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STATEMENT OK CIHc'tflATlON.
Rate of Nebraska, Douglas r.ouniy. :
Ueorge H. Tss hues, treasurer of The
Bea Publishing company, bains duly sworn.
a that th actual number of full and
complete copies of The Dally. Morning.
Kvenlng and Hunday Bea printed during
Iba month of bap t ember. 1810, waa as fol
lows: a.Mo
43.270
43,110
0e90
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....... 43.A39
....... 4300
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14...
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...48,870
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... 43.49
It 43,460
II 43,400
II 48.540
...43,460
I 44,379
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1 .40.800
14 44.300
II i,Ult
14 43.230
II 43.800
II 494170
IT 44.150
43,550
4S.tW
10 43,880
Total ...... 1,303,370
Returned Coptaa S,8o
Mat Total 1.883,188
Daily Average 43.11T
GEO. B. T-SCHUCK,
. Treasurer.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before tua this thirtieth day of September,
ISiO. M. B. WALKEK.
Notary Public.
Saikserlbere leavlagr tha etty teas-
porwrlly 8he)ldi kits Tha Bea
tailed1 it tirn. Aadresa will a
tsaagtl aa afta aa rcejaested.
If you didn't register it's your own
fault .
For the twelfth time we ask. Will
Hitchcock put it back?
What are ten home runs in October
beside one touchdown in November?
1
Every one of us can be a trade
booster without going away from
Omaha. .
An Indiana dentist has planned a
tooth Insuranoe policy. Gold-filled,
doubtleas.' , ' : '
Haytthaa ,ost a gunboat, but, for
tunately,"!?, Iihs no warakon hand 'for
this week. V: " i
What ahall we call Judge Parker, a
crusader, or Just a plain, disappointed
ofneeaeeker?
"King Cole slgrra a three-years'
contract" There la one man sure of
his crown, anyway.
i t
Colonel Roosevelt bellevea in wield
ing the big stick, letting the knots
rise wfcara they will.
A debate la on whether Washington
la aa wicked as New York. Why make
lnvldloua comparisons?
The second, chapter of Mr. Hitch
cock's confession ia more convincing
of his guilt than the first.
As winter approaches the opera
warbler files ' to our shores from dis
tant lands. Oh, you American eagle!
"Avlatora go high and come high,'
observes the Baltimore American.
Some of thtm.tome pretty low, do they
not? ....
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Nebraska la fourth among corn-
producing states, which means that
King Corn has not yet abdicated his
mighty thro tie, .
Eighty thousand rooms In New York
are without light. Ia room "212" at
that Rofheater hotel, where Boss Mur
phy stopped, dark?
Omaha will welcome every new
building that cornea our way, yet we do
not Insist that they all go twenty
stories uu. In the air.
t
A contemporary comments on the
fact that aviators retire early. If they
did not get killed they would have to,
to count Uielr money.
i ...
To one accustomed to this Nebraska
aunshlne in the late autumn, It ia
really difficult to Imagine those Texas
auowatoj-ins and Florida tornadoes.
The tittle sell-out sheeta of the near
blackmail order aru always for the
crooked, candidates. But who Is foot
tng the bills for the senatorial aaplr
ant?
Those Hindoo laborers who got mad
and went back home from the Pacific
toast may be forgiven if they took all
their germs and hookworms with
them.
Remember, also, that even Mr.
Bryan says Congressman Hitchcock's
World-Herald deliberately misrep
resents and dishonestly tries to de
ceive. .
Lieutenant Commander L. M. Over
street's prleaa work in the gunnery
contests of I'm le Sam s battleships
shows tbst NbrasWa"us are first In war
as well as a., potentially speaking.
Stick to the Question.
With grat gobe of Inky fluid Con
gressman Hitchcock, democrat, tries
to cuttlefish his borrowing of atolen j
atate money from Ptate Treasurer
Joseph 8. Bartley, republican, and hl J
atibsequent repudiation of the debt be- j
hind the statute of limitation! after
. . ..in ik. ,,.
Bartley aerved Ave years In the penl-
. I
leutlary for taking the money liitcn-
cock enjoyed. i
Air. Hitchcock deo;es himself eu-
tirely to the fake second mortgage
given to cover un the renewal of the i
original loan two yeara after the
money waa borrowed. .
Let Mr. Hitchcock stick to the (juea-
tlou.
Hid you, or did you uot, .Mr. Hitch
cock, on December 28, 1 893, go to G.
W. VVattlea in the Union National
bank with t letter from Bartley tell
ing Wattles to give you $.t,uOu of hii
(Bartley 'a) money?
Hid you, or did you not, Mr. Hitch-
rcock, on December 28, 1893. get from
Mr. Wattles $3,000 on the strength of
Bartley's letter to him?
Did you, or did you not, Mr. Hitch
cock, on December 30, 1893, two days
later, write a letter in your own hand
addressed to "Dear Bartley" telling
him that you had used his letter and
gotten the money?
Did you, or did you not, Mr. Hitch
cock, In that letter written on Decem
ber 2 8, 1893, two years before the
worthless second mortgage was
thought of, aay you had gotten this
money from Mr. Wattles, "whom you
had not before met," solely on Instruc
tions given him by Bartley to let you
have his (Bartley's) money?
Did you. or did you not, Mr. Hitch
cock, in that letter written two years
before the mortgaged property ever
came into your possession, say "Thank
you" to Bartley for accommodating
you with the loan?
Stick to the question. Mr. Hitchcock.
A Sample Proclamation.
If Mayor "Jim" should by accident
become governor the archives of state
would soon become enlivened with real
wild-west literature. In hia restricted
field as mayor "Jim" has given us
some aample productions. When the
good women of Omaha were trying to
complete the building fund for the
Young Woman's Christian association
they asked him to help them with a
proclamation. After reciting the merits
of the appeal this ia what "Jim'
handed out:
Loosen up! Any of -you can give 1
others can give fS, 110. 150 or 1100. Why
not set your .chips in the center of tha
table? Lota ef you will shake dlca for
either of thosa amounts, spend that much
over tha bar or do some other fool thing
to burn up your money. Tha game closes
next Tuesday night. Why not help out
on thla? Tou will never miss It, and
when you see tha building and the good
it ia doing you win always feel happy
that you helped Just a little. Jar
loose)
If Mayor "Jim" were commissioned
to sign himself governor he would
certainly do as well, if not better, than
this whenever occasion warranted.
The Ideal in Education.
In its current number the American
Educational Review makes a strong
plea for the Ideal In education, "the
practical life that does not ignore the
Ideal, a recognition of the value of the
spirit, a full acceptance of the fact
that 'It takes a soul to move a body .
even to a cleaner sty.' " It empha
sises the maxim that "The masses need
education, not as a means of liveli
hood, but as a means of life." Which
Is, after all, the fundamental principle
on which the Idea of education was
erected, a principle enunciated long
years ago before the rampant notion
that all preparation was to fit men
and women to acquire wealth.
The Review takes the poaition, and
Justly so, that "No effort to make the
school training dovetail Into the trade
or business w hich the boy or girl is to
pursue must blind us to the ail-important
fact that the man or woman is
not a machine for grinding out dol
lars." This thought needs lsrger
room for play in moat of our minds.
The world could easily afford to give
more time and apace to the ideal that
measures life from the standard of
serious service to mankind and not
from the intrinsic value of the dollar
We need a break now and then In our
hurly-burly race to get rich. It tends
to freshen us, to Infuse purer blood
Into the veins of our concrete lives
snd make them more fruitful of actual
good, for It Is a process of lifting our
minds and aspirations to higher levels.
It Is not well to seek to crowd out of
our education all the Ideal, therefore,
or even the visions, for the dull duties
of earning a livelihood, which will
soon come, ran do all that. Aa the
Review puts it:
Tha precious school years are to many
tha only time whan tha grind of aetiinc
...P..fhat ,Tr::uy 7. "v.. ThU!'"ry one who got money from Bart-
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prlcelesa visions are the Illuminating
power, tha uplifting influence of a life
of toil.
Sordidneas will creep into the beat
of Uvea, so that It needa no inviting.
Until we are ready to admit that
money and the ability to acquire it ia
the test of education we can have no
quarrel wtth that system of culture
that upholds the Ideal, while incul
cating the prlnclplea of practical
service. Such a system affords itsf
own middle ground or sane, rational
useful nesa Our general schools sre
not supposed to make caryeator. or
j lawyers. o artists of our children
j we have technical Institutions for that.
Hut if our general schools anil col
leges make real men and women ofjtlrian In Nebraska ought to
)h(,m u have do;1(, aU thtl houia
j,p requii cd. For men and women are
needed more today, and w ill be nar-ded
more tomorrow, than all the others
" """'y "'- carpenters, or
lawyers or artists out of men and
w omen.
Lieutenant Governor Hopewell.
Lieutenant Governor Hopewell
Is i
before the people of Nebraska for re
election. Judge Hopewell has occu
pied the office of lieutenant governor
for four years, during that time serv
ing frequently as acting governor dur
ing the absence of the governor, and
not a word lias come from any aource
finding fault with his official conduct.
If anything should befall the governor,
that would make Judge Hopewell suc
ceed to first place as chief executive
of the state, no Nebraskan would ever
have cause to be ashamed or to apol
ogize for his actions.
Help for the Miners.
The law that created the federal bu
reau of mines is one that looks to the
conservation of human life, as well as
of property, and if It proves successful
in practice it will become one of the
most vital forces of sound, sane govern
ment that has been set in motion. Its
fundamental principle is to instruct
miners how to save life, aa well as to
avoid accident and the loss of property,
on the same theory as the law requir
ing safety appliances on railroads.
Loss of life in mines of this country
tias become appalling, in spite of ef
forts to prevent it. It has been proven
that the problem arising from this situ
ation cannot be left to the mine own
ers' voluntary action for solution. It
would Beern that such marvelous busi
ness acumen as it represents might be
turned to equal advantage in protecting
life if sufficient effort were made, but
the government has not stopped to par
ley about, the whys or wherefores of
the question; It has simply determined
that our rate of fatal mine accidents,
three to five men out of every 1,000
employed, is needlessly high, and It
has gone to work to stop this slaugh
ter. It has proceeded on the assump
tion that the slaughter Is excessive,
due to criminal carelessness. And this
seems fair, since In European coun
tries the rate of men killed in mines
is less than half ours.
The first of six portable stations for
demonstrating this rescue work has
been sent out, traversing the Pennsyl
vania, Indiana and Illinois countries
first. Other stations will be estab
lished in the south and west, one at
Rock Springs, Wyo. The work will be
thorough and scientific and Uncle Sam
hopes to. accomplish immediate re
sults. If this system does not prove
all that the government expects, it will
certainly lead to something that will,
so we may well conclude that the mine
horrors are soon to become a rare ex
ception rather than a common occur
rence. What Was He Afraid Of?
Edgar Howard calls attention to one
feature of the Hitchcock partnership
with Bartley which should not be over
looked. After repudiating his note
with excuse that it bad outlawed while
Bartley was In the penitentiary, Hitch
cock later compromised the claim
which he said he was under no obliga
tion to pay. But before Hitchcock
would pay a dollar of the debt he owed
"he made it a condition that Bartley
should return to him every scrap of a
letter or telegram which he had ever
sent to the state t'etaiirer "
Why did Hitchcock buy back the
letters If he did not know them to be
incriminating?
If his relations with Bartley were
perfectly straight and Honorable, what
was he sfraid of?
The death of Captain Moatyn takes
away from our police force, with the
exception of Chief of Police Donahue,
the most experienced officer in the po
lice department. Captain Mostyn en
Joyed deserved popularity. s He was a
police officer with a high sense of the
responsibility of his position and al
ways ready to answer the call of duty.
The police department and the com
munity generally will be real losera
by his death.
Mr. Hitchcock'B World-Herald aeems
to be distressed because The Bee's
reproduction of the endorsement on
the back of that Bartley money check
doea not show the shape of the check
right. The photograph shows the
shape, all right, and if Mr. Hitchcock
wants to see the photograph we will
be pleased to let him look at It and
make sure that it is an exact llkeneaa
of the original w hich he signed.
Of course, Bartley always aald be
waa loaning his own money. He
wanted to pocket the Interest, and if
he had said It waa a' ate money he
would have been confessing himself
an euibenzler, then and there. But
! ley while ne waa atate treasurer anew !
' it was state money he waa loaning and I
not hia ow n.
Still, if ever a man had a right to
kick It Is Judge Alton B. Parker. He
waa pulled out of a lifetime Job on
the bench at a snug salary and aacri
ficed as the democratic candidate for
president and now be has not even a
chance to get his Judgeship back.
The Crook and Jackass club haa
ben duly incorporated, according to
the Springfield Republican and the
Washington Post says it may be con
solidated with the Ananias club. A
certain silk-slocking democratic poli-
be ad
of the
highest
mltted as a charter member
concatenated order with the
mark of distinction.
No one disputes that .Mr. Hitchcock
tried to cover up his loati of stolen
state money from Bartley with a
worthless second mortgage to a third
party on a piece of property on Far-
nam street. Nobody disputes, either,
that while the property waa in Mr.
Hitchcock's possession be continuously
collected rent for it from a tenant who
ran a saloon on the first floor and
rented rooms to questionable charac
ters on the upper floors.
Adam Bede says the only thing a
atanrinut reiutlilican in Minnesota can
do this year is to "attack tte Mormons i
and advocate improvement of
the j
Mississippi river." Some such argu
ment is about all that ia left to the
democrats In Nebraska.
. I .
The total registered vote In Omaha
and South Omaha is about 28,000, and
the vote of the county outside of these
two cities should be approximately
2,500. These figures suggest that
some people will do well to revise their
estimates.
When the charge was first made by
Etlgar Howard Mr. Hitchcock thought
it was sufficient simply to answer,
"You're a liar." Now he takea two
pagea of his paper without getting any
nearer to clearing himself.
The Chicago Tribune says David B.
Hill remained a democrat to the end.
Then the answer to the question,
"What is a democrat?" may be sup
plied by going back to Mr. Hill's
standard.
Wloillarttr -t roadltloas.
Sioux City Journal.
In reading the Omaha World-Herald's
politics one Is tempted to believe It is as
hard tip as It was eighteen years ago.
All
Others Art Imitations.
Chicago News.
We might suppose from the remarks of
the esteemed railroad men that the rail
roads are the only true eleemosynary In
stitutions, all others being unworthy im
itations. Baconian Aviation.
Philadelphia Record.
Omaha reports prime sides of bacon
sold at 40 cents, an advance of 10 eentM in
a weak. A German comic paper has a car
toon representing a woman calling at a
perfectly empty butcher'B shop and the
proprietor tells her: "We keep no meat
any longer; you must go to the apothecary
for It."
A me rt can Cam Ooinar Abroad.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Proposed Invasion of tha foreign market
by American manufacturers of automobiles
Is an Indication of the growth of an Im
portant Industry,, as well as of the fact
that tha Amerlcah' automobile is aa good
aa any in the World. American machinery
Is to be found wherever machinery Is in
use. American agricultural Implements do
at least part of the work In every land
where harvest follows seed time. There
seems no reason why the automobile should
not make Its way as readily as the plow
and the reaper In their respective fields
MR. BRYAIV TTDER BAN.
Hamlltatlaa
of Illrlna
Hall
Home.
Washington Star.
"Oh, go and hire a hall!" For years this
has been the Impatient reply to a bore.
Usually he is a long-winded fellow with a
grievance, or a new scheme of doubtful
character. He buttonholes you on the
street, and gesticulates with energy. Or he
Invades your office In business hours, or
corners you at lunch, and Insists on at
tention. You weary of him In a minute,
and are thanked for a sentence which ex
presses your feelings and frees you from
your trouble.
But how stranae that this reply should
now have been made to one of the most
Interesting men of the day, and by those
who for years have been seeking him out
and hanging . rapturously on his words!
Think of William J. Bryan forced to hire
halls In Nebraska in order to submit Ills
views to hia fellow cltlcena on tha political
Issues of the day? In a time of changes
and surprises and uncertainties In politics,
Is there anything more startling than this?
Mr. Bryan's reflections must be too
warm for worda. He has great gifts of ex
pression, and has tackled a variety of sub
jects In recent yeara. Full of crltlolsm of
men and measures, and "hefty" in ob
jurgation when he tries, he yet must pause
In a sort of despair when he considers
this situation and those who have put tha
affront upon him.
At the same time he Is not without fault.
When he offered hia services to the demo
cratic state commutes he put that body
in a very embarraaalng plight. Ho far as
state mattere are concerned, he and It are
not pointing in the aama direction. The
committee is, working for Dahlman for
governor. Mr. ilryan has bolted tba Dahl
man nomination. Tha committee Is not
trying, to drive the brewers and tha dls
tillera and the saloons out of politics. Mr.
Hryan la. 11 prorlalma that policy as a
necessity In behalf of decent government.
Mr. Bryan should have spared the com
mittee. Ha should have hired halls with
out a suggestion from It, taking his own
end.
How will the Nebraska result affect Mr.
Bryan as a national leader? it tha re
publicans carry tha stata and retain their
senator, the Iahlman peopla will saddle
i Mr. Bryan with the responsibility. If the
democrats win. Mr. Oahlnnan and hia
friends will come into a good deal of
power, and use It agalnat him whenever
and wherever posaible. Still, as Mr.
Bryan la a man of resources he will not
be overwhelmed even by auch a predica
ment. Our Birthday Book
aTovember 1. 1810.
Boles Penrose. United Btates senator
from Pennsylvania, waa born November 1,
1SJ, in Phila.ielpiiia. Since the death of M.
H. Quay Mr. Fetuoie haa bean In control
of the republican organisation and by the
opposition called the "Boas of Pennsyl
vania.". Nels H. Nelson, commission merchant
and member of the firm of O. W. Butts
company. Is 17 years old today He was
born in Norway, coming to this country at
the ana of ( years and has been In the
cuuuiiUaltMi bysiuess Ux Omaiia since 157.
Army Gossip
Matters af Interest Oa an Back
f tba rirtar X.laa Olintl from
the Amy aat Jtevy Begtster.
The War depaitmeiu withholds its ap-
proval of the diaft of state of Wyoming
legislation subdued by Chaplain (ie.oaei
t:. Stiill, Klevenlh Infantry. by which
mrns It was proposed to charae the
with the duty of maintaining a
public
school on the military reservation at Kurt I
I'. A. Musfell, hut to vest the entile con
trol of such school In the school authori
ties of the state, all matters connected
with the selection and appointment of
tcRchers, the regulation of the coutse of
study. nd tha couliol uf pupils being
rested In the stata to the exclusion uf
the post anthoiities and of the parents of
the children. It appears that children te
aiding on the reservation can now
attend the schools In the city of Cheyenne
The
objections to such attendance are le-
trivial1
by the military authorities as
and as applying; with equal force
to the attendance of children In the public
! schools of Washington. 1. C, for ln
I stance, it Is held by the War department
'that It Is in the highest decree Inexpedient
to permit officers ami enlisted men at a
military Dost to ttasa Into the lorisdiction
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Jurisdiction and policy are sure to arlae,
which it would be beyond the power of
the War department to settle. The plan is,
therefore, not approved.
The tentative proposition, prepared t.y
the general staff of the War department,
for the transfer of regiments from this
country to tha Philippines and Hawaii has
been completed and will be laid aside until
the return to Washington of the secretary
of war. The general plan Is an Important
one, Involving ultimately a possible In
crease of the military fores In the
Hawaiian Islands. It fs evident that the
army cannot be reduced In the Philippines,
especially In view of the prevalence of
more or less trouble In the Moro country.
It does not look, from present Indications,
aa If it would be possible to diminish, to
any extent, the period alloted to regiments
in their tours of duty In the United States.
The need of maintaining at least the pres
ent military strength In the Philippines,
and the prospect of a large force In the
Hawaiian Islands, In anticipation of the
completion of the Panama canal, combine
to furnish the best of reasons for an In
crease in the army. Tha question of the
transfer of troope In 1911 Is, therefore, In
volved with a policy which takes It out of
the clasa of the merely routine. The situa
tion will be among the first subjects to
be taken up by Mr. Dickinson) on his re
turn to Washington. In the meantime,
orders have been Issued for the departure
of the Eighth cavalry from San Francisco
on the transport of December 5, with the
exception of two troops, which will remain
at Fort Robinson, one troop at Fort tlua
chuca and one troop at Fort Apache, where
they will remain until the arrival of the
Twelfth cavalry, which leaves Manila on
January 15. This should make It possible
for the troops to sail from San Francisco
on the transport of March 5.
There are indications that the flying ma
chine will come up in congress for anima
ted dlscussslon. Hitherto the sentiment in
the house and senate has had to be In
voked by some of the extraordinary meas
ures to get anything in the form of an al
lotment In the appropriation bills which
would permit the acquisition of mechanism
for the mlllts ry-naval tests in aviation.
Now representative Hobson. member of
the house naval committee, has made
known his Intention to assist Mr. Hull,
chairman of the house military committee,
In a general provision, which shall give
the army and navy an opportunity for
something like adequate experimentation
In mechanical flight, with a view to ascer
taining to what extent and in what direc
tion the aeroplanes will be of military
value. It Is now considered that the flying
machine has reached) a stage in Ita devel
opment Justifying this provision. And
while naval officers are by no means in
agreement aa to the necessity of consider
ing the subject in the light of a menace to
the fleet, there la a realisation also that !
the sooner or later provision must be made
against the possibility of effective aerial
attack. It Is not without the bounds of
the entirely possible that the accurate
direction of fire of one or another form
from the aeroplane would lead to a revolu
tion In the design of battleships, such as
the requirement of an armored deck and
the Installation of guns capable of repelling
the skyward enemy. As to the dirigible,
no such significant demonstration has been
manifested. The aeroplane appears to pro
vide the necessity of some new features
of attack and defense.
The question of the disposal by a soldier
of his uniform clothing la always a troub
lesome one. The title of the soldier to
clothing drawn in a ourrent enlistment is
difficult, but becomes complete at the date
of his separation from the service In the
operation of an honorable discharge. A
soldier who had re-enlisted recently sold
a pair of shoes obtained during his pre
vious enlistment and claimed the right to
the property and the privilege of Its dis
posal. As the public at large cannot read
ily distinguish between two articles of
clothing offered for sale, one of which
being his property the soldier may leaally
dispose of and the other being a part' of
his current allowance he may not so dis
pose of. It Is difficult to suggest a rule
which would apply In all cases. It Is evi
dent that the sale at a military post of ar
ticles of regulation clothing which a soldier
has drawn In a previous enlistment, and to
which his title Is fully accrued, may be
eubject to supervision by the post com
mander, which may extend to the prohibi
tion of sales within the limits of the mili
tary reservation. OutBlde the reservation,
where the authority and Jurisdiction of the
post commander ceaaea, auch sales may
lawfully bo made. It haa been decided as
a partial remedy that sales of clothing of
the class abova described shall only be
made at a military post with the consent
of the post commander and under auch
conditlona aa to Identification, etc., as
would be Included to secure the govern
ment against loxs and to Insure the execu
tion of existing laws and regulations for
bidding the sale of clothing drawn by en
listed men In their current enlistment as
to which their titles are not yet complete.
Sleaia Hollerlua Deficit..
Springfield Republican.
Postmaster General Hitchcock's suocess
In reducing the postal deficit from $17 DuO
0O9 to I'i.luO.OuO within a single fiscal year
entitles hlui to the most widespread and
cordial congratulations, especially If this
achievement has been accompanied, aa he
maintains, by po Impairment of the ser
vice. The prospect now seems excellent,
that. If he remains In office, the post
master general alii be able to wipe out
the deficit entirely and thus make ridicu
lous Postmaster General t'ortelyou's
argument, some years ago, in favor of a
permanent postal deficit as not merely a
necessary evil, but as a positive good. Mr,
Hltchoo. k, as a deficit killer, has appar
ently become Indispensable. At leaet. ha
should now be kept In the cabinet long
enough to demonstrate bis fullest possibilities.
PEOFLE TALKED ABOUT.
Maine fattevt man t'listio I. I'.""
f Wlridsur. although In" t!" the "lr"
at n.' -'mnil. mk like a hrser rer
dav ou hix farm.
. not her Impot tnht step h. been taken
toward pieservtng t lie- International pea e
klntr (teniae V of Kngland has became s
member of the Ancient and Hotioi able
Attll let y tiimpany nf Massachusetts
Know n throughout the (ioldrhlKe sci !hn
f Maine as the "Pravlna Woman of
Aroostook." Mis ll.iilna .V. Osko.n1 ha
composed 4n,0H p.svets and can repeat
every one of them from memory. She
, has composed nver :) sa.-re.l poems.
i The Bcston woman who made a will h."
Iqiieathlna three-. iitaiiers of a million which
jexlte.l solely on the strength of her ex
, peelatlon s the possible legatee of a
iN'w Yoi k woman not yet dead, counted
I her chickens before they weie hatched.
IFatlsfactlon given Governor Harmon b
Henry YVie.lenhach. an artist. In restoi -Jug
the Ohio state house oil palntlnxa to
their original coloring, resulted In the par
doning of Wiedeubach from the Ohio peni
tentiary, where he was sent in to serve
four years for Kiami larceny.
Hamilton Crisp, for secetal years the
Adonis of the Trenton (N. J.) police de
partment, seems to have a steady Job OS
traveling companion for the Misses James,
wealthy Trenton women, with whom lie ha
Just completed a tour of Kurope. They
are expected home In a few days and then,
it is now reported, they are to sail foi
a year of travel In Kavot anil the Holy
Land.
The late Davhl H. Hill , was a total ab
abstainer, as his acquaintances well remem
ber. At a public dinner up the stste a few
years ago, says the New York Tribune.
Mr. Hill was the guest of honor. Aa the
ex-senator sat down he turned his wine
elas upside down and. smiling across the
table at his secretary, Peter .1. Manwlller,
remarked: "Kemember your duty, Peter."
"What docs the senator mean, 'Peta'?"
asked a newsp-'iper man. "You know he
doesn't drink, smoke or cuss," replied
MHiiwiller, "ami he expects me to do all
three for him."
SAID IN FUN.
"Where did you go on your honeymoon?"
"Broke." Boston Transcript.
"Who Is that man talking so loudly out
on the fire-escape?'' asked the belated cltl
sen. "Hush!" said the policeman. "He Is a
great statahman who walka In hia sleep.
He thinks he Is on the rear platform of a
railroad train." Washington Star.
"Skinner announces that he's selling
everything 'blow cost." I wonder what
he means by that?"
"I think he means below what they
ought to cost his customers If his cus
tomers were to pay as much aa he pre
tends they're worth." Catholio Standard
and Times.
"The doctor arked me If I ate much msat.
I sidestepped the question."
"You should hava told him tha truth
about your diet."
Aw, he was lust trying: to find out If
I'm wealthy."
y. jo
Courier-Journal.
George It's funny how Aunt Jane Insists
that plos made from pumpkins grown In
her garden are better than all others."
IJnda, lata of Vassar No. George, it
isn't at all funny. If you had aver cared to
Ladies' Watch Prices Cut Beyond
AU Precedent. This Week Only;
312.50
FOR LADIES'
$18 WATCHES
313.50
FOR LADIES'
$18 WATCHES
from an
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(Free
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Oldest National
in Nebraska.
Thla Bank is now
54th
IN ITS
During this time Its stock
holders have frequently In
creased the Capital Stock in
order that the growing re
quirements of its customers
might be properly cared for.
it now has
$500,000,03
$900,000.03
Capital
fiurplua and V'n
divided IWita
Absolutely Pure
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tnado from Royal Crapo
Cream of Tartar
Ho Alum, Uo Lime Phcsphaio
go le ii cnonuh inlo the matter you woulf
find that even pumpkins are .tempera
mental." Cleveland, Plain Dealer.
r
"1 have some ln t-stinent s to make, and
I want to find a man who is posted on cor
tiers. Do you know one? ' .
"Sure. There's one now ."
"Who is be."'
"Th. letter-boa collector." Baltimore
American.
They were sitting on the hotel plassa
comparing notes. . , '
v ell my son-in-iaw aasn i spoxrn
linKin.i woru 10 nm ii - jr,
aaJd ona
old lady.
"How perfectly lovely!" said tha other.
"Is he dumb?"
"No." replied the first, smiling at her
friend's pleasantry "no, we haven't been
on speaking terms since 1MUS. Harper's
Weekly. . t
NOVEMBER.
Judge.
Now the turkey, truly bright.
Tries to curb his appetite.
For he knows Tlmnksglving day
'8 on tha way.
When hia brother that Is fat .
Will be found a-lylng flat,
With hia neck all nloely ruffed.
And his bulging stomach stuffed
Fuli of ohesnuta ar.d of bread.
That the thankful may be fed. .
On the hard and muddy field ,
Foot ball players are revealed, .
Smashing heads and smashing legs,
Uke a lot of scrambled eggs.
As they writhe and squirm ana roll
On toward the waiting goal;
While the blue-eyed maiden cheara
Every time they lose their eara.
Or with dull and sick'nlng thud
With their noses plow the mud.
Now the candidate who wins
Bports an endleaa stock of grins.
And haa scarce sufficient vast .
For to cover up his cheat
While that other little group
That has landed In the soup
ppcak of modern politics
As a mass of shady tricks
And Improbity, wherein
Honest men can never wln-
All of which la but the sign
That we've rearhed the month dlvtM
Full of health and cheer and love,
That'a abbreviated Nov.
fsawfj
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Tor this weak only, Mamdalberg will aeU thosa
charming small "400" slae ladies' SIS watoaas
at oalj 818.50,
Take oholoe of 8 styles of aquisltaly ea.
graved Doe bar Qold TOled hunting oases, each
tigialy guaraateed for 80 joara wear, each fltWd
wlta. a Xampdea T-Jewet alokal movement.
Those preferrtsg opaa face watches may ohooae
extensive Una of tha aama make oaaea
Bo - year gold fillad), and tn tha popular
Bach fitted with nrnil Jeweled
aloksl movements. Vote the make and
apeolfloatloaa and than oompar with aay watch
offer you've ever seen.
this week, V.'
Bank
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