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Tribute to Mr.. Ross.
Mr. Davis says at the close:

Mr. Davis says at the close:
81 cannot close this report without ex-
pressing sincere regret at the death Of
ou- late Cc4missioner. Hon. John ".
Ross and my admiration OF his many
gcod and noble qualities. Our Official
intercourse was Gf Z character 10 en-
dear him to our hearts and 10 inspire
Us with confidence in his judgment. His
sterling integrity. ability. and familiar
ity with the duties Of this office. over
which he exercised supervision. and his
solicitude for its welfare. made him an
Invaluable adviser. AS a friend I ap-
preciated his confidence and esteem and
shall ever revere his memory
In conclusion I beg 10 testify 10 the
efficiency and loyalty Of the clerks OF
this Office have confidence in their
integrity and appreciate their faithful
ness
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
BALCONY FOR RENT
For G. A. r. Apply
CRAWFORD SHOE STORE
gC3 PENNSYLVANIA Ave.

To ADVERTISERS Alexandra County
Monitor. published In Alexandra county and
the Falls Church Monitor, published IN Fairfax
county weekly papers Saturday. are the prop
er mediums fo- Washington business men %
reach the suburban and country trade. I.arge
distribution and loW advertising rates Addrsss
ALEXANDRIA COUNTY PUB. Assn, Overlook
tAleN- Co. C. Id, rs. Ell
NaTCE->oldier- and sailors Rights League.
Washington JouUciI- No J. vil hold its regG-
lar meeting a5 Schmidts BAH SIS 9fh 81. NV,
>EPTEMBER Il 1902. At 80 r. ". Ter mug
tering IN recruits JACOB T. DEWEES. PreSi-
dent. mI2-3
The evening times., 1902-09-13

Mr. Lindsay Denison. formerly Of
Washington, but Sor several years past
a resident of Nssy York city, spent a
day here with lis father. Mr.. James
Denison- principal of the Kendall Green
Deaf and Dumb School. yesterday.
The evening times., 1902-09-13

Mr.. Joseph 7 Weller. real estate
agent, was at t,ss District Building yes
terday in conference with Commissioner
Macfarland relative to one OF two
pieces OF land offered for Il site Tor ths
new Business High School building.
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PHYSICAL Culture.

Carroll Institute Gymnasium elzsses n 7liTsi-
cal cBItUTe VIII reopen on September -, 1902.
at O'Clock p. I'D. For iurJher information
call OF address Carroll Institute. ICth and h
SIS NV MAURICE A. JOYCE, Professor Il
Physical Culture. mg-7
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BANJO And GUITAR

NEE STUDIO, IL IIth St,
WALTER 7 HOLT, Instructor
FREE CLUB REHEARSALS. se4-14
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REMOVED

TO new and much larger quarters at 90
ST NV. Occupies entire building. Facilities
better than ever Opens September % Can
or send for Catalogue
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DIED.

FLETCHER-Ou Friday. September y. 1902
EDITE A.. beloved wife Of Lemuel O=vilIe
Fletcher
Fuferal Monday, September -. at 10 o'clock
from her late residence, $50 10th ST. Sc. e.
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81 CEClLIA,S ACADEMY.

col EAST CAPITOL STREET
This popular boarding and dsy-sehO5I for
girls win resume studies Monday, September
Is Education thorough and practical Pri-
mary commercial. and academic COURSES. Music
and ert For further particulars, address
MOTHER AUGUSTA. Superior MI
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Flvnn's Business College

EIGHTH AND 4 STREETS. Established Is7s.
Day or Night sessions, SIS a year.
Business. Shorthand, IypewriJing.
The evening times., 1902-09-13

Mr.. A. B. DuvaH. Corporation Counsel.
is again at his office after a months
leave.
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GREGG SHORTHAND.

No shade, no position HaIf tine Of other sys-
tens. Record. "a words per minute. Business
Practice method OF Bookkeeping, Trial week
free Managers have had - years expert
ence as teachers and accountants
NATIONAL b JSINESS COLLEGE.
1875 New York ave.
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Mrs Joseph F Donahoo, wife Of the
Weil-hnown broker, who has been spend e
ing the summer in the mountains Of
Western Maryland, Will shortly return
to the city.
The evening times., 1902-09-13

Mr. John u. Douglass, formerly Com
missioner Of the District, and father-ln-
Law OF Commissioner Mcfarland is i'll
with typhoid fever al his home on T
Street northwest Mr. and Mrs. Doug
lass returned & few days ago from Spring
Lake. \ J., where it is supposed he con
tracted the malady.
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To WHOM II MAY CONCERN viii sen at
auction all goods OF Miss KitcheI and Mrs
b Adams Tor storage and other expenses, on
September Is, 1902. WM +. REAMER. ESQ
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BLISS ELECTRICAL SCHOOL

Ofers practical COURSES in applied Electricity.
complete in one year Students taught the
actual construction OF electrical apparatus.
The evening times., 1902-09-13
Showing of the Annual
Report of Collector
Davis.
AMOUNT UNPAID S1,23O,OO0
Large Delinquency Under Old Personal
Tax Law, Which the Collector Says
Should Be Stricken From His Books.
Tribute to Late Commissioner Ross.

The District Commissioners today re-
ceiyed from Mr.. E. G. Davis. the Col
lector Of Taxes. a report Of the opera
lions Of his Office for the fiscal year end
ed June 80, 1902, with recommendations
deemed advisable for its bette-ment- and
an estimate Of the expenses for the
fiscal year ending June 80. 1s04.
The report shows in detail collections
Tor the year, as follows:
Realty tax, S2.7g5. .e96.44: personal tax,
Sl6I, ,609-Sl; penalties and interest, S62.
652-2S. miscellaneous. ST27. .0O9-1S. water
fund S395, ~. Total. S414S-759-S1
The Collector states that this amount
was deposited in the Treasury Of the
United States TO The credit OF the Dis
trict. Including the collections for as
sessment and permit work. the police
mems fund dTemen's fund and other
miscellaneous sources, the aggregate re
ceipts were S4.336 ,50A32
Unpaid Taxes.
The report further shows that the bal
ance OF unpaid taxes is sos. .95S.52 On
real estate and $6SS, ,955 on personal tax.
1IT- Davis SAYS:
The balance Of unpaid personal tax
TepT~ sents nothing tangible. and should
be eliminated from the books, and I so
recommend The law under which the
assessments were made having been
found imperative, has been superseded
by a new law, ar0roved July .. 1902
Mr. Davis goes on TO say that through
the annual tax sale he collected S55S -
553-02 Of delinquent taxes on = 432
pieces Of property IN Mr.. Davis spin
ion. only a small percentage of this de-
linqueDcy would have been collected but
for the authority conferred by this act
The Personal Tax Law.
Mr. Davis continues with the following
observations on the personal tax law
and his estimates for the next fiscal
year:
The operations of the new personal
tax law viii increase the duties OF this
Office by reason OF the number and va
riety OF interest taxable, many Of which
we're not subject 10 taxation heretofore
There are always many. persons. who
are liable Tor this tax, who await par
sonal service before paying. and some
who only pay when threatened with
seizure OF goods, and as the duty de
wolves on this Office TO enforce payment
/ recommend renewal OF the appropri-
ation Of 81 800 for the necessary. ex-
penses in the collection OF overdue per
sonal taxes by restraint and sale and
otherwise, and Tor other necessary items
Mr.. Davis recommends that the salary
Of the deputy collectors Of taxes be IN
creased 10 $500.
The evening times., 1902-09-13
UNDERTAKERS.

R F. TARYEY'S SONS. FUNERAL DIRECTORS
and Embalmers. 1928 Fourteenth St, y W.
strictly hrst-clsss service at moderate prices
CommodioUs chapel Phone Main S23- selJ-2
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Rev. Frederick B. Howden. pastor of
St Johns Episcopal Church, has re-
turned from Branford. Conn.
The evening times., 1902-09-13

Col Orin G. Staples, who spent the
summer at his popular hotel in the
Thousand Islands of the St Lawrence,
IS again in the ei1y, actively Engaged in
preparation fer the encampment.
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AUCTION SALES.

L. : ENGINEER OFFICE. 2o0I I st. NV,
Washington D. C., September :, 1902 Con
demrs. public property. consisting Of iron
luJIlhe, tools, etc. Viii be sold az public auc-
tiou SEPTEMBER 70. 1892. At 10 A. NJ at
foot Of 2Eth II. NV Information on applic7i-
ton CHAS- ! ALLEN. Lieutenant Colonel
Engineers JAMES ". RATCLIFFE. Aucrl5urer
SELF 1915
The evening times., 1902-09-13

Dr. " P. Liggett returned to the city
yesterday. after having passed two en-
loyable months at GreenbTier. White
Sulphur Springs.
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The Leading Specialist IN the East in
Maladies of Men.

Thousands defer a cure until the nervous sys-
TEN IS completely Frustrated. After expert
mentIng TO your satisfaction with other meth
DDS. apply 20 the United States Medical In
sfitT1tq
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POSITIVE CURE TO STAY CURED
We have for the past twenty years treated
and cured
Wasting and Lingering Illness, Blood
Poison and Many Other Cases.

We appeal especially to the ''chronicaIly III.
who are wearied ana discouraged with stomach
dosing IS a means Of warfare against disease.
70 sufferers threatened with cruei operations
10 men who, in sp5te of heroic efforts for cure
feel themselves steadily declining; 60 men who
have gwen up hope of ever getting cured
and TO those who have been east aside As in
Curable.' Consultation free and confidential
If you cannot call, write for symptom blank
Thousands cured at home by correspondence.
aud Saturday till D. M SUNDAY. 10 3 IN. 10 y.
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ST. JOHNS COLLEGE,

Studles resumed sep1eTnOeT ; JaLaIogles sent
on application. BROTHER ABDAS, President
ACADEMY. Rockville, Nd, fer boys; hons
life; individual care and Instruction: terms
moderate address y. p. MASON. {. B y. 4
MISS BALCH-S INSTITUTE,
95s ST. y ~
Special Instructions for Civil Service Exarn-
nations; lessons in AeteCTology- zuzQeod-ISt
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Education for Real Lie
1861 Fer Sons and Daughters, at IO02-A
Spencerian Business College.

Academy Of Music building, 9Th and . NV
Beautiful spacious halls. ERITalce, 405 gUh 1t
All Of the departments open Tor dsy and nighE
sessions Monday, August "a
Tie leading Business men OF Washington were
educated II this Institution. and send their soEs
and daughters and candidates Tor employ TnenE
here for training
Night classes: Monday. Wednesday and Fri
day 70 9
For new catalogue or furtbe- flfoTrla tioE caiT
"a -7sfce or ADDRESS MIS- SASA A. SPENCER,
Principal and Proprietor.
LEON ARD GARFIELD SPENCER. Secretary.
auIg-z6t
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Dr. and Mrs. ". 3. Hoofnagle have
left Atlantic City, but will stop in Bal
timore for several days prior TO return
ing 10 their home in this city.
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]. WILLIAM LEE,

UNDERTAKEN AND LIVERY,
$50 Penn ave. y. W. Washington 0.
The evening times., 1902-09-13

Mr- Frank H Thomas. OF Cleveland
Park, who has been attending the con
clave Of the knights Templar Of New
York, at Saratoga, viii shortly rejoin
his wife at Atlantic City.
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HoLY CRoss ACADEMY.

Select school for Young ladies and children
Academic and Preparatory Departments
Complete courses in Music and Art
Open September -. 1872 Mass. ave. se5-30t
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PERSONAL NOTES.

Attorney Levi H. David who has been
spending his vacation at his old home in
South Carolina. has returned TO the
city
The evening times., 1902-09-13

The ex-Attorney General and Mrs.
Griggs arrived in New York yesterday
on the Teutonic.
The evening times., 1902-09-13

GIG 18th St. y u
Preparation tor CIVIL SERVICE EXA1TINA-
TTOSS specially GREGG and PJtzaan Short
band. Typevriting, Regular Course II Ezgiish
and Mathematics, Bookkeeping. Ten years ex-
perienee- -= zGS1-S0s
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RELICS OF. EARLY DAYS.
Rail Fences and DuGout Canoes Sur
vive CiviGzatioa's March.

Rail Fences and DUGout Canoes Sur
vive Civilizations March.
One os the remarkable features Of
country l.fe in America is the singular
persistence of the rail fence and the
dugout canoe. No matter how thickly
settled O section may become or how
long it may have been settled, these
two survivors of early settlement linger
on as stubbornly as ever. Today in the
thickest settled parts Of New England
and New York the rail fence is met
with, while the shad fishermen Of the
Potomac and James rivers ana Chesa-
peake bay, on the banks of which the
first English settlements in America
were established, still manufacture and
employ the old dugout canoe in making
the rounds Of their shad nets.
The dugout canoe is the simplest and
most primitive water craft known and
was used by prehistoric man, both in
this country, Europe and Asia. 1t is
made out Of G. log Of wood by trimming
the outside down to the proper proper
tons Of a boat and by digging OUT
the inside with an adj and by the aid
Of fire. The Potomac river dugout is to-
day pretty much the same as It was
in the days Of Powhatan and differs
from the general run Of dugout canoes
in the absence Of q curved bow and
stern and in having rather high sides,
which rise to a summit from either
end of the boat, being highest in the
middle, where the seat is placed
Washington Post.
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a Historians Reward.

On April 5, 1905, John Stow, tailor
and historian, died. His minute and
painstaking survey can never be over
looked by any one who wishes to know
London Of the sixteenth century. II
contains q wealth Of fact and detail
and has, moreover, been described as
the most picturesque Of narratives. AT
the age Of eighty years he was given
by James I. as a reward for his many
and useful books and chronicles-a Ii
cense to beg!
1--WE have been pleased to grant,
runs the license, "our Letters Patent
under our great Seal Of England there
by authorizing him to collect among
our loving subjects their voluntary con-
tributions and kind gratuities." When
the license had been extended so as to
avail for two years, it yielded from q
single London parish the magnificent
sum of seven and si1pence.
John Slows monument is a pleasing
work in terra Gotta on the wall Of st,
Andrews undershaft. The fire Of Lon
don that destroyed so much spared the
cmgy Of London's chronicler, so that
the posterity for which he labored
might photograph it.-London News.
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GATHERING OPIUM.
Eow the Petals and Juice OF the
Poppy Plant Are Procured.

Eow the Petals and Juice or inc
Poppy Plant Are Procured.
It is sort Of garden cultivation, the
poppy plants being grown in little
squares or beds intersected by tiny. wa
ter chan S for irrigation wherever
this is possible. The growth Of the
plants is carefully tended, and at
length the time comes when they burst
out into flower, and the fields look like
a sheet Of silver as the white petals OF
the flowers glisten in the morning dew.
These beautiful petals are the first
produce Of the crop, for tie women and
children Of the cultivators' families
come forth and pick them off one By
one and carefully dry them, so that
they may serve afterward as the cover
ing CT the manufactured cakes OF
opium. Then the poppies, with their
bare capsule heads, remain standing IN
the open field until it is considered that
they are ripe for lancing. The cult
vators then come forth in the evening,
and. with an implement :1ot unlike the
knives Of cupping instrument, they
scarify the capsule on its sides With
deep incisions, so that the juice may
exude.
In the early morning the cultvators
reappear with a scraping knife and
their earthenware pots, and they
scrape off the exuded juice and collect
it in their pots. And this is crude
m.-Blackwood's Magazine.
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SOME WRITER'S.

Goldsmith wrote the "Vicar Of Wake
feld'' in six weeks. It is said to have
been story Of his own recollections-
Thomas Dunn English wrote "Ben
Bolt" in 1S43, and some fifty years later
George Du Maurier made the tender
song famous the world over.
It has been mentioned as a proof Of
Alexander Pope's love Of economy that
he wrote most Of his verses on scraps
of paper and particularly on the backs
Of letters.
Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre was
rejected by nearly every publisher in
England before it scored one Of the
greatest literary successes in the
worlds history.
Whittier, the poet, it is reported, said
to the doctors in attendance a day or
two before his death, "You have done
the best possible, and thank you; but
it is Of no use-I am worn out"
The poet Heine on the day after his
marriage drew up a will in which he
bequeathed all he possessed to his wife
on condition that she married again.
He desired, he said, that at least one
man should regret his death.
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On ProDer Vaccination.

It should be made clear that proper
vaccination is the only known method
of specific value in comforting immuni-
ty from smallpox. The comparatively
short duration of this immunity. should
be insisted upon, and, simple, intel
hgible description Of the ordinary
course Of a proper vaccination should
be added. It would be extremely use
full, in view Of the wide diffusion Of
characterization literature, to make the
frank admission that in the days Of
arm to arm vaccination accidental in
oculaton with other diseases, although
extremely unlikely, was theoretically;
possible, but that the modern method
Of glycerinated calf lymph has now de-
stroyed even the remote possibility Of
such intrinsic danger. - Saturday Re-
view.
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Nlden Time teRaimeut.N

In early Bible days richly embroider-
ed raiment was enumerated with the
gold, silver and other valuable property
of q rich man. II that primitive age
Dame Fashion was not the tickle god
dess she is at present. and the "rai-
ment" 50 frequently mentioned in the
Holy Scriptures descended from father
to son as valuable part Of the inner
itance. Raiment was often sent, with
gold and gems, as a present to dgnl-
taries.
It took not months, but years, to Or
nament some Of these garments, and
the gold thread so lavishly used in
embroidering them was real gold.
Moses describes the process Of making
the gold thread that was used in orna-
menting the tabernacle. The habit Of
making presents Of rare needlework is
still common among eastern nations
who changed their customs so slowly.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-06-25
OSTRICH TACTICS.
BIZ: Bird That Displayed as Much
Cunning SS an Apache Indian.

Cunning as an Apache Indian.
y we'll known bunter and taIidcrmist
tells this story Of personal experience
in South Africa; it goes far beyond dis
pelling SANDER that has long clouded
the fair name Of the ostrich:
Arriving al one Of the monster hills
of the White ant, climbed upon it and
raised my observation glasses to my
eyes for careful survey Of the region
My first glance showed me, arising
from the dead level Of the plain be-
yond, two objects, each having the
form Of a capital S. These I knew
were the heads and necks Of two os-
triches. Though 1 believed they had
sighted me, I remained immovable un-
til their necks were suddenly drawn
down to the level Of the tops Of the
bushes which screened their bodies.
Then knew for certainty that they
were aware Of my presence and would
make 4 quick retreat.
"Without losing an instant's time l
ran to the spot where the birds had
been standing and found their tracks.
These l followed as far as they were
distinguishable and then took a course
which I believed the birds would nat
urally follow. No sooner had reached
the top of the ravine than saw one Of
the ostriches climbing the side hill. Es-
timating the distance, I took sight and
fired. The ball passed Immediately be-
tween his legs and struck in the sand
Of the side hill behind him.
'In an instant the bird darted away
like an arrow in the direction Of q
small clump Of bushes in the center Of
an open space. That he would pause
behind this bush and then finally
emerge on the other side seemed GER
tain, and l aimed to catch him as he
made a fresh start from behind the
thorn. He few over the sand at ter
rife rate and reached the bushes. Then
waited fully five minutes for him to
emerge from his hiding, with my rife
ready sighted so that could pull the
trigger the second be reappeared, but
finally went forward to rout him out.
When 1 reached the clump Of bushes,
an examination Of the sand showed
that the crafty old bird had shifted his
course at a right angle, making the
turn so suddenly that his feet had
plowed up the sand for distance Of
several inches. This wary tact had
placed the bushes between the bird
and myself, and he had made his way
to new cover while I was innocently
waiting for him on the other side Of
the ambush. An Apache Indian could
not have executed this maneuver more
cIeyerly, and I smiled at myself for
having ever been foolish enough to be-
lieve the traditional story Of how the
silly ostrich buries his head in the
sand and believes that he is thereby
concealed. ."-Philadelphia Post.
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What Intermittency Means.

Intermittency is that form Of irreg-
ularity in which the pulse appears to
drop beat occasionally. In some in
stances it occurs regularly and two or
three times per minute for several
hours. Sometimes, also, it is very ir-
regular and is noted number OF
times within a few seconds and not
again for minute or more. This pc
culiarity generally causes much un-
easiness. Yet, while it may be a very
serious symptom and associated with
grave and incurable disease Of the
heart, it often signifies merely a func-
tional disturbance which is in noWise
DANGEROUS.
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The Arab Mothers Advice.

When an Arab damsel gets married,
her mother gives her the following ad-
vice for securing her future happiness:
"You are leaving your nest to live with
a man with whose ways and habits
YOU are unfamiliar. I advise you to
become his slave if you wish to be-
come the absolute mistress Of your
husband. Be satisfied with little, en-
deayor to feed him well and watch
over his sleep, for hunger begets an
ger, and sleeplessness makes a man
crossbrained. Be dumb as to his Sc
crets, do not appear gloomy when he
is merry nor merry when ne is sad,
and Allah shall bless you"
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NIGHT Have PreTented It.

Little Walter was eating lunch when
he gave his arm a sudden shove, and
splash! down went the glass Of milk.
~ knew you were going to spill that"
said mamma angrily.
"Nell, if you knew" queried Walter,
"why didn't you tell me" Little
Chronicle.
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PUuctusto 1t.

Take this sentence, printed nakedly:
'It was and I said not Of" AS it
stands it is enough to give the reader
vertigo before he grasps its import.
Properly stopped and buoyed with
commas, it is a perfectly simple and
natural sentence, as you will see when
you have got the grip Of your senses.
London Chronicle.
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wav old Acquaintances Eave.

"It is too bad" said the visitor from
home, "but people who acquire wealth
are not the same to their old friends"
"Perhaps there is a reason for thai" d"
replied Mrs. Cumrox reminiscently.
"People who acquire wealth have feel
incs the same as any one else, and
their old friends sometimes have very
superior way Of saying: 'Humph! l
knew them when they were as poor as
Jobs turkeyp p"-Washington Star.
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plenty OF Work For the Club.

What does the society which you
have just joined find to do? asked
Mrs. Bizzie's husband.
"a great DEAL" was the answer.
".Aftcr we get an organization estab-
lished the question Of other peoples
eligibility to membership gives US all
the work we can possibly attend to-
Washington Star.