Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1901 — Page 2

GOVERNOR MOUNT’S MESSAGE.

Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representatives: Yeti have been chosen to the high and responsible duties of lawmakers for this Commonwealth. It is within your power to do much to make or mar the good Mme of Indiana. Your duties are arduous, your responsibilities great. The time allotted for the multiplicity of duties before yon is brief. It'-will therefore be needful that prompt attention from the begb*ing of the session be given to import: it measures that will be before you for your action. The condition of the public finances of the State of Indiana are certainly a matter of congratulation to every citizen ♦f the commonwealth. The debt paying policy has continued during the past two years until at the present time it can be safely predicted that all of the State’s kudebtedness that admits of payment will be paid within a time not exceeding four years should the specific appropriations •f the coming Legislature not be abnor■rally large. The amount of the State debt Jan. 10 of the present year was as follows: • per cent refunding school fund bonds, series 1899 $2,930,010.1)0 per cent refunders, series 1886 ... ................... . 555.000.0tL per cent State House, series 1895 500.000.00 State stock certificates (interest stopped) 5,015.12 fc per cent bond, Purdue University ... 340, 000.00 • per cent bond. Indiana Univeralty 144,000.00 $4,504,615.12 Of the public debt of the State less than S3,O(M),IM.K> is available in the near future for cancellation. There has been paid on tlte public debt in the past two years $1,096,000. These payments have been made from the State debt sinking fund of 3 cents on each SIOO, and an addition of $109,000 from the general finiiU The Legislature of 1899 made extraordinary specific appropriations consequent «pon the necessities of the State institutions and the substantial improvement fo>- the Indiana reformatory at Jeffersonville. The appropriations, amounting to •early $1,000,000, were more than double that of any preceding Legislature for years past. Should flic appropriations few the session of 1901 be of a normal amount the debt paying ability of the knccming administration will be substantially increased. The tax duplicate of Indiana amounts io $ 1,335,740,098. which is the hugest in the history of the State. It is a source of congratulation that the system of taxation in Indiana by which corporate and all oilier forma of property are assessed at their true cash value is largely respon•ftile for this very gratifying aggregate •f taxable* of the commonwealth. While the deduction* for the year 1899 were fai round numbers $27,500,000, there was to offset this, an increase of $-3,909,800 in the assessment of the personal property of the State, and of $0,414,640 in the assessment of corporate property. The total taxes for all purposes, State •nd county, accruing from the duplicate • mounted to s2l .ti 59.795.51. Of this • mount, however, all the expenses of the gciimal fund of the State ami the Ftalc debt sinking fund are met on a levy of 17 cents on the SIOO, which is one of the very loWi-st levies of any of the States of the Union. Truly every eitiaen of Indiana can take pride in the •diuirsble linaneial status of the Stale. Primary Election. The primary convention is the basic foundation of good gjftvernnieiit. In some of the large cities, the methods of conducting the primary convention* are any thing but assuring. A law that would eliminate the evil now attending some of these conventions and guarantee a free and unlratmueled expression from the rotors, without cumbersome provis tone and expensive paraphernalia, would meet with favor. The corruption of the ballot, through the purchase of votes, is a menace to free government. This dangerous evil is growing, and has already reached alarming conditions. Success in a campaign is becoming more and more contingent ■l>on boodle instead of principle and merit. The present dangerous and disreputable methods must be stopped. Both the seller and the buyer of vote* should be punished by disfranchisement, by tine •ad imprisonment. *1 lie Insane. A long step was taken by the last LegMature toward providing for the insane of the State. Still larger provisions must Im* made. It is the duty of the State to provide for«its unfortunate wards. The aggregate number of inmate* In the four insane hospitals is 3,502. Both the condition and management of these institution* are to Im* commended. Two years ago I called the attention •f the Legislature to the need of revising the judiciary of the State. Courts are Multiplying more rapidly than litigation, •nd court expenses nt a more rapid rate than courts. This growing expense can be obviated and existing inequalities re moved through the reorganization of the State into court districts comprising several counties, equalizing as nearly ns possible the work of the several districts and providing for tlx- number of judges to correspond with the size of sniil districts. Indiana is justly proud of the splendid tribute paid to her soldiers nnd sailors bi the monument erected to their memory. I earnestly recommend the enactment of • law that will forbid its desecration. Non-Partisan Control. * In the management of the State institution* the welfare of the Inmates, the

good name of the State, has been kept constantly in view. The maximum in efficiency with the minimum in cost have been the objective points. The merit and not the spoils system now dominates. I recommend the enactment of a lawplacing the Indiana State pri*on under non-partisan management. Thia rule now obtains there, but not by direct process of law. The Indiana Industrial School for Girls and Woman’s prison should be separated, but retained under one management. That part of the fish law that permit* seining should be promptly repealed and a strong provision enacted against this method of taking fish. 1' recommend that a law be enacted requiring a license before non-residents can hunt in Indiana. I wish to call attention of the General Assembly to the efforts of the present management of the State library to make more easily accessible by systematic arrangement, cataloguing, and indexing the contents of the library. I should like also to commend the requeot of the State librarian for larger appropriations for the collection nnd preservation of materials relating to the early history of the. Btate. A few hundred dollars well spent now will become of inestimable value in a few years. State Board of Agriculture. The energy and ability displayed by this board in securing the finest exhibit, last fall, ever shown in the State, is worthy of commendation. In horticulture. in growth of the cereals— in short, in all its agricultural interests, our State takes high rank. Much of this progress is due to our State fair. All our people should encourage and patronize the fair. House concurrent resolution No. 0 directed the return of the Terry's Texas Rangers’ battle flag to the survivors of that organization. On the 4th day of October, 1899, in the presence of -thousands of people, your executive, after a short address, placed in the hand* of the Governor of Texas that flag. Gov. Sayre made a feeling response. The Legislature of Texas passed appropriate resolutions commending the Legislature of Indiana. With commendable wisdom and zeal, the State labor commissioners have discharged their responsible duties. Tlte workingmen of the various industries and interests of the State are industrious and law-abiding. The commissioners have been a potent factor in securing an amicable adjustment of -til labor troubles.

The lobbyist is becoming more and more ;t:i element of danger in our lawmaking assemblies. The professional lobbyist is a foe to good government, and merits the righteous condemnation of those who have uppermost in their desires the good of the people. This magnificent capitol should be kept in good repair. Au appropriation sufficient to this end is wise. Purdue University was founded as an agricultural college. The manifest purpose of the founder of this university and tly subsequent laws was to furnish a training for industrial pursuits. It was to teach the farmer to apply science to his farming, the principles of economies to his business -transactions. It was to train architects, mechanics, engineers, electricians—in brief, to fit the students for the practical pursuits of industrial business. The lack of a knowledge of the science of agriculture is producing its results. Thousands of abandoned farms in the Eastern States sound the note of alarm. Unthrifty methods are leaving their disastrous trace in our State. Purdue must disseminate the knowledge in agricultural and mechanical industries, upon which rest the material prosperity of the State. Indiana is an agricultural State. What has it done and what is it doing to advance this great industry, as compared with other States? (Here the Governor givas statistics of schools of agriculture in the surrounding States by which it is shown that all of these have from time to time made large appropriations for the advancement of agriculture, while Indiana has appropriated specifically for her school of agriculture, farm ami experiment station but $24,600 since 1874.1 The. little interest the State has taken iq the agricultural department of the school, the shabby building and equip- ( incuts for students from the farm, is the sequel, in part, for the small number enrolled as agricultural students. All the States that are keeping abreast of the times in their agricultural colleges have | growing interest and increase of agrlcul 1 lural students. I therefore recommend n liberal appropriation for improved building and facilities for agricultural instruction, nnd that Purdue be made a great agricultural nnd mechanical university. There is need of better protection to tin* live stock interests of the State from infectious nnd contagions diseases. The loss annually sustained in this State amounts to more than three million dollars. In pursuance of an act approved March 11, 1895, Gov. Matthews appointed u Uhiekiunnuga and Chattanooga National Park Commission. This laborious task of locating and marking all the points on the memorable battlefield of Clilcku binuga has been performed. This is Indiana's great battlefield. Forty Indiana organizations took part on this bloody field and lost in killed, wounded and miss ing 3,920 men. The report of this com mission is valuable to the State. County and Township Reform Lawn. There is n growing sentiment in favor of strict economy nnd business integrity In the management of county nnd town ship business. The laws recently enact ed looking to this end have, in the main, been wise. Some little amendments may lie added, but the principle of these laws must be maintained. More thnn half a million dollars saved to the taxpayers innmtlly through tip* county reform laws. Multiplied thousands of dollars have been saved to the taxpayers tinder these new laws. The State Board of Health, with commendable zeal, Ims studied sanitary conditions, and promptly combatted the first appearance of infections nnd contagious diseases. Many valuable suggestions nre presented in their annual report. The State should sacredly guard the public health. Goo.l Roa-I*. Go«nl roads are needful to social development ami intellectual progress. Tb-v

add to the material prosperity of th* country at large. Rural free delivery of mail is destined to do much to elevat* farm life. Road improvement is one of the conditions needful to secure these advantage*. All classes of people are benefited when roads are improved. If the Supervisors enforce the law which requires service on the highways, and faithfully execute the law in regard to working out road taxes, a noted improvement in the roads would result therefrom. Both In my inaugural address and in my biennial message, I called attention to the unfair methods in vogue Whereby the road assessment on railroads was farmed out through an agent who takes from the railroad at a large discount their assessment, makes a deal with the road supervisor, gets the receipt in full for the assessment, and turns the same over to the railroads, who use these receipts as cash in payment of taxes. The railroads are assessed for taxation in round numbers at one hundred fifty-four million dollars. The average road tax is about 20 cents on the SIOO, thus creating a road, tax of about $300,000. It is safe to say that $120,000 of this amount is not expended for highway improvement as contemplated by law. This highhanded injustice has continued long enough. All road taxes should be paid in cash? reserving to the payer the right to work out the same, provided he responds at the time and in the manner required "by the supervisor, accepting the lawful price for such labor, and performing service iu full for nil receipts given. Lynching. The people of Indiana feel keenly the sting of reproach and the justice of the criticism heaped upon the State by reason of the brutal lynchings that have dishonored her good name. That the lynched committed a brutal crime is no justification for dethroning law and courts of justice, and establishing mob violence at the behest of infuriated and impassioned men. Where lynch lawlessness obtains, safety to person and property is lost. A mob is an assembly of lawless men acting in defiance to law. The remedy must be found through the co-operation of good citizens in demanding a rigid enforcement of the law, and not through mob violence. The law<abiding people must be willing to testify as witnesses, serve on juries; and see that courageous, true men are selected as judges and prosecutors. The lynchings that have marred the good name of our State and disgraced the cause of justice by revolting murder demand heroic remedy. I trust the Legislature will enact further laws that will prove a wholesome remedy against further dishonor. The county that permits conditions that lead to organized mob violence, and murder, should be made liable to heavy damages for such lynchings.Such suits to be brought by the Attorney General, and changed to a county removed from the control of local influence, the county guilty of the offense to bear all cost of witnesses and trial, such cause to be tried before the court. The minimum and maximum damages to be fixed by law, half of which shall go to the school fund of the State, and half to the legal heirs of the lynched. In addition to the above, and the valuable laws of two years ago. I approve and commend the suggestion made in the splendid report of Attorney General Taylor "that if a person is taken away from the custody of a sheriff of a county nnd is lynched, that such action shall ipso facto vacate his office of sheriff.” The Trust Problem. I hope the present General Assembly will wisely and courageously meet the grave questions which the greed of monopoly has forced to the front. The line of demarcation between the legitimate function* of large investments of capital, independently controlled, and the combination of industries into a gigantic monopoly, for the purpose of influencing markets and the gratification of the spirit of avarice, are so diverse that the good may not tie placed .ainder ban with th* evil. During the past two year* monopolistic tendency has been the rule. Small industries have been absorbed and dismantled. Healthy competition, in many instances, destroyed, large industries closed, prices forced upward by arbitrary methods, all of which constitute dangerous conspiracies against the public good. 1 must be content to point out the need, and leave to the wisdom of the Legislature to provide the remedy. The rate of tire insurance should not be arbitrarily controlled by any combination of underwriters. No corporation should be allowed, at its own sweet will, to fix prices- or rates. The State appropriates but $5,000 for the holding of farm institutes. Tills is but one-third the amount appropriated by adjoining States. At least SIO,OOO should be appropriated for this moans of educating the great mass of our farmers.

Public Kchool*. It is most gratifying to note that the educational interests of the State are making substantial progress. In the common schools the country finds its anchor of safety. These should always receive the fostering care of the State. The Indiana University and the. State Normal, under the splendid nnd efficient management of their presidents and faculty, nre making commendable progress. Where kidnapers have no legal or blood claim, where abduction is for rnnsoni or any other unlawful |Hirpose, it should be made in extreme cases punishable by death or imprisonment for life. Amend the laws of taxation so a* to give the State Board of Tax Commissioners original jurisdiction iu matters of assessment over all electric railroads extending into different counties. I dVem it timely to call the attention of the General Assembly to the Pan-Ameri-can exposition to lie held In Buffalo. New York. I regard it as proper that Indiana should iwive a rcprewntatlon there in sopie measure commensurate with the State's importnneo. In eonelusion. gentlemen, I trust Hint concord nnd good will may prevail, and that the spirit of moderation will characterize your actions nnd fairness govern your discussions nnd deliberations. I ntn confident that State pride will prompt to noble effort in behnlf of such measure* ns will best ndvnnce all the interests of this common wealth. JAMES A. MOUNT. At the Sandy Hook Lighthouse wnvea In n storm break on the walls with a weight of three ton* ngalnat every square Inch. • Some 2,(KM>,000 pottuds of camphor are consumed In tlie United States yearly.

AWARDING A PRIZE.

A Girl Who Wm Entitled to It, bat Failed to Get It. The teacher of English literature at a very select, though not large, School for girls here in town recently offered a prize for the best essay on the “Canterbury Pilgrimage.” The essays were handed in by the class a fortnight ago, and last Wednesday, there being special literary exercises at the school, the best of the papers were read by their authors, and the prize, a daintily bound Chaucer, awarded. The teacher of literature had charge of the exercises, and as she is by nature quite the most easily embarrassed woman I know, she was thrown Into a panic by the audience of fond parents who had been Invited to hear the readings. However, she managed very well, and when she rose to award the prize she was outwardly perfectly calm and collected. Her little speech ended with: “And so, for all these reasons, we have decided that the prize belongs rightfully to”—and here for the fraction of a second she hesitated—“to Elizabeth Francis.” Then she sat down, very red lb the face, and the fortunate Miss Francis received the congratulations of her much surprised friends. Friday the doqr bell of the house where Georgia Jones—of course, you understand that these names are not to be taken literally—lives, was rung, and the teacher’s card was sent up to Mrs. Jones. Georgia is a member of the literature class, and had done her level best with her “Pilgrimage” essay. Mrs. Jones descended to the drawing room and the teacher plunged into the midst of her story. “I’ve come to bring this Chaucer to Georgia,” she stammered. 1 “It's precisely like the one I gave to Elizabeth Francis, and I want Georgia to have it, for Georgia’s essay was by far the best of them all. I intended to give her the prize, but when I got up to make the announcement—why, all of a sudden, I forgot what I was going to say. I couldn’t for the life of me remember Georgia's name, and the only name I could recall was Elizabeth Francis. So I’ve brought Georgia this book, and I want her to have it.”— Washington Post.

BARELY ESCAPED A BUNKO.

Boaton Woman's Suspicion Aroused in Time to save a SS:X) Loss. “Beware of the ‘hello’ man,” say the Boston and Newton police, "for the wily bunko man's latest scheme will ‘get you if you don’t watch out.’” It is a telephone "dodge” and one of the cleverest and most original confidence tricks now in use, say the police, and It came very nearly "getting” in all probability the wife of a prominent West Newton citizen who is also one of Boston’s leading bankers to the extent of SSOO worth of diamonds on Friday. Only her quick wit and readiness of mind saved her diamonds. Her name is closely held by the police on account of the lady's wish to avoid all undue notoriety. It was about noontime when the telephone bell rang in her residence. “Hello!” called a strange voice. “Is that Mrs. ?” “Yes. Who is speaking?” “This is Mr. , your husband’s partner, you know. Yes, ha! ha! my voice is strange sounding to-day. I've got a cold. “We all have ’em this weather, you know. Oh, thank you, I expect It will be better to-morrow. But what I wanted to do is to deliver a message from your husband, who has gone out to attend a directors’ meeting. “Close friend of his lias imported a large number of diamonds of large size and extraordinary beauty ami your husband wants you to bring to him or send a few of your best jewels, as he thinks he can manage to exchange them for some finer ones perhaps.” Such was the message. For a moment the lady pondered it, a trifle doubtfully, and yet not altogether with suspicion yet. “Hay many should I bring?” she asked. “About SSOO worth, your husband says, and he thinks It would save you botlifr if you sent them in by a messenger.” Tills did stir the lady’s suspicion. “I really think I’d better bring them In myself,” she said. “Oh, very well,” said the other voice pleasantly, and lioth telephones rang off. Then the lady, after pondering the matter over, called up her husband's office and was answered by himself. The whole affair, the police think, who wore notified at once, was the clever plan of an original crook, and the drag nets were spread for him.— Boston Post.

Rescued.

An enterprising cat recently decided to mount nn electric pole In a city alley. Going up was easy enough, but there was trouble when, having sufficiently enjoyed the view from the top, a descent was attempted, it could not be done-. The cat walked about the pole a little, a very little, cried a great deal, and sympathizing neighbors came to windows and looked up- at him. But sympathy wouldn't get him down from that pole. There he stayed all day. In the meantime a practical onlooker had sent to the electrical company. Late In the afternoon • man arrived aud clifiibed rapidly to the top of the polo, gave the cat a few gentle strokes and pats, placed him on his shoulder nnd carefully descended. Once ui>on the ground Tom did not stop to parley, but scampered away as fast ns his legs would carry him. When peace folds her wings over some households, the wife shortly after appears tn a new dress.

POLITICS OF THE DAY

Allowi ncei Mut Be Made. . The Republicans want to. pledge this country to a colonial system, but such a system which does not recognize racial differences and that laws suitable Xor one people are not adapted for another must inevitably prove a failure. Great Britain has recognized that the jury system, however well-adapted to England, will not do in India; and Russia allows each of its subject races to retain its customs, ideas and laws. The United States will have to recognize the same principle, instead of declaring the Cubans and Porto Ricans and Filipinos incapable of self-government because the Cuban elections are different from ours, because the Porto Rican assembly does not follow the model of an American legislature, or because the Filipino has ideas of his own about polities.—New Orleans Times-Demo-crat. - Cultivate the Independent Voter. The Democracy needs not issues, but a standpoint. It must make a true, intelligent and worthy patriotism the mainspring of all its actions for" the next four years. It should commend itself to the independent American. He is the man who is deciding elections nowadays. He is giving his vote to the party that is most sincere in its attitude toward the people; which does not eater on the one hand to the is.ob nor on the other to the trusts. It Is not necessary that the Democratic party have a deep and mysterious program in order to achieve the support of the independent—all the party needs to do Is to suppress its jabberwocks and play honest politics. The Republican party is riding for a fall, but the Democrats must nevertheless play square politics to win.—Minneapolis Times. Hanna Will Carry Hi* Point. Senator Hanna is doggedly resolved upon compelling the passage of this syndicate subsidy grab. In which he aud his friends of the monopoly cult are so deeply Interested. He did uot anticipate any such vigorousj-esistani e to his will as has developed in the present Congress. Such resistance has angered him beyond measure. It will be characteristic of the burly boss to saddle the cost of an extra Congressional session on the country rathe? than be thwarted of his desire. And that Hanna has the power to do as he is reported to have threatened no one who is familiar with the situation at Washington will be inclined to doubt.—St. Louis Republic. Even Hanna Miirht Paine. Of course, Mr. McKinley Is for the ship subsidy bill, and he is perhaps to be commended for keeping quiet about it. Explanation would be superfluous and offensive. He will stand by his managers even to the point of calling an extraordinary session of the new Congress if Mr. Hanna demands it, but the case will uot probably run to that extreme. If the bill does not get through the present session of Congress the convening of the new Congress to give it further consideration would bring about a popular collision that even Mr. Hanna might not care to have in the face of the campaign in Ohio next year.—Cincinnati Enquirer. Treaty Cannot Be Revived. The treaty of 1850 has been outgrown by this country. It has been violated in a notorious manner by Great Britain by the establishment of. a colony in Honduras, and our govern-’ ment, through several administrations, has held it to be inoperative on’ that account. It may be said that an attempt to revive this treaty in full force and oppose its terms to the determination of the American people in respect to au Isthmian canal at this time would miserably fail. No administration, tiowever infected with Anglomania, would venture to bow before Great Britain in such au obsequious manner. —Boston Tost.

Time Wasted by Conarea. It is the old story over again nt Washington. Congress has frittered away the first third of the session and when it reassembles after the Christmas recess it will find Itself very short of time for the Indispensable legislative work Which must be performed In some fashion before the final adjournment. Much of the waste of time Is attributable to the shipping subsidy bill. The opponents of this measure recognize from the first that the only sure way to defeat Senator Hanna on the matter was to crowd it off the track. They have given proof of their intention to do so at any cost.—Boston Herald. . Going Back to Dark Age*. The announcement by the Philippine commission that all laws shall be promulgated in English, that English shall be the language of the schools, courts and of the government generally takes us back for a parallel to the Norman conquest of England and the later one of Ireland. The rule of the dark age that the rulers and conquerers should have a tongue separate from and largely unknowp to the masses was one of the abuses which fierinltted oppression and kept up enmity.—Pittsburg Dispatch. The Chief F.ngl"eer'« Mistake. A threat frotn Mark Hanna of an extra session of Congress If the sbiji subsidy bill should not bo passed before March 4 next would scarcely shake the resolution of the Senators wnose constituents, although Republican In politics, are unalterably opposed to squan-

dering public money upon a few ut and rapacious ocean transport! companies. Does the chief englnt the administration think that the eral Senate—the greatest leglsli body in the world—is a party car to be swayed at will be persona terests?—Philadelphia Record. That Full I inner Pail. Prosperity does not appear to! quite so widely diffused among the hands as they were led to expect b< the election. So many mills are > ting down just novuas to leave s thing to be explained. Of course shall be told of temporary coßdl that necessitate this action. But, we were told last fall that It wai trade conditions, but McKinley, f made prosperity, and that if w< elected him we should all have ■ wages for at least four years ■ The full dinner pail. It would j was for campaign uses only.—Phil pbia Times. Get Along Without Snbaidie« Canadian and American vessels engaged in this international ti* just as British and American vs are engaged in similar interuatl commerce across the Atlantic, but j has been no cry for subsidies ti able the American lake vessels to their own in the competition, ant] bill before the Senate does not i them any. The lake vessels cots to get along pretty well by tbeiri efforts.—Cleveland Plain Dealer, j -v, Interesting Coincidence*. .1 Possibly the campaign at tit udij Benjamin Harrison bad nothing 1 with the administration’s treating Major Russell Harrison, and posj the treatment of Major Russell Fj son has had nothing to do with then election attitude of his distingu father, but coincidences are nlwaj teresting.—Houston Post. Uncle Sam Heavily Haudicapp-i In maintaining a standing armj| building a great navy, in imltatil the European monarchies, it is wc| should consider that Europe payj such amounts in pensions as we dl that income taxation, of which we| none, supplies these monarchies I enormous funds annually.—St. | Post-Dispatch.

What Protection Does. 3 The American steel trust pre! that it needs protection against! foreigner. It has the protectloug uses Its power under the Dinglew to maintain extortionate at g while underselling all compel abroad. This is what protection! for us.—Johnstown, Pa., Democrat The More RemarkableConditidt( An Ohio clergyman complains!] the Standard Oil Company has <fl the Supreme Court of that Statm has not been punished. It wouh much more remarkable had the g defied the company and escaped | out punishment.—St. Louis Posg patch. An Awkward Acrostic. General Otis says the Filipino Ist with "Pitiful, Rank, Unreasot Nonsensical, Enervating Superstititl The Filipino, probably knowing | war record, retorts with the coiL tlon, “You, too, are full of Kansas City Star.

When Opportunity Knocked

Every other uight they met And gave mankind a ml). The girls who hadn’t the chance as To give a beau the snub; And yet their sign in words of jet Read: "Bachelor Maidens' Club.”j

Tlioy swore by the solar system ar The Scorpio group of stars That man was only tit to stand J And drink at a dozen liars; And they would never give their hq To one that held cigars. The leader wore n derby hat And yellow squnre ent coat; The secretary a red cravat And a collar that pinched her th While the treasurer looked so nui that She could have claimed a rote. There seems to have l»een a mishap To the plans of the maids antiqu] The “bachelor club” has gone to rd And the rooms are bare and hlehl For it seent* the president found a c Who was making fifteen per —-Chicago News.

Origin of a Phrase.

The expression “robbing Peter t I Paul” had its origin In the rhalr I Istlng between Westminster A I formerly St. Peter's cathedral, nr | Paul's cathedral In London. In I there was a deficiency In the trei I of St. Paul’s and an approprtath I money belonging to St. Peter’s made to cover the deficiency. Tin pie who were averse to the £ asked the question: “Why rob Peter’s to pay St. Paul’s?”

What Women Admire in Me

What wc admire most In them loving appreciation of ourselves, most admirable man Is he who n a comfortable home for the w who loves him and who delight make that home bright and cheer his sake. Eor after all It mattei tie what we admire in men; 'A is we love In them that Is the Impo factor In the well-being of the v —pall Mall Gmwtt*.