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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-06-24
Find Bullets In eunstocks.

Employees of the Remington Arms
company's plant at Eddystone, Pa. in
turning out gunstocks for the allies
have made the interesting discovery
that they are constantly coming across
bullets imbedded in the rough walnut
stocks. These stocks are shipped to
Eddystone in the rough from points in
the West and South and stored in an
immense dry kiln.
1t is considered not improbable that
the bullets may have been buried in
the trunks of the walnut trees either
in the war of half a century ago or
longer ago, in the days of bloody
strife between the noble red man OF
the forest and the settlers OF the
West.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-06-24
QUEER FISH AT PALM BEACH
EIephant-Eared Sunfish, 200 to 400
Years Old, Caught, and Weighs
Nearly a Ton.

The oddest-looking fish ever taken in
Palm Beach, and probably the only
one of it's kind ever caught in Amer
lean waters was harpooned in the Gulf
stream the other day by Ambrose
Monnell, Jr., president of the Midvale
Steel company. 1t was an elephant
cared sunfish, estimated to have been
spawned anywhere from 200 to 400
years ago and to have weighed then
about one sixty-thousandth part of its
weight when captured, which was
close to a ton. Both John d. Grim
Minis of New York and F. B. Magill
OF Cincinnati, each an authority on
fish, expressed such an opinion. The
American Museum of Natural History
wired for a plaster cast of the fish and
it's brain for research work
1t was shaped and formed like the
little sunfish that swims in a glass
bowl, except that it had ears like an
elephant and that they were folded
close to the skin. The hide was like
emery paper in color and texture. The
fish is native to African waters.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-06-24
Trouble at customhouse.


The rotunda of the New York GUS
tomhouse has a troublesome echo.
One of the officers tells of the Pc
culiarities of resonance in this hall.
When business is at its height, the
noise of footsteps, slamming of books
and desks, grinding of chairs and
voices in different pitch, become q
complicated roar The most singular
thing Is this: When there are few
on the floor can hear everything that
is said just across the hall; but If
try to speak to an officer, I cannot
make myself understood" There is
a marble-clad transverse gallery just
north of the rotunda. People in this
gallery may be out of sight, but their
words travel into the rotunda, and if
things are quiet there, they can be
heard in many parts. In fact, the ro-
tunda is like the belly of a bass violin
which sounds play antics. Were one
to attempt to speak to an audience
or to lecture or sing in it, the echoes
reverberating from one curved space
to another would inevitably impair the
clearness of utterance in the most
practiced singer or speaker, and re
duce his audience to despair.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-06-24
Music While Employees Work.

A dry-cleaning establishment in Gin
cinnati has come to the conclusion
that if its employees hear music at
frequent intervals while they work it
will not only make them happier, more
contented and better workers, but that
they will accomplish more than if they
were without it.
Working upon this theory, there
have been installed throughout the
big establishment enough monographs
to keep lively music playing most OF
the day.
The records are selected with care
lest funeral selection, or dreamy
waltz should creep in. There are
many lively dance records and popu
lar songs. The workers hum and sing
to the lively music and the speed OF
the music puts the speed into thell
work-Popular Science Monthly.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-06-24
Uncle Eben.

some men, said Uncle Eben, does
everything DER wives tell 'em to, foh
de sake of handin' 'em de blame foh
whatever goes wrong
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-06-24
FIRsT BAPTIST rCHURCH

: EIKSI SF&H III ?.
Sunday School 10.a- m
B. Y. p q. at p M
Preaching every other Sunday at
III a. m. and 8 p. m.
PRAYER meeting Thursday at 8
m. H MAC D-THoMPsON,
r. Pastor.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-06-24
The Cost.

War brings the heroic opportunity
to the door of the average man, and
the heroic incentive to the mind of
the exceptional man. We deplore this
kind of opportunity and this kind of
incentive. The cost is fearful, to be
reckoned largely in the price which
others must pay; but men recognize
the opportunity and feel the incentive.
1t would be worse than idle for US to
ignore the quick transition which war
may effect in responsive. natures from
the commonplace or the cynical to
the sacrificial and the sublime. No
one of US can deny, nor can we read
unmoved. the testimony of those who
have passed or are now passing
through this experience.-W. T. Tuck
er in Atlantic.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-06-24
Women and Children Who wort

Reliable report is to the effect that
5000, 900 women in this country are
earning their living. The same author
ity declares that 30 per cent of the
widows lack the comforts of home and
80 per cent of them the actual neces-
stiles of life, since SO per cent of the
men who die leave no estate whatever
and e5 per cent of them leave almost
none. This is also one of the reasons
why 1000. 900 children or Whereabouts
less than sixteen years old have been
obliged to go to work in this country.
1t is useless to say that they should
be in school unless economic condi-
tions are so arranged that they may
do so without suffering for the necessi-
ties of life
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-06-24
Children Cry
FOR FIETCHERS
g ASTo RIA
Not Always Their Own Idea.

aDe only reason some folks says
deg appreciate flowers an sunshine,
said Uncle Eben, sis dat dey read II
a book dat it's de proper thing to do
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-06-24

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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-06-24

Because an assistant district attor-
ney was on the car and because the
dead bird was legally property OF the
state, everyone on a Rochester IN
VI trolley car was afraid to touch the
body of a pheasant which few through
the window and killed itself the other
day, the conductor. careful not to LAP
hands on the bird, finally pushing 4
on the car with stove poker.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-06-24
Envious.

Meeks-My mother-in-law has been
In an insane asylum for over a year.
Weeks-You always wers lucky
chap. Mine is crazy. too, but she
hasn't been locked up yet
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-06-24
Paint Of Great Value.

A paint is made from the oil OF
beans which grow in great quantities
in Manchuria which is said to be fire
and waterproof.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-09
ERRED AT THE BEGINNING

TTARRISBURG'S garbage and ash
collection troubles, which were
again before the Health Board
last evening, do not lie so much with
the neglect of the contractor as with
City Council at the outstart. The
fault is fundamental Nobody knew
exactly what would be required nor
what service would be adequate. The
whole thing was an experiment upon
which council entered without a
thorough investigation of the subject.
Committees did make superficial in
spections of systems in use elsewhere,
but no effort was made to get expert
opinion as TO exactly what would be
needed here nor what would be a
fair price for the work involved.
This is the only instance in many
years of Harrisburg entering upon an
important municipal enterprise with
out the advice of acknowledged eN-
perts and it is likewise the only I'm
stance of failure in any big municipal
undertaking. Invariably we have
saved the experts commission over
and over, and the penny-wise, pound
foolish policy of going it blind was
never better illustrated than in this
matter OF garbage collections. We
have paid and are paying for the fol-
" of it and we will continue to pay
until the expiration of the contract.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-09
THE SUPREME COURT
By Frederic J. Haskin

TXTHEN the appointment of Louis
wv y. Brandeis to the Supreme
w Court was first announced,
there was some doubt as to whether
or no the Senate would ratify the Sc
lection. If the Senate refuses to ratify
it will be the first time such a thing
has happened in the history of the
nation.
The Supreme Court has a remark
able record. 1t is the most powerful
body of its kind in the world, and in
many ways the most powerful arm
of the government. There are times
when the opinion of u singe justice
overrules the desires of the President
that nominated him and the Senate
that ratified his nomination, and de-
cides the fate of a measure involving
the disturbance of billions of dollars
of capital and a hundred million peo-
pie. Yet in the century and quarter
that the Supreme Court has been in
existence, not a single Justice has ever
been accused of uniting conduct, or
the abuse of his responsibilities.
The dignity of the court surpasses
the dignity of chief executives, cab
met officers and legislators. A Su-
preme Court Justice is appointed for
life, if he cares to hold office so long,
and with the years, the traditions of
high position encircle him, undisturb-
politics. The distinct and separate
form for addressing a justice, and for
rendering social invitations to HIM
self and his family, is even more
rigidly fixed by convention than is the
similar form for addressing the Presi-
dent. Even to mention n case that is
before the Supreme Court in the pres
ence of justice is the blacklist sort
of n social error.
A lady newly entered into Wash
ington social life recently invited one
of the justices to dine with her. 1t is
a recognized rule among social diplo-
mats that the way to entertain the
lion of the evening is to talk to him
about his work. If he is an author.
discuss his latest novel; if he is a
Senator, talk about the Chicago con-
ventions The lion may not be parti-
cularly edited. but he Is usually in
for 1t. So the hostess on this occasion
tried to start a conversation about a
railroad rate bill whose constitution
ality was then being tested before the
Court. The justice froze at once, but
the lady continued to declare her in
terest in public questions, and finally
asked her guest what he personally
thought of the bill. Tht justice then
made little speech TO the effect that
his action was motiVated by the most
conventional of reasons, that it was a
matter of respect for his office alone
and then he went home.
The same atmosphere of solemnity
and an almost ecclesiastical dignity
hangs about the routine of court
business in the Capitol. From the
gown room, where the silken vest
ments of the justices hang in the exact
order of their owners seniority, to the
judges bench itself, every detail exists
by virtue of a fixed tradition. Now
and then one of the Houses of Con-
guess refurnshes its hail to meet the
changed views Of it's members, but
the courtroom has its original ap-
pearance nearly intact. When new
carpet is laid, it is an exact replica
of the old one. When the chairs are
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-09

reupholstered, they are finished so
that Sherlock Holmes couldn't tell
them from their former selves. Only
one change has been made since the
days of Patrick Henry.
In those times the bench before
the justices was on a level with the
floor. Scattered along its polished
surface were numerous snuff boxes for
the regaling of the grave justices. One
day while Patrick Henry was making
lengthy appeal he noticed the JUS
tice nearest to him taking snuff. The
orator paused long enough to help
himself from the same receptacle. The
justices were Mortified, and from that
time to this the judges desk has been
raised above floor level--a monument
to the presumption of the man who
wanted liberty or death.
The Supreme Court justices to-day
are younger men than they have been
at any time in the history of the
country. Formerly the average age
of the nine men was above seventy
years. Now it is nearer sixty, and
the appointment of Mr.. Brandeis will
still further lessen the average. Presi-
dent Taft, who appointed more JUS
| tices than any other president since
| Washington, introduced younger
element.
The oldest justice on the bench to-
day is Justice Holmes, VINO is ap-
preaching his seventy-flfth birthday.
Chief Justice White comes next, with
seventy-two years. Justice Hughes
and Justice McReynolGs are the
juniors of the bench, each fifty-four
years old. In point OF service, JUS
tice McKenna is the oldest member
of the court. He has been on the
bench since his appointment by Presi-
dent Mckinley in 1898. He. along
with Justice Holmes and Justice Day,
is entitled under the constitution, to
retire at any time with full pay for
the rest of his life.
The constitution provides that a
justice may retire after ten years of
service, but such retirement is op-
tional with him. Justice McKenna
has served for eighteen years, follow
ing the example of his predecessor,
Stephen j. Field, who served for 81
years. Such long service is n good
mark of a mans patriotism, for the
Supreme Court duties are not light
ones
The justices are required to be in
daily attendance for six days in each
week. Five days are devoted to the
hearing of arguments, and the sixth
day, Saturday. is set aside for confer
ence. No outsider is admitted to these
Saturday sessions, but according to
the unofficial reports that emanate
from them, the mantle of cold dignity
is temporarily laid aside.
At the conference, each justice eX-
presses his opinion on the merits of
the case under consideration, and the
legal points involved. A vote is taken,
after which one of the justices is ap-
pointed to write out the opinion of
the court. This opinion is presented
again to the entire body, and each JUS
tice must agree to it, or else the
minority faction must prepare a dis
senting opinion OF their own. If there
is more than one party which does not
agree with the majority, there will be
more than one dissenting opinion.
Argument pro and con is sometimes
very heated.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-09
BANNER STEEL YEAR

TVER YTHING points to a banner
T. year in steel. The indications
are that if present prices are
kept up for the balance of 1916, earn
ings for the various steel companies
will be larger than ever before in the
history of the country. This is good
news for Harrisburg and vicinity
Much of our prosperity depends upon
the activity of the steel mills. United
basis for estimating the earnings Of
all, or nearly all, others and figures
by experts show that the corporation
is running ahead of its estimates.
In 1907. the banner year for United
States Steel, net earnings were ap-
proximately S161, 100000. The aver
age prices of eight of the leading steel
products in that year was $4O.6S a
ton, and shipments of finished steel
were SO, O,564, ,537. In 1907 net per ton
of steel sold was $15.24.
The United States Steel Corporation
for some time past has been shipping
at the rate or about 14,500,000 tons Of
steel annually. The average price of
eight leading commodities is now
around $4S a ton, or nearly $3.50 a
ton above the average for 1907.
Taking into consideration increased
cost of labor and material entering
into the manufacture of steel, United
States Steel could probably earn $50
a ton on basis of present prices.
on a production of 14,5OO,OOO tons
of steel for sale this would mean earn
ings at the rate of $29O,O00,OOO year,
or $129,OOO,OOO in excess of net in the
banner year of 1907.
But in this connection allowances
are made for a possible falling off in
output and prices at the close of the
war in Europe, although the various
steel mills have sold up almost their
entire capacity for the rest of the
year.
Steel manufacturers seem conf
dent that United States Steel, in the
first half of the current year, will earn
close to s12O, 100000 net. They say
it would be difficult to make any fore
cast beyond June 30. Steel prices
may be higher by that time, in which
case net earnings in the last half
would exceed the returns in the first
half, providing the end of the war was
not then in sight. But at all events
predictions are bright for the biggest
steel year in history.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-09
LOW COST OF EATING

lThomaS f. Logan in LeSlieS.
To feed an eilisted man >of the
navy costs only SO cents a day. And
he is well fed. too. The navy ration
consists of the following daily allow
ances for each person: One pound
hard bread (biscuits), or one and one
quarter pounds fresh bread; or one
and eighth pounds flour. one pound
timed meat, or one and one-quarter
pounds salt meat, or one and three
quarters pounds of fresh meat. or one
and three-quarters pounds fresh fish,
or eight eggs, or one and three-quar-
ters pounds poultry. Three-fourths
pound timed vegetables or one and
three-quarter pounds fresh vegeta-
bles. or three gills beans or peas or
one-half pound rice or other cereal
Two ounces coffee, or two ounces CO.
Goa, or one-half ounce tea. One ounce
condensed or evaporated milk, or one
sixteenth quart fresh milk. Three
siXteenths pound dried fruit, or three
eighths pound timed fruit, or nine
siXteenths pound fresh fruit Cone ra-
ton of fruit is allowed with each ra-
tion of vegetables other than fresh is
sued). Two ounces butter, four ounces
sugar. Seven pounds lard are allowed
for every 100 pounds flour used as
bread. The following are allowed
weekly in addition to the foregoing;
One-fourth pound cheese, one-fourth
pound macaroni, one thirty-second of
a pound of mustard, one thirty-second
of q pound of pepper one-fourth
pound pickles, one-fourth pound salt
one-fourth spices, one-fourth tomatoes
(canned), and one-half pint vinegar
or oil.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-09
LENT
TPittsburgh Gazette-Times.l

Pittsburgh Gazette-Times.
Enters Lent once more, solemn
season for those who observe il i'm
the ancient fashion. q useful period
for those who regard it i'm accordance
with modern custom. Originally forty
days before Easter sanctified by the
Roman, Eastern and Greek churches,
1t has been adopted in similar form
by some other churches, while nearly
all Christian people take cognizance
OF it to common advantage. To the
religious Lent is season of very real
meaning, hallowed period. To the
more worldly but respectful it comes
IL not as a time of religious duty, at
least as one of sober restraint. Fri
voljty is set aside, less strenuous forms
of relaxation are INDUCED. Minds and
bodies tired by social activities are
given a rest. 1t isn't season of re-
treat for such, merely of quiet refresh
ment Society finds new amusements
less garish than usual Kindly
thoughts are welcomed and entertain
ments partake of charitable enter
prises. What of my neighbor? Is
the spirit fostered and the poor are
made richer through the ministrations
of the more fortunately placed Mere
ly q fad? Perhaps. But what of it?
Why quarrel with any of the means
through which good works are done
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-09
THE STATE FROM DAY TO DAY

Mort Henderson is winner over
Doro," says a sporting headline in a
well-known state paper. Motion pic
ture readers were Mortified to learn
that their beloved Marie had gone into
the wrestling game, and particularly
that the Masked Marvel had thrown
Doro. All was well. however. Anyone
can tell you that it wasn't Marie at all.
A Philadelphia girl, Anna Fergus,
married George Lewis, of New York,
Il Chinaman at Elkton, Md, the other
day.
Fire alarm box 20 has proven too
much for Edwardsville, SO the council
came to the conclusion that 1t must be
removed. Ever since it has been in
stalled it seems as though the bell has
kept constantly ringing, false and true
alarms. until it became habit for
the firemen to go straight to box %
whenever the bells rang. Seldom were
they fooled, and it was decided TO dis
continue il lest the overworked men
meet themselvs some night returning
from the fire.
In Towanda they believe in swap
ping wives. Two married couples tried
it out and it seemed to work very
satisfactorily until they moved to
Sayre, where the police are evidently
wider awake. There they we're discov-
cred and held for court.
The Philadelphia Chamber of Com
merce on its annual de luxe tour of
certain sections of the state are boost
ing the Delaware river for all It's
worth. May the time soon come when
harrisburg may make its annual ex-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-09

three session Congress, with a very
narrow Republican majority, and
twenty-five special rules were brought
in. The use of the special rule in the
SiXty-first Congress was denounced by
tho Democratic minority as tyranny
insufferable, and when the Democrats
came into control the following year
they made n great show of revising
the rules so as to give freedom or
debate and right to amendment.
There is something to be said in
favor of the special rule in facilitating
the business of such an unwieldly
body as the House of Representa-
tives. There are times when, with
out it, those opposed to n piece OF
majority legislation might, by their
obstructive parliamentary tactics,
make it impossible of passage through
that chamber. Without, however,
debating its merits or demerits, if the
special rule ever in the history of
Congress took on the attributes Of
tyranny it was in the last Congress,
when, with cowardly majority of
145, the Democrats used this mace
thirty-four times to club small
minority into subsection.
o! it is excellent
To have giants strength; but 1t
is tyrannous
To use it like giant.
The inconsistency of the Demo-
cratic attitude is that having made
great clamor against the special rule,
when they were in the minority, and
having declared their purpose to be-
stow legislative emancipation upon
the House, their resort to the special
rule has been more marked, and with
less reason, than was ever recorded
under Republican control. The Re-
publicans used it as an emergency. 1t
is the chief reliance of the incom-
petent party now in power. The rod
which formerly they spat upon, the
Democrats now kiss.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-09
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
THE PEOPLES FORUM

To the Editor of the Telegraph:
Being a charter member of the
Peoples Forum of this city I have
with Il great deal of satisfaction and
pride just read in your Telegraph the
splendid editorial in this evenings is
sue commenting on the work and
worth of the organization.
Such endorsements have a whole
some tendency to encourage and in
spire all who have made the institu-
tion what it is to strive for even bet
ter things.
Permit me on behalf of many of
my friends to offer many thanks for
your very kind words.
Yours sincerely,
HARRY RIIRRS
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-09
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

George w. Miller, one of the old
time Republicans of Pittsburgh, has
been appointed chief clerk TO the
board of revision of Allegheny coun-
ty.
Captain C. C. Allen, who is to be
named colonel of the First Regiment
served in that command before ento:
ing the United States Army.
"A. c. Dinkey, president or the
Cambria Steel Company, was ban
ouetted at Johnstown by the heads of
departm
DIR. r. NJ. Cheyney who leaves
the Wharton school of the University
of Pennsylvania, is native of Norris
town.