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    TIIE OMAITA DAILY BEE: PATTJUDAY, DECEMBETl 24. 1904.
Tiie Omaha Daily Bee
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Notary Public.
The man who left his Christmas pur
chases to the very last day will now
rush to the front
Ruaslan warriors atill. have twelve
days to prepare a victory as a Christinas
present for the czar.
King Peter has abolished the freedom
of the press In Servla. A new revolu
tion must be about due.
London reports Its fog as disappearing.
The residents of that city must now be
able to see their street lights.
The abolition of lund btnces by opera
tion of law Is another evidence that the
'"frontier" has long slpce passed the
western line of Nebraska;
' Judge Sears wants It distinctly un
derstood that he holds, the paid legis
lative lobbyist In contempt, even though
lie does not cite him for contempt
Mrs. Chadwlck. says she will not talk
of her husband's Indictment which
would Indicate that she la much more
discreet than some of the bankers she
fooled.
In recommending a new court-martial
for Captain Dreyfus the French attorney
'general evidently desires that the world
shall not be permitted to forget his coun
try's1 disgrace.
If the railroads would pay their Just
proportion of municipal taxes In Omahn
the city tax levy could be reduced by
2 mills and property , values would go
up at least 20 per cent
flo many candidates are out for the
office now held by Senator Quarles of
Wisconsin that legislators can pick al
most any degree bf "reformer" they de;
sire when the- voting time comes.
, Those Japanese shirrs In he neighbor
hood of the Straits settlement should be
cautious, as they might be mistaken for
fishing boats by the Russians, and then
there Is no telling what might not bap
pen. .Qjuahft's. Jong .felt want has been a
firwt-clahs, fire-proof hotel, and with a
long pull, a strong pull, and a pull alto
gether, as they say at sea, hat long
felt want will be gratified during the
coming year.
The report of the New York grand
Jury on the alleged corrupt use of money
at Albany may be a valuable, tip to. In
experienced legislators who desire to
lose no time in connecting with "the
perquisites of office."
Arizona and New Mexico., might not
be so adverse to being Joined in state
hood were they sure of the law govern
ing divorce in such cases; but there is
much doubt as to the process which will
bring final separation.
France finds a deplorable condition
existing in Morocco and n English offi
cer -Just returned says everything is sat
isfactory. It depends much upon which
side of tbo channel the observer stands
when he looks toward Africa, .
It is doubtless true that the great ma
jority of thq members of the Civic Fed
eration are acting lu the best of good
faith, but some things done by their
officers and hired attorneys Indicate de
cidedly bad faith on their parts.
Now that he hearing of the charges
against Chief of Police Donahue has
been concluded, it Is to be hoped the
police- board will find time to fake into
consideration the suggestions, for practi
cal reform of the police government
made by The Bee.
General Kouropatkln saya he saw a
Japanese soldier with front-bitten feet.
The general is evidently not making it
ai hot for the enemy as the occasion
warrants. Tb common understanding,
however, U that it is In another sort of
.game that the participants get cold feet
WHERE rCBLICrtt WOtLD'fiEBXE
1 Recent demoralization In the stock
market largely due to the attack on cer
tain securities of single, individual, has
called attention not only to methods In
the market which are disreputable, but
also to the benefit that would result If
all corporations were required to give
the public knowledge of their affairs. In
the long run there will never be either
stability or security in the operations in
corporation securities until either by a
federal law or the action of the Stock ex
change Itself "opportunities for the spec
ulator without scruples and with ability
are eliminated by requiring publicity of
all corporations. Most of those that are
sound give this publicity now, realizing
its value in winning a public confidence,
but the great majority let the public
know as little as possible nlxnit their
condition and nre thus vulnerable to
raids which demoralize the general bodv
of values. Does it pay even for Wall
street to have conditions which conduce
to this, necessarily creating more or less
apprehension throughout financial cir
cles and disturbing, If not actually en
dangerlng, the general business of the
country? No such commotion as has
recently been experienced in the stock
market could have occurred if every
corporation whose securities are listed on
the Stock exchange gave publicity to its
financial condition.
The New York Journal of Commerce
observes that much of the Iniquity which
gives a bed name to stock exchange
operations has Its source In the existence
of stocks that have.no certain or calcul
able value. Any huge corporation with
an inflated capitalisation, based upon
representations of resources and pros
pects that are not well founded and can
not be verified, which makes no nuthen
tlcated disclosures of Its assets and lia
bilities, or of the practical details and
methods of its business, is n pernicious
factor in the stock market and no stand
ing ought to be given to its so-called se
curities on the exchange. That paper
urges that if New York is to be a flnan
clal center to which investors of capital
will resort for opportunities, and to
which this country and other countries
can look for the gauge of values in
American securities, "the Slock ex
change must become the scene of legiti
mate dealings and honorable - methods
and not gain the repute of serving the
ends ,of uneonsciouable plunderers and
manipulators, who rig the market and
fleece the unwary by false representa
tions or crafty devices for working upon
the hopes and fears of their victims." It
is not to be doubted that this condition
can be corrected if the Stock exchange
will refuse to recogniee the securities of
corporations that make no authenticated
disclosures of their assets and liabilities,
or of the practical details and methods
of their business Publicity would prove
an effective check to raids on the part of
unconscionable plungers -and manipu
lators. FAVOR A TRIBUNAL.
Some of the more prominent of the
eastern railroad presidents who have
expressed themselves In regard to pro
posed interstate commerce legislation
while opposed to giving the commission
power to regulate rates are inclined to
favor an interstate commerce tribunal.
One of them said that legislation sug
gested looking to the establishment of
such a tribunal, the members of which
should be appointed for life, "would be
fair to the railroads and would not be
seriously opposed by them."
There is no doubt that the more care
fully the proposition to create such a
court is considered the stronger will be
come the conviction as to the wisdom
and expediency of establishing it. If it
be admitted that congress has the con
stitutional authority to create such a
tribunal, and we are not aware that this
is questioned, there is not a valid reason
agftlnst It So fur as the railroads are
concerned it would seem that they would
welcome a court of that character, from
which they would be assured not only
of fair treatment but also of a quick
determination of all matters presented to
it a consideration quite as Important to
the corporations as to the public. It is
quite evident that the trend of opinion
is strongly toward a distinct interstate
commerce court with exclusive Jurisdic
tion in all cases of violations of the in
terstate commerce law.
KEEPING DOHA EXPENSES.
It appears to be quite definitely deter
mined that appropriations for the ex
penses of the government shall be kept
down to the lowest point consistent with
efficiency lu the , public service. The
pressure for a river and harbor bill is
said to be very strong, but the impres
sion is that river and harbor appropria
tions for this year may have tobe con
fined to an emergency bill, such as was
passed last session and which will carry
only sufficient to keep Important projects
from deteriorating. It is also said that
the elimination of a public building bill
Is probable. A large reduction in naval
estimates also seems to be assured. The
large nuniber of members bf the house
interested in river and harbor work and
in the erection of public buildings in
their districts are not disposed to submit
quietly to economy in these lines of gov
ernment work; while increased appro
priations are asked for the navy.
Senator. Allison, chairman of the sen
ate committee on appropriations, and
Speaker Cunnon are both on record in
favor of keeping down expenses, so as to
bring them within the estimated receipts
of the government for the next fiscal
year, and it is believed that a majority
of the republicans in both houses concur
in this view. It also has the approval
of the administration, the president In
his message having urged that constant
care should be taken to guar against
unnecessary Increase of the ordinary ex
penses of government. ."The cost of
doing government business," he said,
"should be regulated with the same rigid
scrutiny as the cost of doing a private
business." This sound principle can be
observed by congress without being par
jilmonloua, Tina country does not expect
or desire a parlng-down policy that
would impair the efficiency of the public
service, but the wisdom of keeping ex
penditures within the estimated receipts
will not be questioned.
A TIM ELTA DMOSlTlOS-
Judge Sears hits Uie nail squarely on
the head when he admonishes the in
coming legislature not to heed the cry
of "rass the appropriation bills and ad
Journ." To pass appropriation bills and
adjourn would be simply running away
from pressing duties and grave respon
sibllities. The coming legislature will
be In position to render the state Inval
uable service by making searching in
quiry into the management of the state's
finances, the sources of the state's rev
enues, the unavoidable expenditures for
the maintenance of state government
and state-institutions, and the avoidable
expenditures and leakages. The task is
by no means an easy one and cannot be
efficiently performed in a few days.
The election of a legislature more than
nine-tenths republican does not neces
sarily mean that the people of Nebraska
do not keenly feel the burden of taxa
tion or the burden of public debt. The
overwhelming majority in the legislature
is rather to be Interpreted as a popular
expression of confidence and trust that
the republican party will endeavor to
right whatever may be wrong, to rectify
abuses and devise measures that will
check extravagance and prevent pecula
tion, embezzlement and wastefulness in
all branches of government state,
county, municipal and-echool district as
well.
First and foremost of all, precaution
ary measures should be taken for the
better safeguarding of public funds, and
especially funds dedicated to popular
education in public schools, normal
schools and universities. The repeated
failure of constitutional amendments de
signed to make the investmenb of public
school funds more remunerative and at
the same time fully as safe as they now
are, should not deter the incoming leg
islature from formulating and submit
ting constitutional amendments of the
same character as well as other amend
ments that will make the executive and
Judicial deportments conform to the ex
isting conditions and enlarged demands
of the state.
Our present constitution is a strait
acket and something decisive must be
done in the very near future to loosen
the organic law where it is too tight. In
the meantime a more rigid compliance
with constitutional provisions and limi
tations should be enforced. The best
way to' get a defective constitution
amended is to try to live up to it, even
if enforcement creates serious friction
and inconvenience. Had this been done
within the past two decades the consti
tution would have long since been re
vised either by direct amendment or the
framing of an entirely new constitution.
It goes without saying that-fhe com
ing legislature will be compelled not
only to grapple with the problems of
inn k Inn the state government self-
sustaining without Increasing the state's
debt, but that many measures affecting
the farmer, the business man and the
working man in their mutual relations
will have to be disposed of rationally
and to the best interests of their con
stituents. To rush things headlong with
out serious consideration in order to ex
pedite appropriations and adjourn would
in the end prove more costly than a full
sixty-day session spent In diligent and
intelligent effort to give the people the
most snlntary laws that can be enacted
to meet the public wants and remedy
existing evils.
Business property and, for that mat
ter, all other classes of real estate in
Omaha, is cheaper than in any other
city of equal population and of equal
commercial Importance., The consensus
of opinion is that high taxes are tho
primary cause. Remove the cause and
property values will naturally rise pro
portionately.
According to. the Associated Press
computation, the democrats, or rather
the fuslonlsts, lost B2.137 votes in Ne
braska this year, as compared with the
vote for Bryan four years ago, while
the republicans gained lrt,723 votes.
What became of the 45,514 lost fuslon
lsts? Will they ever be found?
The city physician of South Omaha
recommends a thorough inspection of the
public schools of the Magic city with a
view to safeguarding children against
scarlet fever and other forms of con
tagious disease. .The Omaha public
schools also need inspection by health
officers. "
As usual, the Holt county bank
wreckers lnslsj that their troubles are
the result solely of too confiding trust in
borrowing friends to misfortune rather
than crime. But why, then, did they
run away when the time came for the
lid to be taken off?
"Every dollar of back taxes should
mean one dollar less to ne raiseu next
year," exclaims tne Beatrice express.
It should, but it doesn't. The back
taxes have all been spent long ago and
some of the taxes yet to be levied as
well.
Cold Comfort for Dupes.
hi. 1ju1s Globe-Democrat.
Victims of the Humbert swindle In Paris
will realise only I cents on the dollar. Not
much comfort In this for the frassled
financiers of Oberltn.
Safety Coupler Mack Heeded.
Washington Post.
The supreme court has decided that ralM
roads must generally adopt the safety
couplers. The crying need la for safety
coupler that will hitch the senate to the
railway rebate bill without serious cas
ualties. '
Lwto Ilia Metal.
.Chicago Chronicle. ,
Thomas Lawson's latest "sensations" are
that an attempt has been msde to poison
him and that there are persons who Intend
to shoot him. It Is only parenthetically
and Incidentally that be Informs the public
that he has for sale the cheapeat and best
)o( of eopper stock la Lbs world.
OTHER LA3D9 THW Ol'Ri.
Germany undoubtedly ranks la effective
fighting strength as the most formidable
military power of the world, but the con
tlnued deficits In the Imperial budgets and
the enormous cost of modern armies on
War basis must be taken Into consideration
as a material offset to the showing made
by statistics of men In arms or trained an
available for service. Within a fortnight
the German finance minister Informed the
Reichstag that the government would be
forced not only to !isue treasury notes to
or beyond the present Hmlt permitted by
law, but to raise a new loan of $73,250,000 to
pay war expenses In Africa and meet ac
cumulated deficits. He also warned th
Parliament that at the present rate of pen
sion expenditures the Invested funds for
this purpose would be exhausted In fiv
yefcrs, and spoke of the prospect of meetln
this drain out of the treasury as a "flnan
clal calamity." A military financier. Colo
nel von Renauld, ha estimated that It
would cost Germany more than 15.360,000.000
to mobilise the full strength of her armies
for one year, taking the expense of th
Franco-German war as a basis. This au
thority assumes that Germany could not
begin to raise such a sum not even half of
It and while these statements are advanced
as part of a plea for the amendment or re
peal of the state bourse law, they Indicate
that the "mobilisation of finance" la an
even more serious problem than the mobll
Uatlon of men. Colonel von Renauld takes
the ground that the bourse law would be
a great danger to Germany In case of war,
as It would prevent the sale of foreign se
curities, except at a great loss, and so tie
up capital which would be required for the
defense of the empire.
A motion recently Introduced Into the
Australian legislature, to permit the en
trance of Japanese Into the country, Is not
generally supposed to have been made with
serious Intent, but merely as a move on the
political chess table. Australian authori
ties in London say that the sentiment of
the country Is as strong as ever against the
admission of the Japanese, although the
latter as the allies of England have
stronger case now than ever they had be
fore. The prejudice against Asiatics of ev
ery dogree seams to be aa bitter as ever.
An Australian official In London said the
other day: "The original act was meant to
save Australia from the Chinese, but the
close Interpretation of Its clauses may be
come mischievous in the future. The lalor
party Is pushing the law to extremes, and
the production Is reduced to that of white
men only. That cannot go on Indefinitely,
as Australia Is crying out for men. An un
populated northern Australia Is dangerous
to defense. Restricted admission of Japa
nese might be allowed with advantage. The
government has relaxed the law to admit
Indians of recognized status; probably the
merchants, students and travelers of Japan
could have the same privilege. But, of
course. Immigration must have elaborate
restrictions for every color."
A Russian naval critic has been discuss
ing the possibility of Russia recovering the
command of the sea, an eventuality of
which he sees very little probability. Since
he wrote his article the Port Arthur fleet
has been knocked to pieces, but this fact
does not affect hie argument, as he never
calculated on Its being able to offer the
Pacific squadron any substantial aid. Nor
does he believe that the Vladivostok squa
dron will be able to offer material help to
Admiral Rojestvensky. The latter, he con
cludes, must rely upon his resources, which
are not by any means equal to the task
of defeating Admiral Togo. The value of
the opposing battle fleets. Including u.-mored
cruisers, he estimates numerically at 612 to
S34 In favoi; of Japan, his calculation being
Dased on a comparison between their fight
ing qualities l-rftSpect of speed, armament
and defensive ,wmor. Even If Admiral
Togo should find It necessary to detach
four armored cruisers to Intercept the Vlad
ivostok squadron, which he considers Im
probable, the value of his fleet might still,
he calculates, be stated as 461. thus leav
ing a considerable balance In his favor.
The superiority of the Japanese In protected
cruisers and in torpedo craft of all kinds
he regards as too great for any compari
son to be Instituted.
Before long- the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
will have a railroad connecting the Nile
with the Red sea, and giving that vast In
land region the short cut to the ocean that
is Imperatively demanded by Its growing
commercial interest. About thirty miles
of track have been laid eastward from' the
confluence of the Nile and Atbora rivers;
and at the port of Suakln a large force Is
grappling with the chief difficulties to be
found on the route, tho cutting of the road
bed across the coast mountains. The enter
prise Is thus In jfull swing at both ends of
the line. Over , twenty years ago it was
thought that this railroad would be pushed
through to the Nile as a military necessity.
What was wanted was a rail route from the
Red sea to Berber, a little north of the At
bara'a mouth, so that troops and supplies
might quickly be carried within easy reach
of Omdurman, where the Mahdist power
might be attacked In Its greatest center. A
large amount of railroad material was
landed at Suakln and in a short time mili
tary trains were running a few miles In
land to Otao. But the task waa too dif
ficult with Mahdist forces swarming on
every side. For months there had been
hard fighting In the region around Suakin.
The Anglo-Egyptian forces never got a firm
foothold in this region, through which, the
caravan route between Suukln and Berber
passes, till Kitchener went up the Nile and
captured the Mahdist capital. The railroad
project was abandoned and never revived
until recently.
The appointment of Rear Admiral Four
tiler as a member of the International com
mission of Inquiry Into Admiral Rojestven
sky's performance on the Dogger bank is
regarded as a recognition by the French
government of the fact that the represen
tative of France will occupy a delicate po
sition, requiring diplomats as well as tech
nical skill. Rear Admiral Foumler'a tact
was conspicuously shown In 1884. when
France had to obtain from China the re
nunciation of her pretensions over Tongklng
Commandant Fournler, as he was then was
pitted against U Hung Chang, and yet he
returned with a treaty in his pocket which
completely satisfied his government. Later
he was placed In command of the French
naval division In the far east, a position
W.h!h if Jnly ,eft t0 take the direction
of the Higher Naval school. He hae passed
from one maritime prefecture to another
Interrupting his administrative work ashore
wy Ifll0d' 0t "ea e"'ice. Recently he
has been on a tour of Inspection of the
French North African naval bases. Rear
Admiral Fournler Is the author of a valu
able work, "Cyclones and Typhoons." and
the Inventor of an instrument for the reg.
ulatlon of ships' compasses.
Great Naval Court.
Cleveland Leader, s
There are fine feathers In Paris, whert
the mighty admirals are gathering for
consultation over the bad break made by
the Russian fleet In the North sea. We
may be sure that in accordance with tra
dition and custom there will be a plethora
of politeness aroupd the consulting board.
Admirals must be diplomats or failures!
The exigencies of their profession require
the highest exercise of tact. At the same
time, brains cleared by battling the breaxes
of the main are apt to be clear brains,
especially when brought to bear upon the
subjei ts with which they are rofsslonaJlv
wU fcco.iuUated,
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POLITICAL DIUFT.
Governor Odell of New Tork Is vigorously
shaking the peach tree and fears are en
tertained that our Chauncey will fall.
Governor Van Sant of Minnesota Is driv
ing spikes in the senatorial coffin of Moses
E. Clapp. Moses Is moselng around for
re-election.
Governor-elect Folk of Missouri has cut
out all the pomp and circumstance of
nauguratlon. Simplicity and dignity will
mark the ceremony at Jefferson City.
John R. McLean, editor of the Cincinnati
Enquirer, announces that his paper will
henceforth cease . to be a democratic
organ, as he Is not In sympathy with either
Bryanlsm or Parkertsm.
Charles J. Bonaparte, the only republican
elector successful In Maryland at the last
election, will Journey to Annapolis shortly
with his seven democratic colleagues and
cast his vote for Theodore Roosevelt for
president of the T'nlted States. ,
A bunch of rude reformers In St. Louis
have resolved to cut loose from the But
lers and lift the democracy of the town
beyond the odors of a garbage contract.
The move is agreeable to the Butlers, who
have more urgent troubles to look after,
especially the trouble of dodging the peni
tentiary. The spectacle of Senator Thomas Collier
Piatt hustling around trying to save the
neck of his senatorial partner from the
political guillotine of his former private
secretary Is one calculated to make others
than angels weep. The erstwhile "easy
boss" makes a sorry showing chasing
vanished power.
Judge E. F. Dunne la the latest "men
tioned" for mayor of Chicago. Mr. Dunne
has several advantages over other aspir
ants. Besides being a Jurist of eminence
and high character, he could command
the services of his namesake, the philoso
pher of Archey road, and he and Hennessy
would lend considerable gaiety to the cam
paign. Chauncey Depew speaks the language of
confidence when discussing his chances of
re-election to the renate. "Of course noth
ing is absolutely sure except death," says
he. "I have found, however, that when
felt the greatest anxiety, I had the least
cause for such sentiments. There Is al
ways a deal of talk preceding the as-
emblage of a legislature that has a
nlted States senator to elect. '. Experience
teaches me not to worry. I take the 'sunny
tde' of life .exactly as I had to accept the
unny side of birth. I wasn't consulted
about my birth. I might have had opinions
about the matter different from other peo
ple If I had been asked to. So shall I
take the sunny side of this senatorial mat
ter. And when the last call comes there
will not be any difficulty In finding me.
because I thall be walking on the sunny
side of the highway of existence."
CAISB OF RAILROAD WRECKS.
Locomotives Too Heavy for the
Average Roadbed.
Frederick U. Adams In Success.
I will make a statement which will be
challenged, but which can not be disproved.
The abnormally heavy locomotive, now the
standard on American railroads. Is the
positive cause of a large percentage of rail
road accidents, moat of which are charged
against other factors of equipment or
service. The erase for powerful locomo
tives set in about 1878. Prior to that time
the average locomotive weighed from
twenty-five to fifty tons. Our roads were
planned for engines of this type and weight.
The rails, switches, bridges, viaducts, and
other features were in conformity ' to the
medium weight locomotive. It was dis
covered that there was an economy in big
freight engines, hauling a large number
of oars, and thereby doing sway with train
men. It was also discovered that the
greatest source of safety In case of the
inevitable collisions was a car so solidly
constructed that It would smash through
weaker ones.
To haul these heavy cars at high speed
required engines of Increased else. The
mechanical world was surprised when the
seventy-ton locomotive was announced.
Then It went to eighty, then to ninety, and
there was much acclaim when the 100 ton
mor.ster was turned out of the shops. A
passenger locomotive which does not weigh
100 tons Is now considered out of date. To
meet the terrific Impact of these monsters,
the slse of the rails has been slightly in
creased, but we still hold them to the ties
by the primitive method of spiking them
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down. What Is the consequence? The rails
spread on a curve, and sometimes on a
straight piece of track, and a disastrous
creased at an alarming rate.
It Is an open secret that hundreds of ac
cidents are charged against misplaced
switches when the cause should read "rip-ped-up
switches." It seems Impossible to
construct Interlocking switches which are
safe against the well-.nigh resistless Im
pact of 100 or more tons of metals hurled
forward at a speed of seventy miles an
hour. The tracks and switches are too
weak for the locomotives. There Is no
doubt In the world about it. There Is not
a railroad main the country who does not
know that this statement Is absolutely true.
CHEERY CHAFF.
Kelly Con Cooney wor pinched this
arinernoon for lntlmidatln' a strike
DreaKer.
Welch Ye don' tell me? An' phwat
ynea oeiween tnimr
Kelly Wan brick. Puck.
"Now, there was my Aunt Phllenda
Pine," rumlnatlngly remarked the Old Cod
ger. "She was such a careful, painstaking
woman, with a nice little knot of hair like
a horse chestnut on the back of her head,
that when little Oscar had the measles she
counted em." Puck.
Soubrette What, do you paint your eye-
uniwv, loo;
Prima Donna No, I draw the line there,
Cleveland Leader.
The accused banker started to his feet.
"It Is false!" he cried, "as heaven Is my
witness!"
"Hn any such witness been subpoenaed
for the defense?" naked the Judge. "If not,
the evidence is not admitted." Cleveland
Leader.
"You didn't go to church last Sunday."
"No. I didn't have any money for the
collection."
"No?"
"No, I didn't have anything less than
a dime and there waa no place to get It
changed. Philadelphia Press.
"Bligglns' wife thinks he is the smartest
man on earth."
"No," answered Miss Cayenne. "She
doesn't think so. She merely makes Bllg
ains think she thinks so.' Washington
Star.
"Well, goodby! Let me see," said the
gust,. a good fellow, but forgetful, "did
I bring anything with me that I was to
take away again?"
"Nothing but your welcome," replied his
host. Cleveland Leader.
"Good night," said Mr. Staylate, finally
breaking away. "I've enjoyed myself Im
mensely. Now, next Sunday night I er
expect to pass you house and
"That will be nice. Good night!" said
she. and shut the door. Philadelphia
Ledger.
"Are you going to make a fuss about a
little thing like this?" asked the woman
wh waa found shoplifting.
"We are obliged to take action," an
swered the proprietor of the department
store.
"Humph. You ought to be glad I'm not
Mrs. Chadwlck." Washington Star.
COAL WOOD COKE KINDLING
We sell the best Ohio Cooking Coal-clean, hot, lasting.
Rock Springs, Hanna, Sheridan, Walnut Block, Steam Coal.
Best medium grade Is Illinois Nut $6; Egg and Lump $9.20. ,
For heaters and furnaces-Cherokee Nut $5.29; Lump
$5. 5a A hot burner-Missouri Nutk large size $4.50; Lump
$4.75. 8cranton-the best Pennsylvania Anthracite mined,
Spadra-the hardest and cleanest Arkansas Anthracite.
All ooal hand-screened end weighed over any city aoalee dealred.
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A CHILD'S VISIOJf OF SANTA CLAia-
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Old Santa with beard so white;
Who scrambles down the chimney
In the stillness of the night?
Who. comes with his snow-white hnrset
Who comes, with his reindeer sled.
Who comes In hi frosty mantle,
While the children are In bed?
I think last night I saw him
Stnop down by the trundle bed,
(When baby was praying for dollies)
And listen to what she said.
He flitted about the chamber.
And went from chair to chair,
As John and Jim and Rusle
Were saying their Christinas praye.-.
They prayed for carts and horses,
For blocks and soldier men;
They prayed that dear old Santa
Might come from heaven again.
And then I saw a tear-drop
Fall on his frosty cheek;
He stayed and watched beside us
Till we were fast asleep.
I heard a noise In the chimney,
Though I was sound asleep
I'm sure he filled the stockings
'Tls a secret I must keeo.
Hurrah for Christmas mornlngl
Hurrah for carts and sleds!
Hurrah for beautiful dollies.
All tucked In their trundle beds!
I wonder If dear old Santa
Went back to heaven again
I wish he had left his horses
For Jim's little, soldier men.
But maybe It's always winter
In the place where B.inta dwells!
He'll need his sled and horses
When they ring next Christmas bell
But we must pray for Santa,
He's getting old and gray:
If he gets lost In the snowdrifts,
There'll never be Christmas day!
Then what will we do for dollies,
For ribbons and funny things?
Let's pray to God and the angels .
To give old Santa wings.
Angle F. Newman.
Shattuck School
Fairb&ult, Minnesota.
Is recognized by Its patrons as the
best boys' school In the west. In cli
mate it Is without a rival. It Is also
distinguished by the carefullness with
which unworthy boys are excluded;
the happy combination In right pro
portion of the moral. Intellectual, ath
letic and military training; the ex
cellence of the Instruction and dis
cipline; the personal care and train
ing that fit a boy of character and
ability to make his way In the world
as few schools do.. Not a boy In at
tendance who Is not Improving. A
limited number can be admitted after
Christmas. Every one must ba well
recommended. Refer In Omaha to the
Rev. T. J. Mackay. Address for cat
alogue. REV. JAMES DOBBIN, D. D.. Red or.
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