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.
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A. iriella tol®
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Tor all kind of Tin Roofing,
Spoutlnennd Ceneral
Job Work.
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Furnace*, eto.
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QUILITY THB BEST!
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