Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 28, 1909, Page 12

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It will take the photographer's dark room to shed light on the eclipse of the moon. —— In Mr. Hawley's case the accent is getting more and more pronounced on the haul. The government is getting ready to show that the way to collect the cor: poration tax is to collect. —_— The hew useistant secretary of the Department of Commerce and Labor is @ Cable. That ought to hold awhile. —— 1t Mr. Curnegie really wants to die pocr, he might take up with that Dutch ccunt who ceeks to have the Zuyder Zee pumped dry. Those S.anasrd Ofl officials are showing remarkable appreciation of the ad about speech being silver and silence golden. The deadlocked houses of Parlia- ment might take notice that King Bd- ward Is a good .enough arbitrator to suit Chile and the United States. A man has just been committed to an asylum as insane because he spent his money for rowboats and fish hooks, If old Izaak Walton were only alive! What is a gentleman? is the ques- tion propounded by a New York editor. We suggest that he apply for the answer to the colleague who asked, Who is a democrat? —_— When Mayor-elect Gaynor takes of- fice with the first of the year it will soon develop whether the people of greater New York have been fooled or only the Tammany bosses. The Alaska coal land promoter ap- pears to have made it so easy for his banker backer by relieving him of all detall but paying the bills. Not so different from other promoters. The. fact that the message to con- gress 18 not yet written need cause no one uneasiness. Mr. Taft used to be a newspaper reporter, and no good re- porter turns his story in till it's almost time to go to press B The tran.tev uy Grear Britain of Ambassador Bunsea from Madrid to Washington 811 to be projected on the ples that he desires a better cli- mate. Ancther new world triumph over Euren ' 'ed reputation. In Baltimure 8 proclaimed intention of becoming the literary center of the United States, Boston will discern a recrudescence of Maryland's ancient antagonism to Massachusetts. Also, the Chesapeake may look for an in- vasion from the Hooslers As between with plural the sect wives and the cuit that denies the sanc- tity of marriage, America affords a wide choice of religions which attempt to deal with the problem of wedlock. Every little whil in the case of “the Christy girl,"” some aggrieved wife emphasl; the fact that the usual oritic of these peculiar creeds are women, not men. According to Mr. Bryan, the worst abuse of a lawyer's power is “the sale of his services to predatory corpora: tions.” Accepting this statement with. out argument, it is worthy of remark that predatory corporations would just 28 soon hire democratic lawyers as re- publican lawyers, and have never shown themselves to be particular about drawing the party line L 4 . ! suggested | possess the same qualities as those de ——n Gl Beveridge on the Vice Presidency. Senator Beveridge's article in the Century denominating the vice pres dency as the fifth wheel of the govern- ment is less significant for the facts brought out as it is for the remedies The senator reviews the | history of the constitutional convention to show that the creation of the office of vice president was an after-thought, 0c | without any sponsor claiming credit for it. He shows, further, that the original intention of the founders of the republic to make the heir-apparent manded in the president had been nul- lified by the amendment adopted after the Aaron Burr episode providing for separate votes in the electoral college for president and vice president and the unofficial system of party nomi- nating conventions since developed into an integral factor in our govern- ment Few will take iseue with the asser- tion that the vice presidency now, and for many years, has been simply trad- ing stock for president-makers and used as a harmonizing sop for the de- feated faction in the nominating con- vention. When once elected the vice president simply fills a gap, waiting for the president to die or become inca- chlllll‘d, and incidentally performing the harmless function of presiding over |the senate with no vote except when | that body is equally divided. Senator Beveridge evidently thinks that a pub- lic man might as well be exiled to St. | Helena or Devil's island as to be sen- tenced to a term in the vice presiden- | tial chair. Whether this picture is overdrawn or not, it is coupled with a dual propo- sition to restore the office to its right- ful position of power and usefulness in one or both of two ways. First, by investing the vice president with pow- ers equal to those possessed by the speaker in the appointment of all sen- ate committees, and second, by giving him a seat at the cabinet table. The admission of the vice president to the cabinet has been urged before, but has never obtained favor with the only power which could make it effective. So far as we recall, the proposed in- vestiture of the vice president with plenary authority over the makeup of senate committees is the first sugges- tion of this kind, and the strange thing about it is that it should come from Senator Beveridge, who {8 usually classed with the insurgents, voicing he demand for divesting the speaker f these very same powers in the house. If there is any merit in the protest against the speaker's all- powerful control of committee assign- ments it would certainly have equal force against making a second speaker out of the vice president. The office of vice president may be the fifth wheel of the government, but it will not be easily discarded or modi- fled. In nearly every state in the union we have in the office of lieuten- ant governor an almost exact counter- part of the vice presidency which ena- bles some forty distinguished gentle- men to hold a waiting number as con- tingent executives. The vice president and the lleutenant governors will con- tinue on doing business at the old stand, notwithstanding the convincing proof offered by Senator Beverldge that they arg absolutely useless. The Faith of Their Mothers. Trapped in a living tomb at Cherry, |face to face with death, the resource that buoyed the hearts and sustained | the spirits of the grim and rough-lived miners was the simple faith of their |childhood, learned at their mothers’ |knee. Laughter there was none, though it has been said that it s most American to be on laughing terms with destiny. Profanity there was none, though in the daily walks of life coarse and violent speech had been a habit. As In the camp of the sol- diers under the guns of the Malakoff, immortalized by the poet Bayard Tay- lor, the men In the subdued volce of the stricken cried, “Give us a song."” And no popular ditty was their choice in that pit of darkness and of death, no frivolous tinkle of concert hall or street; but instead, with a solemnity and a power pecullar to male voices, they sang the prayerful hymn, “Abide with me, fast falls the eventide.” And {it ‘brought to their troubled breasts !the calm and peace of a Sabbath twi- light at home. Similarly, when the passengers of the Valencia were thrown into the death waters off Vancouver, they {burst forth into the soul-stirring strains of “‘Nearer my God to Thee,” and the jubilant voices sounded clear jand high above the rush of angry |waters till the last victim was swept {into silence from the bit of wreckage where he clung. At the final desper- ate stand the human heart involun- tarlly turps, no matter what its life career, with a ready trustfulness in the faith of the mothers. Yet not only in sudden extremity is this faith a source of consolation and {hppe. We all have known lives that because of steadfast devotion to their early faith have been able to surmount {years qf vicissitudes with tranquiliity. |One woman of 85 years, whose personal life has been filled with afflictions and who has had no earthly measure of affection since she lost her husband and her sons, hi neverthele: kept her spirit so golden in her faith that she is even now compiling a volume of experiences designed to convey the gospel of sunshjne to those weary of lite's burden: It thére is a sublimity in the sudden return of the desperate to their moth- ers' faith, there is something saintly in the steadfast sweetness characteriz- lln‘ those gentle women who have sung DAY BEE: NOVEMBER 26 190¢ “‘Abide with me” in their hearts through all the years. inmost A Lull in the Reoruiting. We regret to veport that the recruit- ing of Mr. Bryan's army of tariff re- form seeins to have encountered a sud- den and unexpected lull. At any rate, Mr. Bryan's Commoner has ceased publishing, although perhaps only tem- porarily, further responses from dem- ocratie congressmen who were solicited to put themselves on record on the {tariff program proposed by Mr. Bryan, which he evidently wanted made the democratic slogan in next year's con- gressional elections. It seems that scarcely a baker's dozen of the democratic members of congress have deigned even to answer the appeal sent out by Mr. Bryan for a letter of endorsement. And even the few who have answered disclose such wide variation of opinion that the pos- sibility of ever getting the army to march in step seems decidedly remote. The strange part of the performance is that while Mr. Sulzer of Tammany hall came in first as color bearer in the great cause of reform, only one of the three democratic congressmen from Mr. Bryan's home state has so far signed up his enlistment papers. The Bryan program calle for free admission of all raw materials and products handled by trusts and a grad- ual reduction of all other tariff dutles down to 25 per cent. But this plainly does not offer any common ground for the varfous kinds of democrats to stand on. It develops that there are democrats who believe in absolute free trade as a Divine right, democrats who favor a revenue tariff only, democrats who want luxuries taxed and neces- saries untaxed, and democrats who are |out for all the protection they can get for their own constituencies. Had there been any possibility of harmoniz- ing the democrats on a tariff program in the extra session of congress it would have devolved on their leaders to have formulated a democratic tariff bill and to have offered it as a substi- tute for the republican tariff bill. The very fact that no attempt was made to let the people know what kind of a tariff they would have gotten if the democrats were in control is conclusive proof that the tariff program proposed by Mr. Bryan cannot be made the test of democratic faith. Bashfulness, or a Tribute? Commenting on the quiet and con- templative manner with which they were recived by the president, a party of young schoolgirls who visited the White House during the week decided among themselves that Mr. Taft is bashful. ‘A very nice man, but so difident,” was the way one of them put it. Now, it is possible and probable that the girls have misunderstood the presi- dent, for it is a common fault for them to misunderstand the masculine attitude toward the wholesome fresh- ness and charm of girlhood such as evidently graced this visiting galaxy. Nothing more completely appeals to the better nature of man than the graces of girlhood at the period of their most innocent outlook on life. And almost invariably when a man is thus impressed he is sllently apprecia- tive. Even though his difidence of utterance be mistaken for the awful crime of bashfulness, still must he pay devotion to the gracious spirit of girl- hood in silent reflection. This is a masculine trait not com- monly credited by woman, so that it is not surprising that the White House visitors referred to went away wonder- ing at the sudden silence of a chief executive usually ready with apt speech on all other occasions. Other Times, Other Manners. Reviving the customs of a century ago, one of the soclal leaders in a large American city recently celebrated & fashionable debut with all the pomp and ceremony of the olden times. Every little while some such reversion is attempted from the forms and man- ners of the modern day, in the expecta- tion that a special thrill of novelty will be experienced or an additional helght of happiness attained, yet, on the whole, every revival of the sort proves to be a disappointment. The truth is, the glamour that has been cast over the identity of the good old times Is very largely a false one. The fact that we have progressed be- yond those customs is In itself suffi- clent evidence that the allurement of the ancient days is largely a polite fic- tion. The old ways served their turn and were unto their day adequate, but with the evolution of other affairs peo- ple come to a better understanding of the eternal fitness of things, and in so- cial functions, as in all the amanities of life, they have entered upon an era of good mew times which sult the modern temperament so completely that the good old days have vanishea beyond more than an occasional luke- warm recall. In the Midst of Life. Rameses, king of Egypt, is coming to New York at an opportune time, for the woman claiming to be the world’s greatest spiritualistic medium is now operating in that city, under the guldance of a cult which believes that she bas power to raise the dead, and there is no question that Rameses has been dead three thousand years. The metropolis can hardly be credited with llving up to its reputa. tion for the spectacular and extraordl- nary, it it does not arrange for the Palladino’s incantations over this cele- brated mummy. Surely if she can In- voke a spirit from the air many leagues removed from the resting place of its corporeal investiture, she wmight \ | vote for must be reduced to a minimum. all the more readily summon it to the exact spot where reposes the mortal residuum. And what a highly Interesting story might be told by this ruler of ancient days, reincarnated, in the presence of the amazing modern Manhattan. What would he have to say of the daughters of the Hudson as contrasted with the daughters of his Nile, and how would the metropolitan skyscrapers compare, from his viewpoint, with the early | pyramids? New York could learn some interesting things from old Rameses, and when the college boys got him in tow and sang ‘him their rollicking songs in which his name is celebrated, what a good time he could have seeing the up-to-date sights. Corporations and Individuals. From the comment made by former Senator Clark of Montana on the Standard Ofl decision, it is evident that he has no sympathy with large corpor- ate aggregations of capital, but that instead, he would have all enterprises operated through individual control The proposal to fix individual respon- sibility for corporations has been made repeatedly, but this is probably the first serious suggestion from a multi- millionaire that the large corporations might well be abolished altogether. Mr. Clark is fortunate in having been able to handle his important in- terests so successfully on the strength of his own personality, yet one cannot but wonder how long he would have eschewed the corporation, had he un- dertaken to extend his field. The American oll industry could never have become such a world-wide commercial enterprise if Mr. Rockefeller had not assembled corporate forces, nor could Mr. Harriman have developed the vast rallroad properties with which he was identified, ’had it not been for the amassing of corporate capital. How would the individual raige the millions required nowadays in any great enter- prise, if he had not the corporate se- curities to pledge or dispose of? There is, of necessity, a limit even to corpor- ation eredit, but in present-day finance the individual credit cuts relatively still smaller figure, yef it is on credit that the bulk of the world’s business is transacted. Individualism in important projects {8 commendable as far as it may be carried, but the burdens of commerce have become too tremendous for even the most powerful personal giant to at- tempt to carry alone. In these modern days of vast things, the corporation has come to serve a ugeful purpose and it can not be discarded until some other equally or more servicable agency is available. Simplification. recent speech of President Woodrow Wilson of Princeton earn- estly advocates that election reform be directed towards\simplification of the The ballot. “We give the voter,” he says, “go many persons to vote for tHat the ballot becomes a complicated thing which he has not time himself to pre- pare, and which he cannot thoroughly understand after it has been prepared for him by the professional politician.” To reinforce what, he declares to be the objections to the present system Dr. Wilson cites one ballot he has seen which contained the names of 700 can- didates printed in compact columns much larger than the single sheet of a newspaper. ‘The ballots devised even by ballot reformers throughout the country,” he adds, “‘differ from this ex- traordinary ballot only in the number of names, which run from the scores to the hundreds.”” Nebraska voters who remember the horrors of the official ballot used in the late state-wide pri- mary, under the wide-open primary law Inflicted by the late democratic legislature, could almost imagine that President Wilson had their plight in mind. To people who have had experi- ence with such confusing election ma- chinery this conclusion should particu= larly appeal: It s plain that the way of reform lles in the direction of simplification. If the voter is to know what he is about, the num- ber of persons he is to be called upon ‘to When it is so reduczd both nomination and election will become direct, simple and Intelligible. — The completion of another important | railroad in Alaska serves to remind | Americans of the wonderful progress being made in that territory. It was an event but of yesterday to read of the hardships and fatalities attending the negotiation of White Horse, Chil- koot and other passes, by the pioneers on the trail for gold, yet today places which were a short time ago abso. lutely inaccessible have been brought within reach not only of adventurous fortune-seekers, but also of comfort demanding tourists. In the spanning of gorges and the bridging of glaclers, Alaska has offered extraordinary prob- | lems which have been successtully solved by modern engineering. [—————— American iuventors will take heart from the decision in the German courts | sustalning the convention recently exe- | cuted with our government for their protection. It is apparent from the finality of the decree that the interna- tional patent right is now definitely established, and that American inven- tions have at last acquired safeguards that shall enable exclusive exploitation | in nearly every important civilized ecountry. The singular spectacle is presented in North Carolina of the medical pro- fession objecting to the governor's designation of a ‘‘Sanitary Sunday,” when each minister was requested to preach a sermon bearing on the cam- paign against tuberculosis. At that dis- | beginning of work ordered tance it is not easy to see what harm the pulpit ean do by urging the peo- ple to obgperve sanitary requirements. Speaker Cannon is quoting Bryan on himselt to prove him Inconsistent in his attack on the rules by which the procedure in congress is governed. The speaker might keep on quoting Bryan for and against all sorts of propositions almost indefinitely. Mr. Bryan has al- ways reserved the right to change his mind with or without cause. —_— When the new Union depot for Omaha was erected only ten years ago it was supposed that adequate facilities had been provided for a generation to come. The fact that the railroads al- ready find it necessary to enlarge the station testifies to Omaha's rapid growth in excess of all anticipation. Reversing the Interest. Washington Star, Interest In the beet sugar industry has been largely replaced by interest in the sugar beat enterprise. Contempt of Court. Wall Street Journal. President Taft, in addition to devising ways of minimizing delays in the courts of justice, might also start a movement for condensing legal opinfons. Knockout for Theor! Boston Herad. The fact that elght college players were among the thirty foot ball fatalities rather staggers those who contend that only un- trained athletes are susceptible to the dangers of the game. Importance of a Getaway. Baltimore News, When Uncle Sam finishes with Nica- ragua he ought to be sure to make A good getaway. Every time he becomes mixed up In squabble with a seml- civilized people these days he winds up by having them on his hands. Punish 'em, it necessary, but don't try to govern ‘em. a Tendency of the Times. San Francisco Chronicle. Another great merger of railroads Is announced. Pretty soon all the little cor- porations will be absorbed by the big ones. When the feat Is accomplished the business of regulating will be simplified. It is easier to exercise watchfulnéss over a half a dozen than oveér a thousand dif- ferent concerns, Distribution of the Army. Boston Transcript. From the report of the adjutant general of the army it appears,that fully 75 per cent of the officers and men of the con- tinental army are stationed in the United States, or nearly 62,000, whereas there were in the Philippines 14,240, exclusive of 5,729 “scouts” or native soldiers. Alaska and Hawail call for about 1200 each, and the military duty in Porto Rico is done by the local regiment, which s about 700 strong. In &pite of the presence of 60,000 regulars on home soil our liberties do not appear abbreviated to any appreclab’e extent. ‘What About the Tainted Money? Springfield Republican. A very grave question In ethics is pre- sented to all of the religious, charitable, educational and scientific bodles that have accepted Mr. Rockefeller's money. They may as well prepare to answer it. As- suming that the United States supreme court will sustain the circuit court in de- c'aring the Standard Ofl company an un- lawful combination, it follows that Mr. Rockefeller has been giving away money earned by lllegal processes. Should money of this scrt be retained by the reciplents of Mr. Rockefeller's bounty? Here 8 an- other opportunity for Rev. Dr. Washing- ton Gladden. Exporting Absentee Incomes, New York World. Tt Is reckoned that is country must send abroad nearly 360,000,000 o vear as Interest on debts and dowrles, for tourlst expenses and iIn immigrants' remittances. 8o there was a shortage last year of about $225,000,000 and of $380,000.000 fn nine months this vear. By fresh borrowing the Inter- est payment has thus increased in two years by some $24,000000. The extensive customs house frauds make It likely that even this vast shortage is understated. To pay Interest upon the dowries of six American women 30,0000 pounds of cot- ton must cross the sea this year. To pay the rentals of one absentes landlord of New York will take 500000 bushels of wheat. Tourists' and health seekers' trips help the country by promoting abroad and bringing back Information; but when to the growth of extravagance and to the waste of an artificlally helightened |! cost of 'lving Is added the burden of supporting “American colonfes” in Buro- pean capltals, the balance of trade is af- fected with no corresponding advantage. PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE, Minneapolis takes kindly ment of 86-cent gas. Colonel John Jacob'Astor, care and foot tree, allows his friends to do the worrying. Twenty-six days to Cliristmas. If you don’t do it early the crowd will do you later. The National Geographlic society of W ington regrets to report that Dr. Co will “tell it to the Danes” first. The statue of Purity in the Tenderloin section of New York City has been found to be hollow, filled with air, and cold alr at that. As near as the stargazers can determine, to the treat- h- |the head of Halley's comet has a lid bullt on the dishpan order. missed her 1id? Chicago imagines that the smoke nuls- ance costs the city $50,000,000 annually, but omits orediting the value of & continuous output of smoked hams. Denver balks at the proposition up $100000 for an aviation meet there. High filers burn too much money for the crowd on the surface. Kansas City Is to get a $5,000,00 union depot. The city and the railroads have come together on site and plans and the In a few years the anclent museum of human traffic will Has Mrs. Halley | be consigned to the jubk heap. Henry Latham is the most imposing of French aviators. In response to an invita- tion to join a hunting party; he flew to the locality, eircled around the lodge, and | landed at the door, Expert knockers of ghostly seances pro- nounce the latest imported medlum a clumsy exponent of the art. The table- moving act proved an kneesy one, while the medium’'s limbs were underneath. Away from It, the table stuck to the floor. Every heart-whole man must admire the good taste of the New York woman, a ten-times millionairess, who handed large empty mittens to poverty-stricken nobles and married an American with $20,000,000. A happy partnership of business and pleas- ure. John Hays Hammond insists that he is not taxed enough and asks that his per- sonal assessment be ralsed from $100,000 to $500,000. Mr. Hammond s doing quite well, but the tax commissioners required an extra session to calm their nerves for the operation. to put | ‘We_Sell 100 Kinds towlingplece In hand. | trade | ;a0 B less cost.” are clus or a cluster of small gems. in Omaha —the same rings special of ‘em at $24. small oredit payments. Remarkable New Way Il of Mounting Diamonds In this ring you get the effect ol AYCt Selitaire At $24 Solitaire diamonds have grown beyond the purse of & great many, »o it remained for a Newark, N. J, diamond mounter—an old Hollander— to solve the problem of “how to produce a solitaire offect at & muoh He has patented a system whereby seven or more small diamonds od without any apparent dividing line between the stones— the mountings are of platinum—the rings of purest gold. away you may defy ANYONE to tell whether your ring is & solitaire Two feed I've secured the first lot of these ‘‘patent solitaires™ are selling just now in the east at $35—but I'm going to make a Christmas Wow even at $24 I am willing to wait for my pay. Just plok out one of these rings now—wear it—give it away as & Christmas gift—do as you choose with it, and pay me the $24 just as you earn it—in easy, Omaha Nebraska SERMONS BOILED DOWN, The only pleasures enjoyed are those that are earned. Your future depends on what you are making the present They who guard their eyes are likely to watch their tongues. Blasts of sorrow uncover false friends and reveal true ones. p You cannot judge & man's faith in God by his credulity with men. Our own roses are never quite as fair as our neighbor's cabbages. The greatest crime against love is to use its language and miss its life. The best thing about a good man is that he never knows how good he is. Nothing more quickly blinds a man to all good than looking out for himself alone. No man gets any closer to real religion by jumping into a theological discussion. People who brag of what they give the world never take stock of what they owe. Heresy hunting is the attempt to make my chart serve as the other man's com- pass. He who has plety only to save himselt has neither enough to help him nor to hurt him. Taking & broom to our alleys may be taking & short cut to the heavenly man. sions. Some never see the difference between glving friendly counsel and hurling advice at one. This is always a heartless world to those who crate up their hearts for fear of hurt. ing them. The man who boasts of being able to break a bad habit never stops long enough to take up his own bluff.—Chicago Tri- bune. DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES, They had been discussing the tendency to give advice to mothers. ““Who is capable of telling us how to rear our own children?’ asked one, with an air of finality. “if we leave the , T should eay .""~Philadelphia “Isn't that the pretty Miss Scribbler? 1a she's quite literary.” herselt.” anything comfort- “Did the minister sa nf; bor of the widaw asked the nelgl recently bereaved. “Indeed, he Aidn't” was the quick re- 'Ilu sald my husband was better off.” Young Husband—Darling, your welght in— Young Wite—Gold, George? Young Husband—Well, let it go ut that. love. In the wild nthusiasm of the mo- ment, though, 1 g!lnx to say porter- house steak. —Chlclxu ecord-Herald. you are worth med Miss Yerner, I'm sure we'll e waited a_ good r_that mother of min “Hours, 1 should say, torted, rather crossl “Ours? Oh, Georg: her blushing cheek upon his shirt front.— Catholic Standard and Times. m- miss the first many minutes Mr. Kajones, who had happened to step intg the pa while looking for & book, was just in time to see somebody slip has. tlly off somel hlvd) s else knee, “Ah, Bessle,” he observed, “this Is @ merger, Is it? Or is it & limited partnership?’ ither, papa, herself instantly company—that's all.” said Bessie, recovering corge {8 my holding Chicago Tribune “Do you think he really loves her?’ | ““Yes, indeed. They've been married over | Mineral Waters | N S N A | We sell aver 100 kinds Imported and | n Mineral Waters, and, as we ob- t_from springs or importer, can guarantee freshness and genuineness Boro Lithia Water, bot, b0c; case, §5.00, | Boro Lithia Water, pints., dozen, $1.5 case 100, §10.00. | We are distributing agents in Omaha tor the celebrated waters from Excelsior Springs, Mo., and sell at following prices Regent, quart bottle, -b¢c; do 5 | case, B0 bottles, §5.00 | Buipho-Saline, buart bottle, 26c; dozen, $2.25; case, 50 bottles, §5.00 Bulpno-Saline, quart bottle, 25c; dozen, 1.50. | Sotertan. quart botte, c0; dosen, 42.00 | Soterian, pint bottle, 18¢; n, $1.50. | Boterian Ginger Ale, ¥ dozen, $1.50 Hoterian Ginger Ale, quart bottls, 25c; dozen, $2.25 Diamond Litha, half-gallon bottle, 40c; case, 1 dozen, $4.00 Crystal Lithia, five-gallon jugs, eac 00 Bali Bulphur, five gallon jugs, sach, $2.25 Delivery free to_ any part of Omaha council Blutfs or South Omahe. SHERMAN & McCONNELL DRUG CO., 16th and Dodge. OWL DRUG 00, 16th and Harney. Sloman re- | " she cried, and laid | pleasantly, | a year now and he never thinks of stand- ing on the rear platform of the car and —De- finishing his cigar if she's with him.™ troit Free Press. HIS GIFTS. Dixie Wolcott in Lippincott's, “No lands nor gold do I hold in fee; Naught can I give the world,” said he, But many a heart as he passed along Was cheered by the it of his merry song; While hapless wanderers, gone astray, Were guided back to the better way; And eyes that were dimmed with tears the while Would flash once more LG an answering ‘“The rarest gifts to be given away Are neither lands nor gold,” said they. All 1909 Model Apollo -| Player Pianos! Think of buying at $863, for instance, an “Apollo” Player Plano that sells reg- ularly at §750—a gorgeous new instrument that will l e & trall of pleasure taste for all that is [ond in muasio, wherever it may be placed, | It doesn't seem as though “Apollo” prices OUGHT to be cut, does it? But then, the 1910 models are on thetr way — we wish to | start & clean calendar with & ‘olean” floor—therefore this “34 off" on ('1909" mod- ol You, of course, are by this time aware of the “Apollc” supremecy—you KNOW it to be the fires 88 - note player — you ENOW it is the only player playing ANY s or kind of music. Melville Clark has insjilied into every “Apollo”” & subtle ‘isome- thing” that CANNOT be imitated-—it's an instm- ment of expression—many others are not. 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