Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 46, Number 45, Jasper, Dubois County, 22 July 1904 — Page 7

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cleared away slowly.

Iii his eyes i

JAffBIL till INDIANA. J a bi'ir whh Ii lie i t i -! -i i i v .- um -

MAN AND HIS MISSION. Acroxa t hi leb HM farmer M : hind hin pli. I. tu t; mam; II I roWB And hf la I hi b) i Th- blaci.i'ii i , in- " '-a, Pet haps in Hi."- opinion li 'a l;.it MrviiiK i ti-nt out thai '

J y bw be realu. d that it vu there.

swearing suftly uadcr his breath. "Thank heaven. 1 dot. t have to stay

H. II" f i ' iua Of aerii- ih.y haw AsSSl li - whihk'TM t usable o r bla n. Much faded by the hum.

..hi II..- I. in-.- iw i . I.nurwnk p. ST.

:id wiio can U'll hyw tM.-tul ii Ma) tiii;:i: ti I in aa ihey run?

Ilia n.n.l.lv hunts nr.- '. .!- ai.-i no

An. I ull run ilnwn belill I.

9f teil hla hands ara sadly aoarrad. 111 bmw I deeply limd Twe beeti. a where hi I ' p May think hin lolling, llrsl and it. Is for their peace f mind

here another day, at U) rat

He : 1 ample time to re.ila wMt t hard task he had beton- ..'.in during 'he Journey MS i .-.llztxl it more keenly u hen h- arriv. 1 It wan piiful to ee the Jflad light come into the heavy blue eye, when he I nt over the poor little mite of

HONEST. SAFE

Rapufcliean Ph

AND PURE.

11 I suffering, at la and whispered. Ith

Men think the w r I w ia set a Me For their eapccui The boundaries that they pr Are fixed thr.iUKli It i riK'li i ! . But In the trsaa and 'ssaath lae - l The notion may pievall taut tJ d Sent men to furaiab feed. And only that. lnd- d ft E. Hkasr, in Chli in Etacord-HeraUL

1 A GLANCING SHOT

wire Meredith to nuht that I've reconddercd his offer and will be with l.im 1 -t n.- see, 1 think I ran make it Thursday if I t? t off to-morrow early I'll do It, Ith a MMi opeuing I would have eceptcd it in the frt place if it Lad not ! m for you." defiantly to Um id o-oL-raph. It was In the bottom of hla trunk, along with lbs tiny ring, when he startvd on his long journey wet the next day. to accept a partnership m

hut not an atom ofkiv

I MJt,

pity

In his h?art: "l..n't worry, d.-ar. It la all right

It ahall le all rieht again, shall It

! Ali.

' Yes," the white lips framed faintly. He flipped the tiny ring once more n i.. r nti-- r. and thoupl.t as he did xo of the one on Hehns fin-- r Alan! dear It is so good to see you aKiin," she smiled up at him like a t;rcd child. A blihsful sich fluttered

I Di covern in Pai In I

Man Who la Woithy of Pubiu Conndenc.

says that Ju if there were :o one. word, !..- 'A . r I -'a'

sec ion.

"Only known you one summer? Yes. that la true, but I've known Meredith years, and he has always been telling M at ml Helen Honestly, I feel as If I ha l known ou ages and ages, anyway.' He looked Into the soft brown eyes of Meredith's slater for an anwtrinf enthusiasm over the long acquaintan e. They had been engaged five minutes. "It has len a lov.-ly summer." ahmurmureil. and hi saw the connection. "The happiest f my life." h- igraad, even while he remembered how wretchedly i had begun for him in the east A nicsaencer boy came up the steps with a telegram It MM for Alan "Alice perhaps fatally injured in runaway. Call for you when conscious. Will you come? Doctor says only posslblo hope "

li TAKE it, please. It does not be- slandin at window where 1 long to use now. What It StOOd teht streamed ou bnshtly. to lor U over between ua." rHaJ it- l,elen heard him smother an The engage m-r ring he had given ''amatlon of- dismay. a"d mm U her two weeks 'efoiv spari .1 in the L,la al oncepink palm of the little hand out- "la It bad news?" she asked sof-.:. M retched toward him. ' and he was face to face with the trisU "I have a good mind to pick you "t hla life. But it was Helen there no and carry you off bodily, Ulli min- ' only one way. He put the message tue, oi. provoking little creature," he in her hand.

a law office in a young town iu that fTnm between the pretty hps and son

By C. S. Ia

said nngrily. "No. I won t t i it haV-k. You may throw it in the river take it down to the IB t .vi. : we spent so many happy hours,' d- lading ourselves, this tttflUBM. ' She smiled a little she waa carrying the. scene through brav iy and came near enough M put the fttlg in his land. "Please, Alan, don't be CPOM and dn take it. Don't yotj think wi will bo'h lie glad sometime that we found our or mista ' In Her coolness only nn ! him mor angry. Passionate rind it- h" realised keenly Hat she rould see that he was white with rage a4 (Mspaif. Ke hated himself fot l is lack of aatf control; be almost hated her. for the moment, for calmness. "I haven't found that I did m a mistake," sulkily He was switching the head oft some choice bloom bordering the walk. She pul out lier has 1

again and stoop- 1 the leekless mas-'

sacre. "The eardener will lx rro;a." she said gentlv. And then, lu-iore he could draw baj h fils hn.nd. he1 had slipped the tiny ring in I it. He started ns If she had attack him. Then he turnM to her with quivering lins. and hurst into inr i 1 plead-

inc. "Alic Alice! surely, you don mean it You are nT e'ing to turn rue off like this You will not he so cruel, dear!" "Ahn, I can tint I was mlttal er. I do not love you -sometimes I do not even tiki vom. You WW 14 rather know the truth thftfl hare m- let It go on day after day, and deceive yen: would you not? I am so sorry; we must alway Ix- friends" Tl HMeT" He made a mn'ion as If to hurl the tiny ting with i" sparkling stone Into the shruhberv. Thn. with a sudden realization of the hopeWkupss of It all. he turned from he girl and strode away WithOUi another word. She stood gn-'nn after h!n a rroment. In ppii1 of hers. If ther." crept slowly Into her perverse Utile heart side by side, with the firm reaoSve alreaT- there, a wish that he would lnrn and come hack, and tiMns her In his arms In spile of struggle or protect, kiss nway all her tetotatioa

against him and his love, ."Alan!" Softly, ertotfiill)

his name. He did no" heat Of turn or f top. "'I wonder if T ought - if I really do dislike him. He was so anpry he went of so abruptly- I High! have" she did ROI finish fhe taXMght, httt, Witt etos which grew a little misty, watched him until he turned a, corner an 1 was out of sight "Poor Alan T nm afr t! 1 I w as cruel

In the path lay one of the RoVtN he had beheaded She stopped and picked 1t up. with a totieh that was a ear The next moment it wi nre.-I o her red lips, and tears were dropping upon it. In his den Alan was slowly and painfully reviewing the seen", and making original comments upon it. "To think she could be so cruel, the kaatf little MttCh I wouldn-t bare dreamed it. and I didn t know anything eouiü nur! so " He watched the smoke from his cigar curl lazily about her picture on his desk. "I have half a notion to do what I iald go hack and arry her off forcibly." The sweet, saucy far, lookt 1 Ml "f Us smrky halo, ih iMOMSt proeokitigly steady gaz"But she certalnlv Hill It If she doesnf love M - doeaa I even like me sometlmea well. I luppoea it is all ip Only. I d like to knoa whv In ihe deuce ah.- didn't know how she felt about it in the fl ' ' ' ' 1 ' ;',, me Ihil cvutouuUcd kaockout 1 waa

;io' s

The worst possible n's that eo'ild OOflM to Mai now," he said. "Come. aid. when she ha 1 rea l it through, and M him back to the hadWW. gl had seen the white Misery in his face. She did not wa:it him to see her own. Now. tell me she aald very soMy

and gently. But he fttl the -demand, the command, under the gentleness. She had the right to know, he was on trial in her neart. Yet si.nik.ng in io-r soft voice had told him that she was ready to hold him innocent until he was proved otherwise He toM her the truth, not sparing himself or this other girl -this unl.aown. Alice in the recital. "She deliberately threw foe off. when I lov. d her. or thought I did. then. She has no possible claim upon me now when I am quite sure I don't love her." he said, savagely, stung with the pair, of the old scene and humiliation, and this new strain. "You loved her onee. and taught hr to love you " The voice was still verv gentle, but there was a new- firmness in it. "I thought I loved her. I don't know

she Is one of those little clinginc creatures that makes a fellow feel very Mg and strong and and like pminc as shield and protector, and all tha sort t thine yon know." Ste Madlad a little at the analysis, but he Iii not see. "So I posed. Hke a fool., for two weks. Then she got tired of me ani

turned me down. I'm uad sh did Helen, you understand no of CQWfjp, you can't eer understan ! -hut v.ni'l! believe rsr won't you. that you are the nnly i:irl I've ever really loved in this way ?" "Perhaps-some tint you might ' "Helen'" But you must think wha you ar priMi to do " She knew perfectly w;! wh:i h. MOSM lo. but she wa!ed to see If he knew. "I can't think l can't do anythlnz " he said Then she told him

"You will go on the next train. Th life of the ftrl is at stake." Her hands J Mar behind her. and he could not see that UMf were tightly clenched, j "BOW MM It Oh. I can't -it would, he acting a lie. to go to her frm I " he Insisted. X I

as-e you. I IMTMM you. You t and do your par in saving i

life. And you mos1 do r wen. tried to make the tone cool and and failed.

". . i. he could protest she was In

hi.s arms. Then she liegan to cry softly, and he kissed her hair nealn and Again. Her fan- was hidden on hi shoulder. "If you didn't go and she die 1 I would k hT murderer, don't you se" sho sobbed. If ou love me you will forget all about me and -o and save her " It was a new sort of logic o the young law v er. and be almost gaspel over It. "l do love yo.i. Heien. I lon't love her I dor. t think I ever did I certalnlv never felt toward her as I do toward von It was all a wretched mistake on both sides, as she aald when she broke the engagement She does not know what she is saying now. She is nrohablv deliriums "

"It does not matter You must not risk the responsibility of her death resting upon-ns Ofc, I shall hate you If you dc not go." "But I iay come back to you ou did not mean I do not want to be reallv released It will only be for a time, and then I n coma away Prombe roe. dear' and what she t ika i ciV him made II easier 4o j.o

and have It over, that

back as soon a.- po

fell ash-ep. "He sav.d her life, of course " evervbody agreed with the physician ' How romantic. ' murmured some. "How happy they both ought to lm." said others. ' Doubtless they are. fn spite of hr

accident really ihe accident was the means of reuniting them," they said. But there was no happiness In it for him. As ach day involved him de.-pef in the web of deceit, he grew miserably unhapay and hollow-eyed. Night after ntht he paced his room, sleepless, rerotrtaf plans for extricating himself as soon as she grew a little stronger. But dsy after day he was compelled to kep up the good work he had begun. He spent hours with her dally, trailing, talking, listening to her fond, weak voice as she bantered him playfully on his wretched looks. "You are a dear, fcilly. boy. to worry yourself thin over me now. when I am sure of getting well." she woiüd say. and then to take his thoughts from her. she would Insist upon bis telling her of his life out west. She grew better daily, and seamed perfectly happy in hie presence. He never flinched from the daily ordeal, but he resolved desperat-ly that Just as soon as she was strong enough to

bear it, he would end it all. She should know the whole truth about Helen, even as Helen knew it aliout her. Helen's love had s'ood the test, and clung to him in spite of all. TVhat if Alice did the same There was the anxiety that was wearing him out. If he could but make her understand, bow completely derd his love for her was; how he really doubted now If It had ever .; .'..,'. 1 S-- how . .iUl-

Tribune, the leaditiü sapaper o( the west, i'a. . ' I a main). need of driving it bSMM MMsl best be enfolded in lllty.

He waa born a New York faruo r in he Hudson river regi ni He remains t New Yoin farmer in tie U nison river region. Hit estate at Eaopus li nun the s a farm br ause it Lappens to be called by UM etanly name it Kussniont. Parker owns two farms besides Kosemont. He is what his fathers were before him, a practical cultivator 3f ground and a practical breeder of animals. When be star.ds in bis farm

i-lothea among his Kd Poll bulls, his

Shropshire sheep, and bis Poland Chi

na pigs, thischief judge of iho state A New York Is one oi the finest liv

ing illustrations' of the stability of temnerameur b!-h keens some men

rooted secureiy In their ancestral environment.

The srtnle fundamental charaoterisi I - 1. ..V. .-... I ! ParUr'a wnrW

ina uiu uv wbi i icu ,u a .... . d s a Judge. He has been a judge since 18&5. Before 185 he had taken an ICÜTM jieraonal part in local politics. Since Iff he has never strayed from the ben. h to the hustings. He has regarded himself as the agent of the täte of New York foe the settlement af legal controversies and for the maintenance of the science of Jurisprudence From thi.s high vocation he has awear been drawn away by any

OUR TICkXT IS ALL RIGHT. THE &UNDAY B!BLE SCHOOL.

Party Can Now Face Coming F.gbt . r-m-n

with Absolute Assuiauce oz Certain Victory.

The It has and J i

united democracy has spoken, leciared iu choice toff preaidcnt. idge Alton B Parker is the

party a nominee. Toward tb.s atrewM nave been moving for moi.ihs past,

gyffairisg Vtthia the week preis the convention date an IrresialibaS

mentuni All through the proceedings the desire und the pur;. - of degfOt rMffJ s reprehentallves declar d r and Judge l'arker was nominated in a whirlwind of enthusiasm. Henry O. Davis, of West Virginia, was nominated for the vice presidency. Hla large experience in public life fits him for the place, and in his person the south on.'- more rh. , rratlon on a national ticket.

Judge Parker, say

Globe, is a man worthy of the high place, of the loyal support of a great party and of the suffrages of the American people. He is of the finest.

highest type that America produces. The bitterest enemy has found no flaw in his armor and no blot upon hla escutcheon His party record is without a blemish In the great judicial position that he has filled so ably he has won the golden opinion of the bar, the bench and the public. He Is beloved by all who knpw him. and respected by rich and poor for the purity, integrity and strength of his man-

hoinl.

old word, b i Is a democrat

in the In' ernatioua!

for July 24. 1904 "Jeboj phat's Reform."

hi-

(Prepared by the "Highway and By way" Preacher.) (OaMrMgl t. tax. a J m i: :tis !.1S"N Ti.XT

(I ehr -r 1 11. M-rr.or Vei

mo- turned

l A: - j i. .

4-4) Ml rs- - j.ean l. ar ; . - un-

i r;i ii-un iha ttotn before

ara tbov

Ma

ve out heart

äd Li

ttm: p.a r.d 1 ot

ua i yri aivj 4 Ar... J and ha a : roni D--brousht t

. U.elr fathara. . Paul ' And he aet J-itff in tha land through-

.. t a. I ir.e Us. - i . - Juiu:.. -) . city. . Ar.d said to the Julgea. Take h"l wtat r do, for ye Judge not tor man. but for the 1-ord. Who : with yen In tfct Jud-

men: 7. Wherefore n be upon you. tak La n j UUsuity wi reaj.r: of prsot a Moreover In

phat aat of the Lev lt

. fr of the Ird nd do U; lor thara ...rl our God BJt aklng of gifts, .em did Jchoohaar.d of :t e pneat

a i.J of the chief ot tho lathers ox uraoi. for the judgment of the Lord, and for controvr&if.a when tbey retumad to Jerusa-

atal. e te in the fear of the Lord, faith

ful.), ar.d with a perfect heart.

which to tell the worth of this splen

did standard bearer I is enough noi

10. Ar. J what raus, aoevir sha.l com t1

In the best sense of that grand ' jrou of your brethren that dwell In tbeir

eatlaa between blood anJ b.oo3. oe:wren iav . : .n.m i: M BL St ItstSfl al J

There are many days before us In , ir.ents. j e ahali even wOn them that ihey

I trespass not against the Lord, and a wra a . come upon you. ar.l upon your brattrea. Ii Im Art mnli v aha!' nnt trxnaki

to herald the event, to . ongratulat : jv. ahJ. btholl Amariah the chle' pr:eat

have la over you In a!, mattera of the Lord; ana"

waited for stich a man. to sound the assasaaa tne or. oi unmac a . , . u i a I the houao of J-idah. for all the king a matnote of coming triumph Let demo- , . fae Lev.tM ,fca:: jfflCers ba

crats everywhere prepare to face the i fore ou te; courageously, and

Yet he seems to have enough dis- fight with an assurance of coming vie- Lora hsUl be with the good . J . r... . .v.. .tr.a. i. 1 THE LESSON include : chron 17

tin' lion Ol l-rmiHT nt ima i ium cab . iuij. r ui juoi on ........ ... UJr.j 2

bis simplicity, his courage, his pa- , QOLDBM TEXT "Deal cowrageoua'.y,

and the Lord ahal. be witb the good -tChroi. U.U.

counter call of political exigency or

of personal ambition The serene and the party and the people that

unvexed impartiality of the law could be intrusted to no more unwavering

bands.

-...a 9: I

He was not much more than a b" when he was elected clerk of a board of supervisors. He was only 26 when be watt 'elected surrogate uf I "later county. He was only G2 w hen he was reelected surrogate on a democratic t; ket which brought success to him alone. He was only ",4 when he be-

triotism. has grown and growg In the party's tsteSMI with the passing of days, until from a comparatively little known figure he has emergl the center of a great party! b JM, so will he crow into the popular mind and heart and conscience from this day forth It

lefcu

came chairman of tne state committee is a winning battle jhat we fight De

in the tampaign which made David B.

Hill governor. With Hill's elec'ion his active political life ceased. At the close of the ; campaign the mar. whom he had helped into the statehoua helped hla I

mocracy has found Itself and found its rets leader. To him the s'eadfast sors of

the republic wil! turn with undeviat- j ing faith, and with him as our candi date we shall win.

pfsrf had changed pla'es. sure- into the judiciary. From IUI to the ajrr Dn i rrT iiMPDOTPrTPn I she would s.-t him free without i present time Parker La- s-.-n a judge. fatUU Lt r UlMrKU i tu i tu.

ly she wot'ld s.-t him

making a scene. If not And whi!- he was worrying over the si'-iatlon. an odd struggle was going on in Alice's perverse little heart, under all the childish patter of talk and teash g One day it proved too much for hr slender resolution. She took him off to a quiet corner of the garden. I v n the walk w here they had iiarted. and there she confessed. "I did long for ysM, the comfort your r- turn and presence brought undoubtedly did save my life And now I .-an only repay you with ingratitude The old doubts and dislikes are creeping back, stronger every day. I'v.- tried very hard to be nice to yon. I did not want to break your heart a aecond time But it is no use. Alan. And I HUil marry you now, anymore than I HMM then." The pretty face was fJ o' trouble and dm-ere pity for him. She was fully recovered. He had intended to have an understanding with her in a day or two And now Well, be told her the troth, as he had meant to da On first Impulse, because he thought she deserved tt for all the trouble Bhe had caused him. On second, because he wsnted hMT to share his satisfaction in the outcome. He fcätaiy thought it would be fair to

so away and leave her under the im- ; prcsslon that his heart really was broken over again. They both bad enouah sense of the j humor of the situathm to laugh. Then I he took the first train west. N. O j

Time- Democrat

present time Parker has teen a juane.

Also, he has been a Jurist. He has drawn so far away from politics that bis decisions are developments in Jurisprudence and not incidents in party warfare. Nevertheless bis political strength ha-- remained unat tenuated. In 197

Roosevelt Cares Less for Law and Justice Than Any Or.e of His Predecessors.

he was nominated bv the democrats

for the oftVe of chief Judge of the ()( the I'r.ited States to vote is denied in

The Nashville American, a fair-

miiiifii mi in ein n 1 . is r;Kin neu

- . . . reign.

' thai II ltl : ' : anv . izen Comnartna- BWtnl

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TIME -Jehoshaphat began to reign la $11 B. C Lcaaor. event occurred in tSBtaV Uetfe year of his reign. PEACE J. t - .it. 1 Juia VEatsoNS JeConhapha:. and tha r

Events in Judah.

loahaphat'a righteous and protpero I -J . 'hron. IT -oahaphat bsif al.iance wr.fc At.aS hron. H.

Ev .-. r.e L-in. Ctap W Jehoahaphat a miraculoua victory o?et M-nab an 1 Amman Chap tO l-M , Jehoshapbafs 'aecor.1 wicked ailiarc. With 1 ara -1 -Chap a):S5. Jehoahaphat'a Li amtroua Shipping Ven tuie -Va ., 47. Events in Israel.

Afcib waa killed In batt'. wtl aaa against whom he had gone whe

persuad..-.! J hol.aptat to Join fore

him. The lessor, to-day occurred after Arab's death All ot the interesting history of E.ljah. the Prophet, which wi.i

be considered in the leaaona tor Auguat ar.J September, occurred Jur.r.a J . i .

Jrrt n ht

m a

with

court of appeals, the highest judicial office in New York In 1 S9i McKinley had carried New York state by 268,Parker annihilated this majority and created a counter majority of 6,inni He is the only deMOCffgl who has been elected to a State office in New York since 1891. As a citizen and a Jurist. Alton B. Parker has been upright, clean-minded and honorable. The democratic party has done well In pre.-enting to the country a an'Jida'e of .-uch personal rectitude

violation of tne constitution, the republican party does not propose to restore, to him that right. It does not propose

u:e with Scripture.

"Jehu . . . the seer went out tc meet him " The same prophet who had rebuked Baa-ha. kingof Israel 1 King

16:1. God repeatedly sent His prophet

PICKED UP HERE AND THERE.

to protest him in his right as a citizen ! to nbake sin in high places See 1 Sam

of the United States It proposes to j iz:ot 2 Sam 12 i; 1 Kings 13:1; 1 leave him helpless and without remedy, arjngg j7:1 etc pg 103 g but Pi It merely propose, not in the interest jy; of the citizen that if deprived of hit j sbouldest thou help the ungodly and rights, but for political purposes and ovp them that haIe the Lord- Epj, partisan advantage, to reduce the rep-j j-n- 2 Cor. 6: 14-17; 2 John 10:11. Tb'.i re?entation of the states in which auch unK(Mjiy alliar.ee pfobably led later to citizens live. It would concede the j the marriage of Jehoshaphat's son

white citizens in sticu states tne rignt j,.horsm to Ahab's dauahtr r 3 Chr a

The republicans hav hal a great Jubilee under the oik? " They may

gather under the srlllows one of these desire to gain a partisan advantage. i

to vote and to be represented accord ing to their numbers, but it would offer no relief to the citizens deprived of the "right" to vote It would leave them to their fate And it would be glad to do so. Not sympathy for the

negro, or interest in his rights, but a

HOW HE LOST THE GAME.

4 riaer. Rut I r -.-? .-l of latin ffssasa while tvs-assj ha UI. h the Hull.

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She

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He put her gently awa from him I w Ide 01 I a ill go. and do wbai I can,'' ielvera ,

The Bnclisb love their national game ,

rrlck-t with s fondness which make ; something more than pastime. It I almost a sacred intu ition in Ü r-s of rehtwlboys. and even in the j

es or cnilaren 1 a larger growni. writer in Blackwood's gives an in-

.an'e of this devottOSE One afvrn ion Ml met Mr. Rimbert . the master of a large preparatory school, usually a r fellow. This day he Mg! I l.aggs.rd and careworn Well. Lambert.'' he sald",""rrriw -gts things going with you?" ' Things going They've gone." Wl.v what has happened" ' We nave juat lost our cricket -match by one wicket: and would you believe It? that little donkey. Palmer dropped two catches in the last over. Dear! dear! Thst's a dreadful thing. What did you say his naaii was?" "Palm-r " "U sounds familiar. What do I mow abou Palmer?" Why. I've told you. haven't I? He Iropted two catches' Things a babj In arm might have caught" "Any relat'on of the boy who got In at the head of the list at Winchester?" "Sam feflw: and that's Just the sort of silly thins he can do. He la as clever as they make 'em; and the an0 inc part of It la that he really rould play cricket If he'd only give ht

he might get mind to It. But ther ne etauis ir.

the middle of t- Held. Witt hM aioutn

pen. and dreams of Latin

days Omaha World-Herald All true friends of tariff reform and reciprocity can get together on the tariff plank of the St. Louis platfo m. It is an ideal pronouncement Atlanta Constitution. As a delicate complimen' to Mr. Krox. who bade farewell to the staff in the attorney general's office, the coaj trusl on the same day raised the price of anthracite ten cents a ton Chicago Examiner. Elect the tlcketw You bet we'll elect the ticket' Face to the foeeyes on the tarc-t Kvery democrat in. his place No mmithlng and no monHer'bissine. No nonsense about either '7 or H. Fools to the rear. Braves to th- fron'' March' Louisville Coiirier-Journs!

j the motive which actuates It. There is not much comfort for the negro in I this attitude of the republican party

which plainly .ires that it has n:

objection to the disfranchisement ol

the negro, provided he is not Included in the basla of representation. As for the south, if it should come

to a choice between an unrestricted , icnorant negro vot. and a reduced represent at ion In congress. It will unhesitatingly choose the latter. But there

should be no necessity of doing either. wlth von , ?h? judgment "-This would There would not be if reason acd Jus- bk a R((C(1 f-xt ro ntnK OT.r ;h. dPsk tice PffetaJi. Ther should be no at- , of .T4r. in th1 land to.Jl. M,J(4l

It Died Many Years Ago. Nothing that has the name of law is more dead than the fifteenth amendment. The north recognized its demise luag ago. and saw- clearly that its adoption was a mistake a gigantic blunder that was saved from being

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crimes ol the age by

the Ignorance of the men responsible for lt. The provision of the fourteenth amendment to which th platform refers has followed thefifteentn amendment to the grave Hereafter, a.i In ante-bellum times, the etstes will determine MtMJ hall and who siiall Dot vote, and no penalty will be Imposed for disfran hislng illiteracy In Mississippi. Massachusetts or elsewhere Washington Poet.

Stsnding shoulder to Shou' Ier. Nothing more significant bus marked the politics of this nation for many decadea than the amicable consolidation of ail the e ements of the democratic party It is an event which cannot be Magnified: an event the importance of which tar.not be exaggerated It sill have pronounced effect upon the country's career. It cannot fail now to be tne gubject of widest rejoicing by the deniocrata of all sections. Democracy's days of estrangement are over lt Is now indivisible and indivisibility means Invincibility .St. IseuU Republic

21 : Nevertheless there are good thing found In thee" See Jehoshaphat's splendid record in 2 Chron. 17. God is al way ready to see the pood and give due credit "He went out again "See Chron 17:7-. Ia the prosperity of the kingdom and the interest of theking in other thines. the early reforms had undoubtTdly lapsed, aa tbey do to-day. We need tor?member 1 Cor 15:58. ' Brought them ba. k unto the Lord' Dan 11:1 Jas ; 2u. Rom 15:1 "Set judges in the land." Thismestw his reappointment of commissioners oi public Instruction mentioned in Chap 17-7-? Perhaps with new powers and a large staff of assistants "Take heed what ye do; foryejudg

rot for man hut for the Lord, who h

temnt to nun :.li tt? south tie cause 01

its necro burden. McKinley was opposed to any such ;oli y. He gave cold comfort to the p. ynes and the Crumpackcrs. But Roosevelt Is different The plank above

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a declaration m war aaiusi inr Hium non? an(j pffP( ,iVa

and attempts to revive tne sectional spirit and to arouse animosities that had almost disapjieared when the ruthless rough rider appeared on the stage That it will operate to the ultimate sdv anläge ot the republican party we do not believe

of the evil in Israel had arisen fr un dishonorable ju.lü "otnp. 1 Sam. -l-J with vs 4 and 5 "Moreover "Jehoshaphat d:dr.o rest content with educational and Judicial Mfnrme He. rcf i a)i 1 1 shr A t h ra! ir Ion

quoted would not have appeared In the , funrtions of .h and Las I

republican ptauorsi u oosevetr nao , (.harK,nc ,hfm , gPrTe -in the fear of objected to It The platform was writ- I faj.hf,l!:v and wHh a perfect ten by a close personal friend under , npart .. Rt fnTm mUst go deeper than

his avivire ami gumanre. it reaus one , mnfk 9Tnn1iüm if it is to lie perma-

The heart is the

' place to start every reform, for Ma t

1S:P. "Deal coti raceou sly " It takes a brav man to be a reformer Matt. S:??--'' M, 12 Make no conpromlse God in dealing with sin accept nothing but unconditional surrender He Beyer temporizes Dsre we? "Dssl cotirageotisly." therefore, for tb Iord shall be with tho good' This lesson furnishes striking example of this, and this promise was renewed or Jesus In Matthew 2S: 18-20 and John 14 -27. Seed Thoughts. Three points about (lod are emphasised in thla lesson: "No Iniquity with Him" Deut 32 4 Rom. 9: 14. "No rapect of persons "Acts 10: ?,4 Rom 1: 11; Eph 6:9; 1 Peter 1: 17. an'f ' No taktnr of gifts." Maa cannot brlhe Cod. The Prophet's rebuke as followed by Jehoshaphat's repentar e. thevidencei of which were: 1 Contrition- -sorry for air.; (2) Confession admission ol sin. t3 Conversion turning from sla (4) Restitution making amends as far is possible for sin Measure the quality of vv.ur reparians by this four told test

The schism the republicans wen praying for did not materialize at St. U)uis The democratic party is not only thoroughly unified; It is enthusiastically aggressive Memphis Commercial Appeal Speaker Cannon seems ambitious to succeed the late Senator Hann as the producer of pat phrases He says the republican party "moves on " It moves surely, but the direction It will take after the November election maymake him glad that he didn't take the vice presidential nomination. "I'ncle Joe" is understood to believe ia a hereafter Cincinnati Enquirer.

Just aa Bad. "Did vou buy a gold brick while yo. were in town?"

"New; but Handy bought

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