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more than the Federal debt incurred by
the great war. To be exact, it is $2,7ss,-
2o7. 1853. But this vast sum. owing to our
rapid increase in population, amounts to
only S2s72 per capita. or less than one
third the burden Of our immense war
debt in 1850.
The great increase in municipal indebt-
edness. which accounts for the present
size OF our national debt. is, Of course.
an outcome OF the phenomenal growth
OF our cities and the insistent demands
Of their large populations for public
Improvements. The total indebtedness
OF cities. villages, townships, and pre-
cincts is 1887, 279, 500 This sum repre-
sents for the most part expenditures for
objects contributing directly to the pub
lie welfare, and is more than counter
balanced by the substantial assets en-
bodied in municipal buildi IS and works.
It is not a form of Indebtedness which
need arouse alarm in any quarter.
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Facilitating Ocean Travel.

There is much merit in the suggestion
that a considerable proportion Of the
trouble and delay OF an ocean trip could
be obviated by inaugurating d new sys-
TEN at the terminals Of the steamship
lines. AT the present time" 10 quote
a current comment upon the situation.
the great steamship, taking her pilot
of Sandy Hook. slackens her speed
stops a Quarantine. slowly proceeds uu
the river and is laboTiously and leisureIy
warped into her berth. The passengers
are then obliged 10 wait for all luggage
to be brought of. and are further de-
tanned until Z body Of customs inspect
ors, usually woefully inadequate In num-
Der. and absolutely Indifferent TO the
time limitations Of the passengers, pro-
coed 10 examine the trunks. bags. and
bundles. This time-wasting operation
over, the impediments must be transferred
10 wagons, while the passenger himself
undertakes a walk of a quarter Of an
hours duration to reach the place where.
after wait Of indefinite length. he may
consider himself to be really in the con-
troll Of his own movements"
This picture is. by no means, over
drawn. Every traveller from Europe
and there are thousands Of them in Wash
ington-has experienced the sensation
of being hurried across the ocean in the
effort 10 gain few minutes. while hours
were wasted through antiquated and dila-
tory methods in New York harbOT. The
steamship companies have spent millions
Of dollars to reduce the time between
Lizard Head and Sandy Hook, and YET
nothing has ever been done, apparently
10 decrease the delay at the terminals
It is suggested that health officer and
a customs inspector could travel on each
ship, and, by attention to their duties
zen route, save the passengers the tedious
and annoying experiences which accom-
pany examination after the ship has ar
rived. This seems to be an easy and
logical solution Of the problem. 1t would
also facilitate matters if passengers could
be promptly transferred to fast tugs and
conveyed quickly 10 the wharf, leaving
the steamer 10 proceed Ieisurely up the
river. It seems strange. in fact. that
these simple methods, which would add
so much TO the comfort and facility OF
ocean travel, have not been adopted
They commend themselves 10 every sensi-
bic mind.
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PROPER NAMES MIsCALLED.
Local Pronunciation Not Always
That Given in the Gazetteers.

From the Boston Transcript
Professor Hart, in his interesting arti-
Gle on Oklahoma IN the Transcript, ad-
moniShed his New England readers that
/ It Is pronounced Oak. not Ok-Iaho.nu.
Professor Hart did well, as an editorial
PARAGRAPH OF the same issue thereby
noted The same paragraph commented
on other RECOMMENDATIONS Of places used
by their residents that are quite different
from our usage.
Now this is a New York Sun field and
the clerk enters upon it with some trepi-
dation, but here goes: The Transcript
editorial notes Iowa. Virginia and Oregon
among the other names not pronounced
/ here as at home Then there is Ohio.
which the native jerks out ''Uhiuh,' dis
I regarding our solemn "On-hioh" We anc
the gazetteers say New Orleans,
accent on the "Or" Down there they
stress the last syllable and call Il Teens
Omaha is ''Omahaw." not ''Oma-hah.
/ Los Vegas Is Los Vagas." Missouri is
/ MiZZoura-" You are more likely L
/ hear "Coloraydo" than Colorado" il
that State. Spokane is as If there was
/ no "eY in t. Manitoba IS accented on
the penult. not the ultimate.
Quincy, Ill. is not Quincy" Calves
ton stresses the ives" rather than the
| Gal" Terra Hut the natives call II
More say "LOOsiaua" than 'Loueziana,
! Tucson is "Tooson." accent on the ulti'
mate and so on. You have perhaps heard
Of the FTenchman who came TO America
/ 10 see the city Of Winona. MINI, at
tracted BIZ its beautiful name. which hi
/ pronounced ''Weenonah." Landing a
/ New York. he scarcely gave any atten-
ton to the metropolis. but pushed on Il
\ the West. Chicago was seen only in
changing cars, and as the train giidce
along the Mississippi and approached
what is d beautiful city. surrounded by
The rich verdure and romantic bluffs o.
The upper Mississippi, the F'renchman wa!
enchanted.
/ The train slowed up before stopping a
the station, the Frenchman half ross
from his seat in fevcrish anticipation
wren the brakeman opened the door an'
yelled "Weinony." The Frenchman col
/ lapsed ia his seat heart-brOken and did
not leave the train at Winona.
! w nat queer RECOMMENDATIONS. eXclalme'
my New England readers. Indeed? Her
let my neighbor. an Iowa man. take
! his pen IN hand and put in type the glow
ing words ne has often emitted in my
/ presence. This is what he says;
Yes, I am from Iowa and I neveI
heard any other than the pronunciation
/ Iowa (accent on the first syllable) unit
I came East. On, yes; occasionally III
older and more rural people would cal
lit I-O-Way. which is really the OTigIua
Indian pronunciation. But this I-oh-'
was unknown 70 Lowndes or anybod.
else in the Hawkeye State. Yet no ont
here calls it anything else.
Now how do you folks get such a pro
lnunciation? IL isn't found in any cycle
pedia or gazetteer that ever saw. II i
incorrect and 10 me sounds suited No
do your own recommendations convince me
Why OF earth do you say quincy wheI
that syllable begins with a C never pro
nounced other than $ or k? Why d.
you say 'Waltham and 'Wrentham' an
slam out that than roundlyZ'
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The post card is S. netting that is more
blessed to send than to receive,
Post cards are now on sale at every
point in the known world. The shirtless
and otherwise untutored saYages Of the
inner recesses Of Africa are making betel-
nut money selling post cards which show
their devotion to decolette.
The unctiously oily Eskimo displays a
set Of post cards on his windowsiu to
attract the eye and the money Of the ex-
plorer. The post cards depict him In the
act of turning on the aurora borealis;
also they show the belle Of Uknukiknik
daintily partaking Of rancid blubber and
canned dog.
The proud Patagonian, who never wore
clothes, and who thinks an old plug hat
and a pair Of suspenders IS plenty warm
enough for his winter weather, has got in
the habit of rowing out 10 ships that are
going around the horn and selling the
tourists post cards which illustrate his
family life.
Last week a totally new and hitherto
unheard Of island was bumped into ( a
steamer crossing the Pacific Before the
ship could back of d crowd Of natives OF
an unclassihed tribe came aboard and Of
fered three post cards for a quarter 10
any buyers
You cannot go TO Paddy's Crossing,
Ohio, Gladstone post-Of1ce) or 10 Pig
vile, Arkansas, or 10 New York, or to
any OF those places without having to dig
your way through a layer Of post cards
before you can get view Of the cigars
IA the case.
The mail carriers are getting bent and
gray IN the cities from carrying several
hundredweight of the cards each day, and
the rural routes are making deliveries
half q day late because IL takes UP too
much time Cor the rural pOstman to read
the cards.
our best citizens go about the country
and they send back 10 the loved ones at
I home gay and festive ColoTed cards show
ing. red-nosed person waving a stein in
one hand and CluJching az q lamp post
with the other. On the card is printed
/ You ought 10 be here MOther. packs
her trunk and starts on the next train.
only TO learn that the card Is not d photo
graph
Ia every home there Is now a postcard
room, and when the joyous traveller re-
turns you have 10 search through -four
million cards to the find one he sent from
Bombay.
And the world is being cluttered with
postcard humorists.
WILBUR NESBIT.
Copyright. lH6. by ". D. Nesbitl
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Red Tape and a walk.out

me inherent departments OF the govern
ment service have all been freely criti-
cised. at times, fer an unusual fondness
for red tape but nothing in the way Of a
rebuke thereof has ever come under
Our notice that has quite so profoundly i'm
pressed US as the acts Of a certain Penn
sylvania postmaster. recently called to the
attention Of the department. As shin
ing example Of reckless abandon and nj
ter contempt for departmental WHY'S and
wherefores, it is in class quite by itself
This man, duly appointed postmaster.
after the usual long drawn-out formalf-
ties, found his Office. after a few months
occupancy, decidedly devoid of those al
Turing qualifications that his earlier
thoughts had pictured. Business was so
slow that he had to pinch himself ever and
anon TO remind himself that he was still
postmaster. Patience finally ceasing to De
a virtue, and fearing, perhaps. that il
would require the unwinding of at least
as much red tape to get out as it did to
get in, he Just threw his keys down on his
desk and walked out. A fellow-townsman
possessed Of an equal amount of CONTEMPT
for post-ofhce methods, but lacking in an
equal amount OF experience, walked in
and took charge OF things.
Strange 70 say, Uncle Sam never no.
ticed IL al all-at least not until goodly
period Of tine had elapsed. When he did.
he raised q not altogether unnatural OBJ
lection. and now the first postmaster mas
been sentenced 10 return TO his job. ana
the second postmaster viii have to face
the postal authorities and explain his
foolish act.
Waile the Pennsylvania method nay not
be quite the method that prudence would
recommend, at the same time il does sug-
gest The possibility Of a happy medium.
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In times Of national prosperity the d.
mensions OF The public debt pass unno-
ticed. and so we do not hear nowadays
the old-time lamentations upon the pro-
portions Of cur national indebtedness.
Not that it has diminished in size, for it
has not, but because its burden is easily
and cheerfully borne. The Census Bu-
reau has issued some interesting figures
showing what the burden is. Everybody
knows how cur national debt has been
sealed down since the close Of the civil
war. when 1t amounted 10 nearly $50 per
capita It Is now less than S12 per cap
tia But as fast as the national debt
was paid of, cities, towns, and counties
increased their Indebtedness, so that our
total national debt. IL uding that owed
by cities. towns. anu counties. IS now
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SEEING AMERICA.

He never really saw town
From Maine 20 Frisco bay.
The hills were merely stresks OF brown,
The cities streaks Of gray.
Save where he slowed down for the night
o. took on gasoline,
The rivers were blur Of light,
The woods a daub Of green.
\ passing houk. a splash SIX
Was that Niagara
TootI through New York. then whaDg. and whiz
Through Philadelphia
Chicago ike dusty dazc
Reclcd IN aud faded hence;
He saw the buildings IN a haze,
Like pickcts on a fence.
"Alphouse. Alphonse - at last he cried.
What was the blur we saw
/ think that 1t was Great Salt Lake
o. maybe Omaha.
What are those streaks Of black and white
All mixed with blues and grecns2"
The chauffeur skidded 10 The right.
Were passing New Orleans.
And when At last the tour was done,
The chauffeur and the zap
They sat them down at set Of sun
To draw auto map.
Wherein their native land they showed
As one gigantic blot,
A hyrhGated country road
Between a dash and dot
-WaIlace Irwin. IN Life.
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\ Fighter without a Scar.

Col Earl d. Thomas, who now com
mands the Eleventh Cavalry. which forms
part OF the eXpeditionary force sent to
Cuba, belongs to that coterie OF army Off
GERS whose service has been long and
faithful. but whose soldierly modestv has
prevented their fame being Wanted
Col. Thomas record is unusual i'm more
ways than one. 1t is unique i'm thai he
entered the union army at the age Of
fifteen from his fathers farm in Illinois
fought through the four terrible wears of
the civil war, and came cut without a
scratch, though he was so distinguished
for gallantry that he was offered COM
mission in the regular army at the close
Of the war. He declined to accent this
and instead embraces an opportunity to-
enter the West Point Military Academy
where he was graduated with honor i'm a
double sense. He was then commissioned
in the cavalry as second lieutenant mar
ticipated I'm nearly all of the Indian cam
paigns, and reached his present rank only
a few years ago in the regular course of
promotion He is now one of the few sur
vivoTs Of the evil war helding rank in
the army. He is not yet sixty. and il is
presumed that he will attain the grade OF
brlgadieT general before he reaches the
age of retirement. Col Thomas is ac-
counted one OF the finest judges of hcrses
in the army. and because of his expert
ness in this lire he probably has bought
more horses Tor the service than any
other officer assigned to that duty
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that would affect the value and the edi-
cheney Of his examination.
In the last analysis the integrity of our
financial institutions must depend on the
reettude and sound judgment of banking
and trust officials. Government super
vision is valuable as far as it goes, and
doubtless 1t might be extended with ad-
vantage 10 the banks and the public, but
it is not infalllble. and cannot stand In
the room OF dummy directors and alb
sentee bank presidents 1t is withs. the
power of American bankers TO purge the
banking business OF such conditions as
were revealed at Philadelphia, and the
trend Of the discussion at ST. Louis in
dicates that they are fully alive to the
Importance of awakening the response
bility Of bank directors.
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A WARTIME BIBLE.
Georgia Soldier Gets His Copy Back
From Pennsylvania Man.

From PenRsyivaniH Man.
From the Richmond Timss-Dispateh-
An incident Of the late reunion of Con
federate and Federal soldiers on the Get
tysburg battlefield reads something like q
romance. Il is the story Of how a treas
ured copy Of the Holy Scriptures, lost by
a Georgia soldier, remained in the posses
sion OF a Pennsylvania soldier for more
than forty years, and then by an indirect
route found its way back 10 the original
owner way down IN Georgia.
When the survivors OF Picketts famous
charge met the Pennsylvanians on the old
BATTLEFIELD last month. and after the cere-
moniss attending the presentation OF Gen.
Armistead's sword 10 Pickett Camp by
the philadelphia veteran brigade had been
completed. Maj. Frazier. the adjutant of
that brigade. presented 20 Capt J. Thomp-
son Brown, Of this city. formerly OF Par
ker's Battery. what was once a handsome
giit-edged morocco bound pocket Bible.
On the inside Of the lid there was written
IN plain and splendid hand the follow
ing
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Delaware Now o. Il.

When Senator Alice, a few days ago,
marched arm in arm to the White House
with his new colleague, the Hon. Henry
A. Dupont the incident marked an event
Of unusual features. Primarily. II is indi-
Gated that the compact between the two
Delaware Senators was sealed and that
the luckless Addicks at last has fallen
outside the breastworks. What part the
President played in thus bringing the
Senator's together in harmonious agree
ment is question that belongs 10 that
political category which concerns more
the management OF parties than the pub
liz welfare. The visit brought President
Roosevelt and Col. Dupont together for
the first time since the latter was elected
10 the Senate after long deadlock Of the
legislature at Dover Col Dupont was
in Europe then, and returned 20 the
United States only q few weeks ago. He
has not yet been formally indicted into
the Senate his friends predict for him
long and useful career IN public life
Col Dupont is "a West Pointer by educa-
ton, and served several years in the
army after the close Of the civil war, In
which be made a brilliant record. In
conduct and department he Is gentle
man Of the old school. though he looks
twenty years younger than his age, which
/ is about sixty. His family are the IA
nous powder manufacturers of DelaYare.
I though he Is not connected actively with
that business. His energies have been
mainly devoted 20 railroad development
and administration, he having for years
been the virtual owner Of the Wilmington
Northern. which extends from the Della
ware metropolis into the coal regions OF
Pennsylvania.
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In Prnhihition Georgia.

From the Atlanta Constitution
In a Georgia town where prohibition
prevails a man was arrested three times
in one day, charged with being drunk OF
the streets.
Where did you set the whisky" asked
the mayor.
L didn't drink no whisky was tho
reply
"WeI. then, what did you drink2"
Muffin in the worI, yer honor. 'cept
cane Juice, liver regulator. hair tonic. an
red ink
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4 New Arctic Explorer.
From Leslie-s Weekly

IT0n LcsIIl 5 WeekIy-
An interesting movement in the direc-
ton OF arctic discovery, but not involving
the discovery of the north pole. is the
new expedition of Capt. Mikkelson. a
Dane Capt Mikkelsons aim will b. TO
discover the unknown arctic continent.
which geographical bodies believes lies TO
the north and west Of the Beaufort Sea,
in a wholly UNEMPLOYED region Of the Arc
tic Ocean. Capt. Mikkelsons partner IN
the undertaking Will be Ernest Lehing-
wei. OF Illinois. who will have charge of
all the scientific work in the undertaking.
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From the Houston Post
Heavens" gasped the scientist. 1T has
escaped
"What?" shrieked his wife. springing
into a chair and clevaung her skirts.
''The bubonic plague germ I had in
this culture tubei'
-PshaWi how y9u frightened mel
thought it was a mouse.
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simpIifed Spelling,

From The Boston Transcript.
Between Washington's day and Roose-
velt's time simplihed spelling of proper
names has made notable progress. In the
journal which Washington kept when he
was q surveyor, occurs 'Potowmack, /"
and the 'Shannandoah" referring to the
now famous rivers
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from the Montgomery Advertiser.
When Bob Taylor gets into the Senate
he should carry his best fiddle TO the
daily sessions. Then. If the Senators get
into a wTangle. one or two Of Bob's good
cid tunes viii put them all in a good hui
mer. The poet tells Us that music hath
power 10 charm the savage breast, and
what so good as fddnng?
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THOMAS JENKINS.
Milledggville, Georgia
Aprii Il 1851
Baldwin Blues. Fourth Regiment,
"Georcfs NoIuuteers +"

Maj. Frazier in his presentation speech
stated that Capt. Thomas Fury, who had
held the Bible ever since the war. obtain
ed the same while he was prisoner in Lib
by Prison. and that when he was ex-
changed he brought it home with him.
Capt Fury had requested him TO present
the Bible 10 Capt. Brown for any dispo-
sitiOn he chose to make OF IL Capt.
Brown. in reply, promised 10 endeavoT to
find the owner of the little book. or find
some relative. and would see that the
nearest relative received it; If not, he
would place ii in the Confederate Museum
in Richmond
On his return home Capt Brown wrote
these facts TO the postmaster at MiIledge-
vile, Ca. and succeeded in finding the
owner Of the Bible
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Reckless Humnnitv.
80 ~ Cleveland pam Dealer.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
THE ideal automobile racing course of
the future viii be fenced in on each side
by high iron walls. This viii serve 10
keep the careless public out Of danger.
You'd have TO roof the course over. If
YOU didn't some wild balloOniSt would be
sure TO drop on the roadway right in
front Of the flying machines.
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4 species.


Mrs Kwivvery is one Of those anticipa-
tory people, and simply can't carry on
a conversation with her without getting
so nervous I feel as though I should fly
10 pieces. says the lady with the jade
brooch.
"Andcipatory?" asked the lady without
any long gloves. How is that?'
she listens faster than you talk to
bov ~
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BUNGI.ER.

i now appears that Burton
VIII lave % 81 70 Jail.
Aud not az eye Is m0ist5ncd
Aud n-t a cheek IS pale.
His colleagues Of the senate
arr u1cuuceruCd and grim;
Not one of an that body
Has any tears Tor Liu.
Nor do J greatly blame them.
Were ] one n the clan
ia have but little sorrow
To waste upon a man
Nh1 clalnad % Do s1ma pumrsius
4 person ID affairs.
And Elt who CJuldn'J manage
An easy game like theirs.
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Counting Ties.

"Wby do YOU object to travel?" in
quired Yorick Hamm. 1T broadens the
mind.
THAT may be responded Hamlet
Fatt, but il also fatIens the feet.
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TIE TNNocENT BYsTANDER
- VAIN PLACE.

dess want A Wahm place. place whah kin res /;
Close beside de kitchen stove, some ways, I'd suit
me bes'-
But any place. deas 50 it's vahm. match what
its style.
Dess 50 a po' downtrodaen man kin nod en- sleep
awhile.
Ise not much Ter run 'roun' en- elatteh heah en-
thah-
In winteh time is comm on en- cain jimmy fab.
dess would like place OATS wahm. OATS all 70
a place ahsb / kin toas' nah shins en- folks wiz
lemme lone.
sho' Loves wahm place, a place ter res mahse'f
WidOut nobody hustln ne tWell cain git nah
place ter sit en- Moderate on wsb dis vorI am
RwiHe.
70 take 20 choice O. what 20 want-a nice wahm
place 70 mine.
dess wants wahm place. wild comm on
A place ter think erbout de o. sunmeh
times dats gone.
Sos I Kin sit en- watch de snoa dc windeg
En- .. seSs pay no 'tention mo da snow va.
rain.
/ sac like a vahm place. I wondeh when die
II / won make some fusion whenst / gifts up in
de sky.
70 dess apt ter as, dat good sain' Peteh wild q
smile:
Please sen me ter vahm place ter nod en- sleep
a while'
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The Springfield Republican declares
that Hearst can only be defeated by
''unremitting work" If the stories they
tell concerning the smallness of the Re
publican campaign fund are true, unrc-
hitting work is about all that may reason
ably be expected from that source.
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Innuendo.

seen Grace lateIyc"
saw her on the street to-day. She
didn't look like herself"
she never does in public
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Original.

We'll, 81 Perkins is back, after visitin'
London Paris. Berlin. an all them for
eigu cities.
And what does he say after making
the rounds of the capitals Of Europe2"
Says Plunkviles good enough fer
him..
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All Depends,

This man paid $35O,0O0 for his seat.
What do you say to that?'
High for the stock exchange. low for
the Senate.