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BTATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglas County, as.:
George B. Tcschuck, treasurer of The Bee
Publishing company, being duly sworn, says
lhat the actual number of full and complete
copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening and
Sunday Bee printed during the month of
pru, i08, was aa roiiows
1 3S.940
II 38,880
17....'. 36,600
II , 37.140
19 36,980
20 36,890
21 38,030
22 38,460
21... 36,880
24 36,860
25 36,550
2 30,600
27 36,760
2 36,990
1 36,00
S 36,780
4 37,010
1 80.800
37,580
7 37,940
37,040
37,140
10 37,060
11 37,090
12 37,060
It 37,340
14 37,390
It 37,130
2 38,990
SO 36,970
Totals l,lC8,sao
Less unsold and returned copies.. 11,341
Net total 1,097,179
Dally average 30,672
GEORGE B. TZHCHUCK,
Treasurer.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn
to before ma this 1st day of May, I'JOs.
(beal.) KOI4RT HUNTER,
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WHEN OCT Or TOWS,
abacrlbers leaving; the city tem
porarily should have The Be
mailed to them. Address will be
chanced aa oftea aa reqaested.
May is finally showing Borne symp
toms of living up to its traditions
St. Louis has organized a number of
"prosperity" clubs. Looks like an
other stab at Bryan.
The men murdered by that Indiana
matrimonial bureau agent might have
fared worse by marrying her.
Senator "Jeff" Davis defied the
newspapers to do their worst, and they
complied by printing his speech.
A crusade for a war on flies has been
started. Bald-headed men will doubt
less be first in the list of volunteers.
A man named Postal wants to run
for congress In Michigan. He thinks
he carries a message for the people.
According to most reliable informa
tion Speaker Cannon has about de
cided that he will not adjourn until
June.
The president Is giving congress a
few lessons, by the correspondence
school method, in how to lead the
strenuous life.
Senator Tillman is said to be recov
ering very slowly from his recent ill
ness. He should quit reading Senator
"Jeff" Davis' speeches.
Mr. Lemon Is one of the Illinois del
egates to the Denver convention. He
will be handed to Mr. Bryan under in
structions by Roger Sullivan.
Mr. Hearst's party, in state conven
tlon in New York, has declared against
fusion with any other party. Who is
asking for fusion with Hearst?
wnat is tno difference between a
sanitarium and a sanitorlum?" asks
the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Can't
answer without seeing the price list.
Matrimonial agencies will hardly
furnish their gullible patrons with de
tailed reports of how Mrs. Guinness
worked the scheme at La Porte, Ind.
Congress Is a little slow about mak
ing appropriations for river improve
ments. Why hesitate about it, when
it can be charged to current expenses?
Atlanta is the latest city to demon
strate the fact that the United States
sustains annually an unnecessary loss
by fire that would bankrupt any other
nation.
Harry Thaw admits that he Is
frightfully annoyed because the en
tanglements ot the law is Interfering
with plans be made for a European
trip this month.
Governor Johnson once turned down
an offer to become a professional base
ball player. His batting average in
the presidential game does not brand
bin) as a professional.
'Hughes is a bare-faced hypocrite
ays a Tammany leader. The country
will not believe that Governor Hughes
la a hypocrite and, at any rate, be Is
not a bare-faced one,
Speaker Cannon insists that he did
not see Representative Murdock of
Kansas when the latter clamored for
recognition to make a speech favoring
the repeal of the wood pulp duty. This
Is the first Intimation we have had that
the, speaker is color-blind. Down In
the Wichita district farmers refuse to
carry lanterns, even on the darkest
nights, if they know that Murdock'
red bead ia out on the road.
BAMllMAfig WtLCOMB ASSURANCE.
In connection with the newly au
thorized $100,000,000 mortgage loan
on Union Pacific linea Mr. Harrlman
gives the welcome assurance that the
proceeds are to bo devoted exclusively
to purposes of betterment and exten
sion. The authority to issue $100,
000,000 of bonda Is qualified by the
assertion that $50,000,000 will be re
served for future needs and not more
than $50,000,000 will be disposed of
for the present to meet proximate re
quirement. "We want to resume de
velopment and put our people to
work," is Mr. Harrlman's explanation
in brief, and if he sticks to this pro
gram of legitimate expenditure he will
encounter no serious complaint.
The gratifying part of Mr. Harrl
man's announcement is that It is sub
stantially equivalent to formal notice
of the termination of the financial ex
ploits by which the Union Pacific was
made security for borrowing money on
a wholesale scale to buy stocks In other
railroads like the Illinois Central, Bal
timore & Ohio and New York Central.
The people in the territory served by
Union Pacific have a right to object to
the mortgaging of that Mne for invest
ment entirely foreign to Its real pur
pose of supplying adequate and satis
factory transportation facilities needed
for the full industrial development of
the country. The people who pay the
freight on the Union Pacific do not
relish being called, on to go good for
holdings in other and distant roads
from which they can expect no direct
benefits.
The Union Pacific Is a magnificent
railroad property. In fact, it must
have ranked among first transporta
tion systems of the country or it could
not' have supported the enormous
bonded debt raised upon It. If Mr.
Harrlman and his associates will de
vote their time and talents to the up
building of this road by using its re
sources for double tracking, rebuild-
ng, new equipment and extensions as
demanded from time to time, they will
find their efforts more appreciated and
pplauded by patrons and public than
ny amount of shrewd maneuvering
into control of the stocks of other rail
way companies.
THE CAT A KD THE COURTS.
A Massachusetts judge has rubbed
the fur the wrong way and evoked a
storm of indignant protests by holding
as a matter of law that, under ordinary
Ircumstances, there is no property
value in a cat. It appears that a num
ber of cats were killed by a bulldog
nd the owners of the feline pets
brought suit for damages. The Mas
sachusetts judge held that cats were,
in the eyes of the law, "ferae naturae,"
which means wild beasts, and there
fore legitimate prey to be captured and
Kinea oy an who c noose to pursue
them. He further held that the owner
of a cat could not follow it to private
property, as that would be an act of
trespass, and besides that, not being
property, the cat cannot have an
owner, as the term is recognized in the
law.
While it is true that some savants
have been contending that the "harm
less, necessary cat" Is a menace to
health, dangerous to have around the
house, the world has acquired the
habit of looking upon this animal with
more kindly eyes and It will take more
than the pronouncement of a judge on
the bench to change the opinion. The
cat formed a part of the domestic cir
cle before the beginning of human
record. Mummies of cats have been
found In Egypt coeval with the most
ancient human remains and Sanskrit
records refer to the cat as a part of the
domestic equipment fully 2,000 years
before Christ. Mousers performed
their duties in the homes of the early
classic Creeks and China recognizes
the cat as contemporaneous with Con
fucius. For centuries the cat has beeu
purring its way into the affections of
the domestic circle and if the dictum
of the Massachusetts Judge, if it has
any effect, will probably give impetus
to a movement to have the cat recog
nlzed by law as property, a distinction
that was conferred on the dog, only
after years of agitation.
hre-resistixo uvildixo MATERIAL-
Government officials have been con
ducting a series of tests of building
materials for the purpose of ascertain
lng which are best adapted to resist
fire and serve the purposes of new
construction in which greater protec
tion against nre is demanded. The
experiments have been undertaken by
iL . . a
me government Because tne govern
ment owns federal buildings valued at
more than $500,000,000 and is an
nually spending about $20,000,000 in
new structures throughout the coun
try ana its architects and engineers
are deeply interested in securing in
formation concerning the flre-re6lsting
qualities of the different materials of
construction.
The tests were applied to brick, con
crete blocks, wood, glazed building and
partition terra cotta, sandstone, gran
ite and marble building stone. The
materials were placed in a sliding
panel which, when arranged for the
test, formed one side of the furnace
Gas flames were formed by a blast o
air against one side of the panel. After
two hours the panel was brought from
the furnace and water turned on from
a hose with pressure of fifty pounds to
the square inch. The results showed
that the common variety of building
brick stood the test better than many
newer and more fashionable building
materials. Fifty per cent of the new
brick split when the water was turned
on, while "C per cent of old brick
stood the test without damage. N
ural building stones behaved worst of
11. They were almost completely de
stroyed at the first dash of water. The
sandstone panel entirely collapsed
soon after the test was started. Test-
ng engineers report that the concrete
blocks made of limestone, granite,
gravel or condlers sustained the least
damage. Their surfaces were all
badly pitted by the fire and washed
away by the stream Of water. The
granite concrete probably stood the
test the best
It must be remembered that the
fire test to which these materials was
subjected was much more severe than
would be offered In any ordinary fire
or that would be possible to create
n any building constructed of so-
called fireproof or slow combustion
materials, but it serves to emphasize
the importance of care'ln the selection
of materials for building construction,
n order to reduce the fire loss, which
amounts to about $1,000,000 a day In
this country.
ARE FVXERAL &' ERMOXS EXEMrTt
More than passing interest will be
felt both by the clergy and laymen in
the outcome of a suit for criminal libel
now pending in a Pennsylvania court
over a funeral sermon. Rev. Jacob
Elzelsz, a Lutheran clergyman, is the
defendant and has set up the plea that
his funeral sermon was a part of his
duty as a pastor and was therefore
privileged. The law in the case is but
little, if any, less interesting than the
facts. Pastor Elzelsz was called upon
to preach the funeral sermon over the
emains of a woman of his flock. He
paid the customary tributes to the vir
tues and noble qualities of the de
ceased, but balked when It came to ten
dering words of sympathy to the hus
band. He stated that the husband had
frequently beaten the woman, had
knocked her down, inflicted corporal
punishment on her and had refused to
provide sufficient and suitable clothing
and provisions.
Before the sexton had completed his
duties at the grave Pastor Elzelsz had
been arrested on a charge of criminal
libel, preferred by tho husband, and
the pastor Is now out on bail awaiting
trial. The husband makes affidavit
that he was ever a dutiful and affec
tionate husband and treated his wife
properly. These allegations are, of
course, disputed by the pastor, who
professes his ability to bring witnesses
to establish the truth of the charges
he made in the funeral sermon. The
question whether a funeral Bermon is
privileged, or whether the old motto,
'De mortuis nil, nisi bonum," should
be observed by pastors under such cir
cumstances may or may not be settled
by the courts, but the Incident will
serve to emphasize the error too com
mon among ministers In going to the
cxtrema in speaking fulsome praise of
the dead. Pastor Elzelsz doubtless
went to the other extreme In including
excoriation of the living. Of course If
ministers were to speak nothing but
the exact and literal truth at funerals,
as well as elsewhere, there would be a
marked diminution in the custom of
funeral sermons, but in this, as in
other affairs of life and death, ex
tremes are better avoided
There Is so much good In the worst of us,
And so much bad in the best of us.
That It doesnH behoove any of us
ro lam about tile rest of us.
EXGLAXD AXD JAFAX AT ODDS-
Other world powers, including the
United States, will be disposed to look
on with indifference, if not with Ill-
concealed satisfaction, while England
conducts its investigation now in prog
ress to ascertain just what the Japa
nese program may be with reference
to Manchuria and China. Great
Britain, with a reputation for having
its fighting done by proxy, usually
makes a favorable treaty with the vie
tors. This was done with Japan after
the treaty of Portsmouth, and Britain
has refused up to this time to express
any concern over the anxiety of Rus
sia, Germany, France and the United
States over alleged efforts of the Japa
nese to secure a dominating influence
in Manchuria and China. Recently,
however, the British trade has felt the
effects of Japanese ascendancy In Asia
and British diplomats have been dl
rected to ascertain the means which
the Japanese are adopting to promote
their political Influence and commer
cial interests in Manchuria and China
proper. "
Prior to the war with Russia, Japa
nese authorities were loud In their pro
fessions of a desire to maintain the
open door policy in Manchuria. They
contended that Russia was not keeping
Its pledges with reference to Manchuria
and other "spheres of Influence" in
China and that it was necessary for
other powers to Join Japan in check
ing Russian greed and aggression In
that section. Great Britain took the
Japanese professions at face value, ad
vanced money to finance the Japanese
war with Russia and then, after the
treaty at Portsmouth, sat quietly back
to collect the interest on the loans to
the Japanese and to reap the benefits
of trade that would come through Ja
pan's maintenance of the open door
policy in Manchuria. The Japanese
tave been paying the interest on their
debt, but, after three years, it is be
coming apparent that Japan proposes
to have the lion's share of the Chlaa
and Manchutian trade. They have
arranged to keep the exploitation ot
Manchuria in their own hands and
that province has not in any real sense
been restored to Chinese jurisdiction,'
as promised by the Japanese both be
fore and after the war with Russia.
It is even strongly suspected that the
Japanese have made an agreement
with Russia by which the two nations
plan to establish a political su
premacy over Manchuria and to re-
duce the authority of the Chinese gov
ernment to dummy proportions.
In the meantime English trade, al
ways large and profitable In China
and Asia, Is suffering heavy losses and
the British authorities are seeking
some way out of the trap Into which
they fell while trying to make a bar
gain with Japan that would give them
an advantage over the other world
powers that have interests in the
orient. The reassuring feature of the
Situation Is that Great Britain can fot
better Its own condition in Manchuria
and China without securing a recogni
tion and restoration of the open door
policy which will benefit all the pow
ers, i
CXSCATHED.
For two whole weeks all the execu
tive power of this great state of Ne
braska has been centered In the hands
of an Omaha man, occupying the gov
ernor's office at Lincoln by virtue of
having been Invested with the title of
president pro tern of the state senate,
putting him in the line of succession
In the absence from the state of both
the governor and the lieutenant gov
ernor. So far as has been disclosed, nothing
has gone seriously amiss at the state
house during the Interregnum and
none of the appropriations, so dare
fully cultivated by Lincoln while legis
latures are in session, have been di
verted into the capacious maw of
Omaha. The university and the Insane
asylum, the penitentiary and the home
for the friendless, the state fair and
the state library, are all Just where
they were before the governor set out
for the Pacific coast. Neither the army
nor the navy of the state has been
summoned to arms, nor have any of
the appointive officers been compelled
to make way for a new set of favorites.
All this must be surprising, if not
startling, to people throughout the
state persuaded to regard Omaha as
foreign territory, with no Interest In
Nebraska except to despoil It. If that
belief should be thoroughly eradicated
by experiments of this kind, there may
come a time in the dim and distant
future when Omaha will be allowed to
supply a real governor for the state of
Nebraska for the full term of two
years, if not for two terms.
CORUECTIXO TWO MISTAKES.
Two incidents of the past week il
lustrate a desire in both the north and
south to remove the last visible traces
and reminders of the old-time hatred
that existed between the two sections
during and for years after the civil
war. At Washington Congressman
Carlin of Virginia introduced a Joint
resolution providing for the restora
tion of the name of Jefferson Davis to
the "Cabin John Bridge," near Wash
ington, from wljich It was mysteriously
removed during the war. The intro
duction of the resolution was greeted
with applause and It is promised that
no objection will be offered to Its
adoption. At Memphis the city council
and the Board of Trade Joined In the
adoption of a resolution instructing
the park .commission to restore to the
Jackson monument, in one of the
parks of that city, the inscription,
"The Union Must and Shall Be Pre
served," which was chiseled from the
monument In the early days of the
war.
History records it that Jefferson
Davis was secretary of war when
"Cabin John Bridge" was constructed
and his name was engraved on the tab
let, along with those of the president,
the engineer in charge and the mem
bers of the district board. It is not
known who removed the name, but the
veterans who wore the blue and the
veterans in gray have come to realize
no Impropriety of having the name re
stored, just as they have sought to
have tho inscription re-engraved on
the Jackson monument at Memphis.
The carrying out of both these plans
will mark the fast falling of section
alism. MOTHERS' DAT.
The idea of setting apart a day to
be devoted to tribute to motherhood
under the name of Mothers' day has
met with an unusual response In al
most all parts of the country and it
will be celebrated today for the first
time more widely than its original
sponsors could possibly have hoped.
Tho idea is that on this day everyone
whether man, woman or child will
pause for affectionate remembrance of
the mother who bore him and that the
Impression will be more lasting than
the day, so that reverenco and respect
for motherhood will be manifested in
countless new ways In all the every-day
affairs of life.
Mothers' day thus observed will rest
upou a duty as well as on a sentiment
end make the sentiment a spur to the
duty. If the observance should bring
back only one erring wanderer to the
path of rectitude out of devotion to
the memory of his mother, it will be
worth while.
In 6aylng, ns tho guest of Omaha and
Nebraska, that he likes our democracy,
Admiral Schley felt It Incumbent to
explain that he meant our social and
not our political democracy. Respect
fully referred to the sage of Fnlrview.
"Is cot Arkansas as gopd as any
other state in the union?" asks Sena
tor "Jeff" Davis. Well, Judging ouly
by some of the men '"nt to represent
the state In the United States senate,
the answer must be In the negative.
The Portland Oregonlan insists that
the Oregon republicans will be given
binding Instructions for Mr. Taft and
that Senator Jonathan Bourne will not
be allowed to go to the Chicago con-
ventlon unless he quits asking that the
delegation be pledged to the tupport
of President Roosevelt for a third
term. This Is pretty tough on Senator
Bourne, whose chief bid for publicity
has rested on his advocacy of the third
term movement.
So good a democratic authority as
the Commoner says It will do no good
to elect Mr. Bryan president unless a
democratic house of representatives Is
chosen at the same time. What's the
use, then, of trying to do either?
The officers and men of the fleet are
probably a little too modest to suggest
It, but undoubtedly they would like to
see Ruef and Schmidt exhibited among
the other special attractions at San
Francisco.
Texas democrats are now urging
Senator Bailey for the vice presiden
tial nomination at Denver. Those
Texans have a queer way of getting
even with a man who has offended
them.
"How should a Merry Widow hat
be trimmed?" asks a contributor to the
woman's page. The best way is to
trim off about a foot and a half of it
all the way around.
It has been revealed that the natives
at Calcutta had a plot to assassinate
Lord Kitchener. India graveyards are
full of men who found Lord Kitchener
a hard man to kill.
' l.lve Stock Looking; In.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Tho railroads have announced another
Increase in the freight rate on fresh meats.
Hogs ar.d steers will soon be payltnr 2 cents
a mile fer their rides and claiming the
privileges of chair cars and Pullman sleep-
They Need the Kserclse.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Gentlemen who insist on remaining In
the race to win the icpubllean nomination
against Taft will hive to be regarded as
candidates merely because they debire to
get tho exercise or the practice.
Time to (all n Halt.
Baltlmory American.
Several western railroads were fined In
Chicago on a plea of guilty for violating
the twenty-eight-hour law In the trans
portation of cattle. Modern commerce is
accused of many things, but when it openly
admits that It needs the torture of arvimals
In Its business It Is time in the Interests of
humanity to call a halt.
Killing; Time.
Philadelphia Record.
The house pulp committee will visit the
paper mills to find out what the price of
paper -ought to be. They cannot find out
anything at the mills that cannot be learned
In Washington, but It will take time; it
will afford a decent excuse for not reaching
a conclusion at this session of congress, and
all the committee is for is to stand off the
publishers till after the election. Then their
petition can be thrown Into the waste bas
ket with safety.
That American Accent..
New York Tribune.
The conversational method of teaching
languages is growing In favor, and it is
now proposed to exchange German and
American school teachers for the sake of
cultivating the ears and tongues of two
rising generations. This Is a sad blow to
England's pride. English students and
travelers in Germany have assiduously
spread and strengthened the tradition that
Americans speak a vulgar d;aleet of Shakes
peare's tor-gue. And now the Prussians are
anxious to have their children schooled
In the twang of a derided patois. The hour
Is at hand for another Anglo-German in
cident. Doty on Canadian Wood Palp.
St. Paul Dispatch.
The men who sit lalllgagglng In congress
and whose enthusiastic admiration can be
commanded by nothing so surely as soiv.e
new exploit of the trusts In the line of bilk
ing the people, must now hatch up some
fresh objection to the removal of the wood
pulp duty. This export duty hobgoblin has
been, one of their main reliances and has
failed them utterly. Every other subterfuge
that they have Invented or may Invent will
prove equally weak and misleading. Once
let the material for paper making begin
flowing Into this country unrestrictedly from
across the northern boundary, and the In
ternational Paper company will lose no
time nor experience the least difficulty In
discovering that It can sell at much lower
prices than now, und at a good profit, and
act accordingly.
PEHSOXAI, AXD OTHi:rtVISK.
Having laid the foundation for a bumper
crop, the weather hands a few hnuqiieta to
the human family for present comfort.
It Is likely that Mrs. Guinness, like Rut
sull, will enjoy the rare felicity of reading
her obituary.
Impressionable people are given a needed
rest. I.aura Jean I.lbbey and her heart
throbs are taking a vacation.
No one doubts the completeness of San
Francisco's Jollification. But, oh! what a
head on the morning of the day after.
Eye-openers In the dry sections of Nortti
Carolina are luxuries for plutocrats only.
Doctors have cut "spirits frumrntl" out of
their prescriptions and substituted cham
pagne. Twelve hundred doctors are expected to
congregate In Chicago In June. Heroic rem
edies are needed to lend the color of sus
picion to Chicago's claims as a summer re
sort. Perhaps the doctors need7 tho exer
cise. Without waiting for. a congressional ap
propriation, the heavens have spilled
enough water in the central Mississippi val
ley to Insure a fourteen-foot stage of water
In the river and patches of navigation in
the lowlands between St. I.ouhi and Chi
cago. Occasionally a fool burgler gets a hunch
that is worth while. One of the tribe broke
Into the dormitory of the Young Women's
Christian association in Pittsburg, and
thirty women, shrieking for a crack at him.
chased him Into the outer darkness. Think
of It thirty women In flowing nighties,
chasing a lone man:
Can a lawyer draft a will for h mself that
will stand the test of the courts? The fate
of the will of Samuel J. Tildcif Is paralleled
in the case of the Ut- Edwin M. Paxson.
During his caieer on the h.Wh Judge pax
son adjudicated scores of wills anil was
diligent In requiting strict compliance with
the luw. In making his own will, however.
Judge Paxson neglected to have two wit
nesses to his signature, a necessary re
quirement when a will creates a trust, con
sequently that clause of the document be
queathing IlKl.uu) for the establishment of
an agricultural college for boys was de
clared void by the courts.
DIAM
(7 You
Lots of people hundreds would like to own a dia
mond this very minute, but they haven't the ready rash
to pay for it, so they'll suffer inconvenience while they're
tryinjr to scrape together a hank account to pay for what
they would like to own now.
Why do it wrong end to? Why not pay me say a
Dollar or Two a Week get whatever article you wish
and enjoy wearing it while you are paying for it. Don't
worry about the terms. Let 'me do the worrying. My
shoulders are broad. If tbis sounds like common horse
sense to you, come in and let's talk it over.
A DOLLAR OR TWO A WEEK WILL DO.
MANDELBERG'S GIFT SHOP
1522 FARNAM ST.
SKllMONS BOII.KII HOWN.
I.ov? always flows beyond Us object.
Sin is not cured by housetop diagnosis.
The friends of dogmatism are tho foes of
religion.
L.ife is the only possible teacher of the art
of living.
No man will be belter than the best he
thinks of men.
This world never Is more beautiful than
are. our hearts within.'
The only safe way to arbitrate with some
sins Is with a shotgun.
The spirit of truth never Is fostered by
fighting over Its forms.
To think of truth as finished is a barrier
to findings Its fullness.
No man really holds any Ideal that he Is
not seeking to actualize.
There will be little rest In the heaven that
Is only a refuge from hell.
There's nothing helpful In the faith of
God that Involves doubt as to man.
When you find h man who Is satisfied
with himself you are wasting time If you
.stop for his neighbor's estimate of him.
Chicago Tribune.
HECIXAH.. SHOTS AT. THE PLLPIT
Philadelphia Press: The effect of the
Open Pulpit In the Protestant Episcopal
church seems to be that several clergy
men have dropped out of It.
Springfield Republican: No sooner does
one critic complain that the schools are
excessively femlnlnized than another critic
utters the same lament regarding the
churches. Rev. Dr. Gladden comes forward
again with a plea for more man power in
religion. The women might solve the ques
tion by withdtawing entirely, and then
there would be a situation for lordly man
to consider1.
Kansas City Star: The opinion of Cardi
nal I-ogtie that "socialism can be remedied
by Christianity, charity and civilization, re
lieving the distress of the extreme poor."
suggests and Justifies at least the converse
proposition that socialism Is encouraged
and stimulated by selfish cruelty, by
odious greed and by the sort of Infamous
oppression that depletes the poor to create
criminal gains and profits for the Insatiate
rich.
Cincinnati Bnqulrer: Dr.' Morgan Dtx whs
one of the oldest clergymen In the service,
and was believed to have the richest parish
In tho world. This was not on account of
any acquisitive qualities he may have had,
but because circumstances early threw him
Into a thrifty association In the manage
ment of the parish work and parish prop
erty interests. The parish owns much of
the valuable real estate In many parts of
the metropolis. It may be safely said that
it is all managed well and Willi propriety.
In the hands of such Investors the great
wealth of the Jurisdiction has doubtless
done a tremendous work for humanity, and
built many smooth and shady highways to
eternity and salvation.
Bark to the Simple I.lfe.
St. Louis Times.
Much as It Is lo be regretted that the
senate declined to expend $IOo,io in Paris
for a home for the American ambassador.
It Is interesting to recall tnat one Ben
jamin Franklin did very well on a change
of handkerchiefs. ,
GAe Apollo Piano
natur-illy are tr lng lo unload them before
the public become familiar with their antiquity. I i their eagerness to riispoa of
their (dd stock some dealers will even claim that K.' notes is quite sufficient. Minn ua
a matter of fact, they will not play over bu? of the music, as the composer Intended
it should lie played. We still have, a few of Ci" old stjlc UT, note players and Player
Plnuos. which we are offering at greatly redii I prices, but e do not claim they
are up-to-date or complete No conscientious dealer will malic tiiat claim.
THE AFOZ.X.O PIiATCX PIAHO was the first and has I., en for savtn years, the
only plaver Piano plavlng the entire keyboard, or M net. s It is the enly i'laver
Piano in the market that has the natutiil downwaid tlroke i f the key. that l.a, u tempo
absolutely Independent from the expression, tn.it has an Infallanle V. vice for accent
ing the theme or melody o'f a composition, that has the transposing mouthpiece,
which enables the performer to change the piano to any key to unit voice or accom
panying Instrument. The Apollo Is the mutest np:iu;uh to perfection In Piaer
Plunos.
We will he pleased to demonstrate this, the newest and must advanced Player
Piano.
Our prices are the lowest in tho I'nited states.
A. H0SPE CO., 1513 Douglas St.
THE COafTLETB MUBT.O HOUSE
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DO M KST I C PI, K A ft A X Tit I i;s.
"And how does your new cook turn out?'
"Well, she's the only cook 1 ever had who
kept her kitchen clean, and site's a beauti
ful woman." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Has she adopted a new fad? She carries
her head tilted to one side now."
"That's no fad. It's a habit she ha;
fallen Into in consequence of having to
through so many narrow doorwas will,
that new spring hat of hers." Chicago
Tribune.
"A young man who wants 10 gtt married
has certainly contradictory preliminaries
to go through."
"What are they? "
"First, he must pop the question, and then
he must question the pop." Baltimore
American.
"He says 'he Is a believer in war."
"He's a bluffer."
"Why do'yoj t.iink so?"
"He has l ever married." Houston Tost.
"Gee whiz!" said George for the twen
tieth time, "It makes me mad every time
1 think of the $10 1 lost today. I actually
feel as If I'd like to havu somebody kick .
me."
"By the way, George," sal 1 the dear girl,
dreamily, "don't you think you'd better
speak to father this evening?" Philadel
phia Press.
She You said that I was necessary to
jour happiness."
He I was young then, and very Ignorant.
I had no conception of relative values.
She What do you mean?
He I mean that I didn't know a neces
sity from ar affliction. Cleveland Plain
DtaUr.
"You don't want me to come to see you
any more?" exclaimed the young man,
startled and indignant.
"No. Mr. Keathertop; not any more."
"Yet you tit me kiss you a month ago,
when you had known me only a few days:''
"You foolish fellow," said the pretty git I.
"That kiss was only a-a retainer." Chi
cago Tribune.
Mrs. Hnyson fwltli let terl Hiram says
that the piarn danc.) is all the rage in the
city at piesent.
Mr. Hayson An" I suppose them stuck
up city snobs Is a-callin' it the garage
hop, hey? Puck.
"Your daughter and I are thinking
of
eloping."
"Are, eh?" resjiondeil the old man, geni
ally. "Automobile, I suppose'.'"
"That's the approved style. We don't
want to violate the conventions."
"All right.' resumed the old msti, "better
take my machine, though. It's faster tlotn
yours, and. of course. I'll be bound lo
pursue.'' Philadelphia Leilgi r.
THK l.XUISt OVKHKII COl'VI'llY.
Edmund Clarence Stedmau.
Could we but know
The land dial ends our dark uncertain
tralvel,
Where lie thosa njpjn rills and mead
ows low
Ah. If bevond the spill' s inmost cavil.
Aught of that Colour.-' cjuld we surely
know
Who would not go?
Might we but hear
The hovering angels' high imagined chorus.
Or catch, betimes, Willi wakeful eyes and
clear.
One radiant vista of the realm before us
Ah, who would fear?
i
Were we quite sure
To find the peerless friend who left u
lonely,
Or. there by some celestial stream as
pure,
To gaze in eyes that here were lovellt
only;
This weary, mortal coil, wers we quite
sure,
Who would endure?
Count the Keys on
Your Pi&no There
are 88 of them in All
Theie are several important things to
conMiii r w hen buying a Player Piano, but
tlie first und mot I Import, to t consideration
Is: diR-H It play the entire piano keyboard,
or 8s not'H Nearly all dealeiH have a few
of the old style fir, note Players left and
