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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1910-09-22
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-01-17
SEEK UNIFORM LAWS
IN ALL THE STATES
Civic Federation to Open Three Days
Conference at Washington
To-day

WASHINGTON; Jan. 17.-Reprtsen.
tattFes OF every phase OF tho compile:
citizenship Of tile United States viii
as: emblc flor Ii three luys' conference
.to-mcr pnF under the auspices Of the
National C.:ic Federation at tlle Bel
rseo Theater for the purpose uf dt,
wishing ways and >meauls 10 bring atoil;
Uniform. laws relating to. marriage
ard divorce. child labor and pure
food and drugs.
caborers and Capitalists VIII joir
|the Lawyers and bus1ness men, educa
tors and peI:.ieians. cIergymtn ant
Hofudlers,' scientists and artist In dis
eusslng Problems vital to the horne
Ind deIety.eit'g o. rGT=tEeFf Ft''s
coInetdent ,t:th the conference viii
he the meeting or governors called b;
President Taft 10 consider uniform
laws for the e~6nsefvdtftn of hatutaI
resources. -
President Taft viii address both the
CIVIC Federation Conference and the
meeting Of gasergose
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-01-17
Two NOTED MEN
Will Be HERE
DIR. EuBaEk AND BISHOP ROBIN.
SON VEL SPEAK AT FIRST
BAPTIST CHURCH. a5

In connection with the Laymen's
Missionary. movement which 10 sweep
ing yer the country, Rev. M. o. Eu-
bank. a medical missionary In the
employ Of the RaPtist denomoinat.,n;
and Bishop Robinson, Of the Metho.
dist denomination, will hold a mass
meeting in the First BpatIst Church
Of this city on tuesday evening of this
we Eek.
Or. Eut,ank is a missionary to China
and during the BaptistNoeneral Asso-
cation which MET In this city In DC.
teher addressed the Sunday morning
service. He Us a powerful speaker
ana n,adela lasting impression on the
large congregation who heard h:m.
Eishop Robinson Ia a missionary from
Japan and is u brilliant and foreefui
speaker.
The general public Is Invited to
hear these speakers on Tuesday even.
ins and 1t is expected that the build.
ing WI be taxed to Its utmost capac-
lily to hold tho people who desire to
hear these addresses.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-01-17
Concerning Mr.. Lehman.

HEEf=s. f.#I- d.
The following article from the Daily
Optic, published at Las Vegan, N. M.
concerning Mr.. Karl Lehman, will
be Of interest here. MIR. Lchmann
will conduct two Christian Endeavor
Rallies in this city on January the
2eth:
Mr.. Lehfann gives mis- whole heart
and strength to tile work which he
loves, and his address was the natural
overflow Of bis personal devotion and
eHperienes- Ii Young Peoples WORK.
" . Mr.sLehman's closing wordS
were az earnest call to the youny peo-
pie of thel ehurehessto give their best
life ard strength to the Kingdom of
Christ inIyPersonaI service. A deeb
impression was made and every one
present %7z stirred with impulses to
give more Influence and effort to per
work for the savior.-Las Vegas.
N. NJ, Daily Optic, january %, 1yu7.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-01-17
TWO AUTO SHOWS

IN KANSAS CITY.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, IAN. 1.7-That
Kansas. Oklahoma and the Southwest
generally are enjoying a season OF
Prosperity is evidenced by the great
Interest manifested in the annual
motor car show. opened in Convention
Hall to-day. II is expected that hun.
ire6s of farmers will be here during
the week to look owe the latest
riodels,. and to invest a part o. the
proceeds of their farm products In
automobiles. Local dealers say tina:
The sale of cars to Kansas farmers has
now become an important part of-therr
business, and that they expect 1910 lo
De a banner year for thiG trade.
The present show is under the aus.
piees of the recently organized Motor
Car Trade Association, an s'insursenl''
body. The REGULARS" OF the Kansas
City Automobile Dealers Association
will hold their fourth annual exhibit.
ton during the week of February 20.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-01-17
Married at ~CIarksburu.

Mr. JOHN J. Baker and Miss Mabel
Gertrude Edna Merr:icld, OF thle city,
were united in marriage Saturday aft.
,ernoon at five o'clock at the parsonage
Of the First Methodist Episcopal
Church al c%tarksburg. Rev. J. e. Bird,
pastor Of the church.. officiating.
The bride was beeominaIy aowned
IN a travelling coat suit of grey with
hat and gloves to match.
their families and friends as they
gave no intilnation of The fact that
they would be married ON Saturday. =
Mr.. and Mrs. Baker returned to this
city Saturday night and went 10 the
home Of the aroom's father, Mr.. John
RI. Baker, ON Maple avenue. where an
elegant wedding dinner WIS served.
hey have taken up their. residence
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-01-17
=alrmont Curl Marrfedf In OKLAHOMA.

Fairmont Girl Married In Oklahoma.
ANADARko. Okla. Jan. 17.-Theu-
|dore Garfield oe1ke an Miss Laura
.Franees Baker were married Thurs:
day morning. January 9th, 1910, at
eleven o'clock, at the Methodist par:
snnagc by Rev. r. L. Harrington:
Those present were Frank w. oeIk.
and Miss Maggie oeIke, brother and
sister Of the groom, and Miss Minnie
Morris manager or the Pioneer Tele:
phone Company at IAnadarko.
Immediately after the ceremony ths
bride and groom arid their guests went
to tie beautiful country home of the
groon's father, one and one.haIf miles
south of the city, where a bolntiful
uihncr was awaiting them. !
The grnGr.7 Is the son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Chris oeIkc, prosperous and high.
W respected farmers. He was bor4i
and raised to manhood south OF. Ne.
hraska City and In 1902 moved to An.
adsrko. Oklahoma. He Is a young
man e. excellent habits and lie eIert
iof the County court, at that places
where Re lie well and favorabiy KNOW,
az an accommodating and obligin1
young rnan with many friends among
all who know him ~
Theodore Oelke was also The ownef
Of the lucky number. winning the $3.50
automobile on Jan. 81, 1910, from Joe
Whitman. at Anadarko, Oklahoma! :
The Bride is the daughter Of John
r. Baker, OF Fafrr,ont. West Virginia
and Is a sister of Mrs. A. c. Vaughn.
Of Anadarko, Oklahoma. Miss Bakei
came to hnadarko, Oklahoma. In 1907
and fer the last year and a half ha!
been employed as bookpeeper for ths
Picnee! Telephone and Telegraph
Company, OF that city. She is a young
lady Of education and refinement ant
has WON many friends. both in bust
ness ana social circles, and Is higtI,
tsteened by all.
rlr. and Mrs. oclke will be at hon't
in the.r newly furnished residence II
the Bail: addition,ie (which the groom
has prepared for his briIe, In the Cit.
OF Anadarko.
Both havs many friends, who wisl
them a long, happy and prosperous
married life.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-01-17

at the aroom's home on Maple ave.
rue.
Mrs. Baker Is the daughter 81 Mr..
and Mrs. Jno. c. Merirheld,1 Of the
First ward; and is 4 popular. and at:
tracttve young lady. She has been
employed as collector for the icoisoli.
dated Telephone Company. Nj. BaRtr
Is The son Of Mi. john r. Baker. 81
Nipple avenue and s 4 prosperous and
Industrious yodns man. He holds the
position 81 Coal Billing clerk for the
8. and o. railroad. The following All
nduhcendentE have been issued:
Mr.. and Mrs. John Clark Mortified
announce tie marriage Of their
daughter
Mabel Edna e
and
Mr.. JOHN Jackson BaKer
on Saturday, Jahuary fifteenth.
at cIarksburs. w. Va.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-01-17
~, Memoria,,,
RESOLUTIONS nNThE DEATH OF
JOSHUA sTALEY OF MONROE
STREET CHURCH.

A meeting OF the trustee board o
the Monroe St. M. e. Church waa heIr
at the church on Wednesday evening
january IL, Rev. c. c. Gill. pastor in
charge. presidlng. This being the frs,
meeting of the trustee board since the
%iannented death o. MIR. j. F. staIey
treasurer Of the board, the chat.
Called attention to this fact and pai:
"a glowing tribute TO the memory oil
deceased. Other members or the
hoard spoke of his sterling qualities,
character and business worth as a
rarrnber of the board and the loss sus.
tanned to the church by his sad death,
after which the following resolutions
wcrn passed: F"
Whereas, IN the providence Of Al.
mighty God death has entered our
ranks and taken from Us one WHOM
we rev:red and loved in the person
of Joshua +. stalry, treasurer Of the
trustee board of Monroe St. Church,
aatl ~
Whereas, ny his death the church
fcs.s a earobte officer and a faithful
and energetic worker for the advance.
lnci,t Ct the church and christianit,
among our people. Therefore, be it
Resolved. That we, the membern Of
the trustee board OF Monroe Street
NJ. e. Church Of wh!!>h the deceased
treasurer. record our Heartfelt
sorrow ana Sympathy.
Resolved, That in the death of tt.e!
deceased we not only. lose an honest,
Trustworthy treasurer, but one whose
advice and experience along pertain
lines were eagerly sought and almost
invariably accepted, whose charitable
we're u%nexreIIed.
Resolved, That while we bow in
tumble submission to the divine do
cree realizing that "Hc doeth all things
we shall deeply mourn the loss
ourselves, the church, the commu.
nifty the home and toithe race which
he stroye te 'unIlft.. ~
Resolved, That a copy Of these ESQ
be forwarded to his widow and
a copy BE printed In The daily
papers ana the press OF u race, and
a copy Bio placed upon the records OF
tho trustee board.
signed, TRUSTEES.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-01-17
Normal Reception.

An enjoyable reception wa heic
Saturday evening at the State Normal
School gymnasium. The reception
was gwen IN honor Of the two neu,
teachers, Miss Jean Olive Heck, Of
the Training Department, and Miss
Mary {. Scott, the new kindergarten
teacher and preeeptress Of the dorml.
tory and the new students to enroiI
for the winter term.
The receiving line was composed OF
the faculty. The evening waa spent
by the faculty and students In heeom.
ing acquainted and during the even.
Sig fruit punch was served. Miss Ida
Abbott had charge of the arrange
ments of the reception and much of
the success of the affair is due to her
efforts.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-01-17
THoS. L. FLEMING DEAD.

mr. Thomas L. Fleming died at his
horne at Germantown, Pa. on Janu
AIRY 10TH aged seventy.oae years. Til.
deceased was a connection Of tho
Fleming family of this city. He was
a grandson Of Benizh Fleming and
WIS a close connection of Messrs
olen1 and Luther Fleming, of this
city. He was also a distant relative
Of Gov. A. O.. Flen,inJ.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-01-17
Missionary Society.

The Won,an's Home and Foreign
Missionary Society of the Fresbytc
risn chul:l,. was delightfully."- enter
tained on Saturday afternoon at the
home of Hrs. J.. H. Beekman on Fair.
mont Splendid papers were
read by Mrs.. W. s. Mayors and Mrs.
Hugh F.. Smith. Following the pro.
sramme a social hour was enjoyed ard
refreshments served.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-01-17

KEEPER, w. Va, Jan. 17.-John r.
Rsder, through Harry g. Fisher, his
attorney, has sued ] prosperous Min.
eral county farmer, for $4,000, for
alternating his W.tfe's affections. Some
raey developments are anticipated.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-01-17
SPEAKERS ACCEPT.

NEW YORK, Jan. 17.-It was an.
nounced last night that President Taft,
Speaker cannon and Mayor GaynoT
have accepted invitations to the Re,
publiean~oluU's annual dinner on Lin,
ccln's birthday, February IL, at The
Waldorf-Astorfa. Governor Hughes
secretary has written that the gov
ernor may accept also.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-01-17
STAG Dinne:.

Mr.. John o. Morgan was host Sat.
urday evening at his home ON Fourth
street. at an elegantly appointed stay
dinner. Covers were laid for Messrs.
c. A Hill, A. g.. Cole, Ord Tough, L.
H. Randall, Il. o. Kendall, NJ. e. Jam.
ison, Carl Springer, Frank Pryor, NJ.
n. Frantz and the host.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-01-17
Not Married.

The West tlrginian was misinform.
ed on Saturday concerning the sup:
posed marriage Of MIR. Fred Billings
lea and Miss Rose Price. The notice
of the marriage was sent in to this
paper but it has developed that Il was
Simply a joke played on the groom by
a friend.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-01-17
w. c. T. U. Meeting.

The regular meeting OF the VIC. r.
U. will be held Tuesday afternoon at
two o'clock at the Public Library par.
Tors. The regular programme will be
dispensed with and the afternoon will
be spent in making comfort bags for
OLD soldiers and sailors. All member
are urged to be present and to bring
needles.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-01-17
FINED FOR :~LclT.ERiN6.

A twenty dollar fine was collected
In police eslrt this morning. The
charge Of lettering was brought against
a man and a Woman and this was VIVA.
caused the Jingle Of tho suineas in
the mayors court. There were no
other offenders up.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-01-17
Infant Child pend.

An infant child OF Mr. and Mrs. NJ.
D. Merll. residing in the Jackson Addi.
ton. died Saturday night, and was
buried this morning in Woodlanwn
Cemetery by Undertaken r.. C. Jones.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-01-17
To CIarksburq.

AT the Congress Of the Daughters
Of the American Revolution held last
week at. Warrington, !: Was announc.
ed that the. next Congress would, prob:
abiy be held at c%larksburg. though
nothing u%efinite ~as given nut in this
regard.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-01-17
GROCERY CHANGES HANDS.

o. M. DAVIS and Son, who conduct
a grocery on Locust avenue. have sold
out their business to L. e. Bennett.
Mr.. Bennett will take charge Of The
,h%usines1 Tomorrow.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-01-17
rhirnbIe Club.

Mrs. CIarsnee Hall will be hostess
Wednesday afternoon at her home oh
r aIrniont avenue, 10 the members Of
the Thin,blc club. IT is desired that
all the members attend THIS meeting.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-01-17
CITY DUCK PIN LEAGUE.

Schedule tor Week of January nth.
JAN. 1T-Tedly Bears VS.. Black Dia.
munds:
Jan. 1s-Butchers VS.. B. & o.
Jan. 1o-oeprators VS.. Coal Com.
nary.
Ian. 2o-Juniors VS. American Laun.
dry.
Jan. 21-Runih BROS: 8 Llpson VS..
Cubs.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-01-17
AMBASSADOR FROM BRAZIL DEAD
tTy United Press.l

WASHINGTON. D c.. Jan. 17.-Joa.
quin Nabusco. ambassador from Bra.
I'll to the United States. died today
after a short illness.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-01-17
AID Society MEETING.

The Ladies' Aid Society OF Grace
Lutheran Church Will Hold their re1u.
lar meeting at the tcme OF Mrs. Harry
Daganr 1907 Virginia avenue, Tuesday
evening, January 10.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-01-17
RAcy CASE

Is Expected to Develop From AIiena:
ton of Affections Suit.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-09-28
MARTAL|TY STATISTICS

A recent census bulletin says
that in 1909, there were 1928
known homicides in that portion
Of the United States covered by
death registry laws, and in the
same area 8,402 deaths due to
suicide. The figures are supplied
by the census bureaus annual re-
port of mortality and cover about
fifty-fve per cent of the popula-
ton.
There is an actual falling off of
149 in the number of homicides as
compared with 1908, while there is
decrese of the rate of suicides
compared with population.
Poison was the most CO mmonly
employed instrument Of suicide,
264 cases being due to it. Fire
arms, with 1896, were a close
second as a means of self-destruc-
ton while hanging was responsible
for 1915 cases.
The report also supplies an
enumeration of accidental deaths
for 1909, as follows:
Railroad injuries, 6959; drown
ing, 1853; burns, 1892; injuries at
birth 3508; injuries by horses and
horse vehicles 1852; street cars,
1923; automobiles, 632; injuries in
mines and quarries, 1897; inhala-
ton of poisonous gases, 1887;
other accidental poisonings, 1779;
accidental gunshot wounds, 944;
heat and sunstrokes, SIG; cold and
freezing, 25l; lightning, $50.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-09-28

book was printed in America in
1875. The New England Primer,
one of the most popular as we'll as
the most curious textbooks of its
time, was published somewhere
about 1687-169O. had an enormous
circulation and use in America
and was sold extensively within the
memory of living men.
1t was the very embodiment of
that combination of religious senti-
ment, with secular learning,
which our fathers steadfastly advo-
Gated, and their descendants have
generouly abandoned in our public
schools, only to have them stig.
matized as Goddess" by those for
whose benefit the Bible and re-
ligious exercise were excluded
National Magazine.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-09-28
YES

1t is not meant half the time it
is aid.
eyes" is a simple word spelled
with three letters.
1t has procured kisses and
provoked blows.
1t has defeated candidates and
elected scoundrels.
. 1t has caused in more fights than
all the you're a liars" that
ever were spoken.
1t has started more disponmaniacs
on their career than all the strong
liquor on earth.
1t has caused more happiness and
more unhappiness than any other
word in the language.
1t has lost more money for easy
lenders than all the holes in all the
pockets in the world.
Will it continue to make such a
record?-Exchange.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-09-28
A PLEA FOR HoPEFuLHEss
Writer Well Describes PesslnnIsm a.
. Sin and the PesslmIst .
Man TO Avoid.

Hopefulness Is a true sign OF great,
ness. 1t means a conviction that we
are greater than our troubles. great:
tnan the world itself, greater tEan
oeath' and can hold our own when
ever 1t comes, In the universe arv
"nere and through all eternity Such
conviction makes a man a god. II Is
better than riches or high position.
IL makes a poor man e king A per.
son who constantly fears or worries
Is practically an atheist. He has rn
faith In himself or any other being
he does not usually live long. Wor.
~ Kills more than whisky; It really
hardens the arteries.
No man has a right to kill hi.
friends by a sad, morose counte-
nance. A long face is a mark OF re.
ligion. It is out of date just now and
forever. Sour-looking people should
De shut up in Jail: they are danger.
Gus. 1t is good thing to throw back
your shoulders. walk erect, and be-
lleVe that you own the whole city.
fou DO 1t as really as anyone else. and
you feel better for the belief. Most
OF our troubles are fear for the future,
only "bogfes" which disappear when
you walk up to them. There is a
good time coming. It is here already.
II we only knew It.
TO doubt would be disloyalty.
10 ralter would be sin
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-09-28
The Father Of Waters.

II was In the year 1519-120 years
before the Maynower reached Plym.
outb rock-that the Mississippi wa.
hrs' seen by the eyes Of white man.
Proof was already at hand that Flor.
ida was not an island. for In 1919 Al
varez de Pineda had followed that
coast as far as the site Of Tampico in
Mexico, where he found Cortez and
his men Pineda then turned back
md after n while entered the mouth
OF the Mississippi, which he called
Rio de Santa Espiritu. He seems TO
have been the first European to sail
upon this great river How far he
ascended II is not clear. but he spent
Blk weeks upon its banks trading with
The lndi0ns.-John Fiske.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-09-28
PRIMITIVE SCHOOL BOOKS

The hornbook invented in 1850
and used considerably up to the
close of the eighteenth century,
was the usual textbook of the
elementary school. A thin slab of
hard wood was covered with
parchment on which were printed
the capital .and small letters,
numerals, and some elementary
syllables and words. Over this
a thin sheet of transparent cows
horn was placed and firmly bound
30 that no moisture could penetrate.
To this the Bible, and the sampler
on which little girls painfully
stitched the letters of the alphabet,
some Cody saying" and border
of HERRING stitch" or some con-
ventional pattern Of impossible
flowers and foliage, and the legend,
MARY Smith, her Sampler" or
like, were about all that the child.
rem used up to the beginning of
the eighteenth century. The A, B,
G book, Book of Manners and the
Assembly's Shorter Catechism came
into use soon after, and a spelling
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-09-28
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.


Saloons supply the political machine
with high-ball bearings.
II man could only unload his ex.
perience for half It cost!
It's human nature to believe all the
good we hear Of ourselves.
Wise Is the man who can keen hjs
face closed at the right time.
II is well for the average woman,s
peace that she isn't a mind -,., or
II is great pity that t =,
invented trouble didn't
perpetual patent on It.
No matter how much n yog,un loves
her husband she just can't hem abu.
sing him now and then.
A pretty girls only reason for fail.
ing In love with the homeliest man n,
her acquaintance is--because,
IL seems to be another bit G. t.,,..ap
nature to want to pat m!r The
back II he wins and to kick m, :, be
losss.-Chicago News.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-09-28
FISH 80 YEARS A CAPTIVE.
When Released II Knew Some ninr
Besides How to Swim in
Circle.

big sturgeon that has been a u".3
oner 80 years has just been re,ea. &c
from his long captivity and set i:et
IN the Columbia river. The fish was
taken from the Columbia river. - Ii
cascade locks. in the spring OF $50
II was caught in fish wheel ant w.s
gwen to the late DR.. w. H. Ada,,s OF
Hood River.
Inc sturgeon was placed in a snail
pond on the Adams ranch, says ;he
portland Journal. There were iAeu
TWO ponds on the place, and the Tsa
was changed from one to the otner
i,oll ume to time. Some years ;,:o
the ponds filled with grass and weet j.,
and the water became so shallow that
the back of the sturgeon was bliste:rd
by the sun.
Inc hsh was then moved to the rcol
ol fountain on the farm, where it
swan about in circle. It kept grow
ing bigger, until it was about six leet
long and the fountain was too small -
place for 1t to be kept.
Mrs. Sue M. Adams Armstrong, own.
er OF the farm, ordered the release OF
the pet fish. and the sturgeon WIS
carted to the Columbia river and SCI
free.
Interested spectators predicted the
nsn would swim In a small circle in
the river from the habit OF 80 years.
out this was not true. DaZed for
moment by the unaccustomed extent OF
water, the sturgeon hesitated. and then
swan away to the deep channel of the
river.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-09-28
THAT BLESSED FREE LIST

President Taft, Senator Aldrich,
Speaker Cannon and Congressman
Payne point with pride" to the
free list, under the present tariff
act, and assure the people of the
country, that our tariff law is one
of the best that was ever enacted.
We find upon examination of the
free list, just how thoughtful"
these government guardians have
been, of the interests of the COM
mon people of the country. For
illustration: there are upon this
free list about which we have 81
mucn heard, such articles as
ashes, zaffer, pull, storax, turtles,
bones, acorns, bristles, catgut,
bird eggs, fossils, joss-sticks,
junk, bladders, horse hair. lemon
juice, dri ed blood, Brazilian
pebbles, oakum, etc.. etc., and just
as if they wanted to make the
meas ure of happiness for the poor
peope full and running over, they
didn't stop at these blessings. but
added diamonds and steam yachts
to the free list. We should all
take off our hats in grateful
acknowledgment for these ap-
preciated "favors."