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AMERICAN LINE.

AMERICAN LINE.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
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PhfIadelphia Dec. 3New York go. Dec II
scaling at Dover for London and Paris
ATLANTIC TRANSPORT LINE.
New York-London Direct.
Mntnka- Nov 2d 80 an lMinnenaha, Dec los am
Mesaba Dec z 10 an Manitou. Dec.17. &c sm
DOMINION LINE.
Montrea1-Liverpool- sea passage.
Canada .-.....-..... December 10.
RED STAR LINE
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KroonIard -. Nov. 26Zeeland ....... Dec II
Fin1and Dec. 10 Kroonland Dec. "a
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Baltic Nov 80 II am Oceanic. Dec "a 10 am
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TO the Mediterranean.
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FROM NEW YORK.
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carrie ...... Dec. II. Feb A, March IL
FROM BOSTON.
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CANOPIC jan 4. FEB II
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81 Post ST.. San Francisco.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-09-30
Loyalty to acts

Possibly our ads are not as racy as
they might be. So, too, history is less
entertaining than novel. In the one
case, imagination is allowed to run riot;
in the other it is restrained by loyalty to
facts
Our ad. man, let us say, is possessed of
vocabulary that is ample for all require
ments and is by no means deficient in i'm
agination. But he has contracted pecu-
liar habit-that of resting the lever of
language on the fulcrum of facts"
This accounts for the absence of blow
and buncombe in our weekly announce
ments.
You are invited to inspect our stock
with the assurance that you will find more
new goods here than you ever saw under
one roof in this country.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-09-30
1t is Hardly Necessary

For us to comment on the merits of
the "true and tried" High Art Clothing
manufactured by Strouse & Bros, as we
have sold this we'll known brand in Union
City for many years, and old customers
know that for wear, style, fit and general
satisfaction it has few equals and no su-
periors. The increased demand for this
brand year after year attests its well-earn-
ed popularity, and we have for this season
an unusually large stock of suits and over
coats.
SIP. SO to $4,000
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-09-30

assured every one. You are al
ways welcome at the Big Store.
The Washington times., 1904-12-25
Poverty as a Crime.

Bernard Shaw does not mean much
that he says If he were in earnest
all the time, his classification as a
pervert would be inevitable and easy.
The truth is, Shaw is a joker, little
grim and cynical; eschewing cap and
bells. but still a joker. His quips
would not befit minstrel show, but
charlatan preparing himself to pose
as a philosopher. before people unable
to distinguish philosophy from fub-
dub, would do well TO commit them
to memory. To be sure, this would
be the committing of an offense; but
nobody can hope to be perfect.
All Of this is preliminary to citing
Shaw's recent statement of an ancient
dcctrine-that poverty is a crime Or,
as he garbad the borrowed thought,
immortality and starvation are diff
ferent forms of vice"
The proclamation that poverty is a
crime is simply the proclamation OF
ignorance. The ignorance may be
genuine, or it may be bogus, such as
ii is in the case of Shaw The priv
ilege of being sincere even as to the
quality of his ignorance is denied this
gentleman. The wise person may do
things not permitted the dullard, for
the latter excites only the smile of
contempt, where the first would win
applause.
Poverty may have a relation to
crime; ii is not crime. The person
who suffers from it generally is inno-
cent Of any wrong connected with the
matter. A man may waste his sub
stance in gaming or voluptuous excess
His course is a crime The family
dependent upon him falls into abject
want. Their poverty is no crime to
The Washington times., 1904-12-25
A Matter Of Tact.

The Car of all the Russias declares
the action Of the Zemstvos to have
been presumptious and tactless. Pos
sibly it was all of this.
The people OF Russia writhe under
the burden of autoeracy. 1t is pre-
sumptious for them to writhe. Their
awakening thought, taking the direc-
ton of the hope for freedom, finds
form in a modest request that the
load be lightened, the cruel grasp re-
laxed. Surely this was most tactIess.
The Gar has troubles all his own.
However, the two qualities that the
Car decries might seem, to the out
slider concerned only for human hap
piness, whether in royalty or serf-
DOM to mark the conduct of the ruler
himself. Is it not presumptious of
one man, not especially superior to
other men, to hold that he is by
Divine right or any other right master
of their bodies and souls? Is it not
presumptious that for swelling the
number of his subjects he strip the
PoIander and the Finn of the priyi-
Ieges conferred by birth? Is not this
same element present when, to ex-
pand a domain already vast yet burst
ing with turmoil and sorrow, he sends
The Washington times., 1904-12-25
The President to the Rescue.

The Presidents outspoken senti-
ments on the subject of the smoke
nuisance in the District re-enforce the
public regret that one man cannot fill
many offices at once. While the Board
of District Commissioners divides on
the question of enforcing the law
one Commissioner protesting that the
law is not enforced and ought TO be,
and another protesting that more men
are needed to enforce 1.-THE Execu-
tive Of the whole country strikes di-
rectly at the heart of the matter with
these pungent sentences:
jnally against the officers of this COM
pany?
If not, drastic legislation should be
enacted
The whole situation is there out
lined. There is nothing more to be
said. If the law Is sufficient and is
not enforced, it ought to be enforced,
without fear Or favor. If the law is
insufficient, it ought to be amended
But the farce OF pretended enforce
ment amid disputation on the part
of the Commissioners should come to
end.
in the judgment of The Times the
law is abundantly sufficient. 1t pro-
vides against the emission of dense
black or gray smoke, and establishes
penalty for violation of its prohibi-
tions. The duty of the Commission
ers under such premises is plain.
They have no discretion They must
| devote the time of their subordinates
to dicovering the violations of the
law, attest the evidence of such yio-
latfons to the courts, and prosecute
the offenders with all vigor The law
may be unwise- the Presi-
dent and many others do not think
SO. 1t may work hardship. But Con-
gress has proclaimed it, and the Com
missioners, as executive deputies, are
bound to obey the orders of Congress
One of the Commissioners holds
that his inspectors cannot spare time
10 teSufy against ViolatorS OF the
smoke law. Have they anything more
| important to do? Is the discovery
! Of other possible violations of law
more important in the District than
the punishment of men known to
violate it? His inspectors can have
help if they need it. But they would
thousand times better devote them
selves to prosecuting established or
known offenders against the law than
to hunting the alleys for possible
offenders against the law.
Is it not possible-this is the ques-
| ton put by the President-to proceed
crininally against the violators OF
| the smoke law?
If not, drastic legislation should be
enacted.
The Washington times., 1904-12-25

thousands to terrible death? Perhaps
the mere suggestion is lese majestic,
a type Of offending that Americans do
not fear as to themselves. and which,
whenever it appears, seems more like
a snatch of comic opera than bit of
real life. q
AS to tact, there seems a want OF
it, in providing facilities for educa-
ton, and clubbing with the butt of
musket every head that experiences
knowledge of an idea. Tact does not
stand forth in rude rebuff of the
people from whom must be derived
not only the men to bear arms, but
the larger body to support the soldier,
who produces nothing, but must be
be wished the path to the nameless
grave on the battlefield, and the
longer, thornier path that poverty
must tread, might be smoothed lit
tie without the effort causing from
throne the condemnation of the plan
as presumptious and without tact. :"
Particularly can this wish be adjudged
reasonable in the light of the fact that
the throne is inclined to totter, and
its Swaying results from the restive-
ness of the human mass on whose
bowed forms it must depend for it's
foundation
The Washington times., 1904-12-25
Judged by Appearances.

Every action proclaims her guilt.
/ have never seen murderer who
has not been distinguished by cool
ness, caImness, unruff1ed demeanor,
and conceit"
These remarks were made in
recent trial. They are not true. Even
lawyer, interested in convicting
prisoner. ought to play fair. The
same action that proclaims guilt is
equally potent as a proclamation of
innocence. All depends upon the
wish of the observer He can see
in any attitude and any expression
exactly that which he desires to see.
There is no rule for the conduct
of one charged with crime A per-
son wholly innocent, charged with an
ofense, would be indignant, confused;
would blush and stammer. If guilty,
he would be apt to do exactly the
same. Sometimes the hardened crimi-
nal assumes a stolid demeanor be-
cause he is not ashamed and is not
afraid of consequences. The prisoner
unlustly accused and conscious that
he has done no wrong is buoyed UP
by the hope that the truth will be
known. If he dares present an aspect
OF serenity this is construed as a
sign that he is stepped in wickedness.
1t is as much against him as the
opposite course.
The jury anxious to perform its
duty will try to do one thing, and
this viii be TO hear and weigh the
evidence. If its conclusion is based
upon the mien of tie prisoner at bar.
it will be as likely TO be misled as
it will in permitting the 1mpassloned
eloquence of the man in quest of a
fee to persuade it that black is
white.
The Washington times., 1904-12-25
UNINTEREsTING PEOPLE.

They live in a quiet sort Of way,
In a quiet sort of a street:
They don't meet great many people,
nor
Impress the people they meet
The newspapers never mention their
names;
The world doesn't care what they do.
They never go in for anything much.
And their intimate friends are few.
He never has had a favorite club.
Though sorncioody said he might,
For fat little nose on the window
pane
Awaits him every night;
And eight little fingers and two little
thumbs
Undo all the work of the comb,
AS he sits In the Quietest sort OF a way
In his quietest sort of a home.
She doesn't belong to a woman's club.
She hasn't n single fad
She spends her time with a blue-eyed
lass
And a mischievous little lad.
She never unraveled a Problem of Life:
She doesn't know lots of things;
She plays with the kids and works all
day,
And most of the time she sings.
He isn't like most other husbands at all,
She isn't like most other wives;
And they never attempt TO make a
change
In the course of their quiet lives;
But once in n while they dress the
kids
And go TO spend the day
In Il nice little quiet country spot,
In nice little quiet way
Maurice Brown Kirby, in Golfers
Weekly.
The Washington times., 1904-12-25
Christmas, 1904.

THE war of words TO cheaper this
are stilled by the spirit of Christmas
All the new problems fade before it
the grasping greed OF trusts, and the
imperious demand of the labor union;
the loss of idealism, and the dominion
of pelf; the uproar Of scholastic skep-
ticism, and the din of bigotry. The
world of 1904 at Christmas is the
world Of 1904 or 104-nothing more
and nothing less.
So today the whole country is un-
tieing presents and receiving greet
ings, and Christmas carols are sing
ing in thousands of hearts. Wherever
there are children there is happiness.
1t is a time of giving to the last limit
OF the giver's means and of happy
surprise at the least of many gifts.
All the other seasons of the year do
not mean as much happiness as this
when all the world turns young again
and feels the joy that children feel
udI WOilQSilui
faculty of forgetting the hopes and
fears of business in the love for little
children AS long as men possess it
their hearts are true and pure. At
Christmas the whole people seems to
possess it. And thus it is that Christ
mas becomes season, not for passing
happiness alone. hat for furnishing
ones faith in his fellows and his be-
lief in himself
In all the great, dingy cities of
America there is no corner which
Christmas does not reach. In all the
broad country there is no hillside
which Christmas passes by. It is the
universal festival And its spirit OF
love and reverence is wonderfully ex-
pressed in those simple words of Tiny
Tim:
God bless US, every one"
The Washington times., 1904-12-25
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
FOR MISSIONARY WORK
Annual Statement Issued by the
American Beard-Expenditures
Larger Than Receipts.

BOSTON, Dec. 24-The annual report
of the American Board of Foreign Mis-
sions was made public today
OF the receipts from donations and
Iegacies the last year se1, ,662, or u per
cent, came from the New England dis
trict: s224.5G5. or 81 per cent. from the
middle district; s12S, or 20 per cent,
from the district of the Interior. and s24,-
e06. or per cent, from the Pacific Coast
district.
The total amount of disbursements
was s74S.3oS, an increase over the previ-
Gus year of sI.TS5 and the excess of ex-
penditures above receipts was 81, 49,
The increase has been largely due TO
the new efforts to enlarge the censtit-
uency through the young peoples de-
partment.
Two new permanent funds have been
added during the year the Albert Went
worth fund of s., ,0ea. the income of which
is 70 be used for the general purpose or
the board and the Rosonet Fulton fund
of 81 ,0o0 the income OF which is 10 be
used for the support of a Bible reader
in India.
Additions TO the conditional gift fund
have been 81. 4e6. and the fund. which
six years ago was only S124.0G0, is now
$462 2S3.
The Washington times., 1904-12-25
MISSOURI SOCIETY MEMBERS
ENJOY CHRISTMAS EVE

Music and dancing furnished amuse-
ment for the members OF the Missouri
Society last evening. The semi-month-
ly meetings of the society, which is
purely Of a social character, are held in
the Spanish War Veterans Hall, on
Sixth Street. The feature of the even
ing was a short talk by Judge j. w.
Witten on Alaska The speaker spent
considerable time in the Territory as a
representative of the Department of
the Interior Banjo duets and mando-
lin solos by W. t. Holt and T. L. How
er made up the musical program, which
was followed by dancing until Christ
mas Eve had passe1 into Christmas
morning.
The Washington times., 1904-12-25
hem, although it endure as long as

them, although it endure as long as
life.
In a broader sense, poverty may
stand for an economic crime, in that
it is the result of conditions in them
selves wrong. but the opprobrium
cannot fall upon the sufferers. In
deed, there is difficulty in determining
upon whom or what it should fall.
Out of the ranks of poverty comes
a large proportion Of criminals. No
wonder, and no reproach- Poverty
means hunger, cold, slight; it means
ambitions impossible to crafty, hopes
that fade as fast as they dawn. The
proportion IL larger than a strict JUS
tice would permit, for the rich may
purchase immunity.
The vast majority of people are
poor They always will remain poor,
measured by any standard of luxury
with which Mr. Shaw is familiar.
They average high in industry, in
sobriety. honor, virtues, and content.
were tuSS III d CliLiihdi sleiAOSpHSAS' ~
or marked by criminal tendencies,
they would strive to be loosed from
toll and the clog of necessity. In
stead of working they would steal.
Rather than abide in humble houses
they would burgle their way into
mansions. Or, refusing to work for
paltry wage, they would waylay the
paymaster.
To term starvation a vice. with the
insinuation that it is the vice Of the
starving, is an insult where is needed
loaf of bread. There is another
insult involvea if the listener is ex-
pected to bel the charge, the sec
ond insult being to his intelligence
The Washington times., 1904-12-25
Peace on Earth
By the Presidents of the United States
COMPLIED BY SAMUEL J. BARRoWs
MEMBER OF THE INTERPA ARII .slFy1a 1rcro,-.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
MEMBER OF THE IN

peace ought to be pursued with unre-
mitted zeal before the last resource,
which has SO often been the scouzge of
nations, and cannot fail TO check the adj
vanced prosperity of the United States. y
To the Senate, 1884
Observe good faith and justice to all
nations Cultivate peace and harmony
with all. Religion and morality enjoin
this conduct, and can it be that good
policy does not also enjoin it2 It viii
be worthy of a free. enlightened and, at
no.. distant period, a great nation, TO
give to mankind the magnanimous and
too novel example of people always
guided by an exalted justice and benevo-
Ience',-FareWel Address 1896
The Washington times., 1904-12-25
IMPORTS INCREASE AND
EXPORTS DECREASE NOW

The November statement of the for
eisn commerce of the United States,
completed yesterday by the Department
of Commerce and Labor, shows, among
other things. that the total imports for
that month were Sl95, ,29S, IT, against
ST. .006 $40 for the same months of last
year The total exports were SIS. ia, ,4SS,
against SI6o. .26S. 533S.
For the eleven months ending with
November the total imports were
Ss29. .SS1. .659. against S917, ,725. .6ss for the
same period of 1908. and the total exports
Were 81. 3G6 49, 29z against $. sos. .sS3. .5l7 for
the same ueriod in 1908
The Washington times., 1904-12-25
GROVER CLEVELAND.

The genius OF our institutions, the
needs OF our people in their home life,
and the attention which is demanded for
the settlement and development of the
resources OF our. vast territory dictate
the scrupulous avoidance of any depar-
ture from that foreign policy commend
ed by the history. the traditions, and the
prosperity of our republic. 1t Is the
policy of independence. favored by our
position and defended by our known love
OF Justice and by our power 1t is the
policy OF peace suitable TO our inter
ests, 1t is the policy of neutrality, re-
jectins any share in foreign broiis and
ambitions upon other continents and re-
peilinG their invasion here. It is the
policy of Monroe, and of Washington
and Jefferson--Peace. commerce and
honest friendship with all nations; en-
tangiing alliances with none ',.-Inaugu-
raj Address 1855
The Washington times., 1904-12-25
ULYSSES S. GRANT.

Let us have reace-"-Acceptanc of
Nomination for Presidency, 1868.
The year has been an eyentfuI one IN
witnessing two great nations. speaking
enc language and having enc lineage.
settling by peaceful arbitration disputes
of long standing and liable at any time
to bring these nations into bloody and
costly conflict An example has thus
been set which, If successful in IT'S final
issue, may be followed by other civilized
nations, and finally be the means of re-
turning TO productive industry millions
of men now maintained TO settle the dis
putes of nations by the bayonet and the
broadside- Third Annual Message,
1917
The Washington times., 1904-12-25
JOHN ADAMS.

Il pray yous gentlemen, to believe. and
to communicate such assurance to our
constituents, that no event which l can
foresee to be attafna bic by any exertions
in the discharge of my duties can af-
ford me so much cordial satisfaction as
TO conduct negotiation with the
French republic TO removal of preju-
dices, a correction OF errors, a dissipa-
ton of nmbrages, an accommodation of
all differences. and a restoration of har-
mony and affection to the mutual salts
faction of both nations''-To the House
Of ReDraSay7fttiyac 17a7
The Washington times., 1904-12-25
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

Whenever possible, arbitration OF
some similar method should be employ
ed in lieu of war to settle difficulties
between clVlEzed nations The
formation of the international tribunal
which sits at The Hague is an event of
good omen from which great conse-
quences for the welfare OF <-l mankind
nay flow 1t IS far better. where posi-
ble, TO invoke such permanent tribu-
nal than TO creas special aFbitrato-s for
q given purpose Second Annual Mes
sage. 1902 The Independent.
The Washington times., 1904-12-25
THOMAS JEFFERSON.

Il love peace. and am anxious that
We should give the world still another
useful lesson, by showing them other
modes OF Furnishing injuries than by
war. which is as much punishment to
the punisher as to the sufferer''-To
Tench Coke. May 1874
Il abhor war and view it as the great
est scourge of mankind To Eibridge
Gerry, 1881
The Washington times., 1904-12-25
RUTHERFORD B. HAYES.

The policy inaugurated by my hon
ored predecessor, President Grant, of
submitting TO arbitration grave ques-
tons in dispute between ourselves and
foreign powers. points to new, and in
coinparably the best, instrumentality
for the preservation of peace, and will,
as l believe. become a benehcent ex-
ample OF the course to be pursued in
similar emergencies by other nations. -
inaugural Address JS7T
The Washington times., 1904-12-25
MARTIN VAN BUREN,.

'Bclnd by no entangling alliance. yet
linked by common nature anu interest
with the other nations of mankind. our
aspirations are for the preservation of
peace, in whose solid and civilizing tri-
Umphs all may participate with a gen
ercus emulation. Fourth Annual Mes
The Washington times., 1904-12-25
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.

Il cannot exaggerate to myself the
unfading glory with which these United
States will go forth in the memory Of
future ages If by their friendly counsel
by their moral influence, by the power
Of argument and persuasion alone. they
can prevail upon the. American nations
at Panama to Stipulate by general
agreement among themselves. and so
far as any of them may be concerned,
the perpetual abolition of private war
upon the ocean. To House of Repre-
ri.raS, TCDc
The Washington times., 1904-12-25
ANDREW JOHNSON.

The sincere desire for peace by which
am animated led me to approve the
proposal. already made, TO submit the
question which had thus arisen between
the countries to arbitration. These ques-
tions tof neutrality are of such moment
that they must have commanded the at
tention of the great powers, and are so
interviewer with the peace and interests
of every one of them as to have insured
an impartial decision First Annual
Message 1865
The Washington times., 1904-12-25
ANDREW JACKSON.

1T is unquestionably our true inter-
est to cultivate the most friendly un-
derstanding with every nation and to
avoid by every honorable means the
calamities of war. and we shall best at
tain this object by fra1kness ana sim
cerity in cur foreign intercourse. by the
prompt and faithful execution OF trea-
ties. and by justice and impartiality IN
our conduct to an.''-Farewen Address.
The Washington times., 1904-12-25
JAMES BUCHANAN.

We ought to cultivate peace. com
merce, and friendship with all nations.
and this not merely as the best means
OF promoting our own national inter-
ests, but in a spirit of Christian benevo-
lence, toward our feliow-men, wherever
their lot may be cast. Our diplomacy
should be direct and frank. neither seek
ing TO obtain more nor accepting less
than Is due--Inaugural Address, 1851
The Washington times., 1904-12-25
WILLIAM MCKINLEY.

Sure of the right, keeping free from
all offense ourselves, actuated only by
upright and patriotic considerations.
moved neither by passion nor selfish
ness, the Government will continue its
watehful care over the rights and prop
erty Of American citizens and will abate
none of Its efforts to bring about by
peaceful agencies a peace which shall
be honorable and enduring.
Annual Mesa se 1895
The Washington times., 1904-12-25
BENJAMIN HARRISON.

The offices of an intelligent dipIo-
macy or of friendly arbitration in proper
cases should be adequate to the peaceful
adjustment of all international Difficult
ties. BY such methods we will make
our contribution TO the worlds peace.
which no nation values more highly. and
avoid the opprobrium which must fall
upon the nation that ruthlessly breaks
il ''-Inausrlral Address 1SSe