THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: NOVEMBER 2i, 1.012. TlIU OMAHA SUNDAY Bmi1 Fot NPKD iiv bdwauu UOSGWATHii. ' vn-TOK RQSttWATBK KDiTOtt. I hkk hitilpino. FAitNAM AND lTH. Knttred at Omaha postofflco as second- matter TKltMS OF StfilfCHIPTiON. -unday Uc. one year al'irday Bee. one Ver 1-W i'tv Hee without Sunday, one year. 4.00 Many Bee. ami Sunday, one year.... 6.00 DKi.ivKHitn ity cabiiibii. ( venlnK ami .umlay. per month 40o i mlwr, without Sunday, per month. a Paiiv ee. Includlnc Sunday, per mo. e Pally He, without Sunday, per mo... J-xJ Addrew all complaints or Irre uularltle delivery to City Circulation Dept. ItBMlTTANCES. Itemlt by draft, express or postal order, t avable to The neo I'ubllshlnR Company, n'ly J-eont stamps received In paimont t small accounto. Perfonal checks, ax ept on Omaha and eastern cxcnanR. not nccepted. - OFFICBft. Omaha-Tim IJee btilMlnB. South Omaha-atS N atreet. I'ouncll Illuffs-U North Main street. Lincoln- Little bulldlnK. ihlcaRo-104l Marquette building. Kansos City nellanre building. NVw Vork-31 Vet Thirty-third. St I,quI402 Frisco bulldlnr- Washfnston-'S Fourteenth St. N. Vf. conitRsi'ONnnNCE. ommunlcatlons relating to ntwi and iditorlal matter should be addressed Omaha Bee, Kdltorlal Department OCTOHISU CinCULATtON 51,898 . cUto of Nenruska, County of Douglas, s: DwlKht Williams, circulation manager of The Ileo Publishing company, being lulv sworn, Jay that the nveroge dally circulation for the month of October, 1913. was Sl.SM. DWIOUT WILLIAMS, -Circulation Manauer, Hubtrrlbed In my presence and sworn '.- beforo mo thin 1st day of November, 1312. rioiiBitT nuNTun. (Seal.) Notary Public. Snliserlhem lenvlntr the ettr If mpornrllr nhonlil bre The-llr- mulled to thrni. Atldre Mill lie- chnnited na oflrn n re quested. Tho Balkans seem to prefer their turkey raw. Nebraska's reserves aro militant Its bank reserves, Sicily is said to have 500 active sulphur mines. Oh, Hades! The far-sighted man will buying neckties and socks after Christmas. stop until Tho Bath Tub trust's methods should bo much cleaner after that governmental cleanup. "Wo bnva hardly bcBU.n;to fight," axclalniB .'tho sultan. From tho looks of things, bo never will, ' . It la consoling to 'know,' though, that Mr. Perkins has; enough left to lay In his winter's c$al, rl . ' - Tlmywiiy of tho transgressor Is1 i. .1 .lit' 1. ..........,.. II I mru vui, uo uvwuiv.(pi i't."mB, uu ana men it ibod. so sou. t Spcaklfig of luckt think of John O., YeiSar'a narrow oscapo it rb-m being 'liomlhntnd fiV vlfn nrealiftint ' '"!', ' ",v,f 1 , "f The Balkan league, seems - to bo ,a little faster company than the Turks from Asia Minor aro'cqual o, 4 ? , , ft Mr. Bryan enters' tho cabinet thorp may ,Uo sumo confusion in the Q. K.s pf "W W." anhrf'yy.-J." The pj-caitior wjlo '.trids o ontlco Tioarcre4 'by7' promising "good muslo" must bo a , trif lo ,;."Bh'aky In ae'lf-ro-llanco. . . . V x ' PorHap'B Johfe(jliV Webstor spurna that paltry IG.'boo. handout because It ls exactly thttmpunt R. B. Howell foil for. f' ' ' If Bigns do. npf, fall, it will take a man wllh.a kt' pbckotb,ook to screw up courage enoughtp lobk a turkey In tlio'.faco. By qdlto aiaradqt, Colonol Itoosd- volt Beoms; to, be disappointed be cause President Taf t says' tie la1 not disappointed. If AndrowCarnogle cannot get ox- prceldentB on his ponsion roll, bot era!' cx-prQfrldQntlul candidates might coiiBiaornn oirer. What will be tho excuso for po.QBt- lug thotprlfc9-of turkeys this year the mild weather? Last year, it ws tho cold weather. 1 II is cowardlco in any community to make a, 'so-called moral law. merely to hld6b'ohnd, knowing or Intending it to becomo a dead letter. Notice how accommodating and roasonablo tho express companies aro slnco parcels post was definitely Bcboduled as a coming event. Omaha has moro banking institu tions right now than it has had for many a year. In banking, consollda Hon evidently breeds competition. In Jut a few tporc nippy days 'twill L- time for ' those schedule K's. Wash ington Poet. .And tho democrats will gat their full when thoy tackle the tariff on wool. ' With Harry Orchard's examplo be fore him, It Ira safe guess that Ortle McManlgal will soon havo his life story on tho market In book form In tlma to reap the benefit of all this good free advertising. If the award of tho electoral vote of California, were determined by the women voters, who wore Bald to be unanimous for the third-termer, tliey must have resorted to the woman's r;ght to change her mind. Nebraska'! Scmi-Centennlnl. The proper celebration of tho flf-' tieth year of statehood for Nebraska, j which occurs III tho winter of 1917,1 Is nl randy a subject for discussion, tho most insistent suggostlon being that we should utlllzo tho occasion to hold an exposition of state resources. Tho Boo agrees that the semi centennial should bo commemorated in a manner befitting its importance, and that tho obsorvanco should in clude features to make it statewide. Whether an exposition, such as is proposed, should bo a part of the celebration, however, wo aro not so cortaln. Not that Nebraska could not get togotiier a creditable oxhlblt of its own resources, but tho San Francisco exposition and tho Han Diego exposition will Interveno, with ptobably others on tho calendar, which may produce a surfeit of this sort of thing. Two years ago Mexico celebrated Its centennial anniversary by pagean try and parades, but moro chiefly by erecting and dedicating historical monumonts, new school buildings and charitable institutions on moro pormanont and useful Investments of their money. Porhaps Mexico has set us an example worth following. Church Awakening. Statistics employed in the nation wide church extension campaign in dicate that the church sends out 92 per cent of the associate charity workers now engaged in this coun try, 88 per cont of the social- set tlement workers and 71 per cent of general social workors, Thus it claims distinction as the loader In the moral reforms nnd uplift move ments, of tho day. It does not claim that all thoso enterprises aro car ried on In the name of tho ohurch, as, of courso, thoy are not. In oplte of this general awakening to largo responsibilities on tho part of tho church, census statistics fur ther show that tho population of tho Protestant churches Increased only 1V4 por cent In tho decode from 1000 to 1910. This fact tho church mon fully reallza and view with much concern. They aro exerting this groat effort, which takes tho form of varied social uplift movements, becaitBo thoy rcallzo it und arc determined to cbango results. Undoubtedly tho church bus folt Its oharo of tho general effect of tho pro-commercialism of tho ago, when men aro diverted from Its pews by tho -influx of material thing. But tlio church must face tho condition ' i , . ... 'tirpukht about ., nnd appreciate tho 'necessity, howovor lamentable It jmay be, of competing with worldly attractions nvi.rHv-.iunB tor men. Yet tnis Is nothing now. The ancient parablo loaches' Just this (in . contcmplntlnK I TT 8Uy or' ,g0,nK S?11 U"? ihT mm iiimikuh iormen wiic iltAt,iid to. w'raf-oiunfliirinyfo .tho of religious zeal may brovofrom tho demand for greater .exercise of re ligious powora a source, ofaneoded strength, thoreforo' a bloaafng, to the church. " , ' , The Legislative Bill (Ftfqfory. One consequence of tho'nddptlon of ono of tho amondmontH Jijst ongrnftod on tno Nobraska constitution will be to cut short by half thV) tlrUO for tho Introduction of logldWUvo hills." Hith erto mombors have peon! privileged to prcsont measures for forty full IocIb- latlve-dayB, but from now on they will hnvo to terminate .this . part of their activity In twonty dayn. It has boon tho custom.' nfter tho grind of bills was under hoauwuy, to raako comparisons by'blll mimbcru to. soo whothor houflo or senate wore oxceoding, as It werp,"(ho Bpood limit recorded by preceding legislatures at Corresponding periods," arid tho um ber of bills Introduced. waa tho .com parative. measure of value, if reduc-. lng tho tltno limit will halvo tho num ber of bills, even without' affecting their quality, it would hardly bo pro claimed an uumtxud evil, it Is a rea sonable expectation, however, that the bill factory will work overtime for twenty days, so that thero may bo no such disproportion as 'would other wise follow, Salesmanship, Tho popular emphasis being laid upon scientific salesmanship as n pro requisite to mercantile success Is np predated by business firms perhaps for soltlsh roasons, nnd yet the bene fits aro available to tho employe alert to ombraco them. Tho scientific salesman will sharo all advantages with hla employer. Merchants are sure to increase inBtead. of diminish their intorost and efforts along this line, for tho pnrposo is most apropos. One Of the best assets nnd adver tisements a business house can ha'yo Ib a satisfied customer. Next, then, are tho salesmen who work for satis faction among tholr purchasers. Therefore, It would seem that tho clerk who alms at selling a man what ho wants more than inducing him to buy something ho does not want is In the long run the valuable elork and the scientific salesman. For tho sake of making a big snlo many a clerk thinks ho has scored a triumph If ho run pack a customer with a lot of goods he neither needed nor de sired and will later regret buying. That Is business, It is said. Events may show It to be very poor business, though. When u man leaves the store with exactly the article ho 'wished to liuy nt a nrlco Mint suits " ni,Koluor Pt o return tor "ls noxl X,uro,,tt80- 'Q la a satisfied CU8loracr "ono i pormanont asset ' for that store. The Abomination of Falsehood. Solomon named six things the Lord hated and a seventh, which also was an abomination unto Him: A false witness that speaketh ilea and he thai noweth discord among brethren. Tho Lord, Himself, had established a commandment against this pest in the law he gave Mosos at Sinai which thunders on down through the ages: Thou ahalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. As hateful today as then as nbomlnnble, Confidence undermined, lovo and respect lost, friendship sun dered! How often aro theso tho re sults of tho slnous sin of art fill lying, of idle or petty gossip by him "that sowoth discord nmong brethren." Tho civil law. punishes certain forms of falso witness libel, slander, per jury, and if it Inflicted a penalty for this deliberate mischlcf-maklng lying it would not bo far wrong. This is ono of tho commonest evils of tho day, this habit of speaking ill of a fellowman. It 4s difficult to keep on speaking ill without speak ing falsely, and if nt first a moral scruple restrains, the outright lie habit soon wears away all con scientious veneering and sears tho mind with a callous scar that docs not feel tho prick of self-incrimination, thd monitor of an accusing con fidence. That stage reached, the rest of tho way ls all down hill. A Pernicious Practice. A wise enforcement of the Juvenile court rulo ngnlnst boys nnd young mon loafing on street corners at night should produce good results. Such a regulation Is badly needed In parts of tho city, whoro youths congregate and mako themselves obnoxious to pnssors-by, particularly girls and women. This practico should bo stopped and tho Juvenllo officers seem to bo the propor ones to stop It. Boys always have and always wl run tho stroots, lo nn extent at night, but in cities full of temptations thoy should not uso a llcensa to the detri ment of good behavior and other folks' poaco. It 1b to bo hopod this project of tho Juvenile court will bo carried into permanent practice until It really becomes effectual. It would Bavo many homes from which boys como the pangs of distress and Bor row, .to say. nothing, qf other corroc- tlpnB, t ' Good Builflfng: Days. Thd unusually mild autumn weather b proving a' boon to local builders. New Btruclurfia aro rising downtown In tho business centers, both fetall'aid wholesale, as wjjll as In a,Ul,iros!dent sections of tho city. And,' bwildo'ihlS' n groat doal of ex cavating is,,'J)bfhB dono preparatory to tho erection of buildings. Several familiar olovatlons that havo becomo landmarks, of tlmo havo boon re duced along tho main .thoroughfares. Thq. topography of Omaha, in faqt, ls undergoing constant change. Ono must be Btruck by tho fact, as ho vlowa so much of this excavation, that It has required tho dint of hard est effort .to hul.ld this bustling Wost orn metropolis hero upon thoso old jlllUs. Bocauso of theso -obstacles wo have a city markedly strong and durable Omaha builds fast, but ex ceeding well. Steadily and much moro rapidly than ono may Incllno to think, it is supplanting tho trailer Btruct'uros of other days with nioro modern and mnssivo buildings. Thus far tio chango from warm woathor t6 mildly cool autumn haa not porcuptlbly checked building op- orations. 'Contractors and workmen Bcom to havo 'all they can do, and if men are unemployed In Omaha It must bo from choice nnd not neces sity. Tho chances are good for con- tluiouB work through tho winter In this line unless tho weather becomes very sovoro, for thoro ls bo much work under way that needs doing. Six. Great Corn States, Accord Lug to the government's lat est estimate the country boa produced this year 3,109,137,000 bushel's of corn. Comparing the cropB by states for the last four years, of which this ls tho largest, we find that Nebraska maintains Us place among tho six leading corn-producing states. It was fifth In 1909 and 1911, fourth In 1910 nnd ls sixth this year, with a yield larger than In auy of theso four years except 1910. Iowa goes into flrut place this j-ear with a very small margin over Illinois, which led in tho other three years, with Iowa in sec oud place, Missouri Is third this year, as It has been slnco 1909, when it was fourth with Indiana third Indiana this year ranks fifth, as It did In 1910, ranking fourth in 1911 Kansas is fourth this yeur, which is its highest rank in thoso four years. In 1909 and 1911 it dropped out of the six gtoat corn states on tlroly, being displaced both tiroes by Ohio and In 1910 It barely came into sixth place For 1912, upon tho basis of the government's figures, the standing of tho six leading states with their production by bushels Is as follows low 433.021.000 Illinois 4a.ia.ooi) Missouri :aM,ooo Kansas IW.t-il.too Indiana SW.sn.w) Nebraska IJy.SSO.O) In i,r..nn..Mn.. o.. " i"v' - umtuii-u .Nebraska's sUndln Is much better than this. An Interesting feature o tho governments report is tho exten sion of oorn-growing in the poulh Toxas, for Instance, which last year produced only 09,350,00 bushels, this year raised 163,300,000 bushels; Oklahoma produced 101,878,000 bushels aB against 3C,88S,000 last year, whllo Kentucky harvested 109, 440,000 bushels this year, Tonnesseo 86,632,000 and Arkansas 52,103,000 bushols. .As new land is opened up and Intensive methods applied to farming, theso figures will bo multi plied several times in the next few years and Nebraska, with such vast dominions yet untitled for corn, will rise much closer to the top of this list, Barking Up the Wrong Tree. Our amiable democratic contem porary indulges in a hysterical scream over nn unfortunate develop ment of a murder case in nprth Ne braska in which tho defendant, a woman, escaping on tho second trial on tho plea of insanity, is being held In the insane asylum instead of the penitentiary, nothwlthstnndlng the omphatlc assertion of the asylum authorities that sho is not now, and novor was, Insane. Tho animus of tho outburst of indignation ls found in the attempt to draw a moral against granting now trials In crim inal cases on "technicalities," and laying tho blamo on tho supremo court, rnther than on tho jury that held tho Insanity plea good. Tho trouble with both the promise and tho conclusion is that they rest upon n porvorsion of tho facts, as referenco to tho record of tho case in the Bupremo court reports will disclose. Tho bald assertion Is made that tho Bupremo court said "that in its opinion 8ho.wns guilty and sane, and tho penalty was not too groat." This is not a true statement, for no whoro Is it borne out by the opinion of tho court rendered by Judge Root and concurred in by flvo of the seven Judges. Quito tho contrary, tin. court holds that an erroneous in struction of the trial Judge com pletely barred tho jury from consider ing tho question of inaanity, which was tho only defense open to tho ac cused, thero being no dispute as to other circumstances. As every ono knows, tho right to Plead insanitv ls not a technicality, but-a substantial! ogal right. Tho only expression of bollof in tho. prisoner's sanity comes in tho dissenting opinion, concurred in by only two Judges, which cannot bit called an opinion of tho court. This Is a case whoro if Justico has miscarried, as it appears to have dono, the fault must bo lodged, not nBa,nst tlo supremo Judges, but against a Jury of tho prlsonor's neigh bors, who, manifesting tho usual compaBalon for n woman, gavo hor tho benefit of tho doubt.' John Knox nnd John Calvin, were thoy living, doubtloss would have Birillod bonign approval unon the United States, which has Just elected Presbyterians to bo president and vlco president, governors of New York, Indiana, and doubtless a few other states. And' one cannot forget n this connection tho part played at Ualtlmore by Elder Brynn of this same faith, which largoly rests upon tho doctrine of election. Don't forgot that the. only duties Imposed by the Albort law dovolve upon tho county attorney, who ls charged with prosecution of owners and rent coljoctors of misused prop erty. A few real prosecutions un der tho Albort law would mako some pooplo sing a different tuno. Marshulltown authorities havo put tho ban on loud hosiery on school girls. Still, they cannot be as bad as thoso old homo-knit yarn ones with stripes, around tHelr moth ers used to wear. Wo pay our prestdonts a bare living wage. Lincoln Journal. No trouble, however, in finding volunteors willing to chance starva tion and bankruptcy as a tenant of tho White. House. The" 'coal atrlko in West Virginia appears to bo winning its ond. it would Btrlko n popular 'chord with the consumer if it brougbt the steady increase in coal prices likewise to an end. Strange, how, after fighting purely for principle, thoso third-terra pro- gresslves havo so quickly developed a largo and numerous contingent of applicants for appointive Jobs, "My sword, molted in my hands," exclaimed Nariiu Pasha. That must havo been on receipt of the sultan's telegram congratulating hlra on anni hilating tho allied army. Consolidation of city and county governments may be all right, but consolidation of tho various geo graphical parts of Omaha lying about certainly would be. Hard coal at 13 at Columbus, says Kdgar Howard, Is "robbery." There ought to bo a softer nuino for it when it ls hold at only $12.25 In Omaha. Well, to whom does the sheriff's ,oirice belong, anyway? To tho man luim . em i-v. - 4 . .u- ... . ... me inuii who uougut ana paia lor ll - iDbokln Backward I TL. I& . A 1 "4 COMPILED (MOM DfcE NOVKMIJEU !M Thirty Vears Ago A freight ralo war la on for traffic h tweeen Omaha and Chicago with reduc tion announced every little while. Qarlow & Wllaon't minstrels at tho Hoyd entertained a packed house, to say nothing of the free street parade at noon. A third pump la being put In the new engine room of the city water company. The new and magnificent quarter of the Omaha. National bank are ready for occupancy, and the change will be made tonight The old quarters will fall to the Omaha Savings people. A movement la on foot to start another gymnarium In Omaha. A large crowd watched the spreading of the asphalt pavement on upper Doug la street. The medical profession haa acquired a new addition to Its ranks In the arrival of Dr. John H. Moore, located at Seven teenth and Capitol avenue. Me comes from Leesburg, Va. A. C. Troup, attorney, 313 South Four teenth street, advertises money to loan on personal property security. Twenty Years Ago Ono of the clevereit robberies ever per petrated In the city reaulted In the loot ing of H. .Jonaaen'a Jewelry store on Far- nam between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets to. tho extent of f 10,000 worth of diamonds and Jewelry. The day before a stranffrr had come In and bought a clock, paying It down. Ito entered the store on this day and asked for his clock. Only the clocklfiaker was there. Tho crook led, him adroitly behind an elevator shaft and engaged him In conversation. Meantime a confederate waa ransacking cases. A the crooks walked out Mr. Banks of tho firm of Carson A Hanks brushed shoulders with one of them at the door, but know ing of no robbery, took no account of tho men, who escaped. The state university foot ball teams of Nebraska and Iowa battled fiercely to a ten-to-ten tic at the base ball park. The Nebraska toam consisted of Mosher, John on, Pace, Flppln, Oliver, Yont, Jones, Church, Howe, Hopewell, Sinclair. Iowa Hull, Zcllman, IUbij, Johnson, Sanford, Aldrlch, Osterhout, Dawson, Sawyer, El liott, Larabecv i Thomas W. Kcene, the tragedian, and lUs company opened a shpft xeason at the Boyd with "Tho Merchant 'ot Venice." Mr. Alfred O. Macartney and Miss Edith Viola Smith, both of Omahn, were mar ried -by tho Rov. J. M. Wilson and left for 131 Taso, Tex., their future home. Tho marriage of Mr. Samuel It. Cooke of Walt Lake. Ia., and Miss Hattle Lulu Cope of Omaha was performed beneath the foldB of tno Am!rlcan Jag and was very Impressive. The officiating minis ter Was Rev. J. M. Wilson. It waa Thanksgiving day and the peo ple of Omaha generally observed It. Ten Years Ago ' Fifty leading Swedish-Americans mot at the office of N. P. Swanson. Seven teenth and Cuming streets, pledged $120 each and formed an organization -for the collection of more money for tho rcl'lef of countrymen In northern and central Sweden In distress because of the failure of crops. Judge E. M. fitenberg', vice consul of Swcdon and Norway, 'was elected president of the organization; Rov. P. M. LIndburg, vlco president; A- Llndquost, 1410 Farnam street, treas'-T urcr, and O. M. Nelson, editor pt tho Swedish Journal, secretary. President Dowllng of Crelghton univer sity had as his guests at a bnnqdet at the Her Orand the members of the Crelghton and Omaha High school foot ball teams. Father Dowllng learned upon his lato roturn from Europe of tho! excellent work the Crelghton boys had been doing and wishing to show his ap preciation and alro his felicity for the high school boys, he Invited them all to dine with him. Edward F. Leary acted as toastmaster and these responded: Prof. Newman, director of athletics; Superintendent Peasse of the city schools, Manager Fitzgerald of the Crelghton team, Mr. Thompson, Captain walker and Captnln Hterrl'cker. 'Hugh Wultaco and Ernest Kelley, thoso enthusiastic seniors who scaled the lofty and burnished heights of' the high school smokestack, ta put up tholr class emblem, to the annoy arico "had distress of rival classmen, were reinstated In their classes at 'school. John Taggart,, Forty-second ond Castol lar streets, a driver' for Robert Smith & Co., lay at St. Joseph"' "hospital with a badly broken lejr the result of a horso kick. ' . People and Events A scientist who writes to explain the psychology of bad dreams omits from the schedule of Impelling cuuses tho lobster seance at 11 p. m. The open season for land grabbers In Turkey as a cemf tcry promoter Is a. few laps ahead of the opon neason for hunt ing -In the north woods. Tho disposal of "Gyp the Blood." "Lefty Louie," "Dago Frank" and "Whltey Lewis" affords an opening for other eminent New Yorkers to break Into the front page. Assistant Surgeon General W, C. Rucker bf the United States publlo t.A1i. ..pi.m rin1iirt.a thut tliA IwthUI is ',wt ... disgraceful thing." Of course not. Tho clmex lectolarlus holds such conft dtmtlal relations with mankind that it sacrifices life rather than slvo anyone uway. French, Poles. Portuguese, Slavs and Hungarians are eager to Join with other citizens of Massachusetts in planning to celebrate In 1W0 Jhe 800th anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims. The emi nent stralght-laeed pioneers deserve from late comers the tribute, of a whoop for sowing what others reap. Baril MucDonald Hastings, a literary person from London, shows rare grati tude for Chicago's generous patronage if the play written by him. Chicago Is so pleased with Hastings' glowing compli ments that the newspapers reproduce them, adding as a decorutlvo touch pic tures of the lake front minus the smudge. Down In "little old New York" it Is estimated 60.000 men are supported by their wives. Most of this grand army of happy husbands, relieved of physical toll, devote their, mental energies to the conservation of lodge room oratory and lhe regulation of other people's affairs. 1 " . JOJ jof th "Don't Worry Club.' it - JIBES FROM JUDGE. Love may be blind, but marriage l of ten an eye-opener, III report Is as fatal to reputation as acid Is to fine fabric. Uad newg needs no special stamp to Insure Its prompt delivery. A little limelight, now and then, Is rel ished by the best of men. Success too early achieved becomes a millstone on the neck of effort. llach age produces Its own philosophy. Even n wise saw may lose its teeth In time. Life Is full of precipices, and he ls a fortunate man who never falls over his own bluff. Many mon are lucky because they can not rival those they envy that travel at high speed. Always tell a woman the worst, my son. Not only does she expect It, but she won't be happy till she gets It. Some young folks who surprise their filends by getting married would sur prise them more by staying married. Some men seem to believe that the only degree worth having Is pedigree, forget ting that It ls the end of the line that be gins to fray. If half the exceptionally smart bablev were to develop Into smart men and women, there would bo sharper compe tition In every walk of life. SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT. Houston Post: Possibly we ought not to mention worldly matters at all today, but we toko the chance and urge even democrat to throw the turkey an cJra handful of corn. Pittsburgh Dispatch: According to a Texas clergyman, profanity Is the blight of the nation. Thero seems to be noth ing for It but to have the minister move to some other state. Buffalo Express: The Boston minister who says It ls possible to marry and Iv6 comfortably on $15 per week should con fer a favor on young men with small inj comes by setting up a bureau to intro duce them to the young women who can mako good on the program. Indianapolis News: "If a preacher told half he knew about people." accordlng-Ho Rev. Dr. Elwood of Atlantic City, "there would be a bigger explosion than ever happened In any dynamite coso." Doubt less this Is true, and the sanio might be said of doctors, lawyers, bankers, mer chants and most other men who come In contact with people generally. Springfield Republican: ' After thirty years of work tho Baptists at lost have their Bible with "baptlzo" translated ac cording to the Baptist creed. "Immerse." Perhaps the matter seems less Important than It did thirty years ago, both In tho denomination and out o.f It; the lines of controversy have shifted materially In a generation. But a great deal 'of hard work has gone to this revision, which will have Its value.ajart from its bearing ojj. the Baptist creed. SCRIJBNER'S 1913 MAGAZINE 1913 Begihning in the January number- ! The Custom of tihte Country By Edith Wharton Author of " The House of Mirth " An absorbing story of American social life. The career of the heroine; who comes from l i ir kt vr i piace i or tiers en in new 10m society, wui ne more Keenij discussed even than Lily Bart of "The House of Mirth," Later will be published as a serial the newest' work by John Galsworthy Germany I and the Germans ' from an American point of View I By Pice Collier , Author of " England and the Eng- itsu from an American Point of View," Nothing has been written of modem Germ any, or of the Emperor, with the frankness, with the same disregard of anything but what the author believes to be the truth. The story of the wonderful Panama Canal By Joseph Bucklin Bishop Secretary of the Isthmian Canal Commission. The French at Panama A chapter la human eadstvor which for driest tic sd fragU lattrcit haa rarely beta qualUd. The World's Plague Spot Abolished Tfe story of fee way ia which the Ameri cans made the Isthmus of Panama a, health spot of tha earth. . ' Benevolent Despotism at Panama The way the United Statie Government, oseratiafj. throuch Colonel George W. GottbUs, has eared for its great army of canal workers. The Letters of Williatn James tha famous ptytholotlit, edited by hi brother Heary Jaaaes. 'sffflWs at CHARLES SCRIBNW3 SONS, sacM4rffff8 tm SalhMr'm Mmito my effmssf to tk mub. mmtm mmmm mmmtnunam wnn novmbmr. St So. m ... . , . . . . . Y . . ... (icrmjiry. SUNDAY SMILES. Mrs. 8hopley0!i. Henry. 1 bought the loveliest set of books today on the Install ment plan. All I have to pay Is II. CO b. ironth. . Shopley For how many months? Mrs. Shopley Mercy! I forgot to oak -Boston Transcript "What aro the duties of a cabinet offi cer? 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Come, let us stray back o'er the way To where enchantment lies, And there, In fancy, all the day. Be youthful and unwise.; With lavish praise I'll make you glad, And whlBper love again Come, let us be a lass and lad Alone In Lovers' Lane. Dear, let us steal from jealous Time A precious hour of bliss And you. still girlish and sublime, Shall claim a lover's kiss 'TIs far to whero we learned to care. But we will find tho way; Come, sweetheart, let us Journey tlior. Forgetting for a day. 71 a provincial town to make a' a ii t i B John Fox,s..?SeHS of the Hills," will continue into the early months of 19 13. English Friends: From the Letters and Journals of Charles Eliot Norton Edited by Sara Norton and M. A. DeWolfe Howe Impressions of Carljle, Buskin, Sicken, the SrownlnfS, George Henry Lewes, Burne-Jones, John Stuart Mill, John Morley, end numy other distinguished men. The Way to See South America uce cbisviwi m e4 isi euiu we&VUPlf x will describe the things to be. .seen and; a cow to see uem. , The Man Behind the Bars - By Miss Winifred Taylor Storiee of convict, of prison Ufe, and of the careers of those who hare serred their terms. North Africa and the Desert. By George Edward Woodherry Tunis. Algeria, and the near country. It may be foreseen what a subject they present to traveller with the author's cense of the picturesque and poetic. Modern Turkey By H. G. Dwight A group of articles that are full of charm and picturesqucnesi, at the same time dealing with modem conditions. Fully Illustrated. Special Numbers dealing with subjects of peat contem porary interest, and particularly the so lution of the complicated problems of Modern tiring, will be published from time to time. is a number of ex. t inordinary inltrttt ana beauty. FIFTH AVENUE. NEW YORK.