TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, OCTOBEK 22, 1907.
'Hie Omaha Daily Bzh
fOVKDKO BT EDWARD ROBE WATER.
VICTOR ROSEWATER. EDITOR.
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whes out or TOWX.
abacrlbra leaving the city tem
porarily ahoald hay The Bee
tailed ta them. Addrea will be
ohamared aa oftca aa requested.
A wt understand It, Stuyvesant
Fish objects to rebalts from Mr. Har
rlman. The bear In the Louisiana cane
brakes are not up on the glory of self
sacrifice. With timothy hay quoted at $25 a
ton, the repair bill for the automobile
does not look as big as It did.
Justice Brewer Bays there are no ne
gro anarchist. The Anarchists' union
probably draw the color line.
Next Saturday ii,-4h last registra
tion day. No unregistered voter will
be ' allowed , to. east bis ballot at the
November election. ' .
The peace conference at The Hague
Uas adjourned and work will be pushed
on the new battleships In the . navy
yards of the world.
A Chicago Jury has fixed the real
Value of a $2,400 automobile at $24.
The Jurors must have thought the ma
chine was made of copper.
The bishop of London, now visiting
la this country, says he wants to see
life as it is. Someone should tell him
about Horace Greeley's advice.
"What are the most enjoyable things
In life?" asks the Louisville Courier
Journal. Opinions will differ, but the
absence of corns must stand well up
In the list.
It must be disappointing to Mr.
Bryan to learn that the great major
ity of the Filipinos are Quite satisfied
with Secretary Taft's plans for their
government.
St. Louis police arrested a young
woman who Insisted that she was run
ning to keep warm. The police wll
probably Insist that she acted like a
fast woman.
Yuan Shi Kal, a' Chinese viceroy,
proposes to have a spelling reform In
troduced Into the Chinese empire. It
would b some relief to be able to
read the laundry check.
Do the democrats of Nebraska still
stand by their platform declaration de
manding the immediate convening of
tha legislature la extra session, or have
they called that plank In?
Mr. Hearst Is said to be planning a
red-fire campaign In New Tork. He
used to be accused of managing red
Hag campaigns, but that was before
be turned against Tammany.
After bis first ride In a big red
motor car, old Oeronimo hurriedly
Joined a church at ColUnsvllle. He pro
poses to be prepared for emergencies
before he acquires the auto habit.
The solicitude ot the local demo
cratic organ for the political welfare
of Senator Burkett is touching In the
extreme. Nothing would please It
better than to get the senior senator
at outs with his party In order to offer
him sympathy and encouragement.
Tha local Junior Tellow, which has
ohoked itself red in the face shouting
for 100,000 population by 1910 Is still
plartug blde-and-seok with the ques
tion ot South Omaha consolidation,
which Is the first essential step. Its
nonresident owners roust be eager to
see Xw Moines pass Omaha In the next
federal penanA
A TELLIX0 DOCCNEfiT.
The managers cf the republican
state campaign have put ont a telling
document In the fac simile of the plat
form pledges printed last year In The
Bee over the signatures of the repub
lican members of the legislature with
the notations upon It made by Gov
ernor Sheldon as each of these pledges
was, one by one, redeemed.
Political parties have put forth plat
forms in Nebraska in years gone by,
with promises galore, for the purpose
of securing the votes necessary to suc
cess at the polls, but never before have
they been able to exhibit such a record
of achievement The demo-pop com
bine had control of the various depart
ments of the state government at dif
ferent periods, and at one time com
pletely dominated all the law-making
authorities, but notwithstanding fu
sion majorities In both houses of the
legislature and a fusion governor
wielding the executive pen, they failed
to give the people relief from the cor
porate abuses and administrative evils
from which they were suffering and
from which they continued to suffer
until the recent reform legislature,
with the help of Governor Sheldon,
came to the rescue.
The republican platform promises
of last year already redeemed are:
1. A state-wide primary.
2. Abolition of the free pais evil.
3. Comprehensive" powers for the State
Railway commission.
4. More equitable rates for transporta
tion of passengers and freight.
6. Equal taxation of railroad property for
city purposes. f
6. Abolition of fellow servant law and
full employer's liability. "
7. A prure food and dairy law.
8. Rigid economy In appropriation.
With this unmatched record the re
publicans of Nebraska have a right to
appeal confidently to the people for a
vote of endorsement and continuance
in power by the election of republicans
to the offices which are to be filled at
the election this year. Failure to give
this endorsement could only, mean that
honest fulfillment of party pledges Is
not appreciated by the people and that
bad faith and broken promises are as
acceptable as scrupulous honesty and
square dealing.
FOREIGN ABDDOMESTlC TRADE.
Reports furnished by the federal bu
reau of statistics indicate that the
United States is recovering its losses in
the volume of merchandise and com
modities sent to foreign countries. In
the early summer months conditions
were such as to create some concern
among those who look upon the "bal
ance of trade" as an index to prosper
ity. For reasons not yet fully ex
plained, the American exports for
Juno, . July and August showed a
marked decline from corresponding
months In previous years, while our
imports Increased., Tna condition
threatened , an export , movement .. iu
gold, which is always viewed with ap
prehension by the financial experts.
The September report of foreign trade,
however, is reassuring. The excess of
merchandise exports, which fell in Au
gust to lees than $10,000,000, rose to
some $29,000,000 lu September, with
every prospect of still better showing
for the remaining months of the year.
The exhibit for September, compared
with September In former years, is:
, Tixcess
Exports. Imports. Exports.
17 $135.;tM,atl IKKi 317. 7!; IJSt.OM.OoJ
m4!i,tS4 102.tilX.Hi1 a5.87S.6U
Iftfi l;C,PS;i,81tf lil,fiX7,33 33.KW 4X6
1!M i:.26.i,4J4 S4,124.75 . IVU1M49
1H3 110.364.S4U 81.K16.642 ,54.18
)!))2. 121, 2(6,3X4 M,7:.34G 33,4!Xi.0.'W
liXtl lu6,!K9,926 m.M.M& 40.163,113
l'JOO 116,901,7;.':! 69.06H,6tO 56,333,122
Two causes enter into this increase
of exports over . Import's. The first is
the increased foreign demand for
American agricultural products. The
consuming countries of Europe are
short of wheat, corn and other food
stuffs and are making unusual de
mands on the American surplus in
those commodities. The second reason
is found In a decline of the American
demand for foreign merchandise. How
much of this may be due to the close
of the tourist season and how much to
the Influence of receding prices and
contraction of that omniverous con
sumption usual In "flush" times, re
mains to be determined. The fact Is,
however, that we are again selling a
good deal more abroad than we are
buying, and that the "balance of trade"
Is again in our favor by a healthy mar
gin. The effect ot this situation can
not but be felt upon general business
conditions as Indicating a surplus on
our side of the International ledger.
A SAMPLE OF RAILROAD FOLLY.
Enthusiasm over the opening of per
haps the finest railway passenger sta
tion In the world, at Washington, next
week, Is tempered by the announce
ment that the seven railroads enjoy
ing a monopoly of the travel to and
from the national capital have Entered
Into an agreement or perhaps u con
spiracy to rax every passenger going
or coming, ostensibly to recover piece
meal, the $15,000,000 which the rail
roads allege they have expended In Jts
construction. They propose to add 2 5
cents to the price of each ticket over
$1, and to make even the commuter
pay tribute by placing a 10-cent tax on
each ticket selling for lets than $1.
In this connection. It may be Inter
esting to note that a generous congress,
under the excuse ot removing railroad
tracks from the Mall and other public
property In Washington, voted out
right, in cold cash, $6,000,000 toward
the construction of the much-needed
station, and, Incidentally, donated
grounds, streets and terminal facilities
valued at millions. The extravagance
was condoned, as It ' was recognized
that the depot facilities of the national
capital were wholly Inadequate. Ap
parently the railroads have forgotten
this liberality, but it is a little surpris
ing that they did not make their orig
inal claim to congress for $20,000,000,
instead of $6,000,000, and save them
selves the trouble ot collecting from
the traveling public.
If the attempted holdup at Washing
ton is allowed to go unchallenged, the
railroads will doubtless feel justified
in hereafter charging their patrons for
all improvements and betterments.
When a new station Is built, a new en
gine placed in commission or a string
of boxcars treated to a new coat of
paint, the logical result should be to
add a new tax on passengers and ship
pers. And If the president of the road
gets caught in a slump in.. Wall street
stocks, why not have the conductors
make the loss good by coming in after
the train leaves each station and an
nouncing, "Fifty cents all around,
please?" Under such a system no fu
ture question could arise about the
profits and losses, the decline of net
earnings or any of the other problems
that now vex railway managers. It
might also end discussion about the
causes for the apparent hostility ot the
public toward railway corporations.
BESCHE8 VS. DESKS.
Congressman Boutelle of Chicago is
In the spotlight with a proposition to
remodel the hall of the national house
of representatives by removal of all
desks and 'substitution' ot chairs, ar
ranged in the form of an amphitheater,
material enlargement of the galleries
and provision for the accommodation ot
visitors at the rear of the chamber. By
this simple expedient he would make
it possible for one congressman to hear
what another has to say, and thus re
store to a nominally deliberative body
at least the physical power to discuss
and deliberate.
Of course objections to the Boutelle
plan will not be lacking. In the first
place, he apparently Is going on the
theory that the members of the house
want to hear what their colleagues are
saying. As a matter of fact, the past
has furnished little evidence that such
Is the case. The average member, with
a speech that he feels he must get out
of his system, secures an allotment ot
time and delivers It. while his col
leagues write letters, chat In an under
tone that may frequently be heard in
the galleries, or retire to the cloak
rooms for the smoking and story-telling
session. Each member Jias his
desk, which contains accommodation
for books of reference, cigars and the
week's laundry, and other essentials In
the lite of a statesman, and the luxury
will not be surrendered without a con
test. ,
From the standpoint ot economy of
space, Mr. Boutelle's suggestion should
attract careful attention. The hall of
the house, with Its 386 desks, Is
crowded. beyond the point Of.conifort,
The original floor plan, allowing an
equal division between the republicans
and democrats, has been, set aside by
the fact that the republican majority
has been so large for some years that
members of that party have been com
pelled to find seats on the democratic j
side. Some such plan as that sug- j
gested by Mr: Boutelle might solve the
problem of.-space and might, as he con
tends, lessen the task of the speaker
and greatly facilitate the business ot
law-making, prevent overcrowding in
the galleries and. corridors and do '
much toward enabling the house to re
sume the dignity and importance it
once enjoyed.
But another huge obstacle in the
way, admitted by Its sponsor, Is the
fact that In the British House pf Com- I
mons the members use benches instead
ot desks. The plan may be a mighty
good one. but if anyone Imagines that
Bourke Cockran, Champ Clark, Billy
Sulzer and some other members of the
house can be led thus tamely Into "ap
ing the ways ot monarchy," he is
counting without his host.'
The democrats hold up their failure
to .nominate any candidates for district
Judge In this district as proof of their
devotion to the principle ot "nonpar
tisanshlp." The real reason is that
no democratic candidate if nominated
would know he was running when the
returns came In. It Is a. further fact
that the democrats made nominations
early in the game, but their candidates
refused to stick. To exploit this fall
down as "devotion to principle," how
ever, Is doubtless the best way to put
on a brave face.
The credit tor Omaha'B marvelous
growth up to this time is due as much
to the push and pluck of Its public
spirited citizens as It is to Its natural
advantages of location and accessibil
ity. Any organitatlon designed to see
to It that all public-spirited citizens
puli together for everything of vital
Importance to future progress can soon
become a chief factor In the making
of the Greater Omaha.
The office of district court clerk as
conducted by the present incumbent
and his deputy is to the taxpayers of
Douglas county the most expensive
office In the court bouse. It Is not
reasonable to expect that It would be
made any less expensive by promoting
the deputy to the head Job.
This proposition to present Mr.
Bryan with a painting showing him In
the act of delivering his address upon
his return from his trip abroad .will
not make much of a hit with him. He
has been trying hard to forget that
speech.
Omaha people are still waiting for
an explanation as to what would be
done with the $3,500,000, which the
oting of those gas bonds would place
at the disposal of the mayor and coun
cil The city attorney says that the
bonds can be used for no purpose but
to buy the existing gas plant and that
the city has no right to take the prop
erty by eminent donj.in. Are the
bonds to be voted and sold Just to put
the $3,600,000 on deposit in the
banks?
Uncle Sam will lose about $800,000
of the $1,000,000 "loaned" to the
Jamestown exposition. The next re
quest', for an appropriation for an ex
position will be referred to the com
mittee on the disposition of useless
documents.
"The American workman,"" says
Secretary Wilson, "has the best cuts
of meat, the choicest potatoes and a
wealth of fruit and vegetables." If
burglars begin robbing the cellars ot
the American workman, we will know
whero to place the blame.
Dr. Wiley complains because much
of the so-called "Scotch" whisky Is
manufactured in Japan. That is no
worse than allowing Fittsburg to make
most of the Imported cigars and St.
Louis to have a practical monopoly on
pure Vermont maple syrup.
Perhaps Nebraska might dig up
some out-of-a-job statesman who has
been In cold storage long enough to
make him willing to accept that
Alaska' Judgeship, If It is to go a-beg-glng.
The last democratic administration
of the county treasury was not such
as to "Inspire the taxpayers to repeat
the dose and it is not far enough be
hind us to have been forgotten by this
time. '
Marooned.
Minneapolis Journal.
It looks aa though the' Lewis Stuyvesant
Chanler presidential boom was too lata for
the Newport season, and too early for the
convention season.
To Much of a Jab.
Chicago- News.
Speculators have discovered on previous
occasions also that It takes a man with n
good financial digestion to. assimilate all
tha wheat In the country.
"Crime of the Amalgamated."
Chicago Record-Herald.
It will be difficult for a good many of the
people who read the story ot Heinle's lifo
to understand why a. man who had millions
should have wanted to fight the Standard
Oil company.
Emetic Treatment.
Wall Street Journal.
What Wall street has been Joing for
two years, and Is still doing, Is purging
itself.
In what a healthy condition it will be
when the painful operation is finished.
Great flad ltr, -
New York Tribune.
Ex-Governor Pennypacker will Join
heartily In President, Ii. Benjamin Andrews'
suggestion that all Jitwllwrs . bo ' hanged.
Both'oJ hoseUbrJrBitw W "twhYve, have
had. rather trying moments with the press.
Same Heatlment Ilerv.
St. Louts Times. ,
President Flnley of the Southern rail
road, who aays in, an open declaration that
the south la not hontilc to railroads. Is
the first conspicuous railroad man to ad
mit this evident (act. The south isn't hos
tile to railroads, or to any other branch
of endeavor and enterprise. It simply re
fuses to be robbed with- Its eyes open.
The Limit In ThleTery.
Brooklyn Eagle.
There are thieves so mean that they will
steal the pennies from a dead man's eyes,
and npw they have discovered Block Hand
era who steal tha aahes of the cremated,
and offer to return them, for a considera
tion. What somo men will do rather than
work. And what desperate attempts they
make to work others even the dead.
ANDREWS' KEYNOTE OF PEACE
Chancellor of Nebraaka University
Plainly Polata the Road.
Minneapolis Journal.
E. Benjamin Andrews has got the right
Idea at last. E- Benjamin has been look
ing for It for some time and has missed
It by a hair on several occasions, . but
at length his pertinacity in struggling
with Ideas has been rewarded. He has
hit the right one. It la to hang llbelers.
"None of the buslneas villainies alleged to
be ao rife," reports E. Benjamin, "can
compare in atrocity with these squalid
campalgna of libel which recent months
have produced.". :
There Is a sentiment not only of fine
quality, but of perfect balance. The atroc
ities of business deals like the New Tork
traction Job are aa nothing compared
with tha crime of telling about them.
Why? Because in stealing a street rail
road the promoters stole nothing but the
right of people td a cheaper fare. But in
stealing a bunch of language ta throw at
the promoters who did this, tha llbeler is
quite likely to hit some Innocent persons
in the crowd of the guilty. What la steal
ing a material railroad compared to steal
ing an innocent character? Rather than
take any such awful chances the llbelers
from Theodore Roosevelt to Link Steffens
should be made to shut their yawps. If
they do not agree to this E. Benjamin
recommends that they be hangpd. And It
may, be said In passing that Messrs, Ryan,
Elklns, Wldener and others thereby agree
with Brother Andrews. They believe he
has struck the keynote of peace in this
country.
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THE REACTION'S REAL CACSE.
Mr. llarrlmaa'a VI ewe Colore hy Hie
latereata.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
In the mnmen.ary breathing spell In the
flgl-.t which is being waged between E. H.
llarrlinan and Stuyvesant Fish, the x
presldent of the Illinois Central, for the
control of the directorate of that road. Mr.
Harrlman deals out a little philosophy for
the benefit of the country, and particularly
for the information of President Roosevelt
and the newspapers. "The attacks on
capital," says Mr. Harrlman, "which have
been going on throughout the country for
so long a time are enough to make a man
sick. The country is tired of it, and the
newspapers must get something else to
print or they will not sell any longer."
He adds that there Is an "apprehension
which runs liko a prairie fire throughout
the land, and has permeated the minds
of the people. Thla apprehension has been
caused partially, if not entirely, by agita
tion against corporations In general and
railroads in particular, and it will last
untli the people awaken to the fact that
we must have a saner comprehension on
these subjects."
if Mr. Harriman takes a o-lm look over
tho ground, he will find that neither Presi
dent Roosevelt nor the press is responsible
for either the agitation or the apprehen
sion which he condemns. The managers
of some of the big corporations are the
culprits. The crookedness which has been
brought to light In the conduct of some,
of the heads of tho big insurance com
panies, the attacks on the interests of the
stockholders and the bondholders of some
of tho railways by a few of the. high of
ficials of those concerns, and the flagrant
and cynical assaults on the statutes which
are made by the chiefs of some of the
railway and other combines, are the lead
ing causes of both the agitation by the
newspapers and the apprehension which
runs through the community. The buc
caneering which has been going on in high
places In the Alton, the Metropolitan, he
Southern Pacific and other big concerns in
recent times, re-enforcing the grafting
I which has been revealed In two or three
of the large Insurance companies, lead
many persons to fear that there may be
more piracy behind than has been exposed,
and that It haa been more widely diffused
than has been revealed thus far. In vari
ous ways these revelations have come out.
The newspapers have published this crook-
: edness, so far ns they have been able to
get at it. But tlie newspapers did not
create the crookedness. Nor. did they dis
tort It or exaggerate It. The people know
that the press Is not responsible for the
steals which some of the Wall street pro
moters of a fe of the 'big corporations
have been perpetrating. On the other
hand, many persons think that possibly
there Is still In the shadow worse crook
edness than the law officers and the news
papers have dragged Into the 'sunlight.
Here is the chief reason why capital,. for
the moment, has gone Into hiding, and why
stocks drop. The public Is, for the time,
shunning Wall street. It Is buying nothing
because it fears that the thing which it
might buy might turn out to be something
different from what it pretends to be on Its
face. The fight In which Messrs. Harrlman
and Fish are at this moment the principals
Is one of the disquieting influences of the
stock, market. Today or tomorrow may
bring the outcome In this contest, and may,
according to the result or the disclosures,
help or harm the stock list. A large por
tion of the country Is taking an interest
In this fight, partly because of the prom
inence of the participants, and partly be
cause on the result of the fight may depend
some other feuds which may break out at
any moment. But President Roosevelt has
had as little to do with creating this fren
zied financiering as have tho newspapers.
He has found certain lawa on the statute
book against grafting, and against attacks
by big Interests on the rights and the wel
fare of tho public. He has enforced these
laws. When, as In some cases, he has
found tho laws inadequate to meet the
evils, he has urged new laws. But no legit
imate Interest has any need to fear any
thing which the president may say or do.
And, It is safe to assume, no legitimate In
terest In tho entire country has any appre
hension on account of the president's words
or acts. By the vigorous enforcement of
the laws, the president has locked up a
few land .grabbers in high places; he has
dissolved some trusts; he has punlehed
some rebaters to the full extent of the stat
utes, and he is endeavoring to bring casea
agulnst some of the high-toned assailants
of the law which will land them behind
prison bars. But no law-abiding person In.
or out of any of the great corporations, or
any other business Interest, la menaced In
the faintest degree by anything which Mr.
Roosevelt or his party Is doing now, or
which they may do when congress meets.
NEBRASKA PRESS COMMENT.
Paplilinn Republican: Editor Sprecher of
the Schuyler Free Lance, most effectively
punctured the antl-corporatlon claims of
Mr. Loomls, the democratic candidate tor
supreme Judge. Spree her has a sharp
"Lance" and he wields it with an experi
enced hand. During the many seaslons
of the Nebraska legislature, of which
Editor Sprecher was a member, no one
questioned his sincerity and honesty as an
anti-corporation man. He could tell a aham
reformer "at sight" and he has unmasked
many a one before he tackled Mr. JjOnmls.
We bet on Sprecher's Judgment of sham
reformers every time.
Benedict News-Herald: The town that
never has anything to do In a public way,
la on the way to the cemetery.- Any cltlien
who will do nothing for his town is help
ing to dig the grave. A man that curses
the town furnishes the coffin. The man
who Is so selfish as to have no time from
his business to give to the city affairs Is
making the shroud. The man who will
not' advertise Is driving the hearse. The
man who Is always pulling back from any
public enterprise throws briquets on the
grave. The man who Is so stingy as to be
howling hard times, preaches the funeral,
sings the doxology and thus the town lies
burled from all sorrow and care.
Grand Island Independent: Should the
newspaper man who happens to get his
truth on crooked be hung? Should, even,
the man who very carelessly and humanly
discolors a proposition Just a trifle, be ex-J
ecu ted upon the gallows for It? A news
paper haa credited or discredited Chancel
lor Andrews of the Nebraska State uni
versity with such a proposition. We be
lieve it now believe that Dr. Andrews Is
misquoted by the press! If our memory
surves us not treacherously Dr. Andrews
a few years ago generated considerable
dlsciwsiun by a statement that In some
cases a lie was justifiable. We do not be
lieve that the good man so quickly leaps
from one extreme to another.
Bhelton Clipper: The railroads claim that
thoy are doing business at a loss since
the 2-ce.nt fare law went into effect and use
the claim aa an argument for the courts
to protect thTi from the railway com
mission. There's one thing certain. If the
railroads are doing business at a loss the
stockholders should get together and elect
an entire new management. There never
was a time when the illroaJs had so much
business as they have light now and it ta
a profitable buJineas, too. We heard a
prominent railroad man say the other day
that there waa no excuse for tha railroads
claiming that they were doing business at
a loss, and he knew and was willing to
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admit that they were making more money
than they ever nade before. Which would
Indicate that there are some men in the
railroad business who are honest in spite
of the prevailing opinion to the contrary.
York Times: Yes, "Taft's campaign pro
ceeds upon the assumption that President
Roosevelt Is sincere in his refusal to be a
candidate." So does the candidacy of every
other anpirant, because they all know that
any time the president should drop a hint
that he would accept the nomination the
stuff would be all off and he would be the
only one thought of. Taft's campaign also
proceeds on the assumption that he Is the
choice of the president. The people want
the man who will best represent the prin
ciples ani policies of the president and
they think he knows best whp that man is.
He could make Hughes, or Root, or Knox,
if he chose to do so. This is a case where
the president can almost absolutely name
his own successor. It la generally under
stood he favors Secretary Taft and Tart
Is many laps ahead of any other candidate.
PERSONAL NOTES.
The registration of New York City proper
Is 693,900, or 86 per cent of the registration
of the last presidential year.
Wonder what emotion the trials of
Frits Augustus Helnse excite in the breast
of ex-Senator William A. Clark.
A Wyoming coyote dropped dead re
cently at his first sight of an automobile.
This ought to popularise the machine in
that section.
The cltlsens of California are anxious'
to have Admiral Dewey como to San
Kranclsco as the city's guest when the
fleet of battleships is there next spring,
so as to add to tiie importance of the oc
casion. Frank A. Leach, who last week became
director of the mint, succeeding George
H. Roberts, Is well qualified to undertake
the responsibility of the office, having
spent more than ton years In the federal
service. The latest position ho held be
fore going to Washington was superin
tendent of the mint at San Francisco.
Kdmund Clarence Stedman, who re
cently celebrated his 74 birthday, is a tine
example of the graduate from Journalism
Into the realms of higher literature. He
began newspaper work us editor of the
Norwich (Conn.) "Tribune" and left there
to Join the staff of the New York
"Tribune." He served during the war as
correspondent for 'The AVorld" and at Its
close entered the field of business. His
first book, "Poems, Lyrio and Idyllic,"
was published in I860.
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As To Stability
Ph IT
'T'S more than 50
of the house of Browning, King & Com
pany were laid.
And the business has increased and
spread out every year since.
The concerns that have come and gone
and are forgotten would make a consider
able necrology.
Your guarantee of satisfaction is in the
stability of a business not in "bargains" of unsalable
merchandise.
The name of Browning, King & Company in your
Fall or "Winter Suit or Overcoat is as good as a bond.
Suits - - $15 to $35
Overcoats $15 to $50
i
rowning, Ming i Co
R. S. WILCOX, Manager.
OTHERS ARE GOOD, IY3AYDE;
THESE ARE GOOD SURE
Dritlsh Columbia, Clear Red Cedar Shingles, $3.75
per 1YI. for cash. These Canadian Shingles are fine,
run thicker and go farther than any others. Grit top
roafing the best prepared roofing on tho market,
51.00 square complete. This is another bargain and
20 off for cash on the biggest stock of lumber in
Omaha.
C. II. DIETZ LUMBER CO., 1214 Fzrnam St. Tel. Den. 35
1000.00
health, approximately this
have tried this method and
to Act is NOW.
York. N. I.
am Streets, Omaha, IV eb.
PLEASAJfTLY POINTED.
Unsophisticated Visitor (trying to use tli
telephone) Kitty, what do you say when
you take this thing off the hook?
Little Girl Papa always says, "Darn you,
Central, you've given me the wrong num
ber:" Chicago Tribune.
Customer I ilka this piece of goods. How
much?
Tailor We'll make you a pair of pants
from that for 16
Customer (rather stiffly) Pardon nir, I
don't wear "pants!" How much for a
pair of trousers?
Tailor We'll make you a pair of trousers
for S3.50. Philadelphia Press.
"Is Weary Raggles in de hospertal?"
"Yep."
"Wot's de matter wit' him?"
"Do doctor says it's water on de brain."
"Wot's dat? Water on Weary's brain!
Say, ho must have left his hat off when
'twas rainln' he never got it no odder
way." Cleveland Plain Dealer. -
Lawyer As your husband died Intestate,
you will, of course, get a third.
Widow Oh, I hope to get my fourth.
He was my third, you know. Town and
Country.
Tom I don't see how Fred ever mus
tered up sufficent courage to propose; he's
o bashful, you know.
Jack The girl's father helped him along,
I believe.
Tom Sort of paved the way, did he?
Jack Well, he didn't exactly pave the
way, but ho furnished the rocks. Chicago
News.
"Wasn't it embarrassing to stand up and
recite that piece before tho company after
overhearing that odious Miss Tartun say
It always made her sick to hear you read?"
asked the Intimate friend.
"No, It was fun," answered the amateur
elocutionist. "It won the keenest pleasure
In the world to know 1 was muklng her
sick." Chlcugo Tribune.
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Silken and whito ond pausing fair
It clusters around a baby face
And frames it In with an artist's grai.e.
Only some curls of yellow and gold,
Sweet na a dream that close enfold
A pair of Joyous bright blue eyes.
Th'it gleam und sparkle in glad surprise
Only some auburn tresses flung
From a queenly head and downward hung
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of love,
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Only some red and broken strands.
Rough and spotted with silvery hands
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lu a soft white cap where they hardly show
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