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House Passes Grout Bill by a
t Decisive Vote
DEBATE LONG AND EAliNEST
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Iiiiiii Culm nt Inn In Iniltiillnn if
ltiillii Miiili SiiIiJitI In Pillion Inwur
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Washington Dec S Ilii house yes
terday piitMtl the Smut tiloointii unrlno
bill tiy ii vili or mil In HU The substi
tute nlTVittl by Hit iiilimrlly or the com
mittee on iigrleiiltuic which liiiiioscil
uililltlniuil rtHtrUtlony on tin siilu of
oleomargarine to pi event Its fi mnlti
liiit sale us butter mill Increased tho
IiiiiiiHIch for vloliitliui wan dcfiiitcd
by n vote of Hit to ITS
Tin bill ns passed makes nil articles
known us oleomargarine bullerlne 1ml
tullon butlii or Imitation cheese trans
ported Into nny Hi 11 Ii or territory for
consumption or sale subject to the po
lice power of such stale or territory
but prevents nny stato or territory
rrotu rorlilililing tlie irnnsporiiiiion or
that if proper diplomatic efiorts
i i ixn In if vmlri lio nriKHftile
ll
the Clnytoii Uulwcr treaty nml Hint
was what he vwiutcd Ho illil not In
deed believe tho people of this coun
try woultl bo HiitlHlleil no long ns nny
vestige of that instrument loniiilnetl
imiIi of such product when produced j l No otlier
nml sold free from colorafloti In Imi
tation of butter The bill Increases
the tax on oleo colored In Imitation
or butter from 1 to JO cents per pound
a ml decreasesthe tax on oleoninrgnrlno
unrolorcd from 1 cents to one quarter
of it cent per pound
A long nml Interesting debate pro
ceded the vote In tho course or which
those who favored tho J rout bill
claimed the additional tux on colored
oleomargarine was the only offortlvo
remedy for preventing fraud upon the
public while those who opposed It con
tended that fraud would be prevented
by the substitute and that the real pur
pose of the Irottt bill was to destroy
the oleo industry Those who partici
pated In the debute were Henry Hep
Conn Orout Hep Vt Lamb Dent
iVn Davidson Hep Wis ami Taw
noy Hep Minn In fuvor or the bill
nnd Wadswortlt Hep N Y Lorlnter
Hep Ills llalley Hop Kan
Grosvenor Hep O Williams Dent
Miss Koster Dent Ills and Bailey
Dent Tex against It
Payne chairman or the ways nnd
mentis committee gave notice at the
close or the session thnt ho would call
tip tlie war revenue reduction net arter
the- tntiuMtl or the legislative appro
priation bill next week probably on
Tuesiliiv
STILL DISCUSSING TREATY
Senates Time liu Rtily Tiiknu Up by liny
Pinuutfott Acruuiuunt
Washington Dec 8 No business or
Importance wns transuded by the sen
ate yesterday In open session Practi
cally the entire legislative day was
consumed by nn executive session
The developments In connection with
the lluy Pnunccfote treaty were
An agreement on the purl of tho sen
ate to vote on the amendment offered
by the committee on foreign relutlons
providing for the policing of the ennui
on next Thursday at It oclock
An amendment was offered by Sena
tor Teller striking out the prohi
bition against the fortification of the
Nlcnrnguan canal when constructed
The conclusion of Senator Morgans
speech
A speech by Senntor Teller In oppo
sition to the treaty
The agreement for n vote on the com
mittee amendment wns secured soon
after the executive session begun It
wns reached by unanimous consent
as the result of a request made by
Senator Lodge
Senator Lodge did not nsk to have
n date fixed for a vote upon the treaty
Itself believing that the fa to of the
measure will be determined by the re
sult of the vote upon the amendment
Report nn Immigration
Washington Dec 8 The annual re
port of tho commissioner general of
immigration shows that during the
Inst fiscal year the total number of
immigrants who arrived In this coun
try was 4 1857 of which iillliuO came
through Canada Of the whole num
ber a04l10 were ipales and 141411 fe
males This Is a net Increuse over
1890 of 130S57 These figures how
ever the commissioner gunerul snys
do not show the total number of alien
arrivals as 05035 aliens enme ns cabin
pnssengers They would hnve swelled
the total immigration to 514207 hud
they traveled In the steerage
MONDAY
Washington Dec 11 Hon Charles
A To wile me luceuily uppuiiuud suc
cessor to tue lute Senator Imvls
Mluu utteiuied yesterdays scasiou of
tho senate mid took the outh of office
No business of importance wus trans
acted Ju open sessslou the beuutc go
Jut into secret sesblou on the Huy
Pauncefote treaty us soon us routinu
business had been concluded
The senate spent utmost five hours
in executive bcsslou considering tho
treuty There were livo or six speeches
made some of Uiem by senators who
had not spoken hitherto upon the
treaty uud others by bcuatora who hud
previously expressed themselves
During the duy speeches were uindo
by Seuutors Money Stewart Kryo uud
others Senator Stewart announced
that ho was for the treaty without
amendment uud Senator Mouey thut
ho was uguiust the treuty iu uny form
He wanted the cunal built as uiuch as
uuy senator could he said but he con
sidered the pending treuty little less
thuu uu insult to tho Intelligence of the
Auioricuu people Ho hud no doubt
business was fransucteil
FAVOR LOWER TAXES
Vlmv of tho Minority on Wur Iticnue
Koiliicllini Mrufttlrn
Washington Dec 11 The report of
tho minority members of tho ways
nnd melius committee on the bill reduc
ing wur revenue taxes about 10000
000 was compluted and made public
yesterday afternoon It Is signed by
tho entire Democratic membership of
tho committee The report says that
tho minority are of tho opinion that
tho proposed reduction of revenues Is
too small and thut the bill does not go
far enough in relieving tho people of
the burdens Imposed on them
The remaining taxes suys the report
nre unnecessary and should be re
moved The minority takes Issue with
Sooretnry Cngos estimate of ll000
000 surplus hi 1102 and says if con
gress observes proper economy in ex
penditures the surplus ought to bo
10t000000
We nre therefore clearly of the
opinion Unit thure cun safely be a much
further reduction than Is contemplated
In the bill presented by the committee
and that now Is tho time to give such
relief Instead of tuklng off the sum
of 10000000 ns Is proposed we would
go further nnd reduce tnxutlon not
loss than 70000000 We shall not
however oppose the passage of the bill
for It gives some rollef nnd will
doavor to properly amend It
TUESDAY
Washington Dee 12 Tho debate on
the war revenue reduction bill opened
In the house yesterday Payne N Y
chairman of the ways nnd means com
mittee spoke on behalf of the major
ity and Swnnson Va on behalf of the
minority The house adjourned early
to permit the hall to lo decorated for
tho exercises in connection with tlie
centennial celebration today
Before the revenue reduction bill
wns taken up a resolution was adopted
for the appointment of a special com
mittee of live members to investigate
tlie death of Oscar L Hook of Bristol
Pa who died recently It Is alleged
as a result of hazing received while n
cadet at West Point This course was
taken over the head of the military
committee which reported In favor of
nllowlng the war deportment to con
duct the inquiry
Reciprocity Treaties
Washington Dec 12 Tho president
Has scut to the senate a number of
treaties with Great Britain extending
for a year the time for the ratification
of the reciprocity treaties affecting
tlie British West Indian possessions
which were seut to the settato last ses
sion but failed of ratification He
also sent In the reciprocity treaties
with Nicaragua Ecuador thp Domin
ican republic and the government of
Denmarkthe last named affecting the
island of St Croix only Tlie reciproc
ity treaty with Nicaragua was signed
Oct 20 1800 but for some reason was
not transmitted to the senate until
the 5th of tho present month
WEDNESDAY
Washington Dec 13 With impo
lug ceremonies the national capital
yesterday celebrated the oeutonulul an
uivcrsury of the founding of the seut
of federal government In Washington
The exercises combined a brilliant mil
itary parude a review by tho president
from the oust front of tho cupltol and
orations lit the hull of the house of
representatives where a brilliant an
dlonco wus assembled By uct of con
gress tho duy was made a national
holiday In the District otColumbla
the departments wero closeifl business
was suspended and the whole city gave
Itself over to celebrating the capitals
natal duy
President McKlnley and his cabinet
took a prominent part ami with them
were a number of chief executives of
states and territories the senators and
representatives u cougress tho Ju
dlciury of the United States supreme
court the ambassudors and ministers
from foreign courts the heads of tho
army and navy and a great outpour
ing of the people Although Washing
ton Is the scene of many celcbratious
it Is seldom that ouo has occurred here
of greater brilliancy in its outdoor
features or of more impreasivcucss In
Its ceremonial exercises ut tho cupltol
and at the white house Early In the
day tho president received tho gov
ernor of spates and territories at the
white house uud the model for a new
and enlarged white house to commem
orate the exercises wus unveiled
to Ymuw r the complete abrogation of wlto suitable Mp
1rffi NORFOLK NEWS FRrDAY DECEMBER 14 1900
At 1 oclock the president wni ttv
coiled to the cnpltol whoro Ins re
viewed a piinulo hcnileil by Lieutenant
Ooiienil Miles timl including tho full
military strength of the cnpltnl
The poMHlblllty of Secretary liny h Jars anil mllltln The ceremonies nt
resigning In case the foreign relations the capital begun at p in nml
i i ii i iii Incluileil addresses bv u
cotnniltlet auieiiilinent to tlie ireaiy
should prevail having been ullinleil to
Senator Kryo said he was In a posi
tion to make olllelnl denial of that re
port Sccrctnfy liny hiul no such In
tention Sunator Kryo annouiieeil him
self ns favorable to the
tieaty
Senator Chaiuller naked Senator
Kryo to imilci Seeietary Hays position
with reference to resigning public but
the Maine Hcunlor deellueil saying that
he wan only authorized to make tho
Kluteuieiil to the senate
Ilniltn lnn lrtfWfntlvn lit 1 1
Washington Dec 11 The first of
the great supply bllN the legislative
executive ami Judicial appropriation
bill was passed by the house In toe
ord Hint yesterday The bill carries
2llliiS ami lias lll pages but
there was less than ten minutes de
bate upon It Rlnghiiiu Pa who was
In chaw of the measure tendered bis
thanks to the house for the confidence
hIiowii it reiiulreil nbout threi hours
Senator Dam
lei of Vlrgliiln and McCotnnn of Mary
land Keprexontnllvps Payne of New
York anil Richardson of Tennessee
and n notable hlslorle oration by Sen
alor Hoar of Massachusetts A recep
tion by the president to the governor
nl the Corcoran Art gallery lust night
closed the festivities
Four Shut lir MIMuko
Nashville Tenn Dec lt A fight be
tween revenue officers unit u party of
men whom I ho ofllcers mistook for
Illicit distillers In Madison county Alii
bamu resulted In the shooting of four
lucii Deputy Collector Itanler or the
officers parly was ratally Injured and
throe men Drcnnen Lloyd mid Joint
8on or Hie other pnrty received seri
ous wounds The ofllcers thinking the
men In the wagon were Tennessee
mountaineers with n load or moon
shine en route Tor lluntsvllle or
dered tliem to hull They mistook t lie
ofllcers for highwaymen and both par
ties opened lire
Standard Oil Orilerpil to Iroduue Book
Lincoln Dec III The supreme court
yesterday Issued a formal order to tho
Standard Oil company to permit the
utforney general to inspoct the books
of the company giving the list of
stockholders at present nnd from the
time the company was organized the
minute books of the company nml
other books and papers Dec 21 is
the time allowed for tho production of
the books The place is not designated
being optional with the company but
the attorney general must bo notified
anil n copy of the list of books uud
papers furnished him
Warrants for Promoters
Chicago Dec 151 Warrants will bo
served at the ringside in Tattersulls
this evening on principals nnd pro
motors of the MetSovcrn Gans fight
Captain Hayes of the Thirty fifth
street police station says Terry Mc
Govern and Joe Gnus will be arrested
charged with a disturbance of the
peace B M Winston agent of the
building Louis Houseman the club
matchmaker and Sam Harris man
ager of McGovern will bo arrested on
the charge of engaging In carrying on
a boxing exhibition
Fin Stock Show
South Omaha Dec 13 The second
annual prize contest of fat stock was
held at the stockyards yesterday Cat
tlemen from all over the west were In
attendance The first prize on cattle
was awarded to John Shannon of Hos
kins Neb second to W R Thurber of
Ong A W Clarke of Papllllon car
ried off first honors in the yearling con
test W C Scott of Gibbon won first
prize on light hogs nnd F C Koster of
Palmer on heavy
Bind Marshal unit Blow Safe
Seville O Dec 12 Six masked
burglars last night seized Town Mar
shal Werner here nnd after binding
nnd gagging him blew the safe In
Highs bank securing nbout 1000
The explosion nroused0several citizens
who chased the burglars but the lat
ter with drawn revolvers made a dash
for the Cleveland Lorain and West
ern depot and got away on a handcar
A posse Is in pursuit
Will Not Send DelrButes
Des Moines Dec 12 The Iowa Conl
Operators association nt the annual
meeting here yesterday decided not
to send delegates to the national scale
conference nt Columbus O Jan 21
but to denl entirely with the state or
ganization of the United Mine Work
ers ns was done last year
St Petersburg Dec 11 The official
estimates or this winter and spring
crop in G4 departments of European
Russia are as follows Wheat 058
U00000 poods rye 401700000 poods
id oats 721000000 pooda
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS
Another serious landslide has oc
curred In Heligoland Thirty houses
have been engulfed and n considerable
part of the Island is undjr water
The yellow fever situation at Ha
vana shows generui improvement
Twenty oJght cases nre now under
treatment Including one American
The Urm of Hunter Hart coal deal
ers of Nnshvllle has suspended busi
ness Hunter alleges that Hart is
short 12000 Efforts to find Hurt
were unavailing
Itobert G Evans of Minneapolis Is
now the only avowed candidate for
the United States senatorshlp made
vacant by the recent death of
man K DaCIs
It Is likely that a rate as low as ono
faro for the round trip nnd possibly
1 cent a mile may be authorized by the
railroads for the Pan American expo
sition iu Buffalo next summer
Mrs Nancy Clark who was a sister
of Andrew O Curtln the famous war
governor of Pennsylvania wus killed
by a Pennsylvania train Tuesday at
Torresdalo In attempting to cross the
railroad
In tho Illinois supreme court Tues
day William Paulson tho Chicago bunk
president wa was convicted of re
colvlng deposits In kiv bank when he
knew It to be insolvent w admitted
to bail In tlie sum of 5000 pending o
decision In his appeal to the supreme
court on a writ of error
At tho annual meeting of tho Amer
ican National Ited Cross In Washing
ton Tuesduy the resignation of Mrs
Phabe A Hearst from the board of
control on account of pressure of
other duties wus accepted and Mrs
W It Harrington president of the
Cullfornlu Ited Cross wus uppoiuted
to till the vacancy
THREE OCLOCK IN THE MOnNINQ
it
There Is time of morntnu
Wlicn tlie Jubilant nculxirn liny
Ami the opal tltita of siiroarhiti2 dawn
AA jet rcm fur away
In the raatcm ky Is inoumrnl
Nu nlov luit Impending change
Tho houe is tilled with echoes
Familiar rooms look strange
rlllp hark the holts and leave thcmj
Htral out hrntnth the sky
Dland nlonc In an unknown world
Of awful purity
Bland nlonc wllli tntdVd hands
Walt tor the ullt ol wlns
Walt to he lifted higher
Nearer the hojrt of thing
Tlie hrnirm are clear ami moonlit
Though the moon Is on the wane
The ulml that nulled throughout the night
lwm with it Mgh of palu
A vnguo alarm incplng
her the llelds and lawn
Time pauses night Is owr
Ami it It is not dawn
A ay down In Ihu picture
Tho rnttlc turn and moan
Alt living things arc troubled
With a sense of the unknown
Tor they with ejes may see now
And they wlin ipiestlnn know
Mike the tnoKt of the magic hour
the cut begins to glow I
The enst Is nil In tumult
1 lie charmed hour Is past
For breaking tip the quiet nkles
Ihe dny appears nt Uct
Olive Mnli bworth In Chambers Journal
PAYING FOR A MEAL
Wrm Worth n Shilling to Pick
TIionc none
Colonel Ebeuezer Sproat of Revolu
tionary runic was born and bred in
Middleboro Mass He was always
fond of a Joke and was quick to selzo
nn opportunity to Indulgo his propen
sity as the rollowlng Incident related
by Dr Hlldreth well illustrates nis
father also a Colonel Sproat kept a
tavern One day whllo Ebenczer was
at home on a furlough threo private
soldiers on their return from the seat
of war called for a cold luncheon
Mrs Sproat set on the table some
bread and cheese with the remnants of
the family dinner which her son
thought rnther scanty faro for hungry
men He felt a littlo vexed that tho
defenders of tho country were not
more bouutlfully supplied Tho sol
diers nTter satlsryiug their appetites
asked him how much they should pay
Ebenczer said he would ask his moth
er He found her in tlie kitchen
Mother he said how much Is It
worth to pick those bones
About a shilling I guess she an
swered
The young officer returned to tho sol
dlors nnd taking from the barroom till
3 shillings and smiling genially upon
them gave each man one and with
good wishes sent them on their way
Mrs Sproat soon after came In and
asked Ebeuezer what he had done with
the money for the soldiers dinner
In apparent amazement he exclaim
ed Money Did I not ask you what
it was worth to pick those bones and
you said a shilling I thought It little
enough for the bones wero pretty bare
and I handed tho men the money
from the till and they are gone
Mrs Sproat could not And heart to
reprove her favorite son for this mis
Interpretation of her words and then
she too loved a Joke and so after an
Instants glum look she laughed and
said It was all right Youths Com
panion
Ants Invent ft Wagon
Thcro are a good many ants of dif
ferent varieties on the at my coun
try pluce near Covington and last
year I began to make a systematic
Btudy of their habits says a contribu
tor to the Now Orleans Times-Democrat
Near one of my flower beds is
a colony of smnll red nnts that are ex
tremely Industrious in collecting food
and they frequently perform the most
astonishing engineering feats in trans
porting heavy burdens to their home
Not long ago I watched a party of
about a dozen who had found the body
of a small spider and wero dragging it
toward the nest The spider had hairy
legs which stuck out in every direction
and caught on obstacles greatly re
tarding progress For several min
utes the nuts toiled away with their
awkward booty and then stopped and
seemed to hold a council A minute
fragment of dry leaf was lying on the
ground und presently they all lay hold
and pulled the spider on top of it
Then they seized tho edges und slid it
along without dllliculty
Tbe Crack In the Mirror
Sir Noel Paton the painter enjoyed
almost ns wide a celebrity as a Joker
ns he did as an artist An encounter
he had with a physician In Yorkshire
with whom he was on tho moat Inti
mate terms is nn instance in point
Sir Noel was tho physicians guest
Ills drawing room boasted of a mag
nificent mirror which reached from
floor to celling of the lofty room
One morning while the guests were
assembled In tlie room one of them no
ticed a large crack near the top of the
mirror The physician was horror
Btrlcken nnd asked question after
tiou in an effort to discover tlie culprit
Perplexed und sorrowful he stood
looking nt the shattered glass when
Sir Noel asked thut a stepladder bo
brought that ho might examine It more
closely
Mounting he drew a rag from bis
pocket and hastily ran It across the
supposed crack when lo and behold
It disappeared He explained that
having come down earlier than tho
rest of the guests ho procured a lad
der and a bar of soap aud Inflicted tho
seemingly Irroparablo Injury
Friendship TrlnU
Ajn I going to tho wedding Cer
tainly not snapped tho pretty girl in
bluw Id like to see myself there
You thought wo wero friends Oh
yes were friends Id like to scratch
her eyes out tlie deceitful thing How
did It Btart Ilow did whut start
If her young man wished to call on
me there wus uo law against lit was
thoro If ho got In the habit of call
ing here every dayln theweekand
twice on Sundays It wasnt my busi
ness to turn hlin over to tlie police
was It 1 wish 1 had though as he
was an awful bore nnd so persistent
that I never got n chance to go any
where or sec nny one
Ami all the while that deceitful
thing pretended to be crying her eyes
out at the desertion of her young man
into my camp H I had not thought
that thnt young minis presence here
wns making her awfully mad ho
would have got his walking papers
long agd Itul I endured hltn because
I thought tli she cared everything
for him and mild not live without
him
And to think flint she simply turned
him over to me to get rid of htm as
well as me whle she landed the eligi
ble young man with the bank account
who recently arrived in the city And
I never knew that he was here until it
was too late And wo were such dear
friends too Detroit Free Press
Siint liiiT nt llcr Ilemcily
There Is at least one woman In Ken
wood who believes thoroughly In the
clllclency or prayer About it year ago
her husband engaged In a business
venture that looked rather uncertain
But his wire had strong ralth that It
would turn out well
Go ahead John she said nnd let
us put our trusl In the Lord I pray
every night that we may have no rea
son to regret the risk we are taking
The ufTuir seemed to turn out pretty
well right from the start Handsome
dividends were paid all through tho
summer nnd during the winter and
grout Joy was in the home of this man
and the sharer of his fortunes
But there came a turn nbout a month
ago t Tho business censed to pay nnd
since then tho losses have been Increas
ing every dny Nothing wns said ubout
II at the llreslde around which so much
happiness had centered during the Inst
year until the other dny when It wns
suggested by the worried husband that
It would be well to cut down expenses
Questlous followed ns a matter of
course and then It had to be confessed
that the business was not going well
Dear me exclaimed the distressed
woman when all the truth had been re
vealed to her I must beglu praying
again tonight Chicago Times-Herald
A Panom London Tavern
The Mermaid was tlie name of a fa
mous London tavern frequented by
noted literary men and actors during
the reign of Queen Elizabeth All the
wit and talent of the time assembled
there for convivial enjoyment Au
thors have made it the scene of great
mind combats between such men as
Shakespeare Ben Jonson Beaumont
Fletcher Selden Carcw Donne and
others of reverential memory It was
the gathering place of the celebrated
Mermaid club the origin of which is
ascribed to Sir Walter Raleigh Tho
Mermaid tavern was located In Bread
street and was handily reached from
three thoroughfares so that it has been
often referred to In various ways The
Mermaid in Bread street the Mermaid
In Friday street and the Mermaid in
Cheup street were however all one
and the same It was the nearest to
Bread street The Mermaid was de
stroyed in the great London lire Thcro
were other Mermaid taverns one In
Cheapslde and another iu Coruhlll but
they had no such associations us clung
to that of Bread street
ToIntoiH Senate of Honor
At one tnu3ic party at Count Tolstois
a ladys singing displeased the counts
boys and they adjourned to another
room and made a noise Their father
lost patience and went after them and
a characteristic admonition ensued
Are you making a noise on pur
pose he asked
After some hesitation came an an
swer in the afllrniatlve
Does not her singing please you
Well no Why does she howl de
clared one of the boys with vexation
So you wish to protest against her
singing nsked Lyeff Nlkolaevltch In a
serious tone
Yes
Then go out and say so or stand in
the middle of the room and tell every
one present That would be rude but
upright and honest But you have got
together and are squealing like grass
hoppers In a corner I will not endure
such protests Newcastle England
Chronicle
Tlie Flrat Cookbook
To tho Romans belong the honor of
having produced the first European
cookery book and though the author
ship Is uncertain It is generally attrib
uted to Callus Aplcus who lived un
der Trajan 114 A D Here nre two
recipes from this ancient collection
First for u sauce to bo eaten with
boiled fowl put the following Ingredi
ents into a mortar Aniseed dried mint
and lazer root cover them with vine
gar add dates aud pour in llquamen a
distilled liquor made from largo fish
which wero salted and allowed to turn
putrid In tho sun oil and a small
quantity of mustard seeds Reduco all
to a proper thickness with sweet wine
warmed and then pour this same over
your chicken which should previously
bo boiled In aniseed water
Tho second recipo shows the Bame
queer mixture of Ingredients Take
a wheelbarrow of rose leaves and
pound in a mortar add to It brains of
two pigs and two thrashes boiled and
mixed with tho chopped up yolk of egg
oil vinegar pepper and wine Mix
and pour these together nnd stew them
Bteadlly and slowly till tho perfumo Is
developed Chambers Journal
I and My
The pronouns I and my ar
greatly to be avoided lu general con
versation 1 do this or that my
children are so nnd so my cook
my house my equipages such
Iteration sets terribly on the nerves of
the listener besides being lu very bad
form New York Tribune
TRICK OF A WOMAN SHARPER
She Tontul n I nee Hnnilkerelilef nntl
Illicitly Turned It Into Cnnli
1 lost a lace handkerchief today
but I learned one of the tricks of tho
light lingered people in Chicago re
marked a North Side woman us sho
came back from it shopping excursion
Was it worth 3 nsked her hus
band
Hardly but Its Interesting I
bought a lace handkerchief and ns I
walked to the car stopped to buy a
newspaper I had my purse in my
hand and u number of things of course
and I laid the parcel containing tho
handkerchief und the check for It down
on the corner or n frtilt stand near by
After 1 got to the car I thought of my
package I hurried bnck nnd tho
package wasnt there
Where Is the little package 1 loft
here 1 nsked the Italian vender
Znttn lilt pnpe i
Yes
Other lady took it
I wanted that handkerchief espe
cially to give to a friend for a birthday
present I went to the store again nnd
picked nut another handkerchief
I nm sorry the llrst one didnt suit
you the clerk said
Why I lost it I replied In aston
ishment
You dont sny sol said the clerk
Why about ten minutes ago a nice
looking woman enmo In hero with that
hnnilkerelilef nnd we took It bnck and
refunded tlie money Sho said that
you were her niece nnd that you wero
out shopping together You decided
the hnnilkerelilef was not Just what
you wanted nnd she came back to re
turn It We gave her a ticket for tho
3 and she cashed it Chicago Inter
Ocean
QUEER EFFECTS OF WHIMS
Men Who Conld Dreaa Well on Mon
ey Wasted For ClRnrn
Its a curious thing how some pec
pie will sacrifice themselves to their
whims said a man who prides him
self upon his study of human nature
I dont mean wealthy people for they
can usually afford to do as they like
I am speaking now of people in moder
ate vOr less than moderate circum
stances I have in mind a young man
whose tastes run to expensive neck
wear He wouldnt think of wearing
a tie that costs less than 2 and ho
has stacks of them Now he cant af
ford this luxury so he has to stint him
self by wearing 3 shoos nnd 15 ready
made suits He doesnt realize tho in
congruity of his attire and is perfectly
happy If his tie is all right
Another chap I know doesnt pay
the slightest attention to his personal
appearance and Is usually rather fray
ed looking Thats because he spends
his money on expensive cigarettes He
smokes only the highest priced Import
ed Egyptian brand nnd they cost him
4 cents apiece lie Is a fiend and
smokes probably 40 a day You could
not hire him to smoke a domestic cig
arette which costs half a cent yet if ho
did he could afford to dress himself as
he should I could cite numerous in
stances of this tendency to one extrav
agance which have come under my per
sonal observation I can only explain
It ns a lack of mental balance Phil
adelphia Record
Washington Chnrch Kodak Fiends
The story that a Washington wom
an sent notices to tbe ministers of the
capital of the opening of her summer
home with the request that they be
read from the pulpit may be a libel al
though I have been told that It Is a
fact said a man who has been In
Washington for several months but
Ill tell you what I have seen there
men and women carrying kodaks Into
their pews on Sunday No not to take
a snap shot of the minister but the
Washington kodak fiend stops on bis
way to church to make shots and after
the service he lingers on his way home
to do likewise There Is no other place
In the country where the kodak fiend Is
bo Insatiate as ho Is In the capital
New York Sun
Peculiar Problem
Subtract 45 from 45 and have 45 left
It can be done strange to say Hero
Is the method Put down the numerals
I to 9 In n row In reverse order under
neath place the same numerals In regu
lar order The sum of tho figures In
each row is 45 subtract the lower row
from tho upper
0 8 7 0 532 145
12 3 4 5 0 7 8 0 45
8 6 4 1 0 7 5 3 2 45
The sum of tho third row of figures
Is also 40 Thus you have taken 43
from 45 and have 45 as a remainder
Governor Ilnoklium Inaugurated
Frankfort Ky Dec 1 Governor
Beckhum wns Inaugurated yesterday
for a term of three years The Inau
gural ceremonies wero the most elab
orate witnessed In this state In the
present decade The Inaugural parade
was mnde up of all of tho military com
panies of the state When the inau
gural procession reached the stato cap
ital the oath office was administered
to the governor by Chief Justice Hazel
rigg in tho presence of a great crowd
M Cutters Ubiquitous Friend
A curious case of mistaken Identity
took place not long ago in vhlch Miss
Ruby Cutter a church choir soprano
and concort soloist was tho chief actor
Sho and a friend also a soprano were
engaged to sing for a church charity
the same evening tho latter la Jersey
City and Miss Cutter In Brooklyn
They selected about the same reper
tory After supper they took cobs
When Miss Cutter alighted in the
darkness she found to her disomy
that she was In Jersey City und that In
all probability her friend was at her
church In Brooklyn Evidently there
had heeu a mix up In eaba There was
no time to undo the mistake however