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Fit WAY, AUGUST 14
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thunderstorms east portion.
Idaho Thunderstorms.
BRYAN ACCEPTS.
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William Jennings Bryan has form-
ally accepted the nomination of the
national democracy for the Presi
dency of the United States.
Let. us suppose, for the sake of in
dulging in the fabulous and the sen
sational, that he had refused it point
blank, and finally!.
What illimitable and stupefying
confusion and chagrin would have
swept the democratic ends of this
country; what a maddening scramble
for the great post would have been
precipitated among the martyrs who
were turned down at Denver, and
their friends; what an access of tone
and volume the Hearstian howl would
have taken on; and what added fame
and glory would instantly, and per
manently, have attached to the name
and character of the great, and mod
est, surrenderer!.
His hour has come, and gone; his
one opportunity for achieving undy
ing renown and the profoundly grate
ful esteem of this, and subsequent,
generations of the American people,
has been frittered away at the very
moment of supreme test, and Wil
liam Jennings stands convicted of the
cheap propensity for political prefer
ment, after all the warnings that have
been given him!. It is a sad com
mentary upon the weakness of a na
ture beset with a pitiful mania; he
knows that the nomination is all that
is coming to him; that time-proven
results await him in November; that
it was the better part of wisdom to
anticipate and forestall the inevitable
when it could have been done with
grace, and even telling unction; that
he is, once for all, in line for a
knockout that will last him the rest of
his life; that he might have laid in a
brand new quality of national promi
nence by rejecting the empty honor
and posing as one who has dallied
with fate often enough to realize its
inevitable and crushing fiat. Ah!
Well, the die is cast; but he might
have spared himself this third and
annihilating blow!.
TEMPERANCE.
We claim a wide differentiation for
the terms temperance, prohibition and
regulation, as applied to the old and
unsolved problems of the liquor issue,
and we believe that if the proper dis
tinctions were drawn as among these
movements and our public demon
strations were made, clearly and con
clusively, upon sharply defined bases
of text and 'effort, far more good
would be attained, than we realize
from the hotch-potch methods now
in vogue.
Prohibition carries with it the idea
of annihilation, peremptory and com
plete. It is the term and guage of
war, instant, decisive, uncompromis
ing; it bars all mediation and admits
of no middle-ground whatever; it in
vites fight and finality one way or the
other; is all aggresion, without a hint
of conceding anything nor of placat
ing situations nor people; it is a
radical challenge and the mailed list
done in one parcel, and damns its
enemy while it strikes. ,
Temperance, on the other hand, as
a term, and policy, is amenable to
more rational interpretation, and ap
peals to the equities that certainly J
exist, in this as in all other matters
of public safety and concern. Taken
in its farthest definition, it means but
the wise regulation of physical and
moral appetites and attitudes, and
yields something to the good that can
be found in all the things we are so
quick to condemn and cast out. It
is the most available aid to total ab
stinence itself, since it must natural-
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ly figure in the course that is direct
ed to that consumation. It also bears
the frank admission of the rights
of others, while establishing a me
dium between the extremes; it offers
a haven to the man disposed to re
pudiate both intemperance and total
&bil- anJ hfd inst he .
rors born of hysteria and the impas
sioned blunders of those who ignore
all doctrines but their own. It is a
safety valve which permits the escape
of the unessential elements of this
supremely great argument and con
test, and is the most sensible base
from which to operate in either direc
tion as the case in point may de
mand. Regulation is the part assigned to
the law in the scheme of adjustment
and speaks for itself always, either
through its failure or its success, and
fortunately for all men, we generally
hear of it as accomplishing fair meas
ure of the good it was designed to
achieve. Regulation will regulate if
the people get behind it and stay
there, and not leave it to the whims
and interests of the departmenal in
termediaries; and it is all we need to
bring potential peace from out the
chaos our own indifference and the
fallacious programs we have wrought.
This is written merely as a passing
hint to all to whom this grave sub
ject is near, and by way of warning
against a too radical estimate of their
duty and interest in the solution that
is to come some day.
Japan is likely to make baseball its
national game. If , Japan can beat
Uncle Sam at the sport, Mr. Hobson
will be justified in getting excited.
Grapes promise to be as abundant
as usual this season, but the Bryan
drv face over Hearst's refusal to
fuse indicates that they are awfully
sour.
Mexico has recently increased the
salary of teachers in primary schools
40 per cent. The Diaz Government
is always busy somewhere in the line
of progress.
In only two preceding years has
the cotton crop in August been as
promising as it is now. The crop
prospects of 1908 are in themselves
a prosperity boom
Both President Roosevelt and Wil
liam J. Bryan are trying to kill the
trusts. And to accomplish their
purpose they will need the help, of all
the neighbors.
Governor Johnson is almost as en
thusiastic for Bryan as Senator For
aker is for Taft. The only wildly
enthusiastic man in the country is
Judge Alton B. Parker.
Some of the old-time Democratic
leaders who are reluctantly climb
ing into the Bryan band wagon will
have to be provided with easy chairs
and all the comforts of home.'
Granulated Sore Eyes Cured.
"For twenty years I suffered fiom
a bad case of gr-nuiated sore eyes,
says Martin Eoyd of Henrietta, Ky.
"In February, 1903, a gentleman ask
ed me to try Chamberlain's Salve.
I bought one box and used alrtut
two-thirds of it and my eyes have rt
given me any trouble since." tb-5
salve is for sale by Frank Hart
leading druggists.
COFFEE
Your grocer must , sell
roor coffee; we can't all
be comfortable; . but he
needn't sell it to you;
Vonr prorcr rrtiirru ymt ironcj i joa doo
like icti!..L,' Lwi. u p..) L.su.
EDISON THE VICTOR.
Ht Humblad the Prida af tht Pari
Talagraph Operator.
Edison tuiulo his Urst record as n
telegraph operator lu Memphis. Acou
temporary says he came walking lnt
the office oue mumlng looking like
veritable hayseed. Ho wanted n Jo!.
and, although bis appearance was tn-t
prepossessing, the office was shot t
banded, nud be was assigned a desk at
the St. Louis wire, the hardest In the
office. "At the end of the line was an
operator who was chain llghtulug nn.l
knew It." says Francis Arthur Jones'
"Life of Edison."
"Edison had hardly got seated Defore
st Louis colled. The newcomer re
sponded, and St. Louis started on a
long report which he pumped In like
a house afire. Edison threw Ills log
over the arm of his chair, leisurely
transferred a wad of spruce gum from
bis pocket to his mouth, took up a
pen, examined it critically and stnrtivl
In about fifty words behind. He didn't
stay there long, though. St Louis let
out another link of speed, and still an
other, nud the lustra ment on Edison's
table hummed like an old style Singer
sewing machine. Every man In the
office left his desk and gathered arouud
the Jay to ee what he was doing with
that electric cycloue.
"Well, sir. he was right on the word
and taking It down In the prettiest cop
perplate hand you ever saw, even
crossing his 't's' and dotting bis 'fs'
and punctuating with as much care s
a man editing telegraph for printers.
St Louis got tired by and by and be
gan to slow down. Then Edison open
ed the key and said:
" 'Hello, there! When are you golftg
to get a bustle on? This Is no prlur
class.
"Well, sir," said the gentleman In
conclusion, "that broke St Louis All
up. Qe had been rawhldlng Memphis
for a long time, and we were tcrrl'.'ly
sore, and to have a man In our off-e
whe could walk all over him made is
feel Uke a nan whose horse bad wis
the Derby."
THRILLING SPORT.
Rafting Down the Canyona of an 1,'n
mupped Glacial River.
With previsions for only ten dayi a
party of explorers in Alaska found one
6ep1ttnber that they must build rsfts
and take their chances of letting the
swlf river carry them to settlements
whe food could be obtained; otHer
wis Ice and snow would shut tbcm lu
fron; all trnpe of rescue. In "The
Sharoelesf Iiiary of an Explorer" Eol
ert lunn tells ojt the Journey on the
roughly rondo rafts.
"At 11 o'clock today began the roost
thrilling eport I know, rafting down
the iuky canyons of an unmapped
glacial river.
"Fred and I captained the Mary Ann
II., he oth-r three the Ethel May. We
rasped and hauled them over the grr vel
shadows 't our tributary, shot out
between tBe main walls of the stream
and se'zed upon that boiling current.
"We recched silently from cllh to
cliff, Jammed pike poles Into the slate
shelf overhead, twirled out of eddies.
We bumped and grounded. We dashed
overboard and on the run eased her
across shadows. We tugged half an
hour to nvike an Inch at each sbove
through the gravel, suddenly plunged
In to our icks, and she leaped free as
we scrambled on.
"Bowlders rose through white ruffs
of water la mldchannel. We might or
might not hang on them for a perpen
dicular minute.
"You mnst be very bandy wlfi a
pole. You must have a hair line eye
for moving angles, the strength of an
eddy, the 'Jepth of foam ruffling fiver
a stomp. You must be surer of the
length of Tout pole than a polo pl?yer
of tBe rer:h of his mallet. You must
be qulcke- than a Slwash dog. Tou
must knew the different weight of
each log trown to ounces, the balance
of the duffel piled high like a dais,
covered w?th the tent and the bean pot,
the mackliaws and the ax lashed to
all the Iasnlngs. It's a pretty gam?."
A Risky Subject.
"Do you think, sweetheart," queried
the youna man with the evenly divid
ed Kalr, 'that your father will con
sent to otfr marriage?"
"Well," replied the fair one, "of
court pa&a will be sorry to lose me,
bnf-
"But," Interrupted the rash yorth,
"I will rewind him that Instead of los
ing it daughter he will gain a son."
"Dearest" rejoined the wise maid,
"if you really want me you mustn't
say anything of the kind. Papa has
thren such sons boarding with him
now, and he's a little touchy on the
subject."
Queer Milk.
Many specimens of unconscious hu
mor are received by the editors of that
monumental work, the "Imperial Gazet
teer of India." A district was said to
be "an extensive rolling plain, consist
ing of alternate ridges of bare stony
hills and narrow fertile valleys." An
interesting item of natural history was
afforded by the remark, "The buffalo
differs from the cow In giving milk
which is richer In butter fat, In rolce
and In having no bump." Lofldon
Globe.
Poured.
"I havu poured every day tb Is week
at some function or other," remarked
the vivacious girl.
"Well, well!" murmured the old gen
tleman who overheard her. "Now I
know what is meant by the term 'a
reigning belle.' "St. Louis Republic.
POSTAGE STAMP CHEATS.
Foolish Parsons Who Run tha Risk of
Going to Prison,
"You would be surprised." said a
postolllte clerk, "at the efforts people
make to avoid the pnyineut of postage.
And quite often It Is not the work of
children either. The most common
trick Is to take the stamp that has been
canceled by hand and tho Impression
Just tone lies the etliio of the stamp
After pricking the marked edge with a
plu or cutting It with a pnlr of shears
to resemble the punctured edge of tho
stamp or tearing away that part the
stamp Is put on an envelope for an
other voyage. All these are placed In
the hands of postal Inspectors for In
vestlgntlon. "Others try to give the impression
that a stamp had been put on an en
velope and become loose aud lost in
transit by sticking a stamp on the en
velope and then pulling It with part of
the envelope sticking to It off again.
These as well as underpaid letters, un
less they hare a foreign destination,
where postage Is then collected, are
marked 'Returned for postage' and
seut back to the sender. Second class
matter, as a roll of newspapers, Is of
ten sealed against Inspection by hav
ing the stamps overlap the cover.
Whether foreign or not It Is returned
for postage. When It again shows up.
tho mistake recti tied, upon Inspection
It Is usually found to contain written
letters, photographs (unmounted), Jew
elry, merchandise of all kinds, making
the package underpaid; hence It Is
again returned.
"But the limit of foolishness comes
-when a person tries to efface the In
delible ink from the stamp and with
half the features of the stamp missing
or rubbed away and some of the Ink
still remaining affixes It to an envelope,
with the address of the sender upon
the back to facilitate Investigation.
"This, though. Is stretching It a lit
tle too much: A postcard that had been
put through a canceling machine and
delivered to the addressee had tho
canceling Impression and the address
scratched off with the aid of sharp
knife and a new address substituted
and a written message pasted on the
reverse side." New York Sun.
AN OLD GORMANDIZER.
On. Man Who Livad That Ha Might
Simply Eat and Drink.
In a little yellowed English mnga
elne, dated April. l&M, 1 came across
the following amusing scrap:
If the Duke of Q. does not extend
bis life to a still longer period. It will
not le for want of culinary comforts
and those oilier succulent arts by
which longevity Is best promoted. II in
grace's sustenance is thus dully admin
Istcred: ,
j "At 7 lu the morning he regales lu
I warm milk bath perfumed with aim
ond powder, where he takes his eonVe
and a buttered muffin, and afterword
retires to bed. He rises about 0 and
breakfasts on cafe au In It. with new
laid eggs Just parboiled; at 11 he Is
presented with two warm Jellies mid
rusques; at 1 he takes a real cutlet n
la Malnteuou; at 3 jellies utid eggs re
peat; at 5 a cup of chocolate nnil
rusques; at 7:30 he takes a hearty din
ner from high seasoned dishes uud
makes suitable libations of claret uud
madeira; at 10 ten, coffee and mulllns:
at 12 sups off a roast poulet. with a
plentiful solution of lime punch: tit I
In the morning he. retires to heir in
high spirits and sleeps till 3, when u!s
man cook, to the moment, waits upon
him In person with, a hot and savory
veal cutlet, which, with a potation ol
wine and water, prepares him for fur
tber repose that continues genera !l
uninterrupted till the morning sum
mons to his lacteal batb.
"In this routine of living comforts
are the four and twenty hours Invarla.
bly divided, so that If his grace does
not know, with Sir Toby Belch, 'that
our life Is composed of four elements
he knows at least, with Sir Ague
Cheek, 'that it consists In eating and
drinking.' "-London Chronicle.
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