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All those campaign expense statements
are to be read between the lines.
Several pairs of wistful eyes are be
ing riveted on the Nebraska branch of
the federal plum tree. "
Turkey on Thanksgiving Is none too
good for the prosperous Nebraska farmer
In this harvest yeur, 1002.
Although Oklahoma has no law
Against prize fighting It will hardly
prove popular among prize fighters.
The New .York horse show . Is . voted
a tremendous success, but after all the
horse did not cut much figure In it
John N. Baldwin evidently Intends to
keep himself bosy In every department
of government, including government by
Injunction.
It Is a fact that there are more repub
licans in Missouri than lu Iowa. The
trouble Is that the democrats are even
till more numerous. . .
In South Dakota, where the populists
have Instituted divorce proceedings
against the democrats, they call It the
"disintegration of the Incongruous."
A complete adjustment within the next
three days of all the differences In
volved In the anthracite coal strike
would make us all the more thank
ful. "Uncle Joe" Cannon Is now on easy
street so far as securing the speaker
ship is concerned, but that Is the same
is saying that his troubles are just be
ginning. Silver continues on the downward
path, nearly every day making a new
. lowest record in the market quotations.
The broken theories of 1800 can never
be mended. .
There Is a loud demand for home
rule' In the cities of the first-class in
Missouri and it should not be forgotten
that municipal home rule la a live issue
in Nebraska also.
If the forthcoming memoirs of the
late Senator Iugalls stir up as much
contention as the senator's speeches were
wont to arouse during his lifetime, the
critics may as well prepare for action.
It Is no novelty for diplomatic rela
tions to be suspended between govern
ments, but the resumption of such rela
tions between Greece and Persia after
complete suspension for 2,303 years is
worthy the celebration which is to be
given it at Athens.
' ' ' ssssBBSSssaE3asasae
No one has yet risen to explain why
the reuusylvanla railroad company
should charge $1.40 a ton for hauling
anthracite and only ISO rents for so
coal to tidewater. Is It because uo one
can assign, a good reason for the euor
oious discrimination?
The total amount of iron ore mined in
the northern lake districts this year is
greater by 25 per cent than last year's
output, but still the demand for iron and
steel products exceeds the supply. - Ieo-
ple who used to talk of coming Indus
trial stagnation as a result of impending
general over-production will have to re
vise their calculations.
Eastern sentlmeut as expressed
through the newspapers and periodicals
has become more openly pronounced
against the proposed statehood of Okla-
noma. New Mexico and Arizona. The
east has seen the center of political grav
Ity steadily moved to the west and does
not Intend doing anything to help de
prtvo Itself of any pf lu present luflu
en ce la national affairs, :
THK FCTVRE OF VALVES.
The question of the future of rallies
Is Interesting because of Its bearing upon
the question of prosperity and also upon
that of wages, the latter being just now
prominent In 'topulnr attention. 'While
there are many who hold the optimistic
view that there. Is not likely to be any
material change from prevailing values
for a considerable time, there are other
whose study of the conditions leads
them to the, conclusion that a readjust
ment to a lower plane of prices for most
commodities is inevitable in the near
future.
One of the leading financial journals
of the country, of conservative tenden
cies, suys that while there may be room
for a variety of opinions regarding the
method by which a readjustment of the
situation to a lower level of values Is to
be accomplished, there can be no ques
tion in rational minds that the time for
readjustment has about arrived. It
urges that the only thing that can avert
It is a general rise In wages and sal
aries throughout the land. Average in
come must increase, or average price
must decrease. "The nation has appar
ently reached the point which, for sev
eral years post, we have known it must
inevitably reach, namely, the point
where the cost of living so far outstrips
the purchasing power of the people as to
necessitate drastic measures. Prices
have risen unduly in comparison with
incomes even when full allowance Is
made for the . steadier employment of
labor lu recent years and the people
have had a strain Imported upon them
which It will be Impossible to stand up
under much longer."
It Is true that wage have not kept
pace with the rise In commodities a
not exceptional experience but the ten
dency is now toward equalization. The
very general advance in wages made
by the railroad companies will possibly
be followed by Increased pay In other
directions, at least wherever labor Is in
position to enforce a demand for an In
crease of pay. In this event the effect
reasonably to be expected would be the
maintenance of the prices of commodi
ties because of the enlarged consump
tion. A full equalization of wages with
present commodity prices, however, Is
hardly to be expected, and therefore a
readjustment of prices to a lower level
must, it would seem, come sooner or
later. Looking at the situation conserva
tively there appears to be no reason to
expect any sudden lowering of values,
other than those of a speculative char
acter, the decline of which would not
injuriously affect prosperity. '
A PROBLEM l SAMTATIOX.
If the United States constructs the
Panama canal not the least difficult of
the problems to be dealt with is that of
sanitation. This the French company
paid very little attention to and the mor
tality among those It employed on the
canal was very great Of course our
government would give the most careful
and thorough attention to the sanitary
question and it would be found no easy
task to rid that region of the sources of
the numerous diseases that render it one
of the most nnhealthful places In this
hemisphere.
A report made to the secretary of the
navy by Medical Inspector Simons
notes the many diseases that prevail on
the Isthmus and says that the task of
sanitary policing the route of the Pan
ama canal will be no light undertaking.
At present the towns of Colon and Pan
ama are In a wretched condition and
Dr. Simons recommends that our gov
ernment obtain control of. a strip at
least three miles wide on each side of
the canal and Including Colon and Pan
ama and the lesser towns along the
route, in order to carry out necessary
sanitary Improvements. He says the
acclimated men now there should be
employed to do the cleaning. Perhaps
the problem on the isthmus, however,
will be no more difficult than was pre
sented In Cuba, which was bo success
fully handled that the island Is now
comparatively free from the diseases
that formerly -prevailed there. Equally
successful have been the sanitary opera
tions at Manila, which was in very bad
condition when the Americans went
there: These experiences will help ma
terially in dealing with the Sanitation
problem In connection with the construc
tion of the Panama canal.
IRRELEVANT STR1KI TESTIMOH F.
Those who have followed closely the
testimony will agree with Justice Gray,
chairman of the anthracite strike com
mission, that nothing adduced has yet
borne directly on the vital points at
Issue. Those points raise questions of
fact on which witnesses should be called
to testify from their own knowledge. But
when President Mitchell took the wit
ness ch'air he was led over a vast field
of topics by interminable interroga
tories regarding his own opinions and
his views . of other .people's opinions,
most of them related only remotely or
Indirectly to the question in hand and
shedding no light for the commission in
deciding It Practically all the state
ments made by him during the three
days he was led by his cross-examiners
would under the rules of evidence In
courts of law be summarily excluded as
Irrelevant. incomietent and Immaterial.
The arbitrators are doubtless em
barrassed, by the extraordinary circum
stances which led to their selection and
by the absence of any legally enforceable
jurisdiction and powers in dealing de
cisively with the witnesses and the
representatives of the parties to the
dispute. Wishing to maintain the ap
pearance of fairness, they have been
constrained to let the proceedings run
far afield. But It Is already obvious
that on this basis the investigation will
be almost interminable. It might turn
out to be but little less burdensome to all
directly Involved and to the general pub
lic as the original controversy out of
which It grew.
Nevertheless, if the em barr as amenta
rising out of the work of the arbitrat
ing commission shall move the pnrttes
to grapple with and settle the dispute
outside of its bar without further ndo
the commission will have served a use
ful purKse and the result will be a
signal vindication of the sagacity of
President Hooweveit It will be no less
impressive as an admonition hereafter
to all. In differences between great
bodies of organized labor and con
federated coqioratlans, of the wisdom of
mutual concession and friendly adjust
ment If, however, the effort for Im
mediate settlement outside of the com
mission should fall, that tribunal would
still remain to go on with the investiga
tion, although it may have to enforce
stricter rules of evidence to hasten Its
conclusion.
VERMONT tOR HIGH LICENSE.
After an experience of exactly fifty
years Vermont has just repealed Its pro
hibitory liquor law and enacted in its
place a measure for high license coin
forming to the practice that obtains In
all our progressive states. The removal
of Vermont from the prohibition column
takes away from the advocates of con
stitutional and statutory prohibition one
of the principal examples to which they
have been accustomed to point as an
object lesson for other communities.
The law absolutely prohibiting the
sale of liquor within the boundaries of
Vermont was enacted in 18ft 2 and has
stood unchanged on the statute books
during the whole period which has
elapsed since that time. Vermont there
fore, has the record of clinging stead
fastly to prohibition longer than any
other state in the union. As a matter
of fact of course, prohibition has been
no more effective in Vermont than it
has been in other prohibition states and
it could, no doubt be demonstrated that
as much, if not more, liquor has been
consumed in Vermont In a year under
prohibition as in other states with ap
proximate population In which regula
tion by license prevails. For years it
has been just as easy to procure liquor
In Vermont notwithstanding the prohi
bition legislation, as it has been to pro
cure it In Iowa or Kansas, where It Is
notoriously obtainable by anyone who
really wants to get It
The repeal of the prohibition law in
Vermont therefore, simply registers
anew the verdict that has been repeat
edly rendered in every state in the union,
with but two exceptions, in which it has
been tried or proposed. If anyone were
convinced that absolute prohibition Is
the only solution of the liquor problem
this would Indeed be discouraging to
him, but proof is at hand that far better
results are achieved for the suppression
of intemperance with regulation through
local option laws, which at the same
time throw salutary restrictions about
the sale of liquor and yet avoid the cre
ation of an outlaw business.
It 1b to be hoped that the action of
Vermont may also bring Kansas to a ra
tional condition and make way for the
obliteration there of the last vestige of
prohibition fanaticism in the states bor
dering on Nebraska, where once it was
so firmly Imbedded.
THE TREND TOWARD PSACE.
The declaration . recently made by
President Ilooeevelt, that "the trend of
the modern spirit is ever stronger toward
peace, not war, toward friendship, not
hostility, as the normal international at
titude," Is supported by clearly defined
conditions. The leading nations are
striving to maintain and cultivate
friendly relations as never before.
While commercial rivalry Is strong be
tween them and on this account peoples
sometimes manifest a hostile disposi
tion, rulers and statesmen are earnestly
directing their efforts to strengthening
and making more secure the bonds of
International amity.
A striking example of this Is Been
in the cordial relations between Great
Britain and Germany, the powers that
exert a preponderating influence In
European affairs. There Is more or less
popular unfriendliness in each nation
toward the other, but the men who gov
ern do not share In or countenance this,
but on the contrary manifest a con
spicuous anxiety to show to the world
that the governments are on the most
friendly terms and desire to remain so.
Another significant fact Is the evidence
of a permunent and mutually satisfac
tory arrangement being reached by
Russia and Great Britain affecting their
respective interests wherever they come
in contact with one another. It has
recently been reported that the Russian
minister of foreign affairs has under
taken the, task of Improving the Im
perial relations with England, Austria
and Turkey to remove the friction in the
Balkans and in China. Such an under
standing would contribute powerfully to
the preservation of peace. Among the
other European countries the sentiment
for the maintenance of peace is strong.
How much the United States has had
to do with promoting this trend toward
peace it Is not possible to say, but that
It has exerted an Influence is not to be
doubted. The attitude and policy of
this country In regard to China un
questionably averted a friction among
the powers that might have had most
serious consequences, while the entire
course of American foreign policy dur
ing the last few years has been dis
tinctly in the Interest of the world's
peace. It has been a policy of fair
ness. Justice and conciliation, the wis
dom of which has everywhere been ac
knowledged. Having taken a recog
nized place in International councils, the
United States has not hesitated to
clearly define Its position and the effect
has been most salutary.
While It is true that the nations go
on building navies and maintaining
armies, there Is In this really no menace
to peace. "The voice of the weakling
or the craven counts for nothing when
he clamors for peace," said President
Roosevelt "but the. vole of the just
man armed Is potent." So the nation
that Is well prepared for war Is best
able to conserve the peace. The United
states will not only continue to cultivate
friendly relations with all countries,
but It will still exert Its Influence In all
proper ways for the preservation of the
world's peace.
TOO MUCH MANAUEStEXT.
In her recent lecture in Omaha Jane
Addams, replying to a question, gave as
one explanation as responsible In a large
measure for the great success of one of
the societies operating as an adjunct to
Hull House the fact that It had no board
of management and was not stifled by
too much outside supervision and direc
tion. The point Is well taken not only
for the case under discussion, but for
many everyday undertakings, which are
retarded by an excess of government.
It should be kept In mind every time It
Is proposed to create a new public office
for any purpose by adding uspU'ss sine
cures to the payroll or paying two offi
cers for work that one could do, which
Is merely an extension of the practice
of too much management For some
reasotr or other It seems that the women
are too easily enlisted behind proposi
tions to create all sorts of new offices of
an experimental character which When
once created will never be abolished.
The moral contained in Miss -Addams'
suggestion should not be overlooked.
If publishers' promises can be counted
on, holiday book offerings this year are
to surpass everything we have had here
tofore lu the way of attractive letter
press and artistic illustration. The great
strides made in the business of book
publishing in the past few years, trace
able largely to the introduction of new
mechanical devices, have not only multi
plied the output many fold, but also
brought within reach of the ordinary
pocketbook the class of publications that
formerly could be afforded by only the
very few. The question constantly sug
gests itself, to what extent still further
Improvements can be made? For the
advance already made the tremendous
expansion of the reading public Is re
sponsible, and If this continues in any
thing like the same degree we may ex
pect as much more progress in the book
trade in the immediate future as that
so noticeable in the last decade.
It Is noted in the religious press that
the movement for church federation.
which received such an iniiietus from the
pledge of support given by the Chris
thin church convention In this city lust
month, is making fine progress, state
federations being under way in more or
less advanced condition in Wisconsin,
Michigan, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas,
Minnesota and Nebraska. The purpose
Is to secure co-operation in the home
missionary work, in which there is un
questionably much room for improve
ment. This movement is achieving its
initial strength in the states of the cen
tral west and when it becomes national
In Its scope, as it will In a comparatively
short time, the west will surely be the
guiding factor.
The division of the bankers on the
question of asset currency and branch
banks goes to Indicate that the money
power Is not such a consolidated force
as we have been asked to believe. As
portrayed on the stump the money
power is a hydra-headed monster who
sits in a luxurious office facing Wall
street and marks the price of money
up and down on a blackboard, to which
every mocey lender In the country
must conform under penalty of being
drawn and quartered. Evidently the
picture has been distorted or something
has clogged the wheels of the plutocratic
machinery.
Curiously enough, in current discus
sions of great aggregations of capital
hardly any mention whatever Is made
of the greatest aggregations among them
all. viz.: The capital controlled by the
great life Insurance companies. - It is
the more singular because it Is out of
the massed funds controlled by the
monster insurance companies that
many of the recent mergers and com
binations have in lurge part been
financed.
The fuel scare growing out of the
anthracite strike is having one good
result in directing inventive genius to
the subject of domestic heating. No
where else is waste so great and so
universal. A number of economic
devices have already been evolved and
there is still room for almost indefinite
Improvements, every one of which
amounts virtually to an increase of the
fuel supply.
First Catch Your Bear.
Boaton Tranacrlpt
la distributing his bear meat the presi
dent should remember tbat Mr. Bryan has
probably got rather tired of eating crow by
this time.
A Clack far Kevada,
Washington Post.
If the next democratic national conven
tion inalsts upon nominating a man whose
state is back of him It would seem tbat
Nevada would have to furnish the candi
date. .
Pattlaa It Oat tho Crops.
St. Louis Republic.
The liberality of the railroads in rail
ing the wages Is startling. But. in view of
past experiences, we must refrain from
exultation until we ascertain who will pay
the freight.
Another lint Paralysed.
Indianapolis Journal.
The reduction of the military force to
the Philippines continues. Two thousand
discharged men will sail for home on the
22d Inst., and TOO more on the next trans
port that sails. Thus ends "militarism,"
which the democratic party tried to inflate
into a paramount Issue.
Oaealaa- for Iaveatlre Skill.
New York Tribune.
In soma parts of the country apples are
cheap, while barrels are so high priced
tbat the raisers of that wholesome and
palatable fruit let It rot la the orchards
because there Is no profit In shipping It.
The time will come when the cost of
wooden barrels, with the diminution of the
supplies of wood, will rise to such figures
that substitutes of some sort will be
required In many trades and fields of pro
duction. Discomforts WmM Re Overlooked.
Chicago Chronicle.
The White House, even with Its additions
and renovations, la declared to be an Incon
venient and uncomfortable place of resi
dence. If the present occupant wanted to
give it up, however, there would probably
be no difficulty In finding a number of gen
tlemen who would take the lease off his
hands.
A Menace to the People.
Indianapolis Journal.
The attempts to corner wheat, corn or
any staple may be to the advantage of a
few operators, but corners or attempts to
make them disturb prices, and cause mer
chandise to be held back to the general
Inconvenience and loss. To that extent
corners are In restraint of trade, and should
be so considered by law.
Beaatles of the Jim Crow Car.
New Orleans Picayune.
It has been discovered that the new Jim
Crow car law of New Orleans makes the
conductor such an autocrat as he Is In no
other city. Perhaps the most objectionable
feature of It is that which authorizes and
empowers the car conductors to pronounce
which of the passengers are whites and
which are negroes. There is no restraint
on these irresponsible persons clothed with
such extraordinary functions. A car con
ductor, under the law, can, upon his own
unassisted judgment, without taking any
testimony or making any inquiry, pro
nounce that any person to whom he has
taken a dislike or a prejudice is a negro
and must sit in the compartment set apart
for negroes, under penalties for refusing
to accept his decree. In the same way he
can force a negro into the compartment for
whites.
Gentle Indian Summer.
Philadelphia Record.
Native poets accustomed to sing paeans
to Indian summer may tune their lyres
this year with right good will. Never be
fore, perhaps, was this mild, beated season
so timely or so beneficent. With all kinds
of fuel at famine prices, and the supply
Inexorably limited by conditions beyond
private or public control, the chill blasts of
winter cannot be too long postponed. When
tempests rage transportation Is Impeded or
checked a portentous consideration for
the eastern public, in view of the absolute
dependence of our great manufacturing
communities upon the existing enforced
hand-to-mouth system of fuel supply. The
huge winter stocks of coal usually accumu
lated during the summer season are lack
ing, and when the pinch shall come, later
In the stormy months, It must be patiently
endured.
I'XVERACIOIS Kl LOGY.
More to Check I'ndeserved Tributes
to Passing: Mortals.
Chicago Chronicle.
Cynics have declared that tombstones
are the greatest liars In the world. This
Is only another way of saying that thi
ancient maxim "Tell nothing savo good
of the dead" is respected everywhere.
Humanity agrees that anger, malice and
hatred should stop at the grave.' Hence
the gravestone recites only the virtues of
Mm who sleeps beneath It and says noth
ing of his feelings and weaknesses.
It must be admitted, however, that In
some cases charity Is heavily drawn upon
In the effort to find virtues to ascribe to
the deceased, and It Is this consideration,
undoubtedly, which has Influenced the
clergymen of Hamilton, O., to declare by
a unanimous vote that they will no longer
preach funeral sermons save In cases where
they can conscientiously ascribe to the
dead merits warranting eulogy. They de
cline any longer to compete with the
tombstones In Indiscriminate praise of peo
ple simply because those people are dead.
There is something to be said for this
attitude of the Ohio clergymen. A phi
losopher once put the case thus: A dead
rascal la no more admirable than a live
rascal save that he Is Incapable of further
rascality. Why, therefore, should he be
eulogized?
This statement of the proposition appears
logical and it no doubt appeals with par
ticular force to clergymen, who, from their
very profession, may be supposed to dep
recate any departure from the truth even in
deference to the tradition "De mortuis nil
nisi bonum."
Whatever license In elegalc matters may
be permitted to tombstones or even to
men not In holy orders, Jt must be conceded
that silence Is after an the highest char
ity which may reasonably be expected of
a preacher.
The clerics of Hamilton, O., have done
wisely and seemingly in resolving to leave
post mortem eulogies of doubtful veracity
to the tombstones. Heaven lies about. us
In our infancy, but the clergymen cannot
afford to lie about us when we are dead.
The storied urn must do that.
SMOKELESS LOCOMOTIVES.
An Improvement Beneadal to Com
panies and People.
Chicago Tribune.
Mr. Watts, the superintendent of motive
power and rolling stock on the New York
Central railroad and president of the Amer
ican Railway Master Mechanics' associa
tion, at the last annuat meeting of that
organization spoke In terms of the highest
praise of a smoke-consuming device for
locomotives. The practical value of his In
dorsement cannot be disputed, as It is based
upon several months' experience with the
use of this smokj consumer upon locomo
tives under his charge. The result has been
so satisfactory that the device has been
adopted for all new equipment, and ten sets
a month have been ordered for old engines.
In a letter to the Engineering News Mr.
Watts gives some details of the working
of the new smoke consumer. He savs: "Its
Indirect advantages are a reduction of the
work of the fireman, a decrease In the
amount of sparks thrown from the stack
and decreased fouling In the tubes. The
direct advantages are the consumption of
smoke and the saving In fuel. One series
of testa showed a saving of 20 per cent.
Another, and perhaps a more trustworthy
test, showed a saving of 14 per cent." There
Is another and a most important advantage
which Mr. Watts does not mention. The de
crease In the amount of sparks thrown from
the stack proportionately diminishes the
danger of fires, especially In grain fields and
woods, for the locomotive Is a frequent In
cendiary and a most dangerous one, as hith
erto there has been no trustworthy way of
preventing Its sparks from setting fires In
out of the way places.
Directly and Indirectly this new device Is
of the greatest Importance to the public as
well as to the railroads. It is conceded
after satisfactory experiments that it will
consumo smoke and save labor, fuel and
expense, and It can be applied to any loco
motive. This being the case, why do not
other roads adopt It? Why do not the
numerous roads entering Chicago adopt It?
The engines on moving trains and the en
gines In switchyards as well as In streets
In this city are among the worst of the
smoke nuisances. Here Is a practical rail
road man on one of the most Important
roads In this country who says bis road is
using a device which consumes smoke. Then
way do net other roads use Itt
KCt'l.AR SHOTS AT TUB Pt I.PIT.
Chicago Record-Herald: One of the Chi
cago churches Is to have a brass band
to help at the regular services. It is to be
boped that the trombone artist will be
careful never to let the congregation, In
an outburst of enthusiasm, mistake bis
efforts for those of Osbriel.
Philadelphia Ledger: Bishop Potter re
funds to the Duluth people $150 paid
him for a lecture because of the criticisms
of the townspeople. They were dissatisfied
because the lecture wss only thirty-five
minutes long. If It's length they want there
are over a million people who could meet
their wants ably.
Chicago Chronicle: Having previously
consigned to eternal perdition the doctors,
the druggists, the lawyers, the preachers
and the reporters. Brother Dowle has now
put General Booth and the Salvation Army
on the blacklist. If all the people whom
Brother Dowle proscribes are really lost
forever paradise will be so spsrsely popu
lated that "Zlon's general msnager" will
have flats to rent Id the heavenly man
sions. New Tork Outlook: We do not advise
our ministerial readers to lecture In the
pulpit on economics. The minister rsrely
knows more sbout economics than the
better Informed In his congregation, and
often not as much. What he knows he has
probably gathered from books or news
papers, and the man of affairs listens with
either an Irritated or an amused contempt
to what he regards as a purely academlo
discourse. The man of affairs may be
wrong and the preacher may be right,
but though right he Is not effectual.
Baltimore American: "Sin In rags Is
harmless; It is the gilded vice tbat is
dangerous to humanity," says Dr. Park
hurst. Taking this dictum literally, it
would follow tbat morality Is a question
of wearing apparel, to be shifted at pleas
ure. But such conclusion was not intended
by the eminent preacher. He simply
wished to emphasize that the chief danger
of vice la Its attractiveness, and not the
innate tendency of man to sin. It Is by
making Immorality so repugnant and ugly
that we can hope for any amelioration of
the conditions so apparent In certain
places.
PERSONAL AXD OTHERWISE.
Good morning! Have you seen the cold
wave?
The country might, if put to the test,
get along all winter without experiencing
winter.
The president did not get any bear at
Smedes, but he got something Just as good
at Bmemphls.
Minister Wu is homeward bound, taking
his queue with him, but leaving a bouquet
of cues for future use.
A noted American heiress caught a burg
lar In Paris. Lucky woman! She could
have gone further and fared worse.
There Is a gleam of hope for the century
when a Montana man spurns a bribe large
enough to jar the foothills of Anaconda.
It should not be forgotten that the law
yers for the coal barons must, for ap
pearance sake, make a stagger at earning
their salaries.
Grasping coal dealers of New York are
having their wings clipped. Mining com
panies are establishing yards to sell the
goods themselves.
Tho professional base ball man who lost
an arm in a railroad accident can easily
prove his means of earning a livelihood
have been seriously Impaired.
An irrigation convention In a downpour
of rain is one of the fall delights of Ore
gon. It Is characteristic of the state. There
the weather weeps whenever a woman
opens an umbrella.
Crooks are operating successfully In some
of the police stations in Philadelphia and
approaching so near the city hall that the
frightened Inmates are discussing ways and
means to suppress unofficial competition.
To teat the knightly qualities as well
as the strength of her steady, a Chicago
girl made her suitor carry her up nineteen
storiea In the Masonic temple. That un
fortunate earned the right to carry a load
through life.
Apropos of Lord Kelvin's assertion tbat
In 400 years the coal of the world will be
used up, M. Cartleux, chief engineer of the
Northern railway of France, says that in
ten years, between petroleum and alcohol,
coal mining will not pay.
True economy Is not always appreciated
by those It is Intended to' benefit. In
order to save the cost of an alarm clock
a Rochester (N.Y.) man taught the family
parrot to say, "Darn you, get up," and now
the ungrateful woman is suing for di
vorce. In a recent decision Involving magnetic
healing and absent treatment, the federal
supreme court intimated there was no law
constituting the Postofflce department an
official fool killer. Too bad to throw an
Institution out of a Job when there is an
abundance of tempting material to work on.
A piece of pie la the foundation of a
divorce suit in Indiana. This Is not as
surprising as It looks, Inasmuch as Indiana
pies, used as clay pigeons, have defied the
best endeavors of first-class marksmen.
When a famous confection turns shot aside
It is no wonder Hoosieis smother their feel
ings and beg tor liberty instead of death.
Headache. Blurring of tho Print
Oftentimes show the need of glasses. T hey are some of the Indications of defective
vision and should be attended to at once.
You'll be surprised at the comfort a pair of glasses will afford It your sight Is
In any way defective.
Scientific examination free and prope r glasses properly adjusted Is what you are
guaranteed here.
J. C. KUTESON & CO., 213 South 16th St., Pa it on Block.
It's a Little Early
for holiday talk. But we have had our jackets
and robes in for some time, and have thein al
ready for your inspection, providing your
thoughts wander that way. There is some ad
vantage in buying them here, if you care to be
different from others, for our jackets and robes
are exactly the same kind, NOT shown by other
stores, and we fit everybody.
Bath Bobes, $3.50 to f 15.00.
Lounging Bobes, $3.00 to $40.00.
Bath Slippers, $1.25 and $1.50.
House Jackets, $3.00 to $35.00.
"NO CLOTHING FITS LIKE OUB8."
R. S. Wilcox
BLASTS FROM RAM'S HOH1,
Big guns do not always get the big game.
Justice seeks those who will not seek
merry.
Blank cartridges will often make the
most noise.
True humility bows lower as prosperity
rises higher.
A gloomy religion Is as misleading as a
glistening sin.
It la hard to believe In a clean religion In
a dirty church.
It takes two to make a quarrel, but onl)
one may make peace. .
Better to endure Satan's buffeting than
to enjoy his banqueting.
Many truBt God for a crown and go right
on worrying over crumbs.
God makes the gates of heaven and man
cannot even measure them.
Long wind with Ood will not counterbal
ance short. weight with men. .
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES
Philadelphia Press: "No," said the bride-to-be,
"I didn't accept Jack the first time
he proposed."
Mow could you?" replied Miss WryvelL
"Why not?"
"You weren't there."
Judge: Mts. Ieadham Only three months
married and I've already awakened from
my dream.
Mr. Leadhnm Thunder! you're In luck.
I wish something would awaken me from
my nightmare.
Chicago News: The Bride (after the
elopement) Oh, papa, can you ever forgive
. tPa?i,rB,,ir' , By loP'ng y" saved me
the IW I had Intended to blow In on a
swell wedding when you and Tom got mar
rled. Washington Star: "A woman should de
pend upon her huxbnnd."
"That's what Henrietta thinks," an
swered Mr. Meektnn. "She always depends
on me to feed the bird and the cat snd seo
that the bnsement Is locked at night."
Chicago Post: "What makes papa so
cross?"
"I don't know. Did you say anything to
annoy him?"
"Certainly not. I Just happened to re
mark that Christmas was almost here."
Bomervllle Journal: Fond Father Baby
has six teeth now.
Bachelor VlHltor (apprehensively) Will
the little beggar bite?
New York Sun: He I love the true, the
good, the beautiful.
Miss Sereleaf-Oh. Mr. Blank, this is so
sudden.
Boston Transcript: Greene Miss Wllter
has brought suit against Ulfkln for breach
of promise, naming her damages t 150,000.
Gray Funny about women. If he had
married her she would by this time, per
haps, be telling him that he is absolutely
worthless.
Yonkers Statesman: Mrs. Work Hni
your husband improved any since you mar
ried him?
Mrs. Shirk Oh. yes. Before we wen
married he used to fasten his suspendert
with a nail. Since our marriage I havi
taught him to sew on a button.
THE E.D OF THE HARVEST.
(Copyrighted, 1902. by Grace Duffle Boylan.)
Now, humbled by the steel, the ripened
grains
Lie prone upon the fields of yesterday.
And summer, like a spirit free from chain!
And careless of old pledges, flies away.
With slumbrous eyes and features lily pnlt
And pulse unqulckened by the world'!
alarms.
Life sits apart, within a hallowed vale.
And clasps her gathered roses In h?r
arms.
Oh, season of completed joy and woe.
Oh, harvest moon, when those who sow
must reap;
Or, basely meek, In stranger meadows go
And stoop to take what others scorn t
keep!
Who chooses now the day is past and done,'
To take what is his meed and make no
moan,
I hold as nobler, braver than the one
Who bends to glean where wiser men
have sown.
Let him who sows the whirlwind take thi
yield !
For seasons upon seasor.s wax and wane,
And who shall say that in a tare-set field
There may not wave a yellow sea ol
grain?
Shall God, the Master of the harvest, lend
With hand Impartial all that we must
sow,
And rind no pity for us In the end.
When blighted seeds have failed to spring
and grow? .
In some the weevil of dead years lies deep:
And some are empty husks of rust and
mold:
In some forgotten wrongs have lain asleep,
A heritage of evil manifold.
Let him who sows his portion take the yield
Ana. patient, grind nis unter Dread alone.
And undlshonored. In dishonored field,
Refuse to glean an acre not his own!
GRACE DUFFIE BOYLAN.
Thanksgiving.
Dinner!
Who will provide these dinners for your
loved ones next year and all subsequent
years if you should not live?
We t. Ill guarantee to do so.
F. W. FOSTER, Agt.
Penn. Life Insurance Co.
Office 522 Bee Building.
Call me bv Dhone Office. 1817. residence
F-3JU6.
Manager.
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