the omatta runpay bee: October 24. mo. 1 I Nebraska HOUSC HOTEL. AND OFFICE FURNISHERS EMPLOYES OUT HUSTL1SG Omaha Boys on ORCHARD & WILHELM q 13. 1 6-IS So. ICMh Street. Debating Squad Democratic Officeholders Must Work f. 1 1 Nebraska , s. i f 'm c 1 1 as Well at Paj Up. GOVERNOR'S CLERK IS BUSY rrohlblHon Candidate for Snprrme Jadse Withdraws and JSotlcee An Brat Oat to Coantr '. v Clerks. '" 'From' Staff Correspondent.) 'LINCOLN. Oct. 23. (Special. )Not only have the democratic employes of the state been called upon to come across with a portion of their wares to be spent by the democratic state committee In converting republicans to the democratic ticket under the guise of a nonpartisan judiciary, but the men themselves are now compelled to Bet out and hustle. Lr Matthews, thief , clerk In the office of ."Javernr Shallenberger, has been away fiom'- hls desk so Ions; that his ovn most i Intimate friends would hardly recognize I hlrnahould he return suddenly. The records I nthe office of the state I audi tie show that Mr. Matthews drew his I warrant for his September salary, but has I not been here to draw any since. He Is i said to be on a vacation by the people In the governor's office or a member of his force, but as a matter of fact the last heard from Mr. Matthews was at Colum I bus,-jerking-like a beaver In the demo- f cratlc headquarters. It w a. sine work that Mr. Matthews did . In the democratic headquarters a year ago that ogt htm his job with the governor and It Is the same kind of work that Is holding his job for him now. Whether Governor Shallenberger will pay Mr. Matthews his monthly stipend of $125 out of state funds while he Is working for the democratio state committee Is question about which ( here Is little doubt There Is no doubt that the chief clerk will file a. voucher sworn to that he has earned the' $125 during October by working for the state, notwithstanding he la being kept at Columbus looking after the governor's Interest, as well as contributing his knowl- edind work to the cause of the demo craUo. judicial candidates. Judge B. F. Oood, democratio candidate for' supreme judge, whose friends expect him ..tOu. reap a. good vote among the. fol lowers of Rev. Samuel Zane Batten, called at ithe executive office this afternoon and resorted that he had been 'making an ex teitSlve campaign, though .laid up for eight daya fr.m the effects of drinking Omaha Wttlpr. . 5 No Prohibition Jadaea. H I. Staple, candidate for supreme judge, has notified Secretary of State Junkln that he'.declines the nomination at the hands of the: prohibition party and asks that his name be left off the oflcial ballot. As the deellnatlon of A. O. Wolfenbarger, another prohibition candidate, had already been received, this leaves the prohibitionists to : vols for the candidates of some other party for-Bupreme Judge. Secretary Junkln se,nt outi letters this afternoon to the various coiioty clerks, notifying them not to print tw5 samea on the ballots. tj State May Lose Tkouasa, Tfie State Board of Publ'o lands and buildings Is trying to find out whether It has- been dona out of $1,000 due from the confeacjtor .who was -to -eonstructhe. .build-; lngs a the Norfolk insane asylum. The contractor boarded his men at the Insti tution and promised to pay when the work was alone. lie fell down on the work and the fcoard took over the unfinished build ing, ,-ut . failed to take over that board money. '..So now It Is figuring to see whether the contractor's bondsmen - are respoi-ible for the amount due. Centenarian.' Dies at Havelock. James- Hartshorn of Havelock, 100 years old. died yesterday at his home. He was born In-; England August 1 1809. Until a. few months ago he was In perfect health an&rthtn began to fall, though his death was .unexpected. Mr. Hartshorn had been an extensive traveler and was present at the" coronation of Queen Victoria. He came to America In 18X7. He leaves six sons, four daughters having died. - School Children Exposed. Parents of children attending the Everett school, have been thrown Into a panic over the. discovery that two children of C. W. Robinson, a teller In the First National bank, had died of diphtheria. Sisters and brothers of the- dead children attended school until yesterday. The children were Bf nk'e, aged 11, and Donald, aged 12. TlW ooy died Friday morning and the little girl this morning. No physician was called io see me cniiuren until me rlrst one died. ' , . - : . When the facts became known school was dismissed, the rooms In which four of the children of the Robinson family at tended school were closed and fumigated. The city physician and other physicians are-nw examining every pupil who has been attending school with the Robinson children to see If they have become af fected with the disease, and every precau tloa' has been taken to prevent It spread ing. Coroner Matthews ordered the body of the little dead boy to be held until he de cided, whether to hold an inquest, but late this afternoon concluded to wait for some mave on the part of the City Health de partment before taking any further steps. Like a . Beam of . Sunshine hi, . Across the Breakfast table les ; and Cream i A wholesome 5 Economical, comforting 3 ood that wins Spontaneous praise , f Oy old and young. d 'JThe Memorjr Lingers ' 3 J - . . "Poltum Cereal Company, Limited S I Battle Creek. Mich. 3Foast Ben Cherring-ton and Herbert Potter Chosen on Team Representing University of Nebraska. LINCOLN. Oct. 23. (Special ) Two of the sixteen members of the University of Nebraska debating squad selected this week are Omaha boys. They are Ben M. Cher rlngton, 1911, and Herbert W. Potter. 1310. Cherrlngton Is a graduate of the Omaha High school. He was Declaration Day ora tor In his senior, year and represented the school In Interscholastlc debate for two years. While director of athletics at Wes leyan university In 1S0G he represented Wes leyan In Intercollegiate debating and won the Durham prise for oratory. Last year he taught at the Omaha High school and had charge of athletics. He Is a member of the Phi Kappa Psl fraternity. Potter graduated from the Omaha High school In 190ft. He represented Omaha in de bate with West Des Moines High school and also In the Nebraska Interscholastlc debate In 1906. He was also commencement orator. Last year he was business manager of Nebraska's debates with Illinois and Wis consin and was alternate on the team that debated Wisconsin. He Is a member of the Alpha Theta Chi and Phi Alpha Tau. the latter being a debating fraternity. The other members of the debating squad are Byrne C. Marcellus of Lincoln, Clif ford L Hein of Loup City, John L. Rice of McCook, David M. Rogers of Randolph, Joseph T. Votaxa of Edholm, Allen E. Warren of Superior, Horace B. English of Lincoln, George N. Foster of Sterling, Paul J. Halldorson of Lincoln, James E. Law rence of Beatrice, George Russell Mann of Ord, Clarence L,. Clark of Lincoln, Stuart P. Dobbs of Beatrice and Calvin A Emery of Beatrloe. Nebraska will take part In two debates this year meeting Iowa at Lincoln and Minnesota at Minneapolis. ANTI-DIVISION IST8 GET BUSY Election Day In Caster to Be Liveliest One In leers. BROKEN BOW. Neb.. Oct. 23.-(Spe-clal.) During the latter part of the campaign, the all absorbing toplo seems to be county division. In all parts of the county the subject Is being studied and discussed with an earnestness never be fore displayed. The people are much In terested In the auditor's report of the county bonds that the various counties of Nebraska have had since the organization of the state. It has been demonstrated that not a county as small as the proposed couny of Higglns has ever escaped without bonds. Higglns Is the name of one of the proposed new counties to be set off from Custer at the coming election. Many who have made a study of the question are urftng that county division will greatly Increase the taxes and farmers living at a distance from the towns, which expect to become county seats will, as a rule, strongly oppose division. Another feature they are seriously con sidering Is th salailes of four sets of county officers and the additional expense of maintaining four counties, which will cost from $16,000 to $20,000 more under division than it does now. Also the transcribing of the records and the build ing of new court houses Is another addi tional expense; this Item alone figuring up to over $100,000. Custer county has never been bonded and It looks as If It was Impossible to get along without bonds In each of the new counties. If division carries. Election day will probably see one of the hottest county fights ever held In the state. Ao to Falls from Bridge. NEBRASKA CITT, Neb., Oct. 23. (Spe cial.) John Ballerman, a young farmer re siding ten miles southwest of this city, started for home last evening accompanied by his mother. They were In an automo bile and when at the edge of the city and crossing a bridge met a team. Ballerman tried to turn aside for the team and lost control of his machine, which broke through the railing of the bridge and plunged down the embankment, a fall of twenty feet. The fall threw the mother out onto a pile of brush, thus saving her life, and the machine turned over and rolled down the bank with Ballerman. He had one arm broken In three places, one hand waa mashed, he was badly cut about the face and It Is feared was Injured In ternally. The machine continued down the forty-foot embankment and Is a total wreck. Farmer Injared la Rnnaway. UNION, Neb.. Oct. (Special Tele gram.) H. W. Lloyd, a prosperous farmer residing southwest of Union, was severely Injured in a runaway last evening. In company with Maplon Applegate he was driving a team which became frightened at an auto. The team ran for some dis tance and In turning a corner the wagon was upset, throwing both out. Mr. Ap plegate received a broken hip and was badly bruised and Mr. Lloyd received a painful injury to his arm. Aaed Man oa Trip. NEBRASKA CITY, Neb., Oct. 21 (Spe cial.) John M. Phtpps, who claims to be over B8 years of age, was in the city last evening enroute to Farragut, la., on a visit with his son. He haa been making his home with his daughter In Richardson county. He was born February 11, 1811, In Virginia and came to Iowa aeventy years ago. He engaged In the live stock busi ness and has led an active life until lately. Nebraska News Notes. I TURK The Alumnae association of Tork High School will put ou .the play, "The college wiuow. BISATRICI'; Farmers In this section are gathering their corn crop, and a good yield U reported in many localities. HEATRICE The Beatrice Commercial club will hold lia annual banquet next Mon day night. Two hundred tickets for the attalr have been sold. KEARNEY A bad accident occurred at Miller, this county, when W. A. Osborne, ex-county commlHsioner, lost his lelt hand In a corn shredder. KEARNEY A marriage license was Is sued Friday afternoon to Miss Bessie Krlha and Mr. Ueorge Pokorny and Judge Hallo ell performed the ceremony, BEATRICE Mrs. Minerva Do Ran was called to Lincoln yesterday by a telettram, stating that her little grandson, Merrill Do Han, waa seriously 111 of diphtheria. B 'CAT RICE Robbers entered the store of W. I). Dalkers Co.. at Hanover, Kan., the other night and carried away liM worth of Jewelry. There is no clue to the thieves. BEATRICE Mrs. W. Z. Warner was called to Minneapolis, Minn,, yeuterday by a telegram announcing the serious illness of hti husband, who formerly resided at this ;lace. BEATRICE Word was received here yesterday announcing the death of H. H. Studley, a former resident of this place, which occurred at Wenalchee, Wash, lie waa TO ears of age. BEATRICE The Wymore and Blue Springs foot ball teams played a tie game yesterday, t to 4, si Wymore. This is the second game of this kind the clubs have played this season. BEATRICE Major Phelps Inspected Compwny U of Wymore hut evening. Only Sayeo , members ..of the .rcvuutaujr Were Dining Table (like Illustra tion), heavy colonial ped estal base, top Is 48 in. In diameter, quarter saw ed white oak. polished golden finish, fitted with patent locking device Spnclnl 924.00 A FZW OTBTEB SPECIAL YAXUXS EST BIHT&TG TABZ.XB Bound Top Table Amer ican quarter sawed oak, round top. 4 2 In. In diam eter, pedestal base, has carved claw feet Spe cial 110 00 Dining Table Colonial pattern, round top, 44 In. In diameter. octagonal pedestal quarter sawed effect, highly polished golden finish, six foot ex tension Special . .R17.00 China Cabinet An un usually large assortment of pretty China Cabinets, golden oak polished fin ish with bent glass ends, tia, $14, S315.7B, S18.75 and np. Bos Spring Speolal Made of best tempered steel springs with 20 pounds of cotton felt tufted on top of eprings. and all cover ed in beautiful shade of art ticking, special 916.00 Dining- Chair (like Illustra tion), made of quarter sawed white oak, full box frame, leather seat, carv ed claw feet, a very pret ty pattern, special, each, at $17.50 weathered oak table, with leather top. Special $12.50 weathered rocker, leather cushion seat $24.00 arm chair, weathered oak, Spanish leather loose cushion seat $35.00 large arm chair, weathered oak. Spanish leather cushion seat $50 00 very large, luxurious weathered oak arm chair, Spanish leather back ' $0.00 settee,-, loose leather cushion seat present, and it Is said the turnout was a great aisappointmein. iu ull".v" NEBRASKA CITY Mrs. Lena Ester skow, wife of Paul Esterskow. while car ing for a friend who had been Injured in a runaway and had been brought to her home, dropped dead of heart fealure. VALENTINE Grading and cement work on the big bridge in course oi wiimiuvuv. here will soon be done. Train loads of steel are coming in now every day. It will De one of the largest bridges in the west. BEATRICE Samuel Wilson, a veteran of the civil war and for twenty years a resident of Beatrice, died last evenings aged 65 years. He is survived by his wite and two children, a son and daughter. ; YORK A few Atlantic, la., farmers have discovered that York county is one of the best counties in Nebraska and are selling their land there and buying York county farms, for which they are paying J116 to $136 per acre. KEARNEY Councilman William H. KnaKKS killed a snake In his back yard Thursday evening that measured six feet eight inches In length. It was perhaps one of the snakes that got loose from the carnival company. PONCA The severest electrical storm of this year occurred here today at noon. It rained a little and then hall fell till ths ground waa well covered. This storm was as unusual as the recent freeie which ruined all the winter apples. YORK S. A. Hitchcock, a merchant of Scotia, and Mrs. Eliza Atkinson were mar ried at the brldes home In this city. The wedding was intended to be a private affair, but unknown to the parties, they were' greeted by a large crowd of friends. VALENTINE Several large prairie fires have been burning north of here and one of the fires burned over a large territory and burned up several thousand tons of hay. It started on the reservation and burned south till It reached the railroad. PONCA After an Illness of only four days Mrs. G. B. Francis died Thursday evening. If she had lived until December she would have been 70 years of agi Her son, A. B. Francis, will take the body to New York to be laid beside her husband and only daughter. BROKEN BOW Fire yesterday after noon completely destroyed the new stable bulldiiiKS on the fair grounds, about one mile east of town. Fortunately, no live stock was In. the buildings at the time. The fire la supposed to have originated from a locomotive spark. YORK A double wedding occurred at the residence of the bride's parents In this city. Mi. and Mrs. C. M. Smith. The prin cipals were Margaret Smith and Ben Price, a business man at Thayer, and Mihs Iiollle Smith and J. Severn, son of W. Severn, banker at Surprise. YORK The wedding of Gustave Peter son and MIsb Magdellne Ocarheart oc curred at the First Presbyterian church in the presence of a large number of friends. Both are most popular young people of this city. Mr. Peterson Is one of the active young business men. VALENTINE There have been about a dozen new residences built and two new stone business building are going up. Several more buildings are to be enlarged In the spring, which, with a new water works and electric light plant that the city Is to build at once, will greatly Improve Valentine. BEATRICE Funeral services over the re.nuliiH of the late Mrs. Frank Spear, who was killed near here Thursday morning in an auto accident, were held today from the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Vaught, conducted by Rev. Knauer of Edgar and Rev. Boyer of IMller. Interment was In Evergreen Home cemetery. NEBRASKA CITY-Thls city Is suffering from a cement famine and many of the large c .niractors have been compelled to lay all of their help off on that account. There Is not a sack or barrel of cement In this city and the railroads will not give any assurance when they will be able to deliver the many cars which have been or dered for some time. NEBRASKA C1TY-E. D. Marnell, An ton Zimmerer, John M. Wlllman, John V. Steinhart and J. Hyde Sweet have been appointed delegates to represent this city at the Lakes to the Gulf conven tion, which meets at New Orieana on the ' 3oth. The deieKatlun leaves St. Louis Monday on a strainer and will make the trip to New Orleans via w ater. NEBRASKA CITY J. Howard Shupp of Buffalo, Wyo., came here to visit his mother, who has been ailing for some time, and yesterday died suddenly. He was not thought ill, but was Indisposed, and was about the house. An autopsy re vealed the fact that bs was suffering from Rug Sale Extraordinary Monday Thousands of Beautiful Rugs TO BE SOLD AT A FRACTION OP THEIR REAL VALUE The mills at the end of their season sort and lay aside all patterns that they decide to drop from their regular line. We, as large wholesale dealers are invited by the manufacturers to choose from this stock fully three weeks before they are thrown on the open market. Wc. therefore have first choice and on this occasion purchased unusually heavy. Our large, output ena bles us to handle more of these rugs than any other western concern and our purchases embrace only the choicest of patterns. These rugs are perfectly matched, of the same quality and grade as regular stock,ito be sacrificed Monday as follows: $2.50 27x54 Smith Velvet Rug, special, nt , $2.50 27x54 Smith Axminster, Rug, special, at $4.50 3x6 Axminster Rug, special, at $14.00 8-8x11-3 Brussels Rug, special, at $14.50 8-3x10-6 Brussels Rug, special, at Our Entire Stove Comfort and Luxury The Round Oak Base Burner heats evenly all parts of the room. They have so many good fea tures that we would like to show them to you and explain wherein they excel. Round Oaks are made in three sizes, at ,...$60.00 $65.00 and $70.00 ROUND OAK CHIEF Steel Ranges. Just a little better than the rest, with a dozen or more good points that other ranges do not have. Prices $50.00 to $60.00 In our Stove Department you will find stoves and ranges of all kinds and at all prices. We are agents for the best known makes and guarantee each and every stove. Infection Invittd. SPECIAL SftLE MONDAY of the remaining floor samples of weathered and fumed oak Mission furniture. These are all spec ially good bargains. "We name a few of the items: cancer of the stomach. His body was taken to Naponee, Neb., for interment YORK The York county corn contest promises to be one of the big events and commences November 23 and ending No vember 28. No business house or building could be secured that was large enough to hold the displays and an effort will te made to secure the court house. The Commercial club made a canvass among county officials for room and every one ex piesstd wlilingnesB to give one and some two rooms, asking that only enough room be left for a dusk to care for the Dusiness that week. iEtRASKA CITY Miss Sarah Justice, after an illness lasting nearly three months, died at Elmwood yesterday and was brought to this city today fo Interment by the aide of her deceased parents. She waa one of the pioneers of this section, coming to this city In 1S56, and recently went to Elmwood to visit with her sister, where she was taken 111. She la survived by three brothers, Georue of this city, Wll lle.m and Robert of Hagemann, Idaho, and three sisters, Mrs. A. B. Owen of Elm. wood and Misses Jennie and Hulda Jus tice of this city. NEBRASKA CITY Frank Thomas and his large force of graders have been or dered to Barney, where they will move the main line of the Burlington railway back to the bluffs. This company has experienced considerable trouble from the river of late, because of the washing away of track. Two years ago this track was moved back nearly half a mile from the river, but since then the river has been cutting In quite rapidly. The big elevator at that point has had to be moved twice within the last few years to prevent It from being carried away. ANOTHER WELCOME EXTENDED W.C.T.U. Not to be outdone in extending the hand of welcome to the visiting Woman's Chris tian Temperance union, some of the German societies by their officers have addressed the following to the members of the convention now In session here to re mind them that temperance and prohibition are not necessarily the same: We, the undersigned German societies of Nebraska, Oiu ou welcome. With six separate organizations, and a membership of over 3,uuu, we consider ourselves to be representative of the many thousands oi German-Americans of tula state, and as such proclaim our ardent support of the cause of true temperance, temperance not only In drink, but temperance in thought, speech and action, and temperance also in relation to proposed restrictions of personal rights. we welcome you as co-workers In the cause of temperance, and know that people of your superior intelligence and sincerity will not confound true temperance w.lu political prohibition and asceticism. While we German-Americans preach and practice temperance, we are opposed to legislative acts, and to agitation tor legislative acts, attempting to prescribe undue restrictions of Individual freedom In personal habits. We point with pride to a lecent editorial In Collier's as follows: "Various young men have asked why we think the study of German so important. The reason is, that the Germans are leaders In many very important departments of modern thought, and much of the most valuable contemporary material In science, history, philosophy and economics is accessible only to those able to read the German lan guage." We know you do not belong to, or uphold, those who in their misguided seal have caused Innocent children, too small to think or act for themselves, to march In so-called temperance but In reality prohi bition parades, with Inscribed banners, the meaning of which they could not compre hend. You would not be guilty of making a little boy carry, as but recently occuired. a banner, reading: "My father Is a drunk ard," when the father, a very respectable and temperate traveling man, having Just returned home. Incidentally viewed the parade, only to see himself thua defamed and his child most shamefully Imposed upon. We are told that you Intend holding a temperance parade, and ai we, the German-Americans of thl. s'.ate, also advo cate true temperance and are In sympathy with your noble work, we would appreciate to be given an opportunity to participate In your parade. We lh to demonstrate to you and our fellow citizens In geaeral, our anxiety to take a prominent part lu the $1.50 $1.50 $2.75 $7.50 $9.50 $16.00 9x12 Brussels Rug, special, at $25.00 9x12 Velvet Rug, special, at $32.50 9x12 Wilton Rug, specinl, at $25.00 9x12 special, at Second Floor Devoted Extra Salespeople1 $11.00 88.25 $16.00 and back, $24 cushion seat and . ' $30.00 $18.75 STOVES AND , t sJ ) i cr ' - . . :J Mis vv: & Milton ILogers . FOURTEENTH A.PMD FARNAM promotion of true temperance, provided, of course, you will give us sufficient time to make the necessary arrangements, and also that you will permit us to carry ban ners Inscribed thus: "True temperance In speech, thought and action." "True temperance does not mean total abstinence." "Prohibition la the greatest foe to real temperance," etc. We know you will gladly avail yourselves of thla assistance to the good cause, and will appoint a time and place where a committee of our ladles may wait upon you to arrange for the details of owr proposal. You will be glad, we feel confident, to ac cept this opportunity to Inform the public that temperance means moderation, as defined In our dictionaries, while political prohibition Is a mere form of Intolerance, the antithesis of Christian doctrine. We welcome you to Nebraska, a state blessed with what Is generally conceded to be one of the best license laws In the United States; a law which the misguided efforts of the prohibitionists would dis place with a prohibition statute, and would thus exchange the well regulated, legal sale for the unregulated surreptitious traffic, which In all prohibition territory haa proven so disastrous to real temperance and good morals. We know that you are too Intelligent to endorse such prohibition fallacies, which have never yet and never will promote the cause of true temperance, the cardinal virtue to whose support you are pledged. Ws welcome you again, with our con fidence that your deliberations while In our midst will be guided by wisdom and true Christian temperate thought, and that ymi will reach no conclusions that would necessitate a change of the name of your glorious Institution to "Prohibition I'nlon." Awaiting your reply, we remain with our highest regards, THE UNITED GERMAN SOCIETIES OF NEBRASKA. By Omaha Maennerchor, Peter I.aux, President; Leutscher Landowhr Veielu $H;50 $15.00 $22.50 $26.50 9x12 extra quality Velvet t I 7 C Rug, special, at IO D Axminster Rug, . .' $16.00 to This Sale $15.00 arm chair, fumed oak, Spanish leather seat $10.00 $80.00 davenport, Spanish leather loose cushion seat with 2 pillows for the back, $63 $30.00 chair, loose leather seat, upholstered with leather back $10.75 $46.00 fumed oak library table with writing desk top in the upper drawer . . .$32!oO $48.00 library table, weathered oak, '54 Inches long $37.50 $18.50 weathered oak library table with two under shelves $13.00 Stoves and Ranges Have name nnd reputation for Ii1r! rlinrttrter post, tlvely uneouallod a reputation achieved right here in Omaha by hundreds of these stoves sold by us that have been in actual use for years. WHY EXPERIMENT when you can get, with abso lute certainty, the BEST stove made, from the oldest and best hardware and stove firm in the city, at prices that challenge comparison? Do not fail to examine these. They are better now than ever before. RADIANT HOME COOK STOVES, S23.00 RADIANT HOME CAST RANGES, S28.GO RADIANT HOME STEEL RANGES, S37.00 Laundry Stoves, $3.95 RANGES SOLD ON EASY PAYMENTS. von Omaha, E. Koenlg. Secretary; South Omaha Hermann Lodge, Henry Geest, President; South Omaha Plattdeutscher Vereen, William Ahlers. A. F. Martens, William Voss: Omaha Plattdeutscher Vereen, F. A. Klenke, ecretary; Orpheus Singing Society, August Meermann, Presi dent. The parade to which this statement re fers has been dispensed with. KITIRE OF MEAT PIUCKM. Possibility of Live Stock Production Beyond t'alcalatloa. Wall Street Journal. Within the last year two developments have set people thinking about the future of cur meat supplies. One of these events Is the rapidly advancing price of live stock at home, owing largely to the Induction In the supply of cattle and swine. The other Is the advent on a large scale of American meat producing companies Into the Argen tine export trade. Meanwhile the advance In the prices of this class of foodstuffs has brought up the question of the possi bility of the United States changing from an exporting to an Importing country In the world's meat trade. Stranger things have come to pass. It would, not be surprising If within a half decade we were to find our large meat trusts in Argentina delivering carcasses of refrigerated beef from that country at the ports of the I'nlted 8tates. Ons reason for such a possibility lies la the rapid rate at which ranch lands for forage and JTew snowing new line of fancy odd rockers, all the latest and most attractive designs In the popular woods and finishes at pop ular prices. KOCKEm fllks eut),'eomes In quarter sawed white oak and genuine mahog any, oolonial arms, bas slip seat, leather uphol stered, very gTaoefol lines, oak looker, golden polished lnlsh, regular Talus 917.80, speolal price at 10.78 Genuine mahogany, drill finish, regnlar value 20, speolal prlos 813.80 OrrlKMOOB ATT ESS ES. The celebrated pat ent alastlo tufted mat tress, fall BO-lb. weight, delivered anywhere at, saoa $15.00 BOOSTXB 1CITCHXW CAB XJf ET. The new Xooaler Bpeolal is made of - seleot oak. golden flnJsn, lias sanitary flour bin, with slftor, alumlnnm slidlns; top, oolonial class ooffeo, tea an solo canisters, new Improved bread and cake boa, tog-ether with many other ronTenlenoss, special 537.CO IS Brass Bed. Heavy S-lnoh poet brass bed, best Eng lish lacquer, plain rich design, has six heavy lnl cral rod filling In heml and foot, special , .$15,70 Other patterns of Brass UimIb, up from ....$14.83 Brass Bed (like Illustra tion) exept It bin five rod fillings In bead and foot, Instead of six. at cut shows, heavy 2-lnrh continuous post, cornea either In '.ho satin or bright finish, brat Kngllsh. lacquer electrically ap plied and thoroughly sub stantial and servlceHble be J, each $33.60 v.Wftis ttir- - f, j, Sons Co. STREETS pasture are being converted Into farms In the west, A continuous period of high prices for meats will no doubt have one or two con sequences. It will either put a premium on the growing of live slock through the east, west and aouth or It will have the effect of reducing the consumption of meat as a component part of the food -of tho people. Hitherto after the breaking up of the range system of cattle production there has always come a period of shortage re corded In higher prices. A newer live stock- economy has gradually come into vogue causing a return to lower prices In due time. But with rapid strides of population a more complete readjustment Is again necessary. Whatever else that change may Involve It will require that the farms of the coun try Incorporate the fattening of swine and cattle as a larger part of their business. There are nearly 7,000,000 farms in the United States, and their live stock possibili ties, In the majority of cases, are barely begun. There Is no doubt that at a given price the country can have all the meat it wants. May Worry Sot New York Post. '" A railroad president expresses the fear that ml.sgulded lawmakers may begin again ' to "make a target of the corporations." But the great sharpshooter la now In Afri ca, where, he confesses, he misses a great many of bis shots. fffrffffB i fMi&: fl-l" i r1'. I