THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY. DECEMBER x 2. 1908
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Oeorge R. Tssrnuck. treasurer of Tha
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ays that the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Dally, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the
month of November. 1908, was aa follows:
1 44.000 . 1 37.960
1 38.1 OO IT 37.190
S 4,M0 II 88,870
4 84,060 If 80,890
1 48380 10 37,310
38,830 tl 37400
T 88.SM II 87.060
37,400 tl 8710
f 37.840 X4 37,090
It ...37,810 II 37,070
11 87,780 i 36,940
II 37,880 . 17 87440
If 87.890 tl 38,890
14.... 87,880 19 36,700
II.... 38,600 ' 19 37JI10
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Leis unsold and returned copies. 11.167
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Sam to you.
MIbsoui-1 has shown the Standard
Oil company.
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One week In which to decide what
to swear off on. ;
. "Catro, maintains his equanimity,"
ays a Berlin cable. Also his cash.
, Still, ho one expected Indian sum
mer to respond to a Christmas encore.
Today will be the last merry Chrhit
mas for some of the wild animals of
Africa. .., ... . '
PltUburg appears to have under
taken to rival San Francisco as a Kraft
center.
Mexico has named one of its cruis
ers Tobasco. Naturally, it will be de
scribed aa- a saucy craft.
The woman with the bundle in the
street cars will now make room for
the man with the package.
Can it be that the Goulds have lost
all their money? Count Boni says he
does not want any more of it.
Many Pennsylvania politicians are
seeking Senator Knox's seat, but what
is wanted is a man who can fill his
place.
I .... -
Kentucklans . must be becoming
afflicted with color blindness. A
white man has been lynched near Lex
ington, Nero fiddled while Rome was burn
ing, and Castro is buying neckwear
while Caracas is setting off its toy fire
works. President Castro Is said to be suffer
ing from Stomach troubles. The in
ternal affairs of Venetuela are also in
bad shape. '
In preparing to rebuke the presi
dent congress should remember the
fste of miners who have tried to thaw
out dynamite.
iMr. Taft received 1,336,000 votes
In the solid south. That is the first
chapter of his book on "The Winning
of the. SoiUh.".
A piano manufacturer in New York
lias been arrested for forgery. A
'piano maker should know better than
-Issue false notes.
- A stiffening of prices may be ex
pected if the report . Is true that the
Standard Oil company haa secured
control of the starch supply.
Mr. Taft Is to visit Texas some time
After Inauguration. The biggest state
In the union will then extend the glad
fcand to the biggest man In the union.
4 J
Colonel Bryan saya he has not
changed his mind about Colonel Guf-
fey. The record dos not show that
Colonel Guffey has changed hla mind
about Bryan.
Colonel Bryan Is laboring under the
delusion that the republicans do not
want him to . run for office again In
1912. The republicans have never
objected to Colonel Bryan leading the
other ticket.
" Mr. Bryan does not want to discuss
the decision in the Gompers case be-
.cause of a feeling of -delicacy about
criticising the courts. If this decision
. had only come down before 'election
Mr. - Bryan would quickly have got-
'n over hla fetllug of delicacy.
CHRISTMAS.
Now when Jeeu was born In Bethle
lum of Judea In the days of Hsrod the
king, behold, there came wis men from
the east to Jerusalem.' saying. Where la
lie that Is born King of the Jews? fi r we
have teen Ills star In the east and are
come to worship Him. Matthew 11:1-1.
The history of Christmas is an evo
lution, embracing lg.a composite fes
tival the Roman saturnalia, the Norse
yuletest, the miracles of St. Nicholas,
the Druid's mistletoe legends. All
transfused, Intensified and glorified by
ages cf custom they have become a
part of .the sacred festival of the birth
of Christ, the celebration of which has
taken many changes since the wise
men of the east gathered at the man
ger where the babe, .wrapped In swad
dling clothes, had been laid for its
first earth-sleep. ;.
Custom has made Christmas the
children's peculiar holiday, whon the
perennially fresh story Of Bethlehem
throws a spell of holiness over the
season. Happily, however, all men
and women are children at Christmas
time. It is the season of good will,
when malice, hatred and all unklnd
ness are things altogether out of place.
Youth is infectious, the spirit of play
is revived in many K man and woman
who have fancied themselves long past
the day when it could enter into them,
canker and care are banished and all
the world enters into the pursuit of
the simple and pure. Joys that marks
observance of the Christmas customs
vindicated by the centuries.
The spirit of the day is ;Good will
among men," which means helpful
ness to others, that helps those who
give as much as those who receive.
It this production of happy hearts,
made happy by giving happiness to
others, that contributes most to mak
ing this old world beautiful at Christ
mas. It Is the holiday which the lit
tlest child can understand and the
wisest man can not fathom It unless
he becomes as a little child.
MISSOURI AND STANDARD OIL.
The unanimous decree of the seven
members of the supreme court of Mis
souri ousting the three branches of
the Standard OH company from that
state and imposing heavy fines for vio
lations of the law is a complete vin
dication of the course pursued by At
torney General Hadley, recently
elected governor of the state, and an
Illustration to other states of what
may be accomplished by vigorous and
fearless enforcement of state laws.
The state of Missouri charged the
Standard Oil company of Indiana, the
Republic Oil company of Illinois and
the Waters-Pierce Oil company of Mis
souri with having pooled to fix prices,
stifle compltltion, limit trade In petro
leum products and to mislead the pub
lic into the belief that they were sep.
arate, distinct and competing con
cerns. The testimony shows that one
of the firms fixed the price scale and
the others adhered to. it, makingwar?
fare upon any Independent concern
endeavoring to secure more than a
nominal share of the business. As a
result, the three companies secured
and held about 90 per cent of the oil
business of the state, at prices burden
some to 'the consumers and unduly
profitable to the combine.
An interesting development of the
case lies in the showing that the
Waters-Pierce Oil company, a Missouri
corporation, made a determined effort
to act independently, but had been
compelled, by financial pressure, to
make terms with the Standard. This
company will, accordingly, be given
an opportunity to separate from its
trust connections. In Which event It
will be alloWed to continue business in
the state.
The testimony in the Missouri case
is largely a repetition of the evidence
offered before Judge Landls at Chi
cago and in the hearings in New York,
showing the Standard's methods of
using rebates, declining to sell to in
dependent concerns, division of terri
tory among members of the combine
and all the schemes and plans for
erecting and continuing a monopoly.
Enforcement of the court's decree,
which Governor-elect Hadley promises,
cannot fall to strengthen the hands of
the federal government In its prosecu
tions of this greatest of trusts under
the federal laws.
FOR DIRECTOR OF POSTS.
The joint commission appointed a
couple of years ago by congress to
work out a plan for the reorganization
of the postal service has made a re
port which is certain to attract much
attention and cause a great deal of dis
cussion in congress. The report is a
voluminous document, going into de
tails of the proposed plan, but its
chief recommendation is for the crea
tion of the position of director of
posts, who is to be the business man
ager of the department under the post.
master general. In place of the four
assistants to the postmaster general it
U proposed to appoint six assistant di
rectors, who shall hold their positions
permanently and have charge of com
pactly organized bureaus for the man
agement of different branches of the
service.
The argument advanced by the com
mission is that the greatest weakness
of the postal service has been the ab
sence of a permanent head. The post
master general la appointed as a cabi
net adviser and rarely knows or cares
anything about the' mass of details
connected with the department. He
remains too short a time to master the
situation and is not aided much by his
assistants, who usually are changed
with each administration. There have
been four postmasters general in the
last seven years, three first assistants,
three 'second assistants, two third as
sistants and two fourth assistants, and
only four of these hsd- had previous
practical knowledge of postal affairs.
The department U too often domina
ted by chief clerks, bureau heads and
cliques that have made an art of cre
ating Jobs and delaying work. The
department's business is not logically
distributed into natural divisions or
groups, so organized as to make it
possible, for the officer In charge of
each group, by devoting all his ener
gies to cognate subjects, to master the
business under him. The commission
confesses that the present system of
accounting in the' department is so
cumbersome and complicated that it Is
impossible to secure desired data
showing where reforms could be best
effected for the benefit of the whole
service.
t The reorganization and co-ordina
tion of the postofflce as a government
institution Is bound to come soon
along lines adopted by the big indus
trial concerns that do business
throughout the world, and, like these
great world Industries, the postofflce
will have to have efficient and special
ized business ability at its head in ad
dition to the executive who passes on
questions of policy.
THE GOMPERS CONTEMPT CASE.
The action of Justice Wright of the
supreme court of the District of Co
lumbia, sentencing Samuel Gompers,
John Mitchell and Frank Morrison,
officials of the American Federation of
Labor, to prison terms for contempt
of court, is unquestionably far-reaching.
Pending the final adjudication
by the supreme court of the United
States, to which it will doubtless be
carried, there will be wide discussion
of the merits and Justness of the de
cision and its effects upon the rights
of the parties engaged in the contro
versy.
Apparently there ia no serious dis
pute as to the facts in the case. The
Bucks Stove and Range company of
St. Louis sought and secured from
Justice Gould of the federal court of
the District of Columbia an injunction
restraining the American Federation
of Labor from using "unfair" and "we
don't patronize" lists In its fight
against the stove company, which was
running an open shop plant. The
original suit was to test the right of
the labor organizations to resort to
thlB form of boycott and, after a hear
ing, Justice Gould made the injunction
permanent, on the theory that the boy
cott methods operated to a restraint
of trade and to the Injury of the stove
company's property rights without due
process of law. President Gompers
and other federation officials aban
doned the publication of the "unfair"
and "we don't patronize" lists, so far
as the stove company was concerned,
but by -publications in the official or
gan of the federation and by resolu
tions in different meetings of the fed
eration and in other labor unions ad
vised that the injunction be disre
garded. Some 27,000 circulars were
sent to labor unions advising deliber
ate violation of the terms of the In
junction. On this showing contempt
proceedings were instituted, ending
with Justice Wright's sentence of the
officials to prison terms.
The defense offered by Mr. Gom
pers and his associates is that the in
junction issued by Justice Gould in
fringed the constitutional guaranty
of freedom of the press and of free
dom of speech. Around the interpre
tation of that question most of the
discussion will rage. Justice Wright
insists that the right to free speech
and free press does not carry with it
a right to injure others nor to escape
penalty for wrong doing. In his view
point, no right to the freedom of press
and speech can Justify an attack on
the supremacy of the courts and the
integrity of the law and recognition
of the claims of the defendants would
end in anarchy and the overthrow of
the law.
Unfortunately for the merits of the
case, an effort is already being made
to take it out of the courts and have
it decided by public sentiment. The
president Is being appealed to by labor
organizations throughout the nation
to save Mr. Gompers and hla associ
ates from being sent to prison, and
the carrying out of the sentence of the
court would at once place the de
fendants in the role of martyrs. It
Is doubted if Mr. Gompers, Mr.
Mitchell and Mr. Morrison would ap
preciate this turn of affairs as, having
the Interests of their organization at
heart, they must prefer to have the
cause finally passed upon by the high
est judicial tribunal and their rights
clearly established for all future time.
Extraordinary precautions are be
ing taken by the health officials of the
District of Columbia to keep away
from Washington all taint of the
dread foot and mouth disease. They
may be able to quarantine successfully
against the foot disease, but they must
remember that congress will be In ses
sion again early in January.
Our memorlea have to be Jogged to
recall that Christmas, 1907. was cele
brated only a year ago in the pall of
a panic that stopped specie payment
in nearly every bank in the country.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., Is naturally
qualified for a position on the staff of
the governor of Connecticut. He has
bfea working in the drill department
of a carpet factory.
An inventor has designed a brake
that will check. the speed of warships.
He insists that it Is an improvement
on Paul Morton's plan of scattering
sand on the track.
shadowy Ideals of Crltlrs.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Nearly every editor who thinks that Mr.
Roosevelt is too Impetuous Is convinced
that the president would be more of a suc
rra. were he a duplicato of his editorial
critic. The world Is not replete with such
duplicates. Therefore, those who never at-
tain the presidency would .11 It better than
those who do, or at most all vigorous criti
cism Is the projection Into print or speech
of unconscious egotism. In still shorter
English, ha who proscribes another pre
scribes himself.
Tfcey eded the Money.
Chicago News.
Bank robbers who have been touring Ne
braska In an automobile, looted treasure
vaults In various cities, probably needing
tho cash to pay tor the repairs on their
machine.
Is There Ravesa of Ornament f
Indianapolis News.
Perhaps the action of the Japanese gov
ernment In effecting a saving of 2o0.000
by dropping 684 railroad officials would be
worth tha consideration of our own mag
nates In connection with the existing style
of ornamentation.)
Twaeas Thrillers.
Boston Herahl.
For a real thriller the testimony describ
ing how Captain Quentln Rankin was
hanged on a hickory limb at Reelfoot Lake
by the Tennessee night riders wifl do. The
unique feature of this tragedy is that there
Is no woman In the case from start to fin
ish. It's simply a story of cold-blooded
masculine vengeance, with no redeeming
feature, to apeak of.
What Will the Bereft Dot
Philadelphia Record.
Borne years ago the surgeons began ex
terminating the vermiform appendix from
the human system, and Justified their con
duct on the ground that the appendix was
of no use whatever. We observe now
that some of the learned men have reached
the conclusion that It is of some use. But
what will the people whose appendices have
been removed do without them?
Advantage of Stoutness.
New York Evening Post.
Happy is the nation whose chief magis
trate Is very heavy and very active without
ceasing to be very good natured. It shall
dwell in the broad peace and the great
silences that only stout men can create.
Such a sovereign la living proof of the
fact that corpulence, far from being a
symptom of self-indulgence, embodies a
very high type of asceticism. The fat man
thinks so little of his body that he lets it
go its own way. ?t is only the man who
gives up a large part of his life to fighting
the onset of Increasing weight that Is
really self-Indulgent. For the sake of an
Ideal waist line and a freer gait, he aban
dons his family for the golf links, sets
himself a routine of morning exercises the
thought of which Bpolls his temper as
soon aa he wakea up, lunches on milk and
crackers, growla at tho office boy, and
ends by growingery stout Indeed.
CAN'T AFFORD TO LOSE HIM.
Popnlar Regard for Government's
Pare Food Apostle.
St. Louis "Republic.
Nothing less than the official llfo of Dr.
W. H. Wiley, the chemist of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, will satisfy the out
raged sugar refiners, sugar planters and
molasees makers. A formal demand to
that effect has been mado to President
Roosevelt. Wiley, it is alleged, has been
"perniciously" active In fighting the use
of sulphur In tho clarification of sugar and
molasses.
If Dr. Wiley Is opposed to the use of
sulphur for such a purpose the chances are
very largely In favor of tha fact that
Its use is bad. The public generally Is will
ing to accept Wiley'e word for such things
against the assertion of the commercial
factors whose habits are deprecated. But
even If the chmlsf were wrong in this
case, we would still demand that he be
continued In his position. And. of course,
he Is wrong, because Mr. Roosevelt him
self haa taken the matter of sulphur clari
fication out of hla hands and superior
chemical knowledge haa been applied to the
case.
But. nevertheless, the popular regard for
Dr. Wiley Is strong. He has taken tho
public into his confidence and mado known
the iniquitous methods of the food manu
facturer. He has Inculcated new ideas and
exploded old ones. Under his tutelage the
public has come to believe that analine
dyes are to be avoided except In the soda
water season and boraclo acid Is to be
eschewed except in tomato catsup, while
the variety of poisons that enter Into
partnership with sundry explosive chem
icals to make ten-year-old whisky are bad
at all seasons. Any attempt to interfere
with Dr. Wiley would surely bring down
on the head of the president a wrath com
pared to which the combined anger oi me
house and senate , would be as a drop of
water to the ocean.
"NO SANTA CVAVM"
Thank God I He Uvea and Will Live
Forever I
New York Sun.
Dear Editor: I am 8 years old. Some of
mv little friends say there is no Santa
Clans. . .
Papa says, "If you see It In the Sun, It s
"Wase tell me the truth, Is there a Snnta
CIhus? VIRGINIA HANLON.
115 West Fifty-fifth street.
Virginia, your little friends are wrong
They have been affected by the skeptlclsn
of a skeptical age. They do not bellevo,
except they see. They think that nothing
can be which Is not comprehensible by
their little minds. All minds. Virginia
whether they are men's or children's, are
little. In this great universe of our man
is a mere Insect, an ant. in his intellect, as
compared with the boundless world about
him, as measured by the intelligence capa
ble of grasping the whole of truth and
knowledge. "
Tes, Virginia, there Is a Santa Claus. He
exists as certainly as love and generosity
and devotion exist, and you know that they
abound and give to. your life its highect
beauty and Joy. Alas! how dreary would
be the world if there were no Santa Claus!
It would be as dreary as if there were no
Virginias. There would be no childlike
faith then, no poetry, no romance to make
tolerable thta existence. We should havu
no enjoyment, except In senso and sight
The eternal light with which childhood fills
tho world would be extinguished.
Not believe In Santa Claus! You might
as well not believe in fairies! You might
get your pspa to hire men to watch In all
the chimneys on Chrlstmaa eve to catch
Santa Claus, but even If they did not see
Santa Claus coming down, whit would
that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus. but
that is no sign that there is no Santa
Claus. The most real things In the world
are those that neither children nor men
can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing
on the lawn? Of course not. but that'a no
proof that they are not there. Nobody can
conceive or imagine all the wonders there
are unseen and unseeable in the world.
You tear apart the baby's rattle and see
what makes the noise Inside, but there is
a veil covering the unseen world which
not the strongest man. nor even the united
strength of all the strongest men that ever
lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy
poetry, love, romance, can push aside that
curtain and view and picture the supernal
beauty and glory beyond. Is It all real?
Ah. Virginia, in all this world there Is
nothing else real and abiding
No Santa Claus! Thank God' he lives
and he lives forever. A thousand years
from now, Virginia; nay, ten times ten
thousand years from now, he will continue
to make glad the heart of childhood.
CHRISTMAS SPIRIT 1 U.
A Thonght far Christmas.
Away from the stir and tumult
Of restless, hurrying feet;
Away from the nmss and the niotloii
Of crowded store and utreet;
Steal away to thyself a moment.
Away from the chattering throng;
And give one thought to the Holy Child,
The theme of the angcl'a song.
Yes, away from the stir and the tumult,
go for a time apart.
And let the spell of the wintry sky
Sink deep Into thy heart:
When the world stretches wide about thee,
Asleep; on the still night air.
That old sweet song of the angelt
May peal to you softly there.
Skeptics may senff and argue.
But their arguments won't hold
'Gainst the thrill of that sweet, sweet
story.
That Is ages and ages old;
For the power that sets In motion
All the millions of feet today.
Is that little Babe In the manger
Of Bethlehem far away.
Omaha. -UAYOLLi NE TRELE.
Christmas Morals.
Wake up, Besslol Wake up, Joe
It s Christmas morning, don't you knowT
No, you needn't stop to dress,
You won't catch cold today, 1 guess.
ltun get your storking (Joo's Is red)
And hop right back again In bed-
Old Kris was good to you, I know
"A Merry Christmas." Bees and; Joe!
Indeed, to every child I call
"A Merry Christmas'' to vou all!
A Present for Little Boy Bine.
Our neighbor, he calls me his Little Boy
Blue
Whenever he iocs by our yard:
And ho says, "Good morning" or "How do
you ao i ' v
But sometimes he winks awful hard.
I guess he don't know what my name
really 18,
Or else he forgot. If he knew:
And my! You would think I am really
part nis
He calls me his Little Boy Blue.
Our neighbor, he told me that Uttlo Boy
Blue
Once stood all his tovs in a row.
And said, "Now, don't go till I come back
ror you
But that was a lone time aso.
And one time, at Christmas, when I had
a tree.
He brought me a sled, all brand new.
And smiled when he said It was partly for
me
And partly for Llttlo Boy Blue.
Our neighbor, he's not going to have any
tree,
So he savs the best he can do
Is try to get something to partly give me
Ana partly give Little Boy Blue.
Because, If he's here, it would make him
so glad.
And he said he knew it was true
That ever and ever so many folks had
a Doy just like Little Boy Blue.
Our neighbor, he calls me his Little Boy
Blue,
And nahl ho would llko to heln trim
Our tree when it came he would feel that
he knew
It was Dartlv for me and for him.
Ho said lie would fix it with lights and
wax j lowers.
With poncorn and berries vou see.
He'd like to como ovur and help to trim
ours
He's not going to have any tree!
J. W. FOLEY.
Bless I s, Every One. '
"God bless us, every one!" prayed Tiny
Tim,
Cripple and dwarfed In bod v. vet so tall
Of soul we tiptoe earth to look on him
iiign towering over all.
And thus lie prayed. "God bless us, every
ttnrnlHl'nir all h i..
. ' - - . . " ... w.io miu, ii 1 1 1 ,7 li'M 1 1
Of his child-heart; and so, despising none.
hi nearer Biiini man man.
i
I llkn to fancy God in paradise,
T.lftins' n I'inff.i H.a l .-. k I i
Of chiming hurp and song, with eager
Turned earthward, listening
The Anthem stilled the angela leaning
LUCID
Ahnv tho nlrfn .li..u ,
, V. . , " " .no III 1 1 1 1! K pull
Of Chrlstmaa bursting flower-like with the
"Gold bless us, every ona!"
JAMES WH1TECOMB RILEY.
Chrlstmaa Hymn.
Joy to the world; the Lord Is come;
xci cariu receive us King;
Let every heart prepare him room.
aiiiu nenveu ana nature sing.
Joy to the earth; the Saviour reigns;
men uieir Bongs umploy;
While fields and floods, rocks, hills and
plains,
Repeat the sounding Joy.
No more let sins and sorrows grow, '
Nor thorns Infest the ground;
He comes to make his blessings flow
Far as the curae Is found.
He rules the world with truth and grace
And makes the nations prove
The glories of his righteousness,
And wonders of his love.
-ISAAC WATTS, 1719.
Another Chrlstmaa.
Another Christmas! Since the Christ was
born.
So many hundred weary years have
rolled;
And still our eyes have never seen the
morn
Of that glad day when man Is more than
gold.
Another Christmas! Yet good will and
peace
Have not yet conquered all the hate and
wrong;
And still the world's fierce conflicts will
not cease.
And none can sing tho Joyous angel song.
Another Christmas! Yet the hunger-curse
1b blighting every city with Its woe:
dtill reigns the Herod with his heavy
purse,
Still on to Calvary must the Christ-men
go.
Another Christmas! Yet the temples
grand
SU11 ihleld tho money-changers in their
plan:
While in the street the plundered people
stand.
And feel the house of God is not for man.
Another Christinas! Will It never come-
That age of love and honesty and truthl
When this dear earth shall be our bappy
home.
And Joy shall flourish with Immortal
youth?
Another ChriBtmas! Blessed be our
dreams!
Our short lives wither like the leaves
of June:
But still we dream of flowers and spark
ling streams.
That bloom and flow in everlasting noon.
Another Christmas! Happy Is that man
Who makes to live as It his dream were
true.
And with a heart to feel and head to
plan.
Goes forth for others' sake to dare
and do. HERBERT N. CASSON.
Taking Down tho Stocking.
"What did you get In yours,
Jim and Eddie?"
"Look what I've got in mine,
Tom and Freddie!"
"A box of candied dates'
"Gee whix! A pair of skates"
"An engine, cam and track"
"Oh, the poor Jumplng-Jack,
Broken already!"
"What did you got in yeors,
Jessie Molly T"
"Look what 1 found In mine!
A talking dolly 1"
"I'll show you how she cries;"
"Oh, look! She shuts her eyes!"
"Mitten and slumber socks "
'Tea-set and building blocks"
Goody, how Jolly!"
"What did you find In yours.
Grown-up brother?''
"Why not look in your own,
Little Mother?"
(Mother and Father say,
They'd rather watch than play;
Presents enough, they trutl
They've got in having Just
L'a, and each other!;
-SARAH N. CLEGHORN.
ote How Tbey (.rab.
Washington Post.
When Mr. - Knox announced he would
leave the senate to go Into the cabinet ha
tossed a piece of raw meat Into the Piuo
svliauU political luge, anyatst,
ULftUJMJIIU
Safely
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If it confines its loans largely to business houses
handling large amounls of saleable merchandise;
If its bond investment account includes only those of
the very highest grade; ' ;
If this bank always keeps on hand an amount of cash
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And in all the.se matters uses the cumulative judg
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Investigate this bank along these lines.
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Entrance to
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AIRSHIPS FOR THE: ARMY.
Necessity for Keeping l'p with the
Flying Procession.
Boston Herald.
Brigadier General Allen, chief signal of
ficer of the army, calls attention, In his
annual report, to the need of a liberal ap
propriation for the advancement of mili
tary aeronautics. The strategic Importance
of this military auxiliary Is recognised by
all governments. But the United States
has only three officers and ten enlisted
men assigned to tho work, backed by a
meager allotment from the signal corps
funds. Other nations make liberal ap
propriations and assign competent forces
of men to thi work of Investigation and
development. The final utility of the air
ship as a military agent Is problematical,
but its value for observation purposes and
as a means of communication have now
been well established. Boon no national
army equipment will be considered com
plete without Its aerial fleet. Other na
tions are granting liberal aid to the de
velopment of the airship. Personal ambi
tion and private enterprise of Inventive
genius In this country should not be de
pendent entirely on its own resources In
this work.
PEIISOM AL NOTKK.
Castro Is the lion of the hour at Berlin,
Indicating that the people there must be a
little hard up for lions.
Mrs. Isabello Martin of California, has
Just been sentenced to prison for life for
blowing up peoplo with dynamite and mak
ing herself generally disagreeable.
A Brooklyn woman who by accident
made a balloon ascension head down when
her feet caught in a guy rope at a country
fair has Just received $1,000 damages.
With ten nationalities speaking as many
languages, the proceedings of the new
Tuntlsh Patllament should be quite aa In
teresting as those of the Tower of Babel.
General Botha haa given to the Trans
vaal museum the Boer flag which waved
above the Government buildings at Pre
toria until tho capital was occupied by
Lord Itoberts.
High speeding In autos is now given aa
one method of promoting tuberculosis.
This, if memory Is not at fault, makes the
list complete and speeding responsible for
every ailment excepting old age.
Two men In Boston bet a dollar to a
doughnut on a certain thing which had
not then occurred. The stakeholder put tho
dollar and the doughnut in a drawer of
his desk. Rats ate the doughnut up. The
stakeholder Is now sued for the loss of the
doughnut. He wishes to compromise the
suit with pie.
Dr. Carlos C. Alden, Governor Hughes'
new official legal adviser, la at present the
dean of the Buffalo Law school and will
probably retain that office, the school u-
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thorllles having voted him leave of absence.
ine governor Knew mm in New York
City, where he practiced law for ten years
or so. He's the author of several books
on practice and procedure, and-a member
of the Society of Mavflnwer nnseenrianta
Many of the prominent men of the tlrn
began their careers In the comparatively
humble calling of the telegraph operator.
One of the most auccessful of these Is Mr.
Patrick R. Delany of New York, whosa In
ventions In improving telegraphy have at
tracted world-wide attention. Mr, Dilaney
came to this country from Ireland when
a lad and at the age of IS was one of the
most expert press operators In the land.
Among the many of his Inventions are the
"anti-Page relay" and the 'anti-Induction
cable."
MK.VTAI, MIMt K.
"That handsome fellow gets hs busy in
a le when he sees pretty girls about."
"Probably that Is because ne Is a honey
boy. " Hultlmore Amnrlcan.
"Shall we sit In silence at such a time?''
said one member of congreas.
"No!" answered the other; "whatever
we may be accused of It shall not be si
lence!" Washington Star.
"Where do you work, my good man?"
" a powder factory."
"Mercy! What a hatjrdous occupation!"
"O. no, mum, I seldom meets and auto
mobile on my way to or from work."
Puck.
"Of course," ssld the economist, "there
a""u i-uiyuiaiimii ana oaa ones.
"Of course.'1 answered Mr. Dustln Stax,
"Now, what Is your Idea of a bad cor
poration?" "One that pays less than a 3D per cent
dividend." Washington Star.
"Papa, a man In the paper says that
when President Roosevelt goes to Africa,
lie will be attacked by the insects."
"Yes, son."
"Then why don't he go there with the
mosquito fleet?" Baltimore American.
"Study the careers of our successful
men," said the person who gives sdvlce.
"That's what I have been doing," an
swered the observant youth. "These In
vestigations Indicate that some of them
succeeded by not knowing anything abtMti
their business." Washington Star.
He was quite daied by her beauty.
"Good night," he presently said.
"Good night," she answered coldlw
"And I only want to say," she ssrcestlcaliy
added, "that I am aorry to find that you
are the sort of young man who would
even hesitate to take a bunch of mistletoe
for an annual excuse."
Then ha woke up. Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
"Some women," said Mr. Ifewltgua, "are
awfully hard to - please. Made my wife
a Christmas present of 11,000, and yet she
doesn't seem to appreciate It."
"Great Scott!" said the other man. "In
cash?"
"Same thing." answered Mr. Hewllgus.
"I told her the other day I would get
my life Insured for that amount of money
and give her the policy, and all she said
was: 'But think, Henry, how long I may
have to wait for It!" "Chicago Tribune.
E. S. Wilcox, Mgr.