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THE OMAHA DAILY KKK: FH1DAY. DKCKMHEK '2'2, H05. The Omaha Daily Bee. K R06KWATER. EDIT' JR. PUBLISH HI) KVfcBY MORNING. TERMS OF fU BSCRirTION. Illy Ree (without Sunday), nno year. .$4 On Dally Hee and Sunday, one Mr 6 oo Illustrated Ree. nn year 2 50 Sunday Be, one year K Saturday Ree. one rear 1.S0 f'ELlVF.RED BY CARRIER. Pally Ree (including Sunday), per week..Kc Dally Bee (without Sumlav). per week..i:o Evening Ree (without Sunday), per week be Evening Hee (with Sunday), per week...l"c Sunday Ree. per ropy So Address complaint of Irregulai Itles tn de livery to City Circulation department. orricES. Omaha The Ree Building South Omnha Ctv Hall Hulldlng. Council RlufT-10 Pearl Street. Chicago IMO t'nltv Rulldins. New Vork-IWK) Home I.lfe In. Pulldlng. J Washing-ton Ml Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating to new and ed itorial matter ahould he add reused : Omaha Bee. Editorial Itfpnrtment. , REMITTANCES. Remit hy draft, expre or postal order, payable to The Ree Publishing Cnmpiiny. Only 2-cent tamp received a payment of mall account personal check, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BEE PI.'RMSHINO COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCC4..AT10N. State of Nebraska, Douglaa County, as- C. C. Roaewater, secretary of The Ree Publishing Company. jetr.- dulv aworn. says that the. actual number ot full and complete copies of The Dally. Morning. Fvenlng and Sunday Re printed during tha month of November, KK6, t as fol low: i .11. rtoo ii si.rio i SI. lit IT 3I.7TO ai.i4o js aa.nrto t si.tko j ro.srio ZH.ATn X 81, BOO an, nun n 31, boo T Aft. 1 HO 2! S1,tO . a4,io a r2.nro in .son ni.Mso J9. Sl.OOO 25 U,400 ii m.rko st sro.o.io 12 XD.RBO Tt 31,UI Jn.2on 28 ni,n;io 14... a 1.350 It S 1,041) 14 S1.4.1IJ SO 81.0S0 Total Less unsold coplea ....4i,nno .... io,.tia Net total sales U:tn.2ns) Pally average ai.IiOT C. C. R08E WATER, Secretary. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 1st day of December. 1906. t8alj M. B. HUNGATK. Notary Public WHEW OIT OF TOWH. Sabserlbers lea-lac the ?! jr tem perarlly ahneld have The Bee mailed them. It Is better than dally letter from heme. Ail drees will be chanced ae often a requested. Have you finished your Christmas hopping? If not, Ket busy. Surveyor of the Tort Burrow still surveys the foil oral building serenely. Chairman Khonts should remember that It l well to be off with the ohl love before belnf ou with the new. If the 1'hllipploee offer a market for American eliar wrapper, a Imoin in the enbhHjfe crop next year mity result. The most gratifying Christmas gift railroad, could make the people of Ne braska thl yeaf would be to pay their delinquent taxes. ' In devising a plan for the government of Corea, It 1 hardly probable Japan took pointers from " England's govern ment of Ireland. Next to a first-class fireproof hotel, Omaha's most pressing want Is cottages and tenement . blocks for moderately paid wage workers. With revolution facing reaction lu St. Petersburg, there is more hope that moderates of both parties may create an orderly Russia in time for the new year. Hiring conferred Judicial powers upon Marquis Ito, Japan doubtless counts on him to see that the emperor of Corea does not get Into contempt of court. In big dissatisfaction with the consu lar courts, the sultan of Turkey might learn something of advantage from China. , Evidently the big stick is free at both ends, since it has been stirring up things in New York, while at the same time landing frequently in Nebraska. The deputies in the United Pistes marshsl's office doubtless feel relieved over the announcement that they will be allowed to slay until they are re lieved. In refusing to accept the resignation f the, I'ejervary cabinet. Emperor Francis Joseph seems determined not to tread the path laid out by the kiug of Kwcden. "What will Nebraska do about Iff" exclaims the poixwratle orgau in a fal setto voice. Nebraska will manage to keep cool In the below rero season and .wait the salvation of the Lord. There are plenty of able and fearless republican lawyers in Nebraska quali fied to serve as I'nited States district attorney who are not branded with railroad labels and one of them should have the call, whether an applicant or not. British control of Asiatic news sources is shown by the fact that the trouble at Shanghai was first reported as a part of the boycott on America, when. In fact. Its aim was to secure the removal wf a Jtrttlsh assessor from the mixed court. t . Hotith l'latte implement dealers, In sewston at Lincoln, discussing the peren nial meua.ee of the "cat" houses, have concluded to look into the question of advertising as a means of meeting the competitor on his own ground. Knme ether lines besides the Implement trade might find the sortition of their troubles la Judicious advertising. tvrvunrisii thk rnttntyr A very important addition to the sup M)it of President Kooeevclfs demulid for railway rate regulation was made a few diirs aco when Mr. Cassntt, presi dent of the Pennsylvania railroad, vis ited Washington ami made it known in a very public way that he is in favor of the policy which i being advocated by the administration. Mr. Cnssatt is one of the most influential railroad men in the country and when he takes a posi tion on any question relating to the in terests and welfare of the transporta tion Interests of the country It com mands serious attention throughout rail way circles. Itecently the corporation of which he Is the bead lias announced the altolltlon of passes after the beginning of the new yenr anil already other rail roads ar following this meritorious ex ample. Some of them are pretty sure lo do the same thing in regard to the policy of rate regulation. According to a Washington dispntch to the Philadelphia Presjs, nil the big railroads of Pennsylvania will stand with the senators of that state, both of whom are committed to the policy of governmental rate regulation, In sup port of President Roosevelt's policy. It Is well understood that Senator Knox is largely responsible for the declaration of that policy, which he formulated as attorney general, and now it Is declared that Senator Penrose is fully committed to it. The latter is quoted as saying: "You may say for me that I am with the president and Senator Knox on the railway rate question and I will do all 1 can to secure legislation that wid put their polity into effect." It is stated that Mr. Penrose expressed confidence that congress would respond to the president's recommendation and also that the big railway systems of the east would be found favoring such legisla tion. It appears that these railroads have become convinced that the proposi tion of Mr. Uoosevelt is emlneutly just and fair and their only anxiety is that oppressive or ruinous laws le prevented. As there Is no suggestion of laws of this character. President Koosevelt hav ing lsen particularly careful to point out that nothing of the kind was in tended or contemplated, apprehension on this score la entirely unwarranted. With the railroads of Pennsylvania supporting the policy advocated by President Roosevelt, it is only a ques tion of time when other rallrcads will fall Into line. There probably will be a somewhat prolouged discussion over the nintter In congress, but there is very good reason to Isdleve. from the present aspect of the situation, that the legisla tion recommended by the president will be finally enacted. THK SVOAR JXDI'S TRY. The beet sugar industry is preparing to make a vigorous campaign against the proposition to reduce the tariff on sugar from the Philippines to 2.1 per cent of the Dlngley schedule. According to reports from Washington the friends of the American industry are pretty thor oughly organized for a fight against the projiosed reduction and will have a very strong support In congress. It Is stated that the beet sugar men have shown a degree pf organization that had not been expected and have been in a quiet but very effective way working up sentiment in opposition to the proposed concession to the sugnr producers of the Philippines. The statement is made that the bill proposing to reduce the tariff on sugar from the archipelago will have a very difficult time in the Semite. It will pos sibly pass the house, though this Is by no means certain, notwithstanding the fact that It has been framed by the chairman of the ways and means com mittee, but It is certain to encounter a very determined opposition in the senate. The real question now, says one report from Washington, Is whether the admin istration can control enough senators to dictate its bill. If It can. the difficulties in the house can be overcome. It is said to le distinctly stronger In the senate now than It was when the Cuban reci procity question was up, so far as the mere number of republican senators Is concerned. The beet sugar Interests of Michigan, Colorado and California are especially active In opposing the pro posed tariff reduction and It Is presumed that Nebraska will be found In sym pathy with them when the time for ac tlou in congress Is reached. THt ( AXJblAS UBtHAl.S. It Mppears that the liberal party of Canada, which is now in control of the government, is expecting to secure some advantages from the change in the Brit ish ministry which wns denied the Do minion by the last cabinet. The liberal party is hoping for certain concessions in the Interest of trade with the mother country, which if granted would result to their material lienefit and ierhaps to some detriment to the United States, but It is by no means certalu that their ex pectation In this respect will Ik met. One thing, at all events, is assured, and that is that the new British ministry will be found vigorously opposing the J Ch'imberluin proposition for a change lu j the British fiscal system which contem plates preferential treatment for the products of the colonic. This scheme has found a good deal of favor in the Pomlnlou and its advocates have counted ujkui Canadian support. hiitthe Buunerman cabinet Is understood to be uncompromisingly opposed to the propo sition and it may be doubted if It will make any of the concessions which the liberul party Is said to 1 hoping for. In that event there may I wituessed au Increasing sentiment In Canada In favor of Independence. John N. Baldwin is to be congratula ted on his promotion to be chief law oflV -er for tlie great Union Pacific railroad. Now If Mr. Baldwin will have tho- tax Injunction suit dismissed on request of the plaintiff and let the railroad pay up. the people of Nebraska will feel that tltey are nW to be congratulated a little. XO T.HC FOR DOD'HSU. Commissioner Pruning introduced his resolution to reduce the price of meals served to prisoner in the county Jail before the board three weeks ago. The price fixed by the resolution 30 cents per day is still decidedly excessive, but the proposed reduction would effect a saving of fully $2."io a year and relieve the taxpayers to that eiteut from an Imposition to which they have been sub jected for many years. The resolution is still pending In com mittee of the whole and there appears to be no disposition on the psrt of the members to push It through. In view of the fact that there is to be a change in the incumbent at the sheriff's office within the next twenty days, this is the proper time to make the change. if the pressure against the reduction Is hard to resist now. It will he very much harder to resist after the new sheriff Is Inducted Into office. It is the manifest duty of the present board to make the change and not to shirk its responsibility by inaction. The members of the present board should meet the issue squarely, if there Is any valid reason why the county Jail graft should be perpetuated, let those who de fend it or uphold it, stand up nnd give their reasons why. If no good reason can be given why the change should not be made the board should net without further delay. I town In New York a shyster lawyer lias Just been convicted and sentenced to a year's Imprisonment for conspiracy that amounted to an attempt to black mail a rich mlll'onaire married to a woman whose divorce from her former husband wns falsely represented to be void. Here in Omaha a shyster lawyer and a hold-up newspaper are engaged in a game of blackmail upon liquor deal ers, who are being forced to cough up f 10 apiece to avoid license protests ou the ground of violating the Sunday sell ing law. If the Omaha game were being played in New York within the Jurisdiction of Jerome somebody would go to jail for It. even though the shako down is in little $10 chunks. After profound meditation and Solemn cogitation the supreme court has ren dered a decision that a Justice of the peace vho sits In judgment at the state capital, who charges 50 cents In excess of legal fees on a public document, has gone wrong. This almost eclipses the famous decision of Justice of the Peace Altstadt reversing the supreme court, from which nolxHly has dared to appeal up to this day. Omaha is making substantial progress commercially and Industrially. The character of Its new business blocks and residence buildings is of a very high grade; but. In this respect it does not sdrpass other western cities of equal rank, notably Kansas City. lenver, Los Angeles and Seattle, which are all showing phenomenal growth. Nebraska occupies the front place among the representatives of the United States lu tropical countries. It has an ambassador lu Brazil, consuls genernl in San Salvador, Samoa and Calcutta and consuls in Clenfuegos, Cuba, and ! Ilermosillo, Mexico. I'ncle Sam manl- j festly has a warm place reserved for i Nebraskans. When Judge Baxter wns appointed United States district attorney, the Worltl-IIerald insisted It was entitled to the credit of having first suggested him for the place. But now It is tryiug desperately to prove that the World Herald was lying when It said so. If the Industrial strike has succeeded civil war as the Instrument of political revolution In Russia, a new convention may have to lay down rules to prevail In civilized society when it is necessary to appeal to the court of last resort. If Chairman Odell is correct In his statement that President Roosevelt has Interested himself In the New York po litical situation, it Is Just possible a number of heretofore prominent leaders will soon retire to private life. The bead of the Oermanla T.ife In surance company says the business in America Is of the "wild-cat" variety, and from his subsequent testimony It look as If he hud been after a few lsb cats himself. With a lone pull and a strong pull ami a pu'.l altogether, Omaha will have at least one new hotel, a new railroad of fline building, and new business blocks galore liefore 1000 shall have rolbnl around. Kutuplf of llouorahle Flaaaee. New York Tribune. The Chicago banks stood together and gave a notable illustration ot honorable finance when the stress came. 4 Proatahle lllasloa. New York Bun. Men don't predominate anywhere. Still, the illusion that they do is mighty useful for the women folks to keep up. Ipe eially the week before Chrlstmaa. Break Away. Chicago Inter Ocean. Many serious problems confront us In these days, and they must all be faced and solved sooner or later, but for the present the important question Is how to get to and away from the toy counter during the lunch hour. Tirraur Rehakeil. Philadelphia Record. Chitagn waa recently excited by the dnrree of a bank that any clerk who got less titan tl.COO a year should not marry without tha bank's consent, but the mar riage ef a bank .clerk In Kew Jeiaey dis 'svs the tact that a bank lu this city prohibit matrimony tn employe whu do not receive more than IS" a month. A South Africa court lately gave judgment In favor of a clerk who sued a bank for dismissing Mm for marrying. The Judge held that a restriction upon matrimony wa void as against public moral Sensitive Hnmarlet. Washington Star. .Mr. Haniman insist that his remark, "Mr. OJcll has political Influence because of hla relations with mr," was a Joke, and a good one, a attested by the laughter. There is no man, however aerlou his occu pation In life, who Is not a little sensitive about his reputation as sn off-hand hu morist. Obstacle to a It-'-.. Chicago Ket'ord-Hciald. One thousand marriageable women are wanted In Big Ilirn county, Vfyo., where there are ten bachelors to every miss. Owing to the fact that they have no de partment stores, no horse shows and ft w matinees In Big Horn county It will prob ably bo hard to get the girls headed in that direction. Fortanate Millionaire. Philadelphia Record. Tt 1 the fashion just now to abuse mil lionaires, and some of them deserve It; but to tell the truth. It would be mighty handy this week to be able to draw out a million wad. We shall cither have to pass a law abolishing Christmas or put through a con stitutional amendment making every able bodied citlxen a millionaire. REFORM 1 RAILROAD M .!. Proposed Rshlhltlon ot the Cnrves of the System. Leslie's Weekly. It will be found, we doubt not, that It pays to tell the truth even in railroad advertising, and Mr. K. IT. Harrlman has Just established a valuable precedent In this respect for the railroad system which he controls, nnd he deserves credit for it. It has been the general practice among railroads to print maps of their lines in such a way as to malte 11 appear thst they are all "short cuts." or air lines, between the great centers connected by them, or through which they pass, which, of course, la generally untrun and often seriously misleading to the traveling pub lic. Mr. Harrlman has ordered his pas senger departments to print hereafter maps of the various Harrlman roads show ing the exact course of the rails, whatever it may be. Circles, rigugs and curve are to be represented exactly as they exist. If this means the ushering In of an era of truthfulness in the business and profes sional .world all around we shall rejoice and be glad. When newspapers begin to tell the truth about their circulation, diplo mats become models of veracity, politicians emulate the example of George Washing ton with his hatchet, and people stop lyliiK about the amount of their taxable property, wi shall expect the millennium to heave In sight shortly after. (.IIAKTIXl IK hisim:ss. Hold-I p ( omblue Admits Ciullt aad Fays the Penalty. Pittsburg Dispatch. The plea of guilty entered by the Chicago Brick trust In the conspiracy suit begun by the state of Illinois, based upon an attempt to monopolize the brick business of Chi cago, directs attention to an Instance of grafting in business worthy of public notice. The general superintendent of the company turned state's evidence and his testimony was so convincing that fines aggregating J18.000 were Imposed upon the defendants, who included two walking delegates for labor unions. Not content witli'-endeavorlng to establish a monopoly by the usual means, the trust was assisted In Its effort by tho labor lead ers calling strikes on buildings where non- trust brick were used and, In return, the state's attorney says, the trust abetted the unions In collecting; pay for the time lost by the strikers under threat of having tho ! supply of trust brick cut off or a second strike called. A good deal ha been heard of a labor trust as well as those formed by capital, but this Chicago combination appears to have been built upon a double foundation. Capital and labor united to beat the out siders. The vigorous prosecution of the case and the fines Imposed ought to check future enterprise along the same line, but If not a valuable ally should le found In tha public opinion aroused by this attempt to play both ends against the middle. POSTAL EXTTt iVAGA.XC ki. Hose Leaks la tho System Demand Immediate Attention. Chicago Chronicle. Any business man can see, without any comparisons, that our postal system is extravagant and that it Is made an un necessary burden to the national treasury, but this is rendered glaringly obvious by the recent reports of the British pontoffice, which not only in lis icnuomy but it its general merit almost overshadows our own. Americans, as a rule, are proud of their postofBce department, but there Ii not much cause for pride in the fact that this department Is run at a loss of !.onu,0ii0 a year, while the British postofilce Is run at a profit of fl,tffi a year. The "landing excuse for this disparity is tiiat tho dis tance are so much greater In this country than In Great Britain, but as the Hrltish malls go to all the British colonies nnd that means all around the globe this ex cuse does not seem to be worth much. It is especially weak in view of the fact that our enormous deficit Is easily ac counted for In other ways. One cause of it Is cur Chinese system of fixing the i-oilroad rates for hauling the malls, and the other Is the infractions of the second-rate postal regulations by which the department is systematically exploited for advertising purpose. If tliu loss from these two sources could be stopped our poslollice de partment would at least be self-supporting, notwithstanding we live in a country of "magnificent distances." Some may take It for granted that If our postal service Is dearer to the nation than the British postal service it is at least cheaper to the cltixen and a better sendee In every way, but this is the exact opposite of the truth. In Great Britain i cents will carry a four ounce letter, but here only a one-uume letter. The registry Is 4 cents there and S cents here. Parcel poet charges there are from I up to cents for eleven pounds, and here cents for four pounds of third class and 6i cents for four pounds of fourth-d, ass matter. 8:eclal delivery there costs ( tents a mile without other postage, and here It costs 10 cents flat with other postage. A similar difference exists In all the other charges We make no better show In the charac ter of the service. In Great Britain the postman makes six rounds a day, even In the smaler cities. A local letter mailed anywhere In London is delivered within two houis. Rural delivery is universal Instead of being partial as it Is with us. In every item of speed, promptness and certainty the cheap British system is su perior to the extravagant American sys tem. We are a great people sod far In advance of Europe In many nt, of Industry and enterprise, but we are laggard enough in some other lines to clip the aings of our soaring prule and keep our hands uvsjr ojr natuia.l. bvastful mouths. B(UM) AROIT yr.W VOftK. HI i les on the t orrent of I.lfe In the Metro polls. Extraordinary precautions were takiti by the court to guard from outside Influences the Jury which tried and convicted Abra ham H. Hummel, the New York attorney charged with procuring false testimony. The members of the Jury were constantly under (ruard. They were not permitted to speak tn any outsider, nor privately con verse over the telephone. Kven their mall was examined hy the Judge or one of his clerks. The court officers guarding the twelve "good and true men" for Seven days and nights were under a severe strain and tine of them collapsed liefore the trial was finished. The New York correspondent of the Philadelphia Press characterises the con victed lawyer as a many-sided man of the world. In person, he is almost Insignificant, excepting that anyone who first sees him must turn a second time to look nt him, for there are the tracings upon his face of great though narrow Intellectual rapa city of cunning shrewdness ami knowledge of men of the world, and especially of women n.11 this tempered by a cordiality, or an assumption of It. a rllsh of humor snd a delight In the association of men who are brilliant, although not necesarlly good. There Is something about a really great criminal with which Mr. Hummel seem to sympathize; and yet no man In this city, of his profession, at least, has ap peared more thoroughly to appreciate hon esty, both intellectual and financial, and a manner of life which Justly brings the esteem of all citizens than Mr. Hummel. Although the Intimation has been long continued that in the practice of his pro fession Mr. Hummel has plowed through the statutes and gone around them In order to accomplish his ends always skillfully concealing these unprofessional methods nevertheless he has a reputation of being a man who, having given his won), needs to give no bond with it. That is something that cannot be said of very one of those who are now occupying Judicial postinns. and It was with something of this kind in mind that Mr. Jerome ventured openly to criticise a portion of our higher bench. Mr. Hummel Is unmarried, but he has been a singularly affectionate and ambi tious kinsman, being proud to have mem bers of his family, his sisters and others, who are depnedent upon him. feel that dependency is based upon no slender or grudging support, but that he delights in giving them the best that his purse offers. Building Superintendent Hopper of New York City engaged In a legal battle not long ago over the question of whether the counters, shelves and other fixtures in the new Wanamaker store at Broadway and Ninth street should be of fin-proof material, and today the appellate division of tho supreme court gave the victory to the merchant. Mr. Wanamaker luul expended more than I1OU.0O0 in the fixtures that did not meet the approval of tho building dc partment. On application of Superintendent Hopper Justice Truax granted un order that all of the fixtures must lie fireproof. Mr. Wanamaker took the case to a higher court. He contended that It would not be practical to use fireproof shelving, counters, etc., and that such material would be In jurious nnd useless for the display of dry goods. The appellate division decides that the building superintendent has no Juris diction over movable trade fixtures und that the flreprooflng of such is not contemplated by the building laws. The decision Is gratifying to New York merchants. Kxclusive of ashes and rubbish 6t tons of garbage are delivered daily to Barren island from New York City. The New York Sanitary t'tillzatlon company has a scheme for turning Into salable, products, such as oils and grease, the garbage col lected In this city, it put up a plant on Barren island and agreed, In return for a payment of 1231,000 a year, to take tare of all the garbage that the city could fur nish. I'nder the classification of rubbish are Included rags, bale sacks, old pieces of metal, old shoes, bedding, furniture in fact, everything useful or once useful that a great city casts off day after day. One would not think that the problem of util ity of waste could he applied to this sort of material with any degree of success or pecuniary reward: and yet it Is. An Italian named Marone pays the depart ment $1,300 a week for the privilege of going over the dumps, picking out paper, old metal and shoes. As a matter of fact there Is little that Marone doesn't find some son of use for. Jerome Is a much more unconventional man than President. Roosevelt. He smokes cigarettes and he slaps laboring men and district leaders on the back, and he hasn't hesitated to advocate some views of which the orthodox would never approve. He Is whut used to be called, before good taste banished the word, a "Bohemian." He likes a good time over a table In the back room of a cafe with a set of boon com panions, and it wouldn't matter in the least to Mm whether they were plain la boring men, cl ib members, assistants from his office, newspaper men, ministers or de tectives, so long as they were what he calls "men." "I like a man," he said in one of his re rent speeches. "And that is why I liked Richard Croker, though I never agreed with an Idea that he had. I liked him because be had a jaw, and when he looked you In the eye It was like a blow." That statement furnishes the key to New York's fighting district attorney and ex plains why, although he has spent his life opposing Tammany men, some of his best friends are Tammany Hall district leaders. There is general reard in New York City over the death of "Tom" Dunn, ex-sheriff I of the county, in the Twenty-sixth assem ' bly district, where Iunn resided, every Isiy on the street knew and was known by him. He was famous a a practical Joker of the good-natured kind, and his wit was ever at command. At the ball of the Delaware club a few years ago Dunn was approached by a good-looking young i hap who appar ently was wearing evening clothes for the ! first time and was very proud. "Sheriff," he said, "how do you think I look in a dress suit?" "fine," returned Dunn. "It s a wonder you wouldn't get ones of your os n." ISIMSS HKr'UHM. "Tremendoa Heformsthr loree of Publle Opinion." Wall Street Journal. James (J. Garfield, commissioner of cor porations. In his annual report, says: "Current events have strikingly illustrated the tremendous reformative force of public opinion without the intervention of the law." in other words, there would be need of little new legislation if there were a healthy public opinion all the time at work. As Mr. Garfield says, not only I leKlslation the formal expression of public opinion, but moral standards in business and fulea of commercial Intercourse are created and sustained by public opinion. But there can be no adequate and healthy publie opinion without publicity. It Is nec essary' that the public shall have accurate and full information in order to form a sound opinion as the basis of action. Therefore, publicity is the first esentlsl of biibinets reform, line us that, snd tee amount of new !a thst will be teuuired will he s.tui:! ireV i d. Come, Now Own Up You don't like those gray hairs, do you? And your husband certainly doesn't like them. Then why not try a bottle of Ayer's Hair Vigor? It restores color to gray hair every time, all the deep, rich color of early life. And it cures dandruff also. The best kind of a testimonial "Sold for over sixty years.' Mad by the 1. C. Ayr C., Lewsll, Sm, Alss Msnuraotursrs of AYER'S SARSAPARILLA-For the blood. ATER'S PILLS For eonstipatios. AVER'S CBEKKY FECT0RAL ForCouf ss. ATBR'8AGUECUKS-Fr malaria aadi.t. PARCELS TOST IMlOtiRF.S. A Pablle eeelty Speeding Toward Realisation. Boston Transcript. There Is a forward movement toward the Ideal of a complete domestic parcel post service Indicated In the report of Postmas ter General George Cortelyou, In his "ear nest recommendation that third and fourth class mail matter be merged ut tho rate of 1 rent for two ounces." At present fourth class matter, merchandise, unsealed, Is taxed 1 cent per ounce and third-class mst ter, printed matter, etc., unsealed. 1 cent for each two ounces. The proposed new arrangement would permit all merchandise parcels not exceeding four pounds In weight to be carried at one-half the rate now charged, to a multitude of plaees not reached by express companies and at a chargo sufficient to reimburse the govern ment for actual cost of carriage. it Is Interesting to note that Postmaster General Cortelyou, while -discouraging for tho present any attempt to institute a gen eral parcel post service for the country, bases his objections on the fear of a high rate of postage or a temporary deficit., which In his view would be occasioned by the government's competition with the or ganized express companies, who would get ull the short distance parcels because sons rates could be lower than long distance rates, and thus burdening the malls with the more costly sen'lee of the long distance business, Involving a loss greater than the Increase of revenue. Apropos of his recommendation for merg ing third and fourth-class matter Is the rostmnster general's suggestion that a sim pler classification be made of all mail mut ter Into three classes: First, letters; sec ond, printed matter, and third, merchan dise. I'KKSOXAI, XOTES. All the Federations of Women rlulm together cannot disprove the fact that man is a handy mechanism to tend furance fires. The Chinese are still hooelesslv old-fash. ioned. According to a Japanese contempor ary a newspaper for women, recently established. In Peking, has been suDDresst d by a viceroy "lest It should divulge secrets." At the dinner given by James Hasen Hyde in honor of Mme. Bernhardt the di vine Sarah occupied a seat between her host and bamuel I ntermcyer. This is the first time that anyone has been able to get be tween Mr. Hyde and his legal adviser for some months. Congressman Graham of Pennavlvantn has whiskers of the Intermittent sort tbev do not meet at all points. He passed two of Ills collegagues the other dav In the mni. toi building and one of the remarked: in my opinion Graham's whisker ir. punctuated too liberally." Kranklin K. Lane, who has boen named by the president for Interstate commerce commissioner, was born on Prince Ed wards Island, British Columbia, In 1863. He has lived In California since he was 7 years of age, and Is at present one of the most prominent lawyers of that state. Jamea Francis Burke, one of the new congressmen from Pennsylvania, organised the Republican National Collen l with a branch in every large American university, and was elected its first presi dent, lie has bad a brilliant career frmn the time of hla admission tti the Pittsburg bar. Louis Horwltz. a Russian, aed 2S years, has filed a petition In th circuit court of St. Ixuis asking that his n: ir.e be changed to Louis Hart. The Russian is a traveling salesman and represents that he Is at a disadvantage In business by reason of the fact that he retains his Russian name. He says there la at present much prejudice In the United States against Russians He also states that he wishes to effectually disavow all connections with the Russian empire. WHERE THEY ARE SELLING PIANOS The Universal Discount of U.T iter tent ofT of tho straight piano dealer's retail prices which this house Inaugurated during the year and niarked this last and lowest asking and selling price on the tags in plain figures, and hunic the taps on the pianos In plain view, Is what has done the business for the Hospe Co. The One Price Plan on Pianos Is winning us more friends dally They know the $190 mark means $190 net. The ten-vear warranty on the pianos means Ten Years, and the terms, $6 per month, means Just what It says. The $450 Knabe Mahogany Cprlght Grand Piano stands for Just 450. cash or time. Can we do better than this to please? Yes, we can! We tan. and will, show you new scale Kimball Pianos for from $260 up. We have Kranich Bach Pianos from $375 up. We hav sixteen different makes of pianos. Including the latest Art I'prlght and Miniature Grand Bush Lane Pianos. Just call and see the French style 14-lnch walnut case. Our stock U fresh, bright, new, In perfect tune, ready for delivery. Just pay a little down balance at convenience. It pays to see the "Angelus" play the plaiio. A. HOSPE CO., 1513 Douglas Street The Piano House with the One Price. FRRY TWISK1.FS. The Doctor You drink tgo much tea. Tea turns tho stomach Into leather. The Professor Well, there's nothing llko leather for keeping the sole of a man aliove tho earth. Chicago Tribune. "I hear that the new brought down the house." star's at'tltK 'Tea, It did. In one week It brought down the house from sin to ten people Bnd the ushers." Cleveland Leader. ChoJlyNo, I don't like him. By Jove! he called me a lobster the other day. What do you think of that Dolly-It was horrid of him. Jf he onU knew as much ntm politeness ns be does Hliout natural history he might be charm ing. Cleveland Leader. "In Kentucky, sub," said the facetious colonel, "every child Is born with a water proof coat." "What?" demanded the tourist. "a water-proof coat?" "On Ills stomach, suh, on his stomach." Philadelphia Press. ! "Why don't you let 'em vote?" asked I Ihn Uiictalnn ... U . U .. 1 ... . I .... "i" ii win, n.u iieeo III Anirni'A, "But they might not vote for me?" re turned the czar. "What do you care whom thev vote for as long as you do the counting?" Wash ington Star. "Why don't you go In and fight the rail loads?'' "I tried It once." said Senator Sorghum. "A railroad had killed a cow that belonged to my father and I went out determined to whip the engineer. But when I saw that locomotive bearing down on me. with sev eral tons of machinery and all the steam It needed, I did what I am going to do now. I side-stepped." Washington Star. "My new play Is sure to make a hit." laid the great actress. "It gives me an opporturlty to display twenty new gowns." Gracious, " exclaimed her friend. How many acts?" "Only four, but In one of them the scene s at a dressmaker s." Philadelphia Press. "Kroiri a hasty examination," said the doctor, "I am decidedly of the opinion that you are, suffering from the peculiar trouble know n as clergyman's sore throat. " "The you say!" exclaimed the caller. "It Is quite possible, however, that I may be wrong. I will make another ex amination." Chicago Tribune. Mr. Sktmmerhorn Resign from the club, sell tny dogs and move Into a cheaper house. Just because I've been losing a lit tle money on 'change? I can't do that. It would make talk." Mrs. Kklmmerhorn It would, William. Peonle would llav volt IimA itAno m aan.ll.ln J thing, for once 'in your life. Chicago Tribune. "Ah. my beloved'" he cried, fervently. "I am not rich In this world's goods, nor am I clever a some men are. But If a tender and eerlostlng love goes for anv anything " "It goes with me, all right," she inter rupted. "But. John, I'm afraid It won t go with the butcher." Clevelai.d Leader. woks ok a m Annum mah. Chicago News. Ain't It a shame I never get a show To meet the boys and have a little fun. But the dear madam says I've got to go With her to something thst I ache to shun? Of course, Isay, '"Why, yes, with pleasure, hun." I always do my best to hide the blow; But when I want to make a little run. Ain't It a shame I never get a show? I wouldn't mind if she went out. T know Although thsfs something .that she h never done Alone. 1 don't ask her (she wouldn't, though) To meet the boys and have a little fun. The proposition would be apt to stun , Tile lady. Then I, tix, might answer. No." I might protest her friend were too fin spun. But thodear madam savs I've got to 0fc But I am meek, and she has quite a flow Of conversation quite too much for one. I've gone out every week a year or so With her to something- that I ache to shun. And to rebel I never have begun; The yoke I never once have tried to throw Kroin off my neck. It seem to weljrh a ton At times. Yes. life, I find, is pretty slow. Ain't It a shame? I n