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    THE BEK: OMAHA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1900.
in., umaiia Daily Bee.
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statement: vf circulation.
State of Nebraska, Douglas County, as.:
Oeorgo B. Tzschuck, treasurer of The
Ho Publishing Company, being duly
worn, says that the actual number of full
and complete copies of The Dally, Morn
ing, Evening and Sunday Heo printed dur
ing the month of November, 1909, was aa
follows:
1 49,070 16. 41J30
I ,. 43,050 IT 411,160
I 43,70ft ' )l 41,400
4 43,10 .; II 41,390
8 4a,45fl -.20 41,950
6 43,170 ' It 40,340
1 40,040 ' 12. ....... . 41,840
8 41,934 it 41,790
43,160. 14., 41.79J
10 41,830 ' 11 41,700
11 41.760 , tl 43,340
Vi 43,680 a 7 41,810
11 41,780 21. 40,400
14 40,100 . 21.. 41,850
ii 41,800 Itf. 4180
Total .103,860
Returned Copies 9,845
Net Total ,.1,843,005
lalj Average 41,768
OEO. B. TZSCHUCK, Treasurer.
Subscribed in my presence and aworn to
btfore me this lnl day of December, la. It.
teaJ) M. P. WALKER,
Notary Public.
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porarily should hare The Ilea
mailed to theiu. Address will be
changed as ofteu as requested.
Now to make the next twelve months
a ten-strike.
The death of the year cannot be at
tributed to high ferer.
Before he was "flred Zelaya should
have had a Maxim silencer affixed to
his. rauile; .- !'. ; ' ! . ? "'
According to the news reports Eliza
would have no 'trouble crossing the
Ohio these days.
A gala of forty millions is noted in
the customs receipts1 at the port of New
York,, t Iane on . Loeb.
The screenlcsH saloon has reached
South Omaha, but. R" yet none of the
doors have been locked on this ac
count. ' .
Who will decide when the mayor,
the city council, and the City engineer
all want 'to use the auto at the same
time? '" 11 " 1
We may jook for a great outpouring
of Indiana's favorite Beverldge when
Lew Wallace 'breaks Into the hall of
fame.
If Copenhagen' knew what a lot of
babies had to be rechristened she might
have let the name Cook stay untar
nished. '
The city council made short work of
the unexpended balance in the. general
fund. But perhaps some of the things
ordered are really needed.
Mr. Bryan bad , an opportunity to
visit Cuba in 1898 In. company with a
very distinguished assemblage of Ne
braskan, but he preferred then the at
mosphere, of Washington.
Walter Wellman, . who didn't dis
cover the North pole, Is now exploring
Washington in search of signs of a war
between, jfexlco and the United States,
As in the Arctic, ha seems to be trying
the gasbag route.
The "Merry Widow" dog evidently
had its company manners on and re
sented the familiarity of Its fair mis
tress at the dog show. Happily, the
bite, was in the air and not in anything
more substantial.
Those who lament that they never
saw a purple cow may console them
selves by taking a look at Gelett Bur
gess" latest newspaper picture, portray
ing the Author; growing purple In the
face ovtir. a cigarette. "
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Wlth-Dlxle') as a national song
and a famous "Tennessee confederate
given aft-ovation on his access to the
United Stjita,enate, wo may all settle
down with tho comfortable feeling that
it is pleasant for brethren to dwell to
gether in unity
: ' ' .,',! ?
Oovernor. Shsllenberger will Joid
with Governor Haskell and Governor
Koch In a-conference on the guaranty
deposit jlav cadaver. . They probably
will nofaccept It, but the best advice
they could" follow at present is to "let
the dead -and beautiful rest."
The Otlp. river will now take , the
center qtk stage and do some stunts
with Ice'gOrges and high water, provid
ing another most eloquent argument
In favor of the general plan of Improv
ing lnlajhd Vatarways. This stream is
the only, great i-Jver of , America that
carries any enormous amount of traffic
and Its tynroly behavior from time to
time has uvado- U decidedly spectacular
as well us u'sefu ' '(
Courage of His Convictions.
In adhering to his resolve to trans
mit to congress a special message ad
vising additional anti-trust and Inter
state commerce regulation. President
Taft gives prompt and emphatic answer
to' those special pleaders who urged
him to defer such action for political
reasons. Mr. Taft is not a politician,
and In his sticking to his convictions
and having the courage to declare
them he Is establishing more firmly
that general confidence to which as the
president of the whole people be Is
entitled.
In bis Inaugural address last March,
Mr. Taft announced his policy concern
ing corporations In these words: "I
hope to be able to submit, at the first
regular session of the incoming con
gress, In December next, definite sug
gestions In respect to tho needed
amendments to the anti-trust and the
Interstate commerce laws, and the
changes required In the executive de
partments concerned In their enforce
ment. "It is believed that with the changes
recommended, American business can
be assured of that measure of stability
and certainty in respect to those things
that mav be done and those that are
prohibited, which is essential to the
life and growth of all business. Such
a plan must include the right of the
people to avail themselves of those
methods of combining capital and ef
fort deemed necessary to reach the
highest degree of economic efficiency,
at the same time differentiating be
tween combinations based upon legiti
mate economic reasons and those
formed with the intent of creating
monopolies and artificially controlling
prices.
"The work of formulating into prac
tical shape such changes is creative
work of the highest order and requires
all the deliberation possible In the in
terval. I believe that the amend
ments to be proposed are just as nec
essary in the protection of legitimate
business as in the clinching of the re
forms which properly bear the name
cf my predecessor."
It is timely to recall this pronounce
ment now, for unquestionably the
forthcoming special message will be
found to be based on deliberation
along the lines herein indicated. And
the president's firmness in developing
his own ideas in accordance with his
original stand will be accepted by
thoughtful citizens as a reaffirmation
of his consistent policy, Judicially pur
sued regardless' of the voice of parti
sanship. His present altitude In de
clining to be swerved by some of his
advisers on the plea of politics is in
harmony with one Of the first of his
announcements after he took the oath
of office, that he declined, to be drawn
into any political controversies within
the states.
Races and Sanitation.
The theory of Dr. Stiles of the marine
hospital service that the hookworm
disease Is a result of white and black
races trying to live in the same cli
mate is likely 'to find' little sympathy
among practical people, who are be
coming somewhat surfeited with ab
struse philosophizing concerning the
Ills that flesh inherits.
England has for generations shown
to the world that the white man can
live In ancient pest spots regardless of
racial population, and the Briton has
not only successfully acclimated him
self to the intensely different condl
tions of such countries as India, but
has also vastly improved the health ex
pe.-ience of the natives, by the simple
process of spreading ; the gospel of
cleanliness. What England has ac
complished in her colonies we have
done in Cuba and Panama, proving
that sanitation Is the safeguard for any
race, and that the question of health
is not dependent upon maintaining
aloofness from brethren of different
hues.
It has been the experience of the
world that the superior race draws the
Inferior up, not that the Inferior drags
the superior down, and the white man
has nothing to fear from his black, red
or yellow neighbor in the matter of
health, provided all follow the same
hygienic rules of living. Sanitation,
not separation of the races, is the so
lution of the problem of public health
In the United States, as in every clime.
Safety on the Kailroads.
1 The report of the special board as
signed by congress to study safety In
railroad, travel comes at a time when
an extraordinary series of wrecks
makes the subject particularly Inter
esting, though the results announced
do not afford muchi encouragement.
For three years the board has been in
vestigating especially the- matter of
block signal operation and train con
trol, and examining also devices cal
culated to seoure greater safety on the
rails.
' Bad methods are reported to have
been discovered on a number of single
track roads, and In some cases the
faults of practice are pronounced dan
gerous. A mass of information was
gathered which prompts -grave criti
cism of the practice on many roads
concerning the employment and dis
cipline of telegraph operators and slg
hal men. Of hundreds of Inventions
inspected only twelve were found to
have" merit, and It is concluded that
the railroads have kept pace as far as
possible with science In the matter of
precautionary devices. , -
The conclusion of this research,
which the government ' has conducted
with great patience and at considerable
expense, must the that the defects in
the railroad service of tho Country are
due to that . uncertain, element, the
human eu6tlon'.mcTtperiPnce or care-
!etsners' along th line sets' at naught.
the good intentions of the most com
petent management, and the Individual
unit ie bound oil occasion to upBet the
precautions of the best mechanical
equipment. Until the element of per
sonal responsibility can be eliminated,
wrecks are bound to continue, and In
the meantime eternal vigilance on the
part of every employe is the price of
safety.
Tell the Truth.
The editor of The Bee has had to
stand as bogey man for the fake re
formers for so many years that It prob
ably will not hurt him to be paraded a
little longer In a false position. But
it is unfair to the earnest, sincere tem
perance people of Nebraska that they
have to be bamboozled by the latest
silly yarn that Is being circulated
through the medium of the Anti-Saloon
league press. The editor of The Be
has not as yet made any estimate of
the probable cost of a campaign either
for or against county option In Ne
braska, and he certainly Is not under
taking to raise a fund to support or de
feat such a measure. .The Bee has
been, and Is, frankly and openly op
posed to county option, but Its oppo
sition is based on reason and is open
and above board. The advocates of
prohibition In Nebraska realize this
and ought to be fair enough to tell
their adherents the truth about The
Bee. .
Japan and Its Treaties.
No sooner has Baron Uchlda taken
his post at Washington as ambassador
from Japan than he is reported as
presenting a new problem concerning
our affairs with that empire. It Is of
ficially known from the president's an
nual message that the State depart
ment is at work on a revision "of the
Japanese treaty which is soon to ex
pire, and Uchlda was quick to point
out that the separate immigration
agreement is of indeterminate dura
tion. Now it is understood that the real
mission of the ambassador is to get
the United States to agree to terminate
both treaty and agreement on a date
coincident with the expiration of
treaties with Great Britain and other
nations, with a view to having all the
new Nippon compacts run concurrently
and Incorporate identical provisions.
It should be borne In mind that we
have nothing to do with what other
nations and Japan may adjust between
them. These are the entangling al
liances of which we have been suffi
ciently warned. Japan's purpose clearly
Is to use international pressure to put
the United States on the same footing
with European powers, and there is no
reason why we should sail all in the
same boat. Uchlda is here to represent
Japan and may be depended upon to
get the utmost concessions concerning
immigration and other matters that we
are' willing to. grant. ( ,But our prob
lems are our own and our interests de
mand that we go it strictly alone In
the matter of adjusting our agreements
with the mikado. Any attempts to In
volve oil i treaties of the far east with
those of Europe are to be viewed with
suspicion.
; At the Omaha Agency.
' The Omaha Indians seem to be un
duly apprehensive as to the intention
of the Indian office in consolidating the
superlntendency of the affairs of the
Omaha and Winnebago reservations.
No disposition Is apparent on the part
of the authorities to hamper the
Omahas in any way in their advance in
civilization. On the other hand, the
government at Washington is giving
these Indians all encouragement and
assistance to place them on the high
plane of full and responsible citizens
of the United States. They may be
assured that the commissioner of In
dian affairs, his deputy, and those who
are dealing with the problem, have
only warmest sympethy for the Indian
and are doing all they reasonably can
do to relieve him from the embarrass
ment of red tape that has. restricted
him in his social and business dealings.
Regulations necessary In the past are
no longer required and will be removed
entirely as soon as the competency of
the members of the tribe may be
passed upon. In the meantime a little
patience on the part of the Indian and
his advisers will help greatly to
achieve the result that all so earnestly
desire.
j It would seem as though New York
were big enough and rich enough to
maintain some such Institution as Mad
ison Square Garden, which is about to
be razed because it is not profitable
commercially. The events that have
been housed in the garden have drawn
many thousands of people to the
metropolis, who spent money lavishly,
each year, but whereas lesser cities
take pride in maintaining at municipal
expense convention halls which serve
much the same purpose locally as has
the garden to New York, the old money
greed of Manhattan rules stronger
than civic pride in Institutions that are
world-wide landmarks. New York,
whose debt has just been found to be
seven times as great as that of any
other American city, left it for the na
tion's school children to pay for the
foundation of the monument of Liberty
in the harbor which greets the incom
ing voyagers. New York is prodigal
In some selfish directions, but occa
sionally In niggardly moments over
looks its larger opportunities.
Justice Howard pf New York state
takes a pessimistic view of things when
he charges that 40 per cent of all the
money appropriated for ' public pur
poses is spent for graft. If bis state
ment. were true he could render no bet
ter service to the people than to point
out particular cases and suggest a rem
edy. But it may be that matters are
not so desperate aa he says. Surely
If he can convince the taxpayers that
honest government will cut their ap
propriations nearly In half he will have
started a reform that will make the
fame of other reformers pale. But
the people know themselves too well to
pay much heed to an orator who pro
claims the dollar mark above the stars
and stripes.
Consider the ladybug; she flies not
to her home when the children inform
her that her little ones are burning,
yet she does mora useful work for the
elders. A paternal government has
collected millions of the gay-wtnged
insects and transported them to the
California valleys to save the crops.
The aphis pest has attacked the vines
and the ladybug Is expected to extermi
nate the aphis, her anciont enemy. It
appears that the only obnoxious bug
that man has not yet been able to find
another bug to prey upon Is the hum
bug. Another university president bewails
the lack of civilization In the people of
the United States, and particularly
specifies that musically we are bar
barians. Yet the census bureau has
just shown that we spend more for ed
ucation and less for recreation than
for anything else. Incidentally It
may be pointed out that music is not
the only thing concerning which the
average university graduate has de
ficiencies. Americans have not yet fully awak
ened to the fact that Canada is doing
things. Among other enterprises to
be rushed is a $160,000,000 Georgian
bay ship canal which will cut Detroit
and Buffalo out of vast tonnage and
give the Canadian exports from the up
per lakes a direct outlet through
Toronto to the sea. The Dominion is
building fastf'on the experiences f the
United States.
V
Nebraska lawyers have gon on rec
ord as being willing to struggle along
for a little while longer under the pres
ent form of practice, In spite of the
general demand for reform in methods.
This is not surprising, even if it did
follow a most eloquent and learned ad
dress by the president of the associa
tion on the topic of "Rational Law
Making."
Jarring; the Henchmen.
Phli.DD'n V,-o f
, Pctltmaater General Hitchcock's report
will be a distorting element for thpse who
have supposed all qlong that the Postal
department Is maintained simply to give
Jobs to henchmen.
PnrcnaatuK Peace.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Andrew Carnegta la credited with having
expressed , a wiljlngnees to give 120,003,030
for the purpose of establishing permanent
peace In Central America. It ought to be
possible with a'Wtia of that size to furnish
a pretty fair police, force for Central
America. . .
Another Roosevelt Policy Ditched
Boston Herald.
Everybody remembers the bustllnc. breezy
way In which the president's predecessor
used to come intd the anteroom for a hand
shake and a' hearty word with each visitor
The president nqw has people ushered be
fbre him, even though they be foreign am
baesadors. Which is your preference?
Political Financiering.
Washington Star.
Evidently the 'proposition for guarantee
ing oa.na qeposlts needs more thought In
Its present dhapc it Is not satlnfaptnr-v
Neither the courts nor the more influential
business bodies are convinced. Mr. Bryan
and Governor Haskell and some wntrn
republican leaders, give it the weight of
ineir indorsement, but not a man of the
number is regarded as a financier. It
would be a perfectly lovety thing If there
were no risks at all about Investments or
bank deposits, but as yet there
And who shall say that all of them can be
eliminated before the dawn of the mlllen
nium?
Uncoupling; the Pullman Goose.
Springfield ReDubllcan
It Is rumored In railroad circles that the
llarrlman lines contemplate the oneratlnn
of a sleeping and parlor car service of their
own, arter the example of the New Haven,
the St. Paul and Great Northern roads
This is the right policy to pursue, and Its
adoption by the extensive Ha.rrlmsn v.
tern would have great effect In bringing
tne other roads into line. Th Tollman
company would then become simply a
builder of railroad equipment Instead of as
now an operator as we:i as a builder of
cars. The country will in time comnel a.n
end of these divisions In the railroad serv
ice between different companies auch aa
the Pullman in' passenger traffln unrl h
express companies In freight traffic.
I
OIL LAM DS WITHDRAWN.
Conservation of an Important Na
tional Resource.
The Outlook.
Last week, by the authority of the presi
dent, there were withdrawn from entry and
sale more than 3.000,000 acres of public
petroleum land in California. Wyoming.
Utah and Oregon. The government Is the
largest owner of oil lands. It U likely to
be the greatest consumer. It may surprlae
seme to learn that the six largest battle
ships In commission or under construction
in the American navy are equipped for
either oil or coal consumption, and that the
fourteen largest destroyers use oil exclu
sively. In his recently published annual
report Mr. Ballinger, secretary of the In
terior, had cahed attention to the impor
tance of asking congress to authorize the
executive to reserve certain areas of these
lands for the purpose of affording a supply
Of fuel oil fur, the future use of the navy,
and to make necessary regulations for the
preservation and extraction of such de
pc sits. No legislation, he added, exists for
the entry of oil and gas );h1h, other than
the general mining laws of the United
states, which are not adaptable to the
disposition of lands containing mineral oils
and gas. At present public- oil lands have
to be entered under a law framed primarily
to provide for placer mining entries. Hence
a radical revision of the American mining
law is necessary. Anticipating that con
gress will meet tills evident need, the secre
tary of the Interior has withdrawn from all
forma of entry all vacant public lands
designated by the geological survey as
probably containing oil and gas. It Is In
teresting to note that a leasing system for
the disposal of oil on government land Is
advocated, the government to dispose of
the ell aa a co nmodlty, and not In tor ma
of acres, like coal or other minerals occu
pying fluid pUce
Washington Life
The xnaua-ural Crowd, Wliat It
Will Cost, Tears ef Matured rreel
deata, aa a Buddlaa Statesman.
A close watch Is to be kept on congress
by several organized bodies favorable to
the enactment of a, law creating postal
savings banks. The latent organization
openly and boldly supporting the proposi
tion Is the Farmers' union, which ha
Joined hands with the Poetal Savings Bank
league, and will post a legislative com
mittee at the national capltol for purposes
of observation. The Farmers' union haa
hundreds of thousands of members In the
Atlantic coatit statps, and Its activity In
behalf of government security for savings
upsets the romplalsancy of the opposition.
"The dramatic element," says the Wash
ington Herald, "In the contest between the
friends and foos of this measure which
now forms one f the blgget Issue, before
congress. Is the tremendous financial
strength of the foes, the banking Interests,
against which Is pitted only one organiza
tion, the Postal Saving Bank league, with
headquarters In Chicago, which for months
haa been making every effort possible to
stir the public to do those things which
would bo felt In the hslls of congress. The
public demand for literature and speakers
has far. exceeded the funds from member
ship feea and subscriptions."
General Lew Wallace, soldier, patriot,
diplomatist, author, la to receive high
honor from his native state and his coun
try on January 11, when his Image In
marble will be unveiled In Statuary hall
in the capltol at Washington.
The statue which will be unveiled Is the
work of Andrew O'Connor of Paris, one of
the best known sculptors In Europe. It Is
of Carrara marble and Is of heroic size,
being seven feet high. The figure is clad
In the uniform of a major general of the
United States army. The committee which
selected the artist to make the statue and
to decide on the details of the work was
appointed by Governor Hanly, acting under
an act of the Indiana legislature, and was
composed of William A. Fox, director of
the Herron Art Institute of Indianapolis;
Captain J. P. Megrew of Washington and
William Allen Wood of Indianapolis.
One of the most Interesting features of
the unveiling will be the presence of 'the
grandsons of General Wallace Lew, Jr.,
and Noblo, cona of Henry L. Wallace.
Lew Wallace, Jr., will pull the cord which
will disclose the finished work.
Midday has been selected as the hour for
the ceremony. William Allen Wood will
make the presentation, and Governor
"Tom" Marshall, on behalf of the state of
Indiana, will respond. Senator Albert J.
Beverldge will dollver an address, and tte
Rev. Dr. Dudley will offer the prayer. A
poem written for the occasion will be read
by Its author, James Whitoomb Riley, a
lifelong friend of General Lew Wallace,
Both congress and the senate will be rep
resented officially by delegations.
Charlie Taft made his first formal ap
pearance In Washington society last wet-k
when he was a guest at the dance which
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Richardson Clover
gave for their schoolgirl daughter, Miss
Beatrice Clover, who Is home for the holi
days. Miss Taft and Robert Taft also
were present. When Charlie waa Included
In the Invitation, to the surprise of all he
accepted, and ha appeared to be the most
delighted guest present. He danced with
all the girls of his own age that he knew.
On the way home Charlie remarked that
he thought It high time he was putting
on long' trousers.
"Lots 'of fellows my age have 'em," he
insisted. "Tbeae things make me look like
a kid."
Charlie has received Invitations for sev
eral other dances. "And I'm going, too,"
he said.
"Senator 'Bob' Taylor of Tennessee, waa
was hot under the collar when it waa
rumored that the nomination of Horace H.
Lurton. of Tennessee, might be held up by
insurgent senators," said F. E. Gateman,
of Memphis, at the Wllard. "He got busy
at once, and It may have been due largely
to his work that there waa practically no
opposition to Lurton's confirmation. Be
fore he was confirmed, Senator Taylor took
occasion to assure Judge Lurton that, no
combination of senators could prevent the
comflrmation, and his telegram to the new
associate member of the United States su
preme court was characteristic. This Is
what the senator said:
" 'Your enemies have no more chance to
defeat your confidence than a celluloid
dtg would have chasing an asbestos cat In
hades.'
"I guess Taylor knew."
When visitors in tho gallery grow tired
of hearing senators talk they can go down
stairs and see senators eat. The senatorial
carpenters have been busy during the re
cent recess rearranging the senate dining
room. Lawmakers and visitors, short of
time, may no longer stand up to the pie
counter and hurriedly bolt a sandwich and
a glass of milk. That great American in
stitution, the lunch counter, has been abol
ished In the senate. Guests must take seats
at sma.l tables and await the pleasure of a
corps of leisurely negro waiters.
Better provision has been made for the
luxurious senators. They have a dining
room reserved for their exclusive use. It
is entered by swinging doors, with oval
glass windows so familiar In the cartoon
sketches of the senate and house. Through
these windows strolling visitors may peer
and observe senators at luncheon.
"Red Cloud," the late Sioux chief, was
the only Indian in America that could
have held up the building of a government
road and the construction of United tHates
forts," said Colonel J. A. George of Dead
wood, S. D , quoted by the Washington
Post. "He did this in lfr6 and two years
later the government abandoned Its efforts
to lay out the road and build forts along it.
Red Cloud was the last of the chiefs to
sign the treaty, and from that time on
the government had no trouble with him.
He had accomplished the purpoee for which
he had fought, and It waa his bouat that
he never broke the treaty he made at that
time. Soon afterward o'd Red Cloud built
himself a home near the Pine Ridge
agency, where he lived at the time of his
death. The old man was not a progrt-'galve
and never took kindly to schools or other
ways of the white man, and while he did
not after 1808 take part In any uprisings
tils counsel to his people waa never for
progress, and It is at id that at times it waa
fur war. lied Cloud had been blind and
deaf for alx years prior to hie death, and
he patiently waited In sllfnre and dark
ness for the time whon he wou'd Join his
father In the hpppy hunting grounds, to
which beliff he clung regardless of all ef
forts to Induce him to accept the ways of
Christianity.
Red Cloud's last fight waa one of the
bloodleat Indian battles ever fought In
the west. It was the first time the In
diana had faced repeating rifles, and the
new' firearms disconcerted them for a
time, but they made six charges on the
soldiers before they, were forced to retreat,
after a loes which waa placed all the way
from 300 to 1.700 killed."
'My name la O'Connon." said Uncle Jo
seph, when T. P. O'Connor, M. P., was
nuoduoed ta him recently. Then he quoted
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One of the Safest
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from a report made to him lately bv a
genealogist: "Nlall of Nine Hostages, great
grandson of Owen More, king of Mun-
str during the reign of Conn of the
Hundred Battles, was an ancestor of Rory
Cannonan, from whom are drsconded the
clan of O'Cannonan, later abbreviated to
O'Cannon, and still later to Cannon." Now
we know where the speaker got his fight
ing blood.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Three young women of Philadelphia are
said to be mourning the death of a fellow
who was married to two of them and en
gaged to the other. Easy to see why
they should feci indignant, but the case
doesn't seem to be one for mourning.
Queen Margherlta of Italy has a weak
ness for the books of American and Eng
lish novelists. She also reads English and
American magazines, and It is her opinion
that the American school of short-story
writers at present Is the beBt In the world.
Senator Kean of New Jersey Is one of
the republican members of the upper house
who has a fight on his hands for re-election.
The legislature that will name his
successor will be chosen next year. Sev
eral of the strongest republican leaders in
New Jersey are opposed to his re-election
Edison has been telling some entertain
ing stories about his early days, and natur
ally draws the long bow a trifle when say
ing that he didn't know what to do with
his first check, one of 140,000 for his tele
graph Inventions. But Tom was a smuri
train newsboy and that sort doesn't often
make dullards.
James Malcolm, former chief of the
Rochester fire department and for fifty
years a member of It, recently passed
away at the age of 78 years. He first
Joined the old volunteer fire department
In 1S62, when he waa 17 years old, and ran
with a famous old hand engine known
as "Betsy No. 2."
Rome of us who are not old can recollect
the founding of Greeley, Colo., In 1870, aa
tho result of the great New York editor's
much preaching of "Go west, young men!"
About seventy-five of the original founders
of that prosperous city recently enjoyed
their annual reunion and dinner, together
with a lot bf "pioneer children."
A bronze tablet containing a bas-relief
head of Abraham Lincoln Is being com
pleted by John Pauling, a Chicago sculp
tor, to mark the site of the "wigwam" In
which Lincoln was nominated for presi
dent In I860. The site Is at Lake and Mar
ket streets, Chicago. The tablet will meas
ure about two feet and a half by four.
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time: for high resolves.
Fancy Centers on BlaT Things Ever In
the Distance.
Washington Post.
With Christmas over and the year 19o
rapidly drawing to a close, the averagi
person's thoughts are lightly turning tc
New Year's resolutions. The seeds of high
resolve are now to be pUnted. The fields
are to be mowed and raked, and the acorns
dropped Into the furrows, soon to grow
to splendid oaks.
New Year's resolutions are always sur
rounded with the glamour of a fine re
nunciation and heroism of purpose. All the
old weaknesses are to be cast off In a day.
The new resolves usually have .to do with
the big things, the little things being ex
pected to take care of themselves. But In
the course of events the little things get
control and the big resolves topple like a
house of cards.
There is, however, one resolve that all
might make with a fair chance of keep
ing to it one thing which will, of Itself,
bring specific and general good. Perhaps
It is not an exciting resolve, and, there
fore, may be left out of the new year's
plans. It is a plain, unvarnished thing
Just the resolution of routine.
Routine is rarely named as ona of the
cardinal virtues, and yet It Is the founda
tion stone of many, many virtues. It as
sures the fullest measure of efficiency. It
works, to a system, and by system alone
Is the world ordered. It shelters the
nerves, softens the clamor, saves waste
ful motion and protects the mind and body.
Geniuses, sometimes, work to considerable
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purpose without apparent routine, and yet,
through the visible disorder of their lives,
there usually can be seen a very definite
method of working. Routine la as good a
harness for the genius as It Is for the
averago citizen, and for the latter, who
wishes to bring hla productive powers to
their highest point of efficiency, routine
Is Indispensable.
Once won, routine Is Invariably a standi,
true friend. It Isn't gained In a day, but,
on the other hand.' It Isn't tost In a day.
If it extend to diet and vacations as well
aa to work It tends toward longevity. If
generally practiced It would make for
soundness In the social and financial fabW-.
And as a fine, unadulterated, gentle, and
city-broken New Year's resolution It can
be conscientiously recommendod.
CHEERY CHAFF.
"nid you ever hear of anything so ab
surd as an auto suggestion to another per
son?" Certainly, wheh It Is a hint for the gift
of a motor car." haltlmore American.
Physician Have you any aches or pains
this morning?
Patient Yes, doctor; it hurts me to
breathe; In fact, . the only trouble now
soema to be with my breath.
Physlclnn All right. I'll give you some
thing that will soon stop that. Boston
Globe.
Kitty Fiies-The lobster! He-gave ma
an engagement ring and now he demands
Its return.
Belle WingsCall him a. terrapin, dear.
Kitty Flies Don't be ridiculous! Why
should I call him a terrapin?
Belle Wings Because he wants his dia
mond back. Chicago Nws.
"Well, here we are In Pompeii. How In
teresting It la! Yon chariot waa evidently
waiting before some door. I would like to
Interview the ancient charioteer who drove
"I wouldn't."
"Why not?"
.."ri?. miKht want to put In a bill for his
time." Louisville Courier-Journal.
"Why Is It that little kittens are always
so Interesting?"
"They've got to make up their average
before they get to be old cats." Cleveland
Leader.
Cop What's the trouble here?
Pugnacious Individual That man gave
me the lie.
Cop-Well, you can't block up the side
walk with it. Take it homo and iix. It ih. .
time you go -lit
you go flshln', Boeton Tran-
acript.
"When 1 leave here I shall have to de
pend on my brains for a living."
'T)on't take such a pesslmlstlo view of
things." Cornell Widow.
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"Is quinine the proper thing to take
after an exposure?"
"After one kind of an exposure, but It
will take a Europ.-an trip to do the other
kind any good," Houston Post.
"You're as hard as nails," said his
trainer.
"Well," Irritably answered the actor
pugllist, "wouldn't you naturally expect
me to be? I wear my clawhammer coat
wo or three hours every night." Chicago
Tribune.
THROUGH CLOUD TO LIGHT. '
When Rlgl mount I sought to climb,
Peeking a vision all sublime,
The heavy clouds around , me hung,
nd shadows o'er the mountain flung.
The crystal petals wove a shroud
For rocks and crags, In silence proud;
And tia I breath ess looked around,
The Alpine heights Seemed holv ground.
Through mists and cloud I upward gazed,
Ceruleun sky 1 saw amazed;
I stood In awe before God's throne,
His mirrored faoe In brightness shown;
With soul entranced I turned away;
A glimpse of heaven I saw that day.
I stood upc-n the snowy peak,
So filled with God I could not speak!
I waited for the afterglow,
Its fading, rosy tints, to throw
Its halo o'er the lifted hll s,
Whose glory through man's spirit thrill.
The sun had sunk to rest, I thought.
When lo! a miracle waa wrought;
A cloud was lifted front hla face.
His golden beams my eye could trace.
Such splendora lit the evening sky,
Its beauty brought the dear God nigh.
As from a dream my soul awoke;
It set'ined aa if an nngel spoke;
"A vision this of life' he said
The storm may beat upon your heed,
As up llfe'a patha you slowly creep.
And weary mount the rugged steep.
Yet, far above, God's light shall break,
Vour sunset hours new glory take.
The way Is brief through cloud obscure,
Sunheauns, and not the mists endure;'
And when the doubt, the pain, the tears,
As you mount upwrd thrmifrh the veara.
Are left behind with shades of nlffht
Then welcome Heaven's eternal Unlit!
IJIghtln, Mass. A. JUDKON RICH.
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