Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 30, 1912, Page 4

| on other important legislation is on the | i, same sound foundation. NORWICH BULLETIN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1912 i e THE TIN-PLATE INDUSTRY. What protection has done for the tin-plate industry is shown by fact that while at ome time it was urged that tin plate could not be man- ufactured here and all should be im- vorted, the time has come when tin —. | plate is fast ceasing to be an article of importation but is becomimg an im- portant staple of exportation. Govern- 116 YEARS OLD. ment statistics show that the exports Subscription price, 12c a week; 50c a | for nine months this year of tin and month; $6.00 a year. terne plate were 44 times as much ag imports of like products. The production of tin plate has jumped from five miillion in 1891 to over a billion and a half pounds in 1911, while importations drepped from = 9 a billion and 36 million in 1891 to a Bulletin Editorial Rooms, 35-3. little over six and a half million pounds' Bulletin Job Office, 35-6. in 1912 It was in 1898 that the first Willimantic Office, Room 2, Murray | exportafon of tin plate was made Building. Telephone 210. and from then when 20,827 pounds = were sent abroad until today there has Norwich, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 1912. | been a rapid increase and 1912 shoy's MH-D‘-IM‘“H- TA""P_:f i United States under protection. With- JAMES §. SHERMAN of New York. h‘;;mm‘::‘:f;‘uéh‘;m"h;‘:;jn‘“:“f: @’ar:vich Builetin and Coufief. 5 En}eréd at the Postoffice at Norwich, Conn., as second-class matter. Telephene Calls: Bulletin Business Office, 480. Governor, of the " great industries of the country, JORN B PP T O New Baves| JWnt sinidis’ b dollivs cipiter Hrvess. m"‘:““'n PEC‘ K of D 4 iy ed and millions of dollars going out of 8 yearly in wages to American working- men. It has also dropped to a very GUSTAF B. CARLSON '°£ aemi g low figure as an article of importation f Waterbury. | 2nd become a staple article of expor- WALTER W. HOLMES o P tation. No one wants to go back to the times when Great Britain was fur- nishing all the tin plate, and throw out Comptroller, FAYETTE L. WRIGHT of Pomfret. of work the many thousands of men ors. NORMAND F. ALLEN of Hartford. DRUF' LLIN 8. Wi F of New Haven | engaged in that husiness. ALDO C. BRY. ot Bridgeport. S e e g ke b ey CUBA'S POLITICAL TROUBLE. Indications point to a lively time in Cuba as the result of the political fur- ore which is developing there. This country does not intend to allow it to get to an uncontrollable stage, and sev- RAN: EKS ROBERT SCOVILLE of Salisbury. HAROLD B. MOWRY of Sterling. Represeatatives In Congress. SECOND DISTRICT. WILLIAM A. KING of Willimautie. For State Sedators. Dis eral vessels are being made ready, pre- ilflECHJ% i m"l"gfla t}‘;;mfll sumably to depart for the island, 9—CURRI ing-{ Where matters are in an excited state HTIRSBE S BUNCELIY of 5“’“‘ 8| preceding the election, which takes 28—EDWIN KBEA of Xillingly. |place Saturday. Trouble has broken e lgmbfin}!’ss%u. ?g‘;",}{d fo- | Out and military guards have become town. nec. essary in the Streets of Havana to maintain order. Not a few peo- ple have been wounded in street riots For Judge of Probate, NELSON J. AYLING of Norwich. mpmt-un;!u. resulting from the fact that Cubans JOHN JCC; : are not able to enter Into political A_Bffl‘E T BO% arguments and keep their heads. 3 This was not unexpected, as just TAFT'S CIVIL SERVICE RECORD. such trouble, if mot worse, was pre- The stand of President Taft upon|dicted before the election period elvil service, and his record of accom- | passed. Zelayas s the candidate of plishments in behalf of what he has|ihe liberals, and the conservative pres- advocated in that direction, is one of | jdential nominge in Menocal. In Cu- the strongest bits of evidence of his|pa’s wredtle with the problem of self- sincerity of purpose in that direction. | government such outbreaks are not It is a characteristie attitude of the surprising. They need the restraining president to be impartial, fair and|hand of Uncle Sam to make them see honest in working for the best -inter-| the better way in the conduct of eléc- ests of the people and the welfare of { tions and such an influence will be the country. He not only committed given by the vessels which are expect- himself to this position, but he put into | eq to be sent to Cuban waters. We effect one of the gredtest measures in|witness and deplore = the situation behalf of civil service. When it is|which arises in the new republic, but, considered that 90,000 places ifi the|on the other hand, Cubans are doubt- Ppostoflice department have been re-|jess offering as much criticiem of the moved from the sphere of patronage| sireet riots which this country experi- to the protection of civil service reg- | ences. Politics are certainly a dan- ulations it i§ a record of achievement | gerous husiness throughout the West which counts. President Taft is un-|indies and Central America. questionably the foremost champion of civil service. He has by no means FREE-TRADE ENGLAND. reached the extent of his belief that 7] P N elvil service should be further extend- w“t:f;n :;r‘f&m:;o :::‘?&seg»er::::‘nfi ed. Other branches of the government | i\ have upon the pay envelope of the service such as.the customs and others wage earner, statistics change from he belleves should be brought under dry to interesting reading. Froe trade is a condition which no one should the same service. W strongly he s opposed to thel piunge into with his eyes shut. It is easily seen that where the factorles of system which has been in vogue for a long time and which no presi- eastern Commecticut would be injured Was| i, the slashing of the tariff schedules dent ever did much to overcome, shown when he vetoed the postoffice | oy proposed the democrats in the appropriation bill because it contained ln.st‘ session :gy congress, the- wages of the rider in behalf of & Seven-year|th, employes will suffer. Free trade term of office for employes at Wash-{ or taritt for revemue only 4t once brings England to mind. There com- Ington. He had no hesitancy in de- nouscing such an attempt to play poli- pilers for the government show these facts, interesting but unwelcome as ties. wmbot better guardian of the country’s best interests can be gained? they would be to American workmen: President Taft is safe. His position Of the eight million wage earners England: — Four per cent. received less than §3.60 a week. . WANAMAKER'S ADVICE. Eight per cent., are paid from $3.65 The position of John Wanamaker, | to $4.87. former postmaster general, in the field| Twenty per cent. receive from $4.87 of business, and the fact, that he is|to $6.10. qualified to advance weighty argu-| Twefty-one per cent. get from $6.10 ments in behalf of the industrial policy | to $7.30. only adds to the soundness of his| TWenty-one per cent. get from $7.30 declaration for President Taft in hisfto $8.32. ‘ second letter to business men. Every-| Thirteen per cent. get from $9.75 to one must be impressed by his state- | $10.96. ment “that he who fails to vote the| Only six per cent. get more than republican ticket will league himself | $10.96. against the permanent interests of the| Yet the democrats are asking for working people” and realize that what | Votes for Wilson and free trade, or he says is true. He is a man of enter- | tariff for revenue only, and progres- prise and experience, and makes other | sives are asking for votes for Roose- points as follows: velt, which means better assurance to Ideal grievances against the govern- | Wilson that he will be elected, and ment call for ideal treatment. with him a policy that will bring bfls far it seems to many the cry for| American wages to the English level, liberation is but a howl for power, S T S e "he constitution has been tried and EDITORIAL NOTES. Any one who volunteers to fight the not found wanting. If Mr. Taft has made mistakes, there | battles of the Lord should not forget have been extenuating circumstances. | that “discretion is the better part of Can those who pay little or no taxes | valor!” be the best judges of what is for the country's good? Prosperity, like opportunity, is a This is surely not the time to desert | thing Whih everyone should take ad- the republican flag. vantage of, especially 'when it knocks Those who bite at Taft respect him | at the door. and know they can trust him. R T A T A tariff panic is worse than any Happy thought for today: A meek other because it is the death blow to | °CKINE Derson is mot safe to impose industries and labor. upon. The perilous nature of a mule - Nothing in the world but the cut in| 1 M0t Visible. the tariff by the Wilson bill brought on the paralysis of business and the misery of the working people. The shrivelling of work and wages by the tariff reductions directed by Baltimore will bring up some new questions in these days of unrest of lador that will be troubling. Will America ever be oblized to enact a poor rate tax, as in foreign countries, to take care of the unem- | ployed? It would seem as if we were! heading in that direction. The next great stru try is likely to be The | — < days immediately in front of us may The inauguration of a parcels post hasten on that crisis. {in January calls for $12,000,000 addi- 1 firmly believes that whoever fails| ticnal appropriations. Tt will soon to vote the reoublican “Ket will | pay several times that each year. league himsell against the permanent | nterest of the working peopl H [ am confident that u properly ad-| democratic party on his hands he may isted tariff to pay present wages and | be Sorry that he had not devoted a enable the workingmen to live properly | Part of his life to the driving of in present comfort is the only certain Lmules. foundation of business prosperity and | R PR T of contented home life in the Uniteq| It seems funny to see men pointing States | with confidence to political promises i which depend upon a man who is cele- mated. Running politics along the lines of charity 1S too much! It has o different touch! Turkey didn't gain much when she switched her base of operations from | Tripoli to European Turkey. Her rep- { utation as a fighter is suffering. The political parties' are down the home stretch now, and one week from today it will be known who had the lead under the wire. Should Woodrow Wilson get the ™ in mind if the American mar- | Proied for violating his word for their opened to foreign goods, we 7 * the goods, but foreigners got the!' 1, For | £ll : = S o s £ Lieutenant Becker talked oo ‘\‘r “‘fm‘]mt:u‘ money; 1: Am!'l.‘h n51 much for a villain; and with a vision na mor cnn;mafl(’ hond.‘{ We not | of the chair before him, he still keeps ave £00ds and the work and | talking. He should take a few les- ' money, but foreign manufacturers suilding factories and paying wages Americans to get into the Ameri- can market —_— Becker ig complaining because his counsel wouldn’t let him testify. If he keeps on talking he'll hang himsalf and prevent the appea! | sons on keeping still. The democratic and republican poli- ticians of Delaware signed a pact not to buy votes in the coming election. The buil moose have not signed. This is the best evidence of a bolt mpaign finds investiga lhhi €™ AT THE END OF THE GAME e e The political tag day has been check- | | coming ! “I'm so sorry id Lorette. “Don’t mention it,” said 1. “It must hurt so,” she said xiously, peering up under the hand- kerchief she had just bound about my eyes. 1 had arranged a cbrner so that I had a very good view of her out of the half-closed eye. “A trained nurse woul@ probably rub an- my brow—very gently, of course,” said I “But I am not a trained nurse.” ob- Jjected she. We sat in silence for a moment up- on the fallen trunk of an old apple tree in the orchard. The croquet mallet with which Lorette had so nearly blinded me lay unnoticed on the short grass at our feet. “I'm not a trained nurse,” began Lorette; “I believe there isn't one within 20 miles, but I suppose I can rub you just the same if it is nec- essary. Where shall I begin?” “Where I feel the most pain,” said I, boldly, “is right here in my heart.” “Oh, nonsense,” replied she. “I can’t think how I céuld have been so eare- less,” she went on. “I was 80 anxious to croquet you anyway from that last wicket, you know, and 1 Suppose I quite forgot you were standing so near.” “It really isn't worth mentioning,” said I, generously. “Persons ' very often forget important things and re- Member only trival ones. But, in fact, I'm heartly glad it occurred. Other- wise you never might have known how to smooth away all care fromi' my brow.” “Aand how is your heart now, Mr. Harrison?” she questioned, anxious- ly. “Much better, thank you, Miss Aller- ton,” I answered; “and I think all the pain would go away forever if only one unlikely thing might happen.” I felt the soft, cool fingers tremble as they lightly smoothed my forehead, but her voice was full of its old mock- ing sweetness as she said: “Of course, if you know a valuable remedy and refuse to take it ,you quite dese"rve to suffer ,don’t you, Mr. Harri- son?” At this point T felt quite justified in seizing her hand. “Lorette,” said I, “I love you, and if you will only love me back I shall never feel any pain in my heart again.” “I ought to tell you,” she said at last, “because you're blind, and so can’t see it for yourself—that I'm blushing— most horribly.” “I'm glad to hear it,” said I, vin- dictively, “because yon desetve it. Yoy've been leading me a wild-goose chase for weeks and months. Only yesterday you went riding with Bob- by Milten, and made me wretched for a whole day. Last week you spent the entire afternoon with Reggie Ald- ————————— tion adjourned for election, it doesn’t taken one long to discover that Presi- dent Taft emerges with an excellent record. Not so with the others. To' Subscriber: Mr. Roosevelt 1is fiot a total abstainer—does not pre- tend to be. When he was governor of New York he was in favor of sell- ing beer on Sundays as soda water is sold. There is no doibt Governor Bald- win recognizes the political advantage of having the paying offices in the hands of his own party. His assaults upen the state highway commissioner reveal this. This is from the Boston Transcript: “Wanted by the school teachers: An Andrew Carnegie to establish a retir- ing pension fund, and thus save the state doing it. Andrew is nearly if not quite as rich as Massachusetts.” In view of the fact that so little bull moose campaign material is being swallowed these days it isn't surpris- ing that the swallowing of a bull moose button by an Iowa baby was the cause for considerable alarm. G. W, Perkins is running the finan- cial end of the third-termer’s cam- paign. He is alsp running the twine mills in New York for the Harvester trust. The conditions there for men, women ang children show what chance the workingman has. Tllinois opposed the voting machine because the machine purchased was the one that gave the independent voter the least chance to exercise hisjto their platforms and the only dif- What it would do to industri passed when President Taft affixed wages to meet. the following: Attawaugan Co., Cotton Cloth sted Goods, Men's Wear i Davis & Brown Woolen Co., East Men’s and Women's Wear Glen Worsted Co., The, Elmville, Grosvenordale Co., Grosvenordale, ( Men's Wear The Cutler Mills Co., Packerville, Lawton Mills Corp., Plainfield, Cot | Shoes and Slippers Hanson, H. L., Putnam, Light Ha Johnson, E. E., Lathes i | | Morse Mills Co., Putham, Cotton Nightingale Mills, Putnam, Cotton Powhattan Mills, Putnam, Cotton Putnam Foundry & Machine Co., Putnam Mfg. Co.,, Cotton Shirting Tracy, George, Putnam, Leather ‘Wauregan Co., Wauregan, Lawn American Thread Co., Willimantic, Tools and Plumbers’ Supplies Willimantic Machine Co., Willimant Windham Mfg. Co., Willlmantic, ¢ Williamsville Mfz. Co., Williamsvi | Keegan, Lawrence, Wilsonvilie, W Hall, E. H. & Son, Windham. (No Smith & Winchester o, Windh Laundry Machinery | ' THE BULLETIN'S SHORT STORY. The Democratic Tariff for Revenue IN WINDHAM COUNTY tariff bills proposed by the democrats in the recent session of congress, of reduction which they would have had to operaté under, and scale Among the 42 factories hit in Windh: Name of Firm and Location. Goods Manufactured. Attawaugan Co., Ballouville, Cotton Sheeting, Central Worsted Co., Central Village, Worsted Goods . Collins, George E., Central Village, Cotton Wicking ..... 48 30 Plainfield Woolen Co., Central Village, Woolen and Wor- Connecticut Mills Co., Danielson, Cotton Duck .... Danielsonville Cotton Co., Danielson, Cotton Shirtings e Quinebaug Co., Danielson, Cotton Shirtings and Sheetings. 10 20 Assawaga Co., Dayville, Woolen Goods, Men's Wear Thistle Worsted Co., Blmville, Fine Worsteds French River Textile Gp., Mechanicsville, Worsted Goods, American Woolen Co., Moosup, Woolen and Worsted Aldrich Bros. Co., Moosup, Cotton Cloth .. Cranska, Floyd, Moosup, Cotton Thread Yarn Bosworth Bros., Putnam, Grain Weighing Machines Case, W. D, & Co.,, Putham, Ladies’ Leather Sole Cloth Monchansett Mfg. Co., Putnam, Cotton Sheeting . Putnam Woolen Co., Putnam, Woolen Goods . Vanderman Mfg. Co., Willimantic, S w————" e 7 " 3 rich in that absurd little canoe of his —and there are many other crimes too shocking to rehearse new.” | “But 1 didw’t know you cared,” she | protested, lamely. | " “Oh, Lorette”” I reproached her, | “when I've ney@ loved anyone else lin my life.” | “But you took Maud Paxton to the | club ball, she urged. “That was no crime agdinst you,” I retorted. “Maud is secretly engag- ed to my brother Ned.” “And yesterday you played tenmis all day long with Agnes Wood.” “She’s the only girl who lets me talk all day long about you.” “You see, I'm at such a frightful dis- advantage, being crippled here like this,” 1 went on. “I can’t tell wheth- er I'm offending you or not. I must depend on your charity to let me know, but if you are angry 1 beg of you not to let me know. I couldn’t bear that. And if youre not angry with me, there's only one way by which you can prove it satisfactorily under the cir- cumstances.” | “And what is your proof?” she asked saucily. “Well,” said 1, deliberately, “you must not be angry with me just now be- cause I'm blind, and so can't do what I would like to do. The only thorough- ly reliable proof you can give me, proof which I shall consider satis- factory, is to put your arms about my neck and say, ‘Gifford, I love you,’ and then, to make assurance doubly siire, you ought to kiss me, yes. Miss Lo- rette, you certainly ought to kiss me, exactly on the lips—you owe it to me || after all you've done.” 1 saw her smile and move a fraction nearer me on the old tree trunk. I closed my eyes in reality as if I feit the soft pressure of her arms about my throat. And then, an instant later, a big bunch of yellow, old-fash- ioned roses crushed against me, and a bewitching tantalizing butterfly kiss fluttered for one charmed instant up- on my lips, and the next retreated hastily with the roses, I tore the handkerchief madly from my eyes, and ‘we stood facing each other beside the fallen apple tree in the orchard. “Oh, Gifford,” she reproached me, smiling eyes, “And you' made me be- lieye I had hurt you.” “And so you did,” I asserted, stout- 1y, “but you have healed me also.” Yne stood lightly poised for a mo- ment as if meditating swift retreat, and, then her light laugh rippled its ancient, sweet mockery. “Men were deceivers,” ever,” she saiq at last. “Shall we finish our game, Gifford? You remember I had just croqueted you away from that last wicket.” “The game is finished,” 1 said hap- pily.—St. Louis Globe-Démocrat. GILDEN SISTERS Singing and Dancing Specialties satisfactory independénce. There is Guite a dif- ference in the machines. The Nor- wich machine is of a different make, The fact that an expert scientist keeps hearts a-beating and stomachs digesting after the owner is dead, prompts the Baltimore American to hope that science may be able to keep the brains of some men alivée and trafisplant them, since the world can illy afford to lose them. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The Political Situation. Mr. Editor: In reviewing the polit- ical disturbanices of the past six months which has induced so many political authorities to express their views, it appears that many hinge their arguments upon personal defects of a candidate rather than on the principles that he advocates for his respective party. There are many who are lost in wonder, love ang praise over state- ments misrepresented by some ofie who has an axe to grind. These are to be classed with others who are vie- tims of yellow journalism, the great political dragon, as someone has char- acterized it. Thus many a fair minded and self reasoning voter is thrown into an at- mosphere of political bewilderment while on the top of this, the pressure of the high cost of living and the possibility of free trade, its conse- quences and other threateming meas- ures of the democratic platform, bears down upon him, and thus his mind is Snatched back and forth over a plain of sceptic political views. The Taft républican and the Roose- velt progressive are twin parties as BULB ference outside of that is in their hips, Now, old x_mlu:n“ a\ix‘;z‘portel?‘s. nu there wa¥ of our upon one le-fie.fym save the republic that disastrous platform which 18 eager to Bt g o Bt i e nati ur es, e ! pendent laborers? Both candif have piloted the ship of state before and both can pilot it safely again, but never together again, Now, only one thing remains for us to do, and that i& to choosé that one who ‘baré his breast against the dangers of the future as he has of the past, who has the courage to say and then the ability tc do, who has 4the determination to fight, if not to conquer then to restrain those money- founded forces who tend to snatch the necessities of life from us while they are busily eounting out their millions. High prices today are not always if seldom due to natural causes, but oft- en furnish an excuse for such. I have lately learned that if a retall butcher of Vermont or New Hampshire buys beet or mutton from a local farmer, and the big trust learns of it, they refuse to furnish that butcher with meat of any kind. Such conditions ex- ist all over the country; so where is the incentive for raising eastern beef, ;neneo the New FEngland abandoned arms, Now. cut the tariff as the democrats advocate, and thereby ificrease the trust’s plunder. BSuch circumstances will exist and must be borne by those already mind- ful of it until the majority of voters, besieged on all sides by such oppres- sion shall at last awake and fnvesti- gate only to find the authors of such s in Windham County had the his veto is shown by the percentage county are R crime live luuriously elsewhers but in_America. Reduced BSo, let all the old republicans shoul- From To der the wheel together and help the P.C. PC. brave, experiericed pilot to steer the i s old ship of state into calmer waters 40 20 and cast our ancher of hope in the 40 20 harbor, “Progressive.” 4 99 10 RAYMOND STEFFERSON, Norwich, Oct. 28, 1912. .................... 9. 40 The Highway Commissioner. 40 15 Mr. Bditor: I have seen in print what 40 20 seemed to me caustic criticism of our road commissioner, James H. MacDon- ald. I have known the commissioner for twenty years as a frank, candid, outspoken peérson, one whom no one ..... 99 40 Killingly, Woolen Goods, 10 ever expressed any doubt of his strict Worsted Goods . 40 integrity, not a suspicion of any graft 40 clinging to him from the fi;—:t lwar:r;g N Fine C 5 F the nearly twenty years he has hel P oL Ol By » the omre.) What's more, he held for ag £ six years continuously the pres_ldem-_\' -~ “ of the good roads movement in the boch 28 40 | United States, and is well known on Worsted Yarn 8§ 30 the continent, and no doubt will have 20 appointment to represent the United 15 States over there. < Cotton Cloth 40 20 ‘When the roads ip our immediate | vieinity, now nearly finished, are com- | pleted, we will have only praise for the commissioner and his thorough work, leaving us good roads to Worcester, Providence, Norwich, Willimantic and Springfield. I have learned what 1 did know, thinking I knew about all there was to know. First—I did not know that every de- ; tail of our good roads construction was passed by the commissioner. 1 did not know in motoring through especially €mall towns that the thoroughly built railings were ordered and paid for by MacDonald, but #t always seemed to me that that u great expense for ton Goods .... Free Trade 45 25 vesas . Free Trade and Gasolene Engines 45 25 20 20 20 20 rdware Cloth Cloth . Cloth Putnam, Washiers the towns, and but for the state would sty S ¢ b neither have been put up at all or heen and Fancy Cotton Goods poorly made. 1 d@id not know that Cotton Thread .. MacDonald had $150,000 to be used Steel Tool Chests and only for repalrs, which he attends to, and 1 supposed was being done by the towns. I did not know in taking long Iron Castings 2 ic, Kilk Thread Machinery 45 3 drives in either direction, coming to a “otton Cloth 40 20 poor road or one much worn, that a 1 . i >0 rule were under care of the s, Tea s Stk oAb = never taken over by the state, and vet olens, Men's Wear 99 40 many of the papers refer to them rth). Cotton Yarn 30 15 the result of tha commissioner's am, (South), Paper and l\.\-an and this fact should be bette ..... 15 2 lknnr n | v 4 did noi know that the sn 'm\n.-l 2!l over ‘ne stare were carefully lookad DAVIS i 11} VAAUDEVILLE LOJA TROUPE SENSI \TIONAL ACROBATS RIP VAN WINKLE (in two i els)—THE LINE AT HOGAN'S—TEN KARAT HERO—COL: LECTION DAY BREED THEATER NOVEMBER 14 and 15 ONLY THe World's i ‘onship Baseball Series The Giants vs. The Red Sox The only Pictures mad® of the Great Games Matinees 5c Shows 2.30-7.1 5-8.30 p. m. Matinees 5c BREED THEATRE TODAY'S BIG FEATURE The Moonshine:’s Daughter Thrlling Scenic Story of 'the lici GEROME and CALKINS ;:jllmw Songs Today AUDITORIUM _ Today MARION MUNSON & H.AL. FORREST t ly M Pictures of Shran bk, the man who attempted cam sy pHg s the life of Rt :"nv.flt.m o .t Dutch, French and Japanese have arrived in good shape. Let us knivw your wants. Geduldig's Greenhousies, 71,25 T not I onday, Tnu;ly, Wednesday Oct. 28, 29, 30 BEAU BRUMMEL TRIO Character Comedy Singers of the Day and Others of Bianca” AR . GEO, A, Putnam, '£enn., Oct. 29, 1912 i [} - Hew Do 'You Digest the World? Within ce rtain limits what one eats makes little: difference. What makes the differem pe is one's power (o digest .one's food a hd turn it into muscle and brain. Uptin 8i upon nuts and fruit and C les, chken:crpon beet and ale, botkh make intellectual prod- uet. 1t is the setme with the soul and cir- cumstance. ¥t Is of small matter to my real life und soul sinew whether 1 am seated 012 a throne or a weaver's bench, whethar I am handed pralse or blame, wheth §r I find success or fail- ure. The sobe matter of Import ls, into what dlo‘ 1 l:d!nfllh these ob- ects of sou 02. 2 Auhog can ‘-% s hm m::“ into better me:dt than a horse can give us, though fed ¢lean oats. Oyiters and chickens are :ycavefgers and become table dainties. In. training e character of youth it ought to be mote desired to form in them a sound’' and hearty moral di- gestion, a #d power of moral as- simllation, than constn‘ntly to putter about their envitonment. In that wond#arful tmoka De Pre- fundis, which Cwscar Wilde wrote in prison, he says: “The plank bed, the loathsome food, 'the silence, the soli- tude, the shame-+each and all of thes: things I have to transform into a spiritual experierice. There is t a single degradation of the body which 1 must not try amid m'lke into a spir- itualizing of the spul.” poretind Sl ) [ The Dagger of Crema. —— At Crema, in [taly, John Add Symonds found a' strange csm When a Jittle knots at the back Was pressed, the upper gnd lower of the cross came asunder, and, he says. “holding the top as a handle, T drew out as from a scablsrd a short steel blade, concegled in the wood behind the very body of the mmlzlnf Christ. He gives a page or two of histaric ploody instances suggested by thix sacrileglous weapon, adding naively “It is not easy to think or write of these matters without rhetorie.” The dagger in the erucifix suggests analogies of wider scopé than t & mentioned by Mr. Synionds, whichsare all of murder masked by ty. There is not so much religious hy pocrisy as there used to be, for the reason that religion is not the tem- poral asset it used to be. But the trive of moral counterfeiters is not exiinct There is love that is but the sheath of lust, public service that is the sheath of private graft, organs of pub- licity, which, if you were to press a spring at the back, would be seen to be the poisen knives of blackmafl, There are beautiful women whose hearts are stilettos of selfishness. There are friends who need but to be twisted so and So to become fanged foes. But, God be thanked! all these peo- ple with secret knobs are rare. Most folks are plain and crude, but true wood all through. This man and tha: are rogues. Humanity is honest. Th crucifix of Crema is a eurfosity. Tempting Fate. Governor Wilson gave an Alton man a cigar. One v gone.—Milwaukee Sentinel Children Uryh FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA