TIIK 13KE: OMAHA. MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 191t.
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Ktat of Nebraska, Douglas County, aa.
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rays that the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Dally, Morning,
Kvcnfng and Sunday Bee printed during the
month of November. 1I0, waa at followa:
1 4.3,60 II 450
2 ,43,600 17
a. 46oo i 44,080
4 43,670 II 43,760
4H,t30 JO 43.S00
44,900 1 43.tl0
7 45,380 (2 43,600
I 43,910 21 42.S30
t 64,680 21 41.600
10 46,470 26 43.740
11 44,640 2 43,150
12 43,930 27 43.&80
12 44.300 28 43.8U0
14 43,350 2 43,340
It 43,660 . 30 43,360
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Uelurned Copies
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.' 16.436
Net Total .. 1,308.484
Daily Average 43,816
GKOHGE a TZSCHUCK,
Treaaurer.
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Hoost for Omaha In 1911.
What has become
man's hope?"
of the "white
Another aviator killed. A census of
surviving aviators would be in order.
It seems that Nat Goodwin and his
latest wife have been temporarily
reconciled. ' '
And to think, Ohio, where Adams
county is located, is also the mother of
presidents. - -
'e, war time prices were cheaper.
But who wants to go to war to lower
the cost of llving?f' . ?
Another advantage of supplanting
monarchies with 'republics would be
the reduced tost of rm,Jnee. "
ell, bis acciuuiicy ror two montns,
as attorney earal. has had his pic
ture on the front pace, anyway.
The little city of Modesto, Cal is
planning for municipal ownership of
aeroplane landings. Don't laugh.
We hope there will be no trouble
between Mr",' Ryan "and Mr. Murphy as
to who Baw."I3tll.v" Sheehan first.
Wonder if that long distance tele
Kiaiu from the indignation meeting
held at Cordova. A'aska, ever touched
him? ' '
John Dull la Just now offering
I'ncle Sam some suggestions as to the
Philippines. Small favors thankfully
received. .
A little dinner served to 1,102 per
sons is some feast. For verification
Just auk. any Omaha traveling man
who was there.
A Boston woman, having no child
ren, but several dogs, gave the pups a
Christmas tree. It ought to have been
a howling success.'
' Mrs. Langtry's spirited reaffirma
tion that tihe has left the stage for
good sugccHts that some get good
without leaving the stage.
The latent is that a man in South
Carolina has Just discovered the re I
tause of the high cost of living. What
is ha going to do about It?
Dr. Cook's accusation of Raemus
eu looks like a bid for a new con
slgnmtat t notoriety, but the Dane
does not bteiu to catch the point.
We hesitate to believe our law
makers look like the portraits that1 are
U'iUK printed of them In Lincoln pal-era.
If tbey do, e fear for the
worst.
Those country . preacher-sleuths
must have had a good time slumming
in Omaha so far away from home,
v ith no fear i,t meeting inquisitive
neighbors.
In all the cry for protection to home
industry. America's strong men have
n.ver raised a voice against the free
."JmUxion of foreign wrestlers. They
are too eay.
Former Senator W. A. Clark might ;
etallate that be did not build th.it
I'lflh avt-nue palace for erchltectural
laste, but for bis own boisterous Mon-
taua pleasure.
The Tragedy of Aviation.
The year Just closed began almost at
Its outset and continued until Its last
day Hs toll of life ror what little prog
ress It msy have marked In aviation.
The first death, that of Leon do La
grange, was on January 4. the last,
those of Moisant and Hoxgey, occurred
on December St. February, March
and November were the only months In
which lives were not loot by serial ra
tastrophles. The total number, of
deaths was twenty-nine, making thirty
four since 1908. And over against
this fearful toll all that we have done
toward solving the mysteries of aerial
navigation has been to sail upward
11.000 feet or around In a very re
stricted circle only under the most fa
vorable conditions. When the air cur
rents and the machines are working
perfectly the most skillful aviators can
make a feeble little exhibition, but that
is about all. When anything goes
wronR death usually follows as a con
sequence. The attempt of bold young men to
put aeroplanlng on a practical basis
has been spectacular and admirable,
but It has been nowhere near success
ful and there is little if any telling how
near they have come to learning the
first lesson in tbe rudiments of the
science. So that it is utterly useless
for the world yet to become enthus
iastic over what it may esteem progress
achieved in this line of research and
adventure. It is yet to be determined
that the problem will be solved. Some
people think It will, others think it
will not. Nature clings fast to Its
secrets and imparts them to puny man
grudgingly.
The death of Moisant and Hoxsey
on the last day of the year gives a
tragic finish and casta a heavy pall
upon the sturdy yeomen in this new
field of eclence. Hoxsey, the man
with whom former President Roosevelt
scaled the air at St. Louis, had just
reached the loftiest pinnacle of fame
for himself or any other aviator and,
like Moisant, died in the tenlth of his
career, with the plaudits of multitudes
ringing In Ills ears.
Bryan, She par d and Sheehan.
With the consent of "Boss" Murphy
of Tammany hall. William F. Sheehan
has made a show of "coming out" as
a candidate for United States senator
from New York. It now remains to
be seen whether the legislature will
do Tammany's bidding and elect Shee
han in preference to Edward M. Shep
ard, who seems to be the most likely
opposition candidate. The strong
democratic paper of New York are
for Sbepard and some of them are ve
hemently denouncing Murphy and
deriding Sheehan, but It 1 not certain
that their Influence will triumph over
that of Tammany when It comes to
electing the successor to Senator De
pew. Mr. Shepard la the Idealist and a
moralist In politics. He la regarded
also as an able man. Certainly aa a
lawyer he enjoys an enviable reputa
tion in his city and state. He has al
ways held himself aloof from Tam
many, but for which he probably now
would be its preferred candidate, in
vlaw of his other elements of strength.
He standa for the very opposite In poli
tics that Sheehan and Murphy repre
sent. ' Here arises another question.
What will Mr. Bryan, as a leader of
the party who assumes the right to
make suggestions at any time, do as
between Shepard and Sheehan? Shep
ard and Bryan have much in common
in that both are idealists and both
moralists. . Very naturall one would
expect to seethe Nebraakan advocating
and even working for the election of
the Brooklyn man. But Mr. fheehan
did Mr. Bryan a big favor once when
he came out publicly and exculpated
Mr. Bryan from any part In getting
that $15,000 of Wall street boodle
dumped Into the democratic campaign
In Nebraska in 1904. Mr. Bryan had
declared four years later that he would
feel bound to pay the money back if it
was put up to his brother-in-law for
his benefit and Mr. Sheehan kindly
came to his rescue with a timely exon
eration. Will Mr. Bryan now, when he has
a chance of showing his gratitude by
returning the favor, support Sheehan,
or will he repudiate his obligation to
the Tammany man and support Shep
ard? He cannot bold himself above
mixing in. for has be not taken a band
in Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio and other
senatorial fights This is one of the
interesting phases of tbe situation In
New York that may be watched.
Danger of Boy Scouting-. .
The boy scout movement has many
splendid features and also has some
that are not so good for the boys, aa U
shown In the fatal shooting of one
scout by another down in Kentucky. It
was not au accidental tragedy, for one
boy. it appears, deliberately fired a
I bullet into another boy as tbe culniina
I ttou of a rival claim of two companies
for a certain vautage ground.
What has to be guarded against in
such a project as this Is the overdrawn
seriousness which boys are likely to
attach to It. If they can be made to
feel that it la really a good-natured
1 pastime they probably w til get more
good out of It than for them to become
imbued with the notion that essential
results depend upon it. Of course, it
Is a gross breach of the rules for any
boy to be armed with dangerous fire
arm when engaged In the scout play.
nil it ihnwt thut imnifllinHv aimiiAiiorl
to be lucontrol must have been remiss
In his duty. But you cannot bold en
thuV.eatlc, imaglnathe youth down to
mock war always and continue to In-
j.UU n blru the Ideas and principles of
militarism. Ills love of experiment
and adventure is sure to crop out
somewhere.
It is too bad that a less belligerent
system of manly training was not de
vised Instead of one susceptible of
falre construction In a child's mind.
Anti-Mormon Progress.
The American party in t'tah, which
Is the anti-Mormon faction, has some
thing to show In the census figures for
Its ascendancy In Salt Lake City for
the last ten years, or most of that
time. Since- 1900 the population of
the metropolis has Increased 40,000,
or 73 per cent, and during the period
the American party was organized and
gained and held control of affairs In
Salt Lake City. Front 1890 to 1900
the city's population Increased only
9,000, not quite 20 per cent, and tbe
Mormons were in absolute control of
things for those ten years.
The American party embraces demo
crats and republicans and people of
other political faith and looks beyond
the bounds of any political organiza
tion and even fur her than mere
opposition to the religion of
Mormonism, except as such oppo
sition will advance the real interests of
city and state. Its declared mission is,
not the destruction of the Mormon
faith, but the obstruction to lte domi
nation In political and busiusss af
fairs. And this Is a thoroughly Amer
ican and legitimate mission. It rests
so firmly upon the basis of common
sense and common justice as to com
mend itself to serious-minded men,
without regard to their political or
religious proclivities.
Mormonism nor any other sect that
seeks to perpetuate itself by playing
politics as a means of easy control of
public affairs is not to be justified or
tolerated In such endeavor. This prop
aganda has defeated Itself by Its own
blindness, and to this extent has done
well for its state and metropolis, for
both are now on the high road to that
larger development made possible by
wonderful natural resources and
sturdy thrift and industry of a strong,
fearless citizenship.
Our New Birthday Book.
In our new "Junior Birthday Book"
The Bee is presenting our readers
with a unique newspaper feature a
feature which has never before, so far
aa we know, been put forth in any
other publication.
This birthday book will run from
day to day for a whole year and con
tain a compilation of the names, ad
dresses, schools and ages of all the
children In Omaha old enough to be
enrolled In school.
Each day will disclose which mem
bers of the rising generation are cele
brating their birthday anniversaries
on that day.
The list is not confined to ony one
school nor to the public schools, but
Includes the parochial schools as well.
There are approximately 20,000
children in the schools of Omaha, of
whom from fifty to seventy-five are
celebrating their birthdays every day
of the year, so our readers may have
a faint realization of the stupendous
ness of the work Involved in making
up this birthday book.
Nearly every family In Omaha has
children and every child has its birth
day. It muat be of interest to both
children and parents to know who
else have their names Inscribed on the
same page of the birthday book of life.
Ben Barrows.
The death of "Ben" Barrows to
call him Benjamin H. Barrows would
sound unfamiliar while in the har
ness as surveyor of customs for the
port of Omaha removes a public
officer whose official record In various
capacities in tbe public service stands
to his credit. "Ben" Barrows be
longed to the pioneers of Omaha and
has been connected with several of
tbe institutions that have helped
build up Omaha. His 'personal llkea
bleness, however, was hla own best
asset. A culture derived from study,
observation, travel and intimate asso
ciation with the best literature, com
bined with a rare sociability, made
him a prince of good fellows. He bad
hla faults, as all of us, but they were
always harmless to others. The gov
ernment service will continue uninter
rupted, but "Ben" Barrows will be
missed.
"Trying to oust him from office" is
the correct title of the proceedings
brought against Chief Donahue by the
brewery-Antl-Saloon league combine.
They are not trying to enforce th
laws which they claim are violated.
They are not trying to put the lawless
liquor sellers behind the bars. They
are not trying to bold the mayor as
chief executive of the city to account
ability nor tbe county attorney aa tbe
prosecuting officer to his responsibil
ity. No, they are trying "to get the
chief. '
While prophecy is always danger- j
oua, we feel safe in predicting that our
amiable contemporary, the World-!
Herald, will not support a republican
for president in 1912, be the nominee
Taft. La Follette, Cummins or Roose
velt, but that it will whoop it up for
the democratic nominee without even
looking behind the party label
Tbe World-Herald objects to Sena-1
tor Cummins because he la quoted aa I
saying that "the worst republican is ;
preferable to any democrat," and yet
It gives ocular pi oof every day that in
Its lexicon the worst democrat ia pre
ferable to any republican."
Thoee two servsnts In tbe Rocke- i
teller home who quit tecsuae their j
Christmas presents w.ere only 30-cent
aprons did not take Into consideration
tbe fact that Mr. Rockefeller had just
donated $10,000,000 to the Chicago
university.
The New World wems to see In
"Master" Murphy's domination a good
chance for New York to go republican
next time. If so, that may be the one
redeeming feature about the Tam
many boss' "manipulation."
William Allen White thinks Homer
Davenport, the cartoonist, has lost his
grip. Fortunately, however, he re
tained It long enough to graap a large
handful of dough.
Married men in New Jersey will be
designated by a ring on their right
thumb If a proposed law la enacted.
Still that Is better than being led
around by the nose.
The army may, as some of the gen
erals say, be In a disorganised condi
tion, but Mr. Taft Is still the commander-in-chief,
and he does not seem
to think It in a very bad way.
I.et Others Do the Worryloa.
Baltimore American.
A new thaory is that the ultimate de
struction of the human race will oomo by
men's fretting to death. However, as it
is admitted the earth has fuel enough tor
another million years at least, there Is no
Immediate necessity to begin worrying-
Polotloa; -Warolns Finger.
New York World.
A change of only ,0n0 votes out of nearly
l.fiOO.Ono In thla democratic landslide year
would have defeated most of the demo-,
cratlc state ticket and elected most of the
republican ticket. And thla with more than
150.000 republicans staying away from the
polls.
Basloeas Crooks Berk Cover.
prtngfteld Republican.
Tha bathtub trust under prosecution by
tha federal government, la breakilng up
before the legal proceedings have hardly
begun. Thla example Is commended to the
men behind the electric lamp and appli
ance trust. They both seem to be of a
similar character and clearly under tha
ban of the law as It has found repeated
interpretation in tha courts.
eela.gr Mark Twain Joke.
Boston Transcript.
Thumb-print evidence has been regarded
aa incontestible proof of guilt. It la held
that no two Impressions are exactly alike,
and a man In Chicago was not long ago
convicted of murder on that evidence al
most alone. But an accused man recently
convicted In a British court on the basis
of thumb prints, has alnca been discharged
from custody because he was able to fur
nish an alibi that convinced tha authorities.
Puddenhead Wilson may have had a great
deal to answer for.
Political Barworles Showing Life.
Philadelphia Ledger.
There la a strange oolncldeno In tha
fact that McLean In Ohio, Sheehan In
New York and Smith In New Jersey all
refrained most modestly from appearing aa
candidates for senatorahlps during tha cam
paign, notwithstanding the general belief
that the democrats would be victorious.
Tha natural ouery"t)ow is. Could tbe demo
crats have won a triumph if the campaign
had been based on their candidacies, or
even If It had been suspected that they
might reap tha fruits of victory?
World-Clrcllan; Ideals.
New York World.
There are glfta of Idealism so broadly
framed that they . take rank above mere
benevolence and hold tha world's attention.
Such waa Nobel's whan ha left his fortune
to reward the heroes of science and peace.
Such was Cecil Rhodes' when ha sought to
promote better international understanding
by enabling promising youth of all coun
tries to be educated together. Buch is Mr.
Carnegie's. These may ba the acta of
dreamers. But It la only before dreamers
that tha future doea not quite veil her
face.
High Waarea Come to Stay.
Springfield Republican.
That labor must undergo a liquidation
or wage reduction, following the atock mar
ket liquidation of the year, Is a belief
which haa found aome acceptance in finan
cial circles. But It la to be noticed that
the latest great wage revision that of the
western locomotive engineers Is In an up
ward and not downward direction. The
railroad managers are evidently not very
confident respecting the soundness of the
said belief. They seem to think that tha
high wages, as well as , the high prices,
have come to stay for at least a while
longer, f
Servian; No Practical Good.
Indianapolis News.
In the contest for altitude flight be
tween biplane and monoplane the former
has the meed for today. But no one will
vantuie to guea how long It will retain
the honor. The high filers have demon
strate that climbing into tha sky la only
a question of physical endurance on the
part alike of th man and the machine.
For practical purpoaea, however that, la.
if the aeroplane Is to have practical pur
pose the power of reaching excessive al
titude Is no more Important than the
power of motor tars to make phenomenal
time on the motor tracka.
Kaoreaa Rate Investigation.
Buffalo Fxpress.
Just what the Interstate Commerce com
munion can do to relieve the express rate
situation remains to be seen, but there Is
the encouraging hope that something can
be accomplished, inasmuch aa the burden
of proof, as In the case of the railroads,
will be on the express companies, and It Is
hard to see what ex-planatlon they ran
give that will Justify their present rates
when their profits are so unreasonably
large. At any rale,
it Is almost certain l
that the public will have more light on
the subject than it has ever had before,
and more light on all forms of commerce
and industry Is what is needed now.
Spring field Republican,
llatlroad gross earnings reports continue
to be of a volume very disgusting to those
who hsv been selling other people's stocks
and are preaching calamity In an effort to
buy In the said stocks at panic prices.
Some forty-two roads, representee of
nearly all sections of the country, which
have made returns fur the second week of
December, show a gain of 7.1 per cent over I
a year aito. when business was admittedly
excellent. That severe depression which
baa be,n kteplng Jumi a week or two aiiead
of the country evrr since last January had
not evidently appeared up to tlte middle of
this moiiui. but let those who have sold
other people's stocks take courage! It
may have arrived laxt aeek; and if not.
then ki.it ij ll will tills week.
Around New York
lpplaa ob tne Cnrraat ef life
a a a la the ana A merle aa
Metropolis from Day o Day.
Tha responsibility of a director of a
national bank does not end with the sol
emn confabs at periodical meetings, tha
glittering coin passed around at adjourn
ment and the amlle generated by antici
pated dividend. With annoying paternal
ism tha government inslnta that directors
should be useful aa well an ornamental.
If they fail to direct as the law directs,
and trouble cornea. It la up to them to
make good. Tha point la emphasised In
the caas of tha directorate of the specula-
; nv morse nan in rsew Torn, the op
Vratlona of which sent Morse to the At
lanta penitentiary on a fifteen-year sen
tence. Tha directors of the bank, or most
of them, knew of the speculative loans
and stock Ventures. In fact tha bank was
skating on thin lea before Moras broko
Into It. Hut Morse plunged heavier than
hla predecessor and was caught In the
queexe of HOT. Now with th liquida
tion at an end the directors have been
obliged to dig up from their own pock
eta tht sum of 211.mo In full settlement
of claims adjudicated.
"In banking and legal circles," says the
New York Post, "thla settlement la con
sluered of very great Importance, because
the directora thus eesume liability for
losses Incurred In the bank's speculative
career, although they have heretofore da
nled that the transactions in question ex
ceeded the authority conferred upon
them, and also denied any knowledge of
Irregularities. As tha Morse transactions
consisted In speculations and In dummy
loans, tha heavy penaltiea now paid by
the directors can only be taken aa a grave
warning to all directors who fall to di
rect that they can be held responsible for
a bank's losses."
The directors who must put their hands
In their pockets to the tuns of $211,000
are Charles W. Morse, John H. Flagler,
William F. Havemeyer, Alfred H. Curtis,
John W. Gates, Charles M. Schwsb and
Robert N. Thompson.
It looks as though the gentleman known
to tha police as "Big Bill" bad It about
right When he ones said: "Son. If you can
Just keep your face straight you can get all
the money In the world."
As my first witness In support of this
proposition, says the New York corre
spondent of the Cincinnati Times-Star. I
call one Harry Dlffene of Hawley, Pa. Mr.
Diffene is a man of 40, who has been In
business all hla life, has made a good doal
of money and beara the outward semblance
of Intelligence. Some weeks ago he made
the acquaintance of a New York man then
visiting Hawley. The Now Yorker soothed
Mr. Diffene's susceptibilities. "You are too
wise a guy to stick in a bum little burg
Ilka this," said he. "Why don't you start
for tbs big show?"
They all fall for It. Mr. Dlffene admitted
that he was a blight and capable business
man. The kind atranger accompanied him
to New Tork, picked out a nloe saloon for
him at the Intersection of Greenwich and
Park row and eventually sold It to him.
Mr. Dlffene repaired to the office of a
notary, where vatioua papers were signed.
Then he handed over 12,000 for the first
payment on the place. Next morning, just
aa the early-rising bartender, was getting
Into the white jacket, Mr. Dlffene came
around. He hung up hla coat and hat,
scanned the situation with a coldly prac
tical eye, told the bartender that In tha
future ha muat wear a white tie and walk
around the bar to peek Into the cash' reg
ister. Mr. Dlffene lit In the geographical
center of Park row.
The moral la a simple one. The kind
stranger did not own even a towel In that
glittering establishment.
New York vegetarian circles having been
much) disturbed by the report that an ad
herent to the cause had eaten a lamb chop.
It waa up to the delinquent to give an ac
count of himself. '
"I am guilty," she confessed. "I did eat
a chop, and if I were placed In the same
position again I'd eat another one. The
circumstances that caused my downfall
are the reef 'on which many a vegetarian
bark Is wrecked. I made a morning call
on a woman who had just come down from
Albany and telephoned me to come and
see her st the horns of a. mutual acquaint
ance. They insisted upon my staying to
luncheon. I consented. Pretty soon f
heard the maid telephone for another chop.
I felt It In my bones that that chop was for
me and I wanted to rush out and tell her
to countermand the order, but I was
ashamed to. At luncheon tha extra shop
confronted me. If It had been ordered be
fore I came or even It the telephone had
been far anoughh away from the sitting
room to keep me from hearing what the.
maid aald, I could have declined It. but
there was a chop that had been bought for
me and cooked for me, and It Implored me
so feelingly to eat It because Mrs. B. had
nothing else to offer me and would bo
humiliated If I refused, that I let my veg
etarianism go by the board. I ate the
chop. I would Ilka to add that It tasted
good."
A little girl In an East Side achool was
busily cracking her finger Joints. The
teacher admonished her. but soon the
cracking waa resumed. The teacher de
tained the girl after the othera had gone
home.
"Minnie," the teacher began, "don't you
know that to crack your finger Joints ia
not nice, and besides when you grow up
to be a woman you'll have big, ugly
knuckles." j
"That's why I do it." Minnie replied, "lly
man told me yesterday that when we get I
big he's Kolng to give me a diamond ring i
and then we'll get married. I want ray
kunckles to be big enough to keep the!
ring from slipping off on washday. My 1
mother lost her wedding ring that way and '
papa never got her another." )
The lireelry Square hotel.
planned for i
New York and designed to be the largest i
anywhere, w ill cover an area of 3l.Su0 ,
square feet, have twenty-five stories ex- ,
elusive of a basement and two sub-base j
menta, anil cot, Including the site, JLA-
500.000. The section In which it la to arise 1
observe one of the promoters, "already ,
reoognlsed as the center of activity of the
western hemisphere. ' which reminds onu !
that New York, not Chicago, seldom ceases i
to sound her loud, barbaric yawp over the i
roofs of the world. I
- 'I emulation In nar Rebates.
I'hlladelplila I'.ecold. I
The revelations of fiaijds In rebate of!
duties on exports of nufc"ar. when the trut!
offers to refund 1700,000. afford another ar- I
guint-nt why this rebate system should be'
abolished. Although Intended to eneoui-j
age exportation of manufactures it serves j
little other purpose than to Invite fraudu-
"nt Practices. When the crude materials
of manure etui en are put on the free list
the system v III have no longer rason of'
ex.h.ence and will abolish itself save In
this exception of sugar. Itoenue duties will'
still be needed probably for aome linn, on !
raw kUKtr: but tbe trust will get tired of 1
it-funding lurue rum to the treasury on '
dlecovery of Its frauds by smart detec- j
jtivc for 6ke of Uige rewards
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.
Kumlnsky Michael, a nephew of tli"
late Count Tolstoi, Is coming to this coun
try In tlie Interest of tne plan to pin chase
Tolstoi's e-t.te, Yasnnya FVMana. and
convert It Into a museum In t!ie great
KuKSlan's memory.
Nothing worth while ass learned from
the experiment of sending the Inmates of
an Insane asylum down town to do a lit
tle lute Chiletmas shopping In St. Louis.
I Store clerks didn't notice any difference
(between llieni and the safe and sunr.
The
"help" at John V.
In flex eland were
Rockefeller s
reaaled with
: home
j Christmas boxes of gingham aprons and
similar necessaries of hlcii living., Before
the domestic indignation could be cooled
down tha aprons found tepose In the asn
cans. The managers of the Canadian .Northern
Ontario Railway company should have
hero medals. Braver mm do not stand nn
Rrotind. They ordered their trainmen l cl
station agents to address a woman as
"Madam" Instead of the frlgW an.1 uni
versal "Lady."
A fund estimated at nearly H.OnO.onn has
been bequeathed by the late Mrs. Ellia
beth Williamson Garrett for the founding
and maintenance of a country home for
poor children and deserving single women,
on 3X acres of farm land near Delaware
county. New Jersey.
A Daniel come to judgment In Kansas
City has deckled that a husband has no
cause of divorce against his wife because
she smokes cigarettes unless she does It
in public. Decisions of the law ara some
times almost as queer and unaccountable
aa feminine fashions.
While a New York fortune-teller was
filling a girl victim with visions of a
wealthy husband, a package of 100 was
deftly abstracted from her throbbing
bosom. Coming out of the dream with a
scream, she collared the seereas with a
clutch that brought her money back.
The United States treasury issued a war
rant to lUchard Parr for 80,0U0 as hla re
ward for discovering the sugar frauds In
New York. Tha sum of fclo.OOt) haa already
been paid him. The treasury haa left a
balance of some tl6,0U0 and will use it for
slullar purposes. The government intUtes
money by the discovery of these frauds.
Parr's discovery, which waa worth iwo,-
000 to him, h&s netted the government up
ward of (3,000,000.
Mrs. Annie Wakeman Lathrop Is mak
ing a tour of this cout-try to study the
conditions of American women for a group
of London newspapers. She Is now In
California, and after finishing her obser
vations In the west she will go south ami
then return east. Mrs. Lathrop Is an
American woman, who, twenty-seven
years ago, went to London aa a newspaper
correspondent. Her husband Is In the
American consular service at Bristol.
THE LIHR OP THIS CITIES.
A Movement of Substantial Benefit to
Farmers.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
That the flocking of the population to the
cities will continue In the United States
seems to be clearly demonstrated.
Indeed, the tendency la the same all over
the world, for In Europe. Asia and Africa
the cities are Increasing In population to a
far greater percentage than are the rural
districts.
It la not an actual decline of population
In the agricultural districts, taking tha
country over, that is occurring, but It Is
an established fact of the much greater
proportionate gain In tha population of the
cities.
Could any more powerful argument be
furnished aa to the continuing prosperity
of the tillers of the soil than this state
wide, nation-wlda, world-wide Increaae In
the number of consumers who are now
producers of provisions for the support of
life?
It means that modern civilisation ia op
erating In a syestematlo manner for the
benefit of the farmer and for the greater
returna from his labor upon the soil.
With an ever-Increasing demand from
constantly increasing urban populations it
certainly points clearly to higher acreage
financial returns from the farm, and, by
consequence, advancing prices for the
lands that will produce.
A recent writer la of the opinion that It
Is tha law of supply and demand that alone
will change the direction of the current of
population, and he seems to be of the opin
ion that when the Industrious city resident
becomes aware of the greater profit tht
n.ay be made In the country, then, and
then only, will he abandon the town and
proceed to earn his share of tha profits
that will come to him who produces to
supply those who do not. When the change
will come the writer referred to does not
even hint.
Ten years of constantly advancing cost
to the city residents, ten years of steadily
Increased profits to the cultivator, do not
seem to have checked the flow to the cities
nor weakened their attraction upon younit
and old.
BASKLUSH ftCAHK BA.MsHKD.
Disease Known as Pellagra Not Une to
Cora.
Philadelphia Reco.d.
For a long time It has been a very gen
erally accepted theory' that the disease
known as "pellngra," which has been
more prevalent in Italy than other coun
tries, had its cause in the eating of food
prepared from corn. There was some rmsU
for this belief In the fact that among the
poorer peuplo of the Italian provinces
cornmeal was hugely consumed, and at
times It was put upon the market In an
unfit condition for human consumption.
Late careful Fcluntlflc Investigation goes
far to show that our great American ce
real, which our people have eaten with
relish and good result ever since the early
pllg.lins. in oider to ward off starvation,
had to borrow it from the Indians, ha
nothing to do with begetting pellagra.
We learn from that well informed Kn
gllsil medical journal. The l-ondon Umf.
(Dccemler 1). that "In tht- early part of
the present year a committee of patholo
gists and epidemiologists wit formed lor
the purpose of inv rsliwatliii, the causation
of pelluara. and at a mee Inn In Kelnuury
It was reaolved that Dr. 1. W. Sambon's
hypothesis vlx.. that' the disease was pos
sibly clue to u protuxoal organism gain
ing access to the l.um.in body by means
of some biting fly should be investigated;
an uppea was made for the necessary
fjnds. Dr. Banibon proceeded to Italy In
March, and recently presented an Interim
or progress repoi t on his research, s ;
He claims to have established . ill
That ptllngra U not due to the eating of
maixe, either sound or deteiigi alcd, as I
hitherto almost unive sally believe I; (Ji I
that It bus a striking. I eculiai and well I
defined topographical distribution; i.'!i tl at I
lt endemic foci or 'nation' have re-
malned exactly the lame in m.inv plans,
for st least a century; Hi that its siatlon 1
ie close'y .cU.nl with st earns of
running water; and (f that a minute blood
sin king ! , of the genus Klmiillum. Is In
ail probability tht agent by which pellagra
Is conveyed."
D. . t-miilwn l as not been able to aV
solutely fasten lesponsiblllty upon hl
blood-sucking fly, but he has brought to
gether a body of evidence so strong as 1 1
b touvln lnk.
( tMllt KIIIMJ How.
Ki pen I tlons Methnal of Pea I Ins with
t-:rrrs Itstei,
t'lilcaao Inter Ocean
The i. ansillnn UhIImhv i oinniiion has
ordeied the xpi'css i omplih s operallna
in the Dominion te file lower tariff rates
within three months V reduction of at
Irast 1" per cent l oideifd In both
through and locsl mm.
An ln estiiisiion t the commission of
the Canadian express companies revealed
some Interesting fiKines'as t. their profits.
TI.e Canadian Tnclfic railway the le
ownrt of the Dominion Express company.
All the cash put Into It as capital was
liu.ioo, hut the companv Is capitallicd for
li.WOOO and pays bin dividends on that
basis, In the last cevrn earn Its total
earnings were frt.l'.S.ftSS snd It paid the
Canadian Pacific Railway company 111.-K?.:-K).
or TO per cent..
The Canadian Express c unpany Is owned
by the tirand Trunk rallwav. The earn
ings of the express company in the last
seven years were n,1'3,J snd the profits
received by the railway company from It
were $K,47.fl07, or jo per cent on assets
stated as 112,717.
Tha declaration Is made by the Canadian
commission Hiat "the express companies
overpay the railways for accommodation
In stations, which Is a convenient way of
disposing of profits which otherwise might
be so conspicuously large as to be Incon
venient. "
As In Canada, the express companies of
the Vnlted Ftates are owned either by the
railroads or railroad officials. The rail
roads get at least half of the total earn
ings for transporting the traffic. The cost
of "collecting and distributing the traffio
la comparatively small, as Is demonstrated
by the enormous dividends which the ex
press companies have paid.
No other class of business Is so profit
able to the railroad companies as express,
and It would continue to be tha most
profitable even If they paid the expense of
receiving and distributing It out of what
is now paid them for transporting It. The
cost of collecting and delivering express,
on the, whole. Is less than 10 per cent of
the total revenue. The deduction Is plain
that express rates could be reduced 40 p -r
cent If the railroads handled the entire
express business themselves.
SMILES CARRIED OVER.
"There Is one thing." ssld the serious
person, "that everybody admits his neigh
bor Is In a position to do better than he
can." '
"What Is that?"
"Make New Year resolutions." Washing
ton star.
"Didn't you promise never to do thai
again?"
"Yes, father." 1 '
"And didn't I promise to whale you good
If you did?"
"Yes but I broke me promise and won't
hold you to yours "Toledo Hlade
The Official Whltewasher: "Yes. and
here's another unanswerable proof that the
new senator was grossly maligned."
The Bystander: "What Is it?'
"Why, they say he received seven pur
chased votes, when he didn't need but
three!" Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Kind Hearted Woman tin country village!
A man as strong as you are ought to he
able to find work. Haven't you any regu
lar occupation?"
Wayfarer (with his mouth full) Yes'm; I
warsh th' winders o' skyscrapers. Chi
cago Tribune.
Miss Pretty We are warning all our
friends that they have to take care of
themselves when they come to our bouse,
for we are going to hang up mistletoe.
Miss Oldgirl I'd like to fce anybody dare
to kiss me.
Miss Pret Don't worry, N'obodr would
do It, even on a dare. Baltimore American.
'This was after the ifuarreT. "I can never
forgive you," he cried. "Itst night you
said I was a lobster."
"But you know," she replied, and her
tone was conciliatory, "you know how
dearly I love lobsters."
With a glad cry be folded her to his
breast. Philadelphia Record.
"So you have decided that Kiand opera
Is the best form of theatrical entertain
ment." "Yes," replied Mr. Cumrox; "I'd feel a
heap more comfortable at some o' these
problem plays if they'd play music so
that mother and the girls couldn't hear
the word." Washington Star.
An Atlanta man not long ago met a
darky who was driving a horse so thin
that It staggered as It walked.
"Why don't you put more flesh on that
nag?" Indignantly demanded the Atlantan.
" 'Scus me. bosa." replied the driver.
"But l's doln' de best I kin. Cain't ye
see, boss, dat po' boss kin hardly carry
what little flesh he's got. on him now."
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