1 Topics of
I the Times I
If fish could talk anglers would have
to revise their yarn.
Many a rich tnau has netting but
sympathy for the poor.
sumracrglrl's Idea of economy la to
make one hammock do for two.
Competition oxks both ways. It la
either the life or dtxath of trade.
Some men would rather tell agree
able Ilea than the disagreeable truth.
Some men are unable to stand up for
their rights because their wives sit on
them.
When a baehekir has more money
than he can spend he should annex a
wife.
Don't be too modest Because of Its
modesty the lowly violet is frequently
trampled under foot
The judge who lined a girl $10 for
wearing a "peekaboo" waist evidently
la not In "society" much.
Possibly you may have observed that
lots of girls marry during leap year
who never married before.
A Pennsylvania woman who died
the other day left $500 for her pet
dog. It ought to be easy enough for
tome sharp lawyer to get that
house which waa left twept and fur
nished, but empty, waa soon taken
possession of by seven devils more
wicked than the first It may seem a
long step from theee generalisations to
the remark that women may win men
from undomestlc hablta by other meth
ods more easily than by antl-lodg and
anti-club societies. The man uo
spends an evening at home because his
wife has helped pasa a resolution con
demning his habit of going out will
hardly be a pleasant companion at the
fireside. The ife may well seek some
new and fascinating way of saying.
"Do stayT rather than aorae new and
strenuous way of saying. "You shall
uot go!" If it seems at first thought
to be beneath the woman's dignity to
contrive effective persuasions, she may
reflect that nature itself sets ber the
example. Sun and rain are none the
less powerful that they are silent and
conservative forces.
IMldDlIIALS
OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
It Is almost superfluous to mention
the fact that. Uncle Russell Sage's
money never takes a . vacation. It
works for him every day In the year.
A London firm has decided to make
war on the Standard Oil Company. One
needn't be much of a prophet to pre
dict what will happen to the London
firm.
Two thousand Mormon missionaries
are in the field. The Inevitable conflict
Is approachlug. This nation cannot
long remain half bigamy and half mon
ogamy. A French physician claims that au
tomoblllng will cure consumption. It
will also cure any other disease that a
man who gets in front of the machine
happens to have. .
Another bank teller has confessed
that a large shortage in his accounts
la due to speculation. And it is en
couraging to note that the newspapers
refer to falm as a thief Instead of an
embezzler.
Persons who are not smokers prob
ably will be surprised to hear that
some striking cigarmakers down In
New York claim that for years the
manufacturers have been using cab
bage and celery leaves as a substitute
for Havana tobacco.
A radium clock has been made that
Is estimated as good for 30,000 years
before It runs down. Before retiring
for the night nearly every man has to
put out the cat, besides winding the
clock. Now that the clock problem has
been settled, can somebody invent a
way of putting out the cat so she will
stay out for 30,000 years?
A Heidelberg professor has aroused
Interest In Germany by propounding
the theory that the German Federal
Council has a right to end the em
pire, eliminate the Kaiser and con
struct a new federation. It is feared
that the Kaiser, who seems to be rath
er finicky about matters pertaining to
the empire, might offer some objection
to this program.
Perhaps If the enemies of the divorce
evil could take away the matrimonial
Incentive that Impels separation in so
many instances, the hardest blow
would be struck at the practice. Pre
vent divorced people from marrying
again, or make them wait a certain
length of time before marrying, and
the divorce courts would find their la
bors materially lightened. But we need
a uniform marriage law to start the
reform.
As Russell Sage la regarded all over
this couutry s a parsimonious mau
from whom nobody ever expected a
generous, sympathetic or humane sen
timent to proceed, his article In the
Independent on "The Injustice of Va
cations" will probably excite no feel
ing but resentment and contempt
still it contalus just euough truth to
keep it from being absurd. Mr. Sage's
Indictment against "the vacation hab
it" when aualyzed contains three
counts. In the first place, he thinks
a vacation is an outrage ou the legal
rights of tlie employer, lu'the second
place, he contends that a v'aeatlou In
stead of being a recuperative process
depletes a man's vitality, wastes his
money and returns hlxu to his work a
less valuable employe than he was be
fore. In the third place, he charges
that It betrays a waut of business am
bition. In regard to the first objection
It may be freely admitted, as Mr. Sage
says, that there is no more Justice In
u employe being paid for two weeks
without working than there would be
In his workltig two weeks without pay,
but that is not a fair statement of the
case. The presumpUon Is that the
employe's pay Is adjusted to the vaca
tion habit' That this Is so Is proved
by the fact that vacations are not
granted until employes have been a
year in their positions. The second
objection that vacations do people
more harm than good has just a grain
of truth in it There is no doubt that
a number of people return from their
vacations not only worn out but dis
gusted and deeply Impressed toat they
will never take another. Strange to
say, however, there are people In good
circumstances who have money enough
to pass the summer anywhere they
please. With poor people the effect or
the vacation is just the opposite. The
hard-worked clerk and the physical
toller returns from his outing boasting
aloud of bis diversions and his im
proved health. That he is worth less
to his employer than he was before his
vacation cannot be true. Certainly
employers do not seem to think so.
In the third place, Mr. Sage thinks
that if a young man has the proper
ambition to be a good workman and to
rise In his business he will be too much
in love with the workshop or the store
to leave it for a vacation. He backs It
up with his own example and says he
has never taken a day's vacation in
eighty-three years. This is the same
as to say that If a man has a proper
devotion to his business he will put
every rule of health at defiance and do
the best he can to work himself to
death. Nobody thinks this except Mr.
Sage. As a general thing the Ameri
can people work too hard and take too
little rest and recreation. To Euro
peans they appear to be business mad
and our own physicians are all agreed
that this Incessant activity has made
nervous prostration a distinctively
American disease. They say we need
shorter hours and more holidays, and
probably they are right about it Still,
everyone will agree with Mr. Sage
that there is a good deal of humbug
about vacations, especially amoDg well-to-do
people. '
' How much more our bill of fare is
to be trimmed to suit the newer notions
of the day is somewhat difficult to
imagine. Aside from the pure theory
. of the matter, we may in the end be
forced to believe that man was never
made for a mixed diet, that his stem
ach and complicated intestinal appar
atus are merely an accidental survival
of useless organs, of which the lnslg
nlflcant and troublesome appendix is
the type. Experience, however, against
which there Is never much of an argu
ment, must prove its value against the
mere logic of arbitrary rules. The
hungry man with a Juicy steak before
him will continue his hurtful habit of
loading his stomach with unnecessary
fodder in spite of all theories to the
contrary. His instinctive need for just
such nourishment as he takes will an
swer all other questions.
In politics it may be desirable to
have an opposlton party. The happy
mean in legislation is often reached by
the consideration and compromise
which criticism from opponents com
pels. But in the world of social and
moral relations one vigorous "This
do!" is worth a chorus of "Dont's!"
Slander Is best checked by hearty and
charitable speech. Evil thoughts must
. be crowded out by noble ones not by
resolve to think B9 more evil. Xhe
Why Do Inventors Neglect the Kitchen?
N luveutor aud a housewife were discussing the
practical side of kltcheu work the other day,
wheu the luventor expressed his surprise tluit
no easier plans had been found for doing the
huudred' aud one odd things which are still done
In the kitchen lu the same laborious manner
that m-evalled wheu he was a boy. He said
that If he had to do "housekeeping" he would get easier
ways of accomplishing a lot of things which are now done
by main force; and expressed his aurprlso tnai women,
who are supposed to be too weak to attempt any heavy
labor, regularly do things which would bo a severe test
upon the muscles of the strorgest man.
"Well, there are certain things which have to bo done,"
said the housewife. "Aud most people have only maids
In their kitchen."
"Why. I would put in a little motor." began the In
ventor; when a pair of surprised eyes told htm that this had
never before occurred to the housewife.
It Is certainly a curious fact that invention, which has
done so much for man's work all along the line, has done
so little for that of womeu. Of course, It has done some
thing. The housewife was able to mention several labor
saving devices which could now be bought at tho depart
mental stores; but they made up a pitiful total when com
pared with the myriads of Inventions that have come to the
assistance of man. It Is safe to say that the average type
writer carries almost as many patents as a kitchen shelf.
Of course, men are very wilting to buy any llttlo work
savers for the kitchen which are Invented; but It Is a senti
mental demand upon which these devices must depend for
their profits not the Imperative demand of Increased pro
duction. When a kitchen produces a meal, It produces alt
that can be required of It To lessen the labor of producing
this meal, Is not to produce two meals; It Is only to produce
one meal more easily.
Yet a priceless economic product would be the result
of this luveutlon. Woman would be given more time. It Is
doubtful if the human race cau buy any more valuable
thing than a higher average of leisure for the women who
work. In many cases, they are the mothers of the next
generation; and they cannot be given too much time to pre
pare themselves for the bringing up of that generation
In the best way. An invention or set of Inventions which
should give the women of Canada two extra hours a day
for mental Improvement, would tell Immensely on the more
material productiveness of this country when the children
of the present shall have become the producers of the
future. Montreal Star.
flames. Mauy of the fires occurred upon private game pre
serves. These are attributed to Incendiarism due to the
strung feeling against private ownership of these lands and
the exclusion of hunters. Stat reservations were fired t
cause the law forbids the cutting or removal of wood from
them. Baltimore Sun.
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Destructive Forest Fires Last Year.
HE Bureau of Forestry of the United States
Department of Agriculture has published a re
port upon the "Forest Fires In the Adirondack
In 1903." This report, which Is most Instruct
ive, estimates the direct loss from the destruc
tlon of timber, building, etc., in thoso tires at
$3,500,000. In addition to this $175,000 was ex
peuded In futile efforts to extinguish the fires. The indirect
loss caused by the destruction of undergrowth, Injury to the
soil, destruction of fish and other game was enormous, but
no estimate of it could be attempted. The fires occurred
between April 20 and June 8 of last year, at the time when
the breeding and nesting season was at Its height, and in
the conflagrations a great number of young animals and
birds and some that were full grown perished. Trout in
the streams and lakes perished In great nuinliers, some from
tho heated waters and some from the lye leached from the
ashes left by the fire. Over 600.000 acres of woodland were
swept by the fires, much of which Is the property of the
State. The fires originated variously. It was a time of
protracted drought and the whole region was filled with
dry and highly combustible material. Many of the- fires
began along the railways from sparks and cinders from the
locomotives. These were due largely to carelessness, as
they could have been prevented. Other fires started from
camp fires and smokers. Many were of an Incendiary orl
gin, and the. reasons assigned for the incendiarism are
peculiar. It seems that the law provides a fund for paying
laborers for fighting fires, and that the rate of wages
allowed being greater than for other labor, men set the
woods afire in order to get employment In fighting the
Shorn of His Power.
In the closing days of the last ses
sion of Congress, one of the Repre
sentatives from a Northern State was
complaining to a colleague of the polit
leal non-activity of a number of his
constituents whom he had been lnflu
entlal in placing in public offices.
"There is no use talking," he said,
"this civil service business is a hum
bug. I named four or five fellows for
good Jobs, and as soon as they got
warm in their seats they snapped their
fingers at me. They felt that they
were p.rotected. by the civil service,
and made up their minds to lay down
and not do any work."
"That's nothing to a fellow that I
had appointed," said, the other man,
who hailed from one of the Western
States; "he was worse than any of
your fellows."
"Why, what did he do?" inquired the
Northerner.
"Do?" was the indignant reply.
"Why, as soon as he got his place he
Joined the church, and now he Is use
less as far as our political organization
is concerned."
New Kind of Mother-Jn-Law.
"You're one of the few men I have
met who don't object to his mother-in-
law paying a long visit"
"Me object to my mother-in-law!
should say. not!"
"You get along well, then."
"You bet we do. And you ought to
see her boss my wife around." St
Paul News.
There Is plenty going on,- but in so
many cases reporters do not dare ny
anything.
Dead men pay no doctor bills.
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Work of Yellow Journalism.
T la not service, nor even alleged service, to
the public that constitutes yellowness; It Is
bolstcrousncM, vaunting, morbidness, extrava
gance, the magnifying of slight accidents Into
tragedies and bonfires Into holocausts,
White papers are sometimes taken In by
dlspntchea from Europe, because ycllowlsm ex
JUDICIAL DECISIONS.
The advisability of documentary avU
deuce tending to establish the guilt of
in accused of the offense charged la
held, la Adsms vs. New York, advance
sheets U. 8. l'3, p. 372, to be affected
by the fact that It was la violation of
tha constitutional prohibition against
unreasonable searches and seliures.
The constitutional guaranty of rcllg
lous freedom Is held. In People vs.
Hereon (N Y.), 03 I It A. 1N7, not to
be violated by a statute requiring tha
furnishing of medical attendance to
minors, where the constitution pro
vides that liberty of conscience shall
not Justify practices Inconsistent with
the safety of the state, ;
The right tu Interrogate a witness as
to his belief lu a Supreme Being who,
would punish him for false swearing,
for the purpose of affecting his cred
Utility. Is dented lu Brink vs. Ktrnttou
IN. Y.), 03 I K. A. 1NJ. where the
constitution provide that no person
shall be Incompetent to be a witness ou
account of his religious belief, and ah
rogutc all disqualification from civil
rights because of such in-ller.
A stipulation lu a railway pnss that
the company shall not be liable to thw
user "under any circumstances, wheth-
Ists there as well as here; but they do not originate those
dispatches; they do not "dress up" news in the home office;
they print only what they believe to be true, aud print It
without trying to make the readers believe that it is the
mint tromeiiiltiua thtmr Unit ivpi Immwiiml
Sensationalism is like other agencies for excitement in or negligence oi ngem. or
that it creates a constant and Increasing demand for more; Tor any injury 10 urn perm,,.. ...
hence the tendency of tho yellow paper Is to grow yellower i Northern Pacific It.ilhvay t-omimny v.
and yellower, been use hny lapse into sobriety sod calm Is j Adams, Advance Hiovt V. H. llkM. p.
resented by Its almost Illiterate patron. He must bo kept,". vioiow " ruw Vl I""1' '
going by mental stimulants which are Just as harmful to and to relieve the company from llabll-
blm as cocktails. He wants his news strong rather thnu Ity for personal injuries n-mmmx inm
true, and If he ever reads au editorial does uot want It to the ordinary negligence of its employes
preach or Inform, but only to rouse. And If Its editor to one ruling ou mo u uu ,,oi.
thrusts himself Into his vision ns the greatest of men, the. edge or Its condition.
reader's mind has been brought by his' reading to a state A promise by a conductor to asntnt a
that makes littsff almost ready to admit It Brooklyn Eagle j female passenger who I partially blind.
In alighting from the train at her des
tination. Is held, In Southern ltallwuy
Company vs. Ilobtta (Sa.), 03 L. H. A.
CM, not to amount to mi undertaking
on the part of the conductor to enter
tho car in which the passenger Is rid
ing, assume charge of her bundles and
escort her from her seat down tho aisle
and out upon the platform, unless the
passenger Is so helpless ns to require
Jip Officers and Their Pay.
II.ITAUY elllolency being so much bound up
with tho national existence of Japan, the army
olllcers naturally take their profession very se
riously. Their pay Is small, and few have
much private means, so that they live In a very
modest way compared to the olllcers of mauy
other at mles.
A major general only gets the equivalent of alnuit f l."8
M
a year ordinary pay, a captain 30. and a. econd lieutenant extraordinary attention and the
14 Most appointments mean additional pay, but foreign fonductor has notice that such 1 the
service does uot Messes have been established lu some 111
regiments, but as a rule, the officer only have the midday! Tho right to cross examine hand,
meal together. Japanese -food I cheap, consisting as It j writing experts lit order to prove their
does cbletly of rice aud Uh; while rich and poor alike drink 'ability Is sustained In Hong vs. Wright
the Inexpensive liquor of the country, "sake." For this 'IN. .. "J U A. nu. aim u i nom
reason entertaining expenses come to very little, and the; to be error to strike out an admlsslou
officer is enabled to maintain hi position with but small ! Itf ' " expert that he had been,
outlny. ! mistaken a to signatures wiiicu lie uaa
As In the Continental armies of Europe, Japanese ollt-; pronounced genuine, although the trial
cers practically live lu uniform, and the latter Is serviceable j Judge might, In hi discretion, have ex.
and inexpensive. Little attention Is paid to smartness and ciutleu on cuori to secure sucn uiub-
appearance generally, though all are Invariably neatly
dressed. Promotion is chiefly by selection; especially In
the higher ranks. New York Evening Post
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The Spirit of Recklessness.
ANY prolaibly most accidents on American
railways of all kind are due to recklessness.
The same Is true of accidents from other vehi
cles. Manifestations of this disposition are to
be seen on every side. Coachmen exhibit It by
driving heavy carriages nt full speed around the
most busy and crowded comers of large cities.
Messenger boys show it by propelling their bicycles like
mad whenever they get whero there seems a good chanco
to run anybody down. The automobile chuuffeur acts as If
it was no part of his business to look out for people ahead
of him, and apparently thinks that the man or woman
whom he runs down receives only his or her deserts for
getting In tho way. Everybody who Operates any sort of
Vehicle, from the locomotive engineer to tho laborer or
clerk hurrying to his work on a motorcycle, spems to have
become possessed with the Idea that It Is his business to
go as fast as he can, but no part of his business to take
care that he doesn't kill anybody. This combination of
speed mndness with recklessness Is causing more casual
ties in the United States than all other causes together.-)'
Kansas City Journal.
slon In tho first Instance. The other
authorities on examination of witness,
es to handwriting by comparison aro
collated aud reviewed In a note to tb li
eu so.
A combination prohibited by the act
of Congress of July 2. 181)0, Is held, la
W. V. Montague & Co. vs. Ixiwry (C.
tt A., Oth C), 03, I It. A. 58, affirmed
advance sheets U. 8., 11)03, p. 307, to
ho constituted by an association to
unlto all "acceptable dealers" engaged
In certain business In a certain city
and within 200 miles therefrom and all
American manufacturers of their sup
plies, the rules of which exclude un
acceptable persons from membership
and prohibit their purchasing supplies
at less than list prices, which are more
than doublo what members of the asso
ciation pay.
HISTORY OF AN OLD CLAIM.
Creek Indians Boon to Come Into Poa-
eaaion of Thousand.
The loyal Creeks will soon receive
the cash on their old war claims, says
the Kansas City Journal. The entire
amount of the original claim was $1,
200,000, but after long years of wait
ing and many conferences between the
Indians and congressional committees
it was finally scaled to half that
amount The Indian most Instru
mental In securing the award was I).
M. Hodge of Tulsa. For his services
he was allowed to retain 5 per cent
of the amount collected. This circum
stance alone shows that the Indian
had but llttlo hopes of ever getting
anything out of the government. The
claim was pending more than thirty
years.
The lurgest claim Is that of Cella
Scott, a resident of Coweta. The claim
is $23,000. The other claims range
down to a few dollars or even cents.
A large number of persons residing In
the vicinity of Tulsa will get large
amounts. The principal of these Is
Lincoln Postoak, whose check will ag
gregate about $9,000. Ex-Gov. L. C.
Ferryman will get a nice little slice;
so likewise will several others. Sev
eral boys who nover saw $100 in their
lives will get various suras ranging
from that amount up to $1,200 or $1,
500. What they will do with this
money no one knows. But all huve
agreed upon one thing viz., get rid of
it as soon as possible. All sorts of
schemes are hatched calculated to part
them from the money.
Cella Scott is the daughter of the
organizer and leader of tho loyal
Creeks, who left their homes along the
Arkansas river in 1801 for the north.
He was noither chief nor soldier, but
a medicine man, in whom the Indians
had implicit confidence. Seeing the
exposed condition of his tribesmen, he
went to the chief of his faction and ob
tained permission to lead them out of
the Egyptian darkness overhanging the
country. They located at Leltoy, Kan.
The refugees started from their homes
on Christmas day. They were away
from home nearly five years. Many
men who have since been famous lu
this history of the tribe were in' this
retreat Among them were Pleasant
Porter, present chief of .the tribe; also
Legus C. Ferryman, twice elected to
that exalted office; likewise David M.
Hodge, who has signed every troaty
of his tribe since the civil war. He has
also personally known every President
and many congressmen and senators
of the United States.
The refugees were followed by the
southerners, led by the rebel (Jen.
Cooper. They" traveled in a north and
west direction toward Coffeyvllle. On
Bird creek, north of Tulsa, near Skla
took, the pnwent home of W. C. Rog
ers, present chief of the Cherokees, a
fight took place. Gen. Porter com
manded In this fight in which he was
wounded. A number of other skir
mishes took place along the route, but
none worthy 'of special mention.
The Indians left fine farms, or
chards, good houses aud thousands of
dollars' worth of live stock, all of
which was carried away or destroyed.
From this arose the loyal Creek
claims, so soon to be paid.
EASIER TO BE STORE MODEL
Requirements Not a Severe a They
Were in Former Time.
There has been a great change in
the last few yenrs In the requirements
of the "more model," said the mana
ger of the suit department in a fash
lonable shop the other day. "Formerly
certain correct proportions were re
quired which if not after the Venus
standard were at least after that of
Paquin. But now the main thing nec
essary In the model is that she shall
have 'styl6' and 'carriage,' and of
course average size and roundness of
contour without strict regard to pro
portions.
"The elaborateness and looseness of
costumes has brought about this re
suit. The trimming and hiding of the
figure in the present day tailor-made
suit is so complete that a particularly
good 'line' is no longer required. The
fact that a larger model is selected
than formerly is the best indication of
tho change In woman's measurements,
due to tho straight front corset and
partly to the change of sentiment
which demands broad shoulders, and
selects clothes accordingly.
"The model now in demand has
usually a 25-inch waist, where It wns
formerly absolutely necessary that It
should be under 24. A 87-Inch bunt Is
preferred, where 80 used to bo consid
ered the ideal. Thirteen Inches across
the shoulders Is now considered none
to broad, though the hip measure ac
complished by the model who adjusts
herself strictly to the new overage Is
a couple cf inches smaller than former
ly, being about 41 Yj.
"These measurements are the aver
age ones of the gowns that are sold
even more than of the wearers them
selves. The plan of buying a large
size to be fitted down so as to obtain
the broad shouldered effect Is almost
universal, and while tho greatest mis
take a saleswoman could make former
ly was to suggest that a customer take
a size larger than she thought neces
sary, now it is often received as a com
pliment." Chicago Tribune.
WOMAN CLERKS IN GERMANY.
Betting on a Sure Thing.
The magistrate was German, but the
prisoner at the bar wasn't.
"You been here before, already,"
said the magistrate.
"Sure I has," said the prisoner.
"How many times arrested?" asked
the Judge;
"Aw! I been pinched more times
than I got fingers an' toes," said Mr.
piugugly, "an' I was always dis
charged." The magistrate took a long look at
tlie prisoner. Then, leaning toward
Mm in a confidential way, he said:
"I'll bet you $20 you're not dis
charged now."
"Put ten on "that for me. It's a
cinch," sold the court policeman who
stood near by. New York Sun.
A Prolific Bird.
In the United States the sparrow has
six broods a year; In Britain seldom
more than three.
Steady Prog-reaa of the Bex In Bplte of
ConaervatUnt.
Women have become an Indlspcns
ablo factor In the German postal tele
graph and telephone service, It seems.
In spite of tho conservatism which pre
vented the utilization of feminine ac
tivities In public work in Germany
until nearly half a century later than
In France and England. United, State
Consul Monnghan, of Chemnitz, In bis
recent communication to the United
States department of commerce and
labor, reviews briefly the condition
and requirements which are of Interest
as showing the progress of women, la
the fatherland.
It is not every woman who can ob
tain a position in the German postal
service, so strict are the government
regulations respecting age, character,
education and health. A government
medical examiner pronounces upon the
health, which must be perfect; the
ago must not exceed 80 or be under 18.
and a good common school education
Is a primary requisite. Possessing all
these qualifications, the woman candidate-Is
eligible only to a positions
a assistant in the postolllce, and the
highest salary she can hope for 1
$110 a year. In the telegraph and
telephone service, however, all grade
of positions are open to women.
though the rules of admission are
equally strict, and no women with
children aro employed. Four thousand
women are now engaged in the tele,
phone service of the German empire,
it is stated, 1,000 of them being in
Berlin. The hours are light, ranging
from six to eight a day.
Tho highest pay which a woman can
draw in German telephone olllces is
$307, which is said to afford a com
fortable living in Germany, but is a,
low wage compared to that to be ob
tained in England, whero experienced
telephone clerks get $G00 and chief
supervisors are paid as high as $2,550.
In Germany, however, it must be not
ed that women on their withdrawal
from active labor after the prescribed
number of years of faithful work are
awarded a government pension on the
same plane with the men. '
vvneu a young man ciimDS into a
barber's chair to get shaved tho first
time he feels like a barefaced fraud.
A Dividend.
Conductor I got your fare before,
sir.
Passenger I know; this nickel is for
the company. Judge.