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TURKS AND THE R GOVERMENT. An English corres ot.der.t who ac companied the Turkish army when it conquered the Greeks expressed greut admiration fur .the remarkable powers of endurance displayed by the Turkish soldiery and also for their self-restraint and moderation. His views were much like those of a young Australian sur geon who was on the Turkish medical staff during the war between Turkey and Russia and who expressed himself as follows: It is right to say that my experience of over two years among the Turks proved to me that the estimate formed of their character by other reputedly more civilized nations was entirely false and misleading. That there was a large amount of corruption in the officialdom of Turkey at that time was no doubt true, but the real samples of national character, the man in the rank and file of the army, I found to be simple-minded, courteous, honorable and honest in time of peace, while braver men on the battlefield than those who fought under Osrnan Pasha at I'levna are not to be found in Europe. such testimony as this indicates why the Turk remains such an important factor in the great gathering of races around Constantinople. He might be dispossessed by one of the strong powers of Europe if the others would consent, but he is by no means a con temptible savage. Nor is ho deficient i:i virtues. He is praised not for his fortitude alone. Let us quote again: "When the men were dismissed they would scamper off like so many school boys and indulge in all kinds of games with the keen joy of living and the u::b!unted faculties of ;;ensation which are seldom found in the alcohol drinkers of other nations." These men fairly represented the Turkish people. They were not passionate or cruel. They were, tobcr, moderate, and submitted readily to discipline. When we turn from such sketches to the question of government it will be seen that much may be reasonably ex pected of a good government in which the virtues of the people are repre cented. If corrupt rulers could be dis placed by honest ones there might, in deed, be a far-reaching revolution that would result in many notable reforms. Record-Herald. penses ef the governor will enable him to pay hi i conpaign exposes und to visit all of the democratic . clubs in Ne braska or other states of the union whether thty are ran.ed nfter him or not. At Saliria, Kan., Governor Shailen bergtr tol 1 the democratic assembled around a banquet board tint democracy had "made good in Nebraska," and since the manner in which his fare was paid to that to.vn has become known, no one in Nebraska doubt his state ment. Lincoln Journal. believe the violation of the game law j HER AWFUL DREAM shu!il go unpunished or le tolerated, nor io we bcU-ve other violations of ' the law should go unnoticed. Don't at- tempt to dodge the isne Mr. Journal; man. Why not condemn adultery and, prjstitut:on? Why not? Why not? j Why not condemn gambling? Why not? : Why not? Why not condoinn "boo:.e i j :nts? vYhyp.it? Wnyiiut'.' j MRS. ESTERBROOK FELATCS TALE OF WOE. ..... iiimt, u iitinil to n. e. until I ':..,! on Mii'.c t!u iv:s hilow. "We;;. I writ n alone Ihnni-h :!os,- awlul woods and finally cane to a !i :i;;;ilnl H'n-IUe California or Tid.i or tin Caid. n of Kilt n, anil losing ihi-inifih it I roadie.! a great I'odl j.ll white and wttli colonial pit Mr. Esterb'ook Alio Interested in Hii Wife't Adventurej in Slumber. 1 lard Vision Breaks OH st an Interesting Point. j When Governor Shallenberger went to Salina, Kansas, last week to deliver a political address before the demo cratic clubs of Saline county, Kansas, he impartially charged to his republi can constituents and democratic constit uents in this state the price of his railroad fare and hotel expenses. He paid his fare by tearing a strip from a mileage book bought with pub lic funds. It any one objects to this it is a sign that the people are hard to please, or at least half of them are hard to please. Formerly state offi cers rode on free passes. A republican legislature passed a law making it un lawful to give or receive a free pass. Then the state officers were given mileage books bought with public funds and everybody was happy till it began to be reported that state officers were using transporation for private purposes. This caused trouble because the constitution fixe.i the salaries of officials of the state and says they shall not receive to their ow n personal use "perquisites of office or othvr compen sation." The expenses of the political trip the governor made to Kansas was paid for out of state funds under u rule adopted by the governor. This rule is that when he is invited to any pla"c, in or out of the state and would not have been invited to such place if he were not governor, the expenses must bo footed by the taxpayers of Nebraska. This definition of an olliciul trip is new in this state, but it will be enforced as long as the auditing officers honor the governor's vouchers This rule for the payment of ex- Tn"5 other day in the senate the en joyment cf the Republicans grew out of a defence of the Dingley lumber schedule by Senator Simmons of North Carolina. He was prepared for embar rassing interruptions, however, and was ready w ith his answer that the Dingley rate was only a fair revenue tariff. Later in his speech he seemed to have misgivings, for he ended by declaring that nobody could t.xpect the Republican party to depart frm its principles in framing the tarilT bill, and, of course, as the Republicans wen; bound to keep a duty on luml e. he wouldn't be so carping a critic as to urge them to abandon it. Hacon of Georgia was drawn into the discussion in support of Simmons, and when Durkett of N'ebsasta twitted him about the Denver platform he said that he didn't consider himself bound by that document. "It was made over niht," l'aeon said, "and I do not consider that it defines my Democracy for me." The Republicans laughed and Uever idge asked whethed Simmons was not a member of the committee on resolu tions that drafted the platform. Sim mons admitted that he wa?, and hurried on with his speech. Nebraskans will observe the remark able similarity of this remark to the denuncistion by democratic Senator Ransom in the state legislature of his party's state platform when he mis takenly thought it advocated the initia tive and referendum. It is well known that democratic platforms are not made to stand cn, but to try to get in on. i Ri'T why not gambit? ask some. Why not play for prizes, or for small 'stakes? Indeed, why not play for big i stakes, if one is willing to take the i ehan.ces? It is a fair game so long as nobody cheats Sometimes you win, j sumetin.es you lost-, with all honesty, j And it makes til,' game ever so much j more interesting. Why not? That the answer to this question is j not immediately p'a'n is seen in the j fact that churches u-el to gamble. I That is, they used to raise money by ! lotteries, and th- lottery is a form of giubliiig, I cause it is a game of j chance whose attraction is in the hope ! of getting something for nothing. The "They were daiulrj; In thr bin hall, ii. i i wilt In and danced until a man !;h u pi luted xcllow heard came up :i: ii salii: " 'You look like ii i oiislii nf iiln "I wouldn't till that dream before Mt"d lie t., il jit It ou ki.ev how to (ilea'ifasi for SlO.000.tMM."' v.-.i.l num.. 1 lives 1 'lie.! n.'i.l., ' ..... i I ,r ( . mr ii it i, II 111 J with finanilal pie went over to H lil mirror, and Hob. Mrs. Kstoilnook I'lsloll. "Hi'sh," commented Mr. 1-y.tet brook. ! "Anyway, breakfast is almost ready, I Lucy. know what's the niaMer with my safety razor. I must have bent It ! when I dropped it In the washbowl." ! He tenderly fdt a row of sciatehcs ! on his face that sunpested recent dis- pute with a woods cut. j Hui ln breakfast M,s. Ksterbn ok maintained a sober silince. Hut it was what do yon suppose hud on "Smoking Jacket? Kliuouo?" sug P'sio'l her husband drjly. "No, sir," she said. "I had on that old crepe de chine I wore at Mamie's wedding. Think of my being there In that miss, Hob-two seasons behind the tlmea. Wasn't it horrible?" Mr. Ksterhtook started to say some thing. He choked and rose. Awful, he remarked. Terrible. It Clean Playing Cards. Spirit of camphor Is a good thins to use in keeping packs of cards In spotless 'inwlitlon. If the cards are rot too badly soiled, rub them with speiife dipped In the camphor, ami the foimer fie-di appearance of tho pasteboard wi!l be rerlored. Lawtuit Over a Hen. A lawsuit about the ownership of a hen lu:s Just been brought to a r!os at Hamburg, after a whole year, hr the uuespected death of the bird. Th value cf the lien wim only 75 rents, but the law tests have amounted to ai large sum. plain that the dream desired greatly ! must have been fearfullv embarrass to rise and display Itself. It clam- j ing ; hut did they ever recover mv ored inwardly to be hoard. j body?" At Inst, when Mr. Kstoilnook had ! "I don't know." confessed his wife, carefully folded his napkin in the way "I woke up before we tot to that. Hut Mrs. Ksterbrook alwaM Hi;i.l it 1 wasn't it an awful dieain?" shouldn't be folded, she rested both! ,m,.,v wlM ,,,. hslmll() : lbows on tho table and bon.t.. I strnliK Into his ovorcoat.-Ualvts Hob, she said. "It was an awful1 ton Nous. d:eain. You and 1 wire lost In the' . churches did not see, for n long time, .mountains where we were last Mini I that there was anything wrong about j T' ,V, w"lk,,l "" I The Insanity Plea. ... .... . . j , rlmibed and climbed, and slipped on j "Sir." said the young woman, with gambling. Neither did tho ce.legis. , smooth places, and lunmcd bottomless! wlo.t seen . ,1 ... be indu..,:,,!.,.. They have learned better by exper-, I'I'h-O. it was awful!" ience. They have seen the effects of B?,,r; '""''I'""' K';'"'' '" J""! J : cation that he was listening', but kept gambling upon character. They have! his eye on an attractive item In Un observed that while the taking ( f -paper beside his plate. chances is at fr;t a. .leasar.t diversion. . ,H,,' iiiuimi ma wire. "I taking of a drug. And becoming a habit, it wastes time, it weakens the What is it in the nature of man kind tint makes one so thoughtless ly heedles of the laws of the state and nation? The state spends money and lots of it for the enactment and enforcements of its laws, and yet people violate them every Jay, and why? Take for instance the game law. Why do people continue the practice after the law has clos ed the season and those who are conscientious and right minded have p it the old gun back in the corner to wait the next season. This viola tion is very noticable at times here in this vicinity, as well as in other towns where there are streams and ponds which afford a lighting place for ducks and geese. The open sea son for ducks and geese closed April 5th, yet nearly every day you see from one to a dozen fellows hunt ing ducks. It is true that hunting is better after the season closes, but only for the reason that those ' who wish to see the laws of the state respected are willing to quite. The law is very broad in its meaning-it doesn't pick out one man or a dozen men and say that they shall not hunt; it speaks in the collective sense of the word and mentis every body. Why not everybody abide by the laws and make the law really worth while?-I'lattsmouth Journal. Did it not cost just as much to pass laws against adultery, prostitution, gambling.and "booze joints" (by "booze joints" we do not mean lawful saloons) as it cost to pass game laws? Are not the commission of these acts just as much crimes as shooting a duck out of season? The commission of the crimes we have noted are just as numerous as the violations of the game laws. Why does the Journal jump on to the poor devil with the gun and never condemn the other crimes? Why? Why? Why? The poor devil with the gun is not a part of the Journal's gang. We do not !' Hnuori Hint nlmriKt .nt ..... .Hit it tends to become a habit, like the into an awful cbiisiii .nol vm. ie:i, io.,i out and rauuht inr, and then von ..ii i i . . . . . . Mippeo, una ueiore i could reach you fairs a yoil Went down down down inile 1 ...... a. ...I sense of responsibility, it lower ideal?, it gives a distaste for the? necessary, occupations of the comtno!! day, it develops the rpirit of avarice, it breeds fever in the blood, and it tends strongly toward u breaking down of the distinc tion between right and wrong. No business house will knowingly employ a man who gambles. It was once considered eminently re spectable to get drunk at dinner. The ladies did not do it, but tin? gentlemen The young man looked embarrassed "Yes, I did kiss you," he admitted, "but I was impulsively insane," "That means that a man would be a lunatic to kiss me?" "Well, any man of discretion would be just craz.? to kiss you." This seemed to ease the strain, and no jury being present to muddle af- Mitlsfactory verdict was I'hlludi Iphia Ledger. Amazing Appetites. The appetite of a whale Is wonder ful. Ills cbli f diet consists of Jelly fish. He has simply to open hist mouth and paddle along liisurely In order to take in Jellyfish bv the cait load. Such Is the method adopted by the whalebone whale. The sperm whale, on the contrary, captures lingo shoals of fish, welnhlnn often several tons. I.Ike his brother, the whalelMimj whale he must be constantly on th lookout for food. Otherwise ho would starve. As many as 14 seals have ieeti taken from a III) feet "killer." Othei fishes of enormous appetites are not uncommon. The bluellsh, fof examplo thrives on sardines and other small fish. Most curious of all eaters is the hydra, a strange creature that can he turned inside out without Iniparlnff Its appetite or Its power to eat. Small Quarters for Moses. Donald is fond of Hible stories. His auntie was relating to him the story of Mosea In the basket of bulrushes, when he earnestly Inquired: "Did he ever grow to be a man?" "Yes," hp was told. "A reat big man?" "Yes." Donald remarked Incredulously, "Well I'd a thought he'd a busted the basket." Delineator. Y Y Y Y Y Y Y did regularly. Mr. I'ickwick and his i f friends are illustrations. Every com-' t petent butler was trained in the art of , J getting his master out from under the J table and finally into bed: he took j J lessors in the fiM aid to the intoxi- j 1 cated. lhen the thing became bad: J form. The potent spell of those two i JJ words banished it like the malediction j J of a master of megic. . j 1 A like fate overtook tho old fashion i J of gambling among gentlemen. Men I Jj of mature life and honorable position i played cards for money. It was as i I A iaao Bargain At Hcrolcf s Book and Stationary Store A brand new $3SO.OO Cabinet Grand Piano for $280. Spot cash or bank able paper with payments adjusted to suit convenience. A leading western piano manufacturer has consigned to u? a new piano, everything first class, note de scription below. We offer it at MANUFACTURERS TRICES, -saving you the usual agent's commission of $100.00. If you are in the market for a first class, guaranteed for 10 years, instrument HERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE $100. This will be the only piano offered on these terms. common as cards. Hy a convenient X convention among people "in society" jJ the debts of the canl-:able were ac-, counted debts"of honor." The gambler must be paid at any sacrifice, the gvueer might wait. Then one day gambling was put under the ban at the clubs. It became bad form. Presently it hid itself behind locked doors and listened for the police. It became an indecency. t Y Y Y Y Y Y Y The Journal's man Friday is having : ..!. . t I :.. 1 a serious iuuo.n ui iiynieim iieiuusi: i we condemn vice in plain works. We are not surprised. Even to hear the i J truth spoken sometimes gives some j JL fellows spasms. 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