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This is the most centrally located hotel In the place, and has all the modern Improvement. No pains will be spared to make it a pleasant stopping place for the traveling public. First class Livery in connection. pUIL. KMERT FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER. Shop over R. L. Haslet's grocery store on Elm street. Is prepared to do all Kinds of custom work from the finest to the coarsest and guarantees his work to give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten tion given to mending, and prices rea sonable. Fred. Gretttaiborgor GENERAL BLACKSMITH & MACHINIST. All work pertaining to Machinery, En glues, Oil Well Tools, Gas or Water Fit tings and General Blacksmithlng prompt ly done at Low Rates. Repairing Mill Machinery given special attentiou, and satisfaction guaranteed. Shop in rear of and J list west of the Shaw House, Tidioute, Pa. ' Your patronage solicited. FRED. GRETTEN BERGER JAMES HASLET, GENERAL MERCHANTS, Furnituro Dealers,' . AND UNDERTAKERS. TIONESTA, PENN opticiait; Offlce 1 "X National Bank Building, OIL CITY, PA. Eyes ezamiaed free. Exclusively optical. L ROADS VCTORY Commodity Clause of Hepburn Act Declared Unconstitutional. Taft and Bryan at Same Banquet Eucharlstlc Congress Fleet at Wesl Australia Aeronaut Fell to Death Wrights Solve Aerial Problem Bel mont Ships His Horses to Europe. Declaring it to be drastic, harsh and unreasonable and an Invasion of the rights of the slates, and therefore re pugnant to the constitution, the Unit ed States circuit court for the East ern district of Pennsylvania at Phil adelphia dismissed the Butts of the federal government to enforce the commodities clause of the Hepburn railroad act against the anthracite coal-carrying railroads of this state. Judges George Gray and George J. Dallas llled opinions dismissing the suits, at.d Judge Joseph Buflington dissented but did not file an opinion. The commodities clause prohibits railroad companies to transport in in terstate commerce any article of com modity manufactured, mined or pro duced by them or under their author ity. The case was argued in Juno, United States Attorney Genernl Bon aparte delivering the principal argu ment for the government. The effect or the commodities clause, If constitutional, would be to conline the mining of anthracite coal by the railroads for use In Pennsyl vania only, or compel the railroads to sell all the mining property they are Interested in, either directly or indi rectly. The principal opinion was written by Judge Gray, who as president of the unthraclte strike commission, has an intimate knowledge of the mining of hard conl and of the many ramifi cations In the ownership of the coal mines. Taft and Bryan at Same. Board. For the first time In the history of modern politics, two rival can didates for the presidency of the Vnlted States will meet at the same board and address the same aud ience, when William II. Taft. Re publican, of Ohio, and William J. Bryan, Democrat, of Nebraska, are to be the guests of honor at the annual banquet of the Chicago Association of Commerce at the Auditorium on the evening of Oct. 7. This announcement was made at the headquarters of the Chicago As sociation of Commerce, which organ ization had already received assur ances of the presence of the two pres idential nominees on different days at the third convention of the Lakes to the Gulf Deep Waterway associa tion, for which the Association of Commerce will act as host. It already had been announced that Mr. Taft would open the convention on the afternoon of Oct. 7 and that Mr. Bryan would close it on Oct. 9 and that Mr. Taft would be the guest of honor at the banquet on the even ing of Oct. 7. Mr. Bryan's acceptance of the dinner Invitation, however, as suring a notable occasion, came as a pleasant surprise. The long distance telephone figured prominently in the negotiations to se cure the presence of Mr. Bryan at the banquet. The invitailon had been un der serious consideration by Norman E Mack, chairman of the Democratic national committee, for some time and at a late hour at night he called up Mr. Bryan, then at Terre Haute, Ind., on the long distance telephone. Mr. Bryan, who had retired for the night, arose, dressed himself and an swered the call. He was Informed, as Mr. Taft had been, that the ban quet would be a non-political one and that It would be held under the au spices of a non-partisan organization. He readily agieed to attend. The deep waterway b project Is favored by the leaders of both parties and is not therefore a BUbject over which any po litical discussion is expected. Moderate Expansion In Trade. The advance of the fall season and the notable enlargement of the move ment, of Bpring wheat, other cereals and cotton to market at good prices have 4iiade for a further moderate ex pansion in jobbing and retail trade and collections. This Is especially marked at West ern, Pacific coast and Southern cen ters, but the point Is made that agri cultural sections have done better relatively than large industrial cities in the matter of retail trade, possibly because of warm weather or the re duced purchasing power of city work ers and the high prices paid for farm products. Industries, too, have shown some Improvement, notable In this respect being coal and lumber Interests. There Is also more doing at the paper mills. . In the textile trades little change Is noted, while the crop situation is vrather irregular. Money Is firmer, although still won derfully easy for this season of the year. Business failures for the week end ing Sept. 10 number 191, against 210 last week and 172 in the like week of 1907. Nags Him In Sign Language. Charging that his deaf mute bet ter half continually nags him in Blgn language, James William Nash, him self deaf and dumb, has Instituted di vorce proceedings, which will be heard before Vice Chancellor Howell in New ark on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrr Nash live in New York and they havi two children. REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. Opponents of Governor Hughes Unable to Agree Upon a Candidate. Saratoga, Sept. 15. Ellhu Root, boc retary of state of the United States, was the central figure In the first ses sion of the Republican state conven tion. It Is no less than truth to Bay that the welcome given Secretary Root and the demonstrations of approval which Inlerpersed and followed his speech surpassed In enthusiasm If not In dura tion those which were accordede upon the mention of the names of President Roosevelt, Governor Hughes or the presidential nominee, William H. Tafl himself. Secretary Root's speech was of con siderable length, upwards of 11.00C words, and consumed a little less than an hour and a half In delivery. The speaker followed closely the text of the speech as prepared for publica tion, but shortened it somewhat In actual delivery by omission of explan atory portions of certain paragraphs, making, however, no changes of a material character. The great body of delegates and al ternates, numbering more than 2,000 persons, and the people In the galler ies, which were well filled but at no time crowded, heard the speech with close attention and evident approval. It dealt almost exclusively with na tional matters, but began with a trib ute to the work of Governor Hughes and the state administration in gen eral, to which the convention respond ed with applause and cheers, lack ing not so much In apparent volume or duration as in unanimity of participa tion. In fact, the cheering which greeted the name of Governor Hughes, start ed by the bulk of the New York county delegation, was joined in only by scat tered up-state delegations and small groups of Individuals here and there; most of the delegates sat grim and silent, taking no part In the demon stration which lasted less than Bixty seconds. Indeed, the greatest portion of the cheering came from the gallery. An amusing episode during the speech occurred when Mr. Root re pudiated the inference, which he at tributed to Mr. Bryan, that the enorm ous popular majority in 1904 was ob tained by corrupt use of money. The convention was heartily cheering this sentiment when the hand broke out with the familiar strains of "Arrah Gowan, you're only foolln." The crowd "caught on" almost Instantly and began to laugh. Mr. Root evident ly did not recognize the tune and Beemed perplexed and even annoyed by the general laughter. It quickly subsided and he proceeded without seeing the Joke at all. A feature of the session was the In troduction by Charles W. Anderson of New York, the colored member-at-large of the state committee, who is a depu ty collector of internal revenue for the second district, of an extended res olution paying glowing tribute to the character and public service of Mr. Taft and more particularly extending to the presidential nominee the con gratulations of the convention on his 51st birthday which occurs today. The resolution was adopted with a shout and the secretary, Lafayette B. Glea son, was Instructed to telegraph it to Mr. Taft. Anti-injunctions. Attorney General Wade II. Ellis of Ohio, who was a member of the com mittee on resolutions of the Republican national convention, makes the follow ing reply to the criticisms of the plat form made by W. J. Bryan. The at torney general says In part: "Tho charge made by Mr. Bryan that the Republican declaration with re spect to the use of the writ of injunc tion was designed to 'deceive tho la boring mail' Is unworthy of a candi date for president, and tho further charge that this plank merely declares the existing law nnd will give no relief in those cases In which there has been an abuse or discretion or the apprehen sion of It Is unworthy of any lawyer who has examined the question. "The nnti-lnjuiictlon resolution is a frank, clear statement of tho Republic an party's position on a question ou which others have been attempting to deceive labor. The sole basis of any rational complaint as to the Issuance of injunctions in labor cases lias been tho use of the writ without notice and tho long delays in some instances which have Intervened before a heating of the case. "The present statute does not require any notice at all before the granting of a temporary order, and it is entirely within the discretion of the court to postpono to any time the judgo may seo lit the hearing upon the question of an Injunction. The Republican plunk simply declares that notice shall al ways be given unless an lrrepurablo Injury will result from delay, mid In that case there shall bo a speedy hear ing provided. It will meet the approval of every right thinking man, whether nn employer or an employee." Fatal Proximity of Can and Stove. Pomeroy, O., Sept. 15. A can of oil standing near the stove In the kitchen at the home of John G. Roush, in Ma son county, West Virginia, exploded early yesterday and as a result one child was burned to death and Mr. and Mrs. Roush and three other chil dren were so severely Injured that they may die. The house was con sumed. Great Mortality From Cholera. St. Petersburg, Sept. 15. It la offi cially announced that from noon of Sept. 12 until noon today there were 2."ti cases of cholera and 64 deaths. The mortality since the beginning of the epidemic is over 25 per cent. CHANLER Democratic State Convention Convened at Noon Today. Lieutenant Governor Chanter's Name Most Prominently Mentioned For Nomination For Governor Justice James M. Gerard of New York City Is Announced as Tammany's Choice. Platform Will Denounce Hughes' Administration as Extravagant. Rochester, Sept. 15. The first ses sion of the Democratic state conven tion was called to order at noon today when former Justice Morgan J. O'Brien delivered his address as tem porary chairman. After the commit tees had been named adjournment was taken until some time Wednesday morning, when Judge Alton B. Parker, the permanent chairman, will deliver his address and the convention wlll settle down to serious business. The city of Rochester has taken on the color and gnlety of a convention city. Arriving delegates were met by brass bands and committees of citi zens and escorted to their hotels, there were concerts In all the hotel lobbies and at street corners, and the downtown sections of the city were thronged with sight-seers. The Tam many delegation, many hundred strong, attracted the greatest atten tion. The Kings county Democracy from Brooklyn also arrived with a heavy representation. Gerard Is Tammany's Choice. The nebulous conditions surround ing the nomination by the Democratic state convention of a candidate for governor have taken definite form and the problem Is declared to have been reduced to a choice between Lieuten ant Governor Lewis Stuyvesant Chan ler, who Is being urged by State Chair man William .1. Conners, and Justice James M. Gerard of New York city, who Is announced as the choice of Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tam many Hall.' The race seems to have resolved It self Into a contest between the up state delegates, who are declared to be strongly in favor of Mr. Chanler, and the Tammany delegates, with their alliances throughout the state, who will follow the suggestions of Mr. Murphy. Justice Gerard has long been promi nent In Democratic councils In New York city and was elected last fall to the supreme court bench. He has heretofore been mentioned but cas ually in connection with the nomlna- tlon and the prominent position Into which he was elevated last night came as a distinct surprise to close follow ers of the recent trend of affairs. No xne participating in the confer ences was willing to say positively that the race was settled In favor either of Justice Gerard or of Mr. Chanler. The name of Supreme Court Justice Philip H. Dugro of New Yorlt city was also brought Into the discus sion of candidates for first place on tho ticket and it was Intimated that he was looked upon by Tammany Hall with favor second only to that of Jus tice Gerard himself. The names of practically all other candidates took on secondary Interest. Chanter's Friends Confident. On the surface there is no diminu tion In the enthusiasm and confidence of the deleeates who favor the nomin ation of Lieutenant Governor Chanler and his name Is the one most promi nently heard about state headquarters and about all the hotel lobbies where delegates gather. Mr. Chanler's strength upstate Is imposing and his friends are hopeful that the well nigh universal sentiment In this section may have sufficient Influence upon Leader Murphy to cause him to accept the up-state man In preference to one from below the Harlem river. Mr. Murphy two years ago, however, dictated the nomination of William R. Hearst and at the Denver convention last July swung the entire New York delegation, of which he was chairman, Into line for Mr. Bryan. His power among a great number of the dele gates to the present convention Is un questioned. The friends of William Sulzer con tinned his candidacy today and de clared they felt sure of 125 votes. A delegation of 100 Democrats from El niira arrived last night by special train to urge the nomination of Col onel David C. Robinson of Chemung for governor. Definite progress also was made on the groundwork of a platform, the principal feature of which will he a ringing denunciation of the adminis tration of Governor Hughes. The platform was discussed at great length rn conference and practically agreed upon. The Hughes administration will be attacked as one of gross extravagance, especially In the matter of the crea tion of a public service commission, 'H'hlch it will be declared has given no adequate return for the immense amount of expenditure Involved. The New York city end of the com mission will he called upon to bear the brunt of the attack nnd the platform will nssert that far from bettering transit conditions in Greater New York, tho commission has seen them grow stead ily worse. Practically every step of Governor Hughes' administration will be at tacked except his advocacy of the flntl-nicetrark gambling bills. The only reference which will approach thRt subject will be a declaration In favor of personal liberty, freedom of thought and speech and the onact nient of new sumptuary laws. STAB FIANCE OF SISTER. Use Butcher's Steel to Prevent Wed ding In Family. Steubenville, O., Sept. 15. Frank Bompea, an Italian, was probably fa tally stabbed with a butcher's shar pening steel. Nicola and Louis Leon I are under arrest. Bompea Is at th.e hos pital, while Katie Leoni, sister of the two prisoners and promised bride of Bompea, is prostrated. The pretty young Neapolitan girl who was the Innocent cause of the stabbing arrived here six weeks ago, her expenses being paid by Bompea. The Leonl brothers prevented the couple from meeting on all occasions. Suturday night Bompea entered the Leonls' butcher shop and demanded to see the girl. The brothers rushed him out of the shop. In the street the quarrel was continued. Katie Leonl was attracted to the scene and the Leonl brothers became furious when the crowd evinced sympathy for Bom pea and Insisted that he should be al lowed to meet the girl. Nicola Leonl Is alleged to have plunged the butch er's Bteel Into Bompea's stomach, while IxjuIs Leonl held the man. BODY IN WHIRLPOOL Grace Greenfield Disappeared From North Evans Last Tuesday. Niagara Falls, N. Y., Sept. 15. The body of Grace Greenfield, the 19-year-old school teacher who disappeared from North Evans last Tuesday, was taken from the Whirlpool last night. The body was seen several times dur ing the day and many unsuccessful ef forts were made to secure it. In one of these Frank Randall ventured out too far and narrowly escaped being drawn Into the vortex. As It was too late to get the body up the cliff last night It was placed In a receiving casket and left on the shore. Isaac E. Greenfield, the glrl'i father, arrived here last night. His plea to be taken at once to see the body was grajited. The trying trip In to the gorge" vas a severe test of the old man's strength and the sight of the battered body of his girl complete ly prostrated him. Valuable Timber Tracts Threatened. Toronto, Ont., Sept. 15. The On tarlo crown lands department was noti fied that forest fires had entered the valley of the Mattawan district, fifty miles west of Port Arthur, and threat ens the destruction of large tracts ol timber land and several tie, pulp wood and logging camps. Two Men Killed by Boiler Explosion. Berlin, Ont., Sept. 15. The boiler In a cider mill at LInwood blew up, killing two men. The dead are Thorn as Habers, owner of the mill, and George Attig 'of Newton. Both were terribly mangled. MARKET REPORT. New York Provision Market New York, Sept. 14. WHEAT No. 2 red, $1.06 f. o. b. afloat; No. 1 northern Dulutb, $1.11. CORN No. 2 corn, 89 c f. o. b. afloat; S9c elevator. OATS Mixed oats, 26 to 32 lbs.. 52c; clipped white, 32 to 40 lbs., 53 lv61c. PORK Mess, $16.7517.25; family, 118.50a 19.00. HAY Good to choice, 75c. BUTTE K Creamery specials, 24 2416c; extra, 2:!V4T( 23c; process, 15?-21c; state dairy, 18(fi22c. CHEESE State full cream, fancy, 12 (it 13 c. EGGS State and Pennsylvania, 31 ffi32c. POTATOES Maine, per bbl., $2.0C 2.25; state, $2.00(fi 2.25. Buffalo Provision Market Buffalo, Sept. 14. WHEAT No. 1 northern, afloat, I1.04V4; No. 2 red, 9!te(?i $1.00. CORN No. 2 yellow, 85Vfcc f. o. b. afloat; No. 3 yellow, 85c. OATS No. 2 white, 52fa53o f. o. b. afloat; No. 3 white, 52fa524c. FLOUR Fancy blended patent, per bbl., J6.00W6.75; winter family, patent, $5.40(3)6.15. BUTTER Creamery, prints, fancy, 25c; state and Pennsylvania cream ery, 23lili24c; dairy, choice to fancy, 21&f22c. CHEESE Choice to fancy, full cream. 13c; fair to good. 1212c. EGGS Selected white, 28(!i29c. POTATOES White, fancy, per bu., 80ft 85c; fair to good, 70f)75c. East Buffalo Live Stock Market. CATTLE Prime export Bteers, $6.00 (R6.50; good to choice butcher steers, I4.50&5.25; choice to extra fat cows, $4.25(4.50; fair to good heifers, $3.754.50; choice heifers, $4.75fi 5.25; bulls, fair to good, $3.503.75; choice veals, $8.75(59.00; fair to good, $8.00ft 8.50. SHEEP AND LAMBS Choice spring lambs, $6.00fc6.25; common tb fair, $4.25Tj'4.40; mixed sheep, $4.00(fi4.25. HOGS Light Yorkers, $6.50(fi7.25; medium ann neavy nogs, ti.ww v.uu; O.UUt 0.211. Buffalo Hay Market Timothy, No. 1 on track, $I2.50((J) 13.00; No. 2 timothy, $11.5012.00; wheat and oat Btraws, $6.50. Utlca Dairy Market. Utlca, Sept. 14. The official record of transactions on the I'tica dairy board of trade today were as follows: Color. Lots. Boxes. 1'r. Large white 2 101 11 Large white 3 140 12 Large colored ..2 115 12 Large colored ..11 716 ll Small white .... 3 245 11 Small white .... 2 1,900 12 Small colored .. 20 1,908 11 Small colored .. 18 1,490 12 Totals 61 4,595 There were no sales of butter reported. POINTED PARAGRAPHS Summary of the Week's News of the World. Cream of the News Culled From Long Dispatches and Put In Proper Shapa For the Hurried Reader Who Is Too Busy to Read the Longer Reporti and Desires to Keep Posted. Wednesday. Ovllle Wright in his aeroplane al Washington made a lllgfct lasting fifty two seconds. Armed with a revolver, a crank once in an Insane asylum, was cap tured within a stone's throw of the president's home at Oyster Bay. Philander C. Knox, United State senator from Pennsylvania, and his son narrowly escaped when their auto mobile was wrecked near Geneva Switzerland. Alexander Uerkman and a weman companion was arrested after causing a disturbance with other anarchists at a meeting of the unemployed in Coop er Union, and Emma Goldman, also present eluded the police. The Duca degli Abruzzi ' deter mined to wed Miss Katherine Elkins, says a dispatch from Rome, in spite of determined opposition by Queer Margherita, who declares she never will consent to the marriage. Thursday. Government crop report figures showed a deterioration in spring wheat and corn. Orvllle Wright, In his aeroplane, made two highly succeui flights at Fort Myer, the longest lasting more than eleven minutes. Alton B. Parker is the selection ol Charles F. .Murphy and William J. Conners for temporary chairman ol the Democratic state convention. Owen Cassldy was refused a renoml nation for senator by the Republicans of the Forty-first district, owing to his attitude on the racetrack betting bills. E. H. Harriman bought three steam ships from the Oriental line to estab lish an express service between San Francisco and the Panama canal rone. Friday. Probably fatal fall of boy aeronaut at Richmond county fair startled ten thousand merrymakers. Republican leaders declared they did not believe there was any doubt that Governor Hughes would be re nominated. The eucharlstlc congress convened in London, Cardinal Vincent Vannutel II presiding and making the opening address as the legate of Plus X. Major General Wood of the United States army had a narrow escape while viewing the German war maneu vers when his horse became frightened and fell upon him. Saturday. In Falls Village, Conn., a woman seemed twice to die and an undertaker was called, but she revived each time and Is growing stronger. From all parts of the world thous ands of telegrams were received by Count Tolstoy congratulating him up on the 8Sth anniversary of his birth. Senator Foraker of Ohio spent forty minutes with Mr. Taft at the Republi can candidate's Cincinnati headquar ters, and the visit led to the report of lasting peace between them. At a conference of the president, the attorney general and Herbert Knox Smith it was decided to press tHe prosecution of the Standard Oil com pany of Indiana. William J. Bryan declared he was worth $150,000, In replying to Speaker Cannon's taunt that he had become a millionaire in "selling wind and Ink," and asked Mr. Cannon to give the source of his own wealth. Monday. An official decree was issued fixing Uie date of the Cuban elections at A plot to assassinate Governor Fort of New Jersey was unearthed In the Philadelphia postolllce. Orvjllo Wright, carrying Mair Squler as a passenger, made ; bight lasting more than nine mlnutos i;i lis noroplano. A letter was made public, written by Chester Gilletto the day before his execution, in which he declared that, women were the cause of his down fall. The N. Y. Herald's poll of Republi can state convention delegates shows 542 votes for Governor Hughes or thirty-seven more than necessary to nominate. Tuesday. President Roosevelt in a letter to Conrad Kohrs of Montana, gives his reasons for urging Mr. Tuft's election. Vast crowds gathered In Lonilon for the Catholic procession of the host and the police had difficulty in pre serving order. Train wreckers opened a switch at Geneva, Pa., throwing easthound Erie limited train into a ditch and injuring thirty-four persons. Charges were made by delegates to tho Central Federated union In New York that non-union hats, harness, hacks, badges and banners were used In the Labor day parade. At a meeting of the Federation of Jewish organizations, Police Commis sioner Bingham was denounced for saying 50 per cent of the arrests made by the pollc.J in New York are of Jew lnh origin. APPEAL TO 1 Made by Judge Taft In Behalf o: the Filipinos. "A Grsat i.t.iijr,ry Work That li Certain to Promote Christian Civ. ilization." The extension of a vitalizing; Chris tlanlty among the Filipinos as advo cated by Judge Taft both before hit speech of acceptance of the nomlna tlon to the presidency and In that doc umeut Itself has been widely com mented upon In the pulpits of th United States. The voice of the cler gy has given earnest commendatlot to the attitude of Judge Taft; whe when governor general of the Islands exerted the utmost influence fol amelioration of tho condition of tin Inhabitants of the archipelago, a nc that, too, at the cost of great self sae rlliee on his own part in refusing tht seat on the supreme bench, to whlcb he was both called and commanded by President Roosevelt Never since he first assumed the bur deu of the governorship of the Thillp plnis has the welfare of tho Flllponoi censed to he doae to the heart ot Judge Taft. In his speech of accept ance again lie reminded the American! that it is the duty of this country as e strong. Christian and enlightened na tion to give spiritual as well as ma terial aid to the distant brown breth ren. Taft'i Appeal to Church. Rev. Albert Iltuistoue, pastor ol Roberts Park church, Indianapolis. Ind., In a recent sermou thus spoke ol Judge Taft's nppeal to the Christian people of America: "Mr. Taft used words of wisdom In referring to this question In his notifi cation speech. His appeal Is not onlj to his party, but it Is to tho Christian church of America. It seems to uu that every man whose heart beati loyally to Jesus Christ must rejoice Id the statement bo truthfully made. Mr. Taft said: 'We have established a gov ernment with effective and honest ex ecutive departments In tho Philippines and a clean and fearless administra tion of Justice; we have created and arc inaintaluiug a comprehensive school system which Is educating th youth of the Islands In English and In Industrial branches; we have con structed great government publlt works, roads and harbors; we have induced the private construction of 81)0 miles of railroad; wo have policed the Islands so that their condition as to law and order is better now than It has ever beeu lu their history.' "Mr. Taft is better fitted to Bpeak on tills question than any other man In the government today by vlrtuo of his close connection with tho problem, his experience nnd personal observa tion of the work being done; hence what he says will lie heeded by the Christian church with iuteuso Interest Influence of Christian Civilization. "More than ten years beforo Dewey sailed Into Manila, Bishop Thoburn, our missionary bishop for fifty years lu India, predicted that ere long the missionary would find mi open door In the Philippines, but God alone knew how the door was to be opened. "Now we-hear Mr. Taft saying: 'We are engaged in tho Philippines In a great missionary work that does our nation honor and Is certain to pro mote in a most cffcctlvo way the In fluence of Christian civilization. It Is cowardly to lay down tho burden until our purpose Is achieved.' True, nor do we believe that tho American peo ple will allow this to be done. The sacrifice has beeu made, tho song of the redeemed people will ere long fill heaven and earth with gladness. The Hellish are ever lonely and joyless, but they who bring the sacrifice to tho altar will 11 ml tho Joy of the Lord nrlso within them." but He Runs on Forever. ll-'rom tho Now York Sun. "Wliti t will Mr. Ilryuu nay After next election day? .Mr. ltryan will Insist That lio is nn optimist. Jtcaten three times! What of that? tie's the one Kreat Democrat Willlni; for his fellow men To lio bouten onto ngain. Head tho Commoner and learn! Mr. Iliynn, Mr. Kern, Sail together on this trip In tho ohl, oft stranded ship. (They liuvo ciuurters In tho stern!) In this antiquated craft, Whllo they (fazo lit Mr. Taft Miles ahead tho raeo near done Atnl by Tuft and Khermun won Mr. llryiin, ever wise, I'oulitlc.n will philosophize And to Mr. Kern reelto That remark, already trite. All prepared and often sprung: "IJeatenT Yes, but I'm still young! I can wait another four Years, thi n try the raeo one" :j I have got this thing dmv- pat I m tnu one great lien-icrt "According to His Folly." "'Shall the people rule?' Is declared by the 1 icinocriitlo plat form and can didate to be 'the overshadowing Issue now under discussion.' It Is no Issue. Surely the people shall rule; surely the people have ruled; surely the people) do rule." Thus Candidate Sherman re plies to Candidate ltryan, and If the latter was looking fur a straight an swer ho certainly got it. Hut those familiar with the mental processes of Mr. ltryan know that he would wel come no reply, hut that his absurd question was asked to Instil doubt In tho minds of his more thoughtless followers. CHRISTIAN C
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