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The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-09-08
Taft's Habit of Careless State
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New Orleans States.
A few days ago the New York
Commercial took occasion to ad-
wise Mr.. Taft that carelessness
of statement in toe discussion
of public questions Vas not calcu-
lated to favorably impress intelli
gent voters of the Independent
class. But it seems to be a
habit with Taft, as it is with
nearly all prominent Republicans
in public life. In his speech at
Athens, O., last Saturday with
reference to the things the
Roosevelt administration had
been called upon to meet, he
said:
Il ask you gentlemen. what
is the part of a wise people? Is
it to select the agency which has
met all these new problems, has
met them without scandal. with.
out corruption, and with etficien
cy, which has carried the name
of this nation to the head of ma
tiOns, or to select IA party that
has opposed everything which
Was done by the administration
in these matters?"
This u%tterance was unfair,
untrue and misleading and en-
t:rely unworthy Of a nan who is
reputed to be just and broad
minded. 1t is quite a notorious
fact that during the last four
years that the only sincere and
effective support of President
ROOsevelt's policies came from
the Democrats. This was espec-
tally true in the case of the rail
road rate bill, which would have
been slaughtered had it not been
for the solid support of the Demo
cratic senator's, and it was true
also with reference to the meat
inspection bill, the employers
liability bill, the wood pulp and
print paper bill, the Philippine
tariff bill and the Brownsville
affair.
Congress adjourned only a few
months ago and the country has
not forgotten. and neither has
Mr.. Taft, that the Democratic
minority of the House of Repres'
entatives, under the leadership
of John Sharp Williams, resorted
to a filiDuster which continued
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-09-08

Uncle Joe" Cannon seems to
be the DOGGY man of the political
campaign of the northwest.
Down with Cannon" was the
slogan of Irvine L. Lenroot in the
Eleventh Wisconsin District, and
with it he defeated Congressman
jenkins in the primaries last
Tuesday. Uncle Joe" however,
doesn't seem to be worrying
about his Speaker of the House.
job, but is serenely standing
pat" in the same old pat" that
he has been "patting" for some
years.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-09-08
Bryan's Strong Tariff Speech.

New Orleans States.
Reports from different sec.
ti0ns of the country are to the
effect that large numbers OF
Cleveland Democrats who were
hesitating as to what they should
do in this years campaign were
so ~tavorably impressed by
Bryan's speech on the tariff
question at Des Moines that they
at once decided to support the
Democratic national ticket. The
effect of the speech has been to
greatly strengthen the Demo
cratic cause in all the country.
For example the Portland Ore
CONAN. the leading Republican
newspaper of the Pacific coast
and an advocate of tariff reform
declares that the speech was an
admirable essay on the tariff
issue, and moreover all that Mr..
Bryan says about the iniquities
OF Dingleyism is true. In this
connection the Oregonian says:
1T does corrupt the govern.
ment by setting up a business
partnership with the protected
interests. It puts the public
Offices up for sale and causes
party success to depend toe
much upon contributions from
those who devour the substance
OF the people. Nor can it be de
MED that the tariff has also cor
rupted business. It has laugh,
the projected interests to lool
to the government for. Their
profits instead of to their owr
initiative. It has given them az
opportunity to combine for the
explicit object of raising prices
and robbing the consumer. &
has placed them in the position
Of the tax farmers in France be
fore the Revolution, who KEEP
two-thirds Of the taxes they col
lected and handed over to Iii,
stete only one-third. For Mr.
Bryan Is undeniably correct il
saying the barons get 9 large
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-09-08
ROB|RA MEETING.

A meeting in the interest of
John j. Robira, candidate for
district attorney was held at the
court house yesterday morning.
Between 80 and 40 people were
present. among them a number
of his supporters from Acadia.
Fernand MOuton of this city was
chairman, and a number of those
present made brief talks in favor
of Mr.. Robira, expressing con.
fidence in his election.
International Stock Food three
feeds for one cent? gives a CLASSY
coat and fine appearance, Csc a
box at the Moss Pharmacy.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-09-08

just received q nice lot of
Swiss. Brick and Limburger
cheese. also fresh Bayou Cook
oysters always on hand-G.
Bunt.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-09-08
Punishment by Fine.

Punishment by Fine.
New Orleans Item.
Punishment by fine is a relic of
a less democratic aye than ours.
Time was when even a murderer
could escape death by paying
blood money to his victims kin.
To day, he pays it TO lawyers and
insanity experts; but a fine, as
such, is no longer pretended to
be a real penalty for some of the
criminal acts. The fine has
always been the privilege of the
rich. the powerful, and the res
pectable. AS the humble mass
of the people have thrown off by
degrees.sOme of the worst forms
of the tyranny of wealth. the
power of rich offenders to escape
the penalty of their criminal acts
by the mere paying of money
has been slowly curiailed. We
are slowly approaching the time
when all men will see that tines
are penalties only to those who
can not pay them. The time
will come when the mass of the
people will realize that fines are
only the license which well to do
people pay for the right to com
nit crime without punishment.
No land will dare claim before
the world that it deals out equal
justice so long as any man may
pay his way out of the c0nse-
quences of a violation of the
criminal law.
Is there any justice in impos-
ing the same fine upon q man
whose earnings are $40 a week
as upon one whose income may be
500 or $1,000 or more! Is a $40
penalty any punishment fora man
who spends $40 a day on cigars
and drinks? Is it not proper
tionally a cruelty unjust penalty
when it means that another man
must either give up his whole
weeks's wage and perhaps lose his
position, or serve out TIME IN Jail?
Onthis scale, the rich man can not
be said even to pay" for his
breaking of the law. The poor
man pays, and perhaps his fami
ly and innocent children pay in
hunger and neglect while he is
working out his debt to the State
in Jail. s
If justice is to be justice at all,
penalties must be equal. A fine
can not be equal so long as mems
ability to pay it varies so enor-
mously. Even the utter aboli.
ton of fines and making i'm
prisonment the penalty for all
criminal offenses would not be
perfectly just. for even i'm.
prisonment would mean less
hardship to some men than
to others; but it would be a fairer
penalty than that of our present
system. and it would be a de-
terrent upon the class which is
now willing enough to break the
law when it can buy immunity
at a low price.
That many q well-to-do man,
who would shrink from the dis
grace of a jail-term, now deliber-
ately commits serious violations
of the law with perfect willing.
ness to pay his fine after he has
gotten his moneys worth Of fun
or profit, IS happily being demon
strated to the people. not only by
the complicated methods of giant
corporations but by the simple
and easily understood acts of the
Motorized.
just received q nice lot of
Swiss. Brick and Limburger
cheese. also fresh Bayou Cook
|oysters always on hand-G.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-09-04
Wardinia OFF a Cold.

The first point that must have struck
almost every careful observer of catar-
rhal pneumonia is that In nine cases
out of ten a cold is caught as the re-
suit, not Of getting cold, but, on the
contrary, Of getting unduly hot. This
apparent paradox is, Of course, Intel
ligible enough when one considers that
1t is when the body Is heated that tho
pores Of the skin are opened and are
then much more likely to take chill
than when they are closed by the &C.
ton of the cold. This Is also the expla-
nation of the efficacy Of cold shower
bath after taking Turkish or even an
ordinary hot bath, as the sudden &C.
ton of the cold water closes the pores
and 80 protects the skin from the &C.
ton Of the air. The best possible pre-
ventive from catching cold Is cold wa
ter, applied either In the form OF q
cold bath or, II that is considered too
drastic measure, it will be found
that merely bathing the neck in cold
water, both in the early morning and
also the last thing at night, does a
great deal toward giving one immunity
from colds.-Modern Society.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-09-04
Rossetti's Way.

This striking picture Of ROssetti ap-
pears in William Allingtons memoirs:
"Rossetti walks very characterically,
with a peculiar lounging gait, often
trailing the point Of his umbrella on
the ground, but still obstinately push
ing on and making way, humming the
while with closed teeth In the inter-
walls of talk, not tune or anything
like one, but what sounds like soto
yoce note Of defiance to the universe.
Then suddenly he will fling himself
down somewhere and refuse to stir an
inch farther. His favorite attltude-on
his back, one knee raised, hands be-
hind head. He very seldom takes par
ticular notice of anything as he goes
and cares nothing about natural his
tory or science In any form or degree.
1t is plain that the simple, the natural,
the naive, are merely insipid In his
mouth. He must have strong savors
In art in literature and in life. About
these and other matters Rossetti Ia
chiyalrously bold in announcing and
defending his opinion, and ne has the
valuable quality of knowing what he
likes and sticking to It."
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-09-04
Administrators Sale Of
Personal Property

AS Administrator of the estate of
DR.. E. j. Jones, deceased, | will on
Friday, the 4th day of Septem-
Der, 1908, sell at New Hampden at
public auction, the following per-
sonal property: One three-year-old
Hereford heifer, one yearling Victor
Denmark colt, one steer calf, one
heifer calf, one road wagon, one
surrey, nearly new, one set of dou-
BILE buggy harness, one set OF single
buggy harness, one cross-cut saw,
one harrow, one shovel pillow, one
cutting box, one crowbar, one corn
planter, one big sled, one Edison
monograph, one frow, and other
things too tedious to mention.
TERMS OF SALE-On all sums
amounting to SIS and less cash will
be required, and on all sums
amounting to over SIS, the purchas-
er will be required to execute his
negotiable note, bearing interest
from day of sale, falling due four
months from day of sale, with APP
proved personal security.
ANDREW L. JONES, Admir-
of DR.. E. j. Jones, deceased.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-09-04
JEWISH NEW YEAR

Rosh-ha-Shanah, the Jewish New
Year, beginning at dusk on the 25th
of next month, marks the beginning
of the year 1869 of the Jewish era.
1t is one of the few Jewish days
which are celebrated by all Jews,
without regard as to whether they
are members of the orthodox or
reformed church. The blowing OF
the sofar, or trumpet, is one of the
features of the celebration.
1t is thought the beginning OF
the year was for celebration, from
ancient times, in similar way to
the New Moon Festival. The lat
ter was generally observed on the
periodical temperance of the moon
which was considered to portend
benefit to mankind--such as the
return of fruits in their special sea-
sons-and was recognized by pray
er and gratitude to the Creator.
According to the Talmud, servants
were formally freed on New Years
day; but were allowed to stay on
the lands of their former masters
and to enjoy themselves for ten
days until Yom Ripper, when the
trumpet was blown as the signal
for their departure and for the res
toration of the fields to their origi-
nal owners.
Weather conditions wereformerly
prognosticated on New Year's-a
warm day indicating a warm year
and vice versa. 1t was also, and
is still, considered an omen of good
luck to eat pumpkins, leeks, beets
and dates on the day, because they
are all grown quickly and because
of their Aramaic significance, mean
ing Plentiful and forgiveness.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-09-04
MILLIONS LOST AT A POKER GAME.

An exchange says there is living
in Allegheny county at the present
time, a man who would be worth
millions of dollars if it had not
been for a game of cards. When a
young man he went south on a
ranch and saved a small sum OF
money and purchased a little tract
of land in Texas, which to-day lays
in the heart of one of the leading
cities of the Lone Star state. He
gambled, and in a game of poker
with Cole Younger, the famous des-
perado of Jesse James fame, he lost
heavily and finally let the land 60
on the game, which he lost. The
property to-day is worth millions,
and, in fact, was valuable a very
short time after he lost it..
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-09-04
How TO GET STRONG

P. j. DAILY, of 1247 W. Congress
St., Chicago, tells of a way to be-
come strong: He says: "My moth
er, who is old and was very feeble,
is deriving so much benefit from
Electric Bitters, that / feel it's my
duty to tell those who need a tonic
and strenthening medicine about
it. In my mothers case marked
gain in flesh has resulted, insomnia
has been overcome, and she is
steadily growing stronger. Elec-
trio Bitters quickly remedy stom-
ach. liver and kidney complaints.
Sold under guarantee at all drug
gist. Soc.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-09-04
A PAYING INVESTMENT

Mr.. John White, of 3S Highland
Ave-, Houlton, Maine, says: "Have
been troubled with a cough every
winter and spring. Last winter |
tired many advertised remedies,
but the continued until | bought a
SOC bottle of DR.. Kings New Dis
covery; before that was half gone,
the cough was all gone. This win
ter the same happy result has fol-
lowed; a few doses once more ban
ished the annual cough. | am now
convinced that DIR. Kings New
Discovery is the best of all cough
and lung remedies. Sold under
guarantee at all druggists. SOC
and S1.00. Trial bottle free.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-09-04

raft made of bamboo, covered with
rushes. He wades into the water,
pushing this raft along in front of
him, and swims behind it until he
gets close to flock. He can now
wait until he gets the birds in
bunch and get dozen or so at one
pot shot.
We gave our market hunter a
big cup of whiskey for his trouble,
and he took it down as if he were
accustomed to it. Had either of
us taken as much at one drink we
we could rot have seen the side of
the boat, but he walked off with it
without showing the slightest indi-
cation of having taken anything
worse than a drink of water.
CLARENCE E. EDwoRDs.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-09-04
chesapeake and Ohio Railway
SCENIC ROUTE TO THE WEST

SCENIC ROUTE TO THE WEST
Across the Allegheny Mountains
and Blue Grass Regions OF
Kentucky, Fast Vestibuled
Trains with Dining Cars.
Through Pullman Sleepers to Louis
vile, Cincinnati, Chicago and
St. Louis.
Direct connections to all points
West, Northwest, Southwest
and the Pacific Coast.
For rates, reservations and full In
formation, address
w. P. MEHURIN; Ticket Agt.,
Stanton, Va
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-09-04
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

The undersigned will receive bids
until noon of Sept. Z, 1908 for the
construction of the first section
of the Crabbottom and Allegheny
Mountain Road, extending from
the turn in the road below Martin
Jacks house, in Crabbottom,
to the top of Lantz mountain,
along the survey made by c. l..
Waggoner and other commissioners.
The road will be built and bids re-
ceived according to the specifca-
tions and surveyors field notes,
filed with the report ofsurveyin the
Clerks office. Further informa-
ton will be given by the undersign-
ed.
The right to reject any or all
bids is reserved.
G. L. WAGGoNER,
VIM. HEvENER,
Commissioners.
r. F. D. No. l.,
! Monterey, Va.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-09-04

HEREFoRDCATTLE For SALE:--6
Registered bull calves, z Grade
bull calves / & 1916 Blood.
In order to make room for mere
registered stock we will sell 10
grade cows none less than I blood.
For further information apply to
SuLLENBEReER Bros
MONTEREY, Va.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-09-04
HICKS WEATHER FOR SEPTEMBER.

A reactlonary storm period Is IL
progress as we passed from August
into September. Reaction to anti
storm condition may occur on ano
touching the End and 3rd, but the
presence of the Mercury period,
central on the 3rd, together with
the increasing force Of Earth's au-
tumnal equinox, will cause a con-
tinuation of unsettled weather.
A regular storm period is central
on the 9th, extending from the 4th
to the 9Th. This period is at the
eliminating crisis of the Mercury
period and promises to bring some
decided storms. As early as the
4th or 9Th, the barometer will indi-
cate growing storm conditions in
western and southern extremes.
During Sunday the 9th to Tuesday
the 9Th, and possibly over the 9Th
and 10th, these conditions will
bring decided September storms
progressively to most parts OF the
country.
A reactionary storm period is
central on the 10th, 18th and 18th,
having full moon on the 10th, be-
tween it's perigee on the 9th, and
its passage over the celestial equa-
tor on the 18th. The 9Th to the
18th is at the annual crisis of mag
netic antagonism between the earth
and sun, and the chances are many
that the disturbances of the pre-
ceeding period will last into, and
reach their final elimination during
this reactionary period. Beginning
in the far northwest, say about the
the 18th, look for rapid and very
decided changes to high barometer,
boreal gale and much cooler wealth
er. This change will spread east
ward and southwark during the
18th to 18th, breaking up heated
conditions, with probable frost in
many localities northward.
A regular storm period covers
the 18th to 10th, with moon at last
quarter on the 18th. The crisis of
this period will fall on the 18th,
18th and 10th. This period, of
course, is near the center of earth's
autumnal equinox, and dangerous
equinoctial storms are liable to ap-
pear at this storm period.
A reactionary storm period runs
from the 22nd to the 25th. This
period will not come to its full cul-
mination before the time OF new
moon on the 25th. Low barome-
ter and threatening weather will
appear perhaps with storms, be-
fore that date; but the temperature
will keep up, and storm conditions
will intensity until after the 25th.
The 25th is the center of another
seismic period of about FIVE days.
A regular storm period begins on
the 9th and extends to October
End, being central on the 10Th. AS
the month goes out low barometer
and general storm conditions will
be in transit from west to east. By
the goth and Both wide areas OF
cloudiness and rain will develop,
bringing in general spell of au-
tumnal rain, wind and disagreeable
weather.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-09-04
THEY TAKE THE KINKS Our

II have used DR.. Kings New
Life Pills for many years, with in
creasing satisfaction. They take
the kinks out of stomach, liver and
bowels, without fuss or friction, +"
says N H Brown, of Pittsburg, VT.
Guaranteed satisfactory at all drug
stores. 25c.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-09-04
A SuRE-ENouGH KNocKER

J.C. Goodwin. of Reidsville, N.
c., says: "Bucklen's Arnica Salve
is a sure enough knocker for ulcers.
A bad one came on my leg last
summer, but that wonderful salve
knocked it out in a few rounds. Not
even q scar remained" Guaran-
teed for piles, sores, burns etc. 25c
at all drug stores.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-04-30

The next step is to adjust the number of days in each month so as to obtain regularity with the minimum Oi change. January aud February would each have thirty days, and March thirty-one days; aud so on for each Oi the remaining quarters of the year, Thus each qaarter would cOntoiu exactly niuety~one days, or thirteen weeks. Consequently the days of the week and the days Of the month would acquire a regular rotation which would make the use of almauacs suporhuous. The first day of January would always be a Mondays ;so would the first of April, Tuly aud October The first of Febru- ary, of May, of August aud November would always be ou Wednesday, and so on. Christmas day would always be on Monday. Iu addition, Mir, Pearce courageously proposes no fix Elster day and whitsunday, though not an Cssen- tial part of the scheme, It would cer- taluly be a great additional convent ence, and there is DO good reason why it should be opposed on religious grounds.
 Because of conservatism, which is only another word for lack Of enter prize or mental lazjness, it will be necessary to talk tbis proposition over for some time, but it ought to aud DC doubt will iu time be adopted,
The daily Alaskan., 1908-04-30
ON THE EYE OF RANY DISCOVERIES

In contradlstipction to the pessimistic declaration made by ore than one pub licis, that the year Of 1907 had seen no great invention and the age Of inVen- ,ion has ,,eu it, zenith, we have the declaration of Mir. Edison that that age has recently just begun. And this is reasonable. The May number of Pop ular mechanics points out that from the increasing number of persons interest cd In Mechanical couuivancea greater results must accrue than in time when inventors were few and all of them were considered crauks or lunasics. With all the armies of all the nations experi- mentiug constantly for better transpor- ,a,iou facilities ou land and water, for improved telephouic and wireless com- muugca,ion, for deadlier ordinance and other means ot wrecSing destruction 70 an euemy; aud with every municipality studying construction materials and problems, street Improvements and sur CT fire protection; md with every man uIac,urer and every employe alert for labor-saviug kinks and devices, in short with qgickeued ambition along mechan- icsl lines in every department and phase of human endeavor, 1t were not s'rsnge ii the next decade or two were more prolific iu mechanical triumphs than has been any pre7iou, century.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-04-30
TO REORGANIzE THE CALENDAR

Mr. Robert Peace, NJ. P. Teek, England, i, attracting the atten- tlon of the world by his interesting propositions for reform. So convincing are some of bis very radical measures in a trouble-saving way that they would be generally adopted "were it not that we are such conservative people," ss the London Daily Graphic pu, it. For instance Mir. Peace pro- poses to reorganize the order of the calendar lu such way that the day of the week will always fall on the same day of the mouth-aud that in a way that will eliminate several other puzzling features without injury to any, but beuea, iustead.
 The year is divided into an exact number of weeks by the simple device of treating the 365th day as neither day of the week nor a day of he moath It becomes New Years dsy,nOthing m re. h leap year, in the same way, the odd day becomes leap day and nothicg moro. Both New Years day and leap dsv would be made bank holidays, aud the latter would be placed at the end of Juue instead of a, the end of February, thus securing an extra summer holiday.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-04-30

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