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THE OMAHA DAILY HEE: WEDNESDAY. DECEMNEK 2f. IMG. The Omaha Daily Dee, tVUNDED BT EDWARD ROSEWATER. VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR. pntersd at Omaha poatoffle aa eeond Clase matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Pally Be (without Sunday), one yar..$4) Ially be and Sunday, ona year J-Oo Sunday Bee, one year Saturday Bee. ona year ' w DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Dully Bee (including Sunday, per week.. 15". Dally Bee (without Bundav), pr week. ..10c Evening Bee without Sunday), per week. tr. Kvenlnir Pea (with Sunday), per week. ...15 Address complaints of irregularities In de livery to City Circulating- Department. OFFICES Omaha The Bee building. South Omaha 1ty Hall building. C ouncil Pluffa 10 pearl street. Chlrago 140 T'nlty building. , , New York IMS jfome Life Ina. building. Washington 601 Fourteenth atreet. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edi torial matter ahould be addresaed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Iepartment. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, exprese or postal order, payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only 2-cent at am pa received aa payment of mall account. Pereonal checka. except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BBB FUBLISHINO COMPAN T. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Sta's of Nebraska, Douglas County : C'harlea C. Roaewater. general manager of The Bee Publishing company, being duly worn, says that the actual number of full and complete coplea of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during tin montn or November, lxm, waa a iohows 1 33,740 1 si.seo 1 31,300 14 31,180 '.J 31,880 It 30.600 II 31,490 10 31,770 11 81,400 II 31,130 II SIJOO 14 31,630 It 30,460 II 81,400 17 31,860 II 31,480 II 31,660 16 31,830 4.. I.. I.. I.. I., I.. 1.. 11.. II.. II.. 30,600 3170 35.130 33.630 33.460 81.880 33,030 30,600 31,860 31,040 14 31,880 II 31,830 Net total sales 843,033 tally average 81,401 CHARLES C. ROSEWATER, General Manager. SubacrlLed In my presence and sworn to before me thla lat day of December, 1906. (Seal.) M. B. Hl'NGATE, Notary Public. WHEW Ot'T OF TOWIT. Rabacrlbera leavliia th elty tem porarily shoald hav Ths Bes mailed to thesa. Addreaa will cliaased aa vftsa aa rentd. Russia will learn that It requires more than American war equipment to make 1U soldiers Invincible. France seems to think an elastic un written understanding with Great Britain better than a formal treaty. Naturally tho convicted land fraud men will appeal their cases. While they have money to pay the lawyers they may have hope. Perhaps the best solution of the Moroccan situation wiuld be to let Ralsull annihilate the sultan and then hang him for regicide. Omaha's Christmas stocking was well filled despite the estimate that the city sent out flO.000 worth ot presents more than it received. A new president fcas been elected in Ecuador, but the length of his term of office will not be known until re turns are received from the insurgents. And now we are sagely told that many holdups occur that are not re ported to the police. Quite possible. Many holdups are also reported to the police that never occur. Now that the right of a railroad to confiscate coal consigned to points on 5ts lines la to be tested in court, the value of the product without power to move it may be ascertained. Sir Horace Plunkett'B remarks re garding Irish farmers seems to prove that in the matter of co-operation they are ahead of the Americans. Perhaps the indncemect was stronger. The letter carriers who deliver the Christmas gifts that come through Uncle Sam's malls do not have to be told that the country is experiencing an unprecedented era of prosperity. In the Tennessee sheriff's case the supreme court ot the United States has laid down', a rule for contempt proceedings calculated to bring Joy to the hearts of the , "injuction lawyers." James Bryce is to be given a prelim inary test as peace envoy at The llaguej before being sent as ambaasa dor to the United States. No doubt a delicate compliment to the peaceful desires of, the president . . . It if worth noting also that the ex-, press companies are not losing any money these days, and have good rea son td oppose any change by which, either the railroads or the postofnos would poach on their fields. The lobby is said to be getting ready to do business at the old stand at Lin coln as soon as the legislature opens up. It may devolve upon the legisla ture to do a little business calculated to put the paid lobby out of business. The state of Nebraska has gotten along nicely with one federal district court ever since it was admitted Into the union and the litigation has not yet reached the point where two courts and two retinues of court officers are needed. .- The Judges ot the district court ahould net forget to grade the salaries of the county attorney's deputies when they come-to. fix their compensation for the cotnltg year. There Is no rea son why the taxpayers should reward all these deputies alike when some of them do tke the work of others and 33 worth twtcu the money. Total 661,610 Lena unsold coplea...... 6.676 a rrcTuHr run rcitLtciTi: Seldom has there been a more forceful Illustration of the effect of publicity than the announcement that one of the three Missouri subsidiary companies of the Standard Oil com bination, the other two having already been consolidated, haB decided to abandon business In that state as a re sult of Attorney General Hadley's pros ecution under Its anti-monopoly laws. The decision appears to be not alto gether and probably not mainly due to any specific legal penalty that might ultimately be Inflicted, but it was ad mitted under oath by the president of the concern that the notoriety given its relations to the Oil trust had destroyed its business not only in Missouri, but also in Iowa and Illinois, from which It tas already completely withdrawn. The surrendering company waa os tensibly independent and a competitor of the trust, which pretended independ ence was the very basis of the exten sive patronage at first eagerly given to It by the public. When Attorney Gen eral Hadley Instituted proceedings to discover Its real relations most strenuous efforts were made to defeat his purpose. But when at length the chief officials of the trust were driven to confess in open court that the con cern was a mere dummy, owned abso lutely and operated by the trust, the farce was played out and the public was placed in position to act intelli gently. The very policy of the trust thus ex posed is signal testimony to the effi cacy of publicity, for it was simply part of an elaborate scheme to keep Its true character and doings In the dark, and It shows consummate subtlety that it should thus so long have contrived ac tually to thrive upon its own unpopu larity. A great point for fair dealing has been gained by the exposure, If only the benefit in this particular case be considered, but an Incomparably greater point In the far-reaching pres tige of the state's victory through pub licity. THE QRAB FOR GOLD. The extraordinary increase of the production of gold is fully matched by the extraordinary strain of demand for gold for money use. There Is to day no great financial center in the world which is not either anxiously holding on to Ub gold stores or keenly competing for tnat of others or Is re strained only by the injury to itself which would result from too great success in such competition. With the cumulative effect of a series of years, in which the world's annual gold output has bounded up ward, we thus still find the gold re serve proportion actually generally shrinking compared to the volume of credit built upon it. In all the com merlcal and industrial nations financial concern is now notably turning to the question how the 'gold reserve Id to be strengthened, and even in- Great Britain alarmist views are being more and more expressed. Heretofore a dearth of gold at one important credit and exchange center could ordinarily be relieved surely and In no long time from the surplus ot others. It Is a plausible, theory that the very increase in the yellow metal sup ply has universally stimulated enter prise and demand for it as a credit basis, and that the certainty of its con tlnued production on an increased scale In the future ' has resulted in eagerly competitive discount beyond reason. But while the supposition may offer a plausible explanation of the present situation, it In no wise re lleves the strain nor points a . prac tlcal way to escape in the future. COSGRESSMEy AND FREE TRANSPUR T1UX- It is asserted that the provision of the new rate law Inhibiting free trans portation in Interstate travel is being strictly observed, particularly with reference to the families, friends and dependents of congressmen and gov ernment employes. Observers at Washington agree that never before have so many national legislators come to the capital unaccompanied by their families. The breaking up ot the habit of bringing them there at the opening of the session and then all returning home for the holidays and coming back for the remainder of the session Is a fact too significant of one effect of the law to be overlooked. The result will certainly tend to re lieve the national legislature from suspicion ,of , undue corporation .influ ence which .was seriously impairing public confidence. The extent ot ' the abuse can be more clearly appreciated now that the effects of the remedy are visible. And It ahould be an object les son for the numerous state legislatures which are about to convene and ot whlcji moat ot the members ' besides are under pledges, express or implied, to apply- in state Jurisdiction the rule of the national law.'. FUR JTUTVRE EFFECT- '. The verdict of guilty and the se vere sentence Imposed by the court martial on the officers of the Russian squadron signally defeated in the great naval battle of the Sea of Japan, which proved decisive in the war between Russia and Japan should be under stood as for future effect. The charge against the admiral and his associates Is based on his surrender of his ships without fighting to the end. Of course the time and need to surrender in bat tie Is a question of discretion to be de cided by the commander of any fighting force, but a cowardly surrender with out sufficient Justification has alway been regarded as bordering on tral loruu conduct and calling tor severe punltthtuent. Whether the Russian surrender to the Japanese was impera tive or not. it devolves upon the Jlus i an goverument from motives ot self preservation to make an example of I the officers, even though tempered with mercy, in order to stiffen up the cour age of the men still in its army and navy and to prevent similar surrenders on like pretexts In other emergencies yet to come. In military and naval discipline summary action must fre quently be taken, which would appear arbitrary if not unjust lit civil life. That Is involved in the very essence of war, and Is the foundation of mar tial law as distinguished from the ad ministration of Justice through or dinary tribunals. GRAZING LAST) LEGISLATION- In his special message to. congress urging revision .of the land laws, President Roosevelt calls particular at tention to the unsatisfactory condttldn of that part ot the legislation on the statute books governing the grazing lands that still remain In the public do main. Without suggesting any specific remedy, he nevertheless urges consid eration of this problem and Its speedy, solution by the enactment of new laws on the subject. Tho situation in the grazing land country, of which northwest Nebraska constitutes the larger part, has been acute for a number of years, but no adequate measures of Teform have been presented commanding the united support of any large number of the different interests directly con cerned. On the contrary, every bill that has been urged for lease or sale or transfer to the state of these lands has been opposed by powerful cattle corporations, whose owners apparently preferred to have no legislation, be cause they were then enjoying the use and benefit of these lands by Virtue of their illegal fences without paying any thing to the government, either as rent, as purchase money or as taxes. The prosecution of the land fraud cases have gone far enough now to prove to all without distinction that there is no possible hope ot restoring the old regime, under whlqh the pub lic grazing lands were appropriated by cattlemen, big and little, each to the extent to which they were able to maintain possession agalnBt all comers. The laws against fences are plainly to be enforced and the wily schemes to evade them by fraudulent land entries are no longer effective. Conditions, therefore, should be ripe for the cattlemen and others in the grazing country to get together upon one or more alternative propositions for the disposition ot these lands along practical lines. Whether this shall be in the shape of a leasing bill or a head tax proportioned to the num ber of cattle eent in upon the public lands, or a classification and outright sale of land not available for actual purposes of cultivation, will have to be determined. It may be impossible to get the attention of congress fixed at the- present whort sessiorrrqt" evrtn bo, It is not too early to move for procuring action at the succeeding ses sion of congress. The prosperity of the live stock In dustry is intimately Interwoven with the prosperity of all the people of this state, and a successful readjustment that would remove existing obstacles In the way of the cattle business would be welcomed by all. It is announced from Des Moines that Colonel Bryan will goon deliver there for the first time a new lecture which he has already arranged to re peat next summer at eighty-six Chau tauqua engagements. If, as is cur rently reported, Mr. Bryan receives a minimum, or even an average, ot $500 for each lecture to which an admis sion fee Is charged, his income for the coming year is already assured. In this connection it is only fair to give simultaneous publicity to the state ment made in the last number ot Mr. Bryan's Commoner to the effect that he exacts no compensation, whatever for political speeches and that "his campaign work la a source of expense to him rather than a source of profit; for his traveling expenses amount to considerable for each campaign and his Income from lectures Is cut oft while he Is at work In the campaign." We rejoice to see prosperity smile upon any of our fellow citizens, and surely If the .Chautauqua business holds out at this rate Mr. Bryan's hope will be gratified "to make enough from his lectures and writings during a part of the year to enable him to devote the rest of his time to gratuitous service." Some corroboration is at hand for The Bee's guess that the payment by the Burlington of its city taxes In Lin coln without protest for the first time in several years may be due. to the fact that the amount In dispute is less than the $2,000 needed to take it into the federal courts. The Union Pacific, which threatens to protest Its city taxes in Lincoln, seems alone to have enough at stake to make the differ ence more than $2,000. Since the editor of the World-Herald visited London and sat In the specta tors' gallery of the House of Lord he has become such an enthusiastic ad mirer of everything British that he wants our court judges to model them selves upon the British Judges. Of course, this Is a bid for Irish support. The Water board declares its pur pose to pursue the even tenor of Its way. In the meanwhile the water com pany is also pursuing the even tenor of Its way. The people who pay both the lawyers' fees and the water bills are the ones who have a rocky road to travel. The beauty of autocracy is shown la the manifesto of President Dial requir ing the Immediate repair ot the break in the Colorado river or a forfeiture of the franchise of the company responsi- ble. only President Roosevelt could make a request. With the supreme court of Illinois declaring that contracts for future de livery of grain cannot be enforced in court, speculation has again been placed on the basis of "honor." Dolna- talte Well. Thank Yon. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The railroads of the 1'nlted States this Tear earned 12,800,000.000 and Increased divi dends IM.WA.OOu. This showing dispones of ths chants of "unfriendly legislation." . Happy- ta .the t'snfrnrt. , Washington Herald. While Mr. Root was talking-about thotw states which maintain vicious laws . de signedly enacted for the'purpoee of foster ing trusts and oppressive monopolies, Nrw Jersey tried to- look Just as unconcerned as possible. y. ' . 1 The Hook Inleoaed. Philadelphia .Press. ' , ' ' As long aa- the legislature had . free passes the railroad corporations could drive over or around or under or through ths constitution without fretting . caught Pt it. There are no passes now, and things ars going to be different. Aa Open Question. New York Post. The committee in charge of the Hudson Fulton celebration voted yesterday to lavlte "the president of the I'nlted States and the surviving ex-presldent or , en-presidents." Another evidence that the third term question is still open. Tied1 at the Post. Baltimore American. The president went Poultney Blgelow ona better In his account of his trip to Pan amatwo days better, so far a the length of his stay was concerned, and several thousand words better so far as the length of his report was concerned. A Toast t Ijtaahter. - Life. Here's to laughter, the sunshine of the soul, the happiness of the heart, the leaven of youth, the privilege of purity, tho echo of Innocence, the treasure of the humble, the wealth of the poor, the bead of the cup of pleasure; it dispels dejection, banishes blues and mangles melancholy; for it's the foa of woe, the destroyer of depression, the enemy of grief; It Is what kings envy the peasants, plutocrats envy the poor, the guilty envy the. Innocent; it's the sheen on the silver of miles, the ripple bn the water s delight, the glint of the gold of gladness; without it humor would be dumb, wit would wither, dimples would disappear and smiles would shrivel, for it's the glow of a clean conscience, the voice of a pure soul, the birth cry, of mirth, the swan song1 of sadness. JAPASKSK MODERATION. Aa Exhibition of Common Sense and Self Control. Cleveland loader: Japan Is giving an exhibition of level headedness and moderation which this country can ponder over with profit to It self. The island empire has made no threats and Indulged In no bluster. The first mani festations of resentment among Its people were soon suppressed. It realises the fact that the government at Washington Is do ing its utmost to correct the error com mitted by San Francisco, and the rulers of Japan are content. Not only thla, Japan has, without solicita tion, removed a jjrjHble cause of trouble for' In UnltexTBtate In the near future, at the sacrifice of a oostaln amount of national pride. A sqvadro:; of Its warships was to have stopped aj Ban anlsco, early. In the coming year, -during h oourso'-of train Ins cruise. The route of the vessels has been changed so that'lt will not Include this country. Were tho warships to visit San Francisco there is little doubt that the men on them would be Insulted by the rowdy element of the city and an attempt might foolishly be made to Inflict violence upon them. For the latter contingency they would, without question, be fully prepared, and what Jap anese preparedness means the world knows full well. Then the w United States would have to make ample reparation and punish the offenders. Now what would be the temper of the American people If some of their number were thrown out of educational Institu tions in Tokyo and others mobbed on the streets and their houses bombarded with stones? To put It mildly, the eagle would scream. If a squadron of warships was on its way to Japan, would It be recalled? Not unless the president had the courage to disregard popular clamor. And Japan Is not afraid, either. It did not hesitate to fight Russia, with Its Im mense trained army and two of the best military strongholds In the world close by. A TEAPOT TEMPEST. Baals of the Japanese Tnmalt Proves Trifling;. Chicago Chronicle. As the tumult and the shouting die It becomes unpleasantly apparent that ths whole uproar over the San Francisco Japa nese business has been the exaggeration of a small matter. There can be no doubt of It. Secretary Metcalf's report shows It. A perusal of that document convinces the reader that while there may have been a principle Involved In the school ques tion, the excitement and uproar were out of all proportion to the, Importance of the issue. The San Francisco business has been a tempest In a tpapot a tempest which might have bean and ought to have been stilled easily and quietly without be ing permitted to assume the proportions of an International Incident. The school Incident was exaggerated both in Japan and In thla country, but etiperlally In this country. Certain tim orous and susceptible Journalists and poli ticians Jumped to the conclusion that we were upon the point of war with Japan and they reached the further conclusion that this country would be "licked." The hysteria and tremors which were evolved by the episode are by no means agreeable to contemplate. They are especially un pleasant because of the sllghtness of the foundation for them. The situation In San Franclaco arose through the pernicious activity of those malign Interests which have the city by the throat and which) threaten to atrangle It to daoth. The attack upon the Japa nese school children waa merely a phase of a general policy which comprehended hostility not only to the Japanese, but to Caucaslana who do not acknowledge al legiance to organlred tyranny disguised aa labor unions. That is unquestionably the aourca of the anti-Japaneaa movement In Ban Francisco. In Los Angeles and other California cities there is no antagonism to ths Japanese because In those cities ths trades unions are not In power. It follows, than, that all ths excltoment, all the anxiety of timid editors and all the fears of apprehensive politicians hava been due to the consistent purpose of a few labor bosses to make San Francisco a "closed town" by barring o-ut workmen of all colors and racea who do not wear the union label. That la the lai.t analysis of the whole hulliabaloo and it is not exactly flattering to our national tquluolsti and sclf-conH-doiMMai (I.EA1 SaKKP OK KBtFTEBJ. RamlScatlnna of the In Indian Territory. Senatorial criticism of the Interior de partment for suspending the sale of a portion of the public domain In Indian Territory, which a law of congress directed should be opened to settlement, becomes particularly Interesting In connection with the operations of land grabbers In the southwest. The Wnshlngton correspondent of the New Tork Sun reports that Secre tary Hitchcock Is determined to make a clenn sweep of government officials wiio are under suspicion of standing In with th grafters In the terrltoiy. A malodor ous condition of affairs exists there. The stattment is- made on the authority of a high officer of the department that Indlnn Territory harbors. In addition to mnny hon est people, the most Ingenious band of grafters ever organised. "Loot is the Watchword of these brig ands." said the ' official. ' "They consider it perfectly proper to rob ths Indians of their lands- and their money and have ooncelved the idea. that the Indian tribes were made to prey upon. Unscrupulous palefaces are not the only offenders. Cer tain civilised Indians have violated the moral laws as well aa the . laws of the land." . The latest scandal to be disclosed In In dian Territory is that involving valuable tracts of land belonging to the Creek na tions Recently William Dudley Foulke, spe clal Investigator sent to the territory by President Roosevelt to Investigate charges made, submitted his report to Secretary Hitchcock... It discloses that a little coterie In Muskogee and other towns of the terri tory have come Into possession through fraud of valuable townsltes and town lots. Whether government officials are Involved cannot be learned for a certainty. This significant statement was made by an offi cial at the Interior department: "L'nfortunately the statute of limitation will apply In these cases. The offenses were committed more than three years ago." The charge was made, and Is substanti ated In the report of Mr. Foulke, that the frauds committed In connection with the Creek lands were planned and executed about as follows: TTnder the law governing the disposal of the Creek lands, town sites covering an area of four acres may be procured by In dividuals If they desire to erect a home and business houses on such tracts. The law prohibits an Individual from acquiring more than one site or lot. Through a method of fraudulent scheduling a number of persons, among them whites and "civil ized" Indians, secured town lots aggregat ing in value something like t5.000.000 or $6,000,000. A better Idea of values In the ter ritory is given 1n the assertion, made upon tho authority of a department officer, that certain- tracts in Muskogee are Worth $301 a front foot. The grafters. It Is asserted. were enabled to get land to which they were not entitled under the law by employ ing" dummy purchasers, who transferred title after the deal was closed. It la as serted that certain officials In the 'territory. or at least corporations with which they are connected,' are In possession of Creek lands that were secured through fraud. It Is the purpose of the department of ficers to continue the Investigation that was started by Mr. Foulke. Marshall L. Mott, attorney for the Creeks, was In con ference with Secretary Hitchcock, Indian Commissioner Leupp and Mr. Foulke to day. :n the extended investigation Mr. Mott will be in charge of the Interests both of the government and the Creek nation. If It Is found upon further Inquiry that the statutes of limitation do not apply criminal proceedings - will be tnstituted. A few , days aB Tarns Blxby, commis sioner in charge of the Five CiviIIte.d Tribes, Was summoned to Washington to teH whot he knew of the townstte scandal. Mr. Blxby will have an opportunity to ex plain certain of the transactions In the territory that were brought to the atten tion of Secretary Hitchcock by Mr. Foulke and Mr. Mott. There Is reason to believe that Mr. Blxby will soon resign his office. Special Investigator Foulke refused to discuss his work In the territory in rela tion to the scandal or to tell what his report to Secretary Hitchcock contained, but he was perfectly willing to talk about some of his experiences In the Indian Ter ritory. "Investigators got a warm reception down there," he said. "On my arrival in the territory a number of harrowing tales were related In my presence for my special benefit. One story was told of how a government Investigator after a few weeks In Muscogee had gone craxy from over work and worry. Another was slugged and mysteriously disappeared. Still another was threatened and he also disappeared. "When they see an Investigator coming," continued Mr. Foulke, "they Just laugh. Down there It Is called the 'horse laugh.' I got it. All investigators who go there get It" Mr. Foulke Intimated that '.all sorts of obstacles are placed In the way of those who are sent to the territory to find out facts concerning charges of fraud in Indian matters, charges that come to Washington nearly every day In the week. Heroic measures will undoubtedly be taken by Secretary Hitchcock to bring to an end the scandals that have developed In connection with the affairs of the Five Civilised Tribes. OVEHDOISU THE SO.IKKZE. Short Weight ( heating In High Priced Food l'rodorti, Kansas City Tlines. The Kansas State Board of Health has weighed and analysed a number of cream ery products and has found that all the butter packagea examined are under weight, and most of them are Inferlar In quality. The shortage In weight and th adulterations are not flagrant In any case, but they are enough to put the advantage always (n the side of the manufacturers and against the consumers. Now this showing would not be so se rious but for the fact that butter prices are excessively high, and have been for a long time. And what makes It still more Important Is that the cheating hera ex posed ramifies trade in general to a very great extent. There are honest manufac turers and honest dealers, but there are many who are npt. The only security the people have against cheating Is the en actment and enforcement of state and city laws to supplement the national pure food legislation of the last session of congress. And any or all of these laws will, of course, be ot no avail unless thera are funds providing for Inspection and I rose cutton. It is certainly time that the consumer of this country should be given a square deal at the hands of grasping manufactur ers and dealers. And In the end It is their own fault If they do not get a square deal. Toa Mirk of Good Thing, Chicago Racord-Herald. I-atcKt estimates of John D. Rockefeller's Income place It at $W,ono,0nO a year, or $190 a second. Think of the fate that would overtake .him If by soma strange chance It cam to pass that his Income were In tho form of silver dollars which were thrown at his, feet as fast aa he waa entitled to -them and that his only means of getting rid of them was by taking thm up one at a time and tossing them as ttt as ba could. nnitis AS iuoniT. Inotanrea of Ktolla Mirth and Massed Honesty. Boston Transcript. Mr. Francis E. Ieupp, the commissioner of Indian affairs. In his address at Har vard on Monday evening combated the view that Indians are solemn, serious minded persons, without perception of hu mor or love of fun. On ona occasion ha found a n-servstlon at which the Indians were overriding an amiable and consci entious superintendent, waking him up at all hours of the nlgUt. and breaklpg In upon him at meal times, with trifling af fairs that could be attended to Just as well In business hours. Mr. Iupp, when the time cam, gave them a lecture on the courtesy they owed to the superintendent, or agent, as he Is generally called, the commissioner saying that this officer needed time to sleep, time to eat, time to be with his family, and In somewhat eloquent climax, "some time for rest." Thereupon an aged Indian, of striking presence and great dignity, arose to Interrupt the speaker with this explanstory statement: "Ths last agent that we had here never did anything but rest." On another occasion an Episcopal bishop was traveling through the Navajo coun try accompanied by an Indian guide. When night came on the bishop consulted his com panion as to the best means of hiding a pocketbook. watch and other valuables In his possession. The Indian promptly ridi culed the Idea that there waa any neces sity for doing this, bringing forward this convincing proof of the soundness of his recommendations: "There Isn't another white man within 100 miles." Mr. Leupp thinks the Indian essentially honest as a people. In spite of all the legends to the contrary which linger In frontier settle ments. He told of a bill In congress some years ago, backed by many philanthropic bodies, to appropriate $20,000 for the relief of a tribe which waa then In sore distress, through the failure of Ita crops. It had been reduced to the necessity of eating Its ponies, which Is an Indian's last re sorr. While the bill was pending two o' the wise old leader of the tribe wrote to Mr. Leupp urging him to use every atom of personal Influence that he possessed against Its passage, saying that they pre ferred to endure their present sufferings rather than run the risk of pauperizing their young men. Ha knew of few other peoples In the world who would have this degree of roggedness.- But perhaps Mr. Leupp's best story shows the emphasis which the Indian puts on politeness. It was customary at a cer tain reservation, when payments of tribal funds were to be made, for the super intendent to ask, as each Indian's name waa called. If anybody had any claims against him, which could then be paid, and the balance turned over. On such an occasion an elderly Indian put In a claim of $7, to which the younger brave made no dissent. It waa accordingly taken out of the allowance In the cus tomary way. A few moments later the young Indian was discovered a few hundred yards from the agency beating most un mercifully the man who had presented the $7 claim. When he waa called to account for his behavior he replied that the elder Indian had made a false charge against him; that no such amount had been due. "Why did you not say so?" asked the su perintendent. "What, tell him he waa not telling the truth? It would have been so very Impo lite." AT HIGH PRESSURE. Industrial Activity Considered Dan grerons to the System. Indianapolis News. If ever there was the spectacle of a nation at high pressure, we Americans present It now. Senator Hanebrough of North, Da kota is profoundly apprehensive of calam ity to come from our superactivity. He is a student of the tranportatlcm problem, but he says the evil, ot working too hard, too rapidly and too long ewy day Is not con fined to railroad service; it extends to nearly every branch of business Ufa. If we do not "let up," he believes that nervous prostration will become distinctly an Amer ican malady. There is more in thla protest than "hys term." The child labor problem l a sign of Its reality. In Providence, since the be ginning of the autumn business season, there has been a steady stream of parents and children at the city hall for certificates to permit the holders to accept employment without making the employers liable to prosecution. The mills of various kinds und tho great Jewelry establishments ate run ning night and day to catch up with orders. Moat of the applicants for permits are for eigners whose veracity as to the age of their children is very doubtful, and they are often denied. With all this the number of children that are kept at work owing to the pressure Is so great that tho need ol strlngept measures la felt. Here Is the con dltlon in only one manufacturing center. Martin W. Knapp, chairman of the In terstate Commerce commission, says ths wkole country la In a state of congestion. Demand exceeds tha present capacity to supply. In railroad work, for example, good service can be given up to the ca pacity. Let demand be 26 per cent more and there la s.n Increased expense to tha unit and mote or. leas confualon and de moralization. It is the same, be goea on to aay, with the Individual. Ho can per form a certain task daily with satisfaction to all concerned, but If pressure silent It may be and chiefly by circumstance be allowed so that he bo habitually required to do more than he ought, he fall Inevita bly Into a state of dimlni.hed energy and discouragement and the unit of work Is done at a greater friction and with less satisfaction. Mr. McNeil, United States labor com miss loner, says Mr. Hansbrough and Mr. Knapp speak truly and that the same condition exlats In machine shops as with railroads. The men have to keep up with the machine. . Scarcity in tha labor market he holds as the primal cause. Thla, however, begs the question. Everything Is relative. If we cannot get a sufficient labor supply with our Immigration of a million a year, serious thought should be given to tha other end of ths problem. Our high pressure methods have been In creasing for many years until they have gradually encroached on all life. It la hurry, hurry all the time. The subject Is one that goes beyond Its material aapecta. It Is eating Into vitality and Into the real or better development of tha Individual. INDIA AND CEYLON T(BI It is used by million all over mom economical tea to be had. It llleve hi purity. McCORD-BEADY CO., (iHRAT l.OM TO REMCitn. Death Tnlaa the Ranks of Kmlaest rhnrrhmrn. Boston Transcript. The denth of Bishop McCabe of tha Mcthodl Kplscopnl church, following so soon after the deHths of Bishop Tlgert Of the Methodist church, South, and Bishops Nicholson and Seymour of the Protestant Kplscopnl church, Indicates something of the strain that modern ecclesiastical and social conditions put upon episcopal over seers whether their fields of official service are dlocesHn or national. The death of Bishop Joce, the serious Illness of Bishop Fowler and now the death of Bishop Mc Cabe creates a serious situation for the Methodist Kplscopal church during tho major part of the quadrennlum which must Intervene before the general confer ence can add to the episcopal board. It will throw an exceptional load on ths bishops who are still In the harness, since the territory they have to cover la large, with the number of conferences Increaslriar yearly, and most of them are elderly men. Had the last general conference substan tially increased the number of bishops, or had It permitted the employment of bishops who had retired, there would have been no such burden cast upon the present board by tho course of events. PERSONAL XOTE9. The sum of $25,000 to erect a monument In Baltimore to Francis Bcott Key, the composer of "The Star Spangled Banner," has been offered by Charles L. Marburg of that city, providing the city furnishes a suitable site. The youngest member of the Sixtieth con gress will be Harry B. Wolf, who ha re cently been elected from the Third con gressional district of Maryland. He ha Just passed his 2Hh birthday. Mr. Wolf began life as a Baltimore newsboy. Prof. Molssan, the inventor of artificial diamonds, has been awarded the Nobel prize for chemistry. Prof. Molssan In vented an electrical furnace giving a tem perature of 3,000 degrees. His Invention of diamonds was severely challenged when It was first made known. It has Just been discovered that Gasha vant Q. Pandit, a very wealthy high caste Hindu and a protege of the gaekwar of Baroda, Is working as a common laborer in an acid factory at Roscoe, N. D. Pandit, though said' to be worth millions, works and lives as the other laborers do. Tho model of a statue of Colonel Robert Q. Ingersoll, ordered by the Ingersoll Monument association of Peoria, III., has been finished In clay in New York. It will bo cast in bronze early In the spring and will be unveiled at Peoria on the an niversary of Colonel Ingei-soll's death, on July 21. A. A. Thatcher of Washington, D. C, has In his possession the anvil upon which the armor of Captain John Smith, the hero of the. early English settlers In Virginia, was forged. This anvil was also used for forging some of the parts of the first tem ple built In Nauvoo, III. The date on the steel of the anvil is 1106, Just 500 yeara ago. An American citizen Is a candidate for tha Russian douma. He is Dr. isaao A. Horwich, formerly of Washington, D. C, but who returned to his native country about two years ago to represent several papers prior to the breaking out o f the Russian-Japanese war. His friends. pressed by his familiarity with tha gov ernment and Institutions of a free country, have prevailed upon him to run for the next douma as an Independent candidate from the district of Minsk. Li.KS TO A LA tQ If. "Say," asked tha , first messengor.' boy, "got arry novels tar swap?" "I got 'Snake Foot Dan Revenge,' " re plied tha other. "is It a long story?" "Naw! Ye kin finish it easy in two messages." Philadelphia Ledger. Valet Do you think master's Illness will prove fatal? 'K throws everything in tho place at me, sir. Doctor No, Jorklns. Those are not death throes. Harper's Weekly. Miss Wise He's professor of Classics out at the university. Miss lJiunley Yes, and he's a vegetarian, so Mr. Kidder tells ma. Miss Wise Did he really tell you that? Miss Dumley Well, he said he simply lives on Ureek roots. Philadelphia Pre. "Who Is that strikingly handsome young woman?" asked the slightly deaf person. "That's Mrs. Bewt," answered the other. "She's a widow." (Putting his hand to his ear) Hey? "Same thing. Urass." Chicago Tribune. Moonlight Mike So yer took everyt'lng de bloke had? Hat, coat, vest, pants, shoes, underclothes and eyeglasses? Did He say anything? Big Bill Holdup Not much; only whan t began to pull off bis porous plaater he asked me where I ever learned to practlo law! Silver (Idaho) Messenger. Why does that man Insist that It I bet ter to go Into business than to adopt political career?" "I suppose," answered Senator Sorghum, "It's because a director in a company has less hesitation than a member of congress about raising- his own salary." Washington Star. Rivers What do you suppose becomes of all the fountain pens? Brooks They are consigned, eventually, to the bottomless pit." Chicago Tribune. Bess Yes, the engagement's off. He told her she ought to give Up novels and read something more substantial; something that would Improve bar. Ben Well? Bess Gracious, don't you see? Tho Idea of a man intimating to his fiance that she could be Improved In any way. Philadel phia Press. v I'NSt'NG. Thomas Bailey Aldrlch. As sweet as the breath that goes From the Hps pf the white rose. As weird as the elfin lights That glimmer of frosty night. As wild as the wind that tear The curled red leaf In th air. Is the song I have never sung. In slumber, a hundred time I've said the enchanted rhymes. But ere I open my eyes This ghost of a poem files; Of tha Interfluent strains Not even a not rsinalns. I know by my pulses' beat It something wild and waet. And my heart ia strangely stirred By an unremembered word. I strive, but I strive in vain. To recall th lost refrain. 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