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The newspaper., 1906-06-15
What is a Bargain.

When you rush to the "bargain
counter and actually find that
which you seek-a bargain-what
have you really done?
You have secured for fifty cents an
article which was worth one dollar;
or have bought at five dollars a
garment that was worth ten.
But how did it happen that the
merchant could afford to sell you
the goods at half price?
Why, he, in his turn, got a bargain
when he purchased. He must have
got the goods for one third, or one
half, or two-fifths of their true value
before he could offer them to you at
one half.
When you got your bargain, some
body had to lose one half the value
of the goods. Who was that some
body? 1t was not the merchant.
oh, no. He does business for the
profit there is in it, and he is entitled
to his reasonable gain. The loss
did not fall on him, when you paid
for one half of the goods and got the
other half for nothing. Upon whom
did it fall? Upon the weakest man
in the line, of course.
Many "A time, my dear lady, when
you have bought cotton fabrics at
half-price. it would have wrung your
heart, ifit be not wholly dead, to
have seen the home of the Southern
farmer who grew the cotton. 1t
would make your eyes fill If you
could see some uf the little girls and
boys who furnish cheap labor
which enabled you, dear lady, to
get IA good bargain
And, il you will inquire about the
places where those garments Ofyours
are put together. you will often fol-
low a trail which leads to the
''sweat shop" where hollow eyed,
hollow -chested, broken-spirited wo-
men and girls bend to "A ceaseless,
deadly task-stitching the garment
which shall gladden. your soul with
"a hargain-Tom Watson, in his
Magazine for June.
The newspaper., 1906-06-15
Railroad Ownership.

What would be said in this day OF
great material advancement and in
ternal development, il our Govern
ment were to grant an exclusive
franchise to II private corporation
to operate steamboats, and freight
boats on all of our rivers? 1t IL
needless to say that there would he
a general upraising of the people to
demand of Congress revocation OF
such great and valuable privilege.
The Government now owns the
railroads in the Philippines ana
Alaska;it will own them in Panama.
During the last year there were
more than nine thousand people
wounded or killed in railway acci-
dents-in fact, the number was
greater than the soldiers killed at
the first battle at Manassas or at
Fredericksburg, during the civil war
greater than the number killed in
the Spanish-A war.
Under Government ownership
there would always be "A competent
and adequate force of employees to
operate the roads, in striking con-
trast to the inadequate force now
under private ownership, which ire
quently requires too long hours and
allows too little rest, with disaster
GUS results to lives and property.
Under private ownership their IN
f1uence is too frequently seen and
felt in Congress in securing subsidies
for carrying the mails.
All OF these dangers and abuses
would be removed under Govern
ment ownership.-James b. Lloyo
in May Watson's.
The newspaper., 1906-06-15
Watsons Magazine For June.

Watson's Magazine for June opens
with the EDITORS foreword to his
promised Life and Times OF Andrew
Jackson" In his fluent, graphic
style he gives a preliminary sketch
of the man, and the period that he
purposes to describe. There follow,
Mr.. Watson's regular editorials,
Which are marked by his habitual
vivacity and wit. Other articles in
the number are, "The Abuse Of the
Homestead Law" by Hugh J.
Hughes; "Phases of the Liquor
Question:" by, David A. Gates; 1.-The
Common Roads" by John Seitz; and
the interesting departments that
occupy the closing pages OF the pub
lication. Exceptionally notable this
month is the fiction OF Watson's
Magazine. by such authors as Maar-
tin Martens, Louise Forsslund,
Charles Fort, Helen Tompkins, Hugh
Herdman, f. r. Bechbolt, Margaret
Hughes and NJ. G. Woodward. FL
naliy, there are numerous simple,
touching poems, and the usual bits
of wit and humor, making the whole
magazine at once varied and strong.
(Watson's Magazine, 160 PIP. 15c.)
The newspaper., 1906-06-15

LAST weeks Gazette claims that
Mr.. Thorp has expressed himself
favorably regarding connecting
up with the CO oPei ative lines in
this county. This may be all true,
nevertheless, we can easily see
how the matter could be so pre-
sented as to secure favorable
opinion if the same was fur
nished without consideration. We
shall be very glad to see the
Gazette do something for Pao-
MIA, no matter what that some
thing may be. If they can secure
a consolidation of telephone sys-
TENS it will be step taken that
may result in getting two services
for the price of one and that
would surely be a blessing.
The newspaper., 1906-06-15

The North American Review
prints several articles relating to
the income tax and the inheri-
tance tax proposition and says:
THE argument is on. How
much money can man honestly
earn2 Who knows? Who can
tell? Perhaps no one, exactly.
But wedoknow that every dollar
he acquires through special privi-
lege within the law or without the
law is dishonest dollar. And
while waiting until our sociologists
determine just "how much money
a man can honestly earn would it
not be we'll for heAmerican peo-
ple to set themselves resolutely to
the task of preventing the accumu
lation of what they know tobedis-
honest dollars-those dollars that
through unjust laws are taken out
OF the pockets of the many for
the enrichment OF the pocket of
the few2-The Commoner.
The newspaper., 1906-06-15

THE people of Denver might
have saved a lot of time and
worry had they submitted the
various franchise applications .di-
rect to the courts instead of 60
ing through the formality of
voting for or against them. In
the light of developments in Colo
RADIO during the past two years an
election cuts very little figure as
an expression of the peoples will.
Lamar Sparks.
The newspaper., 1906-06-15

LITTLE Willie was sleeping in
room adjoining papa and
mammals bedroom. A terrible
thunder storm was raging, and
being unable to control his fears,
he went into their room and beg
ged to be allowed to sleep there.
His mamma said, No, Willie. go
back and sleep in your own little
bed; God is with you" Willie
went back, but in a few minutes
returned in great fear with,
Mamma, please let me sle' p
with papa, and you go in there
and sleep with God."-Ex.
The newspaper., 1906-06-15

EUGENE ENGLEY, attorney gen
eral under Davis H. Waite, says
that A. B. Gray is the best, the
most prolific salesman in politi-
cal way that Colorado ever ex-
perienced. Gene says Gray sold
the Populist party, then sold the
corpse, and two years later mar
keted the epitaph.-Durango
Democrat.
The newspaper., 1906-06-15

AND now it is asserted that
Teddy and Uncle Joe Canon are
at outs. The President seems to
be unable to find any true friends
in the republiean-party lately.
The newspaper., 1906-06-15

THAT Bryan boom seems to
have started spontaneous as lit
were. 1t is very doubtful if any
other man was ever selected for a
nomination while he was away
from home and giving no atten-
ton to the matter.
The newspaper., 1906-06-15
REFORM TOO LATE IN COMING.

The pa, kers OF chicago nave
begun a season of scrubbing
brushes, whi,ewash pals and
general reform. They begged
the Roosevelt commission to wait
till they conld have six weeks of
their purifying reign before they
made their report.
Yet why was not this crusade
begun long ago7
THE Jungle" and all it depicted
was not news to the packers
The exposures which they say
hsye cost them $15O,O0O,OO0 were
not sprung suddenly. Ever since
the Spanish war the character of
their canned meat has been un-
derstood, by the packers at least.
The public for long time fancied
that the army meat was some
special brand specially doctored.
and could hardly believe it the
regular product of the big beef
trust houses, and they sluggishly
forgot.
The dear public is such sleepy
headed, forgetful, indifferent
creature that it is easily fooled
such long, long time. 1t took a
great deal to wake it up. The
beef trust thought it never would
wake up, and SO it did not even
get out the scrubbing pals and
lime until it found the White
house strenuosity was after it.
Think how sublimely it trusted
to the peoples idiocy and indif
ference! The Jungle" came out
in serial form two years ago.
The Appeal TO Reason" in which
it was published, had a circula-
ton of nearly half a million. The
packers must have known all
about it, yet they did not believe
it was loaded.
Over year ago The Dark
Side of the Meat Trust" by Theo.
dore G, Root, an ex-superin
tendent for a packing house, was
published, telling about the Can
ner Cow. the Cold-Storage
Fowl" The Potato Flour Sau-
sage" and the farce of inspection,
and still the packers did not sit
up and take notice.
The British Lancet man also
made his statement in Golfers
long ago. Yet, after all these ex-
poses, it was not thought neces
sary even to cover up the process
ses of wholesale contamination.
1t is an interesting illustration
of the contempt in which popular
opinion is held by the financially
powerful. They think the public
will not and cannot act. and the
government they think they can
control They have carried a
generally correct assumption a
trifle too far this time, and if they
have lost Sl50,000,000 it may
teach them the desirability of
spending few thousand a year
in keeping clean. of losing mil
lion or so in actually destroying
condemned meat and in provid-
ing humane conditions for their
workers.
These. men have evidently for
gotten Lincoln's epigram: you
can't fool all the people all the
time" Then. too. they forgot
to count on Teddy" Denver
Times.
CONSIDER THEMSELVES IMMUNE.
The newspaper., 1906-06-15

Entered at the postoffice in Paonia for transmits
sion through the mails AS second Class matter
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-02-14
A CONTINENTAL sABRATu

An American student at the University of Heidel-
berg writes to his father:
o. these Continental Sundaysl All the stores
open; and more business done than any other day
In the week. Everyone is on the streets: all the
public gardens full. Two or three hands n1o,ino
all the time Cafes crowded (the people eat all day
long, and the castle absolute impossibilitv on ac
count of the crowds that swarm about the old ruin
One or two Sunday evenings ago, coming down the
rhosoPhi@n way on the hill across the river where
a Chicago boy and had gone for q ouiot vol, ro
passed crowd of drunken jewellers returning from
"a big day"-men and women IN cath others arms
and very Profusey decorated with leaves and vines
twined about their heads and bodies. singing and
dancing; and large wagon full of baskets and
empty kegs bringing up the rear Horo oror,, .taao
beautiful hills where everything is so peacefuI in
ture, and SO worshipfu these Germans make the dav
perfect dissertation. '"' O"'
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-02-14
JUDGED BY HIS WORKS.

In that beautiful part OF Germany which borders
on the Rhine, there is a noble castle, which,
you travel the western bank the river you
may see lifting it's ancient towers the opposite
side above the of trees about old itself
About ninety years ago there lived in that castle
a noble gentleman who had an only son, the com
fort of his father and blessing to all who lived
his fathers estate
1t happened once that while this young man
was away from home French gentleman came
to the castle a visit. The tai of this French
man concerning God such that it chilled the
old mans blood The baron reproved his guest,
saying: Are you not afraid of offending God, who
rules above, by speaking in such a manner?" The
Frenchman said he knew nothing about God, for
he had never seen Him. The baron took fur
ther notice of this at the time, the next
morning took him about his castle and profted by
the occasion to show him a very beautiful picture
that hung the wall The man admired the
painting very much and said: Whoever painted
that picture knows how to use the brush"
MY painted that picture" quietly returned
the baron.
Then your is a clever artist indeed" re-
piled the gentleman.
The baron took his guest into the garden and
showed him many beautiful flowers and rare
plants.
who has the ordering of THIS garden?" asked
the visitor
MY son." said the baron; ''he knows every plant
L may say, from the cedar of Lebanon to the hys-
sop that grows the wall"
Indeed" replied the Frenchman.. 81 shall think
very highly of him soon."
The baron then went with his visitor into the
village and showed him neat little cottage where
his son had established neat little cottage where
his son had established school, in which all young
children that had lost their parents, received
and brought up at his expense The children
IN the nome all looked so happy that the man was
very much pleased, and when he returned to the
castle he said to the baron: What happy man
you are to have such a son!"
How do you know that I have such a good
SOM"
Because have his works, and know that
he must be good and clever from all that Won have
shown me-"
But you have never seen him?"
NO. but know him very WELL because I Judge
him by his works"
Irue' replied the old nobleman, land thus you
should judge of the character of our heavenly
rather From His works you must see that He is
Il Beng OF infinite wisdom, power and goodness"
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-02-14
THE OLD CHURCH.

What an image of peace and rest
Is this little church among its graves!
All is so quiet; the troubled breast
The wounded spirit, the heart oppressed
Here may find the repose it Graves.
See how the ivy climbs and expands
Over this humble hermitage
And seems to caress with its little hands
The rough gray stones as a child that stands
Caressing the wrinkled cheeks of age
Here would 1 stay and let the world
With it's distant thunder roar and roll;
Storms do not rend the sail that is fured:
Nor like dead leaf tossed and whrled
In an eddy of wind, is the anchored soul
-Longfellow.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-02-14

AS man thinketh in his heart so is he
Thoughts are the origins and despots of life II
man in his heart thinks high and holy thoughts his
1eet VIII never be carrying him into sinful places his
hand. his lips will be under the promptinps of GOOD
But If a man in his heart cherishes low or unkind
or impure imagnations, like the cuttIe-Ash thew
will discoor his life with the blaclness of the secret
sin. Until man learns to keep his heart with ali
diligence, until he learns to control his thoughts
until he chastens his secret maginations he will not
he cannot permanently lead a righteous. Christian
life. For the angel, the cutte-fsh, will make his
indwelling known.-CentraI Christian AdUocate
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-02-14

This day with this days bread,
Thy hungry children feed;
Fountain of all blessings grant
Now the mamma from above;
Now supply bodys want,
Now sustain our souls with love-"
DR.. Isaac Watts has the following graces for
chidren
BLESS me, Lord, and let my food strengthen
me to serve Thee, for Jesus Christ's sake. Amen
Il desire to thank God who gives food to
eat every day of my life. Amen. Theresa Day.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-02-14
Sunday-schoo1.
Z TO FORGIVE.

JESUS POWER TO FORGIVE.
repruary 20 I9O6 Mark ii. IL.
GOLDEN TEXT.
The Son of Man hath power earth to forgive
sfns-Mark ii. 10.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-02-14

Mark ii. 1-12.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-04-02


The grain stands bonny where the cliffs
are sheer
And the blue North sea Is sleeping:
The stocks are yellow in a golden ear
With their shadows inward creepinr
The TIDE lies silent ON the sands below
And the autumn mists hang early
To fade in heaven DER the distant row
OF the long red roofs beyond the barley.
Q late last harvest-time. when days were
long.
Worked men and maids W the stealing.
And gulls sailed landward ia a SCREAMING
thrUng.
To the river pastures heading
Soft was the fOostep that beside me trod
In the dew OF morning earlv
For Love walked there beneath the smile
os God
Ane the high blue sky above the barley.
The stalks fan mellow to the sweeping
with their weeds laid shorn beside
them,
And eyes meet stenlthilv as lad ana maid
Glance over where TIE stocks divice
them:
But mine turn ever while I work alone
Through the long day. late and earIy
To low mound lying by standing stone
Where the wall shuts out the barley
Where the Neither Kirk Is gray Janet
BY the long blue sea beyond the baiiey.
Violet Jacob, In the Outlook
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-04-02

Pure and undefiled religion is deep.
seated and thorough. Christ pronounc-
ed woes against the veneer religion.
lists Of His day. charging them with
making the outside of the cup and
platter clean, without having first
cleansed that which was within. He
lIkened them to "whited sepulchres
which indeed appear beautiful out.
ward, but are within full Of dead
bones and all uncleanness He said
unto them, .Ye outwardly appear
righteous unto men, but within We are
FULL of hypocrisy and iniquity"
Some one has said. give me man
with a clean heart, and he will clean
UP his own house Getting religion
Is not mere whita-washing process
or purpose. 1t Is a regenerating and
cleaning-up process. The right kird
of religion reaches the heart, settles
there and works outward, from that
ais the center where Christ is enthron-
ed. There Is life and power In that
kind of religion. Veneer religion Is
lifeless, and powerless, and worthless
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-04-02
Troubles That Never Come.

The story is told OF lady who for
a time kept list of impending trou-
bles. It was relief to see them
down In black and white. Some
months later in looking over the list,
she was surprised to find that nine
tenths of these troubles had never
materialized. They had an existence
only In her imagination.
Troubles that never come form the
heaviest part Of our daily load. The
worry, the fear caused by these appre-
hended miseries, often work sad
havoc with brain and nerves. The
actual sorrows, the bereavements, the
disappointments, have their comforts
and cure; but there is no cure for
troubles that never come. They are
haunting ghosts, unsubstantial as
mist, yet very real In their depressing
and harmful power over us.
Each day comes a fresh gift from
the hand Of God. In it are just the ex.
periences His loving wisdom has or
dained. Meet with brave heart all
that Is In the days portion, but shrins
not from phantom lions or from shad
ows that seem to blot out the sun.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-04-02
NOT PLEASED WITH PORTRAYAL
italian Abbe Saw No Beauty in New
England Life.

An American lady residing in
Rome. says the Reader Magazine, re-
Gently presented to a friend, who is
an abbe, an Intellectual man, and fa-
miliar win English, although no trav-
eler. copy 1t one Of Mary wilkins
New England stories.
"The author OF this, my. dear
friend" she said, lis the best por-
trayer OF New England character we
have. No other writer has caught SO
well the charm Of the place and the
people. ! hope you will like It,"
The abbe took the book and thank
ed her In few days he came again
and returned 1t gingerly, saying
word or two OF thanks.
Were you not pleased with the
quaint portrayal OF the life?" asked
the lady.
'You say this is faithful por-
trayal Of life in New England?
Very faithful. indeed"
The able sighed and said with
deep sympathy: How sadl"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-04-02
PHYSICIANS KNEW EACH OTHER


Good Thing to BE Allowed to Re-
main undisturbed.
Listeners" said Fl. Clay Pierce.
the oil magnate, in New York, "sel-
dom hear good Of themselves. This
is especially true If the listeners hap
pen to be rich.
There was rich old lady in ST..
Louis who had been ailing long
time. She liked and trusted her ply
sician. but, becoming alarmed finally,
she asked him to call In famous
specialist for consultation.
THE specialist came. He charged
$500. He examined the rich old lady
carefully and gently. Then he went
downstairs to partake with the fam
lily doctor Of sumptuous luncheon
that the patient had provided
Now the patient brave woman,
wishing not to be deceived about her
health. wishing to know the worst at
all costs, induced her maid to hide
In closet in the dining room so as
to overhear and report to her the
physicians discussion OF her all
ments.
THE maids report was that during
the luncheon the specialist and the
family doctor had talked OF nothing
but the Panama canal. Finally, drain
ing his last glass Of champagne. the
specialist said as he looked at his
watch
But must be of. Ny train
goes in twenty minutes
Then the family doctor said:
!" But how about the old woman
upstairs? You must remember she
Is good source Of income to me-
:" In that case said the specialist,
as he slipped on his overcoat. I
won't interfere. The present treat
ment Is an excellent protracting
one"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-04-02

A couple evidently from an exceed
ingly rural district recently presented
themselves at the home Of Buffalo
minister and announced that they
wished to be married. The would-be
bride was OF homeliness to cause
one less pity for the blind. but the
groom seemed satisfied, and as they
possessed the necessary license the
minister proceeded to perform the
ceremony.
How much dew that come to, par
SOM" the man inquired, bringing a
handful OF silver change from deep
trousers pocket. Name yer regular
ilgger that you charge tn swells. I'm
a-goin' TIL limit. by jinks."
"Oh, have no regular charge" the
minister said; just give me what you
think 1t is worth
The groom turned and eyed the
bride in speculative manner.
She's good gal, eff she amt much
on looks he said, thoughtfully, Fan
I'll be gosh derned ef she amt wuth
a dollar an forty-tiye centsl"
He was about to hand over the sill
yer. when the lady caught his arm,
and deducted the five cent piece from
the sum.
Wait, ST. she said. Take back
this nickel; you don't know 1t, but
when ! was child chopped on two
toes with tn hatchet. Harper's
Weekly.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-04-02

Do not try to do great thing; you
may waste all your life waiting for
the opportunity which will never
come. But since little things are al
ways claiming your attention, do them
as they come. from great motive. for
the glory Of God, to win His smile OF
approval, and to do good to men. 1t
is harder to plod In obscurity, acting
thus, than to stand on the high places
Of the field. within the view Of all, and
to do deeds Of valor at which rival
armies stand still to gaze. But no
such act goes without the swift recog-
milton and the ultimate recompense OF
Christ. To fulfil faithfully the duties
OF your station; to use to the utter
most the gifts Of your ministry; to
bear chafng annoyances and trivial
irritations as martyrs bore the pillory
and stake; to find the one noble trait
In people that try and molest you; to
put the kindest construction on UNI
kind acts and words; to love with the
love of God even the unthankful and
evil; to be content to be fountain
In the midst Of wild valley of stones.
nourishing few lichens and wild
flowers, or now and again thirsty
sheep; and to do this always, nor for
the praise Of man, but for the sake Of
God-this makes a great life.-F. B.
Meyer.