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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State nt Nebraska. lotiglu County, a.
tieorge H. Tsxchuck, treasurer of The Bee
Publishing Company, be.ne. duly iworn,
svs that the actual numlir ol fun and
complete copies of Tha Dally. Morning.
Evening unci Sunday Be pr nted during the
month of November, 1310, waa a follows: .
1 .
2.
J.
4.
t.
t.
7 . .
8. .
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10.,
II.,
ti..
m. .
14..
16. .
. . 43,580
. .43,600
. .l,CO0
. . 43,570
. .49.930
. . 44.S00
. 46,330
i . '13,310
. M.680
..46,470
. .44,840
. .43,930
. .44,800
, . S,330
, .49,980
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17..
II..
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21. .
23. .
21..
14. .
21..
2. .
27..
21..
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. .43,880 j
. .44,290
..44,080 !
. .43,700 j
. .43,900
, .43,910 1
, .43,680
. .43,830
. .43.680 I
, .43,740
. .43,160
, .43,980
. .43,380
. .43,340
. .43,360
Total. .... .
Returned Coplee
. , .1,130,880
18.486
Nat Total JU05,464
lmily Average 43,616
UEORUE B. TZSCHFCK.
Treasurer.
Subscribed In my preaenca and sworn to
twfore roe this 30th day of November. 1910.
- , M. P. WALKER,
(Seal.) , Notary public.
Subscribers lea-ring; the city tem
porarily ehanld hare The Baa
mailed to them. Address will be)
changed mm aften aa requested.
Now next comes the New Year's res
olution fiend.
Aren't' Santa Claus and Old King
Coal the Jolly chums, though?
Grcaae up .the old wagon, boys; the
flret of the year la nearly here.
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Wise capital removaltsts will all be
for the initiative and referendum.
It Isn't every year that lets folks
celebrate Christmas over .two days.
Of all the artificial monopolies, the
match trust Is the most striking ex
ample. To outgoing and' Incoming govern
ers at work on their messages: Cut
'em short.
New York newspapers are still talk
ing about eggs. Why discuss such un.
savory subjects?
Did "Boss" ' Murphy hide a Tam
many senator In old Father Knicker
bocker's stocking?
We hope never to learn that this
match between Messrs. Rockefeller and
Carnegie was "fixed."
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Dickens, they 'say, is out of date
All right; count a few of us in the
old fogey class of book lovers.
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The California legislature will soon
be in session. And h6re we have Just
rocked that War Scare baby to sleep.
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Now when those pesky little Japs
come over to lick us will they want
Uncle Sam to finance their side of the
war?
A St. Louis burglar robbed a St.
Louis butcher. Oh, well, we do not
favor that means of getting even, ex
actly. (
They say the old hoop skirt Is com
ing bark. Well, if It does, It will not
find its place usurped by any other at
present.
Kansas is beating the butcher by
making sausage out of Jack rabbits.
We would prefer not to beat the
butcher.
We are reminded that the automo
bile Industry provides a livelihood for
1,000,000 persona. Well, that Is some
Justification.
No engineers' strike to tie up our
railroada just now. Another reason
for feeling good at this peaceful sea
ton of the year.
Carnegie, $10,000,000 for peace;
Rockefeller, $10,000,000 for tha wind
up on the Chicago university. Hoot,
mon, it's your move.
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It is said that Bonl de Castellane's
credit Is still good In Paris. Muat be
on the theory that the eourta will give
him another hearing.
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Some paper recalls that Nashville,
Tenn., was founded on Christmas day,
ISOO. Well,; that is nothing against
Christmas, nor against Nashville,
either.
Now that you have gone broke buy
ing your best girl a Christmas present,
wouldn't It be awful If she should
make a New Year's resolution to get a
iew fellow ?
Cost of the Mail Service.
Postmaster General Hitchcock ha
taken another very significant step
In his rrur of procuring effWi
ency snd economy, the keynote of
the Tafj administration for the Post
office department, by determining
upon more systematic means of hand
ling the railroad mall contracts, lie
will reduce the cost of carrying the
malls to a more definite basis by
eliminating some of the loose methods
that bave been practiced, but are now
outgrown, lie evidently proposes a
general readjustment of the system of
paying the railroads for their carrying
service. Some are now, doubtless, over
paid and it may be that some are under-paid,
but. in the end the postmaster
general will have contributed to the
one purpose of placing this service
upon a more buslnees-llke basis.
This is what the government for
years has been aiming at. It no longer
countenances the old theory that the
Postofflce department is a haven of
refuse for political debt-paying, but
regards -it properly as a gigantic busi
ness enterprise and Is conducting it
more and more as every such institu
tion should be conducted. It has taken
years to get in position to accomplish
results we now see. One of the first
steps toward them was the adoption of
the civil service system.
It is Interesting to know that the
postmaster general's present plans con
template more pay for the supervising
officers of the railway mall service.
The mall clerks, themselves, feel that
they are entitled to more pay to enable
them the better to cope with conditions
of living and it is not improbable that
the government will be able soon to
reach them in its general plan of bet
terment. Perhaps economies In other
directions and particularly the system
atizing of the railroad mail contracts
may enable it to do this more speedily
than otherwise might have been.
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Patents and Progress.
A disconsolate Briton, recently writ
ing upon the lack of England's indus
trial progress In late years, cited as
proof the fact that no Englishr tan had
for more than a quarter of a century
turned out an invention of world Influ
ence. le affirmed that a nation's de
velopment in this direction may be
measured by its Inventions.
No American may fairly lament thus
about bis country and countrymen.
The patent office at Washington will
refute bis whole argument. It Is turn
ing out Invention rights more rapidly
today than It has for years. If not ever.
All told It has Usued 1,000,000 patents
since Its organization iu 1790. Thou
sands of these patents, of course, come
to naught, and one of the tragic fea
tures about many that do not, is that
they fall to reward the Inventor,
because some pirate with more
money than genius crowds hlni out of
his rights and exploits the thing, him
self. But this does not alter the fact that
Americans have become an Inventive
race of people. And many of their In
ventions are of world-wide influence.
In fact. Just as this British writer
showed. It was the American inventor
who was wielding the greatest influ
ence today in industry. Certainly It is
true, If the Briton's theory be correct,
that this shows the United States to be
a conquering nation industrially. We
are, at any rate, forging ahead of all
others in that line.
The head of the invention class is an
American, Thomas A. Edison. His in
ventions, all things considered, have
been most monumental in result of any
produced wjthin the century. And,
Marconi not excepted, Edison promises
to hold his place for years to come.
This fact is not lost on our British
friend in bis effort to arouse his own
people from their lethargy. Ills ap
peal England cannot afford to ignore.
It must maintain an industrial suprem
acy or take a back aeat among the' na
tions. It cannot ever become great as
an agricultural country except through
its colonies for the very good reason
that it has not the territory. But Eng
land realizes this, as is shown In the
crown's effort to draw upon the re
sources of its provinces for aid in
strengthening its position.
Missouri Forces Clark's Hand.
Champ Clark did not come out with
a clear-cut statement of his position
on the method of appointing house
committees until his own state forced
him to. To be sure in the last session
of congress when the fight raged about
the head of Speaker Cannon, Clark
waa loud In demanding that commit
tee appointments be taken from the
speaker, but since the results of the
last election made it reasonably cer
tain that be would succeed to the
speakership, he had been silent on
this point.
The reason, of couise, was plain,
but his silence at once discredited his
consistency. Nevertheless his candi
dacy for the speakership in the Sixty
second congress being formidable,
stat by state began throwing its dele
gation In the bouae behind him. but
one state refused to fall in line. That
was Missouri, the state where peo;lu
demand to be shown. Evidently It
knew Clark best and bad some reason
to feel that it would be just as well to
have him commit himself anew on this
proposition before living him pledges
6f support for speaker. The Missouri
democrats put the matter up to Mr.
Clark and finally extracted from him
the promUfc that he still favored the
committee appointment plan.
Some states might have deferred to
state pride in such an event and
boomed their favorite son for sieaker
regardless of where he stood on such
a little matter. Not so Missouri. Of
routse so a-tute a politician as Champ
t'liirk could not help but appreciate
the difference Vr-twrrn the speakership
with the appoinlhe power and minus
It. yet neither could he escape the
realization that to Jockey with the
proposition to the point of Imperiling
his chances of getting the office would
be highly unbecoming one of his rank
and station in the gentle art of po
litical slelght-of-hand.
Prosperity of Our Foreign-Born.
Our European-born citizens are. it
is estimated, sending 60 per cent more
Christmas money to their native lands
this year than they sent last year. The
outgoing malls are said to be heavier
than ever and a New York paper
makes this compilation of remittances
that went on Just one vessel one day
last week: To Great Britain, $241.
210; Italy, f 72,999 ; Germany. $0,
159; Austria, $38,027; Hungary, $35,
274; Russia, $19,428; Sweden, $18.
163; Greece, $17,134; Norway. $9,931 ;
Switzerland. $5,414; Denmark, $4,
710; France, $3,393; Belgium, $2,982;
Netherlands, $1,239'; Portugal, $139;
Liberia, $100; Luxemburg, , $65;
Egypt, $15; total. $530,418.
During that week 9,500 sacks of
mail went out of New York for Europe,
whereas one year ago in the corre
sponding week the number was 6,675,
The remittances are general enough to
show that this prosperity among our
foreign-born neighbors is not confined
to any one or two nationalities. All
Sppsrently are prospering to some ex
tent. All will prosper Jnst in propor
tion to their thrift and ability to han
dle what tbey get, for all get an even
chance in this country. There is no
class spirit when It comes to the
United States treating with its imnii-
! grant inhabitants.
Some Americans do not view the
spectacle of such large sums of money
going back to Europe as encouraging.
They think it Indicates a lack of,
rather than the existence 6f, Interest
In the new home, retarded rather than
progressive assimilation. That Is
open to question. On the other hand,
we have ample evidences to show for
the vital Interest of v foreign-born
Americans in the affairs of this land.
They may not at first readily keep all
their savings here, but they come in
time to Invest them and build up their
the benefit of their frugal habits, of
their sound systems of economy and
thrift, and these examples are needed
for our own people, many of 'whom
know far less about saving than do
fortunes here. So that we are getting
these Europeans.
Senator Clark's New House.
The $7,000,000 mansion which for
mer Senator W. A. Clark of Montana
has completed for himself and little
family on Fifth avenue, New York, is
said to offend the artistic senses of
the architects. How could It do other
wise? Whoever dreamed that a fam
ily residence costing $7,000,000 could
be confined within the limits of archi
tectural symmetry? , The owner, who
carved his fabulous fortune out of the
rough earth in Montana, probably
never intended that it should do more
than display his Iconoclastic notions of
the conventionalities, and with him art,
in such a case, is simply conventional.
The pipe organ in the Clark dwell
ing Is said to cost $300,000. Other
things come at comparative prices.
The home Is to be run as a corpora
tion. It has required eight years to
complete It. These are Just a few of
the chapters making the human side
of the story. They read like prodigality
run riot. They make such modest home
owners as Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Car
negie and Mr. Morgan feel like taking
up the back alleys to reach their mis
erable domiciles.
Mr. Clark must have had a hard
time digging that gold and copper. He
must have worked laboriously and
swore grimly as he worked that if he
ever struck the lead vein he would
have the time of his life. Mr. Clark's
new mansion may be his monument,
but it will not endure as a work of art.
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The recent secret conference of wet
democratic state senators adjourned
indefinitely, which may be taken to
mean that It adjourned subject to an
other summons from the hidden boss.
It is safe to predict that in perfecting
arrangements for the next secret con
clave more precaution will be exerted
to plug the bungholes and stop the
leaks.
Rev. C. M. Sheldon, author of "In
His Steps." sanctions the dramatiza
tion of his remunerative book, but In
sists that there shall be no applause.
What a cute way of saving the
author's face If no applause comes.
United States Labor Commissioner
Nelll should have little trouble In mak-
jtng good a claim to the job of perma
nent industrial labor dispute adjuster.
Old Father Time will now proceed
to crowd Santa off the sidewalk and
In turn himself prepare to make room
for a young stripling labeled 1911.
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It almost makes a man shiver to
think of Dr. Wiley's latest prediction
that men will freeze to death on tha
.equator 1,000,000 years from now.
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If Colonel Harvey and Colonel Wat
terson are able to get together, the
rest of democracy's rehabilitation may
be but a matter of detail.
oiaarasatlaa far Katra Session.
New York Mall.
About tha only thing that would reconcile
the country to an extra session of congress
would be an early disclosure of the exact
J point at which the drmocratlv majority
la erhrditlid to bruin a' tin up and queer
ing lie. If.
la ! ulna for I'fc 1 1 h rop .
Poetnn Hernlil.
What Tiinltl-mllllonalre phllanthrophlst.
In view of the rumored oyster trust, will
endow a few free oyst'T beds for the
benefit of deservlli bon vlvants?
Thrift Looks Ahead.
Pt. I.ouls Olobe-Pemocrat.
Many persons have a etronn feellna for
the day after Christmas for the reason
that. If there be any money left, they can
Ito downtown and buy something that they
really want. I
Here'a a "Come-Back" for nre.
Christian Science Monitor.
Perhaps that Island reported to have sunk
off San Salvador after an earthquake went
down, turned around and came rlsht up
acaln. for It Is still doing duty at the same
old stand.
Roostlna a' (noil Thing.
-. Chicago News.
It - la believed that $fi0n,ono twice as
much as last year will be realUed from
the sale of Red Cross stamps this season.
Evicting the white plague is a work that
apprals to all. .
Convinced hr the Scenery.
Cleveland leader.
Senator Ahlrlch Is finally convinced that
a tariff commission Is necessary. Evert
though tha landslide did not hit him. he
evidently had a good place from which
to see it go by.
Who Will Heat the Record f
Sioux City Journal.
At present the record for big Christmas
gifts stands at 10;00n.000, and Mr. Carnegie
and Mr. Rockefeller are tied for first
honors. Does anybody feel equal to break
ing the tie and taking first place?
loaie Room for Improvement.
.Philadelphia Bulletin.
Ex-Vice President Fairbanks asserts that
tha United States la the beat-governed
country In the world. That may be true
without in the slightest degree weakening
the contention . that there are plenty of
details in whlcW Improvement can be made.
Arlaona on the Way.
Boston Transcript.
Arizona will vote on the adoption of its
Stat constitution January 15, and expects
to be admitted to the Union before March 4.
It will begin its career as one of the sister
hood with 204,000 inhabitants, or 5,000 more
than Delaware, which has been a "sover
eign state" ever since there were any.
America Rediscovered.
St. Louie Republic.
Puccini and Humperdlnck are both In
New York now,' and "King's Children" by
the latter and "The Olrl of the XJolden
West" by the former, were each presented
first to the world on the American operatic
stage. It has required 400 years, but the
musicians have discovered America at last.
te This a Good Combiner. ,
Boston Transcript.
The growers of "hurley" tobacco In five
states have entered Into an agreement to
pool their 1011 trop and to raise no crop
In 1912. This look't a good deal like a com
bination In rnatrtlnt of trade, but then It
makes a good. (Seal' of difference whose
trust Is gored-.
Protection for Smokers.
Minneapolis Journal.
The pure food law, it is said, will be
tried on a brBndtf "Havanas Perfectos"
clgara made of Teaas alfalfa and. Tennessee
leaf. The government Is tQ look Into other
adulterated tobaccos that are causing de
terioration of the soli In aome localities by
ualng up all tha autumn leaves. ,
Science In Fotnre Farmlnsr.
New York World.
Dr. Wiley ot the Agricultural depart
ment says that under scientific cultivation
the United State would be able to pro
duce wheat sufficient for a population of
500,000,000. The inference aa to the present
methods of wheat cultivation Is not flatter
ing and probably was not meant to be.
Peace Fold Its Wlnaa Again.
Boston Transcript.
It looka as If an International complica
tion has been avoided by Baron Hengel
tnuller's denial that the baroness ever said
that all Washington society Is dull, and
peace between our capital and Vienna re
sumes Its whlte-wlnged sway. Can It be
that a remark attributed to another Aus
trian woman, that she was glad to hear of
society in Washington, for when she was
in our capital there was "nothing but a
rabble," haa been erroneously fastened
upon Baroness Hengelmuller? Much may
depend on the answer, for when Washing
ton society takes a dislike to a diplomatist
or his dinners his usefulness la pretty
nearly over.
Arbitration , aad World Peace.
Springfield (Mass ) Republican.
In the mixture of appeals for canal
fortifications and of amotherlng of war
scares which distinguished the president's
adHress recently, one should not Ignore his
reiteration of belief in international ar
bluatlon of disputes involving what U
known as national honor. President Taft
Is the first statesman of the front rank,
not only in America, but in the world, who
haa taken this position. All of the ar
bitration treaties In existence, except a
few between minor states, make excep
tions of national honor controversies. In
the opinion of many students of the prob
lems of war and peace, the "national
hi nor" proviso goes very far to defeat the
object of the arbitration movement, since
any question that might tempt a nation
Into war could be proclaimed one Involv
ing honor of that sort. Mr. Taft's atti
tude Is advanced, yet, In time. It will be
recognized as thoroughly sound.
Seoamber SS, 1S10.
Thomas (ra, the eminent English poet,
waa born December 26. 171"5, In Ixndnn
and died In 1771. file "Klegy Written In a
Country Church Yard," haa made him an
Immortal name in Kngltsh literature.
IMon Bouclrault, dramatic author and
actor, waa horn December 24. 1822. In Dub
lin, lie wrote plays and staged thorn, both
In this country and In Uteat Britjan. and
uaed to show in Omaha during hla active
career.
Admiral George Dewey, the hero of
Manila bay. Is celebrating his seventy
third birthday today. He was born In
Montpeller, Vt., and Is now on the retired
list, having captured enough glory for one
man on that early May morning.
E. K. Long, Omaha's venerable Justice
of the peace, la S4 yeara old today. Ha
waa born at Newburyport, Mass., and waa
for several yeara member of tha school
board. Aa Justice of the peace he le re
elected every two years almost without
opposition as If entitled to life tenure.
Kalph K. Sunderland, secretary of Sun
derlaad Brothers company, waa born
December 26. 1S71. at Sioux City. He came
to Omaha In lAk9 as superintendent for the
Omaha Coal, Coke A I -Ira a company, be
coming successively office man, traveling
raleeman, bookkeeper and secretary, when
the name waa changed In lvul to Sunder
land Brothers company.
Our Birthday Book, j
Around Now York
Blpplsa ob tha Current of Xlfa
as Bean In the Great American
Metropolis from Day to Pay.
If sn eiample Is needed otitlle the
national cash box of the mighty arlp and
expanding real of n pension system. New
Totk supplies s shlnitiK specimen. The
extensive and liberal svstpm of tensions
for polh-emen 0n the retired list totals
ll.TSo.nno this year. The Increase In the
: obligations of the fund In four years foots
up' $717.'W. Eve-y yesr brings a deflc t
until now the shortage is l.l.ono.fjOO. A def
icit In the pension fund does not disturb
the regulation "ghost walk." The pen
sioners get their money regularly, leaving
to the city financiers whatever worry there
e m nustung tne coin., Eight years ago;
reformlng commissioner miaha.i iji,iirnor""
number of officers of high rank onto the
retired list, adding ft.m to the pension
payroll in one swoop. The city Is even
more generous with Its firemen. "We
encourage firemen," says a department of
ficlnl. "to save human life at the risk of
their own lives by letting them know that
we will take care of their families should i
anything serious happen. The department '
faithfully keeps Its promise In this respect
as the fnmllles of departed firemen come
around for their money. There is one
widow who has been drawing JtoO . year
lilnce 1S7I. During nearly forty years the
city has given her about $12,000. There Is
another widow, now 70 years old, mho has
been getting her $300 since 1872. Just two
Instances from many.
"George W. Berrien probably s longest
on the list of retired firemen. He joined
the department In 1S65 nnd retired as as
sistant engineer In 1H78, and gets ti2 a
year penalon. At 4 per cent that would
mean 115.600 stowed away in the bank."
The first issue ef the Weekly Iionytlc,
published by the lnmntes of Matteawnn
asylum, where Harry K. Thaw Is confined,
has Just appeared. Thaw does not appear
as one of the editors, but it la announced
will contribute to the next Issue.
The paper sftys in Its salutatory: 'Every
profession, trade or business has a Journal
to voice Its wants, kicks and benefits ex
cept the lunatics. In the state of New
York 30.000 of us are now restrained,
fed, housed and clothed at an annual ex
pense of Sti.OOO.OOO. Outside of Insane asy
lums thousands are being incubated In the
hatcheries of so-called civilized and Chris
tian society, preparing to make one of
these palaces their final roosting place.
It la to put them and the taxpayers wise
to the Inside of their future home that we
launch this long-felt want.
"The profits from this family journal
will be spent for the entertainment of the
Inmates. It'a the same old thing here
day after day. Ulve us a chance to help
ourselves."
A new aid to shoplifting has appeared
in the stores of New York City and Is
making the men and women paid to watch
for light fingered shoppers keep their eyes
I open. It is apparently an ordinary
leather valise, but It has no bottom
Instead there are two collapsible slides
which fold back, at either side, and when
released by a spring snap together. The
shoplifter picks out some article that he or
she wants to take away and when the
clerk is looking the other way sets the
bag over It. An Inconspicuous button
la pressed, the slides snap Bhut under the
article and the shoplifter goes out with
the loot In the valise.
"They've sprung false arms and hands
on us." said a store detective, "and we're
used to phony pockets and shawls and
hollow hair rata, but this Is a new one.
Whoever thought out the bottomless valise
was a genius."
The great gathering of gulls on the new
retaining reservoir In Central Park makes
a pretty spectacle, relates the New York
Sun. On most mornings between 500 and
1,000 gulls fleck the middle of the reservoir,
with others drifting in from all quarters
of the aky, many 'of them apparently from
the East River. From the distance two
kinds of gulls seem to be present, white
ones and black ones. The white birds
are really the gray mantled, white breasted
adult herring gulls; the blacks are the
smoky clouded young.
The assemblage is never quite still. A
watcher s eye Is caught by a doaen rest
less wings where here and there gulls al
ready on the water flap their way to
choicer positions, or a late arrival after
circling lazily down from the aky and glid
ing the last hundred feet to the surface
hovers and settles, his white sails poised
a moment before furling, as la the stately
way of gulls. When a row boat put out
toward them the other day all the birds
rose together, the great flock weaving
and scattering, drifted t,fi" on the west wind
to hang high above the housetops until (he
intruder had vanished.
"Tipping haa taken a strangulation hold
on New York." said the man from Chicago.
"Out In our town we alBo tip everybody,
but we atlll have grit enough to refrain
from apologizing when we haven't money
enough left to tip with. But grit haa de
serted the New Yorker; he apologizes. The
other day I lunched with a man who grew
mighty uneasy near the end of the meal.
Just before we left the table he sum
moned the waiter and explained li.at he
was minus a bill vhlcn he had believed
to be In his pocketbook and would have
to be excused from lipping. The waiter
received his apology with the air of a
bank president listening to the whine of
a beggar. No doubt tnat man v-Jll eat
there again lit a few days and give a
double tip to make up for past defection."
A legacy of J10.O0O Is to be given to 17-year-old
Thomas Osborne of Kiverhead.
U I., if he does not assume the profession
of a clergyman. This Is the provision of
the will of his great-aunt, Mrs. Helen
Stone, who died at the ago of M). a few
deys ago.
Mrs. btone gave her reason for provision
against the lad's entering the ministry Is
not prejudice against the cloth, but her
belief that a clergyman "especially a
Methodist clergyman" haa no fixed resi
dence and doea not need money for 'set
tling down." The boy'a father saya. so
far aa he knows, his sun has no leaning
for the ministry.
Jurisdiction, Political or Judicial f
Philadelphia Ledger.
The habeas corpus proceedings In the
I'nited States court at Trenton In tha rase
of Porter Charlton Involves a question of
very general Interest. It la asked. In effect,
that the court review the proceedings of
the Department of State upon the appli
cation for extradition. Tha court expressed
a doubt whether any but the supreme
court itself had real Jurisdiction, and this
la a main point to be argued. The secre
tary of state has already expressed his I
opinion In his published memorandum. that!vomlc "Pra.-Harpcr a Weekly.
the case belonus to the political and not ' . .. ......
. . . . . , , .7 Fidgety man getting up and giving h i
to the Judiclai department of the govern- ; , tlle stout woman who haa
me lit. It is certain, therefore, that he will been swaying from the strap for four
not only conteat the Jurisdiction of Judge j miles: "Take this seat, ma'am."
Kellstab. but will carry the contest to the H,out l"dv;1 ,n uu',"u "" and with
. . a stiong flavor of aarcaom: "What a
last appeal. wrong with HT -Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
tnoi.lSII I MP. MIM I KTIIK!
Mot While Wattt II looms and Kldrrs
Has a Memorr.
Roston Trsnscrlpt.
The t'epsttmcnt of Agriculture Is decd
edly practical. Poetrv snd romance are no
pnit of Its programme, else It would not
hsve now Instituted a crusade sgsinst the
mistletoe. Tt contemplates it simply In Its
paiaslt.r character, and Ignores Its rich
history, w h ch carries back to the time
when Christinas was Instituted, even to the
twilight days of mythology. It Is now
j c,,"r'1 'h destroying countless trees In
,h for'l" of southwest, and efforts
I "re mak n ,or,l, banishment or exterml-
' 1,1,1 on- 1 "" Imbedded In a pu'py
covering easily carried by birds, and It pos
sesses a viscous quality thst attaches It to
every hough that touches. There It he
g ns to draw life from the parent of Its
fortuitous adoption, and never eeema
homesick whatever the churact.er of its an-
But against this utilltHtiiin hostility the
ranks of sentiment will marshal their
forces. How can we spnre the "mistletoe
green" that shows r'ant life when all about
It seems dead? It Is Interwoven with
legend and symbolism and tradition. Priest
and prophets have paid It reverent tribute.
For shy lovers It has bridged the distance
and the tincerta nty that separated them.
It Is the emblem of Christian privilege and
hss been so far years, and a privilege
warmly cherished, else It would not have
been so firmly transplanted from the old
world Into the new. Wns not Bolder th
Beautiful slain with an arrow of mistletoe,
and without Balder we should not have
had the Nibelungen tetralogy, or "Balder
Dead." by Johannes liwald and Matthew
Arnold. Neither should we have been per
mitted to weep In sweet sympathy with
that early widower, !,ord l-ovel. over the
tragic fate of his bride as tunefully nar
rated In "The Mistletoe Bough."
The present menace Is one that we can
not contemplate with patience. Could we
repress our own feelings in the matter,
shall we break one of the most significant
links between the prehistoric past and the
Joyous present, and leave thua bereft our
children and our children's children? Shall
we sunder about the only tie that connects
Thor with Peter Jones? Dct the children
have their Santa Claus. but for those of a
little older growth Christmas would not be
Christinas without the mistletoe green.
TUB DOCTOR AND HtS FKK.
Twcntr-Flre Per Cent of
Kara laa
'erer Collected.
New York Times.
The physician's Income suffers most, ap
parently, from hla Inability to collect the
money he has earned. His work la usually
done on credit and usually the credit Is
long. Not Infrequently It is Indetermin
able. The Medical Hecord considers It not
an overestimate to say that of a general
practitioner's annual earnings almost 2fi
per cent will never be collected. And it Is
the young and poor doctor who suffers
most from these losses, the city consult
ants and the great specialists In medicine
and surgery for the moat part not only
getting their money, but getting It
promptly.
The situation as described Is a saddening
one, and yet there must be compensations
else would not the medical profession con
tinue to be crowded. That, presumably,
is because In addition to offering a few
fortunes. It . gives to all who are In it
something of dignity and respect and enor
mous1 opportunities for Increasing both.
And, though the work Is hard and dan
gerous, it Is endlessly interesting.
M Haiti' Y IIANDV WITH l.
An Kxhlbltton of Shooting Skill that
F.nded Chase.
Philadelphia Record.
There are still men of nerve and fine
shooting ability In Colorado, as a thrill
ing Incident Just reported proves. A posse
of citizens pursued and overtook three
bandits, who had captured three boys of
the neighborhood, making them aid in
carrying the booty, and when the citizens
approached each bandit held a boy In front
of him. The leader of the posse was the
father of two of the boys, but he had the
antonlshlng courage and confidence In his
markmanshlp to fire at a bandit who held
one of his two sons as a shield. The
bandit fell dead and the boy was unhurt.
Naturally the other two bandits surren
dered; there was no use In fighting a posse
under' such leadership as that. William
Tell and the apple and the most Im
perturbable of Roman fathers had "nothing
on" this sharpshoollng citizen of the Cen
tennial state.
PLEASANTLY POINTED.
"Mv dear girl, why hsve you dropped
astronomy? You said it was essential to
vnnr fnrtim career."
, "The outlook aa regards my future ca
reer has shifted since 1 saw you last.
What I need now Is, a few cooking les
sons." Washington Herald.
Peter Piper had picked a Peck of
Pick led Peppers.
The bell rang.
"A Peck .f Pickled Peppers distanced at
the post!" shouted the announcer through
his megaphone.
Peter Piper tore his hair. "Never again!
he cried, meaning that he meant to dally
with the poniea no more forever. Puck.
Sophomore What are you going to do
when vou leave college, old chap'.'
Senior Well. I haven't decided on any
thing definite for the first vaar except to
come back for the class reunion. Puck.
"Did that poor, hen-pecked little man
give any explanation of why he decided to
cremate his late wife Instead of burying
her?"
"Yes. He said It was his only chance
to get even with her for the way she
always mauled him." Chicago Post.
"How did you enjoy the vaudeville per
formance?" "It was good. They had performing
cata, a base ball player, a champion pugi
list. ' a trained cockatoo, and I give you
my word they even had an actor doing a
turn." Kansas City Journal.
Knl'ker I love the good, the true, the
beautiful.
Stella This Is so sudden; but I am
sure father will consent. New York Bun.
Miggs Bo the doctor told you to go to
a warmer climate. What Is the nature of
the trouble you consulted him about?
Maggs-I went there to collect a bill.
Boston Transcript.
"In the play of the elements how would
you east the characters?"
"That's easy. I d give the light parts to
Hit, lightning and let the thunder have the
heavy roles."
"And what would you do about the at
mosphere?" "Oh, I d let that raise the wind." Balti
more American.
"What's this?" demanded Mr. 'Jellua.
"Do I find you treasuring another man's
picture?"
"Be calm, dear." answered his wife.
"Thais a photo of yourself taken when
you had hair." Louisville Courier-Journal.
"This Is what I call a hand-to-mouth ex
istence," sighed the dramatic critic aa he
tried to cover his yawn with his right
hand for the eighteenth time during the
"rt performance of Dullbelgh a
new
PERSONAL AM) 0rHERl3E.
A pair i'f -oiil mates In Kna i t
got their les so hndij BTos.-cd . thai th
male half of the combination want! a
divorce, giving as a reason il a' his s 'f"
spirit hounds him during Imslncss bouts
Wives are awfull troublesome in oi
mating sections. '
Harvey . Wile. M . O . Ph. IV. I,!
IV. chemist of tbe I eparlmen;. of gil
culture, will be presented with e of tbt
Klliott Cressun gold medala b thJ Frank.
Iln Institute of Philadelphia, for ork " n
the fields of ski leullural and phylo!olce
chemistry." , .
The natural gas belt of Indiana has al
mosl petered out. The l,ouieville Courier
Journal reports that one great eompmu'
which once supplied Hi towns with light
and fuel, now supplhs none at all, A graa.1
internal gas tank has been drained b
prodigal business. 1
Recently a woman in leaving a, crowded
oar In New York dragged her hatpin ecrosj
the temple of a beautiful girl, , narrowly
nilKstng the eye snd making a wjnnd that
may result In a permanent scarrJ An ob
seiver of the incident wrote to thf Tribune
asking If something could not be done as
prelection against the dangrrouS 1 persons
who carry these weapons. ' '
Memphis puts up superior claims for the
title cf "Metropolis of the shoot fug belt."
One gentleman there' the other ,'day suc
ceeded In hitting a friend with k calibre
bullets five times In five shots. Ac ordlng tr
the Memphis Commercial-' Appeal, "one day
not a great while ago.- during a contro
versy In Memphis, more than twenty pis
tols were cheeked In a jingle hotel .desk.'
There Is one of those, touches of nature
which win general sympathy Inithe caae
of an Indiana Juror, .ho made a auccuss
ful plea to be released ftwm the court i
order of being locked, up oVer night on th
ground that he had driven fifteen mile,
that day to buy a doll for a tot of 3 al
home, who would cry all night for the be
loved toy, and nobody blamed Ihe stars
Judge for yielding to the tearful little tot
American Consul Fred Slmplch, statloneo
at Bagdad, now visiting his old home Ir
St. I.ouls, brings the Interesting Informa
tion that "at Klrkark, Only three days b
ass from Bagdad. Is the tomb of Ananias
who gave the world alt exhibition of hla
ability to transform truth. Into Its reverse
meaning." The definite location of th
famous shrine will afford members of the
American guild much comfort and consola
tion en their forthcoming pilgrimage.
TALKING WITHOVT TrtlWKIStt.
What London HaJqr4 ' Diet to an
American S'ava OfJIeer.
Cleveland -Leader,
If reoent news dlspatfhe ; are correct
once more an American naval officer ol
high rank haa been gtlllty what may h
called, mildly, an :nrlsortan of speech.
Commander William Sims of .the bat
tleship Minnesota IS ijepprted to have de
clared at the banquet given the officers ol
the visiting American rief fa London a
few days ago that the people ef the t'nlted
States would stand with England "to their
last dollar and their last'dpbP of blood"
If ever the "mother countri" were se
riously menaced by' an outside enemy.
Some of the Kuropcefn nations friendly to
ward this country, rspeefaPy Germany, ara
Inclined to be somewhat resentful ovc
this, even though they mut recognise the
fact that Sims was 'talking wildly.
There may be a strong pre-Rngl'sh sen
timent In the American navy It Is prob
able that there Is. "'tHflroj-s and men o the
same blood and speaking ih nam- lan
guage naturally fraternize when.th y SK
together In fore pn s npoits. But ih-re Is
no such sentiment anions th" piop'e t'v
V'Qlted, States ns a Whole, rt l: doubt fid
that -1heyTfrltnr.?iinir,nd'y toward
F.ngland than they do toward France, foi
Instance. They certainly1 have no dl .posl
tion to engage In war for Kngland's bene
fit.
The', l'nlted States government provides
an elaborate course of train np. for II'
naval officers to guard against Just suer
foolish blunders as Commander Inis Is de
CllAi ed In tisv m.a 4j , , V. i..,-,i .
- llll'ISLI 1 III,
can easily place the nation In an awkwan.
position, as witness the "Much der Kaiser'
recitation by a navy captain, whlbu s
rlously aroused the nMg.-r of the Herman!
at a time when we ahead v had the wa;'
with Spain on our hands. An explanation
undoubtedly will servo in clear away al
difficulties In the Sims case, but the sltiu
lion seems to warrant the application ol
enough discipline to render an early repeti
tion of the offense improbable.
CAPITALIZATION AM) RATES.
Corporation Donors (iet Their Pre.
serlntlons Mixed. '
New York Tribune.
Mr. Edward M. Sliepard. testifying be
fore the commission which la studying
the question of regulating railroad stork
and bond Issues, repeated the regular con
tention of the railroads that capitalisation
has nothing to do with rates. Tbe argu
ment always Is that two or three roadi
carrying a certain commodity between
two points by different routes must charge
the same rate for the service since other
wise nil the trafflo would go te the one
charging least yet no two of thetn are
likely to be capitalised alike. One may he
overcapitalised and another undercapital
ised, yet the charge is tha same. .There
fore, capitalisation has little or no effect,
upon ratea.
But unfortunately for this argument the
reasons alleged by the. railroads for de
manding the Increase In freight rates now
asked do not accord with It. Those reasons
are that It Is necessary to have higher
ratea In order to maintain the credit of the
railroads; and that credit must be main
talned, so the contention runs, by paying
attractive dividends and Investing surplus
earnlnga In betterments. Evidently, then.
It doea make a great deal of difference In
regard to rates, If the railroada' own view
Is accepted, upon how large a block of
stork attractive dividends must be main
tained. ABOUT JONES.
Hast ever heard of "Colonel" Jones.
Who vent to war and risked his bones?
Though If the truth be raalir known
And all the farts are fully shown,
You'll see he was a precious scamp,
Who hung about the edge of ramp.
And when a battle was In sight
Took sick and never Joined the fight.
There la no time to tell It all.
Hut never faced he deadly ball,
r struck a blow for righteous cause
To make one 'oeman even pause;
He never fought one Utile bit
'Tib said, and 1 am aure of It
And when he came bark from the war
He bore no mark of wound or scar.
But once returned, to hear hla prattle!
The talea he told of blood and battle!
You'd really think to hear him tell It,
A cannuo ball was Just a pellet.
With terrors none for such as him
A warrior brave and bold and grim;
Long years he told his Ilea Infernal,
And so. at length, we dubbed him "colo
nel." Omaha VBHITAH.
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