WE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT
I. M RICK , PuWfaber.
YALMTTDflE ,
In important criminal trials , it seems
most difficult to prove the best-ki.Swn
( acts.
Anybody can write a book and every
body appears to be doing that very
ihing.
The man who invented postal cards
b dead. The postmistresses ought to
pive him a monument
We infer from his prospectus that
Bantos-Dumont has adopted a "No
money , no fly" motto.
Perhaps a woman can't lead a band ,
but it is highly probable that a band
rrould follow a woman.
Instead of being invented by Mar-
-oni it is now claimed that wireless
telegraphy is of macaroni origin.
Japan seems to have come to the con-
i -don that women have rights , which
B considered a great discovery in the
lowery kingdom.
The water in Great Salt Lake has
.fallen six feet during the past eight
fears. There must be a hole In the
! n > ttom of the old thing.
Now that a train robber has been
tilled and Tracy is no more , perhaps
* Ir. Pat Crowe will have the kindness
5o feel a trifle worried.
Uncle Sam may have to become step-
lather to Haiti. The time for him to
Jtep In , armed with a good birchen rod ,
s perhaps not very far distant
A Chicago barber says his wife and
mother lady talked him out of his
> wn house. They might do well now
Jo exhibit themselves or lecture.
A New York woman was found to
ve a hatpin through her heart Wo-
nen should be careful how they set
Iheir hearts on other women's hats.
The historical novel is to be the lit-
rary topliner for another season. As
there Is no law against this particular
: rime , the public will hare to stand for
ft , we suppose.
This new explosive the war depart
ment is talking about , that will pene
trate fourteen Inches of steel armor ,
Might to be able to complete the exca-
ration of the Panama canal in two or
three well directed shots.
The Treasury Department has just
Hscovered that the typewriter is su
perior to longhand writing in the mak
ing of records. If this thing continues
the government will soon be within a
: entury of catching up with the ordi
nary business world.
In its determination to support any
legislation having for its purpose the
abolishing of child labor in States
jrhere such laws do not exist , the
American Federation of Labor is not
Dnly helping on its own ends , but Is
Bghtlng in a good cause for the better
ment of all mankind.
Patriotic women and all women are
patriotic are beginning to ask what
they can adopt as a gesture of salu
tation and respect to the national air
and the flag. A correspondent suggests
the placing of the hand over the heart
In want of something better that might
do ; but does not the gesture savor too
much of sentimentality ? "Schools of
Expression" and "Colleges , of Ora
tory" have so long associated that ges
ture with the receipt of bad news from
home or a false accusation of crime
that little real dignity Is left to it
.One of the most cheering of current
statements is that of a man who leaves
Sing Sing prison after eleven years' con
finement , to the effect that "a man there
gets a good chance to reform if he
wants to. " The superintendent , the
warden and the principal keeper stand
ready to meet him half-way , and the
Volunteers' Prisoners' League will
take care of him when he comes out ,
and stick to him as long as there is a
possibility of helping him. Instead of
"a yearly output of 200 to 300 rascals
ripe for lawlessness and crime , " this ex-
lonvict thinks that at least half the men
Bing Sing now sends out are "anxious
ind able to be useful In the world. "
That is the truly ideal prison which
confines men in order to free them from
worse places.
Of those who visit California every
pear , many are Eastern people suffer
ing from nervous prostration and seek
ing to regain their health by the trip
icross the continent. It is a curious
fact that not a few of them owe their
Illness to unsuspected errors of vision ,
ind that the trip benefits them by dis-
lorering the cause of their trouble. 'A
California physician , writing in Ameri
can Medicine , says that the bright light
of the "Land of Sunshine" so quickly
Effects eyes in which there are errors
> f refraction that the patient Is driven
X ) consult the local oculist The doc-
Jor relieves the eye-strain , and in so do
ing removes also the headache , Insom-
ala , depression and other ills from
jvhich the patient has suffered. In
aodern diagnosis the testing of the eyes
f plays a large part
Judge Phillips , of the Common Pleas
Court of Cuyahoga County , Ohio , de-
lerves complimentary mention for the n
food , practical common sense and sound
patriotism shown In the position he has.
} taken respecting the naturalization .
alien Immigrants. He declares that he
will Issue naturalization papers to no
.man who fails to answer plain ques
tions he may ask with respect to our
form of government and the Constitu
tion. He says he believes that persons
who desire to become citizens should be
qualified to vote intelligently , not only
to protect their own Interests , but those
of their fellow citizens as well. Fur
ther dilution of our citizenship is a dan
ger that should be avoided. Let the bal
lot go to all who are qualified to handle
It , but put an end to the naturalization
of men who are to be utilized as voting
cattle.
Some learned clergymen who are not
out in the fields and woods gathering
inspiration and religion are rushing in
to print with their Ideas of marriage
on the limited salary of $6 per week.
"Go ahead and get spliced if you want
to , and think about the bread after
wards , " the most of them say to young
people who are in love and poverty at
the same time. They may be right ,
but Love is a mighty fine thing , but
when it comes to the test it's the most
material thing in the world. You can
keep the body without food for a week
and not be more than a few pounds the
worse for it , but did you ever try to
keep love on a starvation basis ? Next
time you see Sue and put your arm
around her and tell her you could do
it forever , try it for twenty-four hours.
See if you don't get mighty tired in the
arms and empty in the stomach before
the time is up. If you are good for the
test and at the end of the twenty-four
hours still have no desire to break your
affectionate hold , marry the girl , no mat
ter what you are making. You'll get
along some way. But if you do grow
tired and have just the faintest wish
to dodge Sue for a moment and go to
the larder , don't have the knot tied for
awhile yet You'll save yourself lots
of trouble and worry. Most of the ro
mance of married life on $6 per week
disappears the first time you see that
fairy creature , your bride , who used to
be too delicate to hold her own parasol ,
leaning over a washtub with her hair
flying loose and her dress decollete all
the way around , scrubbing , nothing but
scrubbing. Wait awhile until the $0
grows to something more substantial.
It will grow if you keep at it
Any man having a large one hundred
acre fruit farm with no children on It
should get in touch with Mr. and Mrs.
John Shandrow , of South Haven ,
Mich. , and learn how to make it blos
som with juvenile gladness. This
worthy couple came to the conclusion
that a fruit farm of such dimensions
should raise something else besides 1
peaches and grapes. Here was a large
farm going to waste so far as child cul 1
ture was concerned. . Not an urchin
roamed its broad acres or climbed Its
green trees or thrust his bare toes In its
fertile soil. In the matter of children
the fruit farm was barren as Sahara ,
while city tenements and orphan
(
asylums teemed with youngsters
whose natures were being dwarfed and
perverted by lack of contact with
green fields and country air. Instead
of kidnaping the children of neighbor
ing farmers Mr. and Mrs. Shandrow
t
hit upon the sensible idea of applying
to the Smith Foundling Hospital at
Minneapolis , asking it to send them
several children for a summer's out-
Ing , with the privilege of choosing
from them a boy for adoption. In re
sponse there came a consignment of
twenty-two bright , rosy-cheeked
r
youngsters , the entire visible supply of B
children over 3 years old. Of course E
this was more than the farmer bar C
gained for , but the more he saw of the S
children the more undecided he was as t
to which one to adopt The more het t
saw of them the better he liked the
idea of children on the farm. He and
his good wife finally solved the prob
lem by adopting the entire collection
of youngsters , and the Smith Found
lings' Home is thus bereft of nearly its
entire juvenile population. There's P
plenty of room and plenty to eat for
twenty-two children on a hundred-acre
1
fruit farm. They don't bring as much 1E 1a
in the market as chickens and calves a
and peaches , but their value to society T
and the State after a few years on the
fruit farm will be hard to measure. 7 ;
We commend the example of this PP
Ptl
thrifty fruit farmer to
the owners of tl
hundreds of acres that never resound tltl
with the shouts of youngsters. tltl tlb
tl
tlo
Making Burglars' Tools. o
There is a rich business man of Phil
fl
idelphiawho got his start in life flb
Jirough the manufacture of burglars'
: ools. He said the other day , conn- SI
lentially : SItl
tltl
"In my youth I was a machinist , but tl
: he business didn't pay at all. A thick- tlP
jet man came to me one morning and P
hi
showed me a jimmy. "I'll give you ten hiP' '
lollars for a duplicate of this , ' he said , P'ol
ind I took him up joyfully , for in my oldi
nnocence I didn't know what a Jim- diw
uy was and , besides , I foresaw a 90 dim
> er cent profit in the job. So I made m
he burglar's tool , and afterward I eid
eiPI <
nade the thick-set man some other
PI
mplements , and after that again 1 tl
ixed up an outfit for a friend of his. tlhi
"Thus , in a year , " continued the hi
nan , 'according to the Philadelphia
lecord , "I had more work than I could
to ; eight or ten villainous-looking In-
ec
livlduals brought me In big orders ev-
ry day , and in four years I have saved di
diai
19,000. Then I quit I pulled out and ai
rent into my present line , which pays
ne well enough , though its profits are Is
tothing to those that you will find In
turglar tool making. I often wonder
inherited my old-time trade. " mul
th
'ost of Living Increased 5O Per Cent. be
In five years the cost of foodstuffs ea
lecessary to sustain life has advanced tr
0 per cent in New York oltj , and on a i °
mailer scale throughout the country.
Nebraska Politics.
Excerpts From The Nebraska Independent , Lincoln , Nebraska , Made by
Direction of the Porulist State Central Committee
A SHAMEFUL RECORD
The World-Herald Recount * a Few Chap
ter * of What ha Been Done "Under
Authority of the Hallroadtf-
of Nebraska
"Under authority of the railroads of
Nebraska" is a phrase that has be
come quite familiar to the people of
this state. This phrase is used as a
headline to the articles presented
through the newspapers of the state
by the railroad literary bureau.
In one of its publications this bu
reau paid its respects to the World-
Herald , charging this newspaper with
being guilty of deliberate falsehood ,
and otherwise manifesting a disposi
tion to plain spokenness , even to the
'extent of invective and epithet Ac
cepting this as an invitation to call a
spade by its right name the World-
Herald feels justified ia indulging in a
for the ben
bit of plain Anglo-Saxon
efit of public interests and to the dis
advantage , let us hope , of the schemes
concocted at the conference of cor
poration lawyers , at which conference
"we all agreed on Mickey as our man. "
The statement that these publica
tions are issued "under authority of
the railroads of Nebraska" does not
necessarily provide assurance to the
observing Nebraskan that these things ,
purporting to be statements of facts ,
are true and correct. On the con
trary , in the light of the history of
some things that have been done in
this state "under authority of tho
railroads of Nebraska" it is not at all
surprising that in so many instances
the publications issued by this rail
road bureau are ingeniously concocted
falsehoods ; nor is it at all surprising
that in one of the publications issued
by this same bureau a newspaper
should be charged with deliberate
falsehood with relation to a state
ment , which statement the managers
of this railroad bureau knew to be
absolutely true.
This is not the first time that ques
tionable acts have been committed .
"under authority of the railroads of '
Nebraska. " Referring to corporations
Sir Edward Coke said : "They cannot |
commit treason , nor be outlawed , nor
excommunicate , for they have no
souls. " And yet it is true that "in
every deed of mischief" the corpora
tion has had "the heart to resolve ,
the ead to contrive , and the head to
execute. '
Although during the period when
the Bentons and the Eugene Moores
reigned through corporation favor the
people imagined they had reached the
limit , it is a matter of record that even
those old time corporation administra
tions did not have the temerity to go
me-half as far as the men who now
hold office and the men who now seek
jfilce by the grace and "under author
ity of the railroads of Nebraska. "
The republican officials of the old
: ime corporation reign thought that
; n 1892 ihey were going very far in the
lischarge of their obligations to the r
jorporations when they fixed the cor
poration assessment in this state at
J29.339.631. But looking at the record
) f the present regime , we find that the
jorporation administration of today
las fixed the corporation assessment
it $26,589,592. Every one understands
: hat during the past ten years great
> rogress has been made in this state ,
ind it will be difficult for an intelligent
nan to understand with what reason
he corporation assessment of 1902
iould be fixed at nearly $3,000,000 less
han the corporation assessment of
.892.
.892.But
But the problem is solved and the
nystery is explained when it is under- o
tood that the men who made the as-
essment of 1902 are creatures of the
orporations. However much it may s
eem that their action was an affront s'
s's
0 the Intelligence of the people of s :
his state , it must be remembered that
t was done "under authority of the ist
ailroads of Nebraska , " t <
The republican state board of equali-
ation , being urged to require the cor- r <
lorations to bear their just proportion
f tne burden of taxation , closed their q
ars to the appeal in behalf of the peo- n
ile , held their sessions behind closed d
oors and did the corporation bidding
rith a promptness that would have put w
'om Benton to blush even in Tom
teuton's palmiest days ; and this was tl
tlu
11 done "under authority of the rail- u
tlb
oads of Nebraska. " b
After the republican board of equall- M
ation had made its answer to the su- si
reme court proceedings and the cor- sid
oratlon attorneys had discovered that d <
tiat answer did not suit the corpora- oiai
Ions' purpose , a conference was held ai
etween the corporation lawyers and aiv <
tie members of the republican board r
f equalization. The result was that 11
lese republican officials subscribed to 11N
n amended answer , which answer had N
een prepared by the corporation law-
ers , and filed that answer with the ei
eivi
upreme court A republican paper , vi
le Omaha Bee , referred to this act on tl
le part of these republican officials as in .
inhe
the greatest act of perfidy to the peo- hem
le of which any state official could hem
e guilty ; " and this "greatest act of m
srfidy" was done "un'der authority to
E the railroads of Nebraska. " ri
Prior to the republican convention a
ernand that the republican auditor se
ho had also served the corporations th
iuch more faithfully than he had ti <
tibr
ren pretended to serve the people be br
jfeated for renomination ; but the re- tu
iblican auditor was renominated by to
le republican state convention "un- de
r authority of the railroads of Ne- in
aska. " sh
When the republican state conven- pe
The plutocratic dalies are filled with
litorials declaring that the working mi
jople of New Zealand have become er
ssatisfied with their arbitration laws of
id are demanding a repeal of them , co
st no one believe a word of it There
no evidence to sustain the declara-
Dn of these editors. It is likely that tei
1 order has gone forth from the trust po
agnates of this country and partical <
arly from the anthracite coal barons mi
at such edi irials shall be written Ca
scause of the general demand in the gr <
, st that the ooal strike shall be arbikn
ated. They have issued the order to
as to stop that demand and the < h :
inkey editors have instantly obeyed. tBi
TT1
tion met at Lincoln , on June 18 , a
number of the delegates to that con
vention favored the .nomination for
governor of a man who would be free
from corporation domination. Every
one of the three combine railroad com
panies pretended to have a preferred
candidate and the delegates to that
convention were treated to the farce of
a struggle between the three great
corporations of this state. But after
the farce had been carried far enough
to suit the managers , the real corpora
tion candidate was brought forward ,
and a man by the name of Mickey was
chosen , as the republican candidate
ior governor of this state. Ten days
prior to the republican state conven
tion the corporation lawyers had held
a conference and they all agreed on
Mickey as their man. The republican
state convention indorsed this agree
ment ; and Mickey and Prout and Wes-
ton and their colleagues on the repub
lican state ticket were formally pre
sented for the suffrages of the people
of this state "under authority of the
railroads of Nebraska. "
At the legislative session of 1891 a
deed was committed "under author
ity of the railroads of Nebraska"
which deed was so impudent and so
bold that the people of this state have
not yet learned to place a proper esti
mate upon it That was when the
lailroad lobbyists deemed it neces
sary to maintain a deadlock in the
state senate in order to prevent the
passage of the maximum freight rate
bill. In order to accomplish the re-
sul' i > member of that state senate was
abducted , with his consent to be sure ,
hut abducted nevertheless , and car
ried away to a distant portion of this
country. He has never yet returned.
He consented to go because he was
paid a liberal sum of money for his
consent It is doubtful whether in all
the history of corporation , intrigue
theie was ever a bolder affront to the
ciignity of a state than that perpe
trated by the railroad lobbyists at the
legislative session of 1891 ; and this
jribeiy and this abduction and this
affront to the peace and dignity of the
people of this commonwealth was all
lone "under authority of the rail
roads of Nebraska , "
It was during that legislative ses
sion that the railroad lobby went mad
in its efforts to please its masters.
Wherever men could be purchased ,
nen were purchased ; wherever men
jould be bulldozed , men were bull-
iozed ; members of the legislature who
; vere weak were decoyed into com-
iromising positions and they were re-
luired to deliver the goods to the cor-
joration lobby as the price of the lob-
jy's silence. It was at that session
; hat a house of ill fame was chartered
> y the railroad lobby in the effort to
etain the favor of the weak members
ind accomplish the defeat of a meas-
ire which that lobby claimed was
igainst the "business interests" of the
itate ; and all of these things were
'one ' "under authority of the rail-
oads of Nebraska. "
And there is , too , in connection with
he legislative session of 1891 , a bit
f unwritten history. It relates to
'ohn M. Moan , one of the most faith-
ul men that ever served the people ,
bhn M. Moan was a business man liv-
ng in Dakota county. He was a large
hipper and felt keenly the imposition
n the matter of freight rates. He was
tominated for the legislature by the
iemocrats and elected. He was , in
ruth , the leader of the forces that bat-
led faithfully for the maximum freight
ate bill. He was thoroughly in-
ormed on the freight rate question.
Vith him there was no compromise
n that measure. He knew its im-
ortance to the shippers and to the
eople of this state generally , and he
tood faithfully by his guns. As a
hipper he was offered all the conces- c
lons he could , in reason , ask if he
rould but abandon his fight as a leg-
slator. But Moan was not the man
D turn his back upon a worthy cause.
it a time when the fight on the rail-
Dad bill was at its height , John M.
loan was invited to join two ac-
uaintances in a social glass. He had
o sooner reached his room after in-
ulging in this bit of sociability than J.tl
e was taken violently ill. An emetic tla
'as administered , and although seri- tlw
usly ill , Moan dragged himself to w
ie state house the next day and took tlti
p the fight for the railroad freight tiJ
ill. From that moment John M. titl <
[ oan was an invalid and on the occa- tlB
on of his last visit to Omaha , which B
as perhaps one week before his tlC
eath , Mr. Moan stated to a resident C (
C this city , who had been his friend biei
ad who will always be proud to re- eiw
sre his memory , that he had never w
jcovered from the drug which he be- stai
eved had been administered to him ai
-"under authority of the railroads of tt
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ebraska. " ttw
The history of corporation interfer- w
ice in the politics of Nebraska pro- thV
des some of the darkest chapters V (
iat have ever been written. Pretend-
.g to represent the intelligence , the of
mor , and the integrity of the com- th
onwealth , the railroad lobby has rew
jver hesitated to insult intelligence , w ]
defile honor , and to blacken integ-
ty. In the history of state there th
is been none that has been so sub- ar
arm
rvient to corporation domination , or m
at has so suffered through corpora- pr
jn intrigue , as the great state of Ne- fn
aska. When , some time in the fu- th
re , a capable man shall undertake ano
compile a record of the darkest o
ieds that have ever been perpetrated th
official and political circles , if he tri
all have done his work well , ap- ca
nded to this record of shameful acts , Or
The business of manufacturing oleo-
argarine for export amounts to sev- sp
al million dollars a year , the most Pa
it going to the South American wi
uritries where it is impossible to ship toTh
itter. The law demands that all Th
20 for export must be marked "adul- ge
rated" which absolutely prohibits ex- as
rtation. So this great industry , Se :
jng with several other manufactur- nei
g businesses , are moving over into m
inada. This last republican con- Ur
ess , being great Anglophiles and not soi
owing how they could go directly ler
the aid of the English , did the next th (
Ing to it and passed a lot of laws he
it greatly benefit Canada. is
will be the truthful statement that
they were done "under authority of
the railroads of Nebraska. " Richard
L. Metcalfe , in Omaha World-Herald ,
THE TAX CASE
As we go to press the news comes
that the supreme court oi Nebraska
has refused the writ of mandamus
prayed for in the case of Bee Building
Co. vs. State Board of Equalization.
The opinion has not yet been made
public , and probably will not be un
til this ( Thursday ) evening , too late
for comment in this issue. The Inde
pendent has heretofore pointed out
that mandamus is not the proper rem
edy for securing an equitable railroad
assessment Only in case of fraud or
corruption , actual and overt or what
amounts to legal fraud , has the court
any power to direct a re-assessment ,
and even then it cannot control the
board's actions so far as they are ju
dicial or quasi-judicial. The proper
way to secure a just railroad assess
ment is to quit electing members of the
board selected by the railroad com
panies as suggested in Rosewater's
brief.
BRYAN DATES
The state committees announce the
following dates for meetings to be ad
dressed by Hon. William J. Bryan :
October 8 Falls City , forenoon ;
Pawnee City , afternoon ; Table Rock ,
evening.
October 9 Tecumseh , afternoon ;
Auburn , evenirg.
Octobei -Springfield , forenoon ;
Papillion , arurnoon ; Plattsmouth ,
evening.
October 11 Ashland , afternoon ;
Wahoo , evening.
The Railroad Literary Bureau
Here are questions that every voter
in Nebraska who believes in good gov
ernment and who objects to corpora
tion domination of public officials
should ponder upon with all serious
ness :
Why are the railroads of Nebraska
spending thousands of dollars in the
purchase of newspaper space for the
presentation of cooked-up figures ?
Have these corporations suddenly be-
some sensitive as to public criticism ?
Have they grown restive under the
lash of public condemnation because
jf their tax-shirking ?
By no means. The corporation be
ing soulless , cannot be affected by
criticism and so far as criticism is con
cerned , lue corporation managers are
itterly indifferent The reason these
: orporations are spending thousands
) f dollars for the presentation of these
misleading figures is that their man-
igers are anxious to elect the republi
can state ticket
nd why are they anxious to elect
; he republican state ticket ?
Look at the record of the republican
state administration , voters of Ne1 1
jraska , and there read the answer. 1
lead the record of the republican <
> oard of equalization. Read the amend-
sd answer written by the corporation
awyers and subscribed to by the re-
mbiican state officers , which amended
inswer was framed for the purpose of
snabling the corporations to avoid a
lecree against them in the supreme
: ourt of the state. That answer f ramei
ty the corporation lawyers and sub-
cribed to by the republican state of-
icers was referred to by the Omaha
Jee , a republican paper , as "the great-
st act of perfidy against the people
if which any state official could be
; uilty. " Look upon the meetings of
he republican board of equalization
iehind closed doors. Read the state-
aent made by John N. Baldwin , attor-
iey for the Union Pacific , ten days
rior to the republican state con-
ention , in which statement Mr. Bald
win said : "We had a conference a day
r two ago , and we all agreed on
lickey as our man. "
It is not public criticism that these
orporations seek to avoid. It is not
ublic condemnation that they fear ,
'hey fear the e ction to office of the
usion state ticket. They fear the elec-
ion of a governor who will refuse to
ermit the office of chief executive to
e used in the interests of the cor-
orations. They fear a board of equal-
: ation comprised of William H.
'hompson ' , Charles Q. De France and
, N. Lyman men who will deal with
le corporations fairly and who will '
Iso deal with the public fairly and
'ill require the corporations to bear
icir just proportion of the burden of
ixation.They fear the election of
3hn H. Powers as secretary of state ;
icy rear the election of Jefferson H. B
roady as attorney general ; they fear
le election of James C. Brennan as
> mmissioner of public lands and
aildings. They want to defeat the
itire fusion state ticket and they
ant to elect the entire republican
ate ticket ; and for that reason they
e spending thousands of dollars in
le purchase of space in the newspa-
jrs throughout the state , and they
ill spend thousands of dollars more in
ie purchase of voters if they can find
> ters who will take their money. fr
"Under authority of the railroads
Nebraska , " is the now famous line tt
at is printed over this railroad bu- tthi
au's newspaper articles. The men hi
ho are employed to prepare these ar-
di
jles understand what is expected of
em. They know that they may do
lything ; they may present whatever
isleading figures their genius may CC
oduce , it matters not how false and al
ludulent the figures are. They know til
at they are perfectly safe in doing
.ything "under authority of the rail-
ad of NebrasKa. " thit will aid in
p deception of the people and con- fir
ibute to the election of the republi-
n state ticket R. L. Metcalfe , in so
oaha World-Herald.
rhe democratic party of Colorado ini
ite of all that Senators Teller and
.tterson could do , refused to fuse
th the populist party and resolved
take to the middle of the road. ,
iat gives Wolcott a 3od chance to (
t back into the United States senate1
well as the probable retirement of
nator Teller. The thing was engi th <
ered by ex-Governor Thomas. Tho-j (
LS was bent on getting into the tif
ited States senate. When Patter-
! K > ;
i was chosen two years ago and Tel-
Lil
became the unanimous choice of LilI
j populists anu democrats this year , I
preferred to wreck tA party. Such Sc
politics.
COURTING IN THE PHILIPPINES ,
Barriers to Lore-Makinc that Surprise
the Americana.
Justice , a weekly paper published In
Manila , prints the following from an
American contributor :
We have for a year been trying to
make out of what courting by the Fili
pinos consists , and are yet not sure that
we know much about it.
We have seen some of it going on
from the streets and the windows of our
neighbors. The other evening , from 9
to 10 , a dusky maiden leaned from the
upstairs window and talked with a man
of probably 25 years. We do not know-
how much love they talked , but the
chauces are not much. These people
are not much given to flattery or love-
making , at least so far as outward ap
pearance goes.
A young man and a young woman
never go riding or walking together ,
nor do they visit alone together in their
homes. Some member of the family is
always present , and the conversation is
general. After the engagement is an
nounced the intended seems to go to see
the to-be bride as often as he chooses.
We know a couple ; the man is a wid
ower of about 33 and the girl 10 or IT.
It is said that the man is well to do ,
and the scnorita is fairly good-looking.
The man has a boy about 7 years old ,
and it is not infrequent for the father
to take the boy with him when he goes '
to see his sweetheart , which is fully ft
four times a week.
The girls are not backward about I'
talking to anyone in the presence of I'i i
their family or friends. And they can
talk , too about everything they know
about
There Is little or no hugging or kiss
ing , and absolutely none in the better-
educated class before marriage , and ,
so far as we know , but little after. We
do not remember of seeing a man and
woman kiss during our stay in these is
lands. It is not a lack of kindly re
gard , but not the custom.
The way the houses are built , the
open windows , projectincr over the
street , make it very convenient for the
lover to stand upon the sidewalk and
"spark" his best girl.
It is our opinion that , to a marked I'l
degree , the girls belonging to the fami
lies of the better class are virtuous
when they give their hands in holy wed
lock.
Carried a Full Line.
The Rt. Rev. Thomas Underwood
Dudley , of Kentucky , one of the emi
nent bishops in the Episcopal church ,
snjoys a good story as well as if he
3id not wear the cloth. He tells this
jne on himself :
A number of years ago he was going
iy train to one of the smaller towns of
liis diocese to hold services. He was
jnjoying a cigar In the smoker , and up-
> n the seat facing him was a very large
ralise , containing his clerical vest-
nents. A drummer sitting back of himr l
loticing his jaunty traveling cap ,
eaned forward and inquired :
"Traveling man. eh ? "
"Yes , " answered the bishop.
"What house d'ye represent ? "
"The biggest house in the world. '
"Shillito ? " ( the largest house in Gin- < !
ilnnati ) asked the drummer. V )
"Bigger than that. "
"Marshall Field ? "
"Bigger than that"
"A. T. Stewart's ? "
"Bigger yet"
"Well , what house is it ? Those are
he best I know. "
"I represent , sir , " said the bishop , im-
iressively , "the house of God. "
The salesman gave a gasp , then , glan-
Ing at the mammoth valise , ex-
la imed :
"Well , all I've got to say is , you carry
pretty full line of samples. " N
iork Tribune.
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A Question. i
rhene'er I feed the barnyard folk
My gentle soul is vexed ;
fy sensibilities are torn
And I am sore perplexed.
'he rooster so politely stands
While waiting for his food ,
lilt when I feed him , Tvhat a change !
He then is rough and rude.
[ e crowds his gentle wives aside
Or pecks them on the head ;
ometimes I think it would be best
If he were never fed.
f
nd so I often stand for hours i ' J
Deciding which is right
o impolitely have enough ,
Or starve and be polite.
Leslie's Monthly.
Only Once !
A beadle at a parish church
not far
om Dumfries was busy one day dig-
ng a grave when a stranger walking -
irough the churchyard thought he
ould go over and have a crack with
m. He found it no
easy matter to
aw old John into conversation. First
> tried remarks on the weather , then
Tressed his admiration of the fine
mntry side , but "Ay" and "No" were
1 the stranger could get out of him
1 he asked the question :
"Do people die often here ? "
Tohn straightened his back for the-
st time , and leaning on his spade ,
: > ked up in the stranger's face and
lemnly replied :
'Weel , generally , juist aince. "
Rules for Summer Resorts.
Engagements made on these premises
e not binding after two weeks.
Married men without their wives will
jase conceal their identity ,
rerms : Whatever cash
you have.
Chaperons will not be permitted on
2 beach after 8:30 p. m.
Quests preparing to leave should no-
y the head waiter and all the bell
ys twenty-four hours in advance
fe.
rashion note from the Gentlemen's
> me Magazine : "Pants legs are a.
ad deal wider this spring. "
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