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THE RESTLESS MIND

uncontrolled to a chroic indigestion or
the soul. 1t is assumed that he has
read many good and nourishing books.
some of which have not been read by
readers of the books he has missed.
He thinks his great desire has stomach
for them all, but the chances are that
he is mistaken; his self scourginss for
deliberate neglect are morbid; his ac-
cusing witnesses haven't got much Of
case against him as matter of fact
One such sensitive soul was tor
mented for years by just such phan-
toms of his dyspeptic conscience until
he hit upon the sovereign cure. He
said to himself: "All these great works
which want to read but won't / will
save for my old age, and for the pres
That mellow afternoon OF life, that
sunset glow, will bring me just the
right light by which to read these
treasures which / thus lay UP for
myself. Next summer is no time to
tackle them, nor the next after that;
let them wait till shall not be obliged
to tackle them because they will come
smiling toward me like so many old
friends who will not challenge me, but
merely come into a closer acquaintance
than we have yet enjoyed. Then they
will not disconcrt, but renew a pleas
ant association of many years; I shall
run to meet them, and we shall have
ambrosial days together. and there will
society"
This plan has proved a specific The
man no longer irritates himself by
futile regrets: he has risen beyond
them; his soul Is full OF peace.-New.
York Sun.
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long. The vast Dutch colonial empire
is coveted even more than Holland
itself. The Dutch are fully aware Of
the aspirations of their German neigh
bors and are ready at any time to fight
with characteristic Dutch obstinacy
against any attack on their national
existence.
The Germans find 1t so irksome to-
add to Dutch wealth and strength by
sending a large part of their commerce
through Dutch ports that an expendi-
ture of a quarter of a billion to draw
the Rhine traffic away from Holland Is
not looked upon as excessive. The
Dutch and Germans at present have a
commercial treaty providing for free
trade for both nations on the Rhine.
and Germany is even now talking OF
taking preliminary steps toward abro-
eating the agreement. II the agree
ment is abrogated it will mean that
Germany has definitely decided to build
the great ship canal to Emden. Other
wise she would not seek TO recede from
a bargain which is more profitable to
her than 1t is to the Dutch, notwith-
standing the manifest advantage of the
Dutch cities as ports of entry for the
German overseas commerce.-New
York Globe.
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A GOOD EXAMPLE

Postmaster General Burleson set a
good public example when he proved
the wisdom of his own regulations by
sending to President Wilson box of
Georgia peaches, weighing II pounds,
by. parcel post for 13 cents.
1t was not only happy thought on
the part of Mr. Burleson, but it was
an object lesson for the whole nation
The oddity and novelty of the act, to-
gether with the prominence of sender
and receiver, gave the incident all the
publicity of the nations daily press,
thus bringing home to every reader
the possibilities OF the new parcel
post in manner that no ordinary
person could perform.
Postmaster General Burleson also
said wise thing when he wrote to
the president with his box of peaches
that This is an illustration of the op-
-portunity which has been opened to
the farmer, the horticulturist, the
manufacturer and to every citizen of
the country who will avail himself of
this valuable adjunct of the postal
service in the promotion of the COM
merce and happiness of our:people'
Not only is the maximum weight
possible to be sent nearly doubled un-
der the new regulations, but the post
age. rate is largely reduced, the local
delivery rate now being two pounds
for cent after the first pound So
20 pounds can now be delivered in the
local delivery zone for IS cents, and
up to distance of $50 miles the rates
are similarly reduced.
The new regulations will be found
a great boon to the farmer, fruit
grower and consumer II. properly
understood and used the parcel post
will now go far to give the producer
more money for his products and give
the consumer more products for his
money, besides giving him fresher and
better articles of food.
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BARRETT AND McCULLOUGH-p. G.. CITY.
The old California theater in Bush street above
kearny was opened January IS, 1859, on which
occasion Lawrence Barrett read poem written
for the occasion by Frank Bret Harte. Barrett
appeared as an actor at that playhouse on the
sth OF February following. taking the part of
Duchalet In Marble Hearts, Barrett's arst
appearance in this city was at Maguire's opera
house In Washington street between Mentsomery
and kearny, February II. 1868. when he ap-
pearea In the title role of Hamlet and John
McCullough took the part of Claudius, the king.
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MUST BE A NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. CITY. An
allen who has resided In the United States Ave
years, and three years before making application
10 take examination for position before the
city and county civil service commissioners de-
ciareo intention to become citizen, IL not
ensiDie Tor any position. as at the time he takes
the examination he must be a full nedged citi-
gen. From the tenor Of the communication 1t
appears that the alien declared intention, but
aid not take steps to obtain final papers.
LEGAL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. city. when
legal holiday occurs the maker OF negotiabls
instrument has until the following day to make
good II the document falls due on the holiday.
There Is no Law furnishing any one who may
Wish to work on legal holiday.
ANTHRACITE coAL~A. {. G.. city. An
tnracite coal varies IN weight according to its
character solid cubic foot of that coal will
weigh about SO pounds, while loose Jumps of
the same kind Of coal will weigh bat about 81
pounds per cubic foot.
FRONTAGE on cREEK-o. d.. City. II 4
ana own land having frontage on a creek.
one on one side and the other on the opposite
siae' each has rights to the middle OF the stream
X
LIFE SAVING MISUNDERSTANDING Camp
Deii. The United States government maintains
e. hle saving stations. OF this number 10 are
on the Pacific coast
BAIT FOR SMELT--F.. City. 1t Is said that
the teredo, Or pile worm. is the best bait for
smeit' and that 40. 10 hook Il aAsnt ~ risnt
size to use.
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CALIFORNIA IS GRATEFUL

Tie producers and wage earners of
California owe debt of gratitude to
Senator Francis G. Newlands Of Ne
vada FOR his consistent opposition to
the sugar schedules of the Under
wood tariff BILL
MIN ewlands in the matter Of the
sugar schedules has risen above par
tisanship at. the risk of extraordinary
political sacrifice and the weakening
of strong political ties
Senator. Newlands was one of the
original Wilson men in the United
States senate and in the west. He is
admittedly fhe big western democrat
in the United States senate. He was
expected to take the party program
because it was the party program and
because of his prominence in the in
ner. party councils
But in the matter of sugar tariffs
Senator Newiands has demonstrated
+. that he deems his obligations to the
people of the west superior to his par
stisah obligations.
He appreciates what the democratic
sugar program means to the sugar
producing states. The significance of
that program may be glimpsed by a
consideration Of what it means to the
beet sugar industry of California
alone.
California produces Approximately
one-fourth the beet sugar manufac-
tured in the United States. The ag-
gregate of the American beet sugar
production is slightly in excess of the
cane sugar production. 1t represents
about one-sixth of the sugar con-
sumed in the United States.
The development of the beet sugar
industry in California has resulted in
the erection of 10 large refneries.
The California sugar beet acreage is
in excess of 100000 acres.
Thanks to the sugar industry, the
average prices of the lands affected
by it have increased from SIS and $50
an acre to from SIS to $3.50 an acre.
In its present development the beet
sugar industry is distributing about
100000 year to the farmers in the
beet districts.
1t has made the average annual
gross acre crop value about 500 In
some Of the districts the manufac-
turers are paying the land owners
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rentals averaging about $50 net per

rentals averaging about $40 net per
acre per year.
The democratic program, which
Senator Newlands has opposed, pro-
vides for an immediate reduction Of
rs per cent of the sugar tariff and for
free sugar after three years.
That means an immediate loss of
about $1,100,000 year to the beet
sugar industry of this state
1t means an ultimate direct loss,
taking no account of development
loss, of approximately $4,5000o0 a
year to the industry in California.
The major portion of that loss must
be met by the farmers and the wage
earners in the re6neries, if the indus
try is to survive. That it can not sur
vive is freely predicted.
If it is killed by the tariff law a
tremendous property loss will be in
ficted on the manufacturers but the
income loss must be borne by the
farmers and laborers.
Within week after the sugar
schedules were agreed upon by the
president and the house caucus lead
ers California sugar stocks that had
paid dividends regularly for years fell
off virtually one-third from the prices
that had prevailed.
An attempt to distribute the loss
consequent upon the enactment of the
Underwood sugar schedules gives an
average of $3.50 an acre in the crop
value of California for next year and
of nearly S27 per acre in the annual
crop value after 1916
That. is the disaster Senator New
lands has tried TO avert. 1t is per-
haps too much to expect that he will
not be bound finally by the caucus of
his party.
Be that as it may, the thinking men
of California, regardless OF their par
tisan affiliations, can not fail in CRATE
full appreciation of what he has at
tempted to do for them under most
trying circumstances
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WoMAN'S POLITICS

The much mooted question which
has agitated the minds of many men
on both sides of the, female suffrage
question has received partial answer
in the action of the National Council
of Women Voters at Chicago last
week.
The great question has been what
would the influence of woman be in
politics; what would she favor in
Legislation?
The National Council of Women
Voters represents nearly 100000 vot-
ers in the states which now grant
suffrage to women. 1t is the most
representative body of women ever
assembled in this country, and its ac-
tion shows what line of conduct
women may be expected to pursue
politically
The council indorsed motherhood
pensions, minimum wages for women,
health certificates for marriage, work
ingmen's compensation act, extension
Of the eight hour law, teachers pen
sions, the red light law, or Iowa
injunction or abolishment law, induss
trial training schools for delinquent
girls and anti capital punishment laws
1t will be seen that the objects of
legislation considered most important
were those which are purely social and
moral
The legislation indorscd shows what
the women think most important It
was equally the function and duty of
the women's council to indorsc or to
oppose the Wilson tariff bill and the
Wilson currency bill. 1t would have
been competent and fitting for the
council to oppose or support any ma
tional policy or lack of policy relat-
ing to Mexico.
In fact the council did none of these
things, took no position in any of the
topics which probably would have
been Endorsed or denounced by any
equal number of male voters of SIM
ilarly representative body
The signs Of the times may be seen
lin the acts Of the womens council
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WHAT CHINESE READ


The frontispiece to the Republican
Adovacte of China, the leading weekly
organ of the young Chinese and a
spokesman of the new republic, is a
portrait of DR.. w. w. Yen, the new
Chinese minister to Germany, grad
uate of the University Of Virginia,
In the same issue is the announce
men that Mr. Alfred SEE, M. A., Cor
nell. former minister of communica-
tons, has been appointed by Presi-
dent Yuan as adviser in all matters
relative to Russia. Commencement
Day at Using Hua College" is another
article in the same ISSUE which says;
Here we find students engaged in a
kind of work contrary to Chinese ira
ditions, but a work we'll suited to pre-
pare them for American colleges, 90
per cent of whom are to study science.
Three Chinese students at Cornell
were recently elected to the Phi Beta
Kappa, the leading honorary frater-
nifty in the United States, member
ship in which is given only to stu
dents of exceptional ability and stand
ing. At the University of Michigan
two Chinese were elected to Tau Beta
Pi, the fraternity which is to engi-
neering science what Phi Beta Kappa
is 4o classical scholarship
These are only few signs Of the
great awakening in occidental educa-
ton which is going on among the
Chinese in every direction. More sig
nificant than the personal side Of
China's development is the intellect
ual revolution which is taking place.
The Republican Advocate estimates
that more than 1000 American and
European books have been translated
into Chinese and that Spencer, Hux-
ley, Neill, Adam Smith, Montesquieu
and Rousseau are familiar to any Chi
nese student. Bryce's American
Commonwealth Lowells Govern
ments and Parties in Continental
Europe Burgess Political Science
and Comparative Constitutional Law,
Blundchli's 'Lehr vom Modernen
Staat,' etc, are the standard text
books in the classic schools and coll
leges. Light literature translated from
European languages is on the book
shelf of every Chinese home whose
inmates claim acquaintance with the
Chinese language. SCOTS 'Ivanlloe,' Z
Stevenson's Treasure Island" Har-
riet Beecher Stoves Uncle Toms
Cabin" Victor Hugo's Les Miser-
ab1es,' Dickens, Dumas and other
masters of fiction are well known.
Although there is no Chinese transla-
ton of Shakespeare, Lambs Tales
From Shakespeare" is read by every
schoolboy in China.
If these claims on behalf of Chinese
readers are true it is no wonder that
the republic came into existence or
that China may soon be expected to
take rank among advanced nations.
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They may be- read explicitly in the
words of Miss Jane Adams when she
said women should have the franchise,
not only to bring about intelligent
humanitarian legislation, but in order
to be in position to follow it into
intelligent enforcement.
That women voters should be most
interested in humanitarian legislation
is what was to have been expected.
As the mothers of the human race
they will see to it as soon as they
have full power that the conditions OF
the life of the race will be improved
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THE LAW THE ISSUE

Fighting for the profits of deli5-
crate outlawry, the billboard interests
have attempted to befog the issue and
to hide the effrontery of. their disre-
gard of law behind an appeal to the
pocketbooks of the workingmen.
They have attempted with charac-
teristic brazenness 20 misiead the ur-
thinking by charging the newspapers
with an assault upon the interests OF
the wage earners.
That is not the issue. 1t can not be
made the issue The newspapers are
but lending their support to the peo-
pies demand that the billboard inter-
ests shall be made to realize that they
are not above the law.
The people of San Francisco insist
that their laws shall affect all men
equally. They resent the insolent
fouting of law by the billboard nui-
sance mongers for their private gain.
The people and their newspapers do
not demand the destruction of the bill
board business They make no de-
mand that can be construed into an
attack on the workingmen employed
by the billboard interests.
They do insist that the billboard
man who willfuliy breaks laws de-
signed to protect them from physical
injury and property loss is entitled to
no more consideration than any other
law breaker. ..
Mr.. James w Mullen, editor Of the
= Labor Clarion, has injected himself
into the controversy in manner to
suggest that he represents the bill
board proprietors rather than organ
lied labor He rather unskillfully
avoids the real issue and says that if
the billboards are wiped OUT nearly
100 men will lose their employment.
He might have said, and truthfully,
that if the billboard concerns were
forced to obey the law it would neces-
. state. the. employment of additional.
men.in their business.
Even if it were true-and it is not
true-tbat the enforcement of the bill
board ordinance would adversely af-
feet. 100 union men employed by the
billboard concerns, it might be well
: for. unionists. to remember that six
times as many union men and women
employed by the newspapers of San
Francisco have direct pocketbook
interest in this controversy.
The instant issue involves none OF
these questions. In compliance with
a popular demand the supervisors
have: enacted an ordinance regulating
the height of bllboards.
That ordinance is no more than an
affirmation of the peoples right to
use their own. streets in comfort and
safety. Enforcement Of that ordi-
nance would compel the billboard men
to spend more money for more men
10 erect and cover the boards neces-
sary to.handle their business.
1t. is their pocketbooks, not. the
pocketbooks of the men who work,
that they. are weighing against the
interests of the public. The life of
the billboard industry is not at stake
There is but a single issue involved
in this controversy. That issue is
drawn squarely between licensed out
'1awry and law enforcement.
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LITTLE MOVIES
The Weary Inquiry

'.I want something in the way OF
light summer literature. You under
stand. it must be something very light,
indeed"
The new boy at the newsstand looked
at the tourist wearily and inquired:
DO you think we're selling the stun
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Cause for Complaint

A book seller in New York purchased
a lot of books at a sale. Finding sew
eral sets of Charles Dickens works in
this stock he decided to make q special
price on them. so he put all of them In
the large show window with the fol-
lowing sign in very large letters:
Charles Dickens Works All Week
for $4'
An Italian who had drifted down that
way walked up to this window Read
ing the sign, he said: >.sDese countree
alice wrong. Americana he work ze
week, zee xix; one, two. tree. TO- five,
zix-zix days TO for dol."-New York
Sun.
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Concert Etiquette

James N. Duke, in his Fifth avenue
mansion of white marble-the most
beautiful townhouse in America-xives
during the season concerts of incred :
ible magnificence
Mr.. Duke, at concert where Amato
had sung and Ysaye had played, par
ried a compliment with a joke The
joke concerned ones concert deport-
ment of which Mr. Duke said:
IF you can't manage to look rapt
during an aria or violin solo at a
concert. the next best thing is to look
daggers at any one else who doesn't
look rapt.'--New Orleans States.
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The Reckoning

How do you reckon these great
profits in your crematory?" asked Jig
giles. "on the value OF your plant?"
No." said the manager, with grin.
We don't plant. We calculate our per-
centages on our gross urnings Har-
per's Weekly.
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The Rebuked Pessi;nnisf

Helen Keller, blind and deaf, is q
great optimist, and her optimism finds
vent in many poetical phrases
Miss Keller. at q tea in Boston. took
to task novelist who had become pes
simistic because his last book had
fallen fiat.
You say we have outgrown our IL
It's ms, she remarked. s.put Is not that
the greatest illusion Of all?"-New Or
leans States.
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Ouch!

1T says here that there are $4,000
women in New York who are more
than rs years DID, said the old fogy.
The chorus girls make New York
their headquarters" replied the crouch.
st Louis Post-Dispatch.
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One Case

This agitator says money ought to
be smashed"
"A queer statement. Can money be
smashed?'
Well, I once saw conductor knock
down nickel."--Kansas city Journal
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A Greater r rust

Your nursemaid seems to be very
careful with your child
She does seem to be careful If she
continues to be reliable 1 believe 1
shall trust her with Fido"-St Louis
Post-Dispatch.
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Mathematical Proof

You think you are twice as great an
actor as your rival?"
Il am sure of 1t. have contract
which stipulates that my name shall be
double the size of his on the electric
light sisns."-washington star
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Wrong Kind

Mrs. Benham-You said that, after
we were married. life would be one
grand. sweet song.
Benham-But I didn't refer to chin
music.-Judge.
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Startling

The summer girl in days Of yore
Has startled us, upon the shore,
But-no use talking
That bathing suits a quiet gown
Compared to what she wears downtown
When she goes walking.
Washington STAR
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ANSWERS TO QUERIES

EXPECTATION OF LIFE-Subscriber, Berke
ley. According to the American table Of NOR
tality, used basis for issuing insurance
policies, the following shows the expectation Of
life at various ages
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PUMPKINS Subscriber. City. No one has vet
been able 10 discover whence the pumpkin
specie of the gourd family. came. but it Is
supposed to have had its origin in some Of the
very warm sections Of Asia.
LARGEST CITIES-F. A. C.. Alameda. The
six largest cities In the world according to popu
lation are; London, New Iork, Paris, Chicago,
Tokyo, Berlin.
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tions. The navy officials. however, do
not believe the dental reserve corps
investigation will be pressed when the
report reaches the house.
Senator Ollie M James of Kentucky
stands some feet inches in his
stocking feet, and the guides conduct
ing tourists through the capitol never
fail to point out the Kentucky senator
when they spy him in the corridors.
The tourists, as a rule. consider all
things as placed on exhibition for their
especial benefit. and never hesitate to
commenlt freely thereon. Senator
James is daily the subject of a good
many ordinations, and he says it is
getting rather tiresome
The other day, after James had been
pointed out to tourist party by the
guide one member broke away and
hurried over to where James was
standing
Senator James was being interviewed
by q newspaper correspondent. but he
greeted the tourist cordially.
Pardon me- said the stranger seiz-
ing Senator Jones' hand, you're Sem
ator Ollie James. ain't you? Glad to
meet YOU. Say, now. just between us
two, would you mind telling me con-
hdentially how tall you are?'
Would mind telling you replied
James. Not a bit. my dear sir, not one
tiny bit. You see, I've got used to that
question. Some d fool asks me it
nearly every day!s
The Greeley tribune., 1913-01-09
General Assembly May Adopt La,v
That VIII Help Struggling Furme,

Will mean that tAousana. =.
win come to. colAredo - OF -, settler:
!. r.. -. sas,s s1n'l,:. Is Dsopo.sa rs aas
49, e ~ ~ ss{t,,S III e. sas ~ wsii ~
coaragsment. and the snc". S"a. en-
msat viii b sahstantiai iifaGe- II r.
:,;,..' e. Union e'' are carried into into
The David sbia plan Of fa.s.
those who adv&ate state assistance
for farmers. abin.A who was {
multi-millionair retired from bust-
nssG TO admani@le his vast wealth
Gpoa pAilanthrd c principles. ne
needs Of the A ervinE farmer ap-
psaling to him pecially. He sue
cssdsd in snlis4g the principal
yovernments Of world In the
establishments offthe International
Agricultural Inst1ete.