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TIIE BEE: OMAHA, KATUTtDAY. DEOEMHEIt 10, 1010.
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STATL'MK.Vr OP- CI BCT'LATIUN.
State of Nebraska, Liuiiu.i county, aa.
Geo! ma U. 'igschuik. treasurer ot Tha
Use lublinhing company, being duly
rfworn says tliat the actual number of
full an complete copies of Tha Dally,
Morning, Ikveiiimi and 8undy Be printed
during the mcnlu of November, J Kill.
was aa
3
10
II
follows-
. .. .4J,6PO
. ...43,600
.... 43,000
43,67
. . . .48,930
. . . .44 00
. . , .46,330
....43.810
... .114,880
. . . .46.470
... .44.040
, .43,850
, .44,830
, .44,080
. .43,780
. .43.S00
. .43,810
. .43,680
. .43,930
. . 48,830
aa i An
'an iso i
it..
12 ,....43,980
It 44,300
14 .43,350
11 43,950
Total
Returned copies ,
17,, , ,.43,8uo I
28 43,3110
29..
10..
.43,340
.43,3)0
, .1,330,880
16,43
' Net Total.....
Dally Average
gi:u.
1,303,454
43,615
TZSCHUCK.
Treasurer.
Fubscribed In lr? presence and sworn
to betore ma tills liOtn day of November.
1910. M. K WALKEK,
tsoal.) Notary Public
Subscribers leaf last tha. eitr teo.
porarllr should have The Be
inn lied to then,. Address will be
ehaasec aa aftett aa reqaested.
If Milwaukee does bar Salome, then
it its all off.
The Initiative and referendum is the
ingrowing nail of politics.
Champ Clark Is still ferninst the
speaker's auto. He prefers his mules.
Miss Democracy better keep her eye
down or she may get It full of plum
Juice.
Congress has been in session nearly
a week and not a motion yet to ad
journ. It Is too early to figure out how the
American muckraker has fared In this
Mexican revolt
The boss who fills his pen from the
syrup jug, of course, can write an or
der that will stick.
It is consistent that the actor In the
vaudeville newspaper should take to
tbe vaudeville stage.
Now, if Santa Claus wants to find
us happy let him head off the coal bills
until after Christmas.
W'th all the mean things they have
said of Uncle Joe, nobody has yet
named a cigar after him.
The housewife made a good fight
on the fly last season, but we notice
that the fly staid for the count.
The returns are in and the man
who acted as his own lawyer gets a
life sentence. The lawyers "win again.
Already those Mexican rebels, ac
cording to reports, have taken more
towns than there are In the republic.
"Safe, sane and long," la the popu
lar verdict on the president's message
Length, under such circumstances Is
all right.
Why get 60 Impatient with Secre
tary Knox for not recognizing the new
govern inert of Portugal? Maybe he
does not recopnlze it.
The hobble skirt has produced one
result it has led to the abolition of
the high steps on street cars in Tren
ton, N. J. Evidently come to stay,
then.
Now that Hon. John Lee Webster
has been mentioned for one of the
places on the supreme court bench,
tbe list may bo considered as fully
made ,tip.
The New York Tribune calls attention to
the fait that "Foss'' thynire wltli "Imbs."
it rhymes with "loss." too. Washington
Also moss.
Mr. Tawney thinks congress will do
well at this selon if it passes the
appropriation bill, let alone any
others. Of course, Mr. Tawney blames
the new rules.
The retiring adjutant general of the
btate recommends that the salary ot
the ofT.ce be increased for the benefit
cf his successor. It may bo well to
note In this connection that the office
has uever gone begging because the
pay Is too low.
The only population club that ever
wade good, so far as we know, is the
Spokane One Hundred Thousaud
tlub. That city shows 104.102, a gain
ince 100 of 67,654. It speaks well
for the boosting it has done.
The Anthracite Coal Cas.
About the time President Kooaevelt
Instituted bis Investigation In the an
thracite coal case tbe statement waa
printed In newnpapers and rnaaaxines
that Din ratlroada carrying this coal
not only controlled lta tranaportation,
but also lta production. Evidently
this waa a base libel, for the circuit
court of the United State haa discov
ered that there la not even an agree
ment between the coal-carrying rail
reads that governs rates or affects
prlcea illegally, and that the charge of
conspiracy la this direction la un
founded. And fc this decision comes
after a period of three years, of course,
it is all tbe more notable, whether It
will ever prove popular or not.
The outcome of this case must.be
generally disappointing. It is proba
ble that the matter had been forgotten
by most people, for so many other
things have come up In the last three
years to require attention. The lay
man must not be blamed If he falls to
appreciate the necessity of taking
three years to determine the facts In
a case of this character, . It does seem
that if they are go apparent as the out
come seeks to make them they might
have been discovered long ago.
The production of anthracite coal
continues to Increase year by year and
wages in the mines have not of late
undergone any appreciable change. In
prices to the consumer what changes
have been made are upward, never
downward. It Is one of the anoma
lies of this Industry how such condl-
tlonB Increased production Increased
consumption, with no corresponding
increase in cost 'of mining, serves to
keeu prices on a rising level. Cer
tainly It Is a well-managed business
that can maintain things that way,
and that, too, without any "agree
ment" as to prices or transportation.
All honor to these barons of the black
diamond valley of Pennsylvania! We
gladly pay the little etra each winter
to witness such superb skill. In the
meantime let us hope that If the con
spiracy is not in restraint of trade It
be diBsoIr-ed, anyway, in the interest
of fair play.
Progress in the Philippines.
The Filipinos continue to make
progress. Peace, law and order pre
vail throughout the islands, according
to the report - of Secretary of War
Dickinson, who recently made a thor
ough tour of Inspection there. His
statement is full of encouragement
and sympathetic of the aspirations of
this people for independence, but he
declares that many ot the most con
servative and substantial Fillplnds
would view premature independence
with consternation. On this point he
adds:
There are very many highly educated
Filipinos many men of talent, ability
and brilliancy but the percentage in
omparlson with those who are wholly
untrained In an understanding of, and the
exercise of, political right under a re
publican form of government Is so small,
and under the best and most rapid devel
opment possible under existing eonuitlons,
will for a long period continue so small
that it la a delusion. If the present policy
of control of the Islands by the American
people shall continue, to encourage,, the
Filipino people In the hope that he admin.
Istratlon of the Island will be turned
over to them within the time Of the
present generation.
It Is one ot the hopeful signs to
Americans and represents a tremen
dous stride forward that the legisla
tive assembly, controlled by the na
tionalist party, which was organized
to oppose American rule,' "has enacted
laws for the promotion of development
and progress along lines advocated by
the governor general, showing that
responsibility steadies action." This
party is liberally supporting education
and Internal development. This is as
good and convincing proof as could be
cited that American influence has been
unselfish and righteous. Then we see
by further study ot conditions there
that steadily Americans are withdraw
ing and making places for Filipinos.
In the civil service the number of
Americans is steadily diminishing,
and that of the natives increasing. It
is such object lessons ot their sincer
ity as this that has convinced the Fil
ipino of American friendship and good
faith, and that is why, more than all
else, such vast progress is being made
by the natives.
TSo Monetary Keform Soon.
Secretary of the Treasury McVeagh
makes a strong plea for a currency
reform, giving us a panic-proof mone
tary system instead of tbe present one,
which he declares is panic-breeding.
It is a plea for greater elasticity in our
banking Iswb, which, of course, is not
a new demand in this country. But
the secretary prudently recognizes the
Improbability ct such legislation soon,
when he urges that "if there Is no
prospect of such currency reform the
banking system should be developed
to perform an International function."
He Joins the recommendation of tbe
president. In his annual message, for
banks or branches abroad, which, they
maintain, in connection with an ade
quate merchant marine, would result
In building up American foreign com
merce. The secretary is even more
emphatic on this point than the presi
dent, saying:
W ahall never be a full-fledged com
mercial nation unless we have merchant
ships of our own and foreign banka of
cur own. We should have banks at all
porta that are Important -to our com
merce. ,
This principle, however, la not
nearly so popular aa la the demand for
a more elastic monetary system. Tbe
need of this has been plainly shown,
and President Taft's monetary com
mission la hard at work on the matter.
still we see no prospect for a aitlsfac
tory change for at least three years.
Admlttedly lltU can be expected at
the present short session of congress
snd we are not warranted in hoping
for results daring the next two years
of a democratic majority in the house.
The reasons are obvious. Secretary
McVeagh's contention that the weak
nets of our financial status Is In the
system and not Its administration is
likely to be generally approved. He
has the weight of argument with him
In his stern rebuke of Senator Al
drlch's criticism that this government
could be run for $300,000,000 less.
When we reflect that at the .time the
senator made that statement It was
costing only about $660,000,000 to
run the government and that a large
proportion of this was Interest and
pension money, we may readily see
the injustice of the criticism. As the
secretary points out, such unfounded
attacks are exceedingly harmful, for
they are bound to carry a vast Influ
ence and sow seeds of Injurious mal
content, discrediting the splendid
economies the Treasury department,
as well as every other department of
the government, Is effecting.
The High. School Conne.
The proposal to add a course of
business Instruction to the curriculum
of the Omaha High school brtags up
again for discussion the policy pur
sued in that institution. A number of
changes have recently been made, the
wisdom of which is not yet established.
One of the difficulties attending the
control of publio schools, and es
pecially the high schools, has been the
pressure from faddists for recognition
of their peculiar views, A result of
this has been that the course of in
struction is overburdened with special
ties and the teachers .are pressed be
yond their capacity to the end that the
fundamentals of education suffer be
cause the teachers and scholars alike
have not sufficient time to cover the
ground thoroughly.
The plea In favor of the addition of
a business course to the high school
Is that the students now leave school
poorly prepared to enter business life.
The new plan lo Intended to remedy
this. Under the present school ar
rangements the average age at which
a pupil enters the high school is about
14. At this age their employment
during the school period is forbidden
by the Nebraska law. Serious doubts
exist as to whether at this time the
child has developed mentally to a
point where practical training In any
line Is of distinct advantage. Experi
ence has proven that boys under 16
are not well adapted to being taught
the mechanical trades. When they do
take up a trade their period of appren
ticeship is extended to cover their
adolescence. This should be a sug
gestion to the educators. The motive
Is not in question. It is the purpose
of the schools to train boys and girls
so they will be useful in the duties ot
life they must take up when school
time is finished. This purpose can
best be accornpliohed in the public
schools by thoroughly grounding the
pupils In the fundamentals, so that
when the time comes that they will
have to take up the practical they will
not be handicapped by lack of proper
training in the branches that are es
sentially requisite for success.
Mrs. F.ddy establishes a precedent
in 'the matter of testamentary be
quests when she wills all her fortune
back to its source. She gives it to the
Christian Science church and for the
propagation of the faith on the theory
that it came from there. A splendid
philosophy is represented in that act.
It would be a great thing for the
world it more such wills might be
administered. Nor can one doubt
that with the death of its founder this
faith has but come to the flood-tide
of its career. It is bound to flow on
in vaster volume from this point.
The annual report of Secretary Bal-
llnger will be a distinct disappoint
ment to the "ghost dancers" who have
shrieked so vociferously around his
patn. Mr. lianinger presents sane
reasons for the policy pursued by his
department and urges on congress
w-lse action for the further conserva
tion of the public domain and natural
resources, and it is to be hoped that
congress will pay more attention to
the secretary than it does to the
"ghost dancers."
Those tender-hearted Council Bluffs
officials remind us strongly of the
woman who belongs to the Audubon
society aud wears a bird In her bat.
It might be well for some inventive
genius to devise a form of euthanasia
for the uses of park animals whose
vlclousness condemns them to death.
Attorney General Mullen may come
home from Washington Consoled by
the fact that he Is not the first attor
ney general for Nebraska to bawl up
his case In tbe supreme court. It is
on record that the maximum rate
hearing, some docen of years ago,
went the same way.
The World-Herald goea Into a some
what elaborate explanation of "insur
gency,' its cause an1 effect, but falls
to explain Just why the republican
voters of Lancaster county should
have preferred a democrat to a repub
lican when making their selection for
congress.
Hereafter wise prospectors looking
for a new stake will pass up the gold
fields and head for the North pole,
then come back and write their "ov.-n
story" about It.
Shooting at random and hitting
father four times Is an abbolutely cer-
tain way ot ending family distur
bance. Hut the law of the land la
not likely to give countenance to such
proceedings.
The regular annual show of "Sav
ing the Indian Warehouse, or, Who'B
Got the Pull?" Is to be staged In
Washington. A session of congress
without this performance would not
be official.
Governor-elect Aldrlch got an Idea
Thursday of what might hare been If
he had not already given out a num
ber of places. The pocltton at the
head of the pie counter Is never an
easy one. ,
Will James Tlahten the Maaalet
Kansas City Star.
James J. Mill declares that the poMtlctens
talk too much. It may be added that Mr.
Hill himself is tolerably fluent.
A Job Worth ' Tacklla;.
New York Bun.
Won't the Hon. Louis Dembltz Brandels
of Boston take a day off and tell an
admiring and a longing country how to
reduce the oost of living?
Can't Lire Wlthoat Cook a.
Chicago Post
Those western millionaires who are suf
fering so severely from their confinement
In jivll seem to have an Idea that they can
get their just desserts by employing a
special cook.
"Oh, You Sweet Thtoar."
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Governor Wilson ct New Jersej- and
Governor Harmon of Ohio are handing
out large ohunoks of taffy to each other
as presidential possibilities. But the doubt
ful question Is whether this mutual sweet
ness would continue throngh a close con
test In 1913.
Delnslons of Hunters.
Philadelphia Ledger.
So far as statistics have been gathered
118 hunters have been killed this acason.
Many of them were victims of their own
Ignorance, knowing little of the us of
guns, but more were slain by misguided
friends, to whom, for some reason psycho
logical rather than physiological, they pre
sented the aspect of deer, moose or rabbit.
as tee case Happened to be. now and
then this singular delusion took the form
of thinking a fellow hunter resembled a
bird. There Is a lesson In this, of course,
but It doesn't matter.
LOST IX A C HUCKLE.
How "I.ame Darks" Eseaped Classi
fication. Boston Transcript.
Apropos "lame ducks," now found In
great numbers on the banks ot the Poto
mac., the phrase was given a particular
vogue by Roosevelt, In one of Ms pleas for
the strenuous life, about the time he ap
pointed Jo Blackburn of Kentucky on the
Panama commission. When Secretary Loeb
was announolhg the news to a group of
newspaper men one of th latter said: "I
wonder whether the president classifies
Blackburn as a lame duck or a mollycod
dle!" Before Loeb could reply. President
Roosevelt walked Into the room and, de
manding an explanation of the laughter
following the newspaper man's remark, the
question was again propounded. Roose
velt's reply was a chuckle uttered as he
disappeared tn an Instantaneous return to
his private office, and th doubt as to th
classification waa never solved.
POLITICAL DRIFT.
In the primary show down In Missouri
180,000 voters failed to express a preference
for United States senator.
Mr. Hearst held the Independence league
leg pullf.rs down to IS.SOO during the last
campaign. And that wa no easy task.
Th dcmocratlo Christmas tree In Cook
county, including Chicago, will hold 3,000
Jobs, with a total annual salary of I3.500.COO.
and 19.000 party hopefuls ar eagerly watch
ing for th' distribution.
Two hundred republican office holders In
Kansas City wero supplanted by the same
numter of democrats the other day. Kan
sas City ! th seat of Jackson county, and
the spirit Of Andy dominates th political
scenery.
Thirty-nine of th voting machines In use
In Erie county. New Tork, wer found to
be faulty. Both sides were cheated by th
machines at th November election, and
the responsibility la placed on the ma
chinists who prepared them.
A witness tn th New Tork Jockey club
Investigation haughtily informed the legis
lative committee that It was to be pre
sumed ttut ho knew nothing about a biib
ery fund. But th committee declined to
be so presumptuous and applied th fore
pump.
Ex-Benator Clark of Montana, New Tork
and various mining Interest has bought
what Is said to be the most cosily dinner
servlo yet made In this country. It oost
him J'.OCOOO and has 800 piece, enough to
serve twenty-four people. It Is not yet
certain whether th service will be used
to serve th Montana aenatorshlp In.
An Independent candidate for senator In
New York spent I cents for two boxes of
matches in looking for names In dark
hallways, cents for postage In answer
ing Inquiries from peojJe too laiy to read
published platforms for themselves and 20
cents for medlolne to relieve his voice
from Ui strain of making open-air
speech In all 42 cents for campaign rx
peneei. Our Birthday Book.
SienskM 10, 1S10.
Edaard fcKSleetun, the distinguished
American auil or, was bom December 10,
1C37. He was a mlnlstur of the gospel and.
made Ills name as a novelist, going Into
tho fir tit rank, with his "Hoosier School
master," which appeared In 1871.
Thomas P. Gore, Pnltcd mates senator
from Oklahoma, la just 40. He waa burn In
MisuisHippi and has lout hi sight, being
widely known as "the blind senator."
Gustav Illnrichs, musician and Composer,
was torn December 10, UJO, and died about
two years ago. li was conductor of th
Metropolitan Opera company for many
stacuns und was wiia the company in
Omaha,
t'bailos A. Goss of the law firm of
Svvlnier He Uurs was born lcmUir 10,
Uul, at Edlnburg. O. He Is a graduate of
Mount Union coll-ge. He served a term
In liie kgulsture an.f was also t'nlled
Btate attorney for the district of .Ne
braska fur one turm.
John H. lielgren, accountant In the city
treasurer's office, Is 44. He was born In
Haniiti, Sweden, coming to this country
wiieu 14 years of age. He Is something of
a mueit-ian and o nooer and Is conductor
of the Emuiiuvt churca choir.
Kdwurd I". lluyr, niahairtr of the Doyer
V'un Kurnn LumWr and IVal company, la
II years old today, lie Is a I alive ison of
Cauili and baa ba la his picseui oal
l.uii since lti.
In Other Lands
Id Light oa What 1 Transpiring-
Among th Hear aa
Tar Katies of th aarth.
The erase for armaments among the
world powers shows no visible sign of
iiniiirm in ,n)r oireciion. vernal una
written warnings hav no treater effWt
on the pare of militarism that a paper
bullet on the armor of a dread nan irht.
quarter of a century apo Leon Oambetta
remarked In the French chamber: "If the
rrewent expenditure of Europe continues
w shall end by all being bepfsars In front
of barracks." Expenditures In Gambetta's
day wer Insignificant In comparison with
th present tremendous drain on the pro
ductive power of nations. The uplift In
cost Is emphasized particularly In modern
navies, on dreadnaught now costing as
much as a dosen warship In th "SOs.. "A
mad and insan competition In arma
ments." declared Chancellor Lloyd-George
In a speech. "Th countries of th world,"
h continued, "ar spending annually I2.2SO,
OtO.eao upon this machinery of destruction.
In twenty years there has been an In
crease of tl.OiO.OnOOOO annually In this ex
penditure. All nation eeem to he Infected
with an epldemlo of prodigality In that re
spect, which seems to be sweeping over
the world and sweeping to destruction.
W tak the lead In that expenditure." A
more recent note of warning Is sounded by
Ceionel Oodke, a reputahle military writer
of Germany, In an article on 'Teace and
Mearmamcnt" Colonel Godke declares
that the Immenso armaments of the present
ay are a constant menace to peace Instead
of a guaranty of It. He shows, as was re
cently avowed by th British ministry,
that last year "H.4OO.000.000 were wasted
for defence by the European powers atone."
He proves the useleflere of It; since every
military expansion' by one power means a
similar expansion by all th others. There
fore, he asserts, the time hsa come for all
powers to earnestly consider a limitation
of armaments, and th substitution of arbi
tration for war In all
The absurdity and wastefulness of th
eras is strikingly shown at the threshold
of Austria's dreadnaught enterprise.
ScaroeJy had the dual empire entered ths
naval rac with two dreadnaughts on th
stocks when England decided to equip new
battleship with bigger and more powerful
gun than Austria had planned. It is al
ready too late to change th projected
armament. Ten twelve-Inch gun for each
of them have long been ordered from
Austrian firm a "We ar not rich enough,"
exclaim th Vienna Neue Frele Preeae,
to pay for these guns and at the same
time to beer the cost of new 13.5-lnch guns
(British wxe), whloh, moreover, our gun
factories would not be in a position to sup
ply within th time stipulated for the com
pletion of our two dreadnaugtit. Th In
crease of calibre in the big gun of th
British navy Is, therefore, attended by
serious consequences for us. W hav
hardly taken th first tep In the dread-
naught Question, but we already feel the
huge naval armaments, dictated by Eng
land, driving us forward like a goad." It
la worth noting, perhaps, that th Neu
Frele Preeee wa an ardent advocate of a
big navy.
Germany I showing great energy In de
veloping Its Inland waterwaya. The canal
between Berlin and th Oder river, whloh
will make It possible for 600-ton vessel to
reach the capital from the Baltic ea. Is
nearlng complstlon. This, canal is In part
merely an Improvement of the Flnoe canal
built by Frederick the jpreat to conneot
the systems of th Elbe and th Oder. The
Improved canal I to hav four locks, each
with a dlfferenoe of level of thirty feet.
Instead of th original seventeen. Each
lock takes two 600-ton boat at th sams
time, and ar thus among th biggest In
Europe. A ship elevator which will do the
work more quickly will afterward be built
If trafflo Justifies the expense. Not far
from Berlin, before the 'new canal Joins
the old on, the eandy soil Is being found
so permeable thst th whols canal bed had
to be lined w(l if concrete.
Henri Brlsson, who has on at least four
occasions been defeated In the election for
the presidency of the FYench republic by
only a very few votes, and who throughout
his long publio career has earned a reputa
tion for unimpeachable Integrity among his
countrymen of all classes that Is well-nigh
wtlhout parallel, has announced hi Inten
tion of reslgn'ng th presidency of the
Chamber of Deputies. He Is 7! year of
age. The presidency of the Chamber of
Deputies In Paris I a much more Impor
tant office in every way than that of the
sptaker of Congress at Washington. Uk
the speaker of th English House of Corn
mpns, he is magnjflolently housed at th
expense of th state.
A fine chunk of good luck at an oppor
tune moment drop Into th lap of th
Canaleja ministry through the favorable
settlement of the Moroccan difficulty. Not
only will It strengthen th prestige of ths
ministry, but It actually will throw a
windfall Into the national treasury. To
have obtained an Indemnity of $15,000,000
from Morocco, besides soma extensions of
Spanish territory, must be reckoned a a
great h!p to the prim minister In facing
his domestic problems, whloh, of course,
ar partly financial.
Significant changes in social conditions in
Great Britain In th past nine years are
shown by official statistlca It appears
that, as compared with 1901, there was a
decrease In the use of beer of IS per cent;
in th use of spirits, M) per cent; In th
consumption of wine, 32 per cent; while
there was an Increase In th use of tea of
29 per cent; cocoa, 18 per cent; tobacco, 17
per cent, and a falling off In th consump
tion of coffee of 14 per cent. Apparently
these changes in drinking habits are not
the result of tamperanc proaeltytism, but
of a gradual tendency to better and cleaner
living among ail musses.
In a recent speech In the French Cham
ber of Deputies, Premier Brland retorted
OB It. Juarva th socialist leader, tn theh
words that go to the root of the Issue
which France faces: "It Is astonishing
mat socialists, who are partisans or trie
omnipotence of the state, should consent
that a private confederation should lis
against the collective body."
Th financial commission of th Russian
Duma proposes that If a bachelor will not
marry he shall be made to contribute some
thing to th exchequer for th privilege of
remaining a celibate. A tax upon bach
elors Is not a novelty In Europe.
Hrrantaw aud Holtlng.
Washington Star.
The question now Is, If beaten at the
national convention In 11X a In 1MI. will
Mr. Bryan a&aln accept the result? He
was then an uncompromising champion of
I arty regularity. A bolter was abhorent in
hit eyes. Hut he himself has since In
dulged In bolting. Ha buth spoke and
voted against bis party cand ilate for
governor in Nubruka this year, and the
man was defeated. Will this mini I taste
of Lolling a'.lici Mr. l'r.Min sprit? Wi l
he bolt in a la.'Ker matter two yiar hence
if his counsels In the matter of put form
and Caiiilldiite u disregarded
. a vvUy w' Col L
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Calces of all lands
are best made
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WH Y NOT PVXISHf
Woeles Importer tnnght In the Act
of Cheating.
Chlcapo Tribune.
Restitution, It Is said, has been made of
$275,006 to the government by four woolen
Importers, ths sum representing the amount
out of which they had defrauded the cus
toms by means of false Invoices and un
dervaluations. It Is announced that the
government does not Intend to prosecute
th offenders and that justlc Is satisflnd
by the payment of t'.ie money due.
This Is another case of base Ingratitude
on the part of a protected Interest which
fattens on th favors of tha tariff at the
expense of every wearer of clothing in tho
country. Not content with the tremendous
profits gained In this way from the public,
th beneficiaries of this system basely re
turn th government's protection by cheat
ing the customs, as did the Sugar trust.
There is Just as much reason why these
men should be prosecuted and sent to the
penitentiary a there was In the case ot
the sugar men. Recently the Judge In
New Tork decided that In the future Im
prisonment as well as fines should be the
punishment of smugglers. A similar rule
should run in the case of men defrauding
the customs In other ways.
TAPPING THE FTHTNYBONE.
"They say there's no fool like an old
fool."
"That makes me shudder for the future.
I've already been all the other klndB."
Louisville Courier-Journal. ,
"That man Is at least ten years ahead
of his time."
"Who Is he?"
"Th census taker who gave our town
its surprising population figures." Chi
cago Poet
"Why ar you so pessimistic? I know
you'i sick, but the doctor say you'll re
cover. He ought to know."
"He doesn't know that my life Insurance
has lapsed." Cleveland Ltador.
"This Is a pretty bad report card," said
th father of th young hopeful as he
A Sweet Tohed Violin
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Th entire west afford bo larger or
rarer ooUeotiOn of old violins I neither will
on find anothar so genuinely good aa
assortment of new one. Ask to th
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tlnrn and others of q.ual not. At a
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make aa IDE AX. Christmas Gift.
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locked over the teicher's figures. "Tou
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thing." .
"That's 'caure tender only puts down
th' studies I ain't Ki.id In. 1 ought to have
'excellent' In one thing."
"And what's that'f' hopefully Inquired
thi father.
"Flghtln". I can lick any boy In th'
class!" Cleveland Pliin Dealer.
"The lawyer of the milkman on trial for
selling adulterated milk must have been
influenced in his tactics by his client's bus
iness." "Why so?"
"1 noticed ho pumped the witnesses."
Baltimore American.
Nebuchadnezzar was lunching In his ac
customed style.
"All flenh being grass," he reflected, "this
must be beef a la mowed."
And, chuckling hoarsely, he took another
chaw. Puck.
"Do the children still write letters to
Santa Claus?"
"Not now. All tho kids have amateur
wireless Btatlons." Louisville Courier
Journal. A PLAIN LITTLE WOMAN.
J. W. Foley In New York Time.
Just a plain little woman, with plain little
ways,
Who "ildies" the parlor with sweeping
and dusting;
Whoso niphts are for resting between two
tired days,
Whose fa th Is abiding, heaven seeking,
God-trusting;
A tired little woman, who puts lads to
bed.
And lasrles, and tucks them all In with
caressing T
Who breathes a sweet prnyer over each
little head,
And devoutly knows God and the worth
of His blessing.
A plain little woman with plain little ways.
WhoHe 1 lo is, God knows, such a dull
little story;
Who mothers a brood all her tired little
days
What measure of treasure shall be hers
In glory? .
Who knows her as I do, and treasure
the smile
Tlmt resists the attacks of all time upon
beauty;
Whose days were so far cast, from fash
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oh, who walked close beside patience
and duty?
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