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.
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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."
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