THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY. NOVEMBER 25, 1907.
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State of Nebraska. Douslas County. s:
Charles C. Hoaewatsr, general manager
of The Bee Publishing company, being
duly sworn, says that the actual number
of full and complete copies of The Dally
Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed
during the month of Octoir, 1S7. was as
follows:
38.97 17 36,790
2 36,690 II 86.S90
t 38,600 It 36,546
36,360 tt 60,800
S 36,650 21 36,650
89,500 SI 36,940
7 .46,440 21 87.353
1 36,530 :4 36.BC0
1 86,700 . it 36.7M
10 36350 4 ., t 36,700
11 36.490 IT... 35,580
12 36,030 II 87,016
II 38,300 . 29 860
14 38,630 10 3,0
1 38,930 II 37,330
1 36,930
Total 1439,480
Lens unsold and returned copies. 9,835
Net total 1,139,555
Dally average 36.6J7
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WHEN OUT 6)F TOWN.
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mailed to tkew. Address will be
changed as often as requested.
Of course Chancellor Day will have
something nice to Bay about Mr. Jus
tice Brewer.
The Philadelphia Inquirer declares
that the new gold coin is an atrocity.
Perhaps, but most folks are spared.
This talk about an elastic currency
Is misleading. It Is Impossible to spend
a part of a bill without breaking it.
Chicago papers are printing a story
about a -weeks-old baby in that city
that talks fluently. Of course it's a
girl." :
An exchange says that "Mr. Roose
velt has a most striking personality."
That explains why he has made such
a hit.
Predictions as to the prospects of a
green Christmas and also as to the
prospects of the return of green money
are bow ripe.
One of the out-of-town guests for
the Dahlman Democracy dinner writes
that he will bo there "if I live." Is it
as dangerous as all that?
Owl cars axe to be Inaugurated at
Lincoln to accommodate all-night
traffic. The false ' Impression is out
that the lid Is on In that burg.
Secretary Taft Is In a hurry to get
home or he might take a notion to run
over and discover the north pole while
he Is up in that neighborhood.
Eastern papers are printing politi
cal news on the first pare and send
ing financial news to the inside pages.
Normal conditions are being restored.
It Is a little tough on the John
Smith family that when one of them
is elected to the United States senate
he should decide to sign himself "J.
Walter Smith."
The local Junior Yellow has been
descanting editorially with great eru
dition on the subject of "fakes." The
broom wtelder should sweep first be
fore) his own door.
According to a fashion report velvet
and ermine will be the correct ma
terial' for children's dress this winter.
Evidently the children have not heard
.bout the financial stringency.
"Do we gtlll have a republican form
of government In this country?" asks
a subscriber. Yes, but congress will
change it, commencing next week, to
an oratorical form of government.
The French duke who Is to marry
Miss Shonts denies the report that
he. Is "embarrassed by debts." There
Is a difference between having debts
and being embarrassed by them.
Lewis Stuyveeant Chanler says he Is
not ready to withdraw from the race
for the democratic presidential noratna
tion. II tteed not worry. Some one
els has already withdraw! him.
Mobile wants to secede from Ala
bama because the state has adopted
a prohibition law. It is not yet certain
whether the threatened secession is
due to the old spirit or to the old
thirst.
Senator Burkett is getting mighty
busy at Washington without even
waiting for con frost to convene. If
he keeps up the pace he will be going
some by the time the law-makers set
tle down to real work
KEPRESflXO FEDERAL OFFICE
HOLDERS. President Roosevelt's letter to mem
bers of his cabinet, requesting them to
Inform federal employes under their
jurisdiction to refrain from political
activity with the object of his re
nomlnatlon is in keeping with the
policy of non-interference In politics
by the federal brigade which has been
enforced more vigorously under Mr.
Roosevelt than under any former chief
executive. It is notice, in effect, that
whatever the outcome of the next re
publican national convention, the
charge cannot be successfully made
that by passive permission the presi
dent has set his appointees to the
task of procuring his renomination.
The part In point of the president's
letter to members of his cabinet
follows:
I am Informed that certain officeholders
In your department holding various posi
tions throughout the country contemplate
attending republican conventldns ' in their
respective Mutate and urging the Indorse
ment of mystlf for the presidential nomina
tion. I wish that you would direct federal
officeholders In your department who have
such a thing In view that 1 would rogr.rd
It as an act of official impropriety and dis
courtesy. The letter, It Is understood, was
provoked because of the report that
federal officeholders in the south have
been using their influence either to be
sent themselves or to have delegates
sent to the next republican convention
instructed for Mr. Roosevelt. By mak
ing it plain that this procedure would
constltnte "an act of official Impro
priety and discourtesy" the president
has gone as far as he could in self
protection against unscrupulous critics.
It will be noticed, however, that the
president places no bar in the way
of activity on the part of federal office
holders who may desire to support
other aspirants for the nomination,
although it Is clear that he would
prefer that such holders of govern-
ment positions keep themselves free
from "offensive partisanship" in the)
work of selecting convention delegates.
The president's determination to
discourage officeholders from Bceklng
to dominate the nomination conven
tion Is worthy of all approbation, as
tending to the good of the federal
service and to make the ticket as
finally constituted truly representative
of the sentiment of the republican
rank and file when It shall have been
more completely crystatteed.
COfiGHKSS AXD Tiff! CAVAh.
Indications are that there will be
less debate than usual at the, coming
Bet-f lou of congress over appropriations
and other measures relating to the
Panama canal. Through the visit of
President Roosevelt to the isthmus and
by other forms of publicity the actual
conditions on the canal zone have been
very accurately portrayed, and now
nine members of the house committee
on appropriations, headed by Chair
man Tawney, have Just returned from
a personal Inspection of the work, with
additional data and information that
will be presented to congress when
occasion demands.
Members of the house committee
have been Informed that at the present
rate of progress an appropriation of
$32,000,000 will be required for the
prosecution of the work of construc
tion and they have been given ocular
demonstration of the uses to which
this amount of money will be placed.
They have been shown, to their com
plete satisfaction, that the sanitary
conditions on the zone are almost
ideal, that the laborers are well housed
and well paid, that all of the pre
liminary expenses have been disposed
of and that the $88,000 a day now
requested for the work will be spent
almost entirely for labor and material.
The actual excavation Is being carried
on at a rate greater than ever thought
probable by former engineers and al
together conditions on the isthmus are
satisfying and encouraging.
There Is no longer any vast un
certainty about the project, but just a
question of men, money and time be
fore the enterprise will be completed
and the oceans united. Under such
circumstances congress will not hesi
tate to vote promptly whatevef,funds
are needed for the energetic prosecu
tion of the work.
MR. CIEVELASDS QUERY-
With his good humor restored by
a chase through the Jersey swamps
after the elusive rabbit, Orover Cleve
land has consented to. discuss Mr.
Bryan's announced willingness to ac
cept the democratic presidential nomi
nation. In a signed article In the New
York Times Mr. Cleveland says:
To mo the question seems to be to whom
we ought to look for leadership In the
democratic party. In view of past experi
ences, what are we going-to do about It?
This Is a question that may well command
the Immediate attention of the leaders. I
do not think, however, that this Is i the
time to say anything more ou the subject.
Even the democrats' w ho do not like
Mr. Cleveland and are usually eager
to quarrel with him will be compelled
to admit that they cannot find fault
with his position on this proposition
cor his argument in' support of his
proposition.
"In view of past experience,- what
are we going to do about It?" is lucid,
concise and temperate. The sentiment
Is flawless and Its logto unanswerable.
No democrat, no matter to which of
the fifty-seven varieties he may be
long, can read the venerable ex-president's
statement without admitting
that ho has handled the subject In a
manner that cannot cause Offense, even
to the most sensitive. The comment
may bo read in any democratic meet
ing In anv, sectionof the country with
out starting a rough house, It fits all
situations that may arise la the demo
cratic party, and is applicable both to
present and future emergencies.
However, Mr. Cleveland Is not the
only contributor to the literature of
the day explaining the democratic di
lemma. The New York World started
it and the score now stands:
New York World What la a democrat?
Orover Cleveland What are we going to
do about It?
It remains only for Mr. Bryan to
join the issues by asking, "Where do
I get off this time?"
FROM THE BTASDrOlST OF TAXATION.
The point made by General Mander
son when recently In the east, that
government ownership of railroads
would deprive states, counties, school
districts and cities through which they
run of the revenue now derived from
railroad taxes, is a strong point that
will have to be reckoned with when
ever the subject Is discussed. Gen
eral Manderson has discovered that
the returns of the railroads for the
whole country of taxes paid last year
aggregate nearly $70,000,000. and he
suggests that the withdrawal of this
revenue by making the railroad prop
erty ' nontaxable would seriously em
barrass many governmental districts,
or, at least, shift the burden to the
shoulders of other property owners.
The correlative part of this argu
ment, however, is that so long as the
railroads remain private property they
should pay without grumbling their
fair share of taxes for the support not
only of state governments, but of the
local governments as wel. So long
as the railroads are private property
they should have the same treatment
as other private property at the hands
of the tax assessor and the tax collec
tor no better and no worse.
In Nebraska up to this time the rail
roads, including the railroad system
with which General Manderson is con
nected, have insisted that their prop
erty should be treated as privileged
property in the matter of taxation.
They have not only gone into court to
prevent assessment for state purposes
on the same level as other property,
but they have fought tooth and nail
against paying any taxes commensu
rate with the value of their property
for the support of city governments
whose benefits they enjoy equally with
all other owners of city property. The
law for terminal taxation was passed
by the last Nebraska legislature only
over the strenuous opposition of all
the ralkoad forces and the roads are
said to be still undetermined whether
to accept or resist its provisions.
If the railroads want to take advan
tage of General Manderson's point
against government ownership they
cannot afford to renew their tax
shirking tactics.
Only one of three applicants for ad
mission to the bar succeeded in pass
ing the last examination set to test
their qualifications to practice law In
Nebraska. These examinations are held
to accommodate students who want
to Kfit their law in law offices rather
than in law schools. The result does
not seem to testify very strongly to
the efficiency of the law office route.
'Optimistic persons who are expect
ing congress to pass a lot of needed
legislation before Christmas may as
well prepare for a disappointment
The first fifteen days of the session
will probably be spent In caucusing
over house committees and then an
adjournment will' be taken until after
the holidays. Congress has great re
spect for precedents.
The terrible conspiracy against
Colonel Bryan, which was to have been
hatched at the conference at Taggart's
roost, is now confirmed. When asked
if he would be a candidate for re
election as chairman of the democratic
committee, Taggart'a only reply was a
laugh. What Mayor "Jim" said is not
recorded.
One of the members of the State
Railway commission has been laid up
by injuries received in a railroad
wreck. The railroads ought to be
more careful when carrying railway
commissioners who have it In their
power to run them Into a head-end
collision with an official order at any
time.
Governor Sheldon latest engage
ment Is as a cornerstone layer for a
Young Men's Christian association
building. No public man now-a-days
can have his career thoroughly
launched until he participates as the
central figure in some Young Men's
Christian association ceremony.
Henry GaBsaway Davis celebrated
his eighty-fourth birthday last week.
Mr. Davis, it will be remembered, Is
the father-in-law of Senator Elklns.
He was aUo, come to think of It, the
democratic nominee for vice-president
In 1904 on the ticket with Judge Alton
B. Esopus of New York.
One Omaha social club noted for ite
conviviality has voted to go dry with
the beginning of the new year. It is
not officially announced whether this
action has been taken for lack of the
$1,000 to pay the license fee or for
one of the less material fifty-seven
reasons.
The Bank of France at this time
holds one-third of. the world's coined
gold. France has a postal savings
bank system and the French are the
most saving people In the world. The
postal savings bank encourages thrift
and economy among the laboring
classes.
Omaha la still oa the Increase side
of tbo comparative weekly bank clear
ings statement, although by only Jour
tenths of 1 per cent. According to the
bank clearings exhibit business Is
more ndtmal In Omaha than in any
other city in the country.
Primary Senators.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Seventeen new senate! s will appear In
the congress that assembles December 2,
and most of them were chosen at state
primaries. As yet the country has not
noticed a change In senatorial courtesy or
any other of the traditlona.
Fralts of tbe Mealeaa Visit.
Springfield Republican.
Secretary Root's visit to Mexico begins
to show material results In the grant of
Magdalt-tia bay to th United States navy
for a coaling depot. Tho Mexican gov
ernment is to receive a similar concession,
but Mexico has no navy of consequence.
Tho "grant Is for three years, yet when
the three years are ended, the concession
may be reremed. Magdalena bay is on
the ocean side of the lower end of ho
peninsula of California and Is very well
located for naval purposes. The United
States has needed some such sheltered
place for coaling Its warships, for the dis
tance between Panama and tho California
seaports Is some 3,000 miles.
America's Tlnplate Industry.
New York Tribune.
British official reports are to the effect
that tlnplate works In the United States
were buster in 190S than In any previous
year, and were all fully employed. In 1901,
It Is added, the United States exported only
B,8S4 worth of tlnplate, while by steady
yearly Increase the amount rose to 1P8.60
in 1908, the greater part going to Canada.
At the same time British sales to Canada
declined from 3,Z!0 In 1908 to 361.K1 In
1908. All of whch Is very surprising and
very harassing to those confident souls
who a few years ago demonstrated abso
lutely trie physical. Intellectual and moral
Impossibility of ever producing tlnplate In
this country and anathematised with bell,
book and candle any rash soul who ven
tured to think It might be done.
Potting Money la Djamosdi,
New York Tribune.
The people who buy precious stones on
the theory that they are a good form of
investment property to lay by for a rainy
day will receive a rudo shock from the
news that pawnbrokers are now advancing
only 10 per cent of the value of diamonds
and lesser stones, while Jewellers are ex
ceedingly loath to purchase even the choic
est gemfe. Perhaps this hiay be a lesson
to those who have been hoarding money
In wholly unproductive forms at the rate
of several hundred millions of dollars an
nually. High school students casting about
for a fresh, snappy topic for debate might
take this: Whom should the bankers and
business men growl more harshly at, the
depositor who leaves his money most of
the time in the bank, but withdraws it
during a week of panic, or the man who
ties up his money in diamonds and then
tries to cash them In during hard times?
The Use of Checks.
Boston Herald.
The public should be taught the use of
checks, and the desirability of opening in
dividual bank accounts on which checks
can be drawn. There Is no reason why
wage earners and salaried employes should
not be paid by checks, deposit these checks
and draw upon these deposits by checks, to
suit their need and resources. A general
practice of this aort Would encourage thrift,
and, at the same time familiarise the bulk
of the population Wfth the principles of
banking, or, at aity' sate, with the rudi
mentary principles; ' would make ex
change easier, facllftate circulation, and
soundly extend the system of credit, which
Is the basis of business. That this can be
dona with benefit to the country and with
profit to the banks there can be no doubt,
and It Is well that the public should become
familiar with the idea and its practice.
IRRIGATING LANDS FOR INDIANS
Means of M ak lag Rod Mrs Econom
ically Independent.
Leslie's Weekly.
Not the least interesting of the projects
planned by the reclamation servloe are
those which relate to the Irrigation of mil
lions of acres included In the Indian reser
vations of the west. For the present fiscal
year there Is available for this purpose an
appropriation of $1,200,000. How the appre
ciation of the work to be done for the In
dians has grown. In - the eyes of congress
may be seen from the statement that sev
eral years ago $60,000 was thought amply
sufficient for similar projects. The plan un
der which Secretary Garfield and Indian
Commissioner Lcupp are proceeding is to
make the Indians economically indepen
dent. Small farms will be given them out
side their reservations whenever individual
Indians show that they have the capacity
for managing them without government
aid. Most of them, however, will continue
to live on the reservations, where in times
past agriculture has suffered greatly, if It
has not been Impossible, on account of the
lack of water. Now it Is the Intention of
the authorities, that the water rights of
the Indians may be protected, to construct
canal systems for the proper irrigation of
their allotments.
SHALL WE BECOME W ISER t
Folly of Upsetting Things by Finan
cial Excesses.
, Portland Oregonlan.
First, there was not "primary money"
enough. Gold was too scarce, and prices
therefore were low. Free coinage of silver
was proposed as the remedy for scarce
money and low prices. But the country
turned all this down.
Next thing all prices rose under the gold
standard, higher than ever. Gold had be
come so abundant that all prices soared
out of sight, and there was general com
plaint about the increased cost of living.
'Twould have been better on a sliver basis.
Thirdly, and lastly, gold, that was too
abundant, and was ruining everybody with
high prices, only a month ago, now is so
scarce again that the banks and the mer
chants can't do their regular business,
and the country Is suffering for sliver
again, or more greenbacks or something.
And the gold standard, as usual, is blamed
for everything.
Yet European countries, steadily, on the
gold basis, are doing business right along,
In their regular and orderly manner, freo
from panics, and have gold for shipment
to America. What, then. Is the matter with
usT We simply have been upsetting every
thing by our financial excesses. Desperate
gambling In supposititious credits put
money out of sight.
But' there has been no "panic" outside
New York except that which was caused
by the inability of New York to meet Ha
obligations. That great gambling Joint took
fright and notified the whole country that
payment would be stopped. Such announce
ment from the financial and business center
of America instantly arrested the business
of the country. Other cities had to look
to Europe for money to set things going
again.
There U sufficient gold. There always
la; but It often is made "tight" by the
various fooleries of men. By one folly or
another In this country we are continu
ally doing It, or we shall be forced to
admit that popular government la a failure.
Nearly all business Is done on credit, and
we must become wise enough, bet to abuse
credit, u Lave 4on
ON PRESIDENTIAL FIRING LINE. ,
President Roosevelt and the Third
Term Clamor.
Boston Transcript (ind. rep.).
While apparently only Mr. Roosevelt
stands between the country and a third
term. It must be remembered that he will
escape some large risks by adhering to
his two-term purpose. Were he to yield
to the present clamor, or demand, or In
sistencewhatever It may be he would
go down In history ss the great roan who
changed his mind at the critical jwlnt In
his career. He would lose support which,
while It may not be numerically tmoor
tant, would lessen his long-distance pres
tige. Thousands of Americans, including
some who are very close to the president
himself, regard the tradition acainst a
third term as fully as Important as If It
had been written Into our organic law.
It has probably saved us from a contln
uous presidency, such as that of Diss in
Mexico, usually regarded as In derogation
of the Ideals of pure republicanism.
Moreover, President Roosevelt can go
out of office in March, 1909, having achieved
the fullest measure of public approval.
Me will have been successful not only !n
having two terms of the presidency, but
he will have carried four republican con-
grebes with him, a political feat of no
small consequence. The longer he remains
as the general-ln-command of the field the
greater will be his risk of eventual defeat.
The old maxim about the pitcher and the
well applies even to world rulers. Fottunate
Is the man who can retire after two terms
in tha presidency without having experi
enced any of the bitterness of a reaction In
popular favor. Two terms well completed,
and the country demanding Mr. Roosevelt's
continuance In office for a third term, make
more secure than could even three terms In
the presidency his exalted place In history.
Because, were he to break the tradition
now others would do It after him. Can It
be doubted that the man who experiences
the greatest difficulty In maintaining that
tradition thereby wins for himself a title
to enduring fame?
The South and the Presidency.
Philadelphia Record (dam.).
It is longer than the lifetime of a gene
ration since the ending of the civil war.
Is it not about time that the democratic
party, especially, should forget its sec
tionalism long enough to name a southern
man for the presldencyT The Nashville
American well says:
'The nomination of a southern man by
either of the great parties would be an
event of far-reaching Importance and sig
nificance. All the talk In which we have
Indulged since reconstruction times, that
this nation Is one, that there is no north,
do south, no east, no west, would mater
ialise Into a living truth. The nomina
tion of a southern man would be an In
spiring and awakening event for the na
tion, and would mean more forHhe south.
for Its advancement commercially and po
litically, than any other single event which
has taken place since the war. It would
broaden the views and give sest to the
ambition of southern men In all walks of
life. Every true lover of tha south will
favor the movement, for no southern man
will say that there are not a dozen men in
the south who rank with the ablest men
anywhere In the country, and who are
as well equipped for the great office of
president."
The southern democrats should get to
gether and name their man. That would
afford the best proof of successful re
construction and the end of sectionalism.
The south has been long enough dumb.
Give it a voice.
Cray of Delaware.
' New York Sun (rep.).
George Gray, former United States sen
ator from Delaware, has again been pro
posed as the . democratic candidate for
president. In June, 1904, the Delaware
state convention Indorsed him for the pres
idency after a wrangle in which ex-Senator
Richard R. Kennedy led the opposi
tion. At the time Judge Gray said: "I
am not a candidate for president. The in
structions are ; against my expressed
wishes." In the' previous August the dem
ocrats of Lackawanna county, Pennsyl
vania, recognising "the masterly ability,
sound Judgment, strong' sympathy with
the masses and broad statesmanship of
Judge Gray, . had urged nts nomination.
He- theu refused to consider himself ser
iously as a presidential possibility and
peremptorily charged his friends not to
present his name to the national conven
tion. So far as Pennsylvania was con
cerned the Hon. James M. Guffey, the
democratic leader, agreed with Judge Gray
that he was not a candidate. Mr.Ouf
tey's choice was Senator Gorman of Mary
land.
Governor Hughes' Boom.
Kansas City Star (ind.).
Governor Hughes seems to recognise
fully the handicap his Incipient boom for
the presidential nomination Is carrying.
That boom so far is almost wholly the
work of the New York bosses and those
business interests that would do almost
anything to strengthen the "field" against
the leading candidate, Secretary Taft.
Prof. Shurman doubtless spoke with the
knowledge and consent of Mr. Hughes
when he declared that the governor would
not make a personal effort to secure the
nomination, that he would not accept the
support of the New York delegation
merely at the bands of the bosses, but
that he would respond to a call from the
people. If the Hughes candidacy is to
command respect and confidence through
out the country, there must be more evi
dence of a popular demand for him In
his own state. And it may be necessary
to be somewhat more emphatic in the
disapproval of the activity of the bosses
in his behalf.
Riding Two Horses.
Minneapolis Journal (rep.).
Senator Foraker, In having himself In
dorsed for both United States senator
and president, shows a fairly audacious
readlneas to ride two horses at once, and
horses which are on different tracks go
ing at different rates of speed. If For
aker does not fall between thein he will
have demonstrated that he Is the most
wonderful politician of the age.
Ilandlnsr On to New York.
' Portland Oregonlan.
New York, being the greatest offender In
bringing on this stringency, will, of course,
suffer accordingly, and pending Its recov
ery from the drastic penalty which It
brought down on Its own head. It 111 be
comes New York newspapers to make any
reflections on the attitude of the rest of
the country toward Its most Iniquitous and
also Its most provincial city. The west will
always do business with New York, and
our banks will always have reserves In
that city, but In the future they will be of
such moderate proportions that the whetls
of trad In "the distant stste of Idaho"
and other parts of the country will not be
blocked simply because a lot of Wall street
gamblers "overplayed" their hands.
The FsKtUsh Bird.
V Brooklyn Eagle.
The turkey always wss a foolish bird.
Tills year's crop Is reported to be so be.
lated that ths young birds won't be fit
to kill for Thanksgiving. And this la the
year when only once In a while a family
can afford Thanksgiving turkey, anyhow,
so that fine, tat youngsters would be safe
toosiliif Ivw on the tree.
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That "taste" identifies it as
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and distinguishes it from the
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PERSONAL, NOTES.
The artificial Christmas tree has been de
vised, but the Thanksgiving turkey la still
required to be real.
Lord Curson la extremely methodical. It
Is said of him when In India that In a
single moment tie could place his hand on
any paper In his possession that he wanted
relating to the country of which he was
viceroy.
In one recent New York case a receiver
and his counsel asked for nearly a round
$100,009 for about one year of personal serv
ices, and the demands of other attorneys
and employes were on the same magnifi
cent scale.
Tho Old Fraunces tavern In New York
City, where Washington bade farewell to
the army. Is assured preservation as a
revolutionary landmark. Give "little old
New York" credit for putting the man
above the dollar occasionally.
Edmund Provat of Geneva, Swlterland,
is in this country trying to interest people
in ths new language of Esperanto. He was
the secretary of the International Esper
anto congress, and although only 19 years
old, he Is one of ths leading Esperanto
scholars of the world.
Ernest Thompson Seton, after his seven
months' exploring expedition through the
country north of the Hudson bay, Is again
at his country seat, Wyndygoul, hard ae
work compiling data which will tell of the
expedition. In January he sails for Europe
on a lecture tour through England and
Scotland.
Paderewskrp bands carry an Insurance of
J100.000. So far he has had three minor ac
cidents to his fingers, and collected more
than (10,000, about $8,000 more than he has
paid premiums. Unlike Kubellk, the violin
ist, Paderewskl has not covered Ms eyes
and feet with Insurance. Kubellk's hands
are Insured for fiO.0O0, and his eyes are
protected by a Joint Insurance of $26,000.
Next year Washington's birthday, Mem
orial day and the Fourth or July all fall
on Saturday, giving the public three "dou
ble holidays." Ordinarily these three do
not fall on the same day, but by tbe Inter
vention of February 29 next year, Wash
ington's birthday falls Just fourteen weeks
earlier than Memorial day, which regularly
comes five weeks before the Fourth.
In his book called "Sin and Society,"
Prof. Edward A. Roes of Wisconsin, sayt
that the villain of today who Is most In
need of curbing is "the respectable, ex
emplary, trurted personage who, stra
tegically placed at the focus of a spldor
web of fiduciary relations, Is able from bis
office chair to pick a thousand pockets,
poison a thousand sick, pollute a thousand
minds, or Imperil a thousand Uvea. It is
the great-scale, high-voltage sinner that
needs the shackle."
PASSING PLEASANTRIES.
"Slow and sure," remarked the man with
the quotation habit, "Is a good motto."
"But," protested tha thoughtful thinker,
"there Is one thing that can never be slow
and sure."
"What" that?" queried the quotation dis
penser, "A watch," replied tha thoughtful
thinker. Chicago Inter Ocean.
Unnm-v TTanlrT f el aorrv' fOS rill lad
wot lives In dat mansion on de hill. Sue
Is absolutely destitute.
Faunterlng saui uesiuuier
Hungry Hank Yea. Destitute of generos
ity. Chicago Dally News,
i-iiir.Muin-Dopin't Weerlus bora vou
nearly to death? He talks like a phono
graph. Atom Not at all. When a phonograph
runs down It stops. Chicago Tribune.
First Old MaidDo you think she's
Second Old Maid Certainly. She's" mar
ried. Detroit Free Press.
"Who is that tall, bony girl with such
a thin voice, wno sang in in uuci jui
now?" ' .
"That's Miss Screamer, and sh s a terror.
She's always singing In the wrong key."
"I should minx tne oniy ngm acy (or
fsTnP WOMAN
W B w ay sj j
AND CONSIDER
First, that almost every operation
in our hospital, performed upon
women, becomes necessary bwoausa
of neglect of such symptoms aa
Backache, Irrsg-ularitiea, Displace
ments, Pain in the Side, Dragrinf
Satiation. Dicxln and Sleepless
ness Second, that Lydia B. Pinkham'a
Vegetable Compound, aad from
native root and herb, ha cured
more ease of female ilia than any
othr one medicine known. It ref ' .
nlatea, strengthen and restores women' health and 1 invaluable tn
preparing- women for child-birth and daring the period of Change
of Life.
Third, the rreat rolnsne of nnaoliolted and grate fnl testimonial on
file at the Pinkham Laboratory at Lynn. Mass, many of which are from
time to time being published by epeoial permiaston, give absolute evi
dence of the value of Lydia . Pinkh ' Vegetable Compound and Mr.
Pinkham' advio. '' '
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
For mora than 10 vaara has hen CD ring Female Complaint, Such a
Dragrina- 8enatUm. Weak Rack,
flammation and Ulceration, and
and expel Tumor at aa early stage.
Mrs. Pinkham Standing Invitation to Women
Wnmta anffarlnar rmm lit form af female weakness B r invited to
writ Mrs. pinkham, Lynn. Via, for ad vice, bhelt the Mr. Pinkham who
baa been advising luk women free of charge for more than twenty
year, and before that h assisted her mother-in-law, Lydia E. Pink
Lam la advising. Tha h la especially well qualified to guide lok
women back to health. WrtU today, Coal wait until too lav.
Nw Turk CltJ.
her was a skeleton key." Baltimore Ameri
can. "It seems to me. Mabel," said the gtrT.
mother, "that you ve become very find of
Mr. Prettyman In a very short time."
"Why, mother!" exclaimed tho blushing
girl, "how can you say that?"
"I overheard you telling him last night
that he was 'too hateful for anything.' '-
Philadelphia Press.
Mrs. Highfllor Yes, ' George was away
behind In hla alimony, said money was
tight and all that, but I brought htm
around.
The Platonic Friend How did you m. in age
It?
Mrs. Highflier Oh, I wrota him a llttla
letter threatening to go back and live wlta
hun. Puck.
A THANKSGIVING LESSON.
Detroit Free Preas.
Old Deakin Peck, Ood rest his soul, Is dead
an' gone, but still
His memory is fresh an green with us
an' alius will;
We mind him nearly every day for soma
good deed he done.
And when he went we wished that, hs had
left to us a son.
But never havtn' married, and remainln'
single still,
It don't need no explalnln', such a thing;
warn't posnl-bllle.
But if he'd left to us a son, trained in
his goodly ways;
Ho might hev been a oomfort to as. In ou
downward days.
The deakin wus the sweetest, kindest
bacheller ws knew.
Alius snoopln' round to find out something;
good to do;
An' bless yer life he'd find It; seemed ea
though chanoe run hia way.
But ne wus In his glory when It ooma
Thankaglvin' Day.
I mind how back In '89 he give one great
big dinner,
An' 'vited every man he knew to be a,
downright sinner.
"A woman wins a man," he said, "by
feedln' him right well.
An' meboe by a turkey feast I'll sava
some souls frum 'hell.'" - -
Four turkeys; with, the trimmln's, on tha
table he displayed,
An' thirty-four known sinners round tbet
table wus arrayed;
He picked out four chief sinners an' hs
handed each a knife;
"Now es ye do the carvln', ye should
likewise do in life,"
8ald the deakin, an' he watched 'em with
the love light In Ws eyes.
An' the sinners fairly gaped at him lit
wonder an' surprise.
They couldn't see what carvln' up a tur
key hed to do
With llvln' or with dyln", but the wiea
old deakin knew.
"Pass up yer plates," a sinner yelled, an
up went thirty plates,
An' each wus heaped with breasts, an
wings an' drum sticks n pertates;
Tha sinners took great pleasure In dls-
tributin' the food.
An' not a one wus greedy an' not a on
wus rude.
At last when every one wu served tha
sinners found that they -Had
generously given all tha choicest
bits away.
An' Deakin Peck Jos' up an' yelled: "Cl
Hallelujah! Men,
"Ye be not selfish down at heart. TVn
git to Heaven then." -
"I ordered up this dinner, Jes' to see how
ye would act.
It's better than a sermon, an' far better
than a tract.
"The Bible ses do unto man as ye would
hev them do
An" by this turkey dinner I hev brought
this home to yew.
The biggest sinners served the rest an'
never thought of self.
Not knowln' thet I hed another turkey
on the shelf.
Jes' carry off this lesson, do not
another starve; i j
Remember thet the War to Uva is Jog
, tha way yew carve."
Good Deakin Peck has left oa an he dldnt
leave a son
Or no one else to do tho work thet 'ha
hed Jea begun;
But hla memory will never spoil or dla
upon the shelf,
Beoos he taught us to be good by beta'
good himself.
He saw how wimmen reach men's heart
along the stomach route,
An' reckoned he could do the same If be
but followed stilt.
Now thirty-four old sinners travel down
the righteous way
Because they dined with Deakin Peclg
upon Thanksgiving Dsy.
railing and Displacements, In
Organic 111, and It dUaolve