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    Tim Omaha Daily Bee
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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
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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.
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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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