Cirrisca Press-Joarnal ,
a. a. rnuprs, pbu.h.r.
HARRISON,
NEBRASKA
The new state hymn adopted for
Rhode Inland ia sung to tie music of
xcw Austrian hyiuu.
This year's harvest In the aouth of
Ireland U stated to be the best experi
enced for a quarter of a century.
An enterpris ng p rson in Chicago
haa 'discovered that the b e kps Juat
mm fcusy in storing away honey on the
third floor of a homo as in a hollow
tree la the wood.
A remarkable case of suicide came
aader the notice of the authorities at
Curet,hem, near Brussels, recently. A
printer driven to despair by habitual
drunkenness,, made his own coffin,
placed it in position, and hanged him
aelt The corpse was found dangling
over the coffin.
Professional baseball umpires are so
worried by the abuse they receive that
most of them are subject to nervous
complaints. Aware of this fact, some
of the life insurance companies refuse
to issue policies to them. It is only a
short time ago when an amateur um
pire in Farmersburg, N. Y, was
clubbed to death because he rendered
an unfavorable decision.
Jean Paul says that the mother puts
the commas aai semicolons into the
child's life, the father the colons and
pmteit. The whole punctuation of the
Impress Frederick's life was in
herently royal. As Mr. Balfour re
cently put it before the House of Com
mons, she was "endowed with gifts of
nature and of education which would
fczve r:ade her, even in another sta
tion, a remarkable and accomplished
In mine accidents it has often hap
pened that rescuers were baffled and
lives were sacrificed because the exact
whereabouts of the imperiled men
were unknown. The mine owners of
Scranton are about to place telephones
at regular intervals along the work
ings in their mines, so that the instru
ments may be easy of access to the
men when danger demands their use.
The step is greatly to be commended,
and it suggests other beneficent usee
of the telephone.
"Government In America is practi
cally shaped in the caucus. For the
Christian man the primary meeting
should be as sacred an appointment as
the place of prayer, and if the Chris
tian men of a community would inter
est themselves, they could get good
men nominated." These words, spok
en at the recent Christian Endeavor
convention, embody a truth familiar to
all yet one that It ia well to emphasise
during the month: before election. The
evils which exist In politics are large
ly the result of the neglect of duty
by the very men who most loudly
complain of them.
A curious story comes from the Rus
sian frontier. At the little Russian
town of Wystiten 400 families became
homeless owing to a great fire. The
town being next to Romlnten, where
the Emperor William shoots every
year, bis majesty not only sent soldiers
to help extinguish the Are, but gave
500 for the distressed townspeople.
The weather bsing- inclement, blank
ets were bought for these who were
compelled to camp out of doors. The
Russian customs officials refused to
admit the blankets until the high cus
tom duty, which in Russia is imposd
upon such articles, was paid.
The wire cables used by tourists for
protection and aid in Alpine climbing
mav nrove a source of danger. On July
20 several tourists made an ascent of
the Tribulaun. in the Stubuler Alps
Near the summit where the ascent
had to be made with the help of wire
rabies, the rocks began to emit a
humming noise, and an ice-pick, com
Ing In contact with the cable, produc
ed ana k;. Shortly before there had
been a thunderstorm, which caused
this electrical disturbance. Before the
tourists realised what was occurring,
the Ilchtninc struck the cable, stunned
a tourist and the guide and burled
them several hundred metres below.
The federal government and the
tain of Minnesota will soon clash In
the courts over the question of the
ownership of many thousands of acres
of valuable lands. The tract in dis
pute is situated la northern Minnesota
mulac from Ralay Lake to Lake 8u-
nartor. a distance of about BOO alias
and taking ia the entire northern tier
of townships. The lands are located
la the gold f elds recently discovered
aad oa that account are considered
very valuable. The lands were selected
by the state nader the provUions of
the BwasaR act of IBM, but It Is eoa
faatfai by th Washington official that
th tract so ehoswn on th border of
Caaada is aot swamp land, bane the
Osm of th saaat taleated men la
fidaafl to Waster Crana, tha decora
trr artist. !! is a teacher and writer
la art, ft took illustrator, s fntr,
rrW f faTBitura, gtaaa, mosaic,
ra3 paper aad fabric He Is, besides,
k tjat, lactam aad a fearless Socialist
Aaaay, M. T., dalaw tha honor of
tarts nsaX Oa flrst carriage saaau
trtral x2ra la 01 eoaatry. Bev-r-3
tsT g Oa yaar ltlf, aad
( t cr.- i
r y o c cj c cad of wut
trusts in esglasd
EXIST BY REASON OF LIBERAL GOV.
ERNMENT FRANCHISES.
Which Maaaa Abe at tim Thin
- That the Protective Tariff DSwtna oa
This Wd of tha Watvy Law Tariff
Caaaot Kch Them.
The effort of the protectionists to
mow that the tariff does not breed or
lid trusts, because there are trusts in
ree trade England, has been disproved
y the showing made that nearly all
he combinations to control any par
ticular industry in that country have
een unsuccessful there, and have
either retired from the field or are
practically bankrupt. The reason for
'.his is evident when it is considered
bat the markets of England are open
o the manufacturers of the whole
world and a trust or monopoly cannot
long exist where competition is free or
unless it has some privilege or advan
tage that gives it opportunity to be
come a monopoly. It may be that the
laws have allowed the trust to become
;he owners of all the raw material or
all the mines from which the monop
oly gets its supply, as in the case of
the anthracite coal trust, which Is not
protected by the tariff, nor does it need
to be, for it has no foreign competition
to dispute the home market with it,
there being practically no other de
posit of that kind of coal than what is
controlled by the trust This trust is
protected by law in another way; it
wns or controls all the transportation
through the franchises granted by the
state to the railroads, and dictates the
rates so that no rival can compete
with it With the steel trust it Is dif
ferent, everything that It produces 1
protected by the tariff at so high a rate
that it excludes all foreign products;
It also owns the greater part of the
mines from which the ore, that can
De th most economically mined and
smelted, is produced. It also owns or
controls the transportation on the
great lakes, through its side partner,
the ship trust, and has already com
menced to add to this by buying up
the ocean freight carriers. So that In
iddition to the monopoly that the tariff
jives It in the United States and which
t knows will be removed when the
people thoroughly understand the
auestion, the trust is preparing to hold
monopoly of raw material and of
transportation for it and for its sur
plus production, which must be sold
Devon d seas.
If other trusts or monopolies are in
vestigated it will be found that protec
tion by law, either in the form of
.ariff, or franchises, or the control of
raw material. Is what allows It to be a
monopoly. Remove the special priv
ilege and the trust cannot long exist
:ompetition will soon make it find Its
level. That Is the reason trusts are
aot finding a congenial soli In free
trad England and are rampant In pro
tected Germany.
mi roLicx or the admijiistra-
TIOW.
President Roosevelt in announcing
that he will carry out all of the poli
cies of the late administration has
drawn warm expressions of satisfac
tion from J. Plerpont Morgan and the
Wall street contingent ' .
The trust magnates who were
shaking in their boots are again plac
idly contented. They have this assur
ance that the United States treasury
is still to be run in their interest The
millions of the people's money, the
banks and trust companies are using
without Interest charge Is to remain
with them on the same terms. No
wonder a sigh of relief went up from
Wall street when the president made
this announcement The crowned
heads of Europe breathed freer when
the news was flashed to tbem that
John Hay was still to be secretary of
state for they feared a mere vigorous
foreign policy from our strenuous
president In this they may yet not
be mistaken. Even the sad-eyed pro
tectionists of the league and the Home
Market Club who have been losing
sleep these latter days took heart of
grace for awhile, until apprised that
reciprocity with' a big R, as in the
presidential program. And later, re
membering that President Roosevelt,
not many years ago, was a member of
th New York Free Trade Club, and
attended It meetings, they fear that
reciprocity may mean what thy call
free trade, a reform of the protective
tart.
Tb old leaders of the Republican
narty who looked askance at the
strenuous Roosevelt when, vie pre!
dent will fawn and flutter around the
president looking for th loaves and
fishes that are so accessary for th
malBtenaace of their political for
tanes, but with no lov la their heart
for their new chief.
Thea there ia Hanna, th great die
tator, th power behind the throne,
that was. He loves aot tha new preal
dot nd th president loves well.
we thalt see. There may be strenu
ous times ahead sad Dmocrata must
be watchfuL
to ocKotmcc coRRrrnsm.
Th Stat Board of Bqualhutioa of
Ohio when Mayor Toa Johnson ap
peared befpr than to ask that the
railroad property of the state might be
assessed according to IU real rahie,
which th law -of Ohio calls for, Is re
ported to have shown aa apparent at
tempt to brow-bat the Cleveland
mayor, which doubt tan lad Bis to
make the followlag stlagiag murk
to th hoard:
"Th Mg oarporatlcas gat all th
beaeflis of th prsaeat method at
insansils Howf ty lafooaelae
utzzm. y laCssarffs u&ttim, tr
Influencing courts, and by Influencing
elections. Let us take off the mask aad
be frank with each other. I say that
no auditor or other official who ha a
railroad pass in his pocket or accepts
other favors from these corporations
is a fit man to say bow much of the
tax burden they shall pay. Some msa
may be above the influences, but I
doubt it Why, gentlemen, this busl
ru of extending favors to public of
ficials has evtu goai so far as to ex
tend to your august body. Two of
you accepted an invitation of a certa'a
railroad offlcia to take a long trip In
a private car to California. hop It
did not influence you."
The board was dumb under this ac
cusation. Not a word of response or
explanation came from them.
If the same accusation was made to
similar officials In other states, how
many could pretest they were not
guilty. How fortunate are th people
of Ohio In having a public servant
with the ability and the courage to
denounce corruption in high place
and to the face of the culprits.
ARBITRATION OF LABOR DISPUTE.
Why cannot we have an arbitration
law here like the one that la working
so well in New Zealand T Th great
objection is said to be the enforcement
of awards by the arbitration court and
the fear that master and man has of
the compulsion feature. Of this a
writer says: "Perhaps a word about
the 'compulsion' may clear ' away a
stumbling block. No workingman can
be brought before the tribunals, nor
appeal to them, unless be belongs to a
trades union, nor unless that trades
union has legally registered for th
purpose of summoning or, being sum
moned in such proceedings, and such
worklngme'n can withdraw their regis
tration and pass out from under th
law If they wish. Employers and em
ployes can keep out of the reach of
the arbitration law by the simple de
vice of arranging with each other not
to resort to it. They can then strike
and lockout to their h -arts' content, if
such war does com from the heart
Here is the compulsion: If one party
to a labor dispute wants to arbitrate
instead of fighting, the other party, if
summoned by It, must com Into court
and arbitrate. It is the compulsion of
our civil courts, which guard us with
lawsuits Instead of suits of armor. And
under the New Zealand law no busi
ness man or workingman who does
not like the award Is compelled to
work. They can stay home or go fish
ing; only. If they do work, it must be
under the terms of the award. The
practical' result is that both employ
ers and employes all over the country
have formed unions to take advantage
of the law; they could withdraw, but
they do not do so; the law Is so popu
lar that its scope is widened every
year, and during th past year was
amended to Include several classes aot
before given the privilege of arbitra
tion, such as clerks, tram-car men, and
others."
This would seem to be fair to both
parties to a labor controversy, and if
tried In one state and found to work
successfully would be readily adopted
by all the states. The great losses tnat
periodically effect everyone by the nu
merous strikes here certainly call for
some such solution that would be fair
to labor and fair to the employers.
All this Republican talk of Mark
Hanna resigning from the senate can
be traced to Ohio. Ohio Republicans
want leaders that can aid them to get
at the public crib, so they may throw
Hanna overboard as a sop to the anu
turst sentiment A close observer of
Ohio politics says: Ohio Republicans
keenly feel the lose of prestige taeir
state suffers in the change of admin
istration. They see the stage of po
litical action changed suddenly from
Ohio to New York, and the Republi
can leaders of Ohio who have been ex-
eedine!v Influential at the Whit
House for the past four years relegat
ed to the rear of the procession. They
recall the fact that at the Philadelphia
convention last year Senator Hanna
stood out to the last against the nomi
nation of Mr. Roosevelt for vice preal
dent and acceded to the general popu
lar demand for his nomination only
whrn it seamed useless to bold out
longer. In view of this It seems quite
Improbable to them that Senator Han
na will have much influence with
President Roosevelt, though ha may
wish to carry out the desires -of the
late President absolutely ia other re
gards. ' .
The shipping trust has its claim ia
to help exhaust tha surplus fund la
the treasury with a bill which will
appropriate 1180,000.000 or HM.OOOOO
a year. The brewing trust waata the
tax reduced on beer and the ha liana of
th war tax should bo takes of. Thar
will be a river and harbor bill calling
for million. Th Nlcaraugua
will have to be provided for.
much it will cost Is yet a question.
Thea every congressman expects ai
least on public building In his dis
trict and there I a proposition tc
build a palaea ia each country wher
w have a representative. Bo w ms,
expect th fifty-seventh congress to
make th largest spproprtatlons evei
known had no relief from th present
high taxea. t , '
That poor little drooling Infant, the
steamship trust, with it 150,O0,006
aaphal, la still expecting Its pap ir
th farm of tha tola mbatdy Wllf and
Hanna aad th other Republican load
rs are arranging to feed It with all
that aoRgrsaa can be prevailed upon
todoaats.
tr!upt whra th Blow trust tarn
at a Jurrow from tha turnout poet
they will give more attaatloa ta the
ticket titer oa atastioa car.
THE MONEY MEN.
AMI PREPARING FOR A GIGANTIC
STRUGGLE AGAINST PEOPLE.
WHl Extend t aatrol 0r All th Small
Raaka In tha t'oanlrjr a a ProHnal
aarjr Step Consolidation Slrpa Already
Tabaa.
One of the reasons giSB "Or the in
crease of capital of New York and
other banks is the call f-r immense
loans that under the national banking
law cannot be made by banks with a
small capital, though they may have
an enormous reserve fund. The law
allows only one tenth of the capital
of a bank to be loaned to any person
or corporation.
The consolidation of the great banks
still continues. The First National
Bank of New York has absorbed the
National Bank of the Republic. The
latter institution is one of the eleven
or twelve largest banks in the New
York clearing bouse association.
This concentration of capital by the
financial magnates foreshadows the
formation of the much talked of
money trust, which. In fart, has been
already secured by the community of
interest plan, somewhat similar In
scope to the railroad combination.
The amount of money controlled by
the consolidated bank mentioned
above is equal to, if It docs not exceed,
the capital of the United States bank
at the time of the veto of its re-charter
by President Jackson when its
capital was thirty-five millions, of
which the government owned seven
million.
The most dangerous features to the
people of th;se vast consolidations of
the money power is the reaching out
Into the Interior of the country for the
control of banks in the leading cities
other than New York. The Rocke
feller combination has already secured
one of the principal banks In Cincin
nati and Kansas City and there may
be many other banks controlled by
them that have not come to light The
power of the United States bank in
shaping political matters in the time
of President Jackson, though then
considered enormous, was very tri
fling compared to the vast power that
can be exercised today by the united
money power of Wa:i street This was
shown In the campaign of 1896 and
since that time their power has large
ly Increased through consolidation
and the "community of Interest plan."
That the financial affairs of the
United States government is in their
power will be at once seen by the vast
loans that have been made to them
and that they continue to enjoy with
out interest and the purchase by the
government of bonds at the enormous
premiums of 40 per cent to aid them
in controlling the money and stock
market, and allowing tbem to retain
the customs and internal revenue col
lections for an indefinite time also
without Interest
At the going rate of interest of from
4 to 6 per cent on call and time
money it will be seen what a large gift
the interest on these millions is to the
favored banks. As long as these fa
vors are shown by the Republicans to
the money power, the financial ques
tion Is not settled by any means.
REPCBL1CAX ROTTKSNKS IN NE
BRASKA, Out in Omaha they are still talking
about the boodle used in the last cam
paign, and It Is not the Democrats
who are making the charges either.
A special dispatch to the Washing
ton Post says:
When a man holds an office at the
hands of the Republican party he Is
la duty bound to support the candi
dates and should not have to be
bought, and yet we had to buy office
holders last year. The national com
mittee had to send several thousand
dollars to Omaha.
Can you Imagine anything more
disgraceful? Now, my friends, I have
probably talked too much out of
school.
These were the remarks made by
Edward Rosewater, late Republican
candidate for the United States sen
atorablp at an Eighth ward Repub
lican meeting Tuesday night as quoted
in bis own paper.
Today when an Interview was flrst
obtainable, Mr. Rosewater was asked
to specify Federal officials who were
psld "boodle." He replied, "Most all of
them were against the ticket I bad to
notify Mark Hanna, and he sent a
maa out here. These fellows accepted
th boodle but refused to do anything
for th ticket. I will not nam any
articular one of tbem."
As Mr. Rosewater Is the editor of
tha principal Republican newspaper
aad had a great deal to do with the
management of th last campaign he
doubtless would not make these
charges If they were not true.
The officials accused of these 'acts of
perfidy to their party sad of accept
ing hoodie that Mark Hanna fur
nished, of course, deny it, and accord
ing to th dispatch here Is what they
said:
W, 8. Bummers, United States at
torney A man who will make such
atesraaces Is a knave or a fool. Every
federal officeholder supported the tick
et. ;
, Ualtel States Marshall Matthew
ft Is. absolutely false. If Mr. Rosa
water bought any men he should nam
them.
Postmaster Joseph Crow Rosewa
ter statements are ridiculous. While
explanations are In order ha might ex
plain what he did with the S4J0O
cent on by the national committee
rroai this we may expect aaajf
atroaaooa times la Nebraska and aot
sjhtj farther proof that tha sUt was
debauched with money furntnlied by
the Republican national committee.
. In a few months tLe terms of some
of these officials will expire, snd tbey
will be asking President Roosevelt to
re-appoint them. The President used
to be an ardent Civil Service Reformer
and probably is now, and this will be
an excellent occasion for him to set
his seal of disapproval on those that
were, purchased with the money sent
hy Mark Hanna. To make a thorough
civil service jub of It the Pres
ident should also refuse to have any
thing to do with the chairman of the
Republican National Committee now
his own friends and agents acknowl
edge bis boodling propensities, which
an honest man like the President can
not sanction. -
THE POWER or TRUST" AKO COR
PORATIONS. There are thousands of voters who,
because they are not smart enough to
see how the trusts and corporations
are fleecing them persist In voting for
the politicians who are the agent and
tools of the trusts. Every county in
the U rl ted Slates has a gang at the
county seat with strikers in every
township who are always on the side
of the corporations aad against the
peopb, yet they are jOften, In fact,
generally, allowed to run caucuses and
conventions of the Republican party.
Whichever pr-rty is in the majority it
is tolerably c;rta'n to baye these
parasites hanging on to It, though
since the Di-mocrate party has divorc
ed itself from tbe money power tbey
have left It like rats from a sinking
ship. The power of the corporations
is so great, says the Nebraska Inde
pendent that it takes almost super
human struggles to wrest any of their
special privileges from them. They
command the services of the most
skilful lawyers in every part of the
country and endless litigation Is In
stituted to prevent the people from
regaining their rights everywhere. At
the special election held in Denver,
August 28. tbe property holders of
that city, by a vote of 6,284 to 1,267,
for the second time approved a bond
Issue for tha purpose of buying the
city water plant The amount Is
$2.000 00. The company's revenues
amounted to about $39,000 a month
and the net profits of the city, under
the present schedule of rates are plac
ed at $13X00 a month, or $156 000 a
year, basldes furnishing free water
for fire hydrants.
A vote of five to one by the people
is not sufficient against a great cor
poration. The old vote was practi
cally the same, but the water company
succeeded in putting a veto upon it, by
appeals to tbe courts and finally to
Wall street to prevent tbe sale of the
bonds. It should ba remembered that
no great Industrial enterprise .can b
entered into in these days without tbe
consent of Wall street, if it requires
any great amount of capital. That
gang of highwaymen will refuse to list
securities and prevent the sale of
bonds If It is not to their liking. The
great struggle that Senator Clark Is
mi king will prove whether it is pos
sible for a railroad to be built any
where in the United States against
the wishes of Rockefeller and his gang
of financial highwaymen.
BRYAN TO KOOHEVKI.T.
It will be remembered that Mr. Bry
an expressly stated that if he was
elected president he would not under
any circumstances be a candidate for
a second term. He gave strong rea
sons for this and now wishes to im
press them on President Roosevelt
In the last issue of the Commoner he
warns the President of the danger of
striving for a second term. He be
gins by saying Mr. Roosevelt has
reached the turning point In his polit
ical career, and his cherished ambi
tion Is reached. "That ever since his
inauguration as Vice President he haa
looked forward to 1904. All at once,
as tbe result of an assassin's shot, he
Is ushered into the Presidency. With
what spirit will he enter upon the dis
charge of hi duties? The answer to
this question Is of tremendous import
ance to him and to bis country."
Mr. Bryan says there Is a sentiment
agstnst second terms. He accuses
Giover Cleveland of Indorsing that
sentiment, but later ' Ignoring hi
pledge, and continues: "Mr. Roosevelt
will find that there are many things
that can be best accomplished by an
executive officer who is . under no
temptation to use the patronage f his
office to promote bis own re-election.
If he will snnounce his determination
not to be a candidate for re-nomlna-tlon
he will be relieved of a great, deal
of embarrassment and anxiety, and he
will find sufficient strenuous life la an
effort to make bis administration con
spicuous for Its honesty and officiaaey.
If he Intends to appear before th next
Republican convention aa a candidal
be must prepare to light tbe bosses of
his party or surrender to them. H
Is aware of the fact that th Repub
lican organisation did not look with
favor upon his candidacy. President
Roosevelt has reached th parting of
th ways; which road will he taker
The explanation given out by tha
directors of the census abutit th
frauds la the taking of the Maryland
numeration woud.siem to east seri
ous discredit upon tbe census of tha
whole country. When will we ever
have a non-partisan census taken by
competent and honest men and aot
political hangrs-o of congressmen.
It is Impossible, f course, but not
probable that tbe Republican conspir
acy to pad the crusus return In tbatr
Interest la Maryland d'd aot occur la
any other state, hut the chance are
th aaat rascality was practiced els
where.
n.
Mrs. Eltsa A. How, M Jama
F. How, 1st president of tb W'bssh
Railroad company, has given $100,000
to Washington university, St Louis. t.
be used for the erection of a memorial
to her father, Captain James B. Bads,
who built the Eads bridge across the
Mississippi river at St. Louis, and Jet
ties below New Orleans. The gift na
been accepted by the board of trustee,
of tbe university, wao will confer wiu
Mrs. How as to tne cnaracw
morial which shall be constructed.
Bis ratrlotta Cornice.
. i.i-- t Philarlplnhla
A painuiiu tilled v. - ' r
has recently manifested his loyalty u
the flag by painting the cornice of his
house red, white and blue. In a row o.
l i . V. a nrovnillnl? COlorh
nousea in wmi-u m
are yellow or dark brown, the effect
. . , . i i n..,l auoi
is quite sinning, au" uiy
-v... h..iwd a BiirnriHed Kiancrt
on the odly painted dwelling. Tno
owner of the house is a veteran of the
civil war, and. possessing no flag, he
. .... . L. nt his
aeciaeu 10 paim mc w, .
home in this way as a mark of pa
triotism.
TT.i v,a miuorv in the world
comes of want of courage to speak
and to hear the truth plainly, ana
a spirit of love. k
Mr. Djrri Heart.
McCarron. MIch., Oct 21. In April
last the sensational case of Mrs.
Samuel 0. Dyer of this place was re
ported In these columns. Mrs. Dyer
has suffered for years with a very
bad case of Heart Trouble and was
cured In a few weeks by Dodd's Kid
ney Pills.
Since then Mrs. Dyer has received
hundreds of Inquiries as to her con
dition and many may be Interested to
hear that she Is at present enjoying
the best of health and has not had the
slightest return of the Heart Trouble.
Formerly she had to sit up in bed
for hours to get relief; now she goes
about as smartly as any lady of 62
years In tbe State.. Dodd's Kidney
Pills have made many friends in Chip
pewa County through their cure or
Mrs. Dyer's case, and have proven be
yond doubt that their cures are not
only very complete, but absolute and
permanent
rtcway Wmd'I a Prlonr'
It has been said that Admiral Dewey
wag made prisoner during the civil
war at the time the gunboat Mississ
ippi was destroyed by the Confeder
ates. The admiral says that Is not
true. "1 was not captured," said he,
when asked aoout the matter, "when
the Mississippi was run aground and
burned. About 150 of our men wero
captured, but tbe captain and I man
aged to pull away In a boat down the
river and escaped capture. I have seen
the statement made several times late
ly and am glad to say that it Is en
tirely Incorrect. I have never been a
captive." v
Ighaw Award on Cocoa aad Chocolate.
Buffalo, N. Y.. Oct 10, 1901. The
ludies at tbe Pan-American exposi
tion, Buffalo, have awarded three gold
medals to Walter Baker Co. (Limit
ed), Dorchester, Mass.. for the supe
riority of their breakfast cocoa and
all of tbelr cocoa and chocolate, prep
arations and the excellence of their
exhibit This Is the 37th highest
award received by tbem from tbe
great expositions in Europe and
America, ,
An Esporlanead Secretary.
Miss Hagncr, who is to be Mrs.
Roosevelt's secretary, was for a time
clerk In tbe war department. She Is
a daughter of Dr. Charles K. Hagner,
of. Washington. She haa acted as nec
retary for Mrs. Charles Emory .Smith,
Mrs. Elihu .Hoot, MIt;s Paulding, Sen
ator Depew's niece, and other women
prominent in officii life.
Awarded th. Ulfheot Prim.
Buffalo, N. Y Oct. The New Do
mestic Sewing Machine Co. has today
been awarded, at tbe Pan-American
Exposition, the highest prize, the cov
eted gold medal, for tb beft faml.
sewing machine.
Fir VUcapa Instractlom.
A descriptive article on Norway con
tains' some striking InHtructions for
the use of Ore escapes taken from a
local hotel, of which the following
lines are part: "Tbe plaited snotter
should be found In every room. To
Increase the hurry, let down the body
one by one until all shall be left. The
cord should be put out the ground
from tbe shoulder thereunder."
A Cbnrrh Marrlaf Bareaa.
The Rev. J. F. X. Coleman, pastor
of St. John's Catholic church, at Fred
erick, Md., announced to bis congre
gation one Sunday nlgbt that he wan
going to Inaugurate a matrimonial bu
reau in bis church. "Think of It!"
said .Father Coleman, "a congregation
like ours, with over 1,100 members, and
you seldom hear of a marriage. Them
certainly Is something wrong, and this
is what I am going to endeavor to rec
tify. There Is no reason for this state
of affairs, as there Is plenty of mar
rlagebl material right here, and even
much past tbst kg, aad I am going to
and savor to utilize it to advantage or
know the reason why."
Larky chl Ha'anu.
Catherine F. McMahon, a retired pub
lic school teacher of New York city,
hss received from the supreme court
I the writ she asked for, compelling tbe
' board of education to pay the pension
J of one-half of her salary which an at'
oi isvu gave ner. -i bis resuu wins in 3
ease for some forty other teachers, re
tired previous to 1194, when the pen
sion law for thirty years' service in
th public schools was passed.
Dasrts far Wesaaa.
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at Don't old unlaundered curtains.
Don't cool tomatoes in the Ice box.
" Don't buy . "cheap" lines as tbey ar
th dearest. ' '
Don't use "cheap" soap la th laun
dry a It costs th moat
Don't us a starch that will produce
that harsh crackling effect, but gu to
your grocer and order Defiance Starch,
II ounce package for 10 recta. Mad
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