THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ' FRIDAY, JANUARY 2i, 1908.
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. Oeorire B. Tssehuck, treasurer of The
Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn
aaya that the actual number of till "
complete copies of The Dally,
F.venlng and Sunday Be printed 'during
the month of December, MOT, waa aa fol-
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I 37,150
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Less unsold and returned copies. 8,804
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Daily average , 86,444
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WHB3T OUT OF
iMwribers leaving; the city tern
poravrlly ahoald have The Be
aaalled to (hens. Address will bo
Fuaa4 mm ftat aa raeetd.
The Nebraska lumber dealers will
now disperse and take to the tall 1 1 in
ner
i nrrc ui bt ii i uiner letters quite
a few of them. Why not print them
all?
Internal vaccination may be all
light, but how la it to be proved to the
satisfaction; of tfe teacher by showing
up tha scar? ' ' .
Tom Lawson,, says', the people de
serted him. Funny that the people
never realized it;
It mifeht b4 a good plan to hand
freedom to the CubanB in homeopathic
li:seg until they acquire the habit.
U Is gradually dawning; upon Sena
Kir Foraker that the Ohio voters have
broken themselves of responding to
alsft alarms.
A Chicago restaurant man has failed
with assets of $2,000 and liabilities of
$200,000. He is serving a hot roast
lo his creditors.
No man is safe if the example of the
Thaw trial is followed nd boyhood
pranks cited as proof of Insanity in
long after years.
George Ad has decided not to go
itito politics. He probably found the
political situation in Indiana funny
enough without him.
Every little bit helps. Evidence hatt
been Introduced to show that Harry
Taliw received a milliner's bllf the day
he shot Stanford White.
A Frenchman named Ular declares
that the American girl is "a goose, a
flirt and a hypocrite." There's an "1"
missing from that man's name.
"Where do all the silk hats go?"
asks a New York editor. Oh, to
church, to weddings, to funerals, to
prize fights and to directors' meetings.
' ' !!
Governor Johnson of Minnesota says
lie likes to hear Mr. Bryan talk. Bo
I here is at least one thing upon which
Governor Johnson and Mr. Bryan
agre.
An Omaha man credited with more
or less political ambition has just been
elected president of the Nebraska State
Horticultural society. Apples or
lemons?
Secretary Tart thinks the Cubans
will be able to govern themselves by
1909. Some other people will con
tinue to believe that they will be
nearer that condition by 1999.
This proposed law placing a tax on
international marriages Is unnecessary.
Every American heiress who marries a
titled foreigner is required to pay a
heavy export duty in advance.
After having observed the progress
and development of th Taft boom in
Ohio, Senator Foraker doubtless re
fusts to recognize any truth in the old
sayipg that large bodies move slowly.
Our amiable local democratic con
temporary has discovered already that
Taft is growing' weaker and Bryan
stronger, each within his own psrty.
It wishes it could mske itself believe It
The men who are preparing to escort
an anti-Bryan movement to th con
vention at Denver will not notice that
carload of snow which the committee
cq arrangements , is going to Bring
tiuwn from th jmountalns.
JVDOB PA RKE ft A!TT COLO SI I, BRTAl.
Th renewal of the Interchange of
courtesies between Colonel Brjsn of
Nebraska and Judge Alton B. Parker
of New Tork, after an armed neutral
ity extending over nearly four years.
makes interesf'ng reading. It also
has political significance in that it
shows the folly of all efforts to get the
conservative democrats of the east and
the radical Bryanltes of the west united
for this year's campaign.
In his address to the Kentucky log
Islature Colonel Bryan declared that
in 1904 "he took his medicine in
Parker, although Parker was the man
above all others that'he did not want
nominated." Judge Tarker retorts
that Bryan led leadlnarliemocrats to
believe, Just prior to the 1904 conven
tion, that Parker would be more ac
ceptable to him than any other demo
crat mentioned in com ectlpn with the
nomination at St. Louis and left the
Inference that he would support, with
his friends and followers, the ticket in
case of Parker's nomination. "It
would have been very much better,"
says Judge Parker, "if Bryan had said
in 190S, before the sentiment had
crystallized, as he saya now that
'Parker is the man above all others
that I do not want.' "
After New , York had endorsed
Parker Mr. Bryan made a speech at
Cooper Union hall, in which he de
nounced Parker as a straddler, un
worthy of trust and the tool of Bel
mont, Cleveland and others, who were
"tafflng the party back to Wall street."
After the St. Louis convention Colonel
Bryan published a statement in which
he said he was going to vote for
Parker, with a half-dosen different
reasons why he was doing so under
protest and for the sake of party reg
ularity. He declared that the party
was under control of the Wall street
element and that no good could come
of a democratic victory. In other
words, he explained why he, himself.
should rote for Parker, but gave co
gent reasonavwhy all other Bran dem
ocrats should not do so.
The most significant feature of the
controversy of 1904 was the promise
contained in this statement made by
Mr. Bryan at Lincoln on July 12, after
the convention:
As soon as the election la over I will,
with the help of those who. believe aa I
do, undertake to organise for the cam
paign of 1!H3, the object being to marshal
the friends of popular government within
the democratic' party to the support of a
radical and progressive policy to make the
democratic party an efficient means In the
hands of the people for securing relief
from the plutocratic element that controls
the republican party and, for the time be
ing, controls the democratic party. The
contest for economic and political reform
will begin again as aoon aa the polls close
and be continued until auccess Is achieved.
Colonel Bryan has kept that pledge,
which Implied a threat to, the forces
which dominated the St. Louis conven
tion He has absolute mastery of the
party organization and at Denver will
dictate its nominations and its plat
form. Judge Parker and other east
ern democrats who may desire to re
new or continue their activity in the
party ranks may do so, on Bryan's
terms. They will have no excuse for
being deceived this time as they think
they were in 1904.
I'RESIDKXT FOR . A DAY.
David Hire Atchison, In whose honor
the city of Atchlaon, Kan., waa named,
served one day aa president of the Vnlted
States in 1849. Tet his name (Joes not
appear on the roll of presidents. Ex
change.
The above Item is making its
quadrennial ro"od of the press. It
finds new publicity with the opening
of every presidential campaign, and its
appearance every 'four years is almost
as certain as the nomination of Bryan
for president. As, a matter of fact,.
David Rice Atchison was never presi
dent of the United States. The term
of President Polk expired at midnight
on March 3, 1849, and the term of
Zachary Taylor began at that hour.
As March 4 fell on Sunday that year,
President Taylor was not Inaugurated
until March 5. Mr. Atchison of Mis
souri was president pro tern of the
senate, Vice President Dallas having
died. Mr. Atchison was not president
of 'the United States even for that
Sunday. He took no oath of office as
such nor did he offer to take it. While
President Polk's term expired at mid
night on March 3, he was president ol
the United States until his successor
qualified on March 6. In the Interest
of historical accuracy, it is necessary
to spoil th little fiction about Mr.
Atchison having been president of the
United States for a day.
A RECORD BRBAKIXQ TRADE TEAR.
Final figures compiled by the fed
eral bureau of statistics furnish ample
reason for the nation's early recovery
from the effects of the financial dis
turbance that unsettled conditions
both at home and abroad in the early
fall months. According to the statis
tics the trad of the' nation for 1907
was the largest in history, th total of
imports and exports amounting to
$8,846,826,114. The exports aggre
gated $1,923,600,600. la no previous
year did the movements, in either ex
port or import trado, nearly approach
the 1907 record. The exports were
almost equally divided between manu
factured goods and agricultural prod
ucts. The- Immediate effect of the financial
troubles apparently did not Influence
the trade results much. The exports
for December were the largest in history-
for any on month and .were prob
ably augmented by the desire of man
ufacturers and exporters to hasten for
eign shipments xln order to secure
funds for the relief of. the strained
financial situation at home. For the
same reason the imports declined for
th month, so that the total trade was
probably not far from what it would
hive been had financial conditions
been normal. The balance of trade for
the month of December alone was
nearly $160,000,000 in favor of the
United States. The country imported
less gold for the year than It did in
1906. notwithstanding the unusual de
mand for the yellow metal In Novem
ber and December.
As an indication of the important
part played by the farmer in the na
tion's foreign trade it may be stated
that the exports of agricultural
products for the year amounted to
$967,338,947, anjncrease of $65,000,
000 over the record of 1908. This is
the largest figure on such exports ever
reached in the history of the Unjted
States. Agricultural commodities val
ued at over $3,000,000 were shipped
from American ports every day of the
year 1907.
POWER IF A GOOD EXAMPLE.
Addressing 'the Harvard graduates
at their banquet table, Superintendent
Davidson, endeavoring tq answer the
question, "How can Harvard be
brought in closer touch with the pub
lic schools of Omaha?" cited the
scholarship -founded by the late Ed
ward Rosewater to provide for the ed
ucation of the deserving son of some
mechanic In an Institute of technology,
and said that it should serve as an ex
ample for the foundation of similar
scholarships In other universities and
colleges open to graduates of our high
school.
While on the subject Mr. Davidson
emphasized the great good which the
Edward Rosewater Scholarship of
Technology is doing and is bound to
do for all time and expressed the hope
that before Ions; many high school
graduates, both boys and girls, would
annually go to college to complete
their education as a result of some
public-spirited gifts or bequests. To
bring the good example more directly
In point, he suggested the eminent pro
priety of a Harvard club scholarship
to maintain a graduate of the Omaha
High school at Harvard university.
Omaha is a comparatively new city,
with few traditions and little accumu
lated wealth, but as the community
grows older and lays more emphasis
upon culture and deep-grounded edu
cation the means should be provided
by which our public schools may be
made to send forth its shoots into all
the great university centers and later
receive them back to leaVen the whole
population.
If the example set by the Edward
Rosewater Scholarship of Technology
will help bring this about sooner, it
will accomplish the two-fold- purpose
of its founder.
Previous to his retirement from the
cabinet, former Secretary of the Treas
ury Leslie M. Shaw was at one time
seriously considering connection with a
large financial institution In Omaha
which held out additional Inducements
to him by being so close to his old
home in Denlson. If the location of Mr.
Shaw In Omaha should yet be brought
about the acquisition of such a strong
man to our business community would
be a matter of solid congratulation
"Who is the biggest liar in the
United States?" asks the New York
Sun. Most folks are committed on
that proposition, but a good many will
vote their second choice for the Sun
man who has been1 writing those
stories about war being Inevitable and
imminent tetween the United States
and Japan.
Colonel Bryan says "It does not yw
He In the mouth of the republican
party to .deny responsibility" for the
panic "arter all these years of brag."
A few weeks ago he said, "Don't blame
the sheriff, blame the horse thief." A
political campaign is plainly getting
closer.
The democratic candidate forx president
In 19j8 will be nominated by democrat
who have remained loyal to democratic
principles as enunciated In democratic plat
forms The Commoner.
As that apparently narrows it down
to one man, why hesitate about speak
ing his name right out in meeting?
The Japanese fleet is anchored in
home waters. Richmond Pearson
Hobson evidently did not share the
mikado's confidence when he declared
that the Jap fleet, waa to attack San
Francisco before the American fleet
could get around the horn.
A test case has been started in the
federal courts at Washington to deter
mine what constitutes whisky under
the pure food law. We have had Judges
on the bench hereabouts who would
have stretched a point to get Jurisdic
tion of such a case.
Senator "Jeff" Davis has declined
an offer of $3,000 a month to appear
in vaudeville. The senator doubtless
counts on getting a better offer after
he has a little more preliminary ex
perience in the senate.
A good government league Is being
organized In South Omaha, from which
all politicians and officeholders are to
be barred. The membership commit
tee is surely up against a hard proposi
tion. Put mm.4 Oa.
Baltimore American.
With confidence reatored buainesa witj
now take a freh start and prosperity will
soon return.
Isa't Tkla Preaamataiata f
Indianapolis News.
Si ill . it Is not surprising that membvra of
the American Bankers' association should
fiel that they know quite aa much about
the needs of currency reform a do the
men.btr
more.
of rongrtsa, and even a liitlo
bits or tvAsm.iaToif Line.
Seeeter Barkett'e "Star Tvrlekea as
Me Steeps."
Senator Klmer Jaoob Burkett of Ne
braaka la aketchsd In an Imposing attltudo
by the artist-correspondent of the New
Tork Telegram. With palma uplifted and
yea searching the blue dome, he la de
pleted murmuring smilingly, "Com Down.
My Evening Star." The provocation for
thla melodious pose Is explained by the
correspondent In this wsy:
Senator Burkett la probably the last ris
ing young western repuhllcsn for whom
the late Mark Itanna predicted presidential
honors and ever since his gise has been
turned upward toward that particular star
In the political senlth which la supposed
to lead to the chief cfalr In the White
House. I
He was found after a long search In a
committee room of the capltol building.
He was rather lastly leaning against a
radiator, Juat aa on cold mornlnga fifteen
years ago he used to lean against the
radiators In the class rooms of the Ne
braska university law school. He wore a
western frock coat and his eyes frequently
were cast upward aa though he might at
aSy minute be expecting a ray of the pre
Idential atar to filter down through the
light of day.
i saw Dim first, and. bealdes. he had a
would-be postmaster to place. So he sub
mitted.
"I don't like Interviews," he said, aa 1
approacnea. I reminded him that was a
phase new to the Nebraska politician, but
he parried by replying, "I am a public
servant, not a politician." He seemed to
forget that Mark Hanna had said he waa
bom to be the latter. I mentioned that
fact, whereupon he looked far over my
head with a aort of star-away gase.
Are you" 1 began, but he broke In
at oncer saying, "I am In the hands of my
friends."
I saw I had begun on a wrong tack, so
hastened to ask:
"Who la your choice for president?"
"My atate has declared for Tart," was
the answer, but the aenator amlled In a
guilty sort of way when I glanced at hie
rather slender figure and wondered how
he ever could hope to catch even a amgle
ray of the atar"e light as a running mate
to the rotund secretary of war. '
"But you were very 'agile and active on
your feet In your college days," I com
mented. "Political sidestepping has kept In
form." he replied, hopefully. Then he
seemed to realise the gravity of the situ
ation.
"You know," he exclaimed. "I have been
nd, with due modesty, might say I am,
being talked of aa a vice presidential pos
sibility. But I am hampered, terribly
hampered, by tradition. Just look at all
the ' Nebraskans who have been similarly
talked of. There waa Benator John M.
Thurston and Senator Manderaon and the
late Edward Rosewater well, and many
more. The talk never seemed to be more
than a whisper by the time it got outside
newspaper offices. What can I do?"
"It pays to advertise," I said, and made
a mental note to send him a rate card.
"From 'Plow Boy to President' how does
that sound?"
"S-s-h! Not so loud." he exclaimed.
"That won't do In Nebraska any more.
"Then there la another thing,'' he went
on. Tou easterners don't realize what a
power Nebraska has come to be, Tou don't
appreciate It."
"But how about your vice presidential
hopes?" I interrupted, and emphasized the
word that In this Instance meant - second
place. "Was, thereover, a 'plow boy' can
didate whose hopes aoared no higher than
that? Is lt,not true that your friends are
planning to spring you on the Chicago
convention as a western dark horse, and
thus force, as did Bryan's golden cross,
the public gaze to again turn westward?"
Surprised by my boldness I waited
silently for an arurwer, but none came.
Glancing up I saw the aenator standing
motionless before me, his face turned up
ward, hie eyea seeking the rays of the
star, and grim determination showing In
his cleft chin. I sttl waited for an an
swer, but
I must have leaned too far back la my
chair for Just then I bumped my head and
woke up.
Routs on Bryan.
' Wall Street Journal.
The following are aeveral choice aentencea
from the speech of Senator Davis of Ar
kansas In COoper Union Thursday night:
"The old ship of state is on the verge of
alnklng."
"There are fifty-one magnates in this
country who own over 1-36 of the wealth In
the country. How did these men get such
vast fortunes? By robbery and thievery."
"A trust Is a combination of crooks." v
"Down in my atate you could not convict
a nigger crap-ahooter on the testimony of
an editor." '
"I can't believe that any man ever made
11,000,000 honeatly."
And then this: : "William J. Bryan is the
greatest man this country haa ever pro
duced." And yet Mr. Bryan la an editor and Is
rapidly getting rich.
How Boslnea Humps Along.
Philadelphia Record ,
The country haa not time to shut up
shop and complain of hard times for
more than a few weeks It has too much
to do. The staple exports last month
breadstuffs, provisions, cattle, cotton
and refined mineral oHl surpassed all
records and ran nearly $16,000,000 Above
the flgurea foryDecember. 1906. Wheat
exports were' worth mote than three
times as much as In Decern! r of the
year before. Cotton showed a gain of
14. 600,000. The relation between our
trad and agriculture la extremely clime;
the prosperity of the last decade is
primarily agricultural, and last hruson's
crops will make business good at least
until the next harveata.
Another Long; Hani In Prospect.
Philadelphia Reconl.
John D. Rockefeller's corporation has not
yet paid th fine of 129.000,000, and yet pro
ceedings have begun looking toward the im
position of further flnea of 1SO.OHO.OX. The
Department of Juatice haa a little list of
4.000 cases of rebating charged against the
Standard Oil. and in Judge Land is' court
rebating coata $20,000 per rebate. Therefore
at the current Chicago price the flnea
would aggregate $), 000,000. Thla and the
fine already aaaeased aggregate a good
bit more than the entire capital stock, but
not-be It noticed more than the assets of
the company.
Pr 8 table Learning;.
St. Ixuis Globe-Democrat.
Last year the people of th United States
spent S316.0O0,0iXl for electrical manufactures,
yet many men still In active business re
member the time when uome simple Instru
ments In college laboratories, without prac
tical utility, covered the whole field of
electrical knowledge. This world Is un
able to define electricity, but has learned
mugs ab6ut what may be done with It.
t Dlatorbinar n Dream.
Baltimore American.
The peace sentiment and international
brotherly harmony which waa to enwrsp
th world after th peace conference haa
received another rude jolt by a hurry oVdar
of China to Pari for quick-firing gun.
So exit high Ideal when enter human
nature that la thoroughly mad.
PARKER REPLIES TO BRIAN
Interesting: Sidelight on Campaign of
Four Yean Ago.
ITEBRASXAN TO SUPPORT JUDGE
Nomination Wonld t Have Been
Made Had It Not Been Vnder
atood Bryan Wonld Not
Oppose Him.
A I, BANT. N. Y.. Jan. JJ.-Ex-Chief
Justice Alton B. Parker of the court of
appeals, who was democratic candidate In
1504 for president of the United Stales, was
in Airinny today In attendance upon the
court. Ills attention was called to an ex
tract from the speech of William J. Brysn
before the democratic members of the Ken
tucky legislature yesterday, In which Mr.
Bryan Was quoted as saying that In lf04 he
"took his medicine In Parker. Parker was
the man above all others I did not want."
"What a pity." said Judge Parker, "that
Mr. Brvan fallnH in Ka nnnaltv frftnV In
IMS. Had he done bo the situation of the
party could be vastly better than It la.
There were but few democrats In that year
who thought. It wise to have a third term
candidate. But every man of senae knew
that unlesa a man could be found who
would receive Mr. Bryan support his
warm personal following would seek re
venge for the defeats of 1896 and 1900.
"So statesmen, politicians and Interested
citizens aourht dill
that he would aupport. To some at least he
said ne would bolt ex-President Cleveland,
Governor Hill, Benator Gorman and Judge
Gray, but that It would be hard to oppose
Parker, as Parker had aupported him.
"Thia attitude Induced the Impression
among many that my nomination would be
aa acceptable to Mr. Bryan aa any except
Ills own. That Impression led to pressure
Upon me from many quarters to change my
Plana for life. And II rnnlrlhul In nn
small measure to the movement which led
to the control of the convention.-
"Subsequent events showed tht Mr
Bryan had not been entirely open with
inose wno had consulted him. For when,
to his surprise, delegates began to be
elected favorable to mv nomination when
Indeed the tide had grown too strong to be
breasted, he started out on his famous tour
of denunciation. The dragon's teeth which
he then sowed yielded an abundant hnrve.t
aye, all that he could wish.
"But It would have been verv much hot.
ter for the party had he said In mm hw.
sentiment had crystallized, as he says now:
marker Is the man above all others that
I do not want.' "
Bryan nt Nnahrllle.
NASHVILLE, Tenn.. Jan. 23. W J.
Bryan rounded out a very busy day In
Nashville with an address before a mon
ster audience at Rmsn Auditorium last
night. He was accompanied by Hon. Jud-
son Harmon, wlu also spoke briefly to
night.
Mr. Bryan in his speech tonight took
occasion to say that the idea that pros-
penty was an Inevitable result of repub
lican ascendancy and administration had
boen rudely exploded In the last few months
nd contrasted the ridicule heaped upon
hla advocacy of the silver dollar with the
prayerful anxiety with which capitalists
had so recently grabbed for clearing house
certiflcatea. He I scored Imperialism, the
cost of It and the wrong of It. His history
of legislation against trusts and the prose
cutions that have been undertaken met
with hearty applause. He did not blame
President Roosevelt for the .panic, but
scored the taws and their executors who
would compel the people "to stand and
shiver every time a Wall street gambler
got cold."
The main Idea of his speech was that the
democrats everywhere ar united, while
the republicans are divided, so that' the
railroad regulators, the tariff reformers,
the advocators, of arbitration between cap
ital and labor and the "trust busters" are.
he said, In an overwhelming majority.
He praised the new constitution of Okla
homa, particularly the safeguarding of
bank depositors. He predicted that this
feature Is going to be Imitated by Kansaa,
Illinois and other states as soon as action
may be had. He said this was the only
redeeming feature of the Fowler currency
bill in congress.
. broueap la tor Cannon.
CHICAGO, Jan. 23. "Uncle Joe Cannon
can, In my Judgment, safely and confi
dently be given the place at the wheel,"
said Judgo Peter S. Grosscup of the United
Statea circuit court, speaking tonight at
the banquet of the llllnola Lawyers' associ
ation.
"As a progressive among progressives,"
said the Judge, "one whose ideal is that
the corporation may be so reconstructed
and through It, as a trustworthy Institu
tion, the property of America, incorporated
as well as unincorporated, will eventually
become the property of the people of Amer
ica. NI wish to see the next president of
the United States a man not wholly an
Idealist, a man not wholly a practical man,
but a man who, animated by the nation's
best Ideals, will set out to reach them on
practical lines will travel onward by roada
that are laid on solid earth. Ahead of
thla generation of Americans Ilea a work
that In time will constitute one of the
greatest trlumpha of our history. But to
successfully accomplish it, we must ' be
safely piloted past tha dangers of panic
and business depression on the one hand,
and the dahgersof a greed and selfishness
that wlahes to remain unmolested on the
other."
orth Dakota I for Taft.
ST. PAUL, Minn.. Jan. 23. A special to
the Pioneer-Press from Fargo, N. D., says
that the republican state "ommittee of
North Dakota today selected Mlnot aa the
place and May 14 as the date for the atate
convention to elect delegatea to the repub
lican national convention. The committee
declared In favor of the nomination of
Se-retary" Taft.
Bryan to Address Oblo Nolens.
COLUMBUS. O., Jan. 23.-The house this
afternoon adopted a Joint resolution Invit
ing William J. Bryan to address the gen
eral assembly on February 19 on the gen
eral aubject of guaranteeing bank deposita
as provided in seversl bills Introduced at
the present session. It Is expected the
senate will concur in the resolution.
SHELDON AT CONFERENCE
Governor Will Preside at Sunday
desslon of Charities and
Correction Sleeting.
Ixx-al committers, making arrangementa
for the eh venlh annual session of the Ne
braska Conference of Charities and Cor
rections held their final meeting Thuraday
morning in the rooms of the Commercial
cTuu. Reports of the various committees
were received and Vice President B. P.
Morris announced that everything was
ready for the conference.
Headquarters will he opened at the Rome
hotel Bnfurday. and the first meeting will
be held Sunday afternoon at the hirst
Methodist church, when Oovernor Sheldon
will preside. Mrs. Pa rah S. Piatt Decker,
president of the National Federation of
Women's Clubs, will addresa this meeting
on the aubject, "Civil Service, or the Merit
Rystem In State Institutions."
The Monday morning seaslon will be
held at the Rome hotel, when the commit
tees will be appointed und lh d.-ltrfates
eurclicU.
r
We Know How
Please learn what a difference there
in baked beans,
is
First the beans. We pay $2.10 per bushel for ours, to
get the choicest Michigan beans. Some sell for 30 cents.
We get only the whitest, the plumpest, the fullest-grown.
Then the tomato sauce. We could bujf sauce ready made
for exactly one-fifth what ours costs to make.
But we use only vine-ripened tomatoes. f
We have pent 47 years in learning
how best to prepare these beans
We cook in live steam, so the beans are not browned,
not broken. They are baked until mealy, yet they are nutty
Our ovens are heated to 245 degrees, so the fibre it
broken down, and the beans are digestible.
The beans, the tomato sauce and the pork are all baked
together. Thus we get our delicious blend.
Van Camp's
baked with
Compare them with home-cooked beans.
Home beans are Jieavy and hard to digest, because yott
lack the facilities to apply the needed heat.
Some are baked to a crisp; some are less than half .
baked. v
And if you ever compare Van Camp's with other brands
you will see why we advertise. '
Beans are 84 per
They
are Natures choicest food
Beans form one of the cheapest foods, compared with
their food value. And one of the very best.
Then why not serve the best beans, so that your people
will want them more frequently ?
And why not carry a dozen cans In the house ? Then yon
have a hearty, delicious meal always ready.
10, 15 and 20f per can.
Van Camp Packing Company, Indianapolis, Ind.
PKRSOAI, SOTES.
Carrie Nation says that aha expects to
meet the brewers In the hereafter. Not
If the brewers see her first.
Mark Twain says that a receivership coats
more than a harem. This, there is reason
to-believe, belongs to the category of here
say testimony..
Justice Orceibaura of the New York su
preme court says that woman's bad cook
ing drives man to drink. Of course It
doesn't, but this excuse Is as good as any
other. ,
An employe In -one of the government de
partments at Washington was sent to the
Insane hospital one day last week because,
he had asked fox an Increase in salary.
On examination he proved to be otherwise
perfectly sane.
The Maryland farm house where Edwin
Booth and his brothers lived for some time,
near Bellar, Md., Is now ue4.-s a sum
mer boarding house. The place is reached
by a narrow-gauge railroad that runs from
Baltimore to Yofk, Pa.-
Captain Roald Amundsen, the discoverer
of the Northwest passage, announced on
Sunday that he would head an expedition
which will start In 1910 for the north pole.
He will start on this trip from San Fran
cisco and wtV-go through the Behring strait.
Jason Brown, the only surviving son of
famous John Brown, and who was with
his father at Ossawatomle, celebrated his
85th birthday at Ms home near Akron, O..
on Sunday. At tre home he has many
relics of the early days in Kansas and of
Harper's Ferry.
MONTK CAHLO OlTCLASKD.
Gambling; Operations of the New
York Stock Kirhingr,
New York World,
Nowhere on the earth does another such
gambling institution exist as finds shelter
In the New York Stock exchange an un
incorporated, Irresponsible Institution. Ac
cording to the statistics carefully complied
by James Creelman In Pearson's Magazine,
there were sold In 12o6 on the Stock ex
change 1S6.418.9U shares of stock of the
par value of US.OUO.OOO.OOO, besides iMS.OuO
thousand-dollar bonds; on tha Consolidated
exchange 13.000,76O shures of stock, besides
:i,69,178 sharea of mining Block and 1H3.
8M.(M) bushels of wheat. . This does not In
clude curb Bales. These gambling transac
tions amount to over 30,0W, 000, CuO four
times the value of the products of, all the
farms of the Cnlted States, half the valuo
of all the land and buildings, one-third the
census valuation of all the wealth of every
kind in the country.
Last year there were sold on the Stock
exchange i3,3&9,710 shares of Reading, fif
teen times the total amount of Reading
Btock in existence. Of the I'nlon Pacific,
Harrtman's road, there were sold 34,751,00
Bhares, twenty times as .much a.i existed. I
Ninty-nine and one-half per cent of these
transactions, according to Thomas W. Law
son, are nothing except bets that the price
goes up or down. They are as much gam
bling as belting on a homo rtico or on the
card that coraes out of the faro-box or on
the odd-or-rven (all of the dice.
The Best Bitter Liqucup
f
IS (1 MWm$
Ondrbefq
and what makes it
pork and bean
tomato sauce
cent nutriment.'
"MIL1.XU REMARKS.
"Has your employer any degree of
perspicacity?"
"Ho lias some ijueer kind of fits, hut I
dunno what the doctor calls It." Balti
more American.
i
"That1 forward Miss Flip openly advo
cates kissing games. Hasn't she nerve?"
"Well, em-ourHglng osculation Is a thing
which docs require check." Baltimore
American.
'Atlanta Majah Colonel Okorn Is s dis
cerning epicure and bon vivant, I under
stand? Atlanta Oeneral Yes. suit. He's the kost
judge of lemonade In the city, auli! Cleve
land Leader.,
Mrs. I'psome So you took a tour through
Switzerland, did you? What did you think
of the MatterhurnT
Mr. Pneurich q'o-'teH you the truth, I
didn't try it. I don't think much of these
foreign beverages, any how. Chicago Tri
bune. "You wrong me," said Plodding Pete,
"when you say I ain't willing to work.
I'm Jes' dyln' to work."
"Then what's the trouble?"
"I'm too conscientious. Whenever I get
a job I'm so anxious to fill It well dal I
gits stage fright." Washington Star. 1
"My friends," said the campaign orator,
"beware of the unscrupulous heeler. (Ap
plause.) "There are men so lost to shame that they
Willi offer you a dollar for your vote.
(Hisses. I Do not listen to them. Bpurn
them. Be on your dlunlty. Demand more."
(Continued applause,) Philadelphia Ledger.
"You see that swarthy, undersized man
talking to I lie hostess? He's the celebrated
foreigner, (leneral Kalllxiwlx, who vivited
the I'nltod States several years ago."
"What Is he celebrated for?"
"Why, when he went back home he didn't
write a hook about America, roasting the
country and making fun of the people that
hud entertained hira." Chicago Tribune.
1 HOMUt OF KOB12KT Bl'RXS.
(Born January 26, 1769.)
While winds blaw keen as tho' across a
lake.
And snow descends In many a glittering
nana.
Or on the wheel the graceful skaters glide
In safety, on the river's frozon tide;
The cheerful slelghbells tinkle in tha street.
Blythe winter's come again, and here we
meet,
Not only to evince that we revere
A memory to Scotland ever dear;
Not only hall with heartfelt due regard
The natal morn of mankind's matchless
bard;
Vaunt the sweet lyrics that his genius gave.
And leave a chaplet on his honored grave;-
But we are met. a joyous, friendly hand.
To take each other warmly by the hand.
Throw trouble to the winds, discharge dull
care.
Imagine that we breathe our native air,
Wander our native glens and hills among.
Catch the sweet accents of our mountain
tongue,
Pay duteous homage at our poet's shrine.
Drink deeply at the well of "auld lang syn,''
Till fancy makes um think that we in trulll
Revisit Bootlaml and renew our youth.
Dear land In which I drew my earliest
breath
If aught subdue my love for the but death.
If change of clime or fortune should effac
Thine Imuge. from my memory' foremost
place,
If anything that wealth or fame Imparts
Should e'er displace thee from my heart
of hearts.
Then Im my palsied tongue forever still!
Then let my sliung right hand forget Its
skill!
Mother and Scotland side by side I set;
May (lod foiget me when 1 these forgetl
R. aV
Has Increased In favor with connoisseurs everywhere,
since 1846, and surpasses any other Sitters In piquancy
of flavor, and tonic qualities.'elleves fatigue, stim
ulateithe palate and insures digestion. Excellent for
the busy man at any hour, and for the whole family.
Enfoyable as a Cocktail
and Better for Yoa
The " food ' habit, is a pony of " Underoerf "
befoig and after meals. Should be In every well
ordered home for both old and young.
Over 7,000.000 bottl.s Imported to Ik United Slat
At mJt ,. Cit md M4HjMrilt. w v tin till ml H?tn MtrtmrniUM
Aimttr L MOUHkki.. bUtln.
mil mat, m, B. laSwtarf AUtnakt, Bkalatora, Oarmaa,
lUTTIM II0TIEES, M4 WiUiasj Street, New Turk, Set Age!.
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