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TirE OMAHA DAILY HEE: THURSDAY. DKCKMRER X IMS. The Omaha Daily Bee KOL'NDKD BT KDWARD R08FTWAT&R. VICTOR nOHBWATEIl, EDITOR. Filtered at Omaha poatofflce a second class matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Bo (without Sunday), one year.MW Iailjr Bee and Sunday, one year 00 DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Pally Be (Including Sunday), per wek..lBe I'ally B (without Sunday!, per woek .ior Kvenlng Ree (without Sunday), nor week 9c Evening Hee (with Sunday), per week..10r Sunday Be. ona year 1M Saturday Bee, ona year I M Arldreee ail complaints of Irregularities In delivery to City Circulation department OFFICES. Omaha The Pea Building. Hiuth Omaha Twenty-fourth and N. Coinrll Bluffa 15 Scott Street. Lincoln 618 little Building. rhlcsgo IMS Marquette Building. New York-Rooms 1101-1102 No. 34 Wot Thirty-third Street. Washington 7:5 Fourteenth Street, N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to newi and edi torial matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or poetal order payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only t-oont stamp received In payment of mall accounta. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. STATEMENT OF CIRCCLATION. 8tatr of Nebraska:. Douglas County, ss : (enrge B. Tssehtick, treasurer of The Bee Publishing company, being duly sworn, av that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of November, 190S, wti as follows: 1 44,000 Z , . . .38,100 3 ..48,860 4. M.eso 5.. ,..43,880 '. .39,aao 7 33,380 8 37,400 9 37,t40 10.,, 87,310 It! 37,730 12; 37,880 l.T... 37.890 14 37,830 15.' 38,600 1 37,960 17 37,190 18 36,870 1 36,890 20 37,310 21 37,000 22 37t060 23 37,010 J4 37,090 25 37,070 28 36,940 27 37,140 2 36,890 29 36,700 30 37,810 Total 1,161,870 Iesa unsold and returned copies. 11,167 Net total 1,150,103 Dally average :.. 38,338 GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Treasurer. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 1st day of December, 1D08. (Seal) M. P. WALKER. Notary Public. WHEN OCT OF IOWH. 'Snltacrtbera leaving; the city tens' porarlly afcoald have The Bee Mailed to them. ' Addreaa will fce chanced as often as requested. It Is ssfe to dilute the Haytlen war news. The Chlneso einneror Is named PI Yu. Sounds suspiciously like Pal U. Tom Johnson is an ardent demo crat and his business affairs appear to have gone democratic. Omaha bonds are again selling at a premium, Investors fully appre ciating their excellence. Most of this Oould-Castellane-Dc Sagan stuff should be printed on the financial pages, If at all. Japan has finally agreed to the prin ciple of the open trade door in China. John Hay's work lives after him. The trouble will come in Cuba when President-elect Gomez discovers that he has more patriots than offices. "A theatrical man can't be a pinochle husband," says Oscar Ham mersteln. Well, what's the answer? It is hinted that Castro's stay in Europe may bo permanent. If that Is true, Venezuela is entitled to con gratulations. Cuban newspapers, in building a cabinet for President Gomez, have aiued nearly all of the popular Ha vana cigar brands. The German kaiser is foxy enough. His new ambassador to Washington Is a golf player, Just as the former one was an expert at tennis. "1 see no reason why good men should have slanting shoulders," sayf President Roosevelt. Is that an argu ment In favor of padding? They are still burying the late em peror of China. They might try crrination if they fear they are not n:aklng a perfect job of It. Tom Johnson of Cleveland declares that he la "'dead broke," but. he still retains two antos. If he Isn't broke now, he has selected the way to be come so. - The -Treasury department reports there Is a 11,000 counterfeit bill in circulation. Be careful about your change while doing your Christmas shopping. Republicans are making gains in Texas. There will be enough repub lican members of the new legislature to make up a game of three-handed pinochltf. - Peace has been declared In the city council between the two schools of medicine and the public health may comeln now for a little mature con sideration. We have felt all along that some thing would happen to mar the gen eral Joy over Mr. Taft'a election. Lon don Punch has devoted a comic arti cle to him. Japan and the United States have agreed jointly to maintain the peace of the Pacific. Any nation chesty enough to think it can whip this coun try and Japan is at liberty to start something on the Pacific. The democratic, legislators are just beginning to realize the beautiful pro portions of some of the campaign promises made by the platform and from the stump. They are now where they will be expected to make good. HARRtMAX AXD El ).(.V 1". Mr. Edward II. lfarrlman took oc casion at a dinner, whore pat a num ber of political economists, to till them that they knew little or nothing about the operation of a great railroad system. Mr. Ilarrlmau said that wero not his Hps scaled to the secrets of his business, he could, like Ham let's ghostly father, "unfold a tale whose lightest word Would harrow tip their souls," but he could not. If the day ever comes when Mr. Harriman can tell exactly what la in his mind he will be assured of pn audience world wide. The recital of the Standard Oil's rise to eminence as recounted by Rockefeller and Archbold will seem dim end Insipid compared to the story that Mr. Harrlman could tell. No genii nor jinn, slaves to the lamp, ever tolled to better purpose than has Mr. Harrlman. The mag nificence of the structure he has reared Is scarcely realized by the peo ple who have watched it grow. It is scarcely more than a deoade Bine the name of Harrlman was flashed to the world In connection with the purchase of the bankrupt and decrepit Union Pacific railroad. Harriman was the wizard who set about to re-establish and rehabilitate this great thorough fare for commerce. What he has achieved in the railroad world In the last ten years has excelled the accom plishments of any other organizer who ever strove to weld together discor dant and conflicting elements In the general fabric of commerce. Mr. Harrlman has brought about both concord and accord, and has achieved results the benefit of which Is not as yet appreciated by tho public, but which may be better understood as they are more enjoyed. His methods have not always been such as are en dorsed by the strict economists, and yet by his daring he has brought about that which would have been im possible to a more timid and less ven turous man. It is not alone in the reconstruction of the Union Pacific that Mr. Harri man has excelled, although that in Itself were enough to give him laBting fame. He has set up the mightiest combination of railroads working for the good, not only of their owners, but of the people served by them, the world has ever known, and when he tells a gathering of scientists they are wrong he does not mean it lightly. It yet remains to be. demonstrated that Mr. Harriman is right, but if he Is right he has written much that Is new to political economy. THE ARMY AXD THE PAXIC. While steel Is recognized generally as the most accurate barometer of trade, the standing army is making something of a record as an Index to the business conditions of the country. Life in the army does not naturally appeal to the averago American citi zen and the official records show that In prosperous times there Is great dif ficulty in securing enlistments to keep the army up to anything like its authorized quota. in dull times, there Is alwajB an increase of the ap plicants for enlistment. Early in 1907, the enlistments in the army had fallen off until there was more or less serious talk in the War department about adopting the conscription policy, In order to keep even the skeleton formation of the regular army. In ordinary circum stances, it requires about 24.000 en listments a year to keep the army up to its peace strength.. Last year the applicants for enlistment numbered less than half that quota and the re cruiting officers were compelled to take some very undesirable material. When the panic came, applicants for enlistment grew stronger In number, and during the year 44,998 men were enlisted, or more than double the usual number. The list of men seed ing service was so great that the re cruiting officers were enabled to make selections and report that they have secured an unusually high class of men for the service. Just when the officials where considering the advisa bility of closing the recruiting stations as the number of men enliuted had brought the army up to about its nat ural peace strength, the applicants dropped away from the recruiting sta tions. In September and October practically no applicants applied for en llstment at the western stations and there was a big decrease at the east ern points. The War department offi cials accept the conditions as convinc ing proof that prosperity in industrial ana commercial lines nas been re stored and that work is so much easier to obtain in civil lite that men are not seeking army service as a resource. THE VSITBD STATES A.P if. 41' IT. Secretary of State Root is showlug wise judgment in advising against in terference by the United States in the affairs of Haytl, where a revolution against the government Is now meet Ing with some show of success. Mont of the powers are expecting the United States, in its role of policeman for South America and the Caribbean countries, to step In and btop the fight now in progress, but many conditions exist which make such action .inadvis able at this time. inis government nas made a re markable record in the role of peace preserver In countries that may come under the shadow of the Monroe doc trine. It has refused to accept the annexation of Panama, although it haa Interfered there to preserve the peace. It has twice established peace in Cuba, but shows no Intention to take advantage of its opportunity to annex the Island. It has "twice re fused to purchase, the Uaolah West IndVii, and it ha reatord the Isle of Pines to Cuba, '..It haa forced peace In Ceulral America and but protected South American countries from the preed of Kuropean powers. It Inter vened In Snnto Domingo, In the inter cuts of peace, and has placed that coun try on a sound financial basis. It has with the exception tf Porto Rico, taken possession of no land south of Key West and has. In fact, pursued an antl-lmperiallst policy, although cer tain party leaders In this country have tried to make the public believe other wise. The situation in Haytl is peculiar. Its negro population distrusts and fprirs the United States, and It Is the fixed conviction of the authorities at Washington that Interference by this country would serve to increase rather than diminish the disturbed coad'.tions there. The United States has no In terest in the internal affairs of the bloody republic, and will probably keep hands off, unless American vested In terests are threatened, or some Euro pean power attempts to Interfere, In that event, the Monroe doctrine would force the United States to action. The government's record of dealing with the countries to the south is one of which the whole people may be justly proud. MARRIAGE AM) DIVORCE. According to the second statistical report of investigations of marriage and divorce, juBt issued by the census bureau, there have been 12.S32.044 marriages and 945,625 divorces in the wenty years from 1887 to 1906. In other words, one marriage in twelve in this country has ended in divorce, a rate much greater than that In any other country. In 1867, when the first nvestigatlons were made, divorces were granted at the rate of 10,000 a year. In 1906 the rate was 66,000 a year. They are increasing now at thrice the rate of the population. The divorce rate per 100,000 of the mar ried population in 1870 was 81. In 1900 it was 200. One striking feature of the report 13 that only 15 per cent of the divorces granted In the twenty years were con tested, and in most of these case3 tho contest was little more than a legal formality. Of the causes, tho report shows that 39 per cent of the decrees were granted on the ground of de sertion, with adultery, drunkenness and cruelty following, in the order named. The only mitigating feature of the report is the showing that 1n less than 4 0 per cent of the causes have children been Involved. The average duration of marriages termi nated by divorce was ten years. About 3 per cent were granted after twenty five years of married life. An interesting feature of the report is the showing that Increase in the number of divorces is smaller in the south than in any other section of the country. This may be due to the fact, however, that two of the south ern states do not recognize dlvorte In any form, and to the. further fact that among one class of citizens In the south separation frequently Is ac complished without the formality of securing .the sanction of the law. In the western states the Increase In di vorce rate has been very marked, ad vancing from 89 to 129 per 100,000 of the married population in the ten years from 1880 to 1890. The report will doubtless have the effect of arousing to new activity the legal and religious organizations that have been seeking legislation in the different states with a view to put ting an end to the scandalous variety of lawB and rules governing the state's share in the disposition of divorce cases. MORE BALKAX TROUBLES. The proposed conference of the peaceful powers of Europe for the set tlement of the disputes among the petty nations of tho Balkans has been postponed so long that some of the parties to the dispute have been en couraged to assume an attitude that again promises to threaten the peace of Europe. Austria has defied Tur key in demanding greater authority over the provinces of Bosnia and Her zegovina, nominally under Turkish rule, but practically controlled by Aus tria, and in this attitude has received the encouragement of Ferdinand, the new czar of Bulgaria. The dispute haa reached the point where Austria threatens to enforce its claims in Bosnia and Herzegovina by force of arras, in that event Turkey would doubtless have the aid of Ser vla, which does not like Turkey any too well, but has an eye open for the possible annexation of Bosnia. The Issue Is of no paramount Importance to either Turkey or Austria, but enough may come of It to open the way for the final dismemberment of the Turkish empire, a consummation long desired by most of the land-grab bing powers of Europe. The secret Is slowly coming out. It was charged by The Bee during the campaign that the democratic cry of home rule for Omaha had to do solely with the appointment of fire and po lice commissioners for tho city, and now our amiable democratic contem porary practically admits that this Is true. What, then, is to become of those earnest advocates of home rule who voted for the democratic legisla tors under the belief that Omaha was to be permuted to make Its own charter? The World-Herald snorts because Governor Sheldon appointed three re publicans and one democrat to the su preme bench, urging that Nebraska is a democratic state. This is about as near fair as the World-Herald ever gets on a matter of this kind. Gov ernor Sheldon la under no particular obligation to appoint any democrat to the suptenie bench and Judge Sulli- ! vuu a i tbiKUUtlcu leaves me way clear for the appointment of a fourth re publican, If the governor so deter mines. In view of the fact that dur ing Its forty years of statehood Judge Sullivan was the only democrat Ne braska ever elected to the supreme court, and he for one term only, the World-Herald's clamor that Nebraska is a democratic state sounds funny. "Her waist begins Just below her neck. Her hips have been planed off even with the rest of her body. She is usually buttoned up the back, and around her neck she wears a section of (barbed wire, covered with lace. She wears on her head a blond hay stack of hair. The pores of her skin are full of fine white pow der. This Is a woman." says Harper's Weekly, the editor of which should try to break himself of the habit of sleeping on his back. "We, the Jury, find the defendant guilty of arson and that he is 38 yeare old," la the finding of the Jury In the case against Itay Lamphere, charged with the murder of Mrs. Gunnesa at La Porte, Ind. Whatever may happen to Lamphere on the arson charge, an outraged public will demand that he be properly punished for being 38 years old. The old dispute as to who does the work broke out again before the Ad club's dinner, but not seriously. As a matter of fact, each of the contend ing factions Is of great importance to the city and neither could stand alone. It takes the united force of all to keep Omaha going, and each should realize this. Judge Sullivan scorns the one-year term on the supreme bench, offered him by Governor Sheldon, his resigna tion having been filed. This is to be regretted, for on the bench Judge Sul livan would really have been of serv ice to the people, but he probably pre fers to serve his party. Mr. Debs polled fewer votes this year than he received in 1904, al though his meetings everywhere were larger and more enthusiastic. Mr. Debs is not the first political agitator to learn the difference between noise and votes. One New "York court is 6,000 cases behind and in several of them the work is two or more years from being up to date. The law's delay is almost an exact science In New York. Anyway, some improvement is being shown in the lynching business in Ten nessee. The mobs have agreed to abandon the matinees and hold only night performances. M. Bonnet, the Paris lawyer, denies the report that Mme. Gould-De Sagan Is seeking a divorce. Bonnet should know if Mme. Anna wants to become a merry widow. . , The New York World is predicting that Bryan will bo defeated again in 1912. The World must be planning to support Mr. Bryan in 1912, as it did this year. Sticking: to Ills Old Job. Chicago Tribune. After duly considering the matter for the space of several seconds Mr. Bryan decided that he would not become a preacher. Ilia mission In life, he thinks. Is to run for president. "li and Japan." Baltimore American. The Pacific treaty need not serloosiv worry even the calamity howler or the pessimistic. They may rest secure it will be "Us and Japan," with the emphasis on the good to be accomplished all around. Boosting; Prosperity. Kansas City Times. No less than three successful bunk rob beries have been made In Kansas within the last week. Tho safeblowers In that atate seem to be determined to awaken prosperity, even if It must be done with nitroglycerin and al the risk of awaken ing the town watchman also. Ilia Answered 1'rayer. Brooklyn Eagle. John D. Rockefeller's nestegg In the Standard Oil company was $4,(X). He has often told how, when a boy, he announced his ambition to be worth J100.000. The fates heard ilia prayer, evidently, and in their zeul to do tho light thing by their favorite they must have Interpreted the order to mean a hundred thousand times the nest egg, for that is what they de livered a clean HW.Oon.OOO. the estimated amount of Mr. Rockefeller's fortune at this date. Oh, for a Tight I. Ill I Baltimore American. International marriages have been much denounced of lute, but nowhere have ihey received such a blow as in the disreputable squabble now going on between two tilled fortune, hunters, with about equally soiled and sordid pusts, for the possession .of the Gould millions, making the unfortunate children In the case the excuse for lifting the veil on a picture which should be at once u, revelation snd a warning to the American v'i'l si'i'jht, not for herself, btit for her money bugs. clothes the nerves, muscles and bones with solid healthy flesh. It makes children rugged and hardy and fearless of the cold. It fills the whole body with warmth and life and energy. People often gain & pound a day while taking it. A IX DRCOOISTS Send this ad., four cent for postage, ma- t ion Ing thu paper, and wa will seed yoo "Complete Handy Atlas of th World." SCOTT BOWNE, 409 Purl St, N. Y. .,....,,,.,... , BITS OF V AMI I (.TOM LIFE. Minor eenee and Incidents Sketched n the ut. In a scries of recollections of the public and private relations of Washington cor respondents with public men, one of the profession relates in the New York Times sn Incident showing how well the news paper men respect and protect the con fidences of men In high station. Once upon a time, he says. President-elect Taft turned loose a flood of language In the War de partment. Taft la not a cautious man, snd has never accustomed himself to figuring out how a thing will sound. He demon strated that sufficiently In the late cam paign, when he singled out "labor" audi ences for the repetition of his views on In junctions and rammed home his views with a reckless disregard of political effect. Mr. Roosevelt, when he says a thing, baa he fore his mind's eye a photograph of the sentence In type, knows how It will look and exactly what effect It will have. Taft Is careless of those things, and even if he were not, he bus not the gift of being able to foreaee the effect of what he says. There were eight men present when Taft ripped out this statement. Every ono of them recognized It as a first-class "story" the best, probably, that had come out of the War department In many days. Every one of them, too, recognised It as a bad "break-" on Tuft's part, and could see the storm of condemnation that would come on him from all over the country If this thing went Into print. There was a moment's pause. "What do yoj think of It, gentlemen?" asked Taft. "I think." taid one of his auditors, de cisively, "that It 1s a great story, but If you'll take my advice you'll prohibit us from printing It. It will do you no end of harm." Taft, to whom this view of the case had never occurred, sat up ns If he had been shocked electrically. "Do you think no?" ho asked. "Gentlemen, do you all think so?" There were present men who were curs ing tho outspoken reporter under their breath as they saw the story getting away from them, but every man, challenged by Taft's frank eye, was obliged to nod ascent or prove himself a liar. "Then pleaio regard all this as confi dential," said Taft. And It never haa been printed to this day and never will be. President Roosevelt In his office nt the White llouso Wednesday of last week gave what may be considered his valedictory, with permission to a correspondent of the Chicago Post, who waa present, to use It. The president said: "When the people of the country are asking the question, 'What shall we do for our ex-presldent?' tell them that they need do nothing for this ex-presldent. He Is going out to work and to do for himself. "I have had a first -class time as presi dent of the United States, and I have er, joyed every minute of the time I have been In the White House. When 1 have finished the last stroke I am going con tententedly to work." his statement came from the president after the close of a talk with friend's with whom he had been discussing his forth coming African trip. There are exceptions to every rule, like wise exceptions to the oft-repeated state ment that departments are overworked. A correspondent of the St. Louis Republic re lates that In one of the departments re cently a young woman, who receives a sal ary large enough to support a family of moderate size, spent most of the day read ing a book, which evidently she had found to be intensely Interesting. The chief of her division xernonstarted with hr for .devoting so much time to the book and asked her to close it. She declined to do as requested, and the divi sion clerk carried the matter to tho chief clerk. The young woman was called Into tho chief clerk's room. "What seems to be the trouble?" qucr rled the chief clerk. "He wanted me to close my book," aaid Bhe. "Well, why didn't you close It?" "Becatise I was right. In the middle of the last chapter," quickly replied the young woman. "So, there!" A Washington letter to the Brooklyn Eagle puts a large fringe of frost on the suggestion that the federal pie counter In Washington will be loaded with tempting morsels after March 4. The new president, says the correspondent, will go Into the White House bound down by fewer pledges and obligations than have hampered any of his predecessors, save perhaps Mr. Roosevelt. Chairman Hitchcock boasts that he made not a single promise of an office or obligation affecting Mr. Taft In any way during the entire campaign, both for delegates and the election of Mr. Taft. This Is an extraordinary record and, of course, will leave Mr. Taft a free hand In making up the roll of officeholders. Another reason for the belief that there will be comparatively few changes after March 4 Is the fact that the great army of republican political workers in the cam paign were paid good salaries. The changed conditions of campaigning, with no rail road passes and a small campaign fund, cut out hundreds of men who usually lend their services In presidential contests. consequently the commlttise was required to hire more than the usual number of men. It is felt that all obdlgalions to these Indi viduals were cancelled with the delivery of their pay checks and If they come around the White House looking for fat Jobs under Taft they are apt to be sadly disappointed. The famous Greenougli statue of George Washington, which for years has stood in the capltol at Washington, haa been re moved and given a permanent resting place In the National Museum. The figure of Washington resembled a Roman senator more than It did the first president, and the statue In consequence was more or less criticised. Robert Bacon, assistant secretary nt stale; General Henry C. Corbln, '. 8. A., retired: Charles A. Clover, president of the Rlggs National bank, and other prom inent ' men of Washington, are behind a movement that lias for its purpose the con struction of a big hall In that city, which will probably be known as the National Auditorium. A Problem for Keforiuers. Philadelphia Record. The census iiiiiulrieu show that a check to prosperity Is followed by a falling off In the number of murrlages; but the di vorce mills are run at greuter speed. The Increase in divorces appears to be propor tionately three times greater than the In crease of population. Here Is a problem for the study of reformers. It would ap pear that there is u too ready opening of the gateways for both marriage and di vorce. Tin' difficulty of organizing proper restraints Is multiplied forty-six times by the division of uulhorily among forty-six sovereign states. Here Is a mutter for the ec ngress of governor to talk over when they shall get together at Washington. Alliance of Flt-kle Lovers. Brooklyn Eagle. 'I'll, -re is an alliance for war and peace purpot.es affecting Germany, Austria and Italy, but Willi AuHirla and Italy cordially haling each oilier, the doubt by Germany if liie value of tliu irip.tivilv agreement in tiuluial. The Published Statement uuder date of Xovcnil.or "J7, 1!S, shows that this bank is fonstnntly inercasinic in strength. Capital and Surplus, $1,000,000.00 This iTiiresonts the Stockholders' investment. ' Loans, - - - $6,714,379:44 These are, for the most art, made to Omaha's strong progressive business houses. Bonds, - - - $1,164,940:16 These investments are made in the strongest lines that the market affords, and hence eould be readily eon verted into cash. Cash, - - - $4,891,866.27 This shows an amount las is our rule J largely in excess of legal requirements. Deposits, - - $11,457,754.47 The Largest of any bank in Nebraska. Is not this a good place for youi account? i First National Bank of Omaha Thirteenth and Farnam Sts. Entrance to Safety Deposit Vaults is on 13th Street. MUE OF A I.ANGl AtiK. German Loaded with Metaphors and Poetic Kxaearrratlon. New York Kvenlng Post. In making allowance for the kaiser's uttered Indiscretions, we must remember the German language. Ordinary Uerninn proee suffers from a dreadful excess of metaphor. The "mailed fist" and the "loosened saber" are not altogether rhetori cal sparks struck out on tho hot anvil of Imperial excitement, but examples of that poetic exaggeration so ensy to a German It Is a fault most common among the most learned. Prof. Jones of Yale or Harvard would probably begin his volunn on "The Geology of Yucatan: "Uy Yuca tan, In the present work, I mean the Cen tral American peninsula known by that ii (i me as well as the adjacent coasts," etc. But Prof. Hammerschlog of Llpslc must begin by saying: "The convulsive, continent splitting efforts of Terra" or perlmps GaU "to pour forth her Imprisoned, vital forces, brought forth, in the dim Trlassic ages, the torrid land mass which lolls like u sleeping monster between the warm waters of the Caribbean nnj the torrid waves of the Gulf of Mexico In 87 to degrees west longitude." An English politician speaking In English says: "This country er welcomes the er friendly rivalry of a great power like Germany under Its cr honored sovereign as cr conducive to the Interests of both na tions," etc. But when a German states nan rises to speak, tho genius of his lan guage demand that he shall say: "Gcr mania wants peace, but It will continue to stare defiantly Into the blood-shot eyes of ravening naval powers who with eager claws," etc. PKRSUMAL JVOTfc.S. Taft, in turning down his glass, may have been heading off the Fairbanks' cocktail sort of story. Dr. D. K. Pearson, the philanthropist of Chicago, whose benefactions were sulj to have depleted his fortune and left him H50.000 In debt, declares that (lie story Is all "bosh." Dr. Pearsoo says that he has 13,000,000 more to give to educational In stitutions. A little while ago somebody started out to prove that Betsy Ross did not make tho first American flag. Now somebody In New York says he has a letter written by- John Hancock showing that Paul Revere never made that celebrated ride. Next we shall hear that Washington never crossed the Delaware. Mrs. Hart O. Berg, who bears the dis tinction of having been the first woman to make an aeroplane ascension, Is an English woman who has spent many years In this country. Site Is a woman of medium height, with a- square-cut chin, indicating the nerve that led her to venture aloft with William Wright In an experimental flight In France. Montgolfler. credited with the invention of the hot air balloon, later to inflated with gas. In the light of history haa to give place to Madam Montgolfler. And here is the story: One day madam put her pettlclat over a little stove to dry. It filled with hot air and soon floated upward to the celling, whence Monsieur Mout golfier. the lady being wholly helpless in her dilemma, brought It down. This family episode suggested the hot air inflated bal loon for which Monsieur Montgolfler, man like, took all the credit. IN THE DARK Most men buy t lotliitiK in I Ik- dark. ' - Tltey must lake miik-oiic'n wont for tlie fabric, tlic linlii and Inner linings, unltntH lh-y arc ci-rt JuJkn. You may take our word for tlie IruMtworthy churttcter of tht Suiu and Overt-oats w make. . , With un there shall he no tjucstion about niAking right anything 'hat should go wrong. oVKlttmTS $15 t 50 . . ' Only 10 more day fur Christinas Shopping. 'BrQwning.Kiao mm s company Cor. 15th and Douglas. t HHIillV CHAFF. Nan roor girl.. She broke down In ti.e middle of that aria and gave it up. Yet you applauded her! Jack 1 applauded her for realizing that she couldn't sing. --('lilcngo Tribune. The Professor What was it defeated I.eonldas nt Thcrnioplae? The Hrlght Student The new rules. He help the pass too long. Cleveland Plain Dealer. "I think," siild tlie smart child, reflec tively, "that ltungHry must be the most humun-like of all the nations." "Why so, my child?" asked the fond paps. "Because," the Hinnrt chl'.f answered, "it Is governed by its Diet." Baltimore Amer ican. "Bo careful what yo sayk son," cautioned the Plunkville Polonlus. "Yes. pop." "Kemt-mbcr that you ain't prominent enought to claim that you was misquoted. -Puck. Tho turkey who had escaped decapita tion received but gloomily the congratula tions of the barnynrd.. "Whut's the use," ho' muttered, "of gel ting a he-ad nt Thanksgiving, only to lose It at Christmas?" Ball imore Ameiican. "on't you think that wltaess' memory is sadly deficient?" . said ono lawyer. "Not a bit of it." answered the other. "Sometimes it takes a fine memory lo remember what to forget." Washington Star. V WHAT All KATIIKR. His head bent filw, he sits aloof With sad, averted face, Nor does he jpenk, but In reproof, iNor stirs ne tronv that place; On a paper spread before him His eyes with stony stare Seem fixed us by some fearsome fal( That ho seen printed there; And mother keeps the house bo still And speaks to hfm so kind, I feur father dear Is 111 Or "batty" In his mind. "Step lightly, brother, as you pass And sister, cease your prattle. And Betsey keep the baby slill Don't let him have that rattle; Go obliterate that yelping cur. Go muzzle that blamed parrot. Go turn those children out of doors Or lock them In the garret.'' "What alls dear father? can you tell Why we rinr not him molest? " "Why don't you know?" He's counting dots For that piano contest." t-BAYOLL. NE TRELK (Eithil.hd 1R79) An Inhalation lor Whooplng-Cough, Croup, Coughs, Colds, Catarrh, Bronchitis, Dlphth erf a. Creeolene ja a Boon to Asthmaltoe. Dot it nut uem mora flutiv. to biMth. In BNilf for fiiaMHM of th breathing omana than to tak. tb. r.morty into tha alomauhl CVresoleue rurea bM'aaaa tha air, raaAarad tronitlT antlMDtlo. la cariied ott tb. UliaaMd urfac. with arary breath, (I'tnf prolong. d and constant traatm.nt. It Is (nraluabla to another. with .mall child ran. or imtHieo throat there la nui hoiar neiter tl.aii Cr.aolene AnUarptio 'throat lahleia. Ktntt a. In rtostMia I for .ample bottle. .ILl UKUUUItlS, rWnd postal for da eorlptive Booklet. Vapo-Oeaoiene Co laO Fulton Htraat, k N''W York. E. S. Wilcox. Mer. ..'