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Very likely It Is true that manyyoung doctors do not know much butiaturo works as hard to assist themas it does to assist the old practltloh

ergBymistake a man who meant to

varnish his front doer used maple sy¬

rup Fortunately though It does notappear that ho used varnish on hisbackwheat cakes

Tom Lawson Is said to have made42500000 the other day by not buying

a copper mine We refrain from buyIng copper mines every day In theyear without gaining anything by Iti Hudson Maxim announces that he

has completed an Invention which willrentier armor plate useless Thisought to help some more toward the

stablls mont of universal peace

Kipling may not havo been tryingto make the poet laureate look like aplugged 30cent piece but that was asort of byproduct of Rudyards latesteffort

A Boston woman wrote 225 words aminute for 15 minutes on her type-writer No doubt that If It had beennecessary she could have talked themat the same speed for as long a time

A New Orleans man doesn wanttho negroes to benefit by tho Rhodesscholarships The simplest way toprevent that would be for the whiteboys to beat the negro boys In the ex-

aminations

A correspondent writes to a Londonpaper to protest emphatically againstthe careless and selfish persons whowalk about In a crowded thoroughfare with their umbrellas carried In

a dangerous way Whats the use

Queen Alexandra Is but one of themany royal ladles who bear the nameof Alex Her two nieces PrincessAlexandra of Hesse who Is now thewidow of tho Grand Duke Serglus ofRussia and tho present czarina of Rus ¬

ala are both known as Alex

Fifty or more mirrors havo been re-

moved¬

from the government printingoffice so the women employes wontbe everlastingly primping This dill ¬

bolical move however will fall to ar-rest the involuntary straying of theIllywhite fin to feel of tho marcelwavo or the pomp

Ransford D Buckman of WorcesterMass recently appointed naval adviler to the sultan of Turkey Is nowin command of the fleet which guardsthe Bosphorus and tho Dardanelleswith the rank of admiral His firstexperience as a sailor was gained on-

tathe great lakes where ho was a cabinboy Now at 40 bo is an admiral

IfThe 600 elderly old ladles of a Swiss

J community who havo organized cru ¬

sade against excessive dancing andhave forwarded a petition to the can ¬

tonal officials pointing out that num-

berless¬

I Jails dances and other de¬

moralizing entertainments were givenlast yea and the young people de-voted too much time to pleasuremight lose their labor if somebodyshould dub them publicly the SourGrapes association

Vermont has 14 living exgovernorsranging In age from 84 years down tqhalf a century Tho list Iii of courseheaded by Frederick Holbrook of Brattleboro the war governor and thea

P comes exCongressman John W Stewt art Senator Rcdflcld Proctor John L

Darstow Samuel E Pingree EbenezerY J Ormaby Senator William P DII

i iJ1ng118m Carroll S Page U A WoodGrout Edward C smithj William W Btlekney John G McCul

tough and Charles J Bell

A leading favorite In the literarycircles of Washington Is the widow ofRev T De WJtt Talmage the cele-brated Brooklyn preacher Since thedeath of her husband Mrs Talmagehas spent much of her time in tMcapital She writes for magazinesand newspapers generally verses butalways under a nom de plume

The English ribbon trade Is said tobe now in a more flourishing condi ¬

tlon than it has been In many yearsowing to the huge demands the dressmakers and milliners aro making uponthe output of the manufacturers

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By REAR ADMIRAL JOHN P MERRYUS Navy Retired

11IT can bo said fairly that a career at sea holds out ns manyat ¬

tractions and as bright prospects of advancement to youngmen of the right kind as it ever did I should say that inmany respects the outlook for young men who would go to

sea is better titan it evor vrisThe great improvement in tho treatment of the Wren anti

in their surroundings gon a11y Uero1I0t be mentioned be-

cause that is a wellattested factThe opportunity for n Jfnfri man to rise by merit nlone is

much better because the demand for men with nautical knowl ¬

edge with industry loyalty and tho onpacity for executive ability neverwas so great

It is true that the goat bulk of tho nmritimo commerce of the world

is not con hcfJ as it ante was under the American flag there was atime when the stars and Stripes floated over moat of the wiling vessels

that traversed the Atlantic and Pacific oceansA groat deal might be accomplished in the direction of placing the

Amerlobn seamen where ho onco was in the load among the maritimepeople of the world by the multiplication of ships having the purpose forwhich the Enterprisewas designated Slaaaclnifctta Pennsylvania andXew York have n lutiealmining ships and it has been understood thatother states also would bo provldcd with them

These training ships ought to turn out as ninny competent men ns

would be needed The Enterprise was particularly successful in thisrespect a largo number of the boys who graduated fronv its course in

nautical trainlnghnvingloundsuperior positions in the merchant marineIn the naval service the prdspect advancement for an alert active

intelligent young man today is of courso very much brighter than itever was before There is now a door opened by congress through whichthe qualified young manCan hope to pass from tho noncommissioned tothe commissioned rank m time of peacewhile the seaman who dobsnot aspire tothat promotion is today betterhousedbettered nnd betterpaid

seer1notation 5Saj a gcr=

manent SnstttttttonBy MR WALTER PENNEY

Division Commander Massachusetts Sons ofVeterans

tMemorial dy a Deco

ration day M it hue tometo be called with all itshallowed sanctitiesdeeply imbedded in thehearts and minds of theAmerican people Weare a nation of Hero

and we loveto lay our garIAiMI5 of

love and honor to our nations saviors and thothe time will comewhen we will not be permitted to we them inarch our streets or even tomingle with them yet so deep is tho sentiment that the pleasure endbeauty of the memorial service will continue

Jfemorial day has reached that stago where it is not only a day ofhonor to the old veterans but it is observed in general by the people asa day of special memory to tho departed Before this day was institutedour cemeteries were not as thoy now are well kept and bountifully laidout and time feeling has become established that tlioro should bo one dayin the year of specialeffort on that line and why not Memorial day inthe most beautiful season of the year

The day will survive because it is tho wish of the Grand Army ofthe Public its institutors that it should I believe thoy never intendedthat it should die with the last veteran lint rather that it should surviveand grow as an institution of sentimen-

tIt will live because there is o ioia1l connected with the G ILand recognized by them an organization that with each year becom ¬

ing more pdwerful in numbers strength and morale tho Sons of Voter¬

ans U S A

In years to come it is to be one of the greatest orders in this landand the survival of Memorial day is its first duty The veterans are antis ¬

fwd that their work and memory aro in safe hands and will continue eo

The American people love sentiment and their Jovo for the old sol ¬

dier is strong and his momory is deeply cherishedFuture generationsI believe will continue in the same path and Memorial tiny whether itbe changed from a week day to a Sabbath day will live for years tocome or until America shall have

lost its honor and when that timecomes America as a nation will eerieto live

ractcal QCbri tianitpnub tibt tcatber

By DR C F AKEDNew Patter of Rockefeller Church New York

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worshipers

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1S2IThe Christianity I tryto teach is an appeal tothe intelligence theideals the hearts of menthe appeal for rightthinking end right liv ¬

ing Spurgeon once saidthe people he preached towere like a dust heapbut a dust heap filled

with thousands of little steel filings rI hold the magnet he would say

arid I draw to it the little particles of steel in the dirt He meant ofcourse that he aroused in his hearers that something that inspired themto be better men and women I do not consider my hearers dust Theyare much more to me Neither is it a case of rich or poor I do notsee what that has to do with it 1 do not ask a workingman to come tome tea u workingman I want him and all others to come simply as menand women and give me their attention and intelligencetheir nakedintelligence I have always worked for tired thingspeace temperance and right living

To mo the preacher and W congregation bearIan Intimate relation one to the other The thoughtsof the people I preach to seem to cone to me as amist which I must give back to then as a flowing

stream T receive frotn them but I must return more

than they give Ieit notlosmosUicncs who says thattho preacher must bestow with his lips first then withhis feelings A must have this sense of per¬

sonal contact A man pfcaoliing with his nose buriedin a manuscript can do nothing

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rAN EASY REVISION

HOW TO LOWER THE TARIFFWITHOUT LEGISLATION

The Concessions Sought by GermanyWould If Granted Practically Per-mit Foreign Producers to WriteAmerican Tariff Rate to SuitThemselves

That tariff revision downward isdistinctly contemplated In connectionwith the pending negotiations withGermany may be accepted as an Indiaputablo fact The end and aim of theGerman clamor for a change In ourcustoms administration methods hasbeen and is now to obtain tho admission of Germanys competitive ex-

ports Into the American market atlower thrift rates than those heretofore exacted No matter by whatname It may be called or In whatmanner the real purpose is masked bythose having the matter In hand theintention on both sides Is that theexporters of Germany shall bo af-

forded¬

Improved opportunities for thosuccessful Invasion of the American

marketIt well to keep this fact In mindfor It will help to n clearer understanding of tho statements cpntalnedIn an ar lcle which we reprint fromthe New York Journal of Commerceof April 10 embodying the details ofthe socalled provlsorlum for theextension for at least another year ofthe existing tariff truce between thoUnited States and Germany Thoarticle referred to has all the appearance of being based upon exact oftidal Information It reads as thoughSecretary Root had selected tho Journal of Commerce as a medium forcommunicating to the public the truthregarding the concessions conveyedby tho United States government toGermany through Ambassador vonpresentmentcablegram of April 12 and printed Inthe New York Herald of April 13 aifollowsBerlin

Saturday It Is reported Incommercial and Industrial circle thatbaron Speck von SterRbttrg Germanambassador to Washington who arrives In Berlin In A few days Is rev

turning with a draft of a temporaryagreement with the United StatThis temporary agroessatit does notrequire the sanction of conffrwHU It Inalleged It Increases the coeesslotuhitherto made by the United Statesgovernment to Germany The followlug are the mala points

It will no longer be necessary forexporters to report to American eonsuls but Americas appraisers are dlrested to accept the attestations olthe German chamber of eommereoThe American special treasury agentswill no longer operate In secret butwill be replaced by agents properlyand officially accredited tp the Getman government Hearings by American general appraisers will In futurenot be confidential but will be made

publicIfbe true as both the Herald and

the Journal of Commerce agree In-

layIng that Germany has obtainedthe concessions set forth above thentariff revision downward without legIslatlon U near at hand Taken alto-gether these concessions practicallypermit the foreign exporter to deter-mine what tariff his goods shall payon entering the American market Ourduties being ad valorem the foreignexporter fixes the duty when he fixestho value of Invoices for export Ourgovernment waives the right to diepute either the value fixed or the taritt paid American consuls abroad nolonger are permitted to call In ques ¬

tion the values of export InvoicesAmerican special treasury agents willno longer concern themselves in theascertainment either of productioncost or of current wholesale values Inthe country of origin Instead of op ¬

crating secretly as heretofore thetreasury agents must now work In Uteopen and moreover they must be di ¬

rectly accredited and be acceptable tothe German government precisely asour ambassadors and consuls are andif through the performance of theirofficial duties they should becomepersona non grata to the German gov-ernment they will be promptly calledhome

Gorman chambers of commercesmall bodies made up of the very petsons who have produced the goodsand are most interested In tariffevasion are to fix export valuesAmerican consult and American treasury agents In Germany are to acceptthese values without question and ap-praising officers at American ports ofentry duly mindful of tho fact thatwe are now dealing with Germany Ina spirit of concession will be verycertain to avoid any unpleasant fric¬

tion with state sad treasury depart-ments thoroughly committed to thepolicy of tariff concession

As a matter of practical operationws might as well altogether dispensewith consuls and special agentsabroad and appraising officers athome German chambers of commercewill perform all the functions of thoseofficials

Upon whoso advice upon what in ¬

formation have Secretary Root andSecretary Cortelyou acted In decidingthat the tariff shall be reduced by theundervaluation plan Perhaps the advice of the meat trust tho farm im¬

plement trust the harvester trust thelour mill trust haa been taken Cer¬

tainly not the advice of Interestswhose employment of millions of workpeople and Investments of blillous ofcapital are gravely menaced by thiseasy tariff revision

If i

TO LOWER COST OF LIVING

Proposed Dicker Would Also Lowetho Wherewith to Live

n1tlonoJtho cost of living problem though thepeople of tho United States may notbo enthusiastic about the method MrKllhu Root secretary of state has arranged a treaty of peace with Getmany pending tariff changes which h-

Is to try to have mode The treatyof peace covers the willingness oiGermany to continuo to use productsof ours which she must have Olcourse If we do not sooner or laterlower some of our duties In favor otGerman exporters Germany will refuse to buy from us the things that sixcannot get along without For a>

ample rather than have us collectpresent duties on Import from Ger-many sho will quit using our cottonand there being no other cotton forher to got she will close all her millsthrow out of employment all tho wageearners employed there and withdrawfrom the markets of the world whereshe Is Belling those manufactures etcOf course

But since Secretary Root has arranged to to for a reduction of Amerloan duties Germany will consent foranother year or so to buy from uiwhnt slio absolutely must hate or goout of business In certain lines thatare of great and Indlipvniablo valueto her

Now as for tho program to lowerthe American duties for Germany Thaplan Is to put a reciprocity convention

such as wo have with CubaIntooperation When congress passes enabling legislation to permit such anarrangement It would naturally needto do the same thing for other nationselse wo should have some sorry trouble on our hands with EnglandFiance and other large buyri of ourproducts and sellers to us of theirsThe favored nation treaties now InoxIMooce would make this imperative

And of course this taking off theduties for all tho great trading nationwould let them come Into this marketand lull hero things that the Amerleau people prosperous beyond precedent have been buying for nearly tenyears from American producers ThisWORM shut down American mills sadfactories It would throw American

I waneearners one of employment Itwould dlmlntoh the narenastng power

I of the American market With a largepercentage of our own waRSMMinsrsout of work and with American capi

Ital once more Idle theme would be asteadily falltasc demuml for all prodbetaef the mill the factory and thefarm This would surety bring towntho coat of living Tile same sort atthing brought down the cost of livingwhen wo had the Wilson tariff lawPriests could bo Ret so tow In this waythat anybody sonld buy almost any-thing for a songIf ht had the money

We suspect that the American peoplo have not forgotten however thatwhen you bring down the cost of living In this way putting your own Industries out of business and your ownwagoearnors out of employment andtaking foreign products of labor andcapital Instead of your own people

tho great question becomes notwhat a thing costs to buy In the mar-ket but where In thunder you can getthe money to buy It at any price

hut at any rate the state department will go on with its program tsbring down the cost ot living NewYork Press

THE EDITOR AND THE TAILOR

1nrle BamYou have doubled the priceot your goods snd you otter to reducethe price W per cent It I will reduce myadvertising rats 60 per cent la that thaIdeaCalder WlltiilmTht fact is as youhave recite-

dUneleSamnut I have not ratted myadvertising rates and It I reduce themI shall be getting juit half what I arahow ECttlnc while you will be gettingexactly what you got before you raisedyour prices I dont do business thatway Ill got my clothe of some othertailor and you can advertise In someother newspaper provided you can findone that la foolish enough to content toyour term Goodday sir

FroPer elGln TradeThe United States has the highest

tariff of all and tbo smallest per capitaforeign trade Springfield Republican

Yes and It Is getting richer fasterthan any nation on earth Great Bri ¬

tain with a per capita of foreigntrade nearly three times that pf theUnited States would be bankrupt in-

side¬

of ten years but for the Intereston her foreign investments and theearplugs of her shipping IndustryHer puuiwpgo per capita rate Is

UnitedStalesnot trade places with the UnitedKingdom either as to economic policyor economic conditions Guess wellstand vat

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CONVERTED BY A CHILD

Saloonkeeper Who Threw His LiquorInto the Sewer

Tho tears and pleadings of his llttlodaughter resulted In the conversion ofJ E Teany proprietor of Uin princi ¬

pal saloon of Utchfleld 111 at a rovlw1 meeting conducted by EvangelistE E 1olntt and Toany dumped nest ¬

ly 11000 worth of whisky wines andbeer Into tho street in front of hisplace of business while more than H

thousand residents of Mtchfield lookedon says tho Chicago Inter Ocoau

Ax in hand be superintended tho

Dumping Out the Liquors

smashing tfpJ and barrels sad hotu white the crowd cheered him osalthough Teanya course has suedeenemies for him and both iw adEvangelist Ylotott have receivedanonymous letters tkrhIC Uielrlives None of this spirit hewwwbecame manifest at the liberation ofthe liquor

Mrs Timny and her daughter stoodat Teanys side while he battered Iahog after Meg or sent his ax croakingtkrouah bottle after VoUf of liquorAll of the Protestant minister In thecity also were there having eotiroftwia largo dray Into an Imnrov1 d ittkV epit from which they cheered on thiswork of deetrtMlIo

Several hundred dollars worth ofhigh priced cordials started the seedflee True many at the outrtlrU ofthe throng looked upon it all as swicked waste and watched withthirsty puckering lips how hundredsot priceless drinks went Into thostreet but they wore far too few Innumbers to make a demonstration ofprotest or to secure a portion of thesacrifice

Then came barrels of wines andwhiskies and the fragrant stream thatstarted sewerward In tho gutter be¬

memo swollen as a flood with minglingred and white and brown Last of allcame several kegs of beer and thefoaming amber liquid washed downthe seemingly unsated pavement

When tho last drop had been spilledTcony uttered a font Amen andMrs Teany and the daughter Joined Inwith even greater fervor while thecrowd cheered anew

Then some one suggested a songand soon tho strains of Americawero taken up by 1000 voices ThenEvangelist Vlolott made a stirring address rJ4

Tcany was the hero of the hour Ho i Jwas obliged to review tho great hostot people and for nearly anstood on the dray shaking hands Illsconversion was brought about by thorevival at the Christian church whichhas thoroughly stirred tho city Thesaloonkeeper at onco renounced oholiquor traffic and believed it would bo-a sin for him to sell any more liquorYielding to his convictions ho was determined to destroy what liquor hohad on hand despite the efforts of hisenemies to thwart his purpose Ho t

received many anonymous lettersthreatening his life which only in ¬ r

creased his determination to bumIIIIate tho traffic Friends of the saloonshere swear vengeance and some bel-

ieve that Teanys life Is In periljSaloons Spread Disease j

Says a writer In tho Medical Rlr1Old It has been proved more or i

conclusively that pulmonary tuberculosls Is spread by the agency ofpublic houses In Great Britain andthis Is probably also the cue to alesser extent in regard to saloons InAmerica Although the saloons heroare far cleaner anti better ventilatedthan aro those of Great Britain thereare many in which diseased and unwashed loafers spend a great part oftheir time

iDrunkenuesstho great French Industrial centersIn many of tho large manufacturingtowns tho women are fast followingtho example of tho men and oven thechildrens labor If made to assist bothon the road to ruin It Is estimatedthat at Lille 25 out of every 100 pleaand 12 out of every 100 woinoBanv jconfirmed drunkards