THE 0MA1IA DAILY DEE: FRIDAY. JANUARY 10. 1008.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska. Douglaa County, :
Oeorge B. Tischuck, treasurer of Tha
Baa Publlahlng Company, being duly sworn,
ays that the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Dally, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during
the month of December, 1S07, waa aa fol
lawa: 1 3S.400 17 36,640
t t?,lBO II 8,ao
t ST70 19 3,B40
4 VtA 10 MJ80
1 37fl0 1 3,80
se.seo 2i se.soo
1 '. nAa u moo
I sajoo t4 3S,BIH
SS.S30 16 Bo.aoo
10... 17,090 it 8S.S80
II 97,000 IT 860
11 ,740 21 36,380
II 87.M0 it 36300
14 SMI 10 84U10
II IMM II S8.B10
II M,t0
ToUla 1,132,880
Leas untold and returned coplea.
Ml 04
Nat total 1,139,77
Dally average 3a,444
GEORGE B. TZBCTfUCK,
Treaaurer.
Subeortbed In my presence and aworn to
before ma thll Id day of January, IS.
ROBERT HUNTER,
Notary Public.
WHEW OUT OF TOWN,
gabarrlbera leaving; the cMy tem
porarily should have The Bee
mailed to them. Address will be
changed aa eftea aa requested.
Count Bonl is continuing to Justify
bis wife's insistence on a divorce.
According, to the dispatches, the or
iginal "Little Egypt" is dead again.
It is proper that the Thaw trial
should have been resumed on wash
day.
A Kansas City grocer sold lemon ex
tract that contained no lemon, so the
court banded him one.
Not many of those indestructible
toys given to the children on Christmas
have survived the shock.
"Why does a man He to his wife?"
asks Winifred Black. Probably be
cause there is no one else handy at
the time.
Prince de Bagan evidently shares
that American estimate of Count Bonl.
He has sued him for damages in the
sum of 20 cents.
"Meet the bill collector with a
smile," says the New York World.
Better still, meet him with something
that will make him smile.
There is only one objection to the
court's order barring women specta
tors from the Tbaw trial. It should
Include morbid men as well.
The financial stringency is surely
over, if you believe all the reports
printed about the prices being paid by
base ball managers for jnew players.
"Senator Knox has the nucleus of a
presidential boom," says a Denver pa
per. True, but It is drfflcult to nour
ish a nucleus without outside assist
ance.
It U hoped that Wu Ting-fang has
broken that habit he used to have of
flaking "How much money have you
gotr
The Standard Oil company is going
to build the biggest refining plant in
the world in New Jersey. That state
never asks corporations annoying
questions.
The millennium would be the next
number on the program if state leglsla
tures promptly enacted all the reforms
urged by governors in their annual
addresses.
Bailey P. Wagner must have got
hold of the 1906 calendar, or he would
not have offered annual passes to the
Nebraska state officer. There has
been a change.
8enator "Jeff" Davis is bitterly op
posed to a large appropriation tor the
navy. This Is a little surprising, as
the senator is something of a man-of-
war on bis own account.
"I have declined to be a candidate
for the presidency fifteen times," says
Speaker Cannon. He does not assert
however, that be would decline to be
a candidate the next time.
Frank Vanderlip says that New York
Is the nerve renter of .the United States
At times, perhaps, but not when the
house at Washington is in session with
Speaker Cannon presiding.
Mayor "Jim" had better hump taln
self if he does not want to lose his
place in the Bryan cabinet. De
'Aniond and VUUama are both being,
urged for secretary of wag
OMAHA AltD THE CONTENTION'
The republican state convention to
select delegates-atrlarge to represent
Nebraska In the national convention
at Chicago will be held in Omaha
Thursday, March 12. According to
the apportionment, the total number
of accredited delegates in round num
bers will be one thousand. Inasmuch
s this is the only convention in which
the republicans of the whole state will
be called together In proportionate
representation during the presidential
year, it ought to attract an Interest
and secure full participation that Its
importance in its bearing on the elec
tion that Is to follow would demand.
The location of the convention in
Omaha, the first to be held here In
nine years, should also arouse local
republicans to a sense of responsibility
as hosts of this great gathering. Omaha
and Douglas county have too often
been at disadvantage in convention
and legislature because misunderstood
and because the party leaders through
out the state were unacquainted with
our people and the peculiar conditions
prevailing in a big city. This conven
tion will give Omaha an opportunity
to get in personal touch with the prin
cipal active republicans of other sec
tions of Nebraska, an opportunity that
hould not be let go by default.
From this point of view, the holding
of the coming state convention in
Omaha can and should prove of mu
tual benefit both to th republicans
nd people generally of Omaha, and to
the delegates who will be In attend
ance from outside.
roLiuca in nboro DISFRANCHISE
MENT The southern plea that the negro
question is a local and Boclal problem
n the Bouth, not a political one, and
that the north should keep hands off
might be more effective if it were not
so often contradicted by acts of south
ern leaders showing that the race
prejudice, which is a part of their
stock in trade, rests almost entirely on
political grounds. Maryland furnishes
the latest illustration in point. In his
message to the legislature Oovernor
Warfleld declares that the "elimina
tion of the ignorant, unreflecting,
thriftless negro vote is imperatively
demanded." The governor recom
mends a "grandfather clause" amend
ment to the Maryland constitution,
such as has been adopted by other
southern states, the net purpose of
which is to disfranchise the negro.
Less objection could be offered to
Governor Warflold's demand, if he had
eliminated the word "negro" from
his recommendation of legislation to
'eliminate the Ignorant, unreflecting,
thriftless negro vote." However much
men may differ as to the advisability
of placing an educational test on
voters, there is no argument on the
p'roposltlon that the vote of an
Ignorant, unreflecting, thriftless white
man is no more desirable than that of
the negro similarly equipped. The
governor of Maryland must under
stand this fully, as the "eastern
shore" is said to afford plenty
of living proof that Ignorance, lack of
reflection and thriftlessness are not
monopolized by negroes in Maryland.
Back of the recommendation is clearly
the democratlo plan to use race preju
dice as a political expedient tojre vent
republicans from making further, in
roads in Maryland. In 1904 One of
Maryland's electoral votes went to
President Roosevelt, and the republi
cans have shown gains in more recent
elections. It would appear that in
Maryland, as In other southern states,
there is more politics than color In the
race question.
THE NATIONAL DEBT.
The treasury statement Just issued
figures the interest-bearing debt of the
United States, at the close of business
on December 31 last, at $898,210,050,
showing an increase for the year of
about $60,000,000, due entirely to the
sale of Panama canal bonds and the
certificates of indebtedness issued by
Secretary Cortelyou to relieve the
money stringency In November. On
the other side of the ledger Is a sur
plus of $270,000,000 in the federal
treasury, which, if it could be applied
to the liquidation of the Indebtedness,
would reduce the total to about $62S,-
000,000, or to an amount less than the
funded debt of the city New York.
Some interesting nnanciai promems
are presented by an analysis of the na
tional debt figures. The debt has, been
reduced rapidly under republican ad
ministration and could, by the use of
the annual surplus accumulations, be
wiped out entirely in a few years, were
it not necessary, under the existing
currency system, to keep a bond baBls
for national bank notes. The basis
for this national bank circulation is
not large now, compared with demands
for additional circulation. In August
of this year $04,000,000 of the 3 per
cent bonds issued during the Spanish-
American war may be retired which
will doubtless be done, uness such re
tlrement would threaten an injurious
effect upon the note circulation. The
secretary of the treasury may decide
to extend the time of their maturity,
reducing the Interest rate to 2 per
cent, or may replace them by Panama
canal bonds. The Panama bonds are
redeemable on and after 1916 and the
Z per cent consols mill be payable In
1930v
The situation simply serves notice
that modification of our currency sys
tem will soon become imperative. The
necessity of keeping a national bond
liability in order to furnish a basis
for bank note circulation has been long
a subject of dispute. Opinion is too
markedly divided among financial ex
perts and members of congress to ei
Pct any thorough-going revision of
the currency system at the present
session, though some legislation may
be enacted to afford temporary relief.
A permanent solution of the currency
problem ran not be eecured until we
either change or enlarge the basis of
national bank circulation or decide
definitely upon a policy of a permanent
bonded debt.
SALE Or ' THE THUXDERBR."
While the average American, who
thinks of the London Time something
as he does of the pyramids, the rocks
of Gibraltar and other objects famed
for masslveness and solidity, may not
be moved by the announcement of the
sale of that Journal, It almost marks an
epoch in English history. For a cen
tury and a quarter the Britisher has
been taught to look upon the Times,
not as a mere newspaper, equipped
with editors and presses and the para
phernalia essential to the printing
business, but as a great and solemn
Institution as much a distinctive Brit
ish institution us the Bank of Eng
land. Its transfer to other hands must
come to British subjects everywhere
like the uprooting of an imposing tra
dition. The Times, according to authenti
cated reports, has passed from the
Walters family to the management of
C. Arthur Pearson, whp already owns
the London Express, the St. James
Gazette, the Morning and Evening
Standard, a magaxlne or two, several
weeklies and who has played a master
role In upsetting old-fashioned meth
ods of newspaper work in London
and forcing modern methods of public
ity. The Walters family, which has
controlled the Times for more than
100 years, will still be represented on
the board of directors, but Mr. Pear
son will bo the manager and will di
rect the effort to re-establish the paper
as a commercial and editorial success.
While Britishers have been wont to
swear by the Times, the record shows
that they have not given It liberal or
even necessary support The circula
tion of the paper Is admitted to be
less than 75.000, while its advertising
patronage has gradually dwindled be
low the profit-yielding point. The pa
per has made blunders and mistakes,
many of them costly. The severest
blow to Its prestige came in the Par-
nell libel suit, with the consequent ex
DOBure of the Pigott forgeries. Since
then Its troubles have been an open
secret, and there Is little doubt that
its owners have been glad to sell on
advantageous terms. The old paper
has been a very model of conservative,
orthodox opinion, and it will be more
than interesting to watch the effect
upon the English public of the change
sure to be made in the character or
the paper under the new management.
NEW ORIENTAL TRADE.
American manufacturers have ap
parently made a very considerable
trade gain in a new field within the
last year. The territory known as
Japanese China never figured to any
extent in the ledzers of American ex
porters before the close of the Russo
Jap war. The territory includes Port
Arthur, Dalny and the territory ceded
by Russia to Japan by the treaty of
Portsmouth. For ten years prior to
the execution of that treaty the terri
tory had belonged to Russia, under
cession by China, and Its wants had
been supplied from Russian sources.
This condition no longer prevails, Ja
pan having opened the trade of the
section to the United States, with a
consequence that the bureau of statis
tics reports exports to that territory
for the year amounting to $5,690,868.
The exports to this new territory
consist of cars for steam railways, lo
comotives, steel rails, structural Iron
and steel, wheat flour, nails and spikes,
metal-working machinery, boilers and
engines, scales and balances, builders'
hardware, electrical appliances, pumps
and pumping machinery, sewing ma
chines, varnish, traveling bags, safes.
lamps and chandeliers. Some of the
official students of trade statistics are
disposed to look upon this new trade
development as promising much for
the future. It is hoped that they will
not be disappointed, but the history of
trade with Japan should not be forgot
ten. The enterprising Japanese are
liberal purchasers of first orders. They
buy American machinery and other
manufactured products In large quan
tities and then their orders cease. In
vestigation has shown that they use
the American products as models and
promptly begin the manufacture at
home of every article they find adapted
to their needs. Manufacturers of
American sewing machines and agri
cultural implements learned this some
years ago, when, encouraged by large
orders from Japan for their products,
they sent agents there to follow them
up. Within a year It was discovered
that the Japanese were making sewing
machines and farm implements, mod
eled very closely after the American
patterns, and supplying the domestic
trade at prices American maker could
not meet.
At all events, American exporters
will be on the safe side by taking full
advantage of opportunities for extend
ing Immediate trade, but they are
bardly warranted In expecting the
Japanese to become steady purchasers
of anything they can make themselves.
Douglas county has entered upon a
new epoch, Its government being en
tirely In the hands of men of repub
lican political faith. It is not charged
that these men were elected to office
solely because they are republicans, but
because their fellow citizens had con
fidence in their integrity and ability
and preferred them above their op
ponents. That the republican party is
.b!e to present tuch candidates to the
people Is Its recommendation for en
dorsement. The record made in re
cent years under republican officials Is
one that shines by comparison and af
fords a good example for the incoming
administration.
As soon as the Omaha double-ender
gets matters thoroughly fixed up for
e Nebrsska republicans it may turn
i attention, with soirte profit to its
own party, to conditions prevailing in
ew York. Public addresses by
Orover Cleveland and Morgan J.
Brien lead to the conclusion that the
old-time democracy is awakening from
the 6tupor into which it was plunged
the Brjanites. The anaesthetic
must be readminlstered or trouble will
result, unless the O'Brien brand of
moral courage is akin to that of Bryan.
While we all endorte Mayor "Jim's"
proposition that streets be kept clean
and the city be made beautiful, we
still remember that the street cleaning
department has been under the direc
tion of the mayor ever since "Jim" has
been In office. Little responsibility
for the deplorable condition of
Omaha's streets attaches to the private
citizen, but much must be laid at the
door of the mayor.
Omaha will surely make a good
showing at the Sioux City Missouri
River Navigation congress. Local in
terest in the affairs of the river have
not been so keen since pioneer days.
The importance of the Missouri to Ne
braska is becoming more and more
apparent every day and the fact that
Omaha must take a leading part in the
general movement Is thoroughly un
derstood. The president of the Nebraska Bar
association deprecates the tendency of
newspapers to discuss court decisions
because the editors "ate not trained in
the analysis of Judicial pronounce
ments." This is not very complimen
tary to the large number of former
legal luminaries whose light now
shines through the editorial transoms
of the country.
Increased movement In grain and
live stock is needed. Receipts at the
Omaha market show a decided im
provement. This is an indication that
the consumptive demand of the world
has not been checked and means that
the Nebraska farmer will continue to
share the prosperity that has been his
for so long.
According to the leading Paris news
papers the war between the United
States and Japan is still In progress.
Some strong nation should intervene
before Japan and our own country are
depopulated by the slaughter of war.
After all is said and done, the presi
dent does not appear lo be so very rad
ical in demanding Uat an army officer
should know as much about the man
agement of a horse as he does about
running an automobile.
Omaha will extend a hearty wel
come to the Nebraska republicans
when they gather here In state conven
tion, and will no less warmly greet the
democrats, too, should they decide to
come.
The newly elected directors of the
Commercial club will find many of the
old problems still confronting them.
That is one place where eternal vigi
lance is the price of success.
Rqnlnta la that Direction.
Washington Herald.
Nebraska preaenta William1 Jennings
Bryan, Florida preaenta William Jamea
Bryan and now cornea Texas with William
John Bryan. Ia this thins to become epl
demlcT An I'npopolar Machine.
New York Post.
Prof. Munaterberg disclaim! the Inven
tion of truth telling machines. "These In
struments," he aald, "were Invented years
ago." It la pitiful to think how few there
are In use while the telephones of the
world have secured 8,000,000 subscribers.
One Canae of Mlnlnar Accident.
Ronton Transcript
A Pennaylvanla coroner thinks one
cause of the mine disasters la the fact
that M per cent of the workera cannot
read or apeak English, and therefore do
not understand the ordinary instructions
given them. There may be something
In It.
Bryan Booniere Batt la.
Kansas City Times.
One hundred Minnesota democrats have
iaaued a statement declaring that "no
man can be seriously considered In place
of Mr. Bryan aa the democratic nom
inee for president. To raise no question
of the propriety of such a atatement as
coming from Oovernor Johnson'a own
state by the Bryan boomers, what reason
have theae democrats to. auapect that Mr
Bryan will ever again be "considered se
riously" aa a prealdential candidate?
An' Earhangre of Confldeaeea.
Philadelphia Record.
Ex-Secretay Hhaw and Oovernor Cum
mlna have had a conference. It is a good
while alnce they communed with each
other, but each of them wants something
that the other can help him to, and Unit
makea for peace. Shaw Wknta the state
to adopt him as its favorite aon, and it
won't unless Cummins says so. Cumrahm
wants Senator AlllHon'a seat. Probably
he could not get It under any clrcum
stancea until the senator Is through with
It, but Shaw might help him a bit.
Mr. Hooaevelt'a InHaenee.
St. Paul Pioneer-Press.
Were there not a alngle performance
to back President Roosevelt's words, pro
vided there were nothing to hello them,
they must be held responsible for a rreat
moral awakening and for the fixing uf a
somewhat higher standard of business and
political morale than has prevailed. Even
if there ahall be no revolution in methods
and even If mott of the evils that existed
before persist, the vigorous assault on Ille
gal and essentially dishonest methods has
forced every man to think. There has been
a more wholesome atmosphere in which to
nourish young men Just entering on life,
nd we venture to say that even if this
generation does not reap the full benefit
of the revival In buslnesa morals, another
generation will
BITS OK WAtllGTO LIFE.
Minor Brenra end Incident Sketched
on the Spot.
Seth Bullock, . tbe peace promoter and
press agent of ledwood. while In Wash
ington as a guest cf president Rivisevelt,
recently, was given an Impressive Illustra
tion of the manner In which the president
keeps up steam nnd conserves the vigorous
health for which ho Is noted. Bullock Joined
the president in one of his famous walks, a
matter of ten milts or eo. "We hiked for
the tall timber In the northwest part of
the IlFtrlct," Reth related. "The farther
we went tho faster the UIg Chief's lope.
When we got lo the point at which we
turned I saw some lights I thought must
bo in Balitmore or Philadelphia, and asked
If we hadn't better stop and see what
they had In their chuck basket. Rut the
Big Chief lopod straight hack to Washing
ton, and when we reached the White House
I was all In. I haven't felt right since."
John W. Yerkeg of Kentucky, cx-commls-sloner
of Internal revenue, was one of the
guests at the little luncheon party and as
stories of the profession were In order, he
told this one concerning dentistry In the
Rlun Grass state. A patient entered the
dental parlors of one of Mr. Yerkea'
friends In Ixmlsvllle. The man's eyes were
bloodshot and he was bearing several other
marks of a condition for which he could,
not be blamed, considering he had a severe
toothache.
"It's awful doctor, and I want It fixed
right away," he groaned. The dentist
made an examination and then asked if
cold water made It worse.
"Cold water!" snorted the patient. In
the deepest disgust. "Cold water! How In
the h should I know?"
A New York banker who happened to be
In Washington over Sunday, when the Ud
la bolted on, delivered himself of a few
pertinent remarks In the Washington Her
ald on Bunday restrictions which are appli
cable to other communities. "Washington
Is the deadest place on Sunday I ever
struck," he said. "The capital of the na
tion should receive its guests with wide
open arms and make them feel welcome.
The old puritanical towns could not have
been conducted with greater severity than
this, our own capital city of the nation.
Just think of It can't get shaved on Bun
day; might as well shut down tho water
works and argue that the people should
be able to do without taking their accus
tomed morning bath. Shavlig la Just as
necessary as taking one's hath. It all de
pends upon the viewpoint one takes. There
Is harm In everything. If one hunts for it.
I think there should be a little more confi
dence, a little more milk of human kind
ness; a little more breadth of mind, and
a great deal less suspicion and desire to
criticise and find fault, In the hearta of
those noble, self-sacrificing brothers and
sisters who stand around the streets and
preach that the world Is growing worse
every day and find fault with the whole
of humanity.
"That's where the mistake 1s" made. It
Is extremely tiresome to be told every day
that one la bad and will surely go to the
eternal bow-wows unless this or that be
done. The very object which they seek to
attain by their preachments that la, to
bring the sinner and the frivolous Into line
Is defeated by these everlasting tirades.
Why not say a good word for humanity
every now and then? It would really do
my soul good to hear someone say the
world Is not aa black as it la painted.
"There is no harm In Innocent amusement
on Bunday. Give the people an opportunity
to spend their Sunday at placea which are
properly conducted where they can listen
to good music or see a good show and you
will do "more for the moral uplift than by
robbing them of every little pleasure, and
thereby driving them Into questionable
amusements. I think kind treatment brings
about more satisfactory results than the
everlasting rod."
In the last fiscal year It cost the govern
ment J163.3ff7.24 to pay for postage atampa
and postal funds of various sorts that were
stolen, burned, blown or washed away,
eaten by rats or mice, or lost In other ways
through which the postmasters were not at
fault.
Aa a rule the man with the dark lantern
and the Jimmy wends his way to the post
office when he strikes a village after night
fall. Tho government's local manager Isn't
aa particular about caring for the treasure
In his posesalon as the local banker. A
postofflce "haul" may not yield the returns
of a bank robbery, but usually It Is an
easier Job.
In the last year the United States paid
Its postmasters $141,134.24 to reimburse them
for stamps and postal funds taken by un
invited guests. Fire destroyed money and
stumps worth I2O.O02.S1, and stamps aad
funds to the value of $1,658.65 were lost In
transit.
From miscellaneous sources the loss was
$506.08. At Casco, Va., the postmaster pre
sented proof that rata chewed up stamps
worth 7.S0. The postmaster at Bowen,
Ark.; Extray, W. Va.; Fern, Ark.; Har
worth. Miss., and Wolf Creek, Ky., were al
lowed claims ranging from 90 cents to $15.69
for stamps eaten by mice. Rats and mlcs
did not Invade the Texas postofflces, but
at Arlola, In the Lone Star atate, a com
pany of festive roaches had a banquet at
the expense of I'ncle Sum's postmaster.
The postmaster presented a bill for $9.03
to defray the cost of the dinner, but the de
partment disallowed It on the ground that
the loss waa due to the negligence of the
postmaster or his employes.
One of the best story-tellers In the
house Is Francis W. Cushman, and the
drollest ones he tells are on himself. A
short time ago, while making an after
dinner speech In his usual humorous style,
Cushman said when he first came to Wash
ington he had to answer a great many
questions as to himself, his state, and other
things. One of the many strangers he met
said :
"Mr. Cushman. didn't J.- Hamilton Lewis
come from your Btate?"
"He did," replied the new congressman.
"Oreat scott! are all the people In Wash
ington slate freaks?"
Sometimes, however, Mr. Cushman tells
a atory on some one else, occasionally hla
wife. "When I was first married," said
he, "I went homo to dinner one day, and
my wife took great pride In telling me that
she had baked a chicken. The chicken waa
brought on and I never saw a prettier bird,
but It had a peculiar smell. 'Francis, Isn't
that pretty?" asked my wife.
" "It la Indeed, but what gives it euch a
strange odor?'
" 'It docs smell funny,' said Mrs. CukIi
man. 'I can't imagine the cause.'
"On investigation we found that the
chicken had been cooked without cleaning
it Inside; in other words, "In the all-to-gethera."
".
Basoomb Slemp. the new congressman
from the Ninth Virginia district, who suc
ceeded his father, the late Representative
Campbell Elemp, and became In his turn
the only republican member from the old
dominion, la cf medium height and rather
slender, with a thin face, which la made
Interesting by large brown eyes that are
unusually expressive. He aspires to build
up In hla state what he calls a southern
republican party, which shall follow tha
traditional southern attitude on sectional
questlona but atrlctly republican upon na
tional Issues.
Miller On of Gubernatorial Race.
TOPE K A. Kan., Jan. 9-Senator II R
Miller announced today that he had with
drawn from the race for governor.
PERSON 41. !OTK.
William H. Smith, superintendent of the
National Botanical garden, Washington,
has SCO editions of Robert Burns, several
of them very rare. .
If the constable who came near putting
the earl of Yarmouth In Jntl the day of
the wedding had but carried out his In
tentions much trouble would have been
avoided.
t'nlversal peaces seems to have arrived.
According to arlous armor-piercing erltlca
there isn't a navy In the world that could
fight, and each performs a vrrltaMo mira
cle by keeping afloat.
P. N. Dasholoff. editor of the Vetch
erna Pochta. of Sofia, Bulgaria, haa arrived
In New York to study tho situation,
having heard that Bulgarian Immigrants
In this country are suffering from lack of
employment and from other reasona. He
will write a series of articles when he re
turns home, and will try to give advice
regarding Immigration to this country
through his paper.
Colonel Charles II. Whipple of the ITnlted
States army on Thursday assumed the
duties of paymaster general of the army,
with the rank of brigadier general. He Is
a son of Bishop Whipple of the Episcopal
diocese of Minnesota, Who ws generally
known as "the apostle of the Indians,"
and to the Indians themselves aa "Old
Straight Tongue." General Whipple waa
born 1n New York In 1K40 and entered the
army as a major In 18X1.
, Photographic facsimiles of documents
which enabled Henry F. Waters, after
years of search among probate records, to
"get his flngera upon John Harvard." and
establish beyond the shadow of a reasona
ble doubt the birth and parentage of the
young clergyman who founded the great
American university, are now In the pos
session of William, Coolidge Lane, libra
rian of Harvard university, and president
of the Harvard Memorial association.
MYSTERY OF SAl'SAGE.
Michigan Judge Thinks the Court
Knoiva Wlist'n What.
Philadelphia Record.
Judge Wlest of Michigan has decided that
bran and rommeal soaked with water,
mixed with a larger or emailed proportion
of chopped meat, reasoned and Muffed Into
aausage casings do not constitute sausage.
A firm of packers waa seeking an Injunc
tion to restrain the dairy and food commis
sioner of Michigan from Interfering with
the sale of their sophisticated "frank
furters," which admittedly were made after
a receipt calling for an admixture of "cer
eals" the commission calling It "adulter
ants." Bald Judge Welat In refusing writ:
"With tho general public of this genera
tion largely reared on farms and In small
villages, and remembering home-made sau
sage, there Is no occasion to look at a dic
tionary to define sausage.' The common
definition la that It 14 composed of chopped
meat seasoned."
One can almost hear the learned Justice
smack his Hps. It's an easy bet that he
was raised on a farm. Cereals go with
sausage very well; but we prefer to take
them In tho form of flapjacks or hot cakes,
on the aide, and not Inside of our nicely
browned casings of "chopped meat sea
soned." The whole nation thanks the Judge
for hla homely and horse-sensible defini
tion. When we desire "chopped meat sea
soned" plus "cereals" we shall call for
scrapple.
WATCH THINGS GROW.
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Rat Lend a Helping; Hand to the Im
pressions of the Eye.
Pittsburg Despatch.
Mr. E. H. Harriman, asked by a New
York newspaper to give a watchword for
the new year, suggested "Watch things
grow!"
It Is a good idea and reaches further
than Its 'proponent realised. We should
not only watch things grow, but also
watch how things grow that we may help
some to grow and hinder others. The pro
gressive farmer watches how his corn,
wheat and alfalfa grow that he may aid
their growth. He also watchea how his
dodder, plantain and wild celery grow that
he may prevent their growth.
For 1908 we should watch the growth of
production and prosperity. We ahould
also watch the weed growth that tries
to appropriate the whole field for Itself.
Watching and aiding the growth of public
Intelligence to deal with Issues that affect
the earnings of the people may be a very
edifying pursuit this year. Also watching
the growth of practices that engross the
returns of Industry and uprooting them
where they are clearly manifested Is no
less salutary.
We congratulate Mr. Harriman on hav
ing aald a wiser thing than he really
thought. Watching things grow with the
essential deduction of encouraging the
healthy growth and weeding out the nox
ious Is a first-class motto for 1908,
drowning, Ming &. Co
CLOTHING, FURNISHINGS and HATS
What 20
X STAPLE CLOTHING, such as Browning,
be nothing by comparison. t
Because of the unusually mid season, this sale includes
a rather larger stock of overcoats than usual at this time
of the year.
Included in this 20 per cent discount sale you will find
our entire stock of men's and boys hats and caps except
.Stetson's.
Also all winter underwear flannel shirts, vests, smok
ing jackets and bath robes.
Big reductions in other lines of furnishing goods. We
are closing out our line f trunks at cost.
Don't miss the chance to replenish your wardrobe at
such a saving.
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I?:. S. WILCOX, Mor.
FABILOI SLY RICH MJIIOT.
Impost ear Mow of Ft a area Lined t'S
the Nation's Aaeta.
Philadelphia Telegraph.
One billion and a half, a Bum almost be
yond mortal conception, represents the
national assets; the money In circulation
year Is $.1.M.0r.O(i. It haa been pointed out
eral treasury to $T45,24.6oT. The value of
domes! In merchandise exporled Is $l,8n3,TlH..
000. and that of all manufactures $14..V?.
147.000. The farm wealth of the country
produced In 1M7 Is In round flgurea $7,413.
(W.flOO; the added mineral wealth for the
year Is $30,00,WO.OOO. It has been pointed out
with truth during the (Vteber "panic"
that the national prosperity Is not baaed on
Wall slreei. and Its workings, but more
deeply, on the country's vast agricultural
production. If this Is the case and It
surely In an Inventory of various crops
reveals figures to comfort and cheer. That
he who reads may learn, the values of tha
various farming industries are presented
herewith: Wheat. $S00.000.0iO; cotton, $75.
000,000; corn, $1,350,000,00: hay, $Hi,(V0,W;
poultry and eggs, $i,00fi,000; dairy pro
ducts. $!73.7.00O; live stock. $4.R75.O0O.O0O;
This eum representing our commerce with
foreign natlona In 1907 has more than
trebled In the past, three decades, and
this year Is the third running In which both
exports and Imports have totaled more
than $1,000,000,000. This statement of our
national assets, this Inventory of the funda
mental prosperity of our country and Its
constltutlent states relieves all carping
care, all need for financial worriment. It
ia something more than encouraging It Is
Inspiring.
PASS1MU PLEASANTRIES.
"Many a boy," said Unole Jerry Peebles,
"gets a whipping for being merely sus
pected of doing the things his father was
too slick to get caught at when the old
man waa a boy himself." Chicago Tribune.
First American Heiress How about your
title Investment?
Becond Ditto Mine was cf no account.
First American Heiress And mine waa
a baron waste. Baltimore American.
'Your colleague haa a certain amount of
vanity," aald one statesman.
"Vanity!" echoed the other. "He thinks
everybody ought to buy the city directory
because his name la In It." Washington
Star.
"Why," asked the divorced count, "do
you refuse meT"
"I am afraid," replied the beautiful
American girl, "that I might not be able
to support you In the style to which you
have been accustomed." Chicago Record
Herald. "Why do you wear such a hideous rig?"
the chauffeur waa asked.
"Why does a highwayman wear a
mask?',' responded the man behind the
goggles. Philadelphia Ledger.
Miss Tartun Mr. McRash, ' this being
leap year, h-t me aak you
Diffident Young Man (hastily interrupt
ing) Oh, I beg of you Miss
Miss Tartun If you think any self-respecting
young woman would go out of her
way to ask a dub like you to marry her.
Chicago Tribune.
Molly Cholly'a brains are all tn his feet
Dolly Dear me! And how long ago did
bo have hla feet amputated? Cleveland
Leader.
THE WINTER Wontn.
Baltimore Sun.
A barren land, a fro sen world.
The banners of the greenwood furled;
A wandering bird, alone and lost.
Upon the eddying whirlwind tossed;
A road e'erwhelmed with drifted snow
But spring before me, where I go.
From mundane mill and crowded mart,
Lnto the heaven of her heart!
A wall of sleet, a ruined field.
The blooms of Joy In shadows sealed;
A froaen stream, a windy hill,
A vale with all blythe voices still
But summer, with Ha old, aweet spell.
And down the hyaclnthlne dell,
A voice that lurea to lands where rise
Tho Jasper gates of paradise! 1
A withering blast, a frosty rime,
A gray world wrapped In shades of time;
A hungry partridge In the lane,
Tall bramblea. clad In frosen rain
But June upon her lips who waits
Beneath the eaves, within the gates;
And April with Its bloomy hour
Beneath the sunshine and the shower!
A faded rose, a desert place,
A white world with a pajlld face.
A temple where the forest trees
Stand with their pendant, snowy frlexe;
A swinging step, a Jaunty air
Of whistled nonchalance to care,
Aa out of frost, and wind, and bllnht
Love ateps into her warm heart-light!
An Icebound brook, a ailent glen,
Sans all the summer's merry men,
All elfin shapes and fairy folk
Not ev'n a lonely gnome to yoke
The firefly chariots and away
To light the blooms at break o' day
Exoept, beneath love'a roof, where stir
Rose gardens In the heart of herl
A barren land, a frosen morn,
A stiffened hand on hilt and horn;
A white, old figure, wan of mood,
Bringing few fagots from the wood
But all the way for me from town.
And all the rosy dream-way down,
The aunshlne of her golden smile
From rose to rose and mile to mile.
Oil Means
King & Co. manufacture, 20 per cent off is a
big reduction in price.
We make it now on all our sack suits and
overcoats for causes that usually exist at the
end of a season and for special reasons..
On'the ordinary "cat and dog" stock of
the pretended "sale" even 50 per cent would
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