Show turkish consul general in new york Is accused of graft some turks are up to date the proposed tax on stockings may only tend to increase the number of barefoot dalcera saturate ibur alth the pallos ophy of optimism it softens the kicks and takes the jar out of the bumps hiram malm havling invented the noiseless gun should now turn hta at alon to borne of the spring vests any caught paint ing himself black will be dealt with as a nature taker already they are staking out lions la convenient spots in africa to amuse the coming hunter of big and tero clous game A california man was noi awakened by his wife a screams which fright ened aw ay a burglar some men have presence of mind even in their sleep A Is credited with the in of a machine that will show whether people are telling the truth it will not be in great demand with hunting and fishing parties amid the chorus of protests that wages are not to be reduced there la the hope of more equitable conditions when the cost of living has been somewhat decreased if you want any excitement you can easily get up a discussion as to cheth er mr taft Is the twenty sixth or the twenty seventh president of the united states the german emperor has created some surprise by dining at a public hotel perhaps he Is tired of that champagne they serve at the palace out in kansas city a farmer came to town in hla automobile and ran over a man here Is sweet revenge for the automobile hating rural districts Is this way of getting even to become general A kansas legislator proposes to tax all bachelors over 45 25 a lear des pile the fact that any man who has the sand to resist the wiles of women for that length of time la entitled to a pension collector william loeb jr Is an other comparatively young man who may be said to have taken the short hand road to success he still enjoys the distinction of being one of the best stenographers in the country horth estimates that it will cost 14 to take the next de census of the united states and wants congress to make the feces sary appropriation federal census taking comes high but it is a procedure that Is essential to proper realization of national growth and material yos porto alco wants to be a really and truly american territory with a delegate sitting in congress just like arl zona new mexico and alaska A bill looking to the gratification of that de sire has been introduced at washing ton and perhaps good natured uncle sam will listen to the cry of bis pro tege there Is nothing novel in the decree issued by the of an american church against the big bats says a writer in a vienna paper toward the T end of the thirteenth century great broad brimmed hats were fashionable in austria they were of such huge dimensions that a face under one of r them could not be recognized island planting Is a in s florida the high price of land along j the west coast was raised so the en citizens there started to raise islands to match the real estate prices old dame nature must be get ting very much astonished at the way she Is being shoved out of human way JL as os entirely too slow tor modern meth each of the states ta a common h wealth that being the specific term for a republican or democratic form of government chosen directly by the people four states pennsylvania virginia massachusetts and kentucky are officially styled commonwealths for no other reason than that the word was adopted into the laws instead 0 its alternative k people as la new york and other states when women will give up faster hats in order to meet the duties of voting citizenship we know to a dead certainty that the self sacrificing als position of the mothers has been preserved through the generations per alt a quiet tip in this connection it fathers and husbands can be con lanced that the ballot will reduce mil bills to a the way to woman suffrage ia mide a thousand fold easier A lancashire man wrote his allt on his shirt front after he died the ex made a clean breast ot it in closing vladivostok as a arfe port russia has established an obstacle to trade with albera from tills elde of the pacific but there Is a way IB by the ports farther south and traffic will asle to seek another there is somo satisfaction in taci reflection that russia hersl will have sta share the burden imposed by the p ot free dentri by the direct t 1 etite |