WKST SIDE KNTERPRWR, INDKPENDINC ORECJON
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Gold Crowns
Porcelain Crowns.
Portland Office,
Defending "Coffin Nail."
Henry Labouehere of the London
Truth has rushed to the defense of
cigarettes. Labouehere does all sorts t
of surprising things, but there Is usually
a glimmer of good sense In his idiosyn
crasies. It must be confessed that it is
not apparent here. The editor of Truth
Is always entertaining however, and
his remarks on "coffin Sails" are worth
l-esdiiic. but strictly as a humorous
production.
In the house of commons recently.
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speaking 'on the proposed cigarette!
duty, "Labby" declared that after deep
thought and exhaustive Inquiry he bad
reached the conclusion that crime In j
England decreased In proportion to
smoking. The more cigarettes, the less
crime.
That proposition, of course, flatly
reverses the general belief, and seems
to put the "cigarette fiend" on a plane
of moral superiority not usually ac
corded him. Hut tliis Is about tho way
Mr. Labouehere figured it out: Alcohol
' a ijn, I
and hence crime. The cigarette, the! not without Its. advantages, ior ex
contrary. Is a known soother and seda-j ample, the chances for scrapping are
tive, and as such It Is the antithesis of I not so abundant; also, If the man is
alcohol in Its results. "I am always' detained at lodge until or 4 o clock
glad," said Mr. Labouehere. "to see the j no one is the wiser.
poor man or the poor child smoking cajnpalgn who makes Fair-
for not only Is he preparing for Mmse" , Jf 8pare .banks"
a happy old age, but ne U not ug m,
1, f y.Jiul savaraw hv V I Q
oecause wueu io
passions, Instead of avenging himself
on some one, he simply smokes a cigar j
ette and it all goes off. It is almost j
like reading the Bible." j
The ministers, will have to answer
that last Insinuation. If Bible reading!
has the same debilitating effect as!
cigarette smoking the public should
know It Let the pulpits thunder at
Truth's devoted head In denial of the
.allegation.
On one proposition the London editor
in eertainlv risht A persistent course;
in "coffin nails" does not leave a man
with sufficient vigor to commit crime
or do anything else.
But while the user of the weed may
be reduced to a state of Incapacity,
how about the rest of the public, who
are compelled to smell the fumes?
After one has been made to circulate
In the vicinity of cigarette smokers all
day, is be not in a frame of mind that
would cause him to do almost any vio
lence, even to the point of committing
murder? ,
The smoker may be atrophied until
he Is Inoffensive, as well as ineffective,
but Is not the other fellow entitled to
some consideration?
Demands Tenderness.
Dynamite Is of a very sensitive dia
nsuitHnn and should be treated with
f - i
t nA (Tonttoneiui If nhnwii m-oner
deference It is amiable and docile, but)
when crowded and steuDed on Is liable i
to be resentful. Lpon any uttie jar
in social relations it has been known
to go up In the air and break up entire
neighborhoods. When its serenity Is
once disturbed Its pugnacity la equal to
.that of a prize fighter's Jaw. It then
tears up the ground and makes un
pleasant remarks that can be beard for
miles around. When smitten It does
not obey the Scriptural Injunction to
turn the other cheek, but Immediately
flies all to pieces. When once It breaks
with Its assocUtes everything is oC
and it Is bard to patch things up. It Is
h.hitnaii reserved In manner, and
caDiiuauy raw" -
thm who have thought they could
induce It to thaw ont have mostly hadi
their fond hopes shattered. It Is rather!
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$5.00 Plates $5.00 eQEVom
Washington street
reckless la Its operations, and, while
riven to booming. Is often In the hole.
I It dislikes knockers and kickers and
detests the man that slaps it on the
back or cokes It In the ribs. It has
an Irritable temper and blows up Its
best friends on the slightest provoca
tion. Grow not too familiar with this
sensitive creature.
j The vertical handwriting that has.
passed for chlrography in the public
schools In recent years is lying down
.tnnlno Aval SI1 ft UniniP flllt 1llt
v. UffiuQ v . w . -. r. ' m
as you please. Anyway, it Is to be
abandoned. The trouble with vertical
cUIrography is that It lacks enthusiasm,
it does not seem to be trying to go
anywhere and never gets there. It re
sembles the arranging of furniture and
the placing of pictures by a foot rule.
In the language of Tennyson It !s
"faultily faultless, icily regular, splen
didly null."
In Sumatra the husband and wife
live In separate houses, and the wife
owns all the property. This scheme Is
, HceMe wvok.
ed. Metrical feet hooked on to that
, 0 not o-o
fop pregldent Blnce hls
nom,natlon epent m08t ot time
m . n u JaU t0 Decome a
Amerlcfln cam.
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From the stories coming from the
front about the Grand Duke Boris it
Is evident that it should have, been
apelled Booris.
Switzerland's Cheap Travel.
On the average, railway rates are
much lower in Europe than In America.
This is due to at least two causes
first, that prices generally are less in
the older countries; second, that most
of the roads over the water are owned
or controlled by the government
In none of the countries are rates
cheaper than In the model republic of
Switzerland. Horace Lee Washington,
the American consul at Geneva, refers
to one peculiar feature of the Swiss
system. In a recent report to this gov
ernment he says that the steamers and
railways of Switzerland sell time tick
ets, ranging from fifteen to thirty days,
permitting the holder to travel at will
during the designated period.
These tickets are obtainable at all
large railway and boat stations In
Switzerland. They may be ordered
thrniiirli nnv station, however,
A delay
of from one to two days Is usual, and a
DbotocraDU. size Known as -cane ue
vlsite." is required.
The tickets permit continuous and
unlimited travel at will during the
period of their validity upon most of
the railways and lakes In Switzerland,
and upon some fifteen of the small
roads not embraced in the ticket privi
lege, usually funicular roads, a reduc
tion of from 20 to 50 per cent upon
usual fares is extended.
The rates of fare are:
First Second Third
class, class, class.
For lftn days J14.S0 $10 81 17.71
For thirty days 22.1 U.44 U.M
upon these rates cents is reim-
tlraA
a periods of travel three, six and
twelTt ,0IItia-re also provided for.
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Will' be absent from his oflico at tho Utile Talaco Hotel,
Independence, until Friday, Sept. 23rd.
On that date bo will be back ready to perform Hifch
Class Dentistry in a Painless Manner at prices from 40 to
50 per cent lower than our competitors charge.
Our prices will bo
crown "o
No luggage Is transported free on the
Swiss railroads.
It Is a useful point of Information for
travelers that trunks may be sent by
post throughout the country and thus
be delivered at hotels to wait the ar
rival of owners. This Is a practical
plan for medium sized and small trunk))
and valises. The trunks must be sent
to the postoftlce, but are delivered on
their arrival.
It Is appareut that Americans can
advantageously study the transporta
tion systems of other countries.
More Good Swlmiurrs Wanted.
Almost every steamship disaster
brings out the astonishing fact that a
large percentage of the male passen
gers and. alas, many of the sailors and
other employees cannot swim. Nothing
so adds to the panicky feeling at stub
times as the consciousness that one U
at the mercy of the waves. On the oth
er hand, a good swimmer has nothing
to fear and can keep cool and give con
fidence to others. And it Is a matter of
wonder where those men are reared
who cannot swim. At this seasou of
the year the docks of all port cities and
towns are lined with urchins and young
men who can swim, beach resorts and
swimming baths are crowded with
them, at are the lake and river banks
Inland. No villages without its "swim
ming hole," and surely this Is a nation
of swimmers. It must be that the men
who cannot swlni were bred In some
foreign country where public bathing
is so strictly regulated thut It is prac
tically wiped out of existence.
As a rule swimming In this country
Is indulged In as a mere pastime. Per
haps it would be well to raise it to the
dignity of a manly accomplishment aSid
encourage high proficiency in the art
A young man who cannot save his
sweetheart from drowning when the
bottom drops out of a pleasure craft
lacks one quality essential for the life
protector of womanhood.
Overproduction of Princes.
' Either there are too many princes In
the world or too few princesses. Any
way, there is trouble in getting the
princes married off. For example, the
German emperor hns six sons, three of
whom are of marriageable age and one
of whom, the crown prince, it seems
very desirable to get into matrimonial
harness as soon as possible, for the
amiable beir to the German throne
seems to have a penchant for falling in
love with some girl beneath his rank
once each fortnight. Kaiser Wilbelm
has enough to do in looking after the
affairs of the entire universe without
this additional burden. So It is his
wish that his too Impressionable eldest
son should get tied np as soon as may
be, so that the crown princess can see
that there are no further plebeian en
tanglements, with the inevitable scan
dals relating thereto.
But when It comes to finding eligible
candldi tes for the future queen of all
the Germans the list appears dlscourag
ingly small.
In the first place, these future daughters-in-law
must be of the Lutheran
faith or of some denomination which
they are willing to renounce In favor of
the state religion of Prussia. Then the
kaiser Is not popular as a possible father-in-law.
As everybody knows, he
likes bis own way even better than the
ordinary king (and no one could think
of calling him ordinary In any respect),
and he Is spt to Insist that bis way
hall be the way of those with whom
be comes In contact
Besides this the princesses of Europe
have lately developed a Uklng for lade-
Stlcm OHiw,
petnleiK-e that Is aiarmlng to an auto
crat. Itoyal ladles nowadays secure di
vorces, fall in love with commoners and
even elope, as do their lew or more
fortunate sinters. Hence she who l
chosen as a bride for oue of the six
Prunslaii princes must not only be be
yond any suspicion of Independence
herself, but she must have no sister, as
then tlte rlttk of scandal would be dim
bled.
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It may be that the dllllculty In find
Ina a partner la the reason that the; '"""
ing a pnrur i ur rr ' y, ljilllirl,, of this particular omi
crown prince Is to take a trip aroutiu, r ,. ...m1
.. . .. Miotic more the ordinary wan would.
tne worm, g n nni ins n v
ond place. It would give him an oppom
tunity to look .round and get Interest-
ed In sotnebiKly lj'itlcs chorus Klrls.
Seorihlng gtamlttrd Oil.
nrua MinHrki !ulntr nmdf nlH)tlt the
standard Oil company by Thomas W.
Lawsou are hot emult to set tho thltigj
on fire. Th.-y are quite it aensationalj
in their way us the disclosure cou-
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A uv i - r,
cernlng the same company made by
t,i.. i T,.il,..ll Tho KiLi-ltie chnrKiM
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made by Mr. I.awwm relate to the for -
matlon of the Amnlg.iiuut.d Copp-r
eotuiiiiny, which belong to the binud
artl Oil Interest. liy Impllcitlou. how
ever, they extend t i all the nffulrs of
the Standard. The re:ullat; publUr In
fauiiilar with theste caiirgt-. but It can
do no harm to hrielly recapitulate. The
most diriH t and tlaniuiiltiS slutemeui
relates to the iiiiiiiikt lu which the
public received the double crows In the
selling of Amalgamated stinks. Cer
tain favored ones were admitted to the
ground floor at a much lower price
thnn that which the stocks brought on
the general market. Theu, after the
Innocent outsiders bad Invested their
money, the stock were permitted to
drop far below par, and the aforesaid
Innocent outsiders lost a large part of
their Investment. These constitute
the gist of the Lawsou charge.
Mr. Lawson also asserts that II. II.
Itogers, recently under arrest In New
York In connection with a criminal
prosecution, is the real head of the
Btandard Oil. The character sketch of
this gentleman makes interesting read
ing. The inference Is openly drawn
that the disastrous slump in steel
ntocks, through which so many outside
investors were made to suffer, wns due
to the manipulation of Mr. Itogers.
The Standard Oil trust Is undoubted
ly the greatest monopoly In the world.
The disclosures coming to light con
cerning the methods by which this gi
ant Institution was built up and by
which it is being at present conducted
throws a flood of light not only on this
particular company, but on trust affairs
generally. This sort of publicity I
I. valuable and must be welcomed by the
average citizen without regaru to his
political belief or his attitude relative
to corporations. Let the public have
the truth, and It can be trusted to work
out the problem. '
A man at Utlca, N. Y, is still griev
ing because be cast an Illegal vote In
1898. If this sort of sorrow were com
mon, Philadelphia and New York
would be In sackcloth and ashes most
of the time.
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Inspector say. hj
fourths of the We,
A government
would trust three-fourths of the life
preservers now used on the boats.
Those on the Slocum seem to have be
longed to the other fourth.
There Is considerable mummery
about the notification and acceptance
of a presidential candidate. Even
gTownsap children Uke make believes.
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FILLINGS 50C UP
Examination Free
SuhuImT HuiI.li.iR, rnrn'w Court .ml Liberty ilmu.
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The ordinary )n would sup;"
that Itus-ell fage, who ha Jnt P"""
bis elfc-hty-t'Uhtu uiiK-stone. Is
enough to retire. Hut that I lcu
he doe not know hi man. And th
ordinary nsan tiln would Imsglni
that when a numey har gets any
whife from $.".iM,tK to $liUMtt
aud hat more rdy rush than
other man In the world, he would nol
i care to accumulate nr. Hut In 'that
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eontiuue accumulating, ne wum w,
pu.e some younger man to look after
the details of the liualiwa. And ont,
more th ordinary man would show j
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! ot ac.imlntun.t- with Ui .udjci.
Uusm-II Kaite has absolutely uo other
Interest lu life thtiu to make money,
Oluer iniilluuwln- divert ihemwlves
wklt ijlillnuthronlcs. N"tt h. Other
wlUi plillauthrople. Not he. tlier
k'O to Kurow, sail al'otit 111 yachts, tiikv,
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' pleasure trip or inuuijio in hii.p
j and similar diversion. Id the eyes of
Mr. Sage all tlnne tliliiK are utile
than a crluilual squandering of iitouey
Ited devils, race horse, society, vac
Hons, hobnobbing with kluit-uotte ol
these thine ha any attraction fot
him. They might tuko him from till
desk and prevent him from itetUng s
dollar.
Neither will be trust hi affair la the
hands of other men. They are all
lax. They do not have proper buslnris
methods. They might even betray
some huuittu etnotluu; and all the
thitiK are Inexcusable and unprofe
alonal.
Uussell Hnge has probably uiadf
more money aud got lea good out
of It than any man that ever lived,
lie dresses In hand-medowna, buys th
cheapest of lunches, begrudg-c even
his street cur fares and In his New
York house lives In a very plain and
uncouifortablu way. Ills ouly diverstou
Is money making. True, there are
mythical reports that he has a fliir
country place somewhere and keep
good horses. It 1 even reirtil that
bis wife indulge in charities. Hut all
these tilings are so iiti Siigellke, as II
were, that the world hardly credits
them.
lie Is not burdened with an Imnglna
Hon, like J. I'lcrpont Morgan; ha no
sympathy with the newfangled protno
tlous and all that sort of thing. Ur
stands by the time honored method ot
loaning money and charging all that
the trulQc will hear.
He has no Dartlculur oblect In ac
cumulating, being without offspring to
whom his vast fortune may be left, fie
does not squnnder It on himself. In
fact, the ouly apparent happiness he
gets out of his wealth la that afforded
by getting more or It
He Is a striking example of "the pov
erty of riches." v
In dollars he has a 111 ue nee. In all
else that goes to make life worth while
he la In absolute penury.
Good Advice.
The American neonle arc onnstsntt
growing more Independent In polltlcaj
Party ,,lmcklei of a ,
hmkn ti.i- i. .
- - . am WUIV1 Ul sSJll. X Uf3
Idea of -belonging'- to anything, even'
a faction, does not conform to th'
American spirit On this line th Bt
Louis (Mo.) News well says that "It
is a gooa year for the common dtiaen
ro anena smelly to business and when1
election day comes vote a be pleases,
tJtiier way ns votes he can do no harm.
Cither ticket routd wla wltUtet a
lng a rlppl utnn th surfac of nil
bunliirwt affair. N 1!U1 nl prt) at
make tluw mh1 or ktrp tlirro so If w
buslnrm turu stand arouud arguta
lend of attending to btMltwM. lid
bu jll(Ul party ran uink limn il
when tautlm mu are ll fmtiiis
vigor Into the commercial life Owl
let politic worry you."
Laugh, and yet! il.rnt the dn(in
Weep, ami they'll ' rbnt j
Complalu Ot your Ills, snd jrmi'U tal
that lh bill will alturtly brta n
spt-rui'. r.nvriop your iwing win a
M, with scad- of beallk JM
Wr., but grieve and 1
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The grand lam f Tlhel tIi u
Ilrltlsh ttit h will not b at
when they cnll to alut that trwrj
About the only wny u' 11 '
Croat lirltaln to nial.e a fraud Uat
Wt vl-IMe when I l witl
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A man Hi.1 year old WWlrt
longevity to tho fact lliat l net f to
on the street car. I Wisp If b
been compel ll to become a "trap bi
er he would nt have wanted to lirta
li. '
The latest London fashion doer
to crease trousers on th side 1bws
of In front Tbl will gt t'a
the appearance of having Noruno
by a street roller.
Anyway, the money quest to '
be entirely out of polltlca Ul
spellbluder get their pay f
the atmonphcte. .. . . ,.
The Publlo Toothpick.
TIij 111 ft. fltiritatH trlrl Who theM"
s nil siw m " -
' that American lumbermen most
money because everybody or
chewed toothpick caw dnfB'
Bear to treading on a nation!
Hure I another story almost a
A young man was banging to i "'
car strap and was abwutif.
Iacefully. picking bis teeth.
Presently the woman who
In front of blm touched him.
"would
"Sir," she aald pleasantly.
you mind going out on the P1"'""
pick your teeth? I'm not st c00
to know what you bad for dinner-
The fellow left the car Immrfu
while th conductor rang up two
by mistake.
A Massachusetts Judge has fl1
that a girl Is not a disturber of
peace who makes a habit of "
on her piano till midnight This w
be technically correct, but tho
usually wind up ' In the nw1
rather violently disturbing tlx P
SSSSBSSS
Chicago now figure tht M
2.241,000 population. If " W"kerl
for the unsympathetic census w
Chicago would soon have tb r
population of any city on earth.
It la reported that highwaymen
Ing silk bats are holding UP P
New York. There la some QuwU
to whether the report ref w
brokers or cab driver.
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Pauline Astor is to marry
whoa first name la 8pender. PerP
that Is th reason be Is going to
bar.
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