Cottage Grove leader., December 13, 1910, Image 2

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i-atlmer came in, boyish, courtly as
FAV O R S N O T A P P R E C IA T ED
O N E H IN T T H A T DIDN’T W ORK
always, showing not a whit In hla
face or manner 'ht-ther he bad heard
Gratitude Not 8hown to Helper— Peo­
Story of Man Whose Life Was Saved
their talk about him or not
ple Do Not Feel Honest In Get­
by Latch-Key In Pocket Falls to
For nearly an hour he talked with
ting Something for Nothing.
Produce Desired Result.
Jesa over tbs plans for the settle­
Roosevelt’ s Trophies Are Being
ment fete, talked together earnestly,
ODO
CONCURRENCES
ALW AYS
It la a strange phase of human na­
‘T h e other night,” remarked Mt
merrily, as the subject changed tint ture, which does not quite appreciate
By
Is o la
F o rre s te r
TIC K LE OUR ASTONISHM ENT.
Prepared In Washington.
Timmins deferentially after he had
and with an air of rare friendship or feel the proper gratitude for favors.
waited two hours for an opening,
and understanding that carried Its I have hardly ever known a boy whose
t C o p T fls h i. lo l o . b y A u a c i i t v l L it M a x 7 P ie a a .)
own message to the heart of Phyllis, way was paid through college, for ex­ Blind Luck by Which the Nutnber on "Brown was going home, when he
Taxidermista Ara at Work With tha
was shot at by a footpad.”
"W hat la a phoenix— I mean defl sitting somewhat In the shadow from
a Typewriter and That on the
ample, by some one Interested in him,
Specimens and Carpantara Ara
"W ell." said Mrs. Timmins sternly,
nitely?" Jssa's tone was full of p e r the yellow glow of the broad, low
Lottery
Ticket
Were
the
to
show
the
proper
regard
for
hla
Erecting tha Mounts In tha
"would you expect him to be shot by
plexlty aa she leaned forward on her mission library lamp.
Vividly she
helper,
or
to
quite
respect
the
one
who
Same.
National Mussum.
a policeman or a clergyman T"
desk her pencil balanced, waiting for recalled that Joyous spring In Paris,
boosted him— who furnished crutches
"No. no, my dear." said Timmins;
the answer. "The bird that rose from when she and Rory and all the world
for him when he might have had to
There
le
something
about
a
coln-
"but he'd have been killed If the bul­
some ashes, wasn't It?"
had seemed so young together.
Washington.— In an obscure oorner
use his own legs.
dence
that
never
fade
to
tickle
our
let hadn't struck a latch key In hla
"W hy?" Phyllis, her sister, stop­
She had always been Idealistic.
of the national muaeum. on the mall.
As a rule, the tilings that we are astonishment. W e all know that when vest pocket"
ped petting the Persian cat to listen. His work as a comic artist had
In Washington, half a dosen men are
helped
to
are
never
fully
appreciated.
there
are
a
hundred
chances
to
one
"Indeed!" said Mrs. Timmins. "I
seemed the very degradation of art to
preparing the skins of the animals
"I don't remember myself."
We experience a satisfaction when we that a thing won't happen there still happen to know that he Is insured for
killed by Theodore Roosevelt and his
"It's the subject of Rory Latimer's her, even If his salary did count up to
have
honestly
earned
a
thing
which
we
remains
one
chance
to
a
hundred
that
16.000, and If be hadn't had that key
part/ In Africa. Carpenters are build­
new painting," less went on.
"And three and five hundred a week. The
do not feel when it is given to us. There It will. Yet when that one chance his wife would be a rich woman to­
ing the framework on which the hides
they say It's founded on his own color rose even now in her cheeks as
turns
up
we
gasp
with
undisguised
is
something
within
which
rebels
at
day. I f you're hlutlng for a latch­
she remembered the quick, burning
career."
of tha mammals will be mounted and
being helped, because help from oth­ amazement and refuse to believe that key, Timmins, you’ll have to give me
taxidermists are working with the
Phyllis hardly caught the words words she had said to him, words
ers
tends
to
kill
self
respect.
We
do
It
Is
a
coincidence
at
all.
“
Ah,
a
h
!"
a better reason than that. Now, I'm
aklns under the supervision of govern­
She was accustomed to her sister's that scorched his ambition dead, and not think quite so much of ourselves
we say at once. "There Is more In going to bed, so If you want to read
ment naturalists.
researches, and was vaguely Inter­ left only the vague hope of possible
after
having
accepted
favors
or
a
po­
this
than
meets
the
eye."
you’ll have to sit by the kitchen fire;
In the department given over to the
ested In them, but tonight
she phoenix that might rise through love,
sition which we have not earned, as
Coincidences should be narrated al but don't you dure to light the gas!”
study of comparative anatomy, where
frankly did not want to be bothered It appeared from later results that the
we
did
before.
The
sense
of
Justice
ways.
Passed
on
from
friend
to
friend
Then with a sigh he resumed the
the skeletons of the largest animals
over ancient history.
She had seen phoenix had risen. One of his un­
We do not feel “ lotto voce" of a summer evenlug article he had been reading, "How
forwarded from in us is violated.
are suspended from the celling, are
Rory Latimer's name so many times answered letters
quite honest in accepting something while the electric fan whizzes and the to manage a wife.”
two glass cases. In these are the
the past month that It almost an­ Parla after the motor accident had for nothing.
cracked Ice tinkles.
Coincidences
trophies of the (260,000 Roosevelt
noyed her.
But so far she had not said something about the ashes of
The man who tries to get along should be prefaced always with such
Contrary Opinions.
hunt The collection consists of the
run across him, and the future held dead hopes being an excellent pig­
without satisfying his sense of Justice remarks as this: “ Of course you can't
"Aren't some people funny?"
aklns of a lion, cheetah, reed buck,
a strange sweet uncertainty
that ment If properly mixed and applied.
"What's the matter now?"
And It had been her love and pride is always placed at a disadvantage be expected to believe this, but It
mongoose,
leopard, xebra, hyena, W A N T U . ». TO BOOST GOOD ROADS she could not have expressed even to
“ The row those officers at West
In his future that had wrought the He may try to be grateful for unmer actually happened. On my word. It
horse-tailed
monkey,
rhinoceros,
herself.
ited help, for the assistance in getting did.” Or: "On my honor this Is actu­ Point are making, when lots of neigh­
Secretary Wilson of the department
Orant's gazelle, Thompson’s gazelle
Three years before her father had miracle.
When Jess rose to leave the room that which he has not earned, for be­ ally the truth." Or: "You can believe borhoods would give the eyes out of
and held mice. ' In another case are of agriculture has received a petition been killed In a motor accident
their head to have college students
the akulla of a rhinoceros, giraffe, hip­ signed by eight American delegates abroad, and the mother had followed she turned her head to meet his ing given a position far above his mer­ this or not, as you choose, but— ”
After this fashion they have told give them the "silence.’ "
popotamus, wart hog, African buffalo who attended the recent International within a year. The two Newell sis­ gaze, with a curious sense of relief its, through a “ pull;” but he never
road congress at Brussels requesting
Her belief In his feels quite right about i t The man already In a certain neighborhood Bet
and an antelope.
ters found themselves with a fortune and fulfillment.
His One Regret.
He who has been lifted above others be­ down on Long Island the story of the
Few of the hundreds of tourlsta that that his department consider the ad Invested for them and a quiet, lovely possibilities had been the spur.
“ There’s no use trying to deny It,"
visit the national muaeum each day vlsablllty of the United States govern­ old mansion on Montague terrace, must have known how she loved him, cause he was a son or a relative, or be­ man who bought a lottery ticket at
pay much attention to the Roosevelt ment becoming a member of the Per­ whose w in dow swept the harbor even though a large part of the love cause his father owned controlling in the French exposition. His mother-ln remarked Mrs. DeFlatt, "this Is the
terest in the concern, never quite re­ law was a good soul. If there was worst cook we've had yet. There posl-
was dependent on his success.
collection as It stands, the guards on manent International Association of view for miles.
" I t ’s simply bully to see you again," spects himself when he goes around one thing on earth she abhorred it tlvely isn’t a decent thing to eat on
duty aay, and seldom does a sightseer Road Congresses. The office of pub­
Mrs. Newell bad been a Kentucky
ask where the Rooaevelt collection lic roads Is a part of the department belle, and In Phyllis one found all Rory began happily, as he moved to a among the employees and sees those was lotteries. She used to write the the table."
of agriculture, and for this reason the
You’ll never know who have struggled for years and have governor of Louisiana once every year
'That's right," rejoined DeFlatt.
may be found.
of the charm and beauty loving, gen­ seat close to her.
“ But," continued bis wife, "there's
"It’s a funny thing to me," re­ matter was put up to the secretary for erous nature that had made the what a real help you were to me back worked over hours for the position he and suggest he suppress the lotteries
Phyllis. I've occupies, and who in fact have devel­ In New Orleans. Well, as luck would .me thing In her favor. She can't bo
marked one of the curators of the his consideration.
Dunderdalea of Lexington famous there In Paris. Miss
have It. she strolled Into John's office beat when it comes to washing.”
The special significance of the peti­
muaeum, "why those aklns and skulls
tor generations.
She loved music learned a good deal of things as they oped the strength to maintain the po
His sense of and found that lottery ticket, not so
"Pity we can't eat the washing,"
don't make more of a hit with the tion Is that It discloses the fact that passionately, and her horseback riding. are since then, quite a good deal. sltlon after they get i t
And while I’ve laughed at my terrible fairness is violated. He knows that long after he had reached home from ilghed the hungry husband.
public. The exhibit Is labeled, as you the United States, which has the most
spell In love, still, at least, It it is not right to take the place which Parle.
see, and the word 'Roosevelt' In big extensive system of roads of any
"W hat la thla thing. John?" she
brought me the first thorough criti­ somebody else has honestly earned
Literal Hospitality.
letters on that placard yonder ought country In the world, has been one of
cism I had ever had. and It put me on and who according to merit should asked. adJuRtlng her pince-nez.
"In this charming suburb do you
to be an attraction alone. But It la the three slowest nations to Join the
John knew that she knew, but he welcome the stranger within your
International Road association now
He is conscious, too, that he
the right
track. I never
heard have i t
n o t"
whether a broken heart spoiled a is not equal to the demands of the po­ did what he could, and the outcome gates?"
A number of the aklns, those of formally adhered to by 26 govern­
should
be a lesson never to give way
racing horse or not, have you?"
He sition into which he has been boosted
"W e can't."
hartbeeeta, elephants and hippos are ments. Italy and England are the
to discouragement.
laughed, laughed altogether too cheer
"W hy not?"
■fill packed In hogsheads In which only other large countries which have
“
That,"
said
John,
"Is
the
secret
not
Joined.
fully for anybody with a broken
Filled to Introduce New Clook Idea.
"W e
haven’t
any
gates—only
they were shipped from Africa. Brine
number
on
the
Inside
of
my
new
type-
The nations of Europe have gone a
About a year ago all America and
heart, Phyllis thought
hedges."
la the principal preservative used and
wrltter."
John's
mother-in-law
turned
“I am very glad that I helped you England were talking about the new
the skins are In such good condition, long way ahead of the United States
any, Rory," she said, softly.
"I've clock Idea— turning the clock an hour up the typewriter and looked. John
taxidermists say, that they may be In road work, particularly In the mat­
A Hard Feat.
ter
of
administration
and
road
mainte­
always believed so In you, you know, ahead In summer and back again In braced hlniRelf and waited.
"Harry Is going to perform a very
kept Indefinitely. Aa rapidly as the
"W
hy,
I
do
beg
your
pardon."
said
nance,
and
experts
say
that
for
this
and wanted you to be your real self..” winter, so that the whole country
paradoxical action tonight.”
akin of one animal Is stuffed It la set
She lifted her long lashes and would sleep when It was dark and John's mother-in-law.
"W hat is It?"
aside, In the rough, and work la begun reason this country will benefit Im­
After
she
had
gone
John
went
over
mensely
In
the
advantage
of
collabora­
looked at him, but Rory failed to re­ work when It was light. Thus, we
“ He Is anxious to know If the girl
on another, l i » finishing touches are
to
the
desk,
turned
up
that
type­
tion
made
possible
by
membership
In
spond.
would rise at what was really 5, but
left to the naturalist and his work la
who is so popular here will accept
writer
himself,
and
looked.
"O
f
the
International
congress.
France,
"I knew It," he exclaimed, eagerly. the clock would call It 6. and retire at
important
him, so when he calls on her he Is
"That’s Just what I told Jess.
She 9, but the clock would say 10. There­ course you won’t believe it," says the going quietly to sound the belle.”
"Perhaps you never thought much for Instance, with Its almost perfect
Long
Islander;
“
I
shouldn't
myself,
system
of
roads,
sends
one
and
one-
seemed to take up the work where fore, without changing our dally hab­
about It," said an employe at the
you left I t
I mean since I came to its, we could get the benefit of the day­ but the truth is those numbers, the
muaeum, who Is a student of natural third times as much freight over her
A Forbidden Art.
French lottery ticket and the Inside
public
highways
as
Is
carried
by
the
New York. I’ve been successful, but light and save In Illumination.
history, “but animals have a wonder­
"I see where science has arrayed
number
on
John's
new
typewriter,
railroads.
The
freight
traffic
on
the
I’ve had few friends, and none like
ful lot of expression— facial expres­
The idea was Introduced Into the
Itself against a great criminal modern
her." He paused a minute, and asked British parliament, but failed to be­ were the same— the same— the same evil."
sion, I mean. They have their moods roads of other European countries Is
all
but
one
figure,
and
that
was
an
almost
as
heavy.
In
this
country
con­
boyishly: "Do you think I will make come a law. Two cities, however
Just as we do, and It Is a knack
"W hat Is that?"
eight on the typewriter that was
a good brother-in-law, Phyllis?”
coupled with a certain artistic sense, ditions are reversed and It la estima­
“ Kidnaping."
adopted It— Birmingham, England, and
blurred
to
look
like
the
six
on
the
ted
that
the
railroads
carry
nearly
For a moment her head dropped, Cincinnati, Ohio. Both tried In vain
"How so?"
to ‘build' up a skeleton, clothe It with
lottery
ticket.
And
you
can't
beat
four
times
as
much
freight
as
the
pub­
and she closed her eyes, her hands to enforce It on the people, but public
a pelt and make It appear aa It did
"It forbids rocking the baby."
that."
Bald
the
Long
Islander,
and
lic
roads.
Yet
railroad
development
crushing the thick fur of the Persian opinion was against It, and now It has
in life. Particularly Is this true of our
passed
the
chipped
ice.—
New
York
depends,
engineers
say.
on
the
good
cat In her lap. Jess came down the been wholly abandoned. It Is rather a
larger wild animals, the vary kind we
Thoughtfulness.
broad staircase beyond the velvet shame, for It was a good plan, and In Sun.
are working with now In getting to­ roads which open up and make acces­
Senior Partner (of automobile firm)
sible
the
country
adjacent
to
the
portieres humming under her breath time the public might have been
gether the Roosevelt collection.
—You’re going to send Roxley a book­
Number of Animal Species.
"Lower classes of animal life are lines.
pictures, art In all Its Interpretations, a gay little tune the street pianos brought to see Its utility.
let about our new 16,000 machine?
In
1830
Bunther
made
a
list
of
all
The
department
of
agriculture
now
not so difficult to handle, blrda and
and, as Jess said laconically, It was were rippling out these Indian sum­
However, here it rests In “ Innocu­
Why, don’t you know he's hopelessly
reptllea being comparatively easy to has the petition under consideration natural she should love Rory Latimer, mer days. It suddenly dawned upon ous desuetude” until some progressive the known animal species. In 1881 bankrupt?
and.
If
approval
la
given,
congress
will
another
list
was
made
and
the
two
Phyllis
the
new
life
that
had
trans­
stuff and mount It la In poelng the
for Rory was an Incarnate Interpreta­
schemer brings tt up again.
Junior Partner—Certainly I do; but
lists were compared. In 1830 there
figured Jess.
subjects that the real difficulty la en­ be asked this coming winter for the tion of art
when he gets that booklet he’ll think
small
appropriation
necessary
for
this
were
about
78,688
species;
In
1881
the
"Isn’t It lucky you didn't take pity
countered. There are many details to
It has been Jess’s fault, their meet­
Witness Turns the Tables.
we haven't found It out yet, and that’ll
number had Increased to 311,653. And
be looked after. For example. It la a country's membership dues.
ing at all, and she took the full re­ on me, slater?” laughed Rory, rising
make him happy for at least five min­
Samuel Kallsch tells the following
as
the
minimum
yearly
Increase
since
good day's work to select and fit the
sponsibility of It with a stoicism that and looking down at her In brotherly story of a famous lawyer he knew sev­
utes.
then has been 12.000, about 600,000
RENOVATING THE CAPITOL.
right kind of glass eyes for juat auch
admirable, considering Rory. fashion.
eral years ago: ‘Th is lawyer." said
are
known
at
the
present
time.
This
specimens are we are now working
“Very, very fortunate,” said Phyllis Mr. Kallsch. "had a fashion of brow
There had been an entertainment at
The capitol has recently undergone the settlement, a Oreek dance for gamely, with a slow smile. "For ut beating every witness that came on Is a large figure, but It Is probable
WONDERFUL PERFORMANCE.
with. It's not hard to pick out ele­
that It Is Insignificant compared with
a
thorough
house
cleaning
and
reno­
phant eyes from those of a lion or an
the children, and a little play that both, Rory."
the stand for the opposite Bide In the
figures of the species as yet undis­
antelope, but It la a Job to select the vating. Over 200 workmen have been Jess had written for them, full of
case. Once he was examining a rather
right shade and size and It Is not al­ laboring with paint brush, mallet and pastoral beauty and tender charm.
An Amateur of Wives.
meek looking man who steadyfastly re­ covered.
The world of the lower animals Is
together practicable to follow models chisel for months to Improve the
Luther Burbank, at the cactus din­ fused to give a plain answer to any of
I want to try and bring some of
too closely. Of course, the general building. Among the numerous big that the old world glamour Into their ner that he recently gave In Santa the lawyer's questions. At last In re­ teeming. In 1905 the naturalist Shar
per listed a quarter of a million in
contour of the specimen Is the princi­ changes Is that of using the power poor lives,” she had told Phyllis. Rosa, said:
plying to one question the witness an
pal thing to pay attention to, but plant of southeast Washington, which “ Oh, I know what you want to say,
"As we all see, the fruit of the cac­ swered that he was unable to say etth sects and expressed the belief thnt a
quarter of a million was only a tenth
there are any nutnber of little details will transmit heat and light through that they will make a mess of It all. tus Is not bad. Some people, though, er yes or no.
part of the number of the species of
to be looked after that makes the more than a mile of tunnel to the but they don't dear.
They may live would turn from cactus with horror.
" 'Now, that Is a ridiculous answer,’
Insects on earth.
capitol, the office building and the In squalid tenements and live on rye Tastes differ. One man, such a man
work tedious.
said the lawyer. 'Do you mean to tell
bread and coffee, but they recognize as myself, for Instance, finding a single me that you could possibly ask me a
"The Asiatic elephant and the Afri­ congressional library.
The Japanese Policeman.
All the rooms, stairways, etc., have art when they see and hear It, these wife too many, remains unmarried. An
can elephant, while they are first cou­
question to which I could not answer
Japan has a police force modeled
sins and In a general way look a good been painted and varnished. For babies of Italy, who have been bred other man, like Cetewayo, finds a thou­ yes or no?'
after the French system. In various
deal alike, hare distinguishing fea­ year after year paint and varnish on song and sunlight and color back sand wives sacrcely enough.
“ 'W ell,1 said the witness, as he lean
When Wolseley conquered Cetewayo, ed forward and looked at his tormen places throughout Toklo there are
tures. Almost everyone knows that have been put on the walls and stair­ home. And, besides, I have engaged
their ears vary In size and shape and ways until It will no longer stick, but the Interest of Latimer over the he took nearly all his wives away tor, ‘will you please tell the court, by small "kabancho,” which resemble
that their eyes differ In shape and peels off, leaving unsightly spots. phone, and he has promised to help.” from him. I believe he left the mon­ answering yes or no. If In your esti­ sentry-boxes, but are larger.
Three men are attached to each box
Phyllis sat In the big armchair op­ arch only a balf-doxen or thereabouts. mation you are really as stupid and
often In color. It rests with the natur­ This year the cleaning went so deep
One remains Inside resting
‘Cetewayo, day after day, sent pit foolish as you look?’ ”— Newark Star dally.
alist to put the finishing touches to a that all of the old paint was sandpa­ posite, listening Idly and Bmlltng, but
while another stands at the door, and
specimen after the taxidermist has pered off and the new coats put di­ at the name, she leaned quickly for­ eous messages to Wolseley, pleadln|
the third patrols a beat, returning,
rectly on the walls. The painting of ward, her gray eyes suddenly darken­ for the rest of his wives, but the
done the rough work.”
Cats Become Seml-Wild.
at regular Intervals to the box. After
British soldier refused sternly.
The larger animals that go to make the dome and capitol combined has ing.
Domestic cats soon revert to a seml- twenty-four hours' work the three of­
"Rory Latimer, Jess?”
'When Wolseley came to leave ths wlld state when once they take to the
np the Roosevelt collection will hare been an enormous task. It has been
ficers are given the same time to rest,
Jess added absently as she ran her country Cetewayo. In desperation,
riba of wood. By the first of the year, estimated that If one man only were
woods, and are terribly destructive In and three other men are sent to the
"Fred made a remarkable record
specimens will be on display In the na­ to tackle the Job It would take him fingers over an Index file:
sent this message to him:
the coverts. They destroy pheasants,
with his automobile last Sunday."
about five years to complete I t
‘The artist, dear. He does mural
tional museum.
' 'If you will not send me any mors partridges, leverets and rabbits. The box.
"How many miles did he go?"
During their "o ff” days the men are
stuff, don’t you know?
All
old wives, will you not. at least, be enough
life of these wild tabbies Is wild In­ employed taking census returns, ma­
"I don't know anything about the
You liked one called of a gentleman to exchange the six I
MOONSHINERS IN TH E C A P IT A L Oreek scenes.
deed.
Every dormant InstlDct Is king reports regarding the condition distance, but he ran the thing nearly
EFFICIENCY 1» REQUIRED.
Springtime In Melos.’ A lot of little have for six others?’ "
aroused: each movement becomes of streets, bridges, embankments, all day without hurting anybody or
An "Illicit whisky still almost In the children throwing pink blossoms at
characteristically feline, and when drains and cemeteries. They also re­ breaking down once."
The order signed by President Taft
Hsld His Color Wall.
some mermaids or dolphins.
He's
heart
of
the
national
capital!
Now,
placing In the classified service assist­
A New Orleans man tells of an In­ these creatures revert to life In the port weddingB, births, deaths, theat­
nice sort of a boy.
I thought
what
do
you
think
of
thatT
The
ant postmasters and such clerks In
On the Wane.
he was still abroad, and 'phoned to teresting exchange of greetings be woods It Is lmposs’ ble to reclaim rical performances and the presence
certain classes of post offices aa are revenue officers made tt discovery a his studio on a chance of finding tween two darkles on the streets ol them. Climatic Influences work re­ of suspicious persons.
“ John!”
few
days
ago
that
In
the
southwest
markable
changes
upon
the
fur,
caus­
not now within the civil service, does
that
city.
"How
yo'
gettln’
on,
Joe?"
"W
ell,
honeybunch!"
him there."
not take effect until December 1. An section of the city Is an Illicit still
"You are smoking!"
Has he been abroad since— I mean asked the first, a light mulatto. "1 ing It to grow longer and thicker, and
A Little London Financiar.
with a capacity of 100 gallons of
Important feature of the order Is that
ain't done so bad,”
answered tbs the cats take up their abode In stony
"Why, come to notice It, so I am !"
An East End clergyman tells a
whisky a day, and It has been there very long?" Phyllis asked In a low other, who was as black as the prover crevasses or hollow trees. In summer,
assistant postmasters who cannot pre­
tone, bending over to stroke a huge
"You promised me that you would
moving tale of Innocence. A frail lit­
sent an efficiency record will not have for nearly a year. Some Important Persian sat that leaned lovingly blal ace of spades. "Y o' looks pretty when kittens are produced, the de­ tle girl came Into a public house with give up smoking the day we were
arrests have been made, and It has
well, Joe," assented the mulatto. Then, struction of game Is almost Incredible. a Jug to fetch her parents half a pint. married!”
the advantage of the order. The offi.
been discovered that several of ths against her velvet dinner gown.
condescendingly, be added: "Y o ‘ shore
ctal text of the order Is as follows!
When the Jug was filled she nervously
"And I did give It up, dear—th«
wholesale liquor houses
In
this Phyllis always dressed for dinner.
What Did He Mean.
holds yo' color well dls hot weather,
"It la hereby ordered that the posi­
put down two halfpennies on the day we were married.”
city were getting their supply
of It was part of her own little personal
tion of assistant postmaster In post
Doctor— You must be operated upon counter and made for the door. The
Joe."—
Llpplncott'e.
creed
of
right
living."
whisky from this still.
directly! Not a day's delay!
otficas of the first and second classes
barman, though he hardly liked to
"Three years, I think," Jess an­
One of Many.
The Seme Old Moon.
and also the position of clerk, of what­
Jones— Hold on, doc! Stick to your frighten the poor, little thing, called
swered briskly. "H e was a perfect
He— So she's a business woman 1
William was on his way east to
W
H
IT
E
HOUSE
CLEANED
UP.
ever grade, In post offices of the first
Don't begin thinking after her. In a gentle voice:
cub. then.
A big. placid boy. with visit his grandparents. He lived la automobile!
What business Is she Interested In?
and second classes, not hitherto classi­
wonderful opinion of his own a western state and they had trav­ about a flying machine!"— Puck.
“ You're a halfpenny short."
She— Oh, everybody's.
The W hite House was all fixed up
fied, shall be Included In the classified
"No. you're a halfpenny short!" she
powers. He’d been earning fabulous eled all day In the cars and far Into
service, provided that no assistant spick and span for the arrival of the salaries at comic Illustration-—yes.
Genius, Past and Present.
answered,
and
disappeared.—
London
That Man Again.
the night. He awoke from a long
postmaster or clerk appointed without president from his summer vacation. dear, comic—and then he went abroad
"You must admit the greatness oi Globe.
"Mother doesn't think she can go
nap to discover the moon shining
examination prior to this examination The floors had been beautifully to pick up the foreign touch.
And In brightly through the car window the men who painted the pictures you
to the theater with us tonight, Ber­
shall be classified who falls to estab­ cleaned, all of the woodwork has been nobody knows Just what happened,
are so anxious to acquire."
No Better Than a Dictionary.
tie.”
Putting his face to the glass, he gazed
lish to the satisfaction of the post whitened up again, the wonderful but all at once he threw up every
"Oh,
yes,"
replied
Mr.
Dustin
Stax.
Boss—
Does
the
city
directory
give
"Is that so? But I have three tick­
a long time at It and then, turning,
chandeliers
were
all
given
a
bath
and
office department hla capacity for effi­
comic order and contract and pitched said: "Mamma, that looks Just like "Although I can't help thinking of Weaver's occupation?
ets.
What shall we do with the
cient service In the position held, and everything made to look just as nice head over heels Into real art Turned
what
a
lot
of
respect
those
old
mas­
Clerk—
Yes,
sir;
It
says
he's
a
third
7"
the moon we hare at hom e!"
Schedule A of the civil servtoe rules as new. All the carpets and hangings picturesque tramp, and did all the
ters would have had for the men who manufacturer.”
"Give
It to the man that you alwayf
Is hersby amended accordingly. This In the red. blue and green parlors dead cities and the half dead and the
are now able to buy their works."
Boss— A manufacturer? Great Scott! go out to see between the acts. Hi
Pennsylvania Snake Story.
order shall take affect December 1 have been put back, also the yellow merely slumbering ones.
And now
A dictionary would have told you that can sit with us and save you the
The latest snake story comes from
mo.*
damaak hangings In the east room be has come back home, and Is a seri­
Disadvantages of a Fair Velage.
trouble."— Judge.
Elllottsburg. Perry county. Samuel
much.
The ctvll service commission Is not and the big, old-fashioned house again ous. dear sort of a boy, with nearly
Paasenger (on liner)— Steward. K
Foose had been missing turkey eggs
prepared to make a definite statement looks quite habitable.
all his hopes come true. And he
for some time and finally the china seems to me you don't serve aa good
Galt to Strike.
The Program.
as to tha number of persona who will
doesn’t do any comic stuff any mors."
"Indeed, papa, do you not eufll
nest egg disappeared. A few days ago fare on this steamer as you used,"
"H ave you fixed the day’s pro-
be brought Into *v - competitive classi­
OCCUPIES FIR8T PLACE.
"Doesn't he?"
Phyllis’ eyebrows
Steward— No, sir
You see. every­ clently appreciate Willie. Everybody gram?”
an old tree was cut down, destroying
fied service until a further analysis of
lifted ever so slightly.
eating.
Nobody’e seasick. says he la a coming man."
the home of a six-foot black snake, body'!
"Y e t; at two we will sail the
the effect of the order has been made.
"I believe you know him." Jess
There 1s In the United States treas­
"W ell, you tell him he will be much river."
which was killed. A post mortem re­ Have to cut down expeneea, tlr.
There were on July 1. 1*0*, 1,106 as- ury department a very fine painting turned on her suddenly.
more popular with me If he la more of
sulted In the discovery of the nest
"W hat then.”
s. 'ant postmasters In first and seoond. of Alexander Hamilton, first secretary
"Oh, I knew him abroad, a little.*
One or tho Other,
egg.— Philadelphia Record.
a going one."
"A t four we will (team to the city;
Class cost offices, and on the date of the treasury and organizer of that
"You had better retain a favorable
Hewitt— There Is one thing about it.
at six we will motor, and at eight— *
named there were 614 second claas department. The secretary of the Impression, dear." Jess’ arms were
Jewett— And what la that?
Imposalbla.
The "Submerged Tenth."
"W hat will wo do about eight r '
post ofllcca In which city free delivery treasury has ordered that this paint­ laid with a quick Impulse around her
Hewitt— Either I must get elected tt
“ You say you cannot write me out
The experience of all schemes for
"W e will aviate."
tud not been established. In which ing be built Into the mantel piece In sister's bare soft throat her cheek
the relief of distress due to unem­ the legislature or take a correspom a reference?"
there were employed 1,746 clerks who the secretary's private office. Above pressed close to hers.
ployment rlearly proved that the great Aence courts In grafting.
"No, I haven't a thing In the house
Tommy's Inquiry.
sore unclassified.
A considerable the painting, which Is a copy of the
"I have retained a very favorable majority of the unemployed, or at
to writ# with but a pencil my wife
Small Tommy (at dinner)—Say,
number of these second class offices original, a wooden eagle will be Impression,” laughed Phyllis, flush least those who sought relief from dis­
Surely a Success.
sharpened."
maw, what Is conservation of nat­
have since been classified by the es­ carved.
Paintings are kept In the Ing. "And I am glad, so glad, that his tress. were very markedly Inferior
"W as you chafing-dish party a suo-
ural resources, anyway?
tablishment of city free delivery, thus Ins ol Hamilton always has occupied bope* hare nearly all come true
both as regards their Industrial ca­ oeas?"
The Vegetarian Florist.
Mamma— It means the saving o f
reducing the number of clerks who treasury department of exery score- - They both paused aa a step on the pacity and their physical and moral
'G reat W e spoiled all the food
Bean lera— I« Weedier/ a florist?
them for future use, my boy.
are classified ana who will be affected tary ol that deportment. but this paint- bare polished floor of the broad hall- quallflcatlona to the average employed
early In the evening and then went to
Beetlam— Yea, he's e vegetarian
Small Tommy— Well, It Isn't nece»-
by the present order. It Is probable. first piece.
j , f s j caught their hearing, and Rory workmen In the same tr
t regular restaurant"
florist; he raises caullflowee
•ary to conserve the pie, W It. maw?
SKINS H
i
however, thaA the .total »umber ol Per­
sons affected will be In the neighbor­
hood of 2,690.
Borne regret la being expressed by
civil servlee reformers that the presi­
dent did not accompany this new or­
der with one covering all the fourth
claas postmasters In the country Into
the classified service. At present the
fourth class postmasters of 14 states
—the territory east of the Mlstssstppi
river and north of the Ohio river—are
In the classified service. The number
of fourth class postmasters In these
I I states Is about 24,000. The total
number of fourth class postmasters In
the country Is 62,042, so as will be
seen, not quite half the postmastws In
this class are In the classified serv­
ice.
It was said at the civil service com
mission recently that the policy will
undoubtedly be to fill the places of as­
sistant postmasters by the promotion
of postofflee employes already In the
classified service. Postmaster Qeneral
Hitchcock desires that this policy
shall be pursued rather than a policy
under which men unfamiliar with the
duties of the office would be brought
In through competitive examinations,
and the civil service commission sup-
porta the postmaster general's views
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