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THE BEK: OMAHA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1900. in., umaiia Daily Bee. FOL'NI'KD HT EIVARD IlG.SEWATEK. VICTOR HOSE WAT EH, EDITOR. Entered at Omaha postofflce eecond clase matter. TERM $ OF FUBSCP.IPTION. Pally Bee (Including Sunday), per week ISO llly Hen (without Sunday), per week 10c Jnlly Hee (without Hunday), ona year It "0 l'ally Hoe and Hunday, one year t.tn DELIVERED 11Y CAHRIEH. Evening Ue (without Sunday) per week Br Evening Hce (with Sunday), per Week 10c Sunday bee, one year t'l'o) tviturrlay Hee, one year 150 Adilrnt all complaint of Irregularities In delivery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha The Ba Building. South Omaha Twenty-fourth and N. Council Hluf fa l!i Soott Street. Llricoln-tl8 l.lttle Building. Chicago 1MH Marquntte Building. New Vork-Hooma JKil-1102 No. 34 West Thirty-third Street. . Washington 7U fourteenth Street, N. W. CO R R ES I "ON I E SCK. Communication!!. relating to newa and ed itorltl matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or poatal order payable to The; flee Publishing Company, Only 2-cent stamps 'received In payment of mull accounts. , personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchange, not accepted. statement: vf circulation. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, as.: Oeorgo B. Tzschuck, treasurer of The Ho Publishing Company, being duly worn, says that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morn ing, Evening and Sunday Heo printed dur ing the month of November, 1909, was aa follows: 1 49,070 16. 41J30 I ,. 43,050 IT 411,160 I 43,70ft ' )l 41,400 4 43,10 .; II 41,390 8 4a,45fl -.20 41,950 6 43,170 ' It 40,340 1 40,040 ' 12. ....... . 41,840 8 41,934 it 41,790 43,160. 14., 41.79J 10 41,830 ' 11 41,700 11 41.760 , tl 43,340 Vi 43,680 a 7 41,810 11 41,780 21. 40,400 14 40,100 . 21.. 41,850 ii 41,800 Itf. 4180 Total .103,860 Returned Copies 9,845 Net Total ,.1,843,005 lalj Average 41,768 OEO. B. TZSCHUCK, Treasurer. Subscribed in my presence and aworn to btfore me this lnl day of December, la. It. teaJ) M. P. WALKER, Notary Public. Subscribers leaving; tne city tem porarily should hare The Ilea mailed to theiu. Address will be changed as ofteu as requested. Now to make the next twelve months a ten-strike. The death of the year cannot be at tributed to high ferer. Before he was "flred Zelaya should have had a Maxim silencer affixed to his. rauile; .- !'. ; ' ! . ? "' According to the news reports Eliza would have no 'trouble crossing the Ohio these days. A gala of forty millions is noted in the customs receipts1 at the port of New York,, t Iane on . Loeb. The screenlcsH saloon has reached South Omaha, but. R" yet none of the doors have been locked on this ac count. ' . Who will decide when the mayor, the city council, and the City engineer all want 'to use the auto at the same time? '" 11 " 1 We may jook for a great outpouring of Indiana's favorite Beverldge when Lew Wallace 'breaks Into the hall of fame. If Copenhagen' knew what a lot of babies had to be rechristened she might have let the name Cook stay untar nished. ' The city council made short work of the unexpended balance in the. general fund. But perhaps some of the things ordered are really needed. Mr. Bryan bad , an opportunity to visit Cuba in 1898 In. company with a very distinguished assemblage of Ne braskan, but he preferred then the at mosphere, of Washington. Walter Wellman, . who didn't dis cover the North pole, Is now exploring Washington in search of signs of a war between, jfexlco and the United States, As in the Arctic, ha seems to be trying the gasbag route. The "Merry Widow" dog evidently had its company manners on and re sented the familiarity of Its fair mis tress at the dog show. Happily, the bite, was in the air and not in anything more substantial. Those who lament that they never saw a purple cow may console them selves by taking a look at Gelett Bur gess" latest newspaper picture, portray ing the Author; growing purple In the face ovtir. a cigarette. " ,K Wlth-Dlxle') as a national song and a famous "Tennessee confederate given aft-ovation on his access to the United Stjita,enate, wo may all settle down with tho comfortable feeling that it is pleasant for brethren to dwell to gether in unity : ' ' .,',! ? Oovernor. Shsllenberger will Joid with Governor Haskell and Governor Koch In a-conference on the guaranty deposit jlav cadaver. . They probably will nofaccept It, but the best advice they could" follow at present is to "let the dead -and beautiful rest." The Otlp. river will now take , the center qtk stage and do some stunts with Ice'gOrges and high water, provid ing another most eloquent argument In favor of the general plan of Improv ing lnlajhd Vatarways. This stream is the only, great i-Jver of , America that carries any enormous amount of traffic and Its tynroly behavior from time to time has uvado- U decidedly spectacular as well us u'sefu ' '( Courage of His Convictions. In adhering to his resolve to trans mit to congress a special message ad vising additional anti-trust and Inter state commerce regulation. President Taft gives prompt and emphatic answer to' those special pleaders who urged him to defer such action for political reasons. Mr. Taft is not a politician, and In his sticking to his convictions and having the courage to declare them he Is establishing more firmly that general confidence to which as the president of the whole people be Is entitled. In bis Inaugural address last March, Mr. Taft announced his policy concern ing corporations In these words: "I hope to be able to submit, at the first regular session of the incoming con gress, In December next, definite sug gestions In respect to tho needed amendments to the anti-trust and the Interstate commerce laws, and the changes required In the executive de partments concerned In their enforce ment. "It is believed that with the changes recommended, American business can be assured of that measure of stability and certainty in respect to those things that mav be done and those that are prohibited, which is essential to the life and growth of all business. Such a plan must include the right of the people to avail themselves of those methods of combining capital and ef fort deemed necessary to reach the highest degree of economic efficiency, at the same time differentiating be tween combinations based upon legiti mate economic reasons and those formed with the intent of creating monopolies and artificially controlling prices. "The work of formulating into prac tical shape such changes is creative work of the highest order and requires all the deliberation possible In the in terval. I believe that the amend ments to be proposed are just as nec essary in the protection of legitimate business as in the clinching of the re forms which properly bear the name cf my predecessor." It is timely to recall this pronounce ment now, for unquestionably the forthcoming special message will be found to be based on deliberation along the lines herein indicated. And the president's firmness in developing his own ideas in accordance with his original stand will be accepted by thoughtful citizens as a reaffirmation of his consistent policy, Judicially pur sued regardless' of the voice of parti sanship. His present altitude In de clining to be swerved by some of his advisers on the plea of politics is in harmony with one Of the first of his announcements after he took the oath of office, that he declined, to be drawn into any political controversies within the states. Races and Sanitation. The theory of Dr. Stiles of the marine hospital service that the hookworm disease Is a result of white and black races trying to live in the same cli mate is likely 'to find' little sympathy among practical people, who are be coming somewhat surfeited with ab struse philosophizing concerning the Ills that flesh inherits. England has for generations shown to the world that the white man can live In ancient pest spots regardless of racial population, and the Briton has not only successfully acclimated him self to the intensely different condl tions of such countries as India, but has also vastly improved the health ex pe.-ience of the natives, by the simple process of spreading ; the gospel of cleanliness. What England has ac complished in her colonies we have done in Cuba and Panama, proving that sanitation Is the safeguard for any race, and that the question of health is not dependent upon maintaining aloofness from brethren of different hues. It has been the experience of the world that the superior race draws the Inferior up, not that the Inferior drags the superior down, and the white man has nothing to fear from his black, red or yellow neighbor in the matter of health, provided all follow the same hygienic rules of living. Sanitation, not separation of the races, is the so lution of the problem of public health In the United States, as in every clime. Safety on the Kailroads. 1 The report of the special board as signed by congress to study safety In railroad, travel comes at a time when an extraordinary series of wrecks makes the subject particularly Inter esting, though the results announced do not afford muchi encouragement. For three years the board has been in vestigating especially the- matter of block signal operation and train con trol, and examining also devices cal culated to seoure greater safety on the rails. ' Bad methods are reported to have been discovered on a number of single track roads, and In some cases the faults of practice are pronounced dan gerous. A mass of information was gathered which prompts -grave criti cism of the practice on many roads concerning the employment and dis cipline of telegraph operators and slg hal men. Of hundreds of Inventions inspected only twelve were found to have" merit, and It is concluded that the railroads have kept pace as far as possible with science In the matter of precautionary devices. , - The conclusion of this research, which the government ' has conducted with great patience and at considerable expense, must the that the defects in the railroad service of tho Country are due to that . uncertain, element, the human eu6tlon'.mcTtperiPnce or care- !etsners' along th line sets' at naught. the good intentions of the most com petent management, and the Individual unit ie bound oil occasion to upBet the precautions of the best mechanical equipment. Until the element of per sonal responsibility can be eliminated, wrecks are bound to continue, and In the meantime eternal vigilance on the part of every employe is the price of safety. Tell the Truth. The editor of The Bee has had to stand as bogey man for the fake re formers for so many years that It prob ably will not hurt him to be paraded a little longer In a false position. But it is unfair to the earnest, sincere tem perance people of Nebraska that they have to be bamboozled by the latest silly yarn that Is being circulated through the medium of the Anti-Saloon league press. The editor of The Be has not as yet made any estimate of the probable cost of a campaign either for or against county option In Ne braska, and he certainly Is not under taking to raise a fund to support or de feat such a measure. .The Bee has been, and Is, frankly and openly op posed to county option, but Its oppo sition is based on reason and is open and above board. The advocates of prohibition In Nebraska realize this and ought to be fair enough to tell their adherents the truth about The Bee. . Japan and Its Treaties. No sooner has Baron Uchlda taken his post at Washington as ambassador from Japan than he is reported as presenting a new problem concerning our affairs with that empire. It Is of ficially known from the president's an nual message that the State depart ment is at work on a revision "of the Japanese treaty which is soon to ex pire, and Uchlda was quick to point out that the separate immigration agreement is of indeterminate dura tion. Now it is understood that the real mission of the ambassador is to get the United States to agree to terminate both treaty and agreement on a date coincident with the expiration of treaties with Great Britain and other nations, with a view to having all the new Nippon compacts run concurrently and Incorporate identical provisions. It should be borne In mind that we have nothing to do with what other nations and Japan may adjust between them. These are the entangling al liances of which we have been suffi ciently warned. Japan's purpose clearly Is to use international pressure to put the United States on the same footing with European powers, and there is no reason why we should sail all in the same boat. Uchlda is here to represent Japan and may be depended upon to get the utmost concessions concerning immigration and other matters that we are' willing to. grant. ( ,But our prob lems are our own and our interests de mand that we go it strictly alone In the matter of adjusting our agreements with the mikado. Any attempts to In volve oil i treaties of the far east with those of Europe are to be viewed with suspicion. ; At the Omaha Agency. ' The Omaha Indians seem to be un duly apprehensive as to the intention of the Indian office in consolidating the superlntendency of the affairs of the Omaha and Winnebago reservations. No disposition Is apparent on the part of the authorities to hamper the Omahas in any way in their advance in civilization. On the other hand, the government at Washington is giving these Indians all encouragement and assistance to place them on the high plane of full and responsible citizens of the United States. They may be assured that the commissioner of In dian affairs, his deputy, and those who are dealing with the problem, have only warmest sympethy for the Indian and are doing all they reasonably can do to relieve him from the embarrass ment of red tape that has. restricted him in his social and business dealings. Regulations necessary In the past are no longer required and will be removed entirely as soon as the competency of the members of the tribe may be passed upon. In the meantime a little patience on the part of the Indian and his advisers will help greatly to achieve the result that all so earnestly desire. j It would seem as though New York were big enough and rich enough to maintain some such Institution as Mad ison Square Garden, which is about to be razed because it is not profitable commercially. The events that have been housed in the garden have drawn many thousands of people to the metropolis, who spent money lavishly, each year, but whereas lesser cities take pride in maintaining at municipal expense convention halls which serve much the same purpose locally as has the garden to New York, the old money greed of Manhattan rules stronger than civic pride in Institutions that are world-wide landmarks. New York, whose debt has just been found to be seven times as great as that of any other American city, left it for the na tion's school children to pay for the foundation of the monument of Liberty in the harbor which greets the incom ing voyagers. New York is prodigal In some selfish directions, but occa sionally In niggardly moments over looks its larger opportunities. Justice Howard pf New York state takes a pessimistic view of things when he charges that 40 per cent of all the money appropriated for ' public pur poses is spent for graft. If bis state ment. were true he could render no bet ter service to the people than to point out particular cases and suggest a rem edy. But it may be that matters are not so desperate aa he says. Surely If he can convince the taxpayers that honest government will cut their ap propriations nearly In half he will have started a reform that will make the fame of other reformers pale. But the people know themselves too well to pay much heed to an orator who pro claims the dollar mark above the stars and stripes. Consider the ladybug; she flies not to her home when the children inform her that her little ones are burning, yet she does mora useful work for the elders. A paternal government has collected millions of the gay-wtnged insects and transported them to the California valleys to save the crops. The aphis pest has attacked the vines and the ladybug Is expected to extermi nate the aphis, her anciont enemy. It appears that the only obnoxious bug that man has not yet been able to find another bug to prey upon Is the hum bug. Another university president bewails the lack of civilization In the people of the United States, and particularly specifies that musically we are bar barians. Yet the census bureau has just shown that we spend more for ed ucation and less for recreation than for anything else. Incidentally It may be pointed out that music is not the only thing concerning which the average university graduate has de ficiencies. Americans have not yet fully awak ened to the fact that Canada is doing things. Among other enterprises to be rushed is a $160,000,000 Georgian bay ship canal which will cut Detroit and Buffalo out of vast tonnage and give the Canadian exports from the up per lakes a direct outlet through Toronto to the sea. The Dominion is building fastf'on the experiences f the United States. V Nebraska lawyers have gon on rec ord as being willing to struggle along for a little while longer under the pres ent form of practice, In spite of the general demand for reform in methods. This is not surprising, even if it did follow a most eloquent and learned ad dress by the president of the associa tion on the topic of "Rational Law Making." Jarring; the Henchmen. Phli.DD'n V,-o f , Pctltmaater General Hitchcock's report will be a distorting element for thpse who have supposed all qlong that the Postal department Is maintained simply to give Jobs to henchmen. PnrcnaatuK Peace. Chicago Record-Herald. Andrew Carnegta la credited with having expressed , a wiljlngnees to give 120,003,030 for the purpose of establishing permanent peace In Central America. It ought to be possible with a'Wtia of that size to furnish a pretty fair police, force for Central America. . . Another Roosevelt Policy Ditched Boston Herald. Everybody remembers the bustllnc. breezy way In which the president's predecessor used to come intd the anteroom for a hand shake and a' hearty word with each visitor The president nqw has people ushered be fbre him, even though they be foreign am baesadors. Which is your preference? Political Financiering. Washington Star. Evidently the 'proposition for guarantee ing oa.na qeposlts needs more thought In Its present dhapc it Is not satlnfaptnr-v Neither the courts nor the more influential business bodies are convinced. Mr. Bryan and Governor Haskell and some wntrn republican leaders, give it the weight of ineir indorsement, but not a man of the number is regarded as a financier. It would be a perfectly lovety thing If there were no risks at all about Investments or bank deposits, but as yet there And who shall say that all of them can be eliminated before the dawn of the mlllen nium? Uncoupling; the Pullman Goose. Springfield ReDubllcan It Is rumored In railroad circles that the llarrlman lines contemplate the oneratlnn of a sleeping and parlor car service of their own, arter the example of the New Haven, the St. Paul and Great Northern roads This is the right policy to pursue, and Its adoption by the extensive Ha.rrlmsn v. tern would have great effect In bringing tne other roads into line. Th Tollman company would then become simply a builder of railroad equipment Instead of as now an operator as we:i as a builder of cars. The country will in time comnel a.n end of these divisions In the railroad serv ice between different companies auch aa the Pullman in' passenger traffln unrl h express companies In freight traffic. I OIL LAM DS WITHDRAWN. Conservation of an Important Na tional Resource. The Outlook. Last week, by the authority of the presi dent, there were withdrawn from entry and sale more than 3.000,000 acres of public petroleum land in California. Wyoming. Utah and Oregon. The government Is the largest owner of oil lands. It U likely to be the greatest consumer. It may surprlae seme to learn that the six largest battle ships In commission or under construction in the American navy are equipped for either oil or coal consumption, and that the fourteen largest destroyers use oil exclu sively. In his recently published annual report Mr. Ballinger, secretary of the In terior, had cahed attention to the impor tance of asking congress to authorize the executive to reserve certain areas of these lands for the purpose of affording a supply Of fuel oil fur, the future use of the navy, and to make necessary regulations for the preservation and extraction of such de pc sits. No legislation, he added, exists for the entry of oil and gas );h1h, other than the general mining laws of the United states, which are not adaptable to the disposition of lands containing mineral oils and gas. At present public- oil lands have to be entered under a law framed primarily to provide for placer mining entries. Hence a radical revision of the American mining law is necessary. Anticipating that con gress will meet tills evident need, the secre tary of the Interior has withdrawn from all forma of entry all vacant public lands designated by the geological survey as probably containing oil and gas. It Is In teresting to note that a leasing system for the disposal of oil on government land Is advocated, the government to dispose of the ell aa a co nmodlty, and not In tor ma of acres, like coal or other minerals occu pying fluid pUce Washington Life The xnaua-ural Crowd, Wliat It Will Cost, Tears ef Matured rreel deata, aa a Buddlaa Statesman. A close watch Is to be kept on congress by several organized bodies favorable to the enactment of a, law creating postal savings banks. The latent organization openly and boldly supporting the proposi tion Is the Farmers' union, which ha Joined hands with the Poetal Savings Bank league, and will post a legislative com mittee at the national capltol for purposes of observation. The Farmers' union haa hundreds of thousands of members In the Atlantic coatit statps, and Its activity In behalf of government security for savings upsets the romplalsancy of the opposition. "The dramatic element," says the Wash ington Herald, "In the contest between the friends and foos of this measure which now forms one f the blgget Issue, before congress. Is the tremendous financial strength of the foes, the banking Interests, against which Is pitted only one organiza tion, the Postal Saving Bank league, with headquarters In Chicago, which for months haa been making every effort possible to stir the public to do those things which would bo felt In the hslls of congress. The public demand for literature and speakers has far. exceeded the funds from member ship feea and subscriptions." General Lew Wallace, soldier, patriot, diplomatist, author, la to receive high honor from his native state and his coun try on January 11, when his Image In marble will be unveiled In Statuary hall in the capltol at Washington. The statue which will be unveiled Is the work of Andrew O'Connor of Paris, one of the best known sculptors In Europe. It Is of Carrara marble and Is of heroic size, being seven feet high. The figure is clad In the uniform of a major general of the United States army. The committee which selected the artist to make the statue and to decide on the details of the work was appointed by Governor Hanly, acting under an act of the Indiana legislature, and was composed of William A. Fox, director of the Herron Art Institute of Indianapolis; Captain J. P. Megrew of Washington and William Allen Wood of Indianapolis. One of the most Interesting features of the unveiling will be the presence of 'the grandsons of General Wallace Lew, Jr., and Noblo, cona of Henry L. Wallace. Lew Wallace, Jr., will pull the cord which will disclose the finished work. Midday has been selected as the hour for the ceremony. William Allen Wood will make the presentation, and Governor "Tom" Marshall, on behalf of the state of Indiana, will respond. Senator Albert J. Beverldge will dollver an address, and tte Rev. Dr. Dudley will offer the prayer. A poem written for the occasion will be read by Its author, James Whitoomb Riley, a lifelong friend of General Lew Wallace, Both congress and the senate will be rep resented officially by delegations. Charlie Taft made his first formal ap pearance In Washington society last wet-k when he was a guest at the dance which Rear Admiral and Mrs. Richardson Clover gave for their schoolgirl daughter, Miss Beatrice Clover, who Is home for the holi days. Miss Taft and Robert Taft also were present. When Charlie waa Included In the Invitation, to the surprise of all he accepted, and ha appeared to be the most delighted guest present. He danced with all the girls of his own age that he knew. On the way home Charlie remarked that he thought It high time he was putting on long' trousers. "Lots 'of fellows my age have 'em," he insisted. "Tbeae things make me look like a kid." Charlie has received Invitations for sev eral other dances. "And I'm going, too," he said. "Senator 'Bob' Taylor of Tennessee, waa was hot under the collar when it waa rumored that the nomination of Horace H. Lurton. of Tennessee, might be held up by insurgent senators," said F. E. Gateman, of Memphis, at the Wllard. "He got busy at once, and It may have been due largely to his work that there waa practically no opposition to Lurton's confirmation. Be fore he was confirmed, Senator Taylor took occasion to assure Judge Lurton that, no combination of senators could prevent the comflrmation, and his telegram to the new associate member of the United States su preme court was characteristic. This Is what the senator said: " 'Your enemies have no more chance to defeat your confidence than a celluloid dtg would have chasing an asbestos cat In hades.' "I guess Taylor knew." When visitors in tho gallery grow tired of hearing senators talk they can go down stairs and see senators eat. The senatorial carpenters have been busy during the re cent recess rearranging the senate dining room. Lawmakers and visitors, short of time, may no longer stand up to the pie counter and hurriedly bolt a sandwich and a glass of milk. That great American in stitution, the lunch counter, has been abol ished In the senate. Guests must take seats at sma.l tables and await the pleasure of a corps of leisurely negro waiters. Better provision has been made for the luxurious senators. They have a dining room reserved for their exclusive use. It is entered by swinging doors, with oval glass windows so familiar In the cartoon sketches of the senate and house. Through these windows strolling visitors may peer and observe senators at luncheon. "Red Cloud," the late Sioux chief, was the only Indian in America that could have held up the building of a government road and the construction of United tHates forts," said Colonel J. A. George of Dead wood, S. D , quoted by the Washington Post. "He did this in lfr6 and two years later the government abandoned Its efforts to lay out the road and build forts along it. Red Cloud was the last of the chiefs to sign the treaty, and from that time on the government had no trouble with him. He had accomplished the purpoee for which he had fought, and It waa his bouat that he never broke the treaty he made at that time. Soon afterward o'd Red Cloud built himself a home near the Pine Ridge agency, where he lived at the time of his death. The old man was not a progrt-'galve and never took kindly to schools or other ways of the white man, and while he did not after 1808 take part In any uprisings tils counsel to his people waa never for progress, and It is at id that at times it waa fur war. lied Cloud had been blind and deaf for alx years prior to hie death, and he patiently waited In sllfnre and dark ness for the time whon he wou'd Join his father In the hpppy hunting grounds, to which beliff he clung regardless of all ef forts to Induce him to accept the ways of Christianity. Red Cloud's last fight waa one of the bloodleat Indian battles ever fought In the west. It was the first time the In diana had faced repeating rifles, and the new' firearms disconcerted them for a time, but they made six charges on the soldiers before they, were forced to retreat, after a loes which waa placed all the way from 300 to 1.700 killed." 'My name la O'Connon." said Uncle Jo seph, when T. P. O'Connor, M. P., was nuoduoed ta him recently. Then he quoted WSclHSillilll .- tHBWa T --4jSl.iha WrWJ 7,' 1.1 Uxm. Ma aA4 v . jfc, aa r ..sg;a.j. - - . I Established in 1837 Nationalized in 1863, Charter No. 209 One of the Safest Forms of Investment Is a 3 Certificate of Deposit In This Dank, Which Has Over S12.000.000 of Assets. The published statement of November 16. '09, showed that this bank had outstanding in terest bearing certificates totalling fl, 984,810. "IT Tf-WTT -JUL ISamrAW i' IK. ,-' S-tsrT'' "wSNiaia!lw''-i'np-tVwi " a.V' ' 3 from a report made to him lately bv a genealogist: "Nlall of Nine Hostages, great grandson of Owen More, king of Mun- str during the reign of Conn of the Hundred Battles, was an ancestor of Rory Cannonan, from whom are drsconded the clan of O'Cannonan, later abbreviated to O'Cannon, and still later to Cannon." Now we know where the speaker got his fight ing blood. PERSONAL NOTES. Three young women of Philadelphia are said to be mourning the death of a fellow who was married to two of them and en gaged to the other. Easy to see why they should feci indignant, but the case doesn't seem to be one for mourning. Queen Margherlta of Italy has a weak ness for the books of American and Eng lish novelists. She also reads English and American magazines, and It is her opinion that the American school of short-story writers at present Is the beBt In the world. Senator Kean of New Jersey Is one of the republican members of the upper house who has a fight on his hands for re-election. The legislature that will name his successor will be chosen next year. Sev eral of the strongest republican leaders in New Jersey are opposed to his re-election Edison has been telling some entertain ing stories about his early days, and natur ally draws the long bow a trifle when say ing that he didn't know what to do with his first check, one of 140,000 for his tele graph Inventions. But Tom was a smuri train newsboy and that sort doesn't often make dullards. James Malcolm, former chief of the Rochester fire department and for fifty years a member of It, recently passed away at the age of 78 years. He first Joined the old volunteer fire department In 1S62, when he waa 17 years old, and ran with a famous old hand engine known as "Betsy No. 2." Rome of us who are not old can recollect the founding of Greeley, Colo., In 1870, aa tho result of the great New York editor's much preaching of "Go west, young men!" About seventy-five of the original founders of that prosperous city recently enjoyed their annual reunion and dinner, together with a lot bf "pioneer children." A bronze tablet containing a bas-relief head of Abraham Lincoln Is being com pleted by John Pauling, a Chicago sculp tor, to mark the site of the "wigwam" In which Lincoln was nominated for presi dent In I860. The site Is at Lake and Mar ket streets, Chicago. The tablet will meas ure about two feet and a half by four. 1 time: for high resolves. Fancy Centers on BlaT Things Ever In the Distance. Washington Post. With Christmas over and the year 19o rapidly drawing to a close, the averagi person's thoughts are lightly turning tc New Year's resolutions. The seeds of high resolve are now to be pUnted. The fields are to be mowed and raked, and the acorns dropped Into the furrows, soon to grow to splendid oaks. New Year's resolutions are always sur rounded with the glamour of a fine re nunciation and heroism of purpose. All the old weaknesses are to be cast off In a day. The new resolves usually have .to do with the big things, the little things being ex pected to take care of themselves. But In the course of events the little things get control and the big resolves topple like a house of cards. There is, however, one resolve that all might make with a fair chance of keep ing to it one thing which will, of Itself, bring specific and general good. Perhaps It is not an exciting resolve, and, there fore, may be left out of the new year's plans. It is a plain, unvarnished thing Just the resolution of routine. Routine is rarely named as ona of the cardinal virtues, and yet It Is the founda tion stone of many, many virtues. It as sures the fullest measure of efficiency. It works, to a system, and by system alone Is the world ordered. It shelters the nerves, softens the clamor, saves waste ful motion and protects the mind and body. Geniuses, sometimes, work to considerable Lenox Soap is Bigger COMPARE A CAKE of Lenox Soap -with a cah. of any other laundry aoap, aellintf at or about it price. YOU WILL FIND that Lenox Soap is bitftfer. that the cahe is brighten the quality better. AND LENOX SOAP IS CHEAP as cheap it ought to be. IT ISN'T POSSIBLE to mahe good soap for lead . th-n the price of Lenox. It isn't possible to veil good soap for lea. , TOR WASHING CLOTHES, use Lenox Soap In the form of aoap solution. TO MAKE 80AP SOLUTION. TaKa cahe of Lanoz Soap, cut It Into email placaa, ' diaaol-ve tHaae in thraa quarts of boiling; . Ktap waUr at boiling' point until a solution la fortnad. Lenox Soap-Just fits the hand as Kountze Bros. purpose without apparent routine, and yet, through the visible disorder of their lives, there usually can be seen a very definite method of working. Routine la as good a harness for the genius as It Is for the averago citizen, and for the latter, who wishes to bring hla productive powers to their highest point of efficiency, routine Is Indispensable. Once won, routine Is Invariably a standi, true friend. It Isn't gained In a day, but, on the other hand.' It Isn't tost In a day. If it extend to diet and vacations as well aa to work It tends toward longevity. If generally practiced It would make for soundness In the social and financial fabW-. And as a fine, unadulterated, gentle, and city-broken New Year's resolution It can be conscientiously recommendod. CHEERY CHAFF. "nid you ever hear of anything so ab surd as an auto suggestion to another per son?" Certainly, wheh It Is a hint for the gift of a motor car." haltlmore American. Physician Have you any aches or pains this morning? Patient Yes, doctor; it hurts me to breathe; In fact, . the only trouble now soema to be with my breath. Physlclnn All right. I'll give you some thing that will soon stop that. Boston Globe. Kitty Fiies-The lobster! He-gave ma an engagement ring and now he demands Its return. Belle WingsCall him a. terrapin, dear. Kitty Flies Don't be ridiculous! Why should I call him a terrapin? Belle Wings Because he wants his dia mond back. Chicago Nws. "Well, here we are In Pompeii. How In teresting It la! Yon chariot waa evidently waiting before some door. I would like to Interview the ancient charioteer who drove "I wouldn't." "Why not?" .."ri?. miKht want to put In a bill for his time." Louisville Courier-Journal. "Why Is It that little kittens are always so Interesting?" "They've got to make up their average before they get to be old cats." Cleveland Leader. Cop What's the trouble here? Pugnacious Individual That man gave me the lie. Cop-Well, you can't block up the side walk with it. Take it homo and iix. It ih. . time you go -lit you go flshln', Boeton Tran- acript. "When 1 leave here I shall have to de pend on my brains for a living." 'T)on't take such a pesslmlstlo view of things." Cornell Widow. i "Is quinine the proper thing to take after an exposure?" "After one kind of an exposure, but It will take a Europ.-an trip to do the other kind any good," Houston Post. "You're as hard as nails," said his trainer. "Well," Irritably answered the actor pugllist, "wouldn't you naturally expect me to be? I wear my clawhammer coat wo or three hours every night." Chicago Tribune. THROUGH CLOUD TO LIGHT. ' When Rlgl mount I sought to climb, Peeking a vision all sublime, The heavy clouds around , me hung, nd shadows o'er the mountain flung. The crystal petals wove a shroud For rocks and crags, In silence proud; And tia I breath ess looked around, The Alpine heights Seemed holv ground. Through mists and cloud I upward gazed, Ceruleun sky 1 saw amazed; I stood In awe before God's throne, His mirrored faoe In brightness shown; With soul entranced I turned away; A glimpse of heaven I saw that day. I stood upc-n the snowy peak, So filled with God I could not speak! I waited for the afterglow, Its fading, rosy tints, to throw Its halo o'er the lifted hll s, Whose glory through man's spirit thrill. The sun had sunk to rest, I thought. When lo! a miracle waa wrought; A cloud was lifted front hla face. His golden beams my eye could trace. Such splendora lit the evening sky, Its beauty brought the dear God nigh. As from a dream my soul awoke; It set'ined aa if an nngel spoke; "A vision this of life' he said The storm may beat upon your heed, As up llfe'a patha you slowly creep. And weary mount the rugged steep. Yet, far above, God's light shall break, Vour sunset hours new glory take. The way Is brief through cloud obscure, Sunheauns, and not the mists endure;' And when the doubt, the pain, the tears, As you mount upwrd thrmifrh the veara. Are left behind with shades of nlffht Then welcome Heaven's eternal Unlit! IJIghtln, Mass. A. JUDKON RICH. 1 fl i