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1 111 U.l.WlA JM.ijS IMA,: MV l.Ml.l.li l.l 1:1U. - Tim Omaiia Sunday I3rj& r"CH"NIKl liY KDWAKI) UOHEW ATKIl. VICTOR BOS KWATKK, EMTOR. Kntrd at Omaha p"tofflce as fwrund glaas matter. , . TERMS OK Kt liSCItH'TlON. Pur rty He. one vesr ISeturdsv H" on )t-nr l'ally H! (without Hunday). oni year I'aily Ite and Sunday, nn yvr .i..i .'. HEUVEHEU BY CAHKIKIt. j nlng Hce twlthotit Sunday). P' r u'l:. 'V JOvrntns (with Sunday), per wwl I'tc J'ally P (Including Sunda . Icr wtI..1k.' lallv Bee (without Sunday). P'T we-ti . 1": Addromi all complaint of Irregularities. a delivery to Cl'.y Crculatlun l.-pariniMit OFFICES. Omaha The B Dividing, i South Omaha fsoith Twenty-fourth gtl pel. Council Illuff-1 Scott Street. Lincoln fix Little Htilldlng. Chicago lftM Marquette liulMlnt.. New York Booms U01-ll No. :W Went Thirty-third Htreet. Washington 72S Fourteenth Street. N. W.i COR It ESI 'O N I J E N C L. Communications relating to news and editorial matter should he addre.-'wd. Cimaha Bee, Ed torlal 1 'epurtmsnt. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or pootiil order f.aeble to The Bee I'ubllHtilmf Company mly I-oent stamps received In payment of fnfcll accounts. Personal checks except on Omaha, and eastern exchange not accepted. STATEMENT OP CIRCULATION. Stat of Nebraska, Douslas County, ss.. George H. Trfhui I;, treasurer of The Bee Publishing- ooni)nv, helm; duly sworn, ays that the actual number of full hnd ffomplete copies of The Iwtlly. Mi.rn;nK. Evening and Sunday Bee printed during lbs month of October, liUO, was as follows: 17 4J.37U 43.385 1 43.330 JO 43.310 21 43.430 ;i 43,170 12 43,460 !4 44,030 25 43,380 :.. ,43,370 27 43.890 t ,,...43,400 2... ...... .,.43,050 10... ,..,,..,43,600 11. 45,680 Total X.350,740 Returned Coplea ....i: - 11,340 Net Total tejy Average 1,338.398 . 43,174 GLO. B. TZSCHL'CK. Treasurer. Subscribed In my presence' and sworn to NXore me this 31st .day tr frctoher, 1 HO. M." V.IWAbK K i. (Seal.) Notary Public Sabscrlbera leaving- the city tern' yormrllg should bare The B Bulled to tbtm. Address will bo cksa(4 aa oftest as req seated. This is the closed season on roor feacka, ' " ' ' " . Still, we. have, those 3,000,000,000 bushels of com left. r-- - It is easier to make a friend of a foe "isfter you 'hare whipped" hlra.: Suspicion proves true that they - do Use water in LouUville to put out the fires. ..... Perhaps the British courts granted pr. Crippen that reprieve that be might enjoy reading the election re turns. ' Tha democratic party under present Circumstances becomes a party of op portunism. But can It rise to the Juark? , . . V" CoDgreaanian Hitchcock's note of aorrow for Mayor "Jim" does not seem 1 43.31.0 t 44.700 $ 43,300 4... 43 2HO t 43,440 43.640 t 43.760 43,030 43,700 10 43,669 11...., 43.370 II 43.3O0 II 43,340 14 43,670 It 43.350 If 44.090 ,: c to elicit any etlio'from Governor Shal- ' Jenberger. ' ' The Houston Post proposes that chicken pie be adopted as the emblem of the democratic party.. Tired of crow, ah? . . The bank on wheels la the latest. ; That will reverse'the old peril of 'a run on the bank," making It "a bank cn the run." . . ' Los Angeles has set the dial for 3,000,000 population a 1920. That allows nothing for tho clock to slow down or atop. , Everybody who. bad a grudge at the colonel natters himself that the elec tion was a Vindication of his own par ticular grouch. , 1 ' t It la greatly to be, fcaitd Uiat the patronage pool will not be big enough to let all the lame ducks at Washing ton swim around Ja it. , . - , ' A Wisconsin man Is 'said to have laughed hfmseif to death over a hob- Jlo skirt joke, tut nosy do they know It was not over the kobblo pkirt Itself? "Boss" Murphy of Taumaiiy Hall fcas retired' to "Hot" KpYingfl, Arkansas to,' rest up. The, colonel must have ftiven him a rather strenuous time of tt, after all. ', ; First in' per capita , wealth, first in ,,jolnt of leaBt illiteracy, first In the work of home niimslons by churches this is just a part of Nebraska's prl juacy among the states. ; - ' Several railroad magnates are urg ing the necessity of the railroads get- , Hog out qf politics. Of course, If they really want them to get out of politics they can make them do It. Under the circumstances it la reas suring that ' Governor Shallenberger aa succeeded In finding enough to be thankful for to warrant the customary thanksgiving proclamation. - Another bridge has been thrown over thellstalaslppl river at St. Louis. With jointly used ' bridges and bath rooms those two states Illinois and Missouri are getting closer together all the tame. ' ' , When will we get our habit on aLraightT Here comes a Boston man telling us that soup should be the last instead of the first course. After a while we shall be told that our Easter lMant anoull be worn oa tie feet. Referendum Run Riot. Iruent of young Hay, apprenticeship Two states have given ns examples; to the grat emancipator, in the recent election of the Inltlatlvei But with all his distinguished s?rv and referendum run riot. I Ice to hi country and the world, Sen- For the Information of the public; ator Root goes to his prlvat life and The !ee has exhittlted In its window for a week one of the seven-foot bal-j lots containing the referendum legis-j latlnn voted on In Fouth Pnkota. And' even thon it did not tell the whole; story, for besides the six laws submit ted for ratification in South Dakota, the voters were called upon to pass oni, - , J , ., ,J loved. The principles of Christian ethics SIX constltuiionai amenuineuis anu also to elect randidateH to forty-two offices. The intelliK"nt outh Pa kotan. therefore, exercising his right of suffrage conscientiously would have to make fifty-four crosn-marks on three different ballots in the interest of good government. According to the South Dakota law the referendum legislation had to be printed In full three times in each of three official newspapers in each county in the state, the bill for print ing being, as we are informed, about $6i0 for each paper. TheVe are fifty three counties in South Dakota, so that if each county has ivs full quota of newspapers the publication of these laws alone will have cost the taxpay ers of that state over $100,000. While we have cited South Dakota first because it adjoins Nebraska, Oregon Is perhaps the typical initia tive and referendum state. In Oregon each voter was confronted In the re cent election with the duty of voting "Yes" or "No" on thirty-two separate measures of varying scope and impor tance. The ballot in Oregon is kept within bounds of physical endurance only by condenslug the proposed laws and amendments to titles not exceed ing 100 words each and arranging them, set in small type, checkerboard fashion, across the sheet. To vote the ballot in Portland would require the making of thirty-two cross-marks op posite the initiative and referendum measures and forty-four cross-marks opposite the candidates' names, or sev enty-six cross-marks in all. In Oregon, Instead of giving the newspapers a windfall, the text and arguments pro and con for each propo sition are embodied in a pamphlet printed and distributed at state ex pense. The pamphlet containing this information this year comprises 212 pages of fine type, and as Oregon has over 100,000 voters, the printing and postage bill can well be estimated as mounting into the thousands. What Oregon is up against with its initiative and referendum may be gath ered from the explanation accompany ing one single proposition, namely, the woman suffrage amendment. The opponents call attention to the fact that woman suffrage was submitted in Oregon to vote of the people in 1900 and beaten by a plurality of 20,137. It was submitted again in 1908 and beaten again by 10,173, and when sub mitted a third time in 1908 , was beaten by a decisive majority of 21,- 649. But, notwithstanding all this, when again submitted for a fourth time in 1910, the advocates conclude their argument with this remark,' "We earnestly, hope we shall not be com polled to repeat this appeal in 1912.' We submit that in the experience of these two initiative and referendum states there is food for thought for the people of Nebraska and other states who are being adjured to embrace this pretended reform by pleas that sound so beautiful in theory, but so woefully ignore its impracticability. The Spirit of John Hay. Senator Root's eulogy of the late John Hay at Brown university on the occasion of the dedication of the John Hay library . is an almost perfect tribute to one of the great men whose lives and influence stand apart in American history as their own monu ments. Senator Root well said: ' 1 think he would not greatly desire that statues and columns be erected In his mem ory; that he sought for no monument other than the perpetual existence of the repub lic into whose structure he had wrought his life. Towering shafts of marble and granite seem to mock lives like that of John Hay. They stand over the tombs of eo many other lesser lights that they lose their meaning for such as he. . It was the John Hays that the rni mortal Gray had in mind when he wrote: Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault If memory o'er their tombs do trophies raise; Thro-Kh long-drawn aisle and fretted vault. , The pealing anthem swells their note of pralne. In some of the greatest achieve' menu of late American history the world may find enduring monuments to the memory of John Hay. Every time in the future a great transport glides from the Pacific to the Atlantic through the Panama canal It will pay tribute to him and his service. Every ship from a foreign land that carries ares or passengers to the ports of China and Japan will bring the tidings' of peace and prosperity as a trophy of the open-door doctrine established in the orient through the great influence of this master diplomat The Hay Pa uncefote and the Hay-Herran treat lea and the universal benefits accruing from the in wlil outlive all the statues that art could produce. The United states has ' had no greater diplomat tliau, John Hay, and It Is doubtful if the nation has had a more modest, uuseltlsh, devoted servant of Us cause, lie went to school to Abraham Lin coln, serving as bis assistant secretary during the war and learned the leaaons of true greatoeas from him. There can be no doubt that his country reaped a large profit from the inveat- character for the real "Spirit of John Hay," and describe It thus: The spirit of John Hay made It impossi ble for others to continue narrow and petty In dealing with Mm; and. guided by his ,nsltlve arrP.u,ion of th character and feelitixs of others, made effective by wis dom and skill, that pure and noble spirit controlled his judgments. His natute had Its K-nalties. He shrunk from rude, per sonal contact. In his later years the pros pect of a public appearance made him pos itively 111 for days before the time arrived. Such a tribute from Senator Root, who knew Mr. Hay intimately, is worth preserving as a genuine index to one of the really sublime characters the United States has produced. Oocidrnt and Orient. I People who have stood in awe at the vast awakening in the orient, par ticularly in Japan and China, may get some idea of how much is yet to be done to arouse these countries com pletely from their sleep of the ages by noting the hold superstition still has upon them. The other day a Japa nese newspaper urged a Japanese ex plorer who had tried and failed to reach the North Pole to commit sui cide. This isolated incident serves to illustrate the point. It draws a line of distinction between the occidental and oriental mind and their relative stages of progress. Our sort of civilization obviously has a long distance to travel in this aggressive little island kingdom. It is the oriental anchor of ancient super stition that is exactly the obstacle with which the civilization of the Occident must expect to contend for years to come. The Japanese and the Chinese, when we consider racial traditions, their mode of worship with all its train of enslaving superstitions, have made even more wonderful progress toward the goal of intellectual emancipation than they have been credited with. But one may get some conception of the state of the Japanese or Chinese mind by imagining a newspaper in the United States seriously advocating such a barbaric custom and the effect it would have upon the public. Dur ing the Japanese-Chinese war this cus torn of self-destruction was frequently practiced, but the allusion to it at this time is a disappointing reminder that the orient still lags far behind the Oc cident in the race of destiny. The Boy and the Gun. Each season brings Its own sport or pastime, game or fad for the boys. The autumn and winter are the seasons when many boys hunt or shoot a great deal. This should be the time, then, for the reiteration of that old warning about ' the "I-didn't-know-it-was- loaded" accident. Boys should be careful with their shooting irons, and never fail to krow whether they are loaded or not. Two boys were out shooting a few days ago and one, thinking his gun was empty, aimed it at the other and pulled the trigger. The other dropped dead. "I didn't know it was loaded," wailed the - one who killed him, echoing the wail of scores of others who had at some time been as criminally negligent as himself. No boy or man has a right to aim a firearm at another person, and when be does it, whether harm comes of it or not, he should be made to feel that he has done something he should not Parents can well afford to deny guns and pistols to their boys until they have reached such ages as will make them capable of realizing their dan gers. If they must have guns they should be cautioned against careless use of them. It sometimes seems trite to speak of warning boys against such things, but if they were warned often enough .such distressing accl dents would be fewer. Growth of Civic Pride. Civic pride is growing In the United States. People are coming to appre ciate its importance, to realize that It Is more than sentimental, that it pos sesses a commercial, therefore, an in' trlnsic, value. They are coming to know by practical test that a beauti fully kept city conserves health and attracts trade as well as admiration so they are beautifying as never before. But they have much adorning yet to do. This is but natural in a country as young as ours. It should not be especially discouraging, therefore, to be told by an Englishman or a French man or a German that "you are behind our country In this particular." We suppose we must be, since we are so many ages behind it In point of time Nor are Americans indifferent to the fact that, complex as are their prob lems of state and national govern ment, their questions of municipal I regulation are giving them the most trouble Just now. At least they seem to have made less headway In solving the principle of city government. The varied schemes and theories now be ing tried or agitated might suggest that. Theae things, however, are all signs that point in the right direction. They indicate an earnest restlessness whlc is going to give us at last the best sys tem of municipal administration and of course, when we bit upon the ideal system we shall not be long In work ing out the details. Civic pride is cut ting a big figure In American progress. And. coupled aa It la with the solid element of bualneaa principle. It offers large resulta. Nobody can tell our people aow anything about Ua vlrtuea of public sanitatlon-vThey know its virtues by actual demonstration. They know, because they are operating on those things, that well-kept streets and alleys and parks aud strict rules of caring for all wastes rre not only re fining In their Influences, but remuner ative in tbelr results. This is the basis on which our civic pride rests, and it is growing. Postage Changes. As a step toward 1-cent letter post age Postmaster General Hitchcock is earnestly desirous of making the vari ous classes of mail matter pay their own way and to that extent relieve the postal deficit they have been helping to produce. The hearings and investi gations on this subject last year devel oped th . indisputable fact that the monthly magazines and national week lies are the worst deadheads among the postofflce passengers and that on these the postofflce has been getting only the costly long hauls, while the profitable short-distance business goes to the express companies. That there should be some kind of readjustment to minimize this abuse has been gen erally conceded. To solve this problem Postmaster Oeneral Hitchcock now makes a new proposal which he expects to recom mend to congress by which two differ ent rates of postage should be exacted from publishers of magazines and periodicals, carrying the reading mat ter pages at the present rate and ex acting a higher rate for the pages sold to advertisers. With due regard to the postmaster general's cogent rea sons for making magazines and peri odicals pay more compensatory post- ge for carrying through the mails. the basing of the postage rate on a separation of advertising and reading matter strikes us as too complicated to work out wen in practice, such a scheme would require a separate de termination of the postage etirge on each issue of every periodical, making an unnecessary multiplicity of detail. We still believe that the way to solve this problem is the one which The Bee urged when this subject was last at issue through the creation of a new and intermediate class of mall matter for magazines and periodicals to be carried at rates somewhere be tween those now exacted for second class and for third class matter and calculated upon the average cost to the government of transporting such mail matter. A separate postage classification for magazines and peri odicals would be simple and direct. would raise the necessary revenue and avoid the present loss on that part of the postal business and would leave the fewest openings for interminable disputes and controversies. After the Hobble, Whatf This is the season when women's thoughts lightly turn to fashion and lome of the uninitiated are wondering what that imperious dame has in store for them as the successor of the hob ble skirt. Skirts of late have betrayed nearly as much caprice as the transl tory waist line and so as a subject of speculation they are of interest even to the men, and actively so, too. With all the cynicism indulged at the expense of the hobble skirt, it has some elements to commend It. For Instance, it fits more closely than some other patterns and, therefore, re quires less cloth. This is quite an item in these times of high prices, or ought to be, and by the men, at least, must be appreciated. But there Is an additional feature of the hobble skirt which suggests sanity, and that is that it does not collect loose objects along the street as did the flowing train, which was in vogue some years ago, Here, then, are two good points in the entwining garment. Women might even be able to find others; we do not know. One thing seems certain, the suc cessor to this device will not be cre ated upon any more restricted lines. The change must be in the Other di rection. The gamut of volume has been about completed. It has been run from one extreme to the other and can go Eo further in the direction of present styles. Are we, then, to begin all over again and gradually work back along the same lines, or will the new fads strike in at some - Inter mediary point and work out by de grees one way or the other? If the tendency in hats may be taken as any criterion as to what may happen in the skirt line, ,mere man might take his choice of considering whether he had room for hope or not. Heroes and Small Towns. Fifty-eight names were added to the Carnegie hero list the other day and the residence of each hero was mentioned with his name. This showed that in nearly every case the prize winner lived in the country, a small town or city and that in but two cases did they reside in a large city. The home of one was in Los Angeles, an other In Washington. One might infer from this expo sition that heroes were scarcer In the large cities than in the country or small towns. He would certainly have a right to form some such opinion But, perhaps, it would not be fair or right to affirm that the people of the large cities were not as brave as those of the other communities. Yet it can not be argued that accident and oc casions for heroism are not much more numerous in the centers of great population than elsewhere. What probably Is true Is that peo ple In the larger place are leas appre hensive of th safety of others than Uom vha dwell la wall cities or towns. The city man Is apt to have ruoro to detract his mind, and, of course, not knowing his neighbor per sonally as well as does the man In the small community, not feeling a per sonal concern in him, la less likely to sacrifice his own safety for that of somebody else. It offers no special in dictment against the city man. It is but the natural result of the compara- jtive ways of life. People In cities are more consumed in self and their Im mediate surroundings and probably ihave less time. If they have the dispo- eitlon, to exert themselves for others. Yet, of course, while It is a system and not an Indlvidatil fault, it is not alto gether commendable. Lillian Russell must be what would be called an insurgent suffragette. She favors not only giving the ballot to woman, but taking it away from man. But then, fair Lillian does not regard man as a utilitarian object as she did when she was eo busy getting married. Many Illinois people who had grieved at the outcome of those two bribery trials and watched the polls November 8, for their last hope, awoke November 9 with a dark Browne taste In their mouthB. The official organ of the Anti-Saloon league in Nebraska has abandoned weekly publication and gone back Into the monthly class as a measure of economy. Some medicines work bet ter in homeopathic doses. It is said to be definitely settled that It is to be Chief Justice Hughes within a few weeks. There will be no objection or dissent worthy of notice from this section of the country. A southern paper dilates at this late day to the length of a column on the subject, "Is Crippen a Murderer?" Seems superfluous, since the jury and courts have decided that he is. aagaresled Relief. New York World. The Thanksgiving turkey will be served this year on November 24, a date nearer than usual to election day and affording an earlier opportunity to remove the taste of crow. Jaat Like Other People. Philadelphia Ledger. ' Aviators are demanding for their exhibi tions a prioe that to the mere landsman may seem extraordinary. Upon reflection, however, he will realize that the custom of demanding all that one thinks he can get la not peculiar to people who fly. Grotesque Folly. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. i Thirty-two measures were submitted ; to the people of Oregon Tuesday for rejection or ratification. An Intelligent consideration of all these propositions by the mass of the voters was an impossibility. Yet this grotesque folly la part of the initiative and referendum Idea. 1 AUt Well, Wlthla staid Wltbemt. Boston Transcript., Secretary Dickinson reports ha found the Filipinos too prosperously employed to pay much attention to politics. Aa he likewise found Corregldor. which guards the en trance of Manila bay, approximating an other Gibraltar, he appears to be of the conclusion that all Is well in the Philippines,- without as well as within. ' A DEADLOCKED C'O.XiRESS. ProsTreaslve I.rglilatlesi Halted for Two Tears. Chicago Tribune. It needs no prophet to tell us the legis lative results of a politically divided con gress. They will be nil. The democratic houoe will have one set of thoughts and the republican senate, another. The demo crats will have .an . opportunity to make grandstand plays. -They will be in a posi tion where they can attack the tariff with out fear of subsequent consequences to themselves. This game will be one the protectionist democrats can take a hand In. They can assist In passing up to the senate tariff measures . too radical for adoption by It too radical for Insurgent senators to accept Then the democrats can say to the people, "We tried to reduce the Increased cost of living, but the republicans would not have It" That will be the theme of campaign oratory In 1911. We may take It for granted that what ever recommendations President Taft may make to the next congress will be slighted by the house. It will have views of Its own as regards railroad and other legisla tion which will not accord with those of the senate. The house may be expected to give much of its time to Investigations. Everything under the sun which the demo crats tried to get Investigated during the life of this oongresa, but could not, will be subjected to close and unfriendly scrutiny. There will be a microscopic quest for cam paign material. We have had these legislature deadlocks before and they did no great harm. We can manage to worry through the impend' Ing one. Some useful legislation may be temporarily delayed, but the country will not suffer perceptibly from It - Our Birthday Book jTovembe IS, lslO. Robert Louis Stevenson, the most popular latter day British author, waa born No vember U, I860, at Edinburgh. Ills books of travel, fiction and poetry make a small library In themselves. John Drew, the popular actor, la 17, al though he does not look fct. He waa born In Philadelphia and comes from a family of players, both his mother and father having won fame on the stage. J.' Sloat Faaaatt member of congress from New York, waa bom November IS, 1863, at Klmira, In that state. He waa an unsuccessful republican candidate for gov ernor onoe and succumbed in the recent land slide. Bert Leaton Taylor, newspaper man and humorist, la 44. He waa born at Ooshen, VI as a He la tha "A Line-o'-Type or Two" man on the Chicago Tribune. B. P. Roggen, deputy city clerk of South Omaha, ia celebrating his sixty-third birth day. Ha la an old-timer In politics, having been secretary of state for two terms more than twenty yeara ago. H. N. Jawett, wholesale lumber mer chant, waa born November It, US, at Fort Madison, la. He baa been forty years In the bualneaa and before coining to Omaha 11 red la Broken Bow. W. H. Rowland, traveling passenger agent for the Pennsylvania- lines, with beadquartera at Omaha, la 41. He waa barn at Stubeovllle, O., and first . entered railroad eervloe as) olerfc la) the freight hea eA beteWwaj Ja SERMOXS BOILED DOWN. One might fight a lie anfl still not fel!o the truth. A Kotxt home Is the brt exposition of hea ven. Afflictions mark the difference between Iron and steel. Love does not depend for Its strength on concentration. AVhen you find aicess of speech look for shortnge on night. No man ever warms things tip who does not sometimes boll over. It takes more than a homlletlcal memory to make a good sermon. You can never climb Into the hearts of men on the ladder of eloquence. Many a good sermon has come to an untimely end by lasting too long. People who take their troubles too seri ously often average up on their duties. Inconsistency often means those deeds in another which I only half understand. Sympathy sometimes means sitting In a car and passing out soft words to lame folk. The recording angel may take more In terest In your day book than In your hymn book. Preaching produces so little practice be cause people look on It as a performance. He who cannot do kindness without a brass band Is not ao scrupulous about his other dealings. The kind of goodness that makes you too good to mix with folk is the worst kind of badness. Chicago Tribune. SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT. Chicago Tribune: We are less likely to be known by our paths to the church than by the paths our children tread. Boston Transcript: The Baptists have started a penxlon system for aged clergy men, thus answering the question. Shall the old minister be shot? New York World: The opening of a church In Pittsburg for eleotion returns Is an Innovation, but one In line with the In creasing uso of churches for the discussion of political Issues. Washington Herald: Five thousand BuP tlsts are to hold a revival in Houston, Tex. We knew. If George Bailey kept adver tising those red-headed widows, something was bound to happen. Louisville Courier Journal: The evange list who saya the largest and most costly diamond is "but a worthless bauble" Is dead wrong. You can trade It for nearly as much breakfast bacon as you can carry home. PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE. Princeton tips off to other colleges what to do with ex-presidents. Those lovely bita of sunrise color deli cately match the glow of the pedestrian's nose on a crisp morning. What's the use of cheering up? The worst Is yet to come. Walt Wellman Is Invading the lecture field. The sacred cod la edging up to porter house steak In price, and the pace la swift enough to make codfish bulla bound In Boston. I-took-a-chu megaphones through Knud Rasmussen a message to his admirers. Knud ahould remind him that the election la a back number. Kllen Terry la C2 and Sarah Bernhardt la 5. Both are showing off all the ardor of youth In reaching for a farewell package of American money. Charlea KM ward Russell, a . man who occasionally edits a magazine with a rake, ran for congress on the socialist ticket in New York. So far as resulta go he oould prolong the race Indefinitely without crowding the ballot box. i'lve members of the British Parliament obaaryed American election methods In New York and vicinity laat Monday and Tues day. Any novelties put on exhibition are certain to be transplanted on the soil of John Bull Wi the coming eleotion. Eleven propositions were submitted to the voters of Missouri. All were voted down, a particularly emphatic protest being registered against the proposition to build a (3,000,000 state house. The threatened destruotlon of the present building, built in 1838, was more than the mossbacks could calmly bear. Like the voiceless harp of Tara's halls, the fiddle of Catgut Bob Taylor of Ten nessee lies mute and etringless outside the breastworks. Wellmeahlng friends thought Bob could fiddle his way Into the governor ship, but the unfeeling voters, having no music in their souls, plugged their ears and passed by. The hardest teat to which prayer has yet been put la suggested by Mayor Oaynor of New York City. In a note to a manager of a campaign committee he said: "Pray every morning for a little while to God to direct you to tell the truth, and see what fruits It will bear." A report on the teat la promised later. Maavairtcvnt Krrrc. Baltimore American. A burglar In Kentucky, finding he oould not open a safe In a store Tie had broken into, called up the residence of a clerk employed In the ator te aak the combina tion. It seems almost a pity that the mag nificent nerve of this feat waa defeated, by the fact that the clerk was not at home to give the combination so coolly asked. Walt at While aad Watch. Chicago News. What will the republican party do? It should set Its feet firmly In the path of progress and ahould heartily support the president In his work of Improving govern mental conditions. It has had a long leaae of power. In defeat It should be wiser than It has been la prosperity. CeuellBsT tho Left. Chicago News. There may be some consolation for the defeated candidate In a Thanksgiving din ner provided he haa been able to bold out enough money to buy a turkey. Just As Good As New $3.00 Rents One of These Fine Pianos WKSER BHOS. Upright Pianos, value $160, in mahogany case. MAJtSTIO Upright Piano, value 185, in handsome oak cast-. RL'SSKL A LANK Upright Piano, value 1165, in elegant oak raw. WHEELOC'K Upright Piano, value 165, in beautiful quartered, oak case. lll'SH M UF.KTH Upright Pianos, value $145, rosewood cas;. KCUMOLLEH at MUELLER Upright Piano, value $115, ia handmade, oak case. SINGER Upright Piano, value $125 ia an up-to-date oak case. ONE DO LAR PER WEEK Buys aur one ct the above pianos stool and scarf included. A. IIOSPECO., 1513-15 Douglas St. Odm and Hear Use BOUDOIR Player piano. DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES. SvooMnw - You (.. toini iln ulil i)i 'iiri'iiilvh' What do Vviu fm.t l Mat l-ttv k 1 li .:!. ' III CUllliU'l Ueon that's wurt'i rulil Mint." .' Jolille - lilt )'tuii'"t ua"KM!ei . -Chimr..' Tribune. "Your daughter, mailai . Im- a rapltl. gro(ni, mtitall t ." "Mercy on u. doctor! W ih M.'.e haw to CO to a h("iltHl ami have it i ut nut'.'" lisltinioic Ame,i It ait. "Po jou have much trotiiilc . automobile?" "Trimble! Say. I couldn't ba muc more If 1 married lo thu blamco machine. "l'etrolt Free Prti-s. "A woman ulioiild hI.si.' Iirr li.ilaiitl worries slid sorrows." "Hure she should. It Kit" hadn't niarrieu him be wouldn't have uny." Clevrltfuu Leader. "She esys she's no! xure she loves liin: "And yet she's Kin! to marry him?' Yes.'' " by ?" "Because she's & ' -llout-lon Po.-tl. "Take your arm away, sir!" claimed the Indignant maiden. sharply e "So!" said the younx editor, rntialrKl , "an unexpected accident, we rcsret to sbv, prevents our golnu to press!" Chicago Tribune. "One of de problems of IIk life." smiU t'nele Kbrti. "is how to bo kind, consider ate an' amteruuM to exervbody wifout cir culatln' lie rumor tlat you is an easy mark." Washington Star. Tnrnlnar at the Worn, It used to he not long ago That men would tell their wives, "I've sot to go to lodge tonlKlit When elnht o'clock arrives." "All rUht. my dear, but hurry home," The trustliiK dear would say. And like as not the hUKbaud came About the break of day. Time brlnK" a chaiiK-e In everything. No longer hubbies dodae The truth, and make a night of It By deftly pleading "lodue." For wlfey, too, has gotten wise. And she no lonxer frets, She also has a lodxe or two Thanks to the suffraKeltes. iSt. I, on is stm WHY NOT YOU! Charles Mackay. If I were a voice, a persuasive Voice. That could travel the wide world throuKl. I would fly on the beams of tho morning liKht, And speak to men with a gentle miht, And tell them to be true. I would fly, I would fly over land and soa, Wherever a human heart mluht be, Telling a tale or singing a Bona, In prase of the right. In blame of the wrong. If I were a voice, a ronoling voice, I'd fly on the wines of the air; The homes of sorrow and tfiillt I'd seel;, And calm and truthful word I'd speu):, To save them from despair. 1 would fly, I would fly o'er the crowded town. And fly like a happy sunlight down.i . Into the hearta of suffering men, And teach them to look up ayaln. If I were a voice, an in. mortal voice. I would fly the earth around; And wherever man unto error bowed I'd publish In tones both long and loud. The m.th's most Joyful sound. I would fly, 1 would fly on the wings of day. Proclaiming peace on my world-wide way, Bidding the saddened ones rejoice. If I were a voice, an Immortal volcu. low to Des ry ilis Dandruff Germ By a Specialist. That the dandruff germ' Ix reniKiuaible for nearly all the di8ea.ies to which the sralp Is heir, aa well as for baldness and premature gray hair, in a woll-known fact, but when we realize that it Is also Indi rectly responsible for many of the worst cases of catarrh and consumption, we ap preciate the Importance of any agunt that will destroy Its power. We are, therefore, particularly pleased to give herewith tho prescription which an eminent scientist and specialist states he has found, after repeated tnstn, to completely destroy the dandruff germ In front one to three ap plications. This prescription can be made up at home, or any chemist will put tt tin for you: 6 ozs. Bay Hum, i out. Ijtvona de Composeee'. Va f'r- Menthol Crystal. Mix thoroughly, and after standing half an hour It la ready for use. Apply night, and rooming, rubbing Into the sca.p with the finger tips. If you wish It perfumed, aaa nair a teaapoonrui or lo-Kalon per fume, which unite perfectly with the. other Ingredients. This preparation Is nut a dye, but Is unequalled fur promoting a growth of new hair, and for restoring gray hair to Its original color. Be aure to ask the druagist for all the enclosures In the Lavona do Compose'' fiackage. One of them entitle you to a landaome free sprinkler top for your hair tonic bottle and you are also entitled to receive the free advice of an expert on the hair by simply writing to the address you will find enclosed in the carton. CAUTION: Io not apply where hair Ih not desired, and be sure to Hvoid tonics containing poisonous wood alcohol. French Vichy Water from Vichy, France Is only ona of over 100 kinds of Mineral Waters we sell. We buy direct from Springs or Importer and are In position to make low price and guarantee fresh ness and genuineness. Write for cata logue. 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