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No, 101 No. 704 No. 1174 Commenting on the fact that tremendous crowds are turning out at every railway cross Hng to greet C'olouel Roosevelt, the Topeka Journal remarks that "they also do likewise whenever a big circus comes along." True Ibut the people get more for their money when phey turn out to see Teddy than they do wheu (they go to the circus. COTTON GOES UP. It is not savine anything ariimt th h.t ttrop nor the yielda of other farm producta to I assert, aa Secretary Wilson do that th loin i cotton harveit ia to prove the aecond moat val luaoie crop or the country, it is merely proof that a aection of the land which has not in re cent years been altogether fortunate in the matter of either cotton yields or prices is this year coming into its own by reason of the at ifnctorineaa of the latter.

So good a figure will cotton command this eaRin that its total value will surpass that of the yield of any other product of the farm 'excepting corn. This is true, too. in face of the fact that these other crops have all aver 'aged well. Nobody will beerudffe this nia nf onnA luck to the cotton gTOwing states. The farm ers deserve all the wealth that can come to them in return for their toil they hare usually had to be content with far lens than aeenu'd justly their own.

Moreover, it ia pleas ing to learn what cotton can do under market conditions which seem to be only proper. There has been in recent years a gradual up ward tendency of corn values, and the same can be said of wheat and other staple products of the toil. Cotton has been the last asset of the farm to experience this pleasing condition. I The mult, though tardy, will mean vast bene i fit to the section of country affected. The whole land will rejoice at the good which has come.

Spending $42,500 for a congressional nom ination and then on vine it nn withnn a l' au gle, may be excellent sport for a man like Mr. Sibley of Pennsylvania, hut to our way of i thmking it is a clear case of fooliah as well i as frenzied finance. The paramount problem at this time is: are Billy Loeb and Nick Longworth going to line up as between Teddy and Taft?" PURCHASER ENTITLED TO PROTECTION I On the authority of the Springfield, Masse Republican we have it that "after rounding up the dealers in potatoes, batter, i.eloth and such necessities of life, who have kttsn cheating the public by short weight or adulteration, the New York authorities are getting after the jewelers who sell plated I stuff as gold or silver. In England, says the commissioner of weights and measures, 'sterling silver and the 'karat' mark are almost as sacred as the crown sesl. But in New York, jdealers stamp '14 kf on jewelry which has Merely been subjected to the cheapest kind ot I gold dip." I Come to think about it, why shouldn't the jeweler be required under pain of heavy penalty to furnish the kind of goods that the stamp proclaims? In fact, it wouldn't a bad idea if all merchandise had to come lip to the claim set forth by the merchant in offering it for sale.

It would protect th purchaser, than whom nobody is more entitled to protection, Since he belongs to the big majority, pays the freight and furnishes the wherewithal for making the wheels go round. There is a whole lot of shoddy stuff sold orer the counters these days, from potted chicken paste diamonds. About the only way to raedy this stato of affairs is for the stats to in and demand that the goods shall be all tLs nam or the brand implies KISSES AND TOOTH PULXINO. The commiseration of a sympathetio publio will go out to that shocked St Louis wife who, having properly chided the eathusiastioaiea tist who kissed her while slso serving her professionally, returned for more work on her teeth and received additional smacks on her mouth, too. It isn't every woman who would hare had the kindliness of nature to give the tooth fixer a second chance to show that he could behave himself.

The St. Louis wife is therefore entitled to much credit for wsnting to give her dentist an opportunity to saw wood and say nothing of a sentimental nature. That he chose to repeat the kissing exercise ia in no wie a reflection on the fair patron's inability to look less charming it only proves how un appreciative that dentist was of his feminine customer's willingness to hsve him give her a square deal. Now lhat the matter is in the courts, the lady should be afforded proper compensstion for the kisses which the dentist got in addition to payment of his bill. There is no evidence to show that he cut the price, so the St.

Louis wife has every resson for just complaint. Having teeth pulled is no fun. Getting kissed afterward may be, but even a St Louis woman can't be expected to want the two mixed all the time. Kansas City showoip with a population a little short of 250,000. St.

Louis comes along with 687,029. Tet Ksnsas City is always just a goin' to pass St. Louis in the census. The job is a hard one at best. The figures indicste that it is almost hopeless.

Dave Francis' plea for the insurgents to join a .1 1 ine uemocraiic party snows inai xave un i a i. L.t ii. i it l. th Kit purucuiar wuai uie ouypjri i uac no can imagine he has some. Even in a dress suit Teddy would sot cut much of a figure, so it is not surprising that he should object to being snap shotted in pajamas.

"Always speak a good word for the dead." pleads the Rolla Sharp Shooter. Has anybody heard us speak anything but kindly of Populism and Free Silver! Mayor Oaynor is now well enough to sit up and read the newspaper accounts about his not being any better. Wide, Wide World Talking Picture Shows. Edison's Istest achievement is to mske a moving picture lk. He gave an exhibition of his invention to a few friends, some nights ago A big man stepped forth in the moving picture and talked quite like a real man.

He bounced a ball on the floor snd the noise of the impact was quite distinct he dropped a dish or two and the crash sounded as nstursl ss the real thing; he pressed the bulb of an automobile and the blast wss precisely what one would hear in the street. The experiment gave assurance that in a year the moving picture will slso be a talking picture. Mr. Edison said the invention was not yet complete, but it would be in a year. 'What a wonderful thing that Is going to be It will not be long until a regular drama, words and all, will be heard in the nickeldom, and that experience will mean that some day people may go to the 5 cent picture show and see snd hesr Roosevelt, Tsft, Bryan and the great orators of the lsnd step forth in their own proper persons snd speak in thefr natursJ voices.Ohio 6tate Journal.

Hoeing One's Way to Tranquility. There is probably nothing that has such a tranquilizing effect, and leads into such content, ss gsrdening. By gardening, I do not mean that insane desire to raise vegetables which some have but the philosophical occu pation of contact with the earth, and compan' ionship with gently growing things and patient processes; that exercise which soothes the spirit and develops the deltoid musoles. In' half an hour I can hoe myself right away from this world, as we commonly call it, Into a large place, where there are no obstacles. What an occupation it is for thought The mind broods like a hen on eggs.

The trouble is, that yon are not thinking about anything, but are real ly vegetating like the plants around you. I begin to know what the joy of the grapevine is in running, up the trellis, which is similar to. 1 that of the squirrel in running up the tree. "We all have something in our nature that requires oontact with the earths Charles Dudley Warner. Latter Mora Numerous.

The human rsee is divided into two clj. those who go ahead and do something; and those who inquire why it wasn't done the other wsy. To which class do you belong? Felicity Times. Chance for Mr. Johnslng.

A. Messrs. Jeffries and Johnsing bade slmost enough money out of it to get into the United Statea senate. Ohio State Journal. V' r' 'T lV fe Ur Nothing ever haspens that shakes our opinion that the platol toter is this country's ovoat deadly maoaoe.

Galnaa yills Tines, vv The spellbinder will aooa noant tat bastings to "point wiui ass vvlaw wlta alarm," aecording to the way bis mlad wanders. taoir oltUea. The first defeats oar school societies will hare axt tana will be: "Which la the most strenuous, cutting firewood ia winter, or pushing a laws cnower ia summerr. Bakerslleld Neva, Bnaaklng behind a iter sea sail rlddllaf some one's reputation, coa stantly spasklnf svll o( aomaooa, daai lag in peraonaliUas, and personal denunciation are the acts of homes vul tarea. Hlckory County Herald.

Did you evsr aotic it There aever was a man so great hut what there was another Just as treat Look over the list ot great leaders sad otherwise great men, sad unless be died la active sarvic or was killed, the people aooa forgat hlm Osark RepubUeaa. It the laltlative sad referendum law is to be of aay use to the people It must be so amended by the next Legislature as to prevent the Secretary of 8Ute froat passing vpoa the legal merits of propositions to be submitted to popular vote. Houston Republican. The wide awake business atsa, merchant and capitalist aad all who are Interested la the eltya welfare, should put forth every effort to Improve the town and make It a place lor homes, to encourage sew eaterprlees that already have a foothold ia our nldst One of the beet means ot encouraging a home concern to give home patronage. Miller Herald.

Pointed The nominations' for president caa be poatponed for two yeara, hut good choice of govern or aad members of congress Is of in mediate conoent Philadelphia Record. At the French Academy ot Medicine a cinematograph film rectntty shown In which the war of sleeping eicknase microbes upon phagoeytee, which are guardlaae of the bodye health, was actually ItluatrataaV After aanun was inject ed, when one of too deadly microbes attacked a phagocytes It Immediately became adherent and despite Its etrugglea was slowly absorbed, by the phagoytes. Wlgg "How dldl poor old BJeaea ever happen to get engaged to Miss Antique Wags 1 believe they ware sitting. In a hammock aad a caterpillar got down her back. The next day' aha announced the engagement." Muggins 1 believe every girl la the country to reeding Scribbler new I doa't regret my summer Ome vaca I had a lovely time throughout Bay but; lv hfy tfirl (riaada kissed sse hood by, at tte statioBv And hoped hate) picnlo while Though 1 am quite eontenktd la gy There were eone UtUS bJtcbeo to say plea; Aad chief ot all the thtatw that soar red say pleasure, I had to ceme heck tteaae without started out with proapoets that were pleaalat; Toung cbape ta pleaty eyed nss oa the hssotii 5 Thar found that If was not averse to aejueeainav And saeet of ihea declared I was a "poach i Tet somethlnr ehllled thonr grest a thustaenv Tor are I left they ptaeed tm thoirfeaat This la thd ewe regret that osnaeA a spaoss: I had to some haefc without a awat I toted to capture one, but, goodneoa, aTaoioua, They an were yuof es wary as could bel 1 Rncouragaaaat gave them an a something seemed to upset ev ery plan.

For. though Vm only slightly ore twenty," I had to eeaae back home without aseeal I. A. BrialnetooL Loe Aaffelee Ix Bachelor Phllosorphj, It lent the scene shifter's faith that enables him to more mountains. t' Before you hoaat of your ancestors hide the family photograph albua.

A man seldom Ineiets that he la a gentleman unless he lent. A girl doesn't really enjoy reading poem to a naa walees he la hotdtoa her head. What doth It profit a man to pray mi for the heathen if he isn't speakiag terms with his neighbor 1 v. If a stupid man that eaa't bU eat Jen inter esUng book to eontosting for the attention of a pretty woman. SosM pluck la Juet bold enough not to show, when It to scared.

It's wiser to ho pleased by a fancy than to be sanoyod by a fast. t. Wbea Indlftereaca shewa. It not real indifferenoa. The great drawback to a long life I that It aeosesitatos eld age.

doesn't amount to much unless tt Is mixed with a lltUe bralna The early bird cto the woria, bat on the other band the early 0ia mirn. Teacher 'Whv ararthe dave leaaor How do you account for ttr In cummer than la winter 7" nobby BuXglne "He pulled his wires with' Bright "Because heat expanda' the leading critics, who announced that It was a book no wotnea should be allowed to read." The prospects of a Prohibition can didate are geaerally go poor If wo dor they dent drive aim to drink. Told Upon Ah6 Sqmtt BOTH POROCY. A meeting la this city between two friends, one of whoa resides here while the other waa merely la the town' for a few hours, was somewhat Relayed one day recently because of the forgetfullneea ot each displayed la a different fashion, hut each method equally unusual and Inexplicable to the who insist they got that way" before. They were to meet at the hotel where the visitor wss staying.

Ths hour for the call wss axed, and there didn't seem to bo anything which could, cause a moment's delay la their oom Ing together. But the Bprlngteld "resident waa a little late In going to the trystlng place, and the other strolled out oa the street for a few momenta. This friend didn't realise, either, that be had ntg lected to register. When the SprlngUeldlea hurried conscious ot having delayed the call, ho started to ask tbe clerk tor his friend and discovered to his horror that he had forgotten the visitor's. asms! It seemed beyond belief, but he simply could not remember the nacne of a person, with whom hs had been Intimately acquainted for yeara.

He'searched the hotel register page from ton to bottom, but, ot course, he couldn't find the name, tor the very good reason that it ween there. But he tbought.lt waa, and that bis memory bad completely forsaken him. The cold sweat begin to gather on his brow, and he wondered if his mind was de sorting him. Just then tbe hearty greeting ot bis friend sounded beside him, and he turned to cneet the familiar nils sad grip the hand ot his acquaintance. And ths first thing he said was to ejaculate the name ot that he had been searching his memory tor, while the hotel clerk stood by la a polite at tempt not to show that he thought the maa who bad been desperately look Ing over the register wsent a grafts of some sort'; 'v Huiera huntino rim.

The friends of R. Huxley, time keener at the North Frisco bare presented him with a memento which i would prove rather bulky should ho decide to carry It with him. as the friends Intended as should do. Mr. Huxley will resit sis position with the Frisco about September 10, sad go to hi ranch la Idaho.

Hs haa beta telling some ot the other shop officials what a good time he would have hooting beer aad other big game, and express id a desire for a large rifle. His friends accordingly prepared a rifle for him sad made the presentation speech yesterday. The rifle Itself' Is a cross aetweea a pop gun sad a Revolutionary cannon. The stock Is fashioned from oak aad Is fastened to the barrel with iron straps. Tbe barrel looks suspiciously like a piece of gas pipe, ia at least four feet long and weighs close to thirty pounds.

There la a fuse hols la the south end, through which powder easy be poured and lighted with a piece of burning shoe string or some other i combustible sub Unco. The whole si fair Is guaranteed' by the makers trf either kill or cure one of th desire hunt wild animate la their lairs. Mr. Huxley treaoores the weapon very highly, but haa aot decided whether to present It to a museum or to aa enemy. HC COULD AND hk Dia i Eoscoe FattortoB.

who spent last week st County, attending to buslneas la th circuit court there, tolls a number ot good stories shout tls trip, aa hs does of all other happening In which he figures. Th best oa is ot a dalntly dreastd woman who waa a wltaass ta a caa oa trial. Oa advancing to th bar ahe waa aaked by Judge Joba T. Moore if 1 she had been sworn In. "The woman' evidently mlauader stood Jadg Moore." said kr.

Fatter son, "aa she replied that th bsd aot and did aot want to bo." ''To must do thaT said Judge Moore, 'before yoa Can testify. 'Well, tf I must, I can, replied the women. Then th hesitated; hut Anally osculated: "Dara IU' 4..... 4 JU4 Washington, ZX C. Aug.

A.l otowledgo of Alaeka la sold, by IHote famllUr with the country, to be divided between Prodoaos, and Alfred 11. Brooke, the fsjaooa toyernaient golo. eriot and conteejoently when air. 'Brooke aired hi eiowe on the Aiaskaa coal aueeuoa people hero oat up end paid not a little attention. Mr.

Brooke daato most exhaustively WKh his subact "Aluks Coal aad Ita TJUllsatioa," and takes up the futile leatolatloa now applied to these cel fields to a stoat decided manner, tie says: "A far more aarioue handloap has beoa the coal land lawa Though laws intended to enable the Individual to obtain title to coal toads have beau oa the statute hooka for the last decade, not a single aore of land naa yet (July Ult) gona to patent. It ia therefore not surprising that prognue haa beta checked la the coal fields aad that who would undertake their development have become The drat act. passed June 100, almply extended to Alaska the Prvvls 'Urn of the coal tend haw la the United States. Thla matter was recti fled by the act of April ft. 1W1 which pormitted ansvrveyed landt to be en tared and the surveys to be made at the expense of the etttrymea.

Unfor tunatoty. the law provided that only tracts of 1S acres could be taken tip, and no recognition waa given to ttva fact that It waa tmpraeucable to da volop aa Isolated coal field requlrUat the expenditure at a large amount of money by such smaQ units. Many claima were staked, however, snd eur vtgrs were made for patents, It waa recognised by everybody fe sntllar with the eondltlone that after patent was theee claima would be oomblned la tracts larga enough to aaaure aweceeeful aulnlng eporationa. No one experieneed la mining would, of coarte, coaalder It feasible to open a coal Sold on the baaia of alagle KS acre tracts. The claims for the moat part were handled la aroupa, for which one agent rprs aeeted the eeveral differeal owners.

Vafurtunately. a etriot InierpreU ttoa of the atotuto raised the autstien whether even a tacit understanding between cialm owners to eemblne aftur Vatentt had een obtained was not kgaL Remedial legislation waa sought sad enacted la the statute of May Si. ML The law permitted the eonaolidatioa of claims staked previoue to November It im, la tracts of t4Sb Oxa clauae of this law i validated the title of any Individual i ''or1 corporation at any time to the fu tare owned any Interost whanoever, SMo Mentis Th eaa caa ta th favorite excrete la Southwest Missouri this. Nearly everyt owa haa at toast one factory that indulges. 0 A Carthage maa hat been ftned tX )0O lor aa Ulagai salt' Uauor.

It his first offense, or they probably would have hanged htau s. Joplto has a youag student who Is a mathomattealp rcdlgy. la believed to be able to figure out how many killings have eccured la that, town since Ito founding. are having eome warm ther." declare the Sdgwood correa poadent to the Aldrteh Bacord. Now, that the secret Is out.

we don't mind admitting that we are. They nave been holding a "Metophy. tdal Chautauqua" at Nevada. The gathering haa been a euceese, notwithstanding the fate that the weather was pretty hot for some of the long worda Th life of the country editor lent all Sunshine, Tbe Houston Repub llcantnaa has beea trying to get out the paper snd also attended the reunion in that town. He declare he didn't do a flrst claee Job at either.

Th state veterinary department says there isn't anything the matter with horse, at Hermitage, et twenty ol them have died there recently of apparently the aame disease. It took like a horse on somebody, and Her mltago thinks it'e on the YetelnalenJ. The' Miasourl state poultry enow la offering big eaeh prisee for the fancier who exhibits the largest specimens is evry class, somebody ought too able drrK or Indirectly, in more than one tract. The purpose of this eta dec was to prevent a monopolization of coal f.Ule; Its Immediate effect was to die courage capital It was felt by many that this claeao USht lead to forfeiture of tttto through the Occidents of lnherltaaeo as might even he uaed by the uneeru loue In blackmailing. It would appear that Una taken up under thla tow at any time be forfeited to the government through the aotloa of any Individual innooentir or other wise, obtained Interest la more than one Suck a title was felt to be loo Insecure to warrant tbe large tnveetments needed for mining development The net result of all thla la that as titles to coal toads have been paeeed, Meanwhile, a popular eleaaor has beoa raised indlscrimlnatery; agmlnet all Alaska coal claimants The pretenalon 'of the benevolent 1 essbpllatlon of Korea by Japan la maintained to the last To read the "treaty" entered Into between the En peror of Japan aad the knperor of Korfea by which the nominal ruler of the late Hermit Kingdom makae "ces oion" of what he had long since beoa despelied might be euppeeed that the statesmen of Tokle were reluet antly and regretfully aaeumlng "the yellow man's burden" simply ss a duty to the world and to the Koreans.

Tet haa been netortoue deapHe the fie tlon of protection and the pledge to maintain Korean IngependencO that the annexation now formally announc Ted haa been for generation a the mala Objective of Japanese Now that It 'has bean aeooaipliahod foreigners win be Interested chiefly in the effect it may have upon the open seas ot the door ta Korea, Upon this point Japaa ennouneee that the exist Ing schedulae oa Imports fate Korea under treaties wKh the defunct king Cera will be retained for ten years. The fate of Korea was hastened by the corruption of Its gtrterhment la turn a product of the seifiah deepotlani of the dynasty. Tradition and proba bilHy point to tbe Koreans having at one time been a sturdy people; the fact of their existeaoo as an todepend ent kingdom attaeta that But they had reached such a stoto of decadence that It waa Inevitable they should fan prey to one of their neighbors. The actual annexation by Japan can make little difference to the 'natives after tbeeo years of Japaaeea "protection." eondltion, cannot be worse under Japan than It Wat dsr 'the, native oorrupttonleta and It may bo better. Th Caual Thing Friend Bo raej dined at a way station.

What did yoa 1 have for dinner? Traveler Twenty mlnuteev Exchange. i c.V' Fity the Neighbore. "Brow ha gives his wife a Imadeome plan play and now" "Wenr "Sh puts on an awful lot air." Bxchani e. Knkker Where waa Jonee going Srhen arrested for speeding Booker Te deliver speech en the gaaee of eutomobUee. New Tork fiun.

"ipaw. what Is the' great eontfnentaj 1 divider Its the final division of th continent, my son. between the Mor gaas and Ourtrenhelma. Chicago) Tribune. v.

Mary (aged Uncle Charlie, I wish yoa many happy return of year birthday, and mamma said that If yoa gave me a dollar not to lose lt Up 't; 1 Anxious Ar' yoa Bur 1 you have that medicine mixed right Druggist I am not; but I've got" It mixed we way the doctor ordered it Judge. As in Hie Owa Caee: Beck you believe that marriage la a means of grace Feck Buret 'Anything Is means of grace that leads to repeat v' ancew Boston Transcript 4 tot's go Into the sideshow. There's a man in here with a beard five feet long." "Five feet long? Oh, irate!" "No, It ain't BUI; If a all hla own. beard" Chicago Tribune "There goes a man I could have mar ried" eh said "Tea" he to capture ine 1 rjT chuckled, "and I notice that he keeps Mlsuii for what he tnougM waa a rwr sw tight try bettor state. Th dltor of the Hickory County Herald ahouldnt experience much toss la kto eubocrtpUon list, now that he baa got far enough along to know that "the maa who haa no coafldenoa to hustaaity went do to trust, and th' aua who tms tun eoafidenes ta bu manity to a frita Edier of Ooodeoa loags to the pie that mother uaed to make, end he Is going to hav one.

It will take bins three weeks, requiring theua ends of mllee of travel and coat t500 to do It, for mother Uvea la gwltser alda. But what's that to frita, wbea he want to see mother Frees. "What la woman asked th speak er. "Woman." replied a maa in the audi en oe a married maa "la aa anl mate being, with the power of epeeok abnormally developed, and entirely aurrouaded by a dress' that button upv th Buftaror. Census Takar What did you say your name 1st Xdttor eg the Cwntury FL U.

Johnson. Ceaaus Taker What dlfrerenoe dees It make wnether I am Johneoa or not? Tou've got to aaswer th ejueeUon I ask or get arrested. Whs did you say your aane tor Bemarvtlle Jearaab 1.".