Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 26, 1909, Page 5

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Remit by draft, express or postal order payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only 2-cent stamps received in payment of mafl accounts. Personal checks, except on Omi or eastern exchanges. not acoepted. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.: George B. Tuschiick, treasurer of The Bes Publishing’ Company, being duly sworn, says that the actual number of full and complete coples of Tha Dally. Morning. Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of October, 19%, was as follows: 1....42,350 12....40240 22 41,790 2 13....48,060 28 ...42,490 3 14....42,240 24....40,330 4 16.. 26 L] [ 8....42,810 §....48,800 10....40,300 11....48,716 T feee Returned copiws . Net total 1,293,370 Dally average . . 41,731 GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK, Treasurer. Subscribed in my presence and sworn to before me this 1st day of Noyember, 1909, (Seal.) M. P, WALKE Notary Publle. bacribers leaving tl ity tems porarily should have The Bes matled to them. Address will be chang Cold turkey the day after and tur- key hash the day after that. The reclamation act appears to have convinced its expert Investigators that It does not need reclaiming. Wonder it Mayor “Jim" will take his lasso along with him when he goes into the same corral with “Uncle Joe.” From the point of view of Young America the Thanksgiving feast is only the curtaip raiser ¢o the Christmas prospect. The old story of orders disregarded appears in the explanation of another fatal train wreck. The human factor must be made to heed the lesson of “man’s first disobedience and its fruits,” - It is humiliating to acknowledge that Omaha s incapable of self-government, but such is the fact.—Nebraska Issue. What a terrible arraignment from the anti{-Saloon league organ. It is too bad that Omaha does not realize it. Speculation as to what it cost the government to convict the Union Pa- cific train robbers should find an offset in speculation as to what it would have cost not to have apprehended them and convicted them. If the written consent of all the owners of property in the same block were required before a permit to erect a billboard could. be issued the bill- board nuisance would soon be held fairly within reasonable limits. The theft of the vice president’s soft- pedal gavel suggests that there are those who would agree that if the van- dal should only substitute it for that of the speaker no questions would be ked and all would be forgiven. It is to be hoped that the city may replace the burned automobile police patrols without undue delay, as the passengers who have become accus- tomed to riding In these vehicles will surely object to going back to old and discarded methods of jallward locomo- tion. Reports of tourists the old Spanish missions are fast falling into complete decay would seem to pfompt California to realize that here {s an asset she is Inexcusably permitting to deteriorate. One of that state's new missions surely is to restore and pre- serve Its old missions. _— Beauty again proves to be only skin- deep in the case of the wonderful Spanish moss of the south, which has been convicted of gross iniquity in har- boring the boll-weevil during that pest's hibernation. In demanding the that destruction of this graceful drapery of | the southland's trees science is sweep- ing a ruthless hand over the landscape. The abllity of the Gould spirit to cling to its own is manifested by the fact that the Gould homestead still stands the sole sarvivor of the old landmarks of that residential section of Fifth avenue. Tradesmen hem it in, but this appeal for possession of | the qulet old mansion is one commer- clal volce that thus far has fallen on deaf ears. The willingness of the Standard Ofl heads to fondle that government med- fcine and the air of braggadocio with which they say it's absolutely harm- less may arouse plefon in some quarters. Tom Sawyer used to talk that way to his aunt about the pain- killer she presertbed, but after he had won her confidence he used to give it to the cat or pour it down a crack in the floor. A Broader Commerce Law. From the study and consuMation at | Washington over the projected amend- |ments of the Interstate commeree law it 1s evident that this is to be one of |the most engrossing subjects to be brought by the president to the atten- |tlon of congress at the coming ses- The announcement that the at- |torney general is to draft a bill em- |bodying the president’s views may be |taken as significant of the thorough- |ness with which Mr. Taft has gone into |this question with public men met on his recent journeying. With the proposal of the establigh- ment of a special Interstate commerce court to dispose speedily of rate and simflar oases the public for some time has been familiar, and there Is visible no serious opposition to that feature of the measure; but the latest item of suggested reform is apt to arouse discussion In railroad and financlal eir- cles, namely, the purpose to prevent one interstate road from owning stock in a competing line. But hostility of the Interests involved is also sure to follow the proposal to restrict the issu- ance of stocks or bonds except through the approval of the Interstate ecom- mission, The public will be thoroughly with the president to prevent the over- issuing or watering of securities ana the railroads are not likely to yleld without a contest over this point. These {mportant detalls will be definitely outlined by the president in his message and in the text of the bill to be submitted, and will be threshed out In committee and on the floor of the house. In the meantime it wil be seen from the constant deliberations at Washington that the regulation of interstate commerce {8 going to claim The need of a broader law for the com- mission is conceded and the Taft ad- ministration is in a fair way to obtain for the commission the wider powers which the Roosevelt administration had set out to get. The Question of Buttons, Years have passed since the sage re- flected that life consisted of contin- ually buttoning and unbuttoning, and yet In spite of that philosophical re- flection woman has gone steadfastly on sewing on all the buttons. But it transpires that the sisterhood has come to rebel at her burden of but- tons, if one is to credit the voice of that feminine physician who presents to her sex for adoption the motto, won't sew on buttons,” Under the new order of things hus- bands are to find their wives joining in this refusal, even if it involve the alternative of divorce. Mere man can but wonder whether the new fancy is a passing one or something which the sex {8 to take serfously. Woman has abandoned so many fields of service to man that it is natural to specn‘ite on what is coming next. Nof so very many years ago the good housewife made the bread, now left at the door by the baker's boy ere the wife gets up. She used to make not only the son’s shirts, but also the son's father's, while now she watches the bargain sales instead. She used to mend the socks, but when he shows her the holes she calmly points to the guaran- tee ticket warranting no holes for six months. Having abandoned so many of her good offices, what will the housewife have to engage her atten- tion when she eliminates the buttons, Can this be another step in a deep- laid scheme to drive man to domesticity while the partner of his sorrows and cause of his joys goes out Into the world? Truly, the problem of “But- ton, button, who sews the button?"” may well be contemplated by the blushing bridegroom with ‘atrabfilari- ous hesitation ere he says yes to his determined anti-button bride. The Shop Window’s Lure, In one democratic trait all mankind is kin—that of lingering over the in- spiring joys offorded by the shop win- dow, Everyone must remember how, when as a child he had a penny to spend, the actual spending of the coin ylelded nowhere near so much of happiness as the speculation over the contents of the show window while the coin grew hot and moist in the middle of a fat fist. And, even having no penny, one could prolong the delight- ful anticipation indefinitely. In the matter of the shop window the elder is, as 8o often in other things, a child of a larger growth for the grown-up with eyes to see has never wholly abandoned this early only moved on to other windows dis- |playing his later fancies. Jerome has | well described the passion one de- velops for some particular article on view—in his case a pipe-—dally plan- ining to buy that particular article {when he can afford it, until at last the shopkeeper changes the display, moves the favorite, and one rushes madly in to find out whether it has gone utterly out of his life. Simflarly the lover of books or pletures or other elevating articles will come from a store where it would seem that he had had his fill and yet will pause again at the windows outside and gaze and long jand forget all about the pressing duties to attend to which forthwith he had emerged from the barter within. Women engaged in professions whose exactions crowd their hours so that they have no time for the leisurely comforts of life confess, in the midst of the hurlyburly, that an occasional glimpse of the dalnty al- lurements of the show window is a bit of idleness they have never been able to forego. That is why the story comes as & unifying touch which tells of the president of the United States, an the eve of the great American home re- a llon’s share of attention this winter. { field of contemplative pleasure; he has | holiday, dropping the cares of state and slpping informally away to linger before the shop windows of the capital for the simple and genuine relish of the merry hollday show Prevention or Cure. While the government is still pur- suing its difficult task of dissolving combinations charged with exercieing nonopolies in restraint of trade, other | glant Interests are seeking to entrench themselves, and the fact that in one such case the minority is striving to demonstrate its usefulness may be re- garded as a helping hand. A minority usually is hopeless, but in the pro- posed telephone-telegraph merger it iprmnlsx‘! to be something of a factor. Having disclosed a condition precedent to merging that calls for the consent of 90 per cent of the stockholders, the opposing interests are rather confident of accomplishing their object, al- though this feature of the old voting trust agreement must have been in- vestigated by the mergers before they embarked on the enterprise. However, if combination is a bad thing for public policy, as has been demonstrated in some notable cases, then the opponents are taking the right course in seeking to prevent now, rather than walit till the comblne has been consummated, when even more serious difficulty would doubtless be found in attempting a cure. The In- dependent telephone companies were established because of the popular de- mand for competition, and the con- tinued operation in all probability will not be abandoned without a thorough test of the legal precautions originally undertaken to prevent just |such a merger as that now threatened. Up to 0ld Tricks. Our democratic friends are already up to their old tricks in prelude to the Nebraska campaign for next year. With extraordinary solicitude for the welfare of the republicans the 1dcal services to enter a large and varied assortment of candidates for momina- tion for various offices on the repub- lican ticket. What seems on the surface to be for it merely an entertaining pastime has, however, a deeper and well calculated purpose. The democrats figure that if they can get a large number of re- publicans fighting one another acri- moniously in the primaries, no matter who may win out, the bad blood stirred up and the lingering soreness of the defeated will open wounds that eannot be healed in time for the election, and the democrats who carry the banner, “Let the People Rule,” while taking their own tickets ready-made from the bosses, will reap the benefits at the polls. From the democratic standpoint it 1s always good politicd to foment dissen- sfon ‘among thelr opponents so that the minority office-seekers may have a chance to slide in under cover. Re- publicans of Nebraska have seen this game played before and they ought to be able to see through the trick this time. Nebraska went republican at the last election and it will go repub- lican again at the next election if re- publicans refuse to swallow the bait held out by democratic bunco steerers. The democrats who have been eating out of Bryan's hapd are facing trou- bles of their own which ought to keep them busy on their own side of the political fence. e eSS The hearty interest with which American mothers and fathers recelve the news that another heir to the throne ig expected in Holland should convince the race suicide alarmists that our people are still loyal to sa- cred motherhood and to the ruling in- stinct for the propagation of specles. As one exponent of eugenics has sald, the chief concern of man should be what he is to leave above ground when he himself is moldering below, and the American family is developing, gener- ation by generation, in the direction of race improvement. Three good reasons are sald to have gulded New York's $10,000,000 widow in the selection of her new husband: He was an American, had twice her fortune and, uniike her other sultors, had no title to be lived up to. If there was a fourth reason, in none of the published Interviews does the happy bride mention it. However, it Is barely possible that the experienced soclety reporters consider love a tabooed topic In the light of New York matrimonial experiences among the vastly rich. With that great river of drinking water flowing under its rock founda- tion, Manhattan will be almost a float- ing island. And if Rip Van Winkle were to float down the $50,000,000 aqueduct from its source in the Cats- kills and emerge at an outlet in the top of a skyscraper, with what re- newed amazement he would exclaim at the wonders of this village of rising witer. The startling announcement comes from Lincoln that the first coples of the house journal recording the pro- ceedings of the more popular branch of the last Nebraska legislature have at last come from the press only eight months after adjournment. There used to be complaint when these vol- umes were delayed four or five months, but now we may see the fruits of re- form. —_— As too often happens, when Omaha pulls off any big event attracting state- wide attention some of the interior newspapers are undertaking to back- cap the Corn show. Over in lowa Des Moines is to have a Corn show almost democratic organ is volunteering its | coincident with the one here, but the other lowa towns are not seriously dis- tressed. Chicago has just been hold- ing a big Land exposition, against which Omaba would grounds to protest that are put forth as objections to our Corn show. All these enterprises are for the general good, although with incidental benefit to the places where they are located, and there is no good reason why they vy € 0! e ¢ De! P should mnot eniist the support of all |!IYe Iseue for future democratic battles | Among eastern republicans the prospect of who share in the benefit. | Bryan's change of base is welcomed as ——————— direct proof of the charge made on the Of course, the diséovery of a typo- graphical error in the indictment of the sugar ring is selzed as ground for dismiseal of the ease. It would never do to convict a rascal whose lawyer had been cute enough to discover a misplaced comma A famous preacher has been telling us about the ghosts of past ages to which we are still slaves, but thought- lessly overlooks the ghosts that stalk in the pulpit. When hunting for ghosts no one need go far from his own workbench. _— That Spurned Bribe, 8t. Louls Globe-Democrat. A million-dollar bride in the shape of a tendered contribution to a campalgn fund by corporation managers was rejected by | Bryan After the re- threat- the Roosevelt administration. Jection the corporation managers ened to support Bryan. And perhaps they aid. No Refle Boston Globe. Those automatic electric scales to be in- stalled in the Boston and New York cus- toms houses next week are, of course, not Intended as any reflection upon the hon- esty of the officlals. They are merely a convenlence, llke the cash register or the ded. bell punch. And they are quite as In- fallible and incorruptible. Surely the World “Do Move.” Chicago Record-Herald. The British lords are finding ft neces- sary to surround themselves with guards because the people are exasperated over the action of the peers with regard to the budgef. When Englishmen begin to think of lu_\‘m: violent hands on the sacred per- sons of the lords, we may well conclude that the world has been moving. Emancipated, but Not Free. Boston Herald. The Iowa supreme court rules that mer- chants in that state may decline to do business with negroes. It is this and similar indications of change In northern senti- ment that cause the negro to smile some- what cynically as he reads of Booker T. Washington's efforts to organize a race jubllee in 1813, celebrating the emanci- pation by Lincoln. It has always been contended by Mr. Washington that what- ever else the white man might do in the way of discrimination against the negro, he never would refuse his dollar proffered for goods. Wil Congress Wake Uut St. Loufs Globe Democrat. One of the leading express companies has just trebled its stock and declared a stock dividend of $30 a share. At the same time the United States collect cents postage on a four-pound parcel in the malls, _though 40,000 rural de'tvery carrlers make a dally round with light loads. A four-pound parcel can be malled to London for 49 cents postage, yet be- tween any two domestic offices, no matter how near to each other, the postage re- quired is 64 cents. Does congress ever intend to take notice of these parcels- post absurdities? NDAUNTED SPIRITS, Herolsm that Makes Us Think Better of Human Nature. Baltimore Sun, When men look death In the face it brings out the brave, undaunted spirit in them, the spirit that death cannot con- quer. In the blackest darkness the spark of manhood burns the brightes The thrilling rescue of some of the miners at Cherry, Il after they had been imprisoned for a week In the caverns hun dreds of feet below daylight, has brought out stories of terrible sutfering, but It has also brought to lght Instances of sub- lime herofsm. 1t is inspiring to read how Willlam Cleland, the sturdy Scotchman, twice a day conducted religlous services and delivered a little sermon to the men around him, bidding them be of good cheer, whether life or death was to re- sult. “The Lord is with us even here, and great is His mercy!” he would ex- clalm. “Keep up your hearts, lads! God Is with us; don't despalr. Others have been shut off from the light of day as we have, end In God's good time have come ou alive.” He was a better prophet than he knew. In what seemed to be the last extremity, when thelr strength was falling and they had almost lost hope of ever escaping allve, George Eddy wrote this letter on a page In his noteboolk. November 14, 1 write these think it will be Dear Wife and Children: few lines to you and I for the last time, 1 have tried to get out twice, but was drove back. There seems to be no hope for us. I camoe down this shaft yesterday to help to save the men's lives. I hope the men I got out were saved. Well, Lizzle, If I am found dead, take me to bury me in Streator and move back. Keep Esther and Clarence and Jimmie together as much as you hope they T will_bid can. T will not forget their father, so you all goodby and God b'ess you all, GEORGE EDDY. Hardly a thought of himself or of his own fate, he grelved most for the wife and children that he thought he had left behind. His thoughts were for them and for the men he had risked his own life to mave On the other side of Walte wrote this note, day it would be found: this leat Walter hoping that some November 14. We. the undersigned, do not blame anyone for the accident that happened to pen us in here, and we believe that has done all in their power to relieve us With best wishes to all concerned, The nineteen men penned In together in this group all sigred this notice to the world that they were dying without blam- | ing anyone for thelr fate and with no hard or bitter feelings against anyone in the world, All who appreciate bravery will rejolce to know that these men who knew how to dle were saved to live. They are the kind of men the world needs, and they will make ashamed those Who worry over petty troubles, who fret at the fallure to secure everything they desire and who dre plunged into despalr when troubles descend upon them. Out of the darkness of that mine, where these simple miners were face to face with death, streams the light of & herolsm that reveals to us the grandeur of human nature at its hest and which in fts striking contrast to the sordidness and selfishness of everyday life, serves to strengthen our faith in man and God. Such tragedies as this mine disaster are pathetic and terrible beyound expression, but when accompainied by the courage and se- abnegation recorded In this c the tragedy is converted into a moral triumph and an inspiration to all mankind, NOVEMBER have the same everybody | New Paramount Interest Centerin Bpectacle of Mounting the On the Quaint e Democracy Water Wagon. The hollday ealm pervaling political cir cles hae been knocked Into smithereens by the announcement of W. J templated adoption of Bryan's con prohibition as a | trusting last year that the “peeless one," Is not a sincere crusader fighting for what he belleved to be right. but a political op- portunist, as shifty with issues as he Is shaky In convicelons. Between the In- terest of republicans and the indignation of democrats. Is a muititude of innocent Bpectators eagerly watching the fate of the man who attempts to hitch the demo- cratic near-mule to the water wagon. In Washington, where shifting political minds are guaged by professionals, the Philadelphla Ledger correspondent notes a lively Interest In the projected inland Waterway route to the White house. The correspondant says “Senator Balley said he did not want to Jump on Bryan for saying a thing until he was sure he was golng to say it, and therefore he did not care to be inter- viewed on the matter now. It was appar- ent, however, from the manner in which he declined to talk that he nefther thought could make a national issue out | of prohibition, or that he could place him- self again at the head of the party on v |that or any other question. “Representative John N. Garner, demo- crat of Texas, In whose district Bryan OWns a farm,” sald: “Bryan has ‘para- mounted’ three times for the democratic party already, and I don't think he will {be allowed to do It again. I think he is |& very noble man, but as a statesman | he has not made good, and three chances ought to be enough. That part of the American people known as the democratic party will not, In my opinion, let him dictate any such ‘paramount’ issue for it s prohibition. Local option In the several states s all right, and is in lne with democratic principles; but to let Bryan mdke a national Issue of it will be equiv- alent to the party’s golng Into the receiver- ship with him as the recelver with no responsibility to court or public, “Bryan will never again head In the party. In his Dallas speech he main- tained with great fervor that the ‘para- mount’ thing for democrats to do was to get raw materials on the free list, and he declared that democratic congressmen should be instructed accordingly. Now, if the dispatch Is true, he Is golng to come ,out with something else more im- portant than finances, the tariff or the trust question. The people do not know what he fs going to do next, and have lost faith in him as a leader. Prohibi- ton Is a matter for the states to declde for themselves." Representative Cordell Hull of Tennes- see and L. P. Padgett of the same state do not care fo talk until the Bryan artl- cles referred to in the dlspatch from Lin- coln come out. Tennessee being in some- what of an 'alf and 'alf condition regarding liquor, their position is ticklish, Representative Jack Beall of Texas con- curred with Representative Garner In the opinion that prohibition would not be made a natlonal issue by the democratic party and Bryan cannot make it such. “We have local option in Texas,” he said, ‘‘and three-quarters of the state is dry. But I don't see how Bryan can make it the leading natlonal issue with the party, not only because such a plan s not feas- ible, but because he has reached the end of his tether. The great question is the tariff. It has been for seventy-five years and will continue to be for some time longer. Democratic sentiment in Philadelphia, as expressed to the Ledger's reporters was, In substance, that no single man, however important in democratic councils, could de- fine the policies of the party, “These men, says the Ledger, “pointed out that Br: would sever his friends, those who still belleved in him, llke Mayor Dahlman of | |Omaha, and instead of making himselt a | factor politically would agpear in 1913 without the support of his followers of the west, the only element he has actually commanded In the last few years. One democrat gave it as his opinion that Bryan | was merely a “box office candidate for | president,” meaning that he was advo- | | cating ‘prohibition as a means of keeping | himeelf before the public and advertising his lecture courses. | Congressman A. Mitchell Palmer of |Stroudsburg sald: “I do not believe that |Mr. Bryan will serfously attempt to force |the question of prohibition on the demo- cratic party s & national lssue whatever {his personal view on the subject may be, He has been too close a student of the |history of the democratic party not to |realize that its principles are as old as popular government itself and the r latlon of those principles to questions of government are the result of evolution and development In the minds of the people themselves. “Mr. Bryan's personal views do not neces- |sarily constitute democracy's platform of | principles, and If the time ever comes when |any one man can name the posiilon of the |party on any given issue it will no longer be & democratic party. The attitude of the people under changing conditions br.ngs about new {ssues, but the principles unde; {lying the party's position upon those lssues | vever change." Commenting on the Lincoun dispatch quoted In The Bee last Wednesday, the New York Times says, editorially; Mr! Bryan's reported belief that he has | owed his series of brilliant defeats to the | ‘Mquor interests' 1s new and ingenious. It ls characteristic for Mr. Bryan to aitrib- ute his defeats to others than himself. | His plan to take up prohibition as a ‘lmnx‘ {1ssue' for a new campalgn, reported in a dispatch from Lincoln, 1s, however, worth knowing about. It must be confessed that it Is not necessarily ‘bad politics' three |vears before a national election. It win | | cause trouble in the democratic party, but {Mr, Bryan is a Bryan man, not a demo- crat. ‘Prohibition Is, in a sense, a ‘living issue’ |in the south, and in many northern ‘states as well. Mr. Bryan's espousal of the cause will serve to keep his name fresh in the public mind. He needs new lssues, and he cannot be expected this late day to adopt wise ones of great natlonal moment. Alyeady Mr. Bryan's new policy 1s making | enemies for him In Nebraska. But he Is used to enemies, and he knows it will bring new followers to his standard. That he will promulgate views on the liguor ques- tlon sounder and more rational than his| views on the larger public questions is not | to be expected. But he will keep himuelt in the limelight, which s the great end of | his being." Some Fun He i1s M - | Philadeiphia Record | When that mighty hunter who s dis- |8 per cent ? Fiow wirnou? A Cocoa Beans Cocoa Beans are classed among the most highly nourishing Products of the Cocoa Beans contain all that is needed for the perfect development of the human body. The daily use of the Cocoa Bean in some form is therefore highly recommended to Old and Young. WHY NOT GET THE BEST? o ULTERATION Regarding Plant Kingdom. Cocoa and Chocolates FOR EATING, DRINKING AND COOKING. UNSURPASSED FOR PURITY AND DELICIOUSNESS OF FLAVOR. SOLD BY SHOPKEEPERS EVERYWHERE. PERSONAL NOTES. Fastion writers say that llssomeness is a necessity this winter. In the springtime, gentle Annfe, limosines will catch the smart set. The engineer of the United States geologl- cal survey estimates the annual loss from smoke In this country at $500,000,000. With the outdoor season closed, rock sharps de- light in figures just for the exercise, San Franclsco's Partola celebration wound up with a deficit of $10,000. The committee In charge of the affair has been banqueted and surfelted with applause, but the shouting subsided as soon as “the hat" appeared. The New York Sun printed a three-line editorial announcement of the death of its famous editor, Charles Anderson Dana, nine years ago. The death of Willlam M. Laffon, publisher and editor, wus an- nounced In nineteen lines last Saturday. The Sun “do move." James A. Story of Baltimore, almost 9 vears old, has blossomed forth as the oldast chauffeur in the United States. He took out three other men, over 80, for a ride in his automobile. The combined age of thess men fs 347 years, the average being about 8 years and § months. This select com- pany toured the town In fine style and the lads seemed to enjoy it. Prof. Charles Zueblin, formerly of the University of Chicago, was the lecturer before the League of Political Education, New York. After telling the audience, which was composed mainly of women, how the recent tariff bill was passed, Prof. Zueblin sald that the old idea of the elghteenth century under which the con- stitution was framed, “the greatest good for the greatest number,” had passed its day. —— EXPRESSLY MADE LEECHES, Feed a: Fatten on Hoth Carriers and Shippers, Philadelphia Record. Many cogent arguments have been made showing the necessity—allke In the Inter- est of the public and of rallway stock- holders—for the absorption of the various express companies by the railroad com- panies. The express companies are an unnecessary excrescence which feeds upon both carriers and shippers. The strongest argument yet adduced, however, Is pre- sented in the recent division of accumulated spoll made by the Wells-Fargo Express company, which has been recently earning upon Its capital stock of $8.000,00. It has now Increased its eapital stock to 324,000,000, and is paying its stock- holders 100 per cent in cash and 200 per cent In new stock. Its $24,000000 surplus may be regarded as the measure of extor- tion in excess of falr profit for service rendered. Short Reach for Salvation. Pittsburg Dispateh, the Standard Oll decision, the Sugar trust exposures and Attorney Gen- eral Wickersham's speech we do not see any other salvation for the ‘“Interests short of aTother meeting of the Rallway Business Men's assoclation. Between LAUGHING GAS. “There {8 a lot of talk nowadays about the sanitation of osculation.” “Naturally, Osculation {8 one of the most pressing issues of the day."—Balti- more American, Hubbite (showing visitors around.)—You mustn’t mind our streets; they were laid out by co you know. Britisher—My word! But, I say, what had the cows been drinking?—Boston Transcript. “Brooks,” sald Rivers, ‘‘can you give me a synonym for ‘utllity'? I've used that word twice alread. “T suppose I can, what's the use?” “Use? Use? Thanks; that'll do.” Thereupon the rattle of the typewriter began again.—Chicago Tribune. growled Brooks, “but Zlijah had just been fed by the ravens, Piain food and no speeches,” he ejac- ulated thankfully. Herewith he wotted of certaln moderns who would envy him.—~New York Bun. ‘Wealth has its annoyances,” sald the ready-made philosopher. “Yes,” anawered Mr. Dustin Stax. “Peo- ple don't realize the risks I run In the management of my extensive affairs. I very nearly cut my finger while clipping coupons this morning. ashington Star, ‘Do you bellfeve,” she asked, “‘that mar- rlages are arranged in heaven?' “T haven't any well-grounded conviction on the subject,” he replied, “but I will say :hll' tlf they are, Ill'l about up to heaven o get a new marriage arranger.—Chioa Record-Herald, e “Do you think it's possible for one to learn anything by taking a course in that correspondence school he's conducting?”’ “Oh! yes; one is likely to learn what a fool one was to bother with it."~Catholic Standard and Time ‘“What the Bingley matter with young 'His throat was badly Injured at a foot ball game." ;idmln‘t know he was a p “He lsn't. He's a rooter."—Clev Plain Dealer. Hepd AS THE SEASON CLOSES, 8. B. Kiser in tho Record-Herald. The foot ball season soon will end; still hope for the best; Our Willlam "1s quarter back; he plays with snap and zest; They broke his co.lar bone and knocked his knee cap out of place; He wears his left ear in a sling and has AT »r:ur‘ul face i ‘@ fear he has a floating rib, he as if in pain, " ey But we are praying he may have the strength to stand the strain. we der to the wrist; His nose, once high, s flat, because bumped against a fist; His eyes are bloodshot and his lips are He nalulied and cut and raw, e has no skin on either shin; the cracked his jaw, et But eager’y we look ahead, nearly “run, And with the help of prayer we hope to Bave our precious son. His right arm {s discolored from the lhuli) the season’'s He's limping out to practice now; he s in heaven's care; We can but pray that he may stand the awful wear and tear; How tenderly we cared for him when chfld hood's flls assailed; “Twould be & shame to lose him now—if all our planning faled; How fair the world will seem again when he comes home to rest; The foot ball season's nearly run; we're on present stocks. ing instruments. ‘The “Apollo’ is the KNOW {t—YOU'LL admit it! $562 For an Apollo worth $750 For an porting himselt among the .hippopotami | hears the blg bang of the Standard Ofl | gun on the Missouri circult won't he wish himself home, though, and right on the | varmint's hidel One-Fourth Off! On a Few of the 1909 Models in APOLLO 1910 model “Apollos” will soon be here—we wish to prepare for a year with only new models—therefore this What a GRAND opportunity on a regal Christmas gift to someone— the FIRST 88-note player—the cap sheaf among ALL self play~ The very “noblest” make of all-—REDUCED a clean one-fourth for holiday selling. As a further inducement we will mciude FREE a lbrary of Apollo music (The Apollo, by the way, plays any kind or size music) and we will afford you as many demonstrations as you desire. HIGHEST GRADED player If at all interested, see the instrument—hear it! enthuse over it— and remember you may have one at one-fourth off. $600 $61 worth $800 1513 DOUGLAS STREET, OMAHA, NEB. hoping for the best. Player Pianos “FOURTH made—we For an Apollo worth 0