THE OMATIA DAILY BEE? FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1.1, 1907.
Tiie Omaha Daily Bee
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglas County. s.!
Charles C. Roeewater, general manager
of The Bee Publishing Company, being
duly sworn, says that ths actual number
of full-and complete copies of Ths Dally.
Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed
during the month of . November, 1907, was
as follows: '
1 87,000 IS.. 87,430
t 87,880 17.', e,4S0
1 39,800 " II 38,160
4 gT.aaO J 1 37,430
8 3t,S30 20 37,090
119,090 21 36,970
T 7,3ao 'sr..; .. . : ... 87,soo
37,840 XI,,,,,..... 37,380
I.......... 7,S90 24 36,100
14... 6,800 '.25., 37,890
11... 87,530 - 26. ......... 37.090
II 87,730 27 87340
II 87,380 . II.. 36,940
14 87.3B0 II 89,890
II 87,800 ' 10 87,690
Total 1,183,430
Lass unsold and returned copies. 10,188
Net Total .i.'i 1,113,969
Dally average...'........ 37,108
CHARLES C- ROSE WATER,
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before me this 2d day of December. 1007.
ROBERT HUNTER,
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WHEW OUT OF TOWS,
mbaerlbcra leavtagr the elty tem
orarlly aaoald kavs Tka Baa
nailed to taem. Address will ba
ckamgrasl as of tea aa requested.
Now the elephant will .have to be
come accustomed to a new leader.
Senator Jeff Davis haa demonstrated
tha there la no panic In hla wordery.
Congress should remember that It
has an exceedingly critical people to
'satisfy this year.
The Foraker boom has sot yet suc
ceeded In getting out of the Joke col
umns of the newspapers.
Hearst refused to fuse with the re
publicans in the city election In Boston,-
The republicans won.
Out in California they are building
what la claimed to be "the crookedest
, railroad in the world." "Managed from
Wall street?
Colonel Bryan has been discussing
the effects of hard times. , One Is the
reduction of gate receipts at Chautau
qua meetings. f
Captain llaze has again proven con
clusively that a well-kept Bet of books
Is better than any memory a liar was
ever gifted with.
Officials of the Tobacco trust have
testified that the consumption of to
bacco U falling off. More men must
be smoking cigarettes.
It la figured that 600,000 golf balls
are used every week In Great Britain.
Statistics also show that profanity Is
Increasing in Great Britain.
A woman , who stole a pair of shoes
was arrested when she took them back
to have them exchanged. Just another
case where the shoe pinched,
Mayor Jlmhavlng reached Wash'
ington In. safety, the business of the
democratic national committee can
bow proceed with all expedition.
Of course the banks-In ; Omaha will
, hereafter pay Interest on deposits for
only ttyenty-six days In each month.
Even money must not work on, Sunday
The president's reiterated announce
ment that he will not seek or accept
another nomination will be cheering
news to at least one Nebraska demo
crat '
The railroads have added a couple of
hours .to their scheduled time from
Chicago to New York. Western people
have got over their hurry to reach New
York. -l
Mr. Bryan says he has not yet read
the president's message through. It
must be a novel experience for Mr.
Bryan to find himself with the ma
jority. .
It is a, little hit anomalous that a
country club should be compelled to
pay village taxes, but the members are
now jn a splendid position to appre
ciate fully the beauties of "rus In
urbU." . .
President Woodrow Wilson of
Princeton eay that only 10 per cent
of the American people ever think. lie
should take a vacation and mingle for
a time with other people than college
students.
Anit American tourist In London has
been" fined $1,000 for offering a bribe
of 12. CO to a policeman who had ar
rested him tor automobile speeding
The incident proves that the London
Dollftmen are not cutting prices.
TiJC PRESIDENTS AIlXOUyClCMSnT.
By the reiteration of the announce
ment he made on the night when the
results of the presidential election In
1904 were established beyond ques
tion. President Roosevelt has done
much to clarify the political atmos
phere, so far aa the aspirants for the
republican presidential nomination In
1908 are concerned, and. Incidentally,
to make his relations to Ihe congress
now In session so plain aa to rob op
position to his policies of any political
foundation.
Two significant words are embodied
In both the original declaration and
the repetition of it. They are "or ac
cept" The concluding sentence of
the original announcement was, "un
der no circumstances will I be a can
didate for or accept another nomina
tion." In the declaration Just made
public the president says: "I have not
changed and shall not change the de
cision thus announced." The last pro
nouncement must serve to end finally
the claims and pretensions of those
who have Insisted that, while the pres
ident might not be a seeker for the
nomfnatlon, he could not refuse the
demand of a republican national con
vention that he again act . aa the
party's standard bearer. Those who
know the president must realize that
this last announcement serves to
finally eliminate him as a possible, or
prospective candidate for the nomina
tion in next year's convention of his
party. The words "or accept'' la no
tice to the party that the president's
name must not, or need not, be pre
sented to the 'next convention. Polit
ically, the announcement clears the
way for other aspirants to enter the
contest with the assurance that under
no possible combination of circum
stances will their calculations -1e up
set by a stampede in the convention in
favor of a third term for the president.
The chief significance of the an
nouncement, however,' lies in its notice
to congress that .what are known as
the "Roosevelt policies" are to be con
sidered upon their merits, without
reference to the , result of such con
sideration upon the personal or politi
cal welfare of the .chief executive.
These policies have been discussed un
til congress and the people understand
them and the probable effect of their
crystallization into legislation. It is
no secret that opponents of the presi
dent's policies have framed a very defi
nite program. Apparently aided and
abetted by Speaker Cannon, they have
decided to pursue the policy of oppo
sition and obstruction In . congress to
most of the legislation recommended
by the president They have had no
hesitancy In declaring that the presi
dent in the language or Mr. Justice
Brewer, waa "playing hide and seek
with the American people" and trying
to create a sentiment for his renomlna-
tion a sentiment that would follow
logically either the adoption of bis pol
icies by congress or their rejection.
The president no doubt haa appreci
ated' the tactical advantage of this' op
position and haa accordingly repeated
hia former announcement, with the re
sult that the' fight Is now in the open.
Congress must decide to take the con
sequences of adoption' or, f ejection of
the president's recommendations - on
desired lesfalaticn. ,... .,
OMAHA A HD THE TiJCfffRS.
Among other allegations made, by
persistent opponents of 'Omaha la that
ita citlzena take no interest in the af
faire of Nebraska beyond those which
have an immediate, local effect., It
matters not that this charge is without
foundation. Again and again, has. it
been repeated until it has gained much
credence in certain parts of the state
where belief is predicated to a great
extent oa prejudice. For this reason
every citizen of Omaha' thonld wake
an especial effort at all times to com
bat the false reports.
The school teachers of Omaha now
have a splendid opportunity to. assist
in this regard. The State Teachers'
association meets at Lincoln during
the holiday week. An especial -effort
la being made at this time to secure
as large an enrollment' aa possible
from Omaha. .This association meet
ing partakes largely of the nature of
a holiday excursion for the country
school teacher and many of those in
the smaller towns, giving them an op
portunity to combine business with
pleasure. It will have no such aspect
for the Omaha teacher, but, on the
contrary, asks her. to break into her
holiday season to the extent of attend
ance for one or two days on a strictly
business meeting. Yet the sacrifice
seems Justified by the cause, and the
Omaha teachera will do themselves
and the city both credit if at .Lincoln
Is shown a registration practically
equal' to" the number Of teachers em
ployed in the Omaha public schools.
LKTTISJ VP 0,V TOBACCO. .
An official of the Tobacco trust, testi
fying' before a special commissioner in
New York, has made a statement, sup
ported" by statistics gathered from the
company's books, that .will doubtless
cause much surprise to the general
public. According to the. testimony of
this official, the use of tobacco Is rap
idly decreasing in this country. The
books of the trust show that, while the
business of growing. tobacco has in
creased steadily in th!s couatry and
that more money ia tolug placed every
year in the manufacture of tobacco in
Its various forms,' the Americans are
using less of the, weed than ever be
fore and the decrease In ddtnestlc con
sumption is becoming more marked
every year. The profits In the business
cow come from the export trade,
which is growing constantly.
The casual observer will ilnd It dlffi-
cult to accept the statement of the
trust's representative, although the re
port of the commissioner of internal
revenue tends to support the state
ment. Little la heard these days
against the use of tobacco, although it
is not many years since the young man
who used the weed in any form waa
classed Just a little below the drunk
ard. There has been considerable ap
parently deserved agitation and legis
lation against the use of cigarettes,
but smoking has become almost a uni
versal, habit among men and little or
no objection is rajsed to it on moral
grounds. The only explanation, there
fore, of the decrease in the use of to
bacco in the country must be placed
on the ground that it is injurious to
health.' People are paying more atten
tion to hygienic problems than ever be
fore and physicians very generally
agree that the use of tobacco does not
help a person, even if it does no harm.
In most cases, however, positive injury
follows the use of tobacco and few vic
tims of the habit will refuse to admit
that it harms them. The production
of cigars, chewing and smoking to
bacco, cigarettes and snuff in the
United States last year waa valued at
$330,000,000, or a little more than
$1,000,000 a day for each working day
of the year. Of thla amount goods
valued at about $100,000,000 were ex
ported, leaving the domestic consump
tion about $2.60 per capita, or a de
crease of 80 per cent in the last
decade.
DtFKNBK OPTHK BTAKDjRD.
Vice President John D. Archbold of
the Standard Oil company is far from
being happy in the selection of the ma
terial for making his defense of the
operations of the Standard Oil trust,
published In the current number of
the Saturday Evening Post He opens
his first attempt at enrrent literature
with the assertion that he haa been
convince that the policy of the Oil
trust in the matter of publicity of ita
affairs has been entirely wrong, and
that he now proposes to turn on the
light and let the public know all about
the rompany Instead of following the
usual policy of keeping the trust's
business a secret Then he proceeds
to do Just the opposite thing very ef
fectively. The defense of the trust aa presented
by Mr. Archbold. is a detailed state
ment of the manner in which the com
pany has built up ita foreign business.
He shows that the trust has succeeded
In practically capturing the markets of
Europe and has been, by wise business
management, able to undersell Eu
ropean oil producers In their own
fields. The story of the trust's achieve
ment of commercial supremacy abroad
is. very interesting to those who de
light in reading stories of commercial
conflicts, but Mr. Archbold givea ab
solutely - no apace to - the .recital . . oC
methods by which the trust haa estab
lished ita domination in the domestic
markets. He tella why the Standard
has been able to sell oil In Berlin,
Paris and St Petersburg beic-r the
prices asked by dealers in thoae cities,
but he does not explain why oil should
cost more in Meadsvllle, Pa., or
Broken Bow. Neb., than in European
capitals. He gives no attention to the
methoda by which competitors In this
country have been driven out of busi
ness or Of the tactics employed by the
Standard to secure and cinch its dom
ination cf the oil production and aup
ply in the United Statea. The facta
presented by the government officials
in the recent trial of the Oil trust cases
before Judge Landls in Chicago, re
sulting in a conviction of the company
and the imposing of a fine of $29,140,
000, are not mentioned by the de
fendant of Standard Oil methods. Mr.
Archbold'a entire argument is built on
a false premise. The change of heart
and position by the Standard comes
too late to fool the people, who have
been learning things about trust meth
ods. J
Observance of the slxteen-hour law
by the western railroads ia not put for
ward aa an especial claim to recogni
tion for obedience, but more as a mere
business proposition. The managers
long ago realized that men cannot do
their best work ' when physically ex
hausted and no machine or mechanical
system has yet been devised that will
entirely eliminate the human factor
from the railroad problem. In these
days of high pressure train movements
men must be wide enough awake at
all times to know exactly what they
are doing and sixteen hours la a long
enough stretch for anybody to toll ia
the train service.
Regent Ernst retires from the official
board of the University of Nebraska
with a record of service back of him
of which any man might be proud.
While he haa moved quietly at all
times, he has given to thla magnificent
Institution the benefit of an uncom
monly active business Intellect and the
school has been a great gainer as the
result. It is to auch citlzena as Mr.
Ernst-that Nebraska owes its promi
nence and the State university ita effi
ciency. Walter Wellman'a story that the
president wiuld not make any further
declaration of his attitude on the third
term question got into the papers Just
a day ahead of the president's formal
announcement that he would not seek
or accept another nomination. Well
man is almost as unlucky in finding
news as be waa in finding the North
Pole.
Borne interest attaches to proceed
ings in the Pettlbone case, as a good
many people' are a Tittle bit curious to
note if Harry Orchard can make bis
stories on the 'stand this time tally
with the stenographic record made In
the Haywood case.
St. Petersburg dispatches state that
the Russian officials are breathing
more freely since Secretary Taft got
out of that country without injury.
The secretary doubtless is breathing
the same'way. '
County Commissioner Ure rtarted
something at the state convention that
may eventually reach from one end of
Nebraska to the other. This has ref
erence to his state road plan.
Theodore P. Shonta haa Just been
elected president of another railroad.
A man whose daughter is going to
marry a French duke haa to annex all
the salaries in sight.
Secretary Taft doubtless wishes the
president would allow him to remain
In Washington long enough to become
acquainted with the chief clerks in the
War department
Secretary Cortelyou reports that the
volume of money in circulation in
creased $120,000,000 in November.
Lots of persons never noticed the dif
ference. The Double-ender stands up proudly
before the public light, but the yellow
still shows through the nice new coat
of whitewash applied by the police
board.
Bows a the Inevitable.
Indianapolis News.
Long contemplation of the possibility has
doubtless schooled Qustav V of Sweden to
accept ths fact without undue excitement.
. Present Company Excepted.
Philadelphia Record (dem.).
Mr. Bryan insists that bygones should
be bygones. Why, then, does he not go
along with the restT ..
Governor Joanaoa la th Limelight.
Kansas City Times.
Considered as a possible presidential pos
sibility, Governor Johnson of Minnesota is
nothing like so little known or so Inex
perienced aa Mr. Bryan was Immediately
before the democratlo convention of 1896.
Orders Mast Be Oheysd.
Philadelphia Ledger.
"I won't get out of the party," shouted
the gentleman Mr. Bryan had Junt ordered
across the line.
"Then stay in." retorted the Nebraska,
"stay In. Just understand that It must be
obeyed."
Tae Mack Bark oa It.
Minneapolis Journal.
Millionaire Weyerhauaer, having cut erf
bout all the forests in sight and banked
the proceeds, has presented Yale with 150,
000 to establish a chair of forestry. This
money may not be tainted, but it haa some
of tbe bark on it.
Tfce Can and th Water Wagon.
Philadelphia Record.
Last fiscal year's production of distilled
spirits of every sort ; was 34,002,000 gallons
in excess of that of the year before, and
the production of. beer was 3.197,441 barrels
greater than in the prsv.ous fiscal year.
And yet. we are assumed that the, wVr
wagon is majestically rolling over the
country from Maine and Vermont to the
gulf of Mexico' and the Tactile coast. ..
Cam sa Ism Bxnense.
Wall Street Journal.
Ths government pays the expenses of,
elections, and provides the entire machin
ery for voting. In the state of New York
it also defrays the expense of holding the
primary elections of the different parties.
Is thv-re anything revolutionary, or
wrong, in ihe proposition favored by Presi
dent Roosevelt, that the government should
also defray the expense of conducting po'ltl
cal campaigns? It !s surely as important
to Instruct the people to the Issues at stake
as it is te provide them with honest pri
maries and adequate election machinery. '
Raise the Standard of Baalnesa.
Springfield Republican.
Judge E. H. ' Gary, chairman of ihe
United States Steel corporation board,
takes the right view. He appears more
inclined to denounce the evils against
which President Roosevelt stands than the
president himself. As printed in American
Industries, he says) "Large corporations
are passing through a crucial time in their
business experience.. : Among the honest
and thoughtful people there ia no feeling
of hostility to capital or corporations. An
tagonism Is dlrectedUa the conduot of cor
porations whloh Is believed to be wrong.
It Is time for business men of wealth and
Influence who oooupy positions of responsi
bility to unite in raising somewhat the
standard of business propriety." '
TRIBUTE TO -GOVKHXOB MAOOON
American Official Banqaeted by Ha
vana Chamber of Commerce.
Havana Daily Telegraph, Dec. Z.
One of the most notable events In Cuban
history since the- coming of the second
American Intervention, was the banquet
given to Provisional Governor Magoon at
the Orand hotel Saturday evening by the
Chamber of Commerce.
The banquet was not only a feast where
good things to eat 1 were faultlessly served
and where good humor and friendship pre
vailed, but was a significant manifestation
of the esteem in which the governor Is
held by the really great men of the Inland
who represent Its true interests, commer
cially, financially and socially.
Seldom before has there been a gather
ing In Havana of so distinguished a com
pany, and surely ma person since Cuba
has become a nation has been so honored
as was Governor Magoon on this occasion
It was a spontaneous demonstration of the
appreciation of a grateful people expressed
through the m,ost powerful and Important
body on the Island and the governor recog
nized to the fullest the honor done him
srd his response was In thorough keeping
with the Importance of ths occasion.
There wero present men representing
every Interest and industry of Cuba; men
Of every calling and profession; an ag
gregation powerful both commercially and
politically.
The speech of Governor Magoon, which
was resd by the governor in Kngllsh. and
then In Bpanish by Dr. Pablo' Desvertitm-,
the distinguished lawyer and orator, was
listened to with the greatest attention and
Interest and was often 'punctured by en
thusiastic applauao from the listeners.
The speech waa a masterful suiting forth
of the governor's conception of conditions
on the island economically and was ths
first studied expression that he has. made
since assuming the governorship. '
He dwelt upon the island's patrt, present
and future. Its condition now and Its fu
ture hopes and possibilities. Upon Its con
clusion the sneaker was toasted and ap
plauded. There er about a hundred persons
seated at the banquet table, which was
tastefully decorated with dlstlctive Cuban
flwwers. gleaming silverware and cut glasa
BITS OP WAflllXaTO LIFE.
Minor Scenes susd Incidents Sketch.
oa tfce Spet.
A Washington correspondent who
wouldn't shed a sigh In the presence of a
table of lire Insurance losses, boldly de
clares he would like to see a section of
the Capital City go to Mateo for the sake
of the subsequent fcenery. There are oth
ers by the thousands who would cheerfully
celebrate the evert If It was possible to
limit the flames to the shacks within visual
distance of the west front of the Capitol.
That section of Pennsylvania avenue within
the shadow of this capltol dome presents a
most distressing view of ramshackle shab
biness that ever butted against stately
grsndeur. ' Here are cobblers, the sellers
of dilapidated and depressing souvenirs,
and of ragged and dirty second-hand books,
barbers, bootblacks, stilt pressing tailors,
laundries, pawn shops, tintype artists and
fake photographers who will picture you
as shaking hands with the president or
Secretary Taft beer saloons, and. In par
ticular, S-cent lunch places, whloh fill the
street with hot and sickening odors. Far
ther down, on the other side, are numerous
Chinese shops and restaurants, aso malo
dorous and grimy. On tho sldowalk are
Chinese children of tender age, to be recog
nised chiefly by their peculiar eyes. They
are the companions of white and black
children, and are growing up to become
English speaking Americans. They are en
tirely American In such scanty dress as
they wear, and are without even the queue,
which they heve ' never known. Back of
and close to the city postofflce. near the
main entrance of the new Smithsonian and
near the market, are stores devoted to
such lll-smelllng things as tallow, fertiliser,
hides, pelts, wool, leather and the like, and
on hot days they need no written signs
to guide the purchaser. Junk dealers here
have a strange pride in their battered col
lections, if their obtrusive display of them
Is an Indication. The sidewalks are freely
used for tho permanent storage of scrap
heaps. At . one place ' more than a score
of broken down, irreparable, rust-oaten,
vehicles " occupy space. At another, Just
back of the postofflce, a section of the
walk is given over to a vast pile of
smashed tin boxes, crushed smokestacks,
scrsp iron, broken water pipes and like
refuse. Bordering the park, and sometimes
the avenue, are not only strange collso
tlons of broken things, but also machine
shops, iron works, wood working shops,
lumber yards and other establishments
which in most cities aro far from ths
course of tho madding crowd. Perhaps
these things aro tolerated because it is
known that in time the entire region will
be incorporated In the park.
According to the 'Blue Book, whloh has
Just been printed, of tho J06.OOO persons
employed In the federal service more than
126,000 are employed in the various depart
ments and bureaus of the government out
side of the postal service, and tho diversity
of employment Indicated by the register
is one of the most noteworthy characteris
tics of this interesting volume, there being
about 1.100 ealllnas specified. The following
list suggests the diversity in official duties
performed by employes of tho government.
Car conductors, dredge captains, oakum
spinners, cellar sweepers, cemetery care
takers, bullion stampers, armature wind
ers, icemen, anatomists, law clerks, fors
ladles, druggists, plcklers, spudmen, tea
examiners, water boys, boiler scalers, cash
iers, barbers, coroners, dishwashers, herd
ers, lockmakers, oilers, pile drivers, laun
dresses, vaccinators, scale adjusters, mag
netic observers, pathologists, ferrymen,
game wardens, dog corral bosses, darners,
horticulturists, yardmasters, weavers, up
holsterers, ropemakers, assayers, bandmas
ters, cabin, boys, catalogusra, bath house
keepers, dietitians; coffee .roasters, cham
bermaids, cheesemakers, tick eradicators,
fence riders, hair spinners, photographers,
loggers, tinners, local forecasters, polish
ers, rodmen, farm hands, overcoat makers,
plumbers, teachers, taxidermists, scowmen,
hotel managers, meat cutters, butchers,
pantrymen, physlolans, sclentlflo assistants,
choristers, civil engineers, dining room
girls, disciplinarians, house boys, forest
guards, embalmers. Jailers, interpreters,
money clerks, proofreaders, storekeepers,
bull drivers, bricklayers, , dentists, camp
oooks, dynamo tenders, hearse drivers, hod
carriers, marblers. plasterers, mualo teach
ers, scrubbers, poultrymen. clock regula
tors, calkers, professors, scouts, shoemak
ers, chauffeurs, constables, bookbinders,
barrel turners, astronomers, bobbin wind
ers, housekeepers, coal heavers, balers,
axmen and entomologists.
The quick wit of a young woman at
tendant at one of Washington's fashion
able pedograph studios saved her from a
very mbarraaslng situation tho other day.
Senator Daniel dropped In to see some
proofs of pictures for which he had sat
the day before. Tho young lady did not
recognise tha senator and adopted that
time worn formula of asking: "How do
you spfell your name, please?"
"D-a-n-l-e-1," spelled the senator. "Did
you ever know It to be spelled any other
wayT" His manner was rather short, but
the young Jady had identified her cuatomer
in the brief orthography lesson, and re
plied sweotly:
"No, senator, I never did, but so many
liberties are taken with spelling nowadays
that I never even attempt to spell Smith."
The United States Treasury department
Is prompt in settling all claims In these
strenuous financial times. A man who
Uvea rh Brooklyn had a good example of
this. He went home with his week's salary
and laid a twenty and a five dollar not on
the reading table for hla wife. Then he
lighted ht pipe, tossed the match Into his
ash receiver and began to read. The edge
of the notes stuck over the receiver, and
when his wife smothered the flamea about
one-quarter of th two bills remained. Th
husband took the two plecea to the sub
treasury, but they were too far gone for
redemption there. On Mohday h and hla
wife made afndavlta as to how the bills
were damaged and forwarded th frag
ments to Washington. He expected to
wait a least a month before he got his
money, but to his surprise In thre days a
registered package from Washington was
handed to him by his postman. It con
tained five new flv dollar bills and not a
question asked.
A certain scientist in the service of Uncle
Sam at Washington is said to be a hard
taskmaster to both his official and his
domestic servants. i
Being detailed once to accompany a scien
tific expedition on an extended cruise, the
scientist Is said to hsve unbent a trifle In
communicating the news to Ms personal
attendant.
"Henry," said he, "how would you like
to go with me around the world?"'-
"Po we go from east to west, sir?" asked
the man. ,
"Tea."
"And we lose a day going that way, do
we not. air?" .
"Vie do."
"Then, sir, I should like very much to
go. It would give me a day oft."
C'hsuncey M. Depew atlll retains his
sense of humor. On leaving the White
House recently he told the following story:
"In the president's room there," ha said,
"two women spoke to me. They said that
aa their congressman was not In Washing
ton they felt at liberty to apeak to me as I
was their senator. They wanted to be pre
sented to the president.
" 'I have a peculiar right to speak to
11017 JJE
L. T. Cooper Tells Chicago Reporter Why
Ilo Accomplishes So Much.
No man In reoent years has been more
successful In restoring human health than
L. T. Cooper. During his stay In Chicago,
and while he waa meeting thousands of
people dally, he gave the following reason
for the remarkable demand for this med
icine to a reporter:
Mr. Cooper said: "My New Discovery
Is successful because it corrects the stom
ach. My theory Is that feW can be slok
If the digestive apparatus is working pro
perly. It naturally follows that few can
b well with a poor digestion.
"I know from experience that most of
the tired, half-sick people that are so com
mon now-a-days have half-sick stomachs.
Put the. stomach In shape, and nature
does th reaL TJb result Is general good
health. My medicine does this. That is
why fifty thousand people her is Ch'cago
are using It who never heard ot m until
a month ago."
Among the fifty thousand mentioned by
Mr. Cooper who used his medicine in Chi
cago Is Mrs. Hilda Pflueger, living at 1XU
Alnsll Avenue. This Is th statement she
makes concerning her experience with the
medloln: ,
you,' said one of the women, "because I
met you once when you spoke tn our home
town.
' Tes,'. I 'replied. I remember speaking
in that village forty-seven years ago.'
" 'Good gracious,' replied the woman
with a startled and grieved look, 'I do
not refer to that occasion.' "
DISASTERS IN COAL MIXES.
Great Weed of Effective Safegmards for
Workmen.
Chicago News.
Mor than 880,000 miners, miners' helpers
and other wag workers are employed be
low ground In th mines of tha United
States. Of this number mor than 286,000,
aa shown by th latest census report on the
subject, work in coal mines. Such a ter
rible disaster as that at Monongah, W. Va
th other day reminds the publlo that
under th best conditions these workers
run great risk at their dally tasks.
A writer for a mining periodical who
compiled alt available statistics on tho
number of workers killed in coal mlnlnj:
tn th United States and Canada during
tbe ten years from 1894 to 1903, Inclusive,
found that the total was 1S.043. or 2.94
to each 1,000 employes. In 1894 tho total
number killed waa SET, or 2.4s to each
1,000 workers, ,but in 1903 th total was
1.764. That Is to say, in the latter year
for each' 1,009 miner and mine worker
employed 8.19 met death whll performing
th necessary work of taking from the
earth coal for manufacturers and house
holders. Experts on mine operation agree
that th danger of deadly explosions from
black damp, whit damp and other gases
and from dust raised tn coal mines tends
to become greater annually, for as the
mines are worked out near th surface
there' Is mor and mor deep mining.
A. great need exists for an Increase in
precautionary measure tor th protection
of the lives of th thousands of men and
boys who toll Id the mines. Especially la
better ventilation demanded. The venti
lating system at th Monongah mines, Nos.
6 and of th Consolidation Coal company
of Baltimore, was regarded as a model.
Yet an explosion by which hundreds tf
miners were entomb&d has taken place In
them and startled the world. Th last re
port of th West Virginia mine inspector
on these mines said that th oil used tn
the lamps in them was only fair In quality,
and added: "With th exception of the oil
and a small part of the 'shooting on th
solid,' the mine law is complied with."
If Investigation shows that either of these
exceptions' caused th death of ths Monon
gah minero, neither th state ofrtciala nor
th Consolidation Coal company can be ab
solved from blame.
PERSONAL HOTV.S.
Th Pittsburg clerk who has fallen heir to
$360,000 is likely to leave his Job right In
tha rush season. And he's getting $11 a
week. .
A Flttsburg-New ' York wedding was
marked by gifts worth V2.000.000. That's a
hard standard for othsm to live up to, but
doubtless many will try.
Th new $30 gold pieces will be accepted
as Christmas presents Just a freely as If
the eagle were not a goos and the motto
had not been taken awny.
The enforcement of ths blue laws In New
Tork means only that n still larger num
ber of residents of Manhattan will visit
Hoboksn on Sunday hereafter.
Hon. William I Penfleld, formerly so
licitor of th Department of State, Wash
ington, has been selected to lecture on In
ternational law at the Georgetown uni
versity. He began his educational career
In Michigan, and started th practice of law
In Indiana.
Henry B. Seaman, who has become chief
engineer of th Publlo Servlo commission
of New Tork City, at a salary of $18,000, is
a self-made man, a produce of th East
Side, New Tork, and is 44 years old. He
Is six feet tall, powerfully built and Is
physically Impressive. He comes of
Quaker stock, being on his father's side a
descendent of Ellas Hicks, a noted Quaker
preacher, while an ancestor of his mother
was a brother f Oliver Cromwell. . He
graduated at Bwarthmore college In 1S81,
and started out as an engineer for the Erie
railroad.
A Princely Christmas Gift
There I N OtKtr to Equal tho Gift of a Piano.
No Store where so many of the de
sirable pianos ar found under one
roof.
No other store where in the rush
and bustle of Xmas shopping you are
so certain your money is buying all
it's worth..
Children are frequently sent to buy
and select the pianos the parents pay
for at the Hospe store.
Because the people know the Hospe
store is strictly one price and sells the
best pianos and does not add a goodly
aum to the price In order to protect
and pay the demands of commission
A. Hospe Co.
1513 Doualas St. '
MADE A SUCCE8!
"I have been sick for six years with
stomach trouble. I wis always hungry,
but did not dare to est much, as I had
severe pains In my stomach, ' and also
through my body. I could hot sleep at
night and was very restless. I. was alo
very nervous, and would have severe head
aches. I was constipated, and always felt
bloated after eating.
"I had tried many remedies, but could
secure no relief, until one day I noticed
In the newspapers what wonderful results
ooper's tm-declnes were accomplishing
in Chicago. I decided to try them, and
ahortly after commencing th treatment
I began to feel better. 1 did not bav those
sever pains In my stomach, and I could
sleep, at night; my appetite Improved, and
I caii now eat well. I am feeling Ilk
a new woman. '
"I am very thankful to Mr. Cooper for
what hla remedies have done for me. They
have restored me to good health, and I
would advise any one who sufferers as I
did to try them." ' , . .
W sell the Cooper medlolne. They
are e (tally the most celebrated prepara
tlons ever Introduced In this country, grow
ing in popularity dally. Beaton Drug Co.
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RESULT Or A STATE OP MI.D.
Another Snare Identifies the' Sonrce of
Financial Tronble.
- Wall Street Journal.
The psychology of business is a subject
that deserves better treatement than It has
received. tr . ? . ' "
I'an I mi, for Instance, are the results of a
state of mind. The reason why one panla
resembles so closely other panics, So that
any one who has studied closely the history
of past erasing can pretty closely predict
the course of a future panlo, hi that tho
human mind' operates the same -under like
conditions.
Men who have passed through one panlo
Iv4 acquired experience tlAt should, and
hi , soma Instances does? enable them to
Csrry their business through a new crisis
safely. But a new generation comes upon
the scene of action between every two
great panics. That financial crises occur
about once in every twenty years may be
due to this fact mor than to "sun spots."
The young men entering into business, hav
ing had no experience of past panlca, take
extraordinary risks and go. to vast ex
tremes. They perform a wonderful wqrk,
but when the pinch comes and the crash
occurs, their minds, untrained . by experi
ence In like emergencies, work exactly as
their father's did under like conditions, and
thus ther is little to break, the fore of
fear.
PASI.Q PLEASANTRIES.
First Rabb't What's become ot Bunny?
I haven't seei him In an age.
Second Kaoblt Oh, he not to running
around a good deal and went to the dogs.
Puck.
American Our senate is superior to the
upper legislative houses of any Kuropean
illation, and 1 can prove It.
Briton How do you make It out?
American Because ouc .upper- houaa la
without a peer. Baltimore American.
"No," said the offensive punster, "a girl
who persists in hailing men can't bo a
reigning belle. She'll meet a good many
frosts and soon find her name under a
cloud. It won't dew." Judge.
"Why can't you give me a decent sum
of money and not dribble It lO.'Juo francs
at a time?"
Questioning thus, the titled alien glared
at his American wife, but she did not
quail.
"It was distinctly understood," she re
turned, with firmness, "that 1 boUKht you
on the Installment plan." Philadelphia
Ledger,
"Hear the story of the shaky building?"
"Nope. What is It?"
"Oh, there's no foundation to it." Cleve
land Leader.
"Party lines have been largely effaced,"
"Yes," answered Miss Cayenne; "I don't
know much about poiuui,, out it seems to
me that the argument Is now limited to two
classea of people, one preaching prosperity
and the other yelling perdition. Washing
ton Star.
"Young man," aald the editor solemnly,
as he glanced over the poem presented, Rnd
then at the high, pale brow of the author
before him, "you have missed your calling.
You ought to drop poetry and get a Job as
a gasman."
"Why do you say this?", demanded the
poet, haughtily.
"Because," replied the editor with convic
tion, "you can do surh wonderful things
with the metre." Baltimore American,
TUB EARLY CHRISTMAS SHOPPER
"Denver Republican.
"he early Christmas shopper hied him glee
fully to town
The slelghbells were a Jingling, the snow
was coining down
And he said: "This is the season when I'll
lay In my supplies,
'Cause the early bird In shopping Is the
wise bird, I surmisa."
That's what the early shopper said 'twas
clever, bless his eyesl
Tie early Christmas shopper sought a
favored corner store,
Where the Christmas gifts were spread out
in a maze on every floor.
And he ordered this and thai thing, but
when It came to pay
His features were expressive of a keen,
hesrtfolt dismay
Thai.'s what the shopper's features were,
because he felt that way.
He t unted through his pockets and he
turned them Inside ouU
That they had iong been empty there
wasn't any doubt;
And to the cleric he murmured, as he forth
with turned to go,
"I see for early shopping one must have
the early douifh."
That's what the early shopper said was
It not clever, though?
takers. We've some ery special bar
gains in well known, reliable pianos
Save S50 and more by' buylne a
piano now, as your down-payment will
be credited double this mouth. This
is the best proposition ever made by
any house and you should Investigate.
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Factory distributers for Kranich ft
Bach, Krakauer. Kimball. I3ush &
Lane, Hallet & Davis. Cable-Nelson,
Dicker Bros Co., Weser Bros., Whit
ney. Kensington, YV. E. Palmer, Cra
mer, etc. Payments, 16, $7, fa and
$10 monthly. Call or write.
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