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OCTOBBR CIRCrUATIOX.
51,725
Htate of Nebraska. County of Hour Ik.
D wight Williams. lrculatlon Bianacer
of Th Beo Publishing company. lelH
duly awern. saya that tho average dnJly
flireulallon for the month of October,
Clroulatlon Manager
Subcrtbl in my presence and sworn
,0 before me thl. &T$gZiU
Xatary Iubllc.
.ahsrrihera lrnrlnK lh city
lenpnrarllr should hsre The Her
mailed to them. Address Trill lie
chanced as often ns requested.
Good-bye, Huerta; take rare of
yourself.
Welcome again to tho schoolmas
ters and inarms.
"Pike's Peak is not sinking," says
H news report. Well, that saves us.
Have you learned enough about tho
Jncomo tax law to know how to dodge
yours?
Our want ad columns are open to
Huerta when he becomes a despot out
of a Job.
The Washington Post insists that
currency measure is no longer tho
tamo old bill.
It seems that the provaillng social
unrest also permeates our teachers'
organizations.
Omaha's advice to Indianapolis:
Get away from the street car striko
tm fast as you can.
It's a poor public body these days
that cannot contribute a member or
two to the Ananias club.
Certain blackmailers in Chicago
nre proving to themselves that "Tho
way of tho transgressor is hard."
Here is tho key and the town is
.yours, Mister and Misses School
Teachers. Do with It as you please.
According to President Wilson, the
lease takon on the national paloco in
Mexico City by President Huerta has
run out.
After visiting El Mocha. Java and
Itlo, the colonel ought to be able to
determine offhand Just how many
cups of each he will take.
The quack doctors are In tho aamo
class with the crooked lawyers, and
neither should be countenanced by
tho reputable part of the profession.
Still, the most exciting election in
New York cannot arouse as much In
terest, not to say excitement, In Ne
braska as tho tamest election ho re at
home.
For the first time In a long time
the foot ball heroes find it difficult to
hold the center of attention against
so many counter attractions on the
stage of current ovents.
, Jfa a f9,000 Job for which .a
former superintendent of Omaha's
nublic schools is being considered in
Pittsburgh. Any other city want to
take our Water board boss away from
us?
John Wesley is supposed to have
been the author of the saying that
"Cleanliness is next to tiodl.neas,"
often erroneously ascribed to scrip
tures, which gives him a place among
our modern sanitary experts.
Secretary Daniels favors an appro
priation for three and the president
for two battleships from the present
congress. Now is the time for the
prince of peace to come to the aid of
his country and secure a compromise
on a little skiff or two.
Again we repeat, that If the device
of tho 15 per cent occupation tax
would do the business, what a pity it
was not applied originally to the old
Omaha Water company, and thus
have saved the city several million
dollars for which it was stung.
Everyone win agree that Omaha
cannot keep the pace without a suita
ble building in which to accommodate
large assemblages. If the present
Auditorium should no longer be
available for that purposo It would
not be a year before the demand
would crystallite for erecting an
other one.
Getting Closer to a Fall. j
With the support of Kuroneanj
power, the Tutted Statea- ds-mand!
'for lltterta's immediate resignation'
i ouuuu bictiij uisrits ic oeginninK Oi
,hli nfflpial nH ,l il.. .11.1..- ... I
tifOilnK Point in the Mexican situation.
liOar government U evldentlv nlavln-r
,. ... .. .
be brought face to face with the in
evitable.
I j This action Is not surprising, for It
'had been discounted days and weeks
,.jn advance. It secma to have been
reached as the logical conclusion of
; the prolonged and complicated nepo
I tiatlons and efforts to arrive at peace
ibr other methods. The outcome will
universally acclaimed If it results
in a complete overhauling of Mexican
affairs and paves the way to peace
and order. The rushing of Amer
ican troops to the Texas border on
the hoels of the administration's
manifesto Is significant of the om
phasls laid on tho present movements
of the administration at Washington.
The Wrong Dope.
Here's an item from ono of our
state exchanges similar to others of
like Import going, the rounds:
Kx-Major Brown of Lincoln Is slated
for a consular position In Central Amer
ica. Conairiarshlim In that country are
not all that they are rraeked up to be,
so we will not my whether Sir. Brown
l to bo envied or pitied.
Xow we take no stock whatever in
this inside tip, no more than wo do
in tho recent telegraphic Information
that a well known Des Moines Cath
olic priest, counted among Mr.
Ilryan's staunchest supporters, was
to have a consul generalship If ho
wanted It.
Direct contradiction Is found in the
fact that noar-offlclal administration
organs aro holding up ns conclusive
proof of President Wilson's tlovotlon
to civil service his proclaimed policy
of retaining the consular wcrvlco un
dor lta prosent protection, and recit
ing that on the list of thirty names
of his first nppolntmonts In tho con
sular service twenty-eight already In
tho service wcro promotod to more
Important positions, while tho other
two wero names of mon who had suc
cessfully passed tho special examina
tion for eligible.
Unless Prosldont Wilson Is ready
to go back on his life-long profes
sions, ho cannot reopen tho gates to
tho consulships to the prcssuro for
political spoils, and if nny of Mr.
Ilryan's political pets wnnt consular
Jobs they will havo to get them by
tho regular route of competitive ex
amination, running the risk of being
outclassed by some collego graduate
fresh from his studies who has nover
oven voted for Mr. Dryan
Warning to Quack Sootori.
The arrost of an alloged medical
faker in Memphis under Indictment
for trial beforo the federal court in
Omaha on the charge of misusing the
mails Bhould bo a warning to thovu
quacks en'gaged In similar schemes
and enterprise. Public sentiment,
led by such newspapers aa The Deev
is rising like a tidal wavo against
medical rascality, demanding that
the swindler who deals In fako cures
must go. Tho man involved In this
particular caso may bo guilty or in
nocent of the charges preferred; at
any rate, he will bo untitled to tho
benefit of a fair and impartial trial.
Out his case, nevertheless, may servo
tho good purposo of a timely warn
ing to thoso engaged In tho question
able practices ho is accused of.
Has it Comes to This!
In tho good old days a member of
congress might Jump up and run out
of town on the least pretext, and dur
ing the summer with the home team
in tho city and winning, It has at
times been next to impossible to get
a quorum. Perhaps that was tho
matter when Scualor La Folletto n
few weeks ago demanded that "sena
tors resign or go to work," declaim
ing against tho farco of doing busi
ness without a quorum.
Hearing all this in mind, the fol
lowing humble plea seems sig
nificant: Mr. Speaker, I simply deal re to make a
personal atntement,' a very brief one.
1 Outside of about three or four days' ab
jseiH'u I have been Jtreaent every day
) since tliq Inauguration. I waa roinnvllel
to be absent on Aooounl of the Ohio
flood, whtah affected tnv city at Colum
bus, O., very croatly. I now ask unanl
mo us consent for leave of absence for
three weeks, net on account of com plica,
tktn of b'uainemi matter, although I have
plenty of these, but on account of lone
continued lllnena In my family, which
baa beeome more rerlous. I ask for
leave of absence for three weeks on that
aooount.
It seems from his record that Con-
eressmnn Ttrmnhmii-h milKm. nf th.
I " "'
, above, was one of those with a sort
jous sense of official duty, nevortho
I less tho humility here expressed
marks a far cry in a brief space of
', time from tho former status. Truly,
as President Wilson says. "The old
order chaiigeth." Let us hope the
j thing Is catching, and that members
I will stick to their Jobs so consistently
I from now on as to bo able to com
jpleto the extra session at least two
(days beforo the regular short term
begins In December.
"You are a liar." "You are non
compos mentis." "nut I'm not a
darned fool." Three gueuses as to
where and between whom this ele
gant repartee occurred.
i ,-.1,.-. a. K?.
, InlslJay in Umahu
(tmrius rtm tit run
NOVKMIlHn 3.
Thirty Vear Ago
J V laureon from OiteMa. HI.. U
the ruest of J O. Conrad.
The Harmonic society met for rervlar
practice in Max Meyer's musts hall.
Vnator '"hartes F Manderton and Mrs.
Manderson arrive from the east to be
here for about two weeks.
U Mndleohn, the architect. H hack
from Detrr.lt. accomnanteil br Ills
Tekia Henrtr. nhs 1H visit her sister.
MM. Mendeisjm.
Xat Brown. Uie penlal and popular rep
resentative of the Chicago. Burlington &
Quint r. left for tho Pacific coast In the
lnteret of the road.
Harry Haskell, day foreman of The
Bee s new room, distributed the Havana
to ail hands from the "devil" to the re
ligious editor over the arrival of a new
boy at his house Saturday.
Blre Chief John 11. Butler, accom
panied by Councilman Charles Kauff
man. returned from Xew Orleans, where
they had been attending the convention
of the fire chiefs of the United 8Utea.
reporting that they couldn't have had a
better. Xothlns to Jndlcate whether the
city footed the bill for the Junket.
At the sehoot board meeting a resolu
tion offered by- Rev. Mr. Copeland, "to
have mat In the different schools for
the children to olein their feet on," waa
lost Mr. Connoyer declared tho chil
dren would desert the scrapers for the
mats and fill the mats with mud. while
Mr. f'opeland vainly Insisted "the chil
dren know morn than this," and that the
teachers would see to It that the chil
dren were taught how' to use the mats.
Twenly Years Aro
i-o.icn umcer William Kills resigned
from the force.
Hon. Frederick Douglas, who recently
acquired fresh laurels by his famous Chi
eago addresses, waa billed fnr on ...1,.
date at Boyd's opera house for a speech
on rne Hare Problem In the .outh."
While out lmntloR William Pordue.
Third nnd Woolworth. discovered tho
body of a man lodged on a sandbar near
Fast Omaha who had been dead evidently
several days. Mr. Perdue reported It to
the coroner, who declined to go after the
corpse.
Rev. T K. Cramblctt. pastor of the
First Christian church, spoke on "Local
Politics, the Duty of the Hour." He em
phasised the Importunce of letting con
science enlightened by truth enlighten
the voter, nnd criticised the churchman's
attitude.
Hermnn Kounlie, . speaking of the
late transfer of real estate to the United
Riwl Katato and Trust company, said
that It was done to avoid trouble that
might ensue In tho death of one of the
heirs of the lute Augustus Ko Jntxe. The
property waa owned by Augustus Kountte
and the company was organised smong
the heirs.
Ten Years Ago -
Ward and Vokes, In a new musical
comedy, stirred up the animals at the
Kmc theater.
The congregation of the Swedish Evan
gelical church tendered a farewell re
ception to It retiring pastor. Rev. Eman
uel Berg, upon his departure for Butte.
Mont.
Superintendent of Instruction Pears,
said that ho would consider adding a
fourth teacher to tho two night schools
owing to 1111 unusually large attendance.
Dr. George U Miller wrote to The
Bee to say that he had heard Daniel
Webster's speech and had called on
Henry Clay. This was occasioned by
reading an article In The Bee of some
man 50 years old who boasted of hav
ing seen both of these celebrities.
In a competitive drill under the aus.
Pices of the Women's Monument assocla.
non in aanington hall. Sergeant Hurry
Remington of the Millard Rifles, won two
Km meaais nnd Hergeant William
Breltherdt of tho Thurston niri..
second prise, n silver medal. Governor
Mickey, through Adiutant General Cul
ler, presented the gold mednl. and W.
H. Oreen was the donor of the sliver
medsi.
People Talked About
United States Bcnator Henry Cabot
Lodge of Massachusetts Is reported fully
recovered from the effect f a critical
surgical operation.
Authorities of Denver are rl,n.i.,r e..
tuno tellers out of town, and Chicago
una uoctors uro getting a fine line of
moneyless publicity as medical swindlers.
The oldest French cltlien. M. Kchamel
Roy of Versailles, entered his 107th year
August So. He la the son nf . ..r..H,..
of Napoleon's guard, and remembers
nawng seen the emperor one day at
Versailles.
The city clerk and two n,mh.n f
tho council of Philadelphia have been
Plnohwl on dictagraph evidence of hav
Ing accepted bribe monev in th
ter of purchasing flra apparatus. The
crusaae ror civic Ideals has reached
such 11 pass In the Quaker cltv th. e.
flcials assume unusual risks In working
ine siao lines.
The death at -Care Town. rwnk.r is
of IMnlsulu, removes the last of the war
rior kings of the Zulu nation. He was
the son of Cetewayo and himself 1 f..
mous fighter. In ISM Herman R. Davis,
now o-' Pittsburgh, who was 'a memK.r
of the government eclipse expedition, saw
nini til bt. Helena, where he was In
exile with his uncles.
Mrs Bryan, wife of the secrtrv nf
state, owns and operates her own iitiL
electric coupe, and la thus better off than
most or the wives of the members of the
cabinet, who can only so calllnr wh.n
their husbands do not want the carriage,
whleh the government provide. Many
of these are said to be relies of a former
administration and not very much to be
proua er.
Tango (lancing has grown Into oi.i
problem In various localities. Mayor
Harrison of Chicago has appointed a
commute to draft an ordinance regu
lating the tango clutch. In 0.w.i.
Judge Anderson had the dance performed
Drore him and pronounced It a moral
one, A clergyman In New Jsnev 1.
ganlslng a dancing society to teach the
young people of his parish tho proper
dancing forms. So runs the news. Years
ago whim the waltx chased the square
danee off the floor, an Omaha preacher
denounced It as a menace to morals be
cause the waltsers get so cloe together
that a silver dollJr could not drop be-
lert them .Nowadays the waits Is es
teemed a highly proper back numbsr.
Twice Told Tales
Hasty Ilenartnre.
I A ha jnteH house In Georgia was heid
m terror by alt the negroes In the virtu -lty
except Ham. who deHared that for
' he would steep there ail nlcht
A psrse was raised ami Sam was told to
earn' out his end of the bargain and to
call In the mornln; for the money When
mernlng came no trace of Sam. The
hewee contained nothing but the evidence
of a hurriM departure.
Four days later Sa
jcame walking slowly down the read.
in, uere, nigger! yelled a bystander.
"Where's you nil bn dls las' fo' days?"
To which Sam eurtly responded: "Ah
has ben a-comln' back." Evervbo.lv
Magazine
Ills (Inly Thought.
A certain Philadelphia architect who
Is par excellence the architect of the mil
lionaire said at the annual outing of the
Associated Architectural sooietlt at Hn
glewood: "The palaces of our millionaires are
undoubtedly the most beautiful In the
wcrld. The American millionaire has. ai
a rule, an esthetic sense. He Isn't like
CaJdiley of Chllllcothe.
"Cashley last winter visited the Riviera.
Arriving at the Palace hotel In. Xlce. he
said to the elerk;
" 'Gimme the dearest room In the house,
young feller.'
" 'Yes, sir.' said the olerk. 'And would
you prefer, sir. a sea view or a mountain
view a view of the Mediterranean or a
view of the Maritime Alps'
Oh, 1 don't care nothln' about that,'
said Caahley. "The dearest room In the
house, young feller, that' s what I
want.' "-Philadelphia Press.
Good Katlns: There.
There la In Brooklyn a young, recently
married couple who have ben having the
usually half pathetio and wholly amusing
experiences Incident to somewhat limited
means and total Inexperience.' I-ast Sat
urday there was a hitch In the delivery
of the marketing and f unday found them
with a practically empty larder. When
dinner time came the young wife burst
into tears.
"Oh, this Is horrible!" she wept. "Xot
a thing In the house fit for a dog to
eat. t am going home to mamma!"
"If you don't mind. dear, the husband
exclaimed, as he visibly brightened and
reached for his haL "I'll go with you!"
Mttsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
The Irreverent Cynic.
John 1). Rockefeller, Jr.. was condemn
ing cynicism at Seal Harbor. "Xothlng
Is holy to the cynic," he said. "Why.
even marriage Is a targtt for his darts.
"Apropos of a married man whose af
fairs had become Involved, I sjild the
other day at the club:
'"Poor old mlth! He's got a good
wife, though. It's when a man's In
trouble that he learns the value of a
wife.'
" 'Tes.' sneered the cynic over his glass
of buttermilk; 'yes. he can put his prop
erty In her name, ch?' "New York Mall.
Vindicated.
"Gentlemen of the Jury," announced tr.o
attorney for the defense, "my client Is
accused of operating a speakeasy. I will
have the defendant take the stand.."
"Mr. Whistler, ara you the defendant In
this case?"
"V-y-y-yess, s-s-slr."
"Will you pronounce jour name for
the Jury7"
"T-t-t-tom-totn-tomas Wh-wh-whlss--lasler."
And without leaving the box the Jury
returned a verdict of not guilty. Cincin
nati Enquirer.
Editorial Sittings
Washington Post. Booties from the
ll,30,O suit brought by the government
against the oleo companies may be ex
pected to resemble a yodellng chorus In
the mld-chautauqua season.
Philadelphia Ledger:. In tlie role of
progressive. Bill Hulser recalls Sydney
Smith's comments on the ny In the
amber there Is not so much Interest In
the fly aa wonder how It got there.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: It doesn't seem
possible to teach those Turks discretion.
They rushed Into war with the Balkans
and soon had the Balkan family slttinr
all over them. Now It Is reported that
Turkey is to fight the Stsndard Oil com
pany.
Pittsburgh Dispatch. Governor John. nn
of California declares that the rrogres-
fives will never amalgamate with the re
publicans. Perhaps not. for the reason
that when they do perform the act of re.
conciliation they will cease to be progres
sives and resume their former position as
republicans.
Baltimore American: Dr. Eliot of liar.
vard says that poverty Is preferable to
inordinate wealtli as a moral condition
Many people will disagree with him. Kor
cpe thinr. ona pc-sseailnr It would never
agree that wealth can b Inordinate, and
for the vast majority-It Is to be feared;
they would rather be rich than good.
Philadelphia Bulletin: Now that the In.
ventors have perfected the wirlc
graph so as to destroy battleahlps miles
away by exploding tholr magazines. It is
next in order for Uiem to evolve a plan
whereby the battleships may destroy the
wirwessa stations before they can brin
their deadly currents Into plsy. Thus
swings the pendulum of science.
Philadelphia Ledger James J inn
the railroad treasury has corns m 1-
looked upon as the public milch cow, from
wniou a now supply of nourishm.nt
always bo obtained, and he nmv it 1-.
showing that each mile of railway In the
United States paid J1S9 In taxes In 113
and MM In mo. More recent figures raise
the total above IMO. it is pretty hard on
the cow. but so long as she yields so
richly the legislators will keep on milk.
Ing.
Mnklns Taxes Painless.
Springfield Republican.
It has been suggested that the advent
of a graduated Income tax ought to glv.
the clue for an escape from the tipping
e.'U. Persons with Incomes of C.0OJ or
Itsa would U exempt ; from 8,000 to XS,ouj
a 10 Per cent allowance for tlrs should
be made on traveling and hotel expsjux-.
Per Incomes of 100,ooa or more 100 per
cent might be about right, and above
the million mark aU limits should b
taken off this game. But the question
arKes whether the very people who In
to make the tax assessor think them poor
would not Insist on tipping like million
aires. To make taxes painless the col
lector khot ld wesr plush and stand on
guard In a hotel or lobster palace.
A.
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."ffraue on TcncherV Program.
PLAINVIEW. Xeb. Nox 4 -To the
rMltor of The Be I think I voice the
sentiment of a large majority of the in
telligent supporters of our state public
schools when I protest against allowing
Dr. Anna Jhaw or an other women's
suffrage advocate a hearing at our State
Teachers association. If this must be, I
would suggest that the association meet
me be changed to a vaudeville pedfotm
a nee nnd Invite Billy Sunday and Kmme
line Pankhurst. II. G. CORKLL.
j Complains of a Cnrahllng Room.
I OMAHA, Nov ;.To the Kdltor of Tte
Bee: You have exposed gambling In
your paper a number of times. It ha
been the means of closing them up. 1
am going to Appeal to you to do the
same thing once more. They closed during
the carnival, and I understood they were
to remain closed, but they have been run
ning wide open for the last two weeks.
My reason for making this complaint Is
my husband goes to the gambling house
at Thirteenth and Harney streets, up
stairs, every night He Is an old man
and not capable of making a thing anj
more, and at the rate ho Is loMng what
little money i.e has. he will soon be a
DaUDer. WVin a riM I ..I.. . - v. - .
, - ' ... um-t liiauc
some one notifies them and they put
everything out of sight. When the of
ficers go up there, all they find Is men
playing pool. If they would break otn
the door connecting with the next room
they would find the whole gambling lav
out Hoping you will do all you can to
close them up, I am, yours respectfully,
MRS. U M. WATSON.
Horrell Explains Ills Scheme.
OMAHA. Nov. . To the Bdltor of The
Bee: In the news columns of your pa
per. It was' recently reported that at the
last meeting of the Economic league the
proposal to lovy a IS per cent conditional
occupation tax upon Omaha's public ser
vice con-orations, to the end of e4ther
compelling a reduction In rates or pro.
vlding a fund to municipalise the utili
ties, was declare! to be unconstitutional.
Tils roport was In error, as no such
conclusion was announced or reached.
The most Important Issue before the
people of Omaha today Is the demand
for lower public service rates. This de
man Is not only Insistent, but is gather
ing force, because of a deep-seated con
viction In tfce minds of the people that
the profits of the public service corpora
tions ore in excess of what they reason
ably should be. It ki evident, from the
attitude of the public service corpora
tions, that the reductions demanded will
not be granted except under compulsion
Three solutions of the problem present
themselves: 1. Reduction In rates through
legally adopted regulations. S. Reduction
In rates through the levying of a con
ditional occupation tax. 3. Reduction In
rates through public ownership.
By "regulation" Is meant the adoption
of ordinances fixing rates or conditions
of service. This has been spasmodically
attempted In Omaha for more than thirty
years but, with the single exception of
universal street railway transfers, has
failed. By "a conditional occupation tax"
is meant the levying of a heavy occu
pation tax upon each public service
corporation with the condition that such
tax shall automatically diminish as the
corporalon sees fit to reduce Its rates.
This plan has not thus far been at
tempted In Omaha. However, the city
Is now collecting a small occupation tax
of J per cent for revenue purposes only.
By "publlo ownership" Is meant the
gradual acquisition of public utilities by
the city. Thus far public ownership has
been applied to Omaha's water plant
only, and although little more than a
year has elapsed since Its acquisition, the
people are enjoying a per cent reduc
tion from the former maximum water
rate, while the plant Is accumulating a
sinking fund which will pay off when
duo the debt Incurred in Its purchase,
and tiiere Is a surplus besides.
Thus experience dictates that no prac
tical results can be expected from "regu
lation"; that "public ownership' Is a
success ta fact that Is emphasized when
one remembers that the application of a
50 per cent reduction to gas rates and
strtet allwoy fares would mean S3
cent gas and t-cent fares): and, finally.
Judgment suggests that the occupation
tax and public ownership solutions of j
this problem can be combined so as to
maneuver the public service corporations
Into a reduction of their rates, or, by I
devoting their occupation tax payments to
the purchase of public utilities, to pro- i
vide for an ultimate reduction In such 1
rates through public ownership.
Such a program can be carried out In
tht following manner: Let the city adopt,
through the Initiative If necesBan", an '
ordinance (1) declaring It necessary and
expedient to construct or acquire a gas
plant, and providing (t) a fund for su-h
purpose by levying an occupation tax cf
li per cent uiion the gross Incomes or
the gas, electric light, telephone and
street railway torporotlons, subject to
the condition that In the case of each
corporation itsch tax shall diminish In '
proportion to any reduction granted from 1
present rates and, further, that the tax ,
shall flnallv be extinguished when the
rates put Into effect shall be equal to,
or lower than the following: j
Gas company. S cents per 1.0M cubic ,
feet, electrie light company, maximum I
rate. 7 cents per kilowatt; telephone com-
pany. horizontal reduction of 1 per cent. I
street railway company, six tickets for j
14 cents.
A valid ordinance involving these fea
tures can undoubtedly be drawn and if
nut into effect the tax levied upon any '
one of these corporations could only be J
defeated by proving the tax conflsca
ton". Consider the gas company, for In
stance, the net Increase In its occupa-
REDUCING SUGAR
IN DIABETES
To prove that sugar can be reduced In
many cases of Diabetes In people past
fifty we wlU mail on request formula
for quantitative test for sugsr that will
show the percentage from day to day,
Diabetics are largtly Codeln. admitted
to le hopeless. Under rultoa's Diabetic
Compound the thirst often beglrs to
abate and the strength to increase before
the sugar shows much decline, thus pa
tients often know the case Is respond
ing before the tests show It
If you are of middle age or over and
have DIsbttes. do you not owe it to your
self and family to trr Fulton's Dlaoetlc
TO
rt rVM sal I
Compound before giving upT it can be
had at Fhemian A McConncll Drug Co..
ISth and Dodge Sts. ltth snd Hsrn
8ts. th and Karnam.
For pawrJ-'et writ John J t ul uu Co.,
San Frauds co.
Hon Ulx would be 1. rr cent Reduce
the present gaji rate S per cent and we
have a rate of t; lz per feet Ioes
any one doubt the ability of the gas
company to; furnish tl gas? Again the
net Increase In the street railway com
pany's occupation tax llkewife wou:d be
li per cent or Just about the percentage
Its income would be decreased were it
tt grant six tickets fer a quarter In Lin
coln the traction company affords six
tickets for a quarter and yet Its ex
pense of operation per car mile arc
per cent In excess of the earne expenses
of the Omaha Street Railway company,
while its receipts are less.
The results possible under this pro
gram are not difficult to determine.
Hither the corporations must reduce rates
1
Icr pay the tax. which would approxi
mate t5XXW) per annum. I.n other words
j the reduced rates which the poople are
I emandlng will be accomplished by this
1 program elthtr directly or Indirectly.
t R. B. HOWELL.
Over the Seas
In Germany twenty-seven trades union
councils have their own labor temples.
One and one-half million workers are
employed In the textile Industry In Italy.
An African explorer found a very mod
ern American sewing machine being oper
ated by a woman In a native, village In
the heart of the Dark Continent
A bU In a temple In north Chlnu has
been kept ringing for a centlirv. A tax
Is levied In the district for paying relays
of ringers to work incessantly day ami
night
An experiment in female emigration
from the British Isles Is being tried by
the New South Wales government to
supply the demand for domestic servants
In Australia, where the supply 'is quite
Inadequate.
Break Down the Cost of Living
Your meat bill is far
J H 11 ,
aon 1 neea nan tne amount
you re eating now cut your
meat bill two-thirds and
substitute a food
that is far more
nutritious and costs
one-tenth the price
FAUST SPAGHETTI.
A 10c package of FAUST SPAGHETTI contains
more real nutrition than 4 lbs. of beef and it is much
easier to digest
FAUST
is made from Durum wheat, the cereal so extremely
rich in gluten that element which builds muscle,
Doneananesn. fAUbl SrAUHEHI isa delicious,
savory, appetizing tood that can be served in
many different ways. Write for free recipe
uuuk. cat less meat
GHETTI, cut down cost of living.
At all Grocers Sc and 10c packages.
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is quickly solved by a visit to "Peacock's" when ycv.are
in Chicago. Unique and practical articles in jewelry,
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Our great purchasing power, the experience of our buyers' and
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For convenience of those who shop by correspondence, our big
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C. D. PEACOCK
(Etttblithed In 1837)
DIAMOND. PEARL. RUBY. EMERALD MERCHANTS j
MASTERCRATTS MEN Is tU PRECIOUS METALS. ETC.
STATE AND ADAMS STREETS, CHICAGO
Doctors, Nurses
Grocers and Housewives
agree that for delicious flavor and nutritivt
value combined no other food quite equals
Washington CRISPS
IOC T" BIG PackjSc of Touted Corn FJskrj IQc.
j THESE GIRLS OF OURS.
, Louise Troubled ttlth lss of appet
1 Isn't she"
Julia f-he doesn t een want to eat tl
1 things that the doctors forMd -Life
1 Thev were quarreling. "Well, you can
.say 1" ran after ou," said the wife
"Neither does a mousetrap run after the
mice, but It catches 'em Just the ssme.
j replied 'hubby. Newark Star.
"Before t sentence the prlioner, I shoulr
I like to ask the. attorney why he thinks
I that the defendant Is Insane."
1 "Your 1 10 nor. he admits that he hftd a
, pcrfe'tly alr trial " Philadelphia Ledger
"They say he was educated at our btsf
colleges."
I "Hum! 1 ought tchae known belter
than play poker with him." Philadelphia
Ledger.
"What do you think of this movement
to encourage womn to take up farm
I work?" '
' "Well. womn always were attracted
to husbandry." Baltimore American.
I LAWYER'S LINES TO YOUNG LADY
l
I K Reed. In Judge.
Oh. fair Kme Sole, I've often sued
At -qultv and law
To love s bar now a suit t bring
That daro not have a flaw.
Mv declaration here I file.
A plea I ofler. too;
Ten. all the pleadings I would write
For both mvself and you!
Tou've got possession of my heart;
I ought to sue in trover.
And yet I II Jut demur a hit.
5o you may answer over.
Your hair Is vellow as the coin
Now used as legal tender;
Your ejes Id certum est are blue:
Your corpus lithe and slender.
By parol evidence our voice
Kxcels the song of birds:
Your hand I ask In terms express
Pray het-I these, binding words!
Kern" c-nert be' Assume the right
Of dower in lands of mine'
I.et vour Identity be merged
In me, Feme Sole divine!
too high
- o
of meat
eat rAUbl brA-
SI
MAULl BROS.
1 St. Uols, M.
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