THE OMA1LA, HATUIDA1, JNUVKALBliiU 22t 1913.
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OCTOBER CIRCULATION.
51,725
Etate of Nebraska. County of Douglas, m.
Dwight Williams, circulation manager
of Th Bee r-ubllshlnjr company, being
duly worn. says that the. average dally
circulation for the month of October,
VU. was 61.735. DWIOHT V1IO.IAM8,
' " Circulation Manager.
Subscribed In my presence ana sworn
U, be,orm..th.. mday
Notary Public
Sabacrlaers leaving; the city
temporarily should hare The Bee
mailt them. Address wilt be
changed as aftea as reiiaeated.
That vai a nice June rain tor
Ntyembcr.
Who Is this Old Man Winter they
usd to tell about?
Don't worry, wo may havo a
watte Christmas yet.
. 8Kee asks, "Should ' we flirt
?wltk death 7" .No, donH flirt.
That Pouth Omaha postofflco
ylKJB will not be In the pudding.
The president ot the Schoolman
tera' club says It Is all right. Then,
that Battles It,
Please note that President Huerta
alee reads fete message to his con
J.f
New fer the diatrat,lon at Lla-
eola today that Nabraeka really Is a
greater state tbaa lewa.
Bulgaria 1 evtdeHtly aflpreacalar;
deMeeraey, kaYlHg, already threat
eavsd U hoata H Mag with the raislU
Thki ftttwf erer the eyrreMr Mil
S Mite an eld.fahtfted ".Hadrllr
whk the "ealler" and fiddler at ghU,
Besasmher. too, that the early
asajasar; Mrd catcaa the sleek and
Cat worm Mora it nea been attatad
already done what
r, aYtater ceuld not do,
ealkd at shle upside down la thin
air.
Every yom$ nan should learn to
fiddle if far ne etker reason than to
iuM up aad Into the game fifty)
years aeaee.
t One heaw, C wasy ktaU, ef lu
aatiec. Vut ssldsm ef e wheee
eeathiejav ie efetni Murders
nerer oowmitUd.
Prieaasfs la "the Nebraska
tatssty are'teeUdy by Kail aad
jtrebably .wewid like ' te serve out
JfcsJ ftfflft Ksrft eJ e
ShImt Wi MTftAig feW Factflo
l4Aji Ittslittrtft list tassM Wa tirTrAAMAM
sasssi rl w awsesw - PBa V-a a ssssyfSft
jac Tew wi sy." Oei rf tteketa
eertr aad kela the jteer.
"Why k Mm ex reaeiba, 'ya eldeh
aeka, Persvaf because ye olden
days are deeA aad gone.
Why do continue to spend money to
aucata them In the colleges If they aru
to a as4 aad stt down there and, never
av as idea of their ownT Report of
JWsraalth Nicholson's addrera touching;
a tiio sphere of woman.
Hut who ever thought ot educated
weraea sitting' down in their home
aad fcavtBg a ideas of their own?
Say 'hull moosers of Fonnsrlvanta
to Phlladr 0. Knox: "Won't-you
be evr ' candidate for governor?
Says -Mr. Kaes In renly: "I will
aet." And let ua see, la. this not the
eaaae Kaox theee same Blooaera were
kaoeklng so hard only a few short
aneeM ago?
Carraasa aad hLa fellow rerolu
UealeU gave a graad ball as a nrc
lude to sUrtlag out oa another mil
Haj-y eaae)CB. There is a classic
whkh tells about aaother grand ball
1 ia Belgium's fewoua capital that
turned a crucial battle from victory
te defeat.
1,l,saslBMsaaMaaMMaMaMaaasa
Governor Morehead has granted
72.year-old life prisoner a furlough
without going into the question of hts
guilt. The exercise of executive
clemency In such a case will arouso
crltlclaai certainly, no criticism
ef the klad that attaches to the par
4 of young desperadoe duly con
vletad, with no new evidence except
their own representation that they
were teaeceaU
Postoffice Progress.
Tho announcement by Postmaster
Goneral Burleson that tho merger of
tho Omaha and South Omaha post
off Ices, already in effect nearly a
year, wilt stand permanently may be
taken as final. The fact Is that this
merger, despite all the hub-bub ot
office-seekers decrying- it as a polit
ical play, is a logical and inevitable
stop in tho Improvement of the serv
ice, tho only wonder being that It
had not come sooner. It has since
been followed by extension of tho
jurisdiction ot the Omaha postoffice
over Benson, and the Inclusion of
Florence and other suburban dis
tricts cannot be very long delayed.
In this concurrent expansion and
concentration the postoffice is
merely anticipating tho eventual
consolidation ot all this territory
into tho Greater Omaha, which
evoryono sees coming. Tfio Intima
tion that the Omaha postofflco dis
trict may later tako in Council Bluffs
shows which way tho wind Is blow
ing. Tho organization ot tho gov
ernment postal business docs not
have to be limited by state lines, al
though t'hoy have usually been con-j
aldercd. Though thare Is no possibil
ity ot Council Bluffs and Omaha be
ing brought under tho same mu
nicipal government, our proximity
and common interests, however.
Identify us as almost one commu
nity, and thcro Is already a single
service in street car transportation, j
and in telephono communication, so
that n consolidated postoffice. if It
comes, would conform to the rules
of modern bimlncBfl management,
Income Tax Law Confusion.
Whether It is careless or Ignorant
framing that makes tho now income
tax law Incomprehensible to tho av
erago man unaldoi by export analysis
wo do not know, but whatever It was
the law certainly is a riddle to most
people. The lawmakers may havo
procoeded apparently on tho theory
that a matt capable ot earning
$3,000 a year and falling under the
operation of the law ought to be able
to understand it, but, if so, the
theory 1b a false one. Tho fact Is,
few "laymen" profess to be able to
grasp the confusing details of this
legal conundrum. Tho government,
as well aa banks and other private
agencies, admit tho difficulty ot the
task ia employing experts to unravel
It, .and no one yet has essayed to do
more than give a purported explana
tion in small homeopathic doses.
Oelf aa a fepnlar Fastiwe.
Yeriaer President Tatt haa leag
adveeated gelt -as every man's game.
SleeenUyV dWetaselng1 Its bwsMJi
1,-heee t see the tint nt far distant
whan puMic stAt courses wilt be effared,'
to the public., as in Scotland, for tKeaa
wha cannot pay for costly ctuh prtvll
e. I wouM have 'the funds raised by
taxation. Golf t aeeemlnently a sum
for the people, ana they shoUta be al
lowed to play It.
Poesihly some will ridicule the
idee, f a public folt course mala
talaed by taxatloa for the peeple,
yet numerous cities, including
Omaha, are doing that. Miller park,
In the northern extremity of our
city, a beautiful landscape, templed
with trees, lined with handsome
boulevards and equipped with a
commodious club .house, has an ex
cellent public golf course whero
these who wish may play. Per
haps alt the details have not as yet
been entirely worked eut as they
will be in time, but these are the
eeele'a links, and, therefore, golf
there is the peewte's game.
In time puMio playgrounds fer
young and eld will beceme common,
ne doubt, over the couatry. As the
president, a skilled hand at golf,
well says, it is a game for the ordi
nary man aad effers advantages, not,
oaly la physical axerelee, hut in self
restraint, it pr&fxrly played. Why
should such a health-making game
be .reserved only for those who are
able to afford the heavy expense ot
private club privileges?
Not a Hopeful Message.
The dominant note ot Huerta's
message to hts congress is Its hope
leasnesa, If be believes in the suc
cess of his cause he falls to show it
in this nddress. The whole setting,
with Its grimly military aspect, is
doleful and forbidding. The dicta
tor delves into history for precedents
justifying bis official conduct, hit
ting upon the Napoleonic phrase
with a show1 of satisfaction that "the
law is not violated when the country
is saved," as It Mexico had been
saved. The whole tenor ot his meg.
sage Is that of a man driven by tho
force of conscious failure. This Is be
trayed In his denunciation ot the
congress he dissolved and Impris
oned for "dragging the country to
the chaos of a bloody anarchy, in
which our nationality inevitably
would have perished." And again in
this: "The present moment Is ex
tremely solemn and perhaps decisive
for the welfare ot the nation."
Little cheering, but few "vivas,"
no demonstrationr the spirit is little
mora than a sullen consent-giving
silence rather than enthusiastic co
operation. Buch circum&tances must
confirm the belief that another face
about in Mexico Is not far off.
Those St. Louis thieves are an Ir
reverent lot. One ransacked, the
Young Woman's Christian associa
tion rooms the other day
lookinjd Backward
TkDsX n Omaha
ceMmrs rsaM ate nut
q : r
NOVEMBER 22.
Thirty Years Ago-
xne union Catholic Library association
held Its quarterly meeting at 1U rooms
In the Crelshton faloek taat nlshL After
the reports had been read Mia Btada
Crowley, tho librarian, on behalf of the
ladles of the rocletr, presented a beau,
tlful cnuy quilt On Thanksgiving night
the quilt will be on exhibition at the as.
eoctallon rooms, at which time It will be
raffled off.
Goorre Dufrane of New York, slx-dar
pedestrian, now In the city as representa
tive of tho New York Times, Announces
Ills willingness to bck himself against
any pedestrian In this state for a twenty
four hour go-ai.you.please contest.
The Official circular la out fnr the M.
& O. road to adopt tho new standard
time, beginning next Bunday.
The Harmonic society la trrlnir to nr.
range for another aeries of concerts by
Theodore Thomas and his orchestra next
tprlng.
The Union Pacific hav nntnr1 hullt
In their shops In this dt5t twenty-six
passenger cars, ten box cars, three ex
Pres car and eleven narrow.eaum cars.
This looks like business.
U. B. Sargent. Davmaater'a elurk of the
Union Pacific, returned from Ogdcn.
W. A. Paxton and hi wif mlurnMi
from New York. Where Mn. Pnxinn has
been spending several months.
P. E. Her of the Willow Borinra dl.
tlllery Is back from Chicago, where h
attended a meeting of the Western Ex
port association, of which he Is a director.
lion. M. E. Post, member of rnntrnsi
from Wyoming, passed through this city,
going east.
Twenty Years Ago
in uumngton trains from Chleago
were delayed several hours, owing4 to a
snow storm In Illinois,
Hon. A. E. Cady of St Paul, Neb.,
former republican state chairman, was
In the city.
Shertff-eloct John C. Drexcl returned
from Denver.
Isaao Strouse of Baltimore, head of one
of the largest clothtpg houses In tho
country, who was In the city on business.
unexpectedly met Qoorge W. lAnlnger,
an old friend, .whom ho had not seen In
many years. j
Brad Slaughter, state chairman of the
republican, committee was In town and
flatly contradicted two stories concern,
lng himself, one to the effect that he was
about to embark In the newspaper busi
ness a,nd the other that he was flirting
With the governorship. He said he would,
however, accept the offlco of state li
brarian next July It tendered him.
Commenting, on a atory from New York
of plans to reorganise and finance aaow
tlja Union Pacific In receivers' hands,.
President 8. If. It. Clark said: "This is
the first and most ImportanOthlng io do.
The road c,nnot carry a debt ot nearly
jaW.Goa.OuQ without soma such action."
William A. Plnkerten, chief ot the Chi
cago branch at the PJnkerton deteotlva
agencies, waa In the city en route to Port
land. Or. WfcUe here h eonaulted Chief
f rertlce Seavay.
Tr (Ji
Ten Years Ago vU
J. E. VucKlngham. 'assistant general pas.
eager agent- ef the 9, A M returned
from a trip to aid through the Big Horn
basin aad, as usual, was loud in Ita
praises. "Buck" said Otriaha had the
edge for business on all: 94 her cities up
mere.
The funeral bf Mlse Lucy J, Roys wis
largely attended by coworkers n the pub.
lie schools and other friends, The serv.
lees were conducted by Kev. William
Qorst of Bewarl Street Methodist church
ana ho v. i a. natch at the home, ym
Harney street, and tho body was burled
In Prospect Hill cemetery.
As waa her custom on every Sabbath
day, Mrs. Edith Bhlnrock, superintendent
of the Woman's Christian Temperance
union, preached to the "saints In prison'
t the county Jail,, and ths prisoner
greeted her cordially, as they had learned
to love and look forward to her each
Bunday.
A report was ourreat to the effect that
RabM Simon ef Tema) Israel, while, In
Washington, D. C, attending a meeting
of the Congress of Clyll and Jlelliflous
iughts, waa tendered the position, of as
ietaat to Rabat Stern la that city.
People Talked About
Freetdant Wilson Is go tag to read to
cfrfwreas his regular mesaage next month.
Congressional boys who fall to pay strict
attention to the master's voice will be
seottea an the spot.
Peter J. Greene, assistant head porter
at the Hotel Plata, New York, remains
at his work in spits of tha tact that he
had received a letter telling him he had
Inherited Siv.OOO from an uncle In Ireland,
Philadelphia's celebration over the old
woman who has been a housekeeper In
ths earns family for -sixty-three, years will
be regarded with ehyy In various estab
llshments that boast of sixty-three In one
year.
Only two men wee killed by hunters tn
mistake for deer during the shooting eta
son which haa Just closed In New York
state, but there were nineteen othVr- mis
takes and accidents in the. sport that
served the same purpose.
Catheriaa Van Valkeriburr Walte, au
thor, editor aad associate of Susan B.
Anthony and Elisabeth Cody Stanton In
the work of pavtnr the way for 'woman
suffrage legislation, died suddenly re
cently, at tha home of her daughtr.-Dr
Lucy Walte. In Chicago. HU
William McBv-oy, pioneer printer of
Chicago and charter member ot the Chi
cago Typogaphlcal union. Is drad at the
ripe aga of St. The "Methuselah ot the
art preservative" atoned as an appren
tice In the Chicago Tribune offlca In
IMS and followed the craft to the end
Jerry Moynlhan, the "millionaire rag
picker" of Bt. Louis, who died a year
ago, leaving an estate of 100,000, u en
titled to another turn over In his strong
box. Watchful legal guardians discov
ered that Jerry's "wad"' went to the
wrong person, and what la left of U Is
called back Into court for further uxaml
Ration and condensation.
siodlson P. Larkln and his wife of
Scranton, Pa., have been quite well ac
quainted with occupants of the White
House. Mr. Larkln's father used to b
the boyltood companion ot President
Grant; Mr Larkln's mother was a friel
of Mrs. Rutherford B. Jlayes when they
war gila. and Mr Larkln used to ploy
marbles with Willie Taft when the for
mer president was a child and resided In
ClnoiaaaU.
I BBTYksST
t'aernlnes of Y. St. f. A.
OMAHA. Nov. a.To the Editor of The
Dee: I waa Inferential unri nlad wllfi
the editorial In a r I... Tv. nM
regarding the campaign for raising W.000,.
wv ror tne associations In New York City
and calling attention to the evident use-
luiness or the associations, which appeal
to men and women like the donors to the
New York fund. PersonaJlv. I want, tn
tell you that I appreciate your Intereat In
the association and realise the large bene.
rt of such editorials as the one referred
to. E. p. nrvtHfiN.
General Secretary.
Sesrreantlon Deprarlty.
OMAHA, Nov. 21, To the Editor ot The
Bee: The Ideas of Rev. Hult set forth
In his letter yesterday are lilmelv and
irood, but I cannot stomach the "segre
gation" Idea. I believe In the total
depravity of tho race, especially with
regard to the relations beween the eexcr,
and I believe that without rilvin aa.
slslance. not one young man In a hun
dred will remain free from sexual guilt
up to ths age of years, and this la the
opinion or every young man I havo
talked with for a number of years. The
fact that society docs not ostraclxo Im
pure men, shows that purity la not ex
pected of them, In tho soma sense that
It Is expected of the women. You might
segregata tho public prostitutes, but yo.i
couldn't keep the men away from tho
segregated district, even If you ball-and-
cnaincd them,
This evil cannot be discussed and ex
posed like other evils, for ho who ad
mits tho violence of his temptations
must lay hlmaolf open to the charge ot
beastliness.
While men make the laws tho fallen
women may 1k segregated, but what
will happen when the women becomu pos
sessed of political powerT They might
segregate the fallen men, but that would
never do, .for there would not be enough
men left to keep house with; It would
be Impossible to segregate a majority
without a rovolutlon.
If I may be allowed to say what I
honestly believe. It Is this: It Is not the1
prisenco of fallen women In the neigh
borhood that ruins a young girl; It Is the
powerful temptations encountered at the
dance hall, tho Joy ride, the wlno supper,
the love of fancy clothing, and poverty,
which I consider the least 'violent of all
the temptations.
A young man, too. Is usually ruined by
vice that has the appearance of re
spectability. rubs whero liquor Is sold,
pool holla that havo one pool table and
a doxen poker tables, etc., but he may
steer clear of these evils, and yet tall a
victim to those passions that are rooted
and grounded In his nature, and which,
In tho majority of cases, can be over
come only by ths power of religion. Tho
only aggregation that la worth while is
the segregation of the evil men. which
cannot be done because they constitute
a majority.
Wa seek to solve a problem only about
so long, aad If no sohitlpn can be found,
the mind, In order to find a resting
placo, becomes optimistic and rejects all
contrary evidence. The parents often
finds It Impossible to keep their children
away from the ball room, the spooning
benches In.s BaksJand.x(rafl(the an
.saUoaai plays. ai the theater, aad In
orqr not' tb lsjrtl. QV'ef that''wh!ch can.
not be avoided, they persuade them
selves that these things are not 'tempta
tions, and havW arrived at this con
clusion, not from evidence, but from
Inclination, they dismiss their fears and
rest content.
Every notion Is afflicted with cils
that are particular and local, but the
social evil Is a world-wide problem, and
Its existence shows that the tendency of
human nature Is toward evil. E.O.M.
Btacrimlnatlna Aa-alaat aid ivl.
OMAHA, Nov. St. To the Editor of The
nee; Jiy attention has Just been called
to a recent article by Chief Dunn giving
boya permission to play foot ball on the
eireeis. dui pronioiting such games on
the boulevards.
Why should residents on hmilvrrt.
have better protection from the noise and
oepreaotions consequent to this game
than we who do not live on boulevards?
Our lawns are Just as sacred and often
the nesult of greater personal care on our
part. And, again, mora of ua are living
on side streets purposely to avoid the
noise- ot the boulevards, and then are
ceffipelled to put up with this greater
nuisance ot boys' jailing, seratcaieg and
tramping our lawns until It becomes un
bearable. A READER AND TAXPAYER,
Editorial Pen Points
St. Louis Republic: Young Harrlman
Is going to spend several months In
Omaha learning tha practical end of rail
roading. While there he micht nk. .
half hour off some day and learn the
pacKing Business.
Nsw York Tost: Mr. Bryan haa at last
found a use for the money power, it can
do appealed to In order to starve out
Huerta. But who could have expected
the great commoner to urge the monev
power to set In motion a regular and
cruel boycott?
Cleveland Plain Dealer: One U in.
cllned to take sufficient Pity on senators
and congressmen to hope they will be
permitted time enough off between spe
cial and regular seasiona to get a ham
sandwich with a dash of horseradish. It
has been a trying ordeal.
Baltimore American: Araln the win
less haa been the means of uvlnr lif
In mldocean. As time frees on this won
derful Invention odds laurels to Its
record, and. with Its criea for htin .nH
answers of succor, the dar of tmrln m v.
terles ot the sea Is rapidly passing Into
ancient story.
Pittsburgh Dispatch: The storm of
November to 11 oa the lakes will go
down as an occasion of almost unequaied
disasters. The loss ot Ufa waa twice that
on ths Volturno and the money loss In
about fifty vessels destroyed very heavy.
NoTember Is a good month to keep dose
to port on our fresh water seas.
Indianapolis News: However. ih un.
fortunate experience of President Taft in
pardoning a dying man In whom freedom
from the penltantiarr Immadiatelr rt.
veloped the most robust health, may serve
as an awful example In future rases.
And In the meantime the members of
the army medical board who lnvMti.
gated the casa for the president might
oa a utue Utafcsuor axDlalnlnr.
In Other Lands
France's tiolrfen Strrani. .
The system of taxation In operation In
France Is as complete and searching as
any In Europe. It touches every form of
productive Industry and exacts tribute
from the toller aa well as tho leisure
class. The tax on improved property
reaches not only Its value, but also an
extra levy based on the number ot win
dows and doors In the building. As late
as three years ago government financiers
In vain sought for new sources ot taxa
tion and were forced to fall back on a
revision of the Income tax. This tax Is
ROW designated aa the snurcn nf tha In.
teroat on tho proposed issue of S3.CO).0O
permanent loan for military expenses.
wnen one considers the tremendous and
ever-lncreaslng drain on the productive
Wealth Of the Deonla thn wnnrirr rrriii-a
how Franco maintains Its high reputation
for thrift and Its standing as the bank
ing nation Of the world. Annarentli' thn
activities of the tax-gatherer do not dis
turb the reserve power of tho paving
habit. More "than anv nthnr nation
Franco has a source of Income aa mu
nificent and regular as the products oft
US soil. TlilS cornea from Iniirlili inri
is estimated at S001000,000 a year. France
Is regarded as- the most attractive pleas
ure ground In Europe and draws holiday
multitudes from Germany. Ensrlanil unit
from North and South America. It Is es
timated that trippers from the United
States and Canada nend mora than lift..
000.000 annually In France and tho tour-
isis rrom Bouth America drop nearly as
much. The great Importance of this busl
nesa Is so well atroreclateri th a .
clety named the States-General of Tour
ism haa been organized to conserve and
Increase tho Str6n.mil nf fnitffn K
promoting the attractiveness of the coun
try.
Jimmy Lnrkln, Aaltntor.
Keep your eye on Jimmy Larkln ot
Dublin. Jimmy Is more than a "broth
of a b'y " He la a poor roan with a
mission an evancel of th nti .h.
struggling poor. Springing Into proml-
iicnco as leader of the Tramway Work
era strike In Dublin, the authorities pro
jected him Into tho spotlight of the king
dom by prosecuting him for sedition un
der an ancient statute and aentenclng
him to seven ycare" Imprisonment. Tha
selection of n. labor leader conducting a
battle for better wages for prosecution
for alleged seditious utterances while
the government persistently overlooked
the authors of proclomoUons of Inde
pendence and civil war In Ulster, ralsjd
the standard of political revolt In liberal
Party circles and forced the government
to annul tho action of the Dublin court
and release Larkln. The Dublin, agitator
Is a. vocal extremist of the Haywood type,
but there Is Infinitely more reason for an
extremist In Dublin than r iv,. it-i....
HUtea Twenty thousand families of
toners in oubiin have but one room to
llvo in. Wages are held down to the
lowest levels, and the absence of effec
tive brganlratlon heretofore left the em
ployers operative masters of the grind
ingstone. That Larkln Is bound to be a
factor in the political and economic llfo
of tho kingdom Is conceded by observers
on the spot. At Manchester lost Satur
day he delivered an extraordinary
P?cn ef6re an extraordinary crowd ot
S.O90. all that could be packed Into the
hall, some paying as much as for art
admission ticket Larkln denounced
eyeiy thing but syndicalism and socialism.
He damned tho British empire, damned
trade unionism, the Ancient Order of
Hibernian. Irish nationalists. Orange
men and home rule,
Deereaalnr Birth Rate.
England keeps pace with the nations ot
the continent In declining birthrate. The
report of the reglstrar.srraerai. iut m.rt.
Public, shows that the total number
oi oirtno ror the first holt of tha year
was but 887,779, aa against an average
for the years lMS-im of K6.V. Half a
century's decline In England and Wales
range from 33.1 per 1.000 In 1661 to I&7
per 1.000 In 1810. In Scotland the ratio
of decline Is practically the same. A
feature of the reporat from which some
comfort Is drawn Is a comparatlvs sum
mary of the maximum and minimum
birthrate In sixteen countries, as follows:
' Maximum Minimum
hlrfh rol. Kl.w a
.ngland and Wales.33.9 In 1SSI 26.1 In UW
ocouana 3S.7 in HQ 38.2 In 1910
Ireland .i t in iui a,,H uu
iNew South Wnlen . 5 1 in toi i iu
yfucnusiMTlU .,..45.1 m 1SB7 M.S In 1S9S
Victoria SIS tn ISM 34.S In M6S
New Zealand S7.9 In 181 38.1 In IMS
Hungary in ISM 7 In WW
All trim Udl. left ,iuw
...w ............ . .. MNU ,11
HpWn 37.1 In ism a6 in idee
PrUMlfl tTlln 1M 41 . IBsTsdi
Cerman Empire 17.: in ISM SCI in HM
w.u in ion in WW
Belgium 11.8 In mi U.t In 1908
f inco ..ii.i in 1501 19,1 lg 1W
Alfeaso'a 8taeetb Work.
To speak sneeringiy ot the Spanish king
Is a commonplace. Among those who
regard surface Indications as the meas
ure of the man King Alfonso Is classed
as a frivolous person, 'seeking the pleas
ures ot royalty rather than the better
ment ot the state. These Impressions do
injustice to the king. As a matter of fact
there are few rulers tn Europe as quick
to appreciate the trend of public senti
ment and adjust the sails ot the royal
ship to the breese. Alfonso realises that
the reigning house in Spain Is not as
secure as it might be. and Is taking no
Chance. Like a lightning change artist,
he adjusts himself Instantly to political
exigencies, rarely antagonizing and ever
ready for a compromise. In these polit
ical compromise he shows the shrewd
ness or a veteran party manipulator. The
latest evidence of his smooth work is
seen In the appointment of Senor Eduardo
Dato to the premiership. Senor Dato la
considered the roost broadmlnded con
servative In Spain, a champion of social
reform and tho author of Spain's present
workmen's liability law. His promotion
to the headship of the government takes
all modsrate republican into the min
isterial camp and leaves out In the cold
the radical republicans and the Maura
reactionaries.
.
I'plin In Black Republic. (
Reed Pag- Clark, the AmericaA loaned
by ths Stat department to the republic
ot Liberia to straighten out Its fiscal of
fairs, did not encounter tho envious con
spiracies which made fruitless ths mis
sion of Morgan Shuster to Persia, and has
succeeded whera ths other failed. Judgo
McCanta Stewart of tha supreme court
of Liberia, who is now In London, re
ports the republic In a prosperous condi
tion -and steadily developing Us resources.
The national debt has been taken over
by American bankers, assisted by the
British. French and German governments.
Branch banka have been established, 100
miles ot railroad projected and many In
dustrial concessions are under considera
tion. Major Charles Young, a West
Pointer, Is doing great work In reorganis
ing the constabulary. The only fly on the
wheel of Ltbcrtan prospects Is hesitancy
of American capital about going to wtirk In
tho black republic. American money is
regarded by the natives as a prime favor
ite, chiefly because the money from other
nations speaks In Imperial tones, a note
not much to their Ilklnr. ivh(r Amy.
lean coin for their ears Jingles a fan-
rare or liberty.
Hammer Taps
Any mutt can catch on. hut mlirhtv.
few know when to let go.
When a man haa whiskers on hl fr
his Jokes are usually that way, too.
datura Is a great Joker. One in
while you will ne a prohibitionist with
a red nose.
The only thing that can be said In f.
vor of gum chewera Is that they are not
always hunting a cuspidor.
In splto or tho large number of m.
teur detective agencies there are a whole
tot ot things that are not found out-
Cheer up. Most ot the Important dls-
co varies were made by men who mode
mistakes when following a set rule.
No matter how much culture a rat girl
attains she can't alt down without look
ing as though ahe waa straining some
thing. Jonah may have swallowed the whale.
but there never was a newspaper man
who got writer's cramp from Indorsing
checks.
When a fellow has a chin on hla shoul
der It Is safe to hit him on the nose.
But keep away from the man who tries
to avoid trouble.
Kissing msy be unhealthful. but that's
what they say about everything we like
to do. So if the girls ain't scared why
should we be?
When the bride does as much worry
ing about the price or bacon as she docs
about hubby's chances or becoming pres.
ldent, the honeymoon begins yelling for
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Transcript.
Tried Teacher There Is one thing at
tached to vessols I would like to see ap
plied to educational methods.
Curious Frlend-What Is thatT
Tried Teacher A spanker boom. Bal
timore American.
"What has become of the orator who
used to make such thrilling speeches?"
"He had to quit," replied Farmer Corn
tossel. "He took on so much weight that
he couldn't get up on a soap box without
amanhln' It In." Washington Star.
"Isn't It funny how as tlmeschsngo
customs cnani:e hio:
"It Is odd. Isn't It?
Do you know I
when the mere
throwing of eggs at an
the reverse from the
It conveys today.' St.
actor meant just
high compliment
Louis Republic
DAD.
Galveston News.
Dad was never no hand to fuw:
Used to hurt him to hear ua cuss;
Kind o settled in his old was.
Born an' raised In the good old days
When a tattered coat hid a kindly heart.
An' the farm was home, not a tollln
An a man was Judged by his Inward
self:
Not his worldly pelf.
Seems like 'twas yesterday ws sat
On the old back porch or a farewell
chat. . ,
Ere I changed the farm and the simple
For the city's roar an bustle an strife.
While I gayly talked of the city s charm
His eyes looked out o'er the fertile farm
An' he said tut. he rubbed where tho
, hair was thin
"All right, son, you win,"
i
Member the night I trudged back home,
Slnkin' deep In tho fresh turned loam:
Sick and soro for the dear bid place,
Hungerln' moet for the loved old face
When I had climbed the hilltop o'er,
Thero stood dad In the kitchen door.
An' he says In a voice from deep within,
"Hello, son. come In."
One winter's day, the first of snow.
He went the way that we all must go!
An' his spirit soared to the realms above
On thn wlngH of a simple-hearted love.
An I know that when I cross the bar
I'll find him thero by the gates ajar,
An' he'll say. as he Idly strokes his chin,
"Hello, son. come In."
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