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Notary Public WHICH OUT OF TOW, nbaerlbera leaving the city tem porarily should bav The Be mailed to them. Addreaa will be changed aa often aa requested. Secretary Taft baa tried all the anti fat remedies except living in Pittsburg. In, addition to admitting his' guilt, Abe Ruef seems to be rather proud of It A local physician asserts that dan delions cause asthma. They also cauBe profanity. "Platitudes seldom bring pleni tude.' says the Commoner. Yet they have done very well In Colonel Bryan's 'case. The meanest man has been found, nil right, In the Englishman who let loose a dozen mice at a meeting of the suffragettes. 1 ' Governor Hughes of New Tork has shown that one man and the people constitute a majority, when the one nan Is governor. The margin of profit lies In the dif ference between the price of wheat In the farmer's bin and of wheat on the Chicago Board of Trade. A Massachusetts factory has Just ehlpped eight tons of buttonholes for paper collars. Do you know' the man who still wears paper collars? A French soothsayer predicts stormy days for the royal family of Spain. The royal family naturally will expect a squally season for a few months. Ambassador Bryce evidently had not read the advertisements of the break fast food makers - when ho asked: "Where are your American poets?" Hill and Harrlman could reach no agreement at their recent conference. Probably they could not decide on a satisfactory division of the country. The republican state committee In Kansas haa declared for Taft. The Kansas republican always climbs Into the first bandwagon that comes in tight The Homeopathic . Medical society Of Ohio is opposing Senator Foraker. There's nothing of homeopathic Blr.e about Senator Foraker not even his fcenre. The Department of Agriculture says that celery Is no longer a luxury. The Department of Agriculture might try ordering some of It at a fashionable restaurant Tho president has been given a season pass to the ball games at Wash ington and may go out some day when tie wants a relief from everything strenuous. If the Kansas City Ice companies, which have been fined $32,000, want to pay up they will have to weigh the scales along with every 10-cent chunk of ice this summer. Care has to be exercised to deter mine Just which one of the Ooujds it is that Is figuring in the domestic scandal of the day. The Qould fam ily should arrange a schedule. The Pittsburg Presbytery wants LaTouche'a painting, "The Bath," re moved from the Carnegie art Institute. Why not compromise by having La Tonche paint an Atlantic City bathing suit on the figure. in Omaha man baa been chcten commander of the Grand Army of the Republic for the Department of Ne braska. Omaha is occasionally recog nised aa part and parcel with, the rest 44 the stats , uore or harhimaXs bund scheme. More detailed Information about Mr. Harrlnian'B echeme to issue $75, 000,000. in;4 per cent Union Pacific bonds, salable at 90 and convertible Into common stock at 178, detracts from the merit of the project In more than one respect. On the first an nouncement of the proposed bond Is sue it was apsumed that tho proceeds were to be used as needed for Improve ment of the road by extensions, double tracking, additional equipment and i ... . olner Betterments. Inability to take care properly of tralTlc offered and dir Acuity In securing money for physical Improvements have been the stock ar guments of the railroad spokesmen against restrictive legislation. Relief from railroad evils must come, so we are told, through encouraging inves tors to furnish the funds for needed enlargement of railroad facilities in stead of discouraging them with hos tile government interference. It turns out, however, that of the $67,500,000 which Mr. Harrlman pro poses to raise by his new Union Pa cific bond Issue, not to exceed $20, 000,000, is to be reserved for road betterment and new equipment, while the remainder, aggregating nearly $50,000,000, is to be used to pay off obligations already incurred In the purchase of stocks of other railroad corporations for purposes of control or traffic agreements. In other words, less than one-third of the proceeds of tne new lond issue is to be put back into the road to Increase its earning capacity, while more than two-thirds are to take up temporary loans put out for Wall street speculation. What this means for the people of Nebraska and other states traversed by the Union Paciflc may easily be seen on- reflection and analysis. - The new loan will, saddle the Union Pacific with an additional fixed charge for In terest of $3,000,000 a year. This ad ded burden is not for this year or next year, but in all probability for all time to come, and must be met in its final ity out of the earnings of the road. Every attempt to reduce freight rates or passenger rates will bo answered by pointing to the fixed charges of the system and . insisting that any move reducing its revenues below the re quiremcnts'for fixed charges and mod erate dividends would amount to con fiscation, barred by constitutional pro hibitions. The stocks and bonds In other roads bought with the money paid for these bonds may be sold or shrink in value and earning capacity, but the new bond Issue will remain outstanding undiminished and the interest charge of $3,000,000 a year will be guaraj teed by a mortgage on the earnings of the Union Pacific road. A mortgage on the earnings of the Union Pacific is the same as a mortgage upon the property and industries of all the country depondent upon the Union Pa cific for transportation facilities, and the producers of the states will In the long run have to pay off the principal and Interest of the loan without get ting any commensurate benefits in re turn. Mr. Harrlman has admittedly done a great deal in rebuilding the Union Paciflc and Increasing its efficiency as a great transcontinental system. He has been enabled to do this because of the prolific prosperity of the western half of the continent and of the enor mous contributions 'made by the ship pers and patrons of the road, to serve ns the foundation of Its credit He would be Justified in using this credit to raise more money for further Im provements, but to plaster the road and its customers with a new $75, 000,000 mortgage of which but a small part is to go Into improvements, will not tend to make him more popular with the people of this section. On the contrary, It is well calculated to stimulate and support a demand al ready beginning to be heard for legis lation that will check future Issues of stock and bond Securities by the great railroad corporations beyond what Is actually necessary and paid for with a cash equivalent. A few more bond schemes of the Harrlman sort would soon have the people af fected up in arms and do more to turn them toward government ownership than aHthe arguments which a dozen Bryans can put forth. OYERPOTVLATiNQ THE WORID. European editors and students of economic conditions are devoting much space to a discussion of the statistics found In a blue book, Just issued by the British government, describing the population of the world and the man ner of its distribution. The fact that the population of the civilized nations has Increased by 63,000,000 in the last decade has raised the question whether the world Is becoming overpopulated and what should be done to provide for the Increase. The statistics show that Russia, In spite of wars, domestic riots and other, drawbacks, has gained 16.000,000 in ten years, with the United States second In growth with a gain of 15,000,000 Germany gained 8,000,000. while the United Kingdom gained but 3,000,000. France, Italy and Austro-Hungary showed gains of about 1,000,000 each in the decade. British authorities who are discuss ing the subject are citing the statistics showing the population per square mile in support of their contention that the world Is becoming overpopu lated. The United States has pnly 21.4 persons to the square mile, the lowest figure of all. Russia comes second with 51.3 and Spain third with 93.5. Hungary has 153.6, France, 190.7; Austria, 253; Germany, 290; Japan. 316; England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, 341; Holland, 406, and Belgium 588. In the light of these figures, however much the Britons ms)y be alarmed over the outlook, the Vaut.tlon need not disturb the United States, which will have to, have a popu lation of 1,500,000,000, or more than twelve times the present number, be fore It 18 as crowded as the British isles are today. . THE HCSSIAN AD VANCE. The czar of Russia and his ministers are apparently determined to convince the world that, although Russia was beaten In its latest war, the nation has lost none of the old Muscovite ambition but Is determined to push on in the program of territorial advance ment, even at the expense of inviting another war with Japan. The czar's ministers, in response to the imperial advice, have decided to appropriate $100,000,000 for the double tracking and Improvement of the Siberian rail way, extending tho line to the Tacl-lc and practically serving notice on Japan that the mere weight of numbers is to be relied upon for the control of east ern Asia. The Russian plan contemplates the establishment of at least an additional 50,000,000 population In Siberia and it is estimated that this will be accom plished within the next ten years. Such a condition could not fall to make a material change In the rela tfons between the mikado's island em plre and the continental neighbor on its northwest. Russia's evident pur pose is for a rapid but peaceful growth toward Manchuria, even toward Corea, and a determination to admit no per manent chock toward development In that oection. There has been no abate ment of the innate rivalry between Japan and Russia and the new move ment of ths czar wiil tend to intensify existing antagonism. Apparently there Is more than appears on the surface in the recent agreement between Japan, England and France in the far east matters, accompanied with the an nonncement that Germany, France and England will act together to pre vent the partition of China. SENATOR SPOOLER'S SUCCESSOR. The break of the deadlock in the Wisconsin legislature by the election of Isaac Stephenson to succeed John Coit Spooner in the United Slates sen ate marks the complete triumph of the power and influence of Senator La Follette and the forces he represents as leader and the final passing of one of the strongest political machines of tho old type that ever existed in a western state. The election is a culmination of the contest started in the state a half dozen years ago, when the question of railroad taxation, corporation control and the regulation of franchises caused a spilt In the ranks of the re publican party. Postmaster General Henry C. Payne, then a power In state end national republican circles, Sena tors Quarles and Spooner, Congress man Babcock and some of the moBt skillful political leaders of the country opposed the reforms proposed by Mr. LaFollette and his followers. They succeeded In monopolizing federal pa tronage in the state and for a time held control of the state organization, but the reform spirit grew until the LaFollette forces finally triumphed by getting complete possession of the party machinery. Senator Spooner'B successor is an unknown quantity, so far as legisla tive experience is concerned. He is a wealthy lumber man who has been most active In the support of the leg islative reforms urged by the LaFol lette faction of the party. Ills elec tion means, above everything else, that the Wisconsin vote in the United States senate will not be divided against itself, as was the case between Senator LaFollette and Senator Spooner, but will be united along the progressive lines which have been adopted in Wisconsin and many of which have become national In scope. GETTING A LINE ON MARS. Nothing stumps the genuine scien tist. Prof. Perclval Lowell wrote a big book last year In which he proved beyond any doubt. In his own mind, that Mars Is Inhabited and that those strange bumps which apparently radi ate In design from the polar caps are really canals and not bandages and court plaster on the warlike face of the planet named for the god of battles. Prof. Lowell's work was, of course, conclusive for the time, but all scien tific investigation la conclusive only until somo other scientist comes along and proves the first conclusion all wrong. Dr. Wallace has followed Prof. Lowell with the result of some scien tific Investigations showing conclu sively that Mars Is not Inhabited, has no use for canals, and that the earth, located in the center of the universe, is the sole abode of animal life. Now a new expedition Is to Investigate the question and will doubtless furnish conclusive proof that both Dr. Lowell and Dr. Wallace are wrong In their conclusions. Mars is going to make a little extra excursion some time next month that will bring it within the short distance of 3 6,000,000 miles from the earth and Prof. Tood of Amherst and corps of assistants are on their way to South America, Intending to ascend the high est peak of the Andes and take photo graphs of the mysterious planet. With a special camera conBtructed for the purpose, It is hoped Mars will appreci ate the trouble taken and will look pleasant while the photographer does his duty. Tremendous possibilities hang on the result of these Investiga tions. If it is established that Mars Is Inhabited and the hotel accommoda tions are half-way good, the Jaded 400 may hereafter find something to divert themselves by taking Interplanetary excursion trips during the heated term. Those promised airships that will en- la a tourist to breakfast In New Tork nd dine in Paris may be called into ' eaulfiltloa and equipped for longer 1 THE OMAIIA SUNDAY BEE: MAV trips. By traveling 1,000 miles a day the round trip from the earth to Mars could be made in 72,000 days and as business increases some of the other planets could be fixed up for half-way houses and incidental side trips ar ranged so that a real tourist could kill time In a rather pleasant way. Up-to-date tourists will anxiously await the results of the scientific expedition's in vestigations. DISAGREEMENT. While many business interests are complaining about inadequate railway j facilities and railroad managers are lamenting lack of monev to make im- provements. a serious disagreement seems to exist as to the facts by which these conditions are to be explained. A typical statement from the railroad point of view is that, of Vico President Wiillam C. Brown of the New York Central, who declared in a recent ad dress delivered at Buffalo: Tho rfillronds of this country are being operated Intelligently, skilfully, vigorously and to the last limit of their capacity. The same thought has been put forth in a dozen ways by those who emphaslzo the magnificent achieve ments for which our railroads are en titled to credit and by contrast seek to minimize the shortcomings and abuses that have gone hand in hand with their rapid growth. On the other side, there Is not wanting equally severe criticism from men who are just aa well qualified to speak from impartial observation. The editor of the Review of Reviews, Dr. Albert Shaw, a wide traveler and a thorough stwdent, who is as closely in touch with railroad affairs as any one not actually engaged in railroad busi ness, declares: The rondi are now, as a rule, badly ad ministered; and tho crying need la for order, method and brains In the details of railroad operations. A large part of the traffic congestion has been due to sheer failure on the part of tho railroad managers to employ competent men at reasonable salaries. These aro no mere random accusations. Instances ere con stantly presenting themselves which show how ineffective the management of rail roads has become In comparison with the management of our large Industrial estab lishments. The disagreement of the experts puts it up to the American people to render their own verdict In the capa city of Jury. It Is natural for the railroad managers who have been arraigned to seek to excuse themselves and to shift responsibility. That con ditions are bad and have not been materially improved of late will have to be admitted by both sides. Judg ment may be deferred to give further time for the railroads to make good, but unless results are soon forthcom ing by relief of traffic pressure, pre vention of rail collisions and other fatal accidents, and improvement of service generally, the men in control of the active management of our rail roads will not be able to escape the indictment. PRESTIOB AND TRADITION President Arthur T. Hadley. of Tale university has given the colleges of the country a topic for discussion by asserting that the universities. of the east will always retain their lead over western Institutions of learning. He contends that the "national constitu ency, prestige and tradition" enjoyed by the eastern colleges will never lose their potency as drawing cards for stu dents and that the western Institutions may never hope to rival Tale, Harvard, Columbia, Princeton, Johns Hopkins and other big educational institutions In the east. While none will seek to rob the eastern universities of their "national constituency, prestige and tradition," the contention may safely be urged that neither of these factors, nor all of them combined, may be relied upon to retain forever for the eastern universi ties the lead which President Hadley insists they now have over western colleges. Statistics show that the con stituency of the eastern colleges Is more diversified geographically than that of any western college, but the fact remains that the attendance at all of the universities Is becoming more and more local each year. Of the stu dents now at Tale 55 per cent are from New England and 26 per cent from New Tork. At Harvard 60 per cent are from New England and 14 per cent from New Tork. Similar pro portions obtain In most of the other eastern colleges. The "national con stituency" Is becoming less numerous each year. The young man from the west no longer finds It necessary to go a thousand or more miles from home to secure a thorough education. The state universities and colleges In the different states, which already stand on a high plane as to educational ad vantages, are advancing each year and the graduate of these Institutions goes into the world each successive year better and more thoroughly equipped. The "prestige and tradition" argu ments are no more convincing In edu cational affairs than they are in mer cantile pursuits. The claim Is a val uable aseet bo long as It Is backed by superior excellence of product and Is worthless when rivals get Into the market with equally good wares, at less cost. Students know that the diploma does not secure positions nor advancement In business, but that the test is In the man's ability to perform his duties and his reward is measured by his achievements, regardless whe'ther he is an alumnus of Tale or of some fresh water college. The tri umph of education is as possible in a poverty-stricken western college as in the sumptuously endowed universities of the east The higher education that fits the youth for his time does not have to depend upon "national constituency, prestige and tradition." If Mr. Harrlman merely wanted money tor betterments and new equlp- l!, 1007. ment for his Union Paciflc system he would not have to float a new bond Is suo at all. The sale of some of the stocks and bonds of other companies held In the Union Paciflc treasury would quickly bring the needed cash The registering In Nebraska of an automobile owned in Ohio, suggests a possibility not necessarily remote when automobile tourists chasing around the country without regard to geographical lines will have to have their machines registered In a dozen states. The enterprising nutomobll 181 mT 88 wp" PTtpnre to become a ! collec,r"' of registration numbers varl j ous!y decorated with the coats-of-arma of different states and each state should arrange to have a different style or color number plate In order that the wanderers may be readily recognized. It is all right for the railroads to maintain an expensive corps of tax agents to camp out with the State Board of Assessment while It Is con sidering railroad values, but the ordi nary taxpayer has neither the time nor the money to employ a paid agent to go to Lincoln in his behalf. It Is up to the state board, whose members are supposed to represent all of the peo ple and every section of Nebraska to see to It that the property owners, who are not equipped with tax bureaus and 6alaried lawyers, do not get the worst of It General Kurokl and his assistants may bo nosing around the United States in order to post up for a possl ble encounter at -arms between the mikado and Uncle Sam, hut that is a game at which two can play. It Is dollars to yen that the War depart ment at Washington has just as accu rate maps and detailed plans of all the Japanese fortifications as has tho Japanese government itself. Members of tho Smith family who want to participate In the reunion at Jamestown should understand that they, need not prove lineal descent from the original "Captain John." No money bearing the Smith trade mark will be refused by the exposition gate keeper. Mr. Bryan's Commoner indignantly resents republican advice as to what the democrats should do. Mr. Bryan, however, Is constantly adviBlng repub Hcans as to what they should do. It la a poor rule that works only one way Peril of Peace. Chicago Record-Herald. , A soldier of fortune who had fought un der eighteen different flags died a few days ago from overindulgence in dumplings. Peace hath Its dangers no leas terrible than war. 'Courts Outclassed. Washington Post. That Nebraska, woman who married a burglar she captured In her home ha probably done more to frighten burglars away from the city than all tho courts bavo been able to do. A Common Aareemen. Cleveland Leader. Safe railroad without sound rails Is mani festly Impossible. Sound rails cannot ba safe If overtaxed. No doubt rails ought to be heavier, as the steel trust officials aay, and alao batten aa tho railroad managers claim. A Revolutionary Idea. Baltimore American. Governor Hughes of New Tork Insists that corporations shall pay for valuable grants from the state. This action has caused a genuine surprise where these grants have hitherto been a free gift among friends. Where to Seek the Poet a. Cincinnati Enquirer. Probably Ambassador Bryce was as close to a Joke as an Englishman's apprehension can get when he said that the great need of the United States Is poets. Hasn't he seen them yet? Let him onll at the office early some day. If he should be detained till after noon he can ee the poetry, but not the poets, at the paper mill. Possibly ha would find tho most satisfaction to bla curiosity at the morgue. A Wyoming; Phenomenon. Portland Oregonian. The snowstorm that Jibs raged In the mountains of southern Wyoming alnoe April 15 without lnterm'aslon-ls unprece dented for this season of the year as far aa tho knowledge of the white man ex tends. Beven feet on a level and a tem perature hovering around aero would seem to preclude the possibility of the existence of even wild life In those wintry solitudes. This is, of course, entirely without the limits of the stockrnlslng belt of the state, hence the storm is a phenomenon rather than a disaster. PERSONAL, AMI OTHERWISE. Frivolous May will yet consent to don Its blossoms. One of the few good points to the credit of belated spring Is the enforced absence of the end-seat hog. It la quite evident the green-bug haa no business Instinct or the grain dealers would be obliged to divide the cost. The discovery of a church of the fifth century In the debris of Rome suggests to modern cities the Importance of keeping the streets clean. Ellaa Hartes, the distinguished goose- bone weather prophet of Reading, Pa., Is dead at tho age of 92. Tho vagaries of spring are accounted for. Philadelphia admits that a recent suburban wedding was- "a tamo affair." Only two shots took effect In the charivari party. Several buckshot went astray. Perhaps, aa the supremo court intimates. Kanaaa doea not need aa much water aa It used to. Experts aay experience en ables one to ' "take sutbln " without a chaser. The quick lunch habit is responsible for the suicide of a young woman in Chicago. It la evident there la at least one Una of maacultna activity perilous for women to tackle. It waa a mere coincident that two Ares occurred In an Iowa., town during the visit of a minister-editor of Omaha, last Sun day. Apart from what ha can do In tho pulpit, ho disclaims any Intention of set ting a town afire. ' New Orleans threatens to pull off ' an exposition along about 1915, the centennial of Andrew Jackson's argument with Gen eral Packenham. Eight years Is consid ered enough In which to muaxl all mot- aultoes la that section, JW1 ri! AY'" VH" yv."W. MV'v VI"' V ' ,V.''' VI'.' WMi" VU" VI.'" V"v VI'" v.i," V"'', ,r'wrra' niw-;: DIAMOND -vl v kind tint w,ll bring the .mU, 6f plgyre to'W W facing after the honeymoon U overt Eaiy ft pi m ; V fa" Term, to .uit.ruro&aiooi- )J1 m Our Special, "' WXtffc &$f SflJa i v. ' ''ITt Till ,-!."''- ?CfiA.0,' Iff L r. 1 w 4 fci SECULAR SHOTS AT THE! PIXP1T. Philadelphia Ledger; Tho chanre that ministers are mercenary Is In no way sus tained by the manner In which they are evading receipt of a wedding fee likely to Do or prodigal proportions. Boston Transcript: Dr. Pnrkhurst is old- fashioned In quoting Croesus as the most conspicuous type of rich man. He might have found a more familiar and a con temporary Standard fight at home. Brooklyn Eagle: A legacy of frSO.OOO to train Presbyterian ministers for Ireland will not disturb the Vatican. Ulster will be Ulster while Ireland lasts, and Galway will bo Galway until the resurrection trump. Pittsburg Dispatch: The Evangelical Ministers' association of Atlanta haa aban doned the belief in total depravity as a con dition of membership. If tha experience of Atlanta during tho last year does not make a belief in total depravity essential the Evangelical ministers should -come to Pennsylvania and study machine politic. SERMONS BOILED DO WW. Life Is. early blighted if It know no clouds. , . More slna are slain by smiles than by j SCOWlS. . ' . ry . A crook Is made by bending the mind on self-satisfaction. People who bunt trouble always shoo away their joys. Superstition often la only a synonym for intelleotual sloth. ' It you keep your tools keen the Maater will not keep you long idle. Many a joy remains undiscovered until our eyes are dimmed by sorrow. The great man never knows any little men; they all aro great to him. Sunday olothea may cover a multitude of sins, but they cannot hide them. It's no use talking about looking up If your life will not bear looking Into. The cream of society la not obtained by removing tho milk of human kindness. The man who most deserves our pit Is the poor fellow who has no pity for tha poor. The best way to make folks hungry for heaven Is to give them a taste" of happiness here. There Is not much virtue In tho religion whose vitality you have to prove by argu ment. When a man gets to be expert at raising the dust ho is sure to do so well as to choko himself. Some folks never have any satisfaction In fighting sin until they catch their neigh bors doing wrong. i One trouble with conceit is that It leads you to believe the doors of opportunity are too small for you. Chicago Tribune. In the Llnn-o of Missouri. Kansas City Star. The Irrigation suit of Kansas against Colorado waa thrown out of court because there was not sufficient oause of action. In case of the United States supremo court, as with a jackpot, it Is best to "stay out till you've got something." The Best, the Best Prices and a Square Deal That, wbat tie A- Hwrpe Co, gtanda for. Tbat'B wliat we guar antee to give you If you visit our store. Bear this In mind, too, we have absolutely one price tor ev ery Piano In our store, and we pay no commlBsJons to third parties; thereby necessitating; an unneces sary addition to the real price of tbe Instrument. THE FST PIANOS AT THE BEST PRICES Are on Bale In our store. This we repeat. You need not take our word for It. Oo to the other stores and note the Pianos and the prices. Then come here and make a com parison. Many cheap Pianos are made for show, not durability, and few arti cles are constructed that In the making such deception is prac ticed. The real value In Pianos Is hidden. In tone, action, touch and durability our Instruments are the best the market affords. A. HOSPE CO. WE DO EXPERT TL'NLXQ B DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES. "What kind of a man is hef" "SHf-mado." "And ehc?" "Tailor-made. "Milwaukee Swntlnet "He complains that his wife refuses) to listen to him." "lie should cultivate the habit of talking In his sleep." Houston Post. "Jtmson's widow threatens to break bis will." "1 thought she approved of ltT" "Yes, but she can't forgive him for dying during housecleonlng time." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Elderly Uncle Like all other young ohapo just out of college, you'll be wanting to marry, of course, some of these daya. Nephew Harold (with a brtKbt bluoh)-. Not "some of theae Days," uncle. Only one of 'em Muriel, tha young-eat Chicago; Tribune. Toung Huaband These are not Ota tUfe, biscuits mother used to make. s Young Wlfe-Oh oay-iAlfred, are tfCtsn very very different! Young Hucband Very different. Too oat at these. Philadelphia Press. j "I hear that young Mrs. Bpendlt hag nr mifm&jia lur n vwx uu 1110 mi nvnATMllhir.. " "Vu T lav the nanaa stated waa Sk come-paUbUlty." Phuadeipaia jrToas, Kr.niTna TTarrv eronoaed yet? ' Pan Partly. 1M brought up tho ubjeo. of divorce when he called tho othor even In. Baltimore American. "You promised to love, honor and obey, said the husband. . m . "Well, I don't love, I can't honor and I won't obey," waa the response. "You go at once and buy that new hat." ho rejoined, thus at one stroke demolishing! all her theorieai- Philadelphia Ledger. He (after a quarrel) I waa a fool when I married you. . , M . She Yes, but I thought you would Im prove. New York Independent. Rescuer Wo found your husband tried to commit uiclde. ma'am, but wo cut tha ropo '"considerate Wife Oh. what made you do that? Poor, dear William doea so hate to bo takon down. Baltimore American. GOIXQ AND RETIRWINO. Will P. Griffin In Milwaukee Sentinel. Don't allow yourself to worry, son, what ever may betide. And lion't give up your oourago, oven though you're sorely tried. Tha paths that you may wander In may bring you wearied feet And the blossoms, now ao fragrant, nuy not seem to you so sweet. Tho road that winds before you. son, you 11 find is steep and long. And the good we've tried to teach you may be burled deep In wrong. But no matter where you wander, son, or what tho turn of Fate, Tou will always find a weloome wnen you click tho garden gate. The horlron Is far, my son. tho ocean ha And Vknow" tho city's llghte, tho crowds and glamor, win auurv: The throbbing hives of restless men BBy drown the thoughts of home. And the paths, rose-bordered, tfneeloo, may Incite tho mind to roam. But whatever you encounter, son. wnai- ever your despair, There are those who wait and love row. wait to give you tender care. We'll be waiting, dad and mother, and bo watching, early, late, k And you'll always find a welcome wnen you click the garden gate. We sell a new Kranich ft Bach Piano, the very latest art style, for $500, S15 monthly; a new Etaa ball magnificent, beautiful Up right Grand, at $300, $10 month ly; a new Bush tc. Lane, the splen did "best-ln-the-weaf'-mate Piano at $350, $10 monthly; and our rich-toned Cahle-Nelsoa at $275, $8 monthly. There are really wonderful things doing in our store on a half dozen lines of worthy, desira ble Pianos at the following stated prices. Note them carefully and come and see the Instruments: $210 ($7 monthly); $200, $10, $176, $146, $126, any of the last named five at $6 monthly. People ei press surprise and satisfaction at the remarkable quality of the lower price Pianos we sell. It you cannot call, write for catalog u .and particulars. 1513 Donfllas St AKD PIANO REPAIItCNQ