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8TATEMENT OF CIRCULATION,
i'tate of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.:
George B. Taschuck. treasurer of The
Bee Publ.shlng c.mpany. being duly 'worn
Fays that the actual number of full and
compute copies of The Dally, Morning.
Evening and ..ndy Bee printed dur ng t he
month of December. was as follows.
1..
37,780
17 an, iv
37,810 IS-.
, ..36,800
3 37,370
4 37.090 20..
S 37,630 II..
6 37,360 22..
7 37,840 23..
8 37,040 24..
9 ss.sio 25..
10 3S.T90 26..
. .36,780
..37.880
, .36,860
..37,010
. .37,030
..37,000
. .38,460
, .36,930
11 48,880
12 36.M0
27 37,160
og 38,630
13 37,100 29
14 36,710 30
15 37,460 31
16 37,170
Total
Less unsold and returned copies.
. ..40,730
. . . 48,800
, . .48,860
.1,171,470
8,848
Net total
Dally average... 37,41
GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK,
Treasurer.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before me this Jlst day of December, 1901.
ROBERT HUNTER,
. Notary Public.
WHEN Ol'T OF TOWS.
Subscribers leaving: the city tem
'porarlly should have The .Bee
malted to tfcean. Address will be
changed as oftea aa reqaested.
It is still 1909.
Things are not supposed to look tbe
same in tbe cold gray dawn of the
morning after.
Extremes of temperature are a good
deal more comfortable than exposure
to earthquakes.
, Philadelphia is clamoring for stable
schools. Presumably for the training
of educated equlnes. '
; Instead of giving away more li
braries, Mr. Carnegie seems deter
mined to give away tho Steel trust.
"Honest John" Steel is a candidate
for mayor of Pittsburg. His last name
must have a familiar ring in Pitts
burg. '
Tommy Burns, It appears, received
mobt of his punishment around his
mouth, where ' moBt ' prise fighters
need it.
The Cuban army of pacification is
on Its way home. It might be as
signed to duty in Kentucky and
Tennessee,
A Pennsylvania poet has been ar
rested for stealing chickens. The
average poet has to make his living
with some side line.
"Laying on of hands may cure some
ills," says a well-known physician.
President Roosevelt Is trying the ex
periment on congress.
"Should actresses marry?" asks a
Paris paper. Perhaps, but they should
break themselves of the habit Of
marrying Nat Goodwin.
Washington dispatches announce
the invention of a noiseless fan. Do
not expect, however, to meet him at
the ball park next summer.
air. Bryan Is quoted as saying that
be would not trade positions with Mr.
Taft. That's a safe assertion. It
takes two to. make. a trade.
Mr. Hearst now claims that Mr.
Taft has adopted the Hearst policies.
The assertion can, of course, be proved
by Mr. Hearst's word for it.
If those Pittsburg councllmen have
not resolved to quit the graft game
during the new yeafthey should at
least resolve to raise the ante.
The democrats In congress can not
agree upon any plan of tariff revision
except to agree Jo denounce any meas
ure framed by the republicans.
In bis quest for tho house clerkship
of th coming Nebraska legislature
Candidate Cope has discovered that
there la a Richmond in the field.
Colonel George Harvey wants . Mr.
Harriman made head of the Panama
Canal commission-- Colonel Harvey
must have been reading about tho
Lane cut-oft.
The government must bo trying out
the endurance of the American soldiers
by sending those who have been In
Cuba for ' two years direct to Fort
Suelling. Minn. , ,
When that mw . automobile Is in
stalled for use of the police depart
ment provision should b made to pre
vent it becoming too much of
temptation for police court offenders
who would like a free auto ride.
VISGCISED REBATES. ;
In one of the most Important nd
far-reaching decisions growing out of
a Philadelphia case, the Interstate
Commerce commission orders the big
railroads that center in New York to
cease showing favoritism to that city
as against Philadelphia in the matter
of shipments of sugar, cement and a
number of other commodities. The
case Is particularly interesting, ss the
decision Is aimed at a practice which
has long obtained on the part of the
railroads in making concessions to one
city to the detriment of another.
The case was takes before the com
mission by a commercial organization
of Philadelphia and the showing made
that while Philadelphia had better
rates to manjr points, by reason of Its
location and water connections, New
York received nearly all the sugar
shipments by virtue of an arrangement
between the railroads and the Sugar
trust by which two-thirds of the re
fining was to be done around New
York, and the shipments were to be
divided among the railroads in equita
ble proportions. The railroads evened
the matter up by allowing lighterage,
cartage and other expenses, known as
"accessorial allowances," running
from 2 to 6 cents per hundred, thus
offsetting Philadelphia's other advan
tages. After a full hearing the commission
made short shrift of the case by de
claring that the "accessorial allow
ances" were simply rebates. In viola
tion of the law. "It is not a part of
the carriers' duty," reads the commis
sion's decision, "to bear the expense
of the transfer of goods from the ship
per to the carrier and for carriers to
compensate shippers for performing
duties which the shippers are legally
bound to do for themselves is for the
carriers to violate the law."
It is encouraging to And the Inter
state Commerce commission so prompt
in detecting and stopping the "ac
cessorial allowance" dodge. The re
sult will be to spur shippers every
where to be on their guard and to
insist on the equal treatment which
the law provides for them.
MILITARY TRAIXISQ Z.V SCHOOLS.
The general staff of the army has
Just received the final reports of in
spectors detailed In the last year to
examine the work of the students in
colleges and universities that receive
aid from the government to advance
the work of military training among
the students. About 100 Institutions
of learning have attached to them
army officers from 'either the active
or retired list and the government
makes appropriations for supplies and
ammunition for these cadet corps.
The reports of tbe Inspectors will not
be made public for some time, if at
all, but tbe statement Is' made that the
general staff is very much disap
pointed at the lack of progress shown
in the military departments of the
schools receiving this federal aid.
According to the inspectors, the
faculties in rriany Instances fail to
show any keen appreciation of the
work of the military branch and take
little or no pains to enforce the dis
cipline required for the creation of a
student body well drilled in primary
military tactics. In most of the
schools no provision is made for rifle
range practice, on which the depart
ment is growing more Insistent. As a
result of the investigations It is pre
dicted that many Institutions will have
difficulty in securing the assignment
of officers for their military depart
ments next year and may -Save the fed
eral allowance cut off entirely.
PUTTISQ CCBA TO THE TEST.
The United States troops have be
gun leaving Cuba, preparatory to the
final evacuation of the island and the
surrender of all Cuban affairs to the
newlyelected Cuban officials. It will
take several months to withdraw all
the troops, but after the formal trans
fer of control, on January 28, the mil
itary occupation by the United States
will come to an end and the pledges
made when the troops were sent to
the Island about two years ago will
hav been kept.
When the United States withdrew
its troops from Cuba, about two years
after the close of the war with Spain,
our conduct was approved throughout
the world, indicating, as it did, an un
selfish desire on our part to aid the
new republic without thought of col
onial extension in that direction. With
marked foresight, Senator Piatt of
Connecticut succeeded, before the
withdrawal of our troops, in forcing
the Cubans to adopt an amendment to
their constitution giving the United
States the right, and making It its
duty, to Intervene whenever the local
government might prove " unable to
mafntaln order. Accordingly when the
Palma government collapsed some two
years ago owing to an. Insurgent up
rising, it was under this authority that
the United States again took charge
of the affairs of the island. v
There has been a sentiment iu Cuba
for many years In favor of annexation
to the United States. Jbe annexation
advocates pressed their case,' when the
Palma government fal)fji,v but Preel
dent Roosevelt and, Secretary Taft re
fused to listen to their overtures
They made it nUlrf, however, that if
It should again become necessary- for
us to intervene, Cuban independence
would becom a memory and annexa
tion would bt inevitable. The with
drawal of the American troops, now
in progress, therefore puts Cuba to the
test, tho result of which will decide
the island's future.
It the Cubans have learned their
lesson . and prove themselves capable
of maintaining a stable self-govern
ment tbe United States will be well
out and everybody will be glad of It,
aa thero is no strong sentiment in this
country for adding Cuban troubles to
our own. Unfortunately, the Cuban
character is such that the outlook for
long continued maintenance of a sta
ble and enlightened government Is not
encouraging. The Cuban's idea of
patriotism is holding an office, and
when the outs are deprived for any
length of time from connection with
the government payroll they are very
prone to take to the woods and start
a revolution.
The newly-elected president of the
republic, General Gomez, undoubtedly
represents a, majority of the people,
but it remains to be seen whether he
can long resist the revolutionists, al
ways active. The situation Is compli
cated by the fact that most of the for
eigners, who control the sugar and
tobacco plantations, prefer annexation,
even to the extent, It Is charged, of
encouraging effort to break down the
local governments as rapidly as they
are established. Under such circum
stances our people will have more
hope than confidence in Cuban success.
JAIL FEEDIXQ J,V IOWA.
In a report to the Iowa State Board
of Control the warden of the Fort
Madison penitentiary has directed at
tention to the bad conditions generally
prevailing In county Jails throughout
the state, and particularly the vicious
system of Jail feeding under which the
sheriff collects a fat per diem for every
prisoner boarded. So long as the sheriff
makes money out of every prisoner In
his custody the temptation to hold him
as long as possible and to underfeed
him is almost irresistible. Instead of
conducting the Jail for the benefit of
the community and the reformation or
punishment of criminals, it becomes a
money-making industry for the benefit
of the sheriff.
The objectionable features of the
Iowa system of county Jail feeding
have been removed here in Omaha and
Douglas county by the law enacted by
the last legislature, requiring the fur
nishing of meals to prisoners to be let
on contract with stipulated specifica
tions as to quantity and quality of
food. This reform has worked not
only a saving lu money, but also a sal
utary change in the practice of with
holding prisoners after conviction
from delivery at the penitentiary.
The reform accomplished in Omaha
and Douglas county can be and should
be extended to other counties la Ne
braska, and likewise furnishes the
effective argument of a successful ob
ject lesson to re-enforce what the
Iowa warden has recommended to the
Iowa State Board of Control. It is
gratifying to know that Nebraska has
made the start In this direction first,
but other states will have to follow
soon, because the old system is fast
becoming more and more discredited
and discreditable and cannot be de
fended. Justice Crane has performed a last-
ng service In barring the details of
Thornton J. Hains' marital troubles
from the evidence offered in the case
charging Hains with murder. The
question is whether the Hains broth
ers are morally and legally guilty of
killing Annls, regardless of whether
Hains and his wife lived amicably or
otherwise.
The Omaha Real Estate exchange
has been discussing the demand for
cheaper 'rents. The rent proposition
is strictly a question of supply and de
mand. So long as there is a demand
for more houses and dwellings than
are to be had In desirable localities the
rents will not come down.
The courts have held the fire Insur
ance companies are not liable on poli
cies they held on buildings burned by
the night riders in Kentucky. The
Kentucky planter, apparently, has no
protection from the insurance com
panies ' and none from the state au
thorities. The authoritative statement is' made
by the State department that J. Ham
Lewis is not going to Japan on any
mission for the government. Let it
pass. It is good news enough to know
that J. Ham Is going to the far east
and will be away for some months.
Mr. Roosevelt will have much spare
time after he returns from Africa to
become associate editor of the Out
look. He might even find time to de
liver a course of lectures at the
Pulitzer school of journalism.
They are still quarreling in Wash
ington over the question whether John
Paul Jones or Commodore John Barry
was the rather oi tne American
navy.". Tbe flgbt should be dropped.
There's glory enough for all.
The original purpose of tha Red
Cross society was to relieve suffering
in war, .bat it ia doing equally praise
worthy work in succoring the victims
of great nature catastrophes of more
than national import.
Whether the legislative committees
are chosen In caucus or appointed by
the speaker, they will be chosen to fit
the desires of the corporate Interests
that helped give Nebraska a demo
cratic legislature.
Omaha's telephone rate war is to be
one-sided for tho present. Presuma
bly neither telephone company wants
the war tariff to be conclusive as to
what constitutes reasonable rates IA
tha hereafter.
An experienced traveler states that
when Mr. Roosevelt goes to Africa he
will be attacked by insects. That will
not disturb him. He has been through
several political campaigns.
Those city hall glastlcutuses will
have an action for slander against the
couDcilmen who have officially re
f erred to them ss "cats, dogs and
other tame animals."
Raw Malarial Omitted.
Washington Star.
In estimating the eost of the Panama
canal no consideration Is given t the
enormous expenditures for typesetting and
paper for which It Is responsible.
Taey lilt the TaaV Hard.
Boston Transcript.
The finding against' the Standard Oil
companies In Missouri Is a triumph not
only for Attorney General and Governor
elect iradley, but Indirectly for Miss Ida
Tarbell, -whose history of that Industry
supplied considerable of the ammunition.
In Reversed Order.
1 Cleveland Plain Dealer.
According to a Pullman official, the up
per berth is a better traveling proposition
than the lower one. Possibly lie has In
mind the reversed order of things when
the car goes In the ditch and turns upside
down.
Giver aad Taker Execrated.
Philadelphia Record.
The most encouraging feature of the ex
posure and prosecution of grafters In Pitts
burg Is that both the bribe-givers and the
bribe-takers are held up In common exe
cration. The men who buy unfair advan
tages from the city officials are -equally
guilty with the men who sell. It usually
happens, however, that the purchasers In
such cases are themselves hirelings who
are used as cat'spawa by individuals or cor
porations too cunning to take the direct
risks involved.
A Novelty In Coarts,
Cleveland Plain Dealer. '
Governor-elect Lilley of Connecticut, who
won some panning fame by spending $22,000
to win an office paying 14,000, this week
faces an election court, said to be the
first ever assembled in the United States.
Mr. Lilley and a friend associated with him
In the recent campaign, are accused of
violating the corrupt practices act. The
special election court, provided tor by this
law of 1906, is now called to consider the
question whether the. governor-elect made
an Improper use of money.
Pathetic Plaints of the Poor.
"Kansas City Times.
The Santa Fe railway's net earnings tor
the month of November were 1 million
dollars greater than for the same month
of a year earlier. But be not deceived Into
assuming that this helps at all to prove
that the railways can make money at the
2-cent passenger rate or at reduced
freight rates. Walt till the railway ex
pert witnesses get their minds and pen
cils to work on those figures and see If
they don't prove beyond the "peradven
ture of a doubt" that this increase of
profits means that the railways are going
Into bankruptcy and that the widows and
orphans who own railway stocks are get
ting ready to move into a home for the
friendless.
Waste cf Coal.
Philadelphia Reoord.
The most important result attained by
the mining congress at PltUburg was in
obtaining the assurance of a more general
co-operation on the part of federal and
state governments and mining corpjrations
to prevent loss of life and waste of ma
terlal. Coal ia wasted both in the mining
and in the burning. The establishment of
a bureau of mines and mining appeara to
be certain. This it, deemed to be the beat
means of co-ordlnatipg, future effort and
experience in ascertaining the causes of
mine fatalities, of tnskrlng the adoption of
suitable and scleiftifa measures of waste
prevention, and of procuring the non-con
fltctlng, necessary state and federal ltgls
lation. i
BEST JMKW YEAR RESOLUTION.
The Golden Rale aa a Beacon on Life's
Highway.
Edward Markham In Success.
The noblest resolution that any citizen
could make for the New Year would be
the resolution to live more faithfully by
the Golden Rule, that sublime principle of
conduct for this world and for all worlds
Failure to live by this law causes the chief
sorrows and collisions among men.
Let each earnest man search Into his
words and ways, determined to find the
special manner In which he breaks the
Golden law his special habit that works
injustice or unhapplness In his shop, his
office, his home, his city. He will find
perhaps, that in the shop he Is In the habit
of misplacing tools, and this hinders the
work of his comrades; that In the office he
ia in the habit of being late In keeping ap
pointments, and thus steals other people's
time; that In the club he la In the habit of
belittling worthy competitors, and thus
joins the gang of thieves who ateal repu
tations; that In the home he Is In the
habit of monopolizing the conversation.
and thus falls to draw out tha powers of
others; that in tho city he Is in the habit
of spitting on the sidewalk, and thus spoils
tha comfort of his townsmen; that In bus
iness he Is In tha habit of misrepresenting
his goods, and thus robs under the cover
of custom.
These are the problems in the Golden
Rule; and here are ample apaco and verge
for New Year resolutions space and verge
for building; character, character which is
the greatest thing In man.
MISSOURI AS A BOINCER.
Showmvs Show Their Neighbors How
to Do It.
PiUaburg Dispatch.
Missouri's supreme court by unanlmnus
decision has ousted tho Standard OI Com
pany of Indiana and the Republic Oil Com
pany of Ohio from doing business in that
state and given the Waters-Pierce company
until' January U to signify Its consent to
operate Independently. This latter leniency
to a company so closely involved In Texas
litigation smirching the reputation of
United Etatea senator was explicl ly stated
to be evoked by the justice In preserving
the rights of minority stockholders, lu
had voted against the affiliation with tha
Standard company, pere.
What the practical effect of thla ouete.
may be remains problematical, so devlou
and numerous are the ways of evasion,
but the upholding of the state's control by
this moat effective method of dealing with
monopoly ia something g med In the strug
gle to restrain illegal corporate practices.
However, Governor-elect Hartley, who, as
attorney g noral, la entitled to the full
meed of praise for his success in f gh Ing
tbe suU to victory, in his public comment
seems to forget that Ohio dissolved the
parent organisation several years ago and
the obtaining of a New Jersey char.fr fol
lowed. Perhaps his statement that his was
tha first case sga rst the truit means only
that It antedau-d federal pros cutlon.
Tha Standard Oil Company of Indian
thus ousted la tha same subsidiary com pa y
Involved in tha famou ;S,0lO,0uO fine Im
posed by Judge Land now pending before
tha supreme, court of the L'nlted States
upon the government's application for a
writ of certiorari to bring the whole record
before It. Tha M seourl proceei'Jng did not
Indulge In the scholastic debate ove
whether a series of I .ICS rehate grants made
aa many of tenses, or cons ltut d an entire
violation punishable only owe, but wit i t le
accredited dlrectuess of tha Uiaa iur.an the
whole tnst'tution was summarily ejected
from the state.
OTHER I.A.N IU THAN OI R9.
Emperor William Is reported to be much
depressed these days. The royal tired feel
ing is generally ascribed to the Jolt given
the "divine right" by the Relchatttg in the
recent controversy over the emperor's lo
quacity in foreign relations. In Itself this
would he a reasonable explanation, but
there are other causes no less irritating.
The royal purse Is depleted and bills are
piling up against the royal household with
the same regularity and persistence noted
by managers of ordinary domestlo establish
ments. The emperor's expenses are on ao
gorgeous a scale that the outgo exceeds an
Income conservatively estimated at 110,000,-
OOW a year. Last summer hints Were con
veyed to the proper quarters that an ad
vance of salary would be welcome and
very much appreciated, but they did not
pcoduce the required effect. Intimations
aro now made that unlets a raise is forth
coming presently the emperpr will econo
mise by selling a few of ma castles, cut 6ut
his racing yachts and other sporting
pastimes, bounce the cook and make his
personal staff work for a living. Should
the Reichstag bear unmoved the probabil
ity of these changes, or fall to respond to
the cry of distress. It will Justly be classed
as an unpatriotic and phlegmatic body. The
chief interest in the situation, however,
lies In the prospect It affords Americans
from the fatherland of purchasing a castle
reeking with the odors of royalty.
Ever since the British penetrated the
hallowed precincts of Tibet and threw
aside the curtains of that mysterious
region, the Dalai Lama, grand mogul of
the people, has been a wanderer In China,
man without a country, seeking support
and sympathy from the Chinese. Though
repeatedly advised, In diplomatic phrases,
to go back home and stay there, he per
sisted In his pious pilgrimage and struck
Peking in time to participate In the royal
obsequies. The new regime, having charge
of the funeral arrangements, did. not de
sire a Tlbetian division In the procession,
and said so. When the Lama sought to
argue the question he was shown one of
the gates In the great wall and told to
go. The incident Is instructive in show
ing Chinese indifference to the preten
sions and troubles of a shattered Idol.
China has troubles of Ha own and the new
administration wisely refuses to borrow
others. The crestfallen Lama and his
retinue Is In full retreat, headed for
Tibet, exuding odors of sanctity along
the westward highway.
By all accounta the women of Turkey
were conspicuous above the male popula
tion of Constantinople In public mani
festations of Joy over the Inauguration of
Parliament. It Is admitted that they were
a powerful element of the forces which
overthrew the Ottoman - oligarchy and in
stituted constitutional government. The
women were the greatest sufferer under
the old regime. Their position was little
better .than gilded and pampered slavery.
They reasoned that a change could not
make their situation worse. The light of
civilization, which penetrated the screens
of their prison homes, in spite of all efforts
to shut it out, could not fail to bring hope
to the Inmates and awaken a desire for
the freedom and capacity of their west
ern sisters.
There Is one section of east Aflra where
Theodore Roosevelt and his companion
hunters will be heartily welcomed. In the
Killmatlndo district of the Ueambra moun
tains lions are raiding the cattle ranches
of white men and leopards are fattening
off their sheep. These beasts of prey are
under government ban 'and liberal rewards
are paid for their hides and heads. Other
animals protected by law, such as antelopes,
cebras, giraffes and cstrlches. are almost
equally voracious In consuming domestic
animala and fowl, and In destroying grain
fields and garden truck. No fences yet
constructed can keep them out. Bottlers
supplement the government bounty with
head money for lions and leopards, and
hunting these animals has been greatly
stimulated. Should the Roosevelt expedi
tion visit lYiumsunae it win receive a
cordial reception and every assistance In
filling Its bag. If some of the law-protected
animala should accidentally or
otherwise receive a dum bullet the legal
penalty will be cherfully remitted.
Political trade unionism In Great Btltlan
was dealt a blow of some Severity Jn the
judicial decision that the unions could
not use their funds to pay salaries to mem
bers of Parliament. The practice of pay
ing such salaries arese because no member
Is paid out of the government treasury.
and meipbers chosen to the house through
trade union influence have bwn too poor
to devote their time to parliamentary
service without a fund for their support
The grounds for the decision are, In effect
that trado unions are not given a special
position, with exceptional' Immunities, un
der the law. In order that they might de
velop Into political organisations support
Ing a particular party. It tvcmi that the
trade union members thus supported by
salaries were bound by a pledge, before
election, to support the labor party In the
House of Commons and obey its parlla
mcntary whip. Inasmuch as tho minority
of the trade unions were politically op.
posed to this practice. It was held that they
were oppressed In being assessed for the
aupport of political parties which they
disapproved, while the principle of paying
a member a salary, under a pledgo to vote
always a certain way, violated the principle
which ia at the basis of the law forbidding
bribery at flections and In Parliament.
It is a bit astonishing to learn from an
official source that the most famoua eX'
tensive and beautiful municipal park In
the world yields a larger revenue In money
to the city In which it Is located than tha
cost of maintaining it. It cost the city of
Paris $142,000 to care for the Bola de
Boulogne last year, and tho revenue from
the rental of the numerous pavilions in
the park, where all Paris takes tea and
dines in summer, was $154,000. The ex
pedlency of thus making a great publio
park yield a large net revenue from pri
vate concessions may be open to question,
but so long as they add to the attractions
of the park they are quite permissible
from the public viewpoint. The particu
larly notable thing about thla showing Is
that the total expense of maintaining this
beautiful park, which contains 2,260 acres,
Is only $142,000 a year.
Mrs. Carrie Nation should turn her at
tentlcnto the Belgians. Two years ago
M. Vandervelde, leader of the socialist
party, founded a teetotalers association
In Brussels under tha name of the Good
Templars league. He was anxious to
make the league a branch of the socialist
federation, but owing to the regulations
In force this cffuld not be dene until the
league numbered at least twenty-seven
members. It is now announced as a great
achievement that the total of twenty
seven down-right teetotalers has been
reached after twenty-four months efforts
In a.ctty of over SuO.uOO Inhabitants.
Extradlasi tha Bonadarlas.
Boston Herald.
Thea present indication that the territory
included within the scops of the movement
for tha conservation of our national re
sources will In due course be bounded on
the north by the Aurora Borealls, on the
csst by tbs Rising Sun. on the south by
the Procession of the Equinoxes and on
the west by the Day of Judgment.
EAniNG A llRtfil.KM A.E.
A Fatare Possibility that onl.1 Make
Life "a Perfect Itrentn."
Washington Pi si.
It Is the plaint of the druggists of Chi
cago and Ronton that America l rapidly
approaching tho drugless age. Their evi
dence Is worth while, because It is based
upon the testimony of the picket nerve.
which tells them that their tales of drugs
have decreased from one-thiid to cnc-half,
ss compared with sales a decade ago. But
It will not do to jump to the conclusion that
Americans are becoming pretern ituia ly
healthy; they are simply cutting out the
dope and submitting their Ills to saner
and safer remedies. The glories of the old
days of Jalap and Ipecac, blue mass and
colocynth have departed, leaving few, It
any, mourners.
Naturally there are ninny claimants for
the honor of this victory over drugs. The
various mind-cure schools, physical cul-
turlsts. and those who have warred on
patent medicine, alike strenuously protest
that the credit Is theirs, but, as a matter
of fact, the past decade particularly has
witnessed a great change In the practice
of legitimate medklne, well Illustrated by
Dr. Osier's statement that he could get
along In his practice without any drugs
except occasionally nux vomica. This state
ment aroused a storm of protest at the
time It was made, but It voiced In an epi
gram the creed of the new school of drug
less treatment.
German and French physicians have made
the greatest progress In this direction of
giving nature an opportunity to effect its
own cures, but the effect of their teachings
Is felt more and more every year in the
more advanced American hospitals. At the
Massachusetts General hospital, for in
stance, drugs have been eliminated in the
treatment of about one patient In seven. In
European centers of medical learning the
proportion of drugless treatment 1s even
greater. It la said. In addition to this, a
certain amount of credit for the lessened
sales of drugs must be given to the more
healthful out-of-door life which Increasing
numbers of Americans have been living for
a decade past. The Irtve of free-air sport
la making a stronger, healthier race at
the expense of the druggist and the doctor.
Another significant factor in the situation
that hits the druggist's bank account Is the
greatly reduced sales of patent medicines.
They have suffered wtlh the other drugs,
and the day seems past when even the
most militant and audacious advertising of
these wares can make millionaires, aa has
been the case up to within a few years.
However, the spread of prohibition leaves
a wide and profitable field for stimulat
ing elixirs.
AN INDUSTRIAL. PHENOMENON.
Peculiarities of the Ebb aad Flow of
the llama a Tide.
Philadelphia Record.
In his annual report, of which the data
on migration have already been given in
these columns. Secretary Straus, of the
Department of Commerce and Labor, says
that never before has there been such
a multitude of returning aliens. This
enormous emigration Is partially due to
the competition of the great steamship
companies in cheapening ocean transpor
tation during a portion of the year, but it
was caused In much greater degree by the
business depression and accompanying loaa
of employment for industrious hands. In
the untoward business condition that pre'
vailed the outflow of more people by up
ward of 6,000 than tha Inflow Is anything
but a calamity. So far from It, this reflux
movement has operated as a safety valve.
Instead of folding their hands and com
plaining of the misery more than 700,000
aliens have taken steamships In search of
employment elsewhere, or In visiting their
old homes, expecting to return under better
auspices and leaving better opportunities
of employment for those who remain be
hind. It is to be hoped that such an indus
trial and social phenomenon as the depar
ture of more emigrants than arrive will
never again ba witnessed in this land. The
outflow of more than 700,000 Industrious
working people ia one of the most striking
Indications of the severity of the late crisis.
In a period of great Industrial activity It
would be as disastrous In Its effects as a
general strike. On he other hand, there
Is no question that the ocean movement
to and fro promoted by cheap transporta
tion constitutes one cf the most potent
factors In modern progress. In making
people of different rationalities better ao
qvalnted with each other It tends to les
sen and finally expel the antipathies of
race that have contributed almost as much
as animosity of religious sects did for
irerly to wars among men. By affording
opportunities of employment or business in
one country when they ft.ll in another it
mitigates the feelings of discontent with
tha conditions of life and thus keeps down
the recruitments to the ranks of socialism
erd anarchy. In former ages when men
were stirred by the migratory Impluse they
moved slowly in immense mosses to taka
forcible posaesslon of a new habitat. Now
they bave only to purchase a cheap steam
ship to be wafted In a few days to any
desirable quarter of the globe.
BENEFACTIONS OK JU08.
MnnlBcent Gifts Running; Well Into
the Millions.
Chicago Tribune.
Tha figures of the year's benefactions run
Into the millions. More than ninety of .these
millions, cither by gift or bequest, have
been devoted to the betterment of men
and women and children during 19o8. In
round numbers the colleges snd educational
Institutions have received $40,000,000; char
itable enterprises of all kinds another $40,
OuO.000; religious organizations (regular con
tributions not Included). $6.0uO,OW; muse
ums, art galleries and municipal Improve
ments, $5,000,000; and libraries about $1,000,
000. In the latter direction the amount
shows a decided fulling off over previous
yeara. This, of course, la due to Mr. Car
negie's change In his library policy. He
has planted library buildings all over the
country and put in conditional leases under
them until there Is no further need of his
help, but In all other directions the stream
of philanthropy runs bank full In all Its old
channels.
In this connection Andrew Carnegie, John
D. Rockefeller and Mrs. Rdaaell Sage, as
usual, head the list of the philanthropists.
Mr. Carnegie has given away $3,4t'9.6u0, and
there is an Implied promise on his part
also that an additional ten millions will be
forthcoming ere long for the benefit of the
Carnegie Technical school endowment. Mr.
Rockefeller's gifts amount to $'J.!C!4,0uO. and
might have been much larger had It not
been a hard, uncertain year for the Stan
dard Oil benefactor and beneficiary. Mrs.
Russell Sage has given away $1,242,700 of
the accumulations which her lute husband
so wisely left to her philanthropic disposi
tion. 8o, thinking these things over, "behold
how a good deed shines In a naughty
world!" and reflect "Thla world's not half
so bad a world as soma would like to
make It."
Strlvlasr for EaTert.
Pittsburg Di-patch.
Whatever may be said of Gompers and
his associates it may be remarked of the
judge who sentenced them that ha was
rather too Roossveltlan In his languauge.
"Error of misguldad leaders swollen by
pigmy power" savors of Imitation.
I'RIKlittl, NOTES.
Yoitn llHrgls of Kentucky Is likely to
escape punishment after all. He only kill'!
his father, and his father was a bad
man.'
It Is said there were rlhty-elglit mem
bers of tho Pittsburg city council whont
you did not hr.vc to han.Vuff or whoss
feet you did not have to tie before forc
ing It Into their pockets. ,
Mr. Burns, p'igillst, says he will never
ftaht again. He hns made $,mo In the
ring and the Income will keep him from
want. It appears that a young man still
has a chnnce If he's built right and Isn't
yellow.
Mrs. M:iry Weaver has bern appointed
In one of the neighborhoods of Chicago to
take the place of the policeman, as she
has a very great Influence over tha boys
of streets Included. She has ten children
of her own, and is very highly regarded
by the boys, who are perfectly willing to
obey her, although they made Ufa miser
able for the policemen.
A Boston jewelry store has a reflector
so placed that a clerk behind a screen can
see all that goes on at the diamond dis
play counter. Last week a man was ar
rested while trying to substitute one ring
for another having the same tag. Ths
police found that tha thief had a peni
tentiary record and that a number of stolen
diamonds were In his rockets.
Olfford Plnchot, chief of the forestry
bureau, and chairman of the national con
servation committee, left Washington yes
terday for Canada and later Mexico, bear
ing Invitations from President Roosevelt
to President Diss of Mexico, and Premier
Laurler and IjotA Gray of Canada, to ap
point delegates to the national conserva
tion conference here February 18, next.
SMILING REMARKS.
"It's funnv all sutos have the tobacco
habit isn't it?"
"The tobacco habit?"
"Yes, l understand that the gasoline ears
mil. ul.llA win. I d lt wltll-
OUt a plug." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Isabel Auntie, pray tell mo why yrw
never married.
Wasabel Child, T waited too long for a
prince, when I might have had a dulce.
Chicago Tribune.
"OI hear they do be slndln' messages
now wldout woires or poles. Faith, It's
wondherful tolmes we're living In, Dennis."
"It Is, Molke. Bhure, th" way things 1
goln' we'll be able to thravel wldout lavln'
home wan av thlra days." Judge.
"I suppose you have asked that titled
suitor about his pedigree?"
"No," answered Mr. Cumrox. "We wers
both too tactful to let anything; happen.
He gave me a book In genealogy that covers
his case and I presented him with a marked
copy of a commercial agency's report."
Washington Star.
"Onlya business letter," explained tha
blushing daughter as she saw curious looks
cast at her mail.
"Yes," said her father, sarcastically, "It
does look remarkably like a sealed pro
posel." Baltimore American.
"I forgot something." said the husband.
"Yes," pouted the wife, "you forgot to
kiss me."
"That may be. but what I cams back
for was my overshoes." Louisville Courier
Journal. WOMAN'S SPHERE OVERTURNED
Lurana W. Sheldon, In New Tork Times.
In a few brief words or so
I propose to fully show
That emancipated woman Is ths handi
work of man.
And I further rise to state
That her status at thla date
Proves that she has been constructed on
en economlo plan.
When man first observed her kind.
This one thought ran through his mind,
"She's a mighty pretty oroature. but she
-ought to have some clothes! ,
So he thumped her on the back,
BHld. "Stay home and mind the shack!"
Then he started out and bought her kilts
or bloomers and some hotte.
Now this poor chap did not guess
Woman'a Instincts turned toward dress,
So he couldn't gauge tho outcome of his
really tender care;
Rut hlie showed him right away
That her clothes had come to stay.
And she kept him on the hustle for stiK
other things to wear.
Now, no primal man was built
Like a Gould or Vanderbllt.
lie could earn his homespun jumpers
and her modest togs, perhaps.
But she hankered now for frills.
And she made him pay the bills,
Till she drove him to his corner with ths
price of boots and caps.
Now of course, you plainly see
Man was noble as could be,
But his foresight was myopic where a
woman was concerned;
And because "have clothes they would"
Wives got work where'er they could.
And right here the sphere for woman
was completely overturned.
BABY'S ITCHING
Girl of Six Months had Fearful
Attack of Eczema Spread All
Over Her Face and Eyes Began to
Swell Scratched Till Blood
Came Relieved In a Night and
CURED BY CUTICURA
AFTER LONG SUFFERING
"When my little girl was six months
eld I noticed small red spots on her
right cheek. I did not
pay any attention to
them but finally ths
spots grew so largs
that I sent for tha doo
tor who said it was
ringworm. Hs Dre-
scribed an ointment
which I used for two
weeks, but instead of
helping ths eruption,
the ointment seemed
to make It worse. Then I went to a
second doctor who after examining tbe
baby said it was ecsnms. He also save
me an ointment which did not nelp
either. Tbe disease in the meantime
spread all over the face and the eyes
began to swell. I became very antlous.
The itching grew intolerable. I bad to
tie the baby's bands to tbe cradle to
prevent her scratching. The cheeks
were covered with blood and it was a
terrible sight to see. I consulted doo
tors from September to December, but
they were unable to cure the baby. I
paid out from twenty to thirty dollars
without relief.
"One of my friends told me of the
Cuticura Remedies and I sent at one
for a set which I began to use that even
ing. The next morning the baby's face
was all white instead of red and you can
linagiue how surprised I was. I cannot
find words enough to praise Cuticura
and I do not know what would have
heroine of my baby only for it. I used
the Cuticura Remedies until theecsema
entirely disappeared. The child is now
throe years old and quite well. I used
three cake of Cuticura Koap, two boxes
of Cuticura Ointment and one bottle of
Cuticura Keaolvunt and I never use any
other soap. I always reoonunend I beta
whenever there is a channe for doing so,
1 will send you one of her pictures
which she had taken lust after she was
healed. Mrs. P. K. tiuutbin, riheldon.
la., July 13, IU08." .
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