Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 45, Number 48, Jasper, Dubois County, 7 August 1903 — Page 7

Weeklu Courier.

c. uo a wie, pi JASFEX. ft t i A SUNSHINY WOMAN. She u..v in m pliuHKi that I often wonder what s...d fniry. By mat,'!, of sonic w itid'a Bat, I'-ir'iii titi ntgods mi.1 spanners a fry; And snnl--v-I i xhi, nnn I tl r it vvhen i iM i n 1 1 cross in h m to . arry ici, im nun i;u-i or ki i in- a, ut, ihr bait lue .rt ! ..in,i.rf pua-ant. To beauty WgM wrvild hi- her el.iim, Likewise io grace anil Icifty mallon, Ami. thotiKli Bhf i .: . i onori ) name. Ii- i neun in .i it that nun k pul .i lloi riiat i oRiM with picking rr iiti of fams A'iil ai -ltii k i Ii lea i . i ublal I Her idsuld 1UV Ii;.-ti known uo wimple. Vet . int.- km e'er Im .I nks a-dlmple. I ihtnk the fate nr fairies must Have, hu with I icci they i.dnwed tier, Bethnutrht imw beBSjty nies na dutt Ami fan doth crtmhle Into jiw.1er, Whii- mi, iii h.. Qf, and, being lust. Thli Kr-..:er l.-on Uian all allowed lirrA grace moat wet In jm n "r peasant, rh on ci always being pleasant! -It-.y l'.iii-ll (intern-, :n Äl 1 1 . . apolls Möns, ki - per. COMMITTED TO THE DEEP. :::::::::i IIY A. ST. JOHN IM Ol h. püK steward ki ked, und put Iiis 1 head in at tin- door i ' Ca.'da passenger. ir.No. 16," he re pot td, wiih a uu.- iifas-like brevity. "Vety bad Dr. z aides glanced up from Ids desk irritably. "What's the matter xxith hlm7" "pun'uo, -ir. 1'ucuaiuiou Ik iu." "Uaual thintr. I atirspose?" "So, .sir. Not seasick. Qoeer when he MBM tfeourd yestcrdsy, l thought Stet in bed nil day. Wouldn't let me gel It . in anything -till just now be M-keii in- o f U li you.'' "Nu. Ii'., you say? All (tight lie steward withdrew, and th doc tor only delayed to galas tin- Aral paragraph f u letter he had been writing when ii' xxa interrupted. It was nt precisely an i 1 1 1 1 -t -ter, for be hail no Intention of doing anything with it until tin- ship arrived it Liver pgul but it as ;i letter that required a deal of consideration, anil, though lie nan in mos' things phlegmatic be was Inpatient to have it all ready to post Inunedlatcly he landed, for it was to run aiu much that he knew he could not possibly put Into speech, and it was to tell the recipient that h- would arrive less than half a day behind if Pew f the passengers were in I -i yt. for the night wan young; Uesen was jpiict anil tlm outer air pleasantly wann, and thi h tic rhythmic throbbing of the engine he "onld hear chntterintj atti! laughter and footsteps pacing overhead as ne made his way between decks to lnI atkent. The lamp that shone from the Wall of No. 1; showed him a bnggll il man Stretched on the hunk apparently sleep. lie was a youngish man not much oxer .;n, anyway. His features were t-a ml and tanned with hard 'r ing and nvip-h Weather, find his hands were convened ns with manual employments. He slept uneasily, and his breath I tiff was stertorous and difficult. While the doctor was Inking this preliminary survey In gossrhed and awoke. ' s-tcvvai d I " "I'm the doctor. You sent for me. Whafs w ronp?" "Oli. thanks. 1 doni know, doctor, 1 c felt aw fully k ki d up for days past, and thought I could throw it off hut I can't. My head's all afire, and luv bands, too. Keel that." The doctor took his hand and laid a findet- n his pulse. The band was hot and dry. the pul-e WtS galloping furiously and a brief examination was sufficient to diagnose his ailment. " toneli of pneumonia." said Vahh n. "You must take more enre if yourself than you're been doing lately. Yon were not tit to travel; yon nttlt have felt ill before you stnrted " "I wanted to get home," the other atawered, wearily. "le been gwaj a long time." "We must see what we can arrange bnnt nursinp." the doctor concluded, "I'll ghe ynU some medicine; youVfl got ii good constitution, and, With -are. voii'll pull round nil right." " I'h'ink so?" "tili, tea, He mustn't be (eft. Harrow." The doctor turned to the steward. "Somebody will have to iit up with him tn-nljrht. I'll see him ngntl before I turn In; and I'll pet the captain to let you huxe as i-tnnee " After fulfill i n vr xxhieh latter duty he retired to bis enhin and retMned the iaboriotu compositum ot his letter. A glimpse of whut he was writing would have anuiaed any man who knew him. l'r to everybody xho knew him, with out po.-.-ible exception, Dr. Ynlden xvu a matter offaet, rather unsympathetic, wnolTy unromantic man, of nearer thiin 40; whereas the letter tktl was slowly dexelopinp tinder bis pen might almost have been xx tit ten bj a seatl nvental youngater in the rapturoiJf ag.nies of first Jove. Nobody WOttM have credited the doctor with toscsslng the smallest streak of tentitinl anywhere in his robust, suba lentis I person, lie never rxapectai

It I Imai if en ii ni, i three ,-rs ago. 'Ihree em.- . . i,,. m,.t m , he girt be told himaelf he had I u looking, far nil kit life, she ae -'" x'-ii- lis junior, bul what lid that matter? Her -opie d beei rich and proud, and now, threusjb recent Innnciai diaanters, t' were iKMir auil m mli-r l.-it

w g-- "-! w did all that matter if erf He loved lo r. niifl cured for nothing if she could onlx luxe him. lie bad been impelled to tell her BOJ for hU in-rained hardness ,,-,) self-rest i. out i;i failed him at the lit t touch of il,,- bcw. hierin potion that, so m ii" a coining, uhdued him u't.ily at Itah She heard him with pit in her exe-, but not ove; ml she I Id bJak xMth only pgfy iu her torn .that tii man she loves) waa dead und her heart was -buried with hint. later, in- learned 'he story that lay behind h-r word-, ami -axv more hope in It for himself than -he had piu n him. for Mirely his Rvitg hwrg of her ould. in due time, win her tway from the lueiimrv of a d-ad rival. Beginning t Satter himself thai -' was gfrvady relenting toward him. he bad appealed to her tgarn I fur- he last hit home, and she bad armed to wax er- she silenced him treat Uloilsly and hud seemed to hesitate; nnd fe. ;inur that each new day pot a nexv barrier between her and her past and removed on.- from bntwixt himself and her, he would not take her newer then, fa :t begged her t think of all It tou-t meat to kin n h-t him nsk her for it. once for all when he came from his next voytige. He was speeding homeward now, nnd the letter was to nee nare her f- r in- coming. He wrote it with so tiinnv pa 1 ' - for reflection that by ten o'cJot 1; waa still unfinished when, nrindft f bk patii nt. he reloi ked i in hi- desk Nu. 1; xxag awake, but drowsy with sh.-. r x i iikness. "the chest's still tronidesome." he answered, with a feeble cheerfulness, "but I'm a trifle better, thunk The doctor was not so sure of that. "We'.e gut to keep your sjLreagth up somelioxv, l.e - anl: . . ' . r . l- to the steward, "'.et some luifl-ta for hirn. Harrow. I'll stax here xvhile you're tWrne." The dim, stuffy Utile '-'bin xas id nt for awhile, accept for the la bored i r-spi ra t ion of the sick man. ho presently, h .online aware of the doctor! ruminant scrutiny. roused hiiu-clf to siM-ak. Tf I don't pull through thi-. doc tor " "Dou t worry aboujj that; you will." "but if 1 don't I'm not afraid of Hint:. I've been near it too often for that; ami vet, noxv, it seem- harder t ban if exer dil before." ou I better not talk. I don't want von to excite vnurself." "Not me! bat I anatt i. it would be hartl lu-k to die on the wax home. I'xe bean tway nearly nine years. I xxciit aw. x a- poi r ..- a rat, and 1 ni cfoini; iNii'k rich. That s s.unethinp. n't it V" "It-- a great lenl." "To me it i-. I didn't go out I because I'd gt the gold fever. It' out to the Klondike I'xe Iwen. ootor; axxay beyond Dawson I ity. up Hie Vtkon Lord! it's the kind of OUBtry you see in nightmares. I've n eu -c- it over and oxer in nightmares ever since I'm- been HI ' ' Don't think of it " ' I wi-h I coiilln't:" He lanehed. ut there xxas a feverish brightness n hi- eves, and hi- voice quaxered w.li, suiiprcbcii fXclteuietit. "I lavetl had time to think of it till now. lie wen! on talking, and Yalden lisened nb-ently. xxith stranjfe doubts gouhling hi- nsind; and. so Ustsning. ha half-uacontgioiisry fashioned f. - m the otlier's wonls visions of vast sOoxx xxa-ti- -1 reteliitiir into the IilClit r the lav. now silent and lonely as death, now Idurred. and whirling and invxliiitr with the fury of a storm. ami. always deep in the desolation of if. a despi rate lit lie band of adven urcrs atrtur'led forlornly, chasinu a I ream, starving, and falling, and dy ing;, some of them, iu the track of if. and h re. at last. witr. the linimau inahle terrors of that bleak wilderness left behind him. one of the few rsurrhors had emergeil triumphant, with hi- dream realized. Triumphant, so far. The do tor eyed him gloomily from render -i frown. "Atd I'm not dead yet. though I'm supposed to lie!" the other chuckled glfmiy. "One everlasting, terrible xx infer vxe wer.- -lo-wed up miles awny from anywhere, and we were put dox n M done for. The WOttdrY is that we vxere aot- only txx of ii s managed to worry through, and Vet xvnmlered Heaven only knows when-, and xve lived well, vxe didn't Hve. Hut xve worried throwgh ami I'm going home." Hi- im - closed and he rambled on dreamily: "Nine years I but she'll he waiting;. I told her that it xxouldn't be more than two -ami she cnid. 'It's till you come. Ned; and if you nexer COOM I -ball wait, till I meet yon, nt the end." He lay quiet a minute, and then opening his eyea and finding the doctor regarding him intently, be cont in tied: XX..'. nrinv writ 1 1 n in en, -It otto r 'e promiaed her people we wouldn't. Hhe xxas to be fiee to ch-tng'e If she would; they said i' xxa- I-.. I had no money and uo proajects. hut if I wen) hack .t rich man nnd she had not changed. 1 knexv she nexer would Whether I lived or died, she said -be would never change -and -he won't." "Did yu sax yott unine vvas Kdwin AnhtttT The doctor was startled by the alien sound - f bis oxvn x.dce. The sick man nodded, end, pointing across the cabin;

"Her port runt V in my lar, dnctss ha aaid. l io ruu mind ir 110 it fa.s

me? M.v Wiil's in ti.iie, too. 1 ni;-' j ' - " - n Ural luek in 1 ' ' ' " " h. what I wanted to n-k yoii. d'-' tor. wa- if I doB't pull round. mUi jou have my Iwy and taaryihiiig -, i,t h. i v You tiuj address "Yes, yaa, Hut nt now." Yalden interrupted barahly. MVaa)' talked too much already. Covtt tJong Harrow." he hailed the adx. at of "' .id with in fTable relief, "t all me if u- is x.orse in the night" lb- sma dated tad attstSad by the k now h -Ige that had come upon him so unc pcctedly. and yearned to get away and W aloue xvhere he might II iik f it. cl he nUUld not think of it exen when he was ahme, for every fhooghi as it tan eh ad his brain Snmad info madni -- and became an incoherent Bicker that dt filed and iMtfHed l im. fine thought only burned to a ctenf and In 1 ei st. ady blaze a sir. r. bellih IboagM that he dared not face and could not distingui-h. "My (Jod! he wutt.-red, patktg his cramped rOOtJ like a eag-d imiinal. Ti s more that I can bear!" He lost all count f time, as a man does when he sleeps, but when the steward summoned him hurrhutty an hour after midnight he had evident by not Ik-.-h in bed; a light was burning in his cabin, he was still dressed, and bis face was wan and his eyes heavy as if be were in pain. "Mr. Ashton's worse, sir. Fdxvnrtlg in with him. nnd i-a'led me to fetch you. He can't sleep. K-ep- sltt.ng op. Kd xv arils says, sfnrinc as if lie - onld see jteople. an' talkin? very sinc'lar. Delirious. I expect, sir." "We most try a sleeping drMisrht." said balden dully. "I'll l there dhl r. etlv." Barrow beJne gone, he hnsied ' im 1 self in the aaedleine cupboard, and 1 hastened after him. thing in a trlass. carry n? -. 1. . . Drnveir. nenr to No. 16 he could l.enr the si.-k man babbling tnon-it nouly. and the very ound of hi voice rtmtJI him and quickened that tire ot hell to a fiercer tlame within him; till suddenly he caught a Weed of xvhat the man was saving merelv a name, but the utteran .f it ehe ked i him instantly, as if a hand had plucked at his Flceve. lie stood trembling, and in that -ame instant saw, shaping whit - m 1 darkn- ., bef'-re hirn. a sweet, -ad face, grown pale with weary x njtt of kMtgtttg- the pure. Wtttftl eyes looked Into his. and their calmness calmed him. and their sadne-- made him ashamed. He xas sane again; he could not 1 . 1.,,, . : . . 1 . 1 . . . 1 , . . ....... 1 : . .... 1 i-i tt m i as readily as if the utterance of her name had conjured her there in very ! realitv- to turn him back, and he had I regained his lietter self in her pre-, ence. With a something breaking like a sob in hi throat, he swiftly retraced hi st.-;-, pausing in the unlimited I snloon to open one of the portholes ; and fing the glass be carried far out j into the dark. Thereafter, he sat till well into the day Matching and tending the: man she loxd and had loved so long. Rt shrank from trustinc himself ' alone with Ms oxvn thought again! yet: and. because he lored him and her bapptheas vxas bound up In hie life, all ihat unhappy night he f.ntght . , .. . . with death fr the man he hated. f on dei k In the mcirtilrir ha leaned over tbc side to tear up the letter he bad written and scatter its frntrments into the sen. It Wtt the burial of a great hope that bad died in the nitrht. s J.e walked awny. the captain. coming from breakfast, met him and lingered to make intpiiries. 'Morninir. doctor: how's the uaI lent? You're not going to f 1. ni.ru 1 ,.f t I tin-'1" Not quite.'" Yalden laughed saut! if - ,Jv . bet lev "He ba taken n turn for th - 1 lack and White. .laasloae 4 Ihr IN.ri. stony mons writer In To-Dai An tells an interesting anecdote of v is-1 1 paid by t.ladstone t a little iMsoksbop n ar the thleon, in Paris. Aa he entered, t.ladstom- saw a strange looking man in conversation With the bookseller and carrying an old copy of Yillon's poems. " Ilia or ess was ragged and dirty, his face xxas matt. 'I with hair. and he had the eyes of an archangel, with the mouth and jaw of a btSootV Nevertheless, the reapeetfal attitude of the book -eller -howe that the man was a personality Gladstone catered into conversation with buu haul Villon, and for an hur they talked aliout early French poetry. Then the stranger shuffled out of tat shop. 'Who is that gen t tenia 11 ." asked iiUtdstonc: 'he ha- au i'ttraordinary kriox ledge of French poetry." Mon-ieur. he hi ms. I: is our greatest iainc'.' " poet. t sat Paul r Curluss l.naa nnd llriinrtj. At King EdwnrtTs coronation the daehsasj ag hhsteltaah snvt a bracelet in a singular manner. It bad tecoast attached to a lady's dr. --. xva folded axvav with the garue nt and not seen until the uncoimciou- Rndet bed btX n aw ax for a holiday nnd had the robe o'.lt ajsin. Thftt. however, s tStaV Baeeiainet teanntred with the exp. rience f an English clergyman, A ting which vva- an lieu loom in bis family was stoi- n from his keeping Nothing; was heard of it for eighteen year. Then it turned up inside a gloxe nt a ha aar in New Zealand promoted by a relative of the original owner. It had pass.-. I from hand to hand und finally been bit in one of the fingers of the glove wlsieU bad been scut t be sold.

THE SÜNDAV SCHOOL lesson la lb lair rnniloaal 'Jas fur tar aal a. ltMi:t Usxvit a a tmtjntiv

THfc. I I..-.-' -N TKXT. (1 6a ti: . ;; K-41 Si, And tan a "h Bis ar uur. ao4 km put an h- :aui of bisss -itsss his bead; tltt hi araaad Bip aith a äset BUUi AeJ DsvM gtrdei Ms sword upon a. arm ur. si d bi ' go :or t.s tsd But pruvtj ah Aatf DavJU said unto Sau., i manot so itt. taeas; lev l ha net proved tfc. n, At Pav ! I put th m efT his And Is took his raff :n h! hanu. and I I ''!' 1 II. IIV m. - - ,lt ol Ulc brvok. slid put thn in s sh. ; .. rd bes whh ). ha baa, even in scru . . s.uta w ' his faat.C si.J 1. dri xx mar 10 tks 1'i.i.tstns. 41. Ai.d :tt f'l . .stlae caaie 011 and dfCW near untu David, and the man tiint bars !-'t:d stn- before tola 4. And shen th' Phi.tstlne leokd about. and saw Davti be aUaaalnei fa at; lor he an tat a uui&. and rater. u.a v-i a fair cuunter.sr.cf-. 4. Ant tb PI - said un' iavl. An. 1 1 o'us. thai th- u . -.ratt to m with stav . - tad I t Ms ft-odf. 1 1 .-in.: s iis.d David 44 And th' PM f:.n sn!d to Dsv d. "oras to aas, aad 1 will irive thy Mash unto th-i.-W. ul ILS a.(. Mild to ttl . - aal vi the Dt Id Tfcer. nl4 DavM to -he PblHatlna, Thou om-st to me with s sword, and with a sprat, and with a shield, but I um to thee It the name o: thi 1-rd of hosts, the God the armie, uf lira. I, wl m thou hast it 46. Tits aay arftl tie Loid v-r the Into n 1 ad; aad 1 vU; imlts thee and take thine bead from thee; and I wil! gjvs .ha ear east s of the beat of tbc lr.i.s ines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to tie ai d beaeta of the earth; that all the isrth aaaj know that -.hers is a Uud In 47 And all this asseml.lv shall know that v, 'iXVrX, aar " ' a a a v. a - seas five you into our hsntfs. 4S. And It came to par her h Pat- 1 arose, and umi mid drew nigh to i'a.-.d t;.a: Iav : ha ' .u. t tar. j toward ".f.- jrn 1 ,. meet the Phiiistlna I v And DavM pot his hand In his tag. an ; took I het e tone, and lang it und 1 smuts the la. etint Ii. tell I ; . .ij. that ! the ateae stuck lato h! brehead. and be 1 fe" upon h : . ;o the earb. I.OI.IIKV I4:T-If I. oil be for ... mmn ,.nB b, Kala.i aar-Roat NtSf, I Ol'TMNK OP BClUPTÜRal 8Ki TMX ! Th Philistines' champion...! 8am.. 17:1-11. D.iv.'fs i-lgt.t of tio;iatb....; 8am., 17:1 2-30. David ! mri.in of Israel.. I Ram . 17:.V-:T 1 David's weapons 1 "am . 17 -. 1 triun 1 n 1 8am . :7ri:-. i The Phi:is4inta routed 1 8.tm . 17 'A 1 ; it K Tl. I :it. v :.l .mi to. I 1 Pt.v K Th frontler bstwi PI si 1 ana isra. h.tan . kr t as K; I ' ri mar., ihm ' boundary of bl .od. ' SO constant Was the iMjr i- r warfare. ,li.re In the Vaie Of Elah. at a p'.ace railed Sotoh. the ev.ata of tils lesson ocenrred. It was tn miles from lirthiehem tie home of Iavid and Tight Bails ;roiu ti e I'htllstine city Hall. Nul AND COMMENT! Battles m. Ly tLe aiii-i t, often le ; gan with a single conduit betxxeen ! selected champions, the agreement ; sometimes being jnade that this en j counter should sttle the lme at stake. lis. Phi list in OB proposid this plan to Ung Innl, for thev had with 1 them (obath of bath, a giant i.ear.y , i ,rrl 'a .1. neaxi.y aini.c. ano a.most ir.v ulr.crah.e. Twice a 1 a furl 40 days this son of "the Ar.akim' strutted forth and shouted hi- boastful defiance to the Iraeiites. challenging them to atngi combat to the great dismay of Saul ard his fc'Vivvers. This was the täte of things when David retched ; he battlefield. He saxv the boastful giant cum forth for hie daily challenge. He aaw the cringing ' ismay of hi countrymen. His blood boiled aa he listened to the unaxenged insnlts to Lis country and his flod That inch a heather, sboald successfully defy "the armies of the living Hod" sen,.i' 'o the joui.g patriots irrest rata nj It J Though ais earnestness was ridl ruled and rebuked by hi - '.der broth er. It was soon reported to Kit g Saul "ho promptly summoned Dax id before mm. Th.- distracted king ogerlv accept. David' offer, neither ridiculing his youthful app a; ai.ee nor noticing the incongruity -f the shepherd hoy vsearir.c his uuti mas-ixe suit of armor! "With his apparel:" The doth-

ake a '"eT PC'".V fitted to be worn nnI der armor. The fact that Dax id could

"er pau,V ''thim: at a'! sii"irets that l.e xvas full trowi, t.erhaps 2fi yetmold. "Assayed:" Tried. Doubtless Daxid had never before worn armor nnd did not kt 0 xvhat an encumbrance It wott'd l- to him. especially in such a combat xvhen his hope mast le ir his own aarfllty as well a in his trmt In d d "His -taff . , . and his sling:" The only weapons he knew he roald Ute, The staff Wtl mors properly t etab These with hows and arrows, vvere doubtless the weapons f most of 'aid's army. SÜre-ers have a'.xxay-heen famous In Syria, tndetsjsl dally in the tribe ..f PIcb Jamil (Judge! 0:lt.) Ps't experienes is present power. Dax'.''. -Iii? had not Iwen i.'le inuring the long days with the heep He became . xpert with It then Thns meagerly hut appropriately equipped, David clambered dbws the ravine lt ween th- hos'lle camps; then crossing the rushing brook, that still winds alonr the Yale nf Flah today, he began to climb the steep ascent n the ether side The dlsgUBted riant curses the stripling antagonist he sees approaching him. and boSlt feilt defies htm The faith of the invader, ws. lolett fn their deutfhty gttl ( Wh t he feli, thev fleil without f 11 rt lit 1 parley, and as usual the rout was accompanied by pursuit and s),i"fhter pi-r I'. .litis. Leniency i the law of love. The tmhj bumbk bids heir bnmllity. We.ds slways gr.-xv fnst.r than 'roil1-. Cod can use a dull tool; but a keeu ne would do lietervvork W . i B la despair of men it is time to depend OB Hoc The good is seldom exei!ited by the rontbferutien f tipetltenef Whet n -beere leeher retehea the itstion of doubt it is always safe to teli him to drive right on. Ham's Barn.

DISASTER IMPENDING.

rgaalt Poller of "Lei In a Weil Blnentk eJene will Hriug Ita4 Kauuak. There ia something ro'ti n alovt the flnamial cotxtitlon of th- raflroae n the various reporta of their coadJtloni are to be heiievcd. Th lulrrstatt commerce commission Kixf s ih ortictal fig- I urea to show that ilie railroads have Increased their net earnings during the past five years 12 pet cant Thntimual ! atatemeia of the Baltimore & Ohio for the fiscal year ending June 30, H03, shows an In crease of the net earninga over thi pt. ious yearof2.T'jS ::21 et with this ui. parallel d Increase of the 14ft, hl h. for the month of June. a rew high record, the market price! of th Stockham declined during this y.ar 2.1 tier cent All th. railroad stocks have declined Chicago & North western . one of the Vanderbilt group, has declined over .1o h-t cent during the samepcriod, 1 ,hu . W.-A aar. . 01 i aea i""n' ti 11 bear's 1 ue ' .

1 aenting one of the most stable and con- prices ror wnat tney have to buy and tax1 serxatlveiy managed roads In thet'nlbd , inK ,np rnany for the profits of the few. 1 States. The Pennsylvania railroad stock Thty now discover what It has been difj has declined 40 per cent, during the "'''dt to make them before believe, that pr. .-. nt xi ar. and this stork has been re- p trusts and conihims are unwilling, , garded as good as covernment bonds. ' ,n Increase wäre to a par with the in-

and Its earnings have increased bey ond all previous records. The railroad p Included in the Northern Securities company, the merger of which the administration has attempted to prevent, have a surplus of oxer f 41 -fnn,f00 for the Inst fiscal year, and yet that stock is rapidly declining it vtrt. One of the r-i ' - li .n ci ! 1,v t- r tuerei r i s Chicago. Humngton & Quinc railroad, and it hap iu-t borrowed f"..0n,n0n for which six per cent, was paid the loan to run until next March Thel'iiion Pacific has a!, o just borrowed $10 000 - eOfl on hort-tfnie notes What possible need can there he for railroads to bor- i row money and pay big Interest when they have a- eon'inp to their own reporta, a vast surplus? There must be something rott.n in the state of Den- j mark Are all theae railroad n ports of vast enrnligi and their large siirplu 'ricks of bookkeeping to Induce the lambs tohu) tbeif sto k In Wall r-treet There fc no r'oiiri' the railroads arr doing more bqsint 1 I btt ever bt fore, and ,rp Chtrtltl exorbitant rates for carrying freight and passengers. So they have undoubted v earned the Incretaed moner. and fbfir expenses have not kept pace with their earnings. What have Iht) done with the money " Have the managers laveattd It in Wall ! street or loaiud It to the banks, those , with which they are connected? Wall street Is In a bad way. and the N a York banks are Inextricably mixed up w ith speculation ; they tue loaded doWH with vast amounts of undigested securi ties the water, d stocks of the trusts and corporations The ephemeral prop perlty of Wall street and the New York hanks has turned to tight times that forebodes disaster Those of us w ho are not Interested In Wall street could view the discomfiture of the speculators and th- extnmii of the banks with composure if it did not aff.e' batiBeaa elsewhere, but. unfor tunately It does. Wall street and the New York hanks and the railroad magnates are alo the trual manag rs: they control directly or indirectly about all the products that compose the necessaries of life Their tenUclea extend to the uttermost ends of the T nited States. Disaster In Wall stm t stop, flu wheeks of commerce: the banks all over the country draw it: their herns and decline to mak loans Even the farmer feel th Impending disaster, for he cannot borrow a few dollars to pay the hired man The country merchant stops buying goods, and the wholesale houses reduce stocks and the manufacturer and j the Importer do a restricted buetni TTanl times come on. Real estate is tinsalable and mortgages and Interrst are Impaired The republican policy of lettire well

enough alone when the InipendlnL panic the republican ticket It would be jmmaterialep. uill be viewed ty t l.e peo- 1 1)((SPu,ip (0 tell whether Teddy had pleas letting bad enough alone, and the ghackled the trusts or the trusts had cry for reform will be sharp and urgent. J Bna( , Teddy St Louis Republic. The protection to the truaUtud the mil- 1 . Thp clvil Sf.rvce law ought to be Hons tb-y have piled up cannot stem the j enfori ed wiUu loar or favor, so that tide of disaster for In hard times high ,ne verntaent will be conducted on trntt prices fallnnoi 'beavnyon the con- bMBtBe8t priacipltt and will be served snmer. That auch t revulsion Is com- 1 i y einpioy whose efficiency is beyt.nd

tng no one won ms e, . . ... .io.,,,, . The wise will prepare for t. The many will suffer for their lnck of observation ineiniei -uu IDr DOIiort "I uu iuiie-uiioice-.il. i 11. btve controlled the policy of the dorn ZT. i.....-. mi w. f 1 roam par.y ... T ' V T i to Keep it in power tor vneir own seinsn ends. The republican leaders tre respoBslhle: they have had full taring, and must abide by the result of their own Provide far Tttel Another sasi statt attorney has been apiKiinfed to represent the government in suits and rases before the F Danish treaty rlaima commission There art ten other attorneys holding the samt positions Rome of these attorneys are in Spain, some In Cuba, and others elsewhere, supposed to be looking np facta and testimony How long the commission will be doing business is unknown, but it is safe to say it will continue tt the job as long as there is an appropriation available. Congress made a provision thtt the president should continue the life of the commission for periods of six months until It was certain the commission had finished Its labors. The appointment by the preaidenl nf an additional attorney Indhatee otif of two things, either there most be more business before the commission than waa expected, or stich a soft snap, with large salaries and an ample traveling expense fund is a loadstone that attracta republican politlsians. nnd the magnetism Is so great that they cannot he shaken from their hold when ones fast to It A little strenuont advice by a tioroaghhred reformer would hasten mailers, or congress night stop the supplies, which would have tt Immediate effect

PROTECTION DERIDED.

1 Works ra WasH Vteir bare ot Proserii as Well mm ihr I'aatneret Treats. The prolonged ttrika of the ten II x orktra tt Pblladsfahla is having one good etteot that will aid Tie whole 1 oun iry in throwing off the Incubus of the protective tariff. Special illspati btt from the Qual.er city report that during the last few weeks tin trend of political feeling has been changing rapidly, and in every street parade made by tba strikers banners are carried bearing sarcastic announcements and questions such as: "We are protected by a tariff, but the republican mill owners say wa will he starved Into submission." "Why ar the ,Rrtl protected mills closed ?" ar'" many others of a like nature. One motto was especially significant: "If prosperity la to general why can't we have a bit of itf Yhe workers nve nt last disroxerlng ! that the orote.-tive tartft means blah w rreas d tost of living, or indued anywhere necr it. Only two ex uees ha x been gin de for proleetlor flmt 0 coutrol the home market fur American mannftetur rs, and, second, to protect Ar.' rfctt labor. The first excuse hap been pretty fully accomii! ish d at the exp ns" of tb consumer The tnriff has prevml'Ml com petition ..in! baa tlluwed th( trusts to -aise prices until the avertge cost of living has Increased about 4n per cent The second x use Lap been an nrrnnt failure, or the working man wotdd i:t he sinking for a lair thtTt Of the protptrity that the trusts enjoy. The wages receix-d h i,i-e workers art certainly less than will keep them III comfort at the or-sent high price of II ving. The hours of labor of the Philad' Iphla textile workers have beer, too long, when it Is considered that a majority of the I worker- are women girls and children, and ten hours a day or bu hours a w . k. In badly ventilated work shops. Is DM re than their tender yean should be asked to endure. The waea paid ratine from i 11 a week for the eapert weavei to two dollar- a week for the children Do the hours or the waees protect these workers as the protection lata would have us beliex e? The manufacturers have advanced the price of the products of the ! mills, end oarp"t Mid the other texi ilea the workers predate have increased fully 25 per cent, and those who buy ; thera have to pay that mcr;. ?o In 1 Philadelphia we have an acut exposure of the workings of the protective tariff. The workers, tgtlgfkirt with th ir condition instead of the good watts and comfort that the cham piona oftheprn1 tectlve system would have us belle -c always accompanies It The manufacturers who are mostly combined Into trusts, are the sole beneficiaries of this extraordinary system. ha become rich, and an still growing richer. Thry sell to the American peo ple at 1 xorbitant prices, and export similar goods and sell them It Btrone and elsewhere at a much less price, aad vet the republican leaders ax "stand pat." j "let well enough alone " "The friends ! of protection onlj mutt reform lb ,nrIff" Wb. n pome Inquisitive or Itr.pall.nl v.t.r nsl.e vvlrii ri-ffirm.il iotl V.fll j ... .ftir I - I i 1 "II V Cs 1 1 . ' '.' ' . ' tion. and like the Spanish .vianana. t M-morrow never comes The tariff will tie ,er be rtsprmi d. until the people 1 lect a majorl-y of congress that are free from the trust taint and who the corporations are oj posed to. It is ",.f human nature to eiect those who ate receiving trust nnd corporation favors to legislate against thttak COMMENTS OF THE PRESS. With Aldrich tied to Roottvelt on ... .a assmsa. sat (ion -Baltimore Sun ( Ind ). quest ion. The reports that the government has been robbed of 60,000,000 In its pub- , ,he tholIRhl ,hat somcliodv must have been let in on the gnmnil floor wno . ..cw now 10 uo a land office business IViston Herald land office business dnd 1 Senator Hanns as manager of the republican party's atfaira, ought to try to induce the New York stock market to stand pat." It ia showing signs of nervousness that may react upon the prosperity of the country Savannah News. The g. o. p is Gone on Payne, so Good on Pretense snd so Great on Procrastination as to be In danger of Going Out Presently. The Good Old Public are tired of Post Office Graft and the President s Old Game. St. Louts Republic. Senator lxidge makes himself authority for the announcement that the presld nt hopes for the early consideration of financial legislation "along the lines of IiIr messages and aneeches since he hemme president." But has anyone ever been able to discover by the most diligent and searching reading of those speeches and messages what those "lines'' are? -- Providence Journal (Rep . intelligence amies from Kurope that nobody is paying any attention to the United States international monetary exchange commission. This is rather damaging to notional self-esteem, but us the commission was created for the sole purpose of providing berths for H. H. Hanns and some other statesmen nut of Jobs tbt cool reception will not worry the commissioners to any great extent Salaries go 6a just the same. Chicago Chronicle.