Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 204, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1914 — Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Him. William E. Nason, Who Will Speak at Chautakqoa

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HON. WILLIAM S. MASON.

SENATOR MASON has served in both branches of the Illinois legislature and In both branches of congress and all of the time daring the past ■ thirty-four years has been a recognized power In state and national politics. From the day he entered the legislature on up to his service fn the United States senate he has made one continuous fight against grafters, more modernly known as "Jackpotters." Mr. Mason makes no claim to oratory, yet the late Speaker Thomas B. Reed stated that the “World’s fair was located In the city of Chicago by a ten minutes’ speech made by Mason es Illinois," and ex-Congressman Boutell, ex-minister to Switzerland, Is authority for stating that the late Senator Hoar of Massachusetts said at a banquet In Washington that the most effective speech he had heard in hla twentyfive years' service in the feenate was a speech made by Senator Mason. Senator Mason will appear on the Lincoln Chautauqua program In this city on the afternoon of the fourth day. The prelude will be played by the Royal Black Hussars Baqg.

COVE OF M’CONNELL AND MARY WHITE ' r Short Story of Their First Coming Together In the Young Lady's Home. P.J.SKOO6ANDHISHEI6HBOR A southern 'lrishman of the name of McConnell in the days of his youth called at the home of a modest young lady named Mary White. While Mary's parents were chatting in an adjoining room she entertained McConnell in the family dining room. Shortly the old folks ascended a creaking stair to retire for the night, and Mary took her ‘'company” Into the sitting room. Scarcely had the young people been seated when the creaking stairway told that some oniO was coming

she also might kiss me.” It is suffl- - clent to say perhaps that Mary White became Mrs. McConnell because she was not ashamed of the virtuous and kindly man who was her father. This story was told from a Chautauqua platform before P. K. Skoog. who was In the audience, and when Mr. Skoog heard the story he said In his heart, “This Is the kind of straight- | forward, clean courtship that I wish -*< might distinguish my people In Ameri- v Jgj ca,” for P. J. Skoog is a Swedev*he_. ’ father of thirteen children, every one 1 of whom he has taken with the mother around this globe twice and every one of whom rides to his Chautauqua engagements In some of the finest automobiles built in America. Mr. Skoog has a neighbor whose name Is Sawyer. Mr. Sawyer owns a ) thrashing machine and other Implements of like nature. He Is a hardworking, aggressive character. The J day following the lecture referred to above, when the thrashing crew was waiting for machine repairs, this man Sawyer confessed to the • group of workmen about him that the night before, after hearing the lecture, be had gone home, taken his wife In his arms and kissed her fondly for the first time in ten yeare.

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Mr. Skoog said that these two stances were just two of msny reasons why he personally would never permit * his community to be without the Chautauqua. For the sake of the people, their domestic happiness, the. strength and worth Qf their schools, the fine Ideals and high thinking of their children and the community’s political efficiency Mr. Skoog declared that the Chautauqua was an Indispensable Institution. Now, what It did In this case for this community and the leadership which It encouraged in this case it is doing in hundreds of communities this year under Lincoln aggressive, constructive management

A Btory With a Moral. In the old days in Illinois there was a man who went around peddling telescopes. He stopped at a farmhouse. The farmer had never seen a telescope and was much Interested. The peddler explained the workings of the telescope and told him to look at the moon with it The farmer adjusted it and looked at the moon. He walked round the yard with the telescope glued to his eye. gazing at the sky, fell into a cistern and was drowned. At the funeral the children were overcome with grief, but the widow retained her composure. One of the girls said: “Ma, don’t you think that was an awful way for pa to die?” / X “I don’t see that It makes much (h I ference,” the widow replied. "If yonr tether had been looking at things closer to home be would be ailvs now.”—Saturday Evening Post

down, and Mary's father entered the room In his stocking feet and with one suspender hanging. NoW, What did Mary do? Did she blosh' and stammer and apologise? Not Mary! flfcr sahTto the young man, "Mr. McConnell, this is my daddy, and he lb the best old daddy that ever lived.” Whereupon she pot her artea About his neck and kissed him fondly. Whereupon, farther, McConnell said In his heart, ae did King David once: “This 1*) a fair maiden. ,Bbe klaseth her father, andl woald that

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