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Mr. Moran conducted his own campaign and was elected by a plurality of 4,350 votes. He started out by securing the necessary 6,000 signatures to put his name on the regular ballot as an independent. Not a single speech was made in his behalf except by himself. The local press gave little space to his campaign, but he kept banging away, and during the last two weeks of his work he used a great deal of display advertising in the dailies. Among other things, Mr. Moran 'said on the stump:

"Under no circumstances will I become a candidate for reelection. My election will mean a Grand Jury room door at all times wide open to all evidence of crime; it will mean an investigation of railroad bribery of legislators and jurors, of gas corporation bribery of legislators, of aldermanic bribery scandals, of payroll frauds at City Hall, of perjury by millionaires in our courts.

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Mr. Moran was born in Wakefield, Mass., April 27, 1859, the son of John and Ellen Moran, who came from Ireland in 1852. In the district school Mr. Moran received his early lessons, and he studied later at the Wakefield High School, and at Boston University Law School.

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Nebogatoff's Dilemma.- Admiral Nebogatoff, who, during the battle of the Sea of Japan, surrendered the ships under his command to the Japanese, instead of fighting on until they sank, and who was Readers of THE LITERARY DIGEST are asked to mention the publication when writing to advertisers.

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"From the military point of view it might be dangerous to establish, the principle that a commander may at discretion cease fighting and surrender in order to avoid bloodshed. He is sent forth not to surrender, but to fight, and fighting essentially involves sacrifice of lives. Moreover, it is sometimes necessary, or at least profitable, to make what may seem to some a wanton sacrifice of life. 'It is magnificent, but it is not war,' was the seemingly apt comment upon the charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava, yet in fact that monstrous blunder and its attendant sacrifice were by no means fruitless. Admiral Cervera's splendid sally from Santiago was both costly and fruitless, and yet we can scarcely see how he could have escaped severe censure had he declined to make it.

"Admiral Nebogatoff, however, was, perhaps more than any other commander whom we can recall, justifiable in exercising a somewhat insubordinate discretion and surrendering instead of fighting. That is because he knew that there was absolutely nothing to be gained by further resistance. The battle was already hopelessly lost; in fact, he knew, as his comrades must all have known, that it was lost before it was begun. He knew that he could not hope to fight his way out and escape to a friendly port, where his ships would be saved for Russia. He knew there was no hope, not one chance in a thousand, of his being able to destroy any Japanese ships while suffering the destruction of his own; and he knew, too, that if he did destroy some Japanese ships that achievement would be an entirely barren one and would not in the least affect the further progress of the war.

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Newberry's Opportunity.-The appointment of Mr. Newberry, of Detroit, as Assistant-Secretary of the Navy, recalls to The Saturday Evening Post (Philadelphia) the interesting story of his services as

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"Now Mr. Newberry, the head and front of the Detroit quarrel, goes to Washington as Assistant-Secretary of the Navy, and becomes the official superior of the very man who, seven years ago, possessed and exerted the authority to make him do the humblest service. There is a natural curiosity as to the result of this grotesque evolution. Of course, the purely military power resides in the Bureau of Navigation, and the special duties and powers of the AssistantSecretary are not what one might call immediate and direct. Newberry, to be sure, could perhaps make things unpleasant for Emory and, no doubt, if he were not also a gentleman, he would try to do it. There is little likelihood of this, however. The interest all centers in the fantastic transposition. Nothing like it could occur in any other country or under any other political aud social system."

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"A young Irishman who had served an apprenticeship on the rapid transit lines in New York went to Philadelphia and secured a situation as conductor on the Lancaster Avenue line in that city. He had not been working long before the management came to the conclusion that a portion of his daily collections was conductor. In the vernacular of the business he was finding its way surreptitiously into the pockets of the 'knocking down fares.' Accordingly a 'spotter' was put on his car. The detective took the car at Second Street and two blocks farther up a couple more passengers boarded the car. The suspect collected their fares and rang the indicator bell twice. A block farther on three more passengers got on and three more fares were rung up. At Tenth Street nine men on their way to work clambered aboard. The conductor collected nine fares and rang the registry bell eight times. This was the detective's opportunity. Walking to the front end of the car he scanned the register dial closely, and then returned to the rear platform, counting the passengers as he did so.

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A Vain Defense.-A party of men, among whom was William J. Bryan, were one night.waiting for a train in a depot hotel in a small Missouri town. The landlady was the only woman present, says Lippincott's Magazine, which relates the story.

"The talk turning upon the alleged inability of women to see' the point of a joke as readily as do the men, Mr. Bryan took the ground that a sense of humor was as much a part of the feminine make-up as it was that of man, but that it merely lacked opportunity for development.

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'To illustrate,' he said, 'take the story of the
party of excursionists in the Egean Sea. When ap-
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about the rails to enjoy the beautiful scenery. One
lady turned inquiringly to a gentleman at her right and
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"What is that white off there on the horizon?'
"That is the snow on the mountains,' replied the
gentleman addressed.

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'Well, that's funny,' she replied. 'My husband said it was grease.'

"All the men in the group laughed noisily at Mr. Bryan's story, but the landlady looked puzzled. Finally she said:

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A typewriter which will write in two colors, or change from copy to record, at the touch of a lever, is a necessity in billing, tabulating statistics, indexing, or preparing legal documents.

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TYPEWRITERS

equipped with a BI-CHROME
RIBBON meet every possible
typewriter requirement.

THE SMITH PREMIER TYPEWRITER CO.
Syracuse, N. Y.
Branch Stores Everywhere.

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Commercial Battles

by the applying of brains through a per.
fect implement for the accomplishment.

Underwood
Typewriter

WRITING ALWAYS IN SIGHT

is the perfectly constructed, quick firing brain machine that advances the picket line of commerce.

UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITER CO., 241 Broadway, New York.

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Year Book for 1906

"What does Year

A voice from the back of the hall instantly replied: instead of trusting to your memory. The Year Book is a "It shows us where you temperance people go to."-handsome, serviceable diary, made in 29 styles, bound in cloth and leather, at all prices. This illustration represents No.49, New York Tribune.

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Love Under Difficulties.-Two young gentlemen
met a few evenings ago, at the house of an acquaint-
ance, some young ladies, for one of whom both gentle-
men entertained tender feelings. In a spirit of frolic
one of the young ladies turned out the lights, and our
two friends, thinking it a favorable moment to make
known the state of their feelings to the fair object of
their regard, moved seats at the same instant, and
placed themselves, as they supposed, by the lady's
side; but she had also moved, and the gentlemen were
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