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No. II 22.
The lemon tlmt Mr. Hearst handed
Mr. Bryan was of the bitterest Ulnd.
Mr. Tuft will not fight Mr. Fornker
In Ohio. This makes the Democrats
very unhappy.
The youiiK il | wll ° | B ambitious to
maUo n. ri'conl ' for himself now seeks
a poHlllon In n phonograph factory.
Vermont haa the mime of being the
Kranlto Blnte hut Pennsylvania really
produces more of the stone thnn any
other state In the union.
An Alabama editor thinks It a shame
to Ho to a candidate , , perhaps , hut at
Unit's It would be cruel to tell them
the truth.
Col. Gnffvy of Pennsylvania labels
Ilryan as the most arrogant , impudent ,
dominating , devastating boss the
Democratic party has ever known.
Mr. Tnft's record shows no silver
blunders but Is filled with golden
deeds. He needs no silver tongucd
oratory. Ills work speaks for him.
President Gould of Cornell univer
sity well says : "We nil need n fresh
baptism of political Idealism , a new
consecration to the old fashioned Re
publican faith of the fathers. "
In everyday homo nnd business llfo
wo soon como to realize that courtesy
may exist without love , but love with
out unfailing courtesy Is a very poor
apology for the real article.
Did anyone notice any similarity be
tween Teddy's platform and Bryan's
platform ? According to "tho peer
less" all Ideas and policies advocated
by Roosevelt originated under the hat
of William Jennings.
It Is to the everlasting shame of the
American nation that while China Is
making a desperate effort to abolish
the opium tralllc , America and west
ern countries arc pouring In Intoxi
cating liquors enough to wreck the
whole people.
Secretary Garileld Is making a thor
ough and sweeping Investigation of
the department of the Interior. The
reclamation service is coming In for
a change and there tire forthcoming
changes in the method of conducting
Indian affairs.
The "Night Riders" In Kentucky
are growing bolder and more lawless
They recently destroyed three sta
tions on the Illinois Central for re
venge. There is going to bo work for
more than one company of mllltla
unless such depredations can be
stopped.
Again the railroads are urging
fuel users to lay In their stocks for
the winter before the movement of
crops begins. Officials say that unless
the coal movement Is heavily In
creased during the next two weeks
there Is sure to be another traffic
congestion such as tied up shippers
throughout the west two years ago.
The Denver platform ridicules the
new emergency currency law and
many of the most conservative people
In the country agree with them Ii
this point , but In proposing the
greenback cure for currency Inflation
In times of crisis , It proves that the
Democratic party is still laboring
under the old hallucinations on the
money question.
The death of Bishop Potter re
moves one of the most lovable am
useful men In public life. Bishop
Potter was always earnest and sin
cere In his own belief but was toleran
of the views of others. In his death
the church has lost a wise am
capable leader , and the nation n
valuable citizen whoso example wa
an Inspiration.
The fight against rats Is going or
with Increasing vigor. New sins ar
being laid at the rodent's door. Ho I
now accused of conveying leprosy a
well as the dreaded bubonic plague
In England it Is estimated that th
rats have damaged crops to the valu
of J2SO.OOO.OOO. Rat clubs are beln
organized and prizes offered for th
death of the largest number. Th
plan is n good ono and should b
taken up In the United States.
Duluth sounds a strong no o o
prosperity this week and tells of
reversal of conditions nt the bcglnnin
of the year. Mills , mines , factorle
are all after help and thousands o
men are needed In the harvest Held
where a great crop Is ready for th
harvesters. Once more jobs ar
limiting men In good old Ropubllca
stylo.
Remarkable progress Is being mad
la the perfection of the airship. On
ttalnment Is that machines can he
nvlgated against the wind current
ml the steering gear Is so Improved
ml the alrBhlp Is almost na easy to
ontrol as an nutommobllc. Those
ho live fifty years from now will In
II possibilities see airship trnnsporta-
Ion vlelng with railroads for
ntronage.
Within a few days a committee of
lepulilicnns are going to Cincinnati
o tell .Judge Tnft that he has been
omlnnted for the presidency. How
low some people are. We knew that
lore than a month ago.
The .Japanese It seems are pro
gressing very fast with American bus-
ness methods. They have been dls-
overed practicing the art of rebating
u their railroad which runs through
lanchurla.
Henry Phlpps , the Plttsburg million-
, lre and philanthropist , has recently
loimted $ . " 0(1,000 ( to .John Hopkins mil-
erslty for the founding of a hospital
or the study and treatment of mental
ilseases.
If brevity is the soul of wit , the
rohlbitlonlsts must he conceded to
> o the wittiest lot in the hunch.
Their declaration of principles enun-
ilated nt their recent national conven-
Ion contains but three hundred words.
E. H. Gary , chairman of the steel
: orporatlon said last week : "From the
itnmlpolnt of the steel corporation ,
he Iron and steel business has been
letter during the last two weeks than
U any time since the depression of
ast October.
It Is now Tnft and Sherman on the
lepubllcan ticket , Bryan and Kern on
he Democratic , Watson and Williams
on the Populist , Debs and Hanford on
he Socialist and Clallln and Patnole
on the Prohibitionist. You pay your
money and take your choice.
A popular magazine has on Its first
cover page the Information that its
Vugust issue is an "Uplift number"
vhlle the last page of the cover con-
contains a large cigarette advertise-
iient. How many boys are so uplifted
: o the insane asylum or the skies ?
Business interests arc not anxious
for changes In the presidency unless
he administration has proved unsatls-
'actory. As a general proposition one
successful term In the presidency pro-
llsposes the public to n second term.
Mr. Bryan and his running mate ,
Mr. Kern , have one common ground of
sympathy. They both have tasted re
peated defeat in the attainment of
their ambition for public olllce , Mr.
Kern having been twice defeated for
governor of Indiana.
Strenuous efforts are being made to
Induce women to emigrate to South
Africa. No other class of emigrants
are welcome there now. Three hun
dred and fourteen went there from
England last year , most of them teach
ers , and all found ready engagements
at the Cape.
France has long been In the lead
over other nations in the use of
balloons in military experiments , but
Count Leppelln's recent triumph puts
Germany In the lead and Emperor
William now plans to make the air
ship an Important feature In the Ger
man military establishment.
Information has been obtained
against an organized ring in Los Angeles -
geles for smuggling Chinese coolies
Into the United Statees all along the
Mexican frontier. The department ol
Labor and Commerce are making an
effort to control It.
The United States Steel corporatior
Is closing a deal with the Russlar
government for ono million tons ol
steel rails to bo used in relaying the
entire Trans-Siberian railroad. The
Russians have found the rails in us (
are altogether too light. It will take
two years to fill the contract.
Judge E. H. Gary of the Steel Cor
poratlon , said just before sailing foi
Europe , "Conditions are Inmprovlnj
all along the line. Nothing Is lack
Ing to a return to complete prosperity
except the entire confidence of th <
business world In the election of the
Republican candidates.
Many people believe that if the ;
arc not indebted to their neighbo ;
for goods purchased , and have dls
charged their obligation to the stati
or municipality by paying their taxes
that nothing more can bo expected o
them. But in reality a man's duty t (
his neighbor Is limited only by hli
power to do his neighbor good am
his duty to the community by hli
ability to be of service to It.
The prohibition platform Is a rolle
in ono way. It Is at least commend
ably brief. It contains the conclsi
statement of fourteen different prln
clples , headed by planks for a pro
hlbltlon amendment to the constitu
tlon. Instead of occupying a full pager <
or more of Irrelevant swaggei
Inuendo , and so called argument , I
can easily be accommodated In i
of a column of newspaper
ipu'ce.
The return to full time operation
hy n miiiiber of New England cotton
mills has been the latest of the re
turn of general trade prosperity In
that section. A leading manufacturer
said very recently : "Prices tire
better , the demand for goods Is better ,
and there Is n better fee-ling In the
cotton goods business all around. "
There are now twelve successful
Hying machines In existence of which
two are American. Dr. Alexander
Graham lit 11 predicts that these air
ships will teen be used for pleasure
and very likely for carrying malls.
Ho opines that five years hence the
light swift travel of the world will re
quire neither rail nor macadam.
Editor Hemphlll of the Charleston
News and Courier says that within
the piist few years Senator Tllman
lias flatly denied Interviews which he
has given to him and other news
paper jnen and charitably adds "when
the senator is talking he Is not con
scious of more than ono third that
pours off his tongue as the waters
come do\\n the cataract of Lodore. "
Great Interest is felt throughout the
country In the successful develop
ment of Thomas E. Edison's concrete
house which he proposes to so per
fect that nn entire house can be cast
In one piece by using enormous
moulds. He believes that It will be
possible to construct comfortable
dwellings much quicker and cheaper
than of any other building material.
Editors of newspapers In Russia do
not have an enviable position. From
June to October last year eighty-four
newspapers were suppressed , thirty-
live editors put In prison , three exiled ,
one hundred nnd thirty-three news
papers lined and sixty editors had
criminal proceedings taken against
them. Under theses conditions the
opinions expressed by Russian edi
tors will never have much weight In
America and Europe.
Japan Is to have a new capitol buildIng - '
Ing at Toklo costing $12,000,000. Mr.
Hayashida , chief secretary of the
Japanese parliament , is In America
with a staff of architects inspecting
public buildings to gain new Ideas con
cerning modern methods of construc
tion. He declares that Japan would
shudder nt the thought of war with
the American nation to whom she
owes so much. However , Mr. Hobson
may have later Information to the
effect that war has been declared.
The New York Independent In its
editorial columns In most vigorous lan
guage pronounces Richard Pearson
Hobson a public nuisance and dis
grace with his never changing cry
of war. President Roosevelt has
elected him an active member of the
Ananias club nnd the public is heartily
tired of his vociferous shouts for bat
tleships and war paraphanalia.
Thomas W. Lawson in his long tele
gram of congratulation to Mr Bryan
upon his nomination expressed the be
lief that he would be elected and the
country would have four years contin
uation of Rooseveltlan policies under
his administration , after which Roosevelt
velt would again be elected to the
executive ofllce. Mr. Lawson Is al
ways advancing peculiar Ideas and
this prophecy seems more than usually
Improbable.
For the first time In many years
Judge Taft is a private citizen and
enjoying himself being one. He
has been in public life for so many
years and no man Is better acquainted
with the needs of the people than
he Is. That he will make good is no
doubt. That he will be elected there
Is less. And when he leaves the
ofllce to which he has been nominated
ho will be as popular with the people
as his worthy predecessor.
One of the most notable sales of
rare autographs that London has
known In years has begun. American
collectors are well represented at the
auction and are likely to carry ofl
many of the rarities. Among the
eminent authors whoso letters or
manuscripts will be auctioned off arc
Sir Walter Scott , Charlotte Bronte ,
Samuel T. Coleridge , Charles Dickens ,
Alfred Tennyson , Robert Burns and
William M. Thackeray.
Prof. Richard D. Harlan In an ad'
dress before the National Association
of Manufacturers in New York on
the need of special training for the
consular service said : "Every Intel
llgent American will agree to twc
propositions. The first Is that some1
where in the United States there
s
should be at least ono special training
school for this service whoso whole
curriculum Is shaped with the one
end In view of training men to serve
the country In the extension of its
foreign commerce. The second prop
osltlon Is that the stragetlc loca
tlon for such a school Is at the nn
tlonal capital. " Tin Is a matter In
which every county of every state If
Interested. Our foreign commerce IE
mooting with fiercer competition over )
yinr. I'pon Its enlargement our future
prosperity depends. To Increase It
we must have men who know what
they are about to represent us In
e\ery foreign country. lot tills need
be imitated In every locality until It
Is adequately Illled.
A rirnor that a MOO.000,000 merger
or combine to control the yellow pine
Industry of the United States has
IK en formed. Is floating through bus
iness circles but Is scouted as rldlcu-
I'tus by the lumbermen who are
hold'ng their semi-annual association
In Chicago. Lurse holdings of south
ern lumbermen have been purchased
by Weyerlmusor nnd other St. Paul
lumbermen. One member of the asso
ciation advanced the opinion that
unless heroic methods were taken to
protect the remaining lumber supply
tint n frame IIOUBO would soon be nn
expensive affair.
Great Interest Is being taken by the
people In the declarations of the two
great national parties and there Is
no doubt as they become better no
qualnted with both platforms , that the
Republican articles of faith and prac
tice will be the ones that will receive
i
the endorsement of the big majority
i
of the people * of the land. There can
be no doubt of the outcome. The
nation demands a continuation of the
policies and methods of the adminis
tration that is now in force , and their
completion nnd perfecting Is only pos
sible through the triumphant election
of the Republican national ticket and
the returning to the national congress
of representatives who are in hearty
sympathy with them.
A successful lawyer after closing an
able lecture to a class of law students ,
said : "Now I am going to give you
some unasked for advice. Every one
of you hopes to succeed and have
mapped out a course of action which
you believe will land you at the goal
of your ambition. There Is one course
1 of action that will secure it though
few of you will believe In it enough to
practice it. The man among you who
gets to the office ten minutes : before
,
anyone else In the morning and stays
twenty minutes after everyone else
| has gone at night wilt succeed as a !
lawyer. " He might have added that
would succeed in whatever calling he
followed.
Dr. Dudley A. Sargent , the director
of the Harvard gymnasium has kept
the record of the student's height ,
weight , etc. , for the past twenty-five
years and during that time he finds
that the average weight of the under
graduate student has Increased from
four to eight pounds and the average
height an Inch. This Increase Is noted
throughout the United States. While
in England a marked deterioration is
observed in size and strength , it is
gratifying to know that a more Intel
ligent attention to exercise and out
door sports , more careful preparation
of foods and a more universal use of
fruits are raising the physical stand
ard In this country.
The city of Chester , Pa. , has been
the scene of a remarkable object les
son Illustrating the effectiveness of
the boycott. For three months the
strike of the Chester street car em
ployes was supported by a boycott of
the public against the street car com
pany. As a result the city's trade
has been paralyzed , values have de
preciated , a heavy public debt has
been piled up and the public has
finally repudiated the boycott. The
city of Chester has suffered the loss
of n large manufacturing plant which
had Intended to locate there , as well
as many valuable citizens and profes
sional men. The town Is being
avoided as a strike town nnd it will
be years before the city regains the
position and prosperity which It has
lost.
The announcement by Mr. Bryan
that he will only nsk for ono term In
the white house will not occasion
much of a stir In political circles ,
simply because the contingency of
the request to serve the first term
Is entirely too remote to take
second term Into consideration. Had
ho made the announcement that
should he tall to be elected he would
not ask the Democratic party to nom
inate him again , such an announce
ment would have been received with
a great deal of attention. As It Is
It looks as If the Democratic party
because of this man's ambition was
bottled up for at least sixteen or
twenty years longer , for Mr. Bryan is
In good health , has a fine physique
and nn audacity that is good for an
Indefinite period.
New York has been forced by Its
rapidly increasing population to In
crease its water supply. To do this
It found was no easy task. In fact ,
the problem was tremendous and
startling. The only available water
supply was that In the Catsklll
mountains nnd to utilize this re
quires the construction of a reser
voir in the mountains which will sub
merge twelve square miles of country
nnd seven villages. The reservoir
will hold 130,000,000,000 gallons of
water nnd an equeduct ninety miles
long will bring 500,000,000 gallons
dally to the city. It Is one of the' '
greatest construction enterprises over ,
undertaken and the cost Is estimated ,
at $102.000,000. Five thousand cngl-1
neers , contractors and workmen are
now at work on the great project.
Grover Cleveland , although not n
literary man. In his own way hit
ipnn numerous phrases which caught
the ear of the people and have become
nn abiding part ot our common Ian *
minge. It was ho who first said ,
"Pdbllc office Is a public trust. " who
turned the connlvlngs of officials In
public olllce "pernicious activity , " nnd
those who Indulged In such activity
"offensive partisans. " He declared "it
Is a condition that confronts us , not
a theory ; that "honesty Is party ex *
pedlency. " Ills original expressions
"ghoulish glee" and "Inocuous desue
tude" have been very popular , while
the bon mot "We love him for the
enemies he has made" which was
called fonh at the ? second Democratic
convention which nominated him , has
always chnvg to him.
The Democratic party is nlways
lioslng as the special friend of the
laboring man , nnd yet in Its platform
this year it demands that the tariff
shall be revised by a sweeping cut
of duties. This would mean that the
reduction in revenue received from
foreign goods would be so great that
the government would he compelled
to close most of Its customs houses
and our markets would bo flooded
with foreign goods. It means that
Amer'can ' factories would close their
doors and millions of working men
would find themselves with nothing
to do. Happily the laboring man of
America Is Intelligent and thinks for
himself. He has a memory that
reaches back to the last Democratic
administration with its tonp houses
and Its Idleness. They may bo fooled
occasionally , but they can't be fooled
twice In the same way in the same
generation.
Great as is the prld6 of the Amer
ican people In their great ( loot now
sailing around the world as a dem
onstration of the wealth and power of
the nation , bearing 12,700 enlisted men
whose strength is estimated as equal
to 330,000 horse power , the value to the
nation of this fleet plowing the seas
sinks into Insignificance when com
pared to the ten million persons en
gaged in using agricultural Implements
which plow the land. During the twelve
months plows are at work In the
United States turning furrows which
if placed end to end would be equiva
lent to seventeen round trips to
Mars or 70,000 circumnavigations of
the earth. This is the great Amer
ican fleet , the one to which we all
look for the necessities of existence.
This fleet wages a silent warfare and
the press notices are few and head
lines small , but a catastrophe to this
fleet means more suffering and loss
than would be entailed by disaster to
the entire navy.
There have been several speeches
at the National Convention of the
great political parties In the past
which will live as remarkable efforts
of oratorical power. Mr. Garfield's
speech at the Chicago convention
which resulted in his nomination for
the presidency was a magnificent ap
peal to the dignity and power of the
people. Mr. Bryan's fervent oratory
at Chicago in 190C , which resulted
in his nomination was perhaps in Its
way never surpassedbut the most per
fect piece of oratory of recent times
was probably that of Robert J. Inger-
sell , when he presented the name of
James G. Blalne to the Republican Na
tional convention In 1SSO. Mr. Inger-
soil in part said : "Like an armed
warrior liked n plumed knight , James
G. Blalne marched down the halls of
the American congress and threw his
shining lance full and fair against
the brazen forehead of every traitor
to his country and every mallgner
of Its fair reputation. In the name
of the great republic , the only re
public that ever existed on the face
of the earth ; in the name of all her
defenders and all of her supporters ;
In the name of all her soldiers living ;
in the name of all her soldiers that
died upon the field of battle , and In
the name of those that perished in
the skeleton clutch of famine at An-
derson-vlllo and Llbby , whose suf
ferings he so vividly remembers
Illinois nominates the next president
of this country , that prince of parlia
mentarians , the leader of leaders ,
James G. Blalne. "
CITY LIGHTING.
For years there has been a popular
demand for a better lighted Norfolk
a system of lighting that would reach
to nil portions of the city , giving
every Inhabitant the same Impartial
opportunity to be lighted to Ills homo
on a dark night. The opportunity was
presented to the council at its meetIng -
Ing Tuesday evening , and , unaccount
able ns It may seem , the best propo
sition ever offered was defeated by
the council.
The proposition offered the city
by the Norfolk Electric Light and
Power company contemplated just
what has been wanted for years a
street light at every Intersection. The
plan was to place -10-cnndlo power
Tungstoii light over the center of
every street Intersection except where
arc lights were to be used In the bus
iness portion of town. To do this It
was figured that It would require 127
rungston lamps and six arcs , and
tlues , operated on the moonlight-mid
night schedule , would cost the city
the sum of $ lti.7fl ! ) per month , ns
against $112 for the fourteen arc
lights and thirty-six gas lights
which are no used to partially light
the city. This would give a strong
light at every Intersection at nn In
crease In cost over present arrange
ments of $27.70 per month. When
the difference In service Is considered
It would seem that the council would
have jumped at this kind of a propo
sition , but they didn't , for they turned
It down by a vote of three to five. A
good deal of criticism Is heard con
cerning the action of the council , In
that they failed to take advantage of
a good blislness proposition when It
was offered them.
INSURING BANK DEPOSITS
A man who could bo caught sin
cerely by the cheap plated arguments
for free silver , ns Mr. Bryan undoubt
edly was , Is also the man to be taken
by the shallow arguments in favor of
a guarantee of bank deposits. This
Is going to bo a favorite theme of
Ills during the coming campaign ; and
It will not stand examination any
better thnn the cheap money theory
did.
This plan of guaranteeing the de
posits of national banks Is something
so new that comparatively few people
can understand It. If they wll. read
an artcile on the subject In the \"i \
number of Scrlbner's magazine , writ
ten by Prof. J. Laurence Laughlln ,
than whom there Is no higher author
ity in the country , the whole subject
will be made plain.
In the first place , It would not , be
cause it could not , accomplish the
main e-id desired. This Is said to be
to provide , by taxation , a fund suffi
cient to pay to depositors the money
they may have tied up In suspended
banks , so tlmt they may not have to
wait the slow process of liquidation.
The answer is that it would have re-
required $100,000,000 last fall to do
just this thing ; and no tax contem
plates or could raise such a fund
without putting an end to the banking
business.
And there is no more reason for In
suring the risks of the banking bus-
lues than any other bulness. No man
owns a dollar except at some peril.
There Is the possibility of loss no
matter what he does with It. The
risk element cannot bo elmimlnated
from life ; and there Is no more reason
for trying to take it out of banking
than out of merchandising.
Finally the crowning objection Is
that it would make the banker irre
sponsible. He is kept conservative
now by the need for such a reputation ,
if his bank Is to attract depositors.
Make loss impossible , and you put a
premium on reckless and dishonest
banking by relieving from responsi
bility and punishment. The whole
plan of guaranteeing deposits is
wrong.
PUBLICITY ASSURED.
One of the most servlcable traits of
President Roosevelt is his ability to
correct a party error when one Is
made. If his party made n mistake ,
he did not howl his head off about It ,
or split the party wide open in an at
tempt to have the action formally
reversed ; ho just went ahead and did
what was necessary himself. And the
party always acquiesced , while he
himself grew stronger even than the
party.
It is clear tlmt Mr. Taft Inherits this
valuable quality. He Is not a man to
permit himself or his party to bo put
in a false position because the party ,
may , In a minor matter.hnve yielded
to unwise counsels. And almost his
first act after receiving the nomina
tion Is ono that will meet with the
heartiest commendation the country
over , while It spikes the particular
gun which the Democrats had ex
pected to roar most loudly during the
coming campaign. Mr. Taft an
nounces that , by his direction , there
will be no absolute publicity of nil
campaign contributions and expendi
tures.
Nobody knows what Influences pos
sessed the Republican national conven
tion to turn down a proposition
looking to this end. It was ono of
those mistakes that every convention
Is sure to make , because Its attention
Is concentrated on other affairs. This
doubtless seemed to most members a
mere detail , of which the party man
ngers should bo permitted to bo
judges , and the members were hostile
to any change in customs as they al
ways are. It was like the refusal to
change the basis of representation
National conventions are more than
timid about innovations.
But on this particular point there is
a strong public opinion. Revelations
have been made about past campaigns
that touch very closely a people made
newly sensatlvo to the power of the
purse In public affairs. They do netlike
like the contribution of Harrlman tea
a Republican In Now York any better
than they do that of a Thomas F.
Ryan to the cause of Hryan In No *
hrnxldi , They believe that too much
money Is solicited on both sides , too
much spent , too many obligations In
curred. Therefore they rooolvu with
the utmost satisfaction the rule of
Mr. Taft that there must ho full pub
licity. It Is like the man.
AROUND TOWN.
Thank heaven the corn Is bcntltod
by It.
_ _ _ - _ I
Tfow would jiiii like ( o bo the Ice
man now !
Two bankers at Gregory , s. 1) . , eat
lour cream on their peaohoB.
Ono of the butcher ahops at Lynch
Is owned and run by n woman butch-
oress.
If there Is anything that mnkcH a
person nenr-nmd It Is to bo bitten on
the left ankle by n little black flsto of
u dog.
One man In Stntiton county In going
to vote for Bryan because he snys ho
voted for Bryan In KS ! ) ( > and has enJoyed -
Joyed prosperity ever since.
"Do you sell coffee like mother used
to make ? asked the stranger In u Nor
folk restaurant yesterday. "Yes , " wild
the restaurant man. "Then you must
be a mighty good salesman , " re-
W red ! ; the visitor.
ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS. .
Nearly any proposition looks well
In figures.
Was any doctor known to keep hln
ofllce hours ?
Our Idea of wealth is feeling finan
cially nblo to contribute to a cam
paign fund.
A genius IB a mail who knows how
to do only one thing , and knows how
to do that well.
It has probably occurred to every
man tlmt ten cents Is too much for
a barber shop shine.
Some men are just prominent
enough to attract people who want to
Impose on them.
A man who owns a shot gun usually
has as many fingers off as a man
who works on a railroad.
The devil works to get some people
that no one else would have if they
were given away.
When a man IB trying to teach his
wife how to play cards , he is more
brutal than at any other time.
A music teacher is always surprised
to find that someone who has not
taken lessons Is fond of music.
When wo make a statement , and a
man Inquires in a certain mean way ,
"Is that so ? " he makes us mad.
Why Is It that every man apologizes
to an agent for not Investing in his
schemes and Is so bold with his wife ?
15very bore thinks bo's the most
agreeable man in town ; that wore It
not for his flow of wit , the community
would be hopelessly dull.
Ho may be a good man but wo don't
like him ; the man who Is always sayIng -
Ing , "As the poet says , " and quoting
what the poet says.
When a man speaks to n man , there
Is a certain saw-like quality in his
voice. But when he speaks to a
young girl notice the oil and vclyet
appear in his voice. ,
The publications devoted to
Higher Things are always screaming
because people chew toothpicks on
the street. If people want to chew
toothpicks , let them do it wo say.
Also , eat with their knives.
Cnlnrrh Cnnmit IIP Curefl
with LOCAL APPLICATIONS , as they
cannot reach the Kent nf the disease. -V
Catarrh Is a blood or constitutional
disease nnil In order to cure It you must
take Internal remedies Mall's Catarrh
Cure la token Internally , and acts dir
ectly on the blood and mucus Rurfuces.
Hairs Catarrh Cure Is not a quack
medicine It was prescribed by one of i
the best physicians In this country for .
years ami IH H n-jrulnr prescription.
It Is composed of the hex ! tunic * known
combined with the bum blood purifiers ,
nctlnjr dlrectlv on tht > rniicun surfaces.
The perfect combination of the two In
gredients Is what produces such won
derful results In curing Catarrh Send
for testimonials free
F. J CHENEY ft CO. . Toledo , O.
Sold by Druggists , price 75c
Take Hall's Family Pills for consti
pation , tf
. George N. Beels of Norfolk lc an
nounced as a candidate at the coming i "
I primary election for the republican
nomination oo representative from the
district of Madison county.
