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16 TJIK I5i;K: OMAHA, SATUKDAV, DKCEMP.KR V. HM1 Tub oni aha iaha hek KT-,n p k v : f vi ."aiu Krii "k wT? h7y Vfrfolt K'lSKWATKK. K)TV(" K.K HI II.IINU KAKNAM AM) 1,111 Kritered nt CMnuhn poxtof fice as ji(i:id r' matter. TrH.Mii OK SIHSCHiriK.'N. Fundar Bee. one year 12 Faturdsy Mee. one esr $1.' I 'ally I're nvttltont Surdity!, nne yiMr. iJally Hre and Sitndav, our etr IiKl.IVKHKD HY rAlllllKll Evnin B- iwitli tutidii. r irnv..I-"r Jiatly Rm (InrliHiIng Knnia,. rr lim ine )stly He w it limit !-' n...i t. I" r ltv. . . ' Addrees all rfirnpl.-i'M ir irteKular'.ilca In delivery (o 'lt- in- il. Ion !-(, ;. K KM ITT A " ' Remit by irafl, r;-f -, :- ordor. jayahle to Tit J-: ': it r -tstif:iy. Only I-rrnt nsmp ; ,...! m Mtyin'itt ftf small in r..jnt.. I'rr t'aI i h i,. ex cept on Omaha atxl t.irl"rn cclmiip nut ar-repted iF J-K-"- -. Ornntia TI- lv J; i:l in Eolith Omnlia :T,iS N. t Council Wiffs. b leit'i SI Lincoln 2 l.'tilp K iiMii'. fliKaKO .fir.ii,ric 'I .i .t't.r. Xansa 1tv - l!.-li.ti,r e r-.iMini:. New York--31 N ' ". .':'.. -t!i nl. Washington - Tr. I'.ri-1 t ,i SI., N. W. i-Or.Kl S'fi NUhNfK. ('onimiinlfal'n:!?-. r''nt'm; to tirw and rflltortal matter riio -. ' I I hp addresnid Omaha Pre. )M,t"iil iM-j'Srtment. Kovr-HUKn civ.rv rAi ion. 50,573 Hate nf Neh-a. ka. County of Douglas. LtwlRhl WIIIImtk. rii. ulalion manager f the Flee Ji 1. 1 . 1 . : : . ii urtipny. lit ins duly sworn, esys t!.i: average fially trt'iilatlnti. le ;t. utilised end re- tnrnp1 copies, fn tho nrnth of Novrm arr, JM1. was rt 571 ii, !;:tr "iVii.i.iams. ''mm Linn Mmutrr. giibrr1hel In my rr-,M"-" xitirl nwom lo tefor m thia till d;iv cf l- emW r. lull. ieij r.oi r.i:T in'NTi'.ii. Notary Public. "-nbacrlber lnilnf the eltg temporarily ahonlil hmr Thr Bpe wallrd to thrta. Atldrraa 1 will bo rhancrd aa often na rpqaratril. ' To call It "RtiBfllan diplomaoy" a clearly a misnomer. Oh, by the way, er Christmas nhopried yet? Tuttinc a silk bat on crime makes ft none the more re pc table. That about wind ui All the big criminal cases for the present, doesn't It? Wharton Uarkes has taken his place In the amen corner of the An anias club.. There was a Rood deal or bad odor talk In impaneling that jury to try the packers'-case. Gertrude Gibson Patterson boasts that she will o on the stage. The stage should see that she docs not. ' James Whlteomb Itlley says no ono tan write poetry without a pen in his hand. And many cannot do it even then. Why did to great a financial ex pert as W. Morgan Shuster have to fc-of to Persia for a Job, In the first place? ; Judge Gary says the law will not even permit any more of those Stel trust dlnacrs .but evidently It cunnot fctop the hand-out bablt. . LlDlt Steffens wouldn't think of re funding the money for that take Just because It was condemned by the etate, defeneo and the court. The gathering of the Taft clubs at Lincolu will give the La Toilette boomers a gooi opportunity to see Just what they are u against. Wlth Champ Clark exploiting his constant labors for party peare, we fear the democrats may get Into a fight over who brought about the harmony. M4ny a. man. would falot; at fhe Idea '.of puffing ballot bpx who would kave no troubln, whatever cottit!r!ng.lntstralnt:or' trade" on a neien.iiy f life.- . " '. ' Ninety, cents a pound for beef ou the hoof is all right at a fajiiy stock show, but for the sake of the ulti mate conuumer let us hope U 4a iiot adopted as a precedent v ' Thomas K. Cllroy dlcfl the other day at the age of 71, and people out side of New Vork have to be re minded Uat he ai once mayor of that city, How time nits along in front of Tigers.' .. v Tliat Los Augclee woniap who left the polls without voting to run home to her bread-baking offers u pretty good answer to the argument that woman suffrage diverts tteutlon frem the home. When the wt-tf-n governors' train got to the Pennsylvania railroad they had to swap their cars for smaller ones so it could get through the tun nels. The west Is so big, cnyway, as compared with the taut. Th South Omaha city councllniau who proposes that city, employes shall, work union hoars for uuloit wages is about to establish a prece dent In municipal procedure that might well be adopted by other com munities. Ha, ha Bo it seems that the hon orable and ancient profekblon of banking has come under the bun of official displeasure. That Is a seri ous discovery the comptroller has made, of the bunkers raking off side tips, ligt the surprUlog thing is that the discovery should be played u aa utw. Ths Business Side of Peace. It detracts none from the human or ethical aspect of world prae to argue It from n business fttandpnint. The hldtorr of the movement affords amplo proof of tho copency of the arpument. Kconomlf considerations have a pood deal inoro to do with kepinp nation from poitiK to war than they did before thry meant what they do today. That is not saying that human life Is placed upon the lower level of moncj alti;ilion. Indtd, It Ih fiilto doubtful If humanity ever re Rrded lif an more prtrioun tlinn It does now. f 'tit proof Is abundant of what :rcut. Rood In tho propaganda of world prace this economic view has wroiiKht. Nation aro mote posi tively at peace when Ihoy aro hound. In addition to their lies of moral Rood will, by the practical banda of commercial littercour.se. That Ih the moving npirlt. of the modern enter prise of universal peace- to make nations see by acliint donionKtratlon thai they simply cannot afford, from Hn economic standpoint, not to he at peace. The president's i'aee meKtsago con tltuffw not only powerful argument lu this direction, but reflects abun dant and mort Interesting proof of It. What would ho our position In the lar eaHt today but for those strategic loans we made to China and Japan? And who will question the Imperative necessity of our enjoying every possi ble Inch of vantago ground In the orient? In similar ways have we ex tended our influence to the south of us, In tho Central and Houth Amer ican republics, where It Is most essen tial, for moral and business reasons, that we cultivate the good will of these, our next door neighbors. And In all parts of the world whither our Influence goes, it goes with greater Impetus and returns with higher re ward because It springs from this kind of a source. The term "dollar diplomacy" haa fallen Into derision, yet It has a meaning full of righteous power for this and other nations. Tho one thing thus far for which, above all other, the Taft administra tion stands pre-eminent Is practical peace, and It Is worthy of aerlous note that this is one thlnt desired by all good people and demanded by every good cause. Ambitious Arirona. Tho tew state of Arizona has a very ambitious plan for upbulldln Its com merce and freeing Itself from the grip of what It regards as oppressive rail road freight rates, in .the pursuit of which It shows that politics Is aot entirely engrossing Hi, attention. The plan la for the federal government to buy from Mexico a narrow strip of land between the state border and the Gulf of California so as to enable Arizona to establish a seaport at the head of this narrow Inlet of the Pacific, ; , Ostensibly the purpose Is to obtain relief - from exacting land rates on esport-bomid shipments, which now got to San Tedro or San Diego, but another apparent purpose, or course, la to got lnjlnq with a port for canal trade. Assuming that the government might accede to the proposition and could effect a satisfactory trade with Mexico' for the land, It Is question able" whether tho enterprise could be made profitable for a long time. It Is 700 miles up the Gulf of California and this would be quite a detour for regular coastwise or east bound ves sels to make. Of course, those bear ing Arizona goods could afford to make it and others might in time, but It would devolve upon Arizona to build up a trade making It worth while. As the state and the country to the east developed, that might easily be done and there Is no doubt that Arizona bullosa men believe It can and will be toue. The scheme is not entirely chimerical, 'but re flects a very sturdy spirit of busi ness, Impulse, farsightedness and de termination. -' it would siem stupid, thoufh, for the railroads to force any such neces sity so far u the niero matter of rates for so short a haul as that across the lower eud of Califointa is loncrmed. They, lu the end would be the losers. And the faet thai rail roaih) are not, as a rule, given , to stupidity arises to quetrtlon the -assurance of the enterprise. .. Albinui Nance. The death of Albluus Nance, "boy governor" of Nebraska, will carry the minds of mauy residents of the state backward over the lapse of a genera lion. Mr. Nance was chief executive of Nebraska during the formative period of tho Mate. While he But In the governor's chair Nebraska was enjoying Its greatest growth. The influx of population was heavy, the settlement of new country was continuous and the foundations were Iiilnff talil fur Ih iirnanrrit v Hint In I marvelous, although It 1 accepted by , those who enjoy it aa a matter of course. Governor Nance was spared to see the fruitage of the hopes that ani mated himself and others associated with him during those early days of political turbulence in Nebraska. So far as bis administration affected Omaha it w ill be Uwt recalled by the firmuM he exhibited in meeting con ditions that gave rise to the dump riots. Hut this was only an episode In his career, fits services as gov ernor were tboe of a man con- KclentlotiBly demoted to the duties of his office. His life after retiring was that of a good citizen. He will be best remembered by his fellow rltl zens of the elate he helped to develop as a man of lntegrtty, good Judgment and modeft devotion to the cause of good government. Secret Sins of Some Banks. The comptroller of the currency finds it expedient to devote much spat e In hi annual report to congress to recommendations for more Btrlngent penal laws respecting the banker. Some of his findings and recommendations reflect none too creditably upon this ancient and hon orable huslneR. Particularly Is this true of the startling statement that many national bank official receive private compensation or reward for placing loans for their banks. Not only is this pernicious practice vig orously condemned as criminal, but prison penalties are urged for its pun Isihrnent. To the casual or callous observer tho evil of such a system may not at once appear, but It Is there, neverthe less. As the comptroller points out, personal compensation given for plac ing loans means one of two things, either that the bank Is defrauded of legal Interest or that the borrower is made to pay exorbitant Interest. The fact that the practice wherever car ried on, Is covered up, condemns It as something tho banker, himself, does not care to have generally known. In this same connection the comp troller' report discloses that 60 per cent of tho failures of national banks have been due to open violation of national banking laws and that crim inal violations, under which head the secret . premium or reward . system would come, cause 37 per cent of all the failures. The comptroller per forms a valuable service, therefore, as much to the bank and the banker as to the public, in calling especial attention to this practice In his rec ommendations to congress, and the honest banker should be the first to second his appeal for a law that will prevent it. Too many bank crimes have gone unpunished as a result of the statute of limitation, another Important point that has not escaped the attention of Comptroller Murray. To aid-In cor recting this, he urges congress to enact a law extending the period of prosecution for violations of the na tional banking act to ten years, and that Is hot a, year too long. TeJt of Adverse" climatic Conditions. Ma bl annaitr f epsrr the eecretary of agriculture retails? t'kat "thei as sertion has been made that this coun try Is so large In extent and has such a varied climate,' soil' and crops "ftiat no nation-wide calamity can befall Its farmers from natural "causes.'An extreme test of the proof of thia as sertion was made thia yeir." Hot waves hotter, 'considering their duration anl extent) than rec ords had cvet1 ehb-a a-pj-byaUed jfrpm early In May until July over nearly the entire regions of the : Mississippi valley and the Atlantic coast and.Jeft what looked like desolation In their wake In many sections. The season will not soon -be forgotten for its excessive heat and Jack of moisture. Notwithstanding this,' 1911 la far from a lean year on the farm, as Sec retary Wilson shows. "Enough has been produced for the national need and there will be a surplus." No attempt is made, of course, to mini mize the actual effect of this unpre cedented season; It was tremendous. In fact, it cut off from the aggregate farm production for the year approx imately $277,000,000, leaving the total $M17.000.000. Staggeringly big as thai Is, It represents a decrease for the first time In several years. But this all goes to emphasize the point, that even losses as great as f277.000.000 in crop valuation can have no natUon-wlde calamitous ef fect. Indeed. It has not had any local calamitous effect. There is not a locality feeling any distress as a re sult of this falling off. Our diversity of climates, soils and crops is so great and our reserve power so full that the country ran stand the heaviest blows of this kind. It takes Just such to remind us of our real agricultural power' and .wraith. When the Sunday school mission aries como to Omaha next year' they will find a community well prepared to receive them. The local mission aries have covered the field so well that the visitors will have ample time to project their activities from Omaha against the hosts of sin elsewhere. With "Dick" Metcalfe and Charley Pool running for governor, and Al Soienson taking his regular exercise gallop for the senatorial toga, the press of, Nebraska will be fairly rep- esented on the primary ticket. Noth- "'K. U ' food for the "''aper man. Congressman Norrls sets 'to rest some rumors by an authoritative declaration of his inteutlon to make the race for the United States stnate. This will open the road to some as piring citizens of the Fifth district. If it has no other effect. Georgia having made a choice be tween several Urowna for candidate for governor, and decided agaiust county option, the sale of "near beer" may proceed uninterruptedly. okini Backward llikDnv inOmnlin tmmmmmm.J aa V lliujit r compiled rwoM or.t riLf-a S ii..i.ry t I DKC."" I , --rj Thirty Years Ago Thp IhM party 'f tho Imperial cluba arrlpa look place at Maannlc hall, the attendant' being 1ar(re and alefl. 't'nele John" Htanton, on? of the char acters of Omaha, thinks ho has cflme Into an Inheritance of Kentucky land, which every one hniea will prove true. Tho money box attached to atreet car No. 2 on the Hed line was robbed of Its contents la evening by some ono who relieved I ho box of about 115 In the ab- aence of the driver. C. K. Sfpilrea left for a business trip to Chicago. leore H. Thummcl of Orand Island Is In town. (Jeorue . Frost, t'nlon Pacific govern ment director, arrived from the wext. J. B. Detwiler la advertising "canPts have declined slightly-." Real estate transfers Include a sale of lots 7 and . block 2io, Omaha, by W. J. Council to Kianlc ColpeUer for S4.O.0. Guild Metnnla, 03 North (Sixteenth street, want two dry foods clerks, Uer- man and Pwede preferred. TweniyVeais Agi Mr. und Mrs. V. YV. Lessentlne'gave a high five party lat their home on North Twenty-fourth afreet In the evenlns. when these were present: , Judge and Mra. Saohsse. Miss Kathsse, Mm. lKug las, Mrs. McDoural, Mr. and Mrs. J. gwoboda. Hf. and Mra. Anderson. Mr. and Mra. Mleskl, Mr. and Mra. Olmsted, Mr. and Mrs. Austin, Mis Nettle Aumock, Miaa Ma,y rredorlckaon, Messrs. Mathews, Patrick and Hobblti. Mm;. K. 1,. nierbower wave an elaborate reception' froth Z to S o'clock at her home, 210 ',8uth Tblrty-aeconil avenue, which was attended by a large number of the leading fig-urea In local society. Mra. Hlerbower was agisted In receiving v her mother, Mrs. J. E. Boyd: Mra. Kus aall B. Harrison, Mlaa Boyd, Mrs. C. T. Taylor, Mis Joe Barton, Miss Brown, Mis Chandler .and Msa Ogden assisted throughout the various rooms which were thrown opea. In the evenlnr the Union Pacific Mun. ell of Royal Arcanum gave the tjhlrd of us aeries or high five parties In th lodge rooms at tii Continents building. After refreahmenta, J. W. Maynard. who waa major domo of tha lodge, announced these prize winners; Mrs. J. B. Sheldon, first for ladles, a Royal Arcanum aou venlr spoon; Mrs. Hubert, second, a royal Worcester vase;' Mr. Dave 8tubba, first gentlemen's prize, a pretty blaekihnm cane, aliver mounted; while Mr. F. A. Weaver took a card case aa second sen. Uemen's prise. Central Labor union seta an which' prevents Mayor Cushlng from sign ing me city council's contract with the Ketcham Furniture oomnanv nv h... making bribery charges arose, to furnish cne city nail. The contract. .came to nearly .00. . ! Robert W. Peacock of1 Sa.lt-T-uU. ri. a years of ag, ,nd Miai Emma Jane " or Boutn Omaha, aged 17 years. were marriea. Ttfl Years Ago John J. Phllbln became a director In the Buffalo, N. Y .base ball club. Miss Juliette Morris, a teacher In the CllftonvHHl school, resumed her work after, a sclge of, nines. (' Assistant Postwaater Woods ri returned from fit. Louie, where he went to give testimony In several federal oourt cases. Bruce Brady. 6-vear-old nn u." and Mrs. Aaron Brady. Twenty-third and ur:e streets, cued after an Illness of months. The little fellow h.A h.. dentally shot In the eye on tbe previous ' DI '"y na never recovered from the effects. : '( Members of the Seward Street Sunday school met at the church and eior-i i officers: Superintendent. T. s fu,.r.... first aaalatant, R. W. Hodder; . second assistant, Mrs. V. L. Lookabauh: aecretary. U T. Hoffman: treasurer Ernest L. Ferrel; librarian. Hret mvr'nii- ough. R. C. llowea. the Inventor of the new method for tunning sheen hides in tn to Interest local business men In tha establishment of a tannery here or In wmii unt&ni. I'ollce Oflcer Chariea Jomea Smith dead on the porch of .the ub wuirra no roomed, zu North Ninth street, at about in the evening. The body was still warm and there were no atgna of a violent death. Tha, m. about CO. i Mrs. W. W. Jveyeon gave an address at tha Llnliigcr. Art sallerv On ' A r In I. Home." It was one of a series under the ausplcea of,,ilie Youn Women's Chris. nun association. Judge Ben 8. Baker received a tele gram from Senator Millard at Washing ton; asking htm If h would accept the place of assistant Justice of the supreme court In New Mexico. He Bald he did not know, but that If he did and thus got out of tha consrwalonal race. It would not be because he was afraid Dave Mercer would beat him for the republican nomi nation. Ideal for Kutnre lar. Brooklyn Eagle. (Alison would have the Sliermu ii tan- repealed. Hote we see a highly success. iui business man taking enousn interest In polities, to advance a nollcv. w n..v yet have a great Inventor for president, a man who will experiment wkh the' omce until he lilts upon a scheme that will shed the light of proajterlty equally upon all We need a patent, reversible presldajit. easily air-cooled. Government is notlUiia- but a vast mechanism Ilk. printing press, and there Is no reason wny it should not be fed with blank paier at one end and give out the right kind of laws at the other. Moas laataaa rlf-Sapior(la. Minneapolis Journal. For the first time . since the govern ment has had charge of the t-Moux In dians tha Issuance of rations , has been lopad. Ng aubslstenca of uny kind was beta furnished the Indiana for three months. For several years a small ra tion of beef, sugar and flour haa been Icaued to the old and Indigent, and this will be done again thia winter, but only to. (box- who are Infirm. The Indiana for tho first time have shipped their own raid to Chieaao this year. They have aent kai arl .... i i .... - , ... ,,uau nu nave re ceived top prices for them, netting them ihouaands of dollura. The Caaatry Davra, H. IajuU Ulobe Democrat. Two Keure!s have been eaecute.l In fcanto lH.inUigo . following the asaaaal Snl Ion of tlie president. The lota of two privates wwukt be scrloua. 00 Ill Other Lands aide MabU nn What la Trans plrlnar Amunii the Hear and Far Nation" of I he Uarth. Rnaala'a Aattoaal bream. Russia's dream of the rentiirles coming down from the days of I'eter the Great Is a Russian harbor on the open sea le Vond the ranse of winter s h e. The hope of making the dream a. reality spurred the Russian raid on Manchuria and the seliuae of Fort' Arthur. The Japanese army and navy frustrated the plan and forced Russia back within Its Ice bound borders. In all former moves toward the open sea Russia met but never overcame the power and pressure of Great Britain. In the Alanchurtan war Japan would not have achieved as great a triumph without Ueat Britain as an ally and financial backer. But the, hlil(,U of time makes strange bed fellows. The lion and the bear, hitherto cold and dint ant, today are cordial allies In tha job of eliminating Persia as a buffer alate. Back of Russia's eagerness In trumping up excuses for the raid la the hope of eventually reaching the Per sian gulf, practically the only stretch of ppen sea on the map thot holds a to--Ibtllty of making the Romanoff dream a reality. Already tha shrunken empire f Darius Is divided into "spheres of In fluence" by Russia and Great Britain, the former on the north, the Jailer on the south, leaving the inter rcning terri tory us a plaything for a puppet ruler. There Is no restraint on tha bear's paw this time. Not Only Is It free to ct In the usual fashion; It Is encouraged by Great Britain and native opposition urged to submit. What Is the price? Look at tha map and note the Import ance of having an ally on the east of Germany as cordially aggressive as France on the west. lear of German power, deep rooted in the British Isles, makes new defensive combinations necessary. Russia gets Its share of th spoil In Persia and a prospective high way to the sea. In the gnme of Interna tional 'grab Mr. Shunter's appeals for righteousness ana justice falls on deaf ears. Infanta Kulalla'a Ways. Infanta Kulalia does not clesh the ad vice or dictation of King Alfonso on her literary project. She is 47, mother of two sons, and separated from her - husband, Prince Antonio of Bourbon-Orleans. Though a member of the Spanish court and subject to court rules, the Infanta scoffs at a youngster of 25 telling her what to do or not to do. "Run along, sonny," she says, in effect, .'and mind your own business.'' Eulalla means what she says. Americana who hud to do with her entertainment on the occasion' of the Chicago world's fair remember her as a charming woman in fair weather, a whim sical terror In foul. ' A Chicago paper de scribed her at the time: "She can be a most fascinating and lovable creature when she pleases, but haa a temper of dynamite and a million horsepower will, and doesn't care a raP for any of the laws or propriety or what people - say about her. A stranger seeing her for the first time would put her down in the 23- year-old class, and her heart still palpi tates In th Spanish style." She attended the world's fair Incognita aod instated on seeing everything.. A dispatch of the tnne said: "The democracy of Princess Kulalta is positively astounding." She left the concert that . had been arranged in her honor to adjourn to the Midway Plalsance for beer and sausages. She went to mass at a poor church, when she was expected at the cathedral. At a reception given by Mrs. Potter Palmer, Kulalia got tired -of being presented to Chicago society and abruptly requested her escort to. take her to the conservatory. The guests who had not been presented went away aghast. s A Lid for Hat Air. When the deluge of speeches delivered In the French Chamber of Deputies on the last national budget appeared in a printed volume, the eiie of the output of oratory astonished the members. The volume, which corresponds with our Con gresslonal Record, shows that 1,353 speeches were made on the budget alone. M. Jauras occupied th tribune between times and he snd his socialistic faction delivered 300 set speeches, . besides num berless oratorical kicks against the min istry. This year's budget debate lias been restricted in consequence, and no member can exceed the time limit of eighteen minutes. The great Joli of the reform effected for the debate now in progress is that the devislna; of a plan to curtail the talk was confined to a commission at which a certain M. Thalamas was made chairman. Thalamas was the arrest- t offender of all last year, having spoken twenty -three times on the budget and uttered 70,009 words, occupying 7.UD0 lines of official record. lailla'a Poanlatlon. , While the huge estimate' ot the popu 'atlon of China which used to pass cur rent have been sharply challenged lu re cent years in IndUl the revised figures of the census outrun the provisional.' esti mate, and bring the population, !lth Burma included, un to-' the. enormous total of 31B.01.4fi. Till number, three fold th population of tha Cnited. Rates, a !mnrasive In lttlf. and portentous wi.en comitared with the 230, lCG.o.w of ten years effo. The lncrer.se of. nearly ?1. 000.000 would In Itself make 'a natloit. It is three times the. population if the Netherland. or of Sweden, and eight time tha population of Norway cr'Den- niark. It surpam-es th population of e'paln by several million. nerreaaluar nirlhrate Ths quarterly returns of the British Register General showing the progress of population In England mi J Walas for the third quarter of l!Ml reveal a further Mrlklng Indication of th Influence of the entente cordial with France. The excess of births over deaths for the period fell to I1.S4S, as comitared with i:30. 121. 0CI and 123,02? in 190$. im and I'.'iO respec tively. French statistics just Issued In dicate that there will be an actual falling off of 0,M In the population nf France In 1911 as compared with 1910. Ijiwt year the official registration figures showed that there was a slight decrease, not enough to juatlfy belief that the trend would t downward permanently. Th figures now presented, which . cover the (irst six months of lll, show that there wer 14.000 fewer birth and 36.000 more deaths than during th first six month of 1310. This made a net lo.is of lS.T'JO in the population. Why OI It tnart ' J Cleveland 1-eadcr. "Neil Mo.Mullen of Willow Island. Nru,. a bachelor, while tearing down hi old stoi building found HMO In gold and kllvtr that tiu hail hidden and forgotten." Why mention th tact thai b didn't bav a wifaf People Talked About The most imprei'vlve exhibit of patient courage In modern times Is the recent struggle of a British minister for the lat word In a suffragette convention. His failure does not dvCtart from the quality of his nerve. . ,., Western governors carrying the IlKltt of civilisation to the eat may consider the expedition worth the effort If they do aa well as the Montana tenderfoot In New York. The Montanlan Jumped on a manlier who was annoying a woman and persuaded him lo apologise on his knees. A preacher at Newbutg, N. Y'., who watched, from his window a safe-crack I tiff iob in the postof flee, explains his falluro to give an alarm by sayiiiK that he pre ferred to be "a live coward rather than a dpad hero." The ssmc remark un frocked a policeman In Chicago last year. Journalistic circles In New York last week escaped a paralysing shock by n prompt denial of a .rumor that the Sun establishment was about to move uptown from Park Row. Brother Jasper's Soul Is marching on without etb!lhlug the truth of his maxim, "De Sun &j move." There is a new question to be put to the socio totrl st. biologists ur what ever ologisls It belongs to: YVhy are thti women of Belgium longer lived than tho men? The country has 1S4 women be tween the nsres of hi and 10 and only s'.xty-flve men, and thirty-six women nonagenarians al KKain,t tCI1 of tne gther sex. Governor Harmon Is booked for a swing around the circle, with Pan Crt.ncico as his western destination. Tho main objoct of the trip Is to select a site for Ohio's building at the Panama exposition. Friendly booms sighted, going or comlnp, will receive the glad hand. Route and dates are not settled. Jf an objectionable postcard Rets by n. postofflee substation superintendent In Chicago ten demerit marks r one point are marked against hint. Forty-one points cuts a kol in bis salary und seventy-one throws, Wm out of a job, The 'postcard regulation Is the liveliest member In the department. A t hrerlaar ,ote. Philadelphia bulletin. " The conviction nt HprlnKfleld, Mass., of Bertram G. Spencer, on the charge of murder. Is further evidence of the de cline of Insanity pleas and loss of pres tige sustained by alienists who strive to make out i cose for clients because they ate paid to' do so. D mum Absolutely Purs ... V : ,;.' ..... -- v ; ' 'i''fj Used and praised by the most competent and careful pas V try cooks the world over '. Th? only Baking Powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar made from grapes An Innovation The Perfection Smokeless Oil Heater, with its drums enameled in turquoise, is an ornament to any room, whether in the country or city home. 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Rat per thouaauO. age (other ayc-s lu proHrtlon). $8 "3 r UIHkltory lUuks a)iointec hHO. ... ilei la Callforala, Indiana. Iowa, Xaasa. Wontana, Vebraaka, Hrt Dakota, Or.f oa, South Dakota. Idaao. WaahingnonT T.Ias aid Wjonul, aod ptesariea; to atr Illinois and Mlehlraa. Usa capabl of producing- tne Imi claa of busu-ess wanted as atat Bfasareri aad BuUolto.-a. - IOOI Vf OVC BECOIft, Home Office: Braodeis Building, Omaha, Neb .Telephone Douglas 70U1. . . , CHEERY CHAflV CJtiict-spokcn Customer You keep every thine: for the piano, don't yeu?- ' e-nlesman Yes. air. We do, sir tiuli-t-spoken Customer Give me 4a sal -luck. Aunt Mary horrified Good gracious Harold, what would your mother fay U she saw jroci siniikiar .tfcare.ttc? v ,. i . Harold (liultnly I - rthe d have a. fit. They're her ciuarctlrs-Tft liltb. t "I see that a. noted tendon sut4re',t has married a policeman." I itat s sttatm.'. l wonder how they happened to meet!" ' "It was durinps one of the earlier, riots. She made a deep Impression on him." "Mow? ' ....... "With a brick."-Clevelund Plain Dealer. "That sinner certainly knows how t manage Iter range." " ', . "She oiinlit to. She used in be a cook.'' lialtiiiiore American. "In financial trouble Wl.al 1 If" "Oh. I promised to pay Brown SW tonVtjr, and I've tot It. and he knows I ve not It. . and he knows 1 know he Kauws I've t; t u. PUCK. A TRAGEDY J. W. Foley in New Yo.l. Tin:.', liii was jut a doir. Mistn- that's nil; And till of u boys ralie.i him BoL; He was cuily ami not very t:ill. - And he hadn't a tail jun a st'jb. Hh. ta.l froze one cold tt'.nht. -you sfc. Wo J'j.'t rolled the rest of hhn through No he dtdtj't have mu-o pedlares l'trhhpo tha". was fiuzeti ofC, toi. He always seer.-ia-J quite well behaved. And he neve.- hml many l.ad ftghle.. In satr.ir.e:' lie used to bi shaved. And lie nie;jt in tlio woot'tliui o' nlkht Sometimes he woaM wake lip tco soon And cry If his tall Mot a chill: Scum n'.glits he would bark nt the mo'-O. iiut sonio nighta ho would sleop vry till. , . - i Hi knew hnw to play Mca-anil-ae.ek 1 And he always would corne wi.eu you'i call: i He would r'ay dead, roll ever and speak. And learned It In nn time at all. Sometimes he would prowi, .Just tn plav,- But he never would bite, and Ids worst Waa to hat k at the postman on day, isut tho Pullman he burked at him, first. i . He used to chase cats up a tree. But that was Just only in fun; And a cat was nn safe as could be Cnless It Hlould start out to run: -Sometimes he'd chase children and throw Them down, Jut while rvnnltiB along, And then lick their faces to hrw He dkln't mean anything wrong. r . He was chasing nn automobile When the wheel hit htm rfcht irf the sld. - ' - v bo lie just cave a queer little squeal. And curled up and stretched oul an6 Oiea. Ills tail It was not very Jong, He was curly undtnot very tall: But he never did anything wrong' Ho was just our dot;. Mister that's all: died. wmwEm in Oil Heaters Dtalrni rr-w AV U.. rr i haw aocrx unvUf i a , m mj Standard Oil Company I I tSMaBSaSSkaSavX
