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i Succi's prolonged fust admir
ably fits him to load n ro'il live ghost
danco.
THU best Indications nro that Ne
braska will find a sensible legislature in
her stocking.
DA vie HILL has not yet said that ho
would hnvo the sonatorship , but history
falls to record that ho over declined an
ofllco.
BKIIIND the scenes of the contest farce
is being enacted the tnigio raid on the
Alliance surplus , with the prohibition
lawyers in the lending roles.
A BOSTON newspaper published 110
columns of advertising last Sunday and
crowed loudly thorout. THE BEE pub
lished 140 columns the snrno day , and
hummed no louder than usual.
UNI/KSS measures are promptly
adopted to restrain the Denver artist's
rage for gore ho is linblo to masticate
the whole hostile band , tepees and
squaws , before the troops can got within
rungo. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
THIS Now York < S'im's tribute to the
ability nnd wisdom of General Brooke is
well deserved. So far ns ho has boon responsible -
sponsiblo for the recent oporutiona they
reflect credit on the humanity and judir-
mont of the government.
THE failure of S. A. Koan , the Chi-
ciigo banker , is a particularly melan
choly event to the prohibitionists. It
will bo remembered that Mr. Koan was
a leading card in the late Nebraska
.amendment campaign. Ilo sent letters
broadcast , offering his testimony as
that of a conservative banker who
know that prohibition had not
hurt Iowa nnd would not injure No-
brnska commercially. And now it trans
pires that among his depositors was the
treasurer of the Womans' Christian
Temperance union. Her deposit was
SISO.OOO , und the bank is expected to pay
only 25 cents on the dollar. The event
proves that Mr. Kcan waa neither a reli
able banker nor an impartial witness.
The Womans' Christian Tompornnco
union will have the sympathy of the
public for iU serious loss.
THE treatment accorded Omaha by
the postolllco department is shamefully
shabby : Prom a business point of view
it is conspicuously unbusinesslike.
Omaha does not ask for more than is ac
corded cities of like population. The
revenue of the postolllco for the last
fiscal year shows n greater increase than
that of any city in the west. It is
equally indisputable- the business ol
the Omaha postofllco Is handled for as
email a per cent of cost as any olllco in
the country. Despite these facts , the
department ignores the demand for an
addition to the clerical and carrier de
livery force to which the city is entitled
by reason of population and business
handled. Other cities of less populatloi
are not only allowed a larger number ol
carriers , but have boon given ponnls
Bion to employ tin extra holiday force r
privilege denied to Omaha. The Nebraska
braska delegation should file a vigoron !
protest ngainst such discrimination and
demand from the department the ful
number of carriers and dorks the city if
entitled to.
THE bill in congress for the enlarge
tncnt , protection and maintenance of the
Yellowstone National park , ought to b <
passed at the present session , but then
is danger that it will bo defeated by th <
railroadcamondmont , which has provei
fatal to other like measures. For yoari
there has boon a persistent lobby trying
to got a railway through the park foi
the accommodation of a few minors , am
this proposition has blocked the way ti
legislation for the protection of this won
derful work of nature from the daprodn
tions of forest robbers and hunters
There are the strongest possible objec
tions to running a railway through tin
reservation , and they have been repeatedly
odly presented to congress , yet the rail
way lobby has always boon able to defeat
feat any measure that did not providi
for a railway. There IB reason to believe
liovo they will not bo so successful wltl
the present congress , and that the required
quired legislation for the protection ant
maintenance of the great Yollowstom
park , uncqualod in respect of many o
its uttraotioiiB and its wonderful sconii
phenomena , will bo enacted.
77(8 ( INDIAN
Congress will order nn investigation
Into the causes of the Indian disturb
ance , and it may bo found- necessary or
expedient to inako some cluxnj/cs in the
policy of treating the red men. The
fact that progress has boon made must
bo admitted , but it is plain that something -
thing must bo wrong when after nil
thcso years the Indians nro etlll found
manifesting a rebellious spirit and
breaking out into open revolt. Mr. Ilor-
bert Welsh , nccrotary of the Indian
Righto association , iq of the opinion that
reform Is desirable in the matter of ap
pointing agents. Mr. Welsh and the as
sociation ho represents are opposed to
the appointment of agents on what is
known as the homo rule plan , tlmt is ,
taking nn agent from the state or terri
tory in which reservations are situated.
This the Indian Rights association hold
Is an unsound policy , loading to the se
lection of agents for pullcical reasons
rather than bocuuso they wore fitted by
character and experience to deal with
Indians'
Undoubtedly the homo ruto system
cannot always bo wisely applied , and it
has not been uniformly adopted. But it
is generally preferable to the appoint
ment of men from farther cast. Particu
larly is this true ot Dakota , whore the
climate is severe. Furthermore , the
ndlan service Is for the most part a
: ioorly paid one , and it stands to reason
that , othar things bolnp : equal , the tip-
) ointmcnt of men who hnvo no
eng journeys to make involving
: ioavy traveling expenses is moro
, ikely to bo productive of good
results than otherwise. It is reasonable
to suppose that as n rule ngonts ap
pointed from among the people who are
familiar with the character of the Indi
ans will make bettor officials than men
chosen from a remote section of the
country who may never have seen an In
dian. In a recently published letter Mr.
Welsh cites ono case where an appoint
ment was made for political reasons and
where the result was unsatisfactory. Ho
further alleges that ho knows of flvo re
movals for none but political causes. It
is a little unfortunate for this 'statement
that its author acknowledges ho has not
boon given access to the private files of
the interior department nnd consequently
quently docs not know what charges
have been preferred. Mr. Welsh con
siders it unsound policy to practice se
crecy in the matter of removals , unless
under extraordinary circumstances , and
perhaps as a general proposition this is
right , but certainly there are many
cases where there is no good reason for
giving widespread publicity to the
causes of an agent's removal. To do so
might bo exceedingly unpleasant to him
and his family. But this not an affair
of very great imdortanco.
A thorough investigation of the causes
of the Sioux uprising is certainly in
ordor. nnd this would necessarily involve
an inquiry into the Indian policy. Noth
ing else has been so persistently tinkered
with , but there would seem to bo still an
opportunity for moro mending.
The proposition to transfer the control
of the Indians to the war department
and turn the Indians over to the
control of the army , will only
meet the approval of these who
desire to exterminate the Indian. The
army is not a civilizing agency. Its con
tact with the Indian has always boon de
moralizing to the soldlornnd brutalizing
for the rod race. The military in charge
of the Indian would simply emphasize
the frontiersman's motto. "A dead fnjun
is a good Injun. " Of the quarter of a
million of American Indians loss than
two per cent can bo graded as tfomi-
savage and hostile. These should bo
placed under the surveillance of the
military until thoroughly subdued. To
place the semi-civilized Indians thnt
constitute tlio great body of all their
race under bayonet rule would bo utterly
indefensible.
RUSSIA'S ANXI-JRiriSlI LAW ,
The announcement that the Russian
government will probably promulgate
the now anti-Jewish Inw at the begin
ning of the coming year hits aroused a
largo part of the civilized world in pretest -
test against the proposed persecutions.
Ono of the most important clauses of the
now measure prohibits the selling , leas
ing or mortgaging to Jews of any real
estate in any part of the empire , a regu
lation that hitherto has applied only to
Poland. Another clause provides that
Jews shall bo dispossessed of any real
estate they may hold. In the past Jew
ish merchants , after paying the commer
cial tax of the Drat guild for ton yours ,
have boon allowed to purchase real es
tate outside of the limits assigned to the
Jewish populace. The now law cancels
this privilege , and compels thorn to soil
all real estate that they may have ac
quired. Jewish artisans 'aro also to bo
deprived of certain rights , and are to bo
kept strictly within the limits assigned
to the Jewish population. Repressive
measures will bo taken against Jews in
fringing the now law.
Public meetings have boon hold In
England to protest against this proposed
persecution. At a great mooting hold
in London a short time ago , at which
the lord mayor presided , a resolution
moved by the duke of Westminster was
adopted which declared that the renewed -
nowod sufferings of the Jews in Russia ,
from the operation of the severe and ex
ceptional edicts ngainst them , and the
disabilities placed upon thorn , are deeply
to bo deplored , and that in the last
decade of the nineteenth century relig
ious liberty is a principle which should
bo recognized by every Christian com
munity as among natural human right ? .
Meetings have boon hold in this country
of like purport , nnd by potltion and
through the press the American people
have testified to their abhorrence of the
cruel and heartless policy which the
Russian government promises soon to in
stitute.
It is highly probable , however , that
thcso protests will have no offoct. The
Russian newspapers , which have doubtless -
loss received the cue from the govern
ment , Inform the outside world that pro
tests and resolutions , meetings- and
petitions , will have no effect in modify
ing the Imperial policy toward the Jews
of Russia. They insist thnt the Jew
must bo suppressed in order thnt the
peasant mnj bo protected , asserting that
the latter is bo deeply iu the tolls of the
former that nothing loss than the powot
of the czar vrill extricate htm. More
over , these newspapers say , the Jew is
himself in danger , for the time has coma
when the peasant is disposed to turn in
solf-dofonso , and the government stops
in between him anil the object of his
vengeance. Of course all this is simply
tv pretext by which it is hoped to excuse
a despotic pystoin of persecution that
will bring immeasurable suffering and
cruel injustice to tons of thousands of
poonlo whoso industry nnd thrift have
made thorn obnoxious.
An attempt has boon mndo to shield
the czar from responsibility for tills
policy , the present American minister
to Russia assorting that that the czar
has no share in the persecutions in-
lllctod on his Jewish subjects. Hut ho
could have arrested thia legislation by
n stroke of his imperial pen , and the fact
that ho allowed it to bo enacted neces
sarily makes him n participant in the In
famous policy which is condemned by
the enlightened world.
A. POETS
John G. Whlttlor passed the ago of 83
on Wednesday last , December 17 ,
Tlio "good , gray poot" is enjoying n
Eorono and beautiful evening of life at
' 'Oak Knoll"a charming ; country seat
near Danvors , Muss. His homo is the
Mecca of many reverent pilgrims and
will bo a famous literary shrlno long
nftor ho has passed "beyond the sunset. "
it has boon Whlttior'H singular good for
tune not only to outlive his enemies , butte
to see their cause abandoned and written
down iu history as a failure. Ilo has
had , too , the satisfaction denied to so
many mon of genius of fooling the
warmth of ills own effulgent fame. His
has boon a pure and gentle lifo , befitting
a man of his rare and beautiful typo.
It is gratifying to note that Whittior's
poetry enjoys a growing popularity in
the school books , and that children fool
nn interest in his stirring verse , breath
ing the purest patriotism and the most
unalloyed Americanism , that they feel
in no other works of this character.
This Is bound to bo moro and moro the
case as our literature- grows older , imd
as the grand old Quaker takes his place
among the Immortals. Above all other
names his is entitled to take rank as the
first of American poets. His genius was
dedicated exclusively to American ideas
and scones. Longfellow , Lowell and
Bryant shared with him a distinction
which ho was glad to make his single
claim to famo. It is to bo hopo'd thnt ho
will yet celebrate many a birthday.
WITH TUB PEE SYSTEM.
The abolition of fee offices is deservedly
receiving attention in a number of west
ern states. The system has boon BO
prolific of political scandals in all
branches of government that its repeal
is ono of the crying needs of the timo.
Like a great many ether relics of the
early days it has the sanction of law and
custom. The older it grows the stronger
becomes its grip on the political machin
ery of the stato.
The foe system is ono of the many im
portant questions with which the Ne
braska legislature will bo called , upon
to grapple. It is a question di
rectly affectingtbo taxpayers and
concerns every citizen. There is
no lack of precedent to guide
the legislature In working out this essen
tial reform. Illinois and Missouri have
deprived state , county and city treasurers
of the profit derived from loaning pub
lic funds. The income of the city treas
urer of Chicago formerly ranged
all the way from $50,000 to
$110,000 a year. Such enormous
profits naturally made the treas
urer's otllco the great bono of contention
in every municipal election , and largely
contributed to the general demoraliza
tion of local politics. -
Under the Missouri law , giving cities
the right to select a depository for pub
lic funds among the responsible banks ,
St. Louis realizes four and a half per
cent on her city and county deposits.
The public funds loaned out by treas
urers in this state will , at the very lowest
estimate , aggregate $5,000,000 year in
and year out. At 4 per cent the inter
est on this sum would realize for the tax
payers $200,000 a year. That is certainly
worth saving. But the letting out of
public funds is really not legitimate oven
under our existing laws.
The legislative pruning knlfo must
also bo applied to the perquisites of ether
state , county and city ollicials , who are
allowed foes without limit as part of
their income. The policy for all oflictnls
should bo fixed salaries and the turning
over of all foes from whatever source for
the bcnolit of the taxpayers.
CUItltEKT SOCWZ , MOVKMEKTS.
The great forces underlying human
society are never still. They are always
moving , pushing , advancing , and workIng -
Ing out swiftly or slowly , according to
the temper of the times the problems
of the race. The reformatory spirit has
existed since history began. It has
been conspicuous in the lifo of every
generation , t Shading all the way from
pale remonstrance to rod revolution , it
has constantly operated to bring change
and improvement in the conditions ol
living , to widen the pathways of educa
tion , and to make freer of access to all
classes the bettor opportunities of lifo.
There has boon no time in the lasl
half of the present century when the
social currents of both Europe and
America appeared to bo moro harmoni
ously blended and to bo moving moro
steadily or surely toward u common end.
Various as are the movements that swell
these currents to their enormous pro
portions , the underlying spirit of the
whole may bo summed up in a slngla
phrase "Tho fatherhood of God ant
the brotherhood of man. "
Germany is today the calm sea love
from which the social forces of Europe
may bo measured. There the inoromoiv
partakes neither of the violent qualities
of the reform spirit of Russia , nor of the
erratic and incoherent obulitions o
Franco. The Teutonic- mind is slow
philosophic and not excitable. It does
not enter rashly into social experiments
from which it must retreat. Totichoc
on all sides by the lifo of Europe , ant
itself a part of it , the Gorman mind Is t
safe thermometer from which to rou :
the signs of tha times. Wo risk nothing
in assuming that the Germans will never
be found in advance of the reform splri
f Iho contin'orif , nor n stop behind what-
vor Is sound und abiding in IU
And what of Germany ? Judged
> y the otWr\s"6f the last two
onra , the day of radical social
oforms has dawned upon that
ountry. It IB not n political movement ,
xcopt so fatyas it seeks to attain its
nds througfln legislation. It does not
im to orortlmow the empire , or to build
1) a party wiwi olllcos and patronage.
And yet it has ton t Into retirement the
ron Chancellor nnd made the proudest
f the Ilohonzollorns nn attentive lls-
onor. It asks for hlghor wages , shorter
loursof Iabor7"Getter homos , lower rall-
end faros , Improved opportunities ot
ivlng. It asks that children shall have
a broader and surer chance to become
ducatod and self-respecting men nnd
vomon than tholr fathers and mothers
uul. It assumes that labor creates
vwilth ; that the wealth of Germany is
ufllclout to nsjuro every honest , indus-
rious man n clean and comfortable
lomo ; that these are the inherent
ights of tiorman citizens ; that it is
lie business of the government to
ou that they enjoy thorn. And the ro-
ults ? Emperor "William summoned nn
ntornatlonal labor conference and pro
ceeded to introduce reforms among the
most degraded tlass of laborers , the coal
minors. Ho caused plans to bo drafted
or the extension of rapid transit Into
suburbs of over-crowded cities , with
arcs reduced to a minimum. Ho pro-
nu-od estimates of the cost of eroding
houeands of small but cosy houses in
loalthy and sightly neighborhoods.
These nnd other reforms are in progress ,
and "tho ' "
workingman's emperor"
stands with a hopeful following nt his
jack a following composed of the same
elements that three years ago repre
sented the discontented hut smothered
opposition to the old emperor and Bis-
inarck. The social reformers of Ger
many bollovo they are In a way to real
ize their dreams and leave their country
better than they found it.
The movement differs with the vari
ous countries of Europe , according teal
al conditions , but aims at the results
observed In Germany. In Russia alone ,
where the despotism is intolerable , docs
-ho political feature of it rise above the
imroly social and humanitarian consid
eration. If in the course of events mon
archies nro overthrown it. will bo only
incidental to a development which had
for its lirst object the bettering of the
conditions of the lite of the pooplo. The
sarao currents exist in England. Gen
eral Booth's sohoino for uplifting the
"submerged tenth" is at present its most
conspicuous symptom.
It is unnecessary to point out the forces
which in this country , in all its sections
and among every class of its people , are
working silentlyto similar ends. There
is not a largo city where various reform
organizations do not exist , nor a post
olllco which the literature of the move
ment does not r nch. No notable ser
mon or speech is uttered without a
reference to the social demands of the
times. The vital germ of the Alliance
movement is the satno leoling thnt
throbs in the masses of Europe and
biing3 < lprd8u.fidjlttd4es , as well as mer
chants and mechanics , to the support of
Booth's undertaking in England. It is
the universal response to the call for a
bettor recognition of God'a fatherhood
and man's brotherhood.
The past sheds a hopeful light on the
future. It is luminous evidence to the
fact that the world swoops steadily on
ward to the most radical reforms , and
that humanity has always gained by the
process. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
TIIK EVIL OP UNCERTAINTY.
Dun's weekly report states the chief
cause of the financial stringency as fol
lows : "Tho prospect of important finan
cial legislation , the effect of which is
not clearly foreseen. " And that hits
the nail on the head.
No element in the present situation is
moro largely responsible for the luck of
confidence and the consequent tightness
in the money market than the failure of
congress to promptly grapple with the
financial problem nnd definitely announce
nounceto the country what its policy
will bo. Perhaps the best thing
that congress could do to Immedi
ately rustoro confidence would bo
to adjourn. But that is out of
the question. It has a mountain of
work yet to accomplish and will bo busy
up to the last hour of its existence.
There is no reason , however , why the
republican majority should not got
down to business , determine its policy
and give the country the benefit of
stable conditions. It has a largo variety
of financial measures ponding. Some
are reasonable , some impracticable and
some positively dangerous. Let it
choose the most rational without fur
ther delay and the business pulse will
respond quioAcly to the restoration of
porraunont conditions.
The trouble with the country just now
is not so much a want of sulllcient cur
rency with which to carry on its legiti
mate commercial exchanges na it is n
want of mutual confidence , which can
only bo restored by a stable fiscal policy
on the part of the national government.
A siNdUTjAlt , career has recently cul
minated in thoiHuioido of ox-Stato Sen
ator Benedict Arnold of Now York.
His real name r was Michael Edwards.
Forty years agh'while a rosluont of Con
necticut Edwi\riswns , seized with an in
sane ndmlratloutt for the most detested
character in American history. De
termined to vlridl6ato the traitor of the
revolution , ho assumed the name ol
Benedict A rnoljl' ! ' , "moved to Now York ,
rose to omlnoncn An the legal profession ,
was ropcntodlyl' onorod with public
ofllco , and was MUdy respected. So far
as rescuing the name of Arnold from the
execration of the world , Edwards' career
was a failure. His life had no more
olTcct on the judgment of history than a
pebble cast Into the ocean. lie demon
strated , howpvor , that the world at
taches little significance to a namo. It
does not measure men by false stand
ards. It measures them by their own
acts , and renders judgment accordingly.
Tim country will never know hov
much of a grudge it owes the silver pool
for the recent financial disturbance.
Silver has bobbed up und down , presum
ably to tlio profit of these who have
manipulated the situation. The faot
that the pool may still have designs to
carry out through the medium of logls-
.ntlon continues to bo n disturbing
factor.
OX UrU NIItK.
Slcuni Parnoll ; ffothero Dnvltt.
Tlio banks nro no longer plnylngtx loan
innd.
Tbo bnd lands nro far moro dangerous to
.ho hostilcs ttmu they nro to tbo troops.
The value of the spirit levels of Dakota can
only bo measured by their consuming effect ,
For wllu nnd weird imaginativeness , the
entire corps of war correspondents deft their
beavers to tbo prapevlno genius ot Denver ,
sojourning nt Daily's ranch.
Tibbies has not been heard front lately. Is
t possible tbo distinguished Itinerant gross-
aoppcr Imbibed nn ovcrdoso ot Mrs. Cnudlo's
ulRbtcnpit i'erisu the thought.
Perhaps the establishment of fust malls to
South Omaha Is original with the postofllco
department. The fact Is fast mates have been
running to the city slnco Its birth.
The negroes of Kansas City are affected by
the Messiah craze , but ns they have unlim
ited space In the vast array of vacant build
ings to Indulge in the ghost dance there Is
no Immediate danger of physical damngo.
THIS AX It VII AT.
The Indian scare bos proven a bonanza for
the booksellers of Otnntnt. They have man-
igcd to dispose of all the books which they
: invo on the Indians of tlio northwest to pco-
ilo who are anxious to send tholr friends In
iho cast some llttlo memento for Christmas ,
i'ho hook on which the greatest run bos been
nmdo Is n llttlo Illustrated work showing the
Indians of Nebraska nnd Dakota in all the
grandeur ot war paint and feathers. Omaha
[ ) coplo , who wcro formerly from the cast ,
want tholr friends to see some of the beauties
of life in the west , nnd this Indian book gives
Lhcm a chance to spread thu impression thnt
they are living ou the frontier.
Travelers through Iowa and Kansas can
now wet their whistles on. the Pullman car.
For many years It has been Impossible to buy
liquor while passing through these states on
the train , but at last the original package bus
coma to the relief of the thirsty traveler.
The package Is nn oddity in its way. It con
sists of a llttlo pasteboard box and looks like
nn old-fashioned prlzo package , carefully
scaled at both ends , and manufactured by a
well known whisky flrm at Loulsvlllo , ICy.
All you have to do Is to break the seal and ,
out pops a llttlo bottle of sour mash , contain
ing about three good-sized drinks. For the
privilege of securing this smllo the tax is 50
cents.
A business man who has just returned from
a little inland town , where ho was called to
prosecute a suit against a country merchant
who had tolled while owing htm a bill , Is In
the host of spirits , although ho failed to win
his caso.
"I've had my name mentioned in the same
sentence with Jny Gould , " said ho. "You
wouldn't hardly bellovo It , but out tbcro they
think I stand In with the wizard of Wall
street. When my case came up for trial the
lawyer for the defense made a plea to the
Jury for his client In the following language :
" 'Gentlemen ot the Jury , this hero client
of mine Is an honest man. These Jay Goulds
of Omaha , of which plaintiff Is chief , are the
ones to whom all our troubles can bo laid.
Gentlemen , I appeal to you for o verdict In
bchalt ot my client. Will you glvo ill'
"Tho jury was out but flvo minntos when
it brought In a verdict la favor of the coun
try merchant. "
A marriage of deaf-mutes by a minister
unfamiliar with the mysteries of the sign
language forms a mro nnd Interesting coro-
mony. Kov. C. W. Savldgo , pastor of the
Newman M. E. church performed such n
ceremony tlio ether evening , assisted by
Prof. F. W. Keod , n teacher in the dcat and
dumb institute. The experience was a now
ono to Mr. Snvidgo , although ho has united
moro than thrco bund red couples In marriage ,
and ho was nt a loss for a few moments as to
how ho should proceed. lie finally arranged
to read a paragraph or two and then have
Mr. Reed deliver it In the sign langunge. At
the end ot tlio first paragraph of the service
Mr. Suvidgo was treated to a wonderful ex
hibition of the quickened senses of people
who have been deprived of the powers of
speech and hearing. After the couple had
tukon a position Mr. Bavidgo read the first
paragraph ot the service , expecting to turn
the book over to Mr. Uced , who would repeat
the paragraph In the sign language. But no
sooner had the minister began reading than
Prof. Heed , who stood at his side , began in
terpreting , and through the entire scrvlco
the words spoken by the minister as rapidly
as usual wcro with the greatest case nnd
accuracy delivered by signs. The perform
ance appears the moro remarkable when it Is
remembered that Prof. Keod Is himself a
dcat ir.ulo. The parties to the union wcro
Mr. John Clark and Miss Jennie Chizura , and
the ceremony was performed at the homo of
the bride , 1700 Corby street.
UtVS AHTl'KITIC.
Fremont Tribune : The moral prude who
destroyed the $18,000 painting in the Oninna
art exhibit because ho thought It unfit to bo
exposed in a public nlaco , neglected a great
duty. Ho didn't commit , his actot vandalism
until the exhibition was about to close , thus
permitting the "bad" influence of the picture
to do Us immoral work. If there Is any
moral taint discovcied hereafter in Omaha
we shall know wlicro it came from.
Lincoln Journal ! The defenders ot Mr.
"Warbington , who demolished Bougcurcau's
idea ot spring at Omaha , because she hudn't
dressed before she arose in the morning , nro
few , but they are determined. Ono Journal
correspondent \vrltes to express his regret
that Mr. W. hadn't been boru sooner. " 'It
ho hail been Adam nnd smashed the liver and
bphts out ot Eve when she stood before him
in her shameless garb , wo would hnvo boon
saved a world of trouble. "
Itoatrlco Democrat : The Kansas City Star
s getting decidedly sensitive , nnd demands
thnt the nude pictures of fenmlo women that
appear In high colors on the bill boirds of
tlmt city bo abolished. That's ' what the nice
young man in Omaha thought when ho
threw a chnir through nn $18,000 painting.
It is generally understood thnt Kansas City
is run wide open , and that not only wore the
counterfeit presentiment of the nude hi art
permitted , hut thnt the solid goods were
scattered around promiscuously.
Grand Island Independent ! To the vulgar
there is vulgarity In everything in nature ,
To the pure in thought , nnturo is nearest np-
preach to porloctlon. The clothlngof Impure
thought Is worse than no wrappings what
ever. Impure thought can clothe even a
veiled ronrblo statue with carnal raiment ,
while the simplicity of Innocence can unblushingly -
ingly tolerate , yea pleasantly contemplate the
unvollod monument. People with vulgai
minds and carnal thoughts should not seek to
study art , and should bo excluded from art
galleries.
Deatileo Democrats The young man who
ruthlessly destroyed an f 18,000 picture In the
art gallery at Omaha because It happened to
bo the counterfoil presentiment of a volup
tuous young woman In absolutes nudity , dis
played a painful lack of taste. There- noth
ing morn beautiful in nature than woman ,
nnd the artist who can present her In all hoi
loveliness , uncncumburod by the fuss ami
feathers that go to make up the alleged wom
an ot uUay , has arlpht to present his plcturo
to the world , and the plnturo is entitled to
protection. There is nothing vulgar In im-
turo.
STATJK VJIKSN TOl'ICtl.
Grand Island Independent : TIIK OMAHA.
UIK : of Sunday was n thirty-two pngo paper
nnd In nil respects a daisy.
Superior Journal : Last Sunday's OMIIIX
Bur. waa a marvel ot western Journalism.
.Thirty-two pages , and that In o town of only
133,0001
Norfolk News ! If the no.xt legislature will
submit nn amendment permitting the people
to elect the state board of transportation , It
will take n big stop toward a needed roTorm.
Nebraska City Press : The Press Is the
only paper In the state , outside of THE OMAHA.
UEK , that can keep tlio prohibition and demo
crat animals In constant commotion.
Nebraska City News : The Sunday OMAHA.
UKB was a dandy. It contained thirty-two
pages of good reading mnttor and homo nd-
vortlscmonts. TUB UF.K is tbo lending paper
of the wostnnd always goU to Iho front Innll
matters.
Nor/oik Nowst The greatest lobby In the
lilstory of Nebraska will assemble nt Lincoln
this winter , and thcro will bo n railroad
striker on every street corner , nn oil room In
every hotel. The approaching session la
liable to produce no , extra largo harvest of ix > -
lltlcal dead ducks.
Elm Creek Sun : Last Sunday's OMAHA.
BEE Is nn example of the success ot Inde
fatigable ciiorRy In the Hold of journalism.
This Issue contains thirty-two pages , nnd
Illustrates the fact that Uarnum's motto ,
"For every dollar you invest In business In
vest ono dollar In advertisements , " Is fully
appreciated by the progressive business men
of Omaha.
Kearney Hub : The "World-Herald has a
right to talk plain to the alliance , having-
nearly split Itself hi the endeavor to rldo tlio
nllluuco nnd democratic horses at the same
time. Still , as a matter of fact , tha double
act -was only In the appearance and not in the
fact It was really riding the democratic
horse all the time , is riding It yet , and pro
poses to ride It to n finish.
Friend Telegraph : The World-IIorald is
making moro preparations to swallow the Ne
braska alliance than the whato did Jonah.
The main difference between the two extremes
Is that in the ono case the Lord prepared the
swallowing gear , while the other Is being
prepared from a fur different sourco. The
old question of "you take the buzzard and
I'll ' take the turkey , " or "I'll ' take the turkey
and you take the buzzard" Is being liela out
as an extra inducement.
Schuylor Quillz Onoof the first things the
coming legislature wants to wrestle with and
down U the school book fraud. School books
cost about thrco or four times \vhat tlioy
ought , and If any book should bo sold cheap it
is tbo school text book. Educational matters
must not bo run under "trust" methods and
should bo within roach of the poorest , Many
times nn education is all parents can possibly
give their children , nnd they should not bo
hindered In that. It Is the best a parent can
glvo a child.
DEDICATED XO VllE JHCTATOK.
Fremont Tribune : Jay Burrows continues
his old job of dictator , with an eye single to
the glory of becoming Uulted States senator
two years hence.
Columbus Telegram : VanWyok , like
Bannuo's ghost , will not down. Powers and
Burrows , with the assistance of the sorg-oant-
at-arms , could not mnko him do it. Ho suc
ceeded , however , in "sitting down" on the
wily would-be dictator.
Nebraska City Press : Jay Burrows has
been taught ono lesson which ho will ever
remember , and that Is that -Mr. Van "Wyck
has countless friends In the farmers' nllianco
who will stand by him. Burrows nas had a
snap the past few nionlbs and ft is well that
ho bos boon sat upon In a heavy way.
York Times : There Is every probability
that Mr. Short Bull JSurrows will lese his
job as prophet of the alliance before the ghost
dance begins at Lincoln this winter. Nobody
can get along with Burrows. Ho Is small ,
narrow , grasping , arbitrary anil very jealous.
It makes him crazy to see anyone have power ,
Influence or profit except himself.
Hastings Nebraskan : The $3,000 , appropri
ation proposed by Vnu Wyck to do given for
the relief ot western sufferers out of tlio
$7,000 accumulated In the treasury of the
Btato alliance , was cut down one-half. The
politicians ot the uow party can't run the
machine without money , nnd the distressed
pcoploin the west ought to bo williuc to suf
fer awhile on that account.
Grand Island Independent : Dictator Bur
rows attempted to sit down upon General
Churlos Van Wyck , nnd got sat down upon
with a dull and sickening thud , which will bo
apt to Interfere with his digestive organs
nnd mental faculties all through the a es to
come. Dictator Burrows biu learned that
the nllianco bos grown to too great proportions
tions to bo ruled by a man of his cahbro , and ,
that henceforth it Is not to bo a ono man
party.
Lincoln Journal : Ucnoral Van Wyck has
braved the bull of excommunication issued by
Pope Burrows and maintains his place in the
stnio nllianco to which ho belongs as the
only constitutional method of getting rid o
thu founder of tlio third party. It Is tbo be
ginning of the end of the Nebraska papacy.
Burrows' plan of striking down ovcry mem
ber of the organi/atlon who is likely to bo
prominent , has been worked for all it is
worth ,
IlKAVK MAH'JE.
/ finnnnuii. | / . *
Ho'd nothing but his violin ;
I'd nothing but my song ,
But wo wcro wed when skies were blue ,
Aud Summer days wcro long ;
And when wo rested by the hedge
The robins came and tola
How they had dared to woo and win
When early Sprint ; was cold.
Wo sometimes supped ou dewberries , .
Or slept among the hay-
But oft the farmers' wives nt eve
Came out to hear us play
The rare old tunes the dear old tunes 1
Wo could not starve for long
While my man had his violin ,
And I ray sweet love song.
The world has nye gone well with us ,
Old Mnn , since wo were onol
Our homeless wandering down the lanes
It long ago was done.
But these who wait for gold or gear
For houses and for kino ,
Till Youth's sweet Spring grows brown and
scro
And love and beauty tlno ,
Will never know the joy of hearts
That met without n fear
When you bad but your violin
And 1 a song , my dear.
[ First published In un Indiana country
nowsuapnr. hut rewritten from memory by
James Whltcomb Klloy , twenty years after ,
for the Urbana ( O. ) Daily Citizen , December
13. Author unknown. ]
It'llEX X-Jl.tH
Smith , Gi-av A Ct > , '
When X-mns cornea the pools sing
Of how the welkins gayly ring ,
They work "tlio bells" for all they're worth ,
And quote about ' -good will on earth , "
The "holly garlands , " too , you know ,
And "stockings hanging In a row , "
Forgetting not the match clrl small ,
Who frooies 'gainst the mansion wall ,
'Mid drifting ( lakes of pearly white ,
Shoglnco'H through the livelong night ,
The merriest chestnut of them all.
When X-mas coinci ,
JKCHOF.H Fit ( till TIIK COXTKST ,
York Times I The contest Is dwindling
down to n very fltio point Indeed. The only
evidence to tinponch Iho election In Oinnlm la
thnt of two or tbrco oniclout and obtnislvo
prohibitionists who wcro guyed nnd hustled
n llttlo on election day.
Nebraska City News : The gubernatorial
contest Is being urged on by the prohibition
ists In hopes of scorning n governor thnt
would favor statutory prohibition laws.y
hoping thereby to secure something from tly
legislature that wus denied them by the pee
ple. Hut the prohlbs have reckoned without
their host.
Ilistlngs Ncbraskan : Mr. Hosowntcr hai
told a long and Interesting story in the ron-
test ease nt Onmhn. The antipathy of Omahn
republicans against Richards seems to liavo
generated in the stnto convention \\lioii
Church Howe whs nmdo chairman by the
Richards forces. They looked upon it M n
prohibition move nnd refused to bo reconciled
to any other bollof after the camp.itgu waa
Inaugurated.
Beatrice Domocmt ! The Judges ami busi
ness inou of Omaha have boon put upon tlio
stand nnd testify that the election was tin-
usually quiet , and thnt no person was pre
vented from voting M bo wished. Mr. Hoytt * .
may bo counted out by n partisan legislature ,
or denrived of his ofllco upon some technical
ground , but no fraud In the election hai
boon connected with him in the remotest
degree.
QVJRSTHtXS AXD AMUI'VltS.
Onni.r , . Nob. . Dee 1(1. ( To tlio Editor ot Tun
llKi : : Tosettlou dispute und for tlio lufor-
mntlim to lie gained , pltiaiu toll why Christ
mas N culobratud by a ( Jlirlbtmas tree.
U. L , UREII.
It Is n pretty ceremony adopted by tha
Christians several centuries ago to lend
dramatic interest to the celebration of tlio
day nnd rescue it from hcathenist dusicrn-
tion. It has no moro direct significance so
faros \volcnrn.
lUNCiiorr. Nob. , Doc. 13. To the Kdllor o !
TUB UKHI Wluit Is the premium on dlscovov-
Inj ? coal : what process shall wo pursno to sat
isfy Dm stnto Unit vro hnvo discovered coal )
1'leaso btatoylmt depth wo are allowed to uo
nnd what kind of coal and how thick a MMU.
1'luusu glru ull the particulars.
I OTK3 A. jl ACK *
Premium , $1,000. Mnko nflidnvlt to tha
governor , setting forth your discovery. Ho
will then send an export to examine the pro *
party nnd will order the payment of the pro *
iniuni of the report is satisfactory to him.
Tbo law states that the vein must bo "not
loss tlinii2i ( Inches In depth , of suillclcnt ca
pacity to mine , and within paying dlstanco
of the surface. " The expert examination ,
will bo at your expense.
llUMiiow , Nub. , lloc. 11 To tlio ndllorof
TIIK UIRI 1'loaso muno some of tha principal
English syndicates of the United Status , tholr
locution , unil , It possible , thu value of tliulr
property. How they nro Increasing and what
poreuiit they have Inoi eased In thu lust few
yoars. And what is ynui-opinion of thuso
tsyndlcatus ? Are thuya honolltor u tlotrliiiont
to the United States ? Tlio runsoii 1 usk your
liiformutlun Is I am n schoolboy und am UOIIIK
to debate a question against the symllo.iti'ti.
J. K.
It would DO impossible to answer your
questions in definite terms from such In
formation as wo have nt hand , During tha
past thrco years English syndlc-itos have
enormously increased in the United States.
They are interested in railroads , mines , cattle
tlo companies , breweries , ( louring mills nnd
many ether enterprises. They select gen
erally well established enterprises , paying
peed dividends , but requiring very largo cap *
itnl. The argument in Invor of these syndi
cates Is that tnoy glvo ono country the bene
fits of great capital and leave our own , to
thnt extent , free to cultivate ether linos.
The argument against them is that they con
solldato immense interests , often touching
the necessities ot lifo , in the hands of a few
and In alien hands at that , TIIK BEE is op.
posed to monopolies of all sorts. In the
inero investment of foreign capital In lcRltl <
ma to American industries , conducted \vltlx a
proper regard to the rights of others , there U
nothing reprehensible.
CHICAGO , Doc. 18. To the Editor of THE linn :
Will you Mndlv inform 1110 throucli the col
umns ot THE HUE If llonrv M. Stanley , the renowned -
nownod African explorer , was ovur on the
roportorlal staff of Tin : llii : ? If so nt what
time ? Also plouso state if ho wits over natur
alised as an American citizen ?
THOMAS S WIN WOOD.
Ho was never with TUB BEE. Ho was In
Omaha as correspondent ot the Now Yorli
Herald in 18117 , nnd made his headquarters In
the old llepubliean offlce. Wo think bo Ima
been naturalized.
OMAHA , Neb. , Dec. 18. To the KdJIor of Til
IIKB : IMoaso Klvc nn Instance or two whciulu
the election tootllcoof an nnimturallcd cltl- .
yon resulted In direct or Indliout trciilijit in
damage to thocouimnnltyat largo and ol "
"Wo never hcanl of such an Instance.
IiOtti * CITV. Noli. , Dec. 13. To tlio Kdltor ol
TIIK Iliu : : Will you plca.su htato InTiir. Jiu !
wJiat the majority against piolilblon in Noi
brubka was In the election Novumlier 4 , liCOJ
I have uotyot scon tlio exact majority. , f
TIIEU. L. I'iMimi. X
The exact majority ngaiftst prohibition wia ;
50,277.
SALEM. Utah , Doc. . To the Editor of Tua
IIK ] ; There seems to bo a great niUunilur-
stanillng nmoiiRst western people relative tq
thu Woild'H Columbian uxposltUni. Homo
think thnt iiiomuntons event Is totnlcopliicu
next your (1891) ( ) nnd my opinion Is that OIMJ
half of thopeoplo think It will tnko place In
180' ' , whlloa fowclnlin that It will coiiinieiicu
In 1M)1 and close in ItUJ. lliolloro thonmjoiity
of your readers would consider It n fuvor 11
you would publl bli tin ) time sot for the tixnosN
tlon.a Iso Its origin and ofojuot. O. K. llui.r *
The World's ' Columbian exposition will
open at Chicago April 1 , 1893 , and close Oc
tob < > rl , 1S9U. Ills intended to bo the grandest
exhibit to which the people of the -whole ;
earth were ever Invited. Its object is to
commemorate tlio100th anniversary of thu
discovery of America by Columbus , but It
was postponed a year to keep It out of piusu
dcntml politics.
GllGTP.Nob.Nov.il. Tothorditnr of Tin
] ! ir : Will yriu Itliully inibllsh In next Fun.
day's dully odltlon nf THE ItKii tlio itlatlv ! <
populntlun of lli atrlcu anil Hasting.ui
unumuruted by consiis of 1MU ?
Beatrice , l ,03l ; Hastings , 14,793. ,
Tiiouxnuno , Neb , Dec. lit. To the Eilitoi
of TIIU Ui-.u : I sell windmills and tlii'li
equipments and accept In payment promU.
sory notes containing the following bthml.u
tion :
"That said - hni full power to dcrlnri
this note duo and taUo possession of said
mill , tower and pump at any time that tlify
iUxm tbcmsiilvos insecure , oven heforo tha
maturity of the note , and to sell the sniuui- !
ctc. Now , if foreclosed could I take thq
mill , or would U bo considered real estate !
.J. M
It Is in effect a chattel mortcpigo , and undoi
our laws the holder can foreclose If ho hut
reasonable grounds for feeling Insecure.
Nif.mii , Nob. , Doc. 15. To thu Kdllorof Tin
1'leauu Klvo In TIIK bUNiiAV Hii ; thq
nrltliinutlcal bolutlonof thu following iiintx
lorn ; If six boxes of starch anil huu'ii IIUKOI
of soap cosHIB , null twelve hexes nf sfuuli
and ton lumps of soap cost ? ' ) ! . what Is tha
lirlcnofonu box of caoh ? II. A. UIIAI-I > KII.
The answer Is : Starch , fJ ; soap , W. 'Ilu
arithmetical demonstration is too long to pub
lish hero.
Niunn : , Noli. , Dec. Ifl. To the Rdltor of Tin
HKE : Onnyouelvomo the pivsont risirlctluu
of Immigration ? II. A O.
The law Is designed to keep out puuj ors ,
the Insane persons liable to hccotna oharpo i
on the uublio and all who are under contr.icc
to labor.
OMAHA
LOAN AND TRUST
COMPANY.
Subscribed and Guaranteed Capital..8. > 00OC
1'uld In Capital aVJ.OOO
Iluyi and solU stoolm and hondsi nuotlnto9
commercial pupori receives and oxuoulos
trusts ; nets its trunsfur intent und truntooof
oorixiratlons , takes churKU ol property , oul-
locutuxci. _
Omaha Loan&Trust Co
. SAVINGS BANK.
S. E. Cor. 10th and Douglas Sts.
I'nlil In Capital t SCOO
Bubtcrlhocl and Guurantocd Capital. . . . 1DO.OD3
Liability of StooUholdore ino.COO
61'erCent Interest Paid on Deposits.
rilAMC J , IAMli ; , Uuahler.
0nicer * : A. n , Wyumii , iirenldnnt , J. J , llrowii *
vloo-prosldt'iit , W , T. Wymnn , treasurer.
Dirootoiii-A. U , Wjmiin , J. ll.lhlliml. J. J.
llrown. Guy 0 , Ilurton , K. W. Mush , Thuouva
i > . Kliuball , George 11. l.aku.