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FREELAND, PA.. MARCH 14, 1902. NOMINATE ELKIN Borne Cogent Reasons Why the State , Boss Should Be Standard-Bearer. It is not often that the North Ameri can finds it possible to agree with the machine or its organ in any matter of state politics or local government—a fact which goes far to confirm confi dence in the correctness of the North American's views—but it feels con strained by the force of logic to ap prove the selection of John P. Elkin as the machine's candidate for governor. By character, attainments and achieve ment, Mr. Elkin is pre-eminently qual ified to carry the standard of the or ganization. The organ of the machine truly says that "his career is one that the young men might study with profit to themselves." To a young man fit ting himself for the practice of medi cine, the study of a well-developed case of cancer would be valuable. An as pirant for judicial honors might de rive benefit from thorough acquain tance with the history of a Jeffreys or a Bacon or the career of a Potter. To the young Pennsylvanian ambitious to serve his state in political office, we heartily recommend studious contem plation of the career of John P. Elkin. The North American's reason for en dorsing the choice of Mr. Elkin as the machine candidate are not precisely those advanced by the exuberant organ in support of its action in making him not only the organization's, but its own especial favorite. The fact that he "was born in a log house in Indiana county" does not seem to be an ade quate reason for nominating him; and, moreover, when the statement is coupled by the organ with the remark- 1 able assertion that Mr. Elkin "is self made in every sense of the word," we must necessarily doubt that he was 1 born in a log house or anywhere else. Interesting as we may find this theory of the autogenesis of an Elkin, it fails to appeal to us with much force as an argument in favor of a certain line of political action. The North American favors tho nomination of John P. Elkin by the machine for the single and simple rea son that he is thoroughly representa tive of the machine, the embodiment and epitome of machine politics and machine morals. He is "regularity" personified. His record and the ma chine's record are written in the same hand and identical terms upon the same page of Pennsylvania's political history. When he began his political career—the career which young men might study with profit—he said to the machine: "Where thou goest I will go," and he has kept that pledge and gone along not only without hesita tion, but with joyous alacrity. As the machine candidate for gov ernor, John P. Elkin will command the support of every political automaton whose civic creed is expressed in the word "regularity;" of every political pervert whose guiding motto is "any old thing to win;" of every retainer of the bosses, big and little; every client of the private license bureau, and every mythical voter, dead or alive, on the padded list. His name at the head of the ticket will blazon its character and leave no honest citizen in doubt as to his own duty on election day. The North American is unqualifiedly in favor of the nomination of John P. Elkin by the Quay machine's state convention. He is literally the "logi cal candidate" of the gang and its squalid organ. Every American soldier who dies or gets killed in the Philippine contest dies a martyr to the greed and avarice of commercial Republicanism in this country. The boys in the field are loyal, true, faithful and patriotic, but the star chamber proceedings of the Republican speculators that induced, or rather commanded, the lamented McKinley to got this country in its present pitiable plight, if examined into with the calcium light of truth and righteousness, would blanche the cheek of every American citizen with shame. No wonder a national Re publican convention would hiss out a resolution expressing sympathy with the struggling Boer republic.—Ramsey (111.) News-Journal. oastoria. Bear, the The Kind You Have Always Bought TRIFLING WITH EVIL' PROGRESS IMPOSSIBLE WHILE LEAD- j ERS SUPPRESS THE TRUTH. Almnrd ConoortlonH Through Which D II (leu Are Shirked—Pretend Inu to n Condition Which Doea Not Eilat. Men Who Cheat Themselves. [Special Correspondence.] If Solomon lived in our day, Instead I of saying, "Of the making of books j there is no end," he would say, "Of the j concoction of absurdities through : which to shirk duties there is no end." | Modern existence is such a compllcat- j ed network of results, each set of them 1 telling a different story, that by simply suppressing some and referring to oth ers we can justify our own conduct and give a fine impression of the times we live in. And it is so pleasant and so easy for most men to retain that which is flattering and drop that which is not! Then most people forget that humanity has not received omnipotent [tower for evil. Evil Itself needs to he associated with good. Through no oth er process can It last for any long pc- ! riod. Any kind of mixture between : good and evil makes the latter supreme ! in the ensemble of the most important j results for any length of time. llow j foolish, then, to arrive at any conclu- i slon because something good is accom plished in certain directions! The most remarkable fact Is that the very men who are always trying to | cheat themselves and humanity by self ( Justification and pretensions of social j conditions being better all the time are | generally the ones who remain Inert, • never attempting to suppress wrong or create any consensus on the subject. They practically do just the reverse. They implicitly carry right and left the conviction that wrong shall go off by itself in due time and shall disappear without the need of our doing anything against it. Such people are really those who keep wrong alive and growing all the time, the law of life being a law of growth. They may call themselves conservatives, that being one of the subterfuges by which Important duties are escaped, avoided, laid aside. The poor fellows don't see that conser vatism has always meant destruction— that Is, the prolongation of the king dom of falsehood. Nothing worse than that is possible, and if evil could be made to talk by Itself, without the In strumentality of men, It would declare that conservatism is the best friend that evil can have. Harper's Weekly of Feb. 1 says in Its editorial columns: "Not one In a thousund men dare today to tell the truth iu the important affairs of life, either because lie lacks courage to form any opinion of his own or has not courage enough to express it when formed and because It is against popu lar sentiment. A habit is even created on the subject by doing the same In miall matters." It is wonderful how ?veil the most fossilized papers often condemn the progress they are con stantly glorifying. They do it uncon scious of what they are about, with out noticing that they thus contradict the general tenor of their teachings; they are all bent upon perpetuating our organized and legalized social wrongs. There we have the hidden power of truth, making Itself felt even through the public organs of error and false hood, paid for by those who can pur chase wrong and evil no matter how high Its market price may be. What we call abstract truth in rein- j Hon to specialized facts not yet real- ' Ized is far more convincing, after all, with sound minds than statements resting on isolated facts, which, even if true, may not amount to anything because disconnected from other facts, kept In the background or unknown yet. Take now the debatable question of whether our modern progress means a positive advance or a mere fantastic one invited by human conceit. Higher than any human statements or asser- ; tions referring to debatable subjects even when backed by figures and facts J subject to human prejudices or mis- j takes, higher than all that stands the following self evident reasoning proc ess, "We cannot prove that humanity is improving in the substantials of life until we can at least show that a suf ficient number of important men are ' at work in the suppression of funda mental evils through precise, simple, fundamental processes corresponding to the Golden Rule established or pro mulgated by Christ." We all know that not one in five thousand of our important men has anything to say about any precise, fun damental processes with which to de stroy fundamental evils. They may not even accept the idea that we have any fundamental evils, or, if they do, they will bring out that colossal ab surdity of "Oh, but we are yet a fallen humanity, unable to attack fundamen tal evils. We have no right to Interfere with such evils. All we can do is to lie down flat and let the evils have full play upon our bodies and souls." And so there you have it. We are good enough and have power to sup press evil by 50 or (50 per cent, so that we may be able to brag about our be ing better than other men, something that God alone can know. And there our power comes to an end. We can never complete the job in the suppres sion of evil. A certain portion must bo left alive for our own amusement. The logic of our friends is wonderful. And how can we suppress evil, how can progress ever represent substan tial, permanent improvement as long as our self appointed teachers and leaders cannot even tench the truth to the rest, cannot lead the rest toward channels of truth because they them selves, leaders and teachers, have no precise conceptions of truth, no faith in their power to suppress evil? And when shall the plain people learn how to think and act by themselves? Thut is the grund question. JOSE GKOS. NEW SHORT STORIES Glnd They Didn't Slioat Him. Public curiosity as to who really se cured to former Governor Thomas G. Jones the appointment as federal dis trict judge In Alabama lias never abat ed. but it will be at last satisfied by the following story told by the Mont gomery correspondent of the Louisville Courier-Journal in connection with President Roosevelt's first southern Democratic appointment: The man who did It was General Stewart L. Woodford of New York. Of course he didn't do it all by himself, but he first suggested It long before Mr. McKinley died and when it was expected that Judge Itruce would retire in February, 1902. General Woodford- and Judge Jones have been warm personal friends for many years. General Wood ford was working up the matter with Mr. McKinley and lmd an easy thing of it with Mr. Roosevelt. All that Gov ernor Jones ever did was to say he would take the ottice. The story was brought out by a sil ver loving cup which Judge Jones sent to General Woodford as a New Year's present. The principal inscription reads as follows: "Papa, I'm so glad we didn't shoot him. Nettn." This inscrip tion tells the story and originated in this way: When .Mr. Jones was ap pointed judge and went up liome to dinner, the children put after him to know who got It for him. He laughed Hid answered, "Well. If anybody got it for us it was General Stewart L. Woodford." "What! That Yankee general who took dinner with us that time?" asked his little daughter Nettn. "He Is the man," answered the gov ernor. 4 Papa, I'm so glad we didn't shoot him!" exclaimed little Miss Nettn. And that Is the story of a loving cup that has both sentiment and political history carved on Its shining surface. How Gate* Fooled tlia Raffgar. They ore telling a story on John W. Gates. It Is that the other night lie had eluded the swarm of beggars that hov er around the Holland House, the Wal dorf-Astoria, Delmonico's ami Sherry's. Later he was accosted by u particular ly insolent beggar, so very daring and "GIVE MB THAT BACK." aggressive that he promised to be in teresting. Mr. (bites dug down into his pocket, jingled some coins and pulled out a quarter. This he gave to the beg gar. "You're a nice one, you are," said the mendicant. "You'd spend that many dollars for a luncheon, and you give a man in hard luck that chicken feed." "Excuse me," said Mr. Gates. "Give me that back." He reached into his pocket as if to draw out a larger coin, and the beggar expectantly handed back the quarter. Mr. Gates put it in his pocket, re marking that It would be useful for u tip and walked into the lobby of the Waldorf-Astoria. According to the story tlie beggar now takes his hat off every time he sees Mr. Gates. Incidentally Mr. Gates denies the story. Rut it is one of those that are going the rounds in happy Wall street.—New York Times. Lawion'i Heady Wit. Here is the latest story about Thom as W. Lawsou which Boston is chuck | ling over. Late last summd a young woman who is described as fresh was sitting on the deck of a yacht in Marbleliead harbor when Mr. Lnwson came boat ing in on the Dreamer. The young woman knew the copper man slightly, nnd she took advantage of the acquaintance to pick lip a mega phone which was beside her, train it on the Dreamer and shout: "Hello, Mr. Lnwson! How's copper?" It is related that without an instant's hesitation Mr. Lnwson picked up a megaphone in turn and thundered back: "Ilello, Miss Blank! How's brass?" A Reconciliation. i At the recent dinner of the Pennsyl vania Society of New York ox-Attorney I General W. U. Heusel of Pennsylvania told the incident of the reconciliation of Don Cameron and Allen G. Tliur inan. They sat and talked a long time, and when they were about to part Thurman remarked: "Well. Cameron, if I pass St. Peter, I will tell him that when you come along he must let you in. I will tell him you are a good fellow, Cameron." Thurman paused for a moment nnd | then added reflectively, 44 And I will also tell him he had better let you In j or you will make a devil of a fuss out side." HINTS FOR FARMERS Experiment Station Work. Many of our farmers do not under stand the work of the co-operative ex ' perinient stations inaugurated by the department of agriculture and operat ed in conjunction with the state sta tions. In the northwestern states a se ries of co-operative tests is being made with wheat for the purp: se of originat ing new strains of increased yields and hardiness of the best varieties. For in stance, the turkey red wheat, so suc cessful in lowa, will lie taken gradual ly farther north and seeds saved only from plants that survive the severest freezes. These will be propagated from and the progeny taken still farther • north, where similar tests will be made. In this way it is expected varieties will j he originated that will be perfectly ! hardy to our utmost northern bouiul j ary. Similar experiments are being | made with other plants. Thus it is I hoped that winter wheats, which large | ly outyiekl the spring wheats, will be ; made to take the place of the spring varieties heretofore used in all high latitudes. A similar process lias so nut lira lizod the southern cowpea that now they are successfully grown in Minne sota and Wisconsin. In the southwest the macaroni wheat tests are expected to revolutionize wheat growing, but it is too early now to predict results in tills line, though there is every reason to believe these wheats will prove emi nently successful in tills section. These and the many other experiments under process at the state stations require considerable outlays of money. Many , of the states make liberal appropria- I tions to supplement the liberal endow ment by the general government and are reaping substantial benefits from this government aid, and some of the states do not. If farmers fully compre hended the importance of this experi mental work and would vote accord ingly for legislative officers, it would be different.—Dallas Farm and Ranch. The Ideal Farm Horne. Probably the Ideal farm horse best Illustrates the kind of animals needed for the farm. A good plow horse or farm horse Is a heavy hut not clumsy animal and one capable of exerting great power and endurance in plowing or hauling. At the same time the ani mal must be a fair road horse, not a trotter, but. one that can get across the country roads at a moderate pace. The animal should also he a fast walker and not a slow, clumsy, mule like creature. Such ideal farm horses are bred now nnd to be found 011 thou sands of farms. No farmer of any progress.!veness would think of walk ing behind some of the old, slow walk ing farm horses of a dozen years ago. Such an animal performs about one half the work that a model farm horse does in a day.—C. W. Knox in Massa chusetts Ploughman. Water Far Dronalit Haitian. The United States geological survey has discovered that abundant waters tlow beneath the vast lava plains of southern Idaho. Streams pouring down from the mountains * disappear 011 reaching the previous surface of the plains, but come out again in the form of magnificent springs far down the walls of the canyons. Some of the springs, according to Professor Israel C. Russell, "are literally large enough to fioat a steamboat." The geographical survey is locating these hidden streams In order to determine where deep wells may best be driven to fertilize the new drought stricken plains that cover the region of lost waters. HoßKklii lien. A Scotch tannery concern is manu facturing and introducing tires for bi cycles and vehicles made of hogskin. And there are other manipulations of this material. All exchange says: So many uses have been discovered for the skin of the hog besides that of cov ering saddles that it is probable from this 011 many more swine will have their pelts removed before reaching the pickling vats. New machinery re cently erected splits piggy's skin to the thinness of tissue paper, leaving a strong fabric. The inner layers make line kid gloves, and many other arti cles of everyday commerce come out •it the other end of the machine from that into which the dressed hide is shoved. I*ltlllppine llameH and Cattle. A proclamation lias been issued by Secretary of Agriculture Wilson direct ing the exclusion of horses nnd cattle from the Philippine Islands for the United States. Agents for his depart ment have found, after careful Investi gation, that the horses of those islands are affected with surra, a disease con tracted by our army horses that were sent to China from those of the Indian regiment serving in that campaign in the British army. Tlie cattle have the rinderpest, which is considered the worst of nil diseases among the rumi nants.—American Cultivator. Find n Mnrk.t For Ferns. In the little town of Hinsdale, Mass., the collecting and marketing of the sword ferns, which grow profusely on the Berkshire hills, has become a busi ness of no small proportions. I.ouis Brogue, the largest dealer in town, placed 10,000,000 in cold storage this season, nnd these he is now shipping to New York nnd other large cities all over the country. Beef Market of 1002. It looks as if 1002 will, as far as the beef market is concerned, he similar to 1882. During the last named year cat tle sold as high as $0.30. The average price for the whole year was $0.25. In 18S2 corn sold as high as 82 cents in July. Thus it will he seen that 1882 was n liigli year for corn as well as cat tle. The Indications are that the ex j perlence of 1882 will-be repented just ' twenty years later. ©f|i© ©MBafc© UTTLE B A BIES 1)1 E, either froin bowel troubles or from diseases which they contract because tlicy are iu a weak and feeble condition from bowel troubles. Mothers who ore seeking the ideal and proper medicine to give their little ones for remedy ' r ' a ' °° c ond simple fevers will iiud Laxakula the great family II is the best and rareit elTective laxative for children. BEST because it is safe and maae entirely of harmlesH ingredients. BEST Because it is non-irritating and never gripes or causes pain or irritation. BEST because it is sure and never fails. BEST because Children like it and auk for it." ~ dayßerous thing to give little babies violent remedies that rack and rend their little bodies. DON'T DO IT—give them LAXAKOI.A. A few drops can be given with safety to very young babies, nnd will often relieve colic by ex|H*lling the wind nnd gas that cause it, and it also will check simple fevers, . break up colds and clear the coated tongue. \ ) eat relief is experienced when administered to young children Buffering from ../t l . , nT , Kreen evacuations, from the fact that LAXAKOI.A neutralizes the acidity of the bowels nnd carries out the cause of fermentation, aids digestion, relieves restlessness, assists nature and induces sleep. LAXAK () L A ' , ,J S a ' en,l . e an ' safe remedy to use during nil conditions of health of the £ntl sex whenever tl.Hr peculiar and delicate . .institutions require a mild FOB WOMEN. iSiSSUh. I uK£ tlSnty" " rian'.T. T.r^^ sh'k 7,T".laVl'.e 'ir' saUoi..uf the skin ami .lysp.,*!., l.,ia" .la U1 VrivkriaV.l" Vf'",',.l"s,^d>'v ,56 DealbS™ siSVSic^:'' *"" P ' C THE LAXAK OLA CO., 13, Nassau Street. N. V., or AN INDIA SEAT. Convenient For an Ot!(l Corner and Eaiy to Mae, An India seat is convenient for an o(]*l corner and not difficult to manu facture. One should select hard, fine, close grained wood, hard maple being very satisfactory for this purpose. The four corner posts are turned from three inch stuff averaging two inches when done, nnd they should be sixteen and a half inches high. Seven inches from the top, where the leg is largest, insert smooth, round pieces of wood twenty one inches long and glue them firmly in place. Next, unite the four legs by rounds fourteen inches long fastened firmly in place. Into these rounds, at the ends. Insert three short rounds, each seven inches long. Place one in the center and the others at a distance of two inches on either side. Glue the tops into a similar round of wood. Ex amine a chair where the rounds are set in, and you will understand how this framework is put together. By study ing the illustration you will ndtice that the top rail for the front and back is hollowed so that the middle Is two inches lower than the ends. The three other shirt rails are fastened in place exactly like that just described. Head less nails, or brads, as they are some times called, should be used, as well as tlie glue, to hold the parts together. Stain the framework and varnish it. or varnish it without staining if you pre fer. For the sent tack on a piece of strong carpeting or stout cloth, using uphol tUCHS s 4 ZI INCHES .... >4 IN ZI IN AN INDIA SEAT. stcrer's tacks, which should be put well underneath, that they may not catch the clothes. A satisfactory lacquer or varnish may be made by stirring a tcaspo mful of the prepared powder that comes for dyeing purposes .into a tablcspoonful of white shellac. When well mixed, add one-fourth pint of the varnish, stir well and allow it to stand a little while before using, that the color may be clear and even. Bismarck and violet produce a beautiful brown, green and bismnrck a nice olive. Use magenta and orange for scarlet. For darker stains the orange or dark shellac should bo used. Varnishes thus pre pared are transparent, showing the grain of the wood, which adds greatly to the general effect. lloiiHeliald "Drudffery." Much of what we call pleasure in life Is really very hard physical labor—for Instance, golf—and much that we call drudgery may be made as interesting is play if we but educate and train our minds, as Ruskin would have us, to find beauty and joy in the duties that .lie nearest and to inspire the brain with admiration for the best possible work the hand can find to do. I can hear a ?oming ripple of disapproval of this doctrine from the old housekeepers who read this story which resembles •lie grunts of disgust I have heard so often. We will hope they will not stumble upon it, for while I am an old housekeeper 1 am not a disgruntled one, however, and I do see and believe that the natural and normal and even happy condition for women is the state of housewifery—that is, if she accepts nnd wields her scepter gracefully and intelligently.—Linda Hull Lamed in Woman's Home Companion. Sli Mkcd Jelly. One day a little girl three years old, whose mother was busy putting up jelly, ashed her mother for a piece of bread and jelly, but as it was nearly dinner time her mamma said she had better wait. Helen didn't like this, so she went out on the porch and sang to the chorus of "Coon, coon, coon," which she had lately learned: Jelly, jelly, jelly, I wish I had some Jelly; Jelly. Jelly, jelly, I'd like to have some Jelly. Jelly, Jelly, jelly, for morning, night or I'd rather have some jelly than a coon,' coon, coon JAS. H. MONTGOMERY, ITD! In a Carefully Prepared Arti cle Recommends Dr. D. Kennedy's Favorite Remedy. In a recent issue of the New York Magazine of Sanitation and Hygiene, the recognized authority j on all matters pertaining to health, James H. Montgomery, M. D., says editorially: "Aft r a careful investigation of Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy, a specific for kidney, liver and bladder troubles, rheumatism, dyspepsia and constipation with its attendant ills, we are free to con fess that a more meritorious medi cine lias never come under the ex amination of the chemical and medical experts of the New York Magazine of Sanitation and Hy giene. In fact, after the most searching tests and rigid inquiry into the record of Dr. David Ken nedy's Favorite Remedy, it be comes a duty to recommend its use in unequivocal term to every read er of this journal whose complaint comes within the list of ailments which this remedy is advertised to cure. We have obtained such overwhelming proof of the efficacy of this specific—have so satisfac torily demonstrated its curative powers through personal experi meats—that a care for the interests of our readers leads us to call at tention to its great value." JAMF.S H. MONTGOMERY, M. D. Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy is for sale by all druggists at Si a bottle, or 6 bottles for $5 — less than a cent a dose. Sample huttle—enough for trial, free hp mail. I>r. I>. Kennedy Corporation,Koinlout,N Y. Dr. David Kennedy's Cherry Balsam beet for Colds, Coughs, Consumption 2i>c,."0c,8l It WON Willie's Word. A teacher had among her scholars a boy named Johnny Green, who in pre- paring his spelling lesson was wicked J enough to study only the words that would "come" to him. One day one of the boys of the class was absent, but Johnny was not aware of this until lie came into the class. The spelling then was done orally, and a strange word was given to Johnny. "Please, teacher," lie said, "that ain't my word; that's Willie Brown's word, ami he ain't here today." /YOUR. FAITH ours if you try- — - Shiloh's Consumption 4 4 /-v and ours is so strong we 1 j■■ I tT* guarantee a cure or refund a v mon ey, and we send you free trial bottle if you write for it. SIIICOH'S costs 25 cents and will cure Con sumption, Pneumonia, Bronchitis and all Lung Troubles. Will cure a cough or cold ir* a day, and thus prevent serious results. It has been doing these things for 50 years, fi. C. WELLS & Co., Le Roy, N. Y. L. Closer Root Tea corrects the Stomachy V- ■