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Tiie Omaiia Daily Bee.
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The Bee, Publishing rompanv, being diny
Hworn. says thst the actual number of Tun
Rnd complete copies of The Pally. Morning.
Evening snd Sunday Res printed during the
month nf ntMK, 14i rv-a a as follow:
1 30,660
7 , ,Vi6W
j' 30,930
j' 31,990
-o' 31,030
21... 31,900
Xj 30.850
30,840
24.", 30,330
j 31,870
1 31.410
tl ...31.740
I ;. . . .30,670
21 31,300
10 31,110
II 31,110
2 30.800
1 30.800
4 30.730
S .30,760
(..........31.760
T...,. ... . .30,300
.... 30,670
9 30,(90
10 30,730
11 30,990
It 30,780
It 31.060
14. ...... ...30,800
IS 31,480
1 ...; 33,000
Total i 961,330
!. unsold copies..... 11,033
Net total rales....'. 960,337
Daily average 30,669
C. C. ROSE WATER.
General Manager.
Subscribed In my presence nnd sworn to
before mo this 1st day of November. 1.
(Seal.) M. B. H UNGATE,
Notary Public.
WHEK Ol'T OF TOWH.
ftakacrlbers leavlnc the city tem
porarily ah0B.il hlT The !!
mailed to thaaa. Address will ba
The early saloon keeper escapes the
protest.
Captain Kelchnmnn will have diffi
culty in posing as. the Dreyfus of the
American army.
The reformation ot some news
papers is like the reformation of some
individuals--it requires frequent re
newal. '
Chairman Shonts' free hand on the
canal work will save trouble of search
if it becomes necessary to place blame
for failure.
With a Texas Jury "frying the VV'at-erB-Pierce
oil case) 'Senator Bailey can
learn what 'the voters will do if they
can get at Mm.
The return ot President Roosevelt
to the United States is more satisfac
tory proof than a formal declaration
of progress on Panama ' and Porto
Rico.
If Premier Clemenceau really de
sires to bring about a better feeling
between Germany and France he
should take over the portfolio of pub
lic education.
Mayor Jim's pardouiug pen is al
most .a erratic as his famous lariat.
It is -inclined to embrace about every
thing in sight, regardless of conditions
or consequences.
In arresting Canadian sealers for
poachingUruguay la taking unfair ad
vantage of the British lion, while the
Monroe doctrine is up for reaffirma
tion at Washington. .
By reopening a land case of the
Central Pacific railroad the general
land office Is netting a. precedent
which may causa sleepless nights for
Wall street speculators.
Considering the use to which much
of the pi ' . t of steel mills is put, the
denial of tho report of Mr. Carnegie's
gift of $1,000,000 to the peace con
gress was scarcely necessary.
In permitting John I). Rockefeller
to plead by attorney while Insisting
that ' other oil magnates appear In
court Ohio shows Ita appreciation of
greatness coupled with humility.
looking at the condition of Cuba,
Filipinos preparing to open their first
congress may rejoice to think they
received Instruction before belnj
thrown upon their own resources by
I'ocle Sam.
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When the retail grocer and drug
gist has secured satisfactory evidence
of th! purity of contents of packages
of foods the consumer will be ex
pected to close his eyes and pay the
cost of Inspection.
. In a Georgia case a railroad publi
tation bus discovered the value a rail
road pass granted for life to be about
ItO.OuJ, showing that the most ardent
opponents of the pass had fulled to
realize the value of the bribe.
la rejecting the initiative aud refer
endum proposition because of its
"socialistic" tendency the National
Grange has given a valuableif unoffi
cial, "tip" to the farmer delegates in
he American Federation of Labor.
If Great Britain Is right In alleging
tho closest friendship between Presi
dent Roosevelt and the emperor of
Germany the western stockman may
tart his fight at Washington for bet
it treatment on the German frontier
secretary fiwn Gi rss.
The reported statement by Secre
tary Koot, that "President Hoosevelt
will not accept a renominstlon If It la
tendered htru by the republltuns," and
that "his Intention on that matter has
been definitely and finally given out,"
Is the latest and most slsnlflrant. us
well as the most emphatic, among the
various expressions of noteworthy opin
ion that have been "made public the
last two years. The president him
self, the night after the election, after
it mas certainly known that he had
been chosen by an overwhelming ma
jority, authorised the announcement
that he would consider as his first
term the term of nearly four years as
successor froni the Vice presidency to
McKlnley, and that he would not be a
candidate for a third term.
No one haB doubted that that an
nouncement truly embodied the presi
dent's resolution. But the question
has been seriously and pertinaciously
raised whether, in spite of his purpose
to retire at the end of the present
term, he rightfully could or would re
ject a practically unanimous renoml
natlon by his party, reinforced by ex
tensive popular desire in other partlos
that he should accept it. It has been
evident from multiplying signs that
his personality and his relations to
vital issues are such as to render, in
the minds of a multitude, that con
tingency possible at least, if not prob
able. It Is a contingency which, under the
circumstances, it Is impossible for the
president to discuss for the present,
and his attitude remains precisely as
he announced on the day of the last
presidential flection, his several sub
sequent declarations having been
merely references to and reiterations
of that announcement. Secretary
Root's statement is therefore to be
taken as merely his own personal
view, although 'entitled to weight be
cause of his relations to the presi
dent, and not as an official declaration
of the 'latter. In short, the whole
question rests where it did, except that
Secretary Root ranges himself with
those whose notion is that under no
possible conditions, not even the unan
imous desire of his party, will the
president permit himself again to be
made a candidate.
OCTOJ1CR EXPORTS AND IMPORTS.
The preliminary report of the bu
reau of statistics of imports and ex
ports for October and for ten months
of the calendar year show an extraor
dinary low total for the former, while
the latter Is by far the greatest ever
recorded. The imports for the ten
months aggregate $1,425,172,707,
against $1,256,924,354 for the cor
responding period of the preceding
year, which was a record-breaker. The
excess of exports over imports during
October rose to $89,271,5G8, in con
trast with only 146,928,070 during
October of last year. -
Thla enormous discrepancy between
exports and imports' merely marks the
rapidity ' with which our ' previous
heavy borrowings abroad in the form
of gold imports, finance bills and oth
erwise,' are being provided for, since
cotton and other staples had begun to
go out freely during that month, a
process which will continue in increas
ing scope for a period of many
months. In short, these great exterior
credits, based ultimately on our agri
cultural production, are being fully
sustained, and at the name time a
basis established for relieving before
very long the financial stringency that
is still severely felt.
MR. HILL A .VD RAILROAD DEKJCK.VC l
The statement made by J. J. Hill
that the country needs "at once" 115,
000 more miles of railroad track haa
caused controversy as to the cause of
the deficiency, but there is substantial
agreement as to the fact. Some of
the railroad authorities believe that a
less amount of new track would suf
fice If there were more cars, but all
concede that there is an Immense
shortage of transportation facilities
for present needs, while future needs
constitute a far more serious problem.
So Important a fact, however, ought
to cause the leading men of the trans
portation world to bestir themselves to
meet It candidly and earnestly instead
of perverting it, as Mr. Hill attempts
to do, to the prejudice of the national
movement to remedy transjiortaUon
abuBee by legal compulsion. Not only
will the attempt be futile because ob
viously unfounded, but It , will tend
naturally also to create antagonism
which can only interfere with needful
provision of new facilities.
The broad and sufficient, explana
tion of the patent existing transporta
tion deficiency is the failure ot both
the managers and chief investors in
the carrier properties, even those of
clear head and sanguine spirit like Mr.
Hill himself, to foresee and gage .the
stupendous industrial development of
the last decade. They have been 80 in
fluenced by motives of Immediate gain
that they now find themselves burled
under an avalanche of tonnage and
travel. It has been only two decades
since the great companies that bad
pushed westward into the Trausmissls
slppl region, fearful of ' Its retarded
growth, entered into most binding cov
enant among themselves to abandon
or restrict construction operations,
and clinging to that assumption long
after they were hard put to It to han
dle the growing business' they are only
lately fairly awakening to the blunder.
It Is not fear of railroad legislation,
but sheer imiiossiblllty of securing the
materials and labor, that now. as for
the last year or two. prevents more
rapid new construction and equip
ment. Kvery steel rail, locomotive
and cur thtt tan be turned out tha
next twelve mouths U contracted
ahead. It Is not a question of money
at all, for practically all the great sys
tems have money in hand to take
double what the total capacity of the
mills and shops can produce, to say '
nothing of the general outside Invest
ment resources of the world.
Moreover, never in the history of
railroad transportation, not even In Its
day of greatest license, were the prof
its from such Investment to be com
pared with those which all the repre
sentative roads are now declaring. In
the face of the treasury situation of ;
Mr. Hill's own roads, which is not ex
ceptional, but representative, his at
tack on public policy Is boldly prepos
terous. But the fact of public control
of carriers Is Just as unescapable as
that of the Inadequacy of their facil
ities, rs that of the unparalleled
growth of business and as that of the
present and prospective vast profit
from railroad investment. And it Is
a Infallibly necessary that Mr. Hill
and all Influential mem in transporta
tion should for their own as well as
for the public good adjust themselven
to the one fact as to the others.
EARLY CHRISTMAS SHOPPISG.
The leading business men of Omaha
have determined on a course of action
that will bring appreciated results if
public co-operation can be assured. It
la proposed that the Christmas holiday
shopping season shall be opened early,
the object being to accommodate the
people In a more leisurely fashion than
has heretofore prevailed. The wisdom
of this movement is easily apparent.
In past years it has been the practice
locally to crowd all the Christmas busi
ness Into a week or ten days before the
day. This has resulted in a great con
gestion at all the stores during the
time covered and has necessarily
proven unsatisfactory to dealer and
customer alike.
The plan agreed upon contemplates
the placing on display of Christmas
goods at least a fortnight earlier than
was ever done In Omaha. By this
means people, If they are wise, will be'
given an opportunity to make leisurely
inspection and careful selection of the
goods they Intend to purchase. Greater
satisfaction will be assured the pur
chaser, while the dealers will be spared
the inconvenience of the turmoil and
disorder that attends the rush of busi
ness during the few days before Christ
mas. Still another Important considera
tion is that of the people who are em
ployed in the great department stores.
It is notorious that the Omaha retail
ers have been at their wits' ends for
many weeks to secure competent help
sufficient to take care of their trade.
The complaint is not confined to one or
two stores, but is common to all. With
this condition existing it would be well
nigh a physical Impossibility to prop
erly care for the rush of business that
would certainly come If the holiday
shopping period were compressed Into
ten days prior to Christmas.' By be
ginning early the salespeople, who are
nlra'tV mri-.-1i.Aj4 t k a? full nrolrt
("'" ..j.wi
will be In a large measure relieved
from the undue strain that would fol
low if the old custom were not aban
doned. The public can make this move a
success and make It profitable for all
parties by taking advantage of the
plan and making early purchases for
the Christmas trade.
The campaign having terminated in
republican victory, the Lincoln State
Journal is beginning to come out from
behind the mask of fake reform and
assume ita well-established position as
'champion and apologist for the rail
roads, no matter what the railroads
do. The Journal Is Just now engaged
in pointing out the Injustice worked by
the Interstate commerce law and the
danger that impends in Nebraska from
the legislation that Is proposed should
the pledges of the republican plat
form be carried out. This change of
front on the part of the Journal 1b not
nearly so astonishing as was that
which led that paper to apparently
champion the reforms it now contends
against.
President Wattles' open letter on
the affairs of Ak-Sar-Ben has raised
considerable Interest among the citi
zens, and it Is not unlikely that at the
coming annual meeting of the knights
plans will be devised by which the
board of governors will be relieved
from any embarrassment under which
it has heretofore labored. The per
petuity of Ak-Sar-Ben is not in ques
tion. It la simply details over which
uncertainty prevails.
The determination of the Lincoln
city council to Inflict an occupation tax
on the telephone and other public
service corporations of the capital city
ought at least to enlist their active
support iu favor of the terminal taxa
tion bill. Lincoln suffers like Omaha.
Lemiy in a lesser degree, from the eva
sion or taxes now practiced under the
workings of distribution that does not
distribute.
Omaha business men are muklng
great preparations for the holiday
trade. The rapid growth in Omaha's
importance as a retail tenter is
scarcely appreciated, even by those
who are engaged In the business. The
fact Is that Omaha Is very rapidly
coming into full control of the busi
ness that naturally belongs to II a mer
chants and win prosper accordingly.
One thing the ower8 that be should
plan for Is better lighting for the next
Ak-Sar-Ben festival. It is not too
early to begin to work out the details
of a more elaborate system of lighting
than we have had. The display that
has prevailed for the last twelve years
was excellent at the beginning, but is
boiiiewbat antiquated now. A little
more money and a little more taste
Judiciously Invested In this will not
only add greatly to the efficacy of the
Ak-Sar-Ben Illumination, but will
bring new returns, and that Is what
Ak-Sar-Hen means If It means anything.
It micht be that the consolidation
which James J. Hill proposes to bring
about will eliminate from Nebraska af
fairs the name of "Burlington," but it
will take more than the chance of
charter or ownership to eradicate the
influence of the Burlington manage
ment on the affairs of the great stats
In which it does business.
Was It A Fright f
Washington Post.
Mr. Kryan Is busy nowadays lecturing on
"Dreams." We would like a photograph of
the one ha had the night lie heard of Mr.
Hearst's defeat.
Rorronlns I seless Trouble.
Brooklyn Bngle.
Nobody need worry very much In l or
In 1W about what may occur In 1!XW. Suffi
cient unto the year Is the election thereof.
Voting; as They Tblnk.
Minneapolis Journal.
Representative Wiulsworth of Xcw. York,
who held a brief for the Beef trust In the
last congress, thmight he was safe In his
district with a majority of 32.000. The dis
trict turned around this year and threw
WadawortFl out. The people arc getting
horribly particular.
It Works that Way.
Chicago Tribune.
Concerning the theory advanced by a X
York specialist that auto speeding Impcirs
the memory, It Is a matter of common ob
servation that a scorching chauffeur who
runs his machine over a pedestrian some
time forgets all about It ns soon as the
Incident has passed.
A Refreshing; Spectacle.
Kansas ,Clty 8tar.
It Is refreshing to sec how unpopular re-
hating is becoming all over tl country
since th federal courts have shown so
strong an aversion to the practice. Whtch
all goes to show that If the right sort of
laws are put on the statute hooks and the
people start out to enforce them, railroads
and trusts can be taught much belter man
ners than they have been practicing within
recent years.
Immigration Inspection.
Chicago Chronicle.
Why should an Immigration Inspector
necessarily .be a boor and an Idiot? This
question continually recurs because of the
Imbecile performances of Immigration In
spectors both on the Atlantic and the Pa
cific coasts. Theso functionaries are ut
terly without common sense and they are
strangers to the elementary principles of
courtesy. It is singular and discouraging
that the government cannot get men with
Intelligence and good manners to fill posi
tions whore, those qualities are needed.
The outrageous treatment to which the
Brazilian ambassador was subjected In New
York Is merely tho latest In a long list of
similar occurrences.
Express Company Rates.
Philadelphia Record.
The express companies exist and main
tain inordinate rates for the public service
they render through the tolerance of the
railways, and thla tolerance exists because
the railways to a large extent own and
control the express companies and share
the profits In their' Overcharares. I.nte de
velopments go to' show that the earnings
of nearly all the express companies are out
of all proportion to Investment and the
value of the property ownnl hv them and
neceasary to J.he: conduct ot their business.
As their business la to a large extent inter
state trafflo. It Is certainly within the
province of the federal irovernment to In.
terfere in behalf of the suffering public
and enforce some proper relation between
the actual cost of service and the nrice ex.
acted from shippers
PERIL. OF THE MOMCV POWKH.
The Hearst Fortune a Mlb- Force
In Polities.
New York Sun.
Few candidates. If any, have ever con
fessed to such an expenditure as Mr. Hearst
acknowledges, and It does not include the
cost of organizing the Independence league
and retting up a personal machine through
out the Mate. If he had had a longer purse
he might have organized victory In spite
of the appeal to reason made with ao
much spirit by Mr. Hughes. What Wil
liam R. Hearst hadone as a candidate for
office without a creditable record In public
life some other demagogue with more
money and the same means of publicity
will be able to Improve upon, and herein
lies the danger of the precedent. With re
gard to his enormous expense bill Mr.
Hearst would doubtless plead that he had
to finance his own campaign, as the demo
cratic organsatlon outside this city was
In a state of collapse, but it will become
a common plea If he has Imitators. Some
way must be found to amend the election
laws so as to limit the contributions of a
self-made carildat like Hearxt, or the
menace to the country will not be the
money power, but tho demagogue who. as
sailing It. uses his private fortune to dis
mantle parties and exalt himself above
them.
MRS. ItGBi IDbiA OF tilVIU.
tiieat Fortnne to Be Distributed
Among; the Deserving.
Kansas City Star.
The statement of Mrs. Russell Sage In
which she says: "I mean to give to those
whom I believe worthy and deserving of
aid the bulk of the fortune left me by
my husband, keeping only enough to live
on quietly and comfortably," Is as noble
a promise as evt-r was made. Other
views which she Is quoted as expressing
show tlat her purpose Is to give for the
personal satlxfactlon that right meaning
charity brings, and not for the vanity
of giving. For Instance, she declares she
will pay for the home of a struggling
young man with an Invalid wife too proud
to ever ask, help. She will have none of
j those who Importune her for gifts, but
will help men or women In the lower
or higher walks of life who, for no fault
of their own, are so unfortunate as to
need assistance and are too proud to ask.
It Is hoped that Mrs. Sage may have
th days and the wisdom to carry out
her wise purpose. How wonderful It
would be to have so great a charity aa Is
in this woman's power to bestow distrib
uted without a selfixh thought, with no
strings, to those who, through no fault
of their own, are ao unfortunate as to
need assistance. Other women have done
grand things In the way of unostentatious
philanthropy, but Mrs. Page has more
money to distribute and consequently a
wider field than any of her co-workers.
While tl may seem advisable and proper
to educate young men for the church, the
estimation In which the public will hold
Mrs. Sage will not be lessened by learn
ing that she has ik-rlded to forego this
sort of benevolence for more urgent ob
jects. If she itui'rredi In her announced
purpose It will be the pleasure of the
public to see that her name Is perpetuated
nd mot reverenced than the names of
tN'.f-e who atii iil.de that this shall be
tbal.' iv . aril before iliey givt.
ROIAII A ROt'T FW tORK.
Hippies on the nrrrat of Life In the
Metropolis.
When a distinguished foreigner strikes
New York the hotel at which he stops
hoists on Its flaKstaft tha fMg of the coun
try he represents. Every hotel of conse
quence keeps In stock the flags of various
nations, ready to run up when occasion
warrants. At the Hotel Astor, for In
stance, the Msg supply represents an In
eHnient of llD.ont). So cosmopolitan Is the
tide of visitors which stops there, and so
frequent are the banquet engagements,
which during the season average three or
four a night, that a collection which will
make available tha right flag at the right
moment is tremendous. One may see thetn
Mapping from the fucsde any day a patch
of brilliant color In the grayish vista of
the city street, denoting that an Important
personage from somo foreign country Is
stopping there, or that some swagger or
ganization Is giving a banquet. They are
literally the signal flags of hotel social
life, Indicating as do the weather bureau s
flag to the mariner what is going to blow
In.
On the eight n floor of the Astor there
Is a spacious room, the walls of which ar
llnod with pigeon holes. Here are sys
tematically arranged and labeled the stan
dards of tho whole civilized world. Ameri
can and foreign flags, club and society
flags, make a kaleidoscope of bunting. All
the foreign nations are represented, from
the Argentine republic to Sarawak. En
signs and merchant pennants, regimental
and naval and volunteers are there care
fully stowed away. There Is a special
compartment for burgees; another for
state flags. New York City has an offi
cial banner, and the United States col
leges are well to the for(e. The Orand
Army of the Republic and the Society of
tho Sons of tlie Revolution have theV
standards.
"A restaurant like this is as good a
place as any theater for the study of
character." said the manager of a well
known dining room. "Now. take that
young fellow over there. He dines here
once a week regularly never morn than
once. And he always alms to seat himself
at a table already acquired by one or
two men and force a conversation during
the meal. Why, I've come to know his
system as well as If he had told mn. I
learned through a friend that he Is a clerk
In a down town office with an 118 salary.
Of that sum ho sets aside 14 every week
for his dinner his check is always close
to that and he comes In evening clothes.
If he succeeds In picking up a table ac
quaintance his talk ts that of the real
man about town. If ho doesn't he derives
satisfaction from the counclousness of
having been seen by the wealthy or sub
stantial spending money like one of them
selves. Of course, he finds evening clothes
the most economical, as they serve for
all seasons. There's no harm In him and
he's really a type; but It's a queer way
to enjoy life, for he probably half starves
himself three duys out of seven."
In the line of prisoners- arraigned be
fore Magistrate O'Reilly in Manhattan
avenue police court, Brooklyn, one day
last week, was a man with haggard face
and eyes filled with anguish. Advancing
as his name was called, he met the ear
nest gaze of Magistrate O'Reilly and hung
his head. Magistrate O'Reilly turned to
a note which lay before him, and which
read:
"Dear Mr. O'Reilly: I wrote you a few
lines to ask you to let my papa go free.
He has been In prison so long and, oh, I
wish he was out. He Is so good when he
font drink, and he said he would never
touch drink again. . I have been down to
see my papa and he looks so bad and pale
and thin, and when I leave him he cries
and makes me cry, too. So please let him
go free Tuesday, so I will have him
living with me. Ha did not Know what
he was doing or ho never would have done
it. I close asking Ood that Tuesday you
will set my papa free. Yours truly,
"MARGARET ROSS."
Magistrate O'Reilly had Just finished
reading the note when a beautiful girl
of 10 entered the court room and ran
swiftly down the aisle. She had passed
through the gate before the attendant
could detain her, and next moment clasped j
her arms around the prisoner's neck. I
"Don't worry, papa, dear," said the
child as her hands caressed the prisoner.
"The Judge will set you free, for I sent
him a letter."
Magistrate O'Reilly saw by the com
plaint that the prisoner, John Ross, aged
50, was charged with homicide. Inflamed
with liquor, he had returned to his home
at 243 Bleecker street, Brooklyn, a month
ago, and, It was charged, struck his wife
when he refused to drink with him. Mrs.
Ross was taken ill shortly after, and died
In the German hospital. Assistant Dis
trict Attorney White told Magistrate
O'Reilly that the coroner's investigation
proved that Mrs. Ross had died of natural
causes.
"Ross, you are discharged," said the
court. "This ought to teach you a lea
son you will never forget. Take your
little daughter's advice and ato& drink
ing. She is a noble child to intercede
in your behalf. Go home with her and
protect her."
Ross took the child in his arms, and,
both sobbing, hastened from the court
room.
A man went into a Broadway drug
store and asked the clerk for a remedy for
Indigestion. The clerk sifted a pink powder
into the scales.
"Take a heaping dimetul of this," he said.
"It will bring you around all right."
"A dimeful?" ejaculated the man.
"What kind of a system of measurement
Is that?"
"It Isn't new," replied the clerk, "and It
is very simple. Just take a dime and pile
as much powder on it as will stick. That
will be the proper dose. You couldn't get It
any more exact if you measured for half
an hour with scales and spoons."
A man standing near by sighed remlnls-
cently.
"It makes me feel about ten . years
younger to hear you say that," he said.
"They used to measure medicine that
way when I was a kid. 1 supposed mod
ern appliances had driven all those old
methods out of the market."
"Not at all," said the clerk. "There are
lota of places where they still take medi
cine by the dimeful."
The theater ticket speculators who fol
low the fortunes of a popular Broadway
success which his selling seats for many
weeks In advance are sometimes hard put
to it to find the necessary capital. When
the Christmas week seats for this show
were placed on sale one speculator had
all his available cash Invested In Thanks
giving day tickets. He tried to borrow,
without success, so he went to a pawn
shop and put up bis Thanksgiving seats.
With the cash he stocked up on Christmas
week seats and then pawned them and
redeemed his Thanksgiving day tickets.
W. K. Hearst's Jewish American failed
to weather the storm that ended on No
vember . It started on October IS and
ended Its brief career today. The offlee
at 1 ft Broadway la closed up. The deaka,
sheaia. mucilage pots and lithographs of
Mr. Hc-jrst have been carried away.
The Jewish American was to have been
the Inspiration of the East Side. The
great ma s of the Jewish population was
to hae bfn made a. ununited with tha
virtues of Hearst lu Yiddish.
Has a dietetic value greatly be
yond the conception of any one
who has not used it. It will
make your food of a delicious
taste, a moist and keeping
quality and a digestibility hot to
be obtained from any other bak
ing powder or leavening agent
But more important than all else.
Dr Priced Baking Powde carries
only healthful qualities to the food
As every housekeeper can understand,
burnt alum and sulphuric acid the
ingredients of ail alum -and alum
phosphate powders must carry, to
the food acids injurious to health.
Avoid the alum powders study the label
FF.RSOXAt. NOTTC9.
Governor-elect Rollln S. Woodruff of
Connecticut Is now head of the hardware
concern In New Haven where he first
went to work as en office boy at an early
age.
A large bronze statue of Jefferson Davis,
president of the confederate states, is be
ing completed at an establishment in Prov
idence, R. I., and will be . unveiled . in
Richmond, Va., on June S, 1907, at tho
annual reunion of the United Confederate
Veterans' association.
Samuel R. MeCnll, whom a Massachusetts
district which includes Harvard univcraity
has elected for his eighth term In congress,
hns a commanding reputation for Inde
pendence, but neverthele has never made
any enemies. He does all his own think
ing and It Is long years since any political
boss has undertaken to direct his action.
Henry Oldys, assistant biologist in the
Department of Agriculture, Washington,
has 100 samples of bird music written tn
popular form, so that It Is possible for the
human voice exactly to imitate the song
sters of the field and the forest. He has
recorded tha actual tones, setting them in
the proper musical key, and their repro
duction Is easy for anybody who can read
musical symbols.
I.AI OHINfl LINES.
"Johnny, dear," called Mrs. Ferguson
from the foot of the stairway, 'it's 6
o'clock. Time for you to get up."
"All right, maw," answered Johnny.
Then he curled himself up for another
nap.
"Talk about your 'useless noises!' " he
muttered, sleepily. Chicago Tribune.
"Well." said Phem. ns soon as the ark
touched dry land, "what shall wo do now'"
"Start a paper, of course." refilled Noih.
What's the. use of having this marvelous
mastodonlc menagerie If we can't adver
tise it?" Philadelphia Press.
"No," said the embittered person, "when
I want financial assistance I go to stran
gers. I do not ask friends or relatives."
"Well," answered the logical man.
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"In politic, as
BrummaJ, "1 want
Good Clothes
Every well informed man who travels at all knows the
sixteen retail stores of Browning, King & Co.
And, in any event, if he is in any of the cities where we
have stores this city, for instance he ought to know this
store as the place where he is sure of getting what he wants,
as he wants it. .
Clothing, Furnishings and Hats.
Browning,
K. S. WILCUA, Manager. )
Ioooooooo-ooooooo oooooo-oooo OS
Piano Buyers Arc Learning!
Yesterday gentleman called at our store, looked at our pianos,
seemed much pleased with them, but was not ready to buy. In tb
course of conversation we said that we did not pay commission be
cause our prices were too low and because it's unfair to the public to
do ao. He replied:
"I know you do not pay commUbions because a lady friend of our
family told me yesterday that if I would go with her to a certain
store she would gave me $10 by giving me her commlsHlon. I asked
her if she could cave roe any money at Hospe'B, she fiald no."
We asked him if he thought $10 was all she waa to get. He smiled
and answered, "No, Indeed."
The man went out and looked around in the other Piano stores
and came back and bought from us. '
He Knew Where to Save
In buying from us you always save money and get a better Piano
Into the bargsln.
How can you trust a piano dealer who has a sliding price and who
pays comnilcsaions to people who bring or send customers to his store.
Don't forget that the couimlsbton is always added to the price of tb
piano, and the customer pays It. ...
Our Chrlstmaa stock of Pianos la arriving. Reservations are now
being made. Moat magnificent Dtock from the greatest factories In
the world. We are factory distributers for Knabe, Kranlcb & Bach.
Kimball, Bush-Lane, Hallet-Davis, Cable, Nelson, Whitney, Hlnte,
Hospe, Cramer. Burton. Victor. Gilbert etc.
A. HOSPE CO.
1513 DOUGLAS STREET.
The f 3 Monthly llano at 0O aud Less. Think of t,iua.
IKGES
"maybe that's the beat way. Friends an
relatives aro In a position to keep postec
on a man's record. Washington wtar.
"Somebody ays that our national plant
ought to be the mint."
"Thut'e so. With the mint for our na
tional plant and the big stick for our na-
tional emblem, wa ought to be able to ae
a little spirit In our International affairs. '
Iialtlmore American.
"My bov, here's the place for you. Hours
from 10 to 2; Saturdays from 10 to 1?: work
genteel and light: jexporlcnce unnesory;
yttlary, lino per week. How does that suit
VIHl ,"
"G'wan! I ain't rot no .V,00O to Invest
In the business." Houston Chronicle.
, "
"Aw, g'oii, Mike," said the British sol
dier, attempting to end the argument;
"vou're a lobster." ,
"Ye Hatter me," retorted Mike. "Khure.
a lobster's a wise animal, fur green Is tli
coU r 'n. him hs long as he lives, an' he'll
die before he puts on a red coat'-athollo
Standard and Timea.
THE .MUHCHAXTS.
Ialel Muckay In December St. Nicholur
I am the Frost.
I'll show you diamonds, laces and tapes
tries Of all variety
At lowest cost:
Weaving of -chaste design
Perfect in every line;
Conroisseurs surely will buy of the Frost.
I am the Dew.
Notice my elegant bracelets and necklaces,
All of rare quality;
Pearls not a few;
Fmerald and amethyst;
Opal all rainbow kissed;. . .
Ladles rive early to buy of the Dew.
I am ths Snow.
Let ma display for you carpets most ex
quisite. Choicest of bordering
Also I show.
Heavy and soft anjl white.
Spread In a single night;
Folk who have wisdom will buy of the
Snow.
I am the Rain.
Something I'll show you priceless and won
derful. Making these offers seem
Tawdry and vain!
J 'TIh but a cloali of gray
i Wrapping the world away
j Happy the few who will buy of the Rain.
in stylest" said Beau
to be right."
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