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PROPOSED TARIFF IT A Concise Statement of tho Changes Made by New Bill. COMMODITIES ON FREE LIST Kates Raised on Some Luxuries Raw Wool Placed on Free List and Sugar Given Heavy Reduction Farm Products Reduced. Washington. Important changes in rates on variety of commodities In tho now tariff bill now before congress follow: Bnrlqy malt, from 45 cents to 25 cents a bushel. Buckwheat, from IB cents to 8 cents a bu'hcl Oats, from IB cents to 10 cents a bushel. Rice, cleaned, from 2 cents to 1 cent a pound. Wheat, from 2S cents to 10 cents a bushel. Butter, from C cents to 3 cents a pound. Cheese, from 6 cents a pound to 20 per cent ad valorem. Beans, from 45 cents to 25 cents a pound. Eggs, from B cents to 2 cents per dozen. Nursery cuttings and seedlings, from 25 per cent to 15 per cent. Fresh vegetables, from 25 per cent to 15 per cent. Apples, peaches, etc., from 25 cents to 10 cents a bushel.. Raisins, from 2 wnts to 2 cents a pound. Lemons Present rate 1 cents pound, proposed rato 17 cents for package undor IV cubic feet 35 cents for package up to 2 cubic feet, 70 cents for packago up to 5 cubic feet, " cent a pound for lemons In bulk or lc larger packages. Oranges, limes, grapefruit, etc. Present rato 1 cent pound, proposed rate same as for lemons. Pineapples, from 8 cents to 6 cents a cubic foot capacity of barrels or packages, from $8 to $5 a thouaBnd In bulk. Chocolate and cocoa Present rato when valued from 15 cents to 24 cents, 2"t cents a pound and 10 per cent ad valorem additional; proposed rato 8 per cent ad valorem. Value of Raw Wool a Factor. Woolen manufactured goods and clothing Present tariff rates are based In many cases on value of raw wool. Comparison Is hero made with the equivalent ad valorem duties as , previously estimated by the ways and means cdmmltteo on wool prices in 1910: Combed wool and tops, from 105 per cent to 15 per cent Cloths, knit fabrics, felts and manu factured goods, from 97 per cent to it per cent Suspenders, ribbons, bindings, eta., from 83 per cent to 35 per cent Cotton manufactures: Curtains, table covers, etc., from CO to 85 per cent Garters, suspenders, etc., from 45 per cent to 26 per cent Table cloths, from 40 to 25 per tent. Lace curtains, etc., from 50 to 45 per cent Miscellaneous cotton goods, from 45" to 30 per cent. Earthenware and Glassware. Cement from 8 cents a hundred pounds to 5 per cent ad valorem. Lime from 6 cents a hundred pounds to 5 per cent ad valorem. China clay, a ton, from $2.50 to 11.25. Fuller's earth, manufactured, from 3 to $1.50 a ton. Mica, manufactured, from 5 cents And 20 per cent additional a pound to 80 per cent ad valorem. Chlnaware, decorated, from 60 per cent to 55 per cent ad valorem; chlnaware, plain white, from 65 per eent to 50 per cent ad valorem. Cut -and decorated glass from 60 per cent to 45 per cent ad valorem. Mirrors from 11 conts and 26 cents jt square foot to 7 cents and 13 cento a square foot Marble, rough, front G5 cents to 60 cents a cubic foot. Marble articles from 60 per cent to i5 por cent ad valorem. Granite and building stone, dressed, from 50 it cent to 25 per cent ad valorem. Iron, steel and metal products: Reduction on Automobiles. Automobiles and motorcycles, 45 per cent to 40 per cent Ferromangancso, from $2.50 a ton to 15 per cent. Round iron from $6 -to $12 a ton to I per cent. Iron and steel forglngs from 30 por cent to 15 per cent. Ball and rollor bearings from 45c to 16 per cent. Sheet steel or iron, now $6 to $18, cut to 20 per cent. Tin plate, now $24 a ton, cut to 20 per" cent. Shotguns and rifles, now $2.25 to $10 each, changed to 35 per cent. Table and kitchen waro, from'40 to 5 per cent. Steam engines, printing presses, machine tools, from 30 to 15 por cent. Embroidering and laco making ma chines, now free, made dutiable at 25 per cent ' The schedule carries a blanket llauBe that articles or wares not spe cially mentioned Bhall pay 50 per cent Ml HEMS if wholly or partly of platinum, gold or silver, and 25 per cent if wholly or in chief value composed of iron, Btecl, lead, copper, nickel, powter, zinc, aluminum or other metal. Tableware, penknives and watch movements aro required to bear tho names of the manufacturer and country of origin. Lead bearing ore, from lVa cents a pound to half a cent As to Aluminum anc Lead. Aluminum, from 7 cents n pound to 25 per cent Antimony, from 1 cent a pound to 10 per cent. Lead bullion, from 2 1-3 cents a pound to 25 por cent. Nickel pigs, from C cents a pound to 10 per cent. Chemicals, oils and paints: Alkalis and compounds, from 25 per cent, ad valorem to 15 per cent Alum, etc., from Vi cent a pound to 15 per cent ad valorem. Bleaching powder, from 1-5 cent to 1-10 cent a pound. Fruit oils and essences, from $1 a pound to 20 per cent ad valorem. Flaxseed and linseed oil, from 15 cents a gallon to 12 cents. Cod, Bcnl and whlto oil, from 7 cents a gallon to 5 cents. Crude opium, from $1.50 a pound to $3. Prepared opium, from $2 a pound to $4. Ocher and ocher earths: Present rates range from V cent to cent a pound; proposed rato 5 per cent uJ valorem. Orange mineral, from 3Vi cents a pound to 25 per cent. Zinc oxide, from 1 cent a pound to 10 per cent. Paints, colors, etc., from 30 per cent to 15 per cent Whlto lead, from 3 cents a pound to 25 per cent. Sponges, from 20 per cent to 10 per cent. Reduction In Silk Goods. dhlffons, clothing, ready-made, ar ticles of rearing apparel of every de scription, including knit goods, from CO per cent to 50 per cent ad va lorem. Woven fabrics, from 60 per cent to 45 per cent ad valorem. Beltings, cords, tassles, ribbons of artificial and imitation silk or horso hair, from 45 cents a pound and 60 per cent, ad valorem additional, to CO per cent ad valorem. Lumbor and wood: Veneers, from 20 to 15 per cent Osier or willow for baskotmakers' use, from 25 per cent.- to 10 per cent Willow furniture, from 45 to 25 per cent Details of the 8ugar Schedule. The sugar schedule eliminates the Dutch standard of color and reduces the basic rate on sugar testing by the polarlscope not abovo 75 degrees from .95 cent a pound to .71 cent a pound. For each additional degrco shown by tho polarlscoplc test tho additional rate is reduced from thirty-five one thousandth of 1 cent a pound to twenty-six one-thousandths of 1 cent a pound. Tho other items in the cane sugar section are changed as follows: Mo lasses testing not abovo 40 degrees, from 20 to 15 per cent, ad valorem; testing above 40 and not above 56 de grees, from 3 cents to 2 cents a gal lon; testing abovo 66 degrees, from 6 cents to 4 cents a gallon. At the end of tho section the following clause is added: "Provided that three years after tho day when this act shall take effect tho articles hereinbefore enum erated In this paragraph shall there after be admitted freo of duty." Maple sugar and refined sirups, from 4 to 3 conts a pound. Olucoso or grape sugar, from 1 to 1V4 cents a pound. Unmanufactured sugar cane, from 20 to 15 per cent (A provision placing tho articles in this section on tho freo list after three years is also Included.) Sugar candy .valued at 15 cents a pound or less from 4 cents a pound and 15 per cent, ad valorem to 2 cents a pound; valued at more than 15 cents a pound, from 60 to 25 per cent (Cuban sugars by treaty arrange ments come in at a 20 per cent reduc tion from tho regular duties.) Scrap tobacco, taken from a general classification, at a rate of 65 cents a pound, and given an individual classi fication of 35 cents a pound. Flax, hemp and Jute: Flag, hackled, from 3 to 1V& cents a pound. Tow and flax, from $20 to $10 a ton. Hemp and tow of hemp, from 1 cent to V6 cent a pound. Hemp, hackled, from 2 to 1 cent a pound. Mattings, Linoleum, Eto. Floor mattings, from 3 cents to V cent a square yard. Linoleum and oilcloth, now classi fied from 8 cents a squaro and 25 per cent., to 10 cents a square yard and 20 per cent reclassified at tho follow ing rates plain or stamped linoleum, 30 per cent; inlaid linoleum, 35 per cent; oilcloth, 15 per cent. Pile fabrics, from CO to 40 per cent Bags or sacks of Blnglo Jute yarns, from cents a pound and 15 per cent, to 25 per cent Paper and Books: Printing paper (other than paper commercially known as hand mado or machine hand mado paper. Japan pa per and imitation Japan paper by whatever namo known), unsized, sized or glued, suitable for tho printing of books and newspapers, but not for cov ers or bindings, not specially pro vided for in this section, valued abovo 2j cents a pound, 12 por cent, ad valorem: "Provided, however, that If any country, dependency, provlnco or other subdivision of government shall lmposo any export duty, export 11 censo fee, or other chargo of any kind whatsoever (whether In form of ad ditional charge, or llccnso fee, or oth erwise) upon printing papor, wood pulp or wood for use In tho manufacturo of wood pulp, there shall bo ImpoBcd upon printing paper, when imported olthor directly or indirectly froniBUch country, dependency, provlnco, or oth er subdivision of government, an ad ditional duty equal to tho amount of such country, dependency, provlnco or other subdivision of government, upon printing papor, wood pulp or wood for uso In the manufacture of wood pulp." Writing paper, from 3 cents a pound and 15 per cent ad valorem to 25 per cent Envolopes, from 20 to 15 per cent Books, from 25 por cent, to 15 por cent Photograph albums, from 35 por cent, to 25 per cent Manufactures of papor, from 35 to 25 per cent Sundries: Straw hats, unblocked and un trimmed, 35 per cent to 25 per cent. Brushes and feather dusters, from 40 to 35 per cent Fireworks, from 32 to 10 cents a pound. Gunpowder valued at less than 20 cents a pound, from 2 centB to M cent a pound; valued over 20 centrf a pound, from 4 cents to 1 cent a pound. Furs, Hats, Gloves. Furs, dressed on skin, from 20 to 30 per cent; partly manufactured fursi from 50 to 40 per cent; furs for hat ters' uso, from 20 to 15 per cent. Hats, bonnots and hoods of felt, taxed under tho classification of tho present law from $1.50 a dozen and 20 per cent ad valorem to $7 a dozon and 20 por cent, placed In the new bill at 40 vst cent, nd valorom. Women's glnco gloves, from $1.25 to $1 a dozen when not ovor 14 Inches in length; an additional tax of 25 conts a dozen for each Inch In longth over 14 Inches. Womon's kid gloves, from $3 to $2 a dozen, not over 14 Inches in length; an additional 25 cent tax a dozen for each Inch over 14 Inches In length. Cumuldtivo duty on lined gloves, cotton lined, from $1 to 25 cents a dozen; silk or wool lined, from $1 to 60 conts a dozen; fur lined, from $1 to $2. Musical Instruments, from 45 to 35 por cent. Phonographs, from 45 to 25 par cent Photographic plates, from 25 to 15 per cent Moving picture films, from 25 to 20 por cent Umbrellas and sun shades, from 60 to 30 per cent Tho schedule carries a general pro vision increasing tho duty on manu factured articles not specifically pro vided for in tho section from 16 to 20 per cent. Unmanufactured articles re main at 10 per cent NEW INCOME TAX STARTS AT $4,000 Elaborate Provision for Gradu ated Payment System In New Tariff Bill. Washington, D. C. Included in tho Democratic tariff revision bill is an incomo tax section, which would re quire evory resident of the United States who earns moro than $4,000 a year to pay a tax of 1 per cent, on his earnings in excess of tho exemp tion. This would not compel the man who earne only $4,000 to pay a tax, but it would demand that one who earned $4,100, for example, pay into tho government treasury an annual tax of 1 per cent, on $100, or $1. Tho bill also would provide higher rates of taxation for persons with larger Incomes, adding a surtax of 1 per cent, additional on earnings In ex cess of $20,000; 2 por cent, additional on earnings In oxcess of $50,000, and 3 per cent additional on earnings In ex cess of $100,000. How Surtax Would Be Imposed. Under tho surtax provlBlone the man who earns $20,000 would pay to the government each year at tho rate of 1 per cent, on $16,000 ($4,000 exempt), or $1G0. If ho earns $30,000 ho would pay 1 per cent on $16,000, nnd 2 per cent, on $10,000, making his annual tax $360. Tho person with a $50,000 income would pay 1 per cent on $16.- 000 and 2 per cent, on $30,000 a total tax of $760. The man with an Incomo of $100,000 would be required to pay 1 por cent, on $16,000, 2 per cent on $30,000, nnd 3 per cent, on $50,000, which would bo $1,500, bringing his total incomo tax to $2,260. Anyone with a not Income of a million would pay this $2,260 on his first $100,000 nnd In addition he would pay 4 per cent, on $900,000, which would bring his total tax to $38,260. This bill also would re-enact the present corporation tax law, Imposing a 1 por ceni. tax on tho earnings of corporations, stock companies, lntur an co companies nnd thb like, but it would exempt partnerships. This is a '. at tax, there being no graduated scale as the earnings increase. Tho few changeB from tho presont corpo ration tax act, concern chiefly the time of making returns and tho timo for collection. Tho bill includes under its provi sIonH tho property nnd earnings In this country of persons who live nbroad. May Bring In $100,000,000. It is estimated by members of tho ways and means committee that ap proximately $100,000,000 In rovenuo mnv Yin rfnrfvnri frim ,l .a.w tnv (n. I ,, i MU..I..U u vt,o tiuw ia, ,, eluding tho corporation tax, that amount making up for the deficit in rovenuos to be dorived from Imports by vlrtuo of tho greatly reducod tariff and tho transfer to tho froo list of articles that nro classed as necessa ries of living. Incomes of tnxablo persons shall Include gains, profits and Incomo do rived from salaries, wages or com pensation for personal scrvico of whntovor kind and In vhatovor form paid, or from professions, vocations, business, trade, commorco or sales or dealings In proporty, also from Inter est, rent, dividends, securities, Includ ing Incomo from proporty, incomo from but not tho vnluo of proporty acqulrod by bequest, devlso or do scent and also proceeds of Hfo Insur ance policies paid upon death of per sons insured. Provision Made for Deductions. Tho bill allows no deductions in computing not incomo all necessary oxponsos actually Incurred In carrying on any buslnoss, not Including per sonal living or family oxponsos, Inter est nccruod and payablo within tho year by a taxable person on indebted ness; nil national, stato, county, school nnd municipal taxes, not in cluding local benefit taxes; losses In curred In trado or from firos, itorma or shipwreck not compensated by in surance or otherwlso; debts nctunlly ascertained as worthless and charged off; nlao rensonablo nllowanco for wear nnd tear on property; but no de duction will bo allowed for oxponso of restoration or Improvements mado to incrcaBo proporty value. It excepts also, In computing not In como, nmounts received as dividends upon tho stock of any corporation, joint stock company, association or Insurance company which Is tnxablo upon Its net Incomo undor tho cor poration tax provision of tho bill. Tho bill excludes tho compensation of tho president of tho United States during his term, that of judges of tho Supremo and inferior courts of the United States, and compensation of all officers and omployes of a stato or any political subdivision thereof. 8ystem of Collection Framed. It establishes a system of collection of tho tax at Its source, requiring all persons, firms, copartnerships, com panies, corporations, joint Btock com panies, associations or insurance com. panics, and all trustees, executors, ad ministrators, receivers, etc., and offi cers and omployes of the United States having tho control or disposal of salaries, wages, Interest and other pro (Kb and income of another porson to withhold and pay to tho collector of Internal rovenuo tho amount of in come tax due from such person. All such persons or firms aro mado per sonally Uablo for such tax. Persons or corporations liable to make return on Incomes who fall to do bo at a specified timo, aro mado liable to a flno not exceeding $500 nnd the penalty for false or fraudulent re turns Is fixed at $1,000 or Imprison mont not exceeding ono year, or both. "In formulating this additional im post," said Chairman Underwood in his report, "tho attempt has been made to provllo not only a source of rovonue, but also n means of redress ing in, some measure tho unequal tax burdens which result from tho prao tlco of basing the federal incomo en tirely upon customs and Internal rove nuo duties. This is a systom of tax ation which inevitably throws tho bur den of supporting the government up on tho shouldors of the consumers. It correspondingly exompts tho men of larger Incomo, whoso consumption of tho ordinary necessaries of life Is Rubjcct to tariff taxation in a far less aggregate degrco than is that of small er Incomo earners, who expend tho greater proportion of their resources for tho ordlnnry necessaries of life." Underwood Defends Plan. Speaking of tho prlnclplo of taxa tion laid down nnd tho graduated sys tem proposed, Mr. Underwood do clarcd: "Tho progressive principle already has been sustained by tho Supremo court of tho United States In tho In heritance tax casos and there can bo no doubt thnt tho samo prlnclplo ap plies to tho Incomo tnx Included In this bill and will bo fully upheld should it ever bo called Into question. Owing to defects in personal proporty taxation, , tho lurgor Incomes In tho United States have for many years been able to escapo with less than their share of tho gonorol burden of tnxatlon, nnd this Inequity will bo, it is believed, In pnrt overcome by the plan prcoosed " The bill provides that all taxable perfconB shnll be notified of the amount for which they nro liable under tho law on or before tho 1st day of Juno of each year and assessments must be paid on or before June 30. For delay In making payments nnd ten days aft er notice there shnll bo added the sum of 5 per cent, of tho amount of tnx unpaid and Interest nt tho rate of 1 per cent, n month from the timo tho tnx fell duo. Tho corporation tnx provision, it Is directed, shnll bo computed upon in come for tho year ending Docerabor 31, 1913, and for each calendar year thereafter. It1 is provided, howovor, that corporations may designate the last day of any month as tho day of tho closing of tho fiscal year and may have tho tax computed on tho basis of net Incomo ending on Its designated day. All labor, agricultural, horti cultural, fraternal, religious and mu tual benefit societies aro mado exempt from the tax. Has the Earmarks. Guide In front of you is tho na tional capltol. Miss Gush Oh, Isn't It angelic? Mr. Grouch Angelic? Why, young woman, how can you speak of it as being angelic? Miss Gush Well, It has wines, 1 hasn't It? WOULD SUE FORMER SUPER NTENDENT "MANUEL SHOULD PAY FOR LIVE STOCK" COMMITTEE. RECKLESS WASTE IS CHARGED Business Methods In Vogue at Kcar- noy Industrial School Said to Be Poor. Lincoln.1 Characterizing tho busl hesB methods at tho Kearney Indus trial school under tho Mnnuul admin istration of tho past four years ns worse than those In voguo nt tho moot slovenly-kept and nntlquo "corner grocery," and averring thnt It would have boon cheaper for tho stato to hnvo quartered Its bad hoys nt tho most oxponslvo Lincoln hotel, mem bers of tho special sonato Investigat ing committee brought In a report In which severe criticism la passed upon C. B. Manuel. Tho report was adopted following perfunctory discussion. In part tho caBtlgatlon offered much Information on tho conduct of tho boys' school dur ing tho years 1909, 1910, 1911 and 1912. The members, Senators Placok, Wink nnd Splrk, recommended thnt further facts bo gained by tho stnto bonrd of public lands nnd buildings, nnd (thnt bucIi action bo tnkon as is deemed proper by thoso Btnto offllclnls. It Is recommended that tho attorney general Btart immediate action for tho recovery of $1,300, which tho com mitteo believes should bo paid back to tho Btato by Mr. Manuel. Tho report In part, Bays: "No mothod wnB used to keop sopn rato tho money expended for dlfforont items, and no way to detormlno dally tho amount of supplies on hand, for the reason that tho steward delivers such articles to tho cook nnd heads of dlfforont departments without making a requisition therefor. Reckless Waste of Funds. "Tho Items of expenditure dlscloBO a reckless wnsto of public funds and gross Incompetency In every respect, "Tho Institution cash fund falls In nearly every IiiBtanco to dlBcloso to whom, or at what price, stock or grain was Bold. No receipts uro given for money received, which should bo done. "Tho amount paid for coal during tho flrBt six months of 1912 bIiowb nn expenditure of $0,102.10. "Tho institution hnB at nil times Trom slxty-flvo to elghty-llvo head of cattle, of which thirty head aro milch cowh. nnd vet tho butter nnd egg ac count for tho first nine months of 1912 shows an expenditure of $951. "Mr. Manuel appears to lmvo en joyed traveling at stato expense, and tho account for travollng oxponBcs during his four years of tenure nmounts to $2,244.92, nnd In addition to tho abovo Horn tho stato pnld for tho return of runaway boyB during tho snmo porlod tho sum of $2,318.87. "Tho law provldoB that ouch head of an Institution shnll make n requi sition for supplies each month, but Mr. Manuel did not tiust tho state board and found It necessary to ox-" pend $1,079.18 for trips to Lincoln for buying purposoB. Sold Calves at Half Value. "Mr. Manuel was a believer In re ducing the high cost of living and henco sold everything cheap. On Sep tember 27, 1910, ho Hold thirty-two calves, 0 to 7 montliB old, and olght cows, for $415, or $10.90 a head, being about 2 por cent por pound or ono-half of tholr value. This salo waB made to a son of ono of the omployes. "Tho testimony beforolthe commit too shows that in addition to tho thirty-two calves and olght cows, there were six heifers, nnd tho bill of lad ing of tho Union Pacific railroad at Kearnoy shows that forty-six head were shipped out. Mr. Manuel has failed to account to tho Btato for the six heifers. On Octobor 1, 1912, ho sold twenty-flvo calves, twonty of which wore G to 7 months old, for tho sum of $2G0, bolng nbout ono-half of their real value. On December 30, 1910, Mr. Griffon, nn omployo, bought and crated n throe-months'-old calf, which has never boon accounted for In September, 1910, n cow waB Bold to Mr. Falrchlld, an omployo, for $3c which sum has not boon accounted for Thoro are twenty-three horses nt the institution, many moro than necosflnry, nnd Mr. Manuel sold two work horsee for $170 and purchased a riding horso for $225, used exclusively by his daughter. "Tho state had a typewriter on hand, but Mr. Manuel conceived the idea of renting hla own innchlno to tho stenographer and drawing vouchors from tho stato for $45 ench month nnd compelling tho stenographer to pay him $5 a month, thereby getting $240 for tho uso of IiIb machlno during his torm." Bills Passed. II. II. 752 By Potts: Corporation tax bill, ono-tunth of 1 por cent of capital stock per annum. Passed 00 to 12. H. It. 380 By Bartols and others: ApproprlatoB cash fundj and othor re ceipts of four Btato nonnuls to their rospectUo current oxponsea. Passod 84 to 0. II. 321 By Morris: To crouto a stato llvo Htock sanitary board and to increase tho salary of tho doputy Btato votorlnarlan, a salary of $2,400. -ajj. JK3SB& asrsaaassai Pray toll us, if tho women should target Soma day, whllo doing work that mon should do, That tlio good Lord In Ills wisdom kindly let Thorn como to lend enchantmont to man's vlow If thoy ceased to act as women and should rite, Doep-volccd, from womon's weak, de pondont ways Would any man bo bravo or Rood or wlso To hear the brawny croaturos speak his pratso? Oh flo upon tho woman who would touch Her nlstors to forgot that they aro swootl Let tholr chocks remain ns downy as tha peach, Lot us still spread out our cloaks bo noath tholr feet; Lot them still bo foolish and inclined to cling-, Lot tholr bosoms still1 glvo birth to ffon tlo sighs God innda woman a poor, weak, angollo thing-, For ho know man wouldn't lovo her otherwlso. Unbiased Opinions. Tho only things wo got for nothing In this world are blotters and advice. It la not half as much of n trial tor a lovely woman, thrown upon her own rosourcos, to put on tights as for a solf-mndo man to wear a silk hat tbq first timo. Peoplo ofton bocomo so cultured, that thoy can enjoy only claBslcntj music, but thoy seldom acquire enough refinement to bo ablo to koep from boasting about it. Noarly ovory man 1b a gonluB, but only n fow are willing to tako tho risk, of bolng rognrded as fools. Most groat mon havo hobblos, which, howovor, aro not tho things that niako thorn great Not True to Life. "Say, didn't you toll mo UiIb author bolongod to tho realistic school?" "Yes. IIo'b ono of tho loaders of If "Woll, what Is realism nuy way? T, supposed tho realists wroto things Just; as thoy occurred In ovoryday Hfo." "That'B It. Thoy ondoavor to pre sent real pictures of oxlstenco. TJioln aim is to show what actually does hap pon instead of what might happen if wo woro living in an Idenl world." "Oh! Then how does It como that tho horo falls In lovo with and marries tho young woman who stood at tho head of hor class In collogo Instead of taking tho grass-widow who Bays 'ho don't' and 'thoy havo enmo?' " Her Advantage. "Oh, dear," Bald llttlo Harold'fl mother, who waB having a touch of tho common troublo. "I Boom to acha nil over." "Woll," said hor swoot child. "I'm sorry, but not as sorry as I'd bo for fathor Jf ho folt that way." "Why would you feel sorry for your father, lovo?" " 'Causa thoy'd bo such a lot mora of him to acho." Corroborative Evidence. "I boo a Chicago sclontlst has dis covered that salt will prolong Hfo." "Yes, und I saw somowhoro thu othor day a statement that there are statistics which provo women to bo longor lived than men. This bears out tho salt theory." "I don't boo how." "Look at tho way womon oat pick les." Evidence. "Are thero many foreigners In thl town?" "You wouldn't bo askln' such a question If you seen our statistics onco. There was 1C sots of trlplota nnd threo casoB of quadruplets here last year." Sad Conditions. "I sea It becomes ho windy In Now York Bomotlmes thnt peoplo are blown off tholr feet." "How humiliating it must bo for a New Yorker to bo carried off his feot by anything that doesn't como from Europe." . Cwd-C.. , V-J jL- PPlfew 'I l m&rM& 11 MM Jmi PUtor
