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Evening journal., 1909-12-30
Personal and Pertinent

Misses Ammer and Minnie Aderhold OF Commerce
picked 727 pounds OF cotton day last week Ammer
aged II. picked 41s and Minnie, aged 1s picked 314
pounds II there two girls IN Georgia who can
beat this record will send them the Commerce
News a year free OF charge. We lift our hat TO any
girl who when il is necessary turn her
needs 20 be done and perform il with case
ard skili-Commerce News.
his daily grind OF clerical work the government
thereby giving his friends substantial basis for de-
carng that he is the oldest employe the nation at
present in harness He appointed 1S47, and is
today actively performing desk duty as he was
than threescore years ago.
one thing woman would never endure with the meek
displayed by her masculine contemporaries the
tyranny the shirt stud, the cuff link the collar
stud. She makes of dozen devices for fastening
ner garments. but primitive these singular
survivals Of unscientihc age.-London Sketch.
Evening journal., 1909-12-30
The Postal Deficit.

New York Evening Post
Postmaster General IIitchcock's annual
report shows that he is alive to the ne
cessity Of increasing the postal revenues.
but is disappointing in that there are
no clear-cut plans for reform. The chief
sources OF loss are the rural delivery
routes and the low rates on magazine
to which Mr. Taft referred I'm his mes
sage. Mr.. Hitchcock's suggestion that
distance zones be established for the
magazines, with varying postal rates, WILL
we fear, hardly prove practical.
II it did we should quickly see them
moving to the centres of their clrcula-
tion. Interference with printed matter Of
as great educational value as these mag
azines, win hardly be possible without
arouslng violent popular feeling. But an
inquiry into the prices paid to the rail-
roads for carrying second class matter
might be profitable. more hopeful
field would seem to be the rural delivery
routes, into which branch of the service,
as Mr. Hitchcock admits, serious abuses
have crept. The loss here is no less than
s2S,OOO.0 900 a year; but when Mr. Hitchcock
touches this, he touches politics.
The extension Of the routes has been due
largely to favoritism, so that often in
thiclly settled communities, I'm which the
rural delivery would pay there is none.
and I'm the sparsely settled regions repre-
sented by some influential Congressman.
rural delivery is general. Here, too. Mr..
Hitchcock has no definite suggestions,
though he is certain Of making consider
able savings by readjustment and modern
ization. In that direction seems for the
moment to be the best hope Of cutting
down the deficit of s17.479 77o.47
Evening journal., 1909-12-30
BETHEL OVERCOME
BY STORMS EFFECTS

The residents Of Bethel in Pennsyl-
vaiiia, just across the Brandywine hun
dred line are just beginning to emerge
from their homes after being snow
bound since the blizzard A resident
of Bethel declares that it was the
heaviest snow storm that section of
the county experienced for long time.
The high winds. which blew a verit-
able gale. swept the snow into huge
drifts blockading all the roads. A
number of houses were completely hid
den from view by the huge snowbanks
and for two days it was impossible
for people TO leave their homes.
on Monday morning the men Of the
community started to make pathways.
They continued shoveling until dark
in their efforts TO clear paths to the
roadways. The blockading Of the roads
compelled quite a number Of people
from other points who were visiting
friends and relatives in Bethel to pro-
long their stay until travel was re-
sumed.
Evening journal., 1909-12-30
HE NAMED $1,000 AS
A MARRYING PRICE

ST. LOUIS Dec 9O-Theodore b. Moss.
50 years old, arrested or the charge Of
abandoning his bride of a month and TAX
ing $1,000 of her money, pleaded in his own
defense that the $1,000 was given him by
his wife as his stipulated price for marry
ing her.
''she did the proposing" declared Moss
Il didn't want to marry her. She came
into my store day after day though told
her she ought to stay at home. But she
kept on coming. One day she said. "In
give you $500. / wasn't sure she was in
earnest and I said: That isn't enough.
Make It $1,000 and I'll so YOU I'll do it,
she said, and sure enough the next day,
Evening journal., 1909-12-30
Chatty Stories OF the Day

While the ice pond fishing n few days ago W. r.
Sweeney noticed a large spider a the edge
Of the that seemed be fishing also The spider
would put one Peg in the water shake little bit
and then wait BY and by minnowi came the top
and granhed the spiders foot.
This seemed TO be what il waiting for and With
out a minutes hesitation it sprang onto the minnow
being carried under the water times but never
releasing its hold the fish until IL struggle
ard dead when the spider hauled it's prey ashore
TO be devoured at leisure In trying the strg
Cling minnow the spider would lay hold OF leaf
weed on the shore and hang there with death-iike
grip and at last landed his catch in that way-Keytes
VILE Courier
Evening journal., 1909-12-30
DEATH OF SAMUEL L. LANE.

&c AM" LANE, as he was afectiouately
~ known among his fellow newspaper
workers and friends has passed away. He died
In St. Louis where he had been engaged in news
paper work His friends did not know thar he
had been i'll and therefore the news of his
death was unexpected Mr.. Lane spent many
wears in this city as a newspaper man. He
worked in other cities, in Denver among the
rest, but he always liked New Castle and Will
mington, his home.
For many years Mr.. Lane was employed on
THE EVENING JOURNAL, long before the
present management assumed control of the
paper He also worked with us. He was one OF us.
We liked him. No newspaper man in Whining
ton had a wider circle of friends and acquaint-
ances than Samuel L. Lane. And none had more
loyal friends.
For years under former arrangements OF
THE JOURNAL Mr. Lane recorded the happen
ings OF New Castle. His face and cheery word
were as familiar as the sun. He did much other
work. and was writer of considerable local
note. He was the typical example of the hard
working newspaper reporter performing his
daily tasks, sometimes praised seldom con-
demned. At one time he was city editor OF this
paper Everybody that worked with him had
good word for "Sam" Lane. No one could help
liking him. He was a favorite with his as
sociates.
One thing about him that may serve as a
shining example not only for other newspaper
men, but for men in every calling was his 10y
atty Mr.. Lane was always loyal to the paper
he worked for. In his eyes his own paper was
the best paper No hours were too long for him
no task was too hard. Complaint rarely II ever
came from his lips. lie could be depended upon
Evening journal., 1909-12-30
Editorial
Opinion
A Matter Of Great Care.

New York Evening sun.
IL is stated that Mr.. Taft is Of the
opinion that law making having for
it's object the checking of dealing in
futures in wheat. corn, cotton and
other staples ought TO be approached
with the greatest caution. This is
common sense. IT woul be deplorable
indeed IL Mr.. Scott. or any other ad-
vocate OF snap legislation, succeeded
in getting upon the statute book some-
thing which amounted To an attempt
70 accomplish the impossible.
It said further that the President
is opposed to any measure which win
interfere with legitimate trading by
legitimate bodies. Here all experts of
the nonpoltical sort will agree with
him. A representative congress of
historians and economists is in session
here at present. The delegates from
all over the country could furnish
plenty Of information drawn from
ample human experience of the futility
Of interfering with the speculative ele-
ment that enters inevitably into the
accumulation Of any nations supplies
Of necessities.
Evening journal., 1909-12-30
Thursday, December 30. 1909
NEW YORK LEADS AS BORROWER
ATEW YORK CITY IS the Champion munich
In pal borrower of the country.

II
pal borrower OF the country.
The total net Indebtedness of the metropolis,
according to the statistics announced by the CEN
sus bureau is more than seven times that of any
other city, and more than one-half the total of
the twentv-seven largest cities of the country.
II the debt were divided up among the people
each inhabitant OF Greater New York would owe
SI42.sa
There are only five other cities with a per
capita debt of more than SIoo-Cincinnati, Ohio,
$I23S2: Boston. Mass, $I2o.37; Galveston,
Texas, SI1578 Pueblo, Col, SIoS.a3, and New
ton, Mass, SIo5S3.
OF the cities of more than 100000 population,
San Francisco has by far the smallest net debt,
but with Detroit, Mich a close second. In the
classification of cities with from 100000 TO 3oo,-
900 inhabitants, those with the smallest per
capita net debt are St. Joseph, Mo, 5000, and
indianapolis, Ind, SI7.0I. Erie, Pa. leads the
list OF towns with from 10000 to 100000 with
the smallest total-$IoIS per capita Wheeling
w Va, is next, with SIo4I; Joplin Mo-, third
with SIo7I and Johnstown, Pa, SIII9 VIII
mington has about $32 per capita OF public
debt
New York is responsible for more than one
half of the increase in the net municipal debt
for 1907 the year covered by the bureaus fig
ures. which amounted to $I2oo3o63r. Seattle
Washington, was the only city of more than 3oo,-
600 the debt of which increased more than a mil
lion The Washington citys debt piled up S5,-
7oIo7o during 1907.
Several cties-notably St. Louis San Fran
cisco Washington Indianapolis and Kansas City,
Mo-decreased their Indebtedness during the
year.
The bureau suggests that the value of public
improvements should be considered in connec-
ton with these figures, many cities having. dur
ing 1907. purchased their own water works, light
plants, etc
Evening journal., 1909-12-30
COOPERATION IN FARMING.

@ ONE time ago cooperative stores were pop
~ ular. and some of them when properly
managed enabled their customers to save money
on their purchases and earned dividends But
there were few in this class. Usually inefficient
management told the story The idea-that of
saving the profits of the middleman-was sound,
but in practice it seldom worked out
Recently however, the idea of cooperation as
applied to business has again been taken up by
farmers in parts of New Jersey and with sue
cess. Their products are shipped in bulk TO
secure the lowest freight rates, new markets are
found and the mistakes of sending fruit and veg
etables so as to cause glut are avoided. The
things that the farmers need are bought III bulk
and distributed by these exchanges, the mem
bers thereby saving money.
For many years a successful exchange has been
in operation in Lancaster county, Pa. The eX'
change Of Monmouth county n. J., is all eX-
ample of what can be done by this method. At
its annual meeting the other day the manager
reported that the total business for the year had
been more than half a million OF dollars, an IN
crease of more than $4,000 as compared with
the previous year. The gross profits for the
year were more than $4,000, the expense about
$4,000 leaving handsome net p-oht on which
a dividend of five per cent on the capital slock
was paid
During the year 24I,73I packages were shipped
through the exchange including 2o7S0o barrels
of potatoes The shipments were sent to sixty
eight cities, twelve states, one foreign country,
and 162 customers Thus the market for the
products of Monmouth county was greatly wild
ened Individually the farmers could not have
done this, but acting collectively with manager
the task of securing so wide distribution was
not difficult.
An exchange properly managed solves the
problem of distribution as we'll as that of max
ing purchases at the most reasonable rates.
Evening journal., 1909-12-30

President Taft's ruling as to what is whisky
should satisfy the manufacturers of limitations
and blends The Taft definition, it is said, will
apply to almost anything that goes under the
name of whisky, and the Presidents ruling is
against that Of Wiley, Roosevelt and Bonaparte.
1t is always better to take the opinion of Wiley
in these matters instead of resorting to techni-
calities to upset the views Of the pure food ex-
pert
Evening journal., 1909-12-30

10 give to his employers the best that was in
him.
Among his associates no word not a good
word is heard of Mr.. Lane. They entertained
for him that feeling of comradeship that should
exist among men following the exacting calling Of
newspaper work, for no business is more exact
ing in its demands upon those employed in it.
and perhaps no business is more misunderstood
by the public.
Sam Lane has gone TO his reward. His
"story" is told. May his soul rest in peace.
Evening journal., 1909-12-30
With the Photographers

our tender sympathes go out to the Good Fellow who
loaded himself with Christmas things yesterday
and couldn't any beneficiary the address that had
been given him.-Chcago Tribune.
Mr. Pinchot is being talked Of as the next president
or the University Michigan at least IL is said that
place has been offered TO him. Mr.. Taft however
hopes will lose the services Of the Govern
ment Forester-Springehed Republican.
The Administration is too busy with nsurgent vic
tories home pay much attention to those abroad
Atlanta Journal
II claimed that Cleopatras body is buried in
Paris All the gay old girls gravtate thither, it
Detroit News.
ono Of the foolish weaknesses to which men
become addicted is stubbornness-Chcago Record
Herald.
A Massachusetts, tvoman talk "a languages And
a Puritan poet who decided that tongue was
enough FOR a woman-Cleveland Leader.
Evening journal., 1909-12-30

Extravaganza in public work is shown by the
cost OF the erection of the county court house
OF Hudson county, n ]. The contract for the
structure aggregated S2,I2oooo but the prose-
cutor who has been investigating the matter
finds that the building will actually cost at least
$4,000 more or S3.oooooo' not including the
value OF the site. The taxpayers will have to
paw the bills as the inquiry did not begin soon
enough to prevent the grating. There must be
some rich piclSings in that CONTRACT second
Harrisburg. Strange, that public work cannot
be done as we'll as private work
Evening journal., 1909-12-30
At ST. Matthsw,s Church.

Appropriate services will be held in
St. Matthew's Church on New Years
eve at 113O o'clock followed by tho
celebration of the Holy Communion.
The Sunday school festival and Christ
mas tree will be on Thursday evening
at 7.3O.
Evening journal., 1909-12-30
Turnpike Company Meetings.

Stockholders of the Wilmington and
Philadelphia Turnpike Company will
hold their annual meeting at the Union
National Bank next Monday morning.
when officers for the ensuing year will
ba elected.
The annual meeting Of stockholders OF
the Wilngton and Great Valley Turn
pie Company will be helu at Union Ma
tlonal Bank, on January TO- when off,
GERS will be elected.
Evening journal., 1909-12-30
Entertainment Postponed.

The entertainment for the children %
the BoothwSn Presbyterian Sunday
school was to have been given ;hi5
evening but owing to the condition Of
the roads in the country, 1t has been
decided to postpone the affair until
next Tuesday evening.
Evening journal., 1909-12-30

The oldest inhabitant has not been heard from.
1t i about time that he was coming to the front.
Evening journal., 1909-12-30

November "A it was she was around at
the store. hurrying me up for the we'd
ding"
Evening journal., 1909-12-30

Mr.. EDWARDS, TOMORROW, WILL
TELL HOW LINCOLN WON THE
SUPPORT OF JAMES GORDON
BENNETT DURING A TRYING
CIVIL WAR PERIOD.
Evening journal., 1909-12-30

The Trenton Times has doubts about the ef-
ficency of municipal filters as purifiers of water
1t notes that although Philadelphia has filter
that cost S1Soooooo the water from it recently
was of the same inky color as that which the
residents of the New Jersey capital were forced
to use for about a week. Trenton has no such
expensive filter. The Times adds that official
records show that the most typhoid fever cases
occur in parts of Philadelphia which are sup
piled with filtered water Trenton is dealing with
the problem of an adequate water supply. All
cities have this problem. The Times thinks the
question in Trenton is one for experts, engi-
neers and sanitarians not for man with 'sys-
TEN" to unload, or a speculator with land to sell
And we surmise that Trenton will find that It IS
no easy task for the experts and engineers to
provide a satisfactory water system.
Evening journal., 1909-12-30
oFFIcIAL ENDORSEMENTS.

The AaBoci0tiOn
.-~ OF American Ad-
Vertisera L. com
srican posed OF all the
has sreAi 81 this Aoeossi eou,,try'
ilation The Association
ures Of endorses only SUE, suen
- AZ TO its examination
at any moment.
and positive proof
lIaA must be submit
ted. The accom-
rotary. panying certificate
no. li2. has been
Fsued 10 this pa
per.
Evening journal., 1909-12-30

We're lhe most SATISFACTORY. Am d4Neftlahb o9i
Pepsin to everyone that is interested.-O. +.
WlSHER. Sycamore. H.
was Tor years n constant sufferer from chronic
indigestion and constipation and had almost given
up hope Of ever being cured. but DR.. Caldwells
Syrup Pepsn has made a wei Of and
write 70 acknowledge my gratitude 70 Or. Cald-
well and to the Pepsn Syrup Co.-F. NJ. HAIR
RINGTON. Pres Harrington Mfg. Co. Peoria. Ill
Evening journal., 1909-12-30

ctlt oOulll Dcllut lIlu.
We thank you for
the sample bottle of
Syrup Pcpsin. II we
could not get any
more than that, we
would certainly keep
it for the good II has
done us. Our house -
never without It nor
never viii be as long
as we can raise a dol
lar. It's the balm OF
life In our home.-J.
Henry Hankla, june
tion City. Ky.
/ received the SAM
pie bottle and am
using the second so
cent bottle procured
at one of my local
druggists. Results
Am advertising Syrup
is Interested %. l..
Evening journal., 1909-12-30
Is Consultation Durable? 7Trv fInis Ere

/ received q sample
bottle of your Syrup
Pepsin and was so
pleased with II / sent
to the drug store and
got a 81 bottle and a
so cent bottle, and my
little girl four years
old is in better health
than she has ever been
in her life. / have no
more trouble with her
bowels and stomach.
and ] thank YOU for
your Syrup Pepsin. I,
can not praise Syrup
Pepsin too highly. MY
mother also is using
it.-Mrs. Carrie Gull
Ter. 1926 n. Notre Dame
Evening journal., 1909-12-30

TELEPHONES.
Editeriai Roon-D. & A 500 Dcmaryia l.9
Rusineas once ID. a A. $40. DelmarviA 1sA
Evening journal., 1909-12-30

Avenus and Thirty-thir6 street
Evening journal., 1909-12-30

TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
Nv euan. uoefare prepaid. $500 a B cents .
nenh payable IN advance. by carrier. ak cents "eoN
Evening journal., 1909-12-30

ono Of the most foolish weaknesses to which men
become addicted is stubbornness.-Chicago Record
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-13
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ENe1N1rtNH

le reached the thinking 9ge than
he realized that knowledge was a
most necessary adjunct to the pro-
feseion Of acting and lie set him
self the task Of Acquiring il. To
gain this knowledge of acting he
had to read books and to dig out
for himself what had been denied
him in his earlier years. And so
even in his minstrel days whether
ON railroad journeys or during leis-
ure moments elsewhere he was
busy with his books while the 9TH
er members of the company were
sleeping, Joking or passing their
time in idleness. During these odd
moments the comedian not only dug
out for lEulself very extensive
knowledge OF English literature but
he also mastered French, German
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-13

for Mr.. Wilson is already the auth
or of several well selling reference
books His most treasured piece OF
baggage is a trunk which he had
especially built, which holds be-
tween forty and bfty volumes. Th1s
t.unk he is never separated from,
except during such period as 1t is
intransit between his home and
himself, for when he has exhausted
dts contents it is sent back to his
home and is replenished with an
other set of volumes from his ex-
tensdve library whicn now numbers
nearly 10000 books. Soma OF the
works in Mr.. Wilson's extensive col
lection are autographed first eii-
ti1ns which Through the death Of
the author have become almost
priceless. ~s-~''
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-13
The Press Agent Says

THE bin at the Family theater Tor
the early week preserves the stand
ard for high class performance set
by foimer bills.
The u. S. Singing Four headline
Of the show are the best of their
kind ON, the circuit. They come di-
rectly from Chicago VaudeWlle
houses and have given universal sat
isfaction along the line. A camp
scene for which they carry special
setting is particularly effective.
Sutton and Sutton combine girl,
rube and pumplJin in an origin
al act the big feature OF which is
a lighting quick change done by the
girl just previous to the denoument
of the pumpkin. Bob Schaifer does
comedy black-faced style in convuls-
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-13

presence, and deep bass voice o'
great range and decided power.
Mr.. G.. Gordon White is ano'ner
tenor whose wohk has been highly
Mr. John Mcdonald are bassos
whose work has been highly pr@is'
ed.
MISS Gretchen NL Rdchey is a
vonnq California Contralto, a grad
nae of the Boston Conservatory OF
Music. whose highly cultured voice
spoken Of, Mr. o. Al. Pendieton ana
and picturesque appearance add
greatly TO the merit of the organdza-
tion. -,
The opera will be presented mere
in it's entirety with complete scenic
effect and n chorus of tstrty voices.
The orchestra will be under the dl-
lrection of Roberto u. Franc1ni TAX
en- all together 1T IS probable onae
such an oflganization OF eNceiience
from musical standpoint has never
before visited this city Thelerore
the entemrise of the local manage
ment i'm securing this organizaUon
sihonld be fittingly appreciated Dy
All music lovers, especially wheh ii
ss known. that we are to have our
little season of Grand opera az
prices from 25c to $500.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-13
THEoBALD wHISKEY-
THAT'S RIGHT
Old Coon & Old Landmark WhiSkey
Fifty Years Of Reputation
Behind Them.

II means some| hing To say that
there is fifty yeqfs OF reputation be-
hind amy produft, but this Is what
we can say abqht Old Coon and Old
Landmark Whitkies. They are pure,
rich smoothly Always the same
when 1t beard this nanls. It's the
whiskey for Il kNhose who think before
they drink -Four fun quarts one
gallon expreis paid. Three dollayg
and twenty Icents (no markslr r)A6ne
full quart, ne dollar. WIFI YOU
buy whisky " get II froap4 reliable
firm, then1you will b10w what YOU
are gettiq You ~ be delighted
with Old Coon md Old Landmark
Whiskey lIt'slHe whiskey without a
fault ASGed friend to have In the
house. us a great whlskey, every,
body Says so. Try 1t and see-send
order direct to the producers. I
THI9 THI0OBOIJD & SON CO. .
High aud Rich Sts,, Columbus, o.
S-lO-mw&fSt at.i elRAlA iNIMM
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-13

ais. He then invites them by note
to call upon him and being ac-
quanted with their regular salary
offers them the position Vacancies
in first selections caused by other
engagements, the actor or actresses
dislike for the character offered or
a disagreement in salary are filled
from second ideal cast and eomo-
times a third and fourth.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-13

When Francis Wilson quit musi-
cad comedy for the straight sort,
folks all over the land who had
laughed at his gyratons opined that
THE memd5st songster eMtant had
been lost TO the stage. Today they
have lost slight of the loss i'm con
templaNng the advent of one OF the
mos irresistable comedians who
aver extracted a laugh from the linn
tied public supply I'm When
knights Were Bold" at the Grand
next week Mr.. Wilson lives up TO