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M. trap. There were eome things that
never dawned on Mr. Taft.
Col. Muihali had his political as
pirations. Perhaps he had a better
view of the opportunities than most
men.
Senators may dally and delay z.3
they will, but it only postpones the
tariff bill.
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We did noTprediot itTbut we ex
pected it. Gov. Sulzer blames the
Hiniamton fire on "Ross" Murphy.
Keep your swatting arm moving.
SOI III Iti:I, INDIANA, JULY 2.-, 1913
A RATIONAL PLAN.
Washington dispatches indicate that
Pres. Wilson has adopted a rational
plan of restoring p-ace in Mexico.
There is no element of Jingoism in it.
On the contrary it is a friendly, neigh
borly purpose to bring the warring
factions to an und rsta nding and -s-tablish
a government on popular
favor.
The president' plan is to send to
Mexico a commission charged with
the purpose of holding a joint con
ference with Huerta, and Carranza, the
rival leaders and proposing that the
two unite in favoring a general elec
tion for the choice of a president.
This plan congress will be asked to
indorse before it Is put into execu
tion. While simple and fair the presi
dent's plan is subtle. It places the re
fponsibillty for peace in Mexico upon
the men who are causing its disturb
ances. Huerta will be forced to com
mit himself either as a patriot seek
ing the welfare of his country or as
n ?elf-secker, determined to continue
his military dictatorship until all op
position is broken down. Should Car
ranza and liis following reject the
proffered means of ending strife it
may be assumed that they, like
Huerta, are seeking only to establish
themselves in r -wer.
Then Pre-;. Wilson will know what
to do. He can defeat the purpose of
the revolutionists, under which head
the leaders of both factions may bo
classed, by persisting In withholding
rc-cognition of any government that
may be constituted by them, and until
that recognition is given it will not
be possible for Mexico to borrow
money to meet the extraordinary ex
penses incident to a state of war.
Till: "T.-T." SYNDICATK.
We are convinced that if the "T.-T."
combination had been frank and fair
from the beginning it would have
done better. If instead of trying to
pas its little game off as a "citizens"
movement it had frankly said, "This,
is a syndicate movement. If you'll
roine on in we think we can put It
over." people would have had a lot
more respect for it.
What Is the "T-T" combine? The
Tribune and the Triumcirs who are
trying to build a personal machine out
of the citizens movement.
Sincerity and truth are commend
able under any circumstances. One
feels something akin to admiration
for the man who meets one at the
mouth of a dark alley and frankly de
clares his purpose to take one's loose
change and watch. uch a person
commands more respect than the
thief who sneaks in and steals.
The world likes a square standup
and knockdown tighter. It "has no
use for the lighter who stalls and
covers up when action is wanted,
hoping by a surreptitious blow to win
a fight it has no chance to win by fair
nnd manly means. The sympathy is
all one way in a tight of that kind.
It is with the man who stands up to
the scratch and is willing to give and
take, let the consequences be what
they may.
So it is in politics, and the "T.-T."
combination is in politics despite its
dissembling. Its sly methods and
selfish purpose cannot be disguised
by the loud professions of disinterest
ed patriotism blown from the brazen
mouthpiece of the movement.
It is a syndicate game to get pos
yesslon of the city government Just as
the N. A. M. schemed to get posses
sion of the federal government, and
everybody not under the immediate
Influence of the "T.-T." knows it. The
true character of the "citizens move
ment" is discovered. The sbe.-pskln
has been removed and the syndicate
Jackal ts disclosed.
A(iAI Till: LORRY.
Congress should move cautiously
in any action looking to the removal
from the pastmaster general of
authority to extend the parcel post
nnd reduce the charges or increase
the site of parcels, lest it be suspected
cf sensibility to the influence of
railroads and express companies.
Following the developments of the
lobby ln estimation the public wil
be strongly suspicious of any cor
porate influence exerted for the pur
pose of defeating or directing legis
lation. The claim that the railroads
stand to Ise $20,000,00' by the
chances of rates and weights ordered
by the postmaster general will bo
taken with a grain of salt. The pub
lic will wonder whether the railroads
mean loss of profits or an actual de
ficit. The express companies are as deep
ly Interested In this protest as the
railroads. The reduction in rates and
the Increase in size of packages that
may b mailed W parcel post means
stronger competition for them. They
will do what they can to help the
railroads defeat the postmab-r gen
eral'n order, and it will not h de
nied that a combination of railroads
and express companies 1j a powerful
Influence.
The parcel post seems to be work
ing satisfactorily under the laws as It
stands. The business has rapidly in
creased and 'y yielding profits to such
extent thai M Rurleson felt Justi
lied in brouening its benefits. In
this he had the approval of the inter
state commerce commission, which
has a checking authority in such
matters. Mr. Rurleson and the com
mission may have made a mistake,
but it is not probable.
nXAXCIAL BANKING.
With congress working on a cur
rency bill that will safeguard the peo
ple's savings it is interesting to read
the following editorial which throws
so.: e light on the question of why
some reform In banking methods are
needed. We quote not from any wild
eyed radical newspaper, but from the
columns of tho Wall St. Journal:
Tho Barings were. In the'Ir prime,
the greatest bankers in commercial
paper in the world. It Is not too much
to say that commercial credit de
pended upon them. Their prestige
was international and there was uni
versal confidence In their stability and
integrity.
About 25 years ago Lord Revel
stoke, 4r the head of the great iirm,
was visiting a German watering-place,
where he met one of our leading
American bankers. Naturally their
conversation drifted into tho discus
sion of the financial situation, and in
the course- of the talk Lord Revel
stoke remarked that he intended dur
ing the next 10 or 15 years to enter
extensively into modern financial
banking.
From that time the character of
the business of the Barings began to
change, and from being the greatest
merchants in commercial credits they
put their resources more and more
into iixed forms of investment, into
speculative ventures in securities and
into the promotion of financial enter
prises. What was the result? In 1S90 the
whole world was startled by rumors
reflecting upon the credit of this
house, theretofore considered invin
cible, and its failure was only avert
ed by the most strenuous efforts of
the bank of England, with the aid
of the strongest bankers of London.
Even the fact that the great house
was in trouble was sufllcient to pro
duce a panic.
Its actual failure would have caused
the direst financial catastrophe in a
century.
Such were the consequences of a
change from commercial to financial
banking, from employing' tho re
sources (f credit to facilitate the
transportation and marketing of com
modities to putting those resources in
to iixctl forms of investment, from
changing the assets of tho firm from
a liquid into a solid shape.
We refer to this striking chapter
in financial history simply because it
illustrates one of the peculiar dan
gers of our own times. Unquestion
ably the special temptation to which
our banks are now subjected Is the
temptation to turn from commercial
to financial banking; to change from
the buying and selling of commercial
credit into investments in securities
and loans extended to promote finan
cial enterprises; In short, to change
their business from that of commer
cial banks to that of tinance companies.
Under a strict enforcement of the
neutrality laws, decided upon by
Pres. Wilson, the present ability of
th,e Mexicans to continue their strug
gle will be materially curtailed. The
United States has been depended upon
for supplies of arms and ammunition.
The abolishment of the practice of
giving federal Jobs to state legislators
in consideration of their support for
senatorial aspirants comes a little late
in view of popular elections, but it -is
a manifestation of the right spirit.
When tho Grants art- not being
married they are getting divorces.
Their methods of maintaining a place
in the public eye are different from
those employed by their distinguished
forbear.
It is persistently rumored in Chi
cago that Mrs. Klla Flagg Young will
resign as superintendent of the city
schools. She has held on a long time
In the face of political persecution.
If all war could be ended as easily
as that among the militia at Indian
apolis it would be in order to send
rainmakers to Mexico and the Balkans.
Discussion of the currency reform
bill illustrates by its absence the gen
eral obscurity in which the question is
involved.
Rep. Mann Is the inventor of a labor
safety device which he would like to
have congress approve. Mr. Mann
should call at the patent otiice.
Perhaps Mr. Taft did not realize
how nearly he got caught la the N. A.
BILL NYE'S MOTHER
BY URi:i) C. KLLLY.
Probably not one In a thousand of
the admirers of Bill Nye knows that
his mother, Eliza M. Nye she from
whom he got his sense of humor-is
living in New York City.
She is nearly 87 years oU. but her
mind, her humor sense, and her In
terest in everyday affairs are all as
keen as they were when Edgar Wil
son Nye that is. Bill Nye was a
small boy.
Mrs. Nye is a quaint little white
haired woman, with bright, twinkling
eyes, and, like most persons who keep
up their interest in life, looks many
years younger than she is. Every lit
tle while her point of view on things
suggests Bill Nye. Those who know
her well never wonder about where
Bill Nye got his bubbling sense of
humor. He got it unmistakably from
his mother. She has always had it
and in a similar vein that is, she has
always had a spontaneous way of see
ing fun in the little everyday things.
Tho main difference between Bill
Nye's humor and that of his mother
was that in the parent it was simply
a quiet little trickling rill, but in the
son it became a river.
Mrs. Nye is fond of all humorous
literature. On the day I went to see
her she had clipped out something by
O. Henry from one of tho papers, to
paste in her scrapbook. However, she
does not limit her literary interest to
humorous stuff. As If for the pur
pose of getting a thorough contrast,
she is extremely fond of Ibsen. Let
us not pass over that too rapidly. Just
think of the mother who gave Bill
Nye his sense of humor reading
Ibsen! And liking it!
Mrs. Nye says she cannot remember
when Bill Nye or Edgar, as she calls
him was not cracking jokes of his
own brand. On one occasion when
they were comfortably llxed in a new
house they hud built, some one was
observing that it was time for mother
to sit around and take it easy for a
while.
"Yes. mother," said Edgar, "all
you'll have to do now is just sit here
and listen to the creak of the uni
verse as it turns round."
"We used to think," says Bill Nye's
mother, "that one of the fcest things
Edgar ever got off in his youthful days
was the remark about the horse. He
was to drive a young girl to a little
party ono night and she was proverb
ially slow in getting ready. The horse
he drove was a livery animal. It was
a little aged and underfed, but it was
tho best he could get. He drove up in
front of the house and waited an un
usually long time for the girl to ap
pear. When she finally did come she
threw up her hands in horror at the
sight of the horse and was free to say
that she was ashamed to ride behind
such a looking creature.
" 'Why, my dear,' said Edgar, 'seri
ously, 'that horse was as fat as but
ter when I drove up.'
"Edgar and his older brother
Frank used to have a great habit of
losing farm implements, ropes, rakes,
hoes, axes, and such things, and one
day they mislaid the trace chains
which were an important part of the
horse's harness. They came and told
me of the unfortunate affair and I
insisted that they must tell their fath
er, who was then some distance out
In the field. Frank told Edgar that
inasmuch as he was the older and
had more school advantages. he
should be the one to do the talking.
Edgar consented, reluctantly, and on
the way over devoted himself to a
serious mental rehearsal of his re
marks. The thing that 1 remember
about the confession was the way
Edgar did not beat about the bush,
but got right to the point. He said,
as I learned a little afterward: "Well,
father, I know we have lost a great
many things, to say nothing of the
traco chains, but we have resolved
to try to do better hereafter.'
"When we were living in Wisconsin,
a steer strayed away one winter night
and though the boys hunted it all the
next day and off and on for a week
or more, we never found It or even
heard of it again. It was a great mys
tery whatever became of that steer.
In a letter home about a year before
his death, written in mid-ocean, and
fully 30 years after the steer Incident,
Edgar said that he was about to make
a trip around the world for a news
paper syndicate and write of his
'I have always wanted to make this
trip,' he went on to say, 'because it
will be a great education in itself,
and a rich source of good material,
and then I have an idea that maybe
I can get some trace of that steer.'
"You know, in one of Edgar's ar
ticles he tells how he used to get
along well at school so long as he
stood where he could get his toe in
a certain knothole.
T could stick my big toe through
a knothole in the floor and work out
the most difficult problems,' he said.
With my knothole I was safe; with
out it I would hesitate. A large red
headed boy, my rival, discovered that
I was dependent upon that knothole.
One night he stole Into tho school
house and plugged it up. Then the
red-headed boy, who had not form
ed the knothole habit, went to the
head of the class and remained there.'
"Now, when it came time for Edgar
to apply for admission to the bar, he
was examined in open court, and not
having any knothole handy, the com
mittee recommended that he study a
little more and return at the next
term of court for a further examina
tion. Instead of being disheartened,
he arose, and with great dignity ad
dressed the court. Inquiring:
" 'May it please your honor, am I
required to give bonds for my ap
pearance, or am I released on my
own recognizance?"
Mrs. Nye has been in the habit of
spending her time with members of
her family in Minneapolis, Moore
head. Minn., and New York, but lately
she has been staying in New York
almost entirely. She was asked re
cently to tell the secret of her long
life and good health, and her reply
reminded one of Bill Nye himself,
ishe said:
"I have always given rigid attention
to keeping out of other people's af
fairs, have made it a point to eat just
the plainer articles of food set befora
THE MELTING POT)
Till: PASSING OF SUMMER.
O the summer days are brief and
sweet.
And the lives of the flowers and the
the birds are licet.
Yon budding rose
No sooner blows.
Than it withers and falls at my feet.
O the golden summer of Life is sweet.
As sweet as a song, and, alas, as tleet.
Our life's red rose
No sooner blows.
Than it fall.- at our Master's feet.
BEATRICE E. HARMON.
VT seems there Is a tango proper. It
is distinguished from the tango im
proper by tbe manner in whicii it is
danced and. we presume, where it is
danced and by whom. They say it
does not require an expert to tell the
difference nor to. discern why the
tango improper is so extremely taboo
In fastidious circles.
Speaking in the abstract, we can
readily conceive that any dance of
civilization may easily become a de
moralizing inlluence. Civilized people,
we believe, are the only ones who
consider it necessary' for the opposite
sexes to embrace each other when
executing a dance measure.
SIR: It almost makes me stutter to
speak of the "T.-T." syndicate.
J. T. S.
THIS suffraget movement is getting
on the nerves of the house of com
mons. It jumps when a toy pistol is
tired.
WE note by the Deutsche Volk
swlrtschaftliche - Korrespondenz of
Berlin that Germans in America have
their nerve to ask German government
ana industrial bodies to participate in
the Panama exposition.
"Germans in America," says the
above named (It is too much to ask
the linotypist to set that name twice
in one day), are too much lacking in
patriotism toward their fatherland
and too ready to throw off the German
language and culture to have any
right to appeal to Germany for any
special consideration of their adopted
country."
Very well. So be it. But that is
why "we Chermans" are Americans.
"I LIKE my home life. George
likes to go out with the boys," says
a Chicago applicant for divorce. There
it is? the eternal triangle. If It isn't
"the boys" it's a woman, or booze, or
business, or something George didn't
think matrimony would interfere
with. But it did. Anything on the
side interferes with matrimony. It is
the closest corporation in existence.
SPEAKING of monopolists, a wom
an has them all faded.
WE can't do better ths.n go back to
Byron for a little vacation stuff. He
gives us a fellow feeling with this:
"There is pleasure in the pathless
woods,
There Is a rapture on the lonely
shore,
There Is society where none intrudes,
By the deep sea, and music in its
roar:
I love not Man the less, but Nature
more, "
From these our interviews, in which I
steal
From all I may be or have been be
fore, To mingle with the Universe, and
feel
What I can ne'er express, yet cannot
all conceal."
MISS Stripe of Bloomington missed
being edible by one letter and matur
ity Vy two.
IT may be said that all statements
made by candidates and their friends
are interesting, whether true or not.
THE spectacle of full grown men
working without being chained to
their machines and guarded by sol
diers must be amazing to the Russian
commissioners investigating the fac
tory conditions of this country. They
must think we run things pretty
loosely.
WE are looking for the old fash
ioned man who would rather knock
around home than go away on his va
cation. NOT that knockers around home
are scarce.
C. N. F.
- THE REWARD.
BY BFJiTON BRALFA
He passed Love up for money and got the cash he sought,
P'or gold he gave up Friendship which can't be sold or bought,
He bade good-bye to pleasure, he said farewell to fun.
He only wanted cash in hand and cash was what he won.
He had no heart for laughter, no time to dream or dance,
Adventure had no charms for him, he scoffed at fair Romance,
The Joy of Living called to him, but, ah, he wouldnt hear.
What did he care if grass were green and skies were blue and clear?
He knew that profits mounted up, that interest was high
But gold of dawn or sunset seemed worthless to his eye,
For all the fun and frolic, the sorrow or the pain,
The wonder of the busy world, its struggle, stress and strain,
Were nothing much but noise to him, and so he toiled along
And never knew the face of joy or listened to her song.
For all his greed of heart and hand, his trail of wrong and friud.
What punishment shall come to him whose money was his god?
Behold, he hat his punishment and more he needeth not.
He gave his very soul for Gold and Gold is All he got!
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TO PROFIT,
rawing
me, and I try to leave the table with
a good appetite."
Another thing: Though a nice,
quiet, little old-fashioned type of
woman, Bill Nye's mother is a suf
fragist not the militant kind, 'tis
true, but, nevertheless, a suffragist.
SAYS BASEBALL FANS ARE
MIGHTY POOR CITIZENS
CHICAGO, July 2 5. Baseball fans
are mighty poor citizens Parker H.
.ercombe, author and lecturer, told
the Mental Efficiency league here.
"Ninety-live percent of their men
tal energy is utilized watching games
or peering over sporting sheets," he
said. "Only live percent is left to be
a good family man and a good citizen."
SEEK MOTHERS PENSIONS
UNDER NEW JERSEY LAW
CAMDEN, N. J., July 2 5. Twenty
three widows and 04 children appear
ed before Judge Boyle in court here
Friday to apply for pensions provided
under the Widow's Compensation law
passed by the last legislature.
The new law allows widowed
mothers of one child $0 per month;
two children. $14, and additional chil
dren $4 each monthly.
GUNNERS' BAD SHOT
SCARES RESORTERS
Big Twenty-Pound Shell Narrowly
Mi.-scs Hotel and Cottages and
Lands in Roadway.
HULL, Mass., July 2i. Summer
residents here are exhibiting a 20
pound shell, which, after traveling a
mile from Fort Andrews, landed on
the main boulevard. The shot was
intended for a target near Boston
light, but passed over the hotel Pem-
berton, barely missing several cot
tages and plowed into the boulevard
an instant after a buck board had
passed over the spot where it struck.
The snot caused the greatest ex
citement and residents will circulate
a petition against the mortar target
practice at the fort unless the gun
ners improve their aim.
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power or a well lighted
store is too well recog
nized to require dis-
cussion.
If you have any doubt
about it, let our illu-
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mmating engineer
place a few
Edison Mazda Lamps
m your store and show windows, and watch
the result.
In the meantime ask him to give you the latest
facts about light and lamps He will tell you
how to increase the attraction of your store,
without increasing your present light bill.
Indiana & Michigan Electric Co.
220-222 W. COLFAX AV.
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Maud Isn't o and o0 too old to look
for any improvement? I should say
not. One just begins to live. Take
Hollister's Pocky Mountain Tea. You
will be blooming fair at 60. C3 cents,
Tea or Tablet.
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STATIONS follows: as follows: Hates
Goshen 6 :30 A. M. 1 1 :30 A. M. $2.30
Elkhart 7:03 A.M. 12:03 P.M. 2.00
Mishawaka 7:35 A.M. 12:35 P.M. 1.75
South Bend 8:00 A.M. 1:00 P.M. 1.55
Niles 8:26 A.M. 12:26 P.M. 1.55
Berrien Springs 8:47 A. M. 12:05 P. M. 1.55
New Carlisle 1 :35 P. M. 1.55
Rolling Prairie 1:51 P.M. 1.55
LaPorte 2:11 P.M. 1.55
Boat Leaves Benton Harbor 9:30 A. M., Mich
igan City 4:00 P. M. For information regard
ing lay-over at South Bend, St. Joseph and
Michigan City, see Local Agent or phone.
F. I. HARDY,
Supt..Transportation, South Bend.
C. S. B. & N. I. Ry. Co. & So. Mich. Ry. Co.
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