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Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-21

Santa Claus has been refused admission
to Hamilton, o., by the pastors Of that city
on the charge that he is an imposter. A
council of them has been held, and they
have decided that Santa Claus is myth
and that that myth is simulated only by
certain male persons Of large girth, who at
tire themselves in false wigs and faces and
mislead innocent children into believing in
a parsonage that does not exist. In the
name of everlasting Truth, out with him.
In the place OF Santa Claus. with his
sleighbells and fur trimmed blouse, there
are to be Christmas carols and we doubt
not a lecture on Bethlehem-but not a pea
nut or a gumdrop. 1t is plain to see that
Hamilton is to be a cherries place, sad and
dour this Christmas, unless Santa Claus
sets up Just outside the corporation line,
unabashed by the public exposure OF his
character. But the boys and girls will be
kept away from his corrupting and con-
taminating presence, though, notwithstand-
ing the carollng of their Christmas carols,
there will be some yearnlng in small
breasts for their absent saint, and partic-
ularly for his sacks Of red and yellow candy.
This is a big country, and Santa Claus will
have plenty OF work to look after, but the
disloyalty even OF one town in his
dominions cannot help but put an extra
wrinkle in his otherwise jolly countenance.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-21

The hrst meeting OF the Pacific coast COM
mittee Of the Olympian games was held
last night in the rooms Of the Pacific Ath-
letic association. A plan has been outlined
which is expected to result in the Pacific
coast being represented by strong team,
both at the Olympian games and the St.
Louis exposition. A handicap field day will
be held at the Berkeley oval in April, and
another in Portland. ore, under the direc-
tioa Of II. H. Herdman, ir., athletic com
missioner for the northwest. The proceeds
of these field days will be the nucleus Of a
fund 70 send the PaAihc coast team east.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-21

in cases where errors are made. This can
not work any injustice to the honest player,
AMI tho manager, " he knows his business
AZ all, soon has the shirk and the record
player marked.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-21
GOSSIP FROM The CRIDIRON
Nebraskas Financial Showing fer the sesssn
Satisfactory TO Managers.
NEAT SURPLUS CARRIED OVER TO PROFIT
Games of the Schedule Were Well Pa
troni1ed and Receipts More Than
Paid the Expenses of Team
and Grounds.

Manager Engel Of the Nebraska team
has Just made his report, which shows fully
the receipts and expenditures for the 1902
eleven. The season closed with a credit
balance Of S2,219.O6 above all expenses. Be-
sides this amount S2,267.23 was expended
on grandstand and grounds:
Total receipts account of foot ball SIS, $50. IS
.rsr-r~ ,rres
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-21

Frank Shaw is lying in Cooper hospital,
Philadelphia, suffering from & broken back,
the result Of a fall OF sixty feet at the New
York Shipbuildng company three weeks ago,
He was informed that he coulr not possibly
get we'll, and that there was but one hope,
and that in an operation. He announced
that he would not risk the operation. The
surgeons declared they never before saw a
man in full possession Of his mental facul-
ties refuse to have an operation performed
when assured it was the only thing that
would save his life Tho physicians say
that he may live a week or a month, yet
his death is certain in a very short time.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-21

and Parkington. Bliss and 1yison we're the
best half-mlle men
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-21

Bessie Brennan of Philadelphia is the
first person to whom savage old Bolivar, the
large Zoo elephant, has ever shown gal
lantry Miss Brennan was admiring Bolt
vars huge body and feeding him with pea
nuts. She leaned too far over the rail and
her new winter hat dropped off Bolivar
picked It up and lifted It high in the air,
while Miss Brennan and her girl friends
screamed at the thought of Bolivar swal-
lowing the stylish headgear. Bolivar, how
ever, lowered his trunk and Miss Brennan
resolutely reached for her hat. "Give it
here!" she demanded and Bolivar, to the
astonishment of everybody, gave it," No
body was more deeply impressed than Hsr-
rison, Bolivars keeper who never saw him
obey anybody. 81 tell you," said Harrison,
'the American girl gets what she wants
every time"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-13

far only at such a high temperature that
actual life is impossible. No one could ex-
plain why the functions of the body could
be carried on at the low temperature at
which they now operate,
For example" says DIR. Loeb. "oXida-
ton, a fundamental principle of life, takes
place at a low temperature in the body.
The air is inhaled by the lungs aud the
oxygen taken up by the blood in a very
simple manner, but if the chemist attempts
to reproduce this he requires a tremendous
heat"
Heretofore the scientists have been in
the habit of attributing this difference in
temperatures at which the same chemical
changes are brought about in the body
and without it to some mysterious principle
or element Of life. They called this ele-
ment the engine, a term, says DR.. Loeb,
which covers up our present ignorance.
1t has been DR.. Loeb's chief labor to
discover a way to control the enzymc7,
and in this study he produced many of
natures processes. He made platinum
in solution or in a very finely powdered
form digest fat the same way as 1t is
digested by the stomach and glands.
Likewise the action of bacteria in put
refaction was reproduced by the powdered
platinum, and many ether living
functions were accomplished. Indeed,
DR.. Loeb did what his predecessors
had failed to do-he initiated much Of the
most secret life phenomena ct the same
temperature as that of the body. This il
the heart of the wonderful success he has
had.
our living matter has at least one COM
mon quality with solutions of platinum,
says DR.. Loeb, namely, that they are col
loidal solutions, that is, liquid substances
| should say that perhaps one OF the mos.
important features Of the physical construc.
ton Of living matter is this, that half OF on
living matter must be in a liquid state
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-13

and this liquid state Is of the character
Of colloid solution with the same forces
as are in the platinum collCids. What
are these forces?
Experiments have been made showing
the effect Of an electrical current in water
in which were living cells. These cells,
bearing negative charges, move toward the
positive clrctrodc. when they come in
contact with it they lose their charges of
electricity and die. The same thing hap
pens practically with platinum solution.
The negatively charged particles move TO
ward the positive pole, and when they com
in contact with it the platinum sinks To
The bottom of the Jar, 1t is because Of
the electric charges that particles Of heavy
specific gravity like platinum can remain
in solution. The PARTICLES of any solution
treated i'm this way move toward the poles,
and when the electrically charged PARTICLES
reach their opposite poles they give up
their charges and We have the pro
cess Of coagulation. This in the living
world IL death.
"Ou lives depend upon tn electrical
condition of our protoplasm. Death is the
process Of cCagulation. So it seems that
the chief forces which render these mani
festations of LIE depend upon the electrical
condition of our protoplasm and that the
force which makes lie pc sible Is primarily
he electric charge. II would he very one
sided to think that from the electrical point
of view all manifestations Of life cou.d be
explained. In this we must remember that
changes in temperature might bring about
coagulation, our study now is the forces
which exist in the liquid part Of pro.op-
lasm."
Are we any nearer the great mystery ?
Man may create conscious life, play with IT,
prolong it by chemical or electrical means,
and yet, what Is 1t that, back of all,
brcathes into the organism the conscious
ness of life itself?
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-13

and he has, by means of chemical soll-
tions, been able to develop these so that
they are living organisms the same as
though they had been developed in the or
binary manner With other solutions, salts
and chlorides, and other unfertilized eggs
he has accomplished similar results. other
scientists have verified these conclusions by
experiments of their own; the result is a
matter of scientific history now, and what
is called artificial parthenogenesis" is a
fact no longer to be questioned.
DR.. Loeb has gone further than this,
however-further than any previous biolo-
gist. He has determined that the living or
ganism is protoplasm in a liquid state; that
death comes when the protoplasm passes
into a more or less solid condition, and
that life itself depends on the electrical
charges of the protoplasm PARTICLES. i
was shown some time ago that poisons
acted on the nerves in just this manner
the COlloidal substance of which the nerves
are composed began to solidify under the
action of poison. Here we may see the
application of the new pharmacology. Il
IS no longer necessary to administer medi-
cines blindly. The exact effect of every
drug, every chemical, can be ascertained
without difficulty. The body, in illness or
hfdlNI bAln bN III q NJ oA"''F
which will be shown by the new methods
Of diagnosis. Granted that this latter may
be accomplished, and it seems now that II
will be, it is easy to see how the proper
chemicals or medicines, bearing the proper
charges of electricity in themselves, may
be used to restore the body to its normal
condition. The scientists will have shown
us a way to COZ. col physical life, This Is
probably very near to what Prof. Loeb
meant when he said that he wished to un
derstand life, to take it in his hands and
play with it as he chose.
On what, then, does life depend?
The present theory" says DR.. Loeb, "iS
that an electric charge keeps our proto-
plasm in a liquid condition, so as to prevent
coagulation. Life depends on the liqui.
condition Of certain parts Of our prot0-
plasm; death comes with the cOagulation
of these parts, and the forces which max
the manifestations of life possible are frs
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-13

iCopyrlSht, lvO2, by HERBERT Wallace.)
fact that Prof. Jacques Loeb,
head of the biological department
- at Chicago university, has repro
INNGNt duced the manifestations of ply
- steal life in certain chemical &C
lions and has demonstrated that the source
of nerve and muscle stimulus is electrical.
means mere than was at first realized
when the announcement of his discovery
was made a few weeks ago. DR.. Loeb did
not reveal all of the results of his expert
ments at that time, neither did he stop his
labors when he accomplished the first sue
cess. He is not yet willing to lay claim
to having discovered the great secret Of
what life is, how it begins and why 1t ends,
but he has left it to those who have seen
the results of his recent experiments to
draw the conclusion that he has arrived
very close to the most astounding discovery
of a century. Certain ii Is hat a new
physiology has been born, and a new phar-
macology as well. We shall have to re-
wise our text books and out syst-ms of
treating with drugs.
"'There will soon be announced" said
DR.. Loeb to the writer a few days ago, ian
account of the discovery that ensymes (the
elemental forces of life), which do not
nominally exist in the human frame, may
be actually created. Not by me is this
announcement 10 be made" he added. 1.-THE
work has been done by another scientist.
and can not talk about the matter yet.
You see, there are others working on these
great problems"
Can lfe be created at the will of man?
Can a scientist show how to avoid death?
Is there is a reasonable way of lengthening
life? These are questions which every on .
asks. Formerly the answer would hava
been, 'Impcssible!" Now the man in the
street is saying, Possibly" and the bio
lcgists who have been watching Dr.. Loeb's
work are ready to say, Probably"
At any rate, that is the conclusion to
which a study of DR.. LOeb's experiments
invariably leads. Here is a scientist who
has already, in a sense, created life. He
has taken unfertilized sea urchin eggs,
from which, until they are brought into
contact with the sperm, no life can develop,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-13

there a hole in the street. ard vas ii "
reason of the existence If this hole that
the plaintiff was thrown down and badly
injured?" A score of witness had sworn
that the hole had been there for many
weeks. The Irishman was asked the
stereotyped question.
mo, sor,' was the emphatic answer,
There was no hole there
WHAT" said the attorney, mo hole?
Why, all the others swear there was a big
hole. You must be mistaken"
"No, sor, I'm not; there was no hole
there"
Nov, my dear sir, remember you are
under oath. You certainly don't want to
perjure yourself, Answer me-, now, Was
there a hole in that particular spot or was
there not?"
There was not cam back the snappy
answer.
MAY your honor please" began the
attorney.
yer honor" almost screamed the wit
ness, may l say a word?"
There was a silence as the witness
reached under the stand for his derby hat,
Now, yer honor he continued, do you
see that hat? Well, if / brock it in like
tina. Cdenting in | don't be maxim a hole
in II; if ] put my fist through it IN ere he
suited the action to the world there'l b.
a hole in it. 4 hole goes all the way
through.
And he glanced whitening scorn upon the
lawyer, who Joined bench, jury and audit
ence in the laugh.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-13

much care and elaboration the Judge w,uld
enter into the pros and cons Of the case
and set forth his reas rs and decision.
Several months elapsed before a friend Ct
the judge aTprisod him that the opinions he
had been handing down 10 the barber wera
in reality upon parallel cases brought TO
the thrifty barber by his friends, who set
great store by his sound judgment ami
acumen and who gladly paid "A small fee
in return.
At first the equilibrium Of the astute
jurist was sorely disturbed. When he
visited the shop the next morning the con
versation opened up IN much the same
manner.
Judge" said the barber, "Iye been
thinking Ct a most interesting case" lie
then asked: Now what would you ad-
vise?"
After a long pause the judge replied:
What would | advise? Wen, let me
see. Why, ia advise that you come to
my Office and bring a certified check for
500 and | will be glad TO 1T you know.
Good morning
Timothy Healy, who is a kings counsel,
as well as a member Of Parliament, was
lately opposed in the assize courts to a
distinguished barrister, remarkable for his
capacity TO talk against time. This lawyer
asked for the postponement OF a trial in
which he and Healy were interested on
opposite sides.
"On what ground do you seek this post
ponement?" queried the court.
NJ Lud," replied the barrister, II have
been arguing a case all day in Court B and
| am completely exhausted"
At this point Mr.. Healy arose and ex-
planned that he, too, was weary and would
gladly consent to a postponement.
what have you been doing to tire your,
self" asked the now curious Judge.
me Lud," answered Healy, with Just q
suspicion Of a yawn, 81 have been listeninl
to my learned brother"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-13

failed TO profit by the eXpeT; nee and con
tinucd to invite trouble. Pretty soon he
got into hot water again. This time the
trouble was over an apparent conflict be
tween the lads testimony, as given before
a lower court, and that which he Offered
urdrr ParkeT's Toss-eXamination.
why do you tell a diff rent story now
from what you told in the police c%ourt?'
asked the lawyer.
Because" came the ready retort, there
was a bright lawyer examining me then
and l got ratified, but I'm not ratified now
and | can tell the truth"
Anecdotes Of the late Noah Davis as law
yer and judge are current in the New YORK
papers. In January, 1873, William NJ
Tweed was arraigned before Justice Davis.
accused Of ffty-fve distinct acts Of Grim
inal fraud. Counsel for the people in
sisted on trying him on every one of them.
The case had been juggled from calendar
to calendar until it had become a public
joke. Tweed had for his counsel the most
prominent members of the bar OF New York
state, among them such men as David
Dudley Field, WILDER Post, William o,
Bartlett, John Graham, Willard Bartlett, at
present a justice Of the supreme court, and
Elihu Root,
When the case came up before Judge
Davis the prisoners counsel asked upon
which count the prosecution was going to
try the defendant. and the prosecution re-
piled:
Upon all Of them"
"What?" said Mr., Field, why, there arr
6fty-fve distinct offenses charged and fouI
counts on each offense-22O in all"
more counts than in a German princi.
pality, eh?" said Justice Davis. But YOU
motion to dismiss the case is denied"
Throughout the famous trial the presid
ing justice enlivened the serious proceed.
ings with flashes OF humOr. When Garvey
the 5000. 900 court house plasterer, tolC
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-13

- not like him CHANGED to see a l.
cent coin lying en- the floor. Picking it up
and holding it forth in ostentatious display,
he said:
Il imagine, your honor, from the value
of this coin, that it must belong to the
court"
And | imagine" replied Judge Barnard,
that if it was not such a small coin the
court never would have seen it,"
A clever answer in court was that given t.
Chief Justice Coleridge years ago, when he
was defending a woman who had become a
Sister Of Mercy and was expelled from the
convent for refusing to obey the rules.
She had brought an action for expulsion
and libel. In the course of the trial Cole
ridge assumed that breaches of discipline
are trivial, contemplate and should never
be noticed.
What has Miss Saw!n done?" he asked
Mrs. Kennedy, a mistress Of n]ovices.
well" said the woman, 'she has, for
example, eaten strawberries"
Eaten strawberries? What harm is there
in that?"
1T was forbidden, sir" said Mrs. Ken
nedy.
But, Mrs. kennedy, what trouble was
likely to come from eating strawberries -
We'll sir" said Mrs. Kennedy, you
might as well ask what trouble was likely
to come from eating an apple, and yet We
know what trouble did come from it,
That closed the discussion.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-13

Attorney General Herbert Parker Of
Massachusetts, says that in the earlier days
Of his experience at the bar he was examIn-
ing a young witness from the country who
displayed evidence Of unusual mental
acrteness. In one passage Of arms be
w. himself and the witness Mr.. Par
ker was distinctly a poor second, but he
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-13

At Philadelphia a suit for personal in
juries was on trial before Judge McMichael.
On the stand was a nervous little Irish
man who had assumed a frigid attitude
when cross-examined by the city's legal
guardian. The question at issue was: Was
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-13

how Tweed had tried TO buy senate commit
tees mis- counsel shouted, pointing 10 tn
witness, who was shifting about uneasily
in his chair: Watch that mans face as
he looks at Mr., Tweed" When the law
yer had finished his outburst Justice Davis
raped for order, and then remarked dTyly:
"DO you want me to app int somebody to
w. =, his face"
When Samuel J. Tilden, the chief witness
Of the trial, was on the stand, Mr.. Field
objected to his explaining certain figures
with the aid Of an assistant, but the court
ruled against him, whereupon Mr., Field
cried: But, your honor, | submit ana
here he broke off.
THAT is right, Mr., Field" said Justice
Davis, always submit. Crier, adjourn
court"
When the trial of Tweed first |. gan his
counsel asked Justice Davis to have the
trial OF the case transferred to another
Judge for the reason that the prisoner
could not get justice before him becaus q
q certain influences brought TO bear upon
him. After listening to this strange re-
quest Justice Davis fined two Of the senio'
counsel for the defense $3.50 each Tor con
tempt Of court. Elihu Root and willard
Bartlett were not fined, on account of their
youth.
One Of the leading jurists Of Baltimore
has been accustomed for some years "a
visit daily a certain tonsorial establishment
for his morning shave. The barber VIII.
habitually shaved him manifested a desir,
to elevate himself and decided to read Law
In his idle moments. In order to encouT,
age him the Judge loaned him law books
and daily inquired into his progress.
Before many weeks the barber began pro.
pounding legal problems for solution by his
patron and mentor.
Now, Judge" he would say, "%suppos,
such and such a question arose, wha
would you do in that case?" And will
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-13

Hen Judge Barnard vas on the
bench and holding court in
Poughkeepsie, reports the New
York Times, a lawyer who cd
not like him CHANGED to see a l.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-03-26

action Of the Fire chief ana the city
Council, the rule must be permitted to
work the other way and that without
those angry ana ridiculous attacks
which proceed from certain quarters,
when the City Council does not see
through the same eyes or spectacles as
the Mayor uses. II the Mayor has a le-
gal right to refuse to confirm an ape
pointment by the Fire chief and the
city Council then the city Council has
an equal right TO refuse 10 confirm an
appointment or a removal made by
tho Mayor II is poor rule that only
works one way.
II ls unfortunate for this munlclpall-
~ that there should be lack Of har-
mony between The various departments
OF tho city government II would be
much better # they could come together
with desire for mutual understand
Ing. to subserye the clty's interests and
without personal motives and private
purposes. The welfare Of the city
should be paramount The best men
for public places ought TO be selected,
Promotions to pay party debts and be
stow political rewards are rulnous to
any commonwealth. The system which
permits them IS nntagonstic 10 the
progress and development Of the body
polite. 1t ought to be expunged and
stamped under foot. That It continues
to exist is the fault Of citizens clothed
with the right OF suffrage. Not until
there Is determination among the
masses Of the voters to put the wlsest
and httest men into public positions
viii the obstacles now in the way Of ct-
neclent honest and economical city
state and national government be re-
moved and obiterated.