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STATEMENT OP CIRCULATION.
Ki.t r NrhmkL Douvlas County, aa..
(imr r. Tmpbuck. treasurer of The Be
lelnir duly sworn
ays that the actual number ot full and
complete copies of The D11y. Morning.
Kvenln and funday H printed fluting
tbe month of October, UtO, M follows:
1 43.350
t 44. TOO
1 43.380
11 43,870
II 43.390
It 43,330
20 43.830
81 43,430
11 41,170
13 43.450
34 44.080
15 .43.30
2 43.370
17 43,890
II 43.400
21 43,050
DO 43,400
11 45,480
..43.880
, .43,440
. .43.440
,.43,760
..43.630
,.43.700
..43,650
..43.870
. .43.800
..43.340
10
11
12
13
14
43.670
It 43.360
It 44,080 . .
Total...-. 1,360,740
Returned Copies. ...... 4 11,33
Net Total.
Dally Average.
1.338,39a
, 43,174
GLO. b. TZSi.'HUCK.
Treasurer.
Pul. scribed In my presence and sworn to
before ma this Slat day of October, 1910.
H. P. WALKER.
(Seal.) ' Notary Public.
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porarllf . ahoald kav That Bee
mailed then. A d dross will be
rhans;ed mm often aa reqaested.
Panama baa recognized
As what?
Portugal.
To the Implement men:
to our city.
Welcome
If the banks will not make loans.
then we need not borrow trouble.-
Texas land agents will not mention
that October snow In their new pros
pectuses, i
"Uncle Joe" probably la right tho
landslide speaks for itself. So what
is the use to talk? '
No wonder Baltimore la considera
bly up in the air over the fame It has
attained la aviation.
Out of the Newport bunch wears
silk stockings. Cleveland Leader
liow do you know?
$100
Still, the establishment of a great
coffln factory at Dallas, Tex., is no in
dlcation that it is a dead town.
It is not surprising that a Miss May
Snow sweeps things before her in run
ning for an office in Minneapolis.
The story that the freshmen In
certain large college have Infantile
paralysis sounds like a sophomore
Joke.
Those Indiana authors who failed
to vote for the Beverldge " men may
now Indite a Xev lines of verseto tfce
senator.
After ' tbe Voting machines have
done all the damage Judge Troup Is
quite willing to have them reopened
to make sure of it
Sines the discovery of oil in Los
Angeles things have been running
along so smoothly that its population
trebles in ten years.
For the coming year our school
board wi'tl have thirteen members.
We will noon see whether thirteen is
an unlucky number.
Rev, Newell Dwight Hlllis pleads
with the young men to stay in Iowa.
But he did not practice what he
preaches in this case.
The latest news in tiw York is that
Governor-lect Dig has repudiated
"Doss" Murphy by declaring he will
serve tlx a "whole people."
Champ Clark continues to talk
about that "golden" opportunity the
democrats have, as If to rub it Into the
once peerless sliver leader.
Local physicians aro again com
plaining J that Omaha la painfully
healthy. : Somebody will have to do
something to roil the water.
If some girls would devote halt the
lime to improving their minds that
they spend on their complexion they
would have more to show for results
It shows Mr. Hi y an to be a short
sighted man not to be running for an
office at the only time when a demo
crat could scarcely help being elected
It seems that Walt bas had an un
comfortable wait, but his number has
finally been called entitling htm to
slip Into one ot the upholstered chairs.
The Council Bluffs city council has
resoluted in avor of New Orleans for
th Panna . position by a vote f
four to three, That ought to sutUa it
Do the People Rale?
No cloud of dust ran he raised ao donna
that It will blind the eye of Intelligent
men to the fundamental truth tliat the
people have the right to rule or to the
simple fart that direct legislation gives
them that right. World-Herald.
This wise declaration Is or, a par
with tbe symposium which Mr. Bryan
has been running in bis Commoner un
der the caption, "If the People Really
Rule, Why Don't Tbey Get What They
Want?"
To the proposition that the people
should rule no one will enter dissent,
providing It mean that a majority of
the people should rule and that the
minority should yield, reserving al
ways the right to try agsin. The In
ference, however, Intended to be con
veyed Is that the people once used to
rule, but do not now rule, and that the
only way to restore popular govern
ment Is through the Initiative and ref
erendum. Many people will refuse to accept
cither tbe premise or the conclusion
of this proposition. We have right
now popular government In the sense
of rule by majority of the people more
effectively exerted than ever before,
and the people have apparently had no
difficulty In getting what they want
when It is ascertained what the ma
jority of them really want. Our re
cent election is a most striking Illus
tration that the people rule In Ne
braska without waiting for the aid and
consent of any initiative and refercn-i
dum. When It comes to progressive
legislation and reform 'measures the
statute books of Nebraska, without the
initiative and referendum, compare
favorably with the statute books of
Oregon, Oklahoma or South Dakota,
which are tbe beaux Ideals of the di
rect legislation enthusiasts.
If the people rule In Nebraska and
get what they want under their pres
ent system of representative govern
ment, the argument that tbe initiative
and referendum are necessary to give
ns popular government loses most of
Its weight
Labor and Coniervatism.
In answer to tbe criticism that
union labor Is ultra-conservative.
President Gompers of the American
Federation of Labor, in bis annual re
port to that body in its convention at
St. Louis, said:
It la a fact that trades unionism In
America moves on in its own pet and de
liberate way. In so doing. It has outlived
wave upon wave of hastily conceived so
called broad movements that were to re
construct society In a single teuon. And
It has sufficiently good cause for con
tinuing Its own reasoned-out course.
Mr. Gompers was well within the
bounds of the record when he denied
that union labor was an ultra-con
servatlve force, but a force that la
far from radical. Radicalism and con
servatism in matters of public policy
are often difficult of distinction and
rest after all on the Individual judg
ment as to which they may be. But
union labor does well If It is conserv
ative In Its general influence. Power
ful as It is, It would become a most
dangerous factor to pursue radical
policies. So long as those responsible
for Its leadership are men of Bound
Judgment and sane thought, men who
measure . their conduct by the rule
of other people's rights and not from
selfish interest, there is not much to
fear from the conservatism, of union
labor.
The fundamental principles of
union labor are sound and therefore.
conservative. They are generally ap
proved by fair-minded people, whether
they may approve all that is done In
their name or not and where union
labor comes at all into disrepute is
where it has deviated from its funds
mental principles and acted from a
Belfiah standpoint. Generally It is the
individual and not the principle that
Is to blame. In this day of concentrated
power, or organized Wealth, It is but
natural that the forces of Industry
and capital as represented in the
wageworker should he organized, too,
for in no o'her way could the scales
of justice b easily balanced., It is a
serious mission labor has to perform
and it can only perform It by remain
ing a strong, conservative force, de
crying radicalism.
Growing; Better Cropt.
Proof that the propaganda of in-4
tensive farming Is bearing fruit is
reflected in the Department of Agri
culture's general review of the crop
conditions. It not only shows a larger
volume of farm products generally,
but a larger yield per acre and, while
this might be accounted for In local
cases, otherwise, it must be due In
great measure to the Improved meth
ods of farming which are being
generally adopted throughout the
country.
It Is gratifying to observe such con
ditions. It shows that this campaign
of education - for intensive farming
is not In vain. It shows the Depart
ment of Agriculture under the per
sonal direction of Secretary Wilson
and all the agencies it bas employed;
that state institutions and farm jour
nals and the railroads' educational
trains and the corn expositions and all
similar and allied enterprises are get
ting real results. Our farmers have
caught the significance of the refrain
"Make two blades of grass grow
where but one grew before" and the
harvest is more crops and more
money.
Last season was believed for a time
to be most unfavorable to good crops.
It seemed so in nearly every section
of the country and yet the United
States raised the largest corn crop In
U hlutory and produced vast crop In
nearly every other line of agriculture
and horticulture, breaking records in
many rase, it cannot be doubted that
the new and Improved ways of tilling
tbe soil, selecting the s"vl, cultivating
and Irrigating where Irrigation was
necesnary were largely responsible
for the results. These methods, that
Is the right way of farming, can be
relied on in many cases, perhaps tbe
most, to counteract the deterrent in
fluences of unseasonable weather. It
means much that our farmers are
learning In this lesson.
! Municipal Civil Service.
! The Omaha Womans' club has JuBt
listened "o a paper by one of the dem
ocratic members of the last two city
councils explaining what excellent gov
ernment foreign cities enjoy as com
pared with the bad city governments
we have to submit to here, due en
tirely, he would have them believe, to
recounltlbn abroad of the merit system
and permanent tenure of office. All
this Is interesting, although trite, but
the picture of political spolls-monglng
Is only partially applicable to Omaha.
The good women should not over
look the fact that we have already
made a pretty good stride at muuicipal
civil service In our home city and
really scored remarkable progress. All
our public school teachers and school
Janitors are on the merit and perma
nent tenure basis. All the members
of our police department and all the
members of our fire department are
safeguarded by civil service rules, and
if any of them fall below standard it
is not because of the system.
Tho strange part of It is that the
only part of the city ball where the
spoils game is still played strong is
where the mayor and city council take
a hand. There is no good reason why
a sanitary inspector should be merely
a ward heeler with a null on his
councilman, nor why the street gang
should be made up of political brooni
wlelders and superannuated depen
dents employed simply because recom
mended by a councilman with the
purse string.
It would not however, require leg
islation to change this order of things
The mayor and council have It fully
within their power right now to estab
lish a merit system for all the places
within their disposal, and if they pre
fer to preach one thing and practice
another they should at least shoulder
the responsibility and not try to un
load It on the law-makers at Lincoln.
Commerce and Diplomacy.
American diplomacy in China, as
represented in W. J. Calhoun, United
States minister at Peking, Is becom
ing a vital factor, not only in cement
ing the bonds of friendship, but In es
tablishing substantial commercial re
lations between the two countries. It
played a decisive part in securing the
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In fact, If the loan could hav Keen ,
negotiated without tbe l-"'-' assist
ance of the American minister.
This loan is a most ' bnsfactory
transaction, first, of course, because
it opens the way to larger commerce
In the east, and second, because, de
spite some natural Jealously on the
part of Great Britain, it is. partici
pated in by European powers. Doubt
is expressed that the whole amount
will go Immediately to China for the
reason that. In addition to the large
sum remaining in the United States
to meet obligations, much of It will
go to Europe to pay for the part of
the manufactures which countries
over there will supply as their share
in the deal. Thus, while it Is an Ameri
can loan, it satisfies the demands of
good diplomacy by not ignoring other
countries in its benefits. Fortified
by such an arrangement, it can well
be trusted by Americans to pass the
peril of British criticism, which fol
lows, as a matter of course, in the
wake of every successful combination
of diplomacy and commerce made by
the United 8tates.
England does well to recognize that
this loan Is not made for sentimental
purposes, but proceeds primarily from
a motive to establish better markets
In China for American manufactures.
The British press alludes to the fact
it,a. In... . - 1. . .. .
, ". 10 ee greater outlet
ince our domestic fields of consump
tion are gradually narrowing down
Of course this is true, and Yankee
energy and enterprise may be trusted
to seek and to find those new outlets
and where better could we go for
theni than to China, this country that
has Just awakened to a realixatlon
of its amazing resources and potenti
alities? The nation that takes the
lead In supplying China's commercial
demands Is going to have the upper
hand in commerce and the fact that
American Interests were first to see
and act on that, stamps them again
as leaders In world business.
Great Britain Is not patting itself
on the back so much now over Its al
liance with Japan as It was some time
ago and yet when it entered into that
agreement, which looked beyond mere
friendship to commercial aggrandise
ment the United States tactfully with
held criticism. It is not strange, how
ever, that both Japan and England are
a little disturbed over the transactions
between China and America. Whllt
the United States has gained a mighty
valuable customer, China has vastly
strengthened it political a well as
Industrial situation and has quite as
much reason aa this country, to con
gratulate itself on the enterprise.
Some folks are expressing fear aa to
the scene when Senator Cummins es
corts Senator "Lafe" Young to the
vice president's desk to take the oath
of office. There nMd be no apprehen
sion. bwuaWr Spooaer performed, that
delicate duty for Senator La Kolletto
without any disastrous results to
either, and that illustrious precedent
furnishes ample reassurance
Senator Jonathan llourne, the mil
lionaire member of the senate from
Oregon, has offered to deliver his ad
dress on tbe Oregon system of popular
government to the Nebraska State
Teachers' association without cost.
Whenever a man has an axe to grind
he is anxious to let anyone and every
one furnish him an audience and pay
,1the hall rent.
Colonel Roosevelt has received
18,000 letters and several hundred
telegrams since election day, some sar
castic in tone and some commenda
tory. We have received a few our
selves, but not quite that many.
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While some foolhardy American
and Mexican citixens have been slash
ing at each other. It is consoling to
know that Uncle Sam and President
Diax are still trying to be good friends,
The Baltimore American says one
third of Maryland's citizens failed to
go to tho polls to vote. That is prob
ably the third that will do the most
kicking on the men elected to office.
Someone asks what part of Texas
would it rather give to New Mexico,
which claims It is entitled to a slice.
That part that polls the biggest re
publican vote, of course.
Why we should have a big laundry
fire In Omaha at this time passes com
prehension. The impression has pre
vailed that all the dirty linen had been
washed before election.
Cilvc Them Tim.
' Chicago Record-Hi rlad.
This years's corn crop Is the biggest
aver produced In th United States. The
democrats have not aa yet put In a claim
for the credit of it.
Causa and Kffect.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
On the edgo of winter the lea cream deal
er are charged with contemplating the
formation of a trust. This chilling an
nouncement follows quickly upon the demo
cratic antitrust victory at the election last
Tuesday.
Too Much of Good Tblog.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Now there are signs of a democratic con
troversy aa to whether It Is Woodrow Wil
son or Judson Harmon who has qualified
for the presidential finals two years hence.
The democratic party generally feels that
It could be happy with either, were the
other charmer aevay. But Bryan indulges
In solitary reflection that both of them
are rather superfluous.
Is
tcrnn t lonal Kuf fluulam.
Baltimore American.
The Mexican whose lynching in Texas
ha caused tension, between two nation
shot and killed an .American woman be-
cause she "spoke mean" to him. But this
violent mean of teaching politeness will
hardly tend to th .extension of interna
t0nftJ courtesy no lean the victim' coun
trymen reasonably complain bocaus. It
roused rude passions on the first aggrieved
side.
MOW FAHE9 KOOSKVELTf
Majority la New York C'oiuparatlrely
Insignificant.
Boston Transcript.
Roosevelt's candidate wa beaten in New
York, but the verdict is by no mean the
overwhelming and obliterating one his
enemies prayed, for or the New York news
paper headlines and cartoon Indicate.
A defeat of 03,090 In New York state 1
not anywhere near the beating the popular
David B. Hill received at th hand of the
colorless, old Levi P. Morton In 1&4, when
post-tariff condition were much the same
a now and th drift wa against the demo
crats aa It la today against the republicans,
When one considers the enormous massing
of money and newspapers against Stlmpson
and Roosevelt, It is to be wondered at that
the IMx victory waa not much larger, espe
dally In the city. Colcr there in 190H got
a plurality about 10.000 larger, although
he bad no such rlement of support In
hi favor and It waa a republican year,
Ho far a "up-state" is concerned the re
sult show as our newspaper forecast
predicted last week. There was no land
slide, no overwhelming rebuke to Rous
veil, dui a nerval wnicn hurt mm or
and shows that oven h cannot under
stand the force of a nation-wide movement
Wilson' 26,000 victory in New Jersey, Fobs'
32,000 plurality In Massachusetts and tli
election of democratic congressmen la
Chicago r much more emphatlo con
damnation of the republican leader In
that region than Ik the (6,000 IMx victory
In New York. . Nor is the republican lots in
the states In which Roosevelt sjHjke any
serious Indication of a alap at him. W
know he cost Draper vote in llaaachu
setts, but not to any considerable amount.
It may be remembered that after the cam-
! palgu ot 1K Tom Read figured that in
every congressional district in which he
spoke and he journeyed far Into th
west the republican candidate lost. Yet
no one said that Reed did it. Roosevelt 1
certainly not banished into a cave by th
New York result Undoubtedly be ha lost
prestige by tils intemperate utterances and
needless attacks on the stump, which hi
warmest friends regret, but the republican
party lias need ot him and will have still
more peed of him in healing th wounds of
today and preparing for success in 1102.
Our Birthday Book
oTfmblt is, mo.
John Bright, famous Knglish orator and
statesman, Wa born November IS, IHil, at
Greenbank, in Lancashire. He 1 the
leader who typifies the British free trade
movement directed by the Cobdan club. '
Henry Gassaway Davis, who ran for vlo
president in liKA on tbe democratio ticket
with Judge Parker, la 17 year old today.
He waa bora la Baltimore and becam a
millionaire out of coal properties In Wast
Virginia.
George W. Hlnnian, editor of th Chicago
Inter Ocean, wa born November it, I'M,
at Mt Morris. N. Y. H at on tlm waa
o th editorial staff of tb New York Bun,
taking charge of tb Inter Ocean In ltSC.
Albert Watkln. lawyer and historian, of
Nebraska, waa born November IS, ISIS, at
Worcester, Kngland. He took up General
Mortoa'a history of Nebraska after th
death of Mr. Morton and carried It through
to completion. He waa Just beaten aa a
candidate for slat senator In Lancaster
cou nty th other day
Robert L, Carter, manager of the Carter
sheet metal works, is (S year old tuday.
He wa born at Sparta. 111., and ha been
In the sheet metal buamea In Omaha aince
Beaten, but Happy
Bow to Be Happy Though
Xnocied Out Expounded by
feeaator Chaunoey K, Vepew.
Foreseeing what was coming by the ad
vance tip from Maine, New York's senior
senator, Chaunoey M. lVpew. I not de
pressed by the happening of the exacted,
but wears a smile that neither cuxtnni
stales nor time contracts. The senstor did
i not tell the. boys In the trenches what his
fears were. InHtead he cheered the new as
well as the old Riiard with vocal pictures
twice a day during the campaign, inter
spersed with the strong spice of argument,
of which he Is an acknowledged master. To
a reporter for the New York Kvenlng Tost
lie expretsed hi feelings on the, threshold
of retiring from public life, to which he
ha given fifty years of service. "1 am the
happiest man In tlia stata of New York,"
he said. "I am 77 year of age, I have been
fifty-four years actively In politics and I
think I can say that my ambition have
been reasonably satisfied. Inirlng the past
campaign 1 made sometimes two speeches
night, once talking for an hour in the
rain, and the next morning my voice was
In as good condition a ever. My health Is
good and my desire af years, to be happy
myself and to share that nappiness with
others, has been fairly well satisfied.
When I went to Washington, 1 took the
largest house that I could find, and kept
open house all the year round. It wa not
that I sought anything In particular, but
the senator from New York Is expected to
entertain; moreover. I enjoy the social side
of things. And, fortunately, I could afford
It. It all counted, too, in the achievement
for this state In my twelve years as sen
ator I obtained 135.000,000 for New York har
borand I was able to accomplish more
despite the prejudice against the state than
many of the men who were filling the
pages of the Congressional Record day
fter day.
"When we were trying to get the uptown
postofflces for this city, Allison, who had
charge of the appropriation bill, was afraid
that he wa going too far, and would not
hear of the large addition that I asked for
th New York buildings, much needed
though he admitted them to be. He was
especially anxious to avoid criticism by the
democrat and declared If I moved to
amend hi bill on the floor of the senate.
and the democrats attacked him it would
hurt him at home. Before the bill came up,
went over to Gorman, then leader of the
minority, and he promised me his support
purely on personal grounds.
When the bill came up and I moved to
amend, Allison turned to Oorman. ex
pecting, of course, that he would object. To
his surprise and my amusement the minor
ity leader said that he favored the appro
priation. It was the personal equation that
counted In this and ninny other matter of
a pimllar nature. On the other hand, I sat
beside a New England senator one day when
one of the members who had been filling
the Record dally with long speeches, intro
duced a bill. It wa a good measure, and
I voted for it, but to my surprise the sen
ator voted no.
" 'How do you square that vote with your
Puritan conscience 7' I asked.
'If that man Introduced the Ten Com
mandment,' waa th reply, 'I would vote
against him.'
Looking back over my fifty-four years
of active political life I did luy first
stumping for Fremont it ia pleasant to re
call that I have known fairly Intimately
every president tilnce Lincoln. Grover
Cleveland was one of the greatest and
ablest. It is interesting to recall that In
1S88, when I got ninety-nine votes for pres
ident, the delegation from Kansas, Ne
braska and Iowa came to me and said that
Inasmuch a New York held the key to the
situation New York would have to get the
nomination If the delegates from that state
Insisted upon it At th same time they
declared that, aa In their states the hatred
of the railroads was strong, they would be
unable to carry them if I were nominated.
They promised to hold the states for the
republican party forever If I did not run.
I withdrew and four years later they all
went democratic."
The senator apparently thought thla mor
of a Joke on Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa
than on himself, for he laughed heartily
and remarked:
"Year ago I wa told that I would never
succeed in public life if I did not hit back
but lilttlnj back never did seem to me
worth all the rancor and bitterness that it
entailed. The time that you spend In get
ting a man down after all I a waste of
energy and even health."
'And the future?"
fror myself,' At seventy-seven 1 am
blessed with health, energy, a capacity fur
work and the ability to enjoy It There
was a Buffalo hotel keeper who some year
ago came to the state convention, a fight
ing candidate for state treasurer. When,
after a hard battle, he waa defeated for the
nomination some one aaked him what he
was going to do.
" 'I'm golug back to Buffalo,' he said,
'and keep hotel like bell.'
"Well, I'm chairman of the board of dl
rector of the Mew York Central system,
and, like' my Buffalo friend, I'm going to
be chairman like hell."
TWO Ol'POSI.tU SYSTEMS.
Heurespatatlv tioversiuieiit and tb
laltlatlva and Referendum.
St Louis RepubUc(dem.)
The inauguration of the direct nominat
ing system waa the beginning of a period
showing, among its other Interesting fea
tures, a determination on the part of th
people to adopt device giving them a more
direct participation in decision affecting
publlo affair than they had had under the
political machinery of th past and under
th representative theory on which th
constitution were exclusively framed. The
vogue of the initiative and referendum has
spread rapidly and that of the recall only
a little' mor slowly. It mean the estab
lishment of new tradition governing the
work of lawmakers and th decision of
th court.
Th representative principle, which la a
baalo on under our system, and the Initia
tive and referendum plan of direct partici
pation are completely at variance. Whether
a permanent application of both can be
made without 1 11 harmonious result re
main to be determined, for the modifica
tion of th former by the latter 1 still on
trial. Tb practical aa well a theoretical
difficulties are most formidable.
Missourlan know th difficulties of pre
paring the electorate for an Intelligent
discriminating vote on eleven abstract
propositions. What chance wa there for
such voting in Oregon, where the electo
rate' as required to decide on th merits
of thirty-two proposition eorue of them
particularising in all th detail and length
of a statutory enactment and to Indicate
at th poll It Judgment In a manner that
would satisfy all the technical require
ments of th Intricate ballot law?
Sara Tblaar.
Denver Republican.
Proof that the world la steadily growing
mor charitable ia presented In the readi
ness with which man forgts ante-eieution
1 prophecies and refuses to hold tlieui against
Jtb fuakei of Ihsuv
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mlcKlalina
and
national ioou laws
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PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.
Some indignation is felt by a New York
receiver because his salary has been cut
from 75,O00 to 100.000 a year.
In hi farewell speech at Halifax. T. P.
O'Connor pleased the Canadians by pre
dicting that one of these day the lmn n
Ion will have a population of 100.000.000.
"Lend no money to others. Indorse for
nobody; give what you can afford to. and
lot It go at that." might b In the proverbs
of Solomon, where. Indeed, It la dimly
adumbrated. The advice Is from the will ot
IHVld Kohn of New York City and goes
with a $100,000 estate to- his heirs.
The late Major James Downing, while
hunting In Colorado forty years ago, shot
and killed a buck elk, whose head was one
of the most perfect ever seen In the slate.
The head wa seized by State Game and
Fish Commissioner T. J. Holland because
It was being shipped out ot the state with
out a permit.
Dr. V. D. Martin of Tulsa, Okl., the old
est practicing surgeon In the United States,
who 1 attending the clinical convention of
North American surgeon In Chicago, per
formed an operation in th clinic that de
monstrated his sureness ot sight and judg
ment, In the presence of a large gallery of
young physicians. Dr. Martin 1 89 year
old.
SAID IN FUN.
"Do you tell your wife everything you do
while she Is away .'"-
No; tho neighbor attend to that.
Houston Post
"You manage to keep your husband home
at nights," said one woman.
"lei. replied the other. 1 am the only
person of his acumilmance who will listen
Pfltlerrtly and restioetf ully while he tells
exactly how the election happened." Wash-
ington Star.
"(Your house wa robbed last night, was
It. little girl?"
"Yes, maim.
"Did the burglars take much property?"
"Yes ma'am; I heard papa tellln' mamma
they got all th jewelry he hadn't told the
assessor about" Chicago Tribune.
"You attribute your defeat to a land
slide?"
Only partially, replied the statesman.
A number of bricks that caught me
The bathroom, where tfle walls, floors
and enameled surfaces suggest cleanliness
(( - Swift's '
Pride Cleanser .
Cleans Scours
Scrubs Polishes
At your grocer's
V Try it
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Per '
Can v (j
jy Uiiyiiio yiiio
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$3 Rcn.s One of Those dearly I.'er
WKKKK ItllOK, Upright Pianos, value 1160, In mahogany case.
MAJKST1U Upright Piano, value $185, lu handsome oak case.
IU NSKLL LANE, Upright Piano, value $165, in elegant oak case.
WHKEIiOt'K Upright Piano, value $155, In beautiful quartered oak
rase.
lU'SH & CiEKTS Upright Pianos, value $14 5, rosewood pos.
HC1IMOLLEU it MUELLKU Upright Piano, value $115, la hand.-.ou.o
oak case.
SI.VGKH Upright Piano, value $125, in an up-to-date oak cao.
OHE DOLLAR PER WEEK
Buys any one of the above piano tool and scarf included.
A. nOSPE CO., 1513-15 Doughs St,
1
I t ome and Hear the
factor
all stale
1
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ASAw
Known y iar
or ze. tM
ccut CJX
squarely In the neck were- too perfectly
aimed to be directed by a mure tiiihenviil
of nature." Washington fctar.
Finally the taciturn boarder spoke u,".
"These 'substitutes for coffee,' " he said,
"are like substitutes for religion. They are
useful In one particular; they serve to show
the excellence of the real thing." Chicago
Trlbuno.
Motor! on,
rather late
laved you?
Sr. You kept the ra.r oil
lust evening, son. hat de-
Motorton, Jr.
Molorton, Sr.
Puck. -Had a blowout, dud.
-H ni! Tiro or rouUliouse?-
'And you really think, doctor, that you
must perform the operation today .'
"Oh, yes. There may be no necessity for
It tomorrow." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Romantic MIks Don't you love the long
fringed and wide spread beauty of tliu
chrysanthemum?
Athletlo (...111 Sure. It reminds me of the
hands of the tout bail team. Ualliniois
American.
TIIEY ALL LIKE PIE.
This Is a mighty curious world.
With curious people brlniniin".
But you'll agToe that men folka b
Much curlouser than women.
You can't find any two alike.
However hard you try.
Except their taste, In Just one thing
They all like pie.
The man that sails In an aeroplane.
1 he black-iaced man on the dray.
The nillllona.ro In his touring car.
Or the tramp that Is beating his way I
All these get different viewpoints
Of life, and may scrap 'till they die.
And dixacree on a heap of things.
But they'll all axre on plo.
The price of butter and kk may soar.
And bacon and ham takes a cl nib,
And chicken and turkey may float out of
sipht.
And stay an Indefinite time;
Greedy trusts may control the prices ol
those.
And men to prevent will not try,
But 'twould go pretty hard with the syndi
cate man
Who attempted a corner on pie.
There must be somethln' plncned into th
crust.
Or sifted into the flllln',
Or maybe Its kneaded In with th dough.
That Is somehow comfort InsUlUn',
Whatever it Is. I cannot tell,
But I'll wonder "till I die
Unless someone this riddle shall solve
Why do men like pie?
Omaha. B. X. T.
llOl'IKHU Ilnyrr Piano.
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