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TUB -OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10. 1905. R Tim Omaiia Sunday to K P.OSEWATEH, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF BI RSCRIPTION. Dally I'm (without Sunday), one year..!!!) lMly Ilee and Sunday, one ear f Illustrated Bee, one year 2 50 Sunday Bee. one year 2 0 Saturday Bee. one year 1.50 DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Dally Bee (Including Sunday), per week. .17c Oally Bee (without Sunday), per week..K'n Evening Ileo ( wit liout Sunday), per week i.c Evening Hea (with Bund:iy, per weck...lc Junday Ree, per ropy Sc Address romplainls of Irregularities In de livery to City Circulation Department. offices. Omaha The pee Building. South Omaha City Hall Building. Council Bluffs 10 Pearl Street. Chlcao-1Ml Inlty Building. New York l.ri Home Life Inn. Building. Washington fiol Fourteenth Street. COR R ES PON D E N'CE. Communication relating to news ami ed itorial matter ahould be addressed: .Omaha Bee. Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable, to The Bee Publishing Company. Only 2-cent itampi received as payment of mall accounta. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF" CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska. Douglas County, as: C. C. Roeewater. secretary of The Bee Publishing Company, tvlng duly sworn, says that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally. Morning, Evening ana Sunday Bee printed during the month of November, 1905, waa as fol low: l atjvoo si, no 81.140 4 81.7SO stn.ero ao.ftno 7 35.1 HO i si.tsno 17 81.770 Is S2.BOO 1 2D.8RO si.aoo n si.noo 23 .1l,4SO a aa.nno 24 31.HSO 26 82.400 28 KO.U-IO 57 81,000 2S 81.B80 29 81.840 SO 31.0SO I 84,010 S1.20O 10 81,04Mt II 81. HMO 12 20.B30 13 31,200 14 81.830 16 81,430 Total U4U.nftO Less unsold copies 10,.T13 Ket total sales 930,2a Dally average 81,207 C. C. ROSE WATER, Secretary, Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 1st day of December, 1U06. ISeal) M. B. HUNOATE, Notary Public. '-WHEJ. OtT OF TOWS, abscrtbera leavlaa- the city tern liorarlly should have The Be mailed te them. It la better than a dally letter from home. Ad dress will be .changed as oftea as requested. Who will be Tucker-itl next? Puzzle: Where were the big cuttle fencers wben they were supposed to be In Jail? Little boyg sometimes get licked for doing nothing that seems to hare beeu tbe trouble wiyi Marsliul Mathews. With Chinese sailors boycotting mer chiints In the harbor of San Frunclsco, congress may lenrn tbe depth of celestial resentment. In the Mitchell' affair the United States senate shows an inclination to follow tbe time-tried maxlni: When In doubt do uptblugi Another of the. McCurdys hits re signed. If this keeps up we will have the announcement of a McCurdy resign ing every day In the year. There 1m ho telling what a day may bring forth In the federal building, so long as Uie big stick keep twinging over the heads of Its occupants. Hartlett Richards' six-hour supper cost Marsbul Mathews his 14,000 job. This Is the highest price ever paid in Omaha for a three-plate banquet. That Boston grand Jury showed little regard for the comfort of others when it decided to let Lawsou and Barron nght their battles in the magazines. Now that Kcntuckluns have been re strained by court order from carrying guns the tlmo Is rapidly approaching wheu the injunction will coyer all things. Massachusetts bunk robbers who cap tured the local police force !eforc begin ning their work maintained tbe reputa tion of the Old Boy state tjr thorough ness. America's new 'argument In favor of peace" the battleship Idaho- is equipped with all the modern electrical devices to make Its logic rapid as well an convin cing. A definition of "moral turpitude" which will-lie recognized alike by both judicial and executive officers of the gov ernment as well as laymen would come In handy about (bis time. .immermun's drew in of tbe tireat Central route" Is now denounced ns Im moral in its Inception. Inasmuch as it failed and J. ricrpont Morgan was caught in the trup this must 1e so. Senator Mitchell's successor may lie a democrat without causing great exclte--ment, but the governor of Oregon owes it to his state to see that he has no en tangling alliances with laud sharks. According to veruclous chroniclers it took less than twenty minutes to read the president's message to the august senate, 1 he reading clerk of the seuate must have hud a prize up for making a speed rword. In looking over the "honor list" at London one falls to observe higher dig nities for Alfred Austlu, but the precedent-breaking poet laureate can hardly expect consideration at the hands of a "conservative" party. The census bulletin on illiteracy indi cates that in every 1,000 persons lu this country over 10 years of age only arc now unable to write as against in WOO. This reflects substantial pro yrees, but It makes still Just 100 too many. AS TO MAtiStfAL .V.l 77E TT S' REMOVAL. I'ncle 8am expects every man to do his duty. That cloea not mean simply that every public officer Is expected to perform the function devolving upon him, but that he must also show some Interest In the affairs of government.- The lnitcd States mnrshtii Is pre sumed to be as vigilant (is a policeman. When a policeman sees a burglar break ing Into a store he Is presumed to make the arrest promptly. When the 1'nlted States marshal sees a violator of federal law running away from Justice he Is presumed to follow and corral him; when he scents a conspiracy to defcut the ends of Justice, he Is presumed to sound the alurm, at least, and lend a helping hand in breaking it up. The trouble wltji Mr. Mathews was Inaction and strict neutrality letweeu law break ers and the government. What has been wanted for years In tbe federal court house Is not time serv ers who grudgingly put In a day's work to earn their salaries, but officers who are In active sympathy with the presi dent's effort to enforce the laws against public thieves, whether they pilfer a few dollars of' steal themselves rich; and against land grabbers, big and small, whether they grab from the poor Indians or from the public domain. Mr. Mathews will, of course, have the sympathy of his personal and political friends, but he bus only himself to blame for his summary taking off. Incidentally Mr. Mathews' removal presents another aspect. In Nebraska, ns In other states west of the Missouri, the Initiative for tbe appointment of federal officers is taken at railroad head quarters, and men who secure position through thot. Influence seem to be Im bued with the idea that their allegiance Is due 1o the managers of the corpora tions, rather than to the government. In their zeal to serve the corporations they forget their official obligations and be come supremely indifferent to the trust reposed In them as representatives of tbe executive deportment of the govern ment This condition ' has plainly im pelled President Roosevelt to the rlgor ons discipline to which Mr. Mathews has been nubjected by his lack of discretion and sympathetic co-operation .with the Department of Justice. FEDERAL TAXIAQ POWER. An important decision relating to the federul taxing power was rendered the past week by the supreme court of the United States. The state of South Caro lina runs liquor dispensaries and the federal internal revenue officers have beeu collecting taxes on the sale of liq uors by tbe state and county dispensa ries. The state instituted suit against the United States to recover the taxes collected, contending that hs the United States is beyond the reach of state taxu tlou, so Is tbe state equally beyond the reach of United States taxation; that neither tbe property nor the agencies and instrumentalities used by the state for the transaction of its business can be subjected to any burden of taxation by the United States. In the course of Its decision the court said: "The right of South Carolina to control the sale of liquor by the dispen sary system hns been sustained. Ming ling the thought of profit with the ne cessity of regulation may Induce tbe state to take possession, in like manner, of tpbacco, oleomargarine and all other objects of Internal revenue tax. If one state finds it thus profitable, other states may follow, and the whole body of reve nue tax be thus stricken down." This view of the highest Judicial tribunul will be interesting to those who think the states should manage every kind of business.- ' THE VAK KASTKtlX MARKETS. Notwithstanding the statement of the bureau of statistics showing tuat lu ten months of the present year our exports to China more tliau "doubled, in spite of the boycott, there is still a feeling of up preheusiou among exporters regurding the future. It is poluted out that a very considerable proportion of the eximrts for the ten months were to till orders made before the boycott went into effect lust July and it is believed that a very large amount is still being held nut of the market by reason of the boycott. As to the reports that this movement hostile to American trade wits dying out, it appears that they were not correct. Captain Baker of the cruiser Raleigh, who was sent to study conditions in China and who arrived In San Francisco a few days ago, is quoted as saying that the talk of the boycott dying out is non sense, lie stated tbut in the south of China the commercial situation is abso lutely at the mercy of the guilds, which control trade with an iron hand and have, given orders not to handle Ameri can good. American houses In Canton Hre full to the roof with flour and they cannot budge It. lie declared that it looks as though our business relations with China were doomed. He Is very likely rlghU unless the advice of Presi dent Roosevelt that the Chinese le treated fulrly and justly is followed. That this will be done does not appear probable. A few days ago. In an address lefore the American Asiatic association, tbe Japanese minister to the United States held out the promise of a great future trade for this country in tbe far east, lie said that our uelghbora across the Pacific will be ready to buy the produc tions of our agricultural and Industrial enterprises provided their purchasing luer U fostered and encouraged, not hampered. He expressed the hope that any such measure as might Interfere with the right of intercourse and trade between the Amcrlcaps and uny far eastern people should be confined within the projier limit and that every effort lie used to promote as much ss possible tbe mutual Interest and reciprocal Ivbu- tag of commerce and navigation lie tween the two Isirders of the raciHe. There is contained in this a very plulu hint In rcgHrd to the Chinese exclusion IMilicy. which there Is talk of extending to the Japanese. In order to obtain our share In the fsr eastern markets we must treat the countries and people of that part of the world with absolute fairness and justice. The Chinese are awnkened ond are pre paring to assert themselves as an Inde pendent jM-ople having rights that must le respected. Japan has taken her place among the world powers and shown that she is able to defend her rights. We wnnt ns much of the trade of those countries ns it Is possible to secure and we can get It only by according them and their people the saint1 consideration that Is given to other nations. If we refuse to do thla we must be prepared to see our commercial competitors obtain nearly all of the for eastern trade. rovsriyn the cost. The urgent need of the revision of our constitution Is conceded by vvn of all parties and the only grounds of opposi tion to a special session of tbe legisla ture, convened expressly to formulate and submit amendments to the constitu tion covering Its most glaring defects is grounded on the. assumption that it would entail nn enormous cost on the taxpayers without equivalent benefits or savings. Exaggerated estimates of tbe cost of n special session and vthc cost of adver tising the amendments have been con jured up ns unanswerable arguments why Governor Mickey should not call a special session, although It does not re quire an expert mathematician to figure out what the expense really would be. The legislature Is made up of 133 memlers, eoch of whom Is entitled to $5 per day and mileage from his home to tbe capital and back at 5 cents pcrjnlle. It would, therefore, take ?oV5 per day to pay the legislature, and the most lib eral estimate of the length of the session Is twenty days, costing $13,300. Com puting the mileage at $2,700, the total pay and mileage would aggregate $10, 000. Add to this $0,000 to pay the cler ical force and stationary and we have $25,000 in round figures as the cost of the extra session. Assuming that' twelve nmendmeuts to the constitution aggregating In all forty squares of standard column measure ment would be submitted the charge of each paper at the legal rate of $1 for the first Insertion and 30 cents for each sub sequent insertion per square during thir teen weeks would be $280, and publica tion in one paper in each of the ninety counties would aggregate $23,200. In round figures the cost of the extra ses sion and the publication of twelve con stitutional amendments would be $50, 200 all in all. Now, compare with this the cost of a constitutional convention A constitutional convention is made up of 100 memlers, each entitled to the same pay as members of the legislature, or $500 per day. , While the convention has no time limit for its sessions it is safe to assume that it would not adjourn In less than sixty day That would ag gregate for per diem $30,000, mileage $2,500, clerical force $7,500, stationery and incidentals $5,000, making a total of $45,000. If the new constitution is no longer than tbe present constitution it would average 250 squares of standard measurement and the cost of Its pul Hcatlon for thirteen consecutive weeks In each weekly newspaper would be $1,750, or a total of $157,500 for publica tion in one weekly newspaper in each of sthe ninety counties of the state. . u other words, the cost of a consti tutional convention and the publication of a new constitution would Involve an outlay of $202,500 at the most conserve- tlve estimate. But this is not all. The call for'a constitutional convention prop osition must first be submitted for rati fication to the people, which Involves an outlay of from $5,000 to $10,000 for pub lication and election expeuses in addi tion to the cost of holding the conven tion. Anybody who has given the sub ject even perfunctory consideration must be convinced that the advantages to.be derived from the submission of amend ments that would go into effect two or three years earlier than It would be pos sible for a constitutional convention to be called and a new constitution to be submitted and ratified cannot possibly be computed in dollars aud cents. TOURIST TRAVEL Hi TBE WEST. Haiier'H Weekly comments in a hu morous way upon the movement inaugu rate by the Commercial club of Suit Ijike City to persuade Americuu tourists to direct their recreation trips to the western part of their own country rather than to the capitals and resorts of I-.urope. While it Jocularly wishes got! fepeed to tbe club and the confer ence It has called of governors of west ern states and representatives of the railroads aud commercial organizations to meet and consider the subject Janu-' ary 18, l'.sHJ, the Weekly suggests that "we would travel more at home if It were made easier for us to do it, aud that while our rich eople do it now and do It for fun, poorcrvpeople think they get more for their money, as yet, by crossing the Atlantic." People frequently say things iu joke that are meant in earnest, and whether this Jibe was meant in earnest or not western people should take it iu earnest just the same. The boundles west has natural attractions that well repay a cross-continent trip, but tbe qUeMiou of comfort ond expense too often enters to a deciding degree. That constantly more aud more American tourUts are acquainting themselves with their own country as well as with Europe is evi denced on every side aud that the con ditions of western travel and stopping off have beeu vastly luiuroved withlu the last few years Is likewise visibly evident. But that there is room for much greater Improvement ond further progress toward affording tourists more comfortable nccOmniiHbitlous n ml facili ties lietter adapted for their needs at more moderate expense also goes with out saying. The traveler in Kurojie makes short trips and many stops, while In Western America be is forced to n.akc loug Jumps with Infrequent rests. Only 'n few of our cities have Imhhi educated up to the value and prestige of the tourist traffic sufficiently to exert themselves to meet the ordinary demands, while the tendency Is altogether too marked to re gard the tourist ns legitimate prey which comes within reucb only once. In stead of cultivating him as a guest with a view to encouraging his return nt some future time. Touring Western America can and will be made more iopular and no more expensive than touring Europe, but the people of the west will first have to arouse themselves thoroughly to the de sirability of promoting tourist travel and exert themselves accordingly. THE SATVRAL1ZATWX LAWS. President Roosevelt believes that the naturalization laws need revision. He urged this upon the attention of con gress lu his message of last year, say ing then that fraudulent naturalization, the naturalization of improper persons is a curse to our government, "and It is the affair of every honest voter, wher ever born, to see that no fraudulent vot ing is allowed, that no fraud in connec tion with naturalization is permitted." He declared that there should be a com prehensive revision of the naturaliza tion laws. "The courts having power to naturalize should Is? definitely named by natlotiul authority; the testimony upon which naturalization may be conferred should be definitely prescribed; publica tion of impending naturalization appli cations should be required iu advance of their hearing in court; the form ond wording of all certificates Issued should be uniform throughout the country, and the courts-should be required to make returns to the secretary of state at stated periods of all naturalizations con ferred." Since then a commission appointed by, tbe president has made a careful exami nation of the naturalization laws and in his last message Mr. Roosevelt culls the attention of congress to the principal recommendations of the commission. These propose a federal bureau of nat uralization to supervise the administra tion of the laws; uniformity of "natural ization certificates, fees to be charged and procedure; more exacting qualifica tions for citizenship; the preliminary declaration of Intention to be abolished and no alien to be naturalized until at least ninety days after the filing of his petition; jurisdiction to naturalize aliens to be confined to United States district courts and to such state courts as have jurisdiction In civil actions in which the amount In controversy Is unlimited; in cities of over 100,000 inhabitants the United states district courts to have ex clusive jurisdiction in the naturalization of the alien residents of such cities. These are radical changes, but they are undoubtedly necessary in order to prevent fraud In naturalization and safe guard our citizenship against the danger of debusement. The lust of the above recommeudiftlons, giving the federal dis trict courts In cities of over 100,000 in habitants exclusive jurisdiction in the naturalization of the alien residents of such cities, Is especially to be com mended, since under present conditions practically (ill fraudulent naturalization is in the larger cities and is made easy by allowing other than tbe federal courts to Issue certificates 6f naturalization. Certainly no argument can be needed to support tho proposition that every care should be taken to shield American citi zenship against fraud and to confer it only upon those who can show tha,t they ore qualified aud fitted to become citi zens of the United States. At a time when aliens are coming into the country iu greuter numbers than ever before the naturalization question assumes extraor dinary importance and should receive the earnest and careful consideration of congress. The imposition of n fine of $10,000 on a United States deputy marshal down In Missouri, who falsified his expense accounts to the government ought to lie a great step in the direction of retrench ment in the federal administration of Justice. If all the expense bills of all tbe government agents and employes had the water wrung out of them u good,, fat contribution would Iks made toward a surplus in Uncle Sum's treas ury. Senator Burkett has concluded to be satisfied with tbe chairmunsblp of the committee on geological survey. In view of the periodical discovery of pre historic fossils In western Nebraska this committee chairmanship should feel as much at home lu this state as it would anywhere else and In the interval Ne braska's Junior senator will wait in line as patiently as he can for something better. The Rlchards-Couistock land fencing prosecution seems to have so incensed Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock that he was driven to the use of Italics in re ferring to their case In his annual re port. Were it only consonant with tbe digulty of hit) otticia 1 tositiou we feel sure the secretary would be fully Justi fied lu using a few old-fa&hloued swear words to veut Liu feelings. The movement to trausfer inaugura tion day from the mouth of tbe March wind, to the period of the April shower is taking ou more definite tdiape. The uuhhc U gradually becoming more firmly convinced that congress failed miserably to take Into due consideration the iirbltrary rule of the weather man when It selected a site for the national citpltr.l way back in the 17!x. , To put it mildly, it does not look very good to have the father of the state au ditor appear os a witness for the rail roads in trying to prove that the osscss meut of railroad property made by the state lHard, of which the son Is a mem ber. Is out of prosrtlon compared with the tax valuations put upon the property of the father and the son. Au anxious public Is still waiting to hear whether Oeorge B. MeClellan or William R. Hearst polled the most legitimately cast votes for mayor at the recent election In New York City. As to which will actually occupy tbe posi tion of chief executive of tbe metrojKilis I they are disposed to lw rather Indiffer ent. ' Governor Folk Insists thot the Insur ance exposures have not undermined In surance os on Institution, although they lmt taken the ground nway from un der Insurance mismanagement. To par aphrase this In homely words before strengthening the structure nil the rot ten timber must be cut away. Receipts at the Sidney land office had fallen so low that the fees available for paying the receiver and register sufficed only to make n nominal salary. The abolition of the Sidney land office, therefore, need not be expected to elicit much of a protest from the men put out of a Job. While the lawyers are scrapping as to who Is responsible for the defects lu the, bill of exceptions by which the supreme court Justified its release of the Bnrtley bondsmen, the liondsmen ore shaking hands with themselves In perfect Indif ference ns to which lawyer gets the blame. One railroad journal speaks of "rate discriminations Impossible to avoid" os one reason why the government should have no right to control rates, but Uncle Sam has several times before this shown that the impossible can be made pos sible. The recommendation of a federal law requiring the use of block signals on all rallroods meets with opposition on tho part of many railroad managers, but so far the passengers have organized no lobby against it. Boon to Mberty. Bomervllle Journal. One of the greatest boons to this republi can government of ours Is that any man who feels aggrieved ubout anything has full and free permission to sit down and write a letter about it to the president. Coming- Oar Way. Boston Transcript. Manufacturers of such luxuries as pianos and automobiles report that trade condi tions In the west were never so good as at the beginning of this winter. The farming population now has money to Invest tit al most everything, except Wall street secur itites. Will She Stoop to Whisper f l Chicago Record-Herald. According to statistics, women have dur ing the past twenty-flve years Increased in stature two and one-half Inches, while men have grown that much shorter. It this thing keeps up for a century or two mere man will need a stepladder when he de sires to whlBper the glad word in her ear. The Wife as a Hanker. Indianapolis Sentinel. Women are savers rather than spenders. And when they spend they spend to good advantage. A dollar In a woman's hands goes twice as fur aa a dollar in the hands of a man. If you want to save money let your wife be the banker. This is for the man who gets wages out of a job and for the man who gets a salary out of a poHtion. This is for the worklngtnan, whether he labors with his hands or tolls with his brain. This is for the married man and for the man about to be married. It Is for men in every class of life and every walk of life. It is the best adviue for the average man everywhere. MONEY GETTING AMP SICCES. False Conceptions of Life Which Should Be Rooted Oat. Chicago News. Charles E. Hughes, the lawyer who has been conducting the Inveutigatlon into the big New Tork life insurance companies, has had aa Intimate a view of business cor ruption in high places, perhaps, as it has been any man's lot to witness. The les sons he has drawn from his unusual and highly Instructive experience, therefore, have a peculiar value and 'are well worth noting. Speaking the other evening of the dinner of an alumni association he said: "What we need is a revival of the army of honor. We want to hear less of tbe man who began poor and amassed riches and more about the man who lived unsullied though he dies poor. Wo want to change the burden of proof. Let every man who has amassed wealth or gained office bo ready to show a clear balance sheet, if ho lias got it. . "tVe want a baptism of self-respect, so we can stand erect in the presence of the almighty dollar." No one will charge Mr. Hughes with be ing a mere Idealist. His searching ques tion during the life Insurance investiga tion have shown him to be a hard-headed man, whose views of life are sternly prac tical und with whom sentiment is always guided and controlled by reaaon. He him self. Indeed, might be looked upon as a typo of "successful man." The fact that such a man raises a warning agalnut the widespread and insatiable ambition which has for its object the amassing of riches Is therefore especially significant. Virtually, his speech is an arraignment of the whole tendency of the teaching which has been given to the youth of this country. The gospel of success has been preached- so" persistently and succeua has been so completely identified with wealth in the public mind that our point of view aa a nation seems hopelessly distorted. We have come to feel that money-getting is a pursuit beside which all other forms of human activity are secondary and Insig nificant. The idea tluit "the man who has lived unsullied though he dies poor" la In every way mure successful man than one who gets rich at the price of honor Is one that cannot be aet forward too often or with too much insUtenre, If this falae concep tion nl Ufa Is to be corrected. . SERMOM BOH. KM HOWS. Cltiienshlp simply means service. Ood Js not liuuled by libeling men. True blue seldom sees things blue. Had news never rpolls by keeping. The greatest art of life Is that of living Nothing worries worry worse than work. Sow a sniMll Joy and reap a great happi ness. It takes more than diplomacy to defeat the devil. He needs to wear wading boots who takes short cuts to success. Tetter Is It to drive tho gloom from one heurt than to dower It with gold. The value of a strong man's power de pends on his putlenro with the weak. If some hearts should go to heaven there would be a hard frost there right offv tearing the cross does not exempt one from bearing a rhnre of the world s cares. It is easy to waste enough strength dodging your duties to do them twice over. In a sad world the only saints who have a right to sleep are the ones In the graveyard. God's workers never have to wait fir a raise In salary before they will do their best. The trouble with much preaching is that It is advertising truffles when the people need potatoes. Pome people are buying their tickets to glory on the Installment plan, at the rate of a nickel a week. Chicago Tribune. .EW WESTERS RAILROAD. Sia-nlflcance of Larae Extensions Planned for the Xew Year. Boston Transcript. At the beginning of this year the north western and the Pacific states together hud about 86,000 miles of railway. Today pro Jects are under way which involve the con struction of some 7,000 miles more of rail way in this territory, at a cost of about WO. 000,000. An addition of about 20 per cent to tho railroad mileage of the north west means an Immense Impetus to busi ness of all sorts in this territory, und nn Increase In the general prosperity of the country. Most of the proposed railroad building Is legitimate, although there Is some which Is purely speculative. There probably nre half a dozen lines planned in the eastern Rocky mountain states, and as many more In e Pacific states, which are merely lnten..t.'il to be sold out to other lines with which they would be competi tors, or are to bo sold as links In a system. There is no chance in these days for a little railroud to maintain an Independent existence. It must be absorbed or con trolled by some great corporation in order to live. Here Is the opportunity of the promoter. Hut the railroad building In the north west, on the whole. Is of a very substantial character, and the new roads are to go where they are needed. The northwest, groat as it is, is still very largely unde veloped. The process which has gone on there and is still going on Is the same as was pursued In the middle west when the Rock Islanf road built westward and ex tended its lines Into territory which was without a house or a settler. There was no business to be done, but the railroad made business. Such railroad building is not easy of comprehension to one who knows only the railroad building methods of the east, where the railroads followed the route of the old lines of comnmnciatlon between cities. Capital, as a rule, moves only in a large volume, and the financing of new roads in the northwest and on the Pacific, coast has been accomplished only because the pro jects conceived were large in themselves and promising of great returns. The west no longer suffers from the oppression of its railroads, as It did In the old days, when the railroad, having made the coun try, controlled it absolutely. There will be competition between the new lines In the west, Just as there was between the New York Central and the Erie, and this com petition will serve a beneficial purpose as long as it docs not get pushed to a de structive limit. When that is likely to happen the railroads of the west probably will get together, as tbe railroads of the east have done, and pool their Issues to the extent of preventing destructive competi tion in rates. ' Compensations of Modest Income. Atlantic Monthly. Our good friend with $1,000,000 a year can not eat much nfore or better food or drink much more or better drinks than we can. If he does he will be sorry. He can have more places to live In and enormously more and handsomer apparatus of living, but he can't live in more Uian one place at once, and too much apparatus la a bother. He can make himself comfortable and live healthful. Rti ran we 14n oan i.a ..11 KA j leisure he wants, can go where he likes ' and stay as long as he will. He has the better of us there. We have the better of him in the daily excitement and discipline of making a living. We muy beat him in dclpllne, too. Wo are apt to get more than he does the salutary discipline of steady work, of self-denial, of effort. That is enormously valuable to soul, body and mind. Ho can t buy it. We get It thrown In with our daily bread. We have rather better chances than ho of raising our children well. Wc are as likely to have good friends worth having und to find pleasure In them. Kaork for an Open Door. Brooklyn Eagle. It is time to give our Island dependencies a market, and that market should be here In our own ports. Condemnation to pov erty is a condemnation of this country, to perpeual rebellions and an expense greater than the gain promised to the brown and black people through an enlight ened relationship with them. OPKN KVKMXOS FOR YOL PRESENTS FOR WOMEN $10U ia a DIAMOND Heats $1000 in a Hank There are many things that one rould give a woman, but It's well to select something that a half dozen others won't be likely to give. An umbrella Is a first rate Idea but it must be a good one., Sea our line of detachable handles, to be had nowhere else in Omaha. "A Chafing Dish is another good suggestion, and there's little doubt but that a fine piece of Cut Glass would be a welcome gift. Our cut glass stock offers an unusual variety of articles, many of which are out of the common. Other suggestions are: Sterling Silver, Sterling Silver Plated and Ebony Toilet and Manicure Sets in Abundance, Jewel Boxes, Caskets and Dresser Articles in Brass, Silver and Kelva Ware. But come and look over our stock. From a whole store-full of gifts you can easily find the thing that will Just meet your ideas of a suitable present. T. L. Combs & Co. The IluNjr Jewelers aud 0tk'iaiiM Douglas Blrtret. Write for our IT 8 opkn rrnsoviL Ain otherwise. The early shopper gets the Christmas bargain. I.ucky and wise is the person who knows the present and has the price. Prosperity is most lug high In 81. tenuis. A Into cotisus shows 75.000 persona who pay their bills. Fpesk gently about the mild weather. The whiskered d'.iffer at Medicine Hat has a few snorts left In stock. Preachers who Insist that It Is not given to man to know what Is coming should study next year's ulmnnacs and get wise. George Perkins hns lost his pull as an Insurance manipulator, but ho still occu pies an easy chair In Morganlzed circles. Qeorgle is Plerp's boy. If events keep on at the present pace In Itussla the grand dukes may be obliged to work for a living. Such a prospect ma terially swells the gaiety of the season. Not the least of the sad features of the Insurance investigation Is the toboggan slide of the Journalist who received a dollar a line for hot stuff approved by the mag nates. Ho Is back In newspaper ranks working for wages. Mr. Zimmerman of Cincinnati is charged with having sold to J. Plerpont Morgan a gold brick in tho form of a bankrupt rail road. Mr. Zimmerman Is the esteemed father-in-law of a duke and he needs the money. A top-notcher In statesmanship, with a heart attuned to pity, has Introduced in congress a bill for an act granting pensions to lonely women. Money Is Justly cele brated as a comforter, but It is not aa effective as a rlal.lly enforced law com pelling lodges to adjourn at a seasonable hour. A melancholy wail goes out and up front Indianapolis wgalnst disturbing noises ac companying bank robberies. It Is bad enough to make off with the surplus cash of a community, but when the Industrious looters, by explosions, rudely disturb the slumbering Monsters there Is no penalty too severe for the crime. Sixty-six days were consumed, 140,000 ex pended and 1,031 veniremen examined be fore a Jur of twelve qualified men were secured to try a criminal case In Chicago. Locul critics regard tho proceeding as a great waste of time and good money. But It was not wholly wasted. The lawyers piled up a record of 3,9tt,O0O words. What sort or a bargain does Chicago want for time and money? ' i OOMESTIC PLEASASTHiES. "Heatity Is only skin deep," walled the pessimist. Well, what of it?" said the optimist git!.' Most women would bo satislled with that!" Detroit Free Press. "A French philosopher soys Jealously Is the greatest of misfortunes." "Yes, It undoubtedly is. My wife's got so she won't Invite any but old ladles In to play bridge, and most of these old stagers do know a lot about the game." Washington Star. He -But. madame. von nre nuita mis- taken. It was not so. I give you tho word of a gentleman. She I refuse to have any third parlv brought Into our discussion Huston Transcript. Mr. McSosh M'dear, why do you re proach me? Didn't you promise to share your husbnn's burdens? Hey? Mrs. McSosh Yes, Henry, but you have a load now that I cannot and will not help you with. Cleveland Leader. Nell Oh. that's your new hat, la it? Belle Yes, and such a bargain; only US. What do you think? I dropped in to let Miss Orumley see it Just now, and she pretended she wasn't interested. Didn't even ask how much I paid for it. Nell No, dear, she didn't have to. You've forgotten to take off that tag marked "KM." Philadelphia Ledger. "Would you," she asked, "be satisfied with platonlc love?" "Well," he replied, "If It didn't Involve an exchange of Christmas nresenta I mlirht oe wining to try iu Jiucago Herald. Record- Miss Knox There goes Bess Mugley. Miss Bright Yes, she played the part of the heroine in the private theatricals at the church Miss Knox Gracious! Did she have the face to play the heroine? Miss Bright No, but the costumer fixed one up for her." Philadelphia Press. "When old Fladger came to this town, twenty-flve years ago," said the man lu the mackintosh, "everything he had in the world waa on the back." "And now?" queried tho man who had his feet on the table. "Well, his wife and six daughters have relieved him of the burden. They carry it all on their backs now." Chlcagu Tribune. THE WANDERER. Four Track News. With book and bundle on my bark, and knotty stuff In hand, I fare along the dusty road through wood and meadow land; Or, gazing from the flying train, behold the Hurry nik'ht. Or, leaning from the vessel, watch the wake of croamy white. On, on through sleeping villages with curtained panes I pass. By many a silent, moonlit field, knee deep in frairrant Brass. I Though in some green and pleasant spot I chance a while to stay, -The tire of travel in my blood soon surges me away. I see the flash of glided domes beside a turqolse Hood, And vineyards purpling in the sun. and aloes lu the bud: Before me from the mountain tops, by ancient tower and town. An angel In golden mall, the morning, marches down, i A pilgrim of the earth ain I, no narrow walls confine My soul, as In a rusty sheath, the horlson is mine; The Joy of motion leads my feet untlred o'er vale and hill, And from tho shadows and the mist new prospects beckou still. Buy Riff lit Away Notice the Number. handwimu I'aluioaue, k RfcE. i:KMas.
