The Garrison Star from Garrison, Kansas • 2

Ther is one thing worse than tended. We do not yet know if neighbor Rickson has yet attain Says Capital Policemen Always Have Manners COURSE. Plttuburgh may need a school of manners for her police-U men she does for sonje of her millionaires. Washington policemen tiave their manners before they get on the force." A. V.

Napier tella of an Iola man who protested in church last Sunday against sending money to foreign missions, on the plea that it ought to be kept at home. The next day he ordered a mail order stove from Chicago. We used to have a visionary idea of Death pottering around ed the title of Col, but he p-1 tainly made good as an auction, eer and the ladies eccmed happy as the Kansas sunflower, nodd-1 ing and bending in the breeze, pra The proceeds realized from the! sale were fully up to their ex-l 'r pectations. After the sale Cof- fee was served and a good so-' cial hour enjoyed. Our Kfhnnl tonfYior lUTi'aa Po.a i '( MaJ.

Itichard Sylvester smiled grimly as he read the dispatch from the Smoky city reciting the frantic attempts being made to civilize the police. Director of Public Safety C. 8. Hubbard, the report said, Is going to have classes where young cops will learn to be kind to dumb drinkers and ardent automoblllsts. "How about a course like that here?" was suggested to the major.

"Teach policemen to cut out the rough work with burglars and thugs and al ways speak gently to second-story workers." The major pondered the Idea for a moment. Then be branched off. "If we Washington policemen," said he, "were In the habit of maltreating cltlsens, this town would be in a furore inside of twenty-four hours. About every third person In Washington Is a diplomatic attache or a public official. I "Can you Imagine what would happen in this city if the police force developed the bablt of clubbing military attaches and chiefs of government bureaus?" The Interviewer passed the buck.

"You see," continued the major, "policemen In Washington have civility preached them before they get on the force. I believe that Washington policemen have more tact than the police of any other city in the country, they use too much force get too free with their clubs they quickly appear before the trial board." Hamilton accompanied by Miss Alice Holtman went home to Manhattan, Friday evening for a visit and to attend a Hallowe'en party. They returned Monday on the motor reporting a good time. We do not know that there is any special Arbor day this fall but many from this vicinity went to Randolph Saturday to get Nursery stock, which was de livered there. F.

Anderson and famijy were out joy riding, Sunday; ternoon and made a pleasan' tern at Frank Holtman's. Well, Tuesday will be election day and we fear many will have a sleepless night, some on account of being afraid of being defeated for office, others be- i cause they will have to take care of all the ladies votes, besides the usual number. Rev. and Mrs. Freeman and daughter, Lillian, visited with A dolph Samuelson of near Cottage Hill, Tuesday.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rickson and Mr. and Mrs. G.

Carlson autoed to Blue Rapids, Sunday afternoon for a visit with Walter Nordmark" and family. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Peterson and son, Elliot, of Randolph cal led at A. J.

Swenson's, Sunday zi-v. -V. IRVING -i Mr. and Mrs. Williahis of Wis" ii When Little Boy Met the "Man of Importance" I A MAN of Importance you can always spot him by his "air" wag favoring the White House neighborhood with his stately tread when a small boy stopped him.

He was such a tiny boy as to, still be wearfnf white kilts i i til i consm are nere visitiner tne ior- vv make It fly?" said the "Man, of Importance." "Wine him up. Wlf a key" Perhaps he was an unfortunate man whose overlmportance had hindered him from an acquaintance with little children and wound-up toys, for he merely flung the proposition aside and resumed his stately treading. And perhaps again he would have been ashamed of himself If he had turned back and seen the tiny kid with the bird In his outstretched palm, and on Mb face the bewildered hurt at doubtless the first rebuff he had ever received In all the four years of his life. It is not a particularly brilliant achievement to bring tears to a child's eyes even from a human point of view, but suppose Suppose It is really and practically true that somewhere the tears of the Innocent are really counted against those who cause them to be shed! Fishing for Pastime and an Incidental Income FISHING is a pastime and an Incidental Income, or rather, outgo, with a large number of the people of Washington. Every traveler along the sides of the rocky reaches of the river above Washington has probably noted the aims t'Balt for Sale," "Boats for getting no vacation.

That's being out of a job. Will Palmer. The melencholy days are come when men for office and Jimcrow statesmen mount the stump and speak and speak and speak. W. F.

Craig. The trouble with most of us we give according to our meanness instead of our means. Lin Coin Sentinel. Often the most critical taskmaster is a person you have gone out of your way to accommodate Burr Oak Herald. There are persons who can always be depended on to tell the truth provided it is an unpleasant truth.

Verd Napier. There are many households that would be immensely benefitted by more praise and less criticism. Will Palmer. Geting married isn't the only thing people do in haste to repent at leisure. There's going to war for instance.

Verd Napier. A person's true character usually asserts itself in his spare mo ments. How do you spend your spare moments? Hope Dispatch. I took a kiss the other night. My conscience hurt me so, alack I think I'll go tomorrow night And put the darned thing back.

Ye Grabbe. A man should always be supplied with enough work and trouble to keep his mind off of the other fellow's business. Sedgwick Pantograph 1 ii i There are some things worse than trouble. Conceit, arrogance and the big head are worse, and they are some of thet hings that trouble takes out. Will Palmer You can guess how hidebound you are by estimating your ability to trust, admire an.dappre: ciate people who donot belong to your party and your church W.

C. Palmer. Did scolding ever do you any good when you were a kid? What makes you think that it will do your children anyt good A kind, wise talk beats a scold talk 300 per cent. Jewell Republican When the battle goes- hard with a man, courage, hard work good temper, a determination to be square at any cost and a trust in the ultimate and mfinate rightness of things, are some of the strong reinforcements that he can bring up. Jewell Republican.

We Print Attractive Sale Bills Twenty Largest Cities In Kans. Rank Cities Population 1 Kansas City 87,334 2 Wichita 59,716 3 Topeka 49,840 4 Leavenworth 21,294 5 Hutchison 18,520 6 Pittsburg 17,732 7 Atchison 16,429 8 Coffeyville 15,475 9 Lawrence 13,239 10 Parsons 12,835 11 Fort Scott 11,872 12 Emporia 10,659 13 Salina 10,546 14 Chanute 9,692 15 Independence 9,121 16 Iola 7,904 17Newton 7,897 18 Manhattan 7,854 19 Arkansas City 7,812 20 Rosedale 7,729 ROSE HILL Ideal weather this is, if any one is dissiatisfied, we have not talked with them nor heard of them although the frost is on the pumpkin and the fodder is in the shock, and the country pun kin is being hauled and fed to the stock after he has satisfied the hunger of the stock will come in on the dinner table. A school fair was held in our school house on Wednesday after noon by the teacher and pupils. Many specimens of neat and splendid handiwork was exibited by the pupils. The Rev.

Freeman gave a very impressive and encouraging talk to the school. Coffe and cake was served to the school and seventeen visitors and was enjoyed by all. Many thanks to the teacher, Miss Hamilton, the patrons who attended pronounced this new feature of the school work both interesting and instructive. The ladies of the M. E.

church and Aid Society held their annual sale in the church, Thursday evening. It was a fine moonlight night, and a large crowd at I with a scythe over his shoulder Since the invention of the machine guns, however, we always think of Death trotting around with a modern mowing machine. Minneapolis Better Way. Nobody ever pleased anybody The higher you climb the more enemies you leave behind. The more you win the more competi tion you inspire.

As influence grows, envy grows. There is no way to escape criticism except thru obscurity. Herbert Kauff man. Study this thing of happiness all you please, but in the end you will find that about fifty per cent of it is due to locking the stable in time. You can argue and argue until you are black in the face but you can't make them see it until the horse is gone.

Dea con Walker. The Germans, however are not the only speedy mobilizers, said Judge Pettingill reminiscently today, "I remember a bumble bee that mobilized so quickly one day when I was a boy I couldn't get away from it although I ran ten blocks, and then, after I surrendered, I couldn't sit down for a week," Chanute Tribune, The Goldberg school of para- graphers has noted that prohibi tion is the propaganda which re moved the gin from Virginia, tha sip from Mississippi and the can from Kansas. But although woman vote there, it looks like quite somtime before prohibition will remove the color from" Colo." says the Atchison Globe. Not as long, however, as it will take to amputate rye from Missouri. Chanute Tribune.

i The Potter Kansas offers a year's subscription to the first person who sends in a correct answer to the following problem "If it takes a four months old woodpecker, with a rubber bill, 9 months and 13 days to pick a hole through a cypress log that is big enough to make 7 shingles and it takes 165 shingles to make a bundle worth 93 cents, how will it take a cross-eyed grasshopper, with a cork leg to kick all the seeds out of a dill pickle? Another thing about this war business is quite hard for us to understand never having been to war. Men shoot all day at their enemies, trying to kill them When the battle is over they gather up such of their opponents as they did not kill, but merely shot off aleg or an arm, or in another way maimed them, place them in a hospital, give them the best attention and service, to restore them to breath and longer life. It is a queer world isn't it? Gomer Davies, This is a one-ring circus town Each of us who live here is a per former of some sort in it. If every one does his part well it is a good one-ring circus town. And there are places far worse than a one-ring circus town to live in.

E. E. Kelley in the Toronto Re publican. Some people act as though they had a first mortgage on the church and on religion and when you don't let them have way you don't let them have their way about everything you are go ing to have trouble with them. They will denounce you as a knocker, a backslider and every thing else.

Walnut Eagle. Look over our clubbing lists and if you want any of the papers listed there let us save you the expense of money order and postage by sending in your sub-scripton for you. cw'ht. bHiociur. syndicate.) Hire" and other signs put up for the benefit (perhaps) of prospective fishermen.

There is a little industry, though, at Georgetown to which the writer means to call attention. As the city cars outbound reach the intersection of Thirty-sixth and Prospect streets, or Thirty-sixth street and ProBpect avenue, at any rate, the point where soft drink signs are posted all over the old Southworth cottage, many (Copyright, by llcC'lure BraHamii (Copyright, fee- MeClure Syndicate.) (Copyright, by McClun Syndicate.) (Copyright, by McClura Syndicate.) (Copyright, by McClure Syndicate.) (CopjTlght. by McCluru Syndicate.) Everybody else tries to forget folks who only remember themselves. Will Palmer. A Manhattan editor defines a public dance as a public hug and the cross country road to hell.

We Print Attractive Sale Bills 't email boys tempt passengers with masses of wriggling worms. These boys In niplng tones are saying, "Fish worms," or "Feesh werms." They have their merchandise In a battered tin can squirming worms wriggles partly in the can and partly In one of the hands of the boy. He Is displaying his wares, and he wants to prove to you that the w'orms have plenty of wriggle In them. He has a tangled knot of them in one hand and he pleads with you to buy them. For five or ten cents will let you have enough of them to feed all the fish that dally, with your hooka.

It may be that the fish esteem these worms; that they look on them as delicate morsels, and that their appetite is piqued and tempted by them; but there Is no accounting for tastes. u' Many fishermen pause at this transfer point to buy bait from the boya, and quite a thriving trade has been built up. and a shiny red belt, and fee telkft) with a baby lisp. In his tmUtretchpd hand lay a dead sparrow. "Make him go." The child said It as Imperatively as If the Important man were his very own ploked' him up and he won't go-Make Mm fly To be requested to make an exceedingly dead bird fly Is too much to ask of any man of Importance.

"Throw that thing back In the street How do you suppose I can and they hold It so that the mass of Correspondents mer sister, Mrs. J. L. Lewis ana family. J.

and wife and daugh ter, visited in Topeka a few days last week. Mrs. Carl Lundin and children spent from Saturday until Tuesday with her parents in Randolph. Mrs. C.

Durgin and Mrs. Comer and baby attended tm Chas. Christie sale on Spring Cr. Friday; Miss Nellie Shehi of Spring -side spent several days with Mrs. Homer Roseman.

Amelia Forst of Cleburne, visited Monday with her sister, Mrs. Godfrey Feigner. Ed. Comer and family spent Tuesday at the Ernest Rasmus-sen home, South of town. Gust Gronquist and family vis ited near Cleburne Sunday.

Ed. Turner who ha-j been working in Tekamah, all summer is here visiting his parents. The ladies of the Christian church served dinner and supper at the K. P. Hall on election day.

They took in over $70. Mrs. Gertie Hoig who has been visiting friends at Fostoria, returned home Monday. Mr. and Mrs.

Joseph Swan-cara, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Carlson and Herbert Sheaf fer went to Odell, Monday in the Swancara car to spend the day at the home of Mr.

and Mrs. Hutch- inson. Mrs. Mary Lieland and Mrs Hattie Carey of Chicago, haw6 been here visiting relatives. They are nieces of J.

C. Walker and Mrs. Win Moores, and are cousins nf Mrs. Hno-h MMill.T,. day, to visit at the home of their cousin, Mrs.

Emma Christian. Mrs. Ed. Mitchell died at Mt. Vernon, Indiana, 26.

She had had gone to Missouri several weeks ago to nurse a sister and later had gone to Indiana, to visit when she was taken sick and died very suddenly. Mr. Mitchell had started for there Sunday night and did not know of her sickness until he arrived. He im mediatly started with the re-mainsfor Blue Rapids, where the funeral was held Thursday and many from Irving attended. This was certainly a great shock to Mr.

Mitchell, as well as. to her multitude of friends. Edwin Turner returned home Sunday from Tekamah, Nebr. He has been out all summer as foreman for the Standard Bridge company. Edwin ran a spike in his foot several weeks ago an.ji is now just able to wear a shoe.f Mr.

and Mrs. W. A. Hinsdale and two children returned from Manhattan, Monday, where they had been visiting at the home of her brother for a few days. J.

E. Pretz and family motor ed to Topeka, Tuesday, to visit a couple of days. t'r For Our Country www i ga it': 1.