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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-03-04

>OssSht NOss<oAhPSFsh HQS tuCIe6SSu
about IS per cent. or IA FER cent an
nuslly. In no year since 1870 has 1t
ever shown a decrease Of more than
1-2 per cent. This includes, 1t will
20 seen. the ranicf,of 1877: and assa.
Although I was at FIRST disposed to
believe the panic Of 1907 would be
moro acute In It's phenomena OF dis
trees and more serious IN its conse-
quences than any Kind that had pre-
ceded II. 1t Is now evident that,
thanks to the solidarity OF the worlds
financial organization and the patriot
ism Of Mr.. j. Plerpont Morgan. the
shock hos been absorbed and distrib-
uted with less breakage and the re-
covery mas been more prompt than
had seemed possible. So far as the
effect upon tho cotton trade Is con-
ccrned as shown by spinn,rs' TAX
lngs. tho reduced demand has been
confined entirely to America. where
In six months spinncrs have bought
40 per cent. less cotton than they did
In the same period a year ago. For
Ave months jobbers and distributors
cf cotton goods have bought practi
cally nothing. In the same period,
America. despite the panic. has been
growing daily richer The crops
which we have marketed have
brought US something over seven bill
iions.' Our annual increase III wealth.
as estimated by the census. is about
four thousand million dollars a year.
'r twelve million dollars u cay. For
the month II January the balance of
trade In favor Of the United States
was 3120,o0O. 900. against SG2. .OO0.-
ooo last year. and for the past seven
months our exports Of merchandise
have exceeded our imports by s4sl.-
100000. The deposits OF the banks
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-03-04

Ss49ss s8nkS on A<oSSuhOoT AVtu 10
'1IS0O.oo0 bales. The. average of the
sour more prominent cotton ex-
.ehanees. which was 100000 bales.
sit would seem is1an average over-es-
<timnts OF at least 100000 bales. and
possibly more.
Tho reason for this uniformity OF
over-esumatcs is difficult TO md. II
- probably due 10 desire on the part
Of the Agricultural community to boil
ster credit daring last autumn's crisis
Dy the prediction Of big crops. This
was undoubtedly the policy OF the
department OF agriculture. for II In
now generally conceded that IL over
sslimsted the crop OF corn. wheat
and oats as well as cotton. and the
annual report OF Secretary Wilson.
publiHhed some ten days before the
o0ycial sstimate. practically gave the
fgurss OF that estimate In advance.
Tor myself. I may say that believed
IN my own estimate. and II v only
sfscr the most thorough going effort
q Justify Il that I have abandoned IT,.
The cczus axyres of the ginning I
wa at nrst disposed to regard with
so<ptlcism. but they have received
euNh extraordinary corroboration IN
ehe crop movement that we cannot
~ Donosr dlsregsrd them
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-07-25
use HORSE MEAT
AS HUMAN FOOD
26.00e Horses Annually Slaughtered in
Belgium fer HsmaR Consumption.
SOme ButeherS Sell Horse
Neat Oiny.

WASHINGTON. u Special -
Consul General Ethelbert Watts. ina
writing from Brussels mat horse meat
is vvry largely used i'm Belgium as
human food gives the following de
tails.
Statistics show that the importation
of horses for that purpose Is incrc as
ing annually the importauons I'm 1905
having been 2O.2lS head Ina 1905, D.
2S4 head and I'm 1906. 26.29f head.
the greater part oi which was from
England
There are two recognized abattoirs
for brussels and suburbs namely, nt
+ Ande rlecht-CureEhCm siauEhtcrhCus'-
Ga private corporation and To- Gifts
of Brussels slauEhterhCuse tmunici-
pa!1 The former butchers 279S tC
i $3.50 AMI the latter about Z 200 tC
f 500 horses annually This large con.
sumption of horse meat is due 90 th'
high charges Cor other meats in ibis
city
) Totre are about 500 butchers Csfao
lehments in Brlsstl s and suburbs re-
. failing horse meat only Tine reta.
. price varies from SO cenumcs tb.
, centsl 20 so confines tt4 centsl pc
7 kilo O. pounds
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-07-25
w A N T E D

The hardest cases of MORPHINE.
OPIUM and LIQUOR addictlons 20 cure
in ten days by our new PAINLESS
method. No extreme nervousness. ach-
ing limbs. diarrhoea OF loss 81 sleep.
Only sanitarium in the world civ
ing UNCONDITIONAL GUARANTEES.
Money can be- placed in bank and pay
ment made after a cure Is realized Pa
tients who cannot visit sanltarium can
be cured privately at home. Refer
ences. ANY banker. minister. city ON
cial or citizen OF Lebanon Write to-
day for large free booklet OF pArtica-
lars. Address CEDARCROtT SAM
TARIUM. Dept. s. Lebanon. Tenn
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-07-25
SAW DAUGHTER CRUSHED,
MOTHER WENT INSANE

GREENWICH. CONN = pc G. a l.-
one woman was killed Two we're per
haus mortally injured and "a dozen
%. rsous were seriously hurt when tile
W~ite Mountain Express of the New
Norh New Haven and Hartford RAN
road WAS wrecked zoe feet west OF the
station here July 18th Spreadin-
rails caused the teu-car train TO leave
the tracks while U Vas crossing a
bridge over Steamboat Road. and tNe
az the passenger coaches includiEE
four Pullmans. were hurled into "a
ditch. where they collapsed like paper
boxes That less than nfteen OF the
lNO passengers we're killed OF injured
seems little short OF miraculous. ass
the train was coins nifty miles AN
hour
The most tragic incident OF tht
wreck vas the death OF Miss Mar
garei Armstrong OF Wayne. Pa, VII,
was seated beside her mother In on.
of the Pullman coaches when tl'
train left the tracks Miss Armstrou.
/ sprang from her seat and leaped ou
I az "a window just as the car toppic'
I over. and she was ground TO deat
as her mother looked or.
Mrs Armstrong tainted from Ia
shock and when she recovered con
/ seriousness in the hospital she was on
of her mind The doctors admins
tered opiates 20 quiet her They sa
her condition Is serious. and that sn
may die although she was not in1ure
in the wreck.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-07-25
SENDING GIT CHECKS FOR
FIREMEN'S RELIEF FUND

RALEIGH. y Special Fifty
one towns In North Carolina viii with
Ina the next few days receive from the
State Commissioner OF Insurance. Hon.
James r. Young. checks for their pro
portionate part of the tax imposed by
the last Legislature on insurance con-
panies doing business in the state, for
the creation OF the "Firemea's Relief
Fund" to be expended By the respec-
tive town authorities for sick and in-
iured fremen and their families under
restrictions specified BY the statute
This tax on the insurance business Is
one-half of one per cent, and applies
TO all towns where the annual prem
iums on fire insurance amounts TO as
much as S6.S0519. These funds In the
/ several towns are 20 be disburseS
} through local trustees selected BY tn
/ firemen.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-07-25
TO CALL CONVENTION
INDEPENDENCE PARTY

NEW YORK Special "a merIus
of he National Provisional Committee
of the independence Party has beer
called for Saturday. july 2th. an chi
cueo Notices have been sent out nf
the national secretary. Hon Charles A.
Walsh. from the central headquarters
OF the party u the Security Building.
Chicago. AT this meeting 80 is likely
that the preliminary details of me
convention work will be definitely de-
cided upon and the temporary roll OF
the convention prepared. No choice
has yet been made or viii be- am
nOunced in advance of that meeting
of the temporary officers OF the con
VentiOn.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-07-25
SERVANT ~ HOUSEHOLD
IL MEMBER OF fAMlLl

WASHINGTON That nous hole
servant when tratelng Wl,N "a mrm
htr ol the family entitled to pass
IS lawfully included within tAr term
family as used iu the act to Regulate
comtmrce. is one of several INTEREST
iug rulings made public nf tAe Ni.
state commerce commission.
This decision is O. modification ".
previous ruling which held ina. D-'
word family. as used in the an.
nro,isiou of the act. did NOT n..ad
Servants.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-07-25
MN Hunt FOR
NEGRO FIEND N TENAs

BEAUMONT TEN - Special a
posse OF over 1000 men secured the
woods in this vicinity n an EFFORT Ca
capture an unidentified ne gro who on
July lfth attacked and beat into In
sentibinty thirteen ear-old white
girl Ada Bell Hopkins. inticting in
juries which may prove fatal
Az aged negro Was mistaken for The
one sought aud shot 20 death.
The mob burned two negro amuse-
ment resorts and threatened 20 destros
other buildings occupied by uegroe s
In the vicinity OF the scene Of The
crime
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-07-25
TERRIFIC BLAST KILLS
SEVEN NINE WORKERS

POTTSVILLE. PA.-Speciai.--Seven
mine workers we're killed and Ten
others injured by terrinc explosion
OF gas in the Wiiiiamstown coliiery OF
the Summit Branch Mining Company
in the lower part of the anthraeile
coal fields The mine was wrecked
and set on IRE.
The explosion Is believed to have
been cansed By one OF the men liftins
the zauzr Of his safety lamp just after
AN exnaosE3on OF q shot, which brought
sown a large body OF coal.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-07-25
SHIPS OFFICERS DROVE
CHlNAhEk TO SUICIDE

NEW YORK -Special.-F d e T a ]
prosecution may be the outcome OF
the protracted trouble between the
Ofhcers Of the British steamer strain
rye and the Chinese crew or the yes
sci, a tragic incident OF Wnicn Was
the drowning Of TWO OF the sailors IN
Erie Basin on Saturday Assistant
limited States District Attorney Moore
has taken up the matter.
The Cinnamon refused 70 man the
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-07-25
Boilers and Engines, all Sizes

Wood working Machinery. fuheys.
Hangers. Betting. Tanks. Fans. Case
line and Kerosene Engines, anyhlhh
in the Machinery line We buy stli
or trade and guarantee Cur goods. az
We have complete shop and tnor-
oughly overhaul and test before snip
ping.
Write Us We viii save Won money
I. BLUFORD. \ CO.
I53s \. Cary 81. Richmond. va
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-07-25
FwENTY-ONE MADE ILL
BIZ EATING ICE CREAM

WILMINGTON, " C-SpeciaL-A
biz Methodist Sunday-school excursion
from here so Carolina Reach was
thrown into CONSERVATION by twenty
one children suffering from Ptomaine
poisOn from eating icecream-
Doctors and trained nurses were
fastened to the scene. bat none OF the
children are thought 10 have been Sc
riously affected.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-07-25
ROOFING.

OUR ROOFING Is NOT INJURED BY
acids. steam or any kind or SosIL-
FEATURING COMPANY. Richmond
Va Manufacturers OF Asphalt um,
Black Varnish, Roof Paints. koonnE
Papers. oils. Roofing and Paving
Pitch, etc
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-07-25

Restores Gray Hair 10 Natural Color
Removes Dandrun and Scurf lnVlgo-
rates and prevents the Hair from fall'
ing OF.
For sale BY Richmond. Lynchour6
Va and baltimore Md. Druggists, o.
sent direct by XANTHINE COMPANY
RfchmOad. Nn. Price 81 per bottle
sample BottIe, S5c. by mall
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-07-25

steamer back to shanghai and de-
manded their pay. and just before iAr
Sfrafhrye was no sail for NoriolN. FA.
to load coal for the use OF American
warships in the Pacific. ten oi inc
crew jumped overheard. and two prf-
ished before helm could reach them
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-07-25
SPECIAL NOTICES

DON'T Go BROKE, SELL HtALI d
and accident Insurance and make
400 a month in your own locality
Icvervbodv wants 30. Positions per
manent MANA6ktl I'D MI 1T
Sixth street. Richmond. Va
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-07-25
Ocean Wave Cottage


N.u ..sfnn. VVrnfF. lave faou1a
al. r..f.rr Convenience broaa
...r.I.. fr.nf.nr fnU ocean. FlNn
s..rf hafaInr Suits Furnished. utrecf
OBJ ou Dnr Nnr.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-07-25
PLUMBING AND HEATING

!. W DORSET q co. CHS EAST MAIN
street Richmond Va. Plumh nE
Thinning and Sheet Metal Work
Heating stoves. Ranges and Hot AT
T,rneres We make speciality OF
heating churches and dwellings. rs
Inmates cheerfully given
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-07-25

FTTNfS pt.NEToFEu. ALI ~lLE~. Joe.
per roll VeloN Prints. Brownies s. as--
S3N2l 2lN4l. &C.. % .t. y p. 't-
We ave Film Specialist ard wii give
Won better results than you have ever
had. RICHMOND ART CO. hlch-
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-07-25
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.

u Ae,-rED AN IMPROVED FARM.
well watercd. on good public road
near cftv or vDagv. Large modern
house ana barns and good pay ihe .5
rhard iu good nciEhhorhood Adj
dress NELL NJ McEACHEltN
Wilmington. \. G.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-07-25
Aw NINcs, FLAGS, TENTS.

BUY YOUR AWNINGS DIRECT FROM
the manufacture. Write for sam
pieH and prices, gtNe size. r. r
t F,OprI. AND q co Richmond. Va
An orders have our prompt attention
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-07-25
FARMS AND TIMBER LANDS FOL
SALE.

FARMS AND TIMBER LANDS AT
lowest prlcos on easy terms. Ereat
eet bargains ia NirEin Mia Write Tor
frec catalogue Address u r. ELAN
Chariot csyule. Va
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-07-25
nru.nERs, surrLIEs.

r<s--z-s-z1o Lumber. LRth~. St,F,-
4. :. y - - - Elcs. SASH Rliods. Dforr,
NV @bl Frames, NOulding~- A.
isssirsTG phalt ReOhoS- Yards ana
l-----1-A---- buildings covering ten
acres woodward a son. Rtchptoud- Va.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-07-25
w AN
AGENTS WANTED.

AGENTS. YOU CAN WORK CP 4 PER-
manent business on household ne
cessity. 40 per cent. Conml So on
NEW YORK SPECIALITY CO. IS n.
21st ST.. Richmond. Va.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-07-25
HARNESS ASD SADDLES

VII RORN SADDLES. GENUINE AR
ffcfes Write for prices. JNo II
DICK ERsON & CO. 1902 r.. Main
St Richmond, Va
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19

feathers come off slowly. The expert ment is not a commercial success.
 For many years we have tried to invent a poultry -plucking machine. We have not succeeded well. Air plucking seems to be the idea that offers most promise, but it still wants a lot of work ing out. Yet eventually, have no doubt these turkeys thtat now take half hour and cost ten cents a piece to pluck by air will be air plucked in a few seconds and at no more cost than ten cents thousand. d
 Then. on the Thanksgiving menu, the turkey and the duck will figure. not only as celery-fed, but as air-plucked as we'll"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19
THINGS ACCOMPLISHED
 BY THE ELECTRIC SPARK

offices
 A regular service of electric omnibuses and electric cabs has been established in Mexico City. The omnlbuses go to parts not reached by the electric cars and the cabs do a general passenger business
 Lightning Is practically the sole cause of Interruptions to long distance electrical transmission. A new aluminium cell light ming arrester has been invented by a gen. eral electric engineer which is said to greatly reduce the lightning annoyance
 Work on the big hydro-electric develop
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19
Wind-Plucked Turkeys.

From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
 Six turkeys revolved slowly on kind floor of great poultry farm, and as they revolved they were plucked mirac- ulously. Invisible hands stripped off their plumage. The air was gray with falling feathers.
 "Wind-plucked turkeys; it is an ex- pertinent" said the foreman. Those birds are being plucked by cross cur rents of electrically driven air. But the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19

mnet on the Ocmulgee river in Georgia Is well under way This plant will cost several million dollars.
 Over 12,000 horsepower of electrical ma ohinery has been installed in the El Gro mining camp of Mexico in two years. All of the principal mines of the camp are now equipped with electricity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19

npnpcV Cured; quick reEet removes all swelling in 8 DNUT oI Fto 20 days 30 to 50 days efecp permanent ere Trial treatment given free to sufercrs nothing tarer For circulars testimonials and free trial treatment write o
 Dr. H. H. Greens Sons. Box & Atlanta. Ca
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19
Is Still on the Register of the
 Farm School
REFUSES TO GRADUATE
Has Adopted the chldren's Aid socl- ety-Cannot Be Induced To Stay Away from "Home''-Reads
 Only One Newspaper.

New York, July 1S.-A 53-year-old boy who will not go home to say noth ing of establishing a home of his own, is a problem in what might be called second pedagogy which the Children's Aid Society of New York is being called upon to solve. For, although the societys work is limited to chill dren, and this grey haired man is technically beyond the province of its aid, what is to be done with a 10-year old mind in 53-year-old body? So the regulations have been stretched a little in his case to cover aid for second childhood.
 Besides, what else can be done? During the past 10 years of this mans second childhood, he has been dealt with repeatedly as man. Mans work has been found for him, because i'll matters of mere manual labor he is an adult.
 Mans wages and mans independence have been provided for him time after time. But nothing will overcome the child homing instinct in him, and after a week or two he returns, you can't rightly call 1t running away, from his job to the Brace Farm sch ool at Val halla, which he regards as his 'estab- lished home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19

AUCTION! AUCTION! Consignment of 75 mules and 75 horses; suitable for all kinds of work, Tuesday, July 21st, 10:30 am.
 FEES 6 SONS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19
Clarke Bros. e Company The Largest DisfiIlers in the World
 PEORIA, ILLINOIS Any of the following dealers will supply your wants:

D. R. Betterton 6 Co.,.
 Diamond Liquor Co.,. c. D. Cheatem. J. Fox & Co.,, Gallagher & O. Cara. 5. B. Gibson, A. H. Harris, Heller Bros, Paul Heyman, Vim. Wise & Co.,,
 The above dealers are all lc Chas. Blum & Co.,, Jacksonville, Fla. N. Goldring, Pensacola, Fla. Hanne Bros, Jacksonville, Fla, Heller Bros, Jacksonville, Fla. R. H. Cate & Co.,. Cease lots only),
 Louisville, Ky, Thom H. Heating & Co.,, Ocala, Fla.
 W. S. Norman. Pensacola. Fla. Solomon Shad, Jacksonville, Fla
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19

This boy approaching his three- score of years was not always & boy Unlike Peter Pan, he did grow up, and then grew down, so to speak. Once he was the prosperous and respected superintendent of one of the most fash ionable of the clubs for men in the me- tropolis.
 There he was liked and respected, but in his supervision of the rare wines and liquors in the clubs cellars, he found it impossible to leave drink alone He tried to overcome his weakness, but could not do so. At last, one of the club members sought Charles Loring Brace, secretary of the Children's Aid society, and asked if there wasn't somethin ing they could do for the man, who was becoming a nervous wreck. Send him out to the farm school for a little rest cure. The fresh air and change of scene and absence of temp tation will help him." So the man went out for a weeks stay and has been there 10 years.
 He stopped drinking and has not touched a drop for years. He is a model member of the community. But to achieve this position he passed from mans estate, mentally, to that of a boy. The slate of his mind was washed clean, but his muscles and physique increased under the good diet, the fresh air and outdoor exercise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19

Potts Thompson Liquor Co.,, Julian Distilling Co.,, Kentucky Whisky Co.,. Will Lea,
 N. Markstein, k. J. Park,
 Reid Gordon Co.,, k. M. Rose Co.,, Sam and Ed Weich selbaum. s. M. Wilson. cated at Chattanooga, Tenn. |, Hessig- Ellis Drug Co.,. Memphis. Tenn. J. A. Mccormack & Co.,, Memphis Tenn. Holberg & Co.,, Ft. Smith, Ark. E. c. Villere. 124 Carondolet St., New
 Orleans, La.
 Hanover Distilling Co.,, Peoria, III. H. M. Austin & Co.,. Montgomery. Ala. J. Rieger 6 Co.,, Kansas City, Mo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19

A visitor to the farm, one day, arrived just before the noon dinner call. The 15O odd New York boys, taken from the Bowery and the waterfront, to be given a taste of country life, which eventually would make the call of the farm alluriag to them, were sitting in the same room. Some were playing checkers, others were talking or singing. and all were hungry from working with blow and hoe. But in one corner, oblivious of everything. sat the oldest living student. The mail had arrived and with 1t his newspaper, the only luxury he seeks, for he never wants pocket money.
 He read solemnly from first page to back, and then folded the paper and laid 1t on the table for others.
 One boy asked who had won, meaning, of course, the Yankees or the other fel- lows, at the ball field, but no attention was paid to the case. At dinner he sat with the boys and ate deliberately and with good table manners, but without taking part in the lively boy talk of en- ergetic youngsters.
 The attitude of the boys themselves to. ward the senior student is in Itself @ study. When these boys of from 12 to IT first come to the farm from unre- strained life on the New York streets, to De drilled enough to make them accepta- ble farm hands in the west and south, they are rather mystified by the strange bearing of this permanent comrade.
 At first they may resent little his ways of authority and observance of tra- dition, but they soon come to understand, and, instead of plagung the old man. treat him very kindly. For his strange affliction seems to gain for him the inn munity from pranks which insanity gained for its sufferers at the hands of Indians But the little boys at the farm, the small chaps who have been aban- doned by their parents, or have been taken away from bad surroundings and are being cared for until foster home can be found for them, soon learn to love the old man, who half child himself, Is very kind to the little folks.
 Long ago the farm authorities ceased to wonder what they could do for their life student. They have accepted the in evitable, and he will probably be there and continue to have his daily paper one day late until that time when he leaves the school for good and perhaps wakes in another sphere with his old faculties restored.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19


 He is not idle, and works for his keep. He has taken to himself the job of keeping the great barns and dairy buildings swept out. At times he keeps them almost too clean, con- tinues to sweep when there is far more important work to be done, hut be Is a specialist with a broom, and does not care for general practice on the farm.
 Two other things he does-he occasion ally has dim memory of days of grown authority and perhaps orders some of the boys around a little. And the third thing he does Is to read one newspaper religiously from cover to cover. The pa- per he wants Is one of the sensational afternoon editions. He does not require that it reach him on the day of issue.
 If 1t comes next day 1t is all right, and if the Saturday edition does not arrive until Monday noon, he is perfectly satis- fed For, having started 10 years be- hours matter? There is no call for ac- tion on his part in the paper, and, al- though he reads the political news with deep and silent interest, nothing can in duce him to vote at the local elections.
 He never discusses what he reads; uev- CT laughs at the funny pictures. He just reads seriously, and, having read, goes back to sweeping his barn, and sweeps 1t the same, whether Taft be nominated, or an earthquake happen in San Francisco.