THH OXIAJLVSUNIAY .HER: JANUARY 30, 1910.
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STATEMENT f)l CI RCUliATION.
Slate of Nebraska, Douglas County, si.:
rteorge B Trschuclr. treasurer of The
5e Publishing CdVipany. being duly
sworn, says that the actual n unit her of full
nd complete conies of Thetaily, Morn
ing, Evening end Sundsy Bee printed dur
ing the month of December. 1909, was aa
follows:
1 41,800
41,780
41,600
4 41,790
44,340
42.930
T 41,670
43,500
t.... 49,690
10 , 42.00
11 49,060
IT 43,530
10 49,930
19 41,630
0 43,770
91 43.480
aa 49,690
83 43.450
94.
9o.
96.
87.
.... 42,630
..... 43,600
.... 44,680
.... 43,610
.... 43.930
. . . . 43,370
la
41.880 98
1 44,960 69.
14.
is.
49,470
49J0O
80. 43,410
81 43,490
1 49,430
Total
Returned copies
1,333,810
10,130
Net Total 1,313,380
Dally Average 43,334
QEORQifl B. TZaCHUCK. Treasurer.
Subscribed In my presence and rworn to
before we tbls list day of December, 10.
W. P. WALKER,
Notary Public
baorlbers leaving; the city tem
porarily sbvoald kart The Be
mailed to them. Address wilt bo
eaaa-ed aa often mm requested.
Mr. Halley's comet will have much
to answer for.
Emperor . William has Just passed
hla 6 lit birthday anniversary. i Hoch
dor kaiser.
For some reason or other the pay-aa-you-enter
church has not yet made
ft bid lor popularity.
Incidentally, the Jeffries-Johnson
fight, if it ever comes off. will be ad
vertised thoroughly.
Ex-Senator Hopkins of IlllnoiB says
be haa quit politics. Still it is a ques
tion which quit the other first.
At any rate. Governor. Shallen
berger will not take, the initiative on
the Initiative and referendum,
No one likes dirty streets, but when
ft big city ia growing into a bigger one,
Home dust is bound to be jarred loose.
j Some of our watch factories are
cutting their time. ' Th9 time pieces
turned out, however, do about as well
as usual.
It's an ill wind that blows nobody
good. Watch the schools of domestic
science' blossom and flourish la all
kinds of soil.
Seining in the Seine must be dan
gerous in these high water days at
Paris. One man Is said to have al
ready gone In seine.
Well, if the farmer is getting more
than his share, he deserves it because
he had to wait a long time to get even
what was coming to him.
I
If Napoleon had only known that
his tomb might be endangered by an
overflow of the Seine, he would never
have consented' be burled there.
Governor Stubhs of Kansas says
that Speaker Cannon is "pulverized
and paralyzed" by the insurgents. If
ao, why then keep up the racket?
So Ireland 1 to have home rule
again. Let the rest of the Emerald
Isle people come to this country, where
most of pi em not only have home rule,
but a home to rule as well. i
Some theorists have advanced the
Idea that the small number of farm
era Is the cause of the high prices'
and the high cost of living. "Back to
the farm," he cries. All right, old
top. You go first.
The Innocent bystander is catching
!t again. Boycott the packer yand the
butcher and the prices of live stock,
butter and eggs go down. The pro
ducer is the loser, while the packer
and the butcher get their profits Just
the same.
Just picture the possibility of the
British liberals finding a few insur
gents In their midst when they came to
organize Parliament as a working
force. The, uncomfortable tenancy of
"Uncle Joe" would be a bed of roses
beside the dizzy whirl the liberal prime
minister would get were such the case.
-.' And now rumor has it that Senator
Culberson of Texas may resign his
seat, in the upper branch of congress
because of 111 health. Had Mr. Bryan
only known that he might have estab
lished ' a residence at his winter
' quarters In the Lone Star state Instead
of chasing after South American dol
lars on the lecture 'circuit.
Postal Savings.
The bill to establish postal savings
banks, which will be urged upon con
gress as an' administrative measure,
haa teen practically formulated, sub
ject, of course, to possible modifica
tion to cure possible defects that may
be disclosed. But Its main features as
outlined seem to cover 'the required
ments. '
The bill makes every postofflce
which issues money orders a postal
savings depository, and leaves it to
the postal authorities to increase the
number of such offices as future de
mands may . warrant. Anyone may
deposit money to a postal savings ac
count not to exceed $100 in any one
month nor to exceed in the aggregate
$500, the balance to draw interest at
the rate of 2 per cent per annum
credited once a year. Deposits must
bo lir multiples of $1, but to facilitate
th'e saving of . smaller amounts a stamp
device Is provided for by which the
stamped card may be converted into a
denoslt with each accumulated dollar.
The money is to be redeposlted in
United States depositories at not less
than 2 per cent, and safeguarded by
special securities or bonds, as now re
quired for government deposits. The
redeposlt Is to bemade in the nearest
United States depository bank, which
should effectually answer the objec
tion that this system will tend to
transfer the savings of the whole
country jto Wall street.
The measure as thus outlined seems
to be free f rom-onfusing compli
cations and to' possess the necessary
safeguards to appeal to the support 6T
all who favor the postal savings bank
system, even though this particular
bill may deviate here and there from
what might boy thought the Ideal sys
tem. It must not be imagined, how
eve thatWhe bill is to have smooth
sailing just because it has the backing
of the president and his administra
tion, and as the opposition is sure to
be solidly phalanied, it behooves the
friends of postal savings to agree
among themselves and to stand to
gether as a unit.
One Tear's Building Record.
Figures are finally at hand to show
that 1909 was remarkable as a year
of buildhig activity.' In fifty-nine of
the principal cities oftho country
permits were taken out . for the con
struction of 190,664 buildings, v to
cost $716,458,442, during that year,
as against 1 66.1 5 i buildings, to cost
$508,454,406, for the year - 1908.
This shows an increase of 41 per cent
for the year in cost and an, Increase
of 24,513 buildings. The average
cost of buildings for 1909, according
to these figures, wsb $3,758, and for
1908 It was $3,060. Omaha's ' share
In this. Increase is very gratifying,
the city's total showing , an increase
of 29 percent for the year in value
of buildings erected. " -
In the class of uildlngs erected
Omaha shows up especially wellThe
average cost of buildings for this
city, according to the report, was
$4,486, almost $1,000 above the aver
age for the country. Compared with
cities of its class Omaha shows up
even better In Indianapolis the aver
age value of buildings erected -was
$1,710; In Seattle It was $1,280; In
Kansas City, $3,186; in Denver, $3,
682; In St. Paul, $2,894; in Minne
apolis, $2,161; In Atlanta, $1,238.
These comparisons might be con
tinued, but this Is enough to show
that Omaha is building better than
many of Its rivals. The average cost
of buildings erected has been high In
Omahafor years, ' indicating the ex
cellent quality of the city's permanent
growth. ' , '- '
Heroism at Paris.
The expense of cable tolls Is re
sponsible for many things, one being
that ao far we have been spared har
rowing accounts of the suffering due
to the floods that have wrought such
havoc In Paris. The "sob squad"
would revel In this opportunity, and
the word-painters of the Paris press
are undoubtedly yearning for the op
portunity to throw their descriptive
machinery ,into the highest gear and
deluge the world with vivid portray
als of the scenes that are now chal
lenging the apprehensive wonder of
the French. But the cost of sending
this sort of information abroad is
prohibitive, so we of the west are
compelled to satisfy ourselves for the
present with skeletonized reports,
touching only the high spots, while
we await the coming of the illustrated
papers which will show us the wall of
water proceedlngvthrough..the Place
de Vendome, or how. the Louvre was
threatened by the uproarious Seine,
or some other equally important fea
ture of the disaster.
But we have not been entirely de
prived of the "human Interest" phase
of the flood. One Associated Press
correspondent, more daring than his
fellows, and mindful of the yearning
of his American countrymen, has fur
nished us with an example of the
heroism that must be daily and hourly
exhibited among the people of the
French capital. He tells us that de
spite the dreadful darkness and dis
order that have fallen over the gay
cltyadanie Pinchon, wife of the
minister for foreign affairs, held her
regular reception. 'Kerosene lamps
and grate fires took the place of elec
tric lights and steam heat, and the
palace of the minister waa the center
of festivity. , ,
This dauntless courage that rises
superior to such obstacles as a flooded
city is but traditional with the French
woman. Joan of Arc, clad in' white
armor and leading the assault against
the entrenched English at Orleans;
Mademoiselle of Orleans, some cen-
turios later," charging through the
king's leaguer and entering the city
by a postern that she might save it
for her father, and many other hero
ines whose names glow in warm, rich
colors on the pages of French history
and adorn countless romances with a
glory that will never be dimmed, did
not live In vain. Their examples hate
inspired the intrepid woman of the
twentieth, century, and while she may
not. ride to rescue beleaguered cities,
or, armed cap-a-pie, mount a ramp
ing steed at thehead, of a mighty
force of gallant knights and well
tried soldiers, she can defy the fears
that drive less competent souls to
trembling seclusion. Her reception to
the diplomats and others of her circle
marks Madame Pinchon as the woman
of the moment. And, while she is not
to be deprived of any of the glory
that is hers, is not the Standard Oil
entitled to some little recognition?
Notice that kerosene lamps replaced
electric lights. Were It not for the
oil of tho Standard, wherewith would
these lamps have been lighted? '
w Why Distort History?
In a series of interesting
artl-
cles setting forth some personal rec
ollections of his public life, ex-Senator
Manderson exploits his part In
securing the initial appropriation for
the new federal building at Omaha,
for which all will concede him a great
share of credit. But incidentally com
menting on the struggle for the selec
tion of a place for its erection, he
declares: ' , f
' There were many schemes of property
owners who thoaght to place the build
ing whero It would advance their busi
ness interests, but fortunately these were
all defeated by the action of a competent
governmental official, who was appointed
by the secretary of the treasury to visit
Omaha and select the site. ,
Why seek to distort history?. It Is
a matter of common notoriety that'
the selection of the postofflce site
marked not the defeat, but the suc
cess of the schemes of' one group of
property owners to advance their own
business Interests. It Is a matter of
common notoriety also that the agent
sent here by the Treasury department
was either prejudiced in advance in
behalf of these particular business in
terests or was flagrantly imposed on
by them af 6gr . he got here. It is a
further conclusion, to which 'few dis
interested people familiar with the
facts' will dissent, that it' would have
been far better for the city, as well
as for the government, had thepost
office '.building been located on the
crest of the hill, where It could have
been seen I and where it would have
had the advantage of solid ground
for sub-structure; rather than, hidden
at the bottom of a hill on spongy
soil, Imposing greats-additional ex
pense to get a foundation and keep out
the water seepage.
The old Omaha postofflce fight is
dead history and the personal x ani
mosities that arose out of It have long
since been buried, but, that does not
make black white nor 'change Indis
putable facts.
The Need for Sane Thinking.
The average American of today
realizes that he is living in an age of
unrest, that the fusion of a vast and
diverse population necessarily pro
duces much confuslonT"" Vast and
mighty problems . are continually
emerging from subterranean human
conditions, whose proper solution car
ries with it the future progress of the
country.
Demagogues and agitators ' would
have us believe that all these prob
lems may be easily solved by a simple
formula. Many "get-well-quick"
panaceas are widely advertised, and
the unthinking are caught by tire
glitter. But social disease -as that of
the individual Is long in brewing and
takes time for .. curing. Nowhere , is
patience productive of better results
than when it produces sanity of action
In a time of social turmoil. When a
house la burning the fireman does not
necessarily destroy the building. How
ever quickly he works he still takes
time first to locate the fire.
. In the present time a' cool headed
citizenship ia needed If we are to cope
successfully with our many urgent
problems. Too many are prone to too
much discussion and too little think
ing. Patent medicine reformers set
up their rostrum on the nearest street
corner, and a new political issue at
once arises warranted to cure every
social 111 known and unknown by a
liberal application of the universal
trouble-solver. There are many people
among us who freely express more
positive opinions on national subjects
than does the most experienced man
in public life. That the opinion is
ready made for them, does not matter
since .they had not time to think it out
for themselves. The time Will come,
however, when Independent, thinking
will be less rare and no one j ill be
expected to come to a conclusion on a
mooted question, until he has viewed
both sides of it and has at least given
to it some sane and 1 consecutive
thought.
. There have "been other periods In
the world's history when epochs have
been 'differentiated, but never have
the signs of change been ao visible. It
may be due to the fact that we are a
more Intelligent people than our fore
bears and consequently have powers
of observation more highly trained.
Be this as it may a citizenship is
stronger aa It developa farslghted
faculties. The real statesman reads
current events In the light of past
history that he may build more secure
foundations for future policies.
When the present youth of our land
are citizens our current events will Tie
their past history and stirring history
it will be. And great will bo Its In
fluence, oh their age. Let every one,
especially those of the rising gen
eration, therefore, familiarize fhem
sclves with what Is going on, hot only
in our own country, but in the world.
The "Auf klarung" is not confined to
the United States the whole world Is
In the process of reforming a new and
higher .civilization.
i Pensions for Library Workers. '
The completion bv one of the
workers in the Omaha Public library
oiMwenty-flve' years of continuous
service emphasizes the suggestion,
which we understand has already been
made through other sources, that Mr.
Carnegie would be doing the handsome
thing if he were to endow a foundation
for retirement pensions for library
workers similar to that' which he has
established for the benefit of retired
university professors. '
It is well -known that Mr. Carnegie's
magnificent gifts of library buildings
to hundreds or progressive cities and
towns has given new life to the public
library as an educational center in
these various communities, and that
this growth and expansion has made
library work almost a profession. All
over the country are to be found thou
sands of bright men and women who
are devoting their lives to the handling
of books In these treasure houses, and
making their contents accessible to
those who would use them. This work
now cajls for an ''exacting education
and a reasonably high order of ability
short only in degree, if at all, of what
is required for Instruction in the gen
eral run of colleges and universities.
As the patron Faint of the library.
Mr. Carnegie ought to be as much In
terested in the welfare of the library
workers and in assuring them against
want when their days of usefulness
have ended as he s in the welfare of
the college professors. A foundation
for retirement pensions for library
workers should be one of the early
moves on Mr. Carnegie's chessboard of
philanthrophy.
- Belated, Charity.
The publicity given two mere girls
in Kansas City's juvenile court has
aroused a good deal of wholesale sen
timent among the better class of peo
ple of that place. One is a pretty
girl, butvneglected. The other a scrub
girl, also neglected. The pretty one
has attracted much attention, espe
cially from wealthy women, but the
other sat back In the corner unno
ticed. Many wanted to take charge of
the former and she Is now adopted.
The other no one seemed to want.
But a Chicago banker name not
given who happened to be at the
juvenile court, was touched by the
story of the little scrub girl and on
leaving provided the necessary funds
to give her a convent education
The big-heartedness of many people
Is well illustrated by these two cases.
I The fact is there are more big-hearted
people in the world than one Is apt
to think when he bumps Into them In
business deals. And the best part of
it all is that It is big-heartedness of
the' right sort, spite of the
concentrated foolishness occasionally
cropping ,out In some of the cities of
our country, prompting the erection
of an expensive home for wandering
and decrepit cats. -
But why wait until boys and girls
get into trouble and into the Juvenile
court? To benefit society permanently
the cause must be rooted out. Instead
of waiting until the Juvenile court
has brought the delinquent to light
before acting do a little looking
around on the quiet and devote some
of the superfluous charity money and
sympathy to the proper instruction of
Ignorant or irresponsible parents and
in ferreting out and rectifying other
delinquency-producing conditions. If
an ounce of prevention is really worth
a pound of cure, it will apply in cases
of this kind as well as it does in the
contagious ward in a hospital.
Here is a predictlonfrom an old
timer who seldem misses the bull's
eye: ' More money will be made by
shrewd investors In Omaha real estate
In the next two years than' in any
similar previous period of the city's
history. Paste that in your hat and
see if It does not come true.
V Commander Peary is astonished at
the dar elopment made in the phono
graph Vhllfcybe was in the far north.
There are ally onie benefits in
spending a long time among, the ice
bergs of the Arctic. Just think of the
phonographic "caterwauling" that
Peary has escaped.
Again is a proverb vindicated. The
democrats of Nebraska are proving
themselves much fonder of Mr. Bryan
when absent. If only he does not
spoil all theffs schenies when he re
turns and refrain in the interval from
running for president of some South
Anieijioan country.
Jsm&n
Immediate! after Congressm
Ames voted for the first time with the
insurgents his name was projected as
a competitor of Senator Lodge to
represent Massachusetts at the other
end of the capital. Another coin
cidence, of course.
It is said that even his wife does
not know where Dr. Cook is. That's
nothing." In these days of piping
prosperity when-help is hard to get
many a wife doesn't know where to
find her cook.
General Weyler is suffering injuries
sustained through a fall from bis
horse General Weyler fell further
than that when he went baclj to Spain
aftf bis fiasco in Cuba.
SERMONS BOILED DOWN.
The best cure for wrry Is to find some
ne who needs your help.
, We can usually trust our friends to dis
cover rrovklence In our troubles.
Too many mistake their own pathology
of humanity for a system of divinity.
No man believes In any real heaven who
does not sweat to ninke It real here.
The bettor men e the faults of others
the more blind they are to their needs.
One true man In a false faith is belt.-r
than a score of false men In any true faith.
Borne men measure their truthfulness by
tl-eur dexterity In Juggling with the truth.
Some people who think they are grounded
on tho fnim are only stranded on Its shoals.
There's .a much Ignored, difference be
tween beating our drums and beating the
devil.
No man ever paid too little for a selfish
Indulgence or too much for the Joy of sac
rifice. Some men will not be content with their
polish until they have ground all principle
away.
Some are so anxious about their endings
theyTientr get around to making- a be
ginning. '
It's a common delusion that we are over
coming our own sins by advertising- those
of others.
If a man is anxious to learn by his follies
the Almighty Is not going to deprive hlro
of the pleanu re. --Chicago Tribune. ;
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE. '
Hetty Green has joined the meat strik
ers. He or she who hesitates now Is lost.
Postage stamps are one of the few "nec
essaries of life that fall to respond to
the uplift.
Three-cent fares are a gO In Cleveland
and Tom Johnson ia no longer mayor.
The good that hien do lives after they
quit fflce.
A Chicago millionaire admits he- gets
genuine tun out of his habit of giving
away money, tils competitors for the fun
are tied at the post.
If you must exercise your hammer on
Home necessary of Hfc, spare, oh spare,
the timid, shrinking loaf of bread. -Hit
something bigger than your flst
A preacher In Hoboken, N. J., declares
that any clergyman hrfldlng don a pul
pit In that town deserves paradise. Ho
boken rivals Harlem as a jumping off
place. Only a river between.
Uncommon jov pervades a fimiiy at
Klmont, Long Islund. A kindly disposed
stork banished a threatened hoodoo by
bringing twins, swelling the roster of
children from twelve to fourteen.
Government OhemlKt' Wiley pipi'S the
anti-meat movement as It appears to. those
who bask on the sunny side ff the.
butcher. "I do not propose," he pays, 'to
cut off my nutritive nose tj spite my
financial face." h;mko. doc!
One of the trustees of the- Syracuse
university, who arrived late at a meeting,
gave the Institution $20,000 au suitable
excuHe for his tardiness. TrjstJjs af
flicted with the halting gait are welcome
to make good In the samo way.
The trimming of a New Yort.er for
$28,000 by two Chi -'ago women is not to
be classed as a great achievement be
cause th.3 trimmed ia baUl-lieadc.1 In
Chicago ethics doing i bald-headed man
la on a re-ret, with taking candy from a
baby. " ' ' .
The combined wisdom of forty-seven
lawyers has enabled 146 heirs to divide
the 13,000,000 estate of Daniel O. Kings
land of New York. The exact division Is
not known, but it is certain the lawyers
will pull a few automobiles out of the
divvy.
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Interstate Comultree Court.
i Springfield Republican. '
When President Taft submitted his plan
of further railroad regulation, it was re
ported that the railroad managers' objected
particularly to the scheme of an interstate
commerce court which would handle the
Judicial business accruing from the action
of the government commission. They pre
ferred to appeal to the present lower led
eral courts, where litigations could be more
easily made of endless prolongation. Kep
resentatlve Stevens of the house inter
state commerce committee at Washington
has been gathering the views of railroad
managers on this point, and finds them
generally friendly to this feature of the
Taft plan. Their attitude ao far has been
misrepresented.
A Job Worth While.
Baltimore Sun.
If Mr. Taft can Induce the senate to
buckle down to steady work before the ses
sion is half over, he will have accom
plished something of which even as great
a master as Mr. Roosevelt might be proud.
The senate prides itself on the weight it
carries, but ft never did hold the record
for speed.
Thrift a Nation's Handmaid.
St Paul Pioneer Press.
Austria haa just floated a new loan of
$9,000,000 through the postal savings banks,
when the bankers proposed a heavy com
mission. Through postal pavings banks
every dollar needed for the Panama canal
could be raised direct from the people by
Investing the deposits in these bonds.
Having; a Good Time.
Philadelphia Press,
Dr. 1). K. Pearsons' says he finds It not
only more blessed, to give than to receive,
but It is a great deal more fun. His own
experience is commended to the attention
of multi-millionaires who do not seem to be
having a good time.
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A rfifliiiisDie ivica.
Chicago News.
Moreover, the consumer objects to paying
for wooden buttor dishes at the rate of 40
cents a pound, slnceMhcy are not very good
to eat.
Our Birthday Book
January 30, 1910. -
The Right Rev. Arthur U Williams,
ICplBcopal bishop of Nebraska,, was born
January 30, lV.ii, at Owen Sound, Canada.
Bishop William was educated at Kant
Greenwich, It. I., and later at Western
Theological seminary.. Chlcag. He has
been at the head of the EplscopaT church In
Nebraska since Uaa.
J. Warren Keifer, member of congress
from Ohioand once speaker, is 74. General
Kelfer in.utlo a military record at the head
of an Ohio regiment In the war. His sWn
J. Warren Kelfer, jr., lives in Nebraska
and haa served In the Nebraska legislature
and also ss -chairman "of the republican
state committee.'
. Henry . C. Hansbrough, senator from
North Dakota, was born January 30, 184&
He is a native of Illinois. . ;
James A. Edgerton, who once shone as a
leader of the populist party in Nebraska
and more lately as a writer of prose ant
poetry. Is 41 years old today.
Walter Damrosch, composer, musician
and musical director, waa born January $0,
lHti!, at Breslau, Germany. Mr. Damrosch
has been In Omaha more than once with his
orchestra and with operatlo companies.
James R. Dewar, tor a long time with
the Union Paclfio railroad and now In
the coal business with C. B. Havens St Co.,
Is 43. "Jlmmle" Dewar is a Canadian by
birth and a big ona among the Elks, with
whom be travels as past exalted ruler.
"Sight
Drafts
at
Maturity"
COURTNEY &. CO.
GROCERIES
OIVIA.UA, neb,
- OMAHA, NEB., Doc. 18, 1909,
MR. H. I). NKKLY, Mniyiger, v , v f
j The Equitable Life Assurance .Society of the U. S.,
Omaha, Neb.
DearTir. v
I have 1'eceived from your hand draft in full for policy
of teooO.(X) on the life of Tolf HanRon.
I have now a practical demonstration that" a policy in
The Equitable is a "Sight lhaft at maturity."
I hand you today my application for a, policy in the
Bun'of $50,000.00 and I shall not forget to tell my friends
where to buy insurance that insures.
. Yours
The Equitable
f Life Assurance Society
Of the United States.
PAUL MORTON, President.
"Strongest in the World"
' H. D. NEELY, Manager.
Merchants National Bank Building, Omaha
ASSOCIATE AGENTS
J. O. PHILUPPI, E. H. PICKAHD, CHARLES VULTEB, Cashier,
GEO. M. COOPER, II. FAY NEEfcY, V. U. KOMIG,
ANTON LITNDSTROM.
CHEEKY PIPE DREAMS.
S. K. Klser In Record-Herald.
If I possessed a million dollars
IV4 have a cheerful air;
I'd give up wearing saw-edgpd collars,
And turn my back to care;
I'd try my best to spread good cheer,
And when the days were gloomy
I'd keep some fair one sitting nar
To whisper sweet things to me.
If I possessed a' well-filled coffer' '
And att-ny debts were paid,
I'd cease to be a dismal scoffer
By foolish passions swayed; -I'd
cultivate a sunny smile
And give up all resentment;
To those who think that man Is Vila
I'd try to teach contentment.
If I were blessed with boundless riches
I'd gravely preach to thone
Who labor In the reeking ditches
And toil with rakes and hoes--I'd
tell there that my lot was hard,
My lordly wealth distressing,
And try to teach them to to regard
Plain living aa a blessing.
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I'd do my best if I were wealthy
To make the poor believe
That being poor and, therefore, healthy
They had no light to grieve;
I'd spread the gospel of good cheer, '
My visage should be sunny
Unless I had the constant fear
That I might lose my money.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
Youth Own upl You don't hate me, do
your
Beauty To tell the truth, I hate you like
in!
Youth Oh, my darling! How happy you
make me! Smart Set.
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"Smithers Is the victim of a blighted ro
mance." "Poor man."
"That's what I say. The fellow his-wife
was to have married threw her down and
Smithers got her." Cleveland Leader.
Newly wed What, $30 for ft hat! Why. it's
simply ridiculous, jny dear!
Mrs. Newlywed That's what I thousht,
Harold; but you said it was all we cuuld
afford. Llppincott's Magazine.
The Modern Mother (to her daughter)
Look here, my dear, I am Kolng to rlve a
bridge party this afternoon and J. want you
to stay and fill In.
Daughter (wearily) Oh. mother, a
The Modern Mother That's It. You are
all alike. Never ready to help me lu my
household duties. Life.
"Young man, I'm sure I beard you kiss
my daughter." i
"Did you, nlr? Next time I'll tip over a
chair or shuffle my feet." Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
"Let us confess our love," murmured the
heroine, "and live for rove hereafter."
"Hults me," responded the hero. "I'm
about out of epigrams."
"Speakiit qX tht water wagon," said
Uncle Jerry I'eeblus, "everybody Beems to
'FT 'n St
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rm -a;iuiaTiiiwwrf,...:THBJ.... . i ii, hi tiffrilTHIII lllir IIIIIMI !
You Yfill Revise (Your Notions About
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Filing Systems
ET us show you etlonsts".
Let us show you a eomplste modern
' office system that is designed to
cost you aa little as pos
sible not as much a
system leaving nothing
to b desired la the way
of completeness that
aosent Involve the ex
penditure of a pstiny
more than Is necessary
for your immediate needs
even If 7 on omlj se
4 In addition to tha-above lines we
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Office DE8KM. CHAIIW and TAHI JCH la the West.
We are making an unusual KEUUCTION FilOM KECilXAIt J1UCES tfcla"
month, on all DESKS, CHAIKM and TAHLKH.
OMAHA PRINTING CO.
J'hone Dougloa 40; lad. A8151. 01S-924 Faraaia fit. A
very truly, i
We Sell 100 Kinds
We will sell over 100 kinds Imported and
American Mineral Waters, and, as we ob
tain direct from springs or Importer, can
guarantee freshness and genuineness.
Boro Llthla Water, bot., 60c; case, B.l)0.
Boro Lithla Water, pints, dosen, fl.50;
ctse, 100, 110.00.
We are distributing agenU In Omaha for
the celebrated waters from Excelsior
Springs, Mo., and sell at following prices:
Kegent, quart bottle, 26c; dozen, 42.45;
case, 50 bottles, $8.00.
Kulpho-Sallne, quart boUle, 25c; dozen.
$2.25;; case. 60 bottles, tS.00.
Kulpho-Sallne, quart bottle, 25c; dozen,
$1.60.
Soterian, quart bottle, 20c; doten, $2.00,
Boterlan, pint bottle, 15c; dozen, $1.50.
Soterian Ginger, Alo, pint bottle, 15oj
dozen, $1.50.
Soterian Ginger Ale, quart bottle, 35o;
dozen, $2.25.
Diamond Lithin, half-gallon bottle, 40c;
case, 1 dozen, $4.00.
Crystal Lithla, 6-gallon Jugs, each, $2.00.
Salt Sulphur, 6-gallon Jurh, each, $2.25.
Delivery free to any part of Omaha,
Council Bluffs or South Omaha.
Sherman & McConnel! Drug Co
16th and Dodge Sis.
Owl Drug Co.
lOtli and Harney Sts.
he cllmbln' on the vegetable wagon Just
now an' I reckon they'll stay on Just
about the same length of time." Chicago
Tribune. - .
"Pretty shrewd, I call him."
"What now?"
"Gave oat that he had a lot of Idle
money, and as soon as a dozen collegns
had .conferred decrees upon him he built
a t'lue factory." Kansas City Jyurnul.
He When I called you up on ' the'XaJe
phnne laxt evening you seemed very cold
In your answers.
She Oh, no, really! It must have been
the ice on the wires.. Boston Transcript.
"How did lt hapihui?"
"He was JuKt going to Say 'good old-
fashioned winter,' but I hit him on the 'olaV
fashioned.' "
"Discharged. 'Cleveland Plain Deal
"Pulsatilla, has anybody made you believe
that I am engaged to another girl?"
"Yes." ,
"It Isn't true. PiiImu I Ilia ! Tell mn how I
can convince you It isn't!"-
wen, ueorge, you'll have. to go ana get
a refutation." Chicago Tribune.
Mrs. Graniercy What Is your opinion
about the right of women to vote?
Mrs. Park It's enouKU for me to know,
my dear, that it Is fashionable. Judge.
quire one-half of one standard seotioa.
'Beotlouets'' make modern office niettw
ods possible and economical for every
one even the smallest business man or
the professional man who wants and kaa
the minimum of office detail.
They are practical, dollars and ewtta
economy for the largest of floe la the
land.
Big er little you need "SeotloneW
again let us slmw you how and why.
You place yourself unler no obligation b
o doing.
carry the largest stock of high grada
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