THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JANUARY 30, 1910.
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T . T', MAGAZINE MEN
Trfiident AdTi.ea Pnbliihert Not to
- Overload Their Criticiima. .
POSTAGE ON BUSINESS BAST3
ration Will Be Settled Fairly
Uffleials tonerlnc with His;
Problems Art Ratified to
Fair Plar.
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! ' vVASHI.NQTON, Jan. 29.-Presldent Taft
U Id th periodical publishers of tha United
States last night that If they overloaded
Ihelr Crlflf'lama of mn In amlnlllrftllv
authority with unparliamentary expree
- iona and Intimations as to lack of honor
able motives, nobody is going to par any
attention to them. Although ha made no
direct allusion to "muck raking," It was
plainly evident at what he was directing
his attack.
The president, addressing the Periodical
Publishers' Association of America as their
guest at dinner, did not gtv this advice
to the editors assembled from all parts of
"thev nation until ha had prefaced his emphatic-
conclusions with good-humored
tteatment of his relative position to the
wtekrera of public opinion.
"This Is rather a formidable gathering
to address," said President Taft, after he
lid been presented by F. Hopklnson Smith,
toastmaatsr of the occasion.
"Gentlemen who act as fates as to what
la or what is not current literature would.
under any . circumstances, b formidable
to address and under conditions prevail
, ing In Washington and in legislative halls
It. requires a brv man standing In my
position to face them.
eivldeace Most be Weighed.
r "As to controversies let me say that all
evidence, questions of faot, must be weighed
broadly to reaoh .an ultimate conclusion.
.It Is the case with every trust, as much
as w condemn them for their Iniquities.
Tha evidence must bs weighed. It does no
good to denounce a person on the witness
stand if he testifies against you.
"Tou controllers of public opinion and
controllers- of the rulers of tha country
may hammer a man Into Indlfferenoe as to
what you say, but at that he will come
nearer to doing right than If he tried to
tight .
"But, seriously speaking, I would like to
say that when you criticise a poor devil
exercising a difficult responsibility, first
give hint the same benefit enjoyed by every
criminal, that of reasonable doubt.
. "Secondly, don't use unparliamentary ex
pressions If you can help It, for If you do
And you' overload your criticisms with
, superlative and Intimations as to his lack
of honorable motive In the end you will
weaken all your criticism and nobody If
ruing to pay attention to It.
Pnltie on Business Baals.
"In respect to this niattet of the postage.
It Is for judicial Investigation and a con
, elusion should be reached on a calm bust
. neas basis. , I have no doubt that you
will find In ' the committees of congress
that careful Judgment that Is needed. I
- don't utm with anmA nf t h rnmmlMM
who started out by shouting 'grafter and
- just because some gentlemen's heathen.
rled them away from the bounds of Judg
ment"
The president was given prolonged cheers
as he concluded. Senator Dolliver, In ad
dressing the publishers, went directly to
the postal question and, aroused an uproar
pt appreciation when he saldi . "I venture
;U -.predict before the. postage Is. raised, on
iha 'literature which is being read by
'millions, ofj Americans there will be rather
an . elaborate ' examination Into the ex
penses and administration of postal af
fair.:" "
Among other speakers were the Italian
ambassador and Speaker Cannon.
MRS. ; TALB0T ON STAND
Opera Mnsrer Says Hasband Struck
Her Just Before He Was
Accidentally Shot.
' RENO, Kev., Jan. 29. Mrs. Mae Talbot,
the former opera singer, now on trial
here on a. charge of murdering her hus
band, took the stand today and .told of
her marital troubles with Albert Talbot,
the slain man. According to Mrs. Talbot,
her husband often-threatened to Will her
and on the night before the shooting he
gave her a fearful -beating.
The next day, said Mrs. Talbot, she met
her husband for the purpose of settling
property rights preliminary to . bringing
action for divorce. An altercation ensued
tnd Talbot struck her.
Tha woman said this dated her. She re-
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The Distinguishing Fca
tare of Ozomulsion is its
CURATIVE QUALITY.
Which All Other emul
sions Lack.
SAVED KER LIFE
' Among ! the letters from grateful pa
tients on file In our Laboratories Is tho
following from Mrs. Mabel Osborne, of
Jacksonville, Fla..
Gentlemen I had been pronounced
by my physician consumptive, and told
that I would die, and had given up all
hope, when a very dear friend gave
me a bottle of your Osomulslon, and
If I had not begun taking It right away
I do not believe I would be alive today.
? .Whea I began taking Osomulslon I
had fits of coughing that left me In a
eompletoly exhausted condition. I had
abandoned all hope of ever being cured
of that hated cough, but after Uklng
six . bottles I have gained sixteen
pounds, can do a hard day's work and
' must truly say that 1 feel like a girl
of sixteen. I have lain In bed for
hours after a fit of coughing, when
life seemed a burden, but, thanks to
Osomulslon, I am now well and strong.
Osomulslon la known, recommended
and sold by worthy orugglsts every
where In 19 ot. and o. bottles.
- Always ask for Osomulslon by name,
That all may experience for them
selves what this exclusive preparation
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ad kindly see taa I get a aaek of
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-. - MRS. U ORAETZ.
1411 pierce dtreet.
wtmm
-mr-:- MrV ' ssssJS t ssssw.r--nn w- iLtWr Ttd
membered hearlns shots and that the nl.
tol in her muff fell to the floor. She then
fled and did not know that her husband
had been shot until told so later.
LATEST STYLES IN CRUTCHES
Plain or Ornamental Holdnpa Ada
lasted to lilt All
Parses.
"If there Is anything that ran compensate
a person for the Ions or deformity of one
or both limbs, it Is the exuberance of fancy
In which he may Indulge In the ornamenta
tion of his crutches," said a dealer in those
aids to the halt. "That Is." he added, "pro
vided he has the money to gratify his
tastes."
''Acoordlng to that," said the Inquirer,
"crutches must be an expensive necesMty?"
"Not at all," returned the dealer, "so long
as you confine yourself to the bare, plain
crutch. The light-colored, every-day article
which you generally see on the street Is a
very cheap affair. It Is made of maple and
costs only 13.60 to M a pair, with SO cents
extra for the rubber caps at the end.
"Why, you can get a first class crutch
made of the finest rosewood for 9 or 910 a
pair. A crutch of that kind Is as good as
any reasonable person ought to want, for
It Is neatly finished In nickel and provided
with splendidly padded spring ouihlons
and will last a lifetime. It Is not In the
crutch Itself that the expense lies. It is In
the trimmings.
"You see. a crutch Is like everything else.
Its cost depends not so- much upon the
solid material composing It as upon the
flxliujs. Tou wouldn't believe how fond
some people who have been crippled for
years are of a crutch. The senseless wooden
stick becomes, to their minds, a part of
themselves. It la a never-falling friend.
Tou and I sometimes think we bestow ex
ceeding care upon the fit of a coat or a
dress or the shape of a hat, but that at
tention la slight compared with the thought
a cripple gives to his crutch.
"I clipped an article from a foreign roag
aslne a little while ago In which a wealthy
Englishman was criticised for spending 200
on a pair of crutches. But I don't see why
folks made such a fuse about It Why,
that Is no price at all. I know men .right
here In America' who have paid five times
that amount. The trimmings of those ex
pensive crutches are oi -o1d. and the best
of them are set here and there with small,
but valuable, stones. -
"The most expensive crutches I ever saw
were made for an old woman over In the
poorer district. She had her monogram,
'J. C. 8.,' outlined In gems on each crutch.
To get these decorations finished off in
good taste required Infinite skill and pa
tience, and I declined to undertake the Job
at first, but when I reflected that her in
itials were the same as my trademark,
and that the work would serve as a good
advertisement for me, I accepted the or
dei. Just why so much art was lavished
on these crutches I never found out
Neither do I know whether they were ex
pected to be of more practical use In thl
way." New Tork Times.
BASELESS FABRIC OF DREAMS
What Was Expected to Happen When
Radiant Was First Prv
dnced.
When radium was found In pitchblende,
hopes were high that It would make vita'
economic changes. A product which gives
light and heat without loss of substance
meant, If cheaply produced, a substitute
for gas and electricity, for coal and pe
troleum. Imagination ran very .high at
such a prospect. One thought of a loco
motive getting Its -power.' from boilers
heated by a trifling bit of radium a fuel
that would outlast 'the great machine It
self and Its . successors f or all . time. A
pinpoint of It In each room of 'a house
would light and warm-the structure; and
another would run the family cooking
range without replenishment. The mills
and factories might shut off their coal or
oil supplies, and, possessed of a few grains
of radium, steam ahead at full speed. All
fuel bunkers on shipboard could be added
to cargo space, and an ocean liner could
boom along on a lump of metal no larger
than a thimble. Another lump might light
a city from the top of Its hlghest-hlll.
These were some of the day dreams, but
they were soon to vanish. A little matter
of cost Intervened. Something like $2,000,000
an ounce was the retail price of radium
on the street. It was cheaper to buy coal
and gas for a generation than radium for
a day. So the new metal soon came to
be regarded as a eurlo which had mixed
up theories about the conservation of en
ergy and could have no practical value
unless pitchblende could be found in quan
tities. Perhaps who knows? the discovery will
come to pass. Already a find of high
grade uranium ore Is reported from Den
ver. . No such mass of pitchblende was ever
seen before, though It la not yet known
whether there Is enough to make the new
metal available In the world's work. If so,
hope will range high that other discoveries
will follow until dollars rather than mil
lions of them come to designate the mar
ket price. San Francisco Chronicle.
GENERAL DRAPER IS DEAD
Former Ambassador to Italy Expires
t Washington After Less
I II neas.
. WASHINGTON, Jan. t9.-General William
P. Draper, former ambassador to Italy,
died at his home hero last night after a
prolonged Illness, aged 68 years.
Brigadier General Draper was born In
Lowell. Mass.. April , 1841. He served In
the union army from 1861 to ISM. holding
commissions from second lieutenant to lieu
tenant colonel, commanding, and also colo
nel and brigadier general by brevet. He
was twice wounded.
General Draper was a presidential eleo
tor ln-J888 and served as a republican
member In the Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth
congresses, declining a third nomination.
In 1897 he was appointed ambassador to
Italy, holding that post until 1900. He
served as commander of the Loyal Legion
of Massachusetts.
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Minimum Tariff Rates
For Seven
WASHINGTON. Jan. .-The tariff offi
cers of the government today recommended
to the president through the secretary of
state that proclamations bs Issued to him
declaring tho following countries as pot be
ing unduly discriminative In tkelr tariffs
against the United States and therefore
entitled to receive the minimum rates of
duty Imposed by the Payne-Aldrioh act: '
Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway. Swe
den, Belgium, Egypt and Persia. It Is ex
peeted th proclamation will be Issued by
the president tomorrow or Monday.
The State department officials having the
matter In charge, Including th officers of
ths board of foreign trad relations and th
tariff board, have been working overtime
In their efforts to adjust the tariff differ
ences between the United States and cer
tain ether European countries, and espe
DUN'S REVIEW IF TRADE
Situation Presents Irregular Appear
anoe.
VOLUME OF BUSINESS HEAVY
Paris Flood, British Elections, Price
Crnsndo and Stock Market Slants)
Some of Dlstnrblns;
Factors.
NEW TORK. Jan. tS.-R. O. Dun ft Co.'s
Weekly Review of Trade today says:
Measured by suoh tests as bank clearings
and railroad earnings, there Is no visible
diminution In the volume of industrial and
mercantile transactions, and yet with such
happenings as the F.mrllsh etoctlons, the
I'nris flood, the agitation over the high
pilcrs and the rather violent bresk In the
New York stock market, attributed to ex
aggerated fears, it would be strange. In
deed. If the various trades, subjective to
flnanolal and political influences, did not
in some degree feel the effect of these dis
turbances. Then the weather conditions
have been In places unfavorable to dis
tribution. Therefore the situation presents
an Irregular appeal anoe, due to an tineven
trade development. This Irregularity "was
displayed to some extent In the Iron and
stfel trade, although an event of the week
was the declsrstlon of an extra dividend
bv the principal producer. Moreover, ho
decline In security price, the recent fall
In cotton and the tendency to lower values
for some foodstuffs are a development
likely to make the situation more wholo
some, however disturbing it Is temporarily.
. lry goods Jobbing reports an Improve
ment In house trade. Fall eottons. suoh
as flannelettes, have been priced close by
the largest producers at advances of one
half and three-quarter of a oent a yard
and business tendered Is large. Print cloth
tradlns la llaht. with some recessions In
the open market on wide goods. Ginghams
aell well and there Is a better 'demand for
printed cottons. Export trade continues
light, but shipments on old orders sre suo
slantlal. . Business booked on men's wear
staples and semi-staples by the largest
producers for fall has been large and ad
vftnnpi nf Six renin ner vard on some num.
bers were announced. Dress goods trade Is
very moderate, although th large corpora
tions have booked good fall orders. Avor-
tnriM m-ifl onftrin varus arc easy.
Wholesale dealers In shoes are placing
Initial fall contracts for later delivery with
New England footwear producers: also
some fair stsec, supplementary spring v
tracts. Many manufacturers now have a
utmfjirfnrv volume of reserve orders
booked and prospects for the Immediate
future are promising. AU varieties of do
mestic hides continue wesk. Pome sales
nt leather have latelv been effected at
lower figures than those previously quoted.
BR ADSTRBET'S REVIEW OF TKADK
Croaa-Curreats In Demand Render
Characterisation Dlfflenlt.
NEW TORK, Jan. . Bradstreefs to
day aaysi
Cross currents In demand render general
Qharaoterisation difficult. . Wholesale and
Jobbing trade In spring goods tends to
expand, travelers on the road are sending
n better orders and the outlook for the
future in those lines is optimistic Keta-u
rade following the activity engendered by
anuary clearance Bales is quieter, pond'
ng the further advance of the winter sea
on. Filling . In orders from retailors to
bbers are moderate. . Manufacturing in
ustry is very busily employed, with large
orders ahead. Milder weather has made
,t possible for transportation companies to
catch up with the - business hitherto de
layed by storms, and there is less anxiety
as td coal supplies proving sufficient.
There are some evidences, that a spirit
nt conservatism is being engendered by
he breaks in securities and cotton, the
;alk of government prosecutions of alleged
unlawful combinations and the widespread
revolt against high food prices. Evidences
of this are found In the hesitation re
ported In some branches, of the Iron trade
and reflection of the laat mentioned de
veloped is had In a very general reduction
of prices of live stock, meats, eggs, butter
and klnarea products.
Collections show a tendency to Improve,
though, they are not batter than fair. Busi
ness failures In tha United States for the
week .ending: with January 27 were B96,
against 275 last week, (11 In the like week
or ww. wt in iuub, 211 in 1907 and Z28 in mm.
-Business failures In Canada number 43,
which compares with 40 for last week and
43 for the correepondng week last year.
Wheat, including flour, exports from the
ITnltod States and Canada for the week
ending January 17, aggregate S.11&.178
bushels, against 2.034.740 bushels last week
and-,044,U3 bushels this week last year.
For the thirty weeks ending January 27
exports are 98,743,343 bushels, asrarinst 117,
042,42 bushels In the corresponding period
laat year.
Corn exports for the week are 1.378.0M
nusneis, against fwa,4 busnels last week
and l,8t)K,iM bushels In 1B09. For tho thirty
weeks ending January 27 corn exports are
14.02,013 bushels, against 15,H,B85 bushels
un year.
CONSIDER THE BOY PRODIGY
Remarkable Career of William
Sldls, the Mathematical
Wonder.
J.
The feat of William J. Sldls, U years
old, In elucidating theories of the "fourth
dimension" before students and professors
of mathematics at Harvard university this
week has revived interest In the career of
this remarkable" prodigy.
Distinguished mathematicians from all
over New England were present at the
boy's lecture and gazen In wonder as the
rosy-cheeked lad, In short trousers, placed
on the blackboard row after row of flg
ures to prove his difficult and profound
theories. Many of them frankly professed
their Ignorance of the subject of which
the boy talked so glibly, and again and
again called on him to explain anew some
mathematical theory. '
Toung Sldls, who was , accompanied by
his father. Dr. Boris BldlS, a widely-known
psychologist, stepped to the front, and,
with a chUdlth laugh, began his lecture.
tie wore a red handkerchief such as is
commonly worn by boys in tha primary
schools, and his handwriting was that of
a child. But his mind was far from child
ish, and some of his Ideas were beyond
the comprehension of many of his auditors,
in rourtn dimensional . space," said
young Sldls, "Is the Euclidian space, with
one more dimension added on. Tb fourth
dimensional solid Is called a configuration
and Is formed by projecting on a Una per
pendicular to the lines of the third dlmen
sional ligures. This Is easily done by
Oyler'a theorem. A fourth dimensional fig
ure to construoted Is called a polyhedro
gon. It Is possible to oonstruot with this
theorem a figure of 102 dtmenstonal aides
called the hecatonlcocehedrogon, and also
a figure with 600 side callod a sexleocehed
rogon." Young Sldls, with the aid of a crayon
whloh he wielded with his tittle hand, ex-
More Countries
cially those with Germ
The statement was officially made today
that good progreaa had been made In set
tling the tariff utauea with Germany. Ths
live cattle and meat Inspection provisions
of the German regulations have ben ten
tatively adjusted, th United States yield
ing as to live cattle and Germany waiving
Us microscopic meat inspection regulation.
Thr Is a proviso", however, that th ques
tion of the Importation Into Germany of
American live cattle be deferred and later
on taken up diplomatically or through a
special commission.
There are still a number of Important
points to be settled, and so far as the
United States may yield for the present In
the matter of live cattle, such action will
be contingent upon v satisfactory settle
ment of remaining points under discussion.
plained the construction of some fourth
dimension figures hitherto urmnown to the
professors. He said that tne new thoriea
advanced by him at the lecture would rev
olutionise the study of geometry.
Toung Sldls was 11 years old when, two
years ago, he first applied for admission
to Harvard. His yoath was a bar at that
time.
Recently he made his second appearance
at Harvard.
"What, you again?" exclaimed the au
thorities.
"Tes, and this time I am going to get
in," said the child.
And he got in. For two years he had
been studying at Tufts college, which
opened its doors when Harvard refused.
rd he proved himself more than merely
prepared. In mathematics, for Instance,
Instead of offering th usual requirements
of rlmple algebra and plane geometry, he
will begin his course with quartenlons
which Is a pinnacle few ever attain. In
Greek he would be required to know his
Zenophon and ome Homer; he not only
fills this, but can declaim In Greek with
the utmost familiarity. .He knows twice as
many languages as are called for, and he
Is familiar with half a dosen sciences. He
begins, therefore, with more knowledge
than many students acquire during their
entire course; he will be graduated at 17,
when most boys enter college, and then he
will go abroad for his degree of doctor of
philosophy.
His father has from the earliest years
trained the boy to -reason, and then has
r rat If ted the child's natural desire to study.
William has taught himself a large part of
what he knows. Books have always been
within his reach and he has only had to
read a volume to grasp It. H-j learned
r rencn in mis way wnen tie was no more
than 7 years old, with no teaching from
any one. Logic, too, he acquired a short
time after the Frerich episode. It was
merely a matter of finding a book.
"Do you know," he said to a friend at
the time, "I'm sorry I put off loitlc so
long. If I had studied It sooner It would
have helped me a great dpal."
When he was 3 years old Wllllnm could
read, write and spell, nnd from that time
on It has been only a question of letting
him use his mind. At 6 years he entered
the grammar school and In less than a year
had completed the seven grades. At 8 he
was In the high school and at 11 he was
more than ready for coiiege. Latin and
Greek he seemed to have absorbed with
the air he breathed and his record In
mathematics Is absolutely darsllng.
The parents of young Sldls are Kusslan
and bave played their part, llko most edu
cated Russian Jews, In the revolution. Both
father and mother ar physicians. Dr.
Sldis has made a name for himself In the
field of medical psychology. The boy has
always heard clever talk and earnest dls
auction from the time he could ask a ques
tlon and could find some one ready to
listen and explain. Dr. Sldls lays to (his
a large part of the child's marvelous de
velopment. He claims, too, the law of
"reserve energy" has much to do with it
Prcf. James set forth this theory come
time ago, when he explained that the power
of getting what Is properly called "second
wind" might be controlled at will and
enable us to accomplish dally and regularly
what we can all do under stress of circum
stances. Dr. Sldls thinks his boy has
learned how to use his "hidden energy."
He has given much thought to educational
questions and criticises, modern methods
with great frankness. He thinks the whole
point lies In teaching a child, when very
yourg, how to use his faoultles aright, and
It Is his belief that he has so taught his
marvelous boy.
Dr. Sldls Is; In fact, rather Impatient of
ths theory that the boy's heredity accounts
for hfs development, and will have It that
his system of . education has more to do
with the matter. Philadelphia Ledger.
WHAT WILL STALWARTS DO?
This Is Question of. Day tn Sooth
Dakota Polities : Preceding;
Huron Meeting;.
HURON, S. D., Jan. 29-(Speclal.)
Reservations have been made at local
hotels for delegates from more than twenty
ccuntles In South Dakota to the stalwart
conference to be held here Tuesday next
The call for this gathering Includes "all
republicans In South Dakota who are op
posed to the extravagance and mismanage
ment of the present state administration
nre Invited to attend a conference for the
purpose of endorsing candidates for state
and congressional offices for consideration
of the republican voters at the primaries
to be held in June." Local politicians will
see to it that all who attend are comfort
ably cared for. -
Speculation Is rife as to who will con
stitute the ticket and also as to the plat
form to be promulgated. A plank setting
forth the "extravaganoe of the present
state government" will be one of the chief
features of the argument. It Is also hinted
that an effort will be made to Inaugurate
a movement to take out of th hands of
the commissioner of Insurance the' power
of distributing Insurance statements and
refer the same-to the commission. Not a
few old soldiers are disgusted with the
suggestion that trouble exists at the Sol
diers' Home, which woald not be tolerated
under any other executive than Governor
Vessey. Those in a position to know
assert that the governor has given every
consideration possible to matters referred
to him relative to the Soldiers' Home and
that tha records of that Institution ar the
best authority on matters pertaining to
his management
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Many persons have found that Grape
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great appetiser. Even children like the
taste of it and grow strong and rosy
from Its use. -
It is especially tha food to make a
weak stomach strong and create an ap
petite for dinner.
"I am 57 years old," writes a Tenn.
grandmother, "and have had a . weak
stomach from childhood. By great care
as to my diet I enjoyed a reasonable
degree of health, but never found any
thing to equal Orape-Nuta as a standby.
"When I have no appetite for break
fast and Just eat to keep up my strength,
I take 4 teaspoonfuls of Grape-Nut
with good rich milk, and when dinner
comes I am hungry. While If I go with
out any breakfast I never feel like eat
ing -dinner. Orape-Nuts for breakfait
seems to make a healthy appetite for
dinner. '
"My little 13-months-old grandson had
been very sick with stomach trouble
during the past summer, and finally we
put htm on 'Grape-Nuts. ' Now he Is
growing plump and well. When asked If
ha wants his nurss or Grape-Nuts, hs
brightens up and points to the cupboard.
He was no troubls to wean at all thanks
to Grape-Nuts." Rad the little book,
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MEAT DROPS IN NEW YORK
Packers Deny Beport that Shipments
Are to Be Cat in Half.
BIG PEOriTS OF . EETATLEES
Independent Investigator . Figures
that In Better Class Trade They
Are More ThanHnndred
Per Cent.
NEW YORK, Jan. 29. There was a wide
spread understanding among retalKbutchers
here yesterday that western packers have
decided to cut in half their shipments of
cattle to this city In an effort to uphold
the price of beef. The packers denied It.
"So far as I know," said a representative
of Swift and Company, "no orders to dis
continue have been received. As for a re
duction in Bhipments that might be."
On the other hand, the small dealers were
eaually positive that the packers are "only
talking big" and that if only tha boycott
continues, concessions In wholesale prices
must come. The family trade In meats
throughout the city continues to dwindle
and prices continue to fall tn consequence,
but as beef goes down, nsn go up. Tne
following declines and appreciations were
recorded, in the retail markets here today:
Porterhouse steak from w to w cents a
pound; sirloin steak, 22 to 18 cents; prime
ribs of beef, ti to 16 cents; pork loins, 18
to 16 cents; pork chops, 20 to 1 cents; leg
mutton. 22 to 18 cents', mutton, 14 to 12
cents. Fish: Salmon sieaks, 30 to 26 cents;
codfish. 12 to 16 cents; halibut. 16 to ii
cents; bluefish, 12 to 18 and 20 cents; smelts,
15 to 22 and 24 cents. Ths price Of poultry
remained unchanged, but ther was a sharp
decline in the quotations on eggs.
Resontment against the cost of living
has thus far mainly centered upon the
packers, but an independent Investigator
cams out with figures today which tend
to show that in the better class trade
at least, th retailer absorbs the larger
shares of the profits, leaving to the packer
only what he can make on the sals of by
products. It is said a New York packer buys a
steer on the hoof In the Chicago stock
yards. The steers weighs 1,332 pounds In
Chicago, for which 7 cents Is paid, mak
ing the cost to the New York pecker
$96.57. Owlne to loss of weight by trans
portation the steer when slaughtered here
weighs only 1,200 pounds. When dressed
it 'made too pounds of saleable meat, of
which 734 pounds would bring top notch
prices. In snort, the pa-jker reserves for
his own uses 400 pounds and sells to the
butcher 800 pounds.
For this 800 pounds the butcher pays the
packer 172 and the packer must make up
the difference between his selling price
here and the price hs paid for the steer
on the hoof In Chicago, by his sales of
by-products. He is supposed to admit a
profit on these of 16 per cent.
Now comes the profits of the retailers.
A table Is submitted purporting to show
that the 800 pounds Is sold to ths house
holder at retail for a total of 1168.
In explanation the butcher's statement is
given.
"We have to get very large profits," he
says, "for nearly every steward or chef
who deals with us expects his bit of the
check his employer sends us."
Aside from the quarrel among the packer,
(he wholesaler and the retailer, it Is
pointed out by shrewd buyers that neither
the government nor a boycott can adjust
the situation until the men In control of
the cattle ar brought to book.
"Where does the public get off?" Is the
question aiked by the skeptics. '
The statement continues:
"Ninety per. cent of the flsb on the
market Is frosen and eggs are mainly oold
storage. This does not provide good am
munition for a boycott. ,
'.'The packers will not lose. Th situation
must be looked at without self-deception.
The packers will kill less beef, tfley will
discharge many employes and th cattle
they do not kill can be held for a revived
demand. Prices will drop but little and
when the nation gets hungry again the
peckers will be Just where they were be
foreIn control of the situation."
CHICAGO. Jan. M.-The federal grand
jury today devoted only a short time to
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the investigation of - the so-called "Beef
trust," and adjourned until Monday.
Part of the session was devoted to eases
of minor Importance and several true bills
were returned. This leaves the grand Jury
free to proceed with the packers' probe
without any more Interruptions.
LANIGAN SWATTED AKH00ND
Recollection of m Pathetic Parody
that Belt the vorld with
a, Smile.
The arrival of William Watsori In this
country and the republication of his ode
on the death of Tennyson recalls to the
mind of a Chicago Record-Herald writer
the story of the world-famed parody on
the death of Wellington by Tennyson. Here
is an Instance of the lesser becoming ths
greater. There ars more persons who have
heard of the parody than have read the
original.
"The Akhoond of Swat" is a classic, more
because the American people have appreci
ation for subtle humof than for anything
striking or extraordinary about the lines.
When George Lanlgan walked into the tele
graph editor's room of the Chicago Times
one rilght in 1877, and saw there this bul
letin, "London, Jan. 14. Th Akhoond of
Swat Is dead," the humor of the situation
seised on him and hs returned to his re
porter's desk and dashed off th following
with his fountain pen, for that was before
the days of the typewriter:
What, what, what.
What's the news from Swat?
Sad news, -Bad
news -Comes
by the cable, led
Through ths Indian ocean's bed.
Through the Persian gulf and the Red
Sea and the Med
iterranean. He's dead,
The Akhoond Is dead.
These lines and othars that followed fixed
a place in history for the Akhoond. Lanl
gan was one ot the "bright young men" of
the Times. The term Is used advisedly, for
in those days there were clever men in the
field of newspaperdom, as there are today.
Eugehe Field was just beginning his career
and the Indiana school of poets and literati
had not yet become famous.
Lanlgan was a poet, artist, reporter and,
above all, a good telegraph operator. He
was considered the fastest "sender" In the
country, and at j the Chicago fire of 1872
was cut off from the main portion of the
city by the flames, and so went Into a de
serted drug store on the end of the burning
district, where he wrote one of the most
graphic accounts of th disaster nd put It
on ths wire. He could sit it the key and
give an eyewitness description of one of
the most dramatic scenes of modern tlmss.
Nothing that Lanlgan did will llvs In his
tory except his parody. And long after (he
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author, the manner In which It came to b
written or the occasion for It will be lost
to memory, the name of "The Akhoond of
Swat" will bs a, familiar term. No one will
ask the location of the country; in fact, tha
majority of persona of today believe that It
Is a mythical kingdom. There was a real,
live, human Akhoond, and h will never
die. His fame Is secure in the euphony of
the 'name. Lanlgan exploited him, and
both ar th gainers. Washington Herald.
' Musings ot a Cynic. ''
Some people will take offense even when
It doesn t belong to them.
We would never hear of some men If It
wasn't for the enemies they make.
A man's foresight is frequently wasted
on things that never happen.
No man should flirt with' a girl unless
he Is sure she Is merely flirting with him.
" One-half of the world doesn't know how
the other half lives, but It has grave sus
picion. The fellows who are looking for trouble
are generally those who get married.
Itnless a man makes the most of his
opportunities he can't expect his oppor
tunities to make the most ot him.
Th young man who has no bad habits
stands the bs. chance of marrying a rich
man's daughter. He is less expensive to
maintain as a son-in-law than ths other
kind. .,
The devil Isn't as black as he is painted.
A good bit of his blackness has been rubbed
off on the people who have tried to investi
gate the truth of ths comforting proverb.
New York Times.
The "Psyrholoaleal Moment."
The great Oxford dictionary Is slowly but
suiely working Its way through the alphabet,-
and somewhat more rapid progress Is
hoped for. The seventh volume, recently
published, stretches from "prophecy" to
"pyxis," and by the end of the year, It is
sxpected, "Romanite" will be reached.
Among other subjects discussed In th
latest volume Is that much-misused phrase,
"the psychological moment." It la popu
larly taken to mean the critical or the op
portune Instant. As a matter of fact, it
was taken blunderingly from the German
by a French Journalist who mistranslated
"das psychologische moment" that Is to
say momentum or Impulse. To maae the
matter worse, the phrase is often trans
formed Into "psychical moment," with mora
or less vagueness of sense. Springfield Re
publican. Recalcitrant. '
"If you think I'm going to pay this as
sessment," said the man who had called
at the office of the county collector with
a lax notice in his hand, "you're barking
up the wrong tree!"
"What's the matter with It?"
"The matter? It's unjust! I slways pay
more tax than any of my neighbors, and
they've got lots more property than I
have!"
"And you are not going to pay th as
sessment?" '
"No, slrl I'll see Cook county In the ever
lasting bow-wows before I'll do it! I'll
carry It up to the highest court! That's
the kind of old hose' I am!"
"You may b an old hoss," said th man
behind the counter, regarding him thought
fully, "but you kick Ilk a bay stee,"-
Chicago Tribune.
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