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1NCAPORE, JftlO.-(SprlaJ Corre-
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iivo opiioriumiies lor Tlieodora
Itoorpvclt and his son Kermit.
Its Jungles are infested with
tigers, and the Singapore governrnetit is
now offering rewards of KM each for everv
full grown tiger killed, and $1S apUco fur
tiger cats. Just outside the city are tracts
of dense vegetation in which such heasts
are sometimes shot. They swim the old
channel north of the Island, comlns out of
the Jahore jungles and now and then pick
up a Malay baby for breakfast. Just the
other day the young sultan of Jahore,
who Is a great sportHman, killed a big
tiger. It is the nineteenth lie has shot
since reaching manhood. As he showed Its
claws, which he had cut off as a trophy,
he was asked If he expected to bag his
twentieth. He replied:
"I most certainly ahull if he does not
bag me."
In a visit to Jahore I saw the tracks of
a tiger In the mud not far from this man's
palace. It had prowled through the city
during the preceding night and had played
round a sawmill, walking through the
dust in front of the then quiet buzzsaw.
The Tiger Island.
The word Singapore comes from two
native terms . meaning "Lion City," It
should be called "Tiger City." for In the
psst the Island upon which it stands has
been the lair of these beuts and It is
said that as many as 300 natives havo been
devoured by them In one year. The animals
came here first at about the time the col
ony was founded and some years ago one
was discovered choking to death In the
fishing nets off the shore facing the main
land. He had started to swim the channel
and got caught in the nets.
As I sat in the Singapore club the other
night one of the English officials told me
how a man-eating tiger recently slaugh
tered a Malayan, his wife and five chil
dren, leaving only the sixth, a little boy,
who related the story. This family was
' living on the edges of the jungle not far
from the channel In a hut covered with
thatch. The tiger sneaked up and sprang
upon the roof.. He scratched. open a large
hole and the Malayans within as they
looked up and saw him were so frightened
that they were unable to move. They were
huddled together Just under him and be
fore they recovered their senses he sprang
down and struck the fattier with his right
paw und brained him. He then proceeded
to kill the other members of the family
with the exception of the boy above re
ferred to, who was lying in a bunk raised
high above the floor and thus escaped
. discovery. The boy says the tiger first
killed his father, mother and the four
children, leaving his little sister, a baby of
S years. After he had killed the first-he
hegariplaylng with their bodies, watching
the little girl as a cat does a mouse. If
she attempted to creep away he would wait
until she had moved Just outside the length
of his paw when he would reach over and
drag her cloee to him. He would then go
on playing with the dead" bodies, sucking
the blvod and taking a bite now and then
until the child attempted to move, when
the same proceeding was re-enacted. This
lasted until the llttlo girl expired of fright
and exhaustion. The tiger then bit her
In the back of the neck and sucked her
blood. After a long time he finished his
feast and walked out of tlio hut, leaving
' the boy overhead undisturbed.
Land of Snakes.
As for me I am more afraid of the
snakes than the tigers. The latter are
t cowardly beasts, and will attack one only
In the dark or when they can sneak up
behind and catch htm off guard. The
' snakes are so many that one Is liable to
step upon them as he goes through the
. Jungle, or, if he sleeps in a native hut,
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new century the purpose of buildiug an eight story building to occupy
half & block of ground and to be connected through subways with the
stores on the north side of the street was announced, and much wag
ging of heads followed. But the buildings were removed from the
new purchase and the work of construction of the big building, up
to that time the heaviest contract ever let in Omaha, was commenced.
It was an Immense undertaking, but it was put through most suc
cessfully. Hardly had the work on the new building got fairly started before
the firm of Brandeis had purchased property on the west side of Sev
enteenth street and was moving to secure its improvement. , It was
this firm that took the lead In the effort to secure a first-class hotel
at the comer of Seventeenth and Douglas. When that fell through
other plans were set afoot, and at one time a contract with the Shu
berts was all but closed for a new theater on the corner. The Shu
berts did not make good on their end of the bargain and the matter
rested for a time. In 1908 the plan for an eight-story office building
and theater to cover the half block on Douglas, between Seventeenth
and Eighteenth streets, was formulated and the Rosewater property
was added to the Pundt corner. It was found Impossible to buy the
lot at the corner of Eighteenth street, so the building was cut down
to 132x198 feet, eight stories high. This great structure Is now
rearing completion, the theater being ready to open and the office
building being rushed along as fast as the untoward weather condi
tions will permit. The American Music hall, which Is being built
for the occupancy of AVIlliam Morris, is another Brandeis enterprise
that adds a handsome theater to Omaha's J list of high grade
buildings.
One other great Omaha Institution owes its existence to Jonas L.
Brandeis, and that is the Wise Memorial hospital. He was its most
ardent advocate and Its cblefest supporter during his lifetime, and
. that K,' Js housed In a substantial and luxurious building, fitted with
niodera equipment and In every way established as a thorough and
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one may perhaps drop down i'.o-h t:,e
roof. There are forty-four kinds of t-n;ikes
o: this little Island, nhich i.i not half as
bi. us pome Texas farms, and of these
there are fourteen varieties which carry
prison bags under their tongues or at the
roots of their teeth. The worst, perhaps,
Is the cobra, which spits venom. The Ma
layans tell me there is no cure for its bite.
When attacked It erects the body and di
lates the skin on each side of the head so
that it seems to have put on a hood. At
the tame time it makes a noise like an
angry cat, and If attacked.lt will throw
to a "Istance CT six or elglit feet a poi
sonous fluid which, if it touches the eye
or a sore, means sure death. It is tills
snake that the jugglers all over the far
east use to show their skill. They handle
It with impunity, laying it on the ground
and playing upon a flute, which seems to
charm it. They also wrap cobras around
their naked necks and fondle them. The
other day a traveler who was watching
one of these Hindoo jugglers made a 'bet
that the cobra's poison glands had been
extracted, and offered to prove this by
handling the cobra himself. He grabbed
hold of It and the snake sank Its fangs
into his arm. He died within a few hours.
A cobra was recently found In a bath
room where a little baby was playing. It
did not offer to Injure the child, and
seemed inclined to play with It, and It was
only wlien the other people came In that
It elevated its head, swelled out its hood
and began to spit. The other day three of
these snakes were found at one time .In
the bath room of a villa near here.
Among the other snakes are pythons,
twenty or more feet In length. They are
not dangerous, and out In the country the
natives domesticate them and use them as
rat catchers in the place of house cats.
One twenty feet long was recently captured
In a Buddhist temple outside Singapore.
The government is now paying K5 apiece
for dead snakes of fourteen feet and up
ward, and from that down to 00 cents tor
the smaller varieties.
' Civilised Singapore.
Stories like those I have Just told seem
strange in connection with the Island of
Singapore, which Is perhaps the richest
trade center of its kind. It Is the great
half-way station around the world, the
chief city at the crossways of the hemi
spheres and our southern gateway to the
Philippine islands. It has a harbor which
cost millions, and today something like
$:0,000,000 worth of merchandise comes an
nually Into It. It is the seventh harbor of
the world in tonnage and seventh in the
nutifber of vessels which call. There are
fifty-two different steamer lines which
stop at Singapore, and the English govern
ment Is now Investing something like (20.C00
000 to muke new docks and to Improve this
as a naval base.
Singapore Is one of the most Important
of the commercial ports of the far east.
It is the ganglionic nerve center, or rather
shipping center, for the archipelago of the
Dutch EaRt Indies, for Slam and, as far as
the eastern trade Is concerned, for Asia
for the pushing of American trade, and we
are fortunate just now In having an ex
perienced, active and up-to-date consul
general. I refer to Mr. James T. Du Bols,
who did such excellent service as 'consul
to Letpsiz and other parts of Germany and
who saved the government millions of dol
lars by exposing the corrupt lace under
valuations while he was consul general to
Switzerland.
Mr. Du Bols believes that our trade In
this part of the world can be largely In
creased, and he suggests that If an Ameri
can bazaar were established here by some
of our big exporting houses, with branches
scattered , throughout the peninsula, it
would be of great value. He tells me that
the balance of trade Is now much against
us. We buy about $30,000,000 worth of tin,
hides, gambler and other things, of the
Straits Settlements, and sell something
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like $2,000,000 worth of flour, oils, machin
ery, drugs and tobacco In return. This
region Is steadily growing In trade and
Importance, and the English and Germans
are nursing their commerce and pushing
their "goods In ' all possible ways. There
la no doubt but that we should use Slnga-,
pore as a center from which to work not
only the surrounding Islands and the main
land, but India and the far east as well.
This is especially so since Singapore lies
right on the main road t the Philippines
and vessels from the eastern United States
could call here on their way.
John D all's Rich Colony.
Indeed, it might pay our officials to
study this colony with a "View to the de
velopment of our Asiatic Island posses
sions. The English seem able to tote the
white man's burden better than any other
Caucasians. They took hold of this Island
over ninety years ago, when It was a
Jungle, and they have now made one part
of It the most Important commercial cen
ter of the far east. They have cut down
much of the tropical vegetation and have
reduced It to profitable farms.- They havo
built up on the shores of the Island, one of
the finest cities of Asia. Sinapore has
200,000 or 300,000 people. It has big business
blocks of several stories, with high ceil
ings, double walls and wide galleries, on
account of the heat. It Is a city of enor
mous hotels, which are lighted by elec
tricity and cooled by electrlo fans. It has
numerous bonks with millions of capital,
and also churches, libraries, museums and
schools.
The white population, all told, numbers
only about 5,000, the remainder being Asia
tics of various kinds. But these 6 000 are
the lords of creation and many of them
llye In magnificent villas surrounded by
botanical gardens of the trees and plants
of the tropics.
Hon tt I Governed.
The administration of the colony Is In
the hands of a governor, aided by an ex
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successful hospital is due to the efforts of the Brandeis family more
than to any other cause. The Young Men's Christian association re
ceived directly through the firm an impetus that made it pos.slblo to
erect the splendid structure now occupied by that institution. It
was the sale of Its lot at Sixteenth and Douglas at a fine figure to J.
L. Brandeis &' Sons that furnished the nucleus on which the new
home was built. Mr. Arthur D. Brandeis built for himself a haud-
some home, expending something like 160,000 on It, where he lived
until the business of the firm required that he take up his residence
in New York. He has a summer home on a farm near Florence,
where he actually raises corn and other grains for market.
In this skeletonized way the story of this firm in Omaha 1b epi
tomized. It has brought back to Omaha all it took. Its prosperity
-has been but a part of the growth of the city and IUs faith in the city
has been shown by Its constant endeavor to grow with the city. So
far as Is known all the holdings of the Brandeis are In Omaha. Their
business Is all centered here. And the substantial buildings that
mark the progress of tbe firm since Its real development began afford
tbe best possible testimony of the enterprise and energy that have
brought the result.
Seven years ago Jonas L. Brandeis died, after having been in poor
health for several years.' Not many of the newer generation among
the business men of Omaha knew him, and few knew him well. His
health during the last years of his life did not permit him to take a
very active part In the public life of the city and for som time before
his death he was all but retired from the business of which he was
the bead. Those who did know him, though, recall him as a, kindly
man. Just and upright, Industrious and devoted to high Ideals. His
philanthropy was notable, although not notorious, and he built for
himself a monument of benefactions quietly done and charities with
out pomp that Is most enduring. In this work he had the able as
sistance and encouragement of his excellent wife, who survived his
death some time, and who kept up the work she and her husband
started, even to the end of ber days. Mrs. Brandeis will long be re
membered as one of Omaha's real workers In the cause of humanity.
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ecutive council, and there Is a Utile legis
lature which makes the laws. There aro
Chinese In both counoll and legislature, and
altogether the government is something of
a democracy. Singapore has Its own mu
nicipal body, some of whose members are
elected by the taxpayers and some ap
pointed by the governor. .
The present governor of the Island Is
Sir John Anderson, who Is also high com
missioner for the federated Malay states
and for the British colonics In Borneo. He
Is a Scotchman, who was a member of tho
Bering sea arbitration staff in London,
years ago, and who has held various other
important offices.
The governor of Singapore receives a
good salary and he lives like a lord. His
palace here Is finer than the White House
and he maintains a court somewhat similar
to that of the viceroy of India. He gives
a great ball upon the king's birthday, and
to this everybody who Is anybody gets s,n
invitation. Indeed, it is said that every
one who Is not in Jail at the time Is In
vited. These whites of Singapore are fond of
society. They remind me of an old college
friend who attended every funeral within
ten miles of his home. When asked why,
he said, "I always lfke to go to gather
ings." That is the way with these Singa
pore people. They like gatherings, and
they have clubs of all kinds to bring them
selves Into company. Some are for sport
ing, rowing, cricket and lawn tennis, and
others are devoted to art, reading and
education. There Is a magnificent club
house at the end of a wide stretch of lawn
Just next the harbor, and a country club
three miles Inland, at which dances and,
theatricals are frequently given. There ale
many picnics and outings of various kinds.
The city is semi-Intellectual. I mean as
far as whites are concerned. The Raffles
public library contains lii.000 volumes, and
has also a museum relating to the Straits
Settlements. The city has four English
newspapers, two Chinese dallies, a Malay
weekly and two other Journals published
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In East Tndlan dialects. Altogether, the
town is wide awake, and, I regret to say,
In many respects wide open. Of the latter
.feature, however, you must come here
yourself to learn.
Missionary nnd the Tiger.
And speaking of the wide openness of
Singapore, such conditions are to be found
without much searching In every center of
the far east. There Is more truth than
poetry in the suggestion contained in this
verso of Kipling:
"Take me somewhere east of Sues
Where the best is like the worst,
W'here there ain't no Ten Commandments,
And a man can raise a thirst."
At the same time there are churches and
chapels everywhere and as many good
people as bad. We have an American
Methodist Episcopal mission here with
thirty of our own citizens In charge as
teachors and preachers. I have found
thriving American missions In every
Asiatic country I have visited; and a big
Christian work, supported by our people.
Is going on In Burma and India.
This question of misnlons and the uni
versality of human depravity reminds me
of a story I heard here Illustrating that
one finds what he looks for. The story
might be entitled "The Missionary versus
the Tiger." The Incident occurred on a
steamer going up the Bay of Bengal. A
blustering, boastful Englishman on board
was blowing about his feats of hunting In
Hindustan. He monopolized the conversa
tion and told thrilling stories of his ex
periences with the wild beasts of the
Jungle, and especially of his many adven
tures with tigers. At one point In the
conversation a quiet, refined man In black
happened to remark that he also had been
In India and engaged In missionary work
there. Upon this the hunter blurted forth
with a sneer:
"A missionary in India! Why, man, I
have been six months In India and I
never saw a missionary!"
"Well, as to thut," rejoined the other.
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It Is related of her that, long before they came to Omaha, and when
they were in really modest condition as regards the gear of the
world, Mrs. Brandeis was already an active worker in charity, and
from their old Wisconsin home come stories that match in kindness
and true generosity at least the deeds 6he wrought in Omaha.
The firm of J. L. Brandeis & Sons survives in the person of the
three sons, each of whom was admitted to the firm on attaining his
majority. They are well known figures in the business world of
Omaha and to some extent in the social world. But attention to the
great and always growing business has precluded their entering very
largely into society, no matter what their personal predilections
might be. Tho question is frequently asked, "Who is the head of
the firm now?" It can be easily answered. The firm haa.no "head."
Among the three brothers 1j a tacit understanding that all ques
tions of policy or enterprise, must be unanimously agreed to, the ob
jection of one being sufficient to veto the project. In a general way
each retains the supervision over that department of the business
given into his charge in the growing days of the firm. This means
that Arthur D. Brandeis Is In charge of the dresB goods and woman's
wear departments, of whatever kind or description; Emil Brandeis
has-harge of the shoes and the men's clothing and furnishings and
all things that come under the head of "men's"; and H. Hugo Bran
dels has charge of the basement and the carpets. Since the business
'of the firm has attained Its present extent it is not often that more
than one of the brohers is present in the city at the same time.
Arthur D. Brandeis resides in New York most of the time, his pres
ence there being required by the interests of the firm, while the
other brothers are called abroad from time to time by the business
they have In' charge. One or the other is always in tbe city, though,
and has a general eye on the conduct of the great store. They vary
to some extent In their personal characteristics, but have in 'common
many traits. Among these U one that finds its expression in the
beautiful theater that will bear their name. It is a love of beauty
a poetic imagination and a sense of the artistic that is not always
associated with men immersed in business affairs that are running
Snakes and Tigers
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THE JUNGLES ABOUT SIONAPORE
"you have been talking all day afoul
tigers. Now I want to tell you that I have
been twenty-five yearn In India and in all
that time I have never seen a tlgT."
"But perhaps you didn't look for tigers,"
said the hunter.
"And perhaps ou failed to look, for missionaries."-
rejoined the dominie.
Well, there am missionaries down here
In Malaysia nml hi Ohlca, Japan and
Korea, and tho globe-trotter who docs not
confine himself to the ports cannot fall
to see them If he keeps his eyes open. I
have already written about their work hi
Korea and-China. They are doing much
In Slam, and thosgof the Trotestants alone
In India have more than 1,000,000 natives
who are professing Christianity. They
have something like 8.000 Sunday schools
going, and there are almost 400,000 pupils
In their ordinary day schools. As to medi
cal missions, they are doing great good
everywhere, the number of patients treated
last year in India alone being over 2,000,000.
There are something like 900 mission hos
pitals In Asia, Africa and Oceanica, and
altogether there Is a Protestant Christian
population among those of the world's na
tions we consider as heathens of more than
6,000,000.
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Fortunes In Knblier.
Tlie enormous demand for rubber for au
tomobile tires, bicycle tires and other
things bids fair to enrich this part of the
world. The Jungle Is being cut down and
covered with rubber plants. The sultan
of Johore has Just sold his rubber crop
at over i a pound, and his plantations
have yielded two pounds to the tree. I
am told he has ItiO trees to the acre and
that he owns thousands of acres. At this
rate his profit Is over $6,400 an acre per
annum.
If this Is true. It Is no wonder that cap
ital Is pouring Into Singapore for rubber
Investments. Scores of plantations are be
Quaint Features of Life
Fnthera Will Be Fathers. '
KANSAS man complains that
Jh I since his daughter has taken
I muslo lessons, which he paid
only classical stuff, relates Suc
cess. When he comes home
tunettred and asks her for a little tune, he
gets nothing but musical gymnastics. The
whole feminine part of the community, he
thinks, is In a conspiracy to uplift him,
and he doesn't want to be uplifted.
It is Just like father to make a com
plaint like that. Father never did take
kindly to culture. He sits disconsolate in
the drafty kitchen, while daughter's
Browning circle meets In the front room.
It Is mother's Idea entirely that he put
on an uncomfortable collar In tbe even
ing i and hear a mlsalonary lecture on
Borneo. Father's taste for musla stops
short at "Suwanee River," and he knows
almost nothing about the minor poets and
the pre-Raphaelltes. His art ideas are de
rived front the illustrated Sunday supple
ment; he will not alt in a Louis XVI chair,
und ho cares not a whit for the pottery of
the ancient Chaldeans. Shirt sleeves and
carpet slippers are his conception of cor
rect evening dress for gentlemen.
There Is little hope that anything per
manent can ever be done for father.
When the millennium comes, he will still
be found reading the newspapers, smoking
up the window curtains, Impeding progress
and paying the rent.
The "Singing; Dog."
In Sammy, a handsome collie, owned by
Ludwlg Carlson of 64 Montgomery avenue,
Montclalr, N. J., possesses a self-educated
canine tenor soloist. Every morning when
the bell on St. John's Episcopal church,
near the dog's house, begins ringing,
Sammy takes up i. position not far from
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well above a million and a half a month. A reticence that almost
amounts to taciturnity is another common characteristic, although
this falls away when they are with those who know them well. But,
perhaps the most marked of all, is their great initiative. They are
not bound by the same rules that direct the course of other men.
New things, new ways, new achievements attract them. The erec
tion of the great building for tho Brandeis store, with Jts many inno
vations, is but an illustration of their way of reaching out for new
things. The establishment of a bank in connection with the store,
that grew so big they had to give it over because they could not find
time to direct it, was another. And in countless ways they have
shown that they are moving always along lines of their own choos
ing, and proving that what others think are rash experiments are
really safe and profitable business undertakings.
It might not be out of place here to refer to another most elo
quent evidence of the growth of the business of the Brnndols firm.
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ti me iiuiu iu uuniuu oluic uuiucu iu r euruary, jbsm, ino em
ployes of tbe firm numbered 175. At present, sixteen years later,
the number of people carried on the pay roll of the Brandeis Store fa
above 1,000, and a few weeks ago, when the rush of the retail buy
ing season wen at its height, the store housed more than l.l'OO work
ers. Many of these have been with the firm for years. Twenty-six
heads of departmtuU look after the details, under the general direc
tion of a superintendent, and under them the responsibility is
further divided, so "that discipline is perfect and in the highest degree
efficiency is secured. Wages paid cannot be stated, but it Is violating
no confidence to say that the people employed by the Brandeis Store
receive puy far above that popularly ascribed to salesmen and girls, J
Some of tbe younger and less experienced of the liolp go as low as
17 to $9 per week, and against these are tho great mass of
experienced help, whose weekly pay ranges around $20 to $25, with
the heads of departments and their assistants with salaries counted
in the thousands per year. Excepting, perhaps, the Union Pacific
Railway company, not another Omaha institution pays out la wages
to employes as large a sum monthly as doea tbe Brandeis tore.
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ARE INFESTED WITH TIGERS"
ing set out, and soinethng llle 200,000 sere
of groves have already been established.
Some of the companion hnvo paid dividends
of as high as 300 per cent, while BO per
cent Is by no mans uncommon. The plant
used are those which produce the Para
rubber, the trees coming into bearing at
their fifth or sixth year. They are then
tapped, and If carefully bled will continue
to produco for many years.
Land of l''trr.
It Is from this same region that the
greater part of our pepper comes. There
are nipper estates in Malaysia and In
Sumatra over tho way. In fact, this coun
try was flr.t desired by England on ac
count of Its shipments of pepper. Planta
tions were aciiuiifd by some london com
missioners, who demanded that mora and
more popper be sent. They knew so little
about how pepper crown that they asked
their agents to see that the natives planted
more white prprr in tho future, as their
customers preferred that to black pepper.
Now every one who knows anything about
pepper knows that the white pepper and
black pepper come from the same bushes
and that white pepper is merely black pep
per well ripen ad.
Shortly after that letter came thu
amount of silver belonging to the company
In the Singapore office was short, and In
writing about It to London the ngont, pre
suming on the Ignorance of the people
there, said that the deficiency was due to
the ravages of the white ants. With their
next shipment the Ixjndon commisslonem
sent a basket of files, and when the agrjt
wrote a-sktng what they were for, the reply
was that thoy were to sharpen the teeth of
those ants.
The exporters here say that there Is still
money In pepper, but that for the time the
profits of thn rubber Industry surpas
those of all other fanning.
FRANK Q. CARPENTER.
the edifice and begins an accompaniment
that has none of the discordance of the
ordinary, canine howl. It Is a musical vole
which Sammy blends with the deep notes
of the bell and It has been observed that
the dog Is exactly In tune with the metallla
Bounds that come from the church belfrA.
At noon the collie makes tracks for a
lumber plant, operated by his owner. Here
the dog accompanies the whistle, which is
blown at midday, and here, too, he always
achieves perfect harmony. The dog also
Joins his voice with the town curfew bell
at 9 o'clock at night.
Persons who have studied the dog's per
formances say that In the beginning his
voice was harsli und not attuned to tint
bells or the whistles, but devotion to prac
tice and love of harmony have mudo him
an accomplished canine, vocalist.
Where Do They Ciet Iff
Maine for a long time hns had is Lite wide
prohlbMion, but many of Its people get In
toxicated and arrested therefor Just the
same. Arrests for drunkenness are In fact
Increasing much faster than the population,
reports the Lowell Citizen. In thirteen
years ending In W08 they increased 43 per
cent, while from 1900 to 1908 the growth of
population was only 14 per cent. Arrests
for Intoxication are not an Infallible cri
terion of the sobriety of a people, but they
are often significant. For example, when
records show that in twenty-five cities and
towns In Malno there were 0,600 sucli ar
rests In l'JOti and 9.C27 In 1903 It is clear that
the down-easters are drinking more rum of
a worse character or that the police are
more vigilant In taking them to the lockup,
or both. At any rate the figures are not
creditable to prohibition or the way It Is
enforced In the state. They certainly
would not be so bad under a decent license
system.
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