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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
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to put an end to factional atrife as
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damaging to the peace and prosperity !
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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
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(ireat Britain. Much as It needs new
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markets, great outleta for its products
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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
