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L BEE: FRIDAY, THE OMAIIA DAILY NOVEMBER. 8, 1907. Tiie Omaiia Daily Bel rOUKDKD ET EDWARD ROBEWATER. VICTOR ROSEWATER. EDITOR. ,- Kntered at Omaha, Foetofflce as second rlaaa matter. TERMS OK SUBSCRIPTION. Dally IWwlthout Sunday), one Tear..M.to Dally Be land Sunday, on year 00 Sunday Be, one year J W Saturday fee. one year I'M DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Pally Bn (Including Sunday), pr week..lRc thily Bee (without Sunday), per wak..lOo ISventng B (without Sunday), par weak So Itfvanlna- B (with Sunday), par wek...lOo Address all eomplaiata of Irregularities In delivery to City Circulation Department. offices. Omaha The Be Building. South Omaha-City Hall Building. Council Bhiffa 15 Scott Street. Ohlcago-M40 Vnlty Building. New Tor k 1508 Home life Insurance Bidg. . v Washington 7S Fourteenth Street N. W CORRESPONDENCE. Communtcatlona relating to new And edi torial matter ahould he addressed, Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order ryatla to The Bee Puhllehlng Company. Only t-eent atampa received In payment of mall account. Personal checka. eseept on Omaha or eastern sichange. not accepted. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss: Charles C. Rosewater, general manager Of The Bee Publlshlns1 enmiany, being duly aworn, says that the actual number ef full and complete copies of The Dally Morning, Evening and Sunday Be printed during the month of October, 107, waa aa follows; 1, MJtn 17 S,T90 99, 990 II W,MO gt.000 It 94,544 se.seo to 40,soo I 4 350 38,600 7 M.440 ' 3S.6S0 3S.700 J... n,SH 11 36,40 11 88,630 II .... 38,300 14 330 1..... 88,80 II 8,M Total ", 21 3,S0 21. 2. 14. SS.S40 87,853 M,(W 21 38,783 2S 33,700 27 38,680 21 3710 2...., 88,8u 80 88,9 0 II 37,330 l,13,4i0 Less unsold and returned copies. 8,885 Net total 1,188,55a Daily average 33.4J7 CHARLES C. ROSEWATER, Oeneral Manager. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 1st day of November. 1W. ROBBKT HUNTS, K, n Notary Publio, WHEN OCT OF TOWN. likacrlWra lamviaar tmm elty tesa porarlly afceald kare Tfee Ba Mailed tfceaa. Addreaa wt.lt mttmm mm- reejaeated. . That bomb which was to have been set off before the police board seems to bare suffered a puncture. Now a literary genius claims to have discovered "a key to Ibsen." Good.' Let's lock film' up. Ia these days of hoarding money, it Is possible to put your money In the coal bin without hiding it. , The Chicago city council is prepar ing to make a visit to New York. The New York police have been notified. It 1s claimed that John Bunyan's will baa beea fownw-4B)Gfeev "Tom Johnson's wlljftg g!Br been round la Cleveland, i '".' " ;. . . .. Speaker Cannon never ait he did not want tobe president, although he has admitted frankly that he never expected to be. ; t : Statistics show that, the , Japs eat 2,000,000 pounds "of whale meat every year. That pught to. oool, Hobson's fighting ardor a little. Everything else is so high in price that the average man may have to confine his Christmas present pur chases to listed stocks. It is again announced that Mme. Anna Gould will marry another French nobleman. Well, she can do no worse than she did the first time. "Who does not love dogs?" a ska the New York Herald. Well, the let ter carriers 'and the boys on the news raper delivery routes for a starter. The United States Steel corporation hag set aside $30,000,000 for the im provement and ; betterment of ' its plants. The panlo is on its last legs. A Baltimore woman who is seeking divorce says she left' her husband's home after he had struck her three times. Another case of three strikes and out It is reported that the street rail way company has Installed a machine to count money. Most of us, however, will have no trouble in counting our money by the old way. It is dollars to doughnuts that South ' Omaha taxpayers will within the next rear or two regret the failure of the consolidation project a great deal more Ihan will Omaha taxpayers. Belated returns show that the demo cratic candidates In Mississippi have been elected "by slightly reduced ma jorities." That means that both of the Mississippi republicans voted this year. "The democratic party needs Mr. 3ryan for a guide," says the Rich mond Dispatch. Possibly, but it would be remembered that be lost the trail twice oa bis way to the White House. District of Columbia democrats who are going to give a dinner to Mr. Bryaa on November 2$ says there will be an innovation in the menu. Per haps, as a sign of consideration of the feelings of the honored guest, they will not serve any soup. We learn, from the esteemed Cebo Courier that "Walter Wellman ba de slstldo de realisar su proyecto de dea cubrtr el Polo Norte on globe." Under the clrcuautanoea, of course, there was nothing else left far Wellman to de. KKrUBLfCAZ WBMIAHKA- ' While the returns bt the electlou are still incomplete, enough figures are at hand to show that Nebraska has gone republican without diminution of majority. The election of Judge Reese and of the republican candidates tor railway commissioner and for university re gents was a reasonably foregone con elusion, but the opposition cherished hopes of making inroads that would give them encouragement for the next battle. There is no encouragement for the demo-pop combination in the election returns, but on the contrary gratifying evidence that the hold of republican principles in the rank and file of Nebraska voters is steadily growing stronger. The election of Judge Reese by such a substantial vote is more than per sonal compliment or appreciation. It is an endorsement of the work accom pllshed by Governor Sheldon and the recent republican legislature for the removal of long-crying evils and the redress of admitted grievances suffered at the hands of the railroads and al lied corporations. The republicans bad a record of performance on which to come before the people, while the democrats had nothing to offer but specious' fault-finding and empty promises. Some apprehension was felt in some quarters as to the possible effect of the financial disturbance upon the , com plexion of the vote, but it is manifest that the attempt of the democrats to make capital out of this failed to ac complish its object. The explanation is, without doubt, that the farmers and stock raisers and' country merchants, who constitute the vast majority of Nebraska voters, are so prosperous that they have been scarcely affected by the money stringency and that their confidence in President Roosevelt and his policies have not been in the least shaken by the outcries from Wall street. Loppisa off the luxuries. For more than a year Americans have been buying all kinds of imported luxuries to an extent which has kept the balance of trade down to the nar rowest margin known in years. This has always been one of the results of unusually prosperous conditions.- The Americans, not particularly given to saving, are the moBt liberal buyers in the world and the merchants of foreign nations reap a harvest whenever we have had a particularly prosperous year. The report of the appraiser for the port of New York shows that the tide has 'begun to turn. A decline of fully 60 per cent in the last two months is recorded In the imports of precious stones, automobiles and foreign made goods of the luxury classification. In the month of October1 precidtMf MofteB,' cut and uncut, and pearls to the Value of $3,041,747 were received; in New York compared with 15,035,577 for October, 1906. In the same period 202 automobiles, valued at $591,466, were imported, as compared with' 220 autoa, valued at $869,052, Imported in. October, .1906. Similar reductions are shown In almost all importations' of the luxury class. Some portion of this decline may, of course, be due to the close of the tourist season, dur ing which Americans are credited with having spent some $150,000,000 abroad, but it is undoubtedly true that the falling off in imports of this char acter is caused by retrenchment in response to the temporary stringency in the money market. Just at this time, the trade balance is being largely Increased in favor of this country. European demands for American corn, wheat, cotton and to bacco will, it la conservatively esti mated, add $300,000,000 to the Ameri can trade balance within a few months and this will be largely increased by our exports of manufactured articles. curw and tub bank account. It takes some of the romance out of those old love stories of the Spanish cavaliers to find one of them butting around on the front steps of an Ameri can heiress with his guitar under his arm and a cash register attached to his heart strings. According to the story, a leader in the smart set at the national capital has a beautiful daugh ter and an income which ber father and husband pulled out of the coal fields of Pennsylvania. The mother and daughter visited Spain a few years ago, as guests of the Spanish ambassa dor at Washington, and there met the Spanish duke of Alba. It was a case of love at first sight, on the part of the duke, so he declared. He is a nephew of Eugenie, ex-empressspf France, and bears a title that has been recognized in Spain for something over three centuries. ' He has ancestral halls, armor, family plate and heirlooms and debts larger than those of a stock broker the day after a Wall street panic. . . Not long after the first meeting, through the influence of the duke, the Washington heiress ' and her mother were guests at the royal wedding at Madrid last 'year, where, he enter tained them (a aeml-regal manner. He advanced bis suit to the point where it was all over but the formal announcement of the 'engagement and the settlement of the marriage por t'on. Right there the duke showed a commercial foresight rare In one of tuch noble birth and training. He sent his agent to Washington to investigate the reality of the fortune belonging to bis prospective Bride and ber mother. It is stated that ia this Inves tigation "the agent was accorded every courtesy 'by the wealthy widow and her dsuahter." An annual income uf $250,000 was disclosed, but the hard headed old grandfather had inserted conditions in bis will that made it im possible for the duke to get control of the principal.. This was an awful blow and the proud duke pathetically in formed the ambitious mother that he was not on the bargain counter and that his titles and dignities could not be maintained for less than $600,000 a year. Washington society understands that the engagement is off, although there Is. yet a prospect that by forfeiting rome of her private fortune the mother may be able to satisfy the duke's de mands. It is hoped by self-respecting Americans that she will do nothing of the k,lnd. The duke's wh'ole conduct shows that he has Inflated the value of his title and hU noble self and, if a title must be bought. It will be only a matter of time until the money lenders compel the duke Into a corner to make terms at something nearer his real value. FUTURE OF THE RAILROADS. Franklin K. Lane, the California member of the Interstate Commerce commission, has been reading a lecture to the railroad men, financiers and brokers of the east. ' He is a little out of patience with those who have been looking at the present conditions and future prospects through smoked glasses. Mr. Lane has just returned to Washington from an extended tour of the west and, ln an Interview ad dressed particularly to the Wall street contingent, says: It the stockholders of New Tork wish to restore confidence let tham take their patrons on a grand tour of tha United States and see what Is going on there. Then money will pour out of safety deposit vaults and the railroads will be enabled to make betterments and extensions Im peratively needed. Qo west, Mr. Broker, go west. This optimistic utterance is made more emphatic by the citation pf facts made by Mr, Lane. He quotes reports from official sources to show that the present em barrassment of the railroads is not that of penury, but of riches; that the crops nave oeen so aDunaani ana ine movement or mercnanaise SO unprece- . - . .. dented that not a single railroad line west of Chicago has had locomotives enough or cars enough to supply its needs. One great railroad system in the west has increased its traffic f 0 per cent ln the last two years and several have Increased thefr traffic 80 per cent ln the same period. That has Dot been the result of manipulation or from opening new territory. It has come from the development of the mines, forests, factories and farms along established lines. All this is permanent and every year the railroads will profit by the natural growth of the communities they serve. Refer ring, to the raiirfladjBfionip laipt p rate legislation, ilr.-iane says: , The ! great railroad problem Is not one of rare, but of service. This commission received five times as many complaints of Inability to get cars or slowness of move ment of loaded cars, as of rates charged. and this notwithstanding tha fact that we have no jurisdiction over operation. Bo there you are a growing country con nected with every part by an interdepend ent, interlocking railroad system, based on an interdependent. Interlocking economic system. And with every new thousand In the population, and every new acre tilled, and every new horsepower developed, and every new mine opened, the rail road grows ln value. . I am an optimist as to railroads and railroad' values, because I know the country we are living ln and the forces that are at work to make Its railroads still mora Important factors in our development. Your professional "bear" is not an American. The difficulty experienced 'in secur ing funds for needed betterments and extensions is not due to any Impair ment of value, because their earning power Is greater than ever before and certain to become greater with the assured increase In population and development of industries. The country is bound to go forward and . . . with the improvement of the country must come a corresponding improve- ment of the transportation facilities. Chairman Hayward of the repub-1 llcan State committee is entitled to a j bouquet for his efficient management of the campaign, which has bad such a successful outcome. With hardly time to get hold of the reins and com paratively meager resources, the chair man took full advantage of all the forces at bis command. Incidentally It maw be said that the most effective campaign document put out by the committee was the reproduction from The Bee of the platform pledges of last year, with the .notations of Gov ernor Sheldon, indicating that every one of them had been faithfully ful filled to the. letter. In voting blanket authority to spend $500,000 for new school sites and school buildings without more detailed specifications the people ot Omaha have trusted a great deal to the wise discretion of the school board. The school board will have to show that this confidence is not misplaced or no more bonds will ever be voted until after the people are told Just where the money is to be placed. Chief of Poiice Donahue la surely ln a difficult position. While the po lice board is bis source ot official authority, Mayor "Jim" is telling him what to do and the council Is essaying to tell blm what not to do. It these three bosses should all give blm orders on the same subject at the same time be would have to take to the woods. After careful search for new sys tem of scconntl;)g that would reduoe Its showing of net earnings, the Union Pacific has discovered one that does the business and -points with pride to a drop of a quarter of a mtlllpn dol- lars for August as compared with Au gust of last year. This ought to make Mr. Harrlman happy and enable his friends to buy Union Pacific stock at bedrock prices. Even the World-Herald now admits that its nonpartlsanshlp cry was merely buncombe Intended to fool Somebody. The next democratic can- dldate for supreme Judge will ask for votes because he is a democrat and not . . . , . because he wants to make the bench nonpartisan. ;stltutlon forced to the wall. In an Inter- ' . j view in tha Washington Post, the 8enatof Colonel Bryan cannot conceal his'1' ttt-a on the subject: "Personally, I delight over the success of Tom John-' l!!,kMw,lh fvor T" ,rov"lon I,. .v- i . ' "'d impose a small tax upon all national son in landing the Cleveland mayoralty bank deposits for the purpose of creating once more. It would indeed be a a guarantee fund, available for tha pay gloomy election that did not leave a ment of tha depositors 0f any national few little things to rejoice Mr, Bryan. !)1ank wl'h mlght fa" t( mt obiiga- tlons. The last forty years" experience irmt n.i. v h demonstrated that the loaa to de- Emmet Dalton. the famous Kansas poaltors ot natlona, bank ha been but a oanK ana train rooDer, nas neen par doned by Governor Hoch. He has promised not to rob any more trains or banks, but will be satisfied to run a hotel in Kansas. . The local democratic organ Bays it does not want anv more "gum-shoe" campaigns. The defeated democratic ..,.. . . . . t candldates SSV. they do not want to have to depend any more on a "gum shoe" newspaper Franco nnnpti fkot tt rli.mniimol1'0 ot nrst. Then tho younar man cro- vintage this year is very poor. No mat- ter. Many Of the largest consumers of champagne in this country have rather lost their appetite foxr it In the last few mnnthn The Junior yellow Is out with declaration that Omaha must proceed forthwith to vote bonds to build a new n't the dem- ocratlc city council ln working order T ocratic City council in worRlng order! ,T . r,- . "I have been urging tariff reform for the last three years," says Senator Lodge. Yet Jerome K. Jerome says he is having difficulty in finding anv ne is naving aimcuity in nnaing any new Jokes in this country. A Tip for Bankers, OL. UIUUV 1CII1WIH1. The banks should remember that the St, Louis Globe Democrat " i country successfully relumed to sneein , payment, on the strength of the doctrine that "the way to resume Is to resume.' Clearing" the Atmosphere. Chicago Record-Herald. An effort is to be made to clear the fi- nancial atmosphere In New York. When It Is ' done a good many structures that were built wrecked. " - on wind are likely to- be Bank Note Circulation. Philadelphia Record. Comptroller Rldgeley's plan of increasing the volume of money In circulation by the larger issue of national bank currency has been so far acted upon that average dally Issues of about tloo.OOQ are announced In Washington dispatches. If the banks were freely permitted to retire their notes when they could no longer be profitably kept In circulation there would be less hesitation ln meeting nerrency jieamnjl, ., . IVkat Moves tlieijrop. ' Louis 'Kopubllc. The final' certainty fcbo)t "moving" west ern crops Is that what moves them la the continuous appetite for food and the con tinuous need for clothing. They will have their movement promoted from behind with all intelligence and energy can do to relieve need for food and clothing, but as a crop-moving force th)s need ln itself is so. strong' that no other power can keep It long ln suspense. . ' . All Kind of Money Goes. New York Sun. Oeneral William Booth thinks that a very 'rloh man may enter heaven If he contributes liberally to the Salvation Army bt this life. "I would be pleased to say a word or two for hint to St. Peter at the gate," says tha general. The tolerance and humor -of the Salvation Army com mander will shock those evangelists who put up a protesting hand at tha mention of "tainted money," but the Salvation Army was always practical as well as peculiar. Crisis as an acdaeattonal Force. New York Tribune. This crisis is teaching the people of the west the uses of a credit currency. The ea"hler'a check" circulating so freely out j uuuiuii visa, cKcviJi. mai wiey mro jBot ttcurtd , the way a cred(t currency . would be with a first claim on the banker's aasets. Yet they are Unhesitatingly ac cepted, passing from hand to hand Just like banknotes. When the public has got used to them it may not be adverse to an emer gncy currency better printed on more durable paper and better secured, iti ROOSEVELT TO BLAME f Sharp Hetort to the Assertions of a Speculative Banke. ' Leslie's Wevkly. Unfortunately, no human ingenuity or persuasion can avail to separata politics and finance at this time, when every argu ment of prudence calls for their separa tion While tha crowds were massing in front of he New York banks and beg ging for their money an officer of one of the shakiest of them had the effrontery to declare that "there is a man high in authority , ln this country who does not know the meaning of credit, and who has consistently donk all that he could to de stroy this delicate constituent of legitimate business methods. If disaster follows this Initial outbreak and any one wanta to learn the fundamental cause of the trouble let htm go back over the last six months and read the speeches of this man." A more shameless and brazen charge- was never uttered. The man who will read the speech of "this man" at Nashville and say that It ever will or ever could destroy confidence In 'legitimate business 'methods" proves himself either an idiot or a crook. Presi dent, Roosevelt said: "If to arouse a high typo of civic man hood In our nation it were neorssary to suffer any temporary commercial depres sion. I should consider the cost but small. All we have done has been to unearth the wrongdoing. It waa not the fact that It was unearthed that did the damage. All I did was, to turn on the light. I am re sponsible for turning on the light, but I am not responsible for what the light showed It Is Impossible to cut out a cancer with out making the patient feel for a few days rather sicker than he felt before." That challenge to the conscience of the American people will not fall of Its due response. So far aa all legitimate exposure and unearthing of corruption and rooting out of rottenness goes, that is making confidence, not destroying it.' How ab surd to blame the practiced eye that finds the disease! How foolish to rail at the courage that would heal and aave! BITS OF WASHINGTON LIFI Minor reare and Incidents Sketched on the Spot. Bonator Thomas II. Carter of Montana is one of the earliest of the adance guard of congressmen at the nation's capltol. He dropped in early In the week bringing an assortment of Ideas which he hopes to knead' Into Ipglslatlve dough later oh. , Among the ideas the copper state senator deems worthy of constructive statesmanship on" ""bodied in a bin providing for a " L" d"- ' nt " tor the purpose of creating a fund which may be ( used to pay depositors of any similar in- trining fraction of 1 per cent. If the Ux 'or the creation of the fund should be made double the amount of the loss shown by experience, the fund would soon reach sui-h proportions as to relievo the national government from possible liability, and besides. Insure the country against spas modic runs on the banks. ! T clerk "e of lho departments last Julv was soiled with an overwhelming de- aire to rest during the heated term. His application for leave was refused on the ground that the older clerks had not yet had their vacations and they must be taken .r-S Til ZZ position in Cuba and If ha wanted to see hlm he should return at once. The head i , " Z ln whlch "' 'on man 1! ;T-the'':: - , a(iiug me application for leave, a The clerk blithely left hl nmt .n.i o,- m",e was heard from him for a month. Then nn ..n. .1 . . " a" PPHcatlon was received for sick art7 ""i "l"" a med!?' I II! .1 ? .f h'!! dlv""n "nolled a mouse and wrote to the mayor of the Ii.r.n were.the oun man stopping "king him to advise him conndentally If "la government employe were really ill. L "ITk rfClvJe1 back w" that h had I . . recovered and was em- ployed m an insurance office. Charges thereupon were brought which resulted in the dismissal of the clerk. The latter resented the disgrace and Insisted he had been badly treated. It was true ho i . . . - ' worKe- r n Insurance firm, but only nour . ,. ,w .... - ......i ui im enJurance, according to the advice of his physician, and he did not think he should have been removed. He succeeded In set ting a reappointment and reassignment to nis old desk. Now. after a few weU tin nB Just died charges against his superior, "nd th-e latter Is In danger of being: dls- 1 missed. The moral of this, according to the young man Is, "If you are going to SDike " snake, be sure first that all Its fangs are removed. The Washington correspondent of th Chicago Tribune reproduces the follow ing story as Secretary CorteIyou"s faithful snioia against direct questions "On one occasion two tanners wait to iuwn 10 ceieDrate. They drank a little too much and decided It would be wise to try to walk off their Inebriation. Going down wnnA 41 L . . .. .. ... uau, iiiujt Ducama involved in a controversy over tho orb which was flood ing the earth with light. . . "'I tell you,' said one with drunken gravity, 'it lsh the moon.' " 'There's nushln' to it, responded tho other. 'I tell yon, it's the sun, hie.' "They wrangled for an hour. Finally a man was seen approaching. " 'Well,' said one. 'this gen'leman looks all right; let's leave it to him.' "The proposal was agreed to and when the man came up the momentous question was put. " 'I'd like to answer you, my friends.' was his response, 'but the truth of the matter is I'm a stranger In these parts myself!' " Postmaster General Meyer sees ln the present financial conditions a new argu ment for postal savings banks. The sys tem of savings which he is advocating would be instrumental In keeping large sums in circulation that are now with drawn. "Timid people, , who take their money out of banks in suoh a time as this," said Mr. Meyer, "would not hesitate to deposit It ln the postal savings banks. They would not hoard the money, and thus make the situation more acute bv curtail. ing the amount of currency In general circulation. The government would turn the deposits from' the postal banks over to the national banks, where they would be received, placed at interest and be avail. able for use in commercial enterprlaes." The postmaster general also points out that any general distrust of banks would be restricted. The. postal savings banks would have a steadying effect In every community. PERSONAL NOTES. The governor of Florida Is seeking the aBhes of Ponce de Leon, supposed to be located at San Juan, Porto Ric o. Let him I be sure he ireti the rlnht Vr.r. ' e sure ne gets the right Ponce. One Ohio foot ball team has dlubanri,i I for the season with a record of six broken I noses, four broken legs, eight dislocated bones and a dosen broken fingers. If all the other teams do as well, the price of Thansgivlng turkey will have no terrors for the doctors. At the London brewers' exhibition they have been telling the story of the navvy who went Into a four-ale bar and asked for " 'arf o' ale." He waa duly served. " 'Ere," he said, as he glared at the quan tity of froth In the pewter; "I'm after a drink, miss; I ain't a goln' to 'ave a bloom In' shave!" Rear Admiral Henry W. Lyons, V. 8. N., today retires after a career ln the navv of forty-five yeara, marked by more thrill ing incidents than that of any other officer on the active" list today. He has been In three shipwrecks and was a hero of the Sauioan disaster of IsfcS, and commanded the ship which took part in the largest number of engagements of all kinds and captured the most prlsea In the Spanish war. John V. Archbold, the other John V. of the Standard Oil company and the artlve working principal, la about & feet 3 Inches in height, but his head la big enough for a seven-footer. It is a remarkable head, physically speaking, and when Arch bold was on the witness stand the news- ' paper cartoonists properly accentuated hla phrenological bumps. Once he leaped from the chair and snatched a pencil from a I cartoonists fingers. Like the other John D., I this one has a pet college, tha Syracuse university, to which he has contributed more than tl.000.0u0. Stands to HSs Usui. New York Press. President Roosevelt stands to his guus, and the American people atand with blm. No administration can fail to continue the work of compelling the special interests to obey the law and submit to the popular will without being rejected at the polls. f Tell Them Yoa KgowS You may tell yotst friend on otii? "say-so that vhen they huy a package of the genuine A buckles At iosa Coffee they get the fcest of the coffee trade No coffee of equal quality can bo cold in this town for the same price, whether it be sold out of a bag or a bin, or under some romantic trademark. You may tell them you know and that Arbuckle Brothers, the greatest coffee dealers in the world, will stand for ikj 'l&BUCKLK RO&, New Tev Ot is high rnicE tidr tihmshi Welcome Slams of a (bang for the Better. Philadelphia Inquirer. For the last few years, and especially since the early part of 1905, the price of neaV eng enters .n, consumhtlnn h ,, ,, ,, .., nas begun to seem as though a multitude of persons whose Income has not kept pace nril UMU BUllUainOUS BSCOIU 1 would presently be reduced to something ,lke of bread and water through wun tnia incessant and altltudlnous ascent the,r ,nab,llty to purchase better, it costs a good deal more to live ln every way than It did ten year, or an ago, but in nothing has th. Increase been more marked or more burdensome than In tha matter of food Although the country year after year has been blessed with bountiful crops, all the products of th. r.,m I more expensive. It la with vei.hi. if Is with meat and with fruit as It is with vegetables. The rule hair-no exceptions and ' the sufferer who hones to escane th .rirint . ' . . ... -,, . tax by changing his selection is doomed to uisappolntmenL This is a stato of things for which no satisfying explanation has been made and the only obtainable comfort has been de rived from the reflection that the upward movement could not go on forever, that sooner or later there must be a reaction, on the principle that what goes up must eventually coma down. There are some faint signs discernible that possibly the mounting wave has reached Its summit, that the rising tide has begun to turni and perhaps One of these signs may be recog nised In the changed attitude of the Milk exchange ln the presence of the determined opposition and the Indignant protests elicited by Its proclaimed purpose to raise the price of milk to 10 cents a quart. At the outset It was aggressive and defiant. It declared that as the farmers wer asking an extra cent a quart ' It must have an extra a cents, and It suggested by Its pro cedure Tweed's famous Inquiry, "What are you going to do about it?",. Things are dif ferent now. The feeling Is one that Is finding expres sion ln other and unexpected directions. One of the "big western packing companies has actually made a subatantlal and unso licited reduction In the price of all the meats it handles. They will cost 10 per cent less hereafter than they have hereto fore, and the head of the concern making this concessslon frankly declares that "gen eral conditions seem ripe for a lowering of the cost of living, which has become ab normally high within the last year or two," The precedent which hss thus been set others, voluntarily or otherwise, must fol low, and 'so a movement la begun which may be expected to go far. The decline re ported from New York of 1 cent a dosen In the price of eggs and the rumor that there are 860,000,000 eggs In cold storage at Chicago, ready to be thrown on the market, are facts not without significance, and should the recent financial "crisis be followed, as ordinarily happens, by a pro longed spell of dullness, a tumble In prices may with some confidence be expected. usy ' ' . for their IS Should Cultivate A Hobby . "The essential matter is to be in teres ted, absorbingly Interested, In something outside ot self, and be yond the daily grind." Dr. 8. S. Cohen, In "How to' Keep Weil: Diversion in Relation to Health." THEUK Is no bobby a man can take up that is SO altogether sensible, SO wholly enlovable. as music. The Player piano makes It possible to play the piano one's self, without any previous training- or skill. It is not ln the same class with instruments that wind up with a crank and play automatically. Plano-Playlng keeps you intersted and "takes you out of yourself." It challenges the keenest Intelligence, for the more you play it the better you play it and the more fascinating it be comes. The Model K Apollo Player Piano plays the whole keyboard, It has an 88 1813 Douglas Street. ISED PIAKOH. PLAYER PIANOS AND PIANO-PLAYERS taken In imrt exchange for new instruments. Special for SATURDAY ONLY, - - 95c Miller, Stewart CEL Beaton 41S-15-17 SOUTH 16th strict CHEERY CHAFF". Sympathetic Visitor Your methods seem Very up-to-date. Penologists Warden Decidedly. In former times they mangled prisoners. Now we merely Iron them. lialtlmore American, A chronic office-seeker hail announced his retirement from politics. "This means," he explained to a close circle of friends, "thnt I retire from the effort to break In." Philadelphia Ledger. "The trusts are bound to be killed even, tually." "Yes, but how?" "Well, If they're not done for In any other wav they'll probably be talked to death." Philadelphia Press. "De benefit to be got out of an oppor tunity," said Uncle Eben, "depends a heap on de Individual. A present of a good rasor will make one mnn a better barber and another a wuss fighter," Washington Star. "I believe," observed the argumentative boarder, "there Is one exception to the rule that heat expands and cold contracts. When there Is a contraction of the cur rency it lim't caused by cold." "It surely Is," en Id the argumentative boarder. "It Is caused by capital getting cold feet." Chicago Tribune. "Whnt is a press humorist ?" "A press humorist," replied one of the guild, "Is a person who makes two jokes grow where one grew before, and who doesn't have to Introduce any new or ex traneous matter Into the process eyether." Chicago Record-Herald. First Army Officer What do you think of this horseback test? Becond Ditto I am only hoping the' next step will not be to require us to show our agility In a pony ballet. Baltimore Amerl- THE TAMED OCTOPl S. Nashville American. ,Oh! papa, See Tho octupus! ' The creature Writhes tn pain. The folks Are so Unkind. I fear . He. wilt not stand the strain. The government Is after hlm : With vengeance . j UJW salbiUig In tts aye, , And it Is vety rough indeed For one i So frail And shy. His tentacles That used to wrap -. Almost Around the world Are now Drawn In Quite modestly. And most of them are Turled, And since He isn't Bad at heart I d really . Like to know Why any t'rue! government Should treat- The darling Bo. I fear That they Will break his heart If out they do not look. But he'll i Survive, ' Becauae . . . . No fine Can break His pocket bouk. usiness Men own good note range. The larger rnmnniilHnni are played exactly as they were written without transposition or rearrange ment. All other Player Pianos have 65 notes or a 6 octave range. There Is as much sense in buying a 65' note player as there would be In buying a 5 octave piano. Surely you would not have a 5 octave piano in the house when you can buy the regular 7 1-3 octaves. The effective transposing mouth piece, 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 ln the musical home. The Apollo plays 68, 65 and 88 note music. If you are Interested In tho Player Piano subject send for Illustrated Cat alogue or call at our store for a free demonstration. Saturday.. ' A A. Ik 1 1 11 30 Inch x OO Inch regular, value, si.so. RUGS