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ivSiPBjwiW'iflWTT'w v - ' T.. The Commoner. VOXJMb 4, NUMBER 35 Sl!!Jpimiivvy!'r'' iwtijNJoiiiKjHHw" 0 house. "In God's namo, what shall I do?" sho cried. Katie told nor mother that she was going to soo tho pollco judge, because, in hor young mind, she could soo tho punishment was going to fall on the Innocent family, instead of oh Its guilty head. So sho tied her hat on undor her chin, kissed hor mother good-by, and ; trippod away to tho pollco court. Sho was a little bit afraid, but somehow sho got hi front of the bar and made this .speech: "Your Honor: Drink has almost ruined this man. If you send him to . jail tho disgrace will break his wife's heart, We will pay his fine. You don't know about tho life of a long shoreman. It is very rough and. there is lots of temptation. Jtfy papa is one, and 'drank until I got him to stop. I . havo seen many men who were re ' formed, by their wives. Don't disgrace ; Mrs. Schmidt by sending her husband : to jail. I'm sure that Mr. Schmidt will ' do better." And ' the judge rescinded the jail sdntenco and imposed a very light fine, and Charles Schmidt went home to his. who, at. least a more tuougnttui man. That is all, but do you wonder that thoro as so many grand, good wives and mothers in the world when mere chirdron are playing humanity's part? .Cincinnati Post. CLUB LIST. Any oncoMl' 'ollowinp will Icfcnt wIlhTHK COMMONJfl, loth cue yenr, 'cr 11 c rhib price. rcrloiUcnlp nny 1 c ton! to ('.Iff rent nddresscs Jl desired. Your Irlcnds irny with to 'oln with yew In rcndlnp lor n romlilnnllor. AllsubFcrip Wen nrc Jrr one yenr,i:rd lincw.l rj:Jn withtho current nurolcr milmothcrwieedlrcotcd. I'res nt niHci Iters rcrd ret w nit rtil tlrlrruh ferlntlonR expire. Pcrewnlp received row will Ic entered lorn lull jenr ironi espirnt Jen date, fulforlpticnfi Jcr l.IUinry Difrtt rnd Publlo Opinion must 'bo nkw. Kencwuls lor theso two not accepted. ronltn pcUnpcextrn. AGRICULTURAL. " Hoe. 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I IJUH , ' ' tothe riunjro: V J, 1 HI til - ?&W-- i lyffllli J vow arc pkee i i' ' ' Mjflif- ' " v f him ISiSS ' I 00 As vow plEASE ' ' ' Si 1 f Imr' rl!r """ LIffliSillifi'''' 0f,T WW0ARE. i'' ' if III l&wT : - I LAWS 0F13 ;s APf'N THE UNITED 5TAT5Jfl "Say, yrhat's the matter with you democrats, anyhow? Ain't we letting tho Filipino do as he pleases V" Club Prlco 81.20 2.25 1.00 1.85 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.85 1.00 1.011 '1.10 1.10 1.00 1.85 1.00' ,1.00 '3.00 Club Prlco JJ.B5 1.85 3,00 S.00 2.00 1.85 1.C0 1.35 1.85 1.85 1.-35 Value of Human Lives The startling information is con veyed in the report of the interstate commerce commission, relating to rail road accidents, that during 1903 there were 9,840. fatalities in America from this cause. It is shown that deaths from railroad accidents in this coun try dvuage one person to every 2, 000,000 that travel, while in Great Britain the rate is one death to every 48.000.000 passengers.' The raflroads of Great Britain and Ireland in 1903 car ried 1,194,833,000 passengers,' and of these but 123 were Wiled and 1,912 were injured. During the same year American railroads carried pnly 694r 89,1,535 passengers, and out of these there were 355 killed and 8,231 injured: These figures also include employes. The cosni.MJssion reports that since the adoption of the airbrake the fatal ities from accidents liave been reduced 32 per cent. There' are thousands of freight iiains running every day. without -his seemingly rtecessary ap The Prairie Farmer. A Leader Among Agricultural Papers Published Weekly at Chicago, Ills. Subscription Prlco, $1.00. Special Offer: THE COMMONER ) and J-Both lyear... PRAIRIE PARMER) $1.00 All Pririe Farmer subscribers will also receive the Home Majazln) monthly supplement, Send orders to The Commoner1, Lincoln, Neb. MAGAZINES. Rear. 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Hundreds of innocent children, affectionate wives and mothers, intelligent and invalu able men are hurled into eternity in an instant; and why? Is it because o negligence on tho part of tho rail road companies? If so, then there must be a remedy, and that remedy must bo reached through the laws of our' lantt, mouoiu uijynuuju vumu prevent many accidents. These appli ances are in tho shape of airbrakes, .electric switches, block-systems,: crps8r Ihe A DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPER. JMAHA V Issued Seml-Woekly. Subscription Price $t.oo W$M$ HERdlD Special Clubbing Offer: Worro"0dvae"r c.on,r:er. $1.25 Send orders to THE COMMONER, Lincoln, Neb. K3V3 ing signals and many other contriv ances that go toward reducing danger. A For years efforts have been made in various states to have enforced 'laws that would compel the companies to adopt systems tending to. reduce the number of accidents, but in every in stance these efforts havo been met with strong opposition. In this rail road companies have held the value ol dollars above human lives. Denver News. ?. ' v ., "' v ' ' ' : -t . ' v. - '