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KNOWN THX
WORLD OVEX
An Eaay Fit.
A number of years ago there lived
In northern New Hampshire a notori
ous woman-hater. It was before the
day of ready-made clothing, and want
lng a new suit, he was obliged to take
the material to the village talloress.
Ehe took his measurements, and when
she cut the coat, mad a liberal al
lowance on each seam.
Tho man's dislike of women In gen
eral prevented his having a fitting.
He took the finished garment without
trying it on. It was much too large,
and his disgust was apparent In the
answer he made to the friendly loafer
on his first visit to the post office,
when he wore the despised article.
"Got a new coat. Obed?" ssld the
loafer.
"No. I hain't!" said Obed. Tvw got
even yards of cloth wrapped rouse
me." Youth's Companion.
Diagnosis.
"Do you see that man going along
with his head In the air, sniffing with
his nose?"
"Yes. I know him."
"I suppose he believes In taking la
the good, pure ozone."
"No; he's hunting for a motor
garage, I believe." Tit-Bits.
A Dreamer.
"You say your boy Josh Is a dream
er?" said the literary lady. "Does he
write poetry or romances?"
"Oh," replied Farmer Corntossel.
"he don't write anything. But he Jes'
nntchemlly refuses to got up till I
o'clock."
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Advice.
"Father." queried Bob, Just home
from college, "you've worked for me
l:t'ity hard nearly all my life, haven't
you?"
"Quite right, quite right, son."
mused father, retrospectively.
"Just so." returned Bob, briskly.
"Now. you had better gut busy and
work for you: self a bit eh. dad?"
Life.
Plenty of Material.
"Son." said the press humorist, "you
nave inherited some of my humor."
"Not enough to make a living with
flad."
"Never mind. I'm going to leave
you all of my Jokes."
Enough Provocation.
Patience Does she know any song
Mtnout nords?
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certain to bring on words
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of the old road, where the 6t'.uk wag
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CONVENTIONS HELD IN LINCOLN AND GRAND
ISLAND ON THE SAME DAY.
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LATFGRMS OF THE
I
Republicans Embody County Option in Their Declara
tions, While the Democrats Turn Down
the Proposition.
Republican.
Nebraska republicans, democrats,
populists and prohibitionists held
state conventions on the ilCth of July,
the lirst and last of the above politic
al organizations meeting in Lincoln
and the other two at Grand Island.
Republicans at Lincoln organized
by chosing United States Senator
Norris Brown as permanent chair
man. Congressman George V. Nor
ris opposed the election of Senatoi
I5rown, but was defeated.
The platform as adopted contains a
plank pledging the party to county
option, to the initiative and referen
dum, and to the establishment of a
state board of control.
A resolution by Congressman Nor
ris, denouncing "Cannonism." was de
clared carried by Chairman Brown
over the protests of many delegates,
who demanded a roll call.
The incident marked the closing of
a convention that had been one of the
most demonstrative in the record of
the party. Congressman Norris, who
had opposed Senator Brown for the
permanent chairmanship, offered the
resolution while the repoort of the
resolutions committee was still pend
ing. At the suggestion of the chair,
the Norris resolution was put over un
til the platform had been adopted.
When this was finished and the dele
gates were leaving the hall, under the
impression that the convention was
about to adjourn, Norris called up his
resolution. Roll call was demanded
by the delegates who yet remained in
the hall, membership perhaps one
half. Chairman Brown refused to or
der the roll call, and ou a viva voce
vote, in which the noes apparently
outnumbeied the ayes, declared the
resolution carried and the convention
adjourned.
A now republican state central
committee was selected. The com
mittee met in the evening, but ad
journed without attempting to or
ganize. It was decided to meet for
the purpose of selecting a chairman
and organizing for the campaign on
Monday. August 23. The candidates
will then have been selected by the
voters and will meet with the commit
tee. Democratic
The convention was called to order
shortly alter 2 o'clock by Chairman
ilyrnes of the state committee. Rev.
L .A. Arthur invoked the divine bles
sing. C. J. Smyth was introduced as
temporary chairman and made an ad
dress. He was afterward made per
manent chairman.
He named the following as commit
tee on resolutions: M. F. Harrington.
W .1. Bryan, II. B. Fleharty. T. L.
Ibert. V- B. Cramins, Dr. Babcock,
V. D. Oldham.
The first division of the convention
occuned when G. M. Hitchcock
noved that all resolutions be re
l erred to the resolutions committee
without debate and that no resolu
tions be brought before the conven
tion except as a majority or minority
report.
Mr. Bryan moved to amend b
omitting resolutions which were of
fered aTter the platform was reported.
The vote on the Bryan amendment
-vas 394 yas and 4Cr nays.
Dunns abser.ee of the committee
m i evolutions Gov. SLallenberger in
lelending the S o'clock closing law
md his record, pledged himself to
-,ign a county option bill if re-elected
ind such a measure is passed by the
next legislature.
There was adjournment until even
ing, at which time speeches were
'liade by Dahlnian. Bryan. Judge Old
ham. Patrick and others. Mr. Bryan
-.poke at considerable length in favor
r county option. He referred to the
Dolitica! battles he had waged, and
"hat he had been fearless when his
own future seemed at stake.
"I am not willing to admit that this
s a final ?ettle:nent of this question."
.e continued, "and as a moral ques
ion 1 a:n not alraid to cxrress my
j.inions and stand on it, if I hae to
and alone,"
In answer to Bryan. H. B. Fleharty
-eralnded the convention that Hryan
:au written a democratic platform
ijm-te.n years ago congratulating the
'arty for opposing prohibition. He
lenied the brewers in Missouri op
ioid Brran. but instead they fought
or Cowteid fcr governor, who failed
r receive as many votes as Bryan
Ma3'or Dahlman said the conven
ion should not attempt to evade the
ounty option issue. He declarer
"limself against the measure, and said
n announcing his candidacy for the
ionization of governor that if elect
d he would sign any county option
.,ill submit ed to him and would veil
me if enacted by tiie legislature.
I. F. Harrington, m cloin the dp
2.'?. said Governor ShallenbergPi
ould be trusted to deal inteliigentl
v'.th the liquor question without bind
ng him by any platform pledges.
Populists.
The rapulist pnrty adopted the fol
'owing resolution as an addendum to
the regular platform which is here
vith given:
"We rledge the peoples' party to
.ote for t'-.ose candidates only who
openly pledge themselves for county
iption."
The resolution was one proposed
jy Elmer E. Thomas. It was first
.urned down by the resolutions corn-
NEWS
RESPECTIVE PARTIES
mittee, and was in a fair way of be
ing defeated on the floor of the con
vention until Mr. Thomas with a fer
vid burst of oratory, urged its adop
tion on behalf of V. J. Bryan. Then
it was put through a rising vote show
ing G7 to S against.
The convention named a state cen
tral committee, re-electing C. B.
Manuel of SL Paul chairman, and E.
A. Walrath of Osceola secretary.
PLATFORMS OF THE PARTIES.
Republican.
The creat republican party, which for
the l.iM fifty c:iitj has made history
for tile United States of America and
which took up our coinnuve.ilth when
it was a territory and lifte.l It Into suite
hood and has gune uIuiik witli its periods
of Krowth until it lias aluiut I.Z.'iO.OoO of
Ieo,l: and an annual production of
wealth cf about JGOO.OUU 000. again sub
mits its cuure to the voters of the slate
of Nebraska.
Uurlng the Inte yours of our nation's
prosperity under the republican party
the ptlcis of farm lands have been Kolrp
upward until they have doubled and
trebled in value, and the products of the
farms and of the cattle ranges have so
multiplied in their selling price that
they have Kone biyond anything here
tofore known in the history of the staff.
We are chiefly an agricultural people,
and under republican administrations we
ltave rt ached an era of financial pros
perity that outmeasures all comparisons
Tills prosperity in Nebraska has kept
moving step by step with the develop
ment of tilt industries and resources of
the country at large and the treat est
period of this advancement has bten
i fax-lit d under the administration of our
most excellent president. William II.
Taft,
No political organization in nny coun
try can point to such a record of
achievements during the last titty years
as the republican party of America.
From Lincoln to Uartield. and from
ftarlicld to McKlnley. und from Jtc
Kinley to Taft. we can stand upon our
record and challenge all comers to the
lists. Yet it remains true that William
H. Taft as president, during the last
congress, has brought forth more legis
lation for the benefit of tiie people than
JUI any other piesident during the same
period of time during the last quarter of
i ce'iturv. By his impartial enforce
ment of tiie law: by the continued prose
cution of illegal trusts and monopolies,
ind by his more effective service In the
regulation of the rales and service of
transportation companies, he lias marie
SoihI all that his predecessor had begun
anil proved himself true to the intettsts
and welfare of the jieople.
Tiie interstate commeice art. In Its ad
ministration, developed points of weak
ness, and upon the reoommcnd.it Ion .ind
insistence of the president these have
been rejitedied and the tommeree court
has been created. For a quarter of a
cetitmy many of our people have advo
cated the establishment of postal sav
ings b.mks. What others have attempt
ed in this direction they have failed In
tcomplishment: but the wisdom and
insistency of President Taft has made
the postal savings banks a reality. By
his persuasion congress has parsed a
definite law. giving to the president the
unquestioned power of betting apart tim
ber and mineral lands for purposes of
conservation, and within the last few
months, in pursuance of that authority,
he lias set apart many millions of acres.
During all the years of the agitation
of the tariff question many have be
leved tluit there should le an expert
board appointed for the purpose of seek
ing information and making lei-om-au
millions as to tariff amendments and
revis.ons. At the solicitation of our
;irtsi(letit the last congtess made a llb
.al appropiiation for such purposes, and
the piesident has alreadv appointed a
loard competent and qualifitri to go on
.vitli this woik of tariff investigation.
Pining his administration the general
tariff law has been revised by a lepub
Iican congrcFs and is now being tested
ifore the Ameriatn people by actual
xperience it may be true that no tar
iff law can be perfect in the sense of
!rim;ing tiie best results to every par
ticular individual or to each particu'-ar
locality or to rach Individual Interest.
In a nation of 10.000 000 of people, cov
ering so vast an area, whose varied in
dustries are affected by climate, and
ay tiansporlstlon facilities, and where
these vast peoples are represented In the
senate and house of representatives by
about five hundred inriiiiduil minds and
voices, theie must be concessions and
compromises. The law which was en
acted had the support of the majority
f these jepnsentatlves. It is the law of
the land until it shall be changed in the
regular way.
I Hiring the -first eleven months of ex
peilenoe under the present tariff law
the Imports have exceeded those of any
pitvlous peiiod of like extent in tho sum
of $114,000,000,000. More thin i per cent
f thse iiiifHiits have come in iinJer the
J present tariff law. free of duty. The
customs lecelpis durmg me same eleven
nioiitlas. under the operation cf the tar
iff law. weie Sr.02.SS2.lGl. which have not
teeii "quall d or exceeded durirg a like
period of time for over thirteen ears.
It also appears from actual experience
that the gioss importations (in which tla
tariff has loen reduced under the pres
ent tariff law exceeds those on which
the taiirt rtutv has been Increased In the
ratio of six to one. As a republican
party. 1x it remembered, nre are pro
tet timiists. We do not have to apolo
gize to any man or to any nation foi
that lKlief. On this do"trine we build
our faith on th teachings of the pages
f our country's hlstoiy.
The repuMi'-an party ha snevcr faile 1
.xciit when it falWietl. Its long ca-
j rcer of victory has betn by ItoM'y meet
ing acli question as u arose: ny rac
ing with courage every darger that
cioFed its rath, while Its fe irlessr.est
f inrqiierce and Its detertnlnat'or
to U true to the pilnciptes which
irought tue pirty ir.to ex.stence. havi
ben its tpspliation from the days ot
Lincoln to W Hi mi H. Taft.
In tho-e taiiv days- It faced seces
sion rather than give Its consent to tin
xtersion of si ivery: rather than sub
mit to a disiinKin of the states, it tool
up the but tit ns of the civj' war. .Wrier
the war was over and General G.-ant
u'ocptttl the surrende- of General I.er
'he republican partv did not stop to ask
the question whether the terms of tht
surrerde- were the lxst tint niig'.t h v
been olt.-ilne.l which shmll have be n
granted. Every so'dier and every Ameri
an cit zn accepted the situation with
out crlltlm.
Wlun a few years ago the democrat!
I arty pnsenttd the issue to free silve
ind many republlians. shlfMrg to t'i
biee-se of temporary popu'atlty. f llowed
he t tellings of the d-ianc: i.Ic Ic. K
the i (publican patty, ttue ti it tn
Hti 'ml lntgrlty. refused to a bard v
gold st m.lard. knowlrg that if 1
did so. It would plunge the country inte
il"-astr and dShonor.
So n n the republican pnrty as an
orssin s.iticn must not fo-g t the tra
liiiors of the pist: what it Ins accmi
i fished for the pternt axil what it In
sure to acc"niillh lor the future. TV
continue i wtalth and prespMlty of the
courtrv Is hound about by th- d-'ctilne
ar.l prlroip'es f the republican party
These applv wiiiiin tiie corflres of tti
st: te of Nebraska as we II as in th
unl'.n at Iarsc. Fealty ami pit-iotim
to the republlem n-irty at hn-ro and
in this comirg election is as important
as it wis la the last presidential elec
tlor. and as it will be In the elections
w''-h arc t" nine.
The nrublir-vn party welcomes to Itc
organization all citizens, whether Ameri
can or foreign horn, or Ame-!can of
foreign birth who hive become citi
zens of the fnlted States. We recomlze
I la them and in ail of them the right
to free FneecTi and of Independent
thout,.it. but In the principles of th
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good of the whole country at heart,
we ask for the unanimity of sentiment
and cordial e-o-operatlon. Iavst. but not
least, of all. let us. uphold the hands
of PresIJent Taft during the full period
or his administration and wrnd to him
cur united and harmonious declaration
of cordial sympathy and unstinted
support.
Fot the further rrgu ation of the
liquor t raffle In Nebraska, we are In
favor of the passage of a county op
tion law bv the next legislature, and
pledge our candidate for governor If
elected to approve such a law on that
kubject as the legislature may enact.
We favor the creation of a non
partisan board of control for the penal,
reformatory and charitable institutions
of the state.
We favor the passage of a new ap
portionment law at the next session r.f
the legislature, redlstrlctlrg fhis sfite
lrto ser.-'torial and representative dis
tricts, gr.irg to each fair and equal
representation based on the p pi:l Ui n
as shown bv the census of 1D01. and If
the legislature which is elected this
fall fails to perform this constitutional
diitv while In regular session, we pledge
the' people of this state that the repm li-e-m
e-i lid 'te for governor. If elected.
wTI convei'e the leqlHtnre In special
session until this constitutional duty has
ben rerforrej.
We re-cognize the existence of a suffi
cient de'iiand for direct legislation In
this state to warrant submitting the
question to vote of the reople We there
fore favor the submission of a direct
Iegtslitioii amendment to our constitu
tion by tiie next legislature.
Democratic
The democrats of Nebraska In conven
tion assdiiMed present t the voters of
the state the following deilaratlon of
principle-:
We declire ntraln our devotion to th
.in..ii.i..r . r c,ar-..,kvitivicnt nf the nro-
lection of hitman rights as pr-cl-.lmei
il
bv Thomas Jefferson at me ninii oi ie
tn.lnMKA ,Ia t ,t .lnr.ini.-n fin n if Ion
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nintf,.mi fiml tlio Nebraska democrat!
state p'atform of UOS and '0
We congratulate the party upon w.de
srretd revival of democracy sentiment
which gives promise of democratic vic-
t'r,'" . .
v fee In the passage of the present
tariff bill an example of the subserviercv
of the repulllcan administration to tno
privileged Interests ot the country.
We congraMtlate the country tint dem
ocratic oi position h-is thus far succeeded
in defeat irg tiie iniquitous ship sulrtldv.
We recognize in the nnny excesIva
rates on such favored products as steel,
woolen goods rubber, lumlier and others,
the return which the republic:! n politi
cians are making to the plundering
treats for campaign contributions two
years ago. , . .
We condemn the president for surren
dering to A'drlch and Cannon the control
of tariff revision and for using his pat
ronage to force unwilling congressmen or
the republican party to accept their dlc-
We deplore the president's fvlly and
weakness In surrounding himself with a
cabinet of trust advisers.
We favor the conservation of the nat
ural tesources of the country and con
demn the policy under which favored
capitalists and political syndicates secure
contrt-l of water power, coal mines and
other scources of the nation s wealth In
the states and Alaska unrestrained and
apparently favored by the present na
tional administration
We condemn the president for retain
ing in his cabinet the close f -lend and
former attorney for the Powerful and un
scrupulous syndicate caught In the very
act of plunder. .
We Join democrats everywhere in
Pledcing the party to the um ,ofth
tariff reform, economy and simplicity in
government, trust prosacutlon and tha
ratification of the Income tax amend-
We" have confidence that upon ths
national evils, we shall receive the co
operation and support of Independent
voters anu vein a ocrju.iB ......,
Nebraska. - .. .....,,
We heartllv approve of the daviignt
saloon law an.! we commend the cour
ageous action of Governor bhallenberger
in approving lt , , ,
We approve and Indorse the adminis
tration of Ashton C. Shallenberger. Ills
acts have been honest, wise and pa
triotic. We Invite a careful scrutiny or
the executive power which two years ago
was committed to our trust In his selec
tion as governor. His administration
has been one of fidelity and devotion to
the party pledges upon which we Invited
the suffrages of the people.
We are opposed to making county op
tion or any other plan for the regula
tion of the liquor traffic a question or
partv creed. We stand for and Insist
upon a strict enforcement of our pres
ent laws, and believe that any further
changes In our liquor legislation ought
to be decided bv a direct vote of th
people, and that the cause of food
government at.d public morals will b
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vlding the people into hostile factions
on imreiv moral ismict.
We are In favor of the following
amendments to our constitution:
First Providing for biennial e.ectlons.
See-ond -Providing for the election ot
Judges of the supreme court by districts
on a non-partisan ballot.
Third Providing for a non-partisan
board of control of our state Institutions.
Wonrlh lYovidlng for the Initiative and
Fifth - Giving to metropolitan cities
and cities oi tne nrsi-ciass "
make their own charters. ......
iv.. niiir. nnrwli'M tr a reillstrlctlnK
of the state by the legislature to 'ba
elected mis vear to me enei eiini u .uu
tles nud sections of the state may hava
-.z.. A..i.ltnl.1a rAnritcuntfltlnn.
We favor such laws as will take our
courts and schools out or partisan pou-
We favor the advancement of agricul
ture and pledge the legislature If suc
cessful to favor the establishment of an
agricultural achool In southwestern Ne
braska We believe that the prosperity of any
countrv Is In direct ratio to Its facilities
t ...Xm nmllnn nnil t rnTwnort .itiofl.
We therefore favor the enactment of a
more effective svsiem oi roau ia um
wil' provide for state and county all
In the construction of permanent wag.m
roads.
The rapid Increase In the use of tin
automobile as a means of travel neccss'.-
.., .,,,.!. lr.lvlitlon ns will Tirol cot
the " public against accidents re-ultlng
from recKiess. niiui.iiuic uuu .:.......
drivers. .
We pledge our local commlfees anl
state cenninlttee and our candid ttis not
.o accept e-ontrlbutions from any ntllroad
r other ctrporatlon. trust brewerj-. dis-
ti..H.. w Biliwin nnt1..nloon ftnr.inlsi
Hon or from uny person or assoii it.on or
perciinlarliv or prejuaicii inirrtti in
cuilt'g or "defeating leglskitlon.
Populist.
We. the duly accredited delegates of
tiie pool les' independent party In tn.
state eronvention assembled at Grrnl
Island. Neb., on this 26th day of July,
l?l. hereby renew our f..lth In an t ..d
herence to the principles set foith in the
peoples" lndpendert party platform
adopted at Omaha. Neb., eighteen yeais
ago. the fouith d ty of July l.itt. Wm
rejoice that our ire5istent adwacy oi
these ptii.e tries has led both the demo
cratic and iivubllcan parties to incor
porate a nu-nl cr. of them into t.nlr
respective j Informs, and we hcrei;
lVdce our unswerving suipcrt aid aa-vtK-sie'y
of our filth urtll all govern-lii-nls.
state and national, sh .11 i ad
ulnistere.il with a sole view of sccutlr-j
equal and eict Justice to all the peo
ple. We therefore demand the er. .c -ment
of the following pilnc.ples i:.iJ
law:
Fi-st -Initiative: We Indorse ths
method of Jirect legislation by the r-
plc. known us the initiative and relc
. i.. .uiii an.i iee-all. in..le app.ltahle to
state, cetunty. city and village tow
i:ip anJ s lic-ol district, and wv f .v r
he su'i'idslon of an amcndtr.er.t tT our
state constitution to that end.
Sce.a-1-Board of Control: We are In
favor of a rnn-parttain board of c s -trol
for all cf our state institutions, -n I
we l.l!cve tliat aU appolntmen's sii'iill
be based on a civil service oxairtl j: 1 n
o that the wards of the state ca.i a tv j
the Ik st f osstb!e care.
Third-We favor an adequate nrrro-prL-ittcn
fir the uiop.-r eiuifnient cf tij;
lueau rf la'M.r :i:c! Indu?trill st..tl--tlcs
to tl e end that It n- y ! a ! t
prrfoim its ftrttlr.ns as a men of
arlitratlon. medlvtlon and c 'rclllatlon
and also to tne erri flirt It niav ! in
proper shape to aivertl'e t- the vvhol
woiM the tn-tntfoll resources and i:n-rmit-J
possllihtles of the great state cf
Nei r.t.-k-i.
Fourth County Option- We favor
county option. We dem-nd the vr--c-mcr.t
"of such a l-iw as the best met'ioj
of control lng the liquor busln6s a"d
dstr. vimr the brewers' power !n pjll
tlcs of this state.
Five I Iquor leglslitlon: We arprove
the enactment cf the daylight ralton
law. the veto of the Fort Cro-k raloon
llcerse law ar.d the Invocation of tl.t
Sacketl law against the recreant chief
of police of the city of Omaha.
fxth Brvan: We resommenl tl
great commoner. W J. Brj-an. f'.r M
fleht agnlpt the brewers and fjr Ux
homes of Nebraska.
HDD UVEMAKIN6
Jalcony Plays Star Part in Por
tugal's Wooing.
Girl Lowers Cord snd Draws Up AsV(
mini's Note If Parents Ap
prove He Is Permitted
to Call.
Lisbon. Msrriage. as the lives of.
many. Is certainly the most important;
event in that of the Portuguese"
woman, and. what Is more, in the
early days of courtship It Is attended
with some romance, for there Is less
of business and more of romance in
the ways of tho Portuguese lover.'
This is bow th& Portuguese cavalier
conducts his affairs de eoeur: If ha
sees a pretty g!rl in the street with
whom be would like to become ac
ouainted. he follows her. He follows
her In the face of all difficulties
chaperons and duennas right to her
door, and he notes the address. '
Next day be comes again and If
the young lady approves of him she
will most certainly be on the look-
cut, but sometimes bard fate, an an
gry guardian or a stern parent pre
vents her. and then the gallant youth
is kept waiting.
So If during a ramble through Por
tugal you should notice a young man
loitering at the corner of the street
or gazing Intently at a bouse, you
must not Imagine that he is medita
ting a burglary or anything so des
perate, but know that be is merely a
harmless and amorous youth gazing
at the windows of bis lady love.
Be sure if there Is a way she will
not keep him waiting long, for the
Portuguese girl Is a past master in
the art of Intrigue.
Soon she leans over the balcony and
smiles at him, and the happy youth,
thus encouraged, ties a note. la wbicb
Soon She Leans Over the Balcony and
Smiles at Him.
be declares his undying passion, to
the cord which the fair lady has drop
ped from the balcony. The next day
the young man. buoyed with hope,
comes again, but this time he is bold'
er, for be rings at the door.
If the Inquiries which the lady's
parents will doubtless have made
prove satisfactory, he is admitted to
make the acquaintance of the young
lady and ber family, and then should
he please and the lady's father be pre
pared to give the necessary dot. wed
ding bells will end this little romance.
Once married, the death knell of rot
mance and all else Is often sounded
for the Portuguese bride. Married
often when yet a child. 6hc has the
cares of wifehood and motherhood
thrust upon her.
For. unlike her sisters of France,
marriage does not spell ber emancp
pation, her freedom from the cha
peron. The bride of tcday has n
more freedom than the maiden of yes
terday; without husband or chaperot
she may not walk abroad. A jealous
husband will often keep her as close!
guarded as though she had taken th
veil.
The lives, therefore, of the Porta
guese women are often as barren and
devoid of interest as those of th
women In the far east. Certalnlj
among the rising generation there if
a growing unrest, a yearning for cul
ture. a vague Idea that there Is i
world somewhere beyond Portugal
but the lives of many are often ai
hedged In as their own back gardens
In fact, to man; their house and
family, their kinlar or orange grove
represent their whole world the onlj
world tbey know. It is no unusua
thing to find a Portuguese womai
who has been willingly Incarcerated
for several years. One lady of my ao
quaintance told me she bad not bees
beyond the garden for four years.
"And you are not bored?" I ex
claimed In astonishment. "You dc
not want to go out?"
"If I shouU go-out,? she replied It
ber pretty broken English, "I rest nol
till I am returned: for who knowi
what may happen in my absence?"
"Go out." she continued with a
shrug of her plump shoulders, "fot
what for should I go out? Here 1
have my children, my husband, mj
home: what more can I want?"
What Indeed?
About the balcony a whole boot
might be written.
First Train Ride at Age of 83.
Johnstown. Pa. Mrs. Elizabeth
Shaffer, eighty-three years old. came
to this city recently from her home at
StoystDwn. Somerset county, and foi
the first time in ber life saw and rode
on a railway and bad her first view o
jl trolley car
Has Aristocratic ideas.
"She seems to be such a precoclou:
:blld." "Yes. she has already begut
o look down with contempt on othe
tttle girls who want mere than on
-olf
LIVES SAVED AT SMALL C3ST
Figure Showing Expenditure Far
the Maintenance of Tubercu
losis Sanatorium.
In comparative study of the cost
of maintenance 1st thirty tuberculosis
sanatorinms the National Association
for tbe Study and Prevention of Tu
berculosis found that the food cost la
most of the Institutions represented
one-third of tbe annual expenditures.
The average daily food cost per pa
tient was $0,544. The expenditures for
salaries and wages represented nearly
another third, being 10.481 per day per
patient out of a tctal of $1.CC9. The
fuel, oil and light cost was I0.20G per
capita per diem, or about one-eighth
of the total cast. The dally cost in
the several Institutions ranged all the
way from $0,940 per patient t $2,553.
In the far west and southwest, as la
Colorado and New Mexico and Cali
fornia, tbe cost was higher than in the
east, in New York and New England,
being $2,025 per patient as against
S1.74S. The total expenditures of the
thirty Institutions were $1,363,953.28.
while the total receipts from all
sources were $1,548,525.74. More than
70 per cent, of the receipts were re
ceived from public funds and private
benefactions, only 28.8 per cent, being
from patients. Stated In another way
enly 35 per cent, of the total expendi
tures were received from patients, the
remainder being made up from other
sources.
A WARNING.
Man at Telephone Lai have the
gas office, please.
Operator Certalnlj. But you know
we don't allow any swearing over our
lines.
Silenced the Critic.
Charles Sumner, when in Loadoa,
gave a ready reply. At a dinner given
In bis honor, he spoke of "the ashes"
of some dead hero. "Ashes! What
American English!" rudely broke in
an Englishman; "dust you mean, Mr.
Sumner. We doa't burn our dead In
this country." "Yet." Instantly re
plied Mr. Sumner, with a courteous
smile, "your poet Gray tells us that
'Even In our ashes live their wonted
fires." The American was aot criti
cized again that evening.
The Deacon's Parable.
A self-conscious and egotistical
young clergyman was supplying the
pulpit of a country church. After the
service he asked one of tbe deacons,
a grizzled, plain-spoken man. what ae
thought of his morning effort
"Waal." answered the old man.
slowly. "I'll tell ye In a kind of para
ble. I remember Tunk Weatherbee's
fust deer hunt, when he was green.
He follered the deer's tracks all right,
but he follered 'em all day la tho
wrong direction." Housekeeper.
Caught In the Rush.
"My poor man." said the sympa
thetic woman, "and how came you to
be crippled for life?"
"I'll tell you. madam." replied the
beggar. "Once I spent my vacation
at a summer hotel and I was trampled
down trying to get Into the dining
room after the first belL
If Yeu Ara a Trifle Sensitive
Aaeat taa atie of voar aaoM. aaay pyse
wear analler aaeea by aataf AUaa'a Foot Km,
the AntlaepUe Powder to akaka late taa akoea.
It cure Tired, Swellea, Aealaa Feet aad
give reat aad comfort. Jaet the thiag-for
breaklna la sew ahoea. Bold everywhere, ate.
saaipie eeat ricu.
LeBor.N.Y
As He Remembered It,
"Johnnie, what did the minister
preach about today?"
"It was about something that stings
like an adder and bites like a multi
plier." Why He Believes Her.,
Evangeline Rachel never caa tell
anything without exaggerating It.
John That's why I believe her
when she tells her age.
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Aromatio Effects.
"What you ought to do." said the
physician, "is to take the air la aa
automobile or a motor boat."
"Can't I stay home and open a caa
of gasoline?"
Th tifvine aualitv in Lewia Sin
gle Binders found in no other 5c cigar. !
A crazy person thinks every one
else Is Insane, and love la blind be
cause It Imagines everybody else la
a SaerfBtaar Bytwaw
rorenliurrn tiwihio. aultotlenm.
llaai
iuaaa.
cart wind euue.
Knock and the world will Join la
tbe anvil chorus.
Women's Secrets
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There is oae asaa la the United States wbe tae Swtaeps ararj
caore woaaco'e tec rati thaa eay other aiaa. or weaves ia tbe
country. Tbeae secrets are aot secrets of geilt or SBaaM, but
the secrets of suferiag, ead they have beea coaided to Dr.
It. V. Pierce ia the hope aad expectatioa of advice aad help.
That few of tbeae women have beea diaappoiated ia their ex
pectatioaa is proved by tbe fact that ainctyeifht per ceat. el
dl women treated by Cr. Pierce have beea absolutely aad
altogether cured. Such a record would be remarkable if the
cases treated were aumbered by huodrede ealy. But waea
that record epplies to the treatment of more then half e mil
lion women, ta a practice of over 40 years, k ia pbcaomeaal.
ana entities vr. fierce to the gratitude
specialists ta tae treatment of women's
Every sick womaa may coaault Dr. Pierce by letter, eseahttely
charge. All replies ere mailed, sealed ia perfectly plain eavelepea,
any printiag er advertisiag whatever, epoa them. Write without leer
out tee, to World's Utspcasary Medical
DR. MEttCE'S FAVORITE PatESCItllTION
How He Kept the Law.
T noticed." said ta friead-waa-could-be-trusted.
aiier a trip tarouga
the factory where preserves ara ssade
"that a white powder to frst put la
the cans, and that the preserves ara
then put in the white powder."
"Yes." explained the proprietor ta
tiie frlend-who-couid-be-tnisted, "taat
white powder is a preservative. Yoa
ea we are compelled to put the pre
serves in a preservative because aa
idiotic requirement of the goverameat
makes it unlawful lor us to put a
preservative in the preservea."
Where He Came In.
"Have you ever figured In a dlverca
suit?"
"No; the lawyers did the igurlng
I Just paid the bills."
Lewis' Pin-le Tinder give the smoker
a rich, mellow-tastinj 5c cigar.
We are stil. patiently awaiting ta
advent of wireless politics.
i .
Pr.nTWrtineawnt Pee ? aa "ytf
-at ttomucb. lin r nii't litol. wiiir MIT j
Uai,gwailM.artaUk. iwnotgnv
A thick head is apt to generate a
multitude of thin Ideas.
The Handiest Remedy
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Bitters, and past experi
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