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ay that- the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Dally,' Morning.
Kverrlng and Sunday Bee printed during1 the
month of November, 1908. was' at follows:
1 ...44,00
t 3,;ca
I .48,800
4 B4.SB0
a 43,980
39.S30
T 38,380
I... .37,400
t. ........ 0140
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11. ...... ..,87,730
IS B7,80
If .3741S0
14 Sr?,W0
! l 36.600
1 37,360
IT 37.130
11 38470
K 36 ,830
to 37,310
11 3700
It 37-oeo
3710
14 . 37,030
J5... 37,070
It 3,40
27 37,140
II., 33.3M
J 38,700
10 3710
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Law unsold and returned copies. ' 11,167
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WHEN OCT OF TOWJT. '- --
Sabaerlbera leatTIa tae eity teas
porarlly skoald have Tke Bee
aallea to tkeaal A4arH will fee
ehasiSTe4-4Mi eftea aa . tod.
Venezuela has not yet evolved any
plan to best the Dutch. " :
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American troops are to leave Cuba
on April 1 and that's no Joke. '
Russia's plans for a naval loan are
said to' ba comlng'ori swimmingly.' '
King Corn la not bothered about
"lese majoste" nor ''by scurrilous and
libelous" 'newspaper (attacks.
Anyway the Hntttens -choose their
presidents without the worry andhtif
rah of a national convention. ' ..
President Castro has -promised to be
BWU wuin 1U 1 niioi uu nui) .uvio-
fore, be correspondingly lonesome.1 -
Still, Colonel Goethais is making
dirt fly at Panama faster than it does
in congress, and to "better purpose.
Some members of congress doubt
less wish' the' president would wait to
do his hunting until he gets to Africa.
If congreBrTtbollshwthe secret ser
vice department of the government; it
will inean a lot more work for tilt.
Hearst;'.. ; . ' .
A New York- bank caters especially
todeaf and dumb patrons. Naturally,
it can not expect touch support from
politician! 'r-- -. ; -
The prohibitionists made a bitter
fight against Speaker Cannon and now
ho is getting even fcy opposing'-water
wayB plans. "'";'.. ,
The popular-vote for- Mr. -Roosevelt
tn 1904 was considered phenomenally
laren. hut the vftfa for Mr. ...Tnfr. In
1908 exceeded it. - '.
In the meanwlrtro; the tebraska su
preme court seems to be getting along
tolerably well" With' only sit -Judges
Instead-of seven. . m r;:.
If there -should -be -any difflculty in
locating the troops -withdrawn from
Cuba, Fort Crook 'will "be able to take
care vof" its full share'. " -
"fho v people are. partners in all
great- fortunes," says Andrew Carne-1
gle. Now. we know what is meant by
the term ."silent partners."" ,.
Mr. Roosevelt -has-been-discussing
the awakening in China : and ' at the
same, time causing an awakening In
the house and' senate at home:
The "mink king" of New York has
been robbed of $40,000 worth of furs.
Ha will ' have he sympathy of ' the
mink?, that havBlmllnrly suffored. -
Competition does not seem to be
very brisk to be first to register at
. Uncom"M ' lobbyist under the new
Nebraska lobby : law.'' ""Dont crowd.1
Those-bank-robbers who-have been
opertlgr in Oklahoma' lire " certainly
considerate in choosing banks for loot
whoso depositors may expect -reim
bursement f torn the other banks tbst
escape.. ...
State - Labor ' ConrmiBsioner Ryder
estimates that Nebraska's present pop
ulation 'can hardly exceed l,l&6,000.
Wq will have a federal census next
year and will then be able to fill in
Mm cyphers;- ' . ' ' !
A New Jersey man has been placed
In Jail for ' declaring his Intention of
"'going after the president." He should
be taught' that only editors and con
gressmen have the .privilege of going
A POljfT WELL TAKE. - -OMAHA,
Dee. 15. To the Editor of
The Bee: Tour reference to the dls
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compensation from the Institutions they
examined, and your remark about similar
practices elsewhere, are apt and timely,
but do not go far enough. You know, or
you-' ought to, tbot here In Nebraska
salaried offlc.le.ls are constantly accepting
employment on the outside, which they
would never get except for the fact that
they are public officials. Thla practice
ought to be stopped all along the tine.
B. a. li. ;
Our correspondent makes a good
point and one that will strike a popu
lar chord. The trend of public senti
ment everywhere, is against the old
idea that a public office is to be re
garded, if not as an Instrument of
graft, as a means of promoting private
interests elsewhere.
Without going Into specifications, it
is notorious that here In Nebraska,
state and local officials of all political
parties have greatly abused thelr posi
tions by"' making them merely a base
of operations for private activities. In
many case the public official has per-
suaded himself to look at hU salary
aa merely a retainer, entitling the peo
ple to his time and attention only
when no' one else Wants It or he has
nothing else to do. Schemes are pro
jected And employment' '. accepted
whose financial success -depend upon
fator procured in an official capacity.
That this Is all wrong and should
be1 stopped is perfectly obvious, but
how to stop It is not so clear. IX the
salaries' we pay our officials were on
a scale by which we could rightly de
mand their exclusive services, all out
side work could be prohibited". Under
present conditions and In this day of
publicity, perhaps the abuse 'could be
obviated by requiring all these sal
aried officials to record publicly all
private, business engagements during
their terms r of office and make sure
that they'dd not conflict with" their
public" duties.' '
'the CEiravs enumerators.
Congressmen, republicans' and dem
ocrats alike, have joined In rejecting
the recommendation ' )t " President
ftooseveltlthat the enumerators to "be
employed in the taking of the next
census be appolned only after, a com
petitive examination. ' The charge was
mltdo In ttits course of the' house de
bate on the question that the repub
licans and democrats were to share
alike in the appointment of enumera
tors; thus placing the distribution of
patronage on, a "pork" basis and se
curing the votes of all who expect to
share in it.
The bill as agreed upon by the
house provides that the enumerators
In the several congressional -districts
be selected by the congressmen, lea v
ing the director of the census no op
tion "but to appoint the men ' thus
named' As there will be about 3,000
additional clerks appointed for the
service in Washington and a good
many thousand enumerators for the
work in the field, this will give the
congressmen the- largest volume of
patronage they have had for yetrs. '
The present director of the census
and all his predecessor's' nave pro
tested against this method of appoint
ing 'clerks 'and 'enumerators; insisting
that the work of thfe "census" de
layed 'land is efficiency impaired "by
fthe 'failure of 'congress '' to - provide
men selected by merit rather than by
personal 'Influence" '6r 'political' ' pull.
Apparently we have" ndt ' yet' reached
the stage where our congressmen will
voluntarily forego the filling of a few
Jobs'" with political' 1 camp followers,
oven though the census "work 'suffer.
TUB COyQRESSIOXAL INSURGENTS.
The close fight in the house over a
resolution lookfng to change the re
iport or tne committee on rules rur-
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nisoes aa iiiubiiuliuu vl iud (iuhih
of the sentiment among members for
a modification r of the existing system
of conducting the business of that
body'."'' This fight is now being made
as 'a matter of principle and not as a
display of personal opposition to
Speaker Cannon.- While opposition to
the speaker's re-election has practically
subsided, the sentiment; in favor of
placing ' important limitations on the
excessive 'power lodged in: that office
is growing rapidly." with promise of
real' results when the new congress
comes in with a considerable number
Of its first-term members pledged to
a revision of the rules. Congressman
Hepburn of Iowa, who has always
been classed as a close supporter and
personal friend of Speaker" Cannon, is
leading the movement for reorganlza
tlon of the rules. '418 program,' ac
cording to a published statement,
: Would confer n the-speaker authority
to appoint one-third of the members of
each committee,' on the party caucus au
thority' to name another third, and on
the minority' authority select the remain
ing third. He would ' delegate ' to the
committees so selected ' the ' right to
elect their own chairmen, and would
make It obligatory ., on the speaker
to call . the committees- once or -twice
a . week ao that they oould . present,
without' the-permission of. the speaker,
measures on which they desire action by
the house. Mr. -. Hepburn would also
abolish the rule which makes It optional
with the speaker, ,wiethr ? or not- he
shall recognise a member who addresaea
the chair.
Some action of this kind would do
much to restore the house f.o greater
freedom of action; and make it nearer
an open forum for discussion. It is, of
oourse," necessary that an unwleldly
body like the house f ould have Us
order of business arranged in advance,
its time assigned for bills and speak
ers recognized by agreement, but it is
evident that the program should be
made up after -'a more general Consid
eration by the membership of ' th
house, Instead of having it firmly and
definitely fixed by - the committee on
rules, dominated by the speaker.1 This
committee now really exercises ' abso
lute power of life and death over legis-
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latlon, practically denying tU Irlgnt
of consideration by the house.
. The proposition of Mr. Hepburn to
have the spoaker name one-third of
the committees, the party caucus to
name the second third and the minor
ity party to name the other third
strikes at the real seat of the trouble
a the bouse at present. It would de
prive the speaker of two-thirds of his
power in choosing members of the
committees and deprlvi him wholly of
the power to name 'chairmen, who
would naturally bo favorable to his
legislative program. These proposi
tions of change are radical, almost to
the extreme, and it is doubtful if
they can all be effected, but the ap
pearance of an effective sentiment for
revision Of the rules promises some
corrective measures by the new con
gress. -
TTIEPMLIPP1XE SUGAR TARIFF.
The reported agreement of the
ways and means committee or con
gress to admit annually 300,000 tons
of Philippine 3urar' free -Of duty, with
duty of 75 per cent of the regular
tariff ' on all ekcess of that amount,
will probably be accepted by congress,
as It is Urged, by; Mr. Taft and Is gen
erally felt to be due as a partial per
formance of the pledges' made to the
Filipinos to grant them trade conces
sions under the tariff laws'.
The present production of sugar in
the Philippines is' only slightly in ex
cess 67 home demands and but little
of it is sent to this country Those
familiar -with conditions in the islands
contend that it will be ten years or
more before the sugar available for
export to the United States 'from the
Philippines can amount to anything
IlkO 300,000 tons; The importation of
that amount, duty free, from the Phil
ippines would not seriously affect this
country, although it would act as a
stimulus and encouragement to the in
dustry in the islands. The free ad
mission pf 300,000 tons annually from
the Philippines would be felt only -by
other sugar exporting countries, Ger
many, Cuba and the Dutch East Indies,
which ' now ' send annuajiyy to the A
United States- more than' 1,600,000
tons of tPSgar. There is apparently ho
danger that" sugar Importations' from
the Philippines will' make any marked
Inroad on the 'domestic market for
years to come. " L
THE JANUARY DIVIDENDS.
In face Of all the complaints of
financial' and "business" depression
throughout the country in the early
months of the present year, reports
show that the January dividend dis"-
burBements 'will be the largest on rec
ord, amounting to more than $200,-
000,000, and exceeding last year's di
vidends by nearly -120.000,000." ' :;
The money to be thus disbursed has
been earned largely by the railroads
and the big industrial corporations,
nearly all of which have not only met
their regular' dividend payments, but
have added to their" surplus resarvrs.
The record appears to discount the
complaints made by the railroad man
agers and the captains of industry to
the effect ' that ' the . administration
policies of the' government were ruin
ing Investments and frightening in
vestors. ""The opposite 'effect appears
to havo been produced, the legislation
and Investigation relating to the oper
ation ' of big corporation and indus
trial enterprises having reassured the
people of the soundness of these con
cerns. -It 1b expected that most of
the $200,000,000 to be disbursed in
dividends will seek reinvestment, thus
assuring an abundance of money' for
safe and sane enterprises. - .
Mr. Bryan wants the coming Ne
braska legislature to enact -into law
all the pledges in' the' Denver plat
form applicable to state legislation. If
Mr. BTyan would kindly ."specify how
far the platforms on which th demo
crats won out' in Nebraska, are bind
ing, both as to what they contain and
what they omit, we would know bet
ter what to expect.' ''"'' '' '"
The completed table of the popular
vote cast at the last election em
phasizes again the gross disparity be-
tween' the -values 'of " the electoral
franchise' north'" and south "due td
negro , disfranchisement. '' " The "'south
ern democrats not only prevent ' the
negroes from voting, but In substance
vote for' them themselves. "
The usual tall-end rush for pardons
and paroles from' the outgoing gov
ernor is on. The safe plan is for the
governor to grant ' no commutations
J of sentence in the last mont h of his
official term that he would not have
granted just as freely in the first
month of his official term.-
Omaha and Council Bluffs have
been fraternizing more during the
past- week than for many a month.
Omaha and Council Bluffs people have
so many interests in common that
they ought to be pulling together all
the time.
The Department of Agriculture has
started experiments with ben food, to
extend over a 'period of twenty years.
If tne experiments are successful, we
may have an abundant supply of eggs
ifter twenty years.
It Is all well 'enough to make swear
ing over the telephone a' finable ' of
fense, "but how is one going to prove
It? When it comes to a" question of
telephone veracity the average juror
will take to "the -woods. "
Charles Frobman has returned from
Europe where he has been making as
tronomical observations. At least, he
has been look'na; over the new stars.
Walter Dam roach says that if there
were more music there would be fewer
divorces. Depends upon the kind of
music. The chin music variety would
not help the situation a little bit.
Dlatnond importations, for the
month of . November amounted to
11,809,605, as compared with $541,365
In November of last year. The spark
ler follows the prosperity flag.
A Philadelphia man Is said to have
contracted hydrophobia from eating
sausage. This seems to verify certain
popular suspicions' as to the source of
the sausage.
Mr. Roosevelt is quoted as saying
that Julius Caesar was the greatest
man the world ever produced. Yet
Prof. Ferrero insists that Caesar was
a democrat.
The Christmas shopper would like
to know why the shortest days of the
year should have been put on the
calendar Just in front of the holiday
season'.
If swearing at a person over the tele
phone is to be a misdemeanor, the pro
fane man will have - to take ! it out
swearing at the other fellow to his
face.
Tke Family Roll Call.
'Washington Herald. ;
It will cosr -Uncle' Samuel" some $12,
000,000 to find out Jiow much he has grown
during the past ten years. 8tllt the bid
gentleman probably realises It is cheap
at the price. " '
Giving? Itself Array.
Chicago Heoord-Herald.
We are toM that congress has neglected
to do a lot of things it might have done
for the benefit of the country because It
desired through its ' inaction to spite- the
president. This being the case H Bhould
not be difficult to get a correct estimate
of the patriotism which prevails in con
gress. '
Why Were Limits Fixed
1 Cleveland Leader " ' "
When congress 'gets 'through with plans
for punishing the -president ' for Ms com
ments upon' the law "which restricted the
use Of the secret service men to the single
field of counterfeiting:, possibly it' may -Occur
to the senate and the house that the
country would like to know' Just why such
limits were fixed. "'
The Pace of tke Ccntary.
Baltimore "American." ' -The
world may have a 4-cent cable. With
facilities formerly ' luxuries ' coming as
necessities within the reach of all, It
is next' to Impossible to predict the possi
bilities which the present Century will de
velop, yet barely hinted 'at: That, with
the -extraordinary facilities' of inodern' In
vention and scientific resources within pop
ular ' grasp, a corresponding ' change will
take place in the standards of living' IS
impossible to duny. - .' '" ''
Woalda't that Fix 'Km t
Charleston News and Courier.
If Mr. W. M. tsfTan of the New York
Bun and Mr. DelavSn Smith of the Indian
apolis News are 'convicted of 'criminal
libel against President Roosevelt in the
Panama canal matter," we trust that they
Will tie committed to the Jail tn Ctiarleston,
a1 very large and commodious building,' ao
that we may tiave the satlsfaotton of vis
iting them on Bundays and reading to them
from the messages of Mr. Roosevelt. Thoy
might, however, ' regard this aa an excessive-
punishment, - but what they' evidently
need Is such instruction in righteousness. -
CO.NGnESSFO-VAI. "ADAM-GODS."
. . . . If v. '' ' t ;; t ,.
Turnina tke' Hoee -oa Warn Members
of tke Lower House."
William Alleri White in Emporia Oasette.
N The ' members' of congress who quietly
cut' off the ' appropriation for the 'Secret
service men are Tow ' Insulted because the
president told the truth about their mo
tives. ' He said that" the members 'of con
gress objected to ' being watched tn their
dishonest transactions. They are now prov
ing that he was right, fhey have appointed
a whining committee to bewail the presi
dent's language. -
What stupid donkeys they are these con
gressional Adam Gods who think they can
not be harmed, who -regard them . a
prophets and who believe that they are
Immune from the processes of law and the
course of Justice as it follows other me!n.
Theae congressional Adam Gods, - ignorant,'
arrogant and not above approach, will
have the same experience that Adam God
Sharp had In Kansas City. "When the bul
let of publlo wrath hits them they will
see hW their faith IS all wrong. They
will -see that no honest congressman can
object to' the presence of secret service
men In the"- country. They will see that
no honest congreaman can vote to rebuke
the president in doing hla duty; they will
find ' that the ' people will watch the vote
in congress, and that the man who votes
tJ bke the president oannot get behind
the fact that he voted with the majority
of hla party, or that this or the other
Congressman also voted that way. The
roll-cill on that vote will go before the
people of thin country, 'and the way to
keep off that roll-call at the next election
is to get off that roll-call when the matter
comes to a vote.
PERSO-VAf. NOTES.
Denial ts made of the rumor that John
V. Ii to. devote M, 000,000 to uptight the
benighted, the report having arisen from
his donation ot t centa to a worthy waiter:
-A Chicago youth arrested for sending
threats of dsath - says he was ' imitating
Conan- Doyle, but even Sherlock Holmes
never caught Doyle doing anything of this
sort.' '
It Is said that the duke of the Abruzal
Is planning; to climb Mount Everest next
spring. ' This Himalayan peak rlsea 30 000
feet and is one ot the most dangerous
ollmbmg propoeitiona in the world.-
Moses " C. ' Wetmore, the" tobacco man
10t money on the Bryan campaign. : lie
Mibscrlbed $1,000. and put In a bill of
HW9.8S for expenses, leaving a deficit of
15 centa. with no funds In sight to pay.
Ueutenant Calvin P.' Titus hhs resigned
frcm the army-and the president ha ac
cepted the resignation. TltuS wae the boy
who, II I private, was the first man of
all the-allied army of the world to scale
the walls of Peking.
Mrs. Richard ' Sophrls was the oldest
woman to cast a ballot in the election
in Denver. Colo. She is In her SSth year;
has perfect control of her facultlea and
declares' that ut.tr is proud of being able
to vote as a full-fledged citizen of the
country. ' '
: No public function at Manchester, dig-
lar.d, : conaUte.red, complete without the
.American consul, Major Church Howe of
Nebraska.. -H -Attended two .such affairs
on the 20th Instant, and as'Osual enlivened
both' affairs with breesy short talks,
pitched tn the melodious tones with which
be wooed the birds on the banks of tht
Nemaha." "Referring' to the Iste flnanlal
unpleaaantnasa Major Howe pic-lured It as
"rich man's froUu." , .i .
BITS OF ""-VAMIIXflTO-e; I.irK.
Mlaor See nee aad IarMents Sketrke
a tke Spot.
"Last year when congress adopted the
proviso restricting the employment of
secret service men, a restriction denounced
by the president in til resnllar message,
there waa a rood deal of excitement among
cer1flin"Tnembrr 'or connren, ' whd Wife
led to believe they were watched and spied
upon by a cabal of political police. Capitol
gossips spread the stories In all directions,
and eventually brought about the clause
restricting the Operations ot the secret
service men. That there waa some basis
for tho stories about spying Into the
private afralrs of members appears from
recent Inquiries, but the' spying was not
done by government secret service men.
A Washington correspondent of the New
York Tribune explains this feature of the
controversy He" says: ""The "rumof that
the president emptoyed secret service men
to watch the personal conduct of members
of congress appears to have grown out of
the misguided enterprise of a member of
the local pollce'force.' This mad sought to
obtain an Increase of pay for -District of
Columbia policemen. Palling to do so, he
undertook to shadow a number of mem
bers of congress. He obtalred evidence, as
he believed, to insure the increase of pay,
but when ho laid It before his superior
he was dismissed from the service. Noth
ing ever came of Ms efforts, but some
members of congress learned that they
had been shadowed, and they immediately
assumed that It was by secret service men
aetlng under the direction of the president,
although nothing could be further from the
fact." -
The quarters occupied by the ways and
means commltte In conducting the tariff
hearings is known as the marble hall, or
audience chamber, of the new House of
Representatives' office building. The room
Is arranged with a Studied design to lend
the committee the pomp and dignity of 4
high court; but the actual result laugha
bly overshoots- the purpose, hays a Wash
ington letter. The committee members are
seated on a raised platforrrt "be:hIfiaa,Sefn"I
c'rCular desk or bar of dark, rich wood,
mounted and polished stone. They ' thus
look flown upon th6 witness, who stands,
as It were, tn a well at the center of the
semt-clrcle, While the seats for the publlo
extend to the other end , of the long but
comparatively harrow hall. If properly
treated, it might have been a beautiful
rodm; in fact.' It was beautiful until 1 its
effect was marred. It has a high vaulted J
celling, with arches springing from pillars
ert 'either side, and its windows are large.
But some one with barbaric eye for stage
effects has provided - elaborate - and
costly hangings of deep crimson. Not only
do these shroud the windows,' but at the
rear of the -committee's platform there
hangs from a carved and golden cornice a
similar folded curtain of crimson which
stands out from the wall a distance equal
to ' the concealed steps, which on either
side lead down to the' special door which
the curtain hides. This detailed description
Is given because of the Instant Impression
which the scene has made on more than
oh observer. 1
With the crimson window curtains drawn
together and the brilliant electric chan
deliers; hideously swathed In flags, the
long and lofty chamber takes on the as
pect ot a chapel or temple. The likeness
is ' intensified to the last degree by the
crimson hangings which stand out from
the end wall behind the committee, as If
an altar, the very holy of holies, were hid
beneath the richness of their folds.
Embarrassing and amusing incidents crop
out in the tariff hearings. Somo enemy of
the protective- system,- anxious to score
on his opponents, discovered that .the
towels In use by the , committee were of
foreign manufacture,-' the'' imprint,' "made
in Great ' Britain,"' being conspicuous ; on
the linen. Bays the Washington correspond
ent of the New 'York Evening Post Snent
the episode. Chah-man Payne is reported
to have ' fceen Visibly " embarrassed When
Ms attention was ' dlrected' to the circum
stance that his committee "had discrimi
nated against' an AmeiicAn" industry by-
purchasing foreign towels. Representative
Dalzell, another high priest of protection,
turned red In the face and refused to make
any comment when he was questioned
about the damning ' foreign towels. The
chances are that the imported towelling in
the ways and means committee room will
give way to a domestic' product within a
day or two.
One 'of the republican members of the
committee,' whose desire for a downward
irevlslon of the tariff Is well known,
chuckled audibly when a newspaper clip
ping containing the above story Was shown
to him. '
"Look, at the bottom of the chairs In
which you are sitting," waS his message to
the press table in. returning the clippings.
An examination 'of theae chairs disclosed
that they are labeled, tn large printed let
ters, "'Vienna, Austria." 'As a matter ot
fact, many of the furnishings in the ways
and means committee's room are Imported.
When the gypsum men were making their
plea for protection on their product they
called attention to the fact that the plaster
used, on the walls of the committee room
waa manufacured from gypsum Imported
from -Nova Sootia. -
Champ Clark and his democratlo . col-
league - laughed gleefully when It waa
brought to their attention that the advo
cates of the protective policy who have
been olamOrlng for a home market for
American products went abroad lor their
purchase in fitting out headquarters of the
tariff committee of 'the house. They re
called that- when, eleven years ago, Mr.
Dlngley was making a speech In the' house
and pointing out the advantage that would
accrue to American Industry under his
tariff Mil, Representative Jerry Simpson of
Kansas turned the' table on the Maine
Congressman by calling the attention - of
the house to the fact that the lining of
Mr. Dlngley' silk hat bore the mark of
a London maker.
BOOST' IS FHE1UUT HATES.
Move to Grab Two Dollars for Each
-Dollar Lost.
WaH Street journal.
The advance In freight rate of 10 per
cent, notified to the -Interstate Commerce
oomoitsaton.' to go into effect January 1,
is perhaps the most Important development
of the week. If Is the shortest way of
settling the disputed question whether the
price of transportation can be raises with
out restricting' the demand tor It. Up to
the time of King Charles II It was believed
that the addition of a live fish to a bowl
filled with water to the brim would not
displace any of the liquid.' The king -was
Informed of this remarkable fact In nature
and had the experience tried. Possibly It
waa not the light sort of fish, but the
water ran over te exactly the bulk Its body
displaced.- It la not necessary to fall out of
a window to demonstrate the law of attrac
tion of gravitation, but there is no actual
decision by the court against trying the
experiment. That a reasonable advance In
rate ts Justified - by prevailing condition
of wagea and prices Is the prevailing con
sensus of opinion.
rii
lard for tlu.Oame,
Boston Herald. '
Virtuous base ball umpires! They not
only spurned the bribe, but they are pre
pared to expose the nunea of the would
be bribers. It Is a fine card for the in
corruptibility of the game.
The Slrerifllli ol
Is Judged partly by the nmonnt of money invested by lis stock
holder in the form of Capital, Surplut and rndirlded Trent.
These give security to the depBltf"" because that money
stands between the depositor and any possible loss In the value
ot the securities held by a bank." ;..
The First Sallonal Naiik of Omaha has frequently increas
ed the amount of its '' ' v
(Capital, Surplus anil Profits . '
accounts so that they might always maintain a proper relation
to the amount of deposits.' ' '
At present the amoW in these accounts is over $1,200,
000.00. This certainly gives assurance of absolute security"
A I Certificate 'of Deposit Is one of the best and safest forms'
of Investment for your aura-lus fande .. i . ..
First National BankofOmaha
"" " Thirteenth and Farnam Stf . '
Entrance to '
fcafety Deposit Yaolts
im on- llih street
PROSPER1TTV OJf TUB FARM.
A Crop Shovrlas: that Eallvems tke
- Ckaaaela ef Trade.
New York Tribune.
The farmer evidently knew of the panic
last year only from the newspaper. He
alone of alt the producing class had no ex
perience of a contracted demand and les
sened profits, but, on the contrary, enjoyed
the most prosperous year In hi history,
making 1290,000.000 ' more than In 1907, hla
most prosperous "previous year, and reach
ing the enormous grand total of $7,778,000,000
for all hla products.
The prosperity of the farm has been
steady, the value of farm products rising
without - Interruption -from year to year.
Secretary Wilson's report shows that, tak
Ing'the value 'of the farm products In 1899
at 100, the advance has proceeded thus:
1903, 125; 1904, 131 1 1906, 134; 1906, 143; 1907, 169;
1908, 165, a gain of 65 per cent In nine years.
It ba not been afected by general business
conditions, lut ha expanded steadily with
out regard to the slight business contrac
tion of 1908-04, or the severe buslnes dis
turbance Of 1907-'O8.
Farming, of course, I subject to the un
certainties of the weather, but in every
other" respect it I aA extraordinarily stable
industry. Prices of farm products 'are
steadily advancing the Increase In the
total value of cereal crops In five years,
for example,' which' Increased in that time
Only 2 per cent In quantity, has been! S3
per cent and they are more likely to Con
tinue to do' so than to recede. Farming ha
apparently reached a condition of stability
Which It did not have in the days when
the gradual openng of the west constantly
brought the products of newer and ' more
fertile areas Into competition with those of
older and less fertile areas to use the
economist's phrase, Constantly ' reducing
what had been "rent lands" to the position
of "no rent lands." That process la over
and ' the tendency Is in the opposite di
rection, which Is doubtless the explanation
of ' the present - movement 'baok to-, the
land." Such figures as those In Secretary
Wilson's report- immensely stimulate '"na
ture love."
SAID Vi FITX.
"Why did you nonet that woman InT"
asked the shade of Et Peter.
"I told her she might come in, but she's
a cook, i replied Fetei.
"What haa that to do with It?"
"She wouldn't come' In - unless I would
promise her three afternoons wt a week."
.Houston -fosU' i, i , :t ,.
"Was that story you printed a humorous
eiiorir .
"It was," rejoined the author with dig
nity. ' ' . f- . .
it didn't make anybody laugh."
"Well, It waa a good joke on the editor
wno accepted rt, anynow. Washington
Star. - '., i :
One thing I must complain about In my
wife, father, is that she has such a rude
habit of cutting off people when tbey
talk." " '. - t-" -
'Be patient with her, my boy. Bmem
ber when you married her. she was a
telephone girl." Baltimore American.
Mr. Scrags My husband hasn't a dollar
In the World and I think I am entitled to
a divorce.
Mrs. Baggs On what grounds?
Mrs. Boraggs On the- ground that I
married him. for money. Puck. -
i J. 1 n t V. TTonM In ftftl-O-
niani.) rMriini vhn is that man ' WHO
aeems to be following us? .' " .
llaroid (paie nut cairn; oomo f"
the employ of your father. Chicago
Tribune.
'Now. vniinor a-entlemen." said the pro
fessor of moral philosophy in winding up
his little talk tq the class, "you under
stand, do you not, what I mean when I
WINTER WEAU
If you buy an Overcoat
each year perhapi you can
indulge a taste for the ecu
treme patterns.
They may seem a bit con
spicuous etnother season-
You're the . one to . be
suited, however, and we are
here te please you.
Fancy patterns or Staple
Blacks and Grays.
'$2.5 to $30
Thoroughly well made
Overeoats as lew as $18 and
luxurious silk-lined gar
wents up to $45. v
Hats, Oleves, Shirts and
Underwear,
Broping3(ing
fiCompariY
"SSJy FJteentk and DoegU St.
V.' OMAHA, s
R. p. WILCOX. Manager.
a Bank
use the term 'ethical and intellectual aris
tocracy,' " ' i .... ,
"s sir," answered the young man with
the bad eye; "It means being great and
good - In your mlnd."-.'hlcago Tribune.
"What did the Boston girl say when
Sutherland refused the leap, year proposal
aha made him?"
"She sighed and remarked that she was
an 'Unskilled apiarist." - '
"What did she mean by that?".
"She- meant that she was stung." Cleve
land Leader.
""" "
Wife Dear, I haven't half enough money
for Christmas' presents. - -
Husband (unfeelingly) What's the dif
ference? You never get half enough pres
ents for the money. Puck.
TUU JOY RIDERS. .
Minna Irvlngi 'ln' tesUe's Weekly.
We clipped from the dark garage
' At -ten of a moonless night.
And we had the muffler on, you bet,
' And lit but a single light. ' '
But we opened up the final notch
' The minute we got outsM, -.
And away we tore with a bang and a roar
. And for the joy ot a midnight ride.
-'-'-' - , -
We grazed the front of a trolley car,
' And tumbled -a -pushcart down,
And bumped the end of .a load of coal,
.'Arid scattered It ever th town.
It was barrels of fun' to -watch folks run
A we merrily whined along, -
With a frenzied toot, or a scornful hoot.
Or a snatch Of a jeerjjng song. .
We shrieked with glen as we tried to see
How fast the machine could go.
And We burst the tires,- but we. laughed the
more, .. "
For. they were not ours, you know.
The. auto.-jumped; and It bumped' and
thumped, -
And a cop or two gave chase,
But we lost them all like the leave In
fall,""'
For they could not keep the pace.
Whenever we saw a gilded sign
i.We stopped for a round of drinks, -And
we hit a boy, but Were out of Bight
- In less than a couple of winks;
And then we met with another car, '
A monster painted green, -And
. we challenged it in sport terms
To a race wiUi our machine.,, , (
We let it out till we went so fast
That the road waa like a streak,
And I could not bear, and I could not see.
.-And I. could not even speak.
Then a screw or a spoke or something
broke.
And we cannoned against a tree,
And -out we crashed, and the car was
' smashed,
But -U -lid not belong to rne.
9
s
Ohristias
ART and MUSIC
Alieratioin
The "Christmas "Shopper is taking ad
vantage of the Hospe Piano sale.
' The great stock of fine pianos, play
er pianos, grand pianos, parlor organs,
chapel organs and player organs 1
thrown on the market at prices which
forces the buying.
Just a little money down, a small
amount every month and your new
mahogany, oak or walnut piano is paid
for. ' "r.
When you can buy a $260, $275.
isou, fszo piano ior
$139
$159
$107
$108
On f COO monthly payments, it look oasy,
1 easy and you can't resist it.
Io you- know the world's best?
They are the Kranlch & Bach, Trak
auer Kimball. Bush-iane, Hallett-Pavls,
Cable-Nelson, Burton, Cramer & Weser
pianos. ' . .,....
: Player Piano from $29.00 up.
Parlor Organs, $20.1)0 up.
KRANICH & OACH
Supreme In that class of highest grade.
- The -Krantutv & Bach cea4n more to
manufacture, than any. piano mada In the
world, on account of its highest quality
of aelerted materials and highest grade of
aolentlflo and artistic- : workmanship. We
have a fine assortment of Oranda aud Up-
ngni.
KIMDALL
The product of the Kimball factories I
more than double In volume that of any
similar Institution In the world. Every
year more -than thirty thousand homes re
joice in the acquisition of Kimball Instru
ments. The Kimball Pianos and Organs were
equally 1 honored at the Trane-Mleslsslppt
Exposition at -Omaha, receiving tne only
gold medal awarded any piano.
There are six vital and distinctive
points of superiority In the
Apojlo Player Piano
that give it commanding position In th
trade and In the eateem of the musical peo
ple. Ually denumatratlona at our rtura
piano Players' Irom $375 up
EASY PAYP1EMTQ
OLD PIANOS TAKEN IN' TRADE
PWHJSCARfi chrTctVsas
riaert aad most cornels te Una In tb ettsv
ysss..."..'..;.'..-;.;..$2.oo to $3.ao
"Scarfs, .......USatO 56.C3
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(rllospe
I
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