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Latest ndvicea 'from the ae-nt of wnr
announce that the Japs are plnying pln
pong.
Ho far as the present trouble In the
Orient Is concerned nonoof the other
powers seem to belong Jo the "butln
Bkles." The St. I-ouls exposition tenderloin
will be called "The Tike." In Chicago
nd In other places It was culled "The
Midway."
Dreyfus Is to be rehabilitated as an
bfflcer of the French army. He hns
been In greuter danger out of the army
tbnn in it.
Since the warring of the factions
pened In real earnest In Beatrice the
people of that place turn to news from
J'ort Arthur as a balm for war-racked
tierves.
. Investors In obligations of the Greater
America exposition should not be dis
couraged. The last dividend on the
took of the Columbian World's fair has
Just been declared.
It Is to be hoped that the next Jealous
1rlfe will devise some other scheme
than polBoned candy for removing ob
structions In her path. The Uotkln
fenethod is becoming hackneyed.
The day of Jubllo has surely come.
JPoru will be hauled from Omaha to
tt. Louis without charge and the pros
ct is the railroads will pay a premium
Stue prlvilcgo of hauling it before the
flrlf Is over.
The New Jersey bigamist who con
fessed to being married forty-seven
time without a divorce rather has the
advantage of President Smith, whose
kuarltat relations are prorlng the sensa
tion of the day at Washington.
David Bennett Hill may be a power
to consider lu New York inilltlcs before
the next campaign. He has Just dem
loustrated to the head of Tammany Hall
that he controls the state machine, and
the convention will be held in Albany.
& , a
George Gould will pass into history as
the most generous magnate that has
ver controlled a railroad. His order to
XLe Missouri Pacific to haul corn from
jOinaha to St Ixuls without charge is
Certainly unprecedented in these parts.
According to the 8t. iouls Globe
J)emocrat, "Colonel Bryan Is making n
masterly effort to block the port of Ne
braska against the democratic flacshln
Cleveland III." Whether the blockade
twill be effective remains an open quea
Won.
President Uiosevelt gives evidence
that he lias a Just appreciation of the
.Value of western land and sees no rea
son why the United States should sell
Cheaper than anyone else. Other own
ers, however, generally give a warranty
deed.
The emperor of Corea is wise In his
generation. He probably counted upon
the result which would follow if he an
Bwered the letter of the mikado In an
Unfriendly spirit while the homes of
liia people are occupied by Japanese
troops.
In spite of tho officers of the national
brganlxatlon, the miners in the central
bituminous coal fields seem bent on a
strike against a reduction of wages.
nd still we are told that It is the otti
rent of the unions who make all of the
trouble.
In the dlacuaslou of the bill to prevent
the entrance of sealed packages contain
ing liquors of any description in prohibi
tion states Congressman Hepburn is said
to have lost his temper. A loss of
temper has ajways characterlxed the dla
ruKfclotis of temperance advocates who
tisually shed more beat than light ou the
Subject.
fc'K 1ALIKM rrRB AXP SIMPLt.
"Kvt'ry Carnegie library," cxdnlms the
Omaha World-Herald, "Is a monument
to u limn who luis obtained ills enor
mous wealth through unjust laws."
l'lU'lhoniinc, the founder ntid most
Diluent expounder of socialism, de
nounces property ns robbery, because all
wealth is the product of labor and prop
erty represents the unused surplus of
the product of labor, which belongs by
rights to the laborer. According to this
doctrine every law that enables capital
ists to absorb any part of the wealth
produced by labor is unjust, whether
the amount Involves a single penny or
millions of dollars.
Andrew Carnegie earned his first dol
lars as a telegraph messenger and tele
graph operator. The telegraph company
that employed him was operated under
a charter by which it was enabled to
exact tolls for the transmission of dis
patches over nnd above the actual cost
of the labor involved. From the social
istic standpoint that law was unjust and
the money absorbed by the company
above actual expenses and the cost of
maintenance was robbery. Carnegie's
first earnings were, therefore, derived
from robbers, Just as are and have been
the earnings of millions of wage work
ers whose employers derive profit from
their employment.
Carnegie's second step In wealth ac
quisition was through partnership with
the Inventor of the first sleeping car,
protected by a patent. That also was
an unjust law, because it conferred spe
cial privileges on and earned royalties
for the inventor and his associates, thus
robbing sleeping cor patrons of the tolls
Imposed over and above the actnal
operating expenses. By the same
reasoning, all inventors who have ac
quired wealth or o competence from
patent rights owe their wealth to un
just laws and are no better than burg
lars or house-breakers.
Having acquired a small fortune out
of the sleeping car patents, Carnegie
struck It rich and made a larger fortune
In oil wells and in the manufacture of
Iron, steel and coke. The money gotten
out of the petroleum wells by Carnegie
In excess of the cost of pumping and
barreling of the product was also rob
bery, from the socialistic standpoint. So
was nil the money accumulated by the
mining of gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc
and an over and above tho actual
amount expended for the labor in min
ing these minerals. Poes not socialism
teach that the laws whereby this wealth
was acquired by private individuals are
unjust and lu conflict with the doctrine
that the earth belongs to all the inhabi
tants thereof and wealth also belongs
only to those who have produced it.
A respectable block of Carnegie's
wealth was made in the erection of the
first I'lilon Pacific bridge across (the Mis
souri river at Omaha and in negotiating
tho bonds issued to defray the expenses
of construction. Tho profits of the Union
Pacific bridge contract are an unknown
quantity, but it is known that Curnegie
received a 10 per cent commission for
negotiating fcJ.fiOO.OX) of bridge bonds,
or so.ono for placing the bonds. This
transaction, gauged by the socialistic
'divide all with all" principles, was also
acquiring money through unjust laws
and not much better than robbery. TJn
der socialistic laws Carnegie would have
been compelled to divide every penny
of surplus over and above the cost of
material and labor furnished for the
construction of the Union Pacific bridge
among the men who mined the metal,
the men who wrought tho metal and
the men who placed tho metal In posi
tion.
But Carnegie saw fit to appropriate
the surplus of the bridge building con
tract to himself and of each Invention
which In their enterprise gave employ
ment to thousands and thousands of
working men. Therefore, the wealth
that he has accumulated is, in socialistic
parlance, derived from unjust laws and
no letter than money gotten by highway
robbery. The amazing thing is that a
good nianv rational and honest people
have been imbued with this pernicious
doctrine and actually abuse and curse
Andrew Carnegie for his philanthropy
in distributing a very large share of tho
riches he has accumulated by thrift,
Industry and good management for the
uplifting nnd enlightenment of the
masses by placing them within reach
of the great stimulus of human energy
to which only the wealthy have had
access in past generations.
CAXADA TO IIAVB AN A RAf T.
The militia department of the Domln
Ion is proposing the creation of an army
for national defense. For several years
there has been talk of this among Ca
nadian statesmen and finally it appears
to have received the popular approval,
though it would not be easy to point
out why Canada needs anything more
than the militia force it now has and
which is only needed for police service
within the country, for which purpose
there is rarely any demand upon it.
Canada is certainly In no danger from
any outside source, but it is quite possl
ble there are people there, even among
those In official life, who are apprehen
slve that at some time the controversies
between the United States and the Do
minion may cause serious trouble and
that It b the part of wisdom to be pre
pared for it. A few public men and
newspapers in this country have talked
alwut annexing Canada and this may
have impressed the Canadians with th
expediency of organizing a military
establishment to le ready for an emerg
ency, albeit very remote.
Whatever the impelling motive m
t, however, t'lie organization of a Ca
nadian army U a matter re pectin.
which the United States can feel quite
Indifferent. It will be in nowise
menace to this country, unless, indeed,
the fact of having an army should lead
the Itominlon government to greater
perversity and obstinacy in its relations
with the United States. It is doubtless
natural that Canada, being In all
scntlul respect ucarly au independent
state, should desire a military force pro
portioned to its population, its terri
torial extent and the national Interests,
yet it really seems quite needless and
ill Impose a tax upon the people for
bleb, there will be little return ahd
hlch might better be used In some
other direction.
MtUltAXCt ISMODCliX UL SIZISS LIFE.
The Bee in this issue devotes a con-
Iderable portion of Its space to the
ubject of Insurance, which is treated
in all its phases in a manner that can
not but be of special interest to its read-
rs. While the principle upon which
Insurance is founded Is traceable in
history for centuries bock, its wonderful
evelopment in applied form is a signal
utgrowth of present day conditions and
characterizes as much as any other one
thing the progress marked In late years
in the advance of civilization. Today
the most varied incidents and accidents
of life may be guarded against and dis
counted by modern methods of pooling
risks so that misfortune nnd calamity
have the edge dulled so far as reim
bursement for material loss can go.
The most familiar forms of insurance
are those against death and against the
destruction of property by fire, although
other lines are also assuming immense
proportions. Whereas it is not so long
go that the man who insured his life
in any degree commensurate with his
earning capacity or who kept his busi
ness Insured to anything like Its full
value was n rarity, the outlay for in
surance is now regarded as n legitimate
nd natural item of expense which no
prudent business man would question
much less overlook. The Incurrence of
an insurable loss not covered in part
by insurance is a sign of lax foresight
nd business incapacity, although in this
s in so many other walks experience
is often the best schoolmaster nnd a
mishap is necessary to bring a realiza
tion of the demands of the situation.
The recent Baltimore Are carried many
lessons with it, but most forcible is that
impressing the duty of insuring and the
efficiency of the modern insurance
mechanism. Instead of impolrlng con
fidence In insurance, the prompt pay
ment of matured obligations and the
small number of insurance companies
Involved in embarrassment has strength
ened the prlnclplo nnd practise of in-
urance in the public mind and recoup
ment is only a matter of time, nnd a
ery short time at that.
The responsibilities devolving upon
the great insurance companies as
trustees of the Insurance funds in their
custody might easily furnish food for
lmost endless discussion, presenting
many serious problems. These colossal
trust funds, however, constitute the
safety valve of the entire machinery of
Insurance and their very existence is
what demonstrates the substantial and
enduring groundwork upon which tl'e
Insurance structure Is raised.
Suffice it to say that noteworthy as
has been the recent growth of Insurance
as a factor in our social nnd business
life, the promise is for still greater ex
pansion and for Insurance to play a
still more important role in every pro
gressive community. '
IXTSHD1KQ AMEHICAX TRADE.
As the foremost industrial nation of
the world, with almost unlimited re
sources, there is no more Important
question for the American people than
that of extending their foreign trade,
The home market is secure and will be
kept bo as long as the present policy of
protecting that market against undue
foreign competition is adhered to. There
is no doubt as to the present sentiment
of the country being strongly favorable
to the maintenance of the policy which
ias built up this great market and made
the United States the powerful nation
that it is industrially and commercially.
A Judicious policy of protection is re
garded with favor by a very large ma
Jorlty of our people and the time is cer
tainly remote, if it shall ever come,
when that policy will be abandoned and
the United States will accept the British
fiscal policy.
The practical fact is very generally
recognized, however, that in order to
continue our industrial development and
our commercial expansion some modifi
cation in our economic policy may be
necessary. The memorable words of
William McKluley still huve weight.
when he said: "We must not repose
In fancied security that we can forever
sell everything aud buy little or nothing,
If such a thing were possible it would
not be best for us or for those with
whom we deal. What we produce
beyond our domestic consumption must
have a vent abroad. The excess must
be relieved through a foreign outlet and
we should sell everywhere we can and
buy wherever the buying will enlarge
our sales and productions and thereby
make a greater demand for home lulxir.
The period of excluslveness is past,
The expanslou of our trade and com
merce is the pressing problem." How
to meet this problem, without inflicting
Injury upon any American industry or
interest, is a question of the first im
porta nee.
In the national house of represents
lives several speeches bearing on this
question have been made within the past
week. A notable one was that of Rep
resentative Dalzell of Pennsylvania, in
which he vigorously maintained that
there should be no interference with
the existing tariff and opposed auy
reclnrocltv that would do this. Another
speech relating to the same subject and
discussing It from a different viewpoint
was made by Representative Levering
of Massachusetts, who is one of the
leading manufacturers of New England
Mr. Levering Is a protectionist, but b
iH'lleves in the principle of reciprocity
as indeed most of the republicans of
New England do, and he urged that
that policy Is necessary to the expan
slon of our foreign trade. He also
urged that another way to extend on
foreign trade Is by liberalizing our
drawback laws, which can be done with
out disturbing a single Hchcdnle or tak-
ng n single step in the direction of the
revision of the tariff. "Tho trend of
ubllc opinion," said Mr. Levering,
with reference to new markets for
American products shows that our tnan-
facturers now keenly realize that pro-
luction has passed far beyond consump-
ion and that new markets In the foreign
eld must be fdund if our workmen are
o coutlqp" to Twelve adequate employ
ment."
This from an extensive manufacturer
s certainly worthy of serious considera
tion. The tariff question is sure to be
prominent, perhaps the paramount issue,
in tho presidential campaign and there
fore the utterances of leading repub
licans in regard to it should receive
careful attention.
fALARItS UF COXGRtfSMKX.
f-enator Honr Is of the opinion that
members of congress do not receive
adequate salaries, lu n recent speech
in tho senate lie said that that lody
never stood higher thnn now in the
matter of ability, devotion to the public
service, high nnd elevated morality, per
sonal conduct and everything that makes
the dignity and character of the states
man nnd the gentleman. But the ven
erable Massachusetts senator remarked
that In ono thing the senators do not
compare favorably with their prede
cessors nnd that Is In the assertion of
their own dignity and quality. He did
not refer to personal dignity, but to the
dignity and authority of the office. The
senator went on to say that "the one
thing that we do not seem to have cour
age enough to do is to say to the people
f the United States that the compensa
tion of this important office shall be nt
least in some degree adequate to its dig
nity nnd character." He asserted that
the present salary of $5,000 per annum
is not in value equal to more than 50
per cent of what it was when fixed in
1S03, that It Is "also now lower In prac
tical value than it was before It was
raised fifty years ago."
A few days after this statement of Mr.
Hoar, Senator Galllnger of New Hamp
shire introduced a bill providing for an
increase in the salaries of members of
congress from $5,000 to $8,000 and also
increasing the salaries of tho president,
Ice president, speaker of the house of
representatives nnd members of the
lib! net. Representative Gillett of
Massachusetts has proposed nn Increase
In the pay of members to $7,500, with
the abolition of mileage, clerical and
stationery compensation, which is n
more tolerable proposal than that of
Mr. Galllnger, which contemplates re
taining the substantial extras enjoyed
by congressmen and amounting In the
aggregate to a large sum annually. If
all these extras were cut off the cost of
congress, even with the increase of sal
ary proposed in the Galllnger bill, would
not be materially greater than at pres
ent, but it is not at nil likely that con
gressmen generally will be disposed to
deprive themselves of these perquisites,
which they have grown to regard as an
essential feature of the "dignity and
character" of the office. These extras
have grently increased during the last
twenty-five years and are a source of
extravagance of which the public would
Justly complain if the public were fully
Informed regarding them.
It is not at all probable that the pro
posal to raise the salaries of congress
men and other officials will receive con
sideration at the present session, but It
is timely to remark that popular senti
ment will not approve of any such in
crease. So far ns members of congress
are concerned, not to exceed half their
time is devoted to the public service and
for this they are now adequately paid,
mileage, clerk hire, stationery and other
allowances being considered. The salary
of the president is also ample, when the
liberal allowances he has are taken into
account. As to members of the cabinet,
who as the heads of departments have a
great deal of work to do, some increase
in their salaries might be Justifiable, yet
there will always be capable men willing
to serve in these highly honorable po
sitlons at the present compensation. The
American people are willing to pay their
public officials a fair price for their
work, but as has been well said It is
not wise to measure political service by
strictly commercial standards qr to
stimulate the natural American eager
ness for office by giving intrinsic pecu
niary value to all our important political
posts.
Fraternal insurance orders composed
exclusively of clergymen and members
of evangelical churches do not appear to
lte. exempt from tho fatalities to which
concerns Invaded by the ungodly and
unrighteous are subject. This Is strik
ingly illustrated by the last sad rites
performed over the Golden Rule Alliance
of Boston at the immature age of 23 at
the Instance of the Massachusetts state
Insurance department The most sad
dening feature of this shifting off of
mortal coll la that it is believed that
little or nothing will be left to divide
among the mourners. An eminent auth
lty on life Insurance sums up the cause
of the demise by the declaration that the
whole trouble was that the alliance was
not able to live up to its name and do
unto others as others do unto it.
Grover Cleveland Is becoming about as
petulant as an old lady who has lost all
her teeth. The other day a member of
congress asserted that Cleveland had
lunched with a negro who filled the post
tion of register of deeds in the District
of Columbia. In making an indignant
denial of this awful charge the great
fisherman says over bis own signature
"Taylor's name as register was con
firmed by the senate ami he served in
that capacity with Intelligence and ef
ficiency. He hag since died. Some peo
ple restrain themselves from abusing
the dead." This caustic remark would
Imply that in charging the negro with
lunching In the Wblte House the offen
slve partiban had been guilty of abusing
the dead. Possibly that will make the
congressman smile.
Nearly all the public men of note In
ndlana are willing to be United States
senator In case Senator Fairbanks re-
elves the nomination for vice president,
but only one man of public note in Ne
braska has had the courage to indicate
his willingness to become the successor
of Senator Dietrich.
i .
The Iowa State college announces
hat many of the farmers of the state
are running out of seed corn and calls
upon Nebraska farmers to come to their
rescue. Thus does peerless Nebraska
rebuke a famous Iowan who ordered It
out of the corn belt.
Too SI ran to Ulind It.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
One of the greatest difficulties in the way
of tho restoration of corporal punishment
n the public schools Is that modern ath
letics have made tha boys too strong to
stand it.
Mot Worth the Effort.
Kansas City Journal.
If walking: on all fours for twenty min
utes four times a day Is the only sure pre
ventive of appendicitis, most of us will
taka our chances with the surgeons and the
undertakers.
Hint for near Helatlvea.
Baltimore American.
The contention U sustained to the effect
that If a passenger riding on a railroad on
a free past), loses his life In an accident, he
has no legal cause to complain. As a rule,
he doesn't, but the decision has been found
necessary to Induce his real relatives to
Imitate his fairness la the matter.
Mlnhty Sertona Joking:.
Springfield Republican.
Some Irresponsible Joker must be re
sponsible for the Washington story that
a statue of Napoleon in to be placed be
side the statue of Frederick tha Great on
the grounds of the War college. Of course
It may be asked, If Frederick, why not
Napoleon? Hut, then, every one knows
that the Frederick comes to ua as a per
sonal gift from the kaiser, and could not,
without a breach of good manners, be re
fused. A Graveyard for Hepntatlona.
Philadelphia Record.
General Kouropatkin, formerly Russian
minister of war and recently appointed
commander of the Russian land forces In
the far east, appears to be la no hurry to
proceed to the front. He says that it would
not be worth while going until the Russian
troops In the field shall number at least
400,000, and that will not be the case earlier
than May or June next. The general shows
much discretion. Manchuria during the
next two or three months ta likely to be
come the graveyard of many military and
naval reputations, and General Kouropat
kin Is not anxious to have his name In
scribed on one of the tombstones.
TUB TRANSGRESSOR'S WAY,
Perils of Trying; "to Make Somethlna;
on the Side."
Baltimore American.
Again, and In so signal an instance that
all the world may benefit by the lesson, has
It been demonstrated that transgression is
followed by relentless retribution. In this
case th sin has been against the laws of
man that are Irrevocably linked with the
laws of God the laws designed to preserve
the Integrity of popular government and
Inspire in the individual citizen the degree
of faith in his official fellow-beings that
keeps him from misanthropy, if not an
archy.
That most democratio of our govern
mental institutions the postofflce was
found to be the abode of rottenness and
crime. Tha cause of the corruption was
not far to seek. Men appointed by an hon
est administration In good faith had
yielded to temptation and betrayed the
trust reposed in them, disappointing the
people at large and insulting those whose
confidence in their honesty had been auch
as to elevate them to high places.
That the men had been appointed In good
faith, that the administration was scrupu
lously honest, has been proved beyond per-
adventure. The men It had once befriended.
but who had betrayed that friendship were
treated precisely as other enemies of law
and order and honest government are
treated. They were arrested, tried by a
Jury of their peers and sentenced to Im
prisonment and fine.
Thus, not only Is tha administration vin
dicated, but which Is vastly and more
fundamentally important the' people at
largs have been thoroughly convinced that
their vital Interests will ever be protected
by the strong hand of the government.
And, incidentally, the chance to make "a
little something on the aide" will not look
so alluring to subsequent Incumbents In
the offices vacated by the grafters.
RfRAL FRED DELIVERY,
Objections to a Bill Recentlr Intro
duced in Cong-Teas.
Chicago Tribune.
The rural free delivery carriers sre con
siderably stirred up by the bill introduced
In congress which cuts them off from many
of their present privileges. It is said that
three-fourths of the carriers have declared
they would be forced to resign if the bill
posses.
The proposed bill will Increase the pay
of tha rural carriers to 730 a year. But
they will continue to furnish their own
horses and wagons. On some of the routes
four horses are necessary two at each
end as well as two wagons. The carrier
argues, and with apparent reason, that
he could not keep up such a considerable
equipment on such an Inconsiderable sti
pend unless he were able to eke out a
little extra money by acting as express
man, messenger and general agent for tha
farmers on his route. If tha carrier used
a government equipage for his private
purposes there would ba ample ground to
complain against the practice. But since
ha uses his own "rig," it seems unjust to
pass a law saying ha shall not carry par
cels as well as mail to his friends along
the road.
But If the carriers complain against tha
new bill, what will the farmers think?
The carrier has already become a neces
sity to tha farmer, and has robbed farm
life of half Its loneliness. Ten yean ago
tha farmer was lucky who could get into
town to do his errands oftener than one
a week. If his wife wanted a spool of
thread or soma canned goods, or a ribbon,
she had to wait until the end of the
week for it. If she wanted something
which was an Immediate necessity her hus
band had to hitch up lha team and lose
half a day's work on bla trip to town.
Now all that is changed. If tha farmer's
wife wants a paper of hairpins, or the
farmer wants tobacco, the currier la told
and ha brings it out for them. If It ia a
little thing, ha usually brings it for noth
ing. If tt weighs three or four pounds ha
will charge a dime or a quarter. From
being a luxury, as ba was at first, the
rural currier baa become a neceaity to
tha farmer. And rural congressmen will
not find they have added particularly to
their popularity tf they vote for tha bill
to cut tha usefulnens of tha rural carrier
and of tha whols rural free delivery sys-
tern squarely la two.
HKIHKIVK l sltonT MKT Kit.
Hope lives until love dies.
Honesty n-eds no advertising
Short prayers hnve the surest aim.
They who live on fashion die of folly.
A rmtn'a life always follows his fajth.
Morality Is the motor and not mechanical.
A man only finds life where he loses self
Only the self -centered are self-Siitistled.
The doors of truth rpen only to the true.
That w hich Is useless ennnot bo harmless.
Words are but tha things that truth
wears.
He w ho will not be a servant cannot be
a saint.
Today Is never bettered by tomorrow's
burden.
Parading a cross is no proof of possessing
a crown.
Ho gives but an empty hand who wit holds
his heart.
It Is easier to endure failure thnn to
bear success.
A little sin may hold as much sorrow as
a large ono.
Unmlty to new Ideas is no proof of loy
alty to old ones.
It Is no sign that a man Is riding to
heaven because he Is driving others there.
Better the service without the sentiment
than, the sentiment without th service.
Chicago Tribune.
PKHSOVVL AMI O 111 Kit WIS K.
Before the Russian army moves to, 'the
front In force it wll lbe necessary to pull
down a few vcrsts.
New Yorkers are bound to force spring,
even if the load Is a burden. Bock beer has
broken looso before the harbor in clear of
I.e.
A large consignment of vodka has been
forwarded to the Russian army, (encrul
Jug Is expected to co-operate with General
Pflug.
"Now, by St. raul," the preacher snld.
But, what's the use? It's too conl. Wnter
mains six feet below tho surface have
been frozen. Why hunt elsewhere for the
pole?
A Chicago woman who declared to her
sisters that "the only good husbands are
dead ones" carried home a beautiful black
eye tendered by the negative side of the
argument.
War news has not yet caught up with
the magazines. Fending the arrival of
delayed letters space Is given to such a
refreshing literary topic as Mary and her
famous Iamb.
General Kouropatkin, commandor-ln-chlef
of Russia's land forces In the east,
Is reputed to be an excellent story teller
a talent peculiarly valuable In composing
"I regret to report."
Dr. Porkhurst, New York's foghorn of
salvation, In a preachment on St. Patrick,
aid the Irish needed sympathy. Mean
while the patient Is doing quite well with
out the doctor's prescription.
According to the dictum of the supremo
court. New York school maims may
marry without forfeiting their Jobs. It Is
gratifying to know that school ma'ams
may enjoy some of the sweets of life with
out the consent of school boards.
The gentle, mellow opening of March
bore a strong resemblance in the subse
quent proceedings to the man who was
operated on for an appendix he didn't
possess. A lew aaya aner tha doctors
turned him loose, tagged "Opened by mis
take." DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
Jlggs My
wife talks to herself all the
time.
KlKgs Is that so?
I Wish mine would
Detroit Free Press.
He Now may I have that kiss I've been
welting ror:
fshe No: It's Lent.
He What! Show me the guy who had
the nerve to borrow it! Baltimore Amer
ican.
"ReaJlv, y' know, you're the belle of the
ball." chattered the silly dudes who sur
rounded her, "paws-tlvely charmingl per
fect in every way "
"Nonsense," protested Miss Pechls.
We particularly wish the orders of our out-of-town friendi
in the trans-miseissippi states, and are only stating the fact
when we esay that no other drug house, EITHER W1IOLESALK
or RETAIL is fo well equipped to handle drug orders pf any size
III a 1 S-lblB 'I' II I I II I' w 1 I I I I l-Rll I IT
pies 170 lineal feet in the new Windsor -Plunkett block at 1514
Dodge, These quarters are filled with aJl of the numberless items
that comprise a modern drug stock, and are connected with our
retail store by private telephone. This is WHY we are alwayn
"THERE WITH THE GOODS."
When You Want Drugs Come to Headquarters
Ar-en'a. Water, small 10c
f l.Ort Baker's Barter Malt Whisker,
pnrest and best, for ..700
(Per Don, $8.00.)
11.00 Baef, Iron and Win, for f)c
$1.00 BunOuun Barsapaiilla, for &"c
2Tk Imported Bitter Water, for 15c
2E,c Cnuiivr'i Pills 1c
iilio Brnndeth's Mils, for !
&00 (?ttllwoll s Syrup Pepsin c
2io Corterr's little Liver mils, for !-'
25o Chamberlin's Cough Syrup for 17c
$1.00 OiryMtai Tonlo for c
(Help yourself at th-o prices.)
26c Oenulne Castorla for -1
2fc Outlcura Hoap for
5oc Cuticura SiUve for T'
fl.OO I'urr ( nnadla-n Malt hlsk (
(1-er Dos. $7.60 )
BOo. Colgate's Tansy Illonsom Perfume,
ounc
These are Sherman AMeCoaaeirs
Dm a- Prices. Corner Kllh and IoUe
streets, Omaha.
Coleman's Carliolated (itmiit, for
horses, cattle and otrwr animals for...joc
60c Cudahy s Kxtrwct lif t t-r c
$1.00 Duffy's MuJt Whiskey for BUc
D. D. D. Kczema Cure, warranted the
genuine, always $1.M
4e Garurld 1V
7ic Hall's Catarrh Cure 59c
$1.00 Hall's Hair Renewer 0c
$1.00 Hosteller's UIHwh 'o
Horllck e Malted Milk 34c, (T7c. $7ti
5o Humphreys' 77 1
u-h.n i-Aii fntnn to our store for drtiKS
with the goods." Moll oraera promptly e
SHERMAN & flcCONNELL DRUG GO.
Corner 16th and Dodge Streets, Omaha. Heb-
Mr. C. N.Deitz writes from Ceylon, that he never saw so
much coal piled up as there is at Colomba, but it's net
SHERIDAN
TL.il il.., P1 mUarl In Wunmlnv. Mill- $R fin fnr
llldl 1MB HOI Wiiai liliitaw J o' wi ww iwi
cooking. Lump, $6.50, for grates, heaters and furnaces
Clean as hard coal
VICTOR WHITE COAL CO., 1605 Firaia. Til. 12?
wcriiv, inrre are some thlnns about f
Hint ste utterly riisgu.-tlng."- rhll.,irL,
l'nss.
Mcud-Thn other plrls sny he's a result
"J'i-K tho Unpin r."
M lylvlie (wiih iti('.ifm;itlin1-lfs a M;ii
ili-r: Ills mime Isn't Jack! 1'hlcngn Trll
line.
'Vou told me. Core,., that vnu had r
old flHmes, but tli.it Miss Bcnne savs vt
were once very devot.-d to her"
"Well, she wnsn't u flame; she wis
Boston girl."-Chicago To!t.
"Now my love," ili1 the voung m.n
when tnn eloping couple had exchangr
vows and the. Justice of the peace ha
Suit" "W "r "afe from nM p"
h '!'" P'10'', ,ho "weej girt, calmlv. "a
nave been all along."-Somcrille Journal.
"P-v you w-nnt to marry, voung man il
you?" shI.1 the bank direct, .f
"Yes, sir." replied the bank crk
'What salary are we paying vou""
' Nine hundred dollars h year ''
'Ion't you know we have adopted a ru'
that no clerk In our employ shall marr
unless he has at least II, IW a venr?"
"Yes. pr f,ut ' your daughter that
want to :narry."-Chlcago Tribune.
HAXV IS DEAD.
A nation's grief In these three words I
found ;
How stranro the thought, bow awful I
the sound!
A product of his country's native soil;
Revered nnd loved bv every son of tol
Kfteemed and honored not for wealth c
birth.
But for tho greatness of his manful wortl
Ills nnmo was ever linked with hope an
sonp,
A heart ful man, with pulse beats firm an
strong;
A sterling, gen'rous hearted friend
That loved aye, even to the end!
He was a man that laughed with wholi
some cheer.
And wet't with those that weep. Ha kne
not fear.
Believing In himself, be measured life
For that which he would build, nor prais
nor strife
Withheld the building. Wllh unerring cor
He reared nn edifice so wondrous fair.
A,.l h..l..li.,ll.l. ko V,.A tm
Which can surpass the marvel he hn
wrougni.
But now 'tis true that, o'er hie silent be
A loving nation whispers: "He Is dead."
Beneath the blue-arched vault of nature
dome
Sunlit, starlit, is his peaceful home;
In this nugust rotunda laid In state.
He sleeps this honest man, bo slmpl
great.
Tn offices of state, ns no'er before,
Is mourning for the guide that Is no mor
tn Manv n little cottage by th way,
In which his name in blest through ever
flay.
The children will be told that be Is dead
Ah. nwed and hushed, they steal away t
bed.
When In some happy time, the bonk o
Fame
Ts opened, to- select a favorite name
Monf men and angels, for some htghe
sphere
Thnn mortnlr can obtain, or dream of here
Among the shining nnmes. In letters fair
Marcus Alonzo Hnnna's will b there.
KDWARD OLDHAM.
Symptoms
Do not always make their preeenci
known by foiling of sight.
Red Lids, Headaches, Nervousness
Stomach Disorders.
In most cases can bo traced to Imper
fectlons of the eyes.
We do cure troubles of the above kln
with glasses.
HUTESON OPTICAL CO.,
213 South 1 6th St. Pixtoo Block.
Factory on the Piamfsasi
Kodaks and Cameras.
II 111.1 IIIILIIL (.. X L VA AUi.'uVB w-xv
Kondon Catarrhal Jelly ,V"I?t
UMerine
Tliene are Mirrmsn A MrConnell's
prices.
T5o Motor's Cod IJvnr Oil for Mo
lo Mexican Amol Soap for o
i'.c Mennen's Talouin Powder, we sell....llo
Miles' enlur-Miles', mind you . .$1
l.M Munyun's Parr-Paw Mf
$Hi0 Maltod Milk
ar.o Miatletor Cream, we sell
50c. Neal's Pvspepsla. Tablts for 40c
(All you wuntr-i.o limit.)
fl.IXt OeoihuUIom (all you ntl..Mlc
2iu Packer's Tar Soup, e imll l.V
1.(M feiiallili'a Karsaparlllu. for..,.Ta'
fi lm Swift's HiH-cilic for ..69c
$1.75 Swift's Si km -i lie for $L"9
Sue flvrup of KIkh, genuine, for
5i- HtUHit'M Ly-pKi!i TiihletH Ma
$1.00 Stuart s I yH pf la- Tablets "
n: HiH-lritv Hygl-iiliiie H"ap for
c ftln h liak Plaster for If
Inul. iienulne, alna 91.00
(Purchasers of 'Vlnol should not accept
same If the wrapper or label Is mutllatrd
or torn.)
Vlotor'a Tonlw l,tlnn (heat remedy
for hlnrkheada. plmplrs, barber's
Itch and all skin troablcsi, per
bottle IMH!
5o; Warner's KoUlum Phosphate Effer
vescent jo
Mull orders flllnl at above prices; box
and cartage free.
you can always get them. "Wa are there
xecuted.
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