Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 12, 1902, Page 6

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1902, ‘THE OMAHA DAiLy BEE E. ROSEWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TER Dally Bee (without Suncay) Dally Bee and Sunday, Une Year... . lllustrated Bee, ( Year . 2 Sunday Hee, On ear. 2. Baturaay Bee, Une Year Susssh § Twentieth y Farmer, One Year.. 1 DELIVERED BY CARKIER. Daily Hee (without Sunday), per copy Daily Bee (without Sunaay), per week. Dally Bee (inciuding Sunday), per week. Bunaay Bec, per copy Evening Bee (without Evening Bee (Inciuding Sunday), week 1S OF SUBSCRIPTION. per .partment. " OFFICES. Omaha—The Bee Bulld! ing . Bouth OUmaha—~City Hall Bullding, Twen- ty-fifth and M Btreets Council Bluffs—10 Pear] Street. Chicago—1640 Unity Bullding. New York—28 Park Row Bullding. Washington—1 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE Communications relating to news and edi- Omaha torial matter should be addressed: Bee, Editorial Department, BUSINESS LETTERS. Business lett be addressed: pany, Omaha. REMITTANCES. The Bee Remit by draft, express or postal order, able to The Bee Publishing Company. payment of checks, except on accepted. Baly 2cent atamps accepted | mail accounts, Persona ke, 3 Omaha or eastern exchange, THE BEE PUBLISHING COMP. 3 STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION Btate of Nebraska, Douglas County, 8 B. Taschuck, complete coples of The Dally, month of November, 102, was as follows: 1 p g 28,435 30,690 30,870 Net average sal GEORGE B. TZ ubscribed In my presence and sworn before e ‘this 300 da 3, °% Noyember, A bt "Notary Public. As between foot ball and coasting, em!- nent surgeons give the preference to coasting by all means. e—— But for the Monroe doctrine those Bouth American sovereignties would last about as long as a snowball In August. — The first thing the British and Ger- man commanders did was to send out a few cutters to capture the Venezuelan “leet." The demand for local self-government in Colorado has now been enlarged so a8 to include home rule for countles well as for cities and towns. —_— ‘With 285 skimming stations Nebraska ought to be able to supply all the “blind pigs” that may be established in the no- lcense towns and villages within the boundaries of the commonwealth. EEEEp— Shakespeare’s or Bacon's Richard TIT when hard pressed offered a kingdom for a horse. We shall not be surprised if the Union Pacific should offer sev- eral townships for a stanch locomotive. ‘What President Roosevelt said in his message about the need of preserving order in the South American republics applles with equal force to some of the North American colleges and univer- sitles. The house of representatives stamping the bung. If it comes to the worst, Omaha people who are short of fuel can go out into the streets and pick up the remaining wooden paving blocks that have not yet been scorched by the sun or rotted away by the frost. ppr—— It $700,000 will enable the Agricul- tural department to stamp out the cat- plague in New England it will be money well spent. The appropriation asked for will doubtiess be promptly passed by congress. e The list of property filed by the secre- tary of the United States senage, includ- ing 264 packs of cards and forty-one corkscrews, Indicates that that august body Intends that there shall be some- thing doing &t this session. eEE———————— The National Civic rederation has de- clded to establish local organizations in the principal eities of the United States for the purpose of carrying on the edu- Why not establish a local branch in Omaha? catlonal work of the federation. e The Assoc more enterprising every day. mortal coll. — Superintendent Wood, whose duty It Is to keep the national capitol bullding and who has been complimented by sclentists for his success In warding off | disease germs, will hardly deny that the presidential bacillus still lurks in hid- den places in both ends of the bullding in spite of his efforts. epee——— The aggressions of Germany the people of that country, ought operate to the ultimate commercial ad- vantage of the United States. For long time the Germans and English have bad a long lead in the Venezuelan mar- ket, although American trade Las been steadily gainiug. One Year..$4.00 ) o | 2 Sunday), per weck ¢ A 10¢ Complaints of irregularities in delivery should be addressed to Uity Circulation De- s and remittances should Publishing Com- George secretary of The Bee Pu‘nunnn; Cumw]sny.‘ walng g;u%'u.:r:r“n‘i umber says that the actual numbe: Juy and Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the to D. has passed a bill to relieve the owners of tea in bond from paying duty. The next in order should be the bill to relleve the parties who own beer In barrels from ated Press is getting to be Formerly 1t confined itself to obituary blographies of eminent men. Now the blographies are telegraphed ag soon as the patient shows 4 disposition to shufe off this THE CUBAN PROBLEM, Late Information from Ciba points to the possibility of a grave misander- standing between the island repubMc and the United States before the rela- tions of the two countries are estab lished on a secure basis. There Is being manifested by a political element In ) Cuba a purpose to antagonize the re- quirements of this country under tl Platt amendment, regardless of an commercial consilerations. This ele- ment 18 represented to be quite indif- ferent to the question of tariff regula tions, having regard only for future political conditions. It insists that Cuba shall not be bound by the terms which the United States imposed, but shall assert its absolute and unconditional in- dependence and it appears that this ele- ment is gaining in popular support. Another fact in the sitnation is the in- fluence which Eurdpeans are exerting and to which is said to be largely due the indifference which the Cubans are exhibiting. in the matter of trade rela- tions with the United States. These Europeans, it is stated, tell the Cubans that If they fail to get from this coun- try such terms as they deem to be.es- sential to their prosperity, then they may look to European countries for the concessions the United States withholds. This, there is no doubt, has strengthened the demand for larger tariff concessions on our part than were at first thought of by the Cubans and incited a spirit of independence in this matter that was not looked for a few months ago, or when the pending trade negotiations were entered upon. One Havana corre- spondent says that many Cubans and many Europeans, both officials and mer- chants, resident in Cuba, think that the United States should cut the existing tariff rates on Cuban products In two. Failing a reduction of 50 per cent on the customs @Auties imposed by the United States on Cuban products, it Is the opinion of these persons that Cuba should make arrangements with Eu- ropean nations to secure an equal ad- vantage in European markets. Thus it is that we have not only to deal with a political element in the island, sald to be growing steadily stronger, which is organized in opposi- tion to the Platt amendment, giving the United States an important voice in Cuban affairs, but also with a foreign influence that is evidently being effect- ively exerted in a commercial way. It is manifest, therefore, that the situation is of a nature that promises to be per- plexing and disturbing. The political element which demands a large measure of freedom for Cuba has obtained con- trol of one branch of the Cuban con- gress and is likely to secure control of the other branch. It may then attempt to ignore the conditions imposed by this country and in that event the course to be taken by the United States would become a very serious one. As to the future of trade relations nothing s yet assured. Negotiations are In progress, but no one can say what the result will be. Very little has been said on the subject at Washington since the assem- bling of congress and there appears no reason to believe that there has been any important change of sentlment on the question since the: last session. From every point of view the situation in regard to Cuba is unsatisfactory. TALKING FOR C4NADa. Governor Cummins in his address be- fore the national reciprocity convention said that “every student of the subject knows that we can make a treaty with Canada that will give us more work to do in the United States than we now have.” Perhaps he was correct and yet the sort of reciprocity treaty which Canada is understood to desire would hardly Increase our work to any ma- terlal extent. What the Canadians want is a free American market for their natural products and they have not pro- posed to make any important tariff con- cession to our manufactures. They would possibly be willing ‘to reduce the differential in favor of British manu- factures, but that is of no great conse- quence, since It has not interfered to any material extent, if at all, with our exports to the Dominion. Canada is anxlous for reciprocity chiefly in the in- terest of her agricultural producers and does not contemplate any arrangement that would be detrimental to her manu- facturing Interests. It s not with a view to glving us more work to .do that she wants closer trade rela- tions, but for the purpose of securing this great market for her agricultural producers, as she had it under the treaty of 1854, That kind of an arrangement would not be acceptable to American farmers and we think it would not re- sult in any considerable benefit to Amer- fean manufacturers. Another speaker before the convention, a New England advocate of Canadian reciproeity, urged that our policy toward the Dowminion had alienated its good will and that it Is trying to ignore us and divert its trade to forelgn mar kets. He sald the next step to be ex- pected on the part of Canada is the raising of her tariff to the prohibitive point agalust us, This simply repeated the threat which a few Canadian states- wen have been making for several years, but which has commanded no serious attention. It is doubtless true that most of the Canadlan manufac- turers would Hke the tariff made pro- hibitive, but their influence is not con- s the agricultural ducers who exert the greater influence and they will not bave a tariff that and Great Britain in Venezuela, embittering would increase the cost of all manu- factures and thus make their condition far worse than it now is. It need not be apprehended, therefore, that the Do- minion government will Increase the tariff to a prohibitive point, or that it wijl attempt any other discrimination against American manufactures than now exists, Reciprocity with Canada may come in time, but not upon any basis Which that country has proposed since the treaty of 1854 was terminated. Meanwhile it to may be necessary for Canada to show & disposition to settle fairly and equitably some other matters before she can rea- sonably expect this country to give seri- ous consideration to the question - of closer trade relations, e—— OPPUSITION 10 PUBLICITY. It is clear from the attitude of the recognized organs of trusts and trade combinations which would be affected that they will employ every means in their power to resist the enaetment of | a law requiring publicity of their cor porate operations. This may be taken as a valuable sign that publicity is a most favorable remedy, from the stand- point of practical legislation, as a first step toward control of illegal combina- tions, since public sentiment is ready to accept and support it, and also that in the judgment of thelr managers it would really be effective in a substantial way. Obviously publicity could not be in- Jurious where the object of a corpora tlon or combination of corporations is legitimate. It would rather be advan- tageous where the capitalization of an enterprise represents actual investment, where profits look to actual earnings or are based on an economy arising out of consolidation of many concerns sep- arately weak and wasteful. That There are many legitimate enterprises of this character is admitted. But actual, enforcible publieity would be an invaluable protectinn, not only to the general public but also to the great body of the stockholders them- selves, as against innumerable schemes of illegitimate gain through abuse of corporate powers. The most notable evil and inevitable result of these schemes is fictitious capitalization. The typical promotion involves the securing of options on several independent com- panies, whereupon the merger goes to the financing bank or syndicate who fix the stock, not on any legitimate relation of actunal value or prolable earnibgs, but arbitrarily on the limit of imposi- tion upon a public kept In ignorance of the facts. At the same time the manip- ulators, appropriating an unknown. ar- bitrary share to themselves, take good care to retain control in thelr own hands. It is unnecessary to enlarge upon the evils of this practice. They are wide- spread and aggravated. Those who thrive by them and would perpetuate them are alarmed at any serious effort to dispel by publicity the darkness and mysteries which envelopes their methods and will seriously imperil of their suc- cess. THE BURLINGTON PROTEST. The unexpected often happens, but the expected happens very much oftener. It was to have been expected that the managers and attorneys of the various rallroads subject to taxation in Omaha would resist and obstruct the attempt to tax the property of those corporations upon the same basis of valuation for municipal purposes that is applied to the property of all other corporations and individuals. But the protest filed for the Burlington railroad with the Board of Review simply caps the climax. The keyndte of the argument of the Burlington attorneys before the supreme court was a plea for uniformity in taxa- tion. In their protest to the Board of Review the same attorneys plead for the most rank dlscrimination. They point to the fact that the State Equalization has assessed all the main tracks, sidetracks, right-of-way, terminal facllities, depot grounds and passenger and freight depots and property of every description of the Burlington system within the city of Omaha, exclusive of headquarters, for $28,025, or about 1 per cent of actual value, And this is what the Burlington attorneys insist shall be the city assessment for the year 1003. Here we have uniformity in taxation with a vengeance. Evgrybody in Nebraska knows that the Burlington passenger depot alone represents at least half a million dolars. Any real estate expert familiar with the ground and building covered by the freight depot of the Burlington would appraise it for no less than $500,000, and no reputable rallroad expert would value the depot grounds and terminal facilities of the Burlington in the city, of Omaha at less than $3,000,000. And all these properties returned by the state board as the Omaha & Southwestern ralflroad are assessed for city taxation for less than $18,000, while unimproved lots with 66-foot frontage adjacent to the BurMng- ton freight depot are assessed at from $10,000 to $20,000. The termingl facilities of the Buriing- ton west of the Tenth street viaduct within the city lmits could not be re- placed for less than a million, but that portion of its main line between Omahn and Lincoln is returned for city taxation in the name of the Omaha & North Platte railroad for a fraction over $11,000. Uniformity of taxation indeed! Now suppose that the Burlington had its way. How much would it contribute toward the expenses of city govern- ment? On an assessment of $28925 with a levy of 10 mills, its total coun- tribution to the city treasury would be $280.25. If the levy for 1903 s fixed at 12 mills its total contribution would he THREE HUNDRED FORTY-SEVEN DOLLARS AND TEN CENTS, or about seven months’ salary of a janitor in the city hall or five months' salary of an ordinary policeman. If any member of the Board of Review, city councll or judge In equity will say that such a assessment would represent uniformity of taxation, we want to see the color of his eyes. Some of the jobbing houses of Omaha appear to regard the increuse in their assessments for municipal taxation as a great hardship. Upon second thought they will find that they are reasonable. I the railroads pay their just share of the taxes the levy for 3903 will not ex- ceed 10 mills and may be reduced to 9 mills, A 10-mill tax on $100,000 of stock 'Is equal to $1,000 of tax, or not much more than the annual pay of one fire- Board of | man. When it is borhe in mind that the Jobbers have Incessantly clamored for an increase of fire protection to bring about a reduction of insurance rates, and in view of the fact that the city now expends $225,000 a year for fire protec- tion, a forced contribution of from $1,000 500 a year from jobbing hoyses carry anywhere from $100,000 to £500,000 of stock is surely not unreason able. As a matter of fact, the city tax levy upon jobbers will fully offset the de cost of Insurance brought improved fire protection. If there is an actual increase In the city tax it is more than offset by the de- creased insurance premiume. that reased During the past six months the tempo- rary school fund has been credited with $17,000 of interest upon state warrants, which would indicate that over $600,000 of irredeemable warrants are held as an investment. In other words, more than $600,000 of the state’s floating debt is credited In the permanent school fund as an asset, when in fact it is-a lablility. To put it more tersely still, the state has taken over $600,000 out of the school fund and replaced the money with L O. Us. N Among the sensational disclosures brought out In the Unlon Pacific con- tempt case was the testimony of Strike Breaker F. Szczepaniak, who declared that several men had come to his house last Sunday and sought to induce him to leave his job as a benchman in the em- ploy of the Union Pacific. In what lan- guage his visitors tried to decoy Mr. Szezepaniak was not drawn out by Mr. John N. Baldwin's patent contempt cork- screw. — . The people of Colorado and the west are to be congratulated on the failure of the (3ates campaign to capture con® trol of the Colorado Fuel and Iron com- pany, which if it malntains an inde- pendent management will be in a posi- tion to serve as a competitor of the United States Steel company. And it is not doubted that it was on behalf of the latter that Gates undertook to seize con- trol o the Colorado company. E— . According to the report of the state school superintendent, the Nebraska em- balmers, formerly funeral directors, or- iginally undertakers, have contributed the munificent sum of $1.33 to the tem- potary school fund for general distribu- tion among the 374,304 children in at- tendance on the public schools of the state. Praise God from whom all bless- ings flow. S Are the people of Omaha competent to decide for themselves whether it is to their interest to vote a franchise that will enable Omaha to secure cheaper power and cheapef light through the construction of a power canal? That is precisely the question that confronts the city council. Is th eouncil willing to trust the people? ———r——— Asking Teo Much. Indianapolis News. President Castro assures everybody that he is doing the best he can, and when he is acting so unselfishly he thinks it rather hard that he should be expected to pay his debts. A Shining Exsmple. Detrolt Free Press. The Missour! river has been jumping its chaanels again. The fact is not generally known, we believe, that the trusts derived their notion of complete irresponsibility from thé Missouri river. Claws Beneath the Fur. Chicago News. Some of the European powers think the British lion's paw would be just the thing to rake chestnuts in the shape of South American coaling stations and naval bases out of the Venezuela fire. Think of the Wait, \Washington Post. ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK. Ripples on th Metropolis. as the Thorley, or Pabst, hotel and Forty-second street Broadway city, stands nine stories high four years old “We can go through the old style brick bufldings like so much chees: one of the contractors, quoted by the Trib- cause there is no nut bolts were heated white hot, then put in place and headed down. back. ““Yes, it is pretty expensive. How much? Let's see. Well, it will cost about $12,000 to take this butlding down. down one of these old style bricks for about one-fifth of that and save the bricks. “In this work, you see, everything will be The fact that President Palma's oficial compeneation is larger than that of the president of the United States seems to worry some of the Cubans. But think of how long the gentleman was walting for the job. Delive o , Indlanapolis Journal. It has been decided by a Maine justice that since a man and his wife are legally one the wife cannot be accused of theft when she abstracts money from his pocket in the silence of the night; that is, a per- son cannot steal from himself. This de- cision opens vast possibilities in Maine households, but the situation will vary ac. cording to individual cases and be depend- ent upon whether the husband or the wite is the “onme.” nee of a —_— Soothing Effect of & Salary, Chicago Chronlcle. . Adyices from Manila occasionally allude to Don Emilio Aguinaldo among those present at an official function, disporting himself as the gayest of the gay. This may be taken to indicate that Don Emillo is on the pay roll at a comfortably higher figure than our good friend and brother Hadjl Mohammed Wolomol Kiram. What- ever the failing of Emilio, he is not by any means a cheap article, and his acceptance of the status quo undoubtedly involves a big hole in the “miscellaneous expenses’ of the Insular government. Sailors’ Rights Abused. Baltimore Amefican. In strange contrast with the praise of the country for the men behind the gung is the report that United States sailors are made to work at digging s 1n swamps in Culebra, to the great danger of thelr health, if not their lives. This Is not the sort of service which the people expect from the men of the navy. They are too much needed in their proper place to be endangered in tropical swamps at hard labor not contemplated in their con- tract with Uncle Sam and which would be severe for unacclimated convicts, Prosperity in Porto Rico, Philadeiphia Record. American troops were greeted in Porto Rico by brass bands and mayors with the keys of their cities and. delegations of citizens with addresses of thanks to their deliverers. After a few months, with no particular change in the condition of the island, the affections of our fellow citizens grew cold. Then there was & tidal wave and loss of the coffee crop, and bad busi- ness, and the American conquerors were denounced as the authors of the island's misfortunes. Now the tidal wave has been forgotten, a free United States market d tobacco makes the island and the Porto Ricans are re- to be extremely proud of their relation to the Usited States, a total loss. ment, and these floors are laid on,concrete. BEverything has to be chiselled apart; there fsn’t that a shame? But and he pointed to the celling and walls of the costly hotel bar room, where the removal of chandeliers and electric wires had left great gaps in a series of big paintings on burlap done by F. K. Marschall {n 1890, rent of Life in the | A’ notable instance of the unprecedented growth of New York City is the demolition of a modern stoel frame structure to make way for a larger one. The building Is known It was one of the first steel riveted buildings erected in the and is only une, “and we don't mind iron frames held with bolt and nut, but as for these we can nefther unscrew nor break the nuts off, be- | to get off. These | All we can do is to saw off the head and then drive the bolt We could take | These bricks are laid in ce- ! | Ohampagne waters American society. #0 largely used In a the main, they are gweeter than the latter and u trifle fuller vored. -~ Noticeable are the graceful baskets in which wine, oil and vinegar are put up. They are of the same general type as the Chianti flask, and differ chiefly in the style In which they are ornamented by straw wrapping foil, label, and tasselled cords. PERSONAL NOT | Speaking of changes in the language, it will be noted that nowadays every snow- storm is a blizzard, Ablal Dean, 8 years of age, the last sur- viving veteran of the Mexican war, is de | at his home in Boone county, Ky. A New Jersey justice has glven his opin- fon, officially, that there is mo law to stop a woman talking in her own home. Mrs. Agassiz, widow of the famous geol- ogist, Louls Agassiz, was 80 years old on December 5. She is the president of Rad- cliffe college Dr. Cutler, composer and musical conduc- tor, who died In Swampscott, Mass., a few day ago, s credited with introducing vested choirs in this country in 1860. That Philadelphia gentleman who tolled hard as a reputable business man 'and ex- emplary head of a family by day and la- bored diligently as a burglar by night was not afraid of that modern bugbear, over- work. * One of Senator Lodge's small stock of stories relates to a member of the Massa- chusetts legislature who was much im- | pressed with the diggity of his ‘position. One night his wife woke him and whispered “Bach one of these was worth $500," he | “John, there are burglars in the hous commented; “there are four of them The bullding originally cost $225.000 and the interlor decorative work about $60,000. It will cost the city of New York 25 cents per cublc yard for the removal of its snow during this winter. It Is to be done by contract and the street commis- slon expects to save $45,000 over what was pald last year. Anothér sdvantage 1s that the contractor will furnish his own horses and wagons, thus leaving the city force free to keep at its regular duty of gathering refuse and ashes. This will be a great boon to the residential portions which have suffered whenever the fnrr!!i has been set to hauling snow. General prosperity has had one effect which has not hitherto been noted. abolished the middle-weight overcoat. The seeker for such a coat the other day, after being told that his hunt was useless and there was no such thing to be bought, was treated to the following philosophical dis- cussion, “Ten years ago most people had to economize and the easiest way to econo- mize in a climate like this was to make one overcoat last through the winter. At that time we made a coat which was a little too warm for February thaws and not quite warm enough for blizzards, but averaged up pretty well at the year's end. That was a very popular garment for sev- eral years. But mow things are different. Everybody owns two coats mow, a thick one and a thin one and there Isn't any particular demand for something between that cannot be satisfied fairly well with the heavier ot our fall and spring coats.” This ie very illuminating, but in the seeker’s judgment it lost some of its force when be found the suppbsedly obsolete middlewelght coat still for sale in a shop three doors farther down. However, this place probably catered to the meeds of those unfortunate few on whom, even in these times, prosperity has not smiled. Just as German immigration has made us familiar with the delicatessen shop, the Italian is doing with his grocery, relates | the Evening Post. In the six colonles which are established in New York each has a full complement of these establish- ments, The largest and best are in Mul- berry Bond; next are those in Little Italy on the Harlem east side, and in the settle- ment near Catharine Ferry in Brooklyn. These shops are neat and interesting. Their stock is somewhat like that of an American store, but full of articles unfa- miliar to Yankee eyes. One of the notice- able displays is in macaroni. Of this goodly edible forty varietles are shown, ranging trom a hair-like vermicelll to huge, clumsy chunks called cornarfnl. Tomatoes and cheese are near, The former appears in a tinned preparation of tomato paste. This i§ the vegetable, plain or spiced, bolled down until it is a solid. The long cooking brings ont the flavor, but increases the acidity. It is used for tomato sauce and soup. The favorites in cheese are Parma and Gorgonzola. Other varieties, Itallan and French, are in stock, but do not com- pare with these in popularity. Almonds and Lombardy chestnuts are al- ways in demand. Besides the sweet, bitter, and paper-shell almonds are paste and flour made from the kernels, and at times the rich cake known in English as marchpane. Dried chestnuts and chestnut meal are employed in thickening soups and making purees and various kinds of breads and bolled puddings. The sausage exhibit is worthy of Ger. many. The Itallan sage is usually harder and drier than German, and possi- bly higher flavored. The oldest is the Bologna, in which the pepper corn and garlic add zest to the meat. The Italian salami comes second, and then follows a long series, all of which are nutritious and appetizing. Occaslonally the famous Span- ish dainty, the Vich sausage, 1s offered for sale. In the better stores in Mulberry Bend may be procured the delicate wafers and biscults of Florence, Venice and Milan, which are the originals of the Vienna and It has | “You must be mistaken, my dear,” sald | her husband. “There may be a few in the senate, but in the house—oh, no; the idea is { simply preposterous.” | George J. Gould is one of the numerous | rich men belonging to the fire department of Lakewood, N. J.. The other evening there was a fire in the home of Mra. Robert F. Westcott and Fireman Gould failed to respond when the alarm was sounded. Be- cause of this neglect charges were pre- ferred against him. The millionaire pleaded that he had been kept at home by a cold, but this was not accepted as sufficient ex- | cuse and he was fined $1. e WHITTLED TO A POINT. Brooklyn Life: First Doctor—How many died of that new disease of yours? 3 Second Doctor—None, But, then, it isn't generally known yet. | _Philadelphia Catholic Standard: Riter— I'm a shorthand reporter, now. |~ Beribbles—I didn’t know you understood | stenography. | _Riter—I don't, but the city editor sald | the only reason he hired me was because he | was short-handed. “Egg. “How do “By the Chicago Tribun am sorry to have to refuse this'" sald the head of lher‘pum lishing house, “It would be too risky. There are subjects that can't be dealt wit in_books." *“They can on the stag the author, fiercely. “I' drama of 1t!" Jou buy 1t ozen. " by Jove!" replied I make a soclety Brooklyn Eagle: ‘“Horace Greeley once said that a man with more than a million | dollars is a nuisance.” | “Well, I'd rather be that kind of a nui- | sance than the other kind.” | “What other kind? | “The kind that wants to borrow a V." | Philadelphia Press: “Doctor.” said the | fussy invalid, "I understand the only | proper way to' breathe is through the nose. | Now, some times I wake up and find my mouth wide open.” “Well?" sajd Dr, Gruff. “Well, what shall 1 dot” “Get up and shut it, of course. BON VOYAGE. / H. R, Vynne in the Inter, Ocean. Goodby, Tom Ree You were ,indeed, A stout man and a true; You had the strength That brought, at length, The love of men to you. Goodby, Tom Reed! You paid no heed To ways of little men, But In your might Did what was right, The-Jove of men to you. Goodby, Tom Reed! You sowed the seed Of mhnhood where you passed; Your way was long, Your hand-grip strong, Your heart strong—to the last. 'Mid heat of hate, In the debate, You saw hate take the lead; Your brain was sound, You stood your ground— You ruled them all, Tom Reed. They called you Czar; They cursed you far. And cursed you near and nigh; But not a foe Who cursed you so But mourns you, now you die. For as you fought Your soul was wrought By no mean thought or siight, And with your brain And might and main You wrestled for the right. But when ‘twas done, At set of sun, The foes who fought you falr Fought face to face To gain a place Beside your roomy chair. The world has ends — Few men have friends, But you, Tom Reed, God knows, Have at the last No friends more fast Than those who were your foes. Therefore you go, Sans pomp or show, And faithful to your creed; Your friends were true— Your foes loved you— And so a cough as coughing ! There'’s nothing so good for a cough as Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral | A cough means a great deal to a young person, when there is a family history of weak lungs, with perhaps a case of con- sumption itself, Coughs weaken the tissues, congest the mem- branes, and prevent healing. Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral controls the congestion and inflammation, and the cough disappears. Your doctor will explain, for we give all doctors the formula, Pectora] 1o e T AT i tamily for over A. FOMEROY, Appieton, 3.C. Ayer Co., Lowsll, Mass. sars. For all lung troubles ing. A PIANO DISCOUNT “THAT COUNTS' A. Hospe's Closing Out Sale of More Than Fifty Good Pianos. The Best Planos, Organs vnd Plano- Players, Some Less Than Half Price. Extremely Easy Payments, $5 Monthly Up, or Cash, No Difference—Open Evenings. 1513-1515 Douglas. St. Extraordinary price reductions, at least once a year, are quite essential to tho proper conduct of any large rotail business This applies more foreibly to the plano business than in other lines, on account ot the accumulation of odd styles, odd makes changes in chse styles, and pianos returnod from rental, etc., ete. Actual sacrifices must be made, and wo are making them at this great “‘end of the year closing out sale,” but these prices and this sale lasts only ten days, positively no longe: New planos of various high class makes that retall regularly at $350, $400, $450 and $500, are plainly marked to close out at $190,' $215, $245 and $285. Terms, cash or payments, no difference; $10 to $26 cash, $6 to $10 per month. Several good upright planos, thoroughly first class inside, cases inexpensive, stan ard quality throughout,' former prices $225, $260, $200 and $300; sale prices, to close, $135, $160, $175 and $185. Terms, cash or time; $10 to $20 cash, $6 to $8 per month. Plano players: The Angelus, Kimball and Apollo are the very best plano players in the market We are offering special price inducements at this sale on plano players. We offer a combination of first-class $400 plano, slightly used and a $276 player, complete, for, both, $385. Terms. $30 cash, $16 per month. This is a soap. See them. Great bargains in slightly shopworn and roturned from rental high class pianos. Cabinet Grand upright Hallet & Davis, $500, ale price $200;, Chickering upright, small e, $400 style, $160; Lindeman upright mahogany case, $400 etyle, $170; a $350 Briggs, $150; a $460 Kimball, $225; a $325 Dunham, $140; a $560 “Knabe,” $250; a $300 Gulild, $120; $200 Cable, $00; $175 Hale, $80; a $300 Jowett, $140; a $260 Hinzie, $140; another §160. These complete the list of shopworn pianos, and they are going quickly on terms to sult, $5 to $8 per month, or for cash. Good square planos for $25, $35, $40 and $50; $2 to $4 monthly payments. Organs for $10, $15, $25, $32, $43 to $61, new and used, guaranteed. Terms, 2 to $6 per month. Only seven more days of the sale. evenings. A. HOSPE, 1513-1515 Douglas St. Why Not Mexico? You have been to Europe. You have seen California and Colorado. Why not try Mex- fco? It is worth while. The curlous architecture; the vast plazas, where the en- tire population of the eity gathers nightly to listen to the stirring strains of a mili- | tary band; the rare beauty of the women; the picturesque attire of the men; the primi- tive methods of agriculture— | these are only a few of the scores of things that can be seen and enjoyed in Mexico | in MID-WINTER. Cut out this ad, send it to us, and we will mail you a book about Mexico, Tells just what you want to know. Open Ticket Office, 1323 Farnam St. OMAHA, NEB. fockistang Syslem ) (i ( IN 10WA, a MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA AND from the. Missourl River to CHICAGO Splendid service and direct connection for all points on the RAILWAY ILLINOIS, WISCONSIN, SOUTH DAKOTA For tickets and information apply to office of General Agent, 1401 and 1403 Farnam Stroet. ! “Man wants but little here below” Said 4 morbid poet long years ago, I'm prone to doubt that ancie nt sage When I look at The Bee's great ‘Want page. =