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I I TIIE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 30, 100(1. kTiiE Omaiia Sunday Bee FOUNDED BT EDWARD RD3EWATER . VICTOR ROSE WATER, EDITOR. F.ner1 at Omhi class matter. postoftlc as second TERMS OF BVRSCRIPTION. $4oo : in7 nee iwitnout BJnaav , on year. ." , T lo I a i ' ..... IDA I Sunday Hee. one vear l-W eaiuruny Hee, one year i-v DE1JVEKKD BT CARRIER. JDslly Bee rinrlurtlng Sunday, Pr week.. 16" Ially Hps (without Sundavi, per week . . .loo Kvenlng Bee. without Rtinday). per week. Evening Ilea (with Eunday). per week....l0o Aridre complaint of Irresulnrltles In de tvery to City Circulating Department. OFFICES. Omaha The Ree building. South Omaha City Hall building. I'ounrll Bluffs 10 Pearl street. Chicago lfWO t'nlty building. New Vork 1508 Home Life Ins. building. Washington Rot Fourteenth street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating to news and edi torial niRtter should be addressed: Omaha Be, Editorial Depsrtment. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Ree Publishing Company. Only X-cent ntanips received as payment of mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OP- CIRCULATION. Btate of Nebraska, Douglas County. ss: Charles C. Rosewater. general manager f The Bee PublMhlng company, being rtiily worn, says that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Ree printed during tht month of November, 1904, was as follows: 1 33,740 1 31,180 It 31,30 II 30,600 It 31,430 s ai.seo S 31,860 4 30,600 1 31.070 3S.160 1 36.830 1 23.450 31.330 It 33,030 11 30,860 11 31,880 11 31.040 14 31,380 11 31,330 10 31,770 11 31,400 ft 31,160 21 31,800 J4 31,680 2t 30,450 S 31,400 il 31,850 31,480 9 31.650 kO 31,630 Total 51,tl0 Uu unsold copies 9,010 Nat total sales 343,033 (wily average 81,401 CHARLES C. ROSEWATER, General Manager. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 1st day of December. 1306, (Seal ) M. B. HUNGATE. Notary Public WHEN OUT OP TOW!. fcserlbora leas-lac tha city Sjorarlly should hsys Tha lies snails to then. Address will b haaced as fa as requested. When all glucose compounds are la belled King Corn may be surprised at the extent of his realm. If Major Penrose Is not soon quali fied for a position in the secret service branch of the army he Bhould consider his case hopeless. ' In warning against premature appli cation for money Mrs. Russell Sage Intimates that birds are sometimes too early for the worm. .When the wireless telephone is per fected what will become of the sweet voiced damsel whose chief occupation Is repeaUng "line'3 busy"T The foreshadowed retirement of James J. Hill may only mean that the rule of no train movement except with the maximum load is not to be per petual. His Accldency Governor Savage went flown Into history as "the great par doner," but, His Excellency Governor Mickey threatens to snatch his laurels away from him. Secretary Taft's assurance that he would have to be roped and tied be fore the presidential nomination could be forced upon him should set at rest ail rumors but it won't. In the meantime members of the Water board are drawing their sala ries regularly for the onerous duty of voting their apprqval of bills for law yers' fees and court costs. Secretary Shaw's determination to make no proclamation of his plans for the future is a mild intimation of his belief that his future plans may de pend on the plans of other people. When Secretary Wilson gets through enforcing the thlrty-slx-hour law the railroads may realize that the later state Commerce commission is not the only government agent on their trail. Now that New York banks have gone a whole week without showing less cash on hand than the law re quires the financial stringency may be considered at least temporarily ' re lleved. The complaint that teaching Is no longer a profession with Iowa women but a pastime pending matrimony, U good news to those who think woman reaches her highest sphere as a home- maker. The man with a little bill in his in side pocket will not be so numerous at Lincoln during the session about to open It he really has to pay his rail road fare to and from the stute capita in cold cash. Army officers who confess them selves uneasy for fer of a proposed law to require the promotion of offi cers best qualiUed may expect to be accused of having buiall confidence in their own merits. It Mexico is tot curtjtul It may find Indian depredations as well as native revolutions to be valid cause for inter vention. President DUi shauld for get his political opponents loug enough to make the lives of visitors safer. One of the candidates for speaker opeuly declares that be wants railroad votes and all other votes that he can get. The trouble is that the railroad oUs do not go anywhere except on reasonable assurance of quid pro quo. rKOXAGK BT PAROLE. The exhibit of convicts liberated from the penitentiary on parole by Governor Mickey Is a startling disclos ure of maladministration. From tha lengthy list of prisoners turned loose on their own recognizance It appears that no one Incarcerated In the state penitentiary having friends with money or Influence on the outside has encountered serious trouble to secure freedom. Whether the governor has been Imposed on by those In whom he has placed his confidence or whether he has wilfully pursued 'his open door policy is not clear on the surface. More startling still, however, Is the palpable perversion of the parole pris oner law into a piece of machinery for the establishment of virtual peonage in Nebraska. While some prisoners have been turned loose under pre tended guardianship of relatives ap parently without condition or restraint, making the parole equivalent to a par don, others have been jsold out to bondage under the nominal patronage of the guarantor of their good befaav lous. What kind of t'idgery they must have to endure, huw they have been starved and neglected, how they have been oppressed and mistreated, Is only to be inferred from the fact that several of them have voluntarily returned to the penitentiary rather than to remain outside in the service of their taskmasters. Conceding to Governor Mickey for the Bake of argument the excuse of good intentions or dense ignorance, he has woefully misconstrued the purpose of the parole prisoner law. This law was enacted out of humane considera tions as a reformatory measure. It was Intended to give convicts incar cerated for their first offense and showing signs of redemption, an op portunity to get a new start In life un der state eupervlsion before their terms of sentence should have expired, when they would be thrown back on a hard world discredited and with no resources. In his misconception Gov ernor Mickey has handed twenty-two of these unfortunate prisoners over to one liveryman at Lincoln, who happens to be a colonel on the governor's staff, to imbibe reform from the sweet aroma of a livery stable. This partic ular convict redeemer has moreover been favored with special low terms of compensation to his peons less than that exacted from other redeemers. And his is only the most flagrant ex ample of a long list. There are unconfirmed rumors of more insiduous influences behind some of these legalized Jail breaks, but ir respective of the whys and wherefores thorough reorganization of the parole business In Nebraska is impera tive, bo that an end may be put at once to the traffic In pardons under the name of paroles and peonage sla very In a free land effectually stopped. CHILD LABOR A AD T1JIC COXS TITV TIOX A large part of Senator Beverldge's address before the Nebraska State Teachers' association for national reg ulation of child labor was naturally devoted to answering the states' rights objection, which denies to the federal government any Jurisdiction whatever over the subject. The agitation, nev-, ertheless, forcibly Illustrates the point raised by Secretary Root, that in de fault of adequate action by the states on the changing needs of the people national action Is Inevitable, as well as the process of extension of power under the United States constitution. The child labor bill which Senator Beverldge has Introduced and Is cham pioning in the senate, like the meat In spection and pure food laws, marks a ilgnal extension of the constitutional grant to congress of power to regulate commerce between the states. It pro vides that six months after its enact ment "no carrier of Interstate com merce shall transport or accept for transportation the products of any fac tory or mine in which children under 14 years of age are employed or per mitted to work, which products are offered to said interstate carrier by the firm, person or corporation owning or operating said mine or factory, or any officer or agent thereof, for trans portation into any other state or ter ritory than the one in which said fac tory is located." And before the products of "any mine or factory" can be transported or accepted for trans portatlon an affidavit must be filed with the carrier, to be renewed every six months, that no children under 14 years of age are employed, with fine and Imprisonment penalties for viola tion. Senator Lodge's bill is even more detailed and exacting, providing among other like things that where a minor is employed the products of the factory rtiall not be accepted for trans portation unless accompanied by a cer tlflcate from the schosl authorities of the city or town "testifying that ho or she is able to read and write the English language." It goes without saying that up to within a generation employment of the Interstate commerce power for sup pression of the evils of child lab )r (ocd adulteration, etc., were hardly dreamed of and certainly not seriously proposed. Whatever view may be taken of the constitution, such evils are Indisputably within state jurlsdlc tlon, and it the power of the states had teen sufficiently employed thare would be now no more disposition than need to employ the national power ".gainst them. But it Is cer tain that, according to the clrcum stances of our social and Industrial de velopment, the people will not be de nled remedy as wrongs and abuses grow up, first and preferably through the instrumentalities of local govern ment, and. failing that, through those of the general government, where both have jurisdiction. So many of the constitutional grants of power, like that to regulate com merce between the states, are In gen eral terms or relate to comprehensive subjects or principles as to be capable of immense extension In practical ap plication. Each new application, like the proposed prohibition of child labor, stands as a precedent for and often re quiring many other extensions. Nor could anything be more significant of the inherent necessity of such pro nounced centralization and of the trend of popular sentiment in favor of it than the fact that Mr. Bryan, whose professed fundamental principle has been strict constructionism and states' rights, Is publicly committed to Sen ator Beverldge's child labor measure In the diametrically opposite direction. SOME HtfTORY RECALLED. The general advance in wages paid to railway employes, together with the unprecedented inflation of railway div idends, makes it Interesting to recall a little history which is not yet a year old. Only January last The Bee had occasion to enter into discussion of the systematic effort of the railroad political bosses to work up sentiment among the railroad employes against any rate regulation legislation at Washington on the ground that the enactment of such laws as were recom mended by President Roosevelt would surely and Irresistibly result In reduc ing the wages of railway employes. The effort to mold public sentiment by Inundating our senators and rep resentatives with letters of protest signed by conductors, brakemen, switchmen, etc., came to head through the publication of a letter over the name of a Union Pacific traveling freight solicitor, who wired a friend of his in Omaha to "Call at Clancy's office and sign my name to letter there to be published as requested." A few extracts from this letter furnish re freshing reading In the light of sub sequent events: Tou are asking a great deal of us when you suggest that we sit idly by and permit the experiment to be made, under the very j prosperous conditions we, as well as all others with whom we come In contact, are now enjoying. You know as well as w that government control and rate-making power has prostrated railroads, degener ated employes and ruined stockholders where the experiment has been tried In other countries. This, then. Is our desire! "Let well enough alone." Scrutinize any law that would change these conditions carefully and with grave suspicion. As locomotive engineers we risk our lives dally to assist In maintaining commercial supremacy of the United States. Conse quently, we feel we are as much the sup port of the government ss other clt'sjns In any walk of life. We do not propose to sacrifice or Jeopardise the wage we receive to Insure political preferment to anyone. A subsequent letter In explanation of the foregoing, signed by a Union Pacific railway telegraph operator, pursued the same strain, as follows: We contend, Mr. Bditor, that all things considered, we even as employes are better informed perhaps as to this subject In all of Its detail than a majority of those who as sume to talk and writs about It We fur ther, contend that Inasmuch as it involves the wages paid the employes that we, u employes, as men of family, are Infinitely more concerned than those who are remote from those effects, and that It Is net only our privilege, but our duty, to exert our best efforts to fully enlighten both oongress nd the general public of the consequences of such legislation. It does certainly ap pear that If the government is to be em powered to fix rates It should also be em powered to fix wages. If this Is not d- ne what assurance have .railway employes that a reduction in wages will not follow a re duction In rates but the mere theorizing and philosophizing of those who are In no position to either Judge Intelligently or pre vent Its consummation. The Bee at the time exposed the ear-marks of fabrication in these let ters, proving conclusively that they were written not by locomotive engi neers, but by political engineers. It would not call attention to them again even now except for a warning that the railroads are again laying the foundations to manufacture public sen timent through employes under direc tion of their legislative oil-can wleld ers, with a view to influencing the leg islatures about to convene. By making the railway trainmen believe, as they did when the rate regulation bills were before congress last' year, that they are to be t ho sufferers, the railway po litical bosses hope to persuade the law makers to repudiate the pledges they made to the people to put an end to railroad discriminations and extortions and to force the railroads to pay their taxes like other people. ALEXANDER J. CASSaTT- The late Alexander J. Cassatt was another of the foremost captains of Industry and finance who rose from humble station In life. The Pennsyl vania, especially under his presidency, which has meant real dominance In its policy since 1889, has stood as par excellence the model of railroad or ganization and efficiency. This stand lng was achieved not merely by sue cobs of economic operation, but through large conception of the in dustrial growth of the country In its totality and the financing adaptations required by it. Now that the Inadequacy of our transportation system in general for existing tonnase and travel Is realised by all, it is easier than It was a dec ade and a half ago to measure the genius of Alexander J. Caseatt. who almost alone among the controlling minds In the railroad and business world approximately estimated what the future would bring forth. Within his own company he encountered formidable opposition to the vast plans which he conceived for the ex pansion of its facilities, but which he nevertheless had the force to carry out. in spite, too. of the Incredulity of Investors whose co-operation also was vital. His measures, like the quad rupling of the Pennsylvania main tracks and the great terminals at New Vork, referred not merely to the period, of his own lifetime, but looked forward naif century, and it U now known that, daring as they seemed, they are already below rather than above what is needed. It is clear that Cassatt's leadership and the breadth of his views bave, dur ing a long series of yeirs, ImmeuBely Influenced the transportation world and that but for 'him and a few like him our railroad facilities would be far more Inadequate than they are. HAVlSQlt BASK IXSVRAXCE. The arduous contest now in prog ress in Massachusetts for establish ment of savings bank life insurance Is of more far-reaching Import than a mere local step, Important as that Is in the judgment of such men as President Eliot of Harvard and other distinguished leaders in the movement. Massachusetts has been foremost in developing savings banks since early in the last century, and the hope is to give working men insurance pro tection at one-half cost by now adding insurance as a savings bank depart ment, so that it can be sold over the counter Just as deposits are taken. It has been demonstrated by official data collected by the state that the cost of soliciting, and collecting pre miums, management, lapses, etc., Is over 60 per cent of the new policies, and public attention has been lately challenged by the exorbitant dividends paid by the Massachusetts Industrial insurance companies. While in fif teen years the wage-earners of the state have thus paid 161,000,000, they have received altogether In death and other benefits only $22,000,000, over and above a reserve of f 10,000,000. But the plan proposed by the Massa chusetts Savings Insurance league as sumes that the savings banks could conduct this business relatively almost as economically as they handle depos its, reducing policies to two or three simple forms, saving most of the ex pense of soliciting and collection under existing methods and involving none of the losses that result from over persuasion of Insurers. The actual expense, exclusive of taxes, of manag ing savings banks last year was, In New York, 1 per cent of deposits, and in Massachusetts, 1.36 per cent. It Is plausibly urged that Instead of receiv ing only $22,000,000 benefits out of the $61,000,000 which Massachusetts workmen have paid for Insurance the last fifteen years, the same premiums by the savings bank method would have enabled them to withdraw $22, 000,000, and still have to their credit, counting accumulated interest, the great aggregate of at least $50,000, 000. If the proposed plan Is carried out, as it seems likely to be, and If the re sults only approximate those which are predicted, the effect upon life In surance of all varieties cannot fall to be profound throughout the country, for It is evident that the recent re forms in the matter of expense, al though important, are by no means to be taken as final. JAfPROFED FREIGHT SITUATION. Abundant evidence is at hand that the public discussion caused by offi cial investigation of freight movement difficulties is materially relieving the situation. The supply of coal to the localities which were seriously threat ened with fuel famine Is only a small fraction of the beneficial result, for the energies of the carrier companies have been both generally stimulated and advantageously directed in the light of the information brought home to them, so that it is reported from almost every important center that the movement of freight Is going forward more effectively. Hardly less important has been the effect upon shippers themselves who, though among the most vociferous complainants so far as their several selfish Interests are concerned against the roads, have been shown also to be largely at fault. 'An Informed and In sistent public opinion has clearly op erated with no small force directly on delinquent shippers and at the same time helped the roads to coerce them to greater promptitude. No mere spurt of effort, however can fully meet the exigency that bas been revealed, though some needed temporary relief bas been afforded. It has been demonstrated that railroad facilities In general have not kept pace with the growth of business, and particularly that the efficiency of roll ing stock, inadequate as the equipment Is, is enormously below what it should be. It remains for the roads and the shippers to extend and make perma nent the temporary Improvement now observable, and probably for public authority to aid and see to It that tthey shall do so. Over in Chicago the question is whether the proposed compromise agreement with the street railway companies shall be submitted first for popular approval or shall be accepted on the part of the city forthwith. Here In Omaha the question is whether we should try to get to some kind of an agreement with the water company to be submitted for ratification or whether we shall perpetuate the pres ent unsatisfactory conditions by stick ing to a lawsuit that at best, should we win, will put the city back to where it started before proceedings to acquire the water works under the purchase clause were begun. It is illuminating to see the name of Harry C. Brome blazoned as vice president of the new Public Owner ship of Railroads league Just organ lzed to help push the Bryan prestden tial DroDasanda along. People who recall bow John M. Thurston commls sloned Paul Vandervoort his chief lieu tenant of the Union Pacific oil room to help organize the populist reform Dartv wUl b Inclined to wonder w whether Mr. Brome does not hold a similar commission from his patron saint, Ben White, the head lawyer of the Northwestern, which, as we all know, is "the only good railroad" in Nebraska politics. The first number of Tom Watson's new "Jeffersonlan Magazine" opens with a fiery salute to his former co worker and associate, Charles Q. De France, once a leading light among Nebraska's fusion reformers, whom Watson now accuses of deviltry and scullduggery generally. As long as It is all In the name of reform, however, the poor common people will let these two worthies fight it out between them. Prediction of Insular bankers that Japan is facing a financial crisis will do more to silence war talk than a favorable decision of the supreme court in the school case. The man behind the cash box Is usually the one who really prevents or permits hostili ties. The charge that Duluth and Minne apolis chambers of commerce are or ganizations in restraint of trade can hardly be understood in Omaha, whose grain trade has greatly increased ap parently in consequence of the organi zation of a grain exchange. ' The declaration of that New York grand Jury that Charles S. Falrchild received no benefit from the act for which he has been indicted makes a prima facie showing that the former secretary was foolish as well as law less. It is unfortunate that publicity has been given to the fact that college ath letes do not stand as high in their studies as other students, since youths aspiring to muscular honors may con clude Chat an active brain is a handi cap. Talking Through His Tile. Portland Oregonian. It may be suspected that when Carnegie spoke In favor of the state appropriating large private fortunes on the death of their owners he was talking with his fingers crossed. Ill on In a Hard Both Ways. Indianapolis News. After all the Insistence that the Standard never was a trust, wo are now Informed that it Is no longer one. When It comes to playing the game both ways, the Stand ard Is hard to beat. Could Not Be Mnch Worse. Chicugo Record-Herald. People Who are opposed to the principle of government ownership will, of course, insist that the coal famine In the north west would be much worse than it is If the nation had possession of the rail roads. Just Think of Itt Chicago Chronicle. If tha simple and arcadian natives of Samoa have gone crazy over such a mild and soothing fcport as cricket what would happen to them if they were introduced to base ball with a whirlwind finish for the championship? Land Honsjer of the Japs. Cincinnati Enquirer. ( It Is probably the solemn truth' that Japan would like to have the Philippine Islands. War Is a very costly proceeding. How would Japan like to buy the Philip pine Islands. They could probably be had at cost, or lees, for the purpose of closing up the insular business. Would Great Britain kindly procure a loan for Japan? Keynote of the Arc. Baltimore American. It is predicted that fraternalism Is to be the keynote of the coming age. There Is one time only when all mankind will be friends and brothers, and when the Golden Rule will be the basis of all legislation and the spring of all men's actions, and that will be when the millennium ambles along a period often predicted and as often indefinitely postponed. Enrooraslnc and Discouraging; Chicago Chronicle. It Is encouraging In one way, but dis couraging In another, to observe that none of the numerous recent railroad wrecks has been duo to heavy traffic. The trouble In every Instance appears to be attributable to some Inherent defect In system or to human fallibility. Thus It appears that passenger traffic Is not rendered more perilous by the congestion of freight traf fic except in so far as peril may arise from the stress put upon railway employes by overwork. Rl'SNISO INTO DEBT. Municipal Loads for Posterity to Shoulder. Cincinnati Enquirer. Justice Brewer of the t'nlted States su preme court made an address at New Rochelle on the 16th Inst. It was largely devoted to the subject of extravagance and debt. He declared that most of the states were heavily In debt, and that cities all over the country were deeply burdened with obligations. One of his center shots was In the following paragraph: "Contrast the little red school house of earlier days with the magnificent public buildings city halls, schools and so on built by our enterprising cities of this time. If they were paid for It would be all right. They would attest the marvelous growth of our land. But they are built with Dor rowed money, and they are a mortgage on the future." And so It goes. The proud prominent clttien takes the visiting stranger In his spring wagon about the town and exhibits to him the great new town hall, which cost a tremendous sum of money; and he ex ploits the splendid new library building, without knowing anything about the books, and without being able to point to crowds of people rushing through the doors In pursuit of improvements of the mind. He boasts of the splendor and heavy coet of the school buildings, and felicitates him self on tha fact that they are ornaments to the city and sure guarantees of th. local prosperity. He does not take the stranger to the clerk's office to learn how much Indebtedness there Is, or fxplain to him that every bond Issued Is a mortgage on every person's property. There was a great deal of superior education In th. little red school house. These modest establish ments produced many great men. They got a fine start In real learning there, and then If they wanted to be statesmen, or learned men, or business lenders, they hustled for themselves with their hands and their brains. There has been wonder ful development of the school system. The enormously Increased cost leads to vulgar bragging, but the Improvement In learning has not kept pace with the outlay. Ana posterity is bora to bold bags. ACliance to You undoubtedly received presents from some of your friends whom you probably forgot to remember. Would it not be wise to present them with some little token of your friendship and give them a NEW YEARS' PRESENT. This Watch $25.00 This Ring $y $50.00 I $2.00 a Week )0 (Sift elc SAVE A DIAMOND WIN A HEART. Take advantage of my Convenient Credit Plan and give a hand some watch or a beautiful diamond. My goods are the finest and my prices the lowest. My store Is full of appropriate and seasonable gifts presents in which the giver's generosity will always be remembered. DIAMONDS ON CREDIT MY SPECIALTY. A Dollar or Two a Week Will Do. A. Mandelberg 1522 Farnam St. SECULAR SHOTS AT THE PLLPIT. Minneapolis Journal: Thank heaven there In at leant one question that the fathers of the republic really settled for us. That is the religious question. Milwaukee Sentinel: A Methodist church in Chicago is to install a bowling alley In the basement of the church building. Ri val churches will have to hustle some to beat this. Baltimore Ameriean: A minister In lias ton claims that he can restore the dead to life. They ought to lose no time In se curing hlra for the Issues of some of the democratio campaigns. New York Tribune: Honor Is to be given to the minister In Baltimore who has closed his church against a club which proposed to hold a raffle In It, and has also resigned the chaplaincy of the club. As for the other minister In the same city, who has Invited the club to hold Its raffle In his church, we should be Interested to hear the next sermon he preaches against the sin of gambling. Springfield Republican: The ungodly can not fall to observe that Archbishop Ireland has abandoned hope of ever receiving the red hat, at least under the reign of the present pontiff. His warm tribute to the policy of Leo XIII, the predecessor of Plus X, as one sure to have prevented the sepa ration of church and state in France, can not be pleasant reading to those who now direct the policy of the Vatican. And In his criticism of French clericalism's Inept alliance with the moribund party of monarchists, the archbishop strikes a note of truth. He Is not disloyal to his church In this matter, for he does not Justify the measures of tha French govern ment; but of the three prominent Roman Catholic prelates in America, Gibbons, Far ley and Ireland, It Is Ireland alone who shows any independence of Judgment or freedom from the narrowness of ultra- montanlsm. PERSON Alt AMI OTHERWISE!. Of the making of resolutions nowadays there Is no end. The breaking comes later. Gallery extensions on water wagons In sure every applicant a preserved seat. The man who received from his wife a smokable brand of cigars for Christmas Is Justified In refusing to swear off. Hereafter the invited guests of the Chi cago Drainage Canal board will take water straight or go dry. For obvious reasons. mostly economic, the canal has grown be yond the humble sphere of a chaser. The Illinois Kquallsatlon board plied up tax roll of $1,128,470,836, an Increase of t30.000.000 over 1SM6. Every Item of taxable property shows an Increase. Th state tax rate la expected to be 60 cents on each $100. Prof. Zamenhof of Russia, the compiler of Esperanto, the "international language," Is a native of Ballystok, the scene of th massacre. His father and his grandfather were teachers of languages. He Is an oculist. It Is reported that Mrs. James O. Blaine, who got a hurry divorce at Sioux Falls, la about to hitch up with a rough rider. From rough sledding to rough riding isn't a great span, but there is variety in th experience. Higher education for women received a great boost In the New Jersey Normal school the other day. Three clouded eyes, dislocated shoulder, a sprained ankle and a broken leg were the net result of an Intellectual tussle at basket balL Admiration for the brav Jack Tars of the American navy Is neither deep nor wide In the customs service. A bunch of these officious officials pounced on th crew of the Ohio and confiscated a large as sortment of foreign souvenir on whloh the duty had not been paid. Doubt concerning th value of blood hounds In striking the right soent has been set at rest in Brooklyn. Called Into action by an Imperiled housekeeper, the hounds got busy and Instantly pounced upon two policemen who happened near. After chew ing a few bites of calf and trousers th cops showed their alibi and the hounds let go. THE KNABE PIANO Is the Master Key of Music aji music may be produced In a more or lees pleasing manner on a piano of any make; but its Inner meaning may be best known. Its richest treasures may be best revealed, its true beauty may be best discovered, when It Is executed on the perfect piano tho Knabe great musicians occasslonally find something good to say of this or that piano, and at times try to display their art through the Indifferent medium of Imperfect pianos, but the spontaneous outburst of their praise Is given only to the Knabe, Just as the fullest measure of their art becomes known only through the assistance of a Knabe the Knabe Is the master key of music. To the beginner, to the student, to the amateur, to the virtuoso, It ta an open sesame to anew world of delight. Knabe Cabinet Grand, $150; Knabe Mlgnon Grand, the smallest real grand, 9750. A. HOSPE CO. 1513 Douglas Street Reciprocate This Ring $75.00 Wf ' 1 1 1 $2.50 a Week Omaha's Gift Shop SERMONS Roil. ED DOWN, We live by the Joy we give. Significance Is not a matter of bulk. Good will on earth Is God' will for man. There are no saints without their service. A week-end religion Is weak at both ends. He who cheers anothor encourages him self. There are no single admission ticket to glory. No man can be free who holds another In bonds. Many have found life's crown bending over a cradle. The dew of heaven Is not in the mildew on the sermon. The path of happiness always leads by some sad one's side. It often takes a vacant place to bind the family fast together. Giving is always a poor Investment when It Is an Investment only. The true servants of heaven are known by an atmosphere of happiness. He who Is always looking for a soft place finds one In the HlouKh of dnspond. A man must be measured not by his thoughts of himself but by his thoughts for others. Chicago Tribune. DOMESTIC K A S A T H 1 K S. "I want something for my husband that will surprise him that will take his breath away." "i'ourth floor to the rluht for choker col lars." Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Yes," said Tess, "he proposed to me last :.ight." 'ihe Iden!" exclaimed Jess. "On h's knees, I suppose?" "O! you mean thing! I was not! At least not until afterward." Philadelphia Press. "When a young man Is In love, he won't believe that his adored one has any faults." "He will, If he listens to the expei-lincei of the oorner druggist." Baltimore Ameri can. Her Yes, I love and I am loved. Him Then you should be happy. Her I would but for one thing. Him What's that? Her It s not the same fellow. Cleveland Leader. Rector And have you any children? Society Woman Yes; three little darlings. Hector Are they boys or girls? Society Woman Dear me! Do you know, for the moment I can't remember? New York Times. Tom See how slowly Jack's wnlklng along. You'd think he was going to a fu neral. Dick Maybe he Is. He's gn4ng to ask old Roxley for his daughter's liand. Philadel phia Pre an. Knicker Girls are Inconsistent. Booker Yes; they will stand under a bit of mistletoe for five hours and complain if they have to hang on a strap for five min ute. New York Times. "You are going to ask her father for her hand, of course?" "Do you think that 1 necesaary?" "Certainly." "Then I don't believe I care enough for her to do it." Cleveland Plain Dealer. BALLADE OF THE OLD YEAR. Kate Masterson in Life. Someone knocks at the outer gate, Give him a welcome, glad and free, Winds blow cold and th hour la late; Bid him enter whoe'er he be. Bring you a message kind to me, Happy youth. In your eyes of blue? Shall we find th promise w wait to seat When will the old year's dream oom true? Her alone by the fire we've sate. Huddled olose with our memory; Hands clasped idly, we blindly wait, And answer back from the sky or sea. How of the songs we sang in glee, And the rosea that blossomed In morning dew, And the laughter and love and the Ufa honed we? When will the old year's dreams com true? Golden once was his curly pate; Alt the old year fair of f&c waa he; A bllTT-s young rogue with a wnlle for fate. His eyes wr sweet hen he made hi plea To tarry her in our company. Promise many fulfillments few. We loved him well, but we'll trust not ye. When will th old year' dreams com true? Gay young year, here's a health to thee. A rose and a glass and a song for you. If to tell us the secret you'll agree. When will th old year's dream com tru? 1 'A v4 i . I. n AM it i