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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : ' HKXS DAY , DECEMHEK 115 , 1S5W. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. UOSUWATEU , Editor. PUBLISHED UVEIIV MOKN1NG. TUKMS 6K SUBSCH1PTION. Dnllv le ) ( wlthftut Sunday ) , Ono Year V OT Dally Hen nnd Sunday , Ono Vcnr ; oo Dally , Sunday and Illustrated , Ono Year S.2 > Sundaj and Illustrated. Ono Year - ; Illustrated Bee , On Year 2- ° ° Hundny Bet , Ono Year 2.00 Siturdny Bee , Ons Year l.M Weekly Bee , Ono Yenr .05 OPK1CES. Omalm. Tha Bee BulldlnR _ . . . . _ , South Omnha : City Hall Bulldlnt , , Twenty-fifth and N Streets Council muffs. 10 Pearl Street f'hlcnuo : ion Putty Building New York ) Temple Court. Washington 501 Fourteenth Street. Communication- ! relating to news tTlnl matter should be nddrcssed : BCP , Editorial Department UPSINESS LETTERS Builneii letters nnd remittances bo addressed- The Bee PublHhlns ny. Omaha IlEMITTANCES Isemlt by draft , e\prc or postal order , payable to The Ben Publlihlng f-0"11 " ; ; ; . In payment or Only 2.ccnt Mnmp accepted mall accounts Personal ehccUf. excepi on Omaha or Eastern exchange , not accepicu. THE BEG PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATIJMIJNT OK CIUCUI.ATIO V. State of Ncbrnikn. DoiiElnB County , : . Oeorpo B. Tzicnuck , Frcretary of The Bca PubllihliiR company , bclns duly .worn ; Bays that the actual number of full ana complete copies of The Dnlly. Morning. nvcnlpR and Sunday Bee. printed durlns the month of > ? ovembcr , 1S99 , was ns fol lows 1 u.-.rno IG 2 : ! ! i < > 17 3 an.iiio is 4 illtlO , : 19 r isn.noo 20 G 2. . , 1111 21 7 Hl.Jtld Jo 1 8 ; iti7l : > 2s ! D u.-.ir.o 21 10 25 , 111) ) 25. . S.-.ISH 11 : , ute 2J ( . 27,1110 | 12 S.1fli'iO 27 . 25IMO , ) 13 srsw 2s ! . 2 , - ' H 2i- ) : tr 29 . BI.IHTO j 15 2r , nno 30 . arioi ( ) ( Total . HIn" ? i Less unsold and returned copies . " ' . ' Net total sales . 7 " " - ! > " Net dally average ' , OEOUGE TZSCHUCK. Subscribed nnd sworn me this lst day of December. A D HUNOATn. " Notmy Public < ppaU Merry Christmas tp you. This is to be Mr. Simla ( Minis' busy dnj. Senator Allen's fMii'istnm pic-pnl ciinio ten ilajs ahoiul of time. XoU The latest in I'liildron'.s stockliiRh me cxtia k-ngths with bulKliiK sides. - . . It Is the iiconle of the llritWi coast towns who arc now lylnp awake nltrhts IhlnkliiR of naval sea serpents tliat may come to visit thorn. Another statement of Coin installment-plan campaign fnml is past due. So arc several doHnaupnt Mib- hcribets to'the fitiifl. Colonel Hryan pioponus to Invadu' "the enemy's country" and. plant the. ( anti-trust lln on the tampait.s of Tiem ton , Jersey City and Ilobokcn. 'Mcmbets of Iho un-ratriolic le.ijjuo would appreciateas sullabl" Christmas Kifts a set of whetstones and knife- hhentlis. The knlve.s they altcady Inn P. Wonl comes all the way from New .Ipr.spy that a football player has be come insane as a icsult of a Tiankssh- IIIK day Kami' . What happened to the spectators Is not disclosed. One thlUK is cci tain the Laton home fund will not be Invested In any way c.\e'ept that which conforms to the wishes'of the donorn , namely , to lemove ( he mortgage from the home ol his widow. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The richest man in England has died. lint 'that will not pi event the calamity phouters tiom seeing In their imagina tions continued conspiracies on the part of the money power to make money scarce. 1'p to the hour of going to ipipss no alarm had been sounded at railroad headfinaiteis calling the traflle man agers ( o quarters to repel the Impending onslaught of the State Boaid of Trans portation. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Lincoln will this week be the Mecca of Nebraska's school teachers who , in the election of their organiwitlon of- liclals will show that ( hey are as adept nt political wire pulling as the most expert politicians. If ( lie un-I'atrlotle league is a repub lican club what need is I here of lectnies to Initiate Its members into the doctilne of sound moueyV If ( hey are shaky on the money/ Issue , their republicanism cannot' be Very sound. Wliilo all the ministers ot Omaha ate ( ulay offering up fervent prayeih for "Greiit Scott" In guileful remembrance of his rcdpepper lectmes liom Iho bench , his mlmirers In ( lie pulpit should not forget ( hat the lirevetcml judge will preach his farewell sermon on "Sodom and Gomorrah" ii'\t ) weeK. General > ljle .hns been Inlet viewed on tlie Hopr war. What the general did not Say'would make a much longer lutervliny Ihan what ho really did say. rrom ( lie general's rematkH about ( he IxM commander * being tlie ones likely to win it may be surmlhcd that ( lie general K giving his Kngll-h military friends a little dig in return for ( heir comments on the conduct of our wa operations with Spain and In the Philip pine * . It was eminently In aec-ml with the eternal tit net * of things for Mr. J.V. . Kennedy to preside over ( lie "pattiots" assembled to hear Mr. Henry \V. Yate.v address on nuroncy legislation designi-d Id permanently establish the gold stand ard Mr. Kennedy had been n rnmp.int silver republican and only a year ago appeared befun the platform eominK- tee of the republican state ( " .invention to lomouMrate against the Insertion of a plank declaring in fauir of tlie mainte nance of the gold standard. Tlie d.ij that Is welcomed thioughout the Christian woild as Is no other day of the .teat ; that awakens sentiments nnd emotions peculiar to Itself alone ; that appeals to all hearts not baldened against its beneficent influences that stimulates affecllon. giod-wlll and every kindly and tender feeling ; that hi Ings happiness to numbotless hearts , young and old Is again with us. 1'or weeks pasi In every ( Mn 1st Ian land there has' been preparation for Its coining anil ( lie Irultlon of all tlie caie and effott and outlay that ha\e been made Is at hand to e.xett an Inestimable Inllueneo for sroiil. Whoever has witnessed the throngs of Christmas buyers for days past may be able to form some Idea of the v.ist- ness of the trade Incident to ( bin season throughout the lountiy. It has been untominonlj large this year and may be estimated by tens of millions of dollars. Hut no mind can measuio or compute the happiness this buying will Impait. It Is not uncommon to hear criticism of the custom of gift-making at this season. It Is declared to be to nian > an onerous burden. Says one of these critics : "The leal meaning of the word 'piesciit' has been lost In all too many WIMSe ; give fiom other mo th en than the light one ; we give here from obligation ; we give theie because others lune given to us ; we give U lit the conditions of those upon whom we bestow and frequently go beyond our means ; we give wlieie the heart does nut go with the offering. " Grant that tlieie is much of mi 111 in tills , jet Is theto not enough of slnceio love , of earnest friendship and ot gen uine unselllshness In Christmas gift- making to justlly the custom and make Its maintenance desirable ? Perhaps we Americans do go to extremes too much , [ m.inj of us .spending in this dltectloii | more than K judicious , but on tlie whole the spirit ( hut prompts such outlay Is J ( omtueiidable and ought not to be dis- comaged. At all events the custom Is not declining and In spite of the crit icism is not likely to do so. It has Im parted a lgnlllcance to Christmas which , rightly legaided , is not the least useful of its meanings. Christmas is a tamily as well as a. religions festival and perhaps It is in its former character that its most val uable Intluence Is exerted. To its patrons The Uec extends the spawn's greeting , hoping that all will leali/.e the lull meaning of "A Merry Christmas. " n niic AS , With the aclvi'iit of Christmas anil thr holidays a natural disposition toward i alleviating the wants ol thp poor nnd | providing them with the comforts es en- tial to elv ilized pi-uple always manifests ' itself. The prcat body of the destitute sue taken eaie of in public institutions , but private enmity is dispensed trecly to people Indisposed to appeal for pub lic aid or to accept the. c-oiiditions im posed upon Inmates of benevolent in stitutions. In times oi general industiial depres sion tills clnss is very numerous. Many men and women who have known better - ! ter days aio reduced to sti.iitenod cir- | eumstances .ind foiced to accept help floin compassionate friends and philan thropic people. 'In ' times of . when pro. peiIty , cveiy i putson willing and able to work can llnd employment , the indiscriminate suppoit ot piolcssl'nial vagrants and beggars is ot Questionable propiiety. The e.\iierlence of people who have made a study of the subject does not warrant the encniragenienl of destitute hller.s nor has any plan yet been devl od by which vagrane-y can be successfully extirpated. A recent contiibution to tlie New- York Independent by .Maud ItiIllusion : Ilooth on the ticatinent of vagrancy sheds much Interesting light on the subject. "My conclnbi'Ui as to the best men lib of Heating Hie whole subject Is that the class should be treated as in dividuals , not as , bodies , " says Mrs. Hoolli. "A laige propoitioii of them have no other manner of living and have followed the Idle and vicious wa.vs of the parents. Hellglons advice in tlie form of addtessos , no matter how forcible and eloquent , ban no effect on such people. They aie too deadened l icall/.e the ineauing of the advice. ] Only individual effort will benelit them. " The plan for colonizing tile Idle and destitute of ( lie cities with tie ) expecta tion that they will remain peunaiiently In the country and become contented and tlulfty is condemned as Imprac tical. The results of such experiments thus far indicate , on the contiary , that they cannot succeed for the chief icat-on tliut tlie associations of a city have a fascination for all classes of icsidcnts haul to resist. These views doubtless apply as much to Omaha as to eastein imputation ecu- teis. The incorilgible vagrant must lie handled through penal lefonnatoiles , as they will lea in to woik only under compulsion , The deserving destitute must be cared for by charitable Insti tutions or tlnoufjh piivate contribu tions. While them appeals to bo no Im mediate danger of Kmopean interfer ence In the South African war , all of the goveinment.s manifesting a purpose to observe neutrality. It Is possible that Great Hiltain may become Involved In a new complication fiom her opeiatlons In Delagoa bav. It has been reported that our government has iccelved pro tests Horn American shippers against ( lie alleged dlveislon of cargoes from a Poitnguece put In Africa to a British port and If tills shall pnno to bo well tounded it will be Incumbent upon our government to take steps to pun cut a lecurience of such a pioccedlng. It Is ( MIO that the ships dlveited from their proper destination canted the Knglisli Hag , s > ut their cargoes being Ameri can am ! shipped Horn an Amciluin port , the rights and property ot our cltl/eiis aie as dhecdy luvohed : is ( hough ( he ships cau'led our own il.ig The Hrlllsli go\enimi'nt cannot JuMltj such Interference on the giounil that the meichandlse was suspected to be Intended for the < thnr belligerent , be cause It was not contra brand and It was going from one neutral poit to an other neutral port , ruder Mich circum stances Great Htltaln had no light tea a snnie what Its ultimate destination was. i Hut this matter nm\ , easily be dN-1 PIMM ! of by the Hrltlsh co\eminent d s-1 i claiming any Intention to Inteifere j ! with American rights and giving assur-1 ' ante that the proceedings will not be ic- i peated. A more MM Ions matter has j i reference to the suspected designs of I , ' Great Hritaln In tegard to Pelago.t , bay , which are being discussed In the 1 itiieh pi ess and are said to be recelv- j Ing the attention of the government. | I Perhaps the repoit lecnidlm : the con- eein felt by ( he Preiieh cabinet is some what exaggerated , though It Is easy to understand that a movement on the pait of Gteat Hritaln to obtain posses- si in of Delagoa bay would encounter Trench opposition and that Prance would endeavor by every diplomatic means to frustrate It. It Is probable that in tills she would have the support - port of some other European powers. It has long been understood that Gieat Hiitaln deslied Delagoa bay and Iroin time to time there have been inmots of negotiations Kii Poitngal with this in view , lint there has never been any In dication of a tleshe on the p-irt of the latter to tiansfcr these waicix l mopcan poweis are watching the com so of events In South Africa with the keenest possible inteicst and while now maintaining absolute ueuttallty the nations having African possessions would hardly hesitate to derail from this should circumstances aiNe which seemed to menace their inteiests there. There is no doubt as to tlie general feelIng - Ing of hostility to Great Hrltain and of sympathy with the Dutch icpnbllcs , this being especially pronoumed In Ktanee. and Gieal Hritaln will need to be exceedingly caieful and clicumspcU. In icgaul to the rights and Interests of othei poweis , If she would mold adding to her complications. And mw the wagon-makers ale git ting together to raise the pikes on farm wagons. The alleged reason tor the advance i" tlie Indented cost ol hardwood lumber , lion and labor , In cident to the unprecedented demand throughout the Pulled States. Whether this advance be justified or not nobody can attribute the action of the Wagon tuist to the protection alToided by a high piotective tariff. America is not an Importer , but a great expoiter of latin wagons. The oigan of the delnncto can didate lor 1" . S. S. says the only way for the members ol the State Hoard of Trainpoitatlon to defend themselves from the oppiobiium attach ing to the appellation "d ) nothing' is to do something to ghe the people ic- llef liom railroad extoitlou. Would ho have them als > accused by the lall- nmds ol" wielding an inexcusable sting of ingratitude when all they have they owe to ralhoad favor ? Those who aie engaged solely in the mad pursuit of gain and have but lit'le time for proposition unless it prom ises a profit must not ovciUuk the prog ress made by Omaha along social and educational lines. The number of really euituied people Is glowing i.ip- hlly and Intellectual standaids aie being raised as time speeds on. Omaha is no longer a frontier outpo-,1. And now we are told that iebuildlii4 the burned section of tlie penitentiary will cost far less than at th-st esti mated. The boaid , however , should not overlook the demands for substantial cjnstiuctlon. It would be better to put In a little more money and not Invite another conflagration which would be sure to be more disastrous. llo ( TliuoN n * Coming. Philadelphia Times Loid RobcrtH is an Irishman anil while that fact may Imply flKhtiiiK , Paul Krugor's we.irlnB Oah\av hlugger whiskers Is also not without significance. 'i'a1.1iiir n conil Hold. Globe-Democrat. Governor Wood takes hold in Cuba undei favorable auspices. The peed sense and capacity of the Cubans will bo tested under his administration. If they prefer the ml- vlco of chronic agitators and demagogues , KO much the worse for the prospects of the Island. rri' | > l < -\lllc-N of the Irnr. St Paul Pioneer Pi ess If liilf the people end the century this > ear and UIQ other half the next , Father Tinio will present the peculiar nttped of Sam Patch's dog , which was cut In two dnun the mlddlt ! and liaetily spliced with a discrepancy in his ICRH At any rate , ho j | will llnd H hnrd to Btrlho an OBHV gait ngaln. j | siijiiiiirl of ( hi * Merit Sj tiu. . Indianapolis Journal As Speaker Henderson hut , been reganled I for sonio time as one of the Ftrongofat friends of chll service reform In the hoiifco It IH not surprising to learn that the now I committee on reform of the civil servlco I IB conHtltuted with special reference to 1 the establishment and extenMon of the merit j flxfctem. Not only the republican , but the democratic members of the committee are among the pronounced supporters of civil rorvlco reform In the house 1 DIxiciiMtliiK AVIniliiii , Mlmli-n Gazette Judge Pcott of Omaha In winding up his career on the district bench In a most dis gusting and contemptible manner. He per- hips "feels keenly the tlng of Ingratitude" ! because the people of that district became I tired of such a freak on the bench and at the lust elect'on ' iclegated him to the rai I Hit ; action touanl a number of Omaha mln- j Isters , whom he Is trying to punish for can- j i tempt , IB condemned b > nearly evcr > bed > i i Such moil as Scott on the bench have a ten- j I denoy to rrente a contempt In the minds of j I the people for courts and Judges I I liiilHK Mirond for Iiiiiurlt-N , Philadelphia. Prts * | As a ueillt of this country's Increased j ' prcsperlt ) thu old balance between | m- t ' ports and exports Is being restored. During , the > eara which followed the panic of 1S13. when we vicio till feeling poor , Import ! ) fell , off and exports Increased until the decrpasu , I In tariff revenue became quite a serious mailer and tbo prediction vvas freely made that we should soon stop Importing alto gether. a we could produce for ourselves ' everything wo required Hut with increased wealth nine Incrt-aoed dcwlrre and as It is H trait of humau nature to esteem out neigh bors goods more highl ) tbau our own , we resumed our bujlng nbrond Our Imports of merchandise during November amounted to $22000,000 more- than those of the ( -nine month last year and for the eleven months then ended they were M"i2. 576.412 more than for the corresponding period of ISO1 ! , while our cxportu Increased during the nmg tlmo only to the extent of $31 , 134703. Tfie moral seems to he that we c.\n supply all I our necessities nt home but we flill go i abroad for our luxuries. ] ( iliiiiMiiitK. I'm ! I IKIliiir New York Uvenlnj ? Post. A good dcfrl of dlscuralon of Mr (51ad- stono's Transvnnl policy has been going on In nnglanl during the last two or three j i ' weeks It must be said that not quite o much deep Jingo disdain for his Incredible feebleness and baseness in giving back Its Independence to the South African republic has been expressed since the Jaunty Idea of a plcnk ; inarch to Pretoria has had to be abandoned They charge us with "throwing away the Transvaal. ' said Mr Oladotone In 1884. Well , gentlemen , If you found ( lint > ou had a minKo In jour hnmls that vvas going to Inflict n poisonous bite upon jolt , you would veiy likely throw It away" That slmllo is still more pat toda > than It was In 1884. considering how many rattles the snnke has ilnee grown Hut the real icason' for rescinding the annexation , Mr. Oladetono explained , wns that theio ha l bevn n mlfapprohenslon about the wishes of the Uocr ? When II was found that the great majority of them did not want to be aniHxcd , Hhgland could not , "without the grossest and mont shameless breach of fnlth , penlet In holding them when we ha I pledged ourselves befoiehand that the > should not be nnnrved except with their own good-will " T \\INd TUMU'HOMVt. Illllt-H I.lllll DlMMI hj IllC S | | | | IT III < Co u r I of Ohio. Chlcniro Po t The mipicme cqlirt of Ohio has Just ren- dorctl an Important decision In the matter of appUIng the tn\ law of the state to the Bell Telephone company It has sustained the radical contention ot Attorney General Monnctt , distinguished for his persistent. If not nlwavs siiccoasful , anti-monopoly exer tions. That contention was that not the actual test , of the campanj's instruments In use In Ohio , but their rental value should be the basis of taxation The state auditor , for the purpose of making n test ease , brought suit against n county auditor who had declined to list telephones at their rental value. According to the Bell Telephone com- pan > the cost of an Instrument l& $3.40 , and it wn willing to bo taxed on this basis The rental \aHio of an Instrument is placed at $ . ' 33 , as It is supposed to earn 111 over and above repairs , and in ascer taining the market value of the taxable propert > of the Mate the officials have fixed It at the earning capacity of prop erty ona C per cent rate The attorney general holds that In simple Jititlco to other corporations and property outlets , made ( o bear their fair share of the bur den , the Bell Telephone company ought to bo tnxed dt the same valuation. This \Iew Is Indorsed bj the supieme couit , nnd now it will be necessary for the authorities to determine1 the leal rental value of the instruments The company it appears , has not admitted the earning of a telephone to represent $233 , for the at torney general himself is willing to take off one-third of the estimated amount. These are matters of fact , not ot piinciple. There can be no legal discrimination be tween otic corporation or cla s of corposa- tlons and olhei carpointlons or clahsre , but it Is bouiewhat mirprNIng- learn that all property In Ohio Is assumed bv the tax offlclnls to be capable of yielding 6 per cent interest on hi capital Invested. Has this been genciaDy accepted as a reasonable valuation. ' If cn , the Dell Telephone com pany has no cans ? for complaint The de cision will obviously add a considerable amount , to the revenues of the state. It Is final , ptfuimably , for no federal point hcems to bo involved. \MRiifc\\s woiti.i ) roxu H Splendid Coiiiiucrclnl TrluinpliN of n l"ro mill rroirrnil \ c I'oople. St Ixitiln Globe-Democrat The "Co'iquc t cf the World by the United States , ' which a well Known Prench publl- clst hns , just wiitten about in a. Paris paper , appears to bo an exceedingly ll\e topic in Europe at the picsent time It is a llltlo over a yenr since Count Ooluchowskl , the Austrian minister of foreign affairs , sounded the alarm in Europe against the Inciuvions of American commodities According to tliat statesman the old world must combine commercially against the Pnltel States If it Is to maintain any outside markets for Its surplus products. The United States , he declared , in substance , was making Inroiils In all terrltoiy nliich had hitherto bsen commercially trlhtitaiy to England , Prance , Germany , Auctrla and the rest of Europe , and the sltuatlcn demanded the earnest and immediate attention of the old world's states men. The wide circulation which Count noluchowHki'fi warning recclvc-d In the press of France , Germany , Russia and other European countries showed that that poli tician had struck one of the burning Issues of the time To the Frenchman , however , the danger from American competition Is far more Im minent and portentous than It appeared to the Austrian to be Not only Is the United States solving the best of Uio old world's markets in A'&la and South America , but it Is invading the European countries them- The Miemy Is already at their own "In let'j than eighteen years , " ho declares , "American exportatlons have trip led. It Is no moro a Napoleon's conquest of the world by aims. The Yankees nro doing It by work The United States can ruin Europe commercially as effectually as If with arms. " Then ho goes on to say that "a rev- elution In the economic equilibrium of the globe is being brought about by the Pnlted Stnp ( It began In the orient under Eng- lu-u u .moo m.'j ino Introduction Into fhlnu land Japan of Anum.au , - ttons leathers , ma chines , tools and electric tmotors " Of couise the list of the American goods which are I fcupen.edlng European products In Asia , and , eu n In the European countries thc-nt-eh-CH , i would bo long It would , If enumerated , bo a sort of rollcall rf ' ' n t distinctive com modities of the United Staff nut Uio query which arises hero u , How- can Europe prevent this American com mercial conquest of the world' The United States has not onlj moro capital than any European country , but It has greater husl- nesb Intelligence and resourcefulness The qualities by which America has not only won a leading place in the neutral markets of the old world , but nan oven surmounted the barriers of hostile tariffs and Is getting a foothold In the home markets of the prin cipal European countries , can. b > their eon- tlnuance , maintain and increase this viint- ago Kround. The assumption which was Im- I plied by the Austrian statesman that Europe { , could lie brrught into concerted action ] i against the United States is n fantastic dream. There are an man ) different soru of tailffs and revenue laws In Europe at > j here , are countries , and It Is aa iiipos&lbU' ' to sfiuic tun - uiciul unity among them as , It would be political unity "There Is no ( Europe , but there is an America The Eu- I i ropean concert IB a sinister Joke " These -words of Italy's ex-premier , Ori-pl , Just' 1 after the destruction of the Spanish Meet at Maalla , when many timid persons in Eu- rope thought that Spain might bo Invaded , and thus oil the rest of Europe menaced , showed that that nbiute ttiii'swan gra ped the folly of attempting to build up a Eu ropean coalition against anvthlng Arnerl- i.Vi > commercial conquests are the triumph ! ) i of a free nnd progressive people and are a I cplcnattl tribute to the bencficcii Influences cf democracy iimnr HITS OK sr\TU POLITICS , Grand Island Republican The Nebraska supreme court has declared the Weaver Insurance - suranco law void Cotnell Known a good thing when he sees It , and he nlsa knows how to hold on ns well ns lo "hold up. " Ponder Republican The state supreme court on Tuesday decided the I'oynleiCor nell case In favor ot the latter. The court holds the Weaver act establishing the In- hutanco department unconstitutional. Now Mr Cornell nnd his hold-up assistants will hme free reign for the bilnnee of their Mlnden Gazette Ono pop congressman fiom Nebraska voted to give Mormon Hob- orta his scat , jet his part ) Is making n gre.it nnlsp about the arrangement made by the administration with the sultan of the Sulu Islands on account of his keeping a harem. There must bo a whole lot of differ ence between n harem In the Sulu Islands and one In Salt Lake City Mlnden Gazette ( rep ) The supreme court hns declared the Insurance law- passed by the IcglBlntute Inat winter providing for the payment of license fees nnd lowing of taxes by Iho Insurance commissioners 'unconstitutional | ' , which lenves the entire act | void This knocks out the new Insurance , department , nnd the fellows vvhn hnvc been nctlng ns the employes nnd enjoying the Minp of the department will have the satis faction of having worked for the stale dx months for nothing. PnpllllcMi Herald ( rep 1 As Pie clerk ship of the supreme court must go to n funionist , Governor Poynlcr ohould use his Influence lo hnvo Ed Howard appointed Ho owes It to him on account of Howard's v. 1th- 'drawnl I from the governorship eindldnc > tv-o > . . < > .1,40. If Iho democrats hud no' with drawn nt that time , Mr. Pointer would not bnvo been governor. Nelthet would Ed Hovv.ird. It wMild have been the late M L Hnyward. If ever there was a party g3t n dirty deal It Is the democrats of N'cbr.isUn Kearney Hub ( rep ) The Omaha World- Heralil makes a stirring appeal to the Ne braska state board of transportation to "Do I something1" Now It will be admitted thnt I the appeal looks reasonable upon Its face but re a matter of fact there Is nothing reasonable about It. The board of trans portation hns for so long been a useless ! ornament , a fifth wheel , an excrescence a I protuberance , n barnacle , a fungus , In fact everv thing tl'nt can bo summed up In the one little word "nit , " that It Is useless to expect the nccretnrlcs of the board to do an > thing more then draw their pay , ride on railroad passes and work their jobs for i I nil thcv , ne vvotth just as long as the ) nin > j 1 last. 1 | | St Paul Phonograph ( pop. ) In State universltj circles the question of the elec- tijii of a new- chancellor has recently claimed considerable attention Among j i these ment'onod ' for this vorv Important j place is Dr. E. Benjamin Ancliews of Chi cago. He would certnlnlv be a wise selcc- ton IV Aulrewu h Ids .1 high rank among the cducntow of the land nnd his excellent exreutlvc abilities were amply ptoved in his administration as president of Brown university , but from which position he vvn foiced because I'e would not sub ordinate his personal political opinions to the gold btaminrd policies rf the stipporteis of Iho Institution If he Is chosen bv the regents of the Nebraska universln tepub- llenns would undoubtedly charge the selec tion lo political motives. But the regents n wd not fear to incur thnt charge , for in Dr. Andrews they hnve a man who bv the force of his own talents will qulcklv demon strate his power to maintain and ov-e-i heighten the d'stlnctlon which our Stile university has attained. Grand Island Republican The supreme court , having .ifllrmed the power if ho State Board of Trampoitation nrgu'ate and fi\ rates charged by express eomia-lcs , it necessarily follows tl'nt the board al o has the power to icgulnte the rates rbaiged by inllrciidn for carrying passengers and freight. The allied foices of reform now In control of the stitc government hnve ve- hemontlv denounced the railroad companies as extci tlonlsts nnd robbers and demanded a reduction of railroad rntM. But when they got into power the failed to do an > - thing under the plea of lack of authority. Now the supreme couit plainly sa > ? tint the board has the power to regulate ratfs , hence theie will be no excuse for furthei inaction on the part of the board if tbo popocrnts ro.ill > believe that the rallroadu are charging extortionate intCK H is quite likely thnt the grent hue and orv about rail road extortion was slmplj for the purpose of securing votes and nothing more It la altogether improbable that the present pass- bribed outfit of state olllclnls will do any thing to nntiigrnlze the railroads. Lincoln Post ( pop ) Autllter Cornell Is ccrtninlr to be congratulated upon the out come of the Weaver Insurance ccmtrovenv In the supreme court The legihlaturo last winter established the new InsuriiKO bureau apparently In order to cnnj out Its scheme of false reform which startel with the investigation of the auditor's office That the plnn was not carried out nccorllng to the republican arrangement in duo IT Uio fact that the bureau wan. not loft In the hands of tbce who had axes to grind It Is not necrosary or pioper nt tliiH time to call into question the iiioti.res of Mr. Weaver , the author of the act that lias Just been declared unconstitutional. He wns un doubtedly Impressed with 'he ld"A that re- foim wns needed In the imn ior or conduct ing the state Insurance department . r.d nan not afraid to outline a policv mil a plnn which it wni thought would coiveet th * evil features of the existing svcilem. Ho was chosen to frame the loglsliiljn for this purpose because of his recognised ah lay ns n livvycr and his const-1 vati-'e judgment. Th" republican majority of the leglul.iture , however , had only one evident puivoso nml that wns to discredit Auditor Cornull before - fore the people of the Htnte To elfo't that end the one-Bldnd Investigation wan Ixpun while plnns were perfected fcr taking Mom the nudllor the control of the Insiirani' de partment. While nn Imlep-'mlr'it l-ircuu for this branch of the oflldal stats basilicas Is very desirable in Itself , It ccnill i 01 ba expected that the nuJitor would receive graciously the covert attempt to dircom- fit him , made by the republlMii legislative body There has been nothing In Mr. C'or- noll'n nlilco career that could jmtly biihjtct ( / h m lo ciltUIsm , e-xcept It bo Ill-advlfaed c appointments In the making of which ho may have heeiled party presniiro more than personal judgment IT.IISON lMI OTHKHWISi : . Klve hundred American cats have been exported to Manila for the puipohc of ex- te'rnilnatlng the rats General Duller soys "There Is an old baying which tint ) sound cfiifce In It , 'Never ' \ ' prophesj iinlepa you know. ' " | The I'ape-tn-Hiiro ralwa | > will nred \ some repairs when ilio pretent rontroversy f along Its right of way hat ) bfen settled , i 'Die London papeis print reports to the ' olfoct that the health of Plorcneo Nlghtln- 1 gale Is BO enfeebled that filio will probably i not live until January 1 t "The Hoera have alwn > f > made Hpe-lal , ' clalniH to the protection of the Almighty , ' I although they have carefully kept tlulr < powder dry. " ga > i ilu > Springfield Hcpuh- jlcnn ' The biau-ment attributed tq H II. Han , 1 president of the Illinois children's limm , ' and other fhlcngonns , that New York tin- I nually chips 00,000 babies that It does ro I want lo the Windy City and olhei westoin ' points U repudiate ] with Ktifllcient heul ly t Now Yolk oflUials and uxpcrts on the HubI je t who suy the onlj liabiod sent out of \ Nen vork aie thobo that ouuldera try to i foist ou tilt' communl * r op 01 itv MI. PoMl llle of ( In * t'lirl-Jltnni Sennon In .VI M til I u Ono inruo. . Members of the great volunteer arm ) now- scattered throughout the land and follow ing peaceful pursuits will doubtless enjoy Iho prepont holiday season with greater rest than nnv In their lives befauco of their ex periences far Trom home- one ) enr ago The e who spent rhrlMnns In the Phlllppln s will need no luompilngs of luennoiy to tecall the tthn-iB , the home-longing experienced by all ns their hopes of reaching family firesides - sides and fricmis vanished with the passing da.vs "When wo entered Manila. " writes an ex-soldier In the St. Louis Globe-Demo crat , "there was scarce ! ) n man In the army of occupation who did not confidently expect to spend ChrlstmsR at home , nor was this hope entirely relinquished until ( he number of das before Christmas became too small to admit of our arriving by that time. "But the next best thine ; happened Home a wee bit of It. 'tis true cnme to us across the ocean In loxe > , nnd we threw away the , pangs of disappointment and cronled tin- j spirit of Chrlstnms In our hearts , became i merry and made for ourselves a Christmas j full of god cheer In this farav\a ) land of eternal summer across the sea i i "Tho ship bringing the to\cs arrived In 1 port the do ) before Christmas eve. and on Christmas ev-c carts piled up xvlth boxes as high as would ride safely were creaking along toward the quarters of the vnrlotis j regiments ra rapidly as the lumbering > water buffaloes could be urged. Ppon their arrival at quarters everboiJ ) icspomlfd with alacrity to the call for volunteers to , unload them. Each man picked up a box and carried It Into quarters to the bunk of the man whose name it bore Some1 men ic- eelved tovcrnl boxes , some iccelved none ; but fie boxe-s were immediately opened , nnd the good things to the tarte , but often brl for the dlie ? tlon , were shared by nil ; candy wrn plentiful such candy as had never been In Manila be'ore nnd almonds and Englhii walnuts , fruit cakes anil cookies nnd ginger ° naps and Jams and preserves , all mpde .t homo , and various other things Never Lc- fore hid men cttjojcd such things mnro tl'an these soldiers did Men who had not eccn home since bo > hood ate something from another man's home , nnd spcke of th lr own homo These things wete an st-anpe to the Filipinos as Ihelr most curious dl hei had been to us There wcio light hciita and happy faces of children , for these re membrances from home touched a pl-ico In the hearts of men who had become lnur"d to rough llvl-ig and rough w'ays and made them foi the moment 'as little children. ' " i "Christinas dawned Ria ) and chill At icvoille many wore their blue blouses with i the collnr turned up. the exchange of the | warm folds of n bia''tet 'o- blouse an 1 trousers being unwelcome end M tirdyas discipline would admit. As soon as we were fairly astir It seemed like Christmas , It did I not seem like an ordlnar ) Sunday moming , for thorc were the opened boxes evorj- where nnd the inublsh which accumulated fiom tbem and there was the thought In | ever ) mind "It Is Christmas" and "A Merry CltrlatmuR" was the grcelliu ; exchanged on all sides. Pome firecrackers were fired , but | most of the supply of these had gone up in smoke the night before "During the forenoon It sprinkled vciy llclitly several times "At 0 30 n m there were Catholic en- Ices for t'o ! American poldieis at San Ii- nacion , a church with the interior of ilchly carved wood the work of Plllpinc * Prom the street to the doer squatted a line of beggars , blind , or crippled , or old , extend ing their palms beseechingly fnr alms. Olv- ing to bcggnr.s Is n rellgioi's dutj , ot rathi-r a religious pleasure , which makes the num ber of beggars In Manila large. "Serviceo for the Spanish soldiers weio not over. There me no benches except along the sides , In the churches m the Phil ippines , and the soldleis were kneeling on the fkor of polished teak , ever ) one in a freshl-laundered uniform of blue and white striped drilling , making a pleasing sight. "The services over , ( ho soldleis marched out and ( be services for the Americana be gan. Those foervlec"- ! consisted largely of mu.slc by a Filipino choir and orchestra. A short hcrmon was preached by Father McKlnnon. chaplain of the Pirst California. I was In the balcony , where I could .see thp n'uslclnns. I thought how funny It would appear In America to oeo the eliolr without coats nnd with their shirt tails over their trousers Each one woie an Immac ulate white shirt , with pleated bosom , the tall ns carefully ironed as the lie = om. "At the kltcnens special preparations weio made for dinner The mean funds were exhausted In buying good things to eat and we hnd a meal in which government rations scnicely entered The mrs halls were decorated with palm ftomls nnd broad banana leaves. "When dinner was announced I dressed In my beFt white suit In honor of the occa- Flon , with the thought thnt it was m > ( list tlmo to eat Christmas , dinner In a white dull and with the hope that I would not next Chilstmnc We of our company s > nt down t n well-cooke-1 dinner of n half baked cM-ken with dressing and gravy , manhod ' potatoes , shrimp naiad , prai , custard pud ding , n bottle of claret and coffee. It WHO A meil eiicli on could not bo got nt nny res taurant or hotel In Manila and It nnd the Thanksgiving dinner which my regiment ale with the Minnesota ! ) were the best mcalH I ever ate In the Philippines. "A short time bcforo Minset I went to the 1071 of the barracks In time to sec a beautiful western sky , with bands of ex- iiilelte green between ( he clouds Wo as sembled to drink eggnog at 7 p. m nnd thn tivenins vvns passed with music and dancing. Whllo wn wore concluding the celebration of thu day the people nt home were Just beginning to greet each other with "A Merry Christmas " VII VI' I'Al I P. | - - | | | | | lii c'lniri-li I'lindn Or. cliiri-il Vnllil In Initn , Chicago Tribune At thin season , when BUbscrlptlonn are being nnde lo clnrliahle purposea , n re cent dccislo.i of the Iowa supreme court is especially timely. The court , holds ilia * , when a man or woman attaches his or her name to a church subxcrlptlon list fn obli gation has been created that , In the eerf of the law , is predicated upon a gcoil and sufficient consideration. E M. Donald had suldcribed to n fund raised by the First Methodist Eplbcop.il church of Port Mad ison , but when an attempt wns made to collect the subscription bo repudiated it on the ground , first , that tlicro had been no consideration nnd hence tlio contract could not bind him. Tills point wait disposed ot as n quibble , the court , assuming that the suLscrlptlon would not liovo been made with'out sufficient consideration , whether tangible or tint A more serious contention nan that thu subscription , bell ; , ; mudei en Sunda ) , waa void , The court held that vvhllo an ordinary contract made on .Hun- day was Illegal one to do good could not bo eo considered. "The * custom of taking otlerlngs on the flifat day of ( lie uc > ? k hag xlated from tlmo linmnmorlal. " * * ays Iho decision , 'and no one has 8uppu < .d this lo be piohlblted by statute Otherwise the deacons or others In pairing around the hat and the mlnlrter In directing thin lo bo ilf.nn xr jmnpable lo th ponaltleis of tllo pvv Thn founder of Christianity held It to be lawful lo do good on the Sabbath da ) ' llrnce the court decided that the contract IH valid Aiildu from Iho Interest In the derlFlon it IE one of real value There In n general dlhpoiitlon on the part of some people 10 seek the reputullun for doing good works to be gained by subscribing tea - nouti cbarltlci , but they often neglect to pa ) when the time comes J0Kt I. J VtlS. * _ * Ohleago Tilbune Pncle Sain ( at long : dlstnnee phonei-M d like to Kpenk to John Hull Voice ( at olhct end-lle's ) bu y juu. noir. I , . I WnEhlnclon Star "How- did i.ou tome out with jour little User In the "lock nnr- ket" "Thnt v.nsift iv fl.vor , " answered the moro e friend "Thnt vvns n "Inker" Chicago Hot out "Did votl have n picas- niu lrlj > to Oallfoinln , Mis. Skinner ? i "YH. Indeed , we nlrtved euchre all the I vwiy out and nil the wn > - buck. ' I Inillniinpollp .louMnP "Intellect doesn't i amount to iin.v llilnc ' ' "What do 1011 mean , Mlnorva ? " 1 "Tlu < most Inlellcetilnl woman 111 ths \\orlrt um be squelched In three -"cconds bv a dressmaker. " Phlrnert Nows- She Isn't that n duck of n lunnet Dr. Ciibouv wife has on ? He Yfs and It'ser.v . npproptlnto , too. She How Co ? Ho Her hlKbiUiit'H a qunik. Cleveland Plain'boalui : "A Connecticut minister wants to nnvo the continued drunkards of h'n state Hogged" "Perhnjis h l 1'ilnks they d hesitate be fore lho > took something with stick In It " Chlcdgo Tilbuw. Tommy Pnvv. thl- paper aj s a professional punster Is onu who tnixkes n business of "pla.vlns on words. " What does that mean0 Mr Tucker H me in" what It sajs , my son , but : t M Iheoireot. A professional punster Is one- who works on words. ( IIMISTM VS CltlMICS C J Denton In Life. Blow high , blo\\ low ! Acioss the The jo } out ehlnii'S are pe.illtiK With uladsome g\mnd the > brlutr iiroiind A soft forgiving feelliiR : . The loving ivip to bilm till up Am : tcusi to frletxl.s alwenilnR , With srealtiKs iol our lo\'d ones nitot , With rot itolte dissenting. Illow 1 igh , blow low ! Across the. snow , \\e Udi'omo ulntry weather ; l.ot cliunr and sie ! auiuiul the ( Ire , Renunibir IHU't tORellicr , Let youth from rut le.irn | ensons pa e And prollt by the u tuning That Chi Is maw iluer hrltvs on"e a > e.ir 'J he mirth Without vie pn itching. Blow III ; ; ] ) blow low' ' A ( loss the snow , \\hllM i hrlsimuh lulls ai > - in-all nc. The tliaiikful heart shall Joj Impirt To tliove I'cailr buuli na reoilne Let fhrlstmai time with thoughts sublltne Tne oa on iu-u - ? . \ Thiimrh .s.l thlu > s ( hi- sail upinlhe , 'jiicn jo\ --h.ill last foit'M-r f I V Mt-rrv C lii-lsliiinn. A fonmliiK ; Blass and 11 Jubi.unt toast , A Hloiy \ \ th liughtet , and b.inter and boa-t \\lth jolh oed frlendi bcM'de > ou , A rho 'Us IKween c.ioh bolster UK dtlnk To the sound oC the glasses Kllnklty- kllllk- A light mere Christmas betide \ou To the winds with care lift hlchor - . 'OIlO A n mat Si of Kieen holly with bellies ser r c' , With jollv good friend" bch'de jou , 'Tis. tlie merriest time of the meiiy old J't-ar. So ( III up a bumper to > .ir < ad the good chcel A right meiry Christmas betide > ou A darf rich pleasure , ind a night good and lone. And 'D Mil In the time neal out A good oic. With Jollv , tooJ ( friend" brde you : So we'll m'ngle our shadows with inby and ro-e , , Toi v o'vtsol rows enough Oed know * , God knows A right merrv Chrlstnrts betide you WILLIAM HKID : DCNHOY. O'Ti.iha Dee Ti. IV'I ( lirlNtnniN l illloiiti. . When "henho-ds to the manger Had been sulderl bv the i'tar To "o ? tl > e vonllioui sfancer Who .id Journeyed ftom nliu. Thcj i.'ave Rind gifts of greeting To the. holv , human Child , And ble * , ed b\- that pure mooting , Were enraptured when lie smiled. Hl.-.fi thoughts of matchless beauty Oleum as prnndh now , IH then , , . Shlnlnon Iivo nnd dtltv I 'ko ' the star ot. Bellilehom Wn eac'i ' IIIHV find a blessing ren 'n ' thlc i" tier dav With lit tliof digressing From our own appointed way Sonii1ini.ill hearts wn may gliiddeu With 10 sweets of C'hilstmas cheer. Or lift viT o loads th it sadden Souls bow oil down b\ doubt or fear ; So , NP ni.iV kneel In wonder , Like the wlrn men of the eas' , Our splilis 'Istii" under The ennobling Chilstmas feast BILLH wn LKY CUE. Wln ldc. Vllo'IlIT IllllB. Hlng out belle of gladness , Sound not u note Of sadness , On IHs most blessed day ; Ol\e unto one another ScmJ some poor cieature brother Rf-Jolf'ng on his way. AM Oed In hea\en abo\o Ome us this rta.to . loxe. So slvo jour balm- Prom out jour full heart he.itlhff To rome other soul send Rrectlng , Ills > rrlef to calm. Make someone's heart feel lighter , Make SOTO dark life seem brighter Than befoie , And 'round your heart will cling Fond memorli's this v 'II b'lng , Poi r\er more j n BON"-ILU Xclnaska fit : , Neb 'Fnrilniin Mnrreil. 'Hnrk' to I ho busies of battle that usher In chi'stmap morn , Hark1 to thn e.iiumi s death rattle , vhlok mars the du > Christ wa.s born : While Ho and Ills houcnlv chorus take tip the nong the > btgan , And sing , while thev're watching rloso o'a us. of "Peace on Knrlh lo ai " Hastings. Neb ADAM A Merry Christmas to All. Evening Clothes A suit for evening dress used to be a costly luxury. Only the best tailors could offer you a satisfactory fit. We have changed all that. that.Our Our newest patterns are simply perfect and the prices are half what the tailors charge. And at the same time we can supply you with shirts collars ties proper , , , shirt studs and cuff buttons and shirt protectors , as well as the right thing in over coats in fact , with every thing but shoes , llollnliln nnd Ilirlniilte KurilInUortt. Closed All Day Christmas.
