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THE BIRMINGHAM NEWd JUUUMXNGHAM, ALA. SATURDAY NOTEMBER 1903. X4 EDITORIAL OPINIONS. JST TEN MINUTES WITH THE BRETHREN. THE BIRMINGHAM NEWS 'iLIAMiS LEAOIIO DAltT.

IMlifUhtfl every afternoon except Bunday by the itrrrrsiiM ws rvtusBiNO co. Jiching Joints In the fingers, toes, arms, and other parts of the body, are joints that are inflamed and swollen by rheumatism that acid condition of the blood which affects the muscles also. Sufferers dread to move, especially after sitting or lying long, and their condition is commonly worse in wet weather. It has been a long time since ws have been without Hooda Sarsaparilla. My father thinks he could not ao without it.

He has been troubled with rheumatism since he was a boy, and Hoods Sarsaparilla la tbs only medicine he can take that will enable him to take his place In the field." Miss Ada Dorr, Sidney, Iowa. Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills Remove the cause of rheumatism no outward application can. Take them. lating to Southern politics, the attitude of the organs in question must be regarded with contemptuous amusement, for Booker Washington has on all occasions deplored the disposition of the negro to occupy himself with politics. Ho has missed no opportunity to Impress upon his race the overshadowing Importance of substance, property and social weight He haa not taught politics.

He has never advised any colored man to abandon the workshop for the rostrum. On the contrary, he has consistently ridiculed the idea. Certainly it cannot be true that Booker Washington has advised the President to condemn the Lily Whites because they have relegated the negro politicians to industrial pursuits and canceled them from the equation of statesmanship and government The President, however, does not need advice in such a matter. The facts are too obvious for that Nor is it conceivable in our philosophy that he has constituted J. S.

Clarkson, of Iowa, his adviser. Booker Washington knows more about Southern conditions In five minutes than Clarkson knows in forty years. Clarkson doesnt live South. He has never lived there. His experience of Southern politics has been confined to the manipulation of Republican delegates to nominating oonventlons.

How and why they emerged from obscurity and rose to the surface of the market, he has never had the most shadowy idea. He never will have it. Nobody has ever claimed that the "Lily Whites would win a victory this year, or next year, or the year after that, in any Southern State. Nor has It been suggested, save by an organ, that their defeat either now or in 1904 will carry with it the very smallest significance. One would suppose, to read this wretched fol-de-rol, that the Republicans had been in the habit of carrying things before them under the negro regime.

The fact is that they havent carried anything for more than a quarter of a century. The further fact is that, under existing conditions, they will not carry anything in the next fifty years. The movement In question is a movement in the direction of a respectable Republican organization. The purpose of Its pioneers is to establish a nucleus to which decent men can rally to promote the Southern Republican machine from an agency for the sale of delegates to a wholesome aid honorable force In politics. Washington Post alone" arguments.

Every man Is entitled to his own opinion as to what Is best for the Interests of the country so long as those opinions are kept within the bounds of the law and the public safety. But when a man brings against a great and patriotic party grave charges which involve national disloyalty, and even national treachery, simply to gain a point in a political canvass, that is another thing entirely, and is by no means commendatory of Senator Hanna. It is scarcely possible that Senator Hanna really believes the Democrats would, if they could, destroy prosperity. It is as dear to the members of that party as it is to the Republicans. The Democrats have equally as much national pride, fully as much patriotic spirit and as great interests dependent upon favorable industrial, commercial and agricultural conditions as have the Republicans.

Senator Hanna should remember that this great and prosperous country was neither built up by nor Is It owned by any one party, claims to the contrary notwithstanding. He should remember If all the Republicans of this country who are now active In their efforts to have the tariff revised so as to relieve the consumer from the oppressive taxes upon him should join the Democratic forces if all those who favor reciprocity and anti-trust amendments should join the Democratic party, the Republican party would go down in defeat under such an overwhelming majority as wasnever before seen in the country. Tariff revision is by no means a demand from the Democratic party only. Many of the ablest and most loyal members of the Republican party are as emphatic in their demands for this much needed reform as are the Democrats. The Washington Post, which, while claiming to be independent, is an administration paper, In commenting on Senator Hannas charge Bays: If all the voters, who, within the last three years, have advocated tariff revision or changes In the tariff were Democrats the outlook for the Republican party would be very gloomy.

That alignment would sweep millions of Republicans across the party line and transfer Republican States and sections Into the Democratic column. It would put Representative Babcork, the head of the Republican Congressional com mlttee. Into the Democratic party and might give him the position occupied by Representative Griggs as the head of the Democratic committee. And. since tariff revision by reciprocity Is just as actually revision as if accomplished lu the regular wav, Mr.

Hanua's declaration would make a Democrat out of the late lamented William McKinley and each of the millions of Republicans who stood with him for reciprocity. There are Republican candidates for Congress In a number of Btatea who are advocating tariff revision with even more of earnestness than Is displayed by the standpatters In opposition to any changes In schedules. Add to the millions of Republicans vi ho are In favor of reciprocity the other millions who demand antitrust amendments, and to those add the large and growing number who believe that the time has come for a comprehensive reduction of ratea on general principles, and send them all over to the Democrats, and the G. O. P.

would he little more numerous than the rrohlbl tlonlsts. A National Tice, The greatest vice of the American people is extravagance. It is confined to no particular class of society. Its insidious poison permeates every stratum. Every now and then particular attention is called to it by some piece of folly by the Four Hundred or by the story of the downfall of a young clerk who has betrayed a trust that he might satisfy his love of pleasure, or by the of a bankruptcy petition by a man who had been regarded as wealthy, or by the act of some despairing creature who takes his life rather than face the consequences of some wrong-doing committed in vain endeavor to keep the pace.

There is no amount of sermonizing which will correct this evil. The American people must learn in the school of experience that waste brings want and that extravagance bankrupts the pocketbook and often the character. The people of this country are the greatest wealth-producers the world has ever seen, but they are also the greatest expenders. Croesus, whose name became a synonym for wealth, If he lived today, would be considered in plutocratic circles a man of moderate means. And Lucullus, whose reputation for dining has survived the passing of centuries, would be deemed a cheap lunch fiend by aome of the gourmands of today.

There is a school of thinkers who tells us that there is safety in the wanton expenditure of wealth; that it dissipates all danger of a permanent plutocratic class, arid that It is a form of communism which finally results in the equal distribution of possessions. The extravagances of the very rich, it is true, are most harmful to themselves. The example, however, is pernicious. In America neither a man nor woman understands why he or she may not live as well as their neighbor. Extravagance is an infectious disease and spreads from class to class.

It is most hurtful when practiced by those of humble means, and they, of all the victims, are most to be pitied. The hopeless struggle to maintain appearance and the final day of settlement and woe for him who lives beyond his means present a spectacle menacing to national welfare when too often multiplied. In the Individual case it is most inducive of pity. Pay as you go is a maxim which the American people must learn to observe. It Is harder to do In times of prosperity than in adversity.

When skies are bright it is natural to roam far afield, never thinking of the nightfall. So when times are good and when it seems that every venture must have successful termination and optimism gilds every undertaking, It is human nature to let hope lead judgment astray and to spend today that which is the expectation of tomorrow. Indeed, as Lord Bacon says, the virtue of prosperity is temperance. The man who thinks must sometimes ask, "When will the American people learn to practice true economy?" Congress at last session would have decided in favor of the Nicaragua route had It not been for the volcano scare and the eruption' of Mount Pelee. Senator Hanna seized upon this incident and used It as an argument In favor of the Panama route.

He discovered in one week more dangerous volcanoes than the geographers have been able to locate in a thousand years, and he had them all printed in red Ink on a map which he displayed with much satisfaction in the Senate. The American people, however, want an isthmian canal and are urging the President to go ahead and build it under the authority of the Spooner act, and unless something Is soon done it is quite probable that the act will be amended by Congress In such a way as to start work on the Nicaragua route. New Orleans States. ENFORCE THE LAW. If the pool rooms which sap the lives out of those who are inclined to make a bet on a horse race were closed legitimate horse racing once or twice a year for a week or so would stand some show of being successful.

No city the size of Nashville can stand two pool rooms running full blast every racing day in the year without feeling the. drain. Nashville American. PROTECT THE BIRDS. -The Georgia mockingbird, the most glorious of all feathered songsters, is treated in this State as if he were worthless and the most beautiful of our birds of plumage are fast becoming painfully scarce.

The immense value of birds that devour Insects is appreciated by very few of our people and we do nothing to save them from ruthless destruction. Atlanta Journal. MISSISSIPPI PRESS. Two policemen were dismissed In Jack-son because they failed to see the blind tigers on their beats. This Is pretty hard on the Jackson peace officers these chilly nights.

Who Is going to keep them full of spirits now? Meridian Evening Star. STILL THEY CRY. The Alabama constitutional convention thinned the negro voters of the State out to a thin stand. Then the Republican Lily Whites barred the scant remainder from place or position in that party. But this has not settled the cry of nigger In the woodpile.

ludicrously. Indeed, the announcement Is made that "the Democratic party insists that white supremacy Is the keynote of the campaign as It was In 1874, Vicksburg Herald. A GOOD APPOINTMENT. In appointing Mr. Tbad B.

Lampion as the successor of State Treasurer Carlisle, the governor not only recognised the yonng Democracy of the State, bnt pays a Just tribute to one of the most successful business men of Mississippi, one who lias been trained to business. Jackson Clarion- Ledger. SHOULD BE PUNISHED. The forcing of the Warren county jail by a inob on Tuesday night is deserving of the censure of all good citizens. It is to be presumed that Judge Anderson, whose court Is In session, and who holds eoustl-tntlonal Jurisdiction, will take CHrly occasion to give the act Its formal and merited condemnation, and Institute such process of Investigation and punishment as a dne regard for the law and his judicial duties demands.

No masks were worn, and the jailor can doubtless give him Information to that end. It Is admitted that the black ruffian who was whipped got no more than he deserved. Bnt forcing the county jail and taking him fmm the law Is another matter. Vicksburg Herald. ALABAMA EXCHANGES Fer reasons which are too deep and obstuse to he understood by ordinary mortals tt suits some Democratic newspapers and statesmen to keep- up the unjust and Impolitic war on the greatest Democrat now left us.

and If they should openly declare that their object is to keep the Democratic party out of power their course would lie much more easily understood. It suits the views of some of our people to rail at Mr. Cleveland, bnt we tell tbem that nothing In the future Is more absolutely sure than that the Democratic party will never again come Into power until It gets bRck to the Democracy of Cleveland and Ttlden. This may not be pleasant for some of them to contemplate, bnt It la the solid truth Montgomery Advertiser. YOUNG MEN REFLECT.

The yonng men of Alabama who are casting their first vote should reflect well on the responsibility that It entails. The Democratic party stands, as It has always stood, for white supremacy, while the "Lily Whites of the Republican need but the opportunity to give back to the Ignorant negro the equal right of franchise of which they have been deprived. The negro Is of no longer any use to them in securing fat offices, hence their casting off. Greensboro Beacon. RATHER HARSH.

The ntempt of Oliver D. Street to land the Populists Into the Republican camp will fall as certain as the sun shines. He has let his desire for office get the better of his Judgment and on ceit Tuesday he should and will be enowed nnder so deeply that ho will forever be a political nonenlty In the future. Gadsden Tlmea-News. MUST BE BROKE.

TheIIartford Courant says the RopuhlL can tic ket In Connecticut la not buyable. Is it possible that the Democratic campaign fund at this stage of the campaign is not represented by so fetich at a dollar or two? Mobile Register. MENTAJ. 'METEORS. A womanVho sued a man for for breach of promise was awarded verdict for 6 cents by the Jury.

Perhaps the Jury placed a fairer estimate on him than she did. Atlanta Journal. Mark Hanna says Tom Johnson Is bigger fool than I thought he was. It is now up to Johnson to send Hanna a free ticket to bis circus. Chattanooga News.

A New Jersey young man tried to cure an anarchist by whipping him. Thats a foolish way and unnecessarily exhausting when soap and water are so cheap. Chicago Record-Herald. Walking Shield, a bad Indian, has been hanged for killing his prospective mother-in-law. Eventually white men, also, will have to recognize that mothers-in-law have rights.

Chicago News. A paper cheerfully assuros ssnMosa A Kansas paper cheerfully assures the country that "President Roosevelt's leg, if necessary, can be cut off. fortunately, the leg Is unnecessary, and will not be cut off. Milwaukee Sentinel. Lily Whites In the ioutlt.

Some administration newspapers frequently get things wrong in their hurry to be serviceable. Now we do not believe for a moment that President Roosevelt cherishes animosity against the so-called "Lily Whites In the South. We do not believe that he resents or even disapproves the temporary elimination of the negro from the Republican machinery in Alabama, North Louisiana and ether Southern States. Accepting ad true though we flatly reject it the statement that Mr. Roosevelt- hs set up Prof.

Booker Washington as his guide, philosopher and friend la all things re We believe in fair elections and hope to live to see the day when there will be no fraud in our primary or general election. The Democratic party is pledged to this reform. Mariou County News. The people of the Democratic party for this much needed reform will have the encouragement and support of the best citizens of the State. Already a number of the Democratic leaders have shown every disposition to see that the old order of thlnga be entirely wiped out, and that clean election methods be established with the object of improving political conditions in Alabama.

The need of this change has long since been recognized, and now that no excuse for fraud or questionable methods remains it Is the duty of every self-respecting and patriotic citizen of Alabama to use his efforts and influence to attain the desired end. There is only one Intelligent way of settling differences, and that One is through arbitration, and when a difference passes through any other channel, for adjustment, it is unreliable and leaves the matter in doubt Greene County Democrat. The public was recently given an illustration of what can be accomplish- ed by arbitration when other methods fail. It is the only reasonable and effective way to settle disputes and broad questions that involve the interests and welfare of the people. The subject of arbitration, in its various phases of usefulness is attracting more and more attention throughout the world, and the feeling is steadily gaining strength that even international squabbles will eventually be adjusted through this means instead of by the enormously expensive and distressingly cruel methods of warfare which modern inventions are obliged to lead to unless arbitration be resorted to as an escape from such national calamities.

Now the negro vote has been eliminated from politics, Burnetts chances in the Seventh district are nearly. If not quite, 1,600 heads stronger. His course in Congress has commended him to all the white men in the district even to those of the opposition. He has a clear record as to duty to his constituency and to all who made their wants known to him. Southern Aegis.

The News some time ago published some comments on the political situation in Representative Burnetts district to show that he would be reelected. While the fight in that district has developed more activity than in nearly any other in the State, it is reasonably certain that the Democratic candidate will draw sufficient strength from the Populist ranks to give him a safe majority. The claims made by the Republicans that the Populists will vote their ticket almost as a unit are not supported by the Judgment of close observers who have studied the conditions prevailing there. Rev. Edgar Gardner Mucphy, of the Southern educational board, is working strenuously to throw off the stigma of illiteracy in the South, and he hopes to arouse an interest among our best citizens in the educational conference to be held In Montgomery this winter.

Some of the foremost thinkers of land will be present to address the conference. Huntsville Weekly Democrat Mr. Murphy by his energy and faithfulness to duty has shown that he is very much in earnest He has carefully studied educational conditions In the State, and Is much Impressed with the crying need for Improvement Among those who are expected to attend the conference are some of the most public spirited citizens of Alabama, who realize fully the necessity of creating a wide-spread public interest in this important work. It is hoped that the conference will result In much good to the cause of education in Alabama. We could name several farmers near this city who are making good headway by cultivating other products besides cotton.

We heard one gentleman say this morning that he had made more corn this year than he had in a number of years, and that the pork, lard, butter and milk as produced from the corn, peas and potatoes would bring him In a nice little Income. He plants very little cotton and whether It brings a high or a low price, It Is a surplus. Eufaula Times. A number of articles have been published in Alabama newspapers setting forth the good results of truck farming, fruit growing, stock raising and other diversified agricultural The, old theory that cotton Is the Only rjfop worth while to undertake In Alabama is being rapidly abandoned tUrough the light of experience, and tW day is sure to code when a large number of Alabama farmer wH Lengaged in other agricultural limbs'," Vot forJelks. He is making Alabama a governor and every Democrat should go to the polls on election day and cast a vote for our xoung and progressive governor.

Scottsboro Citizen. This is the right sort of advice. And what Is said of Governor Jelks Is quite true. He has made a safe, conservative business-like governor, and the people of this State will show their appreciation by giving him a handsome majority. It is a prudent policy, however, not to trust to your friend or your neighbor to elect him.

They should be reminded of their duty to go to the polls and vote for Jelks, of course, but let each Democrat in the State feel a personal responsibility 'in this election, and realize that his Individual1 rote is needed In order to ensure Governor Jelks the kind of majority he is entitled to. TWO IXJCAL ISSUES. Two Issues advocated by representatives of different parts of the country which seem likely to secure attention in the next Congress are irrigation and the Appalachian reserve. The demand for irrigation comes from the extreme Western States and Southwestern Territories, and the demand for sn Appalachian reserve from the States in the Cumberland region of the South and South Atlantic. Savannah Press.

rUFEB N. President end Editor 1 Id P. end Associate Editor iSEBT G. Aeeoclete Ed tor ioiEPH B. BABB Managing Editor TERVET W.

LA1BD City Editor Li GREEN. end Business Manager ft W. EWlNO-2d end Asst. Bun. Mgr Publication Offlee-Newe buHdln Bli-Pdacbem.

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aerial Agency Sole manager ot Foreign Advertising Department. TELEPHONES BELL AND 0PJ'f fL Bnalneaaa Office 2b. Editorial Rooma-27. SUB8CB1PT1 ON BATES. (By Mall, peyeUle In Advance.) pally, one year Pally, Mx month Pally, three monthe 5.00 2.50 1.60 .60 The Birmingham New baa the largeat bona fide circulation of any morning or afternoon news-paper published In Alabama.

Ithaa donole the bona fide circulation of any afternoon newa-paper published In the Ststa. hea double the bona derir- eulatlon of any njornlng ar after-noon newspaper published In the Birmingham district. It 1a the only newspaper In the Stnte north of Mobile publishing the foil day report of the Associated Press. Ik L. Brockman and Jno.

Cocke are the authorised Traveling Rep-reeeuta tires of the New In Ita Circulation Department. BIRMINGHAM, NOV. 1902. Only Two Days for the Fair, Those who have not visited the State Fair have only two more opportunities to see It. Labor Union Day is being ob-gerved today, and a large crowd is In attendance.

Monday will be Negro Day, and the many Interesting exhibits will prove both Instructive and profitable to them. The fair has been a helpful Institution to Birmingham, the Birmingham district, and has proved beneficial to the State at large. It has advertised Birmingham, and has developed a good deal of that public spirit which every city needs for Its progress pd upbuilding. Several of the leading merchants of Birmingham have stated that the fair has brought them a great deal of additional business during the past and they expect to hold as regular customers a number of people from various parts of the State who availed themselves of the reduced railroad rates to come to Birmingham for the fair, and do fall shopping during their stay here. The State Fair Is now an established Institution.

It will be much better next year than this and will continue to improve as experience broadens and new Ideas are developed. It makes a strong appeal to the public spirit of the people of Alabama, and will doubtless be an influential factor In Improving the industrial and commercial conditions of the district and State, not to speak of the educational and social advantages It offers. The Birmingham people freely patronized this institution for two reasons. It was well worth seeing, and it helped Birmingham. They should continue to give the encouragement of their presence and patronage, and help make It a permanent Institution In which the whole State will take pride.

A Full Vote Wanted. It Is Important that every Democrat should go to. the polls on Tuesday next and cast his ballot for the party nominees. Governor Jelks and his associates on the State ticket, as well as the Congressional, county and legislative nominees, are entitled to the most complete endorsement that the Democracy can accord them. The new constitution, which is the real issue of the contest, is also deserving of a large majority.

It has been twice endorsed by the voters of the State and will receive Ita third endorsement next week. The hopes of the Republicans are centered In Democratic apathy. They are depending upon over-confidence on the part of Democrats to enable the Republicans to carry a few counties. Democrats must not permit this. Especially must they be watchful in the Seventh congressional district, where the Republicans are concentrating their efforts.

The News feels absolutely confident that next Tuesday will witness a great Democratic victory in Alabama. Not only will Governor Jelks and the State ticket win by a heavy majority, but every Democratic congressman will be re-elected. But the News urges Democrats not to neglect to vote. Go to the polls early and cast your ballot for the complete list of Democratic nominees and thus aid In making the victory overwhelming. Senator Hannas Charge.

It is hard to believe that Senator Hanna was sincere when he declared In one of his recent speeches In the Ohio campaign that the demand made by the Democrats for a tariff revision ia baaed upon their desire to destroy prosperity ia this country. At Washington, Senator Hanna said: "The demand for a revision of the tariff comes from the Democrats. It is tneant to be an entering wedge in the structure of our present prosperity, but unless the Republican party be removed from power the tariff will never be changed so as to lessen theVages ft the laboring No One doubts the right of Senator1 Tinea or an; body els to advance tbf sad "let-well-enoughA IN THE PUBLIC EYE. Mr. Root Is not saying much these days.

Is he busy trying to put a muzzle on another batch of Philippine information respecting hydropathic treatment and similar matters? Chicago Chronicle. The W. C. T. U.

chunks seem incapable of drawing a yell from Bishop Potter. The bishop is evidently enjoying his moneymoon. Memphis News. King Edward must have had a "hot time at the Guild Hall dinner Saturday. The place was ablaze soon after his departure.

Knoxville Sentinel. It is suggested that it is barely possible that Grover Cleveland's recent utterance took the Hon. Hank Watter-sons breath away." Augusta Chronicle. We suppose we shall have to grin and bear the decision of King Oscar against us In the Samoan dispute. Otherwise we should have to go back on all our nice phrases as to the benefits of settling our differences by the peaceful method of arbitration.

Give and take is the prescription. Boston Herald. DEMOCRATIC TICKET. The following are the Democrat! candidates In the election to be held Tuesday. November 4.

Vote for all of tbem. For Governor: WILLIAM D. JELKS. For Lieutenant Governor: RUSSELL M. CUNNINGHAM.

For Secretary of State: J. THOMAlS HEFLIN. For Attorney General: MASSEY WILSON. For Auditor: A. THOMAS L'.

SOWELL. For Treasurer: J. CRAIG SJJITH. For Commlealoner of Agriculture: Jt ROBERT R. PGOLK.

Superintendent of Education: I. W. HILL. For Congress: OSCAR W. UNDERWOOD.

For Legislature: AUGUSTUS BENNERS, A. T. LONDON, L. HALEY. F.

E. BLACKBURN, J. C. DuBOSE, W. C.

CUNNINGHAM, C. W. HICKMAN. For Auditor: ROBERT A. MORRIS.

For Road Supervisor: J. ED HAIGLER. I-4- xxxxxoo6xyxxxxx 6 IN IDLE IIOURS. By R. G.

II. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Tbe Sceptic. Mens knowledge is all limited 1 To that which he can see. According to this principle There are no files on me. If all man knows Is limited To that which he can see.

If I pronounce you void of bralni. You have to agree with me, New Name for IL Angry Banker Look here, Celeste, whate this I hear about your Infatuation for that numbskull foreiguer? Ambitious Celeste It'a true, father. Im engaged to Lord Arthur Lancelot Wellington Bollngbroke Dredlingconrt Farmwlan- on hum Ambro Angry Banker For heaven's sake, that will do. And I bear he's absolutely worthless. Explain your conduct.

Ambitious Celeste Yon bankers call It foreign exchange, I believe. Discomfort, The rose Is red. The violet's blue. And ao Is the chap Whose back bill Is due; And tbe lady who wears A narrow-toed shoe With heel In the middle, Dlstractlngly new, A tlght-pincnlne 1 Instead of a 2. Ills View of It.

Now, you drar old fellow. want 80 for a new evening dress. Don't sav no, for you know I took you for better or worse, and of course yon wouldnt have It appear the latter, would you? (tickling him under tbe chin.) Husband No, I think you are mistaken. I once thought you took me for better or for worse, but I've long since come to the conclusion you took me for a sucker. A Bit of Advice.

Heres a precept, young man, You should follow with care: Never raise five or more Go an ordinary pair. When you figure your bluff Will win with a rush Borne Jonah will lay Down a royal flush. Disappolntiue- Miss Up to Date How do you like mi new gown, father? Father (glancing from his newspaper) Oh. very well, I suppose. The quality seems to be all right, but the quantity appears to he shy a few chips.

A Good Speculation. By far tbe best trade The market afford For a man on a jag O'erflowing with mirth Is to buy himself up At a fair and square price. Then sell at the rate He thinks he Is worth. Ideal and Real. At the ball You are simply Irresistible tonight.

Such an exquisite color, and hair like a sunbeam. Next Morning Bridget, hand me the paint and powder off the dresser there. Now bring me some 'Cold cream and soda. The Social Millennium. Madam Grundys face will glow with a miles, Think of It! At strange reformatory stylea.

Think of It! Each girl will be a reigning belle. And all the gallant beaux as swell As apples dried, then moistened welL Just think of It! Of course therell be no marriage fee. Think of It! Well marry whom and when we please, Think of it! Cracked voices we shall never hear: Fops, flirts and fools will disappear; How happy we shall be, oh, dear. Just think of ltl About Kins Alfonso, If it be true that Alfonsos actions are driving Weyler to resign perhaps the young gentleman isnt so big a fool after all, Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune. King Alfonso's heroics about marrying the girl of his choice will result in his being Immortalized by the Laura Jean Libbey of the future historical noveltists.

Butte American. King Alfonso has not yet found a bride to his liking. The discovery has been made that most of the eligibles are addicted to the cigarette habit St. Louis Globe-Democrat Fair OSO Snd Ay. aoai-aoaj jrJ Av Plain White Porcelain.

tea; Porcelain tea plates Porcelain breakfast Porcelain dinner Dlafea Porce a large chambers. Force a targe meat dishes 2 cnP and Porcelain Urge bowls and pltchert high grade white Glassware. 25c cut glass butter 25e cut aaas augar bowl. 28o cut giaaa fruit bowl 25e cut giaaa ayrup 25c cut giaaa wnter pitcher 25c cut glass Jelly stand cut giaaa celery stand lollalied blown tnmblera Decorated salt and pepper Largest stock of saloon glassware Booth. Everything in glaaaware at leu than elsewhere.

as. IOC 10c 10c 10c 10c 10c 10q 4c aeftC to the money Household' Necessities. Farewell, Mr. Wu. Now that it has been officially announced that Minister Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese dignitary at Washington for years, is to leave America and go back to the Flowery Kingdom, there will be general regret at the American capital.

Minister Wn has long been a picturesque figure in the diplomatic circles of Washington. Indeed, he was a privileged character, and everybody seemed perfectly willing to excuse his errors and his well developed cheek. In a number of his speeches he appeared to take a sort of fiendish Chinese delight in comparing American methods and the future of America and her people with those of his own native land, much to the disfavor of this At times he became guilty of Impertinence and even very bad taste, but the diplomatic circles fondled him, laughed at his jokes and eccentricities, rather encouraged his breaks at times, and made a picturesque pet of him. Indeed, Minister Wu sometimes made mistakes that in the representatives of any of the Western European governments would be seriously considered as good grounds for dismissal, but nobody seemed to take offense, and there was no disposition to officially protest. Minister Wu declared his native country greatly superior to ours, expressed the opinion that the Chinese women were far ahead of the American girls, and advanced the belief that Americans would be learning improved methods and superior customs from the celestials sooner or later.

He kept his eyes wide open during his sojourn in this country, even, grew a trifle sentimental over some of the American belles, and acted with a deal of gallantry at female colleges where he delivered a round of commencement addresses, and developed into a sort of college girls Idol. And now this ingenious little Chinaman who has figured as diplomat, court jester, guest of honor and human interrogation point back to the Flowery Kingdom to become so Important a personage as to explode the theory that a prophet is not without honor save in his own country. He Is to be minister of commerce, to look after the open-door, and perhaps keep the Russian Bear or some other animal with a ravenous appetite from attaching a padlock or a steel trap thereto. It will be his dream to swing wide open the great door upon its hinges, to keep It wide open; In fact, to lose the key, and to throw down the walls of China. For this great service to his country and to the rest of mankind he will bring to bear all that he has learned In America.

Minister Wu will doubtless undertake to make things hum in China, and sands of those who have enjoyed jvis stay In America will wish him well And glory his success. Wu will be missed over here. 'Official life in Washington will lo funny without him, for he has furnished bott color and amusement toZjluaiati' society In the great We0te 1 jt'rrantiog to fljs has ltty warm NX freeze-out Secretary Mood xplsln the tax discovered that 4t tf? argument to talxaci policy, With a third of the Republicans claiming that their party is chasing the trusts off the face of the earth, and another third contending that the trusts are beneficial and the remainder declaring that there are no trusts, a board of arbitration might be in order. If the New York ministers ever get through the work of -purifying the stage they might turn their attention to politics. This will probably prove a sufficiently ambitious undertaking for them.

The Austrian emperor is said to have au hundred titles of nobility, lie would doubtless be glad to trade off a few of them for some of the power enjoyed by the President of the United States. The general opinion among those who hold no real nor watered stock in the trusts seems to be that the Hon. Grover Cleveland touched off about a thirteen-inch shell at the tariff. Some of the scientists. In claiming that matt need not have a stomach, are discouraging to the pretty chafing-dish maidens who use this route to reach the hearts of their bachelor friends.

They are going to erect in New York a thirty-story building 455 feet high. Some of the occupants of the top floor may thus get nearer to heaven while at home than anywhere else, mm The theory is now advanced that appendicitis is due -to the eating of flour. Thfere can be no question that a man who has had it feels that he has gone through the mill. The Swedish courts have decided that King Oscar is not responsible fov his actions. Since his decision in, the Samoan case this is also the American opinion.

The Florence mam who was fined $10 for expressing 18 private opinion of Carrie Natick doubtless Is satisfied with the He Is a promoter. eb mm Geneva! Wood hope for reciprocity for r3ubt. There is an optimistic soul fo Vou. Ji So far no odds on the "Lily Whites have been authorized by J. Carter Cook.

Tne legal side of osteopathy in Mississippi seems to be a bone of contention. Candidate Coler is doing his best to keep the anthracite plank in the back yard. The llOO.OW.nno meat packers trust will doubtless squeeze the public Enormous Stock Reduction Sale, We bought from manufacturers for cash carloads of merchandise belo factory cost We are overloaded and must dispose of our great purchase 1 make room for our large stock of holi day goods to arrive next month. JOHN W. ONEILL.

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