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eovERNoR-EIEcr' NEW HOUSEHOLD

Governor-elect Fort has judiciously
selected his son, Leslie r. Fort, to be
his private secretary during his term of
office. The prospective secretary took
hold of the Lakewood Times and Jour
nal not long ago and converted it into
a handsome property, displaying an OK
ecutive ability that will be of great
service in his new Office. The relations
of Governor and private secretary are
of a confidential nature. while the
duties of the secretary are important
as well as delicate.
Colonel Edward D.. Fox, for many
years the executive clerk, is retired on
half pay, and his place will be accept
ably filed by John p. Dengler, who has
for years been associated with Judge
Fort as stenographer. The next Gov
ernor's official household would not he
complete without the genial Samuel
Gordon as messenger. Mr.. Gordon is
one of the best representatives of the
colored race in New Jersey, and one
of the most reliable.
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The first man to resign was a con-
ductor of the Charleroi line, that runs
along the Monongahela Valley for
forty miles or more. He had been noti-
fed to collect the fares before the pas
sengers entered the cars, and was told
that an inspector would report any In
fraction of the rule.
Al one stop, at Black Diamond, near
Monongahela City, 112 passengers got
on the car. They f1ocked in over front
and rear platforms and the conductor
could not collect all the fares accord
ing to rules. He resigned when his car
reached the terminal of the line.
Many passengers seemed to take a
fendish delight in entering the car,
and, when the conductor attempted to
collect the fares, insisting that he
should have collected them OF the plat
form. One conductor fastened the door
of his car, and when he had collected
from everybody on the platform per-
mitted them to enter the car, and
fastening the doors again, let another
relay from the platform enter.
So many complaints were t~elephoned
to the offices of the company that
President J.. D. Gallery got out person.
ally with several of his office staff and
tried to straighten out the delayed
schedule of running time.
So unpopular is h scheme that a
number OF men at lunch organized the
"one-dollar club and pledged them
selves to tender only a dollar in coin
or bill to a conductor for fare, thus
hoping by the delay caused to have the
pay as you enter" plan abolished BY
the railroad company.
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10 the Editor of the Evening Star:
BY printing a short description of the
Yellowstone National Park you will conf
fer a favor. j.. d. G.
IThe reservation known as Yellowstone
National Park, set apart for public uses
by an act of Congress passed in 1872, COW
length, from north to south, and about
hfty-five miles in width, from east to
west, lying chiefly in northwestern Wyo-
ming, and overlapping, to a small extent,
the boundaries Of Montana, on the north.
and Idaho on the west. This gives an area
OF 1882 square miles, a tract that is nearly
the area of the States of Rhode Island aud
Delaware combined, and nearly half as
large as the State OF Massachusetts The
Rocky Mountain chain crosses the south
western portion in an irregular line, leav-
ing by far the greater expanse on the
eastern side. The least elevation of any
of the narrow valleys is 5000 feet, and
some of them are from 1000 to 1000 feet
higher. The mountain ranges which hem
in these valleys are from 10000 to upward
of LOCO feet In height. Electric Peak du
the northwest corner of the park. but Far
back Of Mammoth Hot Springs) having an
elevation of II, 1856 feet, and Mount Lang
ford and Turret Mountain (both in the
Yellowstone range) reaching the height OF
II, 1856 and II, 142. rcspectively.-Ed.1
Answers to Correspondents.
A.. B.-The article appeared in Nc
| Clure's Magazine.-Ed.
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VIEWS Of EDITOR 5.
Financial Suicides.

There is one reflection which is apt to
come to men when they contemplate the
accounts of financial suicides. When a
man takes his life because good luck
deserts him, OF chance goes against him,
n he finds himself reduced from wealth
to comparative poverty, all the world
hears about 1t. 1t is emblazoned on the
news sheets. Little note, however, is taken
of those victims of abject and long-stand-
ing poverty who are ever passing out IN
an unending line. These cases are too
common to attract notice. Improper or
insufficient food, insanitary tenements
and workshops, and the diseases due to
dirt and dissipation are causes that c
more human beings to the grave in a day
han financial losses send in a century.
Deplorable conditions are being slowly
improved. They are not so deplorable as
they were a generation ago. People are
learning more and more of the advantage
of proper feeding, cleanliness, ventilation
and correct living. A man does not have
to be rich, or even well-to-do. to live a
clean and wholesome life.-Washington
Star
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prohIbitIon in Old Georgia.

In the rural districts of Georgia., it is
reported, jugs, bottles and all sorts of
vessels that will hold whiskey are being
filled by purchasers who are accommodating
a supply of liquor against the dry period
to be usli5red In with the prohibition law
on the first day of the year 1903. IN the
urban communities of Georgia the ap-
proaeh Of the Initiation Of the new ro-
license law appears not to have caused
the people to depart from their customary
habits. This may be due to the fact that
the prohibition law provides that the act
shall apply only to public places" and as
clubs are regarded not as public places, II
is generally believed that the members Of
such Institutions may obtain their liquor
from lockers as freely as they want II.
The advocates of prohibition, however,
will test this provision concerning pub
lie places with the hope of including
clubs in the laws restriction. While
the people who protested against the law
are willing to sit back and watch the ex-
periment.-Boston Globe.
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stone, in that State, last week. He was
eight feet high.
ELIAS Burwell, of Bristol, Conn, claims
to be the only one now living of the Ito
signers Of the abolition paper which called
for a meeting of anti-siavery men in
Hartford, Conn, on February %, 1898. The
document is owned by Edward Everett
Newell, of the same city. a cousin of the
late Senator Joseph r. Hawley.
On the desk of Butler Ames in the House
there stands a big megaphone when the
member is not present, and when he is in
his seat he puts the papier mache affair
to his ear and not to his lips, why on
earth have you brought that thing here?'
asked a colleague. $50 you can make the
chair hear you?" Not at all, 1 have had
o little trouble hearing what Is going on
here, and 1 wanted to make sure to hear
everything that goes on. This thing fills
the BILL"
A new ~oratorio by Father Lorenzo Perosi
was produced in the Sala Regia of the Sa-
cred College in the presence of the Pope
and many invited guests. The rendition
was successful and the Pope warmly con-
graduated Father Perosi on his work. Tho
Pope and the composer have been intimate
friends since the days they were together
at Venice.
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PEOPLE OF NOTE.

Eleanore Duse has bought the celebrated
Capponl palace near Florence, Italy, for
600, 900 francs. In the monumental pile,
once the abode of one of the %proudest of
the noble families Of Italy, she intends
ito spend the evening of her life"
Secretary Root has purchased the old
Root homestead, 1.-THE Hemlocks," on Col
lege Hill, at Clinton, N. Y. 1t has been
the home recently OF Anna Day Root,
widow Of Secretary Roots brother, DR..
Owen Root, Of Hamilton College.
James c.. Courts, who has just received
a reappointment as clerk OF the appropria-
lions committee of the House of Repre-
sentatives, IS now serving his thirtieth
year in the service of the House, having
been first appointed by Representative
Atkins, of Tennessee, in 1877. He is one
OF the highest salaried employees in the
House.
Famous as the tallest man in Michigan,
Isaac Harring, who served throughout
the Civil War, and who was a conspicuous
mark for the bullets of sharpshooters be-
cause of his great height, died at Glad
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REwARns oF MERIT

1t is not only q kindly custom for
employers of large forces to make ac-
acknowledgement of m~eritorious services
at the end OF the year by a substantial
bonus, but an enlightened selishness
would dictate it as good business pol
icy. Liberal treatment of employees
is an incentive and encouragement for
them to put forth their best Efforts.
So. while 1t can be appreciated that
the United States Steel Corpora
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Jersey City's new Mayor, H. Otto
Wittpenn, when he is sworn in, can
strike out for himself, as Mayor Pagan
did when he took office, and establish
such a reputation as to make him a
formidable candidate for the Demo-
cratic nomination for Governor in 1910.
The Mayor-elect owes his nomination
to the Honorable Bob Davis, it is true,
but he owes no obligation on that
score. Davis tool him up for candi-
date as a matter of necessity. He was
the only man who could defeat Mayor
Pagan, and he did it. Favors are
therefore about even between Witt
penn and Davis. IF the former plays
his cards we'll he will be the preferred
Democratic candidate in 1910.
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Ner Yenr,n Resolutions.

The best policy is not to make a show OF
virtue, but to consider carefully the results
of 1907, and to think which of these might
have been b~ettered by individual effort.
Then make the 1908 resolutions, for good
resolutions are always c~ommendable,
whether at New Years or at any other
time. And, having made the resolutions,
forget to mention them to ore ana sundfy,
forget to put on the Pharisaical physiog-
nomy OF conscious righteousness, forget
that it is necessary TO publish ones worth
to the word In order to prove 1t. If one Is
partaking too freely of the inebriating
bowl, II one is too negligent Of his serious
work, II one finds his work Is too much
his all In all, If one feels that he has not
been sufficiently considerate of his fellow
beings, whether in the family circle or
elsewhere, it is well to acknowledge prl-
vately these shortcomings, and to en-
deavor, selhshly, perhaps, to eradicate the
error and TO start on a new tack.
But don't swear off" Don't assume
the 'unco guid'' air. Don't become a bore
and a pest. The marking of the new year
is purely al bltrary, and has nothing logic
ically to do with the assumption of good
ness. The Fourth of July or All Fools
is quite as appropriate a time for
ceasing to make a fool of ones self as
is the additionally h0nored initial day OF
the year.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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The pistOI-toter,

Everywhere it is the same story. First,
the whiskey debauch that climaxes In tenn
porary madness. Then the ever-ready pis-
toll produced in the twinkling of an eye to
arbitrate some petty quarrel with friend,
stranger, perhaps blood relative. As a re-
suit, the dawn of the day after Christmas
finds the jails filled with men who two
days before were, in most instances, peace
able, law-abiding members of society
their hands now stained with blood,
charges involving capital punishment fac
ing most of them.
Whiskey responsible? Only partially.
The contemplate, cowardly, criminal
habit of ''pistol-toting' is the main factor.
Drive out the pistol when you close the
doors Of the whiskey traffic, and the
crimson record of shame will be minimized
to such an extent that it will no longer be
a national disgrace. How long will Georgia,
how long will America, continue to endure
this unspeakable spectacle, that pillories
us before the world as worse than pagan
nations? How long will the criminal
''plstol-toter'' be permitted to shame us
before civilization ?-Atlanta Constitution.
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Tender Hearted.

President Manuel Amador, of Panama,
tells this little tale of a certain Cuban
millionaire:
IAN unfortunate man once obtained ac-
cess to this millionaire and started to lay
before him his woes, He depicted his
wretched poverty in most vivid colors. In
deed, SO graphic was the mans sad story
that the millionaire felt himself affected
as he had never been before. With tears
in his eyes he summoned his servant and
in a quavering voice said:
" John, put this poor fellow out. He
is breaking my heart "-Everybodys
Magazine.
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VOLUME LxxvI.-No. 300.
THE OLD AND NEW YEAR.

The New Year will be ushered in at
midnight with the usual accompani-
ment of jubilant noises and mutual con-
CALCULATIONS by wakeful celebrants. The
old year will pass away. When 1t be-
gan, a twelvemonth ago, there was
q national prosperity unexampled in
the worlds history, and the future
looked bright with promise. There was
not the heck Of a cloud upon the ma
TONS horizon. Business was booming,
and prosperity was in evidence on all
simistic, suspected that before the year
should end three billions of stock values
would vanish; that a sudden panic
would seize upon bank depositors, and
that hundreds of millions of currency
would be withdrawn and boarded, to
precipitate a crisis that should danger
ously strain the whole financial fabric.
The year has been a bountiful n in
the gifts of nature. The earth yielded
splendid crops. and the farmers, upon
whom depend the prosperity of the
country, were enriched. Manufacturing
enterprise was carried on to the high
est point of production, u foreign
trade broke all records during the
calendar year, the national treasury
was fairly gorged with wealth, the rail-
roads had more business than they
could attend to. Who would have sus-
pected that in these conditions there
lurked the element of a great danger?
Who would have believed that in a
few months a sudden blight would fall
upon this wonderful prosperity, and
that the Astounding confidence felt
would so soon be converted into dis
trust and %foreboding and actual panic?
But the crisis is past. n sanity has
returned to those who by their I'M
reasoning fears created the conditions
that so seriously imperiled all the great
of the country and nearly
brought on % calamity. Great losses
have been sustained. but they are not
irreparable. We have learned a lesson
from temporary adversely. We have
learned one thing, namely, hat our
banking system Is all right and our
currency system all wrong. Had the
latter been workable there would have
been no crisis and much less loss to the
country.
But the old year, with its joys and
sorrows, its hopes n anxieties and
cares will be gone with the ending Of
today, and we can look forward for the
new year with renewed hopes and aspi-
rations and with a determination to
profit by the experiences Of the old.
There is everything for encouragement
and nothing to justify a gloomy fore
cast. Already the signs of recovery are
evident everywhere. The holiday trade
showed that the people had not abated
their faith in the future. and that there
was a vast reserve of wage-earning
wealth available. If Congress shall do
its duty and enact the needed currency
legislation all may indeed be we'll, and
everything be booming again before the
flowers shall bloom in the spring.
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How to Do 1t,

An Irishman out of work applied to the
boss OF a large repair shop in Detroit.
When the Celt had stated his sundry and
diverse qualifications for a Job" the
superintendent began q~uizzing him a bit.
Starting quite at random, he asked:
D you know anything about carpen-
try?'
'tShurel'
do you know how to make a Venetian
blind ?"
''Shure!''
How would you do it?"
'Shure, Ia poke me finger in his cye.'
philadelphia Ledger.
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There was not even standlng-room in
the 6 o'clock crowded car, but one more
passenger, a young woman, wedged her
way along just inside the doorway. Each
time the car took a sudden lurch forward
she fell helplessly back, and three times
she landed in the arms of a large, COM
Portable man on the back platform. The
third time it happened, he said quietly:
Hadn't you better stay here?'-Ladies
Home Journal.
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This is the holiday season, when the
Christian spirit pervades all, even the
Court Of Pardons. And hence the gen.
eral prison delivery effected yesterday
by that body.
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I'M VEIN.
Hubby,s Reward.

Hubby's Reward.
He buys for her
A handsome fur
Which takes a lot Of dough,
And stands him In
The real tin
Four hundred plunks or SO.
But what Of this?
His wifey's kiss
Pays him for vanished rocks
And he beside
At Christmastide
viii get a pair of socks.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
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willing to Try.

fIt's so sweet of you, Mr.. Guffy," she
gurgled, ito want me to marry you
But papa says I'm such an extrayagant
girl. Do You think you could dress
me?"
well" he stammered, blushing. 7
l think | could, If you don't haze those
waists that 7fasten in the back with hooks
and eyes .t'-Cleveland Leader. #f
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A little girl came running to tell about
a mad dog she had seen. I'VE saw a mad
dog!" she gasped, but the words seemed
too tame to do justice to the situation.
"Oh, he was mad! madl" she added,
frowning and pumping her fists. HE was
furious!-Harper's Weekly.
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or well doing-there will be good reason
to hope for ultimate and complete
reformation in at least the great ma
iority of cases.
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About the greatest man who ever
lived in this community was Dug Skin
ner; broad-minded, big-hearted, and brill
liant and yet he died with all his talents
and goodness unsuspected.'
How did you come to find out about
Il married his widow."-Houston Post.
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FROM STAR

anonymous communications cannot ha
printed. Except on political subjects the
names OF correspondents are not required for
publication. but as a guarantee Of good faith.
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IT Wasn't Mucb.

Diggs-You evidently don't smoke much.
Biggs-Why dc you think I don't2
Diggs-I inferred as much from the
cigar you're smoking now.-Illustrated
Bits.
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Observation-Disclosures I told you we
cannot afford it! What is the use oftalk-
ing about a thing that is already settled.
OF course / would like to please you, but
1t is simply out Of the question"
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A Change.

II was utterly crushed when his wife
died, wasn't hep
Seemed so, but he got utterly mashed
on a young widow six months later
Cleveland Leader.
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He tsentimentally May hone sec
you pretty soon?
She G~estingly)-I rather think I'm pretty
now
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His TrOnbIe.

You're right" said Alkali Ike, "he died
very sudden while playin' poker
Heart disease?' queriel the tourist.
oval. We might call it heart, spade, club
and diamond disease. He had all four
aces up his sleeve. philadelphia Press.
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Observation-Disclosures you must be
crazy. It's the most unreasonable thing
1 ever heard of. 1t would bankrupt us, /
tell YOU. It is not to be thought of.
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why the Pterdinosaurus IL Ex

Shem, Son of Noah Ito newly engaged
couple)-Oh, please, you two, father says
II you're not alongside when the whistle
blows he's going to cast off without you.-
The Sketch.
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DEVICES, I can make some pretty good
breaks, at a good table.
Kw-H'm! Billiard or dinner tableF-
Slopers. q
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Friday-He-How much did you say
that thing would cost?
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DimcuIties of our Lanruare.

French Country Gentleman-Oni vrai-
mentl My grapes zey are fine; but come
wiz me an I show you my corns.-
Brooklyn Life.
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Hydrophobia Plus.

Saturday-He-Well, go ahead then
Life.
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Tuesday-He-Most certainly we Will
not. 1t is ridiculous, preposterous.
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weak woman against strong Man.
Monday-He (of the iron wllD-No, my
dear Not TO be considered for a moment y
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Answers to Correspondents.
A. B.-The article appeared in Nc
Cures Magazine.-Ed.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-07-18

The rumors of war which We're
rampant last week have subsidized
somewhat, probably to take fresh
start. The differences between the
United States and Japan are not
settled however and probably never
will be except by force. Ten years
ago there was considerable talk of
war with Japan, and except that
the conflict with Spain was foreseen
by those i'm authority, Japan would
probably have received the dose at
that time which we gave Spain later
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