Nebraska Newspapers

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The" Omaha Daily Bee.
t'OUSDED BY KDWARD P.OSETVATK R.
VICTOR BOSK WATER, EDITOR.
Kr.ttrad at Omtlit post office as second
il matter
TERMS OF FURfCRIFTlON.
Dally Hee, (without Sunday), one year. .14
l 'lly ! U aiid Funday, pn year. ...... J "
MindsV P.K one ar .. I f
Saturday !., one. year v
iDEUVtHKD BT CARRIER
Tally1 Re (Including Sunday), per week..l.J
Ijally.Hee (without Sunday, per week..l0
Kvenfng Be (without Sunday). per wk Jo
Ivvenh-ig Br (with Sunday). Par week.. 100
Address complaints of lrregularitle In Ui
livery to City Circulating Department.
Omaha The Bee building.
XouHi Omaha-City Hall ImlMing.
' ouhcll Huffs 10 Pearl treet.
r hleag lao Unity building.
New York-UV Home Life In, building.
Washington Ml Fourteenth street.
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e. Editorial Department.
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Only 2-oen stamp received payment of
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THE CKE PUBM9HINU COMPANY.
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STATI7M ENT OF CIRCULATION.
Htste of Nebraska, Pouglsa County, :
Charles C. Rosewater. general manager of
The Bee Publishing company, being duly
sworn, says thut tha actual number of full
and complete copies of The Dtilly, Morning,
Kventng and Sunday Pea printed during tlie
month of October. 191, was aa follows:
1 3O.M0
17
2 ao.soo
30.M0
18 , .30,930
1H 31JI90
4.
b.
i.
1.
8.
9.
10.
. . .30,730
. . 30,769
. . .31.70
. . .30, 3O0
. . .30,070
...30,590
.., 90,730
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. 31- ...
. .11430
. .31,900
. .3O.CS0
. .30,090
. . 30430
. .sijrro
..31,410
. .31,740
. .30,070
. .31,300
..31,110
. .31,110
11 30, W0
12 30,730
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14.,
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18.
.31,050
.30,900
.31,480
.33,000
Total . , Bfli.SM
Less unsold copies........ 11,083
Net total sale's M,3aT
Dally average 30,005
C. C. ROSE WATER.
. Oeneral Manager.
Subscribed in tny Dieserice and swoni to
before me this 1st day of November, l"Mi. .
(Seal.) , ' if-B. HCNOATK,
, - JJotary Public.
WHBH Ol T Of TOW.
Subscribers ImtIbs; tha clr.e
porartly- shoal ksv Tk Be '
mailed t the. Address will be
changed as aften a a renaested.
Tile transfer ordinance has got an
other transfer! ' Maybe some day it
will make .a connection.
Mayor Jim wants the city hall to be
repaired. The Bee has been urging
this expenditure for many months.
If pending cases tire brought to
their logical conclusion Uncle Sam
may' again be".'xk-1 eiiougtt to give us
all a farm." v ';!' . , -
Developments at Pittsburg show
that,councilmen need a roan who can
"shake the" plum' tree" without making
too much noise.
Readers of "solid Action" may noon
be satisfied with file reappearance of
the Congressional Hecord and lt care
fully edited speeches. '
Russia's - principal difficulty, seams
to be to devise a system of education
which will not cause the students to
desire a better form of government.
The action of the Vallejo city coun
cil shows that the California port pre
fers the presence of disabled warships
to that of disabled warriors and disor
derly houses must go. '
While ' monuments are being raised
to Cuban martyrs, those officials who
asked for American Intervention while
$13,000,006 remained In the treasury
should not be forgotten.
Democratic party managers intimate
a hope for success through votes of
farmers, : seeming to think' the men
who feed tho. world wjH become cloyed
on prosperity by..tho tinio of the nti)
presidential campaign.
The official declaration that Great
Kritain is ready to oppose the tale of
opium to uncivilized people shows that
it has made great progress In national
morality since the day it forced tlie
upiuni trade on China.
Not' that Mr. Jerome's asaistaut al
leges blackmail was paid to a former
state superintendent of insurance in
New York, the attorney may bo given
leave to amend hla opinion exonerating
nearly all parties concerned.
The president's devotion to the
"strenuous lite" was' again shown
when he caused the Louisiana to ex
ceed Its contract speed limit, but as he
was on his way home his desire for
rapid transit can be understood.
Tho promise of tho street railway
company to make largo immediate ex
penditures for the.. improvement .of its
local service does not come any too
soon. Every hour is a rush tour on
tho Omaha street car lines at present.
County Attorney Slabaugh is slowly
but surely clearing tho way to bring
tho Indicted coal baron to trial on
tho main point at laauo. Technicali
ties are not going to intorfero with tho
thorough judicial investigation this
time. '. '
Tho time of year having oouie when
freezing weather may bo expected, tho
eity council Is making haste to repair
tho asphalt pavements, which is quits
In lino wltj the general democratic
policy, the hindsight of tho party bo
lnjj proverbial. ' -
Tin Commercial club wtll giro a
l a nquet to the governors of Ak-flar-licu.
This year tie occasion should
be doubly ' Joyous, for Ak-Sar-Beu's
puissance was nevor more noticeable
slid due acknowledgment should be
u.4.fit tho lavt . .'-'."'
rm; yrnrtASKA ituyRftiiirtya
If there be a place on earth where
good fortune and abundance and
every happy circumstance Impart sig
nificance to the Thanksgiving cere
monial, Nebraska H that place, and
thfs Is the year, climaxing as it does
a series of year of unexampled pros
perity. The expannlon of fruitful ac
tivity is nation wide. Indeed in a
sense world wide,' but it may vrell be
doubted If In the nation or in the
world there is another community in
which so many felicitous circum
stances combine In an appeal to grati
tude as in onr own commonwealth.
The force of that -appeal Is im
mensely enhanced by the retrospect of
the active' generation and still far
more If we go back in the memory
of pioneers who in contraing- scenes
prepared and made straight the way
that has led to auch pleasant places.
That hardy, enduring. Intrepid rac of
men and women whose faith and
strength it was that transformed the
desert are entitled above ail to a
place In the reflections of this day,
the more because the circle of the
survivors is so rapidly narrowing.
jNot less is there admonition, if
there be wisdom to discern it, that by
those virtues alone by which the
abounding blessings of this situation
were gained can they be retained and
perpetuated. The arduous conditions
of the earlier years poverty, depriva
tion, the formidable menace of the
plains, the disaster of sterile seasons
and devastating vlHitations chal
lenged and developed the qualities that
bring success. Prosperity also, though
In a diflerfht way, is a test of char
acter and Is attended with its own
peculiar dangers.
The true Thanksgiving, if lis In
forming spirit be intelligent and loyal,
will lead away from mere fatuous self
satisfaction and into serious appre
ciation of the dqty that is inseparable
from powerand, opportunity.
GROWTH UFMUXll IPA.L UOVtRSUKST.
The relative Importance of munici
pal government has been recently,
forced upon public attention In many
ways, but never more notably than
by the facts developed by tho national
census bureau through its investiga
tion into public ' debts. It is a sur
prising and pregnant fact that the ag
gregate debt of cities of 8,000 popu
lation and upward in the United
States exceeds SI. 600,000, 000, 'or an
amount, as the census .bureau state,
"greater than .that of the combined
debt of the national and state gov
ernments and of the counties, school
districts and other minor civil dis
tricts." The comparison throws Into dear
light the lmmensly greater place
which, municipal government occupies
now in the life of the people and the
lapldlty with which It Is taking on
and enlarging functions which were
formerly either left to private enter
prise or were. .entirely. . uterformed.
The facts likewise carry a most Im
pressive lesson 011 the neglected sub
ject of municipal taxation.
. The most vital suggestion, however,
arises out- of the circumstance that
tho prodigious municipal debt bears
directly upon only the one-third of the
total population of the country which
in 1900 was included in cities of over
8,000. Concentration of population is
going on so steadily that within a
generation fully one-half, Instead of
one-third, of the total will almost cer
tainly be nimsed in cities of . over
8t000. If the. tendency to serve urban
wants, which rapidly assume the char
acter of necesHltles, by municipal
agency and taxation shall continue at
the rate shown during the last two
decades and especially the last few
years, as In all probability It will,
problems of organization and admin
istration of great complexity and dif
ficulty will have to be solved.
As the case stands municipal ar
rangements are antiquated, clumsy,
inefficient, uneconomic. Particularly
in .'our. western states the typical sys
tem for municipal regulation 4 the
crudest sort of patchwork over a con
stitutional and statutory frame" orig
inally, designed and ,prhaps aultahJe
enough for pioneerrural and village
conditions, but. totally inadequate in
the vast industrial and social revolution-In
the mid of which we are
living.
ttSATVR TILLMMXS Of Ft Y.i
Whatever may be thought of Sena
tor Tillman's motives, there can
hardly be difference as to the fact that
the spirit In which he discusses the
race Isnue, hi speech, at. Chicago be
ing characteristic, is a grave hindrance
to any useful solution. It breathes
defiance, bitterness, intolerance, and
in every syllable exasperates the baser
passions which at beat are hard to
deal with on such a question. Mutual
animosities are the very essence of the
race issue, but Senator Tillman, . In
stead of striving to allay and remove
them, seems to strain 11 his energies
to inflame them.
This Incompatible and arrogant at
titude on the part of a faouthcru man
of undoubted ability and influence U
in every way to be regretted ut this
time, .when there are many ominous
signs of increasingly critical strain be
tween the raceo in those extensive
sections where they are in closest con
tact. While It exasperates northern
sensibilities and Indeed seems as If
expressly designed by the senator to
have that effect, even more harmful
consequences fall upon the south, mul
tiplying the discouraging difficulties
with which the progressive and earnest
minds of both rare there are bravely
and eonsclentlouely struggling.
The fact that we canrl get away
I from Is that the two ry.'es are here,
( mainly luassed iu ba't d'w oatb
TIIE OMAHA
ern states, snd here they will remain.
It is not a question whether they
shall live together, for that Is settled
beyond the power of recall, but of
how they shall live together, whether
laceably, tolerantly, even helpfully,
or In a relation of Intensifying hostil
ity ripping Inevitably Into a day of
war and horror.
.What Is needed is the pietist re
crse of the spirit whiCh the South
Carolina senator perversely exhibits
moderation, patience, even benevo
lence and at least forbearance. The
clement from which most Is to be
hoped Is the moral and high-minded
sentiment in the south, reinforced by
the Intelligent self-interest of the pro
gressive business community. It is
steadily dojng much and getting into
position to do more to ameliorate race
adjuetments, and it is little short of
a high crime for any man, north or
south, and especially for any southera
man of note, to throw obstacles in
the way and to make worse a situa
tion already bad and dangerous.
THtl MISSOURI RIVUH.
Public thought is again being
turned in the direction of the Missouri
river and the rehabilitation of com
merce on that turbulent stream is
again considered. The advantage of
water transportation la' unquestiona
ble. Neglect of the Missouri river as
a factor in commerce has been due
solely to the fact that the country it
traverses has developed at a rate that
would not brook the delay of water
tronmuirtatiitn Th. n .1 -M ,lu.p
",'. .aiiuu, , 1 1 g I a 11 11 vU 1 i . v. i j
carries today the same volume of
water and flows in the vaaie general
direction as it did au hundred years
ago when Captains Lewis and Clark
followed it from its mouth to that
magnificent scene in the heart of the
Rockies, where the Missouri Is born
of the turbulent union of the Jeffer
son, Madison and Gallatin. Tho ob
ject of that expedition was to estab
lish communication by water, if possi
ble, between the eastern and western
coasts of the United States. This ex
pedition determined the navigability
of the Missouri river as far as the
Great Falls, and for more than halt a
century its bosom bore the freight of
the great northwest. The coming of
the iron horse drove the slow-going
and uncertain steamboat from the
river and now for twenty-five years
the Missouri has practically been
abandoned.
Much misdirected effort, has been J
expended with the process of restoring j
the Missouri river to its usefulness as.
an artery of commerce. Considerable
sums of money have been wasted in a
vain attempt to check Its erratic cur
rent and confine it within well defined
limits. Experience has proven what
may and may not be done with the
Missouri. Present projects have the
advantage of this experience and are
basing their calculations on fairly ac
curate knowledge of . the vagaries of
the great stream. ( i i
A line of boats is plying with con
siderable regularity between Kansas
City and St. Louis and bulky freight
is being handled at a rate Tar below
what the railroads ask for similar
service. Omaha has been invited to
come in and patronize a similar line
and the project has a number of en
thusiastic supporters. No question
exists as to the feasibility of the plan.
It only remains to determine that the
shippers are willing to avail them
selves of the advantages afforded by
water transportation. Public interest
in the matter can go no farther. The
question must now be decided by pri
vate Individuals.
Local packers express themselves
as well pleased with the operation of
the new inspection law up to date and
give assurance that the meat industry
will flourish under the new law even
as it did under the old. The Omaha
packers wernever niuch concerned in
the outcry raised by the investigation,
for the reason that none of the 'com
plaint made was' lodged against their
plants. On this fact they are to'be
congratulated.
Omaha tookf an important part In
the-proceedings of the Transmissls
sippl congress at-Kansas City and is
now preparing to be equally active in
the Rivers and Harbors congress
which meets at Washington. Omaha's
place on the map is being very defi
nitely fixed.
Chancellor Andrews pays the in
coming state officers a very high com
pliment and one that Is well deserved.
If the chancellor was a little more
familiar with Nebraska history he
would tea lire just how much his as
sertion really means.
Some lawyers will learn that the
day Is long past when charges of
"graft" can be silenced by the state
ment that Investigation will smirch the
reputation of some honored federal
official but this plea has been ad
vanced in the Utah coal land hearing.
With Japan finding Corea about all
that it cau handle in a commercial
way, the door of Manchuria can be ex
pected to open sooner than otherwise
expected, but it is probable that when
other nations pass through they will
find Islanders occupying front seats..
Reports frofn the Chinese coast,
where people are being killed with
mines set during the recent war, calls
attention to the necessity of an inter
national agreement compelling bellig
erents to pick up tbelr chips when
they are through woik.
Getting below the surface. It has
been developed that the movement at
Lincoln for the segregation of the
sexes in boarding houses is more In
the interest of a- sioribund dormitory I
DAILY BKE: THI'HSDAV.
project town mors lit y. Jt is sonic
what surprising that Chancellor An
dreas should have allowed himself to
be inveigled Into any such plan n
that he endorsed. .
Heal Melancholy Paja.
NrinncB polls Journal.
If huindrd Oil stock continues to uVcilue
we may look for rises In the prU: of oil.
At present John has hold of the cold end
of tha pokr.
simply Toachea the Button.
Baltimore American.
Mr. Hnrrlman Says that be does not
control a mile of mil road. rerhap. A
popular Impression prevails, however,
that he controls the men who select tl.e
men who run the trains over many miles
of railroads.
Why We Hhaald Be Thnakfal.
Washington Herald. j
"You .should be, thankful that you have I
to struggle along for your daily bread." I
says young Mr. Rockefeller. Yes. Indeed;
otherwise how would It be possible to cultl- j
rate a breed of young Mr. Rockefellers to
give sage advice like, that?
Stockholders Pay the Fines.
New York World. j
The Interstate Commerce commission has :
discovered that railroad officials are not
purdshed when they are fined for granting
rebates; the stockholders pay the fines.
Tho better reason, then, for applying the
Jail sentence on all sucu lawbreaker".
Idle Calculations.
Cincinnati "pnqulrer,
Sonic arithmetical crank haa "calculated"
that the wealth of the United Statis, If
converted Into one-dollar bills, would
reach from the earth to the moon thirty
times. Prosperity doesn't seem to hava
given everybody something to do that Is
worth while.
The Tariff and Politics.
' rhiladelphU Press.
There Is no doubt that a large number of
gentlemen would like to sea tho tariff taken
out of politic, but they seem to forget that
If It hadn't ben for the republican, brand
of politics there would not have been any
tariff. And for years the tariff has spelled
prosperity.
A (iootl Inreattnent.
Brooklyn ptglc.
It appears that the expense of electing
one Charles li. Hughes taking tho totul
Into account governor of the state of New I
York, waa about I2.000.ai0. Well, he came
high, but he is likely to turn out to b a
good Investment. That which Is cheapest
Is sometimes dearest, and vice versa.
China's Hisbtr Job.
New Tork Tribune.
The Chinese antl-npiunl edict Is a sweep
ing measure, which, if enforced, will be of
Inestimable beneilt to China, physically and
morally. Seeing, however, that probably a
majority of those who will be charged with
Its enforeemerit are themselves opium users,
there may be some emphasis placed upon
the "if."
Pauaiaa aa a Health Iteaurt.
Kansas City Times.
It Is cheering to learn that not an Amer
ican has died of disease within the Panama
canal gone within three months. The estab
lishment of a government ftervice by Uncle
Sam. with the politics Incident to that sort
of innovation, will make the most mias
matic locality on the globe habitable for
Americans. Besides, ho American on the
Isthmus whs going to tip and die with
President Roosevelt billed fop a, rlMt to
Panama.
flisw and Bryan.
Brooklyn '-Eagle. '
Mr. William J. Bryau and Mr. Leslie
M. Shaw exchanged compliments, but
not convictions, at a talk-feat In Kan
sas City on Friday, Mr. Shaw will
t pailr. 1... 1
:, "-.""
Mr. Bryan hopes to resume candidacy by
request. Mr. Bhaw has renounced asplra-
tions for the presidency, and will not run
for the office.. Mr. Bryan is not .affirming
an aspiration for the presidency by his
uuanecteil desire to run for the otnee.
He has teamed how to make candidacy
more remunerative than election would
be.
ItOM.t.tCK OK THE CUHS ( HOP
Haaky Monarch Considered Founda
tion of National Prosperity.
Jjohton Transcript.
The people of this country do not fully
realize the distinction t.'iut attaches to our
corn crop. It Is a crop that for the most
part is peculiar to this country and by
many million bushels exceeds tvery other
If not all others in it. The most recent
government report upon this j ear's yield,
' which is no longer a matter of guesswork,
but a practically determinable quantity,
makes It MW.QfjO.Ow bushels, or UH.flCO.OiM
bushels mare than last year, which also
broke all previous records. This means a
money value to the country of more than
tl.l0O.O00.ndu. Forty years ago the crop was
867,948,296 bushels, and Urg as those fig
ures seemed at the time, we have this
year returns of over three times as much.
It in said that this is not a cereal that
j goes abroad and helps to pay off our Euro
I pea a "finance bills," Inasmuch as tha an
nual export Is only between 10 and 20 per
cent. That la true of direct shipment of
the grain, but It Is not true when wa con
sider Us relation to other articles of stan
dard commerce. "Cornfed" is an American
term. Literully It means that for rapid
and rich fattening of either hogs or cattla
it Is the grain upon which wa most de
pend. Other countries may hava sweeter
pastures, but nens other can equal us in
what Is known as stall-fed beef and pork.
This fact Is so generally recognisod that
we apply tha term "cornfed" In a figura
tive aense to many things that have ma
tured quickly to a very prosperous condi
tion. It is applied to trusts and to heavy
dividend combinations of all kinds. More
than anything else corn Is the foundation
of national prosperity. In an average year
wa consume about 2,2'io.OiU.OOu bushels in
our own country and It ought to have its
praises sung by home market clubs all
over the land. Tt Is fortunate that we car
find so many uses fur it, bettause our ef
forts to win favor for It In foreign coun
tries hava not been brilliantly successful,
though at International expositions and In
other ways we have given demonstrations
of Its infinite variety and Its substantial
value. In forty more years we should be
producing lO.OiO.UAtM) bushels a year. The
average yield to the acre is now not over
twenty-five bushels, when It might easily
b made that twice that with cloer culu-
vatlon.
When
Dp- Graves'
Too Hi Powder
Is used twice-a-day you will have
white teeth, hard sums, clean
mouth, pure breath, good diges
tion, good health. Listen to our
dentist's advice. He kno be it.
la handy natta! caal r bottlaa, .
B'-Cr.YSs' Tccih PcK.:r Co.
NOVKMHKli LN. I'.nm?.
th WKx.it ixs mv romnt,
llorr at the l.hrr'i Feel.
I Tho white moon peeps tliro' my window
Mind
As I'm slttlnr a'one tmilshtr
I T' lnHna ol .lave I've let! Iw-hlrl
In the years that have taken ibglit.
, My hnrt Is full of .1 nameless t hi ill
I. That lnr life has be-n so weet.
j And I fain would hurry to SMim s bill
I A'ld bow a 1 the tilvcr's feet.
I The yertr tnt roinir Vtrs brought me boon
As rleh as the years rne hv:
Tha skies were clear as the harvest moon
( Vlvn thx frolden crops Tvcie dry;
! The grain was gnniered nhiindnntly then.
For the wlntrv dnyF ahead.
' And I thank the (liver of rood to men
i or supplies of dally brvnd.
No fell dlseas" with ghatly hro'J"
Haa fome In atlni diiise :
No war haa spread Ita baleful cloud
Athwart my azure ckles;
But the dove of peace the white-winged
built In mv own roof-tree.
And the breezes have flouted the hnnner "f
love
O'er all my land and sea.
Bo now I slno; as best I can
My glad Thanksgiving sonu
To Him who holds me by the hand
And loads me safe along:
I am not worthy Ills smalleat pin.
But He glveth Inrae and free.
And so a song of praise I lift
For His goodncRs unto me.
THOMAS BKRRY SMITH.
What llit-j'rr 'IliauUfnl Far.
"I'm thankful." said the blooming gill.
As she combed her nut brown tresses,
"I'm thankful that my kind mamma
Is lengthening my dresses."
"I'm thankful." anld the social belle.
As she. waltsrd In the nv quadrille.
"For men and mirrors tell me
That I'm young and pretty still."
"I'm thankful," snld the arrocant vo ith,
Whose sweetheart gava him the mitt;
But "Truth crushed to earth shall rise
again"
o he faintly added, "Nit."
"rm thankful," saJd the bachelor.
As ho smoked In bis lonely den;
"But If I were safely married
I'd be more thankful then."
"I'm thankful," said the fond minima
Of seven girls and boys.
"For I find that life's keen surrows
Are cancelled by Its Joys."
"I'm thankful." said the spinster,
As she calmly wiped her eyes.
"That my life has not been a race course
With man the only priae."
"I'm thankful," said the farmer,
"That turkey me:it Is high."
And a turk. roosting high in tho lree-t"p.
Whispered, "Yes, so am I."
"We'd be thankful," said some turky.
"To escape and leave no clue."
And a great old gobbler sputtered.
"It's November twentv-Uu-oe skiddoo'"
BAYOLL NK TRK1.K.
Omaha, November. V.
Story of the 1).
This Is the story !he way luy pa
Told it one night to me and ma.
ThanksKtvlu' lny comes once a year be
cause the Plltfrlm band
Was thankful tout they hud the sense to
leave their native land
And comn across the sea to find a stem
and rockbo'jnd shore
Where they would never haft to bow to
bosses euny mote,
Where thieves would not break In and
ut ..it I u ti.l triiMls urnllil nnvee I rv
To gobble everything and let t lie littlo J
dealer die.
j We celebrate Thanksgivin
Pilgrims came
dsy because tlitf
In search of freedom wheie they knew that
they n- iuld nnd the same.
Where ni-ii would be as brothers, where
the strong would aid the v.k.
Where li'iburty would raise her flag on
every cr;ig and peak.
Where billionaires would never dare to
cheat for profits' suke
Or break the laws tint t other men were not
allowed to bre.uk.
Wc celebrate lieciiusc 't lie hopes liOed by
that Pilgrim band
Have all come true, because there's not an
evil In our land.
i Because we have no wealthy rogues to plan
and plot and scheme
To make the llbburty wo claim a-vain and
empty ttieam.
Because our mugnutes go to church and
teach in Sunday schools.
And everywhere from sea to sea the Chris
tian si'lrlt rules.
I Wf. kl.ep Thanksgivin' day Iwcause the man
w ho does his best
T0 te honest cltiien is honored by the
i rest; '
j ""of "and
! gut all our wealthy senators are glad to
shake his hand
And hear his plea and guard his rights with
all the jellus care
,'lliey ever give the interests of any mil
lionaire. .
We keep the good old day because no idle
rich ignore
The pressing needs of those where want is
. ...l,l-cr u, lhA floOl.
! Because we have such freedom as the Pil
grims wished to cinuii.
Because we never are oppressed and never
splutched with shame.
Because we've frightened greed away and
raised our standard high
And kept the faith for which our sires
were not afiaid to die.
That is tho story the way my pa
Told It one night to me and mc.
B. K. Klser In Record-Herald.
Reasons for Thankf nlneaa.
l-t us Is' thankful-noi only because
Since last our universal thanks were told
Ve bnvw grown greater in the world s ap-
Anl'iorTune's newer smiles surpass the
old
But thankful for all things that came a
FronVout the open hand of Providence;
The winter clouds and storms the auinnier
TheslepTeea dread-the drowse of indo
lence. Let us be thankful-thankful- for the
Whost gracious answers were long, long
T,,...dfhevHr.'ilht fall upon us unawares.
i And bless us as in greater need, we
prayed.
jt us be thankful for the loyal hand
That love held out In welcome to our own
When love and only love could understand
The need of touches we had never known.
I.et us b thankful for the long ng eyes
Thai ave their secret to us as they wept,
Yet in return found, with sweet snrprla...
Lov"s touch upon their lids, and smiling.
slept.
And let us. too. I thankful that the tear
Of eornVw have not all been drained
That" h mglf thein still, for all the coining
! Wenu'y'look on the dead face of Tod-V.
j "e,nujrl jame Whtteomb Hiley.
Haapr Disposition.
i Who 'say dat Tanksgibin' Day nebbsli no
But ceptln' to folks dat Is richT
6 ho! I got cr kitchen, a stove an some
A ubone, some 'taters an' sU-h.
A mess o' persimmons dat a Jes' frosted
A wife' dat'a good-natuhed an' fat.
A bit o' tei-backer ter put In msh pipe.
An' I alio ly la fankful to dat.
But s posin' I didn' hab now ob dee t ings,
Jes a-pose I Was po' sa could be,
!- youreckon Old Nick could come f.ap
..in' nl w Inaa
An' meek a back-alidah ob nie? ,
ankUan' uuie. cold, an' it's nlppln"
n' his stu'mmlck may feel kind o' fiat.
But" btess yo'l de summah time come aktn
Isiun' ter be t ankful o
dat.
T. A. Pai.
HI Thank-
A auest invited to the fat
Upon Thanksgiving lay,
I gazed upon liie viands spread
In such profuse array;
The fish a noble salmon, whole.
The patea and the game.
The fruit and sweets and sparkling wine
Iitke ioae and amber flame.
And whlU tha breath of hothouse buds
Perfumed tha balmy air,
1 uttered in my heart the most
Sincere tbankri lug thue
Cw auae. while 1 enjoyed the feast
Willi epicureaJi thrills.
Not mine the bitter aftarmatU f
Of aeltliiig up lh bills.
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o
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PF.n0AL JtiOTrJ.
Peary is accused by some of his crew
of cruelty. He ate the best cuts of dog.
Hon. Oscar ftraus of New Tork. who Is
to becone secretary of commerce ana
labor, hus leased the beautiful Italian pal
ace. Just completed by former Senator John
M. Henderson, where be will live during
hie residence In Washington.
The newly elected mayor of Hull, F.ng
land, Henry Friedman, J. P., Is the first
Jew to occupy that place. He was Ihtii
In Hull fifty years ago, and has held many
city offices, besides the presidency of the
Iarg9 Jewish congtegutlon of that place.
Dr. Henry 9. Curtis, supervisor of piny
grounds of the national capital, pinises the
public playgrounds of Boston above tho.se
of other cities of the country. After a
tour of the big cities on an investigation to
learn pointers for Washington he returned
and awarded the palm to the Hub.
The new minister of war of Austria, tten
eral Frana Schoenich, Is 62 years old, and
has worn the uniform of his country since
he became a cad't in the military school
at Heimburg. He saw active service for
tho first time when he was 18 years old, in
the Schleswlg-llolstein campaign, and two
years later took part in the Kittle of Konlg
gratr. At the last meeting of the Aeademie de
Medicine Prof. Poirier announced that
Ban n Henri de Rothschild had given 1.
(XM francs for the foundation of u French
institution for the study of cancer. Since
then more gHs lave been received, so that
the amount has now leached 14n.0t francs.
It Intends to raise further sums by means
of an "appeal to tho reason, hearts and
purses of French men and women."
Robert Ambler Bruce, who was born be
fore George Washington died, who saw the
meeting between Admiral Decatur nnd Na
poleon at St. Helena, and, who Is a hero
of half a. dozen wars, is still living In
Richmond, Va., at the ago of leS. He en
tered the navy at the nge of 13 to serve in
the war of 1M2. nnd was at 13 on Decatur's
flagship when it visited St. Helena in 1811.
Mr. Bruce is a descendant of Pocahontas.
Sidney l'ittman. a negro graduate of tin
architectural department of Drexel insti
tute, bus won the distinction of being the
first of his race to have plans accepted
by the United SUt-s government. Pittman
competed for the negro building, to be in
the government section of the Jamestown
exposition. His design offere ,: In competi
tion was1 accepted tentatively several days
ag by J. Knox Taylor, supervising archi
tect of the treasury, and the selection has
now been ratified by Secretary Shaw.
MHK OLD STORY FROM I'E RY.
Heolfer'a View of the Last Dnah
Toward the Pole.
New York Sun.
Mr. Peary, on his way home from the
polar regions, is precedr-d by the usual
vanguard of scandal and recrimination. It
seems to be an Inevitable concomitant of
those Arctic exploration that the world
must be shocked and grieved by tab s of
needles suffering and accusations of
criminal neglect and folly. Although lh"y
are invariably begun in an ostentation of
confidence that "this time" th mistakes
of the past have !eou thoroughly fore
stalled, they as Invariably end In failure
afier a repetition of nearly every blunder
thnt has crowded chronicle with tragedy.
On the occasion of Peary's last departure
we were assurtd that he had at lust suc
ceeded In collecting the Ideal equipment
for his task. He had been furnished wl'h
eveiy agency he asked for. His prepara
tions covered every conceivable emergency
and contemplate.! every posslbla vicissitude.
Kxperb nee had done its prfect work. For
the f'rst ttin.s In his adventurous car"er
he had been provided with a vessel exactly
suited to the purpose. He had fitted It.
down to minutest detail, with an enlight
ened knowledge, an almost superhuman
provision. He had everything he wanted
everything which the liveliest Imagination,
Informed by prayerful thought and the
most prolonged personal observation, could
suggest. And if the material aspect of th
expedition was flawless, as he averred it
was. It remained to say only that the per
sonnel was at all points worthy of ll. And
so on. He had the perfect machinery of
For
Cold in
(he Chest
Now, see here
minute, my friend.
You ought to know
that you can't cure
a cold in the chest,
or sore throat,
shooting pains
the lungs,
swallowing medi
cines. The stuff
you swallow goes
into your stomach,
and your trouble
not there at
What vou want
do is to rub your
throat and chest
with Omega
and do it quick,
too. Nature
made this oil
for exactly this
purpose. It
to v J)r
subdues and overcomes the inflammation and is 'at
least a hundred times better than a sticky, itchini?, nasty
poiuua pumci. won i iosc time
fooling with such, things, but
start using Omega Oil as quickly
as you' can. - 7U -
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exploration, and, more than any living
man, he knew exactly how to utilize It.
The Pole? Why. ho would make It his
flagstaff, his hut rack anything you please.
Now Peary comes limping back In a
cilpplcd ship, with a resentful and dis
gusted crew. lie- Jells us he has gone so
muny inile further than anybody else aa
to make a laughing stock of Nansen and
all the rest of them. We gather, more
over, that ho intends to lecuio later on at
the usual rates, und that the verael'a
wounds and dislocations are to be exhlb
I'ed to a curi.iiis multitude like the two
faced woman and '.he human fly. Fur
ther along wo may have It proved to us
that Peary's "dash" has discovered some
great scientific, secret s-qf Incalculable value
to the human race. Further along, also,
w may hear something of Interest from
the hired men of the pai-ty. In all re
spects at present visible, however, the
country at largo will perceive In this last
expedition nothing that differs materially
from Its predecessors. Mr. Peary nuiy
huve advanced a little beyond the others.
J but that advance has been abandoned, and
th next explorer will have It all to do ovr
again.
MIRTH FOR Till. FK 1ST.
"of course, liubleys married. Lddn't you
know that?"
"No. Why, ho said be wouldn't marry
th best woman on earth "
"Yes. and he kept his word. "-Philadelphia,
Press.
"There's a man of tho nanie of ittleon
I tout lias applied to me for a Job as comli
i man. He says he used to woi k for you.
Has he a go.jl character"' ' -
"Yes. If he hasn't lost it. I nave hirii ona
vht.ii he h ft me.." -Chicago U'( iImiiiv. - . .
Adam had Just blamed It on tlir woman.
"You see," he cxplalnetl, "there wern t
any three companies Of infantry 'to have
diMeharg.nl for me."
Considering the smallness of creation, nil
agreed be had done pretty well. New York
Sun.
"Living Is higher ttan It ever was bc-foi-e."
said the man who complnlns.
"Nonsense," answered the. man who N
vapidly jocose; "think of our ancestors who
lived away up in trees." Washington Star.
"Is it true, prisoner, that, you clalitl to bo
a college man?"
"As a matter of fact, sir, I have taken
a number of degrees''
"Indeed he lias!" Interrupted tho prose
cuting witness. "He stole a lot of my ther
lnonieturs." Baltimore American.
"Is your son practicing at the bar?"
"Yep, he's on his colleae 'leven. you
know, nnd he can lift a orop kick over the
bar from the lorty-tive-yurd line." Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
"Of course, yuu'ro going to Palm Beach
this winter?"
I "No."
"No? I thought your position In sooiety
Was such as to make it absolutely neces
j sary for you to go."
j "ClW position In society now Is Such that
we uon t nave io go anywneie. i-iiuaei-,
phia Press.
"How I would like to see a. man dressed
out In a coat-of-muil," suid tho romantic
maiden.
"Then." sucuHsted her brother, "just
look out of the window there goes the
poaiiiiuu." Baltimore. American
Piary was talking of his latest expedition.
"Possibly we did not .accomplish much. '
ho said, modestly; "but think what a beau
tiful excuse we acquired for another trip."
Thereupon they wvre forced to acknowl
edge the dash bad lieen au achievement.
Philadelphia Leadger. ' ,
th k4;ivi; i-mraiv vik.
John (J.' Whlttier.
Ah. gieenly and lair In the I.nnd of the Sun
Tha vines of th gourd and the rich uicluni
run,
And the rocks and t lie trees and the cot
tage enfold.
With broad leaves all greenness nnd blos
soms and gold;
Yet with drearer delight from his hom la
the North
On the fields of his harvest the Yankee
bsiks forth,
Where croolc-necks are coiling, and yellow
fruit shines.
And the Sun of the Autumn nielta down on
his vine.
Ah! on Thanksgiving Day, when from
east and from west.
From north and from south come the pil
grim and guest.
When the gray-haired New Knglunder sees
round hlsi board
The old broken links of affections restored.
When the rare-wearied man seeks his
mother or.ee more.
And the worn matron smiles, where tha
girl smiled before
What soft ens the lip, and what moistens
the eye?
What callsi back the past like rich pumpkin
pie?
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