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Lien is inii.it is: has its. H .ii li.-r lli other l;ht A r i . I In-!. ln-r li:iu-l. Ar.il l-.l.l Iht Ii.iw I In W'.rM y--mJ I inl.f An. I f.ilr uri.l rr iii-l 'llii ri. with a ii ruli .f Im. k. H. l l. "W lih I ultt.ivn li.il tin- lu. k T I...M tliN li.iri'l" N-xf vi-ii!m: ul lli lull lie t -1-1 Aie.tlier li.in.l. i- i. ..I lii put ;m. f.ilrly y.lt.-'l: "Tills l.i-.ili tin- l.iili'l' H iv f.-ll.iw. til it w.ih lili ;wi. ii. k I wl-.li I :i I y i li.ol tin- In. k liol-l IliU I. .ui.l'" - i'lill.i.li l.lii.t l l. V THE JOURNEY BACK l! W. . NM V I II "I'i: ti l mm h ul' a life, I. in' a hind Tit ;i ii . In li you uni lv lor some lolks. 'I In n I v.a i nit in tin- prairie e-oun-t r . mill i f i : 1 1 nuv, i" r A Imii day's work, ati'l win ii it ;ii don-, iio'hin' to iln I. ul hit stroll a I ami ui! you was back at the old home aval". And tliiiikiti' an' ill aniiii', alri-ainiii an' thiiikin' till yon till a'd.ep. A cros.;-grain'-d. slinky, iu:irr !-- in" man to work for; ene you couldn't satisfy, no matter how wi ll you iliil your work; ami with u wif that matched him. Hut It was diff'rent jeMer Ncllie'd romc to work there; iliff'n-tit for nn', I m-an. They I i 1 n't change any. tin less 'I was to grow harder to please. I tut what iliil 1 rare for all their tin antii sn after Ne-Ille'd e nine? Pshaw, I didn't notii-i? It, for IM something belter to think about. I ran t ehse ribo folks looks never ouhl. I'm afraid I ran t make you fi-il the half how pretty ami elainty Nellie really was. with tier har. gray eyes that at times seemed to ! look In" m f ir ofT, ami her figure so slim ami gra ful, an. I ln-r soft brown hair. How itiil sh come to be worl.in' for th-ra, so din'rent from them a? she wa,? Will, that I never kncv i viKlly, fur liny never spike to mo :ilmn her iin.l she never talked much ii fi mt the thin;-,.- i knew was t rouhlitig In r. tor all her laughiu' ways. I had a kiml of ai. iilea. though, that she w a -t soim-way.s related, that her peo ple was dead, an' that rdie'd heetl of fend a home there for her work. Wt II. th' days run along, ami Nellie ami I was p;. 1 1 in" better atquainttil all thi tim. I me trom a rougher stL k than her, ami wasn't naturally Imt sort at all, Lut I know 1 was a lt-tter man. ami a cleaiicr imo every way than befort sh'"tl runic into my Iif-. Th sii;ht of lu-r filleil me with ilrternitnation to mako a sucos:4 or myself. Hut what could I hope to do. tayltT th'ro n that farm? 1 felt I must K't up and out. and rub up against the world, and make a man f myself; and thin oh, perhaps tbea win NHlii. I've said I wa3 dead In love with Nellie-, hut don't think I'd told her so. I'orhapa she knew it. for somehow a irl generally guesses at a man's feel in' towards her. though he mayn't have said a word. Hut ii she did sbc never let on. Just before Neilie'i! ermo I'd writ t- n to my brother, who was pros poi f!'i' up in Mimlara, askin' him if he thought there'd b. a chatiee for rre ip there. Well, one day. .-ev'ra! f!'etitl;s alter that, his answer rearhe.l me lie said f-r tue to tome at l ine. In-te-id v'i ;,'',:'t' to Ne"'e then ami tin te. HUe n ii.r.i. and teliiu' her how I f.U towards her. nnl nskin' her ii she'd In' wiliin' to have me for her husband: ard. if so. if she'd wait tor me till I pit my start instead of that, thinks I. I ll jut slip away without savin' anything, and when the proper time coi'.H s I'll come back u:id asU Iter. T'tat rvenin when I be;;an to pari; up my things. N. Uie saw me, an' asked w hat I w as doin'. "l)h. just poia' up m the country a ways." says I. "I suppose it must seem dull to you hi'." h.iys Nellie. "Hut you're r.ot poin' tiT be Ri'tu lonp. that is. very lonir. are yt.u?" The prt'tty child. I could see she was trying to talk in a lively, cheer ful way; jet she couldn't keep an anxious tone out cf her voice. "Well." says I. "that'll depend most ly on whether I have luck or nor. 'I cjn't make you feel the half how pretty Nellie wa." There's a girl. too. that'll have some- thir. to say about it. I could see Nellie civc a start when I said that, and thinks I. "she knows of course I mean her." Hut jiut then I was called away by Mr. Morse, my employer, who wanted some heip out in the stock sheds, and was Lcyl lons;er'n I'd exp -ctcd. and so didn't pet to tell Nellie that niphi what I'd Anally decided I would. 'Twas late when I pot through an' went back to tne bouse, an Nellie'd gone to her room. I hal to be up and off early the next mornir.', for there was a lorp valk to the station, and the train went through about five o'clock. 1 huns around, waltin' for Nellie to come down, but she didn't appear. -Than I began to think she might be lllf 1 f st.iyin' l.aek purposely, !rea'iii' to meet me beeuuse she didn't are for me al'!-r all. and was alraid of wlia' I iniv.ht ask her. Fool uuain, I was! So I didn't wait quite as Ion-; as 1 mip;ht, but went away fe-lin' as if I'd a lump of b-ad in my heart. .Montana's a preat tountry. My brolher'n I worked s'de by Hide, day after day. week after week, pettin' what we'd come for the mountains' j'old. We'd had inore'n usual luck, and twice had struck it rich. Hut hard as I worked, and caper as I was for succ ess, there was one tiling I was always thir.kin' about, an' that was NHiie. What vat she doin'? Did she ever think of me? Did she care for ine? Such questions I was askln" my- "Seems to me I ought to know ycu." self all the time. Hut, fool that I was I didn't write to her. for I was think fn" all the while, "I'll be poin' back to her soon; then there'll be time for her to answer all my questions." I've said we'd had more'n usual luck, my brother and I; so after eight months or so, one day, says I to my self. "Now's the time for me to go back and ask Nellie." I ll never forget that journey back. What a happy world this looks like if you're only happy yourself. I was two days on the trail hick to the rail roa.l town. It seemed a rouph, lone some road when I was coniia"; but oin' back I could feel the beauty of ;!: will country. And then on the train, two more days. How difTrent if ;'!! seemed from when I went. I was interested now in everybody and v . ryt!:::i I sr.w. At no small town where the train stopped a few minutes I looked out. and there was a little jewelry store aero -ss tlu- street. A sudden thought came to me, an' out I dashed. I guess that jeweler thought I was a crook when I burst in and a.-dced to see the best diamond rings for ladies he'd got. Hut my roll showed him I meant straight business, and it was soon done. Hack to the train I ran, and got it just as it was pnllin out. "Well." thinks I. " 't ain't much of a ring. I'm afraid; but gladly I II get lu-r a better one. if only she'll be willin to take it from me, and wear it." 'Twas toward nightfall of the sec ond day. just in the gray of the twi light, that the train reached my stop pin' place. It had been a happy jour ney back. Out I piled into the cool air. and walked along the platform, lookin' to see if there was anyone I knew. 1 didn't see anyone at first, but when the train rolled on east I noticed a farmer on a wagon just over the cither side of the tracks, and saw 'twas Mr. Welker that lived a couple o" miles past Morse's farm, where I was bound for. "(lood evenln". Mr. Welker." says I. "If you're goin' to be headin' for home soon, will you give me a lift as far as Morse's?" The old man locked sharp at me. "i-Veru's if I ought to know you." he says. "Why. ain't you the young chap that was workin' out there at Morse's last year, and went to make your for tune somewheres out in the wilder ness?" "Guess you're right." says I. "And' so you didn't get your for tune." "What makes you think that?" "Why. natural enough: I figure that no one that's ever left old man Morse's will yearn particular to go back except he's dead broke." "Well, you're not si far off there." says I: "but then you see it's some body besides Morse and his wife I'm goin to see." "Then I'm "feared you won't see him. leastways r.ot tonight." says he. "for there ain't no one elst livm with Vm." Somehow, his words sent a chill through me. "You don't mean." says I. ' at there's no one at all llvin' w' j "em?" "Is there?" says he. "Why. Nellie Miss Wesley you hnow isn't .she stayin' with 'em still?" The old man looked at me a long time before he finally shook his head. "My boy," says he, "you won't find her there. . And soyou hadn't heard of it? I guev.s It wan t very many weeks after you'd left. Yes, my daughter knew her a little, and after hearin' she'd come down, used to ride ni-r o'-casionnlly to see her. The doc tor said 'twas the typhoid was ailin' lur; but my girl thinks 'twas that an Hom thin" benhb's, soim-thln' that was wi-arlrt' on lu-r mind. I reckon th-rn miserable Morses hadn't treated her any too good; for thouph she didn't complain, beln' of the gentle sort, my daughter Kiispicioneil the poor child was dying', for some reason, of a broken heart." THE MINISTER MEANT WELL. But His Good Wishes Boded III for the Congregation. The debt of the struggling; little church had all been paid off but J-jOU. A minister noted for his skill and sureess i:i raising church funds had been sent lor and was presiding over he meetinv. Tie work of stirring up tin- an li.-ie e to the requisite pitch of enthusiasm had begun. Subscriptions rose rapidly to Ji'uu. n to ?;;hm, and alter considerable effort. to $1"". where they stuck. In vain the visit ing brut her cxhortc-d ami pleaded. The limit of the cash resources of the lougregut ion appeared to have been ie;ii ei. and at last he sat down dis couraged. 'I hen Jlrother ISurynu-n. a highly re spected undertake r, who had made a liberal .subscript ioii already, rose and .mi id: "Hrethren, this thing shan't fall through after it has got as far along as $loo. I believe in a man giving as he has prospered, and. although I have given a pretty good sized donation, I am ready to do more. I'll pay the last $10 myself." "I don't know your name, brother," shouted the visiting preacher, jump ing to his feet with enthusiasm, "but I hop? your business will double dur ing the coming year, and I believe it will." A MOUNTAIN BREAD BAKER. Mrs. Gamble Achieves Fame by Her Good Cooking. Mrs. I'eter Quintman (Iambic is a proud woman. Her pride is in "the bread that tastes like cake." Mrs. Gamble lives six miles from New Florence. Pa., on a farm in the heart of the Allegheny Mountains of the wc-i-tern part of the; Keystone State. The regi'in round about is still Jarcely wild and Jim- trout lishing and siT-..'ll gnir.e about. d. Mrs. ( la!. lble's house is in the cen ter of 1 1 1 1 . : sportsman's paradise. As a result sic is constantly being impor tuned by Nimrods from western New York, eastern Ohio and West Vir ginia, as well as from all parts of Pennsylvania, to give th.-m lodging. Many are favored, and as a result pet to know of the graham bread that tastes like cake1. When these? men return home they fi'id themselves longing for another taste of Mrs. Gamble's bread, and as a result this woman of the mountains is constantly receiving letters from all parts of the states mentioned asking her "please to send along a loaf or two of that delicious graham bread of yours." Hence Mrs. Gamble's pride; she is the most famous bread baker of the Alleghenies. In Norway and Spain. Norway has a beautiful Christmas custom. In front of every home on Christmas morning is fixed a pole and from it are hung offerings of corn and wheat for the winter birds. The Nor wegian system of giving at Christmas lide is peculiar. Presents wrapped in huge trusses of straw are thrown into a hor.se through windows or open doors, and the recipients are left to guess where the offerings come from till the following Christmas clay, when tnere is a geaerul confession all round. In Spain all work cease ;; at noon on the clay before Christmas and the peo ple make ready for the great midnight mass. Three hours before this every prison in the land is visited by judges, accompanied by advocates, and all prisoners held for minor offenses are releaseel with a benediction and a gift of a little money. Most Spanish fam ilies employ physicians by the year, and their doctors' bills are all paid on Christmas day. In the morning the front door of every home is left open ami scavengers, porters and beggars enter ami ask for a Christmas offer ing, which in most cases is freely given. Christmas Carol. e lively voices ef the pky. Tii it "hymtie-il the Savior's birth. Are - not sint;inir still in hiuh. Ye "that sansr. "Peace on earth"? Tn us yet iiH:ik thi strains. Whi-rVwitii in the days n""- by. Ye blessed Syrian swains. O voices f the sky! c clear and shiimisr lisht. whose beams That hour heaven's nlory shed Around th palms, ami o'-r the streams Ami on the shepherd's head: He near through life' and death. As ia that holiest night Cf Hope, and Joy and Faith. I) clear and shining light: c star which led to Him. whoso love Brought il'iwn mint's ransom free; Where are thou? 'midst th hosts above. M ty we stiil gaze on thee? In heaven thou art not et. Thy rays earth might not dim Send th-'m to gui le us yet. c st ir which led to Him. Kelkia Hemans. Kelvin Dislikes Electric Light. It is a curious fact that Lord Kel vin, who has done so much to ad vance the world's knowledge of elec tricity, dislikes the electric light. When he visited this country a few years ago with Lady Kelvin they spent a week-end with Mr. and Mrs. George Westinghouse. wTiose Lenox home after sundown is a blaze of elec cricity. The first night they spent there Lady Kelvin rang up a servant to beg they might "be accommodated with a couple of tallow dips, as they were unaccustomed to such intense light in their bedroom." lord Kelvin's country home in Scotland is an unostentatious house overlooking the Clyde at Largs, where electricity is unknown even for public illumination. Shelling the Parquet. "How was that play 'The Fall of Santiago'?" "Great! The shells fell among the audience." "Yon don't say!" "Yes, the gallery boys were eating peanuts." rOS'JWFICK UK AFT. ITS MAGNITUDE ONLY PAR TIALLY DISCOVERED. Postal Car Rent and Padding the Mail a Constant Drain on Uncle Sam System Rotten in Many of It-. De pal tments. The rc jiort ,on the postoffice frauds x a most appalling revelation of the ottenness of the department, but the eport is more remarkable for what it omits or only hints at, than for the 'Xosures it makes. It is evident that he; rascality commenced the moment Senator i I anna banded over the pat ronage: to his favorites, after the cor rupt campaign of lS'JO. Perry ; Heath was made: the dispenser c.f 1 patronage jiud the looting at once be- ! an. Post master (Jcm-ral Smith ai- i pears to have been a ligure iieail. who , either was incapable t administering j his e.-llie e. or refused to :,ee the cor- ! runt ion that v.a.; p:-nii'aii:ig it. The , exposure .i' the scandal -i would never ; have I i en m-t.ie- if the- heads of tin- de i partrni tit had tied disagreed about the-ir re.oiert ive -rights, and the; bia I . n re-ck!.-:iie: s of II; avers am! .Ma j c-lie-n. The r' fere-nce In the Ihislo-.v I report te work of sundry congressmen inducing Men vers to incre-asi the salar ies of the-ir favorites is only hinted at, but it was the dispe-nsat ion of these. favors that gave: the looters power with those they aided and forced through appropriations fr;r double the amount necessary so that the "rake off" could be gathered in by the con spirators. So influential with the Committee on Postoflices and Post Jtoads had the chief looters become that Congress in its last session pro vided for the raising of the .salaries of both Heavers and Machen. Mr. Hristow's report is an indict ment of Postmaster General Payne, for he says: "What the service most .needs is honest, intelligent and vigor cms administration," and he points out the defects of Mr. Payne's managej ment. When this is taken in connec tion with the "hot air" and other ex clamations of Postmaster General Payne when the first exposures were made, indicates as General Bristow evidently believes, that Mr. Payne was determined to thwart any inves tigation. Yet Mr. Payne continues, by the grace of President Roosevelt, a member of his cabinet, and Perry Heath is to continue secretary of the Ilepubliean National Committee. Hut the greatest frauds in the: postoflice de partment have not been investigate! and net hint is given that they ever will be. The railroads r.re receiving at ie-asi eior.iiie, wnat tue Jaw contem plates, for carrying the mails. They receive rent for postal cars, enough in one year, to buy all the cars. The agents of the railroads are active in padding the returns of the periodical weighing of the mails, so that the average is vastly augmented and the cost of carrying the same is increased far beyond all reason. This depart ment of the iMistoffice service is under the supervision of the second assist ant postmaster general, and if any one is interested in knowing the vast powers and opportunities for graft that the law and regulations of the j department offer in this branch of the service it is only necessary to rej'er to page 93S of the Postal Guide, under the head of "Office of the Second As sistant Postmaster General" the guide can be found at any postoffice, and it will be seen that the second assistant postmaster general can wield enormous power for gcod or evil. The railroads alone received for the year 1892 $3!),0o3,GrS for carrying the mails, being one-third of the whole expenditures jf the department. The cost of carrying that portion of the mail handled by the railroads has in creaseel from .IOCS per mile in 1S7S to .1L'7S in 19'i2. And the cost per capi ta of population has been added to in even greater proportion for each dec ade. In 1 SSO the cost 'was about 20 cents for each man, worrnn and child, in lSC'n about thirty cents, and in 1900 ever fifty cents. The basis for these figures will be found in the statistical Abstract of the United States for 19U2. page 439. This increased cost to the people, that the railroads demand and a com placent Congress and administration allow for carrying the mail offers a large field for an honest investigation of the office of the second assistant postmaster general. If an honest weighing of the mails could be had with no notice given of the time when it would occur, so that padding the amount could not be resorted to, an enormous saving would be made. If the Republican majority of Con gress would revise the law so that a reasonable price for mail cars should be paid another great saving would follow. Then there are the special subsidies granted by Congress to some of the railroads for running fast mail trains, which for instance, pads the amount paid by the government for carrying the mail on the Southern railroad to the enormous figure of $1,640,523 when the receipts for express over the same road was only $770,327. The statistics do not give the number of pounds of mail and express carried by the railroads but it is certain that express matter far exceeded the mail in weight and yet the sum paid for the mail was much over double. The looting by the railroads far ex ceeds all that has been exposed by the Bristow report and if President .Roosevelt is really intent on sweeping the postoffice department of graft, he will find the dirty work has only been partially accomplished. A partisan In vestigation by Congress would be worthless and will only be undertaken for white-washing purposes, for the investigators are recipients of favors from the railroads, by accepting passes and other friendly turns and are hardly likely to smite the hands that have been kind to them. It is un fortunate that President Roosevelt should have received even greater favors from these corporations by riding on special trains furnished by the railroads free of cost, it is there fore unlikely that he will feel free to stop their looting. Obliging tne Sugar Trust. "Ask and you shall receive" is the motto of the Sugar trust. It asked our senate a few weeks ago to oblige it by delaying action on the Cuban reciprocity bill until the agents of the trust had time to buy up all of tno ugar In the back country districts, while it was cheap ami before the little planters there had heard that the duty on sugar itnortel Into the United States was going to lw lowered soon. The Republicans In the senate soon arranged Sur the delay. It appears now not only that the trust agtnts have bec-n buying up the sugar, but that they have been buying the sugar lands also. Mr. Robert N. Hiirnett, the tlnancial writer on the Washington Post, says in his le tter of Dec. writte-n from New York: "A report has been current that many Cuban plantations have been purchased in the interest of the Sugar trust, to which it will take title afte r the reciprocity treaty is signed. This would afford th" company all the hcit edits arising from the reduced tariff. Some think the Sugar trust afte-r tin ne-w law has become effective will In: able to control the- raw sug.tr market e-ve-n to a gregter extent than it do.. the market for re-lined." REPUELICAN MACHINATICNC. Party Lenders Aim to Stifle Di incur sion Delay e.nd Disccrd. 'if:' K publican h-ade;-;; seem to bf struck with paralysis of fear h ; t a -liscusi ion should arise in Congress on the tariff and trti.-.t is: ue. Hut that bold political bucraneer Senator l-'eua- ke-r. comes out. in a carefully prepared interview- in the Washington Star cut ting l.iose from his Republican col leagues and declares: "Let tiie-m (the Democrats) talk tariff if they want to. What have we to be concerned about? We admit that some schedule':; of the !:ngley tariff act, framed in 1SJ7, may not be altogether satisfactory," and he continues with a good many other declarations to show, at least, that he is not alraid. It is possible that this fire alarm is sounded be cause the near approach of the end of the senator's term makes it impera tive that he place himself on the popu lar side of the tariff anil trust issues anil not with the other Republican leaders who have organized a "gum shoe" brigade. There is further evi dence that Senator Koraker is tread ing on thin ice, for Senator Hanna de clares that Senator Foraker will be as a matter of courtesy, allowed to h.i one of the delegates at large from Ohio to the Republican National Con vention, but none of the Forake r fol lowers will be permitted to partici pate. That may account for Senator Foraker bucking the program of tho "stand patters." Mr. Payne, the Republican floor leader of the llou.ie ejf Representa tives, in replying to the twitting of liie Democratic leaders upon the eUlLi (ory tactics of the majority and caking f'.r a deiiiiite statement of party pol icy, said: "The Republicans would hardly care to take up the question of tariff revision and disturb business conditions on the eve of a presidential campaign." He also said the time was not opportune to consider reci procity with Canada. That direct evi dence of the fear of the Republicans that any measure of tariff reform should even be considered is supple mented by other evidence oi secrecy, fear and trembling. During the same time that the above discussion was go ing on the United States Potters' As sociation met In Washington for tho double purpose of holding the annual convention and impressing the Re publican leaders with the necessity of "letting well enough alone." The pot tery trust is protected by a duty of Oo per cent ael valorem and the enor mous protection is largely increased by unfair valuation of foreign im portations by the customs officers, who are selected for their friendship to the protected trusts. The meeting (,f the Potters' trust was concluded by a banquet to which several Republi can senators and representatives were invited to be present and make speeches. These congressmen, the Washington Post declares, "made it a condition of their acceptance that nothing of what they might say should by any means get into print. The congressmen who are said to have im posed this condition and who were at the banquet and delivered addresses included Senator Scott and Represen tatives Gnisvenor, Dovenor and Payne. What was said was kept secret, but doubtless each and every congressman declared that the Potters must con tinue to be protected at the expense of the whole people of the United States. Hut why was it necessary to keep these well-known views of these Re publican leaders secret? Why are Mr. Payne and especially Mr. Grosvenor who are usually so anxious for pub licity, afraid to have their "stand pat" ideas and their defense of protection to the trusts made public? The an swer must be, "they fear the people." There are indications that the pres ident is very restive in fact, rearing like an unbroken broncho over this determination of the Republican lead ers to prevent discussion of the tariff. He has evidently arrived at the con clusion that the great majority of the Republican leaders are determined to "stand pat" to his detriment and ap parently for the purpose of unhors ing him. The president knows that the vast majority of the American people are demanding that the tariff protection which allows the great trusts to extort enormous profits from the consumers must be reduced and the shelter that the tariff gives must be abolished, so that we of the United States can, at least, buy our own products as cheaply as the trusts sell to foreigners. No gum shoe meth ods nor secret palaver can hide the tariff robbery and the Democrats in congress will find a way to discuss the situation in spite of the Repub lican leaders. Protect the Laborer. As the Republicans declare that the present tariff duties are meant to protect tho present wages of Ameri can labor, it is up to them to tell the American consumer how much the duties should be reduced when the trusts cut wages 20 per cent. Wage reductions have already begun, but the Republican leaders declare that the protective tariff must not be even brought up for discussion In the pres ent congress. High cost of living and reduced wages may protect the trusts but the voters who thus suffer will hardly feel like continuing the party in power that stands for iL Commoner FROM FAT 1 1 KR TO SON. John D. Roekefillcr. Jr.. In an ad dress to his Sunday h hool class re cently said: "I fe-.ar that the tnoelerii tendency Is to forced the duty we owe to the Lord in th struggle to advance ourselves In a worldly sense; te ac cumulate riches or aeepilre a position of (lower. It should not be. Our find thought sheiuhl be 'How can we best se rve the Ird?' " The Junior Rockefeller should invite the senior Rockefeller to becoiic a member of his Sunday school class. t will be rctiienibc red that John D. Rockefe-lbT. sr. recently vaid that religion had been so "comforting" him that some times he f. !t that .. .H to he' tell wanted (o go em the platb the people all about it. With a few lev,; -mis on I lio'-e- gi i n by Koi kel e i !. 1 in ami th. line . to Ho of Ins l.e- New York Sundav ;i h.iol c v. York Sin !er, ir., mi' h.io p'-r. a - Ii M I. iiaih to ' I el 1 . in l t well I : om pi ice e tiongh making of oil. lorn mot 'ii t ml to inn i a.- PAYNirs - nor ah:." Refe-i i ing to Mr. Roo;-e eit 's re marks on the Hlbtovv npoit. Senator t'a' t'iri'-k of Ten m-;.; i c- made this in teresting ulillliii'lil: "The- pteiiihtit makes the he-l he call out of the sit li nt ic -:i . lie deals very i''n.'ct!.v with Perry lle-.ith. v.iio wis cvidinily very eii ep in (he mire. lie seems fo give- Postmaster Oem-ral Pay tie the- credit for the investigation, when, as a mat ter of fact. Mr. Payne did nothing- but pooh pooii the charge's by cii'iIariiiK they were 'hot air.' At tie time of his appointment as post ma:te-r general. Mr Payne? was known to be a political wire-puller ami spoilsman of xUt low est type. The pi e-siele-nt's attempt te shield him. therefore, emphasizes the importance o an investigation not ab solutely contiolled by the administra tion. Whether such an investigation will be permitted remains te be nfcn. The; prese nt indie at ions arc that, it. will not bo permitted." A PECULIAR KIND OF "IIKATIUINS." A short, time ago Manila was the scene of some remarkably brilliant fetes, being in the nature of a Vene tian carnival It is re ported that these fetes have never been excelled in de sign and display, and that (Jovernor Taft and his retinue were delighted at the wondrous spectacle. For the infor mation of the-se who still e-inj to the notion that the Filipinos are ignorant lie at hens it may be state-d that these great speetaele.s were e.-?;eei,t ( d from designs furnished by the? native pro fessors and sitieients ir. the Manila academy ejf line iirts. The rpe-e taele of u lot of 'heathens" ami "ignorant bar barians" maintaining an aeaele i.iy of line arts is certainly an interesiiim one. A PCCT'I IAR ('ASK DFCIDHU. The supreme court of Nebraska has just eieeidcel a peculiar ease. The founder of Lyons. Neb., who owned the original townsite. had ine-orporated in every deed that liquor shoulel never be sold on the premises., the penalty being that the property would revert to tho original owner or his heirs. The founder is dead. Recently his heirs brought suit to ree-over yosscssion of a lot, alleging that the the-n owner had sold liquors thereon. The lower court htld the original provision to be legally sound, anel on appeal the su preme court affirmed the deie-Lsion. eif the lower court. A VERY GOOD SFCU-ESTION. In his memorandum accompanying General Hristow's report. Mr. Roose velt suggests that a law be e nae te-d extending from three to Jive years th' statute of limitations. Commenting unou this sugge.-t ion. the l.oui-.vil!" Courier-Journal ve ry gc-sts: "One method !;ue ii corruption is aire properly sug of preventing lvrady in f.i.'- power v ii.'io it aiie'.i' ion.il i i t.i- s h-.-t ion of a for his i-a-n '. n y of the president, legislation. Thut ; posim:;: t r gen' ral to Ettt-r.d to the I'll. lie hi:: ii.e-.s. and not for his qua !i""jt ion to th" iir'rsonai htisinei.i velt." for at te-.)(l!H; of Mr Roo.-e - VvTIY THE M ESSAC ! Sl'iiAIt- DLE.S." People who keep in e-Jej:--. touch v. Mb events ate n' surprised that. Presi dent Rooscvelt'.j last message lacks candor, and is on the whole a very tame state paper. A review of presi dential messages submitt ;.d to 'in gress at the session just prior to a presidential campaign will disclose the fact that it Ls customary to make- sm h messages a "straddl'." With politi-al ambition on one side and party fealty on the other, ic is not unnatural for the executive to be very cautious and conservative. This would not he nec essary if a president were ineligible for re-election. Speaker Cannon has received many compliments becau.se he ordered a lob byist out of his office. The lobbyist in question, however, wns not a mem ber of congress Uncle Joe wouid earn the heartfelt gratitude of the people if he kicked a lot of lobbyists out who are members of congress. In view of recent developments, the administration press is not now lay ing especial emphasis on the "redemp tion of Nebraska" from fusion control. That section of tne president's mes sage dealing with the trusts has some thing of a "come on boys" invitation between the line.. The Philadelphia Public Ledger and other administration organs are print ing long and solemn editorials on "the decline of socialism." finding that sub ject much easier to discuss than the decline of prosperity. The difference between federal taxes and federal surplus is growing wider, the former standing still and the latter decreasing. The ship subsidy promoters read a certain portion of the message with a suspicious drooping of the left eye lids. The president is so earnest about his fight on the trusts that he ask3 for authority to divert that $500. eon prosecution fund to some other pur pose. The more the people study the isth mian situation the harder it is for the pre-sident to keep his Panama cn Etraight. The president does not recommend enough commissions to make up for the many omissions of h'3 administration Comment HHAVi: WORD.-: IM'T FF.W DICKDH. ' U'hal we ne.el In to feci ngaltiHt wrong doing no im-re pahhlve reproba tion, but the active desire to bunt the w rong-iloi-r down " Thorn ar very bra weinln. Tbe-y wound very well. Indeed. "Words itre Koe! wben harked tip by eb'cds. ami only ho." Thorn aro ve ry bi ave wnrds, too. The two epiola- flOHM here given Hie frolll the MHIII Kource. The lnte le nt i Itl.eti In cor dially invlteil f com i list I he word of th. author with bis dec . The tio-U will alfotil plenty of opportunity for kttlkini; contrast. Till: Till N MASK OF II Y It K'RIS Y. When th Filipinos complained they v. en told that M was "tin n.lYhl el-n- til.v ." W'hi 'i ( 'o.'ou; hia e oiiiplaltoi i ll" in te! The il.- t i it IS i1 ive. n lied I that It i "iii-uilli : I eh-- liny. :ints v.i te t.,l. tli.it It was "niiiii li tiuv " The poll an- told Unit "i iat Id ; t ih : tiny." Slmm M il lie . .i I it pi i ales a re i oui- to in re pi i.ubjic.at Ion by itroin'. in'e., i "lirinlli.t cl -i 1 1 II V A lll i h "III.' Il ' I t lies t he e t en Hi Ul crl. h .'l! ptete l:. I he h. ( t :.:., doing. Ml. MOUCAN Pa nn ma has Mo: ran as it s l,e e ,111115 wit h liny" a ; linn:, is eel V il t Hi' I. If l .. II: l pt a I i e el 111 o'll a Ii v po- I i j t fotth ai I'm- w i otig- A GOOD SELECTION. .1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 .1. Ph i -pout Ii :i I iu-i nl . TIi in Is ill I he eternal Iilliess eif thill;;. Panama ii a proposition lhat naturally appeal: lo a man who Ii.'io bei tl engage el ll l ellilig wind atl'l water, ami .Minimi Is the sort of lliuin cial manager to i e omiiie ml himself to exploiters who have nothing In par ticular to sell Mive fct er.t ex ye-cl at lolih. The Panamans, heiweve r, should e are f.illy study tin shipbuilelliiK Iniht case before trusting too nimh to the finan cial wisdom of Mr. Morgan. THE DOODLE I tM IN OLD MISSOURI. The minimis! rut ion press, pursuing the tactics of the cuttlefish. Is howling itself hoarse over political corruption in Missouri. Hut it will be notb-eil that the administration press Is not giving the patty nlliliai Ion of the booellcrs who have been indie (c el. That would net suit their case at nil. Th fac t of Hie matter Is. mend, or the Mis souri e-otl'llpitonists thus fier ex Mifeil are re publicans. Does any Hdmlnlsti a lion organ possess the eanelor to tell the whole truth about the matter? FROM CAUSE TO EFFECT. The preside lit had nothing lo say in his nies'-age about the- latlfi'. The rea soa is tioi bard to find. The tariff is res ponsi i ! for i-oiu' of the- 1 1 ns I .- . and tln.se trusts have shown their ic adici"-'.s te pay lo- tarilf favors by contributing lil" ii'lly to On- republican lami aign fin d. And a campaign fund must be psovie'eel ii certain plans arc i-.irce sf ul ue-.: i y ::r J ty "i.ta ml i u g pat" on th'- la; iff the president doubt less will 1' nd the campaign fund in workable shape ai the il,',!it time. SUUJECT TO REVISION It is not i e aide thai a number of new-papers that have we, r: hipped long at the Cleveland shrine do not. exhibit any s;gns of accepting as final Mi. Cb-ve hind's hirt epistle c oncerning lh' preside-ncy. In this they show e-on-Kie'e ruble wisdom. A very little e ffort will serve to recall the fad that Mr. ('l-ve land one e- eteciareel against a sec ond term, and did so In very c Icar-cut and e-mphatic language. Hut be after wards ehange-cl his mind. The Ne-w York World comparer Neldei rnicr. the "boy bandit" of Chl-e-atr,o. to some- of the Wall stte-e-t operator.--. This U unfair to a fe How who !s In hind the bars and nimble to utealc !'l his own er I'-nse. The p:e;;h! one v be !M that v-'ord Sioux ' i t ' r. H!' o:d. is ' -. the n i!o s :i'.i lo 1.11' ll "ity .Journal vsage. hoi.'e'd '.mi-rie aiiism t't us have i.ays th" down t' " II thi.- i jtvai.. pro-tit ete that gi ,.r :i I : ng oi l' leibih 'Ml 1 lie : I e- U';M ' Irian:-'; er;, I if". ;: bit pre-pariiu; ;:- v Il a ;f to . i Mr. Tli'-.ilore Ko' it v. ii ii now a i.d . o. p. i:::t io.vil sa:.i.: of th. 1 ion of li' li t he dal e on e.-u- It remain:-; ' per.fije v j ;in ve-;i ian i he ory i'l ( to he (,!,:; r i :-e I ;i W e the-r f b r as final the Poos' -,t traty obligations v. I.' n il i:: profitable 1 1 : Tel aide-. ;:.oiel w!.e !i they rue tuipioljl. There is el,'- thing that, must 1;" ::airj in Great Uritain's fa1, or- when that ii2tion wurits tej ,"rab a :-.lice- ,f trii- tory it hypei'-j i t in." eio'-s t::'- grabbing without, any teal cant about "rr.sinife rt ees-. Trui-ts e .;rr"t;ey re fer m. ship sub--sidy and tariil might have secure '1 more rc ej:n it ion in the message- if it were r.ot for the lae i that a campaign, and an e ;-ctio:i are- due; next ye ar. The preside r.t's refcence te) "our tin paralleled prosperity" vill be; intense ly interesting to the .ViO.'huj wag-worke-rs who find 'heir envelopes . in side rabty lighter tjii pay day. One-half of the Panama army is be ing rushed to the south tej n-pe-l the Colombian attack. The oth-r half Is in town drawing rat!c,ns for himself and comrade. The Fairbanks presidential boom peerr.s to be working the '"manifest destiny" dodge on Mr. Roej.-e;vc!t. The presidential nominatbm is chas ing Uncle Mark Hanna. and Uncle Mark finds his game bg very con venient. The indications are that the Moron did ne-t begin quite In time to have the anticipated effect on congress. The president's war on trusts nut Seeietary Hay' ejpen door victory ia Manchuria Eem to be paired ejff. That Panama business might have been expedited by seneling the boodle with the treaty A pauper in the right is Letter than a millionaire in the wrong. Come theories are like gunpowder- most useful when exploded. There"? nothing more dfsgactful than ir.sine er'ty. A hariiy home Is the reflection of heaven. It isn't every married couple that Is a pair. A broken encasement ii a case cf Tins o2." ft