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Whatever happens, "watchful waiting" has
been sent to the bench and a live pitcher ordered
Into tho box. .
Not tho least of the Irritating features of tho
Mexican situation la the noise-making activity
of warriors who fight only with their mouths.
Beneficial' as the clean-up movement Is, ill
value may be vastly enhanced by doocorating
home surroundings with flowering plants and
shrubbery.
If tho law officers agrco to forget It, tho
two Chicago editors will gladly confine their
bloodless duel Jokes to tho funny column ol
tholr papers-
Ostracised by all threo parties in the empire
state, William Bulzer rofuses to bellevo that ho
Is a dead one, He will bo shown at the carllctit
opportunity.
Boosting has its place in the economy of
progress. But the stoady pull, all together, Is
what draws a community to the higher leVel of
civic development.
Senator Barah says: "Once our flag goes up
in Mexico It will never come down," Somebody
ought to give tho senator a copy of President
Wilson's Mobile speech.
One plank la tho pisiform of the lndlan.X
' progrewlvlea,' culls for Trw sohoolhooksi "We1
In Omaha have had that brand of 'progress' for
more than a quarter ot a century.
A court has ruled tho Pullman company
jesponslble for passengers hand luggage. It In.
only a step to holding the restaurant keeper for
a customer's disappeared umbrella.
Secretary Daniels lots It be known that tho
iiavy -was never In bettor condition for war.
What elso could & secretary of tho navy who
vants to be popular with the sailor lads say?
Eastern railroads which lament the annouy
ance of legal shackles managed to boost dlnng
car charges without asking permission. Round
to stick the passenger for all the traffic will
bear.
Senator Perkins ot California declares that
Instead of receiving a bounty of 3C,000,00U,
Colombia Bhouid apologise to us. Yes, and wait
until a certain colonel now sojourning in South
America is heard from 5
Former Attorney General, Bonparte has pro
tested before the senate against the repeal ot
the tolls caluse ot the Panama law. President
"Wilson to the contrary not with standing, free
tolls is not a moral issue, and there is room for
honest disagreement
New York newspapers pretend to be shocked
at the spectacle ot morbidly curious crowds
Jostling fqr a sight ot the bodies ot tho electro
cuted gunmen. The assumption is character
istic. Having excited morbid curiosity by sen
sational publicity, their attempts to shift re
sponsibility mocks their pretenses.
"Let Uncle Sam do it!" That is now the
chorua pf those who lament laxity in law en
rot-cement In states and cities, or who cannot
force on communities certain notions of ner-
aonal conduct. Tho latest move In that direc
tion is for a national law prohibiting the carry
lag of concealed weapons. Back of the desire to
make Uncle Sam the "goaf" lies the magnetism
or nis long purse.
Jfai (Why Vmtfut
At the First Baptist church this morning tho pas.
tor, Bev. J. w. Harris, announced that he wished
the church would ral the
W. T. Seaman made some historical remarks and an
appeal to the congregation, and whan the pastor
called for pledges K.Ctt) was the liberal response.
Ml. Frank Arnold is very Hi at her home on
Davenport street
Joseph Staebell, formerly secretary of the Brewer
& Bemls Brewing company, and for some time past
deputy city clerk, died at his residence, Twelfth and
Martha streets, aged SO year.
The lecture room or basement of the new Lutheran
church at Sixteenth and Harney streets was opened
by holding Sunday school therein. Dr. P. B. Lelsen
ring. Is tho Sunday school superintendent.
C, E. Mayne. whlla stooping down under one of
hu hprsts, fractured his Jaw by colliding with the
animal's foot
Iadam Salmon, queen of the Island of -Thill,
passed through Omaha on her way home.
Charles; B, Davla, IS6 Grant street, lets It be known
that he has found a box of household goods, which
ttw owner can hY by proving property.
Kational or State Issues ?
The sudest way to Insure democratic success In
the coming campaign Is for the party In every state
to mako the fight on the record of the national ad
ministration. It is the strongest asset of the party
today ,and the candidate who Is not willing to put
hU fata to this test will never get beyond a primary
campaign. The Commoner.
If language 1b to bo taken In the usual ac
cepted sense, this means that tho democrats
would like, If possible, to eliminate all stato and
local issues from this years' campaign, nnd
make national Issues paramount and exclusive
On this theory tho candidate for governor should
not be chosen on the strength ot his party s
pledges or his own qualifications and per
sonality or both together, bnt solely on his being
in accord with tho policies of the national ad
ministration. No matter how inferior the
democratic nominee may be to his opponent, no
matter how discreditable a record he may have
Made In public office, no matter how unreliable
and undependable ho may have shown himself,
yet If he renders Hp service to Prcsldont Wilson,
and promises to holp hold up his hand, no
matter how romoto may bo tho likllhood of
being called on to redeom such a promise, Mr.
Bryan would have every democrat voto for hlni.
But unless wo havo a war issue, let no one
lmaglno that stato and local issues can bo
eliminated from the coming political' contest.
1 he record ot the national administration will,
It Is true, cut a considerable figure, but not
necessarily to the advantage of tho democratic,
or, it did for example In tho recent special New
Jersey congressional eleectlon, but it will not ba
oblo to crowd out all tho other issues, and if wo
nro not mistaken, the democrats, themselves,
will be trying In many places to drag In stato
and local issues by the tlmo tho campaign Is
well underway ns a saving clause to a desperato
dllomma.
Free Tolls a Progressive Policy.
Tho best part of tho contention over free
tolls Is that It Is possible for a person to Insist
on standing pat without being denounced as a
reactionary. Paradoxically speaking, standing
pat for freo tolls 1b progressive, and It is pro
gressive because the arch champions of progres
slvlsm aro for freo tolls. If anything wero
needed to dispel lurking doubt on this point, it
is supplied by the personal platform, Just pro
mulgated, of Olfford Plnchot in connection with
his candidacy for the nomination of tho progres
sives in Pennsylvania for Unltod States senator.
Tho final clause in tho enumeration of things
Mr. Plnchot believes in and promises to promote
If olocted, roads as follows:
I bellovo In our right to exercise sovereignty over
the Panama canal, and In free tolls for tho coastwise
trade. Cheap transportation in American coastwlso
ships will break down tho present monopoly of tho
transcontinental railroads. That monopoly must be
destroyed.
That states It succinctly nnd pointedly. Freo
tolls need not bo advocated merely to defy tho
British, nor to subsidize any ship monopoly, nor
to favor tho seaboard ports, but tho policy can
bo honestly and sincerely urged for the benefit
of tho wholo people as a regulating factor in
transportation charges, and a splko in tho rail
way monopoly of transcontinental traffic1.
After the Phone Unmerger, WhatT
The annual report of tho president ot the
Western Union Telegraph company, that offi
cial being until Just now at tho same time
president of the Bell Telephone system, con
tains references to the unmerger ot thoso two
organizations which aro significant, if not Illu
minating. It will be remembered that govern
ment action against tho combination of tho Boll
nnd Western Union Interests was threatened
tinder tho Sherman anti-trust law until an ac
ceptable plan ot unmerger was presented to, and
and approved by tho attorney general. Presi
dent Vall's view of tho dissolution is contained
in the following paragraph:
"Th relations between tho American Telephone
and Telegraph company and your company have al
ways remained the same as between entirely Inde
pendent companies. The organisations of tho two
companies were entirely distinct and independent,
and. with the exception of tho president and a
minority of the' directors, had no officers In common.
M contracts and operating arrangements were such
as two independent companies could enter Into under
the Interpretations ot the existing laws, and the
comrotrclai Interests ot each company were care
fully guarded, so that the so-called divorce of tho
two companies Is being accomplished with very little
coufuslon."
In a word the unmerger Is a "so-called di
vorce," and "is being accomplished with very
little confusion," which, to an outsider, would
mean that tho decree of the separation Is not
particularly objectionable to the contracting
parties, because It comes with it arrangements
agreed to safeguard all mutual interests. There
is one euro way to determine whether the tele
phone and telegraph are to be any moro com
petitive after unmerger than they were before.
Only when tho telephone people take messages
(or transmission and delivery will -wo be sure
that tho time-honored gentlemona' agreement
not to compete in this common field no longer
controls. And unless that new departure comes
with tho unmerger, the benoflts to tho public ot
the "so-called divorce" will be hard to find.
An extraordinary display of legal brutality
was attempted In Kansas City court by lawyers
defending Immoral wretches charged with as
sault on a woman nurse. In cross-examlnlns
tho chief witness for the proseecution tho vic
tim of the fiends the defense sought to im
peach tho previous character of the woman.
What that had to do with the shocking crime the
court could not grasp and promptly squelched
It and the Jury manifested Us dlsquest by a
quick verdict as guilty.
Should that promised bunch ot Uncle Sam si
money reach Colombia's treasury the weath or
tte republic will outclass the dreams ot avarice.
Colombia prints Its own money, limiting the
ci'tput to the capacity Ot the presses. One hun
dred dollars In paper currency equals one dollar
in gold. Twenty-five millions In gold would bo
so great a temptation to extravagance that Undo
Bame has good reasons for hesitation.
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Knocking: noun a Strnrr Man.
NOItTII LOUP. Neb., April l.-To the
Editor of The Bee: lias any person
ever studied tho lluio resolution, which
Mr. Bryan introduced in the Baltimore
convention T A study of that resolution
1 interesting. After the adjournment of
tho convention, Mr. Bryan mado the
statement that the substance ot the reso
lution was made up before he went to
Baltimore. Wo would Infer from this,
that, tho resolution was not Impromptu,
but carefully thought-out before the same
was Introduced.
Everybody will remember that tho sub
stance of tho resolution waa in condem
nation of three, onoo famous financiers
Morgan, Belmont and Ryan. While Mr,
Bryan waa studying out the substance
of the resolution, why did he especially
select those three men? Was It because
they were democrats or hau been? Waa
It because they had ever defied Mr.
Bryan? Was It because they were op
posed to Mr. Wilson's candidacy? In
what respect had those threo men acted
differently than one Woodrow Wilson?
But the material question is why did
Mr. Bryan select those three men and so
graciously omit ono Standard Oil? Do
Morgan, Belmont and Ryan comparo
with the latter as a. quanlty In American
politics? Tho appearance is that, the
resolution was framed especially to In.
cludo three very dead ducks, and no
particular harm could come to Mr. Bryan
frcm the condemnation. On July S, 1913,
four months after tho Inauguration of
Mr, Wilson, a franchise was granted by
tho administration covering 350,000 water
horse powor, in the stato ot Washing
ton, and a limitation waa placed on tho
sate of electricity of 6 cents per kilowatt
hour, and tho franchise was mado per
petual. A study ot certain government re
ports will dlscloso the fact that Stand
ard Oil interests now own about 75 per
cent of all Improved water powers of
tho country, and tho remainder aro fast
slipping into their hands. Not long ago
Mr. Roosevelt made the statement that
his greatest mistake in all his presi
dency, was In signing the franchise of
the Keokuk water powers, in perpetuity.
I havo carefuly studied tho Washington
franchise, which was preported to have
been written by our secretaries of agri
culture and interior and it seems to mo
that the fingerprints of a Standard Oil
attorney are sufflclenly plain, that, a
blind man might detect them. Maybe tho
Baltimore resolution and tho Washing
ton franchtso are related? Well, flguro
out how much 350,000 horse power Is At
the small flguro of 1-cent per kilowatt
hour moro than IM.OOO.OOO annually.
WALTER JOHNSON,
Where Mr. Wolfe Standi.
OMAHA, April 18,-To the Editor ot
Tho Bco: In your lasuo of last ovcnlng's
paper there appeared an article wherein
It wan said that I had recommended that
the city hall be heated by the steam plant
ot The Bee Building company, our next
door neighbor
This Is not correct, and I now ask that
your paper put ma right boforo the pub
lic, or I shall be compelled to resort to
tho uso ot other press columns, to do so,
and very much against my personal In
clinations. What I said to your representative, on
inquiry from him as to the feasibility, or
to thoreconomy of such an arrangement,
was that the proposed plan of heating tho
city hail front The Bee building plant, or
the Douglas county court house plant
was, that cither of them was feasible, and
economical both, and that be, quote mo
as saying so, but personally. I felt that
Omaha was Urge enough, rich enough
and good enough to provide for Its own
care taking, and that I favored the city
installing a plant of its own In the city
hall, and It there is any profit to be made
by disposing of the exhaust or waste
steam, that contracts could bo made with
our neighbors across Farnara street on the
well as across Farnam street on the
south and west, that would yield a profit
to the city.
Trusting this letter will be received by
your company In the same spirit as It Is
sent that of a cttlsen and taxpayer aa
well aa a well-meaning public official, and
that you will do me the justice of a pub
lic retraction ot that part of the' state
ment which Is not true, and that you will
not construe what I have said here abovo
as being unfriendly to any on connected
to The Bee company, I beg leave to re
main. ROBERT IJ. WOLFE.
City Bolter and Smoke inspector,
No Ltt Comprlllus; to Pay Tenant's
Bills.
OMAHA, April IS. To the Editor of
The Bee: Will you please answer In
your paper, if consistent: Have any ot
the city departments (and- especially the
Water board) any right to compel own
ers of property to pay for debts to the
city contracted by tenants that Is, I
mean, ot course, any legal right, while
occupying owner's property?
In other words, It tenant vacate prop
erty without paying back water bills pay
ably by hlni or any other city bills, has
any city department the legal right to
compel owner to pay such bill?
If such is the case. Is It not unfair and
should not the law be changed?
TAXPAYER.
Note: No law conferrlor such power
that we know of.
Base Ball Ileserre Claaae.
Philadelphia Ledger.
If the view expressed ot the reserve
clause contracts In base ball in two re
cent decisions Is upheld by the higher
courts the great national game Is in a
bad way. Men cannot afford to Invest
fortunes In developing teams which may
be destroyed overnight by tempting- sal
ary otters to players from competitors.
The reserve clause, or some substitute
for It. is essential to the maintenance of
professional base ball on the scale and
In the manner customary heretofore In
this country. In fact, base ball was not
a profitable undertaking until the reserve
clause was adopted.
Last year's crops produced on 6,000,000
farms in the United States are valued by the
Department of Agriculture at $10,000,000,000.
This is twice what the crops ot 1900 netted. The
same authority calculates that by 1020 inten
sive farming will raise It to approximately
120,000,000,000. The Immensity of' these fig
ures staggers, but this Is a great country, and
Its claim to greatness is buttressed on the fer
tility ot its soil.
Vacation Depend on Speed.
Ipdlanapolls News.
The president's notion that the time of
adjournment depends on whether con
gress moves on a freight schedule or an
express train schedule is probably cor
rect enough. Incidentally, however. It la
to be understood that it will be useless
for congress to apply to. the Interstate
Commerce commission for an increase of
rate.
Commendable, bnt Too Hare.
Baltimore American.
Two bandits, who held up a train In
the west were so badly beaten by the
train crew and the passengers that they
are both In the hospital and one may die.
It is a pity that the tables cannot be
turned In this way oftener than they are.
Watterson's Horoscope
Written from Home to the
Louisville Courier-Journal.
i.
Throughout Europe the belief Is general that the
United States will be forced by events to Intervene
in Mexico. Among the politicians here In Rome,
whether they be of the one party or the other, this
is not only taken for granted, but discussed with
freedom and Intelligence. ."Tour Dr. Wilson," said
a member of tho government in private conversation
yesterday, "Is an aatute statesman. He plays adroitly
for time. Ho will strike when tho iron Is hot? hut
he will not strike until he thinks he has public opin
ion surely behind him and sees some definite equlva
lent directly ahead."
Ho was asked what ho meant by "equivalent" and
he replied rather BentcnUously, "Nations do not go
to war for nothing. Tou said you wanted no Spanish
territory, and straightaway you took the Philippines
nnd Porto Rico. Tou might as well havo taken Cuba
likewise Are you quite certain you do not hanker
after northern Mexico and lower California, and will
not In the end appropriate these as forfeits when the
coming war is over?"
This set me to thinking. We do require nnd must
acquire MagdeJena bay. We need it for a naval base
and station. Sonora. and Chihuahua lie somewhat too
close to New Mexico and Texas for comfort. Is It
possible for the Mexicans to restore and preserve
order? The government of Wax had foundation Just
as blood' as that ot Huerta. It was a pure despot
ism resting upon the will of one man. Could any
other havo survived so long?
If we do want anything in Mexico we shall scarcely
need to find tho pretext to go and got it. Thus much
Is tho Jingo view. Jingoism asking small warrant, or
any, for its law of reprisal. Hence the real question
here Is, whether the Jingo spirit, or the commercial
spirit will prevail In the ultimate conclusion ot the
president who has tho politicians so safe in leash
and tho situation so well In hand.
Courageous as tho president Is, he Is yet a clever
politician. So, having made the mistake of refusing
recognition to tho do facto government set up In tho
Cty of Mexico a year ago, he began the queer game
of freexeout with Huerta, the people looking on with
varying approval, nor counting tho cost. In case ho
wins what shall wo get? Simply an option on quiddi
ties and a choice among cut-throats. Meanwhile, the
losses aro Incredible In national prestige! In Inter
national relations; In actual property.
I am afraid that all this whips over to the Jingo
side of the argument and that tho suggestion of my
Italian friend has the support of reasonable con
jecture. We cannot maintain forever the atlltudo of
barring the world whilst doing nothing ourselves. In
the end the word wilt be "put up or get up," tho ap
peal rather to our pride than to any apprehension of
consequences; for, aa some one was saying the other
day, though wo do not court war, wc are not afraid
ot it
The president's mind, so fertile in resources, is
never without Borne plan In reserve All along he has
held the winning cards. At this distance l!ie likeli
hood seems that If he Is obliged to Intervene he will
time It so as to hit the fall elections. With the drums
beating and tho boys marching maybe tho flag wav
ing over the halls of the Mdntexumas the issue of a
congress friendly to the administration would prob
ably be irresistible.
11.
If we Intervene In Mexico, and take over so much
of tho Mexican territory as will Indemnify us for
ou! outlay, we light again the fires of imperialism
which our peace-loving secretary of stato tried so
hard to extinguish when McKlnley, and later Roose
velt, appeared as the "man-on-horscback."
With Wilson in the self-samo saddle, riding "tht
steed that carries double when there's need," we shall
naturally have a renewal of the plea for "benevolent
assimilation." as, If not a corollary, yet nn after
thought, of the "New Freedom."
Lot us speculate a moment here. It Is but a
gallop from Mexico Into Central America. Evan if
"progress" were not our cue, the canal will force our
hand. There we may rest awhile. That Is, wo may
wait until revolution gets In Its work upon Europe,
where Gabriel blew his horn over monarchlsni some
time ago. It is a safe prediction that fifty years hence
there will not be a crowned head in the world. Ed
ward's personality retarded the onrush of the mob in
England. The kaiser's great ability and representa
tive character have stayed the tides of social democ
racy in Germany. But the king job is on the blink.
These contingencies promise grist to our mill.
When Germany has become the confederation of the
Rhine and England has set up a federated republic,
Canada may prefer Washington to Westminster, and,
thus re-enforcod, wo may go ahead again, saying to
South America, "Stnco you will not give us your trade
we will absorb your autonomy." Is this too great a
stretch of fancy? Revolutions go not backward, and
"progress" has been ever a nimble-footed Jade. The
distance between a protectorate In Nicaragua and
suxeralnty over Chile and Peru to say nothing about
Argentina and Brarll Is scarcely much longer across
than the way over the narrow strip lying betwixt the
devil and the deep blue sea.
The gospel of "Manifest Destiny" declared: that wo
should go on expanding, conquering and to conquer,
until the map should show us bounded on the north
by the Arctla ocean, on the south by tho equator, on
the cast by the rising sun, and on the west by the
jumping-oft plsce or words to that effect and for
purposes of Illustration, why not? We are already In
the south seas, and what could Peary have meant by
discovering the North pole but to annex It? The
government Is about to build a railway in Alaska.
That Is the beginning- of federal ownership. We shall
have only to extend this over an Ice pond to gobble
up situ other parts of Russia. By that time all public
utilities will have been federalized, Including state
lints, and we shall be fully prepared, armed and
equipped for enterprises of real progressive pith and
moment; sending weekly excursions to Mars; a line
of airships to the moon; a system of wireless teleg
raphy circling the heavens and closing in the planets.
All to be effected by the "people" exercising the in
alienable right of "The New Freedom."
It is to be the work of the coming, not the going,
generation ot free-born Americans. They will throw
experience to the dogs and toss history Into the bot
tomless pit. Bach voter will bo his own statesman.
We shall have no more shilly-shallying about constitu
tion. Kranklln waa a wise man and Jefferson, per
haps, no slouch in hit day; but they didn't know
evcrythlne down about Independence hall. The world
moves, and to keep up with the procession men must
move with it. lie who dallies Is a dastard, he who
doubts Is damned.
THESE GIRLS OF OURS.
"These potatoes taste strongly of gaso
line, my dear. What rccelpe did you
use?"
"I must have Rotten my rccelDes
mixed," answered the young wife after
some reflection, "and used the one for
cleaning velvet" Louisville Courier Jour
nal. "My voice Is always raised 'or liberty."
"I guessed as much when I heard you
complaining last night because your wife
wouldn't let you go to tho Elks' stag."
Chicago Record-Ilerald.
"I hope," said one wife to another,
"that you nevor nut; your husbund."
"Only when he In beating tho rugs,"
said tho second one. "When he Is thor
oughly Irritated ho makt a much better
Job of It "Ladles' Home Journal.
Simplotous Mamma Ethel, what de
tained you at tho door Just now when
Mr. Spooncr went away?
Ethel (smoothing her rumpled hair)
Nothing to speak of, mamma. Boston
Transcript.
Millie So you loved and lost, did yoU?
Wlllle-Oh. no. Indeed! She returned all
my presents! Town Talk.
"My dear," said Mrs. Snoggs to her
husband, "what Is a canard7"
"Don't you know what a canard Is?"
queried Snaggs. "Why, tho word Itself
conveys Its own meaning."
"Does It? Well, really, what docs It
mean, dear?"
"Why, a canard Is something which
ono canardly believe, of course."
"Oh, to bo sure! Why couldn't I think
of that?" Indianapolis News.
OWED TO MAE.
Maurice SwlUer In Judge.
Fair girl your name suggesting gentle
snrlntf
And you so young and rosy tipped,
t took vou for the guileless little thine
Tou looked, and then rushed )n and
slipped 1
Tou led me on; 1 had my own' sweet
way
I never heard you once protest ,
By either word or look or gesture nay,
Tou always said that I knew best.
i
And when I'd parted with my lone, lsst
rod,
Tou gently broke the witching spell ,
I do not now recall Just what you said ; t
I only know 1 felt like well. r
I
It matters not I looked for trouble, and
I'm not the first fond, foolish ass
That has been neatly and completely
canned.
And so we'll simply let it pass.
But say, think not that I'm a madman
quite.
Whose heart with bitterness is wrung,
To shamelessly admit in black and white
The pridcless fact that I've been stung.
"Lay not that flattering unction to your
soul."
Tho plain, unvarnished truth is this:
My aching void some coffee and a roll
Would fill much better than. your kiss!
Ah, nol I mean to sell this story of my
woe.
For ten. a five-soot or a two.
And So get back a portion cf the dough
I foolishly blew in on you.
People and Events
It's all over but the shouting spring is here. Be
sides the outpouring ot glad clothes on Sunday, the
capture of a devilish sixteen feet Ions and weighing
J, 000 pounds, oft the Florida coast backs the weather
man's prophecy against all comers.
Lafe Choate of Liberty, Mo., an exponent of In
tensive farming, has abandoned the practice ot work
ing his wife, like a mule, In the plow field. Wife No.
1 submitted' to the job, and died. It Is different with
No. S, recently acquired. She is a live one and
weighs 200 pounds.
Three good laughs an hour and threo square meals
and three hours' work outdoors every day is the
recipe given by Mrs. Thomas Bennett or Brooklyn N
T., for living, as she has done, to the age of 103 in
the full enjoyment of her faculties.
Miss Mary J. Fits was recently appointed post
master of Vtnlce, a town near Sandusky, O., and is
probably the youngest official pf that kind in the
state. It not In the union, being If years old. She has
been a school teacher until receiving the appoint
ment. Squire M. P. Tlerney ot Sunbury, Pa., is looking
for precedents to follow In settling the case of Philip
Bradford, who Is suing James II. No vac for GO cents,
Novao gave Bradford fifteen prlte chicken eggs to
have hatohed by one of his hens, with the under
standing that they should each have half of tne
chicks hatched. None were hatched and Bradford
demands money for the rental ot his hen
Your Sunday Roast
Your Sunday roast is best done on a
2Vew Pfcrectioit
Its steady even heat preserves tho rich nararal flavor of the
meat. You can get juit the right heat always.
The New- Perfection is ready to cook minute. No fires
to kindle no ashes, no soot
I, 2, 3, and 4 burner styles and a new Steve trith firelsea
cooking oven. Ask to see it at all hardware and depart
ment stores.
Perfection OU Gives Best Resalts
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Standard Oil Company
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THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH GO.
7VpAo r ossf at asry office far nttt.
Cuts that print
There is often all th different la the wortfl between
a cut that shows up well In the engraver'a proof and one
that shows up well when It la printed. Cnta made for a
newspaper hav to be made so that they will give rood
results under the most adverse conditions. For that n
Bon, a newspaper engraving plant produces cats that the
ordinary printer can use and get good result.
If yon have somo engraving to bo done, tmi ua the
work and compare both the results mad the Brieea with that
ot ordinary engraving plant.
Bee Engraving Department
Be Building, Omaha
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