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Remit by draft. exprea or postal order pavahle to The Bee Publishing Company, only "-cent stamps received In payment ot mail accounts, personal checka except on Omaha and eastern exchange not accepted. STATEMENT OF CIRCUIATION. Plate of Nebraska. Douglas County, aa. , Dwlnht Wllllama, rlrculatlon manager of Tha Bea Publishing- Company, being duly worn. aya that tha actual number of full and complete copies ef The Dallv. Morning. Evening and Sunday Bees printed during tha month of Decern bar. 110, waa aa fol io. lora: .43,670 IT 43,610 4.1 ruM t e HA . '43, ico i' "!""!!! 43,510 ,. 45,ko 10 43,60 j ,.43,673 11 43,640 4343 4,t0 43J3w 43,550 10 43,400 11 44,360 U 43,680 It 43,400 II ..,639 It 43,670 t2 44.800! ZI 44,330 14 ...44,690 It 44,650 II 44,400 44,350 1 iT. tl It 45.350 1 43.660! 66 43,680 II 43,540 1 46,000 ' Total 1,306,760 Raturnad Coplca 11.463 Nat Total 1,344,887 Dally Average 43,364 DWIOHT WIL.UAM3. Circulation Manager. Buhacrlbed In my preiwnoe and aworn to befora ma this Hat day uf Dacember, 1910. ROB1UHT HUNTKIt, Notary fublia SafeMrlbera tka mtty taa yurarliy akl6 kan Tka Baa iaallat t tbaaa. A4reaa will be ckaatred mm aftea aa reaeetaa Welcome to the Land show. Is it time to Buy that Governor Dix ia in a fix? Evidently the Bailey party is back ing the Harmon party. Another bailor., m to try to cross the Atlantic. They are all In the air. It's up to Nebraska's solons to ham mer down a few tacks for the income tax. "New spurious $10 note out." Keeps a fellow constantly counting his money. "Bit Tim" Sullivan wanta the women to vote. Ah, quit your "tick ling," Tim. Lobbyists for armor plate and big gun manufacturers continue to see. war with Japan Just ahead. Omaha la again the residence of a I'nited States aenator. It remains to be seen what we get along with it. Cy Sulloway stole an awful march on J. Warren Kelfer in the Introduc tion of that $45,000,000 pension bill. The difficulty besetting Omaha po licemen Is to watch the Hd-llfter6 and the purse-lifters at one and the same time. A citizen of Spain cheered the American flag by mistake and then committed suicide. Hurrah for Old Glory! "Why do women marry?" asks an eastern contemporary. We will take Juat one guess: Because they are asked to. Let congress not forget that little matter of curbing the rapacity of the express companies by establishing th parcels post. Ur. Wiley's contention that our leather is "loaded," otherwlae chemi cally Impure, may account for ahoea being called "kick.", Sneaking of economical railroad management, we recall that the lilt tola Central used to be held up a few years ago aa the modal. Owing to the form of cltlzenahip oath In Washington, where women are now enfranchised, 4,000 of them have sworn that they are men. Oh, tut, tut! Anybody who could not see har mony of Ideas and concert of action In that democratic Jackaontan gath ering at Baltimore must have been blind. That aultan ot Sulu la a good fel low, all right. He wrltea back that we are the finest folka he haa struck and he la coming again. Welcome, aultan. Dr. Wood row Wllaon'a private aecre tary la named Tumulty. We may ex pect to 'bear a good deal of things be ing Tumullty In New Jersey In the next two yeara. Juat aa a reminder, Theodore N Bell of Caltfornta served notice on the feaattng democrats not to forget that William J. Bryan atill Uvea. Talk about the hand upon 'the wall at the feast of Beltihaxxar. Monetary Legislation Prospects. 1 he report of the monetary com mission reoommf tiding a plan fur oni plete rpernaniHt inn of our rnrrrnry syatfin anj roiidjuatineut of llu- rela tion of the national tanks to the gov ernment remind us that this M un Bolved problem la still ahead of us The particular plan recommended i h tha mntiAlarv com oi iaiilrin mill liaia to pass throuKh the crucible of criti cism and debate and Inasmuch as It can hardly secure the attention of congress at the present session, if is pretty certain to go over to the next congress nd leave ample "' discussion. The fact that the report emanantcs from the cominiKsion of wlitch Sena tor Aldrich la the head wlir be Used to prejudice It before the public, and. In truth. Is already beins so used, nut opinions ventured on such a compre hensive proposal, without first study not ! ing It In ita details. are worth much. There are admit tedly serious defects in our pres ent currency system which need revision to fit in with modern business methoda. Carefully thought out suggestions for relief should have our earnest attention, and their en dorsement by Senator Aldrich and hla associates of the Monetary commission entitle them to a fair hearing even by tno8'1 ,lke who nave nnt t)W'n pre- disposed toward either asset currency or a central .bank. The Babel and the Feast. That democratic wine supper at Baltimore seems to ha,ve resembled the Babel of tongues and the feast of pasit77a, oil In nno with thn mil. fusion of Ideas as to paramount is sues and party policies about as com plete aa that of the tongues. Leather lunged orators of the Bailey and Blackburn type lost their voices in the din of disorder. But the excuse that poor acoustics were to blame will not go. For although last on the pro gram, one man, Theodore N. Bell of California, made himself heard as the champion of the absent Mr. Bryan with this reminder: No matter how much you may be at tracted toward gentlemen from Ohio and New Jersey In connection with leadership In HI12, you must not forget that the af fections of millions of people still cluster about the gentleman from Nebraska, Mr. Bryan. Whether the hilarious lords of democracy were or were not "aeized with consternation at the handwrit ing upon the wall," It. Is evident that they beheld the writing. The public is asked to attach no political signifi cance to this gathering and it proba bly would not, but for this one ut terance which alone seems to have been sufficiently coherent to bear the attachment of weighty political sig nficance. The one serious moment, then. In all this long-heralded Jubilee came when the sponsor of Mr. Bryan, who waa not specially urged to the feast, spoke out his discordant note. The Bee, It will be remembered, has Insisted all along that Mr. Bryan must be reckoned with in any plan of or ganization or reorganization the dem ocrats may undertake. In spite of repeated declarations that he Is no longer a force, they will find out bet ter when they begin to line up for the battle in 1912. Thus far the anti- Bryan faction has made poor headway toward supplanting the Nebraskan. Senator Bailey of Texas,- who took pains to slight Dr. Wilson by praising Governor Harmon, declared his oppo altion to Champ Clark's tariff revision Ideas, disclosing the house and senate leaders at odds to begin with on one important issue of the coming cam paingn. If there is no more coherency In the determination of policies within the party than there was coherency of speech or ideas In that Baltimore scramble. Henry Watterson and George Harvey are right in declaring that the time has not yet arrived for the democrats to celebrate triumphs. Woodrow Wilson't Reforms. It is a full grow n man's Job Gov ernor Wilson sets himself In New Jer sey. He challenges little dispute In declaring that his state has been too free in granting charters to corpora tions. That part of his inaugural ad dress Invites concord everywhere. New Jersey's generosity in this way has long since become notorious. It is because ot such laxity that we find so many of the questionable corporations doing business in other states to have been Incorporated in New Jersey It is encouraging for the general trend of national and atate legislation to have the new governor'a promise that he will endeavor to change conditions that make It too easy to Incorporate any kind of venture under the laws of that atate. But he has a task upon hla hands that will call for sturdy ef fort. Dr. Wilson adds: A corporation exlsta only by license of law. and the law la responsible for what It createa. It can never rightly author lie any kind of fraud or imposition. It cannot righteously allow the setting up of a business which haa no sound basis or which follows metho'da which In any way outrage Justice or fair dealing or tha prin ciple of honest Induairy. The law can not give Its license to things of that kind. It thereby authenticates what It ought to forbid. The tenor of his whole address, distinguished for its literary merit, la for corporation reform. It becomes a matter of much general concern, aince certain large Interests not commonly Identified with reform politics, be trayed aucb. friendly feelings for the Princeton acholar before and after hia nomination. Ills attitude upon these questions attracts more attention because of hla possibility as a presidential candidate. j Hut Dr. WMson holds a ristrainina, : hand upon his reform Ideas, asserting jthat he is not for the "foolish ardor ! nf too snncultie or too radical reform." He hits on some needed legislation and yet stops short of what niipht be recarded aa too radical reform. New Jeisey needs a shaking up in ita cor poration laws and methods of adinin- ! Isterlng them, but even his moat i ardent admirers will do well not to expect too much of Governor Wilson's 'ability to make all the changesnecea i sary. The current of reform In New Jersey la very sluggish, and there la I tin i.noitlva AtMnii.n Hi.) tha Umlnl I ; adm n itration is going to prove en- tircly equal to all the demands j upon it. , Senator Hitchcock. The announcement in joint session of the result of the ballot on United States senator la the last of the series of steps which began w ith the primary nominations last August giving a com mission to Gilbert M. Hitchcock to represent Nebraska In the United States senate for six years, beginning with the fourth day of March. This election by the legislature Is merely a postscript to the expression of prefer ence recorded 8t the polle In No vember. Immediately after the result of the election was known The Bee said, "Congressman Hitchcock may well congratulate himself on his decisive majority, and yet he should not flatter himself too much that It is a personal tribute or a vindication of his public record." In this connection we will now add that Mr. Hitchcock's future course and work in the senate will determine the people of Nebraska In their Judgment as to whether they have acted wisely and to their best Interests. The promotion of Mr. Hitchcock brings the senatorship back to Omaha at the same time that It passes it over to a democrat, being thus t sort of retribu'ion to the republicans, who. four years ago, deprived Omaha of the representation it had had continu ously since statehood was attained. It also gives us our first native-born senator from Nebraska and marks the maturity of the state in possessing a rising generation of its own, which will from now on take a more leading part In our public affairs. While The Bee politically is, and will doubtless continue to be. In disa greement with Senator Hitchcock, It extends congratulations to him as a fellow townsman and as a fellow member of the newspaper profession. Judge Smith. The pppointment by the president of Walter I. Smith, now congressman from the Ninth Iowa district, to the place on the bench of the circuit court of appeals, made vacant by the promo tion of Judge Vandevanter to the su preme bench, will unquestionably add strength to that tribunal. Judge Smlth'a legal attainments and judicial qualifications are not open to ques tion, and if thia Important place were not come to Nebraska we know of no one among the candidates from other states more acceptable to our people than Judge Smith will be. In fact, Judge Smith Is as close to Nebraska as an outsider can come, having been born and raised, and atill residing. In Council Bluffs, within sight of Ne braska soil. , The real question the president had to solve as to Judge Smith's eligibility arose from the fact that he is a leader of the republican aide in the house and one of the few men of command ing ability re-elected for the next house. His promotion to the bench, therefore, removes him from the leg lalatlve forum, where his aervicea would be most useful and highly de sirable, If not almost Indispensable. The president seems to have decided in favor of the claims of the judiciary and been content to let the question of house leadership take care of itself. He has at the same time declined to Involve a judicial appointment In a controversy between insurgents and regulars, being guided by hla knowl edge of the man and his qualifications for Judicial service. While we congratulate Iowa and Judge Smith in landing the prize, we hope for better consideration soon for Nebraska. The Land Show. The Omaha Land show comes into being under most favorable circum stances. It belongs to no single city, state or community of Interest, except that of the great transmlsslssippl country, which it mirrors. It has the active aupport of the leading men and interests of the west. Its one mission is to show what the west is and la to become; to exploit Ita resources and Invite their development. In thia enterprise, therefore, every man, woman and child interested in the growth and welfare of the weat should find a personal concern. Pri vate and public influences are coming to the climax of their power and en ergy in working out the destiny of this vast empire of agricultural and mineral wealth. This land of oppor tunity la just upon the threshold, so to speak, of its future possibilities. So this exhibit of western land producta is Introduced at the most op portune time. It should be a tremen dous stimulant to the agencies at work to spread the gospel of intelli gent effort applied to western aoil. The Anti-Saloon reformers in our little suburb of Benson are prose cuting the licensed liquor dealera charged with selling out of hours. Why thia discrimination aa between Benson and Omaha? In Omaha, where thev claim to have mountains ' of evidence of law violations, the anti paloonists are prosecuting no one nor even lodging protests against re Issuing licens'-s, but devote themselves wholly to persecuting the chief of police. Is there no mayor or town i marshal In Henson against whom ous ter proceedings can be Instituted? And what about the county attorney, who presumably has Jurisdiction in Benson aa well aa In Omaha? Mow hard it la to revolutionize par liamentary procedure la Illustrated at l.ilKOln in connection with the action . . . , . l , j or me nouse sncaring me epeHser m power to appoint committees. The committee on committees, of which the speaker was the odd member, divided six and six, so that he really had the decision of all contioverted questions. And now when a vacancy occurs In a committee chairmanship the house reverts to speakership ap- j pointment and alO lets the speaker j appoint ali by himself, not only the chairman, but all the members of a newly created committee. This might have been referred back to the com mittee on committees, but force of old habit seems to have prevailed. In the loftiest senae of the word there have been very few political leaders In these United States. Jefferson was the first and Lincoln was another. The oppor tunity and need for that kind of leadership exist today. World-Herald. What'a the matter with Bryan? Is this not further evidence of the con spiracy for suppression in his home state of the greatest leader of all time? That ancient and honorable pro posal to abolish capital punishment has reappeared among our law makers, this time "by request." There is more complaint right now in Ne braska that too many willful murder ers escape the gallows than that their punlehmct Is too severe. Once more the Platte river dividing line is wiped out In the distribution of Nebraska aenatorshlps, both hailing from north of the river boundary. With popular expression of preference-, or with direct popular election, all geographical apportionment prece dents must go by the board. A correspondent asks if It is correct to class chickens snd eggs as "crops." According to the Department of Agri culture It Is. I'nder the general heading, "Farm Value of Important Crops," in ita official Crop Reporter, are to be found both eggs and chickens. The uniform prices of fire hose sup plies quoted by bidders not only sound pretty stiff, but Incite suspicion of a gentlemen'e agreement between the bidders. At any rate, it does not look lke real competition. We are again reminded that the Norwegian Lief really discovered America 500 years ahead of Columbus. Yes, but he lacked the good sense of Columbus to give the story to the papers." Yet there is more or less substance and material about those 2, 000, 000 Mrs. Eddy left. At least the Mother church will think so If the Massachu setts laws deprive It of the legacy. Rxtra Haaardona Rtek. Pittsburg Dispatch. Service In the United Statea senate seems to be becoming an extra hazardous rlak viewed from the standpoint of either health or reputation. Alrlnar a Orlevaace. St. Paul Pioneer Press. Representative Tawney blames Colonel Roosevelt for the Immense coat of running the government. It also will be remem bered that some things the colonel said coat Mr. Tawney hla Job In congresa. The Professional Trait. Bt. Louts Globe Pemocrat. Malor General Wood's contribution to the "unpreparedneas" discussion may not convince the people of the United Statea that their army la Inefficient, but It con vlncea them that General Wood Is a true soldier, who believes that all tax receipts not spent upon war preparations are wasted. Aunoylna? Knocks for Snhsldy. Philadelphia Record. While Mr. Galllnger la atill telling the senate that we have no meana of sending our merchandise to South Africa another steamship line to that region la announced. A few days ago it waa a line from thia port to tha rubber porta of Braail. Now it la a Una from New York to Guayaquil. Ecuador. But If twenty more lines were established It would not cheek the fervid oratory of Mr. Galllnger and Congressman Humphreys In behalf of "the old flag and an appropriation." People Talked About Colonel John Harper of LeHoy, 111., la 78 yeara old and boasts of having been the father of IBS newspapers scattered In many towns In alx western cities. A Cleveland burglar Is said to use the card Index system for the purpoae of keep ing himself Informed aa to the Identity of poople whom It la worth while to burgle. The lawyers are atill piling Into the United Statea senate. Johnson of Maine, McLean of Connecticut. Pomerene of Ohio, Kern of Indiana and Works uf California, are membera of the bar. And there will be others, when the aenatorlal elections are ended. Kllsha Leavenworth, defeated by the Waterbury, Conn., city farmers In hla purpoae to perpetuate the memory of Ben jamin Franklin by the erection of a monu ment to Flanklln's memory on the public square, left tls.OnO In his will for this purpoae. To eave time and facilitate business, the Mlaait-alppl supreme court has stopped reading Judicial opinions. What happens now Is that when the court la ready to an nounce declalona a bare announcement Is made as to which aide wlna. The court's j and that there Is no logic In even the con reasons are to be printed, however, for the '. temptation of a change. furthermore benefit of tbe bar I there won't be any. Washington Life Soma Interesting Phaaaa and Coadttlons Okaarrad at tha Katlon'a Capl-.aL A vlgnriiun protect, eiire to grow In vol uma as the country In luard from, meet the project of the i-ommlnsbmci of the 1'ietrict of Columbia, to establish a re- formntory for criminals at Kelvolr. on the j I'otomac, a Miort distance from Mount Veinor. In a circular, calling attention J to the threatened profunHtion of a locality j rich In the tenderest of patriotic memories. the Mount Vernon Ladles' association says: j The association, representing as It does' every section of the union, can best voice the Indignant protests of their millions of j constituents against such flagrant desecra tion as that proposed. This thev do with emphasis by appealing to the senate and bouse of representatives to stop this protect befove It Is loo late. They fully understand that the price and accessibility of Helvolr make the conunls- uliinovi i.f tl.a lllatrlct f iimhltt nflrticU- Hrly dpi)lre to BO()lllre ,', property for the punxise named, but It Is no excuse for their litter disregard of not only our oh Jection founded on sentiment, but also of the fact that the entire neighborhood of Melvoir will be menaced by the presence of a horde of criminals, the escape; of whom is a possibility always calculated to fill us with uneasiness. That prisoners from the work house at Oecoquan (whera the commissioners are supposed to safely Incarcerate them) have broken their bounds shows what might occur at Belvolr- Because, therefore, of these two very serious objections, our association reiter ates its protest against this so-called re formatory being established at Pelvolr, and hopes that congress, by proper legisla tion If needed, will compel the District of Columbia commissioners to locate their reformatory elsewhere. William K. Tuttle, Jr., a democrat of Westerfleld, who Is to succeed Congress man Charles N. Fowler In tha next con gress, was In Washington the other day, when a friend who was piloting him around espied fncle Joe Cannon and steered Tut tle Into the presence of the speaker. "Mr. Speaker, I want to Introduce you to Mr. Tuttle, one of the congressmen-elect from Jersey," said the guide. "Howdy do; very glad to meet you," said I'ncle Joe brusquely and started to paaa on. "But come back a moment, I'ncle Joe, I want to explain." insisted Mr. Tuttle's friend. "Why, don't you know that Mr. Tuttle Is to take Charley Fowler's place?" Grabbing Tuttle by both hands In a viselike grip, t'nele Joe exelalned: "Glory be to the angels! I'm d glad to meet you. I'm willing to shake hands fifty times a day with the fellow who Is to take Fowler's place, even If he be a democrat." The officials of the government who pur sue law breaking trusts say that the greatest curative agency Is publicity. As soon as the word Is sent broadcast that a certain trust is violating the statutes, 11 mends Its ways and scatters off to safety. Commissioner of Corporations Smith haa had some funny experience with quick reforms following publicity. "We reported on a system of railway rebates several years ago," he said. "That system covered a large part of the country and Inside of three months after our report the railroad had canceled all the rebates or discriminatory rates that had been criticised aa illegal In that re port. . But the publicity did the business, because the whole rebate system In oil. Inside of three months was stopped. "We made a report on the cotton ex change, and Inside of a year the New Orleans cotton exchange changed Its sys tem and practically adopted the reforms which ' we recommended and has been working under them with great satisfac tion since then. We also published a re port on the tobacco combinations from small tobacco manufacturers that they feel aa though they have 'gotten out of prison,' aa they say. Some ot them de clare If It had not been for the exposure of oppressive methods, due to that pub licity, they could not have continued in business. "The Independent oil men have said the same things. We make reports that cover from 300 to 600 or 604 printed pages, but the summary of each report when It Is given out must in every caae go Into two or two and a half columns of a newspaper and be put In such shape that the paper will print It. We recognise the fact that there la Juat one real meana of publicity, and that is tha newspapers, and we adapt our summaries for that purpose." John liwight, republican whip of the house, was on hla way from a wobbly district in New York of which he was a resident to Washington for the opening of congrues. In the smoking compartment In the train he met a group of Washington correspondents. After mournfully relating the slaughter among the regulars at the recent election the correspondents turned their attention to the success of the In surgents. "You newspaper men," said Mr. Uwight, "am doing a terrible Injustice to one In surgent in the house. 1 refer to Mllea Polndexter who haa Just been elected Lulled States aenator In Washington on an Insurgent platform. "Polndexter has been accused of being an extreme radical; 1 have even heard It charged that he waa a Tennessee democrat before he went to Waahlngton and dia cevered that Tennessee democracy was nothing more than northwestern republican Insurgency. A democrat has no chance out In the country which Polndexter adopted, so he became an Insurgent re publican and only changed the name of the party, retaining his principles. "To get back to the Injustice you fellows do Polndexter. He haa been accused of voting against the republican regulara on all occasions. I protest agalnat such a statement. It Is not true. He haa voted with the republicans. I know because 1 heard him and the record will bear me out when I say that he voted with us Juat once. He voted on that one occasion to adjourn." Senator Jeff Lavis of Arkansas Is a great man to appreciate a favor, no mat ter how trifling. One morning soma months ago he happened to think of an Important letter he'd neglected to write. He rushed out ot the senate chamber Into the first committee room he cajrw to and appealed to the man at the nearest type writer to help htm out. When the letter was finished the senator wanted to pay for the stenographic work, but the sten ographer, who was also one of the secre taries to another senator, declined to take anything. Kvery time the aenator has met the man aince he has spoken of the favor with as much sense of gratitude aa If the atenographer had lent him money to set hlinselt up In business. Ultlnar Trath aa Alrlass- Baltimore American, if tha truth were told sensible demo crats would concede that In every way President Taft la an acceptable executive The Bee's Letter Box Contributions on Timaly Snbiacta Wot Eareedlnr Two Hundred Worda Ara Zayltad from Oar Keadera. fnrttfy (he Panama ( anal. OMAHA. Jan. 17. -To the Kdltor of The Kee: In the discussion as to fortifying the Panama canal. I have been Impressed with the argument that It Is not a business proposition to invest so many millions ot dollars In any enterprise possible of at tack from the outside without taking ad vantage of every means of defense and protection. Our nonreslstance friends tell us that the unfortified canal would be far less liable to danger for the reason that The Hague tribunal forbids attack iiwn unfortified property. That Is well enough as a theory, but when nations are In the war mood, even The Hague tribunal Is no sure guarantor of peace. We know this that treaties between nations have not In variably prevented war. What ia The Hague tribunal after all, but a 'gentle men's agreement?" It would be ideal If all we needed to prevent war waa the pledge of nations, but. nevertheless, what nation litis as yet destroyed Its munitions of war because of The Hague tribunal? Hack of this tribunal of International arbitration we find the power to enforce It. What Is thHt power? The military arms ot the nations. It strikes me that fortification of the Panama canal by the I'nited States, not only Is deRliable, but Is Indispensable and was go ordained In the final treaty nego tiated between the fnlted States and Kng land by Secretary Hay and lxrd Taunce fote. Make It neutral. That Is all right. Hut neutralization la no argument against, but rather an argument In favor of forti fication. LKSTKU Q. MACSWEKNKY. Heautlea ot told fttoraa. RN ItOPTK, Jan. 17. To the Kdltor of The Bee: T call attention to your editorial this morning entitled "Cleaning Out Cold Storage Plants." In which you speak of the 'avalanche of food articles, some of which have been In keeping five years." X am much surprised that a publication of standing should promulgate a statement misleading to the layman, Ip cold storage matters, when accurate Information is so easily obtained. The publication of such statements tends to discredit cold storage food articles In the minds of the consumer, and thus deprive the producer of the great benefit accorded to him from the facility afforded of holding a portion of his pro ducts through the season of extreme low prices. The cold storage houses are also of the greatest benefit to the consumer be cause they enable him to obtain food ar ticles during the season of over production at reasonable prices. There have been many experiments made In the holding of food products for a num ber of years, but no sane man would ever consider holding any quantity of such ar ticles for five years or anything like It. If he carried such things over one year he would be swamped by the season's produce and any man who makes a study of eco nomic conditions will realize this Is true. The American Association of Refrigera tion, 315 Dearborn street. Chicago, will be glad at any time to furnish the facts and you will benefit your readers by publishing them- A. N. PIUSBRY. Where la the Poliremaaf OMAHA, Jan. 18. To the Editor of The Bee: While we talk about "The City Beauti ful" we In Omaha are tolerating things that no live, up-to-date village would Stand for. Here are our telegraph poles, fences and vacant buildings plastered over with ad vertising posters that must disgust every stranger who sees them., I thought there was a law against this. Where are the police? Why don't they tear down these hand bljls and arrest a few of the culprits. KICKER, A GREAT IOWA IDE. Efflracr of the Road Roller Spars Artloa Elsewhere, Washington Post. The state of Iowa claims to have dis covered the solution of the "good roada problem." Soma philanthropist out there, who is also a genius, conceived the plsn of making a good country road by the "dragging" process. A large tree Is felled and a log taken from the butt, severed In twain by wedge or saw, and on the flat side of tne two beams are nailed cross pieces diagonally, and when thus fash ioned the two timbers are Joined together In the shape of a flatiron. To thia harrow Is hitched horses or mules, and the road Is "dragged" when It Is wet from rain. All Iowa Is praising the great success Lai uQTfo'Ll&b "" wuo use juomer s rnena are savea mucn or tne discomfort and suffering ae common with expectant mothers. It Is a penetrating oil that thoroughly lubri cates every muscle, nerve and tendon Involved at auch times, and thui promotee physical comfort. It aids nature by expanding the kla and tissues and per- ?Aet1v sma,u Via al. coming of baby. Mother 'a Friend assures a quick and natural recovery for every woman who uses it. It Is for sale at drug stores. Write for free book for expectant mothers. EEATjriIXD BE0ULAT0B CO., Atlanta, da. VT struments out of OmaJia. Yes, has repre sented several of the piano manufacturer since 1874. . CAN VOL' IlEAT IT? Think of handling the Kimball Piano and the Uallet-Davts Piano for nearly four decades, and the Plauos still in use. Kvery year for all this time we have a sale a Piano sale. Pianos tl.at have regularly brought 9323 to $JOO are selling now for to $'J:i5 for rii or time payments. Pianos formerly )350 to $450 selling from to $275, on easy payments. $1,000 Grand Pianos down to $475. rand new Upright Planoa for $139. $1 a Wook Duys Thorn Vsed upright pianos $.V, 975, $lOO and up. PIANOS RENT FOR $3 GUY EARLY A. Hospe f of t ho road lli-t contrnct b till pror- I I psi from ' 1 1 i to river- li nt I, fiom I . ouncil llhiff" on tlir Miisoiirt, to I'Dvrn- J vtt tin tl-e Mississippi Tli work w ti ilon' In A slntlc . hen lv t-oin ei t of action. lO.nftti farmer null their Ira Hurt liHoiln. appeared on the 1 1 1 k ' n v sliniil tanrnuly with their drags .n ailnili at1s toifl lx the usufruct, though It I lecou n I f il that for h year or mote, after oil rain s hen the Rinnml I not froien. the "drag" must be tuouKlit In 1 01 niini t ln. Tin1 Inhor In trivial, the resulting benefits Incalculable. Tennessee, not to be outdone lv Iowa, proposes it road constt nctcd ly like prow from Hrixtol to Memphis, a nnirlt greater instance, unit should the srhrmf prove as successful at the south a It linn at the west then the mutter of good roads i likely to give coinpnratlvclv miihII trouble In the future, for every community with a particle of public spirit run hitve them, and at relatively Insignificant cost. POINTS ON PASSING EVENTS. New York World: The litigation over Mrs Kddy's will may be explained on tha ground that being a human will It s subject to "error." St. I.ouls Olobe.l "emocrHl : If a cold stor age fowl kept for j,ers has developed whiskers the Judicious consumer will leave It alone, even at a bankrupt sale. Chicago Tribune: Atlee I'omerene. how ever, hns nothing on the man who was tired of being known as John Smith aa had his name changed to (lagadlg tllgadab. Washington Herald: A newly coined, word Is "husbundette." dei-lgned "to fill a long-felt want." It Is used, we believe, to designate those chups who button their wife's gowns up the bnck. Cleveland Plain Oealer: Man chased by a woman threw himself out ot fifth story window. Now If he could only have held out till lie got to the floor above-bur that, as Kipling says, is another story. Huston Herald: It us hope that Mr. Carnegie will not brush tile innocent bloom off the hero of thirteen who. when hugKcd by a woman for saving a glii from drown ing, merely said: "Pshaw , what else could a feller do'.'" SUNNY GEMS. The Oerman music teacher was endeavor Ing to lie polite yet truthful. "Of course," he said, "your daughter doesn't yet read notes very good and tli strikes der wrong keys occasionally. Hut ' he added with enthusiasm, "she piaya der rests fine." Washington Ktar. "What is to be done about the price of these Bkates?" "Put them on a sliding scale " Raltl more American. "Are you atill looking for an honest man?" "Yes," replied tiiogenes. "And when you have found him will vou persuade him to run for office?" "Yes. I'll stop asking questions and hus tle for a campaign fund." Indianapolis JSew s. Police Justice You slugged him been use he called you a blltlierlu-; Idiot, did you .' Prisoner Yes, y'r honor: I didn't know Jlst what he meant by 'blltherln',' and I wasn t goln' to take no chances." Chicago Tribune. "Mrs. Kllgglns says his youngest Is the image of his father," remarked Miss Cay enne. "What did you say?" "Nothing. I didn't know whether t congratulate Mr. Mligglns or sympathize with the baby." Washington Star. Baldwin regarded him suspiciously. "Rambo," he said, "In spite of your New Year's resolutions you've been drinking again." "I haven't, either," Indignantly protested Rambo. "Listen." Then he repeated rapidly and without a mistake, "Round and round the ragged rug the ruddy mstio romped." Chicago Tribune. THE SOLDIER OF FORTUNE. Arthur Chapman in Denver Republican. We didn't think so much of Jim When he lived In our town; Jest sorter Wort hlesa that was him Was alius loafin' roun ; "Too strong to work." was what he sald "Toll don't agree with me": But hn Is famous now, we've read, in tsoutn Amerlky. Soldier of fortune 'a what he 'a railed. His picter now appears In magazines: in glttln' hnld Is all he shows his years; "Soldier of ftiitune " well, 1 guef-s, That covers up a heap Of Jim's all-fired laziness And wltewashes our black sheep. Some day I s'poae he 'II come back home, And there'll be banquets then. And there'll be talk of men who roam. And praise with tongue and pen: "Soldier of fortune" past all doubt, I'm crabbed, old and queer. But I can't help but think about The soldlerln' Jim done here! For the mother in the home to he strong and well, able to devote her time and strength to the rearing of children, la one of life'! greatest blessings. Often the hearing of children Injures the mother's health, If she has not prepared her system utui;v mi iuo important erenw 37th Annual For thirty-seven years A. llospe has per sonally sold over twenty-eight thousand In o. dou" 1513-1515 as St. Si r t k