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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-08-27
COMMENTS OF THE PRESS.

The announcement that f.reignp
nations are preparing to resent tn. re-
cent tariff act is not strange. The art
Of self-defense is by no mean obsolete.
IN. Y. Journal.
Expenditures still exceed the re-
ceipts by a good figure. Perhaps Pres
ident Mckinley had better call congress
in extra session to pass a tariff to raise
revenue, private interests having had
their innings.-Indianapolis News.
We are going to get more money
for our wheat. corn and cotton than
ever before. The question OF the Ding
ley bill il how much of this money
the producers will be obliged to hand
over to Dingley bill trusts who are m
buscading the high road to prosperity.
N. Y. World.
Let the republican papers be gen.
erous in regard to these large payments
Of mortgage indebtness in the west, Of
which so much Is said. and tender apol-
ogies to the last administration and the
Wilson tariff. Although only just dis
covered. the payments could not all
have been paid since the introduction OF
the Dingley bill.-Des Moines Leader.
by charging e~xtravagant prices
TO american consumers the protected
monopolies can underbid In Europe
and thus make a market there. So long
as the European legislators do not re-
~taliate and the American consumer does
not revolt at paying out his money
-. H. -o~l. That forn;~rore huv
cheap.y, this scheme ought to work
very well-for the monopolists.-St.
Louis Post-Dispatch.
As Mr.. Sherman was forced out
of his senatorial seat to make Don for
Mr.. Hanna, how would IL do to retire
him from the cabinet in favor of the
Cleveland ironmAster? His days of use
fulness are obviously over, and the ju-
Nor senator from Ohio could much
more appropriately undertake to run
the country from the state department.
than from his desk In the United States
senate.-Providence Or. ~ Journal.
Consumers are early learning
that under the Dingley bill they are
confronted by n hard. tangible condi-
ton and not a mystical, intangible the
ory. Prices of al, necessaries are GO
ing up without the least promise Of an
increase in the income of waye-earners.
New York grocers have advanced the
price Of sugar six-tents of a cent .
pound. This Is just a starter. From
this increase the sugar trust will reap
a reward Of $4,000. 900. as the Dingley
bill intended II should. There has also
been an advance Of from ten to rs per
cent. on all wooden goods. The new
law hos caused an advance In the price
| Of hides, and an increaAs IN the cost Of
boots and shoes from 30 TO 20 cente Z
pair VIII follow-hs Louis 2svabu
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WHAT FLATTERY WILL 90.
Experiences of "a Young Lady Whs
Tried To Avoid IL.

Irted To ANoiu u.
1t was the afternoon of the club meet
ing, and the girl who prides herself on
the earnestness of her aims and objects
in life came into the room with the
light OF a noble resolve clarifying her
c-ountenance.
i've been reading the loveliest book
in the world, gir!s." she exclaimed, en-
Enthusiastically. land henceforth | shall
never natter or deceive anybody. The
author says that fiattery is the worst OF
sins. and that"
Tel us your experience next week.
interrupted the sarcastic maiden, grim
ly. They'll be a lot more interesting
than an account of the books preach
ings. and besides" But the earnest
girl had flown off in indignation. And
she was decidedly meek and crestfalleD
when next the club members met.
"You needn't laugh" she remarked
to the sarcastic maiden. who was
grinning expectantly. "for believe
what the book said was true, only we're
not sufficiently developed to live by
such an elevated standard. You know
| said / should never latter anybody
again all my life. Well. that was last
week. Now I'm going to flatter every
body. I've had enough Of plain speak
ing TO last me a lifetime. Last Monday
I told m she was getting crows
feet. when I knew she wanted me to
say she wasn't. Next day Mamie asked
me how old l thought she looked. and I
tod her honestly. Mamma hasn't got
over being vexed with me yet. and. as
for Mamie. ! don't suppose she'll ever
speak TO me again.
"wednesday u pastor called and
wanted my honest opinion OF his last
sermon told him. and he was awfully
! hurt. Friday I told my dressmaker
that I considered her awfuliy careless
with nice material. and she left the
| house in anger. with my new dress
half done. and not a soul among us
who knows how TO finish IL. Other
dressmakers won't. you know. so what
| shall do?
That's the way things have gone all
week. Now I'm going to say lovely
things on principle again. whether
they're true or not. You gir.s do all
look perfectly stunning" she contin-
ued. sweetly. as her listeners sighed
sympathetically. II do think W. have
the prettiest set Of girls in the city In
our club. and the incest"
And then she wondered that they
didn't really seem grateful 'or the com.
pliment. "They acted just as II they
didn't think l meant it," she told her
chum afterward.- Chicago Tmes-Hsr'
aid.
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gay with mol only deal with kings
And queens, and know my business"
"You know yoar business. do you?"
gets In the Cigarette. now erect in the
Receiver. "And everybody else's, too;
don't you talk to me; you are nothing
but an old rounder. / know a deal
about you"
"Ha. ha.' roars the Pipe. That's
where he raps you. old ffty-two!"
The Whist Pack shufles about un-
easily, until "A brilliant thought strikes
hiIa. II may be half as black as | am
painted" he remarks. calmly, but |
haven't got a fly in my mouth-piece."
The Pipe hashes under his tan. This
is a home thrust, and for "A moment he
is speechless.
"Gentlemen. gentlemen, this will
never do" 1t is the silyery voice OF the
Case. "You should not quarrel in the
presence OF "A lady. especially il she is
as delicate as | am. 1t is very horrid
of you." and oyerw rought by her ex-
element. she bursts into tears.
Come now. Miss Case, don't cry,
there's a good girl; think of all we have
been through together" soothingly
whispers the Cigarette, that's right
Then turning to the others: Gentle
men. why should we quarrel? We are
all here in a common cause and we all
serve the Master" Everyone was ST.
lent at the mention of that name. "And
another thing, gentlemen" the Cigar
cite resumed. with a pathetic break ir
his small voice. II feel that my days
are numbered, smoked out. you know,
and before | depart for the place where
all defunct stubs go, l would like to tel
you a story. IL is not very much, and al
it, In a measure, concerns one who We
all love"-and he paused to glance al
the curtained door, would really en-
JOY relating ii to you" Certainly
certainly, I'm always ready for any new
thing that ZONES TO hand; so fire away
Cigarette; the night is young and thu
company pleasing"-and SO saying the
Whist Pack moved up another spac,
in the rack to listen.
As the Cigarette was about to begin
he was interrupted by a new voice
MAY l come imp il said. my name il
Poker Chip" "Oh. know YOU" sale
the Whist Pack. you're true blue.
Gentlemen. and old friend of mine
Come over here by me. Chip. Now, Gig
arctic. odd man"
Setting his head upon the rim of thu
receiver in a more comfortable position
the Cigarette began:
The first thing hat | can remember
is the fact that | was one of a number
of very young leaves that were sup
ported by the parent stem of n flourish
ing tobacco plant that flourished oil
the soil Of a plantation way down il
Cuba. was very proud in those days
mainly. because my place was well IL
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HE WRITES ON.

on our stem and | could see a great
deal more of the world than my broth
crs who occupied places lower down.
In this balmy climate | thriyed and
grew, Notwithstanding the fact we
were often neglected. by reason of the
rebellion hat was and is low raging in
those parts. You see, my owner was a
rebel and as he held a high commits
sion. was often away for weeks at a
time.
"Onc day. how well | remember il. we
were wakened by the rush OF many
feet about us: dreadful noises filled the
air, and we were so surrounded 10y
thick smoke we could hardly see. From
what | had CLEANED by the slaves that
tended us. | knew in a moment that a
battle was raging.
The din became louder; hoarse
shouts of command and cries of agony
filled the air: now and then a thud up
on the ground would tell me that some
brave man had fallen. Many times we
came very neal being trampled on and
crushed, but by some miraculous
chance we escaped serious injury. |
was just bending down to congratulate
the stem for our escape, when with a
rush a battery Of Maxims-l think that
is the name-came numbering in our
direction. l was conscious of being
crushed down by the weight of a
wheel, after that l knew nothing for
many days"
The Cigarette paused to note the eff
feet upon his listeners, but no one no.
ticed that the Letter was following
every word of the narrative.
Il suppose ! was unconscious for a
long time. for the next thing ! "a rec
ollect was the fact that | was a very
fine leaf of tobacco. and although
marked, with many Others, high
grade" | was thoroughly cured OF my
c~onceited and green ways.
Not many days after this | was tax
en- to a factory. where a very pretty
dark-eyed girl wrapped me about a
number Of tender tobacco shoots, and
then packed me, with others of like ilk,
in d gaudy. but very handsome box.
There were only 25 of us all told. and We
were known ms the Reina family. So,
YOU see, gentlemen, that ! have every
right to be proud of my strain.
MY time grows very short, orl would
60 more into detail-but suffice IL 70
say, 1, like my esteemed friend, the
Pipe. underwent the horrors of a sea
VOYAGE. and after knocking about q
Bit, was exposed for sale at a high fig
ure, in the store OF a fancy cigar dealer
whose shop wa situated In the city o
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-08-27
HIGHER PRICES.
Truth About the Operation of the New
Tariff

A pound of fact is worth a ton OF
theory in estimating the effects of the
new tariff law. The World Is giving the
facts as to the advance in prices which
some days ago it said would be the n
certain result of the Dingley bill.
The grocers have already advanced
the price of sugar six-tenths of a cent
o pound, merely as a preliminary in
crease. The consumers OF the country
will pay to the treasury at least $25,000.-
600 and probably $50. O00, 900 more for
their sugar under the new law than
they did under the one which 1t dis
placed. The exactions of the sugar
trust will add millions more to the cost
as pure robbery.
The testimony Of merchants shows
that there has already been an advance
of ''from ten to twenty-five per cent. on
all wooden goods" 1t will cost more to
keep warm next winter. Hides have
advanced by reason of the new tax, and
an increase in the o. OF boots and
shoes, from 80 to 80 cents a pair. Is ex-
Lected. An advance of prices all along
the line is inevitable. As an offset to
this one Of the merchants asks: But
isn't the consumer better of il he gets
more money!"
There is much virtue in an IL. Will
the consumer get more money? This
also will be a question Of fac rather
than Of theory. The will
know-the politicians and the protected
class need make no mistake about thatl
They knew in 1890 and 1892. 1T was
the shopping women who did it," said
Speaker Reed, in explaining the repub-
lican overthrow in those years. In GER
tain lines of production IT. Is not I'm
likely that wages will advance some
what as the result Of reviving industry.
But there is small probability that the
increase in wages will equal the in
CT sase in the cost Of living. For the
large class Of salaried persons there is
ever less prospect of a ~compensating
advance in pay.
As the proof of n pudding is in the
eating. so the proof of n law is In its
working. The World intends to present
an accurate and impartial record OF the
operation Of the new tarifr.-N. \.
World.
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Prosperity - Viewed In Its Proper
Light.


The clearing house returns 1t Ia
indicate an increased volume of Gdsi.
ness and prosperity for some OF b Peo-
ple, IL not for all. The total for last
week shows an increase Of 25.2 per cent.
over the total for the corresponding
week last year. But this must not DC
accepted as the true measure 81 the In
crease in the volume Of substantial
business.
In the first place, the very large In
crease Ia New york-37.e per cent
suggests that most Of the Increase u
due to greatly increased activity J n
speculative transactions, and q COM
parison OF the stock exchange dealings
will show that such Is actually the case.
Outside Of New York the increase was
only Do per cent.
In the next place, the increase in sub
~stantial trade il due in no small meas
ure to advances in prices. The actual
volume Of commodities exchanged 10
not so much greater as the eturns on
the surface would indicate. Dun h Co.
report q decided advance in WOOL and
say that manufacturers ARE able to OBJ
tain an advance of about ten per cent.
in prices Of goods" It is notorious
that wheat is much higher than II wass
year ago. owing TO the deficiency In tho
supply from other countries which usu-
ally produce q surplus for export. and
farm products generally are higher than
they werc q year ago.
Possibly one-half Of the nominal in
crease in the amount Of exchanges out
side of New York may be due to greater
quantity Of commodities exchanged.
The remainder is due to higher prices
and more actiTe speculation.
The farmers, or such of them al pro-
duce foodstuffs. are in reality
prosperous because their crops are
sually good and at the same time the
foreign demand for their produce Ii
unusually strong. They are getting
higher prices than usual for larger
crops. But the new tariff, except a.
to the single item of wool. is not benefit
ing them at all. On the contrary, IL ID
largely neutralizing the prosperity
| coming to them from natural causes,
because IL enables the manufacturers
to exact from them higher prices for
their goods and wares.
Yet the republican tariff magicians
a~udaciously take to themselves all the
credit for the timely sunshine and rain
and for all the conditions which for the
time being improve the foreign demand
for the farmers crops. But the farmer
will find out the true state of the case
when his foreign customers. repeiled by
our hostile tariff. shut out our farm
products and seek other sources OF
supply.
European purchasers Of orr food
stuffs and even of our cotton are even
now doing all in their power TO stimu
late proc action elsewhere. sc that they
can supply their wants without being
dependent upon a country SO illiberal
and hostile commercially as ours is un'
der republican rule. 1t will not be long
before they will teach our farmers that
the republican policy of commercial
isolation and war is the worst possible
for their interests, and that the pre-
tense OF protection for them is a cheaJ
invention, intended only to reconcile
them to tariff robbery Tor the enrich
ment Of monopolies.-Chi.ago Chronr
icle
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BEYOND THE VEIL.

Beyond the veil OF flesh what lies
or bliss supreme for you and me.
Awakening OF glad surprise
TO rapturous felicity;
Have we not seen a heavenly glow
Light up the pallid dying facey
Reflection radiant, we know
From some serener. brighter place;
And fancy II cannot be far
From where our loved and lost ones are.
And well we know. though prisoned here.
We never shall forgotten be.
That our beloved would linger near
In tenderness and sympathy;
Though glad. would grieve to see our grief,
Would comfort. counsel. as OF yore,
Would quickly come TO our relief
II 'twere permitted. as before.
An may they not. could we but see.
BE close beside both you and me?
In hat unknown our anchor lies.
our hope. our expectation there;
Our longing souls 1t satisfies
To dream of what we soon shall share:
To feel that just beyond the veil
That hides them all from you and me
Await us friends that will not fall
Reunions of eternity:
That what We but prophetic feel
The wells removal Will reveal.
Ann ii. Woodruff. in Chicago Advance.
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a woman OF fashion recently be-
trothed to a wealthy man refused a ST.
500 diamond and insisted upon having a
band tattooed around her arm. a
similar one adorning her fiance's wrist.
The band was the design Of n famous
artist and consisted Of n wreath OF love-
locked hearts and fairy scrolls worked
In delightful shades Of mauvc and blue.
the initials Of the two lovers forming a
medallion in front.
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1T is painful to note that right in
the beginning Of the tari&-made pros
perity that the immense cotton mills
at Fall River. Manchester and Law
renee are shutting up. In his clos
ing speech on the tariff bill! just en-
acted Mr.. Dingicy told us that the bill
would "open up new opportunities for
our own labor. whicc will be the be-
ginning Of that prosperity that wal
dispelled In 1892" Now II II in order
for Mr.. Dingley to explain why his bill
Aoeant work~-lluca (3G ~ Obssrver'
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Marriages based on beauty and van
ity-upon wealth and position without
consulting reason, religion or love
are sure to be followed by disaster, di
vorce and death..-Rev. NJ. j. PeterS
Independent, New York City.
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Sir Walter Besant finds he cannot do
more than 1000 words n day. II takes
him ten months to complete . long
novel Of about ls0. 900 words.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-08-27

In a broad survey Of human history
we see that man is a praying animal
Rev. Loren Macdonald. New South
Church, Boston. Mass.
Daily camera., 1897-04-14
An Invention in Sea Signalling.

An Amsterdam correspondent of the
Westminster Gazette writes: 1t looks
as if We dull Dutchmen are upon the
point Of giving to the world priceless
invention, the means by which ships at
sea may be on speaking terms under
all circumstances, or have the power
to communicate with the shore. Some
weeks since people living on the out
skirts of the town, returning home IN
the dark hours of the evening were
scared by very peculiar unearthly
sounds, something akin to the deep,
penetrating scream Of steamers syren
in the mist, although there was no
water near to speak Of, and consequent
ly no possibility of a steamer. The rid
die is now solved. 1t has been found
possible to produce constant, unvary-
ing sound which may
O Be heard at distance of at least
five miles against stiff breeze.
(2) Is of such a nature and quality
that it is quite easy to determine to
nicely the direction from which it
comes.
(3) Is produced by an instrument
which can be moved about without al
tering the sound-that is, in the same
manner as an electric searchlight.
(4 Last, not least, that parts Of the
instrument may be differently tuned,
which makes it possible to give con-
stant alternative signals which may be
codified, so that conversation may be
kept up.
1t appears that the inventors some
weeks since made trials in the dark,
and, of course, in lonely outlying
places in the neighborhood, and so pro-
duced the ghostly noises aforesaid.
Competent persons are of opinion that
the thing really is great success. The
Zealand Company has resolved to give
the invention fair trial, and the
world may soon hear more of 1t. 1t
is quite clear that if the steamer which
met the Drummond Castle had pos
sessed such an instrument and its sig
nails could have been understood by
the Drummond's officers, the disaster
might not have occurred.
Daily camera., 1897-04-14
Carts brooke Castle.

AS memorial to the late Prince
Henry of Battenberg, Governor of the
Castle, Carisbrooke Castle, in the Isle
of Wight, is to be fully repaired. By
some considered to be of Roman, per-
haps British, origin, the Castle was
captured in $50 by Cedric, who gave it
to his nephews, Stuf and Wightgar, the
latter of whom rebuilt it. The fort
was enlarged by William Fitz- Osborne
the first lord Of the island, and in
Doomsday Book it is cited as occupy
ing one virgate of ground Some Nor
man masonry remains at the north
west angle and in the Mountjoy tower,
the main entrance is supposed to have
been built, temp. Edward ", by Lord
Widville, whose arms, between York
roses, are on stone near the top. The
Castle assumed its present aspect in
the reign of Queen Elizabeth; she built
the outworks, with moat, and rel
paired the principal gate, above which
is "E. R., 159S," employing for engi-
neer the Italian, Ganebella, who had
fortified Antwerp. The keep stands on
an artificial mound ascended by seven
ty steps. One may yet see the ruins of
the apartments occupied for some four
teen months, during Colonel Ham
mond's governorship, by Charles 1,
from which he twice attempted to es-
CAPE and where his children were i'm
prisoned after his death. The grave
stone of his daughter, Princess Eliza
beth, inscribed "E. S." was found in
1898 near the altar of Newport parish
church, wherein the queen erected
a monument to her memory forty
years ago.
Daily camera., 1897-04-14
Origin of the Steam Whistle.

1t is told that the locomotive whistle
was invented because of the destruc-
ton of load of eggs. When loco
motives were first built the country
roads were for the most part crossed
at grade and the engine driver had no
way of giving warning of his approach
except by blowing tin horn. The
horn, it may be imagined, was far from
being sufficient warning. One day in
the year 1888 a farmer of Thornton
was crossing the railroad track on one
of the country roads with a great load
of eggs and butter. Just as he came
out upon the track train approached
The engine man blew his horn Justify
but the farmer did not hear it. Eighty
dozen of eggs and fifty pounds of but
ter were smashed into an indis-
tinguishable unpleasant mass and
mingled with the kindling wood to
which the wagon was reduced. The
railway company had to pay the farm
er the value of his wagon. 1t was con-
sidered a very serious matter and
straightway a director of the COM
pany. Ashlen Baxter by name, went to
Alton Grange, where George Stephen
son lived, to see if he could not invent
something that would give warning
more likely to be heard. Stephenson
went to work and the next day ha4 a