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By VIM Allen Dromgonle, In Th Household: Aunt Emmellne got up ont morning with a pain In her bark, She had been busy all the week, he'plng the white people prepare for Thanksgiving. " 'Pears like It wuzn't made fur no body but de rich, nohow." she told her elf, an she dragged on her old phues and set about getting breakfast for her self and little Fphralm, the boy asleep la the bed she had Just vacated. The complaint was not made aloud; mot for the world woull she have per mitted that boy to hear her throw a suspicion on that season whl-h to him was one br' t. beiutlful drenm. For every nleht when she came home a the cabin. had she entertained hhn with accounts of the great d!nnprsfh bad been preparing and th boy hnd listened, ?d aked quep tfom, until the wonder In h'R bl? round eyes would be nulte eTtiTeulh"d In sleep. For Fphralm wci a rripp. I little erro w'th a twirled V, and a mind ax hr'rM pi the one silver dollar that had b"pn rK Aunt Fmmcline ca'led b!m ber "T roan.' her 'Ml" honsoVf-epf r.' when leav ing the cnbfn mornings for her work, and pro-nl'ed to tell Mm nil ebo't Thsnk'rlvlrsr when Fhe cr t bark, "If he tended rtcht peirt to things." Ail d-y f-e Title fare woii'd watch at the window for her return, although i n-vr came nn'il tne onrKnes rnrt fa1Ten, prd the p'rets wrre emTtv Then wvo t'T v hid ("ten tser "r-.r Wr''d ro-n fin hour rf pwef ronf "t to t.'-t , 'h"n the mother wu'd tk" her cM'd n hr prn nnr! te'l him o the fcr1ht. r.t"or""I world m'ld" bright er ed r-o-e beiutlful by the god, glad Tl enVso'vlrcr. A rd fo-r H !r''ed but one diy of Thrt-"l"f, end now Aunt t'mmelin mi't be off rir'y. ""p," :o r'Tui when the eofVe p.pr to steam. "Jump up now, vu"rat yo' hreVfur'. I'.trmv got to rro rn'pM' dim. H't's rr'rtv nlrh ThkF'hln'." "Am I?" Pit Ffb'ilm. d: fr-lfi-? o" "M rrved c'd fh e. "V.'hre you gwinc 1o rt tirtv. mommy?" "At f e May r's. "n. I got to dre-? dv-'V turkey tedty." V-!1 r""v h::h cran'.Trlr-i. ton, Ink la'yr r'""v what you rooked de p ft:r. yirlMdv?" M."T a'r.'t (twine to be 01 ''one In rt-r'-fr, I te'.l y u, let 'lone Thanksglli n'." "WW dv hib syllabub, lak Mlsa Til- eu-1", fO". "" "T's. r 'h en p! nty ob It." "Fn re""suTi cake?" "Fn renun cke. too." 'Vn swet p'r kiex.lack de precher oh ii copel's wife?" ure de pime. en more." T- Mr round eyes grew Mugcr. "Met. by dry'll bnb oysrhers fried In f rocker srr"ps, lack d resteran' man gwlne habT' "Yea, ssh. dey'll hub 'em. only dey rwlie fltuff ern lnIde de turkey." The boy wis allent for a moment; then, with a lors:, de-p f'gh: "Mammy." s'nd he. "I wlsh't us could hub a Thsn'i!lbln loo." 'Te. mrbhy we kin, simrtlmo. Jes' you be a good en trk keer d- house en Fe while mammy go work' on' mnb hy Thnnksrlbln' gwlne come 'long to we-a'l. too. mnw o' d s ? days." ?he d'dn'l expect It, however; hers had "been a life of hnrdHhlp; rummee had fnded from It long agi, and lived now f.niy In the boy. He set hlmrelf thinking when she had left him alone. He had h"ard a good denl about Thanksgiving; It evl lently belonged to everybody alike therefore everybody was In duty bound to celebrate It. As to the dinner? Well, that was a fonture of the. day, to be ure; but he felt eittt to that. too. He was rather late beginning, with uch a dinner a ne meant to serve, but ho would do hi? beat. In a few minutes he was hard at work, dlshe clattering, kettle sing ing, spoons playing. The little cabin had seldom sceu so busy a day; the ton luelf held not so happy a boy a little black Fphralm preparing his Thanksgiving dinner. When Aunt Km niellue. weary and footsore, drugged h-cranlf home at dark, she was greeted with the lound of singing, Ephralm voice ringing out. not In Thanksgiving perhaps, he had never thought of that, but Just In Joy, and the gracious con tent that comes with employment and with hop. Perhaps that might be a Thankaglvln hymn after all, since "Joy la the grace we owe to Clod." The cabin was ablate with light, a rich, warm fire-glow that went out to meet ber aa the opened the creaky old door. In the center of the mom stood Eph ratm, his back to the fire, hit sight body leaning glnt his crutch, while he bent over something that might hive been a royally spread banquet table, for all th t how and shine of It. In truth, It was a big box that had served at a sort of sideboard for dishes, Una, and water buckets, all these years. A clean, gorgeously pictured newspa per served at tablecloth; the dishes, both aa to material and contents, were rare, well at 'original. The board ralrlf eclntll sted with aplendor, aa the lUM of the big fireplace mounted Uglier and higher up the Maek-throat estteMsMtjr. mmffl post Blinded by ti e light, Au-.t Enmellne staggered forward, when toe voice ot Fphralm rang out In delighted, If frightened, proteft "Look out.nuir.my!" he cried. "You'll smash somethln' 'nuther. Dvjn't tetch this here: dla heie's de Thanksglbln' dinner fur we-all tomorrer. Look et dat! Ain't dat fine?" Aunt fcmmeilne rubbed her eyes, and"; straightway entered into his pleasures. "It eI.o' am," sulu she. "Kit Bho' am a acrutnpCous 'caaion. What's hit all fur, son?" "Kit's dust a 'tend-like dinner, mam my," said Kphralm. "Dcy ain't no aho' nuff eat'n'g, but it's a mighty flue 'lend-like, 'sho's you bawn." "I tho' sptc it am," Bald Aunt Em- mellne, as she dropped for a moment into the chimney corner to warm hai feet at Ephralm's good blaze. "En we all got to be fatlsfli'd wld hit. somehow, beta'ss hits all de Thanksglbin' we gvvine git. Le wh.te folks dey ain't pay rue much dig time; dey say d'.y pore, too, en ef dey kin git up dey own Jlnner hit's de mus' dey kin do. But dey gib me some clothes en things. A'.arry'a got you a god pair seren-han' breeches, en a shirt, en a crct li.t ain't got nar" hole la It. De pnachcr ob do goFpel's wife gimme dem. I.n I got a good lUnnel petticoat, what K.Ub Til siira fclMune for whlppin' up her cakes. ftn lrAaoln' ,th a hn kiv pri offinrlii' im de kitchen en pu'ehes. She's sort o" fractious soniell.iies, but she most alius gits ginerous 'fore the d ;ne wld y u. j.n do Mayor, he i;lai.ne a dollar; hff's i.e bes' one in dis town. Wld dat do.lur mammy gvvine. buy her chile a long r crutvh, en dey ain't no TiiankKgibln' J.nner gwl.ie git a cent ob It: naw sail." Kphrair.i strolled over to the opposite Hide of toe hearth, and stood content edly looking do.vn ihti the firi;. got p'enty, anyhow," said he, after a long, thoughtful silence. "I'm, we pot tome titers, en some meal fur a hoecake; en mammy gwlne itay et home !!1 de duy, too." "Hoee. ke .'" laughed the toy. "I toy hoe-cake en tali-rs! We got tu:-l:ey, en poind r.il.c, en I !e, en J ily, en tilings. i.,eM tt dat table; you f.'igit U it tabic, .n.Jin.oy, "i o,i fu;lt de 'tend-like." 1 Ik r was a knot k at the d. or tUat ' ;ru;;l.t Aunt Ivfoii.cUrje to Jar feet in a hurry, that aguiu endangered the rhuil-.knlviii;; board. "f.o-k out., toaioiny," Fphralm cillej ii:, Mtarply. "Don't te'eh dt.i h.re; illi I i a am du ttylliibub fur to-moi rr," idj he made a frantic d ihIi f if u jyt:ter can, beautifully but ;ik-aed, on top of which he had i;ei. a cr,ic'.ed china oowl fl.led to the brim with a rich, yel lowish liquid that might Indeed bavf !'en the much-coveted Southern ylla bub, had it not been a bowl of Aunt Kmmellne'a own best soft-soap. Hut the woman was at the door, where a young white man stood waiting ad mittance, a well-dressed, good-looking young fellow, evidently uaed to the higher walks of life. "Aunt Emmellne," said he. a hand on either dooi-Cacing, "mother to'nt me by to ask you to conic over ara serve din ner for her tomorrow. She says she would like you to get there early, by i o'clock." Aunt Emmellne thought of h -r ach ing feet, her empty pocket, the day '.; had meant to have at home with E:!e. The young man's mother w.ia I-awyei Duffy's wK and her dinners were sumptuous affairs. It would be a long, hard day's work, with perhaps a pall of odds and ends scraps from the feast to fh.iw for it at night. 8he hesitated. Te mighty nigh bruk down," said 4he, at last. "En tomorrer, hit's Thanluglbin". I's done wucked all dc week, mighty hard; en dey ain't nobody paid me nar" cent, 'ceptln' ob de Mayor. Aldo dey Is moa' ob de:n' glmmo some ;hln' 'nolhor. Yo" ma ain't glmme noth !n', en I wucked two days fur her. 1' reckln' I'm 'blerged to stuy home tj morrer en rest." Rut the young man was not listen ing ;he hod stepped Into the room, and was looking, with eyes that naw deeper than Aunt Emmellnft had seen, at the make-believe feast of crippled Kph-.-alm. He was a reporter for a dally paper in the city; a very new, a very earnest, ind a very ambitious reporter. He saw t story, a funny, a very, very funny Thanksgiving story In thnt paper-covered box, and Its curloua viands. He was soon to see something deeper than fun In the Thanksgiving spread. He stepped fuithir Into the room, anl s'ood beside Ephraim looking down upon the table. "Hello, little boy." tald he. "What have we got here? A Thanksglv.ng dinner, as sure as I'm a'lve." Ephralm's ey:t danced with delight. He was Innocent of r.dlcule In any f ,rm whatever. "Yrs, sin," sild he. "Hit's t o'y a ThankfglW dinner. Aldo It am dcsl 4 'tend-like." "A what?" "A 'tend-like. I 'ter-d like d'a he" box am a table, en dis here paper nm one ob de linen clrfs mammy done up fer r white folks las' week, en cse things am de eaten't en dn drlnkln's. I reckln hit's tt mighty fine dinner, dcsl fur two nlKgera to eat up tl by dcy. ee'vei." ' Aunt Knimellfie tfled to Interfere, tut Um repotter thMl' ' i "Let him alone; It talk." pleaf es him to Siarcely rea'lzlng that he did so, the young man diew a chair to the impro vised table, and began to ask questions of the most remarkable Thanksgiving menu on record. He was enjoying It, tco, quite as much as little black Eph ralm. "What's this, Ephraim?" said the vis itor, pointing to a little round upturned fix-box In the center of the table. "Dat? Dat'g a reasun cake, what de Mayor ob de town sent me fur dinner t.moirer. Kit's a'tend-llke cake, but I 'spic' hit's a resun one." "And this?" "This," was a sort of ob'ong bit of coal slag that Ephraim. "Don't you Fee de parsley, en de algs 'round hit? i Mister Lawyer Duffy sent me dat." The reporter whistled; even Aunt Em mellne dropped her face over her bread tray to chuckle. She understood Just what a surprise It must be tj the starchy young reporter to bear of his grim, rllent, aristocratic, close-fisted father sending a Thanksgiving turkey to a little crippled negro. Hut she saw no meaning In the Kuggestlon that the turkey was a stone, as the young man jaw. "lie aho did," Ephraim wag say ing, "En dis here am de graby en stuirin's." A little fat, black finger pointed across the board to a bowl ol eawHiHtt plentifully enrlehed With peb bles and old corks that he had found among Borne empty, cobwebb-d buttle under the house. "What rr.akes you say Lawyer Duffy sent the turkey?" asked the reporter with peculiarly rentuive Interest. "Case oiic't, 'fore my bruddcr Ben died, de folks all say he a tote a tuckey, en dey put him In J:,ll fur hit. En Law yer Duffy he say he didn't do It. En he say hit till &.-y let Den out o' da jail. Didn't he, mammy?" The vwnnan looked up from th'i hearth, where the was kneeling In the act o hhq pl:s the curn cake upon the hoe. "Yes, Lawyer Duffy cleared Baa," said is he. "LVn worked fur him In his office, long es he libtd, after dat." "Dm !" laid Eplirai.n, "ain't I tol' you so? He's a m.gjiy good man, I tel. ou." Tr.e rer"rter smiled a queer gf rt ot iiuil'., as.tl Aunt i.inri.!,.li.e did not s.iy thtit Den'H years t service were payle; tne gieat lawyer l.ia fee for u l nuait, oim, Ltl the young man understood. "l is l.eie now," hi iiru.m went or. .vitli l.in bill of laic "dis here box toi n' salt awi de mince pie waat de pecach. er ob 1 g.apel'a wi.'a done H;:it. D.b nere plate o' shells hit's rice, en da dlah o' spiliHtrH dat's macaroni, en din here string o' ppoolH, dry's sas.-.ugcs. Ie gro. o'ry man. on dc eas' Corner ob du public squar sent dem, all ob dem. He's a fine man, I tell you. Onc't when I fotch some sasHi'.gcs to Miss Tilaum, when his boy was gone, he dett tuck en gimme a whole one, a big fat one, all fur my si'f. Didn't he, mammy?" Aunt Emmellne nodded, and Set the smoky coffee-pot back upon the h ;ai th where it would not boll a?aln. "Difl hero DOWt O" ryiiabub, now," snld Ephraim. Indicating the dish ol soft-soap, ".ViiKg ri llsum sent me dat.' "Mlris TlU'-um? That cross, ugly, oh. ro.ild? Do you mean her?" asked the th ; roughly arnu. td reporter. "Naw, bir," Bull ti e boy. "I mean dat ar purty, good, glnrtji lady what libi--on the corner ob Chlanut street. Dut't de one I mi an?." The reporter broke Into a laugh. "But ihe wouldn't I mean do you really think she would?" sa'd he. "Yts, Fall, I trios' know she would. She gimme a piece o' pie onc't, en onc't she gib mammy tome buttermilk to mek up lie bread wld. Didn't she, mammy; "Twlce't," said Aunt Emmellno, soft ly. The young man rose, a hand In either pocket. "You haven't told me yet what thoa' mai bits scattered over the table mean," said he, not willing to lose one lie::: of the strange feast. "Dem? Dry's de good wills what dec g.cs long wld presents, aldo dey might be tinges, ef dey wuzn't ma'bles." The rci ot ter studied the table earu fully; the " 'tpnd-'lke" was pretty wel complete. He would like to have a part In It somehow. "Ephraim," ih.e said, "you need yes, I am sure you need another cake." "Yes, pah," said Ephraim, "but dey ain't nobody Icf to gib It to me." "Well, f.x up one somehow, out o! (lour, or dirt, or cornmeal. I don't cart what, and you can say 'the reporter gave you that one." " "Yes, eah; Ml mek It out o' flour, or den hlt'll be a whit one," said the boy, already getting out another pbte. The npoiter turned to Aunt Emme llne: "Fore's a dollar for you, Aunt Emme. line." stld be, "and the next tl ne moth er forgets to pay you, you J if.t come to me. You'll como lomoi row?" ' "Vrp, pah; I'll be dar by 8 o'clock, ef dc Lawd s;ai't me." A n.omcrt later, the reporter wna at the grocer's, whence Fpl.ralm'a Imag inary dc notion hfd been lent. As he went lu he met a pentl.man con-ilv. out. "Mayor." he cried, "X wat Jut rolng to mil on you-. Will you come bark n. moment?". , . , , , , , ! The Mayor turned bacK i.r.o the grocery. "Mayor, f:id Mr. Johnson, both of you, I have turned missionary." I frTa M a vni anI lha nrnnnr D m M mJt I "That means you are out begging!" said the former. I believe all mUslon. arlea beg." "For others, yes, sir. I am not pre cistly that sort of a missionary; but I attended a Thanksgiving dlnr.e this eveninc to which you two gentlemen were both contributors. I have come in here to tell you about It." And wht-n the story ended the Mayor was blowing his noae with all bit might. "I rfekon I am an old fool." said he. "A flf.ft rilrt fnot the vprv iilrkumunlpa j have found It oLt. As for you, sir, you ! ff ' " ' heie. with your 're sun cake,' upi jib i our yju lor cunieoipi. The reporter went out. but he went laughing. At tlie door he put his head in again to siy: "And don't torget to put In an orange, both of you. He said the 'unges' were 'good Wilis.' " The Mayor turned to the grocer: "When you fend the rice and maca roni and sausages, send don the cake for me. f'elect a good one, and be sure it has raisins in It." "All right. Mayor." laughed the gro cer. "I'll g.'t It there by g o'clo.k to morrow. At the dor the Mayor turned back: "I gay. don't forgrt the oranges." "I won't; one apiece.'' "If ThankFsiving and Christmas did n't come along once a year," he told himself as he walked toward his home. "I reckon we would all forgrt what It Is tj remember the poor. They kind o' pull us up with a halt and a prick at ov.r S'-H'sli hearts, and set us thinking of others." The reporter meanwhile was telling hl story to te "pie'.ty god, gere.oas Miss Tilsurn," in l.er stilt little gluing room on Chestnut street. "Kend .syliabab to a lazy n'eger, shall I?" she snapped. "They're a. unsrets lul lot. I can tell you. Syllabub! Well, I reckon." "This one Isn't ungrateful," raid the young man. "He siid you gave him a pie once; and he declared you were the pi city, good, generous Miss TiL-urn.' " The thin lips of the old .woman came together In a manner that rnigiit havei meant either a snirl or a smiie. "Defended me, I reckon," said she. "vhe!i y".1. cslled m" 'rros nt nelv ' " Tie reporter gashed, and abtont'y tammeie.1, "Yes. nia'm." And ih-j i.ext ihlr.S he knew he was on the payment outside, getting away as fatt as he ".nod. 'i ne old woman closed the door upon him and stepped over to a minor that nung over ti.e mantel. Then she be;;ao -o laugh; and sue oo.ehed and laugnej until the pale, ti.i.i (heeks grew pink as youta Itself. She laugmd at the -'Rio and si.e lauv.ned at the "xnlsa oa n y," aepa lately and togerner. Then ilie laughed at hers 'If and her "good, pretty, jiinrus" record. Then she rang lor the cook. 'Can you make another bawl of that yllabul) early In the morning, Mar .ha?" tald she. "Ye:.urn; but d'y's enough alraidy nide fur i.a.i de town." "Tin n make as inu-h for the other Unit, Mintii.i," Ea.d the nilstiess. "Mar .t.a. t::i ic- s some one in this town who oilieves that 1 am a 'goo.l, pretty, ea lous wo omi,' and pm.. (j-2'i Ik: ..ail .'ici discover Lis mistake at 't,aiiksgW .:is. mat's h11," 'i he letiorti r-n:l.-:s.-..nary v. ns now at liin in. id: U tusk, i.n ha l seen the rain--iii f wile, ti.at was e.isy enough.. '-.he i.r.o. r.itci d a:id ;vi.s cryi.og like 1 biby he.o.e 1 got. ha!f tniouHh," ta:d no. "(iod blt gs iutr; si.e knos what t is to he a 'tuggiiig mia.-lonaiy.' " Dut he ap?r,M, (;i ii j fjiher with ''11, diean; he told Lis ate ry pt rly .i.eie; pcihiips because Uie thin, stern .' tha-Ana rio rcsprnse to the talc he vas tel.'lBg. When he finished the ct loir.ey looked up gravely, soberly, cold y. "VSell," said he, "what do you want .ne to do about it?" The young man bit his lip; there were .ears in hi eyes. "Nothing," said he, "nothing! I am jorry I n.t-ritfoned it. Good night, sir." "Wait," said the older man, quietly. "Where are you going?" "To tell rnothir not to expect me home tomorrow. I tell you tnia Is a .line, a miserable farce, In which t will take no part. Thanksgiving to .iod when our own hearts are crushed with sellishnefs, like lee! It Isn t I' ;:-c.l:5ivl::g; It'; ::thl::g but sliirh .easting ;nnd I'll be r.o party to It. SfV-r in n:y life did I have one serious liouj?!it of the true ii.t.nt of Thanks giving until 1 1:1.4 night; and heiealtcr i 11 keep It the true way, or not at all." The lawyer looked tit the tlery young "el low befc:e D. I m and something stirred in his he.irt. He did not wish that ooy to glow hard and sel!inh. Nor ok! ae like the thought of his feeling that I h'lnksgiving in his own home was a Tiiivu." or it "feast" only. Yet he had .ome very neir the truth. It hurt him and touched hiin. "1 don't know much about giving," wild he, his hand In his pocket; "but ne alt n-eil a Thanksgiving, or a Christ inas, now ami then, to crack the Ice of .cr Mlish hearts. Now, if you will at end to tne what was my part?" "A turkey, sir," laughed the young man, "wltn stuffing and gravy. I will ace to it f.,r you." "Here's a do.lar, then, for the turkey and fixings." "Hut I want five cents more, If you pieAtm, for tna 'good will.' Ho said the oranges were the 'good wills.'" Ttiu lawyir luugiud and handed him On: extra coin. . And then the young report! r did that which made Thanks giving In that house, and in that cold, ,te:n man's h?urt, a Thanksgiving In deed and truth. He f topped to his fath ers chair, and, stooping, quickly touch ed his lips, -warm wuh t.te blood of youth and Impulse, to the older man's brow. And, "Thank you, sir." said he, "nl God blew tu. T..f.nks,(.vlii4. There w til lie no "'tend-like' la this house." t .ill. sum mtj tamer, Liieri- win u Ji ' 'teml-ilke' in th.s house." The neii morning oia ai:ss riisum, tasting the syliabub she whs (Muring Into a bowl, sa.d with satisfaction: "No "tend-like' about this syllabub, at all eveti'.s." 1 h grocery man dropped an extia siring of sausages Into the basket he wan send. ng out, and said, with a lau.Th: ";fo "tend-like", about them. Solid meat. And this csko It's as genuine and free from shorn as the old Mayor hinn elf." Tr.e t.iayor was humming a tune as he walked down the street a tune of Mi own far awny joutli-tlrne. "VikI!" fall he, "it's a fine diy, to day. I feel (.cod, and there's no "tend- lUe' l l.oi.t It." And in a taol.i that cvrnlinr, a lltt'e l.erci ii. with round. vh tu eyes, wl.t wiitfhlnx bit mrUnr curve a Juicy tur key v l.ich .'idorntd a carefully sprcsi nhli'. A the broad, write slices fell itli.viy over the eatvlna I'.nl.'e, he bro,.e out with Jubilant Impa 1-r.oe: "ol.nmt de (humsl.rk, m irnmy; ul nme de ilrum jitltk quick. When I cats, de meal oft'n U I's gwii c to sit (te Mn pan, cr ten! like I s &. brr.M blind, peindln de white fell a what tort all dlt hare Ciimme tof de d.tiin s lcka, mammy lulckf '..... (Hearst's Chicago American.) , cted in f.-ifbttnlng them, they , tit Many a man Is called Ir.con up-lill? j lu w.u." who is bribed every day , ut hit i.le. ! liie rt. publican party wltl j :: v. us Many a nation. Including our own Jut albt..ooa, and p;a-..ile t-iit, ..t, at pretent, haa been bribed wi.hoi-t ctej in frlghtei-Iaii ti.e tavi. ..... .. .! riahz.ng it. The man who would rage Justifiably at the suggestion of a bribe, the n.a.i who wculd tpain an offer of any am. u t from another, can be easl y bribed by the money in his own pocket. The writer has In mind a man rf great ability who Illustrates elngulail well the corrupting power that lies in a man's own money. When the man mentioned was young he was enthuslast'c in the caure of the people. Eis ideas were sound, hi3 am bitions lofty. He had nothing, and his sympathies went out ta olhcra who w.re as poor as he. Today lis Inmost feel ings and Ideas are the same as of y're. But his financial condition has changed There used to be nothing in his pock ets. Now his bink account, Eafe de posit vault and real estate foot up twenty millions of dollars. The man's dally life is at variance with the good instinnts that were planted In him originally. lie used to earnestly sympathize with every effort to Increase wages, wh.cn he workrd for wages. Now he pays wagjs and the money In his, pocket corrupts him and impels him to cut down where he can, and to grudge where he migiU well be liberal. To a friendly critic he will say in perfect good faith: "I'ropeity haa a quieting influence Money brings roponclbility. Consist ency i3 all very well, but financial n;at. ttrs often change the early hasty view,' e.c. The money In his pockets corrupU hlm; he Is bribed by his own fortuju to violate his conviction. No othe. man's money could tempt hi.n to go .ti.ainst what lie. knows to be rials t. III. jn'ii lu: tone ili.nks for i.l.n, tcts lor i.iu, and changes him. Do not believe that a man must own twenty millions to be controlled by the u.or.cy in his pujie. How many men of f.rnall fortune, haw many men of practically no fortune, wire bribed by their pocket j or their future financial hopes in the late elec tion? The republican party managed to cre ate the. In.pi fffioii that with tiieun lay inan;:'.al prosperity. If a voter said: , "TrUiUs are dangerous, vlcinuB and V legal," The republican party replied: "if you destroy trusts you will frighl .n rich nun, rich men will lock up '.heir mor.ey and you will not be a bio o fi t any of it." T..e com. try, brllud by Its pocket:;, 'Otrd to continue the trusts in power. An extremely Intelligent -politician. Mr. Sleekier, said to this writer long 'jcfore election: "The savings bank dtp: alters decide elections. If the republicans once suc- COST OF LIVING GREATLY INCREASED, Chicago, 111. Special.) The following figures show the rise in . price ol" food and other domestic necessaries since election. Tlie trusts are be ginn'ng to experience rroupeilty. There is talk of a further advance in the price of meats, at least those that did not feel the boom ol last Saturday. ' Old Price. Nrw Price. Coal liutier 1' K'VH Tric'crioln 1-irloin Itib roast , Hound ft -ad Mutton chops Bacon I ONE YEAH OF THE NEW JEKSEY TJll7STS. Trenton, N. J. S"pe 1 il.)- Oct. 31 was the lout day of the fiscal year In New Jersey. The returns for the yenr mad? by the secretary of slate to Slate Con--o!!rr Hancock show that during the To'.we montl s the f' Howl, g tiustf, with it cajiital of Jj,00l),0vi) and more, were organized: lure Oil Co J160.OCO.OOi: Carnegie Co IGO.OOO.OiX American Bil.l.re Co 70,000 000 Am. Sheet Stc-el Co 62,000,000 Cosmopolitan Power Co 40,000,0'JO Telephone, Telegiaph and Ca ble Co i'hllndclphia Klectrlc Co National Sugar Refining Co. 'Consolidated Hallways, Elec tric lighting and Eyulpin't Co Shelby Bteel Tube Co Witt Knob Copper Co., DtJ. Hudson County Gas Co 30,000,000 2,"i,000,600 20,000,00a l,000,00f! 16.000,00 1 15,000,000 10,500 000 'avana Traction Co 10.000,000 American Timber Co i l. Johns Typobar Co , Tuba Co Continental Automobile Co Alaska Industrial Co 10,000.001! ,7r,o,ooc 8,000,0Cfi 8,000,0,10 10.000,000 Havana AmcilcaCo lO.OOO.O.'O llareonl Wireless Tele. On. . . 10,000,000 Ifanhottan l.lxht and Heat Co 8.00OM Imperial Iron Co 7,000,000 Artificial Dumber Co 12,000,000 American Fach 'and Dvor Co. fi 000,000 I'nrceluln Faced Brick Co.... 6.',,;00 hrC'lcllan Arms Co 8,000 000' federal Publishing Co 6,000.000 JloU IIlll Copper Co......... 6.000,0)0 North American Iron Co...... 6.000.000 California Products Co 6,001,010 Sreat Northern Portland Ca mtnt Co t.MO,000 rotaaa Co 1,100,04 irrrn-o Oiposilorg. it waa r.o great turn of m- lit bi.bed toe avtta0e avlnga ii . - -m-pob.tor. seventy dollars, JJOO.perbtpi . . . . uf fiieu in teiiS of t..'u...i.ii ol :. .. t unarf all noble iui'ii.iat.rii (be n.ind of tlie vo.er.' Iii.afeine the average hard ' . -.uj' man tayL.g to the ieauolical i -, . ' "why do you ii-Oje t.ie i--.' - iOiv of Independence? Vi.i.t ititoi. . you 10 ou.er lor cbangiu u-r cj. i r. of fcovtmuieit without t-e tCvj.i't . -n-iitni?'-' 'ine republican party lepl.eu; "Never iund the D;cia.a..ii o. In depeiitience, and as to your ot-w. .,.. lion, we uou't waul aay eitCUbe. i-.o.CB lo this: You have iJij i.i Ut g bank, havea't jou? Very wtli. kU lor the aeuiociau and tbut louey wU oiui:ii to no." , The stau.iient is flse, and ibe ote feels that it is laise. let ae i- t.aie Silgnt crtad that tli-.rd may be to... thing in it. he i.riOAS a.l tibJul, iiitj $-0(1. He pats and loves the gicasy tiiuwn bank book. About otuer t..uis he can only speculate. t. , ; Compared to his teal two hundred, the Deelaiation of lnd-j enaeoce iLSw.f it ot speculative j.iiporia.ioe. . iie looks at his brown baak boot), with the entries to tlowly aiid I.e ri-j ously made and votes; for the re,rD.ic-, an party, biibed by l.ls own niouay. , There has been much tclk of corrap. tion in election, much taik-rf bnbryj and a vaiit fund for buying voe b. Tuch a fund exitUd and was usd, of ecu; ec Dut the real corruption fund to be' (treaded lies in the voters' owil pockets.' The party which can iwe that fund apparently can win in this' country. The democrats must bear' this in mindO and be prepared to add to tbse argu-' ments which appe. 1 to the m'ina b.nd te patriotic Influences others that shall appeal to the pocket. ' ' 'I A Chicago cloakmaker, Rei'eld or Bel- Etein, Bald in a public speech before election: "The real issue is yourrelf." I W..en the shame e B speech' was made, this newspaper, as in duty bound, def nouneod it. But there is only too muck' truth apparently in the statement of the cloakir.'ikcr, Eei teln. ' ' ' De f:lt no t-liame in saying that in at land which had made hira'rich. tba icsue was still "flelf," as it bad beetr when he was poor. ' ' There are many Beitelns anions os; ' they must and should vote, and since their' pockets t:i:ik for them, plan most be made to reach those pockets, i and through the pocket fcach tie brain. It will not be time wasted for demq- crats to think of this during the ne t four years. $o.2r. n.oi 22 .25 20 .25 IS .28 16 .20 M .U m .is 16 .29 11 . .12 United Metal Selling Co Excelsior Telephone, Tele graph and Subways C3 '. - Standard Fhoe Machinery CD. G.tXXkMaV 6,M,M B.000,10 . Dotben Incandescent Co 6,000,009 Alaska Copper Co C,BOr00 Atlantic City Itealty Co C.OOO.tOt United Tfelcgraph and Tele phone Co. 6.0M.N Denver & Southwestern RalV way company t,000t Santa Rita Mlr'ngCo.... , 6,0A.0M During the two years ending October 31 the stale has received In fees for In corporation upward of a million dollars, while In previous years the fens re ceived from the same source amounted) to only a few t'noufand dollars annual ly. The fee for chartering a company with a capitalisation of SLUi.ORO or up ward Is 20 cents on the thotasanA dol lars, or 1200 on the million. At Chicago Judge Growcnp ha fltrld. cd an Interesting case aa arbiter tot the Bricklayers' union and Mason ana Builders' association. When fhe lock out was declared, In February, an ap prentice Indentured by the anion had inly served four yeara and two aaoatha of his five years' term. Tlie boy wa thrown out of work and Ms mnlnvnr r(,fUBl.rt to pny yim wavfctt although bsj was nndtr obllgailons to furnish tta4st employment or do so. The-eontroversj was rcfrned to Andrew Llnqnial for the employer, Tho nas Preeoe for th union, ord Judge Qrosscup. The latter derided In fnvor of the boy and the em ployer must pay oil back wage. The Fresbytcilnn churchm ef , New Turk City lnt week apent much of In lima In prayer for Chins). A aperlar memorlaj service ffl the Prtb7trlaa mlnelODarlea killed at Pae-Unc-rao -wasp held la tbe Wtb Armu VtttkfUrtm CBttrdb ' 1
