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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 28, 1911)
TUFT Oil CONDITION OF FEDERAL TREAS URY 18 REPORTED TO BE EXCELLENT. CURRENCY REFORM IS URGED Prompt Action on Report of Monetary Board Is Recommended For First Time In 27 Years Postal Depart ment Shows Surplus Cut in Ex penses Shown. Washington. A special message on the subject of finances was read to congress. A synopsis follows : The financial condition of the govern ment , as shown at the close of the last fiscal year , June 30 , 1911 , was very satis factory. The ordinary receipts Into the general fund , excluding postal revenues , amounted to $701,372,374.99 , and the dls- ibursemcnts from the general fund for current expenses and capital outlays , ex- eluding postal and Panama Canal dis bursements , Including : the interest on the public debt , amounted to $ S54,377,907.S9 , leaving a surplus of $47,234,377.10. The postal revenue receipts amounted to $237,879,823.60 , while the payments made < for the postal service from the postal revenues amounted to $237,660,706.48 , which left a surplus of postal receipts over dis bursements of $219,118.12 , the first time in 97 years in which a surplus occurred. The interest-bearing debt of the United States June 30 , 1911 , amounted to $915- 353.190. Th debt on which interest had ceased amounted to $1,870,830.26 , and the < Jebt bearing no interest , including green backs , national bank notes to be redeem ed , and fractional currency , amounted to 1386,751,817.43 , or a total of Interest and non-interest bearing debt amounting to tl.303,984,937.69. The actual disbursements , exclusive of those for the Panama Canal and for the postal service for the year ending June SO. 1911 , were $654,137,997.89. The actual disbursements for the year ending June SO. 1D10 , exclusive of the Panama Canal and the postal service disbursements , were $659,705,391.08 , making a decrease of $6,567,393.19 in yearly expenditures in the year 1911 under that of 1910. For the year ending June 30 , 1912 , the estimated re ceipts , exclusive of the postal revenues , are $666,000,000 , while the total estimates , exclusive of those for the Panama pay able from the postal revenues , amounted to $654,842,799.34. This is a decrease in the 1912 estimates of $1,534,367.22. For the year ending June 30 , 1913 , the estimated receipts , exclusive of the pos tal revenues , are $667,000,000 , while the total estimated appropriations , exclusive of the Panama Canal and postal dls- busements payable from postal revenues , will amount to $637,920,803.35. This is a decrease In the 1913 estimates from that of the 1912 estimates of $7,921,995.95. As to the postal revenues , the expan sion of the business In that department , the normal Increase In the post office and the extension of the service , will in crease the outlay to the sum of $260,933- 463 but the self-sus ; as department was - taining this year the postmaster general 1s assured that next year the receipts will at least equal the expenditures , and probably exceed them by more than the surplus of this year. It Is fair and equit able , therefore , in determining the econ omy with which the government has been run , to exclude the transactions of a de partment like the post office department , which relies for its support upon its re ceipts. In calculations heretofore made for comparison of economy in each year. It has been the proper custom only to Include in the statement the deficit in the post office department which was paid out of the treasury. In the treasury department the efficien cy and economy work has been kept steadily up. Provision Is made for the elimination of 134 positions during the coming year. Two hundred and slxty- aeven statutory positions were eliminated during the last .year In the office of the treasury in Washington , and 141 positions In the year 1910 , making an elimination of 542 statutory positions since March 4 , 1909 ; and this has been done without the discharge of anybody , because the nor mal resignations and deaths have been equal to the elimination of the places , a system of transfers having taken care of the persons whose positions were dropped out. In the field service of the department , too , 1,259 positions have been eliminated down to the present time , ma king a total net reduction of all treasury positions to the number of 1,801. Mean time the efficiency of the work of the department has increased. Monetary Reform. A matter of first importance that will come "before congress for action at this session Is monetary reform. The cpn- gress has itself arranged an early intrp- duction of this great question through the report of its monetary commission. This commission was appointed to rec ommend a solution of the banking and1 currency problems so long confronting the nation and to furnish the facts and data necessary to enable the congress to take action. In order to do its work with thorough ness and precision this commission has taken some time to make its report. The country is undoubtedly hoping for as prompt action on the report as the con veniences of the congress can permit The recognition of the gross imperfec tions and marked Inadequacy of our banking and currency system even in our most quiet financial periods is of long standing ; and later there has matured a recognition of the fact that our system ts responsible for the extraordinary de vastation , waste and business paralysis of our recurring periods of panic. Though the methods of the monetary commission have for a considerable time been workIng - Ing in the open , and while large numbers of the people have been openly working with them , and while the press has large ly noted and discussed this work as it has proceeded , so that the report of the commission promises to represent a na tional movement , the details of the re port are still being considered. I can not. therefore , do much more at this time than commend the Immense importance of monetary reform , urge prompt consid eration and action when the commission's report is received , and express my satis faction that the plan to be proposed promises to embrace main features that , having met the approval of a great pre ponderance of the practical and profes sional opinion of the country , are likely to meet equal approval in congress. No Doubt About One Thing. "It does not always take brains to make money , " observed the father of the college boy as he looked over that young man's expense bill , "but It $ sure does take money to make brains. " Too Busy for Serious Things. The growing indifference of the age Is appalling ; men are too busy with their pleasures , their money-making , their politics , and a thousand things. " Exchange. There Is now before congress a bin. the purpose of which la to increase the efficiency and decrease the expense of the array. It contains four principal fea tures : Flrxt , a consolidation of the gen eral ctaff with the adjutant general's and the Inspector general's deportment ; cecond , a consolidation of the quarter master's department with the subsistence and pay department ; third , the creation of on army service corps , and fourth , an extension of the enlistment period from three to five years. With the. establishment of an army service corps , as proposed in the bill , I am thoroughly in accord and am con vinced that the establishment of such a corps will result in a material econ omy and a very great increase of effi ciency in the army. It * * * repeatedly been recommended by me and my predecessors. I also believe that a consolidation of the staff corps can be made with a resulting increase in ef ficiency and economy , but not along the lines provided in the bill under consideration. The army of the United States is ID good condition. The Panama Canal. The very satisfactory progress made on the Panama canal last year has continued , and there Is every reason to believe that the canal will be com pleted as early as the 1st of July , 1913 , unles something unforeseen occurs. This is about 18 months before the time promised by the engineers. Waterway From Lakes to the Gulf. The project for a navigable water.j way from Lake Michigan to the mouth of the Illinois river , and thence via the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico , is one of national importance. In view of the work already accomplished by the sanitary district of Chicago , an agency of the state of Illinois , which has constructed the most difficult and costly stretch of this waterway and made it an asset of the nation , and in view of the fact that the people of Illinois have authorized the expendi ture of $20.000.000 to carry this water way 62 miles farther to Utica , I feel that it is fitting that this work should be supplemented by the government , and that the expenditures recommend ed by the special board of engineers on the waterway from Utica to the mouth of the Illinois river be made upon lines which while providing a waterway for the nation , should otherwise benefit that state to the fullest extent. The limitation of the liability of the master to his servant for personal In- juries to such as are occasioned by his fault has been abandoned in most civilized - ilized countries and provision made whereby the employe injured in the course of his employment is compen sated for his loss of working ability irrespective of negligence. The prin ciple upon which such provision pro ceeds is that accidental injuries to workmen in modern industry , with its vast complexity and inherent dangers arising from complicated machinery and the use of the great forces of steam and electricity , should be re garded as" risks of the industry and the loss borne in some equitable pro portion by those who for their own profit engage therein. In recognition of this the last congress authorized the appointment of a commission to investigate the subject of employers' liability and workmen's compensation and to report the result of their inves- tigatlons. through the president , to congress. This commission -was ap pointed and has been at work , holding j hearings , gathering data and consider ing the subject , and it is expected will ' be able to report by the first of the ! year , in accordance with the provl- slons of the law. Parcel Post. Steps should be taken immediately for the establishment of a rural parcel post In the estimates of approprla- tions needed for the maintenance of the postal service for the ensuing fls- cal year an item of $150,000 has been inserted to cover the preliminary ex pense of establishing a parcel post on rural mall routes , as well as to cover an investigation having for Its object the final establishment of a general parcel post on all railway and steam boat transportation routes. The suggestion that we have a gen eral parcel post has awakened great ' opposition on the part of some who think that it will have the effect to destroy the business of the country store keeper. Instead of doing this , I think the change will greatly increase business for the benefit of all. The re duction in the cost of living it will bring about ought to make its coming certain. The Navy Department. r On the 2d of November last I re viewed the fighting fleet of battleships and other vessels assembled in New ( York harbor , consisting of 24 battle- i } ships , 2 armored cruisers , 2 cruisers , 22 destroyers , 12 torpedo boats , 8 sub marines , and other attendant vessels , making 98 vessels of all classes , of a tonnage of 576,634 tons. The fleet was deficient in the number - ber of torpedo destroyers , In cruisers. t and in colliers , as well as in large battleship cruisers , which are now be coming a very important feature of foreign navies , notably the British , German and Japanese. The building plan for this year con templates two battleships and two colliers. This Is because the other and smaller vessels can be built much more rapidly in case of emergency than the battleships , and we certainly ought to continue the policy of two battleships a year until after the ; j Panama Canal is finished and until in our first line and in our reserve line we can number 40 available vessels of i 1 proper armament and size. Like the Treasury Department and the War Department the Navy De partment has given much attention to economy in administration , and has 1 cut down a number of unnecessary expenses - * penses and reduced its estimates except - ' cept for construction and the increase * that that involves. I wish to renew again my recom mendation that all the local offices throughout the country , including col lectors of internal revenue , collectors T of customs , postmasters of all four classes , Immigration commissioners E and marshals , should be by law cov ered into the classified service , the necessity for confirmation by the sen ate be removed , and the president and the others , whose time is now tak en up in distributing this patronage under the custom that has prevailed since the beginning of the government n in accordance with the recommenda tion of the senators and congressmen of the majority party should be re lieved from this burden. , I am confi dent that such a change would greatly reduce the cost of administering the government and that it would add greatly to its efficiency. Luxury In Cigars. - The Rothschilds smoke the most costly cigars that are made the . ; Henry Clay Sobranos which cost 1 : $1.50 each. These are wrapped in gold leaf and packed In little inlaid cedar wood cabinets. Lost for Good. Redd "Did you hear about my neighbor losing control of his motor ca'r ? " Greene "No , I didn't. " Redd "Well , he did. The sheriffs got it now ! " ALL OVER NEBRASKA , Nebraska's Apple Crop. "The people of Nebraska will , un doubtedly , be surprised to learn that the apple crop of this state has reach ed the enormous proportion of 9,935,889 bushels for 1911 , " said Dep uty Commissioner of Labor Louis V. Guye. "In going over the statistical report rendered to this department by the county assessors , I found that there were 68,725 acres planted to orchards , or stating the figures more "accurately , 3,436,124 bearing trees. In going through the records of the surplus shipments of 1910 I found that it amounted to 1,916,187 bushels , which represented the amount over and home consumption of apples , and I 'therefore decided to ascertain the ex act production , which was ascertained under the method of obtaining the or dinary crop reports. "Cherries totaled 968,464 trees , with an average yield of 12.68 quarts per tree , making a total valuation of $860,058. The principal yields were confined to the figures are being compiled for what will be known as the fruit bulletin , which will show In detail the enormous strides which are being made in the way of fruit culture in Nebraska. " Seed Corn Will Be Scarce. Johnson County. Hon. William Ernst of Tecumseh , one of the most practical farmers in the state , is of the opinion the matter of seed corn for Nebraska farmers next year is going to be a question. During the long drouth of last summer the corn did not grow , but stood absolutely still for a period of over a month , thus natu rally delaying its maturity. Then the unparalleled killing frost on November 8 caught the corn in bad shape. Mr. Ernst says that the farmers who had not selected -their seed corn before the frost had better get seecl elsewhere - where or in any event test all that is used. Great loss could be suffered by Nebraska farmers in the use of poor seed. Prof. C. W. Pugsley , superintend ent of agricultural extension of the t University of Nebraska , writes Mr. Ernst that he has written to many lo calities in the state for seed , has tested the same and has found good seed in but one or two sections. Milk Was Misbranded. Cheyenne County. Deputy Food Inspector specter F. H. McLain of Lincoln con demned ninety-six cans of Borden's milk for being misbranded as to weight of package. The complaint was filed before the county judge , through the prosecuting attorney and through telegraphic communication the con- demfcd milk people plead guilty and were fined $57.60. Suits have been instituted here against the Swift , Ar mour and Hammond packing companies . . panies of Omaha and others. Asks Griffin to Resign. Gage County. At a meeting of thet socialists of Beatrice a resolution was passed calling for the resignation of Mayor W. E. Griffin. It is charged that he has violated the principles of the socialist party in appointing men other than socialists on the police force. Shoemaker Found Dead. Gage County. Rufus Turner , a pioneer neer resident of Gage county and for many years a shoemaker of Wymore , was found dead in his shop. Several friends had been in the shop only a short time before he was found , and it is thought heart trouble caused his s death. sJ * Suit for Alienation. ' Custer County. Joseph H. Stein- ao hagen , a farmer living sixteen miles af west of Galloway , Custer county , has i brought suit against W. L. Petit of the \ same place in the sum of $5,000 for I alienating the affections of his wife. Separators in Nebraska. t Lancaster County. More than. ' 50,000 cream separators are on the a farms of Nebraska. To be exact the t number is 50,665 , according to figures d on the grand assessment roll for * 1911. E Et' t' t'Q Gasoline Fumes Kill Two. Q Chase County. As the result of inhaling - haling gasoline fumes while warming' ' c themselves in the Burlington pump * house at Benkleman , two men are thought to be dying. Not in Congressional Race. In a statement issued Judge A. W. Field of this city declares that he will J not enter next year's congressional ti fray in the First district. The stateT ment follows his indorsement by the V Union Veterans' Republican club. a Coming Meeting of Bishops. Plans and arrangements for the an nual national meeting of the bishops of the Methodist church , to be held p in this city next April , are already under way. Several preliminary steps were decided upon at a meeting held ° here and at which Bishop J. L. Nuel- ti son of Omaha presided. , a an Serum Is Preventing Fever. ly ' Gage 'County. Five physicians of'p Beatrice visited the Feeble Minded ti institute and vaccinated 300 inmates s with typhoid serum. No new cases of typhoid have developed since the inc : mates were similarly treated ten days d as ago. u ua Bills by Congressman Stephens. a Washington dispatch : Representa tive Dan Stephens 'today introduced j l& his maiden bills and they were for the rrlief nf the Fantee and Ponca In- tflar.s in Nebraska. * UPHOLDS TARIFF FINDINGS President Declares Himself in Favor of Reduction of the Tariff on Wool. PRESENT RATES TOO HIGH Message to Congress Advocates Im mediate Revision Downward of Schedule K Protective Prln- ciple Strongly Upheld in Document. Washington. With the report of the tariff board on schedule K Presi dent Taft sent a message to congress , as follows : To the Senate and House of Representa tives : In my annual message to congress , De cember , 1909 , I stated that under section 2 of the act of August 5 , 1909 , I had ap pointed a tariff board of three members to co-operate with the state department In the administration of the maximum and minimum clause of that act , to make a glossary or encyclopedia of the exist ing tariff so as to rqnder its terms intel ligible to the 'ordinary reader , and then to investigate Industrial conditions and costs of production at home and abroad , with a view to determining to what ex tent existing tariff rates actually exem plify the protective principle , viz : That duties should be made adequate , and only adequate , to equalize the difference in cost of production at home and abroad. I further stated that I believed these In vestigations would be of great value as a basis for accurate legislation , and that I should from time to time recommend to congress the revision of certain sched ules In accordance with the findings of the board. In the last session of the Sixty-first con gress a bill creating a permanent tariff ] board of five members , of whom not more than three should be of the same political party , passed each house , but failed of enactment because of slight dif ferences on which agreement was 'not- reached before adjournment. An appro priation act provided that the permanent tariff i board , if created by statute , should report to congress on schedule K In De cember , 1911. Presidential Appointments. Therefore , to carry out so far as lay within my power the purposes of this bill for a permanent tariff board , I ap pointed In March , 1911 , a board of five , adding two members of such party affili ation as would have fulfilled the statu tory requirements , and directed them t6 make a report to me on schedule K of the tariff act In December of this year. In my message of August 17 , 1911 , ac companying the veto of the wool bill , I said that In my Judgment , schedule K should be revised and the rates reduced. My veto was based on the ground that , since the tariff board would make. In December , a detailed report on wool and wool manufactures , with special refer ence to the relation of the existing rates of duties to relative costs here and abroad , public policy and a fair regard to the interests of the producers and the manufacturers on the one hand and of the consumers on the other demanded that legislation should not be hastily en acted in the absence of such information ; that I was not myself possessed at that time of adequate knowledge of the facts to determine whether or not the proposed act was in accord with my pledge to support a fnlr , and reasonable protective policy ; that such legislation might prove only temporary and Inflict upon a great industry the evils of continued uncer tainty. Advocates Reduction of Rates. I now herewith submit a report of the tariff board on schedule K. The board is unanimous in its findings. On the basis of these findings I now recommend that Jjt the congress proceed to a consideration of this schedule with a view to its revi sion and a general reduction of its rates. The report shows that the present method of assessing the duty on raw wool this is , by the specific rate on the grease pound , i. e. , unsecured operates to | exclude wools of high shrinkage in scouring , but fine quality , from the American market and thereby lessens the range of wools available to the domestic manufacturer ; that the duty on unsecured wool of 33 cents per pound is prohibitory and operates to exclude the Importation of clean , low-priced foreign wools of In ferior grades , which are nevertheless val uable ; material for manufacturing , and which cannot be imported in the grease because of their heavy shrinkage. Such wools , if imported , might be used to dis place the cheap substitutes now In use. To make the preceding paragraph a lit tle plainer , take the instance of a hun dred pounds of first-class wool Imported under the present duty , which Is 11 cents pound. That would make the duty on the hundred pounds $11. The merchan dise part of the wool thus Imported Is the weight of the wool of this hundred pounds after scouring. If the wool shrinks SO per cent. , as some wool does , then the duty In such a case would amount to $11 on 20 pounds of scoured wool. This , of course , would be prohjbi- tbry. If the wool shrinks only 50 per cent. , It would be $11 on 50 pounds of wool , and this Is near to the average of the great bulk of wools that are imported from Australia , which is the principal source of our Imported wool. These discriminations could be overcome - t come by assessing a duty In ad valorem terms , but this method is open to the ob jection < , first , that It increases administra tive difficulties and tends to decrease revenue through undervaluation ; and , C second , that as prices advance , the ad g valorem rate increases the duty per pound at the time when the consumer most needs relief and the producer can best * stand competition ; while If prices de cline the duty is decreased at the time when the consumer is least burdened Ly , the price and the producer most needs l protection. Method That Meets Difficulty. Another method of meeting the diffi culty of taxing the grease pound is to as- cess a specific duty on grease wool In terms of Its scoured content. This obvi ates the chief evil of the present system , namely , -the discrimination due to differ ent shrinkages , and thereby tends great- . to equalize the duty. The board reports - * ports that this method Is feasible in prac tice and could be administered without great expense. The report shows in detail the difficul ties involved In attempting to state in categorical terms the cost of wool pro duction and the great differences in cost between different regions and different types of wool. It is found , however , that , taking all varieties in account , the aver age cost of production for the whole Amerlcaii clip Is higher than the cost in the chief competing country by an amount somewhat less than the present duty. The report shows that the duties on noils , wool wastes , and shoddy , which are adjusted to the rate of 33 cents on scoured wool , are prohibitory In the name measure that the duty on scoured wool is prohibitory. In general , they are as sessed at rates as high as. or higher than , the duties paid on the clean content of wools actually Imported. They should be reduced and so adjusted to the rat on wool as to bear their proper proportion to the real rate levied on the actual wool Imports. Some Duties Prohibitory. The duties on many classes of vrool manufacture are prohibitory and greatly in excess of the difference In cost of pro duction here and abroad. This is true of tops , of yarns ( with the exception of worsted yarns of a very Wgh grade ) , and of low and medium grade cloth of heavy weight. On tops up to 52 cents a pound in value , and on yarns of 65 cents In value , the rate is 100 per cent. , with correspondingly higher rates for lower values. On cheap and medium grade cloths , the existing rates frequently run to 150 per cent and on some cheap goods to over 200 per cent On the other hand , the findings show that the duties which run to such high ad valorem equivalents are prohibitory , since the goods are not Imported , but that the prices of domestic fabrics are not raised by the full amount of duty. On a set of one yard samples of 16 English fabrics , which are completely excluded by the present tariff rates , it was found that the. total foreign value was $41.84 ; the duties which would have been assessed had these fabrics been Imported , $76.90 ; the foreign value plus the amount of the duty , $118.74 ; or a nominal duty of 183 per cent. In fact however , practically identical fabrics of domestic make sold at the same time at $69.75 , showing an enhanced price over the foreign market value of but 67 per cent Would Reduce Duties. Although these duties do not Increase prices of domestic goods by anything like their full amount it is none the less true that such prohibitive dutes eliminate the possibility of foreign competition , even In time of scarcity , so that they form a temp- taton to monopoly and conspiracy to con trol domestic prices ; that they are much In excess of the difference in cost of pro duction here and abroad , and that they should be reduced to a point which ac cords with the principle. The findings of the , beard show that In this industry the actual manufacturing cost , aside from the question of the price of materials , is much , higher In this coun try than it is abroad : that in the making of yarn and cloth the domestic woolen and worsted manufacturer has in general no advantage in the form of superior ma chinery or more efficient labor to offset the higher wages paid In this country. The finds show that the cost of turning wool Into yarn in this country Is about double that in the leading competing country , and that the cost of turning yarn Into cloth Is somewhat more than double. Under the protective policy a great indus try , involving the welfare of hundreds df thousands of people has been established despite these handicaps. In recommending revision and reduc tion I therefore urge that action be ta ken with these facts in mind , to the end that an important and established indus try may not be Jeopardized. The tariff'board reports that no equita ble method has been found to levy purely specific duties on woolen and worsted'fab rics , and that excepting for a compensa tory duty , the rate must be ad valorem on such manufactures. It Is Important to realize , however , that no flat ad valorem rate on such fabrics can be made to work fairly and effectively. Any single rate which is high enough to equalize the dif ference in manufacturing cost at home and abroad on highly finished goods in volving such labor would be prohibitory on cheaper goods , in which the labor cost Is a smaller proportion of the total value. Conversely , a rate only adequate to equal ize this difference on cheaper goods would remove protection from the fine goods manufacture , the Increase In which has been one of the striking features of the trade . development In recent years. I therefore recommend that In any revision the importance of a graduated scale of ad valorem duties on cloths be carefully con- , sldered and applied. o Praises Work cf Committee. I venture to say that no legislative body has ever had presented to it a more complete and exhaustive report than this on so difficult and complicated a subject as the relative costs of wool and woolens the world over. It is a monument to the thoroughness , industry , Impartiality and accuracy of the men engaged in its ma king. They were chosen from both polit ical parties , but have allowed no partisan spirit to prompt or control their Inquiries. They are unanimous in their findings. I feel sure that after the report has been . printed and studied the value of such a compendium of exact knowledge in re spect to this schedule of the tariff will convince all of the wisdom of making such a board permanent , in order that it may treat each schedule of the tariff as It has treated this , and then keep its bureau of information up to date with current changes in the economic world. It is no part of the function of the tar iff board to propose rates of duty. Their function is merely to present findings of fact on which rates of duty may be fairly determined in the light of adequate knowledge In accordance with the eco nomic policy to be followed. This Is what the present report does. The findings of fact by the board show ample reason for the revision downward of schedule K , in accord with the pro tective principle , aiid present the data as to relative costs and prices from which may be determined what rates will fairly equalize the difference In production costs. I recommend that such revision be pro ceeded with at once. ( Signed ) WILLIAM H. TAFT. The White House , Dec. 20 , IfllL Nothing New. "Fellow came in there the other day , " said the building contractor , "all out of breath. 'Say , ' he said , 'I've got the greatest idea yet for 'an apart ment house. Millions in it This is it : " 'Build a regular apartment house , but with one general kitchen. Have one general dining room and several small ones. Have a general lobby , reading room , billiard room and cafe. Have bell boys , porters and clerks. Make it a regular club in fact , a fam ily club. Save the women all the trouble and annoyance of housekeep ing , but give them all the pleasures of a regular home. The men won't have to go away from home at night. They can meet their friends in the reading room or billiard room or cafe. Great scheme , Isn't it ? ' " 'Yes , ' said I ; 'a great scheme. It's just a regular hotel , that's all. ' ' "Well , so it is , ' he said. 'That never occurred to me. Good day. ' " New York Herald. A. Striking Woman. "I see that a noted London suffra gette has married a policeman. " "That's strange. I wonder how they happened to meet ! " "It was during one of the earlier riots. She made a deep Impression on him. " . , "How ? " "With a brick. " 7) CABINET E MUST live through the dreary winter. If we would value the spring : And the woods must be cold and silent Before the robins sin ; ; . The flowers must be buried In darkness Before they can bud and bloom. ! And the sweetest , warmest sunshine Comes after the storm and the Bloom. NOVEL AND DAINTY SANDWICHES Every hostess , when entertaining.i racks her brain for something that ) will he a little different from those ( served by her friends. When prepar ing the sandwiches why not use fancy ! cutters Instead of the squares and tri angles which have been the thing soj long ? Some will say , "there is so much waste in using cutters. " That Is true , but those scraps need not bej wasted , and sandwiches of this kind ! are so much more attractive , a point ! that every entertainer strives for. The greater the variety of cuttersi you possess the more stylish will bei your refreshments. The hardest part of making sand wiches is in cutting the bread thin , enough. The more wafer-like , the more dainty they are. To make especially nice sandwiches , , the crust of the bread is removed. < The butter used for spreading sand wiches should be creamed until soft ) and waxy. Nuts chopped and mixedj with cream cheese will make most de lectable sandwich filling. When meat is used it is better to | chop it and add the desired seasonings ! and milk or cream to make it of the | consistency to spread. Spanish peppers pounded to a pastel and mixed with cream cheese is an-i other tasty combination. An excellent sweet sandwich Is ma ple sugar grated and mixed withi chopped almonds , or marmalade orf preserved gingered pears make a nicei filling , chopped fine. Fish pounded to a paste and mixed ! with a little salad dressing makes ) good sandwiches. Preserved ginger chopped and ) thinned to spread with some of thej sirup is another favorite with those' ' who are fond of ginger. HERE are no birds In lastl year's nest ; In last year's cream there are no fllesi No vain regrets disturb my breast For aught that In the future lies ; And last year's birds and last year's. flies Have passed the reach of tears and * sighs. Bob Burdette. DON'TS FOR THE BABY. Don't dance him on your knees until his little brain is addle * . Don't pin him into tight bands and * clothes and then wonder why he cries. Don't forget that three hundred thou sand babies die each year before they / are a year old , in our own United States. Don't forget what the baby needs and not what you would like to do .for him. Don't lack courage to forbid promis cuous kissing of your baby. Don't forget to feed him regularly. Don't forget that he needs much sleep'and much letting alone , lots of iresh air and sunshine , as does any young plant HOUSEHOLD HINTS. An excellent way of cleaning lamp chimneys Is to hold them over the spout of the tea kettle full of .boiling water until they become well steam ed , then polish with a clean , dry cloth. The stems may be quickly removed from currants by sprinkling them with a little flour and then rubbing them between the hands. This takes much less time than picking them over , and Is quite as effective. Try using an old paint brush to put on stove blacking. Think every day of beautiful things , for if you don't you will soon get so that there are no beautiful things to think of. No matter how house work presses , now how much sewing there is to do , It will pay to take a little time each day , if possible at least two or three times each week , to get out doors and enjoy the beauty of nature , to draw in deep breaths of pure , sweet air , so that the body and spirit may be re freshed. Work will go better , so that it pays. Even if things were not done a woman owes it to herself to pay some regard to her finer nature. Her family will appreciate her the more she values herself. There are home duties and duties which belong to her self , and she who honors both Is the > all around useful , happy woman. Boiling Water. If water is boiled in a diving bell , . where the pressure is 40 or 50 poundsi a square inch , its temperature will be. several hundred degrees instead , of 212. If water is boiling in a near vacuum. the temperature is so small that the1 liand thrust into the water would ao- tually feel col < ?
