TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEEi . FRIDAY, DECEMBER ft.. 1907.
Tim Omaha Daily Dec
FOUNDED BT UPWARD ROSWATaUC
VICTOR ROCS WATER, EDITOR,
Kntered at Otnabe Feat-oHioe M second
eiaas matter.
TERMS OF L'CRIJ,nOIl
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tv,iii be (with Sunday), per wees'. ...le
Address all cemplalnl of Irree-ulerttlee
In delivery to City Circulation Department
orncEs.
OmahaThe Be BuliSi-.
South Omaha City HaU Budldlng.
Council tUufte-lt. Scett ftreet.
Chicago ifca L'nivereity Building.
New lfork-lCUt liorue Life Insurance
Building.
Wssnlngton T28 Feurteenth IMreet W. vv.
CORRJEBPONDBNCE.
Communt'-aiio'ie telattng te nawa ana Mi
torlal matter should be addressed, OroaliS.
Oh,, LdllortaJ ltptrtnunL
REMITTANCE!.
Remit by draft, expreea or poal ordet
payable to The Bee publishing Comperv.
Only 2-cent stAmps received tn payment a
mall accounts. Personal cheeks,
Omaha or eastern excbenge, not accepted.
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska. L'ouilaa County, as,.
Cnerlis C. Koawatar. general manager
of T ha Bea Publishing company, being
duly sworn, aaya (hat tha actual number
of fuli anJ com i 1 at enee of Tha WUJ
Morning, Evening and fcunday Baa printed
during tha OioutE of November, 1147, waa
aa followe;
.., rrfioa it 7,m
l... WJfiaQ 17.......... M.4S0
t..l U.SOO it...., ."
4. ........ T30 II. ......... V,3
I.......... MM II..........
... S9,SSO II,. M.S70
T. ......... irao 21... ....... vr90
I.,, 37,440 it rrso
I..,.....,, 97AM ii M.100
!.., M,eoo i r.ase
It S7,S30 XI. .... ..... 7.00
It 7,T IT S7.S40
II , 37,080 II.... M,t4
14 II MM
1 tlfiOO 10 B7,tM
Total 1.1A3.4U0
lim unsold and returned oopls. lAies
Net Total... a..,..
.1.113,369
iJmitj
C11ARL.ES C. ROeJEWATEK.
tierierai Manager.
Bubsorlbsd In nr presence and a worn
to befure ma. tbla Id day ef U-ambr,
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Notary Pueilc
wiiE.t out or rmwn.
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pora-rllr ah14 kaa Tha Baa
HiallaA ta tkataa. 44tcm wUl b
chavaiajaal m aft at aa raetcd.
Ktri)in any of the cashiers' checlta
oj gouroniraT
The disturbance m tuomnUtry aa
well as monetary.
Tt" prophet who predicts "seasona
ble weather" usually hits It
In addition to doing your Chritstmas
shopping early, It Is AdTlsabld to do It
often. '
You can bo sixteen days ahead of
tha laggard by doing your Cbrlwtoas
shopping today.
Tenjpe'ranco -4irot will be
pleased to learn that money la getting
over lta latest tight.
Kentucky is, the only state In the
union that allows lawyers to inquire
Into the politics of Jurymen, .
With Stock exchange a&u reduced
to, $51,000, a good many New York
brokers are still hot able to sit down.
King Curio t( Spain Is said to bear
a striking personal resemblance to
Secretary Taft. The resemblance ends
there. ' '
A chemist declares that Chicago has
the purest drinking water In the world,
lie might hare added, "and usee less
of Jt."
Emmet Dalton, tha Oklahoma ban-'
dlt, Is going 'to start a tailor shop. All
right. If he thinks that la the way to
reform.
. More elamlclty In the currency and
leae elasticity In the consciences of
high financiers would belp the situa
tion some. .
Noma has six Inches of snow. Rev.
Irl ticks predicted the other day it
would suow in Alaska before the win
ter la over. h
The nticeaalty of treating up on
storm door ftjejuette aluo helps In
forcing thoughts -of the panic Into the
X
yiekground.
flulunj navigation is getting lta hear
ing at Washington this week and it
will muke the east coaut champion sit
up and take notice.
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"How tj Acquire Good Hands," is
the uhect of a treatise by a I oral
uiiiulcai-e artist. The best way U to
um The Dee want ad columns.
Chief Donahue promptly called the
Huff of the Senior Yellow, and that
paper ie going to have a much earlier
opportunity to make good than it ex
pected.
The recall of Ambaaaador Aoki of
Japan might be wore significant It the
Japanese government had not, offi
cially declared that be had not beon
recalled. .. .
Just to show Kansas City that we
are good selgtbors, the Omaha delega
tion in Washington will do what it can
to get the tepubllcaa ftatio&al ceavea-
tlon tor Kawvllle.
Beuator Foraker lavs the railroad
late law caused the panto. The sena
tor will be claiming soon that much
of, the wo4 of the world la due to tha
lav a against larceny.
A uleutUt says he took a powerful
f!.a aud observed a Jet of flame JOO,
ial'is'hUh leaping from the sua
If n,s (!at( a tracts that scleatUt tlikt
CdKjrojr 4x0 rcfTJL batiugs.
The aemi-authorltatlve announce
ment comes from "vfaBtlcgton that
Speaker Cacnon tuu aet his face
against the portal savings bank rec
ommendation of President RooeevH
and Poetmaster General Meyer, and
promises that there shall be bo action
on that question by the .present con
frere. No explanation Is offered of the
speaker's attitude on this proposition,
which seems to have the support of
all the commercial interests of the
country, other than that It is a part
of the plaa of certain reactionaries in
congress who have apparently deter
mined to oppose the adoption of the
president's plana wherever possible
Speaker Cannon Is making no effort to
conceal his sympathy with this pro
gram. In his address acknowledging
hla re-election to the speakership, he
made It plain that be was prepared to
stand In the way of any enlargement
of the president's policies and the
undue power vested In him by reason
of bis position aa speaker make bla
position on pending legislation deeply
algnlncant.
It la difficult to determine this early
bow much of Cannon'a opposition to
the Roosevelt program Is due to the
political desire to further the chances
of the Cannon presidential boom and
how much of It finds motive. In the
speaker's personal opposition to the
president and bis policies. He 'has
been an unwilling supporter of admin
istration policies slace hi elevation to
the speakership. He supported the
railway law only when convinced that
political suicide would follow Opposi
tion to It. He opposed the president's
plan for statehood for the territories
until the bouse openly revolted and
threatened the overthrow of the bouse
organization.. lie was against the
president's Cuban reciprocity plan and
submitted to it only to "save hla face,"
after having postponed action for two
cessions of congress.' He U the leader
of the standpatters and makes' '"no
tariff tinkering" the basis of every
conference or agreement on legislative
matters. He has announced that no
tariff measure wll be considered by
the present congress and la probably
following bis old plan of opposing all
administration measures until he can
make terms by which he will with
draw his opposition only on condition
that bis pet tariff shall not be both
ered. The country hc been taking a (ra
cial aud lively Interest in the question
of poutal savings banks in the last year
and more particularly since Postmas
ter General Meyer has been outlining
bis plans and explaining the advan
tages that are certain to follow Its
adoption. Public sentiment In favor
of the plan Las been created until it
is doubtful If even Speaker Cannon's
veto, effective as it is In most matters,
can prevent early and favorablo' con
sideration of the measure by congress.
The advancement of the United
States to the position1 of eecond naval
power in the world has been ac-
oompllkhed within a few years, the
passing of France Germany and Italy
having been accomplished slace the
incident in Manila bay that May morn
ing in 1898, when Admiral Dewey
took tha decisive step that forced this
nation to become an active participant
In world politics. This nation then
stood fourth or fifth la naval strength.
Today it is. second only to the over
shadowing might of England, although
the margin by which it leads the. naval
forces of Germany and Franoe is not
large. The growth of the American
navy baa beou mot rapid than the ex
pansion of any other wea armament ex
cept that of the Drltlah.
President ' Roosevelt, always a
staunch eupporter of a large and ef
fective navy," baa asked congress to
very materially Increase its present
strength, and to adopt a plan of con
struction which will keep this nation
III at least second place in sea fighting
strength atnoug the powers of the
world. He is not content', a be ex
plains in bis message, to maintain the
prevent strength and efficiency of the
navy, which could be done by the con
struction of one new battleship each
year, but urges that at least four bat
tleships bo ordered by the prerVnt sua
sion of congress, and that at least
two mora be built each year until the
strength and size of tha navy will be
sufflclont'to meet the uew demands
that will be placed upon it by the
opening of the Panama canal and the
cssuniptlon by this nation or new re
sponsibilities .on the PatiOc. Sup
porting the prvsldent'a plan, Secre
tary of tha Navy Metcalt has asked
congress to appropriate 1 69,170,009
for the building program ef tha navy
for tha coming year. This Is practi
cally double the amount asked by Mr.
Bonaparte, then secretary of the navy,
in 1906, when the budget called for
f3X.000.OO0 tor construction pur
poses. The amount asked In 190S
was 188,000,000. ,
The Increase In the appropriation
asked by Secretary Metcalf Is due to
the demaud for additional supporters
tor the battleships, the construction of
which baa been' asked by the presi
dent. Mr. Metcalf requests money
tor tbs building of tour battleships ot
tbe big gun type, e.cb. coiUcg 1 9,5 09,
090; fonr stout cruisers, to cost
f 8,809,000 each; tan destroyers, feur
submarines and several coUiera and
auxiliary intna laying, repair and am
munition ships. This is the largest
building program ever offered to con
gress and anproxlmatee one-third tha
total cost of the entire United States
navy slace its systematic construction
began about twetity-tlva years ago.
The rscoumiendatioas ff the presi
ded atd the rtiiurbia bf tie vcrtlary
of the navy will furnish material for
tbe usual bested oicuriobs In con
gress at Its present eeestoa. Opposi
tion to the corjtrtictlon plan will
doubtlens be abundant and forceful,
while tbe advocates of tbe bigger navy
will enthusiastically support the ad
ministration plan. Public opinion, al
ways a factor In congressional action,
will sanction whatever measures are
deemed eeaeatlal to maintain the place
now won among tbe navies of tbe
world. The universal hope obtains
that tbe services ot a big nary never
may be seeded, but tbe national sen
timent la unquestionably In favor of
having a navy great and solid enough
to meet all responsibilities and emer
gencies that may arise while tbe world
is making Its alow progress toward tbe
goal of naval disarmament and uni
versal peace.
ABOTBttl CALL TOR FEBblOItt.
When tbe last congress passed a
bill providing pensions for every man
who served tbe union in tbe civil war,
and baa attained 00 years ot age, It
waa generally supposed that tbe end
of ' tbe nation's liberality In pension
matters bad been approached. It ap
pears that tills is not tha case. Meas
ures bare already been Introduced In
congress providing for a pension ot
$18 a month for all widows ot civil
war veterans and for an increase ot
pensions for veterans who have reached
the age of 76 from the present allow
ance ot f20 a month to $80 a month.
Estimates have been furnished to
show that the proposed increases in
the allowances to survivors would not
call for any additional appropriations,
as the death harvest among tbe vet
erans each year Is working a reduc
tion in the pension roll that will off
set any new requirement.
The present pension roll calls tor
the expenditure of $141,000,000 a
year, the largest ever paid by any na
tion in the world, in recognition ot
the services of the men who have
fought its battles. There bas never
been any disposition on the part of
congress or tbe people to check unduly
the desire to be liberal in pension
matters and tbe new measures will
doubtless be strongly supported. It
would seem, however, that a limit
should be soon reached In pension
appropriations.
MORE CinCCLATlOX FACTS.
Mr. Hitchcock, being out of town,
bia substitute editor, who is not well
posted on the history of the World
Herald's career before the police com
natation, city council and courts, takes
a handful of duet and throws it Into
the air, with the idea that it may blind
some ot tbe saloon keepers and other
advertisers.
For bis benefit, let ns enlighten
bim.
First He cannot prove that Tbe
Bee ever enjoined any board from in
vestigating circulation and from ad
vising the saloon keepers with regard
to the paper having the largest circu
lation. It is a fact that Tbe Bee pre
vented the World-Herald from com
bining Its morning and evening circu
lation In order to make a showing, be
cause tbe courts have decided that
morning and evening publications are
two separate newspapers.
We bring to bis attention one fact,
tbat at the time a circulation showing
waa made, before the city council, to
comply with the legal requirement
that a newspaper bidding for city ad
vertising must show a circulation In
Omaha exceeding 8,000, tbat the
World-Herald presented a list' ot less
than 6,300 aud asserted tbat this waa
but a part of lta list ot Omaha sub
scribers. It was proved before tbe city
council and the case was reviewed by
tha district court and is a matter of
court record tbat the World-Herald
not only presented tbe names of all its
subscribers, but that the lists, as pre
sented, wero falsely totaled and names
added, so that tbe total number of
bona fide names submitted did not ag
gregate the required 6,000 subscribers.
The verdict ot tbe court was that the
World-Herald, having less than 6,000
subscribers, although tbe lowest bid
der, was Ineligible to bid for the city
printing for this reason.
Last April the World-Herald filed a
protest on the ground of a violation
of the Slocumb law, in, tha case of
every saloon keeper in South Omaha
who did not advertise in the World
Herald. Ot course, the saloon keeper,
rather than take the chance of being
closed on account of bis having kept
open on Sunday, in violation of the
law, submitted to being held up, and
the World-Herald withdrew these pro
tests as soon' as the saloon keeper's
advertisement was placed in their pa
per. No paper, "with the largest cir
culation," need resort to questionable
methods. ,
One more fact, with regard to tbe
classified advertising patronage of the
World-Herald,- to which the unin
formed editor alludes: The record
shows that In Its classified advertising
the World-Herald for tbe last two
weeks lost 1,090 Uneg aa compared
with tbe aama weeks of 1991, while
Tbe Bee shows a gain ot 3,498 lines
of classified advertising tor tba same
period.
The Fir and Police commissioners
should not concern themselves as to
tbe possible effect of any "Immunity
bath" that might result from tba pro
posed Inquiry Into tba allegations of
tbe World-Herald. What the board
should do Is to get at tha facta, with
out regard to the feelings ot accuser
or accused. Something should be done
to stop the irresponslbles who have
scandalized Omaha before the world
, for so many years, by tbf'r persistent
and malicious repetition of cbargea
they bsve never ben able to substan
tiate when called npon to do so.
Tbe report of Auditor Eearle calls
attention to the condition that Indi
cates necessity for legislative action.
Under tba peculiar operation of laws
which make taxes due at one time and
begin tbe fiscal year of tbe sUte at
another time In tbe year, Nebraska Is
forced to the false position of doing
business six months oa credit. This
has resulted, according to the audi
tor's report. In an apparent Increase
of tbe floating debt of the ttate ot
mora tban $200,000. With taxea due
on tbe date ot tbe beginning of the
appropriation year, such a situation
would be avoided and tbe state would
be saved a considerable sum In the
way of Interest now paid on registered
warrants. This Is not an original dis
covery. Tbe matter bas been fre
quently called to the attention of tbe
law-makers and Just as frequently Ig
nored. Good business policy, bow
ever, requires that some action be
taken to remove this expensive dis
crepancy. Omaha's banks have made a state
ment encouraging that one wonders
why there was ever any talk ot bard
times or businees contraction. Every
indication is that of a sound and
healthy condition. Tbe deposits show
a large Increase, and the loans and dis
counts show a much smaller decrease
than , bad been anticipated. It bas
been said all along that tbe Omaha
banks were on a solid foundation, and
tbis showing merely confirms the state
ment. In response to the contemptible in
sinuation tbat it is the champion of
the "denlxenr of the under-world,"
The Bee need only refer to Its record
In tbe community. This charge would
hardly have been made if the substi
tute editor of the Senior Yellow bad
been In the community long enough to
be thoroughly conversant with the rec
ord of tbe double-ender. .
Missouri Pacific Attorney Orr bas
quoted the president in his effort to
evade the application of the Nebraska
law in the Missouri Pacific case. It
will require more Ingenuity than that
shown by Mr. Orr if -be is able to con
vince anybody thatthe prtldent In
tended to Interfere with the state
board In Its effort to secure the needed
sidetrack.
St Louis reports that Hearst's In
dependence league Is making over
tures for a fusion with the populists
In the next national ' campaign. A
fusion with Hearst Is all that la needed
to put the finishing touches on the
populists. , . ...
Colonel Wattersond eels res that
Kentucky Is one of tbe- most pros
perous states In the union. Tbe men
make their pocket money In that state
by serving as Jurors In .the . Caleb
Powers trials.
Congressman . Porter of New York
won bis election by .riding a cow
through bis district He bas been de
nied admission to the republican cau
cus and is now politically "on the
hog."
Omaha la taking such part In the
deep water convention at Washington
as is proper1 tor one ot the most im
portant commercial points on one ot
tbe most Important rivers la tbe world.
Senator Elklns wants the govern
ment to Issue $1,000,000,000 In green
backs. Why place tbat limit on the
Issue, when tbat muoh will be needed
for tbe Christmas shopping In OmabaT
Poat-Gradaate Coarse.
Philadelphia Ladf.
Among- the new members of congress 13
par cent are lawyers. Perhaps they hops
by making law to acquire a knowledge of 1L
Dlt ot Avar in Culor Left.
Bt. Lous Times. -ICven
If Senator Jiff Davis has burled
hla Rouievelt, lialcliet, ICs something, ef a
comfort to lovers of tbe picturesque tbat
Oovei-nor Vsrdaman still Is some distance
outside the reservation, ,
Ills Line) af Baalnraa.
Philadelphia Pr.aa
Bryan has more than one way to settle
tha money trouble. If bis solieina to have
tbe government cuaranty bank depoalts
doean't tuke ha will soon emit something
else. Emitting schamui Is easy with htm.
Tba Verdict of Poaterlty.
Wall Street Journal.
Tbe time will oome whan Rooaevnll's
mistakes and they are not a few will be
foiKotten, while tbe whole country will
cherlah the memory of his conatajnt devo
Hun to nigh Ideals in tha administration of
buatntas and politics.
Strlklaaj a. Hot Paw.
Bt. Louis Republic.
With 4. WO bills Introduced even before
the president's mesaag-e was read In the
piatrtct, of Columbia bedlam tha country
till refuses either to tear Its hair or to
show other symptoms In support of the
scientific opinion that erases of nearly all
kinds are aa catching aa smallpoa.
Aa Uncommon Spectacle.
Cincinnati Engineer. .
It bas been held In court that the consti
tution of the United Blatcs nullifies a cer
tain act af the North Dakota legislature.
There are aotua excellent Judges In tbe far
weat. They have not many of the frills
wbloh modern extremes have placed In the
courts of the east, but It requires a ru(
ged, old-faaMonad jurist to stand by the
constitution ,n these frivolous times.
Two aalari' Stat wee.
Philadelphia Record.
Tba admirers of the lata Maeaachueette
senator, Qeorge Friable Hoar, who have
contributed money for tbe erection of a
statue te his memory, now tbat tha statue
Is completed, are embarrassed aa te)
the selection of tha most flttU site far Its
erection. There la no town or city In the
state which does not covet tba honor.
How different hi tba situation in Pennsyl
vania, where tha statue of Senator Quay,
paid for out ot tha state fundi, like the
first devo sant out from tbe ark' by MoaJ,
LPnda BO welcoming resting plauai
norsD a sort jsrcw tork.
It I pp tea the Cam-at of Life la tbe
Metropolis.
One of the latest wonders cf New Tork
Is a soft drnk foundry, equipped with a
S30.OW soda fountain. It Is considered the
largest and costliest In the world, resplen
dent with onys columns, bronta figures,
Italian paintings and sllrer trimmings, the
whole forming a picture ao dassllng that
a tippler Imaglnea tbe foam In the glaaa
is solid gooda. The capacity of the foun
tain calls for a daily consumption of 1.00!)
pounds of tee. $49 pounds of sugar, thirty
pounds of chocolate, forty gallons of
crushed fruit, 730 lemons. 100 oranges, 1700
eggs. so quarts of milk. 240 quarts of
cream, eighty pounds of walnuts, twelve
gallons of cherries, too limes, sixty gallons
of fruit syrups, IV) gallons of lee cream
and IU gallons of plain soda. Tbe fountain
Is of orixy, pavanaxso marble and 8!I4
bronte, fifty feet long and Is supported by
twenty-eight columns of solid marble and
onyx six to eight Inches In diameter. The
columns are four to six feet tn height.
Three oil paintings ornament the back, the
center one showing a group of dancing
girls snd tbe other two portraying scenes
In an Italian garden. Other ornaments are
two bronse figures four and one-half feet
high on onyx pedestals. At the back are
heavily plated mirrors. The front of the
fountain la of pavanaxso marble of rare
and beautiful design, tbe edges being
brought together to form numerous fantas
tic figure. The pilasters on the front are
of Bras I Han onyx with solid bronso caps
and bases. The counter tops are of onyx
Joined to a four-inch hand rail, which
rests solidly against the counter and leaves
no aperture, for the possible spilling of
liquids.
The fountain Itself bas eight separate de
partments, where eight' dispensers will be
occupied at one time. The fifty syrup
wells are of porcelain and the plunger or
dink of the pump for each Is of solid silver,
so that no syrup somes In contact with
any base or corroding metal.
So many shoppers get lost In the big de
partment stores In New Tork that man
agers are seriously thinking of adding a
lost and found bureau for women. Of
course. It la usually tha out-of-town folk
who can't find the place they were to
meet In. One lost woman, a manager said
the other day, can make more commotion
tn a store, tban twenty lost children. In
one of the Sixth avenue stores a case of
this kind occurred the other day. The
woman was very young and it was her
first visit there. She and her husband had
arrived late the night before and early the
following morning they had started out to
gether. He left her at the ate re and went
downtown on business. They were to meet
In a certain rsrv'on of the store. The
young wife was re on. schedule time.
She waited snd waited. . Her husband did
not appear. She grew faint and was helped
to the watting room. When questioned she
could not remember tbe nsme of her hotel.
We bad a lively half hour of ' It." the
manager said afterward, "and were on the
point of calling in a physician, when her
husband came. Oh, yea, he was spotted at
once when he' reached tbe department
where he was to have met Ms wife, for
he was pretty nearly as .worried as she
was.' Two days ago," continued the man
ager, "a young bride tost her husband tn
the telephone booth. She became so hys
terical that we bad to send for a doctor.
Just as he arrived Mrs. Newlywed saw
her husband and made a bra line for him.
'Heavens!' exclaimed a woman, 'what a
tempest about nothing at all! I really be
gan to believe that tha man bad deserted
his wife and sha knew It"
"See that man ' across the' street 'with
tha valise," said ' a Central office ' de
tective quoted by the Bun. "Well, not
many years ago he was one of the most
notorious burglars In this city. He's living
a straight life now and, what's more, he's
making a good deal of money. He bas In
vented a lock that can't be picked, snd be
sens It by doing his own canvassing. Ha
can do better than anybody else with it,
for be oontends that moat of the other
locks can be picked and proves it by doing
the trick rltfht in the house where he's
showing bla gooda. Ue carries a full kit
of skeleton keys with Mm, and If It wasn't
tbat we know he's straight now he might
have been' picked up a dozen times on
suspicion Just on the strength of those
keys. His method of showing the looks is
always cenvlnclng."
Wall street on Sunday Is an odd place.
With the clicking of tickers drowned In
the clang ef the chirms of Trinity and with
the streets brokerless the week day pic
ture Is Indeed changed. At the head of
Wall street a quiet, somber-garbed stream
of persons Is entering ths splendid old place
of worship. In cuutrast a flock ot happy
youngsters fer the most part children ot
the Janitors and caretakers of the huge
buildings are sliding down the legs of the
statue of Oeorgs Washington In front of
tbe subtreasury. On the pavement other
youngsters, laughing, whistling and sing
ing, are rolling boops, roller skating, play
ing duck on the rock and "catch." The
curb market Is not In tholr way. The
tratllo policeman are taking a day off. In
front of several of the skyscrapers are
seated the Janitors, .their chairs tilted back
agalnut the buildings. The Janitors are
smoking their pipes. Sometimes their wives
may bo seen sitting in the hallway, knit
ting. It is the "home life" of Wall street
In some of the buildings a lawyer or busi
ness man may be seen at the window doing
rfome work he couldn't finish the day be
fore. It Is tbs only Incongruous bit In the
picture of peacefulneaa.
Juat as a matter of curiosity a woman
who lives across the street from a fortune,
teller countud the persons who called to
consult the sear tn one forenoon. The num
ber astonished her. In the afternoon she,
too, vlaltad ths woman.
"I shouldn't think," she remarked, "that
you would have such a brisk trade these
hard times. I should think that peeping
Into the future at yeur price per peep would
be a luxury that most people would cut
out."
"On the contrary," said the woman,
"trade Increases In bard times. When
everybody Is prosperous people are satis
fled and don't care especially to spend
money in finding out If there Is any 111 luck
eomlng, but when times are bard they will
spend their very last quarter to find out
If there Is anything better In sight."
J, C. Hammond, brad of the New York
Central railroad's publicity bureau, de
clares that the company had Just spent
j',Wi to protect the curious Individual who
pokes at the third rail with an umbrella.
It has become quite common for persons
walling st stations to poke at the live rail,
and It was only the fart that the handles
of tbelr umbrellas, were wood that saved
them. The rails have been carefully cov
ered all along ths line.
A unique and significant thing Is a cru
sade or reform movement for clean speech
tbat Just now Is making headway In New
York City. When, processions of aa many
as K.ouo men march tbs streets In a causa,
perhaps "headway" la not strops enough
to describe It Fifty thousand men are en
rolled tn the movement. All tbat they set
out for themselves aud ask for their fellow
men is clean peach. They agree not to In
dulge la profane swearing or foul language
ef any kind; la bile speech that easily
opens the way to such things. Here Is s
retorn that rch to the very roots sf eoa
4 ac; Ztii of character. ,
PECULIAR PROPERTIES
" , ' OF. fill MEDICINE
Cooper Preparation Attracts Widespread
Attention by Expelling Internal
Parasites.
Ths Interest created la leading cities
during the past year by young Mr. Cooper
with his new preparation. Is largely ac
counted for by a peculiar quality possessed
by this medicine, which he call bis New
Discovery.
Mr. Cooper believes that Internal para
sites, or tapeworms, are responsible for
much HI health, and tt Is an undoubtfed
fact that bis medicine has expelled Im
mense numbers of these, creatures In var
ious cities visited by him. The young man
also believes that stomach trouble Is the
main cause of all Ul health. He claims
that few can have poor health with a good
digestion. Us further claims that his New
Dtaoovery medicine does nothing but tons
up the stomach, yet It not only expels the
parasites, but relieves many ether ailments
not as a rule associated with stomsoh
trouble.
Little Jessie Btrdsall, daughter of Mrs.
Ida BlrdaalU living at tUS Carrol Avenue,
Chicago, Is among many relieved of a large
parasite by Mr. Cooper's preparation dur
ing his stay In that o!ty. In speaking of
the matter to Mr. Cooper, the mother said:
"My child Jessie, who Is fourteen years
old, bas been suffering with this trouble
for ever seven years. Until this morning
PERSOIfAt, NOTES.
An Atlantic City man was ordered by the
court to kiss his wlfs or go to JaiL He
decided to go' to Jail.
Premier Btolypin wtll please note that
our Rocky Mountain folk were the first to
call a banging a "necktie party."
These, racial differences will not down.
In a Chinese affair in Ban Francisco tt was
the man who was called a liar who fell
dead.
'Stuyvesant Fish, jr., has taken one more
step toward acquiring all the knowledge
possible of the practical running of rail
roads. He Is now a fireman on one ot the
locomotives of the Rock Island railroad.
Jams B. Hill of Atlanta, Oa, is tbe
first negro In tbe country to receive a
Carnegie hero medal. A check ot 1500 was
sent a reward for risking his life In
saving several people In danger from a
runaway team In Atlanta.
The swell social circle of Pittsburg 'baa
materially Increased Its reputation for
"easy money." A promise of securing for
ambitious women Introductions In court cir
cles m Europe brought the promlser lib
eral checks, -but an Incautious - remark
about one of hts'dupeo tripped htm Into
Jail. Giving a rood thing away la the
limit In Pittsburg.
It Is said that on January 1 a further
consolidation of the Alton and of the
Clover Leaf roads will take plaoe and thai
Theodore P. Shonts will succeed B. II.
Felton, president of the former company.
It Mr. bonts assumes ths presidency of
the Alton tt Is understood that )t. wUl.be.
without added compensation, as he now Is
receiving 125,000 as president of the Clover
Leaf,
TAX OT STOCK OAMHtlJfO,
One of the Meaas af Provoatlas;
' Panics la Patnre.
Kansas City Star.
The country expects congress to do ail
that It can to prevent the recurrence of
such monetary stringency ss that from
which the banks are now emerging. This
stringency wss caused by stock gambling,
ths activities of which made such a heavy
demand on money as to Induce the pay
ment of extraordinary rates for call loans,
the result being the withdrawal from legiti
mate business of millions of dollars to be
used In margin speculation. There Is only
one way tho government can interfere with
stock gambling and that is to tax It out
of existence, and that measure should be
adopted, as proposed In a Mil now being
prepared by Representative Hepburn, chair
man of the house committee on Interstate
commerce.
Buch prohibition would not interfere with
tbe legitimate market for stocks. Outright
purchases for investment could be made as
now, without restriction and without taxa
tion. And that Is the way stocks should
change handa The proposed taxation
would arply to gambling, and only to gam
bling. And isn't it about time that the
stack gamblers should be prevented from
Juggling corporation stocks and jeopardis
ing the financial stability of the country I
The whole system or lack of system of
regulating gambling in this country Is
about as loose and Inconsistent as It can
be. Laws are enacted to prevent card
gambling and race . betting, but gambling
on margins Is unrestricted. The statutes
In many states prevent ths operation of
so-called "bucket-shops," but by Immunity
make respectable and legitimate precieoty
the same kind of operations on regular
boards of trade. Of the two evils, that of
gambling In margins, whether In stocks,
grains or other things of fluctuating values,
is vastly more harmful than poker playing
or race track betting, for ths simple, reason
that It Is far mors widely spread and has
been given an atmosphere of semt-respecta-blllty.
Jt Is chsrgcd'that cotton gambling
alone costs this country tloaooo.OOO per
year. Btork transactions should be con
fined to buying and selling. Retting on tbe
movement of the market and that Is all
that marginal operations are should be ab
solutely prohibited.
Pins Vnnr 'iifoaipv in a'Piajiiri'
If tbe bouse burns down you can
collect tbe Insurance. You can't in
sure money. .
Nobody will steal tbe piano. Ydu
get dally returns by tha immediate
possession.
You save money in buying of
Hospe's.
You doupl your money buying
pianos now tor Zmas.
Every dollar yuu pay as first pay
ment on a new piano will be credited
as double pay, according to class.
Remember this utter makes yu a ash profit of 100 per ctni
; iA.;HOSPE O.V
1513 Douglas St. , "
' " OMAHA, 1MEO. : ;
we did not know wttat the troWM Was.
Fho was extremely nervous; the least httle
thing would onset her; her aongue'was
coated, and at times she would bars a
good appetite, then again could not bear
the sight of food; she wss restless at night,
bad a bad breath, especially When sh got
up of mornings. We trt4 everything to
relieve her, "but met wUh 00 suooeea . We
were Just on the point of giving up trying
anything also, when wo begin, to read of
Cooper's New Dtsoevery. Several days
ago wo purchased this ipodlolae. Jeasle
has been using It regularly, and this morn
ing this parasite left bar system. I Ion t
wander that she has always felt bad, and
nothing we would give her aeeuod te re
lievo ber. Now that she is relieved of; this
tapeworm X feel sure that aha will grow
better each day and enjoy perfect health.
Mr. Cooper, your medicine Is worth a
thousand times more than you charge for
It I know of a number of people troabled,
the same way as Jessie has bean, and I
certainly expect to toll them pereoSally
to try your tnedlolne."
We would advise anyone who bas been
troubled for some time with general poor
health, to try tbts groat medicine. We are
agent lor It In this city. Beaton Drug Co.
WHI TUB BRIDGE) "TELL.
Frtsaaurr Cwaso af ha Diaaets at
x tlneo.
- ' Philadelphia Enquirer.
There will be a. sigh ot relief ajl over tbe
country by 'reason of the substantial
proof that the Quebec bridge disaster' waa
the result of carelessness which might have
been avoided, which ought to have been
prevented. This seeming paradox lies la the
fact that at first It appeared as if the fault
lay In something outside ths ken of engi
neers, which made every large bridge In the
country seem potentially unsafe. That tha
engineering plans aa originally drawn wore
correct and that they war changed by an
aged and Infirm supei-rlaing engineer ap
parently are accepted as the fundamental
facts In the case. It was a man who was at
fault and not engineering principles.
Of course, this does not lessen the ter
rible aspects of the tragedy, but It does
show that the bridge can be rebalit and be
as safe as any other structure.' - It Was tbe
ghost of some unknown principle la me
chanics or physlco-cheroletry . that fright
ened engineers and made every traveler
tremble as he crossed ono of tbe mighty
structures which are dtsorvedly the. prtdo
ef engineering. Now that tb gbost la 4uld
there will be at least the satisfaction Of
knowing that It la not likely w shall have
another such architect . .-,
HIES TO A LAUGH.
"You look tired. remsrked a 'friend to
the pretty cloak model, who Waa showing
off the giorlee of the various germentav
"Yes." answered tbe latter weartlv. ','mluo
Is a wearing life." Baltimore American. '
Man at Lunoh Counter I'm. dieting, "by
Order of the doctor. Give me a sardine
sandwich on crackers. ......
Waiter Tea, sir. Soda or eyaterV-Chicago
Tribune.
"Mucker." snapped the beginner at golf,
"if you don't quit laughing at my game I'll
crack you over the head!"
"Oo'n." yelled the tough 1 kid. Til bet
yer wouldn't know what club tar do It wld."
Philadelphia Press. (
"Flossie!" exclaimed) Mrs. PeFashan,
"you don't mean to say you're beginning
to doubt the Bible?"
' ' W 1 1 " rn1lirl Ml,, TUP". ahn ...mln.
Ing the fit of her new fall gown with great
satisfaction, "Its certainly hard to behave.
Ma, that Kve was compelled to wear clothes
as a punishment." Ptitladuiphl Cntholla"
Standard. .
'"In what department of the university
is your son r
"He's
In the medical department Just
no
"Btudylng to b a doetorT"
"No. Convalescing after the last too i.
ball game." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Let me off," said the professor, "at Mln
ute street."
"Don't know of any such street on this
car line, sir," answered the conductor.
"I suppose you call It 'Sixty-second,' " re
joined the profeasur, "but what is tha dlf
fertile f" i
Whereby the professor made another llfe
long enemy. Chicago Tribune. - '
Rs-fLLCTKI) GLORY. ' K
1
Nashville American. ' ,
Somehow we like to touoh the edge
Of greatness ann to feel
That we're acquainted-with the chap . '
Who pulled on some big deal;
To tell our neighbors that we met
The man at noine resort
Who first imported elephants
Or something of that sert
It makes us feel Important quite '
And swelled in every way
To know when witnessing a pleos
The man who wrote the play:
If we have ever met the one 1
Who plays the title role . ,
A common person couldn't touch .
Us with a fishing pole, , '
.
When down a list of candidates -
We apy a friendly name,
A man who once lived next to
We feel the breath of fame; '
We think that is eurtlclent causa, J
Although his claJma are slim, (.
Why every pcraon that we know
Should cast a vote for bim. s
i.
When riding In a trolley cet ..
To know the motorroan
Is quite aufflclent In a way I
Our self-esteem to fan, .' , , v .
Ar If we have acquaintance with
The copper on the beat
The man who saw us would be sure "
Ws owned both sides thv street
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