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any time may hare The Bee
eat te them regralarly by
tlfrlns The Bee Bualae
flics, la aeraen er by mall.
The address will he chance
a pften as desired.
Tbe sultan pf Turkey bus evidently
seen the light.
President Sttrkney la known
ticker. May he stick to Ouauna.
Omaha U evidently not rendy to plant
$10,000 In an orchestra scheme before
thfl Auditorium la flnUiUotl and paid for,
There Is sure to be harmony for at
least three places on the republican.
county ticket merely from lack of com
petition.
No one In Omaha will be Inclined to
barp on technicalities, providing only
the street repair gang gets down to
work at once.
As we have before remarked, It, takes
Lincoln luck to bring the state fatr a
shower of shekels In between the
bowers of water.
If Tom Johnson' faith In bis own
success depends on Senator Ilanna'i
Inability on account of sickness to make
vigorous campaign In Ohio, bis fate
must be banglug on a slender thread.
King Edward stopped bis train In
transit through Germany to get a cup
of coffee. Ordinarily It would take n
thirst for something stronger than cof
fee to stop a train In the Fatherland.
Complaints of a dearth of school
tenchers in Nebraska Is the best proof
that race suicide has made no Inroads
Into this state. The crop of school chil
dren has simply outstripped the supply
of teaching talent.
The eolleges' and universities will
soon be reopened and give the hnyspeds
who utilised the vacation for work In
the wheat fields opportunity to demon
strate bow much they lourneij through
practical experience.
Another international boundary com
mission may lv required, this time to
fix the line that separates British and
American possessions off the const of
Borneo. A training school for mnp
makers might b serviceable to VnuJe
Bam.
Uniform bookkeeping In all the state
Institutions will be a good thing just so
far as it conduces to more economical
management. If It will dtsittose where
the leaks are in one placo as compared
With another, it will commend Itself
highly to the taxpayers.
r
The supreme court of Kansas has
been called upon to decide whether coal
mine owners, who are charged with
being members of the famous Kansis
Soft Coal trust, can be excused from
testifying on the ground that they might
give evidence which might luciimlntte
them and on the same ground can also
withhold the books of their respective
corporations, even though by so doing
they completely block tbe Judicial In
vestigation of the trt-st.
The new primary system which Is
bout to be inaugurate) by Douglas
county republicans resembles a game
of poker In more ways than one. To
get in on the ploy, the ambrtloiis eandl
date must first dig up his ante and If
after the draw he finds hlm"lf holding
poor hand. he can drop out, but must
leave his -.chips on the table. A strong
bluff my erve as well as a fall linnd
If It only forces tbe other fellow to
quit and tbe high man ef those left
takes the pot
MVfitT TV J0' fBB CrJUPH.
Among the moat plausible arguments
in favor of currency intlatton Is the as
sertion that a large addition to the
volume of currency is imperative In
order to supply the demand from the
west ond south for money to move the
crops. It is this plea, doubtless, that
bus the most weight with President
Roosevelt in allowing tho Impression to
be created that congress may have to
be convened in extra session to meet
the emergency.
As a matter of fact, no such emer
gency has arisen and is not likely to
arise so long as the country remains as
prosperous as it is now, A liberal esti
mate of the aggregate amount of cur
rency required for moving the crops Is
$35,000,000, iKit a much larger sum is
now deposited in New York banks to
the credit of western and southern
banks It goes without saying that tho
New York banks are amply prepared
to meet this demand and in case of
emergency to replace the money with
drawn from their vaults with currency
from the national treasury.
In the first place an enormous In
crease of available money has taken
place within the past year. Between
August 1, 1002, and August 1, 1903,
there has been an increase in circulation
of $122,000,000, of which about $53,-
000,000 Is in national bank notes. There
has also been an increase of $73,000,-
000 In gold certificates against a loss of
$11,000,000 in gold coin and $10,000,000
in treasury notes of 1K). While the
treasury officials do not assert that a
greoter volume of currency is Impera
tive to prevent a money stringency in
the crop moving season, they say that
they are In position to offset the prevail
ing sentiment for the repression of
credit and speculation, which usually
follows a plenitude of money without
currency legislation.
In the next place the New Ybrk
banks are amply able to replace the
$33,000,000 required for moving the
crops by an equal amount of notlonol
bank currency, if they are so disposed.
The national banks of New York are
Capitalized for $110,672,700, but as
against that capital they have issued
only $43,871,400 in national bank notes,
or $00,701,300 loss than they have a
right to issue under the national bank
ing net. It is not generally known, but
It Is nevertheless a fact, that twenty
out of the fifty-six national banks In
tho city of New York, whose nggregate
capital Is $21,533,000, have not availed
themselves at all of the privilege of
lssulug national l-nnk notes, Looking
backward, It may be instructive as well
as Interesting to know that the net de
posits In the national banks of New
York on September 10, 1803. were $377,
273,000; on September J0t J808, they
were $731,002,100; on September 8, 1900,
$UOtl,281,400; on September 15, 1002, they
were $023,398,200; on September 5, 1903,
th.ey were $918,131,300, or a decrease of
only $3,206,000, equal to but one-half of
1 per cent over the aggregate deposit a
year ago.
It should be borne in mind, however,
that the Impending drain on the New
York banks for moving the crops Is
gradual and will cover a period of fully
four months, The money disbursed
among the farmers In the west and
south for moving the new crops is not
absorbed like water poured upon the
sand. Western farmers: do not hoard
moiipy so long as they have confidence
in the stability of the banks. They will
either pay out the money realised from
the sale of crpps to cancel existing
mortgages,' purchase additional land, or
farm machinery and betterments, or
place It on Interest in banks, and in
due time the. money that moved the
props will find its way back to the New
;Vnrk depositories.
It Is sheer folly, therefore, to assume
tliot the demand for money to move the
crops must either precipitate a panic
Iq New York or create such a strain
upon New York banks ns scrloiiBly to
imperil their solvency,
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PtlS)AL irultTH TUB OXLT TIST.
Among the many sound principles
enunciated by President Roosevelt in
his Syracuse address, none Is more
worthy of thoughtful consideration than
the statement that In order to keep our I
government on a sane and henltby
busls and pur social system wbut it
should be each man must be Judged, not
as a member of a class, but on his worth
as a man. He declared it to be an in
famous thing in our American life, and
fundamentally treacherous to our Insti
tutions, "to apply to any man any test
save that of his personal worth, or to
draw between two sets of men any dis
tinction save the distinction of conduct."
He said that the failure In public and In
private life thus to treat each man on
his own merits, the recognition of this
government as being cither for the poor
as such or tho rich hs such, "would provs
fatal to our republic, us such failure niuj
such recognition have always provinl
fatal In the past to other republics." Xo
Intelligent man can fall to understand
ths meaning of this or its application
to those who. particularly In recent
years, have sought to array class against
class and to instill in the popular mind
the idea that the government is only for
a single class.
This demagogic doctrine the president
condemns ss being utterly unwarranted
and dangerous and all who can consider
the matter free from prejudlco will
agree with hlin. "A healthy republican
government," said Mr. Uoosevelt, "must
rest upon individuals, not upon classes
or sections. -As soon as it becomes gov
ernment by a class 'or by a section it
departs from the old American ideal.
Teople show themselves Just as un
fit for liberty whether they submit to
anarchy or to tyranny, and cluss gov
ernment, whether !t be the government
of a plutocracy or tbe government of a
mob, la equally Incompatible with the
princ'plre established , In the days of
Washington and perpetuated la the days
of Lincoln." In the slavery era the
government was administered tuore or
less in the Interest of clsss and the
result was the greatest of civil wars.
If erer class Interest shall again domi
nate the government repetition of that
mighty conflict will be iuevltable. True
statesmanship will lead In the way
pointed out by the president that of
keeping the government free from class
control and administering It Impartially
for the welfare of all the people.
rfasox run distrusting rutin.
There are abundant reasons for dis
trusting trusts, but one that is pointed
out by the New York Journal of Com
merce is well worth attention. That
paper remarks that one of the disad
vantages of thl concentrated control of
great Industrial combinations Is the fact
that their stocks become distributed in
the hands of many persons who know,
and ore permitted to know, little or
nothing about their affairs. "Manage
ment is necessarily In the bands of a few
persons. These may or may not have
large capital interest of their own in
the concern, but they have a large con
trol through those who have made ven
tures In It and through the use of proxies
blindly granted." Consequently the In
terests of the scattered stockholders ore
at the mercy of directors and officers in
whom they have easily confided and who
render such accounts as thoy please or
give none at all, depending entirely npon
conditions and circumstances. There
are combinations whose officers render
accounts regularly to the stockholders,
but the larger number do not do this
and in some other way keep the con
fiding stockholders reassured.
This irresponsibility of the officers of
many of the combinations, men who
carry everything their own way, Is a
fact that should make the public dis
trustful of stockB offered by combina
tions that do not make regular returns
of their affairs to stockholders. It is a
hazardous Investment to place money In
the hands of a corporation whose officers
are at liberty to do as they please about
accounting for it and such undoubtedly
Is the condition as to a very considerable
part of the Investments In many of the
combinations.
TURKEY'S FAVORABLC RESPONSE.
The favorable response of the Turkish
government to the request of the United
States for the removal of the governor
of Beyroot and the appointment of a
responsible person, not unfriendly to
foreigners, to the position, Is a vindica
tion of the action of the Washington
authorities in sending the ' European
squadron to Turkish waters. A few
days ago Admiral Cotton reported that
the presence of the squadron. at Bey
root had inspired with confidence and a
feeling of security all foreigners and
Christians and his dispatch of the 10th
reported the city quiet und conditions
Improving. He also states that the new
governor, said to be a trustworthy and
broad-minded man, has expressed a de
sire to settle tbe case of the American
vice consul who was shot at to the sat
isfaction of the United States govern
ment.
All this' la most conclusive testimony
to the influence of this nation, especially
when our diplomacy is backed up by
war ships, but it does net Justify any
thing on our part in the nature of
Jingoism. We roust not assume from
this incident that we can get anything
we may be pleased to ask for with ns
little difficulty as we secured compliance
with tbe request for a change of govern
ors at Beyroot. A Washington dispatch
says "it is understood our government
will push to an early conclusion all Its
pending claims against Turkey." Doubt
less t would be quite Justified in doing
o, but tbe question of expediency,
under present conditions, Is to be con
sidered. The "sick man of Europe" is
considerably sicker at this time thnn
for o long period. Harassed by revolu
tionary movements, with little money
and no credit, and filled with appre
hension and anxiety regarding the
course the great powers may take, Tur
key might be found indisposed to sub
mit to any severe pressure from this
country for the settlement of pending
claims, por is It altogether Improbable
that she In this would have the sym
pathy of some If not all the European
nations. In sending the squadron to
Beyroot after the attack upon the Amer
ican vice consul we had the tacit ap
proval of the powers because It meant
protection for all foreigners at that
place. In safeguarding American inter
ests there we at the same time pro
tected Europonn Interests. It Is by no
means certain that we should have the
approval of those nations were our
government, at this time, to adopt an
aggressive or coercive policy toward
Turkey In respect to pending claims.
They also have claims, very much
'argcr than ours, and as they are not
nrs-intr their settlement It Is most mi-
; kplj. tl,nt ny wouId be favoroble t0
the United States doing so, at least
until the Turkish problem with which
they have to deal Is disposed of.
The sending of American war ships
to Beyroot has resulted well and it
would seem that our government should
le very well satisfied with this for the
present and not attempt to do any
thing that might draw us Into complica
tions that would prove troublesome. An
eastern pnper suggests that American
war ships should be sent to every
Turkish seaport. This is an expression
of the jingo spirit which must not be
encouraged if the United States Is to
continue to keep out of European en
tantrlements. .
Three of the big express companies
doing business almost coextensive wjth
the whole United f tates iiuve taken a
new step In the boudlng of their em
ploye by establishing bonding depart
ments and carrying their own risks.
The scheme practically ivnonnts to
formation by each express company of
a surety bond company of Its own, Issu
ing bunds only to Its own people, but
chargiug them the regular premium
rates. The revenues from the bonding
department will be) converted into a
trust fund, out of which tbe company
Will recoup itself for losses by dishon
esty, and the premium rate raised or
lowered as the revenues leave a surplus
or deficit. The stguificance of this de
parture is the example It will set for
our public corporations. If a private
corporation like an express company
can do its own guaranty lond business,
so can our national, state and local
governments In fact, as long as they
are eomlng to pay all the premiums out
of the public treasury it should be more
profitable to keep this money as n trust
fund for self-Indemnification thnn to
turn It over to speculative guaranty
bond companies that will utilize every
occasion to contest losses when they do
occur. The bonding department of tho
state and municipal government Is al
ready in prospect for tho near fuluro.
TBS IRRIGATION CONQRK&S.
Tbe Irrigation congress, which ts to
convene at Ogden, September 15, prom
ises to occupy an important place in the
movement for national irrigation which
ha taken an unprecedented Impetus as
a consequence of the Irrigation legisla
tion enacted at the last session of con
gress. The adoption of a national Irri
gation' policy and the Inauguration of
irrigation work under patlonal super
vision and national expense marks the
dose of the era In which Irrigation was
upposed to be a purely local matter.
In the early days It may have been
practicable for the pioneers owning
land along the streams In the omi
arid states and territories to utilize the
witter by diverting It In their own
ditches, although In some cases this
praetlee bs reached considerable di
mensions. The Mormons more than
fifty years ago, led by Frlgham Young,
Irrigated the valley of the Salt lake on
a large scale by turning the streams
that fad the lake over, the sagebrush
plains and laying tbe foundation for
tbe preeent great fertility of that re
markable section. It has taken a
whole half century to achieve full rec
ognition for the doctrine that the
waters in tbe streams are subject to
private appropriation only subordinate
tp the reserved rights of the entire pop
ulation and that to secure tbe reclama
tion of large areas by expensive irri
gating works requires national action.
Various phases of irrigation as a na
tional problem will be discussed at
Ogden and the results already accom
plished exemplified by the exhibits of
the products of . reclaimed lands. A
most representative list of dolegntes is
already assured and some of the most
eminent experts In practical Irrigation
engineering will take part In the pro
gram. No one Interested in Irrigation,
who Is nblo to make the trip to Ogdet,
should fail to attend this congress,
It Is Intimated already that, notwith
standing tl3 establishment of the new
pormal school recently located at Kear-
pey, the agitation for more normal
schools Is to be kept up with a particu
lar demand for an institution for the
training of teachers In the northwest
section of the state. Presumably this
cannot be helped, but the execution of
such a progrom will be unfortunate be
cause necessarily detrimental to the es
tablished schools. The, ' taxpayers of
Nebraska are willing to meet every
legitimate demand made upon them In
the interest of education, but they will
be doing pretty well In doubling the
normal school facilities. The norma)
school promoters might with propriety
leave well enough alone, at least for a
little while.
Tbe WorltiHIerald tries to make be
lieve that "there is In Judge Barnes'
record nothing to commend him. to the
people." It carefully shies, however, ot
the fact that Judge Barnes was op
pointed to be supreme court commis
sioner by the unanimous vote of
the three present supreme Judges, of
whom Judge Sullivan and Judge Hol
eoiub, both fuslonlsts, constitute the
majority, and made such a good record
In that capacity that he wAs unani
mously reappointed. There must have
been something in Judge Barnes' record
to commend him to Judge Sullivan and
to Judge Holcomb, even if the motives
of Judge Sedgwick could be ascribed to
partisan bias.
Less than twelve months ago the
shares of United States Steel common
stock were advertised far and wide as
a most desirable Investment for wag
workers and people of small means
who had money duposlted on low Inter
est in savings banks. But, although
tho ralnltow prospectus held out a
promise of 12 per cent dividends, Steel
Trust common stock Is selling in New
York at 21 cents on tho dollur, which
goes to show that tinctured water will
not pass muster In the stock market as
solid gold.
"This beats New Jersey" beads an
advertisement inviting corporations to
procure their charters under South Da
kota laws "for a few dollars." With
the depression In the divorce business,
tbe versatile South Dakota procurers
think they see a professional opening
in the marketing of legal laxness for
tbe Incorporation of big and little com
panies capitalized out of nothing. In
this South Dakota will gain nothing
substantial by underbidding New
Jersey.
Fitness is surely the prime qualifica
tion not only for Judicial office, but for
every office wltbln the gift of the peo
ple, but there is no good reason why
mere affiliation with the republican
party should be regarded as an evi
dence of unfitness by any except those
who belong to the popocratlc party.
I ! 'tl
Prosperity mm Speealatloa.
New York Trlbuna.
, Up te th end of July th railroad earn
ing of th cour.try exceeded thow of last
year by about lot. 000, OuO, or a little over 11
per cent. . A corresponding Increase appears
In almost all lines of production and trad,
giving token that th prosperity of th
country Is not abated because a let ot Wall
street stocks have gone dawn and a let af
Wall street sharks have been obliged to
take deep sea soundings In search of provender.
A Pertinent Inialry.
Washington Star.
Some of the remarks attributed to college
professors should lead the people who en
dow Institution of learning to Investigate
and see whether they ere getting their
money's worth.
Hir Jos) to Tackle.
Chicago Chronicle.
After all there are official Jobs In ths
world which even the most hardened efflce
eeker would hardly care to tackle. Just
now, for Instance, there would be no par
ticular rush te get the job of the vail of
Deyroot If his place should fall vacant, as
It la very likely to do.
Modera Edaeatleaal Method.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
Pedagogy has made wonderful strides in
recent years. Schoolboy nature does not
differ fmm that of which Shakespeare drew
a perfect picture in three lines, but It is
better understood than it was even a decade
or two ago. And with the better undo-
standing of the child has become a broader
conception ot the purpose ot education. It
Is no longer a question of cramming ths
brain with facta as It was from Shakes
peare's time to a comparatively recent date.
It is now a question of developing the fao
ultles which will mako ot the child a man
or woman well fitted for life's battle.
Methods at a. I'estal lanoeent,
Philadelphia Record.
There is an innooant In the Poetoftlc de
partment who can hardly believe that his
Superior will blame him because the many
friends he made In Cuba send htm cigars
by registered mail in packages that the
customs officials pas because addressed to
an official. HIm friends are so numerous
that they send him more cigars than he
can smoke, und he disposes of his surplus
at $7 a box. Several officials high up in
the department and In the Washington
postoffice are named as his customers. Now,
where in tbe world did these high officials
suppose thta man was getting Cuban cigars
for salo at $7 a box without any Internal
revenue license as a dealer?
KOKHA1, OF A (jlllCAT MAN.
Reform Smrgested by the Simplicity
of the Salisbury Obsequies.
New York World.
The statement In our cable dispatches
that the funeral of Lord Salisbury was
limited by his will to a cost of $100 and
actually cost only $70 Is of Importance is
well a Interest, In planning for himself
such modest obsequies the late prime min
ister of the British empire set an example
which should have as great public useful
ness as many of his achievements In states
manship. Lord Salisbury was one of the great fig
ures, If not one of tho great rnen, of his
generation, and some ostentation at his
funeral could hardly have been censured. J
Yet many a poor widow in New York ;
squanders twice or thrice as much money I
upon the burial of her husband, though she
may face want and hardship for the rest I
of her life. I
The love that rili.tatea neh MfiriAxM '
may be beautiful, but the fal. e pride min
gled with It is not. Lord Salisbury set an
example, one . that rich and poor alike
Bliould follow in principle.
THB PASSIMQ VETERANS.
Thinning; Ranks of the Grand Assay
of the Hepabllo.
Philadelphia North American.
It Is very apparent from the figures pubr
ltshed by the authority of the commissioner
of pensions that high-water mark has been
reached under existing laws In pension ex
penditures. Nearly 41,000 persons were'
dropped from the pension rolls last year,
chiefly because of death, and the additions
both from the ranks of the civil war vet
erans and the soldiers of the Spanish war
failed to offset this number by a round
10,000. The (xpenditures repeat the same
story, i-howlng a decline of about $5,000,000
from the outlay for the previous year.
These figures, showing the unmistakable
and rapid thinning of th great army of
civil war veterans, cannot be oonelderad
with other than a feeling of sadness. Ths
years have done and are doing their work.
The most liberal tecognltlon on the part
of a grateful country of the Invaluable
services of these courageous citisen can
not stay the hand of death. The nearly
forty years that have elapsed since these
men exchanged the perils and privations
of war for the occupation of peace have
brought most of them to the verge of the
allotted limit of human life. From this
time forward their ranks will be thinned
moro rapidly than they- were ven in the
mi?t destructive period of the war.
While no country was ever so generous
in its treatment of its military defenders
as ours has been, It can afford to care still
more tenderly, if necessary, for those who
yet survive' At the farthest even, the
youngest will soon pass away. The mone
tary putluy having passed the PfrJod of
greatest disbursement will decrease rap
Idly. Reverence for the courage and self
acriflc which faced death to save th
union should grow with the years so long
as a single survivor of the disbanded army
of civil war heroes remains above ground.
VtllE.V 19 A MAN IKTOXICATEDt
Federal Court Wrestle with tho
Problem and Lays Dowa Bales.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Judge Wheeler of the United State cir
cuit court in Vermont ha made a judicial
ruling classifying the degrees of being
under the influence of liquor which ought
to go far toward disposing of the moot
question, when is a man intoxicated? Th
case In review involved the UsuS whether
a man was intoxicated within the meaning
of an Insurance policy in the application
for which the insured had stated that h
had never been in that condition, Th
evidence showed that he had frequently
been hilarious and noisy and had walked
with difficulty from drinking1; that he wa
unabl to alt up straight when driving, al
though able to drive; that he had at times
acted as If crasy with liquor, and a physi
cian told of finding him in a state of acuta
alooholism when examining him for oin-
mltment to a retreat.
The court held that Intoxication wa
divisible into three (tages. Th first wa
evidenced by uncommon vivacity, In which
the empire of the understanding over hi
actions is so little weakened os to leave
the individual In complet possession of his
senses. In th second the man atlll h
tho ps of his senses, although they ar
remarkably enfeebled, but he 1 entirely
beside himself, memory and judgment hav
ing departed, and he acts without regard
for future consequence. Th last dsgr
1 that In which th ubjct not only lose
th possession of hi reason, but his sense
ar so enfeebled that he I no longer con
sclous of hi external relation. In thl
case Judge Wheeler held that while the
ir.furad had many times boen within th
description of th first degree, and perhaps
er. within the meaning of the aeoond
degree, ha had never come within the
limit of th third, consequently h bad
not been IntoxloaUd. Th popular and
polte Idea that a man I Intoxicated be
cause he "had been drinking" will have to
be revised. Th only condition of Intoxi
cation rcognlsed in the Unite! State
circuit court Is that known as being "de4
te th world."
sfsrrt.An shots at thb ri xpit,
fiomervllle Journal: The country preach
er's wife la never at a loss for a button
When she need on to sew on.
New York Mail and ICxpresc Hlshop
Potter calls journalism "a great ministry."
It is; and. Ilk the other ministry, It seem
to be a little more heavily cuppllcd with
preacher than it I with apostles.
Minneapolis Time: Hev. Father Lochren
of Marinette, Wis., has forbidden, on the
penalty of expulsion from the pnrlsh school,
all "keeping eompany" between girl and
boy. The St. I'aul Ulobe say thta priest
"ma to discourage matrimony." Rather
ha discourage a lot ot foot nonsense.
Them should be more Ilk him. -
Washington Post: When we hear ot
good men and women going forth to "con
vert'1 the Chinese, th Hindoos, the Bul
garians, the Armenians, the Turks, the
Polynesians, th Japanese, we wonder why
they turn their bscks upon the outcasts
here at home. We weep over the Im
aginary suffering of the Asiatics snd we
Ignore the real sufferings of our own neg
lected millions. We assume a responsi
bility to the foreign heathen and scorn our
actual responsibility to the pagan savages
we brush against upon the streets. We
think w hear the walls of the benighted
in Ethiopia and Thibet, but the voices of
the damned around the corner are drowned
by the complacent melody of our own
church bells.
PERSONAL, AND OTHEKWISH,
Opposition of Chicago landlords to chil
dren In flats leads to unexpected results.
Revenue officers found a nice, quiet still
In one of them.
Miss May Qoelet, fiancee of an English
duke, is t- millionairess several times over.
The duke, too, is well named. Among his
chums he answers to "Roxie, old boy."
The Kansas university is about to be
equipped with a chulr In Journalism.
Some dny, let's hope, a wise philanthro
pist will provide a chair for newspaper
men.
Paragraphers persist In engnging R. P.
Hobson to Mary MacLane. The last genu
ine engagement of the lieutenant brought
him to Jail. He deserves a better fate
next lime.
The Department of Agriculture Is dili
gently investigating; the habits of th
oalmumvlride. It Is hoped the investiga
tion will be pressed to a speedy finish. Let
no guilty oolmumvirld escape.
Judge Murray does business at Spring
field, 111. The other day ho got busier than
usual and kicked an abuslv lawyer out
of the court room, There are no file on
that Judge, If th court knows Itself.
A sweet reply rival a soft answer In
turning away wrath. The shrewd boss of
a Connecticut factory stopped a strike of
girl employes by a generous treat of Ice
cream and caramels. "Isn't he a dear?"
A Chicago justice of the peace gives as
a reason for his resignation the tendency
of the fee systom to pervert the Judicial
conscience. That Chlcagonn (s too rare a
bird to be found outside a dim museum.
Until managers of fairs, carnivals and
like events control the weather tho who
attend rnust take whatever variety ths
elements offer. This, however, does not
abridge the inalienable right to "holler."
It does not conduce to longevity to get
gay In certain localities. The fellow or
fellah who urged his majesty Abdul Hamid
to Join a "Don't worry" club was deftly
tossed out of a window and Into the Phos
phorus. Some fearless critlo at a milliner's con
vention had the nerve to say . that the
"poke hat represents a moral crisis."
Nevertheless if the poke hat is in Its
proper place mankind may be relied on
to "first endure, then embrace,"
The strenuous life is not all It is cracked
up to be. An eastern rustic, while filling
a kerosene lamp, spilled some of the oil
on the table, and to save time touched
a match to the overflow. The doctors fear
his labor-saving effort may cure him of the
habit of living.
Kansas City la having trouble with the
tlark brown color of the water on tap
there, and J:as sent ont an urgent call for
Senator Stone to tell the community what
proportion of alum can be safely used to
settle the fluid. Senator Stone is an
authority on alum. .
The guileless Individual who accumu
lated a large stake by opening jackpots
with praysrs must be accounted "a cheap
skate" when compared with the smooth
one who plucked hundreds of Iowa slinu.
"How to get fat for $6" was his text. They
listened and put pp. "Oo to th butchers,"
he hollered a he flew.
evoy & Stone Furniture Go
1115-1117 Farnam Street.
Annual September
Furniture Sale.
The first fortnight of our annual CUT PRICE
has been an overwhelming Bucc'ess. Truthful and unexag
gerated advertising and genuine ItAKGAIN GIVING has
wonderfully increased our pales.
To btill further increase our business and male this
the banner week of the sale, we have added hundred of
pieces of high grade furniture, and reduced still more
those prices left. Hear in mind .that these reductions ar
made on the basis of a ONE PRICE SYSTEM.
mm
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I if; it", u -re it i
mmmm
lv mahogany Dvnport .
.140.00
.15.00
14s bras and onyx tabl
$sl B-pc. mahogany fram parlor
ulte
$a mahogany frame reclining
chair
$20 mahogany parlor cabinet .....
t'M.K quartered oak corner china
$-5B E.' mapie' dressing table..,
13U mahogany dressing tabl ..,
KiO.OO
11400
.$14.00
T!0 On
.$1K 00
.IJI.OO
And hundreds of others just like them.
DEWEY & STONE FURNITURE CO.,
1)15-1117 Farnam Street.
DOMESTIC Pt.KASaXTRtKa.
eo'imt?"""' il,,rr ln 10 m,rr th
"Wh.it huslnos Is t of your?'"
"Well, the count owe me moner and I
want to know. "-r.Cpvpnd Vluln Dealer.
Roo'iey Where did ye ait th' Mck eye,
Molke?
Clancy Why, Tim TVlnn's Just hick from
hi honey nimin an' 'twas aie advised Tim
t' git married. Judge.
He Her age surprised me greatly. Sh
diwan t look 30, doe b?
She No; not now. I suppose she did,
though, at one tni.--Phllirlphln Prs.
Floorwalker I'm verv sorry, Tnartam, but
I can't exchange MiIh luit for you.
Mrs. Smlthson Put my liusbHiid doesn't
like it!
Floorwalker Then I'd advise you to get
a divorce. Syracuse Herald.
She I hear the stork brought something
to your hoiiR the other day.
He (proudly) Ye, indeed.
She tf course, it a Just loo mite.
He No, It Isn't two cute, thank good
ness! Only en. Philadelphia Ledger.
"Mamma seems to hav a great fascina
tion fur you," remarked the beautiful girl.
"She dots fascinate me," h admitted,
"by keeping me guessing a te whether
you'll be like her at her age." Chicago
Post.
Nell Yes, we're engaged, but 1 took my
time Hbout accepting him.
Relle Indeed? Waited until he actually
proposed, did you? Detroit Free Pres.
fipartacus Women ore a great incentive
to manly courage.
Smsrtacus-ThHt's right Slnre I've been
married and had a few tilts will) my wife
the prospect uf a crap with the meanest
man on earth seems like mere child' play
to me. Baltimore American.
"Would you marry Chinaman?" hs
asked.
"Oh, dear," the girl who is sarcaetlo re
plied, "thin I so sudden! But I always
supposed you merely looked like one.'
Chicago Record-Herald.
VX8POKF.X W.,,1,s
John Boyle O'lUUly.
Th kindly words that rise wlihln the
heart, . . .
And till it with sympathetic tore
But die ere spoken, fall to play thrtr part,
And claim a merit ihut is nut their own.
The klnfllv word unspoken is a sin
A sin that wraps Itself in purest guise.
And tells the Hi'.irt thaty doubting, looks
within
That not' In speech, but thought, the
virtue lies.
It Is not so another heart may thirst
For jhat kind word, as Hagar In ths
Poor a nlshed Hagarl-prayed a welj might
burst , . .
From out the sand to save her parching
child.
And loving eves that cannot see th mind
Will watch the unexpected movement or
Ahl Jan ye'let Its cutting silence wind
Around the heart and sea the It Ilk a
whip?
Then hide It not the music of the soul.
Dear sympathy, expressed with Kindly
voice :
But let It, like a shining river, roll
To deserts dry to heurts that would re
joice. Oh, let the sympathy of kindly words
Sound for the poor, the friendless and the
And H 'will bless you He whu struck
those chords
Will strike another when In turn you
seek.
If uteaon' Chatty TalKt
Many a man Is a critic because h likfS
in t.a eontrarv. You . can go contrary lo
tt,. a-iuhM t tr,ne friends und neighbor.
and sometimes uet the bust of them, mil
go contisxy lo The dictates of NATURE,
and you always feet the worst of It there
lore, CAHK FOU YOUR BYES. Thfl y
has been our life's study.
HUTESQN OPTICAL CO.,
20) South I6th Street. " p,on l9ck
OMAHA.
A Floardlng and Day School for f-oung
women and girl. Special eours tequlr
Ing two years for i.ifc'h school graduate,
also rrepar for any college open
to womun. Vassar, Wellesley. Ml.
Holyoke, Western Keserva t nlverslly, the
I'nlverslty of Nebraska t--nd the University
of Chicago admit pupils without examina
tion on the certificates of the principal und
faculty. f'.xeeptlonal advantage (n Music,
Art and Elocution. Well em ppd gym
nasium (16 feet by 40 feet. Ampl provision
for outdoor rports. Including private skat
ing fc-rounds. Bopons September 14. Bend
for Illustrated cat.Uogue. Addrs the
Principal, Omaha. Neb.
rL .l.lAltr.a rl 116.60
113.60 mahogany rocker W W
t4.1K0 ouartered ouk dres-y-r ... .1309
lit to full sire Iron bed (ecru, whit
snd sold) f.'T "7
116 full slse Iron bed (carmine)... 0 w
$ld dark utik leather rep rocker ..MO W
M6
Antwsip dmnmroom suit. 1176.09
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