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ment which viii permit the enactment
Of mild legislation regulating the
trusts. and that If assurances can be
given that the perfected bill VIII pe
Of a character so conservative as 10
merely satisfy the presidents demand
for some kind Of action no obstacles
will be placed in the way of the bill IN
the senate"
These are extraordinary admissions
for the Star TO make: First, that the
trusts will permit mild legislation;
second. that President Roosevelt Will
be satisfied with some kind Of action.
What do you think Of that? The
trusts will kindly permit congress to
pass law nominally against them
selves. So here we have the fiat-foot-
ed assertion by the newspaper organ
Of the republican administration that
the nusts own congress and dictate
apy and all laws they think desirable
or expedient. Democratic newspapers
and ora ors have claimed this for some
wears. but il has always been indig-
nantly denied until at last the dis
graceful truth is admitted.
But what is the matter with Presi-
dent Roosevelt that he should also
come 10 be satisfied with any legisla-
ton the trusts may dictate? Is the
trust-buster so anxious 10 be again
nominated for president that "some
kind Of action" against the trusts will
now satisfy him? Democratic news
papers and speakers have always given
the president credit for honesty OF
purpose. whatever his shortcomings;
but here we have his personal organ,
which is inspired from the white house.
acknowledging that the president has
(, Joined the other leaders Of his party
IN trying to fool the people with fake
legislation against the trusts.
Another eminent republican. at a
crisis in the history Of the country,
said: .You can fool all the people
some Of the time and some Of the
people all the time. but You cannot
fool all Of the people all Of the time
II Is to be hoped that the people will
not be fooled more easily to-day thar
they were in Lincoln's time.
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wAsHINGTON'S BIRTHPLACE.
nue. n small Monument Marks the
spot mt Wakefield Farm on
the Potomac.

Mount Vernon has become great
mecca for the American tourist; a.
Yorktown and Valley Forge stand
.totelv reminders of the First Cen
,lenan of America, while in every
mart of the land the smallest memen-
toes Of his life and actions are reli-
ciously presersed; but in magnificent
decay on the lower Potomac lies
Wakefield Farm. which was associ-
ated with his early life. a simple
granite shaft marks the spot where
George Washington was born. and
few bricks and stones are all that
remain of his early home.
The old country mansion was
burned early in the last century, hut
the brick chimney. within whose arch
four people could sit. and the corner
stones, with portion of the founda-
ton. were saved. Shortly before the
civil war the historic farm passed
into the hands 81 family which at
first showed some appreciation for
it's associations. A succeeding gen.
grafton. however. tore down the
chimney and the remnant OF the
walls in order TO secure the bricks.
A marble slab bearing an inscription
giving the date of Washington's birth
and other Information. which had
been set into the great arch, was
removed TO the old family grave
ward: but in placing il beneath two
ancient fig trees planted by the moth.
or Of Washington. II was broken, and
its fragments lie there to-day, moss
grown and uncovered.
IL was in 1895 that the nntionn'
roy, rnmcnt erected at Wakefield
miniature copy of the Washington
monument. with the inscription
"vashington's Birthplace and II
small letters at the base the words
Directed hy the United States, 4
u. 1sos."-waldon Tnwcett. in Wom
mans Home Companion.
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APPEARANCES DEcEIrFUL.
OLE Bph's Talk 90 the Catesh IoAs
Toek His Hook while He
Wa AaIeep.

Uncle Ephraim had fished in the lit.
lie river from boy hood. In his old age
The habit overm astered him. and he
flshed on daily. Notwithstanding there
were. by popular consent, no more
fish left in the stream, relates the New
York Times.
Eph would bait his hook and throw 1t
in. attend to the business in hand for
a little while, and then go TO sleep. He
would sleep hours at time. and some
times all day, holding on to his fishing
pole from mere force Of muscular hab-
II.
One day. while he was sitting thus,
perfectly unconscious Of what was i'm
pending. a big catfish swan down the
stream from some mysterious hiding
Mace. rra bbed the hook with ravenous
vigor. and started to sweep ON down
With the whole outfit.
But the jerk. the swish. the commo-
ton. aroused Eph's muscles to kind
OF automatic action. before he awak-
ened from his siumber. The muscles
rave a jerk and landed the siluroid
wsy back, IS or 30 feet from the bank.
Eph awoke, looked around, saw II
struggling and Hopping toward the
river. got up. rubbed his eyes in sleepy
, bewilderment. grabbed the fish, and
while securing him by slipping a little
willow through his gills, gave him bit
T, Of salutary advice
sLook heah. you ole varmint, you
mussen' fink dis yeah nigger's allus
asleep. ef you does come erlong and fi'
I'm Wild is eyes shet monstus tight
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-20

The bribery scandal in the national
house of representatives has been
hushed up by the committee OF investi-
cation reporting a whitewash for all
the reputed participants except Dob
lin, the perjurer. Hon. L. f. Quigg.
ex-member Of the house. and Lesser,
the member who was said 10 have been
bribed. seem anxious TO drop any fur
Their Investigations. which the report
OF the democratic minority of the
committee demanded The two re-
ports have not been acted upon. and
IL is hardly likely they will he. for
further investigation might develop
some uncomfortable matters about
other statesmen. There is always .
strong scent of scandal around when
the trusts are interested. and the ship
building trust has an especially IN
savory record
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-20

John ID. Rockefeller's attempt TO in
timidate or coerce senator's regarding
antitrust Legislation is the boldest
thing of the kind ever attempted IN
this country. by his gifts TO religious.
educational and charitable purposes
Mr.. Rockefeller has shown that he can
be liberal in some good directions. but
in money and business matters he
seems TO be devoid of moral sense.
By sending snch dispatch rs he did
20 several senators he showed himself
several kind. of fool He was fool
TO imagine the dispatch would accom-
plish its purpose. a fool 10 think IL
would not become public. and fool
not TO know that II would react strong
II In favor Of the legislation he wanted
10 defeat. - Indianapolis Journal
(rep.).
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SAID BY WASHINGTON.

BE courteous to all, but intimate
with few, and let those few be well
tried before you give them your con-
fdence.
The company on which you i'm
prove most will be least expensive
to you.
II is easy to make acquaintances.
but difficult to shake off, however
irksome and Improbable they are
found, after we have once commit
ted ourselves to them.
Ii is maxim with me not to ask
what. under similar circumstances, 1
would not grant.
expressly forbid the sale or trans
portation out of the said common
wealth, of any slave may die pos
sessed of, under any pretense what
soeyer.
In mv estimation. more permanent
and genuine happiness is to be found
in the sequestered walks of con-
nubial life than in the giddy rounds
Of promiscuous pleasure or the more
tumultuous and imposing scenes OF
successful ambition.
Without virtue and without in
tegrity. the finest talents and the
most brilliant accomplishments car
never gain the respect and conciliats
the esteem of the truly valuable part
Of mankind.
/ shall never attempt to palliats
nv own foiblcs by exposing the er
ror Of another.
Nothing would give me more rea
satisfaction than TO know the senti
ments which are entertained OF mei
by the public, whether they be favor
| able or otherwise.
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SAID OF WASHINGTON.

Just honor to Washington can only
be rendered by observing his pre-
cepts and initiating his example,
Robert c. Winthrop.
However his military fame may
excite the wonder of mankind, II u
chiefly by his civil magistracy tha'
Washingtons example VIII INSTRUCT
them.--Fisher Ames.
A great and venerated character
like that of Washington Is
not an isolated fact in history TO DE
regarded with barren admiration--it
is dispensation Of Providence for
good.-E. Everett.
He illustrated and adorned the civ
ilization of Christianity and furnished
an example of the wisdom and per-
lection Of its teachings which the
subtlest arguments of its enemies
cannot DISQUALIFICATION b. Vance
George Washington, the brave, the
wise, the good. Supreme in war, in
council and in peace. Washington
valiant. without ambitions; discreet
without fear: confident. without pre-
sumption.-Dr. Andrew Lee.
To add brightness to the sun OF
glory to the name of Washington !!
alike impossible. Let none attempt
il. In solemn awe pronounce tint
name, and in its naked. deathles
splendor leave it shining on.-Abra
ham Lincoln.
Let him who looks for monumen
to Washington look around tn
United States. Your freedom, you
independence. your national power
your prosperity and your prodigiou
growth are monument to him.
Kossuth.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-20
POLITICAL DRIFT.

Mark Hanna has given $50 70 a
library. How heavily the town is TO
bond itself is not stated.-Albany Ar
gus.
Did John d. Rockefeller not real
lie that he is already thoroughly de-
tested by the American people. or did
he have a strange desire to make him
self more so?--Indianapolis Journal
(Rep).
--Hanna's bill TO pension ex-slaves
Is about as ridiculous piece Of legis-
lation as has been proposed in blue
moon. And 1t doesn't help Hanna any
TO plead that he introduced the bill by
request" without examining it.--Utica
Observer.
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Tsuss Managers Already In safe Bss
courage Legislation u .
Csvsasn Mad.

The following letter. found on
street in Washington after the recent
high wind storm, Is Of interest 10 the
public:
Personal AND CONFIDENTIAL
Ny Dear Littleield:
1--WE have examined carefully your
last antitrust bill and have no fault
TO find with it. Not only do we think
IL harmless to the great trusts in which
we are interested. but il safeguards
and strengthens them. As only cor.
porasions hereafter organized are re-
quired to publish facts in regard TO
their financial conditions. our present
corporations will enjoy a great ad'
vantage over these new corporations.
by being able to obtain these published
facts. Your bill. II il accompanies
anything besides heading on other
legislation. will fortify the presens
trusts. As told you, however. we are
not afraid Of publicity so long as we
are not deprived of the monopoly priv
ileres. which enable us to contro! pro-
duction and fix prices Of articles Of
necessity. Please do all you can 10
nreyent discussion of the tariff and rail-
road questions Our rights and priu-
leres In these directions must not DO
disturbed.
1--WE strongly approve of the Elhin's
bill. which has passed the senate. ana
trust you will speed its passage
through the house. We think IL VIII
prevent rate cutting in certain quar-
tiers and thus greatly increase railroad
earnings. 1t also abolishes the GRIM
inal clause of the Sherman law. which
has made some Of us fee: very uncom'
Portable when we thought what might
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Cengsess Owned by Mosepoiisss ane
viii D0 Just ~ They
Direct.

Trust legislation Is possible. but
hardly probable. nj this session OF
congress. A compromise bill will pass
the house Of representatives,, shorn
Of all that will really curb the trusts
The bills prepared by Attorney Cen
eral Knox and introduced in the house
Of representatives by the chairman OF
the judiciary committee, were found,
after consultation with the republican
managers of the senate, TO be too
drastic to command majority Of the
votes and a compromise bill Is the
result which is as harmless as suck
ing dove.
President Roosevelt, his attorney
general, the Judiciary committees Of
congress and the leaders Of the rePub-
lican party have all had a hand in in
cubating this innocent bill. A prodi-
gious amount of work has been expend-
cd on it; for it is quite Difficult 10 COM
pose bill that will read like trust
buster and yet he trust shelter.
That the bill is to be harmless 10 the
trusts was acknowledged by the per-
sonal organ of the administration, the
Washington Star of January 10, when
it said:
Two important facts appear to-day
in the situation concerning possible
antitrust legislation; first, the legis-
lation proposed by the house will not
be drastic. Second. that there is dis
position on the part of the trust inter
ests to accept the legislation and per-
init it to go through the senate, II il
is not of a drastic character.
"Private information comes to the
capitol to-day from trust sources that
it may be possible to reach an agree
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-20

.And now tell me" said the teacher,
what George Washington did that
made him great. see your hand
r,ised. Arthur. What was it?"
Crossed the Delaware standin' up
and didn't rock the boat."-ChicaRo
Record Herald.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-20

Senator Hanna's ex slave bounty
bill, Is a very simple little affair whose
first years requirements would se
$4,000. 900. II wonld make the ex-
slave population the recipients Of as
heavy bonus as the United States
government now gets from tarif GUS
toms. 1t certainly should capture the
co,ored vote for the senator for the
1904 convention.--St- Paul Globe.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-20

a. xhen traveller down the widening vale
Looks back. and notes some noble noun
~ a, seems TO tower nearer. grander stiii.
AZ on ne hastens DER each deeting male
g, taking backward DER her rugged
America. her freedom bravely won.
win broadening vision pauses 20 admire
TIE looming greatness OF her Wasn'ns-
ton
Albert - Garner. in s. 9. Times.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-20

After MASKING potatoes through .
nal,rder add three eggs, beaten, des-
.er,spoonful Of -four, the same OF put.
Ter sal, and q pint Of milk Beat vel
and drop from d large spoon into boil.
inc fat. The fritters should be wen
Immersed. and taken out as soon ~
thew rise TO the surface 81 the Kettle
poxt IN budget
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-20

II the cherry-trec episode had no,
occurred before the days of the for
estry commission no doubt George
would have heard from that body.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-20

Chollie-Aw. doncherno; tribes ~
ways seem 10 worry me.
Bcryi-You always were an egotise
end thinking about yourH't.--Hsase
mere herald
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-20

Cholly-was poor Gussic pwepefH
20 die? ~, 49,,
.~.v an his vacation. ye know.-JHose
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ROCKEFELLER.

"P. $. Should kilograms TO senators
or congressman be na1e public. during
the next few days. in which we are
represented as being opposed to any
antitrust legislation YOU will under
stand the situation. 1; would be great
mistake TO let the public believe that
Wall street favors these bills We
hope il will not observe the fact that
stocks have been on the rise since dis
cussion of these bills began"
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TEDDY AND THE OCTOPUS ELEPHANT.

happen TO us should some future ao-
ministration enforce ii.
1.-The more you can pass Of such anti
trust bills as these the better Will ~
be for us and for our party
Very sincerely.
MORGAN.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-08-28
THE OLD-TIME DAIRY.
Much Yum Was rohch az II. Hut Ito
Owner lsuniI Acquired -
Bank Account.

Only under certain conditions, tbs
dairy means wealth to ale farmer. and
fertility 10 his farm. u these condi-
lions be not secured. and maintained.
dairying VIII exhaust the farm and i'm
poveriSh the farmer more speedily ana
more hOpcles6ly tina almost amy 9th
er form OF farming. When the milk
is sold off the farm. it carries with 1t
the fertility OF the soil, and generally
the net price OF the milk is too low tn
pay for making 1t and to replace tha
fertility removed with it. This hard
fac, underlios all the complaints o.
dairy farmers about the proiirlessncaj
ol dairy farming.
Old-timc dairy farming sent FROM
the farm only the butter, and the old
time farmers made money and were
the o independent men on arth.
Win once more take up llOma
chlrninG, dairy farming VIII one"
more become steadily and satisiac-
turily profitable, and dairy farms vii!
once more increase. instead Of de
crease, in fertility, The mOst fOriOrn
thing in the farming region Is tha
,a.'2e dairy farm. once fertile and ops
Grated probably by It's owner, Nhu
, made butter. how WORKOUT and stary-
Ing and working to death the tenan.
who occupies and operates il. 1t pro-
duces only fractional crops OF grass.
corn. rye, wheat and other crops. and
the milk 1t makes Is poor In quality.
small in quantity. and high in cost.
1t goes away in ans while the chtrn
rOts In the shed OF garnet. II nets thu
tenant Is cents for each dollar he puts
INTO it.. He cant pay his rent. Ihs
owner says he Is 10 good. The tenant
says the farm Is no good-and both
are right. The churn. substituted for
the can. would change such farms de-
cidedly and probably for both owner
and tenant. When will farmers Opeo
their eyes TO the business folly i'm
piled in the senselcss work that Is mis-.
called dairy farming" Butter is the
basis of farm wealth and fertility. bu.
farmers In these days seem to think
that butter-making is hard work ia
comparison with milk shipping. On
this fundamental error they have built
aud are maintaining the losing ship
ping business, throwing away the soil
II their farms along with their own
strength. health. work. comfort and
lives. -MidlandN Farmer,
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-08-28
OF YOU.

I've been looking over pictures which.
when we've strcllel out together,
We have taken of familiar scenes and
ragged bits of heather:
Ard one Is of "A valley, and a shallow river
flows
Like "A ribbon through its windings. and
II babbles all Is knows
To the trees az II flows past them, and
gives back the turquoise blue
or the skies that arch above IT,. and one
picture H. of you.
We two wandered far and careless on
that day that Soull recall.
And we took the cliffs at sunset and we
took the waterfall,
And We took the quaint old bridges bull.
of timber in tho bark.
And we took old oeric hollows, where
deep shadows lay, and dark;
And We took the cliffs high '~scarpment
outlined against the blue;
But | took another pictur" ana that pic
turc was OF you!
You are standing by a highway stopped
to pluck a marguerite
And the eager blooms are rushing In
white pillows to your feet.
And the country road goes winding ont
OF sight around the base
OF the mighty hin behind You. and the
flower touch your face
With a sweet carcss. and gentle. and n
ligh; Is in your eye
Bright az ON a summer morning shines
the blIc aud dcw-drcuchod sky
Fate may rob me of the pictures of each
~terH-ciad slope and brake.
Or the tan cl;ns. and tn" river that goes
babbling to the lake,
OF tn" quaint Old inn we diund at with
it, ancient iuglcrook;
Everything from hlll's high summit tc
the wee, Cr~css-covcred brook,
And may send mo emptY-handod faI
from scene | loved and knew.
But my heart will hold forever that on
picture. dear, of you.
j. NJ. Lewis, in Houston Post.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-08-28
Fancy knI.CI ANnlca.

Pare alid core the apples, lay them
sugar, Stick a Glove in each apple ard
cover the dish. Bake half an hour.
then remove the cover and continue
baking until the apples are tender and
brow ned but not broken. The time Of
cooking really depends on the Kind OF
apple. as some varieties cook in much
less lime than others. Take the ap-
pies mp into II glass dish and serve
with ream.--DetrCit FREQ Press.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-08-28
CARROLL wATsOS RANKIN

~ character. From the first Stephen
Ward lad been her favoritc %grandchild.
and she had never taken II pains to
conceal her partially for the sturdy
lad. His sister Eleanor was by far the
Drctticr baby, the more attractive as Il
child, and the greater credit to the
family during her teens; but Stephen,
although the lad himself was slow to
discover the fact, had found the some
what difficult way TO his grand Mothers
loyal heart. BY he time Stephen was
II there was a curious bond of friend
ship between the bright old lady and
the awkward boy.
Mrs. Ward, Stephens mother, had
had several sisters, bat no brother.
She had lost Two little girls before
Stephens birth, and she had once been
IA littl, girl herself. She understood
Urls, and preferred them to boys, She
was a sweet, tender-hcarted, self-sacrI-
icing mother, and of course she loved
Stephen; but she could not always see
things from the boys point of view.
Try a she might, she could not i'm
agine herself IA l7-ycar-old boy.
Grandma Ward, IN the other hand,
was the mother Of a large family OF
boys. AS a child she had had no play
mates but her WI four brothers. With
them she had climbed trees, played bail
piled wood and torn her clothes, and
Was zone the worse for 1t in her old
age. Few wOmen have 1t in them to
understand boy nature as Grandma
Ward.
It. was this sympathetic grandmother
who caught Stephen preparing tC
smoke his first-and last--pipe. Wisely
RETAINING from any reproachcs, the
astutc old lady showed him how to
pack the tobacco into the bowl, hero
ically sat beside him in the rocking at
mOsphere OF the barn, where the cpl
sOdc took place, and remained with him
10 the bitter end. How bitter the enc
was only Stephen and his grandmother
ever knew. From that time forth
Stephen trusted his grandmother with
secrets that another boy would have
kept securely locked within his Cwr
bosom.
The lad loved the woods and thu
water TO q very unusual degree. III
lnew the habits Of the birds; he coul,
swim like a fish in the waters of LAKE
Superior; he could distinguish between
spruce and balsam, hem!ock and jack
pine, soft maple and hard maple.
Moreover, he was honest, sweet
tempered and obliging. But In spite o
these good traits his parents and hi
teachers found him at one time a din
cult problem.
stephen hated school. His youn.
sister easily overlook him, jcgge'
along beside him for a week OF two
and then left him far behind Oh tn,
path of knowledge.
"StcpHen's only amti!ic2," one Of h!
teachers reported, lis to escape viii
the others at four o'clock. When h
isn't ioOi ing out OF the v'icaDW he l
watching the clock. or drawing map
OF the LUMBER roads north of town"
isn't tacvs . single study that b
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-08-28

a one and one-iourth inch hole Is bored
at the top, about II inches from the
end. Another hole. the same size. il
bored at the bottom, about one and
one-half feet from the end.
The cut shows the derrick set up for
use. The legs are II feet long, four
inches thick. and of good. solid tim
Der. A one and one-fOurth inch hole
Is bored through the top for the bolt
to go through. The inside part of the
leg where the hole is bored should ba
made like a wedge. so as to fit closely
against the scantlings. The pulleys ara
T. inches in diameter, and are mads
OF wood. The rope should he put ~
the top pulley, and under the bottom
pulley. The legs should be sunk in
the ground, so they Will not slide and
let the derrick fan. a good strong
hook should be securely fastened on
the rope a steady horse can operate
this all right, once ii is understood
Harry II. postle, In Farm ard Home.