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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL
•-A5 -NMPEHMNT SEWSPArOt—TIE rAM* Of authority* ?
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yfSAX- '■ ■?■ W. W. CHAPIN, : 7:7- : S.:
Tut, Tut, Mr. McReynolds
I! For the fourth time -"Attorney-General; Mc-
Reynolds appears as'*a>trouble maker for the
Wilson 'administration; ",' It is becoming evident
that he is the president's biggest mistake.
Right on ; top of the Caminetti-Diggs perform
ance and of the espionage on federal judges comes
the disclosure of the fact that he sent the; genera j
counsel of the Santa Fe railroad to Congressman
Sims' to advise with him in framing legislation cal
culated to abolish, the commerce court.
On May 22 the attorney general sent? the -fol
lowing letter to Congressman Sims, which may
have been one s reason why'he was too busy to, pay
attention to Mr. McNab's pleadings against delay:
Mv Dear? Mr. Congressman: I am sending you
herewith a,copy of a letter?; from my friend. Mr.
Mine?, who for.a long time has been connected".with,
the interstate commerce litigation as a .representative.
? of the railroads. What he says is always worthy of
very serious consideration, and I. commend his sug
gestions to you. J- C Mcßeynolds, 7
Attorney General.
It may be. noted that Mr. limes' letter referred
to was written on the letter paper of the law "firm
of Cravath & Henderson, and Mr. Cravath. it may
be permissible to add for' Secretary Bryan's '-■in
formation,'is the. personal attorney of one Thomas
Fortune Ryan- •
It does make a difference whose ox is gored,
does it not ? What a whirlwind of oratory from
the boy orator of the'Platte we would have had if
this incident- had occurred in a republican adminis
tration with .which Mr. Bryan was not connected,
and now we read Mr. Bryan in his Commoner as
the apologist for Mr. Mcßeynolds' acts in the
Diggs-Caminetti. cases, and Mr. Bryan also thinks
it is wrong to. ask for Mr. Mcßeynolds' resigna
tion. * ... , "■ ■ ??'*".. * -- ?-.' -' " '
To return;to Congressman Sims, he said that
"as the attorney general had sent the letter to me.
1 thought it was my duty, and nothing but proper
respect to the attorney general; to submit the bill
to Mr. Hines for his suggestions. And I did so.as
stated in his letters. Such an -innocent congress
man ! :
So, at the solicitation of the attorney general,
Mr.-.Mcßeynolds. Mr. Congressman Sims allowed
Mr. [lines, the general* counsel of the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe railroad, to write at least
three amendments to an important bill affecting
railroads. Of course Congressman ■";. Sims safe
guarded, himself by submitting thcHines amend
ments to "a solicitor of the interstate - commerce
commission, who assured him 7 that the-amend
ments could not possibly hurt the bill.*' Of course
The end of* this mess is? not yet. Grant that
Mr. Mcßeynolds is an innocent boob, yet that high
sense of propriety which so distinguishes Presi
dent Wilson should lead him to say something to
his attorney general stronger and sterner than his
favorite'golfing expletive, tut. tut. tut.
Sane Regulation Helps Trade
. I There is promise of public advantage in the
automobile; dealers' agreement with * The
I all's advocacy of revised and stricter traffic regu
lations. 7- - - : - -- - ?•'.'-' "".V* """"
.... In : advocating a.revision of the traffic regula
tion-. The Call* has? at, all- times been mindful of
the splendid work done by Lieutenant Matheson
** % ' ' '
and his traffic squad. y\ .-:,,.* . .
To aid the limited number of- officers : available
for this work The Call has urged \ the enforcement
of speed limits, new regulations covering speed in
turning street corners and the regulation; of foot
passengers at street intersections.
There are no shrewder business men than those
engaged in the automobile trade. They appreciate
how sane conservation of. the public safety .will
increase .their sales exactly as they appreciate the
adverse effect of every serious accident.
Leaders the local trade arc now";advocating
the reforms The: Call has advocated and the
adoption of the , scheme of.,preventive, education
employed in the public schools;of* several* eastern
cities, i *•?;.- ; ' '■- ; : ; ;• * , "'_-■■. ■ ...
That scheme involves nothing.more difficult
or expensive than the employment of "moving pic
tures to teach school children how to avoid street
car. automobile, motor and horse vehicle accidents,
in the public streets.
The automobile: men have shown the 7right
spirit. Self : interest:should result. in the co-opera
tion and organization, of all the/men in the trade
to bring about the reforms which will benefit them
as much as the general public. ■ *• -
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Mr. Vanity
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111 From time immemorial the fair sex- has
been jeered at' by man for; her vanity.?? She
has not thought it worth while to'deny,' but now
Mr. Narcissus -has been caught with the goods on.
. For years feminine .minds have? wondered,why
such/narrow- mirrors are '-.'used*- in T office; building
elevators. Has.- a fleeting suspicion that;its" width
relates to neckties, collar buttons and mustaches
entered - her* mind? We hasten to decry this
thought: ■ .- ... v
Just as every woman studies Paris -fashions; !it
is from, that: metropolis?, of "femininefashion that
the mirror is now held up to man's vanities. .
Th c • clerk ;of * the chamber of deputies ?at Paris
is a cleVer; man. ; The legislative hall -presented* a
picture of a dozen men droning and dozing, where
there ought to be several hundred active members.
THE SAN * FRANCISCO CALL, EDITORIAL PAGE. JULY 9, 1913 777171
Xo interest was anywhere evinced in what: was
going on. t ;.- ; '~ v. ?.
~ Suddenly the scene, shifted from one of seem
inelv indifference to liveliest animation. - The
chamber rilled. Every member tried to catch * the
eve -of Mr. Speaker, and « oratorical gesticulations
and preening and- strutting.; made the observer,
wonder why the change. 7 : • •
~; s VI ad a skirt entered these hallowed vhalls?7-;Xo.
-A far more telling?factor,. a ;*'movie" machine "had
been installed. Instead of negligent-indifference;
to the grinding of the•• legislative -machine*:every,
member was now not talking for Buncombe county,
but acting for it; yEach:?legislator, posed ??-bcfore
the machine striving to make? it '.appear-that- lie
was ; the center of. activity",-the'advocate of legis
lation in the interests of the dear people, the spokes
man of public welfare, the .defender of liberty. On
Him were the eyes of ; the country: at any rate he
knew they would be if -he -got • himself in? the eye
of the movie camera. And so stood revealed Mr.
Vanity. " .-,„?, *-
Well Done, Mr. Sullivan
If Mr. Eugene J. Sullivan? shouting" "fraud, cor
ruption -and suppression of material facts;;!;
seems to have done San Francisco a genuine service
instead of injuring this,city's chances of securing*
the * -right to - develop the 1 letch Hetchy water
supply.?:'- .7'■"'.-,' ? J ' : r:y .* ' ::y' : '-:'".. ""*■
. Mr? Sullivan's efforts on .behalf of the people of
San Francisco were characteristic of the patriotic
interest other public service corporation men are
taking in our welfare.
He went to Washington to estop the people of
San- Francisco from being tricked into - spending
their good money for any water supply other than
the one out of which he hoped to make a comfort
able fortune. - . .
7He .was not especially,vociferous about his con
tingent interest in the Blue lakes project. His anger
was akin to the sorrow of the? gentlemen whose
lachrymose eyes see ruin stalking behind San Fran
cisco's attempts to provide itself with decent street
car service. *' -' ;'- -,_. -' ■.',.-," ' -?'
-7" They say little about their interest in /streetcars
and nothing about their hopes for profits from neat
little motor buses running to the exposition
grounds.
Unhappily for Mr. Sullivan's patriotic purposes,
the house committee and the California congress
men wanted something more than his protestations.
They, insisted that he produce proof that former
City "Engineer Man son was corrupt. They made
him disprove his charge that the report on the -Blue
lakes .project had been suppressed.
They made him disclose his personal interest in
the Blue lakes project. They made him admit that
in his zeal on behalf of San Francisco he had agreed
to pay a bonus of SIOO,OOO for a $30,000 loan for two
years. .-7.'-;>.' -'. -a.
The nature love faddist has been a stubborn ami
effective-antagonist. lie has gone into the" fight
against the city of San Francisco armored with? the
presumption, of honest if » wrong headed -notions?* -
If Mr. Sullivan went before the house committee
reinforced with any ? "such", presumption, 7it was
promptly dissipated by his own testimony.
San Francisco can well afford to encourage such
attacks as that made by Mr. Sullivan. Had all -the
opposition to the*Hctch Hctchyrprojcct been as" un
skillfully as; that interposed by ■ Mr." Sullivan
Hetch HctchV'would : have been ours long ago;
' The petition-to have the Mission bell mile posts
along El Camino real repainted ought to be granted
by the supervisors, if it is possible to do so. because
these : mile posts are a unique street- feature, not to
be found in any other part of the union, and they
teach" a valuable lesson in local history. j.
The defenders of the turkey trot?are all too young to
remember - that less - than fifty years - ago the now- old
fashioned - slow .waltz?, was ~ considered more immodest
than the tango or bunny hug are.today, and in the days
of the minuet the lancers: were shocking.
7 A fire in Sullivan county,; one of lie forested counties
of New York, .was -caused by a Mrs! Wolfe upsetting a
hot stove while .spanking her- son. Boys; should show
this paragraph to their mothers as an awful warning, a.
" Henry,Schum'ann-Heink, son of the famous contralto,
is going to keep up his!musical-- studies while? eftgaged as
a detective in: New Jersey. . In his = new.? calling it is
always-well* to know the right key. ■ * :
\7 The king and queen of Spain having had six children
in; seven years, wicked paragraphers are asking how many
the American .Princess Alice, who was married about. the
same-time,? has : had.•-., '„.-?. * , ' : . ,
"John" Barry* Scars of Chicago ?is: accused by his wife
of taking 12,000 fancy drinks in -five, years. She couldn't
have .-.had much to do -except'-follow him round and keep
tab on him. : ...'*• . '. ? : -* .. '
"..'No one has yet commented on the?fact that the really
great achievement of the Wilson administration has been
to make Secretary Bryan wear a plug hat. -*
-A If all the candidates of the American press for poet
laureate in England could be named.; the list would read
like a course in modern poetry. -■~ '
.' ' A Brooklyn judge doubts that it ?is slander' to call a
rival horsetrader a "skin.'" How could anybody slander
a horsetrader? ' - v
.'Grafters are", said to have robbed Mississippi of half a
million dollars.. Where was that eminent patriot, James
X? jVardaman?; '..'.'' ■ •' r, ; 777
Berlin's chief of police has prohibited,ragging in public
resorts. Evidently he is not Mr. Thomas from Texas.
' -.?? Is there to be a row in the cabinet? Secretary Daniels
now says mineral * water is the best drink. '■'*-.
. " ■? , ": • ._."'.- ♦» .. ~ y; y:7... ..., .
A returned visitor says New York is a tonic. Hair or
stomach?
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:.-*. > A New Orleans high .school? orator/is named Mogab
gab, Why double the last syllable? *
TOLD AND RETOLD!
7 The; Literal Chinee
?7''rve.;al ways?? heard ? that the Chinese J
were literal," said a trained nurse., 1
"Last week 1 satisfied myself on that
subject. As '11 was hurrying off for a
days' rest *!' made" up two brown/
paper parcels?*, which happened 'to be
about the?? same? size. in. ore was a
bunch of collars arid cuffs for the Chi
nese laundry.? I .was to>• leave this on?
my way out. -: - '- -,
'The other package contained a yard
of blue, velvet and two handsome
-feather ?ornaments. My milliner ? was
to? call for these :and :have my Easter
hat?ready.'for me on my return.
;" 'Starch: : Stiff" I' said to." the-: Chi-, j
nose ?*as?i? pointed to my package and j
hurried out. Four days later, on my.
return. ? I stopped on-the way from the |
station, presented my check, paid -14' . ■
cents, and came home with my,".pack-- i
age. .*.. ~. . ?-'? . ' - •
7 "There was my millinery parcel still !
uncalled..*for,\vl\, decided to fasten the j
trimmings on another hat and opened !
the paper, only to have fall out my
collars and cuffs, which I thought had
-been at the laundry. . * '-."
"Naturally, it took but a few minutes j :
to open the* package I'd just brought | I
from the laundry. the. Chinese are j
literal: My velvet and my two feathers i
were starched as stiff and ironed as j
smooth as though they had been the
shihiast of -linen!? -They were ruined .
past hope:-'-•. :■" - ,
;.? "I took them to Mr. ". Laundvyman.
He shook This head sadly but firmly.
"..." 'You? say, "Starch! Starch stiff. he
repeated.7 My 41 cents was gone and
my velvet and feathers ruined. But ,t
had -proved fully that the Chinese are
literal.—Philadelphia Ledger. '
Poor Old joe
Austen Chamberlain, who has created
some little stir by his remarks on the
"useless ? discussion" la parliament,
tells an amusing' story of a visit his
father. Joseph Chamberlain,? once paid
to the zoo, says Pearson's Weekly.
The famous statesman paused before
the hippopotamus and having- beckoned
to one of the keepers to whom he was
quite well known, he asked the brute's
name. The man blushed scarlet and.
looked rather embarrassed, but made
no reply?
"Come, come," said Mr.-Chamberlain,
"what/ do you call > the beast? You
have a name foi it haven't you?"
"V-yes. sir," stammered the man.--.;
7"Then what is it?" asked Mr. Cham
berlain sharply.
-. The poor man seemed to be laboring
under, great emotion. 7
"I don't like to say it, sir," he re- {
plied. r 7' iy L' r ';■'.''
'-'Why not?"
"You wouldn't like It. sir."
"Oh. never mind that,"'Mr. Chamber
lain replied, his curiosity now thor- j
oughly? aroused: "tell me its name." .
The man sighed hopelessly. ■;?■""
"You really won't like it. v Mr. Cham- |
berlain, : sir. We-we calls ?'lm Joe!"
A Remarkable Gift
. ". Asettse "of humor, is a fine posses
sion. With some men. however, It goes
to extremes—-to ghastly extremes."
/ The "speaker." Mayor? Hunt of Cincin
nati, continued: ~; : _
7"I used to know in Horace Annesley
a' man with this excessive sense of hu
mor. Horace said to. me one morning
with a goulish laugh:
'"I've "got the? greatest joke to tell
, you!',, 7 : -'""' -"L S' '-•- .--" . .'aa a". -•
" " 'Well, what is 'it?*' said T. •.
" 'You know,' said Horace, 'that I
was examined and passed for life in
surance last; week? "Well—ha; ha!
I've been to consult a specialist thla
morning and he tells me I've got an
Incurable disease. , He gives me just
one year. Ha, ha ha:"
The Rich Man Speaks
•'Otto Kahn, returning r from Europe
on the Kaiser Wilhelm 11. praised the
music and the' drama in which he? had
participated" in his travels.
"It is a; great privilege," he said, "to
go ■•-: abroad ' from - time to time. The
poor, who can not enjoy this?privilege
are. to.be: pitied.? ? "
"I, you know, am not In the same
class as the broker who said:
' " 'The poor are to be envied. Poverty
is a blessing?' ?
:'; "'Goodness,' exclaimed a listner, re
spectfully. 'I didn't know you were as
rich as all that.',"?.- •■'"'"•
| LITTLE MOVIES ?|
Threatened \ Men
■~. "Do you think a man**whose life has
been threatened?should be permitted to
carry a gun?"'
-.-"No.; It would spoil the appearance
of the game to.see the umpire standing
aroundvwith a.six shooter in" his pock
et."—"Washington Star;: ; ? '
A Protest
"Which kind of summer beverage do
you favor?" asked the thoughtful
daughter? , • -'
,;*"Anything yon choose," replied Mr.
Cumrox. "so long as ■It i isn't one ?of
those pink teas your mother used 1 ? to
insist on."—-Washington .Star.
Why Women Cease to Be Friends
"I- expect my mother to. visit me this
summer, so I shall not make any plans
to close the house or go anywhere my.
self." "''"'* ■ ''' /'•'.■•" : . , " ' ( /
"Can. it he possible that your mother
is still living? She must be very old."
Chicago Record-Herald.•:,/•:
Unchanged
"That's just like Jim," said the j
widow,"wearily/after a flapping curtain
had : knocked.over"]the"urn in which:ail
that/was mortal; of/ her ; cremated hus
band had 1 been placed ; and spread its
contents on the floor.
. "Always dropping his ashes every
where:"—-Harper's Weekly.
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After Many Years
"Old - man Wombat is an, honest old
codger." " ■■''" • •-- "•' ';; .' ; '.. ** • _/ -*• - _
; \; "What's he done. Hiram " /'; I
..-. "Returned a book this morning 4that
he borrowed from mc, in 1875."f—Kansas
,City Journal,- * --_ ,
LOBBY GOSSIP |
Poll Taxes Should Be Collected.
Henry - Williams, -a' merchant of
Raleigh, who. is -at . the Manx, says
.that American cities 'are too lax in
their efforts to collect poll taxes.-.Mr.
Williams said: " ■
. "Thousands and thousands 'of .dollars.'
are lost annually in every large city/
of. the United States by the failure ;
of the city fathers to collect: poll taxes, j
From -what I understand San Francisco
is no exception to the rule" either. v; The
failure of the tax/collector to gather
in the/poll tax Is " a burden on ' the
real estate owners : who must bear the J
extra burden of increased taxation; be
cause, of the failure .to/collect all of
the/poll; taxes. We sent men to jail
back-in my country '? if they do; not
pay their poll tax. In some cities of
the country, about the only '"persons
who pay .poll : tax* arc municipal
employes."/ ..." . ' J
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Railroads Affected by Autos
/Frank "Donaldson," a hotel man of
Spokane, who is at,'.the'/ St. Francis,
says that the growth .of | the automobile
Industry in Washington has injured the
hotel 'and* .railroad '..business.- Mr.
Donaldson says: -/ : i
-"Many of the guests who have pat
ronized our house for years now come
into; town -In- automobiles, transact
their business and motor back home,
without remaining over, night. Our in
crease in tourist /trade J takes j care .! of
this .deficit, however. The railroad
companies -are really the*; heaviest
losers, judging from what "trainmen
tell me. . Motoring is not only- reduc
ing passenger traffic, but .it-is, curtail
ing-freight and express shipments.also,
as people from out of town points who
used" to .write to the merchants for
their-supplies, having' them- sent by
freight or*express,; now come in their
machines and, take /.their purchases
home/with them.',' •''.-. ,
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Sheepmen Holding Out
Charles Wilson, -a'pioneer."sheepman
of, the/ inland /empire,, who is at the
Palace, says that the sheepmen of. the
northwest are holding their output for
higher prices ; regardless of the efforts
of •;buyers* to get them to throw* their
clip on the market. Mr. Wilson says:
I , "The present ; price -Is lO'.i and- 11
i cents-a "pound -as against 13 and 16
j cents r a /pound : last year. Buyers are
using the pending tariff legislation as
an .argument/to induce the sheepmen
to let. pro: of 'their.-wool, predicting 'that
free wool will depress the market still
further, but the . most of ; them are ' of
the opinion that; the ; market will rise.
> Personally I am a little bit ; afraid
that, a 'reduction of the -wool tariff wjll
hurt us. but I am going to take my
chances /with /the. rest. • There is a
possibility that" we may "be. mistaken
and "that the; market .will/not be-in--*
[. fluenced to any great extent, and/that
| this is ' probable'/is indicated by "the
anxiety, of the wool buyers to con
' tract now." ( t ..; .;/%."• ! - *»
:,'" - : "'"» '
Crusty
\ y , .'Goelet Gallatin, at a dance at ,; ,the
! Brewoort in New 'York/said 61 an old
I bachelor: . ,,. , ' * . ,r
"The man Is crusty.;' Me is: a misogy^"
; hist, of course! One day at Newport his
little .niece looked;: up ; from a book; of
: fairy ; tales i and {asked: ,, / ? ."''i
;•' •;■" 'Uncle, what is. courting danger?' ■[••
"The ; bachelor -- frowned at /the - blue
sea and the White sand sparkling in
the sunshine. *
/■/"-'Court danger.' "he?* muttered,--/is
any kind of /.-.courting.Minneapolis 'j
journal.. " • -v.. ;'j
"Oh! Not So Bad"
THE AGE OF EXPEDIENCY
: Carlyle, writing in 1829. saw clearly
the dangers latent in an age addicted j
to the -worship of expediency. He was!
(no- concerned because it was even
then the tendency of the times', to de
vote-more .attention to the machinery I
for doing things than to the tilings
themselves. lie thought it a bad thing,
for instance, that improvement of the '
machinery of government should? be I
deemed more important than improve- |
ment of 'the people to be governed.
Time -Is proving that he was, in part
at least, "correct. . -
Nevertheless, we have progressed:and
are progressing. That we' should pro
gress irregularly, can not be. helped and j
may not in the long run be a bad
thing. We have seen an era of great
improvement of machinery of all sorts, |
not only for the making of material j
articles, but? for the conducting- of all ,
man's activities, including the conduct
of governments. Charity, for. instance.
is now managed and directed through
great: •? machines called associations. I
Painting is fostered by great machines
such' as .art institutes and museums.
i
Civic, reform is brought about by' great,
machines in tie form of leagues .and
organizations' which* work according to !
a prearranged plan. Carlyle '.foresaw*
ANSWERS TO QUERIES
,- STRING BEANS— C. H. V., City. The United |
States 1 department of- agriculture | lias j given j the j
following as ?■ a -method" for ■. preserving string
beans:; Wash ted string carefully, cut each j
bean ? I tl. three lengths. Cook 15 minutes In., boil-. ]
lng tatted water, drain thoroughly.' then pack j
tightly-?? and ail the jar, ball full with equal parts.!
of' vinegar aiid*.water. Stand ii"-- jars In water, j
la « prepared. boiler, and lei the water boll from '
eight*to?ten .minutes. Kill the jars to'overflow-,
ing with boiling water and vinegar, then put on
: the 1 tops and seal.* These beans, need only rlris- j
after the jar is opened, to"be*ready to sea
son and serve.'.' -; .'.-„ ■•■:.:'■ '■"--? .•■'•■..
r;...- r *,77" *- . ■»■•-•** *-. . ; -
7 SEQUENCE—M. J. C. City. In playing crib
■ bage a : five, seven' and six * form: a : sequence or
run. of three. . Boyle says: "To form a sequence
in play it .titers not*-'which- of ,the cards Is
played first or last, provided the sequence 'can
be produced by a transposition of the-order in
which they: fell.".".Thus 3-7-0 'an be transposed
to 5-8 7. ; -.? ,7 ~' .'•'.
aa: ■* "'A y• * ' KS7A - v.
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;*NAZIM,OVA -Subscriber. City. The liar of
the.'Russian" actress la not pronounced..na-s-.1-u.o-'
va.butNa-r.im-o-va. with the. accent? on "zira."
THE STATE PRESS
Oroville: Nut Culture
y.'? There Is a growing, interest in walnut
culture In the Oroville district. The
great growth that not only/ walnuts,*
but pecans, make here and their heavy
yield indicate that nut culture offers an ;
inviting field Tor, investment,.here. ' -.. The
Orby Me-'district appears to be particu
larlyadapted for the growth of walnuts
and pecans -and/full advantage should |
he taken of the natural advantages that
it offers.—Oroville Register. v "S -., .-;../;
— *«.
Modoc All Right
rJ.Judging*: from reports * from .the
lower* part of " the state, our '. Modoc
i farmers ought-to/feel happy. Owing
[ to; the ? drouth down there ■vithe big J
crops of grain and; hay will bring good j
price, this fall." Modoc is a sure win
ner /when/, it comes, to raising crops ;
and the •! only- trouble is; that [ intensive '
farming, is not conducted on thousands j
of acres of" land' that should be .yield-,
ing : large revenue this year. ..With in- '
dications for good crops' ahead/ and :
high prices : for them 'there•« 'is. no
necessity for howling "hard times" in j
1 Modoc. Surprise 'Valley-: Record.: •;•.-,
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all this and did not like it, for he feared
that in the complexity " and 'immen
sity of these great machines the neces
sity* of improvement of the individual
man, the. uplifting and refining of his
spirit, would be lost sight of. "Dim
all souls of man," he said, "to the di
vinethe high and awful meaning, of
human worth? and truth, we shall new"*
or be 7 able by . all." the machinery 'In
Birmingham to discover, the, true and
the worthy." "' .
In part, the fears which he. enter
tained have been realized. We have
not* in our war for betterment, struck
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--always at the . root of tha evil. ."We.
have, wasted much time on non-essen
tials. We ha* brought about ',- some
great and -beneficent; reforms through
improvement of the machinery of. liv
ing, but we have not done as much as
we might have done to improve man
himself. We have to a certain extent
dimmed our souls to the ? divine and
high-meaning of human worth and
truth? We have been, too much for
our own good, impressed by expediency.
That is why "the man who stands for
character; Is of greater value ?in his
community than the man who brings
a .new? factory to town. Charleston
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? STAMPS—A.? S. 8.. City. Xo one connected
with the United States post-1 service is p*".'^.
mitted to charge more than face.' Talue for post J
j age-stamp*'.; but there Is no federal law that
will punish. a private concern or person charging
ilO cents for four *.* cent stamp*.
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J I ST. UK IS TAIR T.. City. Tbe *.„„;„
«-* Purchase ex posit lon.?' known as one of. the
j ****_•_ . - airs ' beM ,In St. i.ouis. m*-... evened
| April .'<•. 1001. and closed December 1 of' th«
j same rear. The total attendance for the IST
days was 15.741. 073. ""*.-"
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HEAD SEA WATER-X. S.. City. The weight
,of .a gallon of the water of the Dead sea *.ie" 10
pounds, ; mote or less, the weight Tarring » L
little at different parts of the sea, depending
• on the amount of salt in the water at the point
from .which taken. 77 7 };
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|7? NEGRO POPULATION A. *$?; Alameda. Ac .
j cording to the,3910- census, the negro population
! of Pennsylvania is 183,91. out of , total state
population ,of 7.995.1 U. ami the population of
ihe ; city of ? Philadelphia is 1,549,008, inclnsiV.
of 84,150 negroes.
SHARP POINTS
Advertising vs. Lobbying
J. A. Richards, an advertising .g en t
makes- a good case in his defense of ad
vertising as a method of •publicity: to
influence legislation. Without going*
into the merits of the "facts" on which
j Mr Richards based his advertisements.
j It is evident -that he believed them to be
| facts and it is equally evident i that a
| clearly and frankly written advertise
! ment, openly put . forth as such, ,, not
; o be classed with ; the shady and 'sinis
ter/ methods of .'.lobbying; which have
ongdone. their baneful work at Wash
ington.-Louisv.Me Courier Journal ~
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All Skates. Barred
/-rtj may become.- necessary to bar
children; with skates on from the down
town.streets., But when that « *»™
.Oi e ,sam e rule should be applied o men
with skates on.-c,eveland Leader me?1
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Hippo Meat. Next .
« IM beef selling at jo; 2 o: a hundred
weight that proposal ln rai.e h '
Potami in Louisiana as [^\
t.-.-nm, >. . a substitute
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