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THE NOHFOLKWEEKLY YNUWS JOURNAL : FRIDAY. AUGUST 21 1UUS [ hi Norfolk Weekly News-Journal ThiNe rn. ICstnbllihed. 1181. . _ ' l'.ei2" ! : " l. Ktjibll _ THu HU8E pilBLIOHfNQ COMPANY My mull ICntorud nt the pomofllcs nt Norfolk. _ _ _ _ Telephones ! Billiorlnl boimrtmonl No. 22 , IHmlnoH OHlc * nnd Jnlj lloomiv No. II 22. Anil now como the strenuous day * for the poor liny fovcr victim. Mr. Tnft deserves the confidence of tlio people. The New York Sun nnd the World nrc both against him. John W. Ontos Is expending n cool million dollars In the construction of the finest golf links In the world. John Mitchell hns n level hend when ho ndvlscs union Inbor to keep out of politics. Ho Is n much wiser lender than Gompers. If Bryan nnswcrs nil the things oth ers have snld thnt ho hns promised to. ho will he pretty busy from now till nfter election nnd probably longer. Wllllo Smith , son n n millionaire of Mncon , Georgln , hns gone bnrefootcd nil his llfo on nccount of some whim of his father's. Dnd evidently refused to foot the Dill. With their rnllronds nnd their wives slipping nwny one by one , the Goulds are not what they were when the wizard ancestor was wrecking the Erie. Is It In the line of ordinary retribution ? It must hnve been n bitter dose for George Gould to let Hnrrlmnn in on one of his ronds. But life brings bard moments into the lives of most men whether rich or poor. The new regime In Turkey seems to bo progressing in nn astonishingly peaceful manner. The young Turks nre in full power and are showing re markable moderation of spirit and ef ficiency of action. If all the orders which have been plnced with the understanding that they nre to be cancelled in case of Brynn's election could bo reckoned up , the total would amount to hun dreds of millions. The mnn who lays in his winter supply of coal now will not only be assuring himself against suffering , but will be getting his coal cheaper and will bo doing his share to avert a shortage next winter. These nro vacation dnys when men who nro wise get rest from business cares nnd worries nnd obtain a new grip on life. Men , like machines , to be highly efficient must have .seasons of rest nnd quiet. The opinion is gaining strength in this country thnt Cnstro is too clever I. . a politician to be wnstlng his time in South America. His genius seems to bo of n suitable order to rank him high in Tammany Hall circles. A mnn from Dakotn wns run over by n freight train consisting of the locomotive nnd twenty-three cars. He was in the hospital for a few dnys and is now entirely recovered. What is the use of getting in front of a train if you are built like that ? The observatory which hns just been dedlcnted to Nantucket , the birth place of the famous astronomer , Mnrin Mitchell , is ns fitting a memorial as could well have been built for this beloved woman. It contains her telescope - scope nnd library nnd will be used by summer classes. The "poke bonnet" in vogue In grandmother's time hns reappeared nt summer resorts. The "poke" protects the fair face of the wearer from tan nnd freckles which nro no longer fash lonnblc , while the "curtain" protects the neck from sunburn. The general effect is snld to be ns pleasing ns grandfather found it. ConI burning locomotives no longer draw trains into the Grand Central station in New York through the long Park avenue tunnel. Electric loco motives are now used and make travel much safer and pleasanter. It will take yenrs to displncc steam locomo tives for train service by electric mo tors , but it will surely come. Aerial nnvlgators are having troubles nnd dangers enough to con tend with without the added risk of being shot. Yet a balloonist narrowly cscnped death from the bullets of n innlicious rllle recently. The judge made nn example of the man in the hope thnt the news of his sontt > ncu would spread and serve as n protec tion to other neronnuts. The government is seeking to get ex pert advice from abroad ns to ways nnd menus of preventing disnsters in our mines. The number killed In the mines of this country Is four times grenter per thousand workmen thnu the number who lose their lives In European mining districts. The gov ernment , through the state department , has arranged with England , Germany and Belgulm to have the heads of their ' mining departments come to this country to spend a couple of Months In conference with our inln- ng authorities. It Is expected these Euiopenn experts will arrive the Int er part of this month and thnt HOIHO inictlcal ptogrcss will be made toward rendering the lot of the mine workers n safer one. Optimism Is at the bottom of any prosperous nnd healthy life. It Is the msls of national progress. When n mnn or n nation begins to lose confi dence in their ultimate success degen eracy begins. The best forces in Amiiricnn life today are those which , recognizing present evils , are full of will nnd purpose nnd expectation of overcoming them. "The Orover Cleveland Nntonal Forest" Is the name which President Roosevelt has given to the Yellow Pine nnd Sugnr pine timber reserve of San Jnclnto. It Is situated on the north fork of Snn Jnclnto river , 7,000 feet nbovo the sea level. It is a fit ting memorial to a mnn who did much for the preservation of the forests of nls state and nation. Dryan accuses the Republicans of Imitating vnot only the Democratic platform but their campaign methods. Inasmuch ns the Republican platform was three weeks old before the Demo crats held their convention , they must have remarkable foresight to bn able to imitate it. A party so un- udunlly gifted in looking into the fu ture is almost sure of the national success It deserves. Thnt Sir Thomns Liplon is possessed of unusual persistence Is evidenced by the fact thnt he is anxious to make another trial for the American cup. He hns won twenty-four of the twenty- seven contests In which ho hns en tered his new racing yacht "Shnm- rock" in home waters and is hoping to receive a challenge from the New York yacht club. "To carry the Amer ican cup to England is the ambition of my life , " said Sir Thomas. The steel trade has so far recov ered Its normnl business that nt pres ent the bookings of new orders nre up to three-fourths of the entire en- pncity of the plnnts. The Improved conditions of the trnde was due to a revival of business nnd demand in all lines. And the Improvement is a fact , not a theory. The business world does not buy steel for pollticnl ef fect. When it comes to making talking a permanent business , Mr. Bryan is a success. Running for the presidency , either In fact or In fnncy , Is only a quadrennial diversion. Why not en joy the honor of the occasion with him. His defeat does not worry him in the least. He takes it as a matter of "course. Republicans should be equally philosophical In the expecta tion of Tnft's election. The ngrlculturnl problem for Amer ica to solve , as her population nnd expenses incrense , is the old one of making two blades of grass or grain grow where one grew before , in other words to double or greatly Increase the productiveness of the soil. The the larger the yield the less trouble is expended in its reaping and less is needed for the sowing and cultivation. Hence the saving nnd advnntnge Is double. The recent election in Cuba was conducted in a very orderly ninnner without riot or evidence of fraud. The conservative party showed unex pected strength. President Roosevelt sent congratulations to Governor Ma goon on the orderly election and to the people for the Indication of their capacity for self government and ex pressed his satisfnction nt the serious nnd responsible way in wtin.li they were preparing for the assumption of their full duties ns nn independent republic. Business usually falls below the average during n presidential cam pnlgn pending the decision of what the country's policy will be for the next four years. But this year seems to be nn exception. Since the nomina tions were made thce hns been a marked revival of bin.aass. This can mean but one thing that business men have discounted the results of the election nnd nre so satisfied thnt Tnft will be elected nnd Republicnn policies continued thnt they do not hesltnto to Invest money In existing enterprises or stnrt new ventures. Chns. W. Post of Battle Creek , Mich. , went to that place to regain lost health at the famous sanitarium. Ho stayed after health had been found to establish one of the multitude of health food manufactures which his energetic nnd persistent ndvertlsing hns succeeded in developing in so re mnrknble n way that ho has become multl-mlllionalro and one of the great captains of Industry. Ho is snld to spend $50,000 n month In ad vertlslng his products. Success In such business ventures turns on sales manship. Mr. Post is a great sales man and a hypnotic advertiser. The New York Independent In & very humorously written article se verely scores Representative Hobson In the following language : "We refer wo more thnn refer we point to , we Inculpate , cite nnd arraign Rich/ ird Pearson Hobnon as a public nuis ance who fails to be n mennce to pub lic pence solely becnuso tlic sensible American people , stnrtled nt ilrst by Ills positive assurances of whnt he 'knows , ' will not take him seriously. Ho hns been going over the country preaching an unholyy wnr , slandering a peaceable nation , swinging Bellonn's torch nnd mouthing the abuses of Shlmel or Thersltcs. He Is n public nuisance nnd n national disgrace. " The difference between Mr. Bryan and Mr. Tnft is n very marked one It Is the difference between the tested nnd the untested. Mr. Tnft has been doing while Mr. Brynn hns been talking. Mr. Tnft Is a man of known ability to perform while Mr. Bryan Is a man of promises only. One hns known no dcfent , the other hns known no success. As n worker In the world's ' grent undertakings , Mr. Taft Is known , Mr. Bryan unknown. Of the 18,110 deaths in Mlnncsotn In 190G , 1,930 were from consumption. When it is remembered thnt this is the record one out of every ten in one of the healthiest of the northwest ern stntes , Is It nny wonder that mil lions of dollars and the best medical skill of the country is being enlisted to stay the ravages of the great white plague ? It is cheering to know that intelligent progress is being made In this direction. The Republican party has a half century record of unexampled achieve ment in the Interest of the great body of the people. It has as a presidential candidate a man of unimpeachable in tegrity and a capacity for doing things for the public weal which has been tried and not found wanting. The great thinking mass of intelligent , thoughtful Americans are not going to exchange this party achievement for a party of mere promises nor this tested leader for ono who , however brilliant , is utterly inexperienced ns a statesman. Shades of Esopus ! ' Alton B. Pnrker Is talking for Bryan. But there Is no need for alarm. As a vote getter Alton is the dismal failure of his generation. It does seem a pity , how ever , to bring him out into the lime light again nfter these years of quiet rest and respectful obscurity. It's not such an easy thing after all to be a democrat unless like David Bennett Hill you go to Europe in cnmpalgn years when Brynn runs. In that case the remedy Is worse thnn the disense ns it means separation from home and friends for at least six months every fourth year for another gener ation. Mr. Brynn comes from a long lived family. The New York jurist evidently sensed this nnd took the pre ferable horn of the dllemn. It's hnrd lines Just the same. The Outlook 1n a recent Issue pub lishes a list of twenty great fires which have occurred In the cities of the world since 1835. These flrse de stroyed from $10,000,000 to 350,000- 000 worth of property in each of the twenty cities. So many destructive fires have occurred in the United States that It Is coming near desenr- Ing the unpleasant name given to it by old world nations of the land of fires. A large proportion of these fires are preventable and merely re sult from carelessness in construc tion of buildings or in the care of them. The United States has lost In nn nverage for the past five years $251,000,000 n yenr. We burn up every five years more than enough to run the government n yenr. Even the Americnn people cnnnot nfford thnt. General Blume of the kaiser's army has issued n document which ought to give jingoes and fire-enters who nre constantly sighting war clouds something of a really serious nature to reflect upon. This bulletin declares thnt the next European wnr is bound to be a terrible orgy of blood ; thnt each of the powers Involved would lose 900,000 men in killed and wounded If the conflict lasted as long as the Russo-Japanese war ; thnt in Germany's case the cost in treasure would amount to $1,500,000,000 n yenr for wnr expenses while the loss in business and paralysis of indus tries would be far more. What this experienced general says is un doubtedly as true ns it Is terrible to contemplnte , and the existence of such deadly war paraphernalia should make nil nations sane and careful in their diplomtic and international dealings. TO IMPROVE FARM LIFE. President Roosevelt has Appointed a commission composed of Prof. L. H. Bailey of the New York college of agriculture at Ithlca ; Henry Wallace of Wallace's Farmer , DCS Molnes , la. , Kenyon L. Butterfleld , president of the Massachusetts agricultural col lege ; Gifford Plnchot of the United States forest service ; and Walter H. Page , editor of the World's Work , to act as a committee of Investigation on country life. The president be lieves that the prosperity nnd perma nency of the nation depends upon the tillers of the soil and while American farmers are more prosperous than ever before , it Is still true that the social and economic Institutions of the country districts nre not keeping' ' pace with the development of the nn-1 tlon ns n whole. In ninny places I care Is not taken to make farm > houses nnd outbuildings sanitary nnd V'rent mortality uspi < clnU.\ among children results. It Is of vital Import ance thnt the children on the farms io given the best possible prepara tion for work In their own homes nnd that everything possible be done to nako the homes happy , bright , nt- tractive plnce.8 ; so that American boys ind girls will not leave their farm homes nt the earliest opportunity nnd rush to the towns nnd cities where in the majority of cases they work harder nnd for far less compensation 'than ' might be theirs If they stayed nt home nnd helped In developing nil the possibilities of the farm on which they were born. It is to be hoped thnt some prnctlcnl good to the millions who live on the farms of America may result In this movement of the go\- ernment to exnlt farm life. IF ROOSEVELT WERE HERE. Senator C. A. Randall of Newman Grove is Indirectly arguing thnt he- should be sent to the Nebraska state senate for the balance of his llfo by the people of the Eleventh dlstrlc he people of the Eleventh senatorial illstlrct. To vote foi him at the coming Re publican primary will be to endorse this ambition. Senator Randall's most ardent part isan friends will admit that R. Y. Appleby , Stanton county's candidate for the Republican nomination. Is n good mnn for the senntorshlp , a broad- guaged , capable mnn nnd successful fnrmer. All who hnve spoken have expressed a genuine regard * for Mr. Appleby as n man of honor < and in tegrity , a manof brains and one who would make a conscientious senator. No word of censure has been uttered agntnst R. Y . Applebv from any source. The Stanton county central committee has endorsed him and has commended him to the confidence of the Republicans of the district. It is admitted by Mr. Randall's friends that R. Y. Appleby is as well qualified for the sennte as any other man in the district "excepting for the one fact that MrRnndall has made a record and hns had the experience of a session" to strengthen him. " Now if it Is true , as Mr. Randall contends , that his "record" and his "experience" In the senate two yeare ago placed him head and shoulders above any other man in the district for senator this year ; If It bo true that Mr. Randnll's "record" and his "experience" during one session hnve made him indispensable as the toga- wearer from these four counties and have disqualified all other Republi cans in the district from entering into competition with this one man for the place ; then , if that be true , It is apparent right ) now that each time Mr. Rnndnll goes to the sennte he will ndd to his "record" and his "experi ence" and thus , becoming a better and better statesman every two years , he will flnnlly succeed in putting himself so very far in advance of all other Republicans in this district that there will be no possibility of ever sending anybody else down to Lincoln to represent Madison , Pierce , Stanton and Wayne counties In the senate chamber. Superior to all other re publicans today , by virtue of one session's "record" and "experience , " what chance would there be for any would-be intruder after Mr. Randall had doubled that "record" and "exper ience" in n second term ? If Senntqr Rnndnll is the only man In the district today cnpnble of rep resenting the Eleventh district , what hope is there that the next two years will produce his equal ? What chance that n mnn capable of filling his shoes will develop within the next four years ? Or what chnnco that any other man could fill the bill so long is Senator Randall lives ? Perhaps Senator Randall might as sure us that he only wants ono more term , or two , or three as the case may be. But then Stanton county men of integrity say he assured them this year , before Stanton county pre sented its candidate , that he would not even ask for a renoKiinatlon thl ? yenr , nml then thnt "spontaneous up rising of the people" cnme nlong nnd just forced Senator Rnndnll to Iny down his bank work nnd take off his cent in order to save the Eleventh district's reputation at Lincoln. - And so what would avail his prom ise now as to the future ? What con trol would he be able to exercise over a popular uprising which might demand him to sacrifice self Interest and allow thnt toga to he thrown over his shoulders year nfter yenr for llfo9 Popular uprisings are rnthor In definite commodities. They nre harder to gunge thnn the distance In a mountain region. But speaking of popular uprisings , there was on real sure-enough popular uprising this year for President Roosevelt. It was no fake. People really did demand that he accept another term. He had only one elective term. But the presi dent doesn't take much stock in the theory that there is "only one man" who can serve the people In any pub lic office. Mr. Roosevelt doesn't think that the men qualified even to occupy the whlto house are limited to one. If there over was a time In the his tory of the United States when pop ular uprising seemed 'to demand that a man make n race for another term In office , that time was last spring and Theodore Roosevelt was that man. man.Mr. Mr. Roosevelt had "made a record " Ho hnd gnlned valuable "experience. " But Theodore Roosevelt' word1 In politics Is ns good : i his bond. Ho hnd snld ho wouldn't accept another nomination nnd ho kept II'M ' word. More thnn thnt , Mr. Roosevelt em- phiislzed the fnct that there nro It. America nn abundance of able men who could creditably nnd otllclontly serve In nny office In the land. Ho emphasized the fnct t > "U the mnn "who 1ms made a record" or "gained experience" in nn > given olllco Is not Indispensable to that office ; that there other men men who have made rec ords , ip other lines of activity to servo as n basis for fnlth In them who \ire , under certain conditions , even more desirable for the office thnn the man who has served his time nnd hnd his share of distinction In that line. President Roosevelt believes in ad hering to a just and righteous pre cedent. There is a precedent , estab lished by George Washington , thnt no president shnll serve more thnn two terms. And in spite of the "pop- ulnr uprising" thnt cnmc to him , de manding that he make another race , President Roosevelt lived up to that precedent faithfully and emphatically. Is there nny question as to what President Roosevelt would say , If he lived In Newman Grove , Neb. , and If he had been given one term as sena tor from the Eleventh district ? There is In the Eleventh senatorial district of Nebraska a precedent thnt the sen- atorship shall be given one year to Madison county , the next time to Stanton , the next time to Pierce and the next time to Wayne. Thnt rota tion plan wns adopted by the me.i who pioneered in this frontier. It was based upon fair play and "the squnre deal. " The Republicnn pnrty of this district hns faithfully adhered to thnt precedent , because it was the only fair way of distributing sena torial representation among four coun ties equally entitled to senatorial rep resentation. And Is there any doubt in anybody's mind as to what Theo dore Roosevelt would have done this year , if he lived at Newman Grove and if , having served this district in the senate last session , he were called upon by a "spontaneous popular up rising" to violate a time-honored pre cedent which had never yet been broken , pnd to make an effort to get back into an office which In nil fair ness , owing to geography , ought to rotnte from one county to nnother , just ns It always has done before ? President Roosevelt declined to make1 another race for the greater * office in the world , because precedent decreed that it was another man's turn. turn.But But Presdent Roosevelt does not live at Newman Grove. AROUND TOWN. "Bill Hnywnrd" is a thoroughly good fellow. Here's hoping O'Neill will have better luck. How much fruit have you "put up" this year , Madame ? If you hnve rubbers , prepnre to wear them nt racing time. Nobody ever accused Bob Anpleby of breaking n prom'so. Mr. Bryan , in accordance with his custom of twelve vears , has accepted. Everybody likes to see an old fash ioned balloon go up , with a man In it. The principal trouble w"ns that those pacing horses weren't trained to swim. The theatrical season will open aus piciously in Norfolk September 1 with "The Royal Chef. " The primal y election nnd "The Roynl Chef , " taken together , will make September 1 n big day in Norfolk. There nre nbout 1,800 school child ren In Norfolk getting ready ro be oa George N. Beels of Norfolk \ nn < nounced as a candidate at the coming primary election for the republican nomination as representative from tht district of MadlEon county. New Supjrintendent Was a Foot Ball Star * J A College Debater and an Honor Student F. M. Hunter. Fred M Hunkr , Norfolk's new city superintendent who this * veek entered tn his work ns the executive head of the city schools , was prominent while nt the state unlvrnlty as nn athlete , ns nn interstte debater , ns a lender In student politics and r.b n student. Thnt a man , and especially n young mnn , should be sufficiently v Ml rounded to excel In the fields of debate , ath letics , politics nnd study argues well for his future. .Vo young mnn hns rnnde a better Mnrt In school woik In Nebraska than the new superin tendent who follows 13. .1 , Bodwell. This summer M" . Hunter wns prin cipal of the Mnto julor normnl school nt Alma , tl' < > home by the way of A E. Shnllcnberger one of hc candidates fo : the fusion nomination for governor.tThls appointment car- lied with It considerable . 'ecognitlon In the educational world. Mr. Hunter comes of German lln- tage. His father wns a farmer nnd later a hardware deiler In town. It wns in the common schools of Kansas and nt the high school nnd business college nt Blue Rapids , Kan. , Hint the iit'W superintendent received his secondary education. His first teaching experience was gnlned In the itiral schools of Marshall county , Why Johnny Dumper Is Haying at Newport * I His Pa Died and His Ma Married Again ' * M < * * M Ni , vport , Neb. , Aug. 15. To the Editor of The News : Its bin raining so steady since I got back from chau- tnuqun that us hay-gang fellers hasn't had a chanct to work cuny so I thought that while I wasn't doing nothing I might ns well write nnd tell you how I came to leave my hap py home and go sheep hoarding and haying. You see it was this way : Pa did of beet appoplexy , so the doctors sed , bret on by overindulgents in alchol- ick stlnuilnshun. Thnt's too big n cartridge for my cnllber , but I sup pose pn was warning me about going the same way when he told me before he dide , to be sure and let whiskey nlone. I decided right there I'd let the whole business alone. F'nn fellers down to Ewlng trido to make me drink beer onct last winter. They sed it was good for me and would make me fat. When I wudent take enny they all got holt of mo and lade me on i table and put a funnel In my mouth and pored two glasses of beer in. I had to swaller it or choke to deth , but just as soon as they let me go I ran my finger down mv throtc and tin owed the stuff up agen. You bet they can't get ahead of Johnny by enny such tncktlcks. Ma foil awful bad nbout pa dicing , although he left her five thousand dollars Insurance , moro'n he'd over ghe her when living. You see pa belonged to four of five lodges and ma got insurance from nearly all of them , and they all past ressolnshuns that "Whereas our all-wise hevenly Father has seen fit to remove from our midst our deer bruthor Dumper , uppoplexy , etc. " that removed pa. The minister that preeched pa's fu neral was a widdower with three boys and he seemed awful sorry for ma In her bereevcment. Ma'd never hnd mor'n five dollars at a time before in her life and so she wauled the mln- hnnd bright nnd early August 31 , in order to take the back seat. At such times ns these , paving would make all the difference down town between a village and a city. Two weeks from Monday five-year- old hojs and girls all over Nebraska will begin learning their primary les sons Two weeks from Tuesday pol iticians all over Nebraska will he- gin tearing their primary lessons. ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS. Doing beats wishing but it is' ' harder. When a married woman reads a love story , the hero as she mentally pictures him doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to her husband. When the rioting begins over the property of the Standard Oil com pany we speak for the big black team driven to the Atchlson delivery wagon. When two sisters are together , and and one is married and the other not. Kan. , and In the ONeto , Kan. , schools , whcro he was principal for two yearn. Spending four years at the Unlvoi- city of Nebraska. Mr. Hunter , who In addition In participating In many HphoreH of college activity earned hla way through school , grndunted with V. H degree. For two yeius ho wns dhector of the night school of the Lincoln Y M. C. A. nnd for a yenr nnd n half \\ns tenchor of mathe matics nnd conch of nthlotlcs In the Lincoln high school. Hunter WIIH guard on the university football eleven during ( ho years of t'onch Booth when the big school nt H Lincoln established n reputation In 1 the west which It IH just beginning to 'igaln approach under the direction of "ouch Cole. Hunter wns not only n 'tn" "N" man but ho was success- 'ul as a conch with the Lincoln high 'chool players , who ns I ho nthlotlc world knows have niado wmio great ecordfl In recent years. A In the first semester of his senior year Ir school Mr. Hunter was elected president of his class. Later In the spring ho wns named ns the class or- ' ntor , On the dobatlng platform Mr. I Hunter made n considerable college reputation , representing the Unlver- 4 nlty of Nubraska on several Important i inter-Htnto debates. | In his class Mr. Hunter wns one of j the very few men who secured the coveted scholarship honors of win- f \ nlng the P. B. K. pin. \ Before coming to Norfolk ns city supcr'ntcndent Mr. Hunter has boon I superintendent at Ashland and nt ( Fairmont. He was nn Instructor In ( the Valentino state junior normal for | t\\o sessions nnd during the present ( .summer wns principal of the normnl ' nt Almn. In 1907 Mr. Hunter wns mnrrled to ; Miss Emma Schrieber , a member of Jhe clnss of 190G from the state uni versity , who nlso won P. n. 1C. hon ors nt the university. In picking a superintendent last spring the Norfolk school board hnd many capable men to pick from. They chose Mr. Hunter ns n worthy successor ser to Mr. Bodwell nnd re prepared to give him every possiblecoopera tion. V i ister to advise her about her five thousand because he'd had so much experience handling big bunches. Ma ustcr get so lonesome too nfter pa v wns gone nnd nobody but me around A for compny , that she wns glad to have the minister come nnd advise with her. He uster pat me on the bed nnd sny , " \Vell Johnny , hnvc you been n good little boy today ? " And when I'd say "Yes , sir ! " he'd sie , and say ho wish his little boys had suinone io brine them up as good as me. An inn got feeling bad too because the mln'ster's ' poor little boys didn't have enny mother to glde them , and one day nbout three nuinths nfte pa dlde she took me on her lap and told me I was going to have three little brothers - I ers and a new pa as soon as enuf * - time had past so it wuldent look ns if she's bin In too big a hurry. She sed she always uanted to do inlshun- ary work but she cudcnt while poor deer pa was alive and now she had a chanct to take those poor mother- les boys to riise and Mio nnd the min ister both believed It was her dooty to do It. I got ma' ' rile away for I new what ineen little cusses the min- I'-'er's kids were ennyway , and I told ma Id ruthor see her go to China or to Venezuela and do mlshunary work among the worst heathen on earth thnn to try and raise them boys. And I told her that I was going to stick by the'pa of my youth even If ho wasn't as good and plus as this new pa she wanted to give me ; I didn't want enny second-handed pn nor such a job-lot of hruthe.d. Ma crldo nbout It nnd the minister coaxt mo but I just stuck by pa and wudent be neether wheedled nor coaxt and told them if they wns going to hitch up thnt kind of a team I was going to walk. And that is why I am haying up In . .ewport when the wether is good. Yours truly ) l . j Jenny Dumper. ' ' It Is easy to pick out the Spin : She has a look as If she had misplaced something and was trying to recall where she had it last. When a girl goes to slay with an other girl all night , nnd Is whnt Is cnlled "finicky , " she tnkcs hei night dress , her towel , her wash rag , tooth brush , comb , manicure set. complexion wash nnd the Lord only knows whnt else beside. All n boy tnkes Is his hnt. You often hcnr thnt people nrc eo living nre so variable. There are only two kinds of people and % , every ordln- J , < ary observer knows all of them thor oughly. There has not been a new thing In human nature In thousands of years. Lysander John Appleton is a Dem ocrat of the kind who takes Demo cracy very seriously and somehow we feel that ho will regard as Important v the circumstances that when Bryan's name waa mentioned at Denver the applause lasted an hour and seventeen minutes.