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WHEN OUT OF TOWN, abaarlbers leaving (ha ally tern orarlly skoald have Tu bee tailed to (bam. Address will ba changed aa oftea as request. Benson for a busluesa administration of city affair. Fortunate la Sun Frauclsco lu Its present difficulties the walla of Sun Queutin penitentiary stood under the strain of the shock. Wall street operators are loudly com plaining because the public refuses to speculate. Is It possible the bait Is Ret ting too stale for suckers? Vesuvius is so far off that the view of It from this country is almost wholly obscured by the smoke cloud hoverlug over the ashes of Ban Francisco. Kansas City is debutlug the question of raising the saloon license fee to $500. Kansans Immediately across the Una will regard thU as another blow at freedom. It is safe to say that since the se crets of "underground Chinatown" have been revealed by the Are the new San Francisco will see that they are not reproduced. Tersons comparing Elijah II with the original have ' no means of knowing wha the old prophet would have done had Ellsha attempted to take that man tle before the chariot arrived. "There la on man on the republicnr city ticket whose name begins with A; four whose names begin with B; and three whose names begin with C. That is pretty near the A, B, C of polftlcs. Philadelphia fears It may be fuclug a coal famine, but will not know until after tha new retail price card has been Issued, j Tha recent Investigation seems to have changed methods rather than conditions. The trial of Congressman Blackburn of North Carolina shows that be is charged ylth trying to prevent the pun ishment of moonshiners. Ills re-election to congress evidently depends on conviction. Senators are accused of trying to "haze" Senator LaFollette when he made his first set speech to empty -benches; but perhaps they were only assisting him by removing an Inbar roonlous atmosphere. The discovery of eleven postal clerks aliva after remaining three days lu the ruins of the pout office should cause an Immediate search of other ruins. Cali fornia can afford no repetition of the mismanagement following the French mtue accident Only one more week of active cam palgnlng before the city election. The advantage of the primary law fixing the day to nominate candidates Just four weeks ahead of the day fixed to elect them tends to make the cam palgn abort and sweet While la no way desirous of tukiug advantage of their misfortunes.' we may yet suggest to the homeless people of San Francisco and vlclulty who have .to make a new atart in life that they will find no place offering better oj IHtrtunlties -or a heartier welcome thsn right here lu Nebraska. Senators who are dtsimsed to reaeut Senator I,aFollcrte's speech ' on nte regulation as a defiance of the unwrit ten law making it the duty of new senators to be seen and nof heard will get bravely over their huff. The de ftauce of .public sentiment by the rail road senators Is ample Justification for defiance of tha senate'a unwritten laws for fag rule OXDKA J.T SAX FRAXCISCO, A most notable feature of the Fan rrsncisco disaster Is the absence of rio tous and criminal excesses which almost invariably accompany such occasions. The earthqtnike shock, without the added terror and confusion of the fire, was enough to paralyse and disjoint the whole machinery of society for a mass of nearly a half million souls, and to create promiscuous temptation for the vicious and the criminal. It would not be strange If the wreck and exposure pf property to depredation had been fol lowed by an orgy of plunder and vio lence. The element from which such danger was to be apprehended Is no toriously large In the cosmopolitan pop ulation of A seaport like San Fran cisco. Yet no great catastrophe was ever so free from such offenses as all accounts so far from Pan Francisco represent the case there. The prompt action of the municipal and army officers at the out set and the summary shooting down of the first offenders caught in the act doubtless had great effect But ob viously all that the scattered and dis organized remnants of regular authority could do under such appalling conditions could not avail If their Initiative had not been encouraged and sustained by a dominant American spirit of order and regard for all rights. Clearly the In stinctive Impulse of the people must have asserted itself Instantly and visi bly to restrain evildoers so effectually under such conditions. There is deep pathos in the scenes which the telegraphic reports have de- scrlbedi where multitudes, hungry and confronted with distress that might well cause them to despair for themselves and for others dependent upon them, have waited with unconquerable pa tience and self-control for authorized distribution of relief. Almost invariably when there has been seizure of stores It has been effected only under sanction of recognized public need and In a spirit the very reverse of private depredation. Such awful stress tries to the utmost the moral fiber Of any community. The strain could hardly be borne, but for a strong, Inherent sense of order and loy alty to the common good and without sure confidence of the members of the community In one another thnt each would strive to help and not to over reach the rest. Back of all, too, amidst ruin on every hand must have been the sustaining consciousness that the whole American people would rise and rush to their relief with all possible speed. But whatever the cause nothing could be more admirable than the self-control, the orderliness and the fortitude with "which this stricken community has borne Itself. KFFKCT OF DIVORCE DEC1SIOX. The recent decision of the federal su preme court renders a divorce in which but one party to the dissolved marriage Is a resident of the state where it Is granted, only voidable, and not void. The distinction is of great practical im portance, because the decision, while by possibility It affects a multitude of decrees of divorce, will actually nullify comparatively few of them. : To have that effect a definite legal process must be followed In each specific case. The nonresident defendant 'in the original divorce case, or some one having prop erty rights affected by the decree, must go Into court In a proper proceeding in order to set It aside. As a matter of fact both parties ac tually agree In a great many divorce cases which would fall within the rule laid down by the supreme court, al though the state court nicking the original decree may not have formal Jurisdiction. In a great many other cases where there may not have been such agreement between the parties originally, they subsequently acquiesce. And where ther, has been neither or iginal agreement nor subseqnent ac quiescence of parties, the consequences upon the status of Innocent children will deter many who otherwise might he disposed to have such decrees set aside. One important effect of the decision will naturally be greater cure In mak ing the formal Jurisdictional showing, snd this ought largely to diminish frauds lu what are virtually exparte divorce proceedings, so long as such proceedings are tolerated. ARBOR DAT. Exceptional honor Is due to Arbor day in Nebraska. It is pre-eminently a Nebraska Institution, and every senti mental consideration should increase Ms fit observance In the home state of the distinguished 'citizen whose name will ever be associated with the day. Ia no other state have the benefits of tree planting and tree culture been more signally demonstrated thai! already In Nebraska. Originally a vast treeless plain, the whole scene in tho older set tied parts has been transformed within little -more than generation by a sue cession of pleasant groves, affording, generous shade for man and beast, fuel aud valuable building materials, break lug the force of the winds and In mani fold other ways contributing richly to the comfort and welfare of the people, It hus been 'abundantly demonstrated that, with cessation tf the prairie fires Which In the daya of the Indian uud the pioneer swept over this region, the afforesting of Nebraska Is a matter only of ordinary care lu planting trees. Kaiu fall, soli and other farming climatic conditions will do the rest In the greater part of the state. Whlla thj people of other states, blessed by nature with heavy forests, are begtuuiiig to awaka 10 the danger of their reckless sacrifice, few even of our own people fully realise the extent to which tree planting has been carried Jon here, or what it hat already dona HIE OMAHA for the state, and still less Its possibili ties for good in the future. A hun dred or a thousand trees might as well be growing where one stands today, and we now know that there Is noth ing to prevent the western counties also from being dotted over with groves. Science and experience have pointed the war even there. The Impetus given by the Arbor -dsy celebration by educating and directing the attention of the people, young and old, to this great opportunity for im provement, is beyond calculation. The origin of the custom, ns useful as It Is beautiful, was a happy Inspiration which ought to be remembered and perpetuated each succeeding year with deeper appreciation. GKXATOR LAFOLLETTE' 8 A UKXDMEXT. No more significant proposal has been made in the whole course of the senate discussion of the rate bill than the amendment which Senator LaFollette announces he will offer, giving the Interstate Commerce commission au thority and imposing on it the duty to ascertain the value of the railroad property of the United States, and to report the progress of the work at the beginning of each regular session of congress. The senator raises the ques tion of such an amendment as the con dition precedent to a solution of the basic problem of what constitutes rea sonable rates, the main purpose of the whole movement for public control of the raiironds. The very essence of reasonable charge must obviously be reasonable return upon value pt the property employed in transportation service. What Is the actual value of transportation property? Senator LaFollette's proposal goes to the very root of the matter, and stands In marked contrast with the intermin able legal arguments and refinements with which the senate's time has been for the most part so far occupied, and which deal only with mere Incidents of the fundamental problem. The Wisconsin senator In his speech explaining the reason of his amend ment declared his belief that 'while the railroads of the country are capitalized at an aggregate of over $13,000,000,000, the actual Investment Is not much In ex cess of $5,000,000,000. Assuming those figures, charges on the public for trans portation service that would produce for the watered capitalized amount the average rate of profit realized in gen eral business must be a grossly exces sive and unreasonable charge with reference to the actual 'railroad Invest ment The railroads themselves have afforded some measure of the startling discrepancies through their own official valuations of their property for taxa tion on the basis of claimed cost of re production, In contrast with the ruling stock and bond market values on the basis of earnings from charges enforced upon the public for service. , After all questions of method, all constitutional difficulties and legal hair splitting shall have been disposed of, the fixing of reasonable rates by public authority must infallibly imply the pre requisite of an appraisal .by public authority of the values of railroad prop erty. Senator LaFollette performs a valuable public service by challenging at this time attention to the vital point In the whole business. " THE PURPOSES OF TAXATTOX. ' The declaration of President Itoose velt in a recent speech for a national Inheritance tax, especially designed fci prevent the transmission from genera tion to generation of colossal accumula tions of wealth, endangering the stabil ity of society, is sure to precipitate a widespread discussion of the purposes of taxation. The theory strenuously maintained by the so-called orthodox political econo mists is thnt the only excuse and Justifi cation for levying taxes Is to raise rev enue for the support of the government This ' is the founds tlonstone of the tarlff-for-re venue agitation, whose cham pions Insist that any tariff in excess of what' is required to produce the neces sary income of the government is a perversion of the taxing power, and that a tariff for protection is not within legitimate scope of taxation. The fact, however, that we have had protective tariffs for more than a hundred years proves conclusively that this theory baa never had popular sanction in this coun try. We have, however, gone further by Imposing taxes to accomplish still other objects foreign to revenue raising. The tax on state bank note Issues, for ex ample, was Intended to and doea abso lutely prevent the issue of bank notes except under the national banking act and the tax on oleomargarine was In tended to and does actually prevent the use of this product In Imitation of but ter. But whether the employment of the taxing power is Justified to yegulate the distribution of wealth raises other mooted questions. The school of politi cal economists in Germany, headed by Prof. Adoiph Wagner, teaches that ths equalization of wealth is one of the proper functions of taxation. The Wagnerian school goes a step beyond that wbli-b declares a Just tax to be ofie which after Its collection leaves all persons affected by It In relatively the same Industrial ioitiou us before and advocates the imposition of taxes for the express punose of redistributing wealth accumulations as 1 vet ween dif ferent classes of society J Presideut Roosevelt's suggestion, therefore, comes very close to some of the Wagnerlau proiiosals. Vp to thl time that the school of political economy haa not found much favor In tha United States. Industrial conditions, however, hart been changing so rapidly that it It quite possible the problems presented DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, APRIL may appear In a different light and doctrines formerly ecouted by our politi cal economists may secure support as Indicating the true cleavage lctween so cialism snd Individualism. THE bvsisf.su SWF. Nine-tenths of tho time of a mayor conscientiously tont upon doing his duty Is devoted to the supervision and administration of the business of the city. The mayor Is really the execu tive hesd of the municipal corporation, and aa such Is vested with authority corresponding In a large degree wit', that exercised by the head of any great, business establishment. The city of Omaha Is a corporation representing an investment value of approximately $150,000,000, with an annual Income and outgo In excess of $1,000,000. The abil ity most needed in the administration of municipal affairs is business ability, .and on the business side the relative merits of competing candidates must be gauged according to their respective reputations as business men. In the present municipal campaign in Omaha the republican candidate for mayor, Erastus A. Benson, appeals with much force to the business side of the community. Mr. Benson has been in business in Omaha for nearly twenty years, while his democratic opponent has no business connections in this city whatever. Mr. Benson Is accustomed to size up questions from the business view point and he has had no little ex perience in various ways with large public undertakings. Ills association "with the Real Estate exchange, the Commercial club, Ak-Sar-Ben and other public organizations of similar charac ter, has brought him In close touch with the business Interests of the commun ity. As head of the municipal corpora tion Mr. Benson would know how to enlist the co-operation of nil these as sociations In any movement for the bet terment or upbuilding of Omnhn, and they would feel within easy access to the city authorities for anything they might want In the way of help from the municipal government ' In deciding between the candidates aspiring for municipal honors, the busi ness side should be kept prominently In view. San Francisco's dire distress is being explained in certain quarters aa a mani festation of divine displeasure against "the most dissolute and wicked of all American cities." This information must be quite surprising to those of us who have been told periodically by im ported evangelists that Omaha was the wickedest city in the world, sure tt incur the wrath of God unless it promptly mended Its ways. We pre sume, however that this anathema has been hurled at every large city In the country, though none of the Others have as yet; been punished with the earth quake penalty. The only possible con clusion is thnt if the diagnosis is not wronz. prophecies of further calamity are in order. . The new census. of Great Britain shows a noticeable decline- in the aver age number of marriages. An Interest ing question that should be answered In tha same connection Is whether the number of divorces have likewise de creased or increased. The subjects of marriage and divorce must be treated together. If Kansas coal operators sign up with the miners they lose membership in their association, and if they do not the Standard Oil company will make arrangements to supply fuel oil burn ers to Kansas City consumers. That looks like a 'cr.se of heads I win and tails you lose. Des Moines' Young Women's Chris tian association has Joined its Omaha Bister In suspending work of raising funds for a new building until the peo ple of San Francisco are fed. This thoughtfulnesa should find fitting recog nition in both towns when the canvass Is resumed. If "Jim" Dahlman wants to give his friends out in the western part of Ne braska a surprise party be should send them a copy of the platform on which he is running for office in Omaha as the democratic candidate for mayor. Good Boost for Morals. New Yerk Tribune. Divorce while you wait will now ceaaa to be either popular or profitable. Vanity la a Tray-la Mood. New Tork Evening Post. That Daughter of the American Revolu tion who prayed "for them who have not the ancestry we have" should recall Blr Liang Chentung's recent humble admis sion that his family la really new In China, dating back -"only about 1,000 years." . Aaalo Saaoa Rfiro Salelde. Springfield Republican. If the English-speaking people of the Anglo-gaxon stock, so called, were left to themselves and thus prevented from race mixture, would they not die out within less than 100 years? The "pure" Anglo Saxon stock almost everywhere shows a declining marriage and birth rate. The official statistics of Great Britain for 1904 show a birth rate the lowest on record, and there has been a fall of 19 per cent In the marrtasre rate In the" last thirty-five years. "White" Australia and "Yankee" New England are troubled In much the same way. Inherltanra Taxes. New Tork World. A collateral inheritance tax Is levied yy the state f New Tork. A federal In heritance tax was collected during tha fipnnlsh war, and under It considerable sums were realised, notably from the e tate of the late Corneliua Vanderbllt. Tha English estate devised to James Henry Smith of New Tork paid ao heavy an In heritance tax to tha crown that It figured conspicuously In that year's budget Neither In law cor In ethics was either payment confiscatory. The principle that wealth should contribute generously to pub lic needa Is sound, nor is It difficult of en tprcemenu 1W6. SENATORIAL TOUTICS M OMH. Observers See No More Chance fjr Webster Thaa for Millard. Lincoln Journal. Charley Greene la dead wrong In nssiim- Ing that bis claims to consideration as a senatorial candidate from Douglas county are paramount because he happened to speak first. In this free country, praised be, any man has a right to aspire to any position In tha gift of his fellow-cltlsens. no matter how many others may be looking with covetous eyes upon the same job. Two yeara ago John L. Webster sought to bs made ths vice presidential nominee of the republican party, but an Indiana Ice berg floated In between Mm and victory, as a matter of fact, before he was In sight of land. Be It said to the credit of the Ne braska delegation It was solid for Webster, and would have put up a valiant fight had the. been the ghost of a ahow of coming out alive. These men were agreed that Mr. Webster possessed all the necessary quali fications for the position of presiding officer of the senate, and said as much to other members of the convention before the ballot was spread; but nothing muoh came of It except to advertise to the country at large that Omaha had a statesman In whom the people of Nebraska reposed large confi dence, that his nama was John L. Webster, and that ha would ba heard from again. How perfectly natural that he should loom vp at this tlmo as a candidate for tha United States senate, and how commend able that he exhibited modesty In not hur rying to get his name before ths people before any other statesman ,had a chanoe to say a word. John I Webster Is nothing If not modest, but when he sees something desirable that he thicks he can seise, watch him go I It Is little attention that ha pays to the ens who says he saw It first. From now on look to Dauglas county If you would ob serve a political commotion as spectacular as Vesuvius In eruption. There will be hoarse rumblings and mutterings and weird lightning flashes and some smoke, but noth ing to be afraid of. While this exhibition Is In progress, the real work of selecting the successor to J. H. Millard Is likely to be' accomplished outside of Douglas county. Stand up for Nebraska. BKCtXAR SHOTS AT THIS PULPIT. Indianapolis News: Bay whit paople will about the disturbance and disorder of the present time, we are constantly having evidence ' that things are conducted In a regular parliamentary manner. For in stance, the Latter Day Saints, In session at Independence, Mo., "unanimously adopted" a revelation. Springfield Republican: King Edward has neatly turned the flank of his Protestant critics, who thought he should have for bidden, as "defender of the faith," the be throthal of Princess Una to King Alfonso of Spain and her consequent conversion to another religious faith. With the help of his legal advisers King Edward fishes out a statute of the reign of TJeorge III, whluh declares that the royal prerogative of for bidding marriages In the royal family with out the monarch's consent cannot be exer cised in tha case of the children of prin cesses who have married foreigners. As Princess Ena's mother married a German, she was free from King Edward's authority. The Protestant reformation society, which made most of the' fuss, seems very much surprised by this revelation from ths anci ent law books of the realm, Philadelphia Press: At one of the. Pitts burg churches last Sunday night aft the women removed their hats. It was some thing novel, and particularly on an Easter Sunday when most of the hats are new and worn for the pious purpose of showing oft and cultivating envy. The choir set the example. The preacher then said that he knew the men In ths congregation would cheerfully give SO cents each to tha co lection If the wemen would remove their hats. This did not stir the women very much, It appears, for the preacher found It necessary to go farther. He told the women that If they did not take off their hats each of them ought to be willing to give $1 to the collection." The hats came off, but the collection did not suffer as the men made It up most generously. It would be too much to predict from this Incident that the women are going to make a practice of removing their hats in the chruches. They don't wear hats to church for that purpose. INTERSTATE DIVORCES OlTtAWKD. Minneapolis Journal: Whatever other effect the supreme court's decision may have. It comes aa a healthful tonic at a time when the prevalence of divorce and the ease with which It Is obtained have become a national scandal. . Chlcaso Inter Ocean: Of course the de cision will not wholly end the divorce scan dal. It will not step collusion between hus bands and wives resolved to change part ners. And It wilnot close the "marriage mills, where so many oivorce scanaais begin. But It will help much. st. Paul Pioneer Press: While It does not accomplish anywhere near all that might be hoped from the establishment or uni form laws on marriage and divorce In all the states, or from the enactment of a na tional law, It destroys at a blow many of tha possibilities of eyil growing out of the present lack of uniformity. Borinafield Republican! The effect of the majority Judgment must be salutary, haw- ever much indlvduals may be wronged in this case. It will operate powerfully to force the several states into uniformity of divorce law and practice and to stop the practice of migration among the states to secure release from marriage bonds. St. Louis Globe Democrat: What effect this decision will have on remarriages after divorce heretofore obtained In this manner Is yet to be determined, but a halt la called on a demoralizing practice that was con ceived in evasion of salutary law and In disregard of the sanctity of the marriage relation. Easy divorce Is another name for the destruction of marriage aa a tie through life or as a responsibility to be thought fully and deliberately assumed. PERSONAL AMD OTHERWISE. Springfield, O.. la not disposed to work the muck rake In Bpringtield. Mo. This is th season of the year when the chauffeur's fancy turns longingly to wind splitting speed records. Garden makers and lawn beautlflers may continue the good work without fear of criticism. The garden rake la not In the discredited class. Mrs. Georae Gould has gathered up all the links In her ancestral chain and her husband is diligently building new links for his railroad chain. nivnrri who married their attorneys were wiser than they imagined. Recent Judicial complications materially enhanc the value of a lawyer In tha family. Pennsylvania university Includes tour Judges In Its list for degrees of LL.D. The faculty la wUa In choosing experts. In the matter of doctoring laws Judges are past masters.. Buffalo imagined it would have the' elec trical world by tha acruff of the neck whea Niagara, nower was harnessed. Tet the best bid it has received tor aro lighting Is I5 per lamp par annum. Tha sulphurous vocal Bower attributed to the fighting legion known as the army of Flanders la a gentle spring sephir oora pared with the swearing ability of taa shirkers In New Yerk. la on week they burned out of tha personal property roil SU0,OM,(WO. Hot worn, that. 11 i V Ml Kim WMy Elloney Saving Prices ine past wek was the busiest ever known in this store. Our Easy Terms, Our Liberal Credit and Ixw Prices arc well known. We guar antee to save any housekeeper 20 per cent. YOUR OWN TKItMS IWY AS YOU KARX. We carrv a full line of Clothing, Furnishings and Ladies Bulta. pnP WITH EACH $20 PURCHASE IP fa i Ls A HANDSOME UPHOLSTERED PARLOR ARM CHAIR if v JS li This quarter-sawed oak Combina tion Bookcase tha desk com partment ie larger than gener ally found In most Bookcases the book section is divided into five compartments with movable shelves a big bar gain for the money. 13.50 CASH OR CREDIT, This Quarter sawed oak Dresser, divided top drawer, beveled French plata mirror, f) Clfl Just like cut UailU CASH OR CREDIT. SERMONS BOILED DOWN. Only weariness can sweeten rest ' To revenge a wrong Is to repeat It. Where ao love Is lost no life .Is found. Souls are not cemented by soft sawder. Tou never find truth by losing the temper. Delight Is never found In flight from duty. Straight laoing-wlll not cure crooked liv ing. Fruits of faith come from roots In charao- ter. He seals himself tonight who Sins against the light. There are no riches where the heart can find no rest. Only through personal character comes premanent civilisation. He cannot control the output or BIS lire who does not regard Its Inlets. A man Is often best known for ihe things ha thinks he keeps to himself. An Imperfect deed ot right is better than the most complete analysis of It- There Is no virtue In the good turn that you hope to turn Into a good trade. It takes the gold a long time to learn not to pray to be delivered from the fire. You cannot measure your Ddellty to your friend by the facility with which, you nnd fault with him. The man who lets greed block up the win dows of his soul always talks about this as a dark old world. Tou may buy a million with your man hood; but you cannot redeem It with many millions, when It Is sold. Chicago Tribune. DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES, niarivs Have vou any engagement for next Sunday evening? Msyoelie wo artuni nsnsimrm, uui expert to have. That's the evening I'm go ing to bring Jack to time or give him his walking papers. Chicago Tribune. Ml Oldun Oh! Mr. Rashe, this is so suddenl Vou must give me time to, con sider. . ' . Mr. Rashe You r you haven t much to spare, have jrou? Cleveland Leader. Bess So many srfen are grouchy and hard to get along with. When I marry I want a husband who Is easily pleased. Tess Don't bothor that's the kind you 11 get, all right. Philadelphia Press. "Was papa really mad?" asked the girl. lover. "I came to the point right away snd To BUSY MEN On Which Piano Fence , THE HOSPE SIDE Absolutely one fixed price, tha lowest, plainly marked upon each piano. No commissions paid to any one for bringing or sending cus tomers to this store. Our prices are so low we canot pay com missions, and. besides. It is unfair to the customer. An effort all the time to do busi ness so economically that tha pricea may be kept at the lowest point. A. HOSPE 1513 Doug!. Street PICTURE FRAMES AND "rr-m'i 'til' mo I This massive, heavy iron Red, in a variety of colors. a ap This week only HaUD CASH OR CREDIT. 5Ar This tempered , steel wire Revers ible Coll Wire O I r Spring . fcalD CASH OR CREDIT. This hardwood base bolted. Kitchen Cabinet, two flour' boards, two large drawers and two flour bins nothing like It in Omaha for the A A J? money t tf,sttO CASH OR CREDIT. toid htm we Intended to be married In the fall." "And what did he say?" "He said, 'WhatI Why not at once?" Philadelphia Ledger. "Quarrel, eh? You don't mean it? Why, before they Were married she used to say there wasn't another man like him In the world." "Yes, but now she says she'd hate to think that there was." Philadelphia Cath olic Standard. Nulolgh Wedde I tell you, old man, I have a wife that can't be beat. Henry Peck So have I 1 tried it once. Cleveland Loader. She Ever since I was a mere child I've had trouble In pronouncing certain words that have an s in them. He (anxiously) I I hope you don't find any dllllculty In saying "yes." Cleveland l'luln Dealer. "See here!" exclaimed Poplelgh, "I don't propose to have that burglar ularm in our bedroom. We'll put It downstairs in tht hall." "Nonsense!" replied his wife. "Then we won't hear It when It goes off." "Neither will the baby. That's the main point." Indianapolis News. TWO HOMKS. Baltimore American. There's a palace of white marble, Fit to houe a relgnlns: king, Pull of luxury and comfort All that wealth has power to bring; Noble grounds about It stretching, Just a mass of fairy bloom, And it cost some million dollars Thousands lavished on each room. But within Is gloomy grandeur, And a chill Is in tha air; The spirits that mako home life Are sadly lacking there; Lust of gold and greed of rower, Dullness, discontent and pain Fill the plae of what Its millions Vainly seek tht way to gain. There's an humble little cottago, Barely big enough for two; Very cheap Is Its adorning. And Its lacks are not a few. It cost toll and careful saving. Through the dollars of that cost In a tiilia of the other Would be most absurdly lost. Hut 'tis full of love and sunshine, And of happy, sweet content With the hearts it is the neat of, On no other wealth intent. For Its riches Overflowing E'en millionaires might sigh. That Cost five hundred dollars And five millions couldn't buy. and WOMEN: Side of the' Are You? THE OTHER SIDE A sliding price which the dealer Juggles up or down according to the credulity of tha customer. Commissions paid to peopla who take or send customers to their Btore. This commission always comes out af tha customer's pocket in tha end An effort all the time to get from the customer the highest possible price. Even though they protest they are interestiag themselves wholly for your benefit, tha chances ara 10 to X that thera is a secret un derstandiag with tha dealer to pay a cammlsslon on the piano you buy. COMPANY OMAHA. NEB. 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