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TITE OMAHA DAILY flEE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14. 1903.
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WHE5 OUT OF TOWN.
ahserlbers leaving; th city ttra.
porarlly shoald have Th Be
walled t tkem. Address will b
ckauged as often as rcastd.
Democratic sympathy for Senator
Foraker will soon reach a fever heat.
The congressional Investigation is
showing pretty clearly that Public
Printer Stilling! 1b a wrong font.
New York and Chicago balloon clubs
have a row on. Those towns are al
ways up In the air over something.
Senator Foraker discovers that when
he thought he was running for the
presidency he -"waa merely ' marking
time. -. -" -
1 is. said that C. W, Morse never
allows financial matters to worry him.
Certainly not. His creditors are do
ing the worrying.
Senator Knox Is going to take his
presidential boom into Michigan this
week. He will not have to pay for
any excess baggage.
That vaccination order may be
harmless for the children, but it seems
to carry with It serious complications
for some of the parents.
Senator Foraker now claims that he
was defeated by political sharp prac
tice. Even in defeat the senator re
tains his sense of humor.
"Japanese Diet increases the taxes,"
says a Tokio cable. The Japanese
ought to eat more modestly until they
recover from the effects of the war.
Those Pennsylvania coptractors who
paid such fancy prices for furnishings
for the state capltol are now ready to
pay fancy prices for a little whitewash.
Speaker Cannon says that he never
swore in his life and he Is probably
ready to declare that any man who
says be has is a blankety blanked liar.
The Pullman company proposes to
give Its porters a tip once every year.
The traveling public, in the meantime,
will be expected to tip them every day.
Omaha is after conventions for next
year. Omaha has all the facilities for
taking care of big conventions and It
can get them if it will only go after
them right.
Tremendous protest is made be
cause the president appoints political
friends to office. Would hs be ex
pected to keep federal places for his
political enemies?
A man in a Michigan prison is said
to have eaten three electric light bulbs
In an effort to commit suicide. Shows
the folly of trying to kill yourself by
a light meal.
Mr. Bryan has already put on steam
enough to deliver seven speeches in
one day. At this rate he will have to
ba In continuous eruption as soon as
he is nominated at Denver.
Leslie M. Shaw is said to have made
$111,000 In his one year In Wall street.
It is not surprising that he made? it,
but there will be wonder that Wall
street allowed him to get away with it.
The temporary truce 'declared be
tween the Pahlmanltes and the Jack
ontans makes our only democratic
congressman breathe easier at this
welcome relief from Imminent danger
of being caught between the two firing
lines.
DEMOCRATS ALL AT SKA.
It the democrats succeed In their
convention at Denver and through the
campaign platforms and textbooks in
framing a declaration of principles
that may be offered to the voters of
the nation, with room for dispute be
tween them and the "Roosevelt poli
cies," the credit will have to go to
John Sharp Williams, minority leader
In the house. Mr. Bryan and other
eminent democrats have been so busy
approving Mr. Roosevelt's acts and
recommendations that there was a
growing danger that the convention
at Denver would have to endorse prac
tically a republican platform, modeled
after lines indicated by the president.
This sentiment has become so pro
nounced among democrats that Con
gressman Henry of Texas, one of the
ablest members of the house minority,
said in a speech the other day:
The president has sent to. congress cer
tain principles for which the democrats
have always contended and still contend.
I believe the democrats Bhould get together
and Indorse those recommendations by cau
cus action and then tender them to the re
publicans. "Here," we would say to the
republicans, "are the things that we have
long atood for, and for which some of you
stand. Your president sftys they ought to
be enacted and we offer you the united
democratic vote." We will move to sus
pend the rules and they can be passed in
thirty minutes. It Is not only good politics,
but It Is right.
Mr. Henry's suggestion was met
with applause among the democrats,
but John Sharp Williams, realizing the
political danger to his party, rushed
to the rescue and protested against the
acceptance of Theodore Roosevelt's
latest message as a democratic docu
ment. He declared that it "contained
things sensationally federalists and
dangerous to the public," and that
many of Mr. Roosevelt's utterances
violated the cardinal principles of
democracy. He criticised the presi
dent's position on the punishment of
men connected with law-violating cor
porations. He charged the president
with insincerity on the labor question
and censured him for failing to rec
ommend tariff revision. He opposed
the financial legislation urged by re
publican leaders. He insisted that
democrats were pledged to tariff re
vision, election of United States sena
tors by popular vote, to an income and
Inheritance tax and to many policies
directly antagonistic to views held by
Mr. Roosevelt.
Perhaps the most significant feature
of the incident is the fact that the
democrats who had applauded Con
gressman Henry's suggestion that the
party in congress should meet in cau
cus and Indorse the president's mes
sage were loudest and most emphatic
In 'their huwahB when Mr. Williams
pointed out to them why It would, bo
impossible for the democrats to take
Mr, RooaeveK Into their fold. It
served, to illustrate the woeful absence
of, a" fixed program and' lacit 'of a o es
tablished code -of principles affecting
the democratic party . In playing its
part in the national politics of the day.
sample or petty a baft.
The decision of the secretaries to
members of congress to form . an or
ganization for the purpose of protect
ing themselves from their employers
calls attention to a system of petty
grafting in effect in Washington for
years. Under the law each member of
the house is allowed $125 a month to
pay for the services of a secretary. The
salary does not go to the secretary di
rect, but is drawn by the member, who
signs a voucher in which he testifies
that ha has paid out that amount for
clerical help. The secretaries com
plain that in many instances they are
compelled to work for $75 a month
or less, while the money intended for
them goes to the members. In other
cases members either keep the entire
allowance themselves or give it to
members of their family. The secre
taries take the apparently logical posi
tion that congress intends to furnish
its members with clerks or secretaries
and that the money should be paid di
rectly to the clerks instead of passing
through the hands of the members.
The Justice of the claims of the sec
retaries is self-evident. Every mem
ber who Is at all In touch with his con
stituents has work enough to keep a
secretary reasonably busy and the
money for the service should go to the
person who renders it. Congress lib
erally supplies each member with an
office, with unlimited stationery, free
postage and incidental supplies and a
salary of $7,500 a year, with mileage
sufficient to enable him to travel In
luxury and still effect a saving. The
attempt to supplement these generous
perquisites by intercepting any part of
the money allowed for clerical service
is contemptibly petty.
ANEBICAN AKD tVBOI'EAX F)E..
The fire losses In the United States
for January- of the present year
amounted to $3,000,000, or nearly as
much as the I083 by fire in the entire
United Kingdom for the year 1907.
The American consul general at Ber
lin reports that the annual fire loss of
that city, with a population of nearly
3,000,000, Is about $1,000,000, or, as
the consul puts it, "le6s than that en
tailed by one moderately large fire in
the United States." The fire at Port
land, Ma, a few days ago, for Instance,
entailed a greater loss than all the
fires in Berlin for a year, and the re
cent fire in the Parker block in New
York caused more damage than all
the fires of consequence In Great Brit
ain in the last twelve months.
Causes for this great difference in
fire losses as between the United
States and foreign countries form a
subject for dispute. Collier's Weekly
apparently takes !t for granted that
most of the trouble Is due to the fail
ure of Americans to employ Improved
methods of fireproof construction. On
this point Collier's says:
Americans boast that their fire depart
ments are the finest In the world, hut
there la lens to boast of In the fact
that e"ueh fine departments are needed,
and that with all their skill and all their
perfection of appliances (not meaning
New Tork's rotten hose), they are (Un
able to prevent losses In slngie catas
trophes that balance the entire destruc
tion In a great foreign country In a year.
If a fraction of our annual fire Ions, not
to Speak of our payments for protection
that does not protect, were devoted to
the construction of really fireproof build
ings, a great conflagration might event
ually be as rare a spectacle here as It Is
abroad and most of our Insurance pre
miums could be. devoted to other uses.
No one will contend that the smaller
fire loss In foreign countries is due to
superiority of fire fighting equipment,
for all admit that our own is much
better, the American fire fighting ap
pliances being in use in nearly all of
the larger cities of the world. Much
of the difference is undoubtedly due
to greater care exercised by foreigners
in the construction of their buildings.
They build for permanency, as a rule,
take more time for construction and
use more fireproof material. Then,
too, foreigners are more careful about
their buildings after they are con
structed. They enforce most stringent
regulations for the use of matches and
combustibles of all kinds and employ
every precaution Imaginable. The re
sult is shown in an annual fire loss in
all France, for Instance, that is less
than the average monthly loss In this
country. The fire lesson is an ex
pensive one and Americans have been
too slow to learn it.
WHEBE THK STATE CVMES IN.
A definite ruling has been made by
the auditor's department that under
the new law governing Jail feeding in
Douglas county the state is entitled to
the benefit of the same price for feed
ing penitentiary prisoners after con
viction that the county pays for feed
ing them before conviction.
There never was any question as to
this being the intent of the new law.
In, fact, it was discussed when the bill
changing the method of county Jail
feeding was pending before the legis
lature and the saving which the state
would make was one, among others, of
the Inducements that brought about
its enactment. It was figured out that
the state would come out ahead by
from $500 to $1,000 a year, to say
nothing of the removal at the same
time of the incentive for detaining
penitentiary convicts In the county Jail
after sentence up to the full thirty-day
limit, as had previously been the prac
tice.' ' ' '
But when the state begins paying
Jall-feeding bills for Douglas . county
at the rate of 19 cents a day, which
up to this time have been rendered at
the rate, of 75. cents a . day and only
lately reduced to 50 cents a day, the
extent of the leak that used to be left
open must be impressed on the tax
payers. And when the bills for Jail
feeding from Douglas county come in
at the rate of 19 cents a day, while all
the other counties in Nebraska , are
charging 50 cents a day, the disparity
must be so marked as to convince the
next legislature that only one step has
been taken in the reform of Jail feed
ing and that what has been accom
plished in Douglas county In this di
rection can be accomplished likewise in
large measure in every other county in
the state in which the Jail has steady
boarders, whose meal tickets are paid
for either by the county or the state.
The sheriffs throughout Nebraska have
now been put on a salary basis the
same as the sheriff of Douglas county,
and the continuance of the Jail-feeding
graft as a perquisite of the sheriff in
these other counties is as inexcusable
as it would be in Douglas county.
It Is a dead give-away on the so
called La Follette movement in Ne
braska for the Iy Follette manager to
advise people, as he is now doing, to
vote for Roosevelt wherever a presi
dential preference vote is to be had.
This is an open confession that La Fol
lette has no sufficient following in Ne
braska to warrant him in expecting
support from our national convention
delegation, but would like to smuggle
in a delegate or two by hitching on to
the popularity of President Roosevelt.
We do not believe any number of sin
cere Roosevelt republicans in Nebraska
or elsewhere are likely to be fooled by
any such transparent trick. 1
Governor Sheldon has been duly
launched into the arena as a candidate
for vice president by the speech deliv
ered at the Lincoln day banquet of the
Marquette club at Chicago by State
Superintendent McBrien. The gov
ernor, himself, has made no official an
nouncement, but it the Chicago con
vention should find itself at a loss for
vice presidential timber, Nebraska
could easily supply the demand.
The Otoe county delegates to the
democratic "state convention have just
been appointed by the democratic com
mittee without inviting the aid or con
sent of the democratic rank and file
by either caucus, primary or mass con
vention. This undemocratic action
seems, however, to be entirely over
looked by our amiable democratic con
temporary. A Nebraska postoffice that pays not
to exceed b!x dollars a month Is going
a-begging for someone to take It. This
U one of the contingencies the rules of
the pie counter recently adopted by the
Nebraska delegation in congress failed
to provide for.
J. Pierpont Morgan denies with
every emphasis that he gave that
French editor the Interview in which
he was quoted as denouncing labor
unions and declaring that the working
men must accept lower wages or
starve. While the public does not par
ticularly love Mr. Morgan, it will ac
cept his denial. Mr. Morgan is a man
of Intelligence. The French editor
has made him appear In the role, of a
fool.
The president of the American Re
ciprocal Tariff league says that the
first effect of reciprocity treaties with
France and Germany would be to put
$76,000,000 in gold into the middle
west for farm products. The western
farmer already is able to Bell all he
can raise, but will undertake to supply
a few new customers It they have the
price.
Mr. Bryan told his audience at Mon
treal that the democrats are united for
tariff revision. The quickest way to
start a riot in the democratic councils
Is to propose a reduction of the tariff
on sugar. On that proposition the
democrats from the cane-growlng
states are all high protectionists.
Mr. Bryan says that his greatest ob
jection to Governor Johnson of Minne
sota as a presidential candidate is that
he has been endorsed by the New York
World. It is difficult to predict what
the effect would be It the World should
endorse Mr. Bryan.
Passing; the Loving: Cap.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Instead of being a warlike demonstration
the Cruise of the big fleet has developed
Into a social function. Admiral Evans
carries a loving cup In his arm rather than
a chip on his shoulder.
Just Like Finding; the Money.
Washington Herald.
Mr. Thomas W. Lawsnn says he Is'wlll
Ing to bet 1100,000 that Theodore Roosevelt
Is his own successor. In spite of his min
isterial robes, we can't help thinking Chan
cellor Day wishes the president would
take that bet himself.
Ilangrary far the Heiresses.
Baltimore American.
With one Hungarian count marrying Miss
Vahderbllt and her millions, another re
ported to be on the point of marrying her
mother, and a third coming over to try his
luck In catching an heiress. Hungary !
setting a .merry paco In the European seiz
ing of good matrimonial business chances
A Discordant Leake.
New York Tribune.
One democratic member of congress has
plucked up enough courage to say publicly
that he does not indorse Mr. Bryan or his
political methods. As the orator's name
is Leake, this outward expression of dis
sent and disapproval may have been more
or less accidental
Working; Overtime.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
William J. Bryan Is reported to have been
dormant four hours lately. Mr. Bryan hns
so many things to watch these days that
he has scarcely time to sleep. If Mr. Bryan
keeps awake till the election he will be so
victimized by Insomnia that he will not be
able to sleep again. He has been awake
for about four yrs. : .
Holding Klaa-ara Kails.
Philadelphia Record.
Men who are making the Amerloan
Niagara falls grind out electricity for them
ought to be satisfied with the bounties of
nature, but they are not; they demand
also bounties from' the government. They
complain that electricity produced by the
Canadian falls Is coming into the United
States and competing with theirs, and wo
presume they are ready to show that the
Canadian falls work for lower wages than
our own.
Results of the Maine Disaster.
Baltimore American.
Ten years since the Maine was blown up,
and whaf years of progress and notable
events they have been for this country.
6paln, too, has made advances, and under
Its Intelligent young King Alfonso Is not
liable to go backward, In spite of the fact
that some of Its richest possessions were
taken from It. Cuba has profited, too, and
will soon be forced to show that It Is
capable of self-government. Has It learned
the lesson the United States has tried so
hard to teach UT
A Wrecked Promoter.
Springfield Republican.
Charles W.. Morse's attempt to create a
steamship monopoly In the North Atlantic
coastwise trade was only a little more of
a failure than J. P. Morgan's transatlantic
effort of the kind. Morse, however, plunged
Into his scheme after the futility of the
Morgan effort had been demonstrated. He
sought to clinch the matter by buying up
docking facilities, but even this did not
avail, and now his consolidated concern, or
the fragments thereof, Is In the hands of
receivers, while his bonds are selling at
less than 10 per cent of the par value. The
ocean still remains broad and free enough
to defy attempts at transportation monop
oly there, and It Is well that this Is so.
ROOSEVELT AXD THE PEOPLE.
Reasons for the Former's Strength
with the Masses.
Portland Oregonlan.
Mr. Roosevelt Is a consummate politician.
That Is one reason why his enemies hate
him. Were he stupid they could outwit
him. Were his ambitions alien to the
popular will, they could ruin him by cal
umny. Were he less than a master of
masters In the sword play of politics, they
would have given him the death stab long
ago, and. seating "some compliant tool In
the presidential chair, would have com
pleted their schemes to establish a pluto
cratic oligarchy and make the American
people forever slaves to the evil hierarchy
of Mammon.
As a politician Mr. Roosevelt Is Incom
parably superior to his enemies, but that
Is the smallest of his advantages over
them. To them the common man Is but
a clod to ba trodden under foot, a sheep
to be shorn, a beast of burden to be worked
out and cast upon the dunghill. But Roose
velt, like Lincoln, sympathizes with the
common man. He knows the heart of the
people, he hears the cry of their wrongs
and burns with Indignation against their
oppressors. It Is a low phrase to say that
a man lives with his ear to the ground, and
of Roosevelt it Is not true. The mere
politician must watch and listen and spy
to learn what the people desire and form
his servile opinion whether or not thny
desire it earnestly enough to make It ad
vantageous for hint to take their side. But
Roosevelt knows That the people want
without practice jf these unworthy arts.
They want Justice and be wants Justice.
What more is needed to put him In har
mony with the feeling and thought of the
nation? It Is a noble trait of the president
that he knows human nature well enough
to trust It. He makes his appeal to the
deep of the popular mind and heart. He
sneaks without evasion or subterfuge. tl
calls a spade a spade. He gives crime Its
rlaht nun.
BOlSD AflOUT NEW YORK.
Rlaples on the Carrent of Life la the
Metropolis.
An amazing amount of petty cheating
among New York merchants Is revealed by
the report of the chief of the bureau of
weights and measures. Out of 44,27 In
vestigations made by the bureau 2.0S1
cases, or over 6 per cent of the whole num
ber, were found to be cheats by weights
or measure. "There are now 6.000 dealers,"
says the report, "using correct scales who
formerly used fraudulent ones." Short
weight loads of coal, sometimes as much
as 25 per cent off, Is a regular practice.
The customer must take the dealer's fig
ures and the penalty of only $10 for fraud
Is so trivial as to be almost no deterrent.
The bureau Is almost swamped with the
task of preventing short weight In prepared
foods, such as cereals, meats and liquids,
put up In boxes, wrappers, glass and tin,
the ".labeled weight Including both cover
and contents, whereas the law requires the
weight or measure of the contents only.
A poorly dressed man past middle age,
who had papers to prove that he was
Count Eugene St. Clair, forimrly of France,
walked into the Bedford avenue police st
tlon, Williamsburg, last Saturday night and
asked for a night's shelter. After ques
tioning the man Lieutenant Lyons told
the man that a night's rest would mean
an arraignment In the morning for vag
rancy, and that he was' apparently a man
of too much refinement and education to
court such a situation.
"I cannot beg," said the man, "and so I
have come here rather than die of cold
on the streets."
An ambulance was sent for from the
Williamsburg hospital and Dr. Dangler
found the count was suffering from ex
posure and starvation. The count then con
fessed that ho had not eaten anything for
two days and that he had spent the days
and nights In the open air.
Count St. Clair told a part of his story
of misfortune and his papers Impressed the
police with the belief that he was telling
the truth. He said that he was of a good
French family and camo to this country
years ago. For more than thirty years he
had been a teacher of languages here. He
speaks twelve languages, he said.
Three years ago he had to give up work
because of 111 health and about that time
his wife died, leaving him alone In the
world. He declared that he had been In
many parts of the country and that he
had done work whenever he could get It.
He had acted as court Interpreter In some
cities.
If theaters, hotels and lobster palaces
are the financial barometer to prosperity
then prosperity has rrturned to town.
When the panic first hit the town these
places were the first to feel Its effects.
Luxuries were cut off and restaurants
where tables were impossible to obtain on
practically any night were as desolate as a
cathedral on a week day. The theaters
were great sufferers, and beyond one or
two of the big successes the audiences con
sisted of a corporal's guard. This condition
has largely passed away. This Is strik
ingly shown at the theaters, where "stand
ing room" signs are seen again. At the
leading hotels prosperity is evident on
every side. Along the great White Way
the lobster palaces laBt night and tonight
were obliged to turn away hundreds. In
the palmiest Hays they have, known no
greater rush.' Prosperity has certainly ' re
turned. During the panto It waa Inexpen
sive foods and the cheapest drinks. ' Now
the wine crowd has returned.
The Boyertown theater fire has drawn
the attention of New York officials to the
great multiplication of the moving picture
shows, especially on the East side. There
are 800 of these registered with the bureau
of buildings, which comply with the regu
lations and have each two exits, but often
one of these Is merely called so, and as a
matter of fact cannot be so used unless a
partition shall be torn down In case of an
accident. It Is plain that In such case the
delay required to destroy even a thin par
tition would result in v fatalities. Chief
Croker of the fire department does not
agree with the building superintendent as
to the safety of these places; he regards
them as a menace. The "fircprooflng" Is
not fireproof, he says; tho partitions
around the film machine are nothing more
than a curtained shield with a sheet of tin
nailed to the celling. As the pictures are
thrown on a sheet In front of the audience,
the machine Is so placed that It Is directly
In the way of the only exit. In places
where two exits are provided they are so
close that they would be of no use In an
emergency. Tills Is the case ' with the
"store" shows, made hastily and slightly
In old buildings not designed for such uses.
The sleek ones are having something new
for the come-ons. It Is the fake fur game.
It is worked in a simple manner. A little
"ad" appears In the papers reading -me-thing
like this; "A widow, recently be
reaved, will sell her late lamented's hand-
some fur coat at a great sacrifice." If
you want a good bargain you are requested
to write her at a certain address. If you
do you are Invited to call at a certain house
or office, and there you are shown what
looks like the real article In fur coats or
sets. The "widow" or her "agent" Is on
hand and tells you in order to exchange
cold New York for warmer climes the
"widow" will let you have the furs at Just
one-fifth their reul value. They look good,
If you are not an expert. It only takes
about a day or two before you discover
that the furs are nothing but catskin fixed
up and dyed to resemble the real article.
It is no use to look for the "widow" or
her "agent."
PF.HSO.NAI. AMI OTHERWISE.
If you are favored with a comic valentine,
don't follow tho St. Louis method of shoot
the sender. "Laugh and the world laughs
with you."
Frederick Wheeler, a capitalist of Los
Angeles, Cal., Is being talked of for nom
ination for the presidency by the Prohibi
tion National convention, at Columbus, O.,
next July.
Gathering sponges on the west coast of
Florida has progressed from the "lone
fisherman" to an organized business em
ploying experts. On the east coast spong
ing is away up In the realms of fine art.
Chicago railroad officials lopped off a
slice of Kansas City's rainbow by reducing
the cost of the proposed union depot from
$:T.0W.Ci0 to 15,(X0,000. Now, If the Kaw
vlllains show proper appreciation for small
favors the revised figures may remain on
the blackboard for a day or two.
Miss Adlna Dezarala of San Antonio, Tex.,
president of a chapter of the Daughters of
the .Republic bearing her father's name,
gave a modern version of the heroic "de
fense of tho Alamo" by "holding the fort"
In that historic building, Monday and Tues
day last, defying the sheriff, a court In
junction, hunger and thirst, rather than
yield possession to a rival faction of the
daughters. The state took possession uid
saved the day and the heroine.
The editor of the Paris Temps declared to
a Chicago reporter thai Chicago reminded
hlra of some ways of I'urls. What Is one's
astonishment, then, to see Prof. Faul
Shon-y of Chicago university appearing
In prh.l with the statement that "there Is
Infinitely more ugliness and soul-destroying
vulgarity In the wM today than ever
before. Nothing In tie simpler world of
Plato could be so ugly hi Cottage Urovu
avuiuc." Archer svenuu has reformed.
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These meals are always ready; and
what do you know that's so good?
You will never bake beans at home again when you
once learn the difference between yours and Van Camp's.
Note how nutty our beans are how mealy. None are.
browned, none are broken ; all are baked alike.
And note what a delicious blend we get. It comes from
baking the beans, the tomato sauce and the pork all
together.
It isn't your fault, but you cannot be
gin to bake beans as we bake them
You lack the facilities. Beans must be baked in a very
fierce heat, else they are not digestible.
We bake ours 90 minutes at 245 degrees.
Then we bake in live steam. That's why our beans
don't brown, don't burst. That is why they are all baked
alike, and baked well. That's why they are mealy, yet
nutty. ,
Van Camp's pork and beans
baked with
Then you can't get the beans that we get, for ours ara
selected by hand from the choicest beans grown.
We pay for them seven times what some beans would
cost.
Then our tomatoes are ripened on the vine,i not in
shipment. They are picked when the juice fairly sparkles.
That gives to our sauce the zest which'you don't get in other
sauce.
The millions of people who know Van
Camp's never want home-baked beans
(We have spent 47 years In learning how to best prepare
this dish. Is it any wonder we know ?
Don't judge Van Camp's by some other brands that are
cheapened at every point. It pays to get the best in beans,
because your people will eat them more frequently; eat
them in place of meat.
And beans are Nature's choicest food 84 per cent
nutriment. -
10, 15 and 20 per can.
Van Camp Packing Company, Indianapolis, In J.
SMOOTH AND EXTERTAIXIW O.
rolntcd Shafts Cleverly Edged by the
President.
Philadelphia Record (dem.).
Mr. Roosevelt's letter to Mr. Foulke con
tains several clever things. As a writer
of campaign documents and a maker of
stump speeches he has few equals and no
superiors. The selection of delegates by
non-officeholders' conventions, he says,
"means only, so far as It means anything,
that they are held under the lead of per
sons who wish to be put In office, but
whose character and capacity are such that
they have not been regarded as fit to be
appointed under this administration." Their
failure to get office is not the result of
political action, he says, but "their political
action is due to their failure to secure of
fice." That Is a neat disposition of all
antl-Taft delegates In the south or else
where. So he says also: "My Interference
with patronage matters in Ohio has been
limited to Insisting, as I should Insist any
where else, that oppression to the pur
poses, policies and friends of the adminis
tration shall not be considered as a neces
sary prerequisite to holding the commis
sion of the president." That is delicious.
He is a very entertaining writer, Is Mr.
Theodore Roosevelt.
TART TRIFLES.
"What kept you In town so late?"
"Some very Important business, m'dear."
"Could you not have left part of It until
tomorrow?"
"Nope, It gets flat." Houston Post.
"How did you come out with your case
In police court?"
"Fine." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"You think he loves your daughter de
votedly?" "Sure of It."
"How can you be so sure?
"He had heard her sing before he asked
me for her hand." Houston Post.
Whispering Customer (producing watch)
v. ... KA.n. T have been told that
you are an honest pawnbroker.
J . u,i,h iwiili a dcDrecatorv
AVUlluuinr . t.ii .Hi. .......
ii,.m tiA MMiyiebodv has been try
ing to have fun with you.-Chlcago Tribune.
"Do you know," asked the spinster aunt,
severely, "why they call pur pres.-n Con
dition a state of single b'""7",'".1,.11.
"I know one reason," replied the rebellious
Be Careful in
Following every period of financial
stress, fakers and unscrupulous mer
chants try the harder to reap their
usual harvest.
"Low prices" they cry, "lower than
ever." "We need money and must
sacrifice our stock."
They attempt to play on your sym
pathy and touch your sense of econ
omy; In a word they try to make you
believe that they will give you some
thlng for nothing.
But be not deceived. Do not be de
luded Into the belief that these deal
ers are sacrificing profit their sub
terfuge is merely their usual means of
obtaining greater gain.
As you built a home so should you
select a piano once for all. It l
something from 'hlch you have a
right to expect exquisite delight as
long as you live and which should be
a legacy to your family. The best
musical qualities and the beat con
struction eo together one Is the re
sult of the other.
A. HOSPE CO.,
Branch llouaesi Council Bluffs,
We do Expert Piano
"TTTTi
tomato
sauce
niece, defiantly. "Because I'm blessed
I stay In It." Philadelphia Press.
"I'm gunning for railroads," announced
the trust-buster.
"Then come with me," whispered the
near-humorist. "I can show you some of
their tracks." Louisville Courier-Journal.
"Pa," asked Willie, "what does 'food for
the gods' mean?"
"Probably," replied the old first-nighter,
"It means peanuts, plug tobacco and ths
like." Baltimore American.
The Dally Thunderbolt Reporter who
sometimes dropped Into verse Invaded the
lair of the real poet of tho staff.
"Rondelle," he said, "I'm lost for a word.
Let me look at your rhyming dictionary a
moment." ,
"Rhyming dictionary" exclaimed th
real poet. "Sir!" Chicago Tribune.
CHARGE OF THE SPELLING HQl'AD
Detroit Free Press.
Half a leag, half a leag.
Half a leag onward,
Gitllnpt the spelling board.
With its three hundred;
Knockt out one "g" from eg,
I .tin Is the word for leg,
Hear Hrander Mathews beg:
"Lern the three hundred."
Forward the spelling board.
Teach 'em to spell it "sord;"
blashlng words llm from Urn,
How we have blundered;
We'll never yield the gost,
What tho scoffers rost,
Spred them from cost to cost;
All the three hundred.
Dettors to right of them, f
Colums to left of them,
Hedxteds to slumber them,
Changed In the making;
Fonografs squeklng loud,
Rravelv they spelt and rowed
What tho their heads were now
Wofully aktng!
Clone were the extra '"p's,"
Dum the silent "b's,"
Difthongs were routed;
Crazed by fonetlc schemes.
Quire singers rote by reams
8uch words as solem,
Canifor and colem,
llurang and Ilium and lam,
Pamflet and diafram,
Tho the world douted.
Bravelv they bllt and well.
Teaching us how to spell
Campuln and boro;
F.ven that Ured dlseze,
Tlals, they spell with ese.
Honor such words as these,
Rebilt as thoro.
Buying a Piano
The Hoeye store has been In the
piano business a lifetime. It has been
successful, and it has been able to ob
tain the aeency for' the best pianos In
the world. It pays spot cash for every
piano It receives from the manufac
turers, and that means economy for
you. These are reasons why there
are none but good pianos here.
But economy is much sought after
by the piano buyer as quality. We
have strlved to produce economy and
have succeeded bo well that our prices
are now positively the lowest in the
United States. The Hospe One Price,
No Commission Plan is in Itself an as- L.
surance of lowest prices. We are fac- f
tory distributers for Krantch & Bach,
Krakauer, Kimball, Bush & Lane.
Hallet & Davis, Melvill-Clark, Cable
Nelson, Conway, H. P. Nelson, Cramer
and many other famous makes. We
guarantee the lowest prices In the
United States. Pay monthly t& and
up.
If you cannot call, write for Cata
logue B and prices.
1513 Douglas St.
la.; Lincoln, Neb.5 Kearney, Neb.
Tuning and Itepairlng.
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