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THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBElt 12, 100D.
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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
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. .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
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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
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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
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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
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Hugo Stocks
Of. Every Record
Mentioned on
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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.
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Initial, lodge or fraternity emblem marked
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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-
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pieces It Is almost imperative that your
choice be made NOW, for this is all hand
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other lines.
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