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10 Tiir; ri;f,: omatia. satukday, January tl 1011. v The Omaha Daily rr KOVM'KD RT KDWARD HOSKWATKH. VMTOn ROSF.WATER, EDITOR F.nliifd at Omaha poatofflce i aecond clase fratter. ikhiis nr bitjscription. F'imlj Pm. onf year II. f betui.'iiv Hee, on year II. W I'ally llee (without fundaji), on year. M.t Ixlly Uea and Hun-lay. una year H.W DELIVERED Br CARRIER Fventg Bee (without FMindayi, per weefc (to Kvnl iff Bee fwltb Hundnvi, per weefc.. .1' Dally lie Unrliidlnff Sunday), rer weelcIVs Dolly I'.ee (without funrtayi. per week. .loo Adi ress all complaint of li r-ffiilaiiti In dli ry to tit;- ('Imitation Department. OFFICES. Oirr.a-The Ilee Ftiiibllnr. Poi th nml.- N. Twenty-fourth 8L con nil Itluffa 16 Hrott Btreet l.ii'-olnlM Uttle HulldlnK. I'n'i'Mi- 1MM Marquette Htilldlng. kitMi Cly-Rel!anre HulUllnff New Vork-24 West Thirty-third atreet. Waahlncton 725 Fourteenth Street. N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communlratlone relating to new and editorial matter abould ha addreeaed Omaha Uee. Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit bv draft, express or postal order pavable to The Bee t'tibllfihlng company. Only 2-rent stamps received hi payment of mall account. Personal cl.etki except on Omaha and eaatarn exchange nut accepted. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska. Douff'aa County, sa. Dwlght Williams, circulation manager of The Hoe Publishing Company, being duly sworn, says that the actual number of full end complete copies cf The Dallv, Morning. Evening and Sunday Bees printed during the month of December, lii'K was aa follows: .1... 44,870 f s-t.ooo 43.3C0 4 45.A0 ( 43,070 1 43.4 i ' ,0i0 o.aav I 1 48,550 I 10 49,400 11 44.2U0 11 43,580 II 43,400 14 -.,330 II 43,170 14... 43,140 Total Returned Copies.., 43,310 44,830 ... V 43, 530 43.M0 43,340 21 44.800 , .44.830 , .44,0 , . 44,360 , .44,400 ..44,850 ,.45,850 . .43,830 ..43,680 . .43,540 0.. II.. ..1,5,7M 1I.433 Net Total . 1,344,887 4304 f Dally Average DWIOHT WILLIAMS. Circulation Manager. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me thia list day ut December, 1310. KOBttKT IIUNTH-K, Notary , s'ublla Sabsvrlbcra leaving rlt; tem porarily shun Id bar The Km ualled t tkesau Addraaa will he ckaaated aa aftoat as req, . Land ahead! Also tha Land ahowl A referendum on the weather man's prediction would also be popular. Investigating one of Its senators that's the time Wisconsin beat Kanuaa. In making that chain of bank Mr. Robin seems to have missed a swivel or two. Senator "Joe" Bailey aays he will dispose of his trotting stock. But will he quit jockeying? If Collector Loeb ever ran for office no one could accuse him of seeking the rich tourist's vote. ' If Dr. Cook insists, we will excuse him now while he goes in search of the end of the rainbow. Sixteen English peers with Amer ican wives! Oh, how those Britishers hate the American dollar! lie Is an amiable man who can re main on terma of unbroken friendship all winter with his furnace. Governor Woodrow Wilson proved that he la not afraid of numbers when he opposed the Smith family. . The fresh air fiend, aleeplng In his porch bed room, is doubtless "getting his" these nlcfe cool evenings. A Philadelphia man left an estate of $5,000,000 aa 8 Joke to his heirs. Thatis our Idea of real humor. Captain Peary Is to be a rear ad miral. That'a nothing, Dr. Cook haa beeii the rear guard for ft long time. A deceased Omaha lawyer left an estate appraised at $281,8(8. The lure of the law will not be lesseued by this exhibit. In Louisiana we are told one can buy a bushel of peanuts for a dollar. But what does anyone want with a bushel of peanuts? It Is gratifying to know that poor little Texaa was not forced to give up that three-mile slice of territory to gigantic New Mexico. Governor Carroll of Iowa would Ike ..... .... to put an end to factional atrife as . , ,i damaging to the peace and prosperity ! . . " . .... , , . i ui inn state, a putiLictti party wim out factional strife would be a dead one. "John I). Works Is evidently count, - Ing on scoring from third base on a long fly to the outfield," observed the Lea Ancelea Times, a Spalding paper, speaking of the late senatorial race. Well. Works scored on something, sure. Something must be done by the Judges, we are told, to relieve tbe clogged condition of the docket In our district court. Why not work a little faster and a little longer and make the lawyers cut Out their time-consuming side-plays? A transcontinental national high way traversed by motor rehiclea fr6m the Atlantic to the Pacific la aure to be forthcoming in the not far distant futuie. Nebraska should be ready to take rare of that part of thla boule vard which would naturally cut errors Ibis state. The Longworth Bill. If the present congress means busi ness on the matter of a tariff commis sion It probably rould do no better than enact Into law the bill proposed by Representative l.ongworth and en dorsed by the president. Tbe bill em bodies principles of the Lenroot and (ioode house bill and the La FolleUe and Pererldfte senate bill. W hile, of fours!. It might be susceptible still to desirable modifications. In the main It ought to meet the requirements. As the sponsor for the tariff commission Idea the president is willing to en dorse It, which ought to persuade oth ers with less responsibility for the outcome to support It. Bays the president: I am not one of those who expect that the tariff commission Is going to reform the whole situation in such a way that we are to receive from them wlih mathemat ical certainty the exact difference In the cost of production here and abroad, or other circumstances that are useful In framing a tariff bill. But I do hope that If the bill passes the results of the labors of the commission will be. sucn that congress will have sufficient Information to reach a general average of fairness and Justice and that the people will have a reliable means of Judging of the correctness of the action of congress. That la enough to claim for the bill, and since the principle has been ao generally approved there is no good reason for delaying its application, or at least the preliminaries for it. In this connection also the next most impor tant matter for congress to keep In mind In any move toward tariff re vision la the proposition to take up one schedule at a time. The prealdent clearly points out the advantage In this method over a general shake-up by showing how under the latter ac tion on one schedule or Item Is un duly Influenced by trading on another. If the new plan will prevent this old pernicious system of barter between Interests, it may accomplish much real good for fair tariff legislation. Mrt. Eddy'i Will. The substance of the law and the will of Mrs. Mary Baker O. Eddy seem to have collided In New England, with the result, In the Judgment of distinguished lawyers, that the will may be adjudged null and void. This announcement oooaalons no surprise to those who had learned of the Mas sachusetts and New Hampshire stat utes limiting bequests to ft church to $2,000 annually In the former state and S, 000 in the latter. Mrs. Eddy left f 2,000,000 to the Mother Church In Boston, her will being drawn at her home In Concord, N. II. If thla view of the law obtains and leaves Mrs. Eddy dying Intestate it af fords her heirs plausible shelter from criticism for attacking her will, not withstanding the ante-mortem agree ment and settlement made with the Christian Science founder. It, seems strange that as eminent lawyers as those employed by Mrs. Eddy should not have foreseen this conflict when the will was being drawn, or at least before It was too late to amend It. The attorneys have now asked the su preme court for its construction of this technical clause. Should the court sustain their view, prolonged litigation may he expected, assuming that the church will not voluntarily relinquish what It regards as Its right ful claim to the legacy. Should the church succeed In claim ing only aa much of thla bequest as would produce an annual Income of $5,000, Its plana for the future of Christian Science work would no doubt call for readjustment, for the loss of such a revenue could not but have ft material effect. In the mean time ft general openlng-up of the es tate to another legal scramble off era most Inviting opportunities to several lawyers, shrewd enough to get into the game. Our Trade With China. Prealdent Taft's aolicltude for American trade in China la fully Justi fied by the record of the trade's de cline. Our total export trade wtth China in 110 amounted to $15,600, 000, only $2,700,000 more than It was in 1901, the flrat year lu which It be gan to Improve after the Uoxer move ment. Thla Improvement continued by varying degrees until In 1906 the total came up to $58,600,000, nearly four times as much as It la today. But the preaent administration la exerting powerful influence upon public, and private enterprise toward rehabili tating this commerce. The United States has been passed ... . . (ireat Britain. Much as It needs new ....... j . markets, great outleta for its products , " . . of farm and factory, it needs more the large moral and political influence 'that goea with the balance of commer cial Intercourse. Unless we recognize 1 ,nl principle John Hay's open-door ' ,ollcr ln V8,n", Fftllu ,0 rl8e ,0 opportnnltlea which, by means of that policy, presented themselves to us. would simply be throwing away what our nation st rived yeara to obtain. But with all the persistent energy to cultivate the good will of China and to prpmote the Investment there of American money, lending aid to the solution of the empire's financial prob lems, American trade Is atlll bound to lag ln the orient until our business men give to It the same attention that they give to other marketa. Frederick McCormick, a atudent of thla oriental situation, writing upon the aubject. attilbutea tbe declln of our commerce first to the fact that our business men do not keep their per sonal representatives on the ground, as do other countrymen, but leave the trade to Indifferent foreigners; that they do not atudy to suit the native taste and demand and that the trade has not received proper anlHtaD.ee through our governmental authori ties. The first fault has been found with American merchants and manu facturers In other countries. For a long time they were too Indifferent to national customs and tastes. They sent the same make of article to Ja pan or China as they would send to Austria or France. Instead of studying the peculiarities of each people with a view of adapting their wares to them. Our consular service finally took up this matter and la now carrying on a campaign of education among Ameri can business men and already realizing good results in Europe and South America. The same thing should be done with reference to China. It is too important a factor in our commer cial and political supremacy to be as nearly ignored as it has been. It Is short-sighted business to forfeit our trade In the orient to less powerful nations. Notice to the Conspirators. I have noted for some time In' your edi torials what seemed to me a studied and subtle effort to rob Mr. Bryan of the honor due him, not only In this matter, but on other reforms. It haa been said that there ta an organised scheme on 'In Nebraska to discredit Mr. Bryan among democrats and to drive him from any control over the party policies, something In the manner of his treatment at the Grand Island conven tion. E. B. Quackenbush in letter to World-Herald. Coining from one of the house lead ers of the democratic legislature, this charge preferred by Mr. Quackenbush must be taken as more than Idle gos sip. That part of It which relates to the local democratic organ is definite and specific, laying the accusation or a "studied and aubtle effort" to ignore Mr. Bryan and to euppress htm, re ducing him from party leadership in Nebraska by a conspiracy of silence. That other ambitious democrats, who have been trailing in Mr. Bryan's wake in this state for these many years, would like to brush past him and lead the political procession is self-evident, although up to the Grand Island convention, referred to, they lacked either the courage or the occa sion to oppose him out In the open. Mr. Quackenbuah gives notice to "con splratora" that they need not expect the next round in the fight to come as easy aa the last, and that Mr. Bryan'a friends and followers will insist on complete re-establishment of his un disputed leadership. The. conspiracy against Mr. Bryan In hla home state may die ft-bornin', but, if not, we may look forward to ft battle royal, for which spectators' seats on the bleachers will command a premium. Life Work of the Teacher. Announcement la made of the death of a woman who taught In the Omaha public schools for thirty-two years. In her capacity aa school teacher no great fame waa won, and perhaps no special attention attracted. Yet day after day and year after year thla good woman gave the beat that waa in her to the education of the. boys and girls entrusted to her care. She taught first In the grammar grades and later in the High achool, and waa conscien tlous and painstaking to the extent of her ability and opportunities. If her work shines out at all it will shine In the reflected light of the pupils who studied and recited their lessons un der her and who may make their marka In varloua worldly pursuits. And thla la the common lot of the average achool teacher who makea teaching a life work. There are with out question in the public schools of Omaha hundreds of equally devoted and self-sacrificing women. Other people ought to be made to appreciate what the army of school teachera is doing and to realise that they are en titled to compensating conaideratlon. Under a bill Introduced by Gait of Clay the newspapers would be deprived of the privilege of criticising a candidate for office unleaa the foundation for auch criti cism and authority for such foundation la given. Pew would hesitate to say that the proposed enactment would .be silly If It were not so serious In its possible results. Lincoln Star. Still, no different. In essence from the law actually passed by the demo cratic majority in the last Nebraska legislature prohibiting assemblages of voters from criticising or commending candidates for Judicial office and for achool superintendences. Yet the Stsr upheld and defended-4at "silly" act. The people ought to rule In rational poli tics as wen as in iikib aim lu.-ai muus. Wot Id-lieraM. Well, don't they? Hasn't the edi tor of the World-Herald beeu drawing a salary as member of congress for six yeara? And isn't he about to be at tached to the salary of United States senator for six yeara more? If the people rule, why don't they get what they want? Describing his tugging through the icebergs of the Arctic, Captain Peary told the congressloual cohinjlttee he passed through "hell such as 1 hope no man In thla room will ever encoun ter." Which offers a new idea as to the climatic conditions of that place. A terrible calamity threatens the good people of Nebraska. There is great danger that Jasper L. McHrien n:ay be kept busy for some lme stir ring the contents of a whitewash bucket Instead of directing the ship of state from the legislative lobby. Repregentalhe Ciosfmgii ix alto gether too finicky and thin-skinned if he flies tiff at the intinstion that lie la la the Wgtslatura to protect curpor- ate Interests. As a rule members of previous loujtlns delegations w-ould . retard themselves mighty lucky to es- cape with nothing worse than that ; thrown at them. I Every other bill Introduced by our law-makers at Lincoln provides for an appropriation out of the state treasury for something or other. Nebrsska by the last census has not quite 1,200,000 population, of whom not more than 120,000 are taxpayers. The Associated Press man certainly is pushing himself Into the humorist class. "Charles F. Murphy. Tam many leader, says he Is for Mr. Shee han for senator and opposed to Mr. Sheperd." That Is a shocking piece of news. . The new governor of Oklahoma probably opposed the dress suit for Inauguration on the theory that he would need something sensational to keop from losing himself In the glory of his distinguished predecessor. We are Just wondering, as we gazed at the mercury In the tube, whether dear Vasaar bad hired any new cooks or the girlies were still getting up these frosty mornings and preparing their own breakfasts. Atlee Pomerene is said to have wept when Informed of his election as sen ator from Ohio. To think, no doubt, that he had to represent Adams county. Working; for the Interest. Philadelphia Ledger. Afidrew Carnegie gave 110,000.000 worth of bonds for the purpose of annihilating war, but the armor factories which make the money to pay the Interest on the bonds how no disposition to go but of business. Provocation for at Blavat. Cleveland Leader. The supreme court haa decided in the case of Roosevelt against Pulltser that there Is no auch thing as leae majeste In this country. Now perhaps the colonel will feel at liberty to continue his criti cism of the court. Obsessed with One Idea. Chicago Inter-Ocean. If Captain Peary's own words and his explanations of his acts before and since discovering the North pole make him out a character strong rather than lovely, let ua remember that he is a man who lias been obsesaed with one purpose and has "been through hell" to accomplish It. President Taft's fioort Kiaraple. New York Tribune. The Treasury department reports that 11,900.000 haa been saved in the last year by economics in administration, and that further economies are planned which will annually save $1,600,000 more. President Taft has shown the country that the government can be run aa well aa It has been run at a decidedly lower cost Ilia practical demonstrations In the art of administration ought to spur congress to efforts at rational retrenchment in all leg islation Involving public expenditure. TEST OP DKMOt'KACY. Lender Who Leads Kowhere Inter prets Hla nrearaa. Chicago Tribune. The main teat proposed by Mr. Bryan for the presidential aspirants of the demo cratic party la characteristic and Impor tant. Mr. Bryan Is no longer master of his party, but to assume that he la a negligible quantity, as the conservatives are disposed to do of late, is to he dp-, celved by hope. Mr. Bryan'a teet la support of the na tional democratic ticket In 1!HJ0, 1904 and 1908, and Mr. Bryan adds the follow ing elucidation: "The aame fundamental division exists today that existed then (1S98, 1900, 1908) 'between plutocracy and democracy, between government by the special lnteresta and government by the people. A man who went wrong In any of those campaigns still Is wrong." In other wonda, any man who was not willing to swallow Mr. Bryan'a dose of free silver waa a sympathiser with plutoc racy, and must remain ao forever after. An amiable and broad minded assumption which, duly examined, reveals Just why Mr. Bryan's dominant leadership waa in effectual in the main and haa got him nn wheres. Morally, a kindly, well (men tioned, Idealistic man, be has the mental narrowness that accepts curealls and de clares shibboleths. Slxteen-to-one never was a test of true democratic sympathies, aa distinguished from democratic affiliation, and the en lightened progressives of the democratic party should he careful that It Is not res urrected, ln disguise, to divert considera tion from men who are beyond any other challenge. Political Drift ' Buttermilk was the chief tipple at the Inaugural festivities of Governor Cruee of Oklahoma. "Sooner" daya are surely a back number. If. J. C. Beckemeyer, a democrat, mixed up In the Jackpot operations of th Illinois legislature, has Invested .T4.fiW in a tele phone ln Clinton County. Ohio people are wondering which is the greatest wonder the thrift of Adams county voters or the Inauguration of Gov ernor Harmon without an Inaugural address. Oovernor Kix'flgures that It will cost j of fr lls Bd fr th accumulation of fi Nrw York state H.SOO for every bill ratted ; nan,.H ndendenee. It will help put an I at lids seion of the leitlslamre. The I ,.,, to what ha .lt,v t,n ca(,(, ,hf, I estimate is much lower U.an in former a,Jr(le ystem that obtains in too many rriuuuun. WeM I'nlon. O., metropolis of the vote P..,n, ,r. ix-.o.iu ..i,il.i...ii. i(int Is some nope for the upiirt A Dnnrh or i magaxine write, recent arrivals, chased out of town the oth'r day. Senator Kammls cf I Mors thrilled the Iowa renate by lntrodurtng a bill lifting the ralarles of legislators from $.S50 to 1,C00 for each regular session. Hlph lining cornea high In lies Moines and side perti ils- j itfs ore slim picking these progressive daya. I Tbe famous vocal and literary effort of j Colonel W. J. Bryan, know n sa "The First Battle," was knocked down for 15 rents at a book auction In Montgomery, In the bus I Mate of Mi-sonrl. The auctioneer threw ! lu three other hooka to m ike sure tbut the j puicbaer get I lie worth of hla money. Ar'c'irdirx to a YYaMtlnrton corfeson- dent the drmociata thereabouts arc dli Id ling Into standpat and proieesive fscflot a A southern consccsMOMn of tbe former ' clas Is said to haw pruposul to President ; Taft a recaettng "f part, lines and nine . s.siiriug 1 1 1 m that a nop.. r atl . pstt. UOilId eommsn't the eircloial ote of both I Carolines, tirorsls, Klo'lda. Louisiana and j Tennessee. The president's snswsr I lost la the ridges ef bis snilia. In Other Lands Ida tlrhte en Wis la Trans piring irog- the BTear and Far STatloas of the Berth. "They do things better ahi-osd." Is ustiallv the finishing comment In a dis cussion of the merits of like public func tions In the I'nlled States and Kurne. The conclusion Is certainly Justified, with re spect to the handling of crowds by street railways, during the morning and evening rush hnura In european cities. Ueports from American consuls covering this and other points of street car service In the cities of IJverpool, Birmingham. Man chester and lyoeds. Kugland; Belfast, Ire land; Marseilles. Franceis Brussels. Bel glum, ami Moscow, Hussla, show a. degree of efficiency fur above the average In American cities. Vst of all essentials, an abundance of extra cars are provided dur ing the rush hours, ranging from two-thirds Increase In Liverpool to treble In Marseilles. HraplianKlnK Is almost unknown In the cars, and the number of passengers per mitted to stand on the platforms In strictly limited, the hlKhest number being sixteen to a double-deck In Belfast. In most cities the cars have gates, w hich are closed when the regulation number of passengers arc taken on. Jostling at the entrance Is a rarity, police usually forming the people In lines and preserving the orderly rights of each. The summary brings out clearly a higher degree of discipline and respect fur authority enforced abroad. Regulations must be obeyed by employes, and they are supported In following the rules by the authorities. In Berlin, for example, a con ductor who permits an excesa of seven standing passengers Is subject to a fine of 114, which must be paid or the victim goes to Juil. The Insurgent subjects of the prince of Monaco have won out ln the constitution game, and are as happy aa youngsters with a new toy. Hereafter a constitutional as sembly of eighteen members will practloe the arts of legislation, presumably ln ac cordance with public sentiment as It may be registered from time to time by the 660 electors constituting the voting strength of the principality. Monaco is credited with a native population of 1,600, men, women and children, and 15,000 foreigners, more or less infatuated with the scenery and Casino. A French writer thinks that the In habitants of the "enchanted land'' are foolish, and most people will agree with htm. The prince leviea neither taxes nor Imposts on his people, all needed revenue of the state being derived from the gam bling conceaslon. With representative gov ernment taxation will surely come, unleas the Casino stands a greater squeeze than Is now exacted. A series of estimates of the growth ln wealth of Great Britain, Prance and the United States, compiled by the Wall Street Journal from authoritative sources, pre sents some Instructive comparisons. In 100 years the wealth of the British Isles has grown from I13,6HO,000,000 to t!,72f, 000,000. In the same time the population has incareased from 18,000,000 to 45.000,000. During the same interval the wealth of France Increased from 111,800,000,00 to S3, 000.000,000, while the population increased from 26,0(10,000 to 40,0u0.000. In 100 yeaxs, therefore, the wealth of Great Britain in creased nearly seven times and that of France slightly over seven times, In both cises exclusive of the colonies. For the United State that showing of aggregate wealth Jump from 11,500,000,000 in 1810 to $12r,000,000,000 In 1910. The net increase ln the United States the Journal computes at 3'i per cent per annum, compounded semi-annually, compared with a 6 per cent gain In Great Britain and 6'4 ln France. Italy's new electoral bill, which la ex pected to become a. law, presents some in teresting features of suffrage reform. It makes the franchise dependent upon abil ity to read and write, such capacity be ing proved by the sending ln of a self written application and by reading and writing a prescribed piece of matter In the presence of a commission composed of a school Inspector, a achool teacher and two municipal councillors. And when a man's capacity la' thus proved, he not only may, but must vote, under penalty of 15 fine for the first failure to vote, and I for the second a fine of 110 and exclusion from any public office for five years. So cialists bitterly oppose these restrictions. The Cape to Cairo railroad is moving forward more rapidly than Cecil Rhoades dreamt of. The line has been extended ' from the south pretty olose to the region of the great lakea, and now two Important ! links have been added at the northern end; The bridge across the Blue Nile at Khar- : turn has been finished and Waa Inspected by ImtA Kitchener a few days ago. An other across the White Nile at Abu Gama, . J00 miles south of Khartum, is nearly com- ' pleted and will be opened by the khedlve ( In the early spring. Both bridges were : erected by one British engineering com- pany, which also boasts that it constructed the bridge over the Zambesi at the Vic toria falls. ! POINT AIIOIT POSTAL BINkl, lie posits Absolutely Free fruiu Out side Interference. Minneapolis Journal. There la one feature of the postal sav ings bank law to which little attention has been paid, but which ln practice Is likely to prove of considerable social service. That is the provision of the law which makes the deposits of married women and children free from the Interference or control of anyone save the depositor. ' To many a woman whoie earnings are ommundeered by a brutal and drunken husband, to many a minor over whose meagre wage the law gives worthless father I full control, the postal t-avlngs bank will poor families, whereof "everybody works j i,ui father." There Mill survive In our laws main traces of the primeval notion that women rejand children are chattels and Hie sbsulutt. I properly of the head of the family, home j of our MMtf, rp ,,. 111(Uil.va, ,han In the provisions of their codes, but none Is so back '.' rd us Kngland, w here the property right of the man In bin wife and kli sl.r has Mill endures with little change. But whatever the laws of the various riate. deposits In postal hanks will be he.d Inviolate from Intel ference. and ab- j solutely at the dlsiioml of the depositor, j Such a provision wa , of course, nccrsiary I to save the I'.iMofflee leparlmeni fnuu rrdless dispute and trouble, but it will also trove hnfint In me prottcCun il affords to those whose nufual protectors have I toved recreant I'rrll of lletaei Knuuit On). Ind'anspiitts Not, I'te. f'l-ni s not ti-i essarIM h n.::ii;. j Set atom htt ibi'ihllt ss l.-( n elected bi'i llofori. , cutllipt Ulelll.iCS, but Ihst I" no jied.ort why a'l" nun i ( t d It ii Ii , tnunner should .ohltn'i to bold bis sat j after be Is found eut j cAraiCEs of notables. I Houston Post: We note with Interest the i tot that some Individuals are Roinc to Insist iion when the democratic presiden tial nominee Is chosen n t rar. but e : have a hunch that the. democratic party ! will at the proper time nominate Its choice I and elect hi in. , I Cleveland Plain lealer: The fact that Governor IMx Insists that stale employes must work at least seven hours a rlsv. sug gests this paraphrase of the famous re mark nmil( by his atalwnrl uncle: "If any cl-rk attempts to cut down his working hours, fire lilm on the spot"' liiiltlmore Amerlesn: King George dis plays some of his grandmother s sagacity in looking out for the press and Insisting that its members reporting the coronation shall be provided with good places In time. Me realises that the reporter's pencil la the point of the lever which moves the world nowadays. Pittsburg IMspatch: .V millionaire hus of fered a large sum for the discovery anil Identification tif the grave of Kve. This may be a touching example of ftli.il respect for the memory of our universal mother, but It Is also under suspicion as meuns of gaining notoriety absolutely free of coal. UKO(H IMIIKt II.ITV, Former Railroad Official of Omaha as at Phrase Maker. Chicago Trlhunt. We Ht-e not prepared to ratlmutn how much it Would have been worth to Mr. W. 1.. Park, vice president of the Illinois Central, if parts of speech had been de nied him, but will risk a guest that It would have been corvddei ablo. Mr. Park la a marvel at the Inept; he la the Homer of the Incongruous. Some malign Influence we arc persuaded that he ln the victim of malignant sugges tionInduced him to write an article on "The Railroad Rate Wuestlon." He should pray to be delivered from the temptation of writing or talking, but it is his mis fortune to yield to each impulse which is alKiut to hand him over to the gibes and prods of unkind fate. "We have learned easily to call one another malefactors and criminals," says Mr. Park, "and to question one another's motives with Impunity,'' One almost sus pects that Mr. Park heard some of the testimony ln the civil and criminal suits brought by the Illinois Central against its officials and the car repair grafters. The ausplclon , Is dismissed, it being apparent that Mr. Park Is rebuking a tendency and not noting a fuct. Me get this rebuke with more stinging effect In another sen tence: "There seems to have come over us as a nation a lack of that regard for and reaped of one another which Is necessary to the welfare and happiness of a cultured and prosperous people." Then the rebuke becomes a stern ar raignment of "gaseous imbecility Intended as a balo to decoy and daixle vulgarly known as 'grandstanding.' " A respect for the obvious restrains com ment which might come tumbling naturally on the heels of this happy phrase, "gas eous imbecility," and wtth subdued emo tions we harken further: "No height of character, whether It be Judge, philanthropist, statesman, or plain cltlion. Is a protection against vitriolic vituperation of speech and press.' Conse quently there cornea a lowering of moral tone a letting down all around of the higher standards of cltlsenshlp that nat urally predominate In this country." Wa suspect that Mr. Park was on the verge of calling ex-President Harahan of the Illinois Central a muckraker. Mr. Har ahan questioned Ills fellow man to the profit of the railroad of which our un fortunate moralist Is vice president. ' To beoome a marvel of the Inept Mr. Park had first to be, a marvel of the obtuf-e. 161U & fARNAM SPECIAL ADUNCEiEHT On account of delayed building operations we will con tinue for a few days longer our Removal Sale of Men's and Women's Clothing. Ladies9 Wearing Apparel Ladies' $10.00, $12.00 and $15.00 Tailored Suite $5.95 Ladies' $20.00, $23.00 and $30.00 Tailored Suits $9.95 Indies' $.'0.00 Tailored Suits, at to $40.01) 312.75 Ladies' $8.00 to $12..j0 Trimmed ilatn, at 50c Men's Wearing Apparel All our men's and young men's suits on Tab e No. 1 regular DO QC $10 values, for , . QCtUO All ou men's and young men's suits on Table No. 2 regular OA QC $15. 00 values, for iitld All our ladies' shoes, patent and leathers $5.00 value, an Table No. 3 LINES TO A SMILE. "VVhy does that statesman wear such pill mirilliiBM ftt.ii'i' lost'1' ' MeCHiise he's wise." replied the Ihenl-r rli si tnsnsser. "Mn a pour show gets by mi the strength of the scener "-Vnh-ington Star. "4 railed a rrlre fighter a liar todav." "tee whlx! What did he do?" "I don't kiow - I hung up the receiver." Toledo Made. Weary Willie I see dut dese here ncwr gov 'men! P"Stal savins hanks won't tai.e more den lon of vnur plunks at a time. - Snnnm Sam (lee. but alnd t l:it snod ler side wipe at us plut vcrats' Ce rlnnd Plain tealer. "Maron Kticasti . :ii!i in kn-.w If m'j favor his suit.' said tbe ambitious molhcv. "Well." replied Mr Cumrox "I doo t want to Judge tin man supci flela ll . Hot bis clothes are harder t fioe've than an tlitng else about him." ashitigtmi Star. "Mv dear, this Inundrv of mine is a soiry slt-lit." ' Well. I suppose the laundress pi essed the things with a sad Iron."--Baltimore American. ! "I don't get what I deserve for my I Jokes." walled the hmnorlpt. "You're luckx," s mpat blued his fnend Toledo Blade. ... ill (III .(ill iiutin Hie 'ni "-in 'ii in'" ,.,. lH H chauffeur, doctor?" . . V , ' I - J . 1 I 1. . I .. I I . In ,1,1. i "Because he complains so of that run down feeling. Baltimore American. "Going to have music, a procession and a public meeting at your wedding, are you. KasttiH . "Yes, sith." "!si t ihal It good ileal of red ttipe .' ' ' No. sub. yo tain t call a cullud band ie4 tape. "--Houston Post A THREADBARE SUBJECT. When Br er Wei. h s ill' mow flurries Are howlln' down the Hue, W hen his gentle nnles are hellerln'. What can a teller do But hover o'er' the regisler In heavies of the best Soft woolen texture, shut hla eves An' think of blue tin' balmy .skies Away out west? When Br'er Welch's) "fair an warmer" Sets the north wind on a tear; When the sky lets loose a Rtoriuer. Where can mortals tilde, oh where? But near the open fireplace Where the flame glows like a ruby, Shut the'r eyes an' fondly dream They're a-eatln' pink Ice cream Lfown in Cuby. When Ilr'er Welch's rising temp. Makes thinps hum fer ev'ry skater When the old, an' pore, an' bloodless Hug the blootnln' radiator This remains fer you an' me Vhq am feelln' sad an' lorn We can fall Into sweet doses Dreatutn' of the million roses Out lu Callforn'. When Br'er Welch's wild conjectures Sometimes really hit the mark, An' the cold wave train as scheduled Comes shrieking In Juat after dark. As It did this week on Tuesday Then you sit up, starln', gappin' But you know It haa been stated In concerns best regulated Accidents will happen. BAYOU NK TRhXK. Best Prescription for Kidney Troubles The kidneys and bladder require more attention and care at this time of the year, especially during extremely cold spells Such symptoms as backache, rheumatic paina, frequent, scanty or painful urina tion, highly colored or scalding urine, pains In the groin, dull pains in bock of hem:, dlxxlness, Irritability, all are plain signs t.f kdney trouble. Prompt attention and treatment should be given to avoid the worst forms of kidney disease., which nearly always result seriously. The follow ing prescription comes from hlnh medical authority and Is known to be reliable: Half ounce Murax compound, half ounce fluid extract iJuchu, nit ounces best gin.'' Mix thoroughly and take one to two ten poonfuls of the mixture after each mi al and at bed time. The Ingredients of the above prescription can be had of any dniK gist or the gin can be obtained from any liquor dealer. Adv. STREETS. OMAHA. Eight dozen slightly soiled Linen Waists, at, each Four dozen Ladies' Net Waists, at, each 25c i 7..V 69c Six dozen Ladies' Taffeta Silk "Waists, at, each . .j. . , $1.95 i, $10.00 !2 Separate Skirts, $10.00 values, will go for $1.95 via 0 c