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10 THK OMAHA DAILY BKE.- SATURDAY, MAKCH 24. 11)0(5. Tire Omaha Daily Pes E. RG6EWATER. EDITOn. PCWMSHED EVERT MORNINO. TERMS OP BfPPCRIPTION. Tn Uy tfee (without Sunday), one year.. .WO Inlly It.-e and Sunday, km year 6,i" !!! rated Bee. on year Monday F.e, on yeAr 1 5" Hsiturday Bee, one year 1.50 DELIVERKD BT CARRIER. Pally P.e (fnclndlng Sunday). Pr week..Ko Pallv Bee (without Pundayi. per week. ..lie livening pee (without Sunday . per week o Kvenlng Ffe (with Bunday). per week.. ..10c riunnay TJee, ler copy o Address complaints of Irregularities In de livery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha The Tire PulM'ng. South Omaha City Hall Building. Council Bluffs It Pearl Street. Otleago IS) fnlfy Building. , , New York If Home IJfe Ins.. Building. Washington 601 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relatlnir to newa and edi torial matter nhould bo addreed: Omaha Hee. Editorial Department.. REMITTANCES. 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Subacribed in my presence and aworn to before me thia SSth day of February, 1906. , tScal) M. B. HUNGATE. Notary Public. VMIEJI OCT OP TOWJf. Sabsrrlbera leavlaaj tha city tem porarily shaald kat The Baa nailed to them. Addreaa will be ohaaged aa oftea as reqaested. With - a million starving- Japanese ianiorjiig for food, the mikado may he Inclined to believe the war with Rus sia ended too noon. Chlnesi!' pirates seem to be about the only power which e.an galu a point on the Standard OH company and they have to take It by surprise. The iHillee club in being vigorously swung for Broatch. The vast majority of the voters of Omaha, however, are not anicuaMe to the police club. That burning gas well on the southern Kansas border mceins to Imagine It to Iw? Its mlHKioh to bring about a normal March (epiperuture In tha west Sioux .City tons reached the "keg" social ftape in Its municipal campaign. Here in Own lift oue candidate has been known lo lease the whole saloon. Senator Lodge reassures Uie public that the senate will continue to do Its duty regardless of criticism. If the senate will do its duty, there will be no criticism'. Some day' an American may do for the Indian territory outlaws what fir Waiter Scott did for the highland cater- ans. but at present they lack much of being romantic. Ambassador Thompson will have to stay lu Mexico until he dies, If he wants io refute the prophesy of thosfr who i-ead him out of the diplomatic service every, few weeks. Terhaps Mr.- Harrlraun's advice to Japanese railroad men to sell their hold lugs to the government was given after he had examined the laws which might iit case of "high finance." Instead of answering the charges that the (fleers of the federation of miner will rot have a fair trial, the govern ment of Idaho .could do. better to let liie event Justify the state. The BarUey boud cuse will be re opened by order of the supreme court Kranting a reheating. The chauces are good for several more chapters In this soul-stirring story of litigation. llewarda offered for the detection a conviction of fraudulent registration and Illegal voting are all right in their way. We hope they will be effective, and effective as prevent lou rather Uiaa cure. With all the new grain elevators erected In Omaha 'during the past tw. years th- need of still further grain storage cniuictty i already Imperative. Keep your eye ou Onuiha as a grain irnrket. The McCtill letter showing that Au Urew Hamilton was to make uo account lug of funds entrusted to him was evi dently designed to acquit more people -f ugly charges than it will accommo date at the present time. ' If any one baa anything to say detri mental to W. L'rncst Johnson as a can didate for city comptroller on the re publican ticket he has not yet peeped, so far as ascertainable. No ouu can truth fully say anything against him. lteiorts from Boston Indicate that ihe pa at winter has been severe ou ship ping Id the north Atlantic, but the re )Mirt from that quarter la mild cvtu-l-arcd with the record of the great lakes Just before the close of navigation. It la no longer a criminal offeue In Nebraska to twUt a piece of paper around a pinch of tobac)D aud call it a cigarette. The free distribution of cigarette paper through the mails that signalised the inauguration of the autl oijarctte law may now be rcuiued. FMAic sinoRKS. The great body of Omaha's citizen ship will sincerely mourn the death of Prank E. Moorea. Mayor Moores had qualities of heart and soul which, despite his manifest short-comings In other respects, made him a man among men and bound to him with books of steel the personal de votion of a host, of firm friends and al most adoring admirers. Patriotism permeated every tlber of his being and from the moment that he enlisted under the stars and stripes to defend the fnlon against Its destroyers In the great war of the rebellion the in spiration of the flag never left him. His long career In the public service for eight years as clerk of the district court and for nearly nine years as chief executive of the city of Omaha was, It Is true, tempestuous .much of the time. but we believe that even his bitterest enemies wW now concede that he per formed his duty faithfully and unfalter ingly as he saw it and that, he con tributed much toward the material pro gress and prosperity which has marked Omaha's history during his .administra tion of Its municipal affairs. Whenever any vital Interest of the taxpayers was at stake. Mayor Moores could be depended upon to atand up in defense of the rights of the people, and it will be said of him in tribute to his Integrity that at the close of his career as mayor he was poorer In worldly goods than he was when he went Into the office. Mayor Moores realized for some time that he was stricken with a fatal mal ady and In the closing days the pain and suffering by which he was racked account for many acts for which he should not be held reSonslble. That bis life was shortened by the malignancy of the attacks made upoiv him, and his death hastened by the strenuous exertion required to combat his political foes must be the Inevitable conclusion of those familiar with the stress and storm of his later . political life. For his sake, it is greatly to be re gretted that he could not have had his wish to have been spared long enough to complete the remaining two months of his third term as mayor to which he was elected and which he rightfully regarded as supreme vindication of hla mbllc career. . SA'CilirS OF THE LOBBY. The details of the lobbying method of the big life Insurance companies' are gradually coming to light, although no one versed In Inside legislative history has since the investigation began had any doubt as to their general character. It now Indubitably appears that "Judge" Hamilton, boforo he closed with the New York Life for employ ment, as Its lobbyist-in-chlef In all mat ters of taxation and legislation In the United States, laid down the absolute condition, which was accepted, that "it was to be confidential and secret, and that no accounting of moneys advanced to him should be asked of him or ren dered by him." Secrecy waa the key note, as It must be in questionable transactions. The . prof esslonal lobbyist In corporation service cannot exist un der the light of publicity. It is a significant circumstance to Which public attention cannot be too strongly challenged that the very first step' in this elaborate system of lobby ing manipulations which reached out Into the legislatures of many states dur ing more than a decade was to make assurance doubly sure that no evidences of the specific acta In pursuance of It should be left anywhere, not even In the most hidden archives of the employing company, and nearly a million and a half dollars of insurance funds "were ac tually expended under this arrangement. The full truth of the story thus hid by prearranged secrecy will never be publicly known, but the Implications of the salient fact of such secrecy iu lobby conspiracy ought to be quite sufficient to emphasise the urgent necessity of legislation, state and national, designed to keep the fouutainhcads of our law making clear of corrupting Interfer ence. LOlMiB AXD RAILROAD lXTVllKST. A point that protrudes from Senator Lodge's latest eeeh In the etnate oh the rate bill is the aggressive influence of special New England Interests in two notable particulars the manufacturers, many of whom have bad' the advantage of rebates and other railroad discrimi nations, and the holders of railroad ttocks and bonds. Broadly speaking, therefore, the substance of his whole address must appear, from the stand point of those who favor greater public power over ratea as a means to fairer rat everywhere, really ns re-enforcement of the necessity of the policy em bodied in the pending iiichkuis in cou gresa Nothing cutild be more suggestive of the political exigency than the blending of the influences identified with rttte abuis-s with those which center ubout proprietary Interest lu railroad over capitalization, especially If those allied influences be domlnuut or potent lu a great section like New Englaud. Wheu Senator Lodge for another purpose seta forth the fact that iu Massachusetts aloue S5il,NaMJ(a) of railroad securities are held, of which no less thau $152.(Hjrt, ls are iu savings hanks, aud argues that abolition of rate discriminations would be destructive to the whole manu facturing system of New England, it I iniMShille for others not to be reminded what a tremendous lufluence such cen tralized power must have lu the govern ment' for rcalstauce to realization of the policy of public control. It has been only a few days since Senator Lodge hliuwlf angrily' resented ou the floor of the senate the statement that railroad Influeuce U there enlisted to defeat the Iui'hmc of the rate bill, and cousciously or imt. h" new slow by his owu e'tire some ways in which this very thing Is done. But this measure grows out of and represents the purpose of the over whelming mass of the people who have no special selflsh Interest as beneficiaries of rebates or of excessive returns on railroad securities to protest against the equal rule of the law. The paramount Interest of the former Is Just the re verse, whether particularly as regards the adjustment of carrier charges as a matter by Itself or generally as regards the divorce of the government from cor poration Influence. President Roosevelt, between whom and Senator Lodge intimate personal relations so long subsisted, conspicu ously represents the public interest. It Is becoming clearer every day, eveu through his own deliverances, that on this question Senator Lodge belongs to that element In the senate which in a substantial sense Is moved by railroad Influence. IIHUATCHISM WITH A. VEXVKAM:. N The denizens of the Third ward are already getting a foretaste of the reign of terror they may expect" in case Broatch should by accident be invested with the powers of mayor as well lis those ho is using as police commis sioner to promote' his political aspira tions. The police club is now being swung over those subject to police surveillance aa it was never swung before, and it baa as an adjunct the prosecuting ma chinery of the police court, which Is being worked to the limit. A vagrant who Is shouting for Broatch, can do al most anything under assurance that he will not be molested by the police, or If he gets too strong that the prosecution in the police court will let him off. The poor devil, however, who geis Into trouble while suspected of being hostile to Broatch has a rough road to travel, and roc betide him If he gives the spe cially Instructed police the slightest ex cuse for taking hlin into custody. The disgraceful exhibition made by the Broatch roustabouts breaking up an orderly meeting of colored men, called to listen to an address by oue of their own race, without pretense by the police of an attempt to maintain order, is further proof of the lengths to which the Broatch backers are going. Word has also gone out te the keepers' Of resorts where liquor is sold that it would be to their interest to line up for Broatch, with the Implied threat of police club vengeance If they fall to re spond. . The situation Is indeed deplorable for these people. With the police force obeying orders from Broatch's lieuten ants, who are taking advantage of Mayor Moore's confinement to his sick room, and the sheriff's office In the hands of Broatch's business and po litical partner, there Is no one to whom to appeal successfully for protec tion. Under the circumstances The Bee sees no relief for them prior to the pri mary election, when they will have a chance to help themselves. Bryan told his followers who were exposing them selves to coercion In 18fKJ, "Wear the gold badges, but vote for me" so we say to those who are under the shadow of Broatch's police club, "Talk for Broatch If you must, but vote for your own safety when you cast your ballot, All charges that It cost more to run the city treasurer's office during Mr. Ilennings regime than it did under his predecessors are overshadowed by the fact that City Treasurer Hennings col Iceted all the delinquent taxes that his predecessors left uncollected and turned to the credit of the taxpayers more than f."0,000 of Interest canted on city deposits. That Is a pretty good show ing. The political carpenter whom the Eon tanelle braves are trying to inflict upon Omaha republicans as a candidate for building Inspector cannot meet the re quirements of the charter with respect to the qualifications prescribed for that office. No one who wants a competent man to safeguard the large building operations In prospect for the next three yeara will vote for John Butler. Judge O'Sulllvau of New York holds that contributions of policyholders' money to campaigu funds by life in surance company officers constitutes the crime of larceny. District Attorney Jerome dissents and as Mr. Jerome is doing the prosecuting he will prove himself right In practice if not in theory. The desperation of the opposition to Hennings for mayor Is agaiu illustrated by their efforts to break up public meet ings of Hennings' supporters. If the opposition were not afraid of Hennings' growing strength they would not think It worth while to hire hoodlums to dis turb bis meetings. The city clerk has ostensibly closed the lists against further withdrawals for primary nominations, but there Is noth ing to prevent a dead horse from keep ing off the track even up to the very opeulug of the xlls and notifying friends to Ignore bis printed name on the ballot. The supreme court has Just held for a aecxmd time In favor of Judge Fawcctt as against the city law department In a cane against the city appealed to that tribunal. The supreme court Is usually a pretty good umpire on the compara tive ability of lawyers appearing be fore It. Doa't fiat Taa Ciay. Chicago News. It l to W hoped that the Beef truat will not feel moved to relebrata by putting un the prlcea of steaks a few more notches. A Mlaarlty Optaloa. New Tork Tribune. Associate Juatloe Brewer, of tha United Stutia tupreme court, ia the latest con vert to spelling by ear Instead of by the sr'-llini' btt"W and the rt"tlonsri"S. The judge baa handed down his opinion on the .ubject. but he tnay ba overruled In tha court of public opinion. CaaMn't IHdce tke Shot. Chicago Tribune. When Governor Cummfni of Iowa ac c lined tho senata of beina the subservient tool of vested Interest th Hon. Bte-a El- klns naturally felt that it waa up to Mm to show the proper reetntment. Dlmeaalona of a Uaoa Ttilas. ' Minneapolis Journal. Standard oil. according to court testimony. cleaned up a $75,000,000 profit during thirteen months' operation In Kansas and Indian Territory. If you can work both the producer and consumer, dodg the courts and hold ' the obstructive branch of the government, you hava a good thing. Medalln with Other a Affairs. Portland Oregonlan. The railroads, It Is said. Maud firm against an Increase of the con I miners' wages. Why? .What interest have they In the matter? Tha supreme court de clares It unlawful far a railroad to own a coat mine. Perhaps It would ba as well in the long run for these corporations tt ce.iae rfrteddling where they have no law ful roncern. A' bad example Is only too apt 'to be contagious. Brlcka la Place of Boaqaeta. Baltimore American, Coi potations have no souls, hut they have heads, and every time a corporation shows Its head It gets a metaphorlc leg islative brick. By the end of tha season th various states will, be counting up their hits and comparing notes for the championship as tho best corporation "pot ter." There waa a time when the publl.; was ths target, but the whirligig of time Is bringing in its revenges. Laaoraaoe Breed a' Amaaemeat. Chicago Chronicle. Lawyers in Washington who are Inter ested. In supreme court decisions are said to havw been "utterly amaxed last week when the court rendered three anti-corporation decisions In one day." They had no good reasor. to be amaied utterly or otherwise. It wua not the first time that the court decided against corporations. It has decided against them a good many times when It has had a chance since the passage of the Interstate commerce and anti-trust laws No lawyer who Is familiar with the history of Important decisions affecting corporations can have been greatly amaxed. OIL PRODIC'EH StllF.EZED. Pola4el Arameat for Railroad Rate Regalatton. Chicago Tribune. The indcoendent oil nrot are still in great tribulation with no relief in signt. Two years ago the owners of oil properties In that state thouaht their for. tunes were made. The stocks of concerns rormea for the exploitation of such proper ties, which were sold 'n ail narta of the country, were rising rapidly n price, and tneir noidcrs, whose hopes the Standard Oil company adroltlv fed with nmmiiu to take all the crude oil it was offered, were conndently expecting early and large divi dends. The Standard blasted these hopes more swirtly than it raised them. Having completed Its pipe line from the oil field Into Missouri the trust caused the railways to raise tliclr freight rates so high as to make It coat Independent producers more to ship oil out of Kansas by rail than It could be sold for. It made a big cut in the price It paid for crude oil, and later altogether quit buying such oil from Inde pendent producers. In consequence of these moves It has become practically Impossible for the independents to reach a market out side of Kaunas, and their property bos been enormously depreciated In value. In this field, as heretofore in other fields, the trust has acted throughout In manner that does more credit to the foresight and craft of its management than to Its regard for law and right. It waa quite willing oth ers should bear the risk and cost of pros pecting. It did not Intend they should reap the profits. Its purpose In cutting the price of crude oil and later In ceasing to buy It from independent producers was to enable It to purchase their properties cheap. Its aim In causing the railways to raise their rates to points outside of Kansas was both to depreciate the value of the property of Independent producers and to crush out the competition of the Independent refineries which, have been built in that state. The Interstate Commerce commission Is Investigating the subject of freight rates from the oil field to points In other states. The result of its Inquiry probably will be an order requiring tho roads to make rad ical reductions in their schedules. Relief for the Independents will not be much nearer then than ir la now. It seems cer tain that the roads will resist such an order and that the courts' will' have to be called on to enforce It. This may mean years of litigation. Meantime the present exorbitant rates will stand. rOtlTICAl, DRIFT. Tlie press agent of Secretary Shaw i presidential boom woiked off a life site boost on a score of papers last Sunday. The Ohio legislature has declared In favor of electing United States aenatora by the people. Tho legislature flrnt asked Mr. Foraker to support the rate bill, but had no Influence with him. ' Hero Richard Pearson Hobson ia again trying to win a seat In -congress from Ala bama. His present Issue is an obsession that Japan Is drilling China for the purpose of making war on America. Myor Rose of Milwaukee was not bom to bloom unseen In the beeropolls. Ovr U,wX democrats voted for Mm at the primaries last Tuesday and gave him a thlra term nomination with a whoop. Representative William R. Hearst la so pleased with the sweeping decisions of the United States supreme oourt agalnat the trusts and the Chicago traction monopolies that he has Introduced a bill raising thu salaries of the Judge to fcO,io. ( Roliert L. McCoruiiek, nominated by the republicans for mayor of Tacoma, Wash., is the richest cltlscn of that city. 411 frtendu urged Mm to take the office as a stepping atone lo the United Statea sens tomhlp three years hence when Senator Ankney'a term expires. One of the responses to the request of the mayor of Buffalo for auggcMtlona on tha best way to improve the tone of the city waa uncommonly delicate und pointed. The mayor was urged to require all el'y officials to go to church at least once a month. Wouldn't that Jar you? A prairie schooner campaign la piomlaed Polk county, Iowa, at the coming election by a woman, Mrs. Hannah ShariM, who aaplrea to be elected county recorder. Mis. Sharp says she will canvass the entire country districts In a overed wagon and make a personal Solicitation for votes. Henry II. Rogers, vice president of the Standard Oil company, la something of a politician. It la remarked. He votes at Fair haven. Mass. hla birthplace. Recently he took a hustling part In the local option battle In his native village, and the grog shop Interests were walloped by 4 to St. Connecticut's senatorial pair, Bulkeley and Brandegee, eoolly spurn a petition from eminent cltlsens to support the Philip pine tariff bill. Replying to the reman stranLs, Senator Bulkeley refuses to budge. 6enator Brandegee "heartily concurs" In his colleague's sentiments. It la Clear case of "standing pat.' ' Absolutely Fare Makes the finest, lightest, best flavored biscuit, hot breads, cake and pastry. Royal Baking Powder is of highest quality, always pure, wholesome, uniform. The contents of each can are exactly like every other, and will retain their strength and freshness, regardless of climate or season. Remember that Royal is a pure, cream of tartar ba king powder, absolutely free from alum or phosphatic acid. Alam and Alum-phosphate powders are injurious Do Not Use Tncm OTHER LASD9 THA OIHS. A census of tho German empire, taken last December, the result of which has been made public, shows marked expansion In popu'atlon. The total number of people enrolled Is 60,G(6,1R3, a gain of nearly 1,00, 000 a year during the last five years. The rate of Increase has been more than 7.5 per cent. That means over 15 per cent In a decade. With all the Immense Immigration pouring Into the United States, the rate of increase in this country. In the ten years from 1890 fb 1900, was leas than Zl per cent Except for the gains by Immigration, which may or may not continue In largo volume, the American republic Is growing more slowly than the German empire. Germany has the largest body of sub jects, of one race and nationality, to be found anywhere In the white man's world, except In Russia and, possibly, in the United States. No other country in Europe except Russia, Is growing so fast. The empire has added one-half to its population since the war with France. The rate of Increase has been about one-third in tl;e last twenty-five years. It was never be fore so great as it Is now. Everything done by the Swiss govern ment la done out In the daylight; they can know all about It If they wish, And the government makes sure that If It practices no hugger-mugger Itself It allows no one else to practice hugger-mugger either. A writer In Everybody's magazine says the government's hand Is upon every corpora tion, big or little, public or private, that transacts a dollar's worth of business In Switzerland. Every Swias corporation must publish at regular intervals In each year a detailed and exact statement of its condi tion, the amount of business It haa trans acted. Its profits and the disposition thereof all In plain black and white. The penal ties for Juggling with the figures are such that the corporations do not dare to lie; for In Switzerland no distinctions are drawn between corporation rascality, and the ofti cera are held personally responsible for the corporation's acts. The government pro vides an official periodical for these reports; no stock company can escape Its column. Moreover, a corporation In Switzerland has no chanoe to play trlcka on Its stockholders. Any two stockholders can at any time de mand to see the books or know anything they wish to know about the concern. If a corporation should refuse the information, the stockholders would go into court and the court would Ih an hour have the whole thing Into the sunlight and some of Its officers on the road to jail. In Switzerland they know what corporations are and take no chances. - They say they have no Inten tion of being throttled by that particular constrictor, anyway. A correspondent of one of the London pa pers quotes Incidenta to show the excite ment stirred up by the taking of church In ventories in central France. He says that the pensanta of the district of Suugues, In the Haute lotre, are "out" llko any border tribe. Men, women and even children are armed with farm Implements, and. In some cases, with guns; the churches are all closed, except to the band of picked de fenders. Here and there preparations have been made to fell trees In order to obstruct the road, and It Is even said that aome roads have been mined. At St. Paul da Tar taa barbed wli J entanglements surround the church for li) yard. A tortcullis, weighed with lead, haa been fixed, over the porch. The windowa have been built up with wood and atone. Loopholes have been arranged everywhere. Some of the alatea have beet) taken off the roof in order to give light to the defenders, and a platform haa been built all around, so that . stones and hot water may be thrown at the gendarmes. As a company of soldiers was marching to ward Montagnon they were shot at from a wood. The inspector who was going to make the Inventory at St. Martin de Fu geres was shot at and wounded in the arm. Hla horse shied and threw him and he waa taken buck to Lepuy. where It was found that he was badly hurt. At Montregatd, near Ysslngeaux, the inspector was be seiged In the Malrle. Three brigades of gendarme marched to R elieve him. Many of the gendarmes were badly hurt with sticks and pitchforks aud before the siege could be raised they had to threaten the crowd with revolvers. At St. Pierre de Bresaieux the Incpactor found an empty church, draped in black. In the choir was a coffin Inscribed: "Here Lies Liberty." One of the lust victories of the French ex-prlme minister, M Rouvier, before his overthrow for penny postage was only won alter a very hot tight. This year's finance bill has been seriously affected by the determination of the Chamber, acqui esced In by the prime minister, to grant the thousands of private distillers the prlv liege of preparing for their own purpose a certain amount of untaxed brandy. M. Rouvier, In forcing thla measure on the Senate, put his influence o a severe test. When, therefore, within twenty-four hour he once more appeared In the Senate with an appeal to It again to follow the Cham ber and to vote the poatal reform, which I almost certain to create a fresh deficit. Im plying new taxes, the temper of the upper house was sorely tried. The president of the finance committee opposed the Intro duction of the postal reform Into the bill sanctioning the grants on account. A vio lent debate emmed. In which the financial argument assumed a wholly political char acter. Three times M. Rouvier put the question of confidence. Some of his oldest and most intimate friends, men such as the llfo senator, M. Magnln, ex-govcrnor of the Bank of France, earnestly begged him not to oblige tho Senate to choose between its conscience and the overthrow of tho government. But M. Rouvier was Inflexi ble and carried the day, largely because his opponents. In tho presence of the Mo roccan crisis, did not dare to go to ex ermes. If British subjects living temporarily in Germany have been writing home such ac counts of their neighbors as a German gov erness in London has been giving to her relatives In some private letters now pub lished In Berlin, it Is nJt surprising that the relations existing between the two countries should not be altogether satisfac tory. She writes among other things, that "London is crowded with vigorous German men and w'onien, who are willing to Per form any sort of work for trifling wages in order to learn the language. Thousands of English men and ' women are starving on this account, and the hate these people bear towards every German I cerrlble. A new law Is said to be In preparation forbidding any one to give Germans work except un der very unusual circumstance. In order that the awful poverty of the English workmen and workwomen shall be al leviated." Again she says: "I have re ceived no answer to my advertisement In the dally paper. They know Immediately when I write 'speak three languages' that I am a German. In England it is not as In France and Germany. As soon as aome thing becomes publlo opinion, it Is no use attempting to resist It. Public opinion Is hostile to Germany, to that every Indi vidual hates the Germans. Each one speaks, thinks, and acts exactly a the other. Absolute- unity of opinion exists here." She has also some astounding facets about the power of the British clergy. "Through the clergy Parliament is able to get. everything it wishes from the people. They know how to persuade their congre gations with beautiful and pious addresses, so that every one la convinced that they are right. The clergymen also preach every day In the streetb, In Hyde park, and at every corner and square. There are also the Salvation Army, and a tre mendous number of Nonconformist clergy men. It is Impoasibie to walk for half an hour In the streets Sundays and week days without hearing hymn and long sermons In the open air, many of them dealing with politics." Wattersoa la a flolefal Mood. Louisville Courier-Journal. "How soou we are forgotten when we are gone." says Rip Van Winkle, returned after an absence of twenty years to find the very face of nature changed, and how many onlookers have, with self-pitying heart throbs, responded ss tho white-haired old vagabond uttered the true, familiar words and gazed tearfully Into space. What is fame but a shadow? What 1 glory? "Go ask him who died o' Wednes day." In the long pluse beats of the cen turies years are but seconds nd achieve ments as evanescent as the clouds of the evening. Of Caeaar we know little, of Napoleon less, but, barring the founders of empire and the poet and sagea who left themselves upon the written page, what are the great historlo names but figure of peech? A few line more or less In the biographies; what does it matter? - The Question Before the House It is a question of where you buy aa to what you got iu Pianos of lower price. The record of our past la your best protection. Fdr nioro than a quarter of a century we have been selling lu Omaha the best Pianos in the world in each class. We have built up here thu greatest piano business in the west and have done It by fair, square dealing. We shall continue to travel that road. We shull stick to one price to all alike. We do not pay commissions to anyone for bringing or sending piano customers to us. Our price la so low we cannot do It. We sell $250 Pianos for $190. We aell $200 Pianos for $225. Any of our pianos may be paid for iu cash, or part cash, $10 or more down, and $6 or more a month. The price is the same whether you pay cash or buy on time. There is no Increase for time pa) merits. We carry over 300 pianos in stock. Come aud see. Count them yourself oue, two, three four, etc. A. 10SPE ca 1513 Douglas St. Ko place west of Chicago where aa Art IVpartinent Is so com plot. WHITTLKI) TO A POIT. "Yea, but I really did see a happy multi millionaire once." "What?" "Y(s: he had .lust made another million. Chicago Tribune. Mrs. Btubbs Our old cook In to he mar ried this week, John. I think we oiiKhl to remember her with a present. Mr. Stubhs Huh! the most kindly way for us to remember lier with a present i to forget her past. Philadelphia Fret. "Truth crushed to earth will rise again.'' said the earnest citizen. "Yes," answered Senator Sorghum. "Tli" only trouble Is that it sometimes doesn't get to its feet unt'l nfter the referee bus counted ten." Washington Star. Literary Friend Does your editor ecl.i your work with acumen? Young ReMH ter I think he does It wit it an axe. Baltimore American. "You say that Faro Jim came to his end throuph contributory negligence?" "Yes." answered Broncho Bob. 'He showed down four aces In .a poker same, on' two of 'em was the ace of diamonds." Washington Star. "Your nephew seemed to be an unusually clever fellow In college. To tell the truth, I thought so much knowledge at his ngf would spoil him. How did h come out?" "Oh, all right. When he got out In-the world he found his opinions weren't wortli a. cent." Petroit Free Press. A LITTLE LOVK STORY. J. W. Foley in New York Times. She understands. I do not need to go And tell her she is all the world to me. I never speak a word to let her know I will be faithful till eternity. B"t when, upon tho way to school, she ce. Me come with two red applns In my hands And hears me say; "Please, Bally Jnne, ' take these." It Is no wonder that aho understands. Or when she ees me at the old front gate With my new Bled right after the first snow. And from her window calls for me to wait Until she ask her mother can ahe go, I do not need to tell her why I come In my fur cap with mitten on my hands, For even if my feelings make me dumb She look at me and then (he under stands. Or if she whispers sometimes when lu school. As children are quite often apt to do. Forgetting all about the teacher's rule, And teacher says to Bally: "Was that you?" Why, then I see how scared she la and rise Up In my scat and hold up both my hand And take tha blame she looks Into my eye I do not need to apeak ahe understands. Or If she hss the measles so I dare Not go Into her house, but I can look In through the window and she aces me there. And If I hring a dandy story book And lave U on the fence post where the nurse Can como and take It in, and if my handa Have written: "Dear, I hope you'll be no worse," I do not need to speak she understands. I do not need to tell her how I feel She only has to watch the things I do: She know my heart 1 true to her a steel, And If It rains or If the sky Is blue I wait for her to walk to school with me, And carry all her school book In my hands, And I am just us happy as can be. And so Is ahe because she understands. iCurasLumbago! ago. Linlnnicn