The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 72, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 26, 1908 Page: 4 of 12
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THE OKLAHOMA STATE CAPITAL
By The State Capital Company.
(■HANK H. GREKH, EDITOR.
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Weekly State Capital In theabove territory, please cor-
respond \v1 *'' the agents uk stated abov«.
are ready to join hands in the oerthrow of the
Haskell policy—rule or ruin.
They state that the machine was a- built over
nfTair in the first place and that it could not stand
the test of time. When a rough place in the road
is struck the "old rattle trap" becomes more warp-
ed and the battle erv of the sound Democrats of the
state is—"Toss it into the scrap pile, get a new
deck and let's have a new deal.''
It is said that there is a quiet organization bein„' j
perfected by the men who oppose the governor
among the Democrats, which lias for its purpose
the overthrow of the governor. That the organi/s
tion is a secret one and that those who join pledge
themselves to do all in their power to make the
state clean and rational. Every voting precinct 'U
thi' state is to have a sort of local lodge or organis-
ation and the men who have gone into working out
the plan claim they have found such a sentiment
for such an organization and feeling of disgust
against the manner in which the state's affairs have
been conducted that they jump at a chance to hold I ^
themselves in readiness to vote, and fight if neces-1 riesei
sarv, to uphold the dignity and prosperity of the
state.
THE STATE PRESS
POINTED STATEMENTS ON MANY SUBJECTS.
FROM THE CAR MEN HEADLIGHT
The. following question wag recently
dscussed at a literary meeting near Car-
men: Resolved, that the green bug was
mora detrimental .to th« welfare of Ok-
lahoma than the democratic legislature.
The question mum ably dis< Uf&ej and
strang argument* were presented in fav-
or of bugs, but when the final argum< y*
turned in and it was up to the Judge
* THOUGHTS OF THE DAY *
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"BUILT OVER MACHINE" ON ITS WAY TO
THE SCRAP PILE—AN OPEN REVOLT
In Governor Haskell loing his control over the
machine which lie so proudly boasted of and which
has made him a power in Oklahoma;
Is the power of a man who, recently demonstrated
that instead of being this natural enemy of huge
corporations that h« is at heart their friend, slowly
but burely slipping from himt
Every sign in Oklahoma points to the fact that
the Governor is losing control of the situation and
that the real backbone of the democratic party in
the new state, tile men who fought the battles of
the democratic party iu "Old Oklahoma" and "In-
dian Territory" are casting about for a Moses to
lead them out of the tangle resulting from the
"New Comer's" rule.
lint the revolt is not confined entirely to the "Old
Timers" of the Democratic party as many of the
"New Comers" are iu open rebellion and ready to
join issues with the men who, having watched the
thin gs closely, liave decided there must be a change,
#vcn if it puts the Democratic party out of con
trol. Their names arc counted on the list by the
hundreds and h-adeU by such men as have already
declared open war. and those who are silently work-
ing to' the same end, the governor's office force is
et tinir up night* waiting for tile lightning to
itrike again.
A few days ft-ro Attorney General West openly en-
; lei the lists against the governor and announced
; the people of the state that he intended protect-
11>■ the people against the governor's private agree-
ments. lie started suits contrary to the orders of
(Iu- governor against the very trust which the gov-
ernor before his election , and afterwards, if you
pleasstated lie would drive out of the state.
When the Attorney General instituted suits he dis-
covered the governor out with his knife and so th;
Attorney General concluded to get a fork and then
lie proceeded to start his battle and this in face of
"ircoml aid" to the injured trust orders from tlv
governor.
Thi n comes Corporation Commissioner Watson,
who in an open speech declared that he intended
"showing'' the governor "up" lo the people of th*
state. II will, it is said, endeavor to prove that a
certain sum, something like ten thousand dollars,
was offered an Oklahoma City man if he would
make the race against Mr. Watson for the nomina-
tion. That the governor's crowd did this because thev
did not want Watson ou the board and now Mr. Wat-
son. sure that the governor is after him promises
to make it warm ft^r the governor.
But Mr. Watson is not the only member of the
Corporation Commission who is determined to be in-
dep ndent of the governor's endeavor to rule every
department of the state. Jack Love has said some
ext.eiuely strong things and although he has not
publicly announced that he has secured a divorce
from Governor. Haskell, his friends know where he
stands. That the family is not satisfied.
Senator Gore is keeping his own counsel regard-
ing just what he thinks of the governor's aspira
tions to "his" seat in the United States senate,
which the governor has denied wishing, but which
all his friends know is his ambition and desire re-
gardless of statements to the contrary.
Col. lioy Hoffman, M. L. Turner and a score of
otliri' men in whom the Democrats' of the state have
absolute confidence are only waiting the moment
when thev also will renounce everything which
smells of Haskellism.
Rut this is not all The Daily Oklahoman is in
practically open revolt and is out Hat footed'against
many of the policies of the governor and here is not
a day when ther■■ does not Crop out the informa-
tion (reading between the lines) that the Okla-
human is preparing to lead the battles against Has-
kell and his rapidly weakening machine.
The battle will lie between the Democrats of Okla
hnmn who believe in justice and the building up of
the state against Governor Haskell and his batter-
ed machine which has done nothing but pilo up
debt and laws which are ruinous in their nature,
unfair to the people of the state and which will re-
mit in the people of Oklahoma being ground down
otr the stone of high taxation.
Oklahoma people, regardless of party afiiliatious,
EACH HAS HIS OWN WORLD SO
LETS ALL MAKE IT THE BEST
The sick think if they had health nothing else
would matter.
The hard working mtu thinks if he had leisure
he would be content.
But happiness is not the prerogative of any class
of people or station of life.
Bernard Shaw says in one of his plays that "the
man with tho toothache thinks every man happy
whose teeth are sound, and the poverty stricken
man makes the same mistake about the rich man."
So it, is with most things. One always feels that
the thing he doesn't possess or the thing lie can't
do is the one essential thing to his happiness.
But the things which really go to make for hap-
piness are numerous and varied, for no two people
think or feel alike.
If there is one thing more than all others' that
helps to smooth the rough p'aces it is tempera-
ment.
The man or woman who is iuclined to look on the
bright side, who is confident that clouds have a sil-
ver lining, and who realizes that life is only a game
to be played to the best of one's ability, is bound
to be happier than one who is always expecting the
worst, or who, because the sky is clouded, is sure
that the sun will never shine again.
The important question is: Can the cheerful at-
titude be acquired or is it one of the gifts of the
gods and bestowed on only the favored few?
No doubt, some are gifted with a happier and
more cheerful temperament, than others. II seems
to he natural for some to be morose, while others
are natural'y sunny.
But this is' no reason why the melancholy one
can't change his point of view.
ANGUISH
st we are not alone unhappy
• uid uniwrwU theatre
mote woeful parents than the
>
■we plwyed in.
\\ m. Shakeepeare.
omo In where you set weeping
Let me
—aye
Ijet me who have not any child to die,
W'eop with you for Uie little one whose
love
I have knowa nothing of.
—Jumis Whltcomb Hiijy
And I know of the future Judgment
How dreadful so'er it be,
That to ait alone wtlh my conscience
Will be Judgment enough for me.—
—Unknown.
All? O God! It Is all 1 can speak;
Question me not- I am old and weak;
His slave and saddle on the wall;
And his horse pined to death—I have
told you all.
"He wild unto me again, stand, I pray
thee, upon me, and slay me, for an-
guish is come upon me, because my life
is yet whole in me.—Second Samuel—I,-j
to decide, the matter was decided lu
favor or tlie negative. The results com-
ing from the -ettllng of this question
art- easy to be seen the bugs have all
died, the legislature hae appropriate
tin- carcasses and mixed thorn with a lit
tie ' let tho people rule" dope and pit
the slate In the bug Juice business un-
der the dispensary system.—Carm-.-'i
1 light.
DAILY VEKSE
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* To THE POINT
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The reason a girl thinks a man is a
hero Is he isn't.
The only way to convince your a>n his
up.nion is wrong is to agree with linn.
Noise is so Impressive to people when
it s their own that they mistake It lor
brain*.
No amount of intellect can ever com-
pensate the man who doesn't thiink ho
knows enough about baseball to wear his
lungs out at a close game.
You can tell a bride and bridegroom
by the way he is afraid it will fatigue
her If she carries her own parasol, ana
after they've been married a few years
by the way nigging around the baby la
good exercise for her.
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* PERSONS AND PLACES *
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The coal resounoew of Alaska are to
be made the subject of a special invest-
igation during the summer sea on by
the United Stall's Reologiral survey. Dr.
Wallace A. Atwood, of the Chicago uni-
versity, will spend the entire reason In
that country conducting the work. The
special fields of work will be in tho
neighborhood of Unga. Herkan bay and
Ohignik, on the Alaskan peninsula, an.I
in the Matanuska valley, at the head of
Cook Inlet.
In the debate whether the Frano
British exhibition shall be open on Sun-
days. as public opinion In Prance desires,
or not, a canon of Canterbury has been
quoting tigures from tills side to show
thai the Philadelpha and St. Louis fair*,
which closed on Sundays, made much
more money than those at Chicago an<l
| Buffalo, which violated the Sabbath.
I A prominent Emg-iish syndicate recent-
/ berlin a search for oil on the island
f fcante, Greese. The present opera-
•m 1 j. r 1 i : a. .. 1 tion* ..re on the site of what have been
I here are always two ways of looking at every ; known for ^ntllrle, as the ..pltoh -
question, and one's point, of view as to cheerfulness located in tin- southern-most portion ot
. , , ,. . , , •. the Island, some 10 inlles from the town
IS largely a matter Ot habit. | of and reached by an excellent
It is as easy to see the best as it is to see th
worst in people. And according to what we habit-
ually see in others, each of us peoples his owh
world.
Joys, woes, successes, failures are real inly as
they appear to us to be so.
So for each of us the world is what we choose to
make it.
rlage road from that pla
PICS
KEY TO PACIFIC.
Ten years ago the United States an-
nexed Haiwall as a measure of uJUlonnl
<tofense. The islands, we were told, con-
stituted a "key to the Pacific." A a a
naval bus* they were considered of the
highest strategic advantage. Captain Mi*-
han and other nnval tacticians regarded
their acquisition as of the highest impor
lance to our command of the Pacific. Bui
onoe having taken over the Islands we
forgot all about their strategic value.
Possessing a "key to the Pacific" v •
hung it up on the wall, as It were, until
our further convenience. During the last
10 years not a single gun has been
mounted In Hawaii, nor has a single step
been taken toward the construction of
a naval l ase at Pearl Harbor. Land has
been acquired for both the naval sta-
tion and the fortifl^atloni, but practic-
ally all the defensive work remains to
be provided for.
Now, after all these years of negloct
Hawaii is about to come into her own
because of an assumption that war with
Japan Is possible. "Our relations with
other nations are such today," said the
delegate from Hawaii to the house com-
mittee on naval affairs "that it would be
Inexcusable neglect to postpone the Je-
glnning of this work another year."
President Roosevelt, we are informed,
wants to be ready for a fight if It must
come, or to prevent one by the possession
of a greatly superior naval equipment.
Thus the war scare operates t0 Jog th*-
memory of congress as to that "key to
the Pacific" acquired by us as a naval
base 10 years ago. It Is about time 10
take It down and furbish It up for cse'
in opening the door to Manchuria, which
is said to be closing on American trade.
—Washington Herald.
TO A COMPLAINING POET.
(By Frank P. Adams.)
O poet, thou that grieveat for the lack-
ing of a theme,
The dearth of newer songs to sing and
newer da-earn* to drea/m,
For melody of motor and for sonnetry of
stream,
"No songs to sing, no songs to sing, no
poems yet undone
On trees and flowers, birds and bees, and
moon and stars and sun,
And war and peace and life and lovtrlte
subjects, every one."
Ah, sing the locomotive and the powder
magazine!
Go balladize the thresher and the hnr-
veetlng machine!
For that a thousand gone before have
said lhat fields were green.
Nay, poet, tf ke the time-old themes and
cease mwhanic prose,
Sing love that lives and life that loves
and sing the grass that grows.
A million bards a million years can not
exhaust the rose!
POLITICAL COMMENT
We notice by the Charleston News an 1
Courier (L)em.) that Mr. Kern is a dis-
tinguished son of Indiana, whose elec-
tion would greatly benefit that state,
while Mr. Sherman is a "fat-frying sid'.--
partner."
The Ohio "Bible of R-eflwhlicani'-m," '
Cleveland Leader, solemnly pronoun'
doom on the other Leader yelp the Peer-
less; "William Jennings Bryan has ills
las: great day. II has struck noon for hia..
Declining sun, waning light, political
tlarkness, await Uiun." This *ecms to ig-
nore the fact that the Commoner and the
Chautauquas will go right on, what
ever happens.
Says the Norfolk Virginian Pilot (dem)
"Look where we muy and how we wi: ,
Republicanism is but passing Judgment
on its own sins of omission and coni-
missdon when through its acknowledged
leader It paints conditions as intolerable
and crying for amendmient. Why shoui.l
a party so tier diet in th« pan ho trust id
to cura the evils it has cieated? That 's
the vtal question for the American peo-
ple to decide. What can they expect If
they appoint the defaulting ca-sliler re-
ceiver fur the plundered bank?"
The Richmond News-Leader (D<mti.)
protests against the hollow hollers'" at
Denver convention and says: "We sup-
pose if this somewhat ludicrous lunacy
contlnues the republicans at their next
national convention, four years hen-c.
will make it a point to cheer two hou. -
J and a half, and that the democrats will
cap this with some five hours of noL ;
and if the tiling goes on, we shall have
presently In all national conventions a
special day set apart for demonstra-
tions by vociferation. It Is about as
senseless as any political performance hi
the world's history. Maybe In 1912 Mr.
Bryan's friends will be advancing as ar-
gument for another renomlneition for hl*n
for the presidency that he wins cheered
longer than any man in history."
Pnlthsr n—"What is Browne's esrning
capacity?' 'Jones—"It's never been tested. t
lies always been employed by the
ernment." r
"You editors take life too seriously,"
rem : . ••<i the l""''- "i would utke yu^:
with positive flae," retortad the editoi. v
"Maggie. I want you to incinerate tna
refuse." "All right ma'am; I'll come an.I
do It as soon us I finish burning .ho
waste."
New Arrival—"So this town Is strong-
ly opposed to corporal punishment?
Waiter—"Yea, sah. Why, boss dey dua|
eh. n let us serve whipped cream."
KlnksC who ordered a pancake half-^u
hour previously)- "l>r—I—say, will thi^t
pancake bo long?" Waitress "No sir; It
'II be round." Then he waited patientliy
another half-hour.
.1
9 dead
here did
Johnny—"Smokin* cigarettes
ter hurt yer." JHmmy—"G-on!
vor Kit dat idee?" Johnny- "From pot>."
Jimmy—"Aw! he wuas .list stringln' m>;
Johnny—"No he wusn't stringln* r.i«;
lie wuz strappin' me. Pat's how I know
It hurts/'
NE-7 PROFESSION IS OPEN.
A new profession is open for women, namely, that
of telling stories to children for their entertainment.
if the plan adopted in a New York amusement park
proves successful.
At tbe "children's session" there the youngsters
are grouped under the trees, stretched on the grarrs
if they choose, to listen to fairy talcs, animal storiesI Hw-m neiquerei J**'
J ^ elected perpetual secretary of trie au
and tales of adventures.
A special gift is required of the story teller who
can hold her young hearers' unflagging attention,
but it is a gift that may be helped by cultivation,
and if mastered, is surely a very desirable accom-
plishment. whether use professionally or not.
HERE AND THERE
OVER THE WORLD
Charles G. Gould, librarian of McGIll
University library, Montreal, Canada,
has been elected president of the Amen-
. an Library association, now In session
at lAke Minnetonka, Minn.
been
my of Sciences in succession to the la'.
> rt Auguate Coehon de Lappareni
e French geologist who died last month.
A BIG CONTRACT
Russia is double-tracking the Siberian railroad,
and it said the American steel trust lias landed the
contract to furnish $25,000,000 worth of steel rails.
We hope it has. That would stir up business an 1
relight a good many furnace fires in Pittsburg and
Chicago and lessen the number of the unemployed.
When the steel trust runs its factories all the time!
business is good. The steel industry, more than
any other, is an index of the business condition of
the country.
MOST REMARKABLE CHANGE
It is plain the democrats pin their fondest hope oa
the possibility of carrying the three states north oi!
the Ohio. If Illinois polled a plurality of '105,000 for;
Roosevelt. Indiana one of M.900. and Ohio one of
25"),000, that is only an indication of the overwhelm-:
ing change which may come ever the people in four
years, according to democratic .judgment.
Grand Duke Frederick of Baden has
a< -opted the plans for the restoration of
tint i ld castle of Heidelberg. The ques-
tion of rebuilding the castle has been not-
ly discussed for the past half dozen years.
The mayor of Brauage. France tho
birthplace of Champlaln, has accepted an
1 h'v i tut ion to attend the tercentenary In
j Quebe.\ The Duke of Norfolk, premier
duke of Great Britain, Is expected to be
present also, and to attend the solemn
mass on the plains of Abraham.
J During the year 15 7. 6,4« new Indus-
j tries w< re reported in the south compai-
I ed with M!1 111 11)06. which was the best
record «*ver made. The leading states
were Texas, 1,383; Oklahoma 794. and Vir-
ginia. Tennessee, North Carolina, Ala-
bama and Arkansas from 400 to 560 eaoh.
Col. WilMani Evans closed five year*
of work in the cause of the Salvation
Army in Boston Sunday, when he deliv-
ered his farewell address at a largalf
attended *nee«tlng in the People's pal-
axe. Colonel Evans leaves Boston today
to tak * command of the divisions of Ohio
and Kentucky, making his headquarters
at Cleveland, Ohio.
John B. Jncken.
depart in
American minister at
is applied to the st^u
,-e of absence. Tho of-
Frank Hitchcock has fixed upon Colorado as th<
place for tho firing of tlio first pun in the Taft cam-:
paipn. Is Colorado, then, destined to hop the rinpf
(Observe, please, that the word "ring" as used i.'i
this connection has no political significance.)
ey we no renson why it
should not be granted, which is an Indi-
cation that they do not consider the P r.
•dan situation ad alarming one, at least
•o fr.r as American interests are con-
cerned.
GROWTH OF CAPITAL.
The census taken recently by the po-
lice force of the District of Columbia
indicates that the national capital is
growing in population at an exceptional
rate. The Increase in Inhabitants for
the last year Is reported as 9,812, which
would mean a growth, If steadily main-
tained, of almost 100,000 for the current
decade. Of course such a rate of growth
has not been maintained since 1900. Ac-
cording to the federal census of that
year, Washington's population was 278,«18.
The populaUon reported y the police in
eight years has ' on 60,686. By 1910 Wash
inglon maybe ected to gain at least
15,000 more Inhabitants ard Its popula-
tion tq rise about 355,<X)C.
Compared with its nearest rival—Bal-
timore—Washington is making rapid
strides forward. Baltimore's percentage
of growtli between 1890 and 1900 was 17.1
while Washington's was 20.9. The dis-
parity in expansion will undoubtedly bo
greater in the decade from 1900 to i910.
for Baltimore's growth was checked fu«"
a year or more by the losses of the great
lire of 1904, while Washington's growth
has been stimulated by enormous build-
ing operations, most of them conducted
under tho auspices of the national gov-
ernment.
The check to business resulting from
last fall's panic will also be felt less
In Washington than in perhaps any oth-
er American city. The national capital
does not depend for a livelihood on man-
ufacture? or commerce, and Its workers
have steady employment assured them be-
cause the government's activities are be
ing continually extended.
In its physical aspect Washington has
gained enormously In attractiveness in
the last elgftt or ten years. It is an
ideal residence tclty, and Its chfirma
appeal most potently to Americans with
leisure enough to enjoy them. It has be-
come tho winter home of families of
wealth and refinement from all parts of
the union, and its quiet, enter and beauty
make living within its borders constant
satisfaction. It still has great potential,
itles in the way of architectural develop-
ment, nnd Its material prosperity Is se-
cured by the ever broadening activities
of the urent governmental machine.—-Now
York Tribune.
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♦ STRANGE STORIES
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Peary says he is goin« to hunt the south pole a.
soon as he finds the north one. What's the use
"Wry doesn't he just reverse the films in his mo vim
picture machine!
Nevertheless, as a guarantee to good faith, would
it not he safer to protect the donk from injury in
New York by extracting th- Tammanj tiger'*
claw* I iv
Trinidad sugar planter has aftpr
1 «evoral years of experimentJ arrived m
the conclusion thftt a s-m r! • -m .•
] of papet can be made from the bagasi*
of other plants of that <hatra t *
stated that he has erected paper work*
in connecUon with his sugar factory, at
j an expense of $86,000.
Miss Meigs of Rush Medical college
won the first plsee In the competitive
examination for Internes in the Cook
County (111.) hospital. Bhe Is the only
woman who took the examination and she
will be graduated as a full-fledged phy-
Hi lan In June, ftlie comes from KeokuK
la., and Is on® of the six daughters of
>U>k<r Montgomery Melgs, U. S A,
The Masons of the state of Washing
ton have placed a ban on the liquor busl
ue.«s as a means of livelihood for mem-
bers of the order. The grand lod*e, at
a recent meeting, made an Ironclad rul-
ing prohibiting traffic in whiskey by Ma-
sons within its Jurisdiction. Hereaftor
to engage in the liquor traffic Is to com-
mit a Masonic offense, punishable by sx-
nu'.siun, from which there shall De
appeal.
A suit of clothes wheh will float the
waror In esse of accident el sea has
bc*;n patented hy a Norwegian Inventor.
DUSTLESS ROADWAY.
We are now experiencing the luxury
of absolutely dust less roadways.
A bulletin issued last July by the Kan-
sas City park board makes the above
statement. A year aj?o during the sum-
mer months, the board had the whol<
force of sprinkling wagons going every
day in an attempt to keep down the dust
which made the enjoyment of the pa.K
drives impossible at times. In a few
hours the hot summer sun dried the
roads, and every passing motor car h-ft
clouds of fine rock dust to settle on the
foliage along the drive. Now a motor
car passing at the highest speer! over
any portion of the extensive boulevard
system leaves no dusty trail in Its wake.
The oil has not only proved much more
effective than water mut Is a third cheap-
er and preserves the roadways as we'l.
One of the serious problems here, as 'n
other cities, lias been the preservation
of the drives from the wear of the motor
car wheels. The oiled boulevard ti atso
protected from erosion. Formerly ever>
rainstorm left ragged gullies which took
several dnys to repair. The eye of ti e
n.ost Inexperienced could see that some-
thing was needed to bind the macadam,
to preserve a smooth surface Without
dust and prevent washouts at the same
time. The net savings in the use of oil
for the year was $6,606.88, or 34 per cent.
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* HUMOROUS JINGLE
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'Uoul eislit o'eloik llr.-t mRht t!"U w«
Were down at the academy
'Twas awful rainy out, and so
We both of us stayed in, you know;
But we. could hear the wind and ram
Conic splashing on the window pane,
Aid alter while, why, Henry Stout
Put up the curtain and looked out,
,\n,i said, -My! Ain't she coming downl
1 wish 1 was in Beaveretown."
And then nobody spoke at all, J
J us i listened to the rain-drops fail*
Ar.d Henry sniffed up his nose
Because lie had a cold, 1 s'poae.
And then he said, "I wonder how
Our folks are setting on hy now."
And i said, "Oh I guess all right.
My! Ain't it rainy out tonight!"
And Henry gave a great big sigh
And swallowed hard and so did I.
And then he said, "My! Such a rnolaa
1 guess there's lots of homeslcks bofV
Around tonight." And I said, "Oh"—
ju.t careless like "Oh i don't kwm.
And io tu said, "i • • Jim Rr..*n *
Is glad he stayed in Beaverstown
And didn't have to come d.wn here."
And* I said, "I>o your eyes feel queer?
I got a speck in mine. I guess
Tii -y water so." And he aid, "Yes."
And then he looked ar.d tried to smile,
Anod we kept still for quite a while.
And heard It rain. Ar.<! then he slid,
"T s';iose our folks are gone to bed,
And sound aslee«p by now, I giies®,"
And then 1 swallowed and snld, "Yes,**
So then we both got Into bed
And heard it rain; and then he said.
"My1 Ain't she Just a-pourlng downl
1 wlah I was in Beaverstown."
The painting of thi
flO.Oo*
Forth Bridge ooit?
MR. GOMPERS DELUSION
IS QUITE AMUSING.
Speaking of "Mr. Gomper's Delusion"
the New York Globe says:
Mr. Gompers's Delusion—Mr. Bryan,
the Lincoln correspondents tell us. was
more gratified by the assurances of sup-
port which Mr. Gompers brought him
than by any news he has had since his
nomination. Needless to say, Mr. Gom-
pers promised him "the labor vote" In
exchange for the platform adopted at
Denver.
Assuming for the moment that the vote
of the workmen of America Is deliv-
erable In this fashion, Mr. Gompers's
promise rests on tho theory that in this
country labor and capital have a divided
Interest, that labor gains only when cap-
ital loses, that uncontrolled terrorism
Is the agency by which wages are main-
tained. that \n the constant clash of
classes the man who Rets his bread by
the sweat of his brow gains his only sub-
stantial rewards. So Mr. Bryan reas-
oned twelve years ago. The lessons of
the prosperity that followed his defeat
then and In 1900 have taught him nothing.
Ills reliance is still in human discontent.
But It Is safe for him to take for
granted that the bread winners as a
class are as Impervious to the teachings
of experience as he professes to believe
♦hey are? Have they not profited in the
long period of Industrial peace since lfi96
more than in any previous period of sim-
ilar duration? Would they exchange the
conditions t.hi*t prevailed from ISM to
1896 with those of the four years from
1396 to 1900 or from 1900 to 1904? Does
comparison of the suffering of these flr«t
four years with the comfort and well-be-
ing of the following eight years afford
solid gTound for Mr. Gompers's promise
and Mr. Bryan's gratification?
It Is our boast that the American work-
man Is the most Intelligent In the worll
He knows as well as other citizens do
that politics Is tho most narrowly selfish
of all professions. He knows that ho 's
always exploited and cSddled nt election
times. And ho has learned to Judge an 1
weigh for himself. First to suffer In hard
times, he knows that for prosperity there
Is no substitute as an essential condition
to his happiness. He may believe that
undrj- nil circumstances the power of the
courts over ir.bor unions should be
closely restricted, but to assume that to
gain Illusory assurance of this he will
barter high wages and regular employ-
ment Is to r JB'ims that Instead of being
the most Intelligent he la the le t Intel-
ligent of hit kind.
HOW CAMPHOR IS MADE.
"To make camphor, said a returns#
traveler, "you put In chipr. al enc. ho:0,
anl out oi another hole you draw las
crude product, in ooaxsc white graitu,
like salt.
"Wherever camphor trees grow you will
find camphor di tiileries. They are lo*
buildings and mud brick and their jdor
la so aromatic that It can be detected
two milee off.
In each building there are a doz.-n
flies. On each fixe s a kettle of bo ling
water. Vi i'th a peforau il lid. Fitted to ♦
tho top of this kettle is an iron cylinder
filled with camphor ehlpa of the sire of
your little finger. Fitted to t.he top of
the cycllnder is an empty inverted Jar.
"There is your whole apparatus a
simple thing, which works simply Th®
steam of the boiling water parsing up
through the cylinder extracts from the
camp ho wood its oil. This oil, mounting ,
still upvird with th*1 steam, settles like
brine on the aides of the Invert ed jar at
the top. This brine, when t/he fire goM
out, dries into a substance like frost or
snow.
"White and aromatic, the fno-'tllke sub-
stanqe is the crude coinphor. It Is scrap-
ed off tho sides of the Ja.r ami reflnei
ond pressed into those attractive bal's
and cubes that you buy at a high pr^e
aveywhere."—IxmisvHle Courier-Journal.
REMARKABLE
Ilow long do dreams last? A German
savant Is investigating the matter. A
writer in the Ixyndon Chronicle saye: "The
dream comes in the few seconds befo.e
the awakening, and lias no relation to
time or space. This is clear enough *e
the man who has ever been placed un-
der an anaesthetic for a short while
and fonnd time and space eliminated. As
an experiment this writer was placed
under a whiff of chloroform by a dot-tor
Absolute unconsciousness, the queetlout
of the universe; up through layers ..f
consciousness, with always the feeling,
'Now I have solved it" and the 'no* and
the 'yes' alternating through centuries
of thought. And then the quizzical fa «
of the doctor—reroesrtbered after a mil-
lion yenrs. — How long have I been un-
der?' The experimenter struggled up, and
saw the doctor with his watch In hand.
'Ten seconds.' the doctor said. And t'ie
dreamer had been outside time for a thug
that haa no measure."
John Nichols^ whs an Irishman benv
Ing a Scotch name who J>ecame a saint
in India In the days preceding tho mu-
tiny He led the assault at Delhi, In
which he was mortally wounded. As a1>
mlnlstartor of the Punjab he so Impress-
ed the natives that they regarded him ni
a demigod and a brotherhood of fakirs-
adopted him as their saint under tho
name of "Nikhul Sevn." On meeting *
Nicholson the members of tho ect woull
fill at h« feet and worship him, al-
though he tried by Imprisonment and
whipping to stop tho practice. The last
of the original disciples of Nikhul flevi
died soon after the mutiny but the sejfc
etlll survives in the Punjab.
While John Wood of Tiverton, Fner-
land, 91 years old. lay dying the other
day he startled his diughter-ln-lnw by
asking: "What Is that knocking?'
"There Isn't any knocking." wns the
answer. But the old man insisted thero
waa and snld: "I know what It Is. Tt's
the carpenter making Mrs. Upton's eof.
fin." No one In the house at the tiro*
know that Mr*. TTpton who was an oM
friend of Wood's was ill, but when Mi
son ci.me home from work he said that
she died the previous night at the sge
<>t fw .Wood did not survive her many
hours.
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