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10 TIIE 'OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1904. Tim Omaiia Sunday Bee E. R08EWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. TERMS OF" 8L B8CRIPTION. Dally Be (without Bunday), one year. .14.) Dally Bee end Sunday. one year m Illustrated Bk, one year 9 Sunday bea, one year J rMturday Bee, one year l.W Twentieth Century Farmer, one year... l.W DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Dolly Bee (without Sunday), per copy.... Ic Dally Hee (without Sunday), per week... 13c Dally Bee (including Sunday), per week..lio Sunday Bee, per copy " Evening ee (without Sunday), per week .0 Evening tfeo (Including 8unday), per week 1-0 Complaints of Irregularities In delivery hotild be addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha City Hall building, Twenty fifth and M afreets. Council bluffs li Pearl street. Chicago 1640 I'nlty building. New York 2m I'erk Row building. Washington ttrt Fourteenth afreet CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating to news and edi torial matter should he addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable; to The Bee Publishing Company. Only 1-cent stamps received In payment of mall accounts. Personal cheeks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BKB PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, si. t George B. Tischuck, secretary of The Bee, Publishing Company, being duly sworn, says that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning. Evening and Sunday Bee vrintod during the month of November, 1904, waa aa fol lows! l ai.mo 16 2i,ano 1 2tt,44M 17 Vlt.JBX) 8 Sffi.lfiO 18 2U.340 N54 an,4fio i !fisoo 1 44t,KflO 20 BO,2TO 87,-tOO 21 2t,ft0 7 -40,100 22 IW.HOO 8 2U.360 23 Zf,4o0 t 4S.1BO 24 2W,2,"10 10.. ...... ....34,100 J6 W,TH J 11 rtV.WSI ZB nXPHI 18 Ul.oilO 27 r llO,MK 13 80,OftO 28 20,700 14 Klt.iMHI 29 20.B20 1 .JIU.IWO 80 lM,3O0 Total...' 9nU,oau Las unsold copies........... lO.BlU Net total sales.... 84A.S14 Dally average 81,017 GEO. B. TZaCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 3llh day of November, 1901 (Seal) M. B. HUNGATE, ' Notary Public. Having been sued by her milliner Mrs. Chadwlck la now for the first time up against real trouble. Perhaps the more popular thing would be a meau between a "simple" life and a "strenuous" life. Colorado will hardly be willing to ad mit Illinois to Its class until the latter's Strikers and guards can shoot stralghter. If Omaha pie founders do not watch out they niny be the target of an Investi gation by the Department of Commerco and Labor. The eminent statesman who proposed the name "Usona" to take the place of America may consider himself outvoted tn the ratio of 80,000,000 to 1. The railroad question caused the resig nation of the Servian cabinet, but dis patches do not state who essays the role of John N. Baldwin la that unfortunate country. A strike at Buenos Ay res has tied up 11 traffic. Hero is a chance for Sher man Bell, and it has the merit of being till farther from Colorado than that Mexican mine. In the light of tbo grand Jury report It la not to Iks wondered that there was uch a hurrying and scurrying for tall timber on the edges of the Indian res ervation when Father Bcuell struck his Wad. After Mr. Addicks shall have quit fooling around the Delawure legislature he may find time to add his story to the tale of frenzied finance, and It may be as interesting as that emanating from x Boston. - The Italian minister wants to direct the attention of bis emigrating country men to the south. The first step In that plan should be to make them forget the events of one doy in New Orleans not so lung ago, Italy may tender a statue of Caesar to the United States for the war college square. Should all of the European countries present statues of their ancient heros the square will have to undergo a policy of expansion. ' The Springfield (Mass.) Republican in timates that the movement for the sup pression of foot ball games may be in the interests of the railroad companies who fear the death record from wrecks way be distanced. Perish the thought. Prealdent Roosevelt may not believe In Indiscriminate handshaking, but nei ther does he believe in executive isola tion and refusal to mingle with ordinary people. That ha -another reason why the people admire Tresldent Roosevelt. How lucky that the American Fed eration of Labor and the National In dustrial alliance chose such far distant points as San Francisco and New York for their almost simultaneous meetings. Had they been within range of oue an other some sort of a spectacular demon stration would surely have eventuated. j . r The latest figures on the popular vote In the lust presidential election places the plurality of the republican candi date at not far from 2,2.O,0O0. This will make Colonel Bryan more stuck up thjm ever when he looks down on Judge rarker and congratulates himself that he was not beaten quite so badly as thot. Denver ticket brokers have escaped punishment for selling limited railroad tickets, the judge holding that signing other people's names to railroad paste boards is not forgery. This will be good news to many eminently respectable ro ple who have winked both eyes when they handed a scalped ticket to the conductor." A DEPLORABLE SITVATluX- In spite of the repeatc-d atorles which have come to the public from various sources from time to time of scandals on the Winnebago Indian reservation, the report of the federal grand jury that has Just adjourned after listening here in Omaha to witnesses called to substan tiate the testimony of volunteer Inform ants, depicting the frightful conditions Into which the reservation Indians have fallen, comes with the force of a start ling revelation. That such a horrible state of affairs could arise and (.row to present proportions is a blot upon oiir civilization and a reflection upon the character of the guardianship exercised by the federal government over these Indian wards. The Bee has for years been fighting to put an end to flagrant abuses on the res ervation that have made these condi tions possible. With an aggressive and uncompromising war of extermination upon the bootleggers who infest the res ervation,' it would have been Impossible for the conspiracies for which indict ments have only now been found against the borderland saloon keepers and their whisky-peddling agents to have been concocted. With vigilant supervision of Indian morals and strict exclusion of bad characters from the reservation, no grand Jury could have found an utter ab sence of lawful marriage relations and complete dissolution of all family ties. It is a sad commentary upon the In efficiency of successive administrations of the agency that this depravity should have been allowed to grow unchecked and that special Inspectors should have made oiflclal reports to the Indian bu reau whitewashing agents and traders charged with maladministration, while the occasional inspector who hinted at the truth should have found that his re ports were pigeon-holed, and himself transferred to more harmless duty. The time is ripe for a thorough over hauling of our methods of dealing with these Indians and for meeting the re sponsibilities assumed by the govern ment as their guardians. We feel sure the report just made by the grand Jury will do much toward effecting the im perative reforms by bringing these scan dalous conditions forcibly to public at tention. The members of the Jury are entitled to the gratitude and thanks not only of the Indians, but of all friends of the Indians for courageously exposing these festering sores persistently Ignored or covered up by preceding grand juries. AGRICULTURE'S COyTRlBUTloy. How great is the contribution of agri culture to the wealth and prosperity of the United States can be learned from a reading of the annual report of the sec retary of the Department of Agriculture, which il one of the most interesting and enlightening statements of our farm production that ever came from n head of that department. According to this report, the total farm value of the prin cipal crops this year will be over $3,583, 000,000, or more than $400,000,000 in ex cess of their total value last year. The stupendous significance of this fact will be apparent to everybody. Secretary Wilson, who deals with facts and figures in a most entertaining way,1 indulges in some comparisons which will certainly be pleasing to the great body of American farmers that splendid part of our population which is now, as It always has been, the main stay of national prosperity. The secre tary of agriculture says that all of the gold mines of the entire world have not produced, since Columbus discovered America, a greater value than the farm ers of this country have produced in wealth in two years. He states that this year's product Is more than six times the amount of the capital stock of all national banks, it is twice the sum of onr exports and imports, three times the gross earnings of all our railways and four rimes the value of all the minerals produced In this country. Surely American farmers have a right to feel proud of the great part they have In contributing to the national wealth and the national prosperity. They are doing a work for their country far be yond that of any other class of our peo ple and they carry on thte great and su premely useful work without friction and without disturbance. All honor to the farmers of America, who while con tributing enormously from year to year to the national wealth are also the most loyal and patriotic of our citizens. CRUSADE AOAINST CHILD LABOR. There has Just been organized what Is called the National Child Labor commit tee, with headquarters In New York, but which will have branches in all parts of the country." The object of the organiza tion is to investigate the conditions as to child labor and as far as possible ameliorate them. Very prominent per sons are Wen titled with the movement, which has been entered upon in view of circumstances that call loudly for re form. The last national census, in 1000, showed that there were 1,732,487 chil dren under 16 years of age engaged in gainful occupations in this country. These figures were probably an under estimate, since they were obtained from employers who were interested in under stating the number of children uuder 16 years of age they employed, this being especially the case In the mills and fac tories of the south. It is admitted by those who are authorities on the subject that the actual number of children em ployed at the time of the last census was much higher than the figures of the enu merators. Since then the ranks of the child workers bava been considerably augmented and it is believed that at the present time there are between 2,000,000 and 3.000,000 children from 10 to 15 years old working for their dally bread in the mills and factories of the country. The niovenicut to reduce the number of child worker and to ameliorate the condition of thus of 10 yeara and older who work in mills and factories la prompted wholly by humanlturlau mo tives and therefore is entitled to the greatest encouragement. Investigation of the condition and surroundings of these children workers has disclosed facts of the most deplorable character. Net only are thousands of them utterly Illiterate, but many are depraved and their moral nature so blighted that there Is little possibility of lifting them out of the slough of degradation into which they have fallen. Such a state of affairs In this nation is simply intolerable and every effort should be made to remedy it. It is doubtless true that a consid erable number of the1 children who work in mills and factories are compelled to do so in order to obtain subsistence. Their earnings are necessary to the fam ily of which they are members. But this does not require that they should be subjected by employers to practical slav ery and be surrounded by conditions which conduce to depravity and the ol Hteratlon of every moral instinct. The crusade nunlnst child labor Is wholly commendable and if it be wisely con ducted should have a most salutary effect. HIGHER EDCCATiny KORTII AKD SOUTH Tho weekly periodicals that keep abreast of current educational progress are devoting considerable space to dis cussion and comment on the recent visit of inspection by an official party from Georgia to the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and see in this incident a significance of at least more than usual moment. While this discussion for the most part turns upon such characteris tics of Wisconsin university; which is supposed to make it typical of state uni versities of the mid west, the really sug gestive feature Is the fact that Georgia should consent at all to seek educational object lessons in the north and west. It is flattering to the people of the north west that a thoroughly southern state like Georgia should regard western edu cational institutions better adapted for imitation than the great privately en dowed universities of the east What has appealed to the south, how ever, is probnbly what has mnde the strength of the state university in these parts, namely, its development as a part of the scheme of public school education and the ensuing necessity of keeping It in touch with the demands for popular and practical instruction. These insti tutions, although they have made great strides, have not been allowed to get far away from the level of the people for whose benefit they have been created and they have operated far more to break down class barriers than to raise them. Another feature of the western univer sity, and particularly the University of Wisconsin and the University of Ne braska too, for that matter, as con trasted with the higher education of Georgia Is the centralization of univer sity work. In Georgia tho funds avail able for higher education are divided among a half dozen small specialized in stitutions, whereas in Wisconsin every thing is brought together at one place and under one supervision. This ten dency to scatter is constantly met with us as well, especially where educational funds and appropriations are regarded as spoils to be divided, but thero is no question that this policy Is not conducive to the best results. It is possible our state universities might find something worth learning from those of the south. The southern institutions have a reputation for put ting more stress upon culture studies and have not carried spec' 'izatlon to the point that makes it a temptation to superficiality. Neither have they laid so much emphasis on the mere ponderosity of numbers, being more content to meas ure achievement by comparing work rather than student bulk. An inter change of educational ideas and experi ence is sure to help the south and will not hurt the north. OUR RELATIVE SEA POWER. At this time, according to the state ment of the bureau of naval intelligence, the United States ranks fifth among the naval powers, but in the course of two or three years this country will have outstripped two of its rivals in the mat ter of sea power and will be close upon the heels of the nation that now holds second place. In the compilation made by the bureau, it is pointed out, no ac count is taken of the naval losses sus tained by Russia In her war with Japan. The reason for this is the indefinite and inaccurate reports regarding the duin agea sustained by the czar's battleships and cruisers. Russia Is credited in the statement with possessing twenty bat tleships, and it is because of this sup posed strength that that power is placed third. It la more than likely, however, that Japan has destroyed several of these shlpa, so that Russia's real strength Is less than that for which she Is given credit. In this event Germany, which Is ranked fourth, should lie moved up one notch, which would make the United States the fourth ranking nation among the sea powers. The order of strength given by the bureau is Great Britain, France, Russia, Germany, United States, Italy, Japun and Austria. The most important element in rating the sea powers Is battleship strength and in this respect Great Britain easily leads, having fifty-one battleships of tho first class. An analysis of the state ment shows that Great Britain still maintains her old policy of having a fleet equal to the combined strength of any two countries. France comes sec ond with nineteen battleships and with a large uumber of coast defense vessels and armored cruisers. By virtue of her possessions among the hitter classes France obtains second place, for Russia outranked her in the number of first- class battleships owned, having had twenty. Germany has sixteen battle ships of the first class, Italy has thir teen, the United States has twelve and Japan has four. But, as already pointed out, our rela tive position will be changed within the next two years, during which time sev eral battleships will have been added to our navy, giving this country third place in sea power so far as the greatest fight ing ships are concerned. This position we slmll probably maintain for an In definite time and Indeed it is not un likely that within the next ten years the United States will occupy a naval posi tion only second to that of Great Britain. The disposition of the country is very distinctly In favor of continuing the policy of building up the navy and it Is the understanding that this will be urged upon congress ly the administra tion. According to Washington advices President Roosevelt is unqualifiedly In favor of continuing naval construction and if such Is the case he will undoubt edly have the support of a majority of his party in congress. We are inclined to think that the program prepared by the naval lniurd ami approved by the secretary of the'navy will 1k somewhat reduced, but It is safe to say that there will not be a halt to the work of mak ing the American navy adequate to every requirement. , The information is given out from Wall street that the shares of stock In the United States Steel corporation which were taken by the employes un der the plan of the company to let them in on the ground floor, now show a profit at market quotations of more than JlOO.om. The chances are, how ever, that most of these shores are no longer held by the employes who pur chased them originally so many were forced to let go when tho big slump was on and that the profit. If any, has been absorbed, as usual, by the Wall street speculators. When their old friends and ne!ghlors lctirn that the native Filipinos, who were on exhibition at St. Louis, gave away or sold all their weapons of offense and defense while they were in this white man's country, their home coming will inspire less fear than awe. The British government has warned the officials of Ceylon to permit no coal ing of vessels there without express au thority. This may be a blow at Russia and again It niay be only a move In the Interests of the British colliers which are following the Russian fleet. Those who are concerned will take duo notice that that ponderous and bulky but eminently respectable period ical, which has been temporarily sus pended and is known as the Congres sional Record, will resutnp publication on Tuesday of this week. Senator Cockrell will not experience a reception similar to that accorded Gen eral Joseph Wheeler when he first ap peared as the appointee of a republican president. The world has moved rapidly in the last eight years even south of Mason and Dixon's Hue. A New York court has held that di rectors of corporations are responsible to the concerns for money paid out as dividends before they are earned. The principal rouble in Nebraska is for stockholders to get the dividends after they have been earned. An article by William Jennings Bryan on "The Future of Democracy" is being advertised for an early number of a popular magazine. It will take all of Mr. Bryan's most plausible argument to convince that the democracy has a fu ture worth discussing. As punishment for his Insult to Trest dent Roosevelt Governor Vardaman will not be permitted to preside over the "boll weevil" convention to he held at New Orleans. The cotton planters put no belief in the theory of "slmllla simili bus curantur." Ambition Satisfied. Kansas City Star. Admiral Dewey haa declined to serve on the Baltic sea fleet commission. When a. man can have anything ho wants he doesn't seem to want anything. Increasing; -War's Itavnges, Philadelphia Record. One would think that the Japanese appe tite for war had been thoroughly sated by this time. Prince Fushlml, however, Is ev idently of a contrary opinion. He proposes to Introduce the game of foot ball when he returns to Japan. Highly Interesting Game, Indianapolis News. The fact that there is no punitive clause In the agreement between England and Russia to Investigate the Dodder bank af fair does not, however, Interfere In the lightest decree with its being a highly In teresting diplomatlo game. Perhaps They Need the Money. Indianapolis Newi The secretary of agriculture declares that with tbe pioceeds from this year's corn crop the farmers of the country could pay the national debt. Patriotic aa they are, however, it Is thought that they will feci the necessity of using ths money other wise. Finish of the Year's Fatalities. Chicago Record-Herald. Fifteen foot ball players were killed dur ing the season that haa just ended. The number of people killed by hunters was twenty-eight; wounded, twenty-three. It only remains now to count up the number of people who ere to bo burned while play ing Santa Claus. An F.poch In History. Baltimore American. The nations are falling Into line In ac cepting Invitations to the second Hague peace conference. Their general meeting and acceptance will be a victory for this country greater than any amount of terri torial accecvlona, and one which will mark an epoch in the world's history. Inreasonable Kaul'-Flndlng. Chicago Chronicle. The woman who complained that before marriage her lover brought her flowers, while as husband he substitutes beets and celery, tthould have been grateful Instead of fault-finding. The lover has orly to look out for enough Ice cream and flowers; tb futher supplies the rent. After mar riage lh catj Is different. More things are to be provided. With meat, flour and the necessities of life as high In price as they are at the present time tho wife should bs thunkful if to a good supply of these ths husband adda a few vegetables also. In this world even sentiment baa to glva placa to tu necessaries el life. kermou roiled now. Love leaps over the lines of liking. The empty head needs a haughty air. A frozen heart does not make a stiff back. The Sunday suit never made the Monday saint. Burdens may be the ballast that saves the ship. Worry Is the worst wolf that comes to our doors. Ths more helpful the deed the more holy the day. Many are willing to lose this world by swallowing It. As soon as you are proud of your hu mility It dies. A little sorrow may tench more than many sermons. Trickery in the pulpit will not lead the pews Into truth. Kickers hide the best things in life in the dust they raise. The gloomy church is likely to be filled with tombstone saints. Canned charity may feed the hungry, but it cannot fill the heart. The great thing is not so much to fill the pews as to fill the people. The man with a big sign of sainthood usually has something to hide behind It. The people In the primary of life are always the first to show the graduates how to do it. It Is a good deal easier to stir up a hornet's nest than It Is to find the right place to crawl Into. A little sympthy that gets Into our feet Is worth a whole lot of sorrow that never soaks deeper than our feelings. The man who has only a two-Inch lake of wisdom always thinks he has to dam It In with a big wall of words. Chicago Tribune. SECTLAH SHOTS AT THE PI LPIT. Chicago Post: A Chicago minister says Carrie Nation stands a better chance than Bishop 1'otter to get to heaven. Let's be charitable and hope that all three of them may meet there. Boston Olobe: Rev. Dr. Hillis made a good point In his Thanksgiving day Fer mon when he scored the men who call the foreigners who cdme to our shores the scum and filth of the countries of Europe. "They forget that out of a little Italian mud Ood made Garibaldi; out of a bit of Bohemian mud he made Henry Huss; out of a piece of mud of Hungary he made the patriot' Kcssuth. Take the man whom Europe has starved and give him thirty years of food and opportunity and some day he will be crowding your sons in the matter of Intelligence." Chicago Chronicle: Dr. R. V. Mil ler, a Baptist clergyman of Georgia, oeueves tno end of the world Is near at hand because of the Immense Iniquity that abounds. If that Is a sign the world ought to have come to an end long before this. People are not more, but far less wicked than they were centuries ngo. One of the hopeful signs of tho times Is that people toduy are cognizant of the wickedness that abounds and are making strenuous exertions to correct It. When an evil is desperately bad there is some hope that It will be remedied. New York World: It is a good mtny years since Mark Twain wept ut the tomb of Adam and declared to an astonished world that the poor fellow never had a chance. Through the slow processes of thought and time tho Jest has been turned into earnest. Tho bid word of tho humor ist has become the new word of the preacher. Rev. Dr. Savage assures us also that the times of Adam were not fair to tho first man. "Charity sufTereth long and Is kind." Wo have borne these many ages the burden of original sin without learning to hate the original Blnner. It Is a comfort to be assured officially and theologically that Adam's name had no business on ths list of habitual criminals; that the first tenant of Eden came pretty near' to doing the best he could under pressure and sent down the line only an Intermittent apti tude for blundering. Vindication comes late for Adam, but not without balm to hla children far removed. PfcHSONAL AXD OTHERWISE. Now doth the coal man whistle merrily. Lake Michigan maintains Its reputation as a fool killer. The automobile hearse Is coming, an if the pace to the grave wasn't fast enough. Positive assurances are given that an honest man can live In New York City on 100,000 a year. How lonesome he would be In the push! If chrysanthemum salad becomes a pop ular dish there Is no reason why the sun flower should not become a vehicle of In ternal gaiety. Judge Purker will soon appear as a pleader before the court from which he resigned to lead the "safe and sane" Into the slough of despond. Strange as It may appear the nation Is sliding along without a jar Just as though Colonel Henry Watterson was on hand to grease the grave of destiny. Just as the astonishment over Missouri going republican Is subsiding comes Ken tucky with fervent prayers for water In the form of rain. The thirst Is wholly III the ground. ' Medical science Is making wonderful changes in the human makeup. In addi tion to the quantity in his neck, a New York man had a few colls of rubber In serted in his stomach. The big game season In the tall timber of northern states closed a few days ago with a record of sixty-six dead hunters and guides. A hunting expedition is not com plete nowadays without an undertaker. The most astonishing feature of Chad wick financiering Is that staid, sober bank ers should note the charms of woman, in stead of discounting them. Evidently soma bankers have rich, red corpuscles In their circulation. Another professor with formidable titles fore and aft reports the country surrounded with woeful perils. The country has done so well on hot air perils heretofore that a few more from the same can will not appal the appetite. No fit cadet at West Point haa any chance of getting into the cavalry service. General Burton, the Inspector, says that excessive weight Is "ruinous to a horse, cumbersome to a rider and weakens the endurance of the Individual." Unless friends of Cassle Chadwlck can dig up a picture of a better looking woman than has yet appeared in print over her name, the bankers who advanced thousands of dollars on her face will suffer Irreparable damage aa judges of good looks. Every fistic champion has his day In ths center of the arena. . He mouths his piece to listening multitudes, rakes In a pot uf money while ths limelight glows, then sprawls upon ths floor atid the light goes out in ten seconds. Young Corbett simply followed the way of all pugdom. Congressman Wlntersmlth of Kentucky Is droll and Imperturbable. He and Mrs. Wlntersmlth were walking In Pennsylvania avenue. Washington, one afternoon, when a dnndy little Frenchman who was directly In front of them slipped and fell. , Ths tumble wss a ludicrous one and Mrs. Wln tersmlth laughed heartily. The little Frenchman picked himself up daintily and with a flourish bunded ths congressman a card. "Pick" looked at it thoughtfully arid askd: "What's this for?" "Your laydee, sure," snorted the dandy. "She laughed at me. I demand te sateesfac seine." Mr. Wlntersmlth handed bark the card, saying: "The lady is no blood rela tion of tnlrs. Tell you what to do. You hunt up ber brututr and kill him. Good day." , Get Your GLASSES The Fountain Head.... I F YOU have headaches, are nervous or do not see well, come to us at once for examination a.nd proper glasses. Ask to see our new TONIC LENSES. HUTES0N OPTICAL CO. 213 8. Kith Street. I'aitna Hl'lc, Omaha, Wholesale and Retail Factory on Premises. Lsiahllshed DOMESTIC PI.EASASTniES. Stella-Can she keep a secret? uih.Kn. hut she can koeD a cook. New York Sun. Nell Does he really love you so much? Belle Well, he says he'e'r rather make love to me than eat. Nell Oh, anv man would sny that. Hello Yes, but you don't know how fond of eating he Is. Philadelphia Ledger. "I understand the engagement of Flora Flutterby was announced at a family Thanksgiving dinner." "Yes, old Fluttirby announced It tinder the heud of things we ought to bo tlmnk ftil for. Flora is 34, you know." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Tess Miss Passny used to declare that ..... hnw humluomn i) ill n n mtkht bo she wouldn't marry him unless he was goou. jess Yes, but she's getting older and losing hope now. She says she wouldnt IIU. in mirrv a man InKt because he's good looking. Philadelphia Press. Clara We girls are getting up a secret society. Heorge wnars me onjeci i ..... I t.. .i T Hrtn't Itnmtf vet hut I 11 tell VOU after I am Initiated Jester. "Does your annual salary never disturb you?" asked the conscientious citizen. Lo you ieei inni you urn giving, mo voters anything for your money?" "I confess," said Senator Sorghum, "that . i V. .1.,.,,, 4 , In Ihnl 1 Urli t f 1 never iuuiibiii otwwv v ... .... - have been Interested in seeing whether the voters oouia De persuiiueu lu Ki m mo n uy - thing for my money." Washington Star. "Do you think that women are credu lous?" "Not exactly," answered Mr. Meekton. Here is a list of thinps for men that we hope may simplify the problems of "Christmas Shopping." They are things that men like, and if you come here for them, it will mean an economy of both time am! money to the tired shop per. A walk through our nttrae tive store will add force to these "Christmas Hints." SILK SUSPENDERS ' GLOVES Dress, Driving and Fur. MUFFLERS square and Made I ! SHIRT AND SCARF JEWELERY GARTERS In Fancy Rosea. COLLARS AND CUFFS COLLAR AND CUFF BOXES TOILET CASES SHIRTS White and Colored. NEW STYLES IN SOFT SHIRTS HOSIERY Plain, Fancy and Bilk. NECKWEAR The Large shapes Are More Popular, The Latest F.nalUb Squares, Ascots and Wood r'uur-ln-llnads. A beautiful Christmas box VllVAt with purchases of handkerchiefs, muftlerH, gloves, hosiery, ties, etc. Karly purchasers have the udviuitage of assortment and attention. NO CLOTHING FITS LIKE OURS. groWrir2- KS: R. S. WILCOX, Mgr. mttrm at- AssRSttprm&xi MrM III "But a woman won't believe anything hct husband tells her till he proves.lt, and takes every word In nn advertisement as absolute truth." Wushlngton Star. Asklngton Quite a clever girl', Im't she? Hapsmith Clever? Why, slio haa bruins enough for two! "Marry her, old fellow! Marry her as quick as you can." Smart Set. Hubby If T Bhould give you 1.'M). my dear, and tell you to go any place you wanted to spend the winter, where would you go? Wllle Straight to the asylum, my dear If I survived the shock. Cleveland Leader. THE KOAD. The Pilot The common rond. with hedges high, Confined on either hand, Will surelv enter, by and by, Borne large, luxuriant land. The many wayfarers nn foot Have toiled from stnge to stage, And others roll along the route With easy equipage. All seek, methinks. that wide domain Whereon my thoughts are set. Press on! Tavo tho dusty plulnl Hasten! 'Tls farther yet. And lit the end shall great reposs Descend upon my soul. When, at the eauer Journey's close, I reach the sudden goal. Content, enlargement, fragrance, ease, Joy in the evening's cool, The subtle silence in the trees. The gleam upon the pool Dreamer! In vain thou hastenestj That glorious land resign; Take by the road thy Joy. thy restl Tho road, the. road, is thine. Suggestions for Christmas Gift Buyers VESTS White and Fancy. SEAL SKIN CAPS CPERA HATS NIGHT ROBES AND PAJAMAS HIGH GRADE UNDERWEAR SVVFATFRS For Men and Boys. BATH ROBES LOUNGING ROBES BATH COATS AND MATS HANDKERCHIEFS HOUSE COATS SUIT CASES AND BAGS UMBRELLAS Natural Wood Handles. Plain or Kaut-y. FULL DRESS AND TUXEDO SUITS
