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The National tribune., 1908-10-29
MIR. TAFr,s RELIGION.

One of Disraelfs brightest sayings
was:
"All sensible men are of the same
religion
When asked what that religion was
he answered.:
mo sensible man tells"
That is the whole story. All sensible.
right-feeiing men are mostly concerned
in the endeavor to lead decent, exem-
plary. Christian lives. They are apt to
feel that they are not succeeding any
too well in coming up to their own
ideals. All that they expect and hope
for from others Is the same effort, ac-
cording to their lights. to walk up
rightly before the Lord and their fell
lowmen. The dry husks of theology
are Of far less importance. As Pope
says:
For modes Of faith let graceless zeaIots
His can't be wrong whose life is in the
right"
This applies to Mr.. Taft and his re-
ligion. We have received a large num-
Der of letters inquiring into his parficu-
lar faith. Even IL we knew him inti-
mately we should probably find it IS
hard to exactly define his faith as We
would to give the exact metes and
bounds of the creeds Of 95 per cent Of
the men whom we know best and meet
most often. We could not even tell
with anything like precision what our
own particular creed is.
All that we know about him is that
he has always walked In the ways of
godliness and truth, and made repu-
tation among those who know him best
such as any man might well envy. Like
the rest Of us, he frequents the churches
The National tribune., 1908-10-29

The French army and navy officers
are Investigating and disputing over the
cause of two disastrous "farebacks +"
One of these on the Couronne cost 81
lives, and the other on the Latouch-
Treville killed nine men. The French
men seem, however. coming to the
theory adopted by the American officers
that the accidents were due to the igni-
ton of the hot gases generated in firing.
and which fire the next cartridges to be
used. For this reason our gunners now
send an air blast thru the gun after each
discharge to drive the gases out of the
turret.
The National tribune., 1908-10-29

that are handiest, or to which his wo-
men folks take him, without much
thought as to whether they are Epis-
copal. Presbyterian. Methodist. Baptist.
Unitarian or what. He. his forebears.
wife, brothers sisters and kinsfolk gen.
orally have always been members and
supporters of these churches. Some
have been found in one congregation.
and the rest in the others, with good
deal Of impartiality as to individual
choice. I
The National tribune., 1908-10-29

Thew. r. c. win a gratifying VIC
tory. In 1889 the Legislature of Cali
fornia made an appropriation of $685.
0oo.s of which $4,000 were to be ex-
pended in the construction of buildings
and $4,000 for the widows, wives, etc.
and veterans and army nurses In indi-
gent circumstances, who were to be-
come inmates of the Home so provided.
This Home was under the management
of the Woman's Relief Corps Home
Association. It was intended to make
neglected, and two. years ago young
attorney in San Jose. anxious to achieve
notoriety, began proceedings to restrain
the State from paying the $3.50
month allowance to the inmates of the
Home. This held up the legitimate
claims presented to the State Board of
Examiners, which had been duly passed
upon and paid in years past. The case
went to the courts. and finally reached
the Appellate Court of the Third Dis
trict, an adjunct of the Supreme Court
Of the State Of California. This court
has now decided strongly in favor of
the w. r. c. Home Association. The
decision was unanimous. and was main
ly based upon a. brief prepared by the
Hon. Henry c. Dibble, a comrade of
the Grand Army Of the Republic. and
one Of the Advisory Board OF the Home. |
The Attorney General resisted the claim |
on purely technical grounds, which were |
oVerruledf Tho Justice, In announcing |
the decision. said that while there was
norlanguaee in the act expressly declar-
ing the Home tor be a State institution. |
this was obviously the intent Of the
Legislature. andis confirmed by other
sections Of the, act. such as giving the
power Of removal Of q director to the
Governor. The Legislature had clearly
power to establish such Home. and
to make provision for its maintenance.
The language ofithe decision is very
as to the duty of the Nation
and State In caring for veterans and
heir dependent ones, and in conclu-
sion the Justice says:
II am deeply sensible of their Inn
portance and equally impressed with
he conviction that an act of the Legis-
ature granting aid to the necessitous
of our country and the
dependent upon them In
'olves legislation for the benefit OF the
public veal and welfare, and within [,
he constitutional power OF the Legfs
ature."
The National tribune., 1908-10-29

~ The manufacturers make a strong
plea for the Improvement Of our nat
ural waterways. One manufacturer of
wood products says that 80 or 40 years
ago raw material was at the doors of
the factories. with the lumber cut not
over two miles away. Now most of the
lumber comes from Louisiana and some
of it even from the Pacific Coast 1t
would be a great relief to the manu-
facturers If they could have the advan-
tage of cheap water transportation. The
policy Of Germany of improving the
rivers and digging canals has been high
ly profitable in the great increase in
he desirability of farming lands along
such water highways. This has paid
several times all the expense of digging
and improvement.
The National tribune., 1908-10-29

1t is noticeable how little Organism
there is on the Pacific Coast Every
where else thru the length and breadth
OF land the Bryan tocsin sounds. loud
and clear. West of the Rockies there is
only one feeble little tinkle heard. That
Is In Nevada, the wide waste of sage
brush and alkali---the home of the
bonanza barons and the last refuge of
10 to 1. The rest Of the Pacific Coast
.Sin have absolutely none of Bryan's
Little Americanism. They see their op-
portunities in the markets Of the many
peopled Orient. and dc not for an in
slant propose TO allow any chance to
Bryan to give this up. nor the control
Of the Pacific Ocean by hauling down
the American Flag on any island on
which it has been hoisted.
The National tribune., 1908-10-29
WASHINGTON. D. c.. OCT. 20, 1908.
NOTICE.

When you send in your subscription
always state whether renewal or new
subscriber.
When you renew from another post
Office give former address as well.
When change of address is desired be
sure to give former address.
The National tribune., 1908-10-29

Prof. Charles e. Bessey, of the Uni
versity of Nebraska, says that the age
ascribed to the great trees of California
has been much exaggerated. He once
counted with great care the rings of
growth Of tree felled in 1853, and
which was fully Is feet in diameter.
and found only 1.147 rings, which would
indicate as many years of growth in
the tree. He doubts If any of the trees
are more than 1000 years old, instead
of 5000. the age usually given.
The National tribune., 1908-10-29

You can't keep Western town
down-that is. some towns. After a
town has demonstrated its right to be.
1t will be. no matter what happens
Bisbee, Ariz., was recently almost
wiped out by fire. but the people are
already beginning to build on a much
larger scale than before. They are
wisely making the new constructions of
concrete.
The National tribune., 1908-10-29

or the 1.355 fires discovered on the
National forests last year. all Of which
were checked by the rangers before
they had burned over 14-io0ths of one
per cent of the National forest area.
campers caused GAG, while railroads fol-
hwed next with 27s; lightning came
next. with 176: donkey engines used In
numbering operations. fourth, with 65:
careless brush burning by homestead
ere clearing land, "a: fires caused by
ancendiaries and those set by herders
and alunters. 80. For more than 400 of
the fires the cause Is not known. This
is not strange when it is remembered
that fire may smolder for days Il the
air is too thick to permit the smoke to
be seen at distance before it breaks
cut when famed by wind, so as to
seyeal its presence to the watchful
forest officer.
The National tribune., 1908-10-29

Another victory for the turbine steam
engine. The great British battleship
1nf1exihle, which carries eight 12-inch
guns and is equipped with turbine en-
eines. is reported to have made 27h
Knots on her trial trip Her sister ship.
the Indomstable, also propelled by tur-
bsnes, crossed the Atlantic at a speed
Of 25 knots.
The National tribune., 1908-10-29

'Meticulous." which the President
recently fired at the country. means
'timid." fearful" and comes from the
Latin "metus,'' fear, and Is related to
the Greek "meta." a change, and
"oikos," house. The Greeks called
the strangers. sojourners and other
aliens in city "metics" as distinguished
from the regular citizens. Those who
changed their abodes often were as
sumed to be fugitives. fearful of pur-
suit and recapture.
The National tribune., 1908-10-29

1t is startler to the complete owner
ship of New York City by Tammany
that Mayor Mcclellan recently appoint
ed an Englishman to $4,000 Office the
day after the said Englishman was nat
uralized- Think Of that-a blooming
Britisher snatching one of the choice
plums from Ireland's exclusive pud-
dingi
The National tribune., 1908-10-29

Senator A. ]. Beveridge has made a
most astonishing campaign thru Okla
homa, speaking to crowds of from 5000
to 10000 people at place. His most
striking epigram was:
You people of Oklahoma are too
Intelligent to be part of the solid
South, and you are too big to be known
as the tail Of Texas
The National tribune., 1908-10-29
Secretary Metcalf stands for &c

Secretary Metcalf stands for gooe
discipline. and has peremptorily and
with praise discharged from arrest q
sentry at the Charlestown Navy Yard.
who shot at and nearly hit Capt. VIII
son. of the Chester. for refusing to Civ.
the countcrsign. Now Capt Wilson
should be promptly attended to,
The National tribune., 1908-10-29

You are now absolutely secure in
the possession of your pension certii-
cate. Do you want to endanger that
security by bringing into power the
men behind Mr.. Bryan?
The National tribune., 1908-10-29

We may soon have to speak of New
England as de-Yankeed land. VIM
Hard finds that of the 1924 employed
In the Fall River factories only 345 are
native-born Americans, with native
American parents ON both sides. There
was a time when the mill hands were
the daughters of the local lawyers, doc
tors, merchants and farmers.
The National tribune., 1908-10-29

The best forecast of Taft's victory is
that Chairman Mack has already set
up Shrek that Democrats are being
bought up to vote for Taft by a s3.O00.-
900 corruption fund which the Repub-
iicans have raised. How glad the Re-
publican managers would be to have
one-fourth that amount in their cam
paign fund for legitimate expenses.
The National tribune., 1908-10-29

We have expected it for long time,
and it has come. Chas. v. Giers, Pitts
burg. is out with n demand that the
Initiative and referendum be applied
to decisions OF the Supreme Court.
Probably Mr. Bryan will take this up
next.
The National tribune., 1908-10-29

In Louisville they are betting to 1
that Bryan will carry Kentucky, and
In st. Louis 2 to that he will carry
Missouri. In San Francisco the betting
is 10 to 4 that Taft will be elected.
The National tribune., 1908-10-29

The Cincinnati Enquirer's straw vote
gives Ohio to Taft by $4,000, or far
more than any Republican paper has
dared to claim.
The National tribune., 1908-10-29

Tariff revision cuts both ways. The
Democratic candidate for Congress In
the 10th District of Kentucky was a
rabid tariff reformer until it was put
squarely at him that this would reduce
the price Of lumber, which is his dis
tricts principal output Now he is vehe-
mently protesting that no matter what
comes he viii stand by the duty on lum-
ber
The National tribune., 1908-10-29

Prosperity extends to the broom corn
growers. r. B. Twiford, Arcola, H..
sold his crop at the rate of $40.72. get
ting s7S2.9S for the crop on Is acres.
The National tribune., 1908-10-29
ORGANIZED LABOR.
Some Searching Questions for MI
GOmpers.


Gompers.
Samuel Gompers. President American
Federation of Labor.
Sir: You are asking organized labor
and also, understand, unorganized la
Dor to vote for W. j. Bryan for Presi-
dent, and to support the Democratic
Party at the November election.
1 am a laboring man. have earned
my own living from the time I was u
years old, and to-day, in my 10th year,
am working at my trade. 1 ask in the
interest of labor an answer to the fol-
lowing questions:
1. What has William j. Bryan ever
done to entitle him to the vote of the
laboring man?
2. What has the Democratic Party
in the past when in power ever done
for the toiler to entitle it to the con-
idence and support of the working
man ?-J. f. Dwelley, La Conner. Wash.
The National tribune., 1908-10-29

Austria has played another cute trick
on Servia by intercepting a large con-
signment of shell fuses. Seryians Will
want to fight very bad to goSto war
without either cartridges or shells.
The National tribune., 1908-10-29

Haskell's libel suits are only good
ti'i election day. His lawyers are only
retained up to that date.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-06-05
BAD ITCHING HUMoR.
Feet SwoIlen-SIeep Broken
Cured in Days by Cuticura.

Some two months ago I had a hui
NOR break out on my limbs below my
knees. They came to look like raw
beefsteak, all red, and no one knows
how they itched and burned. They
were so swollen that could not get
my shoes on for a week or more. l
used five or six different remedies and
got no help, only when applying them
the burning was worse and the itching
less. For two or three weeks the suf-
fering was intense and during that
time did not sleep an hour at time.
Then one morning I tried bit of
Cuticura. From the moment it touched
me the itching was gone and I have
not felt bit of it since. The swelling
went DOWN and in two days had my
shoes on and was about as usual.
George B. Farley, so South State St,
Concord. N. H.. May IA, 1907"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-06-05
In the Same Boat.

I'VE get some sad cases." said the
attendant at the Lumpton lunatic
asylum to the interested visitor, and
opened the door of the first cell.
Inside was a man sitting on three
legged stool, gazing vacantly at the
wall.
His is an unhappy story" said the
attendant. He was in love with a
girl, but she married another man.
and he lost his reason from grief"
They stole out softly, closing the
door behind them, and proceeded to
the next inmate.
This cell was tbickly padded, and
the man within was stark, staring
mad.
who is this?" inquired the visitor.
"This?" repeated the attendant.
This is the other man!T-Tatler.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-06-05
THE FIRST TASTE
Learned to Drink Coffee When a
Baby.
member,

If parents realized the fact that cof-
Zee contains a drug-caffeine-which
As especially harmful to children, they
would doubtless hesitate before CIV
Ing the babies coffee to drink.
"Wnen l was a child in my mothers
arms and first began to nibble things
at the table, mother used to give me
sips of coffee. AS my parents used
coffee exclusively at meals l never
knew there was anything to drink but
coffee and water.
And so contracted the coffee habit
early. ! remember when quite young,
the continual use of coffee so affected
my parents that they tried roasting
wheat and barley, then ground it in the
coffee-mill, as a substitute for coffee.
But it did not taste right and they
went back to coffee again. That was
long before Postum was ever heard of.
continued to use coffee until / was 81,
and when l got into office work, be-
gan TO have nervous spells. Especially
after breakfast ! was so nervous
could scarcely attend TO my CORE
spondence.
AT night, after having coffee for
supper, l could hardly sleep, and on
rising in the morning would feel weak
and nervous.
"A friend persuaded me to try Post
UNI. My wife and did not like it
at first, but later when boiled good
and strong 1t was fine. Now we
would not give up Postum for the
best coffee we ever tasted.
Il can now get good sleep. am free
from nervousness and headaches.
recommend Postum to all coffee drink
ers.
There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek. Mich. Read The Road to Well
VIE" in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
Interest. .-.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-06-05
TELEGRAPHic BREvlTIEs.

4 revolutionist named 1raubnor and
one OF his emissaries, a man named
Massakin, were executed at ST. Peters
burg Friday
One person was killed and three 9th
ers dangerously injured during storm
at Hale, Mo. Several business houses
were unroofed.
H. z. Childers, of the Tray Free
Press, was elected president of the
Missouri Press association at The an
nual meeting in Excelsior Springs.
Twenty oil tanks and several rigs in
the Glen Oil pool in Oklahoma were
destroyed by lightning during a recent
storm. The loss will reach $4,000.
Twelve countries. including the
United States, were represented by
delegates at the international Polar
congress which met in Brussels Friday.
At Bremerton navy yard the yellow
flag floats from the mast of the battle
ship Kentucky, one of the Atlantic
feet, as q result of smallpox having
developed aboard.
Because he was reproached by his
mother for having been. suspended
from school, Herman Hendricks, IT,
year-old boy of Springfield, Mo-, COM
mitted suicide.
John A. Ockerson, member of the
Mississippi river commission, has ar
rived at ST. Petersburg to attend
the international navigation congress
which opens June /.
Mrs. Sapp. mother of May Sapp, for
whose murder S. F. Whitlow is on
trial at lola, Kan, collapsed in the
court room during the arguments of
counsel Court was temporarily ad-
journed.
Theodore II. Price, one of the best
known operators on the New York cot
ton exchange, has been indicted by the
federal grand jury on charges growing
out of the sale of government Stats
tics regarding the cotton crop.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-06-05
Wore Out Bobby's Patience.

Bobby was on visit to his uncle,
q good old orthodox deacon, In the
country. The two were the best OF
friends, and Bobby always sat at the
deacon's right hand at table.
At dinner that day grace was long,
and Bobby was very hungry. Finally,
in the midst of it his patience gave
out; he pounded on the table with his
little fist. Amen, now, Uncle Hor-
ace! Amen!"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-06-05

Washington, May 30-Through the
fearlessness of the crew of the presi-
dents yacht Mayfower, what might
have resulted in disaster, was pre-
vented Friday night when fire was
discovered in a powder magazine on
the water front at the navy yard. A
party of the bluejackets, under COM
mand of Lieut.. Simms Reed, en-
tered the burning building and re-
moved nearly two tons of powder, a
number of high power signal rockets
and a quantity of explosives used in
printing the caps of the big guns.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-06-05
Triumph of Mind.

Victim of Delusion-Doctor, I'm
awfully afraid I'm going to have brain
fever.
Doctor-Pooh, pooh, my dear friend!
That's all an illusion of the senses.
There Is no such thing as fever. You
have no fever, you have no br-h'm-
no material substance upon which
such wholly imaginary and suppo-
sitious thing as fever could find
any base of operation.
Victim-Oh, doctor, what a load you
have taken from my-from my
have a mind, haven't |, doctor?
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-06-05

There is more Catarrh in this section Of the country
than ali other diseases put together and until the last
few years supposed to be incurable For great
many years doctors pronounced Il local disease and
prescribed local remedies and by constantly failing
to cure with local treatment pronounced tincurabe.
Science has proven Catarrh to be constitutional dis
ease and therefore requires constitutional treatment.
Hairs Catarrh Cure, manufactured by +. j. Cheney
Co.. Toledo Ohio, is the only Constitutional cure on
the market 1t is taken Internally in doses from 10
drops to teaspOonful. 1t acts directly the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system. They offer one
hundred dollars for any 1t falls to Send
for circulars and Testimonials.
Address: +. j. CHENEY g. CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-06-05
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibrom tumors, Irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, fiatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness, ornervous prostration.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-06-05
ANNUAL SALES OVER NINE
MIL ION

Good, reliable quality is appreciated
by the smoker. Over Nine Million Co.
000,000) Lewis Single Binder cigars
sold annually. The kind of cigar smok-
ers have been looking for, made of
very rich, mellow tasting tobacco. It's
the Judgment of many smokers that
Lewis Single Binder straight DC cigar
equals in quality the best 10c cigar.
There are many imitators of this cele-
brated brand. Don't let them fool you.
There is no substitute.
Tell the dealer you wish to try a
Lewis Single Binder.
Lewis Factory, Peoria, ILL.,, Original
ors Tin Foil Smoker Package.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-06-05
How He Got IL.

HAD comp'ny TO- dinnah yistidy
Nah husban stopped at Mr.. Green's
store Saturday ebenin' an done got a
fine spring chicken"
"Yaas?" replied the jealous neigh
Dor Dat Mistah Green sho' is de
mos keerless, onsuspectin' mani
Philadelphia Press.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-06-05
To Work Oklahoma Convicts.

Guthrie, Ok, May 29.-Gov. Has
kell made known Thursday the fact
that the state would Immediately
bring back from the Kansas state peni-
Tertiary the 400 Oklahoma convicts
and use their labor in the construction
of macadamized roads all over the
state.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-06-05

Write for literature and views OF
The richest and best watered land in
South Texas, now being sold by me
from 10 to GAO acres and two town lots
for $21O at $40 per month. DR.. Chas.
f. Simmons, San Antonio, Texas.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-06-05
Nebraskan Dead at 1o1 Years.

Omaha, Neb.. May 29.-George M.
Lentner, aged 101 years, is dead at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. Kirk
patrick, at Highland Center. He was
the oldest man in Wapello county. Mr..
Lentner was born in Delaware in 1907.
There are living q grandchildren, al
great-grandchildren and one great
great-grandchild.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-06-05
Buried in Arlington.

Washington, May S0.-The body of
Rear Admiral A. S. CTowninshield, re-
tired, who died in Philadelphia
Wednesday, was inferred Friday after
noon with military honors in the ma.
tional cemetery at Arlington.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-06-05

| was in misery, and had despalred OF
ever getting cured when l decided to
try Doan S Kidney Pills. One box helped
me so much that kept on until en-
tirely cured"
Sold by all dealers, so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-06-05
Railroad Hearings Abandoned.

Guthrie, Ok, May 29.-The state
corporation commission Thursday is
sued an order abandoning all railroad
hearings until after July 15 The rea-
son assigned is 10 allow the railroads
to recuperate the tremendous losses
from the recent floods.