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A Protest Agai By President Harr comes to this to every r figfl Y and striving, be for a mi 3|| myself, or shall my anx! ' in higher than material good and righteous laws in contrast, we sea pc money or by favors wh shaped by corporations which give mi highest offices. But we do not despair corruption growing louder. The fashionable society of our cit vie with one another in the expensiv< tions. Their moral standards are lov * woman out of fashionable society. Th not all the wealthy rush into this silly There are many who use wealth to se< there be culture, science, art, mus churches? The problems that arise will be s< of educated men influencing opinion. J The Nation Rec By Gifford Plncliot't Tlie West" in t passange of the Natic Tfor the West. Its effect he compared to that of t; ^mrnammm* Lincoln in 1SG2. It dei public lands to the con tional government, and shall be repaid by the s . "What it will eventually mean I scarce diate results are obvious. In southe: rural populations together, one and quired to support one person, and i expect that this area will ultimately acres are required to support one pe lion dollars already in the reclamatic half a million i>eople, the average cost an acre. After the first expenditure 1 will return to the Treasury, and will until the irrigation of all reclaimable How to Live 7 Sen itor Wark, of C JMaaFI D that the informatic awl ] i od and habits of life, |*x I Jl I % ^tended beyond the usi ? ? -3 */\nt m oil r WflltJU III cat uaim^ai ^ l<?7fa?>I and 1 stiI1 use 11 for th |^6VflC| single cup of black tea 8 eider it both wholesome ate butchers' meat. I did not care home, and I -have made it a rule to eat i no matter tow palatable. I have, t beef or mutton or pork in any form, my cup of tesi at mid-day for dinner and a slice of bread is all that I nee< eat no pie or pudding, drink nothing bed at or before ten o'clock and rii aeven. I now ask my young readers to Matthew, and read from the 31st vers is long or short, the important point i, A Troublesome Diner. "See that man coming in?" said the head waiter, beckoning to one of his men. "Get him in tow quick, and lead*him to a seat near the window. Don't let hin come up here into the Centre of the room. Give him a chair lacing the stieet." The unsuspecting customer followed the waiter who met him without an idea that he was being led, and was seated as directed. The head waiter breathed a sigh of relief. "That man is a good customer," he (Bald. "I wouldn't like to offend him for the woli. But he has fallen Into bad habits that work injury to the house if I let him sit wnere other quests can see him. Oh, no. He docs not put his kuife in his mouth or anything of that sort. He just makes faces. He grins and snarls at tne menu card as a cat shows its teeth to a hostile dog ^he trouble is he can't make up his mi. 1 what to order. "Out of fifty-six different dishes on the card it would seem something might strike his fancy. But, no. He 11 pull at his mustache and scowl for ten minutes, giving everybody the impression thai the whole outfit is bad. Then he'll call me over, tell me he hasn't any apptite, and ask me to pick a dinner for him. He'll eat all I send him, too. and perhaps call for more. It's all halit. There he is beckoning to me now."?New York Press. A Sacred Town in Tibet. Nagar-tse Juig, in Tibet, is situated on the shores of Yamdok-tso, or Scorpion Lake. On the summit of a conical hill stands Samding monastery, a well known establishment of both monks and nuns, presided over by a great ajbess, the incarnation of the Goddess Dorje Phagmo. The hill on which the monastic buildings stand is ascended by numerous stone steps now in a dilapidated condition. From the top there is a striking view, not only of the greet lake and its mountainous peninsula, but also of a gloomy inner lake just below the southern cliff, known as the Dudmo"* ? ? nenwin Lake. The ab ISO, Ul c cw?u ? bess is a great lady and the only female in Tibet allowed to be carried in a sedan chair. When she dies she is succeeded by a female infant in whom she is supposed to live again. The reincarnation of the goddessabbess is now a child of seven years of age. He Was Reminded. A Washington politician bells this story on a friend who is famous for the "whoppers" he is in the habit ol tailing. This man's brother, it an inst Corruption is at Amherst. nan: Shall my anxiety, .that is, my effort ?asure of wealth and what it can buy for eiy be for t'ne bettermment of the world values? In the ideal republic we see , good and able men to administer laws, ditical corruption. Office is bought by ich have a money value. Legislation is llions of dollars to carry elections to the of the republic. There is protest against ies is a society of the wealthy. The rich mess of food, drinks, clothes and decoraf. Divorce does not read a rich man or ey arc the degenerates of the cities. But r scramble of vulgarity and sensuousnes9. cure higher values. How otherwise could iic, philanthropy, colleges, schools and )lved by the intelligence and moral sense P & al :lam&tion Act. s "The New Hope For he June Century. >nal Reclamation Act marked a new era upon actual settlement may not unfairly the Homesttad Inw, signed by President :otes the proceeds from the disposal of struction of irrigation works by the naprovides that the cost of these works settlers who take up the land reclaimed. >ly dare to predict, but some of its immern California, if we count the urban and one half acres of irrigated land are reIt is more than probably reasonable to be reduced to a single acre. But if two rson, the expenditure of the twenty mil>n fund will in the end make homes for of reclamation being about twenty dollars the money will be repaid by the settlers, then be available again for repeated use land is achieved. 9 ^ to 100. Canada. en usually sought from mc is as to my that may show why my life has been lal span. As to food, I have been accus>orridge and milk fromm my childhood, e principal part of my breakfast, with a ind a slice of plain bread after it. I conand nutritious. Till quite late in life I w fat, but the fat began to disagree with nothing that disagrees with my digestion, herefore, for many years, eaten neither I take instead a little fowl or fish with , and at six o'clock I find a cup of tea 1. My cup of tea is. my only dessert; I stronger than tea, eat no suppers, go to se these dark mornings about half past open their Bible's at the 25th chapter of e to the end, and learn that, whether life 3 to be prepared for its end. pears, finally remonstrated with the raconteur, and warned him that the next time he overheard him enlarging on facts he would remind him of it in an unmistakable way. His opportunity came at a dinner at which they were both present. The storyteller, who sat beside his brother at the table, was describing a remarkable stable which a friend of his had just built. "Why," he was saying, "it's simply huge?at least a thousand feet long, a hundred feet high?ouch!" (reaching down and rubbing his shin)?"and three feet wide."?Harper's Weekly, window into the Qhurch and settled on the rector's head. Broad smiles spread over the faces cf !he elders and audible titters came from the youngsters. A gentle touch sent the bird down to the edge of the clerk's desk below, where it sat undisturbed. ?Pall Mall Gazette. Extent of the Fish Hatching Industry. We no longer speak of hatching thousands of fry, but of millions and ' hundreds of millions. The number of eggs, fry, flngerlings and adult fish distributed by the Bureau of Fisheries ! in 1902 aggregated one and one half billion. It is certain that the shad, whiteflsh, lake trout and pike perch fisheries, each of vast importance, have not only been saved from entire depletion, but that they have been maintained, chiefly through artificial propagation, at a high degree of productiveness. That these fisheries are industries today, valued at nearly $3,000,000 annually, is due entirely to artificial propagation by the Bureau of Fisheries.?From the National Geographic Magazine. A X/ttlnaKU Pmlnrant * According to a recent British Consular report the most valuable export i of Swatow, one of the Chinese ports under the treaty of Tientsin, is the Swatow emigrant. The adverse financial balance of the port is more than . adjusted by the remittances of the ? natives who have gone to British and Dutch East Indian colonies and Siam. - It is estimated that no less than $30,000,000 is annually remitted by them. In addition to these remiti taaces a sum of probably not less than i $2,000,000 in cash and notes is brought back each rear by returning emi grants. i The longest railroad in this country is the Chicago Burlington & Quincy, which owns 7,794 miles and operates 7,971 miles. i Clocks have been put In the tram" cars in Cracow for the r^nvon<*nce ^ the public. ! NEWS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY 1 ! Paragraphs of Minor Importance Gathered From Many Sources. . Through the South. The postoffice at Indianola, Mise., has been reduced rom Presidential grade to the fourth class. W. S. Edwards is expected to run as an independent against Jos. H. Gaines i for Congress in West Virginia. Overheated fish scrap set the schooner Jose Olaverri afire in Norfolk, and she was sunk to extinguish the iames. While quarreling v.ith his wife, a Newport News negro fell down the stairs and broke his wife. The "Tented City" in Louisville, Ky.f , was transferred to the Knights of ! Pythias, whose biennial conclave be i giuo IVUUJ Washington Happenings. The Republicans are preparing to ' make an aggressive campaign in Kansas, where they have to face a Demo! cratic-Populist fusion. ! Postmaster-General Payne gave out a | statement which gave without comment I a letter written by Governor Vardai man, of Mississippi, to the Charleston, (S. C.) News and Courier, in which a disrespectful reference was made to President Roosevelt Over 300,000 acres of land in Oregon, which had been included in forest reserves, were restored to the public domain and are open for settlement. In the North. The gunboat Dubuque was launched at Morris Heights, N. Y. Plans have been made by both parties for a vigorous campaign in Maine and Vermont. J. Edward Addieks was reported *? declaring he would never give up his fight to go to the United States Senate while he lived, and that Delaware was certain for Roosevelt Ex-President and Mrs. Grover Cleveland were given a welcome by New Hampshire folk at Sandwich, N. H., Governor and Mrs. Bachelder participating. The number of trusts incorporated in New Jersey has largely decreased in the last few years. Rev. Buno Walters, of the Polish Catholic Church, at Plains, Pa., was besieged in .his parsonage by a riotous mob of his parishioners, who prevented services, defied the SherifT and caused a disgraceful riot. No cattle were killed in the New York branches of the so-called "Beef Trust." Attorney General Robert H. McCarter, cf New Jersey, as counsel for the TiniversaTobacco Company, made an application to Vice Chancellor Stevenson in Jersey City for an order directing the sale of the assets of the company within nine days. The petition was signed by the trustees appointed by the court to formulate a plan for the company. Democratic national headquarters were opened at 1 West Thirty-fourth street, New York. Judge Parker spent the day at the Winnisook Club, in the Catskill, and returned to Rosemount in the evening. Mayor Carter Harrison will try to arrange a settlement of the packinghouse strike in Chicago. There were several attacks on nonunion men in connection with the butchers' strike in New York. "The" Allen, the veteran New York sporting man, was reported to be critically ill on Long Island. Foreign Affairs. The Vladivostock squadron was defeated in battle by the Japanese, the cruiser Rurik being sunk. The Japanese advance on General Kuropatkin's position at Liaoyang remains suspended. t * 1 It is believed that a general assaun ob Port Arthur was begun by the Japanese. Czar Nichols appointed General Glazcff Minister of Public Instruction. Parliament was prorogued by King Edward. Twenty-five persons were drowned while searching for "Kruger^s millions," a treasure supposed to be sunk oft the Natal cost. Governor Wright, of the Philippines, ordered a concentration of the inhabitants of several districts in Samar, where there are disturbances* Miscellaneous Doings. The Standard Oil Company declared another dividend of $5 a share. John W. Gates, according to report, lost $100,000 in a wheat deal. The 1903 American Iron ore production is reported as 35,019,308 long tons, a decrease of 534,827 tons from 1902. Judge A. B. Parker, with Mrs. Parker and others, went to Winnesook Lodge, in the Catskill Mountains for a short rest. World's Fair attendance for last week was the largest of any week by C5.000. the total being 666,607. The Louisiana Purchase Exposition has paid $1,908,149 of its $4,600,000 indebtedness to the United States. MR, DAVIS NOTIFIED Accepts Democratic Nomination For Vice-Presidency HIS SPEECH BRIEF AND POINTED Mr. Davis' Speech Read in Conversational Style, Heartily Received? Evident Vigor of the Octogenarian Nominee. Hon. Henry u. Davis was rarmau/ notified of his nomination as candidate for Vice-President on the Democratic ticket Wednesday at White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. The notification speech was made by Hen. John Sharp Williams for the committee. and in a pleasant speech of con Biderable length Mr. Davis accepted the trust committed to him. Among other things Mr. Davis said"Mr. Chairmand and Gentlemen of the Committee: "The official notification which you bring of my nomination for the Vice Presidency of the United States, by tho national Democracy, gives me a feeling of the sincerest gratitude to my party for the honor conferred. At the same time brings to me a deep sense of my responsibility, to my party as a candidate, and to my country in case of my election. "A spirit of determination to succeed in tho campaign before us ap pears to pervade the rank and file of our party in all sections of the country. Of that rank and file 1 have for many years been a member and have at all times devoted my humblo powers to party success, believing that success to be for the country's gatd. Unexpectedly called as I am hv to tb* farefront, I am impelled to aa acceptance of the obligation by a sense of gratitude to my fellow workers, and * the hope that I may be able the better to assist In restoring to power that party whose principles and past history guarantee a safe, wise, economical and consti tutional administration of the government. "I find it, therefore, a great pleasure, standing here upon the borderland of the two Virginias, to receive and accept the commission you bear, to send greetings through you to the Democracy of the whole country. Is it not significant of a closer and truer brotherhood among us, that for the first timo since the civil war a nomination on the national ticket has been taken from section of our common country that lies south of Mason and Dixon's line?a happy recognition of the obliteration of all sectinoal differences which led to and followed that unhappy struggle. "As introductory to the few remarks I shall make, I desire to say that I heartily endorse the platform upon which I have been nominated and with the convention and its nominee D^oMant rocmrrl rh? nreaent mon IU1 X * tOiUWUV, 1 VQ??. V* ? M~- ? ? etary standard of value as irrevocably established. "In the campaign preceding the last election, much stress was laid by Republican speakers upon the prosperous condition of the country, and forebodings were heard of the ill re suits, especially to the laboring man, which would follow any change in the political complexion of the government. It is true that the times were then good, but it is no les3 a fact that, while there has been no change in the party in power, many of the evils prophesied have comej under Republican rule. Four years ago factories, mills, mines and furnaces were in active operation, unable to supply the demand, but now many are closed, and those that are open are being operated with reduced force on short hours. Then wages were high, labor was scarce and there was work for all. Now work is scarce, many wage earners unemployed, and wages reduced. The apprehension which now prevails in business circles and the present unsatisfactory industrial conditions of the country seem to demand a political change. "In the language of our platform, the rights of labor are certainly no less vestcd.no Jesssacred,and no less in alienable than the rights of capital.' The time is opportune to emphasize the truth of this utterance. The most sacred right of property is the right to possess and own one's self and the labor of one's own hands?capital itself being but stored up labor. For years I worked in the ranks as a wage-earner and I know what it is to earn my living in the sweat of my brow, I have always believed, and my conviction! came from the hard school of experience, that, measured by the character of work he does and the cost of living, a man is entitled to full compensation for his services. My experience as a wage-earner and my association with labor have alike taught me the value of Democratic principles; for in them the humblest has the strongest security for individual right and the highest stimulus to that independence of spirit and love of self help which produce the finest private characters and form the base of the best possible government. "The receipts of the government for the year ending June 30, 1902, the first fiscal year of the present administration, showed a surplus over expenditures of $91,000,000. but for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, instead of a surplus there was a deficit of $41,009,000. From the 1st of July, 1904, to August 10. or for about a month and a third of the present fiscal year, the expenditures of the government have exceeded the receipts by $21,715,000. There could be no stronger evidence of the extravagance into which the Republican party has fallen, and no more potent argument in behalf of a change to the party whose tenets have always embraced prudence and economy in administering the people's affairs. "Our Republican friends are prone to refer to the great commercial growth of the country under their rule, and yet the census reports shows that from 1850 to 1860, under Democratic rule and the Walker tariff, the percentage of increase was greater in population, wealth, manufactures and railroad mileage, the factors which affect most largely the prosperity of the country, than in any decade since. '"ine cost of government has largely increased under Republican rule. The expenditures per capita for the last year respectively of the administrations given, taken from the reports of the Secretary of the Treasury, were as follows: "In 1360 under Buchanan, $2.01. "In 1893 under Harrison, $5.77. "In 1897 under Cleveland, $5.10. "In 1901 under McKinley. $5.56. "In 1904 under Roosevelt, $7.10. "The Republicans ttw ilaiss great consistency in their attituce upon the currency question, and the President in his recent speech of acceptance, said, that they know what they mean when they speak of a stable currency, 'the same thing from year to year', and yet in the platforms of their party in 1384. 1888 and 1892, they favored the double standard of value. In the platform of 1888 they said 'The Republican party is in favor of the use of both gold and silver as money, and condemns the policy of the Democratic I administration in its efforts to demone tize silver.' * * "Dire predictions were made by our political opponents of what would happen at the St Louis convention, but they misjudged | the temper of the party and the people. While there had been differences in preceding campaigns, yet at St. Louis they were all harmonized and a common ground was found upon which all could stand and do battle for Democratic principles. A platform was adopted by a unanimous vote, embracing the issues of the day, and presenting to the people a declaration of principles which, in the language of the times. Is sane, safe and sound. "With a candidate whose personality appeals to the good sense and sound judgment of the American people, a platform whose principles are for the greatest good to the greatest number, and a reunited party earnest for the restoration of good and economical government, we should succeed and the principles of democracy again triumph. "I beg my countrymen, as they value their liberty, to guard with great care the sacred right of local self-government, and to watch with a jealous eye the tendency of the times to centralize power In the hands of the few. "Mr. Chairman, it is an added pleasure to receive this notification at your hands. You have been conservative and courageous as leader of our party in the House or itepreseniauves, a. position which few men have filled with the signal ability that you have displayed. "It will be my pleasure and duty, at a time not far hence, to accept more formally In writing, the nomination which you have tendered In such graceful and complimentary terms, and to give my views upon some of the important questions now commanding the attention of the country." PROMINENT PEOPLE. King Alfonso of Spain Is the best of the royal riders of Europe. The "Bobs" of Japan, Field Marshal Yamagata, is sixty-seven years of age. Ilenry M. Stanley left a fortune of nearly .57."0,000, made from the sale of his books. Theodore Moeller, the famous Prussian statesman, is expected to visit this country. James G. Blaine III. is about to carry out his long wish to try farming. His mother has secured a small farm for him at Block Island, R. I. It was one of the maxims of the late George Frederick Watts that the ethical value and influence of pictures is greater than that of sermons and lectures. Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria is nine times king, twice a grand duke, once a grand prince, and the multitude of the titles as count and so forth is past enumeration. The tramn organist and hymn writ er, Victor Benke, who was buried iu New York City a few days ago, was the author of "Abide in Me," ''Just For'To-day," aud "Peace, Be Still." Twice this season Tenney, of the Boston Nationals, has not been given a time at bat in a game, owing to his skill in getting his base on balls and sacrificing. He has made but one error in thirty-three games. It Is said of King Edward of Englaud that he can keep constantly on the move from morning till night, and is never in a hurry to sit down and rest. He gets through a great amount of routine work, too, aud seems to like it. Geronimo, the Apache chief, at present living in St. Louis, is about to receive a visit from his daughter, who lives in Arizona. This will be the first time he has seen her since his capture by the United States troops eighteen years ago. Four Killed in Collission. Chicago, Special.?Four people wore killed, another fatally hurt and 23 severely injured in a collision late Wednesday evening between an express train on the Chicago and Great Western Railway and a train of three trolI ley cars. The dead and fatally injured are: Mrs. Frances Rautman; William Irving, died in hospital after amputation of leg; Mrs. Jeremiah Shuckrow, of Danville, 111.; unidentified woman about 30 years old, fatally injured; Michael Ryan, motoman of trolley car, skull fractured. WATSON IS NOTIFIED Populist Nominee For President Made Strong Speech DISCUSSED THE CAMPAIEN ISSUES Cooper Union, New York City, Crowded for the Event?Notification Speech by Samuel W. Williams, of Indiana. New York, Special.?Thomas E. Watson, of Georgia, the People's party candidate for President, and Thomas H. Tibbies, of Nebraska, the candidate for Vice-President, were formally notified of their nomination here Thursday at Cooper Union. The big hall was crowded when, at 8 o'clock, the two candidates, accompanied by Alfred G. Boulton. of Brooklyn, chairman of the meeting, appeared on the platform. There was much cheering. Chairman Boulton at once introduced Judge Samuel W. Williams, of Indiana, who made the speech offlically notifying the candidates of their selection. In addressing Mr. Watson, Mr. Williams said the convention that nominated him was made up of unselfish, selfsacrificing patriots, who attended and participated in its deliberations solely through a high sense of duty. "It was understood." he continued, "that our nominee must be a man with whom politics was a matter of conscience. and who believed tmly and fully in the tenets of Populism*, who subscribed to the doctrine of the broth- ^ erhood of man and the fatherhood of Almighty God; who stood ready, able and willing to defend, against any and all comers, each and every piank in our platform and who, if elected president of the United States, would lave the broadness of mind, the goodness of heart, the firmness of charaeter, the knowledge of men and anairs to so auminlster the duties of that high office as to bring the best possible degree of peace, harmony and happiness to the whole people." When Mr. Watson arose to 3peak, the sheering continued nearly four minutes. Chairman Boulton Introduced him in half a dozen words, simply referring to him as the candidate of the People's party. After a formal notice that he would soon prepare a formal letter of acceptance, Mr. Watson gave up a great portion of his address to a discussion of the Democratic and Republican platforms and the candidacy of Judge Parker. He referred to the Democratic candidate's gold telegraham as follows: "Surrounded by the Wall street magnates, who had financed his campaign for two years, Judge Parker bided his time till the perils of the two-thirds rule were passed; and when it was too late for the convention to retrace its steps?for even the Democratic bosses require more than fifteen minutes to turn completely round in?he cracks the Wall street whip over the heads of his leaders, and with prompt obedience the great Democratic legions were made to furl their flag and reverse their lines of march." At another point the speaker said he would not venture to say a word against Judge Parker's character, "for I believe him to be an eminently worthy man." Of President Roosevelt, Mr. Watson said: "I have no words of abuse for Theodore Roosevelt. I believe him to be a x man T cHVP Drave, doqcbi, cuuoticuuuus uuu, ? 0.. _ him full credit for having a splendid courage of conviction, but inasmuch as he stands for those government principles which, in my judgment, are hurrying this republic into a sordid despotism of wealth, I will combat him and' his principles as long as there is breath in my body." Answering a self-asked question as to why he consumed more time discussing the Democrats than in speaking of the Republicans, the Populist leader mode reply thus: "It's an easier and quicker Job to strike an open enemy right between the eyes than it is to tear off the mask from the face of a pretended friend and show him to be the hypocrite that he is." The speaker opened with the statement that there was never a time when I the plain people of America were so dissatisfied with the conditions which prevail in this republic. "Deep down in their hearts." he said, "the masses oi the people feel that the reins of power are slipping out of their hands. In spite of all that can be done by a partisan press, the fact cannot be concealed from the eyes of the average citizen that the vast preponderance of all the wealth produced in this land is transferred by legalized robbery into the hands of a few; that the courts are run in the interest of the few; that the law-making power is manipulated by the few; and that while both the old political parties pretend to devote themselves to the interests of their common people they are both financed"' by Wall street, both dominated by Wall street; both the willing and the servile tools of Wall street. "Do you need proof that the masses are ready to rush to the support of any leader who is brave enough to challenge the right of the corporations to ruip this land? See how they rallied to W. R. Hearst Because he had taken sides with the masses, because he was denouncing oppression and pleading for the rights of the common man there was from ocean to ocean an upheaval* in his favor which astounded the professional politicians and strained all of the resources of political strategy to defeat that noble-hearted champion of the JelTersonian Democracy." New Mississippi Railroad. Mobile, Ala., Special?A special to The Register from Jackson, Miss., says\. a charter for a new railroad, the Del ta Southern, has been filed with the Attorney-General. J. S. B. Thompson, of Atlanta; M. M. Richey, of Birmingham; W. W. Stone and Joshua Skinner, of Greenville, and David McMullen, of Evanston, 111., are incorporators. The road will traverse Washington, Bolivar, Sharkey and Yazoo counties?about 60 miles of the richest ccuntry in the State.