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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-02-08

I, i gratifying to national proc y
learn that the bethlehem Iron 70 has
securcd the contract for supplying NJ
Nor plate for Eussia's two new pa MI i.
Sims. over IL. 900 tons in all " oia N
competition with the manufacturers q
Encland. France. Germany and itaiv'
This would seem To- dispose pretty 81
t.c,uallv Of tho claim Of the Mckinney
ties that the American iron industry !,
81 weak and juvenile that y cannon
compete with tina, Of the OLD iog, na "a
lions ~ Europe unless stimulated ans
led with tariff bountics- u we cal
make armor plate for the Russian mar
ke, why do we need high protection
hola our OWN v. World
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-02-08

., ~. ergo propter hoe the iao4s
seductive az all fallacics.
The proiectionist says IA ~ ~, w.
ba1 30 900. 900 people No"' A'.e'
,h;r,v-,hree years 81 pr''"e'''s
.,r;fT we have 65.ov.o'' Pe'P''
therefore protection proanesa' '''''''
o0D American ciii~ens- .,,, a..
In 1851 we had so many miili"h "o'
lars worth az property. Ne nave -,
nro,ection for thirty-three years az
he property 81 the countr1 y ~'r,"
- many millions more; consequently
,,-o,ac,ion created 50 many hNllon
dollars Of wealth. No credit y E''su
a. o,,r rich soil. our splenam c'ania'e
and the energy. industry. aih.i'.o.
ana ;,,elliqence of the citizens Oh 'n'
n,,hlic No. they had nothing 10 u'
with it-protection did il all
In 1861 there were thirty-fhree sta'e
- ,he union. Now. after thlrty-'nre
..a.rs ~ the benefits OF protccuoi
,h.rc are forty-four states. hence prs
,..,ion created eleven new S'a''
Nothinr is allowed for that nhconiu.
able Inst for land and love OF aaveh,u'
inherent in the hearts OF the Amer 's''
l people. ,:.,,. ~rmen
: hnilt that huge system OF pr",ec'l'
!, whereby few men are mace rler
"a ,-o,d The dreams II avarice ana hu
J. 1rads az thousands are reduced 20 10
! cary. Truly did Robert turns I,
mans inhumaniiy 70 man ma"
p countless thousands mourn nS
fl.,nn Clark
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-02-08
SElF.EviDENT ThO'nS'


clark Advocates Free Ira"e -"
Rtdiculcs Protection
To nv mind the truths OF Tree ,r"ue
,,.,.n, as those Of the muitipir
cation table. -,
always held that II a Dutchm'"
-, all me n COW cheaper than any
"a. alec I have an indefeasible righ'
to buy that cow. !, horse
.h.arer than anybody else. J have
nerfect right to purchase OF inc 'e'
| man. -, 80 n sui,
| .lo,hcs cheaper than anybony eise
The Government has no right 70 80
~, shall not buy of the Englisnipah
70 a Frenchman will sell me GIN
~a.,xs and rewgaws cheaper than any
body else. have an rnahena''e
!, trade with the Frenchman. !
The protective system = u''eris :
a.fcnSihle in reason. in morais ~
+ Thomas CARLYLE said that he had nes'
. -l n, argumcn. for the corn iaN
!, ..h;ch might not make angels weep.
a ,.ilv wonder what the grim y
q sca,chman would have said OF some
E ~. cnormitics Of our stale-ana-r''
rs protection tariff -.
4 Tbe trouble il this country y 'nae
,c ,vbolc generation have been oorh' ="
n ,,.r to manhood and womanho'
s. ,~,ea loved and married. haa s.
,e. drcn born to them and descehue"
I'll The grave. not knowing there wa III, /"
5, life IN this world better than the si !.
Il slaverv Of protection. u has :
Nd lolstercd up for years by the arru''
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-02-08
ro,,usbinr HypocrItes-

Chairman Wilson has introduced
I. nm in the house of representatives
renealinr that portion 81 the new tar.l
act which imposes differeniiai Iu's
81 one-tenth Of cent per pouna on
sugars imported from countries pay M
a bounty on sugar exports ne r.
90 this duty was urged by fresiaent
Cleveland in his last message. ms
ANY i in defiance of existing treales
and i working much harm IL = oe'
cause Of ii that the German govern
ment has prohibited the inPor'a,ion
20 American meats into that country
1'h;S bill will undoubtedly pass ms
house and give the republican senators
another opportunity to show 'ne'r 70
atty TO the sugar trust. II was "nis
few weeks ago that every repn.,'e''
senator wen. on record in favor 81 ieaS
inc this duty 10 benefit the trust an
harm our foreign commerce Inc r
, nublicans make great antitrust Prs
tensions. but they always line up 2
: The side Of the trusts when y i No''n'
, time More unblushing hyp"eFi',,
: than these self same republicans
: not exist.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-02-08

v -, One of the greatest dangers OF
~ church Is the desire Of some 70 DC
Greater than Others: to have more nom
or. influence. wealth. power
This desire cxcites contentious ana
ouarrcls. awakcns envy. INJURIES 'ne
character. tcmpts the wrong conduct
4 salsish. ami entirely contrary TO Inc
spirit OF Christ -,
lie only is truly great who loves M
fcllowmcn. and forgetting sell. ues,re
20 do the most good To thc mo-. INof.e
900 IL loves them. 1t iscruclty, no
Sars which denies the punishment 9
IN ~ irsseus the sense Of it, danger
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-02-08
TRY AGAIN.
Famine Tariff Resormer- should ~
,,,..our,red u, a single Failure.

c,,oc Tariff Reformer- Should ny -
n,scoura-ed by a single Failure
The democrats OF the senate VINO arg
IN favor of repeating the odious sugar
shoula not be discouraged ny their
s.;i,ra ~ bring the bill up. lhey
.hn,ld pcrsist until they get every
senator on record.
The democrats. having maJv'isN'
are responsible for the action g Wy
senate. But this does not reilesc w
..n,,hl;cans Of their accountability ~
M neople. After having denonnceo
~, d.,no..rats throughout the la'e
eampaign for yielding TO the :.
ring they voted solidly. so far a. Wy,
were willing to 90 on recoru' * a.
even taking up the bill 10 repeal ''''1
,ax They seek to excuse thelr ac'i'i'
~ The ground that they ar.
..o,,,ose3 to rcopening the 'ar'i
daha,e.~ But the general tariii lues
, ION i not involved in motion "
s,r;l.e ont the sugar duty tha' W."
, forced into the bill by corrup. an'
, aaraalous combination OF iegisia'N
J strikers and trust stock Jobbers repf'
!, ,,,;ng both parties IL i que>tio
~ national honor-of the seha'. ~
!. name. In refusing to help wips -
I this stain the republican senators go
= themselves open to the charge Oh =
: pocrisy in regard to the sugar aa.. q,
! ~ really desiring to save the trust son
: rar,;on OF the enormous bonus whl'
"A he Mckinley law gave to IT.
- II the republicans can af1oru 70 "a
a,,;t,de the democrats certain
- cannot afford TO stand with them
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-02-08

u.~,.,p M nj the drawbridge,
-, Ala he do. sir. but jump right OH
" =" -, ,.ar his throttle wide open'
and leap right into the river. . n.y.
Gas ! hizzin' and sizzin'. ana '..n
,,,vor all over. Yes. sir. ana w"'n
......,,.rs cot him out next day thes
Sn5 b;s poor old boiler heart wa
bust right in two x,raor-
well. that certainly Is an eN'raol'
a,rarv story. said the new repo, -.
~. tac, | never heard OF any'mhe
.r. wonderful. and, indeed. ! may
~ ga.,,py. IL only shows that even
l. inanimate nature there may "
,hev call depths Of feeling. ou 80
,hat wc cannot fcel-that Is ia'ho'i',
"a remember now to have reao
,h.re about engineers cia'inins
49,, ,h.ir engines were creatures W.
IDS and all that sort Of thing .
-" - ~. like q clear case OF SUI
..,rLar.~ not n doubt about ~ 81
I ..i,,,,.; n very quiet. sir. because ~
d rcrcw didn't want 70 nave ~ -
|. x,,h the coroner. anowhcn your P"is
~,.,I;shcS vour story, sir. Y VIII " y
:, .,, .;,.. /, ever saw light. w
: .I,a,ls I'm sure. sir. I'm not IN y
!, ,.a,,;, "a receiving money for any ~
~ mis- sort. However, III nv
to fuse. IL will come in handy ior s'sn
an ~ smoke on my next run. ana W.
n smoke III think Of you. sir. Aliow
70 - nresen, you with my card. ~
=. ,;,,lc ragged and dirty. I'm afraid
" pa.r,.s-W Weary Raggles the nai
!. and Il YOU don't see me anyone WIZ !,
~ a 1nu where YOU will find me. a
" time for good luck? All right ST
eek YOU say SO. Sir, you re a''
. gentleman. ~. y. SuSS
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-02-08
The SUNDAY SCHOOL


-rhrlst and the children Matt io.'
Especially Arranged from peiousess S.'s~
cn,nrx Trxr 1t Is no, The Will .. 49,
rather which d IA Heaven VA, on. o' WY =
s,..,c ones should perish. Matt -.
TINE Early autumn ~ - sssci-,,ss had re-
ss,sr " srom heir northern journey Win JESUS
suIn,a 80. capernaum. town near The nos'a.
ssorc III he sea OF Galiiee Probably -
INC house OF Peter - Matthew
,1i.-..: Mark 5isss. Luke sra,sor
scending from the Mount q re- vim Hi,
!esus moved southwark toward csper
aise. ana on he way again forctoid HIS oe1 !,
"a Tcsurrec,ion Arriving At Cape -.
~. Ia me ,ribute money The lesson to-oA' -
| aias soon after.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-02-08

snanish customs laws make no spe
c;,i provisions for duty on rats inis
mi,ht al first appear strange; Tor nn-
,;es II high enough. viii keep the ar,'-
IA. ~ which they are levied ont 81 me
en,n,rv Rats being an understands
importation very high duties should "e
la,,;ed mon them in order that very
law duties might be levied upon INC
Goods which are dcsirable impor'a-
,;a,s Eut tariff makers n al e"nh-
t,;a. aaopt some very mysterious y ?
lem 81 reasoning: or AZ least no race
~ ordinary logic can be found u an .
..ritf system. But to return 70 'ne Ta'
dutv. The other day an amman 'rsinS'
,..;,h 400 trained rats encountered ~
snanish customs officials on the ir"n''e
~ PORTUGAL. They We're certain II
,rainer ought to pay dnty on M ra's
: INT they could find no rats on 'hS'
II s.hedules. After adionrning TO WI
: sho, ,he,, decided to tax rats ~ aDou
% far,v cents each under the cla~sihca'i"
IS - savage beasts" The trainer T
ID fused 10 pay and threatened 70 turn p
'e az loose. Ii was not untli ah"'.'
e s.ssion had been held in the VIZ
IN room. in which the trainer took an .
Oh -. mar, that the officials conclun'
ut ,ha. the rats might pass free Of duty
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-02-08

Nood's pile cure nausea. sick headache
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-02-08
:, 1ne HEARTS CITADEL

an wide thy churlish eoor'
Should love come In by s'caith'
Giving win not make thee poor
Nor saving bring thee wealth
s,,,nk not from the motley brood
s,ra,ning nj thy gate
reou hast little understood
Human hearts that walt.
Hungry hearts that seek 'he'r o'eao
A. the body seeks.
c,,e,, Oft. tho hard besicad
Tin very dumbness SPEAKS
wider open love Of kin
Is too small a dole
lei me needy world come IN
For thou art Of the ~hole
cleo he dry and mcager crnrnb
az thy unwilling trust
r,i,n 70 faith win surely come
Ana love 10 love. they must
sunlight ana The airs Of Heaven
This prison house win M
a,,c secre, OK The earth i F1Nea
n. Love. the conGucror. stai
charlotte II Packard, "a :. ! Independents
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-05-12

From the way in which some
christians regard the Sabbath one
would suppose that the maker Of
days had special grudge at the
day that comes between Saturday
and Monday.
The man who Is honest in his
business just to the extent OF keep
ing out of the clutches OF the law
is just as honest as the fellow is
religious who is only religious
enough to keep himself out Of hell.
There is something essentially
rotton with a mans religion when
his neighbors are afraid to trade
horses with him without witnesses.
He is an Internally mean man or
woman who grudges little children
their enjoyment in this world.
Every wise mother and teachable
learns more from the children
than the children learn from her.
Be pure and it does not matter 80
much about the pious.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-05-12
Care of a Bird Dog.

Written for the LIGHT.
Feed your own dog; don't leave
that for your neighbor to do.
Use coconut oil soap and leave
the lather on for about one hour;
then let him swim or wash him off
with clean water. Do this once a
week, and you won't be troubled
with fleas.
The dog being carnivorous
animal, meat is his proper food,
and If fed properly and but once at
night, giving them all they want,
they will thrive. Whoever saw a
butchers dog that was lean?
Owners Of dogs should remem-
Der that salt Is as essential to an
animal as to the human being and
it should be given with their meat
when being fed.
Raise your kennel at least a foot
from the ground in summer, and
take out all hay or straw, leaving
clean, bright floor for them to
lay on. This is cool aud healthy.
Proper exercise, and plenty of it,
at the right time, will keep dog
in better condition than all the
medicine you can buy.
In the treatment of canker OF
the ear, so common with bird dogs
in this climate, daily running will
do more toward healing the dis
ease than lotions. Cleanliness is.
OF course, recommended.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-05-12
CONTRIBUTED SCRAPS.

! written LOT the LIGHT.
The oldest political stagers and
prophets are the most astounded
Of all men, when a popular earth
quake shakes up and shakes down
parties and politicians.
The result of the presidential
election of 1888 was unexpected by
the Democrats and also by the
majority of the Republicans. 1t
indicated a very great change in
popular sentiment OF the Union
from 1884.
But the result of the election in
1892 was still more unforeseen and
unexpected. The Republicans at
tributed the election of Harrison
IN 1888, to the popular condemna-
tion of Cleveland's anti-protection
utterance, and fastened to enact
the Mckinley bill, which was high
ly protective, but, in 1892, greatly
to their surprise, Cleveland was
elected by sort of tidal wave, in
spite of the Mckinley bill.
A still greater surprise is in store
for political prophets and old stag
ers in 1896. Old party ties have
been loosened generally and
snapped in twain in many instan-
ceS.
The opinion has been gaining
ground among the masses, that
too much cost has been paid to
manufacturers and the gold bug
squad, and that the concessions
made to these two Classes by
Congress, have been at the expense
Of sacrifice of the interest and well
fare OF very large majority Of the
people.
This sentiment has become uni
fed in the minds of the people
and it will bear fruit in 1896. Pro.
lection has lost ground and palled
on the people. There has been a
revulsion of popular sentiment on
the coinage of silver. The people
have snapped the leading strings
by which politicians managed
them in past years and thrown off
their party blinkers, and have been
doing good deal of thinking on
their own hook.
Bimetalism has always been
dear to the people. They have
been used to it all their lives.
They never were in favor of mono
metalism, nor are they content to
allow England and other Euro
pean nations to dictate our finan.
cial policy.
The leaders of the two old parties
have ignored these changes in pop
ular sentiment, and fancied they
could continue to hoodwink and
lead the masses. Silver coinage is
daily gaining strength in every
state in the Union. The people
ascribe low prices and congested
trade to the legislation against sill
yer, and the practical adoption OF
gold as the sole standard of value
Three-fourths of the Democratic
and Republican parties are for bi'
metalism, and are determined to
vote so as to obtain it. NO more
straddling and two.faced platforms
will be tolerated.
The Populists have lost ground
Their platform is too visionary for
rejecting men. The people are OPP.
posed to paternalism. Half of the
Populists in 1896 will cut loose
from that party and vote with the
silver party. The Democrats and
the Republicans will do so, too.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-05-12

The religion that saddles the
consequence of a mans daily trans
actions on his own shoulders and
gives him no scape-goat in the
shape of savior to die for him,
may not be as popular as the old
kind, but it makes a heap honester
citizen. The fellow who thinks that
he can run up hill with the devil
all his life time and then cheat
him out Of it when it comes paying
time has no incentive to honesty.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-05-12

There are as many different
roads out of this world as there are
different people in it, and yet some
people seem to think that there is
but one way out and that is by
their back door. Take a straight
road through the world and it will
carry you straight out of it.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-05-12

Pay your debts to your fellows,
in all things; in cash, good will,
helpfulness, sympathy, charity
and all else and there will not be
much inquiry as to what you owe
God in the day of debt paying.
1t is a long way to heaven, but
earth and home are close. Let
your charity begin at the nearest
point.
There is world wide difference
between the women who turn their
fruits into pickles and those who
turn theirs into preserves. 1t costs
about tb1 same one way as the
other, but the difference, o, my!
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-05-12

There are a good many people
who are like the preacher, who,
having announced his subject as
the "World, the Flesh and the
Devil. remarked, "Brethren and
Sisters, will pass rapidly through
the world, touch lightly upon the
flesh and proceed directly to the
deYil.n
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-05-12

The man or woman who is driven
into heaven in order to escape hell
would be as lonesome walking the
golden streets as an Egyptian
mummy suddenly restored to life
would be in the strangeness OF
London and New York. Such an
inhabitant of heaven would ask for
a seat in hell as special favor.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-05-12
SUNDAY, MAY II, 1896

There may be lots Of fun in max
ing money, but there is more in
spending it. So there is great en-
joyment in receiving kindness at
the hands of others, but not half so
much as in furnishing the stock OF
kindness yourself.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-05-12

Sam Jones seems to think that
the best way to catch a sinner is to
bait his hook with a chunk of hell
fire. You might as we'll angle
for a mad bull with a red rag.
Sam wants to read up on what the
Nazarine taught him in the fish.
ing business.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-05-12

The man who daily sits in intel
ligent judgment on himself seldom
requires any one else to sit in
Judgment on him. He is his own
judge, jury, accuser and witness,
When he acquits himself there is
no need of another condemning
him.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-05-12

There are dead loads of sham
charity in the world, the kind that
pockets fifty per cent for itself,
pays forty-four per cent ia ex-
penses and pays six per cent to the
objects of charity, for instance.
This is not charity that covers a
multitude of sins, but it has dead
loads of fun at public cost.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-05-12

There is genuine fun, and sad
ness as well, in watching one oil
these bilious sons of sanctimony
wrapping himself in his robe OF
self-righteousness, just like a
hedgehog rolled up the wrong way
tormenting himself with his
nrickles.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-05-12

self and will not stand. Confidence
in you naturally leads to confid-
ing to you all that is in the child.
heart and mind. 1t is your own
fault If that confidence is ever
withdrawn. Take it for granted
that your child is not fool, and
trust it as reasoning sentient
thing. Remember that it has its
likes and dislikes. and that these
are as much entitled to considera-
ton as your own. Treat them
with such consideration as shows
that you respect them and they
will grow to respect them selves. A
child that respects itself is never
disrespecttul to others. Here you
enlarge the foundation on which
the child builds its character.
These are no mean education in
themselves; love, confidence, trust,
obedience. The child that has
learned these in the home will not
readily unlearn them when the
home school closes. Important as
these are they may all be learned
before the child has lisped an in
telligible syllable. Add to good
prenatal endowment such an early
foundation as this and is not the
little one faced favorably towards
it's future? That these lessons will
be more deeply impressed on the
child's attention as that attention
is developed through observation
is of course expected, but no after
instruction can take the place of
these first unconscious years.
Blessed is that home in which
these first years have been so i'm
proved that love and confidence
and trust and truth and obedience
are the first fruits of this parental
sowing in the home school.
How many homes are there in
this beautiful city this blessed May
morn in which these plants are
flourishing in the garden of your
children's lives? These are the
homes in which the sun really
shines; upon which the precious
dew of all sweetness falls; where
pure peace and happiness brood in
glad content and earth holds all
the heaven that it has title to. 1t
is certainly worth working for to
secure such home heaven as this.
The gifts of earth are sweet and
the pleasures that are bought with
money are not to be despised, but
the enduring pleasure and the in
corruptible riches of a home life
like this are not computible in dol
lars and cents. Beloved! II you
love your little ones whom you
have lowered with flesh, then
dover them with the enduring
riches Of character. Be yourself
noble in all inner things that in
like nobility your children may
pattern after you. Be in yourself
as parents, all that you would
make them and they will grow I'M
consciously into your image and
likeness. This is at once the penal
ty and pleasure of true parentage.
Who shall set limits to a home
influence that is grounded in these,
love, trust, truth, confidence,
obedience and true self respect. Do
we'll and wisely your work in this
primary department of the child's
school and you will have little to
fear when it goes out into the ether
schools of life. Carry with you
this Sunday the sunlight of this
sermon, and remember that
the LIGHT pulpit in not ordained
to preach smooth things, but only
the truth. These things are true.
If there be any virtue and any
praise in good think on these
things. This sermon also is ended.
Dean Swift onco smoke ~ man
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-05-12

The boys make big mistake
when they think that they can
give the girls points. The average
girl will lead the average boy a
year by the nose before he suspects
it. Boys are always puzzled to
know what the girls are up to, but
the girls know what the boys mean
every time. They are built that
way.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-05-12

The sun shines just as brightly
and the trees are just as green and
the birds sing just as sweetly and
the river runs just as joyously to
the sea on Sunday as on any other
day. This teaches US that there is
no embargo placed on the enjoy
ment OF the woods and the fields
and the groves and the streams
and all the pleasure of nature on
this day OF rest, any more than on
any other day.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-05-12

To hear the confessions of sin
that some people make in their
nightly prayers would make an
honest man afraid to sleep with
them, if he did not know that they
were trying to run in a bluff on
the answerer of the prayer. Take
them at their word and they
would be mad as the mischief.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-05-12

Dean Swift once spoke OF man
who could take off his flesh and sit
in his bones. If a man could take
off his flesh and see his soul how
many would recognize themselves.
This is the reason so many are
afraid of death. They think when
their flesh is shufllled off there
won't be enough of them for a sign
board of what they were.