Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-06-05

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Railways are issuing orders sra,rr
profanity among employees. ma.
sengers can control their temna,.
suggest the Washington Star, the rail
way men surely ought to.
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Unwritten international law Nh.
serves the Washington Star, may vat
establish the principle that a dip,o.
mat is not to be judged by his bank
account.
Remarks the Baltimore Sun: New
York families OF wealth appear "A
be able to buy everything but 40
nestle happiness.
Some men work for their living, and
some men become receivers Of defunet
banking institutions in little old New
York, sneers the Richmond Times.
Dispatch.
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When you write to a friend whom
you have neglected for several
months, says the Boston Globe, it lisa
good idea to begin: Il am getting
tired of waiting for you to answer
my last letter and now ! am going
to write to YOU"
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sire in his magazine? asks the At
lanta Constitution. A moral cleanliness
and an intellectual sanity mat deal
equitably and effectively with. but
are not obsessed by the great qpes-
lions of the hour and he day ard the
times.
The Latin American trade ought to
be worth cultivating, ayers the Chi
cago Tribune. There is a growing
feeling OF friendliness for the soy
ernment and people Of the United
States. This ought to be attended
by a rapid development of trade. But
the determining factor In the long
run will not be the work OF commit.
tee OF publicity and promotion. !.
will be the attitude OF the iner who
have products to offer.
The professional anarchists who
take refuge here make base return
for the protection afforded them n
thus melting hatred of and resistance
to our institutions as il they were
as oppressive as Russia's. These men
are ingrates and public enemies, In
sists the Buffalo Commercial, and
whenever they overstep the bounds
of law and order must be handled
without gloves.
The wcrd prestige" as The Dial
points out, has a dubious history, ad-
mirably fitting 1t for its modern use
as the shibboleth of newspaperdom.
In the eighteenth century, ''prestises'
were defined by our great lexicograph-
err, as illusions, impostures, juggling
tricks" and We still use the word
"pressidig'tator In the sense OF thai
old meaning. II today prestige has
come to have something Of the con
notation OF reputation, II still sus-
gests its shady past, is acquired ratn
er by smartness than by sincerity
and implies nothing more than suo
cessful appeal to the imagination
The Pennsylvania railroad an
nounces that it will give preferences
N employment to American citizens.
The Washington Star approves TINS
as & true policy and one that should
be generally adopted. It says: Whetn'
er native or foreign born, the Amert
can citizen-the man whose ot
cast with US and who Is here TO stay
should have the call in all Amer
can opportunity. He Is the one upon
whom the country must rely In time
Of war, and he is entitled therefore
to the right-of-way in tine OK pesce.
The best things are his by every
right. He builds and he stays. hs
establishes a local habi.dtion ana
name, and as he Is for the county,
the country should be for him. Inc
man who Is here today and gone w
morrow has 10 claim to anything pu'
to the odd jobs which great pressure
for labor brings. The steady tnins
for the citizen, every time.
The Maiden's Prayer.