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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-02-17
HARD WORK TO
HANDLE DRINKS
'ay Small Fines and Brief Imprison-
mcnts Do No Good

SO urgent is the need OF reforming,
OF. rather. Of abandoning for some
ming different and better the present
method IF dealing with inebriates as
n'isdemeanants punishable by small
mes ana BRIEF impr sOnmentS, that
perhaps Mr.. Il. b. Eurritt. of the State
NHartueS Aid Association would have
dO3e well to treat more seriously than
nefcld IN his Sunday evening address
the farm colony plan upon which
the legislature viii loon have to pass.
his division OF all drunkards into
tnree classes, persOnified 10y John
johns. Jim Jones. and Bill Jones. the
drinl ing himself into belligerency, the
second into insensibility. and the
third into moral imbecility, was not
scienii iic. since these are stages rather
than types of drunkenness. The dl-
vision had, too. a tendency to perpetu-
ate the notion. already too long held
and still too widely accepted that
there Is something funny or amusing
IN Inc riety-which there surely is
not, as Mr.. Burritt. like everybody else
who has given intelligent attention to
the subject, knows only too well.
All however, that MT. Burritt said
about tue absUrdity, the stupidity, and
the uselessness Of imposing upon
Habitu3l drunkards the penalties pro-
vided by our existing laws was true
These penalties are OF no deterrent eff
feet whatever. Alw2st invariably the
PUNISHMENT they inAict all falls upon
the offenders family and their ten
dency is to make his condition worse.
not 20 improve IT, What sequestra-
tOn in a farm colony will do for the
victims OF alcohoIsm-which is Itself
"A symptom rather than n disease-de-
bends upon the wisdom with which
The underlying LESSONS and neuroses
are treated by the medical staff OF
necessity. howe. the farm colony
Will he better than Che ordinary work
house and whereveT tested il has given
letter results.
The habitual dru1kard needs more
tf1n the "heaithful work and plenty
or fresh air. or which Mr.. Burritt
sp0fe as If thoy were all the farm
colony could or should supply: most
apf ali he needs a doctor. who may or
.lay not be able TO effect "A cure Not
- few cases are certainly beyond help
New York Times.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-02-17
Sight-Seeinp An TurEev

Mr.. Albert Bigelow Paine saws In
describing his visit to a Consfa ntS-
nople mosque:
Some kind OF ceremony WAS IN
progress when he arrived. but am
usual In such places. we did not mind
we went right IN just the same. and
our guides, too, and we talked ana
pointed and did what we couId To
break up the services Old turbaned
sons OF the prophet were kneeling and
bowling and praying here and there.
ana were good deal In the Hay
Sometimes we fell over them. AAaut Is
were charitSbly dIsyUEe9 and dds
kick them-ar least. 1 didn't ANDY
uon think any or the party did VI
might kick a dog-kick at him. 4
nean-if we tripped over one. but we
do not kick a Mosism-not a live one
we only take his picture and step on
MIN and muss him up. and make a few
notes and go.
i have been wondering what would
happen TO party OF tourists
MosienS. FOR instance-who broke in
20 an american church during services
with guides to point and explain, and
started at the people who were saving
thelr prayers and talked them over
as II they were wax figures An
American congregation would be an
noyed by mob like that. and would
remove II and put II in the calaboose
But then such things wouldn't happen
In America. We have cowed our
foreign visitors. Besides, there IA
nothing in an American church that a
foreigner would care TO see. ''-OutinR
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-02-17
WOMAN'S ATHLETIC
PROGRESS GROWING
Harvard Instructor Moresces Tim
when Men VIII Be Outclaased.

little Is roreseen by Harvard's
physlcal director when women as a
result OF their devotion to athletes
VIII oVertake man in physical develop
ment
BY grace OF tennis. golf. horseback
TIClhS, swimming and through gymnas-
leisure Tor such pursuits have greatly
ium training young women who havc
improved their physique within ssonser-
grafton. Yet the progress made Enr
Sargent think. is only the beginning
FaShlOn' freedom from worry. and
other causes are all helping a deyeIop-
ment which Will eventually MAKE
woman mans physical equal il not hiS
superior. 49,
1t is not to be forgotten that woman
IS Iast becoming mans equal in bust
ness ana politics, as well as his mart
her IN athletic sports. and that she
may be expected to assume her
snare or the cares and worries from
Which she is now free end which re-
tara physical growth. There are
other consideration. 1t has not been
SHOWN that girlhood given to strenU-
Gus athletics is conducive TO gooS
looks in middle life or that an uncor4
Seted outdoor existence fosters the des
slreu symmetry Of outline in the ma e.
iron. taShion may yet interpose Oh
JecuonS. 1t is not impossible that a
regulation of feminine college sporfa
IN the interest of scholarship and cIaSa
Sttn ing may be enforced as the re-
suit OF masculine agitation for an
equality Of the sexes in report
But these considerations are besf5s
the question. Given woman's attain
ment OF physical superiority, will she
temper her rule with mercy? WIZ
she love, comfort, and cherish him I'm
return for centuries OF masculinS
cnlValry while her sex remained sub
1ectF Or Will she emphasize mana
inreriority, as in the case OF the lower
orders OF life in which the female
domtnateS?-New York World
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-02-17
Omaha,s I1nshIer Sets.

Om&ha is no city Of blue laws or
curfeW bells. 1t has its flashy sets.
which mortgage "A home to buy an
automobile and then the automobile to
pay garage charges 1t has its fast
set that rIshes in and out OF divorce
courts, but divorce is not common In
the inner circle. Domestic differences
are not considered good form as a
topic OF conversation, and In the most
exclusive circle OF married people FIVE
sets OF twins were born within twelve
months. Race suicide Ia prevalent
only in that set where the pursuit Of
pleasure is a passion, not a diversion,
and among -salaried folks whose
excuse is the uncertainty OF their
home life. their migratory existence
being governed by corporations. Ofna-
IA also has its club life. Its hotel din
mars and dances. its dips into the New
York social game, it's Partisan gowns
and II the truth must be told its mild
scandals" But theee people are not
strictly Omahan- The real social life
Ia solid and wholesome
The old families maintain a sedate
life which in this age OF sensation
seeking is most restful Literature.
music. and art still play a part IN their
life. Omahans read and read. and
congenial friends around dinner
table on which family damask, silver,
and glass sparkle. brought together by
gracefully written notes. has not yet
given place to dinner dances with en-
graved cards and hired entertainers.
Here idealism still makes its presence
felt, and here the student OF books and
life finds inspiration and companion
ship.-Woman's Home Companion.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-02-17
THE SAD PLIGHT
OF new YORK CITY
Has Plenty OF Paintings, but No AIDE
quate Exhibition HILL.

mas IientN OF trainings, but No AIDE
quate Exhibition Hall.
John w. Alexander, president of the
National Academy of Design, men
toned some facts last evening in con-
nection with the claim Of New York
that Ii is one OF the worlds art CEN
ters. At the last exhibition of the
National Academy 1900 paintings were
accepted by the committee as worthy
of being exhibited. But there was
room for but 270. At the coming
spring exhibition the number of paint
ings entitled to place on the line will
probably be 1000. Only one-sixth of
them Will be hung. In three or four
cities OF America and in every second
rate city in Europe there are better
places to exhibit paintings than in
proud and rich New York.
Nor is this all. The National Acad-
envy, conserving it's resources and
slowly accommodating n fund through
many years, is ready to dedicate all
of it to construction if the city will
furnish ii site. IT has not the money
for both building and site or il would
not thus narrow its offer This gener-
Gus proposal the city has not yet ac-
cepted, although there are many
places in the parks available whose
use for the purpose would add to the
beauty and usefulness of the parks
Last spring, when it was proposed to
convert the ugly Arsenal building in
Central park into an art museum, the
project was beaten by the petty mined
who raised the false cry OF park in
vasion. 1t is greatly to be hoped that
the effort will he renewed this wear.
and that the proposal, If made, will
receive a treatment more in consonance
with its merits.
New York is the place Of residence
and work OF perhaps n majority OF
American artists. The principal art
schools are here. But there. ia no
proper place i'm which to exhibit
Neither public spirit nor private gen
crosby has provided. Another year
should not pass without q beginning
being made for n removal OF the lack
New York Globe.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-02-17
A IdttIo Traue.jy Of Lave

She had told him that her father ut
terly disaproved OF him and had issued
peremptory orders that he should not
come 70 the house. She trembled as
she told him and there were tears in
her eyes, for she feared that even then
papa might be within hearing, posi-
bly, reach, of her loved one
But he was brave.
When love was in the van,
What cared he for any man7
He was indeed no fair-weather lover
and the storm and stress made him
very much stancher in his devotion
to the one girl in all the world for
Kim.
What boots It. dearest?" he whis-
Pered TO her, soft and low. taking her
TO his manly bosom, breathing into
her shell-like ear, What boots it
Il dol" Numbered papa. appearing
upon the scene. rear entrance; and
there was a dull, sickening thud which
indicated that he did
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-02-17
Running on Time.

1t is a common saying among rail
road executives that they can make
all sorts of rules about running trains
but that they have to put a man in the
bushes beside the track to see that
they are obeyed. Every railroad in
America Is Striving after the-thus far
-unattainable: to have all OF it's pas
senger trains always on time. Among
every 100 men who become firemen.
only seventeen are ever made en-
gineers." quotes the author. "Out OF
every 100 engineers only six get pas
senger runs. The next time you see a
White-hatrd man on the cab of big
passenger locomotive don't wonder at
all at his white hair. but make up
your mind that he has the goods or he
wouldn't be there. 1t is a case of the
selection and the survival OF the 1T
test. 1t takes nerve to run the fast
trains these days, and IL any one of a
dozen people, down to the man who
spiked the rails, has made a mistake,
you ride certain death."-Harper's
Weekly.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-02-17
Location AHccts VaInes.

striking instance Of business val
uation is shown i'm the assessment of
the property on which stands the slxv-
scraper successor to the old Fifth
Avenue Hotel. IL is at the inter-
section of Fifth Avenue, Broadway.
and Twenty-third street extending to
Twenty-fourth street. Its frontage
on Fifth Avenue and Broadway-the
two thorouShfares forming an obtuse
ANGELS $13,50e per front foot. Step
over the line on the north into what
then becomes Twenty-fourth street.
dead street for business-and the
assessment becomes $4,000. one
seventh OF the valuation of the land
just across the crack in the cement
walk.
There are parcels Of land In Wall
street.-the most valuable in the world
which are taxed on a valuation Of
$4,000 a front foot
New York city imposes a tax on 90
per cent. of full valuation. This high
percentage has been brought about bv
an active campaign extending over n
period of many years. The ideal in
the minds OF its Supporters is to tax
eventually at full valuation.-Book-
keeper.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-02-17
Eggs at $3.50 Each.

There are no prices current" for
rare birds, as for coins, or stamps or
orchids, or diamonds; nor IS there any
great mart with settled quotations
like that for furred animals, in Ham
burg. Individual birds frequently
1etch surprising sums. William Dut-
cher. OF New York. sold Walter Roth
schild. of England, a Labrador duck
FOR $1,000. John Lewis Childs. of
Long Island, bought one in Liverpool
Tor $1,000, and a>terward sold II TO
Ohm &. Thayer, OF Massachusetts. for
$4,000 with some other birds to boot
A living specimen of this or OF the
passenger pigeon would bring forth
amazingly high bids; Mr.. ChiIds paid
800 each for three eggs Of the Caro-
lima parrakeet. Eggs OF the extinct
great aux have cost Mr.. Thayer 81. =
zoo each, and as no more will ever he
laid. the future price Will be whatever
owner and prospective buyer can
agree upon. The expense Of main
tanning Searcher in the field is from
500 TO $500 a mont, when boats and
assistance are unnecessary. When
they are necessary, the cost NAV be
doubled or trebled. AT this rate. Mr.
Child's four eggs OF the ivory-billed
Woodpecker-which 1t took three
years TO get-may be reckoned to have
represented an expenditure in money
or $4,000 at least-S1,250 an egg
Every body's.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-02-17
SIowness of Stnrvntion

During a prolonged fast the loss of
weight is unusually rapid at first and
decreases as the time goes on. Death
ensues when a certain percentage of
the loss has ben reached. and this
percentage varies, according to the
roiginal weight Fat animals may lose
half their weight, thinner ones per-
haps two-fifths. A man or woman of
rather spare build weighing 143
pounds might, therefore, lose about
nity-llve pounds before succumbing.
Children die after a fast of from three
TO five days. during which they have
lost quarter Of their weight. Healthy
adults, however. have tasted fifty DAYS
when water has been taken A Ger
man physician reports the case of a
woman, aged forty-seVen years, who
tasted for fOrty-three days. taking
water freely. She lost forty-four
pounds out Of 143 pounds. and died
from acknowledgements
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-02-17
A Dog TaNuaver

There is a taxpayer on the city rolls
who has a tail and barks like a dog.
His taxes we're. sworn off for him,
because his holdings consist Of $4,000
in city bonds, which are exempt from
taxation.
There is a very good reason for the
tail and also for the bark. The own
er OF the $4,000 worth of city bonds is
q dog. He did not appear in person
to bark his taxes OF. Instead a very
perturbed man appeared at the tax
department and went through the
formalities
What assets have you?" asker
President Lawson Purdy.
Five thousand dollars worth of CITY
bonds. held in trust for a dog during
his lifetime" said the man.
Then the dog is the real owner;
that's a god newspaper story" said
Mr.. Purdy
ThereupOn the man became greatly
excited. and beggard Mr.. Purdy not
to reveal his name, Mr.. Purdy con-
sented.
What's the name OF the residuary
legatee?" asked some one.
"He wishes to remain unknown"
There are reasons for believing that
the dogs name is Mr.. Tower.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-02-17
Helping the Minister.

Cregation an old woman who Uas
deaf. In order 10 hear the sermon
each Sunday this old lady would seat
herself at the foot OF the pulpit stairs.
one day the sermon was about Jonah.
cal.
AND when the sailors threw Jonah
overheard" he said. "a big fish sval-
lowed him up. Was II a shark that
got him? Nay. my brethren, IL was
ne er shark: Was 1t q swordfsh
IT was a whale" whispered the
old lady, excitedly.
Hush, Biddle." said the preacher.
Indignantly. Would We TAX tn word
OF 600 out Ger ane meenister's
mouth ?''-Success Magazine.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-02-17
DAUDET'S BOWL OF COINS

For careless generosity. Daudet. the
great French writer could not be out
classed by any man Of his time. At
one time he used to place on the man
tel-piece Of his study. at the time
when he held his weekly receptions. a
bowl which was filled with silver
coins. IT was understood that if any
one of the Bohemians of letters who
came to see him needed litfle finan-
cal assistance he could go to the bowl
and held himself. The experiment
naturally failed. There were those
who came to the receptions only for
the sake of the bowl. There were
those who put too liberal an interpre-
tation on the mute invitation extend
ed to them. II used to see fellows
pocketing the coins by handfuls." said
Daudet, 'and in the end had to
abandon the practice. "-Argonaut
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-02-17
Taxicab Tickets.

A tax1meter which at the end Of the
journey delivers TO passengers "a ticket
on which is stamped the amount OF
the fare due. the number Of the cab,
and the company to which IL belongs
will shortly be seen on the London
streets
The inventor OF the ingenious in
strument is F. Heron Rogers who has
already introduced IL TO many cities on
the continent
The issuing OF tickets" Mr.. Rofers
explained. lis the only one Of the Jew
achievements OF the invention. Apal
from acting as 'taxicab conductor,
the instrument also plays the part OF
a travelling clerk.
The history of the days work Is
recorded on a tape. The machinery
is similar. indeed, to a large machine,
and is operated by clockwork. The
number OF miles travelled, the time
taken on each mile, and the time the
cab has been on duty are all marked
on the tape by a series OF dots. Lon
don Express
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-02-17
IS THE. TIME
TO INTERFERE
Scare Dispatch from Omaha Starts
q Roar ThrOughout Country.

Scare Dispatch from Omaha Starts
n Roar Throughout Country.
An Omaha dispatch reports orders
sent from the packing headquarters to
cattle growers and live stock men
throughout the West to defer ship
ments until further notice. Ship
ment OF cattle and meat TO foreign
markets are being increased.
Meanwhile, distributing agents of
the packers combination are devised
TO get what they can for stock on
hand, and are given assurances that
prices will be higher. This is a result
of the boycott What can the con-
sumner do about it2 Can be starve
the meat packers into surrender and
keep them i'm submission? And il he
can, why should he be obliged to
starve himself In order to obtain a
square deal?
When any individual interest or as
ISOLATION of interests secures such con-
troll of food supply and its market
that Ii can control the situation at
Will, regulating supply to suit it's own
purposes. IL is time that the people,
through the government and it's laws,
should interfere and exercise it's right
TO protect the people from possib lie
abuse of that power. 1t is an in
herent right OF the people, and II is
time that il should be exercised
Boston Herald.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-02-17
Semitic James, Popularity.

One cannot travel far in the State
OF washington today without realizing
the popularity of Senator Wesley L.
Jones, not only in North Yakima, his
home. but throughout the State His
popularity is founded upon innate
worth and years of conscientious work
for those people whose representative
he is. Like many other prominent
men in the United States, he has won
his position at the front not by any
fortuitous set OF circumstances, but by
hard work and perservance-aided in
no small degree. as he himself says.
by the cheerful help and self-denial
OF his wife.
Mr.. Jones Is a product of the soil.
having been born near Bethany, ILL.,.
in the early sixties, three DAYS after
the death of his father, soldier in
the Forty-frst Illinois volunteer in
fantry. AS the boy grew up he aided
his mother in the support of the fam
lily in every possible way. hiring out
TO do teamwork when but 10 years of
age. Until he was 16 he went to
winter school and worked during the
summer months, subsequently teach
ing" his way through the Southern
Illinois College. Acquiring a teach
er's certificate, he taught school two
winters and in summer vacations
worked as a harvester. He obtained
legal education In Chicago by study
ing during the winter and working on
the AaEm OF Long JOnn wentworth,
just outside of that city during the
summer. For two years after he was
admitted to the bar, in 1886, he con-
tinued to teach school, and then he set
out for the Territory OF Washington
arriving there April 1, 1889, a stranger
in strange land. He cheerfully went
to work in a real estate office at a
salary of $50 a month, and in the fol-
lowing year he began the practice of
law with a local firm of attorneys.
In the winter of 1908 he became a
candidate for nomination as United
States senator. and after a personal
campaign of the State he had the
unique distinction OF being the first
man in his State to be nominated for
the Senate by the direct vote of the
people, this nomination for senator be-
ing the initial trial of the direct
primary law which had been enacted
by the preceding legislature, and
which made it possible for a poor man
to go before the people of his State.
without money and without price, and
accomplish that which heretofore had
seemed to be a heritage only of the
rich. Last January he was elected to
the United States Senate by a I'M
animouS Republican vote. and his
term OF service expires March 3, 1915.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-02-17
THIS PREACHER
LEFT 100000
DR.. HOwcII's Young Widow and Chill
dren VIII Inherit Big Eortnne

Funeral services for the richest
minister in the United States"-the
Rev. DR.. Richard Lewis Howell-were
held yesterday afternoon nthe HOte
( Aberdeen, in West Thirty-second
street just off Fisth avenue
rev OF the guests knew that the
quiet. inguished-looking man
whom they had seen about the housc
Tor several months was dead. Fewer
knew that he was several times mil
lionaire, and that he was the
owner Of the Aberdeen. as we'll as OF
the Hotel Regent. and Of the luxurious
Breton Hall apartment house
That was just as he wanted it. He
gave directions, before his death that
the guests and the routine Of the
place were not to be disturbed. So AZ
the funeral services were ONLY his
WIDOW and two young daughters. a
very few Intimate New York friends
and the officiating clergyman. the Rev.
whom DR.. Howell had made a protege
or as a boy, and educated and trained
for the ministry
After the services DR.. HowelIs body
was sent TO his old home at Wheeling.
w. Va, for interment He died on
Tuesday In the Aberdeen. at the age az
80 years. His widow. whom he met
and married in most romantic fashion.
Is only "a.
DR.. Howell was the son OF A. Allen
~ w auQ q nephew OF
the late Admiral Howell. He was
graduated from the University OF Vfr-
ginia
He had an independent fortune. and
IN recent years devoted himself TO
phtlanthroptic work rather than TO
active ecclesiastical practice. But at
the same time he was keen business
man, and amassed a fortune in real
estate II paid $4,500,00Q five years
ago FOR the Aberdeen and Regent
hotels and the Breton Hall house
and since thea had enjoyed an Income
OF about 100000 year from those
sources alone.
DR.. Howell first married Miss Mary
I. Rush, of Philadelphia, from whom
he also inherited a comfortable for
tune at her death. Then, In 1905. IN
salon IN Paris with some friends
ne chanced to stop in front of one OF
Whistler's works. He was lavish in
MS praise OF that master.
suddenly young girl stepped for
ward and impulsively extended her
hand.
Il am Mr.. whistler's great-nIece q"
she said. She was Miss Gwenudolyn
years old.
The acquaintance thus formed was
not long in ripening into an ardent
love match. and the middle-aged
minister and the Baltimore debutante
months.
Mrs Howell and her two younR
children. who are and 4 years Old
VIII inherit a fortune estimated at
%S'OOO,OOO at least-New York Ameri-
can.