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" r "" 'm -f -': v . ' -m a,-s '- ' -w '?" &:-; -" A .- r , - -- a:- ' .-. . . .s jTi. f ' -V 1 : ., ji. -j . - r - - - - 2T7 7 " V t v Columbus Journal R. a STROTHER, Editor. FaK. STROTHER, Manager. COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA. India's Curse. One of the 'great perils of India Is the danger from serpents and wild beasts, which annually cause enor mous loss of life in that part of the iworld. There is a belief in many pagan minds which prevents the kill ing of wild animals, no matter how 'ferocious they may be, and which leaves undisturbed the most venom ous snakes. The awful havoc wrought by serpents is made the subject of official mention in a report by William H. Michal, the American consul gen eral at Calcutta, in which that gentle jman" says: "The serpent question is ,Etiil a very 'live very serious ques tion in, India. Snake bites occur fre quently, itnd they are generally in flicted by venomous snakes, like the cobra." Then he relates that last jyear there were reported 21,797 deaths from snake bite. But it is (admitted that the statistics are kep very loosely, and it is believed the actual fatalities will- exceed the quoted figures by at least 50 per cent This sort of thing has gone on indefi nitely, and for at least 30 years the 'total has averaged as high as that of 1906. Add to this the ravages of flesh-eating beasts, including the tigers and lions, many of which be come "man killers," and some concep tion may be formed of the result India is a country of many millions population, but the census would show 6till greater growth were there some well-organized effort in the way of disposing of its noxious wild crea tures. Plea for Enlisting. No man who will look carefully into the work of the army of the navy can fail to realize that a career in either branch of our military service is one to which any man may give himself with the fullest devotion and with the highest ideals. Americans, as a rule, know little about the actual work of either of these services, and few realize that when a man enters the service of the army or of the navy, whether as officer or as enlist ed man, he enters a great school, a school in which is taught not only the discipline of self-restraint of cleanli ness, of devotion to duty, but in which are taught also the elements of an education, says H. S. Pritchett in Atlantic. An enlisted man who enters a regiment of the army, barely able to read or write, comes out, if he be a man of ambition and industry, at the end of three years, in posses sion of the fundamentals of an Eng lish education. His officer stands to him not only in the relation of a mili tary director, but in the relation also of a teacher and of a friend. There is no career open to an American boy, unless it be that of a teacher, which offers a larger opportunity than, that of the army or navy officer to minis ter to the service of men. A Consumptive Flood. The flocking of consumptives from all parts of the country to the south west has created problems in the lat ter region with which the various states are dealing in different ways. In Texas the state health officer has just issued a statement in which he says that victims of tuberculosis in its advanced stages will be debarred from entering or remaining in that state. He declares that conditions make such a rule imperative. So many indigent consumptives have been pouring in and becoming charges on the public that the people of cer tain sections are seriously burdened in caring for such patients. This in crease of the pauper population not only works hardships on taxpayers, but the scattering throughout the state of throngs of tuberculosis suffer ers of all classes causes an inability to control the spread of the disease. This is rather hard on health seekers, but Texas surely cannot be blamed. Vanishing Forests. " The old forests of Kentucky - are vanishing. In all the good farming regions men saved fine bits of forest set with old beeches, oaks, ashes, poplars, hickories, elms and walnuts. When the undergrowth was taken, away the grass set about the trees and grew luxuriantly. Now these 'trees are very old, and many are in decay. The beech Is an especially fine tree, and it is worthy of note that sthere is not one beech to a thousand old and decaying trees! Some day, says Our Country, the beech will be an extinct tree in all the more fertile and cultivated regions. Smokers who have been longing to break themselves of the tobacco habit will rejoice to know that a French doctor has invented a fluid called nic otyl, one drop of which will cause a man to "have nausea at the mere thought of tobacco. By a process of kite flying the weather men of the country are go ing to promulgate new rules for weather forecasting. Prognostication concerning the weather are usually a little "up in the air," anyhow. An Englishman claims to have gone arpund the world in 40 days and a few hours, and yet some persons now living, even if they didn't fight with Garibaldi, remember when Jules Verne made up an 80-day story that was supposed to be just inside the inv possible. They say that a Jap wrestler about to come to-this country weighs 360 pounds. What a target a Japanese army would make if its soldiers were astsej&agatylec arcMtsctrae The State Capital Matters of Gcacral Iaterest trom Nebraska's Seat sf Geverameat State Levy Seven Mill. The state board of assessment com pleted its work, with the exception of entering a final order, by ordering an Increase of i5 per cent in the valua tion of merchandise in Douglas county and a reduction of 5 per cent on mer chandise in Lancaster county and levying a total state tax of 7 mills on the dollar valuation. This is the same levy that was made last year, but under the in crreased valuation of all property in the state will produce a larger reve nue. The 1 mill tax for the redemp tion of outstanding stale warrants and the 1 mill tax for the support of the university are levies required by law and the board cannot change them. The levy for the general fund was increased from 4 mills to 5 mills, making a total of 7 mills. No levy was made for a school tax. A section of the statute requires such a tax, but the legislature sought to re peal this tax and showed its intention by repealing a section of the statute that provides for a tax of that nature and defines how the tax shall be ex pended. It was the opinion of the board that in view of the repealing act of the legislature and the further fact that the legislature appropriated 1100,000 for the support of weak school districts and high schools no school tax should be levied. The total assessed valuation of the state will not be definitely known un til Secretary Bennett makes compila tions embodying changes in valaes on dered by the board. With the excep tion of the 5 per cent reduction in merchandise in Lancaster county no values were decreased by the board, and many increases were ordered. The total assessed valuation of the state before the board equalized was $328,700,337. On this basis the a. nual tax for state purposes for the general fund will be $1,643,500, or $3, 287,000 for the biennium. The legis lature appropriated $3,358,729 charge able to the general fund for the bi ennium, exclusive of items vetoed by Governor Sheldon. With consider able revenue from fees and other sources the general fund levy, it is confidently expected, will cover the expenditures authorized by the legis lature and tor the first time in many years the state will keep within its income. At the same time the 7 mill levy will provide $328,700 annu ally for the wiping out of the state debt and the same amount annually for the university, and $50,000 annu ally for the school district and $50,000 for high schools. - State Treasurer's Report. State Treasurer L. G. Brian's re port for the month of July shows a balance of $439,175.23 on hand, or which $433,071.35 is cash on deposit in state depositories and $5,503.88 cash on hand. The redemption fund, 'derived from a one-mill tax levy, amounted to $23,109.69 during the month and about the same amount was paid out for the redemption of outstanding state warrants. The to tal trust funds uninvested. Including $145,550.22 in the permanent school fund, is $148,6.80.55. The total state funds invested in interest bearing se curities is now $7,672,167.82, an in crease of $64,332.62 during the month. These investments comprise $6,635, 137.35 in bonds and $1,037,030.47 in state warrants. Jones Owns Traction Stock. Mr. Jones of the State Journal was a witness in the suit filed before the state railway commission by the dtp to compel the Lincoln Traction com pany to sell six fares for 25 cents. 'Jones said he owned some stock in .the traction company, bat it never .had influenced him in the least when .writing editorials for his paper. Ha 'said the people who controlled the .Journal did not own traction stock, it was brought out that the Citizen's (Company got power cheaper from the igas company than the traction com Ipany could get it Railroads Stop Discrimination. The complaint of the poultry dealer at Aurora that the railroads discrim inated against him by charging him local rates when he filled a car with poultry en route to San Francisco and allowed the packing companies the benefit of the through rates, has had results. All are now charged the same rate. Seward Wants Track Scales. A number of citizens of Seward have petitioned the state railway com mission to compelthe railroads enter ing that town to put in track scales for the weighing of coal, grain and merchandise in carload lots, as pro vided by law. Checking Up Express Reports. The state railway commission is go. ing to investigate on its own account the finances of the various express companies doing business in this state. An expert will be sent out to check up the receipts and expend, tures at some of the stations and the original entries looked into. These will be used in connection with the reports filed with the commisison by j the express companies.. The commis sion probably will make no order in I the matter of express rates until this has been attended to. Terminal Company Files Statement. Outstanding bonds amounting to $1,750,000 at 5 per cent -interest are listed in the annual report of the Om aha Bridge and Terminal company filed with the state railway commis sion. The company says that the Illi nois Central operates its trains, but fails to state the amount of traffic it has handled during the year, its roadbed, oae and one-half miles long, and its bridge across the Missouri river, are listed at $1,500,000. The ex- f"Bto cuiu Aca v. iuc viiwav auau terminal last year were t2a.34e.9fL I Railroads Turned Down. The official record of the board of equalization, much debated, has at last been adopted.- The state board disavowed former resolutions intro duced by the Union Pacific attorneys and adopted the following, after con suiting with Attorney General Thomp son: Whereas, The board having' had un der consideration and investigation abstracts of the property assessed for 1-taxation in the several counties in the state returned to this board, and hav ing heard all the testimony adduced by the Union Pacific and Burlington railroad companies reduced to writ ing, as well' as other evidence con sidered by the board and not reduced to writing, and having knowledge con cerning the valuation of the different classes of property within the several counties of this state, and after hear ing the argument of counsel and be ing fully advised in the premises' therefore be it Resolved, That the classes of prop erty designated below in the counties hereinafter named shall be increased and decreased by a per centum as fol lows: Be it further Resolved, adjudged and ordered by said board of equalization and assess ment of the state of Nebraska, That the classes of property indicated in the above named counties be increased and decreased by the percentum here inbefore named, and that the assess ments in all counties not increased or decreased be adjudged to be the proper, fair, true and equitable assess ment and equalization in such coun ties; that the assessments made in the several counties of this state and returned to this board by the county boards of this state, as equalized by this board and as set forth in this resolution, is a fair, true and equitable assessment and equalization of all the property within this state; and that the protest, petition and remonstrance of the Union Pacific Railroad company be overruled and denied; to i which the Union Pacific Railroad company excepts. The Anti-Bucket Shop Bill. Attorney General Thompson has given County Attorney Tyrrell, of Lancaster county an opinion in re gard to the meaning of the anti bucket shop bill. Mr. Tyrrell has re ceived the opinion, but has not an nounced what course he intends to pursue in regard to prosecution of persons who may be operating in violation of the law. The attorney general lays stress on the terms of the bill which make it unlawful for any person to keep an of fice for the pretended buying or sell ing of grain or stocks or bonds with out any intention of receiving and puaying for the propeerty so bought or without any intention of delivering the property. This is the offense con demned by the statute. The tact that the buyer has the means of Cor ing does not alter the case if he keeps a place with the intention stated. "In my opinion, therefore," says the attorney general, "it wo.uld be a vio lation of the act quoted for one hav ing bona fide connections with the Chi cago board of trade or a board of like organization and plan, to carry on within this state a brokerage commis sion business, take orders that are transmitted to the board of trade without the state, the members of the board of trade having grain storage elevators and guarantees and is at all times prepared to make actual deliv eries of the commodities contracted for, which -such a ousiness involves pretended sales without any intention of delivery. Otherwise, storage and delivery facilities could be mere de vices to evade the law." Threshing Machine Center. Lincoln Is a center of the thresh ing machine industry. This year it will stand second as a distributing center for threshing machines in the United States, being exceeded only by Minneapolis. Heretofore Kansas City has been ahead of Lincoln, but the poor crop in the south has cut down their sales materially. Conservative estimates put' the sales of threshing machines from Lincoln at $1,000,000 this year, and say that this is a drop from last year. That means that 200 complete outfits and more than that many separators "will be shipped from that city this season. Assessment of Interurban. Values corresponding with the as sessments of the various county as sessors were fixed by the state board of assessment and equalization on the interurban railroads of Nebraska. The Omaha, Lincoln Beatrice road was valued at about $90,000, the. Om aha ifc Southern interurban at.'f90.00 and the Sioux City, Crystal Lake 4; Homer road at $10,000. First Arrest Under New Law. County Attorney McCutchan of Boyd county has reported the arrest of a butcher of that county charged with, selling diseased meat This la the first arrest under the new pure food law. Food Commisioner Johnson ordered a vigorous prosecution of the case. A fine of $100 is provided for the offense. Sheldon' and McBrien at Normal. The visit of Governor Sheldon and State Superintendent McBrien to the McCook junior normal school was a notable event The governor and state superintendent both addressed the normal and the third annual grad uating exercises of the eighth grade of the Red Willow county schools. In the evening a reception was ten dered the governor at the McCooK commercial club rooms, where hun dreds of citizens and members of the junior normal paid their respects to the chief executive of the state. Last of Assessors' Reports. The last of the abstracts of county assessors has been received and the grand assessment roil as fixed by the county assessors is $328,700,337.29. In 1906 it was $313,080,301.02, , making the increase this year $15,640,036.27. As the increase in the personal prop erty assessment is practically $10,000, 000 and the increase in the assess ment of railroads practically $5,000, 000, it is thought the state board o equalization will change the returns of the county assessors very little. There probably will be some changes. THE PARABLE 'HE LIKED. Darky Would Have Had Trouble Picking It from Sacred Book. An old darky, anxious to be a min ister, went to be ordained. He was questioned thus: "Can you write?" "No, sah!" "Read?" "No. sah!" How do you know about the Bible?" "Ma niece reads it to me!" "Know about the Ten commandments?" "No, sah!" The Twenty-third Psalm?" "Neb ber heard of him, sah!" "Know the Beatitudes?" "No, sah!" "Well, what part of the Bible do you like best?" 'Par'bles, sah!" "Can you give us oner '"Deed, yes, sah!" "Let us have it, then." "Once w'en the queen of Sheba was gwine down to Jerusa lem she- fell among thieves. First" they passed her by on de oddah side den dey. come ovah an' dey say unto 'her, 'Fro down Jezebel!' but she wouldn't fro her down; and again dey say unto her, 'Fro down Jezebel!' but she wouldn't fro her down; and again dey say unto her for de fird and last time, for I ain't gwine to ax yo no mo', 'Fro down Jezebel!' and dey fro'd her down for 70 times and 7, till de remains were 'leven baskets; and I say unto yo', whose wife was she at de resurrection?" Bystander. THE NEW YORK LIFE'S PROGRAM. Economy, Publicity and the Paramount Interest of Policyholders. President Kingsley, of the New York Life Insurance Company, says, in an address to the policyholders, that his plan of administration in volves these points: "First: Strict economy; second, the widest, fairest and fullest public ity; third, the continuance of the New York Life as a world-wide institution; fourth, such an amount of new busi ness under the law as we can secure while practicing intelligent economy, and enforcing the idea that the inter est of the policy-holder is paramount" The Tell Tale Voice. "If you want to tell whether or not the man you are talking to is telling the truth don't look him in the eyes," said a Denver bank teller to some friends. "It is the voice, when you don't look at the eyes, that tells you whether -the other fellow is lying. We use the system frequently in the bank. A man will come in to tell us some business tale. We look at his feet or his hands or his knees, but never in his eyes. If he's telling the truth his voice will be firm and straightforward, and the absence of your gaze in his eyes will not affect it But if he's lying he'll be confused by your ac tion, and his voice will tremble; he'll hem and haw, and clear his throat You may rest assured then that he's stringing you." Always in the Way. Recently a country doctor in the north of Ireland, a bachelor, who was locally noted for his brusqueness and irascibility, was driving along a nor row lane, or "boreen," when his pas sage was effectually barred by an old woman, who was returning from the bog leading an ass whose panniers were filled with peats. The woman led the ass to the side of the lane as quickly as she could, but not quickly enough to please the short-tempered doctor. "Faugh!" he exclaimed, with a snort of disgust. "Women and asses are always in the way." "I'm glad ye have the manners to put yourself last" said the old woman, calmly. The doctor drove on without another word. All In Cold Storage. An Oregon attorney, representing a client whose title to a certain cold storage plant was under fire, closed an able argument before the Oregon supreme court recently with the fol lowing bit of pathos: "Your honor,' there is more resting upon your de cision than this cold storage plant: a human life is at stake. My client's life's efforts are in this cold storage; his life's blood is in this cold storage; his body and soul are wrapped up in this cold storage." Law Notes. Took Exception. "Remember, brothers!" shouted the orator of the strenuous life, "I haven't any use for mollycoddles." The very' old gentleman who was sitting in the last row removed his pipe and retorted: "Wal, by heck, mister, even if yon haven't any use for Molly Coddles yeou needn't to stand thar and talk .behind her back, seem' that she Is not present to defend herself." SOAKED IN COFFEE Until Too Stiff to Bend Over. "When I drank coffee I often had sick headaches, nervousness and bil iousness much of the time, but when I went toNrfsita friend I got in thohabit of drinking Postum. "I gave up coffee entirely and the re sult has been that I have been entire ly relieved of all my stomach and ner vous trouble. "My mother was just the same way. We all drink Postum now, and with out coffee in the house for 2 years, we are all well. "A neighbor of mine, a great coffee drinker, was troubled with pains in her side for years and was an invalid. She was not able to do her work and could not dven mend clothes or do any thing at all where she would have to bend forward. If she tried to do a little hard work she would get such pains that she would have to lie down for the rest of the day. "At last I persuaded her to stop drinking coffee and try Postum Food Coffee and she did so and has used Postum ever since; the result has been that she can now do her work, can sit for a whole day and mend and can sew on the machine and she never feels the least bit of pain in her side, in fact she has got well and it shows coffee was the cause of the whole trou ble. "I could also tell you about several other neighbors who have been cured by quitting coffee and using Postum in its place." "There's a Reason." Look in pkg. for the famous little book, The Road to WeUviUe." MAKING BRITISH SAILORS w vjuvw.v& &nnL xi. .-ia . 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The town possesses an electric lighting system, a water works plant, a well-equipped fire de partment, an opera house, a first class hotel, schools, churches, wide, well- graded streets that are lined with , shade trees, a natural park of pictur esque beauty and a fine water front. Nahma and the country for 40 miles back are owned by the Bay de Noquet Lumber company. This concern is one of the largest and most successful In the upper peninsula, and it shares its prosperity with its employes. Dur ing the busy season the mills of the POPULATION OF NEW STATE. More Than 1,000 Census Enumerators Start Work in Oklahoma. Washington. The actual work of enumeration for 'the special census of Oklahoma and Indian territory has begun. The wprk is being dose by 1,050 enumerators. The census bureau here has been notified by its representatives, who have been on the ground for some time making preliminary arrange ments, that the intermediate details have been completed and that every thing is in readiness for receiving the returns. The compilation and the tab ulation will be done in Washington. The constitution convention, which was reconvened shortly after the pres ident directed that the census be tak en, is cooperating with the representa tives of the government and has ap pointed a committee for this purpose. Many errors were found In the new .boundary, which required a great deal of hard work to straighten out, and the Washington officials have been able to render the local authorities much valuable assistance in the mat ter. Several clerks have been sent out to the proposed state for office work in connection with the enumeration, but the enumerators have been se lected from among the inhabitants. The supervisors are under strict or ders from Director North to make a complete and careful record of every inhabitant that should properly be enumerated. Biggest Kansas Baby. Kansas City, Mo. A baby boy that weighed 15 pounds arrived- at the farm of Cecil Van Berger, near Shaw nee, in Johnson county, Kansas. It is the sixth child born to Mrs. Van Ber ger. None of the others weighed more, than eight or ten pounds at birth. "The child is healthy and' well devel oped," said Dr. E. P. Chace. "It is, I think, the largest baby in the state of Kansas, without a doubt" The moth er is a native of Belgium. Says We Think Another Sensational Theory Set Afloat by Dr. Joseph Simms. Boston. The scientific world, through Dr. Joseph Simms, of New York, who arrived here recently from Europe, is to be treated to another sensational theory concerning the seat of thought in human beings. "We think with our toes and with our fingers just as much as we think with anv nortion of our brain," says the scientist, who is about to write a J book. He contends that the heart Has more to do with the function of think ing than the brain. Dr. Simms points out that the brains of many idiots are large, yet their hearts are very small, whereas the brains of many geniuses have been below the normal, while their hearts have been abnormal. "We think literally all over our bod ies," says the doctor, who has made a life study of the chemistry of thought "Thought is in the soul, which permeates the entire physical machine tools at Osborne college, the company employ over 300 men, and the logging camps use" 400 more. To transport the timber from forest to town a private railroad is operated. It possesses 40 miles of trackage, its own telegraph systeia and J00 cars and four locomotives. Every board of the many millions of feet of lumber produced is sold on the dock at Xahma and transported from there by the purchasers. But little of the product is moved by rail and the great portion of it is taken south and east on vessels. As a consequence the winter's output accumulates on doz ens of docks that 'aggregate several miles of water frontage. The ships which transport the lum ber are loaded by Indians, a branch of the Chippewa tribe, who live at Xahma. The men are paid 45 cents an hour for this work. The Indian village is ruled over by Chief Kissis, a venerable red man of S4 years. His habits are perfect, but his example of right living is not generally follow ed by his tribesmen. In fact, they are gluttons, when their financial circum SECTION r -f "v , ' $ t , ' ,,. s . u . ?&py- 0 BBBBBBJ W$XM J3i-iP-' ,v ;. aBBaaaaaaaaH icylmSmtKf''.- JBBaBBaaaV !jV'"w - -Mi Ah v4SamBI!BaaiBBVBBBBBBBBBBBBBBw BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBa N w MtfBaaf, C MdaaBBBaaBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBZv . 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This statement was made in a lec ture by Dr. Charles J. Bushnell, who is conducting a model public play ground here. He is a graduate of Heidelberg university and an 'author ity on civic matters. Dr. Bushnell's figures are taken, as he says, from reliable sources and represent years of careful study. He challenges anyone to disprove their accuracy. He and his wife have made a special study of what they call the "social illness" of the United States. Continuing, Dr. Bushnell said: "Why, the $6,000,000,000 that this nation spends every year on its crim with Our Toes. being. The brain is a great heat pro ducer, but it has little to do with the function of thinking. We think with our fingers or with our toes whenever we use them.' Dr. Simms declares that such world renowned scientists as Sir William Hamilton, of Edinburgh University, and Professor von Hartmann, of Ber lin, agree with him in his theory. Fined for Burying Friend. Danville, 111. Because . he buried the body of his friend, Jake Jerokibo, in consecrated ground during the ab sence of. the priest from the neighbor hood, Dominiko Journo was fined $10 and costs in a local court and ordered to remove the body at once. The bur ial took place In the Catholic cemetery at Westville, near here. t One is glad to note that diamonds have been reduced in price. As yet, however, the only reduction in meat is the size of the steaks. stances permit Big feasts and big sprees are their chief forms of pleas ure. After spending in a riotous "jam boree" the money they have made in the woods in winter they sober down and wait for the first boat to come In Then they work like beavers, and when the vessel is loaded another orgle Is held. Hard work and jubilees, in fact, alternate until navigation closes in the falL The squaws can im bibe as much as the bucks when they get the chance. Chief Kissis has never taken a drink, ased tobacco or uttered an oath in his life. He labors industriously in the endeavor to teach thrift and sobriety to his followers, but his efforts thus far have been al most futile. The residents of Nahma, instead of finding life lonely and irksome, have many amusements.and are a hap py lot. They have literary and danc ing clubs, theatrical entertainments, snow-shoeing and tobogganing during the winter, while in the summer recre ation is found in baseball and boating and picnic parties. The day of the heavy drinking.- gambling mill worker is, gone; in his place is to be found a well-dressed, intelligent man of good habits. The government of the village is a model. There is only one saloon al lowed to do business of Xahma. and it is under the supervision of the lumber company. Gambling is strictly forbid den. The place closes at nine o'clock at night and does not open until seven o'clock in the morning. All electric lights in the town are extinguished at 9:30 o'clock, and, except when some sort of entertainment is going on. the community retires at a healthful hour. There is one physician in the town, a man of unusual ability, an he is paid for his services on the assessment plan. ROOSEVELT A HAYING FAKER? Senator Knox Tells Story on President to Elks Committee. Philadelphia. President Roosevelt is somewhat of a nature faker, according to Senator Philander C. Knox. Penn sylvania's presitlential aspirant, who told this story to the Elks committee at Valley Forge: "President Roosavelt," he said, "was surprised by a Kansas delegation at Oyster Bay not long ago. The presi dent appeared, coat and collar off. trousers hitched by belt, and mopping his forehead. " 'Ah, gentlemen, he said, 'delighted tc see you. delighted, but I'm busy put ting in my hay. you know. Just come down to the barn with me and we'll talk it over while I work." "Down to the barn hustled delega tion and president. Mr. Roosevelt seized a pitchfork, but there was no hay on the floor. ' 'John, John. shouted the president to sounds in the hayloft. 'Where's all the hay?" " 'I ain't had time to throw it back, sir. since you threw it up yesterday, sir, came a man's voice from the loft." OF CANAL inal cases equals the amount spent on all churches, public libraries, the Young Men's Christian association, the Salvation Army, public hospitals, asylums for the insane and all benev olent institutions. The average fac tory hand earns $440 a year, while it is estimated that the average crim inal costs the public at least $1,200 a year." Church Clerk a Character. Canon Gregory Smith tells the fol lowing story of a clerk in Hereford shire, Eng., who flourished half a cen tury ago: In the west end gallery of the old fashioned little church were musicians with fifes, etc. Sometimes if they started badly in a hymn, the clerk would say to the congregation, "Beg pardon, gents; we'll try again." Once or twice, being somnolent, on a hot afternoon he woke up suddenly with a loud "Amen" in the middle of the sermon. IT WAS HIS WIFE. The conductor was inclined to seek for sympathy. "Do you see that wom an on the left hand side of the car, up near the front?" he asked the thin man on the back platform. "Yes, I see her." "The one with the dizzy hat?" "Yes." "Well, I think she's tryin' to beat me out of a fare. When i went in to collect she never looked around. an' I ain't quite sure that she didn't pay me before although I'm almost positive about it She looks to me like a woman who'd be glad to stir up a fuss. I can pick 'em out as far as I can see 'em. You never spot a wom an with a face like that who isn't ready to bluff her way anywhere. I wish to thunder I knew whether she had paid her fare or not" "I wouldn't worry about it any more," said the thin man. "I paid the lady's fare some time ago she's my wife."' 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