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Merry Christmas to you all!
No wonder the express companies op
pose the expansion of the postofflce by
the addition of a parcels post
Should the first tug-of-war with the
trusts hit the Tobacco combine It will
make smoke and probably fire too.
Mrs. Cbadwlclc should take a change
of venue and try to get the services of
the same jury that sat In the Nan Pat
terson case.
Joe Chamberlain's high opinion of
American education. Is easily accounted
for when one considers bis Idea of pro
tectlve tariffs.
. Tbe first strike in Turkey was sup
pressed by tbe government. The sultan
has no desire, to divide honors with tho
walking delegate.
Reports from Vienna and London
would Indicate that Russia is in greater
danger of depopulation than of destruc
tion by nihilists.
The Santa Claus myth, no matter how
often exposed and exploded, takes new
hold on childish, hearts every time the
Ynletlde rolls round.
The motor car refuses to recognize
that divinity which is supposed to hedge
a king, as both the ruler of Spain and
the duke of Connaught can testify.
Admiral Togo's latest report sounds
llko that of an officer preparing to greet
his successor. It Is to be hoped the new
man will be able to show as good a
record.
It seems to have taken his executors
almost as long to find a suitable mono
lith for Stanley's grave as it took the
explorer to go through the Dark Conti
nent Omaha's Christmas stocking has a
whole lot of good things peeping out of
It that promise to emerge In the shape
of big building and business improve
ments during 1005.
e
Lord Dunraven's answer to "What Is
tbe matter with Ireland?" will probably
not make him as famous as a Kansan
who wrote a similar article, but It shows
his heart is right
All the "rate wars" between the rail
roads are to end next week and the truce
will probably last until the men who
make the tariffs recover from the shock
of holiday vacations.
It is now up to some enthusiast to
start a new form of religion since Bo
stock has succeeded in making tbe lion
and the lamb lie down together, both In
their own proper persons.,
Four per cent Philippine government
guaranteed railway bonds ought to sell
pretty well on a money market that la
being bumped so vigorously up and
down by the frenzied financiers.
No doubt the president believes in the
power of publicity since he publishes a
letter to the commissioners of the Dis
trict of Columbia after they had failed
to carry out Its recommendations.
France announces that it has no
thought of intervening in the eastern
war. Is it possible that Paris becoming
tired ot its alliance with St Petersburg
prefers to see its ally fight to the last
ditch? -
Reports from Missouri are to the ef
fect that were the election In that state
to be held over again It would go repub
lican on governor as well as on all the
other offices on the ticket A good habit
surely grows on people.
Holidays in England may change with
the times, but the American idea of
Ynletlde in Merrie England will remain
true to the Impressions gained from
Charles Dickens until ' another master
pictures the newer facts with equal skill.
THE CHRISTUA8 TIME
Christmas is the most Joyous and the
moot generally obwrved of all the year's
festivals. More than four hundred mil
lions of'peorle give it welcome. In
every land beneath the sun there are
some to do it reverence. Wherever on
earth there is one who accepts the teach
ings of the Son of Man, this anniversary
of Ills birth brings sacred reflections,
tender memories, a revival of affection.
Impressive and wholesome aspirations.
All the influences of Christmas are per
ennial in their force and freshness.
Time does not Impair their vitality or
diminish their effect For all who rec
ogulzo it this anniversary has its useful
lessons, its healthful Inspiration, its in
vocation to good deeds. Before the Irre
sistible tide of human feeling which it
creates controversy is hushed and the
barriers of theology and sectarianism
alike break down. Every gracious and
kind and gentle sentiment is awakened
at this season and the heart is indeed
cold and bard that is Incapable of feel
ing the genial influence of this day.
Out of the many suggestions which
the recurrence of Christmas brings,
there is one that always needs to be
especially urged upon the attention of
those who are in sympathy with the
demands and obligations of this day.
That is, that tbey forget not the office
of charity. None In position to ob
serve among kindred and friends tho
gladdening customs of this season need
to be advised of their duty or the pleas
ure of its performance, but how few
of these ever reflect that there hs a de
mand upon them to make glad the
hearts of the less fortunate, and by n
little kindness and generosity revive
their hopes and strengthen their faith.
To do this Is to perform practical Chris
tian work, and It is to obey the injunc
tion of Him who plead as none other
ever did for the poor. In its inspira
tion to charitable acts this is tbe most
beneficent of seasons, not only giving
happiness to millions of needy for the
time, but exerting an influence in the
cause of benevolence that reaches far
beyond. Every year there is an exten
sion of the spirit and the work of charity
and philanthropy and the Influence of
Christmas contributes more than any
thing else to this, rn its social feature
Christmas stands first among festal oc
casions, while for hundreds of millions
of mankind it has a religious signifi
cance that gives It the strongest claim
to their consideration and which is
steadily broadening.
To all its patrons The Bee extends
the season's greeting.
THE ARBITRATION TREATIES.
Not until the reassembling of con
gress after the holiday recess will it
be known what the chances are for
the ratification of the arbitration trea
ties Which are before the senate.
These treaties are with England, France,
Germany, Switzerland and Italy and
are drawn on a common model. Tbey
are simply agreements to submit to ar
bitration legal questions and those grow
ing out of treaties, expressly excluding
any subject affecting the honor, the vital
interests or the territory of a nation.
Similar conventions exist between tbe
leading European nations. These pledge
the governments to submit to The Hague
tribunal differences In respect to the in
terpretation of existing treaties, or those
of a "Judicial order," which is under
stood to mean pecuniary questions.
It would seem that there could be no
reasonable objection to an international
agreement of this kind and so far as we
know none has been raised. Popular
opinion regarding' the treaties, as re
flected in the press and through public
meeting's, is strongly favorable ip their
ratification and if tbe senate has respect
for public opinion they should be ratified
without unnecessary delay. The con
spicuous position which the United
States has long occupied in support of
the principle of international, arbitration
makes It especially Important and desir
able that we should further attest our
belief In that principle by the ratification
of these treaties, the beneficent purpose
of which is to promote peace and good
will among the nations. The American
people want peace with all countries;
they desire the friendship of all other
people.' These arbitration treaties con
tribute to this and having received gen
eral and unqualified popular approval
they should be promptly ratified. ,
INCREASE OT CRIME.
In a recent address Mr. Andrew D.
White, formerly American ambassador
to Germany, declared that high crime is
more frequent In this country than any
where else in the world, save Sicily, and
that there is a widespread superstition
here that It is the duty of the people to
protect criminals. A statement of this
kind from such a source may well com
mand attention, especially from those
who are charged with administering the
laws and of safeguarding communities
against criminal depredations.
If is a fact that statistics of crime in
general show a great Increase in recent
years. This Is true not only of this coun
try, but of most if not all other countries.
English. statistics show that all sorts of
crimes are Increasing in that country.
Denmark, where balf the population
lives on farms, where education has long
been free, compulsory and universal, and
where religious conditions are Ideal, has
had such a growth of ."thuggiBni that
it has had to resort to the whipping post
to combat It Similar conditions are re
ported In most of the European coun
tries. If tbe statistics are to be relied
upon there Is more crime In the United
States, relative to population, than in
England, Francs or Germany.
It is not easy to find a satisfactory ex
planation of this. Doubtless it is to
some extent due to the fact that there is
too much leniency In tbe treatment of
criminals In this country. This has been
frequently urged as accounting for the
growth of crime and unquestionably It Is
In some degree responsible, but there art
other causes and these are not easily
discoverable. It is suggested that the
fact that there are so many more crimes
to commit may help to account for the
appearance of increasing criminality. It
is difficult to believe that men are
broadly or essentially worse than they
used to be. At all events, it seems an
indisputable fact that crime is on the
Increase and more rapidly in this en
lightened land than in any other. , It Is a
condition which should arouse to greater
activity not only all moral agencies, but
those whose duty It is to hunt down and
punish the perpetrators of crime.
PRACTICAL RATHER THAN SPASMODIC
REFORM.
In the discussion of municipal reform,
as In the discussion of economic prob
lems, political bias, race prejudice and
creed bigotry should have no place. In
the police government of a city, or in
dealing with the repression of vice and
crime it is Immaterial whether a man is
a republican, democrat populist social
ist or prohibitionist or whether he is a
Presbyterian, Methodist Roman Catholic
or Jew. All the boodlcrs and. grafters
and all the beneficiaries of vice and
crime do not rotate In the same social
sphere.
It is a matter of notoriety that "in
Omaha as in all other great cities fran
chise privilege is the source of" more Mu
nicipal corruption than any other agency,
and men who pride themselves on their
Social standing and pass' muster as cx
emplary Christians derive a large part
of their income from renting houses for
immoral and lawless purposes.
In thelanguage of Lincoln Steffens in
his Introductory to vThe Shame of
Cities," "we are good on Sunday, and we
are 'fearfully patriotic' on the Fourth of
July. But the bribe we pay to the Janitor
to prefer our interest to the landlord's Is
the little brother of the bribe passjd to
the alderman to sell a city street, and
the father of the air brake stock as
signed to the president of a railroad to
have this life-saving invention adopted
on his road. And as for graft railroad
passes, saloqn and bawdy bouse black
mall and watered stock, all these oeiong
to the same family."
In Omaha, as In all other cities of
large population, experience has time
and again shown that spasmodic and
hysterical movements for municipal re
form and purification accomplish very
little and often end with a flash In the
pan. No movement for municipal purl
fl cation can product lasting effecta tin'
less it is practical and deals with tbe
Intricate problem of police government
In conformity with existing conditions
rather than visionary theories.
It is the consensus of opinion among
all practical municipal reformers that
social evil cannot be suppressed, but
must be repressed by vigilant supervi
slon. To place tolerated vice in Omaha
under better surveillance the saloon
should be banished from the proscribed
district. Practical experience In police
supervision in all the large cities has
demonstrated that efficient police gov
eminent can only be maintained by plac
Ing policemen out of the reach of temp'
tatlon. The police force patrolling the
proscribed district should be rotated no
that no patrolman shall be detailed for
this service for more than two weeks at
any one time and not more than once in
every twelve months.
So long as policemen are permitted to
solicit contributions for any person or
accept gifts from any person subect to
their surveillance they cannot be de
pended upon to discharge their functions
without fear or favor. But these re
forms cannot be Inaugurated unless pub
lic sentiment shall Impress itself upon
the men in authority.
THE LINOTYPE REVOLUTION.
In a little pamphlet reprinted from
the Yale Review under the title, "Tho
Introduction of the Linotype," George
E. Barnett of the Johns Hopkins uni
versity gives the results of a careful
study of the use of typesetting machines
in this country that Is of Interest to
more than those immediately and di
rectly concerned.
The linotype revolution was a revolu
tion as quick and as complete as any
phase of what Is known as the indus
trial revolution. "In 1887," . says Mr.
Barnett "typesetting was essentially the
samo art as in the sixteenth century.
While other branches of tbe printing
trade had been revolutionized, the com
positor had not advanced in his pro
cesses beyond the point he had reached
four hundred years before. Since 1890
machine composition has been rapidly
supplanting typesetting by hand. The
machine is still constantly encroaching
on the field of the hand compositor, but
the period of Introduction may be prop
erly considered as concluded with the
year 1900. By that time tbe craft bad
adjusted Itself to the new conditions and
tbe future trend of events could be fore
Been with some clearness."
How this was all brought about with
the least displacement of labor and util
ised by skillful maneuvering by tbe
Typographical union not only to secure
control of mechanical typesetting for Its
members, but also to lift up tbe workers
remaining at hand composition to better
pay and shorter hours is described in
analytical detail. It was done by the
adoption of a policy by tbe unions meet
ing tbe typesetting machine balf way
Instead of fighting It from the beginning,
by giving. the hand compositor the first
chance to learn the mechanical trade and
by agreeing with the employer to share
the cost of transition.
Whether the linotype revolution could
have been accomplished as successfully
in the face of an opposition from the
trades organization of tbe band composi
tors is perhaps a speculative question,
but the author of this study ventures the
opinion that the policy of tho printers
has not succeeded alone through tbe
power of combination. He found that
although In the early years much was
said about the possibility of operating
machines with unskilled labor the experi
ment when tried in several cities was
quickly followed by an abandonment of
the attempt to recruit linotype operators
from this class of labor, nor has any
serious effort been made to replace men
with women. "Tbe real merit" be con
cludes, "of the policy of the Typograph
ical union was that.lt secured for Its
members an opportunity to show to the
employer that the union printer was
more profitable than the unskilled work
man as a machine operator."
INCORPORATION OR LICENBIt
Great interest is being taken in the
recommendation of Commissioner Gar
field of tbe bureau of corporations that
there be adopted a compulsory federal
license or franchise system for all cor
porations doing Interstate business, prac
tically giving tbe government control
over all trusts. The report of the com
missloner, ss already noted, presents
strong arguments in support of his pref
erence for a system of license rather
than a system of incorporation. He says
that tbe chief difficulty from federal in
corporation would arise in connection
with the question whether congress
could give an Interstate commerce cor
poration a power to produce or manu
facture In any state, so that that grant
of power would be valid as against
states or Individuals. That question can
not be determined conclusively in the
absence of a Judicial decision on the
point As to the Idea of a federal in
corporation law that would leave it op
tlonal with the companies to incorporate
under it or not, the commissioner rejects
It for the reason that It would not be
taken advantage of unless the conditions
were made more satisfactory to tbe cor
porations than those now afforded by ex
latlng state law. It may be remarked
that in this he is not In accord with
some of the ablest corporation lawyers In
the country.
In regard to a federal franchise or
license law, Commissioner Garfield ex
presses the opinion that it presents no
fundamental legal difficulty and yet
would impose all necessary requirements
as to corporate organization and man
agement would require such reports and
returns as may be desired and would
prohibit all corporations from engaging
in Interstate and foreign commerce that
did not possess a federal license. In dls
cussing the matter a leading financial
paper observes that there could be no
evasion of government regulation under
a system of federal incorporations, but a
system of federal franchises could prob
ably be evaded by such companies as
desire to escape from national control
It Is admitted by Commissioner Garfield
that the question of evasion Is a trouble
some one, though he thinks that the
practical danger of effective evasion Is
more apparent than real. No doubt the
enactment of such a law would result in
measures to get around it One sug
gested method of doing this is that big
companies would be divlcied up into
many small concerns, each of which
would do a strictly state business and
thus be subject only to state law, yet all
of these companies would be controlled
by the same people who now control the
great corporations or trusts.
Commissioner Garfield appears to
have carefully thought out and weighed
the difficulties respecting the operation
of both a federal incorporation law and
a system of license or franchise, and his
well-argued advocacy of the latter will
not fall to make a strong impression fa
vorable to it. Meanwhile the subject Is
receiving earnest public consideration
and discussion and doubtless also the
thoughtful attention of members of con
gress. It is not an unwarranted belief
that the recommendations of the com
missioner are approved by the adminis
tration.
A statistical compilation shows that In
the publication of newspapers and
periodicals the United States leads all
the world with 21,000, as .gainst 8,000
in Germany, 6,700 in France and 6,000 In
Great Britain. A people rubbing up
week in and week out, if not day in and
day out, against this steady outpour of
periodical literature could not help but
absorb an amount of Intelligence to keep
In the lead on tbe highway of national
culture.
Tbe minority representation scheme
failed to work according to schedule in
the recent election of members of the
city council in Boston, where, although
the voter waa allowed to record himself
for but seven candidates for thirteen
places, the democrats scooped in eleven
of the Jobs Just tbe same. The belief
in party responsibility for government Is
evidently too deep-seated to be eradi
cated by any political patent devloe.
If be will help the president solve the
question of regulation of railway rates
and the complete abolition of railway
discrimination the public will not care
much whether Secretary Morton sub
lets bis Job as supervisor of the navy to
a deputy or not
Bedridden (or Seasoa.
Chicago News.
Now that the supreme court has rebuked
the Missouri river for taking liberties with
the territory of a sovereign stats, perhaps
It will stop It meanness.
"Maryland, My Maryland."
Baltimore American.
Ws sing the praises of the eanvasbaok
duck and the diomondback terrapin, but
those are exclusive. As between the oyster
and the turkey there Is no rivalry. Each
plays his part at the feast and excites dis
tinctly different emotions.
Cutting; Down Mortality Hats.
Philadelphia Press.
The supreme court decides that all rail
road cars, Including locomotives, must be
equipped with uniform automatlo couplers,
which is a righteous decision. The fright
ful list of railroad accidents requires that
no exceptions be mads In the enforcement
of this law.
BeaeSelal Galas.
Boston Olobe.
The per capita drink hill of the United
States Is Increasing, but, on the other hand,
statistics show that more people are Join
ing the church now than ever before. The
Episcopal church, for Instance, gained I per
eent on Its membership last year, the Pres
byterian church per oent and the Meth
odist church also made aa unprecedented
gain.
SEriXAR SHOTS AT THE Ptl.PIT.
Fhiladelphla Press: The London priest
who claims to raise the dead la not gettln
half the notoriety of the Cleveland woman
who has worked miracles in raising the
wind.
Washington Post: It now develops that
Dowle haa paid all his debts except a trifle
of Kono.ooo. He will probably dlecharge that
obligation about ths time Mrs. Chadwlck
gets receipts for her liabilities.
Chicago Record-Herald: Edward Everett
Hale has given a bound copy of his pray
era to each Vnlted State senator. He
probably looked over the field and decided
that the senators needed them ths most
Philadelphia Record: There Is evidently
fascination about the study of the Bible
under the light of Standard Oil that can
not be rivaled by Its study tinder the guld
nee of a doctor of divinity. Mr. Rocke
feller, Jr., haa gone to Europe, and his pas
tor has taken charge of his Bible class.
The attendance has fallen off nearly one
half.
uoeton Transcript: After all, ths on
tlaught on Dr. Lyman Abbott is not sur
prising. We are only surprised at Its date,
Just ten years ago Dr. Abbott preached
widely reported series of sermons on "The
Bible as Literature": during the same sea
son he began the publication of his Out
look essays on "The Theology of an Evolu
tlonlst" and great was the uproar created
Now, after the lapse of ten years, Dr. Ab
bott tells the Harvard students Just what
he told Ills Plymouth church congregation
and his Outlook constituency during the
winter of 1SSS-JT. A dosen more or lees con
splcuoua conservative clergymen become
suddenly excited and stand up and say
tilings.
PERSONAL, AND OTHERWISE.
Merry Chrlstma!
If you have troubles, forget them for a
day.
B eased are they who expeot little and give
much.
Now by these presents we learn a thing
or two.
All is not gold that glitters on the Christ
mas tree. '
Clocked stockings should ba Wound before
hanging.
Good morning! Did you get what was
coming to you?
Toung eyes are quick to catch the quail
tracks on the tag. Cut It out
The strain on the rubbernecks will now
be transported to the alimentary canal.
Short as the days are they will be mighty
long for the party watching for the box
that doesn't come.
It is a mistake to suppose that the head
of the house is forgotten. Santa Claus
usually brings him an empty purse.
How beautifully the designs of nature
harmonize with human condition. The
days before Christmas are always short
Poor papa Is not the only one "touched
by the Christmas spirit Think of the
young rtian adjusting a 140 salary to a con
tury proposition. Wouldn't that knock you
off a Christmas tree?
The delights of giving have been pictured
by poets and lauded by preachers, b jt
neither poet or preacher has yet sucoeeded
In painting the grin of Joy produced By the
unexpected box arriving.
"WASH" SALES OP STOCK,
Schemes Worked by Brokers When
Real Wool Is Shy.
Ban Francisco Chronicle.
The most common trick of speculators is
"wash" sales-that Is, sales In which the
same man is both buyer and seller, oper
atlng, of course, through different brokers.
By this means, when conditions favor, the
outside public can be made to believe that
a given stock is going up like a rocket or
falling down like a stick, and so be led to
rusfejn either te buy or sell as may suit
tne purposes of the manipulator. Thomas
W. Lawson says that James R. Keene
"washed" no less than 282.000 shares of
Amalgamated 1 Copper, by which means,
iawaon says, the publlo waa Induced to
purchase enormously at prices far beyond
Its value. Lawson says he can prove this
by documentary evidence, and very likely
he can. There la nothing unusual about it,
except the large number of shares
"washed." But then Keene is a large
operator.
One Wack, it Is stated, wants to i
Lawson indicted for telling wrong stories
bout the value of stocks and so depressing
prices. That, however, would put upon
the state the burden of proving that the
stories were not true, which perhaps it
could not do. If Lawson tells the truth
about Keene, it would seem that the latter
ought to be indloted also. But that was
different In Keene's case the wrong story
tended to boost prioes and SO help specula
tors to unload, while Lawson's tales scare
people, bring prices down with a run, com
pel speculators to put up more margins, or
lose their pledged stocks and make trouble
generally. It Is safe to say that If Wall
street can prevent It, there will be no In
dictment of Lawaon or of anybody else
which will causa a Judicial Inquiry into the
methods employed by manipulators to In
flats or depress the ptioe of stocks. There
certainly Will be none if the speculative
side of Wall street can precent It Ba
sides, there Is as yet nothing to Indicate
that Lawson Is not telling ths exact truth,
YOUNG MEN TO THE FRONT.
SlgalScance of the Election ot Theo
do re Roosevelt.
Leslie's Weekly.
For the near future at leaat each of the
great parties is likely to give the prefer,
ence to young men for presidents. Mr,
Roosevelt s experience has settled this
point As In many other things. Mr. Rooae-
velt broke the reoord in youthfulness, bslng
only 43 years of sge when he reached
the presidency. On entering the White
House Lincoln was 12, Johnson (7, Orant
47, Hayes 14, Garfield 49, Arthur St Cleve
land 48, Harrison 55 and McKlnley 63. This
completes the list of presidents since the
beginning of the republican asoendenoy. In
the early days of the government the
average age of the presidents waa greater
than It has been In the past forty years.
On going te the head of the government
Washington was 67, Adams 62, Jefferson,
Madison and John Qulncy Adams each 61,
Monroe 69, Jackson 62, Van Buren 66, Wil
liam Henry Harrison 88, Tyler 61, Polk 60.
Taylor 66, Fillmore SO, Pierce 4 and Bu
chanan 66.
The first Harrison was the oldest of all
the presidents on attaining office, and he
died a month after his inauguration. The
next oldeat was Buchanan. Possibly, had
he been 46 or 66 on attaining office, Instead
of 66, be would have done more to uphold
the government In the days between the
South Carolina secession, In the latter part
of December, I860, and his own retirement.
two and a half months later, than he at
tempted. Tbe next oldest, Taylor, died
when a year and a third in offtce. Harrison
and Taylor wire the only presidents who
died natural deaths during their terms.
Mr, Roosevelt was the youngest of ths
country's presidents, and next to him In
order stood Orant, Cleveland, Garfield and
Pierce. Undoubtedly Roosevelt's youthful
ness accounts for much of the vigor, the
promptness, Initiative, the resourceful
ness and the dash of his administration.
It aocounta also for much of his personal
popularity. These are days when young
men have the call on the big prises el j
pontic. j
ERMOJS BOILED DOWN.
Flattery makes no friends.
Soft soap washes no hearts.
Looking at sin leads to loving It.
Love Is never afraid of overwork.
It doesn't take any grit to grumble.
The angry man always lashes himself.
Religion for reward would be sin for a
raise.
A bed of roees soon wears down to the
thorns.
The sure sign of a fool Is that he forget
bis folly. '
Nothing enriches the world more than a
happy face.
He who dwells on his troubles always
dwells In them.
Toa never loss any of your sorrow by
shedding sour looks.
A warm handshake may do more good
than a cold handout
One realises the Impotence ef money
when he tries to bay love.
Tour conscience must be a light to you,
but It cannot be a law to others.
Men who have an evil habit to hide gen
erally cache It away In an Incubator.
The man who goes "Into a thing with a
welled head always comes out with a sore
one.
It's no use bragging of your ancestors
unless tbey would feel like returning the
compliment.
Charity Is more than dropping; a crust In
the slot In the expectation of drawing out a
three-layer cake. Chicago Tribune.
CHRISTMAS CHEER.
"I understood your husband wa to give
a stag dinner party thla evening." remarked
the tlgrese.
"It'a off." replied the lioness. "He didn't
succeed In catching the stag." Philadel
phia Preaay
Rreathleasly the young man who had de
clared himself stood over her, awaiting his
answer.
Freathlesaly yet Is was better so.
He was chewing a clove Chicago Tri
bune. "I thought I had discovered an original
Idea In shopping when I went down town
Immediately after a 7 o'clock breakfast yes
terday morning."
"Well?"
"Well, I found that at least 10,000 shop
pers had thouKht of the very same thing."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Daddy, did you tell mother when yon
waa courting her that you couldn't live
without her?"
"Maybe I did, my boy. I was young and
foolish then. I know better now." Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
"It's fact that the only secret a woman
can keep Is her age."
"And there you're wrong. That lan't a
secret. She only thinks it Is." Cleveland
Leader.
Ths young woman had just oald no.
"Have you ever been rejected before, Mr.
Huddleston?" she asked, sympathlslngly,
and almost tenderly.
"Once," he said, a spasm of pain contort
Redid this letter again. It
has a striking interest now.
How uncertain is the thread of
life.
"Sight Draft at Maturity"
is no misnomer.
Of five companies the first to pay.
I!!5 Merchants National Bank
OF OMAHA, MEB.
United States Depository
Capital and Surplus $600,000.
FRANK MTTRPHT,
President. i
BEN B. WOOD, '
Vice President. i
LUTHER DRAKE,
Caahler. v
,? chhrLTO Omaha, Neb., July 8, 1904.
H. D. Neely, Manager,
Equitable Life Assurance Society,
Omaha, Neb.
Dear Sir:
I have received from you draft of the
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the U.
S. in the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars
($10,000) on account of policy on life of
Ben B. Wood.
Of five policies in five different com
panies this is the first payment to the
estate.
Yours truly,
THE STRONQEST IN THB WORLD"
THE EQUITABLE LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY
Or THS UNITED STATES
HBKRY M. HYDE, reenter.
120 BROAD WAV, NEW YORK
JAMBS W. ALEXANDER, Pre.
II. D. NEELY, Mgr. for Nebraska
Mesekaats Hatleaal Bask Belldle;.
WM. HENRY BROWN, Caahler.
9. SU ELSON sa B. S. S TRUSTER, Oeaeral Arts., Oi
B. H. LOIQHRIDGE, Oeaeral At, LUeola.
JOB KLEIN, Oeaeral A.eat, Llaeola.
ing his features at the recollection. "By
life Insurance company. I tell you It hurt
that time!" Chicago Tribune.
"Well-er it seems." satd Mr. Btaylate.
at length. "tht I've exhausted ail the
subjects of conversation."
"How modeat of you, Mr. Btaylate." re
piled the weary girl; "you've exhausted
more than that." Philadelphia Prees.
'My wife wants to give sway everything
we've got at Chrlntmas time."
"Thars unfortunate."
, "I should aay It Is. Why, only last night
I cams home and told her an Important
Secret. What did she do? Went right
over to our next door neighbor and gave It
away." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
William J. Lampton.
Oh, say.
Everybody get gay,
It' Christmas down your way;
Christmas,
The glad time of the yearj
And If there a tear
Christmas,
When all the world's a-cheerj
And If ther a tear
Tou must dry It.
And If there s a sorrow and ear
You must put H away
For some other day
When Christmas la not In the air.
Tou can't? Tou won't?
Oh, don't
Talk thatwayl .
Just say
You will,
And the ill will grow lees
In Its bitterness.
And the better will come to Mesa
Perhaps you are rich and unhappy?
Well, say, did you ever try
To see for a minute at Christmas
The happiness money will buy?
Who says money won't buy happiness?
Now you Just try
A lot of it on the poor and see.
Oea.
They'll feel bully,
And think you are It
And you'll feel a bit . ,
More comfy and Christmassy yourself.
Perhaps you are poor and unable? !
Well, try right hard to forget
How poor you are by thinking
Of those who are poorer yet;
And do what vou c" - "heerful.
If only to smile and to sing.' 1
For a whole heap oi iv.iiFurt often
May come from a little thing.
Thank God It Is only the fewest
Who have nothing to give or to get
And most of you ought to be happy
In knowing you are not there yet.
At least you might feel that way
For one day
In the year
And give the Christmas cheer
A chance to lift your burden.
And make your weary load
Less heavy on your Journey
Along the thorny road.
Gee whls, .
Yours Is not the only burden that la.
Oh, aay,
Break away.
Drop the weight of your riches
And your eares of poverty.
And. if not aa merry as the merriest
Be as merry as you can be.
Oct down on the around with the children
Forget you are women and men.
Get into the push with Jolly Old Kris
And you'll feel a sight better then.
Indeed, you will.
And here's a merry Christmas
For the great onea and the small; '
Reach up and reach down,
Each way lies the crown,
Good will and good cheer for us alt
Administrator.
JAMEa H. HYDE, Tlee-Pres.
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