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Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-21
AGITATION AS A HABIT.
seasonabIe Time for Mugwumps to
B." Swear Off.
Des Moines Capital.


Des Moines Capital.
While some people are worrying in re-
gard to the Roosevelt policies and pretend
to be longing for the return OF Roosevelt,
President Taft and his cabinet are laborng
for the Roosevelt policies and every other
good policy. The president will soon send
special messages to congress on transporta-
tion and other problems. Meantime the
prosecution of Il = sugar trust goes on, and
meantime all dishonest men are being dis
charged from the New York customs house.
Reform Is the watchword of the Taft ad-
ministratiOn. or course the mugwump
newspapers are not satisfied and they are
making good in that direction. Sensational
magazines will not be satisfied for the
reason that they are afraid to let up in tt :
line of agitation, for with them agitation
is the life of trade. An agitator can never
quit. The old abolition agitators had been
in the work so long that they had to find
tips can be taken as an example William
Lloyd Garrison was another. Still another
was Anna Dickinson. She was one OF the
great speakers and agltators of her time.
Charles Sumner could scarcely quit and felt
compelled TO oppose the administration OF
President Grant, The reader can under
stand that 80 per cent of the fault-flnding
that ls reaching the public today comes
| from force of habit or an inability to quit.
President Taft ls all right and is making a
| grand president.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-21
midland as Army Officers.


America has had great generals whose
names were never on the army rolls. Sit
ting Bull and Geronimo were two OF them
and Red Cloud. who has just died, was
next in the quality of his field reputation
These men were natural strateglsts and
fighters. and for years baffled the energies
of the best white commanders. That they
all had to yield In time speaks for the odds
against them and reveals no lack Of mill
tary efficiency on their part. Considering
what thev did In war, the government
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-21

No'one will begrudge President Taft
his natural desire to get away for a
breath of air entirely by himself, but
in view of the pre-eminence of his sta
tion and the history of the presidential
office the public mind cannot feel en-
tirely at ease over the knowledge of
his going unattended into lonely
places. The presidents personal safety
is matter of vital concern for every
good citizen, and 1t would seem that
prudence would suggest perpetual vigi-
lance
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-21

w. j. Calhoun, new minister to
China, has passed the test of his fare
we'll dinner speech in Chicago without
making any public utterance save
some Jokes about the civil war, which
can hardly concern the mikado very
materially.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-21

1t is to be expected that the steel
men will blame the weather for the
sudden epidemic of broken rails and
consequent wrecks, but the travelling
public has a right to be assured that
the rails are made with sufficient care
to withstand climatic changes.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-21

DR.. Eliot is suffering from prema-
ture exploitation. His "fve-foot book
shelf" which his publishers intended
as serious commercial enterprise, has
been grabbed on by imitators, and now
the worthy educator is driven to the
recourse OF the law courts to head OF
the literary pirates. Harvard ethics
and the worlds practice run CT lif-
ferent tracks.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-21

Suppose the investigation into the
archives of the Interior department Of
the United States, as demanded by the
ongressman-editor OF the World
Herald. should be carried back to cover
a period cf say forty years; and sup
pos, he of all the transactions
durl- time were given to the
public. Wouldn't It make some inter
estins rsading2
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-21

The city council and mayor are en-
yaged in the laudable effort of solving
he garbage question. They can make
very much better headway by not call
Ing each other names. Bandying words
across the council chamber will never
clear up the existing conditions.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-21

Colonel Roosevelt's literary style is
always an occasion for admiration on
the part of his fellow countrymen. His
directness and lucidity have been the
most remarkable characteristics of his
writings, and the benefits he has con-
ferred on his fellow countrymen by
reason Of this are scarcely understood.
What, for example, could contain in
fewer words more definite and specific
information than the following:
Cheetahs are interesting beasts; they are
aberrant cats, standing very high on their
legs, and with nonretractile claws like a
dog They are nearly the size of leopard,
but are not ordinarily anything like as
ferocious, and prey on the smaller ante
lope, occasionally taking something as big
as a half-grown kongoni.
There you have not only a photo
graph of the cheetah, but also an in
sight into his personal character and
general qualifications as a neighbor,
not to speak of "a most comprehensive
description of his food. For this, and
many similar chunks of household in
formation, Mr.. Roosevelt's letters from
Africa are most notable.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-21
Some Objections Removed.

bUbIOU ItBThIU.
Attorney General Wickersham, by his
new Interpretation Of the corporation tax
law to apply to net profits instead of net
Income, obviates the objection OF account
arts and does away with an impossible de-
mRnd on corporation bookkeeping. Pos
slbly President Taft may now change his
Interpretation of the law and define It as
tax on business rather than on ''privi-
lege," and thus obviate some Of the objec-
tions of the lawyers.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-21

The Missouri insurance department
which has started war on Nebraska
would better fnd out just what it is
complaining Of, a big hullabaloo has
been kicked up by misunderstanding,
out II Missouri can stand It Nebraska
. will have to.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-21
why the Phenomenon

Philadelphia Record.
The trusts and the trusts champions
have pretty unanimously come to the con-
cluson that the tariff has nothing at all
to do with the general rise OF prices Of
necessaries Of living. They are generally
agreed that 'the phenomenon has its rise
in concatenaton of fortuitous and alto
gether unexplainable circumstances"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-21
The Trainmen's Demand.

In asking seventy-five eastern rail-
roads for wage increases varying from
5 to 40 per cent the trainmen have
brought to a focus the red rays of
trouble that have been warning the
public for some time. The matter ia
one in which the public has the great
est concern, for should a strike be pre-
cipitated there would be a stagnation
of business whose cost would be gil
gantic and results staggering.
Fortunately, the trainmen and the
companies are bound together in a
collective agreement which would be-
come nugatory If either side to the
dispute caused any cessation of ac-
tiyity, and If both parties hold true as
is to be expected there will be a signifl-
cant exhibition of the value of such a
bargain between labor and capital.
The general welfare is insured in
advance by the existence of the
brotherhood's arrangement with the
railroads, making the possibility of a
strike remote. Yet there Is such a
possibility, and to avoid it the dis
putants have need of all patience and
mutual forbearance. Public sentiment
is against a general railroad strike,
and the concern OF all will insist on
every resource of arbitration being ex-
hausted before the thought of striking
is even entertained. Industry and
commerce will not tolerate the idea of
a general tieup of the transportation
facilities of the country just as pros
perity has got back to it's old swing.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-21

Philadelphia Press.
That is wise remark by the chief for
ester that there is no other use to which
pine trees could be put which would con.
tribute so much to the good Of mankind AS
their decoration for the delight of the lit
tie ones on Christmas The 100000 trees
may gladden. the hearts Of 100000 chill
dren this year Think Of 1t. That is get
ting some real profit out Of small trees
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-21

The danger of starting out in life
as jester is illustrated by Jerome X.
Jerome, who finds it hard to convince
the English workingman that he is
serious in his talks on the budget.
His hearers undoubtedly take him to
be indulging in more Idle Thoughts. "
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-21
Draft for GrecnerIes

It is estimated that 100000 Christmas
trees have been cut for the eastern mar
kets These are to net the landowners
100000 while fathers and mothers rs the
fiscal agents of Santa Claus will be re-
quired TO spend $1,000 600 for the trees
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-21

Four thousand corporations in Ne
braska are to be listed as defunct. Just
now many of these are actually dead
cannot be told until the sleeping ones
find out what has happened to them
and begin to seek for resurrection.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-21

4 Our Imports of Christmas toys do
mot run quite as high into the millions
as our imports OF Christmas coffee,
which goes to show that the elders, in
administering happiness to the little
ones, are not letting their own cheer
. ing cup go empty.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-21

A Chicago judge has decreed that
babies cannot be barred by landlords
from fats, but there will continue to
be parents who argue that the fiat is
no place for the child.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-21

King Corn and King Coal are not
the only monarchs to be dealt with.
King Ice is claiming some share Of
public attention now, preparing for his
coronation next summer.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-21

Some of the advanced" surgeons
are now advocating injections of rat
tlesnake venom to cure consumption
Another way is to let the snake bite
the patient.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-21

great Injustice has been done to the
limited States steamship Nebraska and the
officers attached TO that vessel by the
writer's of dispatches from Norfolk descrlo-
ing the ship as 'the hoodoo of the navy
ana alleging that unhappiness prevails
among those attached to the vessel Ihe
classification of the Nebraska with the old
Texas I'm this regard is manifestly I'M
proner and unwarranted. The Nebraska
went into commission at Puget Sounu
on July L 1907, and since then has been COIL
stantly on the move, joining the circum-
navigating fleet and completing the Voy-
age with the command from the west coast
through the Suez canal to Hampton hoaos'
The collision with the Georgia is the first
accident which has befallen the ship since
the laying of her keel. An officer attacheu
to the ship, who has served on flVe other
vessels since he entered the service anu
who ought to be qualified to judge OF the
state of mind of those on board the We
braska. writes: 81 unhesitatingly say that
on none of the other ships on which nave
served have / found the officers indlViu-
uallv and collectively, officially ana So
cialIy. more happy, contented, and cordlai
IN their relations to each other In the en-
listed force the men are shipping over
upon the expiration of their terms
sbin cannot be a hocdoo which has gained
the distinction of the United States steam
shin Nebraska, as was set forth on the
menu Of its Thanksgiving dinner. That le-
gend follows:
The U. S. s. Nebraska's Record.
Economy with coal,
E. on Her Turret,
Champions at base ball,
Champions at foot ball,
Champions at basket ball,
Champion "signalmen of Atlantic fleet
Who can beat II?
That's US!
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-21

Paris has determined that it's new
play is "shockingly immoral" Need it
be added that 1t is voted a vast sue
cess.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-21
fresident Taft ON the Dowery.

new 1Ork WOtio.
President Taft never did better hours
work than when, hoarse with heavy cold,
he braved the deluEe OF Monday night to
speak TO the men in the Bowery mission.
II is not aithlng that any man who heard
him is going to forget, nor does its oheery
message end with the audience that heard
It or the famous street that yesterday
could talk of so little else
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-21

might well give some Of the promising
young men OF their tribes an education at
West Point, with view Of future useful
ness In civilized conflicts.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-21

Again the courts have decided that
poker is game of skill and not chance,
These American institutions are bound
to come into their own. =.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-21

All of the militant spirit is not
absent from Oyster Bay, when the
wife of a section hand there can swing
big stick and conquer three robbers.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-21
JOY and Pathos.
Baltimore American.

bdllliilOlS <hHleIlCdH
The finest thing in the world is child
hoods faith in Santa Claus and the most
pathetic thing in the world is a little heart
bowed down by the sight of the empty
stocking.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-21

Subscribers leaving the city tenn
porariIy should have The Bee
mailed to them. Address will be
changed as often as requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-21

The tobacco combine Is lying awake
these frosty nights wondering what
sort of New Years tag the supreme
court will give it.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-21

Old Santa Claus is getting the glad
hand already in Omaha. He's welcome
at any time
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-21
Army Gossip

Matters OF Interest On ana Back
Of the Firing Line Cleaned from
the Army ana Navy Register.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-21

The weather man is putting on his
Christmas face, and not too soon.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-21
,ArrNfrNr ~. r-1nctfI.AT1ON.

STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION
state Of Nebraska, Douglas County SIS
George B. Tzschuck. treasurer Of The bee
Publishing Company. being duly sworn;
says that the actual number OF tull ana
complete copies of The Daily. MorninR'
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the
month OF November 1909 was as follows:
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-21

An important announcement of the week
In the War department has been that OF
the selection Of Major General Leonard
Wood as chief of staff to succeed General
Bell upon the expiration of his tour of
duty In April and the appointment of Col
onel Walter Howe of the coast artillery
corps to be a brigadier general upon the
retirement of General w. s. Edgerly. The
announcement of General Woods selection
for the position of chief of staff Is re-
ceived with satisfaction The information
was given out to relieve the situation of
the element of uncertainty, The president
has been approached in behalf of a num-
ber of officers whose friends and adhercnts
desired their selection, and Mr. Taft ap-
preciated that there was every advantage
in making the announcement of the de-
clsion as soon as it was reached. The ap-
pointment OF Colonel Howe is received with
satisfaction in that it indicates disposi-
ton on the part of the president to recos-
nize seniority and avoid the demoralizing
Jumps in making general officers out OF
juniors Colonel Howe is the senior col
onel in the coast artillery corps and Is
now on duty at Fort Greble, r. l. He VIII
retire for age on December II, 1910. The
vacancy caused by the promotion OF COL
onel Howe will occasion the following pro-
motions: Lieutenant Colonel F. Marsh VIII
become a colonel, Major H. c. Davis VIII
become lieutenant colonel, Captain G. g.
Heiner viii become a major, First Lieu
tenant H. II. Ross will become captain
and Second Lieutenant P. p. otterson VIII
become first lieutenant. The next orisa-
diership TO be filled will be on the retire.
ment of General Chitten in January.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-21

1t will be interesting to know what com
ment will be made by the War department
on the bill introduced in the senate by
Mr.. Chamberlain, providing for appoint
ment Of Colonel william ID. Stewart,
United states army, retired, TO the rank
and grade of brigadier-gener on the re-
tired list OF the army. the said Colonel
Stewart having served as a commissioned
officer on the active list over forty-one
years, and having received brevet com
mission for service In action and been
recommended for a medal OF honor" The
history Of Colonel Stewards case Is too
well known to need recital here and It
Ia imaginable that the War department
will return an adverse report on the bill
II 1t is submitted to the secretary of the
war for comment AS the president is
merely authorized" and not directed"
to nominate Colonel Stewart as a briga-
der general, it is quite likely that no
action will be taken In view Of tho at
titude Of the War department under Mr..
Taft and the action Of President Roosevelt
when a determined effort was made to
have Colonel Stewart apply for retire
ment.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-21

The landmark of the office of the comp
troller Of the treasury has been supra-seded'
The time-honored supra which has been
inserted one or more times in every decl-
sion rendered by that office, is hopeiessig
overshadowed by the new luminary 4us-
trum." Webster's dictionary says OF this
latin word that It means "a lustration or
notification, especially the purtficatlon OF
the whole Roman people, which was maze
NV the censors in the Campus Martius
once in five years, after completing the
census. and in which an OK, a sheep OF d
swine were offered; hence, period OF tlVe
wears. and even more" Therefore, 1t has
heen seized upon as the vehicle to express,
In proper dignity what has been all 100
long designated longevity in determining
the nav of officers in the service or the
government. Quoting Webster again. we
find supra" to be "a prefix, being the
Lain deposition supra, signifying above
over. or beyond; another form OF super
It has been a mystery TO many VINO nave
read the valuable opinions of the comp
trorlers office Just what supra dld ana
what relation Il bore to the subject matter
of the questions under consideration. win
the new ''lustrums" there need be no
trouble. II means a period of five years
.of ustration or publication" which an
officer must serve as a probationary period
nr,or 70 an increase of pay for length OF
service "Lustrums" will stand as an epoch
in the life of each officer, and the more
lustrums the better.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-21

Entered at Omaha postoffice as second
class matter
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-04-21

La danz gricga es tranquila, intc-
lectlIal, ritmica.
Guam lejos esta del torbellino mju
rioso de la DANA espanoIa!
La primcra rcsponde Il un concepto
ideal de la bellcza; es FL producto de
un pueblo sano, ligero, superficial. H.
brc de prcocupacioncs de ultratumba
La danza cSpanola cs cl producto dc
I'm pueblo neryioso. ardicntc, atormen.
tado por los fantasmas del mas ALA :
tene la ondnlaci5n y ei ardor de- la ho
guerra. ei estrepito 81 grito de la pa
sion que cstaIla en- celoS, de la disputa
que termlna er tragedia; huele i san
gre. i ulanzauiila. evoca los calores
de Julio cr Andalncla. 81 ciclo del anil
' la atmosfera vibrante Y agresiva dc
los medIodias seviIanoS; eS bale que
pone los nervios de punta, que invita-
a la accidn III cspectador, SIN darse
| cmnta. Sc siente invadido por sn ser.
peuteo cahdo
La DANA ericga, por el eontrario.
lnclIna al sociego, Is como un dibnJo
lento y armonoSo. trazado en- Il aire
por dedos que ST. esfuman en una le-
lana mtlsicai...
Fray Candil.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-04-21
HOras de Paris
UNA BAu.ARINA GRIEGA

1s;dora Duncan, la celebre baiiarna
7,orteamericana, no es una dcsconoc'oa
del pnblico parisiense. liace cinco O
sess amos bail6 en- el Trocadero.
Su sentimiento del rjtmo y la gra-
an. de sus actitudes no sc borraron ne
mi memoria.
Hov yue,ve acompahada de doce diS'
r;pulas. aligeras Hndas, que danzah
s.omo ella. con los pies desnudoS'
Mientras Isidora Duncan haiia, es'
IA como poseida de la diosa de su af'e'
p,r,ase Ia encarnaci6n de Terpsicore
peco euando no baila, es nm placer Fer
con que algeria toma la vida RE can
IA SO embriaga de luz como IN fauh"
loven.-~..
t,;aara Duncan ocupa dos suntuoSoS
nisos en- la Avenida d Antin: ei PR
raero para ella, el segundo para 81"
discipulas. En- esta escne'a se 1S'"
sado lo que gana. Las visfe con e'e-
raneia. prodlgandolas todos a4ueiios
s.a,dados que embellecen la VIDA. rs
las ioyenes perteneccn diierentes
r.aiscs las hay alemanas, lnelcsas ia
vsenoas. rrancesas. Todas son hlJas de
padres pobres.
Cserta DANA Dc la arastocracls iran
-esa la ofrecio hace d'as Ia irioiera
de 10000 frances con tai dc que bal
sase dos horas en- su casa, 10 cuai me
narece un abuse. Por 10 visto se pa
"a meior ell trahajo de los PIES {" con
los pies) que el del oerebro
iCincuenta mil frances No los ga
m. nm escritor nj en- dos amos.
lsidora Duncan accedio-habia un
ueriodista-a esta proposition, no sih
haber vacilado antes. La razon que
adujo para asta selni-repnlsa Tue sa
a,eesidad de repoSo..-..
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-04-21
la NeuTOSiiS revo|ucIIonarIa

En la session que 81 , de Diciemhre
celebr6 la Academia de Ciencias de
Paris, Sc lego una mteresantisilna co.
mmicaci0n sobre Ia "Neurosis revo-
lucionara" que los successes de Russia
han inSpirado los doctores Cabanis V
Mass.
LA conclusion que de este trabaJo.
en- el que abundan los heclos y las
IDEAS, Sc desprende, es que una revolu-
|cion es una verdadera enfermedad So
neal. 81 exiSte remediO para esta nell
rosis. .dicen los autores, Sera un RENE
do preventive, pues una vez decia-
rada, resistira cuamos esfuerzos So
hagan para destrnira.
Los gobiermos SON, pues, los obli-
.gsdos evitar los acontecimientos,
orientar 4 los pueblos si' es possible
apagar los fermentos de odiO revo-
luci0n, mediante la aplicaci6n de la
insticia social reparando niqudades
naturales.
FL trahajo de CabaniS Y de Mass
nos da, dice el professor Joffray, el
eSpectdculo medico de eSa crisis doio-
rosa que fut Ia Revolution francesa.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-04-21
Golondrinas mensajsras

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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-04-21
Rara COStunbre

Los habitantes de Vafna, pueblo dc
Bulgaria que esta ii orillaS del Mar
Negro. t'enen una costumbre muv : n
gUlar para festejar la Epifania.
ElH dcho dia Sc dirigen los Slcer--
dotes,tanto griegos como b0lgaros. Sc
guidos de gran miatitud. 4 Ia orilia
del mar lievandO una cruz de MADEIRA
que a.IOJan al aqua
ER el acto Sc tIran al mar los me-
Jores nadadores V procuran rescataT--
la de entire las olas. Y cl que 10 con-
signe sale la orilla en- triunfo.
ri dia De la fiesta. si hay on Il
pueblo algunos recien casados. se les
Race ir por la noche al mar V darse
tres zambuliidas en- las agsIas.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-04-21

DESDE WASHINGTON

IA Sc ha embarcado el viajero de
@lombassa, Il. f. 4. Este es el ex-
presidente Roosevelt estas tres mi
claleS signfican ".Africa Britanica
Oriental; que es donde va d cazar el
Iantecesor de Mr. Taft.
En- Nueva York se le ha hccho una
Idespedida carinosa merecida. por-
que. poiltica d un lado. el hombre es
'sinpatico. fIabiendo descendido de ~,
graudeZa, ha tornado en- estos dias. el
carro electrlco. como 81 mas modesto
lie los Smith; Y Sc ha sentado junto
4 un negro viejo; V le ha regalado me
dio peso nucvo a una nina. que. en- CO.
laboraci0n con su mama, moStr6 admi-
racion hacia al ilusfre personaie. Es-
Ia y otrss cosas nos cuentan los De
ri0dicos v nos las ilustran con fotogra.
hados. la mcjor de todas elias es.
sin duda, la vista del yiajero 4 una
Mrs. Lcdwitz, irlandesa de ochenta
amos de edad que estuvo cuarenta v
nlIeve al seryieio de la famiia Roose-
Welt y manejo" al futuro Presidente
cusndo era niho mas tarde. a los hi
JOS de este.