Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 25, 1894, Page 4

THE OMAHA DALY BE® B — PUBLISHED EV — TERMS OF Daily Dee (Without Suj . was ond Sunday Bix Months sovd Three Mont Sunday I ROSEWATER, Editor, RY MORNING. " day) One RIPTIO! One ¥ Year one ‘Year , One Year , One Year OFFICES, Dullding. rner N and t Chicag: e, 3 Ce New York, Rool Washington, 1407 F CORRES ATl communications relatin torfal matter should b BUSINESS 1, All business 1 and remit addressed to The Tes Publighing Omaha, Drafts, checks and postoffice be made payable to the or THE B mmere To the Editor. noes should be orders TATE George 1. Tz T OF CIRCULATIO! K, secretary of The Tee Pub- Hshing company, being duly sworn, says that the actual number of full and complote copies of the Dally Morning, Evening and Sunday Dee printed during the month of November, 159, was as follows: 1 Total sold.. Dally average n Sworn to before me and & efice this 3d day of Decem (Seal.) P FEIL, ibed in my pres- 1891, Notary Publie. We will presently know more about Armenians than we do about Ameri- cans, It is linble to be a war of races down In Mississippi unless law and order are restored promptly. Another week will wind up 1804, and most people will bid this hard times year a cheerful good by It is to he hoped that the shaving of employes’ warrants will go out of date from and after the first Thurs in January. The Towa railrond commission had better consult the taxpayers and ship- pers of that state before they consent to raise the freight rates. . ——— Congressman Springer is preparing for a leap into the court of claims. It is a life position with $4,500 a year salary. Why 1"t Mr. Bryan get such a soft snap? The petroleum product of Wyoming 18 growing to large proportions. Time will soon come when the whole west will look to that state for its coal oil and lubricator. The poll tax has become almost ob- solete in this state, but if every man between 18 and 60 had to pay that dol- dar toward waintaining government it would net a round $200,000 a year. The Japs have won another victory on Chinese territory. The Son of Heaven, it appears, has not a single commanding general worthy the name, No wonder he is hot after a treaty of peace. George Francis Train has sent a pos- tal card message in red and blue to the Mikado, warning him against en- tangling allianc A response !from the Mikado will be looked for with im- patience. —_— The Mikado is inclined to look upon the Chinese peace offerings and over- tures for a treaty of peace with a good deal of suspicion. The Mikado has evidently read Bret Harte's version of the heathen Chinee whose ways are dark and tricks are vain. —_— Mrs. Philip Sheridan is said to be almost the only widow of a great war chief who has absolutely declined to aceept purses and gifts of all sorts since the general's death. TFor this Mrs. Sheridan is entitled to the r spect and esteem of ‘all patriotic citizens, It 18 a-good example. We are glad that the remains of Sir John Thompson are now sg ely on ship- board of an ocean steame: For at least six days, while the v 1 is flont- Ing on the ocean wave, we shall be spared the diurnal rot about the dead premier’s progress toward the Canadian burial grounds. Sir John has had more notorlety since he died than he had during his whole life time, e — 8an Francisco has surprised herself and gratified the fire insurance panies by the performances of an im- proved fire extinguishing apparvatus that is said to throw 4,000 gallons of wader per minute into a burning build- fng. If the device is what is claimed for it this city and all other eities will speedily introduce at least one of these machines into its fire extingulshing ap- paratus. com Many county treasurers of this state were elected on the platform which ex- plicitly promised that the Interest in- erement upon every dollar of public funds should be turned back into the treasury for the beuefit of ta XPAYers. The ante-clection pledges have not in every Instance been kept, but whether such promises have been made or not by every county treasurer it cannot be galnsaid that the people ave entitled to every cent of interest earned upon public funds deposited in banks by treasurers, . The enterprise of our local contem- porary in writing up the deserted Arvouth-stricken districts of western Ne- oraska 18 commendable, but the state ecould have afforded better to expend §50,000 for the velief of such settlers A8 remain in that section than to have bad the highly colored staryation- ealamity correspondence reproduced in leading castern journals, The pub- lielty given will relieve everybody, but prejudice a great many people not fa- miliar with the cause of destitution, and Kive the state a black eye from which it will take years o recover. Twenty-fourth Sts. | to news and edi- | company, | Filled with a love that is eternal, and which at this time finds its highest and | holiest expression, the great heart of i('hrlsh'lululll welcomes the return of Christmas, For weeks past, in every [land where the story of the man of Nazarcth is known and His church I8 erccted, preparations have been ® | making to celebrate this anniversary | of His birth, Affection and friendship |have gathered their offerin the | humblest not less than the grandest, | expressive of the sentiments which the | oceasion inspires, and in millions of | homes there will mingle this morn with the Christmas chimes the sweeter of maturer y f pleasure th will feel the thrill at can come to them but once a ) Who can adequately ap- preciate the proportions of the wave of happiness that will sweep over the Christian world today or estimate its influence for good? Who ean measure the beneficent effects upon millions of lives that will come from the affec- tionate and kindly offices of this day of days, the spirit of which, to all who ily understand i, is wholly ele- vating and ennobling? The will be seed sown on this Christmas, as there has been on every Christmas for cen- furies, that will in the years to come | bring forth the ehoicest fruit of human faith, love and charity. The young hearts made glad today will not forget it. It is a peculinvity of the gladness which comes to us at this time that we cherish it with an pecial fond- ness. Forget other sources of hap- piness we may, but the joy that the Christmas gift brings is ineffaceab Unfortunately there is a serious side to this day. All cannot have a merry Christmas. In our own fair and favored land there are hundreds of thousands who will be fortunate if they lave enough to eat today to appease hunger, and there are many little hearts will vainly crave something, how- ever frifling, to assure them that it is indeed Christmas. It is pitiful that such is the fact, but it Is one that we have always, though not often in so aggravated a form as now. It appeals to our philanthropy, and if all who can o 50 would heed the appeal the volume of Christmas happiness would be very greatly increased. It may be said that there is also a practical view to be taken of this season; that too many people car their expenditures beyond the limit which their means should pr seribe. This is deubtless true, but it is a purely iIndividual affair, and so far as it is an expression of broad and generous sympathy with the spirit of the occasion is to be commended rather than condemned. There is nothing, however, to be gained by considering too closely the somber aspects of this seasop. There is opportunity and time enough during all the rest of the year to look on the dark side of human life. This should be a day of gladness, and so regarding it The Bee extends to all its readers the greeting that never grows old or hackneyed: “A Merry Christmas.” THAT DISCRIMINATING DUTY. Representative Wilson, chairman of the ways and means committee, has in- troduced a resolution for the removal of the one-tenth of a cent duty on sugar from countries paying an export bounty. It is to be hoped this matter will be taken up in congress immedi. ately after the holiday recess and ac- tion taken which will leave no further excuse on the part of foreign countries affected to maintain the embargo on American meats. This is a Dbusiness and not a political matter, and the duty of congress toward a great American interest, the welfare of which is at stake, Is perfectly plain. Referring to this subject in his annual message the president said: “In the in- terests of the commerce of both coun- tries and to avoid even the accusation of treaty violation, I recommend the re- peal of so much of the statute as im- poses that duty.” Ile in the same con- nection directed attention to the refer- ence to the matter in the report of the secretary of state, in which it is ad- mitted that the treaty has been vio- lated. With these admissions of the chief executive and the head of the State department on record, fully con- ceding the contention of the German gov- ernment, it is impossible to see but one honorable and straightforward course for this government to pursue. The mis- take committed should be rectified, and that with as little delay as possible, It is urged by some that because the discriminating duty was inserted in the sugar schedule in spite of the fact that it was known to be in violation of treaty obligations it Is absurd, under the cireumstances, to come to congress now and ask for relief when that relief could have been obtained at the proper time if Clev sham had not been more anxious to help the Sugar frust than to protect the honor of the rited States in its treaty obligations. y narrow and shallow reas- oning, too clearly prompted by partisan feeling alone. The fact Is it is highly probable the treaty was never thought of, but whether the wrong was com- mitted willingly or inadvertently it cer- tainly is not absurd to correct it when it is pointed out by the injured party and admitted by ourselves. On the contrary, it would be disgraceful to us, as a nation professing to deal fairly with all other nations and to solici- tously regard our treaty obligations, not to reetify it But if this consideration were not suf- ficlent to move ‘congress to proper ac- tion In this matter, the demand of a great industry to be allowed to retain valuable and growing markets ought to have weight, The eattle-producing in- terest of the United States, which em- braces: hundreds of thousands of farmers, has appealed to congress to abandon the discriminating sugar duty in order that American cattle mg again be admitted to the ropean i kets from which they have been ex- cluded. If the appeal is not heeded this great interest will suffer severe in- Jury, for which there will be no sort of compensation. Not only will our cattle be kept out of Germany, Denmay! other countries, but the Is very great probability that the policy of retaliation will be extended to other products, Of voices of happy children, while those | what value is this one-tenth of a cent differential duty on sugar in compari- son with the possible loss to be sus- | tained from the exclusion of our meats, | oleomargarine and other products from | Germany and other European countries | | with which we are inviting a trade war? | | Besides, if that duty was imposed at | the suggestion of the frust there is all the niore reason why it should be re- pented, It is said that-the representatives of | the cattle growers who were sent to| | Washington to present their case and | work for the desired velief are some- | what discouraged at the outlook. They | must renew their efforts more vigor- ously than ever when congress reas- sembles, and in the meantime there ought to be a strong expression of pub- lic sentiment on this subject, especially from the section of the country most directly and deeply concerned in pro- tecting the great meat-producing inter- est from further injury and loss. If there are any men in congress disposed to give this matter a political bearing they should be marked for future at- tention. PAYING FOR SEIZED SEALERS. Under the decision of the Paris tribunal of arbitration in the Bering sea controvers the United States is bound to pay something for the seizure of British sealing vessels outside the ordinary three-mile limit. The ques- tion of the amount to be paid was not passed upon by the tribunal, but was left to further negotintion between the two governments, In his annual mes- sage ‘the president informed congress that an understanding had been reached for the payment by the United States of §425,000, in full satisfaction of all claims which may be made by Great Britain for damages growing out of the controversy as to fur seals in Bering sea, or the seizure of British v 1s engaged in taking in those waters, and he expressed his convietion that o settlement upon the terms mentioned would be an equitable and advan- tageous one. The president therefore ymmended that provision be made for the prompt payment of the stated sum, The house of representatives having called upon the secretary of state for full information touching the proposed payment, the secretary transmitted the papers to that body with an explana- tion. He said if the plan of settle- ment recommended by the president is not acceptable to congress the re- maining controverted questions must be determined either by the organization of a joint commission or by negotiations between the two goverrfments. He sug. gested that international commissions are slow and expensive, and that such a course would consume a great deal of time in collecting evidence. He also said that the amount proposed to be paid is considerably below the damages claimed by Great Britain, exclusive of interest for a number of years. In view of these considerations, Secretary Gresham expressed the opinion that a prompt and final settlement of the vexa- tious controversy is desirable. The secretary of state has been a good deal criticised for his position in this matter, and it is somewhat ques- tionable whether congress will accept the plan of settlement recommended. It would seem that the feeling is largely entertained that the sum proposed to be paid is too large, and it is excessive if the statement made by Representa- tive Hitt is correct. But there is reason to doubt its being correct, for it is hardly conceivable that such facts as Mr. Hitt states could have been over- looked by Secretary Gresham and the officials of the State department if they were in evidence, or that having knowl- edge of them the secretary failed to glve them proper consideration. It must be assumed that the president and the secretary of state have no de- sire to pay a single dollar more for damages than is justly due, and that in the negotiations they constantly and zealously endeavored to reduce the British claim. There is not the slight- est reason to suppose that the agree- ment to pay $425,000 was made with- out full conviction that it was the best that could be done and that the amount is a fair one. Calling the agreement o bargain, therefore, as some of the critics of the action have done, is un- warranted and unfair. It is doubtless well that congress investigate before authorizing payment, but in the mean- time it is simple justice to give Secre- tary Gresham credit for having done what he believed to be to the advantage of the government. SELF-HELP WILL DO SOME GOOD, The National Educational association, which is to hold its annual meeting at Cleveland from the 19th to the 21st of Pebruary next, has extended an invita- tion to Chancellor Canfield to depute some vepresentative of the State uni- versity to attend this important educa- tional gathering. Commenting on this invitation a Lincoln contempora de- claves that although it is very clearly evident that this meeting would be of great Importance to the wniversity, and although the institution really ought to be represented at every notable educa- tional gathering in the country, not only for its own sake, but because of the recognition constantly extended to it by request for representatives, the pres- sure of student numbers upon the fac- ulty is so great that no one can be spared and the pressure upon funds fs such that if any oune could be spared it would be quite Impossible to pay his expenses. Now, we canunot for the life of us see what is to hinder Chancellor Canfield from deslgnating a competent repre sentative to attend this meeting if he is convinced that the university would profit by it. There certainly can be no hindrance from the pressure of new students even if their number should exceed the acity of the institution, One swallow does not make summe and the absence of one senior or eyven a member of the faculty will not create an aching vold if he returns within a week. Buch a vacuum might be cre ated in the unive t any time by an attack of nenralgin or the mumps | or a boil on the back of a wman's neck. | The “pressure upon funds,” or vather | |the want of funds, should not prove a | National Shoe and Leather bank, | years in the penitentia barrier to the goceptance of the invita- tion. The cost bf a trip to Cleveland and the incidental expenses will not exceed $85. MHe round trip ticket, with Pullman car berth, can be procured and §5'a day for six days ought [ ample to pag the hotel bills, boot- | 'ke and stroet car fare. Ten cents aplece chipped fin) by 850 students will defray this expense without imposing great hardship upon anybody or dr: ing a dollar from the university appro- priation. According to the. Associated press dis- patches, Samuel €, Seely, who pleaded guilty to the “tharge of abstracting funds and altering the books of the been sentenced by Judge Benedict of the .United States eircuit court to elght v. Abstracting funds is a genteel name for grand lar- ceny and embezzlement, and altering books 18 the high toned name for for- gery. If this man See who ab- stracted $354,000 from a New York bank, had been convicted of breaking into a store and stealing an overcont worth §35 he would have been sent to the penitentiary for burglary for a ten s’ term. Had he forged a $50 note a $10 bank draft to pay his rent and save his family from being evicted he would have been sentenced for about the same length of time for forgery. But Mr. Seely did not plead guilty to such commonpla crimes. He onl abstracted $350,000 from his employers and depositors like our own Charley Mosher, who was also an expert at ab- stracting and alterations, and received a five-year sentence, while oth are serving ten-year sentences walking away with a horse. men for rtment of the sioners has be adjunet to the The purchasing dep: Douglas county commis come a very important business of systematic public charity and poor rellef. The taxpayers, as well as the beneficiaries of the count are vitally concerned in the honest man- agement of the supply department and in the delivery of all commodities of the quantity and quality the county is ving for. The business of the bureau | Will be more exfensive this winter than ever before, More Bonds Inovitable. - Globe-Democrat, nee the second loan of $60,000,00 was negotiated the treasury has been losing gold at the rate of $1,500,000 per day. That i to say, In about two weeks nearly one-half of the whole amount of the loan has disap- Deared oIhis signifies of course, that an- other loan is inevitable, and that it cannot be postponed beyond next month, el Run Down the Fire Bug. s Philadelphia Press, L Is estimated that 25 per cent of fires in this coutnry are the result of incendiarism. If this Is anything lke a correct est and the experlence of insurers annually o roborates it, some' more decisive means to but an end’to this ‘drime than now oxists must be put in; forcp, Forty millions of dollars per year is tao great a sum for 69, 000,000 of Americans to squander on one class of criminals, Lot Canndu Projfse, a Minmeapotis Journal, enator Gallinger has Introduced a resolu- tion looking o the-political union. of the United States and Canada’ and Invitigg oae noikhbors to come upder our umbrells * 1t v e better to e e Canadians ta ¢ initiative in this. matte {kestoe ultimately, but they will not comé i oo the spur of such resolutions as Gallinger introduced. We'must feave them to joicn the first action, .. e Government Operation of the Union Pacific. Denver Republican, It is reported that the five Union Pacific receivers ‘who are now receiving 1000 o year each for thelr trivial services and are expecting to receive $15,000 when a final ser tlement with them Is ‘had, are in favor of ye- funding the debt owed by that corporatio to the government at 2 per cent per annum. They are very kind to the corporations upon whose ruin they are feasting, but the rignt: of the people should be considered {n thir matter. The best thing to o with ‘tht Union Pacific and the Canadian Bacific is to let them be sold under foreclosure and let the government buy them In and run them as the Postoffice department {s now run, for the benefit of the public. Sl Roar of the Intellectunl, Detroit Free Press, It is an interesting fact that the most serious complaints about the Australian bal- lot system come from the New England states, which are supposed—by the dwellers thereln—to be pecullarly the homes 0f in. telligence. First came Massachusetts with the complaint that the system was 50 in- tricate that a majority of the voters lost thelr votes from inability o comprehend the method, Then Vermont and Maine joined in wailing over o Similar logs: and now comes New Hampshire to swell the mourn. ful chorus, The Manchester Mirror. and American, one of the leading papers of the state, calls for a bill to repeal or amend the faw, and says of it that “of all the cumbersome, cruel, corrupting, hateful and abominable contrivances which cranks and cowards have put Into our states that is the worst.” The ‘trouble Seems (0 be- that man Who buys . vote cannot be sure that he gets the goods. e LET'S BE MERRY, . They will do so Detroit Free P Wadleigh, bety “I called her me to Bolt.' s: “What is the trouble, n you and Miss Hopson?' ‘Sweet Alice’ and she ordered Philadelphia Recor Butcher's Clerk— That chiropodist ordered some meat sent up, but I have forgotten what kind, Butcher —Send him corned beef, Philadelphia Times: That girl who is sav- ing up for a sealskin sacque may not be far-sighted, but she sees fur ahead. Judge: She shook him once—she shook him twice, yet he was not forsaken; third ask- ings she wccepted—'twas “Well shulien before taken," Chicago Tribune: here? are What are you doing demanded the park policeman. “Who you?"” ‘m the noblest rum ‘un of the Mall,” replied the red-nosed lounger, with lofiy dignity. Brooklyn Life: a guess [ wanna—Humph! if you can't. Mr. Delawanna—Are you MeCarthy —Well, 1 bill, boss, "Mr. Déla- You're not much of a one Indianapolis Journal: “Oh, of course,” sald the old man, “I'don't blame you taking the boy's part—it is just like @ bo; mother to do 0. ‘But I'd think a heap more of him if there were less points to his shoes and more to his conversation.” Cincinnatl Tribune Bitts has left the church since he was clected coroner.”” “¥ep. He sald he couldn’t consistently support that part of the pray that asks protection against sudden death. THE SERENADE, Bt. La's Republic Serenading, All r-nufinm. Fills the pilent night “Strains of Alden! List, fair maiden! List and let khy heart be light!" I3ut her father Thinks he'd rather Much prefer to snooze, & ou Jay, there! t away Or I'll turn the hey tell me that ihere! ulldog loose!" YOICE OF THE STATE PRESS, Western Wave: The Omaha Bee has turned the newspaporia! searchlight on some of the state house gentry, and the act causes them quirm like an eel out of water. irbury Enterprise: State Auditor Eugene Moore is getting after those inswrance agents who are dolng business without a certificate from the state auditor. Eugene Moore ap- pears to be the right man in the right place. Red Cloud Golden Belt: The State Board of Transportation recommends that, as the state grain Inspector's reports are all made to and his duties under the supervision of the board, he ought to be appointed by the board. The appointment is now in the hands of the governor. Better have It where it ls, the rallroads will not be 50 apt to own both board and inspector. West Polnt Progress: Rosewater, in a speech at Beatrice, effectually answirs the ringsters who have been hounding him on account of his alleged treachery to the re- publican party. He conclusively proves, by the record, that he has always been a strafght out-and-out republican, but was al- ¥s opposed to the disreputable gang of boodlers that have repeatedly looted the state treasury. All honor to him for it, Fairbury Enterprise: This is a good time for Nebraska peoplo to make a resolve that, commencing with the new year, they wili use only Nebraska flour made from Nebraska wheat, and in that way assist in retaining the $300,000 that Is sent out of this state for flour alone every year. By doing so you will not only keep that much money at home, but will at the same time be the means of furnishing just that many more Nebraska laboring men with steady employ- ment, and encourage the farmers in raising more wheat, Wisner Chronicle: Mr. Rosewater's speech at Beatrice was a convincing refutation of the baseless lles which the corporation henchmen of the state have never tired of repeating against him. It reviewed a num- ber of events in the political history of the state, and showed the parts played In them by prominent Nebraskans, living and dead It should be read by every one desirous of helng informed concerning men and things frequently mentfoned in every campaign, Mr Rosewater owed |t to himselt to make such a reply to his defamers, and he acquitted himself In his usual masterful manner. Grant Sentinel: Auditor Moore has turned the light on the doings of the State Board of Purchase and Supplies in a way which must make Secretary of State Allen and those associated with him on the board feel uncomfortable, to say the least. Among the articles purchased for the legislature the au- ditor finds safes, step ladders, hammers, bolts, leather valises, rope, chains, hinges, thermometers, plate glass mirrors, $20 gav- els and $18 inkstands, besides imménse quan- titles of drugs, queensware, dry goods, lum- ber and groceries. It may be that the legis- lature needed and used all these things, but to and outsider it looks mightily like there was something wrong. David City Press: Two years ago when Rosewater and the demo-pops got after the treasury looters the gang had an item started in the Associaated press reports to the effect that Mr. Rosewater was a trifle off In the upper story. Mr. Rosewater’s mind appears to be working along the old lines recently. In a speech at Beatrice last week he indulged in a little comparative work. The State Journal has been more than or- dinarily colicitous since the election to know It Mr. Rosewater is a republican. Mr. Rose- water gave satisfactory evidence that he was; he went further and showed why the State Journal was republican—of a particu- lar brand. He showed that during that pe- riod between 1871 and the present the State Journal has drawn out of the state treas- ury the magnificent sum of $446,466. Be- sides, Mr. Gere, the editor, drew $4,000 as secretary of the State Board of Transporta- tion, and also $16,000 as postmaster of Lin- coln. Outside of the $15,000 which it re- ceived last fall, Mr. Rosewater thinks he would have mo trouble to show that the State Journal's republicanism has brought a half million dollars to its coffers in the past twenty years. It certainly looks as it the Journal's well known affinity for corporation politics was founded on the principle of multiplication, division and silence. Mr. Rosewater says the $446,000 drawn out of the state treasury does not represent a tithe of the stealings that have been going on at the state capital. We have already been favored with doggerel from Bixby, but un- less another report is circulated to the effect that Rosey is crazy we shall insist that his republicanism is better than the Journal's— Lis loyalty not bearing the taint of whole- sale boodle, e PEOPLE AND THINGS. Editor Whitelaw Reld’s health has been much improved by his trip to the Mediter- ranean. The Connecticut automatic gallows s doomed to be as unpopular as electrocu- tion. There fs no “dull thud.” Senator Allen of Nebraska has introduced a resolution to investigate the senate res- taurant, on the ground that the ple rates are too high. The procession of eminent New York dem- ocrats refring from politics s steadily Browing. Dave Hill should apply cloture to the movement. A Chicago judge has decided that a pick- pocket is not guilt; y of any crime if caught With his hand in “another man’s pocket If there was nothing to steal, John E. Bielby, the defaulting cashier of the Central National bank of Rome, N, Y., was, it 1s almost unnecessary to say, a man “of the most exemplary life,” The year 1887 was the banner year in railroad construction, 18,000 miles of track being laid. This year only 1,919 miles were built, the lowest credited to any previous year since 1875, Edwin N. Curtis, the mayor-clect of Bos- ton, {5 33 years of age, has held no pre- vious office except that of city clerk, is a man of great ability, and inherited a for- tune a few years ago from an uncle, 1 the Hon. John J. Tngalls has a senatorjal boom concealed on his person be is mighty careless of the consequences. He is booked for an eastern lecture tour, extending from the first of the year to the middle of March, After all, royalty does not differ from the common herd in one particular. Death costs more than living, One hundred lives were lost through exposure during the planting of the Russian czar; §2,000,000 were spent in decoraling buildings and a like sum in flow- ers and wreaths, Mackenzie Bowell, who is to be prime min- ister of Canada, Is 71 years of age. He |5 a native of England, but has beem in Canada since he was 10 years old. He is an ex- treme Protestant, and has been grand master of the Orangemen in Ontario and presi- dent of the ennlal council of the world, Of the many reform schemes rooting in this broad, star-spangled land, none will surpass in popular favor that incubating in the mind of Congressman Goldzier. After a patient, painstaking and comprehensive Investigation in Washington, the gentleman from Chicago reached the conclusion that the beer Jerkers of the capital are long on collar and short on beer. He proposes to introduce a bill on the Bavarian line, compelling them to doft the collar and fill the glasses within half an inch of the brim. The tendency toward high collars demands herolc reme. dies and Julius Caesar Goldzier is of the right mold to lead the A CHRISTMAS 8§t Nicholas. While stars of Christmas shine, Lighting the skies, Let only loving looks Beam from your eyes. ONG. While bells of Christmas Joyous and clear, Speak only happy ' words, Allmirth and cheer, Giye only loving gifts, And in" love tak Gladden the poor and sad For love's dear sake. Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. 8. Gov't Report Royal Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE i THE BERLINEK PATENT. Detrolt Free Press: The final, as the partles still have recourse the court of appeals, and possibly to supreme court. But, for all that, it greally encourage the owners of rival phones hieago Post ground. T have decision 1s not to the will tele The Bell people are on the the poles, the wires. the hello machines and the patronage. In the nature of things, two indspendent tele phone systems in one city would seem im possible. ew York Times: We think this decision shows clearly that the patent office should be thoroughly overhau'ed by means of a earching officlal investigatic the only patent the issue of which was de. layed for many years for the benefit of the Bell company. St, Louls Republic: The monopoly days of the Bell Telephone company are over. It controls other patents, but they are not essontial to a good telephone service. The patent on the switch on the magnets for ringing up the central office has not ex- pired yet, but the same result can be ob tained with an extra switch, York World: The declsion of the United States court in the Berliner patent suit is full of promise of good for the coun- try, It is to be hoped in the public in terest that the decision will be affirmed by the supreme court, and that there will be no such delay as that which was permitted by federal procodure while the case was pending before the lower court, . Philadelphin Press: Twenty yvears, per- haps ten years, hence a telephone will be as common as a furnace. It will revolution- ize life. For women in particular, over- worked within the house, a cheap telephone would mean health, leisure and freedom from the daily pressure of going out of the house to buy all that is needed within it when the cares within the home are quite enough to tax any woman's encrgy. Courier-Journal: The decision of the Bos- ton court s mo doubt in_accord with the very right of the case. It fs the Interest of the people that the decision be sustained. But the Bell company has enormous re sources. It will first take the case to the circuit court of appeals and then to the supreme court. This will involve a great deal of delay at all events, and every year's delay is worth millions to the Bell Tele- phone company. Chicago Tribune: It may be doubted, how- ever, whether the decision will make such a difterence as is anticipated. The American Bell Telephone company will still have its immense aggregation of capital and the great advantage of its plant in working operation. It will thus have all the power and influence which the most money and the occupation of the field will bring to the corporation, just as in the case of the Western Union Telegraph company, the Standard Oil com- pany, or the sugar trust where they have had’ contests with competitors. Philadelphia Ledger: The Bell company, even without fundamental patents, is forti- fied with specific patents on innumerable im- provements, but its greatest securiey lies in its already established exchanges. In the ge cities especially it would bo extremely difficult for a rival to get permission to oc- cupy the s‘reets, or, If successful thus far, to establish an exchange rivaling that of the one long established in the number of its subscribers. The Bell company has an immeasurable advantage over all competi- tors, though stripped of its patent rights. St. Paul Globe: We remain of the opinion we have often expressed that the monopolist feature of our patent laws, that which ~akes them so odious, might be removed and substantial justice to the inventor pre- served by permitting any person wishing to use or make a patent device, to bring his sult in a federal court, making ‘the patentee a party, to establish the value of the use of the device or of the right to make and sell it, and that, upon securing the payment of the royalty fixed by the de- cree, the petitioner might be licensed by the court to use or make the article, Certainly something should be done to prevent the robbery being daily perpetrated under the shelter of a law whose motive is a good and proper one, but whose abuse is making the whole patent system Intolerable, e THE FEDERATION CHIEF. Minneapolis Journal: The American Fed- eration of Labor, in ‘electing John McBride to the presidency, has put itself_under far less safe leadership than Gompers has given it. Gompers saved the federation a great deal of trouble and loss by declining to yield to the importunity of Debs last summer at Chicago, and keeping out of that ill-starred etrike. McBride is not only a less prudent leader, but he is more inclined to favor the socialistic element than Gompers, whose in- fluence has kept it under restraint during the present meeting at Denver. Rocky Mountain News: Mr. McBride is a_populist, the chief of the coal miners of Ohio, and the man to whose exertions are malinly to be ascribed the 58,000 votes cast for the people’s party in Ohio at the Novem- ber election. He will be a valiant chicftain for the federation. Under his direction the truth in the sllver controversy will be driven home to every member of the unions afl- fated with the organization, and it Is not too much to hope that his election means the addition of many hundreds of thousands of votes to the sllver column. The leaders of all the great labor organizalions are now genuine silver men, and there {8 no reason to fear that education on this vital issue will be neglected. Some people don’t have change there is progress. wide open door. for '95 may bring us rain. BROWNING, Reliable Clothicr This is not | HINTS FOR LEGISLATORS, Norfolk Journal: can earn the thanks barska very easily by priations to the lowest possible limit. Broken Bow Reacon: Three secretaries | of the Board of Transportation cost the state 00 por annum, and do nothing hut draw eir salaries. The coming legislature can perhaps do no more commendable servica than to dispense with the whole gang. tts Bluft County Homestead: The state dature will galn the everlasting gratle of the whole mass of honest people: by | reducing the amcunt constituting grand lar ny from $35 to $16 or $20, and placing cattle stealing or Killing upon the same foote Ing as horse stealing. Wayne Herald: The legislature should pass a law ordering the publication of the legislatlve proceedings in two papers In each county of the state having the largest bona fide ecirculation. This would be a great bens efit to the people, who become better informed on the laws of the state. {oarncy Hub: The Ree makes sensible stions in favor of amending the state constitution and declares that ‘“‘the amends ment of the constitution in essential particy lars has become an fmperative necessity. This is true, no more true than it wa ten years ago. The constitution has always been a misfit and has never been large enough for the state. Barneston Star: The next legislature of Nebraska will, probably, take some action on the question of reducing freight rates, a question in which every Nebraska merchant and shipper is deeply intorested. It remains to be seen if the legislature has sufficlent members who favor such a reduction. The business Interests of this state demand somo change from the present apparent exorbi- tant rates, and for once the business man should be recognized and be given a little right, The next legislature of the peopls of Nes cutting down appros | toxi tude T v ey THE WILD CAT COLLAP 3 Buffalo Bxpress: No attempted come promise between sound and unsound princis ples will do. The currency, like the tarift, must be placed on a consistent basis befors the present evils will disappear. Chicago Times: With the able assistance of Secretary Carlisle ¢ °8S seems to have succeeded in 8o muddling the currency legis~ lation that few of the representatives know what measure they are advancing or oppos- ing. The best thing for this congress to do with the currency is to let it alone. Glebe-Democrat: The democracy has onoce more proven its ncapacity in the larger quess tions of legislation. The tariff bill pussed a few months ago by this parly was so bad that the president which the party elected refused to sign it, and the currency bill which the secretary of the treasury framed and the president endorsed is so bad that a house of representatives which had over ninety democratic plurality refused to pass it. New York Advertiser: Our present bank- ing em has fts faults, but it certalnly served Its purpose In a time of great need; and not the least of its advantages were the Invariable value of its notes, and the fact that any bank would accept the notes of any other bank. To say that this will be the case under the proposed currency scheme of Mr. Carlisle is to refect all our experiences of past state banking. A better system than the present can no doubt be devised, and it is certainly desirable that it should be done as speedily as is consistent with perfect safely. But the Carlisle currency bill does not fill the want, and so we deem It better for the present to endure the ills we have than fly to those we know not of. SRR bl NEBRASKA AND NEBRASKANS. A citizens' rellef committee has been ore ganized at Arapahoe. 3 Flood's grocery store at Osborn has been closed on a chaitel mortgage. W. H. Needham, late of the Bloomfleld Monitor, has purchased the Niobrara Tribune from E. 8. Miller. Within a week about 400 volumes have been contributed to the school library at Arapahoe by citizens of that place. Editor J. S. Paradis of the Hemingford Guide is about to remove to Alliance, taking with him his paper and his office and every= thing pertaining thereto. Charles Callahan, who formerly published the Sidney Telegraph and has recently been publishing the Herald at Hot Springs, S. D., is about to establish the Cheyenne County Times at Sidney. B. C. Hill is moving the Chadron Citizen and a fir:t-class job office to Monterey, Me: where he thinks there are excellent pro pects. He has already secured the printing contracts for several important companies in the town. A woman at Arcadia gave birth to a child, but, having no food or clothing In the house, she dled within a few days. Tho neighbors' made an effort to save her life, but’ the aid came too late, The woman leaves six young children, Wil a Riso ¥ay Workingmen? Detroit Free Press, A rise in prices would undoubtedly be one of tho first results of sending gold to @ premium and getting the country on a silver *basis; and a, rise in prices would certainly glve business a boom. But before assuming that this would be an unmixed blessing to the country it is well to reflect that wages take a long time in following prices on the up grade and that a sudden and ccn<iderable rise In prices means just the same to the workingman as a sudden and considerable reduction in wages, Your Money’s Worth or Your Money Back, A Turk Without Turkey— any Christmas; don’t know what it is to feel the mellowing influence that ho vers around the Great ‘\Day; are strangers to our old friend Santa Claus. Look at those teet —no sox—Santa stands no show there. Look at the rig he has on. Can you contemplate any- thing more harrowing than the thought that Browning King & Co. must ever be a stranger to that fellow with his horse blanket of a suit. You can tell a prozressive people by their clo'has, Where styles Full soon the year of ‘94 will pass through time's 'Twill be no loss, but rather gain, And that's a change we ought to get, from dried up crops to flelds all wet. KING & CO., 5. W, Corner Filteenth and Douglas Sts.