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The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-01-11
Pe-ru-na Almanac ins,oo 900 Homes

The Peruna Lucky Day Almanac has
become fixture in over eight million
homes. 1t can be obtained from all drug
gists free. Be sure to inquire early. The
supply will soon be exhausted. Do not put
it off. Speak for one to-day.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-01-11
VIRGINIA MERCHANT RID OF A
VERY BIG GRAVEL STONE.
Another Remarkable Cure Of Serious
Kidney Trouble.

G. L. Wood. "a prominent merchant
Of Fentress, Norfolk Co. Va. was
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-10-07
CLAIMING EVERYTHING.

The policy of the political leaders OF
claiming for their own party things that
are disputed, as the vote of certain
states, is, to say the least, a rather
questionable one. The reason for this
claiming is probably that the leaders OF
the different parties hope to influence
doubtful voters in this manner and
thus to boom their candidates. These
doubtful voters wish to vote for the man
who is going to win, and will always
vote against the man who has the least
chance of being elected. They want to
get in the band wagon, as the political
boomers term it.
Now this policy may be perfectly
legitimate; but it savors of dishonesty.
1t is on the same principle as that of Il
merchant claiming qualities for his
goods which they do not possess. 1t is
the policy, it is true, of everyone in the
modern business world to boom every
thing of interest to him; but in poll
tics it is different. There the interests
of many people are involved; and when
political leaders claim for their party
that which it does not possess merely
for the sake of booming their candidate,
it is carrying the booming policy too
far. Getting on the band wagon and
going with the crowd is a good idea
sometimes; but there is an old saying
that says not to get on the band wagon
if you can't blow horn. and voters
should not get on the political wagon
if they do not know what the party
stands for. Advertising party and
candidate is necessary in this age of
promiscuous advertising; but the policy
of the leaders of present day political
parties of wholesale claiming is not
only unnecessary, but altogether the
wrong one.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-10-07
FRENCH VIEW
OF our GIRL S

THE French public has just made the
acquaintance of Mrs. Wharton's
Lily Bart. They are now surer
than ever that in America life means
the making of money by the men and
the spending of it by the women. What
are the ordinary American girls ambi-
tiOns! NJ. Jules Clairetie knows. He
found it out from a young friend, who
is professor of French, presumably i'm
a wOman's college in the heart" of Illi-
nois. NJ. Clairetie imparts his newly
acquired information through the col
umns of the Paris Temps: Among the
lovely flock which this young shepherd
was supposed to guide in the ways of
culture, fOrmOsi pecoris custOs, most of
the American races were represented.
These young women bore names poetic
ally Americanized: Melita, Priscilla.
Mabel, Jessica, Phoebe, Minerva, Rosa
monde, FlOrinda, Myrtis, Jessamine,
Sylvia, ImOgene, etc. could not men,
tiOn all of them, nor speak of those who
were simply called Annie, Maud, Flea
nor, Lillian, Beatrice or Margaret. They
came from all the countries of the new
world. Some were born on the gray
slopes of the Rocky Mountains; some
on the verdant banks of the Great
Lakes: others had grown up, like Atala,
under the hoary shade of giant cedars
or magnOlias, by the mighty rivers.
within the sound of laundering cata-
racts. But all had just one aim in life,
if We may judge from their replies to
questions put by the professor at odd
moments:
Miss Melita.' asked my friend of Il
young woman from Florida, what are
you planning to do when you leave col
lege!'
Il am going to be society girl
And you, Miss Priscilla!'
"'Society girl
:" You, Jessamine:'
Society girl
You, Imogene:'
Society girl
''AnS SO on."-New York Evening
Post
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-10-07

general lS9O-92: circuit Judge 1892
1900: governor general Philippines
l9OO-q; Secretary of War l9O4-OS.
WATKINS, AARON S.-Prohibition
nominee for Vice President; born LO-
gan county, Ohio, November %, 1868;
professor of literature at Ohio North
ern University
WATSON. THOMAS E.-PeOple's party
nominee for President; born Columbia
county, Georgia, September 5, 1856;
two years in Mercer college; Populist
member Congress 1913; previous
nominee Peoples party Vice Presi-
dent 1896; President 1904; author.
publisher and lawyer, chief works,
STORY of France" Napoleon" Life
of Thomas Jefferson"
SAMUEL W.-People's
party nominee for Vice President;
lives at Vincennes, Ind; long lead
ing POpulist.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-10-07
TAXATION OF INHERITANCES.

The taxation of inheritances is a fair
and Just method of raising revenue. The
state. by its laws. becomes the agent to
deliver property which has been be
queathed by one person to another. En-
cept for the states permission and assis
tance the property could not be given
or received. The state not only acts as
agent but by its laws directs where
shall 20. There is no natural right to
receive inheritances. The state cOnfcrs
the privilege and carries it into effect.
An inheritance is merely the transfer
fee, the agents commission Such a tax
affords a means of reaching for taxa
ton purposes wealth which can not be
reached H. any other way. Large es
tates pay the inheritance tax as well
as small estates. The large estate is
usually that of wealthy taX-dodger
who in his lifetime paid taxes only upon
an inconsiderable part of his wealth.
Before hi, estates can legally pass into
the possession of his heirs it must pay
an inheritance tax. which compensate>
In part for previous non taxation.
Nearly every country in the world has
the inheritance tax in some form. Great
Britain has for Years received large
share of its revenue from this source.
Three-fourths OF the states of the Uni
ted States raise revenue by taxation OF
inheritances. 1t is a simple, direct and
fair method of supporting the state and
falls as burden upon persons who are
most able to bear it, Small inheritances
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-10-07
About Summer Athletics.

To the Editor Of the University Missourian:
During the past few years there has
been a great revolutien in the world
of college athletics. The college au-
thOrities have ruled out of intercolle-
giate athletics persons who have pro-
fessionalized themselves along an ath-
letic line. But on the other hand moth
ing has been done along the line of the
debaters and singers, who during the
summers and while they are in school
stump the state and sing in church
ehoirs and receive compensation for
their ability. They are allowed to rep
resent their college in open contest
against some other Institution of learn
ing.
This being the case. why not allow the
athlete to earn a few dollars during his
vacation; and then be allowed to rep
resent his college on the athletic field?
n.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-10-07

college life is fulfilling its mission in our
country.
College is place to learn how to
learn. and how to live. 1t is simply a
preparatory course in life. What one
acquires of actual information in col
legc is comparatively slight and unim-
portant: what one learns as to how to
study, how to use his mind, how to get
at facts. and how to live servicefully
with his fellows. is of tremendous i'm
portance. This training the college as
an institution can give, in less time
and in manner better compacted and
systematized for use throughout life,
than is possible outside the college cam
pus.-Charles Gallaudet Trumbull, in
Forward.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-10-07
LETTERS THAT KILL.

The letters around which the recent
political storm gathered, though unique
in character, are not the first in the
history of the country that have spelled
political doom for those concerned. U.s.
ually these letters of direful import have
contained attacks on public men, which
have redounded to the detriment of the
writer, or they have expressed opinions
on some policy or principle in such a
way as to rob the author of the peO-
pies trust. To the first class belongs
Hamilton's arraignment of Adams,
which was the probable cause of JEFF
ferson's election, and also his attacks on
Burr, which resulted in his death at the
hands of Burr Jefferson's letter to his
friend Mazzei. by its implication of
Washington and other men, kept its
author more or less I'm not water" all
the rest of his life. After twenty eight
years we find him writing to Van Bu-
rem on the subject.
A letter brought on the strife between
jackson and Calhoun with which the
latter ceased to be a national figure in
politics. 1t was also letter, written
by Nicholas Biddle, that enabled Jack
son virtually to break the United States
Bank of which Biddle was president.
More recent examples are the Sackville
West and the Canaleias letters, in the
latter of which, by the too vigorous
expression of his opinions of the late
President Mckinley, De LONE caused a
temporary straining of the relations be-
tween his country and the United
States
OF the letters of the second class.
those written by overnor Hutchinson of
Massachusetts before rne American
Revolution, are prominent examples.
They encouraged England's harsh
treatment of the colonies. Upon their
publication. the Governor was forced to
leave the colony and Franklin, who was
instrumental in their publication, lost
favor in England, fact which probably
caused him to cease trying to effect a
reconciliation and to begin working to-
wards the independence of the colo
nies.
Van Buren,. who said that he would |
rather walk forty miles to tell a person
something than to express his thoughts
in a letter, was defeated by Polk in |
the race for the presidential nomina-
tion solely because of a letter that he
had written. His mistake was in taking
too lukewarm a stand on the Texas an
nexation question. In the following
election, Clay's defeat was almost GER
tainly due to the publication of a letter
in which he made a surrender on the
question of slavery. His defeat occas
ioned the remark of Meredith P Gentry
that 'the chief qualification which l
shall reuqire of Wing presidential
candidate hereafter is that he shall be
able to neither read nor WRITE
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-10-07

are sometimes exempt from taxation,
while in other case all inheritances are
taxed.
In most states the tax is on all in
heritances. In Missouri it is only upon
collateral inheritances, that is those to
persons not in the direct line of descent,
parents, children or grandchildren. This
tax goes into the state treasury as any
other tax and is appropriated by the
General Assembly as any other tax. 1t
affects less than one per cent of the pop
ulation of Missouri and three-fourths of
the amount comes from the cities of
ST. Louis and Kansas City.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-10-07

TEAS OF thousands of begrimed and
germ-fraught bills are being syste-
matically dumped by the United
| States Treasury into the West and
Southwest, while the new currency is
sued is reserved for the East.
The result today is that throughout
about twenty of the greatest states Of
the country man cannot get paper
money in exchange. say for a. s. bill.
without receiving on an average two or
three bills so crumpled, so smeared with
dirt and so populous with bacteria i'm
parted by the hundreds of hands
through which they have passed. as not
only TO offend the sense of smell. but
to seriously imperl health. In the
great cities of the East, however. it is
rare to receive currency that is not
comparatively fresh from the Treas
ury's printing office.
According to physicians, paper money
Is one of the most favorable agents for
the propagation and distribution OF
disease germs. The travels of dollar
bill in the West, where it is often in
circulation for years before it is re-
tired, would cause one, if they were
known. to shrink from it in disgust and
alarm.
1t passed first, perhaps, into the
hands OF butcher, who made his
contribution to it's future filthiness by
giving it smear with his blood stained
hands, affOrding a rich soil for bacteria.
Next it may have entered and remained
for some time in home infected with
diphtheria, where a hourishing colony
OF the germs of the disease was ac-
Louis Dispatch.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-10-07

waist line and with well-dressed men
they are einehed tightly.
The Tattersall waistcoat and fancy
effects in French flannel and Irish lin.
Ell are popular. For sack suits, green's
will be exceedingly well liked Black
wOrsteds with a fine black line, slate
grays and dull and grayish blues are
used in great numbers There is a
falling off in browns, as only men with
high cOlOrs can wear the trying tones.
In these imported cheviots and unfinish-
ed wOrsteds, stripes predominate, but
the standard checks are still in use a.
staples.
Bell Hats; Vanished Shoes.
A new note is struck in the silk
hats for the winter of l9OS-O9. These
are high of crown, with subdued ''beli''
shape and an incOnspicuOus brim. This
shape was made originally for King Ed.
ward VII.
Shoes fall in with the present tend
ency of elegance, and smart men will
have their boots vanished. The shape
is rounded and they are either buttoned
or fastened with leather laces. Even
low shoes are better with leather than
silk laces. High shoes should be but
toned for formal wear, or even for the
well-groOmed man in the sack suit.
Many of the best shoes show an exac-
geratedly long tongue
Shirts do not differ from previous
years. Striped patterns are used, but
the well-dressed man will avoid con-
certed efforts to have ties. shirts and
socks harmOnize absolutely. Intense
color schemes are always to be avoid
ed. and studied ease is necessarily the
desirable underlying thought. In a mat
ter of ties and shirts, the discretion
Of the individual cannot wander if he
patronizes one of the better shops.
The derby hat will hold its own, with
each man wearing the most becoming
block. For knOckabout wear soft hat
will be worn, and the many men who
cling to green hats, despite the avail
anche of domestic limitations, preclude
the statement that the Tyrolese head
gear is impossible. From Vienna comes
a new hat, a golden brown beaver, as
beautiful as the other hats and apt to
be affected by many men. These hats
have falcons talon or birds feather
set in the middle of the bow behind.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-10-07
WHO'S WHO OF
THE CANDIDATES

BRYAN, WILLIAM JENNINGS-Dem
ocratic nominee for President; bOrr
Salem, ILL.,. March 10, 1860; graduate,
at Illinois College, 1881; member
Congress 1919: Democratic nomine,
for President 1896 and 1900; author
and publisher: editor the COmmoner
CHAFIN. EUGENE W-Prohibitior
nominee for President; born East
Troy, Wis. November /. 1852: law
graduate University of Wisconsin
Prohibition candidate for Congress
! 1882 and 1902; in recent years organ
izer of temperance work; home. Chi
cagO.
DEBS. EUGENE V.-Socialist nominee
for President; born Terre Haute. Ind,
November ). lSjj: common school
education: locomotive fireman, sales
man and city clerk: president Ameri-
can Railway union lSa3-97: while
managing strike on Western railroads
in 1894 was sent to Jail for six
months for contempt of court; Social
Democrat party nominee for President
1904
GRAVES. JOHN TEMPLE-Indcpend
ence nominee for Vice President: born
Wilmington Church. Abbeville county.
South Carolina: graduate University
of Georgia. 1870: orator. journalist
and author; editor New York Amer
lean.
HANFORD. Socialist nom
inee for Vice President; speaker and
organizer: twenty eight Years member
Typographical union: nominee of
same party for Vice President, 1904.
HISGEN, THOMAS L-Independence
nominee for President: born Peters
burg, Ind, November 26. 1853; part
ner of Four Brothers Oil company:
candidate governor Massachusetts
1907, polling more votes than the
Democratic nominee
kERN, JOHN W.-DemOcratlc nominee
for Vice President; born Howard
county. Indiana, December 90. ls49;
graduated University of Michigan,
1869: state senator 1926: candidate
for governor of Indiana 1900. 1904;
lawyer.
JAMES SCHOOLCRAFT-
Republican nominee for Vice Presi-
dent; born Utica, \. v, October "a,
1855; was graduated Hamilton col
lege 1873; to bar 1850; member Con-
gress lSS7-9l, lS93-l9O3 and 1899;
member rules committee.
TAFT, WILLIAM HOWARD-Republi-
can nominee for President: born Gin
cinnati. September Is, 1857; was
graduated from Yale 1878; solicitor
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-10-07
NAN MUST BE f1IPLESS.
TOO, FASHION DEGREES
Worship of the Waist Line is the Keynote Of
Masculine Styles This Fall-Reversal
to Types of EARLY sos.

For the autumn of 1908 a new sar-
torial standard has been set. The tailOrs
contend that their patrons have gradu-
ally been leaning toward the styles OF
the early sos, which cOnnoisseurs select
as the ideal combination of comfort and
beauty. For the past year the styles
have shifted in this direction, and this
winter the adoption of more pronounced
clothes is predicted.
This will mean the worship of the
waist line. 1t means that men will
emphasize the line of the back, and a
decided movement will be made to pro-
duce full-chested hipless, slender fig
ure.
Overcoats for the winter will show a
distinct waist line, and they will be of
moderate length. For town wear, blacks
and Oxford grays are in chief demand.
Furlined Overcoats are a staple for
night wear, but owing to the general
use of inferior coats of this nature,
many men will leave their mink and
sable-lin garments in their closets and
will wear smart new silk lined coats
for the opera.
Fancy Collars; Patch Pocket.
Travelling and storm coats are used
in brighter and more pronounced col
Orings. The widest latitude is pos
sible with these, as well as motoring
coats, and striking collars, fancy cuffs
and patch pockets are permissible.
The sack suit is primarily the main
stay of the American mans collection
OF clothes. The three button sack, with
a definite waist line, will be made in
great numbers. These coats depend en-
tirely upon the subtle quality of the
cutting, and at the waist there will be
a discreet flare or ''draped' effect, more
pronounced than in recent years. This
draping will creep into many of the sea-
sons best attempts. The sleeve, at
the shoulder will have bit of draping.
Most men wear belts these days,
and the trousers are made according
ly. In many attires the waistcoat will
appear above the opening of the coat.
The opening is usually low, but not
extreme, and the notched lapels are
not rolling. The collarless waistcoats
will be cut with points at the bottom,
but with little studding of buttons.
The waistcoats will help to develop the
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-10-07
WHEN YOU'RE GONE.

Amt no use to try to smile.
When you're gone.
Troubles. they Just seem to pile,
ThOut YOU song
For the heart aches and the fears
No one understands or Keers.
And the minutes and the years
Seem so long.
Jest wishin' all the day
When you're gone.
Jest a wishin' time away
Mebbe wrong.
But | seem so out of place
When / miss your smillin' face.
All this World is commonplace
Till you come.
Oh. they hurt-these lonesome hours.
When you're gone
Amt no joy among the flowers
'ThOut you. long.
When they nod before the wind
seems Jest like they's whisperin'
Wonderin' when You'll come agin
With your song.
H. L. WOOD.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-10-07
How About Exposition Trip.

To the Editor Of the University Missourian:
The Seattle Exposition will not open
until July l. If we military men get
to take the trip would we drill during
June. or go home md then come back,
or take the trip the first of next Septem-
Der? This may seem rather early for
such a question, hut it is important to
those of lis who must make every cent
possible during vacation in order to
come back next year. A. B.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-10-07
Columbia Sidewalks.

To the Editor of the University Missourian:
Residents of Columbia suffer unwar-
ranted Inconvenience, and visitors get
an uncomplimentary impression OF the
town, from the unsightly condition of
the sidewalk along the north side of
Broadway west of Hit street. 1t has
been i'm that condition ever since Broad
way was paved-littered with brick, stone
and refuse. 1t was especially notice
able yesterday, when crowds passed
along that side of Broadway. Can't it
be remedied!
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-10-07
'Rah For The Irish.

To the Editor Of the University Missourian:
Why not hold meeting of the Irish
some Friday night after mass meeting
teresting to see what proportion of the
students of each department are of Gel
tic blood. A banquet or picnic held by
Irish students would be the liveliest
wittiest. and joliest of any ever cele
brated in this old college town. Il.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-10-07
66 Now Studying Journalism.

ID. f. Dexter. of Joplin. enrolled today
as student in the Department of Jour
naliSm. He is the sixty-sixth student
to enroll in the Department.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-10-07
VIEWPOINT OF
THE STUDENTS

(The University Missourian invites communi-
cations from students touching on questions Of
general interest in the University. Letters are
limited to 200 words. Address The University
MissOurian or drop communication in box in
Academic Hall corridor)
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-10-07

If a University Coed who ha,
written communication for this col
umn. will send her name to the Mis-
sourian. the letter will be published.
The name will not be published except
with the consent of the correspondent
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-10-07

The UNIVERSITY MIssOURIAN is On
sale at the Drug Shop at two cents =
copy.
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T II A N II S!

G. w. HallOwell, assistant business
manager of the Harvard Crimson,
writes:
"You certainly show enterprise in
publishing daily, and the Crimson
would be glad to exchange copies with
you throughout the year l9Os-l9O9. We
trust We may have the pleasure of reg
ularly seeing your efforts in print"
+. S. Pennebraker, circulation mana
ger of the Daily Illini, of Illinois Uni
versity, writes:
'We are glad to place your paper on
our exchange list. The MissOurian
seems to be quite new departure in
the field of college journalism and is
one of The newsiest sheets on our ex-
change table. Keep it up
r. b. Caldwell, lawyer, of Kansas
City, writes:
Il have enjoyed reading the paper
it is a step in the right direction"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-06-30
NOTICE or FORPEsTURE.
70 MYRoS SHASEoUs, YOUR HEIgs {
ASSIGNS

TO MYRoS SHASEoUs, YOUR HEIgs OR
ASSIGNS
You are hereby notified that /. Lost
Packer Mining Co. your co-owner in
the Lode Stone Fraction" quartz min
ing claim, situate in Loon Creek Min
ing District, Custer county, Idaho,
have expended One Hundred Dollars
(s1OO) in labor and improvements for
the year ending December 3lst, 1907.
The above sum being the annual as
sessment for the year 1907. You are
hereby notified to contribute your
share of the above amount which Is
Thirty-Three Dollars aud thirty-three
cents (S33.33), besides the cost of this
advertisement which is Fifteen Dollars
(Sl5.OO).
Unless you. your heirs or assigns pay
the above amount within ninety days
after the full publication Of this notice
you will forfeit your right to the above
named claim. and it will become the
property of the subscriber according to
Section 1924 of the Revised Statutes oil
the United States and the Amendments
thereto.
Lost Packer Mining Company,
by =. J. SIIEAIiAN. Agent
Ivers, Custer County, Idaho, January
End, 1908.
First publication January eth, 1908.