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That Edison Examination Thousands of boys over the country dreamed and worked to get into the Edison technical scholarship competition. Finally forty-nine were chosen by the rves and District of Columbia. They went to West Orange, N. J„ to take the examination. They had prepared for a technical examination 9 scholarship in a technical school. They had a r;ght t 0 expert a technical questionnaire and technical experts as judges Instead, they got a character examination. Also the*, were forced to answer questions concerning metahaphysics. economics and international affairs, which iqe-her they nor the judges were competent to answer. When do you consider a lie permissible?” Not e* en Jesus would dogmatize on that. Are Mr. Edison, Mr. Ford. Mr. Eastman and the re; s os the examining board willing to sit in judgment Or was this Just a trick question? In either case, the boys who went there for an examination in science and objective facts were tricked. Which one of the following would you be willing to sacrihee for the sake of being successful? Happiness. comfort, reputation, pride, honor, health, money, love ' An easy question, to be sure, for any prig, though hardly one you would put to anyone but a png. Is the present relation of capital to labor reasonably fair' 1 " We wonder just how the capitalists on the board of judges marked the boys who answered no. I' has taken the world a long while to progress from that benighted age when a youth's personal opinions on questions of religion, philosophy and politics vere made a test of entrance to an educational Institution or a test for an academic scholarship. We regret exceedingly that Mr. Edison, a great genius—as an in' entor —and a man of good intentions, should ha*e given the influence of his name to a pro;crt so lacking in good taste and in educational Integrity. On more than one occasion Mr Edison and Mr. Ford have stepped out of their fields as experts to pontificate on religious and historical subjects of which th*y '-ere ignorant, in so far as this latest questionnaire -read so widely by the hero-w*orshipping youth of the land—encourages such confusion between objecti’*e facts and subjective opinions, its influence is most harmful Crowded Prisons Th= riot in the federal prison at Leavenworth was the act of desperate m *n They wore unarmed and had small hope e: escape They opposed guards who had rifles, machine guns and bombs. Near by was a garr son of federal troops The prisoners took the risk of death and the certs intv of solitary confinement, the loss of privileges and of time off for good behavior. They must have been desperate Why? One story is that they did not like the Mexican rice frequently fed them another is that heat-crazed drug addicts fomented trouble; another that s he riots in two New York prisons acted as a suggestion. A more cor* wring reason than any of these is found in the m'Y o f Warden White to the department of Justice Leavenworth prison is overcrowded disgraceful!;* ft * built to accommodate 2.000 men It now here’s 3.VP. 'The real reason.' says Warden White, “is the overcrowded condition, without any work *o do, with the addition of extremely hot weather." Supporting the warden, the superintendent of United States prisons says: It has been impossible under the present law to provide work sufficient to take up the attention of the majority cf t'rr men I knew that you and the members of congress realize the gravity of the situation and appreciate the importance oi securing adequate financial backing for relic* mg the congestion, and legislation to p** r.vt extension of prison industries." Federal prison population has been increasing for several years the rate of TO per cent a year. Yet facilities for handling this increase have not been provided. A orngressional committee, having studied the situat en. last session obtained authorization for two narcotic farm*, each to have 1.000 acres and to bouse l.ono inmates. No money was appropriated for the undertaking. ho\ w er. These farms should be established They will relieve some of the congestion. Existing prisons should b* enlarged or new ones built. It is not necessary to coddle prisoners. But they should be treated like human beings. Renouncing War Tomorrow, in'the presence of diplomats representing most of the.signatorv governments. President Hoover formally will proclaim the Kellogg peace pact in effect among forty-nine nations. This is the pact designed to outlaw war Those nations signing it "renounce war as an instrument of national policy." Two of the signatories are Russia and China. These two nations now are bristling at each other across the Manchurian border, but. in response to reminders from France and the United States, each has assured the world that it is not forgetting its signature to th° Kellogg pact A? the same time a Moscow dispatch tells that Russia rejected an offer of France to mediate the Chinese-Russian dispute. There can be no negotiations with China, says the Russian government, until China has restored Russia's rights in the Chinese Eastern railway, seiz'd less than two weeks ago by the Chinese government. Ar.d in Peiping a manifesto of President Chian g Kai Shek is published It talks of "Russia's arrogant attitude" ar.d the "Red imperialism." On the surface it might seem that the two belligerent countries propose to proceed to war. regardless of all treaties. But we doubt that they will. And we believe tha* the very existence of the Kellogg pact, not yet formally proclaimed, will contribute much toward cooling their war fever. As swiftly as the war clouds have gathered, almost as swiftly have the peace moves of the bystanding nations followed. In a world where anybody's war quickly becomes everybody's war. some means of asserting the world's common interest long has been necessary. The Kellogg agreement among nations furnishes this means and it already is being used. We believe it will be used to satisfactory purpose. We believe Americans have cause for pride in tomorrow's ceremonies at the White House.

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Tariff Price-Fixing Senator Smoot of Utah announces that the senate finance committee, of which he is chairman, will hold hearings next w*eek on a proposed sliding scale tariff duty on sugar which he has evolved. If approved, the system would be substituted lor the duties in the house bill. Smoot, has not revealed the details of his proposal. Its purpose, regardless of details, would be to keep the price of sugar at a certain level. When the price of sugar went down, the tariff automatically would increase. When the price of sugar went up, the tariff automatically would decrease. Refiners, in the sliding scale system they have recommended, would have a "refiners’ margin" fixed by congress, covering the difference between what the refiner pays for his raw sugar and what he gets for his finished product. A refiner would pay the government a penalty for selling sugar above or below this margin. This would amount to guaranteeing the profits of the refiners. Whether Smoot's plan incorporates this suggestion is not known. At best the sliding scale proposal amounts to pricefixing by the government. It would guarantee a certain return to the country's 100.000 domestic sugar producers. It would deprive the housewife of any benefit from a reduction in the world price of sugar. If the world price went down, the tariff would go up, absorbing the difference. We venture to assert that the American people are overwhelmingly opposed to price-fixing for the benefit of beet sugar growers, sugar refiners, or any other group It it's proper to fix prices for them, it is equally proper to do it for the producers of other farm commodities and for manufacturers. Aimee’s Fast One There goes another illusion. We never expected to see the day when the great Aimee McPherson would slip. She had breezed through so many adversities it seemed that she must go on putting it over, come what might. Not that many in this day of education could be found to accept her primitive and rather terrible brand of theology. But that wasn't the point. There were plenty who could be moved by her voice, her appearance, her emotion and her apparent sincerity. But business is falling off That at least is the inference from two news dispatches. One states that she is entering an evangelical partnership with Billy Sunday. Well, Billy has not been packing 'em in for fifteen years or more. His competitors call him a has-been. A second dispatch from Denver states: “At an evangelistic meeting at the municipal auditorium, she asked those who would contribute $1 to her campaign against Satan to stand up. A few' persons arose. Mrs. McPherson's band then struck up 'The Star-Spangled Banner.’ The auditorium arose en masse." This is called "putting over a fast one" on the devil. Certainly the provocation is great, when the once successful Aimee can not get $1 out of those who cerne to see her. But isn’t it possible that, from such collection tactics, the converts may get the notion that the devil is not the only one having a fast one put over on him? The Rare Tourist If it is news when a man bites a dog. it will also be news when some motorist boasts of how few* miles he made a day on his vacation and how much scenery he saw. Sometimes it’s necessary to sever diplomatic relations with undiplomatic relatives. The less some people have on their minds, the more they seem to want to talk it off. Many people moving in the best circles are not straight.

-David Dietz on Science—-

The Cycle of Water

No. 425-

PLANTS can not grow without water. They absorb -he water through their roots and the water penetrates the entire plant. But the plant also gives up water as well as absorbs it. If a wet cloth is hung on a wash line it begins to dry. This is due to evaporation. The water in the cloth is changed to water vapor and absorbed into the air. Plants lose water through evaporation in much the same fashion. The process is known technically as

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manufactures carbohydrates from the carbon dioxide. could not go on. But the leakage of water through the walls of the mesophyll cells means a loss of water through evaporation or transpiration. The water on the cell walls evaporates, filling the spaces between the cells with water vapor. When the pores or stomata of the exterior of the leaf are open this water vapor escapes into the open air. The loss of water is characteristic of animals as well as plants. The moisture or vapor which is exhaled with the breath is water which has evaporated from the lungs. The skin also gives off water in the form of perspiration. The amount of water which is given off by a plant through transpiration is very large. It has been calculated that a corn plant, will transpire four or five gallons of water in its lifetime, while such plants as the sunflower give off an even greater volume The water transpired by a field of wheat during a summer would be the equal to the amount of water needed to cover the field to a depth of five inches. It has been calculated that for every pound of solid matter in the part of plants above ground, about 300 pounds of water were transpired during the process of growth. From this it will be seen why an abundant supply oi water is essential in the growing of crops.

M. E. Tracy SAYS:

La Guardia Has Done the People of New York a Service by Smashing the System Which Made a Mockery of the Party He Represents. IT is a mistake to say Congressman La Guardia "received" the Republican nomination for the mayoralty of New York. He did not. He took it—going out single handed, fighting the organization to a standstill, mopping up the floor with It, and thumbing his nose at it in the end. Kis triumph is significant, not only because it shows what a nervy dissenter can do, but because it reveals the rotten condition existing within his own party, * a b A Lone Fight HAVING won the nomination alone, it remains for Congressman La Guardia to fight the campaign alone The Livingstons. Koenigs and other regulars are about as anxious to see him w*in the election as they were to see him get the nomination. Circumstances have made him a figure of splendid isolation. In that lies his one hope. It is not a particularly bright hope, but it is the only one that a Republican candidate for mayor of New York City could afford to bet on B It B 'Second Fiddle’ THE Republican party of New York City has been content to play second fiddle to Tammany hall. Indeed, it has furnished the background for Tammany Hall, the surface of smug respectability underlaid with trickery* and intrigue which was essential to the smoother and successful operation of Tammany Hall. The Republican party of New* York City has been content to do no more than a little shadow boxing every four years in exchange for certain privileges with regard to state and federal patronage. As far as municipal politics are concerned, it has seen eye to eye with the bosses of Tammany Hall and deliberately has connived at its ow'ii defeat. a b a Bit Between Teeth UNDER such circumstances, any candidate nominated by the Republican party in a regular way was foredoomed not only by the normal Democratic majority against him, but by the attitude of his own crowd. It would have been a repetition of the old performance this year, if La Guardia had not taken the bit in his teeth and run away with the nomination. The bosses not only were out to put up a perfectly orthodox candidate. but to let him be trimmed in a perfectly orthodox way. They are sore and disappointed because they were unable to do it. afraid that by some fortuitous circumstance La Guardia may be elected and spoil the pretty game. B B B Honest Stage Setting LA GUARDIA has done the peo- / pie of New York a service bysmashing the system which had made a mockery of the party he represents, and by* giving them a chance to vote in an election that will not have been settled beforehand by agreement, That, at least, furnishes an honest stage setting, and recreates the illusionment that the greater city is going through something more than a mere formality when it holds a municipal election. B B B Walker Tough Foe IN facing James Jacob Walker. who is running for a second term, and Tammany Hall, with its finelydeveloped political organization. Congressman La Guardia will find himself confronted by a different foe. than the smug, indifferent, tricky* crow*d that he has beaten, and he will have to sing a far different tune than prevailed in the unofficial Republican convention to get. anyw-here. The agreeable thought that May*or Walker can be defeated bybeing made fun of as a wiseeracker is absurd. Because a man is nimble on his mental feet, because he can crack jokes with the best of them, because ne can adapt himself to any form of entertainment, it does not follow that he is lazy*, crooked, or neglectful of the public’s business. Wlict is more important, it does not follow, that the public thinks so. o b a They Like Jimmy IT is to be conceded that Mayor Walker has made a national reputation for himself as a wit. has spent considerable time receiving distinguished guests, has stayed out rather late at. night and slept rather late in the morning and has refused to take his job so seriously that he could not be agreeable and accommodating. It is to be conceded, also, that, in spite of all the scolding by soberminded editorial writers and the sarcastic remarks of those who would prove themselves equally clever. New York rather likes its breezy*, hail-fellow-well-met chief executive, and that the candidate who beats him will have to find and prove some bigger fault.

transpiration. The cells in the interior of the leaf, the mesophyll cells, con tin uously are giving up water. This wets the walls of the cells and makes it possible for the carbon dioxide of the atmosphe re to enter them. If it were not for tills fact, photosynthesis. the process by which the plant

Wash you. make you clean; put away the evil of your doings before mine eyes; cease to do evil. —lsaiah 1:16. 8 B B THERE is evil in every human heart, which may remain latent, perhaps, through the whole of life: but circumstances may arouse it to activity.—Hawthorne. What was the seating capartly of the hall in Houston, Tex., where the last Democratic convention was held? Botwton 15,000 aad 20,000.

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Daily Thought

Getting Tired of Taking E verybody’s Dust

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Here’s Safe Diet for Reducing

This is the third of a series of six aetieles io which Dr. Morris Fishbeln. America's foremost writer on medical topics, tells how the various reducing diets now so popular look in the eves of medical science. BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN. Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hygeia, the Health Magazine. THE only thing necessary to reduce weight successfully in the large majority of cases is to realize that not more than fourteen hundred to fifteen hundred calories per day should be taken, that the foods selected should have proper amounts of proteins, carbohydrates, fats and mineral salts, that all of the vitamins should be included, and that the diet should be sufficiently varied to make it appeal to the taste and the appetite. When most of us went to school these things were never taught to us. Modern children learn a great deal about these facts in their courses in physiology and in home economics.

IT SEEMS TO ME

WELL, it certainly feels good to be back with United States Steel again. The old place looks exactly the same, although they have introduced some improvements here and there. By now the slight disagreement which separated us at 198 Vi, has been entirely forgotten. At least I bear no ill will, and I expect an equal generosity on the part of the steel corporation. In fact, it’s rather up to it to kill the fatted calf for a prodigal stockholder who has been feeding on such husks as Great Northern Ore and Standard Brands. However, I think it might be a good idea for them to number both the fat kind and the investors, so that no mistakes will be made when the slaughter takes place. BBS Not Investor HOWEVER, it would hardly be fair to call me an investor. When you call me that, smile. Investment is for capitalists. We of the working class must speculate. What earthly good can I derive from depositing some hard-earned hundred dollars with an organization which will return me $lO6 at the end of a year? Sterner and more daring chances are best for us

Questions and Answers

You can set an answer to any answerable question of fact or information bv writing to Frederick M. Kerby, Question Editor The Indianapolis Times’ Washington Bureau. 1322 New York avenue Washington. D. C.. inclosing 2 cents in stamps for reply. Medical and legal advice can not be given nor can extended research be made All other questions will receive a personal replv. Unsigned requests can not be answered. All letters are confidential. You are cordially invited to make use of this servlee. Are clocks made with the hours numbered from one to twenty-four? Such clocks are common on the continent of Europe. How can a chamois jacket be washed? Wash in warm suds to which household ammonia has been added —about 1 teaspoon to a quart of water. Do not rinse too much. Stretch it to shape while it is damp. Did Germany lose all her colonial possessions as the result of the World war? Yes. What is the population of the world and of the Un'ted States? The population of the world is estimated at 1.906.000.000. The 1923 estimated population of the United States is 120.013.000. What is the average daily birth rate in the United States? Taking the latest birth and death figures and diriding them by 365 shows an average of 5.085 births a day and 2.995 deaths. What is the origin and meaning of the name Bianca? it is Italian from the Teutonic, meaning whit*.

HEALTH IN HOT WEATHER

For the adult who Wants to learn about foods there are a half dozen books available that provide the necessary information. However, most people will not even look in a book or make the slightest effort to acquire the necessary information. For them it is necessary to supply a standard list by which they can regulate their conduct and their appetites. Suppose one wished to take 1.200 calories in a day. it could be accomplished and all the body needs guaranteed by the following arrangement: Breakfast—One half orange 2 eggs. 1 thin piece dry toast, coffee sweetened with saccharin and 2 tablespoons of thin cream, and 1 small cube of butter. Lunch—A slice of lean meat, peas or string beans to the amount of two tablespoons, head lettuce with a little French dressing. Dinner—Clear bouillon, 2 slices

HEY WOOD 7 BROUN

in the lower classes. That’s one of the reasons I sold Standard Brands. I had owned the stock for almost a week, and I was afraid that the wolves of Wall Street might mistake me for a widow or an orphan rather than a big operator. However, there is plenty of room for more business acumen in the stock market. The secret of my success consists of the application of hard common sense in a field of activity, where all is romancing and sentimentality. The Wall Street of today is devoted to the proposition that two birds in the bush yielding 1 per cent on your money are worth a nice 6 per cent bird right in the hand. Wall Street calls this “discounting the future," but it is really a form of day dreaming. B B B Frantic to Buy TELL any of the other operators what some stock just has done and he will break his neck to buy a thousand shares. Pot of Gold at the end of the Rainbow Inc. would be a sensation in the Street. It ought to sell for at least triple par, since its potentialities are not wholly realized. I seem to be the only sane and

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COLUMBUS LEAVES SPAIN Aug. 3. 1492 ON Aug. 3. 1492. Christopher Columbus sailed from Palos, Spain, on his memorable voyage with the three tiny vessels—the Santa Maria, the Pinta and the Nina. Provisioned for a year and with ninety mariners aboard, the fleet proceeded to the Canay islands, where the rig of the Pinta was altered. Repairs were completed and the expedition left the Canary Islands Sept. 6, From the parallel of about 30 N. nearly to the equator there is a zone of perpetual winds—namely, the northeast trade winds—always moving in the same direction, so that the ships of Columbus were steadily carried to their destination by a law of nature. Day after day passed and the crew became mutinous, but on Oct. 11, about 10 p. m., Columbus saw a light. At 2 o'clock the next morning: land was distinctly seen. The island, called by Columbus San Salvador, has now been ascertained to be Watling Island, one of the Bahamas. After discovering several smaller islands, the fleet came in sight of Cuba. Oct. 27. Crossing the channel between Cuba and Haiti, they anchored in the harbor of St. Nicholas Mole Dec. 4. The Santa Maria was wrecked shortly after and it was necessary to leave a small colony on the Island when Columbus began the return vcyaje on Jto. 3. HIX

lean meat, spinach or carrots, head lettuce with French dressing, ’ 2 orange, tea sweetened with saccaharin, of a cup of milk, a slice of thin bread toast and a small cube of butter. In the diet that has been given almost innumerable substitutions may be made for the sake of variety. One half grapefruit may be substituted for the orange. One egg may be substituted for the meat. Cucumbers, asparagus. radishes, turnips, cabbage, spinach, watercress may be used as vegetables or several may be taken at one time to make up about four ounces of vegetables cooked, or as a salad. Occasionally berries or tomato may be substituted for the orange or the grapefruit. The calories will sverage about twelve hundred to fourteen hundred per day and on that diet the person will lose about two Bounds per week if he keeps up his daily work, provided there is nothing constitutionally wrong with him.

Ideals and opinions expressed in this column are those of one of America’s most interesting writers, and are presented without regard to their agreement or disagreement with the editorial altitude of this paper.—The Editor.

matter of fact speculator in an army of visionaries. It is my invariable custom to say, coldly. “Show me a statement of the earnings." lam in no position to be sentimental about what a stock used to be or even • what it can become in ten years’ time. Unlike to poets and prophets who throng each brokerage office. I want my Eldorado here and now. Not for me the Bendixes and Radios. My ear is tuned to the clink of the more important earnings, sloshing around in the coffers of United States Steel. Unfortunately, I have one grave weakness as* a market manipulator. Judgment, patience discretion, ruthlessness—all these I possess in high degree. The only flaw in my equipment is the fact that I haven't any money. What a pity it is that such huge sums should be in the control of wholly impractical men. while I must remain an odd lot trader, 0 8 0 Just Like Eliza IF I want to buy anything I have to, sell something. After the manner of unfortunate Eliza, forward progress in my case can be attained only by quitting one cake of ice to reach another. And if any single cake in the whole lot proves unsound, .c is curtains for Eliza and for me. Please don’t think I suffer from any lack of confidence as I place my whole weight upon United States Steel. I read our report card and found it excellent. We got A in arithmetic, A in history and B plus in geography. I don’t know about deportment vet. That remains to be seen. Still, everybody tells me that steel ought to be selling at 250. I have no objection. I wonder what is holding us up? 'Copyright. 1929. for The Times' 1

The Histoiy of Money The lifeblood of human exchange is money. For the first time in many years, Uncle Sam has changed the size and design of its paper currency and many people are ashing th*msel-. es questions about the history and function of money. Our Washington bureau has prepared one of its comprehensive and informative bulletins on the subject. It covers the evolution of money from the time when shells and skins of animals served as money; it tells all about metallic money of the United States, where it is coined, the various mint marks, describes the various kinds of coinage, tells how money gets into circulation, what is "legal tender.” and describes the paper money of the United States in detail: tells about the new reduced-size United States currency, how mutilated currency may be redeemed and other interesting facts. Fill out the coupon below- and send for this bulletin. — CLIP COUPON HERE MONEY EDITOR. Washington Bureau. The Indianapolis Times, 1322 New York avenue. Washington. D. C. I want a copy of the bulletin THE MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES, and enclose herewith 5 cents in coir,, or loose uncaneeiled United States postage stamps, to cover postage and handling costs; NAME STREET AND NO CITY STATE I am a reader of The Indianapo’ls Times 'Code

AUG. 3. 1929

REASON —Ey Frederick Landis

You See. the Mrs. Gann Affair ReaVy Is a Crisis. Something Like the Firing oy\ Ft. Sumpter. ONE of the results of the 420hour record flight of the st, Louis Robin is to cause the country to visualize St. Louis as the national capital of aviation and another one of the results u to cause the Red Breast to throw out his chest as he hops past the English sparrow. BBS Until Mrs. Gann's article appeared in the magazine we didn't realize that the American flag would be trailed in the dust- and that Uncle Sam would be kicked in the slats unless she sat next to the host at all public functions in Washington. So you see the thing is really a crisis, something like the firing upon Ft. Sumter. B B B The big thing about this farmer;.’ co-operative corporation is that if they acquire the habit, of acting in unison, they may possibly get to a crop-limiting and price-fixing state of mind, In which event they would only be on an economic parity* with other great industries which do the very same thing. B B B The biting of children by mad dogs suggests that children should not only keep their hands off strange dogs, but also give the old family- dog absent treatment during August. Leave him to his fleas and his meditations. man SINCE Canada has coined a big nickel, the churches complain that the members are throwing them into the plate with a flourish. instead of contributing quarters, as formerly. They may fool the neighbors, but they- don’t compliment the Lord very much to imply that He doesn't know the difference. B B M The discovery that relatives of a, prisoner in Atlanta penitentiary paid $25,000 to Lee O’Neal Brown, deceased Illinois lawyer and politician, in return for which Brown was to obtain a pardon for the prisoner. is another evidence that the pardoning business drips with corruption. B B B Eleven children met to celebrate the ninety-fifth birthday of their mother. Mrs. Lucy E. Cox of Beloit, Wis.. a. thing which does not occur very often in this age. B B B Chile and Peru have settled their Tacna-Arica dispute. which is something, but they have denied Bolivia all access to the coast, which is the most effective way in the world to strangle their old neighbor. 808 THE So-,let government has sent thousands of scientists to all parts of the country, searching for sources of wealth under the ground, which would seem to indicate that the royal gems are about sold out. B a b The up to date people of Stamboul, Turkey, are right in thinking the rest of the world would regard them as behind the times if they presented any of Shakespeare's plays In their municipal theater. They can get the respect or the rest of us only by presenting plays which compel the audience to don gas masks.

Times Readers Voice Views

Editor The Times—Having a just and honest complaint. I beseecn you to publish this for the benefit of the public. This evening 'July 30 I boarded an East Michigan street car. west bound, at Michigan and La Salle street, and paid 9 cents, cuonting the transfer. As usual I did not notice the date punched on the transfer, but it showed July 21 Instead of 30. I boarded an East Washington car at Washington and East Michigan streets and was rudely put off at Davison by the conductor. Why should I or any other passenger suffer for the error of the street car company's employe? Is it just? I w-ill sw-ear before any court I had but one transfer in my possession when I got on the East Washington car. The transfer I gave the conductor may have been good and w-as switched as though I gave it to him. Ia ma man past 66, and never gave any offense to any one, especially in violating the law or complaining of any corporation. Hoping for better service and courtesies from the street car company. S. W. HARSHMAN. 55 South Tuxedo street.