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Stat of- Nebraska.' Douglas County. ss !
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Publishing Company, being duty sworn, say
that the. actual number of full and complate
eoplea ef Tha Dally. Morning, Evening and
ftunday toea printed (Turing tha month of
September, uoa. waa aa follow:
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40,100
1 41430
43,000
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OKOROB B. TZSCHUCK.
Treasurer,
subscribed In tny presence and sworn to
before me thin soth day of Keptemher, 1SU).
) . , M. P. WALKER.
Notary labile.
Babserlfeera leaving the city tem
porarily ahaaU hava The Ba
lied to them. Addres will be
aa often aa reqaetd.
If yon. neglected to register
counted yourself out.
you
Mr. Taft's atay in Texas was pre
sloely a nine days' wonder.
The boiler that blew up In a brew
ery ihotild have its share in elevating
Milwaukee's fame.
Moral: Don't take the other man's
wife to the theater without first ask
ing hla permission.
i Anxious Inquirer; . No, the white
ribbon claims so relationship with the
blue ribbon variety. --:
The Chippewas are getting ready to
make their annual pica to congress
to chip in for their needs.
Mr. Stead, who consults the spirits
dally, announces that the House of
Lords Is about to vanish. Disappear
ing peers.
The man who claims to have found
an anti-toxin for laziness will have to
hunt harder to find some one willing
to take it.
The onslaught of the king and the
cxar upon the small game In Italy
proves that' even monarchs are not
above splitting hares.
It is a. safe gneas that the "vampire
dance"- about to be Inflicted by the
stage upon- the ! public la an old of
fonder thinly disguised.
Home nonpartisan democratic law
yers have corporation retainers thrust
upon them . and others go oat and
shake the bushes for them.
Well! -Well! Well! Another double
shotted editorial In the Double Euder.
aomeining muse nave gone wrong
among the fake nonpartisans.
If Senator Aid rich does not care to
debate with Congressman Fowler,
Mr. Bryan caa. furnish him with ready
made eopy for his letter of declination.
The Idea tbatTNt Goodwin had
ceased to he a comedian is not encour
aged by Uio news that he has been in
Paris selling mining stock.
New York opera stars are about to
Invade Atlanta. Among the marches
that they will bo requested kindly to
leave betitud wf be' Sherman's.
Richard Harding Davis complains
that the doorkeepers In London thea
ters aro' proroklngly haughty toward
Mm. Looks as if they know him.
The tuaa who hsa sued for divorce
after forty-nine years of married life
arouses the suspicion that he was too
stingy to buy a golden wedding
present.
A . . , .
surgeons wno nave . aeviaea a way
of accomplishing akin grafting without
mutilating others than the patient, de
serve the thanka of everybody. No
one likes to be skinned by or for bis
friends.
In view of the cowing visit of the
Japanese delegation to Omaha some
body is missing a great chance in fall
ing to open a school of linguistics
guaranteed to teach the Jap language
in a four weeks' course.
At any rate, we trust trie supreme
court will sot cripple out city law de
partment by nullifying the right of the
one working lawyer In it to practice at
the bar. even if be should refuse to
take lt Wk sod, apologize.
The Championing of Champ.
Moved by a sudden revival of a base
less faith, our democratic brethren
have taken to insulating on the pos
sibility of their landing a speaker In
the next congress, and they are asking
themselves who shall that candidate
be. As far aa clone observation has
discovered, the only candidate in slgat
Is Champ Clark, the picturesque prod
uct of Bowling Green, Missouri. Thus
do the democrats confess themselves
once more in their chronic condition of
painful paucity; whenever they fcast
their greedy glance at a possible plane
and look over their ranka for a candi
date of caliber, they Invariably empha
size to the eye of the world the extra
ordinary exiguity.
In his place as congressman. Champ
Clark has afforded entertainment fOT
the country at large by his occasional
speeches; he has been a diversion when
the sessions have dragged too heavily.
But it is one thing to be agreeable In
oratory or amusing with glimpses of
opera bouffe, and another thing to be
the leader of men, aa Champ learned
to his sorrow when he attempted to
manage the minority In the houae. Aa
a party" leader he demonstrated execu
tive inefficiency, and he who cannot
whip his own partisans Into line and
keep them there can hardly control the
channels of legislation as the speaker
of the house is required to do. In the
old days when the speaker was simply
the moderator of a gathering, almost
anyone could have presided; but those
times have long since past, and even
though the present rigid rules should
soma time be relaxed, there would al
ways be needed in the chair a master-;
ful executive and instant parliamen
tarian, all of which Champ, despite hla
worthy personal traits, Is not.
Fortunately, the democratic dream
of a democratic speaker is not prom
ising of immediate realization, and
Champ will doubtless continue his lea
ser illumination of the floor of the
house, the Chautauqua platform, and
the barn dances of Howling Green.
Justice Feckham.
One trait of character in Rufus V.
Peckham, associate justice of the su
preme court of the United States, who:
has JuBt passed away, might well be
accepted as a heritage by every mem
ber of the bar who aspires to advance
ment in his profession. It was not
by any special brilliance that he shone.
flash, of genius that would have
quickly faded, but, instead, he was
the marvel of all, because he attended
strictly and absolutely to the specific
duties of bis high office and paid no
attention to extraneous matters. It
is on record that after he took bis Beat
on the supreme bench, Justice Peck
ham abstained utterly from participa
tion In public functions, and devoted
all his energies and all Ms abilities.
and they were manUold, .to tho, -demands
of his judicial office.
Mr. Peckham came to the bench by
right of birth and legal training. ' His
father, who was one of the 140 victims
lost in mid ocean in the wreck of the
Vllle de Havre, November 2!. 18T3.
had been successively dUtrlct attor
ney and Justice of both the supreme
court and the court of appeals of New
York state. The son followed closely In
the footsteps of his father, becoming
a partner in his father's firm, and sub
sequently holding the offices In which
his father had preceded him. It was
while he occupied a seat on the bench
of the New York court of appeals that
he waB promoted by President Cleve
land to be an associate justice of the
supreme court of the United States, an
office to which he brought not -only
dignity and experience, but also devo
tion to his official duties with a Slngle
raindedness that Is rare either on or off
the bench.
In the east Justice Peckham will be
long remembered for his famous, de
cision In the case of the New York gas
rate litigation, which restored to the
citizens. millions of dollars 4ln rebates.
In the west his name la notable for Its
association with the transmlssourl traf
fic cases, establishing the application
of. the Sherman anti-trust legislation.
Ills Integrity to law was as marked as
his fidelity to duty without devUUdn.
Oar College Bandits. 5 y
Although the season j of tha opening
of the colleges has brought, with .It the
usual recurrence of rushes and hazlngs
In which personal indignities and
some, times r physical Injuries, have
been Inflicted, we must eredlt to the
exuberance of thB college student one
noteworthy act of good fellowship rn
the kidnaping of a captain of Indus
try. No less a personage than Clarence
H. Mackay, president of the Postal
Telegraph company, was the victim of
the marauders. When he reached
Reno, a band of bandits from the Uni
versity of Nevada surrounded Dim
conveyed him to their lonely rendevoui
in the mountains, and kept him pris
oner for six hours. No mistreatment
was offered, and when the magnate
was restored to Colonel Harvey and his
other companions who had marveled
at his disappearance, he met their In
quiries with a smfle'and said ho had
been having a good time.
A good time he certainly had bad,
for the roisterous students saw to
that. No fabulous ransom was de
manded from the master In finance;
instead, the price of his , liberty was
the indulgent attention he was forced
to pay to demonstrationa of his own
personal worth. Mr. Mackay had been
a generous contributor to the univer
sity, and the students took this novel
and effective way of manifesting their
gratitude. Such a spirited display of
genuine affection for a benefactor of
education must be calculated to win
any man's heart.
Dressed In cowboy regalia forced
upon him fur the occasion, Mr. Mackay
renewed the spirit of his youth and
foamed that the American with red
blood In his veins is no reopecter of
persons when he lets the pressure es
cape through the safety valve. As an
example to the rest of the college
world the studenta of the Unlversltly
of Nevada demonstrated that It is pos
sible for the college yonth to play
hard at being a bandit without alto
gether forgetting that he is a gentle
man. The County Jndffe.
The office of county judge is one of
the moat Important to be filled at the
election next week. The county Judge
has not only the jurisdiction of other
examining magistrates over criminal
prosecutions, and jurisdiction over
certain aults at law, but he has ex
clusive Jurisdiction In probate mat
ters subject only to appeal. The court
over which the county judge presides
is more particularly the court of the
widows and orphans, and the principal
part of his work is the supervision of
the administration of estates passing
at death to heirs and beneflelarles.
While the public offices are all public
trusts, the off ce of connty judge makes
its Incumbent particularly the trustee
for all the private property embraced
within the estates that go through
probate.
At the coming election voters of
Douglas county will be called on to
say whether they want to "continue
County Judge Leslie In this responsible
position. Judge Leslie's conduct of
the county court for the last four years
has been singularly without criticism
or complaint. He has reorganized its
administrative machinery and put it on
a business basts, scrupulously account
ing for all the fees earned and for the
trust funds coming Into his custody.
There have been scandals in the county
judge's office, but not since Judge Les
lie took charge, and he has removed
the source of the previous trouble. The
estates which he has administered as
county Judge have mounted Into the
millions of dollars, and his decisions
of disputed points have, for the most
part, been accepted by those concerned
without further contest.
If the people of Douglas county
want their county court kept on Its
present high plane they will re-elect
Judge Leslie.
Extending Oar Foreign Commerce.
Business men of the United States
will watch t!e approaching meeting of
the National Council of Commerce In
Washington In the hope that It may
find a way to demonstrate Its useful
ness along the lines Indicated when It
was organized two years ago. This
Council was to be co-operative among
American business men with the idea
of more widespread extension of our
national export trade, but after Secre
tary Straus bad launched it on its
preliminary way,- the expected govern
mental support of American houses In
their efforts to increase their, exports
failed to be forthcoming, except
through the limited circulation of the
dally consular reports.
These reports have an immediate
value to such interests as have prompt
access to them, being backed as they
are by the entire fund of Information
and effort of the consular service. And
to facilitate the dissemination of this
official knowledge, and of other mat
ter pertaining to the immediate news
of the foreign markets, was the very
purpose of the National CounclL Offi
cials in the Department of Commerce
and Labor believe that such a council
may become a great factor in cultivat
ing international trade, and they have
all along been among Its strongest ad
vocates. It, Is for the business Inter
ests of the country, however, to inves
tigate anew the possibilities of this
council, and to see If it may not be
developed Into what. Secretary Straus
had in mind at Its inception, an or
ganization for the commercial interests
of the whole country, such as a local
chamber of commerce to a single city.
The Hidden Eeason. '
The democrats -are making their
campaign in Nebraska this year with
their candidates masquerading in all
sorts of garbs. To republicans they
appeal as nonpartisans, to ' populists
they hold up their sworn statements
of affilllation with the populist party
and from democrats they demand
party loyalty. , , ,
The democrats gained a partial vic
tory In Nebraska last year by carrying
the presidential ticket for Bryan, and
electing the governor' and ' legislature.
If democratic control of the law
making snd exeoutivo power had given
them a record which they could de
fend they would be out in the open
pointing with pride and asking for
the endorsement at the polls whicn
they believed belonged to them. The
reason they are not making the cam
paign as a vindication of the record of
the late legislature is that the record
is go vulnerable they want the people
to forget It. They are therefore busy
trying to raise up side issues, and
fighting fake phantoms, in order to get
by stealth and faUe representations,
the vote of confidence which they
know they have forfeited.
If the election had occurred last
spring, within thirty days after the
democratic legislature had adjourned,
every candidate bearing the democratic
label would have been burled under a
mountain-high avalanche of votes. The
democrats do not believe it is yet quite
safe to. hoist the democratic banner
Into full daylight. That la the reason
why they are feigning nonpartisanshlp
and asking people to vote for demo
cratic candidates in spite of the fact
they are democrats.
. The national president or the atreet
carmen's organlxatlon, has come and
l
The Nonpartisan Humbug
Ord
com ex
When ths democratic politician
busting around a a "nnn-partioun" and
Implorea the republican voter to nupport
democratic candidates It might be well
for the voter tlma Implored to lay off a
minute and coiiFldtT what the republican
rarty In the state has accomplished In
the recent past for the benefit of the people
of Nehrakii and also what." If anything,
the democratic party which Is seeking
his vote has done for the general good.
The republican party gave to the atate
a direct primary law which while perhaps
not perfect, had In It Ihe sound principles
for the safeguarding of popular government
In the hands of the people. The party
gave to the state the railway commission
law, the 2-cent passenger fare law, the
ntt-pas law. the commodity rate law, the
express rate law and the best revenue law
under which the state has ever rested. Re
publican administration paid off without
burden to the people a state debt aggre
gating nearly two millions, through econ
omy and business management of public In
terests. What has the democratic party done to
deserve public approval over and above
tke republican record Nothing added to
gone without measuring up to the sit
uation. He has left a program of
guerilla warfare for the street car
men, who are still In the attitude of
strikers, designed to harass the street
railway company at every turn.
Harassing the street railway company
may be all right, but It is hard to draw
the line against harassing the public
at the same time. The striking street
car men had public sympathy with
them at the start, but they run a great
risk of forfeiting it altogether by ill
advised conduct.
The idea of a non-partisan judiciary
and the idea of a bi-partisan judiciary
are absolutely Irreconcilable. A non
partisan judiciary assumes that the
judges belong to no party and are com
mitted to no political creed. The bi
partisan idea .would simply divide the
positions on the bench between . repre
sentatives of two political parties, and
each judge would have to be partisan
In order to give representation to his
political party.
By the annexation of suburban
towns Los Angeles proudly claims to be
the fifth in area among the cities of
the United States. It is doing well in
planning for its future growth, but
even cities, like individuals, may suffer
from the possession of more acres than
can be well handled. There Is such a
thing as being "land poor," and it Is a
burdensome affliction.
Of course, all the Bryan volunteers
should vote for the democratic candi
dates because they are democrats, and
all the populists should vote for them
because of their near perjury In swear
ing that they affiliate with the dodu-
11st party, and all the republicans
should vote for them because they say
they are nonpartisans.
The "Good Cheer" girls have ad
mitted one man to membership Mark
Twain. They do not Indicate whether
they consider him St. Mark or Easy
Mark, but in either capacity he will
boost their cause, which is the bright
ening of lives of Invalids.
By this time the Nicaraguan revolu
tionists are doubtless sighing, like
Alexander, for more worlds to con
quer. News from Blueflelds makes
the whole situation look decidedly in
digo for President Zelaya.
Announcement that furniture Is to
go up 10 per cant in January is likely
to hasten the decision of dallying
prospective brides, and we may look
for a large crop of Thanksgiving and
Christmas weddings.
Lady Cook Is welcome to get Ameri
can women to vote as far as they like,
but her further crusade to Improve
their husbands is something she
might better leave in the hands of the
American wives.
The tribute of the Japanese to Com
modore Perry reminds us that the Is
land empire's symbol of the rising sun
did not signify anything until Ameri
can enterprise swung open those gates
of dawn.
Presumably in planning a ' series of
international dams on the Rio Grande
such as has ben the means of Irrigat
ing Egypt, the Texans hope to paint
the boundary line a sort of nile green.
First prize In a model husbands'
show went to the man who was "al
ways good natured before breakfast."
Chances are ' he had to be 6r he
wouldn't have got any.
Welcome to our fair country, Sir
Thomas, and in the consideration of
our challenge for the America's cup let
us forget for a time some of the other
perennials.
It'a All Off.
8L Louis Republic.
Mr. Bryan's daughter has decided that
Mhe doea not want to go to congretw. Poa
albly aha doea not want to cause trouble
In tha family by getting to Waahlngton
ahead of her distinguished father.
They llaiatla for a t ht,
New Tork World.
Prt-aident Taft corroborate the view of
other oLaervera In pronouncing lhrmera
the "beat situated and moat contented" of
any claaa. Yet farm boys continue to corn
tha delight of agriculture for the labori
ous puraulta of flnanoe or medicine or tha
law.
.! .
(Collier's Weekly.)
A judK-made law is now so much dis
cussed, wa way recall one of tha neatest
answers in history a far, at least, aa
our owa reading goes: .
Judge (Interrupting Webster's argument):
"That is not law." j
Webster: "It was law unJl vour honor
pjke." v-v "-"MT"-
Qui:
which Its mistakes and failure have been
widespread and phenomenal. The demo
cratic party garbled the primary law out
of all semblance to Ita original Intent
and meaning and has rendered It a by
word Instead of a powerful Instrument for
good. The democratic party amended out
of the revenue law Its vital features for
securing equity and uniformity In the
valuation of all property whether private
or corporate. In constructive legislation
tha democratic party failed utterly and left
only a record of legislation creating places
for democrats on the public payroll and
ahorttve attempts to further extend the list
of office holders by the attempted creation
of a board of "beer Inspectors" whose corn-
blned salaries would "touch the public
treasury for tha neat aum of $11,000 per
year.
Thin la but a pasalng glance at the com
parison that may be truthfully made at the
records of two partlea In Nebraska.
When tha democratic politician goes out
this year with hl- "non-partisan" gun to
bag a few republican votes for the demo-
cratlc candidates put his party record up
to him for a target and his score card
will show "no hits."
Army Gossip
Matters of later Om aaa Beak
of tha nriBg Ilu laaaaa from
the Army amg BTtvy Bag-later.
An important decision was rendered by
the comptroller to the effect that a soldier
discharged from a flve-yeer enlistment
ptrlod, after serving three years and three
months, under provisions of the act of
June 16, l&JO, was not discharged at the
termination of an enlistment period within
the meaning of the' act of May 11, 1S,
and would not be entitled, upon enlistment
after May 11, 1908, to pay of tha second
enlistment period tcause of such prior
service.
The insignia for the members of the army
service achools detachment has finally been
adopted. The question haa long been pend
ing in the general staff of the War depart
ment and the quartermaster general's of
fice, and numerous suggestions were pre
sented. The accepted dealgn for the em
blem, to be worn on the cap, will be cir
cular in form, giving a distinction in shape
wl ich is easily recognized. The emblem
takes the form of a cog wheel and in tha
center Is a quill and hammer crossed. Tha
quill and hammer represent intellectual and
manual labor, while the wheel signifies
industry.'
An important decision has been rendered
by the comptroller of the treasury in re
gard to the allowance of actual expenses
for travel under certain conditions In
Alaska. A dental surgeon was ordered
from Vancouver barrack, Washington, to
the military posts In Alaska, returning to
Vancouver barracks on completion of the
duty of attending to neoeasary dental work
of officers and enlisted men at thoaa sta
tions. The comptroller has decided that
the dental surgeon ia entitled to mileage te
and from Alaska and to actual expenses
of travel while In Alaska,, and that ha
should be regarded - in tha atatus of a'
traveler from the time he arrived In Alaska
until his departure therefrom. A part ot
this trip from Fort William II. Seward
to Fort Egbert required travel In Canada,
but, in view of the faot that tha terminal
of such Journey were in Alaska It Is held
by the comptroller to ba a trip for which
actual and necessary expense are payabis
and not mileage, tha terminal of the Jour
ney governing In determining the charactet
of the trip.
First Lieutenant George C. Shaw of the
Twenty-seventh Infantry, captain of tha
army Infantry team this year, found tha
new Springfield rifle a meat excellent arm
In this year's target shooting. He states
that the rifles were a very fine lot, all
star gauged, the star gauging of the
barrels ahowing diameters from .S009 to .8001!
across the lands, And from .SOsO to .8082
across the grooves. AH barrels were per
fect, cylinders, and in appearance and
measurement were the beat guns ever is-
aued to the team. The bolta and working
parta had been polished, and in general
after cleaning tha gun of the heavy ooa-
mollne, there waa very little needed to
make them ready for shooting. Tlve guns
were a very superior lot, and thay cer
talnty ahot well. At Sea Girt, N. J., the
team was furnished 1400 rounds of ball
catridg-es, caliber .80, with lLO-graln can
nelured bullet and experimental primer,
for experimental purposes. This waa manu
factured at Frankford, arsenal, and was
moat superior ammunition. No fault could
be found with It construction. After firing
as high as eighty rounds par gun, there
was practically no metal fouling to be
seen, and up to 600 yards the scores made
with it were equal to those made with
tha beat hand-loaded commercial ammuni
tion. Tha army overcoat may be abandoned,
at least ao far as the Infantry arm ia
concerned, and its place in mlllltary ap
parel taken by the pea jacket. A sugges
tion of this sort haa been made to the
War Department and Is understood to find
favor with the Infantry equipment board
In session at Rock Island, 111. That board
has taken up tha question of uniform,
along with tha problem of tha burden of
the foot soldier, and for thla reaaon the
general order which was prepared aome
weeks ago containing amendment to the
uniform regulatlona has been held up In
the otflca of tha chief of ataff until the
Infantry board can present its conclusion.
Some of tha minor oucstlona Involved in
I the uniform regulatlona are now under con-
eiduratlon by the board at Rock Island
and It Is deemed advisable to postpone
tha issue of the order until the question
have been settled. There la observable a
difference of service opinion concerning the
adoption of the pea jacket in lieu of th
overcoat. Some officers believe that the
overcoat la necesaary in fumtnshtng a
protection to the legs of tha wearer de
spite tha impediment of a long coat In
walking. Those who favor the pea jacket
point out that such a garment is usually
worn by preference by people In Alaska
and other section, where th Intense cold
requires soma protection in the way of
clothing. There I also a disposition to
resist all radical changes in uniform, auch
as thla abandonment of the overcoat might
be considered.
Lwk l the Heeara.
Indianapolis Newt
Enlisted men to tha number of saved
during the last fiscal year, according to
a report on the army dupoalt system.
I1.S61.1&8. Fellow-civilian and ultimata con
sumer, how much have YOU saved?
Dlataaea Laada Kaeaaataaea t.
tit. Paul Pioneer Press.
Tha packers are clamoring for laws for
the better Inspection of meata. If the
keep on boosting' the price the best that
most of us will ba able to du a lib meat
will ba tw insect iuj
BANK BUILDING
does not erul with the completion of a new banking
room.
Years of careful conscientious service are required to bring
a bank up to where it takes Its place among the 6trong institu
tions of tho country. This bank Is
IN ITS 53d YEAR
of such building. The continuing confidence in this bank is mani
fested by the dally opening of new accounts and the constantly
Increasing volume ot business.
Our service is available to you.
iriirvihduiitdNilailMilJns
PERSONAL NOTES.
Bryan lias been Inaugurated president.
His other name Is Elmer Burrlll, and he's
president of Colgate university.
Right Fielder Cobb of the Detrolts made
more hits than any other player in the
American league, spiked more opponents,
and got arrested more times. -
Theodore Roosevelt's book, "The fltren
uous Life," has Just been Issued in the
Portuguese language, for circulation In
South American, under the title "A Vida
Intense,"
Prof. Brander Matthewa has said some
thing that Is worth passing along to the
rising generation: '"The man who Is In
love with his Job gets more contentment
out of life than any other.'
A Jerseyman with a record of thirty-
three arrests for wife beating is being
coached for a few rounds with an imported
suffragette. It would be worth the money
to see him get what Is coming to him.
William R. Stewart, president or the New
Tork State Board of Charities, la still In
Ignorance of the Identity of the mysterious
multimillionaire who desires to give 11,000,-
000 to some charity officially recommended
to him.
With steadily Increasing ranks of the un
employed and poverty spreading in the
cities. It looks as If England was destined
to wrest from Ireland the title of "the most
distressful Isle." Sure, Mike, the tall goes
with the hide.
There are three candidates for mayor of
New York, and each is confidently assured
of election by more votes than are to be
received by the other two together. Natur
ally, each goes about his campaigning in a
cheerful frame of mind.
Just as a Boston man thawed out and
expressed a desire to hand over $1,000,000
for a public object, an unfeeling fellow
Jumped on him with the question why ha
turned In only $455,000 worth of properly
for taxation. That put the frost on tha
cake.
Among the paasangera on the Atlantic
transport liner Mlnnetonka, from London,
waa Misa May Morris, daughter of the
English articles and poet. William Morri.
She comes to lecture on arts and crafts be
fore of League for Political Education and
other educational organisations.
HAS MO.KY TO BIHN.
Opulent Condition of Valon Pacific
Treasury.
Springfield, (Mass.) Republican,.
It Is a remarkable testimonial to the late
Mr. Harriman's powers as a railroad
builder and economist which the current
annual report of the Union Pacific com
pany affords. From a atate of chronic
bankruptcy It haa now grown into a veri
table embarrassment of riches and, most
remarkable thing of all, it Is shown to be
tn a stronger financial position at the end
than it was at the beginning of the past
year of business depression. True, its
large Increase in net earnings Is shown to
have been obtained at aome sacrifice of
replacement appropriations from revenue.
Its savings in expense were largely confined
to the Items of maintenance of way and
equipment, but the fact remalna that It
could have plowed earning Into the prop
erty with about as free a hand as it ever
did and atlll show net Income much more
than equal to the 10 per cent dividend
The company appears to have been profit
ing from the prevailing high stock market
to lighten Its load of securities In other
roads, but It is still a large holder and
what Is next to be done remains to be
developed. Judge Lovett succeeds to a posi
tion of great importance and responsibility
In the railroad and financial world, and
we are to learn later on how sound was
Mr. Harriman's judgment In the choice of
a successor.
SMILING EEMABKS.
"There I one class of men mora than an
other they aay very soon go down hill."
"Who are they?"
"Mountain climber." Baltimore Amer
ican. "I want to make a name for myself In
politics." said the ambitious youth.
"Well," answered Senator Sorghum, "it'a
liable to be a long and difficult enterprise.
You'll probably have to put In a consider
able share of your time allowing your ene
mies to call you any namea they happen to
think of." Washington star.
Teacher (to dull pupil In mathematics)
Tou should be ashamed of yourself. Why,
at your age George Washington was a sur
veyor. Pupil Tea, sir; and at your age he was
president of the United States Boston
Transcript.
"I watched some workmen pouring con
crete today," aald the observant man at tha
boarding house table. "It looked like warm
work."
"Yea," said the cheerful Idiot, "they per
spire at every pore." Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
"HuggestlonT H'mph! Did you ever hear
of a real cure effected by 'suggestion, T"
"I personally know of one. I onoe sug
gested to a young fellow that if he didn't
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Bast rsatedy lot lUlfalU,
CX0UP, SOU THXOAT. ead all
C0UCH5, COLDS,
at tha bf itnwg argaa.
Tha pi.ii. soMhiag, acaliag, gana.
kaiiag mi mt Hyaaiai a ik aaiy raaedy
that caa raeca aad Ul catarrk sens.
Caaf Ist aarat. iaciudtsf poclsl iakaka,
$1,00. Estis kottlM, S after waid Beaded.
10c I-)Bl'(iGIST8 EVERY WHEHk.'
breathe ft rtf
iiM guaranteed.
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Hi
lill
want to have a big dog chasing hlm off tlx
premises he'd better quit coming t. my
house, and It cured hlm of thn h.hn
Chicago Tribune.
"What did Ooode send you for a wpihllnu
presentT"
"A set of china."
"And what did Tltewodd send?"
"Hla regrets." Cleveland Leadur. ,;
"My dear child.' have you reason a min
pnsn that Mr. Flirty entertains a frank
liking for you?" .
"Well, ma, last nlprht h bsndiHi . me ii
box of chocolates with the remark that
they were his candled sentiments." Iinlil
more American.
"Poor Miss Oldglrl lost a dim chance she
had for a proposal from old Mr. Probll."
"How was that?"
"11a is crazy on the subject of prohibition
and he stopped visiting her beoauxp she
took to wearing little corkscrew, curl.s."-
Bammore American. ' v ,
She Oh. Tom, dear, the train la now fix
ing like an arrow r If a colUslun should
suddenly take place, how glorious it would
be to die together! (After a pause.) - K.iii
didn't forget to renew your policy of lliu
surance, did you? Harper's Hanar. J
SONG OF THE BULL-HEADED MAN
Chicago News.' ,
Old winter come apace and brings 1
Along with hlm to town
A score or more unpleasant things
To send my spirits down.
I know he brings a cold Intense
Enough to make me sigh;
He also brings a recompense
The weather swats tha fly.
He cornea across the frosty lea.
And in a little while
Thn festive coal shouts with In Hl' i-.
The plumber wears a smile.
The country dweller hunts i flat
And finds them rather high.
TIs winter's fault. Who cares for that?
The weather swats the fly.
Oh. winter winds may blow and blow
Through all the livelong dtty,
The streets be foil of mushy snow,
Tha skies be drear and gray:
I shall not care a cooky then
For wind or street or sky.
I know I'll be contented when
The weather swata tlio fly.
OVER A MILLION VISITORS
IN
NEW YORK CITY
Many Hudson-Fulton Celebration Ouaats
topped at the Hotel at. aUgla.
Careful .estimates indicate that during
the week of September 25 to October 2,
1909 (the period of the Hudson-Fulton
Celebration In that city), the,r Were up
wards of one million visitors quartered
In New Tork at once. At such a time It
Is most Important for the visitor toklm
housed in a really restful hotel.' The
strenuous celebrating ca.inot be fully en
joyed if its fatiguing features are re
peated at night in the hotel cerrldors "l
public- room. In the largest hotels DiIh
was unavoidable, while in the small hotals
their size naturally reduced the nolseof
number, but augumented the feature of
overcrowding. There was one other Class,
however, of which the Hotel St. Regis, at
Fifth Avenue and Yifty-fltth Street, Is
admittedly tthe leader,' where neither ex
cess of noise nor overcrowding was. pos
sible, and where patrons obtained the
same home-like comforts and seoltiHlon
as If such things as i tercentenaries, pu-
rades and pageants did not exist
St. Regis Is recognised as "AmerQn
finest hotel," and on this occasion It
demonstrated anew Its right to this title.
Tha St . Regis made many new f rletvl,
for those who stopped there for, the first
time learned that Its cualne la unsur
passed anywhere and that its restaurant
charges are no higher than other first-
class hotels. They also learned that the
St Regis room rates are likewise lew:
from $8 to $4 a day for a comfort il'Ju
and ' splendidly furnished large Inn'"
room; $5 a day for the same with prltuilo
bath (or $6 for two people); or $U a day
and up for an exquisite suite of parlor,
bedroom and private bath.
FOR YOU, TOO
A man with a charge ac
count at the store of out
of our worthy competitors,
bought a suit here the'
other day as an "experi
ment. "I had no idea," he said,
"that anyone made su'h
well-fitting e 1 o t h e s as
theso."
We've no doubt there-are
others that don't know.
We'd like to show them.
Suits, $15.00 to $35.00..
Overcoats, $15.00 to $50.0u.
We've all the new Hats and
Furnishings, as' well, :
BrewnineKine
WW 6 Company
LW Fifteenth J D!m Sit.
-V , ' "'OMAHA 1 ,
R. S. WILCOX, Manager.