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6 THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBElt 12, 100D. The Omaha Daily Bee FOUNDED BY KPVARD HOSE WATER. . VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR. Kntered at Oinaha postofflce a second class matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. rlly Bee (without Sunday), one year. $4"" Dally Jlee and Sunday, on year 0 rEL!VEREt BT CARRIER. J'nlly pee (Including Sunday), per weak. We I 'ally Dm (without (Sunday), per week.. 10c K.venlng Roe., (without Sunday), per week c Evening H (with Sunday). ier week. l Ptimlar Be, on year HH taturday Bee, on year 1-M Andreas all complaint of Irregularities In delivery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha The B Bullfimir Pnuth Omaha Twenty-fourth and N. Council Phiffs 15 Prott Street. Mnroln-BH Little Building. Chlra-o 111 Marquette Building. New York-Ftoom 1101-1102 No. Si West Thirty-third Street Washington 72 Fourteenth Street. N. W. CORRESPONDENCF.. Communication relating to new and edi torial matter should be addressed: Omaha fcee, Editorial Department REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only 2-cent atampa reoelverUn payment of mall account Prsonal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchange, not accepted. BTATF.MENT OF CTRCnLATIO?. Stat of Nebraska, Douglaa County, .: George B. Tsschurk, treasurer of The Ree Publishing Company, being duly sworn, ay that the actual number of full and complete cople of The Dally. Morning Kvenlng and Sunday Ree printed tinting the month of October. 1900. was ns follows: .42,360 .49,000 .40,800 .44,840 .49,810 .49,480 .43,670 .49,810 i 43,880 .40,300 12.., IS.. 14... IS.., 17... II... 1... to.., 21.., .49.340 .43,180 .43.340 .43,990 .43,560 .40,900 .49,480 .43,060 .49,360 .43,050 21.. 5S. , 29.. SO. , II., . .41,780 . .49,490 . .40,330 . .41,990 . .41,990 . .43,960 . .43,310 . .43,000 ..43,070 . .40,600 10. . ..49,710 Total ... .1,303,040 9.670 Returned copies "Net total " 1,393,370 Daily average 41,731 QEORGE B. TZSCHUCK, Treasurer. Subscribed In my presence and aworn to before me thla let day of November.. 190s. (Seal.) . , M. P. WALKER, Notary Public . ..., ... ( , - Subscriber leaTtaar the etty ( orarlly shoald have The lie nailed to these. Address will be 'changed as" ef tea re seated. Presumably the waiter who saved half a million dollars out of his tips, never tipped anybody. ; That threatened strike of railroad men might very properly be switched over to arbitration siding. It is fitting that the inventor of the reaper should be first to reap laurels In the farmers' ball of fame. Since Commander Peary has voted the South Pole to Commander Scott, the latter has only to scoot for it. 1. ' i Senatorial eloquence ought to flow freely from Fountain Thompson, the new appointee from North Dakota. Congressman Fowler and Senator Aldrlph have both come and gone and Omaha la nt ill on the same annt.on the map. . .. iilnety- Nebraska is now made up of two counties. Nebraska will ci Its centenary In this respect many years roll by. lobrate before Judging from the letters submitted in his breach of promise case, the Champion wrestler took a few falls out of Dan Cupid. . Since they had refused to fire when ordered, it was to be expected tat the West Virginia militiamen would them selves be fired. , Tho decision of New York courts that oral bets are legal is calculated to inspire the race track to talk loud in long, green tones. !- . Oklahoma's supremo court is ap parently determined that in the lex! con of divorce there shall be no such word as incompatablllty.. The Omaha Grain exchange is cer tainly a live wire. Witnesa the criml Batlon and recrimination precipitated by a mere election of three directors. The Lincoln Journal 'wants proof that liquor is being sold within the dry tone of the capital city. Let it ask com of its readers who carry a key. ' The discussion of the merits of those old bones In Ohio sounds suspiciously reminiscent of . the argument that broke up the society on the the Stanis laus. .If Captain Amundsen, with seven years supply of western, meat pro ducts; does not conquer the Polar ice pack It won't be the fault of the packers. The German kaiser Is reported to be courting Canada. Is Uncle Sam going to let the snowshoe girl give him the mitten and send him down the to boggan? As Sir Ernest, Lieutenant Shackle ton may enjoy his new knighthood, in London society, but it won't keep his . ears warm the next time he visits the Antarctic. At any rate, Mrs. Eddy's distribution of personal fortune among members of her family proves to have been founded on something more tangible than mere thought transference. Mr. Bryan still saya he does not want to run for senator and wtll not, "unless" . "That "unlesa" is the sav ing clause which everyone is privileged , to complete according to his own guess. Governor Shallenberger never misses a chance to rub it in on Omaha because Omaha doos not take kindly to the 8 o'clock cloning law which he admin istered. The governor should ex chance his vinegar Jug for an oil can. The President and Hit Mewagre. In one respect Mr. Taft has done something that marks a radical depart ure from the custom of his predeces sors in the presidential office, the pub lic advance announcement of the chief features of his annual message to congress, and of his attitude con cerning the problems to be outlined. This must serve still further to estab lish the bonds of good faith between executive and people. In taking the public Into his confidence Mr. Taft has eliminated all possibilities of specula tive activity based on "leaks" of the ealousljr guarded advance copies. The people know now that conserva tion of national resources, enforcement of existing anti-trust laws, regulation of Interstate commerce, postal savings banks, a remodeling of Judicial proce dure, the establishment of a national health bureau and a report of progress on the Investigations of the monetary commission, are the topics which the president will present for congressional consideration, and they know exactly where he stands on every one of them. Occasions will arise later for future messages and recommendations which It may be necessary to safeguard until congress receives them, but the pres ent spirit of frankness la bound to exert an Influence toward Improving the growing confidence in the stability of business prosperity. Exploiting- the Farms. One railroad having won prizes at fairs by the wholesale, from the pro ducts of its model farm, other rail roads are following suit, and experi mental stations at various points are to illustrate to the public the possibili ties of the agricultural life. This is reciprocity, for the farms made the railroads, and the two great Interests have so much In common that the one should continue to promote the other. The voice of the farm is necessarily the Voice of the west, for thither the star of agriculture has steadfastly taken ita way. Sometimes that voice la heard in the tones of Mr. Hill, who Is ever eloquent in eonvincing people that the 'vocation of the gardener offers to all the greatest compensation in wealth, health and happiness. Now the commissioner of Immigration of another great western railway system is adding his appeal, with the news that 251,000,000 fresh acres in the west are ready to be tilled. Chicago is about to welcome delegates to a land congress which will still further spread this gospel, so that altogether it will not be for lack of exploitation If the American nation continues to let its land remain Idle and unproductive in any section. Inexcusable Indifference. The vote on the three bond proposi tions submitted for popular ratification or rejection at the recent election In Omaha shows an inexcusable indiffer ence on the part of. our people on sub jects of real importance to the commu nity. These three propositions in volved the issue of bonds in compara tlvely amall amounts, and the fact that two of them have been lost by a small margin and one carried by an equally small margin, is not the significant feature. The commentary on the listlessness of the voter comes In the small number of votes recorded. "Less than 3,700 people out of more than 15,000 took the trouble to vote one way or the other. Three-fourths of the voters who went into the election booths reg istered their choice for candidates for office, but refused, or neglected, to say yes or no on the bonds. True, the questions depending on the voting of these bond propositions-raised no issue in the campaign, but they had received some attention in the public prints and there was no organised opposition. The principle of bond submission is the same as that called for by the in itiative and referendum, and by the direct legislation movement, but this experience with our bond propositions cannot be very encouraging to the ad vocates of plebiscites on more compli cated questions that call for something more than a mere yes or no. The Campaign of Education. Those who have heard Senator Ald rlch. or who feave read his faithfully re ported speeches on the subject of cur rency reform, cannot fall to have been Impressed with the straightforward ness manifested In discussing that Intri cate problem. His frankness and lucid ity is calculated to disarm any suspicion or prejudice that a hostile press has sought to arouse, and it la a credit to ihe fairness of the American people that In every city where he has thus lar spoken he has generated the same spirit of candor and consideration that he himself has shown. Bringing before the public a presentation of the mone tary conditions and systems abroad, he affords his hearers a 'new breadth of view. When It comes to a specific for curing the financial Ills known to exist in our own country, he disclaims, for himself and his colleagues, who have been studying the matter, having agreed upon any definite plan, but having suggestions from the various sections of the country. The visit of Senator Aldrich must make people realize that the commis sion, which he represents, Is engaged chiefly for the preaent'ln'a campaign of education. In addition to the utter ances of their spokesman, the commls slon Is planning tbe widespread clrcu latlon of a great variety of literature designed to flood the whole subject with the light of our own and Euro pean experience. In exchange for the information which It baa garnered for the Americas nation, the commission asks that competent Judgment be forth coming here to aid in determining ul timately what Is beet to be done. With a receptive eagerness of mind on all sides, some improvements lu our currency system, not a panacea for fi nancial ills, ought to be forthcoming. The Bee does not look for immedi ate or even early legislation of com prehensive character on the currency. The commission has been as deliberate, and will doubtless continue to be, as deliberate, as the diversity of thought on the subject requires. Its European conferences extended over a period dating as far back as August, 190S, and the Investigation of the adaptability of European safeguards to this country has only begun. The commission is non-polltlcal, as is indi cated by the presence in its member ship of such opposltes as Hale of Maine and Bailey of Texas, or as Overstreet of Indiana and Teller of Colorado. The secretary of the treasury has already given assurance that he will not go into the subject in his forthcoming an nual report, which Is additional inti mation that nothing Is to be attempted until the campaign of education brings about something nearer consensus of opinion among the financial doctors who are waiting on the patient. The Craze for Speed. Discovery that the Chicago chauffeur who drove his car over the brink of an open drawbridge to the death of himself and passengers, Inherited the taint of insanity, and was himself known to be the victim of the mania for speed, suggests a new reason for the need of greater care in determin ing who shall drive these modern power vehicles. There seems to be an exhilaration in letting out the automobile to Us great est speed, and in insisting on right-of- way, that can readily verge on madness in the case of a weak mind, such as this chauffeur evi dently had. Skill in guiding a car through crowded streets ana in making meteor turns of the curves in country roads, generates a spirit of daring that tempts men who would be careful in ordinary pursuits to take tremendous chances with life when at the wheel of an automobile. Contemplation of this particular case of Insanity at the helm should afford an occasion for a sober thought on the advisability of the strictest regulations for the examination of all who are per mitted to operate cars on the public highways. Convict Labor Contracts. The execution by Governor Shallen berger of a new contract for the em ployment of convicts at the Nebraska penitentiary calls attention to the whole problem of prison labor. The new contract provides fof the establishment of a shirt factory to be operated by the convicts for which the contractors are td pay. 62 V4 cents per prisoner per day, while the state is to' furnish free of additional -charge the room occupied with light, heat and power. The contract system of employ ing convict labor Is not new in Ne braska so that the real questions in volved are, first, whether this is a kind of labor which the state Is Justified In permitting, all things considered, and, secondly, whether the terms are fair as between the parties to the contract. It happens that the convict labor contracts in Missouri are Just now ex piring having been made five years ago at the rate of 60 cents a day per man, the state similarly furnishing the shops, light, heat and power, and everything except machinery, tools and supervising foremen. Some of the contractors at the Missouri prison have expressed a willingness to pay 70 cents per day per man, but Governor Hadley Is holding out for 80 cents a day. It would hardly seem that the value of convict labor as between Missouri, and Nebraska should disclose any material variations. Surely if Missouri Is being offered 70 cents the acceptance by Governor Shallenberger of 62 cents does not look like a very good business bargain. State Auditor Barton objects to the Issue of lnsuranco policies purporting to be guaranteed by securities on de- posit with the state when all that the securities may be held for is the legal reserve In other words, he objects to the misbranding of Insurance policies On this proposition people who want the label to tell the truth, and nothing but the truth, will be with the auditor Congressman Latta of the Third Ne braska district ventures the opinion that there will be no reopening of the tariff schedules at the Impending ses sion of congress. Congressman Latta would surely be consulted before any thing of this kind were attempted. Why should not the paving contrac tors be compelled to clean up promptly after finishing their work? How long must a newly paved street be left lit tered up with paving blocks, crushed 6tone and piles of sand? Mayor "Jim" has been Invited to trade in the only Issue he has on which to run for governor. A politician who uses up his capital may as well go out of business without waiting to be ad Judged a bankrupt. Let no woman worry because her purse does not permit her to ajord the new fashionable metallic tissue for the background of her transparent gowns A sunny heart will serve for a golden lining. Sympathy Misdirected. Baltimore American. The revelation In the trial of the Ice Truat, now going on, that Ice could be cut and harvested for tejjtflv cent a too and the price to retailer set at M a ton, will not tend to Increase affectionate sym pathy In tbe public mind ror Oliarles W. Morse, the ex-Ice kin. Hal-bow (basing. Sioux City Journal. The democratic party of Nebraska Is back In the old rut. trying to extract aome aatisfactlon from the modest sle of the majority against It. Suppose Another Fall. Charleston New and Courier. .The bank that failed In Oklahoma hap pened to be the one In which the bank guaranty fund wa deposited. The cash which the bank now has on hand, including what I left of the guaranty fund. Is $1 12183. Just what will happen If another bank fails 7 r All Ilenrta Hejolee. Philadelphia Record. The fellow-countrymen of Our Teddy without distinction of party or creed, heartily rejoice, that he I still alive and shooting In the jungle of Africa. Long may he continue In good health and ecape all the dangers that beset him from wild boasts and a 'bad climate! Amiila, Rivalry la Super. Chicago Record-Herald. The British government ha Just let contract for two aupor-Dreadnought which are to have a tonnage of 2S.350 each and a speed of twenty-eight knot. Thl will make la necessary for Germany to m mediately begin building a couple of super-super-Dreadnmights of about 30 000 ton each, with a speed of not less than thirty-one knots. Fontunately the le of super-Dreadnoughts ha not yet made It necessary to Enlarge the ocean. Pot It r to Connrresn. Springfield Republican. ' rw i - .nnMi tn thn rteontA to Influ ence congees to modify existing law o that coal land ana water-power on ine government domain may be kept from the maw of private monopoly etrlkea exactly the rlgh note, continued atiacaa upon Secretary Balllnger, or upon the Taft ad ministration, become puerile, If not merely vindictive, In the light of the fact that what le needed to save coal and water power 1 action by congress. The administration must execute the law; It does not make the law. The associa tion of which Dr. Eliot 1 the president has fv. nnnAriiinltv to iwrfnrm valuable service In creating the right kind of pub lic sentiment on these questions. TAFT IN THE PAR SOUTH. Biff-Hearted Man with Well Ordered Intention. Memphis New-Sclmltar. Mr. Taft In his .speeches In the south, has been exceedingly happy. He Is doing good. It 1 not the reconciliation of the action that he Is after; that. It may be said to the credit of all sections, ha al ready been brouaht about. But the pur pose of MrTaXt seem to be to give posi tive assurance to the people of the south, a hostile people In a party way, that they have the ready ear to the big central gov ernment In Washington. Mr. .Taft wants every cltlsen, every section, eapeclally where the democratic party dominate, to know that In all matter of government, politics barred it has the ear of the ad ministration. The' president' tribute to Jefferson Davis, with - hi emphatic assurance of genuine pleasure at the restoration of that great cltlsen' name to it proper place on the famed Cabin John bridge, will touch every southerner. Ill reference to the secretary of war was In most excellent taste. Mr. Dickinson, he said, did not enter the cabinet because- he wanted the place, but because' be knew what ho was wanted for. He 1st the great i canal-digger, the con- tlnent-sllcer. "the welder of the eastern ihd western worlds. To this duty, Mr. Taft Invited him. , and to It he is devoting, his splendid, superb energies. Mr. Taft Is not so blind a to be unable to see that under present conditions the white men, pf the south must stand shoulder to shoulder. Neither Is he o blind as to be unable to see that the party with which he Is allied has such a record In this section, independent of Its principles, a to drive Intelligence and patriotism to a different cover. He knows this and tn the big fullheas of his heart hears no malice, shelters no prejudice, He wants Intelligence to sit In the saddle; he want patriotic duties as signed to the' truest representatives of patriotism. Therefore, he Is appointing democrats to high places. We are not prepared to admit that Mr. Taft IS an exceptional president In great ness. We- do believe, -however, that there 1 a heart In his bosom and that his Inten tions are all well-ordered and well-Inspired. He Is a thoroughly respectable man and official, true to good Instincts, even though at time he may.soem to be outplayed by elfish politicians and biased pseudo states men. WHY MEAT PRICKS ARB HIGH. Demand Increasing? Faster Than the Supply. Philadelphia Press. The population grows every year about two in a hundred, which means. In this city 30.000 mouths added annually. This calls for a steady Increase In the supply of meat, and the normal Increase In de mand from the growth of population has been greatly advanced , thl year by the larger number of person at work as compared with a year ago. But while the demand for meat has Increased the supply of meat has decreased. September gov ernment report show that at the seven primary Interior markets live stock receipts in September, 1,891,373 head, were 174,113 less than last year. Where the demand for meat had risen at least one In twenty five, the supply of meat had fallen rather more than this. For the year to the end of September, nine months, the decrease In meat arrivals at the great packing cen ters of the west ran from 10 per cent at Chicago to 18 per cent at St. Joseph. The same changes took place with reference to fresh meats shipped east. These fell almost one-fifth In the amount received at eastern centers. As to canned meats, they fell 46 per cent this year, for nine months, as compared with like month In 1908. As will be seen, while September showed better than the rest of the year, showing only 4 per cent decrease, the whole year showed changes of from 10 to 30 per cent, or. In the case of canned meats, 46 per cent. A ohange like this could not fall to have Its effect on prices, but It la not wholly due to the disappearance of cattle ranges In the west as they are taken up by farmers. The great meat combination which, without any single great corporation, manages, by a common un derstanding from Omaha to Chicago, to control meat prices, baa decidedly reduced the price paid the farmer. As one result, all over the west agriculture Is shifting from the production of meat to other lines lens completely under the control of the combination. At the same time prices are raised in tlte east to the consumer. The combination I strong enough to get special advantages In freight rates. It has laid bands on the leather Industry of the country, and Ita capital has re cently Interested Itself In the rubber trust. Exactly how much profit Is made In all these various ways Is not yet known, but It will be found out next year, when tbe federal corporation tax has forced all these corporations to publish reports of their operations Around New York Ripple ob the Currant of X.lf as Been la the Oreat American MetropolU from Da to Pay. An Instructive post mortem of the re mains of the gas fight In Greater New York la supplied by a report of the special master of the federal court In charge of refunding gas overcharge. When the fight began against the law reducing the price of gas to 80 cent, the companies were al lowed to collect the old rate of II, ' but were required to deposit with the court the difference between the two rates, the amount to be refunded on final determina tion of the Issue. Up to the time the fed eral supreme court spoke the last word sustaining the validity of the reduction law, the master had received itO.S13.3US, principal and Interest, on the deposits. Of this sum 19,150,943 has been returned to consumers. Check for $.101,000 sent to claimants were returned because they could not be found. All known holders of valid receipts for the excess have been reached, still the master has on hand $2,G62,36J with which to pay further claims, the court costs and the special master' expenses. It la estimated $2,000,000 will be returned to the companies, representing the aggregate loss of negligent consumers. Tho easy ways of the multitude turns Into "velvet" for the gaa companies. When elevated 'railway structure are built In New York In the future the archi tects will have to figure out how to pre vent the deafening roar eg' aed by train. A precedent ha been set In the plan for the elevated parts of the proposed new subway lines. The Publlo Service commis sion announces that design of noiseless "1." structures have been approved by the Municipal Art commission, but only tenta tively. The commission will pass finally on designs for "L" section of subway routes and then the Art commission . will have another chance to consider them. Observation has shown the chief reason trains running on an "L" structure cause great noise Is that the structure Vibrates. Engineers figured that if they could do away with that vibration they could pro vide practically noiseless railways over head. They decided the beet way to stop the vibration of the steel structure was to place on top of them solid concrete floor ings, and the design approved by the Art commisuion call for flooring of concrete from eleven to fifteen Inches thick. Over the ooncreta will be laid the ties support ing the rail and the ballast, which proba bly will be of broken atone. The concrete flooring will prevent the vibration caused by the operation of train. Bat Masterson tell a taxlcab story of Harry Allen, who brought the first fleet of taxlcab to New York, and managed It well while he was In charge: "Allen took a ride during the Hudson-Fulton week," saya Masterson. "He paid the dollar and a half In ad van. graft that was exacted during that period by some companies without demur. He couldn't help himself. But after the cab started he looked at the Indicator flag. It should have been pointed at an angle of 46 degrees above the hori zon. Instead, it was pushed clear down out of sight. Mr. Allen tapped on the win dow and the cab stopped. 'You have that Indicator down to tbe double fare notch,' said Allen. 'Put It back where It belongs.' 'Why.' stuttered the Ibdlgnant robber, you-you you what do you know about my business, anyhow? 'Everything,1 said Allen. 'I have fired most of our thieves from my companies at one time and an otherand I invented thati particular style of register. Now. put It back.' 'And,' said Mr. Masterson, 'the oabman put It back. But when Mr. Allen paid hi far this nervy chauffeur looked at him with sorrow In his eyes. " 'I should think,' said he, 'that lr you're in the business you wouldn't mind a poor guy makln' a dishonest dollar for himself." arsenic More than 200 valuable horses In East Side stables have been poisoned to death In the last few months by a gang of black mailers for whom the police are eagerly searching. Detectives declare that owners of horses In that section of the city have already paid at least $10,000 to the black mailers and that their animals have so far enjoyed Immunity. Dr. II. 8tark, chief Inspector for the Society for the Preven tion of Cruelty to Animals declare that while more than 250 and less than 600 horses have been killed by poisoning, more than 2,000 animals have been given poison, but saved. The method of the blackmailer Is to de mand, through a letter, several hundred dollars from the proposed victim on pen alty of having his horses killed. After the econd demand has been Ignored, one or more of the victim's horses die. Later It It found that the horse have been given The $2,000,000 estate, left by Daniel C, Klngsland, a New York real estate oper ator, la to be distributed among his nep hews and nieces. Some of It will go to the half hundred lawyers who represented the various heirs. Justice Truax ordered the distribution of the fortune recently after learning that the disputes had been amicably settled. When the case was called, a small regiment of lawyers stepped forward. "How many attorneys are Interested In this motion?" asked the court. "There are, I think, about forty-one pres ent this morning," replied Attorney Wil liam K. Wilder, as spokesman. "There are more of us when we gather In force." PERSONAL NOTES. Miss Rose Ellrabcth Cleveland, sister of thj late President Cleveland, ha Just signed the national suffrage petition. The fact that Commander Peary Is to get $1.20 per word for a forthcoming mag azine article probably will not occasion an acute crlels in the Outlook editorial sanctum, however. From Honolulu to Hongkong a stow away, from Hongkong to Seattle a cabin buy, from S attle to San Franciaco a hobo and a hobo from San Francisco to Denver and from Denver to Butte, three years on the road and 13 years old now such la the record of Manuel Qovaln. "I would rather do newspaper work than be president of the United States," Is the heroic sentiment ascribed to Mr. Rob inson, the editor of the Roswell (New Mex ico) Register-Tribune, who declines to be governor of the territory. Rhetoric reaches its highest point In the southwext. The duchess of Marlborough, at the opening of a chrysanthemam show In Lon don, said she wished that everybody, rich and poor alike, could be obliged to work for a certain number of hours every day. Hard-handed old Commodore Vanderbllt patsed down some very ssne views to his descendant. The death of George F. Durant, general manager of the Bell Telephone company of M ssourl, retails what a new thing the telephone Is. for he was the pioneer of Its Introduction In ML Louis and beyond. He helped Prof. Bell make the first ex hibit of the telephone In Ht. Louis In 1878, when managtr of the American District Tel-grapb company there. Jour Music isinthg EQison rnonogmpn Do you know how much you are losing by not owning an Edison Phonograph ? This instrument was made for you by Mr. Edison. It is intended to bring music into your home. It wiU help you entertain your guests. It will amuse you during your leisure hours. It will help you to bring up your family to love music. This is what Mr. Edison meant when he said that he would like to see a Phonograph in every home. How can you let any consideration of money stand in the way of your owning one of these f,reat enter tainers? The Phonograph will give you so much more in return for the money than you can get by spending it in any other way. Do not take our word for it. Go to a dealer today and hear the Edison Phonograph play the Amberol Records, and you will know why we are so positive that you cannot afford to do without it. Xdlsoa PboBographs - - $12.50 to $125.00 Ediaoa Standard Records - J5c Kdlaon Amberol Record (twice at long) 50c Bdlsoa Graad Opera Records - - 75o WaHe I fhsanrapa C NEBRASKA TUB CLOSEST STATE. Outclasses All Other tn Rvennesa of Party Strength. New York- Tribune. Nebraska can now lay claim to being the closest state politically In the whole union. In the presidential election of 1908, a num ber of state wavered In the (balance. Maryland was the only op to split Its electoral vote, choosing two republican and six democratlo electors, the elector with the largest vote being a republican. In several other states the pluralities for one electoral ticket or the other were small. Mr. Taft carried Missouri by R29 votes, and Montana by $,00T. Mr. Bryan carried Nevada by 4OT votes, Colorado by $,040, and Nebraska by 4,102. The state officer were divided between the two parties In Indiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, ' Nebraska and Ohio.. In Nebraska, for Instance, the democratlo electoral ticket won by 4,102 plurality. A democratlo governor was elected by a plurality of 11,884, and a democratic rail road commtsloner by a plurality of Sf.l. The republican candidate for the other state offices won by . margins of from 802 to 4,536. So even a division may occur now and then In a naturally close state, but It seldom repeats , itself. The pendulum move one way or the other. In Mary land this year a democratic candidate for comptroller won by about 8,000 votes. But In Nebraska there has been hardly any disturbance of last year's balance. The republican candidates .or minor state of fices this year seem, to have .been elected, but their pluralities' are not' expected to' exceed 1,000. That Is a remarkable demon-' stratlon of political stability, or, rather, of the preservation of an unstable political equilibrium. Mr. Bryan' state at pres ent outclasses all the other In the equali sation of party forces. So long as the democrats and the populists remain united they Just about offset the normal repub lican vote. But that unity Is conditioned on the maintenance by Mr. Bryan of his leadership of the national democratic party. Were he to be displaced by any competitor, Nebraska would) again become a certain republican state. SEEM S BARELY CltKDIIILK. American Railroad Progress Within Span of Unman Life. Philadelphia Record. It I hard to believe that the vast rail road system of the world has come Into being in a single human life, but a few days ago there was announced the death of the man who fired for Stephenson on the "Rocket," the first of locomotives; and on Friday, across the river In Cam den, occurred the death of Tatem Parsons, who Is said to have been the first driver of the locomotive "John Bull," built by Stephenson St Co., In 1831, for the Balti more & Ohio railroad, the original locomo tive on an American line. There may be some doubt, however, about this case. Evidently something Is wrong in the story, for 1S31 was seventy-eight years ago, and Parsons Is said to have been 90 years old. We presume he was not running a loco motive when he was 12 years old. But he may very will have been one of the later drivers of the "John Bull." LINES TO A SMILE. This Is a strictly up-to-date prison. Vou notice that all the drink prisoners are be hind the bars, and all the women inmates In tiers." "And what do you do with the Intelligent and educated prisoners?" "We put tnem in the urain cells." Balti more American. Fuddy Did you ever notice that suc cessful men ure generally bald? Duddy Certainly! They come out on top. Boston Transcript. "You speak fluently before an audience." "Yes, 1 believe I do." "But what do you do when you lose the thread of your dlscourseT" "Put In a string of words." Cleveland Leader. The Lady: "I'm afraid that these eggs are not strictly freah." The grocer: "If you find one that s bad, ma'am, don't hesitate to bring it back. I cun't say nothln' fairer than that, ma'am." Cleveland Plain Dealer. "I envy a good-natured man," said the philosopher. "Xo do I," answered Mr. Slrltis Barker. "His good nature usually Indicates that the desirable things of life are cutning his way." Washington Star. "Man wa made to mourn," quoted the morallser. Yea," rejoined the demoralises 'and woman wa made to see that he due it." Chicago News. "Did Jones lose control of his auto?" "Completely; the cook use t a'l the time!" Puck. Fond Mother-He here. Miss Tfacher, I want my girl to have everything proper about her srhoolln'. Teacher Well, hasn't she, madam? Fond Mother No, she hain't. Htie's Just been tellln' m that she's sludyln' them common nouns Baltimore American. Mra. NeWbrlfle Boohoo! Henry threw a biscuit at me. One that I made myaelf, too! Mother The monster! He might have killed you! United Presbyterian. "You say that local option has bren of great benefit to this section of the coun try ?' 'YVs, sir," answered Colonel Stlllwell. There are Bdlsoa dealers everywhere. Go to the nearest and hear the Rdlton Phonograph play both Bdiion Standard and Amberol Record. Get complete catalogs from yeor dealer or from ua j, 71 Ulraafak Are. Oranye, N. X We Reprbsent tho sot J ) In Nobraskj and ft a vo Hugo Stocks Of. Every Record Mentioned on This Page Today X Mlokel, Mt I. V loth and Harney N St., Omaha, Neb. r Hi Broadway. Council Bluffs, lowa. "A soon as a lot of us aitlsen reallsea bow far anybody would have to go for a drink we organised a good roads move ment. Washington Star. . TWO KINDS OF PEOPLE Did you ever know tiw chap Who will come and give a. slap On your shoulder, as with jovial volte he'll say, "Glad to bee you look ao well. Bay, this weather, ain't U swell?" In a hearty, Joy-lnsplrlng sort of way. I Though hi manner' rathar rough. Still 1 think he's good enough For an all-around companfpn when you're blue; ( For the smile that' on hi face, ,ce.() bloc of Makes you work with belter grace, If ho comes within a half a you. But the chap that's always sour, And does nothirtg else but glower. There Is nothing in this world that plA.se him. How he takes the sploe from life. Sets your soul and Joy at strife. As you look upon hla face morose ai,j grim. If I only had my way. When the skies aie looking; gray, I would lock that kind of fellow in a cell: And when things are looking bright, And the world is seemlnar right. I would chase him to .the wlldfi pell-mell. , There' enough of downright woe In this world of our I know Without our counterfeiting any more L,et us Keep a nappy grin. And content will enter In. Making trouble take a hike throuch side door. ' L. I. MAY St. Paul, Neb. YOUR EMBLEM ON CARENCtWT WORK The A. Hosp Oo. rurnlsha Thla Delight ful Hand VTronght Jewelry, Bts Vltb Identifying Mark. "Carence Crafler's" hand wrought Jew elry I attractive enough Just a It oome from the shop of these Chicago artists, but the wstch fobs, cuff buttons, buckle. list pins, etc., furnished with your own Initial, lodge or fraternity emblem marked thereon, are well nigh Irresistible. The A llnMiis rVimnanv rif IMS Tli,iitrln I street has the exrluilve, Nebraska t',i"g on ''Carence Craft wards, ' and underlain to furnish you with the above piece of -Jewelry marked as specified at $1.$$ and upwards. ' ) ' "Carence" work Is assuredly out of tbe ordinary and NO two pieces are ever mal alike. The artlsj( breathes his Idea ol excluslveness Into jach and every piece. That's the reason the candlesticks bracelets, rings, trays, etc., turned out b, this aggregation, of unique designers are so universally admired., "Carence" work makes admirable Christ- mas gifts, but, to secure the choicest pieces It Is almost imperative that your choice be made NOW, for this is all hand wrought work and cannot be ordered la gross lots" at ins laai moment as in other lines. The line shown here now ranges from Immediate lnnpectlon. . THIS A. HOSPB CO., 1611 Douglas Street A n eos Pfionograp Company llPI