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Dint OMT. one year. three ilollara All mall tub--rlptlns
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000,000 pound of Weight If truncated Into
J2cent(melr shells would permit the bom
bardment of Dunkirk to continue, evdry nvo
mlnule, for about 1000 yen.
An for America, tlmt bllllon-dollar (rop
could furnish nn nrmy nnd navy which would
make even a militarist's notion of ''ade
quale" seem a timorous understatement;
while the fact tlmt If divided among tho
people of tlie cquntry It would give each
mint, woman and child only a ten-dollar
bill makes real preparedness seem an easy
matter, tint let people who Would cmb'nrlt
too hastily on bllllon-dollar expenditures
realize that tho vnlUc of the wheat crop
nuuiu cyi viviii. in u yvt vviim t ? i
capital of 120,000,000,000. The fact that that
figure Is more than half the tola! valuation
of all the farms of the United States sug
gests thnt the wheat farmer gotH a better
rate on his capital than the banker does on
his.
A PROFESSOR FOR
MEXICAN PRESIDENT?
Taglo, Who Openly Defied Diaz nnd
Hucrta, Stuck to the Practice
and Teaching of Law In
Mexico City
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Our Fiat Law North of the Isthmus
THERE Is every evidence that the Admin
istration ha a deflnlto Mexican program
In mind and Is prepared to put It Into opera
tion. Vera Crua, If seized again, will not
be so readily abandoned as before. Not tho
promise of peace, but pcaco Itself, Is tho
objectlvo of our policy, and we are resolved
to havo It, no matter -'hat the cost, Tho
purity of our motives has been vindicated
time and time again. Our sincerity cannot
bo questioned. "Wo havo. as a matter of fact.
endured more at the hands of tho exasper
ating Mexicans than wo would over havo
tolerated from uny nation of the first rank.
Our faith In democracy has caused us to he
deluded by the promises of a group of ban
dits masquerading as patriotic proletarians.
A traffic In .murder and plunder has been
going- on. One of the richest territories In
the world has been dovastuted. the Inhab
itants despoiled, tho churches ravaged.
Anarchy has reigned unchecked.- Our pa
tience has never been a virtue: It has been
an error, n 'mlstdkc. That at last Is clear
tb Washington and clear to nil Latin
America. But peace Is now definitely In
sight. The flat of the United States Is law
north of the Isthmus.
What Our Merchant Marine Needs
THE United States has never given Its
ocean-bearing trade a fair chance either
to establish Itself or to compete on even
terms with the rest of the world. For moro
than 80 years It has been the pUythlng of
politics, grossly neglected or restricted by
turns. Whereas our foreign commerce ought
to be leading tho world, we aro lagging; and
wo shall continue to lag until our navigation
laws aro determined, not by political expe
diency, but by our best brains and In th,c In
terest of the. whole country.
Had tho problem been approached with
wisdom and courage at tho start nnr rni.
tlon might now be all that EdmUnd Burke,
England's great statesman-phljosopher, pre
dicted for It when In his speech on Concilia
tlon with America ho said:
There la America, which at this day
isrves for little more than to amuse you
with stories of savage men and uncouth
manners, yet shall, before you taste death,
show Itself the equal to the whole of that
commerce which now attracts tho envy of
the world.
It la no one's fnult but our own that
Burke's prophetic vision has not benn moro
than realized.
Out for the Coin
PHILADELPHIA wnnts no "hnrmony"
Mayor; sho will endure no Mayor who Is
"neutral."
A "harmony" Mayor means a Mayor who
will agree to split n. hundred million of con
tracts between McNIchol nnd the Varcs.
A "neutral" Mayor means "a dead one,"
who would sit with eyes closed nnd llmbn
tight bound while slippery hands reached
Into the treasury tind emptied It of gold
The people want no "nuutral." They de
mand Instead n militant personality, a man
of Ideas nnd of Ideals, one who will "nation
alize," not pauperize, Philadelphia. To "na
tionalize" the city Is to give It a reputation
for good government, to make It tho prophet
of a new order of things In tho conduct of
municipal affairs, to murk It with n pro
gressive leadership among the great Ameri
can cities. These things a "neutral" would
not, could not, do.
A mollycoddlo endowed with the power of
a Samson, a Lilliputian In a Brobdlngnaglan's
seat, a sheep for a lion's whelp? Never!
The mantle of power In Philadelphia must
fall on the shoulders of a man able to bear
It worthily, a far-vlsloncd person; a maker
of opportunities; a doer, not a dreamer: a
person experienced In the methods of men,
keen of brain, Bharp In analysis, nnd, moro
than all else, ro honest that, he his mistakes
what they may, no question of his motive
or the Integrity of hlB purposo can arise.
The contractoru are hungry. They hive
been compelled for four years to maintain
their organizations, to ncccpt contracts at a
fair profit, in contrnst with the exorbitant
profit which they formerly exacted. They
want to moke up for lost time. Their mouths
aro watering. Their palms itch. They can
hardly wait for tho retirement of the old
War Horse of Reform, who has been a. bar
rier of granite to wlthstraln them. They are
lavish of promise. They take their followcrri
to the high mountain and tempt them with
the promise of spoils. They gloat over the
prospect. They are bo greedy that they uro
willing to fight one another. The wolves
have not yet got together. November ' Is
their Alps, beyond which lies the Italy they
Intend to plunder, But they'll never tunnel
through, and a "neutral" candidate will en
counter a chilly reception In attempting to
lead them over.
Who tho candidates are to be the public
will soon know. The brand of "neutral" or
"harmony" will be enough to ruin the chances
of any one of them. Saloon talk Is that
"the Gang can win with n cur dog this year."
But the voters, wo surmise, would not heBl-
By ELLIS RANDALL
TO PERHAPS the majority of the look
ers' on It's woreo thart hunting for a nee
dle In n hnystnek this search for a Mexican
or group of Mexicans capable or worthy of
national leadership. Name after name has
been discarded from
the list of "possibili
ties" until out of tho
turmoil In Mexico, mil
itary and political,
whatever the differ
ence Is, n new name
has arisen to com
mand serious atten
tion. In many quar
tern MnnucI Vnsqucz
Tngle Is looked upon
ns tho logical choice
for provisional Presi
dent of tho republic,
to hold office until by
tf-ittuf Hut Innnl trnpn
dure a successor to Madero tan bo elected
As It is utterly wasteful of tlmo nnd energy
to prognosticate concerning Mexican nffalts.
tho part which Tagle may play In coming
events muy ns well be left to mere guess
work or rise to coming events themselves.
Ho still remains a "dark horse" all the
darker because his name lino been adver
tised by n well-known gentleman named
Pnnchn Vllln llnuni-r. n mini uMin lini
btaved all dlctatoitr since Poiflrlo Diaz nnd
is still nllvo and has waxed In Inflnpnen In
that turbulent period Is hardly likely to bo
at nil subservient to Villa or anybody else.
At least ho meets one requirement, and thnt
Is thnt ho manifestly docs not icprcsent tho
Clentirico party, which the American Gov
ernment declines to recognize.
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Pubirdty as a Debt Collector
UNCLE SAM has a. little bill-collecting to
do, and In casting about for the most ef
fective method to realize on his bad debts he
has selected publicity.
Last summer, when the sudden outbreak of
the war left thousands of American tour
lots stranded in Europe, the Government
went to their relief. Uncle Sam generously
paid hotel -bills and landed the needy tour
Isto safe and sound on American soil. This
Old was furnished wjth the distinct under-
j. earliest opportunity.
The trouble-raakers were those who appar
ently think it perfectly legitimate to beat the
Government. They are the type who feel
that they have done no wrong when they
vado paying their fare on the street car or
train But .wait unt Uncle Sam gets after
them with his weapon of publicity, On Oc
tober I all t.hdBe debtors who Investigation
has proved are able to pay will find their
names and the circumstances of their In
debtedness published broadcast.
There ought to be no double standard of
honesty It Is just as dtahonut tnVhui i.
Customs House collector, the Government or
the alleged soulless corporations aa it is to
defraud a fellow citizen,
What Whtt Would Do
THIS year of all years brings bumper
crops. With war eating away the wealth
of Europe and the warriors gone from the
harvest fields, the terrible utraln that this
might be expected ip put urt tlie American
wheat market has been bountifully met.
There will be a bJMon bushehj of wheat,
where only 896.000.000 grew In 1914 and
where no previous year's rop had ever ex?,
ewded 763.000.090. The added, demands of
Swrope-iready shown I9 the increase, of
tw fooa export um mmm to jsoj,-
e,WSwill kwp the r p and bring the
farmer- Wilton WUr from wheat alone.
StawU wonder pagma worshiped Nature'
tot wat part could thU gicmstie yield
ply t ibe Oreat War if th lttUe Powwi,
rttirt m it alone? The fclHjdiHkir pro.
M4a ftwu Aatertean wha would kep
Wwl sB bwit two ramHi, yftas lf
11 tb twelve nation at war attempted to
ftnee their campaigns with t the conflict
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A Fair Trial Fairly Won
CUSTOMARY prison methods have been In
vogue In ono form or another for cen
turies. If they have been of any great value
In reforming criminals, the fact Is not writ
ten down In the records. The new plan with
which Thomas Mott Osborne has been ex
perimenting at Sing Sing has been In vogue
a few months. There are records to prove
that In some Instances, at any rate. It has
been successful.
"It has been my purpose from the start,"
says Governor Whitman, "to lot the Osborne
plan havo a fair trial." That Is nil Mr.
Osborne has over asked, and It Is nil that
the friends of Improved prison management
havo ever expected. They are content to let
results tell the story.
The refusal of the Governor to oust Osborne
means, of course, that some hungry politician
will have to do without a Job. But the pub
lic as a whole, we suspect, will be content
to havo a warden whose object to to reform
and benefit the convicts, rather than a
warden who would be satisfied to follow
ancient methods, provided his pay check
arrived with regularity.
The Kaiser at Home in Tammany Hall
WHAT about our own Kaisers? What
about our Prussians of politics? Is
there no trace. In the Institutions and men
which guide our cities' lives, of thnt nth..
form of spiritual and material bosslsm
against which Europe is arrayed?
If ever the Kaiser la turned out pf Pots
dam he should find comfort In Tammany
Hall In all the Tammnny nala ot Ameri
can city government. There he should meet
an efficiency to warm his heart. There ho
should encounter a despotism built as firmly
as his own on the terrorism of armed force,
fused most miraculously with the self-ln
tjrest of subject peoples, And there he
jeuld ultimately find a parallel of his own
detrutlon-yie benevolent d?spot struck
down by aq organized democraoy that sees
the ultlnjaje and basic interests of hu
mamy. "
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they can win without guns.
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atjr tta Yri tb.ontraets and they care
not who may be Mayor,
The nm thji; Mr. Oarrapza knows he'll
be arrested for disturbing the peace.
There la one thing eertaln about the Itr.
terstau Ownmeree Cowmtwign-nobody ctt
teli from paju decisions what lt flWi
1 going to be.
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Hoir to the Headship
Taglc was Minister of JuBtlro In the Cab
inet of Francisco Madero nnd did not resign
his position on the assumption of power by
Hucrta. He Is therefore proposed ns the
Jcgltlmnto successor to tho vacancy at tho
head of tho constitutional government cro
ntoil by tho death of Madero.
The claim Is mado by the Currunzistus
that Tnglo has no legnl title lo the offlco
of President because, they argue, when Mn
tlcro resigned Just before his death all the
r.iembern of his Cabinet Ipso facto became
private citizens. Article Rl of the Mexican
Constitution piovldes that In the event of
a default of the President or Vice President
tlie otder of succession shall run through
the Cabinet, beginning with the Minister of
Foreign Affairs.
It Is urged by Tngle's friends that his cre
dentials, aside from his ability and personal
prestige, consist of the following facts: Tho
uprising against tho usurpation of Hueta
was founded on tho purposes of restoring
constitutional order In Mexico. Tho Gov
ernment of which Hucrta pretended to bo
the Chief Executive was denounced as ille
gitimate and was without lawful sanction.
Madero resigned at the urgent suggestion
of his friends nnd relatives nnd hntuin.i Ma
resignation to Pedro Lnscurnln, Minister of
Foreign Relations, who, In turn, caused tho
same to bo presented to the Congress, which
accepted It. Thereupon Lascurnln himself,
by operation of law, succeeded automatical
ly to the Presidency, and Rafael Hernandez,
Minister of Interior, and Ernesto Madero',
Minister of Finance, having resigned, ho
thereupon, under duress, appointed Huorta
ns Minister of tho Interior and followed It
with his own resignation ns President. Ma
dero, Lascuraln, Hernandez and Ernesto Ma
dero having rotlrcd from office, tho Cabinet
officer next In succession under the law was
Vasquez Tugle, Minister of Justice, who
had not resigned, nnd had not Lnacuraln ap
pointed Huerta as Minister of the Interior
under duress, then Vasquez Taglo ns Minis
ter of Justice became entitled in rvnurv.. .,
presidential chair under tho terms of Article
81 of tho Constitution.
On the Outs With Diaz
Manuel Vasquez Tagle. who is mnrried and
has one dnughter. was born in Mexico City
September 14,1854. His family had long been
prominent in Mexican affairs, nnd Taglo
himself hold office in tho Diaz Government.
Following a disagreement with tho Presi
dent, however, he retired from public llfo
and devoted his tlmo to tho practice of
law, which ho has found very lucrative It
was said of him that ho was ono of the fow
successful men of Intellect In Mexico City
In tho prolonged reign of Diaz who was not
contaminated by tho atmosphere of corrupt
politics, Diaz and Tagle, Indeed, were sworn
cuvi meg.
That Huerta feared Taglo for his qulot
force of character Is evident. Huerta never
molested him. Taglo never feared Huerta,
but stayed In Mexico City after tho usurpa
tion and continued to practice law.
Huerta had many good reasons for hating
this man to whom his threats meant nothing
Ono day in the National Palace, when Madero
was nominally President but virtually the
prisoner of Huerta, Huerta announced his
Infamous plan "to serve tho country." In the
room were Madero and several members of
his Cabinet. Huerta tendered his hand to
Lascuraln. who took It, Hernandez, it Is said,
likewise went through the ceremonv. hut
when the turn enme for Madero, the man
who was soon tojdle exclaimed; "I will not
shake hands with a dirty traitor!"
With a ahrug of his shoulders Huerta
turned to Tagle. who simply folded his arms
and answered: "No."
Huerta's Unfulfilled Threat
"Well. God help you!" exclaimed Huerta
white with the insult. Tagle made no com-'
ment, went out and returned to the practice
of his profession. He addejl to Jt then a pro.
fessorshlp n the law schoql, the ohaIr of
Civil law-
Since that time neither Huertlstas, nor
Carranzlstas. nor Vllilstaa. nor Zapatistas
nor any of the factional leaders or foHowwa
who have come and gone In Mexico City
have disturbed the lawyer-professor. He
has attended strictly to business and bowed
neither to right nor left, Tho moba haya
never loqteU hlo home nor' stopped his a,uto
moblfe on the streets. Most certainly he is
n mnn nut of the ordtoaFV.
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WHOM THE GODS LOVE BBAVE MEN
A Modern Instance Recalls the Heroic Courage. With" Which a
Great- Romancer and a Great Humorist Met the
Test of Financial Failure.
a. man out of the orditutry.
PeNhance th future ik furnish new
proof q(. his (B4cpidene and couraet. It'
la already vWfn.t thai h Is not a re.volu.
tionist of the type wMct, has eroutiht the
name Into disgrace. If his BOfipanppaUan
to the civil strife at the last fow yotug ihim
that he knew its futility and foil, ho n....
be credited with powesslng Um aapfage of
coautttin sense.
rTIHK nIHrr ATnrrrnw mnntur nf flnnn-n ll.qpri
to Insist that character Is the very best
kind of security. Though probably a good
many honest men have encountered greater or
less difficulties In tho effort to obtain loans
of money, nevertheless business pays homage
to character and character pays dividends in
business, as elsewhere. A good Illustration
of tho respect In which downright manli
ness Is held In the money markets Is con
tained In an editorial in tho Wall Street
Journal:
"A preacher In Brooklyn, the Rev. Dr.
Newell ,Dvight Hlllls, the successor ot Henry
Ward Beecher and Lvmnn Abtintt nt tho
1 ugly old 'Plymouth' Church, which is almost
a national shrine, gavo letters of recommen
dation to two nephews nlno years ago. Ho
became a stockholder In a lumber company
they floated, and his liability wna, of course,
limited to tho amount of his stock. The en
terprise was a failure. No ono knows exnetly
how much was Involved, but Doctor Hlllls,
over a period of four years, paid off tho
stockholders to tho extent of $55,000 and two
notes, tho amount of which Is not specified,
"Sir Walter Scott nnd Mark Twain did like
wise, and Doctor Hlllls, with a publicity ho
probably does not desire, Joins the company
of two very brave and honorable gentlemen.
"Hero Is n preacher who practices what ho
preaches. Wall Street lends on character. If
Doctor Hlllls wants to borrow a million dol
lars down here any old time his word Is good
enough, without collateral." (
Tho Stuff of Heroes
The highest merit that wo ascribo to Hlllin
nnd Grant nnd Lincoln and Mark Twain and
Walter Scott is not that they showed them
selves honest under heavy burdens of debt,
but that when trouble and crisis came, a
conception of honesty which knew no moral
limitations nnd accepted no legal compromise
was found Joined with an unhesitating and
Invincible courago In tho struggle against
adversity. When plain honesty Is deemed
worthy of admiration nnd praise It will be
a sad day for mankind. The honest man,
merely as such, Is not yet a fit subject for
hero worship.
In the fight against heavy odds to pay off
the creditors of John Ballantyne & Co. It
was not only sturdy Integrity that Sir Wal
ter revealed, but Indomitable will. Instead
of crushing him, misfortune only called forth
his strength. To find his means swept away
In a single moment and a colossal debt
thrown upon him was a torrlflo blow, suffi
cient tp crush an ordinary mnn, but at no
time In his career did Scott so clearly ex
hibit his heroic character. It Is for thU that
we honor him his heroic courage. He well
nigh accomplished the mighty task to which
ho set himself, but at last both body and
mind gave way under the tremendous Btraln.
Scott had himself established the publish
ing Arm of Ballantvne .?- rv. ar,A it
principally the success of the Waverley nov
els and the author's toll In producing them
that had saved the firm from foundering on
the rocks before the financial wreck of 1825.
The disaster followed from the failure "of
Hurst, Robinson & Co. and the consequent
failure of Constoble, On the 16th of Janu,
ary. 1826, Scott learned, after a. period of
hope, that the wreck was complete. The
great romancer dined that evening with hla
friend Bkene.
"I never," wrote Skene In his remlnU.
cenees, "had seen Sir Walter In better spirits
or more agreeable. WMt morning
early I was surprised by a verbal message
to come to him aa soon as J had got up
Holding out his hand to me as I en-
... e a, -BKene. this is the hand of a
begger. Constable has falWd, and I am
Wlned 'de fond e somble.' It's a hard
blow, tra I must bear up. The only thin
balrVsV''n U Pflr CnaHot a the
Gave Kla Life for Jib Owdjtorp
"If the gods." as Professor Hudson has re.
arkd. "tov to see a brv n iJ
siwt adversity, then In tro 8ottW7?
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By LUKE GUARDIAN
of all his engagements, even to the uttermost
farthing. And the effort did not occupy the
rest of his life, for he lost his life In the
battle.
In his Journal he wrnte. mrlv in mifl.
"Something In my breast' tells me my evil
genius will not overwhelm me If I stand by
myself." Again: "I feel neither dishonored
nor broken down by the bad now really
bad news I have received. I will not yield
without a fight for it. It is odd, when I
set myself to work doggedly I oih exactly
tho same man that I ever was, neither low
splrlted nor distrait. Adversity Is at least
to mo a tonic and a bracer. I will in
volve no friend, either rich or poor. My own
right hand shall do It." Thus ho conversed
with himself In the wonderful Journal.
He had mado himself personally responsible
for the enormous debt of one hundred and
thirty thousand pounds. His pen wna his
only resource. Ho finished "Woodstock" and
then work after work followed one another
In rapid successlon-tho Llfo of Napoleon
Bonaparte. Chronlcjcs of the Cnnnongate.
Tales of a Grandfather, Tho Fair Maid of
Perth, Anne of Gelersteln. and so on. His
"v"'1" "Bun 10 DreaK down. In 1820 ho
suffered a stroke of paralysis. Though he
recovered from it. his faculties never re
gained their former clearness and strength
Against the advice of friends and physicians
ho continued to toll on. "Count Robert of
Paris" and "Castle Dangerous" were pub
lished In 1831. They showed a decline In
mental vlgor-tho magic wand had broken
Scott knew It and wroto In his diary: "The
blow is a stunning one, I suppose, for I
scarcely feel it. It la singular, but it comes
...... ua uio surprise as if 1 had a remedy
ready; yet God knows I am at sea in the
dark, and thn vpoom ii. ...,. . .
bargain VCS3Cl 1Caky' th"' int0 tho
unborn tTT'"'8 cnc0l,nte- with a debt of
rfl ' , "LriS.UU. '" 8Uch consequences
... b4cai romancer, but In tho
IS tnohfh iarTeA much andnesa
Into the llf0 of the humorist from other
causes. In 1894 the publishing firm of Charlea
L Webster & Co.. l whteh Twain was a
partner, executed assignment papers and
closed s doors. I the legal proceedings
that followed Clemens was represented by
his friend, H. H. RoirPrn . ... .... y
the matter a few years ago. said: "It was
hnT.that.Clemen8 Sh0um 60 cents ro
thedollar. when the assets wereflnallyreallzed
sUePundeaeIadreTethetR C'ens C
self declared that sooner or later he would
pay the other 60 cents, dollar for dohar
though I believe there wa no one besides
himself and his wife and me who beSevS
he would ever be able to do It, Clemens hm
aelf got discouraged sometimes, and ww
?? t0 fi'Ve U "Pl " ,le was get!
ting on In years-nearly 60and he was in
Poor health. But he ptuck to U He
was at my house a good deal at first w
gave him a room there. ad he came aS
ZZ h ch8?; ?he- told ,
,,.-.. ,, nnr ng those weM ,1
moat ethereal, yet It was Grange Tow 'hS
llant he was, how cheerful,"
Mark Twain Pays His Debts
Clemens received many offers of flnan,,
aid. but declined them all, Eerv cent D
the money that paid off the heavy indent J
ness was earned by his own . ,"aebted'
fpellng In the early pan o77h. .H,s
reflected ,n a lette?toh,a 5"0 Stn
ten In New York: uvia, writ.
"Now & then a atn .. .,-
ell or Susy WarnendoTea TwUh , . '
think of you, dear hart.h- , n x
blithe; fA.! J to'u Uvw
ashamed. & deeding to lZ ?
t. Vr in th. thick f St ui. ,!
efceer. vu you ar. t ., ". "BRl l
the drum or , b-w
You only Z 7? . Uns squadrons,
omotm colors raggnK a, th dJrt . "T
pornry defeat but no dishonor & woiS
march again. Charley Warner said toal?
'Sho, LIvy Isn't worrying. So long as aSff
got you ana the children she doesn't; 37
what happens. She knows It isn't horf
fair.' Which didn't convlnco mo" and ''5?
was underlined.
Tom Sawyer' had just been wrltfs
Clemens completed tho story of "Joinl
Arc" which ho himself regarded aa theS
of all his books. "Puddnhead Wllsffl
after finishing Its course ns n magaS
serial, was published in book form, The:
came the lecture trip around the world, 'Si
the book of travel, "Followlnr tho Eanitor
Profits In lecture fees nnd book royaraei !
amounted, by this time, to a large sum, Sjf '
Clemens wrote to Mr. Rourers In thp. faira !
1897: Tft
"Let us begin on thoso debts. I canne?
bear the weight any longer. It totally unJa
me for work." A month later ho wropjjj
"Land. WO are clad to sea thnsft riphta rtlmSS
Ishlng. For tho; first time In my life I'mi
getting more pleasure from paying mohl
out than pulling It In." Tho struggle hai
brought close economics to the C!emgn!
household. Nobody complained. In thrtfl
years it was nil over. Every crcdltorJSI
tho publishing house had been paid dolEy
for dollar. '.jH
Mark Twain's biographer, Albert BIgelojr
Paine, writes: "Clemens had kept his ntw
cial progress away from tho press, buCS
nnvmpnt nf thn flnnl Mnlmq wnfl rllstlnei!!
a matter of nows, nnd the papers made-tha
most of it. Head-lines shouted It, theju
wero loner editorials in which Mark TwaSl
was heralded as a second Walter Sci
though It was hardly necessary thatfcj
should be compared with anybody; he J
been in thnt as in those peculiarities wW
had invited his disaster just himself."
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW
Thrn In nn rlnliht thn mnvlft" education
very effective, and In sanitary training
ought to be especially useful and convlncin
Boston Post.
Now, as n year ago, it Is Europe that la inoia
vitally Interested in our ncrlcultur.il good (Offl
tune. Munitions aro not the chief product thaC
Wfi nrft nrfnnrlnir tn annri thurn. nnr nrfl tiJO
combatants our first concern. New York E'
nlng Post.
T.fiVint- vnnn ..111 tn tn .lea. tr Inllf-h nt
explosive nonsense of Frank Buchanan. T3
want first of all prosperity In tho United StatWj
ana inoy see sucn prosperity pretty wen tia
llshcd In spite of all the malcontents wlwmjl
Buchanan seeks to unite for mischief. BrPjKjl
lyn Eagle.
Upon every side there are found most favodj
Tlll.ln.DB nf .!. Ttnll.J ...... ... A,,, mllllll
facturers, our merchants, our transportation!
lines nave tne brightest prospects lor immeuj
ate large and profitable transactions. Cincinnati
-.III.UIIVI.
Thanks to a protective tariff, domestic) '3
dustrles were protected from competition wm
cheap labor, But vessels engaged In forI
would Improve the hard lot of eeamen soft
body must pay the extra cost In the cpait
wise trade It Is paid by shippers. In the m
c11.11 ijwio ii wm nave to ue paia oy mo ua
ernment, If paid at all. St. Loula Olobe-Deraj
MILADY NICOTINE
At last the world may start to hope.
In aplte of all Its battle scare:
A Davldeas has ventured forth
To fight the great Goliath Mars.
And now upon the battlefield,
Whene'er a soldier halts or pwerves.
Her gentle, soothing, magic touch
Will quiet down hla Jumping nerves.
The headlines herald her approach
With all the brevity of yore.
"Four thouaand million cigarettes
Are ordered fpr the men at war."
A force whose power never wanes.
An ancient and beloved queen.
She comforts men In times of stress;
Her name Milady Nicotine
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