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0 TI1"E OMATTA DAILY TIEE: WEDNESDAY, .TAN IT All Y 14, 100H. The umaiia Daily Bee E. ROBE WATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. TERM9 OF SUBSCRIPTION, pally (without Sunday), One Tear. MOO liv )ir and (Sunday. One it " Illustrated Hee, One Year Sunday lief, ur.e Year Saturday lVo, On Year twentieth Century Farmer, One Tear. DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Dally He (without flnnriav). ter cony a.'K Z.tK) 1.60 1.00 2C Dally Hf (without Hunday), per week.. 12c lally bee Uncludlng Sunday), per week. 17c runuay Hee. per copy Evening Bee (without Sunday), per week So Evening Bee (Including Sunday), per week 100 Complaint of Irref ularltlea In delivery hould be addressed to Cy Circulation De partment. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha City Hall Building, Twenty-fifth and M Streets. Council WufTs lu 1'earl Street. Chicago 1940 Unity Building. Mew York ZI2S Park Row Building. Waahlngton Sol Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating to new and ed itorial matter should bo addressed; Omaha Baa, Editorial department. , - STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Dougla County, as.: Oeorg B. Taachuck. secretary of The Bee Publishing company, being duly aworn, taya that the actuul number of full and com-' pleta coplea of The Dally, Morning, Even ing and Hunday Bee printed during the month of December, 1805, waa aa follows: 1 82,280 17 80,820 80.01O U 80.H80 20 80,780 tl 28, TOO 23 80,000 23 80.H60 24 80,9(N 25 80,260 26 30,830 27.,, 80,870 Jg 28.805 29 ..30,7t0 30 ........82.820 31 30,870 ... .81.1XO ..,.81,470 ... .81,000 .... 81,040 ..,.81,820 ....28,600 .80,000 ....80,900 10 80,950 S SO.BUO U. SO.OTO 12 80,940 14 1M.320 16 80,810 16 80,910 Total .'. 962.04B Lesa unsold and returned copies.... 10,181 Net total salea 942,404 Net average aales ait.) OEOROB B. TZ8CHUCK. Subscribed in my presence and sworn to before me this list day of December, A, V. 1802. M. B. HUNOATE, (Seal) Notary Public. The weather man has proved that he has a prescription to relieve that yearn ing for coal. If there are any more wooden block pavements left in this vicinity, now is the time to utilize thorn. It aeems that Secretary of the Navy Moody has felt it Incumbent to get into a runaway accident Just to keep In style with the administration. After the stir the cattlemen are malt Ing in Kansas City it will not be their fault If the public falls to appreciate the Il-lmportance of the live stock industry. For the next two or three weeks buck aawa and cord wood will be in requisi tion at the state capltul. The legislature Is expected to devote most of its time to .sawing wood. The Commercial club charter commit tee shows no better disposition to take the people into Its confidence regarding proposed ' amendments 'fo the charter than the delegation from Douglas. It Is now stated that the royal court scandal in Saxony will culminate In a divorcer The public will feel thankful If .the royal pair would get their di force quickly and keep the details secret The new owners of the street railway Company are represented on the new fllrectory, but enough Omaha men are retained as directors to show that the company considers itself a local 'Insti tution. ' 1 ' i. . . . - A, cornstalk paper mill would be very desirable acquisition for Omaha and It 1b only a question of fifty or more crisp thousand-dollar bank notes to en able the promoters to proceed with the .enterprise. Klng Ak-Sar-Ben is so well satisfied with his royal ministry that he will keep them unchanged for another year to administer the affairs of his realm tits subjects are also well satisfied to let well enough alone. Andrew Carnegie -will pay more per sonal taxes in New York City than auy amer or the multi-mlllloualres. The Others would doubtless be glad to head the tax list If they could exchange places with Mr. Carnegie. Sheriff Tower complains that because f the falling off In fees his office Is no longer worth having. We have no fears, however, that there will be any dearth of candidates next fall willing to sacri fice themselves for a chance to take bis place la the court house. The city council of Spearflsh, S. D., contemplates the enactment of. an ordi nance -to make the gamblers provide the revenue necessary to pay the salary of the chief of police. This Is a very generous proposition on the part of Spearflsh councllmen, who are liable to Impose a tax on themselves by the new departure. The Real Estate exchange exhibit of object leusous In taxation are pltby and to the point It Is noticeable, however, that no one has come forward to defend the monstrous tax exemption clause of the Omaha charter that would Impose upon the projterty owners of thin city an extra jmymont of one dollar on every five for the beuetft of the tax-shirking railroads. The people of Nebraska are presumed to be on tiptoe In their anxiety to get a glimpse of the men Governor Mickey will appoint on his military staff. As 1 matter of fact, the people of Nebraska don't eare a rap who the men are who will dress parade In epaulets, gilt braid and brass, buttons with the governor at state and interstate functions, but they do care a great deal as 'to the men In plain buttons who are to niauaga. and supervise the various stato institution. RA1LHQAD TAX HM1BKIAO T.T LiltCOLtl. TliHt t!ie pood people of Llncolu are the victims of railroad UX shirking In almost the wttne degree an the taxpayer of Otunhn baa loug been appnrent to all who have looked Into the farts. But Lincoln taxpayer have for the most part preferred to believe that the protest against the favoritism enjoyed by these big; corporations waa solely a aelflsh at tempt on the part of Omaha to get hold of property that was taxed elsewhere In the state. There are signs, now, that Lincoln is getting Its eyes open to the iniquity of the present system of ex empting railroad property from city as sessment and beginning to realize that It is an equal sufferer with Omaha. The following from the State Journal is di rectly In point: An interested cltlxen who wanted to know how much the railroads really pay for the support of tha city government went to the city hall yesterday and con sulted the treasurer's books. Ha waa so much disgusted With the result that he brought the figures straightway to the Journal. Here they are, Hot the valuation, but tha actual amount of the tax In each case: ' 1901. ' 19(16. t 628.82 31,1X3.04 B. M 8502.39 C, R. I. & P 201.21 Missouri Pacific Ry. 110.77 121.00 AO. 48 66.46 6.16 02 4.23 412.60 226.80 246.46 F.. E. & M. V. Ry... 67.47 I'tilon Pacific 62.19 Pullman Car Co 6.36 W. U. Tel. Co........ B.M Postal Tel. Co 4.08 F., E. & M. V. and 11.66 26.96 16.06 M. P. (joint prop.). 1.22 Totals $961.02 H.006.30 $3,716.71 "What do you think of that?" said the bearer of the figures. "A total of $961.02 for all of these companies. It isn't enough to pay for the wear and tear on the fire department in running to fires on railroad property alone. Look at the figures and print them, so that every man in town can ea that the Western Union pays less than $10 a year and the other companies In about the same proportion. The thing to do la to amend the state law so that railroad property in cities should be assessed for city purposes the sams as all other prop erty. That will stop this outrageous case of tax dodging." Is there anyone who will contend that all the railroads entering Lincoln with their valuable terminal properties there are bearing their share of the burdens of municipal government at the state capital when tb.eji-.pay less than $1,000 a year as taxes Into the city treasury? The city tax rate in Lincoln Is approxl mately the same as It has been for sev eral years, yet the railroads there paid for the year 1902 but a trifle more than a fourth of what they paid in the year 1900. Will anyone contend that the property of the railroads In Lincoln is worth less today than It was three years ago? Can anyone offer any valid reason why, when the basis of assess nient on other property Is multiplied fourfold, that of the railroad property should remain unchanged? If the people of Lincoln will wake up to the monstrous situation that makeB them pay the taxes the railroads ought to pay, they will Join with the people of Omaha in a campaign for tax reform that will not stop until . this rank in justice la remedied. - RMBATt VXf JMPOBTtD CUaX.-. The proposed rebate of duties on coal Imported Into the United States, for the period of one year, will .doubtless be adopted. It is a compromise, the repub licans of the ways and, means' commit tee being unwilling to make a precedent by repealing the duties, 'but realizing the necessity for action looking to the relief of the coal situation. Of course the rebate, while At continues, will have the same effect as would the repeal of the duties, but how far this will afford relief or how. soon it Is impossible to say. with any degree, of 'certainty. It Is expected that importations will be stimulated, but it would seem that the higher prices should have done this and yet no considerable amount of coal has come Into the country since the begin nlng of the existing conditions. It is also thought that' taking off 'the duty will force a reduction In the price of coal, but If this should be no m.ore than the amount of duty. ,67 cents per, ton, the great majority of consumers, would not be materially benefited. We have heretofore expressed the opinion that the .duty on coal should be repealed and there is no doubt that this Is practically the unanimous sentiment of the people of the country. It is un necessary as a measure of protection or as a source of revenue. But as an alternative to this the rebate proposition will be acceptable, since It will produce the same effect-. Jt Is "entirely certain, however, that the popular demand for free imiortatloa of coal mdst ultimately be complied with and there Is every reason to expect .that it will be urged upon the next congress even more vig orously than at present. TBI, SXKATIi AND Tit US TS. The ' United States senate baa been very generally regarded as an obstacle to anti trust legislation, although It was In that body the existing anti trust law had Its origin, , It has been felt, not without reason, that senators generally are more under the Influence of the cor porations and combinations than are memler8 of the house of represent atives,, who are closer-to. the people and more susceptible to public sent! ment. Thut there have, been good grounds for this view will hardly be seriously questioned, but there appears to be promise of a change In the attitude of the senate which if realized will give that body a better place in public opinion than It has held for some time. This promise is contained in the re ported conclusions of republican seu atora that there must be anti-trust leg islation at the present eesalon. An un named senator is quoted as saying that there will be no radical legislation, but that some such v measure as the Knox bill wUl . be " passed. This Is the administration's plan, of dealing with the "combination's jhujj discussion of it has beon for tip taiai part favor able. .It la to be Inf erred; from the re mark of this" sepator t &at Ve Hoar bill U not likely to have "any; chance, but however tlfU -way. be the 'country will be gratified to learn that the repub licans of the senate see their duty In regard to this very Iniportjmt matter and a disposed 1o perform it The Knox bill, if enacted Into law, would doubtless be satisfactory to all but those who want the most radical and drastic legislation. It is a conservative meas ure, supplementing existing statutes and designed to render them more effective, at the same time providing addltloual means for the supervision anil regulation of the corporations and combinations to which It applies. It seems to be the general opinion that it would be more likely to stand Judicial test than any other bill which has been prepared. TBE APPKAL TO THE Afffa'HS. The circular Issued by President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers. calling upon the members of the union to co-operate.' with the management of the mines In an effort to increase the production of coal, will be generally commended. The miners are told that It is the duty of every one connected with the production of coal to relieve the situation and alleviate br far as pos sible the suffering of Ihe people who are unable under exlstlug conditions to ob tain coal. The local unions are advised to at once hold meetings and devise means by which the daily output of the mines may be increased. Undoubtedly this advice of the presi dent of the national organization of min ers and the presidents of the several an thracite districts will be promptly heeded, and it Is to be hoped with good results. The miners, It la safe to say, will be found willing to do their part for re lieving the situation, but It cannot be so confidently assumed that the uitintiKe ment of the mines will be equally well disposed. It Is the understanding that since the resumption of mining the men generally have nt nlltlnies been ready to push the production of coal, but the operators, or most of them, have shown no desire to have this done, bo that In the nearly three months since mining was resumed the amount of coal pro duced has not been much more than one- half of what It might have been. It Is estimated that in this time the produc tion has been about 12,000,000 tons, while it could have been made 20,000,000 had the operators desired. But such an output would have prevented the com bination from plundering the public as It 'is doing, a policy which It doubtless Intends to continue as long as It is per mitted to. The independent operators are not the least culpable In tills respect, having -Indeed shown quite as great greed and merciless indifference to the suffering of the public as have the man agers of the coal-carrying companies which control most of the anthracite fields. The call to the union miners of their leaders, if it shall be responded to as expected, will compel the operators to Increase production or notify the public that they do not Intend to Inake the necessary effort to relieve the very grave situation. With the miners ready to co-operate the mine owners will be able to find no plausible pretext or sub terfuge for Increasing production to the fullest extent possible. The action of rresldent Mitchell is Judicious from every point of view. It will, if it have the intended result, give the union min ers a new claim to the public regard. Tactically, It is one of the wisest things that have been done since the Inception of the anthracite strike. From the newspaper accounts it; looks as If loss 'of life from cold were ex cessive, but the number of people frozen to death nowadays is in reality less than the number In former years. The people of today are better clothed and better housed and better prepared for the freaks of Jack Frost than their an cestors were, but at the same time the newspapers, assisted by the electric tele graph, are more successful In recording all tha futalities of a cold snap than they used to be. The list looks longer because it Is more complete. Wyoming may capture he chairman ship of the irrigation committee for Con gressman Mondell, but there Is little likelihood that the committee will get action again during this congress. The committee, however, will be important for the next congress and the rule of possession being nine points In the law, would make it fairly certain that the new chairman named by Speaker Hen derson will be named again by Speaker Cannon. New Jersey's governor Insists that the invitation extended by bis state to cor porations to file their articles and take out charters within its Jurisdiction is not an encouragement to corporate com binations and trust, although it has given no small boost to the New Jersey state treasury. Of course. It is merely accident that all the big trusts have been Incorporated in New Jersey. In Intimating that legislators have been loaning or selling their passes to people who are entitled to no such cour tesy, President Mcllen of the Northern roclflc heaps grows Insult uion our law makers which should be resented at all costs. If the insulted legislators cannot get even In any other way they .might send their posses, buck. The presidency of the Commercial club ought not to go a-begging. Tbe club has opportunities for increased useful ness before It and the position at the helm affords scope for the best abilities of our best business men. The lnvlta tlon to serVe as president of this or ganization should be sought after with keen competition. An Omaha factory takes pride In hav ing captured a contract to make Itoiuau sandals for the people who play the plebs In Ben Ilur. Now let some enter prising local establibhmeut get the con- tract to make the shoes for the real heroes of the spectacle the horses that run the chariot race. Too Rlar for the Flla. St. Louts Globe-Democrat. Occasionally something turns up that is entirely too big for human comprehension.. For Instance, it Is stated that there Is not enough money In the world to buy up all of the packing conrerna. Iron Beneath the Velvet. Brooklyn Eagle. Mr. Chamberlain la beginning to let the iron be felt beneath the velvet glove he held out to tha Boers on arriving In South Africa.. Lord Milncr, Instead of being called down, seems to have been tuning up Mr. Chamberlain. Think at the !'. Chicago Tribune. While grumbling at the discomforts .of street car travel in these days there may be some persons In the audience who re member the stoveless care of twenty-five or thirty years ago, which were pulled by slow horses, and heated, so to speak, by a layer of hay on the floor.' ' No Peace Kven In Mld-Ucenn. Springfield Republican. Daily newspaper with "all the news of the world". are now promised on board the big Atlantic liners. 'Wireless telegraphy, of course, will supply the dally dispatches, so that the scheme appears perfectly feasible. Whether the enterprise will be popular may be a question, for there are people who like to escape the newspaper and the tele graph during the ocean voyage for the sake of repose. The wretched man with the brain fag will now' be harder pushed than ever.' The only place absolutely secure will be overboard. Curse of Child Inbor. Philadelphia North American. ' Thousands of girls between the ages of 10 and 17 work In the factories of Pennsyl vania from 6:30 at night until 6:30 the next morning. It is estimated by reputably au thorities that fully 60 per cent of these little ones are less than 13 years old the age limit under which, says the Pennsyl vania statute, no minor may be employed. These children miy not sit at their work. A scant .halt hour at midnight Is given as a lunch time. Many walk long distances, some as, far as three and four miles, to the mills.- Glazed and painted windows prevent them looking, without, and make prisons of the working rooms. If a child is taken ill she must remain In the workroom or office of the mill until morning, or walk home unattended in the night. The heat of summer days robs the tiny poller of needed rest, and household drudgeries and cares are at all times added to her already overwhelming burden. . HOME-MAKER OR SPECULATOR? Which Will Benefit by a National System of Irrigation Boston Transcript. In his recent message the president em phasized the new law, inaugurating a sys tem of national irrigation of the arid lands of the west as one of the moat Im portant measures that had come before congress. But he wished It distinctly understood that it, was the Intention of the law to give settlers and bom seekers and no one else te benefit of its opera tions. That was also the declared and, we believe, honest , purpose of those who were responsible foe engineering the bill through congress, , and special pain were taken to so revisa , the original draft ai to prevent the. usurpation of the new op portunities bythe land sharks who have been such a curse to western development. If they are to be the beneficiaries under this new national enterprise the V quicker all operations come to a full atop tho better. , It seems that the' new law has not been made strong enough to withstand their on slaughts. One of the officers of the Na tional Irrigation . association says that "while the people of this country are com placently sitting; back, -waiting for tho act to go into operation and populate the deserts, the landgrabbers and speculators are absorbing,, by fair means or foul, and as rapidly as possible, every acre of good land which there Is any possibility of Irri gating." It is even stated that, under the desert land law and the commutation clause of the homestead law, millions of acre of the nation's beat remaining lands have been, during the paBt year, absorbed by big stock concerns, "and fraudulently acquired at that." A strong effort is making In congress to secure the repeal of these laws, which, with the stone and timber laws, the presi dent said in his message had been per verted and turned from their original benefi cent purpose. TASTE IT WORDS. Tlme-Hoaored Expressions Valararlaed hy Affectation. Chicago Tribune. The large stores cannot be blamed for giving up the word "saleslady." "Lady" has come to be synonymous with "woman." When the Lady Cracker. Packers' union was formed the implication was not that every member 'had the poise of manners that marks the caste of Vera de Vere, but that every member was of the female sex. Under such 'circumstances "saleslady" la either an affectation or a vulgarism. With our American assumption that everybody has - all the qualities that anybody else has, we have railed saleswomen "sales ladies" in order that feeling might not be hurt.. The time for such Indiscriminate gallantry ha gone by. Some female per sona behind counters are ladies. Others are not. They are all women! To call them "saleswomen" is to be accurate and judicious. Almost the only plsce for the word "lady" nowadays Is In the toast. The ladies, God bless them." In that toast there la a universal compliment to the sex, and when the glass is in hand scientific precision Is unnecessary. The words which it Is said clerks are to be ordered to cease using should not be let go. "Flat" Is a good word. So Is "house." . Why change to "apartment" and "residence?" We do not say that an "Englishman's residence Is his castle." The Architect' association objected lately to the word "tenement." They wanted collective dwelling." Take "collective dwelling," "aparticant," "flat" and "tene ment." They all have essentially the same meaning. A snobbish use of any particular one of them will delay but not prevent the final adoption of a common term. The vast majority of even well-to-do people In cities will soon be living In buildings that are, according to law, "tenement." The word "tenement" will then be happily delivered from it present disparaging insinuation. We shall most of us live in tenements and be conscious of no reason why we should not say so. If "apartment" Instead of "flat," there fore, ceems snobbish and uppish and In flated, what shall be laid about "patron" luatead of "customer?" Is the man who come in and buy a collar a "patron" of a store? It he is, how has the word "patron" degenerated? Let us bo as consist ent as 1 possible in an inconsistent, baffling, erratic world. The reason why "woman" Is preferable to "lady" I the tame reason why "house" 1 preferable to "residence," "flat" to "apartment" and "cutonier" to "patron." The (ess pretentious word la the right ene. ROt Ml) AIHH'T SEW OIIK. Ripples an the Current at Mfe In the Metropolis. tf Thlneas T. Tlarnimi were now living and conversant with the characterises of New York Ctty's population, he would be obliged as a man of Tcraclty to revise hi famous maxim so as to read, "Tn fools are born every minute." A. correspondent of tha Pittsburg Gazette, one of the bright est of the clan In Gotham, declares that a few smart alecks. with a sumtterlng of electrical knowledge, are coining money by selling electrical, appliance to New York's sickly people. The electro-medical appli ance which usually can b "writ down" as frauds, with the exception. posHlbly, of the X-ray, are too many to detail. They are no worse than quack medicines, except that they coat more. Inasmuch as they are not taken Internally, excepting, agiiln, the subtle beam IhroiiKh the huiiiiin frame of the powerful Induction machine, they can drt little harm, ami tituy do good. The modest denier will sHk yon for a medi cal cell which, It Is declared. "HI deliver an electric enrrent by. beltm plncrd on cracked Ice: little neck tlams on con gealed water would give, better renl'. The wonderful IhltiR nbnul a ni?rtirnl tint -tery '"worked'.' the other diiy Is Unit It required but one. wire to convey the cur rent, there being no return wlro cr ground connection. Tho cell, with Ha adjunct of frappe, Is to be placed on the enrpet and tho victim on a hair mattressno better insulation enn be desired. Oh, It Is a great graft. Electric combs, electric coracle, electric rings, pins, brushes and whnt not are found in the holiday advertisements. It would be unfair to suppose their dlapensers were. In all cases, trying to "do" the people Into believing their wares con tained or were capable of generating an Edison or a Westlnghouse current. Tho Word "electric," used In such connection, must be considered as sn adjective ex pressive of delight accruing to the pur chaser. It is as tangible as a lover's kiss pver the telephone. A cadaverous looking stranger called for a glass of port wine In tho enfo on West Eighteenth street. The bartender placed a bottle of wino before tho stranger and gave him the usual empty, glass and one filled with water; he then turned to another roan with a thirst. In making change at the cash register the bartender, In consternation, said he saw the stranger deliberately bite the neck of the bottle off. "Hold on therol'.' shouted the bartender. The stranger nodded laconically and went on chewing the neck of the bottle which he had bitten off. Then, according to the bar tender, the customer poured himself out a second glass of wine and then, after drink ing It, carelessly took a bite out of the glass and chewed It with gusto. This proved too much for the bartender's nerves and he ran from behind the bar. Beelng him coming, the stranger, It was alleged, picked up the glass containing the water, bit the side out of it and threw the relics of his meal at the disturber thereof. They struck the bartender, he alleges, on the temple and inflicted a few cuts. When arrested he said he was William Jarks of 700 Henry street, Brooklyn. "I didn't eat the man's glasses," he pro tested mildly to Captain O'Reilly. "The cork was In the bottle and I tried to take It out with my teeth, when the neck broke. Then I tried to drink out of the glasses. I gripped too hard on them with my teeth, I guess.'" , Tranquilly he spat upon the floor and the floor where . he spat glistened with frag ments of glass.', "You are wasting your time. Why don't you go and, do that in a museum, instead of disturbing barkeepers?" asked the cap tain, . The prisoner was locked up, ' Representatives of the New York Ameri can and Journal have bought the block 'of land facing the Grand circle at Fifty-ninth street, and bounded on Its other three sides by Broadway, Eighth avenue and Fifty eighth street. A twenty-story hulldlng Is to be erected on the site and the American and Journal will move into tt as soon as it can be completed, probably by the time the rapid transit subway is In operation. Though comprising an entire block, the plot embraces only about 4,700 square feet, or less than two city lots. - The cost of the, land was said . to be $400,000. Like the similar sites selected by the Herald at Thirty-fifth street and the Times at Long acre square, this has four frontages; an Important matter for newspapers, which need much light. On the fourth side a great advantage will be the immediate connection that will be made with tha subway, assur ing prompt and inexpensive delivery of the papers. A bartender in New York, according to the Sun of that city, sent . the. following letter to his aunt residing In the country: . "Dear Aunt Clarissa: I got your nice Thanksgiving box with the turkey and things ali right. They came In fine shape. None of the cranberry got spilled and there wasn't a single crack in the pie crust. The "next day I got your letter, asking me how I was and about my job. "I have a very good Job In the hay mar ket. You know that In this big city there are all kinds of great markets. There's tho fish market down by Fulton street, and the stock market and big general meat and produce markets. Then there Is tho hay market,, where I am. The fish markets and thoBe others I spoke of are way down In the lower part of the city, but the hay market . is almost three. , miles north of them, up In the general direction of the big ha'y-growing districts In the northern part of the state. The Young' Men's Chris tian association has got a large stone build ing within ten minutes' walk of the hay market and there are a great many churches near by. "My job is in the hay seed department. We receive a great deal of ,Jt from the country la original packages and It Is treated by a new-fangled process. We sub ject each separate hay seed to a treatment by fluids. Sometimes, if the seed has been In the city loug enough to get hard and slippery, certain chenilrals are put In the liquids. When so treated with the liquids the seeds become soggy and soft, or 'easy, as the technical term Is, and whatever there I of value In them Is easily extracted. A great many young women are employed In removing the commercial properties from the seeds. "Then the original packages are thrown out and become what is known in business affairs as a by-product for tho city. That is, they are taken to tho great Jefferson market, where the city can get, usually, from $2 to $5 apiece for tbem. Most of the packages are finally returned to the country to be refilled. "I shall be delighted to get the mitter.a and warm worsted bed shoes which you mentioned for Christmas, but please don't oud them to the hay market. Send them to my boarding house. Your fond nephew, "JAMES. "p, s. If you ever come to New York don't come to the hay market, to take me by surprise, because they don't allow visi tor.. I should love to bt) urprised, but it would be better for rou to let me know that you are coming, so I can meet you at the station and take you right to the boarding house. JAMES." V Beyond II n mum's II ream a. Cincinnati Enquirer. It was a good thing for the feelings of Barnum that be died before the recent t circus ptrtormancs In India. tfusf Because your W Atarax BALD j j That's no Your father didn't know that dan druff was the beginning of baldness, so you remember his shiny scalp. Cure your dandruff and prevent baldness. Ayer's Hair Vigor cures dandruff, stops falling hair, and keeps the scalp clean and healthy. Always restores color to gray hair. " I was bothered greatly with dandruff and falling of the hair. On bottle of Ayer's Hair vigor stopped the falling hair and completely cured tbe dandruff." Miss Lucile Hardy, El Dorado Springs, Mo. TIII3 DRAMATIC 11' LI FT. Kneonrnalna Progress In the Work of Klerntlnsc the Staare. Chicago Record-Herald. This promises to be an excellent season for dramatic art. The beginning has been especially encouraging to those who take thn elevation of the stage seriously. Among the triumphs already achieved we may men tion Mr. Melbourne MacDowell's success In smashing the face of bis leading lady with his fist; Mr. Sothern's withering blast In reply to the preacher who criticised "Iris;" Mr. Mansfield's suit for slsnder, and Mrs. Langtry's exhibition of by far the finest gowns she has ever had in her repertory. Miss Mabelle Oilman scored a decided hit a few weeks ago when she exhibited a bundle of love letters that had been written to her by the Crown Prince of 81am, and she now adds to her artistic achievements by having diamonds set in her thumb nails. Miss Oilman appears to be determined to ennoble and elevate the histrionic art at any cost. , Lillian Russelll has failed to contract any new marriages so far this season, but Mr. Faversham and Miss Opp have helped along In that direction, and we may confidently expect Miss Adele Ritchie to be thrown out of her carriage or have her cook arrested every week or two In order to keep her standard high. As tor Miss Blanche Walsh, she has contented herself thus far with the exploitation of a magic lvell, but It is hardly too much to predict that she will spring a new Buddha or something equally 'weird upon her press agent before long. When art cries out for a hearing Miss Walsh may be depended upon to respond. All in all, as has been said, the outlook for dramatic art is highly encouraging, even though a dozen of our best actresses have started the season with nervous prostration accompanied by cdplous press notices, PERSONAL NOTES. After all this debate about lemon juice and the typhoid germ one thing Is still clear, it Improves the flavor of the oyster. It seems that an Egyptian mummy S.OOO years old died of appendicitis. Was th death caused by the disease or the opera tionT Dr. D. K. Pearsons, the.fnmous Chlcagoan benefactor of small colleges, accompanied by his wife, is about to start on a trip first to Florida, then to Cuba and finally to Alaska, to be gone twelve months. Major Horace Glenworth Devandre, the only American serving in the Austrian army, has Just died in Vienna. Ho was at one time engaged In the American diplo matic service at Rome and Vienna. Lord Salisbury when a young man wrote several pieces of Action, but they were never published. Not long ago an enter prising person discovered this circumstance and begged hard to be allowed to bring them out. "No," was Lord Salisbury's de cided response, "certainly not. I want my old age to be as honorable as possible." Stirred by Gabriel D'Annunzlo's good ex ample, Mark Twain announces that he Is giving hi skull to 1 Cornell university, where It can be studied for the enlighten ment of future generations. "I am getting pretty old," said Mr. Clemens, speaklnft on this subject, "and shall probably not need the skull after next Christmas. But If I should I will pay rent." The New York World Almanac for 1903 comes out with the new year and receives the hearty welcome due an old reliable counsellor and friend. It is choclt full of information on every day affairs, put In uch convenient form a to make the al manac Invaluable as a ready reference book for busy men and women. Among the many publications that reach The Beo office none are more appreciated and put to good use than the World Almanac and none as readily meets all reasonable demands. The Honor of Your Presence ? Is respectfully solicited January Fifteenth at our Annual Advance Hale of high class novelty juvenile apparel, con listing of lute creations in washable and light .weight woolen fabrics, and a great variety of samples of shirt waists and blouses. - Extra pain and expense ha been taken to make thl sale the best of Its kind ever held in Omaha. All imported and domestic soveltles the very cream of two worlds are placed before you. Nothing finer or better In the world whether shown In New York, Chicago or Omaha. -Thes ars all sam ple suit. You make your (election now In regard to alia, style, quality and material the delivery will follow later about April 1st. This advance sals will lat Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and I of such magnitude and splen dor that mother will mis a rars treat If they fail to see the splendid Ax. lugs we have gotten together for tbe UUle folk fur ths spring and summer of IMS. Display on second floor, (Juvenile department.) fOMlJ--(g R. S. WILCOX, Manager. FATHER, sign you need be bald. l.C. Ay er Co., Low. 11, Mm. FLASHES OP FIN. Jaggles I see the scientists have de termined that only the male parrots learn to talk. , . Waggles That's probably so, to Judge from the language they use. N. Y. Tlmea. The Cat Do you And literary life profita ble? The Tig Oh, I manage to pick up a living from my pen. N. Y. Sun. Tow ne Why do you still call her a sum mer girl? Krewne Why, she walked six blocks through that blinding snowstorm the other nrght to treat herself to a plate ot vanllU Ice cream. Philadelphia Press. Mrs. Jones Are they getting up another polar expedition, John? Mr. Jones No, my dear. They are only getting up after the one they got up to get up after the one they got up. Puck. Nell He said I was his pearl. Belle I guess he wanted to string you. Philadelphia Itecord. Clara Don't you love to Jiear mo sing. Clarence? Clarence Honestly, Clara, I d rather hear cook sing; for then I know she is In a good humor. Detroit Free Press. Alice What makes you think he has been In love before? Kdith The proposal he made to me was entirely extemporaneous. Philadelphia Ledger. I uia vruHieign now urn yuu ui on, iw I 1.1 m .1 .... V. , a 1i .1 nlnht nn t Vl A riarlc plnsia? Young Gavboy Gad, now that I've seen her by daylight, I wonder myself. Smart Bet. "Just think. Weary, you can send a whole word by de wireless telegraf across ds ocean for de price of two glasses of beer." "You ain't losln" your liking fer beer, are you, LimpyT" Cleveland Plain Dealer. RIDING THE HERD AT NIGHT. James Barton Adams in Denver Post. Lot o' time to think, you bet, Underneath the watchln' stars; Jest the very time to let Down tha past's moHs-covered kar. , ''Gives the soul a ulous tone. See things in a solemn light. When a feller's all alone Rldln' 'round the herd at night. Gits a thlnkln' o' the days When his life waa in its morn. Of the sports an' boyish plays Round the home where he was born, rioters o' the past he sees. Borne of shaddered, others bright As 'a summer any, when he's Kldin' 'round the herd at night. Sees a mother bow her head Pleadln' with the lxrd ft Dove, An' the tears she of'n shed Jewels of a mother's love. Bees her glad, upprovln' smile When he tried to do the right Conscience welts it to htm while Hidln' 'round the herd at night, ' Hears her voice In every breese Sweepln" o'er the moonlit plain. An' in every cloud he sees That dear sainted face again. As the memories on him pile Lots o' them have got a bite Keener than a sarplnt's while Bldin' 'round the herd at night. Ain't a preacher anywhere That can make a feller fret, That kin make him stop an' stars - At himself with keen regret, IJke ol' conscience when It Jars ITp his sense o' wrong an' right When alone beneath the stars Hidln' 'round the herd at night. Eyes Are an Every Day Possession. They don't seem very wonderful until you lose them. It doesn't make the affliction any easier to bear, to know that YOU are probably to blame for not con sulting a competent Optician in time. J. C. HUTESON 6t CO., 213 South 16th Street. Paxton Block,
