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r i.ti:sric ntui i:u:s. A ..r...i,i iw pr.iurt a !J t.iKirr J''" .h'T luisl,,t s uluuifor ( ..II. , t,.. ' in x: -Von Mil.,!,.' 1.. t u.-.ri ,";i'M' l"-''Uir.r th.m l.u.-iiVt . Ctli.K h.r hl,.,a-H ,u, jr..,. - pr..iii.My fiirnavo him Ihiis ,.: ..,, ,1Vu Klk(. a Kl.,.u.... Still t,,.. nttlcr,. srrie th. m.-ir-r. ' CXCClfe,; '" ll 111 ii.l,. i in. Tl...t i.y ti from tl,H si.,.1 -As u inline,, tli.-y i,,',.r ..nil A f u. Her Tlu-n ..nee rro, , ,.,, ,,, , , jf. Mi.- tlinili,., hllhl.y .. f, ...iK,r..r. An. I tli.. ,M,.r . vj.,11,,, lc III,. Imr.l.r sh.- w !!.-. 111! at Inihtli he uhleetlv I, tnii-lf-- ti.iltiiicire Aiii.-i l an. A FRIENDLY PERSECUTION Hj CAltOI. RKllMUNIt Cop,rtgh!td, WM. 4(i 7Vi .4Mort ftwAinj Company. They looked flushed anil guilty as they emend the (station, bought their tickets and waited restlessly foi the train. The agent was "next" In an Instant. He had Just finished reading an account of the hold-up of an agent on nnother lino not far distant. He was a shrewd fellow and noted the t range manner of the couple, and their evident desire to escape observa tion. "I'll keep my eye on 'em," he said to himself, as he peered through the little window of the ticket office. He could dimly discern their shadowy figures behind the stove. The dusk of an early winter twilight was fast descending. The man stood In front of his companion as If to shield her. Ho far as the agent could Judge, In the dim light of the station lamps, they were well dressed. "Nothing unusual for rogues In these days," he mut tered. "A fellow can't always tell when lie's liable to be gagged ami drugged by the most Innocent looking parties," "They can't overtake ' ut answered. now," he he mused, while the perspiration slow ly began to rise, as a vision of being swooped down upon by these two, the man strangling him Into submission while the woman held chloroform to his nose, the safe ransacked before help arrived, went sailing athwart his mental horizon. The clock of the instrument broke his silence, making him jump convulsively. "Ah, ha! Just as I expected!" he muttered, as this message (lashed across the wire: "Detain suspicious looking pair, if they come your way. Man and wom an. Notorious pickpockets. Sliped through our lingers an hour ago. Sup posed to be In your vicinity: Man: Tall, light hair and mustache. Wom an: Rather slight, brown luiir and eyes. Both appear refined. Officers arrive on seven-thirty train." "It was nearlng seven and the man hal purchased tickets for the seven thirty the very train the authorities were coming on. Thrilling with excitement, the agent sauntered Into the waiting room. Un der pretense of trimming the lights he came close beside the guilty couple, scanning each keenly as he passed. The descriptions he had received tallied exactly and he felt sure of his game. The stranger Impatiently con sulted his watch and they talked In subdued tones. Tho station agent caught a few fragments of their con versation and these were enough to make him doubly sure! "Do you think they will suspect w hich way we have come?" she whis pered. "Well, we have outwitted them any way; they can't overtake us now," he answered. "I wish we were well on our way." "Fkin't Ret nervous. . w'll soon be over ami we will be rafe. Our train is due in a few minutes. Hid you get what you wanted?" "Yes, but. I had to net so quickly that I stuffed them all In my coat pocket," she answered. The man bent over her, and to the agent It looked very much as if he kissed her. The suspense seenu d Interminable. At last tho low rumble of the ap proaching train loosened the tension. The agent waited until he could see the gleaming headlight In the dis tance. Nearer and nearer It came, penetrating the darkness. In no ap parent hasto he walked out on the platform. Once outside he clutched the handle of the door firmly, hanging on like grim death, expecting an on slaught from Inside, which would test his strength to the utmost. As the train rolled Into the station, the per spiring agent, puffing almost as vigor ously as the engine, felt the door tried from the Inside. Ordinarily the stranger could have worsted him with one wrench, but In extremes strength Is given us, so the young athlete, pull ing, pounding and swearing, struggling to Ret out, vowing vengeance and de manding the meaning of "this out rage," vainly fought for egress, while kit companion mounted a bench sud tried to raise the window, ; lbs officers ot the law bounded Jawa Um train before ll cu to ft .. I,... 1 in i standstill and rushed to the exhausted station agent's relief. In another moment the train was speeding on its Journey without the waiting couple. The asmbiied pris oners were confronted by the tri umphant jailer and several burly offi cers. "I spotted 'em tho minute I set eyes on 'em," he exclaimed, giving vent to his pent up excitement. The girl, who was exceedingly pretty, clung In terrified amazement to her companion, who appeared far from calm, although he demanded an explanation lu a very dignified man ner. But the ofilcers of the law are now hired to enter Into details with those whom they aprpehend. "Now, don't get gay, young fellow; you know what you've been up to, so don't give us no trouble and the better It'll be for you." "But I assure you there is some mistake," urged their victim. "Oh, yes, there always is," laughed one of the men; "never knew It to fail; invariably struck the wrong party, but he had to stand trial, all the same,'" chuckling at his ow n wit, "and generally done time, too." The Impatient prisoner was about to remonstrate once more, when the glad sound of approaching revelers broke the stillness of the place, claim ing the attention of the group in the station. The wild shouts and gay laughter of commingled voices, to gether with the merry Jingling of hilarious bells, rolled nearer and nearer, until the sound of horses' hoofs clattering on the icy road greet ed their ears, and the Jolly sleighiid ers Ilrew up to the platform. A trunk, fantastically decorated with red hearts tied profusely in white satin ribbons, and with an old shoe conspic uously fastened to one of the handles, was unloaded from the sleigh. The next Instant they all made a mad rush for the station, as the door was Hung open and the inmates were startled by a breathless cry of: "Have they escaped?" "Not on your life!" came the quick response of the complacent agent. The officers Were about to enforce their authority, but made a hasty re treat as they were struck by a shower of rice. The prisoners were at once surrounded by a score of laughing friends, all talking at once, each ar.x ions to tell the story. "The boys had just put the finishing touches on your trunks, when it was discovered that you had given us the slip. Not wishing to be outdone after all our trouble, we d terniined to take them with us and hunt you down. Imagine our chagrin when, on reach ing the depot, you were not to bo found." "Somebody suggested." put in an other voice, "that perhaps you bad cut across country to this out-of-the-way stat km. We were In a ferment lest It was too lute, for we figured that you could have aken the seven thirty train." "But away we raced as if chasing a pair of decamping criminals," added a third. "Which has hail lis psychological effect, for we have been detained as such, while the seven-thirty departed without us. But for the kindness of burlv efficcrt. these gentlemen, dear friends, we would now be out of your clutches. Are they in your enipmy?" asked the prisoner, sardonically. Meanwhile the officers had been ruminating, and the restfallen agent slunk Into his office, ,mt of sight. For once a bride and groom were glad to be thus branded. Oil for Battleships. The new British battleship Hiber nian Is to be fitted for the storage of oil fuel in Urge quantities, and her sister ships, the Britannia and Africa, will, it is believed, be similar ly fitted. Savings Bank Deposits. If the deposits now In tbu savings banks of this country were divided per capita, every msn. woman and child would receive 9417.21. The to Ul Mi U 2.9)S,!4.tV A' e.rs J Confronted by several CAN'T STAND CIVILIZATION. Kaffirs Succumb to Ailments of tho. White Races. "The Kaffirs of South Afrh a. l!k your American Indians, do uot appear to thrive under the refining influences of civilization. " said Hubert George of Johannesburg to a Washington l'o.t rerxirter. "Before the civilization of this generation appeared the Katfir knew nothing of coimiimptlou. typhus, measles, scarlet fever and other ail ments followed in the wake of the white man. "The savage Kaffir was a robust li dividual, with no knowledge of or dinary sickness. He rubbed himself all over with grease and red clay and the shirt he put on remained until he wore it into rags. He never bathed. If exposed to rain he stripped off his kaross. folded it very tightly, strapped it up and blithly went on his way, naked as he was Urn, never a bit the worse for such exposure. Nowa days, thanks to copying after the Anglo-Saxon, the Kaillr wears clothes, but hasn't sense enough when he gets wet through to change his garments, suffering for his lack of wisdom later. As a result of their changed habits maladies that were unknown to them fifty years ago are now common with the natives and they will spewllly de cline in numbers just as your red men have." KE SOLD A BOTTLE. Truthful Man's Story Secured Him a Customer. "I'd like to show you my new elas tic cement," said tho soft-voiced man in the shiny bluck suit. "I make it myself, and I'll warrant It to mend anything that ever " "I don't need any," Interrupted the man at the desk, "but If you will tell me the biggest lie about your cement I ever heard, I'll buy a bottle of it, merely to encourage you." "I wouldn't lie to sell 1,000 bottle)-, of it." protested the other. "But I'll tell you one thing I really did with it. You have heard, I presume, of the frog that tried to swell itself up to the size of an ox. The skin of that frog, as you remember, was not equal to the strain, and it burst all to pieces, sir, I happened to be on the spot, and I gathered them up carefully together wiili my cement and made the creature as good as new better, in fact, for it is a wiser frog. To prove to you that I am telling the absolute nnd exact truth, I will show you the frog, which I have here in my va lise " "You nccl.i't show it to me," said the man at the desk, gloomily. "I'll take a bottle of your cement. Here's your money. Never mind the change, (iooil day." Chicago Tribune. Old Blackjacks. Leather bottles, or blackjacks, were common in Europe two cen turies ago. The bottles were often mnde of one skin doubled up and closely stitched together, leaving an aperture fur the neck. The thick piece between was inserted for the slip; it was meant to be slung at the back, a leather thong passed through two loops placed on either side of the neck, ami it was suf ficiently flat at the base to stand when put down. The stopper was made of wood, horn or old leather. A good deal of care was required in the preparation of the leather, which had to be oiled and worked with ham mers to make it supple and then washed with a lye. so that all the Im purity was entirely removed, leaving tne leather clean and dry. No mois ture or air had any effect on it. Blackjacks were in various sizes. They were sometimes pitched inside. Many Sunday School Pupils. The fact brought out by the Educa tional Review that over 1 3.1 ,imiii per sons are enrolled In the Sunday schools of this country. In the public schools the enrollment Is of nearly 111. tioo.otiii or only 3.ihmi,mmi more. The accusation that the religious educa tion of children is neglected In Ameri ca, with the consequences of In evitable moral degeneration in our society, as alleged by the Rev. Mr. Greer, is not sustained by these stalls tii a. More attention seems to be given to tho religious training of child ren In this country, by churches and in schools and by home Instruction, than In any other country In Christen dom. The Life That Counts. flip life Hint ce nuts mut t.ll .in. I flu'it: Stust li.il.' ill.' wrung an. I U.vc the r Ik lit : M.sst stun.l fur trul li, l.y il iy. Iiy nlht A i il this tlir l ie tint t count-.. The 'lie Hint i 'Hints 111H-1 .".lin In rlftt Above the .'.mil. tu sunlit skies; Must lix ils k;ij..' en I'liMtillse Ac. I this the lile Hint ciuiiiis. The llff th:il counts must h.ipcfej be; In il..iUisi nUlit niiike iiiel.xiy; Musi wnil the . In v. ii mi beiiileil knep.. Ami this lh lit.' Hint counts. The efp tli.it ciinil" must helpful lr; The e.ir'.s nml nec.ls uf nthets see. Must hick tlie sliive ut' sin to fri'.' -An. I this the life that counts. The life Hint i. units Is li.ik.'.l Willi 5...V A n.l turns not I'roni the cross. th roil; I'.ut walks with Joy where .l.-sus tro.l -An. I lids Hip lile that counts. Little Eddie's Revenge. Lit lie Ivhllc and his father had been transacting certain disagreeable business in tho nursery. When the young man emerged there were tear stains on his cheeks and a lingering look of resentment In his eyes, ills Aunt Klla. In the tenderness of her heart, thought to divert his mind from his troubles, so she asked him: "What are you going to be when you grow up?" An expression of set determination came to his face and he Jerked his head menacingly as ho answered: "I am going to be a father." Vast Work on the Coast Survey. Supt. Tltttnan of the coast survey. In a recent description of his work, stated that he had since Its Incep tion made about .lo.ono square miles of topographic surveys. Rounded mln, utely nearly 3oo,iwio square miles of water and made depp-sea soundings over little less than a million square miles, according to Sorlbticr's Mags sine. The roast survey has com pleted a first survey of the Atlantic, Oulf and Pacific coasti of tl.e l"r.!t "1 States, and Its trlangulatlons cover between SOO.W) and 400,000 sijusr pallet WHEN NATURE IS REMISS. Seemingly Forgets to Endow Human Beings With Needed Faculties. Name n.ais undoubtedly at times, as in the i-ise uf the child bom wiih o'lt a biain w hose case has been made public this w.ek. Not long ago an Infant was Isun and lived three weeks wiih a bole through its heart. Thou sands of us are color blind, others have no musical sense. And there are many Itura Bri.igmans. many Helen Kellers. The queen of Rouinania has or had at her court In persona! at tendance upon herself the daughter of a blind nobleman. She could neither hear nor speak, and bad to be taught to communicate by holding the throat of a speaker and imitating the vibration produced by the effort. But what a grudge against nature must such a one as Lyon l'layfair discovered ever feel! Here was a girl who was blind, deaf, dumb and could neither taste nor smell. One might be pardoned for asking if such a life was worth living. Yet there was a beautiful lesson in such an existence, ns the great warm heart of l'layfair discov ered. He sent her a pretty finger ring and the poor mite replied In this piti fully pretty letter: "Dear Sir Lyon l'layfair: Sir Lyon Playfatr sent Edith ring In box. Edith thank Sir Lyon l'layfair for ring. Sir Lyon l'layfair come to see Edith. Good by. Edith." During his first visit the child had closely examined his hands, wrists, arms and face, her touch being mar velously accurate. A year later he went again to see her. At first she did not recognize him and no one be trayed his Identity. At length she turned back the cuff of his shirt and touched his wrist. Her face lit up with intense joy. "It is the English man who gave me the ring," she rap Idly spelled out on her fingers. And In a second she had flung her little arms around his nock and was weep ing with delight at the recognition. PAINTS OF THE ANCIENTS. Water Colors Were Invariably Used In the Olden Days. Taints as now employed in the arts, both mechanical and decorative, were not known to the people of ancient times. Tigments they had in abund ance, but the art of mixing them so as to make them enduring had not been discovered. Nowadays when the artisan is applying varnish he puts up a sign warning passers by to beware of paint, which shows that by the average man varnish is regarded as a species of paint. The two are, indeed, closely related, but It will surprise most people to learn thnt, while varnish is a product known in very emote ages, paint as used to-day Is of comparative recent origin. The paint used in Babylon and Nin eveh and in Pompeii was composed of pigments mixed not with oil but with water, to which had been added a little glue, egg nlbumen or perhaps sometimes casein, which is albumi nous matter from milk, or the gluten from cereal grains. Glue, however, was the most universal grinding ma terial. Such paints are now known as fres co paints or water colnrs. They have not gone out of use, as is illustrated by the reported statement that the New York rapid transit subway walls are to be painted throughout with some of these preparations. Seven Wonders of the World. There have been different objects classed as the Seven Wonders of the World at different periods of the world's history. The seven wonders of antiquity were: The Pyramids ol Egypt, the Hanging Gardens of Baby lon, the Tomb of Mausolos, the Tem ple of Diana at Ephesus, the Colossus of Rhodes, the .Statue of Zeus (Jupi ter! by Phidias, the Pharos of Egypt, or else the Palace of Cyrus cemented with gold. These have been strung together In the following lines, which can be committed to memory without much difficulty : The pyramids first, which In Egypt were laid ; Next Babylon's garden, for Amytls made; Then Meusolo's tomb of affection anc guilt; Fourth, the Temple of Diana, in Ephe sus built; The Colossus of Rhodes, cast in brass the sun; Sixth, Jupiter's statue, by Phldla done; The Pharos of Egypt, last wonder ol old. Or the Palace of Cyrus, cemented with gold. Wake Me a Song. (lot of tin silences wake me a f.iiiK, lleaulil'il. "il. I, anil soft. i. ml low; l.ol the loveliest music noniin' hIoiik. And wlnir each not., with u wall ol wop liltn and ilr.-ar As hope's l ist tPii. (ill! of the nili'iic.'s wake tile n hymn. Whose sounds are like shadows soft anc tllm (Mil of the ptlilncss In your heart A thousand n.mxs are sl.-pplnn there Wake nie a miir. thou child of nit: The H.uot of a hope in a last despair. Iark nml low, A client of woe. (lilt o' the stillness, topp by totip. Cold lit" a snow Make, low a.-, a moan. Out of the iliikness flash me n song, I'l-lit'itty .Ink ac.iilaikiy l.iluht: 11 It sweep as II lone HI. it' sttcups nlon.T The mystical sl..nlos of the nlht. Suit- It swot. Vh. re nothliiit Is iliear. or .lark, or dim. Aril e.irlh-..iit! soars into IicimhIv hymn. -Abram Jos.pl, Uy.ui. Coming Events. Willie Cardinal millions, then a nionslgnore. was living in Rome a few yeara ago, he went to dine at the American college. Dinner over, some bonbonnleres representing hnts ol every description were passed around as souvenirs. Tho waiter carrying the tray on which they were stumbled Just as ho reached Monslgnore C.lhlions. and ft miniature Cardinal's hut, the red tticorn. rolled from the tny into the prelate's plate. Count Cassell, who was a warm friend of the monslgnore. saw the epi sode, and leaning across the table quoted the maxim: "Coming events cast their shadoAs before." Everybody laughed, and so did the monslgnore, but a year later, when th dle.nlty of cardinal was ciii..rr.i upon blin, severe! : . a!'.d the dinner J at the American college. Chatta ' noon Times. A Rkpi hucan Pk-kss "Help ! Help ! Take his gun menance to progress ! Help ! Help !" A CLEVELAND PLATFORM. With the hope of arousing "old-time enthusiasm" by a return to "true de mocracy," we, the democrats who re fused to support the ticket of our party It. 18 and 1900, yielding reluctantly to the popular demand for our leader ltip, modestly submit a plain state ment of the conditions upon which wo are willing to receive on probation those erring brethren who, under the influence of "political nostrums." were Etuplflcd into adherence to the Chicago and Kansas City plutforms. leaving to us the "heroic work" of monopolizing the sanity and good sense of the coun try and electing the republican cundl-, dates. First Wo believe that a platforui has no binding force upon candidates after the election and we point with pride to the fact that our last demo cratic president ignored the platform declaration in favor of "the coiling-' of both gold and silver without dii--r.riniinatiou against cither metal or charge for mintage" and forced through congress a financial bill Identical with a bill introduced by a dlstinguishc! republican leader John Sherman a year before. Second We condemn the coinage of the seigniorage secured under a repub lican measure similar to one vetoed by President Cleveland and we are not discouraged because the evils predicted in the veto message did not follow. Third Having faith In the sanity, conservatism and patriotism of the Wall street financiers, we promise to obey them In rll matters which con cern them, and pledge our administra tion to use the patronage at Its dis posal to force the passage of any meas ure desired by Wall street, even to the extent of rewarding those who find It necessary to misrepresent their con stituents In order to please the presi dent. (For proof of our willingness to do this we respectfully refer to Mr. Cleveland's last administration.) Fourth If we can find an excuse for the Issue-of bonds we promise to give the financiers the first, chance at them, and if a former law partner of the ex ecutive (nn be found to draw the con tract we are In favor of selling the bonds considerably below what they are worth in the market. Fifth We are in favor of tariff re form to a limited extent, provided it does not interfere with "sound money," but we guarantee that our president will help any protectionist, however extreme, before he will allow bimetal lism to be restored. Sixth We agree to keep on good rnutigh terms with the trusts to collect ts large a campaign fund as the repub licans In order that we may bid again.! that party for the purchasenbte vote and we agree to kefp faith with tha trusts alter the election to the end thil thiir conti ibutions may continue, biu we are willing that our president shall follow Mr. Cleveland's example and at the dose of a term of inactivity vocif erate loudly against . le trust s after his successor Is elected. Seventh We, of course, ympnthle with Inbor. but we shall not allow that sympathy to had us Into favciing any legislation which the wage-earneis de site. Especially shall we oppoi-e the abiilihhiiient of government by Injunc tion, for what Is the iise of appointing corporation attorneys on the federal bench If the trial of laboring men Is to be turned over to a Jury. Eighth We nre opposed to imperial, ism between campaigns. "No great, r rational fall from grace was ever known," as Mr. Cleveland says, "thnn the attempt to conquer and govern without pretense of their consent mil lions of resisting peo;ie," but we pro claim our willingness to watch it wltn as inn. h concern ns ho did r . are compelled to choose between a gold- Eight American soldiers were bo!ne,l In the Philippines the other day h pucllicd Filipinos. This would si ni. to call for nnother speech from ex-Cu-ernor Talt. Tab. 1.5 the nason of the year when the hlinibbsl ( oli.- titlient Is swelled with pride at the fact that he has been remembered to the extent ol "five vnrlctiis of sred" by his run. Kre.omnn. General l.ielastm l.h and Falilelsthunin seem to be woil time In the Orient. Adm!r:il ing ovei- The difference between Shafmt h'. rfslgtuilion nnd Heath's resignation is thnt Sinfroth resigned bciau.-'e he was bom st. The New York broker who caught a thief ami hrn kt him go. probably held him bi'ig enough to learn any new point) rs tin thief might have. Tin' Chbag.i Chronicle has sounded the "krrll of unionism." but the wage woikers wink their optics every time they hear the Chronicle's falie alarm. If a woman paints she (mould aban don the trar-iheddlng habit. MORSl; Ol; ANOTMI-R COLOR.' y, y Ji SPIh akzs .-4 Ossi'Vsx fey "L- -V'' V; 0 plated "fall from grace" and the main tenance of national righteousness on the double standard. Ninth We pledge our administration to find remunerative positions with the great corporations for such ohVia!s as demonstrate their worthiness by using their offices to advance the Interests of corporations having business before the departments. We point with some d"gree of boast fulness to the fact that very few of our last democratic admin istration got left. Tenth We are so proud of the emi nently rest enable crowd, or, rather, group that Joined us in the support of l'ttlmrr and Biuiiiier lu lS'.'C that we hesitate to open our doors lo the rab ble, but we can accommodate a few i.inre than we have and promise to give n cordial welcome to a limited number dt those who shrink from being known as, republicans, but desire the govern ment administered according to maxim row u. pular in the republican parly, l nniely. equal l ights to it 1 1 who have not enough influence to secure special iri ileges. GOVERNMENT BY IN.H'NCTION. If there are any members of Inbor unions who believe the "government by Injunction" is no longer an issue, their attention should be called to en injunction by a Judge of the Massa chusetts superior court. Boiitcti print ers and pressmen are on strike for shorter hours and increased wages in (ci lain offices and shops, and the print ers and pressmen who remain at work are (lieertully paying assessments in cnlcr to pay strike benefits to their striking companions. The Judge in question has Issued an injunction re straining the working craftsmen from paying strike benefits. This is. In many respects, equal to the order issued by the ftderal Judge In Pennsylvania re straining ministers from praying for striking miners. Organized labor's at tention' is called to this Boston Injunc tion for the purpose of emphasizing the fact that government by Injunction Is by no means a dead Issue. The New York Sun should have nn agricultural reporter for the collec tion of news from the farmers who visit the metropolis. Mr. Bryan passed through the city recently and In the course of a conversation with a num ber of newspaper men said that the failure of the "reorganize!'" newspapers to agree upon a platform would save him the Sim) reward offered, and added that the sum snved was about equal to the value of five Poland-China pigs. The Sun reporter, doubtless a city-bred man, wrote "hogs, insteal or pigs, apparently not knowit.g the diffeience between a pig and a hog It Is a fdinmc that country peoph visiting the city ..honld be Fiibjicted to louii misrepre sentation, even whin ihe misrepre sentation Is unintentional, It Is char enough now clear enough why the New York World praises Mr. Cleveland and throws stones at Mr. Bryan. The World explains In an editorial In which It says that Mr. Cleveland started out on a "projected seeiet sale of bonds to a Wall street syndicate at nn inadequate price," bid that he corrected the mistake when the Wi rid orgunlzrd a group of seven thousand bankers and offered a higher price. It complains that Mr. Bryan, on the contrary, refused to listen to the World or the group of bankers or nmney magnates for which the World peaks. Of course, the World prefers some one who will obey It. The corporation senators will proh ii'iy explain their conduct l.y saying that tiny are not acting In nn ofihi.il irpa'ity wnen they vote with the cor p. nations. The Washington Post says: "Mr. Bryan says democratic victory Is In the air. That Is where he left it." But does the Post slill prefer a lb-lory dragged through the mire'.' The "iich Is vllch" Joke Is ns much ..f a ibpstn.it ns the old one about President Roosevelt being determined lo l iet Ihe trusts. T!'e democratic party has for elg'.t yea's been opposing "government by injunction." It may soon find It iie.es. :aiv to begin a crusade asalnst "sen.i t or hip by dem,:rrer." Keren Is "the land of the morning calm." but Korea will feel differently nfier a right out with the bold soldiers of Russia and Japan. By cuing her own tran-Slherlau railroad Russia manages to keep from pnylng excceslvo fare for the transpor tation of her Fi.hllrr.i. That European war (loud In now slightly larger than even the mailed fist. Il beats anything how natural It U for a girl In the dark to make a mis take and alt dow n In a nian'i lap. away, som.jl.otly '. He is a Courtesy of The Commoner. A CLEVELAND PLATFORM. Mr. Cleveland has (lone the demo cratic party a favor "without Intending it" or even knowing It. He has writ ten an article on. "The Democratic Opportunity" and published it In the Saturday Evening Post, a paper which mokes no claim to being democratic. ( The Sage of Princeton has for some seven years stood outside of the demo cratic parly and tossed advice over tho wall lo his former associates, but 11 is not the purpose of this editorial to criticize his forwardness and presump tion, lta aim is rather to rut his ad vice into concrete form so -at il can lie understood by the "rank and file." He says: "Our lighting; forces will re spond listlessly and falteringly if sum moned to n third ilefeat In a strange cause: but if they hear the rallying cry ol true democracy they will gather for battle with old-lime democratic enthusiasm and coinage." Not only dot s he want lo return to the "old-time" ileinocniey racy exemplified by his (the democ- admiiilsti a- lion), but be wants the platform to be dear and unambiguous. He says: "Our porly bus fearless, ouls'iioken uui heroic work lo do. This! Is no time for cunning finesse, nor for the use of voi ds that conceal lutein ions or carry n double meaning. The democratic party has a message to send to its fol lowers and to the masses of the Amer ican people. Let that' message be ex pressed In language easily understood, iineonfnsed by evasion and untouched by the taint of jugglery." The ex-president, has at last said something that The Commoner can commend. His plea for an honest plai fe.rtn is In harmony with the editorials which have appeared in this paper. It will be remembered that The Com moner has not only urged the reorgnn b'.ers to present a clear and definite platform, but II some two years ago offered the ex-president a rev;ard of $." If he would write such a platform. As he steadfastly refuses to do so. Th Commoner presents a lCeveland plnt form "iinconfused by evasion and un touched by the tnlnt of jugglery." It is based upon Mr. Cleveland's official conduct and If any supporter of Mr. Cleveland finds any "cunning finesse." in it. The Commoner w ill undertake to remove any "double meaning" that may appear in the rough draft herewith presented: When Washington's farewell addres-i was read in the senate recently It tuut have sounded wonderfully like treason to a number of gentlemen who sit on the republican side anil throw thing at the constitution. The can.il treaty has been ratified, and the grafters will now "arise n one man" and reach for the money. There Is ground for the belief that under existing conditions I'ncte Sam Is the original K. . Mark. A number of newspapers that nre denouncing the wood pulp trust and deninndiiig free wood pulp, are still trying to convince the farmers on the pnlries that a tariff on lumber is a ;;ood thing. Mr. James Ecklcs is giving the dem ocviile parly some advice, ami doing It nil the more freely because that Is all he ever did give democracy unless It was the benefit of bis prolonged ab sence. Mr. Cleveland says the geographic)! location of the candidate does not mai ler ill all. And New Jersey Is slill In the I tilon. Perry I D-iUli has resigned, but It Is believed thnt h" did so In older to keep from being shoved. A Massachusetts Judge bus decided i lint a labor union .annul nnv mrii... benefits. And slill people complain nun mere is a growing contempt for me jiniicinry. Between the boll weevil in the cot Ion growing set Hons and the graft Mb robe In the official sections, the ('.unit l y Is being held up at a llvelv ate. Mr fUiulioih Is a native Mlssoiiiia:i, but it Is feared that a lot of republican ofhiliilh will nut profit from his show, tug. An Ohio woman holds the record. After driving her husband to cliink sh" got a divorce, then married him again to reform him. A rich man never has to worry whether he will be welcome when In goes to call on bis poor relations. The oftener a husband telegraph home how lonesome It is iii Ijeit-r time he Is having. When a man makes up his mind to conotnlta and cut down his expert his frlendt begin to fall by the way. aide.