PATRIOTISM THEIR FAVORITE THEME Von Moscfiziskers Wrote Poems to Fiag and Country, BREATHED SPIRIT OF tiBERTY Parents of Nominee For Supreme Court Justice Figured Prominently In Promoting the Cause of the Union. In the Dark Days of the Rebellion. Admirers of Judge Robert von Aloschzisker, Republican candidate for associate Justice of the supreme court, are directing their attention to the pa triotic writings of his parents, which breathed loyalty to the Union during the Civil War. Judge von Moschzisker's father Franz A. von Moschzisker was a ui tive of Poland and his mother was jn American, Miss Clara Harrison, of Philadelphia. The elder Von Mosch zisker was of distinguished lineage - n the paternal side of the old Polish no bility. and through his mother of too ancient Saxon, being a direct descena ant of the Elector of Saxony, who sus tained Luther In his historic contest. He was a patriot and a scholar Dur ing the uprising of IS4S he joined the forces under Kossuth, and in man. battles fought for the cause of liberty. He was captured by the Austrians. but after many exciting adventures e.v capod to England, where he became professor of German literature in Kings college, London. Later be stud led medicine, and after graduation in Germany came to the United States and settled in Philadelphia where ne practiced his profession. Both Dr. von Moschzisker and his wife were enthusiastic supporters of the cause of the Union m the Civil War. Dr. von Moschzisker went to Washington and submitted to con gress a memorial urging the establish ment of ophthalmic hospitals and oy other acts fully established his thor ough sympathy with the Union. After coming to the United States he never returned to Europe, but transferred nls natural patriotism and devotion of country to the land of his adoption. Ha contributed to the newspapers and periodicals many patriotic articles and poems The intensity ol his sympa thies with the Unionists may be judg ed by a poem entitled "The Seen an ' Unseen Armies." written by him upo« the occasion of the great military re view at Washington. The Seen ana Unseen Armies. It reads: With quickened breath and proud hur rah AVe greet our armies back today; Their bayonets, glistening in the sun. Not brighter than their victories won: Their blood-stained flags, when tow unfurled. Commanding homage from a world Each man his country's boast and joy. From general to drummer boy' And they, the heroes of the hour. What thoughts must in their breasts have power! The men whose arms have dashed away The cloud that o'er tfceir country lay, When here, in first and last review. They bid that country saved adieu! No monarch's praise these warriors crave; Their country's grateful love ttey have. Beneath those suits of warworn blue What joy must, thrill each tense nervi throueh' Their leaders viewing them with pride. Hail them as comrades, true and tried While they, exulting, greet the form That led them here through fiery storm! On winged thought our souls aspire Where purified by blood and fire. With downward glancing, spirit eyes They see that day so blest arise— * ound its Chief, in bright array. The army that has passed away! its Chief—not he who led the way Through night to victory's perfect oay. But He, above whose martyr grave 'The white-hued flowers of Peace snati wave, Implanted by the loving hand Whose life-blood stains a stricken - land! Upon the assassination of Abranam Lincoln and while the body of the mar tyred president lay instate in fblia delphia. Dr. von MoscDzisker wrote these lines: The State House Bell. Toll forth, old oell With mournful knell His requiem swell Who lletb here Cold on his bier! Tell in each stroke Of fetters broke By action grand Of this pale nand! The Nation greet. Tell blood so sweet At country's feet, Was never poured By need abhorred! Yet on this head. By fiends low laid— On this dead lace Our sad eyefc trace — O er martyr's crown By thorns pressed down The Victory won, With these closed eyes Kt.ul slavery dies: 'f :ien toll on ol bell, With mournful kneil; His requiem swell Who lieth here Cold on his bier! Tell in each stroke Of fetters broke By action grand Of this pale hand! Judge von Moschzisker's mother was born in Philadelphia, where her ram Ily for four generations resided. Man> of her ancestors were seafaring pen pie. Her father and maternal grand father both were sea captains. Mrs von Moschg'sker was a great reader and wrote extenai\ .: . volume of hef verses Is amonj the cherished posses sions of her son. Like her husband she employed 'er pen to impart tc northerners patriotism which thrilled her. the battle of Chlcka mauga Brigadier General Steadman observing a regiment in line of battle panic-stricken and about to retreat, rode forward and, seizing its flag, ex claimed. "Go back, boys, but the flag can't go with you." This Incident prompted Mrs. von Moschzisker to ■write these lines: The Flag. Gallant Steadman! e'en more than the soldier art thou, The wreath of the Poet encircles thv brow. GOV'ER;;O.I SIUART MEETS THE PEOPLE touJive TaiKi ul His iw el me Mais Philadelphia, Sept. 14 Governor Edwin 8 Stuart, who has Just returned trom a tour of the stats as guest of various "Old Home Week celebrations speaks in the most en thuslastic way of the evidences of ; prosperity he saw upon every hand i The people of Pennsylvania, he says ! are happy and prosperous and therf> are indications everywhere ot the hen i fcflcml results of the passage ol ihe ! tariff bill, which does »o much to pro teet Pennsylvania's varied interests, agricultural and industrial and com j merclal 1 The governor believes this will be a 1 great Republican year and that tt.< ! people of this commonwealth will ap ! preciate tin work of the Republican 1 representatives m congress in tne en ! actment of the tarill legislation As a personal friend and admirer of Judge von Moschzisker, whom he has Known intimately for years Governor Stuart was delighted to learn that the candidacy or the Philadelphia jurist is receiving tlie enthusiastic support of tne influential men of the uench ;in I i; HI, Ano are familiar with his spiei, NNl i record upon the common pleas bench fhe Republican nominee for the SII i preine court Judge von Moschzisker is- ue.-t Known to the n>gal profession in roue h the many opinions he written upon a diversity of sunj < ' >LO the tact that these opinions hav I neen sustained by the nighest cour' i<\ the state. "Every Pennsylvanian should be proud of Judge von Moschzisker re marked the governor a few day? ago "It gives me pleasure to speak of his worth as a man and his splendid rec ord as a jurist." Following the formal opening of the state campaign at the Lehigh i-ountv Republican meeting at Dorneyville. | where nominees tor auditor general and state treasurer respectively, A. B Slsson and J A Stober both made stirring addresses Chairman Andrew" . is planning a series of meetings a» the I instance ot the Republican count* I ci.alrmen in different parts of the «tate. The most important, gathering this month will be the convention of toe State League of Republican Clubs to t»e held in Altoona. Sept.. 22. 23 and? 4. All of the Republican candidates have i been invited, along with Senators Pu rest and Oliver, Chairman Andrews and others. 'jr< it preparations have been made tor the entertainment of the delegates ar.i other visitors. unJ a large attend tnce is anticipated. Fourth of July Dialogue. Wilfred McGonigle—Say, Spectacles, | didjer hav' enny firewolks on de i Fourt'? j Edwin Bostonbeens—Most assuredly, I and among the heterogeneous collection | I had some elongated circular paste -5 board tubes that emitted varicolored j spheres. | Wilfred .McGonigle—Say, dent's Eiv ; man candles yer mean, ain't dey? j Edwin Bostonbeens—Precisely, and , then I had other cylindrical pyrotech nics with cone shaped apexes which, upon being ignited, sailed with velocity toward the empyrean regions and— Wilfred McGonigle—Can't yer say j skyrockets? Den wot? ! Edwin Bostonbeens—Then I had va j rlegated spheroids that revolved In j cessantly, with celerity discharging j fiery asterisks that split into diverging | lines as they sallied into the atnios j phere. You may rest assured that 1 enjoyed those effulgent phenomena. | Wilfred McGonigle—l like plnwheels '• myself. Did yer hav' enny red lights or green lights? j Edwin Bostonbeens—Not that Inm ; cognizant of, but we had several derp ; onstrations of radium and helium. | Wilfred McGonigle—Say, Specsy, | let's set a match to some of dem words 1 and see If dat lankwidje don't explode. 1 —New York Tribune. ' The robes of the Prophet thy brave limbs enfold As springs from thy firm lips that cry wise as gold. For onward, still onward, our proud ; flag must 50, Bearing joy to its friends and despair to the foe; 1 With liberty honor and light in its | track. ; Whiie life nerves a true arm it ne'er shall fall back! j And years will but carry it on In their flight. Its stars, now o erclouded, triumphant ly bright. While from ocean to ocean ar anthem will roll. Of praise from a nations regenerate soul On ye who in manhood heaven dow ers with a sword. Tt draw in defense of your count"" and Lord, i: patience, if faith hope or courag e'er lag "Go Ltik. toys, go hack but not with you the flag!" Although hotb of nip parents were | ]' etic temperament. Judge vor j Moschzisker would never be suspected I ol loliowing the muses I All of nis writings have been of th«- | most practiral sort of prose. While ne may ne said to nave inherited lit erary instincts from nls parents, thev run aiong different lines. He has con tlned nls efforts almost entirely to writings on the taw. As was forcibly said by Alexander Simpson, Jr.. in nls speech placing tlm in nomination for the supreme bench. Judge von Moschzisker is a writing judge." He has earned this reputation while sitting in common pleas court No. 3 While many of bis colleagues on the Dench have deemed It necessary to put but few of their opinions In writ Ing. Judge von Moschzisker has seen fit to burn the midnight oil and be has made an unprecedented record for the number of opinions he has placed on file in the Philadelphia courts. "When 1 say to you," remarked Mr Simpson, Ir his convention address "that of upwards of Tour hundred of these opinions but five ot them have had reversals in the higher courts of this commonwealth, you know whether or Dot Judge von Moschzisker has measured up to tne duty that has beer before him " LIVING HORRORS. Men Made to Look Like Beasts by Chinese Methods. To transfer a man into a beast would it first seem to be Impossible. It Is ae 'iniplislied, however, by tlie Chinese, in whom nothing seems to be un l.nmvn. The skin Is removed In small [•articles from the entire surface of the body, and to the bleeding parts bits of the hide of living animals, bears and flogs, are usually applied. Tlie opera tion requires years for Its full accom plishment. After the person has had bis skin completely changed and be comes a man-bear or a man-dog he Is made mute to complete the illusion and also deprive him of the means of Informing tlie public he is Intended to amuse of his long torture. A Chinese lournal, the llupao, prints a descrip tion of one of these human animals exhibited in the Klangsi. Ills entire body was covered with dog skin. He stood erect (although sometimes the feet are so mutilated that the beast is forced to walk on all fours), could not atter articulate sounds, rise and sit iown—in short, make the gestures of a human being. A mandarin who heard nf this monstrosity had him brought to his palace, where ills hairy skin and bestial appearance caused quite as much terror as surprise. Ui>on being asked if lie was a man the creature replied with an affirmative nod. lie also signified in the same manner that lie would write. A pencil was given him. but ho could not use It, his hands were so deformed. Ashes were then placed on the ground in front of him, when the man-dog, leaning over, trac ed in them five characters indicating his name and district. Investigation showed that he had lieen stolon, Im prisoned for years and subjected to long tortures. Ills master was appre hended and condemned to death.— London Spare Moments. A CHEERFUL OUTLOOK. Making It Pleasant For the Studious Traveler. An English tourist traveling on foot through one of our mountainous re gions, studying the people, asked a man whom he met to direct him to a certain cabin at which he had been advised to stay overnight. "Going thar?" said the man. "Well, Tom's a tlrst rater, take him just right, but he's mighty queer." "What do you mean?" asked the traveler. "Well, It's like this,"and the man looked at the stranger in a calm, Im personal way. "Ile'll be setting out side, most probably, and he'll see you coming. He'll take a good look at you, and ef you don't suit him he may Bet the dog on you. "Ef he don't and you get to talking with Him and say anything he don't Just like ho may throw you down and tromp on you. But ef you're too care ful in your talk, on the other hand, he's liable to take you for n spy and use Ills gun fust and listen to expla nations afterward. "Out it's no use trying to get by without stopping," concluded the man, with evident relish of the prospect he was opening up to the stranger. "Ef you was to undertake that 'twould be ail up with you, for he'd think you was proud and biggetty. "Ef you want to come out of the mountain whole, don't go past Tom's cabin without stopping, whatever you do!" Youth's Companion. The Unemployed. Lack of employment is not a now question. Says the Liverpool Mercury 1 of Feb. 14, 1812: "It is of the highest , Importance that a committee of the legislature should immediately inquire into the causes of the present want of 1 employment among the laboring class es and whether means might not be I found in a nation of which the reve | nue is immense by which a succession of public works," etc. There were at that time IG.OOO unemployed In Liver pool. The same writer after asking "Is war the only employment that the state has to give the poor?" goes onto show that the pyramids of Egypt and the "elegant edifices of Greece" were built with the object of "giving con tinual employment to the laborer." ! ue wuo KUOWS iltfie soon teiis ii.— German Proverb. The Most Enticing Breakfasts Are Now Shot from GUDS ammmmKsmKjmrna mtraamammrmmmm mmmmmmammmanm ■ ihiwi ii wi mmm. Puffed \\ heat and Puffed Rice were The foods of the day are the foods served last month for seventeen mil- that are best. That is always so. lion meals. But millions of others lacked them. ^ a -v are ies^ There are millions yet who don't cris P> gigantic grains—puffed to eight know them. times their natural size. If you are among them, we invite These whole, unbroken, nut-like you to try them. Serve one of these grains, made four times as porous as foods tomorrow. bread The world, as you know, doesn't You'll like what others like. We jump to a food which all are not find- do you a kindness when we ask you ing delightful. to try these foods. Puffed Wheat —10c Puffed Rice —15c These arc the foods invented by Prof. An- Then the guns are unsealed, and the steam derson, and this is his curious process: explodes. Instantly every starch granule is * , . . , . blasted into a mvriad particles. 1 he whole wheat or rice kernels arc put into * sealed guns. Then the guns are revolved for Thc r " e , ls of * rain arc cx P a »' lcd ei R ht sixty minutes in a heat of 550 degrees. timCS - } Ct J lO . c " at * are unbr ° ke ". th < shapes are unaltered. We have simply the magnified That fierce heat turns the moisture in thc grain. grain to steam, and the pressure becomes trc- One package will tell you why people de mendous. light in them. Order it now. Made only by The Quaker Oats Company t«i MESSENGERS ODD JOB ] Little Hint to the Button Op pressed Husbands. HOW A BOY ACTED AS A MAID Fair Washington Lady Left All Alone Summoned "Reddy" McGowan to Button a Pink Dress—"She's There With the Looks All Riflht." "Reddy" McGowan, a messenger boy In Washington, has discovered a brand i new job that has got aU other special j stunts outside the regular routine fad ed to a whisper. The other afternoon. In response to a phone message, he was sent to a fashionable apartment i house on Connecticut avenue. The tremulous feminine voice that sent in the call frankly volunteered the in formation that a boy was not wanted to carry u message and tinally con cluded that a statement of the work he was to perforin could not be made over the phone. 11 was iteddy McGuwan's turn, and lie was shoved on the job. lleddy re turned three-quarters ot an hour later. Ills face wore a smile, and his eyes were all a-twlnkle. "Did you find that lady?" asked the clerk. "Sure, 1 did. sir." replied Reddy. "You'll have to make a report on this," said the clerk. "There With the Looks, All Right. "She told me to peach to no one, but I suppose I gotta," replied Reddy. "I goes up there, an' she meets me at the door. She's there with Uie looks, all right. She says she's glad I ain't any older, an' 1 wonders what's cotuin' off. She has on one of them kimo nos, an' she's there with the pink cheeks an' the blond hair. " 'Come In here, little boy,' she says, an' she walks me through into the best parlor an' sits me down on a big yeller couch an' bands me a big bos of chocolates an* tells me to eat me head off. X ain't wise to what's doln' yet, but I takes the candy, an' she asks me to excuse her while she goes into i another room. I eats candy for five i minutes, an' I has Just linished up all I of tho chocolate marshmellers 1 kin lay me mitts on when she comes out j again. It Wasn't Any "Cinch." "She's got a pink dress on this time, i but it don't tit her none too good, an' then 1 pipes it off that it ain't but toned. There's a big string of black buttons runnln' down the back an' a lot of sort of little jiggers made out of black cord that fits over 'em. She looks at mo an' laughs. 'Little boy,' I she says, '1 want you to button me up.' j "That's a new one on me, all right. I put a souse to bed once, an' I caught a lot of runaway chickens for a dame out In the northeast, an' 1 took a guy around in a taxicab once, showin' him the treasury an' White House an' things, but I ain't never had to button no dress on uo lady. 1 tells her me ban's is dirty, an' she makes me wash 'em, an' then I starts. "Say, that ain't no cinch. Those there loops, or whatever you calls 'em. don't go over those there buttons easy, an', besides, that dress fits her purty tight, an' there ain't no slack to get a-hold of.l asks her If she can't pull herself together a little tighter, an' she ban's me a little poke on the ear an' laughs an' says I'm a fresh kid an' that she's laced tight enough. "Well, I got 'em buttoned, all right." Convenient. "Providence," said the deacon, "sho" do look after do cullud race." "now come?" demanded Brother I Dickey. "Well, hit's dlsaway: De nigger baby, ; ez dey say. walk too soon." "Sho do!" assented Brother Dickey. ' "Dat makes him bowlegged." "Now you tnlkln'!" "An' bowlegs Is do mos' convenient est legs in de worl' fer cllmbln' a tree w'eu a possum's on de top limb!"—Ex change. A good and faithful judge prefe. the honest to the expedient.—Horace HOTEL CELLS. The Difference Between Them and j Those of the Jails. The chief difference between the av erage hotel cell and the average pris on cell, viewed from the standpoint of social psychology, Is that one is locked on the inside to keep outsiders out, while the other Is locked on the out side to keep insiders In. The occupant of the hotel cell Is afraid that some thing will be done to him or that some thing will lie taken from him by some one who ought to be In a prison cell. That Is the theory of It. "Lock your door und leave your val uables at the office," cautions the oblig ing Innkeeper. "If you had valuables you wouldn't be here," observes the wltt} - prison keeper. That Is to say, the question of valuables seems to en ter largely into the matter. It would be great to have a civiliza tion which considered valuable only those things which could not be stolen, such as mental and moral equipment, skill and good fellowship. Then we could be a little more sociable. We could talk to each other without but toning our coats or feeling for our dia mond studs every few minutes. Then the man who willingly secluded him self in a stuffy hotel cell could be locked in and made to stay there on the ground that something terrible was the matter with him.—Success Maga zine. THEATRICAL COSTUMES. The Man V/ho Supplies Them Must Be Artistic and Well Read. An extensive library Is an absolute necessity to the theatrical costumer. At the head of every theatrical cos tuming establishment there la a man of education, experience and genuine artistic ablliwhose business It la to know what needed and how to get It If "The i'rlnce of India," "Bcn- Ilur" or "The Darling of tho Gods" Is to be produced he must map out the lines on which the costuming is to be done, and those lines must be absolute ly accurate. There Is a wide differ ence between the French costumes of Napoleon's time and those worn by Jeanne d'Arc and her friends. The chief designer must know it and act on his knowledge. At the time Cus ter fought his last fight the United | States army—cavalry and Infantry was outfitted In a peculiar manner that has long since passed away. If the play deals with American army life of that period tho costumes must show it for It would never do to have the critics "roast" the piece because the producers were Ignorant of the thing produced. The man at the head of the costuming department must ei ther be conversant with all countries and all periods of history or he must know how to become so with decided alacrity; hence the costumer's library. —New Orleans Times-Democrat. What Thieves Won't Steal. The last thing the woman did before leaving the flat was to put four rings in the clock on the mantel. "So thieves won't get them," she said. "I should think that 1.-ould be simply Inviting thieves to run away with ' them," said her friend. "That is a handsome clock, and thieves like hand some clocks." "They do." said the woman, "but I they never will steal this clock. It ticks too loud. No wise thief will run : away with a clock that goes like a I thrashing machine. It isn't the alarm j about his person that he is afraid of, for he can stop the clock, but the oc cupants of the flat are likely to return before he gets safely away, and if a loud ticking clock Is gone they will | miss it the minute they step Inside the door and maybe give him a hot chase | for his plunder."—New York I'ress. Too Eminent. "Why don't you ask your office boy j to wash those windows?" j "I ain't got the nerve to do it, old | man. He was the valedictorian of his ; class."—Washington Herald. Innocence is better than repentance, an nnsnllled life better than pardon.— | Blnney. j Never mind who was your grand father. Who nt-p you?— Proverb. LOEB'S NEW POLICE, Customs Collector's Force to Seize Smugglers at New York. SEVERAL HAVE BEEN CAUGHT Forty-eight Piers Are Watched Night •nd Day to Prevent Smuggling In of Contraband Goods—Colonel W. Luti, Commander, Has Two Hundred and j Seventy-five Men on Duty. Every pier of New York city nt which Is tied a vessel containing duti able goods Is being watched night and day by a new federal police force to appreliend smugglers. This force was organized a few days ago as the out come of Collector William Loeb's de termination to stop leaks in the collec tion of customs iwenuo. Within six days an average of two smugglers a night were detected and the goods they sought to sneak through free of duty confiscated. There are 270 men hi the new force. Colonel W. Lutz, former chief of the Insular police force of Porto Rico, has been named as commandant. Ills assistant is A. M. Beardsley. There are three lieutenants, twelve roundsmen and 200 patrolmen or watchmen, as they are officially desig nated. The men ore divided into three shifts of eight hours each. The greater number of men are on duty from 8 a. m.to 4 p. in., a lesser number from 4 p. m.to midnight, and a still smaller number from midnight until 8 a. m. Thero is at least ono man to every pier in the city where a vessel is tied containing dutiable goods. New Force Gets Busy. The new department was formally organized July 21. Colonel Lutz got his patrolmen busy at once. In eight instances they caught members of the crews of different steamers trying to take ashore packages containing goods on which no duty had been paid. A valuable lace spread, a number of finely wrought fancy boxes, a valuable Jewel case and boxes of cigars and bottles of bay rum were among the finds. In every case they were being brought ashore when it was supposed the customs officials had gone for the day. Never before in the history of the customs service has a watch beeu kept at night. The steamship companies have always had watchmen at piers At least they were supposed to watch, but according to general report tliej were either asleep or oblivious to what any of the crew might bring ashore. There will be strict discipline main taiued of the new force in order to i demonstrate that its organization and i operation may prove its usefulness. The roundsmen will be held account able for the detection of delinquent patrolmen at piers where one man is assigned on the midnight shifts. The lieutenants will make unexpected trips to see that their immediate subordi nates are really making the proper rounds. Forty-eight Piers Watched. The force until recently had under | surveillance forty-eight piers. It is I stated that the force will be Increased ! to 000 patrolmen just as soon as it i can be done. The members of the newly organ ized force are all clothed with the "S.-S.-S." authority, as Colonel Lutz terms It. This means that they have the police and governmental right to "stop, search, seize." The watchmen are Instructed to take no chances, but seize on suspicion if there is the slight est thing to warrant such suspicion, it is expected that hundreds of thou | sands of dollars will be added to the ! treasury by this Increased vigilance I before it will become generally under , stood that there is no use trying to leave a dock or pier with dutiable ! goods. When that particular time ar i rives Colonel Lutz says he will reduce j the force somewhat, but never to the | point where a pier Is not covered by ! at least one man constantly. Colonel Lutz had several hundred police under him In Porto Rico for ten j years. The body was organized after the fashion of the new federal force he commands. All below the rank of major in the insular police force were natives. During the labor strike on the Island three years ngo Colouel Lutz gained a reputation for his ener getic preservation of order.—New York World. Monkey's Great Grief. I Grief over the death of Dr. Monroe S. Leach a few days ago caused the suicide of the physician's pet monkey, which refused to touch food after its master died. It succumbed the other day. When Dr. Leach was taken ill the monkey took up its post at the sickbed and refused to leave. On the day the physician died, it Is declared by members of the family, the animr.l ! whimpered like a child. At the fu- J neral the monkey was permitted to I look for the last time on the face of j Its dead master. With shrill, almost j human, cries It clung to the casket. | and It was necessary to pull it away. Real Butterflies For Hatpins. A new enterprise In which the routh of Palouse, Wash., ranging from five t.> twelve years of age, are engaging Is catching butterflies. The Insects nre delivered t a confectionery store. Pile re they are chloroformed and sent to a plating company In Spokane, Wash., to I metalized and made Into hatpins. Five cents each Is paid, and dozens of little people are to be seen with their nets scouring the hills nbont Palouse. Thoroughly Prepared. At a religious service hi Scotland tli. late Lord Kelvin noticed a youugsti: accompanying his grandparents and sittlug wise as a young owl throug'.i the sermon. At the close of the service Lord Kel vin congratulated the grandfather upon the excellence of the young man's behavior. "Oeh, aye," returned the veteran, ■'Duncan's weel threatened afore lie gangs In." Enjoyment stops where indolence begins.—Pol lock. TOCULL IMMiGRANrS Missouri to Become a Pioneer In a Big Problem. THE DISTRIBUTING OF ALIENS. How the Bullion State Will Indue* Foreigners of the Right Kind to Set tle Within Her Confines—Value of the Scheme. Missouri has decided to take its pick of the immigration coming to the United States. Ever since Governor Hadley took his seat the state authori ties have beeu pondering over ways and means to attract a desirable class of immigrants to build up the waste places and put more value into the farm holdings. The Missouri State So ciety of New York has also been working at the other end of the line to accomplish the same object. Last winter these same patriotic sons of Missouri, who make their homes in New York, but who hnve not lost In terest in the welfare of their native state, suggested that if a live, ener getic agent were stationed at Ellis is land, where the great bulk of Immi grants disembark, great good would be likely to come of It. Now, after a con ference with Commissioner lveefe of the United States immigration bureau. Commissioner Currnu of the Missouri immigration bureau has announced that the state board will establish an agency at the immigrant station nt Ellis island. The purpose Is to worlt in co-operation with the federal bu reau in inducing as many Immigrants as possible of the right kind to make their homes In Missouri Advantages of the State. Thus Missouri is to become a pioneer In solving the problem of distributing immigrants throughout the United States instead of leaving them to act upon their own resources without ad vice or assistance of a trustworthy kind. Two other states, Louisiana and South Carolina, have tried the plan and are much pleased with the results. This state is likely to be still more so, inasmuch as it can offer many ad vantages in climate, soil and social en vironment which are lacking in the semitroplcal gulf states. Besides be ing centrally located, along the parallel of travel cast and west, Missouri prob ably enjoys a greater diversity of soil and climate, both of the most favor able character, than any other state In the Union. With fertile grain pro ducing lands in its center and north ern counties, stock breeding and dairy farms of the northwest tier, cotton and tob.".ceo in the southwest and its un surpassed fruit orchards and vine yards along the slopes of the Ozarka in the southwest, this state presents every advantage to the agricultural immigrant that could be desired, not to speak of the coal, iron, /.inc. lead and other flourishing mining industries which extend from the extreme north western to the southwestern borders, affording employment at high wages to many thousands of sturdy workers. Many workmen in the coal mines of this state net upward of $7 a day from eight hours of labor. Thus no Indus trious immigrant who settles In this state will have occasion to regret his choice so far as material prosperity is concerned, while from a social polut of view no warmer hearted and more hospitable people can be found on earth than the native Missourians. National Bureau to Be Established The federal authorities are said to be so much impressed with the Mis souri idea of the state going directly to the source of supply to obtain the pick of the immigrants that they have I decided to establish a national immi gration bureau at Washington to direct Immigrants to favorable locations throughout the United States and to gather information along this line for the benefit of states that may desire to take advantage of the opportunity to augment their population. This plan, if intelligently pursued, ought to go far to establish the much desired equilibrium of labor between the east and west which has beeu sought after for years alike by public officers in the bureau of immigration and private philanthropists. At least It cannot fall to lessen the tremendous congestion of aliens in the large cities of the east, which is fast becoming a menace to the welfare of the nation.—Kansas City Journal. The Intricacies of It. "Why don't you study the time ta ble, and then you wouldn't have miss ed your train?" "That was the trouble. While 1 was trying to translate the time table the train pulled out."—New York Herald. At His Best. Blobbs—The doctor told Guzzler drinking was the very worst thing he could do. Slobbs—l guess that doctor didn't know Guzzler or ho would have realized that drinking is the best thing he does.—Philadelphia Record. sunn in! A Rollalble TIN SHOP ror all kind of Tin Tooflns, Spoutlne -nnd C«n»ral Job Work. Stove*. Hoaterß. Furnace®. «to PRICES THE LOWEST! QllillTV TDK BEST.' JOHN HIXSON MO- 11# E. FRONT tl.
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