SAVING WATER WASTE Movement to Conserve Supply of Natural Moisture. WATERWAY CONTROL URGED. Professor McGee Says Co-operation of Congress and States In This Work Would Add to the Nation's Wealth. Our Annual. Rainfall Amazina. "Two hundred trillion cubic feet of water ou an average falls on the sur face of the United States every year." This startling statement was made by Dr. W. J. McGee, secretary of the in land waterways commission and an expert connected with the bureau of soils of the department of agriculture. This Is not a haphazard statement on the part of one whose original re search liaa made his name familiar to scientists the whole world over, but was made in the course of an inter view which had for Its primary object a better knowledge of the conservation of water and Its uses for the benefit of mankind. "Two hundred trillion cubic feet of water," said Professor McGee, "is to the average mind but two and a lot of ciphers. To be more explicit, it equals about ten Misslsslppis, and that vol ume of water Is the entire basis of our prosperity. "The United States has on area of 8.000,0 a* square miles, but that area could be cut directly in twain, and with the same amount of rainfall we could sustain the same population that we have today, conduct the same enter prises and raise the same products, a condition which I do not believe most people appreciate. We know very well, if we stop to consider, that the market price of any commodity is de pendent on the water supply. We buy land in the eastern half of the United States and say that there are so many acres in this parcel or in that, but in reality we buy water. This is funda mental. Water is the first of our re sources. It is the natural resolvent. It Is power, fertility, everything. And, being fundamental, values begin with the water supply. "With the ten Mississippi* falling upon the land of the United States every year, two Mississippi run off. Thus one-flfth of the waterfall from the heavens flows into tho sea. Of the eight Mississippi remaining about five Misslssippis are absorbed, passing off into the air, to be precipitated again and again. A fraction In part passes into the earth and slowly reaches the oceans, while another frac tion Is consumed, passing Into chem ical combinations, such as plant growth, etc. "What we want to do Is to mini mize the waste of water and max imize the benefits which must accrue to the citizens and country by proper •onservatlon of water supply. If we so control the water that the rivers shall flow In uniform stage we will solve the problem of inland navigation and make the United States richer by a thousand per cent than it is to day. In order to do this we must equalize the run of the streams at the heads of the rivers, and this may be ' •lone by dams and reservoirs and sci- : entific cultivation of the soil along the courses of both streams and rivers. 1 The levees of tho lower Mississippi ' have done a magnificent work, but the prevention of floods is better far than all the levees In the world. "What we want to do Is to get back to nature In dealing with water, fl-st. to prevent floods, and, second, to com pel the water to run clear and pure. It is a fact that each year the rivers of the mainland of the United States pour into the sea a thousand million tons of richest soil matter in the form of susjwintled sediment, an impost greater than all our land taxes com bined and a commensurate injury to commerce in the lower rivers, which are rendered capricious and difficult of control by the unstable load. "The difference in the power value alone between controlled and uncon trolled streams would In ten years pay the entire cost of stream control in the United States. And this, coupled with the billion dollars' loss every year through soil erosion, due to floods, would construct a comprehensive sys tem of water control in the United States. "It seems to me, in view of these statements, that congress should au thorize tho control over the waters in order that this wealth might contrib ute a thousandfold to man's happi ness and prosperity. Both the federal government and the states have shrunk from assuming control over in land waters becuouse they have been fearful Invading each other's rights. What ,7e should aim to do Is to so co ord yfat" the work on the principle of -10 greatest good to the gre,::.--t 1 um ber for the longest time, and a com prehensive policy, such as Is i;r,; 1 ">y tho national rivers and hurl->. c- ti gress, toward the navigable waters of the r.ntlon would bring unto; I pr >s perlty and add Immcnsural 'v to the nation's wealth." LABOR WORLD FOR TAFT. Characterizes Him as True Friend of tho Workingman. [From the Concord <N'. II.) Monitor.] The Labor World comes out strongly in its advocacy of Mr. Taft. It charac terizes him a true friend of labor and declares that the unfair attacks of Mr. Gompers will have little or no effect In alienating from him the labot world. It says: "That Secretary Taft Is a true friend of labor Is certain, and all the untrue, ungenerous, vicious attacks that President Gompers or any one else may make on him cannot prevent him ! from continuing to be the friend of the wage worker. Organized labor cannot afford to have itself split up into fac tious on this political issue. That Pres ident Gompers is wrong In forcing this I most ominous tight Is certain, and in telligent wage workers will certainly ' came to this conclusion." Dream of Railroad Builders. In South America the dream of fiuah ' clew and railroad builders is that at 1 some future time travelers may land ' at Pernamtraco and be taken across the continent to Valparaiso In less than 1 four days and without change of car- ' rfage. I PENNSYLVANIA IN NATIONAL FIGHT Penrose as Aid lo Hitchcock Keeps Tariff to Front. IN INTEREST OF THIS STATE Manufacturers and Artisans, and All Engaged In Industrial Enterprises, and Grangers and Business Men of the Keystone Commonwealth Exhib iting a Natural Loyalty to the Cause of Republicanism. [Special Correspondence.] New York. Sept. 29. Pennsylvania is becoming daily more prominent in the national Re publican campaign, if one is to judge from the activity of Pennsylvanians about the national committee head quarters, and the consideration that is being paid to the < laims of the state and her party leaders. Since Senator Penrose was called to the assistance of Chairmen Hitchcock as a member of the executive commit tee of the national committee, and was urged to make his headquarters in the offices fitted up for him in the na tional committee's building, he has hail to make many appointments with Pennsylvanians about both state and national campaign matters to meet him here. He will have little time to give to personal o: local matters until after the national election shall he over. The direction of the campaigns in a number of doubt t I states has been left to Senator Penrose, and he is called into consultations daily upon questions affecting the management of the general canvass. Tariff Issue Made Prominent. Bryan's attitude, particularly upon the tariff issue, has been of special concern to Pennsylvanians, who are so vitally interested in the mainte nance of a tariff which shall protect the workingmeu and the farmers of the Keystone state from foreign com petition. Senator Penrose, in ail of his speeches this year, and in exerting whatever Influence he may have In shaping the policy of the other cam paign managers, has made the tariff an issue of sperial prominence, and he does this as a particular champion «112 the industries and the other inter ests of his native state which he be lieves would be jeopardized by the election of Bryan and an inauguration ] of the free trade doctrines of the Democracy. Pennsylvsnia Interests Concerned. Many of the great Pennsylvania concerns, the carpet manufacturers of j Philadelphia, the steel mills in west ' prn and northeastern Pennsylvania. ' the coal companies of tho bituminous j land anthracite regions, the groat coke j 'and cement Interests, and the many 1 other Industrial enterprises which have millions of Pennsylvania capital \ invested, and which employ hundreds 1 of thousands of men and women, have offices in this city. The officials of these companies are j pleased to see the interest taken in ! the national campaign by Senator Pen rose, as they recognize the import ance of the outcome of the election ! not only to those who have money in- I vested in their plants, but to those who look to the successful operatic;, of those firms and companies for em ployment. Tho great granger and dairy inter ; ests of Pennsylvania, which find j ready markets for their products j right at home when these industrial | plants are running and their em- j ployes are getting remunerative j wages, are just as much concerned I and are evincing just as much inter est in the efforts to elect the Republl- ! can national ticket. Farmers Are For Taft. Reports from the farming districts of not only Pennsylvania, but New Jersey, Ohio. Indiana and like states, I which have large manufacturing in terests, show that the trend of senti ment Is very strongly toward the Re publican party this year, Taft and Sherman are as popular | with the farmers as they are with the I wage earners, who realize the import- I ance of a continuance of the policy of; a protective tariff ender which Atnerl- ] can industries have been built up and [ developed. There are marshalling in the vari-! ous industrial centers great armies of i American workingmen, who will march to the polls in November and i vote the full Republican ticket. A Great Army Lining Up. Reports received at the national committee headquarters show that n Pennsylvania the steel work r- th" i miners, the colters, the furir. em a. | the weavers, the cement workers t 10 mill men. the railway employ and oth >r workingmen employed by tribu-1 tray in». rests, are going to vote with the Republican party. Et:-. iness men realize the dis; ' r j that would come to them with Br;.. 11 j in the White House and Democrats In! control of the lower house of congress, | and with some of the so-called Repub j lican senators not to be depended I upon in tariff legislation. They are also lined up for Taft. All reports to the contrary, there is absolute harmony among the man I agers of the Republican national com ! mittee, and all Information points to the election of Taft and Sherman by a good majority in the electoral col lege. Perils of Crinoline. The dangers of the historic crinoline are illustrated by a story told by Lady Dorothy Nevill lu her "Reminiscences." Going too n?ar the fireplace, her volu minous skirt caught tire, and in au instant she was in a blaze. There were no men present, and the women could not help her, because if they had gone near enough to be of use their owu skirts would have been ignited. Fortunately Lady Dorothy had suffi cient presence of mind to roll herself In the hearth rug and thus subdue the flames. HUNTING lUlk " THE ANTELOPE (r~~\ THEODORE ROOSEVELT [Copyright, 18So, by G. P. Putnam's San" Published under arrangement with G. . Putnam's Sons, New York and J L'IUNG the morning I came in eight of several small hands or pairs of mmwmmm antelope. them saw me as soon as or be fore I saw them, anil after watching me with Intense curiosity as long ns I WHS in sight and at a distance, made off at once as soon as I went into a hollow or appeared to he approaching too near. Twice, in scanning the country narrow ly with the glasses, from behind a shel tering divide, bands of prong-horn were seen that had not discovered tue In each case the horse was at once left to graze, while I started off after tin game, nearly a mile distant. For th<- tirst half mile I could walk upright or go along half stooping; then, as the distance grew closer, I had to crawl on all fours and keep behind any little broken bank, or take advantage of a small, dry watercourse; and toward the end work my way tlat on my face, wriggling like a serpent, using ever; stunted sagebrush or patch of cactus as a cover, bareheaded under the blaz Ing sun. In each case, after nearly an hour's irksome, thirsty work, the slajk failed. One bond simply ran off with out a second's warning, alarmed a: some awkward movement on mv part, rnd without giving a chance for a shot In the oilier instance, while still at >.ry long and uncertain range. 1 lieai , the sharp barking alarm-note of our of the prong-horn; the whole baud in stautly raising their heads and ga;:iu . intently at their would-be destroyi. They were a very long way off; bin. seeing it was hopeless to try to get nearer I rested my ritle over a little mound of earth ami tired. The dust came up in a puff to one side of the nearest antelope; the whole baud took a few jumps and turned again; the second shot struck at their feet, and they went off like so many race-horses, being missed again as they ran.l sat up by a sage-brush thinking they would of course not come back, when to my surprise I saw them wheel round with the precision of a cavalry squadron, all in line and fronting me the white and brown markings on their heads and throats showing like the facings on soldiers' uniforms; and then back they came charging up till again within long range, when they wheeled their line as if on a pivot and once more made off, this time for good, not heeding an ineffectual fusillade from the Winchester. Antelope often go through a series of regular evolutions, like so many trained horsemen, wheeling, turning, halting, ami running as if under com mand; and their coming back to again aasL'**** b Only by frantic slrwjglcs an* I floundering vie managed to get ox-er. run the (as it proved very harmless) gauntlet of my fire was due either io curiosity or to one of those panicky freaks which occasionally seize those ordinarily wary animals, and cause them to run Into danger easily avoid ed by creatures commonly much more readily approached than they are. I had fired half a dozen shots without effect; but while no one ever gets over his feeling of self indigna tion at tuissiug an easy shot at close quarters, any one who hunts antelope and is not of a disposition so timid as never to take chances, soon learns that he has to expect to expend a good deal of powder and lead before bag ging his game. Ry mid-day we reached a dry creek and followed up its course for a mile or so, till a small spot of green In the side of a bank showed the presence of water, a little pool of which lay under neath. The ground was so rotten that it was with difficulty I could get Manl tou down where he could drink; but at last both of us satisfied onr thirst, and he was turned loose to graze, with his saddle off, so as to cool his back. An Idea of Business. "Does your titled son-in-law know anything about business?" "Well," answered Mr. Cumrox doubtfully, "lie has had a lot of ex perlence with promissory notes, and he knows how t" get a check raised."— Washington Star The Lightweight Champion. Simpklns You say that little mac was formerly the lightweight cham pion? Tliliklns Yes. Simklns—How did he lose the title? Timkins-Oh, he didu't lose it. He merely sold his gro eery and retired.—Chicago News. and I, after eating a biscuit, lay on ray face on the ground—tliere was no shade of any sort near—and dozed un til a couple of hours' rest and feed had pnt the horse In good trim for tin' afternoon ride. When It came t> crossing over the dry creek on whost bank we had rested, we almost went down lu a quicksand, and It was only by frantic struggles and floundering that we managed to get over. On account of these quicksands am! mud-holes, crossing the creeks on tli prairie is often very disagreeable work Even when apparently perfectly dn the bottom tnay have merely a thin crust of hard mud and underneath si fathomless bed of slime. If the gras appears wet and with here and there a few tussocks of taller blades in it. i: is well to avoid it. Often a man may have togo along a creek nearly a mile before he can find a safe crossing, or else run the risk of seeing his horse mired hard and fast. When a horse i once in a mud-hole it will perhaps exliaust itself by its first desperaU and fruitless struggle that it is aim impossible to get it out. Its bridl and saddle have to be taken off; i, another horse is aloug the lariat i> drawn from the po*.mei of the latter'.- saddle to the nec' of the one that is io and it is hauled out by main force Otherwise a man may have to wor! half a day, fixing the horse's leg.; ii the right position and then taking it by the forelock and endeavor ig to get ii to make a plunge; each plunge brinj. ing it perhaps a few inches nearer tin firm ground. Quicksands are even more dangerous than these mud-holes, as, if at all deep, a creature that can not get out immediately is sure to IM speedily engulfed. Many parts of tin Little Missouri are lmpassnble on at count of these quicksands. Always in crossing unknown ground that looks dangerous it Is best to feel your way very cautiously along and, if possible, to find out some cattle trail or even game trail which can be followed. For some time after leaving the creek notiilng was seen; until, on com ing over the crest of the next grear divide, I came In sight of a band of six or eight prong-horn about a quar ter of a mile off to my right hand There was a slight breeze from th • southeast, which blew diagonall; across my path towards the antelopes The latter, after staring at me a min ute, as 1 rode slowly oil, suddenly started at full speed to ruu directly up wind, and therefore in a direction that would cut the line of my courst less than half a mile ahead of whore I was. Knowing that when antelope begin running in a straight line they are very bard to turn, and seeing that they would have to run a longer dls tance than my horse would to inter cept them, I clapped spurs Into Maui tou, and the game old fellow, a very fleet runner, stretched himself down to the ground and seemed togo almost as fast as the quarry. As 1 had ex pected, the latter, when they saw me running, merely straightened them selves out and went on, possibly even faster than before, without changing the line of their flight, keeping right up wind. Both horse and antelope fairly Hew over the ground, their courses being at an angle that would certainly bring them together. Two of the antelope led, by some fifty yards or so, the others, who were all bunched together. Nearer and nearer we came, Manltou, in spite of carry in . myself and the pack behind the sad dle, gamely holding his own, while the antelope, with outstretched necks, went at an even, regular gait tha: offered a strong contrast to the spring ing bounds with which a deer run. At last the two leading animals crossed (he line of my tlight ahead of inc. when I pulled short up, leaped from Manltou's back, and blaz*l into thi' band as they went by not forty yard off, aiming well ahead of a line buck who was on the side nearest me. An antelope's gait Is so even that ii offers a good running mark; and as the smoke blew off I saw the buck ro! 1 over like a rabbit, with both shoulders broken. I then emptied the Winchester at the rest of the band, breaking one hind leg of a young buck. Hastily cut ting the throat of.and opening, the dead buck, I again mounted and start ed off after the wounded one. But though only on three legs, it went as tonishlngly fast, having had a gocxl start; and after following it over a mile I gave up the pursuit though 1 had gained a good deal; for the heat was very great, and I did not deem it well to tire the horse at the beginning of the trip. Returning to the carcass. 1 cut off the hams and strung them lw side the saddle; an antelope is so spar.' that there is very little more meat o:t the body. This trick of running In a straight line Is another of the antelope's pecul iar characteristics which frequency lead It into danger. Although with s much sharper eyes than a deer, ante lope are in many ways far stupider animals, more like sheep, and they especially resemble the latter in their habit of following a leader, and in their fooJlsh obstinacy in keeping to n course they have once ndopted. If a horseman starts to head off n deer the latter will always turn long be- On Yawning. I have come to the conclusion that if a man yawns and you don't want to yawn, too, the only way to prevent it is to blow your nose. A man of my acquaintance boasts that he can set a whole railway carriage full of people yawning by merely taking time over it himself, nnil 1 believe he can.—Fry's Magazine. Same Old Reason. "I've played the ponies to my grief year In, year out, day after day." "Then why do you keep at It?" "Well, I've got a good thing for to morrow."—Louisville Courier-Journal. fore he has come within range, but j oulto often an antelope will merely in- j rrease his speed and try to pass ahead of his foe. Almost always, however, ' one if alone will keep out of gunshot, owing to the speed at which he goes, but if there are several In a band which is well strung out, the leader only cares for his own safety aa 1 passes well ahead himself. The oth ers follow like sheep, without turning in the least from the line the first fal lowed, and thus may pass within close range. If the leader bounds into the air, those following will often go through exactly the same motions; and if he turns, the others artery apt to each in succession run up*and turn in the same place, unless the whole band are manoeuvring together, like a squadron of cavalry under orders, as j has already been spoken of. After securing the buck's hams and ' head (the latter for the sake of the i horns, which were unusually long and I fine), I pushed rapidly on without stop ping to hunt, to reach some large creek which should contain both wood and water, for even in summer a fire adds greatly to the comfort and cosiness of a night catnp. When the sun had i nearly sot we went over a divide and j came In sight of a creek fulfilling the / j Nearer and nearer wc came. required conditions. It wound its way ! through a valley of rich bottom land, cotton-wood trees of no great height! or size growing in thick groves along its banks, while its bed contained many deep pools of water, some of it fresh and good. I rode Into a great bend, with a grove of trees on its right I and containing excellent feed. Manl tou was loosed, with the lariat round ids neck, to feed where he wished j until I went to bed, when he was to l be taken to a place where the grass | was thick and succulent, and tethered out for the night. There was any ] amount of wood with which a tire I was started for cheerfulness, and some J of the coals were soon raked off apart to cook over. The horse blanket was spread on the ground with the oil skin over it as a bed, underneath a spreading cotton-wood tree, while toe regular blanket served as covering. The metal cup was soon filled with water and simmering over the coals tc make tea, while an antelope steak was roasting on a forked stick. r.reaking catnp is a simple operation 1 for one man; and but a few minutes! after breakfast Manltou and I wore j off. I headed the horse towards tlx j more rolling country where the prairie? j begin to break off into the edges of the Had Lands. Several bands of an-1 telope were seen, and I tried one un J successful stalk, not being able t come within rifle range; but towards evening, when only about a mile from j a wooded creek on whose banks I in- 1 tended to sleep. I came across a soli 1 tary buck, just as I was topping the ! rldp? of the last divide. As I was keeping a sharp lookout a: j the time. I reined in the horse the in stant the head of the antelope came r sight, and Jumping off crept up till I , could see hi" whole body, when I drop ped on my linee and took steady aim Tie was a long way off (three hundred yards by actual pacing), and not ha v j lng made out exactly what we were j he stood st'll. looking Intently In our j direction anil broadside to us. I held | well over his shoulder, and at there- j port he dropped like a shot, the ball having broken his neck. It was a very good shot; the best I ever made at antelope, of which game, as alreadv said, I have killed but very few in dividuals. Taking the hams and sad dle I rode on down to the creek sv:d ■again went Into camp among timber. Thus on f his trip I was never suc cessful In outwitting antelope on the several occasions when I pitted my craft and skill against their wariness and keen senses, always either falllnc to get within range or else missing them; but nevertheless I got two hy taking advantage of the stupidity and curiosity which they occasionally show When the neighbors call at his houso a boy notices that they all laugh heartily when his father tells how he used to steal watermelons when he was a boy, but the boy remembers that when he tried It his father whipped hlm for stealing.—Atchison Glol>e Question of Nationality. An Englishman, a Frenchman and a German sitting together in the smok ing room of an ocean liner, the conver sation turned on their nationality, and one of them asked what each of the three would choose to be If he were not of his own nation. The Frenchman said. "If I were not a Frenchman, 1 would be an Englishman." The Englishman said, "If I were not an Englishman, 1 would wish to be one." The German. "If I were not a German I would wisb not to be a German."—Carl Peters in Deutsche Monatschrift. OLD FASHIONED CANVASS IS ON Andrews For a Campaign ol Vim and Patriotism. MARCHERS AND GLEES FIGURE : i Recruits Called For From the Rank i and File of the Great Army of Penn ; sylvania Republicans, and a Prompt Response Is Anticipated All Along 1 | the Line, With Victory In November | Assured. [Special Correspondence.] Philadelphia, Sept. 29. I | Colonel Wesley R. Andrews, as | chairman of the Republican state com | mittee, has sounded the slogan to Re | publicans of Pennsylvania for the in ; auguratlon of a campaign for the clos ' ing days of the state canvass which ! must appeal to every stalwart Repub- ] | llcan in the land. j The colonel, himself a veteran of ! the Fremont campaigners in the i cause of true Republicanism, has called lor a revival of the spirit of the | olden days, of a recruiting of the Re j publican hosts as in the memorable j struggles in which the "Wide Awake" clubs, by their partiotism and party j fervor, stirred the nation from end to end, and for an expression of senti j ment which shall be emphasized by i bringing "Old Glory" to the front as I the Republican forces march onto j victory. Colonel Andrews has just addressed I (he following letter to each of the chairmen of the Republican county | committees throughout Pennsylvania: A Call to Action. "Dear Sir—We have reached a , period in the national campaign when I party lines are tightly drawn, the is | sues well defined, and the voters are ] rallying around the banners of their | respective parties. "Republicans of Pennsylvania have | reason to be proud of their candidates | and all can consistently and cordially endorse the platform upou which they j have been nominated "It devolves upon the county chair i men, in the closing days of the can j vass, to marshal the Republican hosts in their respective bailiwicks, and I ! suggest that we have an old-fashioned 1 canvass, along the lines of the cam | paign of 1860, when the young men ot ; the country gathered in "Wide Awake ; clubs." supplying at their own ex j pense their uniforms and making demonstrations at all political meet j iugs in their neighborhood, j "What was done in IStiU can be I done now. I"The country is fully as patriotic I j today. "In later years contributions have : been depended upon to meet expenses, | hut in the old times each man not only i contributed his time, but also his ; share of the expenses of the meetings I which were held. "These thoughts are suggested by ! the calls upon the Republican state | committee for financial assistance to i provide for meetings, with which it ) is not possible to comply. This | prompts the inspiration to recall the I faith of the fathers of the Republican | party, who. without outside aid of any ! kind, rallied everywhere and over ' threw the Democratic party, then j strongly entrenched in power, and j elected the immortal Lincoln, through I whom the Union was saved. "What was done in 1860, I repeat, i can be done now. "In this day. when in Philadelphia j and Pittsburg and elsewhere the past i is being recalled in Founders' Week ! and like celebrations, it is fitting that | an old-fashioned marching and sing | ing campaign be inaugurated to rouse I the voters throughout the length and j breadth of the state. To Have Campaign Glee Clubs. "Additional interest will lie given to the meetings in man) localities if a | musical program shall be arranged | in connection with the practical work j of expounding the principles of th | party and discussing the live issues of j the campaign. j "In such cases, you are advised to I enlist the services of one or more j soloists, and. where possible, a quartet or glee, to intersperse the proceedings with musical selections. "For this purpose there will be for warded to you a compilation of cam paign songs, written to popular tunes, which can be distributed among the audiences that all may join in the singing. Anthem For Pennsylvania. "In connection with this collodion of songs is presented the new state anthem, 'Pennsylvania.* in the chorus of which all loyal Penusylvanians can readily unite. "It was given wit'i great success | at the recent gathering of the State j League of Republican clubs at Wilkes | liarre, and the convention adopted a ' j resolution endorsing a proposition to j make it the 'Official Song of the Key j stone state.' The aim of the composer I Is to give what has long been lackina, a song that shall be typical of the commonwealth, and which shall be come as affectionately associated with Pennsylvania and Pennsylvanians, wherever they may be. as have 'Mary land. My Maryland.' 'My Old Kentucky Home' and like state songs to the citizens of the states with which they are respectively identified. "Let this and the songs lauding the j party and its candidates be sung upon I all appropriate occasions. "Get the 'First Voters.' those who will, in November next, cast their first presidential vote, to form in line and march to tbn meetings if only with a nte ana arum at tneir neaa, nu>i lu 'Old Glory' always carried proudly in the van. "Let us have enthusiastic, patriotic Republican rallies everywhere and roll up an unprecedented majority for our gallant standard-bearers. Taft and Sherman, and the full Republican ticket. "Let the spirit of the days of Lin coln pervade the entire party, and a racord-bresklnr victory Will be, the result. Respfectruify. "WESLEY R ANDREWS, "Chairman." There was a very successful gath ering of active Republicans from all parts of the state here yesterday, in attendance upon the meeting of the Republican state committee, which was called primarily to fill a vacancy upon the electoral ticket, but which was principally valuable for the op portunity it afforded men of the sev eral congressional and senatorial dis tricts to get together to confer upon plans for the closing days of the can vass. Senator Penrose met the commit teemen and gave them very encourag ing reports, as a member of the nar tional committee, about the outlook throughout the country for Republi can victory in November. Bryan's Mistakes. If the Bryan monetary scheme had been accepted, the country's indus tries. agricultural and manufacturing, would have been demoralized. We should, as Governor Hughes puts It, "have been overwhelmed with disas ter:" for both theories could not be right, and if the gold standard theory was right, as it has been proven to be, Mr. Bryan's free-coinage-of-silver the ory was wrong. As to the government ownership of railroads, even Mr. Bry an seems quickly to have recognized the revolutionary and chaotic conse quences which must follow any gov ernmental attempt, to put such a scheme to realization. But how pre sumptuous and absurd It is for any party to ask the American people to accept a man as the chief executive of the nation who has stood sponsor for two such governmental policies. The man who reasoned so crudely in 189 G. in 1900 and later cannot be sup posed to have escaped the limitations with which he was encumbered. One who has been twice wrong in his main theories is not the man to be put In a place of the highest responsibility.— Allentown Chronicle and News. The Drift From Bryan. This drift of Democrats away from Bryan and over to Taft in many of the southern states has more significance than may appear on the surface. It marks a tendency which is undoubt edly in operation all over the country. While the change of base may not be great enough to sweep any of the old southern Democratic fastnesses into the Republican column, it will count for much in the northern and western states, where there is no negro issue to hold men in line for a ticket whose head they distrust and whose prlnd pies they hate. Hundreds of thousands of men who voted for Bryan in his two previous canvasses will be against him this year.—Coatesville Times. No Transfer For Bryan. W. J. Bryan makes a frank state ment of his resoucres, and tells how and where he got his money. He is worth $125,000, and made most of it I lecturing. Owing to the fact that he is doing so nicely on the platform. It would be hardly right to transfer him to a field where he might make a moss of things both for himself and the rest ol us. —Punxsutawney Spirit. Constant Squeezing. "Now, Algernon," said Miss Fussan feather, as she was tightly held In the embrace of her fiance, "they tell me that men get tired of squeezing after they are married. Will you promise ' me uot to give It up after we are maa ; and wife?" "Oh, I assure you It is not necessary to make any such promises," replied the young man."l guarantee you'll have all the squeezing you want to do to get along on $7 a week."—Exchange. I But He Runs on rorever. [From the New York Sun.] What will Mr. Bryan say After next election day? Mr. Bryan will Insist That he is an optimist. Beaten throe times! What of that? lie's the one great Democrat Willing for his follow men To lie beaten once again Read the Commoner and learn! Mr. Bryan. Mr. Kern, Sail together on this trip In the old. oft stranded ship. (They have quarters in the stern!) In this antiquated craft. While they gaze at Mr. Taft Miles ahead - th- r ice tienr done And by Taft and Sherman won— Mr. Bryan, ever wise. Doubtless will philosophize And to Mr Kern recite That remark, already trite. All prepared and often sprung "Beaten? Yes, but I'm still young! I can wait another four Years, then try the race once more. I have got this thing down pat. I'm the one great Democrat!" —Julian Durand. Happiness. Human happiness, according to th« most received notions, seems to con cist of three ingredients—action, pleas ure atiil indolence. And though these ingredients might t" I'.- mixed in dif ferent proportions, according to the particular disposition of the person, yet no one ingredient can be entirely want ing without destroying in some nieas stire the relish of the whole composi tion. A shoemaker of Philadelphia has a dog with an artificial ear made of leather and covered with curly brown hair. iiiiWi A. iriella tol® TLN SHOP Tor all kind of Tin Roofing, Spoutlnennd Ceneral Job Work. Stovea, Heater*, Ran«ee» Furnace*, eto. PRICES THB LOWEST! QUILITY THB BEST! JOHN HIXSON NO. ltf B. FEOHT IT.
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