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" THK HERALD IN SAN FRANCISCO
AND OAKLAND Los Angeles and BoiMn
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Population of Los Angeles. 251,463
These are the days when you know
it by Up label.
Trouble has begun again; congress
has resumed its sessions.
Is your health any better since you
know what you're eating?
It's a wise label, these days, that
knows its own can's contents.
Isn't there danger that Mayor Harper
will banquet himself to death?
No dnmage to the ci "S fruits, so
the frost didn't amount to much.
Congress being now in session ngaln.
government by presidential message is
in order once more.
It looks as if Mayor McAleer could
not carry out his share of the saloon
grab ordinances after all.
And it is also pertinent to inquire:
Is your new leaf still turned over, or
has it flopped back again?
And still tho pure food law doesn't
seem to have affected the supply or
quality of boarding house hash.
The coldest day this winter was
warmer than the coldest day last win
ter. But we had plenty of gas then.
Another man who shot his wife
obligingly killed himself. That's the
proper way— lJ one must shoot his wife.
As the senate has assembled again
the Reed Sinoot ghost will continue
to walk before the country as of yore.
Well, when you shiver, remember
that it is 30 below in Montana and the
Dakotas, and be glad that you are
here.
More showers may follow this chilly
snap. Well, anything to break the mo
notony; and we still can stand more
rain.
Pittsbuiß: was warmer than Los An
geles yesterday. Rut Pltsburg has a
great reputation for being a "hot"
town lately.
Finding a job for City Attorney
Mathews ns attorney of the great aque
duct proposition should be easy for the
city council.
The reason for this cold snap Is ex
plained. It was to counteract the
warmth engendered by the Nethersole
"Carmen" kiss.
Wouldn't it be funny if the courts
compelled Mayor McAleer to go out of
office In good standing with the tem
perance people?
With the continuance of the near
side car stoppage rule the anti-swear
ing resolutions seem to have lapsed
into innocuous desuetude.
If you really want to know how short
the gas supply is go out and look at
the skeleton of that huge receiver,
which towers aloft, all empty.
Seattle's chief of police wants a
whipping post. Won't a few of the
slipperß that the parsons uot for
Christmas do as well, and be less ex
pensive to acquire?
The senate will not consent to the
house's rase of salaries of the cabinet
officers and the. vice president, so those
dignitaries will have to worry along Oil
messenger boy pay, after all,
That pile of junk that encumbers bo
many back yards is not the result of
house, cleaning; it ie merely the rem
nants Of Johnnies ami M.im ii's toys.
from the annual after Christmas
sinashup.
Mayor McAleer should signalize tho
■ lose of in!- administration by promptly
signing the subway wdlnarioi . The
people are satisfied, the Harrlman In
terests iu-i' \\ Illlng, and no v iiparont
nason exists v. \\y then should
further hesitation,
it is gii c fully reported In I
ba's cold snap has bei n
Ak Ouba's cold snap was a -
real \ev orU nii.i. r tijOSC 1 ' •■ illianl;.
himl Rhorl sighted Individuals who kvent
i" Hi 'or mild climate ari
they dldn'i coma bere, as usual.
The admit - lon by the teas company Is
that Los Angeles has grown faster than
the gnu works, although frequent addi
tions have been made to the plant, In
thin respect the gus company has
plenty of sympathising friends. Every.
thing else iii Los Angeles Is In the same
fix. it's pretty tough on the consum
er, of miuih", but he is also glad of the
wonderful growth of the city.
PRO CUBA JINGOISM
This ominous statement comes from
Washington: "There is undoubtedly a
growing feeling In congress that there
must either be complete annexation or
I permanent protectorate over Cuba,
end thnt the military forces now there
will never bo withdrawn."
For many mouths there has been ft
gradual shaping inward the proposition
thus outlined. An annexation element
both in Cuba and In the United States
hn« been working, evidently In concert,
to pave the way for Cuba's absorption
by the great republic. That aim appar
ently underlie*, a grout deal of the rev
olutionary agitation that has recently
disturbed Cuba,
In considering tho question of nnnex
atlon from the American standpoint the
first thing to be considered is the wish
of the Cuban people. Forcible seizure
of Cuba will not be countenanced by
Hi> \ ii, ;,„ people. Such nn net
would be a flagrant violation or tha
pledges Riven by our govern men! »<> the
world prior tO the war with Spain nnd
officially repented In the compai I
which made the Cuban republic- pos
sible.
Tf iSt Interests In tho I'nited Statoj
and the aspirations of unsuccessful Cv«
ban politicians evidently are nt the bot
tom of the present scheming for nnnex-
Btlon, It is well known that the Amer
ican trusts nre nll-ponorful In the bus
iness affairs of Cuba, and It Is obvious
thai trust interests would be enhanced j
enormously by American absorption '
of the Infant republic.
Leading Republican politicians who
arc known to have Intimate relations
with the trusts have for months been
fostering the scheme of Cuban annexa
tion. Senator Bevsridge, a type of that
class, said in a recent speech: "I be
lieve it i« certain thai the American
flag will float once more In Cuba; It
may be this year or next year, or next
century, but in the end American ad
ministration of Cuban afTnirs Is as cer
tain ns any of those great movements
of the past, like our expansion toward
the Pacific, were certain before they
were accomplished."
It is quite probable thnt Cuba ulti
mately will become a part of the United
States, but not until It knocks at the
door for admission, as Texas did in 1845.
The people of Cuba seem to be strongly
averse to annexation at the present
time. They are quarreling among
themselves over political affairs, but
they are unwilling to give up the cher
ished Idea of an independent republic.
American speculators and disgruntled
Cuban politicians seem to be almost
alone in the agitation for annexation.
Uncle Sam has been wrestling with
the Philippine hornets' next more than
eight years, and experience therewith
does not make the chance to tackle an
other similar task quite as alluring as
the jingoes would have the people be
lieve.
CRISIS AT SAN PEDRO
The election In San Pedro next Mon
day, on a proposition to adopt a free
holders charter for that city, is nat
urally attracting- attention In Los An
geles, where the movement Is regarded
as important In its bearing upon the
future of the port.
Citizens of San Pedro should think
twice and think deeply before decid
ing to adopt such a charter. It may
not be to the interest of San Pedro
to sever all its relations with neigh
boring towns and cities and set itself
up as a city needing no help or friend
ships.
Of course, it is not the business of
Los Angeles to interfere in the local
elections of the coast cities. Their
business Is their own, and they must
decide it for themselves, In absolute
freedom. But Los Angeles may prop
erly offer some advice, especially
where the Interests involved may be
reciprocal.
The question of a merger between
San Pedro and Los Angeles has been
and la being seriously considered and
discussed by the best citizens of both
municipalities. it is an important
question— one which should have time
and careful judgment. A large ele
ment In both cities favor annexation,
and if more opportunity be given there
ls likelihood that a majority In Ban
Pedro, as i.i Los Angeles, will Bee the
wisdom of such a combination, The
adoption of a freeholders' charter by
Ban Pedro at this time would tend to
J shut off debate and Interfere with a
proper or considerate determination of
' the Issues,
Viewed from the standpoint of the
1., si Interests of both ii t i . s. Th Hei -
•ilii urges upon the people of Ban
Pedro that thi y do a lot of thinking
before they vote next Monday.
CAH FAMINE KFiMEDIES
The report made by Franklin K.
Lane, the California member of the in
tei'Btati commerce commission, with
to the cause anil cure Of railway
■ ar famines, is decidedly hopeful, not
wlihstundl: the fact thai a posltivt
cure U pi in a gui stiMii to be developed.
Mi, [,;nn timis thai miisi of the pres
ent fuinlne In caused by » 1 1 • ■ mperabund
i western transportation and
Ol ii y system for the return
mi borrowed cars, I n the case of North
Dakota, ■- hi re the pi uple suffei
lauk ol foul, this was particularly true,
and it v. i - nol 1 1 ac i hat the mill oada
Imd co-operated with the coal trust to
i ■ ol fuel.
Many remedies are suggested, for the
car famine habit. Among them is the
method known us "reciprocal car de
murrage." That in to say, that when a
railway company nukes demand of un
other railway company for lbs return
of cars the company of which the •;■■
niand 1h made niusi pay to the Orel
company .1 certain sum per day for
each day at I. 'lure to deliver the cars
bo demanded, This would undoubtedly
work •• remedy — provided the demur
rage is of sufficient amount to make it
a losk for tho borrowing company to
keep the borrowed cars.
l.ane ,i\.rs, this alone
■ i i \e, i oin> tin- i raosporlatlon
LOS ANOELE3 HERALD: FRIDAY MORNING. JANUARY 4, 1907.
difficulties, because It i* presuming that
the companies will be properly active
ln securing the return of borrowed cars
at famine times— a presumption which
would be doing violence to the known
history of railroad operation In thlt
country. There must be some law pro
viding punishment of offending com
panies. and It ought to Include the In
demnifying of shippers v tin lose by rea
son of the scarcity or absence of enrs.
My some such method as this the
trouble may be obviated, or at least re
duced. It is evident, therefore, that
the Interstate commerce commission
will need further legislation by con
gress before it ran fully cop« with the
troubles of the western shippers.
BADLY DfiPLETKD PARTY
Tho pituntton in which the Republican
party of this flute MM left as fl ic.-eilt
or tho lnst election recalls a response
attributed to (ten. Taylor when be WM
congratulated on his splendid victor) at
the battle of Huenn Yisia "Hut I
wouldn't want v duplicate of that \ic
tor\."
Another such Victory as the Reptlbll*
cans won in California last Nm emlicr,
a* shown by the resultant shrlukiiKe In
future convention representation, would
spell defeat.
in the state convention at Santa Crus
hist year there were KM delegates, one
foi svery M 0 votes cast at the last pre«
ceding Btate election, in tha next Re*
publican state convention, with repr--
Bantaftlon on the same basis, there will
be only i:iN votes. The loss In the Iff
publican vote of the Btate last ysar, ns
compared with the vote in lUO4, was in
proportion as 203 Is to 13s.
In certain counties the effect Of this
change is peculiarly Interesting, Sao
Francisco, for instance, will lose Iti
grip on the next Republican state con*
ventlon as a consequence of its rela
tively Bmall allotment of delegates. The
number will be less than one-third the
contingent of that city at the late Santa
Cruz convention. It will be only :c,
as against 159. This shrinkage is extra
ordinary, of course resulting largely
from the effects of the calamity in San
Francisco.
The Immense shrinkage of the Repub
lican plurality In Los Angeles county at
the last election is shown In the fact
that the party had 129 delegates from
this county at Santa Cms, but In the
nuxt state convention it will have only-
Si. The loss of Republican plurality in
the county, therefore, was In proportion
as 129 is to 81.
And this in the Republican "banner
county" of California.
In all the counties of Southern Cali
fornia there was a large percentage of
loss in the Republican plurality, whioh
will cause corresponding decrease in
representation at the next state con
vention.
Los Angeles, however, barring San
Francisco because of anomalous con
ditions, seems entitled to distinction as
the Democratic "banner county," hav
ing cut the widest swath through the
Republican plurality of 1904.
HOW TO AVOID EXPOSURE
Enrico Caruso is not at the end of
his troubles. His foes now are look
ing up his family history. Alexander
Bonci, the rival tenor in New York
grand opera, is just at the beginning of
his troubles. It is alleged that he de
serted his wife and children to elope
with a young girl.
The private life of neither of these
gentlemen would be of the slightest in
terest to any of us were it not for one
thing. They art- in the public eye.
Hence it is important that If there is
anything unsavory in their careers we
should learn It. It is the fa.t, in other
words, that Enrico Caruso is leading
tenor for Mr. Conried, and the fact,
that Alexander Bond Is leading tenor
for Mr. Hamrnerstein, that renders
their life secrets valuable to the expos
ing agencies.
The exposing agencies are looking
only for scandals about those who have
sinned against the community while
possessing talent or genius In some
particular line. The victims nc ■ d nol
necessarily have ilutelike voices. Not
at all. They may manage railroads,
they may pack pork, they may pipe oil
they may be elected to high office, they
may excel at the bar, in the pulpit. If
they are really successful In any field
of endeavor, ii Is rather resented by the
exposing agencies If they have no per
sonal vices or weaknesses, or scandals
or skeletons in their families that
would he good for a quarter page to a
full page ••layout" of pictures.
Of course there i.s a way of escaping
all this. The exposers are not to
bla for it. This must be clear to the
Intelligent observer. The people who
are to blame are the people who are
cursed with talents or who have been
successful to such a degree ai to have
ittracted public notice. Manifestly,
then, the tiiim,' to do In order to avoid
i xposure is to scrupulously uvoli
above the c ommonplace,
it- is safer to have a crickedr icked rather
than a fluteltke voice, to fail rather thnn
to be successful, to be so notoriously
mediocre In every respeel as t<> be ut
terly unworthy of the slightest atten
tion Crom those who are in the exposure
business— Chicago inter i »cean
WHERE ORATORY SURVIVES
"Inaplratlon is a lost art In the court
room," sa.\s Justice Brewer of the
United States supreme court, In an ar
ticle In the Atlantic Monthly. "For
ensic oratory," remarks this eminent
Jurist. "has piisHfii nway. No lunger
does the crowd gather in the country
court house to listen to and be moved
by the wit, pathos and eloquence of the
advocate as for hours or days he ad
dresses the jury. The court room may
bc filled, but It la largely with the übi-
q uitous reporters, mail) of whom arc
jib destitute of tears as Sahara of water
and as callous to emotions as the mum
mied sleepers at Kgypt. No longer Is
it true that weeping men and women
with handkerchiefs to their eyes are
moved with the eloquence of counsel."
We fear that Justice Brewer's ac
quaintance with "country court
houses" Is not ho intimate as It miuht
bc; as is used to be, perhaps, No elo
quence in the "country court bouses!"
No forensic firework* 1 No weeping
men and women — none even visibly af
faded." Wo bag to dissent from the
judge's opinion, We can speak for
Houth Carolina, at least, with certain
ty. Come to the Palmetto mute, Mr.
Justice, and attend court at any one
of th« "country court houses. Qo
even Into the halls that are presided
over by our "trial justices." if. after
■ pending one hour In any one of these,
you have not heard same as pure ai
eloquence .is ever (lowed from the lips
of learned and eloquent counsel, then
we xhull land ready to admit your
damning accusation that oratory la
dead.— Columbia State.
BEGINS CRUSADE AGAINST POST CARD NUISANCE
Government Inspector* Will Now Proceed to Discover and Arrcat All Per.
sons Guilty of Forwarding the Annoying Nuisances
From the Chicago Chronicle.
lf your enemies select the post card
method of Informing you that your
form isn't perfect, that yon can't cook,
that the *tork Is likely to stop at your
home, or that you are the reincarna
tion of the blue ribbon fireman of the
world and the universe below, don't
despair, but seek Col, James K. Stu
nrt, postofflce Inspector.
Col. Stuart has Inaugurated a now
crusade, the strangest ever undertaken
ln Chicago. It Is directed nt those hO
would persecute their enemies by send
ing them post cards that are sometimes
suggestive, often vlclouo, and always
offensive. He snys he will not discon
tinue the crusade until the practice has
been stopped and he exjects to collect
many thousands of dollars In lines be
sides sending many men nnd women to
the federal penitentiary before that
comes to pass.
Scores of Chicago men and women
are the victims of those possessed of a
mania for Inflicting that modi' of tor
ture. At some home* every mall
brings a post card or two Intended to
poison the mind of husband against
wife and or wife ngnlnst husband. The
joking period has long been passed In
many homes and stores of prominent
citizens have called upon the Inspector
to do his best In running to earth those
who send the cards.
"it's n fright," the Inspector said the
other day. -'Homes arc upon the verge
of being broken up because of the \i
clous practice. When one or two cards
are sent all is well, i>ut when ever)
mail brings a card suggesting the sam>
thlng men nnd Women are made miser
able, it i. one of the most cruel forms
Of torture of modern titren and in more
venomous than the old practice of writ
ing utters bearing Hctttlous signature,
Here, for instance."
The Inspector took a card from his
desk. He was careful to conceal the
address. The post card bor • the pic
ture of a woman scantily clad. She
was st. Hiding upon the hank of B
1 stream and it seemed she had beep.
playing In the sand. At her feet iv
i lined ii man. He was smiliiiK and the
Woman was laughing. At the top of
the card were the word: "The Man I
Left Behind in Michigan."
"Catch the point?" the Inspector
queried.
"She hail hern ill Michigan."
"Right you are. The woman toj
whom this was directed is a married
woman. She spent several weeks In
Michigan at one of the resorts. A
woman addressed the enrd, for tho
writing is In a feminine hand. What
do you suppose the husband thought
when he saw that card?"
"Did he see it?"
"Sure he saw it. The woman wasn't
content with sending one card; she
was not certain the husband would see
it. So she sent one of the cards every
day for a month. If the husband had
been a jealous man there would have
been trouble. There's no evidence she
left any man behind when she left
Michigan."
• • •
The inspector's hand again sought
the drawer of his desk.
"And here's another. This was di
rected to a man and it certainly didn't
cause him any great joy."
It certainly could not. There was the
picture 1 of a mule upon the card. The
ears were long and the mouth of the
\ east was spread wide as if he had
Just rid himself of a long bray.
"There's Nobody Just Like You," was
the Inscription upon the card.
"What do you suppose thnt man
thought when he received that card?"
"Don't know."
"Well, you can imagine, can't you?
The first thing that stared him in the
face for thirty mornings was a copy of
this post card. Torture? Well. I !
should say. That man told me he. had
sworn more: since he received that pic
ture than he ever did before in all his
life. Do you blame him?"
The inspector did not await an anY
Bwer, but his hand Bought the drawer
of his desk once more. There was a
smile on his face as h- brought forth
another picture.
"Say, here's one that came near caus
ing a tragedy."
The picture was sufficient to draw a
smile. A large woman was drawn and
al her :-ide BtOOd a small man. She
must have weighed more than 300 j
pounds and the man couldn't have
weighed more than 100. There was de
termination imprinted upon every line I
When Trouble Threatens
HAD XIX
Beggar— Mister, won't you usrtst in??
1 don't know where my next meal Is
coming from,
Mr. Slowpay— Neither do I. The butch
er and grocer In I.onelyvllle refused me
any more credit this 1 morning.
A T THE ART EXHIBITION.
Mm. Coyne (before llfe-slied portrait
of a girl) -I wUh 1 knew who imlniuJ
this.
Artist— 1 did It, madam.
Mrs. Coyne— Ah! then, no doubt you
tan tell me th* dressmaker who matin
tbe girl's gown.
of her fac«», while sorrow Wai depicted
ln every feature of his.
"Where do you suppose that came
from?"
"One of his friends?"
"Never in th«» world. It Is suspected
11 1 girl hated the woman the liiiin was
to marry. She was a large woman,
but nothing like the picture. And he
was a smnll mm, but not as minute as
the picture portrays him. They were
ej.gnged to be married when the enemy
of the nlrl began sending the pictures
to the man. For thirty days he awoke
to find one of the cards at the break
fast table. Hack out Well, not quite
that bad. but he was beginning to be
11.l ll. .• there was a lot o, trouble ahead
of him."
■■si m engaged are they?"
"They arc, find likely to bo married.
But It wet the most cruel torture that
could have been Inflicted .upon that
poor fellow. Thi' girl must have been
ii 'corker,' to have squared all the
trouble that post curd brought."
"Looking for the person that sent
the cards?"
"Well, what that fellow will do to
the person will lie sufficient. You know
What the penalty Is?"
"No."
"You can't Hue a person more than
1 6000 and you can't send them to prison
for more than (he years, but you can
do both, which would give anybody ;i
reasonable time to review the past."
•,■•/■'■■-•
The colonel ceased talking for a mo
ment and BOUghl another post card.
There > s anotntr trouble-brewer," he
Bald,
Thereupon be brought one of the
most remarkable <>r the group to visw,
I wai a simple picture, but one fraught
with trouble, A man and a woman
sat at the dining table. The room was
beautifully furnished and the table ex
quisitely appointed. The silver hnd the
appearance of being solid and the giasp
ware looked ac if it had been cut by
hand. The thing that caught one's
eye, however, was a lone ilish that
stood In the center. It was tilled with
beans and above the dish was this
Inscription: "Daily meal — beans."
"Wouldn't that make a woman fight
ing mad?"
"It certainly would."
"W, 11. there's a woman on the south
Ride that has been receiving one of
tin ie post cards every duy for thirty
days. She's known as an excellent cook,
and some enemy has discovered this is
her weak spot. Po what does this
enemy do but remind her every day of
the fact that she's starving her hus
band, that she can't cook. Now,
wouldn't that make a woman tight?"
Apparently an answer wasn't ex
pected, for the inspector was digging
In his desk once more.
"Now here's one that would drive a
young woman mnd."
It certainly would. It was the picture
Of n young woman standing upon the
beach. It was a figure that no young
person would own even In the darkness
of her own room. The figure was
scantily clad, which gave tho artist all
the more room for displaying lines that
were angular and feet that were enor
mous.
"One of tho prettiest girls on the
south side is the victim," the colon™!
continued. "She likely knows her figure
is nearly perfect and she has some
spiteful friend who dotes upon causing
her all the mental anguish she possibly
can. And then the line over the pic
ture.".
This is what was written thereon: "A
Remarkable Showing."
"If the girl woke up some fine morn
ing and discovered this thing in ihe
j mail box she'd return to bed, have a
good cry and forget about It." the col
onel commented. "But to receive one ot
these every morning, that is the limit.
Don't you suppose those postal cards
caused that young woman many hours
of anguish?"
The colonel again drew a post card
from his drawer.
"And here is one that came near driv
ing a man crazy."
There was the prlcture of the prize
fireman. The horns and the cloven
hoofs were there.
"This went to a business man every
morning for almost a month. The per
son sending these didn't send them to
the office. They went to the man's
home, where his children and his wife
would be sure to see them."
Upon the cards were the words:
RYAN WALKER
TIIK WAY NOWADAYS. >
Tlie Piift— Why did you Insist upon
thn return of your letters when the en
gagement was broken?
The Novelist— l was afraid she might
dramatize them.
CALLED IT OFF.
Tom— I don't believe my wife will iv«
mcm me any Christmas preatut this year.
Jack- Why not?
Tom-She told me what ah* Intended
to give me, mill I told her I simply
voulan't afford it.
"W«>'v(» h<»i«n lonklnff nil nrrmnd for
yon."
"Don't yon suppose thftt man's chil
dren thought It strange guch cards
should be sent to their father?"
"Is there any provision In the^tatute
covering th« offense?" . .
"There II The law provided that
where ft po«t«l card or a letter contains
writing; likely to Injure the character of
tho person to whom It Is addressed the
writer can bo arrested and fined not
more than $5000 or sent to prison for
not more than five years, or both. It Is
the most peculiar mode of torture ever
lnvented. Were the blow directed nt
the hushnnd the postcard Is always sont
so it will fall Into (ho hands of the wife.
When the wife Is the Victim the card
ls no timed as to reach the home when
the husband will bo there. Thn Inten
tion Is obvious. A peculiar feature Is
the fact thnt so ninny persons should
have been made victims at the same
time. One would suppose the same per
son was sending all, but the handwrit
ing is different In every case.
" I have been having nil kinds of com
plaints as a result of the sending of the
cards. it Is probable the epidemic Is
the outgrowth of the souvenir postcard
craze. The valentine custom. No, I
think not. The comic valentines are
always Incased In envelopes and no one
sees them stive the victim. Hut the
postcards may bo read by nil whose
hands (hey pass through. The govern
ment siincit loucd the sending or vnlen
tines because It was confined to one day
ln the year and because It was an oil
custom. But it win not sanction the
sending of these postcards. Mnny of
them are obscene and would be burred
from the malls for thai reason. Others
are merely Suggestive, while ninny
could not possibly give offense unless
their receipt became a dally occurrence."
So grave Is the situation that Col,
smut yesterday conferred with As
sistant District Attorney Mnrsloii and
Secured his Advice, Samples of the
cards were forwarded to Washington
and the inspector Is awaiting a reply,
The postcard fever has struck Chi
cago in earnest. I; bus been us Intense
during the last throe or four months as
the weather, and in every little nook or
rook in the downtown district there Is a
plan! for the manufacture of those
Cards. Scores of shops where the post
cards may be secured have pprutiK UP
in the loop district and Visitors and citi
zens seem to have gone "postcard mail. "
According to tho officials of the post
office, 280,000 of the cards pass through
the office every week. This means the
clerks handle 10,000 every twenty-four
hours, or Ififi6 every hour, and twenty
sevrn every minute of the day ntid
night. Kvery time the second hand
makes two and one-quarter revolutions
someone In the city receives one of the
postcards.
Of course the fad hns resulted in
many frenk cards. One of the moat
peculiar was a card three feet long by
two and onci-half wide. This went to a
west side girl.
THE PERIL OF PROSPERITY
When a country like the United
States takes In by Immigration 15,000,
100 adult workers (excluding children
ami the aged) In four years, or about
one-tenth as many as there were be
fore in the country, and in that land
there comes at the end of such a
period a general advance In wages of
10 per cent, prosperity cannot much
farther go. The high tide of universal,
diffused and individual comfort, profit
and prosperity never ran more high or
blessed more people. The only class
which has suffered are those salaried
and on fixed Incomes, who are cramped
by the increase In expenses. But even
this prosperity, great as It Is. cannot
last indefinitely. It will end. The pru
dent man will not forgot this, be he
manager, producer or wage-earner.
This Is tho time not to spend, but to
accumulate. The wage-earner, if he
is wise, will hoard the advance he is
receiving and make no change in his
daily expenditure. The man once out
of work and now at work, by saving
will guard against that contingency re
turning. The manager will begin pro
viding a surplus, Increasing his current
bnnk deposit and preparing to profit
by tho inevitable day of cheaper
prices. Some shrewd savings bank
managers are beginning to increase
their cash balance. More than one
shop, mill and railroad mnnager Is
holding up repairs and improvements
and preparing for a sudden change. If
it comes. Of this there is today ab
solutely no sign. In the Iron and steel
Industry and In most trades thero is
visible a demand *>r a year to come.
But, none the lefi, the peril of and
temptation of pr<j(>perity is always a
lack of preparation for the future. —
Philadelphia Pres*.
WOULDN'T TBI.Ii HEX AGMB.
Prosecuting Attorney, (to wltneas)
low old ar« you, madam?
Female Prisoner— Call the trial off.
Judge. I'll plead t ullty.
l IN -niESB DATS.
Th« Nurse I hop* you don't ' blaina
mcm me for the baby's lllnem.
The Pot-tor— l certainly do. You should
know better than to leave It alone in
the car* of it* mother (or even • iao
went.
PlUncs-and PicMps
Aftermath
Oh whore Is Johnnies rocking horse,
Ho got on Christmas day?
Out In the woodshed is a' pile
Of kindling, hair and such; erstwhile,
That he bestrode so gay, '
Oh, where' Is Nriiin'.i pretty doll
That opened wlde\ls eyes?
Up In the nttio Is a heap
Of wax and sawdust — mighty cheap—
That once did it comprise.
Oh, whore are nil the drums and horns
ThHt nindo tho dnv n hotl?
A lot of crumple,! ti n : , T ,d pulnt
Denote that now the toys, thoy nin't;
The e|, |i, i ron cr} , ( but- well!
Maybo the parson got so ninny slip.
Pers ihrlatmas because parsons' ■ (|OM
are alwayii si wicked.
Hy i h . elr gifts ye " lmll know the men
who got new ties on Christmas.
.hT«oo e r - ell nt """tan* of chorus girls
ltsI Its last legs* PUt mußlcttl comedy on
ln 111 HIH I lC£fl t
, A PlttsinirK paper refers to Railroad
f * 11 ?" 1 . 1 " „•""• ""mm,,,,. Can „ ,„.
that H. 11. Ilarrlman . has swallowed
Uncle Jim Hill and we not know it"
Lula and Robert Are Going Some
Miss |,uin Kunkhouser and Robert
Ryan spent Saturday and Sunday with
Miss Funkhouser's uncle, Samuel Wei
lard. They also attended the singing
at Christ Myers 1 home Saturday even-
Edlnburg (Va.) Sentinel.
AA A Modesto man has invented a pump
to milk cows.' Most men are content
to use the pump after milking.
Speaking- even now of Christmas
cheer, that Nevada woman who had
triplets that day seemingly gave her
husband three cheers. '
Palm- -Do you owe your success to
your wife?
Pepper— No, I owe my wife to my
success.
No matte.- how fast we go, posterity
1c always after us.
lt'sI It's all right to talk about more bat
tleships, but what wo want Is more
freight cars.
AA A N w York man has cut teeth at
the ago of 68. What did he bite on?
Poppy— does she always wear a
veil?
Magnolia— She hasn't the face to ko
without one.
The art of living consists In not be
ing a dead one.
Washington pulls off a dog fight
right in the middle of the holidays.
Must want to keep on tho map while
congress is on vacation.
That Nausea Explained
Mrs. 1.,. C. Holland was in our midst
one day last week.— New Bern (N. C.)
Journal.
lfI If La Follette and Jeff Davis keep on
the Congressional Record will have to
hire a sporting editor to report the
mills.
Anyhow, the days are longer If the
pocket book Is shorter.
The Pass That's Past
Time was, nnd not so long; ago, I had a
railroad pass,
So when I wished. to tour th» land of
course I went first class: * ! ' '.
No fare I pnld, but porters bowed, con
ductors wished me well, ■ •
And If I wanted anything I scarcely had
to tell. • ;.V: U-.v - ,>!>. ■ .'•
But now:
lt's drill, ye tarrier, drill!
Congress has passed a bill; .
No more free fare —
They do not dare, . ,
And cannot if they will!
lt's drill, ye tarrier, drill!
Pay up, or walk ye will.
No favors now—
No more kowtow,
Just drill, ye tarrier, drill!
Come New Year's, and I sent 'em back '
my pasteboard for last year.
Expecting then another one, with some
word of good cheer,
I got a little- note from 'em— a lemon
handed me:
"No passes go the coming term. The
law won't let vs — see?"
So now:
lt's drill, Iye tarrier, etc.
And so I'm with the common lot; my
little ticket buy; ' '
No more I get profound salaams fro»"
servants low and high;
lt costs me every time I ride; I'm in
class ordinaire;
I buyViy little ticket and X pay uiy first
class fare,
For now:
lt's drill, ye terrier, etc.
. :. — H. C.
A Rhyme for a Hungry Man
I.
O'er hill and dale,
The goldertrod
Ih flaming In
The tinted sod.
1.
O'er tawny fields
Of ripened maxe
There hangs a purple
Veil uf huze.
11.
The aDDlea on
The orchard hill
Are ready for
The cider mill.
IV.
The T>lßß are grunting
in the Bty;
ltnaet pork and applea
By und by.
V.
So there's your home,
But whafu the fun
To almply read
And not got non«.
—Kansas City T imps.
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