Objects to Appropriations to Make
Ls Equal to Our New
Responsibilities.
Weald Leave Us the Prey of Stronger
Nations—Success of Monroe Doc
trine Depends On Ade
quate Navy.
W ;.Sam Jennings Bryan lias always
opposed a great American navy, lie
vi-nt to Congress years ago. and if be
a * t ashed anything worthy of note,
the record has failed t«> show it. At
That time the Democrats all over the
c • : try were l«»'.%iug to him with grow
ing admiration because of his obstnn
t. •■utli-s. <>:. July 1VJ. lie arose
in li.- { '.ace in the il ins*- of Kepre
s- at:.: ves and opjaisiiig a propose1
Lava, appropriation. said:
“Mr. S;.»-akt*r. 1 iwli‘*ve it: a sufficier.'
Ba.vv. We have this now. either in ex
istfise or in construction. We do uoi
* need more.”
I*, tht* Same Bryan Today.
Su a was Mr. Bryan sixteen years
sci. and such he is to-day. He has op
I"—d every proposed appropriation to
it.-Tease and strengthen onr navy, as a
matter of defense and protection to our
coast iine. and a preventative of war
with other nations, as a source of pride
► -estige iusui el our ouri
try. The matchiess record of our navy
at Santiago and in Manila Bay during
tiie Spanish war interests him not. Had
his ideas prevailed we would have had
no v. lories on the water in that war.
Must Always Bo Ready.
A' wars between nations come sud
<!•; just as do personal conflicts be
tween men, our navy must be maintain
ed upon that basis of i«>ssible contin
gen< y. Our national history shows that
v. :irs have sprung suddenly into exist
ed > while wise men were proclaiming
that war could not occur. There are
many instances where the most unex
I-e. it-<l occurrences ha e brought us to
the very verge of battle.
We are not a military nation, yet we
are a rich nation, and undefended
wealth invites aggression. The very
li!>erty of individual speech and action
whi'h we as a peopU so prize and
guard, renders it possible that at times
miexiiecteil causes of friction with for
eign }«>wers may suddenly develop.
Kvcn at present this country is nego
tiating arbitration treaties with a nuat
licr of the great [lowers. These treaties
liave a special usefulness because in the
event of some sudden disagreement they
render it morally incumbent upon both
nations to seek first to reach an agree
ment to arbitrate and at least secure
a breathing space during which the
<•00 judgment of the two nations
involved may get the up[>er hand over
anv momentary ffiirst of auger. Such
tr<; U*-s are entered into with the hope
of preventing wrong doing by others
against us and also as a proof that
we have du intention "f doing wrong
ourselves.
rrrp>rp<lom> Slfol IVnrr trunuirnt
Yet it is idle to assume that this
world has yet reached the stage, or has
come witbiu measurable distance of the
stage, when a proud nation, jealous of
its honor and conscious of its great
mission in the world, can be content
to r> v for [ica'-e upon the forbearance
of other j lowers—a< seems to be Mr.
Bryan's idea. It would be equally fool
ish u|m>n our part to rely njioii each of
them [Ktssessinp at all times and under
all circumstances and provocations. an
altruistic regard f«r the rights of oth
M nut Maintain A uieriran PreKiijEe.
The United States can hope for a
permanent career of peace on only one
condition, and that is ou condition of
maintaining a first class navy—despite
the obstructive tactics of the Democrat
ic party.
The government has found it neces
sary to t»* liberal in appropriations for
rivers, harbors and bays, for irrigation,
for tlie construction of public buildings,
and for various oilier public enterprises
which redound either to the benefit of
some specific locality or to the people
at large. Every great power lias found
it necessary to provide protection for
its commerce, its foreign trade, it
!>orts. and its peoj.le d ling business or
traveling in other countries. We have
become a great power. Tills nation to
day lines q a •: gside of the five great
powers of tile world. We have assum
ed resjKinsil.il it ies by the recent colo
nial expansion which v\a~ thrust upon
us. and from which we cannot excaite
if we would, and ought not if we could.
Rraponalhility of World Power.
We have obligations to Cuba, where
we have >aid to the world we will pre
lect her against assault or invasion,
against attacks ujk.ii her indejieudeuce.
integrity of territory, of her institu
tions. We have Porto Bieo. which can
tie defended only from the sea. as Cuba
can tie defended only from the sea. We
have the islands of Tutuila. Guam.
Hawaii, and the Philippines far from
the United States, all of which must
Lie protected from the sea. W e have
assumed another obligation in the I’au- ;
ama Canal, which perhaps is greatest
of all.
we Dave tne longest line oi >eu omn
nf any other [lower in the world ex
cept one—T.'Ml miles—anil in addition
to that. Alaska. We have assumed re
sponsifoility for law and order in Pau
aina. The spades and drills and steam
shovels are there at work and the whole
world is taking notice, because they
are to alter the paths of commerce and
to change the relations of nations. The
future of the Monroe Doctrine is in the
custody of our navy. Its jieaceful rec
ognition will be the tribute which other
nations pay. not to the doctrine, but to
our sea power.
We as a people do not fully appre
eiate the commercial jealousies now ex
isting in Europe against us and which
will be accentuated by the construction
and completion of the Panama canal.
Not alone our states on the Pacific, but
the whole line of [sirts on the Atlantic
Coast, will come into this eomeptition.
for the ports on the Atlantic coast are
as near in miles to Japan. China and
,the Orient, by the Panama canal, as
are the reservoirs that gather for d.s
tribution abroad, the products of Conti
nental Europe, or London, through the
Suez Canal.
Commerce and Our Sea Power.
This great future commerce cannot
tie protected by treaties alone. We
cannot protect our commerce and ex
pand our trade by mere arbitration at
The Hague alone. We cau only main
tain commerce by having a sea [lower
adequate for its protection, for the *■
curity of our islands, and to prevent
hostile fleet from destroying in a neck
the Panama canal, after it has cost us
from two to three hundred million dol
lars and ten years to buikl.
It is therefore to the interest of ev
ery high-minded, public-spirited Ameri
can to endorse the constructive policy
of the Itepnblican party, and encourage
the establ shment and maintenance of
a first-class American navy.
HOW COULD BRYAN HELP?
His Prescriptions For Business
Shown to Be Ineffectual.
< Kr, uu the Pittsburg (Jazette-Times. i
We hear nf workingmen saying
that this time they iuteml to vote
for Mr Bryan. l>ecause for the past
ten months we have had hard times
But what good will that do': How is
a tartfl for ret gaoling the pro
til th n |.iea altogether, going to ope:,
the -hops and mills': How will tht
eh tiou of Senators hy direct vote
start the wine Is of industry’: Or
the ; ui'li -ation of otmiiaign contri
liutioiis- nr the further harassment
of the railroads: Or toe reorganiza
1 HI t the H*W!*e. SO that the Speaker
tin i-e [Hiwetiless': Why open this
country now to the markets of the
world when we have not sufficient de
mand to consume what we ourselves
manufacture-:
F.iarl Jnmiec Hlithent Ideal.
The administration of exact justii-e
hy urts w ithout fear or favor, un
uioved hi the influence of the wealthy
.•r hy the threats of the demagogue, is
the highest ideal that a government of
the people can strive for. and any
means hy wbii-h a suitor, however un
|H>]iu ;:r or jMNir. is deprived of enjoying
this is to he condemned.—Hon. YYm. H.
Taft, at t'olumbus. Ohio.
Party Keiiairement*.
As a party shows itseif homogeneous,
able to grasp the truth with resjiei-t to
in-w issues, able to discard unimportant
differences of opinion, sensitive with
res;ie't to the successful maintenance
of government, and highly charged with
llie responsibility of its obligations to
the people at large, it establishes its
claim to the confidence of the public
and to its continuance in political
power.—Hon. Win. li. Taft, at Kansas
City. Mo.
NON-PARTISAN LABOR PAPER.
Mine Workers' Journal, Represent
ing 350.000 Coal Miners. Refuses
Space to Politics.
The Mine Workers' Journal, official
paper of the 350.000 dial miners of the
country, published at Indianapolis, will
not supftort Bryan in the coming elec
tion. In a statement to a correspond
ent the Mine Workers' Journal states:
"For obvious reasons we are com
Iielled to decline publication of your
well-written letter. It is contrary to
the rules of the Journal to allow any
thing of a partisan political nature in
its columns. Yours would invoke re
plies of a partisan nature and an at
tack on other partisan candidates
from others who differ with you. and
the columns of the Journal would be
filled with letters of a partisan politi
cal nature to the exclusion of matter
that is more interesting and calculated
to do more good. Politics of a parti
san character are excluded from .he
Journal for the good of the Journal
and i<eace of its members."
Inspiration from Lincoln.
The leader of the Republican party
during the Civil Mar was Abraham
Lincoln. In all the varieties of con
troversy which it has. since had to
deal, it has never lost the inspiration of
his leadership.*— Hon. Win. H. Taft, at
Kaukis City. Mo.
Political Notes.
The Republican party is greater than
any man. a distinct contrast to the
Democratic party, which has but one
leader and he its master.—H,>u. James
S. Sherman.
It is announced that Mrs. Tennessee
Claflin Co<>k is coming all the wav
across tile ocean for the purpose of
helping to elect Bryan. She is a deter
mined woman, awl Mr. Bryan probably
will l»o unable to stop her.—Chicago
Tribune.
SEMRt ROOT
Republican Administration Vigorous
for Enforcement of Law.
Taft the Logical Successor to Con
tinue Roosevelt Policies
and Reforms.
I libu Root. Secretary of State,
chairman of the Republican convention
which nominated Charles K. Hashes
for tiov rnor of Xew York, addressed
the i-oiiveiitioa in part as follows:
Mr. Spepeh.
"We call turn to the administrations
no" drawing to a dost*, both in tbe
State and in tli • nation, and with con
do n« ass every American voter to
say whetner they have not met all tb>*
ureal fundamental questions of good
government, whether they do not jus
tity tlie lielief that it is l>est for the
country to keep in p..wer the party
which is responsible for them and is
entitled to the credit of them. Have
u*>t these administrations within the
State and within the nation l>eeu hon
est'/ Have they not been capable? Have
they not l>een efficient? Have they not
set before the jnople of America exam
ples of pure, high-minded and patriotic
service in public office? Have they not
raised the standard of public duty
which the young men of America have
set for themselves? Have they not
done us honor before the world?”
Mr. Bryan Aanfiered.
Mr. Hoot took up ami answered at
length Bryan's question. "Shall the Peo
ple Buie?” including the various ar
raignments of the Republican party and
its leaders made by the Democratic- can
didate in recent sj»eeches. Among other
things he said :
"Mr. Bryan charges that the Repub
lican party is responsible for the abuses
of corjHtrate wealth. As well might he
charge that the man who plants cotton
is responsible for the boll weevil, or
that the man who plants fruit trees is
responsible for the San Jose scale. Un
til the millennium has brought the
eradication of human selfishness and
greed, social abuses will tome accord
ing to the shifting conditions of the
times. Adversity and prosperity, wealth
and poverty have each their own kinds
of abuse. Constant vigilance and con
stant activity to meet and put an end
to abuses as they arise is the task of
government and of good citizenship;
but the work is never finished. The
Republican party has produced the con
ditions which have made our great pros
perity possible, and it is dealing with
the evils which have been incident to
that prosjierity with vigor and effective
ness. Upon the course to be pursued
regarding these evils, ujion the attitude
and action of the government towards
trusts, railroads, and all the great cor
porations. there is no substantial issue
between the two parties.
T«ri fl
"The Democratic party promises that
they will wipe out the protective tariff
and sul«stitute a tariff for revenue only
I shall not discuss that proixisition. hut
it ought uot to he forgotten. The elev
en years which have passed since the
Dingley tariff was enacted have brought
about many changes iu the conditions
to which tue tariff law is applied. >lauy
of these changes have resulted from the
very prosjierity which the protection
afforded by the tariff has produced. In
the nature of things, such changes must
occur and from time to time every tar
iff must be revised and adapted to the
new conditions. A- the jieriod of revis
ion. however, is always one of uncer
tainty and a consequent injury to husi
ness, revisions ought not to lie made too
often or ii|»>n slight grounds. The
Republican party lias not considered
that sufficient grounds for thus disturb
ing Business have existed heretofore.
It now considers that sufficient grounds
do now exist, and it has pledged itself
immediately after the 4th of .March
nest to devote an extraordinary session
of Congress to making such a revision
iu accordance with the true principles
of protection.
"The last time the Democratic party
was in power the result was the Wii
son-Gormau tariff of 1801!. The very
threat of such a proceeding at that
time stopjied business, closed the mills,
threw millions of men out of employ
ment. and was accompanied by uni
versal business depression and disaster.
Are we ready to repeat that experience
now. as we surely shall if we put the
Democratic party in power?
The Kailrnado.
"The Republican party believes ii
the regulation of railroads. It believe
that their managers ought to lie made,
and can be made, to ol>ey the law. li
believes that by an eiifori-emeut of the
law. uot spasmodic and sensational, but
steady, firm, and jwrsistent. excessive
and discriminating rates can 1»
stopped: and it is now. and has been
Xo llcfeuilalile Policy.
The difficulty with the Democratic
party and the reason why the Ameri
can people thus far have manifested
their distrust of it is because it has no
policy which the country can depend
u|N>n. Its whole stock in trade is that
of irresponsible criticism and olvstruc
tion. but when charged with the re
sponsibility for doing anything it utter
ly fails.—Hon. Win. H. Taft, at Greens
boro. North Carolina.
for a considerable period, engag 'd-in
such enforcement. with marked effi
t cien-y and success. It proposes for the
! presidency a candidate who dec lares
his purpose to continue and complete
that enforcement of the law. and whose
competency to do so with success has
lieon proved. Mr. Itfyan does not be
lieve in the regulation of railroads. He
does not tielieve it practicable. He re
a crds it as bound to fail, although he
is willing to criticise the Iiepuhlican
party for not accomplishing that vast
and complic ated task all at once.
“It is natural to observe that, if the
jieople of the country desire railroads
to be regulated, and the laws regard
ing them to tie enforced, it would he
| wise to entrust that regulation to Mr.
! Taft, who believes in regulation, and
j has faith in the wisdom and effective
j ness of the law. rather than in the
hands of one who lieiieves that all ef
i fort to regulate must prove futile.
The Democratic Keccird.
"What is furnished by the record of
! tile Democratic party at large to show
! that it is competent lo maintain the
| prosperity we have, and execute the
promises of reform it tenders. No
proof whatever of that is offered. All
the evidence we have is the other way.
The majority of us have not yet for
gotten the second administration of
Hrover Cleveland, which ended only on
the 4th of March. ls:>7. The Democracy
then had its opportunity to show the
world what it could do with govern
ment. for it jiossessed the executive
office, a majority of the Senate, and a
majority of the House. Its opportunity
to exercise that control for tile public
lienetit was wasted. Discord and con
fusion reigned throughout the entire
four years. Incapacity to reach prae
iical conclusions or to take any effect
ive action was demonstrated. No prom
ises were kept. No reforms were ac
complished. it became apparent that
the sole cohesive force that bound the
I>emocTatic party together was the de
sire for office, and. once in otic-e. in
stead of progress, we had all factions
pulling different ways, totally incapable
of agreeing ujioii a common course of
conduct.
“Are the people of the United States
ready to repeat that experience of
Democratic government?”
TAPI S SETTLEMENT OF THE
FRIARS' LAND PROBLEM.
In the whole story of Judge Taft's
brilliant aud useful career as jurist,
executive and diplomat there is no
more creditable chapter than that de
voted to his adjustment of the eoutro
\ersy concerning what were,known as
the “Friars' laiuds" in the Philip
pines. Those lands, consisting of
some 300,000 acres of the most fer
tile soil in the islands, were held by
priests of certain religious orders, but
were occupied and farmed by native
tenants, who complained that the
rentals exacted by their clerical land
lords were excessive. Upon the with
drawal of Spanish authority from the
Arctoij>elago the Friars' Lands became
the subject of earnest controversy.
The farmer tenants contended that
the property should be taken from the
j priests aud thrown open to purchase
in small parcels by the actual occu
pants. There was a demand, indeed,
tor the confiscation of the property
and the priests themselves, in their
ignorance of American methods, were
fearful that such a course might bt
adopted.
It became one of Mr. Taft's tasks
to settle this s'.rious dispute, and lit
accomplished :t iu a manner which
not only greatly increased his owe
popularity and enlarged Amcricau
! prestige in the islands, hut developed
among the clerical authorities and the
tenant farmers a vastiy m re neighbor
ly spirit, aiid a more nannonious
community of cterest than had ever
existed before. Mr Taft carefully iu
v estimated all conditions relating tc
the Friars’ Lauds. lie consulted the
clerical landlords, the higher church
authorities atvl the tenant farmers.
Then he went to Home, where his
proiKisais for an amicable adjustment
of the controversy received the cordial
approval of the papal authorities
The Friars' Lands were purchased for
a sum approximating $7,000,000.
Clerical landlordism censed and the
property was divided into small par
cels and sold on easy terms to former
iiw*s and others desirous of engag
iag iu agriculture.
The real importance of this trans
action is appreciated only by those
familiar with the manifold and deii
•ate problems which have been en
countered in the work of American
izing the Philippines. The settlement
of the affair by Mr. Taft removed per i
maueutly a fruitful source of friction,
between the civil and the religious in
terests of the islauds. It laid the
foundation for kindlier relations and
more intimate co-operation between
tlie dil government and the authori i
ties of the church. It set before tbt i
Filipinos a high example of American !
friendship and fair dealing which is !
oound to exert a wholesome moral '
.-iiid educational influence for rnnnj
(cars to come.
Free Trade Fallacy-.
Our free trade friends have told us
for years and years that if we do not
buy we cannot sell, but we have gout
an doing hoih at a woiklrously increas
ing rate, but selling just enough mors
than we buy to meet all foreign obii
gat ions and keep our gold a« a bulwark
'■* redemption. That has lieen the Re
publican method, and that is going to i
continue to lie the Republican method 1
—Hon. James s>. Sherman.
■ HAD TO BE MORE EXPLICIT
“Dear Grandpa” Conveyed Little to
Post Office Officials.
A member of the Yale basketball
team which played here a night or
two ago received a check—a present in
three figures—from his grandfather
who lives in a New Jersey town. The !
check, as a matter of fact, was a fake
prepared by William L. Lush, the
Yale coach, formerly left fielder on j
me v triaiiu uas»?uau team, woo was
here with the team. But fake or no
fake the recipient of the check got
mighty excited.
He raced right across the Hollenden ;
lobby to the telegraph desk, the min- j
ute he saw the size of the check, and
wrote out a te'egram as follows: |
"Dear Grandpa. -, New Jersey, j
Thanks very much for check. This is
a receipt. Your grandson.'' HeVvrote I
it just that way.
Then he hustled into the writing 1
room to thank grandpa more fully by
letter.
" hile he was preparing the letter a
bellboy brought him back his tele- I
gram, along with the 30 cents—he
had paid to send it—30 in pennies—
and this was written across the mes
sage: "Can't find anybody named !
dear grandpa." Then the Yale boy
came to.—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Don’t Ee Left Handed.
It has been estimated that aboo
one boy out of 15 is left-handed whea
he reaches the age of ten. This is his
mother's fault in not making him use
his right hand more during his baby
hood. In Germany there are schools
where the boy is taught to be right
handed. Nearly all tools are made for
right-handed men. and the boy whi
grows up left-handed will be awl
ward.
If one can use both hands alike 1
has an advantage in some things b
t seems as if nature intended t,
— . . U. - . 1 L. . ....... L J. luu >\ Gi. A,
j mo-jt dPL£mi> MWfz/m ro# /ymra?# r/ry
HOW /fit nl/oEun
WTUMAL Ni-jJORY WILL MPPtAH WiiErf COTPLETEE
completed
BROOKLYN IHST/TUTE MUSEUM
When the three great museums of
; the Greater New York are completed
in the years to come there will be
: given to the country and the world
j groups of art palaces the like of which
| the world has never before seen.
They will represent an expenditure of
$50,000,000 exclusive of the priceless
collections which will find shelter
within the spacious walls of the insti
tutions. The Metropolitan Museum of
Ait will be the largest building de
voted to art in the world; the com
pleted museum of natural history will
overshadow the British museum, and
the Brooklyn Institute museum is
planned along the same magnificent
lines. In the case of the last named
the eastern wing. reeenrly finished,
completes an entire front of the struc
ture, including the corner towers. In
the case of the Natural History
museum the great outer wall has
finally turned the southwestern corner
and is being carried some distance
Qorthward. The new wing is the first
of the great side walls of the building.
The Fifth avenue facade of the Met
"opolitan museum is being carried this
vear nearly a block northward from
the main entrance. The nerv wing is
particularly interesting, since it is the
first wall to be built besides the en
trance. on the outer line of the build
ing. The museum will ultimately in
close the great hollow rectangle,
whose longest dimensions will parallel
Fifth avenue. The main buildings of
the museum to-day, those in red brick,
will in time be completely inclosed.
The outer walls will be of a light gray
stone. The cost of this building when
completed, it is estimated, will be
sir Caspar Purdon Clarke
said recently that he believed the
great museum would be completed in
ten years, when it will certainly be the
chief architectural feature of the city.
Some idea of the proportions of this
building may be had from the state
ment that the present Fifth avenue
facade, nearly two blocks in length, is
less than one-fourth the length of the
completed eastern front.
The new wing is built of a some
what lighter stone than the main en
trance. The same alignment is main
tained. It is two floors in height, with
a basement. One of the features of
the new addition is a spacious lecture
hall opening from this wing into the
inner courtyard. The need of such a
hall has been felt for years. The walls
of the new wing on the inner courts
are of white brick, and the greater
part of the roof is of grass. The in
terior is designed with the same ef
fect of lofty spaciousness so charac
teristic of the older halls of the
museum.
The management of the museum
has long been embarrassed for room,
and the new wing will be quickly
taken up. The second floor, according
to the present plans, will be devoted
to Robert Fulton and Hendrick Hud
son and their times. The display of
these collections will have a peculiar
timeliness in view of the approaching
Hudson anniversary. It is probable
that the Henchel collection, the prop
erty of Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, will
also be allotted space in this wing.
Although the new wing, as seen from
the street, appeals to be practically
complete. it is not expected that it
will be regularly thrown open to the
public for some months.
The Natural History museum will be
carried a step nearer completion this
year by the opening of the south wing
of the west facade and by a new ap
proach to the central power house and
tower. The museum, it is perhaps not
generally realized, will ultimately
considerablv exceed in size the
British museum. It is now nearly 20
years since the first hall was built,
one of the interior wings, which is
now almost completely hidden. Since
then the entire south facade has been
completed, an avenue block in
iengtn.
| The new wing earries the line of the
corner tower on the west nearly a city
block northwest, thus giving the first
suggestion of the appearance of the
west front as it will ultimately ap
pear. The great building will some
day occupy the entire space facing
Central park, measuring three city
blocks in length and one avenue block
in width. A great central tower will
ultimately rise high above the present
roof line.
Despite the apparently endless cor
ridors of the present structure the
museum is badly cramjied for room.
There are tons of valuable material,
gathered at great expense, which it is
! impossible to display. Space in the
wing with its five broad floors is. how
; ever, already heavily mortgaged,
i With many exhibits demanding space,
it has been decided to devote the new
wing to the new Congo and Philippine
| collections. The Congo exhibit, re
cently obtained in Belgium, of unusual
popular as well as scientific interest, is
especially timely. It is believed it
will make a very strong popular ap
peal and will amply justify the space
devoted to it.
The second wing, which is available
j for exhibition purposes this year, leads
from the central power house directly
westward. While smaller than the
south wing on the street side, it is
nevertheless an important addition to
the museum. This wing will be given
! over to various fish exhibits. It will
soon be thrown open to the public.
These wings together make the most
I important addition to the museum in
some six years.
As in the case of its neighbor, the
Metropolitan museum, the new wing
stands practically complete so. far as
! its outer appearance is concerned.
The brown stone used in its construc
: tion is of course somewhat lighter in
i tone than in the older parts of the
s building, but a few years of exposure
will correct this.
‘ The new addition to the Brooklyn
i Institute museum has already doubled
: the capacity of the building. The
work here has been completed some
months in advance of the similar addi
tions to the other city museums. The
completion of this wing has done more
for the general appearance of the
building than have the additions to
the other museums. An entire facade
’ of the Brooklyn museum now stands
j completed where before a single wing
appeared somewhat isolated and de
tached. The museum will ultimately
inclose a great hollow square, with im
pressive towers at the four corners
and with elaborate staircases leading
up at the center of each side. The
new wing carries the building from
the central entrance to the corner,
thus rendering the facades svmmet
rical.
The new wing has so far cost *2,
400,000, and it stands to-day less than
one-fourth complete. The central
staircase and approach to the east
wing cost alone nearly $90,000. It is
in some respects the most beautiful
architectural feature in the city.
Wisdom of Economy.
If men would only be content to live
on the right side of their incomes
there would be little cause to fear
panics, for they could be easily
averted when they threatened. The
man of saving habits, of thrift, of
economy, who never allows his output
to exceed what he takes in. c^n al
ways breast the storm and reach the
port of safety.
Cotton Growing in Uganda.
American upland cotton grown in
Uganda actually commands a higher
price in the Manchester market than
when it is grown in the United States.
There appears to be practically no
natural difficulty in its cultivation
throughout the larger part of Uganda.
A great development is only a ques
tion of organization and—money.
TREASON!
We would not for the world engage
in criticism of the court. But surely
there can be no harm in reproducing
a Republican editorial (for whoever
knew a Republican editorial to be out
of accord with the accepted rules of
polite society?). The New York Press,
a Republican paper, referring to the
Grosscup decision, says:
“The judgment of the court of ap
peals. which calls for careful scrutiny
and cool reading, can not alter the pub
lie conviction that the offenders be
hind the Standard Oil corporation in
its rebate crimes deserve to be in the
penitentiary and will be sent there
when the law is enforced by those who
take oaths to administer it."
Important Personage.
A king s coachman is a personage
of no small importance. Certainly the
coachman to her late majesty. Queen
Victoria, had a befitting sense of the
dignity and responsibility of his posi
tion.
J
ONE KIDNEY GONE
But Cured After Doctors Said There
Was No Hope.
Sylvanus O. Verrill. Milford. Me.,
says: "Five years ago a bad injury
(.nuai.'icu auu
affected my kid
neys. My back hurt
me terribly, and
the urine was bad
ly discolored. Doc
tors said nty risht
kidney was practi
cally dead. They
said I could never
walk a^ain I
zt Doan's Kidney Pills and began us
ing them. One box made me stronger
ind freer from pain. I kept on using
hem and in three months was able to
get out on crutches, and the kidneys
were acting better. I improved rap
idly, discarded the crutches and to
the wonder of my friends was soon
completely cured.”
SoH by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
WHEN YOU GET RICH.
Only Then Are You Appreciated for
Your True Worth.
Upton Sinclair, the novelist, was
talking about wealth at Lake Pla
cid.
"It is pleasant to be rich " he said.
Nobody can deny that. Many of the
pleasures of wealth, though, are false
and mistaken ones.
"When I was making my living by
the composition of blood and thun
der tales for boys—and 1 could turn
out my 8,000 words a day— 1 knew a
pale. bent, ink-stained old chap who
i wrote love stories.
"His stories did not pay; he was
very poor; but an aunt died, and sud
denly the old fellow found himself a
millionaire.
"He saw me one afternoon on Rroad
wav. He stopped his red car and we
chatted about old times.
" ‘And is it pleasant to be rich ?’ I
asked.
" Yes. it is,’ he answered, as he
lighted a Vuelto Abajos and handed
me another. 'And do you know what
is the pleasantest thing about it? You
have an opportunity to make real
friends, friends who can understand
you. Y'ou get at last to know people
; capable of esteeming you for your own
qualities alone. You find, sir, that
you are at last appreciated.’ ”
ONLY A COW.
Artist (who has been bothered by
rustics breathing on him all the morn
ing*—My good fellow, I assure you
that you can see the sketch with more
advantage from a little distance!
Microscopic Writing.
A remarkable me'nine made by a
lately deceased member of the Royal
Microscopical society for writing with
a diamond seems to have been broken
up by its inventor. A specimen of its
works is the Lord’s prayer of 227 let
ters. written in the 1,237,000 of a
square inch, which is at the rate of
53.S80.000 letters or 15 complete
Bibles, to a single square inch. Tu
decipher the writing it is necessary to
use a 1-12-inch objective, which is the
high power lens physicians employ for
studying the most minute bacteria.
Wanted to Go the Same Way.
We were taking a little trip into the
country. The only vacant seats in the
train were turned so as to face each
other. I told my little girl, four
years old, to take the seat in front of
me. as riding backward would not
make her sick. She hesitated, and
said:
• I know it won’t make me sick, but
if 1 ride backward will I go to the
same place you are going to?"
Conan Doyle at It Again.
"It is clear, Potson." said Herlock
Shomes, "that the farmer who raised
this spring chicken was very tender
hearted.”
"How in the world do you know
that?" asked the astonished Potson.
"It's simple enough. The farmer
hesitated so long before striking the
fatal blow. ”—Boston Transcript.
What's* His Age?
“After all, you know, a man is only
as old as he feels."
“Yes. How about the fellow who
‘feels like a two-year-old?”—Philadel
phia Press.
AFRAID TO EAT.
Girl Starving on Ill-Selected Food.
“Several years ago I was actually
starting,’’ writes a Me. girl, “yet dared
not eat for fear of the consequences.
“I had suffered from indigestion
from overwork, irregular meals and
improper food, until at last my stom
: ach became so weak I could eat
scarcely any food without great dis
| tress.
“Many kinds of food were tried, all
with the same discouraging effects. I
i steadily lost health and strength until
j I was but a wreck of my former self.
“Having heard of Grape-Nuts and
| its great merits. I purchased a pack
age, but with little hope that it would
help me—I was so discouraged.
“I found it not only appetizing but
that I could eat it as I liked and that
it satisfied the craving for food with
out causing distress, and if I may
use the expression, it filled the bill.’
“For months Grape-Nuts was my
principal article of diet. I felt from
| the very first that I had found the
right way to health and happiness,
and my anticipations were fully re
alized.
“With its continued use I regained
my usual health and strength. To-day
I am well and can eat anything I like,
yet Grape-Nuts food forms a part of
my bill of fare." “There’s a Reason.”
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Well
ville,” in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A nev*
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
int:rest.
