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WASHINGTON STOCK MARKET.

saies-Rectisr call. Il o'clock noon.
CaIntal Traction S. sl.0oo at Ill: 5000 at LII
5000 at Ill: 5000 at Ill; 5000 at LII.
Washington Railway & Electric pfd. 50 at s6h
Is at 6h; 9 at 81; 100 at e5h; 8 at s5x.
Mergenthaler, at 2fk: at z4k.
Potomac Insurance. "A at 81
After can-Eastern Light and Fuel, at lz5h
MergenthAler 10 at Zili
zPotomac Consolidated IS. 5000 at ln
GAS BONDS
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Leading Issues Decline.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
RAILROADS.

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members Of the New York Stock Exchange. Hibba
Building.
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CURB MARKET.

Quotations furnished By ". B. Hfbbs & Co.. mem
bers Of the New York Stock Exchange Hibbs Build,
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BOSTON COPPER STOCK.

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TX div. u per cent
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PENSIONS FOR SNAIL People.

A good deal Of attention has been
devoted Of late to the proposal Of Mr..
Carnegie to provide pensions for ex.
Presidents Of the United States unit,
the government itself makes suitable
provision for them. BY the terms
ri his offer Colonel Roosevelt Ia ex.
cluded frona It. as 1t applies only to
persons who shall hereafter retire
from the presidency. President Taft
will be the first maj to have the re.
fusal Of the gift Of $4,000 ear and
the only prediction concerning his
action is that he will refuse it.
II would be somewhat humiliatine
to the people OF the United States
to witness the spectacle OF a mar
who had been their chief executive
receiving nm annual donation from a
private citizen by virtue OF the Office
which he had held. There is a good
deal to he said in favor of n federal
pension for cx-prcsidcnts. Because
OF the absence of some such provision
General Grant after retiring from of.
flee, undertook commercial work oj
which he knew nothing, and TO,
which nc was not fitted. and the re-,
suits were Distressing both to him ant
to tho nation. There may b. othc1
such cases, and they should he pro
v1ded against.
But. whatever is done with refer,
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SKELETON s.a1c YEARS OLD.

(NeW York SUM
The mummy known IL Ra.Neier,
which is in the museum Of the royal
college Of surgeons in London. has
been described as the oldest I'M,
known. The date assigned to 1t by
Prof. Elliott Smith was the s OF
Senefru. the beginning Of Egypts
fourth dynasty. about $500 years f. c,
some human remains. however.
have been discovered In Sakkara,
about fifteen miles from Cairo, be-
longing to the period Of the end OF
the second and the beginning Of the
third %dynasties. about 1000 years
r. c.
Among them is the skeleton Of a
woman about IS years Of age. which
was found completely invested in q
large series Of bandages. and next to
the body was Il corroded cloth.
The corrosion, says Prof. Smith.
was prcSumrtivc evidence that some
material. probably crude natron. was
applied To the surface of h body.
With a view to its preservation. and
he has thus been able to trace to Il
higher antiquity than had previously
been done. the use Of this method for
preserving rho body Of the dead.
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cnce to pensions for former presidents.
there Is another class of pensions
which should not be overlooked. The
faithful cnaplcyc IN the government
service. AS clerk, or in a like subor-
dinate capacity, should be pendonsd
after yeats Of faithful service. SO that
there need be no fear Of want In. old
age. 1t is often urged in opposition
to this that the government employe
has the same opportunity that other
people have to make provision for old
age. n that he should not be n
coursged in the habit OF using up all
his income from month to month,
which is held TO he one OF the results
Of q pension system. One answer to
that is that the government Is Il Door.
er paNmaster than a private employer.
When n looks over h list he Will
fnd that for like services the govern
ment. as a rule. pays considerably
smaller salaries than do employers in
private business. Az one offset to this
there is the advantages of long tenure
81 Office in the classified positions.
and it is this, rather than the salary
paid. which makes these positions
desirable. Ru, the income of the av-
crage government employee is not
more than sufficient for daily needs.
TIL" pension system is being adopted
elsewhere. II should he adopted with
us. Service at a desk is as honorable
AS service in barracks or on the field.
provided that it is given Loyalty and
faithfully. and it should be rccognized
by the making OF suitable provision
for old age.
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rolNTE

tChlcaEo News
The exile may he glad there Is nc
place like home.
No Alonzc. 4 srellhindcr seldom
shines at Il spelling hoe.
All ome arc not as bad as othe!
vomcn think they are.
1t is %pleasanter to admit thai YOU
have been sold than bought.
Many n man stands i'll front OF a bar
and swallows his pride.
II YOU have dyspepsia try. a con-
tinuous treatment of handmade labor.
A is apt to be suspicious OF a
pretty girl who talks only common
sense.
Lives Of great men may remind us
that it is sometimes better to remain
obscure.
Some o. the blame for the lies we
tell ought to be charged up TO people
who ask our candid opinion.
1t must he nice to he 4. critic. y
critic can roast people he doesn't like
and get paid for II.
About the only time the average
married man has n peace In his
home is when his wife has her mouth
full of hairpins.
The mar who stands at the bottom
Of the ladder and steadies it is often
OF more benefit to the country than
the one who climbs to the top.
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4 4 + X 4 \ X X X X X X X
THE CYNICS. q

=
They stand apart and cheep Will,
voices weak.
With thin. harsh laughter aimed at
men and deed.
And prophecy our human pathe
shall lead
Into tho fens. not on the mountain
peak.
When efforts fail, they VOW the gods
but wreak
Their vengeance old though mcrtals
strive and plead:
To them tho rose drocps backward
to the weed.
And life's green fields to deserts gray
and bleak.
How blind such eyes. How God must
pity them:
Above them nightly His great stars
60 by
With promise of far goals beyond
II thought:
Behind them shine the noble lives
that gem
The ages; day and night the arching
Sky
Looks down on great deeds ncbly
wrought.
-Artlhur Wallace Reach.
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B0NAR LAW NOT
TO Be LEADER
Uniouists Not Satisfied with
the Showing He
Has Made.

conference Of the National Gnionist
association. when the platform Of the
Cntontst party was confirmed, It was
made very clear that should there be
q change of government in the United
Kingdom. the task OF fornninx the
cabinet would fall upon the shoulders
of Lord LansdoWne and no upon
Bonar Law. ..
During the last few months. as all
the fighting has been in the house of
commons. and attention has been ct
tractcd to that house mor than to
the house Of lords. Unionists as we'll
ms Liberals have come to regard Bonar
Law as actually. IL not technically,
leader of his party. as well as OF that
part Of it which sits in the house OF
lords. At the conference. however,
1t was Lord L%ansdowne. o Mr.. Law,
who was chosen to make the import.
ant announcements in regard to the
;bolicy of the party. "a duty which in.
variably falls to the leader OF the
: party. Mr.. Law. it will he emem
hercd. was chosen loader of the
Balfour retired. but, unlike his pre-
dccessor. Mr.. Law vas not chosen
leader Of the party. In the American
sense he is simply floor leader in the
lower house. and le obtained that
position because the Conservative and
Liberal-rnidnist elements Of what
lis now known officially q the Union
list party could not compose their diff:
ferences and elect either Of their
leaders. Austen Chamberlain or well
ter Long. to the place. Bnnar Law
has not been a. great. success as a
loader. and therefore the action OF
the national convention in making
clear that he was not the leader OF
the party in the country. Mt. Laws
direct manner pleases and arouses the
younger element in his party. The
great bulk of the old line Conserva-
tives. however, prefer the old quie,
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The "baboo English Of India is US
ually commercially; but recently a ba-
hoo lawyer offered q fine example In
his defense Of a client.
my learned friend with nero wind
from A teapot thinks to brow-best me
from my legs" he asserted. He had
probably a tempest in a teapot" in
mind II only GEEK" he continued
earnestly. TO place my bone OF con-
tentton clearly in YOUR honor's eye"
An Indian station master. having
been annoyed ny a certain female
milk hawker, addressed the following
remembrance to her employer:
"Honored Sir: I beg Won will re-
move your h~and,nafden 1T milk. as
she is not good fellow, and We cannot
stand her cheeks"
when l first decided to allow the
people Of Tupelo T. o use my name a.
a candidate for congress. went out
to a neiRhboring parish TO speak,
said Private John Allen recently ia
ONE friends at tho old Metropolitan
hotel at Washington.
AN old darby came up to greet me
after the meeting. 'Marse Allen he
said, rs powerful clad TO see YOU. r.
Known Cd YOU sense YOU WOZ a O00y.
Knew yoh pappy long befo' you-all
wuz bol1n. too. He use TO hold de
same office o got now. I members
how he held dat same Office TO years
an years
What office do you mean. uncle:
I asked, az knew pop held any
| Office.
Why. de office of candidate, Marse
John: you pappy was candidate 70
many years."
An lrishman just landed got worl
on the New York Central az flagmal
at Tarrytown. His first day on tn.
Job no waved the red danger sigma
before the Empire State Express. TIL,
brakes screeched down. The trai,
stopped. n the crew ran up.
What's the matter? Why did 70,
stop this train?" the conductor de
manded.
"Weli-' began the nagman.
Don you know It's a state prise,
offense to stop a train without cause !?
The conductor exclaimed. why, "
arc twenty minutes late. now
That's Just it," was the answer
where have you been the last twen
ty minutex"
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1t is we'll for Us just now to become
acquainted with the crowned heads Of
southeastern Europe. as they are like
~ to Inc seen in several international
conferences. We may recall. there
fore. that King Pctcr--Rlack Peter.
as he was called before he became
king. came to the throne of Servia
quite suddenly a few years 8 after
his predecessor, Ferdinand. and his
consort had been violently murdered
in cold blood by a band of titled rev.
olutionists who entered their chamber
ono morning and hacked them to
pieces. And because of the summary
methods which they have OF chang
ing governments over there. Peter is
LOT generally considered Il first class
life insurance risk.
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Some advantage is to be- found in
fighting -four on a side. as the Balkan
allies have been doing in their con
test With the Turks. Between the
Turks and three of the allies there is
Just now a truce. Sut the fourth
member of the quartet. Greece. elect
I'd to keep on lighting. so the Turks
are being kept busy anyway. More
and more the evidences accumulate
that the Balkan side of the war was
skillfully planned.
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Various plans for the reorganiza,
ticn Of the republican party arc un.
der consideration. and from some Of
the plans suggested one would sup
pose i, TO he as simple to organize
a political PARTY as to organize a de-
batting society. being mostly a matter
of clcctinc a set Of officers and adopt
ing a series of resolutions ana a set
of whereascs. If the representative
men Of a party will get right down
and scratch gravel in the effort to do
what the country really needs. the
matter of reorganization will mostly
take care OF itself.
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When I was a boy. they used to
tell me how fast ] would grow. old
after reaching voting age. But I
haven't noticed 1t. although living long
enough since then I explode a lot IT
IIoskins.
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HEBRON rs LIGHTED

Mandan. ". u. Dec. 1o.-The
streets and stores of Hebron arc bril-
liant with electric lights for the frs,
time in it's history. The advent OF
electricity makes q decided improve
ment in the appearance OF Hebron,
now the only electric lighted town De.
tween Mandan and Dickinson.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-12-10
NEW YORK MAN WEEDS ABB

NEW YORK MAN WEEDS ABROAD.
Vienna. Dec. 10.-Many members
Of the American colony in vieuns
we're present at the wedding today Of
Miss Lele Won Marrenreich, daughter
Of Colonel and Mrs Won Marrenrcich
of this city. and William Henry
Young. son Of Mrs. William Young Of
Tuxedo. X. y.
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There is A good deal to be said il

There is a good deal to be said in
favor OF changing the date Of the
presidential inauguration from March
4 to some other date. in view of the
miserable weather that they generally
have in Washington about that time.
Still, no man has yet been known 70
refuse to he inaugurated on that day,
no matter what the weather.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-12-10
CAR SHORTAGE
N GERMANY
Conditions Are Serious Be.
cause Of. the Steady In.
crease Of Traffic.

HArlin. Dec. s.-Thc car shortage"
problem is not confined to American.
II that is any comfort to tho railway
me n shippers across the sea. Ger
man business men arc complaining as
never before.
The president Of the council Of Prus-
SIAN railways takes all optimistic view
OF the situation which he charges
against the unusual prosperity and
does not give much q cement to
tnc suggestion that tho government
should make q great addition to its
ro!tnE stock and its working force.
In the great coal region. OF which
age ct about 10000 cars a day dur
ms. h second. week Of November.
and since then the deficiency has risen
70 more than 10000 cars. The So
lcetesy OF coal mine operators Of Essen
mas Issued a statement. in which It
SHOWS that the Prussian state railways
nave tar from kept race with the
country. While the total tonnage Of
freight transported on the railways
has Increased by 20 pcr cent within
ten wears. tho number Of employees has
Increased only IL per cent and the
mtlage of the roads only 20 per cent.
the statement further tells that in the
last week Of October not less than 81
coal companies in tho Essen district
had to throw off entire shifts Of min.
crs. aud that the loss of wages thus
caused was $4,000.
The Essen society complains that
cars often have to stand - hours
waiting to he unloadcd. owing to the
insufficient force Of laborcrs employ
cd by tho government. An Interpret
lation OH this subject was brought up.
in the Prussian diet. The president
Of council said that the increase Of
traffic on the Prussian roads. which
was greater than ever known before.
was due to the unusually prosperous
condition IF business. The state. he
said. would continue to build second
airy railways and would also build fur
thor main lines. but. he added. ..the
state canine invest undue amounts of
capital where 1t will have to be UNI
employed for the greater part Of the
YEAR"
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style. Of which Mr.. Balfour was the
exemplar. and while they do not
openly oppose. they privately object
to the somewhat exaggerated views
expressed by Mr.. Law on what will
happen In Ulster il homo rule is
passed. for example. or his support of
the noisy interrupters in parliament.
who the other evening peltcd tho
prime minister with paper and in
coming members Of parliament.
Iansdowne Receivers.
The assumption by Lord LansdQwne
of the leadership of the party also in
dicates that his health, which last
summer 1t Wal feared had broken
down, has since greatly improved.
It was also rather marked that at
the convention no mention was made
.cede the Introduction OF tariff reform,
Or tarif for revenue only. should the
Unionists be returned. During the
last election MI. Raltour, who is not
a very ardent tariff reformer, was in.
duced by what Is known az the adj
visory committee OF the party. con
sisting OF three London editors. to
say that should the Unionists succeed
in the election the question Of tariff
reform would be referred to n vote
Of the people. Bonar Law. who at
the time was running for a Man
chester constituency. where tariff
reform is not popular. and generally
all the leaders and active members OF
the party. took up the idea and in this
way brought many unionist free trad
ers back into the fold. Joseph Cham
berlain. the chief apostle of tariff re-
form. and his son. Austen Chamber
lain. were the only prominent Union
lists who repudiatcd the idea Of q ref
erendum, and declared. 80 far as their
influence went. the return of the
Cnionists would mean the immediate
Introduction OF Il measure cmbodyins
the policy for which they had fought
Now the party in convention has
adopted their view Of the matter.
The other planks of the party plat.
form were thus outlined by Lord
L%ansdowne:
Restoration Of the British consti.
tution. by which he meant the repeal
Of the parliament act. which deprived
the lords Of their power Of veto and
the substitution Of a measure re-
forming tho upper house.
1.-THE maintenance OF the union with
ireland, coupled with the continue ton
OF 4 generous policy To ireland go
lone as she remains part and parcel
Of us.
"The efficiency Of national finance.
"a land policy not based On class
hatred. We desire the cultivation OF
the land to better the lot of those
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One really ought to give something
besides his thanks.
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Emperor Opcns dam.

The emperor has just opened the
most important dam in Germany at
Mauer. near E~irschberg. in Stlesia. 1t
ls on the Bober River. which f1ows
from the Giant Mountains into the
Oder. It will have Il capacity OF above
100000 cubic feet. and the lake
formed above it will cover about. {. 700
acres. The dam is oNcr 900 feet long.
49, feet high and about "a feet broad
at the top. While it was built pri.nari-
N for checking floods. which have
proved very disastrous in that part of
Germany. the dam will serve an cleo
trio generating plant. where about e.
600 horsepower will he produced
when conditions are most favorable.
The power viii be distributed to many
thriving manufacturing villages owe
q wide stretch Of country. Four years
have hccn occupied in constructing
purchased for the lake, will be about
100000 1t was huilt at the sug-
gesticn OF the emperor,
Herr Won Jagow, the energetic po-
lice president Of Berlin. who has made
an International reputation by his
drastic measures. has just caused
something of a sensation by refusing
to allow speeches to be mace in Eng
lisll and French at "a big socialist
meeting in Berlin. NJ. Jaurcs. the
well-known French socialist leader,
and the British Socialist O'l;rady
were scheduled to address the meet
ing. each in his own language. Jaures
made his speech in bad German.
while O'Grady's speech was translat-
cd. into German and read by another.
In rejecting the application OF the
management to permit English and
French to be used. the police presi-
dent said: II regard the purpose OF
internationally influencing Germany's
foreign policy AS being contrary to the
Interests Of the empire. I therefore
decline to recognize the exception to
the law Of public assemblies asked
for"
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A man can always attract attcn.
ton by hurrying.
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ge4E3 e.
THE MYSTERIOUS WIND.

It Was the coolest a ArK0nSAS
had ever experienced. In a little VIII
lsge in the northern part Of the state
an old colored man emerged from his
shack shortly Afr 10 o'clock in the
morning. He wat weighed down with
clothing. carrying. at y conservative
estimate. about ono hundred and nine
ty pounds Of wool and ysrn. including
three coats. two pair Of trousers. and
a double equipment OF cocks. SO bur-
dened was he by his wraps that he
could hardly walk. Just az he reached
the street corner a fierce gust Of wind
hit his tottering form and spun him
half around.
AS soon as he could get his breath.
he gasped out:
Pore Gawd, wind. where wa you
las August:"--Fopular Magazine.
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who cultivate II, notably by increas-
ing the number of those interested in
II as owners OF the soil"


Grafton. n. D.. Dec. 1o.-Mrs.
James, Prentice left Thursday evening
for Sharon to visit with her parents,
MIR. and Mrs. Sam Malnin.
Miss Sarah H%owardson returned
Thursday evening from Grand, Forks
where she had spent several weeks.
Deputy Sheriff Tvevberg spent
Thursday at Hoople attending to BUSH
mess.
L. F: Chase arrived Friday from the
Canadian northwest ana spent several
days here visiting old friends. Mr..
Chase was on his way homo. to Min
neapolis where he viii be present at
la family reunion at. Christmas time.
Gilbert Erickson arrived Saturday
from Lankin to spend a few days with.
Judge Shepherd.
Miss Evelyn Bjornstad went to
Grand Forks Saturday morning to re-
main over Sunday.
Will Tallack arrived Friday morn
ing from Watrous. Sask., to visit his;
parents.
Elmer ofstedahl returned Thursday.
evening from Gull Lake. s;ask., where
he has spent several months on his
tclaim.
Mesdames Phelps and Beecher re.
turned Saturday morning from Mimic.
Mrs. j. G. Btornstad anne ur from
Grand Forks Saturday evening and
remained till Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. w. Reyleck spent
Wednesday and Thursday at Crooks.
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grant .. Hager went
to Grand Forks Friday 60 spend a few
days with friends.
Miss Mary Driscoll returned from
q several days visit with relatives at
iCrookston.
Miss Ressie kibbee Of .Drayton spent
Saturday and Sunday here with Miss
Smith.
Miss Gladys Maher returned Satur-
day morning to Grand Forks, having
been the guest of Miss Evelyn Bjorn-
stad for a few days.
.. II. Beecher came up from, Grand
Forks Saturday evening to spend Sun.
day at the Phelps hhme.
Mr.. Sorenson. cashier at the Great
Northern depot. spent Sunday ut
Hillsboro.
| Mr.. Olson who has been conduct
ing tho piano sale at DC Judges Mu-
sic store. returned to Minneapolis on
Saturday.
There will he an exhibition and sale
Of articles made in the cooking ella ss-
es and sewing classes of the public
schools m Wednesday,. December is.
from W till five.
Dr. A. II. Taylor Of the university
will give the second number Of the cx-
tension course mex Friday evening.
The subject of the lecture is wireless
tclcgraphy.
Miss Annie Desautel went to Mimic
OH Sunday to visit friends.
The. county commissioners were in
session most Of the past week attend
ing TO routine business.
Dave Turgeon went to Duluth last
Tuesday 10 visit with friends.
The Messenger Boy" was presented
at the local opera house on Monday
evening.
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4. NEW SIDI; SHOW.

Tommy had been to tho circus with
his father and was telling his mother
all about il.
But he said reeretfully. there
was side show We didn't see"
"Hov do you know YOU didn't
asked his mother.
Well" exclaimed Tommy, "just at
We we're leaving I heard Mr.. Jones tell
papa that he'd better stick around ~
as to zee some Of the pretty chtckenS."