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TUT, OMATTA DAILY BEE: KATTIiDAY. NOVEMBER Ifi, 1907.
The Omaha Daily Bee
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
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Charles C. Hosewater, general manager
t The Bee Publishing company, being
July sworn, says that the actual number
sf full and complete copies of The Dally
Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed
during the month of October, 1307, was aa
rollowa:
1 36,070
1 88,690
1 36,600
4 36,360
1 36.850
35,600
7 36,440
t 36,890
IT tO.THl
lg 36,590
It 36,640
tO 40,()0
21 36,650
2! 36.940
23 37,393
24 36. BOO
. 86,700
. 88.850
. 86,400
. 36,530
. 35,300
. 36.630
, .38, MO
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36,73
36,700
35,580
37,0i0
36,9H0
... 36,90
... 87,330
. .1,139,4140
15.
1. .
Total
l.tiis unsold and returned copies. 9,883
Net total 1,189,558
.'ally average 36.4J7
CHARLES C. ROSHWATER.
Oenaral Manager.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
Mfure me this 1st osy of November. 1907.
ROBERT HUNTER,
Notary Public.
WHE.N OUT OB" TOWN.
Sabscribers tearing; the city tem
porarily aboaild have The Bee
ailed to them. ddreaa will be
changed aa often aa req nested.
The Cannon boom la standing pat.
Confidence Is a good thing, but over
tonfldence may cause reaction.
Now a clock la to be placed la the
Eiffel tower. The Parisians Insist
jpon having a high time.
Senator Beveridge declares that Mr.
Roosevelt is the greatest man of the
lentury. Outside the senate, of course.
"Prospects for a cleaner Chicago are
good," says the Tribune. Cejtalnly,
l dirtier Chicago would be Impossible.
That cattle Quarantine may be a
. good precautionary measure, but it
will not be accepted as a good excuse
from the butcher.
Those southern states that have
adopted prohibition laws must have
an idea that they are making tight
money impossible.
An undertaker at Kansas City has
been admitted to the practice of med
icine, notwithstanding the Missouri
law against mergers.
That 1100,000,000 which Is coming
from Europe may be expected to ease
the money market, but it cannot be
classed as easy money.
Evelyn Thaw is not tA be called as
a witness in her husband's second
trial, so all those photographs must be
charged up to profit and loss.
General Booth says that only one
In in eighty is found out. Perhaps,
but the family usually has suspicions
about at least seventy-nine others.
The .fact that an Immense' amount
of gold is being brought to this coun
try is highly satisfactory. The method
Of Its distribution la not so satisfac
tory. . Mr. Bryan says the democrats must
pick their candidate for president, but
e la thoroughly convinced the party
will make a mistake If it does not pick
him.
In other words, Mr. Bryan Is trying
to make It plain that If any additional
reasons are offered why he should not
t a candidate he has the answers
ready.
It is stated that the money string
ency at Cleveland has been relieved
by the payment of election wagers.
Fall to see how that Is to help the re
publicans any.
Th announcement that Mr. Taft
and the German emperor are to meet
on the Isle of Wight will cause some
persona to revise their ideas about the
size of the Isle of Wight.
The Department of Agriculture says
there will be more corn than ever for
export this year. That is easily ex
plained. There aro but three "wet"
counties left in Kentucky.
Senator Tillman predicts the nomi
nation of Mr. Cannon for the presi
dency. While the South Carolina sen
ator ta something of a fire-eater, he
will have his little joke occasionally.
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The executive mansion in which the
governor of Nebraska resides has been
put up and cold for delinquent taxes,
to redeem which will require some
thing like $400 of real money. Won
der what kind of a deed the state got
to that property when It bought it?
i!"tt people purchasing real estats lu
gitt cn a warranty covering all niort
laiea, Ucus and taxea
I
R. ppt j n'8 fRoffrflruwesra
By Mr. Bryan's pronunclamenlo
through his paper that he is willing to
run again for the presidency, the ex
pected has once more happened. No
matter how much people at a distance
may have been speculating whether
Mr. Bryan would go after the demo
cratic nomination in 1908. or take it
If offered to him, no one In Nebraska
conversant with political events trans
piring in this vicinity ever entertained
a doubt for a moment. For either his
political friends or his political ene
mies In his own state it was entirely
unnecessary for Mr. Bryan to go to
the troublo to set at rest specifically
the various "assertions" and
"charges," which he denies In detail.
Nobody hereabouts has believed
"that Mr. Bryan was waiting to see
who the republican nominee would
be." Mr. Bryan has never before hes
itated to get into the political game
because of the personality of the
candidates of the opposing party. No
one who would make the forlorn race
against McKInley in 1900 would be
deterred on that account from running
against any one whom the republicans
might name in 1908.
No one hereabouts believes, either,
"that Mr. Bryan was waiting to ascer
tain the chances of victory." Mr.
Bryan was merely withholding his an
nouncement until the time should be
ripe. He has discovered that defeat
has its rewards as well as victory and
he has become bo accustomed to do- I
teat that one defeat more or less j
would not worry him.
Neither did any one hereabouts need
Mr. Bryan's assurance that "If the
choice falls upon another he will not
be disgruntled." Mr. Bryan is above
all a stickler for nartv recnlarlt v. Tin
swallowed Parker four years ago, after
telling the rank and file that no self-
respecting democrat could support '
hlni. The democratic ticket in Ne- ;
braska has from time to time been
loaded down with some of the most i
notorious fake reformers and proved
corporation cappers, but . Mr. Bryan
has never refused them his support.
After these examples there is no ques
tion that he will stay by his party no
matter who may be the nominee.
The significant feature of the pres- j
eut pronunclamento is the tone of dls- j
mal discouragement running through j
It from beginning to end. It is com- I
pletqly lacking in that cock-su redness j
with which Mr. Bryan usually flavors
his utterances. It savors most, of an
oi. r to submit himself again as a
party sacrifice to save some one else
from being slaughtered.
EABKlKf.S OF JFK HA1LWJTS.
Final reports of the earnings of
American railways for the month of
October go far to dispel the Impres
sion, If any prevailed, that the financial
depression Is due to the depreciation of
railway securities attributable to a
lack of business or a showing of
earnings. Hallway managers, or at
least some of them, have Insisted thM
the legislation by congress and leg
islatures for stricter regulation of rail
way rules and railroad operation has 1
served to depreciate railway securities
and to prevent investors from putting
their money Into railway properties,
but the figures in the reports of tha
railways, do not bear them out.
It roust be remembered that the
year 1906 was the most prosperous In
the history of American railroads, so
that comparisons with that year must
be considered as comparisons with a
high-water mark. Th'e reports sub
mitted to date, covering fifty of the
largest railway systems of the country,
show enormously Increased gross earn
ings during the present year. The in
crease in expenses has also been large,
but the net gain, after deducting divi
dends and the amounts set aside for
new construction and betterments, In
dicates something like $120,000,000 to
add to the surplus accounts for the
year's work.
Reports at hand also Indicate that
the American railways have an In
crease of about 13 per cent In October,
in gross earnings, over last year. It
is Important to notice that the reports
of this year show an increase for
every month over the record-breaking
190C. While it is Idle to expect this
record to be continued unabated, bank
ruptcy predictions are by no means in
order.
JO Jilt ST WATF.RIKO STOCKS.
Senator McCumber of North Dakota
has caused to be published the text of
a bill he will Introduce at the coming
session of congress to prohibit water
ing of stocks. The measure provides
for a federal license of corporations en
gaged in interstate commerce and
vests the secretary ot the Department
of Commerce and Labor with authority
not only to limit the output of new
stock of corporations, but also, if his
suspicion Is aroused, that any corpora
tion operating under a federal license
is over-capitalized or tries to Issue
stock that would result in over-capitalization,
to secure in accounting and
to demand that all stock of the cor
poration be called in and that new
stock be Issued within tha value of the
actual assets of the company.
Some disposition is manifested to
look upon tha McCumber bill as an
administration measure, but this Is
probably Jumping at a conclusion.
Whenever It becomes generally known
that the administration has fixed upon
a policy for dealing with a subject ot
public interest, it always brings forth
a flood ot bills, each member allowing
it to be understood that his bill Is "en
dorsed by the administration." The
McCumber bill may or may cot have
the executive sanction, but it la along
the lines suggested by the president in
several of his public, speeches and
serves, at least, as notice that the pub
lic Interest has become aroused upon
this subject and the attention of the
lawmakers attracted to this growing
public sentiment for measures calcu
lated to check the flagrant abuses that
lave arisen from unrestrained opera
tions of stock jobbers and manipulators.
IKL1CACIES fOH THE SA TT.
All this talk about the hardships en
dured by men who enlist as plain
fighters and workmen In the American
navy will be subjected to a little dis
count by those who have given even a
cursory attention to the list of articles
Included In the supplies for the fleet of
battleships now preparing for the long
Journey to Pacific waters. Every
"navvy" who is released from a term
of service in the naval service' has his
story of privation and hardship. He
Will tell you all about the poor and
Doorer cooking, the martinet manner
of the commanding officers and all the
hardships and humiliations that are
heaped upon the enlisted man, until
a sympathetic listener is ready to en
list in any proposition for the ameliora
tion of the condition of the enlisted
man. But this enthusiasm is dimmed
a little by the enumeration of com
forts and luxuries in store for the
officers and etIlEted men who will sail
for the Pacific next month under com
mand of Admiral Evans.
The hard-working wae earner who
spends his earnings for the common
necessities of life will learn, perhaps
with astonishment, that the poor,
abused sailor is golnz to be supplied
w 1th not only such substantial es-
sentlala as mcat3, coffee, Hour and Increase of twenty-five mllliona over the "understanding" which removel th colon
milk, but In addition, canned peaches . last appropriation, though only four mil- ! lal possessions of lK)th powers outa'de the
and pears, nuts, chocolate and other
delicacies, alons with such changes as
fiankfurter and bologna Bausage, fresh
eggs in 6,000 dozen installments, 250,
000 pounds of plug tobacco, 3,700
cigars and 37,000 cigarettes. There is
also a plain intimation that if there
is anything the sailors want and don't
see, all they have to do Is to ask for it,
as an "emergency ration" fund has
been provided and an allowance made
by which each sailor may call upon it.
Veterans of the civil war, in both tha
army and the navy, never tire of tell
ing how they lived In tho trenches or
on ship-board on hardtack and bacon
for weeks at a time and learned to
look upon beans as a luxury and had
chicken only in their dreams. To those
old warriors the thought of serving
In the army or navy, under the menu
allowances of today, must seem like a
vision and they can never cease to won
der at the bill of fare provided for the
modern fighting unit. Still no one be
grudges the army and the navy its
share in the "good things to eat" sup
plied by a liberal government. The
lot of the soldier and sailor Is unsat
isfactory enough at best and If he can
go Into battle or perform his ordinary
duties with a full stomach and a clear
conscience the country that feeds him
has nb regret coming. The publica
tion of the list of rations, however,
rather spplls the force of tho protest
raised by the soldier or sailor over
his lot.
Everyone knows that the -loss of the
hvrlrant rental caso hv thf cltv ha.
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nothing to do with the Question
wneincr ine water works appraisement
IS or is not legally binding But the
Water board lawyers had an Idea that
i ef using to pay for the water hjMrants
would force concessions from the
water company in the purchase nego
tiations. The significance ot the hy
drant rental decision is merely In em
phasizing the fact that at the end of
the water works war must come a
treaty of peace, with only two alterna
tives, either for the city to buy at an
agreed price or to enter into a new
contract on more favorable terms than
the last.
Secretary of State Junkln wants au
tomoblllsts to understand that they
must renew their licenses to uso the
highways .and byways of Nebraska be
fore the beginning of next year with
payment in advance. Mr. Junkin evi
dently fears that some second-hand
automobiles will not sell for the
amount of the license fee.
As a result of his Quarrel with tho
distillers Attorney General Bonaparte
Is going to ask the supreme court to
answer the question, "What Is
whisky?"- Of course, members of the
court will not take Judicial cognizance
of any personal information they may
possess on the sublect.
A man ho won an endurance con
test at piano playing In San Francisco
has been "shanghaied" and carried to
some foreign shore. As a general
rule, "shtngbalng" 13 not commenda
ble, but there are exceptions.
Colonel Bryan announces that he is
willing to run again:, but he falls to
say anything about making Mayor
"Jim" chairman of the democratic na
tional committee. Is this another
caBe of "the sting of ingratitude?"
That Dahlman Democracy dinner
scheduled for next month might now
as well be called off. The Important
announcement which Mr. Bryan was
to have made on that occasion seems
to have been set off prematurely.
Wyoming captures the fat federal
judgeship made vacant by the death
of one of the justices on the District
of Columbia bench. Nebraska has
plenty of lawyers who would gladly
respond to a requisition ot this sort.
The Rock Island announces that it
ill accept the 2-cent fare provided
for In th constitution of the new
state of Oklahoma. If railroads ran
operate on a 2 -cent fare basis In Okla
homa they will have a hard time prov
ing that 2-cent fares are confiscation
in any other state east of the Rocky
mountains.
Word comes from Helena, Mont,
that it, too, Is for opening the Mis
souri river channel to navigation.
Congressman J. Adam Ilede must have
been lecturing up In that neck of
woods.
Itnekhnne and Poll.
Washington Herald.
"A man has no business In congress un
less he has a backbone." says Speaker Can
non. And even then, he hasn t much ue
there unless he has a pull with the speaker.
A lleverelhle Ticket.
Philadelphia Tress.
The democrats have two Johnsons now,
the Cleveland one and the Minnesota one.
Why not make the ticket Johnson and
Johnson? You couldn't very well get It up-
i l down.
The End Approaching-.
Portland Oregonlan.
When Judicial cognizance Is taken
of
complaints by shippers that a certain
freight rate Is unreasonable, there la rea-
son for rejoicing among the plain people
"i io nj'jjruuciiiiig entj or corporation
tyranny. '
Penalty for It a sin ess Vires.
rittsburg Dispatch.
Inflation and speculation may Inflict In
Jury In their cataclysm, but that Is an In-
evltable result of their vices. Eut In a
country like ours the only thing that can
permanently stop commerce la the d:snp -
pearance of the population.
The I ptrard I'acr
Buffalo Express.
One hundred and tworilv-flve millions for
the navy will be the recommendation of the
department to the Sixtieth congress, an
lions more than was asked for. As the
value of tho national property Is enhanced,
the "premium for Insurance" goes up.
It la to I. nosh.
St. Louis Republic.
Or.6 of the most humorous Ideas 1907
offers for future collections of humor Is
the theory that this whole country Is to bo,
and of right ought to be. sublect to a
"financial stringency" every time 200 of 300
or t or pennysavers ,n isew i orK
want their penny aavlngs paid them In the
real or alleged Interest of their pushcart
Industries.
Words, Words, Worda,"
Brooklyn Eagle.
Quite a number of -ery earnest people
are troubled because the words, "In "God
We Trust," will not be stamped on the new
$10 and 1M gold pieces, for which Saint
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Gaudens supplied the design. A great many
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people trust In God who do not have the
words saying that they do pricked on the
back of their hands In India Ink. Trust or
faith la better shown than ahouted, better
lived than engraved.
The Toll Too Heavy.
New York Tribune.
The toil of killed and injured on our rail
ways Is unhappily increasing Instead of
Fir. thousand killed and 7
the year 1904VT Is a terrible show-
lessening.
irriured In the
lrur. Better eaulDment and annlianoes r.
apparently mora than offset by greater
negligence or recklessness, . for which the
traveling public la In a measure responsible
if safety Is sacrificed to unreasonable de
mands for expedition.
Harm Worked by Fanatic.
Kansaa City Star.
There Is one thing that real reform
should pray to be saved trom, and that Is
the crank and the bigot. Fanaticism often
woiks harm, seldom good. It has brought rls4 progressively from one-fifth per cent I Philadelphia c: Yse Its ballot boT
Incalculable injury to the army through to 5 Per cent. The maximum rate of 5 per : stuffers, even i t tries. The little
the abolition of the canteen, which has cent applies to comparatively low Incomes, matter of awr. a bond issue of $10,
been upheld not only by nearly all the high F retmers ar- rub'ect to the tax a f ' e r j foo.OOO was put up to the voters last week
army officers, but also by the mothers, twelve months' residence. Hungarian ettl- and went through with a whoop. Now It
. wives, sisters and daughters of the soldiers,
, wh ctalnly have th. morals an(, thp
characters of the men of their own faml-
i lies more at heart than have the virtuous
meddlera of the temperance organizations, reeled against absentee landlordism. Dr.
IWekerle said that this measure had been
urged upon the government by forty-two
ousion xranscript. i of the sixty-three county administrations,
We hear so much about "graft" in these ' owing to the rapid acquisition of landed
United States, It Is so conspicuously head- property In Hungary by foreigners, who
lined, and made In so many Insinuations i already held 2,000,000 acres,
that never get Into print, that there is sat-
lsfactlnn in learning that there are public j The Confederation of French Retail
men of other eountrlea who are In trouble ' Traders, which includes Ml syndicates rep
for practices that meet our definition of resenting 300.000 members In seventy-one de
the term. In Italy the trial of Nunzlo Nast, I partments of France, recently held a well
former minister of public Instruction, on 1 attended meeting In Parla and adopted
the charge of defrauding the public treas- ! a resolution in reference to the weekly day
ury to raise a campaign fund, la the sen- I of rest, which while recognizing the excel
satlon of the hour. Gurko. the Russian : lent Intentions that prompted the law of
vice minister of the interior, has been com
pelled to disgorge t'SO.WV for malfeasance
In connection with the famlno relief fund,
and undoubtedly "there are others." Of
coursa, tt Is not logical that we should find
cause for satisfaction In proof that other als-o cal's uron parliament to provide with
countries have predatory politicians, but It I out delay by a precise and formal vote.
Is very human just the same. j first, for a broad and liberal application of
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OTIIF.R LAD THA Ofrt.
Since the nationalisation of the railroads
of Japan last year the government has
bent Its energies toward developing nnd
completing a system to conserve both mili
tary and civil need. The urgency of the
work and the feverish energies applied to
It are evidenced by the recent rurchase' of
American steil rails, Jnpan paying a
premium for delivery within a limited
time. Within ths next five yiars the au
thorities plan to spend tTS.om.mo In rail
road Improvements. According to the re
port of American Consul Miller, the pro
jected Improvements Include the doubling
of S30 miles of trark, the construction of
:0 locomotives, 10.000 freight vans, l.ftlO
passenger cars and five small steamboats,
nd the expenditure of r.SOI.OOO for th-s
extension and reconstruction of railway
stations. Japan's first railway, opened to
traffic In 1872. was a government enterprise,
and the eighteen miles of that year In
crensed to the 1.531 miles owned and oper
ated when the national'satlon bill was
passed. Under that bill the government
acquires an additional 2,812 miles, and will
then control about W per rent of the rail
way mileage of the country. The lines re
maining In prhate hands are smnll affairs,
most of them bring less than twenty five
miles In length. The cost of cons'ructlon
of the system soon to be controlled by th
Jnnrnese government Is reported as very
! rioe . annoom it.. t e.min-.
; exclusive of' subsidies and miscellaneous
,ece'pts. are given for the year 19 6-06 as
approximately $18,000,00.
"The kaiser's visit to Edward VII," cava
the New York Evening Tdst, "Is very
timely. It cannot but prove a contribution
' tn rse of European peace, an !
it
; nothing of its significance In com'ng
dramatically close upon the rt's 1u"on
, ' T,1S Hague conference, with Its f.ill
j treasure of disappointed hopes. The meet- I
Ing of the German and Prlt'sh monarch
completes the circle of ranproehem. nts an.l
ententes which has heen drawn about tne
i Curm..., i - -.f 1 ,.i I
three years. First, Oreat Brtta'n and!
France entered Into the now celebrated
scope of possible future contention. Sp.ln
through Its close relations with France in
the matter of Mediterranean policy, came
under tre Influence of the dual a?rremnt.
Since England has always been the filend
of Italy on the Mediterranean, th"re fol
lowed, as a result of the Anglo-French en
tente, a decided relaxation In the chronic
ay J(.aioug relations between France and
T..i.. v.. .... -i
lance ieemPd thrc,tPned when Italy Joined
, wlth rranre a(?alnst Germany In the Alge-
clras conference of last year. France, a
mediator In turn, has no doubt hastened
the recently concluded agreement between
Great Britain and Russia. And now It Is
not Improbable that Russian Influence has
helped to bring about today's Interview
between Edward VII and Wtlllnm II. It
Is true that where everybody Is everybody
elsc'a friend, the chances for Quarreling
are not removed. Nevertheless
.
of Europe must profit when Gen
tt.f .
the peace
rmany aban
dons the suspicious attitude that has so
long been hers."
In the Hungarian chamber. Dr.- Wekerle,
In hi. caoacltv of finance minister, has In-
treduced the esMmat- s for - '
with a series of bills for the reform of dl-
rect taxation. He spoke of the constant
Increase of expenditure, and pointed out
that th8 tural "Pa"""" "venue could
i not keeP Pace wlth 11 """" reat'r econ-
" ' V' practiced. The reform of dl-
! rect "" wnlch Proposed, would not
he declared, imply an Increased burden
upon direct taxpayers. The atate would loso
at least $4,000,000 by the reform, but would
be compensated by increased revenue from
excise and particularly from the duty on
spirits. By Dr. Wekerle'a scheme several
categories of existing tares will b.
merged Into a general Income tax, to which
all Incomes over $105 a year will be liable,
Beyond this minimum of $125, taxation will
sens who have no permanent residence in
Hungary, or who do not reside in the coun-
tr for l i81 f"r months of the year,
are taxed at double rates-a provision dl
July, 1PCM5, declares that the members of the
confederation are fully determined to de
fend at all coat their right to work and
their essential Interests, which have b"en
more and more Ignored. The resolution
the law, and, secondly, a complete amnesty
for all persona fined under It. The meeting
also adopted a unanimous resolution con
demning the details of 'the Income tax bill,
and professing an Immovable attachment
to the principles of economic and social
liberty and equality. Inseparable from polit
ical liberty and equality. Representatives
In Parliament are adjured not to adopt the
new arrangements presented by the fiscal
committee concerning the method of tax
ation of commercial and Industrial revenue.
One of the provisions of the law which
goes Into effect In Great Britain next Janu
ary relates to the manufacture of patented
articles. If It should appear that the busi
ness Is conducted cn a more extensive scale
outside than inside the kingdom the prlvlll- j
ges conceded by the patent may be with
drawn after due notloe. The principle In
volved In the new system protection of
home Industry Is sound, no doubt, but Its
application may not be regarded with un
qualified favor by foreigners.
BOrXD.N'ESS OF COl'XTItV BAMtS.
Relatively Stronger Than Bank la
Bin- Cities.
Kansas Clly Journal.
There is no more gratifying feature of ;
the recent financial trouble than the !
demonstrated soundness of the rural ln- ,
slilutlons, the country banks which hold ;
the swings of the farmers and ot the real-
dents of the country towns. Having S3 ;
much at stake and being so far removed '
from the renters of detailed information
as to actual conditions, the patrons of ,
these Institutions might have been ex- j
pected to manifest more concern than tho
people of the big cities, und the rural
banks themselves, deprived of the co-operative
measures which the city banks em
ploy to their mutual advantage, might
reasonably have si arcd this anxiety. But
the effects of the lick of confidence were
felt least of all In the rural districts.
The test to which the country banks were
subjected was relatively more severe than
that of the banks In the big cities, and
that they stood It with such success Is a
strong testimonial to their solidity, as well
as to the confidence of their patrons. They
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baking powder Makes
Food More Delicious and Whole
some Ko Alum No Phosphates
Care Must bo Taken to Keep Alum
From the Food
r A I 1 . m A t . 1 1 I I -a
--vvr. jimiii vini r nnann ieiump wmcn can derange use;
L' - Back skenlsl net We tolerate! in baking powder.'
Tffj ft. W. Jvknsan, Yale
newdert aa
occupy the proud position of being In n
setise tl e mainstays of prosperity at this
time. There was never so much money
In tie rural birks. and conditions which
"u,oJ ,ormfr I"''-" ' lacking for
i t.. very n-aaon. Ti ls Is well expressed
rrrshi.nt
James It. Forgan of the
it list National lank of Chlrugn. who pays
the country tanks this compliment:
"Our present situation has no parallel
In the annals of business conditions In the
t'nlted Klalcs. In the panic of 113. whe.
so many bjnks throughout the country
were forced to the wall. It was because
the rural banks were short of fund
poverty stricken, so to speak, for the need
of real money. They were obliged to s-ek
relief from their reserve agents at money
centers, and where they could not obtain
assistance to keep up their legal reserves
they failed. Today the condition Is corn-
I reve. The coun,ry bank. nav(.
huge surpluses of available cash In excess
of the IS per cent reserve they are com
pelled to carry against deposit liabilities.
Instead of being borrowers, they are now
lenders."
POLITICAL DHIfr'T.
Senator Henry Watteraon! It sounds
good and looks better.
Present polltleal discussions Indicate
active training for next year's events.
Incomplete returns show one funeral and
two hospital cases as a result of settling
election bets In Kentucky.
Seven physicians have been elected
majors of seven Jersey cities, and on,
! undertaker defeated. Even friends must
j nart metlmes.
Eoth parties extract satisfaction from the
! "oft year" election. However, its real
significance ! that certain bunch, of party
j Ptttrlo,s wl et tn salaries next year.
It was said of Stephen A. Douglaa that
he never would be president; his coat-tails
were too near the ground. It Is now said
of Mayor Johnson of Cleveland that no man
christened plain Tom can ever reach that
exalted dignity.
With Senator Thomas Collier Piatt of
New Tork this truly is "the winter of
his discontent." Stockholders of the
United States Express company are attack
ing his salary of $26,000 a year as presl-
dent of the com ran y.
appears the whooping was overdone. Some
boxea contained more votes than there are
citizens in the districts, and the returns are
not all In.
Browning, Ming &. Co
CLOTHING, FXJRNISHINGS and HATS
Don't Bo Foolish Again
TT F YOU'VE had
good, don't be penny wise now in your econ
omies. The best is &f ill the cheapest. Buy a Suit
that will wear and save money in its service.
Buy where you are sure of absolutely all
wool and where the guarantee means some
thing. We don't offer a high rate of interest, nor
a "bargain sale."'
But our Suits and Overcoats $15 to $50 will fit
and wear and they are honestly made, under the low
est percentage of profit in the trade.
KlH ml nniirflnc Wit
Streets
W
R. S. WILCOX, Mar. : 1
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WHEN IN DOUOT WHAT TO DO, ORDER
Pi
CLEAJI39T. CHIAIIT
COAL MINED IN Wl
VICTOR WHITE COAL
onr.
A pure, Grape y
cream of tartar cjJ
Caller. " I regard their (alum anal
('K labia alumna sa'tst introduction into baking
mast Ctangaraua ta kaaltk."
RMILINQ MEJ,
She It looks like we were going to havo
a fl irty of snow.
lie Thtn theie will be a run on the lea
!a nl. s, Baltimore American.
"lie was perfectly at home nt the bnn-
iiuet."
Why, he didn't have a word to sny!"
"Well, that's b.lng perfectly at homo for
him." Houston Post.
Secretary (of bad lrust I am sorry to
.ay that the cost of getting out our pro
duct l as Increased 10 per cent.
I"res'(lent (of snmel I tWply regret It.
The public will lil.'ve us now for the In
crease of 4J per cent which we ahull be
unavoidably compelled to make In our
prices. Chicago Tribune.
"You can't alius tell by appearances,"
said 1'ncle F.ben. "Sometimes a man looks
(peclally well drSesed 'cause he's bloke an
ain't got nuffln' to wear but his Sunday
clothes." Washington Btar.
"Some peope seem to think that knowl
edge Is a sort of garment."
"What do you mean?"
"Seem to think that unless they air tt
frequently It will get moth-eaten.' Wash
ington Herald.
Mother My son, avoid this brutal col
lege fighting. Mrs. Jones told me today
that her son was quite eeger the other day
for a flaht with young fmtth, hut tliat ho
had come home, after thinking over her
arguments, with quite an altered coun
tenance. Student Toil bet he did! Smith altered
It all right. Baltimore American.
SKORCIIErt PATS THE) BILL.
Catholic Standard and Lines.
All the neighbor folk who knew her,
Poor, unlucky, little mite.
Came from far and near to view her
In her little shroud so white.
The remarks of some were bitter.
Though it certainly was plain.
When the flying motor hit her
There was not the slightest pain,
And, of course, no needless torture.
'Twas a sad occurrence; still.
Didn't Mr. Rlchley Skorcher
Pay the undertaker's bill?
Once again the people flocking
To a housa of mourning, find
More disaster, sad and shocking.
That a motor leaves behind.
Just a bruised and Mattered creature.
Stark and lifeless there but then.
There was one consoling feature.
He waa three score years and ten.
When a man's that old and feeble
It is merciful to kill,
And, moreover, Mr. Skorcher
Pays the undertaker's bill.
Bells are tolling In the steeple!
There's another victim dead.
Ah! the sore-afflicted people!
Can they not be comforted,
As they mark the solemn tolling
And the rumbling c the bellsT
Is there not some thought consoling
That their monody compels?
Sure! They know that motor's busted.
(Shattered parts are soaring still),
And the heirs of RJehley Skorcher
Pay the undertaker's bill.
For Men and Women Standard of the World
' I "HE free swing trie ample roominess of
1 this typical McKlblpln fur coat
(drawn direct from life) is characteristic of all
McKibbin fur garments. There are 500 dif
ferent kinds. They are all standard quality.
They are sold everywhere
money in a bank that wasn't
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