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know that the President didn't say too much when he said that the non competitive examinations used in se- lecting the force at Washington of the last two censuses served only ''as a cloak to hide the nakedness of the spells system" Such examinations. he declared, were useless as checks upon patronage appointments. They pre- vent, he said. the most incompetent from being appointed, but they do not secure the appointment of the most competent, and they afford no check upon political appointments. The President said it is idle to say that such examinations are fair, for the unfairness and favoritism come in in the choosing of the men who shall be allowed to try them"
 Of course. We suppose that the cen sus in this country may be taken bet ter than the census in China is, but il would be both encouraging ard in forming if there could be one taken without politics, trickery. ignorance oi incompetence
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A SIGNIFICANT SALE.

The surrender of The London Times to the modern spirit of newspaper making is the most significant event w. have yet had to impress upon the world the fact that newspapers like every other form of human endeavor must learn to live with the generation which feeds them They cannot hold out against the demands of the reading public.
 It has long been the belief of the new school of British journalism that the Times would have to surrender The demand for the kind of thunder CT" it has been these many years was fast disappearing with the population which fattened on old and obsolete traditions Its field of support narroy- ed daily and it became more and more Certain that it must adjust itself to the conditions or fade away into history.
 It has yet to be learned just how the Times under it's new and more spright- ly management will conduct itself. Ob- viously it will unbend good deal, which will mark the passage of the old style of British journalism It must, however, still retain a dignity which will make it distinctive among the pub lications of the old world It will not have to yellow up to later tone down
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has been readjustnent of rates ana correction of abuses by the carriers themselves. Methods and usages or one sort and another which operated to individual advantage have been voluntarily changed. and it is not too much to say that there is now a flee- dom from forbidden discriminanons which is actual and general to degree never before approached. As the pro cess goes on, as special privileges dis appear and favoritism ceases to be even suspected, the indirect. but not less certain, benefits of the law will be- come more and more apparent.
 All of which is encouraging. With railroad managers cheerfully obeying the law. and with lawmakers making laws that can be and ought to be obeyed there will be fine times in this good and rich country.
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NOT so VERY RAD.

Those who have been taught to look upon railroad managers general ly as bad and bold violators of law will be surprised by the statement of the Interstate Commerce commission that by the railroad managers almost without exception the amended law has been accepted in good faith. and that they exhibit for the most part a sincere and earnest disposition to con form their methods to it's require ments. The commission adds that it was not expected that reforms could be brought about without difficulty and delay, but il is unquestionably the fact that great progress has been made and that further improvement is clear ly assured. To a gratifying extent there
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der the same shameful category with dishonest wealth. We reminded him of the great significance which is attach cd to presidential utterance and the power it has to soothe or excite. In connection with the Brownson incident he has sinned in exactly the same way He and Dr. Rixey may be right in their view of who should command the hos pital ship but in bringing an honor able name into contempt. as his sweep ing language is calculated to do, Pres ident Roosevelt has defied his own gos- pei of fair dealing. He has placed a man with a first rate record as an of ficer and gentleman where he cannot defend himself Not a pleasant respon- sibility to contemplate, Mir. President, as you grow older.
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TRUE SAVINGS.

President Roosevelt continues to say things. and even those who don't like to have him continue to say things are compelled to admit that some of the things he says are things he ought to say. For instance, his recommenda- ton that in preparing for the work of taking the next census, the four thous- and or more additional employees need ed be appointed only after competi- tive examination under the rules of the Civil Service commission. Those at all acquainted with the performances con nected with the taking of the census
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never going to be too old for that sort of g,"-Chicago Journal
 She-'I cannot marry you, but I'll give you q place in my heart" He, No. thanks. I don't care for crowds. '' Syracuse Herald, 50, Mrs. Gunson has only been mar ried once?' Yes: but she made another man Of her husband."-H Harper's Weekly.
 Mrs Subbubbs-"I know you lost those letters I gave you to mail last week Suhbubbs-'T expected you'd say that, and to prove you're wrong have them right here in my pocket. See?'-Boston Record
 Butcier-This one mum?
 Old Lady-Nc
 Butcher-This one? This one?
 Old Lady--No no.
 Butcher-Just tell me when I'm get tin warm. lsdy!-Puncn.
 You say he made his wealth by hon est toll"
 Every cent of it.
 q never knew him to do a days work in his life well. I didn't say whose toll it was did I?"--London Tit Bits.
 "A mans occupation has very great influence on his character"
 Think so?'
 T know it"
 "Oh, I don't know; one of the worst scalawags I ever knew was dealer ir upright pianos. Houston (Texasl Post
 Your father is in politics. said the stranger, lis he not?"
 "Yeh." replied the boy. but mon thinks he's gittin' cured of 1t"
 How do you mean?
 why his stummick has gone back on him. an he can't drink like he use. | ter."-Catholic Standard and Times,
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SAMUEL FESSENDEN.

The announcement of the death of Samuel Fessendeh will stir memory and regret in countless hearts all over the country in which for many years he was prominent, an interesting and forceful figure. His life was one of much activity. influence and success. Patriotic in his youth, as throughout for the preservation of the Union, Then turning his attention to the law he prepared himself for the profession in which he became conspicuous, and in which he did work of high order, though he was not what is called "a book lawyer" Soon he began to min gle politics with his other activities. and it was not long before he made himself felt in that branch of effort Healthy, hearty, agreeable, shrewd and strong. he acquired a great deal of influence in politics. and for many years Sam Fessenden was one of the most respected. trusted and efficient of party managers both in his State and Tin the nation He was celebrated for his loyalty to his political principles and his political friends. He had for a long time great political power in Con- necticut, and it was probably the chief disappointment of his life that he was that power in such a way as to make himself United States Senator, an hon or which he long ardently aimed at and worked for. He helped many into office, and held various offices himself, but with strange persistence the office which he most desired. and which al times seemed likely to be his, fatefully eluded him.
 As lawyer. legislator or politician MT. Fessenden was always notable, He knew how to stir people by kind of oratory which, while not altogether polished, was decidedly effective. He was of generous make. and he showed his good heart and good will to many people and in many ways. He made and kept friends, and his disappoint- ment at the most important crisis oi his career was hardly deeper than tho disappointment of those who had lone admired him and been faithful to him Those friends in all parts of Connects cut will deeply mourn the departure of their friend, and all the people o Connecticut have reason 10 regret tha
 the activities so often and so powerful
 ly used in their behalf have ceased.
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Farmers. Finance nnd Rackbones
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 The farmers are the true backbone of the nation whether in time of peace or war. But from the outstart of the republic. while they have been con tent to bear the brunt of the fighting and of furnishing bread and meat and raiment on which 10 suhsist they have modestly turned over to their fellow citizens engaged in otEer pursuits the task of running the government. There are signs of a change. The farmers are getting tired of carrying the load without any proper and equitable voice in the direction of affairs. It will be most suspicious change for the bet ter when the Changers shall assert themselves and assume their rightful and necessary share in regulating tho politics of the country They pay the main share of the taxes. which are so laid as to heavily discriminate against them. They should help to fix the rates. They are in fairness entitled, as tbe main producers of revenue to mainly profit by it's distribution They should insist on a suitable control of expenditure.
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A SHOCK TO PATRIOTIC PRIDE.

If there is anything people in this country have steadily and proudly be- lieved, it is that the United States sol dier is the best paid soldier in the world. But Mayor John H Beacon, United States soldier himself. and formerly military attache in London, says that this is not so. He shows that the British private in his first year receives SIP 95 to the Am <iean's s13, but as rank and length of service in- crease the proportion is reversed, so that the British recimental sergeant major gets s7135 a month against $40 paid to the American of like rank A British private in his third year re- ceives S1ss5 and the American but stl Taking into consideration the difference in the cost of living and the earning power of the British unskiled lahorer. the British soldier is much better off than the American
 Of course this is not such q shock to patriotic pride as 1t would be to discover that the Chinese soldier Is better off than the United States sol der The British are in a sense our folks, and We are glad to see the Brit ish soldier doing well But had we real ly ought to allow the United States soldier to work for less than his Brit ish cousin?
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SOME or THE BENEFITS.

The tariff isn't going to be discussed in congress at this session, If the Re- they think they can, but it will be discussed some in the coming cam paign One of the incidents which will figure in the discussion is the action of the Steel Trust in selling sheet and tin plate bars to Welsh customers for ten dollars a ton less than the Ameri- can price This incident is not wholly popular even in Pittsburg one of the homes of protection Viewed from any conceivable standpoint" says the Industrial World Journal published in that city, these transactions deserve the severest condemnation They dis credit the protective system" Did not the Steel Corporation. adds the Industrial World. tie the foreign buy CTS up tightly. and did not the latter know that if they resold their ship ments would be stopped very prompt ly, they could load these bars back on to the cars and ship them to the United States at profit after paying transportation charges. The cheap plea of keeping mills going and employing labor through these exports Is an in- suit to the intelligence of the Ameri- can public
 The benefits of United States pro- lection to foreign Welshmen are pret- l ty obvious in this incident Truly this is an unselfsh country.
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ouR CONTEMPORARIES.
. Western Estimate of Roosevelt

(St Paul Pioneer Press)
 We venture to assert that President Roosevelt will appear to future genera tions much larger man than he ap- pears even to most of his supporters. We believe that a good many of the little things that have offended even some of his friends such as his fond ness for newspaper controversy. his in- clination 10 charge dishonesty to those who do not agree with him. and his i'm pulsive advocacy of several crude pro- posals-we believe that most incidents of this kind which have from time 10 time filled the public eye because of their more or less sensational character will be forgotten and will be noticed only as Illustrative of his impulsive- ness and aggressiveness And the sources from which the biographers and historians of a century hence will draw their material will not be the New York papers President Roosevelt's merits as an eccentric will be judged first by the results in the country's his tory that can be traced to his policies and by what can be gathered from his own messages and addresses. Future generations will not read into those documents what it pleases his hysteri- cal critics to read into them. They will be read to mean what they say. not once but hundred times. so far as what they say shall be borne out b, the acts of the administration One law for the rich and the poor. relentless attack not on all wealth, but on wealth that has been i'll gotten and on the methods by which it has been il-got- ten; the overthrow of those who art perverting laws irtended for the pub lie welfare to their own private en richment to he detrment of the pub llc-such is the spirit of all that Roose- welt has spoken of written on matters of national policy. And what he hal said and what he has done 10 put thos, policies into effect has the approval of the conscience of the public from on, end of the country 10 the other.
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MEDIATE.

Old Maid-How I long to be faithful to someone-if I only knew whom Fliegende Blatter.
 Orvilie Bolda-"Whnn [ bid you good night I'm going to kiss youi" Vera Shve-tSiri Leave me immediately. - Syracuse Herald.
 Why do you call his jokes dry hum or 2r'
 Because l can hear him crack them" Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 "You'n be too old to sit on peopls's knees soon. Dolly "Oh. no. I won't auntie. I'm not half as old as sister and she sits on MT. Wilson's knee. I'm
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SQUEiCHED.

Pa doesn't talk now half as much AS what he did, he passes Food quietly across to us. ' An later spends his time to bedtime In dozing or in reading. While conversation eddies round He stlll remains unheeding And when he does essay to speak He don't speak very cheerful. He picks and chooses all his words Gnd hands 'em to US keerful; He hesitates 10 speak his mind, And does lt with a stammer, Oh, Sis. is home from college now, And don't like papas grammar.
 Houston Post
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First-class in arithmetic, stand up, ing for a S10.000 farm. Ten lawyers are helping them Who will get the farm?
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A decree has been issued by the Dowager Empress of China in which she forbids ordinary Chinamen to discuss affairs of state The ordinary United States man won't get any such order as that this presidential year.
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Limit your millions, says one of the wise advisers of the people. That lit tie matter has already been attended to, thank you.
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An Arkansas minister says Satan encourages people to go fishing, and people who don't get bite will some times feel that that is so.
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In three faces out of five the eyes are out of alignment, That explains why other people don't see straight.
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 owns and maintains a national ceme- tery in Mexico. It is located at San Cosme, near the City of Mexico. and was purchased and established in the year 1850 for the purpose of interring the remains of soldiers of the United States who died or were killed in that vicinity during the war with Mexico ana also for the purpose of interring the bodies of citizens of the United states who have died in that vicinity since that period,
 The Congregationalist notes that of the sixtyfour ministers from other re- ligious bodies received into Northern Methodist conferences last year only two were emigrants from Congrega- tionalism. Tt is noteworthy" says the paper. that while Congregational churches get a goodly number of pas tors from the Methodists, few of our ministers enter Methodist conferences and these are apt to be men who are returning to their former denomina- tional home. Congregationalists owe Tor their ministers a large, increasing and unpaid debt to Methodism.'
 With the return of Wu Ting fang as minister from China. Washington will again see the wonderful silk embroid- cred coats and divided skirts of Mrs. Wu. During the long residence in Washington of the eccentric Wu. no function was complete without the presence of his wife. The latter was also fond of availing herself of the freedom of America, and walked much in the parks and or Connecticut ave nue MT. Wu was an early convert to the automobile. and used to make life burden for his neighbors by urgent requests for permission to be allowed to stable his machine along with their horses.
 Writing from The Hague a corre- spondent tells of a mantle with a his | tory that was displayed in the windows weeks ago Of finest lace, all in one l piece, 1t was made for the coronation of the Empress Eugene, and sever needlewomen worked several years upon it. An eminent French artist made the design for the lace. and the sketch was destroyed as soon as the pattern was worked It cost some, thing like s45,000, But the event foi which if was made never took place and the empress wore fl only once--at the opening of the Suez Canal. in 1863 | For twenty eight years it reposed in a pawn shop in Athens. How 1t got there no one seems to knew.
 ] Denatured alcohol is commonly uset in Italy for all ordinary purposes for. merly requiring grain alcohol There has recently been heavy shortage 1T the Italian markets and a correspond ing advance in price from four an, one-half to five cents pound at whole | sale. or from eleven to thirteen or if teen cents quart retail. The shor supply is said by the principal manu lecturers to be dua 10 the lack O residue from the last beet sugar sea son and from the last wine crop ant to the extraordinary high price O grains One cause was the recen general strike in north Italy. durint which the lack of gas for cooking wa made up by the use of alconol
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Ecuador figures on the markets with an abundance of alligator skins Thls industry. still in its infancy. was launched m 1903 hy an American citi- zen who went to Guayaauil for the purpose of hunting down the myriads of allisators which abound in the river Guayas and it's tributaries He was at once successful The business was temporarily interrupted in the early part Of 1906 by the untimely death of the American from an accident. but has recently been resumed by his sue cessors
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SAYINGS AND DoINGs.

The old log collegs which was built by John McMillan on the Fulton farm. about two miles south of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. in 1775. was the first in stitution of learning west of the AL leghenies. Tn this rude building was founded Jefferson College. which af- terward was moved to Canonsburg, and in late years was uplifted with Wash ington and Jefferson College to form the present Washington and Jefferson College. The old log building is about 10 be removed to the campus.
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WAS HE.

He had ten millions in bonds and gold; He had wife who had long been cold; lie had dyspepsia and nerves asswell, He had home--in huge hotel. He had son whom he did not name; He had hot fears when each furry
 came. He had stern foes and their cause was
 just; He had bland friends whom he dared
 not trust He had gray hairs and the weight of
 years. He had dead hopea that he mourned
 with tears, He had a horror of deaths dark ditch, He had million. but was he rich?
 Peoria Herald Transcript.
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Though very few people are aware of
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-02
Commercial News
BY Charles L. Rhodes.

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