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    THE OMAHA DAILY , DECEMBER 21 , 1805.
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SPECIAL CHRISTMAS NUMBER.
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE.
UNIQUK CIIU1STMAS K.
The next Is'tio of The Omnlia Sunday
life will be n special Christmas num
ber. with nttr.ictlvo literary features
particularly appropriate to the approaching
preaching Christmas holiday. A Christ
mas coloring will be visible In all the
regular dep-irlmeiiK Well selected llc-
tlon for Chrlftmas reading will be nre-
sonted In attractive form. There will lie
Chrlytinas poems. Christmas pictures
and Christmas sketches and anecdotes
Hicclnlly ool'cetPil for Mi liolldny edi
tion. All these will be In addition to the
regular imexcellud news service of The
Sunday Hoe.
TIIE OMAIIA SUNDAY
OUDKU OP VOl'R NT3WSD13AI.KU.
TliL lalcst. rumor Is tlisit of si combine
of iiltiinldnt , ' inauufiictui-i'fs. Anil the
winter swimm scarce bojnii !
Tin * clinlrinnn of the IJonrd of I'ublle
Worlcs coiiBniluliiti'S lilnisoH' niion the
unanlinlly with which the Mmiro loc-
ti'lno has bocMi onilorsoil.
Kx-Oll Inspeclor Ililtnn should have
raised the objoctiou that the law croiit-
liiK the olHi'o of slate oil inspector was
unconstitutional at the time ho was ap
pointed to the otllce.
If nuy of our .friends in this part of the
country want to ialco a trip to South
America at the expense of the federal
Kovemiuent now is the Hmo to forward
applications to the appointing power.
the Knights of Ak-Sar-Bpn come
to the front with their burnished armor
the royal horse guards will put spurs
to their horses and make n rapid , If
not graceful , retreat to the back woods.
Omaha wants to push without delay
every enterprise upon which its people
are all united. The metropolitan union
depot project ami the proposed Traiifi-
mlssisslppl exposition are two such en
terprises.
If there is any one else In the demo-
entile party now besides one O. Cleve
land who stands out from the rank and
Jlle he ought to put a sign on himself
without delay , so that the people might
recognize him.
What a terrible calamity would befall
the members of .congress If the exigen
cies of the Venezuela complication re
quired them to sit In continuous session
and forego the holiday vacation upon
which they have been so eagerly ruckqu-
lug.
Chauueey Depew comes promptly to
the front with his views on the Ven
ezuela message. Dr. Depew would have
> n canlption 111 If on such an occasion the
reporters should by accident overlook
him or neglect to put his words Into
told type.
The Influence of the Nebraska dairy
men unquestionably pushed the anil-
oleo bill through the late legislature ,
but It remains to be seen whether It
extends to congress and Is strong enough
with Speaker Heed to procure n com
mittee chairmanship for Mr. Ilainer.
Wo arc patiently waiting for tlio ninn
who prgdlctiMl war lu'twuen the Unltud
Sink's anil Irent ! Britain In the year
( . 18 ! > r.-i ! to announeo himself. IIu must
lip hiding Honipwhere. Wo couldn't pos-
Kllily Kot the nation into a serious for
eign complication without the aid of the
man "who told yon so. "
It IH Htlll an open question whether
the next council will need a $7 < > a month
> . The hiu
HorKt ant-at-arinH. caucus :
voted to keep man In this sinecure.
The. council , on second sober thought ,
may llutl it prudent to dispense with
him. Tint council has no moio need of
a special paid scrKoant-at-arnis than : i
cut IWH for two tails.
Homo of Urn people who were Haying
that the repnhllcans would have no illlli-
cnlly in promptly reorganizing the senate -
ate are doomed to disappointment.
Here the holiday vacation Is upon them
and no rcor ; anly.atlon yet. The most
KallhiK part of the situation Is that good
democrats continue to draw salaries as
otllcers of a IcKlsIativu body that has
ceased to be controlled by a democratic
majority.
Wlman , upon whose surpris
ing fall In the tinancial world so much
comment was expended , has been ile-
dared by the court of appeals of New
York to have acted entirely within hi *
leKUl rlshts when ho signed checUs for
money which ho was accused of em-
bt'ZKlIni ; . This is no doubt n Kratlfylntf
decision for Mr.Vlnuin and his friends ,
snslaliiluf , ' as It does the assertions they
made at the time the ueusatioual arrest
was made.
THE SKA'ATE AVPROrES.
The senate iinanlnionsly adopted with
out modification tlio house resolution
authorizing the president to appoint a
commission to InroMlgntc nnd report
ns to the true divisional line between
Venezuela and Dritlsh Guiana. The
reference of this resolution to the sen
ate foreign relations committee and the
speeches of Senators Sherman and Mor
gan warranted the expectation that the
matter would bo considered with that
deliberation which Its gravity de
manded. The distinguished senators
from Ohio and Alabama agreed that
there was no necessity for haste , while
endorsing the position of the president ,
but It would seem that they were over
ruled by the loss conservative members.
Of course It will be promptly approved
by the president , who undoubtedly will
lose no time tn appointing the commis
sion nnd Instructing It In its duty. That
lie will select men with n view to having
his conclusions sustained , as suggested
by Senator Morgan , Is altogether prob
able.
Our government having gone thus far
In asserting Its right to Investigate the
true divisional line between A'ene.xuela
and British ( Jnhuia and practically as
suming the whole responsibility of passIng -
Ing upon the controversy for ns the
Venezuelan minister snld a few days
ago his country is now little more than
n spectator It remains to be seen what
course the British government will take.
It has been suggested that Lord Salis
bury would lake no notice whatever of
the commission , but It seems hardly
possible that such will be tile case. Had
President Cleveland Instituted mi Inves
tigation on ids own motion , as ho might
have done , the British government
could have Ignored It without any sac-
illlce of dignity or self-respect , but nn
Investigation by a commission author
ized by congress is : i very different mat
ter and we have no doubt will receive
tlio attention of the British government ,
probably In the form of n protest or of
a notice that the commission will not
bo permitted to prosecute Its investiga
tion on Blrtlsu territory. The course of
Lord Salisbury will be awaited with
profound solicitude throughout the clvll-
Ixed world. Knropenn nations can no
longer have tiny doubt regarding the
unanimity and earnestness of the
American people In their determination
to uphold the Monroe doctrine.
A v < h\D ISKI.'K rmw.usr , ; : .
The withdrawals of gold from the
treasury tills week have lowered the
reserve pretty close to what the pres
ident is understood to regard as the
danger point and it Is reported that an
other issue of bonds is being seriously
talked of. A Washington dispatch
states that the president may shortly
.send a message to congress on the sit
uation and asking legislation author
izing the * secretary of the treasury to
Issue low rate bonds , and that If con
gress does not promptly comply with
this bonds will be Issued under existing
law , as were those which have been
will since the present administration
came In. It Is Impossible to foretell
what action congress would take on such
i recommendation , but It Is more than
likely It would decide that there is no
necessity for additional legislation. The
fact is that under present conditions
tlio government would probably llnd it
dilllcnlt to dispose of bonds at a lower
rate of interest than Is named in the
law of 1870 , under which the last three
Issues were made , so that there would
be no advantage in new legislation.
There Is every reason to expect that
there , will be a large drain on the treas
ury gold reserve within the next few
weeks , so that there will not bo much
time In which to consider aii3' new leg
islation. It would not be surprising if
the treasury were forced to arrange for
a bond issue before the beginning of the
new. year.
I'll'Y ' TllK POOR TAXPAYKI18.
The confederated corporations will
have absolute control of the next city
council. Out of tlie sixteen members
who are entitled to seats they own at
least twelve. Inasmuch ns they will
also absolutely control the next mayor
they will be in position to do just as
they please. They will bo able to vote
themselves any privileges they want
and to throttle any measure that would
curtail their profits , Increase their taxes
or exact from them additional or butter
service for the public * .
Now , why can't the managers of these
confederated coiporations , who will own
tlio next council soul , body
and breeches , save the citizens
of Omaha and themselves the
needless expense of two extra councilmen -
men ? Why can't they agree to leave
two seats In the council chamber vacant
for the next year ? If they have net
apart a bootllo fund for their retainers ,
would It not be moro satisfactory all
around to divide It amoiig twelve men
than among fourteen ? In any event
they would save free railroad transporta
tion , free street railway passes , free
gas , free telephones , free water , free
electric lights , free telegraph privileges
for two councllmen , besides other costly
courtesies for their fnmllles and friends.
In this Instance , at least , It seems lo
us that the interests of the confederated
corporations anil the Interests of all
other taxpayers are Identical. When
men's Interests are Identical they ought
Jo come to an understanding and act
Intelligently for their mutual protection.
nwj/Ji. tiintvi.n OHOAXMR
It must bo apparent to the taxpayers
of 'Oiitulm that no relief can be secured
from city councils unless they are forced
to , give relief. Before the. recent city
election the council enacted ordinances
reducing the number of city hall em
ployes and cutting down the salaries of
such as were believed to ba overpaid.
Since the election the council has 'begun
to retrace Its steps In the direction of
economy by ordinances to restore ex
travagant salaries , which are doubtless
to be followed at an early day by other
ordinances that will completely undo
uU that was promised BO freely a few
mouths ago. This , too , in the. face of a
depleted treasury and the distressed
state of the great body of the taxpayers.
With tin ) conditions that confront
them Omaha property owners have but
ono course left and that U to take the
matter Into their owu uutuld uud force
municipal retrenchment by a policy that
will bring their representatives In the
various branches of local government to
time. The first step should bo nn or
ganization of property owners , nnd the
next step the appointment of a retrench
ment commission. This commission
should be composed of men of business
capacity who will Institute n searching
Im'ulry Into all departments of local
government with a view to ascertaining
whore the pruning knife can be applied
without material Injury to the public
service and what economies can bo In
augurated in the conduct of tlie public
business. When this commission has
completed Its work Its recommendations
should bo presented to the various
authorities empowered to put them Into
effect. Backed by nn ovorwhplmlng
public sentiment the demands of the
taxpayers will bo Irresistible. Should
the council or any other branch of gov
ernment dare to defy the popular de
mand , measures can then be taken to
enforce compliance.
TUK FlXAXriAI. EFFECTS.
Whoever has failed to consider the
probable effect upon financial affairs of
tlie possibility of war between tlio
United States and Great Britain lias
Ignored one of the most serious phases
of the very grave Issue. This must now
bo considered and Its dispassionate and
intelligent consideration can hardly fail
to exert great Influence in the direction
of averting tlio threatened conflict.
When the great financial and commer
cial Interests of the two countries , so in
timately connected , shall have been
heard there can be no doubt that they
will be found united In the demand that
the peace shall not bo disturbed and the
governments will be bound to give heed
to the demand.
Already there Is furnished a striking ,
though by no means surprising , object
lesson of what Is to be expected In the
event of danger of war between the
Tnited States and Great Britain Increas
ing. The message of the president was
not Immediately followed by any very
marked financial effects. It did little
more than cause a feeling of uneasiness
and of itself would probably not have
produced any serious disturbance , but
when It was found that congress , the
war-making power in tlie government ,
was In accord with the president and
prepared to go to any length in carrying
out the course he urged , uneasiness de
veloped Into apprehension , how deep
and strong the course of the
stock markets yesterday plainly
attests. American securities were
thrown upon the market In great vol
ume and the shrinkage In values in
part speculative , It Is true , but none the
less a. loss to holders aggregated an
enormous amount. Not only British
holders of American securities , but hold
ers In other parts of Europe , were eager
lo unload them. There wn.s practically
a panic on the New York Stock ex
change. Money on call rose to 2K ( ) pet-
cent. There were several faljUirestjpf
brokers who , being unexpectedly
pressed , could not meet their engage
ments. So alarming did the sitnatlo'h
become that a meeting of the'cablnet'oV ' '
Washington was hastily called to cdri--
sidTAIt. .
This slate of affairs , produced by the
mere possibility of war , ought to bring
congress and the American people to a
realizing sense of what might be ex
pected if there should be certainty of
war. That , there can be no doubt ,
would bring about one of the severest
panics the country has over known , un
settling nil values and disturbing all
business. Foreigners would take from
us all the gold they could possibly get
and a suspension of gold payments
would become inevitable. Thousands of
domestic holders of American securities
would be bankrupted by the shrinkage
in value of such securities. The cur
rency of the country would depreciate ,
causing a heavy loss'to depositors In
savings banks. Our foreign commerce
would be disastrously affected by the
cutllng off of our greatest customer.
Kngiand , thus most seriously damaging
our producers , who would not find com
pensation for this loss In the home de
mand , even though the government were
to put several hundred thousand men
under arms. It Is true that British In
vestors In American securities and
American enterprises would lose heav
ily , but there would be no satisfaction
In this for American losers and it would
also work an Injury which It would take
years to recover from.
It Is manifestly desirable that the
American people shall give serious con
sideration , to the , financial and commer
cial aspects of this Issue. - We are re
covering from a prolonged depression
and there is every reason to exnect that
with peace maintained tile country will
realize within the next year or two a
high degree of prosperity. Kvery effort
of wise and patriotic htutesmanslilp
should be employed to avert what would
most certainly prevent the realization of
this most favorable promise.
It Is In accord with the eternal fitness
of things that the two most prominent
candidates for the prospective council
vacancies should be Isaac S. Hascall
and D. II. Wheeler. Were not the
names of these two eminent guardians
of the public welfare attached to the
Impeachment charges against Mayor
Benils ? Tlio only drawback to their
candidacies IK that with them again In
the council the treasury would have
two watchdogs lee many ,
The attention of the sheriffs' conven
tion is directed to tlie fact that the
connly commissioners recently asked the.
state authorities for a statement of
the fees claimed by ex-sheriffs and the
present sheriff of Douglas county for
conveying prisoners and insane patients
to the pen and to the asylums. Herein
Is n prospective menace to a most profit-
ublo perquisite and It may bo necessary
for tlio sheriffs of the state to form u
combine to ward It off.
It Is about UH dllllcult to abolish a
needless otlleo as It Is to ge't an ofllce-
holder to resign. There never was any
valid reason for creating the ottlco of
attorney for the Board of Education.
The city law department has ample time
and sulllcient pay to attend to the legal
business of the whole city government.
There la uo clashing between the city
oC Omnlia nnd the school district o
Omaha that calls for n resort to the
courts , nnd If thcro were a special at
torney could be engaged for such case
at a stipulated fee. If the school bean
really wants to retrench let It retrcncl
by plugging up all the holes.
The retail Implement dealers In an
nunl convention are admonished by
President Graftou to abolish the credit
system and to require their patrons to
pay cash for farm machinery. A mos
commendable proposition. N'obodj
seems to know why farm Implements
have for so many years been sold on
long time , largely conditioned upon the
outcome of prospective crops. Pay ns
yon go Is yet a good rule and Its genera
application by implement dealers can
not but be followed by beneficial results
There Is profit In hogs at ? .1.7. ! { The
supply of Nebraska-grown porkers con
tinues good despite predictions to tlie
contrary. Agents of railroads In tlie
northern portion of the stale are antici
pating heavy shipments of hogs during
Ilio winter. The cattle industry has
also shown a decided Impetus , with n
most llattering prospect for the winter
months. There Is encouragement In
these unmistakable signs of Improve
ment In the live stock business at the
South Omaha market.
The secretary of the Associated Chari
ties Is calling for special contributions
of provisions , clothing , fuel , etc. , for the
holiday season. The demand for cloth-
Ing Just at this time Is said to be great.
There arc , no doubt , tons of second
hand clothing cumbering the closets of
many well-to-do homes. It is suggested
thnt householders take an Inventory of
discarded wearing apparel and tele
phone the secretary that ho may send
for It and put it to further good use.
The school board has evidently not
made any serious effort to secure com
mutation tickets for school children
from the street railway company.
There is n question whether tlie board
Is called upon to take up the matter.
I'r ' years commutation tickets for chll-
( Iron have been sold by the street rail
way company upon application , and if
they have recently been withdrawn
from sale the fact has not been an
nounced to u suffering public.
Economy TlircntuiiM 11 Drouth.
Chicago Inter Ocenn.
Chicago brewers are economizing , and will
close up 1,700 saloons which they are runnfug
to retail their schooners.
Too Good to llr Ilotliercil.
Chicago Tribune.
Utah's constitution provides that Juries shall
cwu'lst of eight men Instead of twelve.
There Is still a feeling in Utah that men are
too scarce to be wasted.
A Merciful
.
A populist assorts that this Venezuelan dis
cussion harf b n starttd. . for the purposeof
making the people forget about free silver.
Well , It lo a good plan to forgefa nlghtmara
if you can. 1 1 t
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1- i STobe-Democfot. | . , , , „
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Tithe anil rotten eggs "are"fasifed on "a fel
low llke-Ahlwardt - , the Jew baiter. . The thing
to an with him Is to let him alone- and take
no notlca of hjm. He can do no harm In the
empty halls which ohould graet him every
where.
StntlHtloM CIiiuiKo wHlt ilio .SciiMOii.
Indian. iii'ill ' * Jmiriipl.
One year ajjo Secretary CarllslCj assursd the
" ' '
country In" hla annual report t.h'at th'e deficit
for HID fiscal year of 1S35 would not e.xcsod
$20,000,000. $ yet It was nearly ? 70,000OOD. He
also predlcte-d - that thlu year vie should hav ?
\ surplus instead of a deficit , yet thera Is a
dcflclt of $13,000.000. In the light of these
facta what faith can b placed In Mr. Car-
Hsle'u llnanclal predictions ?
A Ilully A in o ii K tlie AVcnk.
Globe-Democrat.
Despite all her boasted civilization and
enlightenment England is as barbarous as
Persia was In Its worst cVsys. She has
always been a bull ? among weak nations , as
she- was with Nicaragua , recently , and as
she Is with Venezuela now. She respects
nothing but force. A Yorktown was needed
. .o teach her to piy corns regard to the
rights cf her supposed-to-ba-feeble Ameri
can colonists In the latter part of the last
century. Whsn she forgot that lesson a
New Orleans early In the present century
i newcd It. If she Imagines the United
States is feeble on the water how she will
put liersolf In the way of learning this les
son over ngaln.
TYIjR OF 'I'ltK
, JOINTS.
Uxtciit of ( In- Liquor HiiMliio.NS In 1'ro-
lilliltloii .SI.-iU-x.
Wnslilnjiton Post.
Although Intemperance , is on th ? decline Iri
the United SUles , because ItubrUty Is be
coming less reputable and more unproHtab ! ? ,
the facilities tor the manufacture and sale
of , Intoxicants are not decreasing. In the
country at larg there are 232,235 firms or
Individuals holding national government
llcsiu'js ' lo make or sell Intoxicating drinks.
If wo asstims the present population' to be-
67,000,000 probably a low flgure we have-
ono federal liquor license for every 230 in
habitants. Of course. New York , with Its
great preponderance of population and large
cities , heads the list. No let * than 41,176
licenses are required for the Empire sUtJ ,
Illinois holds second place though a long
way In the rear with 17,833. Ohio Is third
on the list with 15.817 , and Pennsylvania
fourth , with 11US.
The politician and the social economist will
b3 especially .Interested In the statistics of
tlu < Internal Revenue bureau relating to fed
eral liquor"licenses In prohibition states. The
national garn-nnunt docs not undertake to
protect or iMfinH' ' violators of state laws , but
It gets reveiini.1' ' by the salu cf llccn s In
prohibition.sUtss. the holders thereof taking
their chances ur local prosecution. Iowa has
5,213 persorptor firms holding permits to
make or selLllqWcr. That | y about 0113 llcsns *
to100 Inhabitants , or one to each 100 of
voting cltlzcnJ. " Kansas , with a population
of 1,427,00 ( 41 2,070 licenses , or ono license
to every ffl&Cl/ihabltints. Maine makes a
somewhat , fffjnot much , better showing than
the wf-sterfctwlfilbltlon statss. Sh ? has had
a proWbltlwjUw for moro than forty years ,
and new hfi3 prohibition In her constitution ,
nut , with IT opulatlon of Ctil.OSG. she has
1,148 | Iceni | . or one to every 675 Inhabi
tants , Supf&big one In four of her citizens
to be malar at 21 or more year * , she lias
cnj license * ! fvery 141 voters. And yet a
majority om efc voters vote for prohibition
as often a ' ff liavo a chance. They eay
the law.hfM .Jtwholeionie Influence In the
rural uccU * ifcd they- prefer to hold on to
It In. spite "Mffli * Impossibility of enforcing
It In cltasyriiMown ! . They manage to get
alons wlthSuf o- much friction as attends
the operation * ' of their brethren In Vermont.
We do not go ? reports of the jailing and
fining of Maine's best cjtlzena for treating
their friends ,
OTIlttll LANDS TIIAOl'nS. .
More Important than Russia's process ot
assimilation In Central Asia It the belief that
for many years she has had a number of
shrewd and skillful emissaries at work
among the Mohammedan subjects of the
Chinese empire creating discontent and dis
sensions. How well she has succeeded Is
shown by the fact that there19 a revolt ot
the followers of the prophet In Eastern
Turkestan and Kan Su which Is rapidly
spreading , the authorities at Peking beliiR
seemingly unable to cope with It. Russia's
territories bound these parts of the Celestial
empire on one side , and , therefore , Russia
ohrewdly paw that If the. revolt bfcnme too
serious for China to handle alone , she ( Rus
sia ) would be requested to intervene. fivery
thing has come out as she expected. She
has been asked to send an army to suppress
the rebellion nnd If she docs so and suc
ceeds In restoring order she Is likely , as
a reward , to obtain a largo addition to her
territory. Hut there Is another phase to
the matter which cannot be looked upon
with equanimity , especially at this Junc
ture , when there seems to be a danger of
a Moslem uprising In Turkey. Might not
a revolt In thnt country so Inflame the Mo
hammedans the world over that they would
unite In a war of extermination of the Chris
tiana ? It may surprise some pcoplo to know
that there are so many followers of the
prophet In China , and that while there are
16,000,000 of Mohammedans In the Turkish
dominions In Europe nnd Asia , there are
nearly 60,000,000 Mohammedans under the
rule of Queen Victoria In India , and 9,000,000
ot them In Persia. What would a rising
of Islam mean to the world ?
It really looks as though upon the Gor
man government rested the responsibility for
the prolongation of the anarchy In Eastern
Turkey and the continuance of the mas
sacres and barbarities there. Germany Is
conceded to bo the only power which has
held back In the negotiations for a basis
on which united action of the powers could
1)0 undertaken , and Germany has Insisted
that the porto should be given all the time
it wanted In which to Inaugurate and carry
uut the promised reforms. The German
navy had the smallest representation at the
gathering of the fleets In the Levant , and
: he German embassy is the only one that
las not an extra * guard ship at Constanti-
lople. All through the troubled times in
that city the German ambassador Is said
, o have kept aloof as much as possible from
the representatives of the other powers ,
while all the'time In close communication
with the porte. These arc all evidences of
lerman Indifference to the fate of the suf-
'crers in Anatolia and Armenia , and of an
apparent determination on the part of that
jovernment to protect rather than to coerce
he porte.
* * *
The convention between England nnd Egypt
which was signed the other day Is expected
o do away gradually with th ? Institution of
slavery in the latter country. By the-new
aw the punU'hment ' for slave-trading Is In-
cieased lo fifteen years' hard labor , while-the
aontenco of tleath may bo Inflicted for the
nutllatlon of male slaves. Every head of a
family In whoso harem there are slaves un-
srovldsd with certificates of manumission will
19 liable to the fine and penalties Imposed
or sales , purchases nnd exchanges between
ajiilllca , as wc-ll as for attempts to hinder
lavey from procuring their frodom. Repetl-
lon of these offensas will Involve double
penalties. The captains and crews ot ves-
> 3ls carrying slaves wilf bo liableto ( In ? and
mprlsonment , as also the owner , It ho Is an
accomplice , and his veiuol and cargo may be
) confiscated. The same measures are to
> o applied In the case of versels which are ,
nonly equipped for the transport of slaves.
2very one arriving with domestic slaves muot
cclaro the number of them on landing and
vlthln fifteen days at the manumission ofllce ,
where h& will receive a corresponding numbtr
f freedom certificates. II wag proposed
rglnally | to Issue merely a one-clause de-
rca declaring that "th ? status of slavery Is
bollshed , " but both native and English opln-
on , having regard to the conditions of ths
puntry , considered that success would be
bndored 'more certain by the adoption of a
radual method.
It Is difficult to explain the purpose * of
the persistency of the detractors of Presl-
j dent Fauro in their campaign of slander
I against the head of the French republic , un-
ICSLI it b ? to precipitate a political crisis
by compelling the resignation of the preri-
dsnt. There are probably a large number
of deputies In the French Chamber who dare
not have recourse to the ordinary metho
of a vote of "no confidence" against th3
Bourgeois ministry lest their vote be
auarlbed to a fear cf exposure through the
"policy of purification" Inaugurated by the
cabinet ; hsnce the furtive eff.rt to accom
plish th : < downfall of Bourgeois through
the retirement cf Faurc. It Is to be hopeU
that the president will not assist official
rascality In France to gain a victory by
Imitating his weak-kneed predecessor In re
signing lily post'of duty , no matter how
irksome his position may bs made through
tha inslncero support given him by the
Parisian newspaper presu. The Intimation
that the secret presu subsidy of 200,000 francs
placed at the disposal of the Elysee Palace
bas not been "wisely dlptrlbuted" among
the newspapers throws a curious sld-llght
upon French political and journalistic
morality.
* *
The strongest desire of the young Czar
Nicholas , according to the St. Petersburg
correspondent of the London Times , Is to
educate his people , lily wishes In this re
spect are- Indicated by his abundant notes
penciled on the margins of reports from
ministers , Governors , and others , all of
which he attentively peruses , after the fash
ion of hi * , father. Every passage referring
to the lack of education Is uuro to bo under
lined and annotated with remarks of regret
and with Instructions to the authorities con
cerned. His journiy through Siberia seems
to have Impressed upon him , not only the
Ignorance of tli'o Russian orthodox masses ,
but also of the many heterodox native rnca ,
such as the Kirghiz and Burials. One result
io Ihe arrival In SI. Pelersburg of Ihlrly-two
Mongolian Burials from Siberia to be. edu
catcd here In a special school purposely es
tablished for that puropse. In order to bring
them Into close contact with Christian civil
Izallon Ihsy ore lo be lodged In private fam
ilies , but on lite condition that no attempt Is
to be. made to interfere with their religion.
Some are even to bo lodged and boarded
In the families of Protestant residents ,
* * *
Nobody need be surprised at the news
from Madagascar that' the Hovas Imvo risen
In an effort to- drive auth the Europeans.
They are a valiant race , and their numbers
are so much greater than those of their
conquerim present on the island that the
temptation to recover Ihelr lost Independ
ence must beset them continually. If tha
bushwhacking campaign which cccms to have
been begun by them affected only them
selves and the French Intruders , tlio rest ol
the world could afford to look on with In
difference ; but , unfortunately , the natives
do not discriminate closely between the
French and other foreigners , and peaceable
visitors from other countries are likely to
feel tie ) effects of the struggle , as several
missionaries have already done , having lout
their property and been compelled to fly for
their lives. It Is probable that Madagascar
will bo an unsafe country for either mis
sionary or business enterprises for some
time to come.
iHOllltloil II 111 !
' Qloho-Democrat.
The Isolation of England , concerning
which English journals have much to eay
lu a pathetic vein , looks to a person outside
llko the natural result of a settled policy of
absolute selflshneiis ,
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Go/i u. . . . . .
Baking
Powder
ABSOLUTELY PUBE
n.voi.n
Kansas City Star : It Ihcra U any
Ing down on the VenezuMan question tt wl
not bo on this side ot the Atlantic.
Kansas City Journal : England Is as lur
prised and grieved to flnd that Uncle Sai
still has n backbone as America Is sur
priced nnd delighted.
Washington Post : So the challenge Issues
Wo hnrc struck Great Hrltaln's shield untl
It rings again , and our gage lies' there to
him to lift who will. There Is a new cxhlla
ration In the air. A. rich Olympian Ichor nil
the nation's veins.
Milwaukee Wisconsin : "Ure t llrltal
Must Back Down ! " say the headline writers
Uut the United States Is at present under
democratic tulmlnlstratlon. Mlildle-agei
men remember the democratic shibboleth
"Fifty-four-forty or fight. " We didn't ge
51:40 : , nor did wo fight.
Globe-Democrat : Knglnnd's swagger wn
conspicuously absent when Itussla In 187
tore up the treaty of Paris of 1356 , dictate
by England , and moved her fleet Into th
ninck-sca. If llussla had been ni veak na
tlon llko Venezuela or N'lcaragtm Drills !
vengeance would have been swift and re
lentlcsa.
Louisville Courier-Journal : The Monro
doctrine will be maintained , and the Unltci
States and Albion will not drench each othc
In blood over a dispute rpgardlng a strip o
foreign real estate of but little consctjucnc
to cither nation. Go on with your Christ
mas shopping undisturbed by the fear Urn
you arc liable soon to bo drafted for a sojer
Cleveland Plain Dealer : British opinion Is
profoundly stirred , but the British cahlnc
will not- commit the mistake of entering on
a war with the United States whoie horrors
with the vast developments In the ma
chlnery of modern warfare , would dwar
those of the wars of Napoleon , and whoso re
sult would assuredly be the loss ot Canada
to the British crown.
Indianapolis Nous : Let It be understooi
that our Interest in the Venezuelan dispute
Is not duo at all to any love or regard fo
the Venezuelans. The fact Is that , speak
Ing bluntly , wo despise them. Wo ore In
terested In their behalf , not for their sakes
but tor our own. Any enlargement of Ilrlt
Ish power on this continent we bellevo to be
detrimental to our Interests ; that la the
whole thing.
Chicago Times-Herald : The Monroe doc-
trlno Is na more novel than others Great
Britain has found this country able to Insert
In the International code , nnd after the mas
terly elucidation of It by Secretary Olney ,
who rests the doctrine broadly where It belongs -
longs , on the base , of a nation's right to pro
tect and purpstuate itself Great Britain will
yet In practlco , and ultimately by avowal , ad
mit that this "novel principle" has also been
Inserted In the International code.
Chicago Tribune : Undoubtedly the IJrltlsh
government does not relish the Monroe doc
trine. Out It must take Its medicine whether
It likes the clew or not. It Is not a question
of British preferences , but of those of the
Inhabitants of this hemisphere who do not
desire any more European Intermeddling with
their affairs. So the more these truculent
English papers have to say now In denuncia
tion of the Monroe doctrine the harder will It
bo for them to toke thfr back track , as they
will have to a little- later on.
Buffalo Express : The English diplomats
and the English papers may bluster , as they
are now doing over the Venezuela dispute ,
but those Americans who take this bluster
seriously have a poor conception of Interna
tional politics. Let war-talk be laughed
down. The United States , even If It had
not a ship or gun to back Its position , could
well afford to stand boldly and Immovably
for Its rights , conscious that Great Britain
would In the end come around rather than
Imperil her commercial Interests. .
MIRTH IX HHVMI2.
Washington Star. ,
It's mighty cur'us how a trust
Play smash with people's pelf.
It either busts the other folks
Or else U busts Itself.
KniiHis City Journal.
"When I get the lay of the land , " ho said ,
"In the lecture field , things then
Will come my way. " And so they did ,
Hut he got the lay of the hen.
Chlcnco Tribune.
The safe Hew open , nnd there Inside
A receipted BUS bill lay.
The baflled burglar Blmolc his head ,
"I've come a little too late ! " he said ,
And lie mournfully turned away.
New York Herald.
"Where are you going , my pretty maid ? "
"To my Christmas shopping , pa , " she
Pa drew'a check and wiped his eye ,
And thought of the coming buy and buy.
Inillnrmiiolla Journal.
"Maid of Athens , ere we part ,
Give , oh , give me back my heart. "
She heeded not the words lie said ,
But gave the marble heart Instead.
New York Recorder.
"If you will give your hand to me ,
I'll tell your fortune true. "
"No doubt , dear count , " the maid replied ,
"And you would spend It , too. "
New York Weekly.
The bonds most sought for by n duke
With mortgaged patrimony
Invariably you will find
Are those of matrimony.
Indianapolis Journal.
Remember In thy days of stress ,
The fewer bosom friends you make ,
When time brings fame and prominence ,
The fewer friends you'll need to Muihe.
TIIK MONROE uocrnijiB.
IxinJon Punch.
I'm the Yankee , to whip .ill creation ,
And own all creation nl-jo ;
If rivals should geek explanation ,
I tin them the tmmo of Monroe : >
1 II tip them tlie name of Monroe ,
The doctrine called after Monroe ;
And ' ( Isn't surprising Hint I should kcer
rising
Whilst holding Hint doctrine Monroe !
Of the universe * I'll bo director ,
Tlml's quliii In ncoord with Mionroo ;
Ami If there's no room for the others ,
The others , of courm , have to go ,
\\hcn I tip them the nimc : of Monroe ,
The doctrine named after Monroe ;
Though to them abhorrent , with ma It It
current.
Then bin rah for old Snap-up Monroot
Krom the president's chair It was stnted , 7
I.lkp rooster our englo will crow ;
And If lcs i-r fowls kick up Miliullp ? ,
\ \ c'll tip 'em the mine of Monroe.
The magnanimous nama of Monroe ,
The doclrlno named nft * r Monroe !
O er world-wldo dominion * a-wavlng lt
pinions
Our eagle \\lll squeal-for Monrool
Thus I'll blow myself out , and my llxlngs
From ocean to ocean shall go.
And from pole to polo also ; all hemispheres \ ,
Pan out for me ask Monroe !
Ask oaloptn-hnndi'd Monrool
The iloctrluo Improved of Momuct
Some folks think this way hard , but I
shall tell Hayurd
To stick to the text of Monrool
Our ambassador must be-In London
A smnit go-ahead plciilpo ,
And , If Salisbury does uut up dldos ,
Must tip him the namit of Monroe ;
Kxplain to him Mr. Monroe ,
And the dottrimcalled after Monroe.
Then , If things look siiulll'y , back down In
a JIITy ,
And drop for the present Monroe !
SPECIAL CHUISTMAS NUMltEU.
THE OMAIIA SUNDAY DE&
A WOMAN 1NTKUVKNE3 :
niMltilltif * Inatiillmfim nf lln
Harr' Intel eating serial that has eti-
tcitnlned ltn readeis for the past two )
months Well executed Illustrations , re
produced from original drawings.
HRIOIIT ClfHISTMAS STOKIKS :
A collection of llctlon appropriate to
Clnlatnms time reading A tale In quaint
dialect , illustrative of Christmas union * ?
the common people Christmas anec
dotes and Christmas poetry.
YK YULKTimO OF YOUR :
Origin of the Christmas celebration-
Christmas devotions In the period of
the fathers Mummeiles of the mlddlo
ages 1'ecilllar Christmas customs In
former centuries and In Kuiopean
countries at the present time.
CHILDHOOD OP CHRIST :
Dean Fuirar of Canterbury contrib
utes an appropriate article on the leg
endary Infancy of the Savior Sin
gular Incidents related by the apoc
ryphal gospels concerning the early
days of Christ Few authentic facts on
this subject.
SANTA AT THE WHITR HOUSR :
Frank G. Carpenter , the well known
Washington correspondent , writes one
of his characteristic letters , purporting
to be an Interview with Hunta Claim
about Christmas in the white house. In
which hi * brings out many Interesting
nnd curious facts as to Chrlntmas cele
brations there by presidents of by-sono
days.
CHRISTMAS D13COUATIONS :
An Illustrated paper explaining how
the plainest of homes may be made a.
bower of beautiful green by the taste
ful arrangement of a few festoons nnd
wreaths mound the walls and windows
and upon the chandeliers.
CHRISTMAS tJVITH THB CHILDREN :
A delightful little Christmas story by-
Herbert 0) . Ward , told In simple lan
guage , specially for the Jlttle ones-
Costume dollies representing the pcoplo
or all nations ns appropriate holiday
gifts Prattle of the youngsters.
CHRISTMAS FOR THB WOMEN :
Novel and adorable follies of the toi
let described In a holiday fashion let
ter and pictured In well drawn Illustra
tions Delicacies for the Christmas day-
table Charity work of fabulously rich
and beautiful women Facts about the-
fashionable dreremakerti who cater ex-
clu-'lvely to the upper crust of New-
loik society Fashion notes and news
notes about famous women ,
CHRISTMAS TIME SPORTS :
Holiday grist of lively sporting gos
sip Review of the events of the weelc
, nthe rc'lm , , or sport Gun and rod
still In evidence Horsemen commencing1
to discuss their plans for the coming
season What Is going on In local sportIng -
Ing circles.
SOCIETY HEADY FOR CHRISTMAS-
Preparations for gay times during the
holidays being made by the socletv set
More rumored engagements Social
eventB of the week
past Weddings , re-
csptlons. dances , curd parties galore-
Movements of the society folk ?
CHRISTMAS MUSIC AND DRAMA :
Special departments , under the super
vision of qualified critics , devoted to tlio
current music nnd drama Forecast of
mu lcul nnd dramatic events In store
for the local public.
UNEXCELLED NEWS SERVICE :
In addition to those brilliant special
features. The Ileo will give Its reiideru
the benefit of Its unexcelled now
serv
ice-Compare The IJee with I In would'bo.
competitors nnd judge for yourself.
THE OMAIIA SUNDAY BEE.
UUY ITritEAD IT !
If You'd Be Posted
As to where the really useful and reasonable
priced gifts for men and boys are to be had we'd
suggest a visit to the Browning-King- . Our
special offering is an imraence line of ties to bo sold
at 50 cents , though they are the sort that would
ordinarily sell for 75e to $1.00 The whole east win
dow is filled with them , and wo have thousands
inside. .
Remember this is a special sale of high grade
neckwear Choice for 50c Tecks , imperil flowing
ends , bows , imperial teoks , club ends , de joinvilles ,
and every late fashionable tie.
Special holiday articles. Turkish bath robes ,
lounging robes , smoking jackets , studying gowns
and house coats of every description. Handsome handkerchiefs -
kerchiefs embroidered silk suspenders mufflers
gloves night shirts hosiery umbrellas and
many other holiday gift articles.
In children's department there are big reduc
tions to close out certain lines children's reefers
leggings ties hats caps and children's furnish
ings of every sort all on 2d floor.
Browning , King & Co.
Southwest Corner Fifteenth nnd Douglas , OMAHA.
EVENINGS TILL CHRISTMAS.