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Continued from Third Po0c.

lion when the folks back home com
menced to bs heard from. Why those
tele grams and letters were"
Not unconnected with the 147 .000.'
] Interrupted.
They were very enthusiastic said
Mr.. McCombs conservatively. though with
the least suggestion OF smile; but
] was intending to illustrate how public
opinion was asserting itself Against
II all the Ia cites of even the most expert
eGced politicians could not avail
This responsiveness ! take to be the
most characteristic thing in the whole
progressive movement-that and the
change Of attitude upon public questions
on the part Of our wealthier men. They
hy no means have been the least respon-
rve to the developing sentiment of our
time. They are accepting progressvisrn
aS better for themselves as component
parts of the country. They are taking II
more active interest in the broad cause
OF humanity. can even say that taken
as a whole their ways OF life are less ex-
tgiVagant.'
suppose looked my incredulity.
Why. certainly" exclaimed Mr.. Nc
'Hi'N' WHO iopheu SUI Ui isVu thos sho' %
~ ogld be any dubt at 30 obvious state
hon,. Look back ten years"
He looked out OF "a portfolio himself
g. # ils we're engaged in the unusual visu-
aiz'ion no suggested. though oouldn I
do tho trick myself.
Look back ten years and think how the
fashions have changed. We don't rate
men 10y their millions to-day. ! think
that even in our newspapers'-Mr
Met ombs tinged his tones with something
OF smiling sarcasm which didn't affect
their musical quality in the least
they are referred to rather for what
they have accomplished than for whaI
they are worth. You don't hear about St
many monkey dinners and similar bizarre
eJ'iavagances. Year by year the for
tunes gwen TO endow scientific inslitu
IONS ara increasing"
'lsn 1t rather II defensive measure?'
snsgested uncharitably. Isn't i
empty cover Of giving 10 the practices
pf gsttingP'
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Il prefer not to think 30. he answered
seriously Il prefer to think that it is a
natural result Of our public development.
The ideals Of the nation have been grad
ually changing. socially AZ we'll as polit-
ically, though We are on tremendously
increased scale approaching the grander
and simpler periods in American history.
Even Gov Wilson himself is an exemplfl-
cation Of that"
Isn't the existence OF the third party
intended to meet that need?" l hastily
interrupted, fearing to be turned further
to the uses of the National Democratic
Committee.
The nomination Of Gov. Wilson, con-
tinued Mr. McCombs, Immediately refus-
ing to be sidetracked, has removed any
conceivable necessity for it. For Wood
row Wilson not only represents funda-
mental democracy"-I settled back hope
lcssly--but he represents present day
sentiment.
when a developed organization with
I history and sentiment behind 1t is COM
mitted to the principles for which the
country is clarnoring and is represented
by candidate Of that kind. what room ia
there for a third party which Ia only
struggling for admission to the same
thing? Progress is not in the name pro-
gressive' but in the actually Of pro-
gressivism an actuality which the Dem
ocratio party has provided for
what does progressivism represent
to your" asked.
Equal opportunities. he replied, 'for
in spite OF many asserted statements Ia
the contrary. believe that in our greater
and more complicated industrial field
equal opportunities have had tendency
to diminish.
-Then you don't believe. said !. glad to
find some one at last TO agree with me
upon the point, that the poor young de-
livery clerk has not the same chance ol
getting up al the employee of large cor,
poration that he might have had a genera
ton ago when businesses were smalli"
NO. | hardly think NO. though ! hav,
heard many opinions to the contrary.
think that il one Of the factors which ar,
! responsible for the progressive tendency
which believe will countersct Il. Equa
opportunities to co thinss-that u whs
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the new sentiment in our national life
stands for. that is what its candidate
stands for"
He fixed me with his compelling eyes
al il to defy me to cheat him out of the
particular sort OF interview which in
campaign times il is the duty Of national
chairmen to induce.
"And your Impressions OF politics."
said quickly
He looked rather surprised. 81 told
you the secret of my methods. didn't II"
said he. uncertainty.
"No. but your Impressions ] said.
sIs politics very serious with you or
is it just fun? Herbert Parsons told me
once. you know. that it was about the
best game that no knew of
One Of his sudden, Illuminating smiles
came to Mr.. McCombs's face.
Il think Mr.. Parsons was right no
said. "lt's great game. a great game
better than golf. and that s saying some
thing. It's IA great game. he repeated.
but it's more than a game.
.To me there IL something OF mystery
In it. It's terrifyingly big thing too -
the idea that man can respond to the
social forces. that he can become their
articulator and can translate the voice
OF the people to the administered law. "
lie had commenced vivaciously and ended
solemnly.
He spoke still with his easy rising and
falling tones hut with curious sense OF
detachment. 1t didn't seem right that
this young man OF 81 should do 50. He
seemed c,nio,isly impersonal for figure
OF his consequence. He seemed curiously
apart from the strife OF a Presidential
contest.
.You don't seem to get much persona
pleasure out OF it, obviously remarked
u don't. eh?" id Mr.. McCombs. bright
ening up. -Then you haven't seen m,
in the middle of it, ] got twenty-five
hours work n day down in Baltimore
two hours sleep That's how much in
spiration got, Why. it was like cham
pagne..
aAnd when the nomination was mado
) didn't applaud ! saw the rest appla nd
ing. but ] just felt numb. That was tn
reaction received from the sort of pleas
ure had. Funl'
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CCORDING to a cablegram from
Pskov. Russia, few days ago
100 political prisoners who had


~ Pskov, Russia. a few days ago
~ 700 political prisoners who had
engaged in "a hunger strike for
two weeks were at the point OF death.
The governor of the prison. fearing a
scandal following the death OF so many
hunger strikers. appealed to the Ministry
of the Interior at st. Petersburg for in
strllctions.
The hunger strike mas become a typical
Russian institution during the last five
wears. That which is happening in Pskov
i,ist now is happening in other Russian
prisons as we'll That which is recorded
in the cablegram from Russia now has
been going on there ever since the reaction
that followed the counter revolution.
Notwithstanding the strict censorship
the accounts of the cruclties and tortures
e,perienced by political prisoners which
lind their way into the Russian press and
among the Russian people are heart
rending There is hardly a family in
Russia that has not some near or distant
relative pining away in Russian dungeons.
IN exile or in solitary confinement. Some
times a fortunate prisoner survives the
t,rrihle regime of tho Russian prison
sometimes he manages To escape ny
hrihing the authorities. And sometimes
.,ters describing the crielties come out
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from the railroad station there are several |
four storied houses surrounded by high
stone wall No one outside knows what
is going on there. There is a certain hang
man named Humbert at the prison ad
ministration. He is there to pacify us;
he is our chief
AT his command the authorities beat
us and incarcerate MS. trample upon us.
Medical aid is given only half an hour
before death. From thirty to forty people
die in this prison every month. The po-
liticfl prisoners are tortured most cruelty
at work. We are unable to endure the
brutalities. II you could see us you would
be frightened. We look like wandering
mummies."
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Mrs Jack Gardner of Boston has two
examples of Bot,icelli: Madonna with
Angel Offering Ears of Wheat to Child"
and The Death of Lucretia."
Among the notable pictures by Bo:ti-
celli in Florence are The Birth of Venus
"Primavcra," Madonna. Saints ard An.
gels" Alteration of Magi" and Corona
tion" He Is represented in London by
MARS and Venus" and the Portrait
of Young Man" Noteworthy pictures
by the artist in the Louvre include Tho
Virgin Mary, the Infant Christ and st.
john" and Virgin Mary and Child"
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"ln the Perm prison a member Of the
second Duma. kabakov was subjected to
such tortures as the Pskov prisoners
have experienced. While the prison
authorities used to strike the prisoners.
they chanted a prayer: % Lord. bless
U.s.
The food given TO the prisoners is OF
the kind that even dogs would not touch
The bread is half baked and the soup is
filthy. The prisoners. even those con-
demned To death. must often beg for
bread or piece cf sugar. The inmates of
Russian prisons are kept in state Of
starvation. The prisoners must subsist
; on seven copecks 81, cents a day. And
they are not allowed to receive any out
side aid.
in the Akatui prison. where | was kept.
We received two pounds Of bread. a little
soup and two glasses Of tea day. After
my escape from the Akatui prison the
regime became SO unbcarable there that
the prisoners resolved to protest. There
is but one way of protesting in prison, and
that is the hunger strike.
| Frequently this form OF protest has
made an impression upon the prison au-
tHoTUies which ieu 10 soHle Tel!el but IN
some prisons where the mist rat ion il
more cruel the prisoners often ended
their lives after the hunger strikes by
orening the arteries Of their wrists.
I'm the Nerchinsk prison. near the silver
mines belonging to the Car. the inmates
ae tortured more dreadfully than any.
where else.
The inmates OF the Amachinsk prison
who were practically starved by the ad
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mentions the fact that divers works Of
Botticelli were in Florentine palaces
in his day"
The Lydig picture comes from a Flor
entine palace. Those who have seen the
picture say that it suggests Venus rising
from the sea. clad in drapery Of gray
yelling.
During the last year the Metropolitan n
Museum of Art secured an important
example OF Botticelii. The Miracles
of Saint Zenobius." which has been added
to the collection of Italian art.
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among the prisoners. And this is done
with the knowledge of the chief director
of the Russian prisons. Khrulev. who
visited this country about two years ago.
81 have studied this question of hunger
strikes in Russian prisons. uch hunger
strikes have occurred in 285 out Of 800 diff
fercnt prisons. or 277,mO prison in
mates, i05, 600 people have participated
in these hunger strikes. This peculiar
feature of Russian life is to be mt in all
Russian prisons. beginning with the
Fortress of st. Peter and st. Paul, near
the palace of the Gar. and ending with
the prison of Yakutsk."
Here are extracts from letters written
by prisoners to their friends in Russia
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ministration and who were not allowed to
read anything except prayer books.
became agitatcd and begged the authori-
ties for more humane treatment. But thr
prison regime remained unchanged. Then
the prisoners started hunger rikc which
lasted nine days.
-The people refused all food. The
prisoners grew emaciated One Of them
became insane. many were i'll with scurvy.
They lay on the moist. bare floor A few
Of the prisoners here and there walked
about in the cells like shadows.
@When the strike assumed critical pro-
portions and widespread scandal was
feared a special commission arrived and
changed the prison regime slightly. 1t
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HUNGER STRIKES COMMON IN RUSSIAN PRISON

sour comrades are following one an :
other In rapid succession to the hospital,
stricken with tuberculosis. Many Of our
comrades died from the lashings; others
were starved to death in solitary confine-
ncnt here.
-We were also starved; VIC were unable
TO drag our feet and VIC were too weak
to protest. There are some among us
who have struggled against such q state
Of affairs, but months of damp cells weak 1.
ened our energy too and our half muffied
protests died out under the sound OF the
lashes."
Another letter from political prisoner
at Saratov reads as follows:
sImagine . picture like this: Not far
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'oxunl>stf, Editor ef-Rn'ho>e Slexe1

looked as though all the inmates Of that
prison were at the point Of death. and that
alone scared the authorities.
-Of late the prison authorities have been
encouraging theee hunger strikes for the
purpose OF increasing the death rate
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and abroad. In most cases letters sent
by prisoners never reach their deetina-
ton. But even the milder letters that
pass through the hands Of the authorities
tel! most shocking tales.
An inmate of the Moscow prison writes:
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-10

In Fact the vast majority Of Time Account" small
and pay quickly that the Actual Average Of cost for
Interest and Collecting with Profit both and safe mar
gain for Insurance against Losses only about 10 Per Cent
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-10

Now suppose he sells both for Cash and on "Prtih
P4yn1ents,< how much difference can he Fairly make
between his Cost and his Tine prices2
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-10

This being true we believe that to make more than 10
or II Per Gent Difference bevveen our Cash and Tine
prices would put US in a class with the LOAN SHARK.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-10

Do the People whole approve the methods Of the
Merchant who has One Price for Everybody, mark that
price Plainly on the goods and treats All fairly
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-10

Hence we figure our goods at a Fair PRATT, add this
Difference and Mark Everything in Pain Figures, giving
10 Per Gent Discount for Cash or for settlement within
80 days
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-10

Every real Merchant knows what Per Centage he must
add to his Costs in order to realize Legitimate Profit
on his Cash Business.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-10

Is the Merchant who is always ready Cut Prices for
the man who goes to "7he Boss" giving Square Deal
to the Other FelIow Ought he not give his Best Price
TO all who visit his store in Good Faith?
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-10

We trust This Policy will meet with your approvaI-Dear
Reader and that may be favored with share fyour
Patronage.
The Prescott daily news., 1912-02-06

tion at it's hands.
 While in all respects distinct from this, the state meeting of mayors, city attorneys, and al Germen, to be held at the Little Rock city hall February z in response to call by Mayor Fay Tor, indirectly has most i'm. portant bearing upon the subject of fire prevention. This confer ence is called for the purpose of considering plans for the initia- tion of law at the September election, permitting cities of the first and second classes, where they desire to do so, to issue bonds for internal improvements.
 From reports received, it is expected there will be repre- sentative attendance of city of. ticialS at the conference, and so far as known the proposition has been received with favor every where. All the cities are appre> ciating the importance of more funds for public improvements and especially for more adequate fire protection, and they are find- ing that this cannot be secured with the present revenue system.
 Itis expected that the confer ence will provide for the immedi- ate printing and circulating of the proposed tiatiol -peti tion, which must be filed with secre- tary of of state by May 8, with about F 300 signatures. With the petition circulating in all 'the cities of the state, it is not be- lieved there will be any difficulty in securing the requisite number of sigma lures within that time.
The Prescott daily news., 1912-02-06
FIRE PREVENTION
 ASSOCIATION
 ORGANIZES

Little Rock, Feb. 6.-The year 1o11 was one of the most disas- irons of many years for Arkan- sas in fire losses, and there is no greater proof of this than the fact that few of the companies are paying any taxes, which are assessed upon the net premiums of business done in the state.
 There has been a great deal of agitation among property y-owners and insurance companies of pos sible means to prevent these tre, mendous losses. This is culmi> nating in the organization of the Arkansas Fire Prevention Asso- ciation, which has been under consideration for sevt ral months and which has finally answered all opposition and started upon "a campaign of education for the state which it is believed will re- suit in good
 At a meeting on Monday Of those interested, the following officers were elected: E. l.. Bark ley, president; W. Ross Mccain, vice president; E. E. Raines, sec retary.treasurer.
 This is m line with the move. ment started some fifteen years ggo in the state of Ohio and has extended to almost every state in the Union-Louisiana and Alaba- ma being among those which have recently organized. The fire waste of this country has be- come so enormous that some thing must be done, if possible, to curtail it.
 It the intention of the Ark ansas Fire Prevention Associa< tion to cooperate with mayors, city councils and other public officials and boards of trade in
The Prescott daily news., 1912-02-06
Notice to Patrons of the Public Schools

This is something that concerns you, because it concerns your children. On account of the seige of smallpox last spring and the diphtheria last fall we have some pupils through all the grades that are deficient in work and who can scarcely keep up with their classes. Some of these very pupils are continually making absent marks and bring ing excuses from parents stating that they were not feeling well. We think that when a pupil is sick he is eXcusable, but if he is able to pass about on the streets he is able to be in school and should be. We are working to make the school thoroughly efficient in all the departments, and at the end of the term no pupil will be promoted who has not made his grades and given a good record of attendance and puuctuality. Parents who allow such tardy attendance of their children should not be disap- pointed if at the end of the year those pupils fail to pass to the next grade. No teacher can teach an asbent pupil, but an absent pupil can fail in just one day to get something he should have. Note the following rule:
 Regular and punctual attend ance is enjoined upon all. Pupils are subject to suspension for two successive days absence, three days in one week, six days in one month, and continuous tardiness, unless satisfactory excuse Is rendered to teacher in writing" "
 We want you to help us at this point in keeping the school clear of any kind of inefficient work.
 Yours for the best work,
 Ellis E. Butcher,
 Prin. Grammar School.
The Prescott daily news., 1912-02-06
We'll Stop That Itch-
 ing For 25 Gents
ZemO and Zemo Soap Give Instant
 Relief

Are you troubled with eczema? Does your skin itch, burn, smart or bleed? If so come into our store and get special 25c treat ment of the one sure, quick re- lief and positive cure you've been looking for.
 Zemo is the guaranteed rem edy that has relieved thousands of skin sufferers. A delightful efficient a n d germ. destroying antis optic wash that soothes and heals al inf1amed and irritated skin just as readily as it cures eczema, pimples, rashes, psoria- sis and other stubborn forms of skin diseases
 Zemo is worth it's weight in gold to skin suffers and we urge you to try this trial treatment.
 Hesterly Drug Store.
The Prescott daily news., 1912-02-06
heir effort along the lines indi-

their effort along the lines indi- cated.
 It is believed by those who have given the subject serious thought that an immense saving of life and property may result in this movement in this state as it hls in others.
 Any local agent, architect, builder, citizen, firm or corpora tlOn in the state interested in matters relating to fire hazards or fire protection; shall be eligible to membership. The objects of the Association shall be:
 The dissemination of informa- tion on the science and methods of fire prevention, fire sextinction and the reduction of fire waste.
 The aScertainment and dis semination of information regard ing physical condition of build ings and other properties in the state, with the object of lessen ing or removing the hazards in order that the destruction of life and property by fire may be reduced to a minimum.
 The investigation of local laws and ordinances pertaining to fire fighting facilities, waterwOrkS, building construction and repair, nuisanceS, care of explosives, volatile liquids and chemicals and all other such laws and or. dinances as relate to the better ment of the physical condition of locality, and to suggest rem edies for the betterment of exist, ing hazardous or poor conditions in conformity with the above subjects.
 The question of rates. com missions, organizations of local agents, stamping offices, and other matters not directly relat- ing to the physical side of fire prevention and protection of life and property, are not among the objects of this association and shall not receive any considera-
The Prescott daily news., 1912-02-06
The Inwardness 0f Piles
The Cause is Inside, Use Hem ROid
 the Inward Remedy

Inward treatment is the secret of the successful cure for piles. Hem Roid. sold by Hesterly Drug Store, Prescott, Ark and all druggist under strict money back guarantee of satisfaction.
 Hem Roid Isugar coated tab lets) acts inwardly, and livens up circulation of blood in the habby, swollen parts, curing permanently where salves, etc., only give relief.
 Hem Roid costs but Sl for 24 days medicine. Dr.. Leonhardt O., Station B. Buffalo, N. Y. Write for booklet.
The Prescott daily news., 1912-02-06
THINK ABOUT | s:.i:: !: s::.! H.. ::..

,o yov srd Ytor, ltmeans ali the interest ,ng s.,s; 1 tte community. of yous Asigh bos,su1 6risaks. of tho churches andseAeols et evSrythiSg in which you are directly interested. Don't you think ths 2sos eaoes c . goed thing = AawS