The independent-reporter., 1910-12-08

20 ndpplly 10 sleep, thinking OIL the
20 per cent that they have saved
Among the centenaries to be cele-
brated next year are those of Harriet
Beecher Stowe. which will come June
IA. and of Thackeray. which will come
July IS.
1T is probable that the University
girl will shortly be recognized by the
authorities at Oxford" ." says a London
paper. In that case she has, Of course
been introduced.
The population OF California is
about the same as that Of Virginia
something more than 100000 in each
case-but California has never yet
produced President
Delaware growers, it Is said, are ne
glecting peaches and growing apples
instead, but SO long as Georgia CON
tinues to grow watermeons Why
should anybody care?
President Taft is Unitarian
Mrs. Taft is an Episcopalian. Miss
Helen Taft and Charles Taft have
both been confirmed as Episcopalians
Who is the real head of this country?
The man who has an old-fashioned
horse and sleigh, and a nice girl TO
ride with him. will be in a position to
look pityingly at the man with an
automobile when the first heavy
snowfall comes.
Five hundred thousand Christmas
trees are coming to New York and
New England from Quebec, and a
large proportion of the toys that will
be hung on them will be marked
Made in Germany"
Gilbert Davis of Surry, Me, who is
81 years old, cut more than 10 cords
of wood in the woods this fall beside
banking his house and doing other
fall work. He takes care of COW
and does all his other chores.
Tiny imitation alarm clocks. quite
like the real ones In appearance, hold
tiny silk tape measures, and sell for
rs cents apiece.-New York Tribune.
Now, there's an alarm clock that
we should be willing to get up by.
How nard it is TO acquire complete
familiarity with any foreign language
Is illustrated by the statement of a
missionary who says that during SO
years which he spent among the Bur
mese he never heard one of them say
an unkind word to another.
The National Republican alliance,
just incorporated in New York is
talking of the publication of month
ly magazine for the propagation of
Republican principles-but what's the
need, with the Colonel writing for the
outlook?
Il wish my soldiers to say the
Lords prayer every day" said the
Kaiser recently, and orders have been
given accordingly. The Kaiser
hasn't yet ordered the drill sergeant
to hear the soldiers say. Now | lay
me" as he tucks them in at night.
Atchson Globe: An Atchison MI
has been away on q drunk four days
He returned the other morning. and
Is now standing around trying to look
as though he had been to ST. Louis to
consider a proposition to manage a
big concern at a salary of $4,000 a
year.
Strasburgersmunst nsterthurmalleta-
IL. t-;,x
in or Once or several times daily
ascension of Strasburg cathedral tow
er society" is the title of society
which has just been formed in Stras
burg, but it Is not true that the name
of the society is strong enough. as
we'll as long enough to be used for
the elevator rope.
Illinois has gained more than 500
900 in population in the last 10 years.
Also Illinois can furnish homes for
several million more inhabitants
without being uncomfortably crowded i
New England papers please copy
Chicago Tribune.
With pleasure, but why? Surely I
no one would 60 to Illinois to live
who could stay here in New England. /
With ~ miles in which to marry
them, Rev. N. L. Shouse of the lllio-
polls Methodist church tide a nuptial
knot for Thomas Heck of Troy and
Elsie Young of Dexter, Ill, aboard an
Interurban car speeding to Sangamon
before their marriage license,
obtained at Decatur, became void.
There was just two minutes to spare
when the cople boarded the car at
Mantle. 1t took the IA miles to
make them man and wife.
All newspaper men will be interest T
ed in the observance OF the Tooth an
niyersary of the birth of Horace Gree
ley, which will come Feb. s. Horace
not only said, Go West young man.
but he also made remark once about F
college graduates being the worst +
kind of horned cattle in a newspaper T
office. If Horace were alive today he
would find these college horned cat
tie in the majority among newspaper
workers in the largest offices.
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