THE OMAHA DAILY DEE; THURSDAY, , FEBRUARY 20, 1903.
The Omaha Daily Be.
fOUNDKD BT EDWARD ROBEWATEH.
VICTOR. RQSKWATER. EDITOR.
Entered at Omaha rostofflce as second
class matter. '
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
Pally Hee (without Sunday), one year. .MOO
I'alljr Bee and Bunday, on year t 00
Punday Bee, one year IM
Saturday Bee, on year I M
DELIVERED BT CARRIER:
pally Bee (Including- Sunday), per week. .150
Ially Bee (without Bunday), per weetc.100
Evening Ree (without Bunday). per week o
Evening Bee (with Bunday), per week..lfto
Address all complaints of Irregularities
In delivery to City Circulation Department
. orncES. '
Omaha The Bo Bullillna-.
South Omaha City Hall Building.
Council Jiluf fs lft Scott Btreet.
Chicago 1&40 University Building.
New Tork-IM Home Ufa Insurance
Building.
Washington T25 Fourteenth Street N. W,
CORRESPONDENCE.
Communlcatluna relating to newa and edi
torial matter ahould be addressed, Omaha
Uee, Editorial Department.
REMITTANCES.
Remit by draft, express or postal order
payable to The Bee Puhllshlng Company.
Only J-cent stamps received In payment or
tnall accounts. Personal checks, except on
Omaha or eastern exchange, pot accepted.
STATEMENT OP CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglaa County, .:
George B. Tsnchuck, treasurer of The
Bee Publishing Company, being duly wornj
says that the actual number of mil and
complete copies of The Dally. Morning,
Evening ana Sunday Die printed during
the month of January. 180s. was as Xoi-
1...'....... 36,800 17 a.30O
S 36,130 18 M.160
1 36,330 1 36,400
4 36,400 30 36,850
( 36,300 21 36,410
36,340 S3 36,140
1 36,600 ii 36,360
36,390 . H 36,460
t 36,380 26 36,640
10 36,410 J 38,100
11 36,330 27 36,140
IX 38.180 '. 21 37,130
It..... 36,430 It 36,060
11 36,869 . 19 36,330
It 36,360 II 36,980
!...., 36,100 i
Total .....1033,890
Less unsold and returned copies. 8,480
Net total..,.. i.114,640
Dally average. 35,963
QEOROH B. TZSCHUCK.
Treasurer.
Subscribed In my presenoe and sworn to
before me this 1st day of February, 1908.
I ROBERT HUNTER.
Notary Publlo.
WHEW OUT OF TOWS.
Subscribers leaTtnsj the city tem
porarily ahonld have The Be
mailed to them. Address will be
caasfea aa often aa reqeested.
r
Promiscuous pistol toting must be
topped.
Straw votes show which way the po
litical breezes blow.
The weather bureau need not drop
the use of the word "variable" on Feb
ruary's account
"Bryan 1b the Idol and hope of de
mocracy." eaya the Dallas News. Also
the Idle hope bf democracy.
"Our next president" will be again
nominated next Saturday at Washing
ton birthday dinners all over the coun
try. Illinois republicans are showing a
desire to engage seats in the Taft
band , wagon before the real rush
Bets in. .
The around-the-world automobile
tour was not necessary to establish the
fact that we are painfully short on
good roads.
Houston, Tex., claims to have a
woman who is 132 years old. Per
haps having to live In Houston makes
her feel that old.
Baltimore undertakers are having
a cut rate war. It should be greatly
appreciated by those who would rather
die than live in Baltimore.
An acre of coal is burning in West
Virginia. The average householder
In Omaha has a notion that he, too, is
burning that much every day.
Champ Clark is rapidly getting into
the Bourke Cockran class, at least to
the extent that both parties can use his
speeches in their campaign literature.
Hetty Green says she did not lose
anything during the recent panic. No
one' really expected Aunt Hetty to lose
anything more valuable than her tem
per. A Washington correspondent says
President Roosevelt is fond of walking
in a storm. If there is no storm in
sight -the president knows how to
create one.
The Hungarian nobleman who de
nies his engagement to Mrs. Cornelius
VanderbUt is Count Iladlk. not Count
Haddock, as the Boston papers Insist
upon calling him. . '
Tha Department of Agriculture pro
poses to have a poultry census taken
la 1910. Ia that case the ducks and
geese will be enumerated w4th the
floating population.
The Pennsylvania railroad has Is
sued an order prohibiting Its employes
from swearing. The officials doubt
less think the shippers and passengers
will do enough in that line.
Douglas county republican prtnia
rleav were storm-bound, but notwith
standing the light vote, the, result Is
the same as It would hare been with
a heavy vote practically unanimous
for Taft.
A new paramount Issue has been
discovered by the Bryinlte organ.
This Issue is "Mexlcairixatton." The
paramount issue the first time Bryan
was defeated was "16 lo 1," and the
second time "anti-imperlallsm," and
"ttleXlcaQUatlu!" will probat ly do fc
W.ll as any othr for the third Uxae. ,
orEWjro vr rns laud orakts
An Interesting question has been
ralsrd by the house committee on ag
riculture in recommending the passage
by congress of a bill to compel the
railroads in the northwest to open
grant lands to actual settlement. The
committee report shows that millions
of acres of lands originally donated by
the government to the' railroads are
being held by the companies, while
homeseeker are making every effort
to secure farms. The committee con
tends that the government still has a
supervisory control of these lands and
can order them opened tor settlement,
on terms equitable to the railroad com
panies. The grants from the public domain
were made to the railroads to encourt
age settlement and not to ' promote
speculation. They were to be a bonus
to extend lines Into new countries and
through regions which at that time
could not be expected to produce traffic
sufficient to. support the roads. The
railroads, however, will, probably con
tend that their titles are unconditional
and that they can hold the lands for
higher prices or make whatever dispo
sition of them they see fit. The pub
lic domain' Is approaching exhaustion
and added value Is being given to
these lands each year. Until recently
the rallroads'have been active in press
ing their land holdings for Bale to set
tlers, but, according to the congres
sional committee, they are now taking
them off the market with the evident
purpose of holding them for specula
tion. This is clearly in conflict with
the original Intent of the land grant
bills and, it would seem, contrary to
good policy, as the settlement of these
lands would certainly Increase business
for the roads. The growing popula
tion of the country ; demands more
farms and better farming for its sup
port. The rewards of agriculture in
the last dozen years have given new
value to farm lands and directed more
attention to our agricultural interests.
It is contended by the committee on
agriculture that congress, In making
these grants to the railroads, fixed a
price 'of $2.50 at which these lands
should be sold to actual settlers and
i
that the railroads have forfeited title
where they have refused to sell at that
price. Should congress make good
this position, the offending land grant
railroads will have to pay the penalty,
but will be quickly reimbursed by the
returns on new business thus produced.
THS NATION ASD ITS WATERWAYS
In his recent address at Pittsburg,
Senator Knox contributed a striking
argument in behalf of improving our
inland waterways by showing that the
nation assumed an obligation to that
end when it took exclusive control of
the navigable streams of the country,
relieving the states "of the necessary
work of Improving these transporta
tion facilities. Senator Knox contends
that this assumption of federal au
thority in the making of the constitu
tion was in effect a contract by which
the federal government agreed to take
charge and control of the rivers of
the country and develop them to their
highest capacity.
The purpose of the framers of the
constitution has apparently never been
fully appreciated by the congress, bo
far as waterway Improvement' is con
cerned. Its authors appreciated that
transportation facilities must be greatly
Improved before the development of
the country would be possible. Rail
roads were then unknown and the
river was the natural artery of com
merce. Before any plan for waterway
improvement had been decided upon,
the railroads came and the rivers
were neglected. After the civil war,
the Importance of waterway improve
ment began to be appreciated and
congress has for many years been mak
ing appropriations for river and har
bor work, but a large share of the
vast amounts appropriated for this
work has been worse than wasted.
Enough money has been wasted in hap
hazard work to have bankrupted a less
prosperous nation. Public sentiment
has been awakened, however, to the
Importance of and necessity of im
provement of the waterways and the
time is ripe for the adoption of a broad
policy of systematic improvement, in
which local selfishness and sectional
jealousy must be laid aside.
The United States may profit by the
experience of other nations, notably
France and Germany, where a system
of canals has furnished needed trans
portation facilities and relieved the
people of the burden of high' freights.
Prance and Germany both pushed
their waterways improvements before
the era of railroad building began.
In this country, the railroad construc
tion has been pressed to the limit and
the discovery made that the railroads
are' not able to do all the work and
that. If they were, waterway compe
tition Is necessary to secure a proper
adjustment of transportation charges.
To accomplish this, a general and sys
tematic Improvement of our inland
waterways is essential and Imperative.
A hint of the magnificent possibilities
attainable by euch waterways improve
ment on a broad plan is thus furnished
by Senator Knox:
The conception of the fields of the north
west linked by waterways with the coal of
Pennsylvania, the cotton field of tin gulf,
the porta of, the Pacific and tha cities of
the coast; the picture of great tows and
fleets of steamers, bearing grain, coal,
iron, cotton on the streams from the lakes
to the gulf and from Nebraska to New
York; the full enjoyment of the Panama
canal for the productive Interests of the
Miasisulppl basin and the Atlantic coast
alike; the agriculture of that vast region
doubled In Ita production by the rewards
of Intensive cultivation and the multiplica
tion of near markets, surpasses the ability
of the human mind to grasp in Its en
tirely. Hut that It ran Iw realized in fact
Is ktjunj dispute, Uen we set alout It
V
with the full knowledge of Its compelling
Importance and with the deep resolution to
attain It. by measures bold wrlhout ' rash
ness and earnest only to achieve the ut
most national welfare.
'JIM. THE PKirMAlt." ,
While most of tha psopla ot Omaha
have, known for soma tlma that they
had In tho mayor's offlea a "Jim tha
rope-thrower," they hava only now
coma to realise that they have la tha
Kama mayor a "Jim tho penman." For
proof oi His Honor's ability and fcail
Ity with tho pen wa hava befora us a
copy of a local monthly publication
whosa contents are said to have been
entirely constructed or contributed by
Mayor "Jim." Thero 1b no question
about the authenticity of the prologue,
in which he says:
The editor of the Chancellor made a
bluff st me to edit this edition. I studied
awhile, knowing that I had aa much busi
ness to tackle his game aa some people
will have trying to land In heaven, but I
had never played at this, so I called him.
Quite seasonable is this beautiful
pen picture, which Is part ot a longer
review of the development of tha Band
hillB: .
In March, 1878, we had a terrific billiard
which lasted for several days. Bo fierce
was this storm that It was Impossible for
the riders to do anything except to seek
shelter to save themselves. This resulted
in thousands of cattle drifting with the
storm Into these most dreaded sand hills.
Nothing could be done toward gathering
the cattle until tho winter was over, so
the owners suffered much anxiety and be
gan to plan how they could be gathered.
We started on the 15th of April and after
two days of travel we camped for the night
and the next morning there was one of the
worst snow storms I have ever seen. It
lasted three days. - Nothing was left us to
do but stay and keep warm the beat we
could. When the storm was over the first
thing to be done was to gather up the sad
dle horses that had drifted some distance
away. They were found after two or three
days. v
Jumping from business to politics,
Mayor "Jim" recalls an Incident of tha
1886 convention at Chicago, when tha
doors had been shut in tha faces of
Bryan and his friends:
X can remember well soma 400 of us
Bryan men during the time the contest
was being heard in Chicago, We had no
tickets and no chance to get In, so we
walked tha streets gating at tha buildings,
while the other fellows were housed In tho
oonyentlon hall. Well, we got tired of this,
so we organized and hired a couple of fel
lows with a drum and fife and marched up
to the convention hall, pushed aside the
doorkeepers, and sergeants-at-arms and
walked in. We wanted, at least, to look
on the inside, and we did.
It Is only to be expected that as ed
itor Mayor "Jim" should take up the
cudgels for the cowboy. He objects
particularly to the popular contusion
of mind that identifies the cowboy and
the' broncho buBter. He insists that
"there is as much difference as there
is between the prize fighter and the col
lege professor." And he goes on to
explain that "a broncho buster is a
man who makes broncho busting his
business" a rough-and-tumble fellow
who will ride any horse that cornea
along; who at the age of 30 la usually
dovn and out from the rough work,
bruises and Jars he receives. On the
other hand, a cowboy, "while also a
hardy and strong fellow, Is of entirely
different make-up. While able to ride
any horse brought out. they are not
looking for them. They must be men
who handle cattle quietly." It should,
therefore, be understood that "the
two sets of men, while classed together,
are not in the same business at all."
But even Mayor "Jim" will admit
that every man who holds cards Is lia
ble to make a display. What most
discredits his effort to lay aside the
lariat and wield the pen is the narra
tion of a story for which corroborative
testimony is required. "I can prove
this by my old friend. Colonel John C.
Maher of typewriter fame." When
Mayor "Jim" has to call on Colonel
Maher to go good for him it is all up.
Our amiable democratic contem
porary Is in sore straits to manufac
ture political capital Just now. It has
hitched the editor ot The Bee up with
the governor in a "Rosewater-Sheldon
machine." A little while ago It had
him doubled up with the brewers in a
liquor dealers' combine and still later
with the Burlington in a "Rosewater
Burllngton machine," and now it
throws in the Union Pacific for good
measure and makes It a "Rosewater-Burlington-Union
Pacific machine."
When It gets through It will have con
structed a political anaconda that will
have swallowed all the discordant and
conflicting elements In the state. But
the powers of imagination of the local
democratic organ have no limits.
Please take note that the grand Jury
denunciation of the county Jail declares
that Sheriff Bralley and his Jailers are
in no way responsible for the objec
tionable conditions mere, and Bays
they are doing the best that can be
done with the facilities at their com
mand. The bad Jail conditions are
due solely to tho tact that Douglas
county, with nearly 200,000 inhabi
tants, is trying to get along with a jail
erected more than twenty-five years
ago, when it had less than half its
present population.
The democratic county convention
in Lincoln county boasted of represen
tation from thlrty-slx of the forty-two
precincts In the county, "being the
largest democratic convention held la
Lincoln county la the past ten years."
And Lincoln county Is a typical exam
ple of the condition of democratic dis
organization In Nebraska. Democracy
In Nebraska is "the rule of the peo
ple" in name only.
Department officials hava put them
selves on record as opposed to any re
organization of the railway mail serv
ice that would give Omaha division
headquarters, basing their opposition
on the score of Increased expenses.
The real question, however, Is not
whether It will cost a little more, but
whether It will improve the service
commensurate with tha cost.
Tha fund being raised for the fam
ily of tha lata Detective Drummy, who
wag killed: in tha Una of duty, should
be regarded as a testimonial fund
rather than as a relief fund. Appre
ciation ot faithful and fearless service
in protecting tha community against
crime can be shown in no better way
than by a contribution to this fund.
Democratic factions in Lancaster
county are threatened with the same
kind of "dementia discordla" with
which our own Dahlmanltes and Jack
sonlans are Infected. No serious con
sequences, however, need be feared,
because when the time comes Colonel
Bryan, himself, will tell them what to
do and his word will be law.
Omaha entertains enough conven
tions of state and national organiza
tions every year to warrant systematic
effort on the part of tha Commercial
club to look after the comfort and con
venience of delegates. A visitor sent
home enthusiastic about Omaha is a
standing advertisement ot the city's
hospitality and enterprise.
Richard Croker la suing an English
newspaper because It said harsh things
about his career in New York. If
CroEer can collect for the harsh things
said about him he can soon become the
richest man in the world.
"Every truly great man that I have
ever known," says Senator Tillman,
"had a big, prominent nose." Some
men are born with big noses, some ac
quire big noses, while others have big
noses thrust upon them.
The house at Washington indig
nantly rejected a proposition to reduce
the mileage allowance of members
from 20 cents to 8 cents a mile. Char
ity may begin at home, but economy
Is a missionary. 1
The current political report that
Henry Gassaway Davis is related to
Mr. Bryan has been officially denied:
Mr. Davis is not to blamo for conclu
sions people draw from his middle
name.
Glory of Congress la Dansrer.
Toledo Blade.
If congress doesn't watch out the debat
ing societies throughout the country will
have the currency question settled beforo
that great legislative body gets fairly
started.
Rerlrlnt as Old Idea.
New York Post
Four women musicians have been hired
by the government for a series of concerts
In Panama. The idea ia an old one. Or
pheus, with his harp, moved more trees
and rocks than the biggest of steam shov
els, it
They Deserve Something;.
Baltimore American.
A drawback to the Internaltonal -marriages
Is that the graces and charm of the
American girls make the usual distinctions
sound tawdry. Cannot a distinct order of
nobility be created for the class of Ameri
can women who give beauty and brilliance
to foreign courts T
The Soath for American Dora.
New Orleans Picayune. '
Fortunately for the south It is able to
secure but a small part of the Immigration
that Is flooding the northern states at tha
rate of 1,000,000 a year. The prospect Is
that Southern Europe will in the course of
a few years empty its entire pauper and
criminal population into our northern
states, with the result that Americans born,
not being able to compete with the for
eigners In thrift and shiftiness, will remove
to the southern states, where the greatest
progress and development are to take
place.
Aatl-Traat Law Activities.
Philadelphia Record. '
Justice armed with the anti-trust law la
smiting right and left in New Orleans.
The indictment ot seventy-two members of
a labor union has been followed by the In
dictment of fifty-four master plumbers
and three plumbing supply firms for trying
to prevent manufacturer from selling
goods to a local hardware firm. While the
boycott Is peculiarly a labor union weapon,
it has been repeatedly used by associations
of dealers and manufacturers, and occa
sionally even by railroad corporations, if
the workmen are to be denied Its use the
employing and selling firms must be re
strained also.
WHO 19 THE JOKE ONT
Inquisitive Senators Secure Disquiet
ing Information.
Washington Herald.
The Joke Is on somebody, so far as Post
master Northup of Pensacola, Fla., Is con
cerned. Notwithstanding the fact that his
nomination was definitely rejected by the
senate last winter, he still holds on, with
departmental approval. The postmaster
general says he ean't help It; It was a re
cess appointment In the beginning, and al
though the senate has frowned upon It,
under the law he can do nothing until the
gentleman's successor Is appointed and
quaUfled, the which the president Is In no
particular hurry about!
Here's a kettle of fish and not without
Its highly humorous attributes! What pro
flteth the senate Ita solemn right ot "advis
ing and consenting" to executive appoint
ments If said "advising and consenting"
may be Jokingly Juggled In this wise? Does
It not make the ''most august deliberative
body on earth" look like something in the
nature of a monkey? Or, perhaps more po
litely, like 30 cents? Naturally, people hate
to laugb at the senate the staid, sedate,
and dignified old nenate. But, honestly and
on the level, how can we help It, under cir
cumstances such as these? A wooden In
dian would guffaw in the crisis.
Yes, undoubtedly, the Joke is on some
one and, really. It doesn't appear to be the
president; nor yet the postmaster. We think
It's on the senate of the United States; and
we th'nk It's one ot the funniest. Juiciest
Jokes of the season. When It comes to the
consideration of a standpat proposition, Mr.
Roosevelt occupies one that is unique in all
history, so far aa matters of this kind are
concerned. There doesn't appear to be any
queatlon of the legal status of the gentle
man in Pensacola; he Is Just as much post
master as If he bad senatorial approval
wiittan all over him. and he will be. until
the president gets good and ready to name
his successor I
Not since Bellamy Btorer shot athwart
the hoiison has the president furnished
anything quite so piquant as this1
bit or WA.m:rGTo urn.
Minor
a and Incidents Sketched
a the Sat.
The sentiment In favor of restoring the
Inscription, "In Ood W Trust" to those
coins which carried It previous to President
Roosevelt's order has taken shape In a
bill drafted by a Subcommittee of the house
committee on coinage, weights and meas
ures. Approval by the full committee Is as
sured and the bill will be reported at an
early date. President Roosevelt made the
statement In his letter explaining his rea
sons for removing the motto that he would
direct Its restoration If congress should by
legislative action Indicate that such was
desired.
An Interesting question In connection with
the passage of legislation restoring the In
scription Is whether the words can be put
on coins of the St. Qauden's design. One
reason advanced for abandoning the motto
was that there was no room on the coin
for It.
The design was altered somewhat because
of criticisms of the baa relief of the coin
and the representation of the eagle.
Whether the alteration la the design la suf
ficient to give space for the motto is a
problem to be worked out by the director
of the mint. It la understood that the
coinage of new pieces has been held up to
some extent pending legislation on the
subject.
The official business of the speaker of
the house of representatives was suspended
for fifteen minutes recently and anxious
statesmen had to cool their heels In the
hall while "Uncle Joe" entertained little
Miss Pauline Douthttt, 8 years old, of
Springfield. III. v
The speaker was busy at his desk about
t o'clock In the afternoon and Neyle. the
messenger, was asleep at the switch, when
the door of "Uncle Joe's" private sanctum
opened and a petite young woman entered
the room. Dignified and Important law
makers have to send In their cards, but
Hiss Pauline did not observe that formality,
Mr. Cannon looked up In astonishment.
"Are you "Uncle Joe?", asked the little
girl. '
"That Is what some of the boys call me,"
said the speaker. ,
"Well," oontlnued Miss Pauline, "I want
to see you I want to see what you look
like. My mamma and . papa would ,not
bring me down here, so I fooled them and
ran away. I am from Springfield."
"Great goodness, child, you did not come
all tho way from Illinois to see me, did
you? Why, your daddy will be scared to
death if you have run away from home."
"Oh, they are at the Raleigh hotel. I
will get back by the time they miss me. I
Just could not help coming to see you."
Speaker Cannon blushed and looked aa
pleased as a boy with a new sled. He
put Miss Pauline In the chair of honor and
found her as bright and sharp as a pin.
She told him she wanted him to be presi
dent and talked politics like a real con
gressman. "By Jingo," declared the speaker, "you
are the brightest little girl I ever saw.
Busbey, hand me one ot my photographs
one of the big ones." And then the
speaker wrote at the bottom of the pic
ture: "From 'Uncle Joe' to his Valentine."
Miss Pauline tied up the transaction of
business for a quarter of an hour and the
committee on rules had to Walt. Then a
messenger escorted her back to the hotel.
Representative Timothy Ansberry of
Ohio, whose district contalna more old sol
diers than almost any other in the coun
try and who Is beginning to be known In
congress as the special guardian of pen
sioners, has introduced a bill providing for
a change in the American flag. It has
occurred to him that on July 1, when the
new star of Oklahoma Is to be added to
the national emblem, a symmetrical ar
rangement of the stars will be difficult
because of the fact that one line will be
out of proportion.
In the present , arrangement there are
seven stars In one row and eight In another
and, according to Mr. Ansberry, the addi
tion of one star to any of the rows would
cause an evident lack of symmetry and
palpable disproportion. His bill provides
that "the stars In the field of the Amer
Icnn flag be arranped In five arcs In com
bination, tho centers of the arcs to be the
apices of a regular pentagon. The stars
shall be placed 'uniformly In distance one
from another and the stars from the new
states shall be added In the field by ex
tending the arcs."
In discussing his bill Mr. Ansberry said
"There Is no reason why this change should
not be made, as It was the original Inten
tion of the designers of the flag to have the
stars arranged In a circle and the present
arrangement has no higher authority than
an order of a secretary of war, which was
tacitly accepted by the people. My plan
Is not so much to change the flag as It
stands at present as to make some ade
quate design, which need not be overturned
whenever a new state Is added to the
union.
The circulation manager of the latest dally
newspaper to appear In i the streets of
Havana, "El Crlollo," was probably only
a little careless, or perhapa wished to show;
that he was looking ahead, when he sent
a copy f the first issue of the Journal
to "William H. Taft. White House. Wash
ington, R. U. de A." The quick wltted
sorting clerk In the Washington postofflce
switched the package from the direct route
to the executive mansion and It was de
livered at the offlve of the secretary of war
with delay. ,
Senator Knox would have more chaplains
In the navy to look after the spiritual wel
fare of the Jackles. He has Introduced In
the senate a bill to provide a chaplain for
each 600 souls in the navy, 10 per cent of
such chaplains to have the rank and pay
of captains, 30 per cent of commanders and
70 per cent of lieutenant commanders. As
there are now about 60,000 souls In the navy
the number of chaplains authorized by the
bill would be 1(X.
William F. Maclxnnan, chief of the
bookkeeping and warrants division of the
Treasury department, is the man who keeps
track of the public debt. This debt amounts
to the enormous sum of $2,4i7,8tj9,S91. and
while he does not actually have possession
of the vast sum. all the accounts are turned
over to him and every dollar that la dis
tributed by the government is disposed of
by Mr. MacLennan by means of warrants.
Hopelras t'natrs.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Admiral Converse Insists that our war
ships are aa good as the best. We da not
intend for a moment to cherish the hop
that this will cause the pessimists to cheer
Up. I
Lleblfl Company's
New tt sas Cseli Resk
By Hr. S. T. RORER
FR.EE
X to any woman who will
scud bar eudnM lo
Liebis ' Extract of Meat
Co., Ltd., iu Hudson
Street, few lorlu
Hi,,
(2J
7 1 "f
rTTjCy Cream Daklog 4Zr3II
Jt rowder lor nearly Vj
"Vj half a century has been t""T
jjf glvtoa toe people pore Vrf"
y food long before a pure YTr
"41 food law was dongM oat VH 1
"jl for either state or nation. V
n CREAM 7L
Hade from fjrapes
No Alain No
Cfeeralcal testa (bow that alam baking
powtseiw leave sncnangra suara. aa
injartaas ntetallM
Be oss wtMor fjasurtl. Aloas pow
oera an ay t
price 19
or ossa
JXSU
J LA U
PERSOAI, AXD OTHERWISE.
Philadelphia boasts of a rich man who
saws wood for the exercise.
A two-foot snowdrift and a short handle
shovel presents the leaat enticing propo
sition that a fat man ever tackled.
A report of an American consul In a Ger
man city, telling how electrlo power Is
generated by windmills, was laid on the
desks of congressmen one day last week.
The hint w.ia not dignified by recognition.
'The grand Jury of Marlon county, In
diana, is on a hot trail. Some 130,000 has
been abstracted from the county treasury
on forged warrants, the whennosa and
wherenesa of which tho grand Jury Is asked
to solve. (
Pennsylvania's state police are pursuing
Black Hand outlaws with great vigor nnd
perseverance. Two hundred and seventy
men have been captured In thirty-two raids
In the Interior counties, and moat of thorn
have been sent up terms long enough to
cool their criminal seal. -
A New York paper apologises for its re
flections on Denver as a convention town,
having been Informed that atmospheric
conditions out there operate against vocal
exercise. The apologetic editor should opt
his ' Denver exchanges. One look la suf
ficient to dispel the illusion of rarefied air.
After prolonged cogitation and mental
Irritation the finance committee of the
Chicago city council reduced budget esti
mates to $23,000,000 for the year. Depart
ment heads asked for 110,000,000 more. Tht
total agreed on la $6,000,000 more than last
year and exceeds the estimated Income by
$1,600,000.
POINTED REMARKS.
"I've got a great chance," began Bor
roughs, "to make big money on a certain
Investment it"
"Sorry, old man," Interrupted Wise, "but
I've had to borrow, myself, this month."
Philadelphia Press.
"Does he move In high financial circles?"
"You bet he does. He belongs to the
most exclusive Indictment club In New
York." Baltimore American.
"So you are proud of your congressman's
speech?"
"X -dunno's we're 'special proud o the
Browning, King &. Co
CLOTHING, FURNISHINGS and HATS
BSasBBSBBBBBBSSBSBSBSBSBBBBSBBBBSBSBBSSSSSBBBBsnnnnnnnntnnnBSnn
A. LOT OIF
COIVEIFOIRX
IIILE there are still six weeks of winter weather
ahead of us nnd all of next winter to come, tho
man who buys one of our beautiful made win
ter Overcoats will get a lot of comfort, and we
are still giving 20 discount on all Men's,
Boys' and Children's Suits and Overcoats.
And you will find a good many medium weight
Boys' Suits at a good discount. Buy now, you
will save money.
15th and Douglas
Streets
R.S.WlLCOX,Mor. S S
TIIE jIIEAT AMERICAN HOME PIANO
THE KM BULL "BP
There you have it in a nutsnell.
Made in the finest American factory the Kimball is a typical .
American product
Found in thousands of homes all over the country the Kim Dai J
is a typical home piano.
Sold at a moderate price (on partial payments, if desired)
the Kimball Is within, the reach of nearly every family.
From the very beginning, the founders and builders or the
Kimball have aimed high. . '
The piano has pushed hard the leaders for first place even
though its cost does not nearly reach, the maximum price in upright
pianos.
, , What the dreams of tha Kimball are for the future, whether
they expect to go up, up. as they have been going, and some day
manufacture the leader of all pianos, we do not know,
But this we do know, the Klmballs we have been getting lately
from the factory (and we have a full supply now) are even better
than they have ever been. '
The Kimball star is still rising. We sell a new Kimball for
1300. Pay 18 monthly. t . .
If you cannot call, send for Catalogue and prices.
L HOSPE CO., 1513 DOUGLAS STREET
Urajub IIoum-s : Council LUuffs, Iowa j Lincoln, Neb.; Kearney, Safe
port cad heiltbhsL
Phosphates.
aetd. In Dm food.
Irasowii by their
or 25e a !.,
coat sua
speech," answered Farmer Corntossol. "But
we're proud o' the Influence he must hava
had to get the eye of the speaker." Wash
ington Star.
First Doctor Was the operation success
ful? Sec6nd Doctor Splendid! We located the
trouble Just where 1 said we would, but we
had to cut nearly through the man to find
it.
First Doctor Will he get well?
Second Doctor The patient T Bless you,
no! He died directly after we began.
Judge.
"He's good at taking people off."
"Mimic, ehT"
"No. He drives a hoarse." Birmingham
(Ala.) Age-Herald.
"Was your speech llstenod to with in
terest by your colleagues?"
"My dear lr," atiBwered Senator Sor
ghum, "speeches are not made to be lis
tened to by your colleagues. They are
made to be road by your constituents."
Washington Star.
"I took the money, but Intended to re
turn It," said the culprit.
"The way to the penitentiary Is paved
with Just such Intentions," rejoined the
court, severely, therewith Issuing a ticket
for the trip. Philadelphia Uedger.
THE AFTER WORD.
, Mary Manners in Alnslee'e.
How can I write, dear heart? What shah,
I say?
This Is a pleasant place? The hours run
fast?
I have forgotten that there was a past
Where you and 1 once held high holiday?
That love's an episode, and we recover?
That's love's eternal, and we're hurt past
death?
That life's the drawlng'of each' separate
breath
Alone, my more than friend and less than
lover?
How can I prove the tempest of my tears
Was more than to entreat my soul's de
sire A pica for words that would have set
you higher
In the warm niche that's held you all these
years?
You were so dearer than my pride to me,
I could not Judge you with a heart, too
wise.
The glory of a vision filled my eyes
And I was blind to what the end would be.
But now that I am patlentor with pain
For Joy that once was mine I see the
bf gifts Is giving, and the kindly earth
Shows us no flower may bloom and dlo
In vain.
15th and Deuglae
StiSjf Streets
