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VOLUME 6, NUMBER 8
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Bargain Prices in High Grade
MEN'S SUITS
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to defy nil competition lu tli
aloof Men Null. Wo aro i
proud of Uio bargain we nrc or
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nf tmt-.nviiiftllivl ftlrlnnrnl finality
of our AUlm, nnd prouder mill of tho
low prta nt wuica wo are seiuoff
in em.
On pRjre 8 of our Iwautlnilly
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rnr it. it in iur?A lined, baa
padded ahmildars, beat haircloth
front and Is etllc sowed through
out. We have- them in nil size,
alnglo nnd double-breamed, and
guarantee- fl t a nd satisfaction.
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This ante cun bo placed tit any drirewny en
trance, uttuclied to ordinary posts and soon
pays for itself in time saved. It is opened or
closed without assistance or stopping. Having
full control of reins nnd team, accidents are
avoided.
It adds to the beauty, value, safety and con
venience of any home.
Munlove Gate Co.,272 K Huron St.. Chicago. 111.
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tlomering and Oralory, 8KS!B&S:
sorenleun Mnles and Canada. For freo cutalox writ
Carey M. Jones, Pies., Davenport, Iowa
many instances more complex, than
those preaonted to the men of Wash
ington's time. The very highest spirit
of patriotism, the most thorough con
secration to duty will ho necessary
that you may contribute your Bharc
toward the solution of these problems.
"In preparing for the discharge o
these duties one of the necessary ef
forts is the cultivation of high moral
courage. Some men who without
flinching faced a regiment of bayonets
proved themselves weak when it
came to choosing between a majority
and a minority. No greater truth was
ever uttered than when Wendell
Phillips said: 'One on God'n side is
a majority;' and that man does not
fulfill his duty as a citizen who is
continually hunting for the crowd
rathor than for the truth.
"The young man must not allign
himself with a political party simply
because his father or his grandfather
voted with that party. His ancestors
may have been governed by prejudices
to which he need not be subjected,
and we know how these prejudices
often blind the eyes of men. Differ
ing political views are not discredit
able to either father or son: and ifc
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is no discredit to a man that he has
made his political allignment in ac
cordance with his own investigation
and study rather than in line with the
prejudices of his father. The prob
lems tf popular government would
never be solved in a way worthy of
the effort if every boy followed his
father's party footsteps. This is true
because, while fundamental prin
ciples do not change, parties do
change. The political party that is
today devoted to liberty may tomor
row become the party of oppression.
Today it may be the faithful champion
of public interests, and tomorrow tho
pliant tool of selfish men. And as
parties change, so men must change,
regardless of tho attitude of their an
cestors, and regardless, also, of their
own former position.
" 'The greatest good to tho greatest
number' is the one thing ever to be
kept in view by men and women
who live, and hope to continue to
live, under the popular form of gov
ernment. And in the discharge of
our duty as citizens, or as men, we
may obtain a guide from a set of
rules written by Geonre Wiuhfnirfnn
, during his. early years. We are told
that as a boy Washington composed
certain rules of conduct, concluding
with these words: 'Labor to keep
alive in your breast that little spark
of celestial fire called conscience.'
We have every reason to believe that
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throughout his career he kept that
rule in view. He did not possess the
quality called genius a quality usually
erratic because not well balanced.
He was the well balanced man, and
stands out like 'a statue in the sky'
as the strong, honest and stable char
acter which, in the long run, rides
down genius. In his day which 'tried
men's souls' the call was for char
acter; and now again after many
stages during which the false has
masqueraded as the true the same
call is coming from the masses, and
in the most harmonious chorus since
Washington's time, not for platitudes
or pretensions, but for men of char
acter. "Character is not of mushroom
growth, but on the contrary a struc
ture of time by the individual him
self. It is the heart of the seed
the divine spark in the mortal coil
to be developed only by the per
son. In that work every one is un
der commission from his Creator;
his work is open to the inspection of
his fellows and that work is the un
erring reflection of the builder's soul.
To the masses of humanity who are
not geniuses, here is the great in
spiration from Washington's life.
And here is the key which unlocks
the mystery of why so many, of the
common outstrip the brilliant in this
mortal career.
"As a citizen of the greatest gov
ernment ever built by human hand
or as a member of the brotherhood
of man, every individual whatever
his station in life may be, has a
greater opportunity in this day than
was presented to any of his prede
cessors. "We will be better equipped for the
discharge of these duties if we under
stand early in life, and before our
vigor has been so wasted that we are
not able to be of real service to the
world, that we are not here as mere
machines whose province it is to
take and not give; that every one
of us has a part to play in life, and
the better we act that part as sym
pathetic men, considerate of the ne
cessities and shortcomings of our fel
lows, the better equipped will we-be
for the discharge of our duty as citi
zens. "As in other men, so in Washington,
there are traits that cannot serve as
models. We may be as loyal to con
science as Washington was, but we
need not cultivate his cold and for
bidding character. Coldness towards
one's fellows is a fad with some men,
an inheritance with others, and pure
cussedness with a few. But fad, in-
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heritance or cussedness, It is a hin
drance to a man's own happiness and
minimizes the service he may render
society.
"The finest tribute that could be
paid to any man and we must not
forget that it may, in truth, he paid
to many men was given by Robert
G. Ingersoll at his brother's grave
when he said: 'If everyone to whom
he did some loving service were to
lay a blossom on his gravejie, would
sleep tonight beneath a wilderness o
flowers.' ' '
"There are so many heartaches and
so many tears, so much grief and
so much . sorrow, so many heavy
crosses to be borne by disheartened
men and frail women, that it ought
to be the pleasure, as It Is the duty,
of their stronger fellows to lend a
hand.
"Every tear that falls in, response
to another's woe, every handclasp
meant to give re-assurance to "a falter
ing comrade, every word of encour
agement uttered in the presence of a
despairing creature, every sacrifice
made by the prosperous for the un
fortunate, provides healthy seed for
fertile soil. It is, at once, a prayer
and a benediction; a help -to others
and a help to one's self. It blesses
him that gives and him that takes;
and generous heart and grateful soul
need give no audible utterance to the
(Continued on Page 17) ' -
"PRINCE OF PEACE? ;"
The Manila Times, referringtto Mr.
Bryan's lecture, "The Prince "of
Peace," says:
"The lecture of last night revealed
Mr. Bryan in a new role, a role with
which he is not generally associated
that of preacher.
"Somehow it seems so foreign for a
man whose life has been devoted most
ly to politics to deal with Christianity
that in spite of his explanatory pro
logue and in spite of the harmdhlbus
and, may it be said, inoffensive' man
ner in which he presented his subject,
the element of surprise was not en
tirely overcome.
"Nevertheless it is we and our
ideals rather than Mr. Bryan and his
ideals that are mostly at fault. It Is
to our shame that we have allowed
the method by which we choose as
our national representative the best
man or the man who represents or
is believed by most of his fellow citi
zens to represent the best or most ad
vantageous measures or principles, to
degenerate so that it seems incongru
ous to mention politics and religion in
the same breath.
"By soaring above this arbitrary
and degrading limitation and obliter
ating the false lines which have been
raised, Mr. Bryan again showed him
self the large man that he Is.
"He also showed that lie is better
than great that he is good; and, how
ever far astray the American people
may sometimes go and however len
ient they may at times appear toward
those public men who transgress na
tional ideas of decency, yet in the end
they may be trusted to see true and
cast out him who in his private life
s believed to be unworthy of pub
lic honor. v
"Whether Mr. Bryan will ever gain
ft! 5ro?d .? stInctIa of being elected
the first citizen of the United States
Is a question which no man can now
answer. But, as many of those who
heard him last night remarked, he has
achieved more than that, he has made
hims.elf worthy of it."
Dies of Joy When Released
a most remarkable and unusual
death took place at the state insane
asylum in Norfolk. Inmate L. R. Da
vis, a man aged 76 years, was prom
ised a parole from the institution. His
grandson arrived to take him home.
When he saw his relative ho was so
filled with joy that he suddenly e
pired. r ;
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