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TIIK HKR: OMAHA, FRIDAY, DKCEMIIEK 17, 1009. ( rniE Omaha Daily Bee. FOfKDED T EDWARD HOSE WATER. VICTOR ROSE WATER, EDITOR Entered at Omaha postofflce aa second class matter. terms or suhscriftioh. Pally Bra (without Runday), one yar..M lal)y H and Hunday, one year (w DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Tally He (including Sunday), per week..lne laliy Hc (without Sunday), per wee. .10c Evening hut (without Sunday), per week Jo Evening Hea (with Sunday), per week.. 10c Surday Ree. one year ej-fj Saturday Hee, on year l.60 Address all complaints of Irremlarltlea In delivery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha The Roe Rulldlng. South Omaha Twrnty-fourth and N. Council Muffs-15 Scott Street. UncolnflU Mttla Building. Chirac') IMS Marquette Building. New York-Rooma 1101-1102 No. M Weat Thirty-third Street. , Washington 725 Fntirteenth Street, N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to newa and edi torial matter should he addressed: Omaha Bea, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. RemK by draft, express or postal order payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only 2-cent atampa received In payment or mall account. Personal ohecka. except on Omaha or eastern exchangee, not accepted. STATEMENT OF CIRCTTLATION. It t ate of Nebraska,' Douglae County, aa.: Ororge R. Tiechuok. treasurer of The Wee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, aaya that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sundnv Bee printed during 'ho month of November. 1903, was aa follows; 1... a,070 16 4130 1 43.000 17 48,180 I.., 43,700 II 41,800 4.. 1 43,150 It .30 1 43,400 20 41,(60 f, 43,170 21 40,840 I, ........ 40,040 22 41,600 I... 41,930 22 41,790 1 43,180 24 10 41,830 25 41,700 11......... 41,750 U 43,340 11 43.660 27 41,810 II 41,780 28 40,400 14......... 40,100 29 41,850 16. .(.....- 41,800 lU 41.830 Total . . . i : 1,352,800 Returned, Copies 8,849 Net Total 1,343,005 Dally Average 41,768 GEO. B. TZSCHUCK. Treasurer. Subscribed in my presence and sworn to before me Ibis 1st day of December, 19m. (Beat) ... M. P. WALKER, . Notary Public. Sabacrlbera leaving the city tent 6rarlly eboald kava Tka Bea ana lied to them. Addrcae will be caangea aa often aa requested. The season In South Africa proves to hare been much safer than in the Maine woods. ... Carrie. Nation evidently wishes to impress Washington with the idea that she can be as busy as congress. Morgan's millions may be talking for the telephone merger, but if so it is only when the wire is clear of lis teners. The Missouri River Navigation con gress has adopted a perfectly lovely platform. Now, if it will only make good on It. 'V Mr. Hearst is to the fore again with plans for- a new party, The usual t Jrori'sb' may be expected, that he be f permitted to be its candidate. ' New York already knew that the mayor's Job was big enough; what it would like to see Mr. Gaynor demon trate Is whether he is big enough. The Chicago Board of Trade men came to Omaha probably to see what teal wheat looks like, and they cer tainly were not disappointed at the Corn show. . . With two sets of wires running fl through the dome of the state capltol, and only one of them paid for, the ram shackle structure may hold together until spring. Iti has somewhat dampened the ardor of the Cuban malcontents to dls oover that the island treasury still owes the United States 6, 000, 000 for our last occupation. The damage to the battleship Ne braska's exterior can be repaired In six days without docking, but it may take Considerably longer than that to repair affairs on the inside of the vessel. Jim Hill's Nebraska railroad Is not doing all that -it might do for the chi tons of the state A little better serv Ico In western Nebraska would make the management much more popular. What a pleasant tiukle has that additional' $700,000 contribution of th. sugar ring to the government's fraud refund! Another white spot scoured on a conscience for the holi days. The excitement over the epistolary t epithets of Tammany leaders growing , " out of the Nsw York municipal cam paign ones more proves the folly of writing letters that ought to be burned and are not. A shipper wants to know why an ex press company charges $67 to haul a pony and 1 to haul a donkey under the same conditions. He might read the answer in the recent distribution of surplus by an express company. Attorney (general Thompson is troubling himself unnecessarily about reports from Lincoln published in the Omaha double-ender. His residence it the stat capital should have taught him by this time that the Omaha louble-ender doesn't cars especially what it prints so long as it can make .rouble for a republican state official. Man that is born of the name Zelaya pears to be prone to trouble as sparks fly upward. While ths uncle Is totng hounded by Insurgents and larassed by Uncle 8am, the nephew Is rndergolng a grilling in the New York tourts at the Instigation of a girl who eks heart-balm. Ths Zelaya motto ems to be, "All's fair in love or wan'.' Tame for the Fanners. Men prominent In western affairs took a day off recently to Join In a tribute to agriculture at the opening of the farmers' hall of fame at the University of Illinois. This was more than a personal recognition of the in ventor of the reaper, Cyrus Hall Mc Cormlck, whose portrait was unveiled In connection with the dedication of the Institution; It was an acknowl edgement of the supremacy of the tiller of the soil. Thus does man get back to first principles. The original of his specie according to holy writ, was a gardener, and none the less a gentleman for that, although he did try to blame the woman for the consequences of the ap ple crop. The early American farmer suffered thehardshlps of the pioneer; but with the auxtlarles of modern in vention and the development of the great west agriculture struck its stride, and today it is the backbone of the nation and the mainstay of the world. y , Secretary Wilson's annual report Is still fresh In the public mind with its records of bumper production and record prices, and this is not the final crest; It Is the foothill toward the heights. It is fitting that the beginning of the farmers' hall of fame should be coincident with the sounding of the general keynote for even greater possibilities of farming that lis Just ahead. The age of agriculture is here, and it is a significant sign of the times that laurels are being wreathed upon the brows of the sons of earth rather than as in the days of old upon the classic foreheads of romantic bards. Marines and Nicaragua. The inconvenience of red tape is ex emplified again In the raising of the point that the restrictions concerning the marines might embarrass the ad ministration in its efforts to restore order in Nicaragua. Congress un doubtedly had good reason for insist ing that the marines be restored to service on the battleships, from which they had been takeu for shore duty, and there will be reluctance on the part of the representatives to amend the provision that was made so firm a part of the texture of the naval ap propriations bill of the last session. It would be unfortunate, however, If any such technicality were permitted to interfere with the campaign for the protection of American Interests against the machinations of Zelaya, and it Is to be hoped that the State and Navy departments may find a way for liberal interpretation of the restric tions that have been imposed, so that the marines now on duty In Nica raguan waters may not be hampered from rendering such continuous duty ashore as the situation may require. Eailroad Legislation. There is evident in the attitude of congress in its passage o'f the two bills concerning railroads a disposition to be fair toward those corporations. The measure giving the Interstate Com merce commission power to compel uniform equipment is only a develop ment of the old safety appliance law, whose enforcement was so long de layed through the antagonistic atti tude of some of the roads. It is inconceivable that so many lines should be hostile to measures de signed to safeguard human life, as was attested in the government's experi ence with the safety appliance law and the readiness of a few of the standard lines, as In the case of the Union Pa cific, to comply with all modern re quirements, is all the more commend able in contrast with this general hos tility. The courts have sustained the safety appliance law after a bitter fight, and it trivet be apparent to all that the additional legislation In that direction is for the public welfare. In the Esch bill, designed to protect the railroads from having used against them as evidence in damage suits the reports that they should be required to make to the commission concerning accidents, a liberal Intent on the part of the government is again shown. The railroads are entitled to the same right as individuals in the matter of giving incriminating evidence, and the Esch bill is meant merely to" encourage officials to aid the commission in the investigation of accidents as a means for Intimate study for future "precau tion. The closer the harmony that exists between railroads and commis sion, the better results the commission is able to accomplish. Canada's Friendliness. Presentation of the annual budget before the Canadian Parliament was made the occasion for considerable ex pression of felicitation toward the United States. This is very pleasant and welcome, as are all such manifest ations of friendliness from so close a neighbor. But talk of amity In the same breath with finances has a sound that is hardly akin to disinterested ness, and analysis of admissions made by the minister of finance, Mr. Field ing, indicates that the dominion hopes to profit by the graciousness of its cousins on this side of the border. A review of Immigration figures shows that Canada has fallen off very largely In her allurement of popula tion from Europe, particularly from the mother country, while during the last year the dominion won from the United States 60,000 new horns-seek era, a gain of nearly 1,000 over the previous twelve months, while the in crease for ths current year is even greater. Canada wants our citizens; indeed, needs them, If It is to develop the northwest as it hopes. It also needs our population as a market, as is at tested by th solicitude. It manifests over the maximum and minimum clauses of our tariff act. Mr. Fielding, speaking authoritatively for the Laurier government, endeavored to set at rest any anxiety among his people that there could possibly be friction between the two countries over the re cent legislation. His Interpretation of President Taft'B message was that Canada will be permitted to enjoy the minimum rates and that close and friendly relations were bound to con tinue between the republic and the dominion. Selfish Interest is here manifest, the Selfishness that is sure to underlie a nation's friendliness as a general thing. And Canada's keen inquiry as to what the Washington administra tion is going to do about the maximum and minimum clause shows the wis dom of that particular enactment. It may prove to be of real service to us when we come to ask Canada about the preferential tariff treaties it is said to be negotiating with France and other European nations. The City Charter. Omaha Is beginning to feel the effects of its straltjacket charter. The limitations and restrictions under which the city Is operated have served to hamper or suspend several of Its most Important activities. For exam ple, a conflict has arisen between the city and the contractor who was to re move the garbage and dispose of it, and, pending the adjustment cf this dispute, a condition has arisen which is intolerable. Householders are sub jected to unspeakable inconvenience and, if the weather were warm, a pesti lence of disease would threaten, if not engulf, the city. But this is only one point. Funds with which to carry on public service, such as street lighting and street cleaning, have been fixed at a limit so low that it Is Impossible to properly light or clean the streets with the money at hand. The mayor has been stripped of the prerogatives of an executive until he amounts to little more than a figurehead, clothed only with the power of drawing his salary and welcoming conventions. The ef forts of politicians to further their own ends by writing into the city charter little schemes fof accomplishing little objects has resulted In giving Omaha a charter under which it is Impossible to efficiently administer the affairs of government. This cannot be rem edied before another session of the leg islature, but it is not too soon to renew the recommendation made by The Bee more than a year ago that arrange ments be made for the framing and adoption of a charter by the citizens that shall be broad enough, and suffi ciently comprehensive, to provide Omaha with an administration that a growing city of its Importance requires. The Hudson bay railroad project goes steadily forward, and the latest reports from Ottawa are that the dominion Parliament has now in hand the perfected plans for a $17,000,000 line that shall connect the Pas, the northern extension of the Canadian Northern, with Port Nelson, a distance of 410 miles. It is estimated that this would accommodate 64,000,000 bush els of grain during the open season and land It in Liverpool at a saving of 5 cents a bushel over the present rate by way of the great lakes. But It must be borne In mind that this rail road could be operated only two months In the-year, and that grain which reached the seaboard at Hud son's bay after the close of navigation would have to wait nine months before It could move. Canada is to be com mended for its persistent enterprise in the Hudson country, but nature has reared up so tremendous a handicap there against man's efforts that the normal outlet for traffic through the lakes Is not likely ever to suffer any diminution of patronage. The ostentatious millionaire Is not always the greatest benefactor of bis race. Charles N. Crittenton demon strated in his lifetime how a vast for tune could be nobly, yet quietly, em ployed, and by his will he has shown anew that brass-band methods are not essential to the effectual service of wealth in the cause of humanity, As was to be expected, much' of his estate goes to the missions for women and girls, which he founded in memory of his daughter; but a large portion, also, was bequeathed to the men who had spent their lives In his employment, and now find themeelve provided with funds to enable them to retire in com fort. This has been a great season fof the good deeds of our silent million aires. Down In Washington a reformed race track gambler is telling the inside story of pool room and handbook evils to tjis senators so that they may frame a national law to prevent the transmis sion of betting news over the wires. In Port Arthur John W, Gates Is preaching to a religious gathering against stock speculation. These men may prove td be auxiliaries of the ad vocates of the back-to-the-farm policy, for they serve to convince the thought ful young man that the safest and most satisfactory form of chance In life Is the Investment in legitimate business or in crop-raising for speculation, with the soil and the climate against labor and the market prices for foodstuffs. The sentencing of a noted driver of racing automobiles to Jail for running down people may serve as a wholesome lesson to reckless chauffeurs, to whose exploits of late the news columns have been compelled to give entirely too much attention. The automobile un questionably has its rights, but only In common with the rights of others. Some drivers appear to consider the auto paramount; these must be taught the lesson that the public Is In no no humor for juggernaut tactics, and the jail sentence of a shining light should prove salutary. For the fourth time the deeper waterways project Is before the Illinois legislature, this time in special ses sion. There has been a deal of talk, and Illinois now has it in its power to show congress that the west Is in earnest about the development of commerce-carrying channels. Unless Illinois shows a disposition to spend Its own money for the cross-state canal, the lakes-to-the-gulf project Is apt to go glimmering. Practical action is the order of the day. Having argued that many cows within the Jurisdiction of New York give milk below the butter-fat stand ard of the city ordinances, the dairy man poses as a much-abused indi vidual. Above the squeak of he pump-handle may now be heard the cry, "Manhattan expects every cow to do Its duty." Some of the New York papers are urging the people to flee from the high prices of meat to a fish diet, arguing that there can be no trust control of the ocean. But the entire population cannot live on the coast, and the trans portation facilities would doubtless find a way to control the output of seafood. New York savings banks, which for years have paid 4 per cent Interest, are cutting the rate down to iVt, which may be taken to Indicate that money is more plentiful in the east and is not able to exact as high a pre mium as formerly, on permanent In vestments. The fraud shown In a notorious Chi cago quick-divorce case, rendering Ille gal the second marriage of one of the persons involved, Rhnwa that the old saw about marriage in haste brings particular repentance to those Involved In previously tangled love knots. -' The Omaha man who sought, to parade his new and beautiful wife be fore admiring relatives and fell into the clutches of his ex-spouse, who was waiting with a large bill of arrears of alimony, is not the first to realize "that pride goeth before a fall." Fireworks In Prospect. Springfield Republican. The Cook-Peary war has possibly only begun. The critical development In the near future will be the decision at Copenhagen. If that should sustain the doctor wowl Can't Get Away. Wan Street Journal. Profits of the Standard Oil company are now running between JSO.000,000 and 290,000, 000 a year. A' profit has to run pretty fast to get awajV, from the Standard Oil com pany. 1 '' , Cornell lie Two Good Uses. ' ' ' New Tork World. Chief Forester Plnchot's opinion that the demand fof ' Christmas trees is not a "menace to the forests" Is based on the valid ground that forests have sentimental as well as practical uses. Crovrdlna; the Melting; Pot. ' St. Louis Republic. The Immigration commissioner's report on the kind of people we are getting from Europe and the way they are brought over does not raise high expectations of Improvement In the quality of our citizen ship by their coming. Cat OuT the Trimmings. Pittsburg Dispatch, In the season of injunctions to buy them early It Is pertinent to sound an early warning against cotton whiskers and trim mings of the regulation Santa Claus. If you must produce counterpart presentments asbestos for the frills is less conduslve to the mortality rate. Straining at Gnats. Washington Herald. It has been ruled that packages bear ing the words, "Not to be opened until Christmas," must pay first-class postage. Age cannot wither nor custom stale the Infinite variety of our Postofflce depart ment when It comes to straining -at gnats and Bwallowlng camels. Boycotted by the Government. Boston Herald. The secretary of war's decree that Uncle Sam must not purchase any of the products of the Standard Oil company betrays a Galilean precision of logic that must de light protectants against churches, colleges and universities accepting Mr. Rockefeller's gifts. Until the recent adverse decision of the court la reversed the government re fuses to barter with an Illegally managed business. Law and commerce must go to gether. It Is the moral Import rather than the financial effect of this ruling which will cut. TOLL OF THE LAKES. Penalty Exacted for Ignoring- Busi ness Prndenee. Pittsburg Dispatch. The toll of life which the late season on the Great lakes has taken In stated as 121. There is a question whether this total may not yet be swollen by further returns from the upper lakes. But on the pre sumption that it Is final It la a cost cf life that Is startling on the best hypothesis and on the supposition that some of It Is preventable Is appalling. For that is the grave question thrust upon the public notice by the fact that of the grim total by far the greatest share. In proportion to the lapse of time, have ben the disasters of the past ten days. For the preceding part of the season the losses were conventional In character and number. It has been In tha first two atorma of the winter that the losses have been Inflicted of twenty or thirty lives at a single blow. Years ago Ihe dangers of incoming win ter on the lakea were ao clearly recognized that navigation was regarded as definitely closed at some date between the middle of November and Thanksgiving. Recently ths Increasing demands of transportation and probably an enlarged trust in the su perior size and strength of the lake craft, have extended the season till Its close was forced by storms and ice. There Is much reason, especially la the light of these tragedies, to doubt the economic wisdom of accepting the hazards of late voyages, and much more when humanity la consid ered. Tha loss of a single vet sol wipes out the profit of many voyages, and a score of Uvea on top of that certainly leave the balance strongly. on the aid of tha older and safer, practice. Real Heart Thrills Soma gptolmeua of Surprise rartlss That Orlp tha Xntarast of Victims and Spectators Both. Surprise parties aa commonly understood refloat merriment und good will, and gen erate more or ls flippant remarks on the profit and loss of the cloth-clad vic tims. But there are various grades of sur prise parties and these chronicles hava to do with the variety that grips heart Inter est and musses domestic peace. Names are omitted. An unvarnished record serves the purpose and leaves the Imagination room to work. The first sceno la laid In Kansaa City. A well-to-do family of five sat around the parlor last Sunday evening, enjoying them selves as families usually do. The father, a man of 60, wis comfortably pulling a cigar and mother chatted with her threa grown-ups. There was not a shadow to mar the picture of family happiness. Sud denly there was a knock at the door. A young woman and her mother entered. Both were very much excited. They did not stop In the hallway, when one of the daughters admitted them to the home, but walked back to the dining room into the family circle. The father - dropped hla paper and rose from his chair, with fear on hla face. The mother looked worried. "So this Is wife No. 1, Is It?" said the younger of the two visitors, looking at the mother and eyeing the husband scornfully. "Well, I am wlf, No. J." The situation was Intense. Wife No. 1 looked appeallngly at her husband. Sus picious might have come to her that her husband might not have been true to her always. But to meet face to face In her own dining room a woman who produced a marriage certificate dated December 7. broke her heart. She turned to her one Comforter for help. Falling on her knees, she began to pray. "Oh, God," she cried, "help me bear this trial. Be with this poor deceived girl in her trouble. Have mercy on my erring husband In this hour of disgrace. Be with my poor, poor children." Arrest and ball followed and large sobs of remorse smote the heedless mind In the station house. There the cornered husband of two wives cheerfully admitted that he was a chump. "More than that," he added, "I am the original Mr. E. Z. Mark from Marksville." Scene No. 2 Is more of a domeBtlo comedy, pulled in Chicago, but no less surprising In the climax. The family cook. In dis posing of the dinner dlBhes, dropped a tea cup and littered the floor with the fragments. The article was a bit of dainty china, hand decorated, and a momento of some event in the life of the mistress. The latter took the cook to task and un pleasant personalities resulted. When she decided that Bhe had been Insulted the mistress proceeded to discipline the cook by slapping her. Now, the mistress weighs Just 100 pounds, and the cook half as much more. When they clinched weight told from the start and alter the first few feints of the first round the cook picked her mistress up bodily and hurled her through the swinging door. "I am mistress in my own house and will not be Insulted. I will discipline my cooks as I see fit when It is necessary." sobbed the mistress, as she arose from her Ig nomlnous position. "You may be boss In there, but Just come back and I will show you who Is boss out het-e," called the cook. When the court had drafted a treaty of peace both claimed a victory. "Yes, I slapped her," declared! the mis tress to the court. "She dropped one of my fancy tea cups recklessly on the floor and broke It and when I asked about it she became saucy. You bet I slapped her, but I had no more than struck her when she pitched me bodily out of my kitchen Into the next room." "Sure I tossed her from the room," re joined the cook. "Why shouldn't I? When she hit me on the ear It hurt. I couldn't help dropping the cup." The concluding scene Is laid In a St. Louis restaurant famous for its cuisine and tips. A New Yorker with a native appetite called for the old standby, "ham and," but neg lected to sugar the Itching palm before ordering. Then he waited and waited and waited. He does not assert that the place changed hands several times while he abided within, but he Intimates that he was In the way of becoming one of the fixtures of the place, and one may logically con clude that the neighborhood In which the restaurant was located underwent many changes, and that all fashionable patronage began steadily moving further west while he waited. And all this while the "ham and" failed to shed Its delicate aroma upon the scene. Then he Indulged in visions of the world In which he had formerly moved, and yielded to a growing desire to revisit the haunts he had known before he entered that eating place. That he was arrested at the Instigation of a waiter only goea to prove that he had come to seem aa a permanent possession of the place like the coffee urn, and the phalanxes of pies, and tha hunk of coffee cake in the glasa case. Haled into court, he laid the whole miser able atory of wasted years before the Judge, and that new Daniel decreed that a man might leave a restaurant without eating, and without stopping to "pay the cashier, please," after he had waited "a reasonable time." SCIENTIFIC FARMING. Means of Preventing Waate of Avail able Energy, New York Evening Post. James J. Hill's continued warnings about our falling food supply are really a plea for scientific farming. Intensive culture and the utilization of every ounce of energy stored up In food, must make up for the Increasing pressure of population and the diminishing areas of cheap and unoccu pied land. This subject was touched upon In tho presidential address delivered he fore the Society of Animal Nutrition at Chicago last month, and Just printed in the last number of Science. A strong point was made of closer attention to what may be called the by-products of the farm. Just as the miner seeks to work low-grade ore, so will the farmer of the future en deavor to prevent the waste of "available energy contained In oat hulls, corn coba, and tha like." It Is somewhat anomalous to have such minor savings urged upon us at tha very time when, as the president as sures us, the country Is In a "high state of prosperity." But the true moral is that upon which Mr. Hill insists, namely, that no prosperity can long endure which de pends upon exhausting the soil and Ig noring the applications of science to agri culture. A Mere Coincidence. Philadelphia Preaa. Counsel for the sugar defendanta argued that the acales were defective. It is a sin gular coincidence 'hat all seventeen of them lied for the advantage of tha Sugar trust. . i ii b a ta n n b n tf ( s - d at f Jt- V n 2 ' I 'jtf- uai - Mandolberg i i m a a j a m n b n :a n n n PERSONAL NOTES. President Taft surely means to use up that 125,000 traveling expense account. A Trenton doctor has had to pay $2,000 for breaking the Jaw of a cabman. There is more money to the profession In setting boi.es. Miss Isadoi 4 Duncan, the dancer, has left this country in disgust, saying that she will never return because the American people who have money do not appreciate art of the bare'oot variety. Secretary Nagal of the Department of Commerce and Labor reports that during the past year 944.23S aliens came Into this country and brought with them In cold cash $17,331, KS. This latter circumstance Is usually overlooked by those who would make the Immigration lawa more stringent. After a New York woman had served a large part of a year's sentence of imprison ment a higher than the trial court decided that she had not committed a crime. The rest of the sentence has been annulled, but that this leaves the woman In high good humor and with an exalted opinion of Justice la seriously doubted. Bherburn M. Becker, famous the coun try over as the "Boy Mayor" of Mil waukee, has purchased a seat on the New York Stock exchange for i,000 and will in a short time go to New York with his wife to make his home. The sale of the seat on the exchange waa announced last week, but the name of the purchaser was not learned until Monday. Twenty yeara ago J. P. Morgan, Jr., began working as a shipping clerk with Drexel, Morgan & Co. Later he became executive head of his father's London house. He assisted In organizing the Lon don Underground and the International Mercantile Marine company the so-called "ship trust." He la a director of both the above companies, of the United States Steel corporation, the Northern Paclflo Railway, Arcada Coal company, and of the North British Mercantile company. MR. Bit YAM AKU PROHIBITION. Lateat Explanation of Hla Attitude on the Temperance Question. Washington Star. To correct the 8tory In circulation that he Is a prohibitionist, and would introduce that issue Into the next sresidential cam paign, Mr. Bryan In hia newspaper ex plains his attitude on the temperance question. He baa not declared for prohibi tion, and does not now declare against It, He almply says he does not expect to see prohibition become paramount and effect ive in national politics in his day. But Mr. Bryan wants to see local option wherever it prevails become the more se cure by protecting it against outside inter ference. ' He would penalize the shipping ot spirits Into territory which the citizens have voted dry, and would prohibit the Is suance by the national government: ol liquor licenses there. '- This pronouncement will be well recelveu In temperance circles, and increase Mi Bryan's hold on those democrats who havt made or are making the temperance cause paramount in their localities. He states the case as they do. He would go as far as they In that matter. And that feature of the case is at present more Important than the larger feature of prohibition. For the point at present Is to hold territory al ready secured against attack from the out side. If the distillers and brewers cap flood dry territory from without its bor ders, local option can in a large measure be defeated In eeffect- And, of course, the more popular this deliverance makes Mr. Bryan In temper ance circles,, the more unpopular It will make him In distilling and brewing and saloon circles. It brings him, too. Into sharp antagonism with the three men most frequently mentioned In connection with his place as loader of the democratic party Governor Harmon of Ohio, and Governor Marshall and Senator Shively of Indiana. All three of these men are In offloc largely by the favor of the distilling and browing interests. Mr. Bryan fell outside the breastworks. Ohio and Indiana voted for Taft. The national issues did not ap peal to the liquor Issues. So In the one state they elected a democratic governor, and In the other a democratic governor and a democratic legislature with a United States senatorshlp within Its grasp. Mr. Shively was chosen senator, and John W. Kern, Mr. Bryan's associate on the demo- mailer Instruments, too, are appreciated on Christmas Our piano business vast as It la. V.U,;;n7"N'l-&a'r. line of "smaller" nmslcal Instrument ' """j " VKItY largest offering of violins, gu m"J,,lu; 'e011.' 11 M . bras musical instruments. J'l"11,, "J ,um Ui"nd n ui' , those alwaya welcome accessories, such a mustc bags ana inu io r" w.. o v, ri. nr child tnav be made Immeasurably happy .Mania.!L.?:,.. Jift along "bene Hues, and no should not with a Christmas girt along , KOrt before aaolna wY,M.firdV ' These Suggestions Hight Help , .9, iS. $7. tP ,10 . .85, S8. B UD 10 ,'.8, $7, 89, np to 613 SO, 87, up to $10 83.83 up to 83 ' ' ' A, A aha AM Tlollns . . . Mandolins Guitars . , Banjos . . . Ycoordeons Drams Cornets . Troniboaea Flutes . . . . .87, " . .$10 upward to $18 "' $14 upward to $32A . . $8 upward to $10 inward troin So BOo dp to $1.60 Harmonicas, o Violin Bows Violin Sjiends , V6o op to $-.00 Everything ia 1513-1313 Douglas frit., Omahai n n ta B a B j-sUTBTrs;) "Open Evenings 'Til Christmas" Jnst to relieve the pressnrs of the pre. holiday trds, this store will ba open evenings from now until Christmas. This leavas time for a leisurely evening Inspection of the best aalacted stock of y diamonds, watohes, gold and silver Jew r airy, novelties, etc, shown In Ouiaba. g uS'SsVi g h a-Br a a etc a o a a nY cratlc national ticket, has declnred that the distillers and the brewers dominated the choice. Mr. Bryan, then, has challenged the men who last year opposed him. It would prob ably be unfair to say that he has done so because of that fact, for h Is a man of convictions with the courage of them on all subjects. But they are against him and he is against them, and the men they favor are the men he has to beat in the tussle for control of the next democratic national convention. SUNNY GEMS. "Professor, what is intenalvo corn cul ture?' " "Persistently wearing tight shoes." Chi cago Tribune. Judge (to boy on witness stand) Well, my little man, do you know what an oath Is? Boy Yes, sir; I was your golf caddie for a whole week last summer. Boston Tran script, "Did you use any money In your cam paign?" "Certainly not," answered Senator Sorghum. "That sort of thing has been discredited. A man who hns any real financial ability should be able to do busi ness with a gilt-edge prospectus. iu Ington Star. "Now," said the architect to the fugitive trust magnate, "that you are to settle here, you want a comfortable residence. Would you prefer In this new house a southern exposure?" "Good heavens, no!" cried the muirnato, with a shiver of horror. "Any kind of , x- " posure la Just what 1 don't want. Balti more American. "Money talks," said tho alderman from the 'Steenth ward, winking slowly with hla left eye. "Well, if this does any talking," whis pered the promoter, handing It over, "it will ba the last you'll ever get." Chicago Tribune. Mrs. Flatlelgh Good, morning, Janitor. It's cold this morning. Janitor Yes, ma'am, put I hope you don't blame me for thaL Boston Herald. "Ma," said clever Willie, ns he cam home from school, "my teacher In arith metic is a woman wiUi a serpent's tonsue." "Vvlllle, how can you speak so of Mlsi Smith?" remonstrated his mother. "Well," retorted VV illle, "you know she's an adder." Baltimore American. "She looked at me very maliciously yes terday." "Well?" "So I think she must have bought my Christmas present." Kansas City Journal. Uncle Eben I tell ye that It's excessive Indulgence In pleasure that kills bo many men. Uncle Ezra You're right on that, Eben, those fellows that stay up till 9 o'clock: pltchln' quoits by lantern light won't re alize it till their eyea begin to fail 'em.-. Puck. A MISMANAGED HEAVEN. S. E.- Riser in" tils' Record-Herald. before the gales of heaven there Btood. Jne who had cheated when he could; He'd run a trust on earth, Where he'd been worth More millions than a fig has seeds; lie had been sued for lawltss deeds At least a score of times, But though 'twas proved that crimes Had been committed in his Interest And under his direction, Though Injuries found him guilty, In his breast , There never lodged dejection. Whenever any court decidtd Against him he appealed; His doom was sealed Time and again, but he derided The scalers, ever sure that ho Somewhow, somewhere. Could find a Judge who would declare That In the law Tune was u flaw And, therefore, set him free. One day this man appeared at heaven's AndVhaving been informed about his fate, He smiled a knowing smile And stood around awhile, Instead of starting for the realm below. At length St. Peter asked: "Why don t you rin?" h renlied: "so where? You don't expect me to report Down there i Where Satan holds his court! 7V,v T i.itnnd. My white-hulred friend, , To hang arouna mis potto, , I shall appeal the, case.' t ected. ' "You mum oeiitu i. , , j "Or you will fortnwun oe rj'-v. You can't appeal from my decision With fine aeris-.on. , , . He whose appeal was thus denied Drew himself up in all his pride Of five fet seven, And frowning, turned to say: "This Is a, punk old way To run a hVaven!" 9 sica Violin Oases ...$1.35 to $6.00 klacuollu Casts $1.86 to $8.00 Oultar Cries $1.85 to $..00 banjo Caaas .,.$1.33 to a 1.60 Sauslo Rolls, la ealf or aloroooo, at, each ece, 7to aud np to $1.00 Kuuo Kolls. In fancy laathars, such aa pig, asaka and alligator, each, at . $14.0 to $a 00 Hailo Bags, In ealf or Morocoo, eaoh, at SI. 60 to $X60 lulo Bags, la fancy leathers, ou, at $9.60 to $10 00 Musical Gifts a Mil n i "V, . t i 1 1.