Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 46, Number 24, Jasper, Dubois County, 26 February 1904 — Page 3

Weekly Courier. DlUM:, I'lil.lislier.

JAM'LU. tilt INDIANA.

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0 SfJSSi An Artist's:

Dream.

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Dwm HFNhFKtjnN s small rtndio. bull! I n Übt slope ii the MOUBt ii, iili its outlook on tb distant lake end a barkgnnnd of a great impenetrable foreel growth, tiwamc ih" scene el tremendous activity when Silvia liegen to take weekly lea oa In drawing and pelating. while listening to David's desultory taBi oa art and things grttttlc, bright, rcmiuisepnt Rleainlngs f fdrnaer student days, while wandering abroad among old world center of ancient anil modere civ iiization. At a fMVcn hour Silvia erottld dash uii to the dour Ray. brilliant and enthusiastic, hü Gorky follow. -1. stuiliBg and plflfOTfl at her delight and urrytaf b-r drawing materials. And whin r-li- was installed before i. , ease and David lb-tide!.. m had !y. n hi critical andeevere fauit-find-lug aa lo the work done since bar last k-M.n. fJorkr, with a cbectthi of de liphf a the bold d.l-n..' Silvia alwaye mad. would co bark to his nul'iririoa oi iiipat ions, reappearing with unerring punctuality when tin' stipulated hours had expired For the orighttl hour, grudginnly given by Headereonrhad beea lerjp i xt n l. d to that nr. -sported pupil

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Luii la the heart of the BltM Kidge, where be bad com tor reel and recreation and to steep tOttl and iniagina1: ii in tlx1 n.a !'..':-' tit s- !!' and sights nf ihos.' mlvty and beaatltol ra-i. s and to gel t id of the dust and ehlawey taiks. stectrk can and the n.onotonous pleasures of a biß eity, h'ie he lived, and .-old pictures, recelvfd a hetero is rolle tion of friend--, both of bOhenkl and the leau inonde, anion K tin1 pieturesque lonfuof his big suite of rooms. Invitations alwavs poured in ou I ivid. and many monoranied notes In (enhltM bUd Writing were left in 1, letter Ikin. an) to se'-tre time for tin- lead id wot- . v li !i made him faibo is as on" of r. . foremost Ainerlefui irtjats "I to-day JMvid Henderson (lever and UaJBOVablfl Japajgeew servtint bad to mount guard at bis door r.aJ li" to all COttier thai he had gone out of i own. Bo, Bomewhel wore la appearaao. nnd i ynbally at inlds With siw-ial exl geaelea, !a . id ll. n.lei;un had ipjied awav on a OWthboaad train to the tastr.essi . of the meat SOtitar) moiint;.ins around BtowiBg Rack. It was only wlu-n the summer caflMF, gaoklag in eontetaptatir neae4 and sitt lag on his porch breathiag Ihe (.one of the firs and pinej. towerin i.bov, his raml-linu pietures.pie rat tage in the divine kolltode and Csditsg twilight of June, that Pavid Utadf Boa'l attisfie enthusiasm began to revive, with the ivreat nadjrtef nassion of the artist and an indiff rem eipially (l great lac his feliow-aea, whlci specially ini laded awiiaklaA Da?M Header noa keeaiy regretted hlf promlsi made under a sudden tmaalM to give lessons to a presumable ,iede eaaartff girl, for UM l'ieer reapoa thai her mother, if faithfully portrayed bv a miniature, had bat I l.eautifwl. "L'eteraal feminin. How unesrapabie," Pavid murmured impatiently while waiting tot the gdvt tit of his unwelooga papti. But life holds KMUe .Mightful surlirites as wel, a many pitfalls and rrael dangers, and Ih handsome roaaaj -.irl. whose kieti latetligeace and quick Brtitic s' nt ui. tit he men di- mere,! were as remarkable as her beauty was one ot them. The original boar, dexot.i lo showvg Silvia how to seize thfl Woadeiful tones and shades and coloring of the raaji -He maeri traaaat, how la nx on the -anvas the pallag distances. Iba mist Of twltkh' iind the sweep of the Utl la tUIr sunbathed baattt, waa

KOuft drawn out to at ggtl at f:niG"r y WOtlM POfl eat to alio.. Iiefia 'Illing for her to drive her bbf to thai baag bj th road to H'Miii". Pau.i Henderson isl.ed no j ie-iioaa, and sirirtly avoidirK the villar.e heard boar of apaculatlve goaalp innrnlag Old Gorky and Silvia, of wlum. nobody kaaw agalbBkC, (or ait the ion 1 1 at'B UbJ had liveil their aefluded ; aj gjtoii 'lie ni'iutiiainous population of lb Blew Ridi. tlorky bad r4aUUItly consented to Silvia's going to prim little Miss Henortoka' aebool in Boom, bal her uate coarse w-ith the otbet ablldraa ended with the school hour-. She and ('orky Uved aloof and alone. She had grown up tall and splendidly developed, with a wealth of reddish brown hair, great hael eyes, a v. t laughlag mouth, and a skin who.-- da - ding (aim i ; ao aapoaar to the winds and .an. shine of Blowing Rock oovld tun or impair. Pavid Henderson sat laiiv in a big ami chair and aaaokd, lot vva- h- not in tat mountains for rest and WatCttad Silvia as she sketrhd and drew with bold and sun esful strokes or painted with Strang fidelity fair land : teen of the eowatey around. At first they had chatted and talked in in roturadeship. Silvia of tier stiaag atodlea, and paacefnl joy and David of his rushing, turbulent life beyond the moon tain. Bui of late David was ronton! to sit silent. "You are :i wonderfully accomplished J oung mountain maid. You speak foreigO languages, and If you keep on working very hard you'll b a tolerably good anist .some da;,.'' David said amillagly from the Septhl Of his easy Chair. "Will I. real!-. '.' That is what 1 want more tlmn anything in the world To be an art) f." Silvia Bald with entire iasm. too absorbed in try lag to re1 -rodtiee the litful li-lits and shades on the distant lake, rlalble through the (pen door, to do more than glance around gl her instructor, who had become a i'a ' friend during the long : 'immer months of ( (instant intercoara between tbeai sin e that Jim afternoon whoa David had reluctantly oaaweated to gl' ' Silvia a few lesions. b thai vom ambition T You thim; painting an art above all things becaaa you art t ill a ( hi Id. Your vv mum's heart is asleep. You know nauubt f the ran ft lea an.! triumph of life, of Itl pomps and plaOra Wait untd v ou have made aeipiaintam e with tie v ot Id's homage, an 1 your power; you sre not BMd to I' an artiat." It was the i r-t time David ltad apokeo in this strain, and the ooacluaioa B had reached roncemlBi l is ttraage and faaclnatlng pupil surprised even kimBih ia pan.-ed in bet painting of a light ciOUd on Eagle mountain, and turafag looked anxiouaty at David. "Do you I now I ,n awfully afraid of the tlaae when I must ? away trom our deeb oh) hon la Ih mountains. Gorky I- always oiling me and I read about the pay life poopl lOd In big Cfttc, but I don't understand If. I'm afraid of it. loot look at me. I'm abominably drcaacd, I know. How would 1 look and feel in fln clothe and jewels? oh. I'm horribly afraid." Btlvi wai i."' aware thai bar wordi Implied the right to adauaadoa in a world f ir removed from the so'itary life which had always been hers. David gaard nt her fixedly, his ke-n i.rtisi eye piittiring acec-sories r.iore flttin,' t( her eatreaie lovelinea and or which she weaaad go innocently uneonsrdor.s a also of the jower she would certainty wieM some day. A sudden strange paatg shot througii Davids heart. Ye- he realised felly that she would be called awav lo take pait in a different life. When? he wondered. "You need have no fear: " he said ttusinsly. "Where you are and however garbed rOV Will tower over all othr woni' n." Silvia flushed and laughed gay!. "Indeed 111 do no each thins.-. irp ignorant and fearfully awkward, and do y.e.i know who l il he more afraid of than any un else on earth?" 'Who?'" David asked in astonishment, for he had 101 Silvia dnv a dangerous team with reck lea 00gag tare over a dangerous road, and on a certain occasion eonfront and drive off a threateftlag bull without a tremor of fear. "Who in th" wo; id would you lie afraid of " ".M maid Silvia answered In a tage ablaper. "Particvbirix if she is Preach, Do jfoa know i have been practicing: giving orders? 'Julie. doaaa i gaea Baftt,' ami aU sorts of i-harp orders, to try to get used to the Idea. I told Gorky I M.sltively will not have a maid. Hut he says I must; that it aroaldn'l lo at all to refuse to have one. I'll grow u.ed lo seeing the horrid thing around. He says I'll have to have her sleeping in the room next to mite . Fancy. It will be awful. I do hoH I II be allowed to stay here with Oorh just u two. for at least ten more years. And if vou'll conn t ack gent summer, why I II b - erfe. -If happy. I'll take your version of the 'tieau momb and b coat to keep out of it. Are all ihr women ! autlfui, and is It Just a- the novels say? H'-avens. ii almost time for Gorky to coaaa ami la bardly touched thet (loud." Silvia turned back to her easel and MSOeatratCd her IhOUgjhti on the op:deM-et,' mist p s-ing .-. lightly on a distant peak. She had taken out her watch to a the tune, and lis blaze of Jewels in brilliants caught Davids attention She va very simply gowned, as Banal, hol bt I air and carriage were regal, and whatever the cause which hrid h-t a of from the woild. David rad the patere plainly enough to se iha' be Had would he widely diver-t-en' eOgne 04 if in her simple lite of the hour. W'Uild they carry her acix seaa to the land Of h r birth and beyond th isai'h gad bed uf an American artist?

"I n paint your fx rtralt." Davlfl said, suddenly. gwt Sii. ia baaa hr beaaV "Gorky will not consent. He bat never let gM liavc a pbotograidi taken. Mis Hen, lin ks Im;:i .' me to give her one la-t vein, bin Gorky sabl no. and I had to I -ml her a locket instead. Why do roa w ant a poet rait of me?" David did not explain, but la -i fl anm-edly at the Idea that Gorky add prevBl bis having Silvia's face, th all its infinite naim on lanvaa It b v. ..nted It. ' lhin.1 let us spoil our last plea ant day bjr thinking d the tin- (nie future.' Silvia said, flashing a bright rn at I lawil. "Cons gad gag ü ni timid is not transparent. When you are pine. I will spend the days iiaiinini:. and al! v inter l will work hard and tr to lmprOY lor Valien you 00 bgteb next J j Ii-. You will be sure to ( omc ha k ?'' Silvia turned and looked at David with a troubb-d look, which softened ggd nu lled in a tender and regretful smile. I will miss you. oh, so terribly. What g delightful summer we ha r had. And how fast if hi- flown. On t wallow artaga. David b-aneil forward, and taking awav the brush, enbdded her hand iu both of his. Ys. Um golden bOUl have Bitted axeajr, and you and I will soon b pai tid unless - a dream I have (beamed (inns true."

What was it?" Silvia

m .SUNDAY SCHOOL. Lana la the I i , ,, m l lenal lur I rliruKi ) I i 1 1 . . n . anil liurr. nl tlir WurU.

THE TRUSTS-HERE'S WHERE THE ELEPHANT STEPS OM MY POCKET BOOK AGAIN.

tip: m .- Vila: zi Not everj of Maa: tui i that M J uO - r wi t. b i I i" I if Maui wi i aai tu lrj ii j bava we not aaaael ai.u iu Thj nai gevlls? and In Tli 01 u 1 1 a. w ork .' 23 Ai.J 'I t. alll I pt MVl kn-. w )mi work lalguit) -i Than rn i I of 111 aad 4 liken tiiiji aataawiM mi hon uoon it iui k.

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the glory of her eyb. "I dreamed that you and I would BOVerpart, not even in Paradise. That you would consent to share an artist e home, and that our- was so tteautiful

as your fair and exejahdt dreamed sweet heart" Dav id gently towards him. but wi Sil v i i t tu n d l rom him. Gorkv came up the little

paaaad in th doorway. "I'm a little late, I was detained in the Village by important mail. We must hurry Silvia. Have you packed jour paint.-' t.ivc me the eaecl The evenings are chilly. Come. Sil v ia. The I - "is. ai . irrow in impal ienl Qt 1 1 venlng. You have guade her cl r artis'. Come Sylvia." I will pee you to-niorrow." David said, holding her hand llagei laglj Silvia turned toward bim :i -he fotlowcil Gorky, with a pas-bmat -tur of lOVC and sorrow. The soui. l of the horses' quick trot OB tb haul r ad soon died away.

The n m Any the village wa g og with the news, which rest IHivid lat i in the day. when a in--.

per same. It was of thank- fiotm Gorky for th admirable lesson he bad kindly i and a lar-e chot . was InchMOdL In the . illage people aid Gorky and Silvia bad left early in the morning to cat h the BOthbOaad train lot N w York. They were oing abroad. An OsHcial-looklng ibxument bad coaa, addressod to Count Vladimir Goghy, and Silvia was a great personage, sin was a (o'uitess. She wa betrothed toa very important taeaibe. of the nobftlty, Why had they kept her In hidin all these years? For political reasons, s he was believed to be dead. Hut nuv. she vvas to lie taken to (ourt. Her ma triage WOOld be a great pub lie even'. David Henderson, the artist, sat i: bin studio on the mountain side. nv. bare and empty, but inhabited bj B ihoaaaad gitioile of a krvely, aauJing girl. The lieht faded slowly from the lake and the green sloes of the mountains, from the little valley and winding load. Which led to the house on the toad la Boone, eat II a starlit darkness n eloped the whole niaje-tic scene, and the solitary watcher on the mountain side. The artist's dream wrs ahattrd. Pwhap ins mo-' poig n mi grid waa Silvia's last look. How near b had baag) to Paradgie N. O. Timw Pemo. rat.

THE CZAR AND THE VETERAN V fl Iren on XX In-ll It llxiH'. Hilter Waa I rnlileil i Iti-iitiril Ini t Ii fill Verl Ice The i zar of Rwetlg nmv gfst 1 ghle i h do all that an autocrat would Ii' e j to do. but he knows the way to the hearts of his aubjerts. His greatest difficulty is to pienc the hedge of oiTii ials which I irroiinds him day and night Sonieiini s however, he is able ' to do a good action with his own hand, i Such an econsioo came to him while walkimr in the isrk of his palace at ' Tuarskoe Selo S'i iding backwards ; ard forwards aVep in thought, as Is j his habit, he was surprised to hear a ; voice over his head calling to him. "Your majesty-little father' " I.h1 -Ing up he saw a white-haired ofa) soldier cleaning a lamp An inquiry as I to his wants bfWttghl out the fan that the old man had keen :'.7 years in the servit e w ithout having merited plh , mi nt, and thai he was wondering if he would hav to remain a Botdfet to the day of his death. The i .ar told him to ask the oUcer about it !ut the j old fellow rafttacd. saying it would only eirn him a heating. Oace the

efflwer had been mentioned the emperor v a - ware v aide to indu i tie Vetera to give him arv ggurth -ilar.n. Only after crossing himself on a promise not to mention anything to the ofncer did he rliclt stn-h facts as led blm to sicn the soldiers discharge after rntsinc blm to the rark of sergeant. Part br Inquiry ehoweu to the ov.ar quite a number of veterans uwaitipg pensions who had been gsyg rlo'iked. N'o Id t.- II of Im- -i i U one of the most domestic of Ku rope. in sovereigns. Ho is never so happy a when aide to artthdtaw to hi fntnily cr bj nnd apend annie quhrt hours readinj a:;d talking with the i larlaak

CM.U1C I. I Wil Iba t Iijuii . aad i ' fil (ouiiijed uikjii a rock, j And everj oo ibaf Ina o Jlii.e, an dueth likt-ncU uiitu u tooliab i bli bouac u(on ibe am V. And tfc rain ! um, siel tr.e winds b . lOat bouse; at.J It tell lb (a., oi U, Ami it eaan to ptm ended thee sajinu- i al i a: ii u deetrio) . J i-'i,r ii laual i i

i.;l.orit, ud not Um scr.bae (.01 in s m:i -iii- r she atd nuril, it ml mil lia-ii rera mi I -Jm 1 OUTIatKK QV gCKlPTl IUE stv t icN laaua' SYltl irawal tu grasborv Mall. U' l.'-fl. Jesu Wflihdrawaj o geasnore. Mark I :T-UL cbuosing u: :: 1 v- Matt 10:2-1. Choosing; i f il TwclVt) .Mark J.U-1V. ri.oosir.g of Uta Twlvi tuhilf-U itrssaa on tl.t Msum Matt. S:l-I:l gei'BIQU on ine Muui-.t Luke 6.SV-4!. TIME.- guaaaer of A l. Bt rt of "Th War of Public Favor . P1A K Sol a mountain, but tb ! tivu wblcB overlooks the sea of Gallia. MOTfig AND COMMENTS. iMa't. T.-'l St.) Jesus hati jum bten warning His followers against lals u-B' hers They were to be known. H said, by their fruits But tb re might be false disciples as well as false teachers, and fa.se no' ion - of what it meant to be a true diai Ipte, Ia these verses jjeau hows huw trfaMoaaly serious and thoroughgoing a thlBf it is o be a L'hriäiian. "Not Trj ou.. that saith unto Me. Lord. Lord:-' rrofefsion was not enough now, to make one Jesus' disciple. It i not a QUMtftoa of saying, but of doing. It is a good deal to say. 'Lord, Lord." It ia right to cay it; It means i -j - I a '.miration, belbf that H:e teai hings are high and true, but a person can have all those feelings about Oh rut wiihom actually liviegthe Christ life "Enter into '.he Kingdom of Heaven:" Th kingdom of Heaven as it is on earth Jesus was not primarily trailing t ople to follow Him out of this world, but to follow Him in thta world ' D ii he that doeth the will of My father " Saying, whfn accompanied by doing, is na'ural and right; without it. it is a hollow mockery. Jesus had been telling what God's will aas "Ih that dav:'' The pr. at da;, cf jadgaaent announced by many ets an, expected by ail 'he Jewa 'Did we not prophesy:" Did we not preach. New Testament prophecy was oreai hire rather than pr dieting future even's "By thv name chat out demons." tc. - Creat. showy works, imitating the external deeds ef Christ Himself, preaching and perhaps making converts, nd yet not living a life governed by the principles laid down in this hillside teacbtag Pipart from Me.:" A terribly solemn sentence of doom, not from a hard and stern God there la no auch God but from the loving Christ. (Vs. 21-?7 i H.re begins the con elusion of the most wonderful body of teaching the world has seen Some of lbse lofty ethical teachings have been ixpressrd by the founders of the great world rehgmns. but always hopelessly mixed with the darkneas of heathenIsm. We need not say that the world religions were all false, for they ware not. but Jesus' teaching was all true. Heareth these words of mine, and doeth them." The hearing without the doing would make one worse rather 'han better ' Shall lie likened unto a w ise nan " Jesus does not say a good man. hut a sensible man The wise man took care what foundation he iullt upon, realizing that th building if a houaa was a serious natter and 'hat if it was to prove equal to the ests of the storms of years, it must j built right from the foundation up IP lieth these words of mine, and aoeth them not:-' This man's opportunities wer as good as the others, hut he neglected them, did not realiz-i he Importance of a sound foundation His misake was "not in ?e!e. Ing a had foundation, but in taking no thought of foundation: In beginning to build haphazard and an;, wh. re; on loose sand, near the hrd of a mountain torreat ." Brace Th result la a foundation Just as worthless as if a bad one had been purpoe'y chosen A house built on the sand will stand in fair weather The foundation Jean. has bren speaking of Is ore that will stand the tes's of the storms of life. (Vs. 2V 29.) As usual the ImpriM sfon sagde by the great Teai her was tremendous, and the distinctive thing about it was. as in a recent lesson, that H did not quote "authority' but spoke His own convictions directly from Ills own heart and from God. Those wjio heard Him felt hat wha1 He said was r- ithoritatlv. PJfMM I'olata. Thev only rule who scorn al! ririicuis N'n ereauj rvh can le. I to I right en Honor leg bach on the background of hagattll) The uuid. - to darkne flr.d th!r way to their n n e'ement. Bet-, r to be Cod Uttl child than th world's nrratcsf man. Th moral macl,lnrv letde arisht when rarlsf Is the motive force. T' -rc are many thlr.g In which our sens are i!e a sun dial at tight. The right of a wrong ia the onh -om-miit-t tb tni" ma: needs. KauT Horn

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WOOL AND PROTECTION. S)kfi b Wlileli the I armer ! I MMSMd ! Hell the IrloO leiiaIt is rather singular that about all .he products of the farm that have uo real tariff protection ar? advan ins in price very materially, but wool, the one product thai is protected to the verge of prohibition, is standing still, and in some . las.-es veu declining in price. Cotton has been bringing more than th average price the farmer and gheep ranch men are getting for wool. There It no tariff on cotton, no protection fosters its growth, while the tariff on wool Is 11 cents a pound. How can our proi. "ion enthusiasts explain this anomaly which, according to their theory, .-hows ihat the duty on wool is still too low ' Why don't they amend the tariff and give the farnur more protection instead of siamluiC pat? The imports of foreign wool are taecaeanlag. The last report of commerce and finanee. bavaed by the department of commerce and labor gives th bn port ef WOO) for the ll months ending November for 11 U in pounds a 111.TIS.41H: llHiJ. 1C1.631.31S; 1WJ. lC'JTs. Hie.'. Thus for the same period foreign wool has been coming in the past year at the rate of over 5O,O9Q,O00 pounds more than in 1M1. What i the reason for this inrrea?ed tieeanctlttoa of the forden wool growers with our home product? In spito of nearly 10 per cent, protection the she. p industry is not so prosperous as it was when we had free wool under the tariff of 1VM The price of woolen goods is declining from the Inability of the grea' majority of our people to buy wool ('.(.thing. Cotton and shoddy have largely taken the place of wool from the sheer necessity of the family with limited incomes to meet the lacr0ld cost of living The imjxirtation of foreign wool Is principally of the coarse grades, used in the manufacture of carpet- That class of wool our wool growers cannot supply In sufficient quantity to supply the demand, and the high tariff only add to the rnst of the articles made from it. The farmer, when he btty g ear pet. cr oilier product made of coarse wool, pays a big tax on it, with not even th compensating advantage of n in :ca-(i profit on the wool he himself raises. Those farmers who do not raise sheep are practically unprotected by the tariff, although nearly all agricultural products are In. luded in schedule G. of the tariff law; yet the surplus of agricultural products i ai.- d above what this country can consume, when sold abroad, must compete in the world's markets, and the price is fixed by the foreign buyers. The pri( e paid In the home market is controlled by the price the surplus brings, so in that case protection does not protect thai farmer. There are a few exceptions to this rule, including those who raise sugar cane, li and wrapper tobacco, but the trusts that control the market for those products get the largest slice ot the profits Some farmer, who lire near the Canadian border may be slightly protected by the lack of competition oa egps and vegetables from their Canadian neighbors, but this advantage, if any. is more than overcome by the Increased price of what they pur base. The farmer that VOtfl to coirinue the proie, on tariff votes to protect and foster the trusts, and not oniy pays th- tariff tax to the government but a much greater tax on about all he bins lo i he favored corjiorations. V" iTf llenil laatiea. The convention of ISff should express the broad principles of th" democracy since the beginning of th party, but must frame its platform as related to the policies of today rather than those of four, eight or thirty-six years aao A party to be vital must not lie living in the past, but heald present to the country its views on the questions of Interest today True, the democratic party should not take a position that would b cons; rued Into t repudiation of Its acts In past years. Knoxville (Tenn 1 Sentinel. There Is reason to suspect that 3er.ator Foraker isn't such an arder.t Roosevelt man at heart now Atlanta ""onstitutlon. Tin farmers pnd the people g nerally must always pay the cost when Cncle Sam gets generous to the corporaionsand trusts I'ovcrnment favoriiism is good for the favorites, but it is hard on th" people who foot the hills - Senator Fairbanks Indorses th Panama policy of Mr. Rooaurelt As a citizen and as a senator he ha a right to his opinions. But there are those who think that Mr Fairbanks Is merely naking a bid for the vice presidential nomination If he is coutent to play aeaaad haaaa to the peeoenl occupant of the wrhtt house, that ia hi affair. ladlauapolif Seuliuel-

THE TRUSTS ESCAPE. I Uriel in llnrran of I nil t r I r If Kaileil lo Ptavd One Thai Is -Hail." Secretary Cortelyou is at the head ot the ne-vv department of ommeree, whose bureau of industries has liwn trying so hard for a whole year to find a bad trust. If such a trust is found the life is to be frightened out of it by publishing the facts in regard to its crookedn- N Although wa ha'.e frequently taken the trouble to tell Mr. Cortelyou whero to fish if he wants to cauh a big string of trmjts, yet there is no evidence that he has as yet got a nibble His patience must be nearly exhausted One more we will tell him that the trade and commercial papers and Journals are filled with information about old and new trust, aaaay ( tf which are of the most obnoxious tpe. The Iron Age of Feb. 4 i, filled with meh Information Thus, the manufacturers of axes have Just formed a new trust, whbh. at one jump, advanced the price of axes $1 a dozen The hatchet manufacturers have behaved in a similar way. Their organization." saye the Iron Age, - j a strong otic, regulating prices and production, and in it general feitur.3 resembies the shovel association." The axe. hatchet and shovel trusts, arhen they put up prices lrotn .'.'. to l ") per rent, are most obnoxious to farm- ( rw; i arp. r.ters a: ! others. Th.yshould be ferreted out and hId up to public scorn Thn. if publicity don't make them ashamed of themsdres and caiiBf them to mend their wicked ways, perhaps It will occur to iumo bright member of President Roosevelt's official household to take away the tariff that pdoteefn tle pestiferous trusts. Mr. Cortelyou may rem mix r the story of the bad boys up in the tre stealing the apples, who laughed at th farnur while he tried to drive them out by thtoaaJna tuft of gras at tium. bag who changed their tunes and ran away when he began to throw stones. That farmer was not such an everlastiug 'hump, after all.

PARAGRAPHIC POINTERS. m Gov. Taft' report says the Phillippines are tranquil except the Moros. .V few more prescriptions by Dr. Wood will probably make at least a few more of i the Mores permanently tranquil X. Y. ' World. Anoth-r record has gone. It was broken by the republican house of repI resentatives a-hen '!.' private pensioti bills were put through in 15i minutes. ; Clearly it is not " too soon before a preslI dential eleeetion" to pass one kind of j legislation. Louisville Courier Journal It has been apparent for a long time that Mr. Koosevelt's violent vociferation that he was being pursued by the trusts was merely a part of the game of politics. Tlu re has ben no tangible 1 evidence of opposition from that quarter, and. goodness knows, there has been ' no occasion for it. But opposition from really conservative r(pubhans in Indiana I a very cliff rent matter Indianapolis Sentinel. L Apropos of the N braska ' statesman who shudders a: the ; thought of divorce for democracy and defeat, the Cortland Democrat says: "One thing which our -teemed republican contemporaries fail I to note Is that Mr. Bryan Is saying it all.

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j hlblt abash narrow Bourbonism. and de- ; stroy his rhuirc for future usefulness" Binizhaniton (N Y L'ader. Senator, congressmen, editors, state chairmen, political liosses an! : 1 lltk-al whips, cabinet ministers and govi ernment gangers, labor leaders am! Wall street sharks, men of all classes, condit ions, races and color, hav be?n invited, dined, consulted and organized by a ' civil servic e presiibn to nominate himself for the highest office In the gift cf the American people We regret, for I the honor of the republic, thai the most vicious form of machine politics has

been and Is now being Pclad b) the occupant of the white house fim ii.r.tl Commercial Tribune (KVp A horse can Im led to the wa'er. but ranno' be made to drink. Ltheu - -. President Roosevelt can call a special session of congress, but he cannot mak the republican majority of that bet pass legislation that he recommencs ag urgent and lmpoitnt. The late extraordinary session of congress In Nov. mb r enacted one important meat tire, that Is, It wa of the greates Importance to -h law-divers, but. as far as the puhlf was concerned, they could very well have

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