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I I THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 26. 190?. n II. ? 1 3 Old da) lis ai 1 p'4 "7 Wit an tkt 1 I The Omaha Daily Bee POUNDED BT EDWARD ROSE WATER. VICTOR ROSrWATfeft. EDITOR. Entered at Omaha postofflca aa second class matter. TEM8 OF SUBSCRIPTION: Dally Bn (without Sunday), one year.. 4 00 Dally Boa and Sunday, ona year a 00 DELIVERED BT CARRIER: Dally Baa (Inclduina; Sunday), par week..l5o Dairy Boa (without Sunday), par week. 10c Eranlng Baa (without Sunday), per week 6c Evening Bee (with Sunday), per week..loo Sunday Ba. one year W JJ flatiirriav Rea. one venr Address all complaints 01 irrnuiarm-. In delivery to City Circulation Department OFFICE. Omaha The Bee Building. BXuth Omaha Twenty-fourth and N. Council Bluffa It Scott street. Chicago IMS Marquette Building. New Tork Rooms 1101-1102 No. 84 West Thirty-third street. . Waahlngton 728 Fourteenth street, N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Pnmmuntraf lnna relattnar ta news and edi torial matter should be addreeaed: Omaha REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order Only J-cent stamps received In payment of aula iu 4 1 1 , . ij i iiif mil. ' 1 maii accounts. Personal checxa. axcepi on umini or eastern exenangea, not ay,.,. , i BTAKMENT OF CIRCULATION. SUta of Nebraska, Douglas Count, ..: uaorga h. Ttschuck, treasurer 01 m on rumienina: company. Deina ouif iv. th. th. .,.. i mh.r of full and complete copies of The Dally. Morning. Evening and Sunday Bee printed during vno I month of October, 1808, was as roiiows: l. t. 7400 e.aso .se.sM ss.aoo 73S0 7,aoo sa.soo ll.,,, S7.7S0 a na roa a 87300 I . to 3700 II ...17.680 It ...-.SBSO 21 87,790 14 VT.WQ It. ...... ...87.100 17330 aa,iso l a3o u.,,.. m,so 11 S7.70O 1.... 87,830 14 37,110 KM 87,730 ........;.w,tM 17 37340 333ao mtlm I l 37300 Total. 1.174.770 tiass unsold and returned copies 8373 1 Dally avsrsga'LC! 873W v OEORoa b. TZ8CHUCK, Subscribed la my praaence and sworn to before ma this Slat day of October, 1808. M. P. WALKER, Notary Public. WHES OCT OF TOWW. BatHmrlbera leaving the atty tern porartly ahoald kart The Be mailed to them. Addreaa will ha chaaged aa Qfteai aa reqvaatcd. China appears to have exchanged petticoat rule for no rule. If tho price is any criterion, our na- tlonal Thanksgiving bird is all puffed up on himself. It will be noticed how anxious every one Is to revise the tariff on the other fellow's business. Thomas Hlsgen announces that he Is out of politics. He did not get in far enough to acquire tho habit. A railroad attorney has Just got up in public and thrown a bouquet at the State Railway commission. Foxy! - It Is now Senator Cummins of Iowa, It has been a long road to travel, but the goal has' been successfully made. Senator Elkins appears to have flnanclal reason for jeferrlng to the duke of the Abruxzl as "his highness." Prof. Charles Brodle Patterson says it is possible for a man to live forever. Possibly, but how is he going to prove it. At any rate, the bishop's order re quiring the women to wear hats did not prevent' the solemnization of the marriage. '- , Up to date, no one who expected to serve in Mr. Bryan's cabinet has asked for tho meaning of the term, "beaten to a fraszle." Abe Ruef says he is afraid he can not get justice in San Francisco, Chances are that he Is more afraid that he will. Jack London denies the report that the cannibals. ate, him. He probably stood them off by reading some of his books to them. Mr. Bryan says he will run again In 1112 Jf his party calls. , That means is will keep ou going to tho door and asking, "Did you call?" A Paris paper says it la no longer possible to be fat and fashionable, Btill some fat persons continue to cut a wide -swath In society. Paris has abandoned its plan for taxing tourists and will be content to follow the old plan of soaking them for all they will stand. Tho ways and means committee at Washington is collecting the views of tho rertslonary. statesmen and some of tho visionary statesmen. If tho Vanderbilt railroads are op- posing Mr. Root's election to the United States senate from New York, Mr. Root Is in luck again. Mrs. "Jack" Gardner of Bostou has Just paid 11(3,000 for trying to smug gle In some foreign paintings. Now wo know what they mean by "high art, Tho office seeker who has to pay railroad faro will not feel kindly to ward Mr. Taft for makng his winter quarters ."away down south In Geor gia.' It has been brought -out that the Standard Oil company owns tho Starch trust. Tho attorneys will proceed In their efforts to take tho starch out of the Oil trust The Lackawanna Railroad com pany has entered upon 'contracts in volvlng the expenditure ej f IS, 000, 000 In improvements. That is meeting nrosperlty more than half-way. THASKSOIY1NQ DAT. Whether It be a iurTlral of some pa (run ceremonial, or, tha modern story htii It. the outgrowth of a sud den and unexpected relief that changed the day from fasting and prayer to one of feasting and rejoicing, Thanka glving day Is one festival In which all right thinking persons may Join hear tily and with accord. Although en Joined to do our good works In secret, and to enter our closets for the pur pose of praying, It is not amiss to make on one day of the year public tcl(iiowleilOBltnt Of tD6 DianilOU ana substantial blosslncs that have fol lowed us during the days of our lives, end to return openly a tribute of praise to the Ood to whom all creeds ascribe power and dominion. A lengthy list will be required to catalogue all things for which the American people will give thanks iuua. n usuei nj iu e.u w. rontlnnpa In the land. Bountiful . . crops ana Dusy lactones ensure cun- tnue BUStenance for the creature man, ana peace ai uurue ana auruttu ,. . . . A permit, me enjouin. ui vu RUuu things. " Battle, murder ana uaaen ..... . . . . aeatn" nave been aoseni iroin me na- tjon'ai life 'pestilence and famine have ou piace iu uur tuunuj, wunc mu WB 1 a lUtll leaua Hi uisuci uiuiticmcui, The borne gatherings today will ex- empllfy once more the force of that greatest of institutions, the American home. Father and mother will wel come back the scattered flock, and for me aay ac leasi au win oasa in me Warmth that radiates from the family . Kt nn n..K- like it, and no Joy like that which mnwi from the nreaenrn of loved ones iV " . ' gatuercu atuuuu lb i uc vuyaui i:uau will be there, but its presence will be an inspiration rather than a sorrow, for the memory of the loved one gone will always serve , to beget higher, re solve. So, with good things on every hand, and the promise of more ahead, let us give thanks today that we are living at a time when so much la expected from every man, and when every man seems willing to give his utmost to the cause of humanity. Let us re- J,ce that we 'Prt f the g. atest e ot ail a8es, ana tomorrow lei us take up the work of another year, de- termtned to do each his part to set the old world a little nearer to perfection before comes. another Thanksgiving day MORS TENNESSEE LAWLESSNESS. Commendable efforts on the part of Governor Patterson to bring to justice the Tennessee "Night Riders" and the murderers of Captain Rankin have been seriously marred and interfered w,tn by the state National Guard, or- dered ou to make the arrests. These soldiers camped at Camp Nemo, right I In tho heart of the nlght-rldlng dla- trtct and within a few miles of the place where' the assault" upon Captain Rankin was committed. The adjutant general of the guard ruled that the Uoldiers were to receive the pay au- thorlzed by the Tennessee laws Instead of the reeular army Day for their services. The soldiers resented this ruling and burned the adjutant gen eral In effigy, in the very midst of the outlaws they had been sent to arrest. This action of the soldiers is con temptible and rebellious. The first duty of the soldier, regular or volun teer, Is to obey orders and -uphold the law, yet these militiamen not only Ignore the law, but hurl insult upon It. 11 ,B the more deplorable that the offl- cer ot the militia should have wit- newied the violation of the law without protest or attempt at interference. Possibly the militiamen . had a grievance, but no such cause for corn- plaint can justify their unsoldlerly and unlawful conduct. The way to justice was open to them, through military channels or through the courts, but their plain duty was to carry out their orders, big pay, small pay or no pay, instead of encouraging the lawlessness lhv cra rallnd imnn . tr aunnreaa Tho anlrlt of lawleaaneaa la mora nn. L,BPr.ntahl. .m Biiftr Vn ,v LthBr n. ,M.n. .mi ftnv.mn, PnBr(mn i.,.iin.d in m.,t.,. minikm.n ,nn,i with this unmllltary defiance. MR. CARNEGIE ON THE TARIFF. Andrew Carnegie's contribution, through the Century Magazine, to the tariff literature of the day contains nothing strikingly new on the subject I beyond his contention that a tariff is po longer needed for the protection of the steel industry. Mr. Carnegie made I his millions in the steel business and derives his great revenue now from bonds of the big steel company. He argues that protection has done . its beneficent work for the steel Industry. wMch u now abi6 to ,tand alone and meet the competition of the world. Trade statistic appear Jo bear out Mr. Carnegie's . position, on the steel tariff. Reports show that the steel manufacturers of this country have been able for several years to market their products throughout the civilized world, coming Into successful competi tion with the iron and steel manufac turers In Germany and England. , Congress will doubtless be Impressed with Mr. Carnegie's statements, but It will perhaps be as well to follow his advice that "it is better to go a little slow than too fast" In removing the protective duties. It should not be difficult to determine in Just what lines f rk the steel companies of this country have so completely established I their supremacy that they no longer need the tariff protection. In all such - leases the tariff should be removed or - 1 reduced to the minimum.. The steel Industry has developed wonderfully in the last few years, but some steel ex- pert Insist that In certain lines the American factories still need protection against foreign competitors. The average citizen will hardly agree with Mr. Carnegie in hts com plaint that the tariff "la a potent en gine for the purpose of taxing the rich, with the Incidental of exempting the poor from contributing to the sup port of the federal government." The poor, being In the majority, would have no complaint whatever to offer against that feature of tariff operation. Mr. Carnegie cites figures to ohow that of a total collection of 1332,000,000 In duties In 1907, the amount of $216, 000,000 was collected upon the luxu ries of the rich. "The worklngman," says Mr. Carnegie, "who neither drinks nor smokes is thus virtually free from national taxation, either through tariff or internal revenue, except upon sugar, which is the only imported taxed arti cle of general consumption, by rich and poor alike." Such articles as that by Mr. Carnegie should aid congress in securing definite data concerning American industries and their need of protection. Senti ment is clearly for a revision and re adjustment of the tariff schedules, to the end that, they shall not be used to enable great corporations to wring unearned profits from the consumers and shall, at. the same time, furnish that measure of protection necessary to the encouragement of American in dustries and the maintenance of the high standard of American labor and wages. COMPARISONS INVITED. The Boa speaks of objectionable elements that . would make their Influence felt In the election of the (police) commissioners. We have had object lessons In Omaha which- cannot be overlooked. If the com mission Is made elective these. Influences are obliged to face the power and subvert the clvlo righteousness of the entire elec torate If they are to accomplish their pur pose. And this wa submit Is not so easy as it is for Victor Rosewater and those for whom and with whom he acta to sway the course of a governor who acts at a distance and la necessarily a stranger to a greater or lesser extent to the situation. World-Herald. If the Intimation Is that The Bee and its editor are responsible for the police commissioners appointed by the governor, comparisons are invited between the personnel of the present police commission and former police commissions, whose appointment was not to be laid at the door of any ono connected with The Bee. Tho ap pointed members of the present police commission are four In number, as fol lows: Jchn L. Kennedy. w. M. Oilier. Robert Coweli. a C. Page. We submit that theeo men consti tute a police commission thoroughly representative of and in highest stand ing in the business and professional community. Which of these police commission ers does the World-Herald charge with representing "objectionable elements?" Which of them represent Influences aiming to "subvert civic righteous ness?" In which one of these appointments was Governor Sheldon misled, if he was Influenced by The Bee and Its editor, and what have they done that Governor Sheldon would not have had them do, or would have them undo? Governor Sheldon need not fear comp arison as between his Omaha police commissioners and thse who have gone before them, or who may come after them.' We submit that the World-Herald's present demand for a home made po lice commission is pure buncombe. We had a home made police commis sion here for several years, but the World-Herald and its political allies never ceased attacking It until they had secured a reversal of the supreme court decision that guaranteed home rule to Omaha and had restored the appointing of police commissioners to a governor "at a distance" and "neces. sarlly a stranger to the situation." In blowing hot and blowing cold, favoring governor-appointed commis sions and then opposing ' them, the World-Herald has been simply voicing the desires ot the "objectionable ele ments" who want the town run wide open. What has become of the Nebraska constitutional provision that declares that taxes shall never be compromised or remitted? Our public authorities seem to have the idea that tbey can compromise taxes whenever they please and every compromise simply holds out an Incentive for tax shirkers to fight their taxes In order to get a compromise. With a physician In the city council to keep tab on the physician in the health commissioner's office. Omaha taxpayers ought to have a check on extravagance. But If, as charged, the health commissioner's office has been extravagantly run for nearly three years, It surely ought to have been stopped before this. Of course the suggestion that plenitude of candidates for those su preme court vacancies is due to the raise of salary to 14,500 a year is en tirely unwarranted. The competition for the Jobs would have been Just as brisk had the salary been reduced or cut off altogether. The dispatches announce the finding of an orthoceratlte in Wyoming. An orthoceratlte, wo learn from tho works of the late Mr. Webster. Is an ortho ceras, and an orthoceras is "an extinct genus of the Paleozoic Caphalopodo Have you lost an orthoceratlte? The local democratlo organ makes a special plea for the elimination ot politics from state institutions and the adoption of some plan that will mak efficiency the sole passport to employ ment and retention in them. No one will take exception to this. Now let the new democratic administration start out by retaining the services of 11 the republicans in our Nebraska state institutions, excepting only those who fall, after due hearing, to meet harges of inefficiency or incom petency. If the two Omahas can get together around a banquet board now, they ought to be able to get together bo fore long under one municipal gov ernment. The Greater Omaha they 11 talk about Is coming all right In fact, some of it is here already. Editor Li Sum of China was In this country when the Chinese throne was rudely emptied by the hand of death, ut there were other members ot the LI Sum family in China to give proper attention to the big news Hem. A consular agent reports that the Chinese are planning to go into hog raising on a scale that will threaten America's supremacy In that line. The chances are that this Is Just another Chinese pig tale. The incoming democratic administration aa a great many things It can do that wli: entitle It to praise World-Herald. Well, then, please do them. And if they are not. done, don't try to side step the blame. Mr. Bryan is stronger than his party," says the New Orleans Times Democrat That is proved by the fact that he has succeeded in keeping his party down. 'Cabbage, onions and celery are the greatest enemies of the human stom ach," says a physician. Well, some us do not care much for celery, anyway. The Worst to Come. St. Louis Olobe-Democrat Nebraska'a governor-elect recently broke his leg at hla Initiation into a society. He should have been more careful, for the worst la certainly yet to come. Campaign Liberality. Chicago Tribune, It will not be denied that Mr. Bryan himself was a liberal contributor to the democratic campaign fund. He gave 21,000 in cash and nearly all the words in com mon use in the English language. Paper Making; Brats Printing;. Chicago Inter Ocean. Evidence was produced ' before the ways and means committee of the house, Satur day to the effect that the International Paper company has made a profit of' lb. 79 a ton on all paper produced in the last ten years. This beats the "six best sellers" to a pulp. Uncle Sam's Emblems. - Boston ' Herald. Henceforth the eagle, the shield, the flag, or other insignia of the United States, are not likely to constitute features of private trade marks to the extent that they have hitherto. The ruling of the com missioner of patents against the registra tion of all such trade marks banishes them QUita effectually. Uncle Samuel is getting quite exclusive ' with his emblems. King; porn's Uronlag Asset. .. Washington Post. The value of the country's corn crop this year will be greater than in any pre vious season. It probably will bring to the farmer more than $1,400,000,000, making corn the imperial crop of the United States. The yield has been exceeded three times, but lower prices in 1899, 1906, and 190 made the total value less. One factor In keeping up the price of corn has been the export demand, which has steadily Increased dur ing the decade past. For this great credit s due the officials of the Agricultural de partment, who have kept up a long and persistent campaign of education In Eu rope, In order to show the great food value of corn. The expert figures prove that their efforts have been wonderfully success. ful. There Is no doubt that similar methods applied to' other American products now unpopular abroad would bo equally suc cessful. FARMER A HIGH FINANCIER. Value of the Year's Crop Breaks the Record. Baltimore American. According to the estimate of Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, the aggregate value of the farm props of the United States for the current year, will be t.- 000.000,000. This breaks ail Drevlous records and exceeds the total valuation of last year's crops by 1600,000,000. It is an amount so great that lta proportions can only be grasped by comparisons, or by showing what could be bought with such a sum. Tha entire national wealth of Spain, ac cording to latest standard estimates, la 15,100,000,000. If, therefore, Spain were offered for sale at par, the farmers of the United States from the realised val uen of this year's cropa could purchaae the entire kingdom, including cltiea, towns, farm lands, live stock, railroads and ship ping, palaces, forts in short, the entire fixtures and outfit of the country that is measurable in a monetary valuation. And after paying over the purchase money ma purchasers would have M.flOO.OOO.OOO to put into Improvements. They could pay for both the Kingdom of Portugal and the Republlo of Swltserland in a Job lot sale upon the same basis of valuations, and have more than 13.000,000,000 left for mak ing developments. The monetary value of the" crops of the United States for 1908 Is greater by sev eral billions of dollars than can ba meas ured in all the moneys that will bo col lected and expended during the passing fiscal year by all the governmenta of Europe. If the American farm yield had to ba paid for in a lump sum, all the money in the United Plates, including gold, silver and uncovered paper, would not be sufficient for the purpose by ' S5.4W.0O0.O0O. And if all the money of : very description in circulation in Great Britain, France and Germany were added to tha total monetary circulation of the United States, there would still be lack ing more than 12.000,000,000 of a suf ficiency to make a spot caah pay ment for the farm products of this coun try grown during this single year 19o. Allowing that the farmers of the United States will sell only two-thirds of the products grown this year and reserve the other one-third for their own consump tion, tha value of tha portion of the crops marketed will aggregate ,33Z.i3, 333. And there Isn't halt enough money in tha United Statea to pay down .n the nail" for these goods. And If the entire farm surplus of the Unit'd States should be exported, there is net enough money In all the banks and all the pocket books of Europe to pay uuh for the marketing. tllA,KtilVl0 SONG ASD SOMSKTS A ong of Praia. This day fnr thanK to Ood on high, borne upward through the chilly air! Here, iimlvrm aih Novrmocr a k-, the F.lgluy millions knu'l In prayer. For all we lout., mi nil wo gain, lur all we scorn and all we prise. Accept, o, (4od, our humble, vain, but not unworthy, sacrifice! The anclrnt order still endures; the strong arc strong, the mk are sprnt. And aillt, as If the act were Yours, Wrong sits enthroned, omnipotent; One sins and thouisnls nuiM atone; the thief Is In hi!) high estate; Who asks for bund receives a stone, and lips of love speak words ot hate. And yet we thank Thee, Lord, because Of that Immutable decree Which shaped tho universal laws And whlopered to mini's soul; "He Free'." Because Thou gnvest him thft will To flKht until his latest breath, To suffer and to bear, until Hope's smile enwreathes the lips Death. of So, for the power that wings our feet, throughout the chaos of the night. And for the heart that In defeat beats only to renew the fight. For the new chance to try again, the on ward flsg, the Bteady ranks. Accept, O, Ood, our hunle, vain, but not unworthy, meed of, thanks. , Saturday Evening Post. Gobbler Sonnets. I THE NECK. Full oft 'tis said it dominates the stew Thai gilds tiie damask of the boarding house. Churls call it, when its lamp they'd rudoly douse, The cud ot discontent the wise eschew. But to a graceful wit like C. Uepew, Upon whose shoulders hangs tne bloom ing blouse Of Rociiutoucauld. It Is the thing to souse Onw's soul, with bliss and knock the fates askew. The lotos eater likes It lean or fat. And, while he with enthusiasm bfams, 1 He murmurs with outstretched, uplifted hands: "Ah, that it were as long a neck aa that Which makes the ostrich happy as he dreams In pvace upon the moonlit desert sands." 11 THE WINOS. Oh, nevermore these wings will wildly flap Those symphonies that glad the epicure And In his rosy memories endure To keep his finest fantasies on tap. That music s still, yet. even as we wrap Ourselves about these tidbits are we sure We feci a melody that's made to lure, And catch and hold all bugbeurs in a trap. Oh, when we nibble at these Juicy Joints We feel we're at a feast that's fit for kings, And loud our horn of revelry we wind And lift our voice while gravy rich anoints Our thoughts and chant: These wings oulwlng the wings Of riches and Hie wings of love com bined. Ill THE BREA8T. When one observes Its gravy-sculptured slice Adorn the plate, one's fancies flame and flash. Till, lme a knight of old. with vim and dash, One gulps It In a honey-broldered trice. Though hot or cold or sandwiched, 'twill entice E'en as it will converted into hash In any style 'tis worth its weight In cash, And cneap no matter what tne blooming price. The poet would b duller far than dull Who, having eaten of its lily white, Delectable and gravy-buried chunks. Could not instanter gather with h'is skull The deathless wreath by tossing off the light And airy ode that gleans the golden plunks. IV-THE SECOND JOINTS. These second Joints will trot the bird no more, . Nor help to hold him on the moonlit tree, For brown and crisp they gleam, and Juicy glee Transports us to a golden fairy shore. Athrili with merry meters to the core We munch and munch, adrift upon a sea Of warm empurpled dreams and, quite care free, Eat on and on till rapturously sore. And then we fancy 'mid the skeins of smoke That to me celling dvlft In airy curves And quaintest ripples breathing fumes of sploe That we're a nasha In lush Joy asoak When on his silken cushions ne ouserves Dark hours through the gates of para dise. V THE DRUMSTICKS. Observe the small boy's gravy-tinted errrlle That from the drumstick practically drips As fast as it can blossom on his lips, The which he smacKS in most heroic style. E'en as the Hindu down the crocodile Evanishes, this luscious morsel slips Adown the boy and in a pity nips His many troubles in the bud, the while He wields this slick as if hu would with vim Discourse a solo on the drum of Joy. This hopeful Is our long-lost self we see A-smiling e'en while loading to the bnm With unctuous drumstick, brighter than a toy, His rampant soul aglow with madcap glee. VI-THE STUFFING!. The sage to eat alone Is quite unfit, And of the thyme one may remark the same; Stale bread will never know the smile of fame, And from tho onion many e'er will flit; But blend them and the blend will always hit Tho bull's eye of the appetite of dame And danioarl and little boy who'll frame Such words of pratso as no bard ever writ. This is thn stuffing that Thanksgiving dreams Are maue of and that all men gulp In glee Witu rolling eyes and bosoms full of hope. And murmur, while their vision brightly beams: "We'ru fortunate Its envelope to bo Tliat had the roast Turk for an en- velope.' -R, K. MUNKITTRICK. A Thanksgiving;. Ixrd of the land and sea. Our deep Thanksgiving bu Forevtr to Thee! For Thy so lenient ways In the dead other days, We lift our worslilp-praise! For all our radiant names That history acclaims The deeds that now are Fame s! For failure that which went With soma sublime Intent; For Death's dark sacrament! For beeonlng beacon-hopes That show, beyond the slopes, How wlda the Future opes! For all our land's Increase That slowly, without ceise Man's paths trend more toward peace! Foreverniore to Thee, Our deep Thanksgiving be. Lord of the land and sea! FIXIXi ltKSPO.VSIlIIMTY. Failure of Criminal Proeeedlnga In Hatlroad Accident 1'naea. Boston Herald. Remaining indictments for manslaughter against the New York Central railroad In connection witn tne wrewster express I wreck have now been dismissed. The dis aster caused the death of twenty-four per sons. A month after the accident, when public indignation was high, the general manager and other officials of the road were indicted. Nine months later the gen eral manager was tried and acquitted. After a lapse of eleven months more the other cases are quietly stricken from the court docket. Most persons, have forgotten that such an accident occurred. The rail road has acknowledged Its responsibility and has settled with the friends and rela tlves of the dead and Injured. But the personal responsibility for the accident has not been fixed. Bo long as prosecuting officers and the courts recognise the possibility of railroads running them selves, and fail to determine the responsi 13' II of individuals for the sale conduct of traffic, the guarantee of safety wlU be meo.tiired by the scale of financial liability, m! the saving of human life will be bal aticed against the saving In est of main Itnance and operation Can You Do better than select the bank that shows Steadily Increasing assets, especially that, part, put In by stockholders. - ,,. A reserve cash balance largely in excess ot legal rcqulre- m'ntA' executive staff backed by C2 years experience In serv ing the Interests of Omaha citizens. Can you do Better Than Use a bank that has always kept abreast of the times, e, by being the first In the city to establish a WomtW Department completely equipped for the exclu sive use ot women and in charge of women and Safety Deposit Vaults strictly fire and burglar proof. The vaults are now being extensively enlarged and Im proved. Your checking or time account is solicited. First National Bank of Omaha United States Depository. 13th and Farnam SU. . PERSONAL .NOTES. Mr. Rockefeller mentions the dire possi bility that the supply of oil may give out. Hence his desire to control the supply and not permit wicked, rivals to waste it. Vlctorien Sardou, before his death, had practically completed the manuscript- of a revolutionary drama, styled "L'lnsalsiM ablo." It waa written for production in the United Btates and England. From the estimates and calculations ot local experts who have sampled the atmos phere Is can be shown that the average cltlien of Chicago consumes a great deal more than his allotted peck of dirt. Mrs. Phillips Nodon of London is to be the principal speaker at the meeting of the Interurban Woman Suffrage associa tion, which Is to be held in Carnegie hnll. New York, on December 4. Mrs. Nodon is the wife of asmember of Parliament and reported to be an eloquent speaker. The Vanderbllt fortune, once the greatest financial power In the United States, prob ably amounts, at the, present moment, to not far from $300,000,000. Of this, William Klssam Vanderbllt, who controls the ma jority of the family properties, holds In the neighborhood of 1100,000,000. while twelvi or fifteen descendants of the commodore share among themselves the remaining fauo.ooo.ooo. The late Jere M. Lyon, who amassed a fortune of $100,000 as a country merchant at Bedford, Westchester county. New York, was a somewhat eccentric character. He kept all his bank books in a meal bag, which also contained a wallet stuffed with 600 four-leaf clovers. Mr. Lyon had gath ered these clovers all through his life, believing that great good luck came to one possessing them which was true enough in his case. Consul General T. St. John Oaffney, of Dresden, states , that the exportation ot German picture post cards has recently di minished considerably. The foreign de mand Is, however, still great, amounting K about 600,000,000 since the beginning of the year to July 1. Compared with the previous year this shows a diminution of 100,000,000. The United States is said to bo Germany's best customer, followed by England. Asia and Australia are alo good patrons of this form of art industry. Lydia Thompson, (he noted burlesque ac tress. Is dead. Forty years ago, at the head of the British blondes, Lydia began her career of elevating the stage and was so' nimble in her ways that every member of the troupe could kick the crown of a tail hat on the head of a six-footer, without creasing the tights. When the troupe gave a return exhibition in Chicago In 1870, the famous Wllber F. Story shouted In the Chicago Times: "Bawds In the opera house! where are the police?" Lydia waylaid the fiery editor the following night and lashed him with a blacksnake whip. The furore created- by the exhibition of tights at that time had more effect on the box office re ceipts than elsewhere, turning a fortune into the coffers of the managers. Com pared with some of the present, day exhibi tions the Thompson tights were aa decorous as a pink tea gown. Can Live on Candy CkocolaU Cratmi and Peanuts Would Keep You Alive, says Prof. Olccn. Professor Joan C. Oisxn, Pb. D., United States Food and Drag Inspection Chemist, hi bit lecture on " Pure Foods sod their Preparation," among other things said : " It was shown that two-thirds ol a pound of peanuts and two-thirds of a pound of chocolate creams contain sufficient aour Ubsicnt to feed an adult twnty-four hours. A diet of this kind would not b expensive compared with the cost of other foods.'.' WE HAVE IT! Eat Peanut Chocolate For Health & Strength For Sale Everywhere TALKING TURKEY is not a matter for argument when we declare for the proper style and luxurious finish of our Overcoats. The garments themselves settle all debate. If we'ean persuade you to slip one on we know you'll not want to slip it off. Roomy and graceful and in a great variety of staple and fancy fabrics. 915.00 to $50.00 We close at 12:30 Thursday. MM O - aO r Cor, 15th and Douglas. MF.IIKV JINOLKS. "That Italian. noblnman's people tnst on an enormous dot." "Yes," answered Mr. Cumrox, "his man agers seem to think he ought to g t ,u n uch money as if hp were an opera sing er." Washington Star. "I hnve an Idea that those new nelBii bcrs of ours are great gossips, but 1 cunt find out." "Why not?" "You see, th?lr-cook . Is deaf and dunih, and none of the girls In the block iinil' i stand the uign lunguage." 13ulllni.it. American. "Have you done anything to make 1 i r rovm more cheerful?" asked the optiiiu.it. "Have you helped anybody to smile'."' "I should say so. I have helped mwi people to smile than anybody else In thn neighborhood. I'm a dentist." L'hliiiK. Tribune. Paao She ain't In, sir. Caller Come, tell me the truth an.l I'll glv you a dollar. Is she In? Page You should have spoken bef..i.. air. She gave .me 64 rents to say rhe wi out, and I can't be a traitor. Judge. "In a few years you will hear nothing f trusts or managers," "Very likely," answered Mr. Pustln St. is-. "One of the most Important duties of our attorneys Is to Invent new names for t':' "ame things.." Washington Star. t "One thing I like about Thanksgiving iny. It has nothing to do with politics "Don't know ubout that. It is resiKinsl hle for fresh disturbances In turkey and an unusual showing In china." Baltimore American. "What a striking looking man you have for a driver of one of your coal wagon?. " observed the customer. "Yes," said the dealer,' "he used to be .i cow boi'." "How came he to -drift Into this kind of, work?" ' "l " '' ' 1 "Well, he said he wantod some Job in which he could , use his vocabulary.' Chi-' ce go -Tribune. I (HiUWIhd 1B7) An Inhalation for Whooplng-Cough, Croup, Coughs, Colds, Catarrh, Bronchitis, Diphtheria. CrasoUn Is a Boon le Asthmatics. Ilnaa It nl aara mora RsctiT to breathe In remedy tot dtmM of the breathing organs than to take the remedy into the etomacO I tie-eaoleiie care beeauee to air, rvnaerM etrnnirlr entluntio. la carried OTer the dleeaarf urfaoe with ery breath, llnf proloasea oonataot treatment. U is Inraluable to mci with email children. B" Wot irniauta inrMi there ! notnuig better than OremiieM Antlseiitlo Throat Tahleli. 8ewl 0o In postage for sample hnttle. -SU. DRUGGISTS. Send ooetal (or da crlptlva Booklet. Vapo-Cresolene Cs 1MI Fulton riireet, i N.-w Ynrlt. "We Recommend . l9 UV NO. oft The Beer You Like Largo Bottles ifi)0.7U Cases 3 dozen C3 OA Small Bottles (j)j,VU An allowance of II. SO will be made upon return U us of the empty i-ae. and all of the empty bottles in good order. Orders will be taken for Luxus in lei than case lot, at the follow ing prices: $2.00 per doz. large Bottles $1.33 per doz. Small Bottles Gladstone Bros. 1308-10 Douglas Street AUTO. 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