TTIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TI1UBSDAY. NOVEMBER SO, 1903,
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WREH OCT OF TO WW.
afcserlbers Isavlajs, tbs city em.
forarlly sfcaald bire The Bee
analled thesa. It Is better than
tally letter from boms. Ad
trees will be cbaaged mm sftea as
Let us be thankful that the blizzard Is
no worse.
Nine little couucllnien Hitting on the
fence once more.
The cold wave Is n bettor purifier
than the chemical laboratory of the
health department
Two first-class hotels will be better
than one, but one first-clans hotel will
be a, great deal better than none.
Now that the master of the Imperial
hore of Russia has resigned the fact
of the revolution can no longer be gain
said. Jim Hill shows his devotion to hard
work by 'forma My denying a number of
reports which he says do not require
denial.
Marquis Ito's remarks regarding
Japan In Corea show that be is not
Herring as promoter for any Japanese
exploitation company.
' il gggaga)
tVben the colleges begin to modify the
foot ball rules they. should not forget to
provide for cutting the hair of the play
ers at more frequent Intervals.
There la some satisfaction In knowing
that If the present cold weather had not
arrived until January It would still have
found some corn unpicked in the field.
Some people would like to know
whether the call for a fat stock show
meeting was simply a decoy for re
opening the jangle between the Ilerites
aad tea MIllerHes.
The United States census bulletin
says that illiteracy is decreasing, but
Nebraska Is ao far ahead of the average
that the statistics are uot even inter
eating in this state.
Unfortunately the announcement that
China will increase its navy comes. too
late to give Emperor William another
argument to present to the Reichstag for
bis naval program. .
Times have certainly ch'nged when
a man elected to office on a Tammany
ticket will Join his opponent in Insisting
upon a recount of the ballots by which
be hopes to bold his seat.
Governor Paris of Arkansas got Into
trouble because ba carried a gold-headed
cane. Moral: Governors should be
ware of accepting gold-headed gifts that
lead to assault and battery.
That nephew of Nelson MorrlssnoTved
attch ability to' accumulate large returns
from nothing that in self-defense the
same big corporation may have to
nutke him a member of Its directory.
With New York starting suit to re
cover taxes, on property showu by the
Insurance Investigation to hare evaded
taxation witnesses will probably be
more careful about voluteerlng Informs
Hum ia th future.
Omaha will presently have all the
grain -elevators needed to bold the small
grain raised in Nebraska and western
Iowa to. transit to the seaports on the
Atlantic, What Omaha now ueeds
more than anything else is a few large
flour' and cereal mills.
Omaha has tired ot building magnificent
hotels on paper and now proposes to build
one of such substantial materials as stone
and brick sad steel. Lincoln Star.
This only reinforces what The Bee has
repeatedly emphasised, namely, that
Omaha nierely makes itself ridiculous
in the eyes of outside people by erecting
big building projects on paper before
there is any aobstantial foundation for
thorn.
THAMtSQIYlSO DAT.
There were national Thanksgiving
days before the civil wsr, but it was
Lincoln who innrte the festival for the
nation a custom, Inasmuch as he was
the first president who regularly pro
claimed It. Its establishment ns a
national institution Is of Itself a entire
for profound rejoicing. There Is some
thing Inspiring and uplifting In the spec
tacle presented hen the people of a
great nation unite as one family to give
thanks to the giver of all good for the
multitudinous biasings conferred upon
them. In the earlier days of the re
public Infrequent nntlonal thanksgiving
days were appointed In recognition of
the deliverance from war or other griev
ous calamity. Washington's first thanks
giving proclamation, In 1783, called upon
the people to give thanks for their care
and protection previous to their becom
ing a nation, "for the great degree of
tranquillity, union aud plenty which we
hare since enjoyed; for the peaceable
and rational manner In which we have
been enabled to establish constitutions
of government for our safety aud happi
ness, and particularly the national one
how lately instituted; for the civil and
religions lilierty with which we are
blessed and the means we have of ac
quiring and diffusing useful knowledge;
and. In general, for nil the great and
various favors which lie lias been
pleased to confer upon lis." The same
spirit pervades the latest proclamation
of President Roosevelt.
The stated annual Thonksglvlng fur:
nlshes nn occasion for the recognition of
what are thoughtlessly called common
blessings, for the divine dally favors
that have made us a prosperous and
contented people. The man into whose
life some light does not fall on Thanks
giving day is singularly unfortunate.
The occasion, while making us sensible
of the heavy debt of gratitude we owe
to an overruling providence for the
great gifts of health, happiness and per
sonal prosperity, should turn our
thoughts to those who possess a. small
share, or perhaps no share, of life's
blessings. Beneficence should be con
stant, for we always have the poor with
us; but on Thanksgiving day it should
flow in a larger stream.
"No other people have ever stood on
as high a level of material well being
as ours now stands." says President
Roosevelt's proclamation. "We are not
threatened by foes from without. The
foes from whom we should prny to be
delivered are our own passions, appe
tites and follies, and against these
there is always need that we should
war." And he urged that In their homes
and places of worship the people "conse
crate themselves to a life of cleanli
ness, honor aud wisdom, so that this
nation may do Its allotted work on the
earth In a manner worthy of those who
founded it and of those who preserved
if .
AMERICAS PEACE IDEA WINS.
The proposition submitted by the
American delegates to the recent peace
conference at Brussels, for an inter
national parliamentary union, has been
accepted with a slight modification by
the foreign delegates to the conference.
The plan, as explained by its author,
Congressman Bartholdt of Missouri, con
templated the creatlou of an interna
tional parliament, or congress, to which
each nation could send its greatest and
most prominent men. This parliament
was to be charged with the duty of codi
fying International laws. The Euro
peans, while approving the American
plan In principle, were doubtful as to its
practicability, on account of the sacrifice
of sovereignty involved in the proposi
tion. It was therefore modified so as to
make The Hague tribunal a permanent
body, to. meet periodically, instead of
being called to act upon specific cases.
It can assume the functions of an inter
national senate, to codify the interna
tional laws and present the same to par
Laments of the world for adoption.
According to this plan the interna
tional parliamentary union is to be
recognized aa the lower house of such
an international legislature. "What
passes under the name of international
law," said Mr. Bartholdt, "is merely a
compilation of theories, opinions and ar
guments, and the Nations may observe
it or not, at their pleasure. Not ft syl
lable of the so-called international law
has yet received the sanction of a single
4,rllainent, congress or other national
legislative body. Our demand, therefore,
was to create a body which will give to
that law the sanction of the people,
through the proper legislation." Al
though the plan Is yet to be submitted
to the legislative Is'siles of all the na
tlons, what has !een accomplished gives
strong assurance that It will receive the
approval of a sufficient number to make
its success certain. It Is a most im
portant step in the great work for the
maintenance of peace among the na
tions. TO CHASOt IXAUaVBATWti VAT-
The national committee on the pro
posed change of inauguration day has
decided to recommend to congress an
amendment to the constitution making
the date of the presidential Inauguration
the last Thursday of April. It would be
difficult to say Just when the agitation
for a change in the date of the inaugura
tion of our presidents began, but it has
been In progress quite steadily for al
most a century. The cases of Illness
and death that follow nearly every In
auguration give Impetus and force to the
agitation for a time, but while practi
cally everybody ii agreed that the date
should he changed, there has been uutll
bow no systematized movement to bring
it about. After thla year's inauguration
a formal movement was set on foot to
unite the whole country In an effort to
have the constitution amended so that
a les inclement date might be fixed. The
list vf casualties last March, although
the day was an exceptionally pleasant
one for the season, gave special Impetus
to the movement. Senator Bate of Ten
nessee, Judge Weldou of the court of
claims and the Mexican ambassador
died becntise of exposure during the ex
ercines. It Is not an essy matter to procure the
adoption of an amendment to the fed
eral constitution. Amendments may be
proposed by two-thirds of both houses of
congress, or on the application of the
legislatures of two-thtrds of the states
calling a convention for proposing
amendments. Amendments so proposed
will be valid when ratified by the legis
latures of three-fourths of the states or
by conventions in three-fourths of the
states, as preferred by congress. In re
gard to the proposed change of inaug
uration day, it is believed that there
will be no great difficulty In inducing
congress to propose the necessary
amendment. The senate has already on
two occasions adopted the required Joint
resolution by a unanimous vote. It has
failed In the house either through lack
of Interest or because of the pressure
of other business. There is no doubt
that such an amendment would be rati
fied by three-fourths of the states. The
prospect for the desired amendment is
thought to be very favorable.
Tfl TITO HOTEL SCHEMES-
With possibly one or two exceptions,
no gi.at enterprise or project has ever
been launched In Omaha without contro
versy or contention, and the much
needed first-class fireproof hotel, which
has figured ao conspicuously In the
newspapers, appears to be no exception.
When P. E. Her announced nearly
two years ago that he had succeeded In
financing and bad perfected plana for
the erection of a twelve-story fireproof
hotel, on the site of the Her Grand, the
announcement was balled with general
acclaim and universal satisfaction. As
one of the most enterprising pioneers
of Omaha, Mr. Her occupied a warm
spot In the hearts of Its citizens. Dur
ing the last thirty-five years Mr. Her
had contributed more than his full
share toward the upbuilding of the city
and was actively Identified with many
of its greatest Industrial establishments.
In recent, years, however, Mr. Her has
been altogether too optimistic.
Nearly all the big things be has
mapped out for Omaha have failed to
materialize, chiefly, perhaps, lecause he
had too many Irons In the fire at the
same time. Whether he will ever build
his million-dollar hotel is decidedly
problematic. His repented announce
ments within the last twelve months
that he had all the capital necessary
for the erection of the building, that he
had the plans (or the structure com
pleted and a lease sigued, have all
proven to be a figment of the Imagina
tion. It Is true that Mr. Her has conducted
negotiations for a mortgage loan, but
these negotiations have never been con
summated. It is true that a New York
architect has drawn the sketch of an
elegant hotel structure, which has re
cently been on exhibition In Omaha, but
the plans have never been completed
and nobody can tell Just when they will
be. It is true that Mr. Dean, a very
competent hotel man of Kansas City,
has expressed his willingness to become
the lessee of Mr. Her's hotel, when the
hotel can be placed at bis disposal, pro
viding that the lease can be made on
satisfactory conditions, but Mr. Dean
has not signed the lease and is not
likely to sign It until all other pre
liminaries, including the erection of the
building, have been concluded.
Six weeks ago the Commercial club
endeavored to bring the controversy be
tween Mr. Her and Rome Miller to ar
bitration. The failure of its effort was
due to Mr. Iler's declination to meet
Miller's conditions that were considered
fair by the arbitration committee.
Mr. Iler's failure to make good resulted
In the revival of a project for the erec
tion of a fireproof hotel ou Seventeenth
and Douglas streets, which had been
abandoned six or eight months pre
viously. Mr. Miller's plan bus met with gen
erous response at the hands of the busi
ness men of Omaha. Although not as
pretentious, Mr. Miller's hotel project Is
much more feasible than Mr. Iler's. Mr.
Miller's hotel is to be erected by a cor
poration. In which a very large number
of business men are to become stock
holders. If the necessary amount of
stock shall be subscribed the hotel will
be erected, whatever may happen to
Mr. Miller. On the other hand. Mr.
Iler's project depends altogether upon
one man and makes it. to that extent,
precarious even If all other conditions
were favorable.
This Is the motive that inspires the
business men of Omaha, who are anx
ious to see a first-class hotel built at
the earliest possible tiiue, to favor the
stock company plan for a hotel ou Sev
enteenth and Douglas streets.
If the report U true that the Board of
Regents of the Nebraska university pro
poses to persist In conducting its busi
ness In star chamber, it is to be hoped
that the board will reconsider and throw
its doors wide 0en to publicity. The
State university is a public Institution,
maintained at the expense of the tax
payers, and the people have a right to
know bow its affairs are administered
and what position any member of the
board takes upon any issue that may
come before the governing body of our
highest educational institutlou.
The World-IIerald Is this year playing
its auuual game of holding up the liquor
dealers with variations. It started out
to print liceuse uotices In both the Morn
ing World Herald aud the Evening
World Herald, but has now discontinued
publiatlou in Its morning paier aa un
necessary. It might just as well have
discontinued publication in the evening
Suggestion for Better
Reprinted from The
As a natural sequence of the wide
open policy that prevailed In Omaha
during the Trausmlssisslppi exposition
tolerated vice obtained a foothold that
has afforded spurious reformers and
sensational revivalists material for class
Ing Omaha among America's "wickedest
cities.' although In the main Omaha baa
been as well governed as any other city
of its population. There Is, however,
room for practlcnl reform.
Immediately following the adjourn
ment of the legislature of 1901 I ven
tured to make these suggestions to the
mayor and chief of police:
1. A strict and impartial enforcement
of the midnight closing ordinance.
2. The closing of all front entrances
of saloons from midnight Saturday to
Monday morning, and the closing of all
side nnd back entrances to all orderly
saloons Sunday until after church hours.
3. That the keepers of all saloons
within the proscribed district be re
quired to mall up their back doors and
back windows, side doors and Bide win
dows, so that the only entrance or exit
should be on the street fronts, constantly
within sight of the police, and, further
more, that at the end of the license year
ending with January 1, 1902, no license
should be granted within the proscribed
district for any saloon.
These suggestions seemed too drastic
to the mayor and chief, and, while some
effort has since been mode to tighten the
reins upon tolerated vice, the core of the
municipal carbuncle has not yet been
touched. In view of the fact that we
are again approaching a new license
year, I am impelled publicly to urge
upon the mayor and police board the
inauguration of,the reforms above out
lined. There is no valid excuse or reason why
any liquor-selling resort should be per
mitted to keep open after midnight and'
it is no hardship on any habitual user of
liquor to be compelled to gratify hi ap
petite or make his purchase of liquor
before midnight.
There Is no good reason why licensed
saloons should le permitted to offend the
sensibilities of church-going people by
carrying on their traffic with front doors
open, or, for that matter, with side doors
open, until after church hours.
The experience of ages and in all conn,
tries has demonstrated that the social
evil cannot be suppressed. At best It
can be repressed by police supervision
from becoming too offensive or indecent.
paper also, as both are equally unneces
sary, nnd all it wants is the ten-dollar
bill to keep it from protesting license
applications for selling liquor on Sun
day, i .
President, Roosevelt's determination
to talk no moreVon- tbe subject of rail
way regulation Until he sends his mes
sage to congress probably means that
he wants members of congress to show
enough Interest iu the reading of the
document to learn Just how little the
chief executive has been Influenced by
the pressure of Interested parties.
Councilman Comstock has reason to
feel highly complimented over his unani
mous selection to the vacant chnlr in
the municipal legislature. It is to be
hoped he will so conduct himself that
he will merit the unanimous endorse
ment of his fellow citizens when he pre
sents himself for election by the people
next spring.
In telling the president that the people
of Nebraska are unanimous lu support
of bis position as to rate regulation Con
gressman HlnshAw is In Irreconcilable
conflict with John N. Baldwin, who as
sured the senate railroad committee that
there was no deep-seated demand in Ne
braska for rate regulating legislation of
any kind.
Tbe World-Herald never failed to
claim "the largest circulation," but it
has invariably failed to make good be
fore the license board. Liquor dealers
who have been fooled by the false circu
lation claims of the World-Herald will
not let themselves be fooled again
Captain Carter takes credit for sav
ing some money ; for the government
while acting aa supervising engineer at
Savannah. He probably reaches this
conclusion by pointing to the fact that
there was money in the treasury when
he went off watch.
. The announcement that the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Tnul railroad is to be
extended to the raclflc coast only af
fords another proof that the menace of
national rate regulation has no terrors
for the capitalists who are ltent ou rail
road coutructiou.
Now that Senator Colby of New Jer
sey has beeu taken Into the fellowship
of "reformers" the public Is entitled to
expect support from that state when
resisting the encroachments of New Jer
sey corporations.
Now that Japan has finally decided to
raise five legations to the dignity of em
bassies tbe really rich statesmen of
Japan may be discovered or Japan will
have different cxeriem-e from that of
other nations.
' Uesreaeraey of Ideal.
Baltimore American.
Sutne ot the Annapolla cadets seemed to
huve labored under the Impression that
modern i.avdl battles are fought with fiats.
Heanelas; A pert of Pie.
f'lilcugu Record-HersM.
lierausi; he threw a raspberry pie against
the wall, a Cliicaso man's wife has se
cured a divorro nd alimony to the extent
of l.'.to. It was only a few days sgo that
a Cleveland minister declared pis to be
won- ih.tn bver ia It eftect upon morality.
Municipal Government
Bee, November, 100t.
Experience has shown that saloons lo
cated within the proscribed district be
come the natural trysting place of preda
tory criminals, such as footpads, bur
glars and porch climbers, and are the
favorite haunt of toughs and habitual
criminals who Infest the slums of cities.
The Joints and dens located within the
proscribed district not only tax the vig
ilance and Ingenuity of the police, but
go for toward Its demoralization.
Both the letter aud spirit of the
Slocumb high license law contemplate
nnd ordain the wide separation of the
liquor traffic from the social evil. The
enforcement of that part of the law
would, In my Judgment, go far toward
purging the city of Its worst element.
At any rate, It would materially lessen
the opportunity for successful depreda
tions by thugs, thieves and house
breakers. Incidentally I am impelled to urge
upon the police board a revision of po
lice regulations along these lines:
1. No policeman or patrolman should
be detailed to serve within the pro
scribed district more than two weeks In
any one year, and these two weeks to
be at least six months apart. This sug
gestion is made because I am convinced
that policemen who patrol the streets
within the district for any length of
time become contaminated and fre
quently act ns protectors and solicitors
for tolerated vice instead of being pro
tectors and guardians of the public.
The argument that a policeman cannot
be efficient until he has made the ac
quaintance of all the people under his
surveillance does not impress me as
sound.
2. The officers lu charge of the police
sttitlon should be changed at least six
times in a year, and, if practicable, a
change every month would be still bet
ter. Experience has shown that police
officers stationed at the police court for
any considerable length of time arc lia
ble to become corrupted nnd worse than
worthless by contact with criminals,
high and low, who seek Immunity from
cxxsure by the payment of money or
by valurble gifts.
3. Last, but not least, no police officer
or polictman should be permitted to
solicit or accept any gift under any pre
tense from men and womeu who are
under police surveillance, and the viola
tion of this rule should be sufficient to
cause the dismissal of the offender, who
ever he may be. E. ROSEWATER.
BITS OF WASHINGTON I.IFK.
Mlaor Scenes and Incidents Sketched
on the Spot.
The assembling of congress next Monday
Is threatened with a picturesque tragedy.
Ruthless reform demands the abolition of
the bouquet usually tossed to favorite
members. This beautiful custom hallowed
by age and spoils Is to be slaughtered in
both house and senate. Orders are said to
have been issued by the ruling powers pro
hibiting flowers in the respective chambers
and bearers of floral offerings are to be
halted on the thresholds and treated to a
withering frost. Only one reason Is given
for this assault on the favors of poscy
statesmen. It is claimed the beautiful cus.
torn Is overworked and business obstructed.
This is as good as any for distant consump
tion. Perhapa if the real reason wero
known it would show a touch of envy on
the part of those whose desks on former
occasions were made conspicuous by the
absence of flowers. However, reform plays
no favorites these piping times and states
men must be satisfied with the regulation
pay check minus trimmings.
Suicide lake. In spite of its name, Is one
ot the beauty spots of .Washington. It Is
on the grounds of the National Soldiers'
home, formed by damming a little rivulet
that trickled through the place. So many
veterans have drowned in this lake that the
governor of the home found It necessary to
detail a keeper. This man pulls out a vet
eran eve,ry day or two. No record has been
kept of the soldiers who have ended all In
the lake, but the list would be a long one,
as at least 100 suicides have taken place
there.
The lake is attractive to the veterans.
They cluster on Its banks to chat, smoke
and flan.
The soldiers' home Is the only govern
ment Institution at Washington not sup
ported by money drawn out of the federal
treasury. There should be no confusion in
anyone's mind between the National Sol
diers' home at Washington and those homos
for veterans of the civil war which are
found scattered over the whole country.
The Washington home Is the retreat of
men of the regular army and navy and Is
maintained out of a fund formed by de
ducting from the pay of every officer and
enlisted man In the regular establishments
of 12Vj cents a month. Fines from court
martial and money due deserters is also
turned Into the fund. The fund so far ex
ceeds the cost of maintenance that there
Is now on deposit In the t'nlted Stutes
treasury to the credit of the home more
than i:.Oon,ono.
The soldiers' home Is one of the most
beautiful and Interesting places at the na
tional capital. The grounds embrace 500
acres of hilly or gently rolling land over
looking Washington. The grounds, for tbe
most part, are heavily wooded In oak. but
there are wide stretches of lawn and field.
The crops of corn and alfalfa grown In the
home grounds are among the best in the
country. Coursing through the grounds are
nine miles of fine driveways. The fit Ms
support a herd of fifty blooded cattle.
There are 1,600 men at the home.
The sixty new republican members of the
house, coming from many different states,
are making the lives of the house officers
a burden by unprecedented demands for
patronage. Thar are something like S.O
places, which, In the years gone by, the
famous "hog combine," whereof represen
tative Tawney and Baboock are ruling splr
Its, have distributed with little friction
No one member ever received aa much as
he wanted, but there waa no unseemly
scrambling. The new republicans from such
slates as Missouri. Illinois, Ohio and New
York, who carried districts formerly dem
ocratic, not only muke big demands, but
are bringing men right on to Washlnston
to take the job. The clerk, postmaster,
doorkeeixr anJ iu-i gennt-at-urms r at
their wits' emla to Katisfy the clamorous
newcomei .
The Wui uiul N'jvy depart mnta at
Washington will tignln this -ar rarry freo
of charge across the Ps-,nc bixes of good
things to eat, to weer. or other sifts from
"the fulk at home'' to the soldiers and
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Also staautaotarers of
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AYKR'S SARSAPARU.LA For the blood. ATER'S AGUB CDRS-For malaria and Sfss.
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sailors in America's far eastern posses
sions. In order to reach those for whom
the Christmas or New Tear'a presents may
be Intended It is necesasry for the senders
In this country to have them In Ban FVan
clsco before the morning of December B,
this being the day that the military trans
port Logan this year's Christmas ship
will pnss out of the Golden Gate.
Boxes and packages should be addressed
In care of the superintendent of the army
transport service In San Francisco, and
all land charges should be prepnlrt. Once
In the htndn of the transport officials the
government will do ths rest.
To Inaugurate Theodore Roosevelt presi
dent of the United States last March cost
1145.491. The details of this expense have
been made public in a report by General
John M. Wilson, chairman of the Inaugural
committee.
Notwithstanding the large expense the
commltte has turned over a balance of
$4,730 to the Auditorium association, an or
ganization formed to eroct a building In
which to hold future Inaugural balls. Gen
eral Wilson strongly urges the erection of
such a structure.
It cost $17.W9 to decorate the pension
building for the inaugural ball, which was
the largest Item of expense. The committee
raised 1150.221, more by $14,000 than nny pre
vious Inaugural fund.
General Wilson gives the figures of re
ceipts for the last five Inaugurations. They
are as follows: 1S89, tl25.250.50: 1S93. 91.
C55.31; 1S97, I116.S17.15. and 1901, $136.Su6.!3.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Mark Twain, still vigorous and in good
working order, will celebrate his 70th birth
day today.
Nahum Mier Schalkewltx, known widely
as the Hebrew Dumas, and who was the
foremost Yiddish author ,ln this country,
and practically the founder ef Yiddish
literature, has just died Id New York.
Captain W. 6. Cowles, brother-in-law of
President Koosevclt. has been relieved of
the command of tha battleship Missouri,
and on December 1 will go to Washington
as a naval attache at the White House.
It Is difficult for ths Canadian banks to
get clerks enough now to carry on their
business properly. It Is reported that some
of the bankers are to join forces and Im
port a batch of clerks from England and
Scotland.
The secretary of the navy and Mrs. Bona
parte will Introduce a pleasing diversion In
cabinet entertaining by giving dinners or
luncheons In their own beautiful home In
Baltimore rather than In Washington,
where the secretary will occupy a modest
apartment 'or the season and be joined
only occasionally by Mrs. Bonaparte.
Thomas B. Reed was supposed to wear a
larger collar than any other man In New
England, One hot day four years a so ha
entered a store In Portsmouth and naked
for a collar. "What alio, sir?" asked the
clerk. "No. 20," said the congressman.
The attendant looked at him for a moment
and aald: "We don't keep such a Urge
size, but I think they can fit you at Smith's.
around the comer." Mr. Reed went to the
store Indicated and found It was a harness
shop.
Browning, King &. Co
ORIGINATORS AND SOLE MAKERS OF HALF SIZES IN C10TMNG.
Overcoat Comfort
he prudent, take no clianees on a cold that may stay
right wifh you all winter walk right into our store and
say, "I have suffered with the eold long
enough, I want one of your snug, warm, com
fortable fitting, good looking, sensible, well
made overcoats, at
$10, $15, $20,
$25, $30-
or better, as you like. Cut in every wanted
i e -it
ii(Hher$ may Style anu ironi rvrrj wuiuiy taunt-,
trout you to
The Best Overcoats that the
take ' mid Venn
Brummei,-' tut gest j aiiors know how to make.
trutt the clothier
n'Uo give you ,.i . i "
what is right." Everything about them breathes the air
of perfection. '
If there are any articles of wear outside of clothes that
you will want for Thanksgiving day and intend getting it
here. Remember that we close at NOON.
Fifteenth and
Douglas Sts.
Broadway al Sls4 Ktrect NEW
SPICE FOR THE FEAST.
Dora Hope Are you prepared for any
thing that papa may say when you ask
him?
Kleene Giwn-Yes. dear, or anything he
lnsurnnce policy. Chicago Tribune.
Deacon Brown That was a well-timed
sermon you preached this morning, Sir.
Parson Jones Yes, I noticed thst half
the men in the congregation were looking
at tncir watches. Cleveland leader.
"What Interested me most In my travels,"
said Henpeck, "waa the mummy of a queen
I saw In Kgypt."
wonderful, en7 asked his menu.
"Yes. It's wonderful how thev could mak
a woman dry up and stay that way. '
fniiiiaeipnia tress.
"Pa." said little Willie I'nderthum, "what
does a man's 'better half mean?"
"I'sually. my son," replied Mr. Under
thum. "she means just what she says."
IMlndi Iphla Press.
"I have diagnosed your case as dyspepsia,
due to eating too much pie," said the famitj
physician.
"How can you prove it?" the patient
asked.
"Your expression," said the physician, 'ii
crusty." Philadelphia Press.
"But you are not an orphan, are you, IlttU
boy?"
"I might hs well be. Pa Is a travelln'
man an' ma Is always a delegate to some
thin' or other." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Do you deal In second-hand automobiles'
If so. I want to sell you mine."
"Yes. sir. How long have you had youi
machine?"
"Since this morning." Brooklyn Life.
"What do you think of railway rebates?'
asked the Interviewer.
"They are wrong." answered Mr. Dustlr
Stax. "If I had my way. our road would
hang on to every cent that could be gotten
In." Washington Star.
"Seems to me these people who get oaughl
at the losing end of wheelbarrow and sues
like bets ain't got much sense."
"Grunted," responded the practical Htl
sen. "But how about ths man who drops s
bundle of good, hard cash?" Houston t
Chronicle.
THANKSGIVING 151 LAND OF PLENTY.
Minna Irving In Leslie's Weekly.
To all the poor of all the earth.
In every clime and place.
Of every color, age and tongue,
Of every creed and race.
Who suffer famine's cruel scourge,
America sends greeting.
And bids them this Thsnksglving day
To come enjoy good eating.
Her table with Its viands rare
Extends from coast to coast.
The cattle on ten thousand bills
Supply the steak and roast.
Her crystal rivers teem with fish.
Her woods are full of nuts,
And streams of amber nectar flow
FYom all the cider-butts. .
Her pumpkins are the biggest ones
That ever graced a field.
Her wheat, and corn, and orchard trees.
Enormous In their yield.
Her vineyards In the autumn suns
Have never failed to thrive.
And there's a turkey In tha -coop
For every soul alive. .
She Is the hostess of ths world;
Her hospitality
Is known on every mountain-top
And praised on every sea.
To feed the hungry universe
I-o1 she is fully able,
With but the crumbs that yearly fall
Prom her Thanksgiving table.
OMAHA
NED.
Factory, Cooper Si
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