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TIIE BEE: .OMAHA, 'FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1900. The Omaha Daily Per OUKDED BT EDWARD ROSEW ATF.lt VICTOR ROSE WATER. EDITOR F.ntered at Omaha postofflee second lass matter Terms of subscription. Sally Bee (without Sunday), one year..M no Ually hf and Huiiday, en year 00 , DELIVEIUCD BT CARRIER Pally Se (including Sunday), Pr wek..l&e Dally Bee (wl'hoot timlay. per week. .100 Cvenjng Be (wlthoi't Sunday), per weak Sc Evening Bra (with fltinday). per weak... 10c lui dev. B, one year ' ? laturday Bee, ofie year., -w Address all complaint of Irregularities In Inllrery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Sliding. Hotih Omaha Twqnty-foiirth and N. t'owncll HI tiff a 16 Foiu Btreet. Lincoln l Little Building. Chlcaxn 1S48 Marquette Building. New York-Koofns 1101-110J No. M West fhlrty-'thlrd fitre-n. , Washington 726 Fourteenth Street. N. W. I CORRE8PONTlNCE. Communications relating to news and edl ortaJ matter should be addreased; Omaha 3ee. .Editorial Department ; REMITTANCES. Remft br draft, eipress or poatnl order payabla to The Bee Publishing Company. Dnld 2-tent a tamp received In payment of trial) account. rerannal checka. eicept on Omaha or eastern exchangee, not accepted. STATEMENT OF CTftCTTLATION. State of Nebraaka, Pouglaa County. as.: Oeorge B. Tssohuok. treasurer of The Bee Publishing Company, btlrg duly "'" iiaya that the actual number of full and complete ooplea of Tha Dally. Morning. Evening and Sunday Bee printed during hs month of November. 190. .waa aa follows: 1 ; '43.070 It 41,930 1 7 43.060 '17 48.160 S. ........ 43,700 It 41.UO0 4... 43,14 II 130 43.460 20 41,960 , 43,170 11 1. 40,340 7 -t 40,040 tt.'. 41,460 t 41,330 . St.. 41,730 43,100 ..., ' 1.7tt3 10 4130 tt '.. 41,700 11.., 41,760 tt, 43,340 13.. 1.. ...- 43.C40 21. 41,810 It 41,780 tt 40,400 It 40,100 9 41.S&0 16.....,-.. .iOO so 41.930 Total 1,353,880 Returned Coplaa. t,845 Net Totai. t i T.. 1,343.006 Ualijr Average... i.i..,.. 41,7d OtU, li. .'i'Zdl'HUCK. 'i reasur ue . Subscribed lu tny pittance and surn to before u.e Ulia 1st Uay ui Devuruuer, bal) .,- 41. p. VnAL.Hts.ti. jtulary puuiic. Subscribers led rise the city tem porarily ' ikoalt have Tke Dee ' Mailed to taent. Address rlll' be ehaaged aa often aa feojaeated. Cupid is almost as busy as Santa Claus. The battleship, Utah ought to take wel to salt water! The mantle of St. Nicholas seems to have fallen on Estrada in Nicaragua. If you don't do it right away you will neyer have a chance. Christmas is at hand. Can the great whisky fire along the Ohio be classed as part of the dry ware? Rear i Admiral Schley evidently de sires It 'known that there is fight In the old'rnarr-yet-" " w Pity"ajiy Christmas stocking which Is as nearly empty as that of Okla homa's bank guaranty. ' One idol remains unshattered, the president having given his official ap proval of Santa Claus. While he admits that his condition Is grave, Menellk insists that the grave is not for him not yot. ' Among the comet careers of-1909 note the Palladlno, whoBe name has vanished from the news. The list of killed and wounded hows that aa a real fighter the Nlcar aguan la not to, be despised. In making the last dash for the Christmas tree, . don't overlook the gumdrops for Santa'a Esquimaux. King Albert's promise of humanity and progress sounds well in Belgium; now let him teach his people just what those strange words mean. And those, doctors; buncoed into a bogus Insurance order, never diagnosed the ease even when the chief symptom was the promoter's name, Napoleon. Napoleon Hicks proves himself worthy of the name, but it Is doubtful if any of his "medical examiners" will ever parade very prominently their "sculaplan" certificates. Too bad, Michigan didn't know till after the season was over that its foot ball captain was not a student Has It become necessary to revise the moral as well as the physical rules? In the meantime, the question aa to what might be developed if the records of tha Interior department were searched far enough back has' not been answered by-the World-Herald. "Uncle Joe" Cannon will be more than ever a bad man now since his land hat been taken by condemnation to aid a Douglas county drainage project. - It seems like 'he never could get In right. That reported Christmas gift of a 1760,000 rope of pearls from a ruulti- millionaire to his wife loses much of its allurement since the discovery of ninety Imitations In the famous Astor necklace. It the screw of a humble collier can rip open tlie hull of a battleship like the Georgia, flood Its compartments and lay it up tor repairs, may not the collier be rated In war time as an ag- gesslve auxiliary." ' -' , . . . ' - ..i . , . . . .i , Ever sine Worcester, Mass.,. ceased being the largest dry town In the1 world strange reports of wondrous - sights have been- coming from there. Is it over-lndu!geacV or the quality thai produce this condition? Home Stretch for th CanaL ' Congressman Tawney's reassurance on the part of the committee on appro priations; recently returned from Pan ama, that the canal will bo open for trafflo five years from the coming New Year's day, brings home to the Ameri can people with startling force a reali sation of the tremendous strides that the work has taken under the direc tion of Colonel Ooethals. The vast en terprise Is at last on the home stretch; the triumph Is in sight. With a view to accelerating the work and fulfilling this promise a bill has been Introduced in congress to centralize the authority more defi nitely in the hands of the president by the abolition of the canal commission. The fact that this bill is fathered by the congressmen who have just In spected the sone makes it apparent that in the judgment of practical men, as well as experts, the continuance of a commission but hampers the effi cient engineer. There is nothing radical In the bill. It merely holds the president responsi ble for the government of the zone and for the construction of the canal, which Is no new power for him except for the provision that he shall admin ister affairs at the Isthmus through such persons, as he may appoint in stead of through the commission whose usefulness appears to have becoma ex hausted. The people are eager to see the canal finished. If officialism is found to be clogging the machinery the bill now before congress will undoubtedly enable that body to clear away the red tape and give Colonel Ooethals, in whose ability everyone has the fullest confidence, free opportunity to com plete the job within the time limit now set. Alaskan Coal Fields. It was gold that led to the opening up of Alaska, but It appears from the annual report of Governor Hosisatt that coal Is the mineral now to be ex ploited if the country is to fulfill Its destiny. Vast beds- of high-grade fuel are known to underly stretches of the territory, and the governor's faith in those deposits is so great - that he makes them the chief topic of his final document to the Government, upon which he urges Immediate action .with the zeal of an enthusiast. Superior coal of native production Is assuredly the necessity of the coun try; not only would the opening of these mines solve problems in Alaska itself, but he fuel would find a ready market in the northwest tier of states and would be of advantage to our Pa cific fleet. ; - Y i Before the mines can be properly developed, however, there is much to be done by the government in clearing up titles, eliminating alleged frauds in patents and providing proper regula tion for such workings as are to-be. as signed. Many charges of trickery have been made in connection with the loca tion of coal lands. Disposal of these should be accomplished as rapidly as possible, so that the departments may 'expedite legitimate promotion. The coal Is there, the present' generatiou feels the need of it and mining should be begun just as soon as the govern ment can arrange satisfactory safe guards against corporate greed In those regions. This is a resource which the people would like to see served aa well as conserved. Schley's Proposal to Peary. Rear Admiral Schley Is plainly ac tuated solely by a sense of justice in proposing that Peary submit his claims of Polar discovery to the same learned body that declared Cook's proofs in sufficient, for the admiral has faith that both men reached the pole, and he has been through the mazes of a bitter controversy himself and knows how easy It Is for Injustice to be rendered. As the Polar case stands, the Peary proofs have been authenticated solely by Americans who were friendly to Peary In advance, while the Cook olalms have been rejected by men who are believed by many to be the world's greatest experts on Arctic affairs. The fact that Denmark had acclaimed Cook's heroism made no difference to the Copenhagen judges; they discarded the evidence on its face value, thereby manifesting the most rigid integrity. Now let the same dispassionate crit ics pass upon the Peary claims. Ad miral Schley already has shown by his clear statement that the claims of Cook are no more absurd than those of Peary on their face. It will be inter esting to have Copenhagen's official Judgment and It Peary refuses to ac cept tha Schley challenge we shall know what to think of his attitude. Rite of General Wood. Whatever may be said against the value of the Rough Riders in the Spanish-American war, it must be admitted that they gave to the country one of its most interesting and popular presiden tial administrations', and now the coun try is about to realize another of their picturesque fruits, the accession of General Leonard Wood to the office of chief-bt-staff, head of the army. . The contest against General Wood's appointment by President McKlnley to be a brigadier general of regulars Is sufficiently fresh ia the public mind to recall the charge of the opopsltlon that he was "only a doctor." But if we go back to 1886 we find the young sur geon doing a soldier's part In the cam paigns against the vicious warfare of the hostile Indians In Arizona and New Mexico.' At his own request be com manded a detachment of infantry which had been deprived pf Its com manding officer, and he waa com mended In general orders for heroism. As a member of I.awton'a expedition against the Apaches under Geronlmo a medal of honor was awarded to him by the government for riding seventy miles In one night through the terri tory Infested with redskins and walk ing thirty miles the following day to deliver vital dispatches. So that his courage and ability were established before Roosevelt had him made colonel of Routh Riders, and before he mani fested his ability as a fighter and as a leader In the Cuban campaign. His subsequent rUe was rapid, from colonel to brigadier general of volun teers for. bravery In the field, military and later civil governor of Santiago, then military governor of Cuba. After his appointment as brigadier general In the regular army, his activities were transferred to Philippine affairs. Of late he has commanded the Department of the East. Ills remarkable rise, based on merit recognized by progressive men of the nation, is an incentive, to American youth, for It demonstrates that the pos sibilities for a boy are Just as great to day as ever they were. The swift marches of Individual character In the pages of our history, show no more striking example than this promotion of a Harvard medical student from In dian campaigns to the head of the military profession in the United States. When Fanning Goes to Egypt. The forty centuries that looked down from Egypt's pyramids on Napoleon's army of Invasion saw a wondrous sight, but nothing to compare with that which Is promised the forty-one cen turies that will look down from the pyramids on Colonel Fanning when he invades the sacred soil of Ahmen Hoteb and Ptah. Full panopllod in all the gorgeous splendor of his dress parade glory, Colonel Fanning proposes to mount to theshlghest pinnacle of the loftiest pyramid and thereon plant the Konfalon of Dahlman Democracy tri umphant. This will ho either the be ginning or the closing of another epoch for Egypt. In the days of old Rameses we can picture Colonel Fanning being received at the gates of Thebes or Memphis by the mighty monarch's most valiant and noble warriors. Not one of the shepherd kings but would have stripped himself for the purpose of doing honor to this ambassador from the dual courts of Ashton I and James the Only. Fancy dwells lov ingly on the thought of Cleopatra, her sensuous beauty unadorned amid the luxury of her splendid barge, all gilt and ivory, lying in wait near the Pharos of Alexandria, that she might greet the distinguished guest from far away Nebraska. And bo on through all the ages one may conjure up with little stretch of the imagination the welcome that would have " been ex tended to Colonel Fanning by any of that long line of rulers who brought Egypt down from the darkness that preceded civilization's dawn through all its lost magnificence to the present day. But,, alas! The only king of Egypt Colonel Fanning ever met was Pharaoh. A mysterious movement is reported among the Japanese, based on official statements of the governor of Kams chatka, serving to renew in St. Peters-; burg the fear that Japan is arming to seize Korea. If the mikado Is foster ing such a move in defiance of the treaty of peace with his ancient enemy he has chosen an opportune moment, for Russia's bureaus are at logger beads, the minister of war sulking over the attitude of the minister of foreign affairs, who is living up to his motto of "healthy optimism" concerning the Japanese. In the meantime Japanese military suppl'es are being concen trated, and Berlin is filling rush orders for quinine and medicated bandages. "Healthy optimism" and cabinet dis sensions were the staple conditions at St. Petersburg preliminary to Nippon's previous swoop. Can it be that his tory in this case will repeat Itself? The consolidation of the Omaha and Winnebago reservations is intended to expedite, rather than hamper, the ad ministration of business affairs. In a very short time the Omahas will be re leased entirely from the close guardi anship of the federal government, and their agency will expire naturally. Pending that date it will be just as well If the two tribes aro brought into a little closer contact. The slating of King Edward's brother for governor general of Can ada may be England's answer to the proposal that the Dominion begin to break away from the mother country by sending Its own diplomats to the nations. Canada Is a growing girl of so much promise that it is natural for Edward to desire to keep her wholly in the family. The distribution of the reward offered for the convicted train robbers promises to take up as much time in the courta as the trial of the principals. This matter should be submitted to arbitration and not be permitted to run up a big bill of expense for the publlo to settle. The muckrakera are apt to find that the theft of letters from governmental flies is no less reprehensible than some of the offenses they seek to charge against public officials. The muck raker Is more than ever the real yellow peril. " ProMaar a foal Saot. Baltimore American. The augar scandal growa worae tha deeper goea the probe. Previous exposure of croukedneaa were all laid at the door of the truat. but now cornea the largest of the truat'a Independent rlvala and de clare that It baa cheated the government out of over half a million of dollars. Froee- cutton of aurh Mealing cannot go too far and cannot reach too high up. The gov ernment proewciitora ahould not be ntl fled until all" the gti'lty are severely pun lahed. . . . .. Sat Ink . (.rare. PlillAddphla Inquirer. ."My ellent-te a fool," pleaded an attor ney In a New York pt.llte court. It ap pears, however, that In one renpect ahe waa Wine In her folly. She hired a good lawyer.' ' I Imareaafve Proof. Kanaaa City Ptar. Richard Parr, who uncovered the Sugar trust weighing frauds, may receive tTOO.000 or more aa his altars of the reward. This leaves no possible doubt that honesty was Mr. Parr's best policy. Marat Flaws la the Record. Chicago Tribune. It grieves the esteemed Omaha Ilt-e. In taking a Comprehensive view of the year now closing, to find that 1909 Is responsi ble for the introduction of the verb "to peeve" Into the language. Otherwise The Bee considers It a fairly succesful year. Aspect of onncF. - - Doeton Olobe. The venerable John Hlgelow says that the "white' slave traffic" Is partly due to the high protective tariff. "I have heard nonsense compared 'with which that would be aa sensible as a dictionary," was the light remark of the Red Queen when Alice reproved her for a Billy utterance. Boosting; Government Bonds. New York Tribune. Secretary MacVeagh'a regulation elimi nating state, city and railroad bonds as security for government deposits will help the price of the t per cents. But two things Are needed to restore them to their former position certainty that a large fur ther Issue of government bonds will not enter Into ' ooitipettllon with them as the basis of bank Issues and at an advantage over them, and an Increase In Interest rates In the money market which will make bank lssuea more profitable. He Knurva Ills Business. New York World. Willie the question of age Is entitled to due consideration, there Is a wide difference between promoting a 6.-year-old circuit judge to the supreme court and naming a 06-year-old lawyer, engaged In private practice. Judge I.urton has been on the bench for sixteen years and he already knows his trade. lie has been dealing with the same class of esses and the same con stitutional questions that will come before him aa an associate Justice of the supreme court. There 1b much to be said In favor of se lecting supreme court justices from the Judges of the inferior federal courts, and Judge Lurton's appointment has the addi tional merit of having been influenced by no partisan or political considerations of any sort, whatsoever. HECVrtllKNT FOOLISHNESS. Railroad Threats of Boosting; Freight ' Rates. Pittsburg pespatch. The talk In certain railroad quarters of the necessity of an advance In freight rates Is doubtless mainly inspired by .the wish to prejudice demands for Increases of railroad wages. Yet in some degroe it re peats the attitude during the depression which' took the form of a. dogma that the specifio for Insufficient buslnesa la to In crease the charges e tothe . patrons who have been forced. Jtovcut down their patron age. '.ll.VtSVll f The question: oiujwages is entirely be tween .the railroads) aad their employes. It la to be decided by , them on its own merits, and Indeed has already, been so decided In some instances. , Hut even supposing that the railroads' are compelled to pay a con siderable additional sum In wages, what ia their best hope of doing so? It Is by rates that 'will allow their trafflo to In crease or by higher rate that will neces sarily out off a portion of the traffio? The fact Is that aa the railroads during the depression suffered less in loes of gross and net earnings than the average of business they have during the revival' reaped among the largest gains. They have done so from two sources. One Is the Immense and almost universal expansion of trafflo that has converted their pre vious returns of Idle cars Into sporadic In stances of car shortage. The other la the decrease If not ' abolition of rebates and free passes, which, if they are anything like as universal as railroad authority pro fesses, amount to a very large Increase of railroad income. 1 That these things have contributed Im mensely to corporate prosperity Is indi cated by the signal examples of enlarged dividends and net r " -lings. The Penn sylvania, railroad,, the New York Central, the Lackawanna, the Jersey Central, the Southern and Union Pacific, the Adama and Wells-Fargo Express companies fur nish signal examples of such increased returns to stockholders. Under these cir cumstances the reversion of talk of In creased rates ia. a species of foolishness to which, it is observed, the most broad minded railroad men do not resort. TUB SL' CAR VURDICTS. Move for the "Hlaher Vw" Checked, bat Not Stopped. New York Trlbue. The government has won not a conplete but a substantial victory in the sugar cases. Indeed, Its present failure to convict the chief defendant In the trials, while seourlng verdicts of guilty against the evi dent Instruments of others in the weigh ing frauds, may In the long run most surely lead to successful prosecution "higher up." It Is Impossible for a moment to conceive that these poor fellows who now await sentence themselves Invented or undirected carried out the elaborate system by which scales were manipulated and sugar was regularly smuggled for a long period In vast quantities. It waa not their v sugar and they had no motive for tha crime except that pro vided for them by some superior. They had no means of carrying out such a conspiracy without elaborate safeguards which they could not provide for them selves. . It ' Is evident that they were mere ' puppets. The government la rightly intent on getting at -the princi pals snd nut stopping with the agents. Bo far these' tgents have appeared cjntent to cast their tot with those whom they aerved. The position 111 which they now find them selves, however, Is likely to give them pause. The directors of the fraud have nut been able to-secure them Immunity. They find themselves, whether or not by any in tent of their masters, so far the sole sac rifice to the majesty of the law. They must Iqok to the government for such mercy as they are to receive, and, as was hinted to them the other day by tha pre siding Judge, thulr hopes for light sen tences depend on their readlneis to aban don the policy of ahleldlng their principles. Under such circumstances Important revelations may come at any moment. Al ready signs of confesslona are to be seen. The thoroughgoing methoda of the federal government are most' worthy of praise. In these cases, as In that of the Oaynor Greene frauds and many others, the United Stupes sets an example to atate prosecutors an teaching the lesson that no road la too lung for Justice to travel. in Other Lands Bide IVlgbta ea What Is Vrana. ptring- Among the Steer and Far sTatlona of the art. The University of Copenhagen, which has been the object of unseemly sneers by a section of the American presa prior Its decision on Ir. Cook's records, was founded In It't under papal authorisation granted three years earlier. The wars of the reformation all but idestroyed It, but It was revived In 1639 by Christian III on the modrl of Wittenberg. The fire of ITS which laid Copenhagen low destroyed the .university. It was reestablished by Christian VI In li32, and received Its pres ent organisation In 1788. Among Its famous profesosrs have been Holberg, Oelehnsch Inger, Flask, Madvig, Oersted and Wester gaard. The university Is divided Into fac ulties of theology, law and political science, medicine, philosophy and natural sciences and mathematics. Among Its fif teen annexed laboratories and kindred In stitutions, la an astronomical observatory. The number of students la about 2,000. Its Income Is derived In part from endowment and In part from government subsidy., In 1906, its budget balanced at 936,000 kroner or about 0.000. Probably no country In the world has such stringent laws regarding the expendi ture of money to Influence votes in an election than Great Britain. And they are stringently enforced. A candidate for Parliament and his agents must keep close watch on, and account for, every penny spent. The purchase of a pint of beer for a voter, or the hiring of a vehicle to convey a voter to the poll may mean the loss of a seat. But the party hacks reach the candidate's money In other ways. One of the common methods Is known as "nurs ing a constituency," similar to mending congressional fences In this country. "On an average," says an election agent, "a candidate is required to spend $2, IKK) a year, but many members after they have been elected are obllbi-d If they want to keep their seats to distribute twice or thrice that amount." The conservative member from Exeter says that his and other constituencies need a relieving officer more than a representative. '"It Is not only charities," he grumbles, "but I am expected to support every kind of social organisation foot ball and cricket clubs, smoking concerts, swimming matches, dances fur the young and dlnnara for the aged. I have a shrewd suspicion that some of the associations for this, that and the other which demand subscriptions are simply got up for the purpose of black mailing me. If five Individuals ask for a sovereign each and I give it to them both they and I are liable to be prosecuted and punished; but If those five Individuals form a society and extort from me a sub scription of 5 no illegal act Is committed." The treasury of St Peter's at Rome, the richest collection of churoh ornaments and vestments in the world, although open to the public, has hitherto been seen with dif ficulty, owing to the very smsll Bpace of the room in which It was contained. Thanks to Cardinal Kampolla, archprlest of the Basilica, and Monslgnor de Blsogno, dean of the chapter, the treasures have been properly arranged behind glass in two rooms which have been Bet apart for the purpose behind the sacristy, and can how be viewed without being taken out, almost one by one, from the locked cupboards In which they weie stored. This is not ,only an advantage to the pub'.lc, but helps to preserve the more ancient vestments, which always ran some risk in being . moved. Among these Is the famous dalmatic of Leo III, worn at the coronation of Charle magne, and since erroneously called the dalmatic of Charlemagne, a marvelous specimen of Byxantlne art, which has kept Its beauty of color for fully 1,100 years. Many of the copes and other vestments, of which there Is a vast collection, are scarcely less beautiful and interesting. The most ancient treasure of all Is the Crux Vat! cana, which, according to tradition, was given by Justinian, Emperor of the East, and dates from the sixth century. There are also In the treasury a wealth of cas kets, chalices and other vessels, dating from the thirteenth and fourteenth cen turies, and the famous six candelabra In silver gilt, the work of Benvenuto Cellini, and two others made by Antonio Qentll! after the designs of Michelangelo. Of the many reliquaries, most are more rich and ornate than beautiful, but .two are Inter esting as dating back to the fourteenth century. In spite of the efforts to check the reces sion of France In population, statistics for the first six months of this year, compared with the same period of the preceding year, show this dlsoouraglng contrast: 1908 1009 Marriages 16tJ.49f Plvorces 8 SOS .1l8 Births 411.412 SSS.Tio Deaths 401,814 421.913 For years the population of France has remained almost stationary. Last year some of the vexatious laws that made mar riage dlffloult were repealed andHhe num ber of marriages Increased. But this year the showing Is about as bad as It could be; the number of births decreased 12.692 and the deaths Increased 26,099, while the deaths outnumbered the births by 28,203. A remarkable method of stimulating the birth rate In Germany has been Introduced by the government, and It la said the kaiser himself proposed the Innovation. The minister of the Interior-has Issued a circular note to the local authorities In all parta of the country, Informing them that the kaiser will stand as godfather to the eighth child In any German family, rich or poor. A supplementary ctreular note contains Instructions whereby the local au thorities are empowered to pay to needy parents the sum of tl5 on the birth of their eighth child. The increase of the German population by approximately 1,000,000 births per annum during the last decade has compelled other European Countries to expect to have to deal with a population of 100,000,000 Germans within the next half century. - The school quarrels of France are a home Issue and will be settled by the French people in accordanoe with tholr will. The republic. In any event, can take the credit for the development of tha preaent publlo schor" ystem, which was practically unknown Ing the second em pire. In reporting the budget of publlo Instruction recently. Deputy Steeg fur nished Interesting facts concerning tha In crease In the central government's appro priations for education In the last forty years. In 1870, which saw the end of the empire, the appropriations for all grad-s of education amounted to only ItSOOOO; for the year 1910, they wilt amount to t6,070, 000. By far the greater portion of thla sum Is used for primary schools, but there Is an Increasing expenditure on the secon dary and the higher grades. I i Beatlaa- A boat the Oil Taalc St. Paul Dlapateh. One clause In the Btandard Oil bill of exceptiona will be appreciated by the pub lice. Forming of the New Jersey corpora tion did not destroy competition, becauae the concerns they combined were not com peting concerns. They were just monopo listic roses under another name. POLITICAL DELFT. Senator Plies of Washington state, mtys hla one term In the senate has cost him 1500,000. Municipal budget makers of Chicago want t36.0n0.0O0 for 1910. Thla la several millions ahead of previous record and 1 10,' 00.000 more than the estimated Income. The recall novelty In the city oharter of Los Angeles does not prove a drag to officials who attend to the city's business. Thi reform mayor, who succeeded dis honest one has been re-elected by a large majority. He made good. Mayor-elect Gaynor of New York pro pose to wear a bonnet on which a presidential bee will not roost for a min ute. The activities and anxieties of his Job are sufficient to divert his mind front the rocky road of party disaster. The late Mr. Dudley of Indiana and Sandwich Hotel Rallies of New York, achieved political fame In different ways. The first wrote a treatise on the purchas able sale; the latter drafted a law, which translatea a sandwich Into a drink. Sheriff George It. Bean of Jackson, Mich., la gathering In too much money from the fee system, and wants a straight, moderate salary Instead. This Is said to be the first symptom of genuine economy ob served In offlolal circles In Michigan. Senator Money of Mississippi, leader of the democratic minority Is the thriftiest member in the South front. All member ' of the family are quartered on the payroll and draw Uncle Sam'a ducats as enthusi astically aa a Christmas tree draws a crowd. The Chicagq Inter-Ocean, noting the Vocal activities of Jutfga Peter 8. Groascup, delicately Intimates that the Jndge harps too much on one string, and drafts a petition urging him to restrict his utter- Uanco to "Judicial dicta," a special brand of hot air esteemed for Its wisdom and solem nity. WOMAN'S WORKING HOURS. Vital Issue Before the Highest Court of Illinois. Washington Herald. In the trinity of rights enumerated In the Declaration of Independence life pre cedes liberty. That It may be the duty o. the state to restrict Individual liberty fo. the preservation of life Is the proposltloi enunciated by Louis D. Brandels of Bo ton In support of the Illinois statute llm itlng to ten the working hours of wome. employes. His task was to demonstrate that such law.. Is essential to health morals and general welfare. To suppar this proposition there Is adduced an arraj of medical testimony to prove that ther. is a definite toxin of fatigue, analogous In chemical and physical nature to other bac terial poisons; that Its Injection into ani mals In sufficient quantity will caus: death, and that normal fatigue Is coun teracted by the presence In the human body of a natural anti-toxin, which Is not produced fast enough to counteract the poison of abnormal fatigue. Upon this basis is demonstrated the special liability of women to nervous and muscular fatigue by excessively long hours of labor. Hence Is proved scientifically the necessity of rest In the interest of life. This is going much further than to prove that the regulation ft hours of labor for women produces moral, social and physical benefits. That la a proposition of Im portance to the health of the living as well as of future generations. But this demonstration would seem to' establish the duty as well as the right of the state, as the guardian of life, to restrict the liberty of the Individual. This is an accomplish ment of reasoning of wide Importance, since In twenty-five Btales there are now laws specifically limiting the hours of em ployment for Women and children. Merry Christmas: with a story, an essay, a scientific article and a poem, all about Christmas "Just Christmas" by Newell Dwight Hillis Dr. Lyman Abbott's successor in the pulpit of . ,,, Plymouth Church Decorations by C. B. Falls Was the Star of Bethlehem a Comet? by Waldemar Kaempffert "The Belated Santa Claus" 1 by Wallace Irwin ; " s Drawings by John A. Williams "The Tool Cheat" by Bruno Lessing Illustrated by Harry Linnell The HoKday COSMOPOLITAN IS THE CHITMAS NUMBER - V , 15 Cent - Copy -All Newt-tUnd SMTXryQ REMARKS. ( What hecume of that manager whi started out a few years ago to elevate the drama?" ( . "Me'a running an old-fashioned le show and paying up hla dbt." Chicago Record Herald. DRcon TWa-osh fto country edltor I've a great notion to tell ye to stop mv paper! Here, In this week's Issue, ye give two columns on the front pane to the Hsptist fair and pever once say that the .church was transformed Into a veritable fairy land! Puck. . . Mr. Flgg CJaaser aaya he kept psffeotlf cool last night when that burglar got Into the house. Mrs. Klgg So hla wife told ' me. She found httn trying to hide in the refrig erator. Boaton Transcript. "Is there anything which . people will' really swear off this yearr" " "Sure." . . . "What Is It?" "Their taxes." Kansas City Journal. A certain Topeka girl t chasing a man so hard that there ia acme talk of com pelllng her to take out a hunter's license. Topeka Capital. "Richard," said the letter carrier's wife, "will you walk the floor With baby awhile?" "Oh. 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What could you, ship Nebraaka, ask ror a raiui more surer Your corn gloams like a golden flood To feed a nation's poor! Your farmer sons In council halls Rise up to honor thee, -Y What fear for the Nebraska? She stands for Liberty! .'" We of her sister states cling close To that Inspiring name. Here we have come all weak and worn And health and courage claim. . , With such a name of honest fame The seas shall homage pay! Three cheers for the Nebraska! . Nebraska,. JU.fi. A.I..... . , . . : 1 , ELLA. TRUE CONNER, V- Falrbury, Neb; K '"