THE OMAHA DAILY BEEt MONDAY, JANUARY I, 190&
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C. C. ROSEWATKR.
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WHEN OIT OP TOWS.
Sabaertbers leaving the pity tem-
pararlly ahoald hare The Be
' ' I mailed ta
them. It la better than
letter from home. Ad
dress will be changed as often as
raaaested.
Ilave you turned over u new leaf?
If not, why not?
Tlie brittle cry of lixw Is "Up with tue
big stick and down with the grafters."
If you do not feel big enough to keep
those New Year's resolutions procure a
surety bond.
Nineteen hundred and six will have
to hump itself if it wants to outdo the
past high water mark of 1005 prosperity.
Idaho cannot be permitted to emulate
,Ku.Bsla in the matter of bomb throwing.
q l'hystcal force has no place In American
Bf affairs. k
For the sake of memories of Tunis it
Is to be hoped that Stephen Decatur,
o. vfr., is not guilty of hazing; but great
Tca-iames cut no ice at Annapolis.
Tall
v.ajuj,f the World-Herald, Wyoming has ex
ported 4,110 swine during the last year,
but Wyoming still has a few more at
i large. ,
The new year will usher In a slump
in the Wall street money market, whe"1
loans will probably be obtainable at one
tenth of what they commanded during
the closing days of 1905.
Correspondents arc not going to per
mit France and flermauy to go to war
without letting the world know about
1 It, even if they are forced to make pre
dictions and denials at least once a
week.
With the government farmer on the
-fPlne Ridge reservation arrested for sub
r"ornntlon of perjury It is possible that
ln- Indians have been taught methods of
am raising money rather than of raising
13 grain.
wkl ,
den H'v,n outlined hi policy, Geueral
aro, Bingham, the new police commissioner
pice of New York, is now in a position to dls
n cover that the commissioner proposes
and the politician disposes in that com
Tu, ftiunity.
mo " T
Nebraska, with its Italian skies and
j oaimy air, oners sympamy to Texas
and Oklahoma where snowstorms pre-
I vail, but It stands ready to receive re
, a turn expressions of condolence at any
moment.
When a uiitu goes about with a big
stick in bis hand, says Prof. Goldwln
(Smith, the temptation to use It is pretty
sure to come; and there has been a great
deal of temptation In these latter days,
even out-In the wild and wooly west. v
The body of Millionaire Street Kail
way Promoter Verkea bad scarcely been
deposited in its coffin wheu the fight
over his fortune was begun und the
prospect is that it will uot end until the
lawyers have secured their full shsre.
With New Zealand foot ball players de
feating all England it may be necessary
for the autipodeans to come to America
to learn what foot ball really means
but they should take out accident in
sura me policies before the game be
gins.
. Nebraska insurance companies which
talk of moving to Iowa to reduce taxes
should remember that under the tax
ferret" law every dollar they evade is
likely to be placed upon the assessment
rolls at any time. Taxes do uot always
stay evaded ln Iowa.
TUB ItKW TtAU
Tha record of the eld year has been
made. What In the outlook for the new
jreart That Is the question that Is upper
most In the mind of everybody who
thinks at all on the proposition! Op
timism Is the word that fits the present
condition, so far ns this country is con
cerned. We nre entering, as a country,
upon a new year, with all the conditions
favorable to the progress and prosperity
of our people. What these conditions
nre everybody understands. They are
not absolutely bound tip in our great
crops, splendid as these nre. but are
also In the grent educational and social
progress which we have made.
Today this progress Is beyond any
thing that was conceived of a decade
ago. The man of twenty years ngo who
snkl that Omaha would be the city it
is today would have been laughed at.
Vet Nebraska and Omaha have been
steadily growing, and Omnha never
more rapidly thau within the last two or
three years. So far ns our own people
are concerned, they must appreciate
what the year that has goue has brought
them and at the snnio time understand
what the benefits of that great fruitage
means. For Nebraska It Is hundreds of
millions of dollars.
No one cau foretell the future.
Whether or not the crops of nest year
will be more or less thau they have been
In the year that ends today, no one can
say. But of this we can at least 1h sure,
that this great land of ours, enriched In
every way by the bounties of nature and
absolutely beyond any danger from In
ternational difficulties, will still be the
first among the powers of the earth to
exert Its Influence in the Interest of In
ternational peace.
The new year brings with it
grander assurance than that of
American republic's devotion to
cause of the world's peace.
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7UK RA1LROAV SHIBBOLETH-
It is n very poor lawyer who cannot
argue on either side of a case and he
is a very poor preacher who cannot
prove any doctrine by the Bible. In
antebellum times the preachers in the
slave states quoted the following sen
tence from the Bible in support of the
cause of slavery:
"Cursed be Ham. A servant of serv
ants shall he be forever."
The northern abolition preachers re
torted by quoting:
"Proclaim liberty throughout all the
land, to all the inhabitants thereof."
And so it is with the railroads. The
magnates have taken their text against
the free rasa system out of the Bible
by sandwiching the following Bible quo
tations with their happy New Year
greeting to all whom it may concern:
"Thou shalt not pass." Numbers, xx,
18.
"Suffer not a man to pass." Judges,
ill, 28.
"The wicked shall no more pass."
Nahum, 1, 15.
"Though they roar yet can they not
pass.'.' Jeremiah, v, 22.
, "He paid the fare and went." Jo
nah, i, 3.
The refrain is taken up by the rail
road educational bureau and the respon
sibllfty'and odium of this new depar
ture has been cast on Theodore Roose
velt, at whose door all the troubles and
tribulations of pass-less officialdom is
laid.
For example, the railroad educational
bureau credits Roosevelt with having
forced the Pennsylvania and other roads
to put a stop to the issue of passes to
mombers o congress, politicians and
shippers. As contlnaatory of this it is
given out in cold lead that several sen
a tore declare that it was immediately
after President Cassatt of the Pennsyl
vanla bad visited the White Houso and
after a conference with Roosevelt that
the first announcement was made that
the Pennsylvania company would dis
continue the practice of Issuing passes.
Rlnce then many of the eastern roads
have followed suit and at the meeting
of the western traffic managers with the
Interstate Commerce commission it was
practically agreed that they would
greatly curtail transportation favors.
This new departure is by no means
startling to the public or alarming to
members of congress or favored ship
pers. It is one of those periodical an
nuals that have emanated from the edu
cational bureau with a confidential post
script that placates favored politicians
and legislators by the assurance that the
new order is designed to relieve the rail
roads from supplying passes to numer
ous dead heads who have been on their
free list, but have not been in a posi
tion to reciprocate. All those, however.
who can return valuable service for
value received will have no difficulty In
getting mileage tickets or drawbacks by
presenting their credentials at the right
place.
THE OR1EXTAUJRADS.
Among current statistics none are
more interesting and encouraging than
those which show the increase in Ameri
can trade with the Orient. According
to these in ten months of this year our
exporU to China amounted to $30,000,
000, ngaiust $20,000,000 in the same por
tion of last year and $13,000,000 two
years ago. To Japan our exports were
$4tl,500,uoo this year, $22,000,000 in ten
months of 1004 and $16,000,000 ln ten
mouths of IfKKJ. These are certainly
very gratifying figures, but perhaps so
far as China Is concerned some ex
planation is'ueeded. The boycott against
American ' goods went into effect last
July aud it is probable that a very con
siderable portion of the goods which
make up the statistics to the end of Oc
tober had been ordered before the boy
cott was ordered. How much of such
shipments has been marketed is the
question.
According to a recent authoritative
statement an enormous amount of mer
tcaa good are la warehouse la China
and there is no demand for them. A
few months ago there was a large Chi
nese demand for flour from this coun
try, but there Is comparatively little of
It being sold at present. In view of this
It is evident that the export figures for
China do not represent goods marketed.
As to Japan the statistics are all right
and the figures for the next ten months
will doubdess show a considerable In
crease. THE TI PK OF CASAL.
Very soon after the reassembling of
congress the Panama canal question will
command the attention of that body and
we may expect a discussion of more
than ordinary interest. A number of
questious that have arisen will call for
settlement, aud uot the least of these
relates to whether the canal shall 1k at
sea level or le a lock caual. That Is a
question to be determined by congress
and no one can say what the verdict
will be.
According to the latest Information
the present chief engineer of the caual
Is In favor of the lock plan, which means
a great deal less of expense in construc
tion and a considerable less time for
completing the work. The statement Is
that the engineer of the commission is
absolutely opposed to a sea level canal
and If such Is the fact his judgment
should certainly have a very great in
fluence upon congress.
What seems to be needed in the pres
ent emergency Is an administrative au
thority that will accomplish something.
The existing conditions nre manifestly
unsatisfactory and must be changed.
There is serious talk of letting the build
ing of the canal by contract, and tills
proposition will undoubtedly bo earn
estly considered by congress.
Thirty-two years ago the proprietor
of the New York (Jraphic. which has
long since vanished from the journalis- I
tic skies, sought to attract world wide ;
Ai , u i i .iu in .. i
attention through his Graphic balloon,
constructed for sailing across the At-
lnntie tlironirh which he exoected to '
lanue, uhoum" -wiikh nt il '
revolutionize Interoceanic transit. The
, , . ,
Graphic succeeded In securing a vast
amount of free advertising, but the
Oraphlc balloon never passed beyond ,
., . . .
Chicago journalist baa ordered an air
ship built to explore the North pole, and
Its daring navigator, Walter Wellmau,
who, by the way, halls from Nebraska,
1. inatrnntaH to rpnort Ms fln.linirs bv
, , ' ... l ... 1U ,
wireless, without awaiting the slow pro-1
cess of being rescued by a steamship
expressly constructed to butt against
vicious Polar bears and refractory ice-.
bergs, but-
Houston, Tex., has been invaded by
"Carry Nation." There has been some
smashing of glassware and crockery and
shedding of red ink, but according to
the last accounts from the Texns me-
tropolis its inhabitants were still in-;
dulglng in good cheer with Rip Van
Winkle's toast, "Here's to your good
health and. your family; may you live
long and prosper." y
The Steel trust has raised the wages
of its employes by 10 per cent begin
ning with the new year, and It has
raised the price of its output 10 per unB-, ine 1wno' ,mn 18 a blt f
. .. , , . i comedy. An educated connoisseur, how
cent in compensation for this voluntary everi woul(1 ntnln from fof a week or
advance. As the price of the output is ' two, for a month, perhaps, so as to accen
more than ten times as much as Its pay-! tuats tho iy of contrast, what sensation
roll, the trust will not suffer by its gen-! IVJjr ln. faillni.'rom,th4 helght of Queen
.. ... . ; Man's Instep? Tho serious artist will prac-
erosity. in uie mcautime, uoues uu imjs
the freight.
it the program of the attorney of the
Civic Federation is carried out two
thirds of the saloons will have to be
closed while his appeal is pending In
the courts, and the other one-third will
ue given a monopoly or tue trame, wuo
for the time being will not feel much
distressed.
In predicting secession of South Af
rica from the British empire because
the importation of Chinese coolies has
been prohibited a London newspaper
evidently thinks the Africanders have
failed to learn the lesson of the Ameri
can civil war.
You Can't Los 'Flu.
Portland Oregonlan. .
Tha Longworth-Roosevclt engagement
imply goes to prove once more that there
Is no way to keep an Ohio man out of the
W'hlto House.
Increasing rablte Esteem.
Minneapolis Journal.
Tha president has shut dawn on one of
those endless chain contribution schemes
for a wedding present for his daughter.
The president is getting to be almost as
well liked for the things he puts a stop to
as for the things he starts going.
Painful Strata oa Nerves.
Philadelphia Record.
It is said that members of the Pennsyl
vania legislature have given up their da'.ly
reading of the Bible since the decree of the
railroads abolishing free transportation.
The frequent Iteration of the phrase "and
It came to pass" got upon their nerves.
Dissipations of tout People.
Harper's Weekly.
Uow differently do the people of the
earth take their pleasures! In t, statistical
book just issued In Madrid It is estimated
that for luxuries the Spaniards spend an
nually more than tlOO.OJO.OOO. Of this sum
3,00u,000 are for cigars and cigarettes,
t2.O0O.CU0 for lottery tickets, tl3.SoO.00U for
bull fights, 112.600.000 for holiday-making and
tui. 000,000 to settle the wine shop reckonings.
Published statistics concerning the riotous
living in Boston show that the natives of
that place are mere than ever debauching
themselves with baked beans. A Boston
dispatch says: "Last year they spent on
tbelr favorite diet more than the cost of two
battleships, or $.5Ss.272. According to thu
wholesale dealers, ii.TS barrels were con
sumed in that period, and the demand Is
Increasing."
Valae l freedom aart Kdaralloa.
San Francisco Call.
A free population, ambitious to get the
benefit of Its own labor and enterprise. Is
tho making of any country. With freedom
will coma more general education and a
great upraise In Melxcan life will result.
By way of contrast Mexico and Sweden
and Norway eSsr aa luttrciUug study.
Mexioo, with peonage and raatrtoUd adaoa-
tlon, has a wonderful and rich variety of
natural resources, Sweden and Norway,
with a cold and rather sterila oountry, bare
individual freedom, and are tha only ooun
trles In tha world In which every grown
man can read and write.. Therefore tha
Scandinavians Lava prosperity, good homes
and a general and splendid civilisation,
while Mexico, with friendly climate and
great natural resource, lags bthlnl. But
the signs of advancement are many and
encouraging, and there Is every reason for
taking a cheerful view of the future of our
Ister republic.
IMMISO IP THE 1AI99KS.
Russian Figures oa Raaalan Losses la
tha War.
Minneapolis Journal.
Figures printed recently by the N'ovoe
Vremya show that when peace was con
cluded, General Llnevitch had at his dis
posal 12,6(0 ofrioers and 917,000 men. There
were carried to the front during the war
20,000 officers and 1.27O.O0O men, and about
SO.OOQ soldiers were present' In Mnnchuria
when war broke out. Making the sub
tractions. It would appear that Russian
tosses were approximately 7.R0O officers and
433,000 men.
Assuming the Japanese losses. Including
Port Arthur, to have been only a fourth
less than the Russian, the flower of the
Japanese standing army must have been
lost, and the reports that the Island em
pire was recruiting in the latter months of
tho war men beyond the age of military
errlce were true.
It would follow that Japan was well
guided and sagacious In making peace at
the precise moment when It sf military and
naval prestige were at the highest. Russia,
apparently, was In the better state to con
tinue the conflict, eicept for the fact, then
already partlaly known In Russia at least,
that the government had lost its hold upon
the people.
IJKTS A 3D WKTS.
Cheery
light for rilgrlma
oa the
Water Wagon.
New York Sun.
A certain commissioner of highways Is not
worrying. The laying of burning marl goes
on without Interruption and the busy season
of Plutonian pavers Is at hand.
looking with no supercilious gaze from
the arid lands of experience, the philosopher
seea the old same going on, the old sta'cc
on the table, Young Virtue after one short.
"'"-v '"f"1 closing- ner weaned winK,
thirst and the aleatory instinct tangled up
tOKethPr. Fpr rartlculars read thl9 oVJ.
To the Kditor of the Sun: Sir Please glr-e
l'.1e a ray of "Bnt on thp following: A and
H agree not to take a drink for sixty davs,
beginning January l. upon a forfeit of i;.
A takes a drink on the second day of that
month, and n. having discovered the fact,
FJt Z"x! obligation t3
Is B relieved from the financial conse-
ouenee stipulHted Must A pay B $25. or !
the account balanced bv the drink on the
third?
it occurs to me that a decision on tha
point would bo of rather general Interest.
HENRY T. MASON.
New York, December 23.
Of rather general interest! So wide Is the
area of Ka resolutions and so eager to fall
; Is fallen man. No casuist Is needed to settle
thts vaM of two bettonj un8tabe tho
water they hate to drink and jumping off
tho wagon before It Is fairly started. A
Alcohi). whoso persistence for a whole
day cannot bo praised too highly, wets his
whistle January 2. B (Beer), another mlraclo
of endurance, doesn't try to hold out. Sixty
days la too long a campaign for him. Be-
slde8- ne P'tle whv should B fine poor
The moment that B hears
tnat A ,g 0j
the waroath. tovnuslv T)
rushes to where they keep ths paint. A
owes B nothing. B owes a nothing. Their
"counts are balanced. What they owe or
. BcniiQJiiBi til luo WI11LO jaCKGC
Is another matter.
These compacts, whatever penalty Is at
tached to their forfeiture, are usually dis
solved ajid annulled with this perfect sim
plicity. Neither Alcohol nor Beer expects
to be bound long. A knows that the throat
of B Is burning for the old familiar luice.
B Is too good a fellow to Insist upon the
letter of the bond and be parched for sixty
, tico prolonged abstentions: nor will be allow
Ills will to become so Infirm that he can t
leave off rum or apple pie or smoking or
rigid economy or any other perilous habit
for a set time and a reasonably long one.
These wet bets should be so arranged that
In case of the defection of both A and B the
i stakes should go to the prohibition national
i committee. The deserters would bo fewer
PERSONAL NOTES.
One New York banker gave his cook 13,001
at Christmas, which he probably had saved
In tips by dining at home.
Frank Rockefeller of Cleveland, O.. a
brother of the Standard Oil king, has pur
chased a herd, of buffalo In Iowa, which he
will take to his Kansas ranch.
Maxim Gorki Is considering a tour of the
United States. If he does so it will be be
cause he is in need of funds necessary to
the success of his paper, "New Life."
Benjamin P. Clarke, a well known resi
dent of Boston, makes a practice of going
to the city postofflce when the last Christ
mas malls for foreign countries close and
paying the deficiency on all matter held for
Insufficient postage.
Very Rev. J. J. Ryan, president of St.
Patrick's college, Tburles, Ireland, Is visit
ing Archbishop Olennon of St. Louis. Ha
Is on bis way to the Philippines on an
Important mission. He Is a distinguished
educator of Ireland.
Senator Knox of Pennsylvania Is setting a
terrific pace In the matter of hard work.
He and his stenographer generally are at
work before 6 In tha morning and by
breakfast time the shorthand man has work
enough to last him all day. ,
Marquis de Something or Other Is of opin
ion that Fltzslmmons should have his fnce
slapped. If the marquis will undertake the
task doubtless he will find FltsMinmon
willing to waive temporarily an announcej
and sincere determination to retire from
pugilism. ,
Governor John C. Brady of Alaska was
once a street waif and later a missionary.
He secured a university education by his
own efforts, studied law, entered the, minis
try and went to Alaska fifteen years ago
as a missionary. He is now serving his
ninth year as governor.
People who scoff at the goosebone and
the coal bin as weather prophets may turn
an admiring cur to tha weatherwise song
of a Chicago prophet who has tha real
thing bottled. Jn his annual brochure, in
1 " " virtues oi pale pills
. toT r,lnklsh People, are several solemn ob-
serrations on the brand of weather coming
to us next yeur. Hereabout a fine article
will remain on tap until January 9, when
a blizxard is due. From the 9th to the
18th xero weather Is planned. There will
be a considerable variety until February
10, when the record blizzard of the winter
will get bwsy and send the mercury to tho
bottom of the bulb. About that time Omaha
has "36 degrees btlow sero" coining to It.
Of course these weather variations impose
serious hardship on health, but all dan
ger may be averted by taking pale pills
and liquid dope, which the prophet will
gladly exchange for cola.
raua p ntoxoTcit.
Feat area ( tha Career at Tratctiaa
Maa-aata Terke.
A prince of constructive promoters set
tled his account with the world when
Charles T. Yerkes died. Philadelphia. Chi
cago and London felt tha uplift of his
skill and two nations applauded and con
demned ln turn the methods of this daring,
ruthless twentieth century promoter.
Chicago and Springfield, 111., were the
scenes of his greatest exploits. True, he
awakened London with his underground
road and lifted the fug-enveloping transit
facilities In the British metropolis, but
there was scant opportunity there to dis
play his genius as a political manipulator.
In Chicago ai.d the Illinois tate capital is
where his skill dazzled officialdom and
dazed his opponents.
When In the zenith of his power and af
fluence In Chicago, Yerkes closed the Chi
cago Stock exchange for three months, ca
joled A legislature by his own peculiar
methods, absolutely controlled successive
Chicago boards of aldermen so that he se
cured the practical ownership of the streets
of that cltyn pumped his -trcet railway
stocks so full t'f water that in two-thirds
of Chicago a good service was well-nigh
Impossible, and unloaded on his backers at
a handsome figure properties that promptly
went Into a receivership, and then went to
London to conquer new worlds.
In Chicago, where Yerkes mude his great
fortune and became famous or Infamous,
according to the viewpoint of the commen
tator, there are two capital charges against
what Is styled "the Yerkes regime." and
both may be summed up ln what Clilc.fgo
calls "Philadelphia methods." One of theso
was the noted railroad man's habit of pyra
miding bond Irsues, the other his habit of
undermining state and local legislatures.
As a result of both, the Philadelphia broker
who came to Chicago In 11S3 with a capital
of $10,000, went to London in l?ot with a
fortune that Is now estimated at something
like $JO,ou),ooo.
It was his Iron nervo that enabled him
to carry through his audacious deals, and
this quality was never displayed more
characteristically than on that memorable
August night ln 18M, after the Moore
Brothers failure, when a group of bankers
met at the house of the late I'. D. Armour,
in Chicago, to discuss a financial situation
rendered additionally preciirlous by tho
amount of Yerkes paper the lending houses
were carrying. It Is a valued Chicago story
that Mr. Yerkes, himself wearing u stiff
little straw hat, with a gaudy rlhhon at
tached, saluted the solemn-faced group of
financiers with the breezy remark: "This
Is the largest collection of straw hats I
ever saw at a funeral."
He urged that the Stock exchange be
closed outright, and when Its governors
hesitated at the boldness of the sugges
tion he declared: "Very well, open for
business tomorrow, and you will close many
of the banks of Chicago befure tomorrow
night." That word settled ll.
Yerkes was born in Philadelphia In 13i.
His father was a Quaker. He had little
schooling. It Is related that when he was
only 10 years old he wandered away from
Ms father's middle cla-s home one day and
strolled down among the docks. In an ob
scure cross street a sheriff's sale was in
progress. A little soapmaker had failed in
buslnes and was paying the penalty of his
bad management or misfortune. Lltt'.c
Yerkes stopped and looked on. The bid
ding was spiritless. Finally $17 was offered
for all tho soapmakcr's small stock. It
tieemcd to young Yerkes that there was a
lot of soap there to be sold for 117, so he
bid $18. At this figure the soap was sold to
him. Ho had no money, but he Induced the
auctioneer to wait until he could run homo.
Rushing Into his father's shop he said: .
"Father, I want $18."
"What for, my son?"
"I don't want to tell you Just yet; but If
you will lend me $18 I will return It to you
tomorrow."
Finally Yerkes, sr., consented to this ar
rangement, nnd the boy ran out with tho
precious $1S clasped tightly In his hand. He
paid for his soap and hired an expressman
to drive him around with it to various frro
cery stores, to which he sold it In small
quantities. He paid the expressman and
the following day cave the $18 back to his
father. After this was over he had $.11 left
as the net profits of the transaction. And
he was only 10 years old then.
Next he entered a commission house as an
apprentice clerk. His energy won for him a
present of $50. In 18j8 he opened an offlce
as a stock broker and later became a
banker. He made money.
Then he was Involved ln a scheme to sell
the city bonds of Philadelphia on wind. The
scheme collapsed and Yerkes went to prison.
A board of pardons released him. After his
pardon Mr. Yerkes Insisted that other
charges against him should be tried and in
October, 1872. he went into court and his
general acquittal promptly followed. In
September, 1872, city councils passed an or
dinance releasing Mr. Yerkes from all
claims of indebtedness.
While Yerkes was In London Thomas
Power O'Connor, journalist and member of
Parl'nmrnt popu'arly known as "Tav Pay,"
sketched the traits of ' the builder of
! "Tupenny tube," as the London under
ground is locally known. "When I first
saw Mr. Yerkep enter the hall of the house
where I met him." wrote "Tay Pay." "I
was at once pleased and surprised. I had
heard so much of the relentless resolution,
audacity and multiform vlcterles associ
ated with his name, that I could scarcely
believe that this was the dread and
dreaded man whom so many tried to beat,
who had walked over sa many wrecks of
competition, hatred, envy, popular hatred
and condemnation. For there have been
few men of his time, even ln America, who
have had more bitter enemies have fought
more terrific fights.
"A man rather below the middle height
with a heavy snow-white mustache, a pale
complexion, with that slight tendency to
wards an enlarged girth that comes with
middle are: with white hair, with fine dark
eyes, and with a soft volc and a subdued
manner such was Mr. Yerkes. The first,
indeed the supreme and most lasting. Im
pression he makes upon you is serenity.
He comes, I believe, of Quaker blond: and
the face t a Quaker face; with that quiet
Ism which is and always remains th ex
pression of the man or woman who has
begun life amid the prolonged silences and
the stern self-dlseltJlne and self-control of
the Society of Friends. The voice soft,
low, never raised above a minor key Is In
perfect accord with the oxpresslon ; and
the eyes with their curious Immobility and
a certain sweetness and Just tho least
touch of mocking humor complete this pic
ture of one or those silent, aulet. iron men
that rule the storm and ride the cyclone
In the elemer.tal and Titanic wars of
American Industry."
Savlaa: Common Sense.
Chicago Chronicle.
Livingston C Lord, president of the Illi
nois State Teachers' ansm lation, has had
the couiag" to protest against the modern
educational doctrine that twenty normal
children should le sacrificed to get some
thing Into the head of one dull one or to re
claim one bad one. Mr. Lord Is rich in
saving common sense, it U a great pity
that we have not that kind of sense In con
trol of our boards of education and the
'jiraitioal work of diivvUii" the 'vbuoU.
Music and the New Year
Many people believe that the natural expression of happiness ia mails,
and that the home without a Piano is a dreary place.
Time was when the prohibitive cost of Pianos made it possible for
only a few to have them. That time is past. Modern methods of payment
make Pianos possible almost everywhere.
And time was when homes with Pianos, hut no pianists, were without
music. Hut the An gel us I'lano Player has made performers of everybody.
Our methods make even the highest priced as well as the best of tha
low priced Pianos obtainable by small regular payments, and you can
choose between a Knahe grand at $750 and a Grand Stylo A upright at
$190, and in between Is the most magnificent collection of Pianos ever seen
under one roof, from the most famous makers the Knahe, Kranloh ft
Rach, Kimball. Bush & Lane, Hallet Davis, Krell, Hospe, Mathusek, Xeed
hain, Whitney, Helnze, Cable-Nelson, Cramer and others.
Or we will tune your old Piano. attarhinK an Angcluw, and you or
your children can play as well as anybody.
Or we will take the old Piano in part payment for an Augt lus Piano
Player at $500, $050, $750, $S00 or $1,000.
Special New Year Terms ray by the month or quarter If you wish.
Special appointments may be arranged fr any evening for the con
venience of Piano buyers or Player buyers.
A. HOSPE CO.
1513 Douglas St.
You must hear the Angelus. ' The best place to buy a Piano.
PKKSOVUXY POLITICAL.
Norfolk I'ress: Mr. Uuxter played Ajhx
defying the lightning, and the galleries
applauded while his ottlclal head went into
the junk heap.
Osceola Record: If Messr.. liaxter and
Mathews had any idea that they were
putting their political fences in shape In
permitting the Comslocka and Klcharris to
put the cattle fences In shape, then they
must have lost a few rails. v
Wayne Hol-ald: Seeing that W. V.
Warner Is sufcly P.xcd ln the oflicc of
United States marshul, the friends of Con
gressman McCarthy can breathe easier.
Now, If Gurney and Boyd and Young
could be shelved some way. bis renomina
tlou would be assured beyond a doubt.
Fremont Tribune: The first olume of
Morton's History of Nebraska, with which
J. Sterling Morton hud nothing to do. has
bce-i printed. There will be two other
volumes and the work will be completed
about four years and thirty-nine days
after ships are passing through Panama
cana 1.
Kearney Democrat: Judge Bnxter ought
to have known better than to put up the
same talk about the RlchardB-Comstoik
business as that advanced by Mr. Mathews.
It Is a pretty hard struggle to convince
T'ncle Sam that a lame duck is a healthy
animal, and, yet, we are not Haying thut
Judge Baxter Is' at all lame, but his
talk is.
Bancroft lllade: Baxter says "If he re
signed he would be admitting that he had
not done his duty." It Is not necessary
for him to admit anything, for the peo
ple, In one voice, will admit that It was
the biggest farce ever har J'.ed In a federal
court ln Nebraska. The only thing to
regret Is that Baxter ever received a com
mission from the president.
Stanton Picket: The Omaha News states
that there Is a move on foot to make T.
L Mathews the republican nominee tor
governor. Do.n't believe there is any
foundation for the statement. A great
many people like Mr. Mathews and feel
sorry for him, but public sentiment Is
strongly with President Roosevelt ln his
efforts to enforce law. and those who feel
that he was a little harsh with Mr.
Mathews also feel that it was because
he was wrought up over the farcical sen
tence given the big cattle men. Richards
and Comstock, and are not inclined to
slap him for what he has and is doing.
Alliance Times: Those who know Hon.
William P. Warner, chairman of the re
publican state central committee, will
agree absolutely with the Titles that nt
more fitting and deserving selection could
have been made for United States mar
shal to Mil the place of Mathews, re
moved, than this young and energetic re
publican. His rise and foresight In stat
politics have ben phenomenal. He repre.
sents fully and most creditably the newer
and younger element that has been stead
ily forging to the front in Nebraska and
stands for clean politics and economical
administration of public affairs. A bet
ter and more capable man for the mar
shalshlp does not exist within the border
lines of Nebraska, and had Mr. Warner
not accepted this place tendered without
his request or previous knowledge there
Is little doubt he would have been Ne
braska's next governor, or In some public
place equally as high.
Coal. Wood. Coke, Kindling,
W sell th beat Ohl and Colorado Coa'.a -e!tMi, hoi, lasting:
Also tho Illinois, Hanna, Shorldan, Walnut kl'tick, Stsam Coal, Eto.
For (enaral purposes, us. Cherokee Lur ip, $3.50; Nut, $3.00 par ton
Missouri Lump, $4.79; Largo Nut, $4.50-mak.a a hot, quick fir..
Our hard coa.', is th SCRANTON, ths b.st Pennsylvania anthracite
Wo also soil 3padra, tho hardest, snd cleanest Arkansas hard coal.
All our coal hmdscro.n.d snd wslghsd ov.r any eity scal.s dsslrod
COUTANT a SQUIRES '1S15MSS"
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IF IT COMES
PR It
LAST YKAH'a SXII.IOS.
"You started In life. I believe, senator, "
sahi the reporter, "a poor boy."
"Whoever told you that, young man," an
swered Senator Ixtnuin, "lies egreglously.
I wa.i the lancet lhy of the lamily."
Chicago Tribune.
"I M.e that our friend has taken a hand
in jKilitlcs." ,
"1 am not sure." answered Senator Sor
ghum, "whether he has taken a hand In It
or ii.cniv put his foot In It. "Waahlngton
Sli.r. i
"Jagley slept in I lie lockup, I believe.
Irtink and disorderly, eh?"
"Hh! He huvs he was guilty of arson."
"Wiint?"
"He thinks that sounds better. Ue win
binning Ins money, you know." Philadel
phia ledger.
Chnlly Nitwit l'ye know. Miss Cutter,
though I've only Juni met yon, there seems
to be a er sort of intellectual sympathy
between tin. You know Just how to appeal
to my taxn-s, you know. Are you a literary
woman?
1 oiiy Cutter No. I'm a kindergarten
tvueher. Cleveland Icudcr.
McJIgger OI she's a peach. Her hair Is
positively pure gold and
ThlngumtHili fcio they any, and I can't
understand it. 1 knew her when she was
a little girl.
McJlggcr Well?
Tmnguriibnh Well, it was merely plaited
then. Philadelphia Press.
THK .m:w year.
W. J. Iamptou ln New York Bun
P.ehold Me. v
The Xcw Year;
The same old New Year
That has been happening
KVery twelve months
Since Julius Caesar,
Or Pope Gregory,
Or George Washington,
Or the Declaration of Independence,
Or somebody
First started me ln the business
Of measuring time.
And I am fuller of good resolutions
Than my observers are full
Of eggnog
And su forth.
And they last about ns long.
And don't taste any better
The next morning,
Kither.
I'm IsOC,
Though most people
Don't spell my name thai WaW
Yet,
Because they forget
That I'm not 1906:
Besides, I'm so soon begun
That my name hasn't raught on:
But I'll get there by and by.
Just as 1 have been doing
Slree M B. C.
Standing at the turn of days.
At the parting of the wavs
Of the old and of the new.
I'm a guide-post to the true.
But for one day only; then
I'm the same old year again.
Same old human beings tind
The new year like the other kind;
Same old weaknesses prevail,
Same old struggle, same old fall.
Same old leaden skies of gray,
Same old tlreoomo bills to pay.
Same old pains and same old aches,
nme old jolts and same old breaks.
Same old rough and weary road.
Same old heavy, wearing load,
Same old luck and same old loss.
Same old sorrows, same old cross
But, Friends and Fellow Travelers,
Brace up:
The Cua
Isn't all bitter.
The same old friends are with you still.
Same old kindly wish and will,
Same old help in time of stress.
Same old paths of pleasantness,
Same old charity U strong.
Same old hands to push along.
Get a move on: -
Every woman, every man:
And vouil till
The bill ' i
Of the Maker's will
If you'll do the best you can.
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