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11 43,370
12 43,300
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23 43,480
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2 43,370
27 43,390
28 43,400
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30 43,600
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1 44,000
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GEO. B. TZSCHUCK,
Treasurer.
rhibscrlbed In my presence and aworn to
before ma thla 3iat day of October, 1!I10.
M. I. WALKER,
Spal ) Notary Public.
Subscribers leaving; the eity tem
porarily should hav The Ilea
mailed to hin. Add reus will be
chuuxed aa often aa requested.
The brewers' money flows like beer.
Only two mora days and then the
voting.
What do you think, will Hitchcock
put It back?
Ja thla espousal of suffrage by Miss
Ellen Terry a stage play?
.In addition, to all thla trouble, .the
llusslan Duma 'is in session."
Of, courso, all election claims are
subject to downward revision.
That Indiana novelist vot may be
fiction, but It generally goes for what
it Is worth. ' '
That California blacksmith who fell
heir to $60,000,000 will probably quit
knocking now.
Colonel Roosevelt makes no claims
to being an apothecary, but he la some
medicine mixer, just the same.
Governor Shallenberger might Just as
well draw the Balary of that vacant oil
inspectorship In his wife's name. '
Those managers who propose to
give comic operas without chorus girls
have not yet heard from the bald-head
row.
Speaking of dlg-digs, what is the
use of beating the tom-tom about
Colonel Roosevelt's unpopularity, any
way? St. Louis society women have taken
up the fad of buttermilk churning.
Good. It may yet become fashionable
to work.
If Rosewater were doing so much
for democratic victory, why should a
democratic newspaper abuse him so
and call him so many bad names?
For far-Kighted prudence the Water
board is to be commended for care
fully abstaining from submitting any
water bond proposition at thla election.
, A Massachusetts paper tells of a
wedding at which, "young men acted
as bearera." That seems like casting
pall over a gay event.
1 The head of Hamilton college calls
th colonel an "altltudinizer." My.
but those college presidents can use
awful language when they get started!
When Walter A. George Is state
treasurer there will be uo farming out
of state money by loans to editors of
either friendly or unfriendly news
papers. A correspondent wants to know how'
aviation can be classed as a sport
when it kills so many men. Perhaps
it is not. Perhaps it Is the same as
foot ball.
Mr. Bryan wants to scotch the brew
ers' combine in the legislature, but is
ready to help it, get Its tentacles on
congress. That 1 about as consistent
aa he has aUays been.
Crooks, when cornered, generally
raise the cry of "persecution,"
whether they be jury bribers in 1111
Bola or state treasury looters In Ne
braska running for high public office.
Still, theao experts who are betting
on the election cannot efface from the
people's memories the way things went
in the prUa rlug at Kno last July and
vu the diamond iu Chicago last month.
Note the Difference.
On December 2S. 1S92, In the midst
of thn bin panic. Gilbert M. Hitchcock,
I editor tif the democratic World
' Herald, went to (J. ". Wattles, "w hom
I he had not previously met," w ith a
letter from Joseph S. Hartley, republi
I tan state treasurer, and got $:?, 000
without security. Joftrph S. Hartley,
when exposed as a defnulter, was con
victed and served five years for steal
ing the money which Hitchcock en
Joyed. When .Hartley emerged from
i prison and asked for repayment.
Hitchcock replied that the note had
been outlawed and was barred by the
statute of limitations, and to this day
he has refused to put It back.
About the same time Gilbert M.
Hitchcock was carrying Hartley's let
ter to Q. W. Wattles, a retail dry
goo. is house In Omaha, known us
Stonehlll Brothers, failed with numer
ous obligations, among them a debt
of $1,037 to Thomas Kllpatrick & Co.,
for goods bought. It was a legitimate
failure. Stonehill did not stand In
with the state treasurer; he had no
newspaper club to compel Hartley to
come across to him with a loan that
would save him. After litigation the
Kllpatrick claim was settled for 20
cents on the dollar with receipt In
full and complete release, although
Stonehill gave the usual promise to
repay when he could. On November
8, 1896, Mr. Kllpatrick received from
Charles A. Stonehill a letter remitting
the remainder, $743.44 saying he con
sidered It "a moral obligation" and
was glad to be able to send it. Mr.
Kllpatrick at the time wrote a letter
publicly acknowledging the discharge
of this debt of honor In order that
every one might know Mr. Stonehill
for the honorable business man that
be Is.
Note the difference.
Land Hunger.
The world's championship base ball
game and the chance to get a piece of
government land apparently, are the
only objects that will keep men and
women waiting in line all day and
night. The scenes enacted around base
ball parks in the late autumn, were
duplicated at the land offices in the
Coeur d'Alene country of the northwest
the other day when the government
was throwing open to settlement 300
claims. A long line of prospective set
tlers waited all night and day for the
chance to file. It was headed by a
woman and contained another woman,
SO years old. 1
This back-to-farm propaganda must
be bearing fruit. It is evident in every
land opening, when the number of ap
plicants far exceeds the number of
claims. It shows the people have
caught the spirit the government has
been inculcating and appreciate the
basic value of the soli as an element
of good living and prosperity. It shows,
too, that they realise the rapidly-disappearing
opportunities to acquire a
share of the public domain.
This great movement represents a
better distribution of the population.
It represents new and multiplied
sources of wealth. It means better
health as well to a larger number. It
looks with discriminating intelligence
to the solution of a problem involved
in thn infltiv nf iha .linn. 4.
our shores. Industrially, economically,
physically and even morally, it bears
directly upon life in the United States.
The only regrettable aspect of the
whole thing is that but a compara
tively limited amount of free land
Is left for occupation. But each year its
value is enhanced by enterprises the
government is carrying on under Its
general system of reclamation and
those who get the last of the land may
have a shorter route to comfortable
circumstances than some of the pio
neers of former days.
New Element ia Strikes.
When rich society women leave af
fluent surroundings to Join garment
workers in their struggle for more
pay or better conditions, it must make
these less fortunate girls and women
feel Just a little surer of their ground.
U must make them believe Just a little
more in the Justness of their cause,
it must give them new courage and
enable tbem to fight harder.
There ia a good deal of strength and
warmth in wealth and when Its arm Is
thrown about those who feel them
selves downtrodden, it lends comfort
and hope and cheer. It is a far cry
from homes such as these women oc
cupy to the streets where garment
workers' strikes are fought out. It
must take something more than mere
fad or sentiment to bring the relief.
For that matter, results in New York
may well suggest that conditions in
Chicago are backed by more than pas
sion, of any sort.
So this new element in labor con
troversies, which may yet somewhat
change their whole aspect, at least
where women are concerned, demands
consideration. One thing it signifies
and that 13 a wholesome Interest by
women of wealth in the arfairs of their
less fortunate sisters. This, without
reference to the lscues of any particu
lar strike, suggests encouragement for
the cause of humanity. If, in this new
contact, the woman who tolls in shop
or factory, cannot derive a better con
ception of society in its relation to her,
then she cannot claim the most that
she has to gain. Her cause has ap
pealed to those whom she had sup
posed to be wholly indifferent to It.
Does not this cheer her heart? It Is a
wholesome view for the future.
Strikes are not to be commended as
the most desirable way to settle labor
disputes, but so long as we must have
them, these society women who lend
aid to other women directly engaged
in them, are potential factors and if
they pursue peaceably their course,
may have n vital influence on the ulti
i mute solution of labor problems.
Have You Ever?
When Mayor "Jim" wa running for
re-election The Bee propounded these
questions for thoughtful voters to pon
der. The questions are Just as ap
plicable now when he is asking to be
made chief executive for the whole
state of Nebraska:
"Have you been out of town during
the last three years?
"Have you traveled any place where
ou met people whose good opinion
you would value for yourself and for
Omaha?
"Have you ever made such a trip
without having thrown up at you some
of the discreditable performances of
our cowboy mayor?
"Have you ever been able to meet
the disparaging comment thus brought
down on Omaha except by humiliating
apology or evasion?
"Haven't you found that Just as you
thought the last bad break of our cow
boy mayor was beginning to be lived
down and Omaha was In a fair way to
resume its good standing, another bad
break came at precisely the inoppor
tune time?
"Have you entertained any out-of-town
guests during the last three
years, and, if so, did you not try to
explain away our broncho-busting city
government?
"Would not your guests have de
parted with a better impression of
Omaha if the chief officials of the city
were more representative of the high
average of our citizenship?
"If you ex-pect to travel abroad or
to entertain guests during the next
three years, won't you be more likely
to hold your head higher and to avoid
the apologetic explanations if Omaha
is relieved of its cowboy mayor?"
Ask yourself this, Mr. Voter: Can
we afford to take the risk of a "cow
boy" governor? '
A Big Family Tree.
Joseph's coat of many colors is not
in it with the varied shades and many
hues displayed by the democratic can
didate for congress in this district.
When he goes to church he is a pro
hibitionist, and when he Is at ward
meetings he is a liberal. He Is adver
tising himself in Swedish papers as
the "Swedish" candidate and has al
ways traded on his Swedish national
ity, while in a German newspaper, cir
culated with brewers money, he has
gotten some one to vouch for him as
of German descent and to assure folks
from the fatherland that his father
was "in every respect a genuine Ger
man," We presume that in the Bo
hemian newspapers some one has dis
covered for him a grandfather born in
Bohemia. We presume, too, that he
has a cousin who is a Greek and an
aunt who Is an Italian, and very likely
his great-grandfather once employed a
Russian servant. As there are no Chi
nese voters, here the "Swedish" can
didate has doubtless saved himself the
trouble of discovering a yellow branch
on his family tree.
Accidents and Compensation.
Germany has contributed $2,449,
000,000 for social insurance from
1885 to 1909. Of this amount the
employer contributed $1,100,000,000,
the employe $981,000,000 and the em
pire in special payments to the inval
idity department $146,000,000, and
$231,000,000 has come from interest
and other sources. The Insured work
men have received in compensation
$1,740,000,000, getting out of the
fund, therefore, $759,000,000 more
than they put into it.
For sixty years Germany wrestled
with the problems of preventing acci
dents and compensating injured work
men. These are some of the results
achieved and published on the twenty
fifth anniversary of the system. That
nation conceived Industrial peace and
content to be a basic principle In its
social system, and sixty years ago set
about to work out the principle. To
day, if Germany stands supreme in
militarism, it likewise leads In indus
trial peace. It believes that it pays
and employer, employe and govern
ment join hands In upholding the sys
tem, putting billions Into It, not for
any sentimental reason, but for prac
tical results.
Industrialism in the United States
sorely needs more' peace, more con
tentment and, whether It needs the
precise system of Germany or not, it
certainly requires some better means
of preventing accidents and compen
sating injured workmen. Nor has our
country, privately or publicly, been in
different to this fact. Great corpora
tions, notably railroads, have given
some study to the problems and
adopted various methods with varying
success. Last year railroad accidents
fell off in number, but this year they
are multiplying again. The govern
ment, too, Is very active, more system
atically so, than any private enterprise
in this line of regulation. In the last
congrees it did much and proposes to
do more in the next congress to meet
these problems.
But we cannot expect immediate re
sults of any great significance, for this
Is a matter, after all, of education. It
was and Is In Germany, and we shall
find it so. There the system is main
tained by constant propaganda, and if
we in the United States are to solve
the problem we shall have to pursue
a steady, consistent course of educa
tion in it. There museums of saiety,
rules and regulations tci" eventing
accldeat sr La lure ta susiiri tkaa a
j half million factories and mills, and
i popular lectures and the distribution
of literature are co-ordinate agencies,
i "Germany claims that a life saved
j is a national asset." says lr. William
ill. Tolman, writing in the Railroad
Trainman. lie argues that this mat
ter Is fundamental, that it concerns
"life, liberty and the pursuit of happi
ness." Neither of these propositions
can be gainsaid. Dr. Tolman suegests
that it may yet become necessary to
amend the constitution so as to secure
a uniform system of accident preven
tion nnd compensation. That Is ad
vanced ground, but certainly, if we
never' take it, we have to progress
from where we are, both for the na
tion's good and for the good of indus
trialism. On the Trail of Methuselah.
The average length of man's life
seems always to have been variable.
Back in the days of Methuselah we
find this patriarch and some of his
contemporaries living close on to a
thousand years, while some 2,000
years ago, w e are told, the average
age in Kgypt was hut 2 2 years. Here
is a terrible falling off, with no ado-
quate theory on w hich to account for
the disparagement. Then, again, we
deduct the conclusion from the days
of Holy Writ that men In their prime
were supposed to live out three Bcore
and ten, or seventy years. Today,
however, and for some years past,
they have not been doing that
Now comeB a
statistician who tells
us that the scales are veering back
toward longevity. He seems to dis
agree with the theory that the fast
age of the present is wearing out men
in their early youth. He asserts that
the span of life has gained twenty
years in as many centuries, which
would not be much of a gain, but he
hastens to add that the most of this
gain has been made in the last hun
dred years. Again, he informs us that
we are now overtaking Methuselah
and his compeers by gathering up a
net increase in the slack by two years
In every ten. He believes we are
going to maintain the present rate "of
Increase, and, In fact, add to It. Today
he tells us that the average length of
life in the calm and cultured state of
Massachusetts is 44 years and 6
months, and if we keep up thla pace
In 1,000 years we, will be living an
average of 244 years and 6 months.
Of course this will still leave us
considerably behind Methuselah, the
prize winner, but it shows we are
gaining instead of losing, and that is
some satisfaction.
As a matter of fact the people of
the United States are living in a fast
age, but they are living more scientif
ically than they ever have. . They have
purer food, better sanitation and are
taking more wholesome exercise In
short,, they are devoting more atten
tion to the socret of how to live and
live properly, and this, of course, 1b
having its results.
t The Voting Maohine.
The voting machine which is to be
used In the election of Omaha and
Douglas county is a mechanical con
trivance intended to register a choice
of candidates precisely as would be
recorded on the paper ballot. The
machine makes for straight party vot
ing chiefly because the average voter
Is unfamiliar with It and reluctant to
take a chance of mistakes. Every voter
should make up his mind not to let
compulsory use of the voting machine
prevent him from voting Just as he
would vote without the machine.
Every voter should ' examine the
dummy machine exhibited In the poll
ing place before he goes into the
booth and make sure that he knows
how to operate the levers. Pull the re
publican lever first, and then if you
want to vote for candidates on other
tickets set indices Just the way you
want them. Take your time and don't
let anyone stampede you.
Character of Immigration.
The Chicago Young Men's Christian
association maintains an immigration
department, whose mission Is to look
after the alien to our shores with a
special effort at helping. him to be
come a useful American citizen. This
Is certainly the most practical sort of
work and should produce excellent re
sults. It is of vast Importance In a
city like Chicago, to whose industrial
centers so many thousands of foreign
ers are attracted.
Abraham Bowers, immigration sec
retary, has recently returned from Eu
rope, where he visited those countries
from which Chicago draws Its aliens,
and he makes a very Interesting and
instructive report, the whole burden
of which is to controvert that false no
tion so studiously disseminated by
prejudloed persons that we are im
porting only the undesirable classes
from Europe. Directly on this point
Mr. Bowers says:
Immigrants who pour Into our country
by the thousands are Dot the scum of
their native European homes. Our new
department will make It its purpose to
demonntrate this truth and show that,
with proper attention, the Incoming for
elgner can be turned Into a food cltlxen
who will be a credit to Chicago.
It ought to be self-evident that men
and women who leave fatherland,
relatives, home all that is dear to
them to venture into a new and
strange land, is not the "scum" of any
country, but persons of character, of
ambition, of rstltss energy. It is no
small sacrifice they make. It ought
to be manifest, as Mr. Bowers himself
cv-y, that these people come here with
nt other idea or intention than that
jj "buttering their condition." That
I assertion should need no proof In a
couatry that has so vastly prufltad
from an intermingling of the races asi
lins the I'n'tcd S!ate, some of whose
best citizens now and ever have In en I
those who, theii'wehes or their par
ents, were born ncros the seas. :
Mr. Bowers adds.
Thin prejudice 1-j fulste and un i.i1 iy
directed. Tbe good cnH:itit who lrnw
lila homo to coine t Amnion eonica lien-j
be ausp bo Si en meater opportunities f,u
himself nnd hla fniully. All he needs to j
pro vi that his Intentions lire good is tliei
aid of the American who enn direct him
Into the field of his greateat usefulness
Ttiat will ho the purpose of our new
pai tmrnt.
Although he lives in Lincoln, Sen
ator Burkett has never fr.iled to re
spond to any reasonable request niii(lef
of him on behalf of Omaha's business
Interests, and lie has accomplished a
good deal more for Omaha in Wash
ington than has Congressman Hitch
cock, who, when at home, lives in
Omaha. For nil practical purposes
our democratic congressman would b
Just us helpless and just as useless In
one end of the capitol as tho other.
j in his Commoner Mr. Bryan puts a
I liBt of questions to voters to ask their
i candidates for congress. He might
put this one to the voters, themselves:
"Will you champion a candidate for
the senate who has confessed to bor-
rowing and refusing to pay back funds
stolen from the state treasury, for
whose theft the lender of the funds
served a term in the penitentiary?"
Bryan subjects every issue to the
ite8t of ,ne moral principle. He op
poses Dahlman because he likes and
preaches booze, and supports Hitch
cock because he likes ami teaches
boodle. In other words, it depends
on what barrel is tapped whether it
brings Bupport or opposition.
Just suppose Senator Burkett had
been found to have been implicated
in the Bartley treasury shortage and
to have part of the Btolen money still
In his pocket, what kind of Ulack-face,
double-column fits would Mr. Hitch
cock's World-Herald be throwing?
The Constitution is making a splen
did fight for good roads in Georgia,
and not without results. It is a move
ment that should not be obstructed by
sectional lines, and which must re
ceive more attention north and south.
No respectable and reputable German-American
citizen will be able to
see any affront In The Bee's exposure
of the fact that the treasury of the
German-American alliance is replen
ished with brewers' money.
No, Mr. Hitchcock has not yet
printed fac 6imiles of all the checks
and letters that passed between him
and Bartley. Neither has he called
upon Mr. Wattles to come to his res
cue. '
t A Soldier' Donhle Doit.
Brooklyn Eagle.
A soldier who shot his right index
finger off to escape hateful duty la to
serve a year In prison for doing bo. This
reads like a Bt. PeterKburg- Item, but At
lanta Is the plax-e It conies from.
Paalmfol Heal Ism.
Kaunas City Star.
Announcement thnt the gates of the
Panama canal weigh ninety-two tona each
call to mind the Twenty-fourth Psalm:
"Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be
yo lifted up, ye everlasting doors."
Jtimy Dura for Inventor.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
With 8,000 Inventors at work perfecting
the aeroplane it might be expected to
solve all the difficulties of aerial travel
hortly. But when we remember how
many have been at work on perpetual mo
tion we are not so hopeful.
Machine Works aa riannrd.
Boston Transcript.
The commissioner of Internal revenue
notes that despite prohibition he Is making
good collections from the liquor buslners
In Alabama, Georgia and North Carollna
Probably the explanation Is found In the
southern brand of prohibition ax allowing
no negro to get a drink and no white man
to go dry.
Some Light for Jarrurn,
New York World.
The decision of the United States supreme
court that Jurors In a murder case may
have a certain degree of liberty, Including
the privilege of reading newspapers during
the trial, foreshadows a possible time when
Jurors will be regarded, aa respects their
freedom of action, otherwise than as co
prisoners with the defendant.
Common Dense and Jary Service.
Philadelphia Record.
The supreme court of the United States
believes that men may read the news
papers and yet be competent to weigh
the evidence In court, and no one can
doubt that Jurors who read the papers
during the trial are better Qualified than
the Jurors who cannot read, or who have
not read any newspapers between the
commission of the crime and the trial.
The court refused to set aside a convic
tion, as It was asked to do, on the ground
that the Jury had been permitted to sep- i
a rate and to read newspapers. News re
garding a crime Is news, and may legltl- (
mately be published. The averuge man i
can, when necessary, distinguish between I
news and evidence the Judge charges him
to weigh. j
Our Birthday Book
VoTember S 1910.
Nelson W. Aldrich, United States senator
from Rhode Island, was born November 6,
1841, at Forter, It. I. He has been nick
named "The boss of the senate." He wan
out here In Omaha last year explaining
the work of the monetary commission, of
which he is the head.
John Phillip Sousa, bandmaster and com
poser, 64. He was born In Washington,
where he achieved celebrity first aa di-
rector of the marine band. His band phiy ,
In omaha nearly every fceason. !
Frank W. Monde II, member of congrets j
from Wyoming, is Ui years old today. Ha
was born at HL Louis, and his tirrt pub-1
lie office was that of mayor ot Newcastle. '
T'r. Alfred O. Peterton, physician and j
surgeon In the Ramus building, was torn t
November , VTi, In Svanlke, Ui-riiiit-rk. !
He was brought to this country whtn 1
rar old. He graduated from the Omaha
Medical college In h'J. and has been in
praoUoe her steadily.
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leal hot nil- alt sue , s-.f i!
turned t n lie. ivakei.
after.
I il I i ! ,1 .1 ;id
ti months
The ( en.ru -in,,,, ,,r ,lr ,,.,,.,.,,,
of this lotions ration lot , regarded
perfect while va-t ,,ii;i' til .,. . ,,t htit ,i't
ii it- wasted k,, ,,-,. r ,. ,,iii:,
a-hllinV
The .t.I.-i ,m t.i!-- edict. I'.. Un oi;i ("hi .sl
ums s'e t t'lni n, ....s. o.... . r..... ... .....
ii -iii', i at an-
1 ' toot , r e,,. .,K i ..
nn.re.in-. Tin- . n:lv li..ppr Ins the pieic
of the goods.
Feoffors ami P,s.jmis;s may rail at Amer
ican institutions until their throats ciaek.
but their calorie avai's nothing i.cainst the
heroic pnt.iotlsm of the oamiuttos wlm
n.imi.tmy sat'- t e eollllry
years.
t w o
I he mutt" r of
t'eci.lintr v. ho u.ms the
the best slatf so -e for
prize of JM.OjO for
Missouri Is put off until thn wti:-r .wmon
vote is counted. makes a .liff.-enee
heth. r "wet" or "dry" throats inter;-,, t
tho music.
Owing to cin nnisi a m ps bet ond his con
trol the iHte "Koitsh" Teed, a fuimv little
prophet of a d-.wii ea-t cult, persists In
saying, not a word to bis anxious following-.
nr a sign f an uplift at his graveahl...
Teed Is even I. ss toniinuiii, atlt e than the
silent voter.
The duke of V,r., u u.-i. thirteenth direct
descendant of Chris. Columbus, has been
gathered to hi foi bears at the age of
Thn duke, was an ImiM.siiig- character in his
prime, with tastes ia!- b, vend the reach
of his Income, hut l. made ends meet be
i raising bulls for !-pnnbh sport. Chicauoans
remember his visit in IS.'H, when he received
such hospitality nnd attention t public ex
pense that conalderabh. difficulty was ex
perienced In convincing him It was time
to go.
A WOKI.D HI:M)FA(Tiii,
Pounder of the I n t ermil lonn I
Itrd
truss Society.
Pittsburg Ilsputcli.
The death of Henri iHinunt. founder t.r
the International Hed Cross, recalls to at
tention a mun whose services entitled him
to the often-abuaed title of a world bene
factor. Jt Is true that before his resolu
tion. Inspired by his personal view of the
sufferings of tho wounded at the battle of
Solferino. June it, l.sf,, led him to suggest
the idea that baa since encircled the Klohe
with Red Cross societies, the humanitarian
sentiment of curing for the wounded had
been practiced by the Order of St. Mary
(it the sleg-a of Acre in lh0 and by the
knightly orders in tho middle ages. The
horrors of war, pictured by tho war cone
spondents In the Crimea, anil the heroism
of Florence Nightingale ripened popular
opinion for the coming of the Hed Cross.
Hut It remained for this cltinen of Switzer
land to gain, by the devotion of hia ener.y
and fortune, the attention and co-operation
of the united nations under the (Jeneva
convention of 1863. i
Since that conference, approved by six
teen nations, the organization has spread
until today It Is recognized by forty-four
governments. Its scope has been extended,
too, beyond the neutralization of the
wounded and those who succor them under
the Red Cross Carge on the battlefield to
raisin fun. is and furnishing relief to
stricken himanlty, whether In war or
peace, by food, famine, plague or convul
sion of nature.
Financial Deals with China.
Springfield Republican.
Financial Europe seems to be amused
as well as chagrined over the reports that
an American banking syndicate has cap
tured a $60,000,000 Chinese railroad loan.
Amusement grows out of the fact that
America complains of insufficient capital
for Its own enterprises, and la even now
as much of a borrower In Kurope as It
can be. Chagrin grows out of tho fact
that the lending country Is likely to get
the bulk of the orders for railroad build
ing material. What will Europe say If
the Wall street banking syndicate should
manage finally to market most of the
Chlneso bonds hi that country? This Is
quite likely to happen. America would
then get the credit for the loan and or
ders for railroad material, while Europe
would actually furnish the money.
Coutant &. Squires
A T The gsnnlne Boranton Hard Coal has enabled us to hold customers
L,lA.Li tor tb fut twenty-seven years. It has less clinkers, Is hotter and
lasts longer than any other hard coL
Our Carson Soft Coal, at 87.00 per ton, is clean, hot and quick to start- It
takes the place of higher priced coal and is sure to please yon. We also sell Ohio,
Sock Springs, Cherokee, Walnut Block, Coke, Wood, Kindling and Steam OoaL
OrriCEt 910 Sonth 17th St. Telephones I Douglas 930. Independent, A-3830.
KEEP YOUR
YOUR FOLKS
AT HOME
Have Your
Entertainment
With Thtm?
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entire family, circle and for your friends. You can ail play the best
of music. You will need no practice or study. The Iloudoir Player
llano makes you a fine performer In a trice. You can lrgtantly play
any and all kinds of music as well as musicians who have studied and
practiced for years. You can play the fine things you hear at the con
certs, or the simple songs and pleasing melodies that always put you
in good humor. All this a Iloudoir I'layer-I'iano will do for you.
Kxchang-e your Silent 1'lano for One of these) Wonderful
BOUDOIR-PLAYER - PIANOS
Hear them in our store and joo will ulhli to do m.
We have many choice pianos received in exchange on Uoudolr
Player-Pianos. Tlioua who desire pianos of better than ordinary quality
and at bargain prices can choose from a largo assortment and at a very
small cost.
These are samples there are many others:
Push & Lane Piano, mahogany,
like new $2t5
Bush & Gerts Piano, rosewood,
for SI 85
C'onnover Piano, mahogany g2h5
Group of small t'prlght Pianos, in good condition .... $75 to $11 J,
Group of choice Uprights, well known makes 9115 to
Group of new Uprights, values up to $450, to close
Monthly payments allowed on all Pianos and Piano-Players.
A. Hospe Co.
HK 1K EXI'KKT PIANO
SERMONS BOILED DOWN.
- ' '
i !) is w
,it!i a lot of
, M;iil,i holtni s-
. ,.
.M.inv a sinner is n le i ai u .oi'"i
...u p'ates for s,ts.
-n,..,., i u.,. lot of iniiwln itlon in
j ,,,,. ,.,,., troubles.
It ofti ii tal.t s 1 1 'im in 1 1 1 1! : han.mci iUK t
f ntl out w ha I is In u -.
Imi never Uimn wlul'.ier a man i Rood
linn! le- n Is ill I lie collie of life.
It s i .i b .listing f Imvhia the SP1''
il vour hie is ns fat as cold coup.
If pun oithodosy dots not in.ike o.i
I 1. 1. ei t it had b. ttei Kt t.p you hiletit.
Its finer be tig n vii y small piece of
Kunhinc th.m a vt ry lurge bank of f'g
No mini Is so ii. Ii he afford to loss
friends nor o poor he needs to buy thrm.
Learning t.i be a uool neighbor Is aplen
clhl sihoohim lo: the hind of toe nnlnts.
Take your nn 'lilt Ills of life by tlie handle
and th-y bet nine ploneer'a axes for new
w a s.
Tin- church oMen bills at weeks because
the preat her Is mi uhvioua to nut vei-U in
oi tls.
Appreciation of good nt eemplished help
more than imini a.lvhe on Hie wood yet W
be done.
We never kumv tin- vahiH of our frienda
until the only tiling tiny cull give U i
their o.Mi selves, -t 'hicni;o Tribune.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
Hemic Wonder wht several of tin; men
at the winding the other night didn't con
gratulate the bridegroom'.'
Jamcs--1 s'lpi ose it was because tliev,)
were nil married themselves -Philadelphia
liuiletlll.
.Mrs l.u-thniii n Ai en t ton ashamed to
com., homo in tiiis condition '.'
l.ushimin simnu'ii ' v om n. 1 ain't even
'fluid. hosum J run script.
' ! o you think the brlile loves the hus
band?" "Yes, indeed," replied Miss Cayenne
'Why, Kli" loo,s at liliu with as much af
fection ati.l admiration as flit- shows for
tin- wedding- present s." W ashington rHar.
"A girl of ill is ever so much older than
a boy ot the same age."
"chit. 1 know a girl of 20 whose family
Hible shows that Bhe was born In ls0."
Cleveland Leader.
"(Shut ou are going to make such an
appropriate match, Miss oldglrl."
1 lib. tliank you so much. Hut why do
! you think It ho appropriate?"
i "1 heard uil were engaged to a dealer In
anthiucN '--Haltimore American.
"Aro you
trouble ?"
in the hublt of looking for
"Don t have
Transcript.
to. I'm hiarrled." Boston
"So you were deeply touched bv the
poem young Mr. Softly wrote to you?"
"Yes."
"Hut It was not a good poem."
"I don't care. It was Just as much trouble
for him to write It bh if he had been
Shakespeare." .Smart Het.
THE SURE WITNESS.
Alice Cary.
The solemn wood had t-preud
Shadows around my head
"t urlaina they are," 1 said,
"JiuiiK dim and still auuul the house oC
prayer; "
Softly among t lie limbs
1 hear the winds.
Ami ask it Cud were there.
No voice replied, but while I listening
stood.
Sweet peace niudu holy hushes through)
the wood.
With ruddy, open hand.
The wild rose 1 saw stand
lieside the green gate of the summer hlllsi
And, pulling at her dreas,
I cried, "Sweet herniltess.
Hast thou beheld him who the dew
distils?"
No voice replied, but while I llutenltag' bent,
Iter gracious beauty made my heart
con tent.
The moon In splendor shone '
"She walketh heaven alone.
And seeth all tilings," to myself I mused;
"Haat thou beheld him, then.
Who hides himself from men
In that great power through nature
Interfused?"
No Kpeeon madti answer, and no sign ap
peared, Hut in tlie silence 1 was soothed and
cneerea.
Waking one time, strange awe
Thrilling my soul, I saw
A kingly splendor round about tlie night
Such cunning work tlie hand
Of spinner never planned
The finest wool may not be washed o
white.
"Hast thou come out of heaven?" I asked;
ami, lo!
The snow was all the answer ot the snow.
Then my heart said, (live o'er;
Question no more, no morel
The wind, the snowstorm, the wild hermit
flower.
The Illuminated air,
The pleasure after prayer,
Proclaim the unorlglnaled power!
The mystery that hides him here and there
Hetrs the sure witness he Is everywhere.
8hmoller& Mueller, hand made,
for Sllfi
Schaffer Piano, mahogany .! 05
Whecloek Piano, walnut cast
ttt 81G5
1513-1515
Douglat Street.
TLNIXJ AM) KEPAIIUNU
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