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" I" I Wft uyympiww Tfr-rvr . )i NOVEMBER 4, 1904 The Commoner. 15 The "Daisy" $ J j 95 Sweep Mill 1 1 Costs vl r "",'""""'m,m"','mm''''''"w'""'mmwwmi m $16 to $25 elsewhere. Has 19-Inch steel burrs of finest quality. Tho flnostllno of standard implcmontsln tbo world at your command Ollmax Plows, Ulno Jay Sulkies, 8 stylos of Peg Harrows, Champion Disc Harrows, 817.15: Corn Shellors, Hay Tools, Windmills, Scales, Diamond Grinders, Gas En- ginos, menoators, tsiooi xanKS, oto. Alio XJnlsy wcop Mill as horo illustrated, capacity 10 bu. Tilnmonta. tolls abont onr nlan of ahlnnlncr frnm warohonsos atChlcaco, Toledo, O., or St. Louis j explains how wo can mnko onr own prices; ex plains our binding guarantoo, in which wo agroo to take back any tool not satisfactory, and elves muohvatuablo implement information. Now edi tion now ready. Ask forlmploinont Catalogue Montgomery Ward & Co. Michigan Ave. Madison and Washlneton Sts., Chicago. tho scene from trie silent bivouac of twenty thousand of our dead com rades on the other side of the Po tomac. And I would ask my comrades and fellow citizens shall this spirit and sentiment prevail, or shall it he discontinued? Answer that on the 8th of Novem ber. On the banks of the noble Hudson there dwells an eminent citizen, a courtly gentleman, a distinguished pa triot, a profound statesman, a just judge, who, If elected president of these United States; will carry to that responsible office dignity, ability and high character; and his administra tion, I know, will be marked by pa triotism, integrity and earnest efforts, not only to promote the welfare of the people now living within-our bor ders, but to preserve for those who shall follow us this blessed inheri tance within the bounds prescribed Dy the fathers wno founded our great re public. With enduring memories of those anxious da'ys when the perpetuity and the honor of the Union were at stake, and with a high appreciation of the service our comrades renaered to the country, I remain Very sincerely yours, NELSON A. MILES. A Bargain Burton Holmes, the lecturer, who recently made a tour of Alaska after material for his illustrated talks, wa3 telling of the cost; of living in the Klondike, says the New York Trib une. He said that a newcomer lad become accustomed to paying ?1 for a drink, the same price for a shave, ?2 for a can of beans, 50 cents for a newspaper. So when he went to a dent ist one day to have an aching tooth removed he was prepared to pay what would be considered an exorbitant fee back home. "How much do I owe you?" he asked after the operation. "One dollar," said the dentist. "That is the only thing I have found up this way that Is cheap," said the man as he paid the bill. "How does ii; come that the price for dent istry has not been raised along wi-n the price of everything else?" "Oh, replied the dentist cheerfully, "the prices have been raised all right. SLEEPLESSNESS You will have no flifllcnlty In procuring rest and Bleep If yJu Jot; Dr. Miles' Nervine sooth and strengthen t$e tired, (agitated, weakened brain nerves. ; olonga9theyi(eniRnlnHhtfc$huui6n, .youWmtoef effaces, irritable, melancholy. You aro welcome to.yout jnoncy back If first bottlo does not helfe ' '"rt " ' ' HIGH? I usually charge ?5 for pulling a tooth. But, you see, your case is different The fact is, I pulled the wrong tooth." The Good of Books I want books not to pass the time, but to fill it with beautiful thoughts and Images, to enlarge my world, to give me new friends In the spirit, to purify my ideals and make them clear, to show me the local color of unknown regions and the bright stars of im mortal truth. I wish to go abroad, to hear new messages, to meet new people, to get a fresh point ol view, to revisit other ages, to listen to the oracles of Del phi and drink deep of the springs of Pieria. The only writer who can tell me anything of real value about my familiar environment is tho genius who shows me that after all it Is not familiar, but strange, wonderful, crowded with secrets unguessed and possibilities unrealized. The two things best worth writing about in poetry and fiction are the symbols of nature and the passions of the human heart. I want also' an es sayist who will,, clarify life by gentle illumination and lambent humor; a philosopher who will help me see the reason of things apparently unreason able; a historian who will show mo how peoples have risen and fallen; and a biographer who will let me touch the hand of the great and the good. This is how real books help to educate in the school of life. Harry Van Dyne, in Harpers Magazine. Decay of American Ships In nothing has the republican party of the nation failed more signally than in fostering tho American shipping trade. For forty years prior to the passing of the government into the hands- of the republican party 80 'per cent of American foreign tradq 'wan r.vrtii in LimnriMm rIiItih. During the past forty -0ata tho republicans .have t. 'i ..iivTrtV1vrtf thn flVlminifitration of of bnMouse of congress tusjljeing able to block democratic legislation except for a short period, and during those forty years every republican platform has promised relief for tho shipping trade and every administra tion has failed to carry out the prom ise. Tho only shipping measure of mo ment proposed by a prominent mem ber of the party was the subsidy bill suggested by Senator Hanna, and .that was nothing but a plan to pay many millions of dollars a. year to favored interests. It was a variation of the high "protective" policy under which tho great trusts have accumulated enormous fortunes for their promoters. Tho utter failure of the republicans to deal adequately with this question Is a matter of public notonelj'.' Judge Farker touches upon it as follows in his letter of acceptance: "Our commerce in American bottoms amounts to but 9 per cent of our total exports and imports. For forty years prior to 1861, when the republican party came into power, our merchant marine carried an average of 80 per cent of our foreign commerce. By 1877 it had dwindled to 27 per cent Now we carry but a contemptibly small fraction of our exports and imports. "American shipping in the foreign trajlo was greater by almost 100,000 tons in 1816 nearly 100 years ago than it was last year. In the face of the continuous decline in the record of American shipping during tho last forty-three years, the promise of the republican party to restore it is with out encouragement. Tho record of the democratic paity gives assurances that tho task can be more wisely intrusted to It "It is an arduous task to undo the effect of forty years of decadence, and requires the study and Investigation of thoso best fitted by experience to find the remedy which surely does not He in tho granting of subsidies, wrung from tho pockets of all tho tar.payers." It is undeniable, as Judge Parker points out, that the record of the re publican party warrants tho people In turning to another party to put the Hag in tho place which it formerly occupied on tho seas. Tho policy of discrimi nating duties that Is,, of lower cus toms duties on goods carried In Amer ican ships is well worthy of consid ation as a means to attain that desir able end. Denver News. Real Sympathy Sonic time ago, while the archbishop of Canterbury was attending a penny reading "in darkest London," ho was accosted by a working man of tho out-at-elbow, red-nosed variety, who, noticing the archbishop's clerical dress, remarked casually: "Curate, I suppose, sir." "No, I was once, but" "Ah, yes, I know, tho drink," inter rupted the man sympathetically, fellow-feeling making his volco "won drous kind." Exchange. . We Will Make You a Price on Your Order, No matter what yon need, wo can sayo yon money. Hako out list of tho goods yoa Intend to bay ana wo win quowj yoa onr wholeialo nrico on each Item, and If desired, toll yoa exactly what tho freight win amount to. With onr estimate we will end yon a copy of onr 1 itnon 1260paso catalocn o frecwYtbourcomplimcnts so that you can aeo for yourself what tbo rich price of an article is. Our prices are lower for reli able (roods than those of, aayothcr firm in America, lief ore sending an order to any other Ann, let ns tellvonwhatonr price will bo for tbo same bill of goods. Send It tons and aslc for onrestimatrwo will respond by return mall ana i., .. .- . yon money, wo 'will not expect to near from you ft train. OurnrfeoM are far the lowest and onr .roods so much better than those of other firms, that there Is no compari son. We can saye yoa sioney oa almost eery order. Better coods too. Address estimate clerk, Montgomery Ward A Co., HcWfTW Ave., Hdlofl mi Wtthlngten Sts., CMcajr PI IBM SHHBBBtoS!? KBbIM Ai 'JTTB m m iii i mil ! i VByjpbfyrf J0 .UIMIUV ji.lWji ,., . Jrtin. jjiAAiait .