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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-09-11

The strongly partisan letter i,. ',i,i Mg;
B BRYAN 10 &c Congress in New Y9 TX
P Pro. Z mile onite as bad taste as the
cry ely, wa" stt te to put the Interna ,,
t,oneI Typographical U s,,ob nntaotful
as iIoSG ~ dealing with non-parti-
METHODS ,, o. serve to react unoin
san o Igs;5nte and. unless met skill
a eanu uro5nce bad feeling among the
iuily; PiON wise politician steers
nlennOe ~ s,cb imbroglios, The com
Clear - 4-svelers' incident Is chst-
nl ..I.,stic mark Of Mr. Bryans un-
s,.Sje al view OF measures ana pom
cies.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-09-11
ANOTHER LABOR LEADER FOR
49,, TAFT.
New Britain Record.

Rem Chaplin, editor of the Railroad
Employe, a labor organ, Is oIS ~ ~
aS S5t explaining from the Great
Samuel GOmpers, VINO PROMISES wa ~
deliver the solid labor vote 10 WI
liam Jennings Bryan.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-09-11
THREE GREAT NEW WORLD
DEEDS.
National
Garraa.w

From the Republican National
p,atform-The American Govern
1, is,,t in Republican hands, has freed
TSbs given peace and protection TO
porto Rico and the Philippines under
oHr DAG and begun the construction
of the Panama Canal.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-09-11

It will be exceedingly interesting
to wage workers and the public In
general to know how strongly the po-
iitical course OF President Gompers,
of the American Federation of Labor,
is being opposed by the labor press
and trade union leaders of the coun-
try. Since the fact has become known
that President Gompers has had a
real business" conference with Mr..
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-09-11
HOW COULD BRYAN HELP?
His Prescriptions For Business Shown
to BE Intellectual.

to BE lneHectuai.
From the Pittsburg Gazette-Times)
We hear of workingmen SAYING
+bot This time they intend to vote
fore for' MT. Bryan, because for the past
ten months we have had hard times.
But what good will that do? How Is
a tariff for revenue, ignoring the pro-
lection idea altogether, going to open
the shops and mills? How VIII the
election of Senators by dlrees VOC
&c publication of campaign contri-
S tnf Or the further harassment
Of the railroads? Or the reorganiza-
t;on oit Of the House, so that the Speaker
nav NAV be powerless? Why open. this
n con- now to the markets OF the
W. World rid when we have not sufficient de-
mand to consume what we ourselves
manufacture?
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-09-11
VOTES DENIED TO NEGROES
GREAT DEMOCRATIC PAPER BOASTS
OF DISFRANCHlSEMENT.
Wishing That Enfranchising Amend
ments Were Abolished From
Nations Constitution.
From Charleston, S. C., News and
nnr.rlnr

(From Charleston, S. C.. News ana
Courler.)
Conditions were such in 1876 that
anneal TO the negroes was wise, put
the Democratic party in the state mas
adopted the policy of closing It's doors
TO them. The constitution OF the
marty in South Carolina excludes
from voting in the primaries an ne
proes save those who voted for Cen
eral Hampton in 1876 and have voted
the Democratic ticket continuously
since. No provision is made Tor Ihe
admission of other negroes. ms
policv was adopted when the primary
nIan became fashionable, and we
think it grounded on excellent primer
nles We're $4,000 negroes admitted
into the Democratic party IN souln
Carolina, the baser white members Oh
the party would at once begin 10 cor
rupt them, to buy their votes SO Tar
as they could. A century perhaps
centuries, must pass before the ne
groes will be qualified for elllzehsutp
and morally strong enough 70 WIN
stand the temptations oHeFeu uy ti0
political corruptionist.
Array White Against Black.
Until a few years ago, it was the
habit in the smaller cities and towns
of south Carolina to allow the quail
i6ed negro voters to participate IN
the municipal elections, and the re-
sult was that municipal campaign III
q village having 100 to 500 voters
vas a Deriod of debauchery and De
moralization. So the white man
primary has been resorted TO even IN
The little villages. The white people
must hold aloof from the negroes as
nrotection AGAINST the Yenal IN their
Town race. and that is why, unless the
rules of the party be changed thaI
the Democratic negroes IN south O al
olina will be extinct IN lew yea .
If the negroes in the North are au
mitted into the party, they viii u g.
mand recognition in the Souln' II ~
South Carolina there were 4VsVVV VI
100000 Democratic negro voters tney
would demand and obtain their snare
of the offices. .,,-,,o
o,,endmants to the Federal Constitu'
lion might be abolished so that tht
negroes might be wholly eliminateo
from participation in American pol
tics. but that at present appearlns
impracticable, they should at least Dc
excluded from the Democratic part!
SO that in the South the white people
NAV continue to array themselves
solidly for the protection Of their rae.
until this Republic has fixed upon
lnolicv that will guard them not onL
Iagainst negro domination, but agalhs
negro meddling in political affairs.
"Democracy White Mans Party
Whenever the Democrats admit ln
9 d
ioin the Republicans and that part
would become respectable. Very 500
the two parties would be much ak
in character SO far as their member
shin is considered, and salutary. r'
suits in independent thinking aud az
q ton would follow, but IN polh pdrtis
the exaltation of the negro would az
follow. In a word, neither whl'
party is as yet strong enough in VII
tue to admit the negro without mlsu'
- ing him and so cOrrupting itself.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-09-11
nBRYANS POLICIES
DESTRUCTIVE"
MFR. Taft Compares Republican and
Democratic Platforms.
r-e., cDoocb Of Accan-

MFR. Taft Compares Republican and
Democratic Platforms.
(From Mr.. Taft's Speech OF Accep-
tance.)
The chief difference between the
PenubIican and the Democratic plat
forms is the difference which mas
heretofore been seen between the
nolicies of Mr.. Roosevelt and those
which have been advocated by the
democratic candidate, Mr.. Bryan.
Mr.. Roosevelt's policies have peen
nrogressive and regulatlYei MT.
Rryan's destructive. Mr.. Roosevelt
has favored regulation of the busi-
nose In which evils Have grown up
en- az to stamp out the evils and per
NIT the business to continue. Ihe
tendency of Mr. Bryan's proposals
has generally been destructive OF the
business with respect to which ne Is
5aranding reform. Mr.. Roosevelt
rouId compel the trusts to conduc'
their business in a lawful manner
and secure the benefits of their opera
zion and the maintenance OF the pros
reritv of the country OF when the.
are an important part; while Mr.
Rrvan would extirpate and destro.
AZ entire business in order to staml
ont Inc evils which they nave pfAc
ticed ..----sesa y, 10. rpeg,,. ,.,..9... :
1nSs sa ,.a-sas were taken safels os ,o
The holses .,,a,,ts lodged over the
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-09-11
REAL ISSUE FACING LABOR
IS DEAL WITH GOMPERS
His Effort to "Throw" the Trade
Union Vote to Bryan Doing
Infinite Harm.
THAT BUSINESS" CONFERENCE

The Labor Press and Leaders OF
Country Unmask President of the
Federation as a Democrat and
Free Trader Fighting TO De-
feat the Best Friends Of
the WOrkingman.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-09-11

any s,o,,r land is worth $1,000 per acre ss,.
your State tax would be Gents g -, psi of
gC another man has a farm o.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-09-11

md sS S1ses were taken safeis Gus ,,o
inc me. nth If the servants lodged over The The
Some o. AZ had a narrow escape. Ing
q obort $780, 600.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-25
sAYHlWKER .JO7y

The Hope Dispatch points with
much pride to the fact that on Sunday
the restaurants were open only for
meals
The Anthony Bulletin wonders what
the difference is between Sunday ex-
cursion to see baseball game and a
Sunday excursion to see the Messiah.
In response to a New York papers
query. Can woman dress on less
than $4,000 Year," the Barnard Bee
large woman, too.''
A New York woman laughed herself
to death over newspaper joke. 'If, .
says the Jewell County Republican,
you wish to die happy, now is the
time to subscribe
At Fort Scott last Saturday school
pupils dug up 800 pounds of dande-
lions at 10 cents per hundred pounds.
There were prizes of So, 81 and 81 for
the best scores.
The Citizens Of Concordia are up in
arms because the city council won't
move the town standpipe. The council
evidently does not believe standpipes
were meant to be moved every day.
When the lola Index gets sensa-
tional news story it does not hesitate
to play it up" A first page headline
this week. in black type extending
gramme for Medical Society Is Now
Ready"
A Downs man recently tackled a
piece of granite monument weighing
5000 pounds and succeeded in pulling
it over on top of himself. This is not
an obituary notice, as he escaped
with only few torn clothes to re-
mind him Of the encounter.
The two-inch rain at Great Bend
this week seriously interfered with
the political campaign in Barton
county for few days. The farmers
would talk about nothing but the
prospects for a bumper" wheat
crop.
The editors of the Third congress
sional district have decided to treat
the announcement of candidates as
display advertisements hereafter.
That means that the politicians must
take their chances along with the
grocery merchants and dry goods
stores in getting position at top of
column next to reading matter.
The story that the editor of the Sig
nal lately used some tansy, mistaking
1t for mint, is base fabrication. We
have traced the story to Otis G. Tabor,
close friend of Albert Sarbach. The
story doubtless was started to injure
our cause in the campaign for state
tansy from mint would be regarded
with suspicion.-Holton Signal.
A 17-year-old Augusta girl says she
intends to be welded to a titled for
eigner before she is 20 and by the
time she reaches 80 she will have met
and married no less than IL of these
titled, good-for-nothings, and all of
will then settle down and become the
wife of some good, honest American
with sufficient wealth when mingled
with his love to make her life happy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-25
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
An epitaph is generally epi-taffy.
A heavy sermon maketh a light
collection plate.
Fools may rush in where angels
fear to tread, but angels can use their
wings.
Some fellows never think of go
ing to work until they have given
everything else a fair trial.
Occasionally you hear of a young
man who is able to make a living in
spite of a college education.
The Cynical Bachelor rises to re-
mark that most men who marry
brunettes prefer blondes, and vice
versa
There are over a million different
kinds of microbes, and many a man
imagines that each one is after him.
When a girl turns a fellow down he
feels like a fool, but he may live to
realize that she would have made a
bigger fool of him by accepting him.
Wigwag-In heaven, we are told,
there is no marrying or giving in mar
riage.'' Henpecke-"Is that SO? Gee!
I'll try to live a better life now
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-25
Kalanaxooleum,

Looie Linkenfusser. Kalamaxooleum.
Michconstgan.
Dear Looie:-Aboudt all haf to
transmission to you ad dis time, iss
der sdory uf der mussical-fest vich
We are now hating in our kviedt hddle
cidy. Oop to date. der contesd ISIS
Hmmitatitioned to pair uf contes-
testationists. Berhaps hat told you.
Looie. aboudt der alleged chef uf POI
Ices vot We now hat Els he hat nefzr
peen required to profe a alabi, I viii
herafder refer to him es der chef UT
polices," und you will know vot mean,
aldough i'd ISIS nod so.
Veil. Looie, dis chef Ut policies. cook
ed oop q var vich Will, In dis deposit
ton, be known es der "Eaton-Drenin-
gese'' var. I make Id SO, Looie, pecaus
uf der international code. You VIII
remember dot We call i'd der "Spinage-
American War; der "Russo-Chab-
anees VAR" der 'Franco-Prussian
VAR" ct cetera, from vich you gadder
der anser. Id ISIS customary to name
der looser fairsd, allretty. Eaton ISIS
cerdainly der looser in dis Won. Re
member, Looie, diss ISIS no boost Ter
Dreaming. Els Col Gordon Says. Id
ISIS a scrap between NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
vandt to say to you dot Dreaming
hat all der handicap. Hiss mucic ISIS
discordant und Irrational. but i'd rings
true. Der chudges uf der contesd VIII
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formed the back

drapertes that formed the back
she stepped upon the wide mantel-
and made an imperious gesture with
her hand. and as she did SO he WAS
conscious OF the heavy scent OF white
lilac from the branch. she carried.
MY good sir. pray assist me to the
voice.
AS in a dream, Randolph hastily
fetched q chair and supplemented its
height with a hassock. With grave
courtesy he extended q hand to the
lady on the mantel. and as she gave
him the tips of her fingers he felt the
warmth OF flesh and blood.
Lightly she stepped down. gather
ing her skirts gracefully about her
dainty, gray-shod feet, and presently
she stood beside him. looking ttmtdly
at him from beneath the shadow OF
my God!" he muttered. staring
from the vision before him to the
empty frame above the chimney piece.
With quick movement the girl
slipped the pink cloak from her
shoulders and removed the gray
plumed hat from her crown of dushy
hair. TT Is only I. Mark" she said
wistfully.
"I-don't understand-yet." he
passed a hand over his dazed eyes.
She stepped forward and pressed
upon a carved portion of the manteL
Instantaneously there was a move
| ment and the painted canvas swung
into place with a little click. There
was Mistress Mowbray in her &C.
customed place above the shelf ana
beside him was-Beth.
''It is one of Harry's Jokes, she
explained in low, breathless tone.
HE wrote me month ago and ask
| ed me to come here and enact the ap-
partition of Mistress Mowbray: it was
a favorite pastime when we were
children, for there is q secret stair
behind the chimney and the portrait
is really a door which opens upon 1t.
Harry said that 'skeptical friend
would spend the night Of the 18th
here. and asked me to play the part
was reluctant to do such thing
and consented. They did not tell
who the 'skeptical friend would be
and it was-a-surprise to me-When
looked down upon your upturned
face"
She leaned against the tall back OF
a chair with down-bent head and
quivering lips.
| "And you could have gone back
and away from me again-and new
er would have known" he said' a
vague wonder dawning In his eyes.
| She did not reply.
| But you stayed-you made your
self known to me-you came down to
me-. What do you mean, Beth ?"
| She lifted her head slowly and look
ed at him through misty. joyous eyes,
| and he understood.
Hannah's voice broke crisply upon
the blissful silence. "a cablegram, Mr
| Randolph"
Mark tore open the yellow enve-
lope.
/ at is from Harry he said, gath
ering his love into his arms. land he
saws Bless you, my children!
| Copyrighted 1908 by Associated Lit
| erary Press)
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With Broken Neck at IS.

In the village of Pawcatuck. Conn.
| Ethan Clarke Burdick is approaching
his eighty-fifth birthday, notwith-
standing the fact that his neck was
broken fifty-five years ago. HIS case
| is one of extraordinary interest to
physicians everywhere.
In his thirtieth year he had a
growth in the hand, of the nature OF
a felon, known locally as spider
One day. when the pain from 1t was
more intense than usual, he consulted
a doctor in attendance upon patient
| in a nearby house. The doctor said
| the sore should be lanced.
Sitting upon the back doorstep of
Ethan's home, the doctor made three
vicious digs at the sore with his
lance. Anesthetics were not used in
| those days for operations less i'm
portant than the taking off of an
| arm or a leg, and as the third in
cision was made the pain and nausea
caused Mr.. Burdick to lose con-
sciousness, and he tumbled down the
| steps. /.
| After being picked up and carried
| into the house, the swoon continued
an inexplicably long time. and the at
tending physician. becoming alarmed.
physician. who helped to revive
ethan At length it was observed
| that the patient was unable to move
his head from side to side. After a
| further eXamlndtlOH the PHySACidhs
made the startling statement that
they had found that some of the YER
tebrae in Ethan's neck were frac-
| tured and displaced, but that it would
| be unwise to attempt to set the
broken and misplaced bones.
| In time Ethan was up and at work
| again, but he has never been able to
| crane his neck or to look behind him
| to see who was following him without
swinging his body around.
| Mr.. Burdick is of short stature,
| with an aureole Of white hair COM
| pletely encircling his face-whiskers
below and hair above. He is slightly
deaf, and his vision Is impaired, but
| If it were not for his neck he would
be an excellent example of good
| preservation at an advanced age.
He is cared for by married
daughter and enjoys the company of
| his grandchildren, which few men
with broken necks live to see when
| they are eighty Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-25
MIR. LOOMS PROMOTION.

The appointment of N H. Loomis
of Topeka as general solicitor of the
Union Pacific railway system is a
deserved recognition of worthy
man.
The career Of Mr.. Loomis is a di-
rect contradiction to the oft repeated
assertion that only the man with a
pull or highly connected can succeed
in the legal department of a great
railroad.
Mr.. LOOMS owes his success and
advancement to no man so much as
himself Starting at the very bottom
of the ladder as stenographer and
law student in the office of. Judge
Usher he has by application and en-
ergy won promotion after promotion
until now he has attained the highest
honor in his department. Thirty
years ago Mr.. Loomis was a farmer
boy in Saline county. He performed
his allotted task well and no matter
| what his discouragements he always
kept his head erect and his eyes on
the bright star of hope shining in
the future. When he decided to ap-
ply for a position as country school
| teacher, he borrowed the fee of 81
required by the examining board and
went without his dinner while he was
taking the examination at the county
seat because he had no money to pay
for a lunch. He succeeded then as
he always has since and his career
as a country school teacher marked
the first epoch in his advancement
| toward the goal of his ambition. He
has known disappointments but never
/ a failure.
Mr.. Loomis has hundreds of warn
! friends in Kansas and Topeka wht
will be pleased at his promotion an6
their only regret will be that his new
duties will take him away from thu
state in which he has won the laurel.
| of success.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-25
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

IFrom the Chicago News.1
About the busiest thing on earth is
an idle rumor.
A man has his reason and a woman
has her because.
The bread Of idleness often causes
mental indigestion.
Nothing pays larger dividends than
little common sense.
The offspring of strait-laced par
ents often turn out crooked.
Even the dignified head waiter
occasionally puts his foot in it.
A nberal-minded woman isn't all
ways giving her husband a piece of it.
What some people say is of less inn
portance than what they leave UNI
said.
It's now up to some genius to in
augurate correspondence course in
lawn moving.
After making lot of good friends
many a man goes into politics and
loses them.
Lots of married men would much
rather go to the other place IL there
was any marrying in heaven
Preachers may come and preachers
may. go. but his Satanic majesty con-
tinues to do business at the old stand.
II q girl IL pretty she knows It lust
as well as man does, but she WON'T
think any the leas OF him IL he tells
her -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-25
GLOBE SIGHTS.

[F'rom the Atchison Globe1
Occasionally, the wisest owl boots at
the wrong time.
Almost every family in the world has
cats to give away.
Tell some men a secret, and they i'm
mediately hang out sign.
People tolerate those they fear fur
Their than those they love.
AS people grow older, the days be-
come shorter and the nights longer.
Half the time when men think they
are talking business, they are talking
gossip.
1t has been so long since some people
were tough, that they forget they ever
were.
Few people are courageous enough to
stand by their convictions in the face
of a scoffer.
Women who marry either get very
much the best of it, or very much the
worst Of 1t.
Every man thinks he treats his
help better than any other employer
in the world.
How very few people there are in the
world who have enough sense to go to
bed early!
The greatest quarrels in the worlds
history have been between people who
were once friends.
The excuse of every man who does
not mind his own business is that he is
trying to do good.
If it were not for the fear Of public
opinion, most men would go to the
devil in the day time.
Time flies so rapidly that by the time
a girl tires of dolls, she has real baby
to play with.
The further away man gets from
the day Of his sin, the more he is con-
WINGED he is not guilty.
When a woman succeeds in making
a man afraid of her. she must give up
all hope of having him fond of her.
When a locality is rather short on
other resources, it is pretty apt to lay
| claim to a remarkably healthful eli
mate.
When man wins three cigars by
playing a slot machine, somehow it
makes him feel that he is a particular
] ly good player.
| When all the neighbors unite in say
! ing, What a good time she has In life, -
| you can bet your last cent she" is
either spin or widow.
| When man becomes so worthless
that he is of no further use in the com.
| munity, he is just right to post up as
| a danger signal to the young.
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through the discovery Of a gold mine
few years ago. He has just dis
tributed two million dollars worth Of
clothing and food among his poverty
stricken neighbors and since his
wealth came to him he has built and
endowed fifty churches and more
than one hundred schools. He says
that God placed the gold in the
ground for him to find and that it
belongs to the people. And he is
apportioning it among them gener-
ously and judfciously.