UM AHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER SO. 1007.
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VICTOR ROSE WATER, EDITOR.
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STATEMENT or CIRCULATION.
Slate of Nebraska. Doaalas County, est
Charles C. Rosewater. general manager
cf The Bee Publishing company, being
duly swern. says that the actual number
of full and complete copies of The Dally
Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed
during the month of OotoU.?, W. was as
tuiiows:
1 .. 36,170
2...., S8.6S0
t a,eoo
4 36,380
( 86,960
85,600
7 86,440
36,690
3S.700
10 36,860
11 36,490
IS 36,(36
11 ,3O0
14 36,830
1J... 36,930
14 M,M0
Total
IT 3.T0
II 3,5S0
1 36,540
SO 40,500
U 38,680
21 36,940
1$ 87J43
14 36400
ft 36,780
J( 36,700
IT 36,580
37,010
21 86.9B0
10 36,810
II 37,330
.1,138,480
Lass unsold and returned copies. ,MB
Net total 1,138,565
Dally average 34.4J7
CHARLES C. ROSEWATER,
General Manner.
, Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before me this lat day of November.
ROBERT HUNTER,
Notary Public
WHEN OUT OF TOWN.
Bnbscrlkers tearing; the city tem
porarlly should bar The Re
mallet to them. Address will be
chaaged aa ften as raqaestad.
Kebraaka and Iowa farmers are too
busy husking corn to waste any time
busking bees.
A Detroit woman baa refused to
throw her money to the dogs by devis
ing most of it to a hospital for cats.
At that, Thanksgiving Is not in It
with the Fourth of July with furnish
ing subjects for the hospital and the
undertaker.
Dr. Osier la a little slow in send
ing his telegram to Pedestrian Wes
ton, who, at the age of 70, has Just
completed bis 1,400-nrHo walk.
A society leader In New York
turned on the gas and the phonograph
at the same time. The coroner's jury
will have to decide which caused the
fatality.
The democrats would be happy
enough If they could only believe the
reports they are circulating about the
collapse of the Taft boom.
Speaker Cannon may not know it,
but 'there are 886 members of the
house, each convinced that he possesses
special Qualifications for appointment
on the ways and meanB committee.
Mayor "Jim" got back alive from the
great conspiracy at French Lick
Springs. But. of course, no one can
tell what might sot have been done
bad not Mayor "Jim" been there.
"The trouble with Santo Domingo is
that its people have never learned to
live within their Incomes," says the
New York World. Anyway, the Santo
Dominicans need not feel lonesome.
Inquiry shows that twenty-five col
lege graduates are working as street
car conductors at Pittsburg. Yet some
persona insist that a college education
does not help a man in earning a
living.
Sos-in-law Nick Long worth Is a
real sport all right. To tho charge
that he has won $3,000,000 on Wall
street recently, he retorts that he will
give 11,600,000 to the man that can
prove it
Senator "Jeff" Davis of Arkansas
says be "will make Rome howl" when
he gets to Washington. Washington
and the country will appreciate it if
"Jeff" will just confine his attentions
to Rome.
A dispatch from Lincoln says that
Mr. Bryan expects to remain at home
during most of the next presidential
campaign. That man simply seems
determined to make himself popular
at any coat.
The Kaiser's gift of f 10,000 in tips
to the heHvat Windsor castle will
lot avail. Ambassador Reld, who
spends $1,000,000 a year of his
I1T.000 salary is the real idol of the
London courtiers and flunkies.
Unfortunate as it may be, it can
not be helped. The postponement of
the Tbaw trial until late in January la
going to give the entire membership
of the Pert Paragraphera' union an ex
cuse for talking about the January
Thaw.
Governor Crawford of South Dakota
would like to be promoted to the
United States aerate. Governor L
FoMette rf Whwonsin la already there,
and Governor Cummius of Iowa is on
his v ay. Pui why not Governor Craw
ford of South Dakota
DVRNISO THC XATIOXa WMALTB,
The boast of Americana that this
country produces more wealth each
year than any other country on the
globe, is true enough and proper cause
for pride, but it loses some of Its effee
tlveness when the other side of the
case Is presented. In the -current
number of Appleton's magazine F.
W. Fiupatrlck of Washington mar
shals some astounding figures show
ing the almost criminal carelessness on
the part of Americans In their failure
to take proper precautions against fire
losses.
As a nation we own, according to
the figures offered, 11,500,000 build
ings of all classes and erect more new
structures each year than any people
on earth, but tally SO per cent of the
new construction is necessary to fill
the gaps made by flames. Eighty
thousand buildings, valued at $200,'
000,000, are destroyed by fire in this
country every year. Fires are lncreaa
lng at a far more rapid ratio than
either wealth or population. In twen
ty-flve years, property valued at
$3,600,000,000 has been destroyed by
fire. The average fire loss in Boston
Is $1,600,000 a year. The average
loss in a European city of the same
size Is $160,000. New York normally
Indulges In 8,700 fires a year and
Chicago In 4,100; we burn up three
theaters, three public halls, twelve
churches, ten schools, two hospitals,
two asylums, two colleges, six apart
ment houses, three department stores,
two jails, twenty-six hotels, 140 fiat
buildings and 1,600 homes every week
in the year, according to the verified
figures of fire losses.
The loss by fires does not constitute
the total penalty in this direction. It
costs $300,000,000 annually to main-
lain fire departments of the country
and to supply them with new equip
ment. About $195,000,000 a year Is
paid to the Insurance companies for
premiums and othor millions are lost
by Interrupted business and the time
spent In adjustment of fire losses and
the rebuilding of destroyed property.
The remedy suggested calls for a
material strengthening of the back
bones of city councils and building in
spectors. Admitting the extra cost of
the construction of fireproof build
ings, it is proposed to remit taxes on
such buildings until the amount re
mitted would cover th'dilrerence be
tween the cost of the fireproof build
ing and one of the fire-trap variety.
This way out is, however, Impossible
under existing constitutional limita
tions in most If not all of our states.
Severe as the arraignment is, Amer
icans have not profited by their costly J
experience. ,W are spending millions
annually hi consretion work that
offers little or no resistance to fire,
while the majority of build tags erected
In most of the European cltiaa are
practically fireproof. It is not to our
credit that half rite buildings we con
struct each year only take the place
of those unnecessarily destroyed by
fire.
A BWWLIC.HT OH THB GAME.
Speaker Cannon, John Sharp Will
iams, Joel W. Babcock and Senator
elect. Bankhead of Alabama were
playing for pastime and a small ante,
in a Washington hotel. It was Uncle
Joe's deal. When the cards were
scrutinized. Bankhead discovered that
he was the possessor of four Jacks.
Williams had to look twice and
squeeze them several times to con
vince himself that he had four jacks.
Babcock had four mooarchs and Uncle
Joe's even glance revealed four kings
in his hand, with an ace for a kicker.
The betting, as may be imagined by
those familiar with the rules of the
game, was a little spirited. After
everything from the year's salary and
mileage to superfluous Jewelry had
been stacked In the center of the table,
the show-down came. The Washlng
tbe Post describes the crisis in these
words:
There was a paralysed pause. Then
Speaker Cannon reached for the deck
and looked at It. "Gentlemen," said he.
"If any one of you lata It get Into the
newspapers I wfll see to It that he never
gets a decent committee while I remain
la public life. It shall never ret out to the
country that Joseph O. Cannon of Illinois
played poker with a pinochle deck.'' And
the ram broke up.
Such a story, too good to keep, was
of course told m strictest confidence
to a few friends, soon becoming pub
He property, and the speaker's worst
fears are in a fair way of realization.
The country has stood for much in the
way of candidates for office, but it Is
not ready, as the speaker admits, to
give the highest office In the world to
a man who will sit in a poker game
and deal from a pinochle deck, until
be shows evidence of reform.
cnooajNO tub corrjrojv city.
The republican national committee
will meet at Washington next week to
choose the convention city and arrange
the other details that must be settled
before the call is Issued for the selec
tion of delegates to put In nomination
the next republican candidates for
president and vice president.
The advance lgns point to a brsk
competition for the honor and emolu
ments that attach to the cholci of the
convention meeting place, with at least
half a dozen cities actively la the race.
When the conflicting claims are sifted
out, however, it will probably be found
that the real choke will be between
Chicago and Kansas City.
Both Chicago and Kansas City are
In the heart of the central west and
are reasonably easy of access alike
from all parts of the country. Both
have commodious convention halls and
both have adequate hotel facilities.
So far as the republicans of Omaha
and Nebraska are. concerned the cou-
ventlon at either of these two places
would be entirely convenient.
Of late Omaha has been working to
gether a little more closely with Kan
eas City as having a comraunlty-of
Interest as Missouri river towns. Not
seeking the convention for Itself thl
time it would not be unnelghborly for
Omaha to throw a few bouquets at
Kansas City in the hope some day of
drawing on Kansas City for reciprocity
when Omaha has something of a slml
lar nature at stake.
This much is certain with reference
to the selection of the convention city,
not only for the republicans, but also
for the democrats as well, that the
great west is recognized as a most lm
portant factor In the next presidential
campaign and that its influence will
weigh strongly in the decision of all
the preliminary questions.
LATINO THE GOLD ZOO.
The Pulhnan company will, it la an
nounced from the headquarters, soon
declare an extra dividend distributing
i du.uoo.ooo of an accumulated surplus
among stockholders of the company,
mis is in addition to the regular divl
dend of 8 per cent paid annually on a
capitalization of $74,000,000. a yearly
distribution of $5,92 0,000. The divl
slon of the existing surplus is under
stood to be due to the recent action
of the company abandoning control of
the corporation of the town of Pullman
and turning attention entirely to the
sleeping car business. The fact that
a suit is pending in the federal court
which will determine whether the Pull
man company Is a common carrier and
thus subject to the new federal rate
law may also have something to do
with the determination of the direc
tors of the company to cut the $30,
000,000 melon.
The Pullman company has been one
of the blggfat money makers in the
country, reports of its agents and oh-
bylsts to state legislative bodies to
the contrary, notwithstanding, with
an original capital of $30,000,000, of
wmen a large share was charged to
patents, the company found In 1898
that it had a surplus of $18,000,000,
aimougn the regular 8 per cent divl
dends had been paid each year Blnce
1867. This surplus was added to the
capital stock, each shareholder having
nis stock intreased by . 60 per cent
With a capitalization of $54,000,000
the dividend rate was reduced to 6 per
cent, but was restored to 8 per cent
at the end of the first year. In 1899
the Wagner company, with a capital
stock of $20,000,000, was absorbed and
the Pullman capitalization increased
to $74,000,000. Since that time the
company has not only paid its regular
8 per cent dividend, but has been accu
mulating a surplus of more than $3,.
000,000 annually.
The total dividend payments of the
company since its organization are
staggering. For thirty years the an
nual dividends were $2,680,000, or a
total of $80,400,000, to which must be
added the $18,000,000 surplus divided
in 1898, making a grand dividend total
of $98,400,000 up to the Pullman-Wag
ner merger in 1899. Since that date,
or for nine years ending with last
June, the cowpany has paid a yearly
dividend of 8 per cent on a capitali
zation of $74,000,000, or $6,920,000 a
rear, a total of $53,280,000 for the
nine years, making a grand total, In
cluding the $8,000.000 that is soon to
be divided, of $191,800,000 paid by
the company since Its orgamlzatlon.
The local democratic organ rushes to
the defense of Colonel Bryan's claim to
sponsorship for the proposed guaranty
of national bank deposits, which is be
ing disputed by numerous competitors
for the honor. Who saw it first 1b
really not all-important. Congressman
Boyd of the Third Nebraska district
announced some weeks ago that he
bad a bllt along this line tucked away
In his inside pocket and Congressman
Hlnsbaw of the Fourth district has
likewise been talking in print about
championing a measure to Insure the
safety of bank creditors. It Is now
claimed for M. Bryan that he pro
posed a bill In congress somewhat of
this nature during his second term,
away back in 1892, and old-timers are
declaring that the ideptlcal idea was
being loudly promulgated by the no
torious Charley Mosher Just before the
collapse of his Capital National bank,'
which later gave him the excuse for
retirement behind the walls of the
Sioux Falls penitentiary. But the
scheme was. not original even with
Mosher, and it Is barely possible be
got it from Mr. Bryan. If It is a good
proposition it should be adopted, no
matter who advocates it, and if it Is a
bad proposition It should be turned
down, no matter who may be offended.
Information from the seat of author
ity at Lincoln is to the effect that not
withstanding the election of a successor
to occupy his seat in the state senate
supposed to have been vacated by re
moval from the state the "Hon. Joe"
Burns declines to be dislocated as a
Nebraska law-maker. The "Hon. Joe"
has had more political Jolts than any
other prominent political figure In Ne
braska, but through all his somersaults
and double somersaults he has always
managed, cat-like, to alight upon his
feet. Should the unforeseen emer
gency by any chance present a special
cession of the legislature during the
coming year it Is dollars to doughnuts
that the "Hit. Joe" will be cavorting
around the senate chamber doing busi
ness at the old stand.
Another delegation of Indians from
the Omaha reservation is to make a
pilgrimage to Washington to re-enforce
some pending claims agalust the gov
ernment. Such an excursiou to Wah-
Inton Is to the Indians second only to
an around-the-world Jaunt with Buffalo
Bill. There will be some tall tales told
when the pilgrims return to the reser
vatlon.
"American reporters are optimists,"
says Mrs. Elinor Glynn. "They look
on life from the bright side,' from the
view point of men who succeed. Your
reporters In this country are such
gentlemen and they are so accurate.'
We do not know Mrs. Glynn, but have
a suspicion that she Is trying to save
the amount that would go usually to
the employment of a press agent
The Ute Indians, who have been on
the warpath in South Dakota, have
gone to work at railroad construction
and have agreed to send their children
to school. In another year or two the
Indians will be taking part in politics
and will then be no better than white
folks.
When states fall out the public
learns something of the truth. Maine's
boast over chipping 1,000,000 bushels
of apples to Europe develops the fact
that California Is preparing to ship
1,000.000 gallons of champagne to
France to be properly bottled and
labeled.
It is duly recorded in the early
chronicles of Omaha that our first post
office was located In the postmaster's
hat That rural visitor who complains
of the loss of his money, which he had
likewise stored In his chapeau, was,
therefore, mistakenly following an il
lustrious and time-honored precedent.
The navigability of the Missouri was
proved more than tone hundred years
ago by Lewis and Clark on their fa
mous exploring expedition. Is it not
strange then that anyone should have
to go half way across the continent in
this twentieth century to testify to the
tact that the Missouri can be made to
carry a great river traffic!
The killing of a coyote within the
city limits of Omal'a on Thanksgiving
day is an Inexcusable offense. A requi
sition should have been made at once
for Mayor "Jim" and his lariat and
the privilege accorded to His Honor to
rope the ferocious beast.
Pretty Read Ones.
Chicago News.
It looks as If the banks would resume
paying out money with even less fuss than
they suspended that pleasing employment.
Pnt to Good L'se.
Chicago Tribune.
Bettor use some of those nice new checks
hi buying Christmas presents now. Tou
don't .know how' soon they may he called
In and replaced with ordinary money.
Baralin Bsmlnesit Looking; TJp.
Philadelphia Press.
The rather unuBual activity of burarlara
all around the country is undoubtedly due
to the general knowledge that people are
hoarding money In their homes Instead of
keeping It In the banks, where, neither
burglar nor anybody else can get It Just
now.
Coming Oat of It.
Chicago Record-Herald.
John D. Rockefeller says the worst mirt
of the money- stringency Is over, and, fur
thermore, he refuses to bxllcve that Roose
velt was wholly respenslbla for the trouble.
John D. Is likely to wake up sotae morn
ing and discover that he has Inst the
unanimous support of Chancellor Day.
How Railroad Provoke. Resentment.
i Kansas City Time.
Although Missouri, Kansas Oklahoma.
Nebraska and most of the other states
have the 2-cent fare In force. i(.ko
from one state Into another state is still
charged for at S cents a mile, under the
technical guise of "Interstate commerce."
Yet the railroads profess to be shocked
and grieved that the traveling public
should feel any rosentment.
Valae of the Shtnplaater.
Philadelphia Rucord.
It is estimated that there has been rmt
afloat In desnlto of leirnl nrnhihitin. k..
banks and other employing corporations
as much as 25,0(i0.0O of clrcultlng rur-
ivncy. v li&t else waa It possible to do
to prevent a totnl stagnation of business?
Th's Is practically an Issue of asset cur
rency without aay better ruarsntee th.n
the good faith of the Isv.iers. But there
does not appear to be any doubt In any
quarter of Its redemption and retirement
from circulation directly after the re-
establishment of cash pnytnents by the
banks. It was a brunt made In congress
after the subsidence of the paulc, of 1893
that not a dollar waa lost to the holders
of lllegul emergency currency. The "shin
plaster" has tta uses.
RATH MAKING AXtt THB I A TV.
Legrlalatlv Grant f Power
t
ComaU salon
New York Tribune.
The decision of the siiwllate dMsIon of
the Buprome court sitting in Albany that
the public service commissions Isw Is con
stitutional goes Into the essential question
whether the legislature can grant such
powers to a pommlts'i a are granted In
hat act. That the leglsli'ure Itself ha
he power to do what the commission Is
authorised to do no on disputes. Hut
here Is an established rule of law that
the legislature CRnnot delegate legislative
powers to other bodle. The question wa
whether the rate miking function of the
commission was legislative er purely ad
ministrative. It la tsUbllihcd by law that
a legislature may fix a standard of charges
and Intrust to a commission the application
of that standard. It waa contended that
he public service law fixed no audi
standard and that therefore the func
tions ef the body were Irgisletlve. The
court has decided that the broad words
within the limits prescribed by law" cen-
tltntrf a standard within the meaning of
the law. '
It Is In the public Interest that a broad
construction be put upon the word "stand-
rd. ' for the vitality of regulation bv
commissions depends . upon, th power ut
egisiatures to create urh bodies wlih
arge disoretloiary authority. . As was
hown at th hearing beore the court,
wenty.two states hsve commission under
statute imllar to the New York statute.
The growth of such oemmtssion I s re-
ent that the law relating to rhem haa not
been made clear by decisions, nd there
a been doubt how the court would ap
ply In their case the prohibition against
aeiegaung legislative power and how
exact a "standard- the court would r-
uir te be Axed In the W. This de-
ilon was In th public Interest, and al
though It was hanaea dpwa by a divVded
bench there I r-. n to feel cunfliient
hat It wtll be sustained on apreal.
OTHER LAND THAX Oin.
Modem Ideas are steadily spreading In
China and uprooting- customs sanctioned by
the usage of centuries. The last one
scheduled for the ax of the executioner Is
the system of native ministers of the crown
kowtowing and addressing and repljing to
the empress on bendTlT knees. The North
China Herald reports that the Chinese cen
sor has memorialised the throne on the
necessity of abolishing the "degrading prac
tice." Kowtowing has been a fruitful
theme for discussion and controversy ever
since tho occidental spirit Inraded the em
pire. Diplomats have not been unanimous
In their opposition to their performance, but
the ambassadors of Great Drltan and
France have refused for half a century to
conform to that custom, and four of them
were not formally received for that reason.
European opposition succeeded, as usual,
and diplomats are not required to conform
to that court custom. The action of th
censor In urging abolition of the custom Is
symptomatic of the spirit of what Wu Ling
fang denominates "the reformed empire."
Not long ago a Chinese official who would
suggest that the kowtow was a "degrading
custom" would be meat for the execu
tioner's ax. But the world moves ahd
China moves with It.
A London fog Is tho real article. All
others are base Imitations. Those wh
have not exrerienced It. unlesa gifted
with the "creative Imagination,' ' caa
scarcely comprehend Its density and dark
ness. It must be seen arid felt to be appre
ciated. A correspondent of the New York
Times essays a picture of a London fog
which settled down on the world's metropo
lis on Wednesday of last meek: "There was
no dawn," ho writes, "at the hour when
morning light usually drives awiy night's
gloomy shades; the darkness actually grew
denser as the morning come. It was not
fog that blackened the sky, althnuejh there
was some of that about; as one looked
overhead It seemed as If all tho smoke that
had poured out of Ixmdon chimneys for
a month had settled down over the city
In a thick black pall. It gollder. much
more substantial darkness than the sort one
cuts up Into chunks with lits carving knife;
It was of a sort to be blown to pieces with
dynamite. Another peculiarity of the dark
ness wns tnat It stayed aloft, and so did
not cause so much Inconvenience as a thick
fog Is Bpt to cause. One could see a fair
distance along the street, Just as one can
see In the nighttime. In fact, the street
looked about as they look at r.lght. when
the lights are aflame In the shop windows,
the offices and residences. Above. It was
Inky dark; on the street level It was merely
the normal night. At various points one
could read with difficulty electric signs
that were fixed at heights not above fifty
feet. Other signs higher up worked In vain,
conveying no messages to the people. Such
of the Illuminated clocks as were fairly
close to the ground could he consulted
rrwntably; the reet looked like debilitated
anaemia little moons, and told the hours to
no useful purpose. Our real nieht wns
gladly welcomed after the literally awful
blackness of a miscalled day."
The exodus of British subjects from
South Africa, which Is officially reported
to exceed the number coming in by 8.2
for the first seven months of the present
year, was the subject of special Inquiry by
a correspondent of the London Mall. The
writer, who has traveled from tho cape to
nearly m miles north of the Zambest river,
and who has discussed the subject with
Kngllph and Boer restdt'nts nllke, including
not only politicians, bat traders and dis
tributors, farmers, mining officials, railway
men. bankers, lawyers and others qualified
to Indicate pubMc opinion. Ho arrived, ho'
says, as the conclusion that the exodus
from South Africa la accounted for by cer
tain Indisputable facts. In the first place,
fr.wn the cape to far north of tho Zambesi
the whole country (with the possible ex
ception of Klmberley, the chief center of
the? diamond outputs, has during -the Inst
tw years been suffering from unexampled
depression, which has been Intensified In
Johannesburg. In the second place, ob
servers; of all parties and nationalities agree
that the cause of this depression Is an utter
want of confidence In the future of the
country's principal Industry, although the
gold mining of the Rand Is still In Its In
fancy, and If systematically developed
might be expected to maintain and wen In
crease tho present yield of gold for at
least another half century. Confidence has
waned because of low grade ores, requiring
cheaper labor to yield a profit, and because
nature "Kaffir" labor Is expensive, Ineffi
cient and untrustworthy. I'nder the cir
cumstances the Mall's correspondent can
see no ground for a return of confidence on
the part of Foropean Investors, and conse
quently the pi ,-sent stampedo. from the
Transvaal Is likely to continue.
Among the various German protests ex
cited by the Pope's encyclical on Modern-
Ism Is a letter whloh a Wurtemherg priest
of some prominence recently adilreosed In
Latin to the rope with the approval of a
r.umber of the Wurtemherg clergy and
laity. The letter has now been translated
into German, and has been reproduced
very generally by the German press from
the Journal In which the translation f'r'
appeared. It deer!bea the Papal Kncycll
cal as a stumbling-block for German teach
ers of Catholic theology and for all pious
and educated laymen. The encyclical Is
represented as an attempt to suppres the
professors and to exhibit them In the light
of Intellectual slaves of the Vatican. The
view Is expressed thst the policy of the
Tape Is calculated to alienate the educated
section of the laity from the chun-a and
to reduce the church Itself, notwithstand
ing the outward splendor of 11a recognised
position In Cathollo and aeml-Cathollo
(oimtrles. to tl level to which paganism
had sunk In the Roman empire at the bo
glnnlng of the fourth century, when al
though It still remained tho ..fflelal re
ligion, the light of Christianity was begin
ning to permeate Europe and to attract
the highest Intelligences of the time. The
letter clones with the following appeal to
the I'ope: "Do not pursue he path upon
which you have recently entered; do not
put too great trust In your adviser! They
really have no knowledge of our times,
they are Ignorant of the character of the
Germans."
GUARANTEEING BANK DEPOSITS
Mr. Bryan in the Role of nn Expert
Flunnrler.
New York Bun.
At Waahlngton, November H, Mr. Wil
liam J. Bryan, tho well known expert on
financial questions, advanced an Interesting
scheme. He proposed that by act of cen
tre b the government guarantee all deposits
In national banks, the banks In turn to
"agree to reimburse the government fer
any losses Incurred." Thus would pear of
riilhd and assurance of pocket be the con
slant companion of depositors In national
banka and. oozing from them, bring com
fort to all.
The particular ground upon which this
scheme is open to criticism is It limited
(cope. It I subject to at least a suspicion
Of special If not of class legislation. The
total deposit of the country in bank of
all kind, national, saving, slate, private
and In loan and Iruat companies, are re
ported as exctjrding I12.lw.uw.0u0. About
one-tlited of lb sum i deposited In na
tional banks. . A considerable percentage
of the national bank dt posit I th loose
change of ntalefaiAui of great w.alth. ,
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r- hi makt, sa tUmplc in T-EE
" 1 ' use that beginners may work z
EEr" with it successfully. It makes
horns baking easy, and glvos you r
g bread, cake and biscuit nicer, better
5 and less expensive than the baker's.
But to make your home baking
successful ami perfect you must use T
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Most of the money of tho "jieepul" is In
the other Institutions, for which Mr. llryan
proposes no guarantee. Ill dlsrrfard of
this fact conies as a surprise and startles
us.
We respectfully propose an extension of
Mr. Bryan's plan. We suggest that the
government guarantee the whole $12,000,
VOf.'.Oon; that It also guarantee all commer
cial credits, all products of the aoll, the
mines, the forest and the flahorles. the
.olume of water In our rivers and all other
Interests directly or indirectly subject to
guarantee. It Is to be understood, of
course, that all government guarantees are
to be guaranteed by some other guarantor.
Tilve process Is amaxJngly simple, and
there can be, no doubt that It would be a
panacea for all our financial and commer
cial woes and trials. Such a broad plan
would relieve the Bryan Idea of a'.l taint
or suspicion of special legislation. A weary
world, has been waiting long Tor a scheme
which would give equal valua to the spec
ulations of the foolish and the Investments
of the wise.
POLITICAL IRIFT.
The certainty that Secretary Taft will he
horns for th holidays already casts a
shadow over the Joys of the Porakerltes.
They have not Issued a defl for a week.
Makers of a new constitution for Michi
gan think It would be a good plan to put
In Jail people who neglert to vote, but the
expense of providing Jail accommodations
cause the promoters to hesitate.
Denver offers $inc.n(x n real ooln for the
next democratic rational convention. Kan
sas City talks of tendering a like sum
for the republican convention. Should these
offers be accepted, the respective executive
committees would have a fairly good start
In the tall grass.
An active campaign has been started In
the new state of Oklahoma to push Gov
ernor Haskell for the democratic nomina
tion for president. letters are nelng sent
to influential men urging them to aid the
Haskell movement, and the campaign Is to
be made along similar lines to those on
which Haokell was elected governor.
A young literary woman who heard Gov
ernor Hnghes address a meeting In New
York recently, described her Impressions as
follows: "I do not know whether I waa
attracted by his cold, clear. Intellectual
directness. In a measure sufficient to over
come my disappointment bcause of his lack
of magnetism; his utter Inability to reach
the affectionate interest of his hearers,
and the Impression he leav.s of being al
together a bra'n machine."
Ince the sweeping triumph n the repul
llran ticket In Kentucky the silence In
democratic circles has taken on tho In
tensity of a graveyard. The young and
the elders of both sexes are affected. An
Incident showing the depth of the grief
occurred In court recently. A young woman
suing a brash yung man for damages for
klsalng her without permission was asked
to explain to the Jury why she did not
make an outcry and attract the attention
of a passing crowd. She answered, "Yeu'll
nvver catch me hollering during a repub
lican celebration." .
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PASSING PLKASANTHIKS.
"Isn't he ono of the most successful
financiers of the times?"
"I should euy so! Why, three grand
Juries have tried in vain to get him In
il." Multlmore American.
Monev was learning to talk.
t!" It ald.
Thus, tven at the outset of its career. It
evinced an unmistakable tendency to say
guod-by. Chlcugu Tribune.
"B it," she persisted, "vnu can't o" It,
A w m n I fe Is tmdo up cf sacrflcai."
"Of sacrifice sales. ,es," lej'llcii tu,: . ...to,
her husband. Philadelphia Press. .
"You say your father snld I was tho
brweziest young fellow he had met in a long
time?"
"Well, It amounted to that, though, I
think the word he used was 'windiest.' "-
Houston Post.
Mrs. Way back I notice these here sub
marine torpedor boats are named after
stlngin" things mostly.
Mr. Wayback Ye don't say? AVonder If
any uv them are named "Soap Agent,"
Portrait Solicitor." "Rheumall Special
ist," or "Patent Chum Peddler?'" Puck.
"Rverr miss." said Poorley, tentatively,
"1ms a mission In life."
"What's that'" inquired Miss Cunning.
"To get a man?"
"Perhaps; provided the man has a man
skn." Washington Iivruld. i
-"And w' . ' did pa1 a a'- to you, George?"
"He said it was all right. If I waa brava
enough to want to marry eno of his daugh-
' . 'a a i (''I 'd o.r M'lancial stringency
I ought to have her." Cleveland Leader.
"Why," eeked the reporter of the Roman
Aegis, "did you select the time when Home
wa on lire to play your violin solo?"
"Because," returned Nero, who had al
ready given the reporter a photograph In
his most i haracterlstlc pose, "I thought It
the best time to awaken burning en
thusiasm." Baltimore American.
"Mr. Aridvmup," Inouiteed Mr. Rpotosh,
heaU of ihe firm of ytopcaah & Co.. "tan't
you afford to nnxike better clears than that
onaT'
"Not on my salary, sir." answered tne
bookkeeper.
"Hereafter," rejoined his chief, "your sal
ary will be J10 a week more."
With a violent effort Mr Addemup woke
himself. He knew It was nothing but a
dream. Chicago Trlbuno.
THE 'PHO!VR BULL.
Newark News.
She ran to cok his pancakes.
And the 'phone bell rang.
She rushed to start the coffee,
And the 'phone bell rang.
Breakfast he wont without It, '
"Ooodltye," they had to (hout itj
She would have wept about It,
But the 'pbone bll rang.
She, tried to dress the children,
And the 'phone bell rang.
She went to wash the dishes,
And the 'phone bell rang.
The parlor needed dustlnii,
The ehxlliig dish was meting,
And the silverware disgusting,
'But the 'phone bell rang.
The grocer stopped for orders,
And the 'phone bell rang.
A neighbor came to gossip.
And the 'phone bell rang.
She thought by being hasty
She could bske some biscuits tasty
Her hands with dough were pasty.
And the 'phone bell rang.
All day her huwnrk waited
While the 'phone bell rung;
N time for rest or labor
When the 'phone hell rang.
At last he came to f"1d her
Tn his arras. "Poor girl!" he told her,
For a second he consoled her,
And the 'phone bell rang.
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