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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-04-11

Az we grow moro sensible wo refuse drug
cathartics and take instead Natures herb
cure, Garfield Tea
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-04-11

Better a strong prejudice than .
weak conviction.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-04-11
The Ideal!

The Ideal
Mother-When he went to kiss you.
why didn't you call me?
Daughter-Why. ma, never I'M
agined that you wanted him to kiss
you.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-04-11

1t must be some satisfaction to sail
ors to know that buoys will be buoys.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-04-11

ssPink Eye II Epidemic In the Spring.
Try Murine Eye Remedy for Reliable Relief
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-04-11

PILEe CURED IN 9 TO IL DAYS
Your drugR 4 will refund money IL PAZO ONT
MENT fails to cure any. case OF Itching, Blind,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-04-11
YOUNG Wife
SAVED FROM
HOSPITAL
Tells How Sick She Was And
What Saved Her From
An Operation.

Upper Sandusky, Ohio. -"Three years
ago / was married and went to house,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-04-11

There are times when We should be
thankful for what we fail to get.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-04-11

It's difficult for a man who is broke
to break into society.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-24
RESTING THE EYES.

Il Behooves Us to Keep the "wIn-
dOTG of the SOUP Bright.
Frum The London DAILY Mall
The eye, Il has been said. IL the win
dow OF the soul. and II behooyes us,
therefore. to keep that window very
bright and clear A beauty expert
whom consulted on the subject Of eye
treatment told me that she attached
more importance TO rejuvenating the
eyes Of her middle-aged clients than any
other features
Strained eyes give such a look Of
fatigue and 'nerviness TO woman,
spelling her expression entirely, and
they cause headache and so-called bill
iousness, and help, moreover. 20 bring
wrinkles and lines 70 the face.
"Of course, girls do not suffer as wom-
en- OF over forty-fve or so may do; but
ecen the young are all the better for
taking care OF their sight. Yes! Even 10
them I say. do not read in poor light
or when you have headache, or after
a severe illness, and be sure you do not
read in bed. for II Is a strain to the eyes
to use them when you are in a recumb-
ent position. To stitch at inordinately
fine needlCwork IS also a mistake.
An hours rest daily. in a dark room
Is what l Tecommesd to the eye tired,
and then that they should first slap the
furrowed places with the finger tips to
bring blood 10 the surface. and then
massage all round them very smoothly
with white vasellne.
"A German OCUllst, whose name is
a household word. recommends a firm
rubbing movement with the fingers
from side TO side OF the forehead, just
above the eyebrows, for relieving that
sensation OF pressure from which those
with astigmatic eyes so frequently suf-
fer massage Of the eyeIds is another
treatment Of value.
IF these precautions are careful lit
tie spells Of massage were undertaken,
with methodical rest, day after day, by
women of middle age, they would doubt
less be able to ward on the approaching
time Of wearing eyeglasses or spectacles
can only entreat. however. Of any
woman to consult an Oculist in good
time II she suffers from any sensation
Of eye fatigue. The sight usually
changes at fOrty-five, and reading
glasses adopted at the right juncture
will preserve the eyes for long years.
About the eyelashes and eyebrows.
which so greatly enhance the beauty OF
the orbs. l nay tell that they should
be treated daily. A very little white
vaseline rubbed at night into the eyelids
will really stimulate their growth in
time, however imperCeptible the change
may be for weeks or even months The
vaseline must by no means be allowed
to touch the eyes, and should be put on
very lightly.
Apply vasaline, also. OF olive OIL II
preferred. TO the eyebrows at night with
a finely pointed cameIs hair brush. and
add night after night a thin curved line
where the eyebrows should extend. The
arch is so attractive!
''If eyebrows are too bushy pinch them
together and smooth them down with
the unguent to make them look less
prominent"
The Washington herald., 1912-06-24
Judge Alton B. Parker.

Since Mr.. Bryan, the Democratic can
didate in 1908, declined the temporary
chairmanship of the Baltimore conven-
ton, which begins tomorrow, it was
but natural that the subcommittee
should offer the position to Judge Par
ker. the party's candidate eight years
ago. 1t is to be regretted that Mr.
Bryan is opposed to this choice, but ii
is the natural sequence of former diff
ferences. That contest was inevitable,
because the first thing TO be settled at
Baltimore is that of the control and di-
rection of the conventions business, and.
as in every such meeting, there will be
two bodies of opinion, those who be-
lieve that they have been sent there to
name a candidate who will be elected,
and Mr.. Bryan, who entertains certain
theories which he believes should be
accepted before platform or candidate
is considered.
Mr. Bryan insists upon being the man
in control and upon infusing in the dele
gates his progressive" ideals. We do
not criticise him for it. 1t may not
make for harmony, which especially his
party, with so many candidates in the
field, is greatly in need of, but some
man, some group Of men, some princi-
pie, must guide any convention. This
being the case, why not settle the thing
right at the outset? If Mn Bryan be-
lieves himself strong enough to run the
convention, he is within his political
rights to attempt to enforce such a con-
troll. Then again, those Democrats al
Baltimore who hold the opposite opin-
ion and who do not subscribe to every
thing Mr.. Bryan has done and said
within the past sixteen years are justi-
fed in taking the position approved by
Gov Marshall, thaS no one now should
attempt to dictate to the convention
or that of Gov. Baldwin, that it would
be unwise to transfer to Baltimore THE
storm that has rent the Republicans at
Chicago.
The replies which Mr.. Bryan has re-
eeived from the candidates will hard
ly encourage him to persist in his pur-
pose to become the dictator of the Balti-
more convention. It is a condition and
not a theory that oonfronts the Demo-
crsts, and whoever wins the initial fight
we hope that the convention will enter
on its work with a clear understanding
of that vital point.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-24
DEAD MEMS GUILT.
British Bar ReIuctaRt to Pat Blame
ON Accident Victims.


British Bar ReIuetaRt to Pat Blame
ON Accident Victims.
From the Nsa YorE wrH.
Lord Mersey, ,.-cbairman Of the COM
mission Of inquiry into the wreck OF the
Titanic. in commenting upon the possi-
Bile negligence OF Capt. Smith. asked the
lawyers Of the Admiralty Il Il were ''the
practice 70 md negligence against q
dead man" He was told the admiralty
courts have always been reluctant to
find dead man guilty" No lawyer in
the room could recall an instance where
such thing had been done. q
This Is a showing It would be well for
our courts and boards OF inquiry TO pom
der. The practice in this country in
cases Involving captains Of industry and
princes OF high hpance has too often
been to find q dead man guilty instead
OF q living one. The piling Of all the
fraud and wrong and robbery and bri-
berry OF the exposed sugar swindles at
the custom-hOuse upon the grave OF q
man long dead. to the absolution Of all
the living. Is the latest case Of the kind,
but It does not stand alone. - f-.
The practice Of British courts In this
regard isS not based upon sentiment SOLE
ly. Beyond the sense OF honor that for
bids placing blame upon a man no long
er capable of speaking for himself lies
the plain principle that justice is de-
featsd when the dead are condemned
that the living may be acquitted. 1t Is
9 pity we cannot say Of all courts sum
moned to inquire into great wrongs and
crimes that they never found 4 dead
man guilty. BY being gentler to- the
memory Of the departed they would be
more terrible to the fears Of living Of
tenders.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-24
The Republican Platform.

While there is but one issue raised
between the Republican and the Demo
cratic parties in the Republican platform,
there is another, and strong one, be-
tween the Taft followers and those of
Col Roosevelt. The one national issue,
Of course, is economic, the tariff. In
fact, every important issue in this cam
paign is economic. There is hardly an
inhabitant of this country, of no matter
what political faith, who is not con-
scious of economic wrongs that demand
urgent correction.
On this important economic issue the
platform is tinid and indefinite. 1t de-
clares the partys continued belief in
protection, BASED upon the American
standard of wages" fsvors protective
duty on agricultural and mining prod
ucfs, and once more makes much Of the
The Washington herald., 1912-06-24
Correspondence Schools
BY GEORGE FITCH,
Author of "At Good Old sIwash."

A correspondence school is an educa-
tio1aI institution with long-distance at
tacSment which enables a man to stun
himself with knowledge at the rate Of
two cents an ounce, rural free delivery
Included.
1t il very easy to attend a correspond
encs school All that is necessary is 70
be a good correspondent. A man need
not be a careful dresser, or a durable
end runner, or a master with the banjo,
or a swan-IIke dancer. He does not need
to possess q chilled steel voice box or a
wagon load Of sofa pillows, or talent for
orEanizing under-classmen or an in0rdl-
nate nocturnal appetite for pie. All he
needs Is a bushel OF two-cent stamps
and a little spare time in the evening.
with this equipment he can in a few
months familiariEe himself with the
principles OF mechanical drawing. cleo
tricity, German. Spanish, shoulderless
French, intensive farming. swimming un-
der water. journalism. horse doctoring.
ship building. Marathon running, cake
designing. sky-scraper planning, piano
playing. preaching, law. scenario writing.
auto driving. plain iegislating, home
plumbing, awaiting, or hair cutting.
It Will thus be seen that the corre-
kpondence school has q vast curriculum.
Hundreds Of thousands Of Americans are
attending these schools around the
kitchen table at night. and all over the
land worried young chauffenrs are sit
ting in motionless automobiles trying to
find out from a fat book how TO get
home in time for supper.
The student OF the correspondence
school does not wear a hat banged up
in front. or mysterious jeweled pins, but
hs can easily be distinguished by his coll
The Washington herald., 1912-06-24
Mr.. Taft's Victory.

In the denomination of the President
our present form of government is vim
dicated. Orderly administration of law,
safeguarding of personal rights and
liberty, the courts, and representative in
stitutions is guaranteed, and Mr.. Taft's
personal victory is indeed great; but yet
it is secondary to the triumph of a
government Of laws. That is and ought
to be supreme. -
The President was hard beset, and
often the fortunes of the campaign ran
very much against him. He was saved
by the good sense prevalent in the ma
jority Of the Republican party, as well
as by the fortitude of the men at the
head of it, insisting upon it that party
usage be followed in giving a renomina-
ton to a President worthy Of the honor
and fit for the responsibilities, and final
ly in organizing against the onslaught
of a dissatisfied element.
There were other things against the
President which tell in a campaign. He
is not an inspiring figure on the stump,
while his rival has marvellous gift
of catching the crowds, which he turned
to fine account in formulating and ex-
pressing , number of vague ideas, TO
menting in minds incapable Of getting
them into an orderly arrangement and
stirring to wild enthusiasm that part
of our populaoe which, carried away by
uomentary enthusiasm, knew nothing
else than to cry and to repeat I'VE
want Teddy" All this may have been
i'll advised, but it counted, and it re-
enforced that multitude of really intel
ligent men who have still faith in Roose-
velts reform professions.
Mr.. Taft has made enemies during his
administration. The Canadian reciproc-
ity plan cost him the Support of the
Republican farmers of the northern bor-
der States Then again men under in
dictrnent in the Federal courts of
number of States for violations of the
antitrust law ever since have been
openly hostile to him That may be
comprehensive, for it is human nature,
But what is not comprehensive is that
these men of wealth should have used
their money and influence to further
Mr.. Roosevelt's ambitions.
Considering all that Mr.. Taft had to
contend against, it is pleasing that he
gained the victory 1t proves that COM
mon sense and fair-mindedness are not
dead issues among Americans, even in
politics And as henceforth the issues
are clearly defined and all pre-nomina-
ton rancor of necessity is relegated to
the place it belongs-at the very bottom
of the row-and as finally the people
will be made to understand all that is
at stake, it will result in a victory at
the polls in November for the Presi-
dent.
As final act, the Republican conven-
ton renominated Vice President Sher-
man. So it is the old ticket on which
appeal will be made to the voters. But
it proves also that the attempt to have
Gov Hadley or some other prominent
progressive accept the honor was en-
tirtly futile. Otherwise it would hard
ly have been Mr.. Sherman.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-24
A Determined Teacher.

Miss Minnie Hickok Is q Montana
schooI-teacher, and opened school term
under peculiar circumstances. Upon ar
irving at a town. the terminus OF rail-
road, she found that the stage would not
leave that day on account OF the washing
out Of the bridge across the river. She
had given her word that she would open
school on Monday. and she determined to
make It good, even II she had to con-
tinue her journey on foot and swim the
streams. All there was left Of the bridge
was a single stringer, but the plucky
school-teacher stepped on this and
walked across the raging river. On the
other side she luckily met a camping
party, and frsm them she borrowed q
horse and. after riding sixty miles over
q rough mountain road, arrived in time to
open school on Monday.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-24

were 10 compel Senator Root though
present in the Senate chamber, to vote
on a matter which did not appeal to
him. And yet this is exactly what he
did IN the case of the Massachusetts
delegates, when he tried to force his
ruling for their alternates to vote for
Taft, though the delegates themselves
were present but declined to vote.
We are with Mr. Taft, but we are
free to say that such procedure viii III
tinately result in no more conventions
but IN universal State primaries for
President Since 40 delegates actually
had been instructed by their State con-
ventions to vote for a certain candi-
date, or not at all, how in the name of
the law, which he was there to uphold,
could Mr.. Root force American ctr
zens to disregard their obligations? The
reply be got was absolutely correct:
Massachusetts is a lsw-sbiding, SOW
ereign State, and we are here to do
what we have sworn 20 do" Consid-
ering that Mr.. Taft had enough votes
anyway. though by a very small mar
gin it is true, to be nominated, we fail
to see why Senator Root saw fit to
act as he did, knowing that it would
arouse in the Bay State not only the
Roosevelt men, but all other fair-minded
men who are proud of being sons Of
MASSACHUSETTS, and thus deprive his
leader of votes on election day. 1t was
= sad break"
As to/the new party, Of course it is
all in embryo and too early to make
a clear comment There are, on the
face of it, two things which may cause
trouble to the Republicans: The fact
that there were 40 delegates present
who considered that their States would
follow the Roosevelt standard, and
which can roll up a mammoth individual
vote for him, may not make it so very
laughable 70 predict that by the time
they have returned home and succeed
in infusing theirs and Mr. Roosevelfs
account of the proceedings of the
convention upon their fellow-citizens,
the vote may be greatly increased by
election day. And then Mr. Roose-
velt's remark that the new party would
disregard all party lines and sectional
ism, meaning, of course, that he in
tends to take all the Democrats into the
fold that he can get to see matters in
his own light! Should he really go so
far as to run with a Democratic mate,
as we hear that it is his intention of
doing. the situation is doubly involved
and no one can predict the outcome
with any assurance Of success.
The Democrats are in high glee Their
expectations run high, and as Mr.. Taft
PUTS it, "the real crisis has but begun"
The Washington herald., 1912-06-24

long exploded notion of the need of de
fense against the cheap labor products
Of foreign countries. But, after thu
having committed the party again to tn,
fallacies of high protective tariff, thc
platform admits that some duties ar,
too high" and that they should be re
duced in accordance with the finding Of
an expert board. M
Il is TO be. expected tftat the Demo
cratic party viii take prompt issue with
this comfnittal to SUCH sophistries and
generalism. On the admission that the
duties are too high the Democrats will
take a much more practical ground al
Baltimore than the Republicans have
done in their chaotic condition of last
weeks session.
The issue with the followers Of Mr.
Roosevelt is far more sharply drawn,
and will appeal to the sense of thought
full men who believe in the Constitu-
tion. This definition Of the party's ideas
about orderly and just administration
of the law, of the fundamental guaran-
tees of liberty and personal rights, is
sound Convincing enough is the ref
erence to the courts, and it would have
been far more convincing but for the
titnorous passage, relating to the "re-
moving Of judges for misconduct" This
indeed is bad policy. 1t throws sop
to the Rooseveltian idea of the recall
of judges, instead of fighting it to the
bitter end as promised by Mr.. Taft in
his campaign speeches.
It looks like a desire on the part Of
the National Committee to win back
as many as possible of the Roosevelt
supporters and it is added to by the
almost confused references to the anti
trust law and prosecutions. There are
other planks in the platform, treated
similarly in that "facing-both-ways"
fashion which of late has been adopted
by politicians as the acme of prudence
and cunning, but which lily fit the char
acter Of the American citizen of the
present day.
After all, Mr.. Taft will be his own
platform, just as the Democratic can
didate or Mr.. Roosevelt in his new
venture And let us say right here
that it is but Just to Mr.. Taft to state
that he is very much better than many
of his advisers and supporters, and that.
il anything, he will be wiser and more
loyal still to the best interests of the
nation than the politicians at Chicago
have been. His chief errors have been
those which he made through his fdel-
ity to his party.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-24
WHY BUSINESS IS NOT BAD.
Conditions Good Despite Strikes
warH, DehcIts, and Unrest.

Conditions Good Despite Strikes,
Wars, DehcIts, and Unrest.
Prom the New York Times.
Everywhere conditions are better than
they ought TO be. The reasons for gloom
are excellent. better could not be desired.
There are strikes and wars and budget
deficits and unrest in every quarter OF
the globe, and yet everywhere It seems
that business is good" or improving,
or even ''abnormally active" The chief
exceptions are China, with which Il is
impossible not 10 sympathize, and Italy,
which is serving an excellent purpose az
an awful example or object lesson OF
the danger Of biting OF more than a
mouthful
It is well known to Americans that
our conditions are not as bad as the
politicians and agitators are doing their
best TO make them. For a long time
Englishmen have been puzzled by the
inconsistency between the facts Of their
excellent trade and the notoriously dis
turbed state OF their politics. And now
it seems that nearly all the world is go
ing about its business in ignorance Of
the caIamities which the various coun-
tries ought to be suffering. The CO.
nundrum OF why business is not bad
is a good one to give up.
One thing is sure-it IS better TO. have
good conditions contrary to- the reason
Of the case than to have bad business
with good reasons as consultations there
for When the pessimists have so little
to cheer them up. il would be too cruel
to Erudge them the JOY OF their worst
anticipatiOns so long as the world can
continue to go on so very well as II is
doing now.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-24
The New Party.

Few persons would respond to the
trite appeals TO patriotism which the
campaigner or leader may take if they
were made in private. But when such
appeals are cheefed by thousand voices
not many can resist their power.
Here, in a nutshell, is the main rea-
son for Theodore Roosevelt's great hold
upon the masses Of Americans; herein
lies the true foundation of the 40 dele
gates he had been able to muster for
the fight to a finish at Chicago. Give
the devil his due. Roosevelt is a most
magnetic figure on the political horizon
Of the day. If Mr.. Taft, added to his
rectitudo, could accomplish on the hust-
ings what Roosevelt could and can,
there never would have been a ghost of
a show for the New Nationalist"
party. as formed late Saturday night at
Chicago.
We said give the devil his due" We
mean by that also that certain acts OF
the National Committee and Convention
undoubtedly gave Roosevelt the anx-
iously desired opportunity to cry frau
dulent" a word which in his Speech Of
acceptance" of the nomination BY the
new partisans he made use of m each
sentence. All this now is history, but it
will not be forgotten. Mr.. Root is a
great parliamentarian, and a greater
lawyer, but his rulings were made in
varisbly with the wsather-tye open to
the ultimate goal, the nomination Of
Taft To compel a delegate to vote
q absurd, just as absurd as if any one
The Washington herald., 1912-06-24
MenIh of Nations.
IExtnct from II. Neymsrck's report in the Daily
Consular ReportSl

IExtract from II. Neynaruk's report in the Daily
Consular ReportSl
At present Great Britain, Germany,
and France hold more than so milliard
francs Cfranc equals 1913 cents; hence
this sum equals $500, ,OOO,oOO OF paper
securities out Of go to 500 milliards CS1l0,
OlO, 100000 to S15,s00. 100000 which belong to
the various nations inhabitIng the vari-
Gus countries Of the globe. These go
millisrds taken at per cent bring
them in a minimum interest Of 1920, 900,
900 francs C$2,5G9 OOO, 600. On their mar
kets more than 600 milliards are negotia-
bic OF the SIS milliards Of the negotiable
securities quoted in the different markets
OF the world.
The following table shows the holdings
Of the stock exchange securities held by
the people Of the leading countries Of the
world:
The Washington herald., 1912-06-24
4 Hanging Glass.

Isaac Jones, retired whaIer. steamboat
man and soldier Of Somerset, Pa,
teaches what is probably the most novel
Sunday-school class in the country. For
twenty years he has taught a class in
the Somerset jail During that time
six Of his pupils, he is quoted as say
ing. have been hanged and one other
has been convicted OF murder.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-24

lege flag. which is a brunette forehnger
on his right hand. The yell Of the CORE
spondence shOOl Is. Gee whiz, Postage
due" and some fine records are held BY
the students. who make them while
sprintinE for the last mail collection.
The CORES pOndenCe school has dsvel-
oped greatly. but Il stin fingers behind
the ordinary college in many important
branches Of science. II does not teach
lawn tennis or strolling or debating or
bonfire building or neOphite spanking.