TI1E OMAHA DAILY DEE: THURSDAY, OCTOBER . 13. 1904.
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Stafe of Nebraska, Douglas Count, pa.:
O-oree B. Tsachuck. secretary of The Bee
Publishing Company, being duly aworn.
says that the actual number of full snd
roVlnlete cortee ft The Dally. Mnrnlng.
Evening and Sunday Fee printed during the
month of September, 1904. waa aa followa:
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Less unsold and returned oople.... O.OH3
Nat tout sale 8tt,lBT
Dally average a,T
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Wore ma this SOtb day of September, 101
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Notary Publln.
AVantex Corn huskfira. Apply al
trnt anywhere In rtiral Nebraska..
A'buny hae reported the first enow of
the season. It wilt probably .reach
Bfiopus within thirty days..
- It la not expected that extended re
port! of Bryan's Indiana speeches will
le printed with approval In New York.
.- The chief difference between Bryan
ind Watson Is that Watson repeats but
loud What Bryan only thinks to hiiWlf.
v " Ulchard Harding Darls has arrived
' , In America. Now prepare, to read his
articles on "The War In the Orient as I
I)ldn't Be It" i
Every dog has his day. The notice
to the dog catcher to discontinue, his
Official activity la notice to some dogs
that their day has at last come.
.'Government Investigators "promise
startling revelations In the Siocum mat
ter. Is it possible that all persons will
be found to have done their duty?
Toklo says that the Japanese are ad.
vancing,; bnt like similar dispatches
from St. Petersburg a few .weeks ago,
they fall to say in which direction. ,
" Reports from New Mexico would In
dicate that the arid region' is rapidly
Joining , the "great American desert,"
and will be but a memory In a few years.
Oenefal Kuroki is said, to be out of
the present fight, because the' Russians
cannot locate him. Under sucji condi
tions it Is well for Kouropatkln to keep
a bright eye to the rear.
The office of county attorney In this
county has been held by 'a' democrat
fof the past six years, but that constl-
tutes "ho good reason why it should be
held by a democrat for two years longer.
Candidate Davis Is said to be eonfln
lug his remarks entirely to state ltisues
on his West yirglnl4 tour.( Tor once
he has taken a course which will, not
lead him into direct opposition , to his
running mate.
The present school attendance at
South Omaha Is gradually approaching
the (t,000 .uiark. This Is proof , that
South Omaha has added a large per
p eentage to Its population within three
years and a half. ;
efc
-; The Omaha, Bee prints more reading
matter every day, year in and year out,
than Its local competitors combined, and
tt goes, without ' saying that It is' not
onjy tot 'beat, but the Cheapest 'also,
quality and quantity both considered. v
Within forty-eight hours the patched
quilt Douglas' county democratic legis
lative1 ticket will make Its appearance,
but whether the pieces will stick to
gether long enough to stand' the wear
and tear of a short campaign in. dubloua,
The governor of Massachusetts has
levated . a .' predecessor, W. Murray
Crane, to the United State senate to
succeed Senator Hoar, which empha
sises the difference between governors
of Massachusetts' and those of some
other states. ;."'".'
' ?
Now for a thorough and compact line
up to get every republican voter la
rjjaha and South Omaha duly regis
tered. If we ran only get all the
republican votes Into the ballot box next
mouth, there will be no question as to
republican success.
father Hchclt ts not only a fighter,
but he stands In no awe of fficlal
authority. In his efforts to break up
the organized gang that has fur years
been debauching and despoiling the In
dians oiii the WlnneIgo reservation,' he
deaerve the encouragement and sup
port of all good cltlsens.
BKXKriTlXO TBK TAHtltPS.
In one, of his ftpeechet In Iowa Sena
tor Fairbanks referred to the prosperity
of U farmers ot the country, saying
that they hare been benefited by the
operation of republican policies during
the last seven and a half years more
than they have eter been benefited In
all of the history of the republic. There
Is abundant evidence In Justification of
this statement. Eight years ago the
democratic party solicited the support
of the agricultural producers of . the
country on the. ground that they had
been Impoverished under then existing
conditions. It was a fact that at that
time the situation of the farmers gen
erally was anything but prosperous. For
several years they bad found their In
dustry unprofitable, owing to the de
creased consumption of the products of
the farm resulting from industrial and
business depression. Millions of people
were unable to maintain their usual
standard of living and pretty much
everybody was compelled to practice
economy. Farmers got heavily in debt
and not a few of them were unable to
meet the Interest charge on their obliga
tions. Thousands lost their farms and
were rendered bankrupt
A change followed at once the return
of the republican party to power and
the consequent resumption ' of activity
In the mills and factories of the country.
With the re-employment of labor long
Idle came an Increased demand for the
products of the farm, the first to realize
the efft of returning prosperity to the
wage earners, and In a year or two the
agricultural producers found their con
dition vastly Improved. They were
able to meet their . obligations and to
acccumulate something, so thnt'today a
great majority of farmers who manage
their affairs Intelligently and judiciously
are out of debt nnoV'have comfortable
bank accounts. Some .of those to whom
Senator Kolrnonks spoke are very likely
Ioaners of money whereas eight years
ago they were borrowers. ' There are
many such in Iowa and other agricul
tural states. h f, , . ',
The policy of the republican party
has been to build up and maintain the
home market, which 'Is the great re
liance of our agricultural Interest Some
lay a good deal of stress upon the ex
ports of farm products, but these are
but a drop In the bucket n comparison i
wtlh what our own people t consume.
The policy that develops lnduntries and
gives employment to labor neeesshrlly
benefits the farmer and this Is what
protection does. The more we Increase
our manufacturing Industries and the
greater becomes the number of persons
engaged therein the lnrger becomes the
market for the farmer's prodncts. . This,
It Is not to be doubted,, Is well under
Stood by the intelligent fanner and
therefore such can be safely counted
upon to register their vote against the
party which makes war on the policy of
protection, declaring It to be "robbery
of the many for the benefit of the
few,"., and proposes to overturn it If
given 'the-power to do to. The farmers
of the country have In the past shown
themselves to be staunch friends of
protection and they have stronger rea
son now than ever before for giving
their support to that policy.
. A MUmOIPAL LIOHTING PLANT-
By an inmost unanimous vote the
council has passed the ordinance recom
mended by Mayor Moores and Intro
duced by President Zlmman, providing
for the submission to the voters at the
coming election of a proposition to voto
$500,000 In twenty-year 4 per cent bonds,
the proceeds of which are to be ex
pended for the purchase of a municipal
electric lighting plant , Councilman
Nicholson, one of the two members of
the council, who recorded thetr . votes
against the ordinance, made this ex
planation; . ' 1 ' -
I do not see the wisdom of the city
spending $500,000 to buy or build an electrlo
light plant that cannot furnish to uS lights
cheaper than the electric light company.
Councilman O'Brien, the second mem
ber, said: ; '.
t do not see the wisdom of expending
I&O0.4O0 for an electrlo. light plant and bur
dening the city with it when wa have the
purchase of the water worka on hand atlll
Unsettled, and don't know how much thai
In parliamentary language, the points
Of order raised by the gentlemen from
the Fourth and Fifth wards are not
well taken. The mayor and council
were elected elghteeuj months ago' on a
platform pledging them to submit to
the people of Omaha the question
whether or not they favor municipal
ownership of public utilities. The sub
mission of the public lighting ordinance
does not necessarily commit the city to
the policy of municipal ownership, but
it leaves the question to be determined
by the stockholders of the municipal
corporation, whose board of directors
for the tlme belng are the mayor and
council. ' .
The proposition authorising the issue
of half a million-Hollars In bonds for
the purchase or erection of an electrlo
lighting plant does not obligate the city
to expend half a million dollars If . a
plant can be purchased or acquired for
less than half a million dollars. The
proposition does not contemplate the
operation of a plant to supply light and
power for private consumers for the
present and expert electricians con
fldently assert that a plant ample for
supplying twice as many electric lights
as Omaha now has can be purchased
for less than 1200,000.
The city already, has ground suitable
for an electric light plant building and
$100,000 would be ample for a substan
tial building to bouse the plant Should
the city acquire the water works within
the next two years the power house
and power plant at Florence could be
utilised readily and. the expenditure for
the electric light plant would not need
to exceed $150,000. .
' In any event the people of Omaha
should .have the privilege of determin
ing for themselves whether ihey want
to operate tbelr own lighting plant er
whother they-want to extend the con-
tract of the electric lighting company.
Now (hat the proposition has been sub
mitted, the columns of The Bee will be
ot.en for a full discussion of the Issues
Involved.
, BUT AX XX THE CAMPAIGN.
There appears to be some doubt In
eastern democratic circles as to the wis
dom of permitting Mr. Bryan to take
part In the campaign. The New York
World, referring to the statement of
Bryan that he bad fought Parker's nom
ination because he did not stand for the
things which the Nebraska democratic
leader has fought for and still adheres
to, said "if the democratic national com
mittee has any sense of its duty or of
principle It will' not keep longer on its
list of speakers a man who 'supports'
the ticket In this fashion." It is stated
that Bryan Is under suspicion by Shee
han, Belmont and Uonnan,swho do not
believe he Is playing the game fair and
are apprehensive that lie will do some
thing to Injure the democratic 'candi
date. On the other hand are some who
expect that Mr. Bryan will be able to
Induce many of the radicals to support
Parker.
Mr. Bryan has said so many severe
things about' the democratic standard
bearer that It is no wonder he is under
suspicion by some ot the party mnn-
sgers. He declared before tne nomina
tion that Tarker was not fit to be the
candidate of the party and he has said
since, if correctly reported, that the
nomination was secured by crooked and
Indefensible methods and that Tarker
and his managers "adroitly and pur
posely concealed his position until the
nomination had . been assured." Un
doubtedly all these expressions regard
ing the candidate were made with the
utmost sincerity and it would, seem that
Mr. Bryan will have some difficulty tn
persuading the radicals to vote for a
candidate whom he has so strongly cen
sured, llowever, Mr. Bryan has en
tered upon his stnmplng tour and It Is
not at all likely that the national com
mittee will recall hlin. If a mistake
was made, as some of them are said to
think. In. accepting his services, It is
too late to remedy It. That he will do
the national' ticket any good may rea
sonably be doubted. '
, WHEN TRADE REVIVAL BEGAN.
A democratic organ remarks that In
1897, when the Dinglpy' tariff was
passed, trade and commerce were flour
ishing apace. It is true that at that
time there had taken place a consider
able revival of Industrial and commer
cial activity and It Is well to remem
ber that this began Immediately after
the election of 1890 and was due to
the promise of the republican party
to give the country a new tariff
law. The depression had reached its
severest stage in 189(1. Apprehension
and distrust pervaded every department
of business. The country faced the cer
tainty of a terrible panic In the event
of democratic success. The republican
victory,, .with its.. assurance . of .sound
money and a return to republican tariff
policy, restored confidence and the ma
chinery of business again began to op
erate. It Is well to recall this now that the
democratic party Is arrayed against the
tariff, declaring that the protection it
gives to American industries and labor
is "robbery" snd threatening to overturn
the principle that waf so largely Instru
mental In bringing about the revival of
Industry and trade in 189?: No one
should at this time be unmindful of the
bitter experience which th country
went through during the Inst democratic
administration or disregard the lesson of
republican success eight years ago.
All the departments of the United
States government are now exclusively
devoting themselves to the promotion of
Congressman Hitchcock's aspirations
for re-election. The Fostofflce depart
ment, is taking an inventory of all the
farms In Douglas county with a view
to supplying each farmer and farm
hand with a special rural delivery car
rier; the War department Is perfecting
plans for remodeling Fort Omaha for
the signal corps, and the Treasury de
partment Is laying In a stock of white
lead, linseed oil and paint for decora
ting the Omaha federal biti'dln:;; the
Indian bueau Is about to secure another
Installment of Indian ' supplies and
knlcknacks, Including 100 gross boxes
of shoe blacking for 'distribution from
Its Omaha supply depot to the Omaha
and Winnebago Indians and the Pine
Kldge reservation. ,
Judge Hears' account of the framing
of the new Nebraska revenue law
should be amplified in one particular.
Not only' did the udlon members of
both bouse and senate participate in
the work of the committees fo which
the drafting of the measure had been
assigned, but they argued In favor of
this legislation up to the very last vote
on Its passage, when they were whipped
Into line to record themselves against
It for the express and avowed purpose
of enabling the orators and organs to
charge the republicans with sole respon
sibility and use that as political capital
should the law fall to give complete
satisfaction. Three-fourths of the fu
sion lawmakers who voted against the
revenue bill voted against tbelr own
convictions under stress of threats and
bulldozing by the self-constituted oatty
bosses.; '
Military surgeons object to the treat
ment the medical branch of the army
receives from the War department and
from congress. It Is possible that each
branch of the service' may contulu offi
cers who think tbelr branch does not re
ceive the attention Its Importance de
mands, and It Is only by the Intelligent
rivalry thus engendered that all branches
are to he kept in a state of efficiency.
The designation of Tuesday, October
iiTi, as Nebraska day at the St. Louis
exposition, has given Lieutenant Gov
ernor McGllton his opportunity to affix
his official signature to a gubernatorial
proclamation. Mr. McGllton la tall and
lengthy, bnt his proclamation, Is short
and to the point
The Episcopal delegate who moved
that legislatures be requested to limit
the celebration of marriages to min
isters of the gospel was looking out for
business should the new canon against
marrying divorced persons be adopted.
The justices of the peace may yet have
to organize.
Candidate Davis has started to make
seventy-five speeches on a 1,100-mile
tour of Maryland. Senator Gorman
was to have accompanied him, but
changed bis mind at the last moment.
Someone evidently has to stay at homo
to watch the barret.
Xathlaai Left ta Be Said.
Chicago Chronicle. '
' Now that Thomas Watson la through
with Judge Parker, there seema little left
to be, aaid that could possibly cause the
democratic) candidate any more annoyance
Trath Createa Dlaraay.
Philadelphia Frees.
Bryan's declaration that Nebraaka will
go for Roosevelt haa given the democrats
at national headquarters great offense.
But Bryan knows how the state will go
he haa seen It go many times nd under
stands the useleaaness of attempting to
bluff. . .
Cnrattve Vain ot Work.
Baltimore American.
Ganeral Grant's recommendation that dc
serters bo put at hard work will meet with
the approval of all ahrewd persons olde
the ranks of the deaertera themseiVa.
Men desert largely through lasineas, and no
more effective punishment thah hard labor
could be devlaed
Draw (he Liae at Mad.
Washington Post.
It is Impossible to prevent a. certain
amount of mud slinging In a national cam
paign, but the democrats are carrying the
matter entirely too far when they begin
making Insinuations against Ihe political
purity and Integrity of Representative Syd
ney Mudd of Maryland. The people will
not stand to have all their idols shattered.
OUT IS THE OPEN.
f 1 1
Characteristics ( Rooeeyelt sit
Parker Traced by Tom Watson.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Hon. Thomaa E. Watson'a duty and
pleasure is to fight both the old parties
and their candidates. He sincerely be
lieves he has a mission to put down many
things that -they both atand for, and to
compass the political death Of both Alton
B. Parker and Theodore Rooaevelt.
Mr. Watson haa been widely reviled for
devoting more ammunition to Judge Parker
than to Mr. Roosevelt. In his letter ac
cepting the populist nomination he givea
reasons for this alleged unfalrnesss which
must appeal to the sympathy of all sin
cere men. He says of Mr. . Roosevelt;
' "He Is so conspicuous and stationary
target that- no one who vlshed to take a
shot at htm could possibly miss the mark
He is not In ambush; he la behind no
'blind;' he stands out In the open and says
to his enemies: j Hera I am a republican
who stands pat on all existing conditions.
If you want a fight, come on!' "
Therefore Mr. Watson feels for Mr,
Roosevelt the respect that every frank man
feela for anothen whd atanda out In the
open and receive 4h enemy's Ore wtlhout
dodging. I - .; -
But when Mr. Watson fires at Alton. B.
Parker ho feela that. ha I shooting lnte a
cloud bank, He cannot tell where Judge
Parker stands or whs; his party atands
for. Nobody can tell. Hence Mr. Watson
feela toward Judge Parker as avery frank
man feels toward an evaalve adveraary,
and Is constrained to redouble his firs In
the hope -of hitting something somewhere.
The feelings that Inspire Mr Watson to
work harder for Judge Parker's political
destruction thsn for Mr. Roosevelt's are
humsnly natural and strategically aound.
They are the feelings that move an army
first to drive the enemy from his am
buscades The same feelings ought to move all sin
cere Americans to prefer the success of
Theodore Roosevelt o that ot Alton B.
Parker. By following a leader who never
cornea out of .the brush they can decide
nothing, for they cannot tell whither he
alma to lead them. But they can anddr
decide aometblng by following a- leader
who stands and fights alwaya out In the
open.
MAKE THE COACHES 8TROXGER.
I'rareny Keed of ' Armor-Plated , Day
C'oachea. , .
Washington Poet .
An official . bulletin - Just Issued by the
Interstate Commerce commission serves
to again call attention to a forcible man
ner to the unusually large list of casual
tlea which haa marked the operation ot
American railways during the iaat few
months and to again cause a discussion
aa to the causes and possible remedies of
such horrors. It shows that 8,98 peraons
were killed and 78,247 Injured In railroad
wrecks in the la St year. Railroad acct
dents are most 'expensive affairs to rail
way companies, tnd experienced managers
have brought every possible precaution
snd safeguard into requisition to leaaen
the chances of accidents,, but the slaugh
ter atlll goes on. The attempt to reduce
the schedulea of some of the faster traina
haa not served tb lessen the casualties and
haa not proved popular with the traveling
public. Americans want to travel In a
hurry and are 'willing to take their
chances. All they ask Is that the . road
bed, the train equipment and the neces
sary faclllttea for the operation Of trains
be of the highest, possible character. But
they are not willing that there be any
radical change from the preaeot system
of conducting vthe roads under the high
tension now maintained.
There la one precaution however, which
can be taken, one which' la Ignored . by
every railroad company In the country,
and that la the construction of a better
class of cars for the day coaches. Inves
tigation pf the reports of , railway acci
dents for the year will ahow that naarjy
all ot the passengers killed or injured In
accidents Were pecupanta of the day
coachea. It Is a rare thing to find a re
port which ahowa that the occupants of
the sleeping ears were Injured, except In
oaaea where trains have gone through
bridges or have been rolled entirely from
the track. Even m such Inatances the re
ports show that the heavy aleeplng cars
usually withstand the shock ef the col
lision and tbue protect their oocupante
from aerloua Injury. The day coachea,
however, In cases of head-on collisions,
are usually crushed like ess ahells be
tween the mogul engines and the heavy
aleepera at the end of the train. The ma
jority of travelers cannot afford the extra
expenae required for sleeping car accom
modations, but It does not seem that they
should, on account Of their lack of funds,
be placed at greater haaard by the rail
road companlea than more prosperous pas
sengers. There la no question that the
railroad companies rould reduce the cas
ualty list among tta patrona, and eventually
save, money by the operation, by construct
ing their day coachea In no leas substan
tial manner th they do the private and
sleeping csrs. I ' ,
. , BITS or WASHINGTON UfB. ,
Minor Seeaea aaa larldeats Sketched
e the Spot. .
Tour Vncle Samuel makes money In vari
ous ways. He puts Ma official atamp on
gold, sliver, nickel and copper and each
piece goes at face value. In like manner
his paper, artistically printed. circular
wherever people know a good thing. Much
of this money returns to the treasury for
redemption, weary ot work Wnd bagged at
the knee, and I melted or macerated. A
vast amou:.i vf it never comes back, and It
Is this feature of the business that ewelll
the profits of the government handsomely
every year. Paper money Is a real money
maker for the government, as It is mors
easily destroyed than metal money, and
every cent that is not handed Into the
treasury for redemption Is so much profit.
Take, for example, the first Isssue of frae
4 tlonal currency, which waa put out In 1S63.
Of the S-cent notea. more than 48 per cent
has never been asked payment for. The
same Is true of 30 per cent of the 10-cent
notes, JO per cent of the 2S-cent notee and
11 per cent of the CO-cent notes. It Is
shown by the figured treasury totsls that
of the $20,000,000 worth of these notes first
issued more than 4.OC0.O0O still remains In
the clothes of the government. Pour sub
sequent issues of these Bmall notes ran the
total up to $447,000,000, and more than 111.
000.000 additional has not been called for,
leaving t'nele Sam $15,000,000 ahead of the
game of fractional currency. These amall
notea were easily destroyed and lost, es
pecially during war times, and millions are
now in the hands of curio collectors and
Individuals who keep them. In 1870
treasury commission appointed by congress
made up Its mind that $.,. 000,000 had been
lost or destroyed, and congress accordingly
turned that amount out of the tlO.OOO'.OOO ap
proprlated for the redemption of the frac
tional notea over for the payment of pen
sions. Since thnt time experts have con
cluded that not more than $1,000,000 has been
lost snd destroyed and that $14,000,000 yet
remains outstanding.
Queer samples of mutilated psper comes
to the redemption bureau. Recently sn ex
pert was called upon to make an examine
tlon of a dog'a stomach fo satisfy himself
that It contained the remains of a $20 bill
which the canine had chewed up. The dog's
stomach was accompanied by a letter In
which the writer stated that hla dog Frits
had swallowed a $20 bill while he was
playing with him. The aforesaid Frits
was not rrgarded by the owner as being
worth $20, so ha wan shot snd the stomach
sent to the Tressury department to see
If the hill could be put togerther suffi
clently to be redeemed. With the as
sistance of the experts the badly chewed up
bill waa taken out and It was redeemed
at Its fsce value.
Somehow calves appear to have the In
side track of sll other animals for destroy
ing money, and they literally eat It up
when they get hold of It, while goata give
the stuff a lick snd a promise so to speak
and It Is found In large pieces when sent
here for redemption. Goats do not chew
It up fine, like some other animals. It
Is not often that dogs get hold of money,
but frequently pigs and hogs make ssd
havoc with a roll of bills. Of course, the
best thing to be done when a bill Is eaten
by an anlmat Is to get the mass out as
soon as possible, being careful not to let
It dry before being sent for redemption.
It Is safer to allow the officials to do the
taking apart of the pieces. Whenever there
Is a reasonable doubt about the genuine
ness of a bill or Its denomination, that doubt
Is In favor of the party making the claim.
Here are the rules, briefly, for the re
demption of mutilated money: For a piece
of currency greater' than two-fifths and
less thsn three-fifths of the original note,
one-half the face value of the note - la
given. For, a piece as great as three
fifths, the whole value of the note given.
For a , piece two-fifths In else of the
original . nothing, la given. But this last
provision is limited by the law, which
gives' discretion to the Treasury depart
ment to give full value for a note If the
owner can prove to the satisfaction of the
authorities that the note, or the missing
part of It, was destroyed. This last provi
sion opens the door to possible fraud, and
many are the efforts .made by dishonest
persons to take advantage of It. The frag
ments of money sent In for redemption are
turned ovtr to an expert and sorted out
underi the mlcroscop-i for identification.
They are picked apart and each piece as
signed to its plsce like a puzile. This Is
usually done on glass, and the pieces are
placed between glass, so that they can
be measured In order to ascertain how
much of the note is there.
For about halt a century It has been
the practice of the War department to
have soldiers' clothing made at the Schuyl
kill Arsenal. Philadelphia, by the widows
and orphan children of soldiers. Recently
the department decided to have the work
done by contract, purely as a business
proposition. ' ' The action of the depart
ment, which' meant practically the throw
ing out , pf employment of hundreds of
women who have., been dependent for a
living upon the work of the arsenal,
aroused much comment in Philadelphia,
especially among members of the various
patriotic, organizations, and steps were
taken to haveMhe order ot the department
reviewed by the president. A committee
from Philadelphia presented the facts to
the president. . It . was pointed out that
the department had asked for bids for the
making of 65,000 pairs of trousers. The
president, after learning the facta, directed
that the Idea of having the work done
by contract be abandoned and that it be
given to the women, as has been the prac
tice In the paat. He then made a request
ef the War department that It ahould re
port .to him what stepa it had taken In
the matter and the reaaons therefor.
Officials of the Navy department were
greatly surprised lsst week when they re
ceived a letter from a prominent Quaker
leather manufacturer of Philadelphia who
declined to furnish material for navy belts
nn the ground that he la opposed to war
and everything pertaining to It. The let
tor Is as followa: "Replying to your In
quiry for the price ot belts for the Navy
department, we would say that aa mem
bers of the Society of Friends wa are advo
cates, of peace and feel It more consistent
with our principles not to attempt to make
money through sales to the War and Navy I
department a We are naturally glad to do j
business and would say it Is purely a
question of principle with us" - -
The Battleahtp Nebraaka.
Portland Oregonlan.
Compare the armament of the newly
launched battleship Nebraska with that of
similar sea fighters under construction by
five other nations. It appears clear that
our latest ship, given men of equal ability
behind the guns, could mors than hold Its
own with the best of any foreign country.
Viewed as a defensive or offensive engine,
the Nebraaka represents the highest devell
opment in modern wsrfsrs, but let us hope
that It will ever ne an anncy for the
preservation ot peace.
A Tweaty.Nlne-Cent lasae.
San Francisco Chronicle.
Out of every thouaand dollars' worth ef
manufactured articles produced in h.
United Statta about cents' worth Is Sold
to foreigners at less than the home price.
The reduction when made, la usually for
the purpose of catching new trada
dispose of surplus stock. In either cu. th.
American working-man is beneated "
A .
FAIR
QUESTION
O
DIVIDEND CHECKS
from our paid up certificates. Then consider the satisfaction
of being in a safe and solvent company with a surplus and
reserve of more than 3 per cent above all liabilities! v It's
great, isn't it?
Mutual savings institutions are the safest. The big life
companies are nutfuals. The big savings banks, too. In
mutuality there is'strength. Ours is a mutual company. Call
or write. " ' ,
......... The Conservative Sav-
CfMS. C. GEORGE, Iff Vkt-Prtst.
I. A. SUNDEKLAHD. 2nd Vltt.Prtit.
J0HH F. FUCK, . Ges'MsflJjer
PERSONAL NOTES.
A scientist of the Agricultural department
declares that he has really discovered tha
laslnees germ, but we'll wager that he
hasn't discovered the remedy.
Prof. Koch, who Is st present In Psrls,
will remain in that city permanently after
he has finished his researches In Oerman
South Africa, which he Is undertaking as a
government mission.
'Alfred Blum, chief constructor for the
ministry of public works of the Prussisri
government. Is In Baltimore Inspecting the
electrical equipment of the Baltimore &
Ohio Rallroad'a Belt Line tunnel.
Tennyson Smith, the, noted "English tem
perance advocate. Is in Boston with his
wife as guests of the Twentieth Century
Pledge Signing Crusade, whose officers and
supporters include soma of the most nota
ble clergymen and reformers in the coun
try. Abdel Hamid Abasa, a representative of
the ' Egyptian government, ' who haa had
charge of the khedlve's exhibit at St. Ixuls,
Is In Washington making special Investlga-'
tlons of the organisation and work of the
Department of Agriculture and other of
fices. The only thing that marks the spot
where General Phil Kearney fell in the
battle of Chantllly, Va Is a rough cross
of pine, and that was placed there by an
old Johnny Beb Captain J. N. Ballard.
General Lee's old chief of scouts, Captain
Strlngfellow, has told the story of how the
tesra came Into the eyes of Lee snd Stone"
wsll Jackson when they heard of Kear
ney's death. He had been with them In
the Mexican campaign and they loved him.
WHITTLED TO A POIXT.
'And I suDoose you're a very good little
boyy"
' That's w'oti W'v. I only got out o' the
reform school yestiddy. juuge. ,
Fuddy Oh. yea horsebsck exerclre may
be all . right for you, but isn't it taihar
nara on tne norse?
Duddy I don t see why It should be. .
You know I rest the horse right alonic;
I'm up In the air halt tne time. Boston
Transcript. . -
"How's my old friend. Luschman. doing?
I suppose be still gets full once in a while."
"Well, I think you might safely say that
he seta full twice in a wnile. now." Phila
delphia Press.
"As a aineral thing." said Uncle Eben.
"de most dat a man kin do by klckln' la to
advertise de fact dat he aln' makln' much
of a success o dls life.' Washington Miar.
'I'm afraid I took too much wine at the
alumni dinner last night."
"Nonsense! you dirtn l snow it."
"Oh. yes. I did! Didn't you notice how
heartily I laughed at those old jokes of
yourstr' Philadelphia Ledger.
"Well, we won the race, Eph. Was the
horse nervous?"
Nervous 7 Fo de Kawo, dos, aat noss
wsh asleep when we shot undah de wlah."
Detroit Free Press.
"She's going on the stage.
"For the sake of art?" '
' V .. t V. . 1 i .... Art h., hiiflfcaniVa
name.'' Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"It was like this," replied the landlord.
'The mankger of the ahow telegraphed me
to reserve a room with a bath for hla
"A new suit," said Beau Brummel, '.'should
be like an old saddle. Leap Into it and away as '
It you were born to it."
The young man who can't find just
what he wants in our new stock of sack
suits and fall overcoats hasn't been in yet.
If there is a, young man who thinks he
.can't find what he wants here, we want
very much to see him. !
v $12 to $35 -
Rain Coats, $15 to $28..
"Wo Chitting Fits Uke Ours."
roWnirvKi?
' R. S. WILCOX, Mgr.
wsesa.
IS
WHY NOT
GET MARRIED
this year to a few pood round American
dollars and you will be the happiest
couple in the country when six months
roll around and you fee the dividends
credited in your pass book or represented
in the . . '
fjf5 & 1.0311 HSSOCIdtlOtl
:p
205 SOUTH SIXTUNTH ST., OMAHA
J
For obvious reasons, as the
books state, I wirea mm nacs tnat
the
room was reaervea, nut tne waain may
had better take the. bath before she got
here." Puck.
IT'S TIRESOME BEISO DEAD.
J. W. Foley In New Tork Times.
You folks, grown wesry of the strife,
You souls, grown faint from struggles
long,
You1 who are even tired ot life
And find no happiness In aong,
Who'd snuff the candle at the wink
And In the grave lay that worn hesA.
Oh, ye despairing persons, think
How tired you'd get of being dealt
If life Is full of fret and fuss.
If driven sometimes . to despair,
Oh, think ye how monotonoua
It must be In the grave down there!
And In a year or two, mayhap,
I hear you in your coffin bed
Cry out you melancholy chap
' ''I'm tired, so tired, of being deadr"
You couldn't even stretch your legs,
Or srms, or breathe the spicy air
Of autumn Just a bunch Of drega.
Forgotten by the world, down there.
If thlnga up here get tame snd slow
You may move somewhere else instead,
But you would have no place to go
When you got tired of being dead!
I y
There are not any parks down there
Or birds or beea or trees or flowers.
And you'd have so much time to spare
You couldn't spend your Idle hours.
Think, if your luck should change, soma
I day,
'And fortune smile upon your head.
'Twould do no good you'd have to stsy
Right down there and continue dead.
Come, honest now! 'Tween me and you,
We grow aweary of the strife,
When luck Is herd snd things sre blue,
And think sometimes we're tired of life.
But let's cheer up and crack a smile.
There's blue sky bending overhead.
Luck may emlle on us after awhile
It's awful tiresome, being dead.
SCOWLS
are often caused by .
. straining to aee
perfectly.
GLASSES
properly fitted remove ' .
the strain and 1
produce
SMILES
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Paxton Block.
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