Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 48, Number 33, Jasper, Dubois County, 27 April 1906 — Page 3

Deacon Goodyear's

Wooing

By HARRIET A. NASH

to Jorpu It Uuiiul

MJM Lucn-tia Ptotk sprang from ggajf and hurried nearer the win w, hastily removing In r near-to . es, and bringing the "far offs ' down from the top of Iut head Vru of the low brick house bei the village cemetery, an ! c . the picket ft m . from the MM Mr) -1''. leaned a Uli man with Irony grey beard, in cloee conversation with bar woman on the garden SM head and fa.- were concealed . a huge sunhonnt't. Presently they ; .irated and she came slowly toward house, pausing to straighten a of sweet-william wlil -h leaned rer the narrow path. When she enf . 1 the sitting room Miss Lucretia was industriously pteetBg patchwork ty her own special win i IB That you. Maria?" tne aaid, with- . looking up. Maria aai nted. As removed her sunbonnet you saw thai her hair wa- glossy black and her dexion clear. It was the common ;inion in Plneville that Maria Pot ; eld In r ace far bettet than Lttia, who was two years In r junior. I saw Iieacon tJoodyear out iu the cemetery, Lucretia," she said, prea- I

i i i don't say so," exclaimed Miss . He come down to the feMBt to a-k whether he'd better plant F" bails or syrlngas at the corners 1 t. Poor man' He don't s m to be getting over Carlna's death a j H spoke real feeling about his ng nlong alone and aaid he . '.n't stand It to have hired help faatftt' round among her things." " He's met with a great loss. Czarina wi- ? good woman, though if 1 do say 1' she always seemed kind of stand- ' ' . with us, " aaid MMs Luer. tla. : ghtfu'.ly. Well, maybe 'twas natura! Of - .- . ouldn't In !p know In' how I he used to be here." Ren Miss Lucretia blushed faintly a- M:- Maria looked conscious. lie n 'Joodyear's family lot In the eemerery bad been carefully selected rar the tide of the yard, because, as t deacon said. "Czariny always liked to be on the "aldge" of things The a hadn't no attractions for tier in his desire to humor this phase of 1 or character, it never occurred to him t v Czarina might have preferred to a little further from the Potter -rtad The deacon himself, as

I went on. found the proximity " V

:. 1 PROMISED TO 3d ak It Y KB, II K S Ail'. PI KM I.V. c, .i-inc It was very convenient

In '.lis frequent viits to the ceraet . ; lean over the fence where Miss Maria as usually at work in the gar den and seek advice on any point of t hold economies with which his , brain was inadequate to An 1 the conferences lei to an I -tonal exchange of courtesies, such

a- pumpkin pie on Mlas Maria's part, or a kindly offer from the deacon to empty the Boft soap leach. Ittm came on apace The maples In the Potter yard fluttered their crimi M leaves down upon Czarina's grave. M,-s Maria exchanged her aunbonnet for a hood and hurried preparations for winter. Invitations to Thanksgiving began o otne in, for the Potter sisters were popular in Plneville; but to her sister's Hat, Miss Maria announced her inI ".on of making a Thanksgiving at home "Wo might Invite Deacon Goodyear ever-' he said Miss Lucretia grew impatient W. ' Maria Potter. I like your con Msfeaef!" she asserted. "Invite him : inner! Where's your chap Ton to come from?" I! MUs Maria had thought of that Thf y would also Invite the little schoolteacher, who was the widow of their ephstj And, In spite of Miss Luer-tias objection that she didn't think wMewg were allowable for chaperons that Lizzie was only 24. Miss Ma i i as usual, had her way. The dinner party proved In every way a success. Lizzie, whose only I a w-as a boarding house, accepted v Inflation with such delight that the Meters felt little guilty, and acreed that It ems not necessary to explain the capacity In which she was to rve Yet she unconsciously acted est part to perfection. As for the dea " confensci to Mi's Maria that 2 the first '"meal of vlc'uals" he La 1 resjt reMnheJ rdnrr Oarlna d!ed Llrte tound herself invitee1 to her f.-equently t hrtt winter, much to L-t v. ajoyniect. It was very (Icae-

aajt to oom- after a i. .. I lay in school and spend a oeajf t veiling in the plea aut Btttlag-reea. And marly always !,, i, ;,, y, ,,, jD and would kindly set? btf h MB. Tm deacoa came MM frequently to ÜM MgMMaTj now Tin- snow was beginning to an-titimlat", nti I Mi- Marn no loagsr VOrked Wd of doors. Some 'lines wh.-n . i i i r ... ;!, he hap I ne.j sroun 1 t-. if his syrinsa MMMl were br. al in'. and kindly of ferel to "ühovel r hem out." Once or twice he ventured to drop In without pedal Invitatii m, MI to his perplex it y found his reMtplloa less cordl.il. Without going very deeply into the reason for it, in- Itegan t: ! con- lou that be enjoyed his calls beat WlM LtssM was present, and fell Into a habit of asking her what evenings fhe would be there. Sometimes Whetj It was Ktiowy he cailrd for her with hh team So. in the natural course of human events, it was not long before a rumo: 'ame to M!8 Marias ears that Deacon Ooodyear was paying Llzzlt markH attention. The story filled hei with deep eOBOefB, particularly sir her aroiistd o!..-. rvat'.on could but con firm It. "I'm afraid Lucretia s right, and . wl.low isn't th proper person for a i-haicrori." si-!:. 1 Mi?s Maria to her Mil - Rut there, if he's really In ear MMt, Ltaxte'Il make him a nir-e little wife, and If Lurretla's satisfied I'm sure I am." And seeing no way by which her Intervention might battel

matter.-. Miss Maria wisely decided to let them take their course The crocuses had begun to prl k through the brown earth, and nothltv. wa left of the snow save dingy patcbe In the hollows, when Miss Maria Mapped Into her yard one morning, no thing with a breath of delight that winter had gone. A voice from th? cemetery fence greeted her. Deacon Oo dyear had com around to see how his lot was looking His manmr thl morning waj not depressed. He had never Mtaaed CzaTina aj he did thi? prtag Beeaaed aa if he couldn't wait for the snow to go off so he could get to her grave. Vet within ten minute having from Czarina U d skilfully ur to the point, he was offering Miss Maria a position as Mrs. Solomon Good year. M: Maria was astonished and Indignant. With much dignity but In few words, she declined the honor and walked back to the house, leaving the deacon more depressed than before, poking hi rane about among the dead leaves on Czarina's vw M:-; Maria ra1 I nothing to hr sister. She felt crushed and humiliated, someway. It seemed to her a If Deacon Ooodyear had trifled with them all as a family She would have a talk with Lizzie and find out how the poor girl took It. She walked into the schoolroom after the children were gone, with distressed face, at sight of which Lizzie's smile dimmed a little. "Oh. Aunt Maria." she said; "I hope you're not disappointed?" "At what'" asked Miss Maria "Beeause I refused Deacon Ooodyear. Did he tell you? I was so suprlsed. for I had thought he was good to me on a count of being a family friend. But last nicht he came around so sol emn. and asked me to marry him in ':rh a Btaarafal aianner! I'm afraid you'll think me wl-ked. Aunt Maria, but I aetuallv laughed after I was alone to think what a good joko Arthur would have thought it. And then I ried. thinking that In Heaven we might not care for jokes. But to day I have been thinking how much yon asked us there together, and was so afraid you wanted something of the kind." "I never thought of such a thing." declared Miss Maria, with perfect truth. She pondered on the deacon's strange behnvlor as she went slowly homeward. What would Lucretia say A sound of voices reached her from the Bitting room. Ieacon Ooodyear, no longer depressed or mournful, sat leslde her sister. Miss Lucretta'i checks were a soft pink. "Oh. Maria!" ehe said Miss Maria turned inquiringly to warl the deacon, who colored, but met her gaze unflinchingly. "Lurretla's promi-'d to marry me,' he said, firmly. Mlsj Maria gave him a withering look. Vliowr me to concratulate yon." she said She put away her bonnet and went straight to the kitchen, putting her head back through the door to In oulre "Will your young man stay to tea. Lucretia?' Deacon Ooodyear followed her out carefully closing both doors behind him. "Ivook here, now." he said. In a low but determined voice; "you probably think this Is terribly funny, and maybe It does look queer Lucretla's the one I wanted all the time. But I kert a hearing reports about how I was courting of Lizzie, and I kind of thought maybe my attentions did r quire an offer But Lizzie didn't want me. Then I kind of thought that maybe yuur turn come next But neither did you want me Then, having fulfilled my duty to the best of my knowledge, there didn't seem to h any reason why I shouldn't follow my Inclination and ask Lucretia Twas her I wanted all the time." He paused M ' Maria poked tht

Ore vigorously. "Czarina was a good wife to me." said the deacrm. reflective:.-. "Sh stood by me through thick and thin, and e bore the burden and hest ol the day together. But I wanted Lucretia .11 years ago" Miss Maria bung the poVer buck with a Jerk. y .11. " she HM, "Lucretla's of agr and s itne MtMtd)l rably over. If shi waou io marry, Iie ca-"

AMENDMENTS ARE INVALID r

DECISION DY THE ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT. I lie RlffM of tl. Um ruwr t ill seelel iaeaawle, wM fata ead Ii res ! I v 1 1 1 lnl eil

Uttta Re :. Ark Moadaj t o trtte MpreaM eatui headed down .1 ,eclkion, Monilay, that invalidates three nstitutional amen 'tuenta tht CMM in point involved the right of the gOvertMC to Ml otP( i.i! ai jtii i.s by tppointojeat, and w.i- !:el I l.y fie supreme Cdttft that the aaMadmeat was not adopted, for t&a teas n that 11 did Lot reive a in i i : i f all IM v Ma on 1 1; i particular aw - n The jMdl tax airendmer.t requiring all voter, la bave ooii tax raaslpti, aad the road tag amendment, provid ng for a levy of a special three rt:ill tax for road Isaproveeaeata are arretted la like manner The otlii.t! vi aW - mu-t BOW he filled by elect loa oader old law. The road tax can nol be levieti and pall tax re?(u ir ife . in alid OREGON TOWNS SHAKEN ornut'i Pa as ii -nl . .nl. i Iff . Ort-., Shiiken ll I M rl let 'i ti Ue's I arl) U on ilii M.i n i n it. I'or;!ai d -r M t pr o ua ed aanhqaal e shocks caused pan e.- in two Oregon t v...- Idonda) morning, accordtng t dl patches to Portland newapa-,er-Qfaat'a PaM wai aakea ii l:llt m The shock was accompanied by severe rembllnga, and t!-.- Inhabitanta were panlc-strickan Puraiture moved Bboa in Um hoaaeBi an ; many eiadtws wire broken. The sh ck laatei for 15 to 20 mx -finds, and !:.s e tr; avparetr.ly v as from east to real lis;iat i h .- fr m (!ni'ale. Ore. state that a severs earthquake shock no cirrej there a' i;Jl o'clock Monday tr.ornir.g. The lahtbltaata wer.' BWak ened by the rocking of the buildings, and fed to :he street in a pani N'O erious dan.ave has been reported q far t'.rant - Pa.-. i- a i t of r.hn.it I.OOfl Inhahitaati . itados tht Boutbera Pacific railroad SM Biles sOtttb of Pottland It is sboill miles n'rth of tin California sta1- tine (Jlendale Is 70 miies north of (irint'i Pas- The population is about 300. GIVES OF HIS ABUNDANCE Adulpli'i Baaeht) liirm-il I'rona -mi I rntit-l QlTVS SIImi.imm tm Hellet l uii.l St Louis Mi n 'ay evening, af er reacblag It l uis eitb Mrs Baach aad the atbat Meaabcrs af h;s party, ron Sac Kraneis i where they had a thrilling stpefleacs la the aarthqaake and Are bad Wedaaeday, Adolphns Bast h, ptaMdaai of the Jaabsaesr Basab li:.''ing asstK-iatit.n. sent the following i"le uram to Secretary f War Taft: "St. Louis, ,i rfl 2-'.. UM Hon. Will IBB H. T-ft. President Red Cross acdety, Wasbtsgtoa, I), c inspire! by the president's recommendation, by caadMaace in jsaa a- the head af the Ked Cro-- - ety yn'. by the splendid COMdacI tf lbs natural tfOOpt a I witaaaad it the iaheeaer Besch Ur wing association sibsi-rlbes $1oo,om to Sai PraacaBCo sasTetars, subject to your din etior.s "ADOLPH Ui BU8CH, Pre Ideat" ECHO OF THE RECENT WAR Onieer tin lliuiril ISM BSMMSflia -trn)i r lleilotl .In ll He t mi r l - Mh r 1 1 ii I eil . St Petersburg The .-peeiai naval tsMi ailss ton which has beaa bsvestlgatbag the naval battle of Tw Pklsaa si rails in vhicb the Rasjlaa BaM w?a deetrojtd. reported in favor of court-martia'ir.g all the offlters wlo were on li'iard the ti rpedB Inat dosrfrt).'r Hedovi. to v.hi;h Vlce-AdmirrU Roje-t ven-ky wa transferred after the disabling Of bis flanship. for surrenderini; the vessel. Admiral Rojest veaskf alone is exiepted, because lie wr.s wounded and BBCOBSCkma whm his Hag was lowered Vlce-Adiiiira; Roje-t v. r.sky w ho reeently applied for retirement on the ground tr -h .ii ere.l health, i.everthele? has reque-t".". that h be tried with t! ethers tboagb bis paaMbaeaat, a- n th abai of Vit -Aiimlral jWbOSJBtoC inav be dismissal in disgr.n c from ths nav Dentil Hntlier lliin treat. St Lou N Se.iing to c-'iape s pollotSBBBI who was eoming to arre;t him for threat' ning to kill his wife Edward P.lo.T.i org ran into the eeltaf of his home at 1 RIT North Market street Monday afternoon, and shot himself in the right temple, dying instant ly. The s'lliile followed a bitter quarr-?! between Hlomhnrg and his wife Aci or line to let story to the police he was insanely Jealous, and he told hT that he would kill her and in. mit suicide. I ntel teetek Uleee. St Louis iBBslay, Arthur Lamping, aged IS, was acciiiontally kfiled Beat Valley Park, on tht Meranut HBt, by Oeorge OasiBW, a ti:ember of a yathtIns party, who was shoetl&g Rt a bird, lumping was tin the hank, and the bullet pHliad his heeit The MMOsMT! inquest resulfetl in a veri'it" tif BCSkfaat Waasae staves d le BMeMb, Chit-ago ,i;inda. M K ItB P hmat:, r.;.rsc at Me-; y botplUl, was bnrr.cd to death by the eypii - n of S stcil zing ror.ipou; 1 Kl I Ku'h.rtv,

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Of ' tOil l.ui v 11. TIMK -Autumn A. T. t. at StoSS of Chriet'i secoed toor oi 'i.tiiii-e. soun utter events r our Met lissnn. PLACE Oe shoes of Lake of Qalttee probably ..ear Capernaum. BCKIITURE RKVKRKNCKa Parallel paseagea on peimbM; Matt. U i-n iM ) ike I ;i. M'ord "peeeaM" as uaeU in Bcrtpture: Bate . Num. t2. Psa. 7' t; Mai k u M its si 1 asseea of the use of ine srur4si ' ne leal iiain ears to beer," ett . um i.ikin by Christi Matt. 11 ii. 1. . Matk I I; I M I M ( A utti Vit); Luke li m re. also He l 7. Ii. 17. ; 3 C. 11. 2. U I Cue pan also Matt IS:U; M a; Luke If; mi References to thoree, thistles, um! hnera Me. lö it; Baeb .9 M;Hos.tt:tj Pas, IM:U; I'mv M:R; Eel. 7 6, jmr. 3, UM; Mau. 7:16. M:; it t or. Ufl Comment and Suggestive Thought. V. 1. "Aain ... by tin- ea." Jv.-us frequtatly taught by the Sea of Gall'ee. "Vi ty sre.it multitude." "Out of every rlty. (Luke). "Batered into a snip fboati . . . sea." Beatad himself, an a Jewish ralihi would have done, at the j : a of the Uat, nearest the t-hre. V. Many i hint's by parabMgv" Mattiiew re.Mi-.s n-ven parabie spul en on this Bccasktn, gad Mark adds one more, ah related to aapeeM of Christ's kingdom, or its growth. 3, "Bebold." An exclamation to attract attention; atte posalbljr, also. 's pointed to the adjoining hillside, ahers thai Of Whlcb he told was being en;., ted. "A rower ... to sow " "His I t of lead BlttBg under his left arm. with steady, measured pace he Rtarched up aad down his portion of the i pa ti"!d. Mrklng hU handful of corn before him at every step." Tristram V 4 "By the wayside.'' l'pon the trodden pathway running through or by tht Bids of the field. "The e'kF1 cam and devoured it." (ireat Mocks of rOCk -plgeOBS and rroWS dwell in the hills rind valleys surrounding the Sea of (lililee V. I, & "Sttmy grounds." Places where a thin layer of earth covered an nn! rljrlng slab of rock. This rock, be nming warm by the sun. pBSBBM he pee ls whleh fall upon it to sprout Sjwtckiy, 1 ut also prevents their nts from striking downward and finding

sustrnance in the soil. V 7 "Among thurns.'' Thorn-noar-Ing plant.-, of which there nre many varieties In Palestine. "Choked It." The thorns, being stronger. M.t.n overtop the grain and rob it of the sunlight: their roots also rob the g-aln Toots of moisture, and perhaps twine around and at tually "t hoke" it. V. I, Head this SOOOTdtBg to the KeVfaad ! ti luring. "Thirtyfold. . . sixtyfold ... an hundredfold." It Is not uncommon that, from one grain of wheat pawn upon the fertile soli of Palestine, heads bearing 3", CO or even lOo grains are produced. V. 1 "He that hath ears to hear, let him hear " Jesus' call to all His huers. invltlni; them to pay earnest heed thai they mlRht understand and truly profll fr-mi what they had heard. V. 1" ' When alone . . . the twe!e." When the crowd had dispersed after all tho parables spoken on this occasion had been given, a little company truly doalrOBS of understanding, githered about Jesus, ami asked Him to Interpret them. V. 11. ' I nto you is given." HeBBUOS you nre sin ere in heart and receptive in mind. 1 The mystery of the kingdom of tnl." The secret raUgtOSM gltefl of the OraakS were tailed "mysteries." The Cospe of Christ is a mvatery In that It can be clearly tin b'rstood only by tlmse whose hearts receive it. N'. IS, "feeing . . . ntt perceive," etc. A free quotation from Isa. 6: 9. 10, better rendered In Matt. 1.1:13; where it la rlearly shown that the failure to nee is baoaaaa af arUlfally shutting the eyes that Is. hardening the heart V 1. "The sower soweth the word." Jesus knows that His hearers will from this understand that He, nt the time Of speaking. Is the Sower. The seed is the "Word of God." the proclamation of God's love which He was BOattaUatly teaching by gracious words and kindly deeds. The field, as a subsejuent parable tells. Is "the world." V Ii. ' They by the wayside." Tney whose hearts, like the wayside, have been hardened by being made "a common ro id tor every evil Influence. V It'.. The second class of hea-ers "hear th" Word, immediately receive It w ith gladness." Their emotions are stlrrid: they are pleased, exhilarated, made happy, and without any deep thought, osclde hastily tht they will be followers of Jesus. Prompt decision Is not co.i lemned. but the lack of siuceri'v an 1 deep purpose. V 17 "Have no root in themselvee." Their hearts 8 not really take hold of Jesus. Trey think themselves Christians, became, at the moment, that seems to be the most attractive life. "When tribulation or persecution eriseth." The rock-bed of selfishness lbs under these emotions. Practical Points. V .". It b'Momes us to hearken attentively to every message of God.Hab Its. V I We are BltBOBl excuse If the Gospel message which comes to our ears is not permitted to find lodgment In our heirts Horn 1 : 20. 21 . V. 11. Jesus' representatives noon earth to-day nre commissioned to sow the Word of God beside all waters. John 17 II; Matt 2: 11 V. 17. Personal faith In the Mung geVtottf is the root which does mm with r 'n tho furnace of afMctlca. lob il:llk

THl CHOICE OF FAINT. Flf'y rears n;'o a well-painted house was a rare sight; to-day an unpalnted house is ran r. If people, knew the real value of paint a house in need of paint would be "scarcer than lien's t: eth " Tin re vva. some excuse for our forefath' rs. Many of then lived In house hardly worth preserving; they knew nothing BhOUt paint, exI pt that It was pretty; and to get a Loire painted was a serious and M tly Job. The difference between their case and ours is that when they want-t-d paint It had to be made for them; whereas when we need paint we can go to the nearest good store and buy it, in any color or quality ready for Bi We know, or ought to know by this time, that to let a house stand unpalnted is most costly, while a good coat of paint, applied in season, Is the beet of investments. If we put off the brief visit of the painter we shall In due time have the carpenter coming to pay us a long visit at our expense. Lumber Is constantly getting scarcer, dean'f and poorer, wh'le prt pared paints are getting plentier, better and lees expensive. It is a short-sighted plan to let the valuable I amber of our houses go to pleoai for the want of paint. For the man that needs paint there are two forms from which to choose; one is the old form, still favored by certain unprogressive painters who have not yet caught up with the times lead and aft; the other is the ready-for-use paint found in every up-to date store. The first must be mixed with oil, driers, turpentine and colors before it is ready for use; the other need only be stirred up in the can and it is ready to go on. To buy It ad and oil. colors, ate., and mix them into a paint by hand Is, in this twentieth century, about the same as refusing to ride in a trolley car became one's grandfather had to walk or ride on horse) arl; whin ho wanted to go anywlure. Prepared paints have been on the market le?s than fifty years, but they have proved on the whole so inexpensive, bo convenient and so good that the consumption today is something over sixty million gallons a year and still growing. Unless they had been in the main satisfactory. It stands to reason there would have been no such steady growth In their use. Mixed paints nre necessarily cheaper than paint of the hand-mixed kind, beeaUM they are made In a large way by machinery from materials bought

in large quantities by the manufacturer. They are necessarily better than paints mixed by hand, because they are more finely ground and more thoroughly mixed, and because there Is h ss chance nf the raw materials in them being adulterated. No painter, however can ful he may be, can ever be sure that the materials he buys are not adnlterad, but the large paint manufacturer does know in every case, because everything he buys goes through the chemists hands before he accepts it. Of course there are poor paints or the market (which are generally cheap paints). So there is poor flour poor cloth, poor poap; but because ol that do we go back to the hand mill the hand-loom and the soap-kettle of the backwoods No. we u? our common sense in cboaetBg goods. We find out the reputation of the different brands of flour, cloth and soap; we take account of the standing of the dealer that handles them, we aslc our neighbors. So with paint; If the manufacturer has a good reputation. If the dealer Is responsible, if our Beigaben have had satisfaction with If. that ought to bo pretty good evidence that the paint is all right. "Many men of many kinds" Many paints of many kinds; but while prepared paints may differ considerably in composition, the better grades of them all agree pretty closely In results. "All roads lend to Rome.T' nnd the paint manufacturers, starting by different paths, have all the name object to make the best paint possible to sell for the least money, and so capture and eep the trade. There Is scarcely any other article of general use on the market today that can be bought with anything like the assurance cf getting your money's worth as the established brands of prepared paint. The paint yon buy today may not be like a certain patpnt medicine, "the same as you have always bought." but if not. it will be because the manufacturer has found a way of giving you a better article for your money, and so making more sure of your next order. P. O.

New Licht on Scriptures. A former bishop of the Kpiscopal church of Indiana once preach -d to e black congregation. At the conclusion of the discourse, severzl of the negroes crowded about the preacher end praised his sermon, saying it waa the la st 'bey bail ever heard. One enthusiast exclaimed: "Hlshop. you tol' ub things we nevah knew bageV "Indeed," said the bishop, gratified at tho praise. What was it i told you that you never knew before?" 'L'o.it So.iom an' (niorrah. Why, bi.-hop. I always thought tbey was a man nn" his wile The Reader. "Taking Their Dust." Mrs. Stockbonds John, wo will have to get a new air carriage immediately' John--Why, my dear, the ono we have is practtcnlly new. .. "I cun t help that. When I was out for a fly this artnrnoon the Van der Hilllon's ccr went tt least li feet higher th?.n nln.t could, and they deHberatsly Kept theft shadow over mi th'- whalo tlmcV A;rtoricaa Bpecu tor.

ROOSEVELT'S LAWYERS. dkdminMtrnt s of the Depaitment of Justice An Dense. If blundering is evidence of what Senator Tillman calls "cornln Id lawrers." there is not lumh doubt that the tdminisiratlon's apjuiintees of the department of Justice are fully up tO that itandard But perhaps the lawyers are 3ot sr much to blame as the president Alio set about the prosecution of the jeef trust In the most approved aty! f the cornfield Jurist The enquires if his agents were mlxtd up with criminal Indictments that would have dona but s.ant trei.it to the man with fie (joe The administration plan for catching trust magnates was to first jet them confidentially to admit they were robbers and then prosecute them. The court decided that was nvt a fair way to go about It. Any farmer with jnlinary lommon s-tue would have known as much, but the administration cornfield lawyers iid no' ie oirtii.e that well known maxim of the law. There Is further evidence that the Sdmlnisf rail-m's cornfield lawyers are i way off on their constitutional law, for they advised the president that Miigress Id undertake th federal regulation of life insurance. The jndi iary committee of the house of r?p retentatfves reported unanimously that such :i law would be plainly unconstitutional. The e irnfiel 1 lawyer, if honest, h it his useful place In a ivlslng his Metgh b ifS as t;i statute law, but as a one stlf ntional lawyer, a farmer would not hire him. If involved in a serious OMM and he Is entirely out of p'ao In thfl cooadla af the aatfoa whn intricate institutional quest tons are to be deefded. Tb troubl i with President Roosevelt seetBs to be that all th BOOd constitutional lawyers, who nr Republicans, have beta hired by th rorpt. rat ions and he has to be cont'-nt with those, who ganstor Tillman dubs sra of the eorageid vatl ty. If the president would rely up-n the

advice of the greet DeBMcraUc constitutional lawyers, who are free f'om SOrporatfoa taint, it would S:ve him Bndleea mortification an I would indicate to the country that ho was really Intent nn curbing th" trusts and corn en; ions. SAID BY POLITICIANS. Those of the Republican Grafter Stripe Want to Be Let Alone.

The Republicans of Trego ounty, Kan . adapted a platform at their recent conven;ion which contained this and nothing more: "Resolved. That wo leave well enough alone.' The Republican politicians of Trego must be part of the political machine that runs Kansas in league with thu trusts and combines, but the voters luve been kicking vigorously for refcrm. It is only the other day that the whole state was up in arms about ihe Standard Oil trust and the unreasonable railroad rates, yet those Republican politicians resolve that, we ISBVg wtdl enough alone. Yes, leave ths trusts, the railroad? tho life Insurance companies and all the public grafters alone. They pay the bOOdM to the campaign fund ami the Republican politicians of Trego county handle their share of it. and tbey of course desire to be let alone, but tho taxpayers and the shippers and tho policy holders are telling a different story. Instead of leaving the grafters alone they demand they shall be put in stripes. All ovt the country the Republican politicians want to be Jet alone 1 ut there seems to be a general dk I lamination to turn the rascals out. C-iaft of Republicans. One of the life lnsuranee mat-nates hr.s been arrested for giving a large sum of m.-ney. that should have been sacred to the widows and orphans of the policy holders, to the Republican national committee. President Roosevelt declared before election that no talntetl money was being used iu his campaign, but the evidence shows he was greatly mistaken, for the insurance trust and other corporations "came down" handsomely. The strange part of it is that the administration organs before the last national election declared that, ths president was managing the campaign on a "businers basis' and reoetvMg dgjly reports of the finances of tho Republican committee from Clnirman Cortelyou. Ws the presnl nt deceived or dhl he then think in 'trance money was not tainted'' Nu restitution has yet been made, though It would seem that the etheics of tha situation demand that the money be returned to Ub rightful owners. The Now York laborlngmen nre quite anxious that the tk-partmt-tit af Justice shall tale tho necessary steps to prepare UM coffin trust for burial, but the department has received such a shock over the decision in the beet trust case that It will retpiire time before it gets into the ring again. Then the administration has declared its hostility to most of the things labor wants, anyway. What with the cradle trust and the coffin bTMBt both protected by the tariff, through the favor of the Ko(fubllcans. the combines have us, whichever way we turn, from the time we first see daylight tin'" we Join the great silent majority. As the beef trust magnates have ben set free by the court, throu ;b th biaadf lai of Mr. QarBatd and the law officers of the administration, the price of hoof cannot be oxpc i te come down, BOf th" price of cati e to jo aa ord fat Um RepabUeaai ire trytog tO make out that ihls is a tflM

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