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Upstate in New York.

The New York campaign is full of unac-
countable things. but there Is no room for
mystery respecting the lack Of hurrah In
the upstate audiences of the gubernato-
rial candidates. What Is to produce 1t?
Neither Mr.. Hughes nor Mr.. Hearst Is an
orator. Each is trying his voice for the
first time on large crowds. Mr.. Hearst is
indulgipg in very tall claims of important
services rendered the dear people. while
Mr.. Hughes, with lawyer-like thorCugEness,
is explaining them away in style to de-
light court, but which is largely lost on
the average layman. Where do the breath
less attention and the succeeding shout
come in?
Let US all be thankful for this. The cam
paign is momentous far beyond the ordi-
nary, and the country wants a verdict based
less upon wild-eyed enthusiasm than upon
reflection. If these crowds are returning
home with their Threats intact and their
heads clear the probability is that the
voters are thinking over what they have
heard, and will be ready on election day to
cast their ballots intelligently.
OF hysteria we have of late years had
surfeit From the hour when Mr.. Bryan
threw the Chicago convention into fits ten
year. ago, to a very recent day. our politi-
cal meetings. and particularly our nomi-
mating conventions, have resembled sections
of Bedlam. Noise and fiubdub have dom1-
mated ALL 1t has been a feverish contest as
to which side could shout the louder and
keep it up the longer The watch has been
held on raging mobs. and the time an
nounced. as in prize flght or a horse race.
And yet business of Importance was In
hand. and called for good judgment. Is
there room for wonder that in such period
the minority party, having the greater rea-
son to be thoughtful and judicious in Its
efforts to secure power. has doundered
hopelessiy and all but gone entirely to
pieces?
In great center like Greater New York
an enormous crowd Is easily gathered. and
a certain amount of noise Is the very breath
of it's being. 1t will cheer at one signal. and
stop at another. 1t need not hear a word
speaker is uttering. The best carrying
voice is limited. and even Mr.. Bryans. rare
organ is seldom heard by more than half Of
those who flock to his meetings in cities.
In smaller communities and In the country
the people are not always assured that the
whole speech will be spread before them in
print next morning; and so attention there
is better. Audiences are eager for the
spoken word, and silent to receive it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-24
Specializing Bank Clerks.

Two former bank clerks were sentenced in
Pittsburg the other day to serve ten years
each in the penitentiary for stealing large
sums from the institution in which they
were formerly employed. They admitted
their guilt and described their method,
which was extremely simple. Here is an
explanation of the game:
"Wray told the story of how they OBJ
tanned the money. He was the teller and
he would make out a false deposit sliu In
the name OF depoSitor whose account had
lapsed or who had probably died, although
there still remained a few cents 10 his
credit. He would then pass this deposit
slip to Hixton. who as individual book
keeper would enter Ii. Then Wray would
araw forged check for near the amount
of the deposit and take the money. Hixton
when the check reached him. would de-
stroy it,
But would not this discrepancy have
been discovered by an examination of the
counter book? asked Judge Young, Of
Treasurer Gleffer.
1--WE never considered 1t necessary to
examine the counter book admitted Glef-
fer.
Judge Young gasped and then said:
Well, l guess you will consider 1t nee
essary in the future, and even the two
prisoners smiled at the discontinue of the
treasurer.
These young men, lured by the enormous
wealth they were daily handling, thought
they could easily make fortunes II they had
the capital. They lost steadily whenever
they put up the banks cash as margins
for speculative stock purchases One Of
them said
I'VE got half an hour for lunch. but In
stead of eating we visited the bucketshops.
There we received tips from the pro-
prietors and gave our orders. It was like
pouring money In . rat hole. We took as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-24
Respect for the Dead.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.


The representative of a labor union
stopped funeral at Jersey City by cali
ing off, the drivers Of the hearse and
carriages on the ground that one of the
drivers belonged to an organization not
affiliated with the American Federation of
Labor.
That this federation, or any other re-
spectacle order, would lend approval to
an act of such wanton brutality is not
to be accepted. The fellow who caused
the turmoil was ruff1an, and. whatever
may have been the pretext under which
he acted. deserves the reprobation not
only of all union men. but of all who
uphold the ordinary decsncies Of life.
There are conventions that appeal in
stinctively to the normal sense, and among
these is that involving respect for the dead
and consideration for those who mourn.
This respect, universal among the CIV
ilized, differentiates men from beasts as
strongly as any one characteristic. The
excess of zeal that would interfere with
peaceful burial In the name of unionism.
or of anything else. indicates a shocking
peryersion of principle.
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Charity Indeed.
the Springfield Union.


Mrs. William Ziegler. widow of the late
capitalist, has supplied funds for the pub
LEGATION of a magazine for the blind. 1t is
the first periodical of its kind to be pub
lished in America and 1t will be distributed
free to all of the 10000 blind. Because OF
the great cost of printing in raised char
acters, only a limited number of books
have been heretofore published and the
blind will greatly appreciate Mrs. Ziegler's
splendid charity. The magazine will con-
tain the news of the day. short stories
from. the leading periodicals and contribu-
tons from blind readers themselves. IN
fortunately no common typographical
standard exists for books for the blind. so
there will be the extra expense of printing
the magazine in the two systems most gen.
orally used. So much attention is being
paid to the work of educating the sight
less that it is strange uniform style Of
Typography has not been adopted. 1t is a
subject to which attention should be given
and the new Ziegler magazine may accom-
plish something In that direction.
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high as SO 900 in a day. On one TRANSACT
ton alone, and with one broker, we lost
$4,000. 1 remember only one time that We
won; that was $25.'
Here was bank the officers OF which did
not think it necessary TO examine the coun-
ter books of their teliers or to ascertain
the habits of their employees. 1t would be
interesting to know how many bank clerks
spend their lunch hours IN bncketshops. 1t
would seem to be one of the first duties of
the managers Of every financial establish
ment to know as much as possible about
tho personal habits and goings and comings
of their subordinate workers, whose moral
or financial lacses are not merely individ-
ual faults. but directly affect the property
of stockholders and deoositors
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A Sad State Of Mind.

A Sad State Of Mind
The things that they're tellin bout the va.
rious candidates
Has got themselves so talked about, In
whole United States.
The leadin' citizens to whom used to
point with pride.
Has got themselves so talked about, I'm
puzzled to decide
Jes' what to think or how to vote The
stories come so fast
My soul Is full of sorrow an my heart is
overcast
With shadows by the dreadful things that's
dom here below.
An all that 1 can say Is jest Il hope 1t
isn't So"
don't start any argument, 1 sit around
an wait
In, fear and tremblin'. wonderin' how our
cherished ship of state
Is gein' to stand the thunder an the light
min an the splash
OF general accusations that keep comm
with a crash!
I've no defense to offer fur the people they
attack.
l try to keep my courage, but they're got
me on the rack.
They've got me th!nkin' mighty hard an
talkin' pretty slow.
But all that 1 kin do Is jes' to hope it
isn't so!
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SHOOTING STARS.
The Negative Method.

II am doing my best to persuade people
to vote for YOU said the assistant.
Never mind about me-" answered the ex-
perienced candidate. Just scare 'em into
not voting for the other fellow
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Siiveira is fortunate in the fact that Cas-
tro does not feel the same friendly devotion
TO this government that the Sultan of
Morocco showed when it came to ques-
ton Of surrendering a bank looter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-24

T. P. O'Connor's invitation to President
Roosevelt in Ireland's behalf doubtless has
its temptations, but this hemisphere can.
with a little outside assistance from the
Philippines provide quite enough trouble
for one administration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-24

John d. Rockefeller might be tempted TO
speak more freely of things that have been
happening were 1t not for his sons Bible
class
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Porters' Tips.
From the Los Angeles Time

From the Los Angeles Times
The Pullman sleeping car octopus is
shown to have a surplus of 100000 in
its treasury squeezed out of the travelling
public. This does not include the hold
ups of the porters, either.
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Approval.

What do you tink of all dis talk of put
tin trust promoters behind de bars?" asked
Meandering Mike.
IT'S good idea," answered Flooding
Pete. IT'S about time dey was fittin' up
de penitentiaries wit oriental rugs an
electric lights
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No Question About It.
From the Memphis Commercisl-Appeal.

Gov Magoon is called upon early In his
official life in Cuba to meet distressing
situation. No doubt he will prove himself
a true American in ministering to the needs
Of the storm snitten island.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-24

1t would be a great deal Of a hardship IL
Mr.. Bryan should suddenly discover that it
will be necessary to make another trip
around the world in order to get back into
public notice.
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number of people are surprised to dis
cover that Japan is not to be ranked as
political bric-a-brac and are growing pro-
portionately suspicious.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-24

1t is disappointing to see all the fuimina-
tons that Maxim Gorky was to hurl at the
Russian government dwindle into a lot of
personal complaints about American hotel
keepers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-24

The straw hat season is scarcely over
before the straw ballot season comes in.
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Turn About, Fair Play.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
The campaign in Ohio is reported to be
dull, the politicians being the only persons
interested. Perhaps the voters. seeing that
the politicians ran the conventions to suit
themselves. are now going to let them vote
for themselves also.
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Misguided Man.

From the New Orleans Times Democrat
A Pennsylvania man asserts that his Wifi
hasn't spoken to him In seven years. Vel
the misguided man II suing for divorce.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-24

Oyster Bay disappears from the popular
map for time. but it can always con-
graduate itself on not being as much of
back number as Esopus.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-24

The present car may as we'll give up any
hopes of becoming the unrestrained terror
that some Of his ancestors WERE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-24

The New York voter who reads all the
charges against both sides can not be
blamed for growing little discouraged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-24

Croker is deferrlng his visit to America
until a time when the controversy between
Hearst and Tammany will be we'll out of
the way
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-24

Mr.. Taft knows from long observation
that insurgents in Ohio are less violent
than in Cuba. but harder to pacify
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Too Abstruse,

You are at least the logical candidate. "
said the CHEEKY friend.
Yes" answered the statesman. hut
what does the average voter care for the
study of logic?"
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Let Us Hope So.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The leper chapter II closed. He for
whom there was no room In this world has
gone-let us hope-to a better one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-24

DE man.. said Uncle Eben. dat is
srnaht enough to tell good advice fun bad
advice didn' need much advice in de fus'
place."
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Climatic Uncertainty.
The melancholy days are here
With sorrow all complete.
You never know just which to fear,
A cold wave or the heat.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-04-21
TWO ANECDOTES OF CRANE

A New York newspaper man who
knew Stephen Crane, II Of the most
promising writer's Of English of his
generation-who died before he was
2O--when he was in London just after
his return from the Graeco-Turkish
war, relates some amusing stories con.
corning that cratic genius.
One morning Crane dropped into a
newspaper office to borrow a sover-
eign from a friend. He said that he
was going to luncheon with Harold
Frederic, nov also dead, for whom he
had an admiration almost amounting
to awe. but with whom he was then
only slightly acquainted, though they
cfterward became inscparable friends.
In the middle of the afternoon
Cane came back for another sover-
e,gn and told a tale of woe. He had
asked Frederic into a pub to have
an appetizer on their way TO luncheon,
and had handed out the sovereign he
had just borrowed in payment there
for. The barmaid had laid tic change
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At a depth of nine feet the rescuers
took out three men, unconscious, but
alive. Those three men recovered and
were all right by morning.
In the same manner Smith pointed
out other places. which resulted in the
locating of many bodies and the I'm.
covering in all of twenty-five men
whose lives were saved.
Where did you learn that trick?"
Smith was asked the other day.
Il learned that in Idaho. at Wood
river" said he. THE Indians know
that trick. | guess IA wire would be
better than a stick. but they don't
keep wire in stock out in the wilds,
so Indians always use a stick. You
see if a Teller is alive. you "a sort
OF hear him breathe, or | guess it's
more like feelin' him breathe. If he
is kicking or moving around you
can hear him plain. You Just put the
stick down into the snow two or three
feet and you can hear a Teller breath.
ing, even If he's twenty feet further
down. Seattle Post-lntelligencer.
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African Sleeping Sickness.

Prof. Robert Koch lectured in Ber-
lin recently on the sleeping Sickness
which he investigated for several
months in equatorial Africa during the
year 1905. Emperor William and a dis.
linguished company were present.
The malady, said the professor, had
been known on the west coast Of AT
RIGA since the beginning of the last
century and it had spread to he north
short of the Victoria NyanZa and then
entered German Africa. Probably 200,'
600 persons had died from the disease.
The infection was spread from human
to human by the sting of a fly. The
poison affected the usual health for
several days and then the sufferer was
attacked with fever, became incoher'
ent. the glands were swollen and the
patient became enfecblcd and vent.
ually was seized with the sleep mania.
Professor Koch knew of no remedy for
this disease.
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that they are correct On that point,
because the biblical account plainly
says that Gihon 'compasseth the
whole land of Ethiopia"
Some Investigations confirm that
Eden was Il spot of comparatively
small area located on the tablelands
of what is nov Armenia, from which
rise the Tigris and the Euphrates, a
few scholars of distinction argue that
the Adamic paradise was located in
Africa, in the vicinity o, the moun
tains of the Moon. Still another
school of Orientalists locate the cele.
brated garden in the vicinity Of the
anciel. city of Babylon.
You will notice, however, that none
of these theorists has been able to
get the four rivers mentioned in the
biblical account properly located.
Neither have they found q place
where II great river separates into
four heads" This being the case, 1t
Is hardly necessary to add that the
exact location of Eden is a mystery
that will probably never be solved.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-04-21
ALL DISAGREE OVER EDEN

The location of the earthly paradise
or gardeA of Eden is still a matter OF
dispute Smong Orientalists and scrip
tural scholars Of highest reputation,
says tie Brooklyn Citizen. Some
have ~eIceaTorcd to locate II by the
fruits rni mineral productions named
in the Stblical descriptions as they ap.
pear III the second chapter OF Gene.
sis; others by the rivers mentioned in
Versea II to IA of the above men.
toned chapter. The weight of inves.
tigatron and tradition inclines to an
agreement that the Tigris and the
Euphrates of modern geography are
the third and fourth rivers mentioned
In the biblical description of the gar.
den. Those who agree so far differ
widely as to what rivers should now
b. regarded as the ancient Pison and
Gihon. The BUddhistic scholars, al.
though they reject our Bible in great
or part, incline to the opinion that the
Pison is the sacred Gauges. and that
the Gihon is none other than the Nile.
As to the last, it is altogether probable
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-04-21

down before Frederic, who, engaged
in an earnest discussion with Crane.
had mechanically picked 1t up and
put it in his pocket, without pausing
for a omen in his conversation.
Cranes reverence for his fellow
craftsman was so profound that he
preferred TO lose the money rather
than embarrass him by asking for 1t.
Acquaintances Of s. S. Mcclure, pro-
prietOr OF McClure's Magazine, will
appreciate Cranes emotions on an
other occasion about the same period.
Mcclure has two brothers, and the
three bear a striking resemblance to
one another, with their pronounced
Scotch features and fair hair and mus.
taches. Crane rushed up to a friend
in Trafalgar Square II morning in
Il condition Of great excitement.
rive had a terrible shock" he said.
Il was coming through the Strand just
now and | saw three S. S. McClures
standing at the corner Of Bedford
Street
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-04-21
LOCATING MEN IN SWOWSLIDE

Eli Smith is credited with having
saved the lives of twenty-five men at
Sheep Camp in the spring of 1898 at
the time of the great snowslide on
the Dyea trail. 1t will be recalled that
siXty.thrce men We're killed by the
slide. most of them su~ffocating before
roscuers could reach them. Smith
was on the trail several miles below
the Side. He came up three-quarters
of an hour after the tragedy and found
the survivors frantically trying to dig
the victims out.
Give me that stick said Smith to
a mar who had a fiat lathlike piece of
wood in his hand.
The stick was turned over to Smith,
who Immediately whitfield the end so
that he could insert it in his mouth
and grasp 1t firmly with his back
teeth. Then he thrust the stick in the
snow and held the end in his mouth,
apparently listening. He repeated the
operation at several points in the
slide. Finally he shouted:
Come, Dig here, quick"
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WOMAN AND THE HAIRPIN

\. scissors, a knife. or a twccZcrs or anvil
She did very well with a hairpin.
She found that the stairway that rose
from her hall
Was measured quite well with a hair
pin;
An egg bcatcr broken? A laundry pipe
plugged?
\ COrkSCrCw not Ound? Then her Shoul-
dCIs she shrugged
And reached, while her sense Of content
mcnt she Rugged.
Right up To her hair for n hailpin.
\ manicure set. and n button hook. too.
She always could tnd in a halrpin;
In fact. there was nothing "A person could
do
That she couldn't do with "A hairpin.
on" day she was wrecked in & passenger
train;
The crew cried Wen have to send back
for u cIanc''
She muTmurcd. her arm throuIn n
cracked window pane:
Don't bother. III lend YOU { hGifpIn,S
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NO REST NIGHT OR DAY.
With Irritating Skin Humor-Hair Be
gan to Fall Out-Wonderful Re-
suit from Cuticura Remedies.


About the latter part of July my
whole body began to itch. | did not
take much notice OF 1t at first, but 1t
began TO get worse all the time, and
then | began to get uneasy and tried
all kinds of baths and other remedies
that were recommended for skin hum.
ors; but | became worse all the time.
My hair began to fall out and my
scalp itchcd all the time. Especially
at night. Just as soon as ] would get
in bed and get warm, my whole body
would begin to itch and my finger
nails would keep IL irritated, and II
was not long before ! could not rest
night or day. A friend asked me
TO try the Cuticura Remedies, and I
did, and the first application helped
me wonderfully. For about four
weeks | would take a hot bath every
night and then apply the Cuticura
Ointment 10 my whole body; and
kept getting better, and by the time
used four boxes OF Cuticura | was
entirely cured. and my hair stopped
falling out. ID. f. Blaukenship, 319
y. Del. ST, Indianapolis, Ind, Oct. 81,
1903"
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Sale of luther's House.

It is reported from Dresden that
Germany will witness a public auction
that Is probably unique. The house at
Eiscnbach in which Martin luther
lived from l49S to 1901, being then a
youth of from fifteen 10 eighteen, is to
be offered for sale, together with all
the historical objects and documents
associated with Luther and his period
which it contains.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-04-21

1t is unfortunate for little baby Pu
that he is descended from the gods.
The gods do not seem to have the pull
that they had in former times. Even
the Chinaman is saving money on
punk sticks, these days.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-04-21

Rev. Or. Van Dyke says that he
doesn't like the ]proyerb, "A bird in
the hand is worth two in the bush. -
If you say, "A thorn in the bush Is
worth two in the hand he will doubt.
less readily agree with you.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-04-21

The question, Why do boys leave
their studies so early in life? suggests
that other question, Why do boys who
are ailing from Monday TO Friday in.
elusive suddenly regain robust health
on Saturday?
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-04-21

The young man may shrink from buy.
Ing chocolate for the young woman on
account of the %parafin, but doubtless
she will be willing to compromise on
something just as expensive.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-04-21

Most peopln like French bread, but
II the Countess de Castellane were
Anna Gould again, and were to pick
out another husband, she probably
wouldn't choose that kind.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-04-21

The new edition of who's Who in
America" contains 1926 names. Now
why doesn't somebody get up a volume
entitled who Isn't Who in America, 80
and print The names of the rest OF
the 10000, O00? Then nobody could
feel neglected.