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: : I1y lot wherc lIunbcamR full :
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i The train came to a standstill In
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' ' ' . Only cno man steppell art' , aud with
I' 11ut n mommit's pause t1 o tmln steam'
d on again ,
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I. \ Jlanclng half C\lrlouslr down the line
( If old , wooden buildings that fonned
I the one street , "S me old place : ' he
t thought with n haH amused smile.
"If old Rip Van 'Vlnl\e \ had comeback
back bere after his twenty 'ears'
flleep ho'd never have known ho'd
, 1H.'Cn a81eell , It's the old town that
baR taken a twenty years' nap this
time , though , " ho solllOllIlzed , "There
JH not a new bllllding and hardlj' a
, change of any kind since I left : '
I As he picked up his grill and turned
10wards the old weather beaten hotel ,
" 110 bl'came conscious I hat he was the
< : enter of Interel't ' ! to the loafel's loung.
ing about the platform ,
An hour later ho sat by the open
window of his room meditatively
mollng , The half amusell smile reo
turned to his face as he thollght of
the' greetings he had just received. "I
, wonder who all the IIld codgers are ,
uyway , " he refiected , " 1'\'e a dim
idea that I used to Iwow them , hilt
1'\'e had too much elMo to thlnl { of in
the last twent ' : rears to remember
them now ,
. - . "I wonder If Jacl { Stron Is stili In
this little one-horse town , " his
thou ht8 ran on , "Poor old , Jacl" I
JlUven't thought of him before In ) : t > al's ,
. I used to think the s1In revolved
around Jack , 'Ve1l , I suppose he has
ve ltated here until h Islite \ the rest
, { ' ; or those old fogies do..n there , It's a
, , CP hame , too , for Jack was as bright ,
ambitious R bor as j'ou will otten 1Ind ,
If It hadn't been for that conscience
or his that wouldn't Ict hIm leave
IlOme after his father's accident. he
might have made hIs war In the
. world without anr tl"Ouble , " ' 1'he lawyer -
yer IHlfied his cI ar in silence , for a
while , Presently the ( ioOl' ollened and
the landlord entered , with a pitcher
or water. Grey lazily turned his head
and Inquired. "Does Jack Strong live
here yet 1"
"Jack Strong ? You bet he. does ,
Brownl\111e wouldn't he Brow11\111e
'wlthout Jack , Poor fellow , be's been
lla\'lng hard luck this last year ,
th01lJh , " The gosslp.lovlng landlOl'd
perched himself on the edge of the
table , glad or an eXCUKe to talk , al d
rambled on Cor the next balfhour ,
, , , . By the end of that time his guest was
in possession of the pl'lnclpal c\'ents
ot Strong's me during the past twen ,
ty : rears.
"Hum , lost evel'ythlng he lJad but
the old home In that ! ire , did he ? Had
to mortgage the homestead to get
, funds to stocl , up again , had his own
! fa m II ) ' and the old foUls to sUllport.
hIs old father and mothI' heart.l1ml , .
cn : it the Idea of lea \'Ing the home.
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I- stead , Wh ) ' Isn't he just the 1I1an I'm
, 1001\ing for In thIs IItlle deal1" he
1I01l1ol1IIzei1. "I can make good use
of him and rlo. hIm n good turn at the
I I fal11e Ume. " Ho smolil'd on thought ,
I full ) ' for some tlmo , then loolwd at his
watcb , "Guess I'll look the old follow
\Ill , " he concludtJd , AH he rose he
, glanced complacently at the p1'osper.
OUII , elegnntlj' attlre:1 : ftgur rel1ected
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allpearance and that of his old chum ,
He sauntel'cd down the street end
Into the OIJen door tindOl' the mo est
sign "J , II , Strong. " A man In a
worn , fll-1lttlng Bult ltasteucd for ,
ward and Wl'Ung his hand heartll ) ' ,
ex nhulng , "It does eem good to see
'ou again , Dlcl" olll her , I heard you
were in town Ilnd 1 latew ) 'ou'd drolJ
In , I.\'e watched the loOl' for the last
, hour. "
Grey cordlall ) ' re urnOll the Jreot ,
In : , For the next half hour the two
men recalled oil ! Umes , ' 1'ho , lawyer
enjoyed a senDe of conscious SUIJerlor-
Ity o\'er his old chum , "It's a pit ) ' he
wasted his life here , " he thought.
pityingly stud'lng the other's care.
worn face.
At last he pulled out his watch and
tUl'11lng to the merclmnt with n smllo
rel11arled , "Now may I tall , business
to you tor a tow moments ? "
Stl'Ong led the way to the little oC-
I fice at the back or I he store , Ills
trlend cal'efully closed the oor be-
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"But I ain't so poor that I need to sell
my self-respect. "
fore he sat down ; then ho spo1e In
low , earnest tones for Rome time , care ,
fully explaining hlH scheme ,
The mel'chant listen ell silently with
an expression on his face that Gl'ey
could not fal hem ,
"Do rou see' ? " Grey asled at ) ast ,
"You sa ) ' , " Strong began In a Iueer ,
constrahed , 'olce , "that this Hender-
son has founll Ollt th3.t thel'e's a'eln
of coal running through the old
Hames place , Old l\lr. Barnes don't
Imow It , a 1111 Henderson has offered
) "OU a big fee Ir YOI1 can get the place
fOl' him cheap , You've got Barnes
where ) 'ou can crowd him fOl' money
and compel him to sell , and you offer
me n. , cleal' thousand ; 1011ars If I'll bur
the place lUul then turn It over to
HendonOn ; fOl' you think maybe
ther'd guess about the coal If Hen ,
derrmn tried to 1J1 ! ' It hhnself , an
thel'e are reasons whr you don't want
to appear In It , Is that the wa ' of
It ? "
GI'e ) ' nod ed , Jack was riflIng to
the bait quicker than he expected , lie
had been a little doubtful about dls ,
closing his hand , Strong was so I1Ieely
to have queer notion : ; ; , Hut he seem ,
ed to comprehend the situation , It
he did state the case somewbat bad ,
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"Do ) 'ou rememher when old
llarnes lent ) 'OU the mane ) ' to' start
out In lICe ? " Strong llresently Inquired
muslngl ) ' ,
"Cortalnlj' I do and It was paId bac ) .
with Intel'est long ago. I've loaned a
good many people money In the last
ten ) 'ears , but I don't expect them to
hold me In everlasting gratitude for
It : ' A lI\rdonlc smile flitted over his
face , No , the people be loaned mane ) '
to didn't usuaH ) ' hold him In grateful
remembrance , lie didn't lend It to
penniless ) 'oung challs without Becur ,
It-such as he once wa ! : ! , either , bul
It was not necessarj' to eXlllaln that
to Jacl , .
"It would hreal , the old peoplo'f
hearts to have to leave the old place ,
and they're too old to hegln lICe 'OV01
again , It would mean the Ilool'hous {
1:1 a few ) 'ears. " Strong stili 61101e Ir. .
constrained \'olcc.
" 'Dosh ! ' 1'hat hUH nothing to do wlt1 :
the Question , M ) ' dear tellow , yet
must 10nl'l1 to lel1\'e sentiment out 01
busluesfJ or you will nc\'er rc all1nt
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In th\1 worM , A11 tlla twnddll' nltO'Ut
heart slt'ln s nud bllfhtoll lI\'os nncl
the reRt of that stuff dousn'l count
when It comps to n matter of business - .
ness , " Orn ) ' IHnllell IlRtronlzlngly I
nCI'oss nt Strong , with his mdst world.
1) ' wlflo a It" "lJesldl's. " ho went on
dler a moment's l\\1Sl' ! , "when It
comus to n qu'stlon of heart 8trlnls
' ' fathl'I"oi nllll nllJth'cr's
I g\1CRS ) 0\11'
arc twlnell about ns secllruly nbollL
t1ml old llaco ) of 'ollrs as olll names'
nnd his wife's are nllollt tholl's , nncl
I nnderstand tllat ) 'our place gocs If
) ' 011 don't tale thlR thl\nco to save
It. " Then ho addcd : "Well. do ) 'ou
tale my offel' ? "
' 1'he merchnnt's { ace haeI g'rown
white. 110 Hlowly rose to his reet nnd
stood loofclng down"ut Ore ) ' , mens-
\Irlng hl1l1 with honest , Indlfnnnt o 'es.
Grej' climb' " 'omlet'ed wh ) ' ho seemed
to'lther up muleI' thnt ch ar gaze ;
why he who had towOl'ed so fnr nllovo
this country storoleol1er when he en.
terell the door had somowar shrunlc
until he seemed n 111gm ) ' beside a
giant ,
stl'on 's volco was lo\\ ' and con'
trolled. thouth InlelUlC when ho spolee ,
"No , " he salll , "I won't ! Yes. I'm
poor , but I ain't so 11001' that I nced
to sel1 my so1resllCet and every finer
feollng In my uature. " Stllhlenl ) ' his
expres\on : : ! \ changed , He helli out lls
hanlls with a qulcle , Impulsl\'e mo\'e-
ment townrll the mon who had been
his bo'hooll's chum nnll hero , whHo
his tace tool , on a loole o [ 'ea1'11lng
Jlltr. "Oh , Dlc1" old chulI1 ! " That
was all he said , hut the words held
a world of IIhll\polntment , They were
the roqulem over a hattcI'oll hleal.
Grer starell wonl1e'ln I ) ' , 'I'he man
\who should havc heen awed 1.1) ' his
manifest sUllerh\rllr nnll have envied
' ' loolting at him
him his 11roKpel'll ) was
with ] lIt ) ' struggling agaInst contempt
In his face ,
SOll1ewar , he couldn't adjust hIs.
thoughts to lhelr formcr comlJlacpnc ! ' ,
" ' 1'hat's nil those cmfounded : "ll1ag ,
ers Imow about ImslOlss , an 'wa ) ' , " he
thought , contemptuous1) ' . as he reach.
ed tot' his hat.
BEAUTIFYING A STATI ! .
Two Californians Im'ported ' Birds and
Turned Them Loose ,
"Wheno'or , I sec auy of these prop-
agandaR 1"01' belllltlf 'llIg a clt ) ' , " 'sald
Senator Perllns or California , the
other nl ht , "I alwa'sthlnl , of the
worlOlle to beaullr ' the Stale or
Ca1\t'o1'11la \ hj' a citizen ot Alladcna ,
whIch Is hurll hr Pasadenlt , ' 1'h < < 3
man's name Is Anllrew l\lcNal1y , and. .
when he came to California. there I
were few hlrds at Altadena , and
those few were hurdl ) ' what we would
call beautiful , McNallr made up his
mind that IJe land needed birds , so
he built him an n"IRry and Imported
man ) ' htmdreels o [ his feathered
friends , Once a 'ear he wou1l1 olJOn
the oors of his a"lary and let the
younf ; blrljs fir whithersoever ther
would , andln a short tlmo the whole
cOllntlT " 'at ; llOllUlatec1 with feathered
cI'eat111'es of ever ' val'ietj' of hue and
song , 'IIIII example was fol1o\\\cd hy
, Joseph Grinnell and l\I1's , Grlnnel1.
hoth or whom were ardent orl1ltholo.
giRts , so that no\\ ' the counlry around
Pasadena It ; n garden SJot fOI bh'ds'
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of heautlful plumage , 1\1any of the'
blrlls that were l\1\pol'ted came from
, Japan and China , SO } 'OU Ree there
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BETTER LATE THAN NEVER. .
How Pastor's Rebuke Was Robbed of
Its Effectiveness ,
' 1'ho pastor of the' IItl1e counlry
chul'ch had been much annoyed b '
.Imving the members of his congrega'
tlou straggle In long acter the tlervlce
had begun , One Sunela ) ' m01'lllng ,
when he felt that further forbearance
with this , fault was Impossible , he
decided to rebul\C some conspicuous
offendel' , About twenty minutes lalet'
Ulan the p'OP r hour , there enterelt a
mild mannered little woman , one of
the regulal' attendants of the church ,
hut Iulte Incorrigible In hel' tardiness ,
'l'he mlllllltel' loolwd UJ , fixed lieI'
with his spectacles , an remarltcd :
"Slster , 'ou are "ery much hehlnd
time , I hllpo you will not bo so late
In ettlng Inlo heaven ! "
' 1'lw little woman 1001\011 up , smiled
swoel1r. and , without a trace of con-
fURlon. replied , placldl ) ' :
"I shan't care about that. doctor , so.
long as I got there ! "
Anll now the pas lor fees ) that the
smile that went rounel the r.hurch
somehow spelled the effectiveness of
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The asrlcultural apPl'oprlalion hill
was before the House. Hepl'es'nta'
Uve nixey of VII'I lnla was a""ocatliJ
an Increae from $1,000 : ; to $ : ! , OOO for
the experimental farm owned b ) ' the
govel'l1ment at Arllnfton : : , He salcl
the smal1 amount allowel } was not
enough to produce ImlJRtanUal results ,
Represcntatlve 'Vadllworth , In
eharge or the bill , pointed ( Jut that
$15,000 was appropriated for the farm
nnnually , and that ) 'ear after ) 'ear thIs
mounted up , anll In tlmu would have
become fonnhlable , "Homo was nut
built In a da ) ' , " hI ! added In conehl
sian ,
"No , " rellHell11' , nlxer , "Uonw was
not built In a 11a ) ' , und It' nlmUhlH and
nemus hall been momhct'i be the com
mlltlw on AgI'lculture Home wOIII ,
ne\'ol' hare been bullt-WashlllghV
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A Ch Ica o 1I1an rlCuses : to tCHtIf '
conrt ' " otler ! he hnd a hanl. accr.c.
of $2,000,000 "r not , on the JrolUuJ
that he mIght Illorhnlnl\te hlms' {
Must not ha\'o halt It , Anj' man \\ff
that muc" mone ) ' It. In no dans& ; '
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MOVEMENT FOR FREE TRADE
BEHIND IT ,
Calamitous Results That FolIC'wed the
Adoption 01 This Polley In 13:12 ! :
Woultl Repeat Themselves-Work-
Ingmen Will Do Well to Remember.
'l'he hoom oC William nnn ollh )
Hl'al'flt rill' Ih ! ' Uemocrntl Pre'lhlen-
tlat nomlrJlllolI ; In 110. ! ( ma ' be salli to
hl11(1 ( > 11 launl'lwd at a JJlaSB meut-
In hclel In Washington on the 13th o {
AugJlst , 'J'he ambltionH Imll\'hlnal In
whmH" hrJhlltr thlM n\o\'emont has bcen
( ) r anll'll : III th ( rCllllted IlJSSeSH01' era
a { Ol't unl ! o { se\'I'u I millions of dol.
IlIr , l'cIIl'eHl'nlccl , In gr'at pal't ; b ) ' 1\
nllmh'r or dall ' nOWRIlI\lJl'rM. WhOHO
collmnH allll'OI' to be clllell ) ' conHe-
cmtee ! to the dl'H l'llction or wealth
bl'lollgl1to othl'l' Jwollle , It Is1pon
t hlR ilia tt'Ol'ln thll t 1\11' , lIearst hopcs
to rl'ach the PI'cshh1Il' ! ) ' , At present
he Is m.rC'h' a 'I'amman ) ' Con , ress-
man from 1\ Now YlII'C ! elt ) ' dlstrlcl. In
jOIll'llallsm ho enjo 'a the distinction
of Ilsultl ! each day In four different
cit les i ho VIH' ) ' WOI'Rt lot oC newspn'
llel' ! ! of lur c Ct'cllilithm ! and vicious
Influence l\1\oWI1 III any 1181'1 of the
cl\'lIlzell world , Upheaval , rc\'olutloll ,
anal'ch ) ' , aSllasslllation If nced he ,
! welll to ho the gullling princIples In
these pUblications ,
'I'hl ) maSH ) lleetlng or Au ust 13 In
Washington wnll oRtcnsll.1lj' engl.
. nefred hr IICl'lions claimIng to repre-
! lent \Jl'ganlzed labOl' , In the 1IIuno or
Amcl'lcan labOl' the lIeUI'Ht Ill'cshlen'
tlal hoom 1M thl'nlit [ ol'wat'll. H ' alJ'
Ileallng to the ulll'cason nnll the pas ,
slonM of Am'l'Icun wngl"eal'nm'lI It Is
hnlH'lI to l'callzu the lolllical ambition
of a man who e ) Jt'ogl'am mill rJlntorm
1n\'oh'e the ruin ot ) abm' unci hulnstrr.
I'Down wllh All ' 1'I'lIlIls ! " 'l'hat Iii the
hattle 1'1' ) ' of the lIeuI'Ht hoomOl'S , How
shall the Il'IIsl s hl- dowlt'IlIy \ the
r\loa1 \ of lho Dlngl ! ' ) ' larlet ami the
estahllshment of free t mde , ' 1'hat Is
the trust I"Jmed I hl'fly relied upon ,
almost whollr rell'd UIon. ) When the
pl'otecth'o tarlft Is swept away the
trllsts will dlsHIIIJCar. Such Is' the
lIearst } ll'omlso allll ] llan , ' 1'al\O rree
trade \lut of the Ilearst ] ll'Opaganlln
anll nothing remains ,
" 'Ol'kln l11r > n who an' uow emr-oyed !
all the ) 'eal' ronnll at'the highest wage
mlIJ ( JVf'I' ] mown In this or an ) ' other
conl1lrr wnge earners whose delJOslls
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In savings Imn\s \ ( hn\J Incl'easellln the
past six 'e 1'S of a pl'Otectl'\'o tariff
fl'om les ! thnn $2,000,000,000 to nearly
$3,000,000,000 al'o eqlected ; to rally to
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the 8ulillort of a politIcal movement.
whose ultimate nlm Is tll wrecl , all
Indllstry Hnll stoll all IIl'oBllel'lt ) ' . ' 1'he
\\01'1 , ) H'o\llo \ Hnd wage earners did
something of thlK Ihlll In ] 892 , and
paid tlw ] lcnalt ) ' In lOlls of emploj'-
ment and wages , In the melting away
of accnmulatell HII\"lngH , In the ] lo\'er'
.Ir , hungel' and - \tnlolll suffel'lngs of
thclI1sol\'eH and theh' wives ancl chll-
ill'en , Evillently the ] [ earst boomer's
thlnlAmel'lcnn workingmen have
I hort memOl'les.-Amerlcan Economist -
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SIGNIFICAN1 ; ADMISSION.
British Acknowledgment of the Value
of Protection ,
'Ve con Cess that we ne\'er expected
to see the officIals of GI'eat Britain
dcllberately furnish the nepnbllcan
arty 'ot' tls \ country with the most
con\'lnclng In ravol' [ '
\ IIrgllInents o 111'0'
tectlon , 'rhe Cob lion clnb Is Iwoel\Cd
Into a cocleed hut , and the AntlCobden
clllh of the Nlnetcenth
ward-that patriotic -
riotic band of Intellectu1\\ \ political
cconomltlts , shoulll at their next meetIng -
Ing mal\C a minute of the subject , 1m.
pOI'tant as was the annonnccmrmL of
Premlm' Balfour , the omclul 8tale'
ments or the board of Iralle , which Is
a goyemment institution , 0.1'0 much
mot'e so. ' 1'hey announce that protection -
tion does 111'otect : that. In spite of the
fact that wages In this couutrr are
more than oublo those III Great BI'It.
aln , the amonnt or expol'ts or manufac ,
tured JomlH to this countr } ' has great-
1) ' decl'eased , while our mannfactured
ex pertH to that cOllnh'y are IncI'easlng
rallldl ) ' , ' 1'he same alllllles to all protected -
tected nations , IHI that Great l'italn
Is declare to bo In a dlsad\'antagcous
1Josltlon , especial ! ) ' all the "nlted
States Iall : , so soon as there Is a ! tIll
In local lIemand , 1I00d GI"eat lJrltaln
. , . .lth goods at mnch lowel' rates.
'rho 11rst dut ) ' of a nation Is to look
, Cler the welfal'e of Its own citizens ,
! 'hat Is what wo have dono" In establishing -
lishing protection we have not onlr
I.ccomllHshed all that the nel1l1bllcan
[ 1art ' ever claimed , hut ha\'e conrounll ,
' ! ll 0\11' \ opponenls here anll abroall.
' } 'he British govel'nment ol11clallr. nn'
nounces that our Iiollcj' has heen a
slIccessul ono and w1lhe \ IIf grpat
Injllr ) ' to Its own peorJlc unless retalla ,
tOl'y measures are taken ,
' ' 'blch Is wh ) ' we remnrk oace morc
that we nevCl' expected In onr daj' to
6ee Great Britain , the aJlostio of trac
tmde. aclo.lOwlcll/e / its own defeat anll
OUI' own II1CCCSH , What w1l\ \ the
Democratic part ) ' sa ' to this In the
uext campaign ' / It Beems crnel that
the ) ' are del1rh"ed or their only : oclt
argumm1 , hut facts al'e neccssarll '
crtlol thlngll when oPJloHeli to f lla.
clous theol'les-l'hlladclllhln Inqllh'el' ,
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Can the democracy Get Right ?
The Dr.mocl'aUc partj' In Congress ,
' ! Inl , l' the loador8hlp or Scnulol' GOI"
rnan , has cngage,1 , In s'stC'matic oppo ,
sltion to lhe Increase of the V\-to
'
anr Increase of the na v ) ' ,
' 1'he DrHnc ) , . .ats admIt that their pol-
hW Is futile , It .Is astonishing that
they (10 not see that It Iii also sulci ,
da1lj' fool1sh ,
' 1'iQ ! UnitOlI States has a greater ex.
on af seacoast than nny other ua.
tlon exccllt the British empire ,
Vurtb.ertlore. the United Stales Is
. - . ' 1f' . .
pledc ! ( } by Its ultvnryln ! ; poTter for
throe'luarters ot a cOltlUr ) ' , and 1.11
the firlUe t convlctionA of Its people ,
to the malntenanco of the : \1onroo Doctrine -
trine , I
'
When the 1\Ionl'00 Doctrine IPI at-
taclcll. 1lS It will he unll'sA the United
States 11Ial,0 Itself so MtrOn ! ; anll rl'luly
that nOlle will clare attack It , the nt-
tltclt will be madu by spa IIO\\'CI' . To
wit\I off such nUacl , the Unltell Stntos
mllJt hnve sea 110wor ,
Yet the Unltell Statls to.dnj' ranlts
ani ) ' lIfth al1long the nations ot the
worlll In sea power , Ami of the { our
nallonR , whoso fleets S\t1'PI\SS that of
the UnltOlI States three would gain
Jroatl : ' I > Y brcalcng ! down thu : Mouroe
Doctrlte ,
These are Ihe CI11Hlanwntal tncls at
the situation , 'rhes ! ) raetll'el'o no\'er
11101'0 whlel ) ' nllpreelt\tell hy the Amer ,
Ican peo\1lo \ , 1101' were the consoquNlce8
ot n ( allll1'o In sea po\\'r m'ot' mol' ' '
clcarlj' umlol'stood , tlllln the ) ' are to
cia ) ' ,
I Yet t he national 1) ( > l1IocraC ) ' , through
lis l'eprellentall\'oR In Con/I'cKs / , tlOW
nUacl. the sea IXJ\\'llr of the lIation nml
seelell to III'o\'ent Ils growlh. Under
pretense of worl\lng ( or peace Domo'
c1'llt\c \ Congrcssmon advocnlo po\lcy \
thnt woulll mal'ar cel'lulll ,
'rho quesllon thut forcell IllleIt upon , .
'e\'orj" thlnlclng : American Is :
Can the Democl'ntic pl\rl ) ' over pro\'o
Itsel [ wodhy to rille this nation ?
Clin the Democratlo lIarty 0\01' got
I'hhtChlcago Inlol' Ocean ,
PROSPERITY AND SAVINGS ,
Deposita Have IncreAsed to Nearly
Three Billion Dollars ,
There III no such thing as real pros-
.lIcrlt ) ' In thlll country when the gen-
el'l\l I111hllc Is short or Sll1'JIII18 mOllC ! ) ' ,
' ! 'hcI'e Is no ahatement of real I1I'0SP01'-
It ) ' when the genoml 11111.1110 goes on
mal\lng mone ) ' anll sl\vlng some of It.
' 1'ho sl1eculntlve gamhlet. I1lU ' bo ro- )
lug In wealth ot' no may bo absJlutolr
pO\'ct'lr strlcltcn , and 1\olthor the ono
condition nOl' the other reflects the
situation o [ the genol'lll lIublic nnd the
countt' } ' , SOIuethlng that does , unfall ,
Ing ! ) ' nnd emllhaUcallr , hi the total of
the Ha\'ln s banles dOlloslt6 the 8ur-
IJlus weallh of the enel'lll lIubllc ,
when wo had "hal'll times" with the
advent of the Wilson Il\w , savln's !
hanls dell081ls first ceased to hlcl'eaHe
nnll then aclunlly decrensed , I'rom
1813 ! to 18H ! thur fell noarl ) ' ' 40,000-
000 , 01' to a total ot $1,7.17,96L,000.
By ] ! l02 the ' had risen to $ : ! ,7 OOOO-
000. Controller lUdgloy'a rellort
showed that the total of the slvln : s
banIs delloslts Is now $2,93 ; : ! 0.l,84 .
From the oXllerts who "went hrolee"
In speculatl\'o eXCeJ:1ROS : wo h l\r that
nl\tlonal IlrosllPl'lty turned downward
In 1901. In that 'N1r thO' ' sayIngs
banl\l : ; delloslts were ' 2)97OOO,000 [ ) , M )
that since that tlmo to now there has
been It. gain or nearly $ -100,000,000 ,
This aln , since the "turn or prosper ,
Itr , " Is lal' er than the gaIn fl'0111 1893
to l818. ! It Is as lal'ge as the gain
from 181 ! to 1891 ! , lurger than the gain
from l81S ! to 1900. when the boom 'wall '
Inlleod booming , as no one will donj' ,
Noal'1y three h1l111ns of saYln s
banlH deposits todar-nearly twlco
'what we hud In ] 814-doea ! not 1001.
aH If the gen01'll1 pUblic were ret quit
of IlI'osllOrltr , Nol' w11l It bo , If lhls
nntlon continues n pollc - which Iteeps
our lud\LRtrles protected against fOl"
elga In uRtrles and OUI' wage e11I'nor8
aJalnHt : foreign wage , al'nct's-New
York } ) ress ,
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More Work for the Policeman ,
The .T ut-nal's pI'edlction thnt the
UnIted States would soon have to ex ,
OJ'clse ) lollce power o\'er the semI-
savage repuhllcs of San Domingo and
Hn'tI III being swiftly fulfilled ,
A dela 'ed cablegram fl'01I1 San Domingo -
mingo sars that mal'lnes f'Om thB
Newark and Columbia. ha\'o hud 1\
pitched baltle la9ilng three hours with
the Insurgents , wbo wore routed without -
out the loss of oven one American lire ,
'fhe Insurgents benan the trouble 1.11
lIrlng on the launch of the Newark'and
on a commercial st'al1lshlp owne 111
New York , Four hundred mariners
were promptly landed under coyer ( It
the unH of the Newnl'k and the Co'
lumhla , which shelled the Insurgent
lall1l1 ! ; and ther engaged the Domin.
gans/ Who lost two of thell' generals
Idlled , ono wounded , aa\'e1'll1 omcers
captured , and slxteon men killed and
wounded ,
After InnlctlnA' thl8 ] Jllnlshmont the
UnIted States forcea withdrew an. : ! the
Newarl , sailed for Gllautanamo ,
] ; ; \llentlj' ! the situation In San Domingo -
mingo Is hecomlng Intolel'ahe ) , 'rh ,
barharlan degene1'lltes who Inhahlt
that pal't of the Iflland ure enl ) ' one de.
gree belter than the nClI'008 who com ,
pose the poplliation 9f Haytl , ' 1'ho ) ' arc ,
not fit to go\'eI'D themselves , and they
are becoming a menace to the peace 01
the whole Carlbhean region ,
The United SlateR rmn not Ion ! ; per'
mlt this state of nflnh's to continue ai ,
most within hailing dlslance of Its
Island poslI,8slon8 , It Is bound b '
' consldOl'ation or Helt1Hh
eyer ) Interest ,
as well I1H 1.1) ' o\'er ' moral obligation
to the famll ) ' of nations , to put an end
to It. Wo 11n not want the Islancl 01
Ha 't1. but fOl' Iho snl\O of 0\11' com.
merce we must take such IJollc6 meas.
ureB there as will lJre\'ent auy rurthm
disturbances ,
It Is a satire on OUl' civilization thai
at 0\11' verr doors one oC the fairest
and rhhcst : lalunllll or the ! Jea Is become
como the lIre ) ' oC sa\'ages In perlletual
rIot , man ) ' of thel11 sunl { In superstl
tlon :11111 bar1lar1. ; 111 not tounl1 lsc
where o l earth outRide of the Austra
\Ian \ hush nllli hie Intel'lolof darkel1
Arrlca ,
It Is time that. tha United States In
terrel'cd to police this Islanl1 , Wo cal1
nol lIermlt. . an ) ' other nation to do so
anll It wu..t bo done-C lca1o Jour. .
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CASUS BILLI A STRONG CASE
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Girl Justly Angry at Her r.lval's Joy
Over Ghost Story.
"Whnt a horrid erenturo 'MillY
'Smith Isl" snltl the girl 11\ the btuo
11101180.
"Sho 111 , " assented the girl In era ) ' ,
'bllt how- "
"lIow clill I fil\d It OIlU" snl the girt
'
n the bUd blouse , ' 'Why , wo spent
DIll' ho\lda's \ at the same housel The
, VI\ ) ' I came to grler with her was this.
Wo dochlell to glvo a ghost pnrty ono
"ISht. You sll In n dnrlc room n\1(1 tell
hORt stol'Ie8 In turn , The Ilerson that
.ells the rnot : hlooll'curcllln ono gets
a prl7.o , or course the Incldel\t. are
; 1.\1 \ lIupposod to have hallpenell to ) 'ou
porsonall ) ' , but-- "
"Wh ' , goodness , Ilodellgh ( ull ) '
creepyl" ,
"So Il Is , ' or C01trfie I wantoll to
create a good h11l1rcsllon , ospeclnl1Y '
as l1nrrv was there that weelc , 'nntl
that. 8m'Ith girl wus folrly haun n
his footsteps. Somchow I couldn't
mr.11nge to thlule or to dream of a goocl
ouo , Flnnll ) ' , the dllY o [ tho'Jarty. . I
wont to 8CO 111) ' lau1\llreS8 nbo11t m )
dress-wo were nh to wear white , 'ou
Imow , To my joy I founll oU her mnn ,
telpleco an old . log'carClI hook of
ghost stories. I horrow d It nt once
atlll tool , It homo trll11uph , nml that
evonlng I told ono of the slol'les { rom
11 , ot course malhi ! ; myselt the
11'rolue , It bcgnn with m ' nrrlvlng
at the country houso'lnto at night , 'ou
1m ow , and being gl\'en a bed In Ii
hauntcil room- "
"Ami waiting up consclolls thnt
something wan In the room , I Imow. "
"Yes , 'Veil , It was It great succesS ,
anll I { elt that the llrlze was mlno.
whelthnt Smith girl stoplJcd talklug '
to Hurry aUlI bogalto ullplaud , Anti'
whut do : ou thhlle she said ? "
"Something awful , of c011rllo , " ' , .
"ClaSIJl1g ! her handR , Rhe said : 'Oh ,
how dellghlful ! And IUd It nil real1) '
happen to 'ou ? ' .O [ course It did , ! I
' cllal'mlugl' she
suld , 'How llerfectly
cried , 'MyoId Ul1'IIO1sod to tell mo
that story when I was 1"or ' IIttlo
gh'l , and I shall cnjoy It so milch mt'o
now that lImoYOII W01'O the he-
1'oluol" "
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Just His Luck ,
, "I had no\'r bad an ' Il1cl , on , the
raceH , " sahl 1\11' , J , II , Jonah , "nor In
gumes or chance. In f ct , my 'num-
bel" Is ul1 wroug ono way or another ,
nl1l1 If anybodY JII'olJOSeS u Rchomo
whOl'o It'll win or 10SQ ) 'Olt can betsly
t1u t It Is IIUle , Th1Ul1Y Jonab to 10110 ,
Just now I ( un roferrlng to ' 1'lvoll
pool. E\'er lay It ? In thnt game , 'ou
Imow , the table slunts ntlll III S1\lIt-
derI wllh little 11rongs projecting
about two Inches , 'fhore are thl'e
holoH , through whlel , I ( the ball
dl'OIJ ! ! , you al'o enabled to malee lar e
scores , 'rhe object ot the pI'ojections
Is to emba1'l'aSR the ball and to IJro.
vent It from oln ! ; Into the holes. \
Hut there It ! no neell.to IJarUcularlze ,
slnco whnt I am talkIng about Is bael
' ' ! ' e\'enlng I met UI )
Ihek , 'I'he 01 I 01' \
with three South Side { I'lends a till
wo hud several gameR with ' 1'lvo\ ) \
pool , 2 cents each In the pot , hIghest -
est score to win , Well , Sir , ) 'ou shoot
six times each during n game. and In
IIlxtecn fames I held the lowest
score , 'l'hen I got mad. loitered to
go Into a pot at a dollar each. winner
to he th IJer80n who made the lowest
scorn. 'l'hey jumpell at It , Need r
sny what ltappened ? Try as I would
not to SCOl'e , I rolled the hhhest that
anybod ) ' had made' In any game thai : .
evenln , Lucie ? I can't figure It out
anyway , "
,
H Is Prayer ,
Cnplaln : : Hale no longer a81s Sena-
_ . .joln with him In relleatlng the
l.ol'I1s ) J1'II 'er at the mom In ! ; devotions -
tions , ' 1'hlR nrlBe8 from the fact that
when ho did maleo the request thel'e
was no response. This circumstance
was the hasls at n rellort. p1'lnted In
some nowspapcr8 , that none of the
senators lcnow the prayer. ' 1'he rellort
In turn became the lJOurce : of no little
anxiety to Dr , Hale ,
"Can It be pmslblo that such a deplorable -
plorable condltllln at aetalrs exists ? "
lie aslted more than one senntor , nnll
lie was aJ1parentJr much rellcved by
the assurllnco I\'en him that the
newspapel' repol't wnll wlthollt fOllnda-
tloa ,
"I'll just lIIeo to see the tcst maclC , "
said SenatOl' 'rlllman when ho heard
the stor ) ' , "I fear they'd all ho IIIte
two fellows the ' tell about down in
South Cal'ollna , 'J'her were III peril
or loshl theil' lI\'es by drowning ,
when ono of them Infllsted the othOl'
shollill ) Il'ay , notwithstanding hIs companion -
panion remonHtrated that he dill not
l\I1ow how to ) ll'IlY ,
" 'Just } 1l'ay anyhow , ' said the other ,
whereupon the ono said :
" 'Lord , malus ! thanlful tor what
wo al'o about to recel'e'ailllng : ,
ton Post , ,
Faithful to His Friends ,
Onl ! thoucht had lie , to 1I\'e his life ,
TII IIlIlc with joy IlH utmo.H enI" ! ,
Hilt In th ! ' thll'kelCt of the Httlfe
He WUII fulthl'UI to hili tl'lelJllI ,
Car , . ' not he Cnr rl ht nor wrong ,
lIollor'lI clIII 1I0r tllIlwuy :
lie hilt lI\'l'rI I\mon t \ Ie throng' ,
1.I\'el1 umOIl ! ; them COI' U , 111\ ) ' .
'l'hus lie lIVI'I ) nnd thull he died ,
Yet each 0110 1I0W hIli lIf" tlefcnds :
Fill' we 11:1 : w thl' rull111'11111'11
110 WUII faithful hili tl'lellda ,
nou h nnd t'nJllest to ! ' ! ! ! ' , ) the roal1' ,
L'l'uolut ) ! Willihl' lIath he trorl :
OCl he Ittn : Iel\'d 'llealh the loud ,
AIIII 1I\\'oru 10Ullly at hl'i Gotl , ,
Bllt urtcr RII hi.'arll'll ) 'enrs '
Nn 1'1':11'011 : ' he to mllko U1I1I'11I11I :
11' . . IrJCt 110 : ' ' ' III IlI'rIlI'IC ,
He WICalt \ Ifill tn hlH Crl'IJltI , ,
-lIl'/lry It , , Hrlb''s : ,
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Deer Make Pretty Picture.
A l1dcl1csex , Vt. . fanner. while
6rawlng logs two or three da'H ago ,
Sll w Il gl'OUll of eight. doel' on a meu.
dow ahout a mile and a haIC south 0'
the vlllage , Ho deHcrlbes the anlma13
, I us sleelc ane ! In good condition , qnd.
sa'S ther lI1de a 1I1clure well worth
looklug at ,