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fT t ' - f i-"fr > .i 4 THJE OMAHA PAH.Y 13EEt ' , DECEMBER 22 , 1897. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. 11J'1 ' E. nOSCWATHR. Editor. I * i TEUMS OP SUIlECnil'TlON ! ttallr Ilf * ( Without SunJny ) , One Year . t W Dally lice nnd SunJar. One Year . 8 M : Bl * Monlhl . JOT Tnre * Jtontli § . JJJj KunJny He. Ono Vcnr . . . * M Hnttmlar H > o. One Yfar . jj % Vclily lice , Ono Yea"M Omaha : Tlio H e Itulldlnic. . . , . . . , . Hnut.l Omnha : Slncer lllk. . Cor. N nnil 21th SU. founcll lllurfs ! 10 Tfnrl Street. Uilcimo Otnce ! SI ? Clinmbor of Commerce. Nw Tork : Ioom 13 , H nnil 13 Tribune llldft \Vfii1ilnBlon : 501 Fourteenth Street. coumst'ONnlNcn. AH communlcotluns relatlnc to new * ami eJllo- tlnl mutter ilioult ) be ndtlrcitctl : To the I.JHor. llUSlNKSd LUTTEKS. All Iniclnran leltcr nnd remittances slioulJ be iiililremtil to The Hoe rubllihlnic Company. Omihii. I3rafl , checks , oxprc a and poatolllce money orclcru to bo mnile pnyoblo to the order or lha comnnny , TUB nnn i-urjusiiiNa COMPANY. STATEMENT Ol' CIIICUNATION. Btnte of Nel > rn l < n. DoUKlim County , M.i George II. Tznclitick"perclnry of The lo l ! I'm * ll'ltlngComrany. . being duly woin , n > a Ihni tn actual number of full nnjl rntnpleto coiil of Trio Dally. Uornlne , Kvrnlnic nnd bunJny ll'c prlnlecl durlnir the month of Nuvi-mbcr , 1S37 , wni us fol- 1 21.71(1 ( 1fi . . . . . . . . . . . 21.I&1 i 21.193 ; " . . . " . . . . . . ' 9 2'.SW ! . . 21.1 4 23.ro ; 21.048 t 21.177 SO ! ! . * T ! ! " ' . ! ! ' , ! ' . ! ! ! ! ! ! 20C21 ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ' ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 2is" ! t 21,411 -.1 9 Zl.0',9 21 " 21.2D1 II.4 ) 51,507 23 21.SSJ 11 5I.OC.1 SO 21.183 1J 21.321 U 21,421 5V. . . 21,018 14 20.S11 2) 21,4M 15 21,33 : ; 50 81,313 Total unsold nnd returned cnplcn . 10,415 Net fotnl Net dn.ly . fiworn to before mo nnd subscribed In my ( fire-once thin 1st dny of Decemlier , 151. . r ( Seat. ) N . P. ' ; ' ' " . . Nnlary Public. T1IK linn ON THAWS. All rnllroiid iic TMboyn arc upi > llril with MiiuiRli Heed to neonmtiincliitf * every pn - ciiBTPr ! : > \ > niitx to reml n ncwmtniicr , Inilut TIIXIII linv- InK The lloo. If you cannot Kd n llec on n trnlii rroni tlie ncTVH nKcnt , iilonnc report the fact , NtutliiK tlic trnlii nn l riVtlroiul , to the Circulation Department of Tin * llco. Tli lit fur xnle on nil trnliiN. 1XSIST ON HA VIVO THE HER. The city oC Indianapolis will try the curfew boll. General Harrison's fam ily Is growing. The most economical way of shipping farm products to market Is hi the form of pork or lieef. The bottom has dropped out of the Bogus Claimant's circulation tub. Bras Is a good dog , but Hold Fast Is a bet ter one. Crying out against press censorship by Injunction reminds one of the pickpocket who cries "stop thief" when a police man comes In sight. A -wolf was found In western Ne braska with Us tongue frozen fast to n railroad track. Attacking the railroads 5s dangerous business. . ' .The number of excuses for dkssatlsfac tton with the merit system In the civil service Is only equaled by the number oE persons who want positions without making a show of illness. Among attractions secured for the national live stock convention In Jan uary Is George Fred Williams of Massa chusetts. This .assures the nonpartlsan character oC the convention. ! irtie protest against allowing Frank U. Moores a settlement with the county comes with bad grace ftwm the parties who have clamored for six mouths that he should be made to settle with the county. ' ' A hold-up of four men In n saloon Is reported this morning by our popocratlc contemporary under llaring headlines , but the hold-up of more than 200 saloot keepers at $10 apiece Is not considered worth passing mention. Of the 8,117 copies of the Omaha Evening Hee delivered by carriers to Dona tide subscribers in Omaha am South Omnlia December 1. 1S07 , the Omaha livening World-llorald only reached 18. $ . Stick n pin there. Now we may confidently look for at Immense discharge of black lluld by the cuttlefish organ In order to cover Its retreat from the fcld in which it has been depredating upon credulous advertising patrons. The cnttlelish can't stand the searchlight of publicity. Patching up the ramshackle Sixteenth street wooden bridge Is to bo bi'gun at once , whleh means that the effort to secure- safe and commodious viaduct Is to bo postponed until the present worm-eaten structure bums- down or n catastrophe shall happen by a break down. General Weyler , late of Cuba , has laid out for himself a program of de fense against the "Insults" contained lu President MeKlnley's message to congress. If ho follows this program assiduously lie will have a life Job and thus keep out of mischief the rest of ills days , lie should be encouraged. The .mammoth . Irrigation scheme fath ered by Governor Li'cdy of Kan sas contemplates an Irrigation ditch from Montana to Texas running through the western portions of South Dakota , Xebrnskn , Kansas nnd Oklahoma. When Governor l.eedy demonstrates how the money to build ft can bo secured the project will bo pushed forward enthusiastically. Ono of the candidates for speaker of the Iowa house ban withdrawn from the race , which Indicates that the field is about ready to combine against the can didate who jtj apparently leading. As nil of the candidates nro worthy men and competent the contest Is merely one over personal preferences of the mem bers. Some time ago ( hero was evidence of growing bitterness lu the contest , but this ticeins to have all been dissipated , Mr. l 'unk of Hardln comity Is In the lead , tvlth Mr , Lavender of Calhoun county , second. Tin : SKAitcnLioaT IOKNBD OAT. The burglar or the sneak thief may ) r > erato successfully In dark alloys , but ic cnnuot ply Iil9 calling In thorough- 'arcs Illuminated by electric lamps. The professional swindler mny carry on Ids icfarlous schemes without let or hln- Irancc so long as the searchlight tof pub licity docs not expose his serpentine tracks. The arrant Imposture which ims been carried on for years by the jwners of the World-Herald papers , joth morning nnd afternoon , Is about to : omc to nn end. Tlio searchlight of Inexorable publicity lias been turned on the. fakirs nnd their fraudulent claims of largest circulation will collapse like a burstcd balloon , llravjulo and shameless jugglery can never prevail when brought face to face with proofs that cannot be controverted. The damaging exposure wo make In the publication of the census of news paper subscribers has not been of our own choosing. It was forced upon us In order to put an end to conscienceless Imposture and disreputable business methods pursued under pretense of honest competition. The Irrefutable facts presented by the published lists of carrier-delivery sub scribers should be studied , not only by liquor dealers and druggists whose busi ness it Is to use the medium of widest publicity In the county for their notices of application for license , but by every merchant , manufacturer , real estate dealer or householder who Is Inter ested In knowing beyond a reason able doubt which of the respective news- papcis published In Omaha has the most extensive subscription list and Is the most valuable ; and reliable advertising medium. The tigures presented by the news paper census represent tuo carrier cie- llvery lists during the last week of No vember. With trifling exception , those lists would be found correct today. Summed up , these are the incontrover. tlble figures : The KKrc'Kii : < % carrier delivery clr- iMilutlou of Tlic Kvcnlnir JH-c U iloulilc tlic iiKKrroKiitc uurrler delivery circulation of the Uvfitliiyr World- llcrnlil anilniori / - ( linn slv HIIIOM wren tor thnii the nKrurcKiile currier delivery elrculiitlon of the MornliiK \Vnrld-lIcriild ill Oinnhn mid South Omaha. . The carrier delivery circulation of The UvenliiKT lice reaches 7,1Ktt bnim ildc NiiliNcrlhcrt that are not reached liy the liveiiliiK World-Herald and 7 , < 11 HiibNcrllicrH that are not reached by the Morning : U'orld-llernlil. More thMii ! ) , OOO carrier delivery NiiliHcrlliem to The Oiniilili KveiiliiK Ilee ami The Oniiiliu "MornliiHT lice are not reached cither Hy the MornliiK World-Herald or the Kvciiiiii ? World- Hernld. 'It ' noes without fiuyliiK that the num ber of uoitlcM f Tli Kvcuiiin llec or The .troriilnpr Ilee Nqld by denlern and iiiMtNboyn cxccodH by a very consider able ( lie number of World-Herald dalllcM , morn I n wr and evening : , sold by dealer ! ) and A CKKDITVn NATION. The acting comptroller of the currency recently called attention to the -fact , as evidence of the growing financial Inds- pondence of the United States , that rates of Interest are lower In New York than in the European financial centers. This ncounts fou tint noniinport of gold , there being , as wo recently pointed out , a very large amount of money dii from European bankers kept abroad for the better rate of Interest it commands and because there is nn demand1 for it here. Rut perhaps the most valuable ICKPOU this situation' presents , said the acting comptroller , Is that international trade balances can be settled without the use of gold or other metallic money , simply through extension of credit. The financial position of the United States at this time , so far as luterna ional exchanges nro concerned , is stronger than at any other period of Us ilstory. While it would not be true to say that we htivti assumed the position of n creditor nation , although loaning noney to Europe , It is certaini ; ' a fact : hat tlie country Is rapidly drifting award that position. A few mon years of such an export trade as we iavi had this year- would undoubtedly change the 1'iiltetl State- * from a debtor to a creditor country and give It com- > leto llnnneliil Independence. That this rt-111 ultimately lie attained Is of course certain , and there is every reason to < x- > et'l thnt it will cornel before thi Twen tieth century is far advanced. It will be promoted and hastened by ti settled determination to maintain a sound and stable monetary standard , IVSTAb SKHVICN KCUKOMIKS. The movement to secure reforms In the potsal service along the linendvo caled by Congressman Loud of California will meet with greater favor now thnn when first inaugurated , since It Is plain that those who would get the govern inent back to a cash hints must plan for retroiifhmcnt rather than additional revenue. Mr. Loud urges reform In two Important matters , both relating to second - end chiKi , or newspaper , mall matter , namely , prohibiting the admission of books or reprints of books to second- class rates and abolishing the sample copy privilege. A saving of $ iiooo,000 : annually , ho says , could bo effected by these- simple .exclusions. Although Mr. Wnimmaker and Mr. UiBsell both ptvdleUMl that the deficits In the Postolllco department would soon cease , they have been growing larger , and this year the deficit nmountH to ? 12,087,58. , which Mr. Loud points out Is only the nominal deficit , the real loss to the government being more than double this. That this loss Is largely duo to abuse of , tlio second-class mull matter privilege 1 susceptible of proof. The cost of handling till mall matter In 180(1 ( amounted to about 15 cents a pound , but for handling first-class mull matter the government was paid an av erage of about m cents a pound , while for handling second-class mall matter the government gets 1 cent a pound. There Is no objection In any quarter to this low rate ou legitimate uevvdpupcr business , but the fnct that books arc scut through tlie malls as eccond-clnss matter Is objectionable. The books that arc put Into the cheap "libraries , " etc. , are certainly not entitled to this favor from the government against the better class of books on which publishers pay postage nt the rate oC 8 ccnls n pound. The sample copy privilege Is also abused , but Instead of cutting It off en tirely It would bo much better to simply double the rate now charged and get a substantial revenue from this source. Another reform might properly be ef fected by abolishing the free postage to newspapers In the counties In which they nro published. This would be an expense to every newspaper publisher In jhc United States , but the burden would .bo . so evenly distributed that it would hardly bo felt The lidded rcvo- MUG from this source would go far to ward wiping out the annual deficits In the 1'ostofllce department. | There arc other economies that might bo effected In the I'ostolllcc department , both In the way of getting greater reve nue and In reducing e\peiucs of the ! de partment , nnd some of these reforms nro now duo. The postal service , more than any other department of the gov ernment , Is a strictly business matter , and the service should bo kept on a busi ness basis. Deficits ln the postal service are both unwise and unnecessary. A TlWJ.ir FARM It Is stated that the elevator com panies doing business In South Dakota will make am effort to induce the farm ers of the state to bring the quality of their wheat crop back to Its , old high standard by changing their seed wheat. There Is no doubt that there has been steady deterioration of the quality of the wheat harvested In the northwestern wheat belt , and It is important that the cause be known , If possible , so that remedies may bo applied. The farmers are all familiar with Hho fact that wheat as well as nearly all liKRtnn nn ' t > rnniiil. mid this fact is attributed by most farm ers wholly to the changes In the soli duo to cultivation. That this Is not true has been proved by tbo o who have suc cessfully grown good spring wheat on old ground without the use of fertilizers by resort to the simple expedient of fetching their seed grain from some dis tant < lountry. The New England farm ers found that wheat when grown year after year- from .seed gathered on their farms would surely lose its best quali ties , but they were jievor able to > apply a complete remedy ; the Ohio valley farmers had a similar experience , ajitl resorted to fertilizers ; and then the farmers of the Mississippi valley learned the lesson of deteriorating crops. Tlic experience of Iowa farmers may lie of value to the South Dakota farm ers and those of other portions of the northwest. When Iowa was a new state wheat was a sure and profitable crop and many mills were built , but the time came when the mills were allowed to stand Idli' because the , favmgrs could not grow good wheat. Then the millets and grain dealers did just wjint tlie devntor men propose 16'ilo In South Dakota , and today the wheat crop Is one of the most valuable of the many crops of Iowa. The mills have been renovated , the ele vators are running' and the farmers are happy. All thnt the farmers of Smith Dakota need to do Is to make a study of this subject ami act in accordant' ? with good judgment and the lesions learned by otiiois through experience. Changing sued wheat Is one way of add'.ng to the value of the farms a way that the farmers ought not to overlook. T1IK iV.mo.\Mf , HAXhS. Congress will probably not adopt all the recommendations of the secretary of the treasury in ! regard to the national banks , but it should give attention to those of the comptroller of the cur rency looking to an improvement oF the system. In his last report the comptroller re news his previous recommendations , one of whleh is that officers anil directors of national banks be held to a more rigid responsibility and mnde subject to re moval by the comptroller violations of law and mismanagement. Theie nre sound reasons fo" this recommenda tion. Admitting that as a rule bank ollicers and directors are careful in the management of their institutions , and strictly conform to , the reiultt'ineiits ] of the law. still the history of bank fiillm-p. " shows that laxity exists and that the periodical examinations made are not a perfect safogunid against misman agement and violations of the law. I'or- haps giving tlie comptroller of the cur rency power to remove oilieers an.l directors would not be. but it is highly probable that It would have the effect to induce greater care and vigilance on the. part of those responsible for the proper and honest management of tlie banks ami tills Is certainly to be de sired. Another judicious recommendation Is that once a year the directors of na tional bunks be required to mke : a examination of Mho affairs of their in stitutions and submit a report to the comptroller. This would insure a thor ough inspection of * the. banks annually by the directors , a thing not now , It Is b.'lleved , generally done. Indeed , It is safe to assume that the directors of n large proportion of the national brinks are never Informed , from personal ex amination , as to the exact condition of tliu institutions under ther ! charge. It Is too commonly the case , 1hen Is every reason to believe , for directors to bo content with a perfunctory Inspection , accepting , an many bank examiners do , the statements of the executive ollicers , Evidence of this Is furnished by almost every bank failure that hns occurred .slnco the national system was founded , No less commendable Is the suggestion regarding tlie restriction upon loans to executive ollicers and employes of banks. | No honest bank olllclal will object to these reconunandatlons of the comp troller of the currency , the embodiment of whleh into law would Impose no onerous duty nor any obligation not en tirely legitimate and consistent with sound business principles , it must bo the desire of all national bankers to Increase and strengthen publicconn , deuce lu the system and [ the tendency of such requlrwiicnts , , enforced by law , 03 the comptrtler recommends , would certainly coiulma to this. It Is not to bo supposed vBit the proposed amend ments to th jlj - would bo an absolute romcdy , for mismanagement or entirely do away tvlifi practices that have led to so many failures , but there cnu bo no doubt that they would bo productive of Improvement nnfl , would operate to give the public n strbnger , confidence In the safety of the , Imuks. The deathUf Johu Glllesple , first au ditor-of the sao ( of Nebraska , recalls many historic Incidents In the pioneer days of. tills commonwealth In which he was a prominent factor. Mr. Qlllesplo first entered public olllco as territorial auditor nnd served In that capacity until Nebraska was admitted Into the union. As n member of the commission that selected the townsltc of Lincoln as capital of the state , Mr. Gillesplo be came ono of the founders of the capital city , which , however , has exhibited base Ingratitude for Ills devotion to its Inter ests chlelly because. John Glllesple mani fested a disposition to joliii In the move ment to deposes David Itutler from the position of governor. While John Gil lesplo maj ; have boon offensively disa greeable to his political associates In bearing the title of Honest John , there were elements of Integrity nnd moral courage in his makeupwhich other founders of the capital city lacked In a lamentable degree. Perhaps the most important functltm iwhlch John Gllle > plo exercised In shaping the political des tiny of this state was in conjunction with the late General Strickland , presi dent of the constitutional convention of 1871 , in 'the ' counting out of the constU tutlon , which by many public men , in cluding General Strickland , was be lieved to have carried. ilf there has been n crooked real estate speculation in the school board it is eminently right and proper that the board shall purge Itselt even from me suspicion. There lias been altogether too much of such work in the location and acquisition of school lots in tlic pust and such deals have done more to lower public confidence in the school board than any other cause. Business men who expend money for advertising in Omaha newspapers will from this day forth have only them selves to blame If they allow them selves to 1)0 imposed upon by the fraud ulent claims of 'Jlargcst circulation" In Omaha andSSomh Omaha , by which they have been duped1 out of thousands of dollars of advertising patronage. Although the World-Herald fills live columns of its. Sunday issue with free advertisements , an inducement to people ple who arc.willing to pay 15 cents a week for its 'dally and Sunday editions , its subscription .lists do not Indicate that this effort Jhas enabled its pub lishers to plug up tlie big hole in its waning city subscription list. On "the 1st tUijf of December , A. D. , 'JlSDT Jiie.jbona tlHe carrier delivery sub- ' * Oinuha Evening IJeo In the cities oO.'Onmha and South Omaha overlapped the cambhied circu lation of the Omaha Morning World- Herald and Evening World-Herald by : ; , ( ! ! ) ; > copies , and further deponent salth not. The proof of the pudding is in tlie eating. Tlie way to prove n circulation claim is to publish the names of bona tide subscribers. That Is the only test that cannot be controverted by perjured alildavit-makers and fraudulent circula tion claimants. I'retty Lively 'Myth. ' Chicago IJecoril. Considering that he Is only a "pagan myth , " Santa Glaus seems to be doing pretty wll in the mattcr of'promoting shopping ex cursions. VilUi Tbrlr .Mouths. Philadelphia 1'icss. Those twenty Spanish Renora'Is ' who want to clr-clnre war against the United StaUa should stay at .home and help light the Car- lists. But perhaps their forte is fuming am not fighting ! Ilvllcf fcr ( litKlomUkiT.x. . New York Herald. In view of the fact that seven widows "sod" and "grass , " started for the Klondike ! jcsterday , It is only fair and just to recall to tag gold hunters in the frozen nc.'th the sae ani prolitilblc advice of the older Weller to hla "hopeful " son. i'v.HHiiry Aliirin. piillg Sentinel General Lt\v Wallace thinks wo will have to whip Japan. What for ? Japan has done nothing to us , anil there Is no evidence tha iho wants any fight with us. There Is no conceivable reason why -AC should want any flfiht wild her. Japan Is modest and decent an coir.oared with European powers. Slio Is ei,7tnlnly Intelligent enough net to dcslro tote to whipped , We cannot share lu General Wallace's apprehensions. Wo 'fear ' he is the victim ( fa talented Imagination. Hut OIKSctlli'iDii * PoHx Cleveland Plain Dealer , The Cuban question will never bo settled until it Is settlcil on the basta of Cuban In dependence. The sooner this is thoroughly uzderstor-ii tlio better It will too for all con ccrncd. It Is a physical Impossibility for Spain to suppress tliu Insurrection In the island lor the reason tbat the Inaurgcntu are never absent /font tholr Oase of suppllca. The soil is of Bitch a fruitful nature that It yields a crop eVrry six weeks. The supply of jams is ther'oi'Jrd a 'perennial ' one. The soldiers ol the American rcvc/lutln' / lived 0:1 : yams alone for1 'a.illlo ' ; ) and the soldiers of Cuba can do llltowjse. _ TinKliitiillUc ijti-llrf I'nrly. IntHnnnpnlls Journal. Tliero Eceras fo'b'o ' nothing else that 4 humane ccngrctSs' ' can do but to appropriate money and send Vfasels to bring back those recklccu men who Insisted on go'.ng to KlcndlUo ; ute In.fyp'caEon In the face of the warning of men pf expert ? nee. It has always expended money tp mint up and bring back those peraons who liavo started' ' out to dis cover the nortlj.pplp an altogether uselet& discovery If It ftfiijo nwde , But the govern meat should In Mur.o-way draw u line on thla cert of thing , olsovcry reckless perso-a who gets Into trouble ' wtll bo demanding that congress help hfirl out. 1'IniiM r tbf SiinllNiiifn. Philadelphia Itrcord. Among the methods of the spollamongcra In their efforts to undermine the civil serv ice law Is the opposition to exempt ttom the provisions of the law all subordinate employes holding fiduciary positions for whom their superiors are responsible , sudi as deputy collectors of revenue , clerk. ) of dlsbur < liii ; ollicers , etc. The fact Is that all tlii'zo employes are required to give bonds for every dollar that may pass through their hands , From this requirement not oven i > os'- olllco clerks are exempt , Tlio trust coin- panics which furnish ecurlty for them in return for a consideration , anil not their cfllcl-il superiors , are pecuniarily responsible for their fidelity. The proposed amendment in regard to thesa employed IB only a nrfiemo of tlio epollsmongerg to get control of a largo amount of official patronage with the l > ro- teoeo of promoting the public service. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. Ynnr nttrnllnit In hereby directed in the printed lint of tiona nile unit * Northern In flic cltlo of Oinnhn itntl Soutli Omnhn , of the Oinulin. Brett * * InIT lice , nnil nlfto tlic- lint of honn flito nuhnrrlherM to the Otnnha ainrnliiK AVorlil-Hcrnlil mill the flnmhn KrculiiRVorldltornlil. . These- lirhitcd lIMn nro Btipiuirtcil ! ) } ticirnitititcr carrier * . ' itniilnvltN. nnil fur- nlullyon conclusive mid liullsimtulilc proof llml tUo hnnn. tide elrcnln- tlun of the Oinnhn. 12 von Inn Uco CTceertn hj- over -1,000 tlic olrctiliitlim of tlic KvculiiHr tVorld-Hernlil , nnil by more thnii 0,700 the elretilntlim of the MnrtiliiK AVorld-IIcrnM. You Ttllt further unte that vilillo the liitr rclntltipr to the iiubllcntlim of lltinnr llueiiKc application * ) , nn in terpreted h > - the fitntu supreme court , doen tint iiertutt the coinhlncil e of two licitfipnpcrn ptihlUheil with dlirereitt licmltiini mill ilellvproil to ill ( Tore lit niilnicrlhcrn nn n coniiillniicc ivltli tlic requirement of KV- ! liiK the ivlilcnt publicity to nulil application , the comollilntcil circulation tionof the Morning \Vorlil-Hcraia - rlth the KrcnlnirVnrlil1Icralil lit .Oonirlns . county vrotilil , If Irani , Mill full nhort by more thnn 2,500 , when coinpnreil Tvlth the honn llile olrciilutloii of the Oinnhn KvcttlitK lice In DotiKlnn county. The botia title clreiilntloit of the Oinnhn KvciiliiK lleo In DoimliiN county , ontnldo of the olden uC Omnhit mid South Otiuihn , In In. exocN * of the houn lldc circulation of the MornltiKVorldlIeralil or the Kvciiluir World. Herald. While T C hnvo no disposition to hums * or IMTHecute niiy Itidlvldunl or Ilrm oiiRiiKcil In the liquor trnlHc , nutl want It uiulorslooil thnt thin notice Is not Intended us it thrent , Y o nhnll he uoiupellcd , In order to nnstnlii our rlKhtM under the Int * , , to protent iiKiilnnt the KriiiitiiiR of a lleciiMu to niiy npplluant who docn not comply with thiit provlsliiu or the Inw that reiiulren the ptihllon- tliiu of notice of appllcntloii in. the paper of lurucst elrviilntloii In the county of UoiiKlnn. "With the proofs which we hercwElh place in your haiidn , you will surely not he nlilc to plend KOOI ! fiiltli In ntaUliiR use of cither the. niorulupr Worid-llernld or the KrciiliiR AVorld-lU-rnld or the Ho-cnllcd Dully \Vorlil-llcral.l , which han 110 cxUlt-nce In fact , nn already declared hy the courts. Hit order thnt no Ill-feeling : mny lie eiiKendered hy the course which we propose to purmic toward pnrtle.i who do not comply with the law relating to tlic publication of liquor notices , you are herehy informed that In case the Hoard of l.'lro aiidi Police ComiiilssliiiirrH , actliifr I\H nit Excise llonrd. shall wilfully and unlawfully override our protest , we nhnll tippenl from KM dceislnii to the courts , and , piMidhiK the llnnl decision , we shall insist upon the ntrlct enforcement of the provision of the law which Ntispends the UCCIINC of any vendor of llnuor while the appciil froai the llceiiNe hoard is pciulliiK- the district court. TIIK 11U13 IMrilMSIII.Vn COMIMXY , Proprietor of THIS OMAHA. i'.VI2XI1IIJI3 , i'er 12. HOSKWATKIt , freHdent. | I'AKTY DUTY. Hepnhllcniis Jlnst Siistnlii the Civil Service l.iur. New York Sun. In the cotirso of the deb\to co the legls- latlvo. executive and judicial appropria tion bill , discussion foil upon republican fidelity to both the letter and 'tho spirit of the civil service law. Congressman Barrett of Massachusetts referred to a similar dis cussion of that particular subject In Iho house i > even years ago , and tiuotcd the subJoined - Joined remarks made at that time by a re publican member : "If the republican party of this country is pledged to cay cue thing more 'than to another it is to the mulntenance of the civil service law and its cflicictit execution ; mt only that , but to Its enlargement and further application to the public service. The law as It stands upon our statute books today was put tSero by republican vctos. It was n republican measure. Every aaticcul plat form of the republican party alnco its enact ment had declared not only In favor of its continuance In , full vigor , but in favor of Its enlargement , EO as to apply more generally to the public service. " "Who eald that ? " asked somebody. "Jlr. Chairman , " replied 'Mr. ' 'Barrett ' , "that utter ance was made by William McKlnloy of Ohio. " There In no need to go back so far as that. The last national convention of the rrpub- llcnn party , held in St. Louis eighteen months ago. adopted this resolution : , "The civil service law was placed on the tatyte book by' the ? republican party , which IMG always susta'ned it , and we renew our created declarations that It shall be thor oughly and honestly enforced and extended wherever practicable. " That declaration renders superfluous all irgument at the present time concerning the expediency of maintaining , in letter and la spirit , the civil service law as It stands ; or the desirability of extending its operations &crcver practicable. Udnibllcans who may attack It , directly or Indirectly , In the FlCty-fltth congress will cse both their time and their wind. Democrats who may attack It will accom plish nothing. They will have the record of their futile uttcrancco as the cnly reward for their calns. All this Is independent of any question us to the merits of the competitive system as administered , or of the advisability of re taining It as part of our system. The place and t'.ic time to discuss that will be In the natic-nal convention of 1900. But It Is of primary Importance that a great party , Intrusted with the central of the government , shall keep Its pledges and fulfill Its promises. TIIADK HKCORDS IIHOKHV. tlicII lull Water Mark la Mer cantile TriniHiictloiiM. ChlcnKo Tlmes-Hetnld. While wheat Is the 'backbone ' of the favor able trade record fcr the 'week , business has been phenomenally large in all departments. Previous trade records are being ibroken , and the big falling off In failures Indicates that tap Increased merchandising that has fol- loweJ a strong advance In the purchasing power of the wage-earning t'lasses Is being conducted on conservative lines. The close advent of the holiday season Is always slgnall/ed by great acceleration In pommcrclal activity , but the gain this year surpasses that of 1892 , w'hen ' the volume of mercantile transactions reached Its highest mark. The steady and unprecedented In crease In exports is the most significant fca. ture of the general news trade of the week. Recent compilation of trade statistics re veals the fact that merchandise exports In November rose to $116,630,290 , the excess of exports over Imports In four months being $229,212,401. All previous records nro sur passed by exiports for the year , which have been $974,600,000 In cloven months. Notwlth. stand-Ing the heavy Increase In exports and the 'largo balance of trade In our favor , the treasury 'receipts show a. steady Increase for the first half of December over previous months , both In custjms and Internal rev enue. In the Industrial world the moat notolilo Instance of prcopnrlty Is f mulshed by t'jo output of pig Irti-i , which for No\ ember this year was 220,021 tons , the greatest ever known in the history of this Industry. Ac- cordlnu to the Amerlcin Manufacturer of Plttnbiirs tlili represents an Increase of D per cent In ono month , completing an In crease of nsarly 40 per c _ nt In llvo months , Tays the Manufacturer : "Tho fact that there ere works In this country able to produce , without the stimulus of advancing prices , more Iron than Greit BrltBln lia _ ' ever produced at any time , itnd ! > t prices low enough to permit exports of products of England and all other countries will bo to mon Ilrltlsh manufacturers a d'.HUgrceab1a revelation , and even to many Americana a surprise , " The Atlantic exports of wheat in two wocl ; s have been 7,880,042 bushels , against 5,413,077 last year. There has been an increase - crease In the demand for woolen gooJs dur ing the week , and many mills are providing for an Increased production. An Increase ol 25.9 per cent In the bank clearings for the week Is still further evidence of the perma nency of Improved business conditions , Coaocriilnir tliu Curfew. Clilcuco Tlmes-UernW. Although the to-called curfew ordinances have encountered considerable ridicule , the police reports from Lincoln , Neb. , Omaha , St. Joseph , Mo. , Denver and DCS Molnov de clare that I * has been a BUCCW . There'a a largo decrease In 1ho arrests of youths ; thtro Is an Improvement In study and c reduction In commitments to the reforrr Bchtiol , The law In many places no longci needs enforcement , for the children are n < longer on the streets , With the exception of Omaha , no attcmp has been made to put such a law In forci In any metropolis , There la no question however , about the evil It undertakes tc remedy. Tlio stepa In many Instances o free night reaming on the streets are clcarlj marked and Inevitable , Klrst , amusement second , mischief ; tblrd , crime. lAIIOUT A Cl'llAV 'm.iilV. . Itenorteil Massacre nt a 1'eace Knxoy In the Islanil , ClilcnKO Chronicle. If reports proceeding from "junta" sources , are true the savage Insurgent commanders in Cuba have adopted an Inhuman plan to discourage the advocates of peace through amnesty and autonomy. An envoy with & message to Gomez and Garcia propcalcE terms of peace which should be submitted to their followers for acceptance or rejection Is summarily hanged. The rank end lllo of the Insurgents art not permitted to see any of the terms of peace proposed , ffhe brigand commander catches the envoy having the messageof peace. The commanders murder the ran scnger and destroy the paper * found in his possession. This the "Junta" descriiifa as tin heroic policy of the Insurgents. Three savages the Jingo politicians demand sh'H'.l ' be recognized as belligerents in a civilIzed - Izod * war. There was no time In our civil war when the- rebels refused to recognize a Hag of truce. It Is probable that in no other war in civlllzedi times did a message of peact cause the envoy's death. The Cuban Insur gents bans the bearer of a white flagol truce. This Is equivalent to raising the black Mag of piracy as the insurgent standard and emblem. It la no wonder that popular sympathy with the Cubsras has disappeared or U disappear ing. The country now sees that the origi nal position of President Cleveland was that of sound statesmanship and sagacious Inter national policy. r - What would independent Cuba be with a government composed of men whose policj in war la to hang the emissaries of peace and destroy their dispatches for fear that tht terms would beaccepted If made known , to the ranks of the Insurgents ? I'IDJISO. % It , .AXIl . GTHISKUMSE. In Andrews county , Missouri , resides a lawyer with the singularly appropriate name of Barrister Stephen Fee. The people who think that 7-year-old Kan sas 'lawyer ' Is something remarkable have not been following tlho proceedings In the Kan sas courts. A Bangor. Me. , sea captain has rounded Cspe Horn thirty-three times. There are men in this neighborhood who have got around a "horn" oftoncr than that. According ; to the Financial Chronicle the Increase of railroad earnings for November , 1897 , over those of November , 183(3 ( , on 131 railroads was nearly $9,000,000 , or about 20 per cent. Nnnsen , the Arctic explorer , was asked In Boston what had most Impressed him In his tour of the United States , and replied that ho considered Niagara Kails moro mirvelous than any feature of the country. A pralrlo fire swept over a section of Ed wards county , Texas , from the Nueces river to Hock Springs. The burned area varies j from twenty-five to fifty miles in width , Uvcrythlng was devoured by the tornado ol flames. The will of the late Henry narnhart , one of the wealthiest pioneers of California , consists i sists of only eighteen words and says simply ; "I direct that my property shall bo disposed of according to the laws of the state of Call- fonnla , " Prof , Theodore Mommsen , the famous his torian , Is a man of small , almcst Insig nificant , stature , with long , snow-white , sllkj hair hiuigiiig down to Ills shoulders , and a frame almost emaciated , but ho still has the energy and the power of work that ono mighl In a man half his ago. I sn.u.siciys TO oo. Boston Transcript : People who wont to mtv Bonlskltifl should cull early nnd nvold the rush. The bill which lina riaeuM congress prohibiting all scaling In the 1'ftclflc also prohibits the Importation of sealskins , r w or manufactured. The United States Is the greatest market In the world fop ecnUkltm and the Intent of the Inw Is by closing It to make pelagic scaling by other nations , which now raid the herds , unprofitable to the point of abandonment. Ualtlmoro Sun ! The virtual prohibition of Imported sc-alskln sacmies which has been found concealed In the bill Just paused by congress Is a heavy blow to polaRlc scaling , No sealskins may lie Imported If they bo the flklns of scnls taken In the North Pacific. If any are brought In secretly they may ha seized and destroyed by government olllc'lals , The bill nliiu to stop pelagic scaling , and thfl provision Just cited will go far to make It effective , as the United States Is the chief nurkel for sealskins. As they nro an ex- pctislvo luxury. Kie want of them will nol cause much suffering. Cerlaln husb.imls , If they will tell the truth , will confess that they rejoice at the effect ot the prohibition on their bank accounts. Indianapolis Journal : This will hit John null In a tender spot. Thus far he hns been u > ] to nnd rwsons enough why ItrltWi scal ing vessels should not obey American laws ami why the Drltlsh government should not make any treaty for the Joint protection of the SMls , but what will ho say to this' Ho cannot for a moment question the right and power of the United States to piohlblt the Importation of sealskins In any form what ever , and the prohibition will hit htm Imr.l . n the region of the pocket nerve. Inciden tally It may cause n boom In the price of sealskins In the United States nnd make conlskln cloaks a moro expensive luxury than ever , but wo can afford that for the natlsfac- ioti\ot ! wntclll"B 'ho ' effect ot the law on .Mr. HUH. It Is n drastic measure , but fully Justified by the circumstances , roi.isiiun roi.vrijits. Washington Stnr : "Thprc It nothing. " .V'1 V1 ? Coritft' < ' I'hUoioplHT. "that will so Cumulate a m-ui's sense of justice as to hnvo some ono ewe him money. " . Chlcnjjo Htcord : ' .Mis * Kldorly-Don't you think It's horrid to ask OIIO'F. age ? The Other One-Vcs. And It's often so un necessary. Somervllle Journal. Some mon wouldn't have nnythlnir to distinguish themselvi-s from their fellow Iwlngf If tlioroxro > no Mich thingas dyspepsia. HO-YO * . I loved a girl once and Hho made n fool of mo. She Some ultlsdo make a lasting Impres sion , don't they ? Philadelphia North American : "What Is your llrst step In writing u play ? " asked the reporter. "I look around. " replied the srent nliv- rArlfiht , "and llml a oed carpenter to col laborate with mo. " Detroit Journal : Today thn sultan was thoughtful. "No , " lie mused. "Llfo may bo a mystery. but It Is not Creole to .mo. No " That w.is to my , not ovoiylhlnir , by any menus' , was coming bin way. Chicago Trlhu r"Your dear filcnd Irene , " said the plrl In the fur J.ukitis tryliiK to make llyht of you. " "t defy her ! " rw < lniiately ansmered t > o girl with the ytlciv ! buskins. She was a brunette. Indlnnnpolls Journal : "Have you boon rending- about the * pots on the sun ? ' asked the young num. "No , " replied the ex-summer girl , "but I , m glad the old thing hns a few fr.'okles himself and can sco hoiv he likes It " APPREHENSION. \Vnsliltinton Slur. Ho promised to tnko her to ride In a sleigh. And now i.vltb ad terror he'll iiunlio Whenever the skies gut a llttlt" bit griy , For ho tigures It out that he'll prob.ibly pay At the rate of $2 a llakp. Tinoi.n : : JIA.VS - CIIKISTM cnrs. . Atlanta Constitution. The old mini had six d.tUfTitera ( wo wuz his hlied Jmml.s , . , . - _ , - An1 we wuz hlx , an' all the. year wo plowed nn' hoed his lands ) , An' every single gul o' them wuz purty as n pi'ribh. ( Air bein' six an' six , wo said : "Thar'a one apiece fur each ! " ) Hut hoiv could any folks llko us , that walked the cotton row. An' made and marked the melons , an' coaxed the corn ter grow , Think that ho'd let a gul o' his como step- pin' down so fur , To hour a poor clmp askln' for the hand an' heart o' 'her ? An' so , we jest said nutliln' , but Uej ) ' a- fcolln' blue. An' thlnkln' till It 'pcarod ter us the gala wuz thlnkln' , too ! An' sometimes , when they'd walk our way , though nutliln' much wuz H.ild , They'd smllo the awoutest o' smiles , an' blush a rosy-red ! Hut still wo kep' our distance , till In the llelds nnd dells The Christmas horns wuz li'owln' , an' wo heard tlic Christmas bol's ; An' then the old mim says tor us : "Como In ! It's Christmas dny , An' I've got some purty presents that I'm Balnff ter give away. An' tluir the gals wuz In a row a-ulushln' left an' rLsht , The old man in the center an' six o' us in sight ! An * we knowed Jest what wuz comln' an * \ve knowed 'twuz comln' quick , Fer tlic o'.d man Hays : "It's Clulstmas , boys ; whirl in an' take yer pick1" Well , I took sweet Miss 'Llz.i , an' John took Handy Jane ; An' Jim ald he'd tuko r.aura fer this world's shiiu ! or rain ! An" HO on , till we'd boon supplied , then snld' , "We're Kcoged ter you , Hut with all yer daughter ! * lve nwuy , what air you Koln' tor do ? " An' then the old man winked at me , an' whispered mighty low : "As for the Bills , 'iwuz glttln' time for all o' them ter fol I've Jest boun wnltln' on you boys tilt' wed- din' word ter way I'm n-golng ter mairy a wldd r , an' I wants 'em out the way ! " Tha time is short now , But our as ortment long. Just at present , how long we can't say. as the demand is great , between the people and mail orders that are pouring in upon us , our superb holiday gatherings.are beginning to feel the effect. We want to say that our store con tains the best selected line of furnishings for men and boys ever shown in Omaha , A beau tiful box goes with each purchase. Come in and look us over you might see something in scrafs , gloves , suspenders , mufflers , hosiery , handkerchiefs , underwear , umbrellas , or an overcoat , mackintosh or some other article of dress that would be the proper thing to give a * friend. Don't wait till the last moment. Come early. Open evenings until 9 p. m , Browning , King &