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A letter arrived at the New Yorlc
post office the other day bearing the
following address: "To Any Respect
able Lawyer, New York City, New-
York." The carrier into whose hands
it fell for delivery returned it marked
In blue pencil—"Not found."
Jeres de la Frontera. Spain, has a
population of (>5,000 and is the center
of the sherry wine making trade.
There are many rich people worth
from $500,000 to $5,000,000. The city
has hundreds of very old and large
store-houses containing, it is said,
enough sherry wine to supply the
world's demand for 25 years.
At a recent medical exhibition in
London a new anesthetic, called som
noform, was shown. It is a liquid
whose "boiling point" is 23 deg. below
zero. The moment it comes in con
fact with the air it becomes a gas.
Its great virtue, from a medical point
of view, is that breathing stops be
fore the heart when it is administered.
Piassava is a fiber made from the
bamboo tree and Is used in Europe to
make brooms, brushes and the like.
In Liberia the bamboo is taken from
the tree and placed in water until the
Duter covering decays. It is then
beaten in a forked stick, erected for
Ihe purpose, until there remains only
the fiber, which is weighed and bound
In bundles much like American wheat,
except that it is bound at both ends.
One of the latest proposals made for
helping the small farmer in England
Is the establishment of credit banks.
Where this system has been tried it
has proved a success. In the congest
ed districts of Ireland there are T7
agricultural banks, and these institu
tions are gradually extending their
operations among the small landhold
ers, for whose benefit they were estab
lished.
One hundred thousand sheep will
be prepared for the market this win
ter at the beet-sugar factories, in the
vicinity of Eaton, Greeley, Windsor,
Longmont, Ft. Collins and Loveland,
Col. The beet pulp makes the best of
feed for lambs, and Colorado feeders
are much encouraged over the market
prospects. About 150,000 lambs will be
fed upon field peas in the San Luis-
Valley, Colorado, this winter.
The city of St. Thomas owns and
operates the six miles of electric
street railway within its corporate
limits. The road gives general satis
faction as to service, but at the ex
pense of a deficit ranging between
$3,000 and $4,000 per annum. The city
owns and operates the water works
system very successfully. This plant
nets a small annual surplus and at till
same time gives entire satisfaction.
Prof. J. N. Harper, of the University
of Kentucky, is, according to a para
graph which is on its rounds in Eng
lish newspapers, a tobacco expert, and
has been advising Col. Everard, who
has been experimenting at Randies
town. County Meath, Ireland, in grow
ing tobacco. It is claimed the mois
ture of the Irish climate is good for
tobacco culture, and that there is
plenty of the right kind of soil in the
Emerald Isle.
Extensive experiments in the effect
of electric, light on the growth of
plants are being undertaken by the
Horticultural Society of England. Ex
periments in America have shown
marked effects, but not desirable ones
in all cases. Cauliflower and radishes
run largely to top. Melons, cucum
bers, strawberries, beans and other
vegetables were quickened in growth
by several days. Flowers are invigor
ated and produce deeper shades of
color.
There is a young American achiev
ing fame in England in an unusual
way. He is showing the British med
ical men how much poison he can eat
and drink without ill effect. His
menu on a recent occasion was paris
green, strychnine, blue indigo, phos
phorous and atropine. It was all very
simple. Each plate contained its
deadly burden of brilliant green and
blue and white powders. One after
the other the American partook of
each, missing none.
Under a new Norway law it. is de
creed (1) that, certain arcana and
patent medicines named be excluded:
(2) the publication of advertisements
in Norwegian newspapers to further
the sale of any and all foreign patent
■medicines is forbidden; (3) the im
portation of all arcana and medicines
is forbidden except by druggists and
private persons under special permit;
(4) fines not to exceed 5,000 kroner
<51,340| may be imposed for violations
fit any of the above enactments.
BUCKEYE DEMOCRAT'S VIEW
Editor of Former Democratic Organ
Hopeful of Much Good from
Roosevelt.
An editorial of more than ordinary in
terest appeared in a recent issue of the
Cincinnati Enquirer, the newspaper
owned and directed by John R. McLean.
The deliverance is entitled "A Roosevelt
Victory," and it pays a tribute to the
man and appraises his triumph. After
describing him in very complimentary
terms, it says of the meaning of the
vote recorded:
"Now, Thfodoro Roosevelt will Interpret
for himself the commission which the Amer
ican people have proclaimed. And this wiil
be an easy task, for the country has made
no secret of its expectations. They believe
that he represents all their most patriotic
aspirations; that his presidency means for
the United States a dominant place in the
councils of the nations, an irresistible Influ
ence for humanity and civilization in every
land, prosperity and peace and honor here
at home. They feel that he is pledged to
continue to its ultimate fruition the work of
progress and expansion which he found al
ready well inaugurated three years or so
ago. The speedy completion of the Panama
canal and the acquisition of such political
and territorial rights as may be necessary
to that end; the seizure of Santo Dimingo,
or at least the speedy regulation and con
trol of that sentinel at the gates of the
Caribbean sea; the assured permanency of
our Pacific footholds—the Philippines and
the Hawaiian group—all these consumma
tions are considered as logical and inevita
ble consequences. But the people expect
also that Mr. Roosevelt will enforce a rec
ognition of our commercial interests and
privileges in China, Korea and Manchuria,
and the people will so strengthen his arm
as to make their wiil imperative against
all opposition, open or concealed."
Mr. McLean did not support Mr.
Roosevelt for election. He is a demo
crat, and yields obedience to his party's
pronouncements regularly made. But.
we probably read in his deliverances how
little sympathy he had with the conduct
of his party'o recent campaign, and how
little hope he had of success at the polls.
He does not belong in the ranks of the
Little Americans, nor in the ranks of
those who traduce the government be
fore the world for partisan purposes.
Several years ago, when the anti-im
perialists began their assaults upon the
army of the Philippines, and Mr. Bryan
in the name of the democracy adopted
them, Mr. McLean vigorously protested,
and pointed out in his newspaper that
there was neither patriotism nor politi
cal strength in any such course. It is not
difficult, therefore, to imagine the feel
ings of such a man when Judge Parker,
Ignoring all legitimate local questions,
threw himself into the arms of the anti
imperialists and urged scuttle in the
Philippines, and when Mr. Bryan, sound
ing a variant of the same theme, indulged
in his little patter about the use of the
army here at. home to overthrow organ
ized labor.
We hear much about reorganizing the
democratic party. The first step should
be to divorce it from all connection with
abuse of the country, and stupid as
saults upon the army and navy as
agencies of oppresison. America, for
both democrats and republicans, should
spell progress and self-respect; and not
until democrats of the McLean type are
able to feel a stirring pride in both its
platforms and their interpretation by
its candidates will the democratc party
stand to win. or deserve to win.
OPINIONS AND POINTERS.
CDidn't tariff tinkering under Cleve
land show that experimental free trade
was ruin? —Norwich (Conn.) Courier.
EJ"lt appears that Mr. Roosevelt not
only got the first voters but most of the
last ones also. —Milwaukee Sentinel.
Thomas Taggart says he is still
a democrat, but Alton B. Parker declines
to be interviewed. —Washington Star.
able democratic editors are
pointing the long, bony finger of scorn
at the able democratic leaders. —Chicago
Tribune.
the year of the great cosmopoli
tan, expansive world's fair, Missouri
went republican. Why, of course.—SL
Louis Globe-Democrat.
C-?"' Keep your eye on Bryan," says the
Topeka Capital. What's the use? We
couldn't lose him if we wanted to —not
while we have ears.—Kansas City Jour
nal.
Woodson's discovery thr.t
it was a mistake to nominate Judge
Parker will not be received as in the
nature of news by a good many demo
crats. —Indianapolis News (Dem.).
general temper of the business
world is more sanguine than for a long
time past. Anticipations are based on
conditions which justify confidence. —
Cleveland Leader.
CPMr. Hearst thinks that the demo
cratic party needs a new leader, and the
Atlanta Journal thinks that the demo
cratic party needs about 2,000,000 new
followers. And the greatest puzzle for
all seems to be to locate and identify
the democratic party itself. —Haverville
Gazette.
CThe people's mandate to the party
is distinct and emphatic. It is not:
"Stand still, take your ease, rest on your
achievements and laurels!" It is, in
stead : "Go right forward, party of prog
ress and action, party that does things,
in the road traced for you by William
McKinley and his like-minded successor!
You have maintained the gold standard;
make it secure! You have maintained
the American protective tariff; make
that, too, secure!"— Hartford Courant.
C7"The London newspapers, as usual,
are at sea as to how it happened, butthey
are quite right in their genera! conclu
sion that the election of President Roose
velt is a big thing for the United States
and the world at large.—Sioux City Jour
nal.
talk about an extra session
revise the tariff right away was Inspired
by nervous political busybodies. The
president's silence on the subject shows
his understanding of the situation, and
is a dignified rebuke to those who tried
to make hie administration look like a
continuous performance.—Cuicago In
ter Ocean.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1904.
WILL BE NO OBSTRUCTION.
Democratic Promise to Subside Dur
ing the Coming Session
of Congress.
A prominent democrat from the
south says that his party in the com
ing session of congress will do nothing
to obstruct the work of the republican
party. This is pleasant news, If it turns
out to be true, says the St. Louis Globe-
Democrat. The democrats are far in
the minority in both senate and house,
but a minority has often delayed the
work of a majority, and sometimes has
defeated it. In a chamber like the sen
ate, where there is virtually no curb on
debate, and where the filibuster can
usually have a free hand, a handful of
resourceful and determined men can
hold up the majority for months at a
time, and the coiningsession is restricted
to three months of duration. This dem
ocratic magnate says his party may be
teased about its loss of Missouri and the
big drop in its popular and electoral
vote as compared with 18% and I'JUO, but
j|e declares the party intends to take
such sallies good naturedly and await
developments. Republican measures
will be debated, but not extensively, and
no factious impediments will be putin
their way.
There is good sense as well as good
politics in the democratic promise to
subside during the coming session and
let the republicans run the country
without any obstruction. As the re
publicans, however, do not intend to
map out much work for this session be
yond the passage of the appropriation
bilis and the transaction of some other
routine work, no sort of opposition
which the democrats can put up would
hamper the republicans seriously. For
the coming session the-dominant party's
programme is not very ambitious.
When the congress recently chosen gets
to work in 1905 a larger programme will
be put forward. The party will then
have abundance of time to carry out
any sort of a policy which it proposes.
In the short session not much is usually
attempted beyond the work necessary
to keep the wheels of government in
operation. In the congress which will
meet next year the republicans' will
have a somewhat longer lead in the
senate than their present big majority
and in the house they will have more
than triple the margin which they pos
sess in the existing chamber. No ques
tion aside from the routine work of the
government is so pressing now that its
enactment in the next three months is
imperative. Democratic obstruction,
therefore, even if attempted, would not
harm the republicans much and would
not help the democrats at all. Never
theless, if the democrats for those few
weeks keep their hands off and leave the
work of legislation entirely to the re
publicans, the aversion which the Amer
ican people hold to the democratic party
will be diminished to some slight extent
at least.
POLICY OF THE PRESIDENT
Safe and Conservative Lines Will Be
Followed as in Past Ad
ministration.
Much speculation has been indulged
in by political observers as to the char
acter of President Roosevelt's policies
in a new administration when uncon
strained by any sense of obligation to
carry out the plans of his predecessor.
Many predictions have been made, es
pecially in the campaign, that with a
new lease of power he is likely to de
part widely from the courses which he
has followed for the last three years.
The president has absolutely no
thought of departing from the safe and
conservative lines which he has so far
followed, says the New York Tribune.
He recognizes the need of new legisla
tion in various directions, and will
strive to fit the government to deal with
every emergency which may arise in
his term of office, but whatever he does
will be the natural evolution of repub
lican policies and principles to meet new
conditions. The president realizes, as
do the great majority of republicans,
that the tariff schedules have been out
grown in some particulars and will need
readjustment. He is considering how
that readjustment may best be secured,
but has as yet committed himself to
no particular plan. It is clear that
whatever is done will be done carefully,
conservatively and with no sacrifice of
the protective principle.
In dealing with trusts the indications
are that the president will continue his
already well understood policy. He has
secured legislation which, it is believed,
will enahle the government to put an
end to discriminations and rebates, and
he has secured court rulings which will
prevent the ingenuity of lawyers from
putting corporations beyond the reach
of the law. He has no intention of using
these weapons in such a way as to in
jure legitimate business, but it may be
expected that diligence will be manifest
ed in compelling corporations as well as
individuals to obey the law.
In general, the prospects in the next
administration, as outlined by our cor
respondent, are for a thoroughly sane,
conservative, but at the same time thor
oughly progressive, use of the authority
of government for the promotion of the
interests of the whole peple regardless
of section or condition.
ET'When the former free trade cru
sade was begun the United Slates was
producing about 9,000,000 tons of pig
iron annually. A couple of. years of
scare brought, the production down to
<5,000,000 tons. The resumption of con
fvl-ints Aii-ried the output up to 18,000,-
000 tons. Figures like these tell the
story truly.* Price lists are deceptive
but the fact that Americans are con
suming about 450 pounds of iron- per
capita as against less than half that
quantity In the years of low prices
is one that can't be got away from.—
San Francisco Chronicle.
THREE MEN LOST THEIR LIVES.
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE BAT.
TLESIP MASSACHUSETTS.
FOUR MEN TERRIBLY SCALDED.
Gasket on a Boiler Gave Way-
Men Were Caught in a Trap
and Were Helpless to
Save Themselves.
Philadelphia, Dec. 16.—Caught, in a
trap and helpless to save themselves,
three men lost their lives and four
J others, including Lieut. William
C. Cole, were terribly scalded yester
| day by a rush of ster.m and boiling
] water in the fire room of the battle
| ship Massachusetts, lying at the
j league Island navy yard.
The accident was caused by the giv
; ing way of a gasket or rubber washer
on a boiler ou the starboard side of
j the ship.
| The Massachusetts has been at the
navy yard for some time undergoing
extensive repairs, particularly to the
| boilers and machinery. Although Capt..
Edward D. Taussig and his officers
; and men are aboard the ship, the Mas
sachusetts is virtually in charge of
j the authorities of the navy yard,
j The boiler on which the accident oc
i curred had recently been cleaned and
i thoroughly tested, and the boilermak
| ers were at work on another boiler,
j Without warning the gasket between
! the boiler plate and the boiler head
| gave way and a terrific rush of steam
| and hot water occurred. The doors of
j the fire room were closed at the. time
j the accident occurred and the only
! avenue of escape was a safety ladder.
| Only one man, Bramlet, a fireman,
j thought of the ladder, and he escaped
without a scald.
Few on the upper deck knew what
I had happened until the steam camo
j rushing up from the seething pit be
j low. The work of rescue was prompt,
j and to this promptness those who es
j eaped death owe their thanks. The
| first to enter the firehold was Lieut,
j Cole. Without hesitation at becoming
j scalded by the hot water and steam he
! entered and dragged the men from tho
I place to the door, where they were
J taken in charge by others. Bub and
i Hamilton were dead when found, and
| ftitzel died a few minutes after being
| taken on deck.
SUSPENSION BRIDGE COLLAPSED
Three Persons Killed and Five Others
Seriously Injured at Charleston,
W. Va.
Charleston, W. Va., Dec. 10.—-Three
persons were killed and five others
seriously injured Thursday by the col
lapse of the suspension bridge across
the Elk river, which connects East
and West Charleston.. On the .bridge
j when it went down were six children
on their way to school and a dozen
other pedestrians, together with six
teams. The bridge went down with
out warning, but a number of those
who were near the ends of the struc
tures managed to land before it col
lapsed. Those who went down with
the wreckage fell a distance of 40 feet
into the ice-covered waters of the
river.
The steamer Baxter broke the ice to
allow small boats to reach the scene
and the rescue work began immedi
ately. The injured first were assisted
to the shore and later a search was
made of the river for dead bodies. The
bodies of Mamie Higginbotham and
Annie Humphreys were taken out and
Ollie Gibbs died last night. The bridge
was a single span 500 feet in length
and was built in lt lt had been
known to be unsafe for some time and
heavy traffic was not allowed on it.
The accident was caused by two
cables on the north side slipping from
their moorings. When that side
dropped another cable snapped and
the floor tilted and turned completely
over.
Two More Removals from Office.
Washington, Dec. IG.—As the result
of an investigation of their activity
during the recent political campaign.
Warren F. Tumber, a rural mail car
rier at Lockport, N. Y., and H. W.
Aldrich. a rural carrier of Concord, N.
H-, both officials of the National Asso
ciation of Rural Free Delivery Car
riers, were yesterday removed from
the government service by Postmaster !
General Wynne. Tumber is secretary j
of the association of the carriers and
he and Aldrich are members of its
executive board. The charges were i
that they sent out letters during the !
campaign to candidates for congress,
urging legislation in the interest of
the carriers.
Opened Bids for Warships.
Washington, Dec. IG.—Bids were ;
opened at the navy department Thurs- I
day for the construction of the battle- |
ship New Hampshire and the armored j
cruisers North Carolina and Montana, j
The lowest bidder on two ships was \
the Newport News Shipbuilding and j
Dry Dock Co., which offered to com- !
plete the two cruisers in 3G months at
$3,575,000 each, or the cruiser and the t
battleship in 3G months at $3,G50,000. j
Constellation Again in Commission, j
New York, Dec. IG.—The frigate |
Constellation', the oldest ship in the j
American navy, after having been j
thoroughly overhauled and made taut !
and trim again, was recommissioned i
yesterday at navy yard in Brooklyn.
The* Tall Man" Is Arrested Again, j
Chicago, Dec. 1G. —John Orme, dar- |
ing highwayman, known as the "tall I
man"in the combination which terror- j
ized Chicago in US9G, is under arrest.
He was identified by the police yester
day as one of the two highwaymen
who entered the Peoria national bank
at Peoria, 111., and at the point of re
volvers forced the teller to give them
$2,000 in currency. Path men were
captured the following day at Toulon.
111. His companion was recognized as I
Theodore Brocway, who has served
two terms at Joliet, one on a charge ol
horse stealing.
DUN'S REVIEW OF TRADE.
Manufacturing Activity Is Steadily
Increasing and Holiday Trade Good.
New York, Dec. 17. R. G. Dun &
Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says:
Manufacturing activity steadily in
creases, testifying to the general con
fidence in a heavy demand next year,
and trading branches of business re
port seasonable conditions. Holiday
goods sell more freely than staples,
but all classes of merchandise are
going into larger consumption, while
j it is the exception when there is com-
J plaint regarding mercantile collec
| tions.
The proportion of idle machinery is
| growing smaller and the number of
! unemployed less, few labor disputes of
! significant dimensions existing out-
I side of Fall River. Low water at
some points still provides the most
serious drawback to full operation of
capacity. Iron and steel plants are,
gaining steadily, footwear forwardings
are running close to the large figures
of last year and irregular raw ma
terials supply the only serious clement
of uncertainty in the textile indus
tries. Farm staples are returning large
profits to producers, and foreign trade
returns for November showed a very
small loss in exports.
Far from meeting with the setback
| that many traders anticipated, the
| iron and steel industry has gone
steadily forward. There is no evidence
of inflation in the present situation,
| fuel shortage increasing the cost of
j production, while orders covering all
| the product of some furnaces for the
J first quarter of next year testify to the
| faith of consumers.
Failures for the week numbered 276
J in the United States, against 329 last
' year, and 25 in Canada, compared with
i 20 a year ago.
DOCTORS SAY SHE IS SANE.
Efforts are Made to Secure the Re
lease of an Iron Master's Daughter
from a Madhouse.
New York, Dec. 17.—Efforts to free
; Mabel Spang, the daughter of Charles
Spang, an iron manufacturer of Pitts
burg, from a Yonkers insane asylum
were continued Friday before Justice
Marean, of the supreme court. Before
opening the case Justice Marean said:
"The evidence is of so serious a na
ture I think it best not to hear it in
public. 1 have appointed Lawyer Ira
Bamberger to look after the girl's in
j terests, as she is a minor."
Attorney Bamberger represents
Henry Bebro, who instituted the
habeas corpus proceedings upon which
the girl was brought from Yonkers
two weeks ago.
The attorney for Miss Spang put Drs.
York, Brush, Lambert, Lawrence and
Montgomery on the stand and from
each obtained a declaration that the
girl was perfectly sound of mind. He
laid stress on the fact that the father
of the young woman did not appear in
support of his wife's contention that
the girl was of unsound mind and was
in no way associated with the mother
in her efforts to have their daughter
adjudged insane.
Miss Satymore, a nurse, declared
that she had resigned from the Yonk
ers establishment rather than have
anything to do with what she called
the persecutions of a sweet and inno
cent girl.
IS WITHOUT A HEAD.
The Prohibition National Committee
Finds Itself in a Curious Position.
Chicago, Dec. 17. —Robert H. Pat
ton, of Springfield, 111., was yesterday
elected chairman of the prohibition
national committee, to succeed Oliver
W. Stewart. Mr. Patton was the can
didate of the prohibition party for
governor of Illinois in the last cam
paign. In the interest of harmony the
resignations of all the members of the
executive committee were presented
and accepted. Chairman Stewart
waived an investigation of the charges
reflecting on him.
Practically forced out of the nation
al chairmanship, Mr. Stewart finds, af
ter the committee has adjourned and
the members scattered, that the man
chosen as his successor refuses to
serve. This leaves the committee
without a head, unless Mr. Stewart
claims the right to serve until his suc
cessor shall have been elected and |
qualified.
While the committeemen were hur
rying to their homes in different parts
of the country, a telegram came from
Mr. Patton announcing that he hau
declined the proferred honor and that
under no circumstances would he
ser#e.
I'nless Mr. Patton reconsiders his i
action and holds office long enough to
call another meeting of the committee,
there is nothing to prevent Mr. Stew
art from continuing as chairman, de
spite his overthrow.
An Important Legal Decision.
New York, Dec. 17. Justice
Jenkins, of the appellate division of
the state supreme court, handed down
a decision Friday that an injunction
against organizing a strike cannot
stand. He modified an injunction to
pi event a strike which had been is
sued by Justice Dickey, of the su- j
preme court, in a suit brought against j
the United States Printing Co., of j
Ohio, the International Stereotypers' j
and Electrotypers' union and the New !
York Stereotypers' union, in which the ;
plaintiffs asked the court to prevent j
the union men from striking to force I
the printing company to discharge the
non-union men.
Oom Paul Kruger Is Buried.
Pretoria. Transvaal. Dec. 17.—Two j
thousand burghers attended an im
pressive religious service Friday prior
to the burial of the body of ex-Presi
dent Kruger. Several ministers of the
Dutch church spoke, all eulogizing the
ex-president for his exemplary religi- |
ous life and as a lover of his people, j
An immense crowd filed through the
death chamber throughout the morn
ing. The coffin was draped with the
Tiansvaal and Orange Free State
flags. The procession to the cemetery
was large. Mr. Kruger was buried !>«-
■ide his wife.
FLOCKING JNTO CANADA
IMMIGRATION FROM DAKOTA.
AND ADJOINING STATES.
I Major Edwards, United States Consul—
j General at Montreal, Describes
the Movement as Due to
Scarcity of Land.
'
Montreal, Nov. 15.—Major Allison*
: Edwards, United States Consul-Gen
| eral, who returned to-day from a visit.
{ to his home at Fargo, North Dakota,.
1 cald in an interview: "The proper
; way to describe the manner in which
the people of North Dakota are com
ing over into Western Canada is to
say they are coming over in droves.
Among the people there did not seem,
to be any thought of there being a.
boundary line at all. It is simply a
question," added the major, "of there,
not being any more land in North Da
kota and the surrounding States, and
the people are flocking to Canada to.
get good farms. Naturally the num
: ber that will come over will increase,
all the time, and I may say the people.
you are getting are the best people In
the west They are well supplied with
money and are well acquainted with,
the conditions under which they will
have to work.'" The agents of th&
Government located at different points-,
in the United States are prepared to.
give the fullest information regarding;
homestead and other lands.
•'GIMLETS" BORED THEM.
Book of Conceited Author Lacked*
Popularity with the Read
ing Public.
Though Robert W. Chambers is a pop
ular author, he will rarely talk about.
his books, says a literary exchange.
"I hate literary conceit," he said the
other day. "If an architect builds a.
§ood house, his friends, on account of it,,
on't regard him as a god, and he doesn't.
regard himself as a god. The same with
an engineer. If he builds a good bridge
it ,sin the day's work, and that is all
there is about it. But if a man writes.
a good book, why, then there must be
genius in him. ana before this genius he
himself, as well as all the world, must
bow down. Rot.
"Literary conceit is distasteful to ma,"
Mr. Chambers said, "and I like to see it
taken down. It was well taken down in
the case of a New York man recently..
He has written a novel, 'Gimlets,' and.
the public libraries have put this book
on their shelves. The man called at one
of the libraries to find out how his work
was going with the public. He hoped to.
have his vanity tickled a little.
" 'ls "Gimlets" in'!' he said to the li--
brarian.
" 'lt never was out,' was the reply."
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Willie—Pa, what is a "temperance
dan," anyway?
l'a—A "temperance man," mv son, is
a man who boasts intemperately of the
fact that he drinks water to excess.—
Philadelphia Press.
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