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daaa mall matter.
Th* ua* of tha nama of thl* rorporatn n and
Ita officer* In any outride reject I* unauthor
igad. All accredited buelneee representative*
carry and ahould t»e required to *how creden
tial* algned by Richard W. Beading, bua.neaj
paanager
fridat. a trover :s. i»:«
The Crowds, the Cheers
Out West, But, Oh, There’s
This Apathy In the Hast!
Charles E. Hughes is homeward bound
after having stumped the west in the
Interest of his candidacy for president of
the United States.
And Charles E. Hughes is coming home
to an awful setback for his hopes if he
entertains any idea that his tour has
made an impression upon the country
(Mich as would brighten his chances for
election.
The candidate en route is quite likely
to. become very optimistic over his
chances.
Big crowds greet him everywhere, but
not because they are going to vote for
him.
These crowds turn out to get a look
at a big man — at a mar. who made such
a magnificent record as governor of New
York, and at a man who held the im
portant place of justice in the country s
highest court, and at a man whose silence
prior to his nomination for the first office
in the land was a rare bit of eloquence.
There is always a crowd out to hear
him at his meetings.
There are always enough of the faith
ful pie hunters to pack a hall in any
town.
And there are always plenty of words
of encouragement for the candidate.
For identically the same reason that
Hufhie Jennings stands hopping around
down by third base, telling the batter
Who has just struck at the ball for the
Second time and missed it, to “never
mind that, old man,” while at the point
in fact of asking waivers on “old man,’
the district leaders get around the can
didate and tell him he is going to walk
in.
The candidate mustn’t lose heart for
a moment, because if he did. the jig
would be up, and then—then what would
become of the jobs?
So they get around him and tell him
that sentiment here and sentiment then
is all in his favor.
And it works, usually, just like a shot
of dope works on a race horse.
But, as we said. Hughes is now on the
homeward lap.
He has been/met by the curious, cheer
ad by the faitnful and jollied by the dis
trict leaders looking forward to a future
residence in Washington in the pay of
Uncle Sam.
He is coming home to drop to a disap
pointment when he meets the leaders of
his party and asks them what they think
of him as a “stumper.”
If they tell him exactly what, right
down in their hearts, they honestly be
lieve to be the truth, they will tell him
that he failed to make a hit.
They will go further and tell him, if
It is not their purpose to deceive him, but
to be frank with him, that the stumping
tour was a decided'frost—in fact, a kill
ing frost.
Fine man; fine character; eminently
qualified for the office; big; brainy; clean
and all that, but running in an impos
aible year.
The apathy proves it.
There Is More To the
Preparedness Bills Than
Glory For the Party
Both Republican and Democratic sj»ell
binders are going to claim, for their par
ticular party, credit for the national de
fense program which President Wilson
will probably inaugurate with his signa
ture within a week.
Fact is thst Democratic House leader
Kitchin opposed and Republican House
Leader Mann supported) the measure,
Kitchin being a leader who couldn’t lead.
Uu* credit of the minority party in
the house it may be said that the prepar
edness measure was not made a partisan
issue, but the political advantage, what
ever there may be of it, will go to the
Democratic congress and president.
But the people at large will let the
spellbinders quarrel over the political
glory, very largely, and wisely study two
very unusual and important features of
the measure, features in which are in
volved decidedly progressive principles or
policies, to-wit:
The measure provides $11,000,01" for
a government armor plant.
The government has long boon cheated
and gouged by an armor plate trust.
Under legislation, as permitted by the
United States supreme court. 1 nc.e Sam
ha< utterly failed to kill trusts.
He will now try competition.
It is a tremendous entering wedge.
There is also on the program $20,000,-
>OO for a government plant to produce
; nitrate.
Heretofore Uncle Sam has Veer, at the
mercy of fore:gn countries in the matter
of this all-important ingredient of war
munitions.
He could raise men. money and grans in
plenty but was apt. at any time, to be
without powder for hi> guns, a
silly and dangerous fix f r any great
nation.
But, greater and better than plenty of
gunpowder is the probability that, in
times of peace. Uncle's nitrate plant will
be turning out great quantities of nitrate
for fertilizers.
; It is the life-taking quality in nitrate
;that most strongly impresses us in these
times, when our brothers across the
water are slaughtering each other, but,
later on. there will be no gardener, no
florist no orchardist. no farmer who will
not bless Uncle Sam for cheap fertilizer,
through the cheap life-giver, nitrate.
Another tremendous wedge, this time
driven into the foreign cinch, and, at the
same time, a godsend to all those who
produce and all those who consume food.
Government competition!
Study it well!
It brings down domestic and foreign
birds of prey at tremendously long range
—if the U. S. supreme court doesn’t find
some excuse for declaring it “unreason
able.”
Read Both Sides
Th** Pullman Cos informa u*. an®nt our recent
j outburst about riding in up7**r berths »ft*r pay
ing for lon-f-r. 'ha? ?h® bark of ever} pa*s®ng®r's
berth check con'am* 'hi# notion
Any claim for refuM -n a- -■> :r« -f **> « ' v -/
ahould be accompanied t> t - "• «t. xnd .-
: dr»«a»d to the general ' *• * agent th- r i.-
man Company. Ch'-ago. 11l
All right, general ticket ag®n?, we’ll pass '.he
Information along
From Another Point ot View
By C T. 5.
At a Kansas fair a man ran up 'o an offi
cer and pointed out a man he suepicioned
had stolen his wa'ch.
The officer walked up to the r an and --aid
"Produce that watch you Ju*' -’ole ”
It happened tha’ the rr.*n ?:.* officer
walked up to was a high: r-*p*-'e :'.z-r.
of a neighboring town
Several persons heard ?he officer « cruel
words, and so te ? ttfled in courv w;'h th* 1 re
sult that the highl> respected c:';z*-n got a
verdict for 93,500.
The officer should have weighed h:« word*
more carefully.
If he had good and suffic.« n* r»-a«on to be
lieve tha' the highly r*per ?* u ci'i7.en had
the other man’s watch, he should ha **
walked up and said
"Beg pardon, but have you the t.me?"
* * *
In the matter of that railroad
strike, the president may yet make the
tpade.
• • %
T*e bi'flh «tat »t'c« recc'd a bey bo?n to
R. W Beller. Go to it, bd
• • •
And a little Ladd that ha- como to
brighten the home of Jo.-e; h W. Ladd 1
a Kiri.
m m 0
<"r€or%e suinjr hi.« '.vife for d;-
! voice. A kiss * r iven Mrs. Ki-s by a man
’other than Kiss is tr.e co-respondent.
• • •
, the r -.di(A landed at the* Nation
j’.vith a pri oner, 'hey found ar t order for
; his release, by Aid. Herman Wur-
I tell, xv aitinpr theie. That is to say, vote I
for Herman and ahead-of-thf-gun re
leases.
• • •
Having just read an advertisement
recommending David Heineman for nom
ination for lieutenant governor, would i
istate: That if we voted the Democratic
j ticket, we wouldn’t mind voting for Dave,
j but it wouldn’t be. particularly, because
’the ad. says he i.- “the father of the Belle
| Isle aquarium.
• • •
We understand that they a*e "probing the
F-ank Hibbler case.” We underatand,
further, that they always were.
• • m
Huge crowds greeted Hughes in Utah.
We learn, however, that the Democrats
I are disposed to concede Utah to Hughes,
and Vermont, also.
• • •
They have just Arrested a man down in
North Carolina for a crime committed 42
years ago. We may get those Burroughs
bandits yet.
DETROIT TIMES
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TE>IPER AND EFFICIENCY
BV H. AOOINGTON BRUCE
Author of *Thr RSJllr of Per«.>n*l:t y. ’ “Psycbol. *> *nd Parenthoo«i. »-lc.
I waat today ro tai\ to 'he man
who is what is commonly called
’quick tt»rup**r«*d ’ 1 want *o aak
h:m if h* 1 that every t;tne
he gives way \o an ou’bir«' of and.» .
• fap*r he p ;ta a d* nt :n hi* ab.ir.)
to do go<>d work*
The evil r* - .!t as affecting hU
efficiency may not at once be appar
*-nt. Bit r :s - re to follow And
it may follow instantly.
No' long l*o I w atched a baseball
game at Ken way park in Boston
I’ntil toward the er.d it was a splen
did game, with the visiting team
hotdtr.g a Might lead that it had
sained .n a r. -ar y inning
Then the pp. her for th.- s eam b
gar. to ie: down a l!"le fn his wrork
Two Red >ox player* go' on ba*e-
The rex' 'hree ball* 'brown by
'he pitcher were poor one?, accord
ir.g to the umpire'* judrmen'. The
; .*cher wa* of a d.T-rerr opinion
lie 10-» h;» temper -and Bo*t.on won
the game.
Everybody who l* a haaeba’.l
"Tan —a- I am glad 'o *ay I am
ha* remarked the rl<,.-e connection
at ex:*'? e«».en ‘Keeping cool’
and playing good ball. But not
everybody appr*-c:a’e? that exactly
*he same cor.ne *: n between «*if
ontrol and efficiency exist* in every
calling in life
N’ot only 'he base -all player b.♦
ev*ry o'her man who would be a
ga d worker, need* to control hi
t*mper The mechanic, the m<*r
chan' 'he banker 'he lawyer—ad
weju.en 'herr..*elve« when *hey Jet
anger get, *he better of them
Moreover if it is a question of
‘team wo. k on r - n.an s ir.ai.iii’y to
c .rb hi* temper may ! jwer the effi
ciency of hi* a-oK.ia'e*. a* well m
fcown effi *n r y
It wa* r.'-Mc-iMe In the game
:r.en':or,ed 'ha' 'he v.*i»irg 'earn
av*d w.*h >•« vtm and *urene*s
tf'®r the.r ;pc he- w -r.* jp :n 'he
i;r Tne ■jrr.c holds 'rue of
pe.-anve w- rk tn general A* Nor
ris A Brisco «ay« In hi* "Eronom
J |C« of Efficiency
"The habl* of aeifcon'rol la an
impor an* fac'or in burinea*, and is
ilirio*; a virtue in a « iperin'er.den'
or b r r-a. because if he lose* his
>mf<-r a* every trifle It r* act* upon
hN ir,en and wrork* toward ineffi
cler. v
"I>-*ing one • ten.pe- increase*
■ hance« of -riisvtke, ar.d because
one ins* r.artlai control over hi*
.1 ".on Oi.o" max.v aeciden’a
\ hn-'v temper x- no plate in
buslne- er.'erprlge. and If Offe has
' t* no t| should l»e
l'-* I' .' ng ei* r or.'
:' h * 'o keep one* usi/r 'in
i'-r control?
I' ;* argeiy a rr.a'’er of habit,
daf.e » beginning at ».nre. The
The Keep Well Column
ARE VOU OVERDRAW NO?
"No fur.4s."
Tha? s 'h* way your (hwk Is
itimprd and
man
draw hi* account
—for overdrawing j# mighty bad
btislnw**
But how mm) rr.cr rivo # though:
to their balanc-- in th® First Nation*
ml Bank of Health’
Not mm)-and th® majority go
op overdrawing every day.
next time you ar* irri'ated by any
‘hing say to your-elf. ' I mu*' no'
.ive way to temp- r l must keep
.yse’f in hand "
.uvery time you *ay 'hi*, and
» very t;me that you -tick to what
you say. will make i? e A -ier for you
'o control yourself when a provoca
't:on next comes.
You will, in 'act be gradually re
placing the uid ha';• of irritability
with an- w habit of looking calmly
.tt the unplea- t.v A:.d thl* is
habl* that bulk- large among the
fac'or* making for sure-*-*
The Mother Argument
The strong*--' argument in favor
of woman suffrage i* the morher
argument. I love my children a*
much, I 'hir.k, a- a fa'h*r can but
l am no? in »he same class with n:>
wife I do not pu’ any fa’her in
the same cla.-s with the mother in
love for the child If you would
know why th* mother * lox*- for a
child l* the -.x\ e* *e»t, t‘*ndere«f,
moet lasting thing :n *h»* world, you
will f.r.'* 'he explanation in 'he
Bible Where your treasure* are
*h*re will your hear be also" The
child i* the treasure of 'he mo'her.
she mve.'? her life in h«r child
When *he mother of the fi-acri wa#
asked "Where are your jewls**’
she po;n *ed 'o her sons The mo*h
er • li'e tremble# in the balance at
the child * birth, and f<<- year** it is
•he object of her c/,rs?an' tat She
expend* .jor. i? hei nervous force
and energy she endow- it with the
w*-ai'b o' h*r loxe She dreams of
wha' i* s to do and be—and, O. if
a mother* drear.-* only came trie,
wha' a different world this world
; would e The mo*? pa'hetic strug
gle 'h?' fir. * earth knows i# not the
*'r...gg - ue-wof-n arm*d men )pon
'he battle field, it Is the struggle of
a mo'her 'o her child when
».< ged n.-n pet •••I f? r »t and lay
*narec f(. r j: And a* long as the
baiio' 1- given 'o those who con
»P r» ’o rob 'he home of a child It
i-t no* ft!- —no one can bei:*ve jt
fair -to Me a mother’s hards while
ihe j« try r.g to pro'er* h«r home
and save | *-r child If 'here is such
a thing < Justice, . ire'y a rrio'her
haa a Jus' claim to a roii *• iri -liapc
ir.g 'he er.v.ronment that may d'f'-r
--min? whether her child will realize
her hop* "r bring her grav hair*
in *orr-iw 'o the graic Because
(m<S. has planted in every h’lman
hear’ a #‘-n«e of Justice, an-1 be
cause the mother argument make*
an irresis 'ble appeal to this uni
versal ser.-e. it will finally batter
down all < position and open wow
an’s pathway to 'he poll*.—W J.
Bryan. In he Commoner
Th®y rv-rdraw when »h*y ov®r
► l®*-p *i ?.- » morning
Th*-, *, • ■-« raw wh*-n they ovs'roat
in th® da,
f-v-rlraw wb*»n fli®y o-.uj
drink and overplay at night.
And M. y k*-*-p on overdrawing,
;'lay iri • and day out, tor >®Hr- b®-
caus® »># ar-ountlng itvs'cm In th**
Kir?' Sh 1- nal Batik ot Health rilf
-1 f*T‘ froui that of n.ny ordinary
i ®v®rv , n bank, and th®y don t g* t
brough* to a o»jld®n a'op wl»h th*?
warning ' Vo B®*®rv® "
"" ‘ k®®p oi. until H® day
j ■* b* n I j < HM- dr.»w. a whopping
U i r and th®n th®v find ihclr
"*dy l anknipt and nary a pbvskal
in »lght. ;
By Webster.
i-et the i’eople
Kule—and Write
The People in Power
T>i th> t'ditjr of Th' Timrs:
I 1 •.» !»-d u;>ou th. * tune to
fft'e Mirk* in favor of The Time*
I w.'h »scat «*v» ry vn’cr in the Unit
ed Stale* could read it and under-
M »r.d r ' make ip Some people
*a> w. -on did *h:s and didn't do
•hat.
They ai?o .'ay Hughes will do this
*T.d he won ’ do th*' but !e* * see
rie da> is her* and the people have
ou:i'l out that they .in* a part of
’!.t* government The people say
no war, and Wilson say.' no war
Wilson knows the voice of this peo
ple and heeds it. I believe my
party ran succeed from this time on.
a- the peop> are reading and keep
mg tab as never before We mu«t
have the referendum and the recall,
to include the president
Yours for a dry state
N H CRANK
Ashley Mich, Auc 22. llKt*
Higher Cost of Dressing
Cp goes the price of flour and
br»ad The women sitting as a
com mitt #>e o' the whole demand’hat
•he city council act tha* the state
legislature inv s'igate, that the na
rtnnal congr*-»* i'«eir got down to
bras* tack.*- and halt ?he increased
cost of living
pp goes the price of meat. A
thorough inquiry .* demanded hy
the women of the nation Stock
raiser, meat packer, w ho|e*a!er. re
t-ilUr each comes in for his share
of blame It's no concern of the
women who's hit. Something mull
>e done and quickly dor.e
I'p goea the price of butter, of
egg**, of milk, of sugar, coffee, tea
and of all things edible And also
up goes the united protest of a uni
ted womanhood
And then up goes the price of
clothes—of street costumes, evening
gowns, shoes mlllin*-ry and even
o r j ' u. Hu’ and i tfce voices of worn
c-n unite in prote***' No The price
that la asked i« the price that Is
pn'd. and council, legislature and
cot.gress, if they will, may adjourn
Bine die
Now maybe you think the answer
* that the more money a woman
pa vs for her clothes the better she
like- em You re wrong. Here’s
the answer:
When wheat goes up women can
threaten to substitute bran. When
meat g<*o« up thev can threaten to
.hstlt ite fl ’h. when coffee goes up
f hlrory.
fiut when the price of women’s
• loth*-* goes up -honestly, where
ran a woman find a substitute for
clothes?
I— 1 ■
Novelties In Patriotism
Virtue, Ilk* other things In these
flays of charge, has to take new
form*; and when *ha does she
pleases For novelties in patriotism
are attractive a* In attire, or
fund, or Ideas Thus It was that the
press of th' 1 Knifed State* made
much of the city of Rlpon’s offer to
forego a new public bull-ling out of
federal appropriations If thereby
thrca’rned econ uni*. In providing
for adequate equipment of the na
t lona I military fortes might be made
unnev ce»*-ary. Like w lie there will
)»e admiration for the Canadian
firm of munltJon makers that
voluntarily haa fumed Into the
s'ate treasury 000 of profits
arising from war business. —Chris-
Han Hcience Monitor.
Perhaps no man appreciates a
legacy more than a tnan without
legs
FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1916
The Daily Reminder
TUIIAVS IVMVKHMHIK*
t* - ♦ Reception in liniton In honor
of »len. latfayrttf
1*64 Admiral Hugo v»n I'oht.
coimuantler of the German bat: lo fle-t
st the tieginnlnw of the present wur
born In fitealau I«ie.l In »»« i lln 'n
Fet-rusrv l*U
ll&*~-I>antel Woodson, a. tins s >v
ernor of Knn.se, proclaimed the ter
ntory in a .late of open insurrection
and rehaMlon
lM*i lit deaths from Asiatic chol.
era w,-re reported In New York city
durina the meek ending with thU
date
IBS* -MK-hsel Faraday, one of the
world's greatest scientist., .tied n.-nr
London Horn m Surrey. Kna S«pt
*2. 17ti
1476—The wild speculation in Cal.-
forma mining stocks reach, and the c'.l
tnag with the failure of the lUnk of
California
ISSS Ciar of Ruanin and Emperor
of Austria rhet In Moldavia
MSS -Famous steamship "Great
Eastern." after a career or SO years,
h. ached ou the Mersey to ha hrokon
up
MS?—President Words of t'ruguav.
assansinated at Montevideo
—Celebration at Ft ankfort - on*
Main In honor of the tsOth anniver
sary of the Mrth of Ooethe
lSiVft- preset, the as*is*ln of King
Humbert of Italv, was senten ed to
life Imprisonment
«Sf IKtH th« TODAY IV THE
W Alt
Austrians occupied K. vel
Russian troop* occupied Ki'tiiriv
mountains tn the Cswcaiua, after
hard fighting
Hermans captured B-ett t .it vtk.
kev to Russia's second Ini' of defense
on Hug river
roi» i y-a niHiiinn *
Fir John Hewett. chairman of t v »
governing body of the new M h•• >1 f
r -ntal etudie* in I <.n.l n b.-m
K*-nt. Kn*r (2 u*ir< ng ■ t I*>
James K Marline, who t* amp.t gn
n* f r rei.. minatioii a■« l «*«>*• r
ti tn New trraev. born In New Y. rk
citv <s* years ag<> today
F'an. he Hates, on.- of th>- l-a ttni
ai rr* «*e* of ft « Arc.r -an ••* -ge i. r.
in Portland, Ore *1 years ago t d*\
It Edw in tv *'•<■/ t.- m * t••
university h -rn In Lebanon, Pa. .11
••a r • ago ' !a v
P»r Joseph .- Iberman. not-.I N-w
t • rk rab'>| sn l p-a.-r \ t\ •. it. -r»
n P.n -ineat! 6< \ e ir« ag t• .i
lan\**s |! Thornton. !.»'•> i’ S s. n
•t t fr. m lm uisiana 1 rn In ! er.
‘ llle Parlsti. I-a * » • vr« .*/ t !,-»i
Richard Rudoiph * er of tiie
Host on Na 1 1. .na 1 > m .•• h < •.> hall t > i■■ •
born in New Y. rk r tv v« *r* a*--
to.f ay
George "Knockout Frown well
known middlewe ght pug'l'st. iw rn In
Sparta. Greece I* oir« as ■ today
ileorge t'hip He. ra- ( ’h'pul n;-.'
well-known mldd 1- w - h t pijg’ i4 •
horn in Scranton. I'a .* 'ear* i <
today
A Poem a Day
Aw IT SHIM in HE.
the everting shad ws n'T"T
And . ■ nnt
It is then that retrospect' n
Tskss | seasi .
And tv y m n 1 -e-, . » |> ,j
F'her* % little g'tl and .>
M alk»d the rc»a. to « it •! t aether
Knowing nought of life alloy
Year* wore on t *> still w-e»e ' .vert
V*ar» of harmony and bliss
Th»n the vow for life wa» taken
And they- seal*| It with a k:.*
Pear th» home that w.t* established.
Happy hearts It did ens i 1
Y’et *h« sometimes asked the rju* .■
lion,
""'til you lore me when I'm old’'
Tb-ir life * )ourn*v wss a nit'
Hours of gladness. da\* o* strife.
Yet *heir love f, r one another
Tempered mane Ills In life
Keebtv now *he> us'k together
Swee*e«j st<r* ever told
And he whispered to hi* sweet
be* rt.
“Yes. I love mi, n m you're >.ld '
Mrs Jennie ftpenoer
Pointed Paraprraphs
Th*re's a lot of head work *l**n»-
In a pin factory
Necessity knows more law- »han
a lot of lawyers
If a man 1* a liar why does he
gr* mad if he'* calb-d one’
Rut no woman ran wear a boconi
ir.g gown wit bout a show of pride
If the «hoe fl*s it * a sure sign a
woman w.ll a.*k for a smaller sire
And one good turn itt usually fol
lowed by »wo bad one* -in a varl
ety Rhow
Kven when a man know* a wom
an's age she never think* he think
she looks R
When a man gets «hort of money
lot* of his to-called friends get
short of sympathy
When a younr man get* married
hi* mother always wonders wha* h*'
can see in a girl like that.
If sympathy could only be con
verted into cash It's doughnuts to
fudge that there wouldn f be .so
much of if wasted
Not All Black
There |* usually some redeeming
feature about the most hardened
and Intractable of criminals. Th«ro
Is usually some spark of Intelligence
in the merest half wit If then ar<
any such redeeming qualities in tht
personnel of the present admlni
tratlon they have not been openly
acknowledged by any utterance
which Mr Hughes has made thm
far In hi* campaign The question
Is, will the people who have formed
their Indwpendent conclusion* ** to
the sincerity, Intelligence and loy
al»y of the president to the Interest
of the masses take kindly to the tin
t*mpered castigations administered
by Mr Hughes*—St. Paul Pioneer
Press (Rep.).
The Old Gardener Say*
This Is the right time for
planting Illy bulbs lor blossoming
In the house. There !s no need
for storing th** putted bulbs In
the dark, for they stnri better
In a light and airy place, al
though not In d.revf sunlight.
The bulbs prefer a mther heavy
i lay roll, and eny new growth I
'that shows .ihculd extend shove
the p< t P'-arl of KttHigart Is
one of the best vnrlrtle* to grow, j
because, while uwarf, If flower*
very freely.
My Maryland
BY DR. FRANK CRANE
(Copyright, 1916, by Krunk Crane)
Tht i growth of the collective conscious
ness of the race is marked by its songs.
At first we sing “a little song of me
and thee," the love song. Expanding a
hit we are able to roar in the chorus
which celebrates the virtues of "The
Highlanders," or "The Men of Harlech,”
tr "Old Amherst,” or some other local
<roup. Widening still more in our group
ippreciation we sing “Deutschland Ueber
AIKm,“ or “Britons Never Shall Be
Slaves," or “Columbia, the Gem of the
)cean," or "The Marseillaise."
Shall we ever get to singing about Hu
manity ?
The nearest we come to it at present
is in certain Socialist hymns, and in the
Missionary songs of the Christian church.
In fact, 1 suspect that future histo
rians will credit Christian missions with
ioing no inconsiderable part in develop
ing that world passion which we will
have to possess before we can success
fully have a world federation.
it’s queer how our sentiment lags be
hind our intelligence. We already have
practical, operative internationalism in
almost every line of human endeavor;
commerce is international, and art. let
ters. and >cience, even capital, is passing
over national l>oundaries. and labor is
distinctly world wide in its feeling. But
we can’t sing it yet.
And that’s the trouble. We never really
mean a thing until we can sing it.
The narrower the sentiment of a song
the stronger it burns and the deeper it
Kites. lMd you ever notive how "Dixie"
lias much rm>re rousem* nt in it than "My
Country, ’Tis of Thee"?
During the civil \wir James R. Randall
got excited over the Massachusetts troops
passing through Baltimore, and in the
heat of his indignation wrote "Maryland,
My Maryland,” which, set to the German
tune of "Tannenbaum, < > Tannenbaum,”
known t<* all American college boys as the
tune to Lauriger 11*>ratins, became fa
mous.
It still grips. The passion haa outlived
the subject. The* '*ate feeling that in
spired it was swept away by the merging
of the south, at the of the war,
into the larger national consciousness.
But somehow “Maryland, My Maryland,"
although we never lived there, and it
means no more to us than North Dakota
>r Pike County, or Township 5, Range 3,
East, warms up our hearts.
Also, show ing tht* strange ways of feel
ing why does this Maryland song send
the shivers down my spine and make me
want to wave my hat, while "Illinois, Illi
nois" has never got under my skin, and
I came from Illinois, and love Illinois folk
as "i'!l as the next rmin. Why does that
"Illinois, Illinois” song, even though set
to the strain of "Baby Mine,” and even
though sung by a hundred banqueters,
led by the sonorous baritone of Governor
Yates- why does it somehow fall short?
The life and success of a song is as
mvsteriously and undeniably in the set ret
hands of tht* gods as the life and success
of a man.
BITS OF INFORMATION.
i r 1 jj
Mill follow inn th** plow on hi.- farm, anu <>n*» nf
th.' tram of hor*-*" that h“ is using 1* 3u yrars
old and Mill doing good **rvt<«
Th*> last rrn-u* Jn , -» publlM * and I:y*'S Hi#» popi»
laMon nt th*> Argnntln** Republic 7,k*3.2H7.
n,e Census or lk:*:> i **•• Me p -pulutlon a* 3.'j:»4/
'.*ll. so that th* 1 r*-* <>rd -hows almost a doubling
of tho inhabitant* in th*- la*t 2d >«*ar*. Buenos
Air*>* is a large and beautiful city with a popular
tlon of 1,37'.> 1 1
When Al i Ohs Ob- on’s mother In law took
the stand and t* Milled to hi* good behavior,
superior .in*!::*' liiMi' k *• f S;*< rainento. ( al., said
further fe*Mmon> was unner.esnary to qualify
tmi for examination for * ltiz*-n*hlp "When a
i .h!i'h mother in law tentifb-v to hi* good charac
ter, it is enough," .ludg • !luM< k said.
1 h*. influence of f* ar in stopping the flow of
saliva was at on** lime recognized In India at
criminal trial*, all suspect* receiving a portion
of rlc »• to put in their moutha for a moment and
then spew forth on to a gr< **n leaf If any one’s
tire »,v found Mill dry. hi* Jig w.a* tip
Manuel <ion/ale*, of Muuymas, Mexico, u*od
to malt*' hi* living hv going to Jail for a certain
railroad company K\*r\ time the railroad og
fended Mexican Justice Mr was an
b intht llth . f 'ii"d out bv the rail
road and his line paid h% them. This was dona
to prevent th*- air*»t of employes whose tlma
wa* too valuable to spend In Jail.
The nnlv living quad upbt girl* In the world
are the daughter* ot Mr** 1' M Keys, of Hollla,
Okla. They wen- horn Jitne t. HMV The J*.ut»
cal of the Oklahoma Sl 4 tte Medlr-tl association
furnishes th- follow in,; *, ita about the quadrup
le : At hitth th Inf.tn - weigh*-.! 3 1-4. i. 414
nn*l 4 1-2 poundr', t * «|h * 11 v*-ly. .-(even month*
ttftir hlrtii th«- light* t weighed it 1-2 poinds
nnd Mie heaviest Hi pound*
The la»* u brand of fi-h «t*»ry comes from
Ifethel, Me. On vltation of Mr Hinghatn. a
party 1* ft for Penn* rt-* wa-'*-e lake for a
fishing. Th*- in* rub* h got *. many fish that
o*i Itoir way out they wet* stopped bv the r*nt
t.n si«*n*-r. He -aiil they irt I more than the |nw
allowed, so they reluctantly turned hack and
j re«uac|iated tin- -urplu* wi*h a pu!in*itor and
put them back In th* l«>**-
AdvfrtJseni* nt In a HnverMraw, N Y., news
paper "For Sale A well known farm horse,
having pulled four flivver.** out of the snow. be.
[tween Havi-rstraw and New- nty wqhtont atop
ping to get hi* wln*l Will sell for s6r>."
Among th- Chinese a particular specie* of dog
in said to h** reared for the fable, it is a small
dog of a grey hound shape The flesh of blaek
• log Is prof* rred t > that of animal* of any other
color on account of the greater amount of nutrl
merit black dog* are supposed to possess.