THEY FEEL HURT
BRITONS WANT TAFT TO MAKE
BRIEF VISIT, AT LEAST.
WOULD MEET KING EDWARD
Washington Has Been Advised That
Visit Would Suit the English
People, Who Wish to
See Him.
A Ixmdon, November 10, dispatch
says: If Secretary Tuft does not visit
England on his way home from the
oast it will bo a keen disappointment
to his many admirers In the British
Isles.
When the Itinerary of his around
tho world trip was published In Lon
don shortly after his departure for
Japan and It was noticed that he
plnnnod to visjt Berlin and St. Peters
burg, but that he was not going to
stop in either Paris or London, steps
were takon to try to induce the secre
tary to come here Tor a day or two
at least to meet some of the leading
public men. In this case Mr. Taft
would, of course, be received by King
Edward.
Washington was advised through
tho usual official channels thnt Mr.
Taft's visit here would he agreeable
and thorc Is still some hope, In spite
of tho fact that the secretary has
written that he is hurrying home to
prepare his report for the opening of
congress, that he will take a steamer
from some English port Instead of go
ing direct from Berlin to Cherbourg'.
CREOLE CASE IS A FAILURE.
Effort to Classify Loutniartians Meets
With No Success.
An attempt to have Louisiana
Creoles placed In a class so distinct
from American citizens that they
would have different jury rights failed
In the Louisiana supremecourt.
T. M. Labordo, whose counsel
claimed him to be a Creole, in appeal
ing a forgery charge, claimed that his
jury should have been composed
either entirely or largely or Creoles.
Ills counsel claimed that although La
horde lived In ti parish where 95 per
cent of the population was Creole,
nearly nil his jurors were Americans.
Creoles were defined as descendants
of French and Spanish ancestry, par
ticularly French. They were said to
hold more tenaciously to the racial
characteristics and traditions of their
ancestors than persons of other de
scent In this country. The court did
not recognize this distinction.
Democrats Want Recount.
Governor Stokes of New Jersey
will be petitioned by the democratic
members of both branches of the log
islaturo it Is said to oil a special ses
sion of the legislature for the purpose
of ordering a recount of the entire
state vote for governor, us recorded
November 0. This decision was the
result of a closed conference at :hc
Continental hotel In Newark Sunday,
,at which republicans, democrats, in
dependents and others from various
parts of the state woro in attendance;
Big Fire at Chilian Port.
The port, of Tquque, Chill, has been
visited by a fire, the biggest since
1882, which has entailed losses
amounting to over $1,000,000. Itbroko
out November f), and sdVen and a half
blocks were burned over boforo It
wus under control. The property de
stroyed was mostly dwellings of the
poor and no less than two thousand
people are homeless.
Disappears With $3,000.
E. A. Morrow, .aged rorty-slx years,
, retired shoe merchant of Philadel
phia; and lately a cottager In Atlantic
City, N. J., has disappeared and his
wife fears that ho has met with foul
play. Hq had about $3,000 In his pos
session when he left there on Octo
ber 31 for New York to keep a busi
ness engagement.
Hard Storm at Peoria.
A Peoria, 111., November 10 dispatch
says: For half an hour Peoria was
clouded In a severe downfall of snow
this evening. The snow fell In large
flakes with tho llercenoss of midwin
ter blizzards. At midnight the ther
mometer stood below freezing, with
cold weather predicted for Monday.
Will Ask for $5,500,000.
The annual report of 'Secretary
Taft, to bo submitted to congress at
Its convening In December, will con
tain estimates aggregating $5,525,020
for construction and other work In
tho coast artillery service during tho
fiscal year .190!).
Snow at Omaha.
An Omaha, Novembe.r 10, dispatch
says: Tho first snow of the season
fell over Omaha and much of tho Btatu
this morning, a steady fall continuing
for an hour.
TO RECOMMEND FREE PAPER
The President Will Ask Congress to
Take off the Tariff.
A Committee of Newspaper Publish
ers' Association Asked That
Such Action Be Taken.
Washington. President Roosevelt
Thursday indicated to members of tho
committee on paper of tho American
Newspaper Publishers' association,
that ho will recommend to congress
the abolition of the tariff on press
paper, wood pulp and tho wood that
goeB into the manufacture of paper;
also that he will make a recommenda
tion to the department or justlocfthat
it take Immediate stops to ascertain
whether the anti-trust laws aro being
disobeyed by the manufactures or
paper.
Tho president's promise wnB ob
tained after ho had listened to tho
committee and to a petition from tho
national organization of printers,
storeotypers, pressmen and etchors
setting forth the ovldonce of a com
bination of paper manufacturers for
the purposo of controlling the output,
increasing the price and otherwise
making hlndersome regulations gov
erning supply and delivery of paper.
The call upon tho president was
made In pursuance of resolutions
adopted by the American Newspaper
Publishers' association instructing tho
committee: ""First, that tho authority
of existing statutes for repression of
trade combination may be invoked;
second, that tho defiance of recont ju
dicial action prohibiting participation
In such combination by certain west
ern mills may be punished; third, that
the president may be put into posses
sion of information which shall equip
him to advise congress of the abuse
of tariff "favors by papormakors."
The resolutions also declared that
the duty on printing paper, wood pulp
and all material entering tho manufac
ture of printing paper should ,bo Im
mediately repealed.
Smashed Record Again.
New York. With $10,000,000 in gold
In her strong box and a new trans
Atlantic record written In her log, tho
Cunard Turblner Lusitania passed
Sandy Hook, at 1:40 o'clock Thursday
morning. In one grand performance,
"the great vessel broko her own
world's record and brought to tho re
lief of the money market hero $10,
000,000 In gold In unprecedented time.
Tho west-bound trip was made ap
proximately in .4 days, 19 hours and 10
minutes.
Senator HeybUrn Protests.
Washington. Protest was made to
President Roosevelt by Senator Hey
burn of Idaho Thursday against tho
further deposit of government money
with" New York banks until those In
stitutions consent to pdy the reserves
of Western banks in cash Instead of
cashiers checks. Tho senator said
thai crops could not be moved on
checks. Tho president requested tho
senator to present his views In writ
ing. A Cure for Diphtheria.
Munich. Prof. Rudolph Emmerich,
professor of Hygeno In the University
of Munich, declares that he has dis
covered a cure for diphtheria, which
Is effective even in tho most danger
ous cases In a very short time after
Its application. This remedy is
called "pyiocyanase" and Is produced
from tho assimilation of the pyocy
anaeus bacilli developed in liquid
cultures. This matter Is blown into
tho patient's throat and completely
destroys all tho diphtheria bacilli.
Must Repair the Tracks.
Topoka, Kan. Governor Hoch will
act on tho petition of tho Trackmen's
union to havo tho tracks of tho Mis
souri Pacific Railroad company put
Into first class condition. "I have not
had time to examine tho petition and
tho exhibits closely," said the govern
or Monday, "but I will say right now
that tho Missouri Pacific must fix up
Its tracks and with very little delay.
I will go Into this matter thoroughly
before I act.
Santa Fe Fined. $330,000,
Los Angeles, Nov. 8. Judge Olin
Wellborn, In tho United Statos dis
trict court Thursday lined the Atch
ison, Topoka & Santa Fo railway
$330,000 for rebating. Tho company
was convicted on CO counts of grant
ing rebates to the Grand Canon
Llmo and Cemont company' on ship
ments of frolght from Nelson, Ariz.,
to Los Angeles. Tho flue is $5,000 on
each of the 00 counts.
Railroads Are Killing More.
Washington. Tho Interstate com
merce commission bulletin on acci
dents on railroads of tho United
States during tho year onded last
Juno shows total casualties 81,280, or
5,000 persons killed and 7C.28G In
jured. This shows an Increase of 10,
352 castmltles.or 775 in tho killed and
'.',777 in the injured as compared with
I tho previous year.
NEED CO-OPERATION
ESSENTIAL TO SUCCESS IN ALL
BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS.
ON SOME LATE IMPOSITIONS
Schemes Devised to Deceive the Peo
ple and to Gain Support for Un
sound Financial Propo- "
sltions.
Harmonious co-oporutlou Is essen
tial In nny successful business. By
co-operation Is not. meant Buch orga
nization ns tho communistic and mon
astic societies found In parts of tho
European countries, and occasionally
existing In America. As co-oporntlon
relates to manufacture and commer
cialism, It simply means u righteous
regard on part of employer and the
employed for the liberty and privil
ege of both. It means of tho laborer,
a just day's work for a just day's
compensation; and for tho employer,
services rendered for the wages ho
must pay. Interests of both are paral
lel. In England and In parts of Gor
'many, thero aro numerous societies,
tho workers In each being common
stockholders and participating In all
profits according to their holdings.
In fact these societies aro nothing
more than tho grent railroad com
panies nnd Industrial concerns of
America, only that In the latter the
stockholders seldom take an active
part In the work performed. One who
takes tho care to study Into condi
tions In tho countries where this
form of co-operation exists, will And
environments far different from vhat
obtains In tho United States. In vari
ous places and at different times at
tempts to copy after tho English co
operative societies have been made in
the United States. Failure has re
warded the efforts made.
Propped up by the success of tho
few successful organizations in the
old country, shrewd schemers have
started different commercial enter
prises In cities of the United States,
supposed to be operated upon tho co
operative plan. When carefully stud
led, and the plans of tho promoters
dissected, It will bo found that co
operation In these cases seems simp
ly the getting Into business on other
people's money, and weaving around
tho enterprise such appearances as
leads the unsophisticated to believe
that from fow dollars Invested, groat
savings can bo made. In fact the
co-operatlvo plan is more for tho pur
pose of advertising a private business
proposition and gaining trade from
those who Invest their dollars In tho
plan.
It is a foolish thing for the resi
dent of nny town or farming commu
nity to Invest, money in such enter
prises, which means competition for
his homo town, tho killing off of Its
business and tho building up of con
cerns in large cities. Tho earnest man
or woman can see in tholr own homo
place splendid chances for co-opora-tion.
Established business systems
ns found In the rural towns, aro
splendid examples of what co-operation
shpuld be. Tho home merchant
supplies tho residents of the place
with tile commodities that they re
quire; the merchant Is the medium
of exchange of the products of the
farmor. .In tho transactions employ
ment Is given to homo labor, and tho
little profits aro kept at hoiyo for
tho bonoflt of all In the community.
Co-oporatlon can lie simmered down
to a Btrlctly home-trado principle, and
there can be no higher form, no sys
tem Inaugurated that will bring bet
ter results to tho masses. Boforo you
Invest In co-operative mercantile
schemes devised by shrewd business
men In tho large cities, study every
phaie of tho question well, and you
aro likely to conclude that" In your
own town there is plenty of room for
co-operative work.
P
SCIENCE OF TOWN KILLING.
Unwise Booming and Maintaining Ex
orbitant Prices an Effective Way.
There Is a county seat town In one
of tho central western states that has
a population of about 3,000. It is sur
rounded by one of tho richest farming
countries. For years this town has
been at a standstill. If anything It
is retrograding, and even farm values
.near It aro lowering, whllo poorer land
some 20 miles away Is advancing.
Why should such a condition exist?
Tho answer Is plain. A dozen years
ago thero was a boom. With tho boom
real estate wont to the top notch.
Keeping paco 'with tho boom tho
prices of products In that town went
up. There was a collapse In real os
tato values, but the merchants re
mained, and kept up the hlgh-prlco
habit. That is thoy wanted more than
an equitable sharo of profit. Another
town was started 20 miles nway. Some
of the farmers, went there. It Was
Hmb tw tad ion -
LITTLE TOWN HELPS.
In thoso days of Invontlon nnd pub
He conveniences, It pnys to bo right
up to dnto. Well gradod nnd paved
streets, shado trees kept in ordor,
walks and nmplo lighting mako a fa
vorable Impression on tho stranger
who visits tho placo.
There is a wholesomeness In tho
right kind of competition, and in co
operation; but neither foolish co
operation or foolish competition has
ever boon known to help along tho
business or any town, unless It Is "that
other town" jienr by.
Sales days In tho town that Is sup
ported by tho farming tradb, and some
particular attraction that will entor
tain and Instruct the members of tho
farmers' families, have boon inaugu
rated In towns of the west, with good
results.
The American farmer Is a progres
sive mortal, lie is always ready to
learn now things, lie realizes more
than ever tho necessity of education
In his business. Ilo no longer Ignores
the fact that science Is a wonderful
factor In his work, a money savor
that must be considered if ho suc
ceed. Tho more Intelligent Is tho
farmer, the moro Interest will ho tako
In the furthering of tho lnterosts of
his home town,
FIGHT AGaFnST CORRUPTION.
Prosecution of Oppressive Combines
Afford a Lesson to Home Traders.
Never before has thero been such
u stirring up of the masses and nu
awakening ns to rottenness In finan
cial affairs among tho largo corpora
tions as at present. Soma ono at one
time snld that "when thieves fall out
tho devil gets" his reward." So It
seems nt present when faction Is ar
rayed against faction In exposing
crooked oporations in great llnanclal
and business deals, In which the little
llsh aro swallowed by tho big ones,
and the men In control, llko wolves,
lead tho lambs to slaughter.
It. Is amazing how farspread aro tho
frauds practiced, and how high up In
public estimation aro tho manipula
tors of tho rotten deals. Tho stealings
of tho millionaires and multi-million-aires,
tho Intrigues and their perjuri
ous lying and misrepresentations to
accomplish their aims; tho Intricacy
of the machlnory UBqd In their dporn
Hons, the perfection of tho means, tho
combinations employed to fleece tho
people of dollars, would do credit to
a Gngliostro or a Machlavelll, or n
Capt. Kldd.
There cannot be doubt that these
various articles appearing in the mag
azines and general newspapers will
have tho result of opening tho eyes
of the public to things that fow hereto
fore ever gave serious consideration.
They will have tho effect of making
the people more cautious In making
Investments of their earnings, and
will rdmlt In lessons that aro bene
ficial to the country at largo. Homo
trade principles preclude tho possibil
ity of people losing by tho oporations
of such gigantic schemers. Money In
vested in your own community in tho
development of its latent resources
will give excellent returns, Is ever
under your own observation, nmlAvhlTo
the percentage of profit from some
home Investments may not bo up to
tho representations nindo by tho ma
nipulators of stocks and the shearers
of lambs In general, you aro not so
likely to be a loser.
D. M. CAHR.
Almost every small town has an lcc
house of su indent capacity to supply
tho people locally with ice. It would
not be very expensive to conduct in
connection with It a cold storage plant
of capacity great enough to care for
the storage of fruit, eggs and other
produce brought in from the sur
ioundlng country. Such an establish
menUwould often save farmers con
siderable money, by enabling them to
keep their products for a favornblo
market.
found that tho mcVchants were soiling
goods at a lower price. Tho stock
buyer and the gralnbuyor paid a fow
cents a hundred moro for their pur
chaste. The habit of trading nt tho
now town grew. Tho business men of
the old town couldn't learn a lesson.
Before they knew It their customers
were leaving them. So It has been
since then. Tho morchants have been
plodding along. Tho money that
shouJtl be retained In tho town wont
elsewhere. .Much or It wont to build
up the competing town.
Mistakes llko this ono aro made
frequently. Towns becomo dead
places Instead of llvo ones. In fact,
some towns are so dead that tho farm
ers who withdrew their trado from
them aro sufforlng in decreased farm
values. They tako no Intorost In
these places, other than to visit thorn
now and thon. Unhealthy booms, un
healthy prices mudo by tho merchants,
and which aro foolishly maintained,
aro qulto certain to kill a town oven
though It may bo a county seat and
have 'somo advantages nearby towns
may not have.
Gideon and His
Three Hundred
r
Sunday School Lesson lor Not. 17, 1907
Specially Prepared for This Paper
liKSSON TIOJCT.-Juilges 7;9-'--J. Mem
ory verses 17. 18.
OOLDKN TKXT."Vo shnll not four
thorn; for tlin Lord your God Ilo Hliull
Unlit for you." -Dent. .1:21'.
TIM 10. The period of Uio Judges lusted,
according to our Mldo iniirKliiH, yours,
U. C. HL'7-MiM (Including Kit and Hamuol).
Gideon lived about tho middle of thlH pn
rlm. Many scholars nmkn tho period
uhorter, and placo It later. Tho question
Is unsettled.
I'LACR-Tho broad valley of .Tczrcol,
which extends from tho plain of lisdrae
lon southeast to tho Jordan. Tho south
ern pin t of Galilee. Tho lest of tho 800
was by tho Well llarod, 13 miles from
the Jordan, and ten miles south of Nar.
areth. In this region took place tho great
battle In which Saul and his Bona woro
slain (1 Stun. JTJjl; 31;1).
Commont and Suggestive Thought.
The Period of the Judges. Tho
Hook of Judges Is a collection of rec
ords belonging to tho period between
tho death or Joshua and tho birth of
Samuel, a porlod of 2S0 years accord
ing to our common chronology. But
If wo add together tho numbers given
In Judges they amount to 410 years.
For this and other reasons It Is en
tirely probable that "tho oppressions
and deliverances wore not successive,
but, in part, synchronous. Thero wore,
In fact, without exception, local strug
gles; and lc is not only conceivable,
but highly probable, that whllo ono
iart( of tho land was enjoying secur
ity under Us Judge other tribes woro
groaning under tho foreign yoke"
Prof. Moore. While several of tho
events woro thus occurring at tho
same time In different parts of tho
laud, in other cases the judges ruled
practically over the whole. "Tho
Judges formed temporary heads In
particular centers, or over particular,
groups of tribes, Harak, in tho north
of Israel, Gideon, In tho center, Joph
thah, on tho enst of Jordan, Samson,
In tho oxtrcmo southwest." Driver.
The Moral Decline. At tho close
of a long period 'of peace and pros
perity tho people had degoucratod
morally. Business transactions with
the Canaauitcs, transactions which
of ton required tho performance of re
ligious rites, mudo it easy not to
realize tho dlfforenco between thorn.
They woro attracted by the etiBy mor
als of tho heathen.
Tho Cry from the Depths. In tholr
great distress tho people began to ro
llout and cry unto tho Lord for help.
A prophet was sent to show them that
tholr trouble was on account of their,
sins (Judg. (!:7-l0). i I
The Answer, God Raises Up Old
eon. Gideon belonged to the tribe of
Manasseh. His father's name was
Joash and lived ,at Ophrah, not far
from Shcchem. Ho was a man of
highly noble person, and a noble. race,
like tho son of a king, and whoso
brothers "each one resembled tho
children of a king" (Judg. 8:18). Ho
was a man of strong common sense,
a patriot, a true lover of God, cau
tious, modest, brave, and enthusiastic.
Tho signs of tho fleece (Judg. C: 30
10), says Ewuld, illustrate Gideon's
own chaVucter: warm and zealous,
while all around were Indifferent and
cold; calm and cool, when all around
were oxclted. Gideon was probably a
middle-aged man at this time, for ho
had a son of his own almost grown up
(Judg. 8:20).
The Sifting of tho Army.Gldeon
proclaimed: "Whoever is fearful and
afraid, lot him depart." In view of
tho fearful odds against them two
thirds of tho army turned back, leav
ing only J 0,000 soldlors.
Still thero were too many for tho
purpose. Tho second slovo wub wov
on of alertness, quick wit, self-control,
vigorous strength, boldness. Tho test
was through tholr way of drinking In
tho near presence of tho onemy.
In order to understand tho test wo
must see clearly tho circumstances.
Gideon's army was on one side of the
stream, and tho' enemy on tho othor,
and how near some scouting parties
might be was unknown, for tho reeds
and shrubs along tho hanks afforded
ample cover for hostile umhushes.
Thoso who bowed down, drinking
headlong, did not appreciate tholr po
sition or tho foe-
The Victory by the Sword of the
Lord and of Gideon. Vs. 9-23. Tho
Encouragement. Vs. 0-1 fi. Everything
was now ready, except a now inbreath
ing of courage and faith. To accom
plish this Gideon and his ofllcor went
early In the night Into tho camp of
the Mldlnnitcs sleeping in the security
of their numbers. Listening near n
tent, they hoard a man tolling to his
comrade a dream from which ho had
just awakened. Compare with v.13 tho
translation and annotation of tho
Polyohromo Blblo. "I dreamed that
a enko of barloy griddle-bread, a
kind of flat, round, hard-baked, ash
cako, representing tho Israollto peas
antry was rolling hither and thithor
through tho camp of MIdlan, and it
camo to a tent and struck if . and
turned It upsldo dowm" Tho men
interpreted tho dream as meaning the
overthrow r MIdlan by Israel.
