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AUGUST CIRCULATION.
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A Dark Age Survival.
It is hard to realise that anything
like the self-destruction of 'General
Kogi and his wife, in. deference to a
tradition of the dark ages, could de
prive a twentieth century civilized
nation of one of its foremost and dis
tinguished men. The great military
???! ham nf th TJiieaian..TannPR war.
,who tempted fate on a score of bat
tlefields, by his own hand in hie old
age, terminates bis-life that his em
peror's sprit may have company in
traveling to the great beyond. The
mere recital of the act, and the con
trolling reasons assigned for Jt. car
ries a pathetic touch of sentiment
well calculated to evoke the admira
tion of the ignorant as for a great
sacrifice, greater even than the offer
to risk all for the military glory of
his country. ...
But it is a sad shock to those of
us who had been persuaded that
Japan, and particularly its ruling
classes, had shaken off the last rem
nants of superstition and semi-
barbarism. It Is a disappointment
to find this feudal tradition surviv
ing in spite" of increased intercourse
with the outside world, and the sup
posed absorption by Japan of the
most advanced ideas of civilized na
tions. Plainly, we have underesti
mated the stubborn hold with which
ancient customs grip a people, and
have greatly overestimated the power
to throw off such customs fully and
completely within he span of one
generation.
w.
Sabecrlhers leaving city,
temporarily shonld have The
Bee mailed to them. Aadresa
will b chaaged as oftem a re-
vested, . ', '
A lot of those democratic cam
paign orators seem to lisp.'
It transpires that , Friday, the
13th, made quite a killing, after ail
All Omaha's ball team has to do
now la to go in and win the pennant
St. Paul has ordered its policemen
to smash street mashers with their
clubs Next!.:;-" . : '
what would the Russians not
have given for General Nogl to have
done it sooner? ' -vv
Mayor Gaynor's
being shown would
Ideal Missourian.
insistence
make him
on
an
highway between the two cities that
is wanted, we take it the freedom has
reference to freedom from tolls and
not to free transportation by trolley.
If it is free tolls for pedestrians, the
total now collected cannot amount to
much, and certainly would not
justify building another bridge when
a small annual payment to the own
ers of the present bridge would, no
doQbt,. open a footway without let or
hindrance. It would probably take
a considerably larger 'payment to
open the driveway, free to wagons,
trucks, autos and pleasure vehicles,
but even that would In all likelihood
come cheaper than building a new
bridge and maintaining it. If the
people of the two cities In really pre
ponderant numbers conclude that, a
free bridge la urgent, ways and
means of accomplishing that purpose
could certainly be devised.
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 15, ,912.
Fifty-seven thousand Scotchmen
left Scotland last year. But surely
not fifty-seven varieties, ' v
Mr. Archhold is rusticating ri the
summit of the Alps. Up where the
air is free of ugly odors.
.: That Houston editor who is suf
fering with the gout .must get a lot
of invitations to dine out.
A Chicago man paints money and
passes It, but a lot of real money has
been used to paint other thing.
The price of knowledge involves
unceasing study. Knowledge i not
ene of the cheaper commodities.
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- In favoring the improvement of
Inland waterways, Governor Wilson
endorses one more Taft proposition.
There Is a Robert E, Lee la pub-
lie life today, but he is a congress
man from Pennsylvania, not Vlr-
tinia.
life Insurance and Social Service.
Addressing the meeting of the in
surance presidents at Its annual con
vention, a Michigan professor put
forth the proposition that the com
panies are not performing the social
service of which they are capable.
The medical examinations are too
strict, he said, the lines being too
closely drawn in the selection of
risks. He advocated the group plan,
whereby the bodies of ten men are
insured without regard to the Jnedl-
cal Inspection. ,
This opens for possible debate
the whole-theory of life Insurance,
and its responsibility to' society". ' ft
will, be readily admitted that a
greater social service . is possible by
the companies, but whether they are
to be regarded in the light of quasi
publit benefactors, or are to be con
sldered what they have hitherto pur
ported to be, associations of selected
individuals, each assuming , some
proportion" of the risk on the lives of
all the others, and the whole cost
calculated ' to', eventually pay to all
the amount of Indemnity assumed,
Is sure to develop a. dlfereuce of
opinion. It' Jtd,:'ln fVi,et the njeet
ing, where the supporters of tha'pro
feasor's plans were .met by the argu
ments from .'the; more conservative
that the medical department the
bulwark of safe life insurance, and
that safety is more to be desired
than sociability.
Until the state takes over entirely
the business of insuring the lives of
Its citizens, the institution of life in
surance will' not exhaust its oppor
tunity for social service. But it is
not probable that such a change will
soon come to pass, and this forces
the conclusion that for some time at
least the risks assumed by life1 insur
ance companies in America will be
on Individuals whose bodily health
and family history are such as will
satisfy the requirements of a rigid
and somewhat biased medical
amlner.
Orderi now are .to turn water in
the Panama canal about September
1, 1913. Look out, Mr. J. Bull, or
you will get wet.
"Is George W. Perkins henestf
! chirps some impudent upstart. The
Idea of asking such a question when
you see whom he is supporting.
Speaking of making prisons pay,
the best way to do it would.be to
' raise them to their highest posslbil
ity as reformatory institutions.
And It will do to remember that
Maine, the state that started the
1910 democratic landslide, has slid
back Into the republican column.
Cherokee county, Kansas, is a dry
bailiwick, but nevertheless it has a
Mr, Rains as postmaster in one vil
lage and a Mr. Casebeer in another.
it now seems certain that Nat
Goodwin will recover from his ocean
Injuries in ample time to marry be
fore the theatrical season, gets far
Sunder way. -.: v; ,.
"Are the Japanese moral?" asks
George Kennan, likewise answering
the question. It all depends on the
standard . of morality by which ' you
judge them.
if '
There is reason to believe , that
those court house contractors will
reconsider their announced determi
nation to keep the county out of its
own building.
Election Law Complications. J i,
The peculiar complications precipi
tated in a dozen different states by
the sudden entrance of a new political
party in the national arena accentu
ates the defects In our election laws. J
The presumed purpose of this legisla
tion ia to provide machinery by which
political parties may make nomina
tions that represent the wishes of
their 'members, and the candidates
nominated may" be elected later in
conformity with the choice of the
greater number of the voters.
Manifestly a law is defective that
permits the member of one political
party to determine the nominations of
another political party. And the law
must likewise be defective that per
mits the" nominees of one political
party to seize and hold places on the
ticket of, another political party 16
the exclusion of its own candidates.
An election law is not only detective,
but actually subversive of popular
government, that permits a. yot cast
for the candidate of one political
party to be counted for his competitor
of another political party, no matter
by what method of shuffling this
double-dealing of the cards is brought
about'. ! 1 "
Unfortunately, most of our legisla
tion i formulated to meet an existing
condition without thought of unusual
contingencies. And this is true of
our election laws, whose framers had
no adequate thought of the intrusion
of a new-born party after other pO;
litical parties had taken the field. No
failure of the election law to afford
the needed safeguard, however, can
Justify or excuse the theft of a party
label with the deliberate purpose to
disfranchise the members of that
party and leave them without redress.
Uon of confidence, and another to
keep down the cost. If the expense
of cabled tolls is made small enough
so that a few words more or less be
come negligible, code communication
will be resorted to only where secrecy
is desired. The time and trouble of
translating Into code and back again,
and the risk of mistakes in transla
tion, woukt In most cases offset the
saving in cable tolls. -
How-the lowering of the rate
works at home will be illustrated by
our experience with newspaper dis
patches, which formerly were "skele
tonized", by striking out all the imma
terial words before sending, leaving
the receiver to replace them. Except
for cable news "skeletonizing" has
practically disappeared. Our news
paper dispatches are now transmitted
just as they are written and appear
in print without change other than
the usual editing and condensation.
The operation of the night and day
letters for "domestic telegrams has
been in the same direction, leaving no
object to be- gained : by. cutting, out
words at the risk of obscuring, the
meaning.
If we are not mistaken. cable mes
sages in a short time, will likewise
be written and sent In plainly read
able language, and the code message
will be the rare exception. '
Stay Ye Bowing Looks.
Is some tourist trying to crack Jokes
or is this a bona fide report that
whiskers are on their way to us from
Kuropet Europe Is aaid to have re-
adopted them, but If they land at any
of our ports we hope they will be de
clared contraband and barred. This
is neither the day nor country for the
whiskers habit. We are a smooth
shaven race of men and should not
yield our spirit of simplicity to
resurrected fashion. We can afford
to trail in styles of this kind. Our
neighbors over the seas are better
suited to whiskers, anyway, than we;
they have more time and therefore
mors patience for them. Only a few
Americans can be, J. Ham Lewises.
But the spirit of the whole thing lies
in this, that as the, smooth-shaven
fe is the natural face, It is toward
the naturalness of life we are tend
ing, or at least, we like to think so,
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SEPT. 15.
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Kimonos in4 Honeymoons. '
A preacher out west recently told
his congregation that the kimono was
one ef the chief hindrances to the
continuation of the honeymoon begun
at the marriage altar. There is as
much in this literally as figuratively.
Sloven dress and slothful habits
never wona husband. A woman
takes unsafe chances in risking mari
tal love by unnecessary carelessness
in personal appearance. Besides she
ought to wish to make herself most
attractive to the man who is most to
her. Marriage vows made at the
altar grow stronger when refreshed
along through life by attention to the
little touches that adorn even physi
cal appearance, though, of course,
love. Is not to neglect a firmer founda
tion upon which to rest
The wife who can but. doea not
make herself as attractive at home
as upon the street need not. wonder If
her husband comes to long less for
heir company. And, of course, the
husband ewes It to bis wife to ob
serve these same amenities that con
duce to mutual happiness in the
home.
v The Habit of Thrift.
Admittedly one of the benefits
brought to us by Immigrants from
Europe is their inherited habit of
thrift and frugality, their instinctive
desire to save. ' Native ' Americans
will not belittle their need of some
examples along this line, for though
we have produced the colossal money
giants of the world, the masses of
t ....
our native-born citizens are much
better, spenders than savers. '
The Christian Science Monitor
raises an interesting question when
it asks for an approximate estimate
cf the effect cf the American habit
Of spending on the European habit
of saving. 1 . Admitting tW the pres
ent generation of aliens probably will
conserve their thrift, what about the
succeeding generations? Will they
perpetuate ' the inheritance of their
fathers, or yield to the American in
fluence? f ''
The native American displays more
apparent aptitude for. ready acquisi
tion of wealth than his immigrant
friend, and yet usually lacks the lat
ter' frugality. It is easy to agree
with the Monitor in the need of a
general national tradition of thrift
In the United States, and if out of
the contact andexperiences with our
friends from abroad we acquire it
we may feel sure of having reaped
profitable mutual rewards of our relationship.
Thirty Years Ago
The last day of the state fair had the
attendance swollen by the school children.
Another gathering of suffragists, this
time the National Women's Suffrage as
sociation, will hold forth in Boyd's opera
house week after next The call is
signed by May Wright Bewell as chair
man and Rachael A. Foster as corre
sponding secretary. . . .
What The Bee did to the fakirs, gam
biers and graftera constituting the camp
followers of the fair in a graphic writeup
could not have left much to be said.
The Old warehouse formerly occupied by
Steele & Johnson on Ninth street has
been repainted and bears the name of the
Consolidated Tank Line company. ,
The" work of grading Ninth street
progresses, that portion in front of Bishop
O'Connor's residence having been cut
down several feet.
The art collection at the Union Catholic
library rooms has been increased by dona
tions of papal pictures by Messrs. John
Murphy, Frank Riley. T. J. Fltzmonie
and E. A. O'Brien; an engraving or kod
ert Emmet presented by Thomas Tallon
and two steel plate engravings presented
by John Rush.
The St. iouls Browns put another over
eri the Union Pacifies by a score of 11 to
W. Here's the Union Pacific's "batting
list: Bandle. short; Trafflcy, catch;
Whlty. second;. Q'Day.. pitch;; Ellick,
third; L P. Funkhouser. left; Holland,
first; Bigger, center: M. F. Funkhouser,
' tt turns out that several constitu
tional amendment's besides that giv
ing votes to women were lost in
Ohio, and that the total at the spe
cial election was less than BO per
cent of the number of voters entitled
to participate. ' Which rejninds us
that Nebraska has five constitutional
amendments to be ratified or re
jected the oomlng election, but they
do not seem to be attracting much
attention.
A chair of automobile science has
been established ia the University of
Southern California. That's what
we call a progressive institution of
higher learning.
"Why," asks an exchange, "does
one gnaw away at chewing gum after
the flavor is gone?" For the sa,me
reason, doubtless, that one puts it in
i lis or Jher mouth in the first place.
The Question of a Free Bridje.
Our little weekly contemporary,
the' Chancellor, .which assumes to
speak for the newly organized asso
ciation of Omaha retailers, makes a
plea for a free bridge between
Omaha and Council Bluffs, taking it
for granted that the new bridge ''to
loudly talked of tome months ago"
was to be a free bridge,' and declar
ing that "the commercial unification
of these two cities Is. very impor
tant," and that "the new bridge
would help to solidify us," proceeds
to discuss the question of how best
to raise the money to build It.
Unless we are mistaken, however,
the new bridge referred to was never
expected by its promoters to be "a
free bridge," but rather another rail
road bridge to relieve the congestion
of the present Union Pacific bridge.
So far as facilities for pedestrian and
vehicle traffic between the two cities
are concerned, the existing bridge is
by no means overtaxed, and another
bridge for that purpose would he
needless duplication. It it Is a free
Coal aid Cost of Living.
Coal is a big factor in the cost of
living.- Yet the United States is rich
In coal. Wyoming alone, geologists
tell us, has locked Vithin its bosom
400,000,000,000 tons which is vlr:
tualiy an inexhaustible supply. Penn
sylvania still teems with its valuable
anthracite, yet anthracite is steadily
higher in price than It was, with the
tendency still upward. The 'reason
assigned is a diminished output this
season. And therein lies much of the
problem ofnhe high cost of living.
We must not expect to reduce prices
to a lower level without increasing
our production. Unmined coal cuts
little figure to our comfort. In no
practical way do these Inexhaustible
supplies of fuel lying locked in the
earth benefit present humanity. Na
ture, has done her part, but we
must do ours. While preaching In
tensive agriculture to our tillers of
the soil as a means of making pro
duction keep pace with consumption,
it is folly not to apply the same prin
ciple to other fields of operation
where waste and poor methods en
hance cost. Millions of peosle will
this winter pay a tremendous toll to
our want of foresight in the mining
of coal alone. ,
An applicant for favor of the State
Board of Pardons has filed, among
other testimonials, a recommenda
tion signed by the governor. Ina
much as the governor appoints the
pardon board, whose action is only
advisory until stamped with the gov
ernor's approval, the rest of it must
be merely going through the form.
"Yon know I have been with -you
since the start," Colonel Roosevelt
told 'same Minneapolis suffragists.
What the suffragists know is that he
has been with them since about
1,000,000 women came into posaeB'
sion of the right . to " vote. Before
that he was dead against them. But
still, what's that between friends?
Out in Washington state for the
first time the second-choice feature
of the primary will have to be called
into requisition to "determine who
has been nominated for various of
flees, .ylt .will remain for the elec
tion in November to disclose whether
the second choice of everybody will
be the first choice of anybody.
People and Events,
right
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Twenty Years Ago
Isaac Montgomery, a hard-working ana
respectable colored gardner, . shot and
killed a man who was supopsedly trying
to steal his horses In a barn at Sixteenth
and Plnkney streets. '
C. F. Goodman took out a permit to
erect a brick building for stores ana
flats at Eleventh and Farnam streets
costing 35.M9. '
John F. Coots and wife left for Detroit
to visit relatives of Mrs. Coots. ,
Miss Nellie Holmes from the high school
entered the University of Nebraska,- tak
Ing a classical course.
A mass meeting of citizens called to dis
cuss the threatened cholera epidemic was
held at the office of Mayor Bemls. Among
those present were the mayor, Counollmen
Bteei, McClary, ; Prince, Jacobsen, Rev.
T. J. Mackay. Bev, C. W. Savidge,
Thomas fcwobe. J. M. Wool worth, St. A,
D. Balcombe, W. A L Gibbon. W. H.
Alexander. City Attorney -Conn", Judgs
Ambrose, W. H. Russell and othtrs. Dr.
Somen, health Commissioner, advised 4
general cleaning up. '
Ten Years Afro-
Mrs. Almlra, Hunter Scott, wife of Cun
ningham R. Scott,- died. She had redded
many years in Council Bluffs, but spent
the last fourteen years of her life in
Omaha- y, ,
Howard Baldrige was tbe last
speaker at the last session of Ak-Sar-Ben
t the den for the season. A total of
more than 900 members was recorded.
Rev. Charles W. Savidge was called to
Blair by Mayor Haller to preach the
funeral sermon' of Mrs. Maxwell, Mrs.
Haller's mother. , "
The names of these men were announced
as delegates from the Association or
Nebraska Underwriters to the National
Ufa Underwriters at Cincinnati: Charles
K. Ady, t E. Frederick, William Henry
Brown, J. "H. Moekett, Jr. ; J. M. Edm's
ton; alternates, C. B, Rainey G. W.
Noble, H. D. Neely and Julius Meyer.
Albert H. Sanders, 61 years old, an qld
resident, former volunteer fireman and
former city councilman, died of typhoid
fever after a ten-day illness.
Th Board of Education finally fixed
upon advances in the salaries of school
teachers, affecting especially several
members of the high school faculty. .
The country is to have the largest
oyster crop in fifty years. King Corn's
swell front makes lesser monarchs of
land and sea feel puffed up. '
Theatrical managers will find hopeful
interest In the Parisian fashion report of
narrower skirts for fall and winter. Nar
rower skits are an outward sign of
"standing room only." "
Spurred by reform ethics a local court
rules, that It is no crime to kiss one's
sweetheart In public in Philadelphia. The
Quaker city is steadily amending
Quaker notions to meet the Impulses of
the time. " ;
Chicago wears a "holier-than-thpu"
frown, as New York reveals Its 'vice
scandals, but ' refrains from parading
Hammond, Ind., as Chicago's vice annex.
In proportion to ' population Hammond
has New York beaten a. mile. ',
Automobiles hold a safe lead over
other vehicles in the killing race in
New, York. During the eight months ot
the year they have scored 138 funerals
and all other vehicles 117. There is no
abatement In the heat of the race.;
A Philadelphia artist who displayed
considerable skill painting $10 bills has
been persuaded by Uncle Sam to decorate
a cell in a loca4 jail. f Improving or
Imitating your uncle's works of art
usually lands a job and a change of
scenery. '..
John D.' Rockefeller blew Into, an old
settlers' meeting In Cleveland and admit
ted he had been grubbing - around that
neighborhood since 1853. Whereupon ii
pulled a little speech on , old times las
cheerily as Uncle Joe Redman turns the
trick on similar ecc&sions.
The Inability of campaign funds to keep
within sight of expectations and neces
sities urgently calls Cor Speeding up the
tainted money laundries. Unless the out
put is sharply Increased campaign treas
urers will be obliged to' accept any old
currency and fumigate it afterwards.
Righteousness Is hitting up a lively
pace In Kansas. Envious prudes In Leav
enworth 1 who caused the arrest of a
man and woman for kissing were sternly
rebuked by ' the court, adding that' a
man has a right to kiss his sister-in-law
when and where he likes, prefera
bly In the smacker, with her consent
Whenever liberty ia Imperilled Kansas
is on the spot with a defender. ;
NEBRASKA PRESS COMMENT.
McCook Republican: A man must have
strange sensation when he Is trying to
be a presidential elector for a party he
has bolted and Is trying to defeat.
Fremont Tribune: Governor Morehead
refuses the invitation of Governor Aid
rich to publicly debate .the Issues with
him. Governor Morehead frankly admits
it requires a man more gilted in speech
than he to successfully defend his record
and si kindly offers to substitute and
sacrifice a friend In that work. -
Kearney Hub. Four hundred school
children of Nebraska City were taken to
Lincoln and the state fair this week in
charge of numerous . chaperons. . Speak
ing of schooling that trip which in
cluded an inspection of the University
of Nebraska buildings 0 and an address
by the governor, was worth .mere than
several weeks attendance in the. home
school, with all respect to the efficiency
of the schools of their home town. ,
York Times: At their "mass state con
vention" in Nebraska the hew progressive
party , nominated the state ticket They
could not have done better for the state,
but it is a pretty poor start for a new
party. It means that the organisation. In
the Opinion of the leaders, will not . last
until another electlpn. Now It a full set
of Taft delegates Is put In the field and a
full set of Roosevelt delegates we believe
the republican state ticket, will have
pretty smooth sailing. " , ,
Doom cf the Cipher Code.
The cutting of the transoceanic
message rate, and the Introduction of
the night letter by cable, which con
stitutes the latest innovations n the
telegraph business, suggests the doom
of Ihe cipher code, which has con
tinued in use here in this country
more ihan In any ether place. The
employment of the cipher in wire
It is suggested that the names ot
certain men who have been appointed
in the diplomatic corps appear In the
list of contributors to the laBt presi
dential campaign. Yes, but there
were many times as many "who con
tributed who were not appointed.
The building that is to replace the
burned Equitable building In New
Ycrk City is to be only thirty-six
stories high. Those responsible for
Stopping there certainly deserve a
medal for leaving so much of the
skyline unappropriated.
A new record in shorthand has
been made in a-recent contest where
the winner wrote 278 words per
PATHOS AND PHOSQPHY.
Edgar Howard in Oolu rebus Tejegranv
Yesterday I saw a tittle boy dop and
break a bottle of mlikwhlch he was
carrying heme from the creamery. The
big', rough man saw the accident, and
alio the tears on tha face of the little
boy, and told him, net t) cry. The bqy
replied that ha couldn't help it.' because
he knew he would get a whipping when
he. went home. But the tears ceased to
flow, and the look of troubla went away
from the little brown face when the big,
rough man slipped Into the little boy's
hand enough money to pay tor the brok
en bottle and for another bottle of milk.
And then I wondered what kind of a
comparison that child was making be
tween the - whipping parents in his own
home and the big, rough stranger on
the street.
One of the saddest scenes ever enacted
In a Nebraska court was staged by an
angry father of a beautiful young worn
an. The girl had been wronged by a
man. . The man was wealthy. The father
of th&t sensitive and refined girl brought
the man into court and sought to make
him provide a large sum of money for
support ot the girl and her unborn babe.
The unnatural father was even willing
that hia daughter should marry the mon
ster who had won her trusting heart,
only to accomplish the purpose of a
beast. And as I gaied upon the hope-
less face of the girl, and saw the Will
ingness of the father to have her fright'
ful wounds healed by the salve of money,
I wished that I might carry that unnat
ural father to ; some (notion picture
theater and let him gaxe upon the en
acted story ot Virglnius. Cod Is good,
but fathersare so slow in learning their
duty to daughters.
Running a newspaper is such a tunny
business. One day a Telegram reporter
wrote a description of a fight between
two prominent citizens. Next day a mer
chant applauded the writing, and de
clared it was the duty of the local news
paper to publish the news of all attempts
on part ot citizens to settle disputes with
their fists or with clubs. A Tear or so
later the reporter described a fiat fight
in which the applauding merchant waa
BUMPER CROPS.
New York Sun: The great crops and
the little are all exuberant. It is not
In the power of politicians ar congress
long to depress these essential money,
makers. " " .
New York World: The September re
port of the Department of Agriculture
upon the outlook of the crops adds a
new glow to the general brightness of
the prosperity. We are to have a bumper
year, it appears, In almost all kinds of
harvests. . '
Boston Transcript: We hope the people
of this country can divert their attention
from the political situation long enough
to study the figures given out by the crop
reporting board of the Department of
Agriculture, Monday, and strengthen
their optimism by the contemplation. If
they are approximately correct, then are
we to be blessed this year with a 'rare
abundance. 1
Washington Str: It is a vitally im
portant question today whether the soil
of the United States is being worked to
full advantage. A record-breaking crop
may be the result of especially favor
able climatic" conditions, or it may be due
to an enlargement of the area of culti
vation, or to the . development of a
greater degree of productivity through
more intelligent methods. Thua the crop
statistics call for later analysis - that
may lead to highly significant conclusions.
SUNDAY SMILES.
Adam was surveying the anlmala h
Was called upon to name. He smiled
.1 . u. Ul,efA.,lAn mm i rAma.rkflri: "What-
wiiir oa-i..ofcw.v.v,, " " - - -
everelsa may happen, there-never will,
be a shortage in tne suppiy m vu ijr
blems." Chicago Tribune.
"I aay, Bildad," said Hicks, "can you
change a KO bill lor me.'-
"Great Scott, Hicksy," said Bildad. "Is
there another counterfeit in circulation?'
Harper's Weekly. v
Soubrette Which divorce colony ar
...... wnJ.M AAA
Star I haven't been able to find out
which baa the beat bureau of publicity.
Judge. .:
"In India brides of 12 are not uncom
mon." "I don't expect to equal that record,
said the summer belle, "but so far I've
been the fiancee of six." Louisville
Courier-Journal. ,.
Mrs. Janaway My Jvusband doesn't be
lieve n women voting, and he says so.
Mrs. Ardmore My husband only thinks
so; I wouldn't dare let him say it
Boston Transcript.
"The wisest man may change his
mind." said the ready-made philosopher.
"Tea," replied the undesirable; "but
there isn't as much in it as there used
to be. I can remember the time a voter
could get J2 every time he changed bis
mind." Washington Star. ' '
Mill , , -
TO THE MEN WHO LOSE?
. Author Unknown.
Here's to the men who lose! '.
nobly planned, .
And watched wit!) jealous care.
No glorious halo crowns their efforts
grand, A
Contempt is failure's share.
Here's to the men who lose!
If triumph's easy smile our struggles
greet,
Courage is easy then; ..
The king is he who after fierce defeat
Can up, and fight again.
Here's to the men who lose!
The ready plaudits of a. fawning world
rung bwki in vicujrs ear,
The vanquisher's banners never are un
furled; ' ' - -For
them there sound no cheers.'
Here's to the men who lose!
The touchstone of true worth Is X
success; There Is a higher test
Though fate may darkly frewn, onward
to press,
And bravely do one's best.
Here's to the men who losel
It Is the vanquished' praises that I
sing.
And this the toast I Choose:
"A hard-fought failure is a noble thing,
Here's to the men who lose'."
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can huy this world-famous preparation at our toilet
department at ,
OUR SPECIAL PRICES
tOO bottle
2.00 bottle
. 79c
. 1.69
We recommend DeMiracle because it is the only
depilatory of proven merit. It was the largest selling
depilatory ten years ago, and more of it has been sold
each year since than the combined sales of the ques
tionable depitories. ,
Sherman & McDonnell Drug Co., 16th and Dodge
' Owl Drug Co., 16th and Harney
, -.'";, Xoyal Pharmacy, 207-9 North 16th
: Sherman & McConnell, 24th and Farnan
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minute for five minutes. Thosoja principal. Did the merchant applaud
auto racers and birdmen will have to
speed up..
Uncl Sam's permission for the
movement ot Mexican regulars over
American territory gives the rebels
another reason for not "recognlx
lng" this government..' '.'.
Not yet He got so sore at the stomach
that it interf erred with his digestion, and
he Instantly ordered all hla advertising
out ' the paper. My, but this news
paper business is a queer buslnesv But
it Is only natural that it should be queer
because there are so many qu?r people
In the world. f v -
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Tromtaed Fall la Beef. ,
Pittsburgh Dispatch. '
Demand for men Is heard f "om Edward Cudahy predicts a drop In meat
east nd west, and the voice of the rrices in vU w of the run. of grass fe1
t
May Bt Yiurt
In Ttn Days
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Beautlfler :
Uttd Mid EnJerttd
By Tkusndi
to insure secrecy and forestall vloli- Interrupta business?
NADINOLA banishes tan, saHowoeu,
freckles, pimples, liver-roots, etc. Extreme
cases twenty days. Rids porea and tissues
of impurities, leaves the skin clear, soft,
healthy. Directions and guaraiOtt in
calamity shouter is drowned in i Jiej ! catt1; An n"nccnt that km Is package. By toUet counters or mail. Two
HAT1QNAL TOJLXT COMPANY, fttrt
, ., v m . i ... .... ... i r.ot, cf csurre, calculated to encourage the
communication had two purposes, one din of industry. W ho says politics tattl0 ra.gers m ,loM!n- tor reora
J prices from the pnekers.
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Prescriptions
A department In our stores which
ia expanding every day. Why?
Simply because we have laid par
ticular stress upon its Importance
strlved to make It one of the
foremoat departments of our busi
ness. To that end Accuracy, first of
all. la paramount Then Neat
ness In Delivery adds to the ad
vantageous features of letting ua
put tip your prescription.
It Is our wish that you make
our store your prescription store.
Where the aim Is always to
always to please.
SHERMAN & MCDONNELL
DRUG CO..
