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IT XEYEK TOMES AGAIN.
There are sains for all our
losses,
There are balms for all our
pain,
But when youth, the dream,
departs,
It takes something from our
hearts,
And It never comes again.
We are stronger, and are bet-
ter,
Under manhood's ' sterner
reign;
Still we feel that something
sweet
Followed youth, with lying
feet,
And will never come again.
Something beautiful la van-
Ished,
And we sigh for it in vain;
We behold it everywhere,
On the earth and in the air,
But it never comes again.
Richard Henry Stoddard.
shows the world is coming to recog
nize that provision must be made for
aged employes. It seems certain that
some day the system will be extended
to private employment also.
RETIRING AGED WORKERS.
president Tart has sent to con
gress a message in which he asks
that civil service employes be retired
at the age of TO and that they be
given pensions not to exceed $600
per annum each.
The step asked for. is one that has
been under consideration for a Ions
time. It Is charged that the govern
ment service has become clogged at
the top because of the lack of pro
vision for retiring employes, 'fhere
are too many old men and dearth of
young men in the government's em
ploy. It destroys efficiency.
Those who are seeking to bring
on reform realize however, that it
would scarcely do for the government
t- discharge its superanuated em
ployes without giving them retire
ment pay. Many of the men have
served the government faithfully
during the better part of their lives.
To discharge them preemptorilly
would be to treat. them forse than any
farmer ever treats a horse that ha
outlived his days of usefulness. So
they urge that retired employes be
given half pay during the remainder
of their lives.
In his recommendation to congress
the president calls this pay by the
term pension. It Is an unfortunate
term. A pension Is usually regarded
as a gift from the government ex
pressing gratitude for service render
ed, usually in time of war. Govern
ment employes who have worn them
selves old and gray In the government
service are entitled to half pay, not,
through gratitude on the part of the
government, but because they have
earned it. The retirement pay fea
ture should be a part of their salary
agreement with the government. The
thing should not depend upon the
whim of any congress nor should It
be regarded as an act of charity.
Students of social economy will
quite generally marvel that provision
was not made long ago for the retire
ment of aged employes. Army and
navy men are retired when they
reach an age that their efficiency Is
reduced and they are given retire
ment pay. Why should not the same
rule be applied to men in civil po
sitions? There may be some wonderment
al?o that the president sets the age
of 70 an the retirement age. That
It a very ripe age and Is generally
regarded as the allotted life of man.
Hut" perhupa the president sees a ne
cessity for installing the system by
degrees and looks to lowering the
age limit in the future.
The recommendation of the presi
dent is significant chiefly because it
WHAT THE IXQVIRV HAS PROVED
along just as well with the warden
in command as with a warden and
superintendent also why not elimi
nate the superintendent?
The near completion of the senate
Inquiry into the Titanic disaster
makes timely a resume of what it has
accomplished, says the New York
World.
It is not yet two weeks since the
committee began the taking of testi
mony Immediately after the arrival
o: the Carpathia with the survivors.
In that brief time it has been estab
lished, with a mass of corroborative
details
That the captain of the Titanic
had received early notice of the pres
ence of ice-fields in his course.
That notwithstanding the warning,
the speed of the Titanic was not only
not reduced but was maintained at
twenty-one knots an hour or more.
That in the apparent belief that the
great ship was unsinkable, there was
delay in notifying the passengers of
their danger after the collision.
That the capacity of the lifeboat?
was insufficient to accommodate
more than half the passengers and
crew, and that with an adequate life
saving equipment everybody might
have been saved;
That the wireless facilities on board
ship are inadequate to the needs and
are operated under conditions of lax
ity calling, for radical reform.
It was' further brought out that
icebergs constitute a constant men
ace against which mechanical devices
and human vigilance are alike pow
erless at night, and by way of corol
lary that the northern route is to that
extent the more dangerous; that no
ship Is unsinkable and that command
ers must rely In case of accident on
the same means of rescue that have
been relied on since navigation be
gan, and that the vaunted regulations
of 'the British Board of Trade gov
erning life-boats and rafts do not
enforce safety.
That these deficiencies of sea-safe
ty are now a matter of public know
ledge Is due to the prompt and ener
getic inquiry by the senate Into thel
conditions responsible for the loss of
the finest of passenger ships, the ves
sel that was reputed to say the last
word in marine construction. They
are the essential things, and what
ever opinion may be held of the man
ner in which the inquiry was con
ducted and however irrelevant some
of the questions asked may have
seemed, the substantial nature of
the facts established has well Justi
fied the purpose of the Investigation
The Methodists estimate that twen
ty-five million people in the United
States affiliate with no church. But
that does not mean those people
have no religion.
Regular picnic weather.
A STURDY IJFE.
In John S. Gurdane, Pendleton has
a resident who has lived more ad
venturous stories than Rudyard Kip
ling could invent. As a man of the
sea he handled ships in various parts
of the world and on the great lakes.
He has been through shipwreck,
mutinies and other dangers of the
deep. He was also a soldie and a
jioneer of the west. On his eighty
eighth birthday he is still hale and
hearty and though not as nimble as hi
days gone by is still good for another
ten years at least. The oak does not
wither quickly and Is not cast down
by every breere that blows.
The continuous floods in the Mis
sissippi valley give evidence to the
effect that the central states as well
ag the northwest have an abundance
of moisture this spring.
If the state penitentiary can get
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THE REALM FEMININE
Ink stains are removed by solutions
of oxalic acid.
For acid stains apply pearlash,
boiled In soap water.
For iron stains use oxalic acid or
bttermilk. ,
For fruit stains wet cloth and hold
over burning sulphur.
In case of grease spots take equal
parts of ether, amonia and alcohol.
Rust in iron is removed by kero
sene oil.
Paint on glass may be cleansed by
using strong, hot vinegar.
Smoked mica cleaned by washing
with vinegar.
Steel cleaned by unslacked lime.
Metals cleaned by rottenstone and
spirits of turpentine.
Marble cleaned by strong lye and
quicklime.
Brass cleaned by one-half ounce
alum boiled in one pint water.
Paint cleaned by common whiting.
Silver cleaned by a weak solution
of ammonia..
Gold cleaned by soap and water,
dry in magnesia.
Colors in fabrics set by spoonful
oxgall in gallon water.
Lamp chimney toughened by boil
ing in weak brine.
Lamp - smoke prevented by soak
ing wick in vinegar.
Caneseated chairs tightened by
sponging with hot water.
Mold prevented by small quantity
of carbolic acid.
Steel pens noncoroding by placing
pieces of Iron in ink.
Wood hardened by boiling in olive
oil ten minutes.
Rings on fingers removed by hold
ing in cold water.
THE VENTRILOQUIST SCORED.
Recently a well-known ventrilo
quist, who was taking a Journey, Jus
niunagea to gt into the train as it
was leaving the station, and had no
time to take out a dog ticket for his
terrier.
When the cry "All tickets ready!"
was heard a few stations farther on,
the ventriloquist dropped the dog In
to a hamper which was labeled in
"jiu cnaracters, "Professor Jones,
ventriloquist."
When the ticket- seller opened the
carriage door the dog began to bark.
m . ...
me man, noticing the label n the
nampac turned to the ventriloquist
with a self-satisfied grin and said:
"All right, mister, that's very clever.
out ye canna fool me, that trick's
been played on me before." London
Opinion.
VIEWED WITH SUSPICION',
Before he was well known, Wendell
Phillips, the abolitionist, went to
Charleston and put up at a hotel. He
had breakfast served In his room and
was waited upon by a slave. Mr.
Phillips seized the opportunity to pre
sent to the negro In a pathetic way
that he regarded hi mas a man and
brother. The negro, however, seem
ed more anxious about his breakfast
that he regarded him as a man and
social scale. Phillips became dls
cturaged and told him to go away,
saying that he could not bear to be
waited on by a slave.
"You must'scuse me, mnssa," said
the negro, "I is bilged to stay here,
cause I'm sponsible for the silver
ware." Indianapolis News.
EFFECT OF IMAGINATION'.
Every summer John Fisher, a Lib
erty grocer, and Frank Cockrell, a re
tired farmer, who Is the father of the
Cockrell brothers, who conduct a gar
age on Fifteenth street, maintain a
camp at the mouth of Shoal creek on
the Missouri river, about fifteen miles
below Kansas City and four miles
south of Liberty, where they keep
open house for their friends and en
tertain in lavish style.
Last summer they were entertain
ing among others, J. D. Taylor, a far
mer of near Manola, about sixty-five
miles northwest of Alberta, Canada.
The hosts and their guests were
grouped around a small camp fire,
scantily attired and partaking of
fried catfish with relish, when Taylor
grabbed at his leg and arose to his
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feet with a ho.wl that sounded like
the siren of the Gunter.
"I'm a goner, boys," he groaned, a
he hopped around on one leg, grip
ping the other powerfully with both
hands and Imploring someone between
whiles to get a club and get busy.
"There's a snake in my pants leg as
big as my arm and it's squeezing and
biting me to death."
Fischer grabbed one side of the
trouser leg In question and Cockrell
the other and they ripped with right
good will, but no snake appeared
YVbpn Taylor was sans pams, how
ever, they took the remnant from his
hands, and closely merged with the
Interior was found the stringy re
mains of a small frog.
"And that's "what imagination will
do for you," said Taylor, as he hunted
up a box, and climbed upon It tailor
fashion to finish his Interrupted ses
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"IX BUSINESS FOI1 YOUR
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served with fresh
Strawberries
Its the kind that make you come
again.
Koeppen's
The drug etore that tercet
you lest.
slon with the fish. Kansas City
Journal,
TIMK.
"How long have you been a widow,
Mrs. Weed?"
"It will be a year the 4th of next
month."
"Dear me! Is it as long as that?
How time flies!"
"Oh, do you think so? Well, if you
ever have to wait a year to look pleas
ant when men offer you attentlbns
you'll give up the idea that time is
much of a flyer."
IX THE MIIMM.K WEST.
Several are sewing oats now and
farmers will be very busy until they
have them all in the ground, and
many will have more corn ground
than they are figuring on by reason of
the failure of the wheat crop.
There is more mules on the farms
here this year than for many a year
for the reason that thee were so many
of the horses died last winter.
A. B. Purvines Is building a new
residence on his farm and will be oc
cupied by his son, L. H. Purvines,
when completed. Plains correspond
ence in Illinois State Register.
Buying ribbons for his typewriter
is now a patent medicine almanac
Joke, but it is still capable of arous
ing the Jealousy of many a man's
wife.
The Proof of the
Pudding
is in the eating, so it is with
our groceries and meats. That
is why so many new custom
ers are lining up with our old
customers.
They are all Satisfied
that what they buy here is strictly
first-class and at the right prices.
We handle nothing but the best,
and we have a fine large stock or the
best. .
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