The Republican., 1899-04-13


department at Washington that, the
writer has the right to regain posses
sion of letter provided he can prove
to the satisfaction of the postmaster
of the office from which it was sent
that he was the writer of it. Even if
letter has arrived at its destination
and before it has been delivered to
the person to whom it was addressed.
it may be recalled by telegram
through the mailing office. The rea-
son assigned is that the United
States is only the agent of the writer
while the letter is in transit. The
decision is important to business men
and to private individuals.
There is one thing you should re-
member. If a reporter asks you
about that little episode you are
mixed up in," don't get on your ear
and insult him or lie about it, but
tell him the truth and request that it
be left out of the paper. When you
deliberately lie to newspaper man
or insult him you can expect him to
sift the whole matter to the bottom
and give it to the public for he does
not hesitate to expose liars. A news
paper man seldom, if eyer, refuses to
grant the request of gentleman
when made in the proper spirit and
there are few reporters who would
not, if so disposed, let out secrets that
make regular Kilkenny cat time in
his community.
Z A gentleman called the attention
of several others to skirt sweeping
up one of the streets a few days
ago and if the women could get a
similar view of the subject they would
take their skirts off the ground. They
sweep up indescribable filth and dirt
every step they take. The laws of
cleanliness and health cry aloud for
shortening of the skirts and ces-
sation of the labor of the ladies in the
street cleaning department
In 1888 my wife went East and was
attacked with rheumatism. She re-
ceived no relief until she tried Cham
berlain's Pain Balm. Since that time
we have never been without it, We
find it gives instant relief in cases of
burns and scalds and is never failing
for all rheumatic and neuralgia pains.
D. G. Brant, Santa Ynez, Cal. For
sale by Oakland Pharmacy and DR..
Laughlin Deer Park.
There is no class of men who give
from their means of livelihood more
freely, recklessly and inconsistently
than the publishers Of newspapers.
The publisher is a merchant with
goods to sell. His stock in trade is
his advertising space. He should not
be expected to give it away any more
than landlord should give his house
free of rent, or the grocer donate his
goods to any one who asks for them;
yet many many people, who would
not ask the gift of a pound salt from
a grocer or a yard of ribbon from a
dry goods dealer, expect a publisher
to give away space cheerfully
The practice of young men in be-
smirching the character of women has
become a chronic habit with great
many in this place. The young man
who think he is considered Smart
because he relates his so-called blaze
exploits, in which some woman's
character suffers, deceives himself
woefully, for every decent man sets
him down as foul mouthed slanderer
and liar. He may, and often does,
succeed in running the good name of
the woman, but at the same time
every man with a spark of decency
left in his body looks upon the SLAM
derer as vile brute whom he would
kick out of his house should he find
him calling on a sister.
The germ theorists seem to be work
ing the fad for all it is worth and one
of its victims has introduced a bill
in the New York Legislature to re-
quire all the school books used in the
public schools to be burned once in
six months to destroy all germs to
prevent the spread of diseases Some
school book combine must have cap
tured germ lunatic who has broken
into the Legislature and is working
him for a sucker. To carry out his
idea all public libraries, all money
passing from hand to hand, all
vehicles used by the public and every
thing of the kind would have to be
burned. Better burn the germ luna.
tic to start on.
The old idea that a farmer need
not be educated to make a success Of
farming is exploded. A farmer, tc
make the greatest success of his call
ing, should be a practical scientist
He must understand the science o.
the soil and know for what it is best
adapted. 1t is true he may make 6
living at it just as an uneducateC
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