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The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-10-07


word. Sweetly Il sounded.
:. THE thoughts Of the mani Joy snd
wonder ct the present. Dreams Of the
future, Happiness-long happiness. A
: life like that Of heaven. The thoughtS
Of thosA who love and are beloved.
HE NJ siad, but i1is mother waps
She had looked into the eyes OF the
woman, and had learned the truth.
She knew Why the word had been Yes
She knew that his life would be like
that Of hell, NOT that Of heaven.
I'm the writing there 10 a SHORT, sad.
scene between him and her, She PHI Jed
him not to marry tho woman. he re.
piled angrily. She told him what she
knew. He replied yet more tangrily
She bade him choose her or the woman.
He scorned her, and won't to the woman.
The Novelist paused, and rested his
head on his hands. The Inspector
watched him gravely.
"They were married." said the Novel
let. lifting his head. "A fair June day.
The music Of the church bells. the
solemn promises. again tho music. OF
the. church bells. They were married.
It'll desth do us part said the priest.
Till death do 10 part they repeated.
"Do you remember the old fairy.tale
ending, and were happy ever afterr
These two were happy for little time.
The woman ehared in the riches and
the fame, and was content. The man
still loved. and still believed that she
loved.
"For little time, and then he doubt.
cd. Something che had said or done
had vexed his dream. He doubted.
TIE life like heaven ended, and the life
like bell commenced.
"There are few who dare to study Q
soul. To watch and to listen, to re-
member and tojudge; horror and horror!
Yet in that way 10 truth t. be found.
In that way. and no other.
ITO convince himself that he wac
wrong to doubt. the man began to study
tho soul OF the woman. Soon he knew
that he was right, not wrong. Then
should he have ceased to study. for 20
would he have suffered sorrow only.
bot he continued. Day after day he
watched and listened. remembered and
judged. Much he learned. Evil and
ugly, va her soul. No kindness had It
Tor him Of any man or woman. For
QssN Alone II lived. You undsrseandi
sHee soal V. 70 him book; each event
*dae love change t. hatei fAy. It cab.
Who speak know. And the hate which
'has bssn love = more tsriibls Tar thai
hate which 'has not. I who speak know.
Ay. and have written It plainly"
Again tho Novelist paused. Sweat
dsops were on his forehead; his augers
were locked together. The Inspe ctor
glanced ct tho clock, and then again
watched him grsvely.
y "The man hated her." said the Novel.
lot. ''But tho study Of her soul iasci.
mated him. and, that It might not end
he hid the hate. There were two, tic
woman and the soul within tho woman.
The ono he hated because Of the other.
an yet endured because OF tho other.
WOE 10 Il when the husband wesr:es
OF the wife or the wife of the husband.
Only death can give release. WEAKNESS,
WEAKNESS. and weariness! Till death
do 10 psrt-till death do 10 part
The man bid the hate. But ito
effects on his mind he could not hide.
The woman noticed that he was ever
cad aud JUL. Do you know what such
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bic love. But nov honor made him 70
sist. and again and again she failed.
"The man continued to watch and 70
listen. to remember snd 10 Judge. From
tho arst hs bnSwzsKsh sf ~ stsove
and Why. Love. good Or bod. Tor his
frisad wss not hsr motive. She but
wished TO All the hours. and to triumph
and laugh. a
EVERY day her soul grew more evil
and ugly. Every day his hate Increased
At tImes it fretted for expression, but
always be hid it from her. Still there
eespsd nSk thiags to learn. Still the
study 81 NJ 1o5A aaeioated him.
sseshta 80 glanced at the
Il weary you.' said the Novelist.
.Yet 1iStsn : little longer. Htar the
end Of the story. Give me your opinion.
Tho man. his friend, and the woman.
You understand? Tia man cad and
dull. The hate fretting within him. His
friend hesitsting between honor and
love. The woman in wickedness smiling
and whispering. -'' ,..'
2 $50 for many days. Then day OF
change.
ION the evening Of the day. the man
sat alone in q ro,m of bis housa. The
woman and his friend were at theatre
together, and he waited their return.
"Often latterly be had sat alone while
they were together elsewhere. The
woman wooei boldly. and neither hate
for her nor pity for his friend moved
him to intervene. Still, the study Of
her soul fascinated him.
ION this evening. % on tho others, he
could think Oily Of the fight that was
being fought. Which would pievAil?
The eyes and the voice of the woman.
Or the honor Of his friend! The woman
or bis friend?
ut was nearly midnight when they
returned. He heard them say goodbye,
heard bis friend drive away, and heard
the woman ascending tho staircase.
Presently he would know whether once
more she had failed, or whether at last
she had succeeded. ....-..
"She entered the room. greeted him,
and. threw herself Upon couch.
Laughter and triumph were in her eyes
and voice. ..,.f .,,,. &C.,.
ne rose. and stood by tho couch.
She talked idly OF the theatre and the
play. He listenod to'her words, and
gased Ut her face. The hate ragged
h3resly.
"'"as knew that che had succeeded. II.
knew that she had tsmnorptsd &c friend
more cunpingty than bsfofs. He knew
that his friend had lor;akssn . honor .foss T
love. Her soul told him Ill. ''.'$;-t
Had she locked up che must have
seen the hate. 1t cboked his throat; it
shook his hands and lips. You Under
stands The fascination OF The study Of
her soul had passed. The hate was free
from restraint.
"There was no need to study more.
He knew her soul at last. wholly, sbso-
lutely. Evil and Vgly It wae. beyond oil
power ofincrease; monstrous)y evil and
ugly. There could be no new thing to
learn.
The woman did not look up, and did
not sec the hate. Conscious ouly OF the
laughter and triumph, che Jay on tho
couch and talked. For q time the
words were idle. but than fhau ..-.
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He knew her soul at last. wholly, sbso.
lutely. Evil aud Ugly It wae, beyond al
power OF increase; monstrously evil and
ugly. There could be no new thing 10
learn.
Tho woman did not look up, and did
not see tho hate. Conscious ouly OF tho
laughter and triumph, che Jay on tho
couch and talked. For q time the
words were idle. but then they we're
filled with purpose.
ITO add to the laughter aud triumph
she Knocked the man. She had remem-
bered him lovingly during the evening,
she eaid. She had pitied him. sitting
alone, writing, writing. She had wished
that he. and not his friend, had been
with her.
1T was then, and only then, that he
thought Of the vengeance. It was then
that he stretched out his hand to the
knife that lay upon the table. 1t was
then, while she Knocked him. not know
Ing he understood. that the hate babe
him kill go
"She continued to talk. But now her
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-25

A good story is told by the Denver con-
tingent in this city on one of their num-
Der who got rich suddenly by a lucky
strike in the mines, says the Washington
Post This ready-made Croesus had new
er ridden in a Pullman car, but he had
heard all about the avaricious porter and
his capacity for tips. He rolled into his
berth on his first journey with his pock-
cts creaking with greenbacks and his
trousers laden with silver dollars. Along
about dawn he was Weakened by the por-
ter, who held out his hand and said some
thing about wanting a check.
'MoneyH do just as well, I reckon. -
said the capitalist. You don't think I'm
going TO turn you over my bank account,
do you?"
He reached over in his narrow couch
and extracted a handful of good round
cartwheels from the pockets of his trou-
sers and dropped them jngling one by
one into the outstretched palm of the At
rican. When he had deposited ten he
thought he had done the square thing, bur
the porter did not tell him to stay his
hand
Look here exclaimed the mine operat-
or you must be a hog, all right I'd
rather have your job than be President
of the United States if you hold EN- all
up this way"
Fob de Lawd's sake, boss" exclaimed
the Pullman autocrat, his eyes bullying
out like the cork of a champagne bottle,
"Ah-Ah didn't call fob no money. All
axed foh yo' berth check"
But ne got the money to keep his mouth
shut.
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President on the Grtdiron.

DR.. Edward Bedloe of Philadelphia,
United States consul to Canton is on his
way home for visit, says the PhiIadel-
phia Evening Post. He will probably pass
through Paris in time TO pay his respects
to Gen. Harrison, who sent him as consul
to Annoy, China, in 1889. If the two states
men meet, probably the doctor will recall
the generals clever rebuke to him during
his vacation when he was in office
The doctor was spending a month or
two in Washington, and was largely in
evidence in social and political circles
About this time the Gridiron Club gave
a dinner and both gentlemen were guests.
The doctor told few stories early in
the evening, and later on the President
made a speech.
Il was charmed" he said. in his soft.
graceful way, ito hear the clever anec-
dotes from our distinguished consul to-
mean from Annoy" Then he passed on
to other topics, but the doctor took the
hint, and the next steamer carried hin,
back to his post.
1t was not the first time that DR.. Bed
loe had experience with Presidents at club
dinners. Once President Cleveland was a
guest of the celebrated Glover Club in
Philadelphia, of which the doctor is a
famous wit The Cloverites ALWAYS inter
rupt their guests when they rise to speak.
Knowing this, Mr.. Cleveland began.
Go on, gentlemen; 1 am prepared for
the worst"
There came an instant's pause, and the
doctor cackled shrilly:
so are We
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ALL RIGHT. IF HONEST.

Ministers of the principal denominations
in quite a number of cities have been in
terviewed on the question as to whether
the late Robert G. Ingersoll was saved
The most of them expressed the opinion
that If he was honest he had a chance to
be saved-that, in fact, he was all right
Some few doubted his honesty, and one
prominent Catholic priest, the Rev. DR..
Henry A. Brann, pastor of st. Agnes
Church of New York, said that che con-
sidered him a fakir who traded on his
infdelity to make money" Many of
those interviewed, however, had no hest
tation in saying that they believed he was
honest, and therefore that he was saved.
There are two things against the theory
that Ingerson was dishonest. One is that
he could have made a great deal more
money by attending closely to his law
business than by occurring and writing
against the Christian religion, because he
was a brilliant lawyer. The other is that
a dishonest man couldn't have had so
beautiful a home life and couldn't have
made such true, tried and firm friends as
he had.
The chief thing to be said against In
gerson is that he endeavored to make con-
verts to his unbelef when he had nothing
to offer them to take the place of the
faith which he sought to destroy. He
brought no joyous messages. He aimed
simply TO put out the light by which the
Christian was guided. and he left those
who followed him in darkness and despair.
1t is somewhat remarkable that Chris
tan ministers speak of him as charitably
as they do. One reason is probably that
almost everybody admired and was cap
tivated by his wit and eloquence and to a
certain extent felt the influence of his
kindly nature.
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Van Buren, story.

once when John Van Buren,, son of
President Van Buren, was making speech
in behalf of his father, an old Democrat
rose in the audience and upbraided him
as a boiler says an exchange. Few men
were more effective on the stump or quick
er at repartee than John, and he replied
10 the charge with an anecdote something
like this: zone day a man on horseback
came up with boy who was contending
with an overturned load of hay. Instead
of tossing the hay back in the wagon, the
boy was emerge ideally tossing it h.ther and
thiJher, regardless of where it landed. The
traveller halted and said: My young friend,
why do you work so furiously this hot
weather? Why do you not toss the hay
back in the wagon and be more deliberate
in your labors? The boy stopped wiped
the streaming persDiration off his face on
his shirt sleeve, and, pointing to the pile
of hay on the roadside, exclaimed:
Stranger, dads under thar and then he
set about work more furiously than ever"
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HOW CAN TRUSTS BE DESTROYED.

IT is apparent from the speeches and In
terviews of public men, Democrats and
Republicans, that there Is great uncer-
taintv IS 70 the means by which trusts can
be legally destroyed. In his speech in
Chicago the other day Mr.. Bryan said
that the Attorney General of the United
states ought to proceed against trusts,
that if there is no law under which ne
could proceed against them then Congress
should enact such law, and il Congress
has no such power then the constitution
should be amended giving it such power.
Il must be evident to Mr.. Bryan that those
who heard or read his speech didn't get
a very clear idea as to what course ought
to be pursued in an effort TO get rid of
the trust evil.
In an interview at Narragansett Pier
last Saturday Senator Allison, a leading
Republican senator, in speaking of trusts
said: Il seriously question whether it is
within the power of the Federal Govern
ment TO deal directly with the alleged trust
evil. 1t seems TO me that the states, ana
not the General Government should have
TO do with trusts. The General Govern
ment does not issue papers of incorpora-
ton to any concern except national banks
Therefore it appears that concurrent ac>
ton on the parts of states will have the
effect of checking the abuse of corporate
power"
This is the view that the Governor of
Texas seems to take. He has called a con-
vention of the governors of all of the
states to see if they cannot reach some
| agreement as to the course the states
ought to pursue in dealing with the trust
| evil. If ii be a fact that Congress has
no power to enact a law against trusts
except such a law as 1t has already en-
| acted-it will be difficult matter to make
much of an issue of opposition to trusts
in the campaign next year.
Clearly the trust question is not yet in
shape for an issue 1t is not improbable
| that 1t will be put into shape during the
coming session of Congress. Before the
people will take a great deal of interest
in it ii win have to be made clear whether
the power to deal with the trust evil Is
lodged in the General Government or in
the states.
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Lieut.. Gov. Timothy L. Woodruff of
New York, who was once noted for the
elaborateness of his waistcoats, has lately
been surprising his friends by appearing
in vests that match his suits.
Paul Kupper, the sculptor, is making
a model of a badger to be cast in bronze
and presented to the new battleshiD Wis
consn The animal will be a native type
and not the European one so long used for
that state. The bronze is the gift of Admit
raj Sampson, who procured it at Santiago
The Austrian Emperor leads a very reg
nlar life. He breakfasts every morning
summer and winter at O'Clock, on some
cold meat and a cup of coffee At noon he
takes luncheon and at 3 dinner. He drinks
one glass of beer daily, and a few glasses
of wine, always the same kind With the
stroke of O'Clock he goes to bed.
There has just died at Fulham, Eng
land, at the age of 80, in very poor cir
cumstances. Count Orsi, formerly attache
to Napoleon II. He wrote a series of pa
pers dealing with important episodes in the
life of Louis Napoleon, and these were in
cluded in volume" Recollections of the
Last Half-Century"- published nearly
twenty years ago. The book has been out
of print for several years but is of con-
siderable value. 1t was Count Orsi who
was the principal actor in the Inflated ex-
pedition of the Prince from London to
Boulosne In the summer of 1910.
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Grandfather,s Dream.

From the Chicago Record.
Grandfather sat in his big arm chair
Fast asleep
Inc wrinkles that ran DER his wan old face
were furrowed deep.
The tangled web of his beard hung from
His cheek and chin,
White as the falling snow the winds
Gambol in.
His hard brown hands were crossed above
His walking staff;
And we hushed to silence the talk in the
And the laugh.
For we saw a smile from his parted Inns
Spread DER his face,
AS ripple runs Ger tranquil lake
From its starting place.
We guessed some vision the long ago
Had anchored deep
In the old mans soul was drifting now
Trough his sleep.
What was that dream? Did his childhood
And leave a map
OF all his early playing grounds
There in is his lap?
Or was 1t winding orchard path
In the twilight dim,
And his children's mother a girl again.
Walking with him?
Perhaps, through times long telephone.
He heard a COO
And felt baby hand on his cheek,
As he used to do.
Sure we were some radiant Joy
He had met somewhere
Had come to visit the old man there
Asleep in his chair.
But soon his hands dropped from his staff
And dropped his head;
And those who came and went that day
Talked of the dead.
We talked only of pearly paths
In a summer land
Where his children's mother walked with
him,
Hand in hand.
For now we knew her angel face,
Glad in the CLEAN
OF a goldin city awaiting him,
Was grandfather's dream.
Alfred Ellison.
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A coon wonD ron MILES.


Safely entrenched behind Sis, C00,c09 safe
~ invested in this country. Mr.. Andrew
Carnegie sends 10 a New York newspaper
from his home in London, his views on The
Philippine situation. He knew all he time
he says, that Gen. Otis was deceIyins him
self and the country by his dispatches in
which he stated that Fiipinos were weak
ening and that the insurrection " You'd soon
come TO an end. Mr. Carnegie was salts
fed that Gen. Otis would never succeed
in conquering the Fllpmos VITA the small
force at his command. and he very much
doubts that a much larger force can sue
coed in forcing Aguinaldo 10 surrender
without a long and costly war.
Mr.. Carnegie, therefore, is of the opinion
that the wiser course for the President to
pursue is to send a diplomat as well as
soldier to the Philippines, and to offer the
Filipinos the same terms that the Cubans
are TO have. He feels certain that it viii
be an exceedingly difficult matter TO sub
due the Filipinos, but he believes that
they viii listen TO reason and accept terms
similar to those upon which the Cubans
are now under our protection.
Gen. Mles is the man Mr.. Carnegie has
selected to settle the Philippine difficulty.
That officer, he says, has never failed in
anything he has undertaken, aud he seels
certain that il sent to the seat of war he
would not be there long before he would
have the situation wen in hand and in
ah ir1oa ii 10 4
perity where there is now war and pow
crtv
But Mr.. Carnegie doesn't say what course
he would pursue If the Fnpinos were TO
refuse 10 accept his terms-if diriomacy
were to fail If we are not mistaken rret-
~ nearly everything has been offered the
Filpinos, except independence, and that
the President cannot offer them. Ii is
wholly within the jurisdiction Of Congress
TO say what policy shall be pursued IN
dealing with the FiHpinos. That body may
take the view entertained by Nj Carne-
gle, although he doesn't say what his
course would be in the event of the refus
al of the Fihpinos to accept terms similar
TO those Cuba is TO have.
The reason the tllplnos have refused to
accept the terms which have been offered
them is that they have no confidence in
our promises. Would they likely have any
confidence in an offer of Independents as
soon as we had assisted them to establish
an enlightened and stable government? It
is very doubtful. There seems to be oh
stacles in the way of the Presidents ac-
cepung Mr.. Carnegies views as a basis
for his course in the Philippines. If Con-
gress gives the President authority to
offer the Filipinos independence it may be
that Gen. Miles will be sent to the Philip
pines with instructions to win the con-
fdence of the Filipinos and to bring the
war to a close by means of diplomacy. But
some months must elapse before the Car
negie plan can be tried.
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No. is the fastest eastbound train on
one of the great trunk lines, says the
Youths Companion. Nothing is more an
noying TO the authorities of the road than
TO have this train delayed, even fer five
minutes, by inferior trains. But 1t hap
pened that it was once detained for fifteen
minutes at Friendship, N. IA little town
on the Allegheny division--by a westbound
freight. The delay was of course, reported
by the conductor of No. 5 10 the suDer.n-
tendent at IIornellsvile and the superin-
tendent Immediately telegraphed the gull
" freight conductor, asking why the
flyer" had been detained. The freight
conductor, a wag with a turn for rhyme,
sent back the following reply:
The wind was high The steam was low
The train was heavy and hard to tow;
The coal was poor. twas mostly slate
Hence the detention of number eight.
But the conductors poem" did not save
him from doing penance-ten days off duty,
without pay.
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If half that we hear of the Finpiuos is
true, we shall find them an interesting
object Of study for some years to come.
DR.. Daywalt. Of San Francisco, who has
just returned from the islands. says the
T'ilipinos are practically insensible TO pain
in proof of which he tells of one man
who, with an eye shot out and part of
his jaw torn away took OFF his bandages
after a day or two and went to breaking
young horse as if there were no gaping
wound in his head. As an offset to this
story, by the way, there might be quoted
the incident of the Yankee sailor who, the
other day, refused 10 lake an anesthetc
and went to sleep on the surgeons table
while a great cash in his scalp was being
sewed up