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Hi THE OMAHA DAILY BEK; BOUNDED BT BIJWAIID "nOSnTWATHR. vicron nos kwatkr. kimto n. BEE BmiDISq, FAllNAM AND 1TTII. Rntered at omslia po-to?riee as lecond tlM matlrr. terms op .fnscniPTioN. Sunday Be-. on year tS0 Saturday B-. ono ymr 1.50 ,Tallj Bee without Hunday. one year. 4.00 Jaly Bee, and Sunday, on jenr.... 6.00 DEL1VBUKH BY trAmtlKil ...EverilnR and .Sunday, per month c Evening, without Sunday, per month, 3 Dally fler, Including Sunday, per mo. CSo Dally Bee, without ftunda), per mo... 45c Ad d res (i all complaint or Irregularities ;ln delivery to City Circulation Pepl. nKMi-rrXKP'kB TUmlt by draft, express or potsl order, payaDis lo Tin ue nioutnins .rarni Onlr 2-eent Martins ree iveil in paymrm f amall rrnnnl Iirnnl rhet'ka. ex r.ept on Oinnha and eastern exchange, not accepted. OFFICES. OmahaThe Bee bulldlnff South Omal.a-niS N tret. Council Bluffs -H North Ma'n atreit Uncoln-K 1M building. Chlcspro-lOU Mamuette bDlldlnir Kansas City ttellanre buIldlnR. Nw Tork-M Wnl Thirty-third et Lou! -4M I'Yuw buiianr. WashlnEton-TSS Fourteenth ft- N. ronnRBroNnKSfi!. Communications relating to news and editorial matter fhould be nddreeaed iOmaha. Bee. Editorial Department. OCTOBEn CinCUIiATION 51,898 Mate of Nebraska, County of Pouglat, : ! DwlRht Williams, circulation manager j of Ths Bea l'UDinnios company, Dms ' duly sworn, ays that the average dally circulation for the mohth of October, 19M, waa 51.S05. DWIOHT WIUMAMB. Circulation Manager. Subscribed III my presence nnd sworn to before mo this lt day of Novainber, 12 nOBBnT HUNTBH. (Seal.) Notary I'ubltc Hubacrlber lenrlnBT the oltr trmporarllr ahoold hnrc The Ite mnjled to them. Artdreaa will bo cbnnned often re qneated. ""Yes, tho weather is usually cool In December. If you forgot to bo thankful on. November 28, It is not too late now. The Halkuna condescended to let tho sultan pull the wish bone with them. Tho fellow with llttlo income does tiot worry much over tho tax on In come. . "The only color wo can feel: blue." Kchaff. How about .green with envy? Or purple with rage? Every day may not bo tag day for (ho ultimate consumer, hut ho does get It hung on him a lot. Tho man who hoIIb liquor to a child Is on n par with tho one who sells a pistol to an outlaw. A cabinet crisis has Just been pi,eclpUaVodiYrjh.bfie 'V com ing hcaror thnn'aapsfpoT , v Congrcss is in Bcaslon, Now, let Mr. Bryan' try to advise Mossra. Clark and Underwood If he dares. "Hard Winter Predicted by (tyoso , Bono Prophet," says a hoadllne. Is , he" in tho anthracite coal business? Ono thing la' cortaiu, President elect Wilson was not driven to Bor jnuda In search ofrablnot material. A Chicago woman Bare she canuot llvo on ?10.'Q&0 a 'year, yet here Is n Minnesota man oating. nothing for 106 days.' hi i, k i Omaha's "Jlntmlo ValenMne" Isn't coming: out qitlte as weir as tho ono in tho play. His one experience prom ises to be disastrous. , A Missouri Jury acnultted a ny ' lho,r -bualnwa. Surely woman of a murder to 'which she ew ork uiay dPnd for co-opera-hhd confessed. No use talking, you "n upon tho weflt' " dm do have to show those Mlssourlans. f'f08' for Pr"rvln tho restraining i Influence of these splenda verdicts. A California murderer walked ... ,. cheerfully to the gallowB after llst-j Fight on. Commerce Commission, nlnR to the prison band play for Leslie's Wcoktv savn "the flr two hours. It must have been bad, The wheels of the Uultcd States bupremo court do not move quite no rapidly as those of the Overland Limited, but they keen urottv close!.. - - to the track. ' orn,rvnihv.7rvnhnv ' wurrender only they are afraid If they did they would ho executed. It they keep still about It Madero mayl , ,,. . 01 " ,crlal easily bcllevn they havo surrendered. r ff. hp B1,,,p,," a8 an,n8t th . j railways," perhaps ths people would Sarah Bernhardt arrived in Newprefer nw' i"b nor gulllo Vork with tho explanation that this'""0 1,1 effectl,,K whatever chaugea waa not her farewell tour of "beau-'or Improvement teed to bo made. tiful America." U must bo hard to tnahe a farewell tour among auch ay spenderaNna Ainorlwnc. Jasper L, McBrlon declines to eon-!'1 ItUor as valid Hny jnovement for nlts n'8h''8t fuiutlon of service. Im )ece cwfrrence put forth by Colonel i Partial Judgment, w believe, will fXelser. But Tho Bee submlta that!nllm,, t,mt 't has rvod many good fYeiBer is, Just as well quollfled as) purposes and might serVQ more If f0Brien to speak Tor tho parties atjt,,fl arm.v ot lawyers and tariff InteresC 'and operating expert! omploycd to Nebraska suffragists are showing 'lOfisldersble rapacity for practical xlltlea In thriir pro-convention ma- tteuvera. Up to date tho women novo; kowB that tho smartest of machlno politicians can .teach them llttlo Hfcout maneuvering for position. Brother Jasper L, O'Brien tmccra Ut Brother John O'Velser'a Jop ot JsoJHical revtssplng; mapped out for Ceisael Kooevelt and opines that Brother John a false prophet. May Va commend to these brcthrea the Jiwt word of tho Psalmist: "Be M how good aa4 bow pleasant it K fr Vrttkren t? iwall Utkor In i fcaitr" Campaign of Education. Kansas City In thinking of adopt Ins the commission form of govern ment. AlthouRh t ho plrfn la In oper ation In many other cities, Kansas City thinks Its peoplo should linTO time for n campaign of education on the subject nnd such an enterprise is about to bo launched. It will bo in teresting to noto the effect of this systematic deliberation. Wo should not he much surprised If Kansas City finally Came to tho conclutflon that tho commission form of goV ernmcnt, like any other, Is as good . ,h m nntpU,A . nrimlnl.t.r l( i .......... .- and not much better. This haB been the experience of other cities. But aside from that it is a good thing 'for a largo body o'( people to act with deliberation upon matters of such vital importance, and wo havo no doubt tha,t Kansas City's cam paign of education will prove very beneficial, no matter whether tho now plan Is adopted or rejected. If we are going to cnlargo upon tho dlrect-popular-rulo Idea, wo should cultivate the widest possible knowl edge of government among tho peo ple. A Rich Young Man. William P. Jackson, tho newly ap pointed senator from Maryland to occupy the seat vacated by the lato Sonator Rayner until the legislature elects his successor In January, Is said to ho a .millionaire. He is less than 45 years of age. "Another millionaire in tho senate," exclaims a newspaper, following Its derision with the aUtoment that "Mr. Jack- i son always has been noted for his great industry A a boy ho spent his school, vacations working hard at Industrial labor." He seems to havo capitalized his Industry into very rich material rewards. If this Is all that stands against the youug sonator from Maryland, then It is tlmo for congratulations to the state and tho senate, Instead of belittling criticism. It would bo n good thing for tho youth of this re public to omphaslzo the qualities in Bonator Jackson that seem to havo triumphed. Hang such a promlso be fore tho eyes of ovory boy and It ought to Inspire him, too, to Industry and thrift, nut It Is apt to put a sordid phase on tho worth of such efforts and succobs to make too much of tho point that because this young mnn happens to havo con wertod his push and enterprise. Into millions he is an undesirable man to havo In the sonate. Our democracy depends on no such mean minimiz ing of character. Railing against wealth as wealth Is tho worst form of class Vp!,rtt?'T5oUoiuh In'lts 'lioRsl. bllltie. j .The Migrating Gangster. Rqports Indicate that some of tho iXow York. i'sansBtors," fleeing as a n,8uU ' tll Verdicts In tho Becker and Ktinmou cases, havo pitched their tents in salt Lake City. This doubt loss will put alU western cities on their guard, to provont'any of this fraternity from locating In thorn. Yet tho men must abide soinewbero and tho west has in Its day dealt with a good many undesirable citi zens without permanent dlsastor to tho community. It doubtless will is- sua no special invitations to tho sur viving companions of "Gyp tho Blood" and "Lofty Loula" and those other galley slayes of the ptrato shin joi grans uespair, out probably take ; enro of them If they come and begin duty of the, prealijent-elect should be ip reorganize .,tno , ipterstato Com merces, commission and do It with a club." Tha NeworH I.terald thinks a "good, sharp, smoothly working KumuiMiB ib wjihi snouiu uo cm- pJo.ed.. Unt11 H on" I'a shown that the 1 C0,nmlB8l h" owtjirown Us useful- nes. or has degepernted, sh Leslie's ' It la nliltn onrtHin thai ttm ! - " ..- , n j uiiti try ns a whole Is not making a fight for extinction upon the Interstate Commerce commission, oven though "Wy ftB yt have failed, to reach combat It, would bend their energies to co-oporatliiK with It In the work His out of real problems. Certainly , tho commission was nover Intoniled ' and must never hn used as n partisan weapon against railroad interests, which aro entitled to oory legiti mate aid and nncourajtonieiil. The Joti-o rcunllin iho two YWnga oft the party 1 not'setlous In Nebraska, for I there hat bteit no serious schleni hero i and need be none In tho future. All thn ease needs now is patience and mutual forbearance. Thus Sftltb tho State Journal In commenting- on Colonel "UIscr'B pro- posed peace conference, and this son- tlnent Hrlll doubllco receive much1 . . PProbatlOP 1 Tim BEE: ookipi Backward Iks Day In Omaha (ONrlLED PROM BfcB MI 1EC7"3. Thirty Years Ako a cnange in the management of the Canfleld took place, by which D. B. Nr. Frelwell, the wllknon auctioneer, took control, succeeding Mr. and Mrs. Ocorgn Canfleld. Sidney Smith, the architect. Is drawlns the plans of a four-story block to bo erected by Captain Herman, Martin Dun ham and Judge Iake on Karnam street, north lde, between Fourteenth and fif teenth. Religious services In the Danish Ian- guare are to be held by Jtev. C. Olsen of Racine. Wis.. In the Scandinavian church on California street. Colonel Ira Wilson, formerly proprietor of the hotel In this city and now man ager of the Pacific house In St. Joseph, Is at the Paxton. neonre KrUg- of the Anheuser-Duech Brewing company of St. fouls left for a trip to Iowa points. Members of the medical fraternity met at Dr. Pcabody's office and took suit able action on the death of the late Dr. McClelland. A new and elegant wholesale, liquor and cigar houso will be opened up this weok by Rd nilay A Co., A. K. Slmpeon being the company. Captain Tom Swobo has g-orieon a trip to New York and Washington. ... . ill!, t Att0 . .eturnW"1 .r0U'' Bovsrn(-c,ct' 'TTV::- v. . uuu uvurnon iroin ins oia nome ' at Alton. where he visited for twol fleeks. "William Dally of Peru, formerly Unltod States manchat In Nebraska, was In tho city mixing among old friends. Frank n. Morrlssey, private secretary to Oovernor Boyd, camo up from IJn coin. W, C, Vandervoort, head clerk of the j railway man scrvloe, and Mrs, Vander voort, left -for Grand island on an errand combining business and pleasure. Senator J. W. Paddock left for Wash ington, 'where he expected to spend the next four weeks except for a brief visit ut his old homo In New York and a short business visit in Boston. T. W. Blackburn writes a trenchant letter to The Bee protesting "as a Prot estant and son of a Protestant minister" against the "relentless and unreasonable warfare now bnlne waged against the Catholics In this city," referring to the frenty of the A. P. A.'s. Mr. Blackburn spared no words in cxcorlntlng this ex pression of cruel Intolerance. Ton Venn A$co ' The Retail Clerks' Protective associa tion was formed at Labor Temple and every" clerk, malo nnd female. In the city was to bo lnv)tl to Join tho union. One of tho pleasantost social functions over held In tho Omaha club was h' ln ,ner to Archbishop JCcane of Dubuque. C. J. Smyth acted as toastmaster, first presenting Bishop Scannell, who spoke to the toast. "Welcome to Our Guest." who was, In fact, the bishop's personal guest. After tho archbishop bail spoken. Im promptu rerimrks' were made1 'by Presl don't M. P. Dowllng of Crelghtoh uni versity, G, M. Hitchcock, Rev. E. F. Trefx. Dr. George U Miller, Judge K. Wakeley and T. J. Muhoncy. The Field club election culminated at tho Commercial club as follows: PcesI- dent. Charles P. UrUhartj vice president, Jay Foster; secretary, Harry Morrill: treasurer, Philip Potter; directors. Heury T. Clarke. Jr.; William E. Rhodes, Byron Hasting". Harry Mdrrill and John P. Lund, who were to serve with Directors Kennedy and Murphy, whose terms had not expired. Miss Crounse was lioatrss to the Cook ing club, whose membership consisted of Mesdamea Joseph Barker, Charles T. Kountxe, Herbert Wheeler. Ward M. Burgess, Harry Wilklns and Misses Helen Smith, (Webster. Preston, Croupe and Lindsay, People Talked About Throwing Cinderella slipper as love tokens at tha heads of Scotch, Judges lends considerable gaiety to the suffra gette campaign In Scotland. What's the noxf stuntT Ths younyest girl town official In Mas sachusetts Is Miss Blanche Coffin, 18 years old, a gradual of the Nantucket High sohooU class ot 1913, who waa re. cently appointed public weigher In that town. , Mrs. John Cummins ot Woburn. Mass., Is the owner and manager of one of the largest farms in New England. She cul tivates 400 acres, disposes of the milk from twenty-six cows, keeps two stalls In the Boston market and raise 2.000 bogs a year. A device In municipal government not new. although not tried in this country. Is about to be given a test by the city of Sumter. S. V. It has been decided to unptoy a business manager for the town and an advertisement has been sent forth seeking ths man. Governor-elect Dunne of Illinois will take only eight of his children to live with him at the executive mansion at Springfield. As the governor likes "to "hear hlmsslf think" occasionally the rett ot the little Dunnes will be bun dled off to boarding schools. Supply houses and plumbing associa tions, usralled In count In Indiana as a monopoly, prjteet against tha calumny, usiurliiK their patrons that a monopoly In the business Is Impossible, sure. Mike! lie who donbtp nvHls tut step Into a Kitptils house, try to buy a bit of material without an order front a muster plumber and be convinced. The historic Kurd theater building In M'Hhliinstim, tho scene of the IJin-oln tragedy In 1W... has hern condemned rci unsftfo and ordered torn down. Orig- Inally the building wa a church, erected. In ISM. was remodoled into a theater In IWt. and has been fcnrd and used by i tho national government since IS. Tart uf the top floor fll in, killing twenty, one persons. In 1893. Anllclpatl Riving Ha ng the good things of, Thanks- Harry )Ialr of. New York had hie surgeons trim, massage and oil Momach a month before the event. With Uhe Improved Interior department Harry tut looxo with thjs ThsnkscMns- dinner- , . Knur olives, two stalks of celery, two ihe'llnKa of turkey with oyster dressing J :nla'il"!,l Itatoes. manbenr sauca. pump- , . , . HPpe 1 ! L. r ""'"' . n "nimuu (luonin th cocktail ovec thv ropa. 1 OMAHA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER a, VJi2. NORTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH By Rev. M. V. Higbee, Pastor. The North Preebyterlan churdi Is in "tVllllam It. Anderson, clerk of seselon. lis fifth year of Its history and now W D. Crawford, church treasurer'. It. .1. numbers a little above MO members. , Mushes, treasurer building fund; Klward An act of Omaha Presbytery In April, 190S, consolidated tho Second rresbytcrtan and Knox Presbyterian churches. Sach of these churches had brn In existence about twenty-five years. Kach had been a strong and Influential bodv of about ZOO Christian people of the Presbyterian faith. When consolidated the Joint mem bership was between SW) anil -MX. The Second r.huteh had counted among Its strongest pastors Dr. H. M. Steven-son,-i?r. Samuel Ware and Iter. Newman Hall Burdlck. The Knox church had gtown particularly under the pastorates of Dr. Asa ljlrd and Dr. M. D. Ixng. Kach church hud a strong session, con sisting ot nine men In the Second nnd "ven men In the Knox church. Soon after the actual fusion of the two congregations on July S, J&w, the new congregation called Iter. M. V. Hlgbce, who had been for three an a half years pastor of the Knox Presbyterian church, to the pastorate of tho consolidated body which waa named tho North church. I waa Installed two weoka later and con tinued to bo the pastor of the church. The new conregatlon worshiped for two years In thevold Knox church build ing at Nineteenth and Ohio streets and then began vigorously to work for a new building, which waa dedicated Feb- ruary 4, J9lt. Tho new building is mod- ern and commodious and an ornament to the city. It stands at Twenty.fourth and Wirt atreota In the largest uniform resl- district In Omaha. Almost 100 members have been welcomed slnco the " 'he new building and tho n,.,,i... .... 3' Z ' ",u i lie building and Its equipment cost about JW.OOO, nnd arc almost paid for. Here are the names of the pastor, or ganizations and their officers: Meivlno Vernon Hlgbce, D. D., pastor; TOTTERING OTTOMAN EMPIRE How it Measured up Before the Balkan War. Anticipating a division ot the Turkish empire In Europe as a result of the thrashing administered, by the Balkan states, authoritative statistics of popu lation, urea, territorial divisions, etc., will enable tha reader to follow Intelli gently the coming distribution of the prlxen of war. The Annualre Oriental of 1913 contains instructive data on the site of the em pire. As at the tlmo the. figures were compiled Turkey had net abandoned Tripoli to Italy, the record includes the African possession as well as those In Europe and Asia. Turkey In Europe Is composed of the archipelago and the Balkan peninsula; In Asia Includes Ana tollu, Arabia, Syria, Palestine, Mesopo tamia and Kurdtstan!yln"Afrlca, Tripoli and Cyrenalca (Benghaxl); provinces. Isles of Crete, Samoa, Cyprus. Area, Division. Sq. Miles. Population. Turkey In Europe.... 10t,9St S.000.COJ Turkey In Asia 429.272 21,XXMOD Turkey In Africa 62,S78 1,160,000 Total 1,177.131 30.1SO.000 The different races within the Turkish possessions are Albanians, Arabs, Ar menians, Bulgars,, Greeks, Kurds, Jows, Gypsies, Montenegrins, Herbs, Syrians, Roumanians and Turks. The Ottoman territory Is divided up admlnstratlvely as follows: Vilayets, or provinces or states; sandjuks, or prefectures or -counties; catas. or arrqndlssements or town ships; nahtes, or cantons or villages. The population of the vilayets andthelr chief cities ot over 10,000 population lq as follows: Turkey In Europe Constantinople, 2.5O0, 000; Adrlanople, 1,000,000: Salonfca, 1.390,700; Koskovo, 1,000,000; Monastlr. 800,000; Ja nlna, 508.700; the' Archipelago, 325,000; Scu taila (Albania), 200,000. FRANKING- CAMPAIGN MATERIAL Ions of Political Dope Circulated at Nation's Expense. Chicago News, It has buen suggested that the people's national, state and local governments might with propriety help to finance from the publlo funds the campaigns jof candi dates for public office, in Oregon, to cite one example, the authorities circulate at publlo expense a campaign pamphlet In which every candidate Is allowed a cer tain amount of apace to present to the voters the arguments for his election. This plan has much to commend it, since each candidate has an equal chance with every other candidate to place before tha voters his claims to their favor. The United States government has a system ot aiding some candidates for office while giving; no aid to the oppos ing candidates. The system Is there open to etrlous objection because ot its rank favoritism. A member ot congress who s a candidate for re-election can have his political documents printed In tho Congressional Record and then he can EDITORIAL SNAPSHOTS. St. Louis Republic: The Abyslnlan gentleman who can apeak twenty-two languages might be useful to anyone who wants to know bow to pronounce the name in the war news. Chicago Post; Tou understand, don't you, why Austria has a right to demand auoh territory a tihe pleases. She nover went out and won It- In a fair tight the way the allies did. Hho Just stuck at home. Louisville Courier-Journal: President elect WlUon has been offered about eighty square miles of printed ndvlte since tho election, but he has perflated In paying, more attention to the charms of the Bermudas. Cleveland Plain Dealer: It U hoped the biggest gun In the world, which Is to be placed at one entrance ot the Tauama canal, will bo securely anchored. Other wUe it ts likely to. recoil and do n lot of damage at the other entrance. Chicago Record-Herald: If a Is al- leged in the complaint, the t-'nlted States' Motor company or New Jersey haa l- aionarnmeoxns rrom toe Christian Byxan bllltles of J1J.000.000 and assets of less than t,ne emI're. had already been taken by .0. U is clear rnough that It has been I Christianity from paganism. The city on ilolnc some big buslneM. all right. Boston Trunsoript: The proposed inter national Kuropean strike against war would surely put an effective quietus on ' i ...ki . ........ . ...v.. ........ towers against the Balkan states. After t all. If nobody will work or light there can't be much of n war. Springfield rtepubll.au Mr. Wicker- "CVfr a,n oll,l'l " but: nn viciory in unaenins mc khiihiiu trust should remind people ! -vhen b leaves ' 1 McKachron. president of trustees, Sunday School-Prof. F. II. Cuircns, superintendent: Mem It. Madden, secre tary; F. It. "Fonda, treasurer. Christian ISndeavclr John Patterjon, president. . Woman's Missionary Society Mrs, S. K Ppatdlng. president; Mrs. Prjce Craw ford, treasurer. ladles Aid Society-Mrs. Robert Mc Kachron, president; Mrs. A. N. Katon, treasurer. Men's "Brotherhood B. H. Hod. presi dent; A. N. Eaton, treasurer. Westminster Guild Miss Florence Tex ter, president; Miss Margie McKachron, treasurer. Westminster Circle Miss Helen Shep ard, president; Miss Ethel Hobbs, treas urer. Royal Blues Roberta Cotllter, presi dent; I,orena Travis, treasurer. Choir E. F. Williams, thorlster; Miss Irma Book, organist. Hoys Club Harry Herxog, superin tendent. Tho Sunday school has an enrollment of S5t and an attendance of nearly 0. Besides the above organizations, the pastor has had special success In deal ing with the children, through what Is called a "League of Worshiping Chil dren." Many between ths aces ot 10 and H years are forming the habit of at tending church. Eleven did not miss a Sabbath from October, 1911, to October. 1D12. Many moro missed only one or two, and sixty-eight were In quite regu lar attendance. The North church stands among tho first In the state of Nebraska In Its accessions on confession of their falfh during the last year. The writer will soon complete -his eighth year of work In the city and his fifth as pastor of North church. Turkey In Asia The Hedjax, 3.MO.00O; Temen, 2,500,000: Hudavendlghlar. 1,625,00); Aldln. 1,400.000; Slvaa, 1,180,000; Treblsond. I,0u0,000; Kastamounl. 1,000,000; Konla, 1.000,000; Bassorah, 1,000,000; Aelppo, 995,000; Syria, S60.000; Angora, 930,000; Badad. S50.0C0; Erxerum, 650,000; Mamouret-ul-Aziz, 571,000; Beirut. KS.O0O; Dtorbeklr, 470,000; Van, 430,000; Adana, 400,000; Bitlls, 390,000; Mossoul, 300,000.' Included In the above list are the nine following Inde pendent sandjaks, whose administra tion Is separate from tho vilayets: The Lebanon, 400,000 (administered by Chris tian governor); Jerusalem, 340,000; Ismldt, 125,000; Blgha, 130,000: Bolou, 75,000; Ka ressl, 70,0000; Zor, 41,000: Tchatalja, 16,000; Asslr (population not given). The privileged provinces which have autonomous government or are' under English protection.. are: Isle 6f' Crete, 300,000 inhabitants, autonomous and has a parliament; Isle of Cyprus, 260,000 In habitants, British protection; Isle of Sa moa, 500,000 inhabitants, Independent ot the Turkish government. Turkey In Africa. Vilayet of Tripoli, J. 500,000 Inhabitants, which includes the Independent sandjak of Benghazi (2S1.E0O Inhabitants). The empire contains about ISO cities of more than 10,000 population. Of theso Constantinople has 1,200,000 (600,000 Chris tans). Next follows Smyrna, 375,000; Damascus, 300,000; Bagdad, 223,000; Beirut, 210,000; Aleppo, 200,000; Salonlca, 173,000; Benghazi. 100,000; Bronssa, 90,000. Cities made famous by the war are Adrlanople, 83.000; Monastlr, "5.000; Uskup, 70.000; Scutari, 45,000; Klrk-Klllsseh (town of forty churches), 25,000; Janlna, 18,300; Dardanelles, 16,700, and Mltrovltza, 16,000. Tho city of Mecca has an ordinary popu lation of $0,000, but this Is Increased to 200,000 during the pilgrimage. send them through the malls free ut charge. He has to pay the actual cost of printing, but there is no charge for postage, which Is by far the largest Item of expense when, campaign material is sent to, voters. The candidate who is op posing tle man In office must pay full postage on alt this matter tliat he sends through the malls. Figures recently made public by the Poatofflce department show that during the last year the postal system handled i 310,240,090 pieces of franked mall, this enormous mass weighing 61,377,000 pounds. The revenue for the service at the reg ular postal rates would have been nearly 120,000.000. The revenue on the political, documents alone would have amounted to about W.250.000. Tf this poUtlcal mat ter had been fully paid for tho Post-1 office department would 'have shown c ! surplus for the year of about $1,000,000, . Instead of a deficit - of approximate!) ' ,000,000. . the po.st ot attorney general he will have made an Impression upon the records of ' tint office not easily effaced. As a strictly legal Kcntleman, Mr. Wlcktriham has some good points. IIISTOnV OF THK CRK9CKXT. Famous Symbol or the .Moslem Has Traveled Afir. Chicago News. Though, now regarded as essentially Mohammedan, -the crweent was formerly used by Christians. A crescent moon was the emblem of the Byxantlne empire and the eastern church, an4 the Turks adopted It as a badge of triumph after the capture of Constantinople in 14J3. Be fore that the crescent was common in, the armorial bearing of Kngllsh knights nnd as late as 144 Rene, duke ot Anjou, founded an order of knights having- as badge a crescent moon. Its use by tho Turks, however, led to Its abandonment by Chrlktlana, though In many Russian churrhen a reScent may still be seen figuring- bsld) the croes. as a sign of th byxantlne origin of the Russian church; However, the crescent, taken by the ,"" ""poruajirrv oesumtia tne crescent (ter Its preservation from the attack of j Philip of Macedcu In 339 B. C. This at- ,'"'Zt . "T" " n,nt t lml arn rain, but was revealed II, a MHzn flrt hv th. Koll d d , ru,hi to their by v mviW which lit u p the Mace 'donlau'arms r favl by this miracle, the cltlsen erected a statue to Hate the Turch-j nearer una Htrtt K oln bearing ti-j- err. bitm, the nt moon. I SVNUY GEMS. i icsinnii i inu , i till) i inc." j - ri7r; iiu , of the kings engaged against the Turks . Went tri th vm It. a r. ntt,t,n,ftKltf Ironloua-.rca. Vet to got rewilts all he had to do was lo torch the high speed and shut his-s Judge. "tt Is ijucer they cannot catch the automobile speeders easily." - uiiy is it queer?' "JJecKtiw It oilKht to be the easleat tlllnsr In tile wnllrl In trml nn tlifip' wf.nl ' Baltimore American. "What ate you going to do about tho tariff?" asked the confidential friend. "Well," teplled Senator Sorghum, "as numan oxporience progresses wisdom In creases. I n,n golnc to come as near to Velfles I can 1 to i-ettlu as I cuii -V ashlngton Star. 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