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have 343 votes III the electoral college
and Parker 133. Roosevelt's popular
vote is the largest ever given a candi-
date for the Presidency. 1t is esti-
mated that he received over 2,O94,OOO
plurality. That is more than double
III: plurality Mckinley received III
1900 and more than three times as
many as Mckinley received in 1896.
In 1896 McKinley's popular plurality
was Col, 1874, and in 1900, S49,I90.
Rooserelt's plurality in New York
State was 1882 ~(estimated), while
Higgins ran behind his ticket more
than 100000 votes, his plurality being
72.159.
Parker's plurality in the Greater
New York was $500, while Herrlck's
in the same territory was SO,624.
Roosevelt carried Brooklyn by 1903.
Herrick's plurality in Brooklyn was
1889. Parker carried Manhattan and
the Bronx by 33,313. Herrick by 6O,992;
Parker carried Queens by 4013, Her
rick by 54O4; Parker carried Richmond
by 469, Herrick by 500.
Roosevelt carried thirty-three States;
Parker eleven.
Pennsylvania gave Roosevelt a plu-
rality Of 100000.
Illinois came second with 100000.
Ohio gave him 100000.
California rolled up a plurality Of
1O5, 0OO, while Minnesota trailed along
with $4,000, New Jersey with 75,0OO
and Michigan with $4,000.
Folk was elected Governor of Mis-
souri, despite the fact that Roosevelt
carried the State and nearly all the Re-
publican candidates with him.
Colorado gave Roosevelt $4,000 plu-
rality, but Peabody is defeated for
Governor probably by 5000.
In Wisconsin, where the La Toilette
and Spooner Republicans have been at
swords points, Roosevelt won out
with $4,000 plurality, and La Toilette
was elected by $4,000.
Congressman BabcOck. Chairman of
the Republican Congressional Com
mittee, has squeezed through with 2S4
votes to spare.
Massachusetts gave Roosevelt S6,2I9
plurality, but elected Douglas, its
Democratic candidate for Governor, by
35,7 1O'plurality.
Roosevelt carried Nebraska by TO-
600, but Berger. the Democratic NOM
inee for Governor. was elected by
about 5000. The Legislature will be
strongly Republican.
The State of Washington fell into
line with 10000 for Roosevelt, and
Senator Turner, Democratic candidate
for Governor, was beaten by a plural
ity of 1000:
In Minnesota Roosevelt received
$4,000 plurality, while Johnson, Dem
ocratic nominee. was elected Govern
or by q small plurality.
Full returns from all parts OF the
country, with only three Congression-
al districts missing, show that the
House of Representatives will shape
Up like this: Republicans, pa; Demo-
Gratis, 139; Republican plurality, 100.
Addicks is beaten for the United
States Senate in Delaware. The Leg
islature is deadlocked, and the office
will probably remain vacant.
The Socialist vote in Illinois and Cal
ifornia was very large. In the former
it was 100000.
William S. Cowlerd, the Chairman
Of the Democratic Congressional Com
mittee, went down before the Republi-
Il cyclone which struck Missouri.
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Church domination in both the old
parties. The Legislature undoubtedly
will be Republican.
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Latest Returns From the Forty
five States Give Victory to
the Republicans.
HIGGINS CARRIES NEW YORK

The Republicans Carried All of the Doubt
full Statess-New York State Gives
Roosevelt q Large Plurality-The City
of New York Failed to Poll It's Usual
Heavy Democratic Vote, Each Borough
Giving an Increase to the Republicans
Over the Last Presidential Election
The Returns by States in Detail.
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DO NOT WATT A CHANGE
fsopl. Are Willing to Continue. ,Is Pr.s-
emf A,lNnImi,trnIinm.

The constitution OF the | nited States
requires an election for president and
wee president every four years. The
provision Is mandatory and cannot he
escaped. Under il the people are
called upon 10 Votc for president and
vice president every fourth wear With
out regard 10 politics. tie record. or
the work OF the administration in
power. The election must he held
whether Il change is desirable or not.
There is reason To believe that a
large majority of the American peo-
pie do not desire Il change in the
national administration AT tile present
time. and that if it were a matter of
choice with them no election would he
held this year. y national election
always intcrfereS With business more
Or less. and as the business of the
country grows the feeling increases
that, in the absence of any reason for
a change. a presidential election is a
disturbing factor that might we'll be
dispensed With if the constitution per-
mitted. That is the situation at pres
eny. The great mass of the people are
SO we'll satisfied with the present adj
mlniStl"1ion that they do not desire
a change. and ii the constitution did
not require an election to be held they
would regard ii as unnecessary.
Who wants q change: Not the
farmers. for they eve We're more
prosperElS or better satisfied than they
are at present, Not the business men.
Tor business is satisfactory. Not man
ufacturers. for American manufacture
ers are o~uistripping those of all other
countries. Not wa2e-earnerS, for there
are more men employed at good wages
today than ever before in the history
OF the country. Not railroad men, for
the transportation business has grown
enormously during the last few years
and still gives promise of future
growth. In short. no large class Of
our varied population can he named
hut has good reason to desire a con
%tlnuancc of present conditions. If it
were not fG. the constitutional require
mcnt the people would have preferred
that no election took place this year.
The only exceptions are the Demo-
cratic party leaders and those IN
fortunate people who have moi the
sense TO let we'll enough alone.
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HOW TO STAY YOUNG.
Will Power /. Large l1.ator I.aks.p-
lag Away Deere ptttud&.

How old are you: The adage, says
that one are ny old az they look
and met, AZ old as they feel. That's
wrong. \. man and woman are az old
al they take Themselves to be.
Growing Old is largely a habit of the
mind. AS Il man thinketi, in his
heart 80 is he" II he begins shortly
after middle age to imagine hinnself
growing old lie will be old.
To keep oneself .rom decrepitude 10
somewhat a matter OF will power. The
fates are kind to the mar who hangs
on to life With both hands. He who
lets go will go. Death is slow only to
tackle the tenacious.
Ponce de Leon searched in the wrong
place for the fountain Of youth. 1t
is in oneself. One must keep one
self young inside. so that while the
outer man rerishe,h the inner man il
renewed day by day
When the human mind ceases to eK-
srt itself, when there is no longer an
active interest in the affairs of, thts
life. when the human, stops reading
and thinking and doing, the mau, Ike a
blasted tree. begins to die at the top.
You are As Old az you think you are.
Keep the harness on. Your joh@h. AW
6oNe.-AHWaakee Journal.
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Polly's
ManeuverinG
BY Martha Mcculloch. William.
%'"pTHit, a'0..hn
.Nriiht Mo atoth-u tliam.

SNAP "lS In fun hl ~, when lack
WAS !: l,l:y parry S,r.c,ly. In I.aum
Thought dau"img The chief snare of the
evil one, and the stout and hearty
young folk simply could not keep s1llI
through Il Miioic long evening. Not.
withsianding. ii had NOT been easy TO
get the playing started. Snap WAS lxe.
fml for slnitillG-lt required. You see. so
rev extra bold spirits. In playing it
Il man and woman held hands. facin.
each other. thus forming souethinY
that could lac rum around. Auothr,
man ran around them once. twice
thrice. then snapped Imperative fingers
at some seated lau,Scl. who. rs i'm duty
bound. came nut on the floor and began
chasing linn round and round The
standing couple. Quarry and hunter
We're privileged To dodge underneath
the clasped hands il thereby they gain.
ed safety or adNantage-privilegcd also
to lay hold violently on tho ISLANDERS to
save themselves from falling i'm tho
whirling rush. The first snapper. once
he WI, caught. took the place OF the
man standing up. Then tbs girl he had
snapped snapped q ~ somebody else to
pursue l!er and when captured became
likewise part OF the central group.
Known technically rs the stump"
This explanation ia necessary il one
would understand why Jack Limlmer-
son was so wildly angry the minute lie
came i'm. There was his sweetheart,
Ellie Andrews. scufiing l,oixterously
about. turning. twisting. doubling.
lodging. now falling to her knees. now
sprihsins agilcly aside. with young
Tom Wilson. of all men. i'm the very
hottest pursuit. I.lainlx she lla,l xuan.
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euNYAN's TOMB.
D~<tAl rl.c. In .nnslAaa Of the A.
Asr of ..rflxrf1se erssrssss.

Ds<ta1 Place In .AnElAnd Of the Aa~
aer. of ..Fflxrfn's ersgrsssas
John Bun,an's tomb Is h the vast
bukakl ground ef HuiAAu rssids, ot1gi-
nally caAletf "konslall fields" probably
from tire quantity If bones which, az
Maitland tells us. We're transported
thither la 1910. This is NOW closed ~
a cemetery. but the forest Of tombs
shaded by young trees IL a green oasis
in a black part of London.
Near the center OF the Puritan. Ne
esopolis," a white figure, lying upon q
high modern altar, tomb, marks the
grave Of John .Bunyah. He died ut
Snow hill from a cold taken OH a mis-
sionary excursion Aug. ii. 1o0e,, aged
sixty.
Maeaulay IN II Of his essays says:
''The spot where Bunyan lies IL sail
regarded by the NoneonfermAeh with
a feeling which seems scarcely III hsr-
mony with the stern spirit OF theology.
Many Huritans. to whom the respect
paid by Roman Catholics to the .tombs
Of their saints seems childish and SIN
full. are said to have begged with their
dying breath that their cofnns might
be placed ak Par as possible to that OF
the author Of Pilgrims ProRpsss.'"-
London Mail.
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a, CANDIDATES
why rh..a.r. te~....lt !. nor. Pom

Why Theodore Ke.ssv.lt Is More popa-
Tar than Alton ". Parker.
The New York Sunday Democrat. a
newspaper that recently bolted Parker
and came ont for Roosevelt, in giving
the reasons why the Parker campaign
is Ian@nishinS and the Roosevelt cam.
paixn ia booming. SAYS:
Judge Parker has few of the sttri-
butes OF popularity; Theodore Roose-
welt has them all.
Parker is timid: Roosevelt is brave.
Parker is controlled by friends and
patrons: Roosevelt is independent.
Parker represents no policy and has
no political record; Roosevelt is one of
the acknowledged progressive states.
ulsn oil the century and his record is
the record of the sunshine wears of
militant and advancing Americanism.
A there is practically no one ia
vigorously oppose there is no one to
actively defend Judge Parker as a polit-
zeal Standarl-,earer. Theodore Roosu.
Welt Invites the fire Of partisan enemies
and attracts To his support thousands
- WIN 'HIi'VSN otlilllCiS.
Judge PSrker is Il weak candidate.
an unwise candidate. an unfortunate
candidate for the Presidency. 4 life
OF judicial monotony and exclusion
from political affairs does not appeal
to the sllc&iancc OF partisans. Theo-
dore Roosevelt is Il strong. a vigorous.
an %invincillp candidate for the presi.
dencN. He is ~ man of action uomi-
nated for an electorate OF aboundinu
energy. force and progress. He is. es-
pecially. the idol Of the young men of
the country.
lit is, therefore. mo- at all surpris-
ing that ~ the voters contrast these
two candidate. they should be ire
sistibly drawn to onc-to Roosevelt
and should he repclled from OF become
Indifferent To his antagonist. Parker.
Such is the present trend OF the cam
paisn and it is decidedly favorable to
President Roosevelt. No reasonable
doubt for his election exists or is Ell.
tertaincd by anNof" familiar with pol
itics. Democrat on Republicans
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THE BIC STICK LIE
%NSnpartissn Testimony That Roosevelt 1.
Leader OF Peace Movement.

Nonpartisan Testimony That Roosevelt ls
Leader OF Peace Movement.
Apropos of The silly Democratic
charge that MIR. Roosevelt IL u war
ord. ii i. Interesting TO u0ts how the
lnteiparliaInentary Union views the
president. The union is composed OF
some of the leading parliamentartans
OF Europe. who visited this country
in the interest of International arbitra-
ton and peace. The visitors were. ell
tellained at luncheon by the Nation
al Civic Federation of New York re
Gently. Here is what Thomas Lough.
posing Il toast TO the president of the
United States, said, as reported by the
New York World. a newspaper that
has been picturiny Mr.. Roosevelt as
a Neritahle god of war:
We, who are visitors here. after a few
days regard him as a ruler of one of the
mishtiest powers on the earth, who
has taken a more distinct step in the
interest OF peace than perhaps my
other power has taken. He is not only
a great ruler himself, but is a worthy
representative of a great line OF rulers
who have done much for the liberties
Of mankind.
w. Randall Cremer, a noted mem
Der of the British parliament. also
praised the president. The xovereisns
Of Europe. he declared, were ready to
listen to peace propositions always
with a but" He her said:
Not SO your young president; no, but,
but, but, With him in any Of his utter
ances. He talked in a clear, manly
tone, straight from the shoulder noble
Words-and We all rejoice in his state
ment of Saturday and in his assurance
that the great United States will sign
wha, we failed eighteen years ago to
get.
Others spoke in the same strain, Civ
ing %nonpartis;n testimony hat Pres
ident Roosevelt has done more to aid
the universal peace movement than
any otner president.
The big stick" bueaboo is not wor-
rying anybody but those Democrats
who are foolish enough to think they
can hegliile the voters by mutilating
the presidents speeches and twisting
their meaning into the opposite of
what he said. Democracy has never
yet been able 10 conduct an honest
campaign. Hypocrisy. deception and
forgery are he chief tenet. of its
creed.
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A QUEER ANIMAL.
The Ern.in- !. One Tkins In sua-
ner and Another In NSntst.

49, @S's IS 01O~
The efniinr is II queer animal. It =
one thing in winter and another thing
IN mn That is a strange state
ment. but il is true. for i'll winter the
animals fur is as white as snow and
Is called the erminc. In summer its
fur turns reddish brown on the upper
part OF the body and Il light yellow on
the lower part. The animal is then
known az the xtoat.
This change is quite familiar to nat
uralists. hut not To unscientifc peo-
pie, and The ernin- and the stoat are
therefore generally regarded as dis
tinct animals.
The fur Of the crmine is much val
ued and is i'm great request. At a
time it Was a mark OF great royalty.
and the state robes OF judges and mag
l~strates were lined with it as AN EN-
blem of purity.
The crniine is Sc cunning in it's WAYS
that II ia almost as difficult To catch az
1t is to catch Il weasel asleep In
fact. about the only way to capture it
u 10 mark It's ouIse from it's home
and then strew mud in it's pathway.
When the dainty. %fastidioua little ami
NAL Reaches the point III it's path
where the mud is strewn it will lie
down and subject itself to capture and
death rather than smifch one at its
snow white hairs.
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The ace FOR blue in millinery wakes
rather than WancS with the advancing
season. b shaded blue hat is Il nov
city which must be seen To be really
appreciated. The foundation is n chip
in a blue that is neither a navy nor a
royal blue. hut = cross between the
two The broad sailor shaped brim ia
uiitrimmcd, and the crown is built Of
many rows of blue clover blossoms,
blue that matches the straw and grow
ing lighter on the crown until at the
very center they are =; pale BLUSH gray.
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ped him out-plainly. also. there was
ground for the significant looks and
whispers behind the hand, plentiful all
through The room, 1t was part OF tbs
Ain 10 consider tliat a man snapped
out thus vs.. specially favored by the
snapper. And Ellie had all along laugh
ed at Tom-pretendiny to Jack she
would have nothing to say 10 him, If
he did have II big river bottom farm,
to say nothing OF money i'm two banks
and expectations from his tough old
grandfather.
JACK also had q f~arM-upland. rich
and in good heart but there wa. his
mother to look out for. and his blind
sister. He could never think of put
ting them OF by themselves. and he
knew it WAS asking 4 lot of q hand
some and imperious girl to live i'm the
house with them and accommodate her
ways TO theirs. So, though he had an
understanding With Ellie, there was
know how he found himself held and
hampered and was waiting for her to
study II the problem. She had known
that he loved her ever since she wa
cut Of short frocks.
Jack, ! reckon you'll get Il mitten,
maybe a pair OF 'em. for Christmas"
Polly Exum said in his esr as he shook
hands. Folly wsk a bouncing laxcn
beauty. always laughing. with the
kinde.t heart in the world and the
most reckless tongue. She made no
bones OF letting 1t be known that she
"loven Jack Jimmcrson better'n pie
alse that 1t was 4 quite hopeless love
30 long as Ellie Andrews WA single.
"lll git over it and marry somebody
"a preacher maybe" she said to Jack
himself. Therefore his conscience was
quite easy regarding her. although 1T
often secmesl to him matrimonial plrevi.
dehce had made y big mistake. Why
did not Polly. pretty. laughing Polly,
love the rich Tom Wilson? Why also
did not Tom Wilson yearn to beatow
himself .nd his belongings on her
rather than on Ellie? Hni he kept his
speculation. to himself and answered,
squeezing Polly, hand hard: why.
who has cut me ont with you. Polly?
i never tll',uXHt You go bdcK on a
fellow this fashion,"
He tried to speak repronchfully. but
wrath got the mastery. Polly giggled
comprchentlinsly. You know what l
mean" she said. Then. With a little
toss OF her head: There. Toms done
catched Ellie-hc'1l snap me dead xnre
and IN snap you. Thatll give yon a
chance-if you amt too bashful blind
to use IT,"
True enough. Tom did snap her. She
was of like = shot. weaving sway
after him. nimble. supple. light footed.
for all her 10 pounds She was a
Ans figure. tall, 1.-THE, perfectly pro-
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New G.in.a Can nib.4..

The Papuan cannibal Of New Guinea
regards all deaths MS having n violent
ca use. Whenever Il native dies from
sickness 1t is believed that the sick
ness resulted from some plot. In order
to detect the murderer, therefore, paEts
OF the dead person are distributed
among the members Of the household
and after n time examined by a certain
official in the community, who might
be said to correspond to an American
coroner, district attorney. Judge and
jury all combined. IL any part OF these
uncanny relics has changed to an I'M
natural color its po%sessor is imms-
diately executed and eaten by the
other relatives.
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rhr pre.uiltn. Mnae

1t can scarcely he said that the pre-
vailing modes are graceful. Dropping
shoulder cal'es. walking length gath
cred skirts. with fussN trimmings and
quilling.. make the fashionable belle
look Il. though she had been going
through some OF her sraudmothel's
trunks to ind ideas. Even the old
fashioned materials have been rejuve-
LATED. although af course uauA i'm
prov ed IL 1ntsh.
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WAS DEMOCRACY INSANE?


l'einorracy has returned to san
lily. SAID Grover Cleveland recently
MI an interview.
lhls statement. made with all Tho
solemn polderoSity of which MIR. Cleve,
lald Is capable. would imply that the
Democratic party has been insane anC
lts leaders Il sci of lunatics. In pre-
Nl"uS Interviews MIR. Cleveland con
tented himself With merely saving thai
Democracy had >trayed from the RICH,
PAIN after strange gods when it en-,
nfacc'i Organism. but since the dcfca,
OF til" li,yall faction at st. Louis he
mas been secretly rejoicing oven tho
apparent downfall of his most bitter
political rlcmN. and ON oct. =. AT Ruz
zaldS Bay. he N%irtuall. declared thai
MI. Ervan WAS II mailman.
How 'o the friends of MIR. Bryan in
Indiana. Illinois. Nebraska and Other
states relish having their leader called
a lnnatic: Insanity is lunacy. or mad.
ness. II IL the Democratic party has
returned To sanity" il must first have
been insane. ard. hv the same reason
ing. If the party Was insane because
W.T.. frNan MAS it's leader Mr.. Bryan
hlntself must have heen the CHIEF In.
Matte.
Candidate Parker is generally ad.
mlt'ed 10 he a nonrntity in his party
q lo"l OF I'M. Sllcellan II others
ana what he says counts for little. hut
IT is different when MIR. Cleveland
talks. He is the oracle of the Eastern
Democracy. and if he Says BRYAN is in
sane il is certain he voices the senti.
nlenlS of sane" Democracy.
How can the Rlyanites indorse such
a slander on 'llei, leader by supporting
Parker: MIR. Cleveland declined ia
vote Tor MIR. Bryan on the ground that
the NoHraskan was insane. but he will
vote ior Parker because he leads the
sane Democracy ticket.
An Important point xeems to have
been forgotten by Mr.. Cleveland. Par
ke1' voted twice for the Nebraska "lu-
natlr' and WAS therefore one of the
host OF madnaen who composed lin
sane" Democracy. lp"eS MIR. Cleveland
Improve his position lay now support
ing one OF the madmen who voted for
he leader az INSANE Democracy?
MIR. Nl-Nelsnd's thrust ut Bryan was
uncall-d for. and will. no doubt, be re
scented al the polls. for the friends of
MIR. Baysn do not think be should be-
put IN the straitjacket class.
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HAD /. Zig rrna. AZ, RIGHT.

Il thought you said you had worked
up a good trade here," said the man
who had just bought a drug store.
so ! had" replied the man who had
just sold. II put in six months work
ing 1t up, and it's the best in this dis
triet."
Best in the district" exclaimed the
purchaser. Why, a man can't make
enough money here to keep his shoes
Ehiped."
We'll" admitted the other slowly,
Il didn't say anythinx about making
money. you know"
But you said you had Il big trade"
Eyes. | said that"
STEADY stream Of people coming and
going rnest of the day
~ recall saying something to that
effect"
Claimed your unfailing courtesy to
all Corners was responsible for it."
well, | think it vas"
Then where's The trade now? 1
haven't sold anything but postage
all day"
That's the trade L referred to-" ex-
planned the former proprietor pleasant
~. when ! left this place it had the
largest postage stamp trade in his Sec
ton. and if you have lost it 1t is your
OWL fault. BY the way. l have a letter
to mail myself. IL you would like my
trade
He WAS quicker than the new pro-
prietor n SO escaped.-New York
Press.
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The shoulder seam is long, hut not
dropping: the sleeve Il little full. with
a slight putiiness over the wrist, and a
narrow strapped belt around the waist
accentuates the snlar nj. The skirt
is nine cores. each alternate gore con
s1sting OF shaped box plat, and the
intervening ones are Slashed AT the
knee TO admit ;in Inverted plat. this
method affordfng the requisite snug
ness at the hip and fullness at the
hem.
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sh. Never po,xot tn. Lo,t r,v..

An Atchison mai lost IS la making
change and when he went home told
his wife about it. This happened six
years ago, and she has never forgotten
it. often telling him what lu1urlss
they could afford II he hadn't lost the
money. Last week their son dropped
5000 in n poor investment. Don't
say a word TO him about it," she sah
to her husband. Poor boy, he feels
bad enough as ii is."-Atchison Globe.