Sylvan
Our Count]}—Its Progress and Prosperity the First Duty of a Local Paper.
MINER & BHKKSE-
BREVARD, TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY i:i 11'04.
VOL. IX-NO. i(»
Dunns Rock Lodge No. 267
A. F. Sr Ji-
Meets Fi-ulay on ov
>Tfioon in eacb nionlb. at - p. '
in- Masons a.o .•.,rchally invited to
meet with us. ^ er./,.
sptlV WM. A
Brevard Telephone Exchange.
Hori:s:
Daily—7 a. ni. tn lo ]>• ni.
Sunciav—S to !(> a. ni.. ^ P-
(’enti-al roo’.^-i- lilock.
Professional Ccrds.
W. A. GASH,
ATTORN EY-AT-LA W,
Rooms 7 & 8. HcMir.n Bld'g, Brevard, N. C.
W. B. DUCKWOR.TH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Investigation Df Land Titles a Specialty,
liooms 1 and l2. 1 liuildin^.
ZACHARY &. BREESE
ATTOxHNEYS-AT-LAW
Offices in McMinn Block, Brevard, N. C.
Size Must Be Decreased if They
Are to Be Full This Year.
WAGES EEDUGED, MILLS CLGSIL'G
WELCH GALLOWAY,
ATTORNEY-AT LAW.
J*i-ac*tie<‘s in all the foui-t';
Rooms 9 and 10 McMInn Block. Brevard, N. C.
Miscsiianecus.
Dr. H. H. CAi^SCN
Surgeon Dentist
(illi -f liver r-:iiik.
HKNI)Ki;snN VI I.!.!-.. N
SatisfavVion in u;l < »i’rralions. f'JH’
C. C. KILPATRICK,
CONTRACTOR AND BliiLBER.
Office at Barber Shop, Brevard, N. C.
l-’stimatfs uivi>ii on :ill kinds ol work
ill ilii‘ Wuildin;^' line.
T. B. CRAR.Y,
Contractor for All Kinds of Biick Work.
(Vnient Woi-1.-. 1 *i:i>ti-i in-. !V;bbU‘-
dash and llonjih Casiinu a SM-i-talty.
BREVARD. iN C.
Repnblipans Aiixioii.s to Ailjonru
CtmKro.'is Cc*ff:re A<*tu;jJ Facl.s I5«*-
c«>ine K iicwn—Fc!» r Ttjpir “Sfiiiiil
Pat” «inl “I’rospfrity**
Will lie Mad<' Vt orl Iilews.
The lU'pablicnns ;iri‘ doin.u their best
deoiMA e the po(»i)l;‘ ns to the real
conditlDn.-; i!i the business world. Tlu'y
j ;u\* poiwini: spceelii-s into eoir^ress for
' use in thi“ coiuinu' <,-anipai|Lcn the tenor
{ on wliich is “stand pat." “all is well.”
j “prosperUy is still rampant." desi>ite a
j few facts to the contrary. They wonM
( Lave the country hclli've tlnit we ;ir(‘
! rapidly recov(‘rin,u' from tlu* tt'mporary
{ setback t<> industry which occurreil
i la.st winter, froni (U t.i’x'r to January,
when wat;e reductions bcc.iuie ^(Mieral
and when iK'arly half the mills in
many industries had to close.
, Aithou;;h there never was nK;re im-
' portant business for con.cress to atKMul
I to than at present in order to brin:^ re-
' lief from the tyrannical trusts which
I have put up jirices and increaseil the
' cost of livini; to the hiuhest j»oint
ever known, while rcducin;; wases in
all direcliniis, y(>t it is the aim ;ir.d
policy of ilu‘ lU‘pul)lieans to adjourn
con,:rr(“ss jusl as s(!on as the ap]»ropria-
tion bills <-an !»e i-ushed thr->uuh. They
v.'ill then b;.‘.uin to circii’att' tli(‘ii‘“stand
l':it” a.nd “prosjterity” specclus.
to lull to sie<>]t the ,”r(‘al ii;;'.ss of V(»U';‘s
and to k<‘Cp them i.u^i-T.-inl of the real
f;icts J.s to tlie indusii'ial dt'pressidii
v.hi<-h is sti!! on and wliicii iMiniot be
van<iui.:h( ti I've’i by Kei)ublie,ni rlu'to-
ric. The Keiiub!i<-ans know tliat evt'ry
day they remain in Wasliinirton will
not only Itrinu' to 11:. lit new scandals in
theh’ admi.i'sn-.-ition, but tliat it will
avid iit'V,' ( vidence of ll e deinvssinn
v.’hich is :!‘>\v nmnii'.u' i!s courst'. 'I'hi'y
kii:rvv ill;' ! fer.iucrats hesltatt* t<>
pictr.r'" * ''.iriiions as b.-ul as tiiey n'ally
are an i lli;;! if con;:r(“ss adjourns at
once the I (eii'.ocrats will j'ractically b<>
■without fiTiriiialde s])eeches to oiTsct
tlie fr;.n'.'..;I;it* pro--.]»ei'iiy speeches ol'
the Iic;)ii'*lie-!!'.s. 'I'his. they think, will
t-lve the!!i aniiilier oppoj-tunity to fuol
the voi('i-s. 'I'liis aeco inis for niucli of
their unseeiidv h;;sti* to jidjourn con- ;
G* W. Summcy—Carp
lifst of reeommeiidati<*iis-hi-
nter
wo.'k.
.I(d>s in or out ol tow:i acceptt,‘ii.
All work o-uiiranteed.
J. O. DERMSD,
Watches ainl .lew<‘lry *(»r >ale.
Watch, and ('lock i«'pa i i-i n<_
Work guaranteed. West .Ma
Fine
•. All
:u St.
A. C. NORTON,
Os
pecialiy
Harness Work a
West Main Street near Caidvveli.
The ^thelwold
lirevard's Xew iiol
pointments ()]ien
'■plic j)ati'ona!.;»‘ <>■ the
a-; well as suininer lou)•i^^^ i
House, ilrevani.
' .\io<ii‘ni Aj)-I
til 1 i?e yeaf.
r:i \ fl ■ iii;- p'.ibl i<
()pi). ('oni l
Notice of Siinimoiis ty Piifclication.
)liei1e;i.
X. (
North ('aroli'Ki—Tnm-\ 1\aiiiii County.
In siij'i'ti'ir ' o'li'i.
\V. M. (iiil'-'pic vs. !• Ill
roni <TilU- pi('. Hie .icini.laiit a!.<)Vi iiainc.i,
-= I hat aI 'I'"! i‘>1 <'iil it ii'ii a< atni\ (
ill liir SiU'fiii.r Coiirr of
1)V tl.c piaiiiliir aliONf
riim iriihtlhc
n lln‘ u-i.l
Ic-l.i*-. 'tc-
tatf Iviii” in tln‘ CoiintN
^vill U'kt'notic
,,.,s 11, oil COlllllUMMC.l
Trtii'-vivaiii:! V nnty
i.'iuic'l for '-"I
dHV.i<lanttlirsliaM-.,i ih;- I' 'nmi
„,i,l iKT'onal csr.itf <>t -I.k •!
the n-al o tatf lyni” in i
f Tr-o'i-vlvania. in thf Si-.ilf <.l .Nwrtli Caro ina.
,,, lai.i clclVii.laiit v'lll n<.ti. r that he i-
‘ liVe.t loi.Dl't-arat iU..‘ n.-^l t.-nu m Uu- Siijx -
Court of llH- <aid coui.ty i<. 1, ■ at th-
Mrt hoii'C i» H'.-var-). N. <>n th!> niih
Vimi.lav alter the tivsC Mun.lay in .M .i. h. r.Mij.
I 1 -uiswer or deiiiur M Hu' ( (.lupla’ut ii> i1k
action, or th.- j.laiiituV v'ill ai.piy to llic
«Aiirt for tli.‘ relH-f .ieiii iiwii'd in his .-oiiii.laii.t.
Thib9tl.dayo) Man h, I-.n,. ^ j
Cloik of Superior Loiirt.
11m‘ business woi'ld. after some
s’ivl'I re:-'.ivery in I\‘bru;'.ry and (‘arly
.M.ivch, is :i.u:’ii: on tin* down iirade is
rear M.-’bly cei'laiu. 'I'iie te:;ilmony of
I'.ie i"r «!r ])ape;-s is e«.iiclusiThus
that -,r It trad(* joiM'ual. th(' Iron A.ue.
i;i U:. issue of M;!r<-!: . lueulions nu-
irei’oas \\:‘.:.e rt'dueiious and clost'ii
p.iilis. s(uiu* of wlii<-h :ire
".Mci\inl'-y lo.iue. .'iKi:,!-ramaled .\s-
sociation of St(‘el :i:h' 'i’iti IMate Work-
<>"s. I’b.vood. Ind.. :ill hoi mill men.
n’Mi'.iierin- lias sieciih'd to quit
woi'I: rather than :iec‘pt the I'u per
cent i’eilu“!ii>n in v.;il.-s ]»ro; os(m1 by
tl'.e Aiii'-'ricaii Sh.«'et l Tiii I’late eom-
p iuy ;!U,] is i’idovs<‘:i )>,\' the ol'i<,-(‘rs of
i tlu‘ Am;ili;:imat(Ml associa!ion."
! “At N»*w ('.Mstle. l!ie n;e!i in the
j ]o;lu(‘s of tl:i* Amaluania ;ed .-u^sociat ion
I employed in the li;i pi-ite mills in the
! (Ireer and S!ien:iii;;o woi'ics of tla*
j A i<-;i!i ?'!.< •! :!:ni ”'i;i IMate
! p.any h.nve voI'mI lo aceej't t!''* red.u< -
I ti:>n of L'li l»er cent in waucs which
I W(‘Ut into (*ri'(*ct on March 21. At South
j S'haron. I’a.. the men in l!ie l.>due of the
! Amali^amated jiss.a-i.itioii h:iv<‘ voted
’ iiot to ;icce})t th<‘ rer.iic'iion in wau»*s."
I I’itis!;u"u' special says: “■While the
An\‘iU'ated o;!ici:'.ls I'cfu^-e to .::ive
out ;!n\tlii’t.”' as to v»']'e',iicr th(* vote
Ir; in f:iv<ir of or airsiust t!:(* reiluction
)Ti v.'.-iL'e-; Vs'(‘ Ic'.'irn from reli.ibU-
s:)urces that tli«‘ tin jil.ito work(>rs li;.v(“
vo!(‘d apninst a i‘e'lr,«'tion. It is not i
known a.t this tin;<‘ what actio'.i will be
talien by th<> ass-tv>n in this evt'ut.
but it is probabh' that a n'unltei- of iiu? J
uni<jii tin f‘!;;te mills will be closed. At |
other points wIuM’e tlu‘ men voic'd in '
i'avor of the reduction, as thi'V did at j
tiie (,'r<'er and Shenan;ro w(>rks of ija'
American Sheet and 'fin I'laU' com-'
p.iny at Xew CastU*. Ta.. the plants,
will lik<“ly contimu* tooper.-'.te at tlu' ri*- !
(lu<'(‘d wa.ue .scab'. 'I'Ik* whole situation '
from the Amal,:^ainated ass<*.-iaiion's
slantlpoint is serious, and it will re- .
qtiii'e the .irri':;lest dipioniacy on tlie i
reduction in wases nt the Arrm^lon
niilLs, Lawrence. .Mass., ;iff<‘ctin;i tJ.ouo
of the 4,(»00 operatives, which took <*f-
fect March 2S. It also says that the
wooh'n mill at New Castle, I >el..aiid the
Chest('r (Fa.) M.inufac'tui’in.i;- company
have clo.s<‘d down for indelinite ptTiods;
also that the \Vest Warren C'otton
mill. Massachusetts, has shut «iown
Xo. o mill and that the mills of the
Lonsdah' (li. I.» compjiny will in fu
ture run only live days a week.
Turning' to the Xew York .bmrnjil of
('onimeree of March ol, we learn that
.some of the drawer linishers in the
narrower Knittinj^ mill at Troy, X. V.,
are on sti’iUe because of a cut of
cents a <lozen <ui the .ijooils handled.
Au'ain on AjMil 1 it tells us that HO.ttOO
textile (;;»eratives in rhiladelphia are
•dll' because of poor conditions in the?
cotton and woolen ji'c.ods trade and
that “in the next few weeks it is prob-
.•ib!(> that ui.'iny u;ore mills will sus
pend ()i)crali(ms and that the number
of men, women and children out of
emphtyment will b(‘ h<cr('ased nuite-
rially." It says tlnit “many mills are
runnin.tr on half time and some have
chfst'd down entin'ly. Amon,*.; tin' lat-
t('r are tlu‘ I lobson ('lolli and IManket
mills at Man.-iyunk and the Winlield i
.Manuf.icturir.;; comj'any.”
Other tra<!(' nnl coinmercinl orirans
contain siinil.-tr in‘ws r.s to industry.
! Only tv.'o or three wo('ks ;i-j:o ]'.k».(iiio
i soft coal miu('i-s vote 1 to accept a n‘-
I ducti(ut in w.!;^('s of ever per cent.
I It h:ts becoKU' knov. n that the average* I
i r(';luction in w;;,!.'.<‘s of thosi' of the '
IfiS.C'Kt employ('('s of tl;e sti'cl trust
who were not dischai-.ired a fevv- n;o!iths
jii;-o was n!ore lU'arly than lo per
cetil.
'I’he winrlow. flint ctlass and silk iji-
<bist!’i(‘s are perhaps in as l^'id condi
tion ;is are those f>f steel. t<*x;il(' and
coal minin.rr. R.iilrond <'Mi-:iiuvs :i!-o
r('a 11 y <;(‘ev(';iscd not \vi j 11sj11!•! i n
tl'.;’.t 1hous;;ni!s of mf'U v,(‘i'e leceut'.y
laid <'ff ;ind that hundreds of thou
sands h:ive had their waiics i’<'duced.
( itl\' a few (h’lys ac'o Presi(h“ut .Melh'ii
of th(‘ X’ew York. Xew ITavc'u a.nd
II;;rtford raih‘f)ad aniMuiuct'd tha.t the
tva.ih' depression in Xev/ ICuuIaiul li:ul
h(';-( !!!(* so s(*vere th.it his ro.id h;id
fo’.m l it nec(>ss;:ry to curtail its pas-
seii;_cr servicc'.
''i’hes<> aro se.u'.e <5f th.e facts that in-
I’icate that lJepuI)iic:>n tarilT :;!;.l ti'tist
le^isl.a!ion is rapidly reduciu”- tlu' si/.*'
cf ihe workin.Liinan's dinu(*r jtaii. Xot
only have money w;;*j:f‘s decliiu'd
vT(':!tly rec('nily. but the ( est o!' liv-
iUL’:. .••<-cordiu-.r to I)un’s tabh s of
pi-ices. is no^v -I:'; per c(vtt higher th.an
'\h(*!i tlit' Iiiiiulev t.ai'iff 1 ill b<'c;Hne a
l.nv. If dinner pails are to b(‘ full
Ihis yea.r t.hey must I <• vei\v. v«‘ry
small. 'I’o < (‘t a fe<‘Ii:'.;i’ of fullness
tlu' »'.'or!< i!!<::;ieu ’"usl wear s]!o;-)oi*
belts th.an usual and k‘‘er» thern badih'd
up tipht. I’YHOX W. Iioi/r.
REPUBLiCAN PROiVilSES SHARKS RETURN TO FREY.
Futile Pledges to Maintain Pros
perity and Kigh Wages.
RELIANCE PLACED OE PEOTECTION
\^'hen th(' I!epubli<Mi!s :’,r(' crovriiicr
over tlK'ir Shei'ie.an .aniiiru.st l.p.v it is
wc'll for the voM'r to <i:;i(“t!y :isk if a!iy
of th( se laws Jiav(' ever I'l'.slly injured
llie trusts or benelited the i>ei')!c.
IIa\'e th'S(* .antitrust laws (‘ver rinT.-
ped llie deprcila;ions f»f ;i sinuie trust'.''
Are n.'>i th-' beef trust, the Stairlard
Oil ti’U.st .and the pi"e trust doinu' tin*
sam<‘ kind of i>iun'!eviu"’ now that tliey
dill lu'^'ore tiie cotu’fs d<‘cide,l :i;r.; ’ !i>;t
tlu'iiiV I dd ra.iliv.ad rat<'s djM]) wh *n
tho -Xoriheiai Secu.ritii's coi:ij)any lost
’M the courtsV If so. v^•hy di 1 the
pvicos ol railroad st icks :idvauce so
'a’'i dy i’’ ''V;'.'l street din’inu' the two
ks fo’’o',\ ii>‘.r tht* <!<‘cisi >iiV
Tl'.e I^;’p'.;bl:caiis do not iuteTid to
the ti'KsI.-:. ’■{'Ii-'y not puttin.?.,'
hart
lese rich ci'imitials in stripes.
T)r. E. P<'njamin Andrev*s, ch.aiuellor
of the I'niversily of .W'br.aska. Ihird-is
that no family should c(uitain o\(‘r 1i*u.
cliihlreii. Why not lix .a mininunn lini-
it rath(‘r th.an a ma.ximumV
TI'.e Ift:ssian a<’mirals ;i!'(' truly u’l-
foriunate. r<)or Makaroff ^\•as l.-Iov.-n
I up by :i mint*, and Ak'X'.'ieff was blown
i up Ity the czar.
I ,
A man in (’h'veland made a bet that
he could drink a <piart of whisky,
lie won the i»et, but lost his lifi*. The
moral is <d<vious. Don't bet and don't
drink whisky. At least, don’t do tlieui'
in combination, for if you win you lose.
The Man tljo .lob Indieatea
La«’k of I’i’cssjierlly—'r:n*tJT .13(>noii-
oly -Tls; ke.*i I iicrciiNcd Co.st «>f 1^1 v-
liiti'—\ Questi«»ii For WiiKt? r.arners.
The representatives of the Keiaiblie-
nn party of the state of Xew York met
in convention recently and simon;.; oth
er planks adopif'd the followinj^ on the
tariff;
“We reallirin our belief that the
greatest national issue is the mainte
nance of prosperity, and we stand
s<iuarely for the ii!te,::;rity of the priu-
cii>le of a protective tariO'.” That prin
ciple is recpiired to maintain the high
est scale of Ame;’ican wa!-,es and the
KUi»rem.acy «if the American workshop.
t;n the day following tlie convenliou
tiie prc'ss dispatch(*s frcun Xew Voik
city annouticeil th:tt an enormous crowd
of nu'n and women, esiimaled at o.oiji),
stood around a new d('i)art*iu‘iit store
seeking W(Uk at very low wag(‘s. So
gre;it was the crowd that a larg(' forc«
of extra iioiice were necessary lo k('ey>
order.
'^i'he stiH'nuous el'forts of these' i»oor
peoi>le to g('t a chancc' for <'mployu!e:it
did not v(‘rify the la'piibiit-.an claim
( f prosperity, tior did the sm.iil amouui,
of wag('s olTi'red i)rove tliat prott'.-licni
h:id maintained “il.e highest scale of
American wages:" r;i{h«*r tlie revers<‘.
'i’he prosp(*rily that liie i^epnoiicans
used to boast of was that llu; joi» was
sc(‘i;ing ihe m:ni. and not the man sc('k-
iug the jvib. Tiiat. b ;asl c:iU no longer
bt' U'.-ide, for evidently th('i'e ai'e thou-
s.ands sei'king work at low w.ages with
the protective tariif in full working >
oj'der, sni)post.'d to be automatii-aily
lixing high wages for the wage e.ii’uer.
.More (‘Vidence w:;s publisht'd in the
news dispatches on the s:inu' (h'ly that
the I’( publicans of Xew Yoric S(.» glibly
resohtd isi favor of prot('ctiou that
some of the <*ogv.du‘els of that decep
tive principle w(>r(' ot:l of gi'.ar. I'ron:
i^awi-»‘iace, Mass.. camc? nc'ws that th?
Arlington mills had reopi'iied, whieb
had be('n ch»s('d «ui accuunt of a stfike
sunoug the ('mjiioyc'es, whosi' wage:^
had receiiily b(‘cn I'educc'd, and the em-
j)loyt‘es weie retiu’uiiig ti.» work at the
reduced v,':iges. At I'almer. .M;tss.. the
nulls of ilu,« 'i'horntlike Manufacturing
c<»mpauy at i’almer and Wesi Warren
|;egau cUi’tihnelU it! tlU'oittp'ttt by f('-
(lucing the riii.ning liiue to foiMy lior.rs
a week. 'I'luit me.tns but fotird;'.\ s’woric
u Week a!i<l of <s)urse but Iwo-tlilr Is
v.-;ig('s. ,\t I'ail Kiver a similar condi-
lion v. as ::nn.»ui;i i‘d. At -M o.is.
•Minn., the litau' mids \.eri' l » be closed
down the end of the wc'ck.
'i'hese :i!UitiUni-etn<‘iits al! ap}>eared
in the X(‘u’ Voi'k ./t>uri;;i! of Commeici->
and I’oiiimerci;'.! IJuiietin «'f -Vjiril bJ.
a Fid neaidy every ilay iliat news[>ai.‘er,
V. hi(-h is devoted to business mailers,
c»>nlains siaiii.ar curiailmen.s.
Me.inw'aih' the prote;-tive tariff, by
its rii’.eiier to the moiKipolists. keeps Up
iis de;;dly W<>fk of liigii prices, so llial
tlie cost of liviii.^' is liig!:i'r ih:;ii I'c.ii'Iy
ever be!'oi-e. lli’.t the Iwepiildi.-an idal
form <,U' J.iatiUidc-s of iU'e.sidciU
vcll's own sl.ate did nol e\,daiii this
ai:oiii:dy of diminisliing \v.i,ues .iiivl
re(i'unii;!ut pr'ici's. ’i'his pl.atfoi-m vn:;s
doii'.iilc.'S pri'x nted lo rresideiu lioose-
velt for his sciani;;y befrnv the con-
vi'utiiiu mil and mtisl have been ap
proved by liiiii or changed to suil his
vit'ws, So that, at last, the couniry
knows that he “stands squarely for the
intt'grity ou the principle of a proU'c-
tive tariff.” Xo reciprocily liiere. n«.>
word for reforming thv,‘ monslrous in-
eijtuiliiies.
If any of the wage t'arners of Xew
York e\ er read that idatform, espi'cial-
ly the thousands who are hunting the
job insti'ad of the job hunting tlu'iu,
v>h:it a hollow mockery it must seem
to b‘.‘ assuri'd of proli'ctiou and “the
higlu'st sc.ile of w.ages" when their
pockets are empty and the cupboards
ar«‘ barel
Ollu'r liepublican state platforms
may be called tipon to spe.ak in tin*
same strain, and the national platform
will only be a little more ('hiborate in
details, but will also ignori* falling i
wages and incre.ased c*ost of living. !
Henppearance In Hnltic Drlv^ea Away
Kmull Fl»)h—I'Mnnj- Tribe Llkea
Cbnnsre u( Scene.
As Is well known, fish like a change of
home, and frequently, without apparent
reason, abai.tlon wuers in which they
have long (iisponeii. and are next found
in sonic, distant part of the sea. A de
sire tor a chai'ue of acene, however, is
not the cau.se of the pilchr.nis suddenly
ieaviag the west coast of France, and
the fishernitn arv ui.able to discover iho
n a'^on.
Xov,' it is pnnounced, according to the
tf:-tirjoiiy cf fisherr.ifn, that the shark
has reuirr.ei"; U. Kuro;)ean waters. In
th.e lia.iic. v/h^re sharks had been ex-
tiacL sii.(C IT."'.), they have made their
ro: ppfcaraiici* ia cc;; sirtrable nundjtr;-,
ar.d several lirhing ! ( at.=^ report havirg
\v’!.o:e cat. h. ^: of dp’. (;i;rtd from
tiie net':, w'lich were broken, in the
licit and t’n' ('n t ..;^;;t. A si.'.hcrmari wno
iell overh-card narrowly ( with ni.s
life. ShoalF of s'aarks, foi.-c- of then: of
large si^e. have iieen seen off the Ger-
uiaa cc-T -t. t’T;d th( y nrer^vcn npcn-lec aj
birconiinK far frcun rare in the North sea.
'i heir prosonce is attrihutfMi to t4;eir pur
suit of thp h.crriiig shoals ou the west
coast of Norway.
!Vnt iiriil Trottfra.
Of American animals, the moose, elk
and caribou are natural trottera.
TEMPERANCE BITS.
The liquor shop will po in a hurry
when the chutxdi poes for it in real
earnest.—Xaiioiuil Temperance Au\o-
cate.
A grog shoj) is the devil's sign that ho
is slid (ioii.g biisiue.'s in llie iieighi>: r-
liood.—-N a! ioua I Tem pc ra nee Ad vcK-ai c.
.'.ahiori kei'pcr di.'idiargcd a c'erk
for gettiijg liruhk. A tii>:iiier ail\ir-
tis< (] for tw(» teetotalers to run hisstiil.
.\ (iiui.kard is at a dii'count with ali
I people. 1-Xeii the devil wants a more
[ resj)ectable man liiuti a drunkard to
: work foi- him.— Haptist Kea^ier.
I 'I'he Xai i(;aal I’euiiiL i aiice fe<Ieratiou
iias prepared a memoi ial to llie ('ai.;i -
dian go\en;metil urging precaution
! against te uIt iply ii'.g incentives to
I tlrunkeiiiie.'i^ and lawlessness in tlr‘
j northwestern parts of IJrilLsh X'on';
.\ meriea.
Here is an a<lvertisenient we saw re-
' ci rit.'y in a lIo(d<fi>rd paj.'er: “Wanted—
a i-oI)l)ler lo take ch»irgi> id' ri'[;air .s; ep
in our .'■tor./. .Must be sti’ii-tly .sOi<er
;',::d uiK.d workman. 1‘ermanent j:jl>
for il.i' rifil.t mai,."’ Xo go(;d liusinc-
man v. a 1.1 a d ri i: 1< i ag, iiu?Ieady work-
i;.:in ,n his employ. 'Tliis nier(d.:it:l
Sell:' shoes. Other mertd’.ant.s sell gi'o-
cerie^. dr_\' ir'.'iciothii g. drugs, v’e
bat no iieiMv-r what ll.ey st il they wa.;t
S(,b. r cierk.-' ;:nd sr.ber w(;rkineii. I^,t ti
! r d. :;’. prefer bar keepers v> h ■
;.:-f :..;a; . i'ra nd f’-< queiil ly ad-
\e:ri: c- fo:- .~n<di i:;t n. Wh.» wai:T' a
;: ;i: ; g n.;:i',. <ir iv ii ati oecasi'^nai
’ :-i;Iwi :•(],:! in - a I;: a; ? The liquor busi
ness I (ji'.di iiiiis itMjlf.— be\ t'r.
It is sai<l that (•eneral Kuroi»atkin is
to bo t!ie new viceroy of the east. It is climate' changing'.''” ask.s a
part of the ofiicials of the organization possible that he expects liis choice col- <*ontomporai’y. Most people in tiu'
to hohl it together.” ' lection of icons to save him froni the northern half of the country have spent
The Vv'ool .-iud Cotton lii'porter of jjooiloo spell cast over the job by Ales- n larger part of the time this sprinf?
.Mareli^ol mentions a t<» Jo p^- ront j
hoplng that it might do so.
nooK'.‘)i.
Some time avo a rumor went round
that astute prd);i?l'.(-r.« l;ad in tlirirp.^y
a h-rj...- i;ur.;;-r of tl'.o n;o.?t aiiraciive
'S'c,ar rtficld or at tnl>!<-
h ad the ff-i: vt r.-;?^l lf)n to th'-
i ?.;iv: l <;u:tr t he ea-if'st of CO!. I.
'■vth/i.'ii ( ;' i:iri;s Dcv’-en strat eer~,
whf> !r:y :r orothtr ovcr the
:.-e;.u tin; I.::'; ‘e f "tertain each cn?:'r
I'-" : i'U'\ J r; !;■ ter. (] ;i; •
,.(o-;-,: j. (,;• :l.i.oh of thi- -|
*■- i ' a I i t i..1 - i r* 1;. c d of ! i e ^ h h i. rc *"■ V!
it. and ^(d:ig home you sit. cown ar.e f ; -
der the l.ook—from the eireuiaiiiig li
brary. Every publisher, every theater
manager, every deviser of a jiatfiu n:<.-
irine knows th.tit the acvi.'e r.f a irit:.''
is a nu.re coi:cei;;'-ated aiid p;-rso.;ai
pull th.an tlu (;pinif;n of a critic irom
the emjiyreay. And if the iilfa v.y.s
ever carried out, it doser\e<i to succeed,
but no one ever spottrd the I’aid diner-
out. There was the artistry of the thing.
—London Chronicle.
All Are Good.
A recent bulletin of 'Lhe department of
agriculture says: “It pp])e?.’-s that prae-
tically all soils contain sunicient plant
food for j:ooii crop yield; that thissupj)!'.
will h-'ind«'l::'!iiei\ .iinintaiuf^d, and tiiat
this a.-teal \ii-.u tn plants: (M'apted to ihe
soil (;. p. tids ri’.-U'.dy, under favorable
conditicjii.-. uprui tlie cultural methods
and suital)!.' crop rr Jafion.”
Congrcs!-''m:!n Ctishmtin of Washing
ton says that one of his constituents re
gards Roosevelt as the greatest man he
ever s;iw, for the retison that the presi
dent is the only man he ever laid eyes
on that “looks worse than bis car
toons.”
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