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18 T1I33 OMAHA DAILY 33.EE: SUNDAY, D.12C EMBER 2H, 1000. Tim Omaiia Sunday Beb K. IlOSKWATKIl, Editor. l'UIJMSUKb EVKIIV MOHNINO. TKItMS OF BUHSCMPTION. Dally Hco (without Sunday). Ono Yenr.JjW'j Daily Hee nnd Sunilnv Otie Vuur 8.00 Illustrated Hep, One Year W Hundny Hee, Ono Vear 2.00 Saturday lice, Ono Year Weekly llee, Ono Year OFFICIOS. Omnlia: The Hco Building. Houth Omaha: City Hull Uulldlng, Twon-ty-flfth und N streets. Council muffs: 10 1'enrl Street. Chicago; 1610 Unity Uulldlng. New York: Temple Court New York: Temple. Court. Washington; 601 Fourteenth Street. Bloux City: Gil Park Street. COUlUJSrONDKNCK. Communications relating to news nnd rdt torlal matter should bo addressed: Omuha Uee, Kdltorlal Department. UUHIKICSS MSTTKItS. liustnes letters nnd remittances should bo nddressed: TIib Ueo I'ubllshlng Com puny, Omaha. REMITTANCES. Ilemlt hy draft, express or postal order, rayuble to Tho lice Publishing Company. Onlv 2-cont stamps ncceiited In payment of mall accounts. 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HUNO ATE, Notary Public. This week will witness tho celt'lini tlon of thu lu.st ClirlHtnuiH of the con tury. l-'rom advices from the Orient It looks ns If thero were about to lie a fall In China. Wanted A. law on the Xclnl;u statute hooks Imposing an adequate penalty on kidnapers and blackmailers. General Kitchener's Christmas stock lug Is filled with the trouble which was left over from Holler's last year's Christ mas. The lust Christmas of the nineteenth century should be made memorable by deeds of charity and acts of benevo lence. With that kidnaping case ns an oh Jeet lesson, who dare deny there Is honor among thieves at least among Home thieves. The Cudahy family has had at least $25,000 worth of space In the news papers of the country and the end of the weird story Is not yet. Influenza Is again becoming epidemic In Europe. Having tried the fad once, tho people of tills country will not press for another Importation invoke of it. From the liberal way In which West I'olnt cadets distributed hot sauce to their messmates the military academy would appear to be an ideal place for a Mexican. With tho near approach of an agree ment between the powers and the Chi neso government, numerous otllcials In that country are worrying for fear their neckties do not lit. An enormous Christmas tree was one of the features of the New York Pro duce exchange. Each one of the brokers secured a fat lamb as ids share of the distribution. (ireat llrltalu, too, has a military problem on Its hands in what disposi tion to make to keep up the army strength after the return of the volun teers to their homes. Amos Ctimnilngs says that Pettlgrew will be missed from the coming con gress. Tho abatement of a nuisance Is always noticeable, but is never tho oc caslou for the shedding of tears. Tamniany otllcials In Xew York have ordered all the gambling houses closed Tho gamblers should not be so slow In putting up the next time Croker needs the proceeds of an assessment to pay Ids English Income tax. Omaha has been drawn on for the llrst president of the new state labor organization to be known as the Society of Labor and Industry for Nebraska Omaha will gladly honor similar rcqul hltlous from other state societies and as sochitions. Tho senate has taken Its holiday re cess without llrst experiencing an erup tlon of Towue. If the new Minnesota senator falls to come to the front with tils expected oratorical performance his standing In the newly embraced denioc racy will be seriously Impaired. Tho author of the bill Introduced Into congress to raise the salaries of vice president and cabinet ollicers to $'.'.',000 ami iflo.OOO a year respectively Insists that ho Is actltig entirely on his own motion without having even consulted nuyono who would be a benellclury o Its enactment. Such thoughtfulucss I hardly expected of n member of con cress. Exhibitors at the l'arls exposition evi dently had a wholesome fear of Annul- cun competition. Almost without ex ceptlon they refused to make any contrl tuitions of their wares to the celebrated Philadelphia Commercial museum, giv ing ns a reason that American goods offered competition enough now with out aiding tho manufacturers of this country by furnishing them sauiples, kxplaixixu nit: rim.iTi'. Senator l.odjre, who had charge of the II II' v-l'ituncefote trcnt.v. hits i: veil out an l'. ilmmtlon of the meanlnir of the aineiidinents made by the senate which III correct some misapprehension re inllitir them both here and In H up land. The Massachusetts senator, In llrst place, slates that the aniend- me nls were not dictated by hostility to I glnnd, which ought to remove from British mind the Idea, shown In the th titt eiances of (he London press to exist, that the spirit of Jingoism prompted the ihanges in the treaty. They were made, ys Senator Lodge, solely becate In e opinion of the senate they were cessary for the Interests of the United States nnd for the sake of peaceful and rmonloiis relations with the rest of he world In regard to any question as to the control of the canal. One of the amendments provides that tin new treaty shall sunorsede the layton-llulwer convention. It would L'om that the llrltlsh government can offer no valid objection to this since the neutralization of the proposed canal Is pi ovhled for. Another amendment, re- rvlug to the Vnlted States the right to cl lose the canal to an enemy's licet, Is own by .Senator Lodge to be entirely Justlllable and In accord with the prln- Iple In the treaty of I'uiistnntliioiilu re garding the Suez canal which (5 rem Italn hersell proposed. The llrltlsh vernment will therefore llnd It dim- :ult to Justify a refusal to accept this pi ovlslon. The senate struck out the tide In the treaty Inviting other un ions to accede to It, lor the sutllcleiit ason that such an Invitation would Ive the nations a right to meddle In merlcan affairs and would be a viola tion of the policy of the United States to European complication. The eat.v of Constantinople binds the sig natory powers to watch over Its execu- Ion. Were the United States to ask his It would, as was pointed out bv the late Senator Davis, bring this country Ithln the concert of Kurone as an ac tive participating and possibly belllger- !iit power. Senator Lodge appears to be conlklent that the llrltlsh government vlll accept the treaty as amended, for the reason that It Is as much England's Interest s ours to end a controversy over an utworn treaty which Is only a stumbling block to both nations. It Is liopcd the llrltlsh government will take his view of the subject, though tho tone of the llrltlsh press Is not entirely cassurlng. OVU FLAG is cuha. General Fltzhugh Lee has explained tho meaning of that part of his speech In St. Louis one report of which im plied that in his opinion the American Hag would Iloat permanently over Culm. lie states that what he meant was that' the Hag will remain In the Island until tho Cubans have formed a stable gov ernment capable of protecting life and property and giving conlldenee to cap ital. General Lee said the promise of self-government given by the United States will be carried out and upon the Cubans will rest the responsibility of determining whether that government shall be permanent or otherwise. No one has shown a greater Interest In the question of an independent Cuban government than General Lee and din ing his military service In the Island no one was more earnest in endeavoring to impress upon the people that the United States Intended to keep good faith with them. Hut it is possible that he may doubt, as a great many do, whether the Cubans are yet prepared for self-gov eminent and may feel that a consld erable time must elapse before the United States, with a proper regard for Its responsibility, can wholly withdraw from the Island and leave It in the ab solute control of its people. This coun try must and will fulllll Its promise, National honor demands this. Hut It Is bound to see that the right kind of gov ernment is established and that there is such assurance of Its stability that It will be safe to leave it to the control of the people. When this will be is a question that cannot now be del'ultely answered. rin: saw suusmv mm,. The Indications are that the ship sub sidy bill will not be passed by the pres out congress, though Its supporters will make a strenuous elTort to secure action on it. Discussion of the Hay-l'auuce fote treaty set aside consideration of the shipping measure. The treaty being out of the way It Is expected that, the subsidy bill will be taken up as unlln Ished business immediately after the recess. Even If It should be, however, It Is possible that the opposition will be able to force the republican leaders to set It aside for the consideration of the general appropriation bills, the army or gaui.atiou, revenue ami similar mens tires of great urgency that will be ready for the senate at that time. It Is within the power of the opposition to force the abandonment of the bill by persisting In debate and threatening the completion of all the general appropriations as well as other measures of equal Importance, and no doubt this power will be ex erted. The holding up of the shlppln measure until tho next congress appears therefore, to be very probable. The arguments In support of the bill have been practically exhausted In the speeches on It of Senators I'rye and Hanua, They clearly pointed out the purpose of the measure and we think very conclusively demonstrated the ne cesslty for the proposed legislation If the United States is ever to have an ado quato merchant inarluo for the ocean carrying trade, unless the alternative of free ships be adopted, which would bo a radical departure from our trad I tloual policy and we believe is not tie sired by a majority of the American peo pie. Those who think that a policy of free ships would restore our Hag to the seas In the ocean-carrying trade Ignore tho fact that it costs far more to operate n ship under the American Hag than under the Hag of any other nation. The commissioner of navigation, In his last annual report, points out not only that a ship costing $J7r,0tKl In the United" States may bo built in Great Urltain for ?'J M.ooo, but that the monthly wages on the American vessel are as ?l,'-'00 to ?!M)0 on the llrltlsh ship. In this lies the chief Jtistlllcatlon of the ship sub sidy bill. It Is similar to the underlying principle of the protective tarirt-the need of developing American Industries and of securing for American workmen a reasonable prospect of higher wages than are paid In other countries. A free ship policy would be highly bene llelal to the Urltlsli shipbuilding indus try and proportionately detrimental to the American Industry. Last year, according to the statement of Senator l-'ryo on the authority of olll elnl statistics, we carried under our Hag to and from Europe only Ut( per cent of our exports and Imports; to and from the world a fraction over t) per cent. c paid foreign nations, principally Great Britain and Germany, $..00,oOO a day In gold for transporting our foreign commerce. "Our present condition as a great maritime nation is humiliating beyond expression," said Mr. I'rye. "With thousands of miles of seaconst equipped with line harbors, boundless forests, Iron and coal enough to supply the world, skilled mechanics, enterpris ing shipbuilders, the largest exporta Hons or any country In the world, Im ports amounting last year to ?S10,000,- 000, and abundant capital, we have per mitted other countries our commercial rivals, our Inferiors In most of these re gardsto seize upon the pathways of the oceans und hold them to our practical exclusion," It is Inconceivable that a majority of the American people desire that tills condition shall continue, or that they are not willing that It shall be remedied In a way that will insure the lndellnlte extension of what Is already a most Important Industry. ItMSIXa A FALSE Al.AUM. Thirty years ago t lie legislature of Nebraska impeached the governor of this state for misdemeanors In ollicc and after due hearing he was convicted and deposed. During the "progress of the trial the corrupt ring that Infested the state capltol at that time raised the cry that tho Impeachment proceedings was a conspiracy against the city of Lincoln. They Insisted that the attack on the governor was an attack on the city of which he had been one of the founders, but the legislature refused to be distracted by such clamor and the good people of Lincoln soon discovered that the disinfection of the capltol from corruption did not impair the value of Lincoln real estate nor diminish the legitimate business of tho city. The attempt to make the people of South Omaha believe that their business interests are seriously menaced by the exposure of municipal corruption Is not likely to deceive or frighten any clt'".en of South Omaha engaged in a reputable business. If the courts should llnd the mayor of South Omaha guilty of bribery and blackmail as charged, nobody in South Omaiia except the parties Im plicated will suffer In the least. Ouite the contrary, tho respectable and tax paying people of South Omaha have suffered serious loss In the past by the notorious jobbery and robbery perpe trated by dishonest city ollieiuls. The reign of boodlers does no good to any town and their exposure and pun ishment are always In the luterest of good government. If the charges brought against Mayor- Kelly are un founded ho should be glad to court the most searching Investigation Instead of trying to escape on technicalities or pretending to be the victim of persecu tion, it Is absurd to assume that the business interests of a city can be dam aged by bringing to Justice recreant public ollicers. The rotten state of af fairs that has existed in South Omaha for years seems to have reached the culmination when law-respecting citi zens should extend moral support and active co-operation toward putting a complete check upon Its continuation. TEMPI: 11 A XI K TF.X T IIUOKS. An Interesting discussion is on be tween representatives of tho Women's Christian Temperance union and the Outlook, published as a religious weekly In New York, on the question of tem perance text books. It seems that the reviewer of the Outlook passed a rather severe criticism upon the work on an atomy, physiology and hygiene, in dorsed by the temperance organization as a school text book, which has elicited from tho temperance people a long re- Joinder in defense of the temperance text books. The position of the temperance union may lie concisely stated In the follow ing extract from the pronunclamento representing Its views: A government In which tho people make tho laws niuat hnvu men and women nblo to comprchtnd questions touching tho pub lic Rood, or It will perish. Thcroforc, such a government, In self-protection, not only provides free elementary education for all Its children, but makes such education compulsory und taxes tho pcoplo for its support. Tho stnto has need of strong, sober men and women. Thereforo It pro vider that Its schools shall teach tho physiological and hygienic facts which show tho conditions of such strength anil sobriety. Having dono that tho pupil Is left frto as tho air to act or not on that knowledge. But tho hopo of all education Is tho fact that thu human mind Is so con stituted that early Information does inllti eiu'o subsequent action. The purpose of the temperance text books, according to the Women's Tem perance Union, Is to Inlluence the minds of the young against the use of liquors as a safeguard for their future useful ness as citizens. To what extent the schools shall be employed for such propaganda Is the question on which tho Outlook takes Issue. Giving It the benefit of its own explanation: Tho position of tho Outlook on this mat ter Is that ot un earnest advocate ot tem perance as a prluclplo of llfo to bo applied In all rotations as found In nil wise and true Christian living, although It dUscntn from hi) method, manner And Fotiiotlmes tho statements In thu so-cnllud temporauco text books. Tho Outlook Is convinced that no cause, and especially no reform, can be served by anything less than tho most caro ful nnd accurate fidelity to tho truth. On this grouud It has based Its criticism of tho Indorsed temperance text books, W'c hold that it is Illegitimate to tench chil dren that certain conclusions are facts when thoeo conclusions are questioned by scientific experts and the assumed fact U only a doubtful hypothesis. Wo hold that It Is Illegitimate to use the public school for tho purposo of teaching what somo re gard ns a moral reform and many others do not, nail still more Illegitimate to teach such a supposed moral reform under tho KUlso of teaching scientific physiology. The controversy, while on neither side conclusive or convincing, Is at least sug gestive In throwing light on the limita tions of the public school ns nn agency for propagating reform movements. Many things are taught In the schools to which certain parents would take ex ceptions, but as long as the teaching corresponds with public sentiment no harmful contention can arise. Where public sentiment, however, Is not crys tallized, nor by any means approx imating unanimity, It Is dangerous to Inject either theories or conclusions Into school text books. To arraign the chil dren against vaccination, for example, would elicit a protest loud and deep, although many people are convinced that vaccination Is far more dangerous than the disease which It Is designed to ward off. So also the temperance text books might be welcomed In cer tain sections of the country and at tho same time Indignantly spurned In otli eis, but the amount of good such teach ing will accomplish must depend upon the reinforcement It receives In the home and outside of the school room. STllFXUTll OF VAHKSTAI, AFFKOTIOS The payment, apparently without re gret, of u princely ransom of .$'25,000 In gold for the return of an abducted boy to his home, forming the climax to last week's sensational case of kid naping In this city, stands out llrst and foremost as a striking example of the Irresistible strength of parental affec tion. To analyze the Impulses that led to a complete capitulation to the high handed demands of the kidnapers would present an intricate problem in psy chology, but the reasons that led to the payment of the ransom as the surest nnd quickest method of securing the lad's safe return have been already ex plained. With the parent the only question was to regain possession of the child and prevent possible harm or priva tion to the boy whllo in custody of his relentless captors. The parental in stinct completely overcame the desire for the punishment of the offenders or the passion for revenge, all thoughts of apprehension of the criminals ami their prosecution under the penalties of the law had to make way for the one overpowering demand for the restora tion of the lost one before subjected to pain or Injury. Every plan suggested for the capture of the kidnapers or tho location of the child-prisoner without acceding to the terms of the kidnapers Involved the pos sibility, if not probability, of bodily harm or torture to their victim and was therefore rejected without serious con sideration. Itather than force a single chance upon his sorr the father ran the risk of having his captors absorb the llrst $23,000 and make a second demand, but fortunately his reliance upon the honor said to prevail among thieves proved to be not misplaced. To a millionaire the payment of a ?2.",000 ransom may be no greater hard ship than the payment of one one-hundredth part of the sum by a man In more meager circumstances. The strength of parental affection, however, Is not measured by material resources, because the parent In poor circum stances who would sacrifice all to save his child gives up as much, If not more, than the wealthy citizen who pays out money for the safety of those who are dear to him. No bond Is stronger, none so easily touched nor so quick to respond as that between parent and child. According to authoritative advices, the Canadian authorities are negotiating with representatives from l'Mnland for the grant of a large tract of land to bo settled by a colony of 5,000 Kin landers to be augmented by fresh Im migration from year to year. The Kin landers are reputed to be an industrious ami frugal people who would make a valuable addition just ns wrll to the population of the United States as of Gunndn. If they are disposed to mi grate across the Atlantic some efforts should be put forth to have them settle In the Inviting sections of tho great west, which could readily furnish them all the land they require with a market for their produce that would not only make them self-supporting but enable them to acquire ownership on compara tively short order. The I'lnhmders should come west. Hybridizing has not proven prolltablo In politics, at least for the populists. At one time that parly had a fair repre sentation In tho senate. Today their representation is about normal, thanks to the favors of populist governors and the death of republican senators, but after March 1 tho party representation In the senate will practically disappear. Like the mule, fusion has little cause to be protind of its ancestry or hope of posterity. If Sir Thomas Llpton succeeds In cap turing the America's cup It will not be for lack of effort on this side of the water. There are now three yachts building or being designed which will enter the trial races to settle the ques tion of what boat shall defend the cup. Intrinsically the cup Is not worth much, but Brother Jonathan Is averse to allow ing old keepsakes to go out of the family. Congress will not legislate for our new possessions until the supreme court shall havo passed on the constitutional finest Ions Involved In pending litigation. This foresight should nave still further litigation sure to follow the enactment of laws framed without clear concep tion of the court's point of view. If tho court Is not given llrst say. II Is bound to have last say. The I'ostolllce department has Just put a (luteins upon a Chicago diploma mill by barring Its operators from the uso of the malls. This sort of embargo generally proves effective upon concerns In the fraud class, although most of the dupes are willing victims who really have to be protected agnl.'ist themselves. While the diploma mill is one of tho most harmless of the kind, there Is no excuse for tolerating It nnd fi. cannot exist long In any one place when Its real character Is found out. A ' New York contractor who was charged with corruption In the matter of public contracts advanced as a de fence the plea of Insanity. It was shown that he was In tho habit of leav ing stuns of money where one of the Taminauy otllcials could not help seeing It, and It was only after a struggle of forty-eight hours thnt the jury could convince Itself that a man who would be so reckless with his money was not really crazy. In his biennial renort to the governor Attorney General Smyth pays the com pliments of the season to .Judge Bnkor In a highly seasoned fashiou. The Judge will doubtless wish liliti many happy re turns of the day In the usual greeting "Same to you." Mr. Bryan considerately declines to discuss Grover Cleveland's suggestions for democratic reorganization, i'erhaps he Is paving the way for reciprocal reticence when he casts the party's po litical horoscope In his forthcoming pub lic addresses. Attorney General Smyth Is exceed ingly free with his recommendations that Judges should keep out of politics, but has given no evidence that he would practice what he preaches should he ever be elevated to a seat on the Judi cial bench. Criticism a (.'iiiiiilinieii(. Chlcugo Post. Tho best Indorsement of tho United States policy In China Is tho criticism of Eu ropean newspapers. I.iihI lii the Itunli, Somervlllo Journnl. Tho lonesomesl pluco in tho world for a man Is la tho mlddlo of the rush of cus tomers In n big department store. .lust I'll II Tliroiiuli. Minneapolis Times. After nil, fathers of families somehow get through tho holidays, even If thuy nrc, so to speak, for tho most part, pulled through by thu leg. Ton .Serious to .IonIi Willi. Philadelphia Times. It In In thr, credit nf human naturo that oven tho moBt beBot head of n family theso days does not mako n bad Joko by saying Santa ClaUs' name should bo Hill. One Oiil of .Many. Philadelphia lUeord Corporations, they sny, huvo no souls, but on tho first of Jnnunry next tho Pcnn sylvnnln Unllrond company will grnnt not less than 400 employes retirement with pen sions for llfo. A ('III n cm- l'limlr. Buffalo Express. It Is dlfllr.ult to concelvo on what con stitutional prlnclplo tho Treasury depart ment has mlcd that Chinese who wcro naturalized citizens of Hawaii before an nexation have not become citizens of tho United States. A Ci'iitury Problem. Chicago Chronicle. Among other problems to which scientists of tho twentieth century should address themselves is tho identification, segregation nnd eventual extirpation of tho slopo headed Imbecile who shrieks "FIro!" in a crowded theater. Ho should become ns ex tinct ns tho dodo of civilization Is to nd vauco. Politic III Porto Illen. Kansas City Stnr. Thero Is ono instructive fenturo of tho American occupation of Porto Hlco und Cuba. It Is thnt the people uro so Inter ested In tho excitement nnd fascinations of political strlfo that they nro bickering among themselves instead of devoting their time, exclusively to reviling tho United States. Tho way they went nt It In Porto Rico proved that, If tho islnnd had been given independent government, thero would havo been ono revolution ulrcady nnd an other In sight.. H Cuba were freo It would bo enjoying n 'revolution by Ib'.s ttmo, also. Pi:itSONAI, AM) OTHERWISE. Louisville Is to inaugurato tho now cen tury with ?1 gas. VasBur girls havo 300 dolls raado by them selves on exhibition nt tho college. Tho Interest excited rivals a real baby show. St. Louis la Joyously munching strawber ries and cantaloupe, Juicy contributions from tho "decadent counties" of Missouri. Iluttermllk channel Is down for $200,000 In tho river und harbor bill. Navigators of Salt creek nro also looking up for a lit tle swecttifiBS. Notwithstanding tho ukases of Kaiser Wllhelm and H. II. Kohlsaat, tho twentieth century will arrive on schedule- time Tues day, Jnnuary 1. Philadelphia will wclcomo the new cen tury with an olllclal blowout of $10,000. Couucllmcn will dlsburso tho money with characteristic skill. "Pn," sweetly murmured tho young hope ful, "the blblo says: 'Oust thou art." "Well, my son, what next?" "Pleaso cough up some," whereupon Pa dusted. Ono of tho courts and n grand Jury are probing behind tho grime In Chicago's city hall, nnd mnny political hearts nro fluttering- Advanco notices give promlso ot "l aying dirt." An eastern savant wasted thrpo full- grown years trying to determine tho o loclty of money, when on hour with Omaha's Christmas shoppers would give him tho de sired Information. Mlnco plo has been excluded from tho bill of fnro of tho .Massachusetts stato prison nnd tho tyrannical ukase failed to provnko a "ten party." Shades of the fathers, whero nro thy desccntinnis? Tlin renort of tho congressional commit teo which conducted tho puro food Inquiry does not reveal what became of tho J2SI worth of wines, beer, etc., bought for nn nlysls. It Is too into now to recall tho ef fect next morning. Another Cincinnati heiress Is about to enter Into n matrimonial alliance with a member of tho forolgn nobility. If this thing keeps up much longer every old barn In tho Queen city will havo uucni coronets stamped on tho ennvos. Affairs havo coma to such n holdup pass in Portland that tho Oregonlan nd vises: "The Judicious thing In theso times of mcnaco from footpads is to go nuroau in tho evening with empty pockets nnd cheer fully comply with tho orders of Uentle man Jack." Dr. Parkhurst's model nowspapcr scheme has been abandoned and tho now century will blow In without nn orgnn attuned to lofty song. It uppears Now York City has a superabundance of reform movements on hand and a newspaper that would toll the whole truth would embarrass tho plans of the promoters. Ilt.AMT l'llOM HAM'S IIOHS. Ito who rests need not rust. It Is easy to slip up on nn oily smile. Long prayers nro not always tall ono.i. No ono bothers to prune pumpkin vines, Cournge Is tho euro for discouragement. Purity Is the secret of pleasure In love, Tho mart is a good place to develop tho martJT. A radio Is not redeemed by being run by religion. Tomorrow will obey you moro readily than yesterday. The fuller blown the rose of plensure the sooner Its petals will tall. Hvcry mnn fur himself Is synonymous with tho devil for us all. Tho fall of the shiner is like that of fi meteor, the farther he falls the faster he Is consumed. Tho man who measures the profits of religion In dollars nnd cents will never strike n heavy balance. Tho man who coins his conscience It. to ensh will never mako a percentage largo enough to pay It back. SIM'l'I.AII SHOTS AT Till: IM I.PIT. Iloston Transcript: Areola, 111., has adopted tho custom of having n prayer bell ring at 11 in tho forenoon. This causes confusion, as tho unrighteous mistake it for a more carnal call. Daltlmoro American: A North Carolina minister Is preaching ngnlnst courting on Sunday. Hy tho tlmo tho reformers get this world arranged to suit themselves It will hardly bo worth dying In. Chicago Times-Herald: A Chicago nreuchcr says If ho were n girl ho would swing Indian clubs nnd dumbbells nnd play golf and tennis. This U nil very well, but ho ndds that ho would bo wining 10 wash dishes, which, of course, sIiohb that ho doesn't fully understand tho BUbJect. Philadelphia Press: A Trenton preacher Insists thnt clergymen of that city uro In clined to tnko a drink on tho sly. This Is a decidedly new nnd original revelation, Irrespective of tho question of Its truth or falsity. It is nleo a demonstration that all tho yellow' strenks In tho way of Bcnsa tlonnl stories nro not confined to tho news- popers. Now York World: A Chicago minister hn3 given a new proof of the vnluo of ad vertising. Desiring to preach to n full houso on Sunday evening Instead ot ad dressing tho usual "beggarly nrray" of empty pows, he put a "want advertisement" in tho newspapers asking for "500 girls nttend tho services nnd henr a sermon on the sublect 'If I Were a Girl, mo church was packed and tho preacher gavo tho young women a lot of moro or less goou ndvlcc. CIIUIHTMAH lill'TS. An Killtorlnl Sermon on tlif Pnrn- moiint lnwiio or tlie I'renrni, Hnltlmore Amcrlcnn. Just now tho prcvnlllng topic ot thought nnd conversation Is tho Christmas present. To oxchnngo gifts on great holiday occa- ions Is a custom bo old that argument is hardly necessary to demonstrate that It roso from somo of tho best feelings oi numaii nniiirn. Tho custom. It is truo, lias been attucked, but only by cynics nnd theorists who can advance no good argument way tholr Ironoclttstlc methods should put nn end to so beautiful nnd nttractlvo a practice. It. has been abused, beyond doubt, but If everything cnpablo of being abused were to bo banished from uso tor that reason, about nil that Is good and noblo would bo lost to tho earth. Tho nrtmo essential of tho Christmas present 1b that it should be u gift of nf fectlon or esteem. It should not bo for show or purndo or merely to pay on un pleusant social debt. Its value should bo that which tho heart of tho sender nas put upon It. It Ib no pleasuro for n scnsl tlvo person to receive n co3tly gift when it is evident that no affection or Interest comes with it. Tho merest trifle, sent ns tho expression of gcuulno feeling, far transcends tho costliest tribute of tho kind. Feeling nnd emotion, when deep and fer vent, must hnvo expression. It is a need of naturo, and it is well that it should be so. Hut whllo It is nffcctlon which gives the Christmas present Its chlot charm, thero Is no reason why It should not posbcss others. Hoth ornament and utility cari bo consulted ns to Its peculiar kind. In theso days, when beauty Is tho right of nil, Instead of tho privllego of tho few, when tho love of benuty Is mado n part of edu cation, nnd 'o'. nttclnment in all articles Is independent ot cost, it Is a sin against tasto to select ugliness. Thero Is no do traction from tho satisfaction of tho heart because It has been sought also to pleaso tho eyo. Or If the present takers tho form of personal comfort in somo way or another, that comfort Is enhanced by tho fact that a friendly thought inspired Its selection. It is a faiso prldo which deters n poor friend from sending a present to n richer ono, because tho latter has everything money con buy, or because tho slenderer purso caunot vlo with tho handsome gifts among which It must nppear. Whero real friendship exists its tributes havo a value beyond all tho power of money to confer. They havo u satisfaction which not tho utmost magnificence can command nnd to withhold this satisfaction nt the call of false prldo Is downright selfishness. And If a struggle Is made to compete with richer gifts tho recipient has all tho pleasuro of tho gift marred by tho implied lack of friendly confidence nnd by tho knowledge that a sacrifice 111 to bo afforded has tnken from tho gift grnelous sweetness of bestowal. It Is to bo hoped that the prnctlee of Christmas giving is ono which will never becomo moro honored In tho breach than in tho observance. Wo uced these holiday times and their customs to set apart from The Last Day... ON DAY will be your last chance to make the necessary preparations for "the night before Christmas." There arc many fine pieces of Haberdashery that would please the eye or gladden the heart of any man or boy in Omaha. Come early and shop and you will avoid that crush you were up against Saturday. No Clothing tits like ours Browning, King & Co., R. S. Wilcox, Manager. Omaha's Ouly Kxcluniv Clothicra lor Men aud Hoy our buny lives and lose some of tho selfish ness of tho world's dally struggle In tho drawing together of n common hummilty. Tho good feeling nnd the mutual klndnes the custom engenders hit peculiarly suited to the season of peace nnd good will to men nud human nnture, which has har dened enough, Is nil tho better for tho mellowing, temporary though It mny be, of theso festnl times. They hnvo their moral nnd social inlluence nnd the world would bo a dark plnce Indeed without the sun shine of their brightness. DDMiisTio pi.nAs.v.vntir.s. Detroit Freo Press: Polite Drug Ktoro Clark What Is your plonrure, nm'nm? CustomerA tnustnrd plaster, quick; the unity's got the cramp. Chicago Hccord: lie This Is your final ntuwer? Hhe Ye.. He Well, you enn't keep a rood man down. I'll be around at till time tomor row to proposo to you again. Cleveland Plnln Denier: "Do you think the iniiunlsh youiii; woman could ever fancy the modern youth well i nough to marry hlm7" "Perhnns so, If It ever becomes tho fash ion for chums to marry." Indlunnpolls Pres: "t i.ffored myself to thnt girl as n Christmas gift." "Well?" "She snld she didn't want anything plnln nnd useful; sho wanted something orna mental." Chlengo Post: "You used tn sny." sug gested her dourest friend, "that ho was cue in n thousand." "I still think po," iinsw'rril tho girl whose engagement had been broken, "hut I huv discovered Hint he Is not tho only one In a thousand." Hrooklyn Life: Mildred The count pro posed to me Inst nlnht. ' Mllllccnt Really? 1 thought he was cured of that hnblt. Last week ho told mo ho was nblnzn with u consuming love for me, nnd pupn had to put him out with a house hold extinguisher. Philadelphia Press: Mntnnm You hnvo become very fond of Mr. lluggnrd In quite a short time. Daughter Why, mntiimu, whnt makes you think that? Mntiimu f overheard you telling him last night that ho was "too hateful fur any thing." Detroit Journal: "Why," ebi exclaimed, fretfully, "nro my hats n nightmare to you, when everybody else finds them be coming?" "Tim horsn Isn't on anybody but me!" snld the man, her husband, In a most piti ful cfTort to be gny. "KII).Vl'i:itS '1,1, IS1T VfllV When It's glttln' 'long toward Chrlsmus, an' th' north wind ramps nn' roars, It nln't snfo fer little chlldrum t' bo run n In' round outdoors: Fer It's then that men git wicked, an' thev don't earn what thev do, Ner It don't mako uny illffrunce ez t' who they do It to. They go prowlln' round th' city, nn' ef they kin tlml a kid It's almost a cinch that youngster'll bo car ried off nn' lilU. It won't matter of ho hollers till his tiny Ilshts Is ''lived In, They will keep him locked up somewhorcn Jest ez sure ez mortal sin. So cf you're nil made C stay at home don't whlno around nn' pout, Fer th' kidnapers ii git you. ef you Don't Wntoh Out! I rend once 'bout a little boy thnt went out after dark T' cull upon n neighbor boy nn' hnvo n llttlo lurk. An' when he was n'goln, home, two big men grabbed his .inn. An' told him ef he hollered that they'll surely do him harm. They put him In a wnggln, an' they hit th' horso a lick. An' nway they went n-kltln' nn' n drlvin' llko Old Nick. They took him to a bulldlu' an' they strapped him to n chair, An' told his daddy 'less'n ho duir up they'd keep hltn there. So look out, you llttlo ehlldrun, nnd tnln.l close what you're about, Fer th' kidnapers 'II git you, cf you Don't Watch Out I Ills dnddy hnd th' money, nn ho dono us Iir wnw bid, An' when th' robbers gut It, they went whero th' boy wuz hid; They took th' linndcutf.'j oil him, nn' they put him In n hack. An' to his lovln' paronts ho wltz carted swiftly back. Hut ef It bud n happened t any ono uv von, I don't know whnt would come uv you ur how you would pulled through, Fer your tlnds ain't rot no money, so I give you Jest u tip, Thnt you'd better stny In nighttimes, ur you'll give your folks th' slip. So bo good now, llttlo ehlldrun, an' don't whine around nn' pout, Fer th' kidnapers '11 git you. of you Don't Watch out! II. TIMS. Before Sending Children to School it ia a good plan to havo their eyo9 ex amined by an experi enced optician. We examine them free. If glasses aro noeded wo make them precisely to suit tho child's needs, as we nro manufacturers. 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