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Big Dividends.

This month there will be paid out to
holders of stocks Of Industrial corpora
tions no less than $27,oO0,O0O in the
form Of dividends. This will bring the
total for the year very close to $780,
100000, or about $34,000,0OO more than
paid in 1904. This shows how industry
has thrived during the past year. The
same conditions reflected by these
larger corporations. whose shares are
widely dispersed, and whose reports Of
earnings are very generally made pub
lie, were shared by the numerous
smaller companies whose interests are
confined to a few people and whose
reports are private. It has been a
splendid year for manufacturing.
Wall street always speaks of the in
dustrials with some little disdain, at
least when considered in connection
with railroads. The shares Of the
wealthy dividend paying railroads are
the aristocrats Of the listing board. Oc-
casionally an industrial, like Tobacco
or Diamond Match, is found, measuring
up in relative producing power with the
best of the rails, and here and there
may be found a Calumet & Hecla, or a
STANDARD Oil, not even officially recog-
nized. that outshines them all. There
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Park Board Progress.

The resignation Of superintendent
Berry and the abandonment OF Hennes
pin and Lyndale avenues together
mark the beginning Of a forward move
ment in the Minneapolis park system.
Mr.. Berry has served the city for TWEEN.
tv wears, but he is incapacitated by ad-
vancing age to give that service which
the expansion of the park system de-
mands. It must be frankly admitted
that the present and the future call
for a park man Of scientific attain
ments in his line. Such g man we are
assured is Mr. Wirth, who will sue
coed to the office of superintendent.
The abandonment of the so-called
boulevards of Hennepin and Lyndale
avenues is significant Of movement
toward more scientific treatment OF
park problems. Cities do not try TIC
make boulevards of traffic streets. The
definition of the word has been learned
nv. the park board. The unavaillng at
tempt to park two main Travelled roads
was a mistake which has cost the PARK
board something, but it has given Il
valuable, experience. In the future
boulevards will be selected after
clearer view of the legal rights of thu
board has been obtained.
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A CONSPICUOUS Instance,

= The letter of Judge Peckham, Of the
United States supreme court, in which
he expressed surprise and Indignation at
the conduct of. the men in control of the
Mutual Life, is the most striking illus
tration yet afforded Of the uselessness
Of corporate director who is dummy
and nothing more. Judge Peckham was
a director of the Mutual.
The reputation of the man is. such
that when he says he knew nothing Of
the affairs of the McCurdys and was
unacquainted with the Irregularities of
the ring, he will be believed. Judge
Peckham was undoubtedly unfamiliar
with many things on the F'inside''
which he would not have countenanced.
Yet who but a director should know
what is going on, and how the company
for which he permits his name to stand
is cOnducted9 Fl.
+: The fact that member of the United
States supreme court was on the Mutual
Life board was in an important way an
advertisement for the company. With
an array of names representing wealth
and power, there was this one, suggest
i've Of the quiet dignity of the greatest
court of the country. It gave the
board weight and the company knew it.
But really it stood for nothing.
Judge Peckham has felt called @upon
to resign from the board. 1t was the
consistent thing to do. It was not a
necessary move, however. There was
nothing to cali for apology on the part
of the judge, save only the fact that he
failed to acquaint himself with the
methods in operation. Yet this was Sc,
rious enough. a-.: I.s"t<
There is, demand for change. 1t
| will no longer do for a director to say
that he knows nothing Of the affairs OF
a corporation, as he has not the time
to give to it. 49, -. -@-.-.
If other duties make 1t impossible tc
know how the company is run, then he
should not permit himself to pose in the
light of a director, when as matter Of
fact he is not directing at all.
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British Party Maneuvering.

The English government is queer
tumble of precedent and mummeries
which suit the English down to the
ground, but which would drive any
other people insane. England, for in
stance, is ruled by a cabinet which
has no recognition in law. Its head
is prime minister who has no legal
status. The members of the cabinet
get their Offices by virtue of being
members Of the privy council.
The theory of the cabinet is that it
represents a majority of the house Of
commons and that it runs the govern
ment until it is turned down on an
important government vote in the
house, and then it dissolves parliament
and appeals to the country. The king
gets to hear in some way the name of
the strongest man in the majority group
in the new parliament and sends for
him to form a government. f.. ..=e
, But England is ruled primarily not
by the majority in parliament, but by
the party which controls the majority
in parliament. There are two main
parties in England, the liberals and
the conservatives. These are always
on the, lookout for party advantage.
Last Monday Mr.. Balfour, the head
of the conservative party and chief Of
the cabinet, resigned, but he did not
dissolve parliament. He simply quit,
and the king sent for the leader Of the
opposition to form a government. 1t
would seem rather queer to expect, a
liberal premier to conduct the govern
ment with a house in which his party
is in the minority. But Sir Henry
ampbell-Bannerman, has accepted the
task, having, it is said, received assur'
ances from the duke of Devonshire
that the free-trade unionists will vote
with him long enough TO pass the sup.
ply bills and appeal to the country.
The conservatives expect to obtain
a party advantage from quitting Of
fee without appealing to the country
The liberal leader will have to make
the appeal, and they, the tories, will
have nothing to do but criticize the
liberal program. If it does not strike
the country well, the conservatives may
come back with a new parliament ane
rule indefinitely. On the other hand
the voters may sustain the liberal pro
gram, in which case the tories are ou
of it for five or six years. -.
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ing number Henry James contributes
New York and the Hudson: a Spring
Impression" Lieutenant General Won
Alien, of the German army, discusses the
situation and prospects Of 1.-THE Powers
in Asia DR.. Isidore Singer describes
the CONDITION Of the Jews in the Past
and Present. Alice Meynell writes
charmingly Of ''The English Women HUI
morists. = Albert s. Bolles, lecturer on
Commercial Law in Haverford college,
points out the Difficulties and Dangers
of Governmental Rate Making General
Rush c. Hawkins expounds THE Why of
Rural Free Delivery" w. D. Howells
.syncrasies. Theodore Morrison explains
the significance of The Indian Tour Of
the Prince of Wales Frank A. Van
derlip urges the social and economic Inn
portance of establishing a system of TN
surance for Workingmen,' after the Ger
man fashion Senator Francis G. New
lands records the Impressions which, as
|"A Democrat in the Philippines he. re-
ceived during hiszrecent visit to our far
eastern dependency with the so-caIled
Taft party ss- In the department of
World Politics are communications from
London, st. Petersburg, Berlin and
Washington.
Fen'Ick, not Enthusiastically most
persons, even those acquainted with the
intricacies Of English pronunciation, have
been pronouncing just as it is spelled the
name of Mrs. Humphrey Wards latest
hero, John Fenwick,' in "Fenwick's Ca
| reer," now running in the Century. But
the ears of the true Britisher would be
| greatly offended by such Philistinism-
the artists name should be pronounced as
| If there were. no W. in it-Fen'ick.
| How Europe Regards Roosevelt.-Suc-
cess Magazine for December contains a
very timely and interesting article on
''How Roosevelt Is Regarded Abroad"
Vance Thompson has found everywhere
on the continent the warmest admiration
for our strenuous president Mr.. Roose-
velt's books can be found in the library
Of every French home, and the people
quote his political teachings as a goad
to keep their erring politicians in line.
In short, the continent is almost as proud
of Mr.. Roosevelt as we are. Turning
Children Into Dollars" by Juliet Wilbor
Tompkins, is an extremely enlightening
description by this Well-known writer OF
the way in which the child-labor law is
evaded in the New York tenements, with
the inevitable result of the stunning OF
mental and moral growth and. the placing
of a tremendous handicap on the coming
generation. This is only the first Of a
series of articles on child slavery. David
Belasco contributes a sketch Of 1.-The Be-
ginnings Of the Drama in America" and
Nine. Schumann-Heinki In Studying fol-
Grand OPERA" gives some suggestions
drawn from her own experience, fol
those whose aspirations lead toward the
operate stage. Richard LIE Gallenne
J in light and fanciful vein depicts the
efficacy Of Books as Doctors and fore.
tells the final displacement of drugs by
| a I'm ind T1on DDp
of News Gathering" by Remsen Craw.
ford gives the lay mind a glimpse into
the varied and adventurous life Of the
reporter. These and other articles make
Success for December number of un
usual excellence.
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is. nevertheless. less respect for the in
dustrials on the whole than for the
railroad issues.
One reason for thissis the great abuse
of power on the part of organizers in
the consolidation period recently expe-
rienced, who, taking these companies
at their greatest earning capacity, cap
itaized them for figures upon which,
in later periods, they could not earn
dividends. Hence the industrials re-
ceived a black eye, and were often
spoken of as the "cats and dogs of
the street.
Yet stocks Of this class are paying
holders large and regular returns in
many cases.
5, It is all question of organization.
There is no reason why soap factory,
gas company. saltmine, or fishing com
rpany. properly managed and capitalized
within reasonable limits, should not, in
good times, earn money for it's stock
holders as readily as a bank or rail
road.
~ The action of Mark Twain in having
his birthday anniversary fall on Thanks
giving day is generally approved. a
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Minnesota Politics
Some Duluth Republicans Trying to
Nominate the Democratic Mayor on
Their Tlcket-oppostI Threatened to
Senator Patterson. Author of the Anti,
Pass and Two-cent Fare Bills.

Duluth's city primary election on Dec.
10 will be a tame affair, as there Is only
one mayoralty candidate on each ticket
DIR. M. B. aCullom, the present democratic
mayor, has filed again, and the only re-
publican to file was Thomas Trevillion,
fourth ward alderman. Cullom has a
good many republican supporters who
are working up a movement to. have re-
publicans write his name in the repub-
lican ballot, SO as to bring about the
mayors nomination on both tickets, if
possible If this strange scheme should
by any chance succeed, the election in
February would also be perfunctory
occasion.
Pipestone and Rock counties are in a
little controversy as to which is entitled
to the state senator. The statement. in
this column that it was now Rock coun-
tvs turn, was challenged by the Pipe
stone Star, which pointed out that H. J.
Miller Of Luverne was senator for two
terms, while J. III. Nichols Of Pipestone
is ending his first term. The Hills Cres-
cent, however. calls attention to the fact
that Miller's first term was under the old
apportionment, when the district also in
cluded Mobiles and Murray Since the
two counties constituted a senatorial dis
trict by themselves, each has had 1t for
one term. a'N .-s.t
The Breckenridge Gazette reports that
Senator F. H. Peterson of Moorhead, au-
thor Of the antipass and two-cent fare
bill. will have opposition for reelection.
It is reported that G. S. Marden of
GAINESVILLE, the present county attorney,
will be brought into the race, and that
Becker county will have candidate,
| while "there are one or two Barkises in
Wilkin who will get into the game if
things look right" Senator Peterson is
the father of the antipass legislation
and is expected to urge the next state
convention to include a plank pledgine
the party to support such bill in the
| next legislature. F..
Senator E. B. Wood of Long Prairie
has announced himself as candidate 70,
reelection from the Todd Wadena- Hub.
bard district, which has revived the talk
of j. D. Jones as an opposition candi-
date, reopening the old Lee-Wood feuC
at the primaries next year. It is con-
ceded that Asher Murray of Wadena anG
e. r. Kinds of Park Rapids can return
to the house without opposition, if they
so desire. Charles B. Cheney.
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The Stay-at-Homes.

Men of voting age constitute 20 per
cent Of the total population Of Mime
sofa, and yet at the last election barely
16 per cent of the people were repre-
scented in the votes cast and counted.
Nearly half. the men over 81 failed to
exercise the right of suffrage. No doubt
the greater part Of the discrepancy is
found in the men who are not natural
lied voters. Many have not been in
America five years, and many others
have not availed themselves Of the OPP
portunity Perhaps three-fourths Of
the 100000 who did not vote were men
who had no right to do so, but very
large number were plain cases of stay
at home. The election register last
year showed 371,9o3 names, but only
$4,000 made their votes count at the
general election.
This shows that at least 900 men
with the right to vote failed to exer-
else it, either from physical inability,
absence from home, pure carelessness, OF
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National Campaign Fund.

Nothing more clearly illustrates the
difference between the politics of the
past and the present than the sensitive
ness on-the subject of campaign funds.
Heretofore it has been an open secret
that the great corporations contributed
lavishly to the campaign funds and
nothing was thought Of it because it
was believed that they gave to both
sides. For some occult reason this was
held to excuse the act. The giving to
both sides was rather practical and
cunning trick Of the corporations. =.
Politics is proverbially uncertain and
the contribution to the minority party
was in the nature of an anchor to wind
ward. When it came to legislation the
corporations interested in the tariff and
the banks interested in the currency be-
came the balance Of power in the gov
ernment. They were supplying the
sinews Of war and naturally expected to
see the fruits Of their contributions in
laws. Nearly all Of our tariff laws
have been tainted with the money con-
1lAOuI1Ou u JIG CoI pxA dt1ouo W PollClCS'
This has been true Of both parties, for
there never was a more fragrant holdup
of a party than was perpetrated by the
money Interests when Senator German
held up the Wilson tariff bill until he
had made it satisfactory to the people
who had paid for the Cleveland, cam,
| paign. :. 49,.
The secret campaign contribution and
the secret pledge Of campaign mana
gers to "take care Off those who put
up the cash, has about run it's course in
this country. The people are not sc
silly as to throw themselves into fits
about the publication of their loca
elections and let their national bosses
continue to work their will.
Congress will have to do something
toward the regulation Of national com
mittees. The president suggests pub
licity and this is good. Publicity Of
the amounts received, from whom, re
ceived, and when, where and why ex
pended, would do much to relieve tn,
public anxiety about the character O.
national campaigns.
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Rev S. c.. Smith S Precedent.

The Rev. S. G.. Smith has apparently
set a valuable precedent. Being IN
yited to address the St. Paul ministers
on church federation, the Rev. S. e.
Smith came forward, looked over his
audience, rolled up his manuscript and
declined to speak. cit is no use,'' he
said. "This audience could do nothing
for church federation. I am busy and
won It waste my time speaking.''
Some of the ministers present were
annoyed by this, but was not the
speaker rights If the audience present
coulde do nothing for the cause, why
should he take his own time and theirs
speaking7 There is a great deal of
talking in this country, much Of it
without a point and much of it ad-
dressed to people who cannot or will
not do anything to advance the cause
spoken for. The man who has the
courage not to make a speech when he
SO believes it useless ought to be ap
plauded instead of condemned. ~. 49,
Charles Dickens. criticising our ma
tional volubility, said the question ii
America was not "What did he say
but how long did he talk9' s..
We4do not tolerate long speeches any
more in this country, but we keep ou1
laurels for the man who makes the mos
speeches. To speak early and Otter
is the sign Of gigantic intellect an(
forensic power. To speak earliest an(
oftenest is the sign of genius. The Rev
Sc. Smith once babe fair to exec
in this line of endeavor. There wer'
very few meetings announced at which
he was not advertised as the tempestu
GUS orator of the occasion. But he ha
reformed. He now speaks only when h
has something to say and when the oc
casion is apt. This seems the NOR
rational plan. If there is indignation
against it in St. Paul, it is only be
cause his contemporaries are still CROP
ing in the darkness Of the "early an
often' period. ,+% Il.
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he Bobbs- Merrill company, indianapolis.

A CHILD's BOOK OF ABRIDGED
WISDOM, by Childe Harold, is vol
ume of illustrated nonsense verse. which
sparkles with a. delicate humor that is
sure to amuse but not offend. Old and
young by needing its finger posts will, in
deed. find a lifes pathway cast in pleas
ant places. Don't. comb your hare"
Learn not to stare;' Don't feed your
goat on buttercups;''' Don't teach your
calf to Taught Speak kindly to the wild
flowers" ''Tell your secrets to the fish,
are but a few of the lessons taught. and
with each is the why that you may un-
derstand. 81, + r.. & ".
Paul Elder & Co., San Francisco.
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AT THE OPERA
Comniled bv Town Tonnes

Compiled by Town Topics.
Mrs. Astor for the opening Of the opera
was all in pearl gray and diamonds
New York American.
Mrs Astor wore a gorgeous costume Of
salmon pink and satin brocade Of very
delicate shade, the skirt made with panels
of black velvet edged with gold embroid-
ery.-New York Herald
Mrs. Astor wore green velvet and lace.
New York Daily Tribune.
Mrs. Aston wore emerald velvet and
bands Of sable.-New York World.
Mrs. Astor was in black velvet and
point lace. Black velvet bretelles were
worn over the shoulders. Sun.
Mrs. Aston Wore white satin with stole
effect in black velvet.-New York Times.
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INSPIRATION FOR YOUNG MEN
WITH IDEALS.-There is an infectious
optimism, a call to high things, for, young
men in The Times and Young Men by
Josiah Strong. After a review Of pres
ent conditions, Of the forces at work. and
a glance at the possibilities of the future,
the author has this in his appeal to the
imagination and energies Of young men:
Surely NO age can be commonplace or sordid
or unheroic which is moved by great and
noble passion. A burning enthusiasm for hui
mainly, which gladly suffers in order to serve,
shall bring another age of chivalry, shall in
spire imagination and poetry anew and lead
forth nobler crusades against every wrong.
Along with the above book, comes
from the same author The Next Great
AWakening, already in it's tenth edition.
It is a plea for an awakening to the So
cial teachings Of Jesus. Both books are
Of the kind that move to action and
higher living.
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was gathered by the author from original
sources during foreign residence. The
excellent reproductions of portraits and
famous paintings, with which the book
is well provided, add much to it.
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cHEERFUL SONGS BY RILEY.-what

r CHEERFUL SONGS BY RILEY.-what
would Santa Claus do without James
Whitcomb Riley's help? He, would prob
ably do something, for he's clever old
G n g1oa gna de ddenti en
Christmas cheer, in which, thank kindly
Heaven. the grafters have as yet got no
corner. But even Santa would not do so
well. without Riley, for Riley's store Of
cheer is exhaustless, and the publishers
see that it is done up in generous pack
lagos for Christmas distribution. ri A
package admirably adapted to the APP
preaching Christmas season Is Songs o.
Cheer, which is just what the title 2indi-
Gates, a book of songs that sing them
selves into ones heart, and set it ringing
to their music to the exclusion of all
mumblings or complainngs. 1t is Illus
trated in colors and in black and white
by Will Vawter. s"~>'-
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Mr.. Haggard's aim seems to have been
to make a story with an imperishable
love as it's motive-a love that balks at
no physical danger or peril, however ap-
palling or weird, to win its object; a love
that is not swerved by the most fright
full ordeals of body or soul; a love that
survives age and triunphs over death.
Unless one gives himself up wholly to the
the writer's spell, heeis likely to find his
common sense interposing a word, or sew
eral words, now and, then. But if the
reader reads as a child does a fairy story,
he will stay with the book until the end
as a child does with a book of fairy tales.
1t is a fitting sequel to 'She," and shows
the author still a master of imaginative
adventure. 4;Ts.. -" -
Doubleday, Page & Co., New York. ~
49, ssSl.5O. =. ". - y
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because they were mad about some
thing and refused to vote at all. The
first two excuses are good, but the
Others are not. The duty Of a voter
is too vital responsibility to be for
gotten, or to be shirked because of mere
pique.
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David WEIGH, who runs a publishing
business in Harlem, has been having his
troubles. He advertised thus: -. ~
WANTED 49, Typewriter and 'stenog-
rapher; must be extremely plain. no
sweet sixteen. or prize beauty; pretty
girls barred; uglier the better; 10 am.
Fair DEAL. rs West 125th street, ..,
By II o'clock the next forenoon seven
teen ladies had applied for the job. After
he has selected one of these Mr.. WEIGH
proposes to reform the office boy.