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The Prescott daily news., 1907-05-31

If it is lace, get it at Hart's,
The Prescott daily news., 1907-05-31

The Prescott Hotel lis one of the most convenient in the city. Good board, clean beds. Rates: S1.25 day; S4.00 per week.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-05-31

The CityPark Skating Rink will run through the summer every Monday and Friday nights.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-11-16
Law and Ethics.

The integrity of no profession is SO
often or so wrongfully attacked as is
the legal An incident illustrates the
common thought At a banquet given
in honor of leading member of the
bar the toast announced was "An hon
est lawyer, the nobIest work of God"
Quick as a flash thereafter came from
the lower end Of the table the re-
sponse, "and the scarcest." I do not
stop to answer these aspersions. And
yet | cannot refrain from noticing the
experiences of a San Francisco pub
fishing firm. BY last years fire it's
entire plant, including its letters, let
ter books and books of account, was
destroyed. All evidences of claims in
its favor were gone, and it had only
its general recollection Of its business.
1t caused circulars to be prepared
stating these facts and sent to the
various lawyers named in legal di-
-ectory. Out of $175,O00 believed to
be the extent of outstanding claims,
$150.0O0 has been paid. Can any pro.
fession make a better showing2 asks
Justice Brewer, in international Jour
nal of Ethics. How seldom you hear
of lawyer betraying his client In
deed, the chief criticism is that he is
too loyal to that client, and in dis
charging what he believes to be his
duty, to him, forgets his obligations to
the public. But look forward and
not backward. No man is so good that
he cannot be better, and there is no
profession whose thought and life can
not be improved. and may add, there
is no profession which makes a
stronger appeal to its members to
come up higher.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-11-16
SCIENCE OF TOWN KILLING.
Unwise Booming and Maintaining Ex.
orbitant Prices an Effective Way.

There is a county seat town in one
of the central western states that has
population of about 1900. 1t is sur
| rounded by one of the richest farming
countries. For years this town has
been at standstill. If anything it
is retrograding, and even farm values
near 1t are lowering. while poorer land
some 20 miles away is advancing.
Why should such condition exist?
The answer is plain. A dozen years
ago there was boom. With the boom
real estate went to the top notch.
Keeping pace with the boom the
prices of products in that town went
up. There was collapse in real es-
tate values, but the merchants re.
NAMED, and kept up the high-price
habit. That is they wanted more than
van equitable share of profit Another
town was started 20 miles away. Some
of the farmers went there. 1t was
found that the merchants were selling
goods at lower price. The stock.
buyer and the grainbuyer paid few
cents a hundred more for their pur.
chases. The habit of trading at the
new town grew. The business men OF
the old town couldn't learn lesson.
Before they knew it their customers
were leaving them. So it has been
since then. The merchants have been
plodding along The money that
should be. retained in the town went
elsewhere. Much of it went to build
up the competing town.
Mistakes like this one are made
frequently. Towns become dead
places instead of live onea In fact,
some towns are so dead that the farm.
ers who withdrew their trade from
them are suffering in decreased farm
values. They take no interest in
these places, other than to visit them
now and then. Unhealthy booms, un.
healthy prices made by the merchants
and which are foolishly maintained,
are quite certain to kill town even
though it may be county seat and
have some advantages nearby towns
may not have.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-11-16
AGAINST PREMIUM GRAFT.
Laws Passed by Some States Prohibit
ing Prizes in Packages of Foodstuffs.

Some classes of people when they
wish to purchase goods, look more aft
er so-called bargains than quality, and
quite often the bargains prove expen.
sive. It seems that the getting of
something for nothing is attractive to
the average person. Of late years
there has grown up practice among
manufacturers of staple articles, par
ticularly in the food line, of giving a
prize with each package of their goods.
It is apparent that there is an inclina.
tion towards gambling in the make
up of most people, and this spirit is
appealed to largely by the giver of
prizes. The purchaser seems to over
look the fact that he receives nothing
other than he pays for. Whatever ar
ticle is given as a premium represents
so much money value and certainly
the manufacturer does not lose BY
the operation. The value of what is
given must be made up by either the.
retailer or the consumer, and it is gen
orally the consumer who pays the
cost.
Retail grocers, as well as the peo.
pie in general, have cause to be thank.
full to the lawmakers of some states
for making it illegal to place premiums
in packages of focdstuffs. Such a law
is now in force in the state of Nebras.
ka. Premium and Prize giving has
been a cause of trouble and disturb.
ance, and has resulted in the making
OF inferior goods, palming off their
poor productions, relying more upon
the prize given to secure trade than
the merit of goods. The wise house
wife in whatever state she may live
will be careful to discriminate between
quality, and quality backed up by
prizes. 1t is well when you buy arti-
cles in the food line to avoid buying
anything which las a prize attach.
ment. You are compelled to not alone
pay for the goods that you require, but
the prize as well.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-11-16
WEALTH CONCENTRATION EVIL,
Operation of Injurious Trusts Can Be
curtailed by Efforts of the
Masses.

An evil that at present is receiving
more than ordinary attention in the
press is the concentration of vast
amounts Of money in the hands OF
corporations. The accumulation OF
wealth by individuals when controlled
by natural law, will inevitably become
divided. The millionaire who has Q
family. at his death will apportion to
each member share of his wealth.
Even though these divisions may be
increased by work and by speculation
and investment by the children, they
in return will divide the accumula-
tions among their offspring and even
tually. it matters not how great the
fortunes of any one of the family
may become, it is only a matter of
time until there is scattering of the
money, and a great portion of it will
pass from the members of the family.
On the other hand, corporation meth
DDS mean the building of a system
that prevents the operation of the
natural law. In other words corpora
tions are machines that work con-
dnuously, and when one part is brok.
,en it is replaced by new o2e. Thus
the accumulation goes on. The death
of Rockefeller will not result in
discontinuance of the Standard Oil
company; the death Of the present
stockholders of any of the large trust
companies, banks or insurance COM
panies will make little difference in
their existence. All will go ahead.
The safeguards of corporations in
many cases are excellent. But the
inclination to control trade by the
crushing out of smaller concerns and
the destruction of legitimate compe-
tition and the controlling of prices,
seems against public policy. All
classes are compelled to pay prices
dictated by these trusts for the goods
produced. Each year finds new COM
binations to control trade 1t is the
Capitalization of capital that makes
such operations possible The person
who assists in concentrating money in
large financial centers does his part
toward helping along such combines.
Ii is only by individual action on the
part of every small producer and lab
orer in the country that conditions
can be changed Stand by every home
industry and do your part toward
keeping money in circulation at home,
and thus bring about conditions that
will make the operations of trusts and
combinations impossible.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-11-16

white-capped Puritan maiden with
changing color and shining eyes. For
moment longer he looked Hope:
he whispered.
Il just heard about it, john" she
said softly, "and came right to you
to tell you how sorry l am"
He forgot his loss, forgot the black
hours through which he had gone; a
wonder seemed to fill him.
And you came to me. You are not
angry, you forgive my rudeness?"
why, John" she said, in sweet ex.
postulation, "how conld think of any.
thing but your trouble?''
She stopped, and an agonized flush
swept to her hair. A sense Of all that
was implied by her impulsive action
overwhelmed her. Only for a moment
did her confusion last, for the young
man before her seemed to recall sud
denly all that his trouble involved,
and dropped his head upon his arm
with groan. In a moment Hope was
at, his side.
w AOS SIG q.
"You are young, and have much abili.
ty, and can soon"
And [ am practically ruined" he
groaned. Il must not talk to you. nor
think of you, nor belong to your world
any more. | must go to the bottom of
the ladder, and must put all sweetness
and JOY behind me-
But indeed you must think of me- ''
insisted Hope. Nov is when you
need your friends more than ever in
your life, and we will stand by you"
but, Hope, you do not realize" he
said. almost fierceIy, why l cannot,
dare not think of you. I have had
such thoughts. such longings-and
now everything must be put behind
me-"
Hope was kneeling beside him now.
her hands on his arm, as she an
swered, between laughing and cry.
ing:
II verify believe, John, that you are
true descendant of John Alden. You
called him thick-headed because poor
little Priscilla had to propose to him,
and you are every bit as bad!'
But if John Elden was as slow to
realize his possible happiness as the
Puritan lover, he had the twentieth
century quickness of comprehension,
and in the seconds fash before he
gathered his Priscilla into his arms
he weighed the nights loss against
the nights gain, and the burden rolled
from his heart, leaving joy to reign
there, along with a zest for the tasks
ahead of him.
For Hope had come.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-11-16

time his little cottage was pointed
out as being the most attractive home
on the street. Instead of being a
damage to other property it was a
most valuable acquisition. A great
deal depends on the way things are
done. 1t is easy to put up big
barn of house that no one likes and
it is just as easy to build a cottage
house like this for small outlay and
make it into very interesting prop
erty proposition.
Rose cottage. as he called his little
home, was talked about and soon be-
came known away beyond its imme-
diate neighborhood because it was
such a neat and pretty home. It was
built soon after the hard times in
the early nineties when building ma
teria1s were plentiful and money was
scarce; when grass grew between the
piles of lumber in the yards and lum-
ber was rotting in the piles while
good mechanics were begging for
work at any kind of wages. The lot
cost $T0e and the house was completed
including plumbing, furnace and pip
ing for gas for less than 81, 900, max.
the whole property cost about s1,675.
which was 1000 more than the own
er had put into it. It required good
persuasive powers to induce a money
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-11-16
"company Manners

Mother has i've daughters, and
three Of 'em have good homes, where
you'd think she might content herself.
But now she's paralyzed, and she
boards and is taken care of by a
stranger. 1t seems wrong, and I SUD.
pose there's more than one to blame;
nut I've often noticed in this world
Lhat In sickness or in health We save
our bad tempers for our kin, and our
Dohteness for other folks. They say
MOODS thicker than water, but the
only sign I've ever seen of it is that
Dlood relations make free to be hate
1uI to one another" The little seams.
uess told bitter truth which applies
10 thousands of families where, if the
Dond of affection exists, the evidence
OF 1t is sadly lacking. ITO be at home"
means too often to be rude and selfish
and laWless. You children must get
on your company manners for Aunt
Sophy's visit" said mother to her
NOISY brood. Why? / thought aunts
We're home folks!" said logical boy.
No, indeed! Aunt Sophy would be
shocked if you treated her like home
folks" We'll, I don't care if she is
shocked. Company manners are ali
nonsense, anyhow" So seamstress
and boy put the wicked heresy in a
nutshell. Manners are all nonsense!"
Free to be hateful to one another;"
The home where that ugly creed is
held, says Youths Companion, is sure
to produce harvest of miseries, if
not of heart-breaks. The one safe
guard against the chickering's and mis-
understandings which always lurk
ready to destroy domestic happiness
IS the simple rule that nothing is too
good for Ihome-manners, clothes,
gifts, thoughts-the best of all for the
nearest of kin.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-11-16

to avoid all shades of green. Green
paint is almost certain to fade and
during the process it is likely to take
on some very sickly shades OF color
that are extremely disappointing
Nothing looks better than light
shade of green when it is first put
on, but nothing looks worse after it
has been exposed to the sun and
storms for five or six months. III a
man ever wants to kick himself for
doing something absurd in the decor
alton line it is for painting a house
green. Drabs and browns are always
agreeable and generally such paints
are lasting, but colors depend SO
much on the quality of the materials
used that great care is necessary in
making the purchase, if you buy tho
paint yourself, or in making a con
tract If you have painter do the
job
A movement is on foot to bring
about government inspection of paints
something after the present manner
OF food inspection. It seems ridicu-
lous that dishonest paint manufac-
turers are permitted to grind up any
sort of old junk and sell the pasty
product for pure white lead. No won
der honest manufacturers have be-
come disgusted with such work and 1t
is to be hoped their efforts to secure
protection for honest goods win be
successful 1t makes a great differ
ence whether the PAINTER himself
thoroughly understands the business.
A man who knows paint is not likely
to be badly deceived. If he gets nay
sufficient he would much prefer to use
good materials. There are two class-
es of painters to avoid, one doesn't
know and the other doesn't care.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-11-16
Support Home Newspapers.

The country newspaper is a power
in the land. It's place can never be
filled by the big daily papers or the
bulky magazines or agricultural jour
lals. 1t fills a field entirely its own.
is the barometer of the place in
which it is published It's news pages
represent the life of the people, and
it's advertising pages should reflect
the. business activity Of the town. II
Is the duty of every good citizen to
give his support to the local press
Particularly the business men should
patronize it with a view of bettering
his trade. 1t is not money wasted to
use advertising space in it. One good
merchant in the town who under.
stands how to advertise rightly. can
bring trade to the town that will help
every other business man in it. But
all should do their part, and the store.
keeper who does not give his home
paper the support it merits is not the
wisest kind of business man.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-11-16

Mr.. William A. Radford will answee
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to th3
subject of building for the readers OF tnla
paper. On account of his wide expe-
rience as Editor. Author and Manufac.
| turer. he is, without doubt, the highest
| authority on all these subjects. Address
all inquiries to William A. Radford NO.
1874 Fifth Ave-. Chicago. H.. and only
enclose Swo-cent stamp Tor reply
A seven room cottage house that
may be built for about $4,000 under
favorable circumstances is here given.
Down stairs there is parlor, dining
room and kitchen with one bedroom
and a bath room with an entrance
from the bedroom and another en-
trance from the kitchen, which facili-
tates warming the bath room from
the kitchen when there is no fire in
the furnace. There is a convenient
grade entrance to the cellar which
may be reached by four steps down
from the kitchen. This Arrangement
leaves room in the corner of the EN-
trance for good sized refrigerator,
a provision that is valuable in any
house and one that is appreciated
by every house-keeper
The size of this little cottage is
tWenty-eight feet wide by thirty.eight
feet long, exclusive of the porch,
which is not very large on the ground
and not very high; but there is
room for four rooms down stairs and
three rooms up stairs with good un-,
finished attic for storage, and there
Is plenty of closet room. A woman
never gets too many closets. Archi-
tects are often worried because of
the demand for more closets than
age of arranging bedrooms in the
roof like this is that the low portions
Of the roof may be used to advant.
age for this purpose. Some women
prefer an attic over the bedrooms, but
many would rather have store room
of this kind because it saves climbing
two pairs of stairs. 1t is impossible
to have every good thing included in
one plan. Cottage houses may be
lighter in construction than two story
houses and they are more economical
where the roof space is utilized as it
is in this house. The three bedrooms
on the second floor represent Just that
much room that you do not have to
provide siding for The roof answers
for both cover and side enclosure.
Some years ago a man built house
like this on good street in thriv-
ing city. All the other houses on the
street were larger and he was abused
for building small house, but he
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-11-16

A military band on board battle
. ship served the purpose of a fognorn
last month, and prevented the wreck
OF Norwegian collier. The collier,
bound for Boston, lost it's reckoning
in the thick weather, and the captain
was steaming slowly, listening for sig
mails that would indicate the proper
course, when he was astounded to
hear the zoom-zoom-zoomity.zo of a
band coming out of the fog. He Or
dered the engines stopped and the
anchors dropped, and waited for clear
weather. When the fog lifted, he
found himself in narrow channel
near rocky lodges, and saw the battle
ship not far away. If he had gone q
hundred feet either way he would
have been wrecked
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-11-16

to be ashamed Of A house Of thia
size gives opportunity to have bed
room down stairs, convenience that
every house does not possess. There
are generally in most families at
least one old person who objects to
climbing stairs. 1t would be difficult
to arrange more comfortable bed
room than this one, in fact few large
houses have room OF this kind. As
a usual thing when building too little
attention is paid to the comfort Of the
old people. They have spent their
lives in the interests of the family
and it is only right that they should
be remembered in their Old age. We
frequently see aged people who are
compelled to stay upstairs day after
day because they dkead the trip up
and down.
The appearance of this house de-
pends good deal on the colors and
stains used for outside decoration. On
general principles it is q good plan
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-11-16
A Loss and a Gain
By May Belleuille Brown
Copyright. by Joseph B. Bowles.,

Thurby turned a searching glance
upon her, received gesture Of a.
sent from the colonial dame beside
her, and then leaning forward, gave
an order to the coachman.
There was detection as we'll as ex-
hausti0n in John Elden's attitude, as
he sat deeply in his study chair, with
one arm thrown Imply across his
desk. Smoke and CRIME marked his
face and dress, and his eyes, looking
darkly into the future, saw years OF
toll ahead of him. The weight of sud.
den and awful misfortune was heavy
upon him.
What's the use of trying?" he was
asking himself. There's no one. to
care-no one to work for"
The door from the hall opened soft
ly, and figure advanced to the lamp
lights rim. He stared as one in a
trance. Before him stood a demure
and sweet Priscilla, her gray-gowned
figure thrown into relief against the
dark red lining of her cloak-a lovely,
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-11-16
HandlcappIna al Aaent.

Can talk to you few minutes ?'s
asked the life insurance agent.
"Yes," replied the managing editor
If you don't mind walking about the
building with me. really haven't tha
time to sit down. 80
That's all right" said the agent
I'D prefer that, really"
The managing editor led the wav
out to the composing room thence
into the telephone department stan s,s
ping every moment or two to convs,s.
with some operative. and took bis caIs 1g
er at last into the machine roora
where the huge printing maehinas
were filling the air with their q, r,eas.t I,. s,
ly din. 80 : s
now, ne said, yelling into the ear
Of the life insurance man. 4 am go M, !,
70 listen to yoga 90 ahead.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-11-16
Rebuked the kino.

An elderly gentleman with a slight
limp was making his way along the
platform at the Northern railway sta
tion at Paris. carrying a small satck
el. There brushed hastily by him q
young woman with much swishing OF
befrilled skirts, a thread of which
caught in the clasp of the satchel.
The young woman stopped, and the
old gentleman attempted to free the
caught thread without iniuring the
fabric, but this was delicate opera
ton, taking some time to accomplish
The young woman, impatient at the
delay and addressing no one in partic.
ular-it might have been the bag OF
the skirt or the old gentleman-ex
claimed:
Stupid old thirg!"
quite SO, madam" replied the tras.
eller, with his most gracious smile.
The elderly gentleman was the King
of the Belgians
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-11-16

Many of the farm journals are de.
voting considerable space to articles
in favor of the proposed parcels post
measure. One of the chief arguments
employed is that the system would al
low the farmers of the land to secure
from distant cities through the mails
all that they require in the way of
merchandise. These same papers de.
cry the trusts that exist to control the
prices farmers receive for their
produce. In the articles favoring par.
GELS post legislation there Is no at.
tention called to the fact that a par.
GELS post system in America would al.
low the building up of greater trusts
through the Capitalization of capital
in large cities, and would eventually
kill the country towns. the mainstay
Of Which are the retail stores
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-11-16
Time to Awaken

Any plan devised that tends toward
greater business Capitalization makes
easier the building up of harmful
combinations. During the past ten
years billions of dollars have been
sent to the large cities by the resi-.
dent of rural communities. and these
billions have been used in building uE
trusts that work against the best in.
terests Of the masses who reside in
agricultural sections. Is it not time
to awaken to the dangers nf sendins
money away from the home town?
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-11-16

lender to advance such a fabulous
sum as $1,000 and the borrower had
to put up personal security as a side
issue to a money shark to get the
deal through, all of which illustrates
the difference between doing business
in good times and bad times.
1t will be noticed that the rooms,
while not large, are big enough to ac-
commodate the necessary furnitnre
and big. enough for comfort. There
is not a room in the house that is
small enough to be awkward enough
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-11-16

A truck arrived at Desenzano, on
the Largo di Garda, having brought
coal from Venice. On this was a
patch of corn about four inches high,
which must have taken at least 20
days to grow. This may give some
ideas of the delays on the Italian
railways, which are causing factories
to close for lack OF raw material and
coal
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-11-16

A man in the wholesale grocery
trade informs us that the only articles
in his line that have dropped in price
are citron and black pepper. Let US
be thankful. therefore, for small bless
ings before they take their flight.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-11-16

This is the golden age of experts,
and their services are consequently
much in demand. It is to be hoped,
nevertheless, that We shall not be
doomed to the fate of having to hire
experts to contradict the othef fellows
experts.