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State of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss :
C. C. Rosewater, secretary of The Bee
Publishing company, being uly sworn,
says that the actual number of. full and
complete copies of The DallV, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during
the month of December, 1905. was as fol
lows: 1.. 81. (MA 17 SO.080
aUt,T4A It 81,sO0
t 30.030 1 81,770
4 si,bso to sajiao
t 81.TSO 21 83,030
8i,Mo a aa,ioo
7 Sji.lOO 21 S3,elO
1 81,600 24 80,000
83H 2 81,780
19......... SO. ISO 2 83,810
U .81,040 27 83,010
11 81,70 -a 83,000
11 81,080 2 81340
14 81 .MO 10 83.810
IS 81,780 11 4...8O,lB0
It 8S.710
Total i 083.O40
Less unsold ooples 10.N08
Net toUI sales 71,3
Dally average 3 1,840
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before me tbls 31st any of December, 190a.
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which out or town.
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porarily ahonld have ' The Bee
mailed to them. It la better tksa
a. dally letter from home. Ad
dreaa will bo changed as often aa
requested.
The Syrian voters of Omaha demand
recognition. What is the mutter with
AtTu Ben Adorn, did not he lend all the
rest!
. If tlw defunct Omaha populist con
glomeration would fall in with the Fon
tanels braves they may stand a chance
for resurrection.
The political pendulum Is swinging
so violently In Great Britain that wise
liberals will take precautious against
its backward stroke.
The report that Leach Lake Indians
re destitute may mean that In one rase
the speculators . have killed the goose
that laid the golden egg.
The Fontanel le club wag organized
to smash the machine. As there Is no
machine to smash, the Fontanel les have
constructed a machine of their own.
Next to the selection of Cbnrles A.
Ooss for United States attorney, the'
greatest surprise of the season Is Gov
ernor Mickey's valedictory from public
life.
The democratic double euder is
wrestling with the problem of how to
feed United States Jurors, but it is dumb
at an oyster about the Jail graft. Twas
ever thus.
Now that a German prince is com
plaining of the high price of meat it
may not be so difficult to reach an
agreement on the new trade treaty with
that country.
Now that a woman's suffrage bill is
pending In congress Reed Sinoot may
see an opportunity to divide and con
quer opposition since women helped to
place Mr. Csraoot in office.
Congressman Morris' discovery that
the administration's Philippine tariff bill
was drawn in the interest of the Sugar
trust will be a revelation to the Sugar
trost as well a to his constituents.
If the Associated Charities can sup
ply two wholesome meals for 20 cents a
day, why snonld the county pay 45
cents for two meals a day furnished by
'the sheriff to prisoners In the county
Jail?
The Wichita convention resolutions
have the old ring but show evidences of
greater political experience than that
responsible for the third party move
ment They also give greater promise
of success.
A seat In the city council at $l,5no a
year seems to offer great attraction for
men who make their living out of poll
tics.' That accouuts for the multiplicity
of candidates who are willing to saori
rice themselves for the nest three years.
It is uot so much a question of where
the blame lies for Omaha's relative posi
tion as a grain market as compared with
other eltlea, as to whether Omaha is get
ting 8 square deal from the railroads.
More it has no right to auk, and less It
should not accept.
For many years the state has carried
Its own Insurance on public buildings,
but a change of policy has been decreed
by the State Board of Public Lands and
Buildings and the practice of insuring
state buildings wilt be resumed. Judg
lug by the first policy taken out on the
outbuildings of the Hastings Insane
hospital at a premium of 4 per rent, the
Insurance companies will reap a rich
harvest by the new departure.
FOB AM KMC A 1 $HIF9.
It appears probable that nt the preeut
session of congress there will be action
on the bill, now before the senate, pro
viding for an American merchant ma
rine In tiie ocean -carrying trade. It is
said that the Indications are favorable to
the passage of this measure, which Is un
derstood to have the approval of Presi
dent Itoosevelt and of the republican
lenders in both branches of congress.
The bill accords with the reMirt of the
merchant marine commission.
In liis saeeeh on the bill Senator Gal
linger of New Hampshire snld It is esti
mated that the annual cost of transport
ing the imports and exports, the mulls
and the passengers, in the over-seas
trade of this country is about fLlXUXHt.
000, nine-tenths of which jres to the
ships of foreign nations. He declared
that if even so much as one-naif of this
immense yearly expenditure could be
transferred to our own ships and seamen
the number of those ships and seamen
would have to be multiplied fivefold
"benefiting directly not only the ship
building and ship-owning states, but all
the states that furnish the timber, steel
and other materials entering into ship
construction, and creating an important
new market for the products of Ameri
can farms." Mr. Gallinger urged that
the lumbermen of Michigan, Wisconsin,
Georgia, Florida and the Carolina, the
iron miners of Wisconsin and Minnesota,
and the coal miners of Pennsylvania,
Illinois, Maryland, West Virginia and
Alabama would have more work and
more wages if the great ships that con
vey our deep-sea commerce were built of
American material, wrought together in
American yards.
These are considerations which are
generally but little thought of In connec
tion with the question of building up a
merchant marine for our foreign com
merce. The adoption of the policy con
templated in the measure before the sen
ate would give a tremendous stimulus to
American ship building and this would
be felt In numerous other industries.
There ran be no doubt that If given such
encouragement as the pending bill pro
vides for the ship building industry of
the United States would within ten
years equal and perhaps surpass that of
Great Britain, giving employment to a
vast army of well-paid labor. Undoubt
edly public sentiment Is more favorable
to the promotion of an American mer
chant marine than It has been before
since our shipping was driven from the
seas.
AO CCBREfCT LCQISLATIO.
It seems to be practically Fettled that
there will be no currency legislation at
the present session of congress. Repre
sentative Fowler of New Jersey has in
troduced a bill proponing certain
changes in the currency system, but
there is no probability that it will puss
the house and may even not be dis
cussed outside the committee on bank
ing's nd currency. As to the senate, it
Is stated that the members of the com
mittee on finance, while making no
public statement In private vigorously
express the" opinion" that there la
nothing in present conditions to demand
legislation. The general opinion In con
gress appears to be that there is money
enough in the couuiry for legitimate
business, that speculation is responsible
for temporary troubles, and that to pro
vide means for relieving the needs of
the speculators would only encourage
them further to protract the era of bull
rrices of securities.
That this is in accord with the view
(if the legitimate business interests of
the country is not to be doubted. No
complaint has been beard from thofe In
terests that there Is not an adequate
supply of currency and In view of the
fact that the per capita of circulation is
larger than ever before there Is no good
reason or Justification for the demand
that it be Increased, or that the system
which Is working so satisfactorily for
legitimate business be in anywise
changed. A leading financial paper re
marks that It is-not the Inelasticity of
money so much as the inelasticity of
credit which is the defect of the finan
cial situation. We have an enormous
stock of money In this country, it goes
on to say, and the Increase in per capita
money circulation in recent years has
been remarkble. "The trouble seems to
be that too much of this money is at
certain times In the banks, and too little
of It at other times, for the purpose of
providing for the credit needs of the
country." This could hardly be reme
died by legislation. If the banks of
New York and other financial centers
would stop giving support to wild and
reckless speculation, as they have re
cently been doing, agitation for cur
rency legislation would cease. It pro
ceeds mainly from the stock speculators
and the bankers who are In alliance
with them.
POLITK . COSTBlBCTlUXa.
Bills have been introduced in the New
York legislature intended to put 'a stop
to contributions to a political campaign
fund by corporation. , One of these
measures forbids any corporation to use
any of its funds for direct or indirect
contributions to political parties, com
mittees, or organizations, and provides
for an instant forfeiture of charter if
the offense Is committed and proved.
Another bill looks to the puulshmeut of
the corporation officer who contributes,
while the former provides for the pun
ishment of the corporation Itself, which
is unquestionably the proper policy. As
a New York pajer remarks, punish the
corporal Ion Itself, and not merely the
Individual officer, who can be sat-rltk-ed.
and" a deterrent influence is at work
calculated to dry up at its source the
stream of political corruption. "Ex
tend the theory that a coritoratiun is a
person to the extent of holding it re
sponsible for acts done for its benefit
and the corporation may get a legal
conscience If uot a toral one."
There appear to be strong probability
that this measure will lecotue a law
and If so It will at least put a check
upon corporation contributions to olltl-
al ennipHlcnfl and very likely have the
desired effect of entirely cutting off
this resource of campaign managers.
Legislation of this kind should become
general.
MISTAKES OF MASCf ACTVIt EHS
A lute nuniU'r of the consular and
trade reports contain an article by
Charles M. Pepper, special agent of the
Iepai1nieut of Commerce and Iabor.
which points out the mistakes and blun
dering of American manufacturers In
the trade with Mexico. He says that
our manufacturers are yet very far lie
hind their Kuropean competitors in
packing goods properly and complying
with customs regulations, aud cites a
numler of cases in evidence of this. Of
course such carelessness and indiffer
ence on the part of our manufacturers
is a serious detriment to trade.
What U true ns to Mexico undoubt
edly is the case with exports to other
countries and measurably explains why
American manufacturers have not a
larger share of the trade of the coun
tries of South America. It has Ions'
been pointed out that our manufacturers
fall to give proper attention to the
peculiar requirements of those markets
and the disclosure made in regard to ex
ports to Mexico shows that there is care
lessness and Indifference In other re
spects which Is hurtful to foreign com
merce. It is well that attention is
called to this from an official source
and It ought to have a beneficial effect
American manufacturers can no longer
rely wholly upon the home uinrket. Pro
duction in nearly all lines is a good
deal in excess of the requirements "of
our own people and there must be for
eign outlets for the surplus. In order
to secure these the special demands of
the markets must be studied and care
fully compiled with. This is especially
true of the countries south of us. More
over, there must be a careful observance
of all regulations respecting importa
tions into those countries. We cannot
neglect this without injury to ourselves,
for our alert commercial rivals are
ready to take advantage of any short
comings on our part. American manu
facturers are not lacking In energy and
enterprise nnd they are steadily in
creasing their trade In the markets of
the world. They will undoubtedly in
time avoid such mistakes as are noted
by the governnlent's special agent re
garding exports to Mexico.
.43 TO MUNICIPAL LIOHTIAft.
From now on until after the city
election the people of Omaha will be
bombarded by political demagogues
masquerading as municipal ownership
champions with misinformation about
public lighting. A red letter and a red
figure campaign for dollar gas and a
municipal gas plant has already been
opened by the paper that sandbagged
and helped to defeat the proposition for
a municipal electric light plant last year,
and the catchy refrain has been echoed
by the Jacksonian mayoralty candidate.
Anybody who has given the subject
serious thought must realize that the
clamor for a municipal gas plant is a
delusion and a snare. The use of gas
for public lighting will soon be a thing
of the past. A writer In the Chicago
Record-Herald, discussing the gas agita
tion In that city, oses these pertinent
queries:
Why should we consider propositions of
90-cent gas or even 75-cent gas? If the
price of horses Is high, may we not con
sider the automobile?
The gas company lias Indeed been pro
gressive and enterprising, while people
were asleep, and has shown by the aid
of clever advertising men what excellent
things may be accomplished with gas,
both Illuminating and heating. But. after
all. Is it not about time to wake up and
take notice of the marvelous changes
wrought by electricity T
As a matter of civic and civil engineer
ing, the piping of our streets, the con
tinued destruction of costly paving by con
struction and repair work, the conducting
of an Inflammable and poisonous gas
through our streets and buildings, causing
such disasters as occurred In Dearborn
street and Archer avenue not long ago, and
causing more or less ill-health through the
breathing of poisoned air wherever gas is
used, is a sufficient argument againBt the
general use of gas as an illuniinant.
i
In this new age of electricity we send
unnumbered volts of power through our
streets, some of it harnessed and much Of
It wild and beyond control, to the destruc
tion of gas mains and peril of Innocent
folks who live above our streets. The.
remedy for a great part of the evila men
tioned above and the solution of cheaper
light lies In the substitution of electricity
for gas with the location of the power plant
at the mine.
' While Omaha is uot In position to
avail Itself of electric energy-generated
at a coal mine in its vicinity, it will
soon be in position to do its own public
lighting at the lowest expense without
inventing in a gas manufacturing plant.
Omaha Is now paying over l)0,noo a
year for street lighting. When Omaha
secures possession of the water works
it will lie In position to do Its street
lighting for one half what It now pay
to the electric light, gas and gasoline
companies.
An expenditure of less than S.Y,)
for dynamos and additional boilers will
enable the city ta generate its own light
at the Florence water, work station,
and an outlay of $K.o(ii more for wires
and poles and conduits will enable it to
do it own public lighting at the actual
cost of production. When that time
comes the streets of Oinnha will lie Illu
minated by arc lights of ljoo or 1.5h
caudle power, inxtend of tio or SiMaudle
power gas lamp and 2U) to UiiO-eandle
power electric arc lamps. What Is more
dexlraMe still, it will lie able to conduct
its municipal affairs without the de
moralizing intervention of public light
ing corporation.
Candidate for muulcipal office with
a damaged record bhoiild uot count t'xi
much on the protection afforded by the
voting mnchlue ugalnst Independent vut-
Ing. Most of the voters have become
familiar enough with the voting ma
chines to turn down the candidates
n lndii they do not waut elected.
The Omahit & Council Bluffs street
railway Is to be extended to Fort Crook
this year, Plattsmonth next year and
Nebraska City by lfHW. aud as much
farther south thereafter as the condi
tions will warrant. This Is an attrac
tive program. ' There Is almost as much
rainbow in it as there is in the Beatrice,
Lincoln and Omaha hiterurban. In the
meantime Omaha will be content with
a tramway train to Fort Crook every
thirty minutes.
South Omaha's packers are rushing
orders foe meat products to Germnuy
before the new German tariff law goes
Into effect on March 1. But there Is no
serious danger of Germany maintaining
the embargo against American beef and
pork for any great length of time unfcss
Its people can adjust tbelr stomachs to
broiled horse flesh and automobiles on
toast.
There was a slight mistake in the fig
ures given out the other day from the
court house, in which the taxpayers of
Douglas county were assured that the
estimates for this year's expenses of
county government were about $180,000
below those of last year. It now trans
pires that a mistake of $100,000 was
made in addition and subtraction.
We have now heard what the candi
date for mayor of the Jacksonian
democracy promised to do If he were
mayor; we have also heard 'what the
Bensonlan candidate would tie Inclined
to do if- he were mayor, and we shall
presently hear what the irascible
Broatcn would do If he were re-returned
into the mayor's office.
The present campaign In Great
Britain shows that independent voting
Is not confined to the United States,
but the world will wait to learn whether
the votes are cast conscientiously or ns
a result of political hysteria before con
gratulating the United Kingdom.
Flattened Oat.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Secretary Taf t has sat on Poultney
Bigelow. Let ns hope there was something
soft under Poultney.
Discredited Talent.
Boston Transcript.
There has been a general dropping of
prominent Insurance men from directorates
In the recent New York bank election.
Talent, which was estimated at such dizzy
figures few short moons ago, Is now rele
gated to the Junk heap.
The President's Measare.-
Chicago Tribune.
It deserves to be recorded that a Metho
dist audience vigorously applauded a dis
tinguished preacher in this city last Sun
day evening when he said of President
Roosevelt ,that $50,000 a year was a beg
garly salary to pay a man who was "worth
more thart, any half dozen kings on earth."
hartany half dozei
I thllns Bob Has
FIshtlna'Bob Has the Floor.
San Flanclsco Chronicle.
Firhtlng Bob Evans hss achieved a great
reputation as talker. If he tries to
answer all the comments passed upon his
unsallotilke job of Sunday, when he man
aged to run aground and ram the greater
part of his fleet, he will have an admirable
opportunity to exercise his particular
talent.
Foremost Heroines Secondary.
Boston Globe.
Now, alas! It is learned that the Oregon
must pass from' the first to the second line
of defense, and hereafter do duty In home
waters, having, been superseded by the
more up-to-date type of battleship.
This news will be received by the Ameri
can people with sentimental regret, as
they recall the prowess of this magnificent
vessel under Its splendid commander, Cap
tain Clark, In the war with Spain.
The wonderful voyage of this battleship
from the Pacific coast to Cuba, and the
brilliant part which it played In the chase
of the Spanish squadron on Its flight from
Santiago harbor, are an Imperishable part
of the most glorious record of the Ameri
can navy. .
. War on Lobbyist.
New York Sun.
However, much the lobbyists may have
swindled Ihelr employers, It cannot be
denied that they have also swindled the
public and thwarted the popular will many
times, and the revolt against them, show
ing strength in many states at one time,
is a comforting symptom of the reawak
ened public spirit now manifest through
out the country. Legislative agents will
always be maintained by those whose In
terests are involved In proposed legisla
tion. There Is no cause to prevent such
from pursuing their calling unmolested.
They may be of real and positive advan
tage to the state on account of their inti
mate knowledge of the subjects with wh'.ch
they deal and of the Information they can
procure. But these are of a different ch;ss
from the pane distributing. Influence wield
ing lobbyists too familiar about many
American legislative halls, whose passing
would be a reason for real and aenersl
thanksgiving.
CITIKS WITHOIT DIRT OR OISK.
The Ideal Foand Where Water lien
crates Klertrlc Power.
Technical World.
As one by one we sec the old So-aiu
plants In our large building distsrUed. we
begin to spproarh the realization of the
ideal electric city. The tourist, when
stopping In the city of Niagara Falls, not
withstanding the .Immense manufacturing
industries which hve grown up there
within the last few years, will see almost
no chimneys delivering their smoky contri
bution to the otherwise clear atmosphere.
Here every steam plant has been shut
down, with the exception of one or two
small plants. In which It is necessary to
use steam in the treatment of wood pulp
for the manufacture of paper. In these
mills the power processes are performed
either by the direct agency of water power
or by electric power through the agency of
motors. - ,
The visitor to sonie of the model factories
recently built will wonder how It has be
come possible to preserve the absolute
cleanliness thut is found on every floor
and In every department. He will rind that
smal) electric motois have displaced the
old systems of shafting and belts, with
their connections from floor to floor, their
rasping noise ami vibration and their ac
companying dust and dirt. The result Is
the ideal workshop. Klectrlcity gives the
most perfect lighting, the most perfect
source of power and the most easily ma
nipulated form of heating, whether In the
factory, the office or the home.
m of i.iff. i wnnf!To.
Systematic F.fforts to Discredit Pres.
tdent Roosevelt.
Kvery crsnk with a hammer, every sore
head with a grievance to air. every knocker
who Is willing to knock the administra
tion, can secure aid and encouragement by
applying to the nqrth end of the national
capital. Applications should be made
quietly. Noise is tabooed In that quarter.
Noise must "come from the country" so
that it may be weighed and measured out
as "public, opinion" manufactured for the
occasion. The senate and the Influences
which abide there wants every available di
version that might turn attention from the
vital issues which the president presses
for action. Systematic efforts In that direc
tion are visible In spots throughout the
country, and are greeted with such hilarious
Joy Is certain quarters In Washington as
to justify the suspicion that Washington
knows what Is coming. And there Is more
to come. But the searchlight of publicity
Is already turned on the conspiracy, ex
posing the knockers and the source of
their Inspiration.
The Washington correspondent of the
Boston Transcript and the New York Even
ing Post explains In detail the plans of the
conspirators and what they seek to accom
plish. In part he says:
Within the next two or three months a
good deal of newspaper and magazine ma
terial, designed to show that President
Roosevelt la losing his grip, will be printed.
Special writers for both high class and low
class publications are now coming here on
assignments to write on such topics as
these: "Coming Back at the President,"
"The Rising Tide Against the President,"
"The President Has Passed High Tide In
His Popularity," etc. , Possibly the very
fact that publishers are asking for stories
of this character Is highly significant, but
It looks to an unbiased observer as If some
persons had set out to make a case whether
the evidence sustained them or not.
The truth is that Washington Is about the
last place in the United States one shouM
come to gather an estimate of how the
president stands with the people; and that
Is the real test his standing with the peo
ple of the country as a whole. The pro
fessional politicians have always been
against him, and a lot of "vested Inter
ests" have never become reconciled to him.
To use a slang phrase, the president Is "up
against" the same game he has had to play
ever since he entered the White House.
The only difference observable at this time
Is that th gajne Is a trifle "suffer" than
ever before, because he Is so much nearer
victory.
Without attempting to discuss the ques
tion whether the president Is losing his hold
on the country. It seems worth while to de
scribe the situation here at the capital.
Within the last few months there has been
a change In the attitude of many news
papers toward him. This Is particularly
true of large and Influential newspapers of
the east. It is violating no conlldence to
says that Washington correspondents of
some of these have received instructions
that from that, time forth they should ss
sume an "Independent attitude" In dealing
with the Roosevelt administration, t'p to
this time there has been a disposition alt
most a settled policy among these publica
tions to strain a point In order to treat the
administration in a distinctly friendly way.
A few papers of influence have broken off
all relations with the White House on tho
ground that they wished to be absolutly
free to analyze every move of the adminis
tration critically.
It is rather significant that It Is the Inde
pendent republican newspapers rather than
the democratic that are taking this new
turn. It whs remarked the other day by a
man High In the councils of the adminis
tration that the president is now receiving
better treatment from the democratic preHs
of the country than from the republican.
This is not unrelated to the party situation
In congress.
The senate, undoubtedly, would like to
reduce the president's popularity before the
country. It would go home next June or
July supremely happy If It could hear the
country saying: "Weil, the president has
lost out, and we fear he deserved to lose
out." The president is not without a great
many Influential friends In the legislative
body, but the leaders, who formulate the
legislative program, are not in sympathy
with the White House. Whatever congress
does to embarrass the president, If It gets
up enough courage to do anything, will be
done on the sly. The congressional leaders
arc not certsln that the country would,
stand by them In a fair, open fight on the
president: Indeed they are well convinced
that It would stand by the president; but If
they can contribute anything that will tend
to make the chief executive unpopular It
will give them great pleasure to do so.
It Is that mysterious body the senate that
will do most of the work intended to make
the path of the president rough. The house
lesrters could hardly manage It If they were
so disposed, and most of them are fairly
loyal to the president. The disloyal ones
will quietly pat senators on the backs. It
Is an exceedingly vexatious situation that
confronts the senate. It is reluctant to give
the president the railroad rate legislation
he is asking for, but, ponder as it will. It
Is unable to And a way of escape. It seems
to have made up Its mind to dilly-dally'
with the subject as long as possible, and In
the end do as little as possible. In the
meantime it will harass the president In a
quiet way whenever it gets a chance. It
can hold up appointments, 'and It Is already
doing that. It still has In a pigeonhole the
nomination of Franklin Lane of California
as a member of the Interstate Commerce
commission, it pretends to object to Lane
because he Is a democrat, but it' is an In
teresting if not significant fact that the
nomination was referred to Senators Fora
ker and Kean, two fierce anti-railroad rate
senators. Lane is supposedly in favor of
the rigid enforcement of any railroad rate
bill that may Vs enacted, and the presump
tion is that the senate Intends to hold up
the nomination until It sees what kind of
a late bill comes out of the legislative hop
per. If it is a mild bill Lane will be con
firmed; if It is a somewhat drastic measure
the objection to confirming a democrat will
be declared valid.
Chicago News.
ir, Mudlscn C Peters, in his newly
published "The Jews in America," sss
that "not Jewels but Jems were the real
financial basis of the first expedition of
Columbus." He continues: - "tr. Kayser
ling lias, beyond a doubt, pointed out that
two Marranos, or secret Jews, Louis de
Santangel and Gabriel Bandies the former
the chancellor of the royal household and
comptroller general in Aragon, the latter
chief treasurer of Aragon -enormously rich
merchants, who enjoyed the favor of Fer
dinand and Isaltellu, supplied the funds
needed to fit out Columbus' caravels. Is;
belU did not sell her valuable jewels to
tit out Columbus for his voyage. V. is
gent-rully supposed chat she had already
pawned or sold them to defray the ex
penses of the wars then devastating her
county. Dr. Kayserling clearly shows that
the jewel story Is falsa and mythical. In
the account book of Luis de Hants ngel
and the treasurer, Francisco I'inelo, ex
tending from id to 14li3. 8a mangel Is
credited with an item of 1.4 0,000 maravedis.
which he gave to the bishop of Avlla for
Columbus' expedition.'
The Jar of
Coughing
Hammer blows, steadily applied,
break the hardest rock. Coughing,
day after day, jars and tears the
throat and lungs until the healthy
tissues give way. Ayer's Cherry Pec
toral stops the hard coughing. Con
sult your doctor freely about this.
We have no secrets! We publish
the formulas of all our medicines.
MtS ky ths . C. Ar'0.. Lewell, Mass.
AIM ManaflMtarsrs sf
ATSft'S MUM TI00 Fer th hair. AYBR'S PILLS Vor eonttieatioa.
ATBR'S SAJtSAPARILLA Fet Us blood. AYER'S AGUB CURB Pot malaria aac
STATE PRESS COMMENT.
Rushvllle Recorder: The land fraud cases
are filling people with apprehension, which
all goes to show that government Indiffer
ence In the past has been largely" responsi
ble for many of the Irregular filings that
have piled up, and which now threaten the
west with disorganization. Land hunger Is
aa much a curse as any other avarice.
Schuyler Free Lance: t'nlted States Sen
ator Millard can Just as well save his
money and not worry himself, as he will
never go back and represent Nebraska In
the upper house of congress. The repub
lican state convention this year will prob
ably follow the plan established before and
nominate the party candidate for senator.
The party would not dare name Millard or
the legislature would be democratic sure.
The people don't want any more Mlllards
and he will never be put In again by a D.
E. Thompson legislature.
Bradshaw Republican: The editor of this
paper has positive reason to know that the
B. & M. railroad Is disposed to be per
fectly fair on the editorial pass question.
When we received our usual trip book for
this year, we wrouj Mr. Wakeley that we
w-ere not satisfied wlt the "courtesy"
clause contained In the contract, also stat
ing some other features we did not like,
whereupon we received an advertising con
tract for a specified amount of advertising
and In payment therefore we received a
specified amount of mileage good for any
one of our family. There Is nothing fairer.
there Is nothing more businesslike.
Table Rock Argus: For almost twenty
years the Argus editor has attended Pawnee
county republican conventions, and during
that time the railroads have never tried to
manipulate the convention in a single in
stance; not once has a man been nominated
for a county office because he was a rail
road man; not once has It been "put cp" by
the "few" to dictate the nominees In the
interests of the railroads, and the attempt
of the Journal correspondent to so color
facts Is a fabrication of tho correspondent's
Imagination or a barefaced falsehood and
It's wicked to lie. As regards the gentlemen
who have represented the county In the last
two sessions of the legislature, neither one
was nominated because of railroad affilia
tion. One was a candidate for speaker, and
the railroad men lined up for Douglas and
Rouse, the latter winning. Not once was
the Pawnee county member the recipient of
the railroad vote in the contest. The con
gressional statement Is on a par with tho
rest of the article. Such articles have a
tendency to divert attention from the tax
question, and perhaps the Journal cor
respondent Is In the pay of the railroads for
this very purpose. It Is a direct Insult to
every man who has ever attended a repub
lican convention in Pawnee county.
RAILROAD EXPRESS BI'SIXEKS.
Private Snaps That Mlht Be Dis
pensed With ProStably.
Philadelphia Record.
If the railroad officials whose express
franks have been cut off were actuated by
a mere spirit of retaliation they could read
ily counter upon the express companies by
establishing fast freight trains and conveni
ent stations for the carriage and delivery
of commodities which are now almost ex
clusively handled by the express companies
and the postal service. But such rapid lines
for the safe carriage and prompt delivery
of articles now carried by express and mall
would be In the decided Interest of railway
stock and bond holders as well as of ths
public. By thus conducting their own entire
freight business the railroad companies
would Increase their profits and at the same
time relieve the malls of heavy burdens.
The railroad companies are now carrying
speedily and delivering much light freight
In small parcels at exceedingly cheap rates
when compared with the express rates, and
there Is no- good reason why they cannot
assume the whole freight business that be
longs to them unless. Indeed, there be truth
in the rumor that the principal stockholders
of the express compsnles are Identical with
the officers of the railroads. Inasmuch us
the railroads are supposedly operated In
the Interest of their stockholders rather
than of their officers, the connection of the
latter with the express companies furnishes
no valid reason why the railroads should
not enter Into the express business.
Ready for All Knockers.
Cklcugo Chronicle.
The prompt transmission to congress by
the president of Secretary Taft s letter
replying to Poultney Blgelow's article goes
to show that the president had that article
especially In mind when in his recent
message he defended the canal administra
tion against attacks. It also goes to show
that the president does not mean to lose
any time In iolng what he can to assist
the senate committee in Its Investigation
of canal affairs. The president has sent
In the testimony of the principal witness
for the commission-Secretary Taft cor
roborated by notes by 'hlef Knglneer
gtevens. It Is official testimony that has
been offered so far. We may expect It to
be supported In due time by the testimony
of others who have no official Interest in
making a good case for the canal administration.
Coal. Wood. Coke, Kindling.
W. a.ll th best Ohis and Colorado Coals -claan, hot, lasting:
Also tho Illinois, Hsnns, Shsrldan, Walnut Block, SUam Coal, Etc.
For gonoral purposes, uso Chorokoo Lump, fS.60; Nut, 5.00 par ton
Missouri Lump, 94.76) Lsrgo Nut, 94.80-makss s hot, quick firm.
Our hard coal Is tho SCMANTON, tho boat Pennsylvania anthraolts.
Wo also sail Spadra, ths hardaat and eloanoat Arkansas hard eoal
All our eoal hand scroonod snd weighed over any city scsles desired
COUTANT a SQUIRES tSSSSff
PERSONAL OTES.
Princess Kna of Battenberg, who Is re
ported to be engaged to the king of Spain.
Is the only royal child born In Scotland for
more than 3tm years that Is, since the birth
of Charles I In ItiOO.
Prof. Schweninger, famous as Bismarck's
body physician, has resigned ss head of the
famous Infirmary near Berlin, and will de
vote the evening of his life to private prac
tice, chiefly among the poor and destitute.
Sir Wilfred Iniirier will bo one of the
guests at the Eric, Pa., Chamber of Comi
merce banquet, where he will meet Vice
President Fairbanks and Senators Penrose
and Knox, who will be other of the guests.
The man suspected of killing Governor
Steunenberg of Idaho has been identified as
having blown twenty people to death In
Colorado. There Is a pleasing certainty as
to his future, both states believing In hang
ing. ' .
Charlton J. Balfour, a'-blind Kansas City
youth of 2U, Is a musical composer of ability,
some of his work having been published.
T'suaily blind persons learn music by ear,
but young Balfour has his sister read (not
play) the notes for him. He Is able to re
tain the combinations a long time in his
mind. He lost his sight through an accident
at the age of 3 years, 1
John D. Rockefeller a few days ago srnt
his check for JU',000 to Lamont M. Bowers,
one of his lieutenants, with a letter ex
pressing high appreciation of Mr. Bowers'
services during the year. Just ended. Tho
recipient, who is said to draw a salary of
$25,010 a year, has shown especial skill In
promoting the Rockefeller trust schemes,
one being the linseed oil trust.',,'.
The 17th of January will he Franklin day
at the library of congress. Mr. Putnam,
the librarian, has arranged t) have an ex
amination of Franklin imprints on that day,
showing all sorts of examples of the print
er's art in the day of Franklin. The library
of congress is rich In Franklin Imprints,
and It is believed an exhibition can be made
which ' will have great Interest- for the
public.
l.lES TO A LAIT.H. ;
She I win Sony. Mr. Jones, thut I cannot
accept your affection.
He Then all you have to do, my dear
madam. Is to return It. Baltimore Ameri
can. The Blido Oh, George, mother has been
c-c-cruel to me! I made some biscuits for
you and she s-s-sald I'd better try them on
the dog first!
The Groom Very nasty of her. And
thought she was so fond of dogs, too.
Cleveland Leader.
1 1
Casey The docthor ses what t hov la "In
sonimy." Cassldy Oh, shure, Ol've had thot trouble
mesel' an' there's only wsn cure fur It.
Casey Whst's thot? What d'ye do?
Casslily Jisht go to sleep an furglt all
about it Philadelphia Press.
"Well," replied tho up-to-date manager,
after a moment's thought, " don't see why
we shouldn't be ready to open in two weeks.
Another rehearsal or two will give our star
a good grip on her new mannerism and
after that there's nothing left but to writ
a play around It. Two weeks, I should say,
at the outside." Puck.
The senator had been arrested for felony,
but resented the suggestion of resigning.
"Why!" he exclaimed, "amputate myself
from a salary Just when there's no chance
for grafting? I may be crooked, but I'm
not daft."
So all they could do was to bounce him
from the committees. Philadelphia Lodger.
"Were you annoyed while on the witness
stand?"
"Slightly," answered the great corporation,
magnate. "The judge and one or two other
people in the court room seemed to think
they were quite ss Important as myself."
Washington Star.
THE MOI1ERX AITUOR.
Baltimore American.
If you want to be an author o the up-to
datesl type
And limi uur Wulk anions I ho six best
sellers,
You must take an altogether melancholia
view of life
And top gloom's notch past other fiction
tellers.
You must get your local color from the
Jaundice and the blues,
And select a phase of life that s very
yellow.
Or otherwise you cannot teach a moral
lesson great.
Or have our books like very hot cakes
sell, oh!
Don't let a gleam of humor or a healthy
human throb
Of any kind get In your style of writing;
Don't picture men and women who aro
neither rakes nor snobs;
From your love tales take out all that ia
inviting.
Remember, love and cheerfulness and
wholesomeness of In J In
Are deudly sins In modern story telling.
For the epicurean palate of the reading;
public now
There must be a taint to help along the
selling.
Avoid romance as you would fly a plague
it isn't style;
Dissect society or vivisect it. rather;
'Tls the only life worth noticing in this
big world of burs
The only Held In which real. life to gather.
Avoid the light and flowers seek the
gloom and gather weeds;
If life is clean and happy, never tell It.
Both are most Inartistic, and the artist's
touch you need '
In your novel or, my dear, you'll never
sell it!