THE OMAHA DAILY HEE: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1007.
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The Omaha Daily to
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VICTOR ROBE WATER, EDITOR.
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STATEMENT OF Cl RCL'LATION.
State of Nebraska. Douglas County, est
Charles C. Rosewater, general manager
of The Bee Publlshln"- m sny, helm
duly sworn, ssys that the actual number
of full and complete copies of The Dally
Morning. Evening snl Punday Be printed
during the month of October, 1807. was as
follows:
1 36,970 17.'. ........ 39,70
2 36.690 IS 36,630
S 36,600 It 36,340
36,360 JO.. 40,800
5 36,650 21 36,630
6 &5.&00 21.'. 36,940
7 36,440 21... TIA
s ae.eso 24.......... 36o
9... 36,700 36,753
10 3t,b0 26 ,oa
11. 36,490 27 3&.680
12 3,S30 2 s 37,0i0
IS 36,300 29, 3,aM
It &30 80 3S.SW
15 3b,fl0 31 S,333
is &e,s-ao '. .
Total ......... .'..a. 1,139,41,0
L.iis unsold And returned copies. " S,8S3
Net total 1,188,500
Dally average . e,4j7
CHARLES C. ROSEWATER.
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Subscribed in my prntience and aworn
to before me this 1st day of Novemo.r,
lm7. RUtllLxv r HUM cK,
Notary Fublia
WHEN OUT OF TOWN.
absenber Jeavta tho city tem
porarily should have The Be
mailed to then. . Address will a
changed aa oltea mm xeaested.
That "non-partisanship" card will
now be put back at the bottom of he
deck.
It's all over out utuvatuslng the re
turns and issuing the certificates of
election. :. -, ' j , -
A pest of snaus has dogged many
of the water mains In Chicago. Phil
adelphia papers please copy.
The cost of the expert medical testi
mony In the Thaw case has' been fig
ured out at 27,o00. The" value Cjf it
la, not known. ' .
"A poor man needs friends more
than, hJ does money,' says John D.
Rockefeller. The same Is true ot
some rich men.
"Conscience never takes a vacation,"
says the Bultlmore American. It is
not necessary because conscience is
seldom overworked.
Australia has discovered a "spout
ing borei" which; Is attracting the at
tention of scientists. This nation has
a surplus in Chat line!
A Virginia physician says that sun
shine is injurious' to tuberculosis pa
tients. In Virginia moonshine is us
ually given the preference.
"There is nothing In the country to
be alarmed about," says Mr. Bryan.
Qui!a right. The country refuses to
be alarmed even about Mr. Bryan.
And now the school board Is asked
to provide an Instructor, in debating
for the blsh school. Wonjer,for
wbce benefit that petition was gotten
ipr . , . !
I Heirs ot George Washington are
;i now claiming ownership ot Cincinnati.
They are too late. Senator Foraker
f has the advantage of adve'rse posees-
i Bion.
Andrew Carnegie must have changed
his mind about wanting to die poor.
At least there Is no photograph ot him
going to the rescue of Wall street se
curities. The much-heralded explosion of a
bomb under Chief ot Police Donahue
has been postponed. The' longer
booms are kept the riper they are sup
posed to get. i
A government Inspector reports that
the eggs delivered to workmen at Pan
ama are "too mature." They must be
the kind that go into the scramble la
the beanerlea. ' '
A' woman's page writer says that
speclaV ear of the ears Is necessary in
winter. Certainly. It Is cot safe to
leave them out over alght when the
thermometer is below sero.
Secretary of the Navy Mejcalf says
nothing can prevent the sailing ot the
fleet for Pacific waters on December
16. Sounds like an open defiance ot
the New York Sun and Hearst's papers.
Permission has been granted by the
Railway commission to raise the rates
on the transportation of" black powder
sad dynanilte--which would indicate
that high explosives are likely to go
higher.
Governor Sheldon sees no reason
fur an extra session of congress when
the regular session is to meet within
t month, anyway Ninety-nine out of
(oue hundred people will agree with
KLe governor.
XAtlOXAL OR A X IXSPtCltOX'.
The Important part being taken by
American foodstuffs in the markets of
the world furnishes additional argu
ment In support Of the bill offered In
the last congress by Benator McCum
ber of North Dakota for national In
spection of all grain that becomes a
part of interstate commerce. Senator
McCumber announces that he will In
troduce his measure stain with the
support of the representatives ot the
grain-growing districts ot the country.
The proposition Is simply to substi
tute national inspectors for the divers
state, -toard of trade and municipal
inspectors In vogue, to the end that
wheat, corn and other food-producing
cereals may have the same federal
guaranty as to quality and purity now
given to the packing house products.
Western grain growers and dealers are
said to be convinced of the merits of
the plan through having suffered heavy
losses In the past by lack of a uni
form system ot grading, weighing and
Inspection. The adoption of the federal
inspection system would do away with
all manipulation of grades for the pur
pose of speculation.
One of the difficulties of the present
system is the Inability to secure under
it uniformity In grading. There are
about eight species ot wheat raised In
the United States, each with its sepa-ratb-system
of grades. It Is not pro
posed to disturb this system of grades,
but to make the grading of the differ
ent species uniform, thus preventing
macaroni wheat from being graded as
"macaroni"' at one grain center and
as "durum" 'at anotner, witn a varia
tion in price that is not warranted by
the Quality of the wheat. There are
some four varieties of hard wheat,
almost Identical in general ap
pearance, . weight and . quality,
yet graded differently at dif
ferent Inspection points, causing con
fusion and opening the way for specu
lative manipulation which entails a loss
on the shipper and glower.
Almost every consular report from
abroad calls attention to complaints
made by foreign purchasers against
the grades of American wheat. In most
cases investigation shows that the
wheat on arrival in Europe does not
measure up to the commercial grade
because of the pernicious practice of
mixing a lower grade with the higher
grade and exporting the mixture as ot
the higher grade. The foreign pur
chaser being dissatisfied will not pay
as high a price for a given grade and
the value is accordingly reduced. en
tailing a direct loss on the grower and
shipper.
This could not occur If all
the grain we export were In
spected and graded by the govern
ment. The certificate of inspection
accompanying the consignment ot
wheat or cornKduly signed and snder
the seal of the proper authority, would
carry with It absolute' confidence In
every grain market In the world. The
government inspection of meat has
been worth thousands upon thousands
of dollars to our stock raisers and
packers, because it dispels suspicion
In European markets. It is argued with
much reason that national Inspection
of grain would have a similar effect
upon our export grain trade.
XEW vVRt t'UR 1IAZKQ.
The president 6f the North Carolina
Agricultural college , is entitled to
credit for introducing a notelty in
plans for the elimination of the basing
evil, even it he merits some of the
criticism being hurled at him tor turn
ing the college campus into an ainutur
prise ring. Wearied and annoyo.l by
the constant clashes between the fresh
men and sophomores,, the presido'it ct
the college called the leaders together
and suggested that they marshal their
clana and figbt It out in true pugilis
tic tashton. They took him &i his
word and more than 100 tulen:s be
came engaged in a fisticuff encounter.
Several were badly battered, but no
fatalities resulted and peaoe reigns on
the campus.
Public sentiment r againat profes
sional pugilism is rather deep-rooted
and the criticism of a college presi
dent for this suggestion Is Uknly to be
very general, but the lieuenclal ro
sults ' should not be overlooked. No
college, of course, can afford to stand
sponsor for prize flg atlas, but uuless'
human nature 'is differoni in North
Carolina from what It Is elsewhere,
there will be no occasion for furthar
bother about the matte. Tbs bogli
ring of another college ynr Is almost
certain to furnish proof that the
students hkve little or no denlr to do
anything that meets the sanction of
the president, and that having will be
abandoned, it it cannot be carried on
in violation of all known college rule
and regulations.
. TOBJCCO AKD THC REVKSVKS.
The announcement from New York
thai Increased torei'l demand for
American tobacco will add i 100 000,
000 or mora to our balance of trade
gives a new slgnlQcanoo to a tejiort
just Issued by the census bureau on
the tobacco Industry of the vL'uild
Elsies. The use of toVuco. In any
a'l of its forms, may be a 'Vie" or nn
"abomination," but the olliui nation f
the tobacco Industrie! would have a
very decided effect on the commercial
Ld financial interests ot th j country.
According to the ltt-it census bulle
tin, 448,611,051 pounds of tobacco
were used ta thla count"? lu 19uk 14
th manufacture o .;.. 4 f -r:i ct
the "weed." Out of this came 7,178.
,74J cigars and 3.43S.),422
cigarettes, the total value of which was
f 114, $50. 051. while the total value ot
manufactured tobaovo, Including cl-
gars, cigarettes, chewing and smoking
tobacco and snuff was 131.117,681
or something more than three times
the gold production ot the nation for
the same year. The manufacture of
tobacco In the rear covered by the cen
sus, bulletin furnished employment to
I3i.408 persons whose wages aggre
gated $62,643,303. Incidentally, the
revenue tax on manufactured tobacco
amounts to about $50,000,000 a year
to the federal government. Ever per
son who smokes a cigar or cigarette
or pipe, takes a chew or takes a pinch
.of snuff contributes to this element of
the federal Income.
Tobacco's share In relieving the
present financial stringency, however,
Is based upon the amount exported.
Americans smoke most of the domestio
output of cigars. ' This production In
1906 amounted to $198, 138,372, while
the cigars exported were valued at but
$59,65$, the Imports amounting to
$4,028,407. W ith cigarettes, the United
States did a little better, sending
$2,934,376 abroad, out of a total man
facture valued at $16,354,803. The
outlook tor the export trade this year
is far more promising. The crop In
the United States la the largest In
history and the tobacco people assert
that markets are already secured
abroad for tobacco enough from the
United States to start $100,000,000 ot
foreign gold In this direction in the
next few months. The promoters of
the anti-tobacco crusade may say what
they please, but the weed Is playing a
strong part this year, atong with wheat,
corn and cotton, in relieving an em
barrassing condition of financial stress.
XCQLKCIXD OPP0RTVXIT1KS.
One place where Omaha lags behind
Its rival cities Is In taking full advan
tage of the opportunities presented
from time to time to get Its' enterprise
and public spirit proclaimed to the
world. 'A recent number of Leslie's
Weekly contained a whole page of Il
lustrations of the floats In the Kansas
City "Priests of Pallas" parade, which
wllli surely prove an eye-opener to
many people far from the Mlssourian
metropolis, who bad no Idea what was
being done there in thla direction. But
our own Ak-Sar-Ben parade In Omaha
could have furnished an equally at
tractive page ot pictures, which would
have caused Just as much admiring
comment and would have given Omaha
a lasting boost throughout the length
and breadth of the land.
This is only one instance of many
where opportunities are being' neg
lected to advertise Omaha favorably
abroad. - The local newspapers and
periodicals, of course, are constantly
doing, without charge or compensa
tion, a great deal of publicity work for
the benefit ot the community which
could not be bought at any price, but
this work ought to be supplemented
by systematic promotion In fields !
which they do not cover. The best i
advertised enterprise Omaha ever took -up
was the TransmlBslssippi - exposi
tion, which secured more publicity at
a smaller outlay than any other simi
lar undertaking before or after. Thla
wonderful result was achieved be
cause the publicity department was
conducted under expert supervision
and every feature of the exposition
exploited where it could expect the
most favorable opening and where It
would do the most good. !
While Omaha will not have another j
exposition very soon, if ever, yet our
city Is constantly doing things which
entitle It to credit and which could be
widely exploited to its advantage If
the opportunities were utilized. A
permanent publicity promotion bureau
supported by all our various business
organizations will have to come sooner
or later, and If wisely handled can be
made to bring manifold returns on the
investment.
The navy board has decided that
the military aide to the president may
wear the glittering, if useless, aigull
lette, a double-looped heavy gold cord
terminating in conventional gilded
acorn-shaped pieces of metal. The
aide to the president will wear the
aigulllette on the left side, while aides
to admirals and other staff officers will
wear them on the right side.i This
momentous affair having been settled,
after a dispute lasting more than a
year, the country may be considered,
as saved once more.
"Suppose we had been using asset
currency during the past year," says
Colonel Bryan, "and in addition to the
present trouble, the people had distrust
about the money. That would have
made matters so much worse. As it
is now. there is no' doubt about the
quality of our -money." That's the
talk, colonel. That's the way repub
licans have been stating the case since
8.
Deputy Labor Commissioner Ryder
wants it distinctly understood that he
will not pay any attention to anony
mous complaints about alleged failure
to observe the laws regulating condi
tions ot employment. If anyone has
a real grievance that requires redress
by the authorities be should not hesi
tate to make his complaint over his
own name.
Sir Horace Plunkett has property
interests in both Omaha and South
Omaha which he is sure would be ad
vanced by' consolidation ot the two
cities. The judgment of Sir Horace
on the question of property values has
been vindicated more than once and
will be vindicated again whenever the
consolidation actually takes place.
Several state auditors have gotten
into trouble la Nebraska In times gone
by through certifying salary vouchers
before the salaries were earned. A
possibility always exists that the officer
or employe paid In advance may die or
vacate his position before performing
the services and then the difficulty Is
presented o getting back the money
that Is overpaid. Private corporations
and business institutions do not pay
their employes In advance and neither
should the state, county, city or other
public corporation.
The Wall Street Journal presents an
elaborate table7 to prove that the
Northern Pacific's profits tor the last
year, in earnings and equities,
amounted to more than 21 per cent
of the capital stock. Still "Jim" Hill
persists in making a noise like a man
dying of starvation.
One by one the illusions ot the good
o'd times are punctured. The latest Is
an edict by the police board against
the time-honored raffle that has raised
money for church . debts, wedding
presents and turkey dinners. This
twentieth century Iconoclasm seems to
know no bounds.
After the yellow journals have made
all arrangements for the-marriage of
Miss Townsend of Washington to the
Spanish Duke Abruzzl, Miss Townsend
declares she does not know the titled
gentleman. However, that obstacle
may be overcome, as the yellows will
introduce them. '
Colonel Bryan has Just made an
other whirlwind tour of Nebraska. It
will be Interesting later to look at the
election returns from the particular
counties he visited to see Just how
much dust the whirlwind raised.
The police court clerk who declares
he lost $100 going home ought to be
made to tell in whose company he was.
No democrat who Is as careless as that
with his money has any right to hold
office under Mayor "Jim."
Senator Beverldge predicts that our
next president wMl be either Roosevelt
or Bryan. The only consolation any
other candidate can find In that is the
record ot former political predictions
of Senator Beverldge.
Wouldn't Thla .Tar Yon f
Wall Btreet Journal. ,
WVinrlA? nf wnnrlArH In A. dpt. ale nn Presl
dent Roosevelt's policy toward capital th.
president was denounced by a Connecticut
lawyer and defended defended, mark you
by a Wall street banker!
: Brook Osra tho -Crlh. '
New Tork Tribune.
The west has cornered ths small bills.
The farmer Is determined to be paid for his
wheat and corn even If the east has to
worry along with nothing ' but "yellow
backs" to pay Its carfare and buy Ita beer.
Penalty of Being- Camgrhi.
Boston Transcript.",
The penalty that a "prominent politician"
in Delaware must pay for bribery la two
month's imprisonment, a fine of 1300 and
disfranchisement for ten years, Were this
applied to all who deserve It in that state,
a pretty small vote would b cast there
tor the next decade. ' . ,
Chemical Compounds la Food.
Philadelphia Record.
In the attempt to find the causs of the
extraordinary prevalence of cases of appen-
dlcitia some physiological experts have
reached the conclusion that It Is the recult
of gastric disorders, and that these dls-
orders, In turn, may be attributed to tho
use of hurtful chemical preaervatlvea for
food products. Of course, the physiologists
may ba wrong; but there la a certain con-
currence In point of time betwetn ths gen
ersl use of various chemical compounds by
dealers 'In flesh. Ash and vegetabls foods
and the unquestionable frequency of appen
dicitis in late years.
Corporations Itlgr thaa States.
Woodrow Wilson In) the Atlantic.
Corporations, ws are told, have grown
bigger than states, and must take a Sbrt
of precedence of them In the new organism
of our law, being made participants In a
federal system of legal regulation which
statea cannot negative or tamper with. The
I had almost said amusing-Ideas, is to
meet hem as the older doctrine of squat-
ter sovereignty was met; by a flat denial
that there Is or can ba any such thing as
corporato morality or a corporate privilege
and standing which Is lifted out of ths
reslm- of ordinary cltlsenshlp and Individ-
usl responsibility. The whole theorv Is
compounded of confused thinking and Im
possible principles of law; and the political
party that explicitly rejects it and substi
tutes for It plain sense asd feasible law
Will bring health and the exhilaration of
comprehensible policy Into affairs again.
Malign Power Banished.
New Tork Press.
The general public will welcome the de
struction of Morse's malign power even
more gratefully than the banking world.
Since he loomed up about ten years ago
as one of the Van Wyck-lu.oll gang his
career has been one of .depredation upon
the people of New York City. As the
genius of ths Ice trust there are few men
more generally detested than Morse, and
the more so since the revelations found In
the letters of his man Oler, nominal presi
dent ot ths ice monopoly. Men who con
spire to shorten the Ice crop and then
pray for hot weather in order that helpless
children and the sick of tho city, who
must consume their monopolised product.
can be forced to pay sxtortlonate rates.
will get little sympathy when their for-
tune, go to smash. W. know ot no m.n
in Wall street under whose misfortunes
the people of this community could besr
up with mors fortitude than Charles W.
Morse of ths Ico trust.
Porjnry and Ilesooctabllltr.
Philadelphia Record.
Perjury sits too lightly on consciences.
Thers Is very little sanctity about th affi
davit, and far less than there ought to be
In the more solemn oath taken by a wit
ness. Statements of corporations have In
many Instances been sworn to by emi
nently respectable men. who seemed to
think tbe oath a mere form, and did not
realise thst they were committing perjury
If they knew the statements to be untrue.
Dr. Gilletts was recently a i vice president
of the, Mutual Lite Insurants con.pany. a
man ot wealth, eminent respectability and
tho highest standing. He aworo f sis. ly In perhsps there Is reason for sending only
ths grand Jury Investigation and has bsvn , multl-mllllonairea. But If lavish expeodl
sentenced for It to six months', imprison- ture tends as it probably does to lncreass
insnt. It Is a terrible penalty for a snan uf QUr disrepute - attracting undue attention
his position. In Imposing sentencs tho J to ths most unlovely of American charad
Judge declared It a tragedy. But perjury terlstics It Is time to return ta the old
Is a very henloue crime, and If morality
and slt-respoct will not deter eminently
respcctsblu men from committing It the
terrors of ths penitentiary must be added.
ROV3D ABOUT XKW TOrlK.
Ripple mn ta Carreat of Life lat the
Metropolis.
Tho costly ornate itirnltura which the
pollryholdf rs of a life Insurance company
paid for duilng ths McCurdy regime was
put on ths auction block In New York last
week and brought the meagre sum of
134.500, the same having cost i2G,0JQ. The
directors' tsble. Imported from l'arls at a
cost of $12,000, brought 1110; the afxteen
gilded chairs about. the table, which cost
some $J00 each, went for HO and 200. Mr.
McCurdy's 'ornats throne chair of carved
and gilded wood," costing some ILOJ,
brought IW; a Mrs. IJvermors bid In for
I3.S.'6 "a gold enameled Louis XV parlor
suits of nine pieces in aubusaon tapestry,'
while a carved mahogany Illuminated
leather suite that decorated Mr. McCurdy's
reception room went for 11,200, although
ths auctioneer stated that ths original edit
was 210,000 to ths policyholders.
The northwest corner of Thirty-fourth
street and Fifth avenue Is now regarded
as the hoodoo corner. It is believed among
many that the great marble residence
built for A. T. fctewart mildewed the "'Mer
chant Prlncs" and was directly ths cause
of lls death. Hs never enjoyed Its occu
pancy for a moment. The walls were too
cold. The ceilings were too high. Ths
floors were as uncomfortable as glaciers.
Wherever the poor man turned It was lea.
The forlorn Manhattan club thought that
it would become a second Union Leagu If
It bad such a home. Well, it rented the
Stewart mansion, arid In a short time
found It (as Stewart himself did) far too
cold. The hottest oyster cocktail ever
served In New York was served there under
ths Manhattan regime; but in a short time
the Manhattaners had to get out or die.
Then the "palacs was dismantled and sold
to a dealer in second-hand material. The
Knickerbocker Trust erected a financial
temple on ths site. And ws all know what
happened to that concern.
For carelessly dropped cigarettes and
matches New Tork City pays In fire losses
the tidy sum of 12600,000 In a single year.
If ths other causes of. New Tork'a twenty-
, three daily fires defective or mlsmnn-
agea heating and lighting apparatus and
machinery, badly constructed 'buildings,
greasy waste, hot ashes and similar fire
encouragers are i taken into account the
bill tor fooling with firs In New Tork is
$10,000,000 a year, distributed a among 8.600
different alarms. This figure, based upon
the official fire patrol reports, does not,
however, include 1415,000 paid directly by
the taxpayer for damage to fire depart
ment property. For every time the fire
bell rings In this city, arid the apparatus
goes out, even for a false alarm. It costs
at least Kti for damages to trucks and
strain on the valuable fire horses. Nor
does It .Include half a million Collars of
damages to asphalt pavements from chil
dren's bonfires. This annual fire loss has
grown to such proportions that boards
of underwriters, and also the fire patrols.
! are elaborate study of ths
;au',ct0 flr,- n faeti they take the
fever temperature of New Tork's build
ings as carefully as a physician follows
ths fever Una of a typhoid fever patient
And these observations ara charted care
fully by expert statisticians and made the
suubject of deep study by pyro-speclal-ists.
The most recent of these yearly
Charts, covering 6,367 fires In the boroughs
of Manhattan and the Bronx, which did
ovar $7,000,COO damage, .gives some pecu
liar statistics.;
A count of the sky-scrapers on Manhat
tan Island has been made, and It ahows
that (40 buildings of ten or more stories
have been erected since 1890. Twelve
stories Is the favorite number abovo ten,
apparently, for the Building Department's
records show that 1R9 twelve-story struct
ures have been built or are now -under
way. There' Are thirteen thirteen-story
buildings, a singular coincidence.
Less than a dosen years ago the Amer
ican Surety building at 100 Broadway,
twenty stories high, was a World wonder,
The Singer building rises forty-one stories,
and the Metropolitan Life, now under
construction, wilt break the record with
forty-eight.
woman's trf,.i m t t wu w
ntnetcen-months-old child, which was be-
Ing held as a hostage by another woman
to Insure the payment of a debt of $25,
was heard
In the Manhattap Avenuo
court, WltlllaniBburg. The woman who
made the complaint was Mrs. Margaret
Burns, of 89 Kingsland avenuo. and the
one who had her child waa Mrs. Jane
Blmscn, who lives at SS Ea'gla street.
Mrs. Burns bad the othsr woman in
court on a summons for refusing to sur
render the child.
"About three months ago," said Mrs,
Burns, "try husband lost his employ
ment, and It came so hard upon us that
i 1 "ked .Mr"' lm,on t0 " ot my
"""u u ,"ul" u8 " 1 coula '"PPo"
r 11 my,elf- 1 Promlaed to pay Is 2.5a each
; week for boar1- KciUr. ray husband
. ""aln Job- nd when I went to Mrs.
, Blmn to ny child, 'shs refused to
! -ur"" naa paia her r. I
: 0,1 her t,,at 1 would pay her just as
soon as I got the money, but she still
refus id."
The magistrate ordered Mrs. Bimaon to
give up ths child at once, on pain of
going to Jail.
Ths big bridge that conneots Brooklyn
with New York can always furnish enough
excitement during the rush hours to keep
the crowds In gcod humor. Tho other ev
ening the lady with the punch held the
stage. Her victim waa a maaher who first
tried the hypnotic, inflvehce; this fslllng
hs approached the young woman and said,
"Ah there, you little bunch of sweetness!"
That was all. This wss what she did to
him: First, shs landed on his right eye,
Jurrlng him slightly. Then she walloped
him on the end of the nose, 'crossing on his
Jaw. He waa going by then and a rip in
the pifddle put him down altogether. He
he had no sympathizers ho didn't get even
a sponge. But when hs csms to he was as
sisted down the stairs by several men, pro
L ' w Z,,,L , V , ,U""e" "l
"J" f Progressed
to ht"i6t,on. hmm!' .A th oun woman
pulsion being exerted upon the fullness of
who had performed the few phys'cal cul'
ture stunts fs'led to appear against him, he
was discharged with a lecture.
Ths ruhberneok wagon, filled with sight
seers, was approaching St. Luke's hospital.
A white-haired woman stood in the grounds
and near her a man, wad usidg a lawn
mower.
"Thers." said the barker, with a swing of
his arm toward the hospital, "is St. Luks's
hospital, ens of the most noted in ths me
tropolis. The wlitte-halred lady la one of
ths nurses, and there you see St. Luke
himself cutting the grass'
Too Wo-h for anon.
New York, Commercial.
If lavish .expenditure by American repre
sentatives abroad will Increase our repute
i practice to tho conditions which permitted
us to attach to the diplomat Ic service such
men aa Lowell, Motley, Bancroft and scores
of others etiuslly eminent.
Gr6?mBsiIdiiic Fowler
The linest in Uic world
When ordering ns!f for Dr. Price's by name, rlset
the grocer may forget tho kind you are suxmiomed toj
TENDENCY TOWARD COMBINATION
Growth of Industrial Corporations
Shown ky Dividends.
Brooklyn Eagle. '
The enormous growth of industrial cor
porations In this country In ths last de
cade is shown In ths recent distributions
of Interest on bonds and dividends on
stock. Of the $75,000,000 distributed on Frl
dsy, H6. 000,0(0 represented ths Interest on
bonds, leavtng KbAO.OOO ot declared divi
dends. And of these declared dividends
mors than one-half was paid by the Indus
trial corporations. The sum Is $16,212,000.
The first place as dividend payers has
been tSKen from the railroads tne plane
held by them for more than half a century.
Even when the $2,724,000 paid by street
railways is added t the amount paid by
the steam roads, the total sum ot divluends
paid by the Industrial corporations is not
reached.
There is no particular lesson to be drawn,
nor Is there condemnation to be made. The
fact of the tendency of recent years toward
combination and to do business under cor
porate forms Is emphasised In the showing.
And it presents in a forceful way another
fact. Into the loaning market has come a
competitor where ths railroads were once
almost in sole possession. It Is a develop
ment not without its Influence on the old
order of things.
PERSONAL, ROTES.
The name of ths count who la booked to
Wed a Vanderbllt Is pronounced 8ei-shaney
not that It really makes any difference.
A book 110 years old, originally owned by
Anthony Wayne, the Revolutionary hero,
has been presented to the. Missouri Agri
cultural College library by Prof. H. J.
Waters, dean of tho Department of Agri
culture. It was exhibited in Philadelphia
during the Centennial. ,
There is one banker In Pittsburg who Is
booked for a run for his money. He Is face
to face with two Indictments of 113 counts
for bank wrecking, Involving $1,523,000. The
maximum punishment for conviction on all
counts is 1,000 years In prison, a period of
time sufficient to Indues profound mental
relaxation, and than some.
Only the other day a report was current
that John D, Rockefeller was losing the
workmen at Ihis country estate because he
would not psy adequate wagea. Now it Is
raid that by reason of ths high wages he
Insists on paying them he Is getting a cor
ner on laborers. By scrutinizing the public
prints with cars It Is possible to read any
thing about Rockefeller.
It Is probable that Secretary Root will be
selected honorary president of the Ceneral
American peace conferenca, which is to bs
held In Wushlngton beginning November 10, ,
If this Is dona he will preside at the open
ing session and then surrender the gavel to
whoever Is elected permanent chairman.
Minister Godoy, the charge d'affalrs of the
Mexican embassy, has been suggested aa
the permanent presiding officer. '
Contending that the North Pole belongs
to Canada, and fearful that the United
States will seise It, Captain Bernler, who
says he has raised the British flag on
many Arctio Islands, Is anxious that ths
Canadian government should send htm to
find the pole and nail the British flag to
It. Captain Bernler and his little ship,
the Arctic, have Just arrived from the
far north and bring a story of the an
nexation of many more Islands to the
British empire.
The Indiscriminate selling of cocaine by
Chicago druggists has been working such
havoc as to "Cause the Illinois legislature
to turn aside a moment from ths chief
purposes of an extra session and onset
a law Imposing fines as high as $1,000 and
imprisonment, as a punishment for drug
gists who sell the drug without a physl
clan's prescription and the name of the
buyer. ' Sales to persons addicted to the
use of ths drug are prohibited under any
conditions.
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MUSIC EN
THE HOME
FOR EVEUY ONE
WITH A PLAYER PIANO
If you want In your home the best Player-piano made, be good enough
HaCo Ff Chi Player piano manufactured by the Mellville Clark
Chicago.
The Apollo has an 68 note range,
No other player In the world has an 88 note range. The larger composition
are played exactly as they were written, without transposition or rearrange
All other Player pianos hsve Co Botes or a 6 octave range. There Is as
much sense In buying a 65 note flayer as there would be in buying a 6 octave
Tbe Appollo Flays r
Flaao unites la a slngls
compact instrument a
Flays and a high grade
upright plaao. It Is a
psrftet plaao for hand
playing, hat oaa also bs
played by means of per
forated maslo roll. Thns
It confers upon every
body Irrespective of skill
or previous training, the
fascination of personally
producing mnsio.
A. HOSPECO.
1513 DOUGLAS ST.
l's d riunos, riu) or rianoa, and I'lauo Players
Taken In Part Exchange for New Instruuit-uts.
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Opportunities Like This Don't Often Occur
Canadian Clear Red Cedar Shingles $3.75 per M,
packed FULL COUNT. You not only got a shin
gle that is way up in quality, at a way down
price, but it takes fewer of them to lay a roof.
We are overstocked on everything. "Grit Top,"
the best prepared roofing. $1.9 J a square com
plete. And 2C discount on lumber. All for cash.
C. II. DIETZ LUMBER CO., 1214 Fzrn:a Ttl.Dcui.35
lksMhH "MgaugeE ewaa"sw "assswssi sjlavssi
TOO Mt CII OP A GOOD THING.
Present Remedy . fsr , Money,' Scarcity
May Lead to mm Oversaoply.
Wall Street Journal'. ,
At a time when a premium on curreno)
la being offered In Some places, .and when
It la difficult to obtain money and credit
for any purpose, and when all of the ner
gles of ths government and ths bankers
ara being put forth to lncreass the supplies
of money and credit. It ought to be rotten
bered that out of this very, condition ol
scarcity there Is altogether likely to de
velop a condition of oveYsUpply. While vrt
are now Importing gold to msks good a
deficiency In our reser-es, ysfc ths- toroei
are at work which, later on, srs riot un
likely to produce a redundancy to send
gold out of the country, for It must bs re
membered that In a certain sense, and as a
result of the clearing house certificates, ws
are temporarily off of a cash basis. It li
well to keep this In mind In deVlelng roeani
of relief. '
PASSING PLEASANTRIES. -
"Mr. Jlgsby says," announced the fair
young daughter ot the house, proudly,
"Hot hs would die for mi."
"He- can't!' cried ths candid .. young
hnlu.ru '(
'Cause why, he's bald."-BalU
tuoro American.
"Dd you give him. the medicine I sent
over?"
"No, doctor; he died before I got It."
"Horn, I don't understand that." Hous
ton Poat.
"I'se about come to ds conclusion," said
t'nele Eben, "dat a client an" a lawyer
sometlmrs keeps delr consciences easy bv
shlftln' de moral respotis'hlllty back an'
fo'th between delr oe'fs." Washington Star.
Miss Terry-Mother. I notice that lately
whenever I ask you for money you grumble
and growl and act naxty. What's eoma
over you? Tou didn't use to bs that way.
Mrs. Terry My dear, you are going to b
married soon, and I am getting you used
to It. Cleveland Leader. . ,
"What Is ths row hersT" demanded ths
elephant.
"The monkey has Just given tho glrafTa-.a
sfcsve and a haircut. " explained tho other,
animals. "The giraffe Is Insisting on hsv
Ing his neck shaved for nothing, and ths
monkey won't stand for It." Chicago Trib
une. "Here. yOu!" growled the cranky man
In the reading room, "you've been snoring
horribly,"
"I gh. hey!" gurgled the drowsy one.
"If you only kept your mouth shut."
wert on the cranky one, "you wouldn't
make so much noise." ,
"Ne'ther would you," renlled the other.
Catholio Standard and Times.
Stern Fe-sle Customer I don't want any
or these rltvld cnmlc onera sons tn my
house. Is this music you are recommend
ing entirely of an Irrenrnacrable character
Astute Falesrran- Madam, that mu'o Is
of such high chsreeter that it should not
Uamrnore- American.
. GREATNESS HUMBLE0.
Nashville American.
Man the wonder, man the marvel
Master of the earth, '
Njy1 work of th" Creator.
Child of we'ght and worth
See him stand wth mien tnajestlo
And with piercing eye;
i.TL. "ho. c.lvrH: "elu him what hs
Dldn t want to buy. (
A", the foreee of creation
Bow at his command.
Lightning, tamed and timid almoet,
hata from out his hand.
Winds are traced to do bis bidding;
Tides will almost stay;
Trembles, though, when his landlady
Says that he must pay.
8ee him walk unarmed and fearless .
In a lion's den.
Then, unharmed, but In no hurry
He walks out again:
.m,T? a,,J f-roelous creatures,
Wild and Jungle bred.
Then a mild assessor cometb.
And the man fall dead.
Foremost in ths lns of battle
Where the lead Is thick.
Up he marchea gayiy singing.
At a double quick.
Fearless of ths fslltng b-Uets
Thst may claim his life,
Thwn he snesks upstars barefooted
Lest ho wake his wife.
or the entire Isvhr,. . r,i.
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i-iauu. ruiei, ,u wouia not nave a 6 octave piano
In the house wl.en you can buy the regular 74
ovtaves. .
The effective transposing mouthpiece, used only
in the Apollo, changes the key of the music to suit
any range of voice or accompanying instrument
and absolutely prevents the annoyance caused by
the shrinking or swelling of the music rolls. These
two features give the Apollo a large intrinsic value
In the musical home. The Apollo plays It, 66 and
88 note music.
If you are Interested in the Player pianosubject
send for Illustrated Catalogue or call at our store
tor a tree demonstration.