STE OMAHA DAILY DEEt MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1007.
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STATIJMXNT OF CTWCVLATION.
Stata of Nebraska, Dougla County, ss. :
Charles C. Rosewater, general manager
of The Bee Publlahlng- Company, being
duly sworn, aaya that the actual number
of hill and complete coptts of. The Dally.
Morning livening and Sunday Bee printed
during the month of, November, m, waa
aa follows:
1 87,000 1 87.430
I ..0730 IT. ... i .38,450
t 35.600 It... 83,130
4 37,830 1. ... 37,430
6 39,880 20 37.0S0
1 19,690 11 .... M.T0
T 37,330 22 ...37.800
. 37,340 . 33... 87,380
87,390 24 88,100
10 8S.800 SB 37,890
11 87,830 it 87,080
II 87,780 27.... 87,840
II 37,880 21 88,940
14 87,800 2 89,880
IS 37,800 10 87,980
Total . .
.......1,123,430
Less unsold and returned 'copies. 10,168
Net Total 1,113,869
Dally average 37,108
CHARLES C. ROSE WATER,
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ROBERT HUNTER,
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WHEW OUT OF TOWJT.
ohsortbers leaving; the city tem
porarily ahooU have The Bee
mailed to them. Addreaa will be
rhanajed aa oftea aa ree. nested.
bop early If you would be well
served.
The' Jamestown exposition Is quoted
as fair la the list of the season's (all
urea. Bellevue's foot ball team now
knows that it pays to be first In the
contest
St Joseph had to set back on the
map someway, but took a very strenu
ous method of doing so.
No more Question about the end of
the "panic"; New York society has re
sumed its bridge whist parties.
Premier Stolypln has made some
thing of a. fizzle Ja his effort to be the
Speaker Cannon of the Russian Duma.
A professor at the Berkeley univers
ity has discovered that the sawfish has
a 6,000 Jaws. He is the politician of the
finny tribe.
According to Speaker Cannon, the
.tariff should not be revised when times
- are bad and should be let alone when
times are good.
Unfortunately this talk about the
abolition of party lines comes from
the politicians and not from the tele
phone companies.
Mr. Justice Brewer has declined to
discuss the president's message. This
is Important only as showing that the
justice can keep still.
'Prospective Christmas buyers should
remember that the days are gliding
swiftly by, and opportunities for mak
ing selection are going even faster.
The editor of the "Junior Yellow
reminds us of Aesop's dog that barked
at the elephant and was so pleased be
cause the elephant looked around at It
A Kansas City widow oaught a burg'
lar and held him until the police ar
rived. Even burglars should remember
Samivel Weller's advice about "wld
ders."
Copper exports In November were
the largest in the history of the coun
try. Butte will be clamoring for i
place on the news map again if this
keepe up.
That murder will out Is again sup
ported by the apprehension in Wash
ington of a man who tried to poison,
his father-in-law's family In Omaha
fifteen years ago.
New York is talking about abolish
Ing Its board of aldermen and tryini
the government by the commission
plan. Any change would necessarily
be an Improvement.
An increase of 26 cents a ton has
been placed on anthracite by the Coal
trust, which evidently doe's not want
people to recover too rapidly from the
tightness of the money market
"The eagle on the $20 gold coin
looks like a sick turkey." sava the To.
peka Journal. That's the first bint that
one ox the new coins has been on
fclbltlon as far west as Kansas.
ex
A handbill can be printed and called
a newspaper, and then you can throw
the handbill around and call It circa
iatlon. Advertiser discriminate be
tween a handbill, that Is thrown
around.' and newspaper for which
people subscribe and pay.
tub TARirr oit rojttST rnovuct.
One clause In the president's mes
sage Is fraught with more significance
than would appear on the surface. It
relates to the tariff on forest products
and is as follows:
There should be no tariff on any forest
produot grown In this country; and In
especial there should be no tariff on wood
pulp. The repeal of the duty on wood-pulp
ahould. If possible, be accompanied by an
agreement with Canada that there shall be
no export duty on Canadian wood-pulp.
Tariff revisionists, who have been
tempted to complain because the pres
ident did not take more decided and
radical ground in favor of ome gen
eral modification of the Dlngley sched
ules, will find by a study of the Dlng
ley law that the recommendation of
the removal of the duty on forest
products is as radical as the most
ardent revisionist would wish.. Under
the Dlngley law, timbers used in build
ing wharves and other Heavy construct!
.1 - A -A - . . . - kl. 1
lion wurs are ia-u hi i it-ui iuuiu
foot Timber used for the manufacture
of toothpicks Is assessed at 2 cents
per 100 cubic feet and 15 per cent ad-
valorem. Wooden furniture of all
classes pays 35 per cent advalorem tax
and nearly all the common woods of
commerce pay from $1 to $2 per 100
cubic feet.
Compliance with the recommenda
tions of the president's messuage would
furnish the greatest Impetus to the
work of forest preservation, which is
one of the most vital Questions before
the country. It would, by Inviting com
petition from Canada, lessen the bur
den placed upon consumers by the ex
actions of the Lumber trust and serve
the general good In .many ways. Oppo
sition to the measure will be abundant
from Michigan, several Pacific coast
states and in some parts of the south
where the greed of the timber syndi
cates has not yet accomplished the
complete demolition of the timber re
sources. The benefits that would fol
low congressional enactment in line
with the executive suggestion are so
many and manifest that; congress
should not hesitate to embody the
president's recommendation into na
tional law.
YIELD OF AMERICAN TAR MS.
The country understands, in a gen
eral way, that the basis of its great
wealth and prosperity lies in its agri
cultural development, but it is almost
Impossible to grasp the enormity of
this wealth, as set out in the annual
report of the secretary of agriculture.
Mr. Wllspn's report furnishes data
concerning the production of Amer
ican farms which shows that all other
sources of wealth In this country are
comparatively Insignificant, great as
they may be when considered individ
ually. He places the grand total of
agricultural wealth production for this
year at $7,412,000,000, an increase of
10 per cent over 1906, which was the
previous banner year in the hltoryof
American agriculture. This produc
tion was accomplished in the face of
untoward conditions, requiring all the
skill of our4 farmers to grow an aver
age crop. The season was erratic and
there was a scarcity of help, yet there
was no general crop failure, ,even
within small areas, and, while the pro
duction was not up to the average, the
financial returns, owing to a largely
Increased foreign demand, will be
larger than for those of any previous
year. - ...v.r'"
Corn still holds its kingly rank in
the list of farm productions. The
production of this cereal for 1907 la
put at 2,563,732,000 bushels, or four
fifths of the world's production of
corn. There have been, three larger
crops of corn In 1899, 1906 and 1906
but at the prevailing prices Its value
will be about $1,360,000,000, or 26
per cent above the average value of
the five crops preceding. There is
some question as to the second crop In
the list. The south, of course, halls
cotton as king, but the secretary of
agriculture places the hay crop second,
with a value of $60,000,0p0, with
cotton and Us products valued at
1650,000,000. Cotton ranks first in
the list of our agricultural exports.
The cotton supply, with the surplus
left over from last year, 13 sufficient
to meet the wants of the world. Wheat
comes fourth In rank and, value, the
production for the year being placed
at 626,676,000 bushels, valued . at
$500,000,000. This will meet local
needs and leave about. 100,000,000
bushels for export ' The oats crop,
while 19 per cent below the average
In yield, is valued at $360,000,000, or
16 per cent above the five years' aver
age value. The tobacco crop, aggre
gating 645,213,000 pounds., is valued
at $67,000,000. While much of this
mammoth production is construed at
home, the secretary furnishes these
figures to show the important part
played by farm products in the export
trade:
During the fiscal year ended June SO, 1907,
the domestic exports of farm products were
valued at 21,065,000.000, or tT,eoo,60o above
the high : record for 1904. Plant products
made up four-fifths of this total, cotton
Slone amounting to 2482,000,000.
Animals and animal products (mostly
packing house products) were exported to
the value of $256,000,000. The live animals
exported were worth $41,000,000 and the
dairy products 24.4U0.0Uv.
Cotton is the greatest of all our exports.
having. In 1807, 2i per cent of the total
value. To animals and animal products
must be credited 17 per cent of the total;
to grains and grain products 10Vi per cent;
to all other agricultural products per
cent, and to foreat products 8 per cent
Thus farm and foreat products made up,
on a value ktsis, 71 Vi per cent of the total
exports ef the United States In 1WI.
The farmer does not depend alone
on bis field crops. He produces meat
animals; he keeps dairy cows, he raises
sheep for mutton and wool and he
keeps poultry. The animals sold
from farms and those slaughtered upon
thein in 1907 were worth $1,270,000.-
000, or about twice as much as the
cotton crop. The dairy products of
the country tor the year were worth
800,000,000, or more than any other
crop except corn. The poultry and
egg products were worth $600,000,000,
or more than the wheat crop.
Enormous as the present annual
yield of farm products Is, the soli sur
veyors of the Department of Agricul
ture Insist that only about 420,000,000
acres of land can be classed as im
proved, while but 290,000,000 can be
classed as fruitful. The effort Is now
directed to the study of these condi
tions and the enlargement of the pro
ductive area. This work should be
encouraged, as the secretary urges in
his report to congress.
hoit mam- pvrvLisrsr
The question, How many populists
are there left in Nebraska? may be
purely academic, but It nonetheless
possesses Interest for those who like to
keep up In political history.
In 1890 the electorate of this state
was divided almost equally into thirds
and In the great gubernatorial contest
of that year John H. Powers, as the
populist candidate for governor, polled
a total of 70.187 votes.
How well the populists held their
strength in the early years notwith
standing the fact that they remained
a minority party is seen in the returns
of- the election of 1894, when they
fused with tbo democrats for the first
time and succeeded in seating a popu
list governor. The fusion of 1894 was
only partial, Including but a few places
on the ticket, and John H. Powers,
this time as the populist candidate for
treasurer, polled 69,402 votes.
In 189 5 there was no fusion what
ever and the republicans won a victory
over tbeir divided opponents. Yet
without fusion in this off year the pop
ulist candidate for supreme Judge,
Samuel Maxwell, polled 70,566 votes.
The next year, 1896, witnessed the
perfection of fusion with its conse
quent capture of all the political spoils
for distribution between the so-called
'allied reform forces." So long as
complete fusion was maintained the
election returns could give no precise
indication of the relative contribution
of votes to a combined aggregate by
the different constituent elements or
ganized as populists, democrats and
silver republicans.
In 1904, although agreeing on a
fusion state ticket, the democrats and
populists failed to get together on the
electoral ticket, with the result that
for the first tjme the two parties reg
istered thnir votes separately. The
populist electors pledged to Watson
and Tibbies received 20,618 votes.
These, votes evidently represented the
popular remonstrance within fusion
ranks against Parker and Davis.
The election held in this year 1907
has given another opportunity to dis
tinguish the populist and democratic
vote. Fusion was effected on only
two of the places on the state ticket,
leaving one candidate for university
regent nominated by the democrats
without any populist endorsement By
the official canvass the combined vote
for Sundern, upon whom the two par
ties had fused for university regent, is
71,883, while the vote for Millard, who
was on the ticket as the nominee of the
democrats only, is 66,038. Making
the subtraction, the difference is 5,845,
which would apparently represent the
number of votes gained by Sundean as
a consequence of capturing the popu
list endorsement.
The persistent populists will, doubt
less, refuse to accept this sort of arith
metic or to admit that it even approx
imately reflects the proportion In
which they would be entitled to seek
recognition in a fusion compact But
the figures contain food for thought
for men of all political faiths for
Nebraska republicans as well as for
the democrats and the remnant of the
populists.
"JtTr' DAT18 BtRTKS KOT1CS.
Devoted supporters and admirers of
Senator "Jeff" Davis, down In Ar
kansas, were probably surprised at
their failure to find any story of a riot
in the senate on the second day of the
session. . They had been led to expect
that the first pages of the newspapers
that morning would be Illumined with
photographs of Senator "Jeff" Davis
throwing the vice president out of the
window and the trust emissaries hur
rying to catch the first train out of
Washington. "Jeff" Davis has usually
made his word good in Arkansas
Some times he has used his fists and
again he has resorted to the use of a
chair leg, but he has established some
thing of a reputation for delivering
the goods, and the Arkansawyers con
fidently expected he would get into ac
tion aa soon as the roll was called
They had reason to look for action.
In the campaign for the senatorship in
Arkansas, Davla made and often re
peated this solemn pledge:
I pledge you my word, my fellow citizens.
that if you, the most Intelligent mm of the
greatest commonwealth of the greatest na
tion on God's matchless earth, send me to
represent you tn the greatest deliberative
body that the sun ever shone upon, I will
walk down the center aisle In my sock feet
to the- vice president's desk, shake my
boots in the Arctlo Fairbanks' face and de
mand recognition In the name of you, my
sovereign fellow cltlsens.
That was his modest plan for secur
ing recognition, and here la what he
proposed to do:
The proposition is, whether trusts are
good or bad. I say they are bad, and I
propose to destroy them.
With such assurances, the Arkansas
natives must have been chagrined to
find that no mention was made of
Davis' part in the proceedings of the
first day. They probably figured that
his train had been delayed. However,
the next day's report added no new
light that would explain the delay In
starting the fireworks. If Davis Jiad
done anything, he had evidently failed
to remove his boots, for that would
have certainly attracted the attention
of the alert reporters of a servile and
subsidised press who might otherwise
refuse to notice the Arkansas man. .But
Arkansas Is not to be disappointed.
Davis Is going Into action on Wednes
day, December 11, and then we shall
see what we shall see. The veracious
Congressional Record, In reporting the
proceedings of the senate on Wednes
day, December 4, contains this:
Mr. Davis Introduced a bill (fl. 100) to
suppress pools, trusts and combinations In
trade, and to provide penalties for viola
tions of Its provisions, and for other pur
poses, which was read twice by Its title.
Mr. Davls-I ask that the bill be laid on
the table, subject to call, and I desire to
give notice that on next Wednesday, the
11th Instsnt, I want to make a few remarks
on the subject to which the bill refers.
The Vice Presldent-The bill will lie on
the tsble.
Mr. Davis Subjeot to call. '; v
So the time Is fixed. Trusts that
persist In remaining In existence after
next Wednesday will do so at their
own risk. The pledge made to the un
manlcured constituency In Arkansas is
to be redeemed.'
The Lincoln project for an extensive
system of electric Interurban lines Is
simply a reminder that Omaha has
lagged far behind In this regard. For
many years the desirability of such
means of communication with Interior
towns had been plainly before the peo
ple of this city, but no effort of any
Importance has yet been made to sup
ply the need. Interurban electrlo
lines should be given a prominent
place on the Omaha . program for
progress during the coming year.
The destruction by fire of another
largo Implement house at Council
Bluffs serves to Impress upon the mind
more forcibly than ever the efficiency
of the Omaha fire department. The
fire recently discovered in an Omaha
warehouse was oombatted under the
most discouraging circumstances, and
yet was subdued with but a minor
loss.
The country merchant who opposed
rural free delivery because he feared
It would give the "mall order" houses
an advantage in his territory, is now
using the same argument against parcels-post
extension. His fears are as
groundless as they were in the rural
delivery case.
"At breakfast," says a woman's page
contributor, "the family should feed
upon smiles, hopeful words and morn
ing kisses." That's all right with the
panic on. but sausage and buckwheat
cakes fill the bill better when the banks
are honoring depositors' checks.
A Philadelphia woman, In asking a
divorce, says that sbe and her husband
"separated and came together again
fifteen times." ' An affair like that
which is pulled off by rounds should
be reported In the sporting columns
and not In the police news.
The double-page article in The Sun
day Bee showing the condition of
Omaha's banks, as compared with
those of other cities In the west, should
be sent broadcast through the east.
Mall some of .them to your eastern
correspondents today.
The Toklo hint that the next ambas
sador to the United States from Japan
would be "a man well known in the
United States," created the false Im
pression that the Japanese were going
to send Oyama or Togo to Washington.
It Is race hatred and not color preju
dice that is back of the Jim Crow car
legislation in Oklahoma. The law pro
vides that separate coaches shall be
provided for negroes, but allows In
dians to ride with the whites.
Il Kansas policeman has testified
that the prohibition laws In that state
are so well enforced that he would
not know a saloon If he saw one.
That's one of the fallings of police
men In prohibition states.
John D. Archbold has an article in
a current' magailne trying to show
that the Standard Oil company has
made its money honestly. It is Arch-
bold'8 first effort as a writer of fiction.
California professors are making
tests to prove the cactus Is valuable aa
an article of diet The native jack
asses of the Rocky mountain region
demonstrated that fact years ago.
Aacleat History.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
One of the senate committee has Just dis
covered that the Indian la being robbed.
The Indian and his whits neighbor have
known It for more than 400 years.
They Are Oa, All Rlaht.
Washington Poat.
The gentlemen who have been assert
Ing that congreas does not understand the
money Question would be surprised If they
could see how well some congressmen un
derstand what they are here for.
Meaaaresneat ef a Boom.
Kansas City Times.
Senator Foraker'a candidacy for president
la not making great progress, to be aura,
but It is certain that it Is Just as much
alive now as it baa ever been or ever will
be. for that matter.
Jolt for Cornulcat Aran? Officers.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Corpulent army officers have been notified
that they must exhibit graceful nesa tn their
horsemanship er retire. A good many fat
men are likely to be out of Jobs In the
near future.
rrsDSter of m Poet.
Chicago News.
In enabling a .cavalryman to use bis horse
in telegraphing or telephoning, science
demonstrates that the poat waa truly In
spired who wrote about the mule which
could "gently telegraph bis leg and throw
OS PRESIDENTIAL FIRIMO LIMB.
Neat Year's Electoral Vel and the
ItssiVer Nereaeary to Eleet.
Herewith la a statement of the electoral
vote to be cast In the presidential election
ef lOTO, baaed on the apportionment act
of 110. with the addition of the new state
of Oklahoma:
Alabama
..11 Nehraxka S
. . 8 Nevada t
..10 New Hampshire..,. 4
.. 5 New .tfrsey )1
.. 7 New Ycrk f
.. North Carolina 12
.. ft North Dnkota 4
. 1 Ohio J
.. 1 Oklahoma 7
..T7 Oreaon 4
.16 pennsvlvsnla It
..lil Rhode Island........ 1
..Ki South Carolina 0
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut ...
Delaware
Florida
Qeorgla
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
lUi South Dakota .4
Louisiana
Tennessee -U
Tesas 1
Ctah
Vermont 4
Vlralnla
Washington 8
West Virginia T
Wisconsin 1
Wvomlnsr . 8
Mains
Maryland
MnssachusettS
Michigan
Mlnnenota
Mississippi ....
Missouri
Montana
...
....
.... ft
....11
....14
....11
....10
....IS
The total In the electoral college is 4
and the number of votes neceesary to
choice la 142. If Arlsona and New Mexico
are admitted ss the state of Arlsona prior
to 1808 the new state will have four elec
toral votes, thus making the total 487 and
the numbor necessary tn a choice zt4.
Why Wester Mea Win.
Boston Globs (dem.).
This sectionalism la not as proscrlptlva
In its spirit as It might seem. There Is un
doubtedly and unhappily some active pre
judice against the east among western
republicans. But to point to that as tho
animating cause of their preference for
western candidates would not be entirely
fair. The choice of a national oonventlon
goes by favor, and It Is only everyday
human nature for the dominant westerners
to pass the' honor around among them
selves. They are a great family out there
and Ohio la the mother of all the west
lying above the historic line of SS-W. which
was drawn in the Missouri compromise.
That part of the country is the youngest
and therefore very self-conscious and
eagerly ambittoua. When the west shall
have grown old and gouty and had a
satiety of power and preferment Its gorged
and Indifferent statesmen may toss a presi
dent to the patient east now and then or
even to the long famished south,
Foraker'a Caadldacy.
Portland Oregonlan (rep.).
A tub to 'the whale Mr. Foraker does
throw, in the remark that "there must be
supervision of railroad and of interstate
commerce, of course,' but "It must be
sane and conservative." This means the
the regulation must take such form as the
railroad managers and rebaters would
approve. Wa have had their "sane and
conservative" management all these years,
with results .of continuous plunder and
oppression on one hand and of favoritism,
rebating and creations of combinations
of vast wealth on the other. We shall
hear now for a while, through voices like
those of Foraker, that the Interruption of
this system of organised plunder Is what
has produced the present crisis and Is
ruining the country. It la on this assump
tion that he goes before the country as
a candidate for the presidency.
Possibly his effort, backed by the plu
tocrats and predatory classes, may beat
Taft. We may rather look for that result.
It might bring the nomination to Hughes.
That would be a proper, though unin
tended consequence. It might, however,
be a chief factor In forolng the offer ot
the nomination upon Roosevelt again. For
If the plutocratic backers of Foraker shall
be able to put up a strong fight for htm.
based ii It will be, oa bitter attacks, upon
Roosevelt and his efforts to curb preda
tory wealth,1 they will bring It about that
the people will have nobody but Roosevelt.
Foraker himself la an impossibility.
The Ohla Coatest.
Cincinnati Enquirer (Ind.).
Hall, General William Howard Taft! He
is In Russia, stabbing down the I greasy
food and hot drinks of that cold country,
though hta stomach and disposition yearn
for gore. He Is further away from the
Ohio battle ground than General Bhertdan
waa from Cedar Creek at a moment that
Uvea In history and rhyme to this blessed
day; but' he rides like the wind, and he
will have a change of horse ac New York
He will enter the state somewhere along
the Pennsylvania boundary, which Foraker
cannot effectively picket tn time. Taft's
friends and advisers and warriors will be
on the ground, not, let us hope, merely
with engrossed resolutions of county com
mittees, but with men and munitions and
a formidable commissary outfit Foraker
may as well leave his indorsements at
home, too. This Is not to be a windstorm
or a shower of bouqusts. The people will
be delighted to see two suoh giants In
a real fight. It will be worth all the dis
tress of mind, all the blood that may be
spilled and all the bad language that will
ba used, to see Foraker and Taft on horse-
baok.
Napoleon lost the battle of Waterloo be
cause the storm had made the ground so
muddy that he could not move his artillery
with facility. The dashing demands of
the Impending occasion require a cavalry
battle. Let Vorys and Dlok be on hand
with plenty of horses. How many may be
shot under Taft and Foraker la terrible to
think of.
Mr. Bryan as a Bird.
New Tork Times (ttid.).
After eleven years and more of basking
in the light of publicity and grilling in
the heat of the same, Mr. Bryan con
fesses that he would rather be caricatured
as a bird than as a serpent. - The won
der is that ha stlil cares how carica
turists treat htm.
But the bird, eagle or lark, barnyard
goose er hawk, the raven or the pigeon,
is a more suitable symbol of Mr. Bryan
than the serpent Bryan hovers and oc
caslonally swoops; he roosts high, he
loudly proclaims the advent of eggs, bis
song frequently Alls the air. He never
glides silently through the underbrush;
he Is rarely silent, and when he Is he
la not dangerous. He has no sting, and
the ancients would not have acoepted him
as a type of wisdom. Who haa been pic
turlng Mr. Bryan as a serpentT
Let Mr. Bryaa be a bird, by all means.
Let him take his place among the new or
nithological aneoimsns with the amply be
trousered fowl of the new geld coins, "and
the conversational songster on Nellie's
hat He Is more birdlike than either of
them. He haa the gravity ot the owl
and the volubility of the sparrow, and
presently he will be enjoying the historical
remoteness of the dodo.
Prosaatlag the World's Health.
Boston Transcript
Speaking of Florence Nightingale and her
efforts to keep the world heaKhy, It seems
pertinent to make special mention ot her
mission In behalf of the open window at
night In the early years of her labors
much unintelligent opposition to this method
of ventHation, because ef the supposed
harmtulneaa ot night air, was expressed,
but Miss Nightingale had one stock argu
ment In support of her position, It being
the question, "What air shall we breathe
at night but Bight all T" It was unanswsr
able front her opponenta' point of view,
even if it did not always convert them.
But It did lead a countless number Into
saner waye of living, and along the way to
the present nietb.004 ef teatlng tubcrcu.
loaia
8HOT8 AT OMAHA.
Norfolk Press: Orsnd Island will prob
ably put on a few frills because Judge
Munger derided they had a better , Jn
there than In Omaha. That doesn't look
right, because Omaha needs a good Jail
worse than Grand Island does.
Beatrice Express: The pettish nsgglng
of one another among Omaha papers in
Jealous rlyslry weakens rather than
strengthens them'as influential publications
and gains nothing for them ss successful
business Institutions. Powerful as they
are, they would be more eo If they ould
broaden to complacently tolerate Instead
of bitterly hate Inevitable competition. It
Is well known that Journals which do not
trine with one another build faster and
larger, and become greatest In the eyes
of the public.
Grand Island Independant: The Omaha
Real Estate exchange haa adopted a reso
lution endorsing tho general plan of a
postal savings bank and expressing ts
hope that such a measure should be pas-d.
It would be well If notice of such action
be sent to every Nebraska senator and
representative at Washington. The Indi
vidual voter, too, can make his Influence
felt. In however humble a walk of life he
may be, If he will address a postal card to
his congressmen and senators briefly ex
pressing his hope that they may vote for
such a measure.
Lincoln News: It certainly does have a
strange sound to hear that steps are being
taken at Omaha for the organisation of
an Antl-Satoon league branch, which will
Insist on the enforcement of state laws tn
the Missouri river metropolis. The direct
oocaslon of this la the methods taken by
Omaha breweries to side-step the provisions
of the Gibson law, which forbids them to
own saloon buildings, fixtures or licenses.
If the Antl-flaloon league geta Into the
game at Omaha, the fray will be worth
watohtng. It begins to look as though the
liquor buslt ess In Nebraska had been
cornered In Us stronghold and was about
to have the finishing touches put upon it
there, so far as Its political predominance
Is concerned.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Emperor Franois Joseph haa now lived to
complete the sixtieth year of hie reign.
Even at 72 Mark Twain la young com
pared with the Jokes that have brought him
fame.
Vlctorlen Sardou, at the age of 78, will
shortly witness the production of his latest
drama, "L'Affalre dea Poisons." Sardou
is still alert and vigorous, mentally and
physically, but he thinks his latest effort
will be his last at play writing.
When in the lottery for aeata In the
house of representatives at the opening
session, 3. Adam Bede of Minnesota, known
as the wit of the house, drew No. 23. there
was a storm of applause that Indicated
the members as well as the galleries liked
the Joke.
John D. Bristol, the veteran American
landscape painter, and one of the oldest
members of the National Academy ot De
sign, who Is poor and recently suffered a
stroke of paralysis, has been removed to
the Home for Incurables at Fordham, N.
Y., where he will be cared for by the
Artists' Aid society.
While General Orosvunor passed out ' of
the congressional limelight, Ohio still has
In its delegation two veteran white-haired
statesmen, who have passed 70 years of age
General J. .Warren Keif er, ex-speaker of
the house of representatives, and General
Israel R, Sherwood, who represented Ohio
thirty-four years ago.
The seed which ultimately blossomed Into
his greatest poem, "Hiawatha," was sown
Into Longfellow's soul by an humble Ger
man missionary, said Dr. Julius Goebel,
professor of Germanic philology at Harvard
university, in a lecture a few days ago In
Chicago. A book written In 181 by John
Heckewelder, a German Moravian mission
ary to the Indians, says Dr. Goebel, fur
nished the Inspiration and the greater part
of the material for "Hiawatha."
A BOOSTER OF PROSPERITY.
Mr. Harrlataa Fits Action to Opti
mist to Preachments.
Pittsburg Dlsgatch.
Public attention Is likely to center on
the prosperity Interview given out by Ed
ward H. Harrlman. In Its way It Is unique.
If It were not for the fact that Mr.
Harrlman has been arranging for large
extensions and betterments of his system
of western railroads, his outburst might
be construed as sarcasm. His works, how
ever, prove to the contrary, and his logic
concerning the soundness of the country
Is absolutely Irrefutable. Because he be
lieves what he says, he Is already busy
building more railroads to care for the
greater business he sees growing In the
terrltpry touched by the lines he has con
trolled. .
There Is one humorous feature that may
or may not have been Intended. He de
clares the public, having learned there Is
"only a rotten spot here andthere," Is
again of good heart and ready to go for
ward. Mr. Harrlman's Intimate connection
with the "rotten epota" disclosed by vari
ous offlolal Investigations is quite generally
understood. In this instance the public
Is permitted to make Its own guess whether
Mr. Harrlman means to Ignore those par
ticular "rotten spots," or whether It Is
his purpose to assure the public that
having been found out he la going to mend
his ways. '
There Is one thing not to be questioned.
Mr. Harrlman Is a master of finance and
of affairs. He Is an optimist. He not
only talks as one, but he acts like one,
and there are fow men In the country
whose Judgment of present conditions or
of future prospects Is better than his.
Tn this aspect there Is no more encourag
Ing news possible than the Harrlman out
giving. Two tirades of Cmlprlts.
Philadelphia Press.
The millionaire caught In a trap Is no dif
ferent from, the 1 ordinary culprit when
nabbed by a policeman. Ha evades, he lies,
he shifts his position, he will commit per
jury to escape. And the rich scoundrel,
like the poor one, will try to cast discredit
upon those responsible for his downfall.
No. thief e'er felt the halter draw
With good opinion of the law.
Wa alncersly believe that K per cent of
all the banks and big corporations are
managed with the utmost fidelity. This
grand majority know exactly where to put
the blame for every rascally act on the
part of the slim minority. And It wlllJ
avail the few crooked hlgn financiers noth
ing to go on preaching that most Idlotlo
doctrine about the White House being re
sponsible for their own misdemeanors.
The West Haa the Oaods.
Bt. Louis Republic.
The kind of Jingoism with which wa chal
lenge attention in our western attitude to
ward everybody eaat.of us means that thsy
shall not go hungry if we can have our
way, as we think we can. For we've got
the corn, we've got the wheat, we've got
the bfceon, too.
Shooting; Wlthont Caas.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Several papera that are always too quirk
assumed that Senator Dank-la was a gold
man and Mr. Bryan a silver man. in 106
and In l0u. When they learned that fr.
Daniels out-silvered Mr. Bryan, not only
In those years, but also In 14, they were
Just "toe mortified for anything."
Til R SMOOTH-SHAVE: ACJB.
Congressional Hettotantes
r resent
Beardless Fares.
Nsw York Tribune.
The aspect of the house of representa
tives, or of the new mmbers thereof, kn
regarded from the gnllrrVS at'tho cspiU'l
affords to the physiognomist suugiwllon-of
the opportunity whli h awaits' some new
Tcufelsdroch to write a Tonsor Retorisuft,
which would disclose to the world a new
philosophy of whiskers. Thus v might
system of chronology be Suggested, In
which the various ages of the world and r
the severs) stages of civilisation should
be distinguished by the then prevalent pat
tern of hirsute adornnw-nt of the manly
face. (
It will be nay. It was yesterdsy-ob-served
by those who looked at the con
gressional portrait galltSrjl presented In
lifelike halftones In our V"- thit'the
present Is primarily the smooth-shaven age.
Of tlfe 18 representatives- portrayed, a
strong majority of fifty-ejfsh evinced dailf
acquaintance with the rror.' and .wltlv the)
most extensive application of that Invslua
ble Instrument. There were fifty-eight
faces, of all sges, and troth aU parts ef
the land, entirely devoid sol Vhlskers' in
any form; so that each of these statesmen
might well say to the delineator of his
countenance what Cromwell aiA to the
painter, that he should depict him Just aa
he was, concealing no blemish and omit
ting no wrinkle.
Of the minority, by far the major part
no fewer than thirty-five were seen to.
approximate as closely as possible to the
majority by displaying nothing but mus
taches, which were with fow exceptions
closely cropped. There was srarcely one
who ventured to wear a mustache of the
kind variously descjlbed-ln Belgravla as
the cavalry colonel's mustache and. n
Oehkaaoo aa "soup strainers." Aftr these,
there were only a few "also ran." Four
displayed the combination of mustache and
Imperial which was once so much sdinlred.
and an equal number th full tint close
cropped face covering, Innocent of rasor's
touch but familiar with deftly wielded
scissors. And finally one mado bold with
the same full display uncropped, and one
with the combination of mustache and side
'whiskers but shaven chln. , , . . ''
What a contrast to a congressional gal
lery of years ago! Time was when en
tirely bare faces were a smalt minority,
and when only the moat daring would
have ventured to display merely a mue- '
tache, but when the average chin wore a
flowing growth below a cloan shaved upper
Up. At other times probably a preponder
ance of faces were free as a Naiarlte'S
head from tho touch of either raior or
shears, while yet again at times smooth
shaven chins were flanked 'with all manner
of lateral adornments, from "mutton
chops" and "Burnsides" to "Dundrearles."
Yet they say men care not for these things,
confront not the mirror, and are not tha
blind followers of fashion that their better
halves are. Can It be that there Is Indeed
soma profound . esoteric significance In
these things? Does the change from full
whiskers to mustaches denote some new
evolution of statesmanship, the rise of
new era upon the world T Truly, there Is
occasion .for the coming of the latterday
Bage of Weissnichtwo. . -
POINTED PLEAANTHIE9.
"So your doctors disagreed? It's a won
der you got well."
"Not a bit of It. They were so busy
quarreling that they both let me alone."
Philadelphia Ledger,
The steeplejack waa climbing- the flag
stflfT surmounting the clock tower.
"This Is what I call working overtime,"
he chuckled. Chicago Tribune.
"What line ofgoods do you carry?"
asked the suspicious man of the prlvato
detective who had represented hlmHvlf as
a traveling salesman. -.
"I am In the rubber business." the latter
answered, truly. Baltimore American.
-"Do you think It is as easy to make a
fortune as it used to be?" asked the am
bitious youth.
"Easier." answered Benator Sorghum,
"The problem is to do It In such a way
that your friends will continue to speak
to you." Washington Star.
His Lawyer The trouble is that they've
got half a doxen witnesses who saw you
whipping your wife. It will be hard to es
tablish an alibi In the fare of that.
Prisoner Gosh! I don't need any alibi.
All you've got to do Is to prove by me
that I waa drjink. Chicago Tribune.
The university to the founder: "We are
doing our best to honor you. venerable
The shade of John Harvard: "Oh, yon
are, are you? What about the foot ball
team that bears my name?" Cleveland
Plain Dealer. v
"Our business is one of many emergencies.
Are you capable of getting out of a tight
aotiepse If occasion requires?"
'I think so, sir, for the past ten years
I have been a regulart trolley-car strap
hanger." Baltimore American.
Tho Moralist How the good times yr
have had stick in your memory through
after yearel , , .
The Roundel- I disagree with you, sir.
The best tlmea I ever had I wasn't able
to remember a thing about, even on the
next morning. Cleveland Leader.
"Why can't you give me a decent sum
or money and not dribble It 10.UW franos
at a time?" ... .
Questioning thus, the titled slien glared
at his American wife, but she did not
quail. . .
"It was distinctly understood." she re
turned, with firmness, "that I bought you
on the installment pian." Philadelphia
Ledger.
The stranger wandered Into tho police sta
tion. "I like to see yifbrt rewarded." he
began.
"Well?" . ' .
"Last night I was robbed." he continued,
"and the fellow who did It manifested a .
acrupulous desire to get all I had. I fini
he overlooked this U bill. If you run
across him, (five It to hi in with my com
pliments." Philadelphia Ledger.
"Jostah." asked Mrs. Chugwater, "what
do the papers mean when they talk about
'tainted money T " . , , .
"Money that's been, kept In an old yarn
sock," answered Mr.' Chugwater. "Cant
you give your mind a change- to work
onoe in awhile? 'Chicago Tribune.
THE KTESIG LIGHT.
' 4
Alfred Austin, Po.-t Laureate of England.
In New York Independent
Angels their silvery trumpets blow
At dawn, to greet the morning glow.
And mortals lift adoring eyea
To aee the glorious sun arise.
Then winged with fslUu and urged by hope.
Youth scans the hill snd sc ales the slope;
Its pulses bound, its thoughts exult.
It finds no danger difficult. . .
Doutili-s the pace, disdaining ease,
Victor before It comes and sees.
Deeming the universe Its own.
The sovereign of a self-made throne.
Each hope achieved, fulfilled each prayer,'
We glory in the noonday glare.
Welcome the blinding heats of strife.
Deeming resistance part of life.
We deal the blow, return the stroke,
Kiglitlng our way through dust and smoke,
t'ntll, our bsttle banner furled,
We tcwer above a conquered world. '
Whether wa lead mankind along
15y gift of speech or grace of song.
Seise with a strenoue- hand the helm,
Or add an empire to the realm, ,
We front the sun with forehead bare,
Blill glorying In the noonday glare.
But as the lengthening shadows glide
Silent along the eventide.
Till dews baptise lawn, leaf and flower
In that dim sanctuary hour,
A sacred something haunts the air.
Tender as love, devout aa prayer,
Arui In the darkening dome afar
Glimmers one bright outriding star.
Announcing to the sentry sinhf
Cumins battalions of the nlxhl. ' ' '
The noonday glare and morning glow
Pae Into shadowy long-ago, . !
We feel rarth's vain amtuiion fade
Into the vanished dust they made.
All that tha glow of dawn foreto d,
And all tli iioondHy sun unrolled.
geuins nothing to tha qu'et Joy:
No clamor mars, no cares annuy,
"I wlit restless day and restful n!gM
That sanctities the evening light.