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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State rfNebrnska, Poula Coonty. '
Georr B. Ttschuck. treaaurer of The
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avs that the actual number of full "a
.,!.., Th. nillv Morninst.
Evening and Suaday Bie printed during the
month of October. 1 90S, was a follows:
1 87.100 i IT T,T0
t 38,860
1 30.880
4 36,300
37 MM
37,800
7 a 38.80
t 87,830
9 3S.1SO
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383O0
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37.8O0
37,660
37,880
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(4 37,400
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II 47,750
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29 37,890
10 37,640
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86,650
37,700
...37 ,830
37,310
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37,780
Total
...1,174.770
Leas unsold and rturnd, cop lea
8374
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Dully average vr-. ... 'ou
GEORQK B. TZSCHUCK,
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iH. P. WALKER,
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WHEK OUT Or TOWH.
Sabscrlbera' leavlac city tem
porarily shoal Ti Baa mailed
to theui. Ad tress will fee chanced aa
,orten na r.)eate
' The corn show baa grown along with
rthe corn crop
., 1
Cuba will now be asked to ebow if
it knows bow lo walk alone.
' The Mrs. Nat Goodwins and the Mr.
Lillian Runsells , ought to organize
'themselves Into a club.'-
'. The European diplomatic concert
.begins to, appear, very much like a re
hearsal for a comic opera.
Mr. Hlsgen says he does not know
just what his campaign expenses were.
Mr. Hearst should tell him
, A market report comments on the
scarcity of wild ducks. The supply of
ijlame ducks, however, Is plentiful.' '
' "Has the . democratic party a
.future-?" ask tho New York World
'That's a question, but it certainly has
a past. ,i :
Mr. Bryan say's he is convinced his
policies will still win. Ho falls to
state to which set of policies he pins
his hope. '' '"''
Someone should explain why it is
deemed advisable to run trains be
tween New York and Philadelphia In
one hour.
. The kaiser has made a concession
Hereafter, before he does as he pleases,
he will tell his chancellor what he la
.going to do.
"The Hhjladelphla , mint wants
gold," says a financial dispatch. The
mint is In the same class with a lot of
folks wt know:
"Who will rule in China?" asks the
Chicago Tribune. Ve vrderstand the
paramount Issue in China is, "Shall
the people rule?"
There are political leaders in Amer
lta who, can 'sympathize with., the
kaiser who -is paying -the penalty of
being too loquacious.
The Pullman company reports a aur
plus of $2,000,000 for the year. The
upper berth continues to be a source
of "concealed profits."
t Speaker Cannon says the tariff ques
tion should be divorced from politics
That would be as difficult aa divorcing
politics from tho tariff.
According to the latest bulletin of
the simplified spelling board, debt is
to-be spelled "det," - That's an easy
way to cut down your debt.
. ( Tho only' consoling feature of the
.revival of the Gunness murder roys
tery In Indtana'is that it diverts atten
tlon from JCern and Taggart.
It would be interesting to know how
many bablea born on November
have been named Wllhelmina, Instead
of William, as originally Intended.
"Wa do not elect a senator this year,'
he (Mr. Bryan) said with a amlla.
Why the smile? . The smile be
longs to tho republican occupants of
Nebraska's (wo seat in tho senate.
One T. Jenkins Halna insists his
family la Just a bit proud of hlru.Thl
la a little remarkable, in view of tho
fact that Halns is In court charged
with tho deliberate murder of an un
armed man.
'- The official returns from Douglas
county are all in and otlU tho official
flgureo on tho recent election n Ne
braska ero incomplete in certain im
portant items. A bjow- deal on elec
tion rUMs J certal,nIyAdeuioded,
. -THE POSTAL VKTKIT. "
Th splendid progress recently made
toward putting the FoMofflce depart
ment on a aelt-sustalnlng basle ta to be
checked, according to advance advices
from Washington which Indicate that
the deficit in the postal revenues lor
the current fiscal year will be larger
than for several years.
Under the earlier administrations
the affairs of the department bad been
so adjusted that the yearly deficit was
largely nominal. With the extension
of the rural free delivery service in
the McKinley and the first Roosevelt
administrations the deficit grew to
rather striking proportlona, but for
the last four years pood improvement
has been shown. For the year 1905
the deficit was $14,000,000. It was
reduced last year to a trifle over
$7,000,000. It la estimated that the
deficit for the present fiscal year will
exceed $12,000,000. '
Postal officials do not agree as to
the causes for this setback. The post
master general Inclines to the opinion
that it Is due to the Increased number
of persons employed to carry on the
work of the department, while the
third assistant postmaster general con
tends that it la due to the abuse of
the franking privilege. Some other
causes do not appear to have been
taken into consideration. In the first
place, the expense of the rural free
delivery service is estimated at $10,
000,000 more than it was for last year.
Secondly, the salaries of nearly all the
postal employes have been increased,
and, thirdly, the postal business has
suffered along with private businesses
from the general Industrial and finan
cial depression. These losses would
easily account for the expected deficit.
The condition of the postal revenues,
however, will serve to direct attention
to the postmaster . general's recom
mendation for a parcels post. He in
sists that an efficient parcels delivery
system on rural routes would yield a
revenue that would cover the annual
cficits of tho service. It was never
designed to make the postofflce. a
money-making department, but if Its
revenues and disbursements could be
balanced without Impairing the service
the result would be welcomed, particu
larly at a time when the administra
tion will be called on to devise some
plan to make the federal revenues
correspond with Increased expendi
tures. EUHV ROOTS FITNESS.
The endorsement of . Secretary, of
State Elihu Root by a number of mem-
porB 'of tho New York legislature as
their choice as tho successor of Thomas
Collier Piatt in the United States sen
ate has aroused the opposition of Col
lier's Weekly, the New York Sun and
some politicians who persist in con
tending that a man who has served as
an attorney for corporations is unfit, to
represent the people in a law-making
capacity. Collier's takes, this radical
view of the situation: .-
Elihu Root, as a Judge, might act always
with Impartiality as well aa with knowledge
and ability; but the public, knowing that
he has played tha advocate's games some
what cynically In the past, would never
believe in his judicial fairness If he were
called upon to test It In the future. So why
destroy confidence' needlessly?
Mr. Root's record Is the best answer
to critics of this class. ' Like Senator
Knox,' he came to the public -service
from a law practice in which nearly
all his clients were great corporations,
many of which had been in open war
with the federal authorities. Like Mr.
Knox, he took the nubile for his client
when be entered the public service
and has given it the best of his brain
and energy and has won Its eases.
In the War department and aa secre
tary -of state, Mr. Root has displayed
his qualities of broad comprehension
and penetrating analysis, combined
with an extraordinary business faculty.
In point of equipment for the sen
ate, Mr. Root has few equals. That
body needs another constitutional
lawyer or the highest type, and Mr.
Root ranks with the ablest living ex
pounders of the constitution. He has
been concerned in questions of world
wide Interest and Importance and has
managed;, them with, a fidelity., that
should be final answer to the objec
tions being made against him because
he happens at one time to have been
an attorney for large corporations.
OPIU8lTlUX TO SIR. KER.V.
In spite of having played the role
In the late Bryan campaign formerly
essayed by AdlaJ Stevenson, Tom Wat
son, Charles A. Towne and Arthur
Sewall, the Hon. J Worth Kern of In
dlana is finding rocks in the road to
the realization of his ambitions. Mr.
Kern, it appears, was never very serl
ousiy deceived, as he went through the
campaign and was Introduced in many
districts as "the next vice president of
tho United States" True, Mr. Bryan
had offered to sublet a section of the
White House to him to reduce the llv
lng expenses in Washington, but Mr
Kern never "banked much upon taking
advantage of that generous offer. In
a statement Just issued, anent the
movement among Indiana democrats
to. send him to the United States sen
ate, Mr. Kern says:
I hav always had an ambition to rep
resent Indian, In tha senate of tha United
States, and In making the hopeless race
for governor In 1904 and In taking the vice
presidential nomination against my desire
and Inclination this year, with little chance
of aucceas, I did so with the hope that If
the legislature should be democratic I
might be favored with an election to the
senate and the gratification of a life am
bition. That he accepted the democratic
nomination at Denver "with little
chance of success" sounds like a con
fession that Kern played his part in
tho campaign without the proper spirit.
Ho was letter-perfect in bis lines, but
evidently felt all along that tho show
was to be taken off the road early In
November. Jle wss Just y.nb.e p-.
portunlty as a sort of a dross rehearsal
for bis new part In the senatorial tur-
aln riser, but he Is not sure to be
so assigned without a contest. Poli
ticians are almost as thick as historical
novelists In Indiana and all those of
the democratic persuasion apparently
believe they are Just cut out for the
senate Job.
An attorney now employed In the
office of the state auditor, William S.
Ryan, announces bis candidacy for the
senatorial toga and modestly declares
that he understands all of the requlre
menta for the part. In his published
card he declares:
I am a candidate for the United States
senate, with a perfect understanding- or
tha character, ability and quality of de
mocracy necessary In a successor to a
Hendrlcka, a McDonald, a Voorhees and a
Turple.
Of course, Mr. Ryan does not claim
to be the Intellectual equal of Hen
dricks, Voorhees, McDonald and Tur
ple, but he leaves an Inference that is
almost as strong as an allusion. But
he Is not alone, for L. Ert Slack, Mason
Ntblack, Ed Hoffman. J. Klrby Risk,
Major Menees, John E. Lamb and
Henry Warrum, all democrats, all war
horses and all thirsty and hungry for
office, have let It be known that they
are In the hands of their friends and
will all be grievously disappointed if
their friends do not get perniciously
active In their behalf.
Add to these complications the well-
defined rumor that Thomas Taggart of
French Lick Springs is looking toward
Hemenway's Job and it is easy to see
that Mr. Kern has things to think
about that will at least divert his mind
from the sting of his defeat as a candi
date for the vice presidency.
SOMETHISQ COMlSa. v '
All signs indicate that there is some
thing coming to Omaha in the im
mediate future in the form' of business
expansion. While the people of Omaha
and of this section of the west suf
fered least from the industrial de
pression of last year and, therefore,
bad less ground to regain to get back
to the high record mark of business
prosperity, the restoration of normal
conditions in the east is already pro
ducing a reflex stimulus out here.
While not predicting a repetition of
the old boom days with their accom
paniment of wild speculation, The Bee
voices the sentiment of the shrewdest
and most careful observers in the
community in forecasting a steady and
unprecedented growth of our business
institutions along with the acquisition
of many new industrial concerns.
Omaha real estate values are sure
to increase in all sections of the city
that have not been overinflated and
building operations are in sight or in
contemplation that will go far to .com
plete the transformation of the city
already well begun by the erection of
substantial warehouses, store build
ings, office buildings and residences.
AH this activity Is bound to beget
ior. ,u new . population , which,, as th.e
army of consumers, furnitbes the life
blood to the arteries of retail trade.
Unless all these signs fu.l, there Is
something coming to Omaha and some
thing to which all Interested In the
city's growth and prosperity may look
forward to with confidence,
That constitutional amendment en
larging the Nebraska supreme court
should have provided for filling the
new places created by contingent elec
tion at the polls. Just because the
additional- Judges are to be commis
sioned by appointment, the lawyers
seem to think that it is up to them to
make the selections for the governor.
The American Federation of Labor
has expunged from the record all
speeches on politics intruded into the
proceedings of the Denver conference.
It the federation would expunge the
record of political activity of its offi
cers in the recent campaign, it would
atand still better before the country.
The unprecedented exploits of a
forger, for years In good standing in
Chicago as a real estate dealer, would
Indicate that a law to guarantee the
genuineness of signatures to notes and
mortgages would give much more re
lief to his victims than a law for the
guaranty of bank deposits.
The Swlas government had made a
report admitting that government own
ership, of its railways has proved a
financial burden. The report is Just
as valuable as though it had been made
before our late election.
Mr. Bryan wants It distinctly un
derstood that not only will he not run
away from the political draft, but, If
occasion presents again, be will gladly
meet the conscription officer more
than half way.
The National Municipal league, in
session at Pittsburg, is devoting spe
cial attention to the billboard nui
sance. If some horrible examples are
wanted, Omaha stands ready to fur
nish them.
Emperor William's concession to the
Reichstag la hailed in Europe aa a step
toward constitutional government. It
will probably develop that it is more
of a sidestep from constitutional gov
eminent.
The story about the discovery of
Andree's body In tho Arctic would
bound more plausible If it could be
explained bow he buried himself and
erected a monument over his , own
grave.
The salt and flour supply In Ven
ezuela has been cornered by a local
syndicate. Now U tho time for Hol
land to Institute a profitable blockade.
The national capital has a Water
Users' association. It goes without
saylug that external uae of water by
residents of Washington constitutes all
the qualification needed for member
ship. Mr. Bryan Insists he will not take
advice from his opponents. He does
not say he will take advice from his
supporters. When It comes to taking
advice, Mr. Bryan is a balky horse.
Talk about crops Just try to grasp
the import of the figures compiled by
the state labor commissioner, showing
the yield and value of cereals grown
In Nebraska In 1908.
New York Is cheerful over the pros
pect of having one of Its seals in the
United States senate filled by a man
who really stands for something in
public life.
Tradition Vindicated.
Philadelphia Ledger.
According to rumor, the assailant of
Herey killed himself with a pistol he had
concealed In his ahoa. Sounds rather In
credible, and yet the statement la made
that an old woman onco lived 1n a shoe.
The assassin must have had a shoe out
of the same box.
An Inopportune Ontbnrst.
Kansas City Times.
John Sebastian, general traffic manager
for the Rock Island system, predicts great
prosperity for tho rallroada In tho near
future. Tho able railroad attorneys wlah
Mr. Sebaatlan would hush until the Mis
souri freight rate and passenger fare liti
gation la out of the way.
tuba's Liberation.
Baltimore American.
Cuba is to receive lta national Indepen
dence aa a New Tear's present from the
United States. Tha rescue of a smaller
and very rich nation from tyrannical con
trol of another fur lta own sake marks an
epoch in the world's government, and is
the hardest blow yet given to tho doctrine
of conquest, once the unquestioned policy
of all nations.
To Mneh Ureed.
Wall Street Journal.
Every phaso In the practical work of
tariff revision reveals the sordldness of tho
whole business. Every Interest and every
community la grabbing for every dollar In
sight and playing for every special advan
tage. The late General Hancock waa ridi
culed out of a posslblo presidency once for
characterizing tariff as a "local Issue." If
ho had said "multitudlnously local" ha
would have hit the nail on lta myriad head.
"A Groaa Miscarriage of Justice."
Springfield Republican.
A good many people who have followed
the case of the government against tjje
Standard Oil company at Chicago agree
with President Roosevelt in thinking that
the decision of tho circuit court of ap
peals against the government and in fa
vor of the company Involves a gross mis
carriage of justice. The grosa impro
priety of the president's saying so is to
bo conceded, but of the correctness of
uch an opinion there la much reason for
making no question. It la to be hoped,
therefore, that the government will auc
ceed In an effort to have the whole case
brought for review before the United
States supreme court. It should not be
left where it U by the refusal of the cir
cuit .court of appeals to hear the case
over again. '.: '
UNDER TWO-OlflNT FAKE LAWS.
Instructive Fncts .Gathered from Hall-
t roadUJKcvorta.
Springfield (Maes.) Republican.
Many of tho railroads currently making
their annual report have been operating
during their last fiscal year . under maxi
mum 2-cent fare laws enacted' by several
states. It may be of aome Interest to note
the revenue effecta of this reduction In
passenger fares during a time when busi
ness depression has adversely affected rail
road traffic In general.
The Illinois Central company had to re
duce Ha ordinary fares from S to i cents a
mile, and the report for the fiscal year
ending June 30 last states that, partly on
this account and partly because of buslnesa
depression, passenger revenue declined
from the previous year l.T per cent. But
the losa In freight revenue was 7 per cent,
aa a result of business depreaslon. How.
then, does It appear that lower passenger
rates caused the much smaller loss In pas
senger revenue? The revenue decline might
have been much greater In the passenger
department but for the lower and more at
tractive fares. Tbe number of paying paa
sengers carried declined less than one-half
of 1 per cent, while tons of freight car
ried declined 4.0 per Cent.
The Chicago & Alton road, under the
same circumstances, suffered a reduction
In freight revenue of about 7 per cent and
reduction in passenger revenue of only
about 6 per cent.
The Baltimore & Ohio report notes a
considerable reduction in passenger rates
enforced by legislation In West Virginia
Ohio, Indiana, - Illinois and Pennsylvania
and says that while the number of pas
sengers carried increased 1,S,36S over
the previous year of prosperity, the In
crease was "unaccompanied with any cor
responding increased compensation." Nev
erthrless the road's freight revenue de
clined 13 per cent, while passenger revenue
declined 13 per cent, while passenger rev
enue fell off only 2.7 per cent. Is It true,
then, that the Baltimore & Ohio waa fis
cally Injured by the lower passenger rutea?
President Baer of die Reading railroad
reports that that company has not aa ye
succeeded In bringing lta case against the
Pennsylvania 2-cent fare law to a judicial
determination, and so has been operating
since September of last year on a 2-cent
maximum for passengers. Still, he la
obliged to report that while revenue from
merchandise traffic decreased 21 per cent
during the fiscal year ta June 30 last, the
passenger revenue fell off less than 3 per
cent. It would seem to be a good tiling
for the company to withdraw lta suit and
let the 2-cent law stand.
The president of the Chicago, Indianapolis
& Louisville railway comments, in hia an
nual report, upon the bad effects of the
Indiana 2-cent fare law, 1n that, while the
number of passengera carried Increased
during the year, there was a decline In
passenger revenue. But he falls to state
that while passenger revenue decreased
about 7 per cent, freight revenue at the old
rates fell off some 19 per cent. He says
that there would have been an increase in
passenger revenue had ra tea-been the same
as before; but this Is to suppose the num
ber of passengers would have been the
some If the rates had been higher a sup
position that cannot, of course, be enter-
tdlned.
Some roads, operating In whole or part
under new 3-cent fare lawa, report actual
increases In passenger revenue against
heavy losses In freight revenue on the
basis of the old ratea. K may fairly be
asserted, therefure, that the railroads bav
been benefited by the lower passenger rates
forced upon them against the will of their
managers, and "what altall then be said of
the character of this ntanugement for pro
greaslveneas and enlightenment? Appar
ently the railroad companies should look
well into this matter of the effect, of lower
rates on passenger traffic before deciding
to Increase freight ratea lit order ta Im-
prot'e thtir revenue . . .,
ROUND ABOVT NEW YORK.
Ripples nn the Current of l.lfe In the
Metropolis.
The announced purpose of the men who
financed the construction of Madison
Square Garden and maintained It for twenty-five
yeRrs. to dispose of a losing busi
ness venture, occasions general regret, and
has given some vim to a movement In
favor of the city acquiring the property-
The newspapers contend that New York
needs a hall of this kind, and that the de
struction of the Garden would be an Irre
parable Injury to the metropolis. Thi-
ground Is very, valuable too valuable to be
maintained as at present by Individuals
A desire to preserve a famous Institution,
morn spacious than any similar building
in the country, gives the force of local
frjde to the move for municipal owner
ship. '
Madison Square Garden, aside from its
entertainments, stands out as one of the
most famous building!) of the city from
the architectural point of view. It was
designed by the late Stanford White, and
he always declared It to be the structure
which fitted In most petfectly with his
lilrals of architectural art. Its tower,
topped by tha figure of Diana, for Ion?
was the loftiest pinnacle In Manhattan,
and although it is row surpassed by Its
near neighbor, the Metropolitan Life tower,
It still stands pre-eminent for grace and
airiness.
The building Is drslgr.ed In the Resis
tance style, and Is built of buff brick and
terra cotta. It la estimated to have cost
nearly W.OOO.000. It Is divided Into rtls.
tlr.ct parts. The theater, which was opened
CD September 27. lfW, with "Dr. BUI." has
been under separate management. As a
rule It has been associated with light opera
such as "Mme. Butterfly," and high class
faice comedy.
Then there Is the concert hall, which has
rot been used much of late years, and the
roof garden. They will aways be asso
ciated with the murder of Stanford White
bj Harry K. Thaw during the first per
formance of a summer piece, "Mam'sclle
Champagne," In 1SU6. Close by was the
tower. In which the architect had his pri
vate rooms, the scene. It was alleged, of
many of the Incidents which led tip to
the tragedy.
In the political life of the nation, Madi
son Square Garden . has played a large
part. Such rallies as greeted Mr.. Bryan
and Mr. Taft In the laat few days of the
recent campaign are examples of the im
mense gatherings which It has made pos
sible. Cainegte Hall may be'Tiioro satis
factory tr the speaker, but Madison Squars
Garden fives unrivalled opportunities tor
demonst atlons of enthusiasm. A famous
occasion for the Garden waa the welcome
given o Mr. Bryan In 1906 on hi return
from i Is world tour.
The proprietor of one of the largest hotels
In New York, speaking of the uses made
by nonpaylng customers of his house, aatd
to a rural guest a few days ago: "We
have a large number of patrons from
whom we never collect a cent, although
we have no auch thing as a free list. They
come here In the morning, pick up a cast
off paper, which they read, keeping an eye
open for another, which they grab as soon
as It is dropped. After reading a while
they stand at the ticker, often giving long
lectures to their fellows on financial con
ditions and stock possibilities. The over
coat becomes burdensome, and It is taken
to the check room, where Its owner knows
It will be perfectly safe. Then, If they can
tear themselves from the ticker, letters are
written on our stationery. They do not
use our telephones, because we charge an
extra 6 cents for the call, but they carry
home matches,' toothpicks, blank cards and
blotters, and use up tho soap In our lava
tories. They also take generous nibbles of
the cheese and crackers In the cafe. Tho
strangest part of all Is this, that the ma
jority of this class are well-to-do and
highly respectable, and on that account we
do not shut them out"
That life la not all a bed of roses for
the college professor. Is a fact that Is be
ing experienced by Prof. E3. F. Nichols, of
the physics department of Columbia univer
sity. Every morning, promptly at 1:30, Dr.
Nichols tumbles from -his comfortable bed
and wends his, way to Fayerweather hall,
woere he works In hia laboratory from 2
until 4 a. m.
The professor Is not taking an outdoor
tuberculosis cure, nor la he aeeklng to per
petuate health, youth and beauty. The
truth la that Prof. Nichols is perfecting a
new type of galvanometer. It Is for this
that he seeks his laboratoryevery morning.
Dr. Nichols has found that during the
day he Is unable to experiment with his
delicate apparatus because of the vast
amount of electrical activity surging about
his laboratory.
Hence It Is that, with the eagerness of
the sportsman who aeeks his game at the
first streak of dawn, the professor rises at
this mystical hour ami steals cautiously on
his laboratory In the hope of surprising
and oapturlng some wild, elusive secret of
science.
Mary Farrell. a aeamstress. Is dying In
Roosevelt hospital, having sacrificed her
life in a successful effort to save the Uvea
of the scores of people who. with her, occu
pied a tenement house In West Forty-third
street. While Miss Farrell, who lived alone
on the top floor of the building, wia pre
paring supper an oil stove on which she
waa cooking the mea exploded. Fearing
the house would catch fire from the burn
ing stove, Miss Farrell seised It in her
arms and hurried down the front stairs of
the building, crying out to the occupants
of the other room to close their door and
give her and her blazing burden a clear
passageway. Although her light dress
caught fire and the flame ate their way
Into her flesh, she did not hesitate. But
at the bottom of the second flight of stairs
her foot caught In her skirt and she fell
on top of her fiery burden. She was
dragged away from the burning atove. but
It was too late, for the hospital surgeon,
who responded to a call, pronounced her
Injuries fatal. Firemen extinguished the
fire after small damage had been done the
house.
A dinner to celebrate the thirteenth wed
ding anniversary of New York couple
look place last Friday, November 13. In
order to emphasise the disbelief In hard
luck superstition the guesta had to walk
under a ladder to reach their placea at the
table; they found the alt cellar all over
turned, the prong of the fork pointing
the wrong way, and many other thing
whk h come under the head of "unlucky."
At each plate, however, there wa placed,
aa an antidote, a fourWeafed clover, and
this and the undoubted happiness of the
celebrants seemed to remove any fear as
to the many hoodoo.
Game Bird Immune, i
Buffalo Expresa.
The regulation exempting the stork from
slaughter In Africa. It may a wsll be
noted In passing, waa put Into effect long
before Mr. Roosevelt contemplated that
hunting trip. Everybody knows perfectly
well that nothing in this world could In
duce Mr. Roosevelt to shoot a stork!
A Certiorate of Merit.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Foraker la getting leltera from Standard
Oil attorneys fr the purpose of vindicating
himself so that he may again aeek election
to the I'nrtted States senate. What la
Foraker's private opinion of tbe people of
Ohio, any how I
A Strong, Conservative
bank is a good en with which to bank. ' . 1 '
' A careful inspection of the assets of tho TXMMT VATZOVAXt
agj or OMili will show that it Is such a bank. This is not
merely beeauae It has ever 112.000,000 of assets, but because the;
character of it Inveetments Is of the best. .
During the 63 year of Its service to the. peopla of Oman It
has also been known aa a -
Progressive Bank
at all times ready to assist Its clients In every way eonsjston. with
good nankin principles. No buslnesa is too small to receive tha
close personal attention ef its officers. . -
Aa a result of this policy it counts aa moil valued customers
many of Omaha moat successful buslnes houes. " '
First National Bank of Omaha
United State Depository. 13th and Farnam SU. . .
TOXIC EFFECT OX BIS1MCM,
Impressive Rraalts of the Election of
Mr. Taft.
Baltimore American.
"Mr. Taft' election Is a tonic to the
country," declared Governor Hughes In a
post-election speech to the Young Men'
Republican club of Albany. That briefly
and aptly describe the effect which has
been quickly produced upon the general
business situation -by the election result.
There has been a general and complete
toning up of the organized and Correlated
branches of the country' commercial and
industrial system. The railroads are get
ting busy simply because the mills and the
mines are: getting busy, and the mills and
mines are resuming healthy activity be
cause confidence lias been restored, and
confidence has been restored because Taft
has been elected.
A trade Journal American Industries
which la tho organ of the National Associa
tion of Manufacturers, haa collected from
3,000 members of the asoclatlon specific
statements concerning how many additional
men will probably be act to work In the
near future as a consequence of Taft'
election. Many of the replies to mailed
Inquiries are to be published in the number
of the Journal issued this week. It Is In
dicated from the answers that an average
of 135 men will be added to the Industrie
comprising membership of the association.
The editor of the publication declares that
"The percentages show that at least one
half of the 3.000 members of the National
Association of Manufacturers expect to add
to their present force more than 200,000
workmen."
Taking the 3,00 membership of the asso
ciation a a basis to figure upon. It la
assumed that the 13,000 manufacturing
concerns which, according to the census
of 1900, employed an average of 100 men or
over, will add at least 60 per cent to their
pre-election force, making a total in round
figures of 650,000 men. - The smaller Indus
tries will probably make Increase in their
working force In equivalent proportion.
Including the manufacturing enterprise of
the entire country, great and small, nl the
reckoning, it is deduced that with the
continuance of business confidence more
than 1,000,000 of workmen will bo added
to the force that wa engaged in the
country's . manufacturing Industries a week
before election. And it is predicted that
this great army will be engaged before
the first of the year 1909.
An official of one of the big railroad
systems h been recently quoted a say
ing that the railroad of the United
State will spend within a comparatively
short period 3250,000,000 for rail and new
equipment. Bo great a sum will not be
used simply for keeping up repair; what
Is Implied Is that activities in new con
struction are soon to be resumed. Im
mense order were placed during the past
week by aeveral trunk line roada for ateel
rails. Among these order la Included
that which the Atlantic Coast Line haa
placed with the Maryland Steel company
for 30,000 tona. The furnaces at Spar
row Point will be In full blast In a ,
few days, and there la prospect for work
up to the full capacity of the plant for
an Indefinitely long period.
The election of Mr. Taft haa had a
tonic effect upon all kind of industrial
enterprise. It la practically assured that
there will be four years of buslnes ac
tivity and of consequent general prosperity.
PEHSOXAI. NOTES.
Strange that Rockefeller should be called
aa a Standard OH witness. He has already
explained under oath that his Information
concerning (he subject is casual and vague,
Colonel George H. Torney. who has been
appointed surgeon general of the army, Is
a Baltlmorean by birth, and waa in charge
of the work of sanitation during the San
Franciaro earthquake and fire.
Out of the fund of Information that has
been printed from time to time concerning
her it would be possible to write half a
dozen blographa of the late dowager em
press of China, with no two alike.
General Samuel' Emery Chamberlain,
who organised the first company to enlist
In the civil war and fought In the Mexican
war and also with the Texas ranger In the
famous Apache Indian campaign In 1MX.
died In Worcester, Mass., aged 81 years.
It I reported that Mrs, John Jacob Astor
will succeed Mrs. William Astor a the
leader of New York society. She was Mis
Ava Willing before her marriage and will
no doubt very gracefully take up the man
tle dropped from the ahouldurs of the
former queen.
A Hankow newspaper states that two
enterprising young Chinese girls have lett
that city on a pleasure trip to Hiigiimd
and America. They will atudy domestic
life In these countries and on their return
will lecture against the conditions of wo
man' life in China.
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SMILING REMARKS.
"What Is your business?" asked the thin,
lipped woman, not encouragingly.
"I'm an after-dinner spe'eker." replied
the applicant for a handout, "before din
ner."
It was at this point she made a move ta
unchain tho dog. Philadelphia Ledger.
"Never mind," said the persistent poli
tician; "in spite of resentments I shall still
be In the public eye."
"Perhaps," answered the heartless critic
"But the same might be aald of the cinder
you encounter in a railway train. Wash
ington Star.
"The lawyers are betting 10 to I that
Wlnglebat will never serve hia entenoe."
"Is that so? Say, he must have had a lot
of that stolen money left." Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Utile Willie Pop, why do they call polit
ical Joba plums?
Wise Father Because, my on, it's gen
erally a grafting process which produces
them. Baltimore American.
"Did the doctor succeed
In gttlng the
nickel your little srlrl awaJIowed
ed7
- xno, dui n got ix mi out or me." Houston
Post. , - ,
"Were you upheld In your business poli
cies by the recent election?"
"No," answered Mr. Duetlrt Stax; "I
wasn't upheld by the election, but I wa
held up by a campaign collector." Wash
ington Post.
"lyadiea and Gentlemen," bellowed the vo
cative attachment of the tourist, automo
bile, "you ore now on the Great White
Way."
"The title arise," he continued, "from
the clrcumatance that so many of the
habitual denlzena are burning the candle
at both ends." Philadelphia Ledger.
Star It seem to me wo have too many
people 1n thia mob acene. '
Stage Manager Yea. we have literally a
super-abundance. Chicago New.. ,
THE GOODLY Pl'MPKIIf PTE.
Chicago Pot. .
Thvg Worlde Is fulle of Goodlie Thynges
lo gladd Manne throughe A throUghe,
& at me be meant for Kynga & Queenes
& some for Poore Folke, too.
Rare FTulte Is broughte from Heathen
Lendes
& sold at Prices' hyghe.
But than ye Lord,' neare to. all handes
la goodlie pumpyknne, Pye.
Now, make you nolle ye Pye of Squash,
For that Is Counterfytte, ...
And 1 Exouse mee, but by Gpsh! .
I wiJIe have none of It!
4 he that maketh It, of Paste '
Of Turnvppe hangs him hyghe!
So fere all knaves who spoyle ye taste
Of goodlie Pumpkynne) Pe..) ( t ( (
Nor put ye Synee In ye Pye
Nor Allspyce; thoae who do so. Fret
They bread a sacred truat.
See that ye Dough be Mlghtte Goode
Temptynge to ye- Eye,
For thya will make you choose for Food
Ye goodlie Pumpkynne rye, .
But le-tte it have ye Savor tweet
tirougnt in ye Autumn Mom
When Gentylle Bretses con. to greet
Ye vynes among ye corne,
A let it ahowe ye honest Gold
That happynease can Byy
Ye coin of joye & peace Untold '
Withynne y Pumpkynne Pye.
Thy Worlde I fulle of Ooodlla Thynges
To make Mann gay & gladde
But we Poore Folke may have what
Kynge
A Princes never hadde,
For we may eat it thloke & cold
& for no better ayghe,
And syghe, too, that we may notte hold
More goodlie Pumpkynne Pyet
The
General Demand
rf'the Well-informed of the World haa
always been for a simple, pleasant and
efficient liquid laxative remedy of known
ralue; a laxative which physicians could
utnetion for family use because its com
ponent parts are known to them to be
wholesome and truly beneficial In effect,
acceptable to the system and gentle, yet
prompt, in action.
In supplying that demand with its ex
lellent combination of Syrup of Figs and
Elixir of Senna, the California Fig Syrup
Co. proceeds along ethical lines and reliesj
on the merits of the laxative for it remark
able success. ,
That Is one of many reasons why
Byrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is given
tho preference by the Well-informed.
To get its beneficial effects always buy
the genuine manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for aala
by All leading druggitf '. Price fifty cents
arbcttla.
HARNESS BARGAINS
When tho Greenfield Har
ness Company quit bu&iness
we bought their entire tetoplr,
of harness ' 1 '
AT ONE-HALF THEIR
INVOICE PRICE.
We have all stylej, both
double and single, and' will
sell them, as long as they
last, at pricck that- jnll pay
you to investigate.;-
JOHHSOH & OAflFORT I!
. W. Corner lotb sd eToss SUk,
OMAHA, NEB.
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