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AIJL FEEL THE Bl'RDEX
Every suggestion of saving in tie
business of the government. Bays
tiie Cleveland leader, whether na
tional, state or local, meats the ob
jevtion that it would not be generous
to the employes of the public who
would have to work longer or hard
er, or get less pay for what they
do, or else lose their places alto
gether. it is said that the govern
ment ought to put the welfare of
those on its payrolls abov^ the de
mand for economy.
To get at the true meaning of
this argument for extravagance
and waste in the public service it is
only necessary to look a little mo if
carefully into the conditions exist
ing and inquire who pays the sal
aris of the men and women on the
government rolls.
The money they get does not
drift, into the treasury solely from
these who do not need it. it is
not there by accident. It is taken
;rom all of the citizens of the ua
tion, the state or the subdivision
of a state which pays the em
ployes of the government for the
work they do and furnishes them
>vi'h the funds they spend in pur
chasing government supplies. It
does not come from the taxpayers
;ilone. They only collect most of
it for the government. They take
f from their tenants in rent. They
obtain the larger part of their
taxes—the taxes they pay on the
records—from their customers if
they are in business, from their cli
t-ats, patients or other employers
if they are professional men..
•N'o one who earns hie living or
pays*. his own expenses in any way
can escape the burden of taxation,
't falls upon everybody and makes
life harder for millions who do not
know that they are taxpayers at
a!I. There are taxes iu clothing,
food and shelter, in all of the com
forts and necessaries of existence.
Nothing can be bought or acquired
without paying tribute to the gov
ernment.
It follows that the great major
ity of those who pay taxes are not
nearly so well off as the public em
ployes whose salaries they help
to furnish. The artisans, the
farmers, the laborers, the farm
hands, the small tradesmen, most
of the professional men of the
country, get less than they help to
sire employes of the government,
and they work harder and longer
hours than these public servants.
For this reason a demand for econ
omy in running the government is
simply a call for more justice, for
equalizing, in some degree, the
conditions which favor the tax
spenders at the cost of the tax
payers.
It is a natural outcropping of
the sound belief that the average
citizen who takes the chances and
I).'-ars the burden of private life
ought not to be unduly deprived of
part of his own earnings for the
sake of giving the average em
ploye of the government more than
the average income of those who
pay his salary and do at least as
much work, of as high a grade.
A eugenics marriage law Is
now proposed for Illinois. Consider
ing 1 orlmer and a few other favor
ite sons, Illinois would be justified.
Germany has renamed some of
the towns it has taken in France
and Belgium. But wait until Rus
sia takes a few German towns.
The nations at war want this
country to furnish them with a
good many things. But mediation
isn't in the list.
And to think that only a little
while ago we had to look carefully
to find any trouble worse than Car
rie Nation. _ .
"We shall have a woman to lead
us In twenty years," says Mrs. Oli
ver Belmont. Compulsory marriage
for everybody?
The real question is, 11 the Presi
dent sits with the senate, will they
hold hands?
~ =
If Mexico should Quit fighting
and the European war end sudden
! ly, probably it would be so quiet
we couldn't sleep.
That report on cigarette ingre
dients is interesting but Incom
plete. "What most folks would like
to know is what makes the things
smell so.
So men who persist in asking for
jobs are to be given an "acid test!"
Could organized charity itself do
mere?
The prospect of war between
Germany and Italy must make
Switzerland a bit nervous, if only
by the power of Belgian sugges
tion.
Maybe, if we permitted Huerta |
to come back now, he would be
willing to give that Tamplco salute.
Why bother about a stable gov
ernment for Mexico until the cows
come home?
Hits the Spot
EVERY TIME •
Stop
that
Cough
NOW!
Satisfaction
Guaranteed.
KELLER BROS.
A Bachelor's
Complaint
By F. A. M1TCHEL |
I am o bachelor, ami 1 propose to rt,
main a bachelor. Heaven forbid that
1 should be tied b.v unbreakable chains
to ono of those paradoxical, unreason
able. Illogical creatures, n woman.
| Why uiy bosom friend. Jim Brown.
| had to put a Itrebnmd between him
' self and me 1 can't imagine. We were
| Inseparable. 1 never felt at home with
any other person as with him, and
! without me he did not know what to
[ do with himself. Suddenly there pop
ped up between us—what? Clothes—
| many clothes, clothes varying In cut
with every season. And within these
clothes was a woman.
There is nothing unreasonable about
me. 1 would have been perfectly will
ing that Jim should go to see this
much adorned grownup child once a
week and stay till 3 In the morning
If he liked. I certainly would never
have tb-.'iicht of being Jealous of one
who Is not endowed with a spark of
manliness But she was not satisfied
with this. She wanted him all the
time. .And Jim, poor beggar, was bo
Comforting Words
Many an Alaskan Household Will
Find Them So
To have the pains and aches of
a bad back removed—10 be entirely
free from annoying, dangerous urin
ary disorders, is enough to make
any kidney sufferer grateful. The
following advice of one who has suf
itxed will prove comforting words to
uundreds of Alaskan readers.
P. E. Sanderson, 81 i First St.,
San Diego, Cal., says: "A severo at
tack of la grippe laid mo up for
f'Ve weeks. My back got very
painful, lame and weaic. My kid
neys were in bad shapo. I felt all
run down. I read r.bout Doan's
Kidney Pills and got a box. They
fixed me up all right. Whenever *
have taken cold on my kidneys since
I have used Doan's Kidney Pills.
They have alwr.ys brought good re
sults."
Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a klduey remedy—
g»»t Doan's Kidney Pills—the same
that Mr. Sanderson had. Foster-Mil
burn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y.
under her thumb that she" am wnm
she liked with him
Then she must needs nag at him c<•
brink' me to see her Wh.v she wished
to meet nie was ii puzzle I certninij
had uo desire to meet her "Do bring
your friend lie must be 11 'ovely man
since you are so fund of bito" And
Jim was fool enough to belli ve tli it
she wantetl to meet me bemuse I wa>
"a lovely man"
Just as soon as they were encased
there was friction as to the evening
she wanted Jim and those I wanted
hltn I. being a reasonable creature
was willing to divide Jim's evenings
with her Not so she If Jim made
in engagement with me she would
make him break lt
Despite all this pulling and hauling
for Jim's companionship, lie must
bring that "lovely" friend of his to sec
her. 1 refused to go This frightened
Jim. for be said that It would create
an enmity between her and me that
would be unpleasj.ut all round. 1 gave
In to Jim—not to her
Considering what si.? wanted me for.
her treatment of me was remarkable.
You would have thought she was in
love with me Inst eat! of Jim. "I'm aw
fully glad to see y< u!" she said, all
smiles. "I've heard so much about
yon that It seems 1 have known you
a long while. You I ive no Idea how
fotd Jim Is of you. You must come
and see me often. Any one that Jim
spenks of so highly i.nist be very nice."
If you bad heard the Inronatiou she
grave the words "very nice" you would
have realized the irony between the
beginning and endir,' of this sentence.
Miud you. I didu t see through ail
this then I col ' ess I was fooled
while she was sho ving plainly that
she bad an object '.:i fooling me. No
one but a woman can coddle a man
and let him know that she is stuffing
blm without repelling him. Instead of
repelling she v.^nds him round her fin
ger while she N '-edlng him poison.
Dut I know is ill now. Jim was
Oiatried. and when he returned from
his wedding trip he tiled to grasp my
hand with fervor <»»•■ -r wn< not the
name fervor as before I knew that
I had been supplanted, at. I. 'uore than
'bis. I knew that hi wife bad under
mined his good opin' a nf m • Then
It became apparent v. by *hi wished
Jim to bring me t" see I er She
couldn't attack one she hail t: ver seen
or ff she did her onsi.'tight would have
had no weight She c us| have some
thing tangible to ntta
"So tnis Is mi" wonuenin hi;t 11, i
ilouht not slit' k: ' :iitor seelns me
"that you have li. ni lauding to tlx
skies Wb.v did li lot sii.v some ol
those bright thiug :!mt you lime so
often spoken of? ! idn't feel well
enough jiccju:iintc*il"• ! suppose I stsuii
have to wait till li Ves Some daj
when he feels mor : home here I pre
slime tie will delugi vith his wit."
What a tneliincho: iwakening Jim
must have h:ul aft - litis first in
spection by his ladylove nf his bosom
friend to discover that I nfter all
a commonplace person: A ' Uow sin
gular it is that these crente .. who dc
not know the difference n tween u
syllogism and sole leather. «. it produce
on a man of Intellectual vlK" i V effect
they require by mere 'mny! • o had
known me Intimately for years, and
yet by a few words a womai had -that
tered his Idol
Jim has a relapse occasionally and
drops Into my room fin i !>it of "old
times." as he calls them Km he
knows they are not old times; ihey are
altered times Doubtless Ue thinks
that for him they are changed for the
better; that be is leaving me hi a sta
tlonary position, while he has ad
ranced. At any rate, I have noticed
that those things 1 continue to enjoy,
or think I enjoy rue beginning to bore
him. If I speak of a new play on the
boards he will luru tl;e subject to the
oaiart sayings of his little Jim Then,
too, he has become absorbed in piling
up money for his wife and chiidreu
after he has gone, tie says it is awful
to tliink of leaving them without sup
port It seems to me that in vetting
married he nave up all the inn there
is in life to make a slave of himself
Sometimes I wonder whether if Jim
and I had grown old as bachelors we
would have maintained tile same in
terest In i .i<!i other I fear not. Men
develop on different ilnes. Some men
don't develop at all At any rate. I
And that association with any one does
not Interest mr as if once did I won
der If I Win J nne day regret irit Min
ing put my head in one of these pestlf
•reus matrimonial n
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lag at 8 o'clock.
Visiting brothers
cordially welcome. Jas. Kennedy,
Ex R. Geo. Magee, Secretary.
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Skagway Aerie
No. 25, Frater
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Wednesday night of each month at
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brothers cordially Invited to attend.
Jhon C. Wood. W. P., J. W. Prlt
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Arctic Brotherhood.—
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A B. meet* erery Tue«
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