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Nearly Unanimous in Arkansas.

Little Rock, Ark.-As the result
of the election the Democrats will
have thirty-four of the thirty-five
members of the State Senate and
n~inety-fve of til, 100 members of
the House and will elect Governor
Jeff Davis United States Senator.
John S. Little is elected Governor by
a plurality of about $4,000. At least
ffty-three of the fifty-fve counties
voted against liquor license under the
local option laws.
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$50, 600, 900 WASTED IN WATER.
Excessive Irrigation Causes Enorm-
GUS Loss to Western Farmers.

GUS Loss to Western Farmers.
Boise, Tdaho.-At the National r.
rigation Congress DR.. Elwood Mead,
of the Government Reclamation Ser
vice, spoke of 1.-The Evolution of Irri-
cation Institutions" dealing with the
steady development from absolute
private ownership of small water
rights into a great system of commu-
nifty and Government ownership.
Some startling statistics were pre-
sented by Professor Samuel Fortier,
of the University of California, in an
address dealing with the loss of water
through waste. He made the 6sser-
ton that in the Western States $780,
100000 were expended annually in
securing and distributing water for
irrigation, and that of this water
thus distributed fully seventy-five per
cent. was wasted, causing a net loss
to the people of the Western States
of more than S35,0O0,000. He ex-
pressed the opinion, however, that
while all CT this loss could not be
stopped, he believed that fully ten
per cent. of it could be.
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NO GAMING IN SYDNEY, N. S. w
Drastic Law Passed by Parliament
Publishing of Odds Prohibited.

Sydney, N. S. W.-Parliament has
passed a drastic anti-gambling law.
1t prohibits betting on grounds where
all sports are held, except under spec
1al circumstances on race courses,
and places restrictions on gambling
in privite houses and clubs. Race
meetings in the metropolitan area
of Sydney are limited to Wednesdays,
Saturdays and public holidays. The
newspapers are prohibited from pub
fishing racing odds.
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Confidence and Esteem.

II suppose you regard your cleo
ton as a mark of confidence and es-
teem."
YES" answered the politician; cit
shows conclusively that I stand we'll
with the boss in our district
Washington Star.
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The One Bill He Grudges

Visitor-"What is Colonel Bour-
bon swearing about so furiously this
morning?"
Louisville Man-"Oh, this is the
day when he has to pay his water
tax."-Louisville Gourier-Journal.
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Double.

What kind of pie will you have,
Willie-mince or applet"
I'll take two pieces of each,
please"
1.-TWO pieces!"
"Yes'm. Mamma told me not to
esk twice."-Life.
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But what business was that of
For Postal Savings Rank

A movement to obtain 1000, 900
petitioners for the establishment OF
postal savings banks has been started
in Chicago by the North Side Turner
Society, many of whose members suf-
fered by the collapse of the Milwau-
kee Avenue State Bank.
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The Closest Ever.

Ascum-'I suppose when you were
IN Paris you took in their great race
track"
Spoartie mo, but 1 did see a
close race in Great Britain"
yes? What was it?"
"The Scotch buffalo CONNER
cial.
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All Round Benevolence.

Benevolent Old Gentleman (rescu-
ing n small boy from the pummel-
ing of two others)-"What are you
hurting this boy for?"
Because he made so many mis-
takes in his arithmetic this morn
ing"
But what business was that of
yours"
"Why he let IS copy our answers
from his."-Translated for Tales,
from Fliegende Blaetter.
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Investigating Harvester Trust

Investigations of the International
Harvester Company have been insti-
tIted by c. c. Coleman, Attorney
General of Kansas, at Topeka, to de-
termin0 whether the concern is op-
Grating in violation of the State Anti
Trust laws.
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The third year my
feet and hands would
swell and remain
pulled up for days at
a time. l ceemed to
have a constant back
ache. Finally l got so
bad chat 1 was laid up
in bed with several
doctors in attendance.
~ -AN. L
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"As you know, I wrote you that mydoctor
said l must have an operation or / could NOS
live. I then wrote you, telling you my all
ments. / followed your advice and am en-
tirely well. I can walk miles without an
ache or a pain, and l owe my life to you n
to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound:
l wish every suffering woman would read
this testimonial and realize the value Of writ
ing to you and your remedy Mrs. Mary
Dimmick, 18th and E. Capitol Streets, WASH
ington, D. c.
When a medicine has been successful
in restoring to health SO many women
whose testimony is s unquestionable,
you cannot well say, without trying it,
81 do not believe it will help me-" If
you are i'll, don't hesitate to get a bot
tie of Lydia E. P%inkham's Vegetable
Compound at once, and write Mrs Pink.
ham, Lynn. Mass, for special advice
1t is free and always helpful. I
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New York City's Teachers.

Board of Education figures show
that New York City employs nearly
$4,000 teachers of all grades.
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PREPARING MEAL, BRIDE DIES.
Used Gasoline to Hasten Fire For
Her Husbands Breakfast.

Pittsburg, PA bride of five
days, Mrs. Rosie Ramp, twenty years
old, died at the Braddock General
Hospital from burns she received
while starting a fire with gasolene.
Mrs Kamp had just returned from
her honeymoon and was preparing
the first breakfast for her husband.
The fire was slow in burning and she
used gasolene to hasten the flames.
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Breaking the News.

Passerby - "Is that your pork
down there on the road, guv'nor?"
Farmer = Pork! What dye
mean? There's a pig o. mine out
there"
Passerby-"Ah, but there's a mo-
tor a just been by."-Loadon Tit
Bits.
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The inventor of rose-leaf salad haa
SO far eluded fame by keeping his or
her name a mystery, but the new
culinary triumph is said to be enjoy
ing quite an extensive vogue in Eu-
rope.
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Correct.

What happens when Greek meets
Greek?" asked the teacher.
"Dey ak each udder how's de pea
nut biz" answered an observant
youth.-Louisville Courier-Journai.
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Gas Magnate Kills Himself.

Clarence K. Wooster, Vice-Presi,
dent of the Peoples Gas Light and
Coke Company, of Chicago, com
mitted suicide.
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Georgia Democrats in Convention.

Macon, Ga. - The Democratic
State Convention unanimously nomi-
mated Hoke Smith for Governor and
Endorsed William J. Bryan for Presi-
dent in 1908. The names of other
candidates foc Governor were not
placed before the convention.
The platform recommends the sub
stitution of the majority vote in pri-
maries for nominating conventions
in Gubernatorial contests, two-cent
railroad fares, State railroad con-
troll, lower freight races, negro dis
reimbursement and increase in the
size of the State Senate.
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Pope Receives New Head of Jesuits.
The Pope received Father Wernz
tn Gene. of the Society of Jesus
and co: graduated him on his cleo,
ton.
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sicilians Addicted 70 Law sui,s-

The Sicilians are more addicted to
law suits than the natives of any
other part of Europe. If they had
more money, .iclly would be the par
adise of lawyers.
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HAY FEVER

"Having used Peyuna FIR eatar,h and
AayJever, I can recommend it TO all aOAo
are suffering 7yiM tie a6ove diseases. I
am ha1by to be G6I to say it has Aelpsa
m< u0naerfnUy."
1f,u z Cs,;tL
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FITS st. Vitus'D Dance: Nervous Diseases per.
manently cured by DR.. Kline's Great Nerve
Restorer. 50 trial bottle and treatise free.
DR.. Il. R. Kline, Id. 1871 Arch ST., Phila., Pa
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Dominican Rebels Defeated.

Advices from Cape Haytien said
that the Dominican rebels we're de.
feated before Monte Cristi.
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Gold Imports Aided.

Secretary Shaw announced in
Washington that the Treasury would
make deposits with national banks
to aid gold imports.
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Fate.

For if it is, it is, you know;
And if it amt, it amt;
Maybe you wish that spot was snow,
But if it's paint, it's paint!
- Life.
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KILLED LOOKING FOR BALL.

Searchers Causes Explosion of Gas.
Stellarton, N. S.-While four boys
were searching for a ball in an I'M
used coal bin here, m of them light
ed a match which ignited gas, and all
four were instantly killed.
Two were sons of Neil Gum and
the others were sons of Joseph Frew
and Neil Patterson.
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrupfor Children
teething, ~softens thegums, reduceslnfiamma~
ton. allays pain, cures wind collie, 25ca bottle
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Queensland is particularly rich in fiber
plants.
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Didn't Describe Him.

Cholly-"Really, y know, I cawn't
understand Miss Brown at all. Act
ually, she called me a crank, don't y
know"
Miss Pepprey-"Indeed? How full
some she is! Why, a crank is a man
with n dea."-Catholic Standard
and Times.
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FILIPINOS START REBELLION.
Gov--,cr Arrests $50 and Believes
He Has Crushed Instruction.

Manila, P. 1.-The Governor of the
province of Ilocos Norte, Luzon, in
cooperation with the constabulary,
has discovered an incipient insu-cec-
ton and has arrested $50 of the con-
spirators, who were under the leader
ship of two ex-convicts.
Apparently this wholesale impris-
onment has crushed the movement.
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SardineS.

Cholly (proudly)-"How's this fol-
a catch?"
The Kid-"Fine! You've got al
most enuff to cant" = New York
Journal.
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Quality of Onions.
NeHSY Gleaninos.

The onion crop in the Central West
seems generally of good quality.
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Washington is practically the only ma
tional capital that has no slums.
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Chief Justice Torrance Dead.

Judge David Torrance, Chief JUS
tice of the Connecticut Supreme
Court, died at his home, in Derby,
from an attack of heart trouble.
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The first armored train was used at the
siege of Paris in 1871.
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Following we publish two let
ters from q woman who accep-
ted this invitation. Note the
result:
First letter.
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
"For eight years l have suffered something
terrible every month. Tn pains are excru-
eating and / can hardly stand them. My
doctor says 1 have a severe female trouble,
and l must 60 through an operation If l want
to get we'll. l do not want to submit to it if
to do. l hope you can relieve me."-Mrs.
Mary Dimmick, 59th and E. Capitol Streets,
Washington, D. G.
Second letter.
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
"After following carefully your advice,
and taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, / am very anxious to send you
nv testimonial, that others nay know their
value and what you have done for ms.
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Avoidable Epidemics.

Scranton. Pa, is suffering from an cpl
demic outbreak of typhoid fever. Yester-
day forty-one new cases were reported,
making a total of $50 No diminution of
prevalence is yet noted and 1t is certain
that before the disease runs its course or
is checked by the discovery and cure of
the cause hundreds more will be attacked
and probably many scores of lives will be
lost
Typhoid is today almost national
seourge. Tardiy 1t is recognized as a pre-
ventible disease and as such it's outbreaks
are considered by sanitarians as indicating
that the laws of health, decency and COM
mon prudence have been violated Our city
growth has outstripped our equipment For
many years only slight attention was paid
to the sources of the water supplied to
millions of people. 1t is only with a few
years that sanitation has gained such a
plane of scientific precision that commune
ties are regarded as patients.
A city ti'at suffers from typhoid fever is
n sick city, an invalid. The $50 cases now
recorded in Scranton are so many corrob-
orative symptoms that something is radi-
calty wrong with the municipal constitu-
ton. Washington is also sick city today,
even though the typhoid prevalence is less
marked than in the summer and autumn
The disease is here and eminent physicians
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"JeH" Davis.

The country is relieved. JEFF in the
name of the new senator from Arkansas is
not an abbreviation of Jefferson, but of JEFF
fries. That is better Considerable dig
nifty and ability go with the memory OF
Jefferson Davis He was an aggressive
man, but not a 'scrapper." AS a senator
he played his part boldly, and the Senate
never dozed while he was on his feet. But
he never shot it up" so to speak, or even
threatened to do so, with his mouth. With
the name Jeffries at this time, on the other
hand, is associated slugging and scrapping
of the liveliest character. He is the Amer
lean champion in that line, and any other
man bearing the name is entitled to share
in its glories. 1t is allowable therefore and
not inappropriate for the new man from
Arkansas to manifest and advertise the
family spirit, and warn the Senate to pre-
pare for his appearance there.
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are tryinge to find out where it. Hes and
how to cure 1t. The city awaits their re-
port with the keenest interest. Upon its
terms will rest important matters. It is
absolutely certain that if these investiga-
tors are able by deductive or eliminatory
processes to put their finger on a probable
cause Of the disease prevalence every pos
sibe effort will be made, at whatever ex-
pense, to effect a cure.
If the founders of our cities knew as
much about sanitation as is known now
by even the average unscientific citizen
there would doubtless today be fewer sick
communities, and human life in the CEN
ters of population would be far safer Now
that light has been shed upon the hereto
fore mysterious causes and sources of
epidemic diseases there is no excuse i'm
aginable for the municipality to continue
to suffer it's people to scken by hundreds
and to die by scores.
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The Coming German Elections.
This is cabled from Berlin:


THE government has issued an urg-
ent appeal to the large number of In
different electors who abstained from
voting in the reichstag elections OF 1913
to wake up, inasmuch as their particlpa.
ton in the elections is necessary to in
sure the new reichstag being better than
the old. 1t is asserted that the 1nd1f :
ferent electors. exceed 3,OO0,OOO VIII chs
a quarter of the entire electorate ald
more than the entire social democratic
vote
And so there are "off years also in
Germany We have them in America,
and they are both notifying and en-
barrassing. Many men seem to feel that
they discharge their full duty as voters,
if they go to the polls in presidential
contests and record themselves then. At
other times although the stake, city or
state, may be of great Importance they
either go hunting or fishing, or excuse
themselves on the score of pressing Qri-
vate business. Once in four years is
enough for them.
And yet these men are the loudest in
complaint when public affairs go wrong
or are neglected. Their denunciation
of men who make q trade of politics, and
largely for their own personal benefit
who, in the Crokerian phrase, work for
their own pockets all the time-is Sc
we're to the limits of the language. They
appear utterly blind to the fact that
they themselves are the very hope and
stay of the machine bosses. who reckon
upon their Indifference to their duties as
citizens and profit by it.
This German appeal ought to win. 1t is
no time for a third or even thirtfeth, of
the electorate to stay at home. The stake
is large and both sides should be up and
doing. If a man is with the kaiser he
should give the kaiser his support; if not,
he should register against the kaiser's pol
icy. The issue is not only important but
very plain. and should be decided one way
or the other by a pronounced majority. We
are told that if the new reichstag should be
unfriendly to the kaiser's African policy he
will dismiss it as he did the other, and APP
peal again to the country. That is by no
means certainty. If Germany next month
declares with emphasis against the en-
peror he may find it advisable to negotiate
for a compromise.
Let us not forget that while so many of
our people neglect their ballots, and full
third of the German electorate must be
poked up with sharp stick at so great
crisis as now approaches in the affairs of
that country in Russia men and women are
struggling-some of them with the weapons
of furies-to secure opportunity there for
an expression of the public opinion by
means of the ballot. What in one place is
neglected. or when used often used in q
careless spirit, in another place is being
sought as a prize higher in value than life
itself.
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The Bull Bull of Pohick.

AT the request of several friends and neigh
bors
1 have decided to resume my labors
AS a poetess; for the reason
That it is now the regular poetry season,
And having done up the peach preserves
and all
The other duties that pertain to fall
With heart so light and free from care
l Will write one more pome, entitled
do NOT DESPAIR"
Do not despair, but joyous and gay,
Let US be happy all the day.
What though clouds gather around the
Panama canal?
1t shall be dug. 1t shall! It shall!
And what though the land resound with
whoops
About the discharge of colored troops?
Shall we be disconsolate because of their
distress?
I should say not. We nave troubles of our
own, guess
What though we find it hard to please
A great many people, for instance, the
Japanese?
Let us not allow it to worry us,
Nor lose our tempers should they try to
hurry u.s.
And what though the nation in it's pride
Should feel 1t incumbent upon it to discuss
such things as race suicide?
1t is a topic of Importance more or less,
But perhaps not one for a poetess.
And what though the institution known as
spelling reform
Did not take the public by storm?
Sooner or later spelling reform will arrive
so do not be glum,
ard other literary folks are still willing
to help some.
And what though diplomats come and quote
Letters which perhaps ought not to have
been wrote?
1 have wrote letters which afterward re-
GREETED myself.
Although that was when I was an unso-
phisticated little elf.
And what though numerous other things?
Do not despair, for the New Year brings
A chance to turn over a brand-new leaf;
So what is the use of giving way to grief?
Look up, sad heart, and do not repine,
For life cannot always be sunshine.
Sometimes weather is good and sometimes
1t will drizzle;
Sometimes dreams come true but most of
them fiZzle.
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Hicks as an Attraction.

This is the latest from Bakersfield, Cali
fornia:
Hicks. the rescued miner, spent a restful
night, and this morning received the atten-
lions of a barber. He lost only half pound
during his long confinement underground
Packages from different parts of the
country are coming into Bakersfield for
His. ~, ,ging tobacco from San Francisco
''WL tUf'fom Kentucky. his native state
vlt.W' IS from Los Angeles have reached
atA egrams have been received con-
A. liberal offers TO appear on the stage
or enter business houses on the coast
Several messages offered him 81, 900 a week
10 appear with vaudeville team
II this mans affairs are properly man
aged his fortune is made. He is of good
rough stuff, and curiosity about him-which
II carefully nourished by press agents will
last a season or two-should capitalize
while Il does last at a large figure.
lie should steer clear of trade. The life of
q drummer is exciting. and that of sta
tionary salesman pleasant. but salaries In
those fields do not compare with those i'm
the field OF amusement. Although tbs
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laborers in the latter vineyard are numer-
Gus, the pay is generous and often large.
II Mr. Hicks decides for the stage ne
should order a drama written around hia
thrilling Imprisonment in that coal mine.
We have the tank drama. the barnyard
drama, the stage coach drama, and why mol
the coal mine drama? He is not. it Is true,
ian actor. but that need not matter. lie
would not be required to bend to the stage,
but the stage could be made to bend to
him. Redshirted and sufficiently begrimed,
he would look every inch a miner; and
looking part these days is about all there
is to the average performance.
Vaudeville would be still easier Mr..
Hicks sings. and while a prisoner warbled
MY Old Kentucky Home to keep up his
spirits He might repeat that performance
on the stage, and the chances are that his
MARBLE would compare favorably with
others heard there, although it might not
develop into a top-liner
But the stage does not limit Mr.. Hicks
opportunity in the amusement field what
is the matter with the Chautauqua cir
cult? Why not a lecture describing the
life of a coal miner. the equipment OF coal
mines, with few thumps of the owners
thrown in to give spice and good measure
to an otherwise bald and unconvlnclng
narrative? The lecture has almost su-
perseded the play as the thing. Real thrills
are now in the monologue, and not in dia-
-logue or dramatic situation. Consult the
list of Chautauqua attractions and see
how we'll Mr.. Hicks, although new to fame
would compare with many who are>tour-
ing the country raking in money and COW
erng large audiences with gooseflesh.
1t is an enterprising and ardent age. ana
the performers, from top to bottom. are
many of them wonders.
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The Next Day.

The day after Christmas finds most Of
US in tate of reaction after the high
tension which has carried US through the
weeks of preparation and the day of re-
slzation. II is hard to get back into har-
ness and to take the road again. But the
work awaits and 1t must be DONE and ours
are the opportunities to do it. In fact, the
tasks of life ought to be easier for the
stimulus of Christmas. The moral influ-
ences of the day should remain. Other
wise the celebration of Christmas loses
most of it's value.
No man can discharge his obligations
merely by giving a few presents. He has
bought no immunity from the consequences
of his mistakes past or future by thus
observing the mere external features of
the Christmas institution. The true Christ
mas spirit should find Judgment in every
breast on Christmas morning and remain
there. potent and unwavering for three
hundred and siXty-five days. 1t should
work the ends of charity, love, forgiveness
and unselfishness unintermittentIy.
1t is easy to be genial and considerate
and helpful and patient on Christmas day
for everybody Is happy and the very at
mosPhere is inspirational of altruism. But
il is harder to keep up the pace in the
"'V"9 ~ NOh'e' wien tiie dhhoydIceS OF
daily life rasp on the nerves and tempta-
tions present themselves. Len is when
the true Christmas spirit should manifest
itself. The man who makes every day of
the year a Christmas, not in giving pres
ents but in spreading good cheer and do
ing good deeds is playing his part in the
scheme of things to the best end. To him
work is a pleasure. a chance. and not a
task or a burden. Association with such
81 man is benefit and an inspiration.