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2 The Omaha Sunday Deb fi ROSEWATEft. EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNINO. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. fl-llv 1 ti 1 1 I . t ... tl AO fally Bee and Sunday, one year lluMtrate. Bee. one year 2r0 H'indo Me, on yar f Saturday Bee, on year DELIVERED BT CARRIER . Dally Bee (Including Bunday) per week..ITc Dally Bee (without Sunday). per week.. lie Evening Ba (without Sunday), per week. c Evening Bee (with Sunday), per week...lOo Sunday Bee. per copy " Address complaint of Irregularities In de livery to City Circulation Department OFFICES. Omaha The Ee Building. South Omahs City Hall Building. Council BluTa 10 Pearl Brrceu Ohlcssc 1M0 Unity Building. . . New Vork-lK8 Home Llfa In. Building. Washington Ml Fourteenth 8tret. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating to new and ed itorial matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department Rem't by draft, express or postal order, I OPUTTT A K7fPQ Bayable to The Bee Publishing Company. ' nly J -cent stamps received as pavment cf mail accounts. Personal checks, except on j Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BED PUBLISHING iso company. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Stat of Nebraska, Douglas County, as.: C. C. Roaewatar, secretary of The Be Publishing company, being uly -worn, ays that th actual number of full and complete copies of The DaUv, Murnlng. Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of Ueoember, 1SU6. was aa fol lows) t 81,640 17 0,020 lg ...81.eM II 81.TTO tO 82,220 tl fttl.OSO I SJ.T40 t 80,030 4 81.SBO 1 81.THO - .in .ooo 22.... 23.... 24.... 25.... :.... 21.... 'A.... 28.... .a.,ioo t. I. I. tK . ..82, ISO ..so.iso ..31,040 ...8'i.OHO ...80,080 ...81,780 ...32,210 ... 02,010 ...82,000 ...81,840 ...a,io . u II ..81,TM It 81.OS0 14 81.SOO ii 81.TSO 1 as,rio Total Leas unsold ooptas .. 10. , 81 80,150 ..U&2.U40 .. 10,808 Net total sales Daily average.. I.'..'..'... .9T1.H33 81,340 C C ROSEWATMB, . Secretary. Subscribed In my presence' and sworn to befor mo this SUt day of December, lJo (Seal) M. B. HUNOATE, Notary Public. WUtK OUT PF TOWH. nbscrlbev leaving th city tem porarily should have Tha Be mailed to them. It la better than dally letter from, borne. Ad dress will be changed ua efteu as reuaeated. The republican insurgents will always be populur with the d.uiocrutlc press. Kan FraucUco is about the only city In the country where the brutal art of prize lighting Is still tolerated and coun tenanced. Chinese have decided that they will no longer be a subject race; but uutll the "(uaster" races hare spoken the question is still undecided. ' The suggestion of making President Roosevelt president of the Chicago Rockefeller university caps the climax of sublime preposterousness. V llnwatlan politics would Indicate that the officeholders of the Island had Im ported their methods as well as their sentiments from the mainland. The Standard Oil magnates will here- after swear their female stenographers to strict secrecy, not only la the office building, but on the witness stand. Now that President Roosevelt has ben made an honorary member of the Improved Order of Red Men the solu tion of the Indian problem is In sight Cassia Chad wick, alias Madame De tere, the woman bank wrecker, Is safely lodged In the Ohio penitentiary, but hun dreds of men bank wreckers are still at large. The Minneapolis hotel fire has revived reminiscences of Baltimore and Chicago and Inspired a demand for better fire protection by the leading newspapers lu the large cities. Cleveland financial institutions should hereafter buy securities with the dis tinct understanding that the vendor shall assume all responsibilities in ess of his death by suicide. Attorney General Brown will now be In position to put a feather in bis cap before he delivers his forthcoming ad dress on "Railroad Taxation" before the Nebraska State Historical society at its tension this week. ... ,;, Speaker Cuunou is represented as ex pressing a .cbftuge of heart in favor of the public buildings bill during the pres ent session of eongres. The question is, WIU It bo n Mercer -lnary omnibus with catch as catch can. Grover Cleveland has congratulated PiTy Heliuout upon his recent inagaeine article condemning laife campaign con tributions by hankers nud corporations. This Is tangll le proof that Grover does not projose to run another political race. i The feeling between Kentucky and Indiana must be more Intenso than was iningined. since Kentucky seriously con siders a proposition to place a statue of Coebel In the place reserved for tho state's distinguished men nt Washing ton. From now until "time" Is culled some oonsressmen will le more Interested lu the question of public bulldlugs than In all questions which have more than dis trict interest. Bone promises have to ba kept as flections are to be held this fall. From the way In which women Inter est themselves In British politics It would sociu that across the water they ore not satisfied with ths distinction given them by "society." Is It possible that the "guinea stamp" of rank has at last given away to the honors conferred oJi by ordinary voters THE RAILROAD TAX DKCISIOA. The people of Nebraska bars cause for self-congratulation over Uie decision rendered by Judge Munger In Uie United States district court dissolving the in junction to restrain the collection of rail road taxes for 1004-1005 levied la the various counties under the assessment of the Bute Board of Equalisation. The case Involved not merely the collection of the respective amounts of taxes which the Burlington and Union Pacific had arbitrarily refused to pay into the respective county and municipal treas uries, but the basic principle of railway assessment and taxation under the con stitution and laws of Nebraska. Judge Munger's opinion discloses ft profound study of the vital Issues In volved, an Impartial consideration of the facts In the case and n righteous Inter- pretation of the law governing railway ..... niAfila In nonrnrmltv with the de . . clsloilR rendered by tho highest tribunal . . n n.i In the land. Preliminary to an expres- Bon 0f his own views Judge Munger re cites the frivolous, irrelevant and imma terial allegations embodied in these peti tions of the railroad attorneys praying for an order of court to enjoin the col lection of taxes alleged' t'o have been ex cessive and illegal, .- 1. Because the Board of Railroad As sessment was beset by politicians and Intimidated by popular clamor and the pnrty press from nn impartial discharge of its functions, when as a matter of fact the boot was on the other leg. From the opening to the close of its ses sion the board was harassed, bully ragged and pursued night and day by railroad lobbyists, tax agents and rail road attorneys, who exercised all their persuasive powers to Induce the board to re-enact the criminal farce that had for years been annuuily perpetrated by suc ceeding assessment boards in- the ap praisement of railroad property. 2. That the board in fixing the value of railway properties considered and val ued the franchise they had received by acts of congress. This absurd objection is not merely brushed aside by Judge Munger as groundless, but on the con trary he affirms the right and duty of the board to take the value of franchises under consideration in the appraisement of railroads whether they were origi nally granted by congress or the state 8. The objection rnlsed by the railway attorneys to the consideration of the value tof the Interstate traffic over Ne braska railroads as part of their oggre gate earnings within ' the state, is dis posed of by Judge Munger In the dec laration that It was the right and duty of the board to Include within its valua tion of the local traffic the value of the through traffic In making Its estimates of the whole traffic within the state for the purpose of computing the earnings of the respective railroads. 4. The court dismissed as untenable the assumption that the railroads were over-vialued by 20 per cent In ratio M lth the assessment of other property by pointing to the well-established principle that the 'boards of assessment and equal ization are clothed with discretionary power which cannot be attacked and re viewed in, the manner proposed. 5 and 0. The complaint of the railroad attorneys that the stocks and bond value divided by the total number of miles Is not the proper basis for estimating the true value of a rollroad Is riot well grounded, but on the contrary, repeated decisions of the supreme court have pro nounced this mode of ascertaining val ues of railroads for taxation purposes as fair and equitable. In reaffirming these principles clearly and boldly Judge Munger has enunciated the cardinal principles of equitable tax ation for which he is entitled to the thanks of every taxpayer of Nebraska. FPAXCK AXD VKKEZUKLA The severing of diplomatic relations between France and Venezuela may not have any serious results, but it is mani festly a circumstance In which there is possibility of trouble In which the United States may become involved., There can be no doubt that the French government Is fully Justified in taking the course It has. To have done other wise would have been to compromise Its self-respect and placed Itself In a humiliating position before the world, France has shown a great deal of pa tience In her issue with Venezuela. She has sought by every diplomatic expedi ent to bring about a satisfactory under standing, but at every point has found the Venezuelan: government stubbornly Indisposed to adopt a position Essentia! to an amicable arrangement It was thought tlir.t when Frnc.ce dispatched naval vessels to a point In proximity to Venezuelan waters President Castro would show a disposition, to yield, but Instead he appears to have become more obstinate and his conductslnee has been regnrded by the French government as Insulting. The efforts of the Americsn minister to bring about an adjustment of the differences were to a large extent futile and it is said have caused him to be regarded with disfavor by Castro. France Is well within her interna tional rights lu the action she has taken. The severance of diplomatic relations does not uecessarily menu that there will be war between the two countries, but It creates an acute situation that may very easily lead to hostilities. France, of course, will still Insist that her rights must Im respected, and if Venezuela persists in disregarding those rights It is not to be doubted that meas ures will be taken to enforce them. In that event, what will be tha attitude of the United Statts? There will be pre sented another opportunity to Invoke the Monroe doctrine, but whether or not Venezuela would ask for protection un der that doctrine Is a question. Presi dent Castro has no friendly feeling to ward this country and therefore would hardly be likely to call upon It for as sistance or protection against hostile ac tion on tha part of France. According to a rejHrt from Paris, a perfect under standing exists between the governments of France and the United States and they are In absolute accord on the qnes tion at Issue. Just what this means can only be conjectured, but probably that In case of France adopting punitive measures, which It is intlmnted may be done, they shall not go so far as an In vasion of Venezuelan territory, or if that should become necessary the terri tory occupied should be held only during hostilities. Possibly now that Castro Is unmis takably assured of the determination of France to enforce respect for her rights he will recede from the provoking posi tion he has taken and make such con cessions as are necessary to avert further and more serious trouble. 8TASD CP A KD BE CQVfi TED. The Bonrd of County Commissioners started out with good New Year's reso lutions. Each of Its members and par ticularly the new members proclaimed their Intention to use the pruning knife fearlessly in cutting out the dead branches, trimming off the suckers and lopping off graft. The board has an op portunity to make good. The rankest piece of graft Inherited from its prede cessors Is the price for feeding prisoners in the county jail. It Is a matter of no toriety that this is nearly three times s high as the charge paid by the city for feeding prisoners In the city Jail. The city pays 17 cents for two meals a day and the county 43 cents for two meals a day. The Associated Charities sell n much better meal than Is fur ntshedl by either city or county for 10 ceuts. ' In other words, the Associated Charities gives a better meal for 10 cents than the county gets for 22 cents. On business principles the county should not pay more than 20 cents a day for feeding prisoners. F.very penny above that sura is no better than a downright steal. Au allowance of 25 cents per day, or 50 per cent more than the city Is paying, would leave a protlt of from five to seven dollars a day or 111,825 to $2,555 n year besides the profit from feeding state and federal prison ers and other perquisites enjoyed by the Mieriff exclusive of his salary of $2,500 a year. It Is now up to every member of tho board to stand up and be counted. There Is no excuse for compromises and con cessions by which the money Is filched out of the pockets of taxpayers and put in the pocket of n high-salaried official. The Issue presented has but one side to it and cannot be dodged. There is no reason why the county should pay three I prices for feeding prisoners. Further procrastination under various specious pleas will not deceive the people. The Bruning resolution to pay 30 cents In stead of 45 cents n day was merely a feeler. The reduction should have been from 45 to 25 cents per day. This would have been a very liberal allowance for low grade day board, considering the fact that the boarders are housed by the county, and the county pays for the fuel and for everything except the provisions. BETTER SOUTH AMERICAN TRADE. It is grutifylng to know that our trade with South America is making some progress, though it Is still by no means what it should be. According to the statistics for lust year, In part esti mated, the exports to the southern coun tries amounted to $35,0JO,000, which is nearly double what It was ten years ago and a gain of nearly $12,000,000 over 1004. It appears that more than two-thirds of the increase in the last decade has been with Argentina, that progressive and prosperous republic which is destined to become one of our strongest competitors lu some respects In the markets of the world. Our ex ports to Chile have also materially in creased, as have those to Peru. On the other hand there has been a loss of trade ;-wlth Brazil, Venezuela and some of the oilier southern countries. The balance, however, still runs heav ily against the United States and prob ably will continue to do so for many years to come, or at any rate until much greater effort and enterprise than have yet been exerted are put forward to se cure this southern trade. Several things are necessary, such as studying the mar kets by our manufacturers, being prop erly represented by competent and act ive commercial agents and the exten sion of long credits, but perhaps more Important thau any of these Is the sup plying of adequate transportation facili ties. While Great Britain, Germany and France have lines of steamships en jratfod In the South American trade and the flngs of those countries are sceu In every port, the flag of the United States is rarely seen In any southern port. That this operates to our disadvantage Is not to be doubted and this well-established fact is one of the most potent arguments In favor of legislation for the building up of our ocean-carrying mer chant marine. There Is every reason to believe that with adequate transporta tion facilities our South American com merce would more than double within the next ten years. BAXKRVrTCY LAW fECVRE. A number of bills hav been Intro duced In congress proposing the repeal of the national bankruptcy act but the Indications are that they will fall to get out of committee during the present ses sion of congress. At a recent confer ence of representatives of the American Bar association. National Board of Trade and other organizations, a resolution was adopted declaring that the conference favored a bankruptcy law as a perma nent feature of American Jurisprudence and opposed the repeal of the present law. It was ordered that the resolution be seut to each member of congress. The secretary-treasurer of the Na tional Association of Credit Men Is re- ported as of the opinion that the present act will stand for at least another two years. He said the law In Itself Is all right and the only failures charged against It have been In cases where it was not properly applied. He observed that the only senators and represents-; tlves who are advocating the repeal of the law are those coming from states whose merchants are not engaged to any extent in Interstate commerce. Another member of the Association of Credit Men denied the ststement of opponents of the law that there exists throughout the country a feeling of restlessness as to the merits of the law and a desire that It be efther materially amended or repealed. Some amendments of the act, he said, are needed, but there is no wide spread demand for its repeal. On the contrary, public expression, as far as the association had been able to gauge It, and the means employed have been thor ough, has been almost unanimously in favor of the retention of the law. So far as we are aware no commercial body of Importance has asked that the law be repealed and Inasmuch as all such organizations urged the enactment of the law it Is reasonable to assume that they are favorable to its retention. Of course there are some changes needed which would Improve the law and these will doubtless be made, but on the whole It has worked well and Its repeal would be a very great mistake. tieneral Solicitor Mnnderson feels sure the people In the counties affected by the railroad tax fight will suffer no loss by the delay Incident to the litiga tion over the tax issue, because the rail roads will have to pay 10 per cent in terest on the amount withheld, while county warrants only draw 7 per cent. This is a presumption that the people will be satisfied with the course pur sued by the railroads if they finally pay their taxes with 10 per cent interest We apprehend, however, that this is not the ground of popular resentment over the tax fight It is not a question of Interest on delinquent taxes, but of re sistance to the payment of taxes on the part of railroads, while other property owners are obliged to put up or have their property sold for taxes. The charge Is openly made that the State Board of Purchase of Supplies has wittingly or unwittingly played Into the hands of a firm of coal dealers whose record for square dealing Is not the very best It is alleged that In order to favor that particular firm, which for years has had the practical monopoly for furnish ing coal for the state institutions, requt-i 1 I sitlons have been made for narticular brnd of wai ?or tne 8ale of whph the f,avored firm has the sole agency. The natural Inference is that the members of the board, to put It mildly, have been hypnotized Into countenancing methods that have so often caused great scaudul In this state. It seems to us the charge Is too serious to be Ignored. "Railroad tactics assailed by Governor Mickey of Nebraska. Refusal of the Burlington and Union Pacific to pay their taxes is mean, dirty, silly and senseless!" When John N. Baldwin read the above summary In black letter head lines In the Chicago Tribune as he passed on his way to New York to be In augurated as general attorney of the Union Pacific, the passengers nt the other end of the Pullman heard this ex clamation, "And this from my man Mickey I Who would have thought it?" In the nature of things the attorneys of the Burlington and Union Pacific, whose appeals for a permanent Injunc tion to' restrain the collection of railroad taxes from the various counties and cities on the basis fixed by the State Board of Assessment, have been over ruled by Judge Munger, will now ask for a rehearing. That is, of course, to be expected, but the best thing they can do for their companies is to advise them to pay their taxes and sin no more. Our amiable contemporary, the Lin coln Star, takes the error of a typesetter, which caused the State Board, of Phar macy to refer to Governor Mickey as "His Majesty," In all seriousness and administers a rebuke to editorial squib - lers who have indulged In Jocular re - tnnr.a l,iir t) Innt.lont A a ,a(t,. - a matter of fact, there is only a hair line between "Ills Excellency" and "His Majesty," which the unthinking typo crossed at the risk of committing lese majeste. The Arkansas Press association, which bus just closed its annual meeting at Little Rock, has flxetl a uniform rate for announcing the candidacy of aspirants for county offices. This is sueircstlve to publishers in other states. Hut why tn,, ; J!lc,t''u,"hthe,qh,,lctk OUr ecclela- i tleal polity. When the trustees were con wltll county Offices? slderina the Question of extendi nsr a call Travel from St. Ixmls to Chicago by trolley cars will be posslblo within a month, according to the lutest advices, but trolley travel between Omaha aud Lincoln Is not among the possibilities of the present year unless the promoters Inject greater motive power In their pro ject than hot air. While restrictive immigration laws may he necessary, the search for a man la Chicago with the object of returning him to Russin, from which country he fled to escaiw death. Is Just as repug nant to American sentiment, as was the enforcement of the fugitive slave law. Attorneys for II. II. Rogers complain because the atmosphere surrounding the hen ling of their client is r.ot signified. Missouri lawyers hpve ever been more noted for their Intensity than for their difmlty, l't they hnv sometimes been' nolo to accomplish results. Colorado is making so much noise over the bill granting concessions to Philippine sugar that It Is essy to be lieve that It learned nothing from the free sliver campaign, In which It wsnt into similar hysterics and still was able to enjoy the universal prosperity which followed the settlement of the monetary Issue. rf 8lr Horace Plunkett really desires to learn the "dietary" of tho "American farming classes" he can know It by learning that the average American farmer sells to others what Is left after having used all be desires for his family. Iowa Is about to be torn from center to circumference over the selection of a state printer and state binder, which Is conceded to be the first test of strength between the stand-patters and Cum mins' reci-procl-taters in the Iowa legis lature. A Record of Soto. Philadelphia Record. In the estimation of necrologists last year was remarkable for tho demise of many eminent politicians without the formality of burial. Is It Worth th Price r Philadelphia Ledger. Statistics show that the cost of living In this country has Increased 35.7 per cent In eiglit years. Nothing yet evolved, how ever, to show It worth the enhanced price. Provocation for Mirth. Indianapolis News. The Standard Oil magnates can afford to Joke with their Investigators. Almost any body with as much monoy as they have re bated and octnpused out of the public would be willing to be even funnier. Speed Across the t'ontlaent. St. Louis Republic. The two great oceans which wash the shores of the United States are drawn nearer together when a man who mails a letter to a correspondent In San Francisco gets his answer on the seventh day there after. As the distance one way Is more nun 3,000 miles, the letters must be sped at an average of nearly 1,000 miles a day. Better Be Slow and Sore. Philadelphia Record. There have bi'en within the last month an astonishing number of railway crashes Involving a very considerable loss of life and property. Some of the wrecks were brought about by murderous design, but they were In the main due to preventable causes. At the bottom is the fact that nearly ail the railroads of tho country have ! more business than carrying equipment. They are overtasked. Silence. Confession of Gollt. Springfield (Mass) Republican. It' Is not exactly a confession of guilt which Standard Oil officials mako In resort ing to petty and contemptible methods to defeat a tlssourl inquiry Into the opera tions of the monopoly In that state, but It is a revealment' of temper which angrily resents as an Impertinence any assertion of the public authority In relation to the doing of this concern. This has long been tth "tltud. or the Standard Oil ring, and thora la dl Vtor-i Traai lMt r that It mov H-h there Is a bare possibility that it may be persisted in too long for the happiest con sequences to the Rockefellers and Rogers. Meantime no doubt the Tale sense of sat isfaction over the recent alliance of its endowment with thhe Standard Oil millions steadily appreciates. 8ERMOXS BOILED DOWN. Fear Is a poor kind of foresight. Love lasts long after pity is worn 'out. Little duties are a school for larger ones. A little modesty often hides a lot of vanity. He rejects all reward who refuses moral responsibility. The logic of love convinces more than the love of logic. A golden heart Is 'not gained by setting the heart on gold. Many a man Is breaking his back under a bag of shadows. Getting on to the ropes of trickery ends In getting into them. The judge may not ask what you have done, but why you did it. There is a remedy for ignorance, but none for knowing too much. Morals to many mean only a chance to meddle In other people's affairs. The man who carries a family Bible under his arm may carry none in his heart. The man who always has the sins of others before him puts his own in his pocket. Happy Is the 'man who has a friend who loves him enough to be willing to seem to be hi enemy. . People who try to :et billed to riches on the short line find themaelve routed through to ruin. It I a good thing to remember that your celestial standing does not depend on your terrestrial tailor. Money has a mighty persuasive toncue, but a sadly deficient hand, when It comes to delivering the goods. No man ptys more for a thing than he who seek It for nothing. St. Louis Re- ; nub,l!- ! secixak shot at thk pi xpit. 1 l Chicago Inter Ocean: An Iowa pastor who converted a wealthy man two year ago is about to take a trip at the' expense of the penitent to the Holy Land. Oc casionally one of the Nine turns up. Boston Globe: The Beverly minister who says that the three things necessary for the successful church are "grace, grit and greenbacks," seems to have covered tha situation in a line." New York Evening Post: The debate be tween Rabbi S. 8. Wise of Portland, Ore., and the trustees of Tenfple Emanu-El of to Rabbi Wise, he made the stipulation: "If I accept a cull to Cmanu-Rl's pulpit. I do so with the understanding that my pulpit Is not to be muzzled." To this th reply was: "The pulpit shall always be under the control of the board of trustees." Portland Oregonlan: Dr. Washington Gladden thinks America Is In the midst of a great revival of religion. If by "reli gion" he means acceptance of croeds and ceremonial funcMons, he is mistaken. If he means a quickened perception of the dif ference between right and wrong and a growing preference for right, all the evi dence of recent events In church and state goes to sustain him. To call a revival of common honesty a revival of religion may warp language somewhat, but It is fine to hear a theologian like Dr. Gludden ap prove of "mere morality" under any name. Washington Tlmos: America has too many churches. Towns which might be well adminlstored spiritually by one clergy, man or two have six, eight or ten. No on of the six or more congregations ran pay for good preacher. Few of them car. pay all the cost of any preacher, however poor. Ncr cau any one of them pay for all th time of their spiritual leader. Bj only very young men are to be had and the demand upon their time cover so wide a territory that preaching would be almost their ex clusive pecupation and pastoral duties be almost entirely disregarded. On of the clergymen observes tersely and Justly: "No business could flourish by tUat and few j churches can." The While Light Signals Indicating a clear, clean track ahead, gives the engineer a feeling fif safety and confidence. The Hospe plan Is just such a white light sig nal of safety and confidence to the piano buying public. It has elim inated the guessing contest that a customer goes into when he tries to find out wlmt pianos aro worth In other stores, because the sliding price dealer itnd the commission paying piano seller -till always get the most money he possibly can; he will sometimes make a pre tense of being one price for good fnanners, but he rarely sells the same piano to two people at the same price. This Is proof that his Intentions r.re not the best. And even when th would-be frlsnd tells you that ho or she will retif n you the commission you can de pend upon it that you will never let nil of It. The sliding price, the commission paving dealer and commis sion taking friend are danger sfcnals. None of them will bear the pure, searching white light of Investigation. Keep In mind the white llcht. I We sell pianos of the hlglf-at quality, such as Knahe, Kranlch Bach, Kimball, Hallet-Davls, NeeUham, Krell, Mathushek, Weeer Bros., Hospe, Whitney, Hlnze, Burton, Cramer, Brush & Lane and others. A. HOSPE CO., 1513 Douglas St. Angclus Piano flayer Is the One. Best Place to Buy at Piano. PERSONAL AXD OTHERWISE. As a weather prophet the goose bona is several leap ahead of th ossified man. The Hull family linen has been shaken off the line in Washington and correspond ents are turning their thoughts to matters of public Interest. Statistics published by the Philadelphia Ledger show that Omaha ranks second in percentage of pupils of all schools attend ing the high school. A Philadelphia woman who swor off smoking late last year Is dead at the age of 135 year. Breaking away from fixed habits is always dangerous. A quaint bit of humor cdmes from Ken tucky with the new year. 'The Louisville-Courlcj-Journal prints with evident pleas ure a sure cure for snake bite. It should be noted V a significant mu sical fact that the strike of New York chorus girls was settled without the Inter vention of Pittsburg millionaires. Pittsburg papers devote considerable space to the probabilities of a certain hus band visiting his wife. The chances favor the visit, as the regular attraction la out of town. It is hard to believe the report that 40,000 men In Chicago got drunk on New Year's day. Such things are liable to happen in a town where people are warned to "boll the water." Andrew Carnegie stands highest in the personal tax roll of New York City, with (5,000.000 to his credit. It isn't much for Andy, but It Is big when compared with the assessment of other millionaires. When a section of Admiral Evans' fleet struck a mud bank while looping the chun nel of New York harbor the wind did not dissolve on orders from the flagship, but several ice cake near by melted away un der the pressure of hot air. Much sympathy is extended to the Iowa man who want to marry a Milwaukee girl, believing all of the Cream City girl are as handsome as a famous calendar makes them. The Iowa man should pull th cork and annex an eye-opener. Browning, King & Co ORICIIUTOBS AND SOLE MA-EM Of tklt ittEI IN CLOTHIWO. GollarB A collar is a collar, but all collars are not alike. If you have been having collar trouble trouble in style trouble in fit trouble in du rability, try our kind. The Arrow Brand. Quarter size collar. 15 c w r c Fifteenth and n,i5 ci. mm NEIS. ,Brcw.ytndStr. ifflEWYORK TmT. Cpr EQUITABLE ENDOWMENT COMPANY V. H. W1GTON. PRE8IDKNT. 214 First National Bank Building, OMAHA, NEB. v FIRST ANNUAL REPORT KECEIFTS. Premiums . . Interest All other sources DISBURSEMENTS. Paid to Policy Holders. Surrender Values 14 697.08 Commissions- 'miBS Medical Examination Fees and Inspection IHH Home Office Employes , ..'.".'.' ," 182.15 AdTertUlnV, 'postage' and Telephone 108.80 Printing and Stationery oog si Furniture and Fixtures......... Hit Insurance Fees and Officers' Bonds s Organization Expense .""' iV ia Sundry Office Supplies, Express and Exchange 3.13 Total Expense of Management Total Disbursements. Balance l. 'OROS' Loans Accrued Interest Cash in Office and Banks. A tents' Balances Furniture and Fixtures... Supplies Total Gross Assets Deduct Assets not admitted: Agents' Balances Furniture and Fixtures... Supplies ' TOTAL ADMITTED ASSETS LIABILITIES. Net present value on all outstanding policies In force December SI 1905 as computed on the Combined Experience Table of Mortality', with 4 and 4 V per eent Interest ,46,?J Si Bills Payable, not due SURPLUS 1.996.64 1 DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES, Mrs. Chicksey (at wedding) The bride groom snema to be In the seventh heaven of happiness. irs. globules Tou are looking at th wrong man. That Isn't the bridegroom. 1 hat s the young fellow the bride Jilted about a month ago. Chicago Tribune. TNow." m 1.1 the architect, who was put ting the finishing touches upon Mr. Nu. HUh's palatl.il new home, "what color do you prefer for the parlor decorations?" "Oh. they've got to be red," replied Nu rltoh. "My wife's got a red plush photo graph album thnt always graces the parlor table." Philadelphia Ledger. "So that young man's gone at last," said tho girl mother. "You and h have been occupying the parlor pretty regularly here of lalu and I'd like to know what his inten tions are. Do you know?" "Well." was the dear girl' ambiguous reply, "he keeps mo a good deal in the dark." Indiunapoli News. Alice I'a was talking about young Mr. Slowhoy lost night and he said that ho is thoroughly truHtworthy and honest. Kate Yes, I think he is. He wouldn't even steal a kiss. Bomerville Journal. "Upon what grounds do you Beek a divorce?" asked the lawyer whom she had Just retained. "Nonsupport? cruelty?" "Both," she cried quite tearfully: "'ie wouldn't support my passionate longing for diamond necklace, and If that isn't cruelty I'd like to know." Philadelphia Ledger. LET "OMETHISa GOOD BE SAID. James Whitcomb Riley. When over the fair fame of friend or foe The shadow of disgrace shall fall, instead Of words of blame, or proof of thus and so, Let something good be said. Forget not that no fellow-being yet May full so low but love may lift his head ; . . . . . Even the cheek of shame with tear Is wet. If something good be said. No generous heart msy vanity turn aside In ways of sympathy; no soul so dead But may awaken strong and glorified. If something good be said. And so I charge ye, by the thorny crown. And bv the cross on which the Savlou And by 'your own soul's hope of fair re nown. Let something good be said. OMAHA $68,15.31 1,092.34 644.32 C0,552.03 I4.3C3.93 f 6,733.94 1111096.87 141,455.16 147.341.00 1.471.72 1,773 86 840.80 298.82 600.00 $51,726.70 1340.00 298 82 600!00 f 1.189. 12 ASSETS. 150.586.68 50,6I6.6