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IOWA STATE BYSTANDER. VOL, XV, No 39. CITY NEWS. W. B. I you have relatives or friends visiting in the city or going to make a visit, please inform us; we collect all your local news - Ed.) Mrs. Nettle is improving from her recent fall. Mr. and Mrs. Collier lost their little infant child last week. Wanted A no., 1 barber. Answer quick. L. J. Shelton, 217 5th St. The Golden Rule club was entertained Thursday evening at the residence of Rev. and Mrs. S. Bates. The W. H. and Foreign Missionary Society will met Friday at 2:30 with Mrs. C. Cox, on 16th street. The Faith, Hope and Charity club meet Tuesday evening at the residence of Mrs. Walker Hill 1629 Walker St. Mrs. T. L. Griffith, wife of Rev. Griffith went to the hospital for an operation Wednesday. We hope for her speedy recovery. After a pleasant visit of two weeks in the city the guest of Mrs. E. T. Banks, Miss Jessie Walker returned to her home in Marshalltown. Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong, parents of Mrs. J. W. Johnson of west 10th street left Sunday evening for Kansas City, Mo., to make it their future home. Mr. Miller Williams of So., 4th, street was found dead in bed Wednesday morning, he has been ill for a number of weeks. Rev. T. L. Griffith received a second call to the pastorate of the Baptist church in Denver, Colo., but owing to the condition of his wife's health had to decline it. Mrs. R. N. Blackwell who has been quite sick for the past 10 weeks at the home of her daughter Mrs. E. T. Hlebt 1514 Buchan street seems to improving at this writing. Mrs. J. O. R. Winnbush, wife of Rev. Winbush, has been seriously ill for about ten days at their home on 1497 Buchan street. At this writing Mrs. Winbush is reported much improved. Mr. John S. Spencer the cement and concrete contractor of Grinnell was a business caller in our city Tuesday in search of cement finishers and other men to work for him this year. He has been awarded the city of Grinnell contract this year. A delightful surprise party was given at the residence of Rev. S. Bates March 2nd on his (?) birthday, quite a number of friends were present. After receiving many useful presents a delicious luncheon was served and an exceedingly pleasant time was reported by all present. The Des Moines Negro Lyceum met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Hughes Wednesday evening in a business meeting, they will meet on next Wednesday evening with Miss Pearl Hammit 1409 Crocker street, a very interesting program will be rendered. All of the members are requested to be present. Rev. Jas. Bowles, pastor of the Mt. Olive Baptist church of Enterprise has been quite ill for one week. He is somewhat improved at this writing but it will probably be several days before he is entirely well. He is at the residence of Mr. McCuller 101 S. 1st., street across the covered bridge on the Army post car line. The Callanan club was royally entertained at the beautiful home of Mr. and Mrs. John Roberts out in Chesterfield Wednesday afternoon, Mrs. Roberts was much impressed with the club and enrolled her name, Mrs. Bell Morris also enrolled her name. A very good program was rendered but we expect to have better one at our next meeting next Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Adam Dixon. Mrs. P. E. Lynch, of Omaha, Neb., was a visitor. Through Humane Officer Eckles the Rev. H. W. Porter will be appointed as guardian to Mrs. Mary Spencer, who was recently found in a helpless condition by the Humane Society. Mrs. Spencer is at present at the Rescue Home on 12th street and is being well cared for. Through their thrift and economy Mr. and Mrs. Spencer saved their money in their younger days and at the death of Mr. Spencer sufficient means were left to take care of Mrs. Spencer as long as she lives. There is no need of her suffering. MRS. N. M. KING Spring Millinery Goods. —LATEST DESIGNS— Wire Frames Made to Order. Specialty in Hair Goods. 1203 Center Street. A double wedding was woken at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Sanifan, 1128 Pacific street street Monday afternoon when Miss Mary Jeffress of Des Moines became the bride of Mr. Louis Holmes of the same city and Miss Anna Allen of Buxton, became the bride of Mr. Henry Erwin Hill of Des Moines. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. John Albert Williams. -Enterprise, Omaha, Neb., Feb. 26, 1800. The M. C. T. club met Monday evening at the home of Mrs. Chas. Turner, 1088 14th street. Election of officers took place and resulted as follows: president, Miss Marie Bell; vice president, Mrs. J. L. Thompson; secretary, Mrs. J. B. Rush; treasurer, Mrs. E. M. Mackay; critic, Mrs. Bessie Straw-Hughes, following the election of officers a musical program was renamed after which dainty refreshments were served by the hostess assisted by Miss Bell. The next meeting of the club will be held Wednesday evening March 8th, with Mrs. Wm. Shackelford, 731 9th street. EDITORIALS ROOSEVELTISM. EDITORIALS ROOSEVELTISM. Yesterday witnessed the passing of Theodore Roosevelt as president of the United States for seven years, he has held the ship of state and turned the office over to his predecessor without one word of mistrust while the Roosevelt rule has been somewhat stormy at times but out of this stormy time there came some good results and today our country is in a better condition financially, commercially, intellectually and morally than ever before. While Mr. Roosevelt has made some mistakes yet he has aroused the public conscience to the great abuses and applied the remedy he has enlarged the sphere of the Negro and opened the door of opportunity to him as never before his door of hope, the Indiana post office episode; the Dr. Crum collectorship; the Booker T. Washington dinner affair and his letters of defense in those matters are a great innovation toward equal justice and will be pointed to by future ages, while he erred in the Brownsville affair, yet more than 14,000 Negroes are darwing more than $8,000,000 that he has employed in governmental service which is twice more than any other administration ever had, ought to be an offset for the mistake, however the Rooseveltian reign has been a success for Americans, thus we bid farewell to Mr. Roosevelt and welcome Mr. Taft. ASSAULT. Within the last few weeks the wave of criminal assaults upon women in our state has been sweeping over our state. We are astonished most of these are committed or alleged to be committed by colored men. In Otumwa, Ia., within two weeks time two of the most shocking and brutal crimes that can be committed was done on women, the first crime was the brutal killing of a young lady who sang in the choir of the Sweedish Lutheran church, her body was found in a cellar, her slayer is a Negro named John Junken who has a bad character, but just gotten out of the penitentary a few days prior to this act; the other was a traveling man's wife, who, she claims a Negro entered her house at night and nearly killed her the outcries of her little 6 year old child saved her life. These infamous brutes white, black, red or yellow ought be given the greatest punishment under the law, the death penalty is too good for such villains, no person ought to extend a word of sympathy or aid to such persons. We must let the world know that we earnestly and resolutely condemn those guilty without any reservation. JAS. SHOOLCRAFT SHERMAN. James Schoolcraft Sherman, Vice-President of the United States is a member of Congress, and by profession a lawyer. A graduate of Hamilton College, near his home at Utica, N. Y., in 1878, he received the degree of doctor of laws from that institution. He was admitted to the hath two years after graduation, practiced in his native city and was elected mayor of Utica in 1884. He was elected to Congress in 1887, and except an interval of two years 1891-to 1883 has been continuously reelected since that time. Mr Sherman has been a consistent friend of the Afro-American even since his entrance into public life, and in his public utterances he has made many strong pleas for the advancement of the race along all lines of human endeavor. TAFT IN MINIATURE Born, September 15, 1857. Graduate, Yale University, 1878. Graduate, Law school, Cincinnati, 1880. Law Reporter, Cincinnati papers, 1880-1861. Assistant Prosecutor Hamilton County, Ohio, 1818-1882. J. Judge, Superior Court, Ohio, 1887 1890. Solicitor General, United States, 1890 1892 United States Judge, Sixth Circuit, 1892-1900. President United States Philippine Commission and Civil Governor of the Philippines, 1900-1903. Secretary of War, 1903-1908. Elected President November 3, 1908. Inaugurated President, March 4, 1903 THE TAFT CABINET Secretary of State, Philander C. Knox of Pennsylvania. Secretary of the Treasury, Franklin MacVeigh of Illinois. Attorney General, George W. Wickersham of New York. Postmaster General, Frank H. Hitch cock of Massachusetts. Secretary of Navy, George von L. Meyer of Massachusetts. Secretary of Interior, Richard A. Ballinger of Washington. Secretary of Agriculture, James Wilson of Iowa. Secretary of Commerce and Labor, Charles Nagel of Missouri. By Wilber Thirkield, LL. D., President Howard University, Washington, D. C. Any adequate treatment of the relation of noral and religious education to the life of the Nation, will not leave out the Negro race. Negroes constitute one-eighth of the population: They have to do with the character and history, the political life and social wellbeing of the Nation. History must take account of the Negro, for as now conceived, history records the development of races and nations; the education and life, the achievements, the welfare and progress of all people. Political economy must consider him. He is a part of the body politic, and sooner or later must be counted as a potent factor in the political life of the republic. economics must keep the Negro in view; for the study of economics no longer means simply a broad survey of the nature and causes of the wealth of the nation, but looks to the condition of all the people, their poverty or wealth, their progress or decline, their moral and religious status. These elements make for economic efficiency and constitute the strength or weakness of the nation. Social philosophy cannot ignore the Negro. He cannot be set off by himself. For weal or woe, white and black are bound together. His condition effects society, Just as Edom was constant menace and curse to Israel, so today any degraded people drag down their neighbors. In short, every comprehensive movement in America, in church or school, looking to the general religious and moral uplift of the people must have the Negro in view. A most effective and permanent force available for the uplift of the family and the moratization of the social life the Negro, is the trained physician. The urgent call for efficient men in this profession is emphasized by prevailing physical conditions in the Negro race. The startling fact of a death-rate twice as great as that among whites; a death-rate from tuberculosis three times as great; and with physical conditions in some sections worse than under slavery, give emphasis to the call for the trained physician. Under slavery the sick Negro was, as a rule, given prompt medical attention; he was required to live by rule; his food was course but wholesome and nutritious; he was kept up to the highest degree of efficiency; his life was in the open; the health, vigor, and long life of a slave were an asset which was safeguarded. Unhealthy and defective persons were often forbidden marriage. As a consequence, the death-rate in certain sections of the south before the war was less than that for the whites. In Charleston, S. C., from 1822 to the beginning of the war, the average white death-rate was 25.98 per thousand; for the black 24.05 per thousand. WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT. But from 1865 to 1894 the average mortality for whites in Charleston was 26.77 per thousand, for blacks, 43.29 per thousand. The outcome shows the inevitable cost of freedom. It is a struggle for the survival of the fittest. Through ignorance, improvidence, and hard conditions the majority of the race, perhaps, is poorly housed, underfed, and inadequately clothed. Their power of resistance to the ravages of disease is thus weakened. Their homes in cities are often in unsanitary sections—in alleyes, low or low-lying flats. So also in the country, where impurities drain into their wells and sources of water supply. There is slight appreciation of the laws of health, Typhoid and malarial fevers hold swain among them. Contagious diseases and epidemics find easy victim. Because of low moral standards, lack of knowledge and loose family discipline illegitimacy is common among the lower classes. The effects of diseases, not to be named, or infant mortality is marked. The scourge of to-day is tuberculosis—that "ghastly tragedy of a race." On high authority it is stated that of the seventy-five million living Americans, at the least eight millions must inevitably die from this cause. It is the greatest drain on the nation's resources. Among the slaves consumption was to rate that physicians even declared that the Negro was immune from its deadly power. It is now the scourge of this race. The death-rate among the Negroes from tuberculosis is (at the present time) more than three times that of the whites from the same disease. Since the one prevailing source of tuberculosis is through infection, and the races, in the South especially, are closely bound together, the menace to the health of the nation is serious. In the South the Negroes are, and will continue to be, helpers in the homes. They cook the food, nurse the children, care for the sick and wash the clothes mostly in their own unsanitary cabins. It is evident that if trained physicians are not available for the instruction of the people in hygiene and sanitation, and for the arrest of this infectious plague, the results must be in the future even more alarming than to-day. In some cities even at the North, the Negroes are dying off faster than they reproduce themselves. Dr. Furniss, the noted colored physician of Indianapolis, gives statistics showing that in no month in the last ten years has the birth-rate in that city equalled the death-rate. When the proportion should be one to eight, tuberculosis is the cause of half the total deaths of Negroes in Indianapolis. The fact that consumption mortality in New Orleans is three and one-third times greater for colored than for white, and in St. Louis and Chicago over three times as great, should sound the alarm. In view of these conditions, peculiar significance attaches to statistics as to the training of the colored physicians. In 1907 the total number of medical students in the United States was 24,276. The total number of graduates was 4,989, — the smallest number since 1890. There are seven medical school for colored people—Howard University School of medicine at Washington, Meharry at Nashville, and Leonard at Raleigh, being most prominent and fairly well equipped. The total number of professors and instructors in these schools for 1907 was 148, students 691; graduates 167. On the basis of seventy million whites and ten million blacks in the United States, there is one student in medicine to every three thousand whites, and one to every fourteen thousand blacks. CEDAR RAPID8 NOTES. Last Sunday evening at Bethel A. M. E. church was observed as commemoration of Payne's anniversary. A large and appreciative audience was present. The program consisted of a history of the founding of Wilberforce by the Rev, Brice W. Saylor; biography of Daniel A. Payne by Mrs. A. M. Boyd; The Nogro and education by Mr. S. L. Terry. The Masons will hold their annual winter picnic next Tuesday evening. One of the most unique entertainments given in the city for sometime EX-PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT, You can make every pay-day count for more by buying your clothes and things in Younker's Great Economy Basement YOUNKER BROTHERS, JAMES SCHOOLCRAFT SHERMAN. was held in the city Tuesday evening under the auspices of the Gentlemen's Quartette, in the form of a metodrama — A Woman's Love, with Miss Irene Maude Moore as leading lady. Every character was impersonated in a very realistic manner and the musical numbers were so enthusiastically enjoyed that several dollars in small change were thrown on the stage to the different participants. The young folks who played are to be highly commended for so nobly assisting the church. Instrumental music was furnished by Mr. A. Jackson as clarinetist and Mrs. W. L. Warren as pianist. Mrs. F. J. Hawkins entertained the W. M. M. Society last Tuesday. The musical given by the J. S. Y. Culture ladies was fairly well attended last Monday evening. The inclement weather hinder many. CLINTON NOTES. Mrs. M. O. Culberman was called to Chicago recently because of the illness of her mother. The following program was rendered at Bethel A. M. E. church Sunday evening Feb. 1st, in memoriam of Bishop Allen, Frederick Douglas and Abraham Lincoln; song: Amelia. Duett, Mrs Plummer and Mrs, Willis; Scripture reading; selection; choir; paper on Lincoln, Mrs. Stewart; solo, Mrs. Williams; paper, "Douglas and the slave," Miss Ida Taylor; selection, choir; paper, Allen as a Bishop and founder of the A. M. E church, Mrs. Emerson; duett, Mrs. Plummer and Mrs. Dozier; paper on Lincoln, Miss Bush; quartette, Mrs. Plummer, Mrs. Williams, A. A. Bush and H. Henderson; paper, Douglas as a man, G. D. Zucker; selection, choir; paper on Lincoln, Miss Doiler; offertery; remarks, Rev Birt doxology. Jas. W. Cooper spent Sunday in Clinton from his duties in Morrison. Rev. W T. Alexander who has been holding a paitin with the Lafayette Hotel company for several months past left Monday for Chicago where he will enter the employ of Oliney & Jeremian wholesale drugstor who are removing to that city from here he will pastor a church. Mesra Scott and Robinson are moving with their families to Lyons where they will make their future home. E W. Mann who has been a valued employee at the Lafayette hotel in this city for some time past left Sunday for Chicago where he will enter the employ of the Only & Jerman Drug Co. M. Massie Wattles of Chicago is the guest of her father W. A. Emerson. A most enjoyable program was rendered Sunday night at Bethel A. M. E. church in honor of Bishop Payne the program consisting of music and paper on the life of this great man. SIOUX CITY ITEMS. Hall, March, which on reflection appears like a safe salutation. Mrs. Abua Roberts gave a surprise on her husband Tuesday evening at their residence 1014 Myrtle street it being his 50th birthday, quite a number of friends enjoyed the evening, departing at a late hour wishing him many such birthdays. Celciia May the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Horace Green has been quite ill with appendicitis but is much improved at this writing, an operation was thought of for while. Mr. Daniel Whidden one of our old citizen having been in our mills for twelve years is sick at the St. Vincent hospital. Price Five Cents. William, Sturgia wife of Mr. T. H. Sturgia one of our mail carriers who has been ill with a cancer for several months is slaking daily not any hope for her is entertained, the family has our sympathy. church, Rev. M. G. Newman, father of our local paper the Afro-American Advance has realigned his position on account of his time taken with other duties and has turned his work over to other members of the staff. The Young Men's Merry Makers club will meet Thursday evening in the church parlors. The ladies Art Club met with Mrs. Lee Friday afternoon there was a guessing contest Mrs. J. C. Beid won the first prize, a sweeping cap and apron and Mrs. Anna Norris won the second prize a lemon. The hostess served a nice one course luncheon. The ladies departed voting Mrs. Lee a good entertainer. Mrs. Mary Kinner, of Milwaukee, Wils. is in our city for a few weeks abe is the guest of Rev. and Mrs. M. G. Newman. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Nealy have moved back to the city to reside. The first quarterly demonstration of the Advance publishing Co., will be given at the Mz. Zlon Baptist church Monday evening March 15th: The following program will be rendered "The power of the local newspaper," Mrs. Etta Grant; "Valsa of the Negro press," Mr. W. P. Shields; "Why we should read our race papers," Mrs. Etta Lee; "Our papers as a sentiment moulder," Miss Ema Burgin; "The great good achieved by newspapers," Miss Golda Hackley; solo Mrs. A. R. Morgan and Prof. Norris. Cornet solo, Mr. S. E. Potts and instrumental duet Mr. and Mrs. Geo. MOLINE (ILL.) GREETINGS One of the most delightful events of the season among the young people occurred at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kelso on 55th evening last Friday evening when Miss Bentzor Kelso celebrated her 17th birthday anniversary. There were thirty of her young friends present, the evening was spent in playing games after which an elaborate birthday dinner was served by the hostess' mother. Miss Kelso was the recipient of many beautiful tokens, and at a late hour the great departed wishing Miss Kelso many happy birthdays. Miss Alice H. Gorman departed Tuesday evening for Hiawatha Kan., to spend two weeks with friends Mrs. Henry Wood is recovering very rapidly. Mrs John L. Jone is able to be up again. The Tabernacle Baptist church closed their revival meetings Sunday, Mrs. Henry Ritchie was a Davenport caller Monday. Mrs. P. B. Robinson was a caller & L. B. Tavar's residence Sunday, Mrs. R. W. Pollard made sick visits in Rock Island Island. ALBIA NOTES. Mrs. M. F. Ward is still on the sick list. M. Mack Jeffers of Oksaloosa and his brother Sim Jeffers were Albia visitors Sunday. There was quite a sensation in Albia the past week over the arrest of John Junkins, accused of the Ottumwa murder. The A. M. E. Sunday School has commenced their Easter program for Easter. The Sewing Circle club met at the home of Mrs. J. H. Bell on Monday. An Ideal Cough Medicine. "As an ideal cough medicine I regard Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in a class by itself," says Dr. E. A. Wiltshire, of Gwynneville, Ireland. "I take great pleasure in testing to the results of Chamberlain's Cough Medicines. In fact, I know of no other preparation that meets so fully the expectations of the most exacting in cases of croup and coughs of children. As it contains no opium, chloroform or morphine it certainly makes a most safe, pleasant and efficacious remedy for the lills it is intended." For sale by all druggists. COLFAX NOTES. Mr. C. Taylor was called to Evans Sunday on account of the sudden death of his daughter, Mrs. Emma Wright. Mrs. Mack Banks, a guest at the Battles' home, is quite sick. Mrs. Norris Bryant is confined to her home with the grip. Eugene, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Broddus, who has been quite sick is able to be out again. Mr. Walter Edgar has sold his beautiful home and is preparing to go to Dakota. Mr. Eev, Clark was out visiting the sick last week. Mr. Nelson who has been suffering with rheumatism is able to be out. The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Patilla died last Monday. Mrs. Avery from Enterprise spent a few days with her sister, Mrs. Bates Buttrum. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy OLDEST MAN IN AMERICA Encamped Turtors of Many Winters by Using Pe-ru-na. Isaac Brock, 120 Years of Age. Mr. Isaac Brock, of McLennan county. Tex, is an ardent friend to Peru and speeches of it in the following terms: "Dr. Hartman's remedy, Peruma, I have found to be the best, if not the only reliable remedy for COUGHS, COLDS, CATARRH and diarrhea. "Peruma has been my stand-by for good health and my extreme age to this remedy, it exactly meets all my requirements. "I have come to rely upon it almost entirely for the many little things for which I need medicine. I believe it to be especially valuable to old people." History Revised. ed Leonidas at Thermopylae! The Bright Student—The new rules. * A Cure For Colds and Grip. There is inconvenience, suffering and danger in a cold, and the wonder is that people will take so few precautions against the cold. You can be sure (be sure of the name) taken when the first muffly feeling appears, will stop the progress of a cold and save a great deal of unpleasantness. Dugging out your generally sell these tablets, price 25 cents if you cannot get them send to Orator F. Woodward, Le Roy, N. Y. Sample free. The Only Way. The widow who was after Jinx married him." Justice George E. Law Haa Broken All Records. George E. Law, Justice of the Peace, 12% Franklin St., Brasil, Ind., is Justice of the Peace, St. Brazil, Ind., is known far and wide as the "Marrying Squire," from the fact that he has married more couples than any other official Indianiaan. Judge Law wrote a letter in 1996, recommending Doan's Kidney known far and wide as the "Marrying Squire," from the fact that he has married more couples than any other official in Indiana, Judge Leland Larson in 1906, recommending Donan's Kidney Pills, which he said had made a bad back well, enabled him to sleep better nights and feel more fit for work. The treatment also cleared up the urine. On January 5, 1909, Judge Law confirmed his previous testimony. "I have recommended this remedy to many people since I first used it," said he. Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a work. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Added a Saving Clause. A good old deacon in Connecticut was very pious and very fond of clams. When once upon a time he attended a Rhode Island clam-bake he overtaxed his capacity and was severely distressed. But his faith in prayer was unabated. Leaving the earth and going down he kept behind a tree he was heard to supplicate: "Forgive me, O Lord, this great sin of gluttony. Restore my health, and I will never eat any more clams." Then after a judicial pause: "Very few, if any. Amen." Was a Lucky Day for England. Admiral Nelson was the recipient of favoritism in the matter of his appointment to the British naval service. Nelson's father could not have afforded to send his son to Nebo to have been rejected as physically unfit," says a writer. "Nelson was shoved into the navy under a bit of jobbery and pushed on by backdoor influence." Wise Men Once 'pon a time a man climb a tree ter tig rid of a mad bull, a hurricane come long an' blowed him an' tree down; een the chewed inure a hole in de ground, ter hide frum de hurricane, an' please God, here come a yeathquake an' swallowed 'im-- she an' all, I tell you, for she an' all, in that dogd trouble—F. L. S., in Atlanta Constitution. It doesn't pay to stick too closely to old notions of things. New ideas often lead to better health, success and happiness. A Wls. couple examined an idea new to them and stepped up several rounds on the health ladder. The husband writes: "Several years ago we suffered from coffee drinking, were sleepless, nervous, sallow, weak and irritable. My wife and I both loved coffee and thought it was a bracer." (delusion). "Finally, after years of suffering, we read of Postum and the harmfulness of coffee, and believing that to grow we should give some attention to new ideas, we decided to test Postum. "We made it right we liked it and were we made it right we liked it by coffee. Our friends noticed the change — fresher skin, steadier nerves, better temper, etc. "These changes were not sudden, but relief increased as we continued to drink and enjoy Postum, and we lost the desire for coffee." "Many of our friends did not like Postum at first, because they did not make it right. But when they bolted Postum according to directions on pks, until it was dark and rich, they liked it better than coffee and were benefited by the change." "There's a Reason." Name given by Postum Co. Battle Creek, Mich. Read "The Read to Wellville" in pks. Read hear the above letters. A new one appears from time to time. There are grumbling faces, and few of them A Pest with a string. America is threatened with another pest. The French brown-tall moth is almost, if not quite, in the midst of us. He came over in nursery packages from France and is only awaiting the gladiose days of spring to break forth, expand and begin pesting, just as though he were at the old stand. He will compete as a foreign pauper pest with our own infant industries in the pest line. If you do not know what the French brown-tall moth does to the human race you will learn if he decides to sojourn among us and to increase and multiply, says the Chicago Daily News. Archery is his hobby. Unlike the bee and the mosquito, which have but one stinger, the little French brown-tail carries a quiverful of arrows, which be shoots in passing as a small boy trains his pogon on a bald head. There is no chance to star him on the wrist in return, for he stings without alighting and then moves on to the next victim. No wonder the scientists who saw him first are very anxious to find a way to put him gently to the bad. There is comfort for the murderer of the king's English in the latest contribution to periodical literature by Mr. Lounsbury, emeritus professor of English at Yale, excusing and in a measure justifying some of the so-called vulgar mistakes in orthography and grammar committed by uneducated people. According to Prof. Lounsbury, is or, is was, the best of authority for saying pint for point, jist for joist, lie for oil and bile for oil. Our'n and your'n and his'n are upheld by ancient usage. The double negation is similarly vindicated and there are a dozen instances of the use of learn in the sense of teach in Shakespeare. It is gratifying to note that the professor draws the line on "I done it." There are limits to what are euphoniously termed archaic forms of speech, it seems. A report declares that in the state of New York marriages have decreased 20,000 during the past year. Yet this is President Roosevelt's own commonwealth. It is more than likely that the depressed condition in many lines of business and labor will account for much of this falling off. In the early part of the year thousands of men were out of employment and were probably looking for work harder than they were looking for wives. The present year gives promise of being a prosperous one, and it is safe to predict that the marriage record in the Empire state for 1909 will make a far more satisfactory showing. The Chicago professor's theory that marriage licenses should not be used until six months after they are issued is evidently for the purpose of preventing hasty marriages. But why not go further? Say that marriage licenses shall not be used until the last installment on the furniture is paid; or until both parties to the match have cut their wisdom teeth. Certainly marriage licenses should not be used until after the ink on the divorce decree is dry. Ellen Emerson, oldest daughter of Ralph Waldo Emerson, and for years his close companion and assistant, died at the home of her sister Edith, wife of William M. Forbes, in Milton, Mass., on January 16, aged 70. Miss Emerson was active in the social and literary life of Concord at all times, and especially in the affairs of the Unitarian church. Besides her sister, a brother, Dr. Waldo Emerson of Concord survives her. In his various plays Shakespeare used about 15,000 words. Milton used only about half as many in his writings. A person of culture and education has a speaking vocabulary of about 5,000 words; an ordinary person uses from 3,000 to 3,000 words. This would indicate that the 300,000 words of the English language include a good many that are seldom employed except in president's messages. Frank Wentworth of Winsted, Conn., has doped it out that in 2,000,000 years the human race will have developed so far that instead of walking on a pair of alternate pendulums, as now, men will have on their lower extremities wheels actuated by turbines driven by hot air. Here's a chance for some people to get just 2,000,000 years ahead of the rest of us, merely by standing on their heads and talking rapidly. Mme Gudalaude de Haro, a Mexican, and a descendant of the Montezumas, is in New York studying domestic science as practiced in the United States. She will carry it back with her to Mexico, and at the bidding of her government introduce it in that country. Miss Martina Kramers of Rotterdam, Holland, is one of the most accomplished of women linguists. She can read and speak 13 different languages. A student in Lawrence college, up in Wisconsin, has been sent to a state reformatory for a year because he set fire to the college inn, "just for fun." It is clear that education had made little impression upon the mind of that young savage. For the benefit of the dear ones left behind persons walking on streets where automobiles abound should carry in their pockets identification cards and instructions as to what to do with the remains. WESTERN CANADA'S SPLENDID GROP YIELD FOR 1908. AMERICANS PROFITED LARGELY AND GEND BACK SATISFACTORY REPORTS. The census branch of the Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, Canada, has completed its returns, of the showing of Western Canada's grain yield for 1988, and the reports make very interesting reading. In the three provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, which comprise what may be the largest crop area, the yield of about 107,000,000 bushels, worth to the farmer about $85,000,000; in addition to this the cat, barley and flax crops were worth another $35,000,000. Letters have been received from many of the settlers from the United States. From these, that of Rev. O. L. King has been selected. He lives in the vicinity of Edmonton, Alberta, and what he says will be of interest to those who contend with the problems line of the letter is interesting. Those who wish for the particular as to how to secure homesteads and preemptions should write any Canadian Government agent. Mr. King says: "Mr. M. V. McInnes, Detroit, Michigan: I am well satisfied with Alberta. This country offers excellent opportunities for anyone to make a good home for himself and family if he is willing to put up with it. I am willing to work two or three years. But it is worth a few hard knocks to get a 160-acre farm of rich, productive land with no mortgage on it. This province is well fitted for grains, stock raising and dairying. We have found the climate generally healthful, more healthful than Michigan, and although the thermometer sometimes runs too high, we do not seem to feel that temperature any more than we did 5 or 10 degrees below in Michigan. We like the winters. 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The immense reviewing stands along the line of march were made well nigh uninhabitable by the plow snow Street car and traffic was impeded to the extent of seriously delayed arrival of thousands who had planned to attend the inaugural ceremonies. The nation's capital, for many hours, was cut off from all wire communication with the rest of the world. It was a day of strenuosity in Washington and as if in sympathy with the outgoing executive the weather made a blizzardly appeal to the thousands who were not deterred by the worst that the weather man could turn on. To add the final touch of strenuosity, Mr. Roosevelt declined to ride to the railroad station from which he departed to Oyster Bay. He walked through the snow. Ball and Parade Given. Though the thousands of citizens who had come here from all over the country were denied the privilege of witnessing the solemn ceremonies attending the administering of the oath to the new president, the more spectacular features of the event were not omitted. All the warriors the storm the great inaugural parade carried out substantially as it had been planned; and in the evening the inaugural ball and the display of fireworks were given with their brilliancy undimmed by the adverse weather conditions. The ball, given in the Penston building, was magnificent; as it always is. It was, attended by a tremendous throng. In the center of the great hall which occupies the lower floor of the structure, a space was roped off. The visitors stood outside the open place waiting the arrival of President and Mrs. Taft and Vice-President and Mrs. Sherman. 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A wood joist four inches deep supports four times as much weight as a joist half that depth. they watched the proceedings below. Unusual success attended the efforts of the committee that had charge of decorating the ballroom, and it was generally admitted that such wonderfully beautiful effects had rarely, if ever, before been accomplished. A vaulted canopy of bunting reduced the great height of the ballroom by 40 feet. The original scheme of this canopy was a deep cream tint and this was also carried out behind the two-storied colonnades which encircled the court, forming a background to the elaborate floral decorations. Novel Illumination Scheme. The illumination of the great ballroom was carried out on radically different lines from those followed hitherto. Instead of embodying the lights in the floral decoration, following the structural lines of the cornices or arches, the principal groups of lights were placed with a view to securing the best general illumination falling equally upon the decorations and the guests. This result was secured by suspending from the vaulted ceiling 18 large frames composed of hexagonal frames supporting clusters of 125 globular lamps of frosted glass, 125 globular lamps of frosted glass from a sturdy wire, and the whole arranged in bowl-shaped mass. This mass of drooping lights was suspended by six gilded chains secured to a sturdy ring and heavy chain above, suspending the entire fixture from the vaulted ceiling. Supplementing this provision for general illumination, half octagon brackets, each with a cluster of 20 small lamps suspended from it, were placed over each of the first story columns of the arcade. Grand Fireworks Display. For the benefit of the benefits who could not attend the ball, there was an illumination and fireworks display such as Washington never before saw. Historic Pennsylvania avenue was ablaze with light from end to end. Not only were all the business houses brilliantly illuminated, but across the street were stretched numerous electric fences. The Peace monument, for the first time since its erection soon after the civil war, was put to the use for which it was originally intended—that of a fountain—and powerful searchlights were turned on the great volume of water that was thrown into the air. On the ellipse south of the White House a display of aerial fireworks were at 7:30 o'clock, and for hours was Mysterious Discoveries. "What did Hamlet mean by telling Horatio there were more things in Heaven and earth than were dreamt of in his philosophy?" "I don't know, unless Hamlet had been doing business with the Danish secret service." Gold Colnage Last Month. 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The illumination was superb and the effect of the changing tints on the towering marble shaft of the Washington monument was extremely beautiful. came the light of 150 rock bombs fired from several positions as to blend their various colors, and then in rapid succession the discharge of a number of magnesium balloons followed by a marvelous 'sun cluster', and batteries of fiery cobran, and the burning of great quantities of ruby fire, which gave its red tint to every object within a radius of many squares. National Shield in Bombs. "The Star Spangled Banner" excited the admiration of the great throng of spectators. It was prompted by the electrical charge of many large returning national shields in its true colors, suspended among the clouds. One of the great features of the display was the wonderful "Pillar of Light," rising 100 feet into the air, arranged in five tiers and lighting up the whole southern section of the city. Then came batteries of lightning cemetry emitting blinding flashes, closely resembling real lightning, and followed by peals of thunder. New batteries of second recharge bomb. The first shell fired broke with one explosion, the second with two, and so on up to the twenty-first with twenty-one explosions. Among the many other novelties was an immense shell which was fired into the air several hundred feet and released a monster streamer in the inspiring colors of "Old Glory." Nearly the last, and the greatest sensation of the whole exhibition was a set piece: "The Battle in the Sky," showing a city with its spires and lofty buildings, some of them 100 feet high, and filling a space on the ground 500 feet long. An airship is seen passing over it, followed by others. These turn and are met by an opposing aerial fleet, when a battle ensues. One airship after another is set on fire, and falls. In the meantime other airships float over the city, dropping fiery bombs, wrecking the buildings which crumble and fall until all are utterly destroyed. The action of the encounter of the aerplanes and the destruction of the city were marvelously realistic. **Parade in the Snow.** The parade in the afternoon had a hard time of it, but manfully pushed their way through the snow and slush. Maj. Gen. J. Franklin Bell was the grand marshal. The military division had the right of way after the president's escort. At its head were the West Point cadets and the midshipmen from the naval academy at Annapolis. The cadets of both schools were cheered, as they always have been cheered at every inaugural parade in which they have taken part. Immediately behind the future officers of army and navy came the regulars of the military service. In the line were the 2,600 men who had formed the Cuban army of pacification. In the waters of Hampton roads for ten miles the fleet which had made its record-breaking journey around the world had been assembled. The battleships, the cruisers, the destroyers and the torpedo boats were drawn upon for "jackies" to give the sea service an adequate representation in the inaugural ceremonies. There were Vice President, Sharman Vice-President Sherman. 3,000 sailors from the Connecticut, the Illinois and the other ships of Sperry's fleet in the parade. The marines folowed the sailors. National Guardmen There. Next came the National Guardsmen from various states of the union, and their excellent marching and evolutions elicited enthusiastic applause. In the rear of the military division came the civic organizations. There were in line more than 100 clubs and political organizations of the country, nearly all of them wearing some unique and distinguishing uniform. A Lesson in Grammar A Lesson in Grammar. 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If not, he has no conception of the oath. If not, he is about to enter, or he is lacking in a proper sense of the obligation which the oath imposes. The office of an inaugural address is to give a summary outline of the main policies of the new administration, so far as they can be anticipated. I have had the honor to be one of the advisers of my distinguished predecessor, and as such, to hold up his hands in the reforms he has initiated. I should be untrue to myself, to the advisers of the party platform upon which I am elected to office, if I did not make the maintenance and enforcement of those reforms a most important feature of my administration. They were directed to the suppression of the lawlessness and abuses of power of the great combinations of capital invested in railroads and in industrial enterprises carrying on interstate commerce. The steps which my predecessor took and the legislation passed on them were not the most plished much, have caused a general halt in the vicious policies which created popular alarm, and have brought about in the business affected a much higher regard for existing law. More Legislation Needed. To render the reforms lasting, however, and to secure at the same time freedom from alarm on the part of the federal government and the supportive business methods, further legislative and executive action are needed. Relief of the railroads from certain restrictions of the ant-trust law has been urged by my predecessor and will be urged by me. On the other hand, the administration is pledged to legislation looking to a proper federal supervision and restriction to prevent excessive issues of bonds and stocks by companies owning and operating interstate commerce railroads. I hope to be able to submit at the first regular session of the incoming congress, in December next, definite suggestions in respect to the needed amendments to the ant-trust and the intermediate commerce laws, and the changes required in the executive departments concerned in their enforcement. Promises Extra Session. A matter of most pressing importance is the revision of the tariff. In accordance with the promises of the platform upon which it was elected, I shall call congress into exhortation to meet on the fifteenth day of March, in order that consideration may be at once given to a bill revising the Dingley act. This should secure an adequate revenue and adjust the duties in such a manner as to afford to labor and to all industries in this country, whether of the farm, mine or factory, protection by tariff equal to the difference between the cost of production abroad and the cost of production here, and have a provision which shall put into force, upon executive determination of certain facts, a higher or maximum tariff against those countries whose trade policy toward equally requires such discriminatory It is that there has been such a change in conditions since the enactment of the Dingley act drafted on a similarly protective principle, that the measure of the tariff above stated will permit the reduction of rates in certain schedules and will require the advancement of few, if any. Money Needed for Big Projects. The putting into force of laws which shall secure the conservation of our resources, so far as they may be within the jurisdiction of the federal government, including the most important work of saving and restoring our forests, and the general improvement of waterways, are all proper government functions which must involve large expenditure if properly performed. While some of them, like the reclamation of arid lands, are made to pay for themselves, others are of such an indirect benefit that this can- DIRT MAKES SAILORS DESERT. "Fighting Bob" Discusses the Horrors of the Dry Dock. With the ships crowded into the navy yards for repairs, the officers and men found their surroundings most uncomfortable. As many as possible were sent on leave, but the remaining ones had a hard time of it, says Rear General Ernest Incompetence's way magazine. Above all things, an American bluejacket likes a clean place to eat, a clean place to sleep and a chance to keep himself clean and smart; in other words, he loves a clean ship, and he is unhappy if he cannot have it. That these conditions should always prevail on a vessel of war goes without saying, but it is a fact, which none can deny, that they do not exist on a vessel of war. These conditions are such as to render cleanliness and comfort impossible. A ship goes to the navy yard spick and span—everything clean and neat; and the men happy and contented; then a gang of workmen in dirty over- not be expected of them. A permanent improvement, like to Panama canal, should be treated as a distinct enterprise, and should be paid for by the proceeds of londs, the issue of which will distribute its coat between the present and future generations in accordance with the b's derived. It may well be submitted, to the seriess of the present, to the deepening and control of the channel of a great river system; like that of the Ohio or of the Mississippi, when definite and practical plans for the enterprise have been approved and determined upon, should not be provided for in the same way. For Army and Navy. Then, too, there are expenditures of government necessary in our country is to maintain its proper place among the nations of the world, and to exercise its proper influence in defense of its own trade interests, in the maintenance of traditional American policy against the colonization of European monarchies in this hemisphere, and in the promotion of peace and international morality. I refer to the cost of maintaining a proper army, a proper navy and such other equipment afforded to the island of the United States and in its dependencies. We should have an army so organized, and so offered, as to be capable in time of emergency in cooperation with the national militia, and under the provisions of a proper national volunteer law, rapidly to expand into a force sufficient to resist all probable invasion from abroad and to furnish a respectable expeditionary force. We should be aware of our traditional American policy which bears the name of President Monroe. Our fortifications are yet in a state of only partial completeness and the number of men to man them is insufficient. What has been said of the army may be affirmed in even a more emphatic way of the navy. A modern navy cannot be improvised. It must be built and in existence when the emergency arises which calls for its use and operation. Asiatic Immigration. The admission of Asiatic immigrants who cannot be amalgamated with our population has been made the subject either of, prohibitory clauses in our treaties and statutes, or of strict administrative regulation secured by diplomatic negotiation. I sincerely hope that we may continue to minimize the evils likely to arise from such immigration without unnecessary friction and by mutual concessions between self-repeating governments. Meanwhile, we must take every precaution to prevent, or, failing that, to punish outbursts of race and culture, our people against foreigners of whatever nationality who have by our grant a treaty right to pursue lawful business here and to be protected against lawless assault or injury. This leads me to point out a serious defect in the present federal jurisdiction which ought to be remedied at once. Having assured to other countries by treaty the protection of our laws for such of their subjects or citizens as we permit to come within the jurisdiction of the federal state or a city, not under the control of the federal government, a duty of performing our international obligations in this respect. By proper legislation we may, and ought to, place in the hands of the federal executive the means of enforcing the treaty rights of such aliens in the courts of the federal government. It puts our government in a pusillanimous position to make definite engagements to protect the rights of those to exert their duties to perform those engagements by an explanation that the duty to keep them is in states or cities, not within our control. Monetary Laws Need Change. Monetary Laws Need Change. One of the reforms to be carried out during the incoming administration is a change of our monetary and banking laws, so as to secure greater elasticity in the forms of currency available for trade, and to prevent the limitations of law from operating to increase the embarrassments of a financial panic. The monetary commission lately appointed is giving full consideration to existing conditions and to all proposed remedies, and will ensure that the requirements of business and of public interest. We may hope that the report will embody neither the narrow view of those who believe that the sole purpose of the new system should be to secure a large return on banking capital or of those who would have greater expansion of currency with little regard to provisions for its immediate redemption or eliminate security. There is no subject of economic discussion so intricate and so likely to evoke different views and dogmatic statements as this one. The commission in studying the general influence of currency on business and of business on currency, have wisely extended their investigation in European banking and monetary methods. The congress should promptfully fulfill the progress of the public platform and pass a proper postal savings bank bill. It will not be unwise or excessive paternalism. The promise to repay by the government will furnish an inducement to alls is rushed on board and trouble begins at once. Things are pulled to pieces here and there, dirt covers the decks, men are husted about and in many cases driven from charge. The families and friends of the crew come on board in great numbers only to find themselves out of place, and some brings complaint and discontent. If they are not in case with the Atlantic fleet, the suffering of the crew is great, not only from cold but because the decks cannot in many cases be scrubbed and the dirt accumulates until both the officers and men are ashamed of their ships, and well they may be. People sometimes wonder at the number of desertions in the navy. If they knew the conditions as I know them, I think the wonder be that there are not more. The old hands, who have seen service and what discipline means, have the happy impression of being the best of what they know will be. The rud of much discomfort and dirt, but the new ones who come to the ship for the first time naturally assume that this is the normal condition of ship life and many of them "jump" at savings deposits which private enterprise cannot supply, and at such a low rate of interest as not to withdraw custom from existing banks. Panama Canal All Right. The Panama canal will have a most important bearing upon the trade between the eastern and the far western sections of our country, and will greatly increase the facilities for transportation between the eastern and western seaboard, and may possibly revolutionize the transcontinental trade between the eastern and western coast of South America, and, indeed, with some of the important ports on the east coast of South America reached by rail from the west coast. The work on the canal is making most satisfactory progress. The type of the canal as a lock canal was fixed by congress after a full consideration of the conflicting reports of the majority and minority of the consulting board, and after the recommendation of the war department and the executive upon those reports. Recent suggestion that something had occurred on the isthmus to facilitate the it was, supposed to be when the report were made and to the isthmus of a board of competent engineers to examine the Gatun dam and locks which are the key of the lock show. The report of that board shows that nothing has occurred in the nature of newly revealed evidence which should change the views once formed in the original discussion. The construction will go on under a most effective organization by Col. Geothals and his fellow army engineers associated with him, and will certainly be completed early in the next administration, if not before. South and the Negroes. I look forward with hope to increasing the already good feeling between the south and the other sections of the country. My chief purpose is not to effect a change in the electoral vote of the southern states. That is a secondary consideration. What I look forward to is an increase in the tolerance of political views of all kinds and their advocacy throughout the south, and the existence of a respectable political opposition in every state; even more so in the south, where the part of all the people in the south that this government is their government, and that its officers in their states are their officers. The consideration of this question cannot, however, be complete and full without reference to the negro race, its progress and its present condition. The 13th amendment secured them freedom; the 14th amendment due process of law, protection of property and the pursuit of happiness; and the negro against any deprivation of the privilege to vote, because he was a negro. The 13th and 14th amendments have been generally enforced and have secured the objects for which they were intended. While the 15th amendment has not been generally observed in the past it ought to be observed, and the tendency of the negro to vote to the enactment of electoral qualifications which shall square with that amendment. Laws for Labor's Benefit. There is one other matter to which I shall refer. It was made the subject of great controversy during the election and calls for at least a passing reference now. My distinguished predecessor has given much attention to the cause of labor, with whose struggle for better things he has shown the sincere sympathy. At his instance, congress has billied the bill fixing the labor law, and the other employees for injury sustained in the course of employment, abolishing the rule of fellow-servant and the common law rule as to contributory negligence. It has also passed a law fixing the compensation of government employees for injuries sustained in the employ of the government through the negligence of the superior. It also passed a model child labor law for the District of Columbia. In previous administrations an arbitrary law for interstate commerce railroads and their employees of safety devices to the lives and limbs of employees of interstate railroads had been passed. Additional legislation of this kind was passed by the outgoing congress. I wish to say that in so far as I can, I hope to promote the enactment of further legislation of this character. I am strongly convinced that the government should make itself as responsible to employees injured in its employ as an interstate railway corporation is made responsible by federal law to its employee. In conclusion the president discussed the question of the power of federal courts to issue injunctions in labor disputes, referering forcibly his belief that to take away this power from the courts would result in the creation of a privileged class among the laborers and save the lawless among their number from a most needful remedy for the protection of business against illegal invasion. the first opportunity. The wonder to me is that more of them do not desert. Prominent Woman Suffragists. Mrs. Millicent Garrett Fawcett is the only woman who has ever been asked to address the University Department of Queen's Law, the quest of the students she took woman suffrage as her subject. At the end of her speech a resolution in avor of woman suffrage was put and lost by a majority of 16. There is rumor that Mrs. Julia Ward Howe will in the near future receive a similar invitation from Harvard. 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If enlisted with { } more eyes, use Thompson's Eye Water Among the treasures which adorned the "den" of Sir Walter Scott was a sauna sack—the memorial according to the author of "Edinburgh Under Sir Walter Scott," of a striking in incident in the domestic life of Scott's father and mother. One autumn Mr. Scott, Sr. had a client who came regularly every evening at a certain hour, and this private room usually long after the family had gone to bed. The little mystery of the unknown visitor exited Mr. Scott's curiosity, and her husband's vague statements increased it. One night, therefore, although she knew it was against her husband's desire, she entered the room with a salver in her hand, and offered the gentleman "a dish of tea, as if he were in a private parlour. Mr. Scott very cold refused it, but the stranger bowed and accepted a cup. Presently he took his leave. Then Mr. Scott seized the empty cup and threw it out on the pavement. His wife was nastened at first, but not when she heard the explanation. "I may admit into my house, on business, persons wholly unworthy to be treated as guests of my master," he said, and comes after Mr. Murray, or Broughtown." The client who had called was none other than the traitor, Secretary Murray, who bought off his life and fortune by giving evidence against his gallant Jacobite associates—Dunce Advertiser. SOME SMALL ENGLISH PARISHES Dozen inhabitants in One; In Another Only Two Houses. Probably few people know that this country contains a number of parishes so small that their population can be housed under one or two roofs. For instance, Upper Eldon, near Stuckbridge, consists of two houses, which with an eleventh century church and a tiny "God's Acre" in the middle of a farmyard adjoining one of the dwellings, comprise the whole parish. Not much larger is the population of Lullington, five miles from Eastbourne. Small as its church is—the interior dimensions are only 16 feet square—it is quite large enough for the inhabitants. In Grove near Lighton Buzard, there are only about a dozen inhabitants, the parish containing a modern farmhouse, two cottages and a tiny church. At Rhyd, in Flintshire, while there are only three adult inhabitants, the village contains five cottages and one ship. Until recently there were two licensed houses, one of which still remains.—Tik-Bits. Store Carries Old Hotel Name. Away up in Harlem is a sign which reads: "The Old Astor House Store." In reply to an inquiry the proprietor said: "The business was established in the vicinity of the old Astor house when the latter was the big hotel of New York. Later on it moved up to Fourthstreet street and carried the name of the old hotel with it. Some years after it moved up to Fort-second street and the name went with it. Then it jumped all the way to Harlem and, as the name had become one of the futures of the business, it was maintained. The business now is in the hands of the third generation of the family that established it. Just a bit of sentiment."—New York Press. Pleasant Situation Clintonville, this county, had several thrills of nervous apprehension on Tuesday of last week. A driver in the employ of a torpedo firm started off with a load of 40 quarts of nitroglycerine, and when a short distance from the barn stopped, got off his wagon and started an argument with his bystander. The team became frightened and started to run, but had not gone far enough to the wheel of the barn struck an iron support of a porch at a street corner and the horses stripped themselves from the harness, leaving the wagon, with its load of condensed destruction, standing. -Oil City Derrick. Waterproof Coats of Grass Waterproof. 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This discovery, which was made about three years ago, puts to practical use in various ways. For instance, a gas engine piston that had wore small was caused to "grow" by this method until it again fitted its cylinder. Again, several tons of steam radios lors that had been condemned as too short were successfully treated until should be used as at first intended. Quite Preposterous in the Light of Present-Day Extremism. Philosophrers seldom tire of booming the normal and deprecating the all round abnormal tendency. They insist that the normal life is good for our bodies, and eke for our consciences. But this is absurd. We cannot enjoy ourselves and at the same time be normal. Every pleasure is something which is abnormal. Every thing is abnormal. Every day the present day who sets off with the object of achieving distinction, or popularity of any description, must be an abnormal good or abnormally bad before it can create an impression. The "normal" theory is a preposterous one. Imagine a woman in normal clothes. At the present moment woman has attained the pinnacle of notoriously in the opposite direction, and on its top most point is set her hat. Imagine the successful athlete in a normal condition. Imagine the winner of motor and handcuffs. And there are others—too many to mention.—Philadelphia Record. Paying the Price. "Is it not some reproach upon the economy of Providence that such a one, who is a mean, dirty follow, should have amassed wealth enough to buy half a nation?" Not the least. He made himself a mean, dirty fellow for that very end. He has paid his health, his conscience, his liberty for it; and will you envy him his bargain? Will you hang your head and blush in his presence because he outshines you in equipage and show? Lift up your brow with a noble confidence, and say to yourself: I have not these things, it is true; but it is because I have not sought, because I have not desired them; it is because I possess some thing better. I have chosen my lot. I am 'content and satisfied.' Anna Letitia Barbauld. A Restrained Grief. Back in the ridges of Tennessee two mountaineers got into an argument. Words led to blows, and in the fight that followed one of the mon was killed. A neighbor rode on ahead to the dead man's cabin to prepare his wife. He found her seated at a table eating apple dumplings. He broke the sad news to her as gently as he could. She listened quietly, with a dumplings poised in the air half way to her mouth. When the neighbor paused she stuffed the dumpling into her mouth and said: "You jest wait 'till I finish this her dumplin' an' then you all 'lil hearer hollerin'."-Harper's Monthly. The Truly to Be Pitied. Stevenson: Pitiful is the case of the blind, who cannot read the face; pitiful the case of the deaf, who cannot follow the changes of the voice. And there are others, also, to be pitified, for there are some of an inert and inolequent nature who have been denied all the symbols of communication, who have neither a lively play of facial expression, nor yet the gift of frank, explanatory speech; people truly made of clay, people tied for life into a bag which no can undo. They are poorer than the gypsy, for their heart can speak no language under heaven. "The Jim Crow" Law in Heaven. Uncle Wash, an aged colored man who is given to seeing visions, was recently regaling a group of brethren and slisters in the church with a dream of heaven that he had had the night before. As he was graphically describing its gold-paved streets, its gates of pearl and the hosts of white-robed, fair-haired angels playing upon jeweled harps, an old woman interrupted with the query, "were you dah?" "Huh," he snorted, indignantly, "does you *spouse* I went 'round to de kitchen?"—P Philadelphia Ledger. Catching Rats. Do rats drink water? 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The horseback riding ghost is the very latest variety that has appeared in Bowdinham, and he is a particular spirit, making visitations only at certain times. The hunter's ghost, they call him, and the big man on the big white horse who comes galloping down the Lisbon road on the full o' the moon right up to the side door of Sunny Great farm strikes terror to the heart, the farmer folk as he walks up his righhip on the panels of the door. Whenever one appears in answer to the knock the ghost, they tell the story, wheels round and disappears at a gallop, turning into the old woods road much used in revolutionary times by the soldiers of that stormy period. Ghost of the old Cap'n, they call him, connecting this horseback ride spook with a certain officer of unsavory fame who once haunted the district of Maline. It is on the hunters' moon when the g鬼 rides abroad, and nervous people on the Lisbon road are much disturbed by this galloping. horseman—Lewiston Journal. A FEW OF LIFE'S PARADOXES. All True, Though at First They Seem to Read Rather Odd. Peace we secure by armaments, liberty by laws and constitutions, simplicity and naturalism are the consummate result of artificial breeding and training; health, strength and wealth are increased only by lavish the consummate result of mistrust angenders our commercial system of credit; our tolerance of revolutionary utterances is the only way of lessening their danger; our charity has to say no to beggars in order not to defeat its own desires; the true epicurean has to observe great sobriety; the way to certain lies through radical doubt; virtue signifies not innocence and the knowledge of sin and its overcoming. The ethical and religious life are full of contradictions in rejection. You hold your enemy—well, forgive him, and thereby heap coals of fire on his head; to resize yourself, renounce yourself; to save your soul, first lose it; in short, die to live.—Prof. William James, in Hilbert Journal. 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