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B. IIOSEWATEH, EDITOR.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
Btale of Nebraska. Douglas County, as.:
i Oeorgo B. Tzschuck, secrutary of Tho Ree
Publishing Company, being duly sworn.
ays that tho uctua! numbur of full and
i complato copies of Tho Dally, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Beo printed during
tho mouth of November, 1901, was as fol
lows:
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3 :io,ii io
8 .io.uo
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C :il),H80
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13 :to,7o
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14 :io,7io
15 :to,:t:to
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18 :to,nito
19 :io,a"o
20 ao.ioo
21 30,200
22 ao.aio
23 ao.aao
24 :io,sr.r
25 ao,tio
ic :io,2io
27 ao.ooo
2S ao.mo
29 ao.no
30 ao,uio
Total .01,835
13S unsold and returned copies.... lo,aoi
Net total snles Oll.GiU
Not dally average ao.asi
GEO. B. TZSCHUCK.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
feoforu mo this 30th day of November, A. D.
1901. M. B. HUNGATE.
(Ssal.) Notary Public.
December Is upon us almost beforo
Itvo realize it.
Now for tlio nnuunl inventory of ensu
titles on tho foot ball Held.
Tho Monroo doctrine will need no
bodyguard wlillo Roosevelt occupies the
Whlto House. ,
Winners of medals at the Buffalo cx
jwsltlou can havo tlicm if they will pay
tho expenso of making and furnish the
material.
,1ho treasury of tho foot ball team of
the Nebraska university has a surplus
of $4,000. Who says it does not pay to
be' a kicker?
Governor Van Sant seems to havo
toooled off perceptibly, but he can doubt
less bo worked up to tho boiling point
again on short notice.
If President Roosovelt falls to grapplo
in his niessago-with any pressing prob
lem beforo tho country It will not be
because ho has not tho courago of his
convictions.
'As Venezuela has been carrying n
chip around on its shoulder for several
years, tho president of that country
should not complain If someone dually
decides to knock It off.
Another party of explorers proposes
to penotrato tho heart of Africa. Tho
dark continent appears to stand theso
operations fairly well, but they are too
often fatul to the operator.
Mrs. Russell Sago Invited tho Carlisle
Indian foot ball players to dlno with
her. Mrs. Sago should bo more thought
ful than to- invito people In to eat, up
Undo Russell's apples when fruit is so
high.
A man -who has Just died collected
inrlng his lifetime over 200,000 sped
Bens, of butterflies. It Is not stated
bow much of the tlmo ho put In fro
quentlhg tho seasldo and other fashion
lablo sumraor resorts.
Tho democrats In congress have nom
, tooted James D. Richardson as their
candldato for speaker. Tho nomination
, carries no chanco of preferment, but
imply entitles tho recipient to play
center on tho kicking line.
Government orgous In London warn
.General Buller to cease blowing down
tho muzzlo of the gun, as it Is loaded
With other secrets. Tho more the Boer
iwar is discussed the moro tho govern
ment and everybody connected with It
roalizo that eveu gold Is an inadequate
, tocasuro of tho value of slleuco.
Iowa democrats aro conjuring up a
bogy to tho effect that tho republicans
contcmplato gerrymandering thn con
gressional districts In that state. As
all of thorn aro and havo been republican
for somo tlmo, It is not apparent where
tho democrats can have any complaint
over changing present bouudurles.
Tho Chinese uro said to bo raising a
fund to light tho passago of uuother
exclusion act by lovylug an assessment
of $1 por head on nil tho Chinamen in
this country. A glance at tho census
returns will show tho Washington lobby
ista how much can go Into tho pot to
Induco thorn to take hold of tho mutter.
Tho lato reciprocity convention did
pot need to recommend to congress the
jnalntenauco of tho principle of .protec
tion for tho homo market. Congress is
a republican body and tho principle of
protection is engrnfted In the national
declaration of principles upon which
very republican member was elected.
Congress could not fbo recreant to tho
policy of protection aud llvo up to the
platform pledges 'on which tho repub
Ucana carried tho country in 1000.
TOO SEMOUS TO HE tONOtlEl).
For Homo incomprehensible reason
Treasurer Ktuefer does not seem to
realize tho seriousness of the charge Hint
tho school fund entrusted to tils safe
keeping has been maiilpulntcd for private
gain In recent bond-buying deals. Mr.
Stucfer evidently thinks he may safely
rest content with the explanation that
explains nothing, whllo Governor Huv
ago has given It out that ho proposes to
take no step whatever with rcferenco to
school fund mismanagement until some
ono prepares and prefers speclllc sworn
charges.
As an example not too remoto to havo
lost its force it may bo pertinent to
recall tho action of a former governor
of Nebraska on the development of con
dltlons not entirely dissimilar, lnvolv
lng tho lnlsusd of olllclal power for
private gain, not directly on the part of
n stato oillcer, but on the part of one
of his subordinates and appointees. In
tho records of the executive olllco may
bo found tho following special messago
signed by the last populist governor:
Executive Chamber, Feb. 14, 1899. To the
Members ot tho Twonty-slxth Session of tho
Legislature of Nebraska: Gentlemen I
would respectfully call your attention to tho
most gravo and serious charge made in the
public prints, and especially to an article
appearing in The Omaha Beo and Stato
Journal at this date, which Implicates tho
oxccutlvo department of tho state In gross
Irregularities In tho management of the
affairs ot tho auditor's office. Tho charges
aro made spoclflc In tho articles above re
ferred to as to the department of insur
ance In tho office. These charges aro ot so
serious a character that I deem It ray duty
to ask your candid and careful considera
tion ot them.
They came to my attontlon last week as
rumors, but of such gravo Import that I
considered It necessary to appoint a com
mittee consisting of Hon. W. F. Porter,
socretary of state; Hon. C. J. Smyth, at
torney general, and Hon. J. V. Wolfe, com
missioner of public lands and buildings, to
Investigate and report to me.
what wero tho rumors nt that tlmo have
become specific charges now by tho publica
tion of the articles abovo rofcrrcd to.
It thcto charges are not true a very great
wrong Is being done to tho elected repre
sentative of tho pcoplo In the auditor's
ofllco and Auditor Cornell should bo given
tho fullest opportunity to vlndlcato his
honor. If thoy are truo prompt action
should bo taken to stamp out official cor
ruption. In which event, whatovcr your
wisdom may dictate, cither to supplement
tho action already taken by mo or to purauo
a special lino ot Investigation of your own,
in tho Interest of good government, I beg to
assure you that whatever assistance this
department can render you will bo cheer
fully given. W. A. TOYNTER.
Governor.
In tills case tho govornor did not
deem It necessary to wait for some
one to volunteer to sign sworn charges.
On tho contrary, ho instigated an in
quiry of his own accord, whllo tho mat
tors wero still merely rumored, and
when they wero more clearly formu
lated by tho publication of tho records,
lottors and other written evidence ho
called on tho legislature then In ses
sion, to investigate tho charges thor
oughly and tho legislature responded
promptly through a committed, of which
tho present republican attorney general
was a member.
Tho recent exposures of crooked bond
deals by which the school fund has
been milked embody charges too grave
to bo glossed over by sllenco or In
action. Docs any ono lmnglno that, had
tho transactions in question occurred
under tho formor populist stato treas
urer and uncovered after his exit from
otllce, tho saino Indifference would bo
manifested? Would not an Inquiry be
promptly Instituted and such measures
taken In tho Interest of tho public and
tho schools as the facts might warrant?
Why should any different course be pur
sued with tho present treasurer?
LOCAL OPTION IN NEW FOUM.
An interesting discussion has been
precipitated by tho proposal emanating
from Dr. I. K. Funk, onco widely
known among tho most ardent cham
pions of prohibition, for an extension
of tho local option system In New York
City by making tho unit the ward or
district Instead of tho entire com
munity. In a word, Dr. Funk proposes
that tho voting population of each ward
or district shall decide periodically at a
regulurly held election not only .whether
liquor selling shall be permitted at ull,
but also whether It shall bo permitted
on Sundays, and, If so. between what
hours on Sundays. In support of his
position ho argues, first, that such local
option would permit liquor selling and
Sunday selling only where locally de
manded; second, that It would not ex
tend Sunday selling; third, that it would
place tho responsibility upon those di
rectly affected by It.
This pluu, backed as It Is by such an
eminent authority in tho temperauce
movement, giving it tho aspoct of a con
cession on tho part of the temperance
people, has naturally aroused strong
dissent among Dr. Funk's co-workers.
Just as they wero strenuously opposed
to llceuso laws on tho ground that
giving recognition to a tralllc that they
thought should be outlawed constituted
an abandonment of tho principle for
which they were contending, so now to
consent to legalize liquor selling on
Sundays, even for an hour, seems to
yield tho very foundation for their pro
tests agalust Sunday lljuor selling In
uny guise. ,
To say that liquor Is now sold on
Sundays and that tho abuses -would bo
abated by limiting and regulating it Is
but a re-statement of tho plea for high
llceuso that It would Uo away with
tho evils of tho unllccusod and unbridled
tralllu prevailing, where prohibition
statutes forced liquor sellers to operate
tinder cover. Ono of tho participants In
tho debate, for cxumple, holds up his
hands in horror at thu thought that tho
now proposal "would present tho gross
anomaly that what was lawless on one
sldo of thu street would bo lawful on
tho other, to the destruction of right
thinking and conduct," nnd therefore
prefers to contlnuo tho lawless resorts
as at present on both sides of tho street
as if, too, Uils gross anomaly wero
not to bo found today on every border
lino between prohibition and llceuso
communities.
As bus been noted by several parties
to tho discussion, tho real polut Involved
lu. tho whole question Is how far the
THE OMAHA DAILY BEKi HjUINJJAY, Dii -
unit of local option shall bo reduced
Tho theory on which local option rests
is the principle of municipal home rule
that when each community decides
for Itself whnt regulation shall be tip-
piled to tho liquor trnfllc, thut decision
will havo a local sentln.ent to support
It that will Insure Its rcasouablo cu
forcomcnt. Tho enactuont of prohlbl
tloti legislation uniform in operation
throughout tho stato has been followed
only by disastrous failure, whllo tho
local option of each sepnrato com
inunlty has given generally satisfactory
results. While In most of our cities
and towns the license system is meet
ing with most signal success, It Is pos
sible that further differentiation of tho
option idea might woric Improvement
lu liquor tralllc conditions In a great
city like Now York. But tho very fact
that tho present proposition conies from
men ranged on the temperanco pldo Is
conclusive that no revival of tho pro
hlbitiou propaganda as formerly carried
on Is to bo apprehended.
ANOTUEU EXPOSITION.
Tho South Carolina Interstato and
West Indian exposition will be formally
opened tomorrow nnd according to lato
reports It Is In better condition for pub
lic inspection than most of tho other
expositions wero at the tlmo of open
lug. It is also said to exceed lu scopo
both tho Atlanta and Nashvlllo fulrs,
whllo as to beauty of architecture and
surroundings it ranks with tho best ex
positions that havo been hold. When
It Is remembered that the city of
Charleston has a population of only
about 00,000, less thun half of which
nro whites, tho energy and enterprise
shown in organizing and carrying
through tho cxiosition Is certainly com
mendable and ought to bo rewarded by
tho liberal support of the southern peo
ple. There aro many northern ex
hibitors, particularly eastern manufac
turers, and several states havo build
ings in connection with tho exposition.
Tho West Indian exhibits will prob
ubly bo tho chief attraction.
"Expositions are tho timekeepers of
progress," said President McKluley nt
Buffalo. "They record tho world's ad
vancement They stlmulnto the energy,
enterprise and Intellect of tho people."
Tho exposition at Charleston is not so
pretentious as was the Fun-American
at Buffalo, but It may prove more suc
cessful financially. At ull events tho
city in which It Is held will doubtless
bo materially benefited.
EASTERN SENTIMENT FOll UdtlOATlON.
Eastern sentiment favorable to tho
reclamation of the arid lands of the
west has been growing during the past
year or two and there will bo less op
position than hitherto In congress from
that section to government aid in pro
moting Irrigation. No more forclblo
presentation of this question has been
mado than In a recent editorial of the
Brooklyn Eagle. That paper urges tho
primary Importance of tho redemption
of our own territory. It Is feasible to
convert the urld region to fertility and
thereby add hundreds of thousands of
square miles to our habltablo domain.
Pointing out that tho arid lands havo
an nbundanco of the raw material of
fertility the Eaglo declares that it would
bo absurd In this pcoplo uot to use
them.
"There nro In our west," says that
paper, "GOO.OOO.OOO acres of land which
nro yet in tho public gift Wonderful
results havo been obtained through In
dividual efforts to reclaim tho desert
and when ono considers what might be
dono by federal management, Imagina
tion Is startled and gladdened by tho pos
sibilities. It is an empire that lies
fallow beyond tho mountains, an empire
wherein millions who now overcrowd
our cities may llvo in tho comfort uud
freedom that are denied In stony towns.
To make homes for theso millions It
will be necessary that tho government
prepare tho way. The cost and the
labor nro too vast for personal under
taking. Forests must be planted to In
sure constancy in wnter supply; reser
voirs must be created by damming val
leys, in order that the supply may bo
ample In volume; canals and drulus
must bo dug across tho country for
miles, with gates and dikes and other
such appliances, and there must be
uniformity In laws respecting rights to
uso of water. Most of the arid land Is
In what havo recently become states,
but by the samo authority or co-operation
whereby ,forest reserves and na
tional parks, Indian and military reser
vations uud experimental stations havo
been secured for public uses, the needed
ponds and canals could be created."
Tho Eagle says that ' upart from the
immediate gain oFthls couverslon(of tho
American desert to settlers uud to tho
Industries which they will creato is tho
profit of the wholo country by tho In
creaso in its output and tho guaranty
of permanence Improved climatic con
ditions. That paper concludes its very strong
discussion of tho subject as follows:
"With tho arid regions of tho west
under control and lu process of recla
mation, wo shall bo able to offer a home
to every lacking citizen aud add Im
mensely to our human resources. Wo
shall, moreover, bo doing that which it
Is a providence of this republic to do,
uud that Is to show to oilier nations
tho way to a larger wealth, a larger
health and a manlier state. A patriot,
a man of genius, a man of sanely
audacious prevision, a man of eastern
culture and of western exierIcHce is
president of tho United States, llo
could signalize his administration lu no
grander and in no more excellent way
than by Identifying It with the begin
nings of tho great work and of tho great
duty of reclaiming tho west."
It Is very gratifying to the people ,of
tho west to find that in tho east this
great question of reclaiming the arid
lands Is beginning to bt understood and
its Importance Justly estimated. Such
utteruuees as that fof the Brooklyn
Eagle, showing a complete compre
hension aud adequate appreciation of
thu subject, cannot fall to exert an en
lightening influence lu Its section uud
materially uld in promoting tho work
.which means so much not, alone for thu
woat but for the entire country. Presi
dent Roosevelt has assured thoso who
havo conferred with him regarding
reclamation of tho arid regions that he
is favorable to government action, so
that thc,lnflueiico of the administration
will support tho practically unanimous
demaud of tho west for legislation to
promote Irrigation. There appears to bo
most fnvorablo promise of this demand
being met by the present congress.
DEASANO WITH ANAHCI1MM.
It Is expected thnt Immediately after
tho nssembllng of congress bills will be
introduced dealing with uuarchlsm.
1'hero Is a very general demand for
somo legislation looking to tho supines
slou of anurchlsm and the disposition Is
to provide drastic methods for that pur
pose, it Is u matter that has been
pretty freely discussed by public men
and by tho press nnd It should receive
careful and thoughtful consideration In
cougress, so that whnt Is done will
stuud the test of constitutional authority
and not deny any right guaranteed by
tho constitution.
Among tho contributions to tho dls
cussion of this matter Is a recent nd
dress by tho solicitor general of the
United States, John K. Richards, which
has attracted a good deal of attention
and approving comment. ' Premising
that the president ought to be protected
by tho law of tho United States, which
no ono will question, Mr. Richards de
clared that uuthorlty to do this Is clear.
Uo said that "Every right secured by
tho constitution may bo protected by
congress and there Is no higher right
under tho constitution, uo right whose
free exercise is more vital to the con
stitution, than tho right of 'faithfully
executing tho olllce of president of tho
United States.'" Ho expressed the
opinion that a murderous assault upou
tho president, whether successful or un
successful, should bu punishable by
death, llo did uot regard anarchism as
political lu nature, because it does not
seek to change or revolutionize govern
incuts, but to destroy all government,
"Anarchy Is the absenco of government
a condition where there Is neither law
nor authority uud tho modern doctrine
of anarchism seeks to bring about
uuarchy by acts of terrorism." Ho
therefore thought that tho constitutional
guaranty of tho freedom of speech does
uot stuud in tho wuy of suppressing
tho pernicious propaganda of unarchism.
Mr. Richards said it is unnecessary
to umeud tho constitution lu order to
obtain tho power to suppress anarchism.
Tho assemblage of anarchists und tho
preaching of their doctrines cannot bn
punished us treason, for to constitute
treason there must bo un actual levying
of war; but acts directed nt tho llfo of
the government, said tho' solicitor, gen
eral, are puuLsliublo at tho discretion
of congress, although they do -not
amount to treason under the, constitu
tion. Mr. RJehards urged It fiat a" policy
of repression should bo tried, and thut
tho tlmo for doing so bus -come.. "An
archists aro Insurgents against civiliza
tion," he declared, "would-be assassins
of society, enemies of the human race.
By tho concurrent action of civilized
nations they ought to bo placed under
the bun of universal law. The red flag
of nuurchy should bo driven from tho
land as the black llags of piracy' has
been driven from tho sea." There are,
however, obstacles in tho way of ac
complishing this which it will be very
dltllcuit to overcome, If not indeed im
possible without doing violence to our
political system.
Have you examined the Christmas
numbers Just Issued for tho different
high-class American monthly magazines?
fl examples of tho finest product of tho
illustrator aud bookmaker they are not
to bo surpassed, to say nothing of tho
steadily Improving character of their
contents. The monthly magazlno has
come to bo tho regular literary pabu
lum of uu ever-Increasing circle who sup
plement their dally newspaper reading
with tho periodical publications und It
Is certainly gratifying to kuow that the
publishers aro alive to their duty to
elevato popular magazine tastes. That
such handsome and expensive hollduy
numbers can be Issued nt so reasonable
a prico Is equally a marvel with tho
perfection of the mechanical devices
thut facllltato their production.
Omaha will certainly welcome tho
extension of the Elkhorn road to tho
northwest. For years a vast amount of
trade has gone to other cities which
naturally belonged to Omaha simply for
luck of direct railroad communication.
While tho proposed new Hue will not
entirely remedy tho trouble, it will give
entrance to u lurge portion of tho for
merly prohibited field. Omaha wants
all that naturally belongs to it, and,
whllo It has been slow coming lu this
case, It Is wclcomo when It comes.
Tho court-martial ot Colonel Meade
of tho Marino corps has uncovered
somo of tho peculiar etlquctto of that
department of tho service. Ono of tho
officers seriously objected becauso tho
colonel observed the slzo of the drinks
tho witness took. As It is evident from
tho testimony there was plenty to go
uround, tho conduct of tho colonel wus
ccrtulnly reprehenslblo In tho extreme.
Tho republican congressional caucus
has unanimously renominated ull tho of
ficers of tho last congress. Correspond
ents nt Washington havo been busy for
somo tlmo telling about tho fight that
would bo made in tho caucus on account
of dissatisfaction with the distribution
of minor otlices. Now that this is settled
they will bo forced to turn over on the
other sldo aud change pipes.
Tho last of the United States senators,
Heltfeld of Idaho, who had popullstlc
leanings lias announced that ho will go
Into the democratic caucus und advises
tho populists of his stato to get in under
tho samo tent. Evidently M. C. liar
rlugton know what ho was talking
about two years ago when ho said:
'Only ono year moro of fusion."
Tho United States government has
assured the Cubans that tho officers of
this country now serving In Cuba will
not bo permitted to Interfere In nny
way with tho coming election. It Is
OEMJBEK 1, IWl
not strange, perhaps, that tho Cubans
should bo oversensltlvo on this polut
and Inclined to be suspicious, in view
of the stories repeatedly printed by the
opposition press In the United States,
but there Is certainly no warrant In
fact for such apprehensions. This eoun
try will bo only too glad to have thu
Cuban affair settled as early as pos
sible and settled by the Unbans them
selves.
The report that the prince of tWales
would challenge for tho America's cup
I proves to have been only u dream. If
he should decide to make the try the
people of the United States would guar
autce- his royal highness a royal old
time, but beg leave to remind him that
under no circumstances can wo spare
tho antiquated mug.
An American insurance company Is
preparing to erect a handsome olllce
bltlldlng In the heart of Paris with the
latest American methods of construe
tloti. The Parisians, not so obstructive
as the Londoners, have not us yet on
tered objection.
Proitresslve Genius.
Washington Star.
In order to escape going to Jail a New
Jersey man married o woman from whom
hu stole. A woman sometimes strlkos on
a fine way ot making tho punishment fit
the crime.
Tlin Strcnuou I.lfr.
Saturday Evening Post.
With free rural mall delivery, cheap
telephono scrvlco and regular deliveries
from tho stores, there Is a prospect thnt
the American farmer may soon bo suffering
from a lack ot exercise.
Cause nuil Effect.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Tho Woman's Christian Temperance
union rejoices In tho enactment of curfew
lawi In 1,000 of our towns, nnd Immediately
afterward deplores the Incrcnso In Juvcnllo
depravity, which latter docs not speak well
for tho effectiveness of a curfew.
A Model Au'dabuuer
Chicago Tribune
Tho principal distributor ot tho Iowa
Audubon society's pamphlets nnd leaflets
In Nebraska is a milliner, who does a largo
and successful business and novor puts n
dead bird or any part ot a dead bird on
her hats and bonnets. Blessings upon heri
Sample of Clever KlRhtlna-.
Philadelphia Ledger.
There Is still enough of war in tho Phil
ippines to give tho American troops there
splendid chances for tho display ot valor
and strategy. The exploit by which a
handful ot men scaled an almost perpen
dicular cliff and surprised tho garrison ot
a fortress, which was believed to bo im
pregnable was ono seldom surpassed by
tho best fighters ot any ago or country.
Conscience Yields Cask,
Chicago News.
The penitent person who has Just" sent
JJ8.69D to the national "consclorico fund''
probably feels that ho tas very' 'ncJrly''if
not fully, atoned for his wrongful act, what-'
e'ver It may have been. Presumably It
taVes a considerable .degree of rcmorao, to
bring a man to tho point ot parting 'with
such a sum voluntarily. Tho "conscience
fund" Is a good thing In Its way. May It
grow until there aro no longer any guilty
consciences from which It can receive con
tributions.
Relies of History's Darrn.
New York Tribune. t
The recent uncovering of the shrine not
far from tho banks of tho Tiber, where
tho Romans paid trlbuto to tho memory
ot tho founder ot tho Eternal City, tho
twin suckling ot tho sho wolf, may pos
sibly Inspire hopes that somo fortunate
excavation of tho future may lay bare the
molten Imago of "Horatlus, tho Captain ot
the Gate," who smoto tho great lord ot
Luna, and with Lartlus, tho proud Ham
nlan, on bis right hand, and strong Her
mlnlus on his loft, kept the brldgo so
valiantly In "tho bravo days ot old." Somo
of these figures that loom largo In tho
twilight ot history may thave been real men
after all.
Market Value of Fame.
ColUcr's Weekly.
Anyone who ls Interested in the market
value ot fame may like to know that at a
sale ot photographs bearing tho autographs
of tho subjects, Mr. Wattcrson, the editor,
brought $7.50 and General Miles $3.50. Threo
dollars and a half appeared to bo tho mili
tary valuation, for pictures of General
Shorman and Gonoral Sheridan each sold
for that sum. The photograph ot the lato
William Florence, tho actor, sold for $4.60,
that ot Senator Blackburn for $4, a crayon
of George Washington for $4.50, a photo
graph ot "Buffalo Bill" for $1.50 and one
ot Goneral Boulanger for 25 cents, or 5
cents less than tho current quotation ot
the "brave general's" fame.
rilOSl'EHITY AND THE HOLIDAYS.
Saturday Evening Post: The wtso chop
per seizes opportunity and takes the Christ
inas present by the forelock.
Cleveland Loader: Record-breaking holi
day trade may be expected by merchants
who prepare for It on a scale commensurate
with tho times and tho prospects, and then
let the public know what they have done.
The conditions are ripe for bettor business
than has ever boen dono in Christmas gifts.
St. Louis Republic: The prospect for the
holiday trade ot 1901 ls of unusual bright
ness. The great rotall marts of tho coun
try aro preparing to moot an exceptional
demand with stocks ot fine completeness
and attractiveness. In St. Louis, ono ot
the most prosperous ot American clUes,
tho approaching holiday season will bo a
gala time, indeed. A happy and well-to-do
community cannot do better than to thus
commemorato a year of good luck and
brightening fortunes. Tho area ot pros
perity is widened by the very lncreaso of
holiday shopping due to prosperity.
Philadelphia Ledger: Tho marked ac
tivity in nearly all lines of business In evi
dence throughout tho year will culminate
logically in an exceedingly prosperous holi
day season. Good wages, steady employ
ment, busy industries, an expanding com
merce, an encouraging outlook for tho next
year, assuro lively buying in the marts of
holiday trade. This Is fooshadowed by
the unusual number of early holiday buyers.
Holiday trado ls tho unerring barometer
of proapcrlty, of tho purchasing power of
tho people Fortunately, tho general con
ditions of trado and Industry at this time
glvo the vast majority of our people tho
opportunity and the resources to discharge
tho duty and to enjoy the pleasuro ot buy
ing Christmas gifts. At no other period
are tho offices of friendship and kinship so
pleasantly conspicuous as they are during
the holidays. It 1b tho season ot generous
Impulses. Then, It at any time, tho foun
tains ot benevolence flow. Should tho holi
day trade prove to bo exceptionally meager
It would bo properly regarded as u bad
omen for tho mercantile Interests, The
praiseworthy Inclination to remember one's
friends in tho appropriate gift Is happily
accompanied this year with tho general
ability to do so in varying degrees ot liberality.
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twite our talk by showing you more varieties of artistic
papers, than anybody in the city.
AVe can show you the finest of correspondence papera
in pretty gift boxes, and at prices that will talk so hard
you will have to buy if you look. A nice box for UHc, as
line a one as you wish up to $5.00 or more.
Jf you wish a special die made nnd the paper stamped
we can do it for you. Hut you must remember Xmas is
almost here and those kind of orders must be placed early.
Booksellers,
SCCV.AIl SHUTS AT THU PUM'IT.
Saturday Evening Post: By tho time the
conscientious preacher gets through teach
ing and preaching tho goodness of good and
tho badness of evil ho has to work overtlmo
If ho wants to wado Into tho higher criti
cism.
Kansas City Journal: A New Jersey
proaeher Is charged with having negloctcd
his ministerial duties in order to write
novels. Wo don't know the merits of this
particular case, but n good novel Is worth
moro than a poor sermon any day In tho
week.
Atlanta Constitution: Wo nro sfronclv
grounded In tho belief that tho causo of
good morals has llttlo to gain from carry
ing the pulpit Into politics, nnd that tho
best. way of purifying tho tono of society
and ot accomplishing needed reforms Is by
applying tho teachings of tho Savior to In
dividual lives through tho ordinary minis
trations of tho gospel.
Chicago Chronicle: Tho new Protestant
Episcopal bishop ot tho Philippines acorns
to bo under tho Impression that ho Is to
dispute- with Governor Taft and Gcnornl
Chaffee for tho control ot that Interesting
government. In a public- address announo-
lng his accoptanco of tho appointment ho
said: "I go to tho Philippines to stand for
righteousness In civil life, to make civil
sorvlco what it should bo there, to promoto
Christian education and to foster the truo
olcmcntB ot American civilization." Ab
Taft and Chaffco, aro already working on
tho lines thus laid down, or pretend to bo,
thcro aro likely to bo several new and
different kinds of troublo in Manila as soon
as tho good .bishop .hangs qut his slgn,
FEItjSo'XAii AJtb'dTiiEitwisio.
Strange to say, the now, membejepf. Par
liament from, Gal waydoci, noU wcar, gal-
ways, r 1K -w , ,, , , ,
Former PresldantiCIo.v.oIand lscvjdently
out of tho woods. Only one,. doctor .signs.
his health bulletins.
Accounts seem to show that Admiral
Rothwcll executed a loop on Admlrul Mc
Govcrn and Corveraed tho fcathorwolght of
Brooklyn; Now tho lato bantam knows how
It Is himself.
Mrs. Natlcti denounced hor husband as a
holl-bound hypocrite" Whereupon the
racok Mr. Nation took a dlvorco court
hatchet and severed tho connection, thus
suiting tho action to tho grievance.
According to a decision of tho general
board ot appraisers, sausage Is not sausage
for duty purposes when out of tho skin.
Dealers In tho robust wnat-is-lt aro now
at liberty to skin tho government byoralt
ting tho hide.
A final appraisement ot tho cstato of tho
lato President McKlnloy shows a total of
about $200,000. Tho real estate ls estimated
to be worth between $60,000 and $65,000
nnd personal property $125,890.18. An nl
lowanco of $8,000 a year has been mado to
Mrs. McKlnloy.
Portland ls going Into the exposition
business in a business way. Tho peoplo
realizo that It costs money and aro going
down into their Jeans for tho wherewith.
Subscription papers started on their rounds
last Monday and returned nt tho closo ot
tho day with nearly $200,000 subscribed.
Tho expectation was that tho limit of
$400,000 would bo subscribed in threo days.
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Are You Prepared Yet?
In the way of an overcoat. Wo havo had so many
disuppointed customers that have been kept waiting for
one of "our make" of coats, that Ave feel almost ashamed
to ask tho question. But our New York factory has been
working over time and have now caught up and wo aro
njnply able now to satisfy the demand. There is no doubt
but that the swagger overcoat is the season's favorite, and
we have plenty of them to show you In all of tho popular
cloths with and without yoke, and Ave have them in tho
right style collars' and shoulders that fit and the long,
loose, graceful skirt
$12.50 to $42.50
"No Clothing Fits Like Ours."
Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers.
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
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tiouery. AVo can give you more
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DOMESTIC n.BASAVriUES.
Judge: Cholly Your father bowed to m
very plearnntly on tho street today.
Edith Indeed? Mamma mild ha'd makt
som awful blunder If ho went without his
glasses,
Chicago Hecord-Hernld: Mrs. Peckham-
I d hate to bo n doctor'H wlfo.
Mrs. Ka I'lyppe-Whv?
Mrs. Pccklmm They're nlways so fussy
about not wanting pcoplo to try all the
patent medicines.
San Francisco Bulletin: "Iyt's see: wasn't
thoro a romance connected with their
courtship?"
"Yob. Tho one ho told her about his vast
wealth."
Boston Transcript: Margaret Matrimony
Is not nil that it Is cracked up to bo.
Edith How can you Buy such things.
Murgaroif wny, tncro is uarrio wintor-
green. Sho was married only ii yenr ago
I SRl B" ls dlvorucd. wltl B"ch lovely
alimony I
Chicago Post: "Ho likes excltement,H
said tho young man.
"So I supposed," replied tho denr girl.
"Why?'
"Well, his cholco for a wife mado that the
natural Inference."
Brooklyn Eagle: Brlnkcrhoff-Bldwell Is
tho worst henpecked man 1 know.
Vcrmllyc Henpecked Isn't tho nnmo for
ft. YYhV. hn wouldn't nvi'ii ilnrn lirlnc- n.
friend hom unannounced to a pot luclc
dinner on Thanksgiving day.
Puck: Miss Do Puyster Do you really
think It In posslblo for us to lovo our
enemies?
Tho Bishop Well, I think wo can lnv
some pcoplo moro as enemies thun wo could
as friends.
Washington Star: "Do you believe In
natural selection and tho survival of (hi
flttest7"
"I do," answered tho candid man. "1
have to. I don't know enough about. thosi
subjects to glvo any reasons to my sclen.
title friends why I shouldn't bcllovo In
.them,"
Chicago Trlbuno: "Harold, do you ever
think of mo whon you aro alone?"
"Sweetheart." ho ald. turning his dark
eyes full upon her. VI think of you every
day of my llfo. There Isn't a day passes
that I don't gat a dun from Stonoklng A
Coi for that diamond ring on your finger.'1
Atlanta Constitution: "Brer Wllllnms
dono got 'vorccd f'um ho wlfol"
"You don't say?"
"Hit's do Lawd'B truth. De Jury give 'lm
his freedom yeatlddy."
"En whar Is ho now?"
"Gono on his honeymoon!"
MEMOIMES.
Arthur Ketchum In Alnslce's Magailns.
Out of tho Night wo camo, nnd wo shall go
Back to our Night, that Is tho most wo
know.
But clinging to us nro thin mystic things,
vaguo dreams nnd visions, dim remember
ings. And whispers low, that tell u we have
known
Strango vanished glories and somo beauty
down.
Somo hand has fettered well cncll pilgrim
heart.
And seldom does Life's captlvo forco npirt
Tho ancient chain, und stand his moment
free.
Yet, tiomo night wind blown oft tho surging
sea,
Tho wings of muslo beating on Its bars,
Homo clImnKn nf twllli-lit'u llraf i.r .i.r.
Tho April thrust thut pipes across tho cold.
ino solemn fields with autumn sunlight
gold,
And that sad pleasure that Is known as
Love
Theso whisper of tho things wo know not
of;
Vaguely do these at somo rare moment
speak
Of thoso old glories that wo madly seek,
Ero on our dream tho doors of Being close,
And, whllo we look, tho golden moment
goes!
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