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Show CAND CORN AND LUCK IS THE GAME OF POLITICS ORTH THE CANDLE? Tale of an Arizona Silver Lode. Mistah Corn!” ‘Mistah Corn! shouted a page threading his way among the tables in the cafe of an up town Ὦ otel the other evening “Well, eve 1 if he has missed a corn h « makes more fuss about it than my jd friend Cand Corn did when he lost his remarked an Arizona min companion “It's a ing man t unique story as true as I'm sitting here and McGaffey that we're golr to have an other bottle eal A The ( somethi like was so t and serag ich Are You a Voter? Then You sods ‘cot Thal Are “Flirting” With the Flame, Declares Ev-cperienced One i Article Telling of Doings Behind ΄ in | wards I have campaigned ir | n at tes n is Colorado by his Cand Corn, you can ever dare be are out kinds of weather and at all erst sacrifice, gathering u € \ and preparing t ing at Brent's trading post, . with ᾽ γί trying to “catch-or } nd, from even the low stand which isn't iown on any map, but which looks big ger than New York asit sticks up in desert Cand wa 1 typical south western 1] ickless and full of hope He left his tired burro brows g on e bunch grass by the road nviting Brent and me and afté side, } ve a t to busine 8 i i, ‘let me Get busy, good easy citizer politics in this manner, and ο full name, that sticks to h though I believe he is touring Europe in his motor car this summe! “When I first saw Cand I was rest- only with to [5 t that was just what ought to hav: curred You can't stay at home and control the current of political evé Men as shrewd-witted and the Scenes. tl like the breed Arizona candle first ‘Cand’ for short ent years that he lt was not became known fr« 1 the Pecos to the f poll é a ΩΙ 5 ggest you ve at ΐ ΝΤΟ ba t ( po } leanings, vorite cians” ¢ ( I to the Brent I loubtfully at his feet Must have methin went on Céend I've four months, an can see for yourself foot mits is plumb gone If you an't fix 1 I'll have to send to Albuquerque rhat’s the cuss of havin’ the biggest feet in the terri 1 ] ] to ord 1 tl views of their fa paper; and who looked upon the “politi standir about the place as so many curious specimens of the genus Homo, remote from them to a marked degree And yet it was the dutv of those young fellows to vot intelli-, gently, if at all And how can a man judge political measures and candidates, unless he will give some of his time to actual conditions, as they are controlled by the practical politicians of his ward? The people, as a rule, are the ridden portion of the community; the politicians are the riders. This is the fault of the people themselves, for numerically they outnumber the politicians ten to one, but they are willing to let it go at that Take the average young fellow in a city ward who is on a salary, and who has some aspirations in the direction of “society.” He has the dances and parties to attend, amateur theatricals and theaters to consider, call&, receptions, musicales, drives, walks in the parks—dozens of social matters to take up his time andattention, He is ambitious, and yet the “pear! of great price,” his right to vote—is either cast to the swine, or unused. “The largest pair of shoes in the store were palpably too small, but Cand squeezed them on. He had t His feet were pretty badly cut up al ready by the sharp stones and cactus “Cand laid up at Brent's that night, and as we were both bound the same way, wehit the trail together at dawn next morning. We had to go into camp early that evening on Cand’s account His burning, aching feet refused to move any further. When he got his shoes off he seemed to taste for a few minutes the delights of heaven, but scon his feet began to burn again, and kept it up all night. In the morning he did some artistic scroll sawing with a jackknife before trying to put on his shoes, and provided an outlook on the smiling world for the toes that hurt him worst. Thenceforth his agony was not quite so acute ἦν {πο time we got to Hillsboro Cand had the choicest assortment of corns that ever grew on any man's feet but after a few days’ rest all but one disappeared “One day he hobbled over to Mose Sibley’s blacksmith’s shop ““Say, Mose, let me have a hammer and a cold chisel ra while, will you? He is too “lily-livered” _ | \S, /T15 THEDUTV mn F Wwarmeco *\ ρ΄ CITIZENT0 IN(EREST HIMSELFINPOLITHS to dc s ed ΄ Help your hin’ ( € e ck ¢ and a pa cold wider η 1 he had it ch ( ee { u ' he yning t |} ‘ fast ci ς He i at | a ΕΞ tom, Ar on > in with rough “ward better for him if he did. say? Well, yes, maybe it 1 little! But there may be an excess of codfeeling of exclusiveness. It takes all to make a world, | what 1 vast t variety ' into UFAEDOLS ANO > DAMNED IfHEDONT. ur and you never of people there are in the will have more types to choose from, fascinating study, the game of politics, i otk walk of life. You will get a chance te sides. ge the candidates at first hand, be- You Ν κι argument of have ‘ge ἱς ( view of the an opportunity to enlarge of human nature. against polic you when political —— YRS Ἡ} Wy, OFFICEMOLDER” De \ 45 BESIECED : CONSTANTLY FO, proposed measures Sky, = me CONCEIVABLE SORT arena which will benefit pick a candidate. In a hundred different to you come THE You will hear /σ75 ΟΚ ΕΕ u will get a practical inside worldly perspective, and add to your to the people of his ward, or to protest against something that he thinks is not for the benefit of the ward, he has something to back him up in his demands. You can depend upon it that lo get into politics for the purpose of conscientiously and in- the aldermen of his ward will know of him, and will do all in Ways you will wid he stock of genere! information performing your duties of citizenship is not merely ilege ἃ} It is a trust. It is something on which your own safety may depend, and those on whom your hopes are builded. Make yourself active in politics, and you can makeyourself re- specied by the politicians, votes is a there. The “stall-fed” citizen who simply mere chessman in the game, to be shoved here and If he has acquainted himself with the rudiments game and followed is seeking instruction ments—if he looks ip up by a steady of the course of keeping up with pi ec movethe personal qualifications of candidates and votes ir lligently, he is doing his duty broadly, . It is very wel] worth the while of not narrowly, as a cit évery man, and particu rly the young and active mar to engage ir politics in this wa} Every young fellow of voting age should attend the ward. He should power to ward meet ngs and necessarily a young fellow join the ward clubs of his the primaries, and do all that lies in his delegates are chosen. ifety, comfort, morals, see All questicns are of it a the ist be earth and ro¢ ) availab a n “And that’s the ste of the Canned Corn Mine and the Li tle Toe Lode in the mining camp of Corneob. Of course you've heard of the enormous wealth of this property Here’s a little sketch nap I of I it which also shows the claims I have staked out all aroundit. I'moffering just a few shares to close friends of mine, simply for development purposes. It’s the chance of a lifetime- municipal politics est study of mankind is man;” ou bigge ut at rock. He scraped mall stones out ΐ i small bowlder that he could get rid of in some man ner. Then he had a fit of the true miner’s ecstasy, for that rock was streaked and veined with native silver until it looked like a jeweler’s show window coarsening of people top t hole with the wa a he three feet ix Kinds the the s¢ ie τ / WoNndF: DIF It's felt d 1661 fil he d and health Suppose, for instance, that sident of| s ward club; or of an tndepenof politics dent organization of young voters in his ward. If he goes down to the hall to make a requegt say to have @ favor granted their power to aid him. As spokesman for some yoting strength, easily shown by say a good live committee going with him, he commands attention from the mayor and any public official, and he will find the old copy-book adage of his school days confirmed —‘in union there is strength.” How can you tell a candidate's fitness by seeing his lithograph on a telegraph pole? Or reading some partisan puff of him in a party newspaper? Get out to the meetings and hear him talk Size him up.” Get an introduction to him, and sound him personally as to his intelligence and sincerity. Such a candidate bas the power, we will say, to speak for you in a matter directly concerning your health and safety. If you went to a doc tor, would you go to the first one who had a physician's sign hung out? If you were hiring a clerk, you business man, would you take any one who happened along? Of course not! And yet the laxity of the average voter so far as any knowledge of the fitmess or personality of the average candidate is concerned amounts to almost criminal stupidity The spectacle of a goodly number of intelligent, well-dressed and reputable citizens at an average primary (say the clerks’ and at in a body) wouid be something business men of the di which would cause a gasp of horror-stricken surprise in some dollars and cents, that the game is worth the candle If you belong to a card club or a bowling club or any ial organization, strive to make that a power ip cs Get the voting strength of he association committed to the best candidate, regardless of party Party fealty is all right; party allegiance is party discipline; but don't trade the birthright of suffrage for a bow] of party potMake your party put up good men or suffer the conse tage. The mid And this applies to all men, young and old quence. dle aged men have no right to sit by the fire in their slippers and let politics go to the devil. They will have to pay for it ip as manydifferent ways as there are angles to the winds Did Cand bury that toe? Not much! He had it set in silver and wore it as a watch charm for a while The last time I saw him he said he’d given it to his wife.” “Neglect will make more breaches than the cannon-balls.” Of course it is the duty of every good citizen to interest himself in politics, but at the same time, if he does, he'll prob | ably get into the game up to his neck and if he doesn't he is) called an “undesirable The average office holder is be sieged for donations by every sort of institution and organiza tion which has even a glimmer of hopeof extracting any of the coin of the realm It's a gay life; it’s a hard life it's a thankless one. Every} office holder makes enemies. He is often amned if he does | and damned if he don’t He cannot expect fair treatment from an opposing press, he cannot hope f stice from the partisans of an opposite party. The changes e sudden and nerally brief; often lasting; the ré Wards are inadequate the “lime-light” of ¢ short-lived notoriety “eeded by the ex”-ness of a most Cimmerian obscurity ed at by the NOUS Is of of the mousing owls the press. press, pest peste τε A1 hy ΐ ks and advisers, τν fr ya iends baited by reformers, betrayed and plotted against by enemies, say, now, is professional pc 8 worth engag | M'GAFFRY Copyright, by Joseph B Names of Flowers. It is interesting to know how certain flowers got their names. Many were named after individuals. For instance: Fuchsias were so-called because they were discovered by Leonard Fuchs. Dahlias were named for Andre Dail, who brought them from Peru. The camelia was so called for a missionary named Kamel, who brought some magnificent specimens of the flower to France from Japan He called it the rose of Japan, but his friends changed it to Camelia. Mag nolias were named in honor of Prof Magnol de Montpellier, who first brought the beautiful tree to France from America and Asia Because they trembled with the windis the meaning of Anemones. The Latin word to | 2 | wash is lavare and lavender received | its mame because the Roman put the ficwers into water, when washed, to perfume their hands, they |