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A Story of Joffcraon.
(Continued from Pago 11.)
and asked If ho could bo accommo
dated with a room. IIM voice, which
was commanding and attractive, occa
sioned another survey of his person,
by tho honost proprietor of the liouao,
whoso only caro was for its reputa
tion, lie could not find, howovor, in
his plain dress, pretty well covered
with mud, anything Indicating either
woalth or distinction, and in his usual
rough stylo ho said:
"A room!"
.Tofforson replied, "Yes, sir, I should
llko to have a room to myself, if I
can got It."
"A room all to yourself! no no,
wo havo no room thoro's not a spare
room In tho house all full all occu
piedcan't accommodato you."
Tho vlco president turned upon his
hool, callod for his horse, which by
this tlmo was snug in tho stable
mounted and rodo off. In a few min
utes ono of tho most woalthy and dis
tinguished inon of tho town came in
and aBketl for tho gentleman who rodo
up to tho door a few momonts before.
"Gontloman!" said Boydon.
"Yes, tho gontloman who came up
but this Instant on horsoback."
"Thoro has boon no gentleman hero
on horsobaclc this afternoon, and no
strangor at all, but ono common country-looking
follow who camo in and
askod if ho could havo a wholo room;
but I asked him out of that mighty
quick, I toll you I told him :' had no
room for such chaps as h'm."
"No room for such chaps' as him!"
"No, by tho pipors, no room for any
body that don't Lk respectaolo."
"Why, what aro you talking abou.,
niLT, llllOOK FAllAf.
Tho Ownor Comment)! on Grape-Nuts.
A farmer with his out of door work
might havo reason to expect more
than tho avorago of good health if ne
would uso proper food and havo it well
cookod, but many of them, In middle
age, suffer torments from dyspepsia,
and following that a weakened nerv
ous system.
To show tho value of a chango in
food wo quote from a letter writton
by L. Flagler, owner of Hill Brook
Farm, Charlottosvillo, Va.
, "I havo spent a very considerable
amount of money in trying to cure my
stomach trouble with medicines, and
have changed climate several .times.
About two years ago I was taken
worse. My heart and kidneys gave
mo much trouble. I could not sleop
nights. Was very nervous, thin and
discouraged. Finally I changed my
food and began taking Grape-Nuts
Breakfast Food. This agreed with
mo and I thought I could see my way
out, so I havo stuck to Grape-Nuts
for a year and a half and gradually
tho old troubles have disappeared.
I have mado splendid progress in
health and strength, sleep woll and can
now do a good day's work for a man
of fifty' years.
I know that Grape-Nuts caused tho
changor and although I am now able
to uso other food as I like, still I stick
to Grape-Nuts because I know how It
nourished mo, and besides, wife and
I both like tho food.
She says nothing has helped her ner
vous system like Grape-Nuts. Wo buy
the food by the case and aro very en
thusiastic in regard to it."
It is plain that nervous, worn out
people can bo brought back to health
by using Grape-Nuts.
Mr. irinalowM MetlU Jip.
ITaB bean mad for over bixt HUa r MIL.
MOM8 Of MOTHSM (or their OHIt,T JJj"i
TxrrniNO, with rmurcscx succmb. It sooth
the child, 8orrNS the pcMS, AMAli tilMW,
cukkb wimd colio. and Ib the beet umtQrlot
dubhoja. Sold by DrofffcH iti i In ran vxt of
the world. Be aiue and aafc for "Mri.WtatJJj '
Soothing 8yrup," and take ao other kisd. Twev
t'fire centa a bottle. It la the best of all.
man? He's tho vice president of the
United States."
"Vice president of tho United
States!" oxclaimod Boydcn, almost
breathless in astonishment.
"Why, yes, sir. Thomas Jefferson,
tho vlco president of tho United States,
and tho greatest man alive."
"Murder, what havo I done? Hero
Tom, Jim, Jerry, Jako, where are you
all; hero, fly you villains fly and tell
that gentleman we've forty rooms at
his sorvlco! By George! Vice presi
dentThomas Jefferson! tell him to
come back and ho shall havo my wife's
parlor my own room Jupiter! what
havo I done? Hero Harriet, Mary, Jule,
clear out tho family! ho shall have tho
best room, and all the rooms if he
wants them. Off, you hussies, put
clean sheets on tho bed. Bill, take up
this mirror. George, hurry up with
tho boot-jack. By George! what a
mistake."
For fifteen minutes Boydon raved
liko a madman, and went fifty times
to tho door to see if his wished for
guest was returning. Tho vice presi
dent rodo up Market street, where ha
was recognized by many of his ac
quaintances, and by them directed to
tho Globe tavern, which stood some
where near tho corner of Market and
Charles stret' hero Boyden's ser
vants came up and told him tlr mas
ter had provided rooms for him.
"Toll him I havo engaged rooms,"
said Jefferson.
Poor Boyden's mortification can be
better imagined than told of; tho chaps
who wore itering about the bar and
the largo hall, and had laughed heart
ily at the disappointment of the mud
dy farmer, had recovered from their
astonishment, and wore preparing to
laugh at their downcast landlord. Af
ter some time he prevailed upon somo
friond to wait upon Mr. Jefferson with
his apology, and request that he should
return and take lodgings at his house,
promising tho best room, and all the
attention should be given him.
Mr. Jefferson returned the following
answer: "Toll Mr. Boyden," said he"
"I appreciate his kind intentions, but
if he had no room for the muddy
farmer, ho shall have none for the vice
president."
The Democratic Editors.
Tho Nebraska democratic editorial
association will hold its first annual
meeting in Lincoln on Tuesday, Feb
ruary 4. Headquarters will be at the
Lindoll hotel. All democratic editors
in tho state are cordially invited to be
present and participate in the meet
ing. How Can We Boast?
In these days when, in free America
men :ue burned at the stake; when
Who o families, even helpless children
are herded in sweat shops, working at
starvation wages to increase the profits
of competitive dealers; when the sue?
cessful man lives in a palace' on S
boulevard and hl a"JJr.? ,0n..tUe
pics down to die bilde hta stohS
family in an attic; when congress,
again and again defeats a national
oducationalfbill and votes millions and
millions of dollars to hunt down tho
brown men on the other side of th'i
world; when tho fow danco while the
many weep and untold thousands sub
sist upon alms, when they should have
tho chance to be fed and housed upon
the iiuits of their own honest toil;
when tho wholesome foods of a teem
ing soil are sold in adulterated pack
ags and men turn to drink because
their nourishment is scant and in
sufficient in sustaining power; when
the industrial slave cringes under a
more cruel lash than the whip of the
overseer, and tender young women
from Christian homes are forced to eke
out a precarious livelihood, or accept
the alternative of a life of degredation
and shame; when the rich are grow
ing richer in all our great cities and
the poor aro growing poorer; when In
the damp, da tic mines the men who
labor in perpetual gloom must accept
starvation wages, while the master
puts ap the price of coal to the shiver
ing consumer, who buys by the bucket
ful to keep his wife and children from
freezing: when we who have sown
tho wind are reaping the whirlwind,
which is still blowing and howling
around he; how can one boast of
peace, prosperity, and the sway of the
golden rule? Nay, rather let us bow
down in raclrcloth and ashes, lest the
decree come to us: "Weighed in the
balance and found wanting."
Onc I believed that poverty came of
improvidence and crime from the In
born criminality of the impoverished
classes. Nearly two score years of un
ceasing charity work, during which
time I havo personally inspected ev
ery variety of slum life, going often
into haunts and places against the
admonition of the police, but always
to find the hearts of men and women
beating warm and true under the most
forbidding exterior I repeat that
nearly two score years of actual ex
perience in practical charity has
forced upon me the conclusion that
industrial slavery, the v.uoiie r i(.
golden rule, is responsibfe for the -a
ery and degredation all around us.
I have long since reached the con
clusion that there is but one remedy
and ono alono for the sad conditions
around us. That remedy is the prac
tical application of the golden rule to
society, custom and law. This view
is shared by all the men and women,
aa far as I know, who are engaged In
tho work of ameliorating the condi
tion of suffering humanity. We do
not so much need legislation as an in
stantaneous turning, as a nation, a
city, a people, as families, as individ
uals, from the delusive belief that
almshouses, armories, retreats, found
ling homes, reform schools, insane
asylums and intermediate peniten
tiaries are signs of a free and happy
people. Wo need to combine our en
ergies in the effort to make condi
tions better, to equalize opportunities.
Kate Brownlee Sherwood, in Toledo
Bee.
Schley's Reward.
There has been considerable discus
sion concerning the amount of prize
money received by Admiral Schley
The New York World in a Wash
ington telegram under tho date of
December 23, make this statement- "
The treasury department today drew
a warrant in favor of Rear Admiral
Schley for $3,334, his share of the prize
money due him for the destruction o'
the Spanish fleet at Santiago.
Admiral Sampson has received a
warrant for more than $25,000 as his
share, notwithstanding the court of
inquiry developed that he was beyond
signal ing distance. Although the
navy department would not permit tho
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question of command to be commented
upon by the court, Admiral Dewey de
clared that Schley was in absolute
command at that battle.
It is also noted that Captain Chad
wick rec ved something like $14,000,
although he was in command of the
New York, which did not participate
in the battle.
Interference Not Probable.
If the Transvaal were an island near
out shores and if England were Spain
we might find the state of affairs ex-,
isting there so offensive to our na
tional moral sense as to be intolerable
and so harrowing to our feels as to de
mand instant protest and the adoption
of effective measures for the relief of
the victims of foreign tyranny. But
South Africa is very far away and Eng
land is not Spain, and we doubt that
President Roosevelt will take in the
beginning of his administration the
responsibility which Bourke Cockran
urges him to assume.
It is altogether improbable that it
would be so easy as Mr. Cockran im
agines to dissuade England from car
rying on the war while she has the
money and the men to waste in such
evil work. A remonstrance in which
no threat is implied would be futile:
any other would mean war. Of course
it would be a fine, chivalrous thing
for the United States to save the South
African republics from extinction, but
well, there are some disadvantages in
expansive policies, and restriction of
freedom of international action is one
u mem. jniiaaeipbia North Ameri
can.
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