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NECESSARY PROTECTION
Naturally the war conditions iu I
Europe have produced in this i
couu'ry a state of high protection I
and a temporary prosperity that1
will enU with the war. Fortunate- |
ly, however, in this great nation of
ours, with its varied resources, the
stimulus given to any particular
industry ramifies to many others,
and vlready certain Iron and steel
pliuts art declining foreign orders,
because the domestic demand is in
creasing '6 an extent that wakes it!
far mere desirable.
Nevertheless, our abnormal ex
ports still continue and as the '
prosperity produced by the Indus-1
trial revival in the United States
increases in a corresponding ratio
the great burden of debt increases
in the various countries of Europe
now at war.
Financiers aud economists are
agreed that a sudden cessation of
the war would be felt immediately
In the Lulled States by a falling
off in exports and by greatly in
creased imports throtugh lower
jrrices abroad. This is the opinion
of the Wall Street Journal, which
points eu< that this possibility calls
for some action by congress. Such
action, says the Journal, "could
tajce t'ie form either of a tariff
commission, with active powers to
fix dutres between maximum aud
minimum points, or of a tariff
bureau iu some executive depart
meut, treasury or commerce an.d la
bor."
The latter plan Is said to be the
oue that finds most favor in ad
ministration circles. If the presi
dent and his advisors are in earnest
in their efiorts to get away from
the free trade idea, to have a tar
iff -h.if will protect new industries
without filtering great eo.-pc-raions
and trust companies to the detri
ment of the nation-wide consumers,
it would seem to be a simple mat
ter. Experts in the department of
commerce could prepare an infinite
ly better bill than any congressional
committee could do.—Portland Ev
ening Telegram.
THE BIG CANAL
On9 of tho finest things about
Major General Goethais in his sun- I
ny optimism. He says the canal
slides are going to stop—some day.
He Is not troubling himself par
ticularly about dates,-at present.
If the canal forces excavate enough
of the sand, he says, in time the
slides will stop. It is merely a
matter of taking away so much sand
tha* t'le rest of it wiil lie where
it is let'. That seems simple
_enou«h, even to persona who are
not in the habit of running transit
or dallying with logarithms. The
only question is: How long will
»hey have to keep on digging, and
how much sand will they have to
take away, before the slides stop?
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured
with LOCAL APPLICATION'S, as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease. Ca
tarrh is a blood or constitutional disease,
and in order to cure It you must take in
ternal remi"! i. Hall's Catarrh Cure is
taken internally. and acts dlrcctly upon
the blood ami mucous surface. Hall's
Catarrh Cure is-rot a quack medicine. It
was prescribed by one of the be3t phy
sicians in this country for years and is
a regular prescription. It is composed of
the best tonics known, combined with the
best blood purt.lers. acting directly on the
mucous surfaces. The perfect combina
tion of the two Inrrodients Is what pro
duces such wonderful results in curing
catarrh. Send for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Props., Toledo, O.
Sold by L'rurglsta. prlc* 75c.
Xafc* Ball'* Family Fills for constipation.
On that point the repoTt Is aibout
as vague as a European report of
a defeat. It is going to be a good
many millions of cubic yeardst Un
til tbat is doue, the history of the
canal will continue to resemble a
stereoscope lecture. One slide
will follow another with spasmodic
regularity. Inasmuch as these
slides have been going on for more
than thirty years, since the first
attempt to get through Culebra, it
seems safe to assume that whoever
originally planned the route under
estimated its difficulties, But
we all hepe with Goethals that
some day the canal will be open at
least »o our navy with some degree
o' making schedule time. The
time might come when a failure to
do so would be embarrassing.—Ex.
better late than never
An old saying and true. But why
be late when it Is to your advan
tage to do your Xnios shopping now
an HERE.
We are proving to ourselves,
daily, that our stock is what we
wai'.t it to be, namely, UP-TO-DATE
IX QUALITY, DOWN-TO-DATE IN
PRICE.
We make no idle boast when
we say that we have lots of SAT
ISFIED customers leave our store
daily and we attribute the satisfac
tion to our having an assortment
from which you may pick quickly
and be reassured you are gettiug
tiie best price we can possibly give
you
WHY DON'T YOU COME IN
AND SATISFY YOURSELF?
Keller Bros. Drug Co. 12-17-2.
TO LET DYESTUFFS PASS
Washington, D«c. 21—Great Brit
ain has announced her willingness •
permi* exportation from Germany of
sufficient dyestuffs to supply the
immediate needs of American in
dustries. Negotiations with Ger
many, based upon *his assurance, it
was learned tonight, have been be
gun informally by the state depart
ment. with a view of persuading th
imperial government to permit the
exportation of dyestuffs without re
ceiving concessions, which it here
tofore has demanded, of food
stuffs or cotton from the United
States.
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days
ifonr druggist will refund money i!
PAZO OINTMENT fa'ls to cure an?
:ase of Itching, Blind, Bleeding oi
Protruding Piles in 6 to 14 days. Th<
•--* "replication gives Ease & Rest. 50c
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EVERY OWNER OF
A DWELLING
Should Have
FIRE INSURANCE
Now is the Time to Act
Reliable Companies are
Represented by
PHIL ABRAHAMS
Agent
4th Avenue
Tending the Baby
Bui He'll Neret Repcil the Performance
By M. QUAD
Copyright. 1915, by the McClure
Newspapur Syndicate.
It was in oiie of tlie waiting rooms
of the Grand Central depot I wa9
sitting beside an honest faced, mother
ly woman of tbirt.v-flve, who had a
baby about eight months old asjeep^ln
her lap. She had asked about the train
up the river, when she suddenly cried
out that she had lost her porteinonnale.
She felt in the pocket of her dress and
in the pockets of her cloak, and she
shook out the baby's clothes, and by
and by she said:
"I remember now. I left It at my sis
ter's, in East Thirty-sixth street My
ticket and all my money are in it"
"Madam." said I, "you have fifty
minutes before train time. You can
easily go back and get your purse."
"But the baby?"
"He's asleep, nnu lr you aare trust
him with me I'll take euro of him."
"I've most a mlud to do so."
"Come on with him, and you needn't
hurry a bit on my account We'll both
be right here when you get back."
She gave me a long, lingering look,
so 03 to be able to swear to me In
court and hurried out and she was
scarcely out of sight when a "Ilock-a
by Baby" woman about four seats
away, who had heard and seen all and
was no doubt Jealous, got up and walk
ed around and said:
"That shows liow much mothers
think of their offspring! Do you sup
pose I'd ever leuve one of my children
that way? Not much!"
She was still walking around with
her nose up in the air when an old
man with a cane and a satchel stop
ped to yell nt me:
"Do you know if this Is the New
Haven depot or not?"
"No, sir. it isn't." I replied as I held
up mv hand warnlngly.
"Young un sleep, eh?" he shouted In
still louder tones.
I nodded and cautioned blm again.
At that moment the baby's eyes open
ed. 1 rocked him to and fro and croon
ed to him, and bo'd have slept again
but for a woman who came up and
loudly inquired:
"Did you notice a band bag on that
seat when you sat down?"
"No, 1 didn't see any hand bag, and
you woke this baby up!" I shouted at
the woman.
"Oh, 1 have! State prison offense,
I suppose!" she sneered as she made
off.
By this time the baby's eyes had got
below my hat. and they began to be
tray a great deal of anxiety. I kept
my knees moving and sang to him.
1 had sung about a rod of "The Old
Oaken Bucket," which 1 have always
found to have a soothing effect and he
was looking at me with great curiosity,
when n fat woman came sailing along
and stopped to exclaim:
"Hitches, what a sweet little baby!"
Walking about with a baby In your
arms Is rattier monotonous on the spine
and knees and shoulders, but was in
vented as an offset for paregoric. I
lifted up the baby and took n walk-a
by-baby walk. As 1 walked 1 tried to
divert Ills mind into a new channel by
telling him a bear story. lie was grad
ually becoming interested nnd had
probably made up his mind that I was
at least bis stepfather when a Uttle
old man wtio hadn't the slightest ex
cuse for llvlug blocked my way nnd
shrilly observed:
"My wlfeVed and left a baby about
as big as him on my hands, and I
know bow to pltv you. Are you rais
ing him on the buttle?"
I went on with the bear story, but it
was uo use. The baby began to grow
red In the face and to kick and claw,
and he finally yelled out at the top of
his voice. I changed hint to the other
shoulder, but it was no good. I got
him down on my arm and tossed blm
up and down, but be piped the harder.
No fewer than six full grown people at
once gathered around to discuss the
case, and because 1 couldn't stand still
to answer their questions 1 heard them
say tint Twas a heartless fatter aud
that tho Humnne society ought to sta
tion an agent at the depot
I carried him over to the ticket of
fice and tho Information bureau, but
be was not In want of anything In
that line. I walked and waved him to
aud fro; then 1 atood still and tossed
him up and down; then 1 sat down
aud bounced him on my knee until his
first tooth was almost shaken out. Htf
bad made up hla mind that things
were not according to Hoyle, however,
and he stuck to his tune.
I don't remember all that was said
by the waiting passengers, but hero
are a few sample specimens from the
stock:
"No one can make me believe that
he la that child's father."
"He doesn't soem to have a spark of
love for the poor little thing."
"It's curious that the police haven't
Interfered before now."
"Dear me, but if he knew anything
at all about children he'd know that a
pin was pricking tho poor thing to
death."
There was just one faint hope left,
and I seized upon it I cantered the
child out of doors, and the sudden
change shut him up. Then I walked
along until I got the sun in his eyes,
so he could no longer see me, and he
got a new train of thought aiflTstop
ped kicking. While he was wonder
ing who had been elected I began to
sing "Old Uncle Ned" and gave him
my finger to chew on, and when the
mother returned he had both eyes
squinted up, a smile all over his fat
face and was as content aa a pump
kin In a cornfield.
Chesterfield on Toothbrush**. I
When did the English first adopt the
toothbrush habit? In "Esmond" Thack
eray makes Lord Castlewood spend "a
tenth part of his day In the brushing of
his teeth and the oiling of his hair," and
In doing so the novelist commits a dou
ble anachronism. During the first half
of the eighteenth century all fine gentle
men wore wigs and had no use for oil
on their hair, while the toothbrush was
so late as 1754 unknown to Lord Ches
terfield. Writing to his son. Chester
field says: "I hope you take great caro
of your mouth and teeth, and that you
clean them well every morning with a
sponge aud tepid water, with a few
drops of arquebusade water dropped
into It I do Insist upon your never
using those sticks, or any hard sub
stance whatever, which always rub
away the gums and destroy the var
nish of the teeth."—London Graphic.
r. * A. ML
Whlto Paw Lodg«
r. * A. M. Na 11*
meets 2d anC 4th
3M. Er'ga. of each
monih. VlAitU* broti1*™ are wel
come Phil Abrahams, Secretary.
Elmer L. Wbaeter. W. M
B. P. O. EliKS
Skagwajr Lodg«
No. 431, B. P. O.
E. meota- every
Thursday evening
1 at 8:00 o'clock.
Visiting broth
era cordially welcome.
HOWARD ASHLBY, a R.
F. J. VANDBWALL. Secretary.
Fraternal Order
31cagr?aj Aorie
No. 26, Frater
mai Order of
p-.agie« mseis ine nr»i ana tuira
Wednesday night of each month at
their hall om Fifth arenue. Visiting
brothers cordially iiTltei to attend.
John C. Wood, W. P., J. K. Me
AliatJr. Secretary.
Arctic Brotherhood.—
Camp Skagway No. 1,
A. B. meets every uec
WAgaJ onil and fourth Tues
day evening; at 8:00 p.
m. stair. Visiting brothers cordial
ly ■welcome. J. M. Keller, V. Arc
tic Chief, W. R. Hlllery, Arctic
Recorder.
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