Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 12, 1910, Page 4

« the Postoffics at Norwich, comat R SR AR Reter. Telephone Cadlar Bulletin Business Offce. E et Editorial o1 3. Balictin Fb'Otice. oo Willimantic Office, Reom 3. Murray Bualldiag. Telephone. 210. Norwich, Saturday, Feb. 12, 1910. The Circulation of The Bulletin. The Bulletin has the largest cir- | culation of any paper in Eastern Commecticut, and from three to four times larger than -that of amy In Norwich. It is delivered to over 3.000 of the 4,053 houses in Nor- wich, amd read by mimety-three per cemt. of the people. ~ In Windham it is delivered to over 900 houses, in Putnam and Danlelson to over 1,100, and in all of these places it in comsldered the local dafly. Eastern Commecticut has forty- ime towns, one hundred and wixty- Sive postoffice districts, and forty- ome rural free delivery roumtes. town routes in Eastern Commecticut. CIRCULATION average 1901, 1903, average February 5. COMMISSIONERS NOT AUDITORS. t discovered in the South- savings bank of nearly million, wiping out the bank’s surplus and 15 per cent. of the de- posits, has brought out the fact that the bank commissioners do not pro- fess to audit the accounts of the bank. It is their duty to inquire whether the fous provisions of the law had been complied with, and verify the condi- tion of the bank, as shown by its books on the day of the visit. They made no tempt to sudit its transactions since e preceding examination. This fm- portent work the law left for the au- iting committees, In view of what has happened there it is likely that a change will be made in the law. Up- on this point, the Boston Transcript e responsibility of deciding what constitutes a thorough audit in every institution must under the law as it Bow stands be assumed by the trus- tees on the spot. Their auditing com- mittees should be Instructed accord- ingly. Each bank chooses its own commitee. It has the right to en- gage an \éxpert accountant from the outside If it pleases. Many of the banks are now doing this. Heretofore they bave been required merely to re- SREEPC i that the S aiting hall been done. It is probable that Commissioner Chapin will carry the regulation a step further by ask- ing that a copy of the audit, just as it goes from the committee to the bank be filed in the commissioners office for his inspection. It would then be possible to make some esti- mate of the thoroughness with which this work had been done. This might help, even though ultimate responsi- bility rests with the men on the sround. HISTORIC PRESERVES. This generation has done and is doing more to mark and preserve the bistoric places made famous by the Revolutionary fathers than any which has preceded it; and it is a thought. ful work. It is now proposed that the state of New Jersey purchase the farmhouse in which Washington took breakfast on the memorable morn- ing when Washington crossed the Del- aware. The present owner has kept it in good repair and is willing to sell for a nominal price. It is also pro- Dosed to make Washington's Crossing, the landing place on the New Jersey side, the nucleus of a state park with *he farmhouse as a museum, and con- struct a memdrial bridge across the Aver to Taylorsville, Pa. There is sertainly at that point the opportunity for ane of the country’s most interest- ng historic memorials. Every place of importance has its satriotic socleties whose duty it is to permanently mark spots of greatest| ustoric interest, and future genera- jons will have a feeling of gratitude jor the loyalty to the past of those vho have thoughtfully preserved for hem places of undying Interest, UNNECESSARY BURDENS. man who would make himself s real success in this life, and per- saps in the life hereafter, cannot af- jord to be a pessimist. No handicap » the calendar is more effectual than Tk jessimism. And no man, however jreat his ability, can afford to tax it ¥ith unnecessary burdens.—Exchange. r. Grouch is n unnatural + handicap ome; and if s his condi- ts worse for ntments any i There is 5o reason why the trials of life should make a permanent mark upon us. is good cheer that will make them Mght to bear and often laughable in- sidents of the past. Nome of them fs more than half as serious as we think 334 the whole of them should be set Sown as experiences, not as burdens. The man who knows how to laugh and when, knows best howto live. | truth. Commander Peary has had so many ten-thousand-dollar checks passed to him that he quite likely felt ambi- tious to see how it seemed to hand over $10.000 to another fellow. e. 1al, a well- n says that ne I has not an since the Spanish must go!” When one reviews the different prices of porterhouse steak it seems as §¢ there must be as many different Einds in the market as there are dem- ocrats In the country. There is a growing feeling in Fng- land that the breaking up of the great untaxed estates and making them tax- able would be a good thing for the it ‘uttons behind have put more than one woman out of health. Few women get fresh air enough—all women get exercise enough if it was only of the right kind. A woman whose doctor told her to get out into the open air two hours every day, didn’t know how she could do it. She thought it all over and finally bought four pullets and had a coop made for them, and of course took _entire care of them through the winter, and in the spring set enough so she had 45 hens and pul- lets and she is cured—100 per cent. better without medicine. God's pure air; change from continued housework. She has got from 50 to 58 cents a doz- en for her eggs this winter, and the hens are still in debt for their keep, but will soon begin to lay and then she will get good returns. This looks like doing business at a loss unless the saving in doctor's bills, and improvemenc in health, are consid- ered; these put the balance on the right side. The backyard kept clean will furnish a_healthful tonic and it is a remedy which is too cheap to be thoroughly tried. Those who try it usually find it to be efficacious. THE HABIT OF WIFE BEATING. The Tight of a man to abuse his wife |is 1o longer recognized and how to shield those who are the victims of brutes and drunken husbands is one of the problems being considered by sociologists today. Ill-treatment of wives is becoming =0 frequent that practical sociologists are turning their attention to the de- | | | | | sort to the recreation of wife beating. {ton vising of improved provisions for its discouragement. There ar> many men of family guilty of failure to support. There are those—even in civilized and chivalrous New England—who in semi-insane or drunken moments re- These things are disgraceful not only to their perpetrators but to the com- munities in which they occur. It is\not surprising that now and then the revival of the whipping post is thought of as a means of making an end of it, and it is one of the best of signs that it does not succeed. Sinee within two centuries any man could use a wife as mean as he used any beast he owned and it was rec- ognized as a general privilege peculiar to the head of the family. it is appar- ent that the change has been rapid which makes it a penal offence for any man to do so. The time is coming when such barbarity will surely be ended. NEARLY ONE HUNDRED SHORT. There was never a better chance for the young men of physical and mental ability to enter the service of the country, At both Annapolis and West Point there is a shortage of midship- men and cadets. The shortage of near- Iy 100 at Annapolis is due to dismis- sals for specific causes and for “in- eptitude” and to thirty-four “resigna- tions” resulting from failure to pass the recent midwinter examinations. The deficiencies at West Point and Annapolis are frequently referred to as evincing a decline in the martial spirit of American youth, but an ex- planation equally plausible is that too many boys are sent to these great schools “unprepared.” Ability to pass the entrance examination does mnot guarantee much beyond that point. Classes diminish rapidly under the strain of the “Course,” and graduation marks the survival of the fittest. The raising of the standard in the past ten years has made it more diffi- cult to get in and work to keep up to the mental and physical standara required, Going through these pre- paratory schools has ceased to be a soft snap and the graduates represent a more able class in every respect than hitherto were graduated by them. EDITORIAL NOTES. Mr. Fairbanks is an ex-vice presi- dent who does not propose to hide his light under a bushel. Happy thought for today: The man of woman who advertise their virtues are open to suspicion. It should be borne in mind that the Hertzian wave has nothing whatever to.do with the Chautauquan wave. It is said of Senator Heyburn: He thrusts his fists against the posts, and still insists that he sees the ghosts. ‘When itcomes to Mr. Omes’ honesty it does not take a keen-sighted person to see that it is not of the XXX brand. We are calling for cheap beef, but when it is offered we are prone to inquire what disease the animal died of. The edict of the agricultural depart- ment that the English sparrow shall be exterminated, is not likely to prove effective. Speaker Cannon must see fate spell- ed in capital letters in his horoscope but he has not yet changed the tilt of his cigar. When Roosevelt gets home and s Pinchot, he will shout "Hello, just as if nothing extraordinary d happened. When it is said_that jorse never in his 1 Charles W, e used whiskey o o it doss hot appear to add much | haracter. The convicts in some of tho prisons | are said to decline American embalmed ‘beef. They prefer something a little more health-assuring. When Gifford Pinchot sent pupils to college to qualify them for the forestry service, he did not charge the cost to the government, 1t cost a Boston man nearly thirteen thousand dollars to gain a place on the school board held by Mrs. Duff. Small honors cry loud at Boston, A Yoifkers trolley line has had an accident in the same place for seven times, and seems to be educating pas- sengers just what to expect and where. Not Missing Any of it: 1f apy available limelight eludes Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis Will have to be golng some.—Hartford Couvant. . Japan’s Explanation. Japan is kind_enough to intimate that Secretary Knox meant well, but @id not kmow it was loaded.—N. Y. World, The maximum wage of brakemen on English railways has just been fixed at $7.78 a week. Abraham Lincoln has been called “the Great Commoner,” and to be that he had to be a very uncommon man. He was easily the greatest man of his generation. but he did not know it, Deither did the men of his times. He ‘was liberally hated as he is now the Dest loved of men. He never felt that he was great, he never realized his great value to-the nation. In per- sonal appearance he was unattractive —in nobleness of character and pur- pose he was a king. He cherished the highest principles and honored them— his mercy extended to the least and the feeblest of God's creatures. He professed nothing sectarian, but al- ways seemed to feel that he lived in the very presence of God. He loved a man and pitied a renegade. He was quick to mercy and slow t6 wrath—a man who loved all his fellow men. A popular song runs: “We Shall Know Each Other Better Over There, but there is nothing to hinder us £ro knowing each other better right here if we sincerely devote ourselves to that end.. If we are no franker over there than here—if we use language to con- ceal thought instead of to express it, 1 have a doubt whether we shall know each other better anywhere. We em- | brace sentiments which strike a T sponsive cherd in the heart as if they were_life-preservers, when there is nothing in them to base a tapering hope upon. If we do not know our- selves better over there we shall make a mess of it, and perhaps knowing our- selves botter is the true way of know- ing each other better. We need not ve can begin the work right Do you know there is one way to know “what people are saying about you without going out to make inquiry, and there is nothing mysterious about it. You haven't got to be an adept— just ordinary observation will deter- Imine this for you. When you are out among folks you will always meet gar- rulous persons who love to gossip and You notice what they say about others who are not there, and then you will know just about what is said about you when ‘you are not present. It doesnt hurt you it may do them good. Many gassipers might die if we were not themes for small talk—for blame, conjecture and, perhaps, ridicule. We serve quite a number of purposes in this world and we keep tongues busy as well as machines a-running. Trouble is a poor bedfellow. Thoughtless peopie take trouble to bed with them, not realizing that he drives sweet sleep away. Everybody sees more or less of trouble, and those who know how to deal with it are fortu- e. Trouble is one of the few things which should be calmly faced and as soon as possible be forgotten. There is no use of letting trouble sit upon your heart, for he will make it ache if Yqu do. It should be met like an in- frequent visitor and should never find anything which approaches a welcome. No thought should pel wasted on trou- ble. “Get behind me, Satan,” is a good salutation for it. To be closeted with trouble means a hot time; and it can make you feel that life isn't worth living in a very short time. When trouble knocks at your door ‘tell him You're not at home and stick to it. To do as one pleases is to displease many others. Those who think they are doing as they like when pleasing someone are the preferred article. There doesn’t seem to be any such thing as absolute independence, for we were built to find all our_ pleasures through interdependence. We are all contributors to the pleasure of others. Shakespeare was driving at that when he sald “All the world's a stage, and the men and women only actors.” Whether life is a comedy or a tragedy depends upon how vou take it. Some think it is indust and it is if they only know how to work and do not know how to play. If you think it is a game or something eise do not take it too seriously, for he who takes life as a matter of course has trouble enough. Who does the boy qualities take after? father say that he takes mother, and his mother positiveness say th: he his father, while some neighbor is quite sure he sees in him the traits of the two grandfathers, both of whom he knew. There no question there is a greater difference of opinion on than this, unless it is the age of An It may be possible for the boy to in- Pfirit the vices of both lines without elr virtues, or vice versa, but it isn’t likely that he does. The boy is always what discipline or the lack of it has made him. An atmosphere of mutual disapprobation is not healthy for a kid because he will get all out of it there is in it. If pa thinks ma is ulty and ma thinks pa is faulty the boy is sure to be fauity, too. A straight boy can't be raised on crooked observations. of disturbing | 1 have heard his | after his| with equal | takes after reat many peeple who blame the o not think that a pet canary \'.:J‘ | A cat just as tempting a morsel to her as red cheeked peacti 1s to a bov, of a slice of watermelon to a coon, Thz| relation of things to us is not the same as the relation of the sama things fo | cats. We fcel very much the same, | oubtless, when we see quail on toast. | or roast turkey on the platter, as'a ‘at| Goes when It sees a canary on the perch, or a_chicken in the chickw-ed The attraction is intense—the temuy: tion to help ourselves almost too much for restraint. Do not abuse a cat for living up io its best tastes, or for trying to make the most of his portunities. Only assemble such things together are safe in one an- other's company. The youth never realizes how casy it is to be good—age can see that it is no stunt. This shows the difference between_the vigor of life and life well | spent. Youth dcfles many of the laws | of Nature, but age has learned to have | a car is not surprising that so | youns I man ed threesc used usery many di rul that ¢ sver seventy . and men over a hundred ir daily bread. Captain Dia- mond of San Francisco is an active Dbook agent at 115. He hegan to learn how to live when he was 65. and his escape from senility is the evidence of his mature wisdom. Those who must from necessity go slow have fewest mishaps. It is well that the girls take no more notice of the gratuitous instructions found in lady's hooks and on fashion pages for governing men. They seem to know instinctively that the home with the least bossing comes neareSt to the ideal home, just as the govern- ment with the least law comes nearest to ideal] government. -‘An old cur- mudgeon tells the single girls “if you want polite men around you, they should not be allowed to smok - with out asking permission.’ ™ _inclined to think that ooling of this kind would m additions to the spinsters, courteous and polite to ladies, but any attempt to make them follow set rules would be a_draw right off. idences of appreefation will make a polite man perform like a circus dog. but straight bossing will make of him an exhibi- tlon mule. Old John Wesley was a man of horse sense, as well as a hustler. He had a way of learning if the circuit riders had accomplished anything. When they returned from a pilgrimage, he said: “Anybody saved? Anvbody Inquiring? Anybody mad?’ Three negative re- (Written for The Bulletin) Most of the people I love best are children—or have been. Even those Who are passing the threescore and ten have kept the childlike heart. Now “the kingdom of heayen is of the childlike, “of those who are to please, who love and who l’i’v“’:fll«l- ure.” It is only as we ourselves be- gin to grow older that the dignified and stately grown-ups, whose dignity and stateliness used to make us quake in our shoes, are seen to be the veriest children of all. It is marvelous, when we think about it, how immature most grown men and women are, how sel- dom they think things out and way through to the h, how crude their opinions, how inddequate their judg- ment, how harsh their censure of their fellow men. Give me the genuine chil- dren, old or young, those of the child- like heart. Said a thoughtful woman to me, years ago: “Yes, I am earnestly try- ing to train my children in the way they should go; but, the truth is, they are really educating me.” Hers was the loveliest group of children I have ever known, and the most spon: tancously obedient. Evidently obedi- ence was expected, though it rarely had to be enforced. This mother pos- sessed the secret of securing obedience in its essence, so to speak. Would that every mother might catch the key note of her wise and tender and ten- derly loving, yet firm control. One day, in my presence, some one said to her! . “It is a comfort to see one mother who is not continually strug- sling with her children, Yours seem to wish to do precisely what you wish them to. How do you manage it?" For an instant the mother looked puz- zled, then answered simply: T hard- ly know myself. Perhaps it is because they trust me.” She loved them with her whole heart. There was no question about this, and no question that they knew it. In a broad, simple, sweeily human way, she lived for her children. Yet she 'was more than a mere mother, she was a woman, a human belng, with wide-world Interests and genial _re- sources. Tactful enotgh not to embar- rass them by untimely hugs and kisses she never stinted them in endearing words and caresses; neither did she ever for a moment allow any one of them to feal overlooked, or forgotten, or in the way. In very truth they were her heart's beloveds, all of them, and she never let them ipse sight of this fundamental truth of their rela- tion to her. Yet she was not alwavs saying it. Indeed, it was no natural, and so naturally obvious, that it did not call for much speaking. Then, too, she was never too busy to listen, She would lay down her pen or her needle, or whatever she was doing, In order to bestow her full attention and sympathy upon their childish complaints or sorrows, their triumphs or delights. She was never too hurried mor too abstracted to give heed; and never brushed aside their smali affairs as things of no moment. Remembering her own childhood, she knew that what may be the merest ant-hills to grown-ups are mountains to the little omes; delectable moun- tains possibly, now and then:; but far oftener, hardscrabble mountains of difficulty and impending disaster. No mother ever loved her children more deeply, more devotedly, nor, it seemed to_me, more wisely. For one thing, she was tenderly con- plies brought out: “Then you've falled.” He knew if the plummet of truth was dropped deep it roiled things up and they never settled back just the same. If there had been no roil- ing there had been no effective work done. Some men make scoria of the truth and it floats on the surface af the sea of time until tossed upon some barren beach, where it lies until again floated off by the tide. Truth is heav- ier than water—it is the magnet which gathers to itself the sons of men and makes of them sons of God SUNDAY MORNING TALK LOAFING ON THE JOB. “At the luncheon table the members of the club fell to discussing the ever- present labor question,” said the min. ister: “The trouble with the working men_today is that they have no ap- preciation of Carlyle's” splendid d trine of the work and the glory that surrounds every worthy task. “Oh, pshaw!” said the parlor social- ist, “the average man in the factory never heard of Carlyle, much less of | his glorification of work, and as for really liking your job, have you any | idea,” Dr. Clericus, how tedious a given job becomes after a man has done it Wweek after week, year after year, es- | pecially if it's of the mechanical order? | How would you like to pronounce the benediction twice a minute, 60 min- utes every hour, elght hours every day, 365 days In the year?” “Well, | sympathize with the work- ing man,” saia the advertsing agent, “but when I run up every now and | then as I do, against the unreason- | ableness, selfishness and materialistic | spirit of so many workingmen, I get discouraged, and when I see them | flocking into cheap places of amusc- ment and ignoring the opportunties furnished them for mental develop- ment, I get still more discouraged over the outlook.” “That doesn’t bother me so much’ sald the lawyear, “for I fancy there's no more materialism and craving for excitement among- the poorer classes today than among the rich, but to me the worst element in the present sit- uation is that so many men make a practice of loafing on their jobs. A neighbor of mine wanted a little shingling done, and after putting in | his order, went out one morning to see bow the' work was progressing. To| his_surprise three men were on the | roof hammering away more or less | vigorously. He asked the man who appeared to be the boss if the Job| really required three workers, and was | met by the airy counter question: “Who's doin’ this job, anyhow? “Well said the owner of the mansion, calmly ‘I have the impression that I am pay for §t” At this the boss came off his high horse and sent ome of the three workmen on his way.” How typical this_incident is. T have no means of knowing, but I have the strong impression that the reason why labors just demands meet with so much opposition in certajn quarters is that a considerable number of day la- borers scant their job, watch the clock and are ready to leave their tools in the air when it strikes the welcome hour of release. And we are not go- ing to get far towand a permanent solution of Imdustrial disagreements until workmen are more comscientious | touching their obligation to render; their best service for the time which they agree to give, be it elght hours | or seven, or nine. Just what is a fair | workingz day is one question rancern- | ing which honest men may differ, but honest men iwith one voice will say that he who habitually lets up on his job does only half or three-quarters of what he might do withont undue Strain _comes pretty near the borders | of dishonesty. i But this loafing on- the job is not | confined by any means to day laborers. How easily children drift into the dawdling ~habit, spending far more time on getting dressed or on getting their lessons than they need to spend. Former President Bliot of Harvard says that it 1s wrong to take a half = IRTAN TN HILDLIKE to reprove one before an: this happned only censure together. _Occaslonally would take them, one at a timeé, to own room for a quict talk. The talk went forward, oftener not, with the small offender in mother’s lap, her arms h close, her head on his sunny hal it would begin perhaps like this:' “My darling, you are only a little child, and you've made a mistake. All littl Qren make mistakes. They because they are only learning their ot vou G918 & mis the naughty 2 you a - take. You have a good heart. You do not like to get angry and siap, You would rather be friends with every- her than out, and you slap. ‘The mi ¥ou lost yourself. But, dearie, we must not go on making mistakes. The min- ute we see our mistake we must stop making it, we must never do it again. Next time you feel slappy, T know what yowll do. You will push both hand. down deep in your pockets and hold them there—tight—until the naughty feelings go away.” Instinctively she ‘began by seeing the good in them, thus recalling it to themselves and restoring their self-respect. After a time, whai with the gentle rockipg, and the pet- ting and comforting, the child would wonder how he ever could have felt “slappy,” and his little face would shine like the face of @ cherub. It was then that the mother drove her arrow home: “Remember our rule, dear boy. We are to do right, because it is right to do right” It was neyer a shamed and humiliated child that Te joined the family group. From their own experlences the others knew that he had been having a little talk with mother ahnd that “Mother had been telling him how to be good.” Beyond all else, she was her chi dren’s friend. From _the first she would say to them: “Remember that 1 am your best friend. If you get into any trouble at play or at school or anywhere, if you do anything naughty, even very naughty indeed, come and tell me before you tell anyone else. You need not be afraid to come. I shall not scold, nor_spank, nor punish you in any way. But I want you to come to me and tell me about it, so that T can help you think out a way to make it right. For you are only little children. You are not old enough to know always what is right and wise. But T am your best friend, and T will help you think it out” Someone said of her that she had the genius of motherhood, but I say that she had the genius of the friend; and that it was their friend in their mother that grappled the hearts of her children to her with hooks of steel. Was there never any clashing of wills? Yes, sometimes, as the boys and girls grew larger. The mother had her own way of meeting this problem, too. T have not space to tell you how. Through Mfe she was their friend and confidant: the loyal friend and true, who never blamed them when they went against her advice, but simply helped them out. It is due her mem- ory to add thaf every one of this mother’s sons grow to manhood—clean and straight and upright. THE RECLUSE. hour for doing a thing that might casily be done in 15 minutes. this 13 not a plea for hasty, hur- ried work, but for attention, alertness, concentration, earnestness, dispatch. Whatever your job, manual or intel- lectual, in school, home or shop, let it not be sald of you: “He loafs” hur rather: “That man is right on his job all the time.” THE PARSON. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. 9 Mr. Editor: Mr. Talcoft's letter in today's Bulletin on the figure 9 is very interesting. This digit is in many ways more remarkable than any of its fel- lows. I offer two examples, showing results of multiplying by 9 and one of its multiples: 12345679 12345679 9 111111111 87037037 74074074 777171777 It will be nagiced that the 8 is omit- ted. Including it spoils the combina- tion. Divide 993,999 by 7, and we have 142,557, the number of ‘which Mr. Tal- cott and I were writing in The Bulle- tin some weeks since; the most Te- markable number of which I have knowledge. As stated in former let- ters, when muitiplied by 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, the same six figures appear, in the same order, but, of course, beginning each time with a different digit. Has any reader knowledge of a number to compare with it? Some time ago, when musing on fig- ures, which I am wont to do when nothing of greater interest impels, I made an original discovery as to the figure 9. The only man to whom I have mentioned my discovery says he believes he has seen it in print, or heard it spoken of, but could not be certain such was the case, But most of our discoveries have been made and forgotten many times for thousands of years. My discovery is that any number when multiplied by 9 will give a product the different digits of which when added make 9; or, if not. when re-added. will bring 9. There may be exceptions, but I have found none, and doubt there being any. Take the fol- lowing as examples: 72, 163, 432, 2223, 2123, and 121311, These are all multi- plesof 9, and the figures in each num- Dber added make 9. 9 multiplied by 11, 2 and 33, glves products, respectiely, , 198 and 297, the figures of which when added give us 1§,-and these re- added, again gave us 9. which will have its town and will be present York the latter part of One of the widely heralded features of Mardi Gras in New Orleans this year was Klaw & ‘s _production of “Little Nemo” at_the Tulane theater. The show made a great hit with the revelers. “Little Nemo” will play the new south before coming north for spring engagements, " With the closing of the New theater late in April the entire company will make a spring tour which will open in Boston and close in Chicago, and will include Providence, Hartford, Haven, Philadeiphia, Baltimore, ington. Pittsburg, St. Louls and Kan- #as City, in the order named. ‘When Gustav Mahler raises his ba- ton_for the first time at the concert at New Haven, Feb. 23, by the Phil- harmonlc society of New Fork. music lovers of the community will be in- troduced to the acknowiedged master of symphony orchestra conductors now in America. Competent critics class Mr. Mahler as ome -of the four first orchestral leaders now living. He is said to be the highest salaried con- ductor In the world. Every Saturday afternoon at the New York Hippodrome the paymaster comes on the stage at the wings with @ roll of some $15,000, says Henry Tyrrell In The New York World, for the line of approximately a thousand employes of all grades and descrip- tions—acrobats, singers, dancers, Ma- oris, dwarfs, glants, eléctricians, jug- glers, elephant trainers, ushers, mechanics, clowns, scene pafnte: sicians, time-keepers, stage managers, box office clerks, hospital nurses, cos- tumers, authors, song writers, men and women' fish for the water act, sol- dlers, sailors, ‘“coons,” Japs, Vene- tians, Indians and engineers, human bears, Cupids and a few others. From the Diary of a Twin. January—Am born. Didn't want to be. Object immediately as loud as I can. Younger brother born seven minutes Jater. Looks like a fool, but may improve as he mellows with age. February—Catch a cold. Give it to younger brother. He's sicklier than I am. Very nearly settles him. March—Catch a nice rash. Pass it on to other cove. Pretty nearly winds up his clock. April—They christen us. I'm Au- gustus_and he's Alexander. Il kick him when he sleeps: May—Got the nettle rash. Hooray! so's he—only worse. June—They don’t think they'll be able to rear him. He's to have cod liver oil. Can’t help laughing. July—He's been squawling awful. Nurse says It's his nasty temper. know it's & pin, but I ain't going to tell. 3 August—Weé've got a nmew murse. Alexander’s got a blister on the end of his nose. They don't know what it is. He 14 to have a powder. ‘September—TI've given him the scar- latina. He seems resigned. I've nailed his feeding bottle. October—I've got a new game now —poking Noah's wife into his ear when nurse ain't looking. November—We're _ beginning to walk. He's weaker on his pins than I am, so I can shove him over easy. December—I am beginning to cut my first tooth. Ak soon as it's through I've made up my mind to bite Alex- ander.—Tit-Bits. In Praise of Gumshoes. The overshoe is doing an enormous amount of good, especially among chil- dren, in protecting the body agalnst the chiliing that results in colds, sore throats, chronic catarrhs and the lke. It is not the mere getting the feet wet that is harmful. It is the prolonged evaporation of water from shoes and stockings that does the mischief. The evaporation redutes the temperature about the soles of the feet many de- grees below the temperature of the surrounding air, just as a wet bulb thermometer registers lower than a dry one. In fact, the warmer and drier the air by which the body is surround- ed the more rapld the evaporation and the lower the temperature. Also, the thicker the soles of the ghoes the more water is taken up and the longer the evaporation goes on, $0 that thick soles do not take the place of a covering of gum which keeps the water away com- pletely. This evaporation and conse- quent continued lower temperature goes on, especially in the house, when the rest of the body is in comparative comfort, and the nervous system re- laxed. Wet shoes Indoors are worse than wet shoes out of doors. Some people can stand this prolonged unbal- ancing of eavironment, but it takes a pretty vigorous makeup to do so. It might be added that the wearing of overshoes that cover a large portion of the foot when one is indoors is not a good thing.—Dietetic and Hyglenic Gazette, A Faithful B Sherift Anderson of Harrls county; Texas, is a busy man, He has a coi- ton crop to look out for In addition to a dozen or more of prisoners. An- derson owns a big bear named Daisy, and he has learned that Dalsy cannot pick_cotton, but that she can be an excellent jailer. So Daisy -is allowed to run loose in an inclosure surround- ing the jail proper. The prisoners are inside and Daisy on the outside of the building. Four daring members of Sherift Anderson’s unwilling family planned I helleve the reverse will also be found invarfably true; 1. e, that any number’ the figures of which added make 9, will be divisaple by this num- ber, Also any number that may be re-added to make 3. Will Mr. Talcott inform us if this is a discovery, or merely a re-discov- ry? E. P. ROBINSO; Packerville, Conn., Feb, 9, 1910. MUSIC AND DRAMA ‘Alias Jimmy Valentine,” at Wall- ack’s theater, New York, is to be given at a special matinee performance early next month, when of the roles will be acted by juvenile actors and act- resses. Oscar Hammerstein has announced that he will increase the number of performances at the Manhattan opera house next season, adding Wednesday afternoon and Thursday evening to the present schedule, Elbert Hubbard fs to enter vaude- cille at the Majestic theater in Chi- o on Monday, March 14. He will twice daily fa what he calls Heart to Heart Talks,” which will be changed from time to time. Hadden Chambers, the English play- wright, has decided to write a ivu- sical comedy, and is at work on one which he calls “The Best Girl” The score will be written by John Golden and the comedy will be produced in New York by Charles Diltingham. Ganteck’s “Omar Kbayyam,” which MR. AND MRS. COLBY, Binck Art Masical Novelty, “Kimo.” - Weature ROBERTIS ANIMALS DRAMATIO PLAYLIET T HEADLING MINSTIEL SHOW. ATURE. A HOUSE -OF CARDS— TS_ON_THE Awr REE: | THE SEVEN RUSSELLS compi ADMISSION—10c. EVENINGS, Resery o to depart the other night. They sawed their wuy through the bars, and were in_the inclos ready to leap the fence when Daisy heard the commo- tion. She was prompt to respond to the call of duty, and less than a mi ute later\the four jaii breakers we backed into an open cell and figkting for thelr lives, Daisy practically dis- robed one of the men by selzing his prison suit so firmly that It gave way, and his shrieks brought the sherift and the jailer. The frightencd prisoners went gladly back to their cells. No further attempts at jail delivery In Harris county are looked for. “Motoring in the Balkans. It is becoming quite the fad t have been o many kind put on the market of L have been most commonplaca that it Is most pleasant to descover one quite worth while. Such a book s “Mo ing in the Balkans,” by Frances K. ley Hutchinson (A. C. MeClurg & C Chicago). Its charm is not so much in its fund of Information imparted as in the description of a route practical- ly unknown to motorists. It is doubt- ful it any ever took the complete tour described, but it is certain that a good many rich people will do %0 as a result of the trall blazed so interestingly. The style is simple and straightfor- there are no flowery and tire- some’ descriptive bits and no attempts at humor. Little sketches of the many Qifterent types of people are given, strange customs described, advice wet forth as to roads, hotels and towns, and accounts included of spots of his toric interest. The tour taken by this party of flve Americans began at Triestte early in April, last 48 days, and covered 1,483 miles before Vienna was reached. An itinerary Is given in the front of the book which shows dis- tances between towns, population and the best hotels to stop at. From Trieste the route ran through Abbazia and over the Vratnik pass Into Dalr then to Zara, Spalto, Ragusa, and Into Montenegro to Cettinje. From therc the party crossed into Herzegovina, to Mostar, and up to Jajee over to the Pli- trica lakes to Agram, then the long pull northwest to Gratz, and over the Semmering to the Austrian capital Py What s 1t, my child? When Sis ‘marries that lord, will 1 have to call her ‘your ladyship? “It will not be neeessary for you to do s0, but it will be very nice if you care 10, “All right. “Mebby I won't always do it, but Il promise not to call her ‘punkin face' any more, anyhow.” Each Wanted Information. Dr, C. V. Kerr found himself in a small village at about the noon hour the other day between trains. “Where's the hotel?” he inquired of a native. ‘Which one?" asked the other. 'Why, have you more thau one hotel here?" “ ‘alan’t know there was any,’ plied the native as he w re- Cure in One Minute Hoarse Coughs, Stuffy Colds, pain in the chest and sore lungs are symptoms that quickly develop into a dangerous illness if the cold is no cured. Foley's Honey and T the cough, heals and eascs the ed parts, and brings quick rclief. & Osgood. ongest - Lee (eresota Flour e Ceresota. Bread makes growing _children strong. Poison Confect] relieves NEVER NEGLECT CONSTIPATION a natural, heal Containe forming drugs. 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