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Imb unaold coplea 10.13W Net total aaJea : 11.M Pallr areraa 20.44) OEOROE B. TZ8CHUCK. Ruhacribed In my presence and aworn to bt-fore ma tlila Hit day af December. 1904. (Seal) . M B. HUNOATE. Notary Public. To Judge from the remarks of the Fili pino KODjeone is discovering that ''the foreiKiicr pnyB the tariff tax." Kussian offlclhlH ouly talk of p to Oeny that Uir-x desire t, hut it Is possible that even the czar tvoulil thank someone fur helping hiui to let fo- Thone Russia u Holdlcrt who arc Mutu tin prlsonern to Jajxiu will have nn op liortunlty to take the rest euro they would hardly tind anywhere else. With the preliminary meetings of the league and associations the time Is al most ripe for base ball forecast telling how Omaha Is to hold that pennant. Young Klngdon Gould aeems to have Imbibed the Texan's opinion that bo one fhbuld pul) a gun unless be Intends to hoot, even, though he Intends to bit no one. When It conies to settling the coal bill it will be found that the weather man 1)ms not been allowing any of us to pass through a winter season without know ing It. Indiana's new governor wants a rail road commission created for that state. A discarded law on the statute books of Xebranka will show him how It should not be done. General Wood Is of the oplulon t lint the Moros will be quiet In the future, bnt aa the remark is not limited, it may be that ht refers particularly to those lie met after long pursuit. . The constitution of Nebraska calls for a state census in the year l!K)fi. If the legislature does uot observe the mandate of the constitution how can It expect other people to respect and obey It? With; uo material Increase In public school enrollment and the long, lingering deficit about extinguished the second board ought to glv us this year the low est school levy we have had in Omaha for a long time. The munificent sum of $H(0 was ap propriated by the Inst legislature to de fray the expenses of the presidential elector chosen to cast Nebraska's vote in tbe electoral college. Not much room for side lines and Juukets here. Japanese citizens will give a public reception to thoe Itussiuu officers who cast their lot with the soldiers who are prisoner of war, evidently admiring tnat Judgment which prefers the cljmate of the Islands to that of St. Petersburg. Governor Folk of Missouri shows his devotion to the democratic party by sug gesting that all persons who fail to rote should be disfranchised, he evidently be ing of the opinion that the "stay-at-home" vote gnvc Missouri to the repub licans. Holt county citizens must be more anxious to get their coin than to see heretofore prominent citizens Iteblnd the bars, regardless of what effect sneh ac tion would have on other custodians of their earing. A premium on bnnk em bezslement Is a bad thing. JJ 1 9 When the wool growers and cattle men meet at Ienver to discuss tho question ( t combining the conventional shooting whlu generally follows meetings of these parties in the west will probably ! avoided, bnt each member of tbe com mittee should take the usuaj precautions. The rough draft of the proposed bill for direct primary nominations adopts and Incorporates Into It almost every fea tura of tbt recent dirsct primaries con ducted In this county under direction of the republican county committee. This la rttty food tribute to the fair net of the dlrsct primary u worked out by tbe so-called machine politicians without any compulsion by ltw. rifg jAPA.tr.e roucr. A few weeks ago the Japanese minis ter to Great Britain, wbo is the special mouthpiece of his government abroad, afcl that Japan would be found ready to mk peacr wlienever her enemy wna willing to negotiate 8 ml she would make no unreasonable demands. She went to war for self-preservation and not for ter ritorial aggrandizement ami while her self prepared to get out of Manchuria and hand the country over to Its right ful sovereign, China, she should Insist that Uussia also leave that territory. At a meeting of Japanese In New York Sunday, the consul genernj of Japan, doubtless rpeaking with authority, de clared that Japan Is willing to make peace If Husafa T willing, but otherwise the war must go on. It Is not for Japan to ask for peace, nt least under present conditions, and If these were different It would be utterly useless for her to seek peace. She Is thus far the victor and the attitude she presents to the world Is In the highest degree com mendable. It cannot fall to strengthen the respect which the world feels for her, In his address at the New York meeting General Woodford said: "In all the con duct of this great siege Japan has set an example to the nations and soldiers of the civilized world bv the humane conduct of Its armies. You hate been as generous In victory as you were brave In battle." The praise was fully merited. The announcement that Japan will es tabllsh a naval station at Tort Arthur will cause no surprise. 8be Is entitled to that and it implies no purpose to ab sorb territory. Indeed. It Is perhaps ab solutely neessary as a barrier to future Russian aggression should that power lose In the war. China could not. be de pended upon to safeguard Port Arthur, but In Japanese hands ft would be quite secure and It. would not be closed to other nations in the matter of commerce, Japan suys to the world that she must fight on because her enemy so wills It but she holds out the assurance that if finally vh-torious she will make no de mands that the fair judgment of civilised mankind will not approve. What belongs to China will Ik restored to her, condi tloned upon her making ample provision for Its security., and the rights and Inter ests of other countries In Manchuria will be respected. This Is manifestly the policy of Japan and It will have un! versa! commendation. PCM! FOOD LK&WLAT1UX- Whether or not. there will lie pure food legislation at the present session Of congress appears to depend to n con siderable extent upon what shall be done with the statehood bill. It Is announced that the pure food bill is to be kept In the background for the present. Its friends. thinking that Its chances will be improved by not pressing for Immediate consideration. Unquestionably there Is a strong popular demand for such legis lation,. It Is well known that nearly everything In the way of food Is adul terated and while this adulteration Is not In all cases Injurious to health, yet It la a fraud upon the consumer. In his annual report tbe secretary of agriculture announced 1he establishment of Inspection for food products. A state ment published a short time ago aald that spices, the ordinary condimeuts, tho cheaper kinds of sauces, even so familiar an article as red pepper, are counter felted In such fashion that the house keeper often has no Idea what she is purchasing. Sauces aud washes and other medicines are often p'qt up with wood alcohol, which has recently been found to be one of the mmt insidious poisons. Here Is a great, field for Inspec tion by the Department of Agriculture and there can be no doubt that It will be carefully cultivated. The department can Inspect everything that crosses state lines or passes over an Interstate rail road. This embraces pretty much every thing which enters Into general consump tion. Tbe rigid enforcement of the law will furnish such an example to the states that, they will soon conclude to deal w)th their own local shams and place their citizens on a healthy busts, so far as foods and drinks are concerned. It U not creditable that the T'nlted States should be so tardy I w caring for the health and comfort of the public The only excuse that can be suggested Is the hesitancy of congress In undertak ing a reform fhat belongs primarily to the states. It Is only when an article enters Into Interstate commerce that It falls under the supervision of the gen eral government. In the enlightened eouutriea of Kuroe these adulterations and Imitations were long ago taken In hand mid the public given some assur ance that It could get what it actually wanted and not a mixture or an Imlta tlon. The proposed legislation has been very carefully considered and it Is be lieved would give tbe public the needed protection. PAVIS3 JXD HKPAVIKQ. Among the problems which appeal for solution to tbe charter revision com mittee none will' affect the property owners aud all the people of Omaha more vitally than that of paving and re paving The experience of tbe past decade has taught us that much needed public Improvements, and especially the repaying of business thoroughfares, can l) easily obstructed. If uot thwarted, by combinations of contractors and obstrep erous property owuera. While equity and Justice may be sub served by requiring the consent of real estate owner for street Improvements adjacent to their lands and lots, It Is questionable whether they should be al lowed to stand In the way of Improve ments that have become' a public neces sity,! esechilly when streets have be come impassable by reason of cheap pavements laid at the Instance of real estate owners who lack public plrlt and purposely sign for Inferior and cheap paring material to evade the Increased cost of paving with durable material. Coder existing conditions, after an ex penditure of million of dollars for r.;. lug and repaying. It em to m only right and proper Uut all repaying should THE OMAHA be done without the conent of property owners whenever two-thirds of the, council declare It necessary, one-half of the cost of rcpavlng to bo charged to the owners of adjacent property on the re paved streets and the other half to be borne by the city at large. On streets that are to be paved for the first time, however, the plan endorsed by the revision committee may be satis factory, namely, that whenever Ihe council declares It necessary that a street, or a part of a street shall lie paved, the owuera of abutting property shall have forty days to enter a protest and. failing to do so. or if 40 per cent of those interested, do protest and CO per cent petition for the pavement, then the council shall be authorized to have the pavement laid flt the expense of the adjacent property, the city bearing the expense of paving the Intersections. In any event, no street should be ordered paved unless It abuts upon streets al ready paved. ft VLB OCT THE LOBBT. Governor Mickey struck the keynote of legislative reform when he declared In bis message that "the bane of every legislative body Is the subsidized lobby. Vicious legislation Is not the result of ignorance, but is rather the result of prejudicial Influence, which ought not to exist and which certainly ought not to be tolerated within the balls, cloak rooms or offices of any deliberative body which has powers over the destiny of a people." Everybody familiar with the prejudi cial Influence that surrounds our legisla tures knows that, the most vicious lob byists ore not always the horde of paid retainers, whose sole mission It Is to de bauch the members of the legislature in the Interest of questionable enactments or against wholesome measures In the Interest of the people, but the lobbyists who manage to get themselves foisted on the legislative pay roll. This class of lobbyists are constantly in touch with the memltcrs and naturally become their Intlmotes, and their opportunities for corrupting memliers are mii'-h greater thnn those of men whose move nicuts are subject constantly to expo sure by publicity. The only way to make this class of lobbyists harmless is by the adoption of rnles that will pro hibit all persons on the pay roll of the legislature from acting as lobbyists, or cappers for corporations, claimants and claim brokers under penalty of summary dismissal. With the professional lobbyist ban ished from the legislative halls and cor ridors and a restraining order on em ployes who are Inclined to pernicious activity in order to earn perquisites, the lawmakers will lie In position to live up to their obligations and enact laws in the Interest of the people. COXTIXUAXCE OF TARIFF TALK. The talk at Washington of tariff re vision continues and the correspondents are persistent in asserting that President Roosevelt is favorable- to- rev-lsiou. though what authority they have for this does not appear. According to one of these the president's view of revision has now come to be with reference to more revenue and not to make conces sions to industries that complain of too heavy burdens of taxation. Some of the president's advisers are said to have urged that In order to meet the situation In a buslnesa-llke way there should be an extra session of Ihe Fifty-ninth con gress In the spring and If this should bo decided upon It Is thought probable that the extra session will be called to meet In April. It Is pointed out that In view of the expected deficit there are strong considerations In favor of a spring ses sion, which If called for the specific pur- pose of revising the tariff could complete the work before the time for the meeting of the regular session In December. The president had a conference with leaders of the senate and bouse a few days ago, but the public has not yet been informed as to what was discussed, though very likely tariff revision was one of the matters considered. If so. Mr. Roosevelt doubtless found that the opposition to It Is strong and determined. but of course It remains with him to say whether there shall be an extra ses sion to consider the tariff, or It be al lowed to go over to the regular session. Of course the question of revenue Is Im portant, but the exacted deficit of a few millions ought not to cause the adminis tration any anxiety or alarm. In view of the present, sound condition of tbe treas ury and It can be preveuted If congress will exercise a reasonable degree of economy iu appropriations. No matter what charier changes may bo in contemplation the new law cannot poHslbly go Into effect for two months even If enacted with an emergency clause attached. The municipal tax levy for the year 1!05 therefore will have to conform to the requirements of the char ter as It now stands and come below tbe limits fixed for all the different funds re spectively. In making estimates and plans for the coming year the beads of the rarlou city departments will do well to keep this in mind and to cease build ing alrcastle on extra money supposed to be forthcoming after the revised charter becomes effective. Oue of the big railroads doing business In Nebraska has Issued an order to em phasize the imitortauce of compelling train crews to take the minimum rest be tween runs. Even from the selfish standpoint of avoiding wrecks aud dam age suit this Is an advance over the driving methods previously pursued on most of our railroads. Nome of the roads luuy yet reach the polut of adopting new mechanical safety devices without being ford to do to by p.'ualtle of the luw. The proposition to reduce ihe price of electric street lamps In consideration of a five-year rxteimlou of Ihe contract with llie electric lighting company n a guar anty f uudlstiirbed mouopcly hn evi dently :iisei1 with tlie cvplrttloii of the year. . At'cr the defeat itf . mi:ulciml jow nerhl; the lruu;ou cf.oits to force DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, a reduction on the city suddenly ceased. It Is barely possible that the vx tension proposition was promulgated for cam paign purposes only. The first stops toward establishing Omaha as a live stock market were far less promlslug of success than the first steps toward the establishment of Omaha aa a grain market. Tbe same energy and enterprise exerted for the grain market that was put forward for the live stock market will be sur to win out with signal triumph. Hussion workmen in the oil fields who are on strike for a nine-hour day ami wages of $10 per month would probably consider the Standard Oil wmpnny'a rates and hours something beyond lioie, although that concern can compete with the Russians on their own soil and pay the American scale. Irreaiatlble Teaaptatloa. Philadelphia Record. It Is pot the fault of tho cartoonists that Governor Pcnnypacker lends himself so readily to caricature. The temptation to uee him Is hard to resist. Rtood Uoean't Coant. Washington Post. le war I costins Russia and Japan about ll.0iO.CiK) each a day. exclusive of the red blood of the brave men, which Is about the only thing upon which a financial value has not been placed. The Spider and tbe Fly. Indianapolis News. The Steel trust announces that it will repeat Its offer permitting employes to sub scribe tor stock. The necessity of going early to avoid the rush, however, will not, It In thought, develop. A Jolt for Indolence. Chicago News. Frobobly It will surprise some of the Panama commissioners to learn that the prime object of canal legislation was to dig the waterway and not merely to provide lucrative commlsslonershipa. nancerona Freedom. Chicago Record-Herald. Over in Russia the people are beginning to stono the palaces of the grand dukes. The Russian aristocracy can never hope to enjoy complete safety as long as the free use of stones Is granted to the peasantry. Chnnae of Sentiment. Baltimore American. The trusts have long owned the people. It is now proposed that the people shall own the trusts, and the latter are com plaining more In sorrow than In anger on the evil development of the popular greed. Rarnnieter of Prosperity. Philadelphia Record. It is predicted in Wall street that the rallrouds will Issue $l,00n.(MO,000 of bonda In the near future. This gives evidence of the belief In continued and Increased prosper ity. It is also an assurance that the great money Interests of the country will do all In their power to maintain favorable finan cial conditions, so that they can market their bonds. Money Fit to Barn. Philadelphia Press. There Is no other great nation which al lows the circulation of dirty paper money as la the cae In the United Btatee. The trouble here Is due to a lack of luw to com pel banks; to have1 their soiled bills re daemed. It la an necessary to send them to a eubtreaaury,.ad the government then pays tho remainder of the expense. There are a sufficient number of aubtreaaurles to enable the banks to comply with the law without much expense. Disease la conveyed by dirty bllle. But congreaa does nothing to stop the evil, , et Roar and Dl. New York World. President Roosevelt's plan to legislate tha Isthmian Canal commission out of existence and put the work In charge of Secretary Tart, aa his own representative, la charac terlstleally Roosevcltian. But change In some form seems desirable. The commission is composed of able and eminent men, but some of them are so fully employed elsewhere that they can have little active connection with the canal. uinera are so well advanced In yean that, valuable as they may be In counsel, they are not fitted for active field work in a tropic climate. The commission has In fact been in Panama only six weeka in the last ten months. What President Roosevelt wants In the Canal aone la precisely what the people want-construction. They do not . car whether the canal is dug by a commission or by John Doe. If it Is only dug. They are surfeited with delay. WHV POOLING IS OBJBCTIOXABLK. Popular Dlatruat Is vt Blind ar (reasoning. Chicago Tribune. Many railroad officials say they will have nu atrnoua oDjection to the regulation of raiea oy me national government If in re turn congress will repeal the section of the Interstate commerce act which prohibits the pooling of freights by different and com peting railroads or dividing between thern the aggregate or jiel proceeds of the earn. InA of the roads. Railroad men assert that If pooling la legalised the payment of re bates will atop automatically. Probably It would for the traffic manager of a road could listen with indifferent to the threat of a large shipper that he would send his goods by some other line If concession were not made to him. Nobody seems to listen favorably to the trade in legislation suggested by railroad men. The general public ha been educated for twenty years In the belief that pooling was injurious to It interests and cannot at a moment' notice unlearn all that It has learned and admit that pooling can, be good under aome circumstance. The popular dlatruat of pooling la not blind and unreasoning. It is founded on the belief that If it were permitted) tha community would auffer even If the power to regulate rates were exercised whenever the need arose. The roads have ceased to compel with one another In rates-except by stealth but they do compete In excel lence of service. They strive constantly to provide better facilities for doing bual nes. They are continually spending money for that purpose. Tha pooling of earning would take away one great incentive to better the service. There would be an end to all effort to cul tivate the shipper by giving him Improved facilities. That I the way In which moat road would be apt to economise. Such economies would be at the expepse of the community. Tha pooling plan would help the feebler roads, which do business t a disadvantage. They would like to have stronger road take care of them by guaranteeing them percentaga of the total net earning. That would appeal to them a it ha appealed to many weaker manufacturers who have gonu into combines It ehould not appeal to tlie wealthy and powerful roads, which isu Wk care of themselves. They ought to see that general pooling would be de trimtntal to the efficiency of the American ratliONd systems. That would be hurtful to ll.ein aa wtl a to Ilia country. JANUARY 10. 1905. ARMT COMir AT WASHUnTOV Matter of Interest Cleaned from the Army anal ary Relter. The War department Is In receipt of re plies from retired officers of the army who have, been asked whether they desire as s'anmint to duty with the full pay of their respective gvndee. General Chaffee went carefully over thellsl and selected those orflccrj who were deemed able to perform the duty contemplated. The officers wrer lnfornid thst they would be expected to accept the assignment without condition es to the locality where they might be or dered. The letter al: stated that while recruiting duty was tlmt to whl'h most of them might be assigned. It was possible that the retired onVera might be assigned to other duties mentioned in the law authorising the detail of retired officers to active duty. Later on the replies will be tabulated, and from the list will be se lected thosn officers who will be assigned to duty. The need of good cooking In the army his been the subject of numerous reports from Officers who have seen service In the Meld and who reallie that dietetics have a direct and Intimate Influence upon military effi ciency. A general order Issued from th War department establishes ft training school for bakers at Fort Riley, Kan., at which successive classes will be Instructed for periods of four months. Each class w-ill be composed of eighteen recruits se lected so as to have four from the cavalry, four from the artillery and ten from the Infantry, the men selected to be of gool character and willing to learn the baker's trade. No decision has been reached by the gen eral staff on the question of re-arranglng the proportion of cavalry. Infantry and artilleiy of the army. In accordance with the theory of Secretary Tsfl, that the artil lery corps should lw Increased by tho transfer to that branch of some of the cavalry. It Is thought that no specific recommendation along that or any other line of readjustment will be made by the reneral staff. It Is known that General Chaffee does not favor the plan, mainly on account of the numerous difficulties which would attend the transfer. In. the first place there would bo aome trouble about converting cavalrymen Into artillerymen under the existing exactions of qualifies tlon governing appointments and transfers to the artillery and promotions within that corps. A more Important consideration Is th effect upon congress; the impression la likely to be Imparted to that body by the admission from the War department that there la a superfluity of cavalry. There I very apt, In the present temperament of congress, to have such a proposition met with the reply that It the cavalry Is too large It may be better be reduced and tho enlisted force of artillery accomplished sim ply by the Increase in authorized enlisted strength. Conservative olnervers do not let that possibility escape them In their esti mate of the situation and It Is a factor which may In the end prevail to gain noth ing on the subject from the general staff In the way of radical readjustment. Every one admits that the question is one which requires much thought and an appreciation of tho elements, political as well as mili tary. The Judge advocate general of the army has been considering an interesting ques tion relating to an enlisted man who had on deposit with an army paymaster a sum of money Intended to bo applied to the aol dier' purchase of discharge. The soldier was tried and convicted on the charge of deaertlon and, of course, forfe'ted the money on deposit with tha government. The question was whether such a sum was of a harvtr. which could be taken from the depositor. The Judge advocate general says: "It has been held In a similar case by this office that 'where a soldier deposited 30 under the act of May 15. 1872. presumably in expectation of his application for pur chase of discharge and subsequently, while such application was pending, deserted, held that said deposit was necessarily unconditional, and, like any other de posit, was forfeited by desertion. ' There would appear no reason for chang ing the above opinion. The amount deposited by Private Mitchell with the paymaater, whatever Its derivation or purpose, can only have been expended by the latter under the statute permitting an enlisted man to deposit hi savings and to draw 4 per cent Interest on the deposit, the whole to be paid to him on his dis charge. One of the stipulations under which the. government consents to receive these deposits and to pay Interest on them Is that both the deposit and Interest shall be forfeited by desertion. It must there fore be -held that the request to have the amount of deposit refunded must be denied. Whether Private Mitchell Intended to de sert appears on the statement given of hi case to be very doubtful, and It would seem unfortunate for him that he was al lowed to admit desertion and accept a res toration to duty. From the letter of Cap tain Harvey, Private Mitchell absented himself from the post while drunk and re turned as soon as he was sober. These facts do not indicate that the animus non revertendi was present. However, it has been held that the desertion and restora tion to duty 'as such' produced to require tha forfeiture, and the question of Private Mitchell' desertion It not before this office for consideration." The Judge advocate general's office will take up In another form the question of the soldier's culpability. During the month of November 1 .Till en llstments were . made for the army in cities and 1.S45 at military post aud In the field, making a total of 3,i'tW. For tho in fantry (white) 451 enlistment were made coast artillery, tot; englieer battalions, 2S; cavalry (white). 117; field artillery, 49; V. S. Military Academy detachments, 4; infantry (colored), 111;, cavalry (colored), 60; Indian couts, 3; Porto Rica regiment, 7, and Philippine stouts. 1.103. PERSONAL .VOTES. Tl.e Kansas man who hugs the delusion that he is a toad is probably a hop fiend. J. P. Morgan' greatest charity Is keeping young boy off the street by getting them work. John Sparks, governor of Nevada, is the targest owner of rank "cattle In the United State. George B. Cortelyouand, Mr. Cortelyou have gone for a seven weeks' trip to south ern Europe. Ho will return in tlm for the inauguration of President Roosevelt. Dr. William U. Anderson, director of the Yals gymnasium, will start next week for an inspection of some of the leading school and college gymnasium In the north and middle west. Herman K. Knlppenbeig. aald to have been the oldest postmaster in point of continuous service In the United State, ha Just died In Fcmma Osage, Mo. ii was appointed by President Fillmore. Rumor come from London that Mr. Latter' two titled on-in-law hat each other like poison. This mutual dislike flourishes. In spite of tha fact that the ear of Suffolk is aide-ds-camp to Lord Curson, viceroy of India. The Joint wedding gift of 100 cities of Prussia to the Crow Prlnc Frederick William and the Duchess Cecilia on tha oci soion of their uprpoaclilng marriage will represent about 1 rant apiece, from each Prussian city dweller. It will be a silver table service for Ofly persons lo cost 11Z.0 STATE PRESS CORT. Papilllon Time: Omhft took care of the tow school teacher In a manner very satisfactory to all. The Wines men nd various organltstlens made special effort to entertain their guests nd iiceeeded In a way that will be a strong Inducement firr tho association again meeting In Omaha. Norfolk Press: In no better way can the legislature show a disposition for economy than by lopping off Its own useless em ployes. Thousands of dollar are squan dered at every session by putting men on the pay roll who do not earn a dollar of the money paid them, and this species of grafting should be wiped out not only for this session, but for all time to come. Tekamah Journal: Governor Mickey has ordered certain ex-hrlgadler generals to walk up and plank down various sums for which examination of their office show they are delinquent. This, with th dis closure of Judge Sears as to tha past manipulation of state moneys, shows that there r some cltitens of this tt In high positions with nerve enough to call a halt on horseplay with state moneybags. Table Rock Argus: Fifty yer ago en Christmas Edward Rosewater, editor and founder of The Omaha Bee, arrived In this country, a poor emigrant boy from Bohemia, and took his first lesson In the English language In trying to read the big signs over the store In New York City. Edward has had a tormy and some- what exciting creer during the Interven ing years, but he has achieved the success of power. Influence and wealth by Indom itable courage and perseverance. Tork Republican: Mockett, In his reply to Sears, who charged that the Stueffer Investigation was a whitewash, makes a funny falldown In the end of his letter. Ite characterises mi m Melons falsehood Sears' statement that Ager, tho special agent of the Burlington, wa In the office every morning during the session, and then apologizes for Ager's presence there In these words: "Mr. Ager, or any citizen of Nebraska, wa welcome at the speaker's office any time during the session. " Kearney Huh: Omaha bankers gave State Treasurer Mortensen the Icy mitt, so It Is said, when ho asked some of them to go on his bond as state treasurer, after the surety bond law had been declared n. g. That was not very nice of the Omaha bankers. Rut as soon as the news got out through the state the treasurer was bom barded with telegrams from country bank ers offering to moke his bond good and no questions asked. It Is sometimes very satis fying to find out where your friends are. Blair Pilot; Reports from Lincoln would Indicate that State Superintendent Fowler will land the oft snap of the presidency of the State Normal school at Kearney. This will not be news to those who had given tho presidency any thought. It was Fowler who worked tho school through the legislature snd why shouldn't he land It Who else. In the hundred of good school men In the state, has so good a right to the position as Fowler? Weren't the rest of 'em in favor of one school centrally located and twice as large, with ten times th capacity for good? And didn't Fowler's Idea for cutting up the school carry? Then why shouldn't Fowler fall Into the soft snap at Kearney? He should and the Pilot hope that the soft snap at Kearney will stay with Fowler the rest of Fowler's natural life and then permit Fowler to name his successor. Who cares for tho rest of the school men of tho state? Blair Pilot: Governor Mickey says that Dr. Green of tha Insan hospital is mii right." Grefn Is all right-he usuany tne kind of a man usually found to be right. It may be that mlxup between two Insane pa tients should have been mad public, but sine th clo relatives of the dead victim desired that tho matter be kept quiet tho Pilot sees no reason for the public making a yelp. nr. ureon ta crmciseu u mr of the cheap Stat officials for offering to pay half the cost of n Investigation, pro viding the World-Herald pay tho other half, and then propose to let the World- Herald pick the committee. Green Is right again. Nothing like calling a bluff, and. coming from a man like Dr. Green. It tastes pretty good to the public generally, ur. Green I the kind of a man who doesn't need advlc from the statehouse In the proper porformanc of his duty, and the Pilot feel Just a llttlo proud to know that he has been hitting straight from the shoulder. Tekamah Journal: The Bancroft New think the white man should refprm some before he kicks up such a muss about the marriage relations of the Winnebago In dians. An Investigation by the federal grand Jury shows that It Is a common prac tice among the Indians to live with on woman until they get tired of her and then take another one. The New think If the Jury had looked Into tho product of Doug las county's divorce mill they would have discovered that the noble red man Is fol lowing very closely In the steps .of his pale-face brother, and while differing In style the result are the same. The white man pays a lawyer $5 and about $10 court costs and Is free to marry again, as- the motto of tha Dougla count)' divorce is "Ask, and ye shall receive." Tho Winne bago save this flS to blow in on the new quaw by calling a' witness, breaking a stick in tfco plsces In his presence and he is then free to marry agin. There I no denying that the Winnebago method should be stopped, but is It any more demoralising than the Douglas county method? Some time ago the clerk of th district court of that county completed a report of the liti gation for twelve month, which allowed that of the Immense business handled by that court with its seven judges, 20 per cent were divorce cases. About a year ago Judge Day, who had been appointed to fill a vacancy, announced that he had granted 126 divorce In a year, and there were five other judge of the same court doing the same kind of business at the same time. The best way to reform the Winnebago 1 to act a good exampla for hint to follow. Every HoapHat of prominence in mm in the treatment of Rheumatism, Gout, Gravel, Bright's Disease, or kindred ailments.' Sold Everywhtr. HE R1CHAR0S0I ERU8 CO., SHERMAN k VcCOXXEU. DM: C0 M JACKBOM gTRIirr, oisTsusifirins AOiiTt, COAL WOOD COKE KINDLING We sell the best Ohio Cooking; Cosl-ciean, hot, lastln'r Rock Springs, Hanna. Sheridan, Walnut Block, Steam Coal. Best medium grade is Illinois Nut $0 Egg and Lump S8.2S. For heaters and furnaces -Cherokee Nut $9.29: Lump SS.0O. A hot burner-Missouri Nut. large size $4,60! Lump $4.79. Scranton-the best Pennsylvania Anthracite mined. Spadra-the hardest and cleanest Arkansas Anthracite, Ail coal hand-acroonod and vto.ghad over any city aoaieo doalrod. COUTANT &, SQUIRES, u6V.?$te!All'a POSTAL BANKS V .RE, BnTAI How the IJoverameni I .M. r. Nnt( Autona the I'onr. J. M. Heaton. M P.. I : ,t . One thousand mlllloti p.mii.- flon.iioo. Is the estimated amni, to the credit of the flu.fty v., working classes In Europe. r i, t! , fund Is backed up by the e,--it: government of each countr. or no less than .('. .,r m represents the amount Itn.f.. postofflee savings banks of ti e and Ireland, and savings bar; . . most equally good security. There are about half a dozer soclated In English history with r f turn ol slid to of savings banks. I'sul, I 1 o have proposed them In exactly 100 years afterward, on Mi a clergyman In Wendhover, Bin-kirn i?... shire, started tho first savlng l ,i k , ., England. Charles William Slkes. a caslrer - fl'uddersfleld Banking company. ..., to be the originator of tho Idea of a - w.- ,, of saving bank under th covtro: .' government. Fortunately for Mr. Slkes. the , i.r,, , found a champion In Mr. George che; one of the ablest officials In the m order offieo of the general postoffW. i. ,i don, and this gentleman'a plan for cur ing It out was backed up by th postmt"! general. Lord Stanley of Alderly. srd ! Mr. Scudamoro, on of the most brlllU:u official heads at Ht. Martlns-Ie-Grsnd Right Hon. William Ewart Gladstone Introduced the potofflc savings bank 1mm In the House of Common on February I8C1. The postofTice savings hank bill psseil the House of Common In March aud the House of Iords on May 17 following. Mr. Charles William Slkes afterward t celved tho honor of knighthood from the queen for his efforts In th promotion .f the great and benevolent acheme. On September IS, 1881, four months ex actly after her majesty gave her assent to tho measure, the poetoffloe savins hank act cam Into operation In Crest Britain. Three hundred postoRlc savings hanks were opened at. many postofllc money order offices, and the sum of nearly 1,imo was lodged by 4S5 poor people on the first day. Taking the population of Great Britain and Ireland at slightly over 4O,00o,OiX, find that one person In every four and one-half has deposit In th postoffice sav ings bank. Of the EOO.ono of depositors In 1S86 It ws found that 2R3.00U were fomales, children utulf-r age or trustees of small amounts; that 140.000 were mechanics, artisans, por-1 ters, domestic and farm ervant, police men, laborers, boatmen, fishermen and seamen, and that &8,0"0 wer tradesmen, their assistants, farmers and clerk. LAUGHING OAS. "Have you congratulated our hostess on her birthday?" "No," answered Miss Cayenne, "I ha condoled wit a, her." Washington Star. "What's the mater with Joneaby?" "Nervous prostration. After he moved In from the suburbs the strain of trying to keep from sprinting toward th corner whenever he heard a car coming was too much for him." Chicago Record -Kara id. "Here," cried the low comedian, when the footpads held him up, "it strike me you're mighty familiar." "Indeed? Well, here's something that will be more familiar," replied one of them, stuffing an old handkerchief into the Victim's mouth. "It's an old gag." Phila delphia Ledger. "You've burned fifteen ton of anthracite already this winter?" exclaimed th visi tor. "Why on earrh have you had lo use so much?" "To reduce the visible supply, I suppose." said the victim of the Coal trust greed, grinding hi teeth in impotent rage. Chi cago Tribune. r The Itinerant preacher wa looking over the morning's collection. "No wonder." he. mused, "that the con gregation didn't get the power today, for 1 see that this 1 Indeed a short circuit" His sermon that evening electrified hi audience. Cleveland Leader. 'That politician apeak very flatteringly of you." "Well," answered Senator Sorghum, "It must be for ono of two reasons. He want a favor or else he wanta to lull my Ua plclons and catch me off my guard about something." Washington Star. "He would never have become so ad dicted to drink If It hadn't been for th trouble he had." "Why, what trouble did he have?" 1 "He had trouble keeping away from It" Philadelphia Press. RESOLUTIONS. S. K. Kiser In the Record-Herald. Ten little resolutions all In line. Good man burns hi thumb, then there axe but nine. Nine little resolutions wondering at fat. Ten dollars conies in sight, then there art but eight. ' Eight little resolutions point the way to heaven, 'Long comes a poker game, then ther are but seven. Seven little resolutions In a sorry fix, Pretty woman come along, then there are but six. Six little resolutions trying hard to thrive. 'Long comes a horse race, then there are but five. Five little resolutions, only. Ave, no more. Keyhole csn't be found at all, thep there are but four. Four little resolution still must pay a fs. Wife makes aome Inquiry, then ther are but three. Three little resolutions, looking very blue, Suine unheard-of circumstance bring them down to two. id Two little resolutions pondering what's to be done. Preacher's sermon hurt th man,' thn thece 1 but one. On little resolution leave a month before, Never mind; next New year's day you can make some more. 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