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The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-10
UNM UZELhD.

| When you are in Rome, be done by
 the Romans,-Life.
 The Caller-"Am I overstaying my
 time Miss Agnes?" The Callee-Pm Isure I don't know, MT. Lingerlong. How
 much time did you allow yourself?'-
 Chicago Tribune.
 He-I suppose it would be great trial
 to you, dear, if after alb our engage ment was broken off. She-You bet it would, dear. A great breach of promise trial-Pick-Me-Up.
 What's that romantic story I once heard about Glukkins? He has been disappointed in love, hasn't he?" Mis- erably He can't get the necessary di- vorce. Chicago Tribune
 Doctor-Madam, your husband must have absolute rest Madam--Well, doc- tor, he won't listen to me" Doctor A very good beginning, madam, very good beginning. illustrated Bits.
 Trying 1t on him-'What makes that dog in the backyard across the street howl so dismally all the timer" T be- lieve his master writes poetry for the popular magazines. ."-Baltimore Ameri- can
 Don't your conscience sometimes trouble you about things you have to do in financial deals?" "A little," answer ed MT Dustin Stax. What do you do in such a case?' T send for lawyer" Washington Star.
 I've got a great chance" began Bor- roughs to make big money on cer- tain investment if l only--'' Sorry. .old man." interrupted Wseman, but I've been trying to work that game my self. "- Philadelphia Press.
 Agent-"This is the automobile you want. You never have to crawl under It to fix it," Sparker-"You don't?" Agent-''No If the slightest thing goes wrong with the mechanism, it instant ly turns bottom side up."-Puck.
 He's tremendously successful chan. isn't he?' 'Oh yes. I heard him say he had nothing more to live for. Life.
 Ever try an automobile, judge?" said a friend, "No,' replied the judge; but I've tried a lot of people who have."- Yonkera Statesman.
 I've come to pay my bill" said the patient; '$l20, I believe Yes" re- pied Dr. Soakem. making a total of $l22' "Er-I don't understand That brings It up to date, including to-day. charge $2 for office visits, you know" Philadelphia Public Ledger
 The Debutante-That western girl who dances so well asked me a few minutes ago for the address of my dressmaker Her Father-That's noth- ing, She has asked your brother for his pin, three buttons, his regImental insignia, his necktie and lobster sal Bazaar.
 Sometimes" she whispered, as she a little closer to him, q am almost afraid that I am not worthy of you" Why, darlng,' he asked, should you ever have such a thought as that?' We'll Fl once almost made up my mind'to have my hair bleached ' Chicago Record-Herald.
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MITIG ATED.

Touch people in their pocketbooks
 and you find them pretty sensitive.
 They are also pretty sensitive when you : touch them in their dogs and cats. So
 the ukase recently issued in New Ha- ven concerning dogs has made quite a stir. Every dog owner knows that his or her dear dog is in no danger of mad
 ness, and also knows that there is no sense in making dog-llfe in any way uncomfortable Of course dogs do go mad, bite other dogs, and occasionally bite a human being. And there are those who believe that dogs ought to be exterminated, and that it is better that a million innocent dogs perish than that one human being should awfully die from the bite of mad dog. This is an extreme view, perhaps as extreme as the view that all dogs are as much entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness as all human beings. The different views have been we'll aired in New Haven during the last few days. Some dogs have had to die to satisfy the law, or the administrators of the law, and some of the killings have been prompt, open and "demoralizing, Now there are going to be somewhat better days for stray dogs and their owners. They are not going to be shot on sight, and when shot they are going to be shot out of sight All of which is an improvement, and shows that our rulers are ever ready to heed the voice of the people, as they should be.
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ANOTHER STORY.

! Awhile ago there was a large and powerful demand in many places for
 the Altering of the public water supply
 It was argued tSat Altering would make the water pure, and among other lgood things would decrease the ravages of typhoid fever. Philadelphia was one
 of the places where the demand for fl- tering was loud and urgent Philadel- phia brings it's testimony to reinforce that of Washington regarding the fail ure of Altering to bring relief from ty- phoid. Notwithstanding the enormous ly expensive Altering scheme carried through in the Quaker city, there is @ large increase in the number of typhoid fever cases. It. appears that many con- sumers ceased to boil water, thinking that the filtered water was safe for drinking. The Philadelphia Inquirer says; When che filtered water area was last April so extended as to com prise population twice as large as be- fore, typhoid immediately spread. In the next six months seven times as many cases had occurred among the population of SO,OOO persons as had oc- cured among 4OOOo persons during the whole of the previous year."
 So 1t goes. In Germany, we believe, it has been discovered that Altering is not what it has been cracked up to be. And about typhoid fever, the talk now is that it's spread is due to flies more than water.
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On Trial.

Oh, give us a brittle marriage" A fetter that we may break With comparative ease When we please, If you put up the proper stake. Oh, give me a wife on trial, And then, if we do not like The sample we've. got, As easy as not
 We can give her the outward hike Oh, give us a trial husband And if we're dissatisfied, We can let him go For another, you know,
 To whom we may point with pride. Oh, give us a home on trial,
 A home that you read about, And then if we find It is not the right kind,
 The kicker may pack and move out Oh, give us trial baby,
 A bright little growing cuss, And then if we-say, Goldarn your new way,
 That baby belongs to US
 See?
 W. J. Lampson in New York Sun.
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can undersell the other and drive him out of business and after all, opposi- tion has been killed off in that way the survivor is a monopoly and makes his own terms with the people. That Is the way the Standard Oil Company rose to power and blighted refinery after refinery whose business left them before they knew whatr caused their downfall. By the destruction of these independent refneries communi- ties were ruind, thousands of opra- tives thrown out of work and thou sands of families deprived fer the time of their daily bread.
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THE F0LGOTTEN MAN.

The Forgotten Man has again re-
 ceived little of the attention which is his due. He gets 1t from F. T. Bullen,
 of England, who points out that the common notion is that public relief
 works, old-age pensions, support for people who are out of employment, and similar socialistic enterprises, take money from the rich and give it to the poor-a blessed levelling of inequalities. Not so, says Mir. Bullen. The rich are not the chief sufferers from these at
 tempts at equalizing, 'but the large and almost uneonsidered class of work CTS, just kept on the weather side of want by incessant work" These are the people who feel the pinch of increased taxes, an increase that is distributed through the community in a rise of rents, as well as in the price of all the neeessaries of life. T have heard Lady Warwick assert at a banquet" adds Mir Bullen, "that it was the duty of the state to feed and clothe as well as educate every child of the poor, and I longed to ask her what she understood by the state' She eviie@tly had in mind the peopleof wealth. but MT. Bull len argues that in London the state means "the humble workers who are willing and industrious, and who dread the pauperization of themselves or their children more than death, yet who are gradually crushed down into that bot
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tomless pit by the ever-growing bur- den of rates expended by utterly ire sponsible men of the type of MT. Will Crooks and Mir George Lansbury, and women like Lady Warwick"
 This Is well worth the attention of those who are trying to "equalize" men and things.
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THE WEEKLY JOURNAL, Issued Thursdays, One Dollar Year.
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants, Rents and other small advertisements, One Cent Word, each insertion. Five Cents Word for . full week.
 Display advertisements, per inch, orc insertion, s1,2O; each subsequent inser- tion, 40 cents; one week, sS.2o; one month. $1o; one year, $40.
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A St. Louis court held the other day that sixty cents year is not enough to keep woman decently clothed. Most women will consider this just decision
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-10

A Chicago university professor says that there was never a lazy boy. There are fathers and mothers who will think the professor doesn't know as much as he professes to.
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New Bedford, Massachusetts, has joined the cities which decree that married women shall not be chosen to teach in the public schools.
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The Germans are enterprising. The Orient Bank of Berlin has branches Tn Hamburg, Constantinople and Alexan- dria. Tt Is the intention of the bank" ]" writes Consul F. L. Harris, Ito form a network of banking houses not only in the Levant, but in Greece and Egypt as well, for the purpose of pushing Ger man trade"
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The Erie railroad has under construc- tion three locomotives, each to weigh more than two hundred tons, having sixteen driving wheels and power enough to pull train of more than two hundred loaded freight cars. Big engines.
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chants who have offices in New York, l am unableto say; but this inatten- tion does our trade immense harm.
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Labor in this country supports 1S,oO( walking delegates.
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Business is business, and smart Americans are supposed to know how to do business. But from Ascuncion, Paraguays capital city, Consul John N. Ruf1n writes: There are serious complaints made here against the mat tention of American merchants. One large machinery importer told me he sent orders to two American houses. accompanying the same with money. five months ago, and that up to now he has not received a communication from them in any form. Another ordered a quantity of machinery eight months ago, sending a considerable sum of money with the order also, and in spite of having sent several letters and two or more cables he can get no word from the merchant there. Whether the American merchants are oyererowded
 with work, So that they cannot fill the orders, or have arranged to do all their business through the Argentine mer-
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The war department has approved the recommendations which came from Manila and which pointed out the ne- necessity of constructing a large mag azine for the storage of ammunition on the Fort Mckinley reservation, near that city. The preseno ammuni- tion, including high explosives, is stored within the limits of the city of Manila. The situation is a constant menace to the town, and the authori- ties are making a desperate effort to have a new magazine established, to which may be transferred the supply of ammunition. It is necessary to keep a large quantity of this war material on hand in Manila, but it is necessary also to have it stored in a way which will not menace the community.
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DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY, 12 CENTS A WEEK, 50 CENTS A MONTH, $3 FOR SIX MONTHS, $6
 A YEAR. THE. SAME TERMS BY MAIL. SINGLE COPIES. 2 GENTS.
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NEW HAVEN, CONN.

THE OLDEST DAILY PAPER PUB- LISHED IN CONNECTICUT.
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There are some odd errands done by the royal messenger service in Great Britain. At an English seaport, for in- stance, a sealed packet, which was be- ing conveyed across the channel to Windsor, in care of the British Foreign Office, became accidentally unfastened in the custom house and a quantity of cigars tumbled out, As the packet in question was invoiced as containing Important confidential government dispatches" no little amusement was caused. Nothing serious, however, came of the incident for it is a recog- nized rule that "the king can do no wrong" and neither, therefore, can the kings messengers.
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Some people say there is no such thing as luck, but Woonsocket man had his rig struck by an electric car, his horse killed and he himself retired to bed for a week The first time !se went out 9 mad dog bit him and he took the Pasteur treatment in New York. Last Tuesday he returned to his work as an arc-light trimmer, fell twenty-five feet from a pole and broke three ribs and an ankle.
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DraperieS.-- a Suggestion.

Do you appreciate the finish and detail added to every room where draperies are intelligently applied ? Do you know how that bare look loses itself? Our drapery man is prepared to show you fabrics Cnot necessarily high priced) unique in colorings and modern in design. Our workroom is prepared to fur nish men skilled in the proper handling of drapery work.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-10

THE HARRINGTON PUBLISHING co.
 OFFICE, 400 STATE STREET.
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Giving you the advantage of se- lections from strictly high-grade rugs at 25 per cent. less than reg ular prices.
 Remember we sell oriental rugs on @ strictly commercial basis. Do- ing this we are bound to save you money.
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EAST END.
What "M' Sees and Hears ON Hi
Rounds In Country and In Town.

| A merry Xmas TO one and sll, yes to eve
'ody, and more especially the children.
+ We are now 10 the midst Of the hoiida.
when everybody is on pleasure bent, all car.
md worEis aid aside and every body is loo
| I, while We the r. r. D. Boys are going o,
| tally rounds ., nothing min dtul OF The KIN,
Inner we miss. 30 we carry merry Xmas
The senior editor has returned from histr
md the readers OF the Press and Banner 10
|; .xpect som ething newsy from his ready al,
The College girl. and boys are coming In i
gladden. and make happy and bright the 81
Their frienda greet them and wish for iher
9 very happy Christmas. rs
I Congress- has adjourned for Christmas, sd
will resume their arduous duties on the 81
Hon. and Iss. wyatt. AK sn are in the oi:
where they Will spend the holiday with hon
folks and friepds. ~ ID n &
I The Oyster supper given last week at =.
ron was most delightful affair and was W.
and netted q nice sum for the benefit of e.
Lebanon manse. ". {. 8. fas+,.
The bon party given at the home Of Mr.. Z
Il. Thornton last Friday night for the benef
which everybody bad q splendid time. IT.
home was prettily decorated and the mus
and rotations we're not the least OF Il
charming features OF the evening. g.
The recitation OF Miss Katherine WhItl
the accomplished and popular teacher W
hearty applause OF all present.
5 On Monday evening the Lebanon Scbc
enjoyed q Christmas tree at the school hou,
SStia Time .ms 'G' as wsI s1 ss the pstrons ona
hese bright and interesting entertainment
Miss Whipley has added much TO the pleasp
and enjoyment Of the young folks In the LIE
Prot 8. ". Rabb principal Of Sharon scho
lisp. is spending Christmas With friends in D
Abbeville's graded school closed last Frtd
for the holidays and both teachers and sch
ars are on the wing for good time.
editors Of the Press and Banner for their e.
terprtsa and energy In the beautiful KIN
dressin which their time honored and new
paper came out last week. II the Press al
Banner OF 70 years ago could have peeped
% 1905 and seen the up.to date paper In !
Christmaa attire, IL would have excialmt
"gee whiz" isn't the world moving on at
rapid rate. and what Q changei and so II !
the Pregs and Ban1er is up-to date and keeI
pace with the rapid transit move Of all thin
In oil the gaities and pleasures OF the fe
tive season let the poor be remembered.
About . O'clock last Wednesday morDiI
Inc dwelling OF Mr. Alex Graves near Il
Seaboard Shops came near being destroyt
oy fire. sbont S25 damage was the result.
The fire was accidental and discovered !
time TO save tho dwelling. The property ",
Insured and all damages will be paid.
The Il. r. D. Boys will he of on the Arst ds.
Of January next when they viii take the
Christmas. 49,
Qrr merchspts had q busy time last wee
dealing ont Santa Claus as our stores wei
thIop0ed with buyers all the week and esp,
cially The few days preceding Xmas,
herPostohce Is now among the busy plact
have their hands full. (snd buggies too.) -
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Wilson, Henry & Company.

matter except county free for weeklies
as heretofore. ~.rf -syn'
Second, the wiping out Of the deficit.
Third, we will pay the United States
all net profits over I per cent interest
on capital invested.
We call attention to the following
statistics. 3D..
The revenue, expenditures, and de-
I ficitpf the Postoffice Department from
the.beginning of the fiscal year July
1, 1855, to the close of the fiscal year
1885, period of twenty years, were as
follows seGe9
Revenue ..:...,....,..........$b6l, 223 ,056. 80
Expenditures ............... 842, ,422, ,0l5.8
/ During this period, first class mail
was charged for ct eents for one-half
ounce or fraction. thereof, and second
class at 2 cents per pound. "a greater
rate than 2 cents per pound having
been charged during part Of such Pc
riod on second class matter). g
The revenue, expenditures, and dr..
felt Of the POstoffice Department from
the beginning Of the fiscal year July
July ], 1886, to the close Of the fiscal
year 1905, . period Of twenty years,
we're as follows: ts.
Revenue ...................$l, ,743, ,027, ,828. 70
Expendttures.....-".... LISA, l53s s8S6. .63
Denclt.. clt......................... .........S per cent
The reduction In the deficit was As
per cent. The deficit for 1905 was
only 8 per cent Of the revenue.
During this second period the re-
ceipts were more than three times as
much as were the receipts from 1866 t.
1885. 49,, 4
The rate Of postage collected by the
government from July ], 1885. to June
80, 1906, on first claAS matter was two
cents per: ounce 6f fraction thereof
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NOTICE ilN0TIcE!l
Weather Forecasts,

We receive daily, at about ii O'CLOCK
weather forecasts and special warnings iron
the Weather Bureau Of the United States D.
partment of;ARricnlture. On Rural lines NJ
iS0, 2l2. N5. Ell Spd 220. Central viii ring op.
long ring toz nal that stfe 10 ready 10 reat
the report All subscribers will pleas
answer lhett pAnneR whsn this ring is giveL
30 Central can serve all at one time.
listen TOR the long ring al half past twelve
O'Clock every day.
Abbsvills Tel. Co.
w. NJ. Barnwell,
Gen. Mgr.
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and other detaila not herein set forth
having been taken Into consideration
In making this proposition, is matter
of agreement and legislation, and we
are satisfied can all be disposed of to
the satisfaction of the government and
all parties concerned.
] respectfully ask that this com mis-.
sion embody this proposition In its re.
port to Congress.
w. d. Boyce,
Chicago, III.
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We have made; sufficient investiga-
ton to convince ourselves OF feasibility
and financial success, and have been
advised that there is no constitutional
inhibition. .... -...., .. Z,
A careful comparison Of rates of pos=
tage now charged on first and second
class matter with the rates herein pro-
posed will demonstrate that it means
an average saving for the next twenty
years to the government and public, of
$l0O, ,00O, 600 annually. -. =.
We propose to perform all services
now rendered by the Postoffice Depart.
ment and carry out all treaty stipula.
tions and to take the entire receipts
arising from the postal service as full
compensation, and pay all salaries and
expenses.
SCALE OF CHEAPER RATES.
We propose, first, the reduction by
one-half of postage on first and second
class matter, or one cent per ounce or
fraction thereof on first class, and one
half cent per pound on second class
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stead of an expense as now, and we
would take mail to every house in the
land ~ -. -- t.-.. - .sF

stead of an expense as now, and VIC
! would take mail to every house In the
| land.
"You know that the Postoffice De.
partment doesn't own postofice build
ings. do you not? Those are built by
the Treasury Department and owned
by 1t. The immense cost Of rental OF
space in them for postal purposes is not
charged to the postal revenues. Well,
we propose to pay rental, We propose
regulations that will develop the Dusi.
ness; that's how we will make the
profit. Reducing the postal rates will
expand the business just as It did the
last time those rates were reduced, In
1885. -,
"The traffic features of this plan
have been figured out by competent
man the position of president, or
general manager, or whatever the. ex-
ecutive may be In the Postal Corpora
ton, has been offered to one of the
great traffic experts of the country at
$50, 900 q year. Why, my frat idea Of
formulating such q plan as this came
from railroad president seven years
ago, when he declared, talking of haul
ing the mails, that he would rather
never do q dollars business for the
government, If he could avoid 1t 1t
was 40 much less satisfactory than do
ing business for private concern"
Mr.. Boyce was pressed to indicate
who are the men backing bis enter.
prise, but he would not do 80.
BIG MEN BACKING PROPOSITION.
AS the postal business is all cash
in-adyance operation he said, 1--WE
have calculated that $50, ,0O0, 600 capital
would be enough. Among the men as
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