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The St. Louis Republic., 1903-03-08

, about the one-roomed structure was great
cluster of colors. from the verbenas, roses
ho.lyhocks. sunfowers, five o'clocks and
other gorgeous flowers Of Nanny Bellows s
garden. few white garments, freshly
washed. hung on the line. swaying in the
wind. Tinney found himself cherishing a
hope that Jim Bellows had ''cut his stick
and was by this time safe out of harms
way.
The mob had not yet left the creek bed to
reached the two stone posts that marked
the gate to Lowrey's place. He threw the
mules rein over one of these and swung
himself 10 the ground. There was a for
bidding silence about the unplinted, wealth
er-stained house, set far back among the
pines. Tinney felt an odd chill as he
walked up the fiagstone steps to the door
1t was half open
There was some one moving inside.
The door swung further open and there
sat the old man at the foot OF the hall
stairs. feebly poking at the door with his
cane. Seeing the mail carrier standing
speechless before him he said:
'Howdy. Bob Ed9'
Gosh. Almighty! Amt you all dead?'
"Nup: but allow I must a-been havin' a
fit, as near as kin reckon"
Suddenly Bod Ed remembered the mob 60
ing to hang Jim Bellows. and to the old
mans further bewilderment he turned and
ran down the steps and around the house.
where he paused for one moment to look
across the quarter of a mile of bush-Erown
valley that interviewed, with the steep spur
to climb ON the other side. Once he looked
then he plunged down the slope. his boots
making great gashes in the garden beds.
Out In the sunshine before her door Mann
my Bellows had her tubs and the piles Of
dirty clothes on the grass beside them. She
was singing as she bobbed up and down
and thrust her tat black arms deep into the
white, sparkling suds
From somewhere back OF the house came
the 'rtp-rop-rap-rop' of a hammer driving
nail in with four blows
Jim was mending the chicken coop.
Nanny stopped short; there was the
sound OF voices In the trail below. The
click of horses hoofs against the stones and
hard laugh came up to her. She shaded
her eyes against the sun with her hands.
A thrill Of dread ran through her. There
were many of<them, and they were coming
up to the house They were armed. One
bore new rope! A horrible fear seized her.
That meant but one thing. Who?
o God. there was but onel
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-03-08

IT am sorry. gentlemen. I cannot help
you out" remarked the conductor
Il guess we'll have to throw our cigars
away" continued the rougher one OF the
two men.
That's about It," quietly answered the
conductor.
The cigars were thrown away and no
trouble ensued, Just because Conductor
Downing knew the wisdom Of the soft
anEwer"
Mr.. Downing was interviewed as to the
method he would employ to enforce the new
ordinance.
PASSENGERS DO NOT LIKE TO
BE INUNDATED.
Il pride myself upon being one OF the
men on the street cars who never have any
trouble with passengers. and 1 expect none
through this new law. l am not much Of a
fighter. and the quiet way is about the only
one in which l can get along.
If a man spits in my car l shall go up to
him very quietly and ask him to cease 1t.
being careful that no one hears mo except
ht,n whom l am addressing. Men don't want
to be humiliated. and I think. the conductor
who bears that in mind will have no
trouble in having the ordinance enforced" "
John Madison Sparks. who has the repu-
tation of keeping one of the cleanest cars
in the entire system. reioices because he
sees in the new ordinance an inducement to
Keep cars clean and tidy. II shall never be
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-03-08

or steps Of this car IS prohibited by ordi-
nance 2Css0 printed below"
SEVERITY MAY BE
NECESSARY AT TINES
The division superintendents who expect
little II any trouble. are John L. Miers of
Delmar and De Baliviere avenues. A. P.
Richardson of the Laclede line and c. NJ.
Johnson of Park and Vandeventer ave-
nues
John Mahoney OF Jefferson and Geyer
and l., l.. Sloss OF No. 400 South Broadway
are not SO sanguine about being able to con-
troll the splitting nuisance with the soft
word only
However. the mild and gentle remonstrancs
is to be employed in that part OF the city
as well in tine West End.
Examples of politeness among Transit
conductors are encountered every day. A.
T. Downing. a conductor on the Laclede
line. came downtown with his car on that
terrible zero-weather Monday night two
weeks ago.
Two rough men sat down in the third seat
from the rear door. One Of them remarked.
as he sat down. that they could continue
their smoke. Their cigars were vile and
filled the car with bad odor. AS Conductor
Downing came along he politely requested
the two men to cease smoking. telling them
that It was not allowed in the car.
It's too cold tonight" said one of them.
ITO smoke outside"
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-03-08

classes that now shun churches be drawn
into the fold.
In the summer when the evenings are
warm and there are cool breeses from the
sea Mr.. Phillips has a tent erected upon
the cliffs. and the amateur actors have .
stage built upon trunks. but when cooler
weather comes. large white marquee near
the church is used.
Mr.. Phillips gives. over his own signature.
some OF the thoughts and theories Of which
his startling Innovations are an'outgrowth.
1T is as much the duty of religious and
social leaders to teach people to play 40 it
is to teach them to pray.
Here in Gorleston 1 have my own COM
pany thirty in number. and our own thea
ter, but 1 want some rich, sympathetic soul
to give me help toward building real the
nter.
1--WE have 5000 people in this parish, all
poor. 1 ought to do something for their
social life.
THE solution, am sure. Is the drama.
1t is big educational. moral and religious
power. Life. am convinced. needs some
thing more than church services and work.
MY parish theater Is to be the peoples
club The drama appeals to young and old.
What is true of Gorleston Is true Of other
parishes. for human nature Is ever the
same Young and old like to see each other.
and the drama brings them together. There
is a true democracy about the theater that
is delightful.
THE Young people are taught to express
themselves intelligently and well. 1t teaches
them the true courtesies Of life, and gives
them q better understanding of human IA
ture.
Il have been criticised for my innovation,
many of the clergy saying that theatricals
have bad influence; but by investigation
I have learned that the play with a good
moral lives. and play with bad one
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-03-08

"what-what-!s the mattah with you
black rascals?' sputtered big Sam Sheldon
who had been sitting on a nail keg by the
door and had been so startled by the un-
announced entry that he. too. had slipped to
the floor.
Pap Lowrey's dun been killed! He alrs
layin' in his house daidr' sasped the elder
boy.
Air you all shuah yoh hain't lynn
said the Major. slowly.
Fob Godi Hit am de truf"
81 low as how hit mought been Jim
Bellows. his niggah, said Sheldon, as he
picked himself up.
II dun toIe pap not to trust that ere
boy" said Pepper, with a shake of his
head. reaching up for his shotgun.
Il seed him cuttin' through the patches
lords home as come along bout two hours
ago." volunteered Dave Buford.
"Feller citizens 1 low as how we he'd
better go and git Jim Bellows" said Major
Potter. and he spat with unerring accuracy
out of the door into the yellow dust, then
rose and followed to tighten the cinch on
his big sorrel before he swung into the sad
die.
The others came without one further
word.
Just then Bob Ed Tinney and hi. mule
came Gathering over the log bridge across
the creek.
..Wheah you all gwine?' he shouted.
ITO git Jim Bellows answered Sheldon
What fohT'
"KilIin' and robbin' ole man Lowrey."
'Hm-m-m, thet so?' said the mail car
rier, enviously watching the head Of the
column already moving of. half on horse
half On foot.
..Jes' sing the sack inside the doah and
pull hit shet." cautioned Pepper. "Kain't
you all jine?' he added. politely.
"Nup, Uncle Sans business nrst." and
Bob Ed Strengthened UP on the painting
mule He watched them move away up the
creekside making the detour necessary to
the ascent by horse to the little spur where
stood the cabin in which Nanny Bellows
lived with her boy Jim. who was Pap Low
rey's one servant. Then he closed the door
| of the store. after dropping the mail sack
inside and rode up to the Kettleville road,
which led past old man Lowreys house.
As he topped the first rise he could look
across the valley to where the Bellows
cabin stood, and noted now Its whitewashed
walls stood out in relief against the dark
trees and brown mountainside- The front
was covered with bright green vines bear
ing masses Of purple bloom. In the space
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-03-08

Mr.. NJ ]. Harson. chairman of the Ne
mortal Committee calls Doctor Brownson
one of the greatest Of Americans-a man OF
superior intellect, placing him In the COM
pany Of great thinkers. Kant Hegel Cous-
Dana Emerson. Bancroft Hawthorne and
Ripley. in America. This is a somewhat
high estimate, according to Doctor Brann.
Doctor Brownson was more of a loRician
like Webster than an advocate and orstor
like Clay. who played upon the emotions and
patriotism of his hearers, rather than upon
their intellect alone.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-03-08

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
The mules sharp hoofs slipped and
scuffled among the loose stones of the de-
scending mountain trail. and Bob Ed Tin
ney. the honorable representative of the
United States Government as its carrier Of
mails over the star route of Peppers
Corners and Kettleville. swore at the beast
in the slow way that is the general habit
of any conventional citizen in East Ten
nessee.
Something caught his eye as a gap In
the trail-side shrubs yielded view OF Pep
per's store in the narrow valley below. He
stopped swearing at the sight and urged
the mule into jolting shamble by kicking
his tough sides. He had seen two black
lads coming down the trail from the cirec-
ton OF "old man" Lowrey's place. bare
headed. and running in an exhausted
fashion. They mad vanished into the store
door. Bob Ed h ID not begun TO kick the
mule until, a moment after the disappear
ance OF the two boys into the door. a stream
of the occupants had come pouring out and
scattered to the many and varied mounts
tethered about the Corners. while the own
ers awaited the great daily event of life in
the valley-the arrival of the mail.
There was an Intense excitement and
hustle and considerable display of arms.
Pepper came last bearing double bar
relied shotgun and a Winchester, which he
ney's mule was by this time galloping wild
H down the trail. This was what had
gone on in the store:
Major Brown Ed had Just been expound-
ing his views, he sat on a cracker barrel,
of the ultimate attainments of Peppers
Corners IL old man Lowrey rebuilt the tan
bark mill. the valleys one industry. burned
u year before. 1t would be fine. thought he
IL the new mill were built just across the
way from the store on the creek bank BY
having at least two buildings within q
stones throw OF each other II would begin
to lock more like town. II old man Low
rey had enough money to put up a real
'cut and sawed frame house he could sure
ly rebuild the mill.
Yes. it pears to me him and me could
git IL around foh You al.' Pepper had re-
sponded. as he Strengthened up the few
struggling letters protruding from the box
Of pigeonholes set on the front end of the
counter and which stood for the Post Of
dce of Peppers Corners.
Just then the barefootsd blacks had burs,
/. into the door and dropped down. trembling
and breathless. ON the hcor. their eyes roll
Ing With fright
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-03-08

politics and socialism. Among his published
books were The American Republic"
Conversations on Liberalism and the
Church; also novels and narratives. notably
Charles Elwood." THE Spirit Rapper" and
a volume called THE Convert; or. Leaves
From My Experience which had wide
reading. After his death his son, Hen
ry F. Brownson. published his writings.
which made nineteen volumes. Doctor
Brownson died in Detroit. Mich, April Il.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-21
INVESTIGATE sUREl
Post once ana other Departments
WIN lei Their Dose OF
WhiteWash.


The republican leaders have decided
that there must be a republican tnVesti-
cation by congress Of the post office de-
partment ito spoil a lot Of democratic
thunder" That means, Of course, a
whitewash and a majority reportthat all
the scandals have been investigated and
all the thieves indicted. One great trou-
BILE with this kind Of an investigation is
that It is partisan and intended to cover
up graft and give a clean bill o health
% the greater rascals. Who ever heard
Of q partisan committee reporting un-
faVorably to Its own party? Who will
compose the committee Of Investigation.
that the speaker Of the house Of represent
tatives viii name? The great majority
viii be the most extreme partisan re-
publicans that can be found willing to
apply the whiteWash with liberal hand.
The investigation by the department Of
hcials has by order Of President Roose-
welt not extended to those who are ac-
cused Of malfeasance In Office three
years ago, as the statute Of Limitations in
the District Of Columbia runs after that
time. Yet it is more important that the
people Of the United States should know
all those that have ~conspired to defraud
the government than q few minor off,
Gals should be indicted.
The only way the voter can be pro-
tected from a repetition Of similar frauds
Is to know all who have been guilty Of
them, so that they can remember them
for popular disapproval If they appears as
candidates for public Office. NO con-
gressional investigation that does not
cover all the post Office frauds viii sat
isfy the voters.
Then there are other departments Of
the government that would seem to re-
Quire Investigation quite as much as the
post office, The interior department
stands charged with ~rottenness in both
the Indian bureau and general land Of
dce and specific charges of m~aIfeasance
IN office are on file in the courts against
the Dawes commission. Perhaps the
lack of energy shown in the land frauds
investigation is to allow another set Of
grafters to cover their tracks by the
convenient route of the statute Of Iimtta-
tons.
There is no doubt that an honest COM
mittee Of Investigation Of all the govern
ment departments would be kept busy
until the end Of the coming session Of
congress, but there is no hope that such
will be appointed.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-21
DRIFT OF OPINION.

The silence at Washington re-
sDecting the case Of Miss Huldah Todd,
the postmistress in Delaware who was
removed to make room for a supporter
of J. Edward Addicks, betOkens a pur-
pose to let the subject Idle out" But it
IS still r~everberating in the columns Of
the press.-N. Y. Post CInd.).
WHEN fraud and bribery charges
were heard, Postmaster General Payne
was able to encounter them with glib
assurance" remarks the republican
Pittsburg Dispatch. "But when a heart
less civil service commissioner asserted
that 10000 fourth-class postmasters are
under the civil service rules he declared
himself to be amazed and thunder
struck" The people are curious to knew
what will be the presidents decision on
this important question. It is up to Mr..
RooseveIt.-BuiIalo Courier.
Our American type Of protection Is
Of an adult, not to say, asenile kind. The
lusty youth and vigor Of our infant in
dustries" have given way to the lean and
%slippered p%antaloon Of D~ingleyism. The
sole hope Of the latter is that 1t may be
able to Withstand in the evil day OF tar
IN agitation, and having done all, to
Btand-pat. 1t has thus come about that
something of the pic~turesuueness Of
antiquity softens the jutting asperities
Of our customs frontier. We are some
what at a loss to distinguish the
crumbling ruin from the mantling ivy.
IN. Y. Post.
Heretofore our organs and cham
pions Of protectionism have exuIted
nightly over every indication that the
British people we're inclined to 20 back
to protection. But now we see no more
Of that. Our protectionists are badly
frightened now that there seems to be
some dangerous reaction. And noawon-
der. They see u export trade, espe-
Cially in agricultural products, seriously
threatened, and no doubt they are deep
ly anxious about the way our farmers.
whom they have fooled so long, wilItake
1t. They have reason to be.-Chicago
Chronicle.
President Roosevelt's alleged
loquacity does not get the better Of him.
in the Huldah Todd ilcident-Albany
Argus.
The republicans Of Massachusetts,
have also got away from the perfection
theory of tariff. Roadway is made slow
ly, very slowly, but 1t is made steadily
In the right Observation-Disclosures.
News Qnd).
Mark Hanna may put much less
stress on the ~stand-pat policy when the
consumer wakes up to the fact that the
protected producers are also standing
pat In the maintenance Of high prices
Chicago Daily News Qnd,).
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-21
MEN VIC LIKE DREAM BooKs
They Are Generally Ashamed of Il
and Tell Fibu when They
Buy Them.

Have you got any OF those fool dream
books?' said a short, stout man, enter
ing an Ann street book store.
Lots of EN-" replied the salesman,
tossing over a pile of paper covered
books, with demons in red and black
adjoining the front pages, relates the
New York Sun.
MY servant girl wants them <
planned the man, half apoIogeticalIy.
Yes" said the salesman, looking
bored.
The man selected three Of the books,
n on dreams; one on fortune telling
and n on handkerchief firtations,
paid for them and went away.
His servant girl wants them" said
the salesman to a friend. 'The old gag.
He wants them himself, and is ashamed
to ask for them.
We get several dozens of that kind in
here every week. They are crazy over
dream books and fortune telling books,
and all that kind Of thing, but they arc
so afraid some one will know it.
almost every n of them blames the
poor servant. That's the most popular
bluff. They laugh, and say they don't
know why the servant wants them,
but they suppose they'd better humor
her.
'Then they take the books home and
read them by the hour. When they've
finished them they come back for more.
ITS best to let them think they are
fooling you, for we sell more books
that way"
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-21
RESCUED By SHAW.
Desperate Measures ResOrted TO be
Gauue o. the Approach
ing Panic.

Secretary Shaw for political reasons
wants to staYe of a panic as long AZ
possible, and at the Maryland and WASH
ington bankers meeting at Old Point
Comfort he declared that "the time has
come when either more government
bonds must be issued as a basis for bank
circulation or some other system must
be adopted" This report Of what Sec
rotary Shaw said was published In the
Washington Post, September &c, and
shows the administration intends to use
its influence for the asset currency plan,
for It is impossible to believe that even
the present administration would issue
0 bonds Just to aid Wall street in the
panic that seems imminent.
When Secretary Shaw says there IL
no danger Of a money panic, but at the
same time advises the bankers that the
conditions are so desperate that, either
more bonds must be issued. Of some other
system of issuing currency must be
adopted, the wise man can read between
the lines and see there r troublous
times ahead. The break may come o
or 1t may be postponed for a time, but
speculation that has run riot. for some
years is certainly exhausted, and much
business and many people are drawing
il. their horns preparing for a rainy day.
Opening the treasury strong boxes to
the banks and overriding the law that
governs tas government deposits and
bank reserves viii only stay the tide
awhile; the evil is too deep rooted to
be cured by a few millions, more or less.
that the treasury has to loan the banks.
The very fact Of the desperate meas
ures that the republican administration
Is taking Will cause more deposits to be
withdrawn than the dollars the treasury
holds that re available to be used to
help the banks.
The chief trouble is the lack Of comb
dence, and that barometer Of the fnan-
cial world-Wall Streets already ex-
p%eriencing a thorough house cleaning Of
the watered stocks that It has been the
main effort Of Secretary Shaw to boil
ster up. The effect Of this will soon be
apparent in the country, the depression
depending on the soundness with which
the local banks have managed their busI-
ness.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-21
m8LURNeR 81 COLOR



lndeciding what color scheme to adopt
lof . room. the FIRST thiagto consider ta
from which point OF ire compass it re-
selves Its light The next Is the wood.
work, and last It's size. Il the wood
work. is Of hard wooditin measures set
ties the question, as the woodwork is
the keynote to the whole. If it Is to be
painted o. stained, it can be painted or
stained to suit any scheme Of color one
wishes, says IN authority in the House.
hold Ledger.
4 room facing north Is without sun-
shine, and this lack Of sunlight should
be supplied ~aTtihcialiy, by an abundance
Of yellow OF red. Light coming from
the north Is said to be a cold light, and
as blue Is a cold color, It should never
be used in such q room. The tempera-
ture Of such a combination in a room
would seemingly fall some degrees. upon
entering from o rich in color. OF
course, it would not actually, only fn eff
feet, and Il q person were Of sensitive
nature it would have a corresponding
depressing effect, and make him low
spirited, when the contrary would be
the case under different conditions.
Blue can only be used In a room that
is flooded with sunshine. Green can be
used in q room lighted only from the
north o south. In the former 1T should
be rich and warm in quality, and the
sash curtains could be either rose color
Or yellow. A touch Of red should be in-
troduced somewhere, as the contrast em-
phasizes the value Of the green.
As a rule the darkest colors are on
the floor, and gradually tighten toward
the ceiling. The hangings should be a
trihe darker than the walls, and the
ceilings considerably lighter than the
walls.
Rec seems to be universally used in
halls-as they seldom require light, and
seem to require red to give a cheerful
aspect. But It should be a bright, bril-
liant color, to overcome the darkness OF
an Unlighted hall. Terra Gotta is not
deep enough and POmpeiian and Indian
reds are not rich enough.
Color has its influence in apparently
increasing or diminishing the size Of a
room. Blue is called a retiring color,
therefore it is used on low ceilings and
elsewhere to give an idea of space, or
rather Of increasing space.
On the contrary, yellow is an ad-
vancing color, and II used generously
will make a room appear smaller. Red
and green make but little difference.
II olive green or red brown be used
in conjunction with mahogany furni-
ture, the general effect would be quito
different from what it would be If blue
were used. Blue would accentuate the
taWny orange in the wood, being its
complementary color.
There should be only one decided col.
or In a room, used as a background,
against which the others are employed
to give value.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-21
Grape Jelly.

Pick very ripe, juicy grapes from
the stems, put into a large earthen
dish and mash well with a potato
masher. Put them into a porcelain
lined or agate kettle, without n
water, cover closely and boil slowly
for Is minutes, keeping them stirred
from the bottom. Then squeeze
through a jelly bag, put the juice
into a large dish and let stand until
next morning. You will find a thin
scum on top of the juice; skim this
of carefully. Measure the juice and
to each pint allow a pound Of sugar.
Dissolve the sugar in the raj
juice: then put it over a quick IRE
in the preserving kettle, boil 20 min
utes, gkimming as necessary. Pour
it into tumblers or cups, and cover
them with tissue paper and cut to fit
the inside. over the tops tie thick
paper, keep in a cool, dry places
Ohio Farmer.