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FOOTBALL AND PU6ILISM. The mimic war of the football flel

meets with no favor but vigorous con ilemnation In the sanctum of fce New

• :on Herald. Among other severe and ;itlnglng strictures upon the game the Herald editor compares It to prize

^lighting, and, after what must ha\ 5 ' been a perfunctory examination, of the

<!Omparatlve merits of the two sports Jnds pugilism decent and "a Sunday school game compared with football.* It is a prevalent and perhaps a naturai

: oustom for us who have grown atiffen-* ud and dyspeptic from age or lack of

tixerclse to view the rude sports of the young and vigorous with an adverst oye. Perhaps self contrast with thi lithe, fierce, eager-eyed young tigers who run with the ball or writhe and

> wrestle In the scrimmages for lta pos­session, sours our mental gastric Juic° and renders us incapable of asslmllat-

. lng the real good of a rough and dusty game like football. To wme stomachs

^ all food except gruel Is welsh rarebit, and all hours midnight. The Herald's view of football whispers of dyspepsia and a rheumatic diathesis.

* Violence is common to both football and pugilism, but then the parallel Ofeses. Such brutality as creeps lntc football is incidental. Pugilism is profesionally brutal. One is a contest tor school supremacy, between college or high school athletes, who are sooner or later to take possession of th;

' world's affairs; the other a hired bat­tle between bruisers for the means to continue a dissapated career. Football

f Is a sport, pugilism a profession. The training of the football player goes tc make character as well as muscular

I skill. It favors self-reliance, restraint - obedience to the roles, fairness artd

mapliness. the qualities which make to­ward good citizenship. It teaches the aecesalty of preparation to success and the ability to take defeat with outward equanimity. To be sure boxing has mnch the lame effect upon the faculties

t M football, but boxing Is not prize , fighting. *

To place the decency of pugilism above that of football is inadmlssably unjust There is precisely where they differ most. Football keeps decent company. Pugilism does not. There Is a vast difference between the crowds •long the side lines and those about the ring side. The football player ap-peals to a different element than does

' the pugilist. He is different stuff from the prise lighter. None who saw thf, Grlnnelk high school team lose to a faster and heavier team last Thursday, gamely and without complaint or at-tempt to gain a point by ojher than le­gitimate methods, but believes the boys will carry the manliness they displayed upon the football field into other fields of endeavor. And these are qualltieY

the world needs. It is true that football is rough,,too

tough, but roughness is one of the evl-•dehces of virility. If it is rude, it Is Strong and strength teBipefred with .sensibility, is the foundation of na-tlons as of individuals. Perhaps some-•what of its roughness might be ellml-

' Hated with advantage, but so long ac the game carries with It so much of

*•honest manliness, it will be entitled to resent its comparison to pugilism and to retain its popularity. V

< ISSUING ROAO BONDS. • The Register and Leader endorses a

" good roads proposition which was pre­sented by the T.-R. several years ago

but, which beebmes a pertinent subjet Tor discussion at this time because uf the proposed good roads legislation that will come before the-Iowa legis­lature this winter. The scheme is to build permanent roads at a cost of from *6,000 to $10,000 per mile charg­

ing the.abutting property only a small -^portion of the cost and saddling the ,%reatest portion of the expense upon the county and state and distributing -this expense over the entire period of years represented by the life of th« road, by issuing long time road bonds.

There are various methods of build-int permanent roads now well tested by experience, ranging In cost from

^19,000 per mile for stone road# being 'built In New York state to the experi­mental roatis of briok pavement center

'"With baked clay ballast on sides at a cost of $3,000 per mile. It is safe to say that, if undertaken on an extensive scale, the best kind of permanent roads' -could be built In Iowa at a maximum cost of $5,000 per mile, stone bridges and all.

With only a small portion of the ex­pense borne by the adjoining farms and this on a ten or fifteen year assess­ment plan and long time 4 per cent county or road district bond's for the remainder, the expense would not be great upon anyone. If the four quarter section farms lying on each side of a mile of brick paved road ehftuld be Increased in value $2.50 per acre they could easily stand one-third the cost of the- best kind of a road and have ten years in which to meet the pay­ments.

Bonds drawing 4 per cent would cost $5,000 bends drawing 4 per cent

would post ibe jrtwle oomraunity; fSOO

per year interest for each mile of per­manent road costing $5,000 nnd the ad­dition of 1 per cent more, or $">0 per year as a sinking fund, would retire the bonds in forty-one years and leave the road paid for In full by people who hnd used It . Neither would the tax payers of this generation be bearing all th» expense of u road from which the next generation wiould get the same benefit , nor would the adjoining property own­er be compelled to pay for a road of value to the city" resident and the farmers a mile or two back of him and yet a fair ambunt for Inevitable accretion to the value of his farm from such an improvement would be covered In the portion of cost taxed directly to his property. Road legislation has much fo accomplish In the future and a long time bond with deferred as­sessment features are methods which will meet approval in sound finance.

TOPICS OF THE TIMES * # *

BUSINESS FEATURES. ; •Seasonable temperature and holiday

purchases stimulated retail trade, mak­ing results more satisfactory during the past week than at any recent date. Improvement was most conspicuous In heiVy wearing apparel and kindred lines that have remained dull because of the warm weather. Another encour­aging feature was the resumption of work at many mills, although there is still much Idle machinery, especially in the textile and iron industries. Thousands of operatives are idle be cause of the shut down at a number of paper mills. Few labor controver­sies are In progress, several settle­ments having been effected, and little interruption is caused by the disagree ment in the building trades. In view of the numerous wage reductions, there Is noteworthy harmony between employ­ers and workers, indicating that labor leaders appreciate the necessity of sharing In the readjustment. Grain shipments Increased with the ap­proaching close of navigation on the lakes, and freight traffic was subjected to the greatest pressure of the season, but there is less than the customary complaint of delay. Railways earnings for tlhree weeks of November averaged 5.2 per cent larger than last year and the stock market has ruled fairly steady. More gold arrived from abroad raising treasury holdings above $670,-500,000, and sterling exchange declined sufficiently to resume negotiations for further Imports. Foreign commerce at New Tork fell off for the last week, merchandise exports losing $1,289,059, and imports jl^cllnlng $1,450,879 In comparison with the same week last year. Mainly owing to smaller spec­ulation, bank exchanges at New Tork were 27.8 per cent less than in the same wee& of 1902, while at other leading cities the loss was only 4.3 per cent.

It Is at last possible to perceive an improvement in the demand for pig iron, due to the exhaustion of supplies by consumers, the extensive reduction in output and the absence of further price concessions. Business is by no means brisk, nor is there any expecta­tion of wholesome activity during the remaining weeks of this year, yet there is evidence of returning confi­dence with the lapse of time. Makers of structural iron shapes are also look­ing forward to a resumption of build­ing operations that were demoralized and 'discontinued tecause of conten­tions between employers and wage earners.

Textile manufacturing v conditions are without^ alteration. Demand for cotton goods Is on a smaller scale and confined to Immediate requirements, while neither makers nor purchasers appear Inclined to undertake future commitments until the question of quotations Is more definitely settled. Colder weather stimulated retail trade In woolens and worsteds but as yet there is no improvement in piece goods Sellers anticipate an early revival in reorder business, however, especially In liglit weights. Thus far the new con­tracts are confined to woolens. Raw wool remains quiet, little encouragment being given by the London auction sale, at which the competition was fairly keen but prices geneit&Hy loewr.

Oraln fluctuates but little, yet prices are too high to facilitate exports, and other surplus nations are shipping freely. "While receipts at primary markets are not heavy, there Is much accumulation of wheat at country ele­vators and railway stations. Total re­ceipts of wheat for the last week were 7,762,943 bushels, against 7,149,306 last year, and exports amounted to 1,976,-349 buhsels, flour Included, compared with 3,504,619 a year ago, and 3,975,819 In 1901. Arrivals of 1,908,910 bushels of corn compare with 3,103,975, and At­lantic coast exports were 1,276,812 bushels against 3c8,477 last year.

Liabilities of commercial failures thus far reported for November aggre­gate $12,502,080, of which $4,560,054 were in manufacturing, $6,267,562 In trading, and $1,684,464 in other com­mercial lines. Failures this week num­bered 258 In the United States against 213 last year, and 14 In Canada compared with 16 a year ago.

A Remarkable Case. One of the most remarkable cases of

a cold, deep-seated jm the lungs, caus­ing pneumonia. Is that of Mrs. Gertrude E. Fenner, of Marion, Ind., who was entirely cured by the use of One Min­ute Cough Cure. She say«: "The caughlng and straining so weakened me that I ran down ,n weight from 148 to ninety-two pounds. I tried a number of remedies to no avail until I used One Minute Cough Cure. Four bottles of this wonderful remedy cured me entirely of the cough, strengthened my lungs and restored me to my nor­mal weight, nealth and strength." Sold by ali druggists.

With efws at 70 cents a dozen in Bos­ton, Edward Atkinson is duo with a protest against the Imperialism of the h e n . / V .

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The business men of LuVorne haw-signed an agreement to close their places of business at 8 o'clock during the winter. This seems a very sensible compromise between 6 o'clock closing, which is too early and the excessively late hours which obtain, win*re no agreement is In force.

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A Shell Rock ftirl named Shorter got married, and now she is no longer shorter. Joke! — (Mnrksvllle Star.

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To the Omaha T3ec It looks very much as If the promoters of the Slou? City, Homer & Southern Railway com­pany, who propose to connect Sioux City and Omaha by electric trolley, are chiefly bent on securing a valuable right-of-way thru the Winnebago In­dian reservation from congress, with a view to marketing the franchise.

• • • While the Spanish war was on foot

disquieting reports went Hying over the country that the encamping ground of the United States troops at Chicka-mauga was almost a pesthole. Now the New York Tribune Is authority for the statement that thorough investi­gations since that time have proven that the place was wholesome enough. The spot was not unsuitable, but the precautions for securing the utmost cleanliness and the best sanitation In the camp and Its vicinity, were not In­variably thorouglv The percentage of the sick rate was excessively high. Rut that may have been due to some laxity of discipline In certain quarters and not to an unwise choice of location.

• • • The Edyville Tribune candidly ex­

presses the opinion that a band of Ed-dyviile vlgllants which caught and came near hanging a chicken thlel would have been justified had they car­ried out their first Intent. All of which goes to show the effect a scarcity oi Thanksgiving poultry will have upon a usually wise and Judicial newspaper.

• • • He—I think I'll go and speak to your

father at once. He can't do more than kick me out.

She—It seems a pity to risk it, dear, in that good suit.—Life.

• • • People who have watched an escap­

ed toy ballooon sail away have guessed and wondered how far they would drift. An example of the drifting powers of these balloons is reported from Penn­sylvania. A man at a Pennsylvania cattle show in September liberated a young balloon with his name and ad­dress on It, and asked to have it re­turned by the finder. Recently it was sent back to him from Biddeford, Me.

• • • The Marquis of Steyne Is to be called

from his latter day seclusion In Vanity Fair before the moot court of the law Juniors of the state university to be tried for alienation of Becky Snarp's affections and the legality of the VIcat of Wakefield's daughter to the squire is to be Inquired Into as well. But why-does the moot court leave Its Jurlsdic tlon In.search of cases. Why not try Rockefeller for extortion, bring a case for breach of promise for the populists against W. J. Bryan, on a charge of larceny from the person against Schwab? The moot court goes too much to the graveyard. Next thing it

ill be trying the devil for swindling

Eve. • • •

With anxious care the old man grabbed His knife and went to work;

And, In it's Juicy breast he stabbed The big Thanksgiving turk.

He cut It here, he slashed It there; He pulled and hauled In vainv

Until, at last, in wild despair. He sang this sad refrain:

"I pity the policeman, now, 'TIs work which disappoints.

For I can plainly see Just how He fulls to find the Joints."

George E. Fitch. In Nonpareil. • * •

Henri Stroehlln, attache of the SwiBS legation at Washington, in u recent in­terview, said: "I very much enjoy the life at Washington, but expect to visit Switzerland next year. Of courso the relations between my country and the United States have always been so friendly that the diplomatic representa­tion at Washington, Is free from per­plexing questions, and very pleasant on the social side. I greatly admire your president, who is an interesting and forceful character. President Mc-Klnley, who died Just before I came tc this country, was very highly regard­ed in Switzerland. One of our formei presidents, It vfill be remembered, had a part in your civil war us a northern

soldier.'

[0WA OPINIONS AND NOTES. The Charter Oak Times wonders

"who added the three ciphers In th-.: cable dispatch that 100.000 Colombian soldiers are on the way to Panama?"

The Spirit Lake Beacon considers "it I? safe to sav that the time will come when the average farm earnings per acre will double and double a&ain the present figures. This will be due to tiling, to fertilizing, to a reduction of expenses and increase of yield, to min­imized waste, to careful.y adjusted di­versification. and to a uniformly high­er average in market values."

"Pa" Smith, of the Scranton Jjur-nal, does "noe expect a law will or can be made that will give entire satisfac­tion for the reason that men can not be made honest by acts of the legisla­ture. but one man power which is un­democratic can be greatly abridged," and believes "the members of the Thir­tieth general assembly owe It to their constituents to pass a well-guarded primary election law." ^ £ •

The Iowa City Republican says the trouble In settling on Shlras' succes­sors la "not to find a good man, but to

select one who can get a majority of the delegation in congress who have a voice in the matter." and asks: "How would It do to refer the endorsements to the president and let him take his choice?"

"What a farce this wiiole fining sys­tem Is. anyway!" exclaims the Hartley Herald. "It Is a good dtal like a legal briibe. The court flml.-i an accused person guiltv and awards to him the proscribed punishment, but remits It in consideration of a monov payment In­to the public treasury. A fine is not a punishment. It does not fall on nil offenders alike, as imprisonment docs. To a rich man a fine Is usually of no consequence, yet to the poor man who mfiv be even less of an offender against the law. it is a terrible hardship."

"Among the army of employes nec­essary to do the government 's work the per cent of those going wror«g is not as great we believe as in banking and in other business and commercial pursuits." declares the Audubon Re-I ubllcan. .v

The Vinton Eagle arts the com­forter by saying: "Council Bluffs shouldn't mourn because the board of control favors the removal of the school for the deaf from the confines of that cltv. There are other towns in the state that have these Institu­tions which would likelv spare theirs."

"Towa Is solid on the Cuban reci­procity treaty." asserts the Oskaloosa Herald. Even Judge Wade, the Sec­ond district democrat, voted 'aye. '"

The Tipton Advertiser hopes "the organized effort which will he made to secure the passage of a state constabu­lary law will receive but scant con­sideration at the hands of the legisla­ture. Certalnlv there will be few members of that 'body who would think of committing such a folly. Any law which Is not backed by pub!! '-sentiment strong enough to Insure its enforcement by the people would be better repealed."

The Cedar Rapids Republican as­serts that "the tax ferret law has op­erated to withdraw local capital from every community in Iowa and this Is a matter that Is of vital Importance to nearly everybody."

SUGGESTS A COW BELL. [Vinton Eagle.]

The city of Des Moines. Iowa, has had the honor of having a cruise-named for her. Ever since the ship was launched Des Moines has been looking for something cheap to present to the vessel. She has finally decided upon a bell. We presume now she will adver­tise among the Hardware merchants of the state for bids to furnish a .bell. As the cow Is the best wt\ge earner In the state , the Eagle would suggest a cow bell as typical of this valuable adjunct to the nursery of the state. , / <

A RECORD ON aOFLINGS. ? TClarion Democrat. 1

Speaking of the profitableness of the dairy, poultry yard, etc.. Homer Barker, of Rowan, was telling about a goose which he owns that did herself proud, and made a record this year that is hard to beat. Last spring she laid twelve eggs. From them sh*s hatched twelve gosllns that she reared to be geese, which he killed, dressed and sold, and which weighed from eleven to twelve and one-half pounds each, nearly 160 pounds of Juicy Thanksgiving provender as the result of a summer's work for one goose. If one had enough of such gesse. and was good at computation, he could figure hlmstelf out a Rockefeller, so far as the wealth goes, but we .fear all do not do so well. * :>

KEEPING COWS IN TOWN. [New Hartford Review.]

There are two cows In New Hart­ford, the property of Mr. Adam Hoff­man, which pay their way and give thsir owner a nice profit besides. It has been argued many times that •"keeping cows in town doesn't pay." It all depends upon the grade of cows, the manner in which they are kept, the price obtained from their product and the viewpoint from which their owner looks at the question.

Mr. Hoffman says that the two cows spoken of above ordinarily produce ten pound* of butter a week, and with a little heavier feeding would produce from twelve to fifteen pounds per week. This product at 25 cents per pound would bring In betweeij $10 and $15 per month. Mr. Hoffman declares the two cows have produced for their owner In less than a year $160. The Review Is not posted as to what pas­turage costs In this locality, but would Judge that $8 per month for each head would be a fair estimate, and that this amount would also be sufficient for keeping during the winter months. At this estimate, which may possibly be a trifle low. there would be a net profit of at least $100 per year In keeping two cows. Placing the value of the cow at $50. and stabling for the two at $50, the Interest on your money at 8 per cent, which Is a high rate and which would always be figured by the financier, you would have an added expense of $12. Your work of caring for a cow or two cows can hardly be counted any money value whatever, as the work Is only good exercise and would be done when there Is nothing else to do. Therefore, after deducting all expenses, you have a profit of something like $85 from the produce of two cows./;

THE EXTINCT SCHOOLMASTER. [•Carroll Herald.]

Things change, don't they? What has become of the old-fashioned schoolmaster who wielded the rod In the days of our youth? One can scarce­ly appreciate the work done by the genus of pedagogues, now almost ex­tinct. They used to prepare young men for law, medicine. the ministry and everything else where a sound mind and good health and morals were pre­requisite. It was nothing uncommon for young men to go' from a .country school Into professional studies, and the discipline now regarded as neces­sary to mental expaneion and Intel­lectual growth came somehow from somewhere. The typical schoolmas­ter influenced the young mind to as­

pire and go forward, and good results were attained.

We huve Just heard of an oLd school­master down in Warren county. He Is well along in years, hol.ls a life diplo­ma, teaches a country school with thirty pupils and receives $30 a month £or eight months In the year. He has a helpful Influence over the children of the neighl>orhood, is beloved by their parents and Is part of the religious and social l ife of the community. Hut ho I?, only an Isolated specimen of his kind nn'd when he passes away his species will disappear.

Conditions have changed so a« to destroy the whole race of the country schoolmasters. Along w!th the growth of towns ca^ne the high school and the college. Complex demands of commer­cial nnd Industrial l ife called for dif­ferentiated men ami women, to fit Into •different places. Young ifolks were thus early turned to graded schoo's

"PEORY PETE" *

Hy Arthur F. Hloomer, Typographical Journal.

Squandro was beginning to taken on city ways. The lirsl manifestation of real urbanity—weli, why not? If "ur­ban" means "of or pertaining to a city," why not "urbanity" to express the condition of being a city, notwith­standing it has another meaning also? "Metropolitan," though often used in that sense, is too far-reaching, for not every city is or pretends to be a met­ropolis. 13ut to return to our sheep meat: Tile first manifestation of real urbanity, In a. large town is the issu­ing of city newspaper.-}. I t may have a large population, blocks of magnificent

ILLUSTRATED DEFINITIONS.

"High finance." -New York Times.

with Instruction In more modern branches of study, and youths seeking education no longer depended upon the district school. Gradually the reflex Invaded the district school and drov; the old-fashioned schoolmaster out of business.

We do not progress backwards, anl It Is to be assumed that the old order has been displaced by a better one. In­stead of studying algebra and geome­try, Latin, etc., in the district schoo! now the farmer's boy moves to town with his parents and graduates from the high school. He gets the best to be had and knows mcfre about general science and things worldly than was ever dreamed of In the philosophy of the country schoolmaster. The new order is (best, without a doubt. But there was more good in the extinct race of country schoolmasters than we are a/nt to believe In these days of high schools and colleges, when a liberal education is within the reach of all.

Doesn't Respect Old Age. It's shameful when youth falla to

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when getting his usual Saturday night bath, stepped back against a hot stove which burned him severely. The child was In great agony an<i his mother could do nothing to pacify him. Re­membering that she had a bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm In the house she thought she would try It In less than half an hour after applying It the child was quiet and asleep, and In less than two weeks was we!.. Mrs. Ben­son Is a well-known reaic/ent of Kellar, Va. Pain Balm Is an anti-septic lini­ment and especially valuable for burns, cuts, bruises and sprains. For sale by all druggists.

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buildings, miles of splendidly paveil streets, acres of beautiful parks, but It Is never a city until it has grent newspapers. Many such can be pointed out—large towrts, but never cities, be­cause they have no great newspapers —but to instance two wlll.be enough for my argument, and I will nominate Allegheny, Pa., and Cambridge, Mass.

Among the newspapers that were as­piring to greatness In Squando was the Squawk, established forty years before. It had lived .in eventless life as a lady­like weekly until Squando began to ar­rive at a city's estate, when under a new management, it bloomed out Into a daily morning paper, with managing, political, sporting and city editors, and a business manager who kept a notary public of his own before whom to swear to Us circulation. The manag­ing editor was a really able newspaper man, and as he was the principal own­er as well, what he said went. The staff was mostly In the callow stage, for the Squawk was as yet unable to pay salaries of newspaper men of repu­tation, and it Iiad to be content with journalists, from whom. Indeed, many of our ablest newspaper men graduate eventually.

The composing room was under the foremanshlp of a cold-blooded specimen who had never known the joyous free­dom and gnawing hunger of a "tour­ist's" life, and when "Peory Pete'' wo» zephyred In one raw evening, and threw out suggestions indicating appetite foi food and sleep, with a side-Issue de­sire for work, with which to make good, he was cold-shouldered toward U»e stairway .

He would have gone into the blustery weather to renew his search had not big Mike Costigan, the pressman, wit­nessed the ice carnival and followed him down stairs.

"Come into the pressroom, me Jaddl-buck," he said, "and yez can kape war-rum at laste, and maybe I can find yez something to ate."

"Peory" was not a stranger to press­rooms as places of repose, and after wolfing up the contents of Mike's lunch pall and a smoke out of Mike's plp\ he went to sleep on a pile at paper rolls, for which operation his day.s tramp had well fitted him. He did not awak­en until the bustle of putting the paper to press awakened him, by which time he was well rested. The roar of the press was hardly begun before it was drowned by tlie clatter and clamor of fire engines, for Squando boasted a fire department that was the equal of that of any city of Its class. In a few mo­ments the carrier boys began to come

"Gee, but there's a big fire down the street," said one.

"Banger & Hardnox's stores ail afire," said another.

"So's Squills & Tablet's drug store, said a third. '

"An" Gin & Bitter's wholesale bus-Juice joint," said a fourth. "I'd a- notion to stay and let my route cool awhile."

"I'll bet there's not a dommed ray-porter or a p-r-enter in the plaace, ay -ther," said big Mike, who had hnd the metropolitan training and had ideas of vhat a newspaper should be.

"If you'll lift the first page and sena It upstairs, I'll get some kind of a story about It." said "Peory."

"Will yez?" said Mike. "Kin yez do thot, now, and yez a stranger to the plaoce?" .

"Sure! I'd be a funny printer if » couldn't All printing offices are alike, enough for me. Just send up the form.

"Mr Bray ton will be thot plazed If wo get the fire," said Mike. Brayton wan the managing editor.

"Peory" went upstairs got a stick and and ad rule, for wapt of a better, found the display cases, and Jntwenty minutes had up a scare head and about ten or twelve lines about the fire, followed by the legend, "Further particulars lr a later edition," with a view to making more work for himself. The Squawk had sored an unqualified scoop.

The newsboys were on the street in what seemed an incredibly brief time,

lyelling, "All about the big fire!" i "Peroy" went to the scene of destruc­tion and made notes for a second edi-: t ion, covering the usual points of own-! ers ' names, amount of damages, insur-i rsnce. etc. , and returned to tj ie office, ; where he wrote them out and put iherr. Into the hands of a half-dozen com­positors Mike had corralled, to whom "Peory" was Issuing orders as tlio he owned the place.

The second #edition was well under way when Mr. Brayton arrived, aroused by the uproar of the fire, and Mike was the first man he met.

"Good!" said he, as he ran his eye hurried'y over "Peory's" display hear! and brief account. "Who had sense enough to stop the press and get In the news?"

"Sure it was Jis? a hobo that I wav a-lettln ' slape in the pressroom," said Mike. "The reg'lar foorce had gone home when the fire bruk out."

"Where is he now?" asked Braytor. "He's upstairs gettln' out the sec­

ond nydltlon," said Mike. Upstairs Mr. Brayton went, where

"Peory" was Just closing up. In a few moments the form was sent down, a proceeding which Mr. Brayton watched without Interfering. As "Peory" WIIF washing up after his labors he said to him:

"Young man." for "Peory" was younv enough for the term to be not inappro­priate, "who are you?"

"My name is Peter Price Purcell," paid "Peory," "sometimes called 'Peory Pete.' because I originally came t'roin Peoria, 111., I suppose. I'm a printer, as you see, and I guess I'm something of a hobo."

"You have done the Squawk valu­able service nnd I should like to do something for you," said Brayton.

"I flon't kno%v any better field for benevolent work," said Pete.

"Do you drink?" Mr. Brayton was bitterly opposed to^the flowing bowl.

"Thank you, yes," said "Peory;" but It's bad policy to drink before breakfast, and I haven't had mine yet."

"Well, I won't ask you to violate any of your principles," said Brayton, dryly, "but here's a dollar. Go and get your breakfast and come back and see me."

In an hour "Peory" returned and Mr. Brayton received him In his private of­fice.

"I see you have newspaper Instincts, and you have some training, evidently,' said he.

"Not exactly training," said Pete, "but I have done a little something at every branch of the business, and one of the first things I learned as an ap­prentice. was to get the news and print It." ' , . „

"Are you not tired of being a hobo; asked Brayton.

"Oh, yes," said "Peory;" "I've been tired of It for a long time, but It's

sort of life not so easily abandoned. A hobo has to begin away down and work up, and It Is the long period of probation that goes so hard."

"In most cases a probationary period Is necessary," said Brayton, "but I n going to give you a chance without It If you want It. I want you to take the city desk on the Squawk; but that will necessitate cutting out all booze and settling down to close, hard, con­fining work. The pay Is fairly good, but the demands of the position will leave you little opportunity to enjoy your salary. If you are adverse to saving any portion of it, you can spend It in good clothes and good living."

"No chance to go out on a bat with the boys on Saturday night?"

"No, no Saturday night bats—not that Saturday night bats In themselves are so bad, but because they soon be­come Sunday, Monday and eventually all-next-week bats," said Mr. Bray-ton.

"I'm afraid I'm not equal to it," said Pete.

"Here's ten dollars for what you did this moping. Think it over and let me know your decision this evening," and Mr. Brayton waved him out.

"It might have been the making of me," said Pete that evening, ae he gazed out of the side door of a box car. forty miles away from Squando, "but I don't believe I could stand the confinement."

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Memorial for Wreck Vlotima. Lafayette. Ind., Nov. 27.—At a meet­

ing of the Purdue faculty In Fowler's hill President Stone outlined a plan

for raising $100,000 for the erection oi a memorial gymnasium in memory of the football players and others wha lost their l ives In the railroad wreck at Indianapolis on Oct. 31. A commit­tee of the faculty is authorized to re­ceipt for subscriptions and will act in conjunction with a citizens' committea composed of five bank presidents. Con* siderable money has already been raised in Lafayette and several thou­sand dollars for the fund have been, pledged from other places.

C A N N O N F O R V I C E PRESIDENT.

Washington Paper Brings Him Out as a Possible Candidate.

Washington., Nov. 27.—The Evening Star of this city, under display head­lines on the first page, said yesterday:

"Why not Speaker Cannon for vica president?"

This question has been heard fre­quently Jn congressional and political circles In the past ten days. It finally was heard by Mr. Cannon himself, causing that gentleman to sputter a 'fw emphatic and characteristically picturesque protests. Nevertheless, the talk goes on, and it may be necessary for the speaker to come out In a state­ment if he wants to bead off a lively vice presidential boom started by his frlen*3«.

The movement seems to have started among Illinois people Immediately after the visit of Governor Durbin, of Indiana, to Washington and the talk about Fairbanks and Durbin. In the discussion inaugurated by the Indiana folks over the merits of the Durbin an^ Fairbanks booms there was a kind of assumption by the Hoosler statesmen that the vice presidency was certaln'.y going to Indiana, and that it behooved that state only to decide upon Its fa­vorite son.

Illinoisans Offer Candidate. Thereupon there was murmorfnff

among the Illinois men. "We have A few favorite eons of our own," they said. "Ours is a bigger state than In­diana, and, in view of the presence of Carter Harrison and the existence of the labor troubles In Chicago, Illinois may be a close state. What's the mat* ter of 'cinching' It for the republican ticket by ftirnisblng a. vice presiden­tial candidate?"

As soon as the talk got that far It was but a step to the mention of Mr. Cannon's name. Senator Cullom haa been chalked off by hl3 Illinois friend* as possible available presidential tim­ber for gome time. The woodman haa spared the tree thus far, however, and the surveyors now find some mora tall timber on the Illinois reserve.

Cannon Vehemently Objeeta. Mr. Cannon was not long In hearing

about the gossip, and he set up a howl of disapproval, figuratively speaking, which could be heard at the other end of the capbtol. He expressed himself as entirely satisfied with his "Job" and was not seeking a change at this time. Clothed In vigorous language, of which he is the master, fecund with adjective and Imprecation, rich !n\ simile and apostrophe, and replete wlith homely objurgation, \hls remarks upon the pro­posed candidacy were delivered In no uncertain tone.

But still the gossip would not down; I* has been growing and Increasing, nnd the suggestion seems to be meet­ing with general approval. While the members of the house would hate to part with him. there are many of them who would think it a sight for gods and men to see "Uncle Joe" presiding over the deliberations pf the senate.

Would Strengthen Ticket. The main consideration, however,

urged by those who are booming hl/n U the strength which his candidacy would, according to their claims, add" M the republican 'national ticket. At thla time, -when factional differences are besetting the republicans in several states, and when the most optimistic of prophets do not Include New Tork In the republican safe column, they say thait the assurance of Illinois to the re­publican candidate for president would be a great comfort to the leaders.

Mr. Cannon Is referred to as a "con­servative" man in connection with the oft-repeated suggestion that "con­servatism" Is to be a necessary quali­fication in the vice -presidential candi­date. Of course, no one knows why .the leaders place so mnch etnas on "conservatism" in talking about the second place, but as long as they are doing so Mr. Cannon's boomers say thatJ»e will fill-the bill.

Dowie 8ued by Book House. Detroit, Mich.. Nov. 27.—A Frea

Press special from Muskegon, Mich., says:

A. C. McClurg & Co., of Chicago* have begun suit against John Alexan­der Dowle. -leader of the Christian Catholic church, by filing an attach­ment against Ben Mac©. Dhui, the pfci latlal Summer home of Dowle at <Whlte Lake. The amount of the claim is $998.28. claimed to be due ter books purchased by Dowle for his library at the summer home.

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