THE PEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12. 1910.
The pmaha Daily Bee
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VICTOR ROSEWATER. EDITOR.
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STATEMENT Of. CIRCULATION.
Stat of Nebraska, Douglas County, a.:
Oeorge R. , Tsachuck, treasurer of Th
Be Publishing Company, belnc duly
worn, aaya that the Sot unl, number of full
nd complete coplea of Th Dally, Morn-
ng, Evening and Hunday Rea printed dur
ing me
follows:
the month of December, 1H09. was aa
1 4 -41.586 17 i ,. 42,830
. ........ ,41,780 18 42,930
9 41,880 19 41,630
4 41,790 . 00.... 42,770
1 4,340 SI 42,480
,. 42,930 4 aa..: la.eso
T 41,870 :'aS 49,460
49,660 24 42,820
42,840 Bi 42,800
10 43,690 88 44,680
11 48,660 97.; 42,610
13 41.(50 88 42,930
13 44,950 89... 42,370
14 42,470 30......... 48,410
18 42.600 31 42,490
1 42,420
Total 1,322,510
Italurned coplea 10.130
Net Total ..' 1,312,380
Dally Average 42,334
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: Sjberlbra leaving the city tem
porarily aboald hare The Bee
maile4 to them. Address will be
ehadgred aa often aa req nested.
How would you like to be the cen
sus man?
A .hand to mouth existence the
silence of Zelaya.
How sweet the crooked sugar check
ers win look in stripes!
Honors are easy, Edison rails at
the monorail, but the gyroscope guys
him. . .
Now that there is a blue star line on
the Atlantic, the national colors are all
afloat.' " " i' " ;
. The girls of Radchf fe have' estab
lished -aWJ'bWWfilJMooin," , High,
browsT
Curious - jjftt a . sudden -demand
there ,'ts , for Bibles, since the prices
went up. '
Boil the water particularly the
supply reserved for consumption after
8 o'clock.
We may as well remember that the
backbone of winter has more lives
than a cat.
Fashion Note The tall of Halley's
comet, once crescent shaped, is now
straight and slender.
Since Mf. Carnegie has recovered
the use of his leg, the pulling process
may be safely resumed.
As a port, of call fpr returning ex
plorers, Copenhagen may be consid
ered officially off the map.
Recent grafting successes of the for
esters may make it read "Great oaks
their little chestnuts grow."
Even back In the days of Adam's
applr t.ry of the ultimata con
sumer Was heard, In the land.
The 80evndai over that Philadelphia
heiress Indicates that there are phases
of fast III evert in a slow town. '
Will the official poraologists kindly
state what effect this cruel winter has
had on the ice-cream Cone crop?
The Chicago Tribune's latest crusade
Is for the revival of wood fires. An
other invasion of our forest preserves.
Some of the corporations appear to
be getting testy over the federal tax.
The supreme court will decide the test.
Henry Wattrson, who would call all
the honest men to the front, evidently
overlooks ; the , necessity for a rear
guard. '
Discovery' "that the ties, of ' the
Brownsvllle'rallroad are of ebony may
lend color to the Brownsville shooting
theory. ' ' '
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Uncle Sam's decision to establish an
Immigration site at Gloucester, N. J.,
simply restores a once-famed place for
the races.
It Is to be sincerely hoped that hav
ing mart'hed up to the gates of death,
the emperor 6r Austria will now march
down again.
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The question of revision downward
of the alimony tariff seems to be a
burning ' issue with our. local divorce
courts just Dow.
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Maude. Adam's tribute to Yale, fol
lowing her triumph at Harvard, makes
on wonder if sha is not playing for
tha college championship.
Malthas" Brought Up to Date.
In retiring from office as president
of tbe National Live Stock association,
II. A. Jastro seriously reviews the
problem of tbe meat supply as an up-to-date
application of the hundred-year-old
doctrine of the political phi
losopher, Malthus, who beat Jim Hill
out In promulgating the theory that
the population would soon outstrip the
means for subsistence. Mr. Jastro
takes the point of view that cotton and
corn have been stipplanted and that
the meat-animal is now king, and be
ing In the meat business he Is naturally
disposed to contemplate the situation
serenely.
What Is discovered from the statis
tics Is that our exports of meat prod
ucts are steadily decreasing, while
the home prices to the consumer are
constantly advancing. And thus far
this supports the doctrine of Malthus,
for the results quoted can be only be
cause of the fact that production has
not kept pace with population growth.
But the argument that we need not
worry about a possible shortage 'for
home consumption because we still arc
exporting $200,000,000 of meat prod
ucts a year, which' he holds to be a
surplus on which we can draw, is
hardly comforting to the consumer,
who realizes that with every pound de
liberately withdrawn froTfn the foreign
market to satisfy the shortage at home
our prices must tend to ride. .
Mr. Jastro slates that we do not
raise as much live stock per1 capita as
In former years because the farmer and
ranchman can make more money In
other branches of agriculture or trade.
This , is likewise dleconcertlng to the
consumer, for in that case there is not
likely to be any stimulus for increas
ing the supply save in the maintaining
of prices. While the late Mr. Malthus
had trouble to sustain his theory, it Is
apparent from Mr. Jastro that although
we can confuse the old philosopher by
producing more food, It will be only
under ,the pressure of. the opportunity
for a larger commercial, gain. In this
connection it would be interesting to
hear from' ther Beef Producers' associa
tion, which was designed to avert any
shortage in the meat supply, but which
tfeems to have allied forces with the
live stock raisers in boosting the prices
of the cheaper cuts.
Those Insulted Diplomats.
Pity the trials of a republican form
of government that has to deal with
the privileges of aristocratic, importa
tions. Such ' a hubbub as has arisen
In Washington among the titled emis
saries of foreign governments could
not have occurred in the courts of Eu
ropean capitals, where precedence of
rank is rigorously established by royal
decree of old. But If out, social: diplo
mats have offended the' marquis from
Spain and the ministers from other re
gal ports, let us at least bear their
snobbishness with the ' fortit'utfe en
gendered of long experience In control
ling childish petulance from across; the
water. , . -. .;-.., '
Uncle Sam, like many another frugal
householder, has' never, yet .been
aroused by either wails or impudence
without demonstrating' his ability to
administer the proper soothing tSyrup,
and we may trust him to attend to the
case of the marquis ad his fellow
patents of nobility 'with, efficacious
doses of the old-fashioned remedy.
These unhappy diplomats are but act
ing like spoiled children ofhe kinder
garten, and if they do not take kindly
to Uncle Sam's treatment of the case
It will be in order for their wise home
governments to conduct them gently
but firmly to the solitude where they
can forget, if not forgive.
The New District Attorney.
The concurrence of both the United
States benators frpm Nebraska In a
recommendation to the president of
Prank S. Howell for United States dis
trict attorney ; practically insures the
nomination and confirmation , which
will make him succeed to this impor
tant office. The Jurisdiction of the
district attorney includes the whole
state and makes the range of selection
the entire bar of Nebraska, although
the precedent and distribution of other
federal offices gives Omaha the first
claim to consideration.
The selection of Mr. Howell to be
United States district attorney 1b a
good selection. He is a lawyer with
good legal attainments and a militant
disposition. He has been not only
successful In his profession, but also
active In the republican cause. He
had much to do with the breaking up
of the combine of grain buyers in Ne
braska, which waa put out of business
a few years ago, and he also made it
hot for the fee-grabbers in our court
house. Offenders against the majesty
of Uncle Sam's law will therefore take
due notice.
Man's Inhumanity.
Now that Early has been officially
declared a leper, we may look to see
him permanently removed from his
fellow creatures, though It does not
appear that be Is in any way incapaci
tated -from rounding out years of use
ful employment For against him is
recorded the cry of "Unclean" that has
come ringing down through the ages,
swaying man Into tbe inhumanity born
of prejudice.
The real lesson of the Early case lies
In the demonstration how prone the
people are to be preyed upon by panic,
manifestations of which were shown
all along the line when the suspected
leper was shunted back and forth in
an Isolated car between Washington
and New York, or compelled to camp
In a hut remote from other habitation
Brave souls have worked among the
most repellant canes of this disease, In
the thick of tha leper colonics, and
have aided science In minimizing the
peril of association. But ancient
grudge dies hard, man Is slow to aban
don black' superstition and when
plague visits a land fright kills more
than pestilence. The old spirit of fear
still haunts the race, which has not yet
accepted the newer creed that cleanly
and upright living enables man to meet
the unfortunate face to face for sane
and humane ministration.
Cotton Mills and Markets.
Disclosure Is made by some of the
southern papers that a factor that had
not been reckoned with In the north
has served to sustain the high price of
cotton throughout the winter, and that
is the Intense rivalry of the southern
mills against those of New England.
Early in the season the manufacturers
of Massachusetts, which leads all the
states In the production cf such tex
tiles, agreed to refrain from buying
cotton in the hope that the market
would break. Tho feet that instead it
has rben Is now seen to bo largely be
cause the southern manufacturers have
been buying steadily. In other words,
while the north has played a bearish
part, the south has aided the manipu
lators of fictitious prices by bulling tho
commodity.
The purpose of this peculiar atti
tude Is evident as a part of the con
stant ambition .of the south to wrest
the supremacy in cotton manufacture
from New England. The logic of the
south is that the mills should be
brought to the cotton, a reversal of the
long established rule of conveying the
cotton to the mills, and that the policy
is gaining headway Is seen in the fact
that South Carolina now is approach
ing Massachusetts In the number of
cotton mills and the aggregate prod
uct. Although the government may
succeed in its design to check the evils
of gambling in cotton futures, still the
attitude of the southern manufactur
ers In supporting an inflated market is
likely to continue to be an element in
maintaining higher prices for the fin
ished product.
Foolish Talk.
There always has been, and probably
always will be, more or less factional
ism within every political party that is
long in the asoendency. This is true
of the republican party in Nebraska,
and is one of tbe signs that it is an
active, living party grappling with live
questions as they arise, although en
tailing differences 6f opinion which
have to be threshed out. Such con
tests are evidence of health if they, are
carried on within the party and with
a view of strengthening the party, and
ultimately of solidifying it. Such con
tests become destructive of party when
they are waged around mere personali
ties and fed on threats of party defeat
If one faction or another fails to carry
Its entire program. ,
Tbe strength of the republican party
in Nebraska heretofore has been that
its factionalism has only rarely led to
defection which preferred democratic
success. Opponents of Senator Burk
ett are said to be proclaiming that un
less1 he is defeated for renomlnatlon
the democrats will win out in Nebraska
this fall. The Bee has not committed
itself for Senator Burkett, nor1 against
Senator Burkett, but we venture to
suggest that this sort of foolish talk is
a two-edged knife. It is just the kind
of republican factionalism which the
democrats like to encourage in . the
hope that democrats may be the bene
ficiaries. Just remember that, irre
spective of the identity of the nomi
nees, if the republicans are to carry
Nebraska this fall it must be by" repub
lican votes.
While the Insurgents at Washington
were proclaiming their adherence to
the legislative program of President
Taft, and support for hla administra
tion, the insurgents at Lincoln were
considering a resolution arraigning
and denouncing the president. Either
there are two kinds of Insurgents or
they are not keeping well in touch with
one another.
And ' now "Billy" Thompson inti
mates a special session of the legisla
ture to patch up the Oregon plan which
our late democratic law-makers under
took, to adopt for Nebraska. At last
accounts, however, the "Little Giant"
did not have a particularly close
stand-in with either Governor Shallen
berger or the democratic law-makers.
Friends of Charles A. Goss, the out
going United States district attorney,
need not regard his displacement as
disparagement of his service in that
office. Mr. Goss had the place banded
to him almost as a present and his four
years of undisturbed incumbency may
be regarded as all that is coming to
him and fairly balancing the account.
There Is no good reason why cement
cannot be manufactured in Nebraska
of as good quality and at as low a cost
as in Kansas, where the cement indus
try has taken on huge proportions.
One successful cement mill would be
pretty sure to be followed by others.
It la pleasing to note that the edi
torial associates of our democratic congressman-editor
are already writing
letters to themselves telling how wide
spread is the demand for him to throw
a, senatorial castor into tbe ring.
The ease with which our battleships
run aground in our eastern harbors
may suggest to tbe strategy board the
advisability of letting the so-called
channels remain accessible to foreign
vessels in case of war.
The avidity with whicji millionaire
heiresses are seizing upon American
waiters and chauffeurs Instead of
titled foreigners leads to the belief that
the high tariff on coronets has not
solved the problem.
Credit to whom credit Is due. It
transpires that the wonderful story of
the Worcester airship was from the
facile pen of Clarence M. Agard. Clar
ence may yet reckon among the best
sellers of fiction.
If the Third Nebraska district had
not given such a brutal democratic ma
jority for the check book in the last
congressional election Edgar Howard
would not. now be talking up so pert.
While It Is shown that the railroads
get $46,000,000 a year for carrying the
malls it is of course not to be pre
sumed that they make any profit out
of it.
Discovery of the fact that Dickens
wrote hlB "Christmas Carol" In mid
summer because he was hard up Is an
other argument against subsidizing
genius.
Ak-Sar-Don will do business at the
old stand during the coming year with
the same oflloial roster that It had last
year. This spells success for 1910.
A crusade for a brighter Kansas
City, Kan., Is on, but it will have to be
highly Illuminated to emerge from the
shadow of Kansas City, Mo.
Reason for Discrimination
CharltHton News and Courier.
It seems, according; to press reports, that
In NelirnsWa it costs four times as much
to express a pony aa to express a jackasH,
but then, jackasses can go on paumenger
care and pun lea cannot.
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Where tienlna Kalla Down.
Rt'. Louis Globe-Democrat.
American inventors have not yet pro
duced a satisfactory device for slippery
sldowalks. The world awaJta some simple,
harmless contrivance for this purpose and
will pay for It handsomely.
Stage frlghta and Others.
Cleveland Leader.
Aotreea tells us that she escapee stage
fright by Imagining that the audience Is
merely a field qf cabbage heads. Many
audiences are otherwise they wouldn't
stand for some of the stage "frights" we
get
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Got Yonr 'Spark" In Sight?
Indianapolis News.
Aa to that enormous Increase In the Im
portation of diamonds showing th meas
ure of our general prosperity um-m-m,
well, a careful search might show that a
good many of the plain people are not
wearing diamonds even yet
What Would Happen.
Washington Herald.
The king of Sweden recently disguised
himself for a day as a laborer, and the ad
vertisement was heard around the world.
Now, If a Swedish laborer should disguise
himself aa a king, he probably would be
quietly run In, and that would be about all.
A Belated Explanation.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Ther Is. a' strong effort to correct what
Is termed a misconception regarding King)
Leopold's administration of Kongo affairs.
It seems that there might have been atro
cities, but they Were not traceable to the
king's policy 'f government What a pity
It la that this- explanation could not have
come when It might have benefited tha
old king's much battered reputation.
CENSUS TAKING IN SOUTH.
Employment of Bfearro Enumerator
in Nearro Dlstrlats.
New:York Post
Th wise declslqn of th new director -of
the census, Mr, E. Dana Durand, to em
ploy negro enumerators to deal with the
negroes In the couth will give the greatest
satisfaction to the colored people of that
section. It la not merely that they wish
the offices aa a means of getting ahead,
but that they feel that there will be more
acurate reporting of their progreas in the
work la In the hands of their own people.
The coming census means much to them.
In the face of widespread criticism of their
usefulness as cltlxena and laborers, they
naturally wish all of their raally phenom
enal advance as a race recorded In time
for the aeml-centennlal of emancipation,
when the whole country ought to stop for
a moment to take cognisance of their
progress. That Mr. Durand's decision will
be popular in th Bouth Is not probable;
since ha is, however, to employ white
enumerators for the whites, the edge will
be taken off of any open fault-finding
there may be.
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KNOCKS INCOME TAX.
New York' Governor Strike at the
Amendment.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Governor Hughes' special message recom
mending that the legislature refuse to
ratify tha proposed amendment to the con
stitution of the United States, enabling the
federal government to tax lnoomes, con
tains an approval of the Income tax In
principle, but disapproves the plan under
which the president would levy the tax.
The governor believes that the federal
government ahould be Invested with the
power "to lay and collect an Income tax
without apportionment among the states
according to population." But he points
out that the wording of the amendment is
so comprehensive that the government
would be enabled under It to tax Incomes
derived from state and municipal aecurttles
and thua interfere with the revenue-raising
powers of the states themselves. This
affords him a sufficient reason for rec
ommending that the amendment be thrown
out. It la a reason that ahould have great
weight with a legislature which Is not
suspected of any strong preference for th
Inoom tax even were It put in a less ob
jectionable form.
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Our Birthday Book
January 18, 110. ,
Jack London, who wrltea animal stories
and other weird talea, waa born January
It, 1S76 In Ban Francisco.
Martin W. Littleton, the big Brooklyn
lawyer, is 88. He mad tha nominating
speech for Judge Parker In th St. Louis
convention and I known aa a great orator.
Ho waa alao In th Thaw case aa one of
the attorneya for the defense. Ha la a
Tennseseean.
Rev. Wilber F. Crafts, theologian and vice
chaser, was born January 12, 1860 at Fry
burg, Me.
Frederick It Balrd, who la practicing
law In this city, la a member of the firm
of Purdy A Balrd. He la X years old today.
Mr. Balrd was born In Chicago and la
a gradual of th University of Chicago,
and Is now one of the teachers of law
In th Creighton Umvoralty Law school
Around New York
Ripple a the Onrremt of life
as mm la th Oreat Antertoaa.
aceteopella froaa Bay to Say.
Mayor Gaynor's new broom la awlahtng
around In open places and odd corners with
a rerklfaanesa that la rude and painful to
the hamfattera. Loafers on the Job have
had their hookworm Jolted and put at
work on a regulation minute. Where the
rules call far eight hours as a day's work,
bureau chiefs are ordered to ae that th
required time la put In. Anywhere from
one to five hours a day, according to the
attitude of th employe, have been con
sidered a fair return for the city's coin.
Going on a standard schedule of eight
houra Is a cruel and unuaual penalty, for
a place on the payroll, and amacka of
tyrrany. But eight hours go or tho kicker
goes. Equally dlagustlng Is th abolition
of Joy-rldlng on the city' machine. The
city owns 103 motor cars costing $-.1,000.
Sixty chauffeurs are employed St an an
nual salary of S76.000. Laat year car main
tenance and supplies took $134,000. That
these cars were kept busy during the wak
ing houra la Indicated by the maintenance
figures, and more of the wear and tear
was taken in private affairs than in public
business. "No more of this," exclaims the
mayor. Any city chauffeur or bureau
chief using a city car for private business
gets the hook on the spot.
The combination of milk dealera is rap
Idly breaking up under the strain of the
revelations of the Investigation before Ref
eree Wllllan G. Brown.
Two of the largest milk dealing firms In
Brooklyn hav already broken, their tacit
agreement to have no competition, and
one. of them has Invaded the Manhattan
territory. In dlMtlnct violation of the trade
understanding, which confined Ita opera
tions to Brooklyn.
Confronted with the fact that their trade
In going to the few Independent deal
era who still charge eight centa and with
the further situation, as admitted generally
In th trade and on the witness stand by
dealers, that the milk market la over Bup'
plied and the prices should be lowered
Instead of raised, to conform with the laws
of supply and demand, these two com
pantea have set out to steal away one an
other's trade and get back some of the
business they hav lost since the price of
milk was raised on November 1.
The result Is a trade war that will un
doubtedly make for the benefit of the con
sumer. Mllo, a prize Plymouth Rock rooster, had
led a blameless, sober, yes, a patrlarchlal
Uf up to New Year's. Then all was
changed. Frank Rue of East Wood place,
Cedar Grove, N. J., owna Mllo and the
rooster's amaalng change of conduct pained
him greatly. Worat of all, the rooster In
duced atx Leghorn hens hitherto modest
and ladylike, to Join him In alcoholic dis
sipation.
Mr. Rua heard Mllo crow continuously
for ten minutes and went to aee what had
given rlae to that unprecedented musical
outburst. A bacchanalian spectacle
greeted his staring eyes. Mllo lay on his
back In the barnyard. He was crowing
with all his might, wagging his head fool
ishly and kicking. Around and around
him staggered th six BuffLeghorn hens.
Plainly they had lost all sense of hen
propriety. They became a barnyard ballet
corps. Coquetttshly and clucking Joyously
they went wiggling around their lord and
master. From their way of dancing they
might hav been drilled aa the six Salome
slaters. Their dancing ardor gradually
ctfoled ,and they . zigzagged "off to their
roosts.
It turned out that a New Year's mince
pie, heavily charged with brandy and rum,
had fallen from a kitchen window sill.
The record price of Manhattan land was
made last week. The comer of Wall and
Nassau streets was sold to the Manhattan
Trust company for $055 a square foot not
$700 as waa previously reported. The for
mer record price was 1563 a. square foot
for the corner of Broadway and Wall
street 1 Wall street, as It Is known. This
price of $655 la the actual price for the real
estate, as the nineteen-story Glllender
building la to be torn down to make room
for a thlriy-twe-story structure. Thla cor
nerIt Is only 26x75 feet Is therefor the
most valuable plot of ground In tho world.
In 1783 It sold for $5,126, In 1849 for $55,000.
Sixty years later It brought $1,200,000. Well
may w, like Billy Nye, find fault with
our ancestors for not being preaent when
Manhattan Island was sold for $25 and a
cask of rum.
A "gentle form of blackmail," as a citi
zen calls It, Is In continual operation In
New York; "and," he adds, "I don't see
how on can get away from it."
'Th reason for my complaint," he con
tinued, "la this. Every few days I receive
a packag of tickets to soma charitable or
philanthropic endeavor to get money out
of th public pooket with a request to sell
or keep them, and to send th money to
such and such an address. I know the
thing Is all right, and the object Is a
worthy one, but I do not relish being sand
bagged in this way. I prefer to select my
own charltlea, when It comes to handing
out the caah.
'You se, these ticket, and this gentle
nudge to give up, cornea usually from some
one I know, and your auggeatlon that they
be bundled up and sent back Is fraught
with embarrassment. Tt Is a sort of social
blackmail that I do not think ia Justified
by even th moat worthy form of oharlty."
After a three-day search through a half
mile of snow banka at Scarborough, Mra.
Frank A. Vanderllp, wife of the former as
sistant secretary of the treasury, haa re
ceived the laat of a dozen pearla which
ah lost while coasting on Brlarcllff Hill
Monday night. The pearla were In a neck
lac valued at nearly $5,000, which aha wore
on th coasting party. Late in the even
ing ah discovered that the necklac had
broTten and a dosen of th pearls bad
aliiped off. Th next morning the whole
stretch of th elide waa searched and a
few of th gems recovered. The search
waa continued and the last of the missing
pearls was recovered.
Mortality on Ball Flelda.
Springfield Republican.
Tha Injuries received In baa ball are
often cited to show that foot ball la not
aloue in . being a sport dangerous to Uf
and limb. Yet the statistics of 1909 prove
that baae ball la much th leas dangerous,
comparatively speaking. Foot ball Is played
but about two months, while the other
gam runs through a period of at least
soven, and of coura the number of baa
ball players is much larger than th num
ber of foot ball players. Danplta thla dif
ference, ther wor thirty baae ball players
and thlrty-on foot ball player killed in
th laat year.
Now Let Trnal Watrh Ont.
Baltimore American.
Women are to organls an anti-trust
league. Th truata might laugh at th
threat, only now women ar particularly
energatl and paralstent In th publlo work
they undertake, and If they make up their
minds In earnest to fight will fight to the
bitter and. And all experience shows that
a real determination to fight soon leads
to ways and means of doing a
When shown positive and reliable proof that a certain
remedy had cured numerous cases of female ills, wouldn't
any sensible woman conclude that the same remedy would
also benefit her if suffering with the same trouble f
Here are two letters which prove the efficiency of Lydia
T7 n . l . i r - j
c i iuK.ua.iii s v cgcuiuiu vumpuuiia.
Fitchville,
jand seemed
two doctors but
, ,. , ,
Bay a few words in praise of your medicine. "When I began
taking it I had been very sick with kidney and bladder trou
bles and nervous prostration. I am now taking the sixth bot
tle of Lydia 13. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and find myself
greatly improved. My friends who call to see me have noticed,
a great change." Mrs. A. II. Sanborn, Irasburg, Vermont.
We will pay a handsome reward to any person who will
prove t? us that these letters are not genuine and truthful
or that cither of these women were paid in any way for
their testimonials, or that the letters are published without
their permission, or that the original letter from each . did
not come to us entirely unsolicited.
What more proof can any one ask?
For 30 years Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has been the standard remedy for
female ills. No sick woman does Justice to
herself who will not try this famous medicine.
Made exclusively from roots and herbs, and
has thousands of cures to Its credit
--"5s Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women
L-rsJ' to write her for advice. She has
guided, thousands to health free of charge.
Address Mxs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass.
PERSONAL NOTES.
With eggs at 70 cents a doien In New
Tork the humble "ham and" assumes an
unwonted dignity.
Premier Asqulth speaks of Mr. Balfour's
nebulosity in London, where fog Is too
common to be used In striking metaphor.
"In the gentle art of weighing- lemons
there was rich graft." wrltea Lyman
Beecher Stowe In the Outlook. The poor
welghera seem to have taken the bitter with
the sweet.
James Dale .Chamberlain, years old.
who claimed to be one of the originators
of the Industry of perserving fruit In
hermetically sealed cans for commercial
purposes, died In Toledo. He formerly
lived in Union county, Pennsylvania.
Edison Bees labor king 200 years hence,
when every worklngman will be a super
intendent living like men worth $200,000,000
live now. Clothes will be so cheap the
women will be able to change styles with
every fashion, and there will be more
faphlon.
Doctor Cook's thrilling account of how he
rescued a man from a bear Is marred by
the atatement of the man that at the time
of the bear episode Doctor Cook waa 150
miles away. In settling the Question of
veracity there seems nothing to do but
interview th bear.
A notable review of the resources and
developments of the south Is contained In
the Manufacturers' Record of Baltimore,
laaue of January 6. Special articles by ex
perts familiar with the several features of
southern progress, makes the publication
specially valuable and enlightening.
I
MIRTHFUL REMARKS.
"Are vou doing anything for others?"
asked the philanthropist.
"Sure." answered Mr. i-'roaslots. "I make
a garden every year for the benefit of my
neighbors' chickens." Washington Star.
"Have vou ever noticed any Indications.
madame, that your husband haa liver coin-
plaint?"
X thtnK 1 nave, auciur. averyuwy seems
anxious to get away from him whenever
he begins to talk." Chicago Tribune.
I wish you didn't have such a flat and
plebeian nose, papa," aald the aristocratic
young aauRnter ok me piain uia mercuam.
"That's the mark of tho nrlndHtone. my
dear." replied the plodding old man. Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
T T ( - CatDnlK Ua 1nt V Th t n,iv Annual
paving Is Fretting on nicely, but what In
tne name oi an uie xienus is inn meaning
of that tremendous pile of bricks lying
PJ1
Wn
IS THE
Lauded High in the Estimate
of the Knowing Musical Public?
1 It has the tone, the wonderful TONE.
2 It has the action, the most acute touch possible.
3 Durability is written on every square inch of the
piano, inside and out.
To hear it is to own one.
Kepresentatives Kranich & Bach, Krakauer, Kimball,
Bush & Lane, Cable-Nelson, Cramer Pianos.' Expert tuning.
1513-1515 DOUGLAS STREET, OMAHA, NEBRASKA
Ohio. "Mr danchtcr xmh all run
down, suffered from paing In her side, head and
limbs, and could walk but a short distance at a
time. She came very near hnvinj? nervous
prostration, had besrun to couch a trood deal.
melancholy by spells. She tried
got little help. Since taking
Liyaia is. iMnkliam'g Vegetable Compound,
Blood Purifier and Liver Pill she has im
proved so much that she feels and looks like
another uirLM Mrs. C. Cole, Fitchville, Ohio.
Irasburer, Vermont. "I feel it ntv dntv to
1I2
yonder? You've got enougn of that par
ticular kind to pave the whole infernal re
gions. Head Imp Those, my lord, are the good
resolutions about pure politics and giatt
less administrations. Baltimore American.
"He's a grouch."
"What's ha dona?"
"He told that KlKgllan dininK room Rli'I
that he'd like a little more tea and a little
lesa tee-he." Cleveland Leader.
"Is the pen really mightier than the
sword?"
"Nothing to it You don't see any homes
for disabled poets.'.' Louisville Courier.
Journal.
"You know that pretty salesgirl I took
home from the dance?"
"Yes."
"Well, I stole a kiss."
"What did she Bay?"
"Will that be all?"
FRONTIER ELEGY.
New York Times.
He blowed Inter Lanlgan'a swingln' a gun,
An' swear in';
Declarln'
Red rivers 'ud run
Down Alkali valley an' oceans o' gore
'Ud wash audden death on th' aagn-brushy
shore.
An' shot a big hole Inter Lanlgan'a floor.
He blowed inter Lanlgan'a swingln' a gun,
A new one,
A blue one,
A Colt's forty-one;
He shot some, permlBkua, where Lanlgan
stood.
An' would have put Lanlgan In bad for
good,
But th' leg that h happened f shoot In
was wood.
He blowed inter Lanlgan's shoutin' Ilk
mad,
An' ravin,"
Gun wavln,'
Gin-ugly an' bad;
He shot a knot hoi outen Lanlgan's leg.
(Th' wood one) an' shot th' bung outen
a keg,
An' nigh let th' liquor all out, every
dreg.
An' Lanlgan, seeln' him go-in' too far,
Too frisky,
(With whiskey
Wuth cah at th' bar).
Reached over an' pulled out a big forty-
four
An' plugged him between th' back bar
an' the door.
Till Vi A W: u u 1 m h.-mfnl than tia wa.
before.
He blowed into Lanlgan'a, lookln' fer
gore,
An' tarried;
We carried
Him out on a door;
An' Lanlgan took a big splinter o' liK
An' got out hlB jackkuifo an' whittled s
peg.
To atop up th' hole he shot Inter th'
keg!
Mason & Hamlin
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