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Mail.
II, a man keeps his friends it's a sign
they don't see much of him.-New
York Press.
Railroads are becoming the prime
factor in American race suicide.-New
York American.
When a bride has to get down and
searn how to keep house the honeymoon
Is over.-New York Press.
The Jap war scare ought to be good
for two new boats for our navy and
three for Japan's.-Detroit Free Press.
1t would be interesting to see Mark
Twain walring that white evening suit
of his in Pittsburg.-Chicago Tribune.
OF course, the railroads are not go
ing to refuse two cents a mile if they
Press.
A woman likes to visit her relatives
80 she can let them know how much
better things she has at home.-New
York Press.
After all, isn't there just a little too
much block in the railroad systems,
especially in the heads?-Philadelphia
North American.
A German scientist has discovered
that gold emits an odor, but that is not
likely to make it worth a scent more.
Washington Post.
Yes. of course, these government coal
lands are public property but it's a
mighty long way to go for a scuttleful.
New York Herald.
We cannot get good government in
this country except we go to the polls
INC push it into the ballot boxes
Philadelphia Record.
Why should Philadelphia start all
anti-suicide bureau? What harm is
there in changing from one sleep to an
other?-New York Mail.
Senator Depew is anxious to save the
forests Of the country. Does he know
the meaning of taking to the woods
New York Evening sun.
1t is with pleasure that one sees a
railroad fined $4,000 for rebating, but
what hurts is that an ice company got
the rebate.-ButfalO Times.
Ambassador Bryce will find a $4,000
salary as useful at Washington as at
almost any place that could be men
tioned.-Philadelphia Ledger.
"L~ifesaving' appliances aboard
steamships unfortunately appear to be
regarded by many owners more as fads
than possible utilities.-New York
American.
A Western %financier is sure the peo-
pie and the railroads are coming to-
gether." He must have been reading
the full list of recent accidents.-New
York Herald.
Alfred Austin, poet laureate, has
been saying a good word for Longfel-
low. That was a good deal kindlier
than writing a poem about him.-New
York American.
Chairman Burton, Of the Rivers and
Harbors Committee, is a bachelor,
which may account for the general
movement in favor of taxing unmarried
men.-Philadelphia Press.
No doubt the railroads consider the
proposal to stop their theft OF $4,000
600 yearly by dishonest weighing of
the mails, as an attack OF vested rights.
Philadelphia North American.
Each male person of smoking age
smokes an average of 800 cigars a
year. Eight years ago that average
was $50. Thus our prosperity goes up
in smoke.-Ohio State Journal.
John D.. Rockefeller, Jr., says it is
much easier to tell the truth that it is
to lie. Johnnie has probably never
gone home at 4 a. m. and undertaken to
explain to his wife.-Houston Post.
The physician who says walking on
the toes is conducive to longevity Is
substantiated by the fact that many
toe dancers attain great age even ur-
ing their girlhood.-St. Deuis Globe
Democart
Surely graft has ha1 some hard
knocks lately. But the desire to get
something for nothing is mighty per-
seistent, and it's elimination from hui
ages.-New York Sun.
People who believe that big accidents
come in threes will put together the
sinking of the Larchmont, of the Berlin
off the Hook Of Holland and of the
Austrian-Lloyd Imperatrix off Crete.
More than 500 persons have probably
been lost in these three accidents
New York World.
The House Of Representatives has
voted to abolish all the pension dis
bursting agencies but one-that main
tanned at Washington. 1t was a sensi-
BILE move. Why not go ahead now and
abolish useless custom houses, at which
the cost of collecting a dollar ranges
from ST to $1,263?-New York Tribune.
John D. Rockefeller seems to be al
most as magnificent in his giving as in
his taking. In both directions he is
great.-Philadelphia Record.
Christian science Discussed.
In treating of the foundations on which
Christian Science teachings are based, the
Earl of Dunmore, a prominent Scotch
peer. in a recent issue of the Cosmopolitan
Magazine, contends that Mrs. Eddy is