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VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR. Enterad® 8t Omahi postoffice as second- class matter TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Daily Bee (without Sunday), one year. Daily Bie and Sunday, ey LIVERED BY CARRIE Daily Bee (including Sunday), per week..16c Dally (without Bund per week..10c Bee (without Sunday), per week fic ), per week.. 100 . one yea: Siseses X Addreds ai] compiainte of {rregularities in delivery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha—The Bee Bullding. South Omaha—Twenty-fourth and N. Council Bluffs—15 Scott Street. Ehicag o Mar Setts Baliaing ca arquette Bul 3 New or‘k—sl\onml 1101-1102 No. 84 West Thirty-third St V\'n-hl:flnn—m Fourteenth Street, N, W. CORRESPONDENCE. sty Communications yelating to news an - torial jer wurd' be addressed: Omaha Iee, Editorial-Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order payable to The Bee Publishing Company, Only 3-cent ® ived in vl.yxr:::‘l :rs ecks, e or o ehahges, not accepted. ey ETATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss. jurer of Thi :Bfl Total...... Returned Coples Net Total Dally Averag GEO. B. Subscribed in my. prese) before me this lst day of (Beal) .M 41,760 , Treasurer. nce and sworn to December, 1909 P, WALKER, Notary Public. == ——— Subsortbers leaving the oity tem- porarily shomld Mave The Bee mailed to them. Address will be changed as oftem as requested. And now Cook's polar ship is miss- ing. May it not have gone off on a dash? \ The popular wonder must be getting to be what Mr. Morgan will take a fancy to buy next. However, the fact that Mr. Car- negle did mot have cash in pocket for his chauffeur’s finé must not be taken as proof that he has reached the stage ‘where he will die poaor. The governor of Colorado announces that woman’s rights are about to sweep the country, A new broom in ex- perienced hands. ‘ It took a long time to reach the re- sult, but ghc authority of the United Btates over the public domain has linally been pretty well established by the courts. " . ° 3 The House of Loras no doubt will {eel properly staggered by the knowl- +dge that the Delaware land tax theor- Ists have sent $60 to be spent in de- feating them in the budget fight. Now that James B. Connolly, famous for his salt water stories, is running for congressman, he will have a chance lo compare life on the ocean wave with the troubléd waters of the sea of poli- tics. f By the death of John Masterson Burke a home for convaléscents comes Into a bequest of $4,000,000, another forcible reminder of the occasional service of our silent and little known millionaires. | e—— Mayor “Jind" simply will not fall in with the Bryan procesgion. He may not be able to win prizes at a real fid- dling match, but he doesn't propose to play second fiddle te anyone in a po- litical contest. The adyertising the University ot Nebraska -is getting because of the views of one of its faculty on divorce may not be especlally desirable, but it will be noted that the thought is re- celving attention. It the penalty attached to the Ne- braska corporation law 1is ever en- forced, a lot of going institutions will find themiselves in an awkward posi- tion. But they probably knew this when they went into the fight. the old cow jumped over the moon. she took the price of butter with her, and it has been going highet ever since. With hens on a strike at the same time the Christmas cake is likely to be an expensive one. The State Normal board in its effort to reduce expenses for printing recalls the story of Pat and the stove man. The stove man said a pecullar brand of ove would save half the fuel, and Pat decided to-purchase two of the stoves and save it all & The Omaha bank clearin L most ¢ raging Increase in both total and percentage. The bank trans- actions are the best possible key to business conditions, and Omaha's high standing wmong the cities of the coun- try is excellent proof of the business still show $4.00 | e fulfilled. Railroads and Strikes. \ The prostration of business caused in a section of the country by the northern switchmen's strike is only a small sample of what would ensue to the nation at large if the threat of tying up the roads generally should The rallroads,are the nerves of commerce, and when they are paralyzed the Industrial body is helpless. Advocates of the develop- ment of the waterways as a popular 50 |{means of controlling the traffic situa- ‘tion will be quick to seize upon the conditions resultant from 'the switch- men's strike as additional argument for their cause, but it is a costly con- tribution to their brief. The stagnation among the milling interests in Minneapolis alone is a alutary lesson of the evils of such strikes. Bxtension of such idleneéss would inevitably lead to famine con- ditions, in the height of winter, and that after the banner year in agricul- ture. Rallroad companies and their - |men are now engaged in consideration of a genaral wage scale readjustment. In the public interests it is to be hoped that they will adopt a conciliatory at- titude toward their respective antago- nists in the dispute, for should a gen- eral strfke be precipitated it could not but infliet vast expense and suffering upon the people, who, in case & dead- lock is reached, have a right to de- mand that the disputants resort to ar- bitration. Endowment' for Red Crof President Taft has taken a wise step in appointing a national committee to take charge of the work of raising an endowment fund for the American Red Cross and establishing it upon a per- manent financial basis. The Red Cross has done efficient worls at all times in the past, and the funds have been forthcoming at every great crisis, but there are constantly arising lesser cases requiring prompt rellef, and to be ready to meet every worthy demand the Red Cross needs to be assured of an adequate income without making too frequent appeals upon the public. In cases of great disasters such as the Ban Franeisco fire and the Mes- sina earthquake, money and supplies have poured in, but the experience has been that in lesser visitations, where smalléer communities are stricken, the contributions are far too small to meet the need. Besides, the Red Cross ought always to have on hand suf- ficlent ready cash to take immediate action without awaiting contributions. In making the institution a perma- nent relief agency, equipped at all times to meet any emergency, an en- dowment is vital, and the American people may be counted upon to lose no time in responding to the appeals of the national committee headed by the secretary of the treasury. —_— Directors Who Direct. Lawrence O. Murray, comptrolier of the currency, reports the finding that 2,600 national banks in the country have not been in the habit of holding directors’ meetings even once a month, and he adds that some of them have such gatherings only once in six months or a year, and some never. Inasmuch as this number covers nearly one-third of all the banks in the coun- try, the extent of this evil laxity is somewhat startling. The comptroller has begun a deter- mined effort to put an end to such in- difference. Mr. Murray’s own feelings in the matter are rather vigorously ex- pressed, when he says: ‘‘The internal management of the bank makes for either success or fallure. The three forces, good examination, strict en- forcement of the law, and directoral control, are absolutely essential, but the most importan{ of all {s directoral control.” 1 In urging upon the 2,600 delin- quents that they hold at least monthly meetings, Mr. Murray cannot be ac- cused of imposing a hardship. It is not so many years since the Rpublic volce was raised with some vehemence against directors who did not direct, and the step urged by the controller doubtless will have the prompt ap- proval and co-operation of all advo- cates of sound business conduct. Places for the Boys. Parents and employers will alike be interested In watching the workings of the newly organized Vocation so- clety in New York, having for its pur- pose the development lof boys in pub- lic schools along the lines for which they seem best fitted, and the subse- quent placing of them in profitable flelds of work. In many lines of busi- ness the employer {8 hampered by the boy question problem, being compelled frequently to try out many green can- didates before finding such metal as is adaptable to his purposes. It is the aim of the Vocation soclety to present tested material. The society is the outgrowth of a students' aid committee which for s eral years has demonstrated its useful- ness under the guidance of a great friend of the boys, Eli W. Weaver, 3 high school teacher. This committee has placed many youths in banks, trades and wholesale houses. In every case the boy has been chosen for his diligence in school and for his general reputation outside of study hours. The standard has been maintained so high that splendid careers have followed in most cases, activity of the territary. . Spr——— A mew bhealth cult has as a basis plétty of ‘Bananas and not too many baths, a regime that, it efficaclous, would ensure lopg lhm the lnfl’\ -qu._ who, seldom washes anfl who 1% a" chlel patron of the banan stand. B ) NN This is an eminently practical way of aiding a boy to solve the perplexity of determining what he shall make of himself, Trained observers often are Dbetter judges of & boy's capabilities than are his own parents, and with a definite incentive the Iad 1s to bring out the W‘“‘ 1a in him. Any {ageboy that will 814 lu findiug the proper piace for an individual is bound to be an auxillary in the general progress of industry, and such an in- stitution as the Vocation soclety may prove to be an excellent thing for other cities bvldn New York, as an auxiliary to the public schools. arisen as to the use of the Red Cross Christm tamp, and misunderstandings are likely to arise over the curt notice from the pos- tal officials. The Red Cross stamp will not carry a letter, but any letter mailed to a domestic postoffice will carry a Red Crose stamp. If this is kept in mind no difficulty will be en- countered. The Red Cross stamp is emblematic of an effort to rid humanity of its greatest scourge. The terrible toll of life taken annually by reason of the prevalence of tuberculosis in its many forms, and the incaloulable economic loss to soclety through this single cause, is the most appalling fact before us today. If anything could ‘be mere appalling it is the indifference of the people to existing conditions, The Na tional Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberchlosis is a society cqmposed of earnest men and women who are devoting their time and means to the discovery and practice of meth- ods for the eradication of this disease. In the society are found leaders of scientific and social activities, whose word carries with it the weight of au- thority. They are l!rlfin; earnestly and systematically to interest the public and the sufferers in the simple means that are known to be positively efficaclous in combatting the disease. The Red Croes Christmas stamp is sym- bolie of this effort, and its use should be encouraged rather than discouraged. It is not the Intention of the postal officials to put anything in the way of using these stamps, but a misunder- standing has arisen, and it has not heen helped by the wording of the orders intended to set the public aright. The slogan of the soctety is, ‘“This stamp will not carry a letter, but any letter may carry this stamp.” Bear this in mind and you will have no trouble with the Red Cross Christmas stamp, and every one you use is helping & g0od cause. Guarding the Strong Box. One of the gravest duties of conm- gress at the session which opens today will be the matter of holding the ex- penditures within the revenues. The administration is earnestly desirous of having the representatives live up to this watchword, but already there is reported from Washington a movement to raid the treasury with a public buildings bill and one for rivers and harbors appropriations aside from the deeper waterways project. < ’ The secretaries of the War and Naval departments have blazed the way in the policy of retrenchment, with announcements of estimates $22,000,- 000 less than last year, a significant indication of the genuineness of Mr. Taft's proposal of economy all along the line. As the watchdog of the treasury, Chairman 'Tawney of the committee on appropriations may be counted on for his customary vigilance, but if too many of the members be- come importunate for a share of the “pork barrel” for their constituents, the gession may result in the adminis- tration’s purpose belng overridden. It is an excellent opportunity for a dis- play of statesmanship against gréed. From missionaries who work among the Eskimos comes a strange story of a “white house” that descended from the sky with starving white men who have since dled among the Arctic tribes. It is surmised that this may be a clue to the fate of the balloonist explorer, Andree, whose disappearance must continue to be one of the most fascinating chapters in the story of the quest for the pole. The prospects are that Andree’s name will live that of a hero long after Copenhagen shall have passed its verdict on the Cook claims, It is timely for every household to take home to itself the lesson of past Christmas casualties due to the care- less use of Inflammable decorations in ignorant hands. Of all seasons of the year, Christmas ought te be free as possible from property loss and personal suffering, and too much pre- caution cannot be taken to guard against unhappy visitations because of cotton-batting costumes, whiskers and 1ights among greens and trees, If the United States is compelled to assume a financial protectorate over Nicaragua, it will be no new experience in the revolutionary zone, for we have administered the customs of Santo Do- mingo for four years, thereby effectu- ally quelling one old+time disturber. An Ear Washington Herald. As yet no republican has been able to read any other republican so far out of the party, however, that Mr. Tuft cannot hear him when he has something to Sho, w York World. Larger fortunes than Mr. Harriman's 149,000,000 have been made in this country, but probably none were actually. plled up in so short a time by one man. Ord Reform Before Factionalism. Cleveland Plain Dealer. « It is sincerely to be hoped that the many go0od things In the president’s program will be given ample consideration on their mer- its and put into law, and that republican factionalism will not be permitted to hinder the progress of desirable reform. rawberry Sperts. St. Paul Ploneer-Press. The House of Lords may not be & 6 to 1 fawofite in the betting, but It appears de- mined to fight the commons to a finish. nevertheless. England s reputed to loy o a lord and to sdmire a game sport. It will ) Santa Chaus | | of recent years achieved the widest popu- OMAHA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1909 be interesting te know to what extent its Affection and admiration go. Footing it Around the World. Loutsville Courler-Journal An American correspondent writes from London that the American shoe is defeat- ing the British shoe In the markets of the world. Was it not the late and lovable Willlam Nye who solemnly asserted that no one without viscera In his feet could ever get a fit in an English shoe store? One Measure Prosperity. Boston Transeript. One way to measure prosperity is by the Importations of diamonds, pearis and other precious stones. So it is pleasing to hear that, unless ail signs fall, this year will exceed the “banner year' of 1906, When the entries at New York agsregated more than $41,000,000. New York recelves the bulk of such importations, but by no means keeps them all. MeKinley's Avers to War, John W. Foster in “Diplomatic Memoirs." In one of my visits to the White Houl in referring to the clamos for war, Presi dent McKinley sald to me: ‘“Thede people will have a different view of the question when thelr sons are dying in Cuba of yellow fever." Although a gallant soldier during the civil war, his kindliness of heart led him to look upon the horrors of Independent Boston Herald. Benator Aldrich's declaration to the mem- bers of the Economic club of New York recently that “no system which doesn't recognis the independence of ihe 2,000 independent banks In the United States can be applicable to this country, 1s a dictum that might well be ascepted a fundamental principle of any plan which the monetary commission may re- port, UNCLE SAM'S PAYROLL. A Grand Army Recruited at a Lively Rate, Boston Herald. Last July the annual payroll of the fed- eral government amounted (o 331,30,000, paid to 370,066 employes, an increase of over 2 per cent in two years, and likely to Erow at an even faster rate, if federal officlal actlvity takes the new form which President Taft, with public opinion seem- Ingly behind him, Is to recommend. The largest number of these officlals resident in any one community, of gourse, are found in Washington, where they have no votes and hence are unable to concentrate any political strength they may have in the form which Is registered through suffrage. But there are other ways of bringing re- sults to pass which are more subtle, but none the less effective. As this extension of the federal payroll goes on it will be well occasionally to compare results here with those in France, where the republic not Intrequently has had (o face the direct challenge of its law by the “officlal” class. WORK FOR LAWMAKERS. d Restrictions in Use 6f Wire- less Telegraphy. Washington Herald. The right of eminent domain is being Put to a severs test these days. Laws for the upper air are needed since the re- markable development of aerial navigation. aronautics has ‘not ‘been alone In its reaching out Into the new field. Wire- less also has made the common use of the alt a subject for legal disptations, some of the brightest Jegal minds of the coun- try taking part Iw the controversy. Civiligation, aslit*grows more complex, ‘becomes more sootwlisiic. Barbarians need not trouble to ask whether an act of theirs would interfera with the welfare of others; not so in modern. life. We are free only 80 long as our acts d6 not work hardship on our neighbor.,. The so-called pol ce power in highly developed governments is the greatest of all authority. Recently there has arisen a case where drastic action s .shown necessary. Aft the wreck of the republic, and the saving of hundreds of lives by the use of the C. Q. D. call, it became & habit with scores of amateur operators to flash the C. Q. D. trom their stations. Some of these could nd the waves several hundred juiles. The oustom became 5o annoying that the code for “help”” was ehanged to C. § 8. 8hould those who make a toy of the wireless adopt the same tactics with this signal as with the former, it might mean that there will be serious accldents due to the confusion arising from the indis criminate flashing of a signal that should not be used except In emergency. Unless sume curb Is voluntarily placed on such operators, It will be necessary for the fed- eral authorities to step In. Toleration too quickly becomes abuse, and intereference with wireless signals should be promptly curbed. TO THE RESCUE OF Turning the Spotlight on the Obscure Member of the Houschold. New York World. A Kansas man has offered a prize of $100 for the best verse or short prose effort on the subjeet of father, the unhonored and unsung. Too long, he declares, has ono of the noblest heroes of them all, lingered in an ebscurity never penetrated by spot- lights or publicity agents. This relief expe- dition is intended to restore to public gaze a character that has been @rowded out by more sensational bidders for fame. fact the Kansan a that father has been so busy trying to make a living and to direct the affaits of state and nation that he has not had time to attend to any tablets of fame for himself. It is & sad fact that father has inspired very few poets to burst into song over his achievements. The tribute to him which FATHER, larity was a ballad to the effect that everybody worked at the singer's house except his old man. Nobody has written an eplc about father's faculty for paying bills and leaving & parcel of insurance after him when he'is compelled to abandon the problem which he voluntarily under. took to solve. There Is no Eliza-erossing- the-ice music when father's name is men- tioned in the melodrama, and nobody say “For my poor, dear old father's sake, spare me!" Even the snow, the wheat, the corn, the sky, the old tarm. the faithful horse and the dog have received more at tention from the poet than has father. Yet father Is the one who, at least, starty the wheels golng round. If the fire ls bright, if the children are adeqlately shod, if there is a steak and pudding on table, the thanks primarily are to father Good management and thrift on the house. keeper's part may stretch the family in come to astonishing proportions, but all the prudence in the world could not bring about any result if the wage envelope was not there with which to start. Consider father. He can eat no more and sleep no more than any one else Soberly dressed for the most pert and wearing last winter's clothes usually, it any member of the family has to do it At work for the same length of time day after day, Hustled, pushed, but always tighting according to the quality of his manhood—doubly fearful of defeat, first on his own account, then on &ccount of those dependent on him. Let us be generous and give father his Mttle meed of praiss now and them for what he does. A The | the | Around New York on the Ourrent of Life a8 Seen in the Great Amerioan Metropolls from Day to Day. A unique and somewhat amusing salute to a legislative investigating eommittee surprised those on the ground floor In New- York last week. For many years past tutile efforts have becn made to In- duce the legisiature to reduce and regulate telephone tolls In the city. The best that could be secured was the appoiniment of a joint committes by the last legisiature (0 view, investigate and report on the mon- | opoly eomplained of. This commities started to work In New York on Thursda. and timed with the start was the announe ment of a reduction of tolla bstween Man- hattan and adjoining communities to L) cents a eall. The company explains that the reduction “is In line with ita general polley of reducing rates whensver the net eaarnings warrant such reduction.’ A committes which has made a study of the congestion of population has lsued a bulletin containing thess facts The'expenditures by the ciiy for the oare of victims of congestion are Increasing much more rapidly than the population and than the oity budget. From 1.0/ to 1908 the population increased only 3.1 per cent, while the budget Increased 108 pe: cent. The expenditure for the care of victims of preventabble direase Increascd from 1907 to 1908, however, 9.84 per c:ni, but from 1905 to 1506, while the increase of population was only 3.4 per cent, the In crease in expenditures due to preveniable disease and congestion of populaticn upon the classification given by the cdngestion committee aggregated 1358 per cent, and from 196 to 1%7 the increase of apropri- ations for the vietims of congestion and preventable disease increxsed 18.42 per cent, while the budget increased only about one- half that amount, or 9.47 per aent, and the crease in population less than or .01 per cent. Inciuding public and wrivate hospitals there are 100 hospitals In the city, with an army of 200,000 patients treated each year. It is generally admitted, that over 13,000 people are constantly sici in Greater New York, this being the aver- age daily sickness computed for 1305, Pri- vate charity cannot raise the funds to care for this army of sick. Whether the eity should puy this bill, and thereby put a premium upon the exploitat on carried on by those who profit by congestion of pop- ulation, Is & question which must be an- swered by the taxpayer and by the admin- istration, The total expenditures for these insti- tutions show an Increase from 1405 to 19 and from 1907 to 1%8, nearly double the in- crease of the budget expenditures, and from 1906 to 1907, five and one-halm times as great an increase as the Increase In population; from 1907 to 15, about ' six times as great an increase as the Increase in_population. The most significant fact about this study of the cost of caring for the victims of preventable diseases is that, although New York City is spending, Including the cost of all its hospitals for 1908, 7.76 per cent of the total budget for that year, or $11,141,50% It is not beginning to spend enough to meet the real demands and ac- tual needs occasloned by congestion of pop- ulation. Anticipating an operation for appendicitis a New Yorker made inquiries about the cost, and submits to the Times these fig ures as the curfent rate for various surgi- ‘oal tuncfions: - i Appendicit Appendicit Appendielt Appendicit! Plastering thoraclc cavity—piain. Plastering same—hard finish... The ‘Pennsylvania Rallroad company s planning to bulld the largest hotel In New York opposite the new terminal, In Seventh avenue. It would cover the east side of the avenue, from Thirty-second to Thirty-third street. The plot fronts 197 feet on Seventh avenue, 260 feet on Thirty-third street and 476 feet on Thirty-second street. The raliroad bought the avenue front opposite the terminal station in order to facilitate the huge constructional work. Since the purchase values of land there have more than doubled. Speculators and large business firms are planning great structures for the nelghborhood .and the congestion of traffic promises to be im- wense as soon as the station shall be In operation, On part of the staton blocks will be bulit the blg uptown postoffice. Two or three out-of-town department stores have been negotlating for sites opposite the terminal. Plans have been approved by the Muni- cipal Art commission for the erection of a {municipal bullding, at an estimated cost of $10,000,000, in the two blocks bounded by Tryon Row, Center street, Duane street and Park Row. The plans eall for the ercotion of a steel frame’ structure, faced | with granite, twenty-five stories in height, | surmounted by an eight-story tower. The total height of the structure will be about 560 feet above street grade, MAN FORTUNE, |Not the Greatest, but Distinctively the Quickest. Brooklyn Eagle. The final appraisal of the estate of the {Iate E. H. Harriman places it at a value | of 3149,000,00. This 1s more than $60,000,000 | over the most liberal estimate made when | it was a matter of speculation. As & rule, | when an appraisal of an estate of great | wealth, which is much’talked of, is made, { the public estimate Is found to be greater | than the fact. Bstates shrink under care- | ful examination. But In the present case | the contrary has been the fact. It is much |larger than even his intimates supposed The wender of it is that such & great es- | tate should have been accumulated in the time it was. Mr. Rockefeller's gréat wealth was built up in & period covering forty years; that of Mr. Carnegle In about the same time. It took three generations to build up the Astor and Vanderbilt fortunes o thelr present mammoth proportions. The Morgan estate was erected on accumula- tions made In & prior generation and the time In which the great Hill, Kennedy and trathcona fortunes were made was not ley than thirty years. Yet, Mr. Harris man's great accumulations were made within a period of ten yea: It Is without parailel In the history of selt-made for- tunes of huge amounts. THE HAK Uniform Diveree Laws. San Franecisco Chroulcle. The growing scandal of the Reno divoree colony ought to be a strong argument for & uniform dlvorce law in the various states. It the ctonference on uniform legislation, whieh will be held at Washington fn Jan- uary, can succeed in devising some means which will bring this about, it will be in- strumentsl In effecting an Important re- form. To accomplish It, however, it will be as necessary to Induce the states havirg too stringent laws to make them more fib- eral as to have the states where lax laws prevall take a step in the opposite direc- tion, one-sixth, | moreover, | Not Dear! couldn't-be as good as IF IT WERE HIGHER, SO IS the quality. Not Cheap! Just Right! THE PRICE of Lenox Soap is Just right. IF IT WERE LOWER, Lenox Sbap wouldn't— it is. . ome women might think they couldn't afford to use it, THE PRICE is just right. THE MERE FACT that the sale of Lenox Soap exceeds that of any other brand proves that it is what most people want. Lenox Soap-Just fits the hand PERSONAL NOTES. Indianapolis contributes four members to the famous bankers' oolony at Leavsn- | worth, putting the Hoosler state close to {Ohlo in the percentage of financial lias- beens. | Downeasters dilating about what con- | stitutes a gentleman are referred to the shining example of the Kentuckian who de- clined to contest his defeat for office by one vote, Boston papers diplomatically intimate | that the arrival there of Rameses, former | king of Egypt, does not imply a scarcity |of local stiffs. The imported article sup | plies vartety. It you do not believe there are a lot of people dolng thelr Christmas shopping early, take a jaunt around among the stores, and you will find out wherein you are muchly mistaken. There is nothing lke having a clear rec- ord. A Detroft man accused of crime proved conclusively that at the time the crime was ‘committed he was in jail, and walked away triumphant. An Englishman through an advertis ment Invites any millionaire to give him & million pounds that the reciplent may ui it In demonstrating the possibllity of being both rich and happy. There has been no respons, | Practical jokers in Colorado captured and bound a groom-elect ana were about |to vanish with him when the bride-elect |appeared to the rescus with a wifle Women vote in Colorado, and If suffra- gettes can make any capital of the incl- dent, they are welcome. A black cat got in the big organ at the Presbyterian church at Huntington, L. I, on Sunday. The ensuing serenade to the moon's soft light; so famillar to the ears of the congregation, was not such a great success that organ butlders are ilkely to Introduce ak & new stop the vox tommy- %1 cattina. WHERE THE SHOE PINCHES, A Monopoly in Machimery for Shoe- making. New York Journal of Commerce. There are renewed promises of competi- tion In providing machinery for making shoes in the factories of Massachusetts and breaking the monopoly of the United Shoe Machinery company, Wwith ‘its system of iessing machines instcad of selling them. This leasing system is an effective device for fastening & moncpoly so that it cannot be shaken off without a siruggle. The company retalns Its property In the ma- chines and contracts for thelr use on con- dition that no others shall be used and that these may be taken out It the contract 1s violated. The only way of fighting this kind of a monopoly, Whieh holds patents for ma- clines used for the different processcs of manufacture and permits thelr use only for a yearly rental on leases the terms of | which it dictates, 1s by developing new machinery that will perform the work as well it not better without infringing upon existing patent rights, and selling these to manutacturers orn terms that will make thefr use more economical than that of the old machinery, This requires ingenuity, enterprise and capital, but these have beon assiduously applied, and it is sald that several concerns are prepared or preparing to equip shoe factories with complete out- fits of machinery rivaling that of the “trust." The old company has been filustrating more than one bad effect of monopely. It hes not only been Increasing its own profits at the,gost of the industries de. pendent updh it ‘&nd hindering their prog- Tess, but it has been checking improvement in machinery and methods. Give any com- bination by exclusive patent rights or un- trammeled corporate power a monopoly in loroviding a necessity and it will not only Ingrease the cost to producers and con- sumers for ite own profit, but it will stop progress and {mprovement hy destroying emulation. The shoe trade has been suffer- ing from this machinery monopoly, hut it seems to be making vigorous efforts to emancipate itself with good prospect uf sucee Made by Our $150 Prize Recipe. BREEZY TRIFLES. Bolle—The Binkses must buy everything on_the installment plan. Hammer—What makes you think so? Boile—I heard Jimmy Binks ask his father whether thelr new baby would be- \| taken away if they couldn't keep up the payments.—Kansas City Journal. In & corridor of one of the University of Texas bulldipes there is & large replica of “The Winged Victory.” A waggishly in- oclined student observed the headiess, arm- less, footiess statue, and wrote underneath defeat!"—Lippincott's Maga “George, did you go and order that par- nted? ura; I clean forxot it. .1 asked you to tle & string around your flnger to remind you of it, and you 1d you would." I know I did, but in the abstraction of the moment I tied it around my pocket- book."~Chicago Tribune. The king of France marched up the hill with 40,00 men. I wish plenty of witnesses," he ex- plairied. His purposé accomplished, he forthwith marched down.—New York Sun. Sufferer—Doctor, don’'t you think that a | change to a warmer climate would do me g00d Speclalist—Goed graclous, man! Tha |just what T am trying to save you from!— | New York Times. Doctor—You should always take a fttle fruit in the morning. | Guzsler—I 1 am old-fashioned enough to insist upon a cherry in my cocktall.— Philadelphia Record. “Did you ever have appendicitis?™ sald the insurance man. “Well," answered the skeptio, “I was operated on. But.] never felt sure whether it was & oase of appendlicitis or a case of professional curlosit: ‘Washington Star. “‘My dea sald M cee, Miss Stron Il vou that while | enough at times it's rather finicky; that's the worst of it."" “Ah!" she remarked, significantly, ‘Til make the best of it."—Cathollc Standard and Times. Phyllls—But, my dear, it is & secret; T gave my word not to tell a soul. Myrtilla—Yes, yes. I'm listening.—Brook- 1yn Life. THE WASHERWOMAN'S SONG. Eugens F. Ward's “Ironquill.” ;n & very humble oot, ‘Timmid T think I o to his 5. t to my diaposition D woman full of hope; . all alone, In a sort : “With the Saviour for a friend, He will keep me to the end.” Sometimes happening along, 1 had heard the semi-son And 1 often used to smik More in sympathy than gull But 1 never said a word rd to what I heard, e sang about her frisnd would keep her to the end. in re ¥ho Not in sorrow nor In glee, Working all day long was she, As her children, three or four, Played around her on the floor; But In monotones the song She was humming all day long: “With the Saviour for a frien He will keep me to the end." It's a song I do not llng. For I scarce belleve a thing Of the stories that are told Of the miracles of old; But 1 knew that her bellef Is the anodyne of grief, And will always be a friend ‘That will keep her to the end. Just a trifle lonesom: lway: Like the bubbles in the elothes, And, though widowed and alone, Cheered her with the monotone Of a Saviour and a friend Who would keep her to the end. e 1 have seen her rub and soru® On the washboard in the tub, While the baby sopped In sud: Rolled and tumbled in the duds, Or was paddling in the pools With old scissors stuck in apools, She still humming of her triend Who would keep her to the end. Human hopes and human creeds Hawe their root in human reeds; And 1 would not wish to strip From the washerwoman'iWip Any song that she can sing, Any hope that song can bring, For the woman has a friend Who will keep her to the.end. e e ———— “Tone's Spicy Talks.” SUCCESS with any kind of cooking in which = TN guaranteed, Freshnéss is b fckigs Ty he "o $150 spices are used—particularly gingerbread— depends entirely upon the quality of spices used. BROS Spigs CANNON BRAND give the right flavor every time. Purity and stren, the air-tight o il recipe for r cook book. Ask assured your grocer for Tone's Spices. HrE T E Remember—There ::’ two llnd'l‘ of spices —TGNE BROS - 'S, Des Moines, lowa. celebrated OLD GOLDEN COFFEL L

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