remark, uttered wih some pepper in it. "I'm feelin' mighty bad about poor
"hut w it h
sorrow till he -ioubled up like a jack-
knife, by cat, and nobody around here'd pour aatytkiapj on to i: to irown it!" Then he strode out and wen: Po chuck w an; N. Y. Sun
or ati occasion to fall
in bis brother's way. Kom. 14:13.
I.e.s-.,n IV Haul'- Journey to Je-
rnsalem. Golden Text
the Lord lie done. Acts
Laaaoa v. -Paul Arrested. Golden Text: If any ni;in sutf.-r a- a britiaa. let him not be fheaaad 1. Pet. 4:16. Lcssoa VI The Plot Again-t Paul. I. olden Text: The Lord stood by !i Ut ar.d said. Be (,.' irood cheer. Acts 23:11. I-'son VII. Paul Before Felix '.old. n Text: l aril f.-ar aa evil for Thou art with me. IN. 2T.:A. Lcssoa VIM. Paul Before Aavdassa.
Gohb-n Text: Ha'inp. t!:erefore. ah I tained help of Qad. I contiune unto this day Acts 20:22. I.cs-on IX The Life Oirinp Spirit. I Geldca Text: For a many as are j 1x1 by the Spirit of God. they are the OBS of God. --Horn. P:14.
I. 'onn X. Paul's voyage and Ship wreck, i. oplcn Text: Thea they an unto the Lord in their trouble, and He beitafCth them out of their distresses. -ps. in?: it. Le-.-. n XL Paul nt n. :ne. Go'.len Text- I am not ashaimd of the Gospel of lirist. Hom. Lesson XII --Paul'- I harpe to Timithy. Golden Text: There is laid i:p for me a crow n of t ihte oune4a II. Tim. 4:9.
mlnee fur IVealdent Waat Be Mas TIM Mill Heeelte --a far It appvrl. The probleai ..f who i t.. be the nominee of the demo-ratic party for pr.-.-iiient has been giving the republi C IBS much preater worry than it has democrats. There is no doubt a dif ference of opinion among democrats of who should lie nominated, hut t hs more iaspOTtai t question is. w hncan he lerfcc VV . I. a mmuiIm
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j , . .". ' , ' r.ext summer ar.d it can be shown that thm ti r;T, P" ;,,",,;-..Th fr ! will bcbletocarry that the total annua! expenditure for i ..f1,i, i i . , ... .,f,
: The will of I""': ,1:',:,r,v 'I th" I be nominated bevond question. It
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win nf. it is ektin atert. f-J4.uoo.ono a .
NOT KS AN I OMMKVTS One very notable thing brought nt?t OT the study of the early Chri-tian Sharak is the broadening of the ihtMBghl f the dlamlplciS- At first, it will lie reni'-nibered. the church coasisted of Jew-sand tho.e Gentile proselytes aha bad fully accepted .luda-
: cin. Ilie wanted ;l the world to bo
ome ( hri-:ians. but thought it necestary that ('.entiles should first con form to the rites and teaching of the law. of Means. In spite of this idea, however, the Go-pel gradually was ext"nlel among the Samaritana, then to aeeastoaal dawoal Gentile. until the church st Antioch admitted ill. thoutrli with certain restrictions n the non-judicial adherents. Finally 'he (i.ispel wa- preached nml the Sketch opened to all who accepted 1. -it- as Li.-i and Savionr. (.incident with the extension In thought wiis the extension in territory. For a few years the chur. b nf sTetaaaleaB was the only Christian church in the world. Then, as per
secution scattered the disclp'e. other
year when it Is fully expanded, indicatewhat a mrtprifieent field for loot and. blackmail it offer to corrupt ofBdali Werktag in eollnsioa with seif-s.-ekii serators and c rpre--nnn. The public have a right to know the who),, truth. The statesmen row dltnIj .'i-e.-rned ir the h.vckproui'd. workinp the rural free delivery system as s ' patrot.ue mill anl incidentally ns ai
mu.-t be reaseaahered t hat the rule that requires a two-thirds majority of a democratic convention to nominate make it tolerably certain that the candidate will lie aceptableto thepn-at mas of the party. The niot lectCSM qu-stlon that the rats wi!l have to olve Is a platform that will clearly express the le - m uon which the campaip-n nnt-t be foucht and upon which the candidate must stand. The platform trust be
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Ufr , xf n , T , I apr,'',, uPr,n 1,-f"r- ::"titp for the fro, t. Mr RoffSevrll s plain duty , r,,' t
to the country N to force Mr. Pati.
canr.iflates b-i-in at.' orlva tnajoritr
of the convention Is necessary to adopt It. When the delepations from the dif
no matter how powerful the influences
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, ' , fcrent states meet In convention, they
' "ii -i ra, in o- - ill. ill. to i ii e ;
up to thf historic Brandete, 'Let no guilty man csrape.'" If Pies Ideal Booaeveh aVcldee to pu.-h the it. estipation. ro matter who Is eaaghl in the dragnet nml will see. that those in charpe make it tliorouph and complete, be will have to pive the! important matter con-idet able personn' atter.tion. The obstacle in the wav are poweruland far-reaching and may Invohe the disruption of the cabinet and the shattering of the political mnchlne that is expected tohavecharpe of the rational campaign sotin to he iiiBagaiatad. It appears thai Ike ptresi-j dent was Informed, more than a year ago. that the post -fflre department i was honeycomlieil wi,h fraud, but he 1 eras assared by the postmaster penern! , that there was no truth In the charge, i
Frer,- -r. rn to he mm ing rapidly in the dlrectloa that either the in. -tlgation must lie suspended or the president : will have to retpiest the resigt.atlon of I his postmaster general. OPINIONS AND POINTERS.
The Heaaa-Foraker harmony is o thick that ant Ihm! y could cut it with knife. t incinnati Enquirer. Many a politician cotih." learn a nseful le--. n fr .m CFaeie Mark Hanna in the art af taking his medicine gracefully. Detroit Free P. ess. Mr Hanna referred t. him the other day as "our v ounp heroic president " I'ncle Msrk know:, a bnn: wagon when he see-, one. Chicago keeard-Rerald (Ind.). Mr lloo-tvelt known what he want-, and asks fof t of ;l e man who ha- a great deal of the a about pit-
ng it ini.orsement in r.ai.: and act-
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Basse along Ilackaiiah P.a-c-m made a ' "1 -a'Ka"," W". "". er .b for it Ita ln.itifc.dl It mm m i i feller might be bowed down
jest a- -ure as sure as you're i. raw in' he. r for ihet feller, w ho is seemin'Iy as dry a- if he'd bei b talkin' for the lest 1. minute-, and aobody hadn't said nothin " The ciisuinier who ame in for the beer got t and went out again. The
manipulator of the ra-h regi-ter w hiattedl "I'm a Jonah Man." with a faraway look in hi- eyes. The man from toward IV chuck , r. cl.eii -. me more angers Md - s -timcd. Ilackaiiah ketchi ii that hind ar." snid he. "an! got on to the train as slick as sira.idl.it' a fata back. 1 forgit how many stitc hes the doctor took in him wlen hegi.t home, but I'ncle laid Heekeodarter .ajs hr had to send to the county seat sft. r more thread. "Then there was the time Ilackaiiah had 'be big run."iv..m scchlcat. He was watering hi- I r-t -. and stood right in fr nt f '. m tsajM bej or other st off s firecracker, and away the learn -laxted
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I illtnn llpllmltl If. t "The commercial Utility f wireless ' telegraphy is an assured fact. It w,ll take ;ime :o scjust it la theeverycay j needs of the world, hut the nitrate ts I result i- foregone . unci u.-ion." In these word- Thom.-is A. Bdlsoa ttedsV , exp-essei! b - e. i.tc en.-.. i. the futtire I of wireless teleprapby "I have mace ' sn alüitnce with Mr. M.ireoi.j." said the 'great inventor, "solely becan-c I beI lieveinwirt less telegraphy ami am -ata . A BlS S . a
Mien oi m cesiiny. i nere is n shadow of doubt in my mind thai in s short time wirebs- trlegraphx will -land at the top of the list of practical . Ullaa "
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long and a half mite wide, is said Bt eras I have b-eu dJaeovrred in okl iboos.
Caeaarea, Samaria. Damascus and Antioch. This latter eftp came in time to Ise a center of missionary activity, and from there Paul and others
made preaching excursion into the fown of -i-i Minor. Macedoi.ia. Greece and Italy. It Is even probable that the (bi-pel wa carried a far we-twar.) a- Spain. southward into Ethiopia, and eastward into A--ayrla. Per-ia. and possibly India. All tbi occurred In somethin? over M years. Peter preached his gr. nt I'rmnn on the dav of Pentecost, in
A. If. ..0. I'aiu died a pri-oner In Borne v. D r.i ,r .. IBowlag threa venr for the public ministry of Pasad Himself, we see what wonHerfnl
strides were m-ide all In the life ,.f a Bfagte generation, not possibly over II years in extent of time Fight rears after the death of Paul Jerusalem was de-troved. and that ev- nt saw Christianity a firmly established and growing religion, founded upoa the character and teachings of Christ, made -trong by the blood of manv martyrs. Seapea IreaB ( . Pat'ei.-f produce-, peace. A safe iln I a sure poison. Irca'ie- i llwavs gentle. Vain the le:j,-r wit how; the life. Sincerity i- the best ISWbPM igiinet b;. pocrlay, I bt breadth of otir inrluc e de.ends on the l"pth if our earnestnes. It's no ie for e man to pray dj his ?.-ither so bn g rs he preys on Lis brother It 1- et-ier 'o kaow the way we "ght to pa 'hm to g i in the way we kqow - Ujdi's Bora.
ent thing-, though. Next year is the time B hen the convention w i II lie heb!, and when the politicians ar .i tcanager -vx 1 1 1 be doing the Meet work. Cincinnati Kmpiirer. postmaster General Pawir "regrets to report" thr.t one of the assistant attorneys of his department ha bc.-n arrested for booiilir p It i also sad to relate that the prisoner charpe,; w ith the crime is a good repibtican aru! was vouched for by Senator
Fairbanks. Indiana scenn t be furnishinp more than her share t.f these
BStraj patriots who have so far Iieen eäaCOCI red in the post ofli.-e scandal. The republican Olga He are verv busy selecting the democratic cn'i date for president and of aeMBtat declare that no matter w be i rn.miiiated he cannot win. They will find that the democrats, when the time comes for -eiei : inp dt lepa'e. will send their lie-t ni.-n to the convention, and thev wiil apre, on a platform ami candi
dates that srit command the votes of all deateerata and keep the republicanbusy until the votes are counted.
lha home example has made the Philippine postmasters Ret busy. Two if tl.ein hme looted their office, one even carrying off the aafe. There would be no need to carry off the safe here, for Hat department would doubtless give them aa good s chance as Du- r had. and arr off the content s of the -afe w hen t he saw fit. Postmaster Gem ral Payne exo.cs his bat i by e nouncing tlx-motives of tkoee who make chsrges of the rot i.-n cone' it ion of hi department. If I e was earnest in wishing to turn the raii tmt. be would w u-uroe ell ev idsn - agin. the evildueri.
will all lieaniniatid by one impulse, to select the most available candidate. They will want to win. The rank and fiV of the democratic
party can nM vastly to the chances of -uccc-s. botj, as to the selection of a satisfactory candidate and of hi elector., bv select ing the most representative and honest metnliers of the party a delegated ta the convention. Do not tie them down with instructions f.tr bbj plan, but leave those free la asahsj the lies-t selection, after conference w ith their brother delegate from other states. The opinion of the delegates from the doubt ful states must and will have the greatest weight In makingthe selection. The democratic sky has ban gr.-.f'iiaüv clearing and with the Sited etferl af a!l Wha believe in the good old doetrtae of "Equal riphts to a'l nr.,' -ji.ria' priu'ege. -o none." a gf OT OBS victors for the people is within their grasp. Bepnblican newspaper are taking more than a pa-sing latere! in tha nomination of the !enioerat ie enndidate. They have for tn. time been trying to breed strife in thedemnerat ie rar.k-; their advice and comment are to lit taken with due allowance for -mil intentions. Their efforts from thtd time or, will he to kill off the n ,..t able and loyal democratic andidatea ami to cause confusion and discord in tl.e ranks of th' i'eni.t-racy. Tollsten to them is to lie deceived. They are controlled by the plutocrats, who are the trn- n igl ate. sad they know their downfall is at hand if the democratic politciea prevail. The t.iik of
Vall street or the trust ami corporations apposli the r. publican ti. ket ia the sheerest nonsense. The monopoly that piw-t). t rusts power to extort from the p.-. .pie ha Iseen granted by the repabllceae, against the protewt art! votes of democrat-. In every town in the country the repuhlicar leader ! either openly or secretly their willing! t-.ol and In many cases their adject !n Republican lepislatnres delight In passing laws In their interest and a republican congres but rarely saya them nay WheB lite . emand fa made for legislation. Id return (key have poured awl their moaey to elect the republican tickets, both state snd national. I It probable t hat divorce of these t w a interest is intended oi even conaideredT Do the sn lions the republican adBlll -(ration point to any serious opP .'ion to the trn-ts? It ,-s al av poMiici piay. t.. fool the people, but if should not deceive democrats.
tt il h. r i pakilcaa scandal haa -ome to light unexpectedly, by the discovery that the fund of the BfstrkH of Columbia f.r special a-sessment haa lieen looted of fT...0Ki. The officers ia charge of the District do not seem t have rten taken the precaution to nnt the cask from time to time, for
the looting ha hern poinp on for five year under republican management. The worst feature about thepost office scandal is that so many congressmen mint hae been aware of some of the misdoing am! part n-.pa'e! in the plunder to the extent of getting their friends sppointed to office or the f those already t hei e oiisiderab!y raised. 1 he general scrsmble of therepuhlican MilitM'ians to get in place on the R ccit bam! wagaa is lwrn of m .,e-ire for political spoils. The repubIkwa paie( .t. N hose main hope i- for the old tiatT ai d an appr. ipria : t-e.ar gc a left if be knows it.