THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBUR& k
SIGNS OF REVOLT IN
REPUBLICAN CAMP
Fcrrnar Speaker McClaln De
clined to Talk For Ticket.
THE FAITHFUL ALARMED
Nomination of Stobcr H.13 Not Molli
fied the Lancaster Republicans or
Appeased the Just Wrath of the
"Red Ross" of That County.
Among; tho orators
of l nil, lvanla
who were expected
to participate in I
the opening of (ho Hop
palgn at Allentown la-el
n. McCIain. of Lancaster
nous. Mr. McCIain was s
house of representative s i
during till' session of 1!
lean cam-!
an cam
k. Frank
couspio-
',V( I
v. a
iter of tho
Han -islinr
The po
litical upheaval follow In;; the Iniquities
of the session of '' ' had admonished
the machine managers that it was ne
cessary to make nl hast a pretense of
Improvement, and Mr. McC'lain was
made speaker as a concession to the
decent element of his parly.
Speaker JieClain is known variously
ns the "Silvor-Tongned Roprosentrt
tive" and the "Red Rose of Lancaster."
A man of good Impulses ami pif;.ed
with oratorical powers of exceptional
merit, he Is groat iy In demand on the
"stump." It was said at the time that
the nomination of J. A. Stoher for
state treasurer was more for the pur
pose of enlisting the active help of
McClaln In the campaign than to honor
Stoher. There is a tradition that Lan
casterlans hold together under all cir
cumstances, anil It was believe J that
the nomination of a Lancaster man,
however had, would guarantee the ser
vices or McCIain.
Events have proved that, this ex
pectation has been disappoint! tl. how
ever. Mr. McCIain was invited to be
the principal orator at the opening
meeting, which is regarded as the
most important of the campaign. That
honor is usually bestowed on Penrose
himself, and it is said that he covets
:t. But exigencies this year suggested
.hat it be used as a bait for Frank
McCIain. 13ut it didn't work. On the
lay of the meeting be failed to appear,
snd his abi ence was explained by a
statement that he had been called to
Pittsburg on unavoidable legal busi
ness. As a matter of fact Mr. McCIain is
not a lawyer and bad no legal or any
other kind of business in Pittsburg on
'.he day of the Allentown meeting. Ho
vasn't in Pittsburg at all on that day.
jut was quietly pursuing his own af
fairs at home, the contemplation of
.he consternation In Allentown on ac
count of bis absence, no doubt, being
i considerable source of enjoyment to
,iim. The following Harrisburg dis
patch, published in the Philadelphia
.tecord the day after the meeting,
,lves the real reason for McClain's ah
;tnce from Allentown:
Harrisburg, Pa., Sept. 11.
There is trouble in the Republi
can political cp nip not only trou
ble, but revolt. The manner in
which the dictators of t lie organi
zation rode rough-shod over the
opponents of John F. Cox for
speaker of the house and lashed
the friends of Frank P.. McClaln,
of Lancaster, may have some ef
fect on the campaign this ye-ar.
It will be remembered that to
mollify Lancaster county for the
turning down of MeCk'.iu the last
Republican state convi ntion nomi
nated ox-Senator Stobcr, from
Lancaster county, for siate treas
urer. This was not only to mol
lify Lancaster county but to brimj
McCIain, a pla in spoken man,
back into the told ttnd secure his
services cu the stump. McCIain,
however, baa not given the lepst
hint that he Is reconciled to die
situation. It is said that he la
still sma. ting under the pnnlsn
ment inflicted on him at the or
ganization of the hu.t hous-e, when
it departed from a time immemor
ial custom and refused to give him
a second term as speaker.
Among the speakers announced
for the Republican garl.: ring near
Allentown today was McClaln, but
he- was not present. McCIain was
In Harrisburg yesterday, and told
some of his friends that he did not
propose t' attend the Allentown
meeting today. This is all dm
more significant, as both Sisson,
the candidate for auditor general,
and Stoher. of Lancaster, the Re
publican candidate tor s'nto treas
urer, wore at the meeting and
opened the campaign, alter a man
ner. In expressing his determina'ton
not to ta,.e part in the campaign
the former speaker was very em
phatic, an 1, despite the fact liint
his county supplied the candidate
for state 'reaMtrer, the "Red Rose
of Lnricaster" will not lift his
silver-tongued voice i:i behalf of
the tlclu t this year. And the
question is be inn; fislud whether
there are nitmv more like Mc
Claln in the state.
President Taft said In tils brief
-oech at Springfield. Mass, cn Wed
;sday, that the people had voted him
J5.000 "for traveling expenses." That
is Inaccurate. The people obey thf
.ws and tho organic law of the land
jrbids such an appropriation. Con
fess voted that money and in aeccpt
:; it tho president violated tho con-
Itutlon and lib oath of office. Tho
:iief magltftrato nf a great republic
aght to bo more careful in speech.
Tho Philadelphia machine is trying
Btuff the registry list with as much
al as It use! to stuff tho ballot
ixes. nut tho people are wise to I lie
indltiona end the harvest will be a
lull jail.
THE SEVENTH AMENDMENT
Machine Plan to Drprlve the People of
the Right to Vcte For Election Offi
cers a ''Staggering Innovation."
(From (lie Philadelphia Record.
Among the proposed amendments to
tho state constitution which will 1"
submitted to the voti rs for final radii
radon on Nov. t! is one (Number
Seven) so nun tilling Article , Section
1 1. iroviilini- for (ho i hoieo of district
election hoa'-iis by (lie citizens ot t:"
districts, as In empower the general!
assembly, at its option, to change tl.oj
method of choice by maUlnii the boards
appointive In-uead of elective In the
cities of the itate. The only limit, pc,
upon (lie power of the general iiss 'tii-j
lily In I'uacting such a change In the
law Is the n-euiremcnt that the laws.
Khali he uniform tor i itles of the same
class. This is a most st"i!;riini; Inno
vat ion.
It will not be denied that, the voters
In the cities of this state have been)
culpably rem! -s in tho selection of duly J
qualified and honc-t men to receive;
end count the ballots. Hut the tiuht o
vine in ti lil ii : -, 11 b" (iiken nwnv n.t
ti, 1-if:,i to secure tic proper lastingj
nni1 '''Uintitr- i tii" vote, nmn,'-
j'lore, si". us nr.' not wanting oi a gen-i
real awakening m die part of die cid-j
ins to long re :! ( !( duties and re-.
I siiotisihiiil iec. !i. yecti a revi val o''
i public spirit is hound to result in tv
i marked impr..v cm. nt In the charae'er
lot election biiavls i l.osi n tin-icr the,
I present sy l em. !
I Amendment dumber Seven should
I be overw li' dminvly i! i'eated. U Is n
sheer, bald proposit i.m to hereafter
! )mt ii in the power cf the general as
seiiil'li Hi ;et line in jiiiwiuee o i ie-
liauehituv nil letup' municipal elect I ins
in the cities of the slate. It wiii never (
wmt out iis the retuniiers who origi-;
daily udvoeatd It intended. Thoyj
hould have looked to the future us'
v. ill as to the present. We may not
always have an honest governor to;
delegate the appointive, power to hon-i
est 'subordinates. We are not likely;
even now to have a legislature that,
could be trusted to keep faith with the
Committee of Seventy in framing new;
laws under the permissive provision
ol the proposed amendment, i ne pow-i
CI oi M'leeuiij; eiei i inn iimi-eir imiuuui
never be taken from the
people.
It Is not possible that Amendment
Number Seven should receive popular!
assent once its aim is exposed. The
alacrity with which two machine ma-1
Jorities in gang-owned legislatures put'
themselves behind the proposition is a,
sutlicient indication that it bodes nc. ;
good to the people. Every voter whr.
shall place an affirmative mark oppo
site Amendment Number Seven on
election day will be helping a corrupt:
political machine to disfranchise him. 1
To safeguard popular rights th
amendment must be beaten.
COLONEL POTTER ON QUAY
Veteran Reformer Pays His Respecti
to Memory of Arch Corruptionist.
At a meeting of the veteran reform
ers of Philadelphia the other evening
one of the hopes of the Republlcap
machine yas badly shattered. Foui
years ago the Lincoln Party men in
that city declared, until within a few
days before election, that they bad nc
Intention of interfering with political
conditions outside of the city. This
year the William Penn Party has as
mimed very much the same attitude
and the machine Republicans had be
gun to express tho hope that the old
Lincoln Party men would not only not
support tho Democratic state candi
dates, but that they are indifferent to
the success of Mr. J. Clarence Gib-
bony, the Democratic and Penn Party
nominee for District Attorney.
To refute nil rumors on that point
and for the purpose of setting them
selves in a proper light before the
public these veteran reformers held a
meeting the other night at which Cc l
onel Sheldon Potter and ethers spoke,
and Mr. Rlarikcuhurg. who was pre
vi nted by sickness from attending,
wrote a letter which was read. Dur
ing his speech Colonel Potter said of
the Quay statue:
In a few davs there will be placed !
in n niche in the pht-e where Pounsyl-j
vnnla's hemic sens should be honoi e 1
th.. fitntno nf n ire.ii who u-na tho nrini o'
.f eiii-i-milioliits im.l whoce n'ltv fntllnl
wns bis nmver to enslave men to do ns
ho dictated. This proclaims that w
Peniisylvaninns have sold our liberty.
It tan only be done either because,
public conscience is dead or because;
we hold to') lightly our liberties. The,
bitter seems tho trulh. especially hr
Philadelphia, where we willingly sup-1
port a robber contractors' government'
and permit them to s e-al from us tho'
one thins most sacred to an American'
citizen his ballot
We can see no great reason whv any
of tho proposed constitutional amend-
ments should be adopted, but we can
see very many grave l easonn w hy tho
seventh proposed umondmcnt should
bo defeated. In the firs': place. It would;
take from the citizen (ho most Import-'
art of his oleeiorn 1 rights.. Wo nre a'l,
more Interested in the t lection of a I
president than In tln.t of a Judge oi" i
election, but as, a mutter of fact thoj
local ofilcc Is tho more important to i
tho average citbin. lietddcs, upon thol
character of thf? b;tion boards de
pends the Integrity or the ballot. If the
citizen abdicates bis :Ic!it to a Tolce
in the selection of tha election toards
he consents to an form 'of ballot
frauds and electoral immorality which
the majority parly vu.iy choose to im
pose. For these am! dozens of other
reasons voto against the proposed con
stitutional amend nje'it marked No. 7.
No self-respe; tbi'T man could boll
his bend up amoj ; his associates If
for any reason bo was disfranchised
by processes of tr.e law. Yet a man
who disfranchises himself by failure
to rerrister. nav hi-' trxes and conform
!o the requirt un-un of tho ballot laws'
In other respects is disfranchised by
the processes of law. There Is timo yet
for the delinquents to get in, but to
make ccrtuln
busy at once.
thev would better get
A young r.iiin v. ho voted on ago last
year must pay a ntato or county tax
In order to vota this ?ar. This tax
must be paid on or before the 2d of
October, moreover,
SAY THEY MAY SUE
Harrisfcarji Republican Offl
pi
HsIJgrs Sisal Appellation
of .iiollisr Party.
MOST DEC? CLAM OR SUFFEil
Real l.ircolu
Make Prfip
Party Men Want to
r Ucs ci" Their Nr.rr.e,
Cut Are f'c!!cd by Trick of n.o;iu'o
lican Mr.chinc Cmisaries.
The (lo-.-perate straits to which the
Repnhiier.n maihlr.e las bei n reilne
id ir leicah l in a l.!.U v.hbh has
jit; i bei :i ( '," ;, d i larrisburg. A
few dais aeo rienih"!',; of the Lineol.i
1'nily wi 'H to tin' Slav lapitrd with
the ie', of pr.-i m;i. 1.1
der w hieii they have 1
lot m Muno of tile aim
phia for throe or lour
; the name mi
en 1 1 yiiii; to re
vs in Phi! id-h
years ami ill ;
coven 1 d.al
fore them ;:
oll-'-rs had been there b'
d taki n the name.
Of coU'i-e ti'i y were t'.fe;.ily su;
pibel it; this (urn of affairs and set
nl.e.ii! to ascertain who the parties
who had fans taken liliertb-s with theii
party appella'ion are and what, pur
pose they huw in mind. They dis
covered tb.it tl:e precniptors in this
case are a let of Dauphin county of
fice holders, the purpose of whom Is
nol tl) s.. t!u. ;l,m, for the purpos
of promoting
others from
reform, but
doing that.
to prevent j
It was a
scurvy trick. !
That these machine politicians are
likely to get Into trouble as a result
of their dick may be inferred from
the following dispatch from Harris
burg. In preempting n party appella
tion it is necessary for the petition
ers to swear that they are members of
that party if it is a party already In
existence. If the Ilarrishurg office
holders have taken such an oath they
have simply purjured themselves and
ought to b- prosei tiled and punished
for the crime.
Following is the dispatch:
Ilarrishurg. Pa.. Sept. 23. Pome oi
the party workers of the Republican
ranks in lliurisburg who are on the
court bouse pay roll as olliee attache
are liable to get into trouble if cer
tain contemplated proceedings are ear
ried out by men connected with what
was known as the Lincoln party.
It appears that some of the Inde
pendent. Republicans In the state in
tended to get out a state ticket nndel
the appellation Lincoln for the put pose
of placing the Democrade state candi
dates on It all over the state, nnd in
Philadelphia placing the names of the.
Penn parly county candidates umlei
the same heading.
Rut their i::te:i!ions were foiled fol
the time, for on looking up informa
tion tliey discovered that tne party ap
pollution of Lincoln had already been
pro-caipto'l by
oibcehohlcrs w
a parly or llarriaimrg i
10 draw salaries at the .
court bouse.
On July 12, 19'j'J, five ofilceholderu
filed notice in the olliee of the pro
tbenntary ami u'.'.-o at the state do
pann.iri. that they bad pre-empted
the name of Lincoln party lor the pur
pose of n.:.i,iiig nominations of state
candidates to be voted for at tho gen
tral election in November.
These facts being ascertained by the
real I inco'.r party, the later is now
considering die matter of bringing suit
to compel lite oiliceholders to abandon
their ilaiui to the party nppel'ution ol
Lii'tolu an t also of beginning a crim-
nal suit, lor perjury, alleging that
v " die r.pplieatfon was made the
above mi miored paitb-s swore that
v adopted the name Lincoln with a
view of having (he exclusive light to
US'! it ill the Stat'' lit tile general
nso it in the stat'- lit tile
tion next Novc-ii'ber and
le---
Ill3
1 tion next Novc-ii'ber and of "making
nominations of candidates to be
voted
for nt said i lection."
On tho part of die original Lincoln
party men it Is il tltr.e.l that the men
who have taken their party name have
not nominated a state or any i.tho
ticket, rind when th"y swore iliat they
intended to do so they hr.d no Idea of
carrying out their duclnra'lon, thereby
making themselves, amen.tble fi the
law. A number of the original Lin
coln pnrly p"oph have h"on consult
ing with, a view to hoc inn ins; proceed,
ings. and should thev bor-'ln" they will
l"111 mutters
i a finish.
Recilio an Old Story.
pieshki.t believes that the
uti.'i is, the best tariff ever in
which iter.ils the old story of
The
I'ayn'j
noted;
the r.ian who approached Sydir.y
Smith with t.Y; re. mirk. "Mr. Robin-.-on,
I believe." ".Sir," wr.s the reply,
"if you believe that you will believe
an ythtns."--Providence .Journal.
Re sure to p a state cf county t:ix
before tho li.l of October If you l.r.ve
not paid tuteii a t:u within two years.
It hi tho duty r.n 1 ought to bo tho do
sire of evcrv citizen to voio, and no
man can exercise that privilege unless
bo ban co np'.led with the requirements
of the 1-iY with respect t payln;;
taxes.
Tift a Prfeticsl Politician.
Prcsl ii.iit Roosevelt said, "You ami
I are practical men." Hut it remained
for Prccbieiil Taft to nay to tho mul
titude, "My parly and I are practical
politicians." Louisville Courier-Jour-
ta'
Pros! lent Taft Is so ca,roIe33 ehout
ilet ping promises that ho has become
reckless In malting tlym. Hut after
his union on the tariff question It
really makes little difference what
piomlses he makes,
SJ .vlpe the ocventh proposed amend
ment to the constitution. It is an
atrocity, a delusion and a snare.
A CUKIUUS bouiUUtNCE
All Those Who Helped Samuel Salter
to Cheat the Law end Escape
Punishment For Stuffing Bal
lot Boxes Greatly Favored.
At the time that Samuel Salter wan
tried for the stuMing of ballot hoxoi
In Philadelphia. John Weaver wr'
(he district attorney and Judge Von
Moschziskcr one of his assistant.
Soon afterward Weaver was promote 1
to (lie oflleo of mayor of the city an !
was slated lor governor, which ('.'.-
tlmtlon he would probably have r n.-h-rd
If he hadn't broken with the ma
chine in the matter of the sellln..; o,"
(he gas works.
Two of his nsslstanta have since
been promoted to the ofllce of Jitdg'
of the court and Mr. Mosehziskcr Is
the nominee of the machine for Jus
tice of the supreme court. He prob
ably earned the promotion In advance
of his colleague by his preposterous
decision allirming the validity of the
law Increasing the salary of judges in
commission. Judge IJarrall would
hardly have done that absurd tiling.
These incidents justify the belief
that in the opinion of the machine (he
saving of Samuel Salter from Just
punishment for one of the gravest,
crimes in the catalogue was a valuable
public service to be rewarded gener
ously by the people. Alter the break
between John Weaver and the ma
chine It was openly ( barged nml has
not ben denied (hat the district at
torney's ofi'ii e was aware that the jury
had been fixed to acquit Salter.
What part Von Mosehziskcr played
In the fane of trying Salter after the
jury had been fixed to acquit him has
not been revealed. Put the case could
not have been manipulated as it. was
... . . . . , , , ,
without his knowledge and aequies
cence unless be is a born stupid.
. ,. -
QUAY STATUE JUST JUNK
Lies In Storage Warehouse Subject to
Sale For Fees Ere Long.
Surrounded by boxes, hales, pack
ages and bundles, the Quay statue re
posop In a storage warehouse in liar
lisburg just plain Junk.
Two weeks ago, in pursiianecof or
dors from David II. Lane, one i f th.
nHtnbetR of the Quay statue conitnis
rlon. Sculptor Hitter shipped the mar
ble to Ilarrishurg. directed to itov
ernor Stuart as president of the board
of public grounds and buildings, but
the latter body would not shoulder it.
and placed the burden of selecting n i
. . , . , . J, i ., i . . xil. ' " . "!
orders to Mr. Hitter to plant the statue
on a site selected for Cousin Matt h
Matue by "Cousin Sam" Ponnypacker.
but Mr. Hitter has failed (o move.
The Pennsylvania railroad freight
ofllcials needed the room in the freight
shed occupied by the statue, and hav
ing no information when it would bu
callel for, directed that it be taken tc
the Ilarrisburg Storage company')
warehouse. There is no word from
anybody whose place it is to look nf
tcr it, and unless the statue Is called
for it will he sold for storage expenses
at the expiration of the legal time
limit.
Meantime the Quay statue is junk
In a storage warehouse.
of cattle which were being driven by
That Pcwerless Tariff Commission, jco.vhoys.
Although Taft's new tariff commls- "None of you men ever saw a cat
slon will have luxurious quarters in ! tie roundup, did you?" inquired the
Washington, with a retinue of experts real estate dealer.
and clerks, with fat salaries and plenty j There was a chorus of answers in
of money for traveling abroad and at i the negative.
home, theirs Is not going to be a bed "Well, that's what's go'ng on over
of roses. That enfant terrible of pro i there. I'll Just run you over to the
tecdon, Wilbur F. Wakenian, ex gen ! place and we'll watch 'em a while."
oral appraiser of customs, has already ! The automobile was headed In the
opened war on the commission. In be j direction of the gathering herd of cat
lip. If of the American Protective Tarifl ! tie and soon attracted the attention
Lcitgue he proclaims its distrust and ; of the cow boys. They gesticulated at
his own of the three commissioner?
whom President Taft has hosi n to
collect, turllf dam for use same mote
or loss remote period In the dim fu
ture. Philadelphia Record.
Death cf Governor Johnson.
In the death of Governor Johnson,
of Minnesota, the nation loses in ire
than a favorite son be was a civic
hero. Ills type of manhood, his stand
ard of citizenship, his pluck, and lii.i
character combined to make of him
not only one of the forefront figures in
tho public eye, but they havo com
blued In making of bis life that kind
which Uvea for good in tho hearts o!
tho people, the kind which makes a
monument of example rather than that
of eulogy chiseled upon gravestones.
And as was his public career, clean
nnd courageous, so was his private
life, nob'.o and kind and Christian.
Willlnnispcrt Sun.
Wealth Wins In Both Instances.
In saying that the rich litigant has
tho Test of it at law, tho president
might add that the rich lobby hail tho
best of It In making the tariff law for
which he apologized when ho signed
It. Louisville Courier-Journal.
One Matter Elucidated. !
President Taft's praise of Senator j
Aldrich shows how little a man who Is i
drawl ag a salary ot 5io.UdO a year
known of tho tribulations of the ulti
mate consumer. Dallas News.
Read tho leglslativo records of A. 12.
Slsson and J. A. Stoher which will bo
found in another column of this paper.
These records nre taken from the
Journal of the Senate, the official
thronlcle of that body and aro official
Jnd accurate. It will be seen that
they voted for every Iniquitous meas
ure considered by the Senate during
the sessions of Itnil and 119ti3.
Tho political conditions this year
aro precisely liko those of 1005 when
William II. Horry was elected state
treasurer by nearly lOi.onn majority.
The same result can bo brought about
this year If tho Demo: rats of Pennsyl
vania aro ecj'ir.lly violent and energetic.
AUTO BUSTING
BV COWBOYS
Unwritten Rules Which Are Rig
idly Enforced in the Ranch
Region of Texas
i JOY WAGONS IN GENERAL USE
The Range Riclera Do :iot Permit Any
Undue Liberties to Be Taken In
Running the Machines Shooting
Up of Automobiles Common.
There are ceil
that must be rig
toiuobllsts In th
Western Texas.
in unwritten rules
dly observed by nil
; ranch region of
The joy rider soon
conies to grief in this part of tho
country.
The automobile is in general use in
the range t i ritory, but the cowboys
do not permit any undue liberties to
be taken In tunning the machines.
The shooting up of automobiles by
cowboys is a common practice. This
method of bringing an automobile to
a stop Is not used unless the cowboy
thinks that be has not been treated
with proper consideration.
An Instance occurred near Prady n
few days ago. Dick Davis started
from there on a thirty mile trip to bis
ranch in Concho county. He wan driv
ing his automobile himself and had
no passenger, lie was In a hurry to
I 1 .11 II IIIC Iftllt II illllt II Ol IH'l lien, l
. . . . .. . .
......!. tl... .....t .1 M ..liLnrl'n
U I 1111 n til IIIC l, 111 c'.n itini uv)ii ill
this part of the country.
He was spinning along nt a high
speed when he rame upon a drove of
mules In charge of a man on horse
back who enrried a rllle In a scabbard.
Instead of bringing the automobile to
a stop when he came upon the mules
Mr. Davis sped right past them, caus
ing a stampede. A moment later
three quick reports of a rllle were
heard and the automobile's two rear
tires collapsed.
"The bullets knocked the machine
completely out of commission," Mr.
Davis said in telling of the affair. "The
man with the mules got his stray unl-
mnls
together and continued with
them down the road.
I knew that he
was 1',Kt. 80 1 dll,n 1 ,rv t0 round
mm
up."
A man from Ohio opened a real es
! Into ofllce at Sweetwater recently nnd
! bought n big automobile In which to
j convey customers over the t.ountry.
; He had an cxpeiietico on his first trip
that taught him a lesson.
I Ho had four Missouri land prospoo
tors in liis automobile and was on the
j way to look at some land about forty
miles south of Sweetwater. In order
i to make a short cut to the property
I he was crossing a big pasture. In the
distance could be seen large numbers
the auto, but the signs were not un
derstood by tlio.e at whom they were
directed. The cattle wore beginning
to snort and were on the verge of a
stampede win n two of the cow boys
pulled their six shooters and began
to lire at the automobile. The bul
lets whizzed around the wheels.
"Here!" yelled one of the land
prospectors to the real estate dealer,
"ret us out of here quick:"
The real estate man wanted to get
away from the scene as badly as his
companions and he lost no timo In
turning the automobile luotmd nnd
spinning away ns fast as (he machine
could go.
Many of the ranch broneoes aro not
used to automobiles, nnd when one of
these animals Is being ridden by a
cowboy and conies upon an automo
bile In the road the chauffeur who
knows the customs of the region stops
and keeps the machine quiet until the
horse ! nd rider have gone by and are
u safe distance on tho other side.
It3 Meaning.
Walter is a small boy from the mill
district, who became a member of our
Sunday-school after u Christinas tree
, to which he bad been Invited. "Wal
i tor. c!o yon know the Lord's Prayer?"
I bis teacher asked, "Nome," replied
small Walter. "You do not know
'Our Father Who Art Mi Heaven'?"
"Oh, yassum, that's Mis' Marjlo's
prayer." "Mis' Marjlo" is Walter's
weekday teacher. After expl. lining
the prayer Miss (I. asked. "Do you
know what 'amen' at tlw end means?"
Walter's face brightened as ho re
plied, "Yasstim, hit means now you
done, git up." The Delineator.
Valt for the Pigment.
Sunburn after six or eight days
brings pigment out Into the skin a
spinal nerve protective phenomenon
not oecirriiis in paralytics nnd this
protects against further sunburn, but
if the mistake is made of getting an
other ilose of sunburn before pigment
la deposited, Injury is added to Injury
and burn to burn.
Clear Through a Man.
If a linked man lies cm a photo 111m
the sun will go right straight through
him and blacken the (Urn. This shows
the most powerful known natural
force to penetrate or get inside of a
man.
EMULATING! BYGONE
VARIETIES.
llcietit discoveries In Opto show
that the wasp waist, tho corset, tho
elbow tleevo and the short spreading
skirt were famill.ir to tho civilization
if that inland four thousand years
ago. llmv inslgnlllcan! though still
interesting, b 'side such n revelation,
la John Colby Abbott's exhibition, up.
on which these cotutncTits are founded,
i,f Marie Antulniiete's straw hut, whii-;,
even exceeds to-day's "Merry Widow"
in Its extravagance of Inches!
In emulation of bygone dandles,
t"! it appeared nt the London operi a
few seasons ago carrying ornate ta.s
soiled canes. The varicolored waist
c ut.; of the present moment are la
revival of a fashion oT the early si.
ties, v . hich w as In Its turn an echo
many times n n.ovnl of a vastly e:' ris
er original.
Livenlion pr ulitces new materials
for the dro: of men nml women nnd
cheaper ways of link In;; both the stu-f
I, ml the clothes There are feaihi r.-.,
l u e and glittering trimmings for tl.e
l.iirioiis ti 'V where once they w er .
for tli" thousvMV. Practically th o
ii'iy i.ew thin:; about a new fash I a
is the fresh !'i'.i:ii of tne generation
tl.:.', calls It, 1. H k.
pnriACHirjG.
.';i,t long ,u.o a writer In one of th
literary papery n marked that, th-'
itv-.-rav.e senium wt'.s. of all cro.id.-.
p-'odui don.'., the least likely to be pr
rvid. ai d l'o ailed attention to th
f.,i t that of all tne sermons proaehe '.
only i.ii inliniie ilnial part of tin:.!
had fo'.m '. their way lulu book form.
And the e are not read.
W hy Is It that a body of men wU
h..ve reci.'.Mil an academic education
emending over a large part of their
lives and whose training has been for
die sole purpose of expounding and
importing trulh, should yet say so
ry little that Is even worth repea'
h.g? This would seem to bo an un
answerable argument n;;alnst so-rilh 1
.earning.
A.i a matter tf fact, It is. Suppose
there was a Whole Dogma of Swim
ming one would lu'.ve to learn the
i on.paratlvo philology of Hebrew.
Creek. Sanscrit am! Latin would any
one ever leara to swim by such a
method?
COLLEGE COYS'
ENGLISH.
Complaint U made that the nvrr
nye Amcri.-an college boy speaks bad
Knj'lirh, nnd tpe:i!;3 It badly.
Rut isn't his KnOlsh as good ns th
thoughts he clotbej in It? Isn't thero
a relation between what he has to ex
press and his language?
A boy gets his language chiefly by
car at home, but if his mind expands
and the scope of his thoughts extends,
his vocabulary at leabt must expand
ah o.
Lincoiii learned language because,
apparently, he l.ad thoughts that in-sistc-J
upon being expressed. Seeing
bow thoughts were expressed in
Shakctpeare and the Hible, be learned
the trick from tho best schools.
THE SECRET Or
POVERTY.
Dr. Woods Hutchinson of New York
unlocked the secret of general pover
ty l:i an address at the American
.Vi'sctim of Natural History in Now
York when be said: "What is killin :
the pioplo of tl.i'i city may bo stated
as overwork, underfeeding, and over-
rov. diug; and two of these may be la
c'l.ii'il ii:. der one word 'underpaid '
TSie. message of the church .and o,'
medicine to-d'iy to die community is
ro' liive to die poor," but 'Don't take
.-. i.a-i ii ;;'..' ..y ti'- u tlu ui.' "
VTMEZUtiLA
ALSO.
The world Is n e.vlng. for sure. Rven
Venezuela ij falling into lino and get
tins! read to advance with the pro
cession of li-itlcns toward better con
ditions and freer Institutions. As sooa
as the dictator who had kept it in sub
j.ction and prevented any progress
vvo.j sal' !y on the other side of the At
lantic die people seized tho opportun
ity to put an end to his tyranny, and
t'. iy are now rejoicing in a liberty
which tiny have nut known for many
yi :;ra.
TIJ.S ENGLISH WALNUT
INDUSTRY.
The lapid gro vth of a neglected inde.-try
Is suggested by tho shipment
of :-evi:i hundred carloads of Kuglish
widnutj from California In one year,
tirii'iting an average price of 12 1"
centj per pound Not many years ago
the homo grown walnut w;i3 a curio. -ity
in this country. Now the groves
in, full bearii g ru worth $1,0U'J per
acie.
A POE
CRiTIC.
A man named Rrownell occupies
doze n or more page s of Scribnet a
.Magazine to tell -us thnt Fdgar Allen
I'ou was not a literary genius, that h"
hud no imagination nnd that he lacl
td culture. Perhaps, but will stun
one kindly Inform us who Mr. Rrow
nell is If any.
MYSTERIOUS
CHINA.
There is too much mystery concern
ing Chin.; Who knows but tho new
Kmperor may bo cutting anoint''
tooth? And yet the outside world la
kept In the dark.
It is claimed for tho Children's AM
Society thut 87 pur cent, of its little
wards. In over half u century, h.ivo
grovv.i up to efficiency. The percent
age of succeEE among the waif '
said to bo bighei "hun the average In
tho (mutilation at large. A bint to
nnreiitu iierliiiiia In make more of
specialty of training boys and girls lu
tht way they should go.
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