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to keep men trained In technical work
when their services at much higher sala-
ries were the object Of keen competition
among manufacturing concerns and pri-
vate enterprises.
Congress saw the point of Mr.. MOoTe's
contention. and the bill was passed with
scarcely any opposition. Now the Patent
Office is able to hold it's scientific force
against the tempting salaries offered by
outside individuals and one OF the most
useful branches OF the public business is
expedited and placed on satisfactory
working basis.
The objection 10 increasing salaries OF
government employees comes only from
those who do not know, from those who
cannot, or Will not. take the trouble to
study the actual conditions, II the OBJ
jectors are envious of the government
clerks. they forget that the examinations
for appointment to government positions
are open TO everybody. and that in many
branches of the service there is a posi-
tive dearth OF eligibles to the important
work which the service Of the people de-
mands shall be performed.
Those who work with their brains should
be adequately paid. and the obstruction
/ lists might as we'll remind themselves that
unless the compensation is sufficient II
VIII not attract the highest grade Of
workers, and the public interests will suf-
| fer accordingly
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Good Old Breakfast.

From the Montgomery Advertiser
Now there prances 10 the front one Eu-
gene Wood, who writes things for the
magazines. and puts forth an essay 70
prove that breakfast is "a gone CoslirE. "
as he expresses 1t. In other words. he
argues that this first meal OF the day
will soon he a thing OF the past. That's
all he knows about It. il may be that
those people whose work or inclination
causes them TO sleep till the noon hour
90 not eat breakfast. as the term IS gen
orally used. and may give some other
name to the first meal OF the day. but
we predict that Mr. Wood and the rest
Of them Will have a hard time Of lt if
they undertake to drive the good old
fashioned breakfast out OF business To
many people that IS both the most enjoy
able and necessary meal Of the day and
they will continue TO eat Il as long as
they eat anything Il lacks very much
OF being a gone gosling, we insist.
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Leading In to the Point.

Prom the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"A hundred years ago we were salts
fed 10 travel ten miles an hour"
Yes"
Fifty years ago we thought fifteen
miles an hour was going some"
Yes"
Ten years ago sixty miles an hour
was considered the limit of speed"
Yes"
Now we are hitting up nearly a hun
dred miles an hour"
YES"
And it won't be long before one hun
dred and twenty miles an hour is slow. 81
We'll, what are YOU trying 10 get att?
I'm going TO prove TO you the neces-
sity of accident insurance, as I repre-
sent"
But the other man was walking away
at the rate Of six miles an hour.
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Making the Connection.

From Youths Companion.
An enterprising Scotch liquor dealer Of
fered a prize for the best answer 10 a
cOnundrum. why is my whisky like
the bridge of AYR" A boy sent I'm. BE
cause it leads 10 the poorhouse.' ~ and the
unprejudiced umpires gave him the prize.
With even reader wit a Yankee saw the
connection in a kindred case.
At a certain railway station an anxious
man came to the door of the baggage car
and said. rs there anything for me?"
After some search among the boxes and
trunks the baggage master dragged out a
demijohn Of whisky.
Anything more?'
YES" said the baggage man; here IS
a grayestone There's no name on 1t. but
it ought TO go with that liquor"
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THE GROCERY BILL.
Extravaganza and Waste Largely
Account for staggering Size.

Extravaganza and Waste Largely
Account for staggering Size.
From the American Grocer.
That It costs more to maintain an indi-
vidual or family now than formerly is
fact. And yet It is largely a matter
that can be adjusted to income II the
party interested chooses 20 use common
sense and practice self-denial Prof.
Whitney. chief of the Bureau Of Soils,
Washington, D. c., asserts a truth tAat
Americans are eating far more than they
did fifty years ago.
Never before was the dietary Of the
higher average quality. We are a nation
given TO extravaganza and waste. Why
buy a prime rib roast costing p 10 .
cents or more the pound when d hind
quarter Of spring lamb IS sold al IS cents?
Why does a family, forced 10 economic,
pay Il cents for a proprietary brand Of
rolled oats when they can buy q like
quantity in bulk at half the price? Why
dc the people pay a nickel for a box Of
biscuit. weighing less than half a pound
when they could purchase for the same
cost nearly double the quantity IN bulk
Those are instances typical OF hundreds
OF articles Of food. If the situation is
analysed We discover that the people re-
gard package goods with the greater
favor and willingly pay the higher cost
I because Of their convenience.
The real cost of food is Influenced
greatly by the character and expense Of
! service demanded, and that varies ire
mendously. II Is a fact that store
whose customers demand a luxurious
/ service distribute 500 worth OF food al
cost TO the consumer Of $125 and that it
/ requires $50 to S23 to cover the expense Of
the service, leaving the dealer 3 to ) per
/ cent net profit. Within the same terri
/ tory are stores serving a different class
! OF trade where the expense Of service is
I y to 16 per cent, the net profit 10 10
! per cent.
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AN AMAZING HOLD-UP.
Devious Influences of Railroads in
Congress Well Illustrated.

C. P. Connolly. in Golfers Weekly.
The Mount Rainier Forest Reserve steal
best illustrates the devious influences of
| the railroads in Congress. There were
never any settlers in the Mount Rainier
Forest Reserve. It was a rough country,
Of burRed-over and logged-of tracts TO
| large extent The Northern Pacific land
grant within this forest reserve included.
in round numbers, 10000 acres. Under
the act Of March 2. 1899. this company
was permitted 10 exchange these 100 900
acres Of doubtful lands for an equal num-
/ Der Of acres Of other lands lying within
any State into OF through which The rail-
Iroad Of said Northern Pacific Railroad
| Company runs
/ Under this act, by which the Mount
Rainier Forest Reserve was created. the
/ Northern Pacific has selected, in lieu OF
/ its doubtful lands. 10000 acres in the
state Of Washington. 12ao55 acres in the
State Of Idaho. and 10000 acres Of the
/ best timber lands IN oregon. The trans
fer gave 70 the Northern Pacific a clean
gift % over 100000.
/ Other subteTfuges were Tes0Tted TO by
I the railroads 70 acquire vast tracts Of rich
/ timber and agricultural lands In one
particular case in oregon The conditions
Of the land grant required the railroad
/ 20 sell lands TO bona fde settlers at not
[ 10 exceed $3.50 al acre, and not more
than l6J acres 10 any one person. The
Southern Pacific, which later acquired this
road, sold these lands, not 20 settlers
| hut 20 land syndIcates. Il claimed that
/ the word settler meant those who had
Ialready settled on the land - the time
OF the grant, and not those who. seek
ling lands. came after. Sometimes III,
railroad sold 10 these syudiCates for III,
maximum price hXsd by Congress; often
J er they ignored the law entirely, and sol,
/ for prices twenty times greater, but al
ways they sold 10 themselves-for thes,
syndicates were dummy syndicates-an,
in quantities as high as $500 acres TO ont
/ purchaser
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DemOcraCy's Opportunity.

DemOcracy's Opportunity.
If the Democrats Of Congress would
profit by the present Republican rows
they should sit steady-slt very steady
An independent newspaper. with no axes
to grind. is not called upon to give advice
20 its friends of either political party,
but The Washington Herald ventures to
say TO the Democrats. so long outside the
breastworls, that they viii have an op-
portunity of a lifetime to achieve a sub
stantial victory next November. if they
do not destroy ii in the meantime.
Nothing is to be gained by making
common cause with the insurgents, nor
by an attempt to name the minority mem
bers of the committee appointed to settle
the Pinchot-BaIlinger feud. The in
surgent' movement, regardless Of the i'm
preston it may be making upon the
magazines and the country. amounts as
a matter Of fact, TO little more than a
tempest in a teapot in the House; and it
goes without the saying that as between
Cannonism, on the one side and De
mocracy, on the other. the recaIcitrant
Republicans, with any vital issue at stake.
viii be ready hereafter, as heretofore, 10
transform themselves into regulars at a
moments notice. Why not realize this?
Certainly no partisan proht is 20 come TO
the Democrats from compact or entangle-
ment with their opponents of any faction.
And, as for the family broils in Repub-
ican ranks. what possible gain can there
he to the Democrats in getting mixed up
in them? For our part, we can foresee
or conceive none whatever.
There is another phase Of the situation.
too that is worthy Of careful Democratic
consideration. Suppose the political COM
pleXion of the House be changed. Is the
present minority quite sure that the exist
ing order of procedure, against which. IN
the name of Cannonism. all this cutlery
is directed, will be changed likewise,
History tells US that Czarism in the case
Of Reed was no less Czarism in the case
Of Crisp. Have the Democrats really any
assurance to offer that, If given control
they viii substitute a more liberal set OF
rules for the government OF the House
than those now in force? Have they
evolved new and more equitable scheme
for the transaction of public business
and are they sure it will work?
The conditions that now portend Demo
cratic success are to be found in the
country at large In the unrest incident tc
high prices, the dissatisfaction due tc
failure to revise the tariff as the people
wanted to see it revised. the delay in
adjusting transportation and trust prob
lens, and the distrust naturally engen-
dered by all these things The Pinchot-
Ballinger row and the insurgent maneuver.
are but mere incidents of the disquletine
and menacing whole.
The Democrats have an opportunity
fine opportunity. Let them sit stead,
while the Republican fight Is on anc
avoid becoming involved in il. Then =,
prepared 10 make the most Of it ali OF
the stump
Finally: If the Democrats would extend
their opportunity beyond next November
let them get the thought out Of theil
minds that William Jennings Bryan T.
entitled to another run.
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WHAT AN OLD MAN SAID.

Amt If funny how we 90
Draamin on thua life, an 50
Kec less # the time that flies
Right afore orr yeD eyes
Love an JOY blind or sight
To the fsetin' mjnits' fight
'Twoll like spendthrift boys We say
'Twasnt only Jest a day.
lest n dayr' an we p'tend
DAYS ar never goIn' { end
Brimmin' happy DAYS like these,
With the green IN ali the trees
DAYS with nary cloud or frown,
Only love an life ar0uu'.
An a thousand JOYS that line
This ere path # yours an mine.
KeerleSsiy We pass where wait
ChildTm m the pasture gate
Wsyu' at Us heppylike,
Whilst the damon sUubeams strike
Golden c1i-ls an make EN- more
Golden than they Was before.
Seems We never rc'lize then
We can't see EN- Young again
. how light We hear CIR load,
o how sweet the friendly road
Wendm' in an ont an thue
Fields f green an danciu dew
Seems 20 MS the way Is les'
Endless miles Of happiness
Easy, too 70 ies p'tend
That its never eoin L end
Yet, afore we know We viii
Come to where the world il still
Nary sound-an' then We find
Love and al Is left behind
Where the brighter fancies grow
In the fields Of Youth. an know
We have reached the end Of the Road
Fore We rally thought knowedl
John d. Wells in the Buffalo News.
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Mr.. Pinchot's AIIment.

From the Florida Times-Unin.
Attorney General Wickersham says Pirchot is SUI
fering from megal0nania: think Of the affection
that can convince man he must have his way or
an imperial republic viii suffer extinction con
tneutal empire become filed with the ruins Of
farms and roads and bankrupts, and such PARTY
as the G.. @. p convict itself Of suicidal folly.
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Ample Proof.

From Puck.
Lottie-Is your young minister so very,
very fascinating?
misunderstanding Why, lots Of girls
In our church have married men they
hated just 70 get one kiss from the rec
tor after the ceremony.
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Senator Dick insists that he is run
ming observes the Ohio State Journal.
Still, We imagine. from what our con-
temporary has had to say in this matter,
that It suspects the Senator is running
backward
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Il hear you are having cold weather
in New York" remarked Mr.. Richard
Croker TO Tammanyite in Florida, re-
Gently Mr.. Cookers recent residence in
ireland has served TO sharpen his sense
of humor wonderfully, It appears.
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The President as an Insurgent.

From the Baltimore sun.
II may not b. prudent to conclude that unless
conditions change materially President Taft himself
will inevitably bec1me insurgent, but It IS Ger
tanly reasonable inference that if he is determined
to put through genuine reform measures he may be
I'compeled % use his club against CannonISn and
AldTiChisn,
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The insurgents" stoutly insist that
they are Republicans primarily and In
suTgents" secondarily. II the Democrats
will keep tab. doubtless they will see this
amply confirmed on election day, too.
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We mildly suggest that the issue Is not
whether Mr. .Ralinser's fourth cousin
twice removed. has a government Job. or
Mr.. Somebody's salary was raised first
by Mr.. Garfield and then by Mr.. Baninger.
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An Unnatural silence.

From the Richmond Journal
An expedition 10 discover the Where3bUltS Of
JEFF Davis, of Arkansas. might now be in order.
And Ben Tllman might be looked Up On the way.
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How About Thfsg

when a Senator retires from official
life applications are usually made for the
desk he occupied"
And can another member file an appli-
cation for his anecdotes?''
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THE Indianapolis police allow jack
pot TO be played out before they arrest
a poker party" says the Chicago Post
This enables them 10 put the court wise
as 10 which fellow is best able 10 stand
a large, healthy fine.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-20

Japan is credited with a determination
10 intimate 20 the United States that rail-
way building in Manchuria IS none Of
"Uncle Sans" particular business. This,
moreover, will tend 20 confirm suspicion
more or less rampant in the minds OF not
a few Americans.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-20

A Missouri man has succeeded in breed
ing wingIess chickens. What with this
and the price OF prunes going up all the
time, the downtrodden boarding house
individual may yet have cause TO cheer
IN
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When Canada gets a navy Of her own,
she will be surprised to discover how
much good money she can spend saluting
people and things around and about the
world.
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That New York woman who put her
peek-a-boo shirt waist in the pianola and
produced a new popular air should try
her rat on the monograph for the
words to go with it,
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space
His Only NamesalSe.

Got any little nieces or nephews?"
Nope"
money!"
ITO my fashionable slster-ln-law,
guess. She once named a poodle after
me"
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Various points in Grand Old Texas may
effect a sneering attitude toward wonder
full Washington, but we observe there Is
a Congress" street in Austin, neyerthe-
less.
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MIR. RooseveIt's Tranquility.

From the indianapolis News.
\ Nairobi dispatch SAYS that Col Roosevelt ar
rived on the back 4 his favorite horse Tran
Quillity. Evidently there IL q distinct difference
between the Colunel's horse and his hobby.
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MIR. McCnII on Cunnonism.

From the Louisville Cou1erJournaL
Mr.. Mccall saws Canuonizm is necessity, and
the ultimate consumer VIII admit that neither Can
u0nism nor AldriClism is a luxury.
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Representative Rainey's Fame.

From the New York Evening Post.
The only thing 20 far ne ara aware, f5E which
Rainey is known in The country al large Is his hav-
ing made a blatherskits speech in Congress, putting
forward absolutely baseIess charges Of corruption in
connection with the pauams purchase.
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Ia Toilette IS the man OF the hour
SAYS Senator Gore. When Mr.. Ia Fol-
lette gets under full steam ahead ora
torically. he sometimes is the man OF
several hours.
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CHAT OF THE FORUM.
Reading Uncle Joe,s stogie.

From the Cleveland Leader
dropping a bit2
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The New York Mail refers nowadays to
Mr.. Clark, OF Missouri, as Uncle champ.
Evidently. Mr.. Clark's prediction of a
Democratic House next time is taken very
seriously in some quarters, anyway
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The general extension of woman suf-
frage probably would result in distinct
spring, summer. autumn, and winter
STYLES in ballots
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Some one is lecturing out in Missouri
on The perfect husband" notes the
Augusta Chronicle one indication of the
perfect husband is his ability to stand for
lot OF lecturing,
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His Reward.

1--WE should look for the esthetic. close
our eyes 70 the unsightly things in life. '
Il tried that once and slipped up on a
banana ptvi"
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Only Proper.

Thought you said you would never
become a Fletcherite?'
Il did"
And now you are eating your words,
eh?"
Yes; and my friends are seeing TO It
that I chew them thoroughly"
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The Forester from Vale.

From the Richmond Journal
The new Forester IS Yale man SOMEBODY make
joke about putting Yale lock on the stable door
after the horse IS stolen.
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Looks like the sands beneath the Eng
lish House Of Lords are beginning TO
shift" says the Chattanooga Times. An
other recruit for the Houston Post.
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Insurgents Once Made Good.

From the Los Angeles Express.
insurgents was the term at first applied .,
the Colonial rebels bat they made gcod nst tht
same.
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Baltimore continues to reduce the price
of funerals, although there is nothing in
either the Democratic or Republican
platforms demanding it specifically.
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THE beers are on the peers" AYERS
contemporary Which Is all right. in view
of the fact that the peers own all the
English breweries.
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The Duke Of the Abruzzi Is taking
mighty long chances. with all Of his
popularity, in this land Of the free and
home OF the brave. He Is coming over to
deliver four lectures.
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Schools of courtshlp are quite common
IN Japan. We do not believe American
girls would stand for courtship by rule.
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Despite the pessimists. the courts con-
tinue TO send an occasional maiefactor
of great wealth to jail.
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The standard Of admission TO the bar
is 10 be raised in North Carolina" notes
the Savannah News Legal, not prohibi-
ton. item that
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that the Daughters Of the American Revo-
luton had taken up the cudgels In the
ex-Chief Forester's favor.
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Uncle joe will have TO swallow his
disappointment. gIoats an insurgent. He
probably will and digest it. too, or We
miss our guess
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4 TRYING Test.

From Csssells Saturday Journal
The Actor can take anybody off
The Agent-Well. make a start by TAX
ing yourself OF.
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Lying down on her back that night.
with her hands under her head, the
anxious maiden was led TO expect that
her future spouse would appear in a
dream and salute her with a kiss.
On this superstition John Keats. the
celebrated poet, founded his beautiful
poem, THE Eve Of St Agnes" which
begins:
They told her how, upon 81. Agnes Eve.
Young virgins might have visions Of delight.
And soft adorinss from their loves receive
Upon the honeyd middle Of the night.
II ceremonies due they did Alright;
As, supperess to bed they must retire
And couch supine their beauties. lis white.
Nor look behind, nor sideways. but REQUIRE
OF heaven with upward eyes for all that they desire
OF particular interest to Americans,
this is the birthday OF Richard Henry
Lee. the eminent Colonial statesman. who
proposed the Declaration Of independence
with these words THAT these United
Colonies are, and Of right ought 10 be,
free and independent States. and that
they are absolved from all allegiance "a
the British crown" and who also lent
such valuable services as a member OF
the first American Congress.
eminent Revolutionary fnanCieT Robert
OF the WilmOt-POviso fame, and on thi.
the eminent dramatist and actor, died.
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DR.. Cook merely shifted from the post
tive to the negative pole. IL would appear
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A ST. Louis paper refers TO it as the
"Gifford-Pinchot controversy" We sup
posed il would come to something like
this when the news was noised abroad
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Chicago TrioIet.

he lives By his zen.
And his profits are biZ
They shouldn't be when
lie lives by his pen;
7 admit H. But then
He raises the pig
lie lives By his pen.
And his profits are biE.
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A LITTLE NONSENSE.
IN CORNER TIMES.


King Solomon, he handed down
Some very fine DEGREES.
But he held sway before the day
OF teehnlealities.
They hadn't got hair-splitting then
SO absolutely pat.
One might condense soma common sense
And let it go at that.
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S,Hore of.

Svvore Of.
MY train of thought doesn't seem to
run very smoothly these days
why not?''
'I think maybe it's because I dropped
the smoker at New Year Junction