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TJJE OMAHA" DAILY BZtit i "WEDNESDAY, DECEMBETl 4, 1907. '
The Omajia Daily Bee.
FOUNDED BT EDWARD IKJbSWATEJI.
VICTOR ROBEWATKn. EDITOR..
Entered at Omiht Postofflce a second
e.aaa mttur.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION;
fa!1r Fee (without Sunday), on year.. ft no
'ally Bee anil Sunday, en year t'O
fun At H, on year , 1W
Geturdny Km, on yar LW
JJEXIVERED BT CARRIER.
Pally P-ee (Including" Sunday), pr week..lfco
I 'ally Ilet (without Sunday). pr week. .102
Kvenlng f (without Sunday), per week to
livening Bee (with Munday). par week...-10o
Add"as all complaint of Irregularities
In delivery to City Circulation Department
t OFFICES.
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Chicago 140 University Building.
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CORRESPONDENCE.
Communications relating to news and edi
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He. Editorial Department. .
REMITTANCES.
armi a uitii Vavprvsrsu ui vn m viiw
payable to The Dee Publishing Company.
Only 2-cent stamps reoetvefl in payment of
mail account. Personal checks, except on
Omaha or aaatern exchange, not accepted.
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. .
State of Nebraska. Door la County, ee.t
Caarlea C Korater. general manager
Of The Be publishing company, being
duly sworn, aays that the actual number
Ci run arm complete cople or me uauy
Morning, Evening and Bunday Bee printed
during the month ot November, 1907, waa
aa iouowa
1 37,000
II 37330
IT .... 33,450
11... 38,160
1 37.820
I as,eoo
4........ 4. 37,830
v 8 39,880
,. 99,690
1 37.330
37,340
7J0
10 SB,t0O
11. r. 37,830
It 37,730
II... 3730
14.'... 07,360
It 8700
It 37,430
20..,. .r.... 37,00
31.,. 8M70
it.,... 8700
JJ..... 87,380
t4, 88,100
It 37,690
It 37,090
IT 87,30
ti.... 38, M0
tt 89,S0
9 37,090
. Total 1.183,430
Leas unsold and returned coplea. 10,168
Nat Total.. l,U3.s
Dally average 37,108
CHARLES & R08EWATER.
General Manager.
Subscribed in my presence and aworn
to before me, thta td day Of December,
1907. .) R0BEKT HUNTER.
Notary Publio.
WHEN OCT OF TOWI.
., Sufcacrlbere leavlnar the elty tern
porartlr skoal have The Bee)
aalleel t these. Address will few
changed aa of ta aa veauestea.
A Cornrll professor says the men
and women are equals. Most men
wish this were true.
Secretary Wilson la trying to make
the farmers believe thai durum wheat
la aa hardy aa dandelions.
i Nicola TeBla says he ean signal Mars
by harnessing- Niagara. -Nicola has
the belt aa a "says" artist.-
"Luxury is the father of disease,"
says the-Baltimore American. Then In
dulgence must be the mother,
King Carlos of Pprtuga) Unsaid to
be worrrtd greatly. . Tie can 'afford to,
as be weighs over 400 pounds,,.
"Don't' carry a roll,'' says the Pitts
burg Dispatch." Needless admonition.
The banks won't allow it anyway.
v The country may not know it Is in
a bad way, but a lot of men downln
Washington are' preparing to save it.
There's no reason for envying
Speaker Cannon.' ,Just think of all ho
will have to hear this winter about
currency reform.
Tteporta from congress also show
that the Society for the. Suppression of
Unnecessary Noises has no organiza
tion In Washington.
Secretary Cortelyou predicts that
gold will be a glut on the market by
next spring. Those who have no gold
to loan may cheer up.
Borne special recognition should be
shown the member oj .congress, Just
for oddity's sake, who is not whetting
an axe for Wall street.
The man who wants to economise on
Christmas presents this year might buy
bis wife a block of steel or smelter
Stocks Instead of the set of furs. '
A cousin of the king ot Italy has
been kidnaped and held for $500
ransom. Ralsull will certainly despise
the lUUan bandits as price cutters.
The woddlng of Miss Gladys Yander
bllt tor Count Lazelo Scechenyl has
been-postponed, Possibly the count
had no ' confidence in cashiers' chocks.
. Spare ribs fcavr advanced In price
because the supply U not eu,ual to the
demand. It Is' up to Secretary Wilson
to Induce the hogs to grow more ribs.
v T "
' The Illinois mate has defeated a
primary bill on the plea that It might
injure Speaker Cannon's presidential
boom.. A Boot excuse is better than
n.one. .
Pactfio coast hotel men were highly
enthuslastlo over tho announcement
that carload ot lobsters had been
started to the coast from Maine, until
they learned the lobsters were the real
kind -and not the winter tourist brand.
'; Mayor "Jim" tods that nothing he
can do will meet' tho approval ot the
Ydlowg unless it would be to turn the
administration .of. his office over en
tirely to the editors. Even La that
t-vtnt their hysteria might prevent
unanimity of action.
Congressman Porter of '.New York,
who was dsrJcA tvdmUaloa to the re
publican caucus of house members,
might caucus with Senator'Telltr, who
M not permitted to caucus with the
senate republicans and Is .too proud to
eaueui wltli. the ti autocrats.
rirr rRtsiDr.nrs mkfsaok.
President Roosevelt's message to
the Sixtieth congress Is distinctively
an American document. Presidents of
the United States Jiave been wont, In
the past, to dwell upon our foreign re
lations at great length and in more or
less tiresome detail Usually making
this the topic for ' first discussion In
their messages. President Roosevelt
departs from precedent by minimizing
this feature, almost to the point of
elimination. He confines his discussion
of foreign relations to a reference to
The Hague peace conference, a short
review of the German trade agreement
and a brief mention of our relations
with China and the Latin-American re
publics. The rest of the message, an
unusually long one. Is devoted to a
discussion of American affairs matters
that concern the American people di
rectly and which are demanding con
sideration and action by the American
congress. "'
Persona who hate predicted a
change of policy on the part of the
president in relation to the enforce
ment of existing laws and the enact
ment of new ones regulating corpora
tions doing an Interstate commerce
business will find nothing but disap
pointment In the document offered to
congress and the nation- yesterday. In
the long list of matters which have
been urged by Mr. Roosevelt since his
elevation to the presidency he has
made no departure from bis original
program and his message Is devoted
largely to urgent recommendation for
the extension and enlargement of these
policies. He repeats his recommenda
tions made in 1905 and In 198 for
laws providing for rigid Inspection by
the government into the affairs of rail
way and other Interstate commeree
Corporations, with a view to regulating
rates and taking other action calcu
lated to protect the interests of the
ihfpper, the patron and the investor
and to end unholy and unlawful , dis
criminations. Many of tho recommendations urged
by the president have been forecasted
by his addresses and letters. He ad
vises the amendment of the Sherman
anti-trust law, whioh prohibits) all
classes oc trade and Industrial combi
nations, so as to prohibit only those
which do an injustice to thw public. In
further strengthening the operation ot
these laws regulating corporations, he
recommends the passage of a -law
requiring Interstate commerce concerns
to take out charters under the federal
law, thus subjecting them to the same
Inspection and supervision that Is now
exercised over national banks.
The president omits to make any
specific recommendation for a revision
of the currency system, although, he
urges congress to take some action
looking to the addition of tho al
, .
of elasticity to our present system, this
leaves congress free to consider 'this,
suDject ana leaves the assurance that
the president will spprove any meas
ure that meets the general demand. ,
With, reference to the army, and
navy, the president follows his estab
lished policy of urging liberal appro
priations for tho maintenance and bet
terment of both these branches of the
service, reeommendlng the Increase of,
pay of both officers and men In thai
army, the construction of four battle-
ships and the creation of a navy board
to correspond in authority with the
general staff of the army.
Among the new measures suggested
In the message is a proposition that the
congress appropriate money to defray
the campaign expenses of the great
political parties, and that a plan be
provided for. furnishing compensation
to all workmen injured. Ho recom
mends the eight-hour day In all classes
of business and industry and urges the
adoption of a compulsory arbitration
law between employers and employes.
' The metuiase. in It Anflmtv la
review of the legislative needs ot the
nation in matters affecting the welfare
of the whole pwople.' It suffers noth
ing In comparison with the messages
of other presidents or with those
which President Roosevelt has sent to
congress in the past.
WKA1UIR PRCDICTiyQ AS Alt AST.
There are tricks in all trades exceDt
that of forecasting the weather. That
profession, or science, or art. or busi
ness, or pastime, or whaaever classifi
cation it may come under, has been
reduced to an exactness that admits of
no variation and Is as fixed as the laws
of the Meats and Persians or Speaker
Cannon's determination to snother
tariff revision in its cradle. In the
earlier days considerable latitude was
allowed to the weather forecaster. In
the days before the gooaebone. the
corn husks and tke bayk.ot, trees and
the commissary stores- of the squirrel
were eliminated from the future
weather calculations the word "prob
ably" figured In forecasts to such aa
extent that the official weather man
won and deserved the title of ' Old
Probs." All that has passed and the
slmon pure weather man is no; longer
a prophet He Slmnly declares what
te to be and it is, unless it rains. It is
no longer considered even funny to
write "Another Republican Lie" on
the card Issued daily by the weather
bureau telling us what the meterologt-
cal conditions are going to be for to
morrow and the next day.
As an illustration ot the exactness
achieved by the weather- sharps, the
prognostications of Rev. Irl 11. Hicks
of St, Louis furnish case la- point.
Mr. Hicks has fast notified the country
what it may expect la December. He
asu.re Be that .there, will be cold
weather this month extending as far
west aa Medicine Hat, and that there
will be c44 wave la various parts of
the country until after Christmas,
when the daya wt'l begin to gwt tuttttr
and warm waves will appear in the
south and gradually move northward
until, in the long run, there will be
really enjoyable weather north of Ma
son and Dixon's line. The SU Louis
prophet predicts snow In the temper
ate and arctic cones' between this and
gardening time and also that there will
be sleet and cold winds In some lo
calities.
Rev. Hicks, with all his learning, is
a modest man and has not told the
country all he knows about the
weather, not by a long shot. Had he
wished to air his wisdom appertaining
to weather affairs he could have gone
much further. He might have Informed
the public that snow plows will be
needed on the Northern Paclflo and
the Rocky Mountain roads some time
between" this time and next May and
that furs will be essential to the com
fort of folks who persist In making
their homes In - Montreal. He could
have also predicted a rain for St. Pat
rick's day and given the assurance that
Ice water would be found desirable
during the harvest season next July
The wonder Is not at the wisdom of
the long-range weather prophets, but
at their moderation in offering It In
homeopathic doses.
CHAROtS AGAINST TUB CHlBt.
What Is more natural than that the
Senior Yellow, after making all sorts
of scandalous and libelous allegations
against the-local police force and its
management, should coyly seek to
evade responsibility tor' an Investiga
tion of its charges T The World-Herald
now asks, "Who is the proper person
to bring these charges?" If the
World-Herald is prepared to substan
tiate its direct' .assertion that the
Omaha police force, is protecting
crimes and criminals, it ought cheer
fully to go into court or before the
police board and support its positlod.
It cannot hide behind the subterfuge
that it is merely fulfilling a newspa
per a function in the publication of
news. Mere assertion through the col
umns of the newspaper does not sub
stantiate a serious charge nor estab
lish its truth, but it does leave a stain,
a black mark against the good Tiame
of the victim of these charges, and In
all fairness the newspaper making such
a charge should b willing to either
subetsntlate It or to frankly admit that
it was wrong.
In the case ot Chief Donahue and
his subordinates on the "Omaha police
force the charges now reiterated by
the-World-Herald have been made
again and again since the time of the
Fuakhouser "well-grounded rumors"
resolutions. These stories have been
periodically and persistently handed
about, always by persons who had
some ulterior purpose to serve. Within
seven years Chief Donahue and the
police force have been investigated by
three' grand juries and 'once by the
Board of Fire and Police Commission
ers. , At no time has the Honesty or
sincerity of these investigations been
seriously questioned. Yet at neither
of them was anything divulged tlmt
could be even misconstrued into a stain
or blemish onsthejehtef of police, his
administration ofjthe. department or
the conduct of his subordinates.
Fair-minded people understand that
the present attack on the chief of po
lice Is based upon statements alleged
to be made by Individuals who are well
without the pate of the law. whose
livelihood is gained in such channels
as brings them continually within the
scope of the police activities, and who,
therefore, have every reason to bear
hostility to the representatives of es
tablished law and order. The fact
that Chief Donahue has directed the
Omaha police foroe fearlessly and
justly In the suppression and regula
tion of crime and vice has brought on
him the resentment ot the individuals
who have felt the force of his author
ity. If they can get even now by at
tacking the police they are quite
willing to furnish any sort of a story
that aay Omaha newspaper will pub
lish. ' This must be apparent to all.
In the meantime, Chief Donahue Is
going steadily about his business, ex
ecuting with promptness and care the
orders given him by his superiors in
office and directing the operations of
the Omaha police force in the wafer
of protecting the public against the
criminal element with rare wisdom
and discretion born ot long experience
and careful study of the problems that
are set before him. He has shown
commendable patience in bis conduct
and awaits with perfect equanimity
the threatened investigation which,
according to the World-Herald, must
be initiated by some other than the
editor ot the paper that so persistently
maintains a fire in the rear on the po
lice department of Omaha. v
A Spanish War Memorial association
is probably actuated ty purely patriotic
motives, but the time seems hardly
ripe for the promotion of any plan that
contemplates an assesment on school
children. The Omaha Doard of Edu
cation will be excused from 'any sus
picion ot lack ot devotion to country
if it will deny the favor aflked by the
representative of the Spanish War
Memorial.
The congressman from the Second
Nebraska district la putting his eggs
all in the same basket. Just how
much credit he will take to himself for
the passage of a postal savings bank
bill, in event congress acta on. the
recommendations of the president and
postmaster general, is not yet deter
mined, but. if history repeats itself, he
will claim It alL
The proposition of the Chicago
Women'a cluba to abolish Christmas
giving cannot flourish In thia country.
Giving cheerfully and receiving grate-t
fully at Christmas tlroe lighten the bur
dwis of a werksdny world and add to
the sum of human happiness. Sane me
and women, who love children an
rejoice In the presence of Joy will lend
s-ant toleration to the Chicago plan
A: cause that req aires the pourln
of a constant stream of filth through
the eolumes of a newspaper into the
homes of the "city is certainly a wenk
one. The posHlon of the Senior Yel
low In its attack on the Omaha police
forco would not have been weakened
If it had had Its hearing in camera
rather than in public.
The High school committee has fixed
the cost of tuition to nonresident stu
dents at a very low rate and one that
ought to be accepted without question
The advantages afforded by the Omaha
High school are far in excess of the
nomlnat sum required of boys and
girls who come from wKbout the city.
Mr. Bryan got much more applause
in the house at Washington on Mon
day than he did at any time when he
waa representing the Nebraska district
In congress. His services to the coun
try as an ex-congressman have been
qulto aa noteworthy as his achieve
ments when he was aa active M. C.
The beauties of the Gibson law are
now being unveiled before the Board
of Fire and Police Commissioners with
(he single certainty that the applies
tioa of the law will not be made per
feet until it has passed a test ot the
supreme court
Senator Culberson of Texas . has
been selected as leader of tha senate
minority to succeed Senator Gorman.
The senate democrats, could have gone
farther and fared worse, even to the
point of electing the other senator
from Texas.
The efforts of the Fire and . Police
board to eradicate excessive drinking
In the departments under lta control
are not in the interest of prohibition
so much as In the direction of safe
business management. , .
General Corbln says the Philippines
have been no drawback to America.
The general forgets that the Philip
pines have called Secretary Taft away
number of times when he was
needed at home.
Senator Bailey says the public does
not give enough time to the study of
finance. The senator should have
photograph of the public preparing Its
list of Christmas purchases.
The Lancaster county board is in
doubt as to what color to put on the
dome of the court house. Move that
the matter be left to th,foot ball team
for final action. . -i m :.i
A Real Jfo iorry" Club.
Plttaburg Ulspatch.
It la true that at US a month and found
Uncle Barn's soldiers will ..not get Into the
triurt magnate claaa. But alao conalder
that this includes freedom from any worry
about what the truata do or are going to
due to prices of food and fuel.
Comrade.
Ban Franclaco Chronicle.
Mr. Bryan is not disposed to disavow the
donkey as an exemplar of the qualities of
the democratic party. He aay the beast
has a world wide reputation for lta demo
cracy. It is alao gifted with a Hne voice
and great persistency, polnta that ought to
commend It to the average politician.
Peep Behind the Curtain.
Philadelphia Record.
Senator Hanabrough and other western
financiers ought to take note that tha
western banka would not le suffering from
the Impounding of their fund In New York
If they hbd not sent their funda to Nw
York became the stock market affords
employment -to money every day in the
year. '
Aaauranrea Will Hold Them.
Portland Oregonlan.
Federal offlceholdera who strive to help
along tha third term movement are com.
mining an act of 'Impropriety and dis
courtesy," according to the Roosevelt lot
ter. bun, tney will try to worrv .inn.
under the presidential oensure If the presl
dent will only fix it so they can hold on
for four years more.
Litigation for a Principle.
Baltimore- American.
ine pushing of a case Involving the
cost of a bunch of spoiled bananas worth
tl.75 up to the supreme -ourt of the United
Btatea, as was done I a South Carolina
Arm. waa a commendable atep, Inasmuch
aa It disregarded time and money to es
tablish a principle. The trouble with the
majority of Americans Is that they do not
follow the great precedent set when tha
fight with Great Britain against a t-cent
tax resulted In the birth of a new nation
As a ru!o, American flo not care to taka
the trouoln which a - fight for principle
Involves, and would rather aubmlt to small
losses and petty. Injuries than stand on
their rights. And this Is the way In which
many big ahuseu have become poasible-
because small rights are easily yielded.
THIS is a kith grade drata shoe for
womea. Frfct ia fit, enappv,
etyttah last and of hit ht crad stock acJ
werkmaaabip. Mad ia variety o leather
Patent Colt. Vici or Patent Vici, Bla
cker, Buttoa or Poliab. Taia lias ia alao
carrUd ia tha low cuta. same atylsa.
Width. AA to EE.
W alao make tola
line with Medicated
Wool Caahioa Iaaolca,
r Electrie Witt .
ibl sola, or Kock Oak
sola nakiaf tt
Aa Idas! Shot
TfcM styluar poa
ltrvaly tt UUt cr ea
Usa ia tt art of shoe
makiaf and cannot but
pUass taa ntoet faa
udioaa. If your dealer cannot
apply Too wrtU me,
We'll Wars wky, and
ad visa where yom CAN
IV r.P.HSUSSULACS.
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fcOl'.ID ABOUT N B W YORK.
Ripple mm the Current of Life la th
Motropetll.
Tho many sources of legalised loot In
New Tork City receivership ot ,lneoJ
ven nnanclal Concern a afford eppor-
tunnies rivaling Insurance companies be
fore tho era, of dlalnfeotlon and reform.
De-poaltors of a eoncern wrecked four
years ago, who have received about IB par
cent of their depoalta, are trying to figure
out why It takes about TS cents to collect
and disburse each dollar plucked from tha
ruin. But they did not hare tho receiver's
report at tho time. They hare the spot
light now and figuring lacks tho atlmulu
of a problem. Tho per cent paid to de
positors amounted to tsTS.OOO, and to col
lect and disburse this sum the receiver has
paid. orgreed to pay ' rwo.OOO. Legal ex
penses have been tho heaviest charges. One
lawyer has received up to date $l,00O,
which is at tho rate of IM.000 per annum,
pretty liberal compensation, apparently.
Claims of another lawyer for legal service
now pending aggregate teO.OSO; tho receiver
haa received $36,000, and Is entitled to ttl.
009 more for his labors for tho current year.
To one referee more than $30,000 has been
paid, and another has a bill which by the
tlroo tho recetverahlp la expected to ter
minal win aggregate $40,009,
The special commission appointed by
mayor Mcciellan has presented a novel
Plan to relievo tho present financial em
barraasment of tho New Tork City govern
ment The" plan In brief provides thab tho
city issue a new form of certificates of In
debtedness to the, amount of overdue and
uncollected taxes, such certificates to bear
interest at tho rate of T per cent, tha in
terost to bo paid by tho property owners
wno owe tho uncollected taxes. There
now due tho city In uncollected taxes on
real estate and personal property fully
auu.uw.ooo. a considerable portion of whioh
is overdue mors' than one year, and bears
Interest to the city at the rate of 7 per
cent Tho tax collections for this year are
only tra.OOO.OOO to date on a tax levy of
nearly $100,000,000.
Since tho beginning of tho financial flurrv
tho banks of Ton k era have succeeded In
meeting all demands made on them. Aa
a consequence, they have had to find soma
way of thwarting tho activity of certain
depositors who. as the cashiers found, were
withdrawing their balances and bringing
mo currency to New Tork. where thev
sold It at a premium. Last week a mer
chant in tho town presented a check on
one of the banks for $3,000, practically his
enure oaianoo. This was such an unusual
thing that tho paying teller at onco sur
mised what tho man wanted it for. Never
theless, bo Informed tho depositor that If
no would oomo back in an hour tha monev
wouio do ready for him. Tho man returned
and found waiting for him $1,600 In sliver
dollars and tha rest In $5 gold pieces, weigh
ing altogether about 160 pounds and filling
iwo good sised bags. He changed
mind about withdrawing the money.
hi
1 would rather be head porter in a maA
inbw xork hotel than a railroad preatdent.
mam a late visitor to the city.- "I wnuM
be making plenty of money and would not
be a mark for tho muck-rakers. I once
went on as clerk In a leading hotel there
at a salary of $12S a month, which mado
mo feel quite contented at first But at
the same time I started an Irishman not
long over also began duty aa head porter
at a aalary of $30 a month. In a few
months and while I waa still plugging
away at my one-and-a-quarter Job that
irishman was cleaning up aeveral hundred.
I know that one month It amounted to $900.
Among hla tips waa a oheck from George
Gould for $50 and one from Mayor Tom L.
Johnaon of Cleveland, also for that
amount. That feUow is there still and la
still laying away a neat little sum monthly
And If you tried to get him for anything
else you would have to come up with
aalary something Ilka that paid a life in
surance company's president"
The New Tork waiters have organised a
club and rented and equipped a club house,
wnere tney, may taxe tneir ease, as gen
tlemen of wealth and leisure are entitled
to do. This club employs servants and
serves meals and refreshments: Its mem
bers understand In avery detail what an
up-to-date club should bo like. But m
framing tho bylawa a momentoua queatlon
arose, which waa settled only after a
atrenuoua clash of opposing views. Should
tlie club members give tips to the waiters
in their employ? Should those whose proa.
perlty rested on a tip foundation uphold
tha tipping principle under circumstances
In which they must act aa tlppera and not
aa tho tipped T But the real purpose of the
Club la eald to be to dovelop tipping along
more artistic lines, or, to speak with more
exactness, to develop the art of extracting
tips with nonchalance and dignity. A mam
ber of the waiters' club Is quoted as ex
plaining: The trouble is that many, of our
members don't Seem to realize that crude
methods will ba tolerated no longer. The
up-to-date schema is to get the money
gnd at the same time make tha cuatomer
think you are doing htm a favor In tak
Ing tt." The club, therefore, haa lta pro
fessional, aa well aa Ha aoclal. aspect. Ita
foundation purpose is the promoting, aus
tatnlng and expanding of the tip as one of
our free Institutions.
When the New Yorker with a lordly air
scoffs at the Brooklynlte and hla abiding
pi a co. the man from acroaa tho bridge
must often bear tt with meeknesa, since he
can find little to hit back with. One rest-
dent of Brooklyn, however, on a rainy
night during the last week saw something
that he thought wasn't half bad. Coming
down the steps of the elevated station he
paid little attention to the clamor at tha
bottom, supposing, of course, that It meant
the grape man. banana man or magaxlne
buy. But when ha reached the pavement
he found himself surrounded by half a
dosen sturdy boya each equipped with
big umbrella and all ahoutlng at the top
of their voices, "I'll taka you borne for 10
cents! I ll take you home for 10 centa!
No need to get wet tonight!"
PUHSU.NAL NOTED.
Wisconsin man remarked as ho blew
out hla brains, "Here goes nothing," and
ho probably hit It Just about right.
Blnco Coxey, reformed tramp, has do-
viaed a currency scheme the reat of the
financier might aa well consider the mat.
er settled.
A Maaiachuaetta woman who haa Juet
passed her 106th birthday baa smoked a
pipe for ntnoty-slx yeara. There is no
moral attached to this. .
Tom Johnson has Issued an order forbid
ding the use of tobacco In the public offi
ces of Cleveland. But In meat dtlea that
tha leaat of tha amoka nutaaacea.
President George T. Angell of the Boston
Society for tha Prevention of Cruelty to
Animal, is iow U years old. and, oa
tha condition of remaining away from all
public meetings and taking the Utmost care
hla health, his physician haa promised
htm Ove years more of work and useful
ness. John Blgeiow. ea-mlnleter to France, who
cached' bis ttth birthday annlvereari
oa Tuesday, November 31. la up at t o'clock
every morning, and puts In seven hours
before be in. willing to call It a day, al
though he aays be "is past the age of uee
fulneaa." He llvas at n Grainnrcy Park.
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Sirongost, purest, most economical
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Carefully uard your food from alum.-
PROSPERITY.
Long Pine Journal: The tightness of the
money market does not seem to bother
Long Plna in the least Not one of the
cltlaen has drawn his money from the
banks, and business Is the same aa If noth
ing had happened. A large number of rail
road men's checks were cashed last week
by tho local banka. Any time the Long
Pine banks are found without money tt
will be because there are no banks.
Howells Journal: John Peter, Jr., haa an
orchard of five acres that has proven a
paying proposition the present season.
From It he 'sold about 400 bushels of fall
apples, mostly Wealthys, and his crop of
ths good-keeping winter varieties amounted
to a little more than 710 bushels, for which
he is receiving $116 per bushel. In addl
tlon to the apples bs bad about 100 bushels
of grapes. Me figures that, after paying
for the work ot gathering tt, bis fruit crop
will net htm $1,000. Begins to look as
though this is a fruit country.
Geneva Times: Charles Hoover and wife
arrived home last Thursday from a trip to
Knox county .which place they left fifteen
years ago after meeting with several crop
failures en account of drouth. When Mr,
and Mrs. Hoover left with all their pos
sessions in a wagon and struct out for
Nance county, land in Knox county could
be purchased for $300 a quarter. This same
land Is worth today from $5,000 to $7,000
quarter and is still advancing 1n price
Mr. Hoover drove over the same route tie
traveled In 1892 and says that the country
haa made wenderful development since
that time and that there Is evidence of
prosperity on every hand.
Geneva Leader; One of our business men
showed ua a due bill from a wholesale
house this week for 30 cents, . and thereby
hangs a tale. A party saw a certain article
advertised tn a paper and sent tor it, pay
ing 75 cents fer the same. The merchant
being agent for the sale of tha article in
this city, received his commission which
he was entitled to under his contract the
same being 20 centa. ( But there is where
the humor of the thing comes In. The
article costs the merchant 42 centa and he
sells It for SO cents. In this deal he makea
30 cents on the sale Instead of 8 and the
wholesale house receives (5 cents for it
instead of 42 cents. Tet we suppose you
couldn't make the purchaser believe he did
not get the thin at the wholesale price.
Central City Record: The value of the
alfalfa crop In Nebraska the last year Is
estimated at over tll.SOO.SOO. Only a com
paratively few yeara ago alfalfa waa un
known to tha farmers of the state. Now
is a common crop and has been fre
quently and appropriately termed "the
mortgage lifter." This shows what possi
bilities of wealth may lie tn the Introduc
tion of planta and trees as yet unknown
to us. The Agricultural department at
Washington keepa a body of men scouring
II parts of the world In search of trees.
fruits, grasses, etc., that may be Intro
duced In parts of the United States and
add to our resources. Thetr work attracts
little attention, .but the benefits following
the introduction of a single new tree or
plant may be enormous..
Ten Fat Years.
American Farmer.
Farmers have had ten yeara of good
eropa and good prices. In most of theso
WM STOMACH HAS
Animals Aro Healthier Because of Strong
Digestive
An Interesting Interview was recently ob
tained with L. T. Cooper, the young man
whose theory and medtclnee have created
such a sensation during the past year.
Mr. Cooper, in speaking ot the remarkable
auccees of hla medicines, had this to say on
the aubject: "My medicine regulates the
stomach. That la why it la successful. The
human stomach today haa become degan-
ate, and la the cause for moat ill health,
i the horse, the dog, and ths wild ani
mal a generally, you ace no nerve exhaus
tion, no chronic dubllity. They are not
hut up day after day wltb practically no '
exerclae, and they are not able to stuff
themselves with food when their bodies .
have not bad enough work to Justify It.
The human race has been doing this for
ears, and look at the result half the
people are complaining of poor health, not
real lllneae Just a balf-alck, t!rd. droopy
feeling. They don't realty know what la
e matter with them.
'I know that all ths trouble is caused
by wak, overworked stomachs. I have
proved this with my medicine to many
thousand of people In moat of the leading
cities of tbls country. I expect to do tha
same thing la Europe next year. This is
the real reason for the demand fur my
preparations."
Among thoae who have recently been
converted te Cooper's theory la Mr. Monroe
Brown of t Hancock street, Winchester,
Mass. Mr. Brown bas this to say of bis
I
years they have had both. Deficiencies Is
one corn and one cotton crop were mora
than made good to them by high prices.
Last year they took In more money tha
ever before, and this year they are likely
to take in $1,000,000,000 more than they did
laat year. They will buy freely many
sorts of merchandise, and they will hava
money to invest Good business is about
as certain as It can be for another year
proving over again that when the farmer
is prosperous everybody Is prosperous,
LAUGHING LIMBS.
Belle How do you like my new batt
Nelle It's lovely, dear. I doa't see ho,
yeu contrived to make It over Into such,
a close resemblance to this years' atylel-
Cleveland Leader.
"So you believe In strict party loyalty?"
"Certainly," answered Sonator Sorghum:
"it enables a man to gain a reputation for
consistency and at the same time saves
the mental fatigue of forming opinions."
Washington Star.
Mrs. Nuritch I want to get a palp of
swell white gloves to wear to a ball. -
Clerk Tes'm. How long da yoU want
them T
Mrs. Nuritch See here, young man. X
ain't balking about rentln' em. isaut to
buy 'em. The Home Magaalne.
"I wonder why those Plttaburg million
aires were so anxious .to pay that English
man who was wise to 'era, to present them
at court, when they could. do it for nothing
at homeT" ,
"In what way?"
"In what way, stupidT CouldtVt they get
J resented at court by an ordinary grand
ury?" Baltimore American.
"Talk Is cheap," said' the man " who
sneers.
"It Is at the outset when you are giving
away samples," answered Senator Sor
ghum. "But In the course of lime you can
command a pretty good price for leoture
tickets." Washington Star.
"If I understand you," said the 'polloa
Justice, "the prisoner passed a counterfeit
clearing house check on you."
t'Not at all," answered the complaining
wknesa. "1 wouldn't have your honor
think I'm so blamed easy as all that. Ho
tried to psn It on me, your honor; that's
all. What I'm kicking about Is the Insult
ht offered to my Intelligence. " Chicago
Tribune.
Howell Reweli is not a very observing
fellow.
Powell Right you are. He could be
dead a long time and not know that there
was a fire. Harper'a Weekly.
THE NEW CONGRESSMAN.
Kansas City Journal.
The merrtlK-r from Plunkvllla at home wag
a chap
Whom Fortune had dandled for years on
her lap.
When he walked abroad all tho timbrels
would sound
And the earth seemed to tremble for acres
around.
The member from Plunkvllle to Washing
ton comas.
There aren't any timbrels, nor yet any
drums.
No man .-ems Impressed by hla atr stern
and grim.
In fact, no one takes any notice of him.
The member from Plunkvllle," they say
at tne ooor.
And he is admitted at last to tha floor.
But nobody offers the member a seat
And he ts harassed by bis hands and his
feet.
"The member from Plunkvllle," ' the'
Bpeaker Is told ...
Aloft on his cushions of velvet and gold.
The Speaker bestowa on the member a
stare.
And says: "Hang him up on a megt hook
somewhere." -
BECOME DEGENERATE
Apparatus.
experience with the new medicine: "For
over seven years I suffered wltb catarrh
of the stomach, and for the past year I
was lame with rheumatism. I attributed
this to my storaauh trouble, as my circu
lation was very poor. What food I ata
would turn to gas almost at onoe. I would
have a sensation of bloating, and would
have to belch frequently to relieve this.
My heart also became, affected, and) X
would suddenly become dlsxy and have
palpitations. I was tired and dull and
despondent at all times. I lost a great
dual of fleah, and waa nervous and de-
pressed. This went oa for seven years,
although I spent hundreds pf dollars try-
ing to get relief.
"When Cooper wss In Boston X beard a
good deal about hla ideas on atomacb
troublea. Next, one or two friends told
me that his medicines had greatly helped
them. I pijrchasad some of the New Dis
covery medkiue. Today I am perfectly
well; I sleep like a bo, can eat anything
and have no rheumatism or heart trouble.
I no Wnger have any gas on my'atomach,
and fuel aa 1 did years ago. No one could
be more astonished by these facts than
myself. They are remarkable, but true.
This is indeed a wonderful medicine."
The Cooper preparations have been mors
widely sold and dlscuaaed since being In
troduced than anything ef the kind ever
before sold by druggists. We sell tbera
and explain tneir nature. Beaton DrvfCo.
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