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IpgpllpTf7 iv n "O-"' ISFS " - - - -fr-- i 4- ! tlnmbns fomraL Oolumtoms. STato. l witk tfc OoleKbaa Tinea Aeril 1, mi; wit the rutte voamxr Aigae wi bi i tt- - . : ,. J . WgBHBSDAT. DECEMBER 1. UK. STBOTHKB STOCKWKLL. Proprieton. rnrwrnmntOWIU) r " ... to paid. Thaa JaaSi akowa met i team taeaind ap to Jaa.l,lMa, AMI to Fab. I. VM ad ao oa: la Mia, tfca data, wUofa 111 to iitoiiail annaiiilailT ii lmirmnrriitrrn nawinaaHila tawQl eeatlaae to ncato(tkla jeenal antil the in aotiiadte latter to imiue.ua. lallafxeanaea anat herald. If yoaaoae .ihaJMnalaQBtimaadforaaotaar rear at. urtkm daa said tor hee expired, roe efcoali tetleaabj aotttr aa to dleeonttaae it. CaUBGK IN ADDHBS-Waoa terfie task eld ae well as eaalr Mr. Bryan and State Senator Ald- rica have got together at last Both favor county option. If "county option means prohibi tion' how can democrats who are opposed to prohibition consistently follow Mr. Bryan? Up to the present time the repub lican reformers have not succeeded in their endeavor to induce any man of recognized ability to enter the field against Burkett. Perhaps they are satisfied with Bryan or any candidate he decides to name. Mr. Bryan appears to have accepted the idea advanced by republican re formers that county option is the para mount issue in Nebraska. The idea, however, is not original with the Great Commoner or the reformers. Tom Darnell, Elmer Thomas and Frank Harrison were advocating county option before Mr. Bryan made his grand stand play. ANOTHER "PARAMOUNT" ISSUE. W. J. Bryan has another paramount issue National Prohibition of the liquor Traffic The announcement that Mr. Bryan flfz flMHHS " T - 4i a will fight the manufacture and sale of beer, wine and other fermented liquors, aeans that he will be a candidate for president in 1912. The stand taken by Mr. Bryan is a candid acknowledgement thatjus party is without an issue aside from the new "paramount" he has introduced. The campaign for 1912 will be started next year, and the storm center will be Nebraska. If the Bryan forces win and succeed in electing a state ticket and av legislature in harmony with Mr. Bryan's prohibitive ideas, the demo cratic party will then be in a position to demand a plank in the next plat form of the party resolving for the national prohibition of the liquor traffic. What will the democrats of Ne braska do with the new "paramount?" Turn it down, or endorse Bryan. It is evident that the democratic party will follow the lead of Mr. Bryan and 'obey his demand, and in so doing they will be strictly in accord with the stand the democratic party has taken on the liquor question for the past sixty-one " years. , The democratic party was the orig inal prohibition party. The first state prohibitory law ever enacted was favored by the democratic patty. Up to the present time twenty-six north- ern states . have experimented with prohibition laws, and, with the excep tion of Iowa, Kansas, North and Sonth Dakota, every state prohibitory law ever enacted was of democratic origin. Even New York, the home of Tarn- Let Us Prove To YOU That You Want This Minneapolis Heat Regulator We can provide it and prove, that if you have it installed, you wontsell it for "what it cost you. Let Ua Taka the Rink If you are not satisfied, and it does not do all we claim, we will take itput and live your money back.' We Handle the " Mimaeapola7" in This Gty Because We know this is the best Heat Regt later made regardless of price, and we know the price puts it within the reach of every household. or Boiler-All Kinds uSm its Coat m a Saaao." A. DUSSELL & SON Columbus, Nebraska it, was oa the dry list Jar two yam. Notoaljr ia the Narta, bat also ia the South, the daiMCtatie parly has ssaa the frieadaa6advcattof profcibitioi. The only states seata of tasafasoaand Dixoa line ia waisa iwoaibitory laws are bow ia force are da critic stalss tea that cast their electoral vote for Mr. Bryan three oUfereattiaaes for president of the United States. The. stand taken. by Mr. Bryan means the disruption of ais party - ta presidential campaign. But this does not mean that he will be defeated ia the attempt to turn the state iatothe prohibition column. There are thous ands of republicans who will vote with the democrats oa the prohibition issue. The democrats of Platte county will support the new "paramount4 The leaders of the party in Platte will liae np at the command of their leader and vote the majority of the party ia favor of the new idea. Democrats in Columbus who are today opposed to prohibition will walk up to the polls and vote for the new "paramount" when so commanded by the party bosses. Republicans who have, in the past, been loyal to the traditions of their party, will follow the dictates of Elmer Thomas and Tom Darnell and vote to uphold the new "paramount" issue. Bryan is in command of the demo cratic party of Nebraska, and what ever Bryan nays is THE law among democrats in Platte county and will be endorsed at the polk. Bryan controls the leaders of the democratic party in Platte county and the leaders control the common herd. The outlook for an increased major ity for the democrats in Platte county next year is, indeed, encouraging unless republicans get together. "A LUCKY MAN." Senator Burkett has always been successful call it luck if you will. As a young Iowa farmer and a graduate from the state university, he was taken up and sent to the legislature by the republicans of Lancaster that was good luck. In that position he made good more luck. He was returned to the legislature and made good, so strong and sure, that the republicans of the district picked him up and sent him to congress more luck. Here he made good and was returned to congress.- He was lucky enough to com mand the admiration of the republi cans of the state. He was lucky enough to have a majority of the delegates select him as a candidate for the United States senate. He canvassed every county in the state and made good so successfully that a republican legislature was secured over Mr. Bryan's efforts to have it otherwise, and E. J. Burkett wasunanimously elected to the senate. He at once took a commanding and an influential position in the senate. He stood solidly by Roosevelt aad his policies and was an original Taft man. He stands as close to the president today as any of his colleagues. He not only took and held a high position in the senate but he commanded the respect and admiration of the general reading public, and as an orator, lec turer and campaign speaker he has been in as great demand through the country as any member of either branch of the national congress. Has he had no opposition? Yes, here his luck has come to the front again. A little coterie of disgruntled re publicans, whose opposition was in spired by envv and jealousy akin to that shown by a few democrats with respect to W. J. Bryan have been nagging, . nagging, nagging at his shadow, his footsteps and the sound of his voice all these long, eventful years. The Lincoln Daily Star echoes the opposition to him, and sets up that old stereotyped refrain, "Burkett can't be of FaeL fu""' ssm ; n aMKmn Sfft 1 a.H aasaaH 4rW. .arsawl Here is where Berkett's good lack ia again., Alter tae etar aas written a colossa editorial giviag rea sons why it' cannot support Burkett, aad why he caaaot be elected jt comes oat ia aa editorial advocatiag the electioa of the satire deaocratie judi cial ticket Eliminate about fifty aati-Barkett republicans of the city of Iiaoola, aad in our judgment there ia not a man ia the state more popular aad deservedly thaa Elmer J .Burkett. He is a asaa of good habits, good morals aad good ability, aad the great mass of the republican party has always, given him its cordial support aad is even more proud of him today thaa when he was first elected to con gress. Crete Vidette-Herald. OLD JIM HILL. One of the smartest men of the preseat generation ia old Jim Hill, who became oae of the greatest country's great men, with aa poor a start as aay boy ever had. The sayings of such a man are valuable. Here are a num ber of old Jim Hill's sayings (and they represent his experiences): What 'this country needs above everything else ia therest cure. We all waat to go to sleep for a good long time, aad wake np with both eyes wide open. Every extravagance, whether it be state or individual; every increase in prices, whether it be in wages, rates or commodities, comer out of the consum er. He must pay the bills. Theoretically the place for economy to begin is with the individual. But he won't do it That is the plain situa tion today. The individual refuses to retrench. On the contrary, he ia us ing the increased cost oflivingasan argument for an increase in wages. . There are others in this world be sides ourselves, and some of them are active. The time for a man to retire from active business depends on conditions. Some men are young at seventy; others are old at fifty. The method of living, the occupation, habits, success or fail ures, all have their influences. A man must make up his mind, if he is going to succeed, that when he takes the other man's dollar, he must give back to him an honest return. There is a difference between rail roading and politics. In railroading, the competent man wins. Anyone who has faith in this coun try, and who disputesits right to grow greater and stronger, isn't going to make much progress himself. - You cannot 'mix business and poli tics. It is no more possible to solve many of our economic problems by legisla tion than it would be to fix a dislocated limb by law. The men who would borrow and spend lavishly many mean well, but the signboard where their road diver ges is marked plainly. "Disaster." The value of our farm products this year J8 eight billions of dollars. It might as well have been sixteen bil lions or even twenty-four billions. We haven't begun to till our soil. We don't know how. We have merely scratched the surface. The man with the big opportunity today is the man in the ranks. Success never comes to the man who spends most of the time watching the clock. The man who climbs up is the one who is not content with doing only just what is absolutely necessary, but who does more. My rule for success is untiring ap plication, loyalty to one's employer, which is loyalty, to one's self, doing the best you can in every task that faces you; practicability, initiative and industry. ' Luck and laziaess do not go togeth er. The man who climbs up must prove himself and grasp his opportuni ties. Opportunity will not look him up. ' The best advice to give a young man is very old and simple. Get knowledge and understanding. De termine to make the most of yourself by doing to the best of your power such useful work as comes your way. There are no new recipes for success in life. v Borne opportunity will come at some time to every man. Then it depends upon himself and upon what he Shall have made of himself what he makes of it and what it will make of him. The boy or girl who is taught to be obedieat and affectionate and con siderate of others to look forward to making the best use of whatever op portunity life may bring, and who re ceive such education as the best schools have to offer, has all the preparation for after life that it is possible to give, and one that should not often fail. Atchison Globe. Prompt- Rebuke. "Orlando. .you mustn't put your arm iround my waist.' "Way. Glorlana. It's been there for naif aa boar." "Wen, I didn't notice It tin jest w.7 Chicago Tribune. BRYAN 18 FOB PROHIBITION rr HI Stety. Lincoln dispatch. Prohibitioa is the new issue which William J.Bry aa is preparing to spring oa the desao cratic party. Mr. Bryan will, wkaia less than one moath, nuke tea an nouncement which will plaage the party into most bitter strife aad will bring about a complete realigament of the present dWocraticfactwas. If the attack oa the liquor interest ia successful and the rank and file of the party follow himMr. Bryan expects to find himself again at the head of a party with a living issue. But should the democrats of the country fail to rally to his cry against the liquor in terest, Mr. Bryan's future course ia problematical. The announcement of this step will be made in a series of articles which Mr. Brvaa has alreadv nrenared aad which will soon be published, in which he makes the most bitter attack on the saloon and whisky interest that he is capable of making. To those who have been permitted to read these arti dee, it is plain that Mr. Bryan has ex hausted his vocabulary of vituperative adjectives in his characterization of the whisky trade.! And while these bitterly denuncia tory articles are appearing in print, Mr. Bryan will be in South America, far from the sting which will be con tained in the answers made by his for mer friends. CAMPAIGN TO BE NATION WIDE. At the outset, Mr. Bryan's declara tion of the independence of the whisky interests ia to be confined to the state of Nebraska, but afterwards it is to be extended to other states until the na tional democratic party has either de clared for prohibition or has refused to so declare. With the south, the stronghold of the democratic party, already practic ally on the side of prohibition and be lieved to be ready to fall into line and adopt the new issue, Mr. Bryan will wage his fiercest battles in the north and west, where he expects to develop sufficient strength to N enable him to write a prohibition plank in the next national democratic platform. Mr. Bryan lays his defeat in form er campaigns to the liquor interests, which, he believes, have made use of the democratic party whenever that party has been needed by the whisky interests, and at other times has "knifed" the democratic candidates on all sides. For the sake of party har mony Mr. Bryan has maintained a still tongue and has never taken a stand against the whisky interests. But now he is determined, even at the risk of being accused of attempting to "get even," to come out against whis ky with all the power and might of his tongue and pen. Incidentally, it may be stated that while Mr. Bryan says he is not now a candidate for any office, the opinion of the Nebraska party leaders is that Mr. Bryan believes the success of his new movement will make him at least eligible to the senate or even the pres idency. MEANS DISRUPTION IN NEBRASKA In this state Mr. Bryan's new issue will simply tear the democratic party all to pieces. He has confined his fu ture course to many of the leaders of the party and has been told by the "wheel horses" that they cannot fol low him. He will, therefore, "go it Therese Gurnett, a young suffra gette, was sentenced to prison in Lon don, and, as they won't let her wear her own clothes, and she refuses to wear the prison grab, sits in her cell attired in a hairpin or two, for, unlike Lady Godiva, of old, she hasn't enough hair to cover her nakedness, and so fastens up her little wisp with her only article of wearing apparel. The scene is shocking to the prison officials who are compelled to enter her cell ever so often, for it should be remembered that Therese Gurnett is a suffragette, and, being a suffragette, isn't built on the attractive style of a soubrette. A suffragette with nothing on must look very much like a man, and a man's attractiveness depends upon wearing clothes and a whole lot of them. In another cell, Alice Paul, an American suffragette, wears the prison uniform, but the men had to strap her, and dress her in it by force. The desire of these women to wear nothing is mak ing the cause of suffrage an immoral show. If Therese and Alice insist upon wearing nothing, why don't they go to Paris. Atchison Globe. tasking For Danger. "I'm going to lick Smith." "Whyr "He said 1' was a horse thief and a liar." "Did he prove ttr -NV "Then let well enough alone and isn't get him any madder." Cleve land Leader. alone" aad will attempt to carry with him a safSeisat aumber of the raak aad file of the party to enable him to eoatral'tae osaveatioas aad write the paatfbrms. Failiag ia this, not even hia closest friends can outline Mr. Bryaa's further sctioas. Jest as soon as Mr. Bryan has left the eoaatry oa hia South Americaa tear the fight will begin. There are those among the lenders of the party who will say this tour was planned in order that Mr. Bryan might be beyond the reach of aay influence which could be brought to cause him to discontinue his crusade, WILL FAVOR COUNTY OPTION. The full force of Mr. Bryan's attack will aot be disclosed with the opening gun aad aot uatil the last one of his articles appears will his position he fully stated. But he will, early in the series, make it plain that he will' make the fight in Nebraska on the insertion of a county option plank in the demo cratic platform. x Bight there Mr. Bryan will lose the support of Governor Shallenberger, who ia opposed to county option and is standing on the present daylight sa loon act which he, as governor, ap proved. He expects re-election on a platform affirming the efficacy of this law. Governor Shallenberger has not yet announced that he will fight Mr. Bryan, but he has stated that he will fight county option for which Mr. Bryan staads. Aaother wheelhorse who will desert Bryan is Mayor "Jim" Dahlman of Omaha, who has for ten years -been known as Bryan's closest personal and political friends," and who managed the Denver convention in 1908 for Bryan. Mayor Dahlman stands en a personal liberty plank and he will be a candidate for the governorship now held- by Shallenberger. Dahlman's strongest plank in the campaign being "personal liberty" and "drink all you caa get if you want it." EVEN WORLD-HERALD WILL DESERT. The Omaha World-Herald, which has supported Bryan in his every cam paign, will not follow its oldtime lead er into county option, but will fight that plank in every way. In an edi torial which appeared in that paper on the eve of Mr. Bryan's departure for South America, the World-Herald announced that the position of the party on the liquor question would be determined by the entire party and not by any one man nor set of men, and gave it as its judgment that the Ne braska domocrats could, under no cir cumstances, be brought to adopt the plank which Mr. Bryan is about to spring upon the public. But Mr. Bryan is not going to con fine his anti-whisky war to the borders of Nebraska. He intends making a national issue of the question, placing it above the tariff, finances, trusts and every other pertinent question now before the public When the last article of the series which Mr. Bryan has prepared is printed it will be seen that he has burned all bridges behind him, that he has staked his very political exist ence on the outcome and that there can be no turning back in the course which he has mapped out for himself. But whether or not Mr. Bryan can persuade the democratic party to fol low him into prohibition is another question. Drappad the SubjacA. "Five thousand, dollars for a dogr he exclaimed, as ' he looked up from his newspaper. "Do you believe any one ever paid any such price. Maria V" "I'm sure I don't know, James." she returned without stopping her needle work even for a moment. "Does the paper aay that much was paid?" "Yes. There's an article on valuable dogs, and it speaks of one that was sold for S5.000. I don't believe It" "It may be true. James," obe said Quietly. "Some of these well bred ani mals bring fancy prices, and there's ntf particular reason why the paper should lie about It" '1 know that Maria. But just think of It just try to grasp the magnitude of that sum in your weak feminine mind! You don't seem to realize it Five thousand dollars for a dog! Why, hang It Maria, thafs more than I'm worth!" "I know It James, but some are worth more than others." She went calmly on with her sewing, while be fumed and sputtered for a moment and then dropped the subject especially the weak feminine mind part of It Peaar For the Husband. Returning home from Atlantic City, a Frankford man drew a photograph carefully from bis pocket and showed it to bis wife. Said be. "There's a man who's In love with you." It was not a good picture, one of those cheap pingpong photographs. The husband had not been in a condi tion to be well "taken." and there was little likeness. His wife looked at the picture for several minutes, reryjnucb puzzled. Finally she spoke up: "Why, It's Jim! Where did you see aim? And where did you get this? And what did be tell you?" Philadel phia Times. A QUESTION OF BAIT. Lssvs rawer Cents In His Hatf "One tela that I've asvsr sees sale ts settle ia my salmi ts say own sat fcjfactloB," said a street beggar wasss specialty Isaittins; oa a-step and asM lag oat hia hat to passsrsby, la tae question of how many pennies K la wise to have in the hat for people ts see as they go by. Of coarse yea un derstand there are two theories sa this. Working on oae yon leave there saly a few, just tares or foar peanies scat tered around Irregular, but pretty far apart and on the other yoa leave In the hat a lot of penalea. "Of course the idea of the first plan Is to make people when they see how little you've got want to chip la and help, 'and the Idea of the other plan Is to stir people up to generosity by showing them how generous others have been, and there's a heap to be said for that There's Iota or people that give because other people hare given because they like to go with the crowd. , "I've tried both plans and bad good days with lean bait and bad days with a full bait in the hat and then I've had good daya with- a' full bait and bad days with a lean bait All you can do is, if one plan doesn't work well, try the other. Yoa never can tell." New York Sun. AVIATION. The Dangers Invelved In Three Di mensional Steering. The navigation of the air la a form of locomotion that differs from sll the others to which men have resorted In that it involves three dimensional steer ing. It la in the three dimensional nature of aviation that the real wonder of It lies. Its demands upon the aviator's attention are almost appalling In num ber and constancy. The automobllist has to mind what be Is about not a lit tle, and a moment's carelessness means disaster, but bis divagations from safe ty are all horizontal. The road and gravity take care of the others for him. while the aeroplanist can make mis takes all the way around a sphere; hence. In addition to lending an atten tive ear to every sound- from a com plicated and delicate engine, be most manipulate one rodder for np and down, another for fight and left and two more at the ends of his wings. And all these must be combined and coordinated. Water Is stability Itself hi comparison with the medium through which he moves. When In flight there fore, the aviator Is probably the busiest man alive, and there is not an instant of rest for him till after be has made his perilous descent New fork Times. He Put the Brake On. In bis autobiography the late Pro fessor Shaier of Harvard tells this story: Once he was present at a dinner in England where Tyndall. the re nowned scientist, started to tell about experiences in America. His descrip tions were, to say tbe least exagger ated. Just as be was telling about a thrilling escape from drowning which be bad bad while viewing Niagara fails describing it with bursts of hy perbole his eye happened to catch that of Shaier, whom be bad not no ticed before. For a moment Tyndall stopped, abashed then, with wink of tbe eye. as if begging Shaier not to "give him away," he continued tbe tale, but in a noticeably subdued vein. At Its conclusion Tyndall sought Shaier. "I fear that yarn of mine was rather highly colored," he confessed to tbe American, "but it is sometimes neces sary to touch up the truth a bit." More Than One Trafalgar Square. -Tbe Scotland Yard examination which would be taxicab drirers bare to undergo in the knowledge of l-on-don Is no mere matter of form, "if." asked the inquisitor recently of a can didate, "a fare balls you in Trafalgar square and asks to be driven to Trafal gar square what would you do?" I should drive him around a bit and drop bim on tbe other side of tbe square," replied tbe candidate. And be was turned down, for be did not .know that London has three Trafalgar squares besides tbe finest site In Eu ropeone in Camberwell, one In Chel sea and one in Stepney. London Chronicle. Imperiled Treasure. Indignant Wife-That new chauffeur has only just brought the children and me home, and now he's taken tbe cook out for a spin. Husband-Great heav en I He doesn't half know how to man age n car. and she's tbe first decent cook we've had In a year. Brooklyn Life. COAL Pocahontas tSmoReless Illinois, Rock Springs and Colorado Coals at prices that will interest you. Let us figure with you lor your winter! supply. T. B. Hord Bell 188 NORTH sawamaaafaBaa Raaja C aMwMty-JWC b MR. JAMES L. McCABE With aa cxceMeat cast ia the Herons Coaaedy THE IRISH SENATOR" You'll Laugh Youll Scream The Best Irish Coaaedy Ever Written NOTE THE PRICES 25c 35c 50c The tame aa last season at higher prices. We would rather have a packed house at popalar prices The Southerner and Corn. Tbe southerner feeds himself, bis plspt and his progeny upon corn. He slept la his frontiersman's cabin upon a mat tress made of tbe busks. Today be contributes some of its pith to tbe manufacture of gun cotton with which to blow tbe enemy to Beelzebub and some more of it to the manufacture of cellulose to pack behind the armor of hia country's battleships vto prevent them from sinking when projectiles pierce their plates. He plants corn as early In tbe springtime as tbe season will ; crmit aud gets up at dawn to go Into tbe fields and tickle its spreading roots with s double shovel plow. In midwinter be smokes bis corncob pipe before a corncob fire. Looking into a bed of glowing embers tbrpugb a blue base of the smoke of Incense burned to' Mondsmln. be returns thanks for tbe cornmeal In tbe cupboard and dreams happily of tbe "ros'n ear" of tbe golden summer to come. His ap preciation of tbe value of Indian corn Is high, nis affection for It In lis vari ous forms is abiding. Louisville Courier-Journal. Nestes in Mean Attire. Where did etiquette require nobles to appear before their sovereigns meanly clad? This singular custom character ised court ceremonial In ancient Mexico under the Aztec dominion. When tbe native lords and grandees had occasion to seek tbe presence of Montezuma they were under the obligation, as To ribio de Benevente. who accompanied tbe Conquistador Cortes, testifies, of assuming a voluminous mantle of poor material (una manta grosera y pobre), with which they covered and concealed their ordinary robes. In token of sul jectkm and humiliation. These were manufactured out of the leaves of the aloe tree by tbe commoner classes. Etiquette required the strict observ ance of this custom by all those who came Into tbe emperor's presence, with tbe exception of persons of tbe royal blood. Any one seeking audience of the emperor bad to don these common clothes on bis arrival at tbe palace. Barefooted and wretchedly clad, he was led before the sovereign and with downcast eyes made bis request with every outward sign of abject subserv ience. ) Baked Cheese Omelets. Baked cheese omelets are most appe tizing and may be prepared In several ways. A good recipe calls for a pint of milkj foar large eggs, one heaping tablespoonfur of flour, one of butter and a teasnooaful of salt. Let the milk heat on the stove until it reaches tbe boiling point Beat tbe butter and flour to a cream and gradually mix it with tbe hot milk, taking care that no lumps form. Cook tbe mixture for five minutes. Let it cool and add tbe e?g after beating the yolks and tbe whites separately. Tbe whites should be bent en to as stiff a froth as possible. Pour the omelet into a buttered disb. sprin kle tbe top with grated cheese and fold some of tbe cheese through tbe omelet. The more cheese used tbe better. Let the omelet bake for half an hour or until it Is solid, so that It will not "run" when dipped out with a spoon. It should bake In a hot oven. New York Tribune. An Advantage. A well known Scottish clergyman got Into conversation in a railway car riage with a worklngman. who inform ed him that h had been a coupler on s railway f r several years. "Oh." said the minister. -I can beat that: I have been a coupler for over twenty years." "Aye." replied tbe workman, "but I caa uncouple, aud yoa canna!" Grain Co. Ind. 206 i m i ..3 h'l ni -i .. -5 imii lip hi m m I ni iinn i m n ii r nn mii'iiManwwiiirfii'iri'iirnr n S. X fcwaeF&eau&FETtMca " -. 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