Nebraska Newspapers

    Loup City Northwestern
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J. W. 3'JRLEIGH, Publisher
LOUP CITY, - - NEBRASKA
Competition and Justice.
The day seems to have come fur
consideration of (he question who.h
the present organization of the stock
exchanges is such as to insure | nbiic
confidence, fair play and absolute se
curity to honest clients, or whether
some degree of intervention by the
government to secure these results is
required, writes Charles A. Conant in
Atlantic. Speculation is legitimate,
and will go on increasing in volume
with the growth in the wealth of the
country and in the quantity of negoti
able securities. To interfere with it
without warrant is to tie a ball and
chain to the limbs of national eco
nomic progress. But more and more
with the growing complication of the
mechanism of finance, is growing u(
a sentiment for such supervision ol
this mechanism as shall insure its safi
and honest working. From the smoke
and dust of battle between vested in
terests seeking economic freedom, anu
the state seeking to protect the indi
vidual against errors of judgment ant.
false stateruens, emerges the principle
so well stated by the eminent capital
ist, Thomas F. Ryan, in an article it,
the Independent, that “It is right ilia’
competition between men should be
brought within constantly narrowe;
and narrower rules of justice.”
Bishop Brent's Decision.
Bishop Brent has raised himself
greatly in popular estimation by his
announcement of his determination to
refuse the Washington offer of the
bishopric, and to return to his hard
and important labors in the Philip
pines. says the Boston Advertiser.
This may be said without implying
that a different decision would have
lowered him in popular estimation.
Had he decided that under the condi
tions of his health or for other reasons
he should accept the call to Washing
ton, there could be questioning of his
sincerity or his courage. His record
stands proof against unworthy insinu
ations. He has done great work in the
islands. He would do valuable work
at Washington. This because he is a
forceful, honest, energetic man. His
determination to go back to his work,
to build a firmer structure on the
sound foundation he has laid in the
Philippines, will, however, endear him
to the hearts of all who admire cour
age and thoroughness. Bishop Brent,
never in danger of losing his position
before the world, has now achieved
one that will stand long in history as
an example of personal unselfishness.
The World's Wheat Supply.
The possibilities in increasing the
world's supply of wheat, as well as
that of the United States, are manifold
and impossible of estimation, declares
the Century Magazine. Vast regions
of land in South America, North
Africa and Asia are awaiting the de
mand for “still more wheat" which
shall bring to them the steel plow and
ihe self-binder, and cause them to
yield a food-product sufficient to feed
a new population of untold millions.
And were modern agricultural imple
ments and agricultural knowledge in
the hands of the Russian and Euro
pean peasants, another addition, the
extent of which can hardly be guessed,
could be made to the world's whpat
supply.
borne time ago a thoughtful corre
spondent wrote to a leading newspa
per that if a man on rising and on
going to bed each day would repeat
the words "I will be rich." with an
emphasis on the "will," he would be
rich in time; but now a man writes to
say he has tried the advice punctili
ously, but is not one cent the richer.
Ah, there's the rub, "punctiliously!"
He was not fervent enough, says the
Boston Herald, he did not implore, be
seech, insist on becoming rich, and he
did not even add ‘good" or "honest,"
to his “punctilious" demand of fortune
Had he done so the powers might
have been placated.
Reports of a great decrease in the
death-rate among the babies this year
come from New York city; yet it has
been a trying summer. The lives
saved are the fruits of the labors of
the tenement-house commission, the
city health department and the war
fare of the Merchants’ association
committee against the house-fly. We
are learning slowly that the protec
tion of life, which government re
gards as its business, means protec
tion against the murderous armies of
germs that live in the predaceous em
pire of dirt.
Physiognomists—and common peo
ple—should be interested to compare
the portraits of Admiral Lord Charles
Beresford, commander-in-chief of the
British Channel fleet. Admiral Sir John
Fisher, first sea lord, and Admiral
Robley D. Evans of the American
navy. The faces are all of the same
type: square, keen, corners of the
mouth down, eyes dead ahead—the
face cleared for action, as somebody
said after looking at a portrait of Ad
miral Evans.
Another "old master" has been
found in a junkshop. Opinions may
differ about the merits of the individ
ual “old masters,” but from the fre
quency with which they are turning
up there must be general agreement
that they were ah industrious set oi
aid fellows. ,
Assertions^ by Sir Thomas Upton
that he still hopes to win the cup are
cheery and admirable, but with all
this activity in airships yacht racing
seems a little bit behind th> ti.ius.
Republicans, Democrats and Independents !Io!d Their
Respective State Conventions
DECLARATION oFSTPLES SET FIT!!
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Republicans Oppose the Bank Guarantee Idea, While Democrats
and independents Declare for the Same
Republicans, democrats and inde
pendents all held state conventions at
Lincoln on the 22d. In the former
there was considerable discussion of
the platform, mainly over the follow
ing plank.
“We favor the enactment of a law
providing for the security of deposits
of funds in state and national banks
and urge upon our next legislature
and congress to formulate a plan that
will ba equitabe to the banking in
terests of the state and nation and in
sure the payment of every dollar de
posited with state and national
banks.”
Wattles Sheldon and others spoke,
opposing the amendment, and when
the roll was called it was lost by a
vote of 4S to 15.
The convention was well attended
and during the afternoon when
speeches were made by Senator Bur
kett, Congressman Hlnshaw, Attorney
General Thompson, and others, there
was a large attendance. During de
bate over the platform democrats and
populists quit business and helped to
swell the crowd by their presence.
Democrats held a short session in
the senate chamber and rapidly dis
patched their business and adopted
platform appearing herewith. A new
departure therein is the plauk which
promises a law providing that the
state Board of Equalization cannot
increase the aggregate assessment
as returned by assessors. In other
words it can only equalize values be
tween counties by reducing valua
tions.
The populists met in the office of
the health inspector, adopting a plat
frotn and naming state committees.
The socialists held their state con
vention in the office of the state food
commissioner. But two delegates
were present. The Chicago socialist
platform was endorsed and a state
committee selected.
J. Warner Keifer, Jr., was elected
chairman of the state republican
committee and Chas. B. Anderson of
Crete as vice chairman.
The executive committee of the
prohibition party endorsed their na
tional platform, declared for guaran
tee of bank deposits, favored woman
suffrage and submission of the pro
hibition amendment to the constitu
tion.
Democrats unanimously re-elected
all the old committee officers.
Platforms of the respective parties
follow:
DEMOCRATIC.
" *'■ the representations of the demo
cratic party of Nebraska in state con
vention assembled reaffirm our belief in
and pledge coir support to the principles
of tiie party.
We rejoice at the signs of democratic
victory.
We give unoualified approval of the
candidates nominated and of the plat
form proclaimed by tile national con
vention at Denver and pledge our earn
est supnort to said principles and the
nominees of said convention. Particu
larly gratifying to the democracy of Ne
braska is tile nomination of Nebraska's
first democrat. William J. Brvan. for the
presidency of tile republican office in the
occupancy of which Ids qualities as a
statesman will work the welfare of our
nation, in measure as his advocacy of
the cause of humanity has challenged
the attention and won the anproval of
lovers of ltbertv in all the world. In his
companion in this contest. John W. Kern
of Indiana, we behold a man and demo
crat worthy of the position he now' oc
cupies in the democratic parly. In him
we recognize a man large of heart and
brain, fitted in every way for the duties
and responsibilities that will devolve
upon him.
We pledge the people of Nebraska that
if our state and legislative tickets shall
he successful in this campaign, a demo
cratic legislature will enact and a demn
< ratio governor will approve the following
specific legislation:
First—A law under which the state
hanks shall be required to establish a
guarantee fund, under state supervision
and control, for the prompt Payment of
depositors of any insolvent state hank,
under an equitable system which shali
also be available to all national bank
ing institutions of this state, wishing to
take advantage of it.
Second—We are in favor of the follow
ing amendments to the present revenue
law:
hirst—A law to provide for the
election of the precinct and township
assessors by the people.
Second—A law providing that in
the equalization of assessment by the
state board of equalization, tlte ag
gregate footing of the assessment as
returned by the various counties
shall not be increased.
We condemn tlie praetiee of the pres
ent state board of equalization and as
sessment in raising tiie aggregate valu
ation of tlie state as returned bv the
various counties. 'H,is act is in viola
tion of the spirit of tlie present revenue
law.
Third—We demand that tlie railroad
commission shall he given the power to
make r. physical valuation of the prop
erty of the public service corporations in
tlie state.
KEARNEY TO HAVE CORN SHOW.
Exhibit to Be Taken Later to Omaha
Corn Carnival.
Kearney—At a meeting of the busi
ness men it was decided to hold a
corn carnival in this city during No
vember. The corn cron in Buffalo
county is great and an exhibit will
be picked for exhibition at the na
tion show in Omaha. Alfalfa will also
be one of the leading features. En
deavors will be made to hold minor
affairs in smaller towns in the county
First of Grand Island Brides.
Grand Island—Hall county’s first
bride and her husband celebrated
their golden wedding here, many
friends calling during the day to ex
tend congratulations and the parlors
of their commodious home being fill
ed with the floral tributes of fellow
citizens. Mr. and Mrs. Christian
Menck are of German birth, Mr.
Menck being a member of the ad
vance guard of the colony of white
men who located in Hall county July
4, 1857. and thus became the first
white settlers in the state.
Fourth—The democratic party favors !
the extension of agricultural mechanical
and industiial education. We therefore
favor a law establishing an agricultural
college in the western part of the state
and liberal appropriations for charitable
and educational institutions of the state.
Fifth—We are in favor of the demo
cratic and American principle of home
rule. We are in favor of enacting sucti
laws as will gir o the cities of Omaha and
South Omaha tin* right of local self-gov
ernment and to that end we favor such (
legislation as will allow' these cities to ,
absolutely control their own affairs.
A soldier’s pension is a soldier’s right |
and is and should be his to prize and to |
enjoy. Not to be alienated by law from |
him or by arbitrary rule or command of I
those officials entrusted with the duties i
ot superintending and managing the sol
diers’ an»i sailors’ homes of the state. |
We, therefore, favor the passage of a
law placing the management of these
worthy public institutions in the hands
of a non-partisan board to the end that
such management be removed from the
touch of politics and that every right in
law or Justice be reserved to those who
won the nation’s gratitude by the de
fense of the nation’s dag.
We favor the recent primary law. but
favor its amendment so ns to enable the
voter to more clearly and easily express
his choice.
We commend the work of the demo
cratic and populist members of the last
legislature by enforcing the passage of
the two-cent fare law and other reform I
legislation enacted by that body.
REPUBLICAN.
We. the republicans of Nebraska in
convention assembled, renew our alle
giance to the principles of the repub
lican party, the practical operation of
which has brought to this country the
unprecedented prosperity now enjoyed.
We heartily endorse the national plat
form of the republican party as adopted
by the national convention at Chicago.
We endorse the administration of Pres
ident Theodore Roosevelt in its moral
and economic aspects, a continuance of
whose policies will be assured to the
country by the election of Juage William
H. Taft for president and of Hon. James
S. Sherman for vice president.
We submit with pride to the people
of Nebraska the labors of our United
States senators and the republican mem
bers of the lower house of congress, all
of whom have endorsed and supported
at all times policies of the president.
The administration of Governor George
L. Sheldon and the other officers of the
state has pi veil t«* Nebraska a govern
ment of which all citizens may well be
proud and which we commend to the
electors of the state as an earnest of the
future conduct of the state government
under Governor Sheldon and the other
republican nominees for state office. The
record made by the last legislature was
one of performance, squaring with prom
ise. wherein every pledge made in the
campaign was fully performed in the
legislation enacted.
We most heartily comemnd the effi
cient work of the state railway commis
sion for its enforcement of the laws of
the last legislature and the regulation
of the rates and services of the common
carriers. We commend the business ad
ministration of the financial affairs of
the state government during the last two
vears, under which the state debt has
been nearly canceled, and we pledge our
selves to the continuation of the strict
est economy in expenditures, consistent
with the requirements of the state.
We commend tin* state board of public
lands and buildings in rescinding the
rule taking a per cent of the pension
money from members of the soldiers'
and sailors’ homes, and pledge a contin
uation of that policy. We also favor an
amendment to the laws governing the
soldiers' and sailors’ homos so that any
honorably discharged soldier or sailor
nun- be admitted.
We express our gratification at the ac
tion of the voters of the state at the
recent primary In endorsing the proposed
amendments to tin* state constitution re
specting the increase in the number of
judgs of the supreme court and the in
vestment of tile school funds of the state,
and recommend that these amendments
be adopted by the voters at the general
election.
We favor such amendments to the pri
mary law as experience has demonstrat
ed are necessary to strengthen it and
make it more efficient in insuring popular
cnrtrol of all nominations.
We favor the enactment of laws reg
ulating the issuance of stocks and bonds
by all public service corporations and
prohibiting the issuance of watered
stocks and bonds by such corporations.
Appreciating the work being done in
western Nebraska in reclaiming desert
land by irrigation, and that its success
i ends uron intensive farming, we es
pecially endorse the tariff revision plank
in the national republican platform, es
pecially emphasizing the clause in regard
to the Interchange of products between
the United States and the Philippine is
lands.
_ POPULIST
The populist party expresses confi
dence in Hon. William J. Bryan-, always
ready t«> contend for better government;
reaffirms the position in accepted in 1907
regarding state regulation of freight
rates; demand revision of the road laws;
demand the passage of a compulsory
bank guarantee law. similar to the one
now in force in Oklahoma; demand a
law giving the railroad commission the
power to make a physical valuation of
tin* property of the public service cor
porations in the state and laws that
will give to the metropolitan cities of
the state the rfyht of local self-govern
ment; favors wide open primary, and is
in favor of adherence to the principle of
the intitiative and referendum.
Applications for free high school
privileges to the number of 209 Inve
been made in Gage county. This is
the greatest number made in any
| county in the state, according to the
returns as shown at Lincoln. These
applications represent ninety-two dis
tricts, of which district No. 37 has the
greatest number, nine.
YOUNG BRYAN AFTER VOTES.
Lincoln—William J. Bryan, Jr., son
ot the democratic candidate for pres
ident, has been announced as a can
didate for president of the sophomore
class at the Nebraska university. His
opponent is Ralph Weaverling, who
was suspended from school last year
for taking part- in a kidnapjng affair.
Young Bryan is being vigorously
pushed by a number of his class
mates, and there supporters feel cer
tain of his success.
Counties Paying Debts.
Lincoln—The biennial report of the
state auditor will show that from De
cember 1. 190G. to December 1, 1908,
more than {1,000,000 of bonded in
debtedness of counties and precincts
has been paid, over and above what
has been registered during the same
length of hime. On December 1, 1900,
the total outstanding bonded indebt
edness of the different counties was
83,915,937.34, against J3,352,150 on the
same date this year. The precinc"
bonded indebtedness of the different
counties of the state is $844,750.
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The Klamath basin in California
and Oregon, even to citizens of those
states, until recently was terra incog
nito. Historically connected with the
Modoc warfare and massacre, this
strangely interesting region of "burnt
out fires” has remained almost an un
discovered ^country until a few years
ago.
Remote from railroads and centers
of population, surrounded by moun
tains clad in primeval forests of pine
and fir, the beautiful valleys of this
broad basin remained almost un
touched by plow. The stockman,
whose flocks and herds fattened on
the rich grasses which covered the
slopes and grew rank along the shores
of the numerous lakes and marshes,
was an indifferent farmer and did but
little to develop the natural resources
of the country.
True, here and there were hamlets,
straggling and scattered communities,
and faintly traced in blue in a broad
landscape of dusty sagebrush were a
few tiny lines of irrigation ditches
that encircled small stretches of vivid
green—the alfalfa fields—little islands
of emerald resting in a sea of brown
that threatened to submerge them.
Such was niv Impression when 1 first
looked over the Klamath plateau, the
work of man seemed to have been so
ineffective in the subjugation of na
ture.
The federal engineers, backed by a
generous government, came to this vir
gin field a few years ago, attracted by
the almost limitless possibilities which
this region possesses and which were
so apparent. Their report was so favor
able that plans for a most tinusual
and unique irrigation work were ap
proved May 17, 1905, and work begun
in the spring of 1906.
From the inception of actual work
of construction the Klamath basin be
gan to be talked about. Settlers com
menced to flock in and the upbuilding
of the commonwealth has progressed
with a rapidity almost unbelievable
except to those who have actually
witnessed it. The millions which the [
government has been expending in stu
pendous canals and tunnels have
brought in an army of laborers and
thousands of horses, the feeding of
which has furnished a market for all
the products of the farms such as was
never before known. The hamlets
have become towns, the towns are
growing into cities which are assum
ing metropolitan airs. Klectric roads
are projected and building, a steam
railway is about to enter the basin,
power plants are being erected, sugar
beet factories are suggested, and
sugar beet factories are suggested,
and everywhere there is an at
mosphere of hustle and bustle that be
tokens an awakening to the potential
greatness of a region which has long
been dormant. Best of all, the sage
brush is disappearing and the settler's
modest home marks the beginning of
a new square of green and the reced
ing of the sea of brown.
The Klamath project stands unique
among the 26 irrigation works of the
reclamation service. It involves fea
tures of irrigation, drainage and sto
rage in unusual combination. Desert
and swamp lie close together, one
worthless because of lack of moist
ure, the other of equal uselessness
because of an excess of water.
In the basin are about 400,000 acres
of land, of which 187,000 acres are in
cluded in this system. Some of the
topographic features are singularly
interesting and are easily understood
from a study of the map. Elevated 50
feet above the main valley is Upper
Klamath lake, the outlet of which is
Link river, which flows through Lake
Ewauna at Klamath falls into Klamath
river. Upper Klamath lake is the
principal source of supply to the lower
part of the project. By means of a
deep cut and tunnel the waters of this
lake are drawn into a large canal and
carried southward into the valley.
Lost river, which rises in Clear lake,
winds its tortuous way for 60 miles,
finally emptying into Tide lake, of
which it is the only source of supply.
Title lake Is only six miles front the
source of Lost river. it is proposed
to create a reservoir ’n Clear lalte by
means of a darn and to utilize the
stored water as well as the en'Mre How
I
CRAWFORD AND HIS CRITICS
At Least One Man Had Read All of
Novelist's Works.
The popular American novelist, F.
Marion Crawford, baa a beautiful villa
in Sorrento. The villa, on the edge of
rich brown cliffs (hat fall sheer, like
a wall, into the blue waters of the
Mediterranean, offers a superb view
of the shining sea, of Capri, of Naples
and Vesuvius.
Mr. Crawford has written an incred
ible number of novels. Indeed, it is
said of him that he can, without any
difficulty, write a long and quite read
able novel in ten days. Hence it. is
not strange that, with his wealth and
fame he should he the lion of Sor
rento.
In a Sorrento hotel sat a group of
tourists.
"The natives here,” said a tourist
from Duluth, “talk of nothing but
Marianna Crawfoot—Marianna Craw
foot. 1 have found nut at lact what
they mean. They mean, by Jove, our
great American riovi list, F. Marion
Crawford.”
“Crawford is a wonderful writer,"
said a tourist from Iloise City. “He
thinks nothing of turning out a novel
in three days.”
“I doubt that.” a tourist from Halti
more said. “Yet it is true that Craw
ford has written a great many books,
over 100. I think the figures stand.
And he is still young, remember. He
may yet break all records.”
“I don't believe any living man
ever read all Crawford's books," said
a tourist from N'ew York.
A tall, broad shouldered gentleman,
who had been listening on the out
skirts of the group, with something
like a sneer, lifting his sweeping mus
(ache, spoke up impatiently at this
juncture.
“I have read them all,” he said.
The tourists looked in surprise at
the stranger.
"You have, eh?” said a Chicagoan.
“And who, may I ask, are you?”
“I am Crawford,” was the reply.—
rJaliimore Sun.
of I.ost river to irrigate several very
fertile and attractive valleys in iyi
course. Tide lake, robbed of its sup
ply, will dry up. The lake will be ir
rigated from the main canals sup
plied from Upper Klamath lake. Low
er Klamath lake will be partially
drained by canals and by means of
pumps electrically driven by power de
veloped in Klamath river. Its ex
posed bed will also be irrigated from
the main system
Owing to the remoteness of the
basin from transportation and the
scarcity of laborers, the work of con
struction has been attended with diffi
culty and delay. Notwithstanding this,
however, 70 miles of main canal and
ditches, embracing 110,000 acres, were
excavated and water was actually sup
plied to nearly 10,000 acres in 1907.
The attractions of the Klamath coun
try are numerous. Its climate is mod
erately warm in summer and not ex
cessively cool in winter.
The annual precipitation is between
15 and 20 inches, but little of which
occurs in summer. The air is dry,
bracing and exceptionally healthful.
The sun shines 1100 days in every year
and is rarely obscured for an entire
day, even in stormy weather. No de
structive storms have ever occurred.
The soil of the uplands is mainly a
rich, sandy loam, similar in character
and fertility to that of the famous
Yakima valley in Washington. The
marsh lands are composed of soil of
great depth and fertility. The land
will produce alfalfa, grain, the com
mon root and tuber crops; soil and cli
mate are favorable for a large variety
of field and vegetable crops and in fa
vored localities for hardy fruits. Ex
ceptional opportunities abound for the
development of the dairy industry.
The demand far exceeds the supply.
California annually Imports 3.000,000
pounds of bntter, while Oregon and
Washington also require supplies from
other states.
1 he peat lands when drained will
probably be devoted to the production
of asparagus, celery and allied crops.
Other industries awaiting development
are lumber, milling, canning and meat
packing.
The Klamath country offers oppor
tunity not only to the practical farmer
and stock grower, but invites the me
chanic and the laborer. Thousands oi
men in the cities, tired of the uncer
tainties of their present position, who
have saved a few hundred dollars,
would find a happy change in the
Klamath country.
This is the day of the small farm,
and no occupation in life offers more
substantial reward and solid satisfac
tion for the labor and capital invested
than the operation of a small irrigated
tract in such a region as this. It opens
a future of independence and comfort
and freedom from drudgery that can
not be found in city life. With srfiall
farms all about there is no loneliness,
no isolation. The advantages of
schools, society, churches and many of
the luxuries of city life are enjoyed in
these irrigated districts. The irriga
tor is the king among farmers, as he
is more independent of local condi
tions than other farmers. With sun
shine every day of the growing season
and controlling as he does the water
supply he can regulate crop produc
tion to the highest degree of perfec
tion. Of course capital is required,
the amount depending upon the indi
vidual and kind of farming he de
sires to practice. The man who wants
a home of his own. where he can rear
his family in comfort and independ
ence, will find no more inviting place
than the Klamath basin.
Manchuria.
The distance overland from Pekin
to Mukden is about 1.100 miles. The
traveled route passes through Kalgan
and Dolon Nor and thence generally
eastward through southeastern Mon
golia to the center of southern Man
churia. The country is rolling to
about 100 miles north of Jehol, but
from that point on it is perfectly level,
and for the most part it is good grass
land, occupied by Mongolians and their
flocks. There are no high mountains,
no wide rivers, no growing forests and
no indications of mineral wealth, but
the country offers line agricultural and
stock raising possibilities.
Americans are too extravagant. This is going to
bo a hard winter. J lie spendthrift:- and nionov-wasl
ers have got to pay the price.
The women of America ha\e helped to make
hard times. All they live for, all they care for, is
clothes—the latest shape in hats, the newest tangle I
skirts. And they are none too particular how they
I get what they want or who pays for it. Oh, 1 am not
a saying that American women are not moral, hut 1 do
>a\ mat tnev.tio not can* wnat price uicir nusoanus
and fathers and brothers pay for the luxury and finery they demand. Mon
men are driven to dishonesty by the white hand of a woman, stuck all
over with jewels, than by their own love of horses, licit food and gay times.
'I he American child is not taught how to save money, but how to
spend it. Everything they want—give it to them so long as you have tin
price or credit—that s the policy of the modern mother, and she is raising
a nation of spendthrifts, whose one thought is to get what they want when
they want it. That is why men and women, the few who know how to
save, will in time he masters of those who know only how to spend.
YOUNGSTER AN APT PUPIL.
Every Indication That Tommy would
Be Successful Politician.
The children, especially Tommy,
were very much interested in the
game of politics, and father was de
lighted with their precocity. The
other day there was more than the
usual whooping in the playroom, and
their mother found the two smaller
children assailing Tommy vigorously.
“What's the matter?” she asked.
' Tommy, what have you been doing?”
“Xawthin: Only playing politics.”
"Well, but what did you do to the
children ?”
Just playing convention. We
adopted the unit rule and I was chair
man of the delegation. Then we intro
duced a resolution to decide whether
they should take my apple or I should
take theirs.”
“Well?”
”1 cast the vcte of the delegation.”
GOOD ADVICE.
r—- —
fa- . .1 1'
She—When you are gone I shall
pine away.
He—O, spruce up.
The Three Grades of Milk.
A city mau took a house in the coun
try for the summer. He sought out a
farmer at once, looked over the cows
on the farm, found them to his liking,
and said:
“My servant will come to you every
morning for a quart of milk.-'
“All right,” said the farmer; “it will
be eight cents.”
"But it must be pure milk, mind,”
said the city man, "absolutely purfe.”
"In that case it will cost you ten
cents.”
“Very good. And you will milk the
quart from the cow in my servant’s
presence?”
“Yes—for 15 cents.”—Washington
Star.
Laundry work at home would be
much more satisfactory if the right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness, it is usually neces
sary to use so much starch that the
beauty and fineness of the fabric is
hidden behind a paste of varying
thickness, which not only destroys tbe
appearance, but also affects the wear
ing quality of the goods. This trou
ble can be entirely overcome by using
Defiance Starch, as it can be applied
much more thinly because of its great
er strength than other makes.
!
The Scramble for Wealth.
If there is a sad thing in the world,
it is the spectacle of the men and
women who, in their mad scramble
for wealth, have crushed out of their
lives sentiment and the love of all
that is beautiful and sublime, The
very process by which they seek to
win the means of enjoyment kills the
faculties by which they can enjoy.
When the average man wins his
wealth he finds himself without the
power of enjoyment, for the enjoying
side of his nature is dead. He finds
to his sorrow that the straining, striv
ing life is also a starving one.
Style Requires Dash.
"I wish I had as many clothes as
my bachelor girl friend,” said the im
pecunious girl. 'She always is get
ting something new every time 1 go
there."
“Yes," said her companion, "but she
never looks stylish. You are more
stylish than she is with all her clothes.
Site is too neat. Her excessive neat
ness stamps her an old maid. You
must have a sort of reckless dash
about your things to look stylish.”
Profit in Imitation Jewelry.
There are some large profits made
on goods sold in New York city, but
the greatest percentage goes to j
the retailers of jewelry that has imita
tion precious stones in its composi- I
lion. The profit is often 1,000 times ;
as much as the goods cost. To get j
$10 for what costs 40 cents is quite
usual.
By following the directions, which j
ire plainly printed on each package of \
Defiance Starch, Men's Collars and !
Cuffs can be made just as stiff as de- !
sired, with either gloss or domestic
finish. Try it, 16 oz. for 10c, sold by
all good grocers.
In Eden Days.
Eve—Abel, for goodness sake, what
is your father fussing about now?
Abel—Oh, he says you've taken his i
| best Sunday suit to make tIn salad.— I
: Rohrmian.
LEFT IT TO MRS. EROWN.
Reverend Gentleman Very Willing to
Evade Responsibility.
The trust and dependence which
characterized Rev. Mr. Brown's atti
tude toward his wife's judgment in all
I practical affairs were sometime';
; touching, but occasionally they were
I amusing.
! “I’m sorry you've been troubled with
I the toothache." said the family dent
i ist, when Mr. Brown appeared in his
; office one day. "1 gave you the first
minute 1 had free after receiving your
wife’s telephone message. loot's see.
■ which tooth is it that's troubling you?”
"M-m, it’s not aching just at pres
ent,” said Mr. Brown, after a mo
ment's hesitation, during which he
made a cautious investigation with his
j tongue. “Didn’t Mrs. Brown mention
j to you which tooth it was? I always
rely on her in such matters.”—Youth's
Com oamor.
His Mind Was Made Up.
It was during a trial in an Alabama
city more than 20 years ago that one
of the jurors suddenly rose from his
seat and precipitately fled from the
courtroom. He was arrested in his
flight before he had left the building,
and brought back.
“What do you mean by running off
i in that way?" asked the judge, who
knew the man to be a simple, honest
j farmer.
“It’s like this, your honor,” said the
I man, earnestly. “When Mr. Hobbs
I finished talking my mind was all
clear, but when Mr. Clayton began I
was all confused again, and 1 said to
myself: Td better leave at once, and
I stay away till he's done,’ for to tell the
i truth. I didn't like the way the argu
1 ment was going, your honor.”—
: Youth's Companion.
—
Wanted to Be Sure.
Howard's father is named Harold,
and these two names of those so dear
to her are often on his mother's lips.
Howard had asked to be taught the
big prayer at night instead of the
childish “Now I lay me.” After he had
1 been saying it for a mouth to his
mother's satisfaction, he said to her
one night as she was leaving the
| room:
“Mother, i am not sure I say that
prayer just right. Is it Howard be
thy name or Harold be thy name?"
Business Genius.
He who can be “all things to all
men”—solicitous of one’s patronage,
comparatively indifferent to another;
who can study his customer's likes
and dislikes, and meet them in all
their varying, and very often annoy
ing. moods—is he who is going to be
most successful. The ability to do this
may be described as business genius—
and it is perhaps the most rare genius
in the w'orid.—Men's Wear.
HERE IN OMAHA, IN
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