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' J Charity pre Tall, the Piesx would prove
A. vehicle of Virtue. Truth ami I,ove." ODWPBxV,
CURRENT COMMENT.
Keep tin; flag flying. Keep the mills ien.
FICTITIOUS iean and false forebodings consti
tute the Democratic stock in trade.
Mass i 'Mrs kits is the next state the Hon.
George Fred Williams expects to carry.
Mb. Bryan shows up much stronger in the
notification than lie will in the votefieation.
Now" is the time to specnlate upon the person
ality ul' a Bryan cabinet. Then will lie no oc
casion for such pastime after tin election.
Mu. BRYAN produces a decided novelty in ar
gument when lie declares that tlie way to con
tinue Mi Kinley times is to defeat McKinley.
Tin: lion. George Fred Williams' success in
carrying Vermont and Maine tor the Democrats
will be sure to make him a drawing card in
other sections of the country.
The editorial contemporaries of Colonel Wat
tenon have been (ceding him his 1896 words in
such profusion that there is grave damger of an
attack of indigestion.
Mr. Bryan has attempted a mild defense of
his party in the ratification of the Paris treaty.
Mis explanation is on a par with that ottered for
the failure of all of his 1896 predictions.
When Mr. Bryan is engaged in making a
calamity speech the toot of a factory whistle is
every hit as annoying to him as the hiss of an
auditor.
THE Richmond limeg, the organ of the Vir
ginia Democrats, declines to accept thefreesilver
and anti-expansion mandates of the Kansas City
platform.
Is his message to the Kentucky legislature
Governor Beckham speaks of "imaginary ills."
As a receiver ot stolen political goods the Gov
ernor is disposed to le over-polite.
The Populists reluctantly nominated Mr. Ste
venson in place of Mr. Towne, but they neglect
ed t- nroyvle him with anotiF wtiorj committee.
Perhaps they feel that the less he hears of it the
lwttcrit will be for all concerned.
The Republican party is not trying to com
bat the theory that strikes make Democratic,
votes. The Republican party has devoted all its
time and attention to the work of removing Dem
ocratic causes for strikes and business depression.
Tin: Democrats of Snyder county are getting
out nomination papers to hie at Harrisburg, in
order to get the name of some of their candidates
in other columns under the bead of Republican
electors, so as to bid for disgruntled party men.
All disgruntled party men know how to mark
their tickets, and the extra column will be for
naught. Stalwart Republicans will put a cross
in the circle, because Republicanism has biought
prosperity out ol Democratic chaos and ruin.
Skv ERAX days ago a report was started to
the effect that the murderer of Amos Ritter, near
Watsontown, had confessed. After sifting the
matter down pretty thoroughly, it wasdiscovered
that there was no truth in the report. It seems
that the people residing in the section where the
murder was committed are feeling pretty sure
they know who committed the crime, but as they
lack sufficient proof, they do not mention any
names, when speaking to detectives and officers.
The labor disturbances in the coaj regions
combine to make a very undesirable complica
tion, not only for those either engaged iniliiririnir
the dusky diamonds and those who deal in the
mineral as a commodity, but also for those who
consume the product and those whose business
or occupation partially depends upon the traffic
of this commodity. For almost two weeks the
local dealers have been over-run with orders for
coal which makes the coal yards . veritable hives
of industry.
Tin: retail price of anthracite coal is steadily
advaning in New York, and some dealers last
Siit unlay were charging from $7.25 to $7.75 a
ton. As some of the coal companies have dis
continued their contracts with customers because
of the strike clause, so the retailors are beginning
to break their contracts, although these may have
no strike clauses in them. The situation there
looks bad for consumers of coal, and especiailv
those who have not sufficient stocks on hand to
carry them over the present trouble. Deliveries
are made only in small amounts.
Tiif. sheriff of Schuylkill county evidently
made a very grave error when he asked the
Governor for troops to quell the riots in Shen
andoah and the neighlwring regions. It costs
the state $5000 a day to maintain the troops
now called out Sheriff Harvey, of Luzerne
county, tried to commit the same blunder, but
Governor Stone discovered that there was no
real necessity for the troops now on the ground.
They have nothing to do and it might be just as
well if the guards were at home. Ol course the
presence of the guards inspires awe and gives the
sheriff an easier job, but there seems to be but
little necessity for the troops.
JOSIAH K. ADAMS.
THE SUICIDE in Philadelphia last week
of Josiah R. Adams carries with it a use
ful lesson to many others who may be guilty of
ot some of Adams' short comings. It Adams
had been permitted to remain on the ticket and
lieen elected to a jiosition 00 the Supreme Court
bench, he could have covered up his sins and
lived anil died surrounded with a multitude of
admiring hosts and at his funeral pyre there
would have lcen all the pomp and pageantry
due to the judicial toga. Rut being deprived of
the opportunity to cover up his deeds of dishonor
and theft, he became melancholy and undertook
to drown his troubles in the sparkling wine cup.
Having made a dismal failure of this, in the
early morning hour, with lied covers draped
uluut his well-shaped form, he raised his hand,
pierced his beclouded brain and in the last vol
untary act of his life, he added another and a
greater crime that of self-murder to the cate
gory already charged to his account. He died
alone; his friends thought his death should le re
ported as "heart failure" and he now represents
one who died, "uu honored, unwept and unsung."
A1
The BfOWfl Murder Trial.
RTIH'R BROWN, of Bhamokin Dam,
last week was tried in the Northunilier-
land county court for the murder of Frederick
Kline, of Shamokin, and they acquitted him
and left him go scott free. Northumlierland
county has frequently been accused of letting
murderers go free anil while that court did succeed
iu hanging Edward Crcssinger, the acquittal and
release of Arthur Brown has apparently met with
universal approbation by those who kuew him
best.
Drown was employed as the engineer on one
of the stcamlxiats in the Susquehanna River and
on July 4th, Kline and Raudenhusll climbed to
the top of the boat and rooked the boat loaded
with P0 or 7 persons so that nearly all were
afraid the Ixiat would Ik; upset. When the boat
landed, Kline and Raudenbuah took some of the
flags from the Imat. Brown demanded the flags
and the two men were going to attack Brown and
the latter picked up a piece of gas pipe and
struck Kline upon the head. Kline died next
day, but physicians testified that if Kline would
have had the proper care, his life might have
been saved. 1
Brown does not deny 'having struck Kline and
even if we admit for argument's sake that Kline
died directly from the effects of Brown's blow,
presuming that it was not premeditated, the jury
did right in acquitting Brown. Brown may
have acted in self-defense, which still would
have lecn manslaughter, but Brown was doing
more than that. He stood for the lives ot sixty
or seventy people on the stcamlioat and the jury
evidently believed that the conduct of Brown
was such that while he should not have killed
Kline, be did what he thought was best at the
time. His motives seemed to have been good,
and after all, the motive of an individual on trial
has more to do in determining the penalty than
the deed itself. That is why Brown was set free.
In "Universal Brotherhood Path," for September,
William A. Dunn hits a valuable article treating of
" The Spiritual Thread in Opera." He says, in part :
" Opera is important, because it combine two grout
art Music and the Drama. 0ora, considered in
its broadest, truest senst, is an outward representation
of the whole inner life of man. In 0era the Soul
may witness the action of, ami interplay between, all
human actions and attributes. Music, universal and
divine, is the World-Mother. It is the pasta ami sus
taining power of all manifestation, and the mind
that bathes in its pure streams rinds itself on the high
way that leads to wisiiom and to God. Too often,
alas has this lieautiful art been made to mbaem some
sensuous theme, but since the great (iodiloss nvealed
herself through Beethoven, the. redem ption of Music
is assured. It is a great mistake to imagine that
music begins and ends with the limited SOSie sensed
through the organ of hearing. This sense-octave is
but one step on the universal ladder, up and down,
which pass the " Heavenly Singers." Man catches
hut an Kcho. On either side extends innumerable
octaves beyond the scale to . . which our minds and
San an attuned. The human body is the most per
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hv h. k. uin
HKUK u I- onot i in;. 11 who smiled
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Htniu-sf he rdept nt night
BtjNAUM God 9199 him fight
To gsrv upon hit child ?
UecAiitte his little one
('mild and laugh and run;
BroauHf1 the Hhinintf nun
Smiled on the earth, he Hiniled.
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n- hum- the puut va dead.
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Thai ever rhanirliiK sky.
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ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE. Let
ters of Administration in the es-
lut of T leodore KMley, late "I Franklin Iwp.
Snyder I'd., rn nyon.. having rvn i?rimi
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savii.i.a ERDLBY, artmlnlstratrlK,
i M. I. I'OiTKK, Ali'v, Paxotnville, pa.,
tdalenurgb, Pa., Oct. I, won.
David City, Neb., April 1, 1900.
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I (Iknti.emfn : I must say in re
frard to GHAIN O that there is no
thing better or healthier. We have
used it. for years. My brother was a
great coffee drinker. He was taken
! sick and the doctor said coffee was
the cause of it, and told us to use
GRAIN O. We got a package, but
! did n-i' ik' it at first, but now would
not be will. out it. My brother has
' been well ever since we started to
j use ii. Yours truly, Lillie Sochob.
K TOILKl), and atlll was Klad
necaune the air was free :
Because he loved, and she,
Who claimed hie lore, and she
Shared all the Joys they had !
Because the grww. grew ;
Because the sweet winds blew ;
Because that he ooujd hew
And hammer, he was fried.
or Hernia
B
ECAUSR be lived, he smiled.
And did not look ahead
With bitterness or dread.
But nlfrhtty souirht his bed
As calmly as a child.
And people called him mad
For being always glad
With such t hi hits as he had,
And shook their heads and smiled.
Kind words, kind looks, kind acts, and warm handshakes
theae are a secondary means of grace when men are in trouble,
and are fighting their uneecn battles. Dk. John 1 1 ai.i..
Tobacco Growing in Florida.
1 ALORIDA tobacco growers have succeeded
in producing the finest of Sumatra wrap
pers by growing tolxacco under large areas cover-
ered with thin cotton, attached to frames, high
enough for men an horses to work under. And
now the news conies that Connecticut growers,
in order to restore the prestige of their wrappers,
have adopted the same method. It is stated that
the experiment has been perfectly successful.
This is a hint to all tobacco growers, from Con
necticut to Florida. There are many favorored
sections, doubtless, in Snyder county where the
coveted Sumatra wrapper could be successfully
grown, by the Florida method, and the high pri
ces it brings would make it worthy of a trial.
LITERARY NOTES.
The wonderful development in the Kunday school,
since Its foundation, in 17H0, is illustrated nowhere
so well us by the famous Hunday school at Stock
port, England, which has a membership of over five
thousand. This monster Hunday school will be
described in an article, fully illustrated from photos,
by Bell M. Brain, in the November "Woman's Home
Companion. Published by the Crowell & Kirkpat
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the October "Review of Reviews" the editorial
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its present stage, special attention being given to the
letters of acceptance of the several candidates. Oth
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Is not TKl'E leisure Rest is the ruling
The same ss true toil ? of SELF to its sphere.
EMANCIPATION
HY KKV. DU. BAIKtX'V
Why be afraid of Heath,
As tho your life were breath?
Death but annolnta your eyes
With clay. Ob, glad surprise?
Why should you be forlorn?
Death only hiiski the corn ;
Why should you fear to meet
The Thresher of the wheat ?
Why should It be a wrench
To leave your wooden bench
Why not laugh and shout
Hun home, when school is out?
The dear ones left behind,
Ob, foolish one, and blind,
A day and you will meet,
A night and you will greet!
Tills Is the death of Death
To breathe away a breath,
Anil know the end of strife,
And taste the deathless life.
And joy without a fear,
And smile without a tear;
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And find the last the ttcst.
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OCTOBER
And, clow at hand, the liasket stood
Filled with nuts from brown October's wood.
Whittier. Snow-Hound.
Fairest of all, rarest of all,
ljueen uf the months of the year
Bonny and bright, born to delight.
Royal October is here.
IMMENSE
October's child Is bom for woe
And life's vicissitudes roust know
Hut lay an oral, on her breast,
And hope will lull those woes to rest
FLOTSAM AM) JETSAM
A woman, who will not forgive a man for forgetting her, will
almost love him for striving to forget her, for sho knows that In
this is the essence of remembrance. Life.
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wounded, and his lasht words wor '(limmc wbishkey.' "
Mrs. Dolan, (whose husband is at the front) "Hlvven help
me fatherless cbilder 1 tlutt wor 1'at." Harper's Uazar.
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grease," said the drummer, who relates the following Incident
Soon an old colored man came In, and, noticing the yellow
grease In one small box from which lid had been removed, said:
"Good mornln', Massa, what's dem little cheeses wuf T"
' 'About 15 cents, I reckon Sam," said tbe merchant.
" B'pose ef I buys one you'll (row In da crackers? "
" Tea, Sam."
Sam fished fifteen cents out of his pocket, and the merchant
dipped up a scoop full of crackers.
Sam picked up the uncovered box and the crackers and re
tired so tbe back part of the store, where he took out his knife
and fell to eating.
Another customer came In, and Sam was lost sight of for the
time being. Presently Mr. Johnson approached him and asked:
" Well, Sam, how goes It? "
" Say, Massa Johnson, de crackers wns all right, but dat wus
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