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pererlly akemlel kave The Bee
aaelle theaa. Arees will ho
cbavage mm of tea M reeste. ... .
Omaha'aAuto show Is setting a pace
without speed limit.'
Congreaa has gone . on record in
favor of protecting canned music, ona
of Ita greatest producta.
Tba retention ot the locka at Pan
ama may make tha use ot secret serv
ice men there unnecessary.
"Harrlman- is in huff," aaya a New
York dispatch. . It's a mistake.. Har
rlraan Is in a tent in Texas.
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Cheyenne Is entertaining the dry
farmers. Cheyenne knows how to en
tertain the thirsty of all classes.
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Little damage will, be caused by the
steam the house la directing agalnBt
the' president. It represents the ex
haust. 1 -
Mr. Bryan predicts a democratic
house la congress in 1910. He must
be looking for a rop failure thia year
and. next.
It. should .be worth going all the
way to Lincoln to see the Hon. Jere-
mlab Howard in hli brand new coat of
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whitewash1.
Senator Howell says he has had the
democrat brand npon htm for twenty
years and more. Yes. -and some other
brands, too.
Mr. Bryan says he is, tired ot ex
plaining his attitude toward the 191 J
campaign. For once Mr. Bryan is
with the majority.
"May day is moving day," says an
eaatern paper. March. 4 is moving day
for a couple of the nation's most dis
tinguished cltisens. .
Speaker Cannon haa agreed to
recognise members one day each week.
The speaker's eyesight is improving,
despite hl advancing age.
, The Gas Jet Is the name ot a news
paper in an oil town In Kansaa. It
would sound more like a money maker
it its name waa changed to Gas Meter.
The boasted honor and chivalry of
the Tennessee gentleman Is somewhat
rudely jolted by testimony showing
that Senator Carmack was shot In the
back. v '
The next . theatrical manager who
warits to engage Margaret Illingtoa a
a star should offer a drama which in
eludes a knitting and stock-darning
scene. ---;--.
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The salary of William A. Day as as
sistant secretary of atate will be $20,
000 a year less than he Is now receiv
ing. That s a pretty atlff cut in a
day's wagea.
Unless something is done for forest
preservation the time will come when
the nation will no longer be able to
pick Ita presidents from men who were
bora In log cabins.
According, to Mr. Bryan, too little
attention has been paid to Lincoln's
ability as an orator. Mr. Lincoln,
however, was only incidentally an ora
tor, having other and greater claims
in distinction.
A bill taxing bachelors and pension -
in. aninatara la Dendlna in the New
Mexico legislature. If the measure
becomes a law it will be apt tp-cut
both ways, aa the bachelor who wants
to get' parried to eacape the tax will
probably- be rejected by in spinster
who will want to retain her pension.
Work of the Ifew Cabinet
Th nlna men who are) to form tbe
cabinet of President Taftjtrin oava
mora Important and extended work
than has fallen to tha tot of the offi
cial family of any other president,
apeclal stress of war dutiea alone ex
cepted. It la almost Impossible to
grasp the extent to which the field of
Official activity baa been enlarged
within the last decade, and more par
ticularly within the last five or. six
years. The nation has made marked
progress In every direction and the
cabinet officer of tbe next administra
tion will have a variety of problems
more or less new and trying and re
quiring a knowledge of domestic and
international affairs not before de
manded from the head ot an executive
department.
The United States touches the world
at more points tban It ever did and
tha State department's work so lib
erally enlarged by Secretary Root will
have new and growing questions of
fered for Mr. Knox's consideration.
Within the next four years there is
a reform of the currency system and
probably a general readjustment of
the revenue-getting lawa. This will
require the services of a man in the
treasury who haa broad views and a
close knowledge of business 'and
finance In their big aspects.- With the
promise of a postal savings banka sys
tem and a reorganization of the postal
aervice, the postmaster general must
be qualified to carry out the reforms
planned, and to adopt new plans for the
continual betterment of this service.
New features ot war and navy expan
sion are to be determined upon and
the secretaries of those departments
will be charged with the duty of fram
ing the policies to meet their changing
uut-ua. iiie luienor aejiancueiii unaj
the Department ot Commerce and La
bor are having their scope enlarged
yearly and the Department of Justice,
owing to the activity In prosecuting
the trusts and unlawful combinations,
calls for tbe highest- legal equipment.
The Sixtieth congress will expire by
limitation in a few days, leaving many
matters ot vital Importance to the con
sideration of the new congress, which
r. Taft will convene In apeclal ses
sion on March 15. The legislative pro
gram for the next four years Is filled
with 1 problems whose wise, solution
will mean much for the welfare of the
country. The new cabinet will have
an important part In framing the ad
ministration's policy on these subjects
and ita members are certain to find a
deal of hard and most important work
on their hands.
Another Anti-Trait Victory.'
The . decision of the United States
supreme court upholding the validity
of the anti-trust law of Arkansas, fol
lowing closely upon state and federal
decisions sustaining Blmtlar enact
ments In Missouri and Texas, furnishes
another illustration of the ability of
state authorities, when! so inclined, to
cope with corporations that re June to
comply with laws -made for the pro
tection ot the rights of the public.
In the Arkansas case, a Chicago
meat packing company waa charged
with having combined with other
packing companies to fix prices In vio
lation ot the state laws. The packing
company attacked the constitutional
ity of the law, alleging that It violated
contract obligations and that if any
aa ii K AiKvrtriaAr Vi al 4 ttAAn1 m tt A A 1 f Vir n t
such compact had been made it "was
made outside the atate, and accord
ingly beyond the jurisdiction of the
Arkansas courts. The supreme court's
decision is emphatically against the
packing company on all polnta 'raised,
holding that the corporation, a crea
tion of the state, should be prepared
at all times to exhibit Its proceedings
to the state authorities.
The succession of reverses sustained
by the law-defying corporate combina
tions In the 'state and federal courts
must be encouraging to the consumers,
who can see this progress toward the
final satisfactory -correction ef the
abuses they have long . suffered
through trust greed.
Oar South American Cousins.
The final settlement, after years of
trouble and interrupted negotiations
ot the differences between the United
States and Venesuela. marks the first
long step toward the realization of the
dream ot James O. Blaine tor a close
and harmonious political and trade re
latlon with the Pan-American repub-
Ucs. It was necessary, perhaps, that
the development of Mr. Blaine's policy
should be slow, but great impetus has
been given to It under President
Roosevelt's administration and the
untiring and energetic efforts of Sec
retary Root in that direction. It is
more than probable that the improve
ment of our relations with the Latin
American countries will eventually
stand out aa one of the great achieve
ment! of the Roosevelt administration
The protocol prepared by W. I
Buchanan aa the special diplomatic
representative of the United States
and President Gomes of Venesuela
covera all the disputed questions that
have been bandied about In the diplo
matic exchanges of the two countries
tor a dosen years. Tbe ooints in dis
pute which have not been settled out
right have been referred by mutual
agreement to Tbe Hague, and all the
differences are now either settled or
placed In tha way ot settlement In a
meaner satlafactory to all concerned
I Q MKIU oi it til ui tM in wu
troversy need not ne reviewed at inn
1 time, their importance being over-
I shadowed by the restoration of
I friendly diplomatic relations and im
I proved, trade conditiona between t be
two countries
I The aettlement of the venesueian
disputes u typical oi our cuaugiug a-
I tltude towara an ot me iun-Amen
can countries. For many years the
general public and too many men in
official life were disposed to look upon
tbe Sounth American countries as
mere breeding places for revolutions,
rnore or less comic In aspect, and but
little honest effort has been made to
encourage trade Intercourse with
tbem. It has developed recently that
practically every nation In South
America Is making marked commer
cial and industrial progress and that
Europe Is getting too much ot the ben
efit of tbe development.
We are gradually learning that the
South American does not prefer fight
ing to working, but Is as anxious for
the improvement of his country as we
are of ours. With the opening ot the
Panama canal and with better trans
portation facilities In Central America,
a continent of rich resources Is to be
developed, and tbe United States
Should have its share, the lion's share,
in the trade growing out of It.
What Wai Promiied.
Every democratic member of the legisla
ture knows just what kind of guaranty
law was promised In the last campaign.
It Is up to the law-makers now to do that
which was promised and stop higgling and
haggling over the fringe, so to speak.
Crete Democrat.
A democratic legislator who knlows
"just what Is promised" In the last
campaign must possess powers of om
niscience. Every democratic candi
date, orator and organ made so many
promises, and so many different prom
ises, that there la no possibility of
reconciling them.
Even by confining the term to what
wag embodied In platform pledges will
not furnish the solution because the
candidates made their campaign on
two or more platforms with distinctly
conflicting declarations on many sub
jects. The democratic platform In Ne
braska promised legislation In general
terms to make more secure the depos
its In banks, while the populist plat
form declared expressly' for a dupli
cate of the Oklahoma guaranty law.
The democratic platform held out the
glittering allurement of home rule,
while the populist platform in une
quivocal terms promised a county op
tion law. Which of these promises
are to be kept without "higgling and
haggling over the fringe?"
In his address to the Nebraska law
makers, Mr Bryan insisted that he
would vote for any measure promised
in. a platform on which he went be
fore the people whether he personally
believed in it or n6t. Mr. Bryan has
not always been so scrupulous about
his promises. He ran for congress and
was elected In .1892 on the national
democratic platform, which, among
other pledges, promised to repeal the
Sherman silver purchase law, and also
o repeal the 10 per cent tax on state
bank issues. Mr. Bryan not only did
nothing to carry out this, pledge to re
peal the Sherman act, butr' was active
In endeavoring to prevent its repeal.
The promise to repeal the 10 per cent
tax on elate bank notes was a sop to
the state's rights people ot the south,
never intended to be delivered, and, at
any rate, Mr. Bryan made no effort to
carry out the pledge. The difficulty
now, as then, with Bryan's platform
promises is to tell which were made
in real earnest and which were put
forth solely as political buncombe to
catch votes.
According to the Bryanites, If the
University of Nebraska could only get
Mr. Carnegie's money for a retirement
pension fund by a progressive Income
tax all would be well and glorious, but
to take it from the Carnegie founda
tion which he has established of his
own free will would be vicious in the
extreme. In other words, Mr. Car
negie's money voluntarily donated
would be tainted, while Mr. Carnegie's
money captured by forced contribution
would be free from taint.
Governor Shallenberger explains
that the militia company waa ordered
to rendesvous so as to be ready for
duty in case trouble should break out
anew in Scuth Omaha. That might
have been ar wise precaution If the
governor were advised that trouble
was brewing, but on whose informa
tion did he rely? Why did he not get
into communication with the sheriff or
the chief pt police of South Omaha as
the proper officials to .call for assist
ance if needed?
Mr. Bryan says the Andrew Came-
gie oi touny uUl uib Anarew
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Carnegie of 1899 from whom he eoll
clted the money to build the Carnegie
library at Lincoln. But is the An
drew Carnegie of today the same An
drew Carnegie with whom Mr. Bryan,
all wreathed In smiles, posed for a
Joint photograph leBg than a year ago?
From the frantic cries of the local
Bryanite organ for the enactment of
a charter bill "Immediately, If not
sooner," one would suppose that mu
nicipal home rule would be different
if the bill went Into effect In July than
it would be ll it went into effect In
March.
It is a great deal more important
for Omaha to have someone vested
with authority to settle its water
works controversy, subject to popular
approval, than It Is to have its police
board exchanged for another board,
either elective or appointive.
The Carnegie Steel company at
Pittsburg cut tbe price of steel bars
by $4 a ton and booked more orders
!n one day than It did In the twelve
montha of 1908. Bargains In steel
bars are as attractive as In department
atore offerings.
The city clerk has refused to accept
candidate's filings for an office which
he Is not sure is to be filled at the
coming election. Tbe city treasurer
haa no such scruples. He takes the
filing fees whenever and by whomso
ever offered.
Congress bas declined to pay Mr.
Harrlman's claim for saving the gov
ernment dam on the Colorado river.
The merit of the claim Is admitted,
but congress apparently haa a notion
that Mr. Harrlmaa does. not need the
money. -
The death rate among members of
the battleship fleet on Its tour of the
world was about one-sixth that of tbe
average city. - Working for Uncle
Sam on the sea must be classed as one
of the most healthful occupations.
The Omaha Commercial club has
sent resolutions down to Washington
protesting against even an experiment
with the parcela post. The express
companies should do something hand
some for the Commercial club.
Great Britain has decided to main
tain a navy double that of any other
power except the United States.
Whether the exception was made out
of a spirit of friendliness or of econ
omy Is not explained.
Perhaps that Water board proposal
to vote 16,500,000 in bonds to .take
care of an obligation of at least
7,248,959.26 is just. a bluff to make
Impatient people think something is
doing.
A bill to discourage race suicide has
been Introduced In the Utah legisla
ture. The caretaker should make an
investigation to aee it Brigham Young
has not turned over in his grave.
Archbishop Farley says there are
five pfays being presented In New
York theaters that he would suppress
If he bad the power to do so. The
archbishop is very coneervative.
Of course those orators at the South
Omaha anti-Greek meeting said noth
ing that was Inflammatory. The
flames of the riot dimply Ignited from
spontaneous combustion.
Is the Conetltatlon Safer
Washington Post.
With five of the ablest lawyers In . the
country in Taft's cabinet, the dear old con
stitution does not know whether to feel
perfectly comfortable and safe or to have
an attack of void chills up and down lis
spine.
Feet Work on Warship.
Philadelphia Record.
They do some fast shipbuilding In Bug-
land. The Dreadnought was built Inside
of a year. The "Vanguard, the seventh
ship of the Dreadnought class, was
launched from a private ship yard In a
little leas than eleven months from tha lay
ing of the keel. It will be aoma time be
fore she Is ready to go Into commission, but
to get this structure of 16,000 tons weight
ready for launching In leas than a year Is
great enterprise. , ,
An Epigram that Lives.
Bostbti Herald.
Although the late ! Carroll D. Wright
ranked among the" foremost of statistic
ians, he was iiot -ilte slave 'of statistics of
figures. He knew hnd recognised the
limitations ot their significance, and he
waa prompt to point them Out. He appre
ciated the fact that 'they sometimes proved
too much and sometimes too little, and
he treated them accordingly. If wa are
not mistaken, he'- coined the epigram:
Figures do not He, but liars frequently
figure.
Commercialism la Sports.
8t Louis Republic.
Sentiment Is the natural accomplishment
of healthful sport. Base ball Is full of It.
But when the dollar enters In and be-
cumes all-powerful, sentiment rues out.
With the sentiment gone, base ball would
become as commonplace aa a circus which
played 200 days In succession without varia
tion of program. When a ball player be
comes distinguished as the recipient of m
110,000 salary, with a winter vaudeville
tour at the same rate, he ceases to arract
attention as a ball player. The nearer
the game gets to perfect commerclalitatlon,
the greater the danger that It will founder.
The publla likes good, wholesome, ener
getic, clean ball games. If tha managers
begin to spread awnings of purple silk
over the bleachers and the first basemen
to advertise lost diamonds, the danger
signals should be hoisted on the flagstaff.
MR. TAKT AND THE LAWYERS.
Task of Cattlnsr Oat Technical raagrl
from Jadlctal Processes. -Kansaa
City Tlmea.
No severer or more constructive critic ot
the law and lawyers has arisen In this
country than Mr. Taft.' His regard for
lawyers is for some lawyers. And proba
bly It is just becauae hi has so high an
opinion of what lawyera can do tor politi
cal and Judicial conditions that he so
earnestly advocates a reversal of much
that they do and tha methods by which
.I.... An I. Mr Tmft Ift fit h.F iinM. i
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k!n to make- a practical fact out of
the theory that lawyers and legal admin
latratlon should, be valuable to the coun
try. V '
For. of cotfrse. It Is a logical assump
tion, on paper, that tha body of men who
are learned in the law, and consequently
In the political structure of tha govern
ment, should be more capable of con
structive legislation and Interpretation and
administration of the processes of public
life than, say. an equal body of bricklay
ers or tinsmiths or bankers. That is tha
theory . But equally, of course, tt cannot
work 1 out In ' practice when lawyera. In
private and public place, lend their In
fluence to the perpetuation of precedent
Just because It is precedent, and labor for
tha Intricacies that make law and so-
called Justice chiefly perquisites of the
"lawyers' trust.""
Take the average medium weight plumber
or stonemason, with nothing to guide him
except common sense, and, pound tor pound
he will be worth a whole lot mora aa law
maker, law administrator or Judge than
the average lawyer of the type described
And that Is where practical fact "takes
fall" out of theory. Tha proposition is tha
simple ona that a progressive man. In sym
psthy with the currents of life about him,
is, without any other qualifications, a mora
useful cltisen than any kind of a "stand
patter." -
From his consistent efforts to clear tha
law and tha profeaaton of the law of their
technical "fungi," and from his repeated
declaration that the. reform of Judicial
processes Is tha biggest single obligation
of the American government. It Is evident
that Mr. Taft hopes to reconcile tha theory
and practice In the relations ot lawyera to
the government. It la undoubtedly big
undertaking, but tha president-elect Is
big man, and "if anybody kin be kla."
Riot Roasts
resa Comment aa tlie Oatharsi
ef aVtoe Xatoleraaoa la Beath Omaha
Helaleasaeae of tha Victims.
Chicago Tribune.
No doubt there are some bad Qrei ks in
South Omaha. Certainly the one who mur
dered n policeman was. Probably many
other hatlpnalltles have representative bad
men there. There ara native born Ameri
cans there aome one of whom probably
would not hesitate to kill a policeman to
eacape arrest, but If ona were to do so tha
mob spirit would not be awakened unlesa, In
deed, tha criminal waa a negro. Only tha
crimes of negroes amt aliens can provoke
ona of these riots In which the unoffend
ing and the helpless are tha chief sufferers.
It would be expedient for respectable ne
groes, Greeks, etc., to disassociate them
selves as conspicuouly as possible front
their own disreputables in tha hope that
they may thereby escape mob law. Mani
festly they need not look for much protec
tion from the peace officers of many com
munities until after they have been mal
treated and their property dest roped.
At present negroes and aliens ara ex
pected to submit meekly to mob violence.
If they attempt to defend themselves tt
adds another count to tha mob's Indictment
against them. A man's house is his castle.
He haa a right to shoot down any one
who Is breaking into it to harm him. No
exception la taken when an American does
It. When some of the South Omaha
Greeks tried to do It the rioters looked on
their behavior aa Infamous. A mob has no
sense of fair play.
Lawlessness of Lawmakers.
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Tha most deplorable feature of tha pil
laging of the Qreek quarter In South
Omaha by a mob on Sunday Is seen not
in the deetructlen of property, pot in the
blood spilled; not in the example of dis
regard and violation of law and order, but
in the harangues at the mass-meeting
that gave birth to the raid, by a lawyer and
two atate legislators. Tha mob was com
posed mostly of youths under 20 years of
age, young rowdlea who were alert to re
ceive the suggestions of these speakers aa
a command to do violence to the Greeks.
Had the speakers at the maa meeting
voiced the sentiment that should have been
the keynote of all their speeches, the gath
ering might have come to an end peace
ably, perhaps after an expression of the
Indignation felt over the killing of the po
liceman and a demand that his alayar sum
marily be punished. By advising against
a lawless outbreak they might have pre
vented It; they might have merited applause
for action so admirably In keeping with
rhelr offices. But, instead, they laid them
selves open to censure for Inciting an at
tack upon social order and legal Justice,
which by virtue of their professions they
are presumed to encourage. For the hour,
at least, whether or not by intention, tha
speakers who made the Inflammatory har
angues were exponenta of anarchy. None
too promptly may bar and legislature
hasten to denounce utterances so raah
and so unbecoming members of these dig
nified institutions.
Logle of Race Riots.
Chicago Record-Herald
The race riot at South Omaha was
worked up by orators who' addressed a
mass meeting held Sunday. With a fine
patriotism the orators discriminated be
tween Greeks and Americans, the assump
tion ; being , that all the members of, the
mob at the mass meeting were Americans.
Apparently, however, the Americanism of
some ot these speakers Is of reoent origin,
and it la a fair inference that among the
crowd of rioters wera many parsons who
have not perfected title yet. But all felt the
proper tnrHl when the eloquence was
poured forth. They were not Greeks, any
way, which waa the equivalent of being
Americana or . barbarians, as the Greeks
might say. The fact that they were dif
ferent from the Greeks was enough to
make a common bond for that particular
brotherhood, etpeclally when It became
clear that the Greeks were to be attacked
and pillaged and that the assailants might
enjoy the strength that cornea from union.
it la regrettable that when aucn a broad
fraternal feeling waa at work there should
have been any cause for confusion, but we
ara told that "the members of the mob as
saulted many Italians and Roumanians
who wera mistaken for Greeks." Apolo
gies are due the Italians and Roumanians
who had a right to Join the union and the
Incident shows how necessary It Is if mis
takes ara to be prevented In race riots
that there should be marked distinctions in
color or In the set of -the eyes. But the
Italians and Roumanians and people or
other nationalities mignx nava wu at
tacked lust aa rationally aa unoffending
Greeks whose property was destroyed, and
their turn may come next, for tnis aiso is
the logic ot race riots.
Brlaalnar Dlsarrace on Nebraska
St, Ixmls Times.
Shame rests upon constituted authority
In Nebraska that It did not suppress with
heavy hand the very inclpiency of tha anfl-
Greek demonstrations which nave ais
graced South Omaha. The time for the law
first to Interfere waa wnen me
at Sunday afternoon'e maas gathering pal
pably were an incitement to riot.
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Sinister Featarea.
Washington Btar.
One of the most slnster features of this
South Omaha affair la the fact that the
rlota Immediately followed a maea meeting
tha s-tYaiirast nf which tha murder of a
nolltman by a Greek prisoner was de
nounced bv two 01 tna siaie is"""-""-
and an appeal was made to the rata preju
dloea of the mob. These men, representa
tives ot tha community In the lawmaking
boay, addressed themselves to me worst
passions of their hearers. They are guilty
h. moat deaDlcable crime In the calen
dar, that of Inciting others to bloodshed
and arson. Will Nebraska toieraie sum
,rformance? The Greeks of South Omaha,
according to the dispatches, have been
prosperous. They have built up bualness
establishments and have maintained them-
.anriiv In a aulet manner. The
KITE. " ' i
news reporte mention the employes oi
packing houses as being conaplououa In the
ranks of tha rlotera. This suggests that
there ara labor Jealousies behind the raee
prejudice.
Proeeealnc that Cneseo Fala.
Washington Herald.
When congress reduced Mr. Knox's pros
pective salary aa secretary of state. It inuat
have reminded' him of hia Juvenile daya.
when Darental punishment waa admlnla
t.rd with the comment, "Son, this chas
tisement la Infinitely more painful to me
than It can posalbly be to you."
Dollara a" loot tho Navy
Boston Transcript.
Militarism baa gone on board ship. Sea
fighters ara today costing every maritime
power In tha world sums wtilch, accepted as
a matter of course, would have been re
garded aa beyond the dreams of naval en
thusiasm twtnty years agf
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SPECIAL
at Lunch
Counter in
Basement,
15c
Plate
Dinner.
OMASA'S rvnn roo osirisa '
Grocery Dep..
rsciAxs rom rmioATi
Colorado Frame Honey, frame.. Ita
ISo Jars Washed Fta, per Jar las
tSc Jars Preserves, per Jar tee
Ihc Glasses Jelly, per glass Ita
Olive Relish, very fine for Sand
wiches, per Jar Ise
Cohoon's Clam Bouillon, 1-lh. Una
for Ita
Cohoon's Clam Bouillon, 2-lh. tins
for 15a
Fish
Department
We have secured for the I.enlen
Trade, the largest fish ever shipped
Into Omaha, weight around loo lbs.
on exhibit In the meat department.
Oct yeur orders In early. If you wish
to aecura a fine ateak off of this fish.
2,000 pounds German Carp, lb ....to
1,000 pounds Strictly Fresh Bull
Heads, per pound lSVta
1,000 pounds Strictly Fresh Smelts,
per pound lHe
1,600 lbs. Wall 'Eyed Pike. lb. 10H
Rolled Pickled Herring, I for ....10a
We carry absolutely the largeet
stock of fresh, salted and smoked
fish In the city
White Fish,
Trout,
Halibut.
Fillet de Sole,
Smoked Salmon.
Flounders,
Fresh Herring,
Cat Fish,
Crapplee,
Smoked White
Fish,
dies.
Smoked Halibut, Finnan Had
Smoked Eel, Smoked Boneless
fj Herring, etc.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Mme. Selma Ijtgerlof, the Bwedlsh novel
ist, has been recommended .for the Nobel
prise. She celebrated her 60th birthday
last November, and Is a most painstaking
writer and acholar.
Ex-Govcrnor Folk of Missouri Is said to
have Chautauqua bookings this year which
will yield him $17,600. Mr. Bryan, however,
still leada the lecture procession with book
ings for the year to yield, it la reported,
46,090.
In anticipation of the coming of FX H.
Harriman and party, who will spend sev
eral months In the vicinity of San An
tonio hunting and fishing, a anug little
tented city has sprung up at the Hot Well,
Tex., where the headquarters of the party
will be established. The tented village will
be lighted by electricity and both telegraph
and telephone wires have been run.
It Is reported from Washington that John
Vi- Weeks of Massachusetts Is to be tha
successor of Charlea N. Fowler as chair
man of the house's banking and currency
committee. "There ara two men In con
gress today," Speaker Cannon is quoted
aa aaylng, "who are going to be the leaders
of congress at time not far distant, and
they are Weeks of Massachusetts and
Denby of Michigan.
E. R. Edwards, an evangelist, at HI wood,
Ind., In order to arouse interest In meet
ings for men. has had constructed on a
huge platform In the rear of the church
and over the altar proper, a twenty-fotir-foot
ring, such aa Is used at a prise fight,
and Invites two men from tha audience
to enter It and go through the form of two
populists In action, while ho uses their
motions as an illustration in his aubject,
"The Fight to a Finish." He shows a
familiarity with prise fighting.
AMAZI0 GROWTH OF NAVY.
The Fleet of Twenty Yenra Ago sit
of Today.
Philadelphia Record.
About twenty years ago, when the
cruisers Chicago, Boston, Atlanta and Dol
phin were the whole of our new navy that
Is, modern steel ships In distinction from
the wooden vessels of tha old regime-
Admiral Walker, who had long reigned over
the navy aa chief of the bureau of naviga
tion, was put in command of the vessels
comprising the white squadron and sent to
Europe with them. There wasn't a battle
ship among them; wa did not build the
unfortunate Maine and the now obsolete
Texas till some time later. The Chicago, of
about 5.000 tons, was much tha largeat
vessel in the squadron. It carried about
two-thirds of full aall power. It waa some
time after that that all sail was taken off
our war vessels . As cruisers the fleet
made a very creditable appearance, and
ship for ship, compared well with the ves
sels In foreign navies. We got a good many
compliments from foreign sources on the
beginning of our modern navy. Styles In
war ahip building have undergone a good
many changes alnca Admiral Walker and
his white squadron visited European porta.
Ever stop to think that i'pu
have to wash dishes 3 times
a day, 1095 times a year?
If you could save one-half the time evotd
daily to dish-washing", we figure it would Jtjnouiit
to about 15 days in a whole year. Rather start-'
ling, isn't it? t V-
Sift a teaspoonful of GOLD DUST in disU
pan full of hot water, and it will wash youvlflishe9
in just half the time taken by the ordinary soap
method. . "
Better still, it will give you cleaner, sweeter
dishes dishes that are not only clean on the sur
face, but that are sterilized and sanitarily safe.
i ne reason is inai kjvjisu
DUST is a positive antisep
tic vegetable oil soati in f
powdered form;it goes aeep' Vr
into hidden places and
routs every germ. It in- J J.
cffinrlv rliccnlvpci in Vint nr V SS.i
W VMM T a waa aawn v
cold, hard or soft water, and
does all the hard part of the
taskwithout your assistance
noes nof MUfj me Manas
Made by THE N. K.
Makert of FAIRY
f Omaha's ;
' Moat
Convenient
' ana
Most '
sMeesaat
Jsestaaraat
is i ,
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Extracts
t ot. bottle Vanirta, .Hr. bottla. .ase
4 os bottliw Vanilla, r bottle ..40s
t oa. hnttl Vanilla, r r bottle ..?Se
1 os. bottle I.emon. pe., bottle ,','.lte
4 os. hot t lite lmon, ptt bottle . .
1 os. bottles, Almot.g, Cinnamon.
Orange, Nutmeg, CeUfayand Onion.
per bottle . .1 le
Wc Recor amend
Tbu Beer Yon like
Cases 1 dozen '5 QA
Large Bottles vaJeV U
Cases 8 dozen 41 Ofl
Small Bottles J).VU
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Aa allowance of 11.80 t ill be made
apoa return te u of the t eroty cane, -and
all of tha empty boti ! in good
order. -
Orders will be takei for Luxus r
In less than case lots at the follow- ' v
Ing prices: . "
$2.00 per doz. tart e Bottles $
$1.35 per doz. Small Dottles
SMILING IISES., '
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Geronlmo (wtitv-d at th tix'se gate of the
Harpy Hunting Uroumtr
"Walk right In." snld t t guardian.
"All right." he said i'lut, "but I bet
you ten (Knlc that If 1 i irmcross General
Crook he'll throw mo yi. ' rhilauVli.hu
Ledger.
"You're a traveling miv I. presume. Mi.
Wattles," ventured the if tv hotel clerk,
with an affable smile.
"Yes. sir," said the big, bearded athlete
who had Just registered. "Do I look like
a traveling man?' Chlcet-0 Tribune.
She You don't act as lr I waa the first
girl you ever k!ssd.
He If I am the first ma i who e er kissed
you, how do you know t dort'tT LJpplu
cott's. First Inmate Have you 'noticed that th
fellow who thinks he la hai-tea It Is Just
msd over tha lady who declares she Is
Joan of Arc? .'..
Secont Ditto Yes; he's anig about her.
Baltimore American. .
Darky (board Wig a train li heard 'hout
youh wlfa dyln', Jim. Vnf you' gwlne
now? ' i H ' "'
"I se off to Join the MoiiHoft; hit keeps
one woman human too aviW to support
a heavy eat ah like me." I rooJUyu Life.
"Do you think the oolr-t'o' a woman's
hair has anything to do whh )i.r temper?''
"Not now. So very Utile i.f It is her
own." Cleveland Plain Dal-.
The New Convict Say. old man, I'm
likely to go stumping around, my boudoir
at all houra of the niglit-i m a sleep
walker. It worries me ter lbl, too.
Guard It needn't in If USfotel. " ty:
there Isn't the slightest nnna.T of your
walking out of a window. Purk.
Na-n-That young man f tit Coaton Is a'n
Interesting talker, so far a j ' can under
stand what he nay; hut wl,at a queer
dialect he uses! .
Fan-That Isn't alert:' it.:s 'vocanularv.
Can t you toll tl. dlffe.f rcc T - Chicag
Tribune.
RONDEAU REp;vfeLE,
Chicago New.
r v. , A . .m. l. . . . .
. " " " ibi rainy H."k.
This letter asking me to p1eanc r.-mll "
If I could pay I'd do It (i-nty quick.
I can't, however, so I wUi Jhcy'd quit.
They will not, though, let uf a little bit.
But threaten auit a very i.mbhy trick.
Considering the suit was ocr'-!n fit.
I hate a dun. It fairly muVn.me sick.
That Is the worst of 'getting thlrg-i on tick.
I wish that I had waited lee nv kit.
This curt reminder tnaks. my uunsclence
prica , t
This letter asking ma to' gleans' remit."
Credit Is an invention of t t pit .
A thing devised for tornKt .by Old Nick.
I can't grow calloused. I Ji:a tired of It.
ii i could pay i d do it M ghty quick.
, f .
When I am broke, thut Ik die, lime they
ntck . -
To peeter me. to threaten vlfh a'wrlt.
To aatisfy them I'd at n'fc':ig stick
I can't, however, so I wlsli, t vy'd quL
It seems to m aa If thej had hut little
wit. :i . ....
One can't get blood from t irs!ps, stone or
orica.
Well, with tha statement I njr pipe have
lit.
That ends It. I shall simp V!et 'em kick.
1 'tSta a dun.
Er. Waf aX
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FAIRBANK COMPANY
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