Nebraska Newspapers

    -HE OMAHA SUNDAY BKK: - NOVEMBER 4, 1907.
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STATEMENT Or CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska. Doualas County, sa
Charles c. Rosewater, general manager
of The Be Publishing company, being
duly (worn, aaye that The actual number
of full and complete copies of The Daily
Morning, Evening and Sunday Be printed
during U month of OcloU-", !', was as
leUowa:
1 i,70
I......'.... 39,690
I 8,00
i 38,360
I..., 36,860
( 86,600
7.... 36,440
I.... 88,680
I 36,700
10 3680
II..., 66,480
1), 88,830
It...,..,.., 86,300
14 36,630
II 36,930
11 36,980
IT 38,790
It 36,80
Jt 36,(40
20 40,500
Jl 38,650
21 36,940
23 37.3M
24 36, BCD
21 96,780
26 36,700.
IT 35,580
21 37,0l0
21 36,bU0
80 38,9 10
II 37,330
Total 1.139,4b0
Less unsold and returned copies. 9,923
Net total 1,189,668
Dally avsrag 36,47
CHA-RLE8 C. ROSEWATER.
Oonsrai Manager.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn to
before lu thLa 1st day ot November. 1907.
ROBERT INTER.
Notary Public.
WUKN OUT or TOWN.
Bcrisera iarJna; tk city tem
porarily should suit The Bee
mailed to them. Address will l
cksagsl u oftea mm ru.uested.
"Mars la slowly drying up," Bays a
sclentiHt. Mars must be inhabited by
men only.
Up to date but one name has been
secured for the democratic edition of
"Who's Who."
Eggs are quoted at 76 cents a dozen
la New York. Now we know why
New York has been importing gold.
'Ib profanity ever Justifiable?"
asks the Boston Post. Perhaps not,
but did your partner ever trump your
ace?
President Roosevelt may have fin
ished writing, his message, but it will
be held subject to revision up to the
day it Is delivered.
Washington is demanding a better
Quality ot (as. That does not sound
very hospitable, with the town filling
up with members of congress. '
Castro of Venezuela Is reported to
be very ill. He is doubtless ill be
cause he has been crowded out of the
limelight by more Important matters.
It is now asserted that the eagle on
the new $10 gold coin is not properly
drawn. That will not matter much,
ta the bird is not appearing in publlo.
The drama has been given another
uplift in New York. It came from
Actor Henry Miller's mistaken Idea
that he could whip a police lieutenant.
It is surprising that some New York
paper has not captured George B. Cor
telyou, since he has demonstrated his
great ability as a circulation manager.
'W. J. Bryan and J. Plerpont Morgan
are both in Washington outlining the
work for the coming session ot con
gress. - The country is saved once
more.
Editor Harvey adorns the cover
page of the current number of Har
per's weekly with the picture of a jug
gler in action. It is Just a hint of the
contents.
Senator Teller is out with a formal
declaration that he will not be a candi
date for re-election. The senator at
last realties that Colorado is now re
publican. If this brand ot weather keeps up
tor another week, the weather man
will come in for special acknowledg
ments In every Nebraska Thanksgiving
Say celebration.
Scientists assert that rats have a
taste for music The claim seems to
be supported by a news dispatch from
New York telling how rats ate up 500
hymn books in a church.
Judge Fox of the Missouri supreme
court has overruled a decision ren
dered by Judge Goose ot Kansas City
la a case arising from a deal in lem
ons. Anything In a name?
"Socialism crouches like an Incubus
over the country," says Governor
Guild ot Massachusetts. The horror
of the situation will be appreciated by
those who have photographs ot the In
cubus doing a crouching act.
Mr. Bryau's plan for government
guaranty of national bank deposits
doubtless applies to all deposits, in
cluding those of the government. This
would enable the government to guar
tU repayment of lu own money.
BRYAN'S LATEST FINANCIAL PAN ACE A
And now comes Colonel Bryan to
the front with his latest panacea to
cure the country's financial Ills, which
Is none other than the oft-proposed
government guaranty of national bank
deposits. Government guaranty of
bank deposits has been repeatedly
urged in times gone by, but has always
met with objections that prevented the
public from giving It favorable con
sideration. The principal objection is that gov
ernment guaranty of deposits would
remove the safety7 valve of sound and
conservative banking that It would
make no difference to depositors
whether a bank were run honestly
and carefully or dishonestly and reck
lessly. There has never been any
thing to prevent the banks from vol
untarily clubbing together to guar
antee their depositors against loss, or
to organize a mutual Insurance com
pany for that purpose, but the strong
banks have never thought it desirable
to assume the obligations of the weak
banks, nor have the conservative bank
era been willing to become responsible
for get-rlch-qulck promoters sailing
under the name of bankers. Whether
the national banks should be com
pelled by law to do something ostensi
bly for their own benefit which they
have declined to do on their own in
itiative is open to question.
Still another objection, wbjch has
been urged heretofore against govern
ment guaranty of deposits, Is that the
banks are now enjoying all the privil
eges they are entitled to and that there
is no more reason why the government
should guaranty the creditors of a
bank against loss than it should guar
anty against loss the creditors of any
other corporation, firm or individual.
The government guaranty of deposits
as well as of circulation would come
Just as close to making the banks gov
ernment banks as the protectorate over
Cuba makes the government there
really government by the United
States.
In proposing his latest financial pan
acea, however, Mr. Bryan throws cold
water upon the movement for postal
savings banks, which has been one of
the chief tenets of his political faith,
but which he now practically repudi
ates. If the government is to guar
antee the integrity of national bank
deposits, of what use would be postal
savings banks, established by the gov
ernment Itself, offering depositors only
the same guaranty of safe return of
his money that every national bank
would give? Should the plan now
endorsed by Mr. Bryan be adopted the
only advantage of postal savings banks
would be to bring the government
guaranty within reach of depositors In
localities which have postofflces, but
are without national banks.
Postal savings banks would, in our
Judgment, accomplish what is aimed
at by the proposed government guar
anty of deposits without entailing any
of the complications involved In the
former. This, however, should be fol
lowed up with a national depository
law, corresponding to the laws now
governing very generally the deposits
of state, county and city governments.
The banks which receive deposits of
public funds from state or local treas
urers are required not only to give se
curity, but also to pay interest upon
monthly balances. These banks are
today paying from 2 to 3 per cent In
terest on deposits of states, counties
and cities, while they are enjoying
free of interest deposits made out of
the national treasury amounting to
hundreds of millions of dollars. A
national depository law would make it
perfectly safe for the government to
establish postal savings banks and to
return to circulation the money thus
gathered. In by redeposltlng in na
tional depositories at a rate of interest
equal to or a little higher than that
paid the savings bank depositors.
The peculiar feature of Colonel
Bryan's present proposition is its dia
metrical conflict with his fundamental
position on centralization of govern
ment. It would force every state
bank to reincorporate as a national
bank. He is decrying the national
Incorporation of railroads and other
concerns engaged In interstate com
merce as. savoring too much of cen
tralization, but now endorses a plan
to centralize the whole banking sys
tem of the country and subject the na
tional banks to even more complete
national control than was the United
States bank octopus which Andrew
Jackson smashed to smithereens.
Ol'R FOREIGN TRADE.
Preliminary returns from the fed
eral bureau of statistics show that the
nation's export trade for the month of
October was but slightly less than that
for October of last year, which was the
greatest in the country's history, and
that all Indications point to a marked
Increase before the end of the present
calendar year, owing to the unprece
dented demand in foreign countries
for American grain and foodstuffs.
This Increase in credit promises to be
the more pronounced because of the
decline in imports for the month, a
falling off of some $6,000,000 from
the record for the same month last
year.
While those who are searching for
arguments to sustain their prediction
that the present depressed condition
in financial circles will be prolonged
for some time, may call attention to
the decline in both exports and imports
in October as a significant Indication,
the fact remains that the export trade
for the month has been exceeded but
four times in the nation's history. " It
Is also certain that if the foreign
bound movement of grain . and food
stuffs had not been hampered by
artificial causes, the October export
trade would have established another
high-water mark. The record for the
ten months of the year shows an in
crease of $240,560,275 over the corre
sponding period of last year. The de
mand from abroad, both for agrlcul
tural and manufactured products, re'
mains excellent, and the entire out
look, from this standpoint, is both
satisfying and assuring.
JCSTICK BREWERS INJUSTICE.
Mr. Justice Brewer of the United
States supreme court permitted him
self the indulgence, in a recent meet
ing in New York, of criticising the
existing political conditions of the
United States and of openly censuring
President Roosevelt for a condition
for which the president is in no man
ner responsible. The address of the
justice was delivered at the first public
meeting of the Civic Forum, an out
come of the peace conference of last
year, formed as a lyceum for the dis
cusslon of national and international
topics. In the course of his remarks,
most of which were devoted to fault
finding with the public conditions of
the day, Justice Brewer said:
It may not be generally known that the
convention that framed tha constitution at
first prescribed a presidential term of
seven years, with a prohibition upon a re
election. In the judgment of many, among
whom I am one, there was a mistake In
the change. In the light of history I think
It would have been better to have left the
presidential term of seven years with an
accompanying Ineligibility. If that were
the provision we should not now have the
spectacle of our strenuous president play
ing hide and seek with the American peo
ple.
With Justice Brewer's conviction
that the term of the presidential office
In the United States should be limited
to seven years, with an accompanying
ineligibility, none will quarrel. He
has n perfect right to entertain such
opinions, but his public criticism of
the president is not only indecorous
but unjust, inasmuch as it is based
upon the assumption that the presi
dent Is using his high office as means
of playing a game of "political hide
and seek." The only construction pos
sible to place upon Justice Brewer's
remarks is that he considers the presi
dent an active candidate for another
nomination, in spite of the fact that
the president has explicitly and posi
tively announced his position.
Such a charge, if made by a political
opponent of the president or by a pro
fessional politician in the heat of a
campaign, might be overlooked as the
expression of an individual opinion,
but coming as a public criticism of
the president by a member of the su
preme court, Jt must be considered as
entirely unseemly. The Justice ap
parently is unmindful of the fact that
the public Is accustomed to think of
him as a member of the highest judi
cial body in the United States, and not
as a chautauqua circuit lecturer.
A MOMENTOUS QUESTION.
Congress will convene in another
week and the worry over railway
legislation, control ot corporations,
currency reform and other problems
of that class may be transferred from
the public to the broad, shoulders of
the lawmakers. The foot ball season
will end about the same time and the
presidential race will be called early
In December by the announcement of
the dates of the nominating conven
tions. But there is one question that
the public must still take more or less
to heart and trouble Itself about until
a satisfactory conclusion has been
reached. Dispatches from Washington
announce that:
Rear Admiral Willard II. Brownson has
examined the report on tiie proposed
changes in the navy uniform submitted by
the board, which convenes on the battle
ship Connecticut, with Captain Hugo Os
terhaus as president. The report has been
submitted to Secretary Metcalf, who will
probably appoint a special board to go over
the subject again;
The public must not lay the flatter
ing unction to Its soul that it can
escape its share of responsibility in
this matter. The special board will
be called in session and will remain on
duty In Washington until it hears from
every man, woman and child in the
nation that has an opinion to offer or
a suggestion to make as to the manner
in which Jack Tar should be clothed.
The work of the board has already
been commenced. The members of
the Inquiry commission appreciate the
condition of the money market and
make it plain from the start that
"changes imposing an additional ex
pense upon naval officers will not be
made compuUory until the officers have
a chance to wear out their present ap
rarel." A circular letter has been
sent to the commanding officers at
navy yards and to the commanders of
the Atlantic and Pacific squadrons,
asking the opinions of officers on the
project of changing the service blouse
to the double-breasted coat.
The public must not Jump to the
conclusion that changes in the apparel
of the soldiers and sailors are made
without proper consideration. Some
years ago a board, such as has now
been appointed for the navy, spent five
months in Washington in an effort to
determine whether the stripes on the
legs ot tho uniforms of officers in one
branch of the service should be robin's
egg blue or plain navy blue. The
question was not settled until every
reception had been held and the warm
weather was driving Washingtonlans
to the summer resorts, Then, General
Corbin, who wanted to get away for
the summer, took the matter in hand
and rendered a decision. Bomber de
liberations of that kind may be ex
pected before a decision is reached in
the matter of the proposed changes In
the uniform of the navy. The public
should not be bashful about offering
suggestions on the subject. Every
letter will furnish an excuse for at
least one session of the board.
THE WIFE AND THE POCKET.
While it may be true, as asserted
by those who have been etudylng the
subject, that American women are be
coming more and more Indifferent to
the question of equal rights, recent
events Indicate that the women will
have to take a little more interest in
affairs if they do not want to be de
prived of some of their unequal rights
of long standing. A Massachusetts
Judge, for Illustration, has just ren
dered a decision in which it is laid
down as law and precedent that the
woman who persists In going through
her husband's pockets is laying the
foundation for the maintenance of
charge ot cruelty against her. The
rase in question arose in Massachu
setts, where a man asked for a divorce
on the charge of cruelty. He set forth
In bis petition that one of the chief
sources ot complaint was the fact that
his wife had a chronic habit of rifling
his pockets of spare change. After
the testimony had been presented the
Judge granted the desired decree, as
serting, among other things, that:
Persistent and continued intrusions of
the wife into the personal affairs parttc
ularly the pockets of the plaintiff, sus
tains. In the opinion of the court, the
charge of cruelty.
It is Just possible that the court
was biased a little by his knowledge
of the present financial conditions, un
der which It Is certainly nothing short
of cruelty to relieve a man of his spare
change, but the decision is not a tem
porary affair by any means. Unless
an aroused feminine conscience results
In the overthrow of the decision it will
remain on the books to haunt and
harass the wives of the country long
after the panic of 1907 is forgotten.
The fact that the amount of money an
nually harvested by the wives who rifle
the pockets of their snoozing husbands
would not tempt a robber to any un
due risks has nothing to do with the
case. A principle la at etake. It
should take more than tho mere de
clsion of a court to set aside and put
to naught this ancient and rarely dis
puted right of women.
"WHITE HAND" VS"BLACR HAND".
Italian residents ot Chicago have
taken the lead In a step which prom
ises relief from the outrages that have
been perpetrated in this country by
members of secret Italian organiza
tions, formed for the purpose ot rob
bery, blackmail and murder. The
"Black Hand" societies have caused
the police no end of trouble In all of
the larger cities and have resulted in a
strong, if unwarranted, feeling against
Italian immigrants' in general. Real
izing tho apparent inability of the
American police to cope with the
"Black Hand" bandits, the law-abld
ing Italians of Chicago have organized
the "Mana Blanca," or "White Hand"
society, to thwart the four groups of
Italian blackmailers who have been
operating as the "Black Hand" society.
Italian societies, representing a mem
bership of 5,000, have formed the new
society, pledged a fund of $10,000 and
appointed a committee of one hun
dred to co-operate with the police au
thorities In Chicago in the suppression
of the "Black Hand" society and the
punishment of its leaders. One of the
leaders of the new society has ex
pressed the purpose ot the organiza
tion as follows:
As Sicily has given the largest contin
gent to these bands of rascals. It Is our
duty to wipe them out. There Is no gen
eral organisation 'of the Black Hand In
Chicago, but there are small groups who
are becoming bolder, and unless we wish
to have the experience of New York and
New Orleans, they must be wiped out
quickly. In the case of notorious crimi
nals who have fled from Italy, they must
be sent back.
Effective work by the new society
will do much to remove the prejudice
that now exists against Italians lo
cating in this country. It Is generally
understood that the Italians as a peo
ple are law-abiding. They are hard
working, affectionate and kindly peo
ple, eager for the education of their
children and active in the advance
ment of good citizenship, yet their suc
cess in this country has been stayed
by the operations of the "Black Hand"
societies, which have resorted to the
vilest crimes for profit or revenge of
personal spites. The decision of the
aw-Iovlng Italians to Join in the de
tection and suppression of these in
iquitous organizations is the most as
suring promise of the early removal of
the only serious objection the country
has against Italians as immigrants and
prospective citizens.
Mr. Bryan's Commoner devotes
much space to the case of John R.
Walsh, charged with misappropriating
funds In a national bank of which he
was president. Such a story would
not find its way into the Commoner
under ordinary conditions, but an ex
ception seems to have been made to
he rule, because Mr. Walsh, In 1896,
although a democrat, energetically op
posed Mr. Bryan and free silver, both
personally and through his newspaper,
he Chicago Chronicle. The Com
moner declares that "It now develops,
with respect to Walsh, as it has de
veloped with others of the 189 6 pre
tenders, that he had no more concern
for the national honor than he had for
his own." The Commoner plainly
seeks to convey the Inference that all
the real defenders of the national
honor were lined up in that campaign
behind Mr. Bryan and his silver stand
ard. One would think that Mr. Bryan's
paper would be above such petty
demagogy. Numbers ot men who sup
ported Bryan in 1881 have doubtless
Bince then been sent to the penitentiary
for various offenses, but that would
not warrant anyone charging that all
Mr. Bryan's supporters were criminals.
While the campaign managers and
candidates are feeling good over the
3,000 majority given by Douglas
county to the state ticket In tha recent
election, It is not out of place to re
mind them that this constitutes one
eighth of the majority of the republi
can candidate for supreme Judge In
the entire state, and should entitle
Douglas county to at least one place
on the next state ticket
The democratic national committee
will meet in Washington one week
later than the republican national
co mm ft tee and the democratic national
convention will in all probability be
called to meet a week or two later
than the republican national conven
tion. The chances are also good that
the same order of precedence will be
maintained In the returns of the presi
dential election.
"If the president angers Speaker
Cannon," says a Washington dispatch,
"there will be no currency or tariff
legislation at the coming session of
congress." It is hoped that the presi
dent will remember that Speaker Can
non was raised a pet and treat him
accordingly, otherwise he may pro
rogue congress and leave the country
In a muddle.
Senator Foraker's personally con
trolled league of clubs in Oh Id has en
dorsed him for senator and president
of the United States. The clubs were
evidently in a hurry to catch the last
car or they would have finished the
Job by making him also vice president
and speaker of the house.
The court of appeals in New York
has decided that Hearst Is not entitled
to a recount of the votes in that may
oralty election. The court evidently
thinks that an alleged democrat who
has been twice licked by Tammany
ought to know the rules well enough
to take the count.
State Senator William Fllnn of
Pittsburg Is credited with the state
ment that he is willing to pay $2,000,
000 for a seat in the United States sen
ate. Even tbat.is more commenaaDie
than the methods employed by most
of the Pittsburg millionaires to get rid
of their money.
The Chinese government has sent a
nner-inl commission to thank tne
United States for returning $20,000,'
000 of the indemnity collected during
the Boxer war. Just now the united
States may regret its promptness In
sending that money back.
The Transmlsslssippl congress
adopted a resolution against the pai'
eels post. The membership roll does
not disclose how many delegates were
sent by the big express companies and
their 'railroad partners.
Setting st Good Euupls,
Indianapolis News.
The banks were the first to quit paying
real money. The sooher they resume, the
sooner other people will stop hoarding.
Loolc Good amd Feel Good.
Washington Herald.
Notwithstanding the eagle's pajamas and
the absence of the pious Injunction, lb
new 110 gold pieces will look exceedingly
good to everybody who happens to come
Into possession of one or more.
Wouldn't that Jar Yost
Chicago Record-Herald.
The Standard Oil company is going to
pay Its Quarterly dividend a little ahead
of time for the purpose of relieving the
stringency. The Standard Oil company
will be getting Itself blamed for paternal
ism If It isn't careful.
Nebraska Knows Him.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
In tha county In which Omaha Is altu
ted the republican majority this year went
up to 4,000, which Is near the high-water
mark. When asked what they think of
Mr. Bryan as a politician the majority of
Krbraskuns respond: "We don't think of
hlm."
Tne Eipeoted Happens.
Kansas City Times.
James J. Hill says: "Carrying freight
In small boats, or boats of small draft,
doesn't give sufficient return on the in
vestment." Still. If it gives sufficient re
turns to satisfy the gentlemen who put up
the money, why should Mr. Hill careT And
besides, the Missouri river does not have
to earn dividends on a fictitious debt of
KO.Oi.O a mile.
LIGHTNING CLEAHS THE AIR.
roaecotion of Wrecker of New York
Institutions.
St. Louis Times.
The sharply drawn attitude of Attorney
General Jackson of New York In favor of
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punishment tor an un uumi ui n m
banks In the metropolis whos conduct can
be shown to have been criminal, is another
long step toward restoration of confidence.
The very drastic sature of proceedings
which apply for receivers for th bolstered
up Institutions which had hoped to go on
hrough outside aid, and the announced in-
entlon of the state to pro0"1' th
end of the letter the officials responsible
or the Illegal overloana, will giv to th
depositors not Interested in these particular
nstitutions that feeling of security one has
when he knows a watchdog la at hand in
the kennel, protecting him against thieves.
I'nsound banking which loses the assets
of a fiduciary company by embarking them
i the private speculative ventures of Its
Ighest oflVlaJs on or more lies at the
base of moat of what has been discovered
lie rotten In the processes of American
finance since It had a history.
When fearless and rigorous and frequent
examinations are known by the public to be
a part of the practice of the government
or the slate, and when It Is known also
hat looseness pf method will at once be
ffectually halted, and that Illegal diver-
Ions of funds Into Illegitimate channels
will be followed by swift prosecution and
unlshment In stripes then the average
rositor will lie down with a new feeling
of security which nothing else can aupply,
with a reborn confidence which of Itself
would b th well sat foundation ston of
renewal of those Industrial and commer-
lal activities which cannot precede, but
must follow and should accompany a res
toration of financial
ii ii f i fi j n
Carvers
Keen edged, guaranteed steel,
stag handle, silver trimmed:
Three piece seta, full size, $12.00
dwn to, 52.75
Two-piece sets, up from. .91.75
Bird and Steak Carvers . .$1.00
8ILVF.RWAKK Silver plated
' knives and forks, sets of tea
spoons, up from $1.50
CHAFING DISHES Nickel plat
ed and copper, new attractive
patterns, up from $2.05
FANCY MOULDS, CUTTERS AND CASSEROLES.
nts Agents Agents
atADIAKT KOMI COttB HOT QUICK. MEAT.
Stores and manges BLASTS steel Bang
STOVES AND RANGES SOLD ON PAYMENTS.
a sons company
14th and Farnam Ctreets
IKBMOSS DOIl.ED DOWN.
Straining after applause la poor training
for It.
Cowardice often walks under the name of
conscience.
A nation dies as soon as It ceases to get
new Ideals.
It's an empty life that thinks only of the
full pay envelope.
There Is no salvation so long as there
Is self-satisfaction.
There never can be any unity without
sympathy and charity.
It's a poor way to bring men to heaven
by shaking them over hell.
The better things of Hie become the worst
when they shut out the best.
No man is so great that he can afford
to oppress even the least man.
Great records are made not because of
adversities but In spite of them.
It Is doubtful If ever any one was blessed
who was not most anxious to be a blessing.
It's no use talking of how much you love
Ood If folks cannot stand It to live with
you.
No man can escape the collection by
calculating how much the other man Is
putting In.
It takes more than a stock of pious
phrases on the tongue to keep th heart
from starvation. Chicago Tribune.
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.
The money market now as formerly Is
chiefly a matter of Interest.
Beats on th New Tork Stock exchange
are down to K3.O0O, within $4,000 of the bar
gain counter.
Unless art Instinct is woefully off, the
criticisms of the new coins spring from the
difficulty of getting enough of them.
The name and titles of the prospective
husband of Miss Shonts crowds three full
lines, snd Is deemed long enough to hold
her for a while.
Th supreme court of Missouri rules that
selling lemons on Sunday la a work of ne
cessity. Tha status of handing out lemons
remains undetermined.
If doctors desire a thorough test of th
principle "like cures like," thy might send
patients suffering from poor circulation to
bankers for treatment.
Independent suburbs of Pittsburg now
are hurrying to break Into the main tent.
Meanwhile, 6outh Omaha Is seeking treat
ment for Incompatibility of temper.
The fact that a Connecticut man In kiss
ing his sweetheart fell and broke his collar
bone, goes far to sustain the assertion of
doctors that osculation is a dangerous
diversion.
Boston Is chasing automobile flyers with
cheering vigor. Since September I tha au
thorities have pulled 229 motorists, sent
several to prison and extracted from the
rest fines varying from $16 to 130 each.
The Philadelphia managers of the Elks
annual convention last July closed their
books with a balance of 11.1,211. 76, which
was divided among local charitable Insti
tutions. The amount spent by tha com
mute was $85,247.15.
OPPORTUNITIES
THE KANSAS FARMER
Who sold out his farm and went to 1
Alaska in search of gold mlsaed the ,
opportunity of his lifefor on the very
farm he Bold oil was atruck wnicn
would have made a rich man of blm.
Many people cannot aee the oppor
tunities all around them because tbey
are wearing far-sighted glasses. Mauy
others cannot hear opportunity when
she knocks at the door because they
are "knocking" themselves.
By getting In harmony with the times,
by co-operating with manufacturers,
we take advantage of opportunities and
bring pianos Into this store and mark
them at prices lower than can be
found anywhere else.
The door of opportunity la open to
you at Hospe's. Won't you step Inside?
Christmas is coming and there could
not be a better time to buy the pla'uu
you have been intending to purchase
for bo long.
You will find some remarkable piano I
values here and will be able to select
Al. HOSFE CO.
1513 Douglas Street
WE DO EXPERT PIANO
HERE IT
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Belter Than Ever. Chan, Hot, Lasting, S7.5Q
VICTOR WHITE COAL CO., 1214 Farnam. TcL Daiia, 127
U OBTffl
ItOASTlNO TANS Double, self
basting, seamless steel:
Tho Savory, up from 05
The Msk, all enameled, guaran
teed ten years, up from $1,05
FOOD CHOrPERS Genuine Uni
versal, chops everything, four
knives, up from 85?
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
"Beg your pardon." suld Mr. Kail ley, "bul
Isn't your last name Kotcham?"
"That," replied Mrs. Ketcham, the charm
'... . 1 n Is not to iv my last."
Philadelphia Press.
"Yesterday was my birthday."
"I suppose your husband save you a little
surprise?"
"un, yes. He came home before mid
nlaiii. ' Cleveland I'ialn Dealer.
Miss Dora Papa, Jack told me the other
day that you wouldn't believe he hud
money enough to support me unless lit'
showed It to you. Has he done It?
Prudent Papa Yes, dear, he proved it by
tho testimony of the rocks. Chicago Tri
bune. She (earnestly) Reginald, would you din
tot me?
He (rapturously) Darling, you know I
would!
Sue (artlessly) Reggy, how much life In
surance do you carry Baltimore AiiHr.cua
"I tell you." bellowed the street corner
orator, "there are two aides to this ques
tion of reforming peoplo by imprisoning
them!"
"vou bet!" muttered Tuffold Knutt, who
was leaning against a lump post. "I n
tried both sides of it lots o' times." Chi
cago Tribune.
"At what hour do you wish the marrlagt
solemnised?" asked the clergyman.
"Kight o'clock tomorrow evening," said
the caller, twirling his hat In an embar
rassed way, "but there ain't no need of
being so awfully solemn about it, you know.
I'm the clown and she a the lady bareback
rider." Chicago Tribune.
Johnston (to wife) Well, Maria, I'm going
t t..iy hi iijine ilh you i.may and nelp
you to tidy up the house. I'll tack down
tne carpels and hung up the pictures to be
gin with.
Mrs. Johnston (to the children) Children,
you may go over to grandma's and stay
all day. (Aside) I know my husband Is &
deacon ot the church, but for all that he's
jusi as ai t .0 till ins 1I1.., nil wild a hummer
as any other man. Tld-Blts.
THANKSGIVING.
Somervllle Journal.
Thanksgiving Day is coming fast,
He thankful!
Another year of life is past,
lie thankful!
Think of the blessings you have had.
Things haven't been so very bad,
Tills thought alone should make you glad
Bo thankful!
Be grateful, first, that you're alive,
lie thankful!
If all your undertakings thrive.
. Be thankful!
If you hsve met with some reverse,
Don't think you must your woes reliearsi
Just bear in mind tilings might be worse.
Be thankful!
If you are blessed with strength a no
health,
Be thankful!
Though you may have hut little wealth.
Be thankful!
Be satisfied with what you've got,
Ion't moan about your wretched lot.
But, whether you are rich or not,
Be thankful!
In short, whate'er your place In life,
Be thankful!
For parents, children, friends, or wife.
Be thankful!
The course of Fate you cannot swerv.
You must admit with all your nerve,
You'v got as much as you deserve,
Be thankful!
from a stock larger than we have evei
before had on hand. Besides we want
to get acquainted with you and we
want you to get acquainted witn ua.
Our store la the home of the wonder
ful "Apollo" Player Piano, the player
that plays 88 notes, or the whole key
board. You should see and bear thla
wonderful Instrument. It la also the
only place in the west where you can
see and hear the beautiful "Mlra"
Music Box. Nowhere else can be found
Buch a magnificent etock of Victor
Talking Machines and Records. No
one goes through our store but who
la amazed at the tremendoua stock of
goods In every department.
The Hospe plan one price and no
commission, guarantees satisfaction
and economy to all. We are showing ..f
wot
underfill values In new pianos, $125, '
4 5 $165, $190, etc. Factory dls
Ibuters for Kranicb & Bach, Kra-
trlbt
kauer, Kimball, Buah & Lane, II. P.
Nelson, Mallet & Davis, Cable-Nelson,
Melville Clark, Decker Bros. Co., etc.
TUNING AND REPAIRING
18 AGAIN!
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