Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 4, 1901, Page 6

THE OMAUHA DAILY BE E: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4 THE ©OMAHA DAILY BEE. E. ROSEWATER ITOR. — PUBLISHED Y MORNING TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Pally Bee (without Sunday), On Year 86 afly Bee and Sunday Cear Tilustrated Beo Bunduy Bee, One Haturday Bee, One Twentleth Century Farmer, One Ye DELIVERED BY CARRIER Dally Bee (without 8unday), per copy Dally Bee (without Bunday), per week Dafly Bee (including Binday), per week Bunday Hee, per copy Svening Bee (without Sunday) Svaning Bee (ncluding Suf werk . Complaints of irregulariti should he addressed to City partment One Yeur Yoar Yeour in delivery reulation De- OFF1 Omaha~The Beo I South _Omaha d ity-fifth and M st ancil Blufta—10 Pear! Street cago—ieio Unity Bullding w York—-Temple Co Washington—51 Fourtesnth Btreet CORRESPONDENCE Communieations relating to news and edi- torial matter should be addressed. Omaha Bee, Editorial Department Hall Bullding Business ittances ghoild be fehing Company, IMITTA Remit by draft jostal order ayable to The Compan Dy 2-cent ® o payment mail acconnt except on Omaha or eas THE HEE PUT - xchanges, SIN ATATEMENT OF CIROULATION Biate of Nebraska, Douglas County, s« George 1. Tzschiick, secretary of The Publishing Company, being duly sworn, says that the actual num of full_and completa cople The Dafly, Morning, x e printed during ith of November, 1901, was as fol- Net total Net dally averag, QRO. B TZ8CHUCK Bubeeribed fn my presence and sworn to ofore me this 30th day of D. 901 M. B HUNGA Notary Public E—————— Congressmen with a bill should no dificulty getting it changed President Roosevelt has pushed the button and congress must do the rest. —— A western point of view can be dis tinctly identified in several passages of the president’s message One of the savings banks of Daven- Ta., has over 12,000 depositors. The nport man who has no bank ae- pount must feel lonegome Western memb of congress have de- lded to act as a unit on Irrigation mat- ters. Tie trouble is that ench member nsists that his plan bo that adopted by the unit, The first contest in congress was over the rules. Quecnsberry rules sult the. dgwocrats=they admit i unlimited amount of talk before real contest is pulled off, au the As an author of instructive literature President Roosevelt's latest contribution will make him the most widely read wvriter of the day, although the royalties shay not count very | The Lincoln postmastership has be- ‘tome a big boue of contenti The arve enough bones of this character, big and little, seattered throughout the state to construct a skeleton of mastodontic dimensions. ———— To avold trouble in the future it might be well to bave General Wheeler go down to the San Juan battletield and mark the tree which the old veteran climbed. It would save a vast waste of words in dispute in the future. In introducing the German tarift bill the imperial chancellor clearly indicated that it was the purpose to take up the {dea of reciprocity as an incident to the protective tariff. If Germany is ready to “swap” fair It will find Uncle Sam ppen for a deal, Representative Stark of Nebraska is the only populist In congress who has declined to go into the democratic caucus, which practically means aban- doning populism. 1f the proceedings of the populist caucus get ont there will be no difficulty In locating the leak. A small boy is accused of breaking a shell case in Omaha's Public Library museum and stealing a Malanatria, a Plychoslylus and a Carithildae from the @llection. Possibly he did, but it will require an ocular demonstration to couvince most pe that a small boy a load, A democratic congressional caucus has been called to decide upon party policy. Democracy regularly holds a caucus for this purpose and as regularly resolves 10 oppose anything and everything the republicans may advocate, If the mem- bers have any business on hand it would be just as well to walve the formality of a caucus. E— It does not matter very much whether the senators from Nebraska occupy front seats or rear seats in the senate chamber, but it does matter a great deal what the occupants of the chairs will ccomplish for the state and nation. 'hey cannot absorb knowledge from the chairs, “Where Macgregor sits, there 18 the head of the table. Nebraska demoeratic editor many ot them, are now declasing that David B. Hill can never be the democratic can didate for president. If he shonld be nominated these same editors would would pto reciy THE PRESIDENT'S MESS President Roogevelt's first message to congress {s a comprehensive and In structive presentation and discussion of public questions. It is an exceptionally long message, but this justified by the elear and thorough treatment of the matters considered, and no eftizen who is interested In these matters will find perusal of the message laborious oy tedious, the president’s literary method heing such as to hold the attention and maintain the interest of the reader President Roosevelt's tribute to his In mented predecessor 1x entively admir able and hig denunciation of anarchism and anarchists will have the hearty ap proval of all persons who have respect for law and government. The presi dent declares that anarchy 18 no mors an expression of “soclal discontent™ than picking pocl or wife-beating, . e characterizes the anarchist, particnlarly in this country, as one type of eriminal, more dangerous than any other becanse he represents the same vdepravity in u greater degree, He thinks archists should not be allowed at large and re gards their specehes, writings and meet {ngs a8 essentiaMy seditions and treason able. He would have anarchists kept out of the country and it found here de- ported to the country from which they ame. For those who stay, that is, an archists born here, the president urges far-reaching provision for thelr punish- ment, In regard to dealing with the great corporations the president counsels eau- tion. He holds that they are not due to the tavift nor to any other governmental action, but 1o natural causes in the bust ness world, He saye it cannot be too often pointed out that to .strike with ignorant violence at the interests of on set of men almost inevitably nger the interests of all. “The mechanism of modern business i so delieate that ex- treme care must be taken not to interf with it in a spivit of igno- ranee.” The president’s view is that the ustrial combinations should be super 1 and within reasonable limits con trolled, but not prohibited. He ur; publicity as the first essentinl in e termin to deal with the combi nutions government should have the right Inspect ul examine the great corporations engaged in interstate business, “Publicity,” he says, “is the only su remedy which we can now invok What fur ther remedies are needed in the way of governmental regulation, taxation, can only be determined after publicity has been obtalned, by process of law and in the course of administration. The first requisite 1s knowledge which may be made public to the world.” The president is not in favor of tavift He says there s ge 1 ac ‘e i the existing economic pgl ¢ and its continuity and stability is the first reguisite to our prosperity “Nothing could be more unwise than to disturb the business inte ts of the country? by any general tarift change at this time, Doubt, apprebension, uncer- tainty are exactly what we most wish to avoid in the iu mmer- &al and material well-being.” pgard peity the president suys it must be teeated as the handmaiden of protec tion, that “our first duty is to see that the protection granted by the tarift in ever ase where It s needed is maintained and that ity be sought for y be done without in Jury to our home industeles.” e says that veciprocity must command our learty support, “subject to the proper protection ne to our industriul well-being.” In the opinion of the presi- dent “the natural line of development | for a policy reclprocity will be in connection with those of our productions which no longer repuire all the support once needed to establish them upon a sound basls, and with those others where elther because of unatural or of economic causes we are beyond the rench of successful competition President Roosevelt makes a strong argument for an Ame n merchant marine, pointing out the advantages to be obtained in forelgn trade by having our own ships, He déclares that it is unwise from every standpoint for this country to continue to rely upon the ships of competing natlons for the dis tribution of our goods. It is to be in ferved that the president would approve the ship subsidy bill if passed by con- | gress, The president shows an earnest interest in the watter of reclamation of | the arid lands, saying that it would en rich every. portion of the country. He urges that the policy of the national | government should be to ald irrigation | in the several states and territories in such manner as will enable the people in the local communities to help them selves and as well stimulate needed re. forms in the state laws and regulations governing irrigation. In regard to the important question of commercial relations with Cuba, Presi deng Roosevelt recommends a substan tial reduction in the tariff duties on i ports from that island. He says that Cuba should stand, in international mat ters, in closer and more friendly relations with us than with any other power. “and we are bound by every considera tion of honor and expediency to pass commercial measures in the interest of her material well-being.” Undoubtedly the position of the administration on this question will have a decided influ ence upon congress and it is safe to say that tarlff concessions will be made to Cuba, though doubtiess not to the ex tent the Cubaus desire. The message gives extended consideration to the Phil- ippines and suggests that perhaps the work of establishing local self-govern ment there has been pushed too rapidly It is urged that there should be addi tional legislation for the islands, partic. ularly with reference to the introduction of industrial enterprises. I'he construction of an isthmiau canal is urged as of the very highest impor tance to the Awerican people and the president says of the new treaty with Great Britaln that it guarantees to this nation every right that it has ever asked rashness ¢ ¢ how T to 80 PRSALY speedily pronounce Hill the greatest democrat livin Nebraska democratic editors have swallowed so many doses of political cod liver ofl that they can gulp down anything without making a . in connection with the canal. The presi dent evidently expects that the treaty will be promptly ratified. The messuge gives renewed assurance to the countries | ury | of the leaders, in which he volunteered of the United States and says that the Mo + doctrine should be the cardinal feature of the foreign policy of all the nations of the two Americas. The work of upbuilding the the president must be, ‘VI.I\llI' continued, while as to the army lie says it & now large enough uind it is only necessary to keep it At the highest point of efficiency. He recommends the creation of a general staff e president suggests changes n the Immigration law and it is not lmprob able that his suggestions will be acted upon. He is in favor of a reduction in revenne, approving in this matter the recommendations of the secretary of the trensury, The re-enactment of the Chinese exclusion law Is urged, with the recommendation that it made stronge In this ¢ etion the presi dent makes an earnest plea for the pro- tection of American labor, The message counsels congress agalnst estravagan in expenditures, but it is to be appre hended that this vory proper advice will not be heeded, President Roosevelt country a careful and thoughtful con slderation of public questions which ery citizen will tind 1t profitable to ad. navy, snys e has given the —— THE STATE TREASURER'S EXHIRIT. Stato Treasurer Stuefer has submitted his semi-annual it of the receipts and dishursements of his office, with a apecific exhibit of the funds deposited in tht varions banks and the cash on hand vault. This report Is see- vetary of state and attorney general, s members of the Bonrd of Educational and Funds, Mr. Stuefer in cludes iu his report this declavation I desire to state there is nothing covered up or hidden in this office and that I am perfectly willing to submit every transac- tion to the most thorough examination and the most searching scrutiny by the proper | authority Bee has no disposition to question rrectness of Mr. Stuefer's ook Keeping nor to cast any reflections upon the oftic who have certified to it While this exhibit for the first time con plies with the demund of the republican state convention, it will not be accepted by intelligent people as a satisfuctory explanation of Mr. Stuefer's methods of investing the &chool funds and their tative use for private gain. mere fact that on the fivst day of smber, 1901, the treasurer 18 able to that only a fraction over $18,000 remained fn the vault of the state treas will fool nobody into the belief that the school moneys previously reported as “balance ou hand” had not been de? posited at interest in banks, The fact that $80,000 in bank checks signed by Mr. Stuefer as treasurer were used by @ middleman in the purchase of the Burt county bonds, of which $70,000 was in a bank that hyd not been a desighated depository, 18 proof conclusive that the school funds have not been Kept in the vaults of the treasury. Nobody c tends that this money should be con stuntly in the treasury vault, but it} would have been more ereditable for the treasurer to have made a clean breast of it months ago than to have pretended that he could not legally do what he and every other state treasurer had been | doing all the time, Mr. Stuefer tells us now that there is nothing covered or hidden in his office and offers to submit every transaction to the most searching examination of the proper authorit 'his does not meet | all the points at fssue. Up to the dis- | closures of the county bond deals the | demand was simply for information con corning the amounts and places of de- | poxit of the public money in his custody. Sin then the demand includes the speculative minipulation of bond pur chases with school money. The records in the bond deals indicate that the school fund has been milked for sev eral thousand dollars and the only offi cer who seems to be directly implicated is the treasurer, who so far has failed to give an explanation that would rein- state him in public confidence. he the « show The suggestion that the vacant grounds at St. Mary's avenue and Har- ney street be set apart for a market house has stivred up a Lornet’s nest among the members of the Woman's club, who look upon the erection of a market house in the neighborhood of the public library bullding as a nuisance, In order to throw oil on troubled waters Mayor Moores addressed a letter to one the assurance that it was but a remote possibility that we would have a market liouse anywhere, and in any event there was little probability of its being lo- cated ot Nineteenth and Harney. This epistle from the eity hall evoked excla mations of surprise and distress and it was broadly binted that someone had taken an unwarranted liberty in pre- suming to address the mayor on the sub Ject. The next time Mayor Moores un- dertakes to address a communication to a wember of the Woman's club he had better apply to the club for a permit. Over $18,000 1 gold coin and sound rrency is stored within the vault of the state treasury, but it is doubtful whether any enterprising burglar fa- wiliar with the handling of state funds under the present regime would take the trouble to undermine the vault or blow off its doors in the hope of secur | ing anything for his labor. The chances are u thousand to one that the deposit, minus a few dimes and nickels, has been spirited away between two duys and I8 now reposing in the coffers of oue of the local banks. The habit of straining at gonats and swallowing camels seems to have be come chronic with the Board of Edu. tion. The latest fllustration of this pe- | cullarity was presented recently, when the board held two meetings in one night to dispose of the perplexing problem of closing down the heating of the new High school building or employing an extra man to attend to the furnace. Lukban, the Filipino general who has o waking practieally all the trouble lately, finding himself cor nered. itimated that he would like south of us of the cordial frk‘uduhlp‘ formed there was no negotiation about It but if he wanted to surrender all that was necessary was to come in. The Filipinos who desived to be conciliated have had every opportunity aud no good reason exists why special terms should now be offered those who have persisted in keeping up hostilities It is in announced that the deal for the sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States been consum mated. The first thing the government should do on gaining possession should be to appropriately mark with buoys the location of the numerous heavy naval engngements reported from the Wind ward passage during the late war. to 1t will be months and perhaps years before the proposed plan of municipal consolidation will be fn shape to ma- terfalize, and those who earncstly de- L to bring about a reduction of local taxation will have to concentrate thelr influence upon a more ¢ ymieal ad ministration of the affairs of the city, county and public schools utn Chicago Record-Herald A Michigan banker has run away, leaving a surplus for the depesitors. The other missing bankers have probably decided unanimously that the poor man i crazy No Chance to Talk Back, Kansas City Journal When the president removes the governor of a territory from office and shows by the ROVErnor's own statements that the removal vas Just there is very little room left for argument Symptom of Ple Fam Chicago Post Dues in the Demecratic club of New York have been reduced from $50 to $25 since the election of Seth Low, a good indication that hard times have set in for the Tammany spollsmen Reflects on the Profe; Kansas City Star unfortunate lowa juror who blew out and was found dead In his room wus not really different from very many other persons who are selected to decide ques- tions In the courts affecting the lives d property of litigants. The poor fellow simply ot found out 0 Dead to ki Detroit Freo Press Abortive and absurd as were some of the attempted moves in the caucus of demo- cratic congressmen, they brought out the fact that the free silver movement within the party is deader than a coffin nall There will not be another crop of financlal heretics until hard times and consequent dlscontent favors thelr appearance. Jersey Prod prified. New York Tribune Having obtained respectable medical recognition as a purveyor of malaria anl yellow fover, the mosquito is now asserted to be a curative agent in cancer, which at once 1ifts the celebrity of the insect several pegs, glving it a clalm to medical and public attention which it mever had before. Its pretensions will, of course, be carefully ex- amined, but its fine old standing as a phlebotomist is at any rate secure. .. Education in the Chicago Jo The statements in Secretary Root's report regarding the anxicty of the Filipinos for English education are very interesting. With 75,000 children in actual daily attend- ance at schools and as many more walting for school rooms, with 10,000 adults attend- ing night schools in Manila and with many towns arranging to send boys to the Uni States to be educated at publle expense, those who have charge of the educational work in the fslands have every reason to be encouraged. ppines. An Inatructive Showing, Indiunapolis Journal Among the various interesting features in the government department reports this year there is none more interesting than the remarkable showing in regard to rural free delivery. No other undertaking of the gov- ernment has ever proved so successful in a comparatively ghort time or so productive of unexpected benefits, The facts and fig- ures presented by the postmaster general are conclugtve and the public will heartily endorse his statement that “a service which has within three years wrought such a great improvement in the conditions of rural life cannot be balted. It must go on until it shall be fully completed. A TOAST FOR A Rude Discrimination at New York's Banauet Roard. Springfield (Mass.) Republican, The toast to King Edward of Great Brit- ain, which was proposed and drunk at the annual banquet of the New York Chamber of Commerce the other evening, was a pleasant courtesy to a great mation over the sea. “Here's to your health and pros- perity,” the little convivial ceremony said to the British people. The idea was excel- lent. But why should the other great ma- tions have been ignored? Unless our con- ception of the toast be wide of the mark, there was equal reason for proposing the health of the president of France, the czar of Russia and the emperor of Germany. It was & banquet which was graced by the American secretary of state, and all the more on that account was it desirable not to draw distinctions between nations. The secretary’s speech was notable for its triendliness to foreign countries, without setting up preferences for any particular one. The questionable taste of drinking the health of but one foreign ruler, under such conditions, must be obvious to all There 18 certainly no country with whom it 1s more desirable to cultivate friendly relations than with Germany, and there is no other country to which the New York Chamber of Commerce could with greater propriety have paid the compliment of a toast For the Germaun commerce of the port of New York ls an enormous factor of its wealth and importance, while that portion of the population of New York which is German or of German descent ex- ercises a very great influence in the city's politics and financial life. From Carl Schurz to Mr. Guggenheimer, the German factor in New York plays a conspicuous part. France, too, is a country with which America has reason. to cultivate triendly relations. After all, the French are the great hope of republicanism in Furope, while their commerce with the port of New York is no inconsiderable anset of New York's prosperity. And Russia may well be the reciplent of an American’s courtesies. The nation of the czar, in re- tiring from Alaska, voluntarily did America the service of renouncing its position as & power of the western bemisphere. The future of northern Asia, however, will be t0 & large degree the future of Russla, and two great Pacific powers, one of which controls San Francisco and the other Port Arthur, ought to deserve the amenities of international intercourse. Other powers, too—Italy, Japan, even Spain—might well be the recipients of American good wishes Yet to the rulers of nume of these did the New York Chamber of Commerce drink a every uegotiate for surrender, only to be | (oust PREVENTING PUBLICITY, Joker in Fltlen Chartes Brooklyn Kagle The ™r the control of the rall- | roads in the northwest has ended in the formation of a stock-owning corporation with a capital stock of $400,000,000. It is a banking concern, something like the Brook- Iyn Rapld Transit company. The directors of the corporation, to be called the Northern Securities company, will give its stock fn exchange for the stock of the vari- ous rallroads entering Into the cambination, and its directors, through its control, will contfol the railroads. This plan has been adopted to get around the antl-trust laws Business will ba done in its own way and in big corporations or little ones It is prac { tically impessible to frame a statute which will interfere With this law of trade But it 18 possible frame a statute | which will pre t the mranting of apy franchise or charter to any corporation con- taining such a provision as appears in the charter of this new company. According to the Associated Press summary of that docu- ment, it gives to the directors power (o “determine from time when and how the books of the company shall be open to the stockholders.” This really puts thé control of the rallroads involved in the bands of the directors and there need not bo more than three of them. No stockholder may know anything about the conduct of the business save as those men are willing to let him. While there is & growing demand for publlcity, wo have here the formation of a corporation whose managers are seek- 1og privacy. They not only propose to keep information from the public, but keep it from those who have a right to know | everything that is going on. If James B. | Dill wers aware of the contents of this charter he could not have made more perti- | nent comments on the importance of greater publicity in the affairs of corporations than | he did make in his Chicago address last Saturday The Silent the Northern | new to ISONAL AND OTHERWISE Murat Halstead is 68 years old, vet he grinds out books as though he was at the head of the kid class Portland subscribed $300,000 of its expo- sition stock In three days and has raised the stock limit to $500,000. The revised official report of the Pan- American exposition puts the total attend- ance at §,120,048-5306,859 paid and 2,813,180 free. Buffalo intimates that $ from an overflowing national treasury would be a welcome, soothing poultice for its painful deflet. The real “melancholy days” of winter do | not begin when congress assembles. When state legislatures got into action marks the beginning of national “blues.” The new recorder of Pittsburg fs Brown. and his chief clerk is Black. They are not | calculated to lend a cheerful hue to the politics of that much abused municipality. The Calro (Egypt) Sphinx gives it out cold that if J. Plerpont Morgan attempts to Morganize the pyramids and move them to his backyard will find the job the hardest he went against. And the Sphinx winked its good eye. They do things a shade differently in California. Instead of following the Omaha plan of cremating pest houses, the in- dignant suburbanites of Bakersfield put the local pest house on wheels and gave it a toboggan push down the mountainside. Conscience funds are growing nicely. A contribution of $18,660 was received in Washington lately and Chicago's treasury was fattened by $28,000 a month ugo. If every individual who has “done” the gov- ernment, local, stAte or national, would cough up in like manner all taxes could be abolished for a year or two. 1t should not be forgotten that the honor of bringing the franchised corporations of Chicago to their knees belopgs to two sturdy school ma'ams, Miss Catherine Gog- gin and Miss Margaret Haley. These two were in the forefront of the fight to force the corporations to pay their share of pub- lic taxes and the victory scored is a splen- did tribute to the “I will" qualities of Chicago women The Miller syndicate swindle of Brook- Iyn, which scooped in at least $1,000,000 on an offer to pay depositors 10 per cent a week, Is clearly outclassed by the opera- tions of C. E. Mackey & Co., New York brokers. They offered 105 per cent per an- num, gathered in $4,700,000 and went the way of the wrecked, leaving about $200,000 for lawyers and receivers to fight over The late Mr. Barnum's remark about “a sucker is born every minute” should be revised and amended to fit the east “Red Oak from little acorns grow,” sang the bard of the Nishnabotna as he attuned his lute to the merry murmurs of that famous stream. His words contained more truth than sentiment, more sound timber with the bark on than the sweet singer realized in his inspired moments. A hand- some brochure {ssued by the Red Oak Ex- press corroborates these claims. The book is handsome in design and finish. It ple- tures the homes and home life of the town, its business activities and industrial progress, and supplements its pletorial charms with a succinet account of the town's Birth, its progress, its present com- manding strength and the charms of its social life. It is not surprising to learn that the residents are proud of the town, regarding it as the only one on the map Indeed the map put out by Red Oak strains a magnitylng glass to find others. With only forty-four years behind it, cen: turles before it, 5,000 sturdy Red Oakers in the present forest and only fifty mles from Omaha, the glowing hopes of the towns- people are certain to be realized. The clever and artistic brochure hastens the 000 he ever A | ernor. day. 1S HE WiLLING TO TAKE ANYTHING? ntions on the Polltl . Fature of “the Peerless Lende . Baltimore Amerlean ™ announcement is made on the au- thority of Senator Millard that Mr. William Jennings Bryan will recelve the offer of the democratic nomination for governor of Ne« baska next year and that he will accept. To this statement the senator adds his con- viction that Bryan would be defeated, say- ing: “The attempt the old-line democratic party in has failed to revive Nebraska | and the democratic organization will be the Bryan organization. Bryan will depend upon his personal popularity 1o land him in the gevernor's chair, but I belleve he can- not win.’ That Bryan should be willing to run for of Nebraska will not surprise those who have studied his political career | or who have reached a full appreciation of | his inordinate desire to hold office. His two disastrous failures in his races for the presidency do not seem to have ronvinced him that he can never sit in the White House and it fs undoubtedly his fdea that by keeping himself before the people of Ne- braska as a political leader he keep himself before the whole country in the same capacity, Though many of his old- time associates and backers have deserted him, yet he still has a ain hold on strong elements in bis party. Though the national democracy would like to rid itself of Bryan and Bryanism, it has not yet been bold enough to come out boldly, con- fess its errors and utterly repudiate him and his doctrines. Unless there is a very decided change before 1004 1t will still have Bryan to count with when it comes to making 1ts nomination to the presidency. The present governor of Nebraska is a re- publican, elected last year over a candidate supported by both democrats and populists. In the election this month the republicans carried the state by about 10,000 majority. When Bryan first shot across the pelitical | sky like a brilliant meteor, in 1896, he won | In his own state by about 13,000 votes, but [ 1n 1900 McKinley took Nebraska by nearly 8,000 votes. Populism, on which Bryan de- pended o largely for his support, had then begun to dio out and it has continued to die ever since. It is generally believed in the east that Bryan's Commener, started for the perpetuation and continued agitation of his political theories, has been as bad a fallure aw his national campaigns. This gives credence to the report that he would be williug to take the nomination for gov- He finds himself {n the position ef A man by whom small favors will be thank- fully received and large ones in proportion. TICKLISH TALK. ‘I am told that you Detroit Free Press Bellingham.” haye been hunting 1 have, Gold “Rag anything My trousers.” “What a scornful ex- Philadelphia Press: ' has." She presston Miss Nuri “Yes, but she really can't help it. has resided during groater portion of her life near a glue factory.” Yonkers State 10 Mre, Crimsonbeak— And you say she's an unreagonable woman? Mr. Crimsonbeak—Is she? Why, if she went n to the Stock exchange she'd ex- pect_some of the men to get up and give o their $50,000 seats Chicago Tribune: making? Han, 18 W mudcles.’ “Makin' e replied, worl Whereat we passed on, marveling greatly at the Intricacles of modern sclence. “And what are you wao asked of the Intelligent Artl- admired the play of his brawny cowcentehers for milk without looking up train," from his Washington Star: “I1 guess that boy of ours will' make his mark in the world,” sald_the mother. “Yes," answered the father. “Judging by the Wily he has been Kiommed against the world in various foot ball games I should fay hat he has already put o fow donts futo 1. Detrolt Free Press: “An indefinable sepse of danger or of something dreadful about to happen s pursulng me,” sald young Mr. Dolley. ), you're ali right,” ws for the protection of < enacted this winter. replied Spatts. lobsters will Cheer up.” Philadelphia Press: “Wouldn't ws be sur- prised if we cotld see ourselves as others see us?” “Yos, but the others would be surpysed, too, If they could see us as we see our- Chie Tribune: Winifred—1 thought Uncle cted queerly when he took din- ner at our house today. Gregory—What did he do? Winifred—He tasted the victuals on his plate und then T dnw him pinch himselt and heard him mutter, “It's true! They're real potatoe: LOVE'S COMPANY, Grace E. Cobb in Boston Transcript. The heart that loves, if absent from fts own, Though 'all the world surround, is yet Naught wakes the touch of high and sweet alone; surprise Like love-light shining from beloved eves. ehold, life's second Say not to Love, best, Find_comfort here, and thus thou shalt be blest.” far-off gaze into th' eternal skies, “Tis not mine own!" his passioned voice replles. He, lofty solitude, no lesser gift Hath power to touch, imperious and swift Ho spurns the offered substitute, his own Demands, without it walks aloné, Though Found him cluster faces passing air. Fves starlike ‘neath a mesh of silken hair, Love doth behold all charms of featured grace Epitomized in one beloved face. With ear indifferent, trom ardent lay Of volces half divine, he turns away, But lightest word of his beloved's seems The waking music of his fondest dreams Should throngs pass by with looks of cold ain, Tove heeds them not; nor have they power pain ; The IINI'rl beloved is never more alone Onee 1t has found and recognized its own; But separated from hls chosen triend, Alone hl,l silent way Love needs must wend Only in h ven's elected one can he Rest satisfied in perfect company, OVERCOAT And here are the overco And nothing so good for $12.50, $15. $1 day gifts, WEATHER ats. You'll find nothing better anywhere at any price. the money elsewhere, Short, Long, Regular or Swagger—Slim or Stout, 8, $20 and up Don't forget the advantage of early selections for holi- “No Clothing Fits Like Ours.” I Ll E % : Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers. R. S. Wilcox, Manager. - King @ THE SMOKE DAMAGE Allowed by the Insurance Gom 'panys on the Greal Art Stock Al Hospe’s Covered the Entire Line of Pictures, FRAMES AND ART 6000s. Therefore, we place the $55,000 worth of the most beautitul Paintings, Water Colors, Etchings, Carbons, Photographs, Platinotypes, Pastels, Heliotypes, and the many imported and domestic works of art, including Gold Florentine, solid gold, hardwood, and other frames, Mouldings, Art Materials, fine Metal Frames, everything that is known in a first-class Art Emporium, &nd they go at prices that force the out-of- town trade as well as the dealers to investigate this big cut in high Art Goods. Piles of framed pictures in the most artistic modern frames, selling at 25c¢, 60c, $1.00, #1.50, §2.00, up to $10.00. Florentine Gold bevel , Plate Mirrors, up'to $85.Cu. Triplicate mirrors at two-third prices. Etchings formerly sold from $5.00 to $100.00, sel. ling at $1.50 to $50.00. Original Water Color Paintings, sold at $8.00 to $150.00, now selling at $1.00 to $95.00. Thousands of black and white pictures from 100 up as long as they last. Pioture Frames at great discounts. ¥ | | Gold plated Frames 38} - | per cent off. Art Materials, Water. Colors, China Paint- ings, brushes, materials for all'’kinds of painting, cutin price. Bverything at Special Sale. Plenty of salesmen to wait on the trade; just twenty of them; will insure prompt attention. Don't fail to re quest to see the contents of 30 big cases of pictures, containing the masterpieces of the most renowned artists of the world. Three thousand pat- terns of Mouldings to se lect picture frames from. All the way from 5¢ per foot up. Ask for the late black and gold, the Dutch oak, the Flem- ish oak, the gold and the en. ameled mouldings. All the framing doneby mechanics who are known for artistic abil- ity and skilled workman- ship. All. work guaranteed to please, as our assistants have had'this work in. charge for twenty years. Now is the time to order your Holiday Framing and get prompt de livery. ' Avoid the great rueh A. HOSPE, 1513-1518 Douglas Street’ 1 Y