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Discourtesy at the Postofllcc


To the Editor of the Evening Star:
Sir-What is the matter with the
Newark postal service? Whenever
1 send a registered letter, which is
on an average of once a month, there
is always some hitch, either in regard
to the time of delivery or to the re-
ceipt of notice that the letter has
reached its destination.
On one occasion | pasted special
delivery stamp upon a registered
letter. and the return card showed
that it had taken five days to deliver
the letter to its destination at Prince
ton.
The man who usually presides at
the registration window here is a
courteous gentleman, but occasion
ally | have the misfortune to deal
with a younger man, who seems TO
be imbued with the belief that the
pubic is but so much cattle. When
l have requested this clerk to stamp
the return notice upon the en-
Velope he invariably has muttered
not loud, but deep" and demanded
to know why 1 didn't write the no
tice myself. Last Monday L made
a similar request and the young man
Il do not know whether the same or
another of the surly sorD did not
comply; not while l was there, at
least, and now Thursday I do not
know whether the letter reached it's
destination or not, for the person to
whom 1t was addressed at Winfield.
n. y, has not replied. ANXIOUS.
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NO CHARGE AT HOTEL

At Miramar, on the Island of Ma
jorca, in the Mediterranean. is a
free hotel, where accommodations
may be had for three days upon ap-
plication to the agents of the Arch
duke Luis Salvador of Austria. 1t is
a beautiful spot and the entire neigh
borhood is full of attractions to the
traveller. Attendants in charge look
after the welfare of guests, who
must, however provide for their own
food. Beds, linen and table appoint
ments they receive gratis. and bread
and wine can be obtained very reas-
onably. 1t is said that this provision
is due to the qualification the Aus
trian owners felt years ago when they
first came to live at Miramar. Such
peace and such loneliness, they felt,
should be shared by all lovers of
nature who passed that way.
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partment and told the secretary what
fine commissioner young Wilson
would make. There is a prevalent
opinion among Democrats that there
must be a lot of things rotten in the
Philippines, after SO many years of
Republican control, and Garrison was
told that Wilson would be Just the
man to dig out the rottenness.
The secretary of war was not fold
of the candidates relationship to fine
President. and he was much i'm
pressed with the strong arguments
made for him-so much so that he
Endorsed him for the vacant COM
missionership, and proposed his an
pointment to the President.
what did you say the young mans
name is?'' asked the President. after
he had listened to the glowing in
dorsement of him made by Mr.. Car
rison.
+ why, his name is Wilson-Alexan-
der Wilson, l think"
"Oh, no. it isn't" retorted the ex-
ecutive. tits Alfred NJ. Wilson. my
cousin, and there's nothing doing"
Maybe President Wilson didn't ex-
press himself in exactly these words,
but that was the sense of his verdict.
The President evidently thought he
had settled the matter but Alfred
NJ. Wilson's hackers think differently.
They say they are entitled to recog-
milton, that the man they had picked
for appointment is eminently quail
fled in every way for the place, and
that the mere fact of his being the
Presidents second cousin should not
be made bar against his selection.
And they are sticking to their de-
mand that he be appointed. The
President is still refusing to listen TO
the plea, but has made no selection
Of anybody else for the place.
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OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS


An alarm Is sounded by the town bell
OF Mt. Hope soon after Shrimplin, the
lamp lighter, has gone out ON his rounds
Thanksgiving Day, John North, after
musing on the futility of his past. tells
Marshall Langham that he intends to sell
his last ten bonds to Archibald Mcbride,
u local shopkeper, and leave town. When
North returns from McBride's shop he
finds Evelyn Langham, a former sweet
hart, waiting for him.
Unhappily married, she begs North to
renew his attentions TO her but he re-
fuses. Meanwhile Andy Gilmore, gam
bier, orders Langham to take up his
notes promptly and tries to have Ma csh
influence Prosecutor Moxlow to give him
protection.
Shrimplin, lighting the lamps, discov
ers Mcbride murdered in the back room
OF his shop and the safe robbed
Marshall Langham, drunk, agrees to
take up Gllmore's notes. North goes to
General Herbert's home to say good by
to Elizabeth Herbert
Joe Montgomery, village derellct, tells
Gilmore that he saw Langham fleeing
from MeBride's shed the evening of the
murder. Gilmore brides him to say 1t
was North he saw. Langham is sum
moned before the coroner AMI North goes
to Chicago, but is ordered by the author
fesSeS to her husband that she was with
North on the night of the murder. The
coroner orders North's return. North
tells of his Thanksgiving Day expert
ences, eliminating Evelyn's visit to him.
Montgomery is called TO the stand.
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CHILDREN ARE ONE OF
VERY OLD FASHIONS

Children are one of the oldest fash
ions thore are. There is an impress
sion that they have changed con-
siderably, but l suspect that much
of it would crumble under penetra-
ting examination. The particular
children that chalk mark the posts
of our brownstone steps and the out
er halls of the basement, do not
strike me as being newfangled.
didn't chalk mark anybody's brown
stone front steps when l was or
Z. Why? There was none conven
lent for the purpose. But my moth
er's copy of Crudens Concordance"
bound in calf still bears the pin
scratches with which / embellished
it's smooth side surfaces. l think /
got the slipper for that, just as a re-
hinder that it was an impolite act
can't remember the slipper, but
something fixed the impolicy of those
pin scratches in my mind, and | sup
pose 1t was the slipper.
That was very much the same sort
of childish achievement as chalk
marking our front steps, little more
wanton and should have known BET
terish because the chalk marks came
off and the scratches didn't, but
plenty like enough to keep con-
temporary grown-up person related
to the chalk mark children. We are
of the same family. My household
acquired puppy awhile ago, the
first in a long time. ! have noticed
that he also belongs to this large
family of childhood. | guess all chill
dren are old-fashioned. / guess they
are the true conservatives that keep
the race from being improved off the
earth. 1 guess if you dig down a
little into any child you will find
much the same deposits, pirate gold
marbles, dolls. weapons, chalk and
all such tribal treasures as made
Coventry Patmore weep to find them
in his son. They are all old-fashion
ed-Harper's Magazine.
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THIS is REVOLUTIONARY.

A STARTLING innovation is announced by PennsyI-
Railroad Company Hereafter when train held up
by tell passengers
delay long likely to last what other means
any they continuing their journey the
price of ticket entities passenger know why he is
PEELED hour two contemplating the
stationary what his reaching
his business nothing short of revolutionary The
PENNSYLVANIA railroad encouragement
impertinence the part pub
its lawful masters Drecorates of other railroads
should get together and protest.
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OF THE PLATFORM PLANK.

THE STATEMENT by Assemblyman Zsgen of Bergen,
that the people the State practically voted for jury
bill the last election does indicate whether the
people wanted udgemade commission originally proposed
by him. Governor made proposed As the
cratic platform didn't either kind commission
Bergen assembman interpret the
thought the Democratic popular mind. 1t inter
preted by any speaker election campaign any
cratic publication Now point of fact if the Democratic plat
form last fall had pledged the Legislature Mr. Zsgen arb
srary there would probably be Democratic majority
either house of the Legislature An examination the election
figures will show that change of few thousands would have
elected Pogressvs and Republicans that party would
have control of the Legislature.
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SIR THOMAS CAN COME AGAIN.

SIR THOMAS Upton has intimate knowledge the
governing the for the trophy
lenge right whatever competing
yachts which by the deed of gift is limited between sixty
and ninety feet The heretofore sailed with
The dimensions
1be British yacht Sir Thomas stpues that the yachts shall
seyentyfve feet the line
diton his challenge is declined while it is yet him
the challenge without the stipulation which doubtless
he will do If the reversed if Britain trophy
and had with nnetyfoot yacht
believe that English yachtsmen would comply with
request to make change 10 a seveny-fvefoot yacht?
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FREEHoLDER BOARD MESS MADE WORSE.

THE SUPREME COURT has now made worse COMPOUNDED
the confusion the situation respect govern
ment secondclas counties by deciding that the old boards
that kicked out by the people really kicked
all but Office while the smaller boards
fhe people last fall really not elected at all
Legislature and the judges what there isl And how shall
the cleaned up? Shall the the higher
appeal? Or shall the Legislature attempt provide
remedy by legislation? The latter alternative suggests
dspuation and litigation is legislative
interference and laundering Why should the people
county have the right Independent Legislature courts
reduce the membership of their eehodr boards
the method of electing freeholders?
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"A MATTER FOR GENERALIZATION"

WHEN A Democratic city administration in New York took
site of Park the frontage
the by that element the taxpayng population
that hates progress and graft and corruption every
progressive step by municipal government One of the
paper moupces of the opponents of the purchase this prop
ery the Post An editorial by that paper
that be drive and planned in time prevent the
taking of that magnificent river front aphazard
commonplace is matter for congratulations shows how
spendd the enterprise of the city has been vndcated and the
old opposition made contemplate Central Park has added hun
of millions the valuations
making superb breathing place for the population and saving
magnificent people, canny spirit
nntagonsm growth and turks in community
and of them leavens the whole lump We
Of ii in Newark.
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his courage. prepared to adventure
further with his testimony.
"All at once as l stood by that
| door lookin' out into the alley, l
heard a kind of noise in old man
McBride's yard. 1t sounded like
something heavy was bein scraped
across the frozen ground, say a box
or barrel. Then seen a mans derby
hat come over the edge of the shed,
| and next the man who was under
that hat drawed himself up; he come
up slow and cautious until he was
where he could throw himself over
on to the roof. He done that, squatted
low, and slid down the roof toward
the alley. There was some snow and
he slid easy. He was lool<in' about
all the time like he wasn't anxious
to be seen. Well, boss, he never seen
me. and he never seen no one else,
so he dropped off, kind of givin' HIM
self n shove out from the caves, and
| fetched up against Whites wood
shed. He was pantin' like he'd run a
mile, and | heard him say in a whis-
per, oh, my God!'-just like that
oh, my Godl'" The handy-man
pduSeu Win ILLS Siolesqut uiiiAiSi
| of terror.
"And them" prompted Moxlow. in
the breathless silence.
And then he took off up the alley
as if all hell was whoopin' after hint"
Again Montgomery ragged cap
served him in lieu of a handkerchief,
and as he swabbed his blotched and
purple face he shot swift furtive
glance in Gilmore's direction. So far
he had told only the truth, but he
was living in terror of Moxlow' S
next question.
Can you describe the man who
crossed the roof-for instance. how
was he dressed?" said Moxlow, with
slow elaboration.
He had on a derby hat and a
dark overcoat," answered Montgom-
cry after a moments pause.
He was speaking for Gilmore now
/ and his grimy fists closed convulsive-
ly about the arms of his chair.
did you see his face?" asked
Moxlow.
Yes" the monosyllable was
spoken unwillingly, but with kind OF
logged resolution.
"Was it a face you knew"
Montgomery looked at Gilmore
whose fierce insistent glance was
bent compellingly on him.. The recol.
lection of the gamblers threats ano
promises flashed through his mind.
WAS 1t face you knew" re.
peated Moxlow.
'"'e handy-man gave him a sudder
glare.
j =" he said in a throaty whisper
How could you tell in the dark
WASH so terrible dark, will
the snow on the ground. And l was
so close to him / could have put al
apple in his pocket" Joe explained.
who was the man." asked Mox
low.
81 thought he looked like Johr
North" said Montgomery.
There was tho silence of death ir
the room.
''You thought it was John North 2
began Moxlow.
Yes
when he spoke you thought YOU
recognized North's voice.
Yes"
Were you Sure!
81 was pretty sure. boss
"Only pretty sure? ?"
II thought it was Mr.. North
looked like Mr.. North, and though
it was him-I thought SO then and
think so now" said Montgomery des
perately.
Are YOU willing to swear posi-
lively that 1t was John North?" de
manded Moxlow.
| No" said the handy-man, M
: II only say thought II was JohS
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q star Bureau.
MetropOlitan National Bank Bldg,


Metropolitan National Bank Bldg,
WASHINGTON, MAR. 1S.
Strong pressure is being brought to
bear upon President Wilson to induce
him to break his rule that none of his
own relatives will be appointed to
office. The influence being used to
smash the rule is in favor of Alfred
McC. Wilson, of Oregon who is a son
of cousin john Wilson, the Penn
sylvania oil man, who entertained the
Presidents family here the night be-
fore the Inauguration.
Alfred Wilson is a West Point grad
uate, and served several years in the
army after his graduation. Then he
gave up his commission and went
West, going into business and politics
in Oregon. When the primary fight
began there last summer he went In
to it for the honor of the family, and
won out. During. the primary and
convention contests he made SO many
friends that after election lot of
Democratic leaders from his own and
other coast States and Alaska told
him to pick his job and they would go
TO the front for him.
After looking over the job list care
fully, young Wilson decided that the
one place in the lot that appealed to
him was that of commissioner in the
Philippines. 1t so happens that the
Philippine commissioner job that is
vacant is the one that carries with it
the command of the police forces of
the islands. and Lieutenant Wilson
and his friends decided that his army
training fitted him exceptionally for
this place.
So the lieutenants' hackers went to
Secretary Garrison, of the war de-
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IN NEW YORK, NOT IN NEW JERSEY.

UNDER THE State Constitution in New York adopted in
1884, State convention to be held twenty
Constitution. but the Legislature time
people proposition for holding convention That's
ther inherent right and the Constitution merely
Democratic Legislature Albany will probably submit the prop.
oson the people this year. and majority the
the approve convention will be held The Democratic
Legislature Jersey, though pledged by
State platform popular convention will probably adjourn
with that pledge unfulflled by the Senate
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North. He looked like John North,
and l thought it was John North
I'd have said it was John North.
but it all happened in a minute.
wasn't thinkin' I'd ever have to say
who it was l seen on the shed!"
but your first distinct impression
was that it was John North?"
yes"
You have known John North for
years?''i
"All his life"
Had you seen him recently?''
81 seen him Thanksgiving Day
along about 4 o'clock crossing the
square
''dow was he dressed, did you no.
tice?"
''He was dressed like the man in
the alley-he had on a black derby
and a dark brown overcoat''
That's ALL" said MoXlow quietly.
The coroner and the jury drew
aside and began "a whispered con-
sultation. In the vitiated atmos-
phere of that overcrowded room,
heavy as it was with the sitting
heat and palpably dense with the
escaping smoke from the cracked
wood-stove, men coughed nervously
with every breath they drew, but
their sense of physical discomfort
was unheeded in their tense interest
in the developments or the last few
moments. The jury's deIiberation
was brief and then the coroner an
nounced his verdict.
North heard the DOCTORS hating
words without at once grasping their
meaning. A long moment of silence
followed, and then man coughed
and then another, and another; this
seemed to break the spell. for sud
denly the room buzzed with eager
whisperings.
Nortl's first definite emotion was
one of intense astonishment. Were
they mad? But the faces turned
toward him expressed nothing be-
yond curiosity. His glance shifted
to the official group by the
| table. These good-natured COM
monplace men, who. whether
they liked him or not had invariably
had a pleasant word for him, instantly
took on an air of grim aloofness.
Conklin, the fat, jolly sheriff; the
coroner; MoXlow. the prosecuting at
| torney in his baggy trousers and
eafn-shining coat-why, he had
known these men all his life, he had
met them daily-what did they mean
| by suspecting him! The mere sus-
picion was monstrous wrong! His
/ face Redeemed; he glanced about him
| haughtily.
| Now, at a sign from the coroner,
Conklin placed his fat hands on the
arms of his chair and slowly drew
himself out of it's depths, then he
crossed to North. The young fellow
him.
"John," said the sheriff gently, II
have an unpleasant duty to perform. .
In spite of himself the pallor
deepened on Norths face.
81 understand" he said in a voice
that was low and none too steady.
During this scene Moxlow's glance
| had been centered on North in a
fixed stare of impersonal curiosity
now he turned with quick, nervous
decision, and, snatching up his shah
by hat from the table, left the room
Langham had preceded him by a
few moments, escaping unobserveo
when there were eyes only for North
81 am ready. Conklin.'
And a moment later North and the
sheriff passed out into the twilight
neither spoke until they came TO the
Court House Square.
"We'll go in this way, john said
the sheriff in a tone that was meant
to be encouraging, but failed.
no BE Continued Tomorrow
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On the ~ ~ ~
SPUR OF qzn
MOMENT
By Roy K. Moulton

FROM THE HICKEYNILLE CLARION
Hank Tumms says his grandmothef
has not good eyesight. | wonder what
other kind of sight he would expect
her to have.
The Teller who said that nothing
was impossible in the world never
tried To discourage a life insurance
agent
There was a proposition to put
some stained glass winders in the
new meetin' house. but the congre-
CATION decided that as long as they
We're payin' out good money they
might as well get good glass that
wasn't stained or otherwise damaged
Old man Hicks said perhaps a little
soap and water or alkyhol might
take the stains off, but nobody lis
tened to him.
Lem Higgins, who is takin' art
lessons down to the city, has wrote
home that he was going to paint a
pictur in oil. Seems like the first
puff of wind that came along would
ruffle it all outn't shape.
Grandpa Bibbins has quit waitin'
for Bryan to be elected and now is
.waitin' for the price of beefsteak
to come down. He must expect to
live forever.
If every feller's sanity was judged
by the love letters he has written
the insane asylums would have to
turn 'em away and there wouldn't
be nobody to act as keepers.
Amariah Tilson, who is in the ar
tificial limb business, says trade is
looking UP. He put on two new
hands yesterday.
William Tibbitts has fired his clerk
so that he can have an excuse TO pull
off a fire sale.
Since hobble skirts went out of style
Miss Amy Pringle has sewed up the
bottom of hers and is usin 1t for a
laundry bag.
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HE has SOME SENSE OF HuMoR.


There is a certain cigar clerk in
this village who has got highly de-
veloped sense of humor We frisked
into his place of business during the
rush hour at noon yesterday and
handed him a silver dollar with a
plug in it that would fill a cavity in
a rhinoceros's tooth. He said never
a word but handed us one good nickel
cigar, if you can imagine such
thing. and a handful of change Then
we hustled for the car.
The conductor came for his nickel
and we handed out the change that
we had received in the cigar store.
Needless to say it was our all. 1t
consisted of the following:
One Mexican half dollar with a
hole in It. It has been used for
watch charm.
One Canadian quarter (plugged).
Two horseless piano slugs.
Two beer checks redeemable IN a
New Jersey saloon.
The cigar clerk had sense OF hu-
NOR.
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There amt so fur as | kin learn, no
other face so sweet like her'n.
Her neck is like the pretty swan;
Her lips is like the cherries and her
big gray eyes are simply grand
TO feast your humble orbs upon
She's got a peck of golden hair and
with a figger she is there;
She weighs one hundred eiShty-hVe
| tell you what, she just suits me,
If you'd see her, you would agree
. She is the SWEETEST gal alive
The ample damsel of my choice has
got a fine contralto voice.
The first time that / heard her sigh
couldn't make my heart stay still
She sounded like a whip-poorwill,
Or else an ostrich on the wing.
tell you what, she won my heart
She got my goat right from the
start,
For vocal music | admire,
! don't know much about technique.
but I kin tell when voices
squeak;
OF her'n know I'd never tire.
I fell in love, though you may scott,
and asked her fer her hand,
right off
She said it couldn't be arranged.
1 tell you what, it was a blow, a
knockout piece of news to
know.
Since then my views of life has
changed,
She said | was a dream to see, but
she could never marry me;
And then she heaved a sad, sweet
sigh,
She said she must obey the laws and
simply turn me down because,
She's married to another guy.
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WILSON'S BIRTHPLACE
HOME OF GOOD SCOUTS

Staunton, Va, the birthplace of
President Woodrow Wilson, has two
of the best scouts in the country.
Those two boys who are registered
with the Boy Scouts Of America as
eagle scouts, are lowering Early and
Fred Woodson. There are only TWEEN
ty-four eagle scouts in America, and
the fact that the insignia is only
obtainable through great devotion to
the work makes 1t a great honor,
To become an eagle scout twenty-one
merit badges must be won for eff
cheney in scout work and various
branches of school and other work.
There are fifty-six merit badges in all
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PRIZE pEssIMIsTs.

Railroad station agents.
Undertakers.
Almanac makers.
Car Nicholas of Russia.
Hardshell deacons.
Automobile repairers.
Baseball umpires.
Marse Henry Watterson.
The New York Sun.
Residents of Pittsburgh.