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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-01-20
Balance Sheet. December 3Isf, 1907.
LIABILITIES

1. Policy Reserve .............
a. Other Policy Liabilities. ......
3. Premiums and Interest prepaid. 80.
A. Commissions, Salaries, etc 49,.
S. Dividends payable in 1905 ...s.,.
g. Additional Reserve on Policies
7. Reserve for deferred Dividends. -.
8. Reserve for other purposes 1880.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-17
Etiquette of the Beer Hall.

Berlin is organized for eating and
drinking, and so are the Berliners organ
lied for IT. Scattered all over the city
are enormous places where food is
served-wine halls, where only wines are
served, and beer halls, which deal in beer
alone, some of them most respectable,
and some not SO impeccable 1t is the
rule that it is perfectly proper to take
your mother or your wife or your sister
to beer hall or wine hall that is fire.
quented by the officers of the army.
They go only TO the proper ones, publicly.
The etiquette of these places is most for
NAL. If the hall is crowded and tables
are scarce, before you sit down you
draw your heels together and make a
military bow everybody sitting at the
table you sell :. Then, also, you raise
your glass or stein to those at the table
when your refreshment is served. On
leaving you bow all around again. Or
the other people at the table bow. if they
leave before you do. The American way
of asking the others at the table for
permission TO sit down is not ceremo-
NOUS enough for the Germans, who are
the most formally polite people in the
world. Samuel q. Blythe in Every
body's
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-17

The old soldier. when he is a bach.
eIor or widower, Is running into grave
danger these days OF financial distress
among the feminine portion Of human
Ity," remarked Treasurer Bigler at the
subtreasury to-day. He was speaking
Of the recent reforms adopted in paying
pensions to the surviving defenders OF
the nation during the somewhat late
unpleasantness, whereby checks are
sent 30 the veterans, instead Of them
crOwding into the pension Office once
every three months, thereby creating no
end Of trouble and annoyance for the
agent and his assistants.
1T is not generally known among the
geDtler sex that the United States gov
eminent is bound to pay a pension to
the widow Of soldier Now, a man
need not to have been married before
be donned the blue and shouldcTed a
musket for his country's cause and the
protection Of his home. He has the
right to marry any time, whether he be
twenty-five or seventy-hye, provided al
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-17
Four Literary Gems

Clyde Fitch, at a dinner, produced one
of bis famous scrapbooks.
''In this scrapbook," said Mr.. Fitch. IL
have gathered passages from the years
best sellers The passages Wilt give
you some idea Of the style that goes"
Then he read:
The worthy pastor appeared at the
manse door, his hands thrust deep in the
pockets of his loose jacket, while he
turned the leaves of his prayer book
thoughtfully and wiped his glasses with
distraught air.
After the door was closed a stealthy
foot slipped into the room, and with cati-
tious hand extinguished the light
'FitzgibboD fingered over his final
lemonade, when a gentle voice tapped
him on the shoulder. and, turning, he be-
held his old friend once again
The chariot of revolution il rolling
onward, gnashing its teeth as it rolls -
Philadelphia Record.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-17

a TNAAS ivy YEARS VI akt duu over O1S.Ol1
Adding the number under q and over
22-that is, 2,159,T9 and 61S,511-the
total enrolment was 2,T7S, 300.
But there are some very old men In
the Grand Army of the Republic; and
that is all the more reason why the
death losses win be exceedingly high in
the years near at hand. There win
come a time when the last call will be-
responded to each month by no less
than 5000 of the brave heroes of 81
for already that figure has been touched
by one-half and over, and is growing
with alarming rapidly,
1t requires little argument to support
the statement just made; and II the
reader is of a mathematical turn of
! mind, let him go to the standard
mortuary tables of the life Insurance
companies and determine for himself
what Is the expectancy of life for men
Of fiae ages set forth
Here are startling official figures
pointing TO the rapid vanishing OF the
Grand Army;
Number and age of survivors passed
on By Commissioner OF Pensions War
ner, to june 80, 1907.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-17
Cook for Francis Iosenh

Although the Austrian Emperor eats
very frugally, his majesty pays his
chief cook 1900 a year. The court is
noted for its elaborate repasts. and
French contemporary gives an amusing
account Of bow Perski--for such Is the
chefs name-entered the Emperor
service. Perski was formerly chef to
Count Rheingaum, and one day Francis
Joseph, who dined at the house OF the
count. was delighted with the manner In
which the boar's head was served and
complimented the chef. Two days later
an enormous packing case arrived at
Schoenbrunn with the counts respects.
When the box was opened they found IN
il Perski, in good health but somewhat
shaken up" The Emperor accented
the present, and Perski became head Of
the kitcben.-LOndou Globe.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-17
An Anecdote of Ellsworth.

There was a characteristic incident
in the early life Of Colonel Ellsworth.
the brilliant young lawyer who was one
of the first notable victims Of the civil
war His struggles to gain a foothold
in his profession were attended by
many hardships and humillatng prlva-
lions Once finding the man be was
looking for on a matter OF business In
a restaurant he was invited to partake
Of the luncheon to which his acquaint-
ance was just sitting down. Ellsworth
was rayenously hungry, almost starv.
ing, In fact, but he declined courteous
ly, but firmly, asking permission to talk
over the business that had brought him
thither while the other went on with
the meal.
The brave young fellow In telling the
story In after years confessed that he
suffered positive agony at the sight and
smell Of the tempting food
~ could not In honor accept hospl-
tally ! could not reciprocate." was his
simple explanation Of his refusal. Il
might starve, but I could not sponge. -
Marion Harland's Complete Eli
quette."
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-17

ways that he has no such responsibility
as wife living.
zone can see, therefore, where the
danger to the old soldier lies. He ought
to have some protection from the wlles
of those who viii seek to marry him
against his stubborn viii. No retreat
win be sacred from the adventurous
maid who seeks husband, or the
widow who desires to have her marital
relations renewed, with the prospects
of pension for life in the somewhat
dim and distant future. Let him secure
for himself such seclusion as he may
desire, be viii be found out by the per-
sistency women apply when looking for
what they want.
" know of certain cases where wom-
en- have courted aged and infirm men
whose only source of getting money for
livelihood comes through the pension
agency solely for the purpose of seeur-
ing for herself his pension when death,
which appears near, takes him to the
grave. This has been so fully demon
strated by the figures obtained at the
War Department that it needs little
comment, for, IL l am not mistaken
there are still about half a dozen wild
ows of pensioners whose husbands
fought In the war Of the revolution
Under the present laws this thing is
likely TO go on indefinitely. No one
knows how many widows the govern
ment will have to support through this
arrangement. Some, Of course, win be
worthy cases the most of them will be
of this class, perhaps, but II is a no
torious fact that some men Of ninety
have married girls of eighteen and nine
teen years, The girls. perhaps, are not
to blame for this, but those VINO have
an eye for the future have seen 1t, and
| very frequently have urged such unions.
| Now, If this were generally known
| among the women of the INSCRIPTIONS
| kind they would not hesitate to become
| legally bound to some man, very old,
! who Is a pensioner, and who draws any
where from $24 to $40 each quarter
| from Uncle Sans treasure box. l do
not see how the system could be i'm
proved. but ! think that there is some
way of modifying it.'-Philadelphin
| Telegraph
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-17
CHAPTER V.

Mother mine, I've been thinking
Elodlglously; and the outcome of my
euoughts Is that 1 propose to give up
residential chambers at Lady Day,
aIa give you more of my charming So
tasly at home. shall have Offices in
e oo~n' and go backwards and forwards
Beally, Austin?"
really It's possible now, you see,
e e,uee the new line of railway was
TI!tsned-it wasn't before; and, honestly,
- "a not sure that / should have chosen
~ az. 10 It even if it had been.
d., Laen why do you choose to do it now,
oh, one gets tired OF bachelor dig
IS s-lss after a timel They are well
foggh at first--the novelty and the
NJ tiseGom and all that seem to outweigh
ca 'r loss Of home comforts. Then a time
-. S %hen-well, when somehow they
80 ~ !, 80 I've more than half decided to
80. change. You'll be willing TO
"a me under the old roof again, Ell ?"
Al asast'n, certainly! But are you sure,
az. with grave, searching glance
''A' there isn't another reasong9
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-17
yer, to June 80. 1907.

Never In the worlds history, before
our day, was nation saved by youths
IL their teens. In the stirring years OF
Father Abraham, these boys came for.
ward by the tens of thousands, in re.
Spouse TO the call TO arms
War expenditures reached $1,000 600.
600.
During the war 67,000 were killed In
battle.
The records also show that 43.012
died OF wounds
Disease claimed 22i,5SG.
And PATTI persisted from other
causes
There were $4,000 wounded in bat.
tie.
Between all these dread disasters, II
is a wonder that even remnant of the
Grand Army of the Republic survives !;
and II should ever be the pride and
pleasure Of this American Republic 10
remember the debt owed to the boy Of
81.
Happily, all soldiers who have sur
viyed 'sforty years after the close Of
the war" Ito quote the language OF the
lava are now entitled to a service
pension
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-17
Civil War Stories
Sounding Their onIy Retreat,

Sounding Their onIy Retreat,
The following article, showing the
rapid decrease of the members of the
Grand Army of the Republic, we take
from the Minneapolis Journal Sunday
Magazine:
The Grand Army of the Republic is
passing in final review. The total num-
Der of survivors is now 10000, This
figure Is obtained as follows: The last
official enrolment, made by the pension
authorities at Washington, June 80
1907, was ca, 35S Deducting $500 a
month. for nine intervening months,
there were $4,000 deaths. The Old
Guard is dying off at the rate of 90 a
day but the death losses for each
month are often higher In 1906.
Grand Army survivors died TO the num-
Der OF 29,20S; and in 1907 the loss was
31,20l for the year that closes June 1,
1905, the death rate will be unquestion-
ably between $4,000 and $1,000, If not
higher. For the old soldiers of the Re-
public now have reached the average
age OF 63, At that rate, the deaths will
come faster and faster still and within
ten years the noble army win be all
but a memory, ..-ss
=. ss-~z~a..-, -
Had the soldiers of the Civil war not
been mere lads in their veens. the Grand
Army would long ere this persisted from
the earth. But the Union was saved
literally by boys-boys in their teens !:
and many had not even reached their
teens.
Startling as this statement seems, 1t
is iadisputably born out by the official
records
There were 2,T1S,309 enlistments, as
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-17
Her Flrst speech.

1t was the first appearance in public
of Ada c. Sweet of Chicago. United
States commissioner of pensions under
President Grant and one of the first
women In the movement for equal po-
litical rights for the sexes. When the
civil war broke out she was living
with her parents In the village of
Lombard, now a suburb OF Chicago, and
was chosen to present to the boys of
the Lombard company a silk flag which
the women of the place had made with
their own fair hands.
The literary woman of the village
had written for the occasion a beauti-
full presentation speech, in which the
| soldiers were adjured to take the fair
flag into which your wives, daughters
and sweefhearts have sewed fond hopes
and fearful prayers for your safe re
| turn, carry Ii through the smoke and
shell of battle free from the stain OF
dishonor and the rents of defeat and
bear IT home victorious at the end OF
| the war"
Il thought" says Miss Sweet, that
| / had learned that piece up and down,
backward and forward, inside and out,
| but on the great day Itself, when the
band ceased playing and an awful
hush fell upon the crowd and every
1 face was turned expectantly up TO
mine, ii was different. | opened my
mouth--and paused. The literary lady
| ereaked forward in her chair and wills
pered loudly, Soldiers Of Lombard
"That whisper went through me like
knife, but left me still speechless. /
set my teeth, stepped decisyely forward
and pushed the flag into the hands
Of the nearest soldier Then | spoke
Every word of that speech had left me,
bnt anew what 1t meant
"'Soldiers OF Lombard ! said in a
desperate voice that must have been
heard TO the utmost confines of the
crowd, here's your flag. Don't get IL
dirty Don't tear IT,! And be sure to
bring it back"
"a shout rose from that crowd such
as no orator before or since has ever
evoked from o crowd In those parts.
The first thing ! knew | was riding on
the shoulders OF two soldiers, while
the whole company pressed about me,
with waving hats, and my father was
leaning over toward me from the back
Of his big horse and calling me his
own original girl while the tears
rolled down his cheeks with laughter.
AS long as lived In the village OF
Lombard never dared to meet square
lY the vengeful eyes Of the literary lady
who had written that presentation
speech st Louis Republic
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-17
Made Him ApoIoEire.

"Did the chauffeur say anything to
you after he ran you DOWN.
"Dld he say aDythlng7 Why, man,
he said so many things to me that be-
fore / realized what was doing had
apologlzed to him for even attempting
to cross the reet."-Detrolt Free
Press
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-17

When we are driving to d strange
place In the country, aud ask dire~
tions, the man who directs us, says !:
go south a ways and then turn to
the right. You can't miss It," And
then we find the road q particularly
crooked and difficult one A road you
are familiar with, seems easy.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-17

A stitch In time may save big sur
geons' fee later.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-17
PINE BARREN.
S
Special to The Journal.

Pine Barren, Fla, Jan 16.-Mr
Frank Geist, who was hurt at the
mill few days ago. is improving.
Mrs Frank Westmark and little
son, Earl, returned from Brent yes
terday, where she has been for some
time visiting her mother
Cecil, the little son of Mr. and Mrs
Baker Jernigan, who has been very
sick with fever, is up again.
Miss Pearl Williams is visiting her
brother at Morriston, Ala.
Miss Anna Drury. of FIomaton, is
the guest of Mr.. Frank Geist and
family
Miss Julia Tippin spent few days
in Pensacola last week.
Miss Clara Dolihite. of Castleberry,
Ala, is visiting her sister, Mrs. j. L..
Jernigan.
Miss Katie White, of Century, was
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Stanton
Saturday and Sunday.
DR.. w. p Dey is in Mobile on a
professional visit
Miss Pearl Hilton, charming
young lady of Pollard. Ala, who has
been the guest of Mr.. J. S. Walton
and family, returned to her home
Monday.
The new preacher arrived Satur-
DAY ana nlleQs mis- appointment here
Sunday Everybody is well pleased
with Mr.. Barrow. whose baby is very
low with pneumonia.
Mrs. ]. S. Maltin is confined to her
room with terribly burned arm,
which she received at Flomaton Mon
day while having some dental work
done. The alcohol lamp exploded,
her clothing caught fire and she had
very narrow escape from being
burned to death. She is suffering
terrible pain. Her many friends
hope it will be but a few days before
she will be able to be out again.
Miss Kate Klumpker and Mr.. Hol-
land of Pensacola. were the guests of
Mr.. and MrSsSsJ. L. Jernigan Sunday.
Miss Missouri Virgins has return
ed home from Jackson, Ala, where
she has been visiting her uncle.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-17
HOT ROAST SERVED
FOR BANNER EDITOR
Continued from First PAGE. }

tinctiOn otherwise; McDuffie to whom
you refer as from Georgia
was United States Senator from
the State of South Carolina; Cass.
whom you incorrectly state achiev
ed distinction from Missouri, was
United States Senator from Mich.
gan; Hendricks and Voorhees,, whom.
with ineXcuSable inaccuracy, you like
wise state were Senators from Mis-
souri,, We're never any such thing but
as any schoOlboy knows, were sena-
tors from Indiana To cap the eli
max of your absurdly ignorant ar
ticle, you mention Fillmore as being
senator from the state of New
York, which of course he never was.
You refer to me as fresh, ;"
young. youthful / will warrant
that there is not a fresh" young
or youthful schoolboy a dozen
years of age in any public school in
Marion county. who in the course of
one essay on any historical subject
will display the same lack of histori-
cal information, the inaccuracy and
general allTound ignorance, that you
have done in the course of your pro-
found contribution, maliciously criti-
cal of me.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-17
Wants to Frank Him.

The United States Government
does not allow me as a Senator from
Florida any United States histories
to send to my constituents. If I were
so allowed l would send you one, but
| respectfully recommend to you, the
next time you undertake to learnedly
and lovingly discuss me. or anyone
else, from historical standpoint that
you call in some barefoot school
boy, not exceeding twelve years of
age, and he will give you more cor
rect information than you have evil
denced you possessed when you
mounted the tripod to attack me.
Fortunately the people of Florida
are sincere lovers of fair play and are
not as ignorant nor, although you
pride yourself on being the Nestor of
the Florida Press. are your brethren.
in my judgment. so inadequateIy
equipped, so lily informed, nor so ap-
parently ready to do even a young"
man an injustice as you evidently
are.
Yours very truly,
w. J. BRYAN. .
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-17
JEWELR|Y| AND
MONEY STOLEN
Home of G. B. McGill Enter
ed and Robbed Wednes-
day Afternoon.

The home of Conductor G. Z. Nc
Gill, No 700 East Gregory street. was
entered and robbed Wednesday at
ternoon, the burglars entering the
home between the hours of noon and
$50 o'clock, and at a time when Mrs.
McGill was at home
The parties were only after money
and jewelry and nothing else in the
home was molested. They secured a
ladies watch and chain, some money
and a revolver, and got away with
out being seen.
Mr.. McGill desires to know if any
one passing his home between the
above hours saw any strangers either
about the premises or near, and if
they did TO please notify him.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-17
ELECTION BY
PROGRESS CLUB
Annual Meeting of Prorni-
nent Jewish Social
Club Held.

The annual meeting of the mem
bers of the Progress Club, a promi-
nent Jewish social organization, was
he->. last night in the new home
the club on West Chase street, when
officers for the ensuing year were
elected. The meeting was largely
attended and much interest shown in
the selection of officers. They are
as follows:
Observation-Disclosures FOTcheimer.
Vice-PreSident - B. l.. Gunder.
Sheimer-
Secretary-Julius Menko
TreaSurer-Ddve Danheisser.
Governing Board-Sol Calm, A
Lischkoff, Lep Mayer, Lag Jacoby,
William Falk, r. Flashner and H
/ Harrison.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-17
APPALACHIAN
FOREST ASSN.
.
Convention Asks Southern
States to Send Delega-
ton to Washington.
gv Associated Press.

Atlanta, Ca. Jan 1.-THE conven-
ton of the Appalachian Forest asso-
citation and allied Organizations, which
has brought together many representa-
tives from many cities in Alabama.
Tennessee, Kentucky, North and
South Carolina, and Georgia, adopted
resolutions tonight asking every
southern state to send a delegation 10
Washington with view to obtaining
the approval of the Whit
nen forest bill by the agricultural
men forest bill by the agricultural
Representatives Governor Hoke Smith
of Georgia, presided at both sessions
of the convention.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-17
TerseIy Told

The regular semi-mOnthly meeting
Of the Board of Safety iss to be held
tonight.
Can't. ". W. FIournoy. of DeFuniak.
= prominent attorney OF that place, Is
in the city on short business visit
\. NJ GrimsIey, of Milton, and Mr..
J. {. Grimsley. of Westville. regis
tered Al the Merchants yesterday.
J. A. Boyd. a turpentine operator of
Laurel, Miss, spent yesterday in Pen
sacOla.
W. H. Barber. of Moultrie, Ga, a
prominent naval stores man and
banker, is registered at the Mer-
chants.
Frank Maura, who is in charge of
the new city hall as janitor, was
painfully injured there Wednesday by
falling from the boiler in the base
ment.
Rathbone Lodge No. 80. K of P,
held an enthusiastic convention last
night, and on adjournment the mem
bers proceeded in body to Hughey's
.
served by the newly-elected OFFICERS.
The maximum temperature at Pen
kacola yesterday was 81 degrees at
1 ll:3O a. m, while the minimum was
. % degrees at l a. m. Last year on
The same date the maximum was n
degrees and the minimum 81 degrees.
The average maximum for this date
Is 90 degrees and the average mini
MUM As degrees.
Among the prominent naval stores
factors and operators in the city yes
ierday were c. II. Barnes and J. A
Ewing of Jacksonville. w. c. Vareen
and w. H. Barber of Moultrie.
D. W ThOrp and t. NJ. -IcConnell of
DeFuniak, z. F. Johnson of Milton, r.
+. l.. McCaskill of Freeport, and ].
4 Newton of Poplarville, Miss. The
We're here to attend the annual meet
ing of the stockholders of the ]. r.
Saunders Company.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-17
TAX COLLECTIONS
ARE FAIRLY GOOD

Tax collections by the city have
been fairly good since the books were
opened by Collector Whiting, and up
10 last night he had turned into the
city treasury the sum of STA 600 which
for this date, is considered a good
showing.
With the end of January interest
will he added at the rate of three
fourths of one per cent. Heretofore
taxnavers received a discount, but in
January the discount ceased. and with
February interest is to be added.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-17
MUST ANSWER
ALL QUESTIONS
Otto H. Kahn and Hartman
Must Tell I. G. G. What
They Know.
BY Associates Press.

New York, Jan 16.-Judge Hough,
of the United States circuit court, to-
day handed down an opinion directing
Otto H. Kahn, member of the firm
OF Kahn, Loeb and Company. bank
ers, TO answer all questions pro-
pounded TO him by the interstate
commerce commission. F.. H. Harri-
man was also directed TO answer all
questions except those relating 10 the
purchase OF the Union and SoHthefI
Pacific stock in connection with the
dividend Of August, 1906.