Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 47, Number 26, Jasper, Dubois County, 10 March 1905 — Page 3

THE RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL

itY GtORGL BARTUY

LALL, fehlt man, deeply bronsodi ,j crowsfeel sLowing att wart un at tin- of Li eves, i. in . J white when IM pushed back (It hut leaned over the I ail of mall "pleasure" ateasner thai maun 1 1 p be v "mi liar Htl bor snd . . port lut and I lirn a u h I.. I. ..üi 1 1 I tOtai how OUt of . among til-' -i '!" 1 'pr.- unl Miiall ., m- d, who had brought babus. botaiiU blscuUa, unu vara having an , UtUa ateani 1 il i . i In shore : ., i . lag Um barb r. and Iba man , ,. up at the alnni red '.irr. ti.eir . . .i crowned with crisp aalt gratt , un lauduiaih lamiliar. i. u. brown and i la wy.iikt elf, and tie cigar be beld be i topped ard u ii Ubj rait un in sight jldhrldgt , . i ao pier there; no l lathau only atonal ere when osjdared. To ri tl LuH.t genuy no aa tue snd pnesengera lgominiouiy in- man looking sborewnfdh, took out -h tiger, and, as it would not light. . ,t in bli bond, looking. hoiwand his band essentially the not tti the tiiff cuts Sidbridge in

badges M f,., i g up tlt bU9v lath be mt4s bi way, and at the end tool tiie icboolhos lacing the png lie Hioou eutalds (ot one tu.nute " km perspiration troru bu focn baa i ' ' a tiu .limb. after al. ia WH ' I dona, but be panted painfull at-, dmnb la the air from i aa ca. Thea be peered between theserriec raabi ol fiti bain atd myitis that ttood I I the broad v, u,,.., m, and hcaawa beautiful woman, of nearly his own age. who bad blue, gentk eyes, and a gentle face, and an nttreoM of fair bair, that m bean at bub oked fct bun tike a halo Small man ai d woman I tin: were ' "'iii.; In r Kuc-eh. Hum im;, tw to g ot 13, and she was talking and teaching a- otilv an angel upon artli or a good "inan vvh.h is thf same thing can talk and teach from Um book of bookk ;.at laj upon not lap. And the Australian wanted togo In. boo, and klaa a pair of Hps that erstWhile wen bll to kiss, but he stopped and llateni d. and the lumji in bll throat choked tum. lor he ü.t iu-tening bo tbe old-new I tor of t!." prodifnt eon, ami ti:- narration aemed to nova thesweet mit. aim thf i nlidrea, who had heard u bond red i of times before, always toiind .- (tin' fresh que-t ion to ask. "Sweet," Wna the informal address of one dark eyed bOJ w i. SSI in' d a favor ite. "what would you do if your son

U ' . you .. . this prodigy ou

;i bob sweet t.a ' came from as

I. .: L- up from the i - a one

, :. , .' bet 1 1'.'- J i ba Assure; a ... tare towered s'une church crowns all. A , : ! : sai.i, I lu't Is I.o pier or ta: lug atag and bare i-gged little fell a - wer rolling about on umber coti net.- spread out to dr o t;"i' and there teux'd no fcar of iri' iferenoi a the maa spoke . ords ami his kn-ugra) e-s were not i ap k oi cbaj not a I peck! So railway upparentlj nopier. Do anything, af t i 2u yeara! And te .: i miles to aee you and I fnd . ISS as 1 k':: von! ' Bh eh? Ifa at bod that has arons old. not tny bean "

in.' baoi I i you . who ate bosks? ' Sweet nexer had Derer be n nni ried

liier girl. And the heart of the man boutidro within him. "I ahould welcome m prodica! (iearly of course " And the sweet month hau grown wilful, bai her ejes si-emed m

THE GIRL HARD TO WIN I

MARRIAGE L1"T K51 BI". COY ANU Li nCL'LT

"Finished Flirting" a Lffit i mate Art A Gill Flirts U- stntnxnUf a a Bud 'J.ngs Sweetest Wivea Often ButtS tflit IS Shell Teens. : MARO A It KT I. SANUM l.K (Certorlaht, ISttii, b J B BowlsnV) A gmi afternoon n a m: day. wi'ii aoow comitti before nlgbi by ail the uga in iii- nlnaannc Bwl in our living-rooan the glow oi a bright Urej n H e hanrth, ami. for a wonder at four o do, everyhod there, from th Judge to -ii) child plnying with b'i Jolt in iii - eomor. Otis u t,' U that 'all ino Intlmnte talk was broken b) tii- another, who said ensutlly, to m one ii. particular: "So Julie R is en ed I reet ived the ai in cent eat tbU morning I 'i. sanl Aunt .lane looking ttp .in. Interest "l am glnd " hear it.

prob marry a b i in i lit r did h pnrt," the old mi a i lim rniii -mil

or my vith

HANDSOME SHOULDERS. KpOl t Advir Given the Thin Woman

in Regard to Putting on Avoir-

dupois Whcie Most Needed. Here naditar forthose wbownat to bO t nil r In the cheat, blgirer busted, broader in the shoulders and of better (.!. ern., sas Mm .Ittii; D'Ara) It ib not a diet lor tin- fullbttSted .aian. but for i he one bo is UM Bilm HI tile bust. For breakfasi inks some ..r- of a cereal nnd neooked fruit Oataaenl eaten with bot stewed paaches i: hi food at this tiiii" of day, Any kind of cooked fruit N Rood, providing it be not too very sweet, ttewed tlried fruits atewed prunet apple sauce and all other fmiti Of this hind are better for the BtOSnaCh than raw Inut Tliere an- thos' . -i l ri not siar.d the arid.- of raw fruit .rd v i o cannot iai raw apples, raw oranti and hananaa, Very thin women and some Mr aromenareaerioasl) injured by the entioi tif raw fruit in the enrly rnornIng, ai d the woman who is too thin retttid do well to .tit out this kind ol i' A L-ood ff real breakfast food with Sil the si- ared fruit you want is a very i-ood die; lor i.he t b in woman to at at I) in the day. Tin' woman with the this e'.st should : v. on her breakfast list, take some kind of twice-cooked meat. She can

I The Slavery I

I of Sin I I Suadity Scheel Lesson Lr Msr.l2.lW5 f 8 i P.per. LiCnnON TUXT JekS I Memory Btaraas, U, tt Read alee John t:U-M OOLJDKN TKXT "Whoa ttrr.tteth ii. is : '. . tv!t.t of ail John :U TIMSt-The Kea.t of Tabernac.es. Um sttme oj loi ..i -PUACK J f . ! ! i . T mji NUT si POM THE TEACHKR Tt tfin lii r must aim t, rti.tk, il to

tat the scbularn vUl wish to er tm I , ttuft. ,: of ii ' ir hi Kitmoiatea us be soaid att r i t .r- 1 1 bins i meaa te.au iMs eughl to do; trjing tj peel Qlvt t: trt,'h a ir. iK :i i .t rt aatos t WS , i t, .I., i an . us teai t

Pati t.l

ertain t item lOttbt, Aunt Jan- . nj ft I low from Harvard rseli know all aboui it 'ncls Edward esu tell

if they ba.l rlsit u way "Would oM bll

Boboolma'am bins like a oom glrL Yes, I think I ibt said genl v "Weil, let'i pretei

s of something fai him. I wonder?" shed and laughee lould l.h-s him " ah

I'm the proic

Aunt J.m

She glories . it like a deeo dition in our

ei : il.i't an . ii ' - . i tai cU pia inr W years or uiun ab, U different on my side! I'm Iron: theotb r sideof theworld " li : n Si-atou walked the iank. the oni) paasengat to alle!.-. Maring buns ni bies in-hind bim, and. carrying il he WWBI up the main street, loo! . l k enly tri ni hand t. band. The names on the tew Mores were familiar to him. He nodded aid gave Qot .a ' ' to an old latly sunning beri :. 'he (;oor w ho returned Tet ting Ith no sign of reioguiUon. " rbe old oruvr ihaugtth, ghing plaie to the new. Aa ; '.. fulfills himself iu many ways B q ted and walked on, grip in band, hta syea glancing luth r and thither. Behind the const guard s cottage is a sma.i square You enter it from the mam street by a narrow passage that looks like a cul de sac. but it opens out Into a t.u.v uuai.ran. where the -uund of the Mg aearcel) penetrntea. Thi houses-a',1 of one pattern -are lime washed and tiled, with green abut- ; i and the rust from the hinges has Btalsed then almost red In patches. And the man mane bta way towards one with feet that lagged. The green shutters, the hall mark of respectability . bu it aw ry . and t aeir hinues were rustei, lb-1 ,: r.t d to the Best bnnssnnd knocked at the do r At the house of hi c.uest the front door swung to and fro. Can you tell me where htn Ha: garth ta moved to?" "I ha never heard the name air." I' . BOt Mrs Ha garthher came wj Radford before her marriage tome her to live on ber wedding da ?" ord la a common naaae here, air. Tbei ire three .Margaret ltai,lortis in Um parish now." B ths Margaret 1 mean man ied the N t 1 1 1 broker 2 'ars ago." i'iiai is long before m.v t me, sir. tba broker. I have heard, was kihed or. i wedding day." tiive m the aoi i s of these M.irgarel ßadforda, 1 ve been 'clean away' tor man years." i .e v ai.see sp-ei'h - .ipped ba k to tOe man s tongue, nd the young woman Megbed, lor at iirst the man spoke with the twauig of a foreigner. vVi II, ig nald. the laugh still upon bar lips, "there's Margaret who's gone 'dean away,' .Margaret who bides to Balcomb. and the schule mistress her hat biues tew Peak schule " ' What a hoonymnid! 1- that yours? There mite!" -t.d he put a gold piece into the read) Jttle palm. "Who am I to thank, sir?" ' Herbert seaton." And not a tinge of recognition came over the woman's face Us was as forgotten as If he'd never "bidei; tew Sldbrldg . and the woman be was talking to and he were sweethearts N ear.s ht lore. So be made his way to Margaret Had ford who bided near the church, and finding the announcement that apartkeuta were to let. engaged a bedroom, and tliere was no grumbling sbntit her t mis f;jr the Australian hati get.ert sl'y an orer him! Then Herbert EtantOfJ made his way up the steep path he had been told led to the "chuchoii!e." In his dav he remembered the loeLl robbler kept s bool and turned out per-hap-poor i hnlarr but good flfherii)- I and he emphasised hü remarks with a etrap Seaton felt it now Between

1

and you be the man who owned the

fatted calves." Seaton rhm kled to himself, feeling a boy again Then he went lOf a walk, returning an hour la'er. to and bool dismissed.

Margaret Radford felt strangely lonely w hen her little tl k had run off shouting down the bill and the sad litbe look came again into her face And then a. shadow fell across the floor, and she looked up. For a moment she did not spenk; her eyes grew round and her breath came and went in deep gasps between her parted lips. "The prodigal son has returned. Marrarct. Lord ki 1 have eaten huski enough down under! " "You are a thousand thousand times weheme. Herbert BentOtt!" And she began to sob He had not yet even touched her hand but had drawn nearer. What did you tell little Hob Caret you would do when the prodigal re turned?" He spoke in a tone of banter to bid the deep feeling that moved h:m. but he held out his arms, and his love flew into them, and he rained kisses upon lip, hi ah and brow. If love my krrtl" was all hecoultj Btsmmnr out af'er a silence of -C v ears. And she. too. lay silent in hit strong arms, thinking many thoughts, that shaped themselves into a prayer of thankfulness. "Wh did roe ttOt ieae me, dear one?" she asked Vo ir father told me that you were engaged to Hay garth, and he was richer than 1 He . vi n -l owed me the house you were to live in when you married." "And you believed him you. Herbert, my lost love? How could you bow could you? To go away wlUiout a word' Her eyes had filled with tears agair and he took her one' more to hi? heart Chicago Tribune.

is frankly an old maid ii the title, ami wears i"ii There is a tre

nails that she and a

friend who pi v.; semi-annual visits at our house have carried n a flirtation foi the Inst so ream, whenever thold doctor calls, he lays his heart and Ir.s fortune A'iui Jane's feet, and sto- a regularly de lines them, but they remain fast friends Lately Aunt Jane has been crowing hand-' otner; her mourning pet on two years ao for her i tther. the general, who was a helpless invalid so long, has tx n i iftened an i exchanged for lavenders an I r r B Mat" she'll no-I it th.- doc or yet. His nie vs. bow-' ever, have had the Immense ad-j vnntage of ItYlWg With an unmarried Woman who has not despised what; Diay be call-J airs and gra - "Julie P was a Rgtahed Dirt, you aaid, Jane; by that did you mean a henrtlena flirt .' 1 cannot endure a girl who goes through 1 f carrked away by a desire for admiration, and parading her triumphs " The speaker was a woman older than our benutlful aunt

her half-sister. 'Po you mean Btich a girl as Rosaj gsond Vim y, in 'Mi.Mlemari h ' or

Ku-tn ia. in The Keturu of the Native' ' lnqulrl the Harvard boy. "or perhapa one of those fascinating rea-ture.-that Kipling : lis about at Simla, g.rls like cats BTtth the feline nature, and the - eilthv ways, and the purring tnest regular deceivers?" "Dear me!" said Aunt Jane, looking epecalattvei at the young collegian Yon read BOnsething bealdea tireek at Ciinbrldge don't you, Fred" No. I don't mean an heroine out of any book When I any .Julie has known how to Mit, nor for an instnnt. sister Patience." addie.-ing tiie older lady, " do I int'Dd to call a girl heartless who tint-, prettily and naturally, as a bird sinu- r a rose blooms in your day. Slater, and min'. WO were taught to flirt '

"Mennlni f

j grave VOii a WAI

(in-law, the ju ; father of the Harvard man I "Menntttf this, LoM, lygginc your nnrdon, that we girla were abown that ioM i.n was a rare ami exquisite i thing In a BBnlden; that we held our- , selves peoudif aud had to be court. -d ami U..I' Dot ' ei e'isily won; that we I were never, io-vm SUXioua to have a

WEIX-DEN EKOPED SHOL'LDERg

have a good hash prepared in some tnatefnl way. Or she an have a little tewed I hbdten or miucd beef or lamb. Tw It ooked foods are mm L better for her than besfstenks or chops r food of that kind. Twlce-oooked meats, by ths

wav form a vry available article of dii.t for any woman Take your cold meat and do it ot er In som way and you will hav e a tasteful and no nishln? dh Whn she whips her crtatu she should take the white of an egg and Whip it to a foam Up m this sht ihOJuV place a full cup of tiiii k, Bweet cream. And to this she should add a teaspoon of powd red sugar and a very few drops of vanilla extract She should whip this until it is a standing loam, which will take some minutes She should then peg the dish on the tea to beeome very cold. And with this whipped cream she flavors her cup of cocoa. There I a distinct art In catering t the very thin woman and the one wbc will study it will be rewarded by very grfat results.

lourcsuna tt be present Pupils are (On thought Let preaching i

Utas i..it

make an lm chance It w et It forth Is The apt . lean tr.nt, b at'! u i'i' it atli-n w

Is the iflra! way to j we recurrti Od i 1 1 pre ,i hiiiK -,f . pi oj, rl t- Is j : .. v w Wl Its stiiiiTirtt: n r'er of stn Ron Pro l ?t-S2, tju. ;

FRIENDS" WILL REVISE IT Tariff Reduction as It Is Planned by Mepublicaus aud Mono pel is ts.

i :. io ..- :. i taxiC rev i: loa I .us tin Li x ' material redact

jn to beiiev (bat any i ri ma ba lei ted dur years will bring about a Ii of those duiieä wlin-ii

Tr.s ' :-7; j

J vvha r The ii oi Jam i brother

Dian cnll ou na, der why he stn; it poaalbla we

nnyon w no o sjant sex I'nt naid t" humide suitor. I that she would

or deign l to won I away nor tbOSsghl dd lie .-lighted by tiv:ed to yo'ir arroa girl had actually vi rj i slsteat and never fell quits sure iy no." Julie P. Sh" hnS not been I has taken mm h to secure her love. mt fOC a thkleas yon well knos -rtain amount of

flirting to be ie-

Like Father. Like Son. "Are Bailee the asms as rie-ion" askee the innocent chUd. Fables are IktltlOUJ narratives int Bdjal t Instruct," replied the papa ftthef pempoualy, for he was proud oi his learning Say. dad.' said the child, getting suddenly confidential end chummy, "us men folks have 10 he prattj uuick with our fables aome'lmes, don t waT" Cincinnati Commercial i'rlbuna.

is thn son of tin. too lightly won. 1 trouble and pain- I I have only contes heart'Ml coQuette. a U;it I 1 1 asider a e pretty, coy. elusive

gtttmatc It is a girl s chain armor Over tu Japan 'I"." teach the little maiden la school bOW to da It They pot a value, you sat, M the graceful h l) which a wi man oi:ght io have St her comman I 1 den t care Tery nur h aUmt those downright girls who gl solid and substnntlal, but never smderstnad how lo take complimetta or to give them They are like people who have large bills in their pocketbooka but never a tingle hit of -mal', change. Worth 1rh tri oubt but not tasotnatlng." Aim' lane left the room Sb' hftd notbed a pour patstottf of bars step ptaj m at the area gate, ami for all smh on her tongue was the law of kttdueoa and on htf nantry shelves a store Of bIWad :in-' Jtttl Wit B vie was gone, her hf0ther4nltW look up the strain and u'ked on You girls end boys." be said. "tv. have yoor ilotibts, but trust mo. the trwent tsmdweet, best women I evi r km w. and the moat iim itlc, the iweetetl wive-, me m.-Jt loyal friends have been in ulhood. just s 1, b butlerflits aa Julie They hav' ilirted through the teei:-' and the early tw. n ti- Mad hav- then givn their whole QveS up to mailng the fortunate man at ikur choke tupivmely haut. "

LEARN HOW TO BREATHE. One of the Most Common Forms of Carelessness in Regard to Health Is Improper Inhaling Breathing through the mouth will it time change the whole expression of th face. It ia very apt to cause wrinkb s about '.he mOUl h and lower portion of th ! face Btery nioth. r should se that her t hibl keeps the mouth shut and breathf I through the nose, if it Is difficult she shotM at once find out the cause and have it removed. The North Ameri- . an Indians, perhaps, did not realize the Wisdom and benefit of th' ir habit of keeping the mouth shut and insisting upon their children doing the -ame. Uu'. w hatever their reason may have b. en for this custom of always keeping the mouth shut, they had at least stumbled upon a habit more conducive to health than the average man or woman of today can possibly realize. Keep your mouth shut; breaths through your nose, says Medina Talk. If there is anything that int rferes witb tots beenthlnffi find out what it is and remedy it if possible Watch yourself. Oct Into the habit of breathing through y our nose. Ket p the mouth shut t x ept w hen it f abeotttelf neeeaanry to open it. as in talkn:. r i Stittg, but never open t he mouth to breathe. Even if Uu r. i nothing unhealthy or injurious in mouth breathing, almost anyone should prefer nose breathing, if he will jut recoiled how unsightly an ones month la( especlnlly in an adult It certainly gives anything bad an intelligent expression io the face. If for any reason a child or grown per son cannot breathe through the nose. an examination Of the nose should be made at once, for the?e is doubtless some obstruction of the nasal passage. Rain and Beauty. There's something tasi mating about a rainy dav To those who tak the time to let a lew th'uights trickle thtough lhaif brain cells now ami then : Mont hour, with sky gray ami brooding and raindrops pattering, Inspin.s tenilei reverie and a sweet, i harming, ; libite .ort ot lonellneca that is real iv delightful, After all. one should not he a tair weather git I All days can't lc sunny, and. I sides, one always knows that the sun is still doing busii, m up there in the blue, and there's tot the slightest chame of it getting lost. Sooner or later the old warm r.tv -will shine out auam The fair weather girl i-. so like tbOM eownrdly mortal who are brav- in sui.essful moments and weak and cringing when things go wrong' AI! things are interesting ard all tfajj :ir line to those w ho havt cultivated a simple little philoaophv of bu man I UWlonlBtft sW a rain daiy nd gafy the slemen ta, Bad wonther ta Mrs, Nstup 's thief beauty dtttOf And the best I ltd of brain grwwar

l . Liberty in hrtst J-. Herr. I: it-Mi I.uke 4.1, 1; is.i .1 Iii n ' ... I I ' I 2 M Gal. 2 4, 8.1; Z Cet 2. IT. 1 Col Uf'M Unns a Jsna I M with ll - Comment and Suggestive Thought. V .11 "Jews which believed on Him " Not all of them accepted Jesus as their Saviour and friend, but men ly believed that His t laims were well founded, and tried to reconcile what He said with their own ideas about an earthly kingdom, "Continue m my word." Try to understand wha; I tell you. and let vo ir Ufa be guided by My teai h Ings and example. "My disciples." A diacipis ia a learner. Ths mos clear vldnce to one's self and others that one is truly a disciple of Jesus, is given by loving all men John IS: IS) V 32. "The truth. " Jesus Is the Truth. As we continue His disciples we shall more and more see thiugs as He sees them as they really are and in their right relations to nne another "Truth shall make you free ' When in Igdotnaos or doubt we are under bondate, but when We know the truth we are fr-ed from anxiety, from unr-er-:ain:y. from the desire to do wrong V. V. "They answer. 1 Him." Their answer shows that they entirely misunderstood the spiritual meaning of His words. "Abraham's ceed " Descendant of Abraham "Were nevr in bondage " Jews were v.-ry proud, and pride ia a peculiarly blinding sin V. 34 "Whosoever committeth in Is the servant of sin " Kvery one who Is living a life of sin is the bond-slave of Satan. Kach separate sin is like a bain binding him to a sinful life Rad habits prevent him from doing what he knows to he right and often longs tr do. No demon of evil binds wltb tl inccr or more calling chains than r'oes the demon of strong irink The drunkard is the most abject slave V "The bondservant abideth not " (H. v Ver No servant has the claim upon the master's home or property that a son has upon what belongs to bis father V M "The Son." Jesus. "Sha'l make you free" As the Son of God, He ha? powv r to release frmi servitude and make His own "friends" (John Iff li and thildren of God V 37 "I know ye ae Abraham'? seed." Jesu confirms their stateuiem that, according to the flesh, they arc d.scendants of Abraham, but goes on to show that in a spiritual sense fhry are strangers to their treat ancestcr hence do not belong to the kingdom of fkd whiih Is spiritual V ' I speak . . with My Father" Fmm eternity, Teens, the son hal ben with the Father, and hence had brought t earth tnt report of Heaven and heavenly things. "Ye do . . . heard front your father " WillIrgly. or unwillingly, every son. to some degree, repeats the characteristics of fair, father Jesus proved himself

Son of God ,y being Godlike In every particular. Israelites proved by their devilish nmrnosea and deeds that thenwere animated by the spirit of the evil one (See v. 44 V. 30 "They answered " Jesus tearcrs either annot. or will not. nnlerstand. but go back to their old cry, "Abraham Is our father" Perhaps some to-day are making" th" same ad mistake, and. becomes they have codly parents or are tteottttd members of pood church, fancy that they are Christians, though tli ir lives are ungodly and their hearts ar- -'rangers to God "If . e would do" If you were In ".plrlt like Abraham, your lives would show ii. V. 4V "Now ye seek to kill me Vou. as a race, are doing directly contrary to what Abraham would dt were Ha here Abraham would have we'comed even a man who brought him a msace from God. but these who claimed descent from Abraham wer fierce to Kill God's own Son At a later day Jesus taught this by parable, and the chief priests snd Pharisees understood It. ye not even then did they fe.rn fnut their tTll purpose (Matt 11: jrt-40)

President McKinley referred to in bis last speech aa no longer n eded Hu h a thing as putting steel on the free list. wh. .. 'OU Id be safely done, is not spoken of aa poöüibihty. even by the moi earnest advocate o: revision, Indeed, says ths Hart ford Timt I t ha PS is gr-at indefinite ness in the conversation of all the republican politicians when they begin to lain about the tariff Theouly duty tow hi. i, we find an; - Of them willing to refei a likely to be changed is the duty on woo l pulp. Illinois i- represented in tbt IStttS by on. Chk age man. Mr. Hopkins In Cni' ago, if any where in the w. -there ought to be a wen developed sentimen' aid definite opinion in favor of tar iff reductions. But this is tbe posilioi of Chicago and tht central west on lb question of tartl reform as stated b Senator Hopkil There ar nftW aehednkM iu txit. pfl imit tariff law which may need modi fb aiiou or revision, if you please but 1 do not find the sentiment to be in fav ttj of a very general revision of tbe tariff i believe that the paper schedule ougtr to be retrrnnged SO as to strike at tht while paper trust, and there are. jer haps, a few other schedules which, with benefit to the w hole people might be re adjusted. My belief is that we ahall takt up some legislation on th-tariff, eithei at the next regular session of congress oi a' a special session to be called probably for next ( t ober or November. Mean time members of the finance committer of the senat and of th- ways and mean? committee of the house will study th conditions and have a measure practical ly prepared to offer w henever congress shall assemble. Public hearings, su- 1 as have iteen held in the course of th preparation of tariff bills in the past, wll scarcely necessary, as the statlstica bureaus of the government cw are sc thoroughly perfected and up to dat that all the daa nssded In the fittatt of a tariff measure are a' trie disposal ol the commitee performing the work.' Very vague very dim are the assur ances heM out here for such materia modification of the tariff as will tend tr interfere With any of the monopolies oi o- a' 1 ' r . ! ar a :.'r-at d.-a about the Iniquities of the Standard Oi. company, but is there any reason to ex per t that thf duty which the Dlngley law puts on Russian petroleum will be taker off by a tariff revision in which Senatoi Abtrieb, of Rhode Island has a hand' Abolition of the needless duties on steel and iron is not openly a'ivocated by an republican newspaper or politician in th land, so far as we know, nor ia an effort being made to carry through any well umlerstood programme of action. The tariff is to be revised "in the dark.' It is to be revised "by Its friends." Ith to be revised ;hout public hearings When the process is completed it will b found that ten schedules have beet raised where one has been lowered. In such tariff revision as this we tak little interest. The president of the Unit ed States is represented to be earnestly in favor of tariff revision What do a hf mean when he uses the word revision'. Nobody knows. Tariff revision as it h likely to i.e accomplished by Mr. Roose velt snd his friends in congress will b f.uri to be a scheme to secure increased

privileges for the monopolies and a further long post ponement of any real relief from tariff burdens.

Ecuador has given the nnns In the eountry tb option of retiring to public hospitals when- they will : eared hit ai the samwmm Of thi I ItMS and towns, or of ba mg t h- count ry In t h" e i r.t that they decide to leave the country they will receive an indemnity of abcot 12.400 in sohl ach. The convents aud other pi open y arc bcint; conlis a'ed.

Mile Ktttai who has a whool E -the blind at Anger France, is demonstrating in th's country the system for teai hing tUu blind uf which u is ths inventor.

POLITICAL PRESS OPINION Every republican will soon havto decide whether ne Is a Roosevelt republican or a corporation trust re publitation Pueblo (Ool I rhieftan Commenting upon the beef trust decision, the Springfield Republi.an ilnd declares that "the present de ision of the court only makes morf glaringly defective its opinion in th Knight, or sugar trust case, which per tnitted Incorporated manufact tiring combinations to escape the law alto sether. Evidently if the beef trust con . err.s were incorporated they might b prosecuted for seeking and aceptint special railroad favors, but they might otherwise do everything charge! against thrm In this ease and eeagat ; - isecution or restraining orders Thipresents an absurdity in judicial con st ruction which calls for eorreetlon." Whatever may be the difference-, of opinion as to the merits of the con troversy between the president and tV .senate, it ouciit to I a cause of erat location to the Ameri'-an pSOpM of all parties that they have in the senate an Independent IkxIv Jealous and our neous In maintaining what it deem" its constitut'onal rights asalnst the enenvachment of executive power When the senate does not hesitate U quarrel with the jiersonal interests of its members, as on this occasion there will be no cause to distrust It in any creat emergency The senate has. in a word, proved Itself worthy of the body In the best days of Ita hlatcry Philadelphia Record ilnd Dem Tariff revision, like the tVtregH egg, la In old storage.- Hart tor.! Post. There's a $4U0n.oo hole in the federal treasury In sight but it d not aeem large enough for the "graft ers." sul sidy se ke; . ami g ri rich quick politicians to s. Kp with toth I nlB. so congreaa is rapblly enlarging Albany Argus. -No. we do not need a fSSttrtJ II ron e law W hat Uncle Sam does nee I 1j a atrlcter marria;;- law His rela tions with the Philippines need investigation, while this San IHftnlneo epiBOdS ia iieveiopinK into a regular scantti -Columbia (S CJ btata.