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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1911 I RoclcThrowers Make Trouble London, Deo. 23. Among the sufferers from the effect of the most recent outburst of the militant suffragists were a number of 'American firms. The rock throwing women smashed "the large plate windows of an American drug store and boot shop on the Strand and hurled a siorte through the front of a tailoring establishment on the same street The latest display of militancy lias been criticised by the English press and suffrage organizations which do not approve the methods used by the Women 8 So rial and Political Union. A number of the organizations which are forwarding the movement, have announced that they accept the premier's statement as sincere Td that they will make the bat for rotes op the lines suggest I by him; All effort on part bf the wo i under arrest to make politi I capital their appearance in art was frowned upon by the siding justice, who announced i iat all of the defendants would treated as ordinary misde i canants.

Seeing that their martyrdom was falling flat, a number of the women elected to pay their Mnall fine's rather than go to jail, while those who preferred cells received little publicity out of their choice, as the'London papers merely chronicled the sentence without stating the choice made, i The British Public, althouch not disposed to violence, has had some experience of mob outbreaks, fomented by sensational speeches, 1 ut it confesses itself puzzled by disorder and property" destruction, deliberately planned in ad ance of an advertised demon tration of protest, and this phase the latest militant affair is be ig criticised. Many Americans attended the lemonstration and most of them eemed to enjoy the occasion hugo y. Suffragettes and npliccmen ied with each other in extending 'curtesies, and this disposition fiade the charges of obstruction placed against some, of the women rather ludicrous, andj had it not been for the window smashing he number of arrests would have been Much to the amusement of the by standers, Mrs. Pethick Law rence, leader of the militants, flung herself against the uniform barrier time alter 'and it was only after she had slapped the face of one of the, minions of he law that her arrest was order ed by a police inspector. One, determined Amazon, ble to persuade the police that of a riotous disposition in other manner) sat down in the middle of a crowded sidewalk, arid her" oulk preventing easy re moval, she was arrested on a charge of obstructing traffic 1 The divinity which hedges about the British throne has been broken and the play censor has I ao I mm, ALCOHOL 3 PER CENT.

ANfctfefabk rVprflrtlonfirAs slmilaringtefbodsntlRrtito. ting tlie Sumachs Promotes Digpsltonflttrfii ne6S and RestXontuins ockktr Opium nurttakxal. Not Narcotic. Jlx.Smmm Arfrmm A. a hmfjttmtnm Aperfed Rpmdy forConsflf non aour aioBHcii.uuciiuM VonnjLOirvnlsionsjfverisfr ness andLO SS or SlER hcSimat Sifoirnrt of NEW YORK.

Exact Copy of Wrapper. been evaded by the. private pro duction of "Pains and renal ties," a play founded on the trial for infidelity of Queen Caroline the consort of the rather unlovely and bibulous George IV. The censor objected to the play because it deals with san unfortunate incident in the life of a re cent ancestor of. George V.

The author of the play, Granville Bar ker, took, advantage of the pri vate production to make a stage speech, in which he proposed a resolution denouncing the ap pointment of Charles Brookfield as assistant rensor as an act of "political indecency." According to Barker, ap pointment of Brookfield was a double insult, for, "besides being the author of two "naughty" farces himself, the new assistant censor wrote an article for a re cent current review in which, he stated that the modern British drama is worthless. The resolu tion was adopted withonly two uinnt lllicui. t. The banning of "Pains and "Penalties," according' to the crit ics, has only served to advertise a rather dull play, the production of which was sponsored by a ciety which has been organized after ninety days to clear the name of Queen Caroline, a subject 4o" which the public is now pro foundly All of which has served to re. vive opposition to that strange British functionary, the dramatic ornsor.

Little had been heard of this officer until recently, when he showed his activity by com pelling the manager of Kismet to put more drapery on the bathing girl' in that production after she had shivered through 14o per formances of the play. On top of this came the appointment of Brookfield and the private pro duct ion of "Pains and Penal ties," and, realizing some of the disadvantages of the job, the pub lie dors' not wonder that it is un popular. NOTICE. I The stockholders of Funk of Strafford, Strafford, mill hold their regular an nual meeting In' the offltfe of the bank on Monday, January 8, at odoek a. to elect aeven directors to aerve the ensuing year and to attend to any other bualneaa that may be deemed 'neces sary.

C. RICKETTS, 302 10 W. Secy. "40.KK) rqnare feet glass devoted to let tuce, radishes and parsley, 75c ner basket, 6 pounda lettuce. $1.50 ser brisket.

10 puuncs lettuce. Stewart Produce Reborl Fruit J. N. DRAPER, Winter and Summer Gardener, South. End of Evans Street.

The rainfall of a among the hills of Assam during the ten 'weeks from May 1 to July this year waa 260 Inchea. The village Is CherrapunJI. the ralneat spot In Asia and presumably In the world. Ita annual rainfall la something over 450 Inches, say. 15 tlmea as much aa London.

CherrapunJI stands "on a plateau overlooking tha plain of Sylhet, and It Is feet above sea level. Hawaii la pouring put money like water In support of her public schools. For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bough! Signs iture AM In Use For Over Thirty Years i stun ivj ii TWf MMTMi mwmptkin, mtm vea eTT. In the January Harpers, Albert Bigelow Paine, the authorized bio grapher of Mark Twain, tells the story of how the great humorist began his career as a Mississippi pilot.

The facts of the story were all obtained from Captain Horace Bixby, who taught Mark 'Twain and in 1910 was still at the wheel. In 1857 Mark Twain Twain went aboard the Paul Jones. "Horace Bixby, pilot of the Paul Jones, then a man of 32 1 1 i it. sun living is iv; ana me wheel was looking out over the bow at the head of Island No. 35, when he heard a Blow, pleasant voice say: '''Good was a clean cut, direc, courteous man.

'Good morning, ha said briskly, without looking around. "As a rule Mr. Bixby did not care for visitors in th pilothouse. This one presently came up cji stood a little behind him. 'How would you like a young man to learn the river 7 he said pilot glanced over his shoulder and saw a rather slender loose limbed young fellow with a fair, girlish complexion and great tangle of auburn hair.

'I wouldn't like it. Cub pilots are more trouble than they re worth. A great deal more trou ble than profit. applicant was not dis couraged. 'I am a printer by he went on, in his easy, deliberate way.

It doesn agree with me though I'd go to South "Bixby kept his eye on the nv er, but a note of interest crept in to his voice. "'What makes' you pull your words that (pulling' being the river term for drawling), he asktd. "The young man had taken a seat on 'the visitors bench. 'You'll have to ask my moth he said, more slowly than ev er. "She pulls hers, rnoi tsixoy woKe up ana laughed; he had a keen sense or humor, and the manner of the reply amused him.

"Come over and 'stand by the side of he said. 'What is your "Th applicant told him, and the two stood looking at the aun lit water. 'Did you ever do any Bixby questioned. "'I have 6teered about everything on the river but a steamboat, I "'Very well; take the wheel and see what you can 9o with a steamboat. Keep her as" she is toward the lower cottonwood snag." "Bixby had a sore foot and was glad of a little relief.

He sat down on the bench and kept a careful eye on the course. By and by he said 'There is just one way that I would take a young man to learn theriver; that is, for money. 'What do you charge 'Five hundred dollars, and I to be at no expense "InThose days pilots were allowed to carry a learner; or board free. Mr. Bixby meant that he was to be at no expense in port or for incidentals.

His terms looked rather discouraging. "'I haven't got $500 in money' said Sam; 'I've got a lot of Tennessee land worth 25 cents an acre; I'll give you 200 acres of mat. "Bixby dissented." 'No; I don't want. any unim proved real estate. I have too much already tne young man retlected upon the amount he could probablv bor row of Pamela a husband without straining his credit.

'Well, I'll gie you $100 cash and the rest when I earn "Something about this voung man had won Horace Bixby's heart. His slow, pleasant speech, his unhurried, quiet manner with the wheel, his evident sincerity of purpose these were external, but beneath them the pilot felt something of that quality of mind or heart which later made the world love Mark Twain. The terms proposed were agreed upon. The deferred payments were to begin when the pupil had learned the river and was receiving a pilot's wages. "At St.

Louis Sam borrowed from Mr. Moffet the funds necessary to make up his first payment, and so concluded his contract. "Horace Bixby waa a 'lightning' pilot, with a method of instruction as direct and forcible as it was effective. He was a small man. hot and quick firing, thounrh kindlv.

too, and, ifntle when he had blown off. After one r'her 1MJ5 tseturmrisiD missuuki BtruDuuui IL U1U li "Mark Twain" As a Pilot pyrotechnic misunderstanding be. tween them as to the manner of aoquiring information, he said: 'My boy you must get a little memorandum book, and every time I tell you a thing put it dOwq right away. There's only one way to be a pilot, and that is to get this entire river by heart. You have to know it like A.

B. "So Sam Clemens got the little book and presently it 'fairly bristled' with the names of towns, points, bars, islnnds, bends and reaches, but it made his heart ache to think that he had only half of the river set down for, as the watches were four hours off and four hours on, there were long gaps in which had slept. "There is but one way to account for the fact that the man whom the world knew as Mark Twain dreamy, unpruetical and indifferent to details ever persisted in acquiring knowledge like that in the vat the absolutely limitless, quantity necessary to Mississippi piloting. It lies in the fact that he loved the river in its every mood and aspect and detail, and not only the river, but a steamboat; and still more, per haps, the freedom of the pilot's life and its prestige. Wherever he has written of the river and in one way or another he was alwavs writing of it wc feel the claim of the" old captivity and that it still holds him." WANTS U.

S. TO HAVE PART IN NEW WORK Washington, Dec. IS. Uncle Barn's finances are "In' a very satisfactory conditio," according President Taffa message to Congress on department affairs, delivered today. The status, proposed currency reform and many minor matters pending In tho various departments.

A surplus of more than J47.Oon.oo6 In tha receipts for: the year over the expenditures were shown by the President's figures and he remarked thatrthe 'postofDce department' for the first' time In twenty eight years was self sup porting. "The credit of this government was shown to be tetter than that of any other government by the sale of the Panama per cent said the President. CURRENCY REFORM ASKED. The message urged the importance of currency reform at an early and Indorsed tha main features of the Aid rich plaa sjr proposed' by the monetary commission. It recommended that the government be given rep resentation in the management of the proposed National Reserve Association, which, under the Aldrlch plan, will control' the country's financial The President expressed himself as particularly anxious that the question of monetary reform should not become a party issue.

The message discussed the proposed army reorganization plan In wfilbh the President found several propositions with which he disagreed. The question of Panama Canal tolla was recommended for early action, and the President urged that the tolls be arranged to favor American shipping. Immediate ateps for the establishment of a rural parcels post were recommended. The recommendation of the chief of engineers that the annual appropriation for the Improvement of the Missouri river fcom Kansas "City to St. Louis be raised from to $2.

000,000, Is Indorsed heartily by the President. THE MEASURE OP A DRINK AS UNDERSTOOD Senator Kern, speaking as an expert as well as a committeeman, informed a witness In the Lorlmer Investigation that the term "drink," as understood In this country means two and a quarter Inches of the chosen liquid as It stands In the glass. The statement Is Inaccurate, and It Is to be regretted that a man chosen to represent the democracy of Indiana should have been guilty It. Since ever this country became Independent the measure of a drink has been three fingers. Never with us have drinks been measured by Inches, nor by any other subdivision of an artificial foot, but by the warm, blooded members of the living and expansible hand.

The difference Is not one of mere phraseology, aa some may suppose. The two and a quarter Inch rule Is unchangeable. It Is the same for the puny prince as for the stalwart senator. Rut the finger measurement varies with the hand that clasps the cup, and by Its rule ttu measure (if the man becomes automatically the measure of the drink. The Senate should expusn the Kern testimony.

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Produced by New York Philadelphia Cliicago' Grand Opera Companies Fab. Principals! Cardan. Dalmorea, ijAIQ" Uutranna, Nicolar, Cava, (In French) Musical Director Campaninl Frb 2 m. fCoubln Bill.) Cavan, 'HANMI Hi.sclm.n. Wittkowaka.

In aram.C'rabba. Slwr.il. Morris, fa E.nali.M Musical Diraclei Saeadrai "THESFCRFT Saaaasarso. OF. SUZANNE" While.

D.ddi. (la UaUaa) Musical Duactoi Ssaadral Fb 3 8 p.m. Principals! Pramtlad, Datoinraa. "TKIST AN kaache. Whitehill, Hin.haw, UND ISOLDE'' Bayar, Murphr.

Scott. (In German! Musical Director Campaaini Fab.S gp.an. Principalsi Cardan. Dalraores, ur s. Dutranna, Nicolar.

CARMfc.PI Daddi. Drfr.rs. Scott. (lo French) Cavan, Ciacania. Calli.

Musical Duactoi Campaninl The operas will lienieen at the Odeon never befoie have such sinus appeared in an auditorium ntfoidinx such UuU ties for hearing and ieein. It is a M' treat Indeed that i In itors' for you would you trim it now that it ii so cvmtmtnt for you to got Reduced Fares for round trip.in effect from your town. Ask the sjrent about them today. He will alio (jive you circular fully describing each opera, cast, prices, dates, etc. If applied for nob; good seats can be secured but you should write at ones' to Grand Opera Committee, 1120 Olive Street, St.

Louis, Mo. A. HILTON, General Passenger Agent, St. Louis.