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Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-05-09

gulped down some tea thar haf
been made an hour before, jfbed at q
chop that had been cooked at the
same time, and went off to town in =
rage.
AT dinner that evening May was I'M
usually affectionate And she looked
so pretty that I ground down nv
hatred of the suite as unworthy of the
husband OF so adorable a wife.
She was wanting to say something
and it came out at last. -
Darling, we must have new car
pet for our room"
"A new carpet?" 1 cried; what is
wrong with the one we have?' @...
On, you know well enough how
shaoby 1t is. And Mrs. Wright was
mere to-day, and said we must really
hav@ one to matcS the suite.
Anything else?" | inquired grimly
"Oh, she knows a place where we
can get a set for the washstand fo1
almost nothing
But, my dear girl" expostulated
what would be the use of it, We
can't perform our additions on the
STAIRS
l wish you would not try to be
sarcastic said my sife, with dignity;
1t does not suit you'
Neither does the suite" I ioked
feebly.
May withered me with glance,
III two or three minutes I was
routed horse and foot, and had to sur
render Internationally and May was
smoothing down my hair by calling
me her own boy
A week passed. I grew quite ex
pert in the various ways of getting in
to bed and learnt to nicely the
course to be steered round the ward
robe.
But May was not happy. The posi-
ton of the wardrobe and the wash
stand, which latter I was using tc
store my collars and shirts on, was a
daily heartbreak to her. She grew
silent and Iistless, and I cursed the
day that brought that ticket into my
possession.
One evening, at last, the burden
seemed to have been lifted. After a
good deal of desultory talk she an
nounced carelessly that she had been
out all day looking for another house
and had almost decided on one.
I was dumbfounded. Was this de
termined looking woman opposite me
the simple, clinging girl had married
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HIS FAT MANS WEAK SPOT
tN Nothing Else DO CouveEticn's Iron
Laws Show So Strongly.

mere are things, it is a comfort to
know, which even man cannot do,
and a man is supposed to be able to
40 almost anything.
NOW novelist may put his hero
inc nat on her head at any angle he
chooses-it is one of the few privi-
leges OF Womanhood- and leave her
not bit less charming or dignifed,
but defy him to put his heros hat
at a rowdy angle over his ear at a
crucial point in his career and leave
him still heroic!
Inc Achilles heel of man is his
nat. He must guard that as he does
his reputation, for it is at once his
strength and weakness, says a writer
in Putnam's Monthly. ~"
1t would hurt an archbishop less in
the eyes of the public to commit a
crime than to wear his hat on the
back of his sacred head-real back!-
and SO exhibit himself to his distress
ed diocese.
Still, if he is so inclined, why should
HoI SOOd and great man wear MS
hat over his nose without creating un-
favorable comment? The fact is, he
cannot. He is ruled by convention,
and convention is red tape of So
ciety.
The castiron laws of fashion, which
is only another name for convention,
are such that if the greatest man in
England were to walk with all his &C.
customed dignity from the Marble
Arch to the bank with trailing pea
cocks feather attached to the band
OF his silk hat he would be followed
by a mob in two seconds and by the
time he reached We're street the out
ragged majesty of the law would take
him into custody as a suspicious char
acter.
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six months ago? I had meant to be
the head of the 1ouse-though a very
gentle loving head-and here were my
rights being calmly set aside. How
ever, I allowed myself to be marched
off meekly next day to see our future
abode
1t was a gloomy-looking house in a
side street, house only fit for dying
in. But the rooms were immense, and
[ saw at once that was the attraction
for my wife.
The suite would be in its glory in
the big bedroom, though T chuckled to
myself how the other furniture would
look. We moved in at the end of the
month, washstand, wardrobe and all.
We had meals in dining-rootn
whose vastness was accentuated ny
our small table and sideboard which
rose as islands in this ocean of BARE
ness. Our oleographs, which bad
passed for oil-paintings in the Old
house, now gave the finishing touch
of the ridiculous to the gigantic hail.
And the new bedroom carpet served
as rug in the suite room.
But May was at peace. The light
had come back to her eyes. l was
beginning to settle down under the
new regime when the end came.
One day got telegram at the Of
flee from May. 1t said, "Come 1T
once" I rushed home in hanson
with the fear clutching at my heart
that something had happened to my
darling. ...
There was nearly a collision at the
street corner with a furniture-van,
which bore something which cleaned
and glittered in the sunlight The
flower bed by the garden path WIS
trodden down as if there had been a
fight over it. The front door was
open. I rushed in,, and then, as ]
heard loud sobs upstairs, flew to the
bedroom. May was lying on the bed
weeping and refusing to be comforted
by the maid-and the suite was gone.
We are back now in the old house,
and there is another inmate who has
replaced the suite in Mays affection.
I admire him very much, too, but he
has reprehensible habit Of turning
night into day, and insisting that some
one else should keep him company.
The reason for the disappearance Of
the suite was that the treasurer OF
the Hibernian Lottery had absconded
without paying for any of the prizes,
and so the furnishing store had sent
down for their suite. It was altogether
illegal, and could have brought them
nto serious trouble. But did not
! ell May this. N
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"Why Didn't You Come Before p,

A Nebraska missionary called on
the parents of two boys who are sery-
ing their sentence in the penitentiary
for stealing cattle. They said: I'VE
have tried to bring up our children
the best we know how, but this is
the result of their association with
evil companions. We were church
members in Ohio, and went to church
and Sunday school every Sunday, but
that was Is years ago. Why did you
not come before? Now 1t is too late.
II We had had church and Sunday
school, probably our boys would not
have been where they are"
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NOTICE..

Notice is hereby given That the
Board of Town Supervisors of the
town of Parker, Marshall County,
Minnesota, will let to the best bidder
or bidders, contract for the CONSTRUCT
tion of 81 miles of graded roads to be
built on the section line in said town
running east and west, plans and
specifications for which can be seen
at the office, of the town clerk. Ali
bids must be in writing and filed
with the town clerk of said town on
or before May 18th, 1907, at which
time all bids will be opened and
acted upon. Successful bidders will
be required to give bond in such sum
as may be required for the faithful
performance Of their contract. The
right is reserved to reject any and
all bids.
Dated March 18th, 1907.
Andrew Fodstad, Town Clerk,
Stephen, MINI.
Note blanks for sale at the Sheaf
Office.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-02

NEBRAsK as NEW FEDERAL JUDGE
The new federal judgeship for the
district OF Nebraska just created by
congressional act has been filled by the
appointment of Thomas G. Munger OF
Lincoln. A..
The new Judge is a lawyer of long
standing practice, yet still in the prime
OF life, thus conforming to the prefer
ence Of President Roosevelt for judges
who give reasonable assurance of long
service on the bench. Even during
the brisk competition for the place
nothing has been said by other as
pirants disparaging of Judge Munger
beyond calling attention to HIS COM
paratively meager practice in the fed
eral courts. It is admitted that at the
local bar and before the state courts
he has always stood high.
1t is to be presumed that the new
Judge will take the dockets to be heard
In the southern division, his selection
being unquestionably in recognition of
the claims of the South Platte country
as distinguished from the territory
north Of that dividing line. 1t is here
that he is better known personally to
the, other members of the profession,
but the lawyers in the north divisions
may expect 10 have an opportunity oc-
casionAlIy to get In touch with him, as
nothing in the new law confines either
Of the two judges to any particular
division.
The federal judgeship carries with 1t
life tenure and is supposed to remove
the occupant entirely from the field of
politics. 1t. may be confidently ex-
pected that Judge Munger will bend
every epergy to make good in his new
position, and in so doing will only
meet the expectations of his friends.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-02
KnoLEsAnn 1np nrrAlr.

In the discussion of the 2-cent pas
senger fare proposition Nebraska rail-
road spokesman have made great
deal about the difference in doing
business wholesale and retail They
admit that their proclamation Of the
forthcoming sale OF a 2-cent inter
changeable 2,0OO-mile book while the
rate bills we're pending was a tactical
blunder, because Il showed that they
are willing to carry a travelling man
for cents a mile. providing he has
bought mileage book, while insisting
on exacting cents from fellow pas
senger sitting in the same seat.
Unable to justify their position by
asserting that It costs more to carry
the man provided with a mileage book
than It does to carry the man who
bought his ticket at the station. the
railroad representatives have argued:
First, that mileage book passengers
agree to travel 1900 miles during the
year; second. that they constitute a
class especially whom the railroads
like to favor because they stimulate
and influence freight trafic; third,
that the railroads get the better OF 1t
by having the use of the money re-
quired to be paid In advance for the
mileage books.
In all of this there is a great deal OF
specious argument. In the hrst place,
the mileage book passengers are for
the most part commercial travellers
who do not pay their fares themselves,
but who charge them back to the
houses for which they travel, Thu
travelling men would continue to make
their rounds irrespective of the rate Of
fare, whether cents or 2h cents, or
even cents. and the cost is collected
back In the expense account and made
good out of the sales to customers.
AS to influencing freight shipments by
concessions on mileage books, no rail-
road would dareTto make that point In
court. because IL would be pleading a
form of rebate strictly forbidden by
the interstate law. The only valid
point made, therefore, is that con-
tanned In the claim of the roads that
they get more than 2 cents per mile
for mileage book travel because they
have the use of the money paid in Id
vance.
But this advantage Is greatly exag-
gerated The railroads own figures
indicate that the life of a 2,O00-mile
book is eight months, so that, assum-
ing that 1t is used up proportionately
during that time, they have the use Of
the purchase price-$50, OF which
$3.50 is refunded--for an average
period of four months. If the money
Is worth to them 6 per cent, they get
81 additional on each 1900 miles.
Reduced. to a mileage basis, this would
mean that the fare on a 3,000-mile in
terchangeable book is equivalent to a
fat rate of.2 100 cents per mile. 1t
remains to be seen how much fight the
railroads will put up for the lao Of a
cent II It is not made up to. them by
increased travel or in some other way.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-02

Governor fisnly Of Indiana has auto
graphed the 2-cent passenger fare bill.
Mr.. CIevelands suggestion Of disfran-
chising bachelors comes too late TO make
David Bennett HIN sit up and say some
thing.
Judge Dunno OF San Francisco, strangely
Indifferent 70 tho acclaim OF the multitude.
proposes to treat Mayor schmitz as he
would 'any other defendant charged with
crime"
The sergeant-at-arms Of the Iowa leglsla-
turo arrested a minister charged with lob
bying for a Sunday rest law. This season
promises TO be. the most Improbable one
lobbyists ever encountered.
James u. MARITIME. the farmer orator"
of New Jersey. enjoys the distinction OF
having been the candidate OF his party
the democratic-for almost every Office 4.
his county and senate district for the lfS
thirty years without ever having won.
Hats OF TO Walter Preston Brownlow.
member of congress from the First district
of Tennessee. a man of rare forbearance
and one who has saved the government
as much money. perhaps, as any other,
Mr.. Brownlow has been a member of con-
gress for ten years and yet he never made
a speech before last Saturday
Speaker Cannon. was in a facetious mood
when he arrived at the capitol the other
morning. The keen wintry air that pre-
vailed outside seemed TO invigorate him.
Meeting prominent democratic member
from the sunny south in the Marble room,
''Unole Joe" elapped him on the back and
said Il say, old man. are you not ashamed
to be democratic" Well. no, Mr..
Speaker" replied the representative from
the southland, Strengthening himself up
II cannot say that 1 am. But" he added.
after a slight pause, when 1 consider the
tendency Of the times often think that
am fool not to join yourN party. How
ever reckon I prefer to remain poor and
honest rather than become rich and "a
republican" 1.-THE gentlemans time has
expired" said "Uncle Joe." as he made his
way to the speakers room.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-02
FROM HIGH no Low.
Examples of Railroad MaEnates De-
mOraIise Employees.
New York World

mOraIiEe Employees.
New York World.
President Truesdale Of the Delaware
Lackawanna & Western Railroad company
complained in an interview that increases
in the pay Of employees had not been fol-
lowed by better service. There is evidence
to support his case. The service is worse
rather than better. Apparently the en-
ploye Is following the bad example Of his
superiors
His opportunities are necessarily limited
The humble brakeman cannot emulate Mr.
Hartman by selling to the Equitable and
New York Life Insurance companies for 90
and IS Alton bonds that cost him only e5.
He cannot use the treasury funds of the
railroad corporation for speculative pur-
poses. He cannot issue $1oO,000,O0O worth of
bonds to buy stock in other railroads
There are no Union Pacic melons for him
to cut. The best he can do is to exact the
highest POSSIBLE wages and give the least
possible return IN the way of service Even
this has to be done In a crude, clumsy way
which IL almost ridiculous in comparison
with the methods Of his employers.
Yet there was a time when the railroad
employees were the most competent, most
faithful and best disciplined body of men
In the Industrial army. They took pride
in their work But their employers were
watching the ties, the tracks, the locomo-
tives and the cars instead Of watching the
stock ticker. The Decentralization OF the
employee began with the Generalization of
the management. II will end when the
Wall street decentralization Of the manage
ment ends.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-02
THE DATE ON PACKING PRODUCTS,

The senate has amended the agri-
cultural appropriation bill by adding
a provision requiring the packers of
meat and meat products to date their
cans. This has been one of the hotly
contested points in all Of the legisla-
ten affecting the packing house indus
try, and opposition to the can-dating
provision was so strong last year that
It was not Incorporated in the original
inspection law. The packers are still
bitterly opposing the adoption Of the
provision, but the sentiment in the
house is so strong that the senate pro-
vision will likely be accepted.
The meat packers of the country
have shown a disposition to accept the
provisions of the inspection law as
passed at the last session, most Of
them having expressed their entire sat
isfaction with 1t and voluntarily Of
fered' aid in its enforcement. They
realize the beneht accruing to their
trade by having their products placed
on the market with the governments
certificate of purity on their labels.
They have, however, persistentIy OPP
posed the proposition to have the cans
labeled, showing the date OF packing,
their contention being that If the con-
tents were properly prepared and
canned they would not deteriorate by
age. Purchasers OF canned meat
products, however. would undoubtedly
appreciate having some means of as
pertaining the vintage year of canned
meat products. Under the old order,
the purchaser bought canned meat
products at his own risk. II the con-
tents of can. when opened, furnished
evidence of antiquity, it was the pur-
chaser's loss. Under the proposed
provision he will have but to use his
eyes to ascertain n the goods he IL
buying we're canned this season OF
years ago.
Packers and grocers who have large
stocks OF canned meat products in
their possession might suffer some loss
incident to the disposition of this old
stock when the new law becomes
operative. as the public will want none
but the dated cans as soon as they are
placed on the market. In the end
however, the packers will gain by the
can-dating provision, as It should re-
suit in completely regaining for their
products the confidence that had been
seriously shattered by last years dis
closures and creating further demand
for them they could not otherwise
stimulate. This confidence has been
restored in the matter Of fresh meats
and the enforcement Of dating will
surely bring the canned product into
equal favor.
| Il Is interesting to note In this con
nection that the British government
has just renewed an order for $1,000,
600 worth Of canned meats from {
Chicago frm. after having once re
voked the order. A special agent Of
the British government made. care
Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-02

there were In the United States 159,-
sos ministers, 2O7.7O7 congregations
and a membership of 32,2sS,65s, an
increase for the year Of 1900 minis
ters. 1895 congregations and s7O.5ss
members. The church membership
was divided as follows: Catholics,
11,14s,455; Methodists az bodies)
6.551,Ss1; Baptists GA bodiesl, ,
5,140,77O; Lutherans cas- bodies).
1,s57.4S3l Presbyterisns (12 bodies),
1,771,s77; Protestant Episcopal q
bodies), s4e,4s2; Congregational.
6s4,923. and the balance divided
among a score of other denominations,
with membership ranging from few
hundred to 100000. Each of the
prominent denominations showed
large increase in membership, with the
exception of the Friends. which lost
slightly. and the Unitarians, which re-
manned stationary.
According to these figures, 40 per
cent of the American people are iden-
tilted with some Christian church. No
other country shows so large per
cent of its adult population taking
active interest in church work. al
though comparisons to Americas dis
advantage are sometimes made with
other countries in which church hap.
tism is used in the preparation Of sta
tistics. regardless of the fact that a
majority Of those baptized fail to be-
come identified with church work or
church membership in after life. DR..
Carroll's figures furnish emphatic
REPUTATION of the charge that America
is ceaslng to be Christian nation.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-02
BARkINa UP THE WRONG rREE.
Assaults OF western Senator'S on Sec
Rotary Hitchcock.



Brooklyn Eagle.
Senator Clark OF Wyoming did not dis
tinguish himself IN his recent assault upon
the secretary of the interior. Mr.. Clark IL
chairman Of the select committee Of the
senate which was charged with the duty
OF investigating the condition OF the In
dams In the Indian territory As the re-
suit of experience. obtained In that work,
Mr.. Clark claims TO have discovered that
Mr. Hitchcock's management of the For
estry bureau is entirely wrong. He com
plains because OF the autocratic power
vested In the head Of the bureau to with
draw grazing lands from settlement and
to lease them instead OF selling them to
cattle raisers and ranchmen.
Several western senators directly or in
directly sustained Senator Clark in his at
tack upon the secretary and the forestry
system. One Of these, Mr.. Warren also
OF Wyoming, has been charged with fenc-
ing in public lands for his own use. con-
trary to the intent OF the law. He thinks
that charge emanated from Secretary
Hitchcock. Perhaps II did. He declares it
to be false. Possibly II is, but Mr.. Hitch
cock has made few charges that have not
been proved, and he has made a good many
during his term of ONCE, much TO the dis
gust, distress and humiliation of several
alleged statesmen from Mr.. warren's neigh
borhood.
Against what Mr.. Clark charged and Mr..
Clark's supporters echoed may here be set
the tribute OF Mr.. spooner OF Mr. Hitch
cock the senior senator from Wisconsin
said
He is the most conscientious and pains
taking public servant who ever occupied
that ONCE. He is honest. He may make
mistakes; we all make mistakes; but he
has made record unequalled by any OF
his predecessors. and one that will not
be equaled by his successors"
What Mr. spooner declared of Mr.. Hitch
cocks character and record will be In
dorsed by every unprejudioed observer OF
that gentleman's career as a cabinet oficer
under the two presidencies Of Mr.. Mckinley
and the two presldencies of Mr.. Roosevelt.
What he predicted for Mr.. Hitchcock from
the comparisons 81 the future must await
the verif1cauon OF time. One thing Is very
clearly established 'now11Mr. Hitchcock is
marvelously fortunate In the enemies he
has made. Every claim jumper, every land
thief, every timber grabber every coal
stealer, every grazier Illegally fattening his
cattle and his pocketbook at government
expense is his sworn foe. In assailing him
Mr.. Clark and his associates are barking
up the wrong tree.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-02
Railroad Regulation I'm Canada.

bdltlfnOre NEWS.
The Canadian Railroad commission Yields
some power The Canadian Pacific has
special immigration rate OF l cent mile
from Montreal to Calgary. in the Canadian
northwest, but then the rate goes up to 4
cents a mile, in pursuance OF an agreement
with the American roads handling immI-
grafton traffic to the extreme northwest
Now the Canadian Railroad commission
has reduced the rate west OF Calgary TO ,
cents a mile. and the Western Lines Pas
senger Association of the American Rail
roads is confronted with the need OF i'm
mediate action to meet the competition. An
interesting feature Of the situation Is that
II is generally admitted thai what the Ca
madam Railroad commission says goes, and
there is nothing left for the railroads con-
cerned but to obey. The probable result
will be lower rates on American lines also
Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-02
AN I'VE GOT HOME.

Carrie Jacobs-Bond in the Housekeeper
Been travelin' most year,
Been a powerful ways from here,
Seen some sights I won't forget,
Heard some sounds Tn hearin yet
But now I'm homer
Been to cities strange and new
Some liked. but just a few;
Still, there's none OF 'em can be,
What this old farm is to me,
Cause It's my home.
There's my axe beside the tree
Seems to sort o. beckpn me;
Wonder II I've clean forgot
How to silver OF a knot
Since left home?
How I'm lovin' every soundl
Acorns droppin' on the ground
Sounds like music In my ear.
Kind O. singin Joy and cheer
Cause I've got home.
Is there anything 80 good
AS bein' home-an' UNDERSTOOD
Folks don't criticise your ways,
Where they've known you all their days
Right In your home
Well, I'm thanlxin' God for this
I've been liked (enough TO miss)
In the place love the best.
And I've just come back to rest,
An stay at home.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-02
Another TreaeurY RaId.
Chicago Chronicle

: Before the National Educational assoeia-
ton goes 70 congress for an annual appro-
priation Of some millions Of dollars In aid
OF public schools Il would do well to con-
slider the fact that the money IN the ma
tional treasury. as well as that in the state
treasures. comes from the earnings OF the
people and that Il Il obtained by less just
and equitable modes OF taxation. Thus
every shifting OF burdens from the STATE
treasures 10 the national treasury involves
more injustice. II seems 10 be necessary
10 remind people now ana then that th'
money In the national treasury does no
come from foreigners OF from the clouds.