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FOCNDKI) HV EDWARD liUSKWATF.lt.
VK'Ton IIOHCWATKH, EDITOR.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCI I.ATION.
Btnte of Nebraska, Douglas County.ss:
Charles C. Roscwater. general manager
of The He. Publishing company, being d.ily
worn, snvs that the actual number of full
nd complete copies f The Dally, Morning,
Evening and Sunday He" printed during the
month of November. 1906, wm a follows:
1 33,740 1 31,180
t 3i,6co 31,990
t 31,860 II 30,600
4 30,500 1 31,420
I 31,070 20 31.770
33.163 21 31.400
I 33,580 It 31,160
1 33.450 IS 31,300
31,330 24 31.680
10 33,030 25 30,450
11 30.E60 26 31,400
12 31,550 27 31,850
It 31,040 28 31,480
It 31,380 29 31,680
It 31,320 20 31,830
Total 861,10
Leie unsold coplea f,878
Net total iralea ....42,032
Dally average 31,401
CHARLES C. ROSE WATER,
General Manager.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before me thla 1st day of December. 19o6.
(Beal.) M. B. HCNOATE,
' Notary Public.
WHEN OCT OF TOWS.
nb.rrlbers IraTlna: the city Irm.
por.rlly should have Tla He.
mailed to them. Address will be
changed aa often as reveated.
The last call for holiday shopping.
A rougtarlder has declined office.
"The colonel's" precedent breaking
record is Infectious.
The weuther man will have to got
a move on himself If he is to give us
a white Christmas this year.
As the etrlke of miners at Goldfleld
is accompanied by no disorder, the
Cripple Creek Incident may have its
compensation.
It is a safe guess that the sentence
this time will not be six hours at the
Omaha club in the custody of the
United States marshal.
If the man who shot Captain Mack
lln is found an explanation of the
Brownsville affair may be forthcoming
as a sentence sometimes opens mouths.
President. Hoosevelt Is to have a
present of some pure bred Angora cats.
They certainly should be tame enough
pets for the winner of the Nobel prize.
The controversy between church and
state in France seems to have reached
the "nothing to arbitrate" stage, so a
solution is not beyond the bounds of
possibility.
An eastern paper adds Insult to in
jury by printing the news of the ver
dict in the land fraud cases at Omaha
under a flaring headline, "Cowmen
Convicted."
Now that a New Jersey corporation
has its eyes on the ice trade of the
west, local ice "trusts" will look tame
unless the "basis of consolidation" is
satisfactory.
Japan's readiness to put 750,000
soldiers in the field would be more
alarming if its ability to borrow money
to maintain such an army Indefinitely
were ampler.
As a writer James Uryce will be wel
come at the White House, but his opin
ion of golf compared with tennis may
fix his real status in the affections of
the occupant.
The Philippines Is making good as
a source of scandal in more ways than
one, and tlhe commandment against
bearing fabo witness seems to have
suffered more than the others.
John D. KockeMler's remarks on the
Inviolability of court orders show that
he has higher respect for such process
than that iheld by some of the men
more active In the management of his
affairs.
Judge Grosscup is still charmingly
indefinite as to plans to change the
present industrial system, and so far
his effort have failed to shake Wall
street quotations, but he may tell the
people what he means when the time
arrives for the disclosure.
An Iowa employe of the Great West
ern, hauled into court ou the cba-ga
of padding payrolls, offers to give evl
dence that the road has granted re-
bates to shippers. The employe seems
to be unable to distinguish between
downright dishonesty and mere "bus!
ness transactions."
It is tuggested that the short ses
sion of congress Ja alw ays a "Job" ses
sion of congress. The prospects are
however, that the present session will
be kept so busy with appropriation
bills and regular routine that it will
not have much time to put through
many "jobs" even if so disyosod.
rLAlS&li TALK OX THE WATIH WUHKtt.
The Hee's analysis last week of the
wntnr works situation has, at least,
started Home people to thinking and
precipitated a discussion that warrants
still plainer talk on this subject.
The controversy Is nbt, a.4 appears
on the surface, a personal one between
tho officers of the water company and
the hired attorneys of the water board,
each accusing the other of trying to
perpetuate a salary, but Involves the
most vital Interests of the taxpaylng
citizens of Omaha and of the whole
community. The people who pay the
water bills are not so much concerned
with the verbal fulmlnations between
these two Bets of self-constituted de
bators as they are with the accumu
lating costs of litigation and the in
creasing embarrassments of the water
service, all of which they will have to
pay for in the end. They would like
relief at the earliest possible moment
on the one side from an excessive
schedule of water rates, fixed twenty
five years ago, and on the other side
from the paralysis which prevents ex
tension of the water system to meet
the needs of our expanding popula
tion. The ridiculousness of the propo
sition to proceed with the construc
tion of a new water works system and
Invest several million borrowed dollars
In pumping machinery and pipe mains
while the suit to compel the purchase
of the existing plant under the ap
praisement already made is still pend
ing and thereby take a chance of
having two water works systems on
our hands, has already been pointed
out. The quibble about excluding that
part of the mains and hydrants within
the limits of South Omaha is likewise
not worth considering because it will
be eliminated before long by the con
solidation of Omaha and South Omaha
under one municipal government.
Lawyers on both sides of a case are
usually over-confident, especially
where a big fee is in sight, but It must
be remembered that one side or the
other must lose. Assuming the most
favorable position claimed by the
water board's legal luminaries and
that the city should win out against
the demand for court affirmation of
the appraisers' report, where would
that still leave us? In their answer
filed in this case the water board's
attorneys set forth that on the return
of the alleged appraisement the water
board refused to acquiesce in it and
appointed one Mortimer E. Cooley as
a new engineer to represent the city
in a second appraisement, at the same
time calling upon the water company
to name Its representative so that the
two might choose the third engineer
and proceed to a reappralsement. Ig
noring the pending litigation, they fur
ther allege that the refusal of the
water company to respond to this in
vitation within twenty days, as stipu
lated by law, must be taken to have
forfeited altogether whatever right to
sell Its property to the city the water
company had derived from the tatter's
election to buy under the purchase
clause. In other words, all that the
city originally contended for was that
it had a right to set aside the ap
praisement brought in by two of the
three engineers and to proceed to an
other appraisement; for no court Is
likely ever to hold that the water com
pany lost its right to sell by falling
to name a new engineer within twenty
days when it was at that very time
pursuing its remedy in court lu an
other way, as it thought was its privi
lege. The best the city can hope for, then,
out of the suit it is resisting in the
federal court is an order setting aside
the appraisement and providing for a
new one, putting us back substantially
where we were four years ago. Even
with such a victory, the city would be
no more able to command the position
and dictate terms than it is now be
cause if an appraisement can be set
aside when the city's engineer falls to
agree with his colleagues it may be
set aside again when the water corn-
pony's engineer falls likewise to agree
with his colleagues. Under such a de
cision existing condition could be per
petuated, but no appraisement could
be reached that would be binding un
less satisfactory to both sides.
Tho legal spokesman of the water
board intimates that tho officers of
the water company do not represent
the real owners of the water works.
That may or may not be true, but it is
becoming plainer and plainer that the
water board and its hired attorneys
no longer represent the sentiment of
the people of Omaha, who would be
the real owners if the plant were ac
quired by the city. The people of
Omaha are the sufferers in the present
situation. They would like to have
tho matter settled at some early day.
If, however, anyone Is to negotiate
successfully for them with the real
owners of the water works, it will have
to be a volunteer committee of bus!
cess men and property owners, neither
blinded by personal bias nor swayed
by selfish interests. If such a com
mittee, made up of men thoroughly
In the confidence of the community,
bhould agree with the real owners of
the water works on an alternative
proposition for the termination of all
this litigation either by the sale of
the plant to the city at a reasonable
price or by an extension of the con
tract with material reductions In rates
to private consumers and prices for
hydrant rental, the proposition would
receive serious consideration and
would be ratified in one form or the
other if submitted for public approval
Andrew Carnegie now declares that
he never said that a man who died
rich died disgraced, but that all his
utterances on this subject were quail
fled with conditions based on effort
during the lifetime of the millionaire
to benefit his fellows and Increase hu
man happiness. It Is to be noted,
however, that even before this correc
tion no appreciable brake was put by
Mr. Carnegie's preachment upon the
quest for disgraceful wealth.
J A MPS PRYCE.
No other Englishman would be more
welcome. In the United States than
James Bryce, whose appointment Is an
nounced as successor of Sir Mortimer
Durand as ambassador at Washington.
It Is not merely high character and
recognized abilities as a statesman that
will give warmth to the reception of
Mr. Bryce, but rather the thorough
Insight into American Institutions and
sympathy therewith which he has
manifested through a lifetime. Few
foreigners have shown such a grasp
of our political and social life as Mr.
Bryce In his famous work, "The Amer
ican Commonwealth," and other writ
ings, and he has supplemented this
evidence of his interest by frequent
prolonged visits to the country.
James Bryce is one of the conspicu
ous figures in British politics as well
as In literature, having frequently
held high places in the government
and being now secretary of state for
Ireland. A staunch supporter of
Gladstone, he is still an ardent be
liever in liberal home rule for the
Irish, a fact which has increased his
popularity in this country also.
The selection of men of the first
rank by the great powers for their
diplomatic representatives at Wash
ington undoubtedly signalizes the
rapid growth the last few years of the
United States as an Influence in world
affairs. The appointment of Mr.
Bryce will, In addition, be interpreted
as a compliment and as proof of
special desire on the part of the Brit
ish government to strengthen rela
tions which are already friendly and
highly satisfactory.
FREIGHT CARS HEEDED.
The testimony of A. B. Starr of the
Pennsylvania, who Is acknowledged to
be one of the highest expert authori
ties, before the Interstate Commerce
commission puts the car shortage in
very strong light. While according to
him the car plants fchould be able to
build at least 270,000 new cars a year
In order to keep up with the develop
ment of the country, their total ca
pacity is only 180,000 a year. In ad
dition, however, of the 1,800,000
freight cars in operation in the
United States, 180,000 have to
be rebuilt every year, so that
about twice as many are needed an
nually as the chops can turn out. If,
as J. J. Hill and many other railroad
men whose Judgment carries weight
assert, the needs of existing business
call for doubling the railroad mileage
and greatly increasing terminal facili
ties, in order to increase efficiency of
rolling stock, a real emergency would
seem to have been created or cannot
long be averted.
The fact appears to be that the rail
road companies have only within a year
or two begun to realize the magnitude
of the country's growth, or have not
been permitted by the financial inter
ests controlling them to take sufficient
measures to meet it. Those Interests
are notoriously timid and eager for
immediate profits. The car shops, re
sponding also largely to the same pres
sure, have adjusted their capacity too
much to average demand according to
past experience. The last year or two,
however, they have been overwhelmed
with demand for new cars, and it Is a
well known fact that their capacity is
already under contract for a whole
year, while immense orders are not
given at all because they could not be
filled. If expert opinion Is to be ac
cepted It Is utterly Impossible for car
supply to meet needs for years to
come.
RAYING VITAL TO INVESTMENT.
The lesson which the people of
this country need to learn at this time
is not so much that of earning and
producing as that of saving. Our in
vesting power, great as it is, Is not so
great as it might be, and it will cer
tainly become proportionately smaller
still unless the tendency to extrava
gant expenditures is checked.
The recent showing of stupendous
Increase of property values made by
the census bureau, Indicating that at
tho rate during the four years follow
ing 1900 the total valuation would
more than double in twenty years, in
duces many to assume that Investing
potency is correspondingly increasing,
but no such result necessarily follows.
The difference Is between opportunity
improved and neglected. But the
evidences multiply on every hand of
a popular disposition to increase
spending with earning, and in many
cases even more rapidly. The habit
of our people contrasts strikingly with
that of the French, who out of far
smaller earnings are actually adding
at a greater rate to their surplus,
which every year swells the fund
available for investment, so that they
are surprising the world, which has
to resort to them more and more to
finance enterprise.
How comparatively slow is our
process cf accumulating fluid Burplus
capital in proportion to our larger op
portunity is suggested by the calcula
tion that if our people would save only
5 cents a day each the result in one
year would be the acquisition of al
most $ 1.500.000,000, or nearly three
times as much as the bonds and other
securities held by the national banks
of the United States. Yet in no other
country is the demand for capital, on
account of abundant undeveloped re
sources and the active genius of our
people, so great as it is here.
The one great instrument of pro
duction with which all others can be
supplied is adequate roinmandahle
capital, and the only way In which
any community can secure it is
throuch the habit of persistent and
systematic saving. Nor Indeed would
It be possible for such prosperity as
we have had to be Indefinitely main
tained, even If equal crops should con
tinue and no great reverse should
come, If the yield Bhould be consumed
and no portion sot apart to enlarge
the scale of Industry, because a point
would In time be reached at which
enterprise would have either to stop
or to borrow abroad from those who
had been wiser and more economical.
We are bustling enough, and to spare,
but the danger of the hour is lest out
of It all we forget that saving Is Just
as vital as earning.
SETTING A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT.
In debarring from further appear
ance In the so-called Coal trust case3
the principal attorney for the de
fendants, Judge Sutton threatens to
set a dangerous precedent. Irrespec
tive of the character of the supposed
offense or of the personality of the at
torney, every person accused of crime
Is entitled to have a legal representa
tive secure for him the benefit of every
protection accorded him under the law.
It Is the place of the trial Judge to see
that no error is made, to maintain
discipline In his court and to keep the
lawyers before him within the bounds
fixed by the code of professional ethics.
It Is tho right and duty of the attorney,
however, to make the best fight he can
for his client, subject to accountability
for misuse of his privileges.
Even should a lawyer by misconduct
subject himself to court discipline, tho
penalty should fall upon him rather
than on his client. Law and custom
have prescribed that in every disbar
ment proceeding, as in criminal prose
cution, the accused should be first in
formed specifically with what acts of
commission or omission he is charged
and should have an opportunity to
enter a defense. In this case the at
torney Buffering displeasure seems to
have been ruled out of his profession
without any charges being preferred or
any hearing granted and without any
opportunity to appeal or Becure redress
in any other way.
It is quite possible, and even prob
able, that the defendants in the other
coal cases, counting upon the services
of the same attorney, will be not only
handicapped in their trials, but pos
sibly prevented from asserting their
rights in the most effective way and
thus deprived of the even-handed Jus
tice to which each and all are entitled,
guilty or innocent.
Without expressing any sympathy for
the indicted coal dealers or even taking
up the cudgels for the attorney in ques
tion, who is amply able to fight his own
battle, The Bee still protests against
such arbitrary action, because it sees
to what it might lead in other cases.
The judge Bhould be above the law no
more Chan lawyers practicing before
him or litigants seeking justice. If a
Judge could arbitrarily and without no
tice annul the right of an attorney to
practice before him. he would occupy
the position of an autocrat at complete
variance with our free institutions.
Whether it be lawyer or editor or pul
pit orator who offends the Judge by
criticism, he should have his day In
court before an Impartial tribunal be
fore being Irfllcted with punishment.
MR. BRYAN VS. SECRETARY ROOT.
In the self-assumed capacity of op
position commentator-in-chief upon
the course of political events, Colonel
Bryan feels Impelled first to misunder
stand the tenor of Secretary Root's re
cent address and then to paps upon it
a criticism which in fact Js tenfold
more applicable to the most important
position he himself has taken on a
public question since the famous "slx-
teen-to-one" episode. Secretary Root
did not "make an argument in favor
of the transfer of all power to the fed
eral government," or in favor of trans
ferring any unconstitutional power, as
Mr. Bryan Implies, but he called atten
tion impressively to this fundamental
fact: "It is plainly to be seen that
the people of the country are coming
to the conclusion that In certain Im
portant respects the local laws of the
separate states which were adequate
for a due and Just relation and control
of the business which was transacted
and the activities which began and
ended wichin the limits of the several
states, are inadequate for just and due
control of the business and activities
which extend through all the states,
and more power of regulation and con
trol Is grndually passing into the hands
of the national government."
The last session of congress was
practically one continuous and notable
Illustration of this process of national
assumption of power, embodied In the
memorable series of laws for "regula
tion and control" of railroad rates and
services, meat inspection, pure food,
etc. Not one of thete great acts in
volves assumption of unconstitutional
powers or an attack on "tlhe doctrine
of local self-government," but the
chief necessity for every one of them
arose from the neglect and failure of
the states severally to use their power
to control business within their bor
ders whose evil effect was felt in other
states. If each state had provided and
enforced proper laws regarding meat
Inspection, pure food and railroad cor
porations, there would have been no
such Irresistible popular demand that
the national government should em
ploy Its constitutional powers as the
remedy. Neither did Mr. Bryan, while
these measures were pending in con
gress, raise his voice to protest that
they were unconstitutional and a
usurpation of the rights of local gov
eminent, nor does be do so now, nor is
It rot-ailed that he has in any practical
way all thesp years Identified himself
with efforts to secure through local
self-government the redress which
would have rendered national Inter
position In large part at least unneces
sary. The most far-reaching and epoch
making extension of national author
ity has been under the constitutional
grant to regulate commerce between
the states,' and yet tho solo complaint
that Mr. Bryan has been making Is
that congress under President Roose
velt's lead did not go far enough, and
that Instead of regulating and con
trolling the railroads the national gov
ernment should own and operate them
outright. He thus swallow at one
gulp the camel of centralization at
which both the rankest Hamtltonians
and Jeffersonians balk, while strain
ing at an Imaginary gnat.
The call for a meeting of tho Ne
braska Government Ownership league
is signed by a "provisional" president
and secretary. Everybody Is supposed
to be a "provisional" member until
he refuses to sign the membership
roll.
The report that .Secretary Shaw is to
become president of the Mutual Life
Insurance company will not be received
with pleasure by the Wall street oper
ators who want quick cash for specula
tive deals.
If a South Dakota senator succeeds
in passing a service pension bill he will
have removed a rock from the road of
Kansas politicians, more of whom have
fallen on this stumbling block than on
any other.
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The "car clearing house" Idea
might be a good plan to stop conges
tion in traffic, but such nn arrange
ment might also violate an anti-trust
law which often strikes where least
expected.
Willing to lie Miintn
Chicago Tribune.
Congress Is willing to be convinced, how
ever, tliut I'ncle Sam aliould follow; Hie ex
ample of other large employers and raise
the salaries of his faithful workmen.
Worth the Price of Admission.
Indianapolis News.
The country Is Just full of people who
would be willing to pay pretty good money
for a front scat to see Harriman, Hill
and the Rockefellers in a three-cornered
railroad fight.
ot aa Fnsy aa Pictured.
Washington Post.
During tho last year 8,193 Indictments
have been returned against the Standard
Oil company by various grand Juries. All
of which goes to show that even grand
juries know an easy mark when they see
one.
Activities of Opportunity.
Baltimore American.
To say that opportunity knocks but
once at every man's door is false, for not
a day of oui- life but opportunity pulls
the doorbell of hope, reason and action,
and it Is our own fault if we do not wake
up and grasp the skirts of passing for
tune. Sorrow Frlimed With Joy.
Chicago Chronicle.
Regret at the passing from public life of
William A. Clark of Montana will be
ameliorated by the announcement that Hon.
Simon Guggenheim of Colorado is about
to lend lusler to American statesmanship
by permitting; himself to be elected to the
United States senate. Arcades ambo.
PKIISOXAL AXI OTHERWISE.
Down in Texas all trust indictments are
done in oil.
The Omaha man who Intends presenting
his wife with an airship evidently abandons
all claims to the last word.
Edward H. Harriman Is esteemed a far
sighted man, yet lie Is unable to see "Keep
Off the Grass" signs in Jim Hill's, pasture.
The priie consumer of raw eggs Is laid
up in a St. Louis hospital dividing- his time
between a stomach pump and a mustard
plaster.
The top-notch price for property in Phil
adelphia was reached the other day when,
5,000 a foot front was paid for a lot on
Chestnut street.
Kansas City Is struggling courageously
to hold down the saloon lid between 1 and
5 a. m. Ftours hours of drouth Imposes a
mighty strain on a Missouri thirst.
A Chicago professor strikes a popular
chord at last. He finds that street car
straps are hiding places for varloUB husky
dlseuse germs. This puts the board of
health up UKalnst it. If tho straps go,
Chicago's hold U lost.
A remarkable feature of various trials
and Investigations going on U the failing
memories of sundry witnesses. In Pitts
burg the disease is epidemic. A dozen
i ouncllmen successively admitted they
couldn't remember a thing.
President Gall of the Iluard of Fire Com
missioners of Baltimore softens the sugges
tive harshness of his patronymic by rare
generosity. Unable to induce his associates
to raise the salaries of firemen, he turned
in his own salary to supply what the board
refused.
SEHMOM BOIIl.I DOW.
Lazy folks never have any leisure.
Oreatness la revealed In gentleness.
Every soul either serves or shrinks.
You do not acquire mural muscle by dodg
ing duty.
Concentrated Ignorance is only a slothful
blasphemy.
Working for men is the best way of wait
ing on God.
This Is a sad world to him who looks
at it with sour eyes.
People who always have bones to pick go
through life looking famished.
There Is a world of difference between a
tender heart and a soft head.
Tho sermon of the man is mightier than
even His sermon on the mount.
A man must be Judged not alone by his
uttalnments, but by his Ideals.
The chesty mun seldom has accommoda
tions for a full grown heart.
Many men who are talking alout their
visions are referring to nightmares.
Every time you do a worthy thing you
make it easier for others to lie worthy.
Man was not made for the sake of morals,
but morals for the making of the perfect
man.
Many a door of opportunity is closed to a
man on account of his Imagined chest
measure.
Small wonder some go to heaven slowly
when they are crawling as "worms of
the dust."
The only reason some have m tender con
science on Sunday Is because they keep It
In cotton batting ail the week. Chicago
Trlbuna
Glorious Christmas Gift
NOTHING BUT BARGAINS
ON MONDAY
AND WE WILL DELIVER THEM IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS
SAVE MONEY AND GET TIIE BEST
Ten Dollars Will
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THE HIGHEST GRADE
fooo ncariy
$300 nearly
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You buy any of these pianos on small payments; you pay only
the price marked in plain figures on the tag; you pay no com
mission, you pay not over $200 for the $5 por month piano (others
charge $o00). A safe place to buy a piano or piant) player or
organ or stool, bench and scarf.
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1513 DOUGLAS ST.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
"I hone, Oorpfl, dear, your fellns were
not hurt by papa's objection when you wont
to ak for my hand?"
"No. dear. I wasn't hurt: I Haw In time
that he had a kick coming." UiUtlmuri.'
American.
"So that forclftn nobleman ha ceased his
attentions to that tflrl?"
"Yes," answered Mlsa Cayenne. "8he to d
him her face waf her fortune, und he paid
that under the circuniFtanees he deHinrd to
be classed as a fortune hunter." Washing
ton Star.
"What would you say," he nsled. "if I
wtre to proxiso a trial marriage to ynii?"
"Well, Hhe replied, "n Kod deal woti'd
depend on the amount of alimony you wer
willliiK to settle en me at the end of the
term." Chicago Record-Herald.
"Jack, have you spoken to papa yet?"
"Yep. Spoke to him at his office this
morning."
"I hope he ended your suspense."
"He didn't, Maynie. He made It worse
He said, 'Great Scott! Is that what you
have been hantrlng around my heuse for?' "
Chicago Tribune.
Mrs Housekeep Why did you leave your
last place?
Pretty Maid The master kissed me.
MrH. Ho,UBekeep And your inlstretw found
it out?
I'retty Maid No, hut me "stealy com
pany" did and he made mo quit. Philadel
phia Ledger.
"I wuli to kntiw." asked Tommy's anxious
patent, "if ni boy's knowledge of geogra
rownisig,
ORIGINATORS AND SOLE MAKERS
Things to
House coats and lounging and
bath robes are in mighty attractive
patterns, and ours, we think, are
tastefully selected.
Canes, umbrellas, mufflers,
scarfs, gloves, suspenders, links,
studs, fobs, bags, suit cases in an in
finite variety.
We have just received a new
supply of the popular leather collar
bags in all prices.
In clothing there is everything
from the suit for business or even
ing dress to the rain coat or fur lin
ed coat.
Only one more day.
R. 6. WILCOX. Mgr.
FUteenth and JXW OMAIIA
Douglas Sis. W7 NED
rrosaway mi S2a S treat
Send One Home
TO BUY A PIANO
AND LOWEST PRICES
now nuarje riano -lll
now Kimball Piano, ony...S215
$H00 nearly now Hospe Piano only $225
$L)0 nearly now Weser Piano only S$215
$300 nearly new Sweetland Piano only..$215
$250 nearly new Whitney Piano only.. .$200
$2,")0 nearly new Weser Piano only $190
$11)0 nearly new Cramer Piano only... $123
NEW PIANOS.
The best eastern make n-to-ilate Piano (tho
good cheap kind) for the money great bar
gain SI sr.
510 Send3 One Home.
Aow (iilhort Pianos $1-15
Xew Jiidtlle Pianos $1G5
New (Vainer Pianos $198
New Weser Pros. Pianos $235
New Kimball Pianos $260
New ("able-Nelson Pianos $275
New P.ush-Iine Pianos $350
New Kranich & Hack Pianos $375
New Knabe Pianos $450
Pes'
Ll L3
phy Is iurh that he knows the limits of the
various cour.trles."
"Your sun's Interest In those matters,"
answered tho cautious teacher, "I can say'
with truth Is pricllcally unbouiidod." BaJ
tlmoro American.
HER CHRISTMAS GIKT AM) Hit.
Minnie Irving In New York Herald.
Siio sent H by a niessengKr
on Christ mas Kve, 'Twus tied
With yards of satin ribbon red;
Her e:ird was tucked Inside.
I raised it from its dainty bed
ot tl.sMi paper while,
A fluffy thinn of silk and lace,
With golden spangle bright.
I ta keii it on my chamber wall.
And nightly since I sit
Itefore it while 1 vainly try
To get the hang of it.
And though she sent the gift to m
A year ago or more.
I've never learn d exactly what
It was Intended for.
I bought a costly Christmas gift
To send the maiden 1 adored.
(What mutter If I walked to wortt
And fallid to pay my weekly board?)
It was a slender chain of gold,
A tliiely wrought and dainty thing,
From which an oval locket hung.
With tiny diamonds glittering.
She thanked tin- with a dazzling smile
Hhe let me clasp It on her neck,
She promised me that day and night
The jeweled toy her throat slioulij deck.
Put wiio can re id a woman's heart?
Not he. alas! who seeks to win It,
She never took the locket off,
Hut wore my rivsl's picture la It.
King & Co
Olf HALf SIZES IN CLOTHINO.
Remember
TTJ7HATEVER remains to
' be done of the Christ
mas shopping for the
men and boys of the
family can best be done
here.
X' YORK Tmtfimry, Capx a
