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TITR OMAIIA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18. 1007. Tiie Omaha Daily B& FOUNDED BT EDWARD ROSBWATER. VICTOR ROSEWATIR. EDITOR. Entered at Omaha Fostoffloe at wwona clas matter, TERMS OF BLTSBCRIPTION: . Dally Boa (without Punday. on year.. Dally Be and Sunday, on year 0 Sunday Bh, an year lw paturday but. on )m i.tv nntrpBrn nr " A OUT mn Dally Ft (including fitindiiy), per w' iro umiiy dm twitnom Hunnayi, per "..!': Evenlna- Be twlthoat Sunday), per week o Evening (with Sunday), per wk...i)e Adrtrae an compielnta 01 inriiniifi In deliver to CKv Circulation Department, OFTICE8. Omaha The Bee Building. Pouth Omaha City Hall Building. Council BlulTa IS Boott Street. New Tork 1608 noma Ufa insurance Washington 7 Fourteenth Blreet N. W. I CORRESPONDENCE. CommuolcaUons relating to newa ana ei- totlal matter ahotild b addraaaed, Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. Huainant&a. Remit hv draft. ainreM or nostal order payable to Tha bea Publishing company. v.' 1 1 1 j -1 n 1 1 v plains rt"m3iyrj f ' ll accounts, personal check a.l eacept on I Omaha or eastern caching,' not accepted. STATK-fctTNT OF CIRCULATION, Stat of Nebraska. Doukuu County. ai 'k. .1 .. ' n... AnA-at mtnam of The Be Publishing company, being quit sworn, says tnat me. aciuai nuniu-r 1 of full and rnnlet. enntaa of Th Dally. Morning, Evening and Sunday B printed during th month of November, 1907, waa a followa: 1' 87,000 87,880 . 88,600 :......... 37,9-0 . 380 (. 9,690 7 7ao 3740 I IT,IM 10 SS.BOO 11 97,630 12 37,730 II 37,380 14 37,350 It 37,300 ,J aa'M 39,180 l 87,430 l it"'!!!!.'.. 974100 II 87,38 I II 87-SO H. 97to 17... 9740 'J 10 87,880 Total .1,183,430 Da unsold and returned coplea. 10,133 Net Total... 1,113,889 Dally average CHARLES C." 'rOSEWATER,' 37,103 General lfuitnr. Subscribed in my preaenre and aworn to oetor me inia 2a oay or uecember, 1907. ROBERT HUNTER, Notary Public. WHBS OtfT OF TOWN. Babaorlbera learlna; tit eltr teaa-3r-rtlr akaata have- TH B caalled to tfcasa. Adre will b ehaasreal as ftea sua veqaawtesl. A local minister ia minr tn nrMch on "The Need of the Hour.," Christmas shoppers know what it is. Only seven days more for Christmas I shopping, and among them the shortest day In the year. This means "Hustle." The democrats will start their 108 campaign In the mountains, but will doubtless end it in the woods, as UUftl. ' I Belgium has what Is known as the socialist left party, In this country me aemocratic party serves as the left party. benator Foraker is beginning "to realize that his presidential boom is a clearing house certificate instead of the real goods. St. Louis reports 300 saloons less than lust Vfar. If that keema nn Kt Lrfiuls will soon have no more than eight saloons to the block. General Stoessel might help his case by 'summoning Oeneral Kuroki, who knows a good deal about the causes of the fall of Port Arthur. 1 "Pittsburg is the best advertised city in the country," aays the Dispatch f that clt. Pittsburg is welcome to the kind ot advertising It has been I receiving.! . Up to date, Secretary Cortelyosn has withheld his endorsement of the president s reoommendation for widest publicity In the matter .of campaign contributions. a aispaicn irom uoidneid says, "OeneraL-Funston fears trouble." The author of that telegram does not know runston. Ht may expect trouble but never fears It. Borne 806 coplea of the president's message have been Disced on tha hat. tleshlps enroute to the Pacific The jackles will have time to read it if the speed pace Is kept low. The more the matter la discussed the more apparent it ls that the action taken by the Nebraska republican plat- form makers last fall la considered as expressive of the opinion of the state. It is announced that the Pennayl vania democrats will favor the nomina tion of Judge Gray of Delaware. Penn sylvania democrats cut almost aa much figure in results aa Texas republicans -v - A Kansas Tlty naDer boaata that tha nonnlA In that -lt Kt.. .." icbi, ungrr iiauus, Droaaer anouiders and bigger hearts than on any other l1 part of the earth. And bigger heads? Plans should be made to induce the deleeatea to aton In Omaha nn their ay to the democratic convention at Denver. There will be- neither pleasure nor profit in having them atop ou the return trlp. 'Secretary Cortetyou cannot remain in thai cabinet and also in the nreal- dentlal rac ,"' aays the PhtladalBhla North American. He will have to tt into the presidential race before, ha eaa j-ecvain in it. "The democrats will find Denver a delightful place to meet," says Colo- nel Bryan. It is well, perhaps, that the meetings should be held in a de- Ughtful place, aa the pleasure will all , com at tha opening of the campaign. Nothing but disaster can be expected at Lb fi&lfch. CASJtltM' rtRTiFtrATt.$ ASD round. Under the guise of disinterested patriotism, Senator Tillman of South Carolina, supported by Senator Cul- Derson ot jmbs, me new leauer 01 mw democratic minority In the senate, has Started an inquiry wmcp ia to serve a. the basis of a political attack on the ,. . , ... !,,. wquie rrpuuinnu luiuiuiniauuu, mo may be used to advantage in the com- fiK nat onal campaign. The Tinman resolutions call upon the secretary or .. . . .. . me treasury tor aia auiaornjr m jimv.-- leg federal funds with the national banks during the recent financial flurry, for hla reasons" for Issuing 150.000.000 In Panama canal bonda, - in house certificates and for detailed . . .. . to cUBa -nj Dur- mrormaiion as 10 me cause ana pur- p0ae of the Issue of "certificates or in ...... . uruieuueeo. The democratic movers of the resO' I... . , , . . , . , . lUllon 01 inquiry nave uuuvuph a little disconcerted by trie iact tnat the republicans of the senate commit tee on finance have supported the resolution Instead of opposing it.. This . ... . . ... i "B UB uucumeui ui ua yai iirmu ic tures, to a large degree, and makes . lit one 01 general concern. ine re- BU,t ' th lnQu,ry may be forecasted without much difficulty. Ample Justl- flcatlon exists for the issue of the Panama canal bonda. As to the mat ter of "certificates of indebtedness," it will be shown that legal authority for their issue existed and that the .... .. secretary or me treasury auinonzea their issue, in view of the discretionary tower vested in fclm. The need was overestimated and but a few of the certificates were issued. On those features of the resolution of inquiry the Trea8ury department will have no difficulty In making response that should be entirely satisfactory. The federal government had no part or concern In the Issue of clearing house certiflcatea and no power to pre vent it. The problem was one handled by the national banks in different com munities and in different ways. Now that the use of these certificates and oaahlers' checks has been discontinued, it may be stated that they were given a use in 1807 never contemplated wnn theT were flr8t designed to meet financial emergency in 1860. The original purpose of the issue was to serve as substitutes for cash in the settlement of daily balances , between banks and the public had no concern or interest in them. They have been UBed for like emergencies since that date, but not until this year have they been used as a substitute for currency, . - nn - r ha nnnnln That' thane rertlfl- oatom arA nnt money or substitute tor rircuifttIon exceot between bank8 ls generally conceded and the only purp)M ot the inquiry by the senate committee can be to determine whether such issues are subject to the federal tax of 10 per cent on tssties of other than bond secured circulation Whatever the finding of the . senate committee, it will be difficult to man ufacture political capital out of the matter. It will serve only to empha- 8,M the need of trra legfalation in currency matters, a need generally recognised, although there Is little promise of an agreement as to the method by which it shall be accom- plished TRVBT COMPANIES ASD HAXKS. Chairman Fowler of the houBe com mlttee on banking and currency is only adding complications to an . al ready muddled condition when he urges the enlargement of the powers of the national banks of the nation ln OPder to enable them to compete wltn the trust companies which have n Ute years apparently appropriated to themselves many of the functions ot the national banks, without being subject to the federal restrictions ex ercised over the banks. Mr. Fowler suggests that a law be passed giving the national banks tha right of ex erclsing all the powers ot executors, administrators, guardians and trustees powers that now are extended to trust companies. He contends that in no other way can the national banks meet the competition ot the trust companies which have grown up and are now ab sorbing, much of the business which be should belong to the banks In support ot his contention, he cites tneM figures of deposits, as the best nieaaure of business magnitude, show ing how the trust companies have en croached upon the business of .the na tlonal banks: . .. NATIONAL, BANKS. Deposit a. 1180 tl.SZl.14S.66 1800 4 2.468, 02. 767 lftA7 . ' 4 til ftX 1A4 TRUST COMPANIES !3.46.4 " 1.U-I.Z3I.40T ..oi.h.m 1 STATE BANKS ..I S51.100.000 100 1,1,(00,1 10 1.0I.49.8I While these figures show that the trust companies have succeeded in in r""1 tUelr ,epo8lu at a reter ratio than the national banka, the fact remalna that Mr. Fowler'a proposition Id designed to change the entire acope and purpose ot the national banka. Tb -t,onl bank, under the wlae pro- T,8,on 01 tn natlnl bank act, la commercial institution pure and elm P'e- e,,1, ctr to the needs of th conn-erdal community. It has no power to add fiduciary functions. to it business, and such addition would bu serve to cripple Its relations to the business community. The Fowler P1" would require an entirely new 1 w for the government and operation of national banka, for trust and sar I 'n business Aelong to an entirely I different category from the buslneaa I legitimately devolved upon national banks. Trust and savings funds cannot be handled or loaned as are the re sources of national banks and the en- re question of reserves and guaran tees would have to be remodeled to meet the Fowler plan. Mr. Fowler Is clearly In error In his effort to remedy a financial evil. The need Is not for extension of trust powers to national- banks, but for leg islation regulating the trust companies to the end that they may be restrained from performing the functions of na tional banka and confined in their activities to the fiduciary activities for which they were originally created. There Is no ground for the demand that national banks be granted trust company powers. There Is urgent de mand that trust companies be pro hibited from exercising national bank ing functions. RtSCLTS. The Bee feels not a little pride in being permitted to congratulate the taxpayers of Douglas county on the practical, results of at least one of its efforts at securing reform in adminis trative measures. For years The Bee has from time to time called attention to the graft In the item of feeding prisoners at the county Jail. This per sistent hammering has at last borne fruit and for the next year the prison ers In the county Jail will be main tained by the sheriff at an expenditure for meals at a trifle less than one-half of what is now being paid. This bid was not made on the basis of a falling market, but is honestly calculated on the actual cost of feeding prisoners. The savjng that will result to the tax payers of Douglas county during the coming term in the sheriff's office will amount to thousands of dollars. When The Bee recommended Sheriff- elect Brailey as a fit and proper candi date for the office it endorsed him as being a man who would give careful ttentlon to the details of his office. who would not exploit it for his pri vate gain and who would administer the office in the most economical and satisfactory manner. Mr. Bralley's first move ls to reduce the greatest single Item of cost of the county Jail by more than one-half. This is a practical redemption ot the first prom ise made for him by The Bee. Re sults count. TO FVltlSB RCMUB MOXQBRS. Congressman Dalsell of Pittsburg has Introduced a bill making It an offense to circulate rumors detrimental to the credit of national banks. It is proposed to punish by fine and Im prisonment those persons who make It a business to whisper, during; finan cial flurries, that they have heard on good authority, but It must not b repe'ated, that the Nineteenth National bank is Just a little shaky and would be forced to the wall it a run on It was started. - This species of rumor monglng has done no end ot harm to financial institutions In many cities and laws could scarcely be enacted that would be too drastic in their appll cation to persons who either thought lessly or maliciously give these damag ing whispers currency. ' Desirable as the reform proposed by Mr. Dalzell mayje, there Is little prospect of such legislation being enacted by congress. While the fed eral government has special supervis ion and control of national banks, it would be manifestly unfair, if not illegal, to attempt to give the banks a protection that ls not extended to all other institutions. Besides, the banks have their remedy, without resort to new legislation. Every state has laws providing for the punishment ot slanderers and Ubefers, and the scandal mongers cad be reached through them One Pittsburg bank has already adopted this plan by causing, the ar rest of the person who startod rumor j to the effect that the bank was In financial distress. The man has been Indicted arid. Is now awaiting trial No surer way exists of unsettling con fidence and producing stories ot real trouble than these whisperings, per sistent and insidious, of trouble among financial institutions, and the public will applaud and approve any vigorous methods that 'may be em ployed to ferret out and punish rtie originators of such reports, whether they relate to banks, other commer cial institutions or to Individuals, but the remedy will have to be applied locally and not through federal legis lation. v . Iowa has been removed from the "new west" by the ase limit. . At Burlington last Sunday Rev. Dr. Wll liam Salter preached a sermon on the eighty-sixth anniversary of his birth and recalled the fact that he had been pastor ot the church tor sixty-two consecutive years. We will have to begin referring to Iowa as "back east." The attorneys for the Water board are making at least a showing of earn ing the large Bums they have drawn by appearing before the United States supreme court, but if they garner the same ha nest they have hitherto brought home the taxpayers will sub sequently agree that it is money poorly spent. The New York Sun Is convinced that President Roosevelt is sincere n his declaration that he will not seek or accept another nomination. The pres ident has achieved much In convincing the Suu of his sincerity. Mr. James J. Hill has gone before the Interstate Commerce commiaalon at Washington and made a ahowing that hi western railroads are losing money on every car of lumber hauled to market from the northwest. This aa always been a marked feature of Mr. Hill's railroad administration. The lines under his control have invariably lost money, particularly the . Bur lington. The Nebraska Railroad commission Is now squarely before the United States supreme court and on the rnjlng of that body will depend the future ac tion of the state board. The Impor tance of the question involved ia much wider than the state and the decision will be awaited throughout the country with much Interest. The state treasurer of Michigan de posited $600,000 of the state funds in his bank, which .failed. He refused to resign, even after requested by the governor to do so and removal pro ceedings have been commenced against hfm. He Is evidently suffering from a case of hardening of the cuticle. Kansas City banks are getting their doors open again and business in that section of the Missouri valley ls begin ning y takexon its normal phase. This Is one of the best indications that the danger of hard times is more apparent than real. Henry Gassaway Davis, late candi date for the vice presidency, says if he is engaged to be married he does not know it. Thought Senator Piatt was the only member of the old guard who could not keep track of his engage ments. Senator Heyburrl of Idaho criticises Secretary Garfield for Bending to the senate the draft of bills he would like to have considered. The land and mineral policy of the adminis trate has never been endorsed by the Rocky Mountain senators. Mayor Jim has reached,' a hitherto unsuspected height of fame. - His name has resounded throush the sen ate chamber with all the forensic foree of Tillman's vitriolic voice. Now Fate may do worse, but Mayor Jim's name is forever embalmed In greatness. , Lincoln business men by a postal card vote have endorsed parcels post, the postal savings bank and federal guarantee, and have turned down asset currency. Whether or not Lincoln speaks for the state, this is a good in dication of the trend of public thought. It will be observed that every time a bill ia introduced In congress call ing for the construction of a new battleship some foreign nation makes occasion to express its profound friendship for the United States. The postmaster 1 general has now taken up the Omaha postofflce case. Simply an Indication that whatever de cision Is ultimately reached, there will be no room for charge that proper consideration was not given the matter. rrofeaaloam Versa Facta. New Tork Evening Post. A campaign that la to b absolutely free from money Inflluence beglna auaplcloualy with the aaalgnment of a national conven tlon to a city that off era $100,000 for It. A Hepnhllcan Lift. Indianapolis News. If you don't think. Mr. Guggenheim is making a good senator Just note that he put up $25,000 to get the democratic na tional convention for Denver. This In dlcates both the breadth of mind and depth of purse Which are so important In filling a senatorial Job. Krp the- Eagles MotIbbt. Philadelphia. Record. Don't squeexe that Christmas dollar too hard. Even If it Is a new deuble-eagle let the poor bird fly. Free spending suits the season. Free spending will scare the black cat panic off the back fence and end th ridiculous caterwauling. Let's bootjack the black est and be merry. By the 8aiue lokea. Washington Herald. The Junior senator from Arkansaa says he has eight children, and "it doesn't take $130,000 per year to support them, either And, by the same token, w know a num ber of people with eight .children, and It doesn't take 17,500 a year and a mileage allowance to support them; but nobody ex pects the senator to decline his salary bo- cause of that. The Com n try Need Heat. New Tork Financial Chronicle. There are Increasing Indications that the country feela Its need of a long term of quiet and recuperation. With that, we shall gradually return to the old faith In individual action to faith in ourselves and be willing to go on as formerly, each man doing his best for himself and trust Ing to Jaws which aim only to prevent in justice without trying to smooth out In equalities and make each man's prosperity the same aa every other man's. PKRSOXAI, NOTES. It cost a man In Newark, N. J., Just 120 for laughing at a policeman. Th new senator from Arkansas la "get ting his" all right. A Chicago paper calls him the new Billy Mason. After thirty-six consecutive years with th Pullman company, George F. Brown, 64 years old, treasurer of that corporation and recently Its general manager, has re tired from active life. President Roosevelt hss appointed Gen eral William C. Oates to succeed Colonel Elliott as commissioner to mark confed erate graves. General Oates was former governor of the state of Alabama, a col onel In th confederate army, a brigadier general in the Spanish war and also a former member of the -houae of represen tatives. A Philadelphia woman attempted suicide because hr husband bought all her clothes and had added to her wardrobe a ted golf vest studded with lar( braea buttona and cmbelllahed with a brooch photograph of himself. Of course, there can be no defense of suicide, but it ls fair to state that it has been Inspired many times by griev ance less serious. To Benator Francis Emory Warren, more than to anv other man. la due tha lrii.. tlon enacted for the Irrigation of tha arid land of th west. II has been the fore most and moat earnest champion of th people In this improvement, and ia looked upon aa th "Father of Irrigation." He has not finished hla work aa yet aad will eontinu his sffort along that Ua HOlM ABOIT KW TORK. Hippie on the Car rent f Life I" the Metropella. Drsalixpd looting of the remains of In solvent financial Institutions through the Instrumentality of receivers' fees and law yers' fees has grown to the proportions of a rrlmfc against fredltors In New Tork City and state. The commission recently ap pointed to consider a revision of the bank ing code has been Instructed by Governor Hughes to Investigate and report a plsn limiting the fees of receivers. A late In stance of exorbitant fees is cited by the New York Sun. A Young New York lawyer has presented a bill of $S1.0HO for services as counsel for the receiver of the New York Building Imn company, for a period of nine months. This is at the rate of $40,000 a year. The Institution in question has been bankrupt for four years. When it falletl it had 12.000 depositors and an In vestment of $3,000,000. The creditors have received only 15 per cent of their claims. and an additional payment of 7 per cent la expected as the final disposition of the com pany's affairs. Thl Is only a fair Illustra tion of the manner in which creditor ar not only imposed upon, but actually robbed. In a legal way, through the system of re ceiverships and attorneys' fees In bank rupt cases. The baldheaded man at last ls coming into his own. Hereafter those with the billiard ball pate will be given the prefer ence as servitors In the lobster palaces along the Great White thoroughfare. This was the edict Issued by proprietors of the Dig refectories the other day. As some of the waiters pull down a salary equal to a bank president there was much Joy among those with the "before using" knob. An other rule that will charm visitors ls that all the gentlemen In waiting must con form with the pure food law ahd remove the real estate from their hands. Hereto fore there Tiav been many complaints that the hands of some waiters were not always like the lily. Now a corps of manicure artists has been added to the big estab lishments, and all waiters must be mani cured before they can handle a dish. This rule and a few others will make Alphonse and Michael things immaculate. At the present time, says the Scientific American, there are being carried out In New York new engineering works of mag nitude, public and private, whose total cost has been estimated at not less than $600,- 000,000, and much of this work haa been planned, begun and carried well on- to completion with not one-tenth of the dis cussion and world-wide advertisement which has marked tha operations on the Panama canal. Without entering into full particulars, it Is sufficient to Instance a few of the leading engineering works and their probable tost. In addition to the Catsklll water supply, which Is to cost $162,000,000, two leading railroads of tha country are rebuilding their terminal sta tiona and .electrifying their terminal and suburban service, at a total cost for the two which. Judging from the way things are going, will not fall far short of $200,000. 000. We refer to he electrification of the New Tork Cerftral' system and the con struction of Its new yard and station and offices, and to the carrying out by the Pennsylvania Railroad company of similar works, which Involve the construction of no less than six separate tunnels under the Hudson and East rivers and below Man hattan island. Then there ls the extensive work being done by the Hudson companies, which Is completing four tunnels below the Hudson river and building an extensive system of subwaya below Jersey City and beneath the street of Manhattan. The total coat of thia work, by the time the terminal stations, yards, etc., ara com pleted, will not be far short of 150,000,000. The Rapid Transit commission, moreover, has laid out extensions of the rapid transit subway, of which the first Installment, which will soon be begun, will call for an expenditure of not less than $100,000,000. Add to this the two bridges which the city la building across the East river, costing together about $40,000,000: the Connecting railway,, with Its 1,000-foot four-track steel arch bridge over the East river, to cost from $12,000,000 to $1D,000,000, to say nothing of a large number of minor but costly im provements, and It can be seen that the total easily amounts to the $600,000,000 men tloned above. It remained for an Italian director of funerals to Introduce tha automobile hearse to New York, and he is so pleased with the venture that he has given an order for two exclusive and elaborate motor hearses, which will have beneath the body a vault for carrying the dead, but the upper, part of the hearse will be fitted up for passenger carrying, and from sixteen to twenty peo ple will be able to ride in the same vehicle to and from the cematerv. The undertaker in speaking of the Innova tion aaid that he had noticed that auto mobiles were being used freely at funerals and the thought occurred to him that many of hla clients would be in favor of using the motor car for funeral purposes, so he thought he would commence by getting combination affair. Hla Judgment has been verified by the fact that many have a let-ted th motor hearse In preference to the horse-drawn one, as it Is considered to be more up-to-date and fashionable. The utility of the motor hearse will not be questioned, as it Is safe and takes up much less room than the horse-drawn hearse. The undertaker who owns the hearse in question believes that economy will also enter Into the matter, for if he can carry sixteen or twenty people with the remains. It will mean the elimination of a large number of carriages, and thereby save much expense. Long funerals where a large number of carrlagea are employed. not only obatruct traffic but are oftan delayed by other traffic, much to the annoy ance of those attending the funeral. If they haven't the original "lemon" Joke in the Metropolitan Museum of Art they came pretty nearly achieving that distinc tion. In one of the cases containing the Edward C. Moor collection of oriental art objects there ls a group of pieces of Venetian glassware consisting of cups and vases of various kinds and shapes. On the lowar shelf of this caaa there is a larae aised and perfectly shaped representation of a lemon In bright lemon-colored glass that must represent some artisan's Idea of Joke, for It has nothing to do with the ordinary sort of pieces those glass-blowing shop turned out aT that time. As It dates from the sixteenth century it certainly antedatea any lemon known to th scientists connected with the museum. Th bst proof that alealing water ls not a device of the wicked modern corporations la the discovery of that aecret pipe run Into th old Fifth Avenue hotel whin it was built. Th present proprietor had never even heard of the xlstnc of tha free supply. Nevertheless, he may have to pay for it for th last six years, at the rate of "S.OuO gallons a day. Heal .Nacrwarr ait Life. Baltimore American. ."What la money that it I held eqiice leas? You cannot eat It, you cannot wear it, your shroud haa no pocket In It, and tit Peter wui not receive it for admlaalon to the golden gate," aaya Senator Jeff Davla f Arkansas. No; but you can buy things to eat and to wear, and If it ls used rightly and with charity, It may b Influeatlal with St. Peter at th golden gte. The bom bastic aenator will not And many who will aire wiUt him In hi depreciation, of th almighty dollar. , The Dago's Bcene: Carloads of evergreens piled tip here and there about town. Children-trees! One with possibilities of becoming patri archal trees, beautiful anil grand! Btolrn from government mountains brought Into the marts of commrrV'" thouaamla, yes, tens of thousands of them! How msny Christmas trees In our town this year, loaded with presents and priestly blessings, were stolen? That ono was stolen as a piece of property Were a amall matter. But stealing a child-tree, destined to become a patriarch tree, beautiful and grand. Is, Indeed grand lsrceny! Priests In sacer dotal vestments, priests in chokers only, may bless them, but cannot atone the as sassination of one of these child-trees. Thou shall not kill! Preacher! You! You cannot wipe the stain away. The best you, or any householder, can do is to refuse to buy one. Thus worship our Ood! You de stroy out forests, you destroy odV rivers! Forests assassinated, rivers assassinated! Little evergreen, you! True priest of for est and river! True friend of ours! y Thero was a dago In our town. He lived in a shanty. His wife, several little ones, whom he loved. He was poor. Could he give them a Christmus trceT With his old horse and wagon, 'again and again he passed by stres of evergreena stolen from the mountains perhaps from the govern mentchildren assassinated, never to be come patriarchal things of beauty and grandeur! Again and again, I say, he passed those stores of evergreen trees. Could he have a Christmas tree? The government has vast mountain pos sessions, reservations, thickly grown with children-trees aspiring to become patrlarcha of beauty and grandeur. Who has de spoiled them?v The government has had vast extents of lands for homes for the poor. Who have exploited them toy fraud JABS AT OMAHA. Wood River Sunhearn': The exellent man agement. the elaborate cuisine ana tr.e healthy artearsncn of the landlord has In duced Rev. George E. Ware, who was sen. 'I enced to one year'a Imprisonment by th United Btates court In Omaha, to seek 3. change of boarding place from Omaha to tha hotel De Dunkel In Grand Island. Et tu Omaha, what a blow. Hemingford Journal: The Omaha Jurvr that convicted Pumphrey for the killing tf a Chinaman, and fixed the penalty, wr.a under no compulsion, and Chinese consuls should see to It that such facts aa the reach the proper authorities. There Is 1 desire on the part of the American people that anyone, no difference "what the na tionality may be, should be wronged cr abused without punishment following It he wake of the crime. Fremont Tribune: Ex-Mayor Reed of Kansas City was very Infelicitous in at letat one sentence of his banquet apeech at Omaha tin other night when the Dahlman democracy wined and dined at a dollar each. He snld: "The people have had enough of the Jangle of the spur of the cowboy In the executive office." It was a thrust at Roosevelt, but the eyea of the banqueters all turned toward Mayor Jim. h-Reed shot at one duck but hit another. Falrbury Newa: Omaha would be pleased to have thia government spend a few million dollars more in a vain effort to make the Missouri river navigable, and It will probably be done, for that city has an irresistible way of going after what It wants. But seriously we are Inclined to believe that It would be aa wise to expend our energies in an attempt to dip the Atlantic ocean dry ao that our commerce might be carried on with Great Britain overland. The Missouri is a treacherous old stream. It la filled with quicksand from Its source to Ha mouth, and It is here today and there tomorrow. It transfers hundred of acres from on state to an other In a single night, and If we should aucceed In getting a channel cleared deep enough to float a flatboat from Omaha to Kansas City, there ls no assurance that a aandbar would not preempt its right of way before it got back. The Omaha people are emulating the example of the guileless in fant who cries for the moon. Fremont Tribune: A prominent Omaha man haa withdrawn from a big church there for the reason that the pastor does not preach enough hell. He aays the preacher only glvea hla hearera the pleasant things things they like to hear; that by that means he retains popularity but does not put the kibosli on sin as he should. This man holleves In the old orthodox hell. In this day of liberal Interpretation of creeds and following after many peculiar fads no man la to lo condemned If he should re turn to the faith of the fathers. If a man believe In a literal hell and can't get all he wants in his church let him go outside and raise It himself. That's a blessed modern privilege. But we opine the exist ence of a hell dependa altogether upon the conduct of the individual. If he deserves torture he will get -achat's coming to him, and our own experience convinces us he'll rot have to wait till h goes hence; he'll begin to get his dividend as soon as he beglna to earn them,, and no bulls or bears or exchange can beat Mm out of them. This theory of punishment satisfies most people, hut If the Omaha man in question thinks there ought to be more of it, he'll probably find what he's looking for. "Glory Eaooah for All." Kanaaa City Tlmea. 80 much that la disheartening haa come out of Ban Franciaco that It la doubly pleasant to note from that city an inspiring Instance of public unaelftahnesa. Before th Civic Forum of New York, District Attor ney Langdon of Ban Francisco spoka of his special assistant, Frsnrls J. Heney, aa "the greatest prosecutor that ever appeared be fore a Jury." For on who haa earned splendid reward for himself to thus accord chief credit to another ia quite aa ensuring aa It la Infrequent. l Princely Christmas Gi There Ii No Other No store wh'elre so many of the de sirable pianos are found, under one roof. No other store where in the rush and bustle of Xmas shopping you are so certain your money ls buying all it's worth. Children are frequently sent to buy and select Ihe pianos the parents pay for at the Hospe store. Because the people know the Hospe store is strictly one price and sells the beat pianos and does not add a goodly sum to the prlc la order to protect snd pay the demands of commission A. Hospe Co. 1513 Doufjlaa St Christmas ulent entries, by subornation of perjury T A minister of the gospel, learned In theol ogy wis In the lgnoranrn of other days pleads he did not know any better! Railroads and officials educated in their srvloe, rich and powerful, aelxe publlo lands without title, coal lands also, patri mony of the people, and derive from them vast proflta through fraud ami suborna tion of perjury. 80 men become rich aj vastly rich ao vastly respectable! Tognl, the dago, one night, IhouRlitfvtl oj the wlfn and children in his shack and of a Christmas tree for them, takes an ever green tree from the store In a vacant lot. puts It In his wagon and takea It home. He will have a Christmas tree! Tognl wsa Ignorant, else ho would not have ao prlxed a Christmaa tree. AV Christmas tree Is not necessary to the glory of Ood! Tognl and hla wife act up the evergreen tree in his llttlo shack. In the midst of poverty. In the midst of squalor, in the midst of little ones! They put on it a few llttlo bags of popcorn, llttlo hags of candy, llttli hags 'of nuts, a few tapers. Tognl will have si Christmaa tree and Christmaa v baa come! There'a a knock at the door. It la opened. An officer la there with a warrant, lie takea Tognl. Tognl had stolen a tree. And Tognl knew better! lla could not plead Ignoranoo! Th officer Tarried him off. The wife and tha children? cry. Tha tapera are never lighted! Tognl, on Christ maa night Tognl, on Christmaa morn slta In a cell tn Jail, because Toanl has stolen an evergreen tree that was atolcn from government land, has paid freight to tha railroads and stands for profit to the mer chant. Tognl knew hetter! Thia was Togni's Cnristmas. JOHN D. HOWE. P. 8. No, Earnest Enquirer, Tognt did not steal the tree on Sunday. WHITTLED TO A POINT. The youngster was twitting the profes sor on the fact that he wasn't born In thia country and never could be president. "That's all riaht, my lad." said the pro cessor. "I could speak the language of the country when I came here, and you couldn't when you came." Chicago Tribune. "What beautiful children's hooka they are getting out." said the ahopper. "Yes," answered the salesman-; "the best way to sell a child's book is to get up something that will Interest and amuse Ha parents." Chicago Record-Herald. ' "I got a letter from him yesterday written on a typewriter." "That'a too much like business." "Well, ho meant business." Louisville Courier-Journal. "My son, have you obeyed 'my advice to be up and doing?" ' "Yes. father." "How have you followed It out?'. "I've been up against It and doing every body I can.'" Baltimore American. "I wonder If the new cook can turn a griddle cake the proper way?" "I guess she can. Bhe offered to stand me on my head the last time I went in the kitchen." Cleveland Plain Dealer. "What line of goods do you carry?" asked the suspicious man of the prlvata detective who had represented himself aa a traveling salesman. "I am In the rubber business," thef latter answered, truly. Baltimore American. "I'd like to know how she can afford t4 keep two acrvants?" "I'd like to know how Khe succeeds la keeping them?" Houston Post. "Colonel." said the reporter. "I am told that you once made a fortune in hay, Would you mind telling mo the story?" "The only foundation for 'the Btory, suh," responded CoU Hankthimder. ia thai I married a rich grass widow some years ago, and I can lick the man that sunt you to ask me that question, begad, suh!'' Chicago Tribune.. "I broke a record today. Had the last word with a woman." "Didn't think It possible. How'dU hap. pen?" '"Why, I said to a woman In the csr, 'Madam, have my seat.' " Philadelphia. Ledger. "The minister who caused a spilt In his church which created so much excitement, has a nack of saying some very clever things about It." "Yes, I must admit hla Is something of a witty schism." Baltimore American. "It would please mo mightily, Mlsa Btout," said Mr. Mugley, "to have yoti go to the theater with me this evening," "Have you secured the seats?" asked Miss Vera Stout. "Oh! come now," he protested; "you're not so heavy as all that" Catholic Stand ard nnd Times. "Jane," said the man, "you are spending too much money. 1 must save part of my Income." "Oh, what'a the use of hoarding? Every body Is preaching against it." "Well, all I can say ls that If you keep on there won't he a cent for alimony." Philadelphia Ledger. "I hear Lem Boggs Stinijuyed with i t, deacon?" . ,' "Yaas." "Goln' to lose yer darter, hey?" "I reckon, but not to I-m. Zeb Hlgga Mondayed, Tuesdayed, Wednesdayed an' Thursdayed with us. I Judge Keb is the lucky man." Louisville Courier-Journal. BRAVEST OK THE BHAVB, Chicago Journal. The snow desoends Its flnecy mantle falla In crinkled heap. Ilka countless cashmere shaws, And now and then Ha chilly torrents atld Adown our necks from overhanging walla. The great Napoleon, many years ago. Was balked ot conquest by the drifting snow. And heaps of white along tha Russian roads Dealt his imperial power Ha fatal blow. Who If a brave man? He who storms a fort, Or faces sentence in a hostile court? Or laughs at Ore and cyclone. Or, per chance, Takea risk of slaughter In the foot ball sport? Not so. Th bravest la the man who'll dar A allk hat tn the whirl of anow to wear, Nor look behind, when paaalng group of boye Eager to aoak that bonnet then and tharet Equal (he Gift of a Put takers. 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