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THE CORRECT IDEA.
Tlio domocrntlc party will bo per
mitted to rejolco over tlio prospects
of victory which In their deltiBlvo
opinion will como to their cnndldnto
in November, but happily for the
American pooplo tho republican party
will do tho rejoicing after the election
Is over. Tho democratic pnrty has
always had tho enthusiasm, but some
how or other tho republicans got tho
votes.
Again, what havo tho democrats
done to recommend them to tho favor
of tho peoplo, but then It Is not what
they havo dono, but whnt thoy havo
not dono that causes their dismay.
Thcodoro Itoosovolt, tho most splen
did typo of American manhood, tho
most independent nnd fearless mnu
that this great country has oven had
to guldo Its nffnlrs, stands for tho
correct Idea, tho proper principle, nnd
ho Is backed by a united organization.
It docs not tnko n thinking .mnn to
ronllzo (lint tho interest o( tho coun
try can best bo subserved by the elec
tion of tho republican ticket.
Not slnco tho wnr has an election
meant so much to tho colored mnn ns
tho Impending contest. This Is be
catiBo of certain Issues, entirely for
eign and extraneous, hnvlng been
ejected Into tho light nnd tho republi
cans having boon tho truo frlond of
tho colored rnco wero forced to moot
tho Ihsiio. And tho fearless nnd mnn-
ly position taken by tho republican
national convention rolntlvo to this
Hiibject Bhould cnuso ovory loyol
Negro In tho Union to Htipport tlmt
party's standnrd hearer, Thcodoro
Itoosovolt. It, to our mind, especially
In this election, Is simply Inconceiv
able how nny rcnsonnblo being of tho
rnco can lend aid to tho domocrntlc
pnrty, nnd nono will.
If ono Is to bollevo hnlf that ho
reads ho Is apt to bo convinced thnt
Judge I'nrker, tho domocrntlc candi
date for president, stands n good
chanco of election. Hut thb facts of
tho enso nro that nil HiIh talk about
his popularity nnd ability lu but tho
echo from Wall Btrcot. Tho truth In
tho matter It that Judgo I'nrker wits
really tho weakest man that appoarcd
boforo tho convention for their nomination.
Opinions of Great Papers on Important Subjects.
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Wage-Earning by Harried Women.
1 1 13 American prejudice against wage-earning
by married women appears in tho effort occa
sionally mndo to mako the employment of
tcacbes In the public schools terminate with
marriage. Hut thousands of American married
women do earn wages, thousands more would
gladly do so If they could, and other thousands
would be happier nnd better off If they did. The prejudice
against It seems disadvantageous. American men, ns n
rule, prefer to support their wives If they can. If an
American married woman works for pay, it Is cither be
cause It gives her pleasure or becauso her husband's In
come Is Insufllclcnt She does not do It ns n matter of
course. How long she can keep It up depends upon what
tho work Is, and upon other circumstances. If she has
children, that, of course, Interferes with her wage-earning
If It docs not stop It altogether, nnd general acceptance of
ft custom which would restrict or discourage chlld-henrlng
Is not to the public advantage. Marriage tends, and should
tend, to withdraw women from wage-earning, but it need
not stop It per so nnd abruptly. To mako marriage n bar
to future wage-earning by a womnn operates In restric
tion of marriage, and thnt Is at least ns much against
public policy ns restriction of child-bearing. It will always
depend on circumstances whether n young wage-earning
woman who marries had better go on with her work, but
Dr. Patten seems to be right in holding that It Is often
best .that she should do so, nnd tlmt It Is often better
thnt she should marry and still cam wages than not marry.
rrejmuco should not dotermlno conduct In these matters
streets of Montreal and the suburban roads are infested
with automobiles, in the possession of a lot of howllni
Yahoos, who go out of their way to be offensive to peopU
who do not happen to like the smell of gasoline. They de
liberately try to frighten horses; to scare pedestrians, and
to splash them with mud. It would be Interesting to know
how some of the cads come to bo In even temporary pos
session of tho machines. They certainly do not belong t
the clns that can afford to own or to hire such luxuries.
It would be worth the whllo of all respectable peoplo who
nro Interested In automoblllng to make a combined effort to
suppress this nuisance. Anybody walking along a highway
frequented by nutomoblllsU can readily understand why
hatred hns grown up between tho East Side gangs and tho
New York automoblllsts. Montreal Star.
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The Insurance of a Man Hanged.
Y tho ruling of a Pennsylvania court an In
surance company has been freed from tho
necessity of paying the policy of a man hanged
for crime. Tho man, of course, was beyond
the possibility of having any concern in
tho mntter. Ills heirs were not, nnd
tlicy are the ones who must suffer. In
Thcro should bo a freer choice. Harper's Weekly.
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Waste Lands and Criminals.
ASSAOHU8ETT8 Is nbout to try a new experi
ment in the Industrial inaiuigcment of lta con
victs. Instead of employing them In manufac
turing goods to compete with tlio product of
non-criminal labor, It Is proposed to establish
Industrial camps and set the convicts to re
claiming waste and worthless land, of which
tho Ray Stnto possessed enough to keep them at work for
generations.
Tho plan Is a tontntlvo one. the first eamn hnvlnr? lust
been established near Itutlnnd, but on tho face of It the
schomo appears to possess two merits. It furnishes out
door work for tho convicts without subjecting thorn to the
humiliation of constant public observation, as would be
tho case If they were employed on tho streets nnd high
ways, nnd the work performed will bo useful work. If
they nro nblo to make two blades of grass grow where
ono or none grew boforo there Is authority for the clnlni
that they will bo transformed from malefactors into bono-
factors.
Tho experiment will bo watched with a cood donl of
Interest for various reasons. While no anno person would
advocate tho maintenance of criminals In Idleness, no one
hns as yet found n way of employing them thnt Is entirely
satisfactory. Tho farming out of convicts which hns been
practiced In some of tho Southern Htntea hns been shown
to bo subject to glaring abuses. These abuses could be
minimized If not entlroly nvoldcd if tho State did the
farming tinder wise and honest manngement. Every State
has nu nhundnnco of waste lands, which would bo worth
reclamation, and which. If reclaimed, would mM to !
public wealth. Philadelphia Hulletin.
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It Ib hnrd to undorHtnnd how nny
sonslblo bualncBB mnn enn support
Pnrkor, especially If ho fnvortt tho re
publican policy of sound money.
"Wnll Street Is having Its Inning now
but tho peoplo will bnvo theirs on
election day nnd It will bo four yenra
inoro of Teddy.
Automobile Nuisances.
HE wlfo of n rnllwny mngnnto In Now York
has been nenrly killed by n stono thrown nt her
head whllo riding lu nn automobile. Tlio Police
Commissioner, discussing tho evont, wiys: "Tho
automobile people must bo protected. This mat
ter of hatred that hns been growing among the
moil gangs of the lower nnd upp6r llnst Side
has got to stop If I have any power." Of courso there Is
no poxslblo excuso for such nn action ns throwing a stone
at n lady'H head, but wo wonder if it has occurred to Police
Commissioner McAdoo that there are other peoplo besides
the nutoniobllo pooplo, who need protection; that thore
must be a cause for tho hntrcd between the automobile
people and tho gangs. At the present tlmo some of tin
China, not a highly civilized country, the relatives of
an assassin nre forced to shnro tho pennlty with him, or
Indeed to bear all of It, In case of the criminal's escape.
The courts of Pennsylvania may understand law and
hnvc tlio ability to construe It. To such credit as they
are entitled for acumen, purity nnd fearlessness they are
heartily welcome. And doubtless on the lofty piano which
they opornte In the Interests of Justice they nro abovo feel
ing n pang of discomfort at tho Intlmntlon that tho Chlncso
theory, refined and modified nnd made presentablo by a set
ting of words, appears In this decision. It would be unfair
to hnng the Innocent wlfo of n murderer, or send his chil
dren to prison. It lo not more dnr.zllngly fair to starvo
them or send them to tho poor house.
Nobody desires the Insurance company to bo deprived of
nny legitimate protection. As n rule, It does not suffer
much. Generally the rare swindler Is caught and a heavy
penalty exacted.
Policies carried for a certain tlmo become "Incontest
able." 'That Is to say, tho compnny will not contest thorn
unless through some circumstance, probably n technicality,
It sees a reasonable chanco of beating the claim of tho
heirs. If it has agreed to pay n certain sum unon the
.death of n certain man, and tho man, having fulfilled his
snare or tho contract, is dead, nothing remains but the
payment of tho sum or n dishonorable attempt nt evasion,
in tho Instnneo under consideration the man had com
mitted murder. Tills was tlio business of the company onlv
ns it was me concern or nil law-abiding citizens. It is n
folly to asstimo that he committed tho murder with tho
purpose of getting himself hanged, and thus securing for
his heirs a sum of money. Tho law prescribes tho pun
ishment for murder. It stipulates, In Pennsylvania, that
tho guilty shall bo hnnged. It docs not ndd "nnd his
heirs deprived of the Insurnnco upon which he may havo
paid premiums." New York American.
Rural Free Delivery nn Aid.
At the recent Internatlinal Good
Roads Convention, at St Louis, Hon.
Frank B. Nevlns, of the United States
Postofllco Department, delivered an
address In which he said:
"The establishment of tho raral free
delivery of mall throughout tho coun
try has produced a marked improve
ment In the condition of the highways.
When there is a prospect of rural free
delivery in a community, work Imme
diately begins on tho roads. Thcro
are now In operation 28,000 rural
routes over which carriers travel BOO,-
000 miles delivering mall to nbout
0,000,000 peoplo. More than 15,000
bridges have been constructed ovor
streams that would not have been
built If It had not been for the estab
lishment of tho frco delivery system.
Nearly every portion of the country,
whero road conditions will warrant It,
Is now supplied with this service. But
In many sections the bad conditions of
the roads, or tho lack of bridges, pre
vent the extension of the service. The
rural carrier of n standard routo is
now expected to travel about twenty-
five miles ench day to earn his salnry
of 000 a year. He Is required to fur
nish and maintain bis own outfit and,
team, and to give a bond of $500 for
the faithful performance of his duties.
Experience has demonstrated thnt this
distance Is too great on account of tho
bad condition of the roads. So many
carriers have resigned, thereby caus
ing much confusion and labor In the
department, that tho Congress Just ad
journed has been compelled to add
$170 a year to tho salaries of the car
riers of tho country. This lncreaso of
salaries amounts to about $4,000,000 a
yonr additional that tho department
hns to pay to maintain this service on
account of bad roads. Over a good
graveled or macadamized plko road a
carrlor enn easily mako twenty-five
mtlcB a day six times n week. With
tho roads as thoy are, It Is a question
whether the next Congress will not bo
also furnish breakfast In Hamburg
there Is attached great weight to pro
viding proper dinners for the children,
the expense of which amounts to about
38,000 marks (18,004) annually. In
Brunswick, Brealau, Cologne, Kiel,
Posen and Nuremberg dinner, In addi
tion to breakfast Is alio furnished.
In Breslau, Gharlottenburg. Dussel
dorf, Halle, Mannheim and Magde
burg the food is distributed by public
institutions, while in the other towns
It Is furnished by charitable societies.
The municipal authorities of Danzig,
Dortmund, Hamburg, Hanover, Ko
nlgsberg and Posen contribute toward
these funds, however.
The, breakfast Is not always the
same; for instance, white bread, dry
or buttered, nnd milk; milk, with cof
fee and bread; coffee or soup and
bread, or soup made of flour and white
bread. Usually the children receive
milk, tho quantity given being from
three gills to a pint The Inst men
tioned quantity is provided In Kiel.
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AH Work Guaranteed
C. O. PICK
Transfer and Storage Go.
Kafcs, I'lanos and Furniture
moved, stored or packed for
iblpplng. Klro-prool brick
warehouse Front and Clay.
Express mill baggage hauled.
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INVI8IBLE HANDWRITING.
Transfer Left by Ink Which May B
Hondtly Developed.
In writing with certain forms of Ink
on ordinary paper, placing tho sheet
after thorough blotting In contact with
a white sheet of paper, It Is possible to
make on this latter an Invisible trans
ference, which, as M. A. Bertlllon has
shown, may be rendered visible by the
use of certain methods. In fact a let
ter placed for several hours between
tho leaves of a book will leave Its
secret in this book, nnd a falsification
In a ledger may bo proved by the ex
amination of jthe page against which
the falsified page rests.
A Swiss Investigator (It A. Relss, of
Lausanne) has recently mado investi
gations in reference to the above phe
nomenon and in reference to the con
ditions under which it may be pro
duced. It appears that tho forma
tion of tho Imago depends principally
on tho Ink, although It was discovered
that the latent Image may bo produced
by nearly one-half of tho Inks In cur
rent use, out of tlilrtcon different varie
ties of ink seven having produced a
positive result It further appeared
that tlio formation of tho Imago de
pended upon the presence of nclds In
tho colored mixture, tho gum nnd the
sugar having no part In tho phenom
ena, although the paper on which the
writing has been placed gives different
results. The best results wero obtnlned
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TU DENTS of tho history of education nre fa
miliar with tho tlmo when tlio object of tho
collegiate foundation was nmost solely to train
young men for tho priesthood or tlio ministry.
Then tho desirability of general scholastic cul
ture as a preparation for entry Into tlio law
was recognized, and Insttv. as a nronaratlon
for entry Into medicine. Tho ministry, the law and medl-
cine theso nlmost'up to our tlmo havo been tho tlireo
learned professions. Except for tho comparatively sinnl!
number attracted by the notion that an acadomlc education
wus fitting to gentility, tho vast majority of academic pu
pils wero destined, in tlio order named, for tho surplice, tho
robo nnd the chaise. From the threo typical American
universities tho greater number of graduates now look for
ward to business careers or to technical pursuits which are
closely related to business. The business mnn of tho future
Is plainly to be a man of scholastic education. This ten
dency Is likely to hnve an effect on business ns It already
nns an euect on our universities. New York Olobe.
to tho salaries of tlio carriers.
"Undor tho road laws of most of tho
Western States at tho presont tlmo
work Is done upon the roads In tho fall
by tho various road districts, when
thoro Is no work to bo dono on tho
farms. In tho spring this work disap
pears. Nothing permanent remains,
and tho roads are In as bad condition,
or worse, than they were boforo. The
cost of 12,000 to $0,000 a mile for the
construction of hard roads In this
Western country Is too groat in most
Instances, for road districts, townships
and counties to bear; neither is It
right that they should bear tho entlro
cost The public nt largo, which shares
directly or Indirectly In tho benefits,
should contribute to tho expense.
Thoro never will bo good roads In this
tho reason thnt tho contact lu this enso
Is closer, thus fuvorlng the production
of tho Imago.
The duration of tho contnet Is not
necessarily long, In general about an
hour, while In order to reveal tho Im
ago two very slmplo measures are re
sorted to. Tho first method Is to ap
ply the back of tho sheet on which the
latent Image Is supposed to bo a warm
iron, an ordinary flatiron, which is held
in place until the paper Is slightly
browned, after which tho imngo will
nppear sometimes very clear and com
plete. The other method does not mako
nny change In the paper to bo exam
ined, nnd consists In placing In con
tact with tho latter n sheet of nitrate
of silver photographic paper for sev
eral hours bIx to twelve tho two
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VALUE OF THE PER8IAN QULF.
View Hxpreated by Warren Itiiatliiue
Nearly Ninety Ycura Abo.
In tho autumn or tho year 1814 n
young nnval lleutonnnt arrived nt Spit
head. Tho frlgato Undnuntcd, of which
he was first lieutenant, hud just taken
Napoleon to Elba, nnd had arrived nt
Spithead to bo paid off on tho general
poaeo. Lieut. Hastings bothought him
that ho was within a few miles of tho
most Illustrious member of bis inco
and he turned out of his wny to call
at Dayleaford houso nnd pay his re
spects to Warren Hastings. Ho wns
cordially welcomed by the great gov
ernor general of India, whom he found,
as he described him to tho writer of
an article lu tho Now York Tribune,
"a little old man, with n black velvet
cap on his head, sitting by tho fire In
his library." A good deal of conver
sation ensued. Warren Hastings In
quired with luterost whero the young
lieutenant had served and, after nar
rating his exporlenco In tho Mediterra
nean, not forgetting, we may bo sure,
his personal acquaintance with the
Emperor, Lieut Hastings wont on to
say that he had also cruised lu the
Indian ocean, and had been for some
tlmo surveying in tho Persian gulf.
At the mention of thnt sea, Warren
Hastings became voluble. "Ah." ho
said, "that is tho most Important posl
tlon In Asia ono of tho most Impor
tant In tho world." And then, after
a short pause, nnd raising himself In
his chair: "If I wero the wnr minister
of the Czar I would not spend tlmo
and effort In striving to get to Constan
tinople by tho way of Europe; I should
endeavor to occupy Persia mid to es
tablish myself nt tho head or tho Per
sian gulf. I should thou bo In a II no
position, I could strlko nt India with
tho ono hand and nt Asia Minor with
tho other; I should take- Constantino
ple In tho rear." Theso words wero
uttered with remarkably uulmatlon
and cloarness, and with n conviction
which showed that tho famous diplo
matist and rulor had mastered the
facts ami thought out tho subject.
Tho agent for tho "Iiiexhnustlblo
Cyclopedia, In Twelvo Parts," ap
proached Mr. Hansom with a light nnd
springy step, and was greatly cheered
when ho received nu Invitation to
"drawr up an' show your wares," and
the other rocklng-cbalr on tho shady
porch wns pushed towards him.
"You say there's everything anybody
wants to know lu It," said Mr. Hansom,
genially, when tho agent's How or con
icrsntlon had ceased for a moment and
ho looked hopefully at his host "Well,
I guess I shall linic to buy It. Lawseo,
yes, I can seo how easy tho pay
ineuts'll be. Hut now I Just want to
make sure o' one or two things boforo
I pay yo down the fust money.
"Le'a see, what parts have yo got
with yo? 'Vol. One, A to Com; thnt's
al Irlght. Now you Hud mo the place
where It tells about ant-hills, and the
best wny to rid your dooryard of 'em.
I've tried moro'u forty different ways
a'ready,"
Mr. Hansom leaned comfortably
back In his chair and rocked with a
loud creak while tho agent searched
tho pages or "Vol. One," with nn mix.
ions race.
"It doosn't tell nbout them," he
stammered at last. "You see" Hut
Mr. Hansom raised his hand In protest
"It's too bad," he said, "but prob
ably that slipped their minds. Jest turn
over to tho b's, mid find 'butter.' Now
seo how you can mako it come when
It's contrary, same as It Is sometimes
when you're In a hurry to get through
churning."
Again ho regarded tho agent's red
dening face with a calm and genial
gaze.
"Not there!" he said, when the re
suit or the search was reluctantly ad
mitted. "That seems cur'ous, don't It?
Hut still I'll give 'em another chance.
Now you turn over the c's till you
come to Vats.' There, you've got It
Now how do they undertake to keep a
Malty cat from shedding all over vis
itors' clothes nnd tho furniture, so the
whole family won't be picking an eat
ing gray hairs the enduring time?"
The agent shut tho book with a flam
nnd rose abruptly, lu spite of Mr. Han.
som's benevolent smile,
"You stun' there a mliiuto till moth-
or fetches ye u glass o' lomonnde; It's
a warmish day," said Mr. Hansom, cor
tUally. "Hut as to the book you're
peddling, why, mother's got u 'Helps
to tho Handy' that her mother had be
fore her that you'd ought to take a
look nt somo time. Whnt with tint
nn' tho World's Atlas an' tho diction
ary, I guess mother nn' I'll mako out to
got along without nny cyclopedy,
young mnn."
ARE WE OLD AT 30?
Prcabyterlun General Aaaemlily litis
Put tliut Limit on Youth.
When you nro 30 you aro no longer
young, according to a decision reached
by tho Untied Presbyterians lu gen
oral assembly lu Pennsylvania n short
tlmo iiga Following this ruling, nil
persons over HO years of ago wero re
quested to withdraw from tho "young
people's soclotles" of tlio church. This
Is gloomy Intelligence for Prosbytor
Inns, and withal Interesting to tho tin-
regenerate.
To bo old nt 30, shelved before the
crucial third of a century, recognized
tho world over as life's prime, sug
gests to nil of us tho plaintive itniulry:
"ir I was to bo so soon done for, why
was I evor begun ror?" It Is dreadful,
but with all duo respect to the lurking
shade of Calvin, bo It asked, Is it true?
A (iiiestlon tho present generation Is
apt to ask itseir about anything too
uncomfortable to be believed In.
Bo far as the country or which the
statement was made Is concerned, It Is
certainly ridiculously untrue. For nt
SO the average American man nt least
lu tho Eastern States Is apt to con
elder himself ns Just marriageable, and
to be so considered by tlio mothers of
ellgtblo daughters.
Nor Is tho American womnn of 30. if
still unmarried, ready to be classed as
an "also ran" In tho matrimonial
sweepstakes. It seems, Indeed, that
whllo a woman's chances or marrying
are numerically lessened nrter she
reaches 30, she Is then apt to marry
better rrom a worldly point or view, ir
sue marries at an. limn ir she had been
led to tho altar rrom tho school room.
Tho sensationally successful marriages
that one reads or dally In tho uews
papers aro rarely entered Into by young
girls a statement which, though !t Is
generally hoard rrom ladles who are
no longer young, la nevertheless true.
Tho American woman seldom reach,
es full mental and physical maturity
before tho ago at which tho flat or the
Pennsylvania Presbyterians would rel
egato her to the dead past And tlio
American man boforo 30 well. rtvii-
ho can scarcely be considered as quite
grown up.
In extreme southern countries, whero
women woro rvlgulng belles or oven
mothers at 10, they nro apt to bo old at
30. Ami tho South American or Span
ish or Italian husband or thnt ago li
often a plodding, patient, spiritless
creature, with a tendency to corpulency
nnd an excessive Interest In his meals.
Hut precisely In theso countries, where
the curfew of youth Is sounded nt 30,
and whero tho Presbyterian fiat might
do somo good, the shndo of Onlvlu has
novor penetrated. And so the shnpo
less, mustachioed ladles of the Latin
race may go on feeling young Just ns
long ns they like, and tlio American
woman, Just reaching tho full bloom of
her beauty, must bo shelved.
Not only does tho womnn of Anglo
Saxon rnco attain a physical perfection
nt 30 which she has nover before
known mentally and temperamentally
alio la softer and moro rounded. In
Franco poots, novelists nnd artists havo
always been unanimous In recognizlug
her supremo charm. And In recent
years she has successrully Invaded
American and English fiction, previous
ly dedicated to celebrating tho charms
or the sweet young thing.
Nevertheless the sweet young thing
need not worry. Tho bud of 10 can
always be 30 there Is lota of time
bill tlio siren of 30 can never, never be
10. She doesn't want to be? Oh, yes,
she does. Why, else, the mania she so
often develops for Ill's sweet simplici
ty or attire for tho musllu and blue
ribbons that when alio wears them sug-
gest thnt soinehow they nro never so
upcoming ns when thoy have ceased
to be appropriate? For the woman of
80 can wear even these and mako them
appear charming. New York World.
Italy's Distinction.
In Invention, scholarship, scientific
research, and large enterprise, and in
national pride (without which no
country cau claim tho respect or for
eigners), Italy has an envlablo dis
tinction. It honors Its Intellectual
men intelligently, not by mi Iguorant
notoriety, and money does uot take
precedence or mind, ir Its plastic art
has suffered a commercial eclipse, Ita
ly Is not unique In this experience,
while in dramatic art It still leads the
world with Tommaso Salvlni nnd Ele
onora Duao. In inutlc ami literature
there Is much activity and a far from
complaisant public oplnlou. Century.
Tiafflo on tho Hues Canat
III spUo of the reductlou of trans
portation enrages of 10 cents a ton,
tho receipts from tho tralllc of tho
Sues caual for the year 1003 aro only
a Uttlo less than those of tho previous
year, so a further conolderablo in
creaso of traffic can be stated. The
receipts were 20J00,000, or $20,000
less than In 1002.
takes tho Inltlntlvo In this movement.
nnd tho respective States of the Union
Join in with liberal contributions, and
tills again Is supplemented by local
enterprise. Continental Europo, Eng
land and Ireland are covered with
hard broad pikes built at the expenso
or tho governments or those countries.
No country In tho world over yet had
or ever will have permanent and pass
age highways constructed and main
tained by local authority.
"Sixty per cent or tho popuintion of
this country lives In the cities and vil
lages; 40 per cent lives In tho country.
It is not fair or Just to place the en
tire burden or good roads upon the
shoulders or the farmer. The general
public shares directly or Indirectly In
tho benefits and should bear tho ex
pense of an equitable tax for this pur
pose on all assessable values. Tho
weight or It upon the Individual would
then bo as light as a summor shadow.
While this specter or taxation may
frighten some of our skittish country
friends and cause them to rear and
plunge a little, thoy will find on closer
inspection that the goblin is a harm
less creation or the Imagination. They
will get back in beuoflts ten times
more than they will pay out In taxes.
"Why some of our friends spurn
Government aid when it is offered
them I cannot understand. They claim
to be opposed to It on principle, and
can see no good In it There are some
people so constructed that when look
ing into a pool of water they can nev
er see the sky and the clouds above It
reflected on Its surface, but only the
mud at the bottom.
"This Government never falls to do
the right thing in the end. It will not
fall to do the right thing In this In
stance. The impetus gives to this
movement by a few progressive states
men who Introduced measures In Con
gress last winter authorising national
aid In the construction of highways,
will, ultimately produce the results
aimed at It cannot fall to do so be
cause the public interest demsnds It;
the progress of the age demands It,
the welfare and development of the
country, at large demand it and It Is
bound to come In spite of those who
raise their voices In opposition to it"
photographic paper will completely
blacken, but tho Intent lmngo will
stand forth very distinctly. It should
bo stated that tho leaf on which n
Intent Image exists loses this Imago by
contact with water or alcohol. Paris
Plllustratlon.
FREE MEALS FOR PUPILS.
European School Look After the Wel
fare of tho Poor Scholar.
It la the boast of Americans that
their public school system Is the best
in the world, but there Is one respect
at least lu which Germany leaves the
States far behind. In several cities
of the fatherland free meals are pro
vided, at the public schools for chil
dren needing additional nutriment, the
custom prevailing by the report of
Consul Warner at Lelpslc In twenty
one cities.
With the exception of nerlln, Bar
men, Urunswlck and Nuremberg, not
only the poor but the sick and Infirm
children were also given breakfast In
Magdeburg rood la only supplied In
very hard winters Instead or break
fast dinner Is given to the children in
Dresden, Munich, Stettin ami Strass
burg, but in Munich it is projected to
The Great Ilnaslan Lake.
Lake Baikal, which figures so much
In the Oriental situation, Is a some
what remarkable body of water. Its
nnme Is a corruption of tho Turkish
Bel-kul, "rich lake" tho referenco bo
lng. presumably to tho valuablo fish
with which It swarms.
Lake Baikal Is the third largest body
of water In Asia. Tho Caspian and
Aral seas are the two larger. Both aro
salt however, while Baikal Is fresh.
It is, thererore, tho largest rresh wa
ter lake In Asia, and tho sixth In size
In tho world, tho five Great Lakes or
North America each exceeding It in
area. Its waters occupy a remarkable
depression in the vast plateau or Cen
tral Asia. The level or Its waters is
1,300 feet above the sea, while the bot
tom of the lake Is, In somo places,
more than 3,000 feet below the sea
level. Its depth Is, thererore, 4,000
feet In tho deepest parts.
Tho lake is 830 miles long, and from
nine and a quarter to forty miles wide.
Its waters are a deep blue, and re
markably clear, There are a number
of Islands In It; tho largest Olkbon, Is
forty-two miles long. There are nu
merous hot springs on the shores, and
earthquake vibrations are frequent
The annual value of Its salmon, stur
geon and other fisheries Is about one
hundred and sixty thousand dollars.
Fresh water seals are abundant, and
they are caught for their fur. It re
ceives the waters of several sveams,
the main one being the Salnega River,
olght hundred miles long. The upper
Angara River, also of considerable
slit, enters Its northeastern end. Its
outlet is the Lower Angara, on which
Irkutsk U situated.
The reason why the Siberian Rail
road was not built around the southern
end of the lake Is that the solid rock
of the mountains reaches to the wa
ters edge, and the task would be her
culean. Events In the East may com
pel It nevertheless.
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riARRIAGE DIVORCE
Mass Meeting of Men at LIcbig
Hall Tonight and Every Night
Dr. Stoddard Spenks-pSubJect "Alan"
The life we are now living, no othor. No
collection. VWio should marry, who nut. anil
w7. Murina- rieiures, grand t lews, anatomy
of man amt woman, free, Ml free.
ASTln.Kmrl.c,',re'.v,lcoce,- "'est. loi
of l allty, mitlim-ks for marrlmre or work.
sm-Mlly cured by new methods X-Uirht am!
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price and halt the tlm iin..,n ..,....;.
Ktiaranteed by TIIK llll MKUIUHrArT.oiilv
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Attend the lecture tonight, learn of the
Il'i JhSf.?ri,t m,,h0.(U ' ,clf ""if 'llsea.es of men
rJ.,.h?iuV'?V.I."K' 'r"sTKlnir or mercury. Un
enualled sklllamlexierlenceof 87 yean. Borne
who run i.age of take adterllalns;, whose aim
seems to be to make faHe promise" rarely cure.
The new methods are the latest from Kurope
anil onlv iiuil iiv tha iw iAt,in..,l .."!
.in'i'-'i1 'IV" na kno.w V"I' nd be con-
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Cor. Third and Burnside 8t., Upstairs.
PORTLAND
OREQON
TRY US !
Betting oa a Bare Thing-,
The magistrate was German, but the
prisoner at the bar wasn't
"You been here before, already,"
said the magistrate.
"Sure I has," said the prisoner.
"now many times arrested?" asked
the Judge.
"Awl I been pinched more times
thnn I got fingers an toes," said Mr.
Plugugly, "an' I was always dis
charged." The magistrate took a long look at
the prisoner. Then, leaning toward
him in a confidential way, he said:
"I'll bet you 20 you're not'rtiB.
charged now."
"Put ten on that for me. It's a
cinch," said tha court policeman who
stood near by. New York Sun.
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