Secretary Taft and . The Panama Problems - i There is bo doubt tint a few months ago the principal mm in the Panama government, together with th leading merchants of "the little Republic, were baiting all their hopes for a betterment of conditions on the Isthmus on a change of administration at Washing ton. , . . ; '" ' . In the short year of its existence as a nominally independent republic Pana ma has undergone varion experience, arising principally from its complex re lations with ibe- United States, that have somewhat dampened thr first ar dor of the Isthmians for self-government. The commerce of Panama has fallen off and the expected revenues of the Republic have been curtail.! I -all owing, the Panamans assert, to an ex treme interpretation of the Ha Varilla treaty by the agents of the Koosevelt administration on the Isthmus that if continued would threaten their national existence. The natives complained that tbey were being treated to an unmerciful quantity of the "big stick," which, they feared, would be increased in se-. erity should President Koosevelt be re-elected- This fear, however, has un dergone a decided , modification since election day through th-j expressed de sire of the President to establish a bet ter condition of affairs between the na tive and American governments on the Isthmus, a change to be brought about by an-interpretation of the Panama, treaty that will be more liberal to the Panama Republic. The sending of Secretary Taft to the isthmus on this mission has awakened the hopes of the Panamans, and there are indications that the existing fric tion between the, governments will gradually disappear under the more conciliatory policy that will probably result from the Secretary 's investiga tion. . Compared with his Philippine mission Secretary Taft will probably find the rrgnlaiion of Panama affairs anything but an easy- problem. In the Philippine there is only one supreme power tint of the United States. . On the Isthmus, however, there is 'thi native government, ever jealous of ?ts right a an independent republic, and -there is the canal zone, running through the heart of the latter and fall ing under the jurisdiction of the Canal Commission, with certain ill-defined treaty provisions that some Panamans construe a giving them, in a shadowy 'sense, a claim to this portion of Isth mian territory. Kver since the incident of the steam er lion, in July, the government of tho canal xone has maintained the right tu receive and dispatch foreign vessels from tho port of Ancon without the in tervention of the Panama authorities, la the same month, also, by the Presi dent's order to General Davis, the lat ter was empowered to establish a tariff on imports at tba ports pt Ancon and Cristobal, the tariff to be the same us that in force in the United Stat'. Great was the dismay of the Panama merchants at th'os proposed changes, Panama and Colon would be ruined, they said, and the foreign commerce of the republic would be completely wiped .out. A three cornered diplomatic con troversy was entered into by the Pan ama government, Minister liarrett and Governor,, Davis, resulting finally in a modus vivendi pending the complete settlement of the treaty questions at issue, between the two government. Up to now the fear that the American tariff will be applied to. the aone and that the claims of tho Panama govern- - ment in the matter will fail of recogni tion has operated disastrously in the eomtnerco of the Isthmus. Merchants Are complaining bitterly of the uncer tainty under which they are compelled to do business and agents from foreign countries find it impossible to get or ders for their goods. General Davis, In the ; diplomatic correspondence with , Secretary of State Artis .n the subject, -cites the case of Switzerland and Can ada and the Haiti! ports of liuiudn in winter ss evidence that a country can rrosper without a foreign commerce, lot these historical nrnmnts have failed sojar to quiet the alarm of cith er the merchants or the government of . Pa ns ma, or to reconcile them to what appears to be their fate, anad the solu tion of the problem appears to be "re aTrved for Secretary Taft. Another question just now assuming disagreeable proportions rn the Isth mian mind is that relating to the jo tal service. When Ancon and Cristobal were made American cuttoma port the jotal s-rvlce of the United States vs. extended over them. That toeias that all correspondence between the .United States and the canal tone is carried at tT.o domestic rates of the former through American postofiices at Ancon and Cristobal. ? - , The Panama and Colon pontomVes, on the ether hand, have the usual foreign rate of five cents a half ounce for first class matter, etc. A the Ancon f t d Cristobal postoffiees are within easy reach, citizens of Panama and Colon fire tiring tb American postoftlce. To such an extent is this being done that the Panama government, instead of deriv ing a revenue from its postal service, is facing the alternative of running he latter at aToss or of abandoning it alto- get oer, 80 far registered is not entered in the American postoflSces on the rami one, American officials on the Isthmus say that provision for this will soon be made, and when it is the Panama post office will lows its last oprortuntty for. being remunerative. As there is "noth ing in the treaty that can be construed a opposing the establishment of these American postofiices, the Panama go v- rmment can make no protest la the niattc The AaeiD and Crtsobal post offiecrs are run for the benof t of those living in the toae, but it is natural that the Panamans should use them in pref erence t-their own, and their govern went cannot prevent them from doing a?5Mr ?tter of Miction 'in which the -Philippine experience of Reeretary to .lnTs",.tHd liim in Kd as the e.r- lh 1ai of tb iaVaJ T A llRh Choreh dignity a Tanauw declares that the Church in t the r.one has not received full justiee at thy hand ef American officials. '-,:-" The particular grievance is is regard to the Hospital del Cerro, or Hospital de la Compania Cnal,. as it is other wise known, in AncjpT r ; " "V- Under the arrangement existing - be fore the American oeeepation of the zone, this hospital,, sirail-irly with all others on the Isthmus, was in the care of Sisters of Charity.' With the change in government, however, these Sisters of Charity were replaeed by Protestant nnrsea, tue former being either relieved of duty altogether or retained in subor dinate positions, The same authority declares also that the chapel connect sd with the hospital, that has heretofore been tinder the supervision of the Cath olis ebureh, has been transformed to a pUeo for Protestant worship. To this end JLk altars and other accessories of the Catholic ritual have been removed and the places taken by articles used in the Protestant service. It is also feared bv this same prelate that later the aone government, under plea of its treaty obligation to assume control of the sanitary regulations of I the city of Panama, will remove the ; hospitals and other charity institutions now in the latter city to the canal zone. !lf this is done it is belitved these in stitutions will meet the same treatment as that accorded the Hospital del Oerrp, the priests and sisters of charity that arc now connected with them being ro-i placed by Protestant nurse anad minis- j ters and the. Catholic form of worship suspended.; i . - --." Offieials in the canal zone declare that the nurses employed in the Hospit al del Cerro are selected without regard to their religious faith, their skill and professional training, in which, it is as serted, they are superior to the Sisters of Charity, being the only considera tions upon which they are chosen. It is also stated that where there are Cath olic inmates of the hospital tbey are at liberty to enjoy the ministrations of their own Church, but that with the present preponderance of Protestant patients a Protestant form of worship is more available The official suprem acy of the ; Catholic church under the Colombian government on the Isthmus until recently has naturally given rise to some fi elfng in the matter that will probably continue, for a time. In regard to the admintitriitioo of justice ia t h? canal zone there has been ronxiderablc comment and dissatisfac tion. Uy authority of the ('anal Coin m union, tbieu circuit and five police courts hate been instituted hi the zone, Judge Kyle, of Alabama, being appoint ed Justice of the Supreme Court.: Ac cording to lawyers admitted to plead before these courts, there bad b-n mo taws governing trial eases published t-p to tho middle of last month, and tip to that time, also, tliere had been no trials by jury, although eight sentences had been given in as many criminal cases. Of this situation, brought to the atten tion f the public through a particular mm, the leading newspaper of the Isth mus published thU: Kesideots of the Isthmus are moid; interested to know under what constitu tion the 1 Isthniuun Canal zone is gov erned. . That of the United States guarantees the right of jury trial. So did 'the Co lombian Code, and so do the laws of Panama. j Then why has this riht and privi lege been withheld, or, rather dispens ed" with, in the ease of Anibal Bron.s, the young Costa liican who waf employ -I as town clerk and tax collector by the municipality of Ancon and also was recently found abort in his accounts? If n Colombian or Panama Judge of the first instance had acted its jury as well as magistrate found a true bill against on American, tried and con demned him the Washington authori ties woulu have been the first to criti cise such a "high handed" measure and protest against it, and such eensure would have been justly merited. - : Here's work for our diplonmie friends of San Jose de Costa Itica.' How about those inalienable rights to life, liberty anad the pursuit of happi ness guaranteed to every American un der the federal Magna Chartaf As the canal zone administration claims . that the zone is under the American Hag the constitution of the United States mt.st then prevail and fair play ought to be expected. The principal ease now on trial - be fore the zone court is one involving the right of the zone government to make regulations in anything beyond such matters as relate to the building of the canal, sanitation and the policing of the canal zone. The jurisdiction on the Ishthmtis of the United States, it is held by I 'a im mar lawyers, is confined solely to the subjects. The zone gov ernment, however, has issued a decree against the sale of the Panama Lottery ticket in the wnc, and in pursuance -f thi decree an ngent of the Pan una Lottery who was fornd selling tickets in the forbidden territory hat been ar rested, . " " : - . ,: t The ease is iaipoitaot to the Panama government because the Panama Lot tery holds a eoaceitftioa granted older the former Colombian government: by whichUhe lottery could do business rn the entire territory comprised under the old Departmnet of Panama. If this concession is broken now the Pananta government would bo held liable for damages by th. .lottery company, the former having assumed all the obliga tions; of thw Department of .Panama. It is estimated also that if this eon cession is withdrawn there would be a loss to the Panama " government of 172,000 annual revenue. . Work of the Canal Couimision has so far - been confined principally to the sanitation of the Isthmus. The result in this direction are highly gratifying, and will have an influence sot only on the Isthmus itself, in the control and extermination of contagious diseases, bul ia the neighboring South and Cen tral American ports. Tiro latter, owing to tue rigid quarantine, regulations in force at Panama and Colon, are beina ,eompclled to exercise ' greater care la i their own sanitary affairs, with the re sult .that the entire region ia enjoying I a degree of health not. known to it for yean The Isthmus has always labored on- vrzzzzLY der the at igma of being one of the principal breeding places for fever ia the tropica. Whether or cot this aeeu- jeatidn is just the long list of deadly epidemics that have prevailed there in I the past has made it a place to be fear ed, and to wipe out the cause for this unsavory reputation will be a work ; that' should make I'anama aad its j neighbors grateful for the presence of 1 United States authority. : I Besides what ha already been done the Sanitary Commisr ion has planned a moot extensive : eaniMitgu against epi oemie disease. " It is-proposed to raiae the entire city of Colon and to place sewer connections in all the houses of Panama a work that will undoubtedly bear radically 'good, results quite com mensurate with the time and cost that it will entail. , Of even greater seope and of more lasting benefit will' be -the extermina tion of the mosquito on the Isthmus. War to the death has been declared against these, pests by the American "mosquito experts" now assembling on the field of battle, and if successful in the fight Panama may -yet enjoy the distinction of being the health resort that some ef its old inhabitant lay eJaim.to. As the death of the mosquito means the draining of the immense marsh lands that extend from ocean to oeean along the line of the canal it is probable that the latter will be well under way before this blight of the tropica admits defeat. J .; - As the entire Panama problem is for the United States in a preliminary stage the actual work of digging the canal can hardly be said to have com menced in serious earnest. The under taking, however, will be greatly accel erated by the present mission of Secre tary Tafr, and with the settlement by him of the differences existing betwven the Panama Republic and the zone there is very reason to expect an era cf prosperous activity on the Isthmus in the near future. New York Herald. PUMPKIN PTE BT NIGHT. As a midnight smack for those whose digestive arrangements have fallen vic tim to rabbits, lobster, and such like palpable enormities, the pumpkin pie has no terrors, proving a tasty and filling repast. At this hour it should be accompanied bv a glass of milk and a bit of cheese. The eoneinnation cele brated in the famous and feeling lines Pumpkin pie wthout cheese Is like a kiss wthont a squeeze, need only be - fulfilled ' with the appro priate pastoral beverage to , wash it down; the produce S a supper for whn though the" sophisticated gourmet may deride it, a philosopher and a true con noisseur may with uplifted heart bless the heaven that made the pumpkin and the good soul that made the pic. Phil adelphia Ledger. V mm . . m . . . imO Huge Christmas Toys i s .... , ,0 Already playthings that will be ear-; .liately after the first successes of the rid from house to- house on Christmas Holland and similar craft, are now fol morn by Kris Kringle are on show in 'lowed by diving fish fish that will sink the stores. The 1904 toys are wonders,! and eome np again by machinery. These including big locomotive wagons, war ship wagons, fire engines, auto racers and, of course, the biggest dolls ever. Yormtriy toye changed ' bnt little. ThTe were always such things as tops and kites and jumping ropes, while the dolls were of regulation size, expression and material. This yt?ar hardJy any thing in the way of an invention for practical use ie appears that is not dupli-i-propelled by foot power and steered by iniature in a toy, and suchja wheel which resembles the steering cated in mi things as have no resemblance to these practical devices, and are made onlv to amuse or catch the eye, are relegated to the use of babies, ; The boy or girl beyond babyhood wants something in Imitation of the usefnl article that performs some func tion. With this change It is hardly necessary, to say that the manufacture of toys in this country has greatly in creased. . The old story J of the toys made in Germany and, to a lesser de gree, in other foreign countries, is still a live one, bnt these toys are largely of the old kind. Many of the newer kind are made in America, and not a few of them in this city. The general rule seems to be that all iron toys are made here and all others abroad: bnt the im portant exception to this is that while no iron toys are made elsewhere, many toys of wood and other materials are made here. Lead soldiers, for instance, which-used to be made exclusively in Kurope, are now ; manufactured here, and they are good ones, too. Wooden boats, especially the miniature models of the great racing yachts, are also made here now aad with a completeness of detail that seems to defy foreign eom petition. These, however, are al ways of the better quality. When it comes to cheap boats one can find a small sloop-rigged craft, with mainsail and jib complete, which, after payment of "a 55 per cent duty and ocean freight, is sold at 5 cents, a price that .would make its manufacture in this country unprofitable. Locomotive engines and trains propelled by clock work are now made here as well as abroad, while engines run by steam are, curiously enough, still made only in Knrope. Most of the ehinaware, in which new designs and shapes are eon stantly being turned out, is still im ported," and in a general way a full list of toys that continue to be brought from other countries would include the best of the leaden figures of soldiers, cowboys and the like; wild West shows, with the Deadwood coach, Indians and . ..... .1 1i t t r-i. of The ee.l til.V. J;-i!l1i-."'J!'JlT"P t.ha tkey sire, ..w-ur.., v.v.j. , in Riecnauicai toys xnose or aomeetic manufacture take the lead easily. In this class are the typewriters, tin and iron boats, the famous "hill climbers" and hot air engines, with many elec trical toys. Indian suits areiboth im ported and domestic, and. while the lat ter are generally of superior quality. some or the former bought in were eo complete as to raise the ouestion with' the government as to. whether they uuuiu w cuhuicu wju or oioer - wise. - .. ' ; ; as to what toys ate newest and wHeb i " ,v"" so swift a one that it would take gang of small boys to determine. The ouwuLt.uv w, wttwu u Mjuiuv Subscribe for aeafutria! viwn tnrtm mnA ..!.. I o7ftem oTauS which the ball i. thrown and a 'large KJ i B J Wril 1. ntressed. .nd.tn manufacture of toys in this conn are dressed in this country In clothes! tv.t . Vi . cssac'ix ctathzhait, tutcdat, rzc: CONGRESS TO , : BEGIN TORK WILL GRIND A WAT AXTXS HIGH XTOON ON MONDAY NEXT. ' MATTERS THAT. WTXX. COME UP Many Bills Will Bar to Wait for Next Session of That Body, as the -Calendar Is Crowded. The Deliberations Will Be Marked by More Omissions t&aa Aetna! Things Done, Partly Owing to tho Brevity of Time at Command of Members. WASHINGTON, Dee. 2. On the stroke of 12, Monday, ' the 'second ses sion of the 58th Congress will be called to order by President Pro Tem Frye in the Senate and by Speaker Cannon in the House. When the gavels of he presiding officers summon the Senators and Representatives to daty nearly every member will bw in his seat, but only routine business will be transact ed. The President's message generally is received and read the first day, but but the Senate is almost sure to adjourn as a tribute of respect to the late Sen alor Hoar, of Massachusetts and the late Senator Quay, of Pennsylvania, The message, therefore, will 'probably not be read until Tuesday. j After the opening day, the . regular business" of the session1 will begin tnd the -legislative wheels will grind stead ily, until March 4, 1905. The calendars of both Houses are loaded with bills of all kinds; hundreds of new bills will be introduced and committees are ready to report enough to keep Congress busy tor twelve months, but in the three months Congress probably will do little more than pa the regular annual ap propriation bills. The probabilities, ac cording to the leaders who are here; are that there will be neither tariff legislation nor an extra session. j Coupled with tariff legislation dis cussion is the subject of reciprocity. iA number of proposed reciprocity treaties nave Deen ana aim are reposing in toe pigeon holes of the Senate. During the coming three months there may be come talk about these treaties, but the in dications are they will not be seritijly considered. - 1 The unfinished business in the Sen ate is a bill passed by the House -pa-o- viding for the construction of railroads are expensive, warships grow more elaborate and continue . popular. A beautiful model oil he Olyropla is seen for $15. Though automobiles are an old story, they continue to be improved with an much straining after new effects as is the earn with the real machines. They run in .price from t$ to 23.75, are most delightfully named, and! are wheel of the full grown article, j The born is always to be found on the auto, as it is an i important feature. 1 Somewhat related" lo these automo- . Mies are perhaps the. newest candidate for popular favor, hih priced, but too inviting to be resisted, is a locomotive big enough for a boy to sit in the cab. It has a tender. The locomotive goes by. foot power and is fully equipped with bell and whistle, lanterns! and brakes, while its speed is only limited by the muscular power of its driver. The size of its wheels are about the same as those of the average toy buck board wagon. Equally new is the auto racer, which looks like a band ear. It is a sort of velocipede, which is pro pel led by a single bar moved backward and forward. These are made for one, two or three drivers. The cycle boat, which Is really; sail wagon on a small scale, consists of boat-like body mounted on wheel and rigged with a sail, which can be low ered and raised. The boat is equipped with a compass and lanterns, and though it is a practical sailor on a good surface with fair wind, it is equipped with auxiliary power in the way of an axle to be turned by the feet, as la the esse of the automobile. The newest thing in dolls is 'a rag doll, with hands and face painted in such a way as to give it the beaatifa complexion of the more expensive and less durable china and plaster dolls. It mnst be said, however, that the doll clothes when made in this country are as, new as anything else, for they are up to the latest fashions, both as to lingerie and outside clothing and all the accessories. This year there are some rreat big dolls, some standing almos thre fet in their stocking feet. In the house furnishing department for girls the ens stoves and ran ires are new this year. These run from $1 np in price and are - all really consumers of gas. which is supplied through a tiny tube. The prize article ia this de partment is a combination coal aad gas I T ",r"i l"J "irr are rsier . 1 A "och to the American markets. The wild West eets already mentioned are made abroad and all features are faithfully reproduced ex cent that some of the boshes and trees are of a rather too tropical character. Imported ' sets of Indians mounted on horses and stsnding six or eirbt inches high, and eostiag from (4 to $5 per boa of six. show such a close study of cos tumes and aecountrements as -' would doubtless win the ethnological experts. approval of. the This care to get I things accurate enough to please the .most exacting child runs through the (lettering on warships, trains, cames and all else. But the ocean freight on toys .amounts to eiju per coble meter, which iMi i fn iii.hM - v.;. yard, and already England is importing mvi9 ojw xoaii in united ctata. the Statesman in -the ITiillrpine Islands by a. guaran. tee of 5 per cent income npon tne money invented in such roads. The I ill alw provide for issuing Philippine bonds for other internal lmproveni.nts In the Islands, and in several other particulars amends the lhilippiae kwij rtsaaetl bv Coaeress. The bill met with t a great deal of oppocition during thej Iat Congress, bat Stnator Lodge, who has It in charge, says he will pres. it froni the beginning of the session, and hopes to secure its passage. The pria- cipal opposition was to the provision . . . a m. ft I which guaranteed an income to toe rau- roads, and little objection was' made to other features ef the- bilL 4 Another bill for the Philippines, which has been vra - fed by Secretary Taft and the Presi lvut, as .well aV nearly every one interested n the Philippines," provides for a mater - ial reduction, of the duty on sugar t-nd tobacco as well as other Philippine pr- aucts. Another measure which received the; sanction of the House last session, but 4 which has never ben pushed in the Sea-1 ate ia the Statehood measure which pro- j viues tor two; states, uououng up tne territories of Oklahoma and Indian Ter ritory as one j and Arizona and New Mexico as another.. This bill, like any other which may encounter opposition ! in the Senate, could oe easily defeated, and advocates of a seperate statehood for all the territories are likely to pur sue that course. ; It is somewhat doubtful if a vote will be reached in the Senate in the case of Beed Smoot, pt Utah. A score or more of witnesses are yet to be examined, and the defense has not even begun, so that it is; evident that before a re port is made to the Senate, the r.-sston will be so far spent', that no serious at tempt will be made to reach a vnte up on Senator Smoot 's title. The last session passed a bill providing for a commission composed of five Senators and five Representatives to investigate and report a measure for restoring the merchant marine of the United States. 1 The commission was in structed to report on the first day of the coming session, and it is expected that this will be done. There has been a great deal of anxiety manifestsd by men of both political parties to secure legislation of this character and if any measure can; be agreed upon which will receive the support of both parties it will no doubt be speedily passed. Some doubt exists among the mem bers of both Houses as to whether ad ditional Chinese exlusion legislation is necessary. ; It has been held that the law would expire this month, as it was founded upon a treaty which also ex pires. A new treaty is being negotia ted and an exclusion law to meet its terms may be necessary. The people of the Pacific coast have been iimiuing upon morel rigid exclusion than tbat known as the Piatt law, and if the question is brought up there will be quite a lengthy debate. : Three year's ago, when Congress as sembled a j flood of bills were present ed for the: protection of the" Presi lent pnd. those In line of sucesion. On the Senate calendar is n notice given by Senator Hoar last April, that on Tues day, December 6, he would ask the Sen ate to tatsO; up aad consider a bill for protection 'of the President. Currency legislation will be talked about but it probably will not bo en acted. ! ,r. - -' Reduced representation in Southern states which have by one form or another -dinfrarichjsod negroes will be a theme -for discussion, but not action, during the winter.' The trusts will receive attention, at least in debate, although some doubt is expressed; about any effective legisla tion being passed Interstate Cpmmerce legislation in some form or another is always pending in Congress nnd there may be an effirt to enlarge the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission, so as to alio wot to fix rates. . ' ; A bill which has agitated Congress for a number of years providing for eight hours work only, on all Govern ment contracts, no doubt will be re ported Worn the Senate Committee .on Labor. Jj Henatpr Heybarn, of Idaho, has givon notice that he will call up the fnre food bijl during the first week of the session; - A measure which created a great deal of interest in the la stJ session and tvUMi no doubt wUl cause considerable dis eussion if it comes up again, Js a bill frovidiag for several large camp sites a different sections of the country, for the nseJof thW regnlsr army and militia for drill purposes. - Irrigation has -become a pennaiiviit legislative topic. V It, is: the intention to pass a rivVr acd arbor (bill at this session and the ftien avlng it in charge will makefevcrv e uiort t9have it presented early. , ; a number of bills for Alaska pare come over front last session. It is, not yet known whether tiiere will be! any legislation relating to the Panama Canal, although It may be necessary. when Secretary Taft mates a report of his personal iavestigstian of conditions in the canal zo ho. v As Ufiial, the regular apppri.ttion bills will contain legisation tnjt rati, not get a hearing in any other nay. Among other bills of public, jmtr-t pending in the Senate or the House are the following: 'Providing for thV transportation of naval and other stores in American ships; for lh protection of forest reserves and the creation of addili.inai reserves; for the payment of $'J!Ki,w) . to ex-Queen Liluckalini: to Make li-ji-?! transported by interstate traffie sl.f ject to the laws of the state wheri it is Sold. J - :..-'-'., .j".;.-.-;- . Onej da during the' morning session will be devoted to,eounting the elector al vote east for the President and-Vjgr? President. - Ksifhts of King Artaur-. ' A boTl' tlttb koown as Lam KnloUtm feuf King- Arthr was organized at th I Congregational cbarrh last ' evenin-z. It started with taembership !of-eijrhteea'. Ths followinjfare tlie officers? Metlin, Bv, W. G, Kanlner; King-, P. S.ant aerj fKay, Elmer Bashor; Beatiner, EalpkJDhadinjfer; Constable, Fred Lam port; Chamberlain, Harry Wilson, Lc- iana Hendricks, Ilerscbel Vaa licet, Slater, Otto Finley; Coaneellors, Will rvreDs, Daniel irj, jr and Fred Fish- Statesman Classified Ads Brine Quick Besolts. ; . ATHLHTIO KOT23 - m woman of Lima. w BaiJ . j- kii)t tt hi h mB . h. ' , ' reeor,, ,be Baij. urtut 1 don't do H when any one's bv. - Exchange. 1 FUNEBAI. PLEA8UBES. - Misses Maud and Minnie Thompson, IJllian Wilson and Katy numjnel, e- e-m panted bv Harry Thompson. 4 4 Sam" Couch and Floy! Thompson, attended a funeral in Buchanan Sunday, and got . a n ... 1 plenty oi grapes ana encsrauo anu a rood old dinner, and reported just a s une time. We bet they will o again. ttbnon (.) Nea. . . " 1 - j THE POLITICAL MACHINE. 1 - a. machine gets along well enough so long as it satisfies its ova. voters and j - " - - I "' 11 f W. H. BURQHARDT BOOK SELLERS AND STATIONERS ' AND DEALERS IN PICTURES AND ART QCODS Fine Stationery Christmas boxes. In All the Late Juve niles. Foxy Grandpa' "Buster Brown" "History in Rime and Jingle" Games Boards. and Game The early shopper gets the best assort ment to select from, and If you do . not want to take your purchase now, we will Uy It aside for you. 263 COMMERCIAL STREET 3C Dra't-Read lis At! . If yoti want siMne'hing for n thing'-' But if you are' '-' ; ;..'"" looking for a , - Bargains in Clothing and Furnishing Goods v. '- .....'- for Uie Elolidays, get pricos at ' E. KOPPE'S Bargain Store, Y. M. C. A. Building. . NEW SHIPMENT Of collar hM cuirboxrs, necktie an! veil boxin. -picture franif in tox- oid. burut wmid rKtai cards. A Choice LsOt f t Of tlU In Blue. C lilna anil Clotli. lo;h AruaUr See Our Assortment i. -; ' , ... -. , . . O ' lua anl T; a bclore making ytur sefi'ctiocs. The V2m94 -TO W1LW ::4 : y If you rw guing bomo-to your chiMhKr bomw this ycr, rtu.nnlH r that tho NORTHERN TACFIO leads to ev cry body's botn. .i You stu go by.vay of St. Panl to Chicago, or St Louis, and thenc reach the entire East aod 8outh Or, yon can go to Da! a tit, nttd from thern use cither the rail lines, or one of the superb Lake Stcaiaefo down thai lakes to Detroit, Cleveland Erie, and Buffalo tho Pan-A mcricaa City. ' , - r : ' I : .' j ' " : Start right and you will probably arrive at your devia tion all right, and, to start right, use the Northern, Pacific, and preferably the 'NORTH COAST LIMITED" train, in pervice after 2IA.Y Cth. ; . , l , ' Any local agent will datiie rates. , A D rHART'THM Aasistsat Osmrsl rsstir"' rt rk. u. vxxrvr a KJFi roaTiawi, oaoow. doesn't stir the bile of the real masters of elections, the independent voters. Its ability to V bring out the vote" is mott strikingly- manifested when it wakes roine foolish or improper nomin ation or adopts a fool platform. Then the pnblie arises and smashes it. New York Sun. . . BAVE BOY. 'Beware." advised the winsome miss, 4 4 You know there's danger in a kiss. Remember Anthony, the brave. Was made by Cleopaf,ra slave.' M I know," then quoth the wooing youth, ' 44Th re's danger in a kiss, forsooth, Iut courage, ilcar, I do not lack." Then both launched in a little smack. Indianapolis 8tar Legsl Blnnas. fctatexman "Job Office. CD. A few holiday reminders, givinjfa few suggestions of what we have in stock. V Books of all descriptions, for young or old, rich or poor. Gift books, in holiday dress, Including: "Love Lyrics," 44 Love Finds the Way," Wanted, A Matchmaker," "This is for You," "Her Infinite Vanity." All the late copyright books, books of travel and books of nature. PICTURES This Is one of our strong suits, of which we are proud. Come in and look at our little picture room. .J FOUNTAIN PENS We carry ONLY the IDEAL. Nuff said. BRASS GOODS This y ear, besides our line of Brass Candle sticks, we have a line of Steins and Placques. LEATHER GOODS All kinds of bags, music roils and card cases. All priced right, and guaranteed. Variety Store Court Ht. THE wwrnm 3